[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.27 # Skandapurana 6.3.27 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.27.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.p1) adhyāya 27 > Chapter 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājñī vacanamabravīt . prasādaṃ kuru viprendra gṛhṇa dānaṃ yathepsitam .. 27.1 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hearing Nārada's words, the queen spoke: / 'Grant your favor, O best of brahmins! Accept a gift as you desire: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.2) suvarṇamaṇiratnāni vastrāṇi vividhāni ca . tatte dārayāmi viprendra yaccānyadapi durlabham .. 27.2 .. > Gold, jewels, gems, and various garments— / all that I shall give you, O best of brahmins, and whatever else is rare to obtain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.3) rājñyāstu vacanaṃ śrutvā nārado vākyamabravīt . anyeṣāṃ dīyatāṃ bhadre ye dvijāḥ kṣīṇavṛttayaḥ .. 27.3 .. > Hearing the queen's words, Nārada replied: / 'Let it be given to others, gentle lady—to those twice-born whose means of livelihood are exhausted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.4) vayaṃ tu sarvasampannā bhaktigrāhyāḥ sadaiva hi . ityuktā sā tadā rājñī vedavedāṅgapāragān .. 27.4 .. > We, however, are endowed with everything, and can always be won over by devotion alone.' / Thus addressed, the queen then called upon destitute brahmins / who were masters of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, and began to give > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.5) āhūya brāhmaṇānniḥsvāndātuṃ samupacakrame . yatkiṃcinnāradenoktaṃ dānasaubhāgyavardhanam .. 27.5 .. > whatever had been mentioned by Nārada as a gift that promotes good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.6) tena dānena me nityaṃ prīyetāṃ hariśaṅkarau . tato rājñī ca sā prāha nāradaṃ munipuṃgavam .. 27.6 .. > 'May Hari and Śaṅkara be ever pleased with me through this gift!' / Then the queen said to Nārada, the foremost among sages: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.7) rājñyuvāca - dānaṃ dattaṃ tvayoktaṃ yadbhartṛkarmaparaṃ hi tat . ājanmajanma me bhartā bhavedbāṇo dvijottama .. 27.7 .. > The queen said: / 'The gift that you prescribed has been given, for it is dedicated to the welfare of my husband. / May Bāṇa be my husband from birth to birth, O best of the twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.8) nānyo hi daivataṃ tāta muktvā bāṇaṃ dvijottama . tena satyena me bhartā jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam .. 27.8 .. > Indeed, there is no other deity for me, dear father, except Bāṇa, O best of the twice-born! / By that truth, may my husband live for a hundred autumns! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.9) nānyo dharmo bhavetstrīṇāṃ daivataṃ hi patiryathā . tathāpi tava vākyena dānaṃ dattaṃ yathāvidhi .. 27.9 .. > There is no other religious duty for women, for a husband is their deity. / Even so, according to your word, the gift was given according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.10) svakaṃ karma kariṣyāmo bhartāraṃ prati mānada . brahmarṣe gaccha cedānīṃ tvamāśīrvādaḥ pradīyatām .. 27.10 .. > We shall perform our own duty toward our husband, O giver of honor. / Go now, O brahmin seer; may a blessing be bestowed \[by you\]!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.11) tatheti tāmanujñāpya nārado nṛpasattama . sarvāsāṃ mānasaṃ hṛtvā anyataḥ kṛtamānasaḥ .. 27.11 .. > Saying 'So be it', and taking leave of her, O best of kings, / Nārada, having stolen the minds of all \[those women\], set his mind elsewhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.12) jagāmādarśanaṃ vipraḥ pūjyamānastu khecaraiḥ . tato gatamanaskāstā bhartāraṃ prati bhārata .. 27.12 .. > The brahmin vanished from sight while being worshipped by sky-farers. / Then, O descendant of Bharata, their minds having strayed from their husband, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.13) vivarṇā niṣprabhā jātā nāradena vimohitāḥ .. 27.13 .. > they became pale and lusterless, utterly bewildered by Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.27.13\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27.13_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye tripurakṣobhaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Description of the Agitation of Tripura', in the Narmadāmāhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, the fifth \[part\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.27.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.27.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.27) · Pramāṇa