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# Skandapurana 6.3.33

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.p1)

adhyāya 33

> Chapter 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchettu rājendra agnitīrthamanuttamam .  
yatra saṃnihito hyagnirgataḥ kāmena mohitaḥ .. 33.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Then one should go, O king of kings, to the unsurpassed Agnitīrtha,  
> where Agni is indeed present, having arrived deluded by desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
kathaṃ devo jagaddhātā kāmena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ .  
kathaṃ ca nityadā vāsa ekasthāneṣu jāyate .. 33.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> How was the god, the maintainer of the world, sullied by desire,  
> and how does his eternal dwelling come to be in a single place?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.3)

etattvāścaryamatulaṃ sarvalokeṣvanuttamam .  
kathayasva mahābhāga paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama .. 33.3 ..

> This is an incomparable wonder, unsurpassed in all the worlds;  
> tell it, O illustrious one; my curiosity is supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.4)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhu sādhu mahāprājña pṛṣṭaḥ praśnastvayānagha .  
kathayāmi yathāpūrvaṃ śrutametanmaheśvarāt .. 33.4 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / 'Well said, well said, O great in wisdom, sinless one! You have asked a question. / I shall recount what was formerly heard from Maheśvara. 33.4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.5)

āsītkṛtayuge rājā nāmnā duryodhano mahān .  
hastyaśvarathasampūrṇo medinīparipālakaḥ .. 33.5 ..

> In the Kṛtayuga there was a great king named Duryodhana, / abundant in elephants, horses, and chariots, a protector of the earth. 33.5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.6)

rūpayauvanasampannaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ pṛthivīpatim .  
divyopabhogasampannaṃ prārthayāmāsa narmadā .. 33.6 ..

> Seeing that lord of the earth endowed with beauty and youth, / endowed with divine enjoyments, Narmadā wooed him. 33.6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.7)

sa tu tāṃ cakame kanyāṃ tyaktvā'nyaṃ pramadājanam .  
mudā paramayā yukto māhiṣmatyāḥ patirnṛpa .. 33.7 ..

> He, forsaking other women, desired that maiden, / filled with supreme joy, O king, the lord of Māhiṣmatī. 33.7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.8)

ramate sa tayā sārddhaṃ kāle vai nṛpasattama .  
narmadā janayāmāsa kanyāṃ padmadalekṣaṇām .. 33.8 ..

> He disported with her in due time, O best of kings; / Narmadā gave birth to a daughter with eyes like lotus petals. 33.8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.9)

aṅgapratyaṅgasampannā yasmāllokeṣu viśrutā .  
tasyāṃ pitā ca mātā ca cakratuḥ premabandhanam .. 33.9 ..

> Because she was renowned in the worlds for the perfection of all her limbs, / her father and mother bound her with affection. 33.9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.10)

kālenātisudīrgheṇa yauvanasthā varāṅganā .  
prārthyamānāpi rājanvai nātmānaṃ dātumicchati .. 33.10 ..

> In the fullness of time that excellent woman came of age; / though wooed, O king, she did not wish to give herself away. 33.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.11)

tato'nyadivase vahnirdvijarūpo mahātapāḥ .  
rājānaṃ prārthayāmāsa raho gatvā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. 33.11 ..

> Then one day the Fire-god, assuming the form of a twice-born, of great austerity, / approached the king in secret and slowly wooed him: 33.11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.12)

bhobho raghukulaśreṣṭha dvijo'haṃ mandasantatiḥ .  
daridro hyasahāyaśca bhāryārthe varayāmi tām .. 33.12 ..

> "O best of the Raghu lineage, I am a twice-born of modest descent, / poor and without support; I choose her as my wife. 33.12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.13)

kanyā sudarśanā nāma rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi .  
tāṃ dadasva mahābhāga vardhate tava mandire .. 33.13 ..

> The maiden is named Sudarśanā, peerless on earth in beauty; / give her to me, O highly fortunate one, she who grows up in your palace. 33.13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.14)

brahmacaryeṇa nirviṇṇa ekākī kāmapīḍitaḥ .  
yācamānasya me tāta prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 33.14 ..

> Despondent through student celibacy, alone and tormented by desire, / to me who begs you, O lord, you ought to show favour." 33.14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.15)

rājovāca -  
nāhaṃ dravyavihīnasya asavarṇasya karhicit .  
dāsyāmi svāṃ sutāṃ śubhrāṃ gamyatāṃ dvijapuṃgava .. 33.15 ..

> The king said: / "Never shall I give my radiant daughter to one devoid of wealth / or outside my caste; go, O eminent twice-born!" 33.15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.16)

evamuktastadā vahniḥ parāṃ pīḍāmupāgataḥ .  
na kiṃciduktvā rājānaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 33.16 ..

> Thus addressed, the Fire-god was overcome with intense anguish; / saying nothing to the king, he vanished right there. 33.16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.17)

gate cādarśanaṃ vipre rājā mantripurohitaiḥ .  
mantrayitvātha kāle tu tuṣṭo makhamukhe sthitaḥ .. 33.17 ..

> When the brahmin had disappeared, the king, having consulted with his ministers / and family priests in due time, stood pleased at the commencement of a sacrifice. 33.17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.18)

yajataśca makhe bhaktyā brāhmaṇaiḥ saha bhārata .  
tataścādarśanaṃ vahniḥ sarveṣāṃ paśyatāmagāt .. 33.18 ..

> And as he offered sacrifice with devotion together with the brahmins, O descendant of Bharata, / the fire vanished before the eyes of all. 33.18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.19)

viprā durmanaso bhūtvā gatā rājño hi mandiram .  
vahnināśaṃ vimanaso rājānamidamabruvan .. 33.19 ..

> The brahmins, dejected in spirit, went to the king's palace; / bewildered by the disappearance of the fire, they spoke thus to the king. 33.19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.20)

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .  
duryodhana mahārāja śrūyatāṃ mahadadbhutam .  
na śrutaṃ na ca dṛṣṭaṃ vā kautukaṃ nṛpapuṃgava .. 33.20 ..

> The brahmins said: / "O Great King Duryodhana, listen to a great wonder, / a strange event neither heard nor seen before, O bull among kings! 33.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.21)

agnikāryapravṛttānāṃ sarveṣāṃ vidhivannṛpa .  
kenāpi hetunā vahnirdṛśyate na jvalatyuta .. 33.21 ..

> Though all of us engaged in the fire-rites according to rule, O king, / for some reason the fire is not seen, nor does it blaze. 33.21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.22)

tacchrutvā vipriyaṃ ghoraṃ rājā vipramukhāccyutam .  
āsanātpatito bhūmau chinnamūla iva drumaḥ .. 33.22 ..

> Hearing that terrible, displeasing news fall from the brahmins' mouths, / the king fell from his seat to the ground like a tree cut at its roots. 33.22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.23)

āśvasya ca muhūrtena unmatta iva saṃstadā .  
nirīkṣya ca diśaḥ sarvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 33.23 ..

> Reviving after a moment, being like one driven mad, / he looked in all directions and spoke these words: 33.23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.24)

kimetadāścaryaparamiti bhobho dvijottamāḥ .  
kathyatāṃ kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ śāstradṛṣṭyā vibhāvya ca .. 33.24 ..

> "What is this greatest of wonders, O best of the twice-born? / Tell me the whole reason, discerning it through the eye of scripture! 33.24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.25)

mama vā duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcidutāho bhavatāmiha .  
yena naṣṭo'gniśālāyāṃ hutabhukkena hetunā .. 33.25 ..

> Is it some misdeed of mine, or perhaps of yours here, / on account of which the fire has perished in the sanctuary of fire—by what cause? 33.25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.26)

mantracchidramathānyadvā naiva kiṃcidadakṣiṇam .  
kriyāhīnaṃ kṛtaṃ vātha kena vahnirna dṛśyate .. 33.26 ..

> Was there a flaw in the mantras or else something without a fee? / Was it performed lacking proper rites? Why is the fire not seen? 33.26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.27)

annahīno dahedrāṣṭraṃ mantrahīnastu ṛtvijaḥ .  
dātāraṃ dakṣiṇāhīno nāsti yajñasamo ripuḥ .. 33.27 ..

> Lacking food, a sacrifice burns the realm; lacking mantras, the priests; / lacking a sacrificial fee, the patron: there is no enemy like a flawed sacrifice!" 33.27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.28)

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .  
na mantrahīnā hi vayaṃ na ca rājanvrataistathā .  
dravyeṇa ca na hīnastvamanyatpāpaṃ vicintyatām .. 33.28 ..

> The brahmins said: / "We are not deficient in mantras, O king, nor in our vows; / nor are you deficient in wealth; reflect upon some other sin!" 33.28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.29)

rājovāca -  
tathāpi yūyaṃ sahitā upāyaṃ cintayantviti .  
yena śreyo bhavennityamiha loke paratra ca .. 33.29 ..

> The king said: / "Nevertheless, devise a means together, / by which welfare may always ensue in this world and in the next." 33.29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.30)

evamuktāstataḥ sarve brāhmaṇāḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ .  
nirāhārāḥ sthitāḥ śarve yatra naṣṭo hutāśanaḥ .. 33.30 ..

> Thus addressed, all those brahmins made a firm resolve; / fasting, all of them remained where the fire had vanished. 33.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.31)

tataḥ svapne mahātejā hutabhugbrāhmaṇāṃstadā .  
uvāca śrūyatāṃ sarvairmama nāśasya kāraṇam .. 33.31 ..

> Then in a dream the fire of great splendour said to the brahmins: / 'Let the cause of my disappearance be heard by all! 33.31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.32)

prārthito'yaṃ mayā rājā sutāṃ dātuṃ na cecchati .  
tena naṣṭo'gniśaraṇādahaṃ bho dvijasattamāḥ .. 33.32 ..

> This king was wooed by me, but he does not wish to give his daughter; / therefore have I vanished from the sanctuary of fire, O best of the twice-born! 33.32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.33)

yadi me svasutāṃ rājā dadāti paramārcitām .  
tadāsya jvalamāno'haṃ gṛhe tiṣṭhāmi nānyathā .. 33.33 ..

> If the king gives me his highly honoured daughter, / then, blazing, I shall dwell in his house, and not otherwise.' 33.33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.34)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ viprā vaiśvānaramukhodgatam .  
vismayotphullanayanā rājānamidamabruvan .. 33.34 ..

> Hearing those words issue from the mouth of the Fire-god, the brahmins, / their eyes wide with astonishment, spoke thus to the king: 33.34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.35)

bhavato matamājñāya sarve gatvāgnimandiram .  
nirāhārāḥ sthitā rātrau paśyāmo jātavedasam .. 33.35 ..

> "Knowing your will, we all went to the sanctuary of fire; / fasting through the night, we beheld the All-knowing Fire. 33.35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.36)

tenoktāḥ svasutāṃ cettu rājā me dātumicchati .  
tato'sya bhūyo'pi gṛhe jvale'haṃ nānyathā dvijāḥ .. 33.36 ..

> He told us: 'If the king is willing to give me his daughter, / then I shall blaze once more in his house, not otherwise, O twice-born!' 33.36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.37)

evaṃ jñātvā mahārāja svasutāṃ dātumarhasi .. 33.37 ..

> Knowing this, O Great King, you ought to give your daughter." 33.37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.38)

rājovāca -  
bhavatāṃ tasya vā kāryaṃ devasya vacanaṃ hṛdi .  
samayaṃ kartumicchāmi kanyādāne hyanuttamam .. 33.38 ..

> The king said: / "Your words, or the words of that god, are to be kept in mind; / I wish to make an unsurpassed condition regarding the gift of the maiden: 33.38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.39)

mama saṃnihito nityaṃ gṛhe tiṣṭhatu pāvakaḥ .  
dadāmi rucirāpāṅgīṃ nānyathā karavāṇi vai .. 33.39 ..

> let the Fire-god dwell perpetually present in my house; / then I shall give her of charming side-glances; otherwise I shall not do so." 33.39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.40)

evaṃ te brāhmaṇāḥ śrutvā tathāgniṃ prāpya satvaram .  
kathayitvā vivāhena yojayāmāsurāśu vai .. 33.40 ..

> Having heard this, those brahmins quickly approached the Fire-god, / informed him, and straightway united them in marriage. 33.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.41)

sudarśanāyā lābhena parituṣṭo hutāśanaḥ .  
jvalate sannidhau nityaṃ māhiṣmatyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 33.41 ..

> Extremely pleased by obtaining Sudarśanā, the fire / blazes perpetually in close presence in Māhiṣmatī, O Yudhiṣṭhira. 33.41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.42)

tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthamagnitīrthaṃ pracakṣate .  
ye tatra pakṣasandhau tu snānadānaistu bhāvitāḥ .. 33.42 ..

> From that time forward that sacred ford is called Agnitīrtha. / Those who, purified there by bath and gifts at the junction of fortnights, 33.42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.43)

tarpayanti pitṝn devāṃste'śvamedhaphalairyutāḥ .  
suvarṇaṃ ye prayacchanti tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .. 33.43 ..

> sate the ancestors and the gods, are endowed with the fruit of a horse sacrifice. / Those who give gold at that sacred ford, O ruler of men, 33.43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.44)

pṛthvīdānaphalaṃ tatra jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .  
anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .. 33.44 ..

> gain the fruit of gifting the earth there—there is no doubt about this. / And whoever undertakes a fast unto death at that sacred ford, O ruler of men, 33.44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.45)

sa mṛto hyagniloke tu krīḍate surapūjitaḥ .  
eṣa te hyagnitīrthasya sambhavaḥ kathito mayā .. 33.45 ..

> upon dying plays in the world of Fire, worshiped by the gods. / Thus the origin of the Agnitīrtha has been related to you by me, 33.45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.46)

sarvapāpaharaḥ puṇyaḥ śrutamātro narottama .  
dhanyaḥ pāpaharo nityamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 33.46 ..

> destroying all sins, auspicious by the mere hearing of it, O best of men; / meritorious and ever-removing sin—thus spoke Śaṅkara.' 33.46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.33.46\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.33.46_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe'gnitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Agnitīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[section\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a 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.6.3.33.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.33.1) — Sanskrit

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