[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) › 6.3.54 # Skandapurana 6.3.54 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.54.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.p1) adhyāya 54 > Chapter 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.1) īśvara uvāca - tataścānantaraṃ rājā jagāmodvegamuttamam . kathaṃ yāmi gṛhaṃ tvadya vārāṇasyāmahaṃ punaḥ .. 54.1 .. > Īśvara said: / Thereupon, the king was seized with great agitation: / 'How can I go home to Vārāṇasī now? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.2) brahmahatyāsamāviṣṭo juhomyagnau kalevaram . athavā tasya vākyena taṃ gacchāmyāśramaṃ prati .. 54.2 .. > Overcome by the murder of a brahmin, I shall offer my body into the fire; / or, according to his word, I shall go to that hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.3) kathayāmi yathāvṛttaṃ gatvā tasya mahāmuneḥ . evaṃ saṃcintya rājāsau jagāmāśramasannidhau .. 54.3 .. > Going to that great sage, I shall report what has happened.' / Reflecting thus, the king went near the hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.4) ṛkṣaśṛṅgasya cāsthīni gṛhītvā sa nṛpottamaḥ . dṛṣṭimārge sthitastasya maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .. 54.4 .. > Taking the bones of Ṛkṣaśṛṅga, that best of kings / stood within the line of sight of that great seer of cultivated soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.5) dīrghatapā uvāca - āgaccha svāgataṃ te'stu āsane'tropaviśyatām . arghaṃ dadāmyahaṃ yena madhuparkaṃ saviṣṭaram .. 54.5 .. > Dīrghatapas said: / 'Come, welcome to you! Sit down on this seat, / so that I may offer argha-water, madhuparka, and a woven seat.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.6) citrasena uvāca - arghasyāsya na yogyo'haṃ maharṣe nāsmi bhāṣaṇe . mṛgamadhyasthito viprastava putro mayā hataḥ .. 54.6 .. > Citrasena said: / 'I am not worthy of this argha-water, O great seer, nor to speak \[with you\]; / standing amidst deer, your son, a twice-born, has been killed by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.7) putraghnaṃ viddhi māṃ vipra tīvradaṇḍena daṇḍaya . mṛgabhrāntyā hato vipra ṛkṣaśṛṅgo mahātapāḥ .. 54.7 .. > Know me as the killer of your son, O twice-born, and punish me with severe punishment; / mistaking him for a deer, the twice-born Ṛkṣaśṛṅga of great austerity was killed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.8) iti matvā muniśreṣṭha kuru me tvaṃ yathocitam . mātā tadvacanaṃ śrutvā gṛhānniṣkramya vihvalā .. 54.8 .. > Considering this, O best of sages, do to me what is proper.' / Hearing his words, the mother, emerging from the house, distraught, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.9) hā hatāsmītyuvācedaṃ papāta dharaṇītale . vilalāpa suduḥkhārtā putraśokena pīḍitā .. 54.9 .. > cried out, 'Alas, I am undone!' and fell to the ground; / she wailed, intensely grief-stricken, tormented by sorrow for her son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.10) hā hatā putra putreti karuṇaṃ kurarī yathā . vilalāpāturā mātā kva gato māṃ vihāya vai . mukhaṃ darśaya cātmīyaṃ mātaraṃ māṃ hi mānaya .. 54.10 .. > "Alas, I am undone! My son, my son!" Thus like an osprey plaintively / cried the distressed mother: "Where have you gone, abandoning me? / Show me your face, and show respect to me, your mother! 54.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.11) śrutādhyayanasampannaṃ japahomaparāyaṇam . āgataṃ tvāṃ gṛhadvāre kadā drakṣyāmi putraka .. 54.11 .. > Endowed with sacred learning and study, devoted to silent recitation and oblations— / when shall I see you, dear son, arriving at the door of our house? 54.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.12) lokoktyā śrūyate caitaccandanaṃ kila śītalam . putragātrapariṣvaṅgaścandanādapi śītalaḥ .. 54.12 .. > It is heard in worldly proverbs that sandalwood is indeed cool; / but the embrace of a son's limbs is cooler even than sandalwood. 54.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.13) kiṃ candanena pīyūpabindunā kiṃ kimindunā .. 54.13 .. > What need of sandalwood, what need of a drop of nectar, what need of the moon, 54.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.14) putragātrapariṣvaṅgapātraṃ gātraṃ bhavedyadi .. 54.14 .. > if the body should be the recipient of the embrace of a son's body? 54.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.15) pariṣvajitumicchāmi tvāmahaṃ putra supriya . pañcatvamanuyāsyāmi tvadvihīnādya duḥkhitā .. 54.15 .. > I desire to embrace you, dearest son. / Bereft of you today, sorrowful, I shall go to dissolution \[in death\]." 54.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.16) evaṃ vilapatī dīnā putraśokena pīḍitā . mūrchitā vihvalā dīnā nipapāta mahītale .. 54.16 .. > Lamenting thus, wretched, afflicted by grief for her son, / fainting, distraught, and pitiful, she fell down upon the ground. 54.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.17) bhāryāṃ ca patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā putraśokena pīḍitām . cukopa sa munistatra citrasenāya bhūbhṛte .. 54.17 .. > And seeing his wife fallen, afflicted by grief for her son, / the sage then grew enraged at King Citrasena. 54.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.18) dīrghatapā uvāca - yāhi yāhi mahāpāpa mā mukhaṃ darśayasva me . kiṃ tvayā ghātito vipro hyakāmācca suto mama .. 54.18 .. > Dīrghatapas said: / "Begone, begone, great sinner! Do not show me your face! / Why did you unwittingly kill a brahmin, my son? 54.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.19) brahmahatyā bhaviṣyanti bahvyaste vasudhādhipa . sakuṭumbasya me tvaṃ hi mṛtyureṣa upasthitaḥ .. 54.19 .. > Many murders of brahmins will fall upon you, O ruler of the earth! / For you have arrived as death itself to me and my family." 54.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.20) evamuktvā tato vipro vicintya ca punaḥpunaḥ . parityajya tadā krodhaṃ munibhāvājjagāda ha .. 54.20 .. > Having spoken thus, the brahmin then reflected again and again; / relinquishing his anger then, out of his nature as a sage, he spoke: 54.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.21) dīrghatapā uvāca - udvegaṃ tyaja bho vatsa duruktaṃ gadito mayā . putraśokābhibhūtena duḥkhataptena mānada .. 54.21 .. > Dīrghatapas said: / "Cast away anxiety, dear boy! Harsh words were uttered by me, / overwhelmed by grief for my son and tormented by sorrow, O honour-giver. 54.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.22) kiṃ karoti naraḥ prājñaḥ preryamāṇaḥ svakarmabhiḥ . prāgeva hi manuṣyāṇāṃ buddhiḥ karmānusāriṇī .. 54.22 .. > What can a wise man do, driven by his own past deeds? / For a person's intellect follows their past actions from the very start. 54.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.23) anenaiva vidhānena pañcatvaṃ vihitaṃ mama . hatyāstava bhaviṣyanti pūrvamuktā na saṃśayaḥ .. 54.23 .. > By this very destiny, my own dissolution has been ordained. / The murders previously mentioned will indeed fall upon you, of this there is no doubt. 54.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.24) brahmakṣatraviśāṃ madhye śūdracaṇḍālajātiṣu . kastvaṃ kathaya satyaṃ me kasmācca nihato dvijaḥ .. 54.24 .. > Among brahmins, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas, or among the castes of śūdras and caṇḍālas, / who are you? Tell me the truth, and why was the twice-born killed?" 54.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.25) citrasena uvāca - vijñāpayāmi viprarṣe kṣantavyaṃ te mamopari . nāhaṃ vipro'smi vai tāta na vaiśyo na ca śūdrajaḥ .. 54.25 .. > Citrasena said: / "I submit this to you, O brahmin seer: you should forgive me. / I am not a brahmin, dear sir, nor a vaiśya, nor born of a śūdra. 54.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.26) na vyādhaścāntyajāto vā kṣatriyo'haṃ mahāmune . kāśīrājo mṛgān hantumāgato vanamuttamam .. 54.26 .. > Nor am I a hunter, nor lowest-born; I am a kṣatriya, O great sage, / the king of Kāśī, who came to this excellent forest to hunt deer. 54.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.27) bhrāntyā nipātito hyeṣa mṛgarūpadharo muniḥ . idānīṃ tava pādānte saṃśritaḥ pātakānvitaḥ .. 54.27 .. > Through delusion this sage, bearing the form of a deer, was struck down. / Now, laden with sin, I have taken refuge at your feet. 54.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.28) kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā vipra upāyaṃ kathayasva me .. 54.28 .. > What should be done by me, O brahmin? Tell me a means." 54.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.29) dīrghatapā uvāca - brahmahatyā na śakyetāpyekā nistarituṃ prabho . daśaikā ca kathaṃ śakyāstāḥ śṛṇuṣva nareśvara .. 54.29 .. > Dīrghatapas said: / "Even a single murder of a brahmin cannot be crossed over, O lord; / how can eleven be overcome? Listen to them, O ruler of men: 54.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.30) catvāro me sutā rājan sabhāryā mātṛpūrvakāḥ . mayā saha na jīvanti ṛkṣaśṛṅgasya kāraṇe .. 54.30 .. > My four sons, O king, along with their wives and their mother, / will not live along with me, on account of Ṛkṣaśṛṅga. 54.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.31) upāyaṃ śobhanaṃ tāta kathayiṣye śṛṇuṣva tam . śakro'pi yadi taṃ kartuṃ sukhopāyaṃ nareśvara .. 54.31 .. > I shall tell you an excellent means, dear sir; listen to it, / if you are able to perform it, an easy means, O ruler of men. 54.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.32) sakuṭumbaṃ samastaṃ māṃ dāhayitvānale nṛpa . asthīni narmadātoye śūlabhede vinikṣipa .. 54.32 .. > Having burned me together with my entire family in fire, O king, / cast our bones into the waters of the Narmadā at Śūlabheda. 54.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.33) narmadādakṣiṇe kūle śūlabhedaṃ hi viśrutam . sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnamuttamam .. 54.33 .. > On the southern bank of the Narmadā, Śūlabheda is renowned / as an excellent sacred ford that removes all sins and destroys all sorrows. 54.33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.34) śucirbhūtvā mamāsthīni tatra tīrthe vinikṣipa . mokṣyase sarvapāpaistvaṃ mama vākyānna saṃśayaḥ .. 54.34 .. > Having become pure, deposit my bones in that sacred ford. / You will be freed from all sins by my word, of this there is no doubt." 54.34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.35) rājovāca - ādeśo dīyatāṃ tāta kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ . samastaṃ me'sti yatkiṃcidrājyaṃ kośaḥ suhṛtsutāḥ .. 54.35 .. > The king said: / "Let the command be given, dear sir; I will do it, without a doubt. / Whatever I possess—kingdom, treasury, friends, and sons— 54.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.36) tavādhīnaṃ mahāvipra prayacchāmi prasīda me . parasparaṃ vivadatorvipra rājñostadā nṛpa .. 54.36 .. > is at your command, O great brahmin; I offer it, be gracious to me." / While the brahmin and the king were thus speaking to one another, O king, 54.36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.37) sphuṭitvā hṛdayaṃ śīghraṃ munibhāryā mṛtā tadā . putraśokasamāviṣṭā nirjīvā patitā kṣitau .. 54.37 .. > her heart suddenly bursting, the sage's wife then died; / overwhelmed by grief for her son, she fell lifeless to the ground. 54.37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.38) putrāśca mātṛśokena sarve pañcatvamāgatāḥ . snuṣāścaiva tadā sarvā mṛtāśca saha bhartṛbhiḥ .. 54.38 .. > And all the sons met dissolution through grief for their mother, / and all the daughters-in-law died along with their husbands. 54.38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.39) pañcatvaṃ ca gatāḥ sarve munimukhyā nṛpottama . viprānāhvāpayāmāsa ye tatrāśramavāsinaḥ .. 54.39 .. > And when they all met dissolution, O best of kings, the foremost of sages / summoned the brahmins who dwelt in that hermitage. 54.39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.40) tebhyo nivedayāmāsa yathāvṛttaṃ nṛpottamaḥ . sa taistadābhyanujñātaḥ kāṣṭhānyādāya yatnataḥ .. 54.40 .. > The best of kings reported to them what had happened. / Permitted then by them, collecting firewood with care, 54.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.41) dāhaṃ saṃcayanaṃ cakre citraseno mahīpatiḥ . ṛkṣaśṛṅgādisarveṣāṃ gṛhītvāsthīni yatnataḥ .. 54.41 .. > King Citrasena performed the cremation and the gathering \[of ashes\], / carefully collecting the bones of all of them, beginning with Ṛkṣaśṛṅga. 54.41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.42) yāmyāśāṃ prasthito rājā pādacārī mahīpate . na śaknoti yadā gantuṃ chāyāmāśritya tiṣṭhati .. 54.42 .. > The king set forth toward the southern quarter on foot, O ruler of the earth. / When he was unable to walk, he would stop, seeking shade. 54.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.43) viśramya ca punargacchedbhārākrānto mahīpatiḥ . sacailaṃ kurute snānaṃ muktvāsthīni pade pade .. 54.43 .. > Resting, the king would proceed again, weighed down by the burden. / Having set down the bones at every step, he performed a bath with his clothes on. 54.43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.44) pibejjalaṃ nirāhāraḥ sa gacchan dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ . acireṇaiva kālena saṃgato narmadātaṭam .. 54.44 .. > Fasting, he would only drink water, journeying facing the south. / In a short time he arrived at the bank of the Narmadā. 54.44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.45) āśramasthān dvijān dṛṣṭvā papraccha pṛthivīpatiḥ .. 54.45 .. > Seeing the twice-born dwelling in the hermitage, the lord of the earth asked: 54.45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.46) citrasena uvāca - kathyatāṃ śūlabhedasya mārgaṃ me dvijasattamāḥ . yena yāmi mahābhāgāḥ svakāryārthasya siddhaye .. 54.46 .. > Citrasena said: / "Tell me the way to Śūlabheda, O best of the twice-born, / so that I may go, O fortunate ones, to accomplish my purpose." 54.46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.47) munaya ūcuḥ . itaḥ krośāntarādarvāktīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tato drakṣyasi nānyathā .. 54.47 .. > The sages said: / "Within a distance of one krośa from here is an exceedingly beautiful sacred ford / on the southern bank of the Narmadā; there you will see it, not elsewhere." 54.47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.48) ṛṣivākyena rājāsau śīghraṃ gatvā nareśvaraḥ . sa dadarśa tataḥ śīghraṃ bahudvijasamākulam .. 54.48 .. > Following the word of the seers, that king, the ruler of men, went swiftly; / then he quickly beheld \[the sacred ford\], filled with many twice-born, 54.48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.49) bahudrumalatākīrṇaṃ bahupuṣpopaśobhitam . ṛkṣasiṃhasamākīrṇaṃ nānāvratadharaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 54.49 .. > thronged with many trees and creepers, adorned with many flowers, / frequented by bears and lions, and by auspicious \[ascetics\] observing diverse vows: 54.49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.50) ekapādāsthitāḥ kecidapare sūryadṛṣṭayaḥ . ekāṅguṣṭha sthitāḥ kecidūrdhvabāhusthitāḥ pare .. 54.50 .. > some standing on one foot, others with their gaze fixed on the sun, / some standing on a single big toe, others with their arms raised; 54.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.51) dinaikabhojanāḥ kecitkecitkandaphalāśanāḥ . trirātrabhojanāḥ kecitparākavratino'pare .. 54.51 .. > some eating once a day, some eating roots and fruits, / some eating every three nights, others observing the Parāka vow; 54.51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.52) cāndrāyaṇaratāḥ kecitkecitpakṣopavāsinaḥ . māsopavāsinaḥ kecitkecidṛtvantapāraṇāḥ .. 54.52 .. > some devoted to the Cāndrāyaṇa vow, some fasting for a fortnight, / some fasting for a month, some breaking fast only at the end of a season; 54.52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.53) yogābhyāsaratāḥ kecitkeciddhyāyanti tatpadam . śīrṇaparṇāśinaḥ kecitkecicca kaṭukāśanāḥ .. 54.53 .. > some devoted to the practice of yoga, some meditating on that supreme state, / some eating withered leaves, and others eating bitter food. 54.53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.54) śaivālabhojanāḥ kecitkecinmārutabhojanāḥ . gārhasthye ca sthitāḥ kecitkeciccaivāgnihotriṇaḥ .. 54.54 .. > Some fed on moss, some fed on wind; / some remained in the householder's life, and some were performers of the agnihotra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.55) evaṃvidhān dvijān dṛṣṭvā jānubhyāmavaniṃ gataḥ . praṇamya śirasā rājanrājā vacanamabravīt .. 54.55 .. > Having seen such twice-born \[ascetics\], the king fell to the ground on his knees, / and having bowed his head, O king, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.56) citrasena uvāca - kasmindeśe ca tattīrthaṃ satyaṃ kathayata dvijāḥ . yenābhivāñchitā siddhiḥ saphalā me bhaviṣyati .. 54.56 .. > Citrasena said: / 'In which region is that sacred ford? Tell me truly, O twice-born ones, / by which my desired accomplishment will bear fruit.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.57) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ . dhanvantaraśataṃ gaccha bhṛgutuṅgasya mūrdhani . kuṇḍaṃ drakṣyasi tatpūrṇaṃ vistīrṇaṃ payasā śivam .. 54.57 .. > The seers said: / 'Go a hundred bow-lengths to the summit of Bhṛgutuṅga; / there you will see an auspicious, extensive pool filled with water.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.58) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā gataḥ kuṇḍasya sannidhau . dṛṣṭvā caiva tu tattīrthaṃ bhrāntirjātā nṛpasya vai .. 54.58 .. > Having heard their words, he went near the pool; / but seeing that sacred ford, doubt arose in the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.59) tato vismayamāpannaścintayanvai muhurmuhuḥ . ākāśasthaṃ dadarśāsau sāmiṣaṃ kuraraṃ nṛpaḥ .. 54.59 .. > Then, seized with wonder and pondering again and again, / the king saw an osprey in the sky holding a piece of meat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.60) bhramamāṇaṃ gṛhītāhiṃ vadhyamānaṃ nirāmiṣaiḥ . parasparaṃ ca yuyudhuḥ sarve'pyāmiṣakāṅkṣayā .. 54.60 .. > wheeling about with a snake it had seized, being struck by \[other birds\] without meat; / and they all fought with one another, craving the meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.61) hataścañcuprahāreṇa sa tataḥ patito'ṃbhasi . śūlena śūlinā yatra bhūbhāgo bheditaḥ purā .. 54.61 .. > Struck by a blow from a beak, it then fell into the water, / where long ago the portion of earth had been split by the Trident-bearer with his trident. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.62) tattīrthasya prabhāveṇa sa sadyaḥ puruṣo'bhavat . vimānasthaṃ dadarśāsau pumāṃsaṃ divyarūpiṇam .. 54.62 .. > By the power of that sacred ford, it instantly became a human; / he saw a man of divine form standing in an aerial chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.63) gandharvāpsaraso yakṣāstaṃ yāntaṃ tuṣṭuvurdivi . apsarogīyamāne tu gate sūryasya mūrdhani . citrasenastatastasminnāścaryaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 54.63 .. > Gandharvas, apsarases, and yakṣas praised him as he went in the sky. / When he had reached the summit of the sun while being sung to by apsarases, / Citrasena was filled with supreme wonder at that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.64) ṛṣiṇā kathitaṃ yadvattadvattīrthaṃ na saṃśayaḥ . hṛṣṭaromābhavaddṛṣṭvā prabhāvaṃ tīrthasambhavam .. 54.64 .. > 'Just as the seer spoke, so indeed is the sacred ford; there is no doubt.' / His hair stood on end upon seeing the power arising from the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.65) mamādya divaso dhanyo yasmādatra samāgataḥ . asthīni bhūmau nikṣipya snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .. 54.65 .. > 'Blessed is this day of mine, since I have arrived here.' / Laying down the bones on the ground and having performed his ritual ablution according to the rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.66) tilamiśreṇa toyenātarpayatpitṛdevatāḥ . gṛhyāsthīni tato rājā cikṣepāntarjale tadā .. 54.66 .. > he gratified the ancestors and the gods with water mixed with sesame seeds. / Then taking the bones, the king cast them into the midst of the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.67) kṣaṇamekaṃ tato vīkṣya rājorddhvavadanaḥ sthitaḥ . tān dadarśa punaḥ sarvān divyarūpadharāñchubhān .. 54.67 .. > Then, having looked for a moment, the king stood with his face turned upward; / he saw them all again, auspicious and wearing divine forms, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.68) divyavastraiśca saṃvītān divyābharaṇabhūṣitān . vimānairvividhairdivyairapsarogaṇasevitaiḥ .. 54.68 .. > clothed in divine garments and adorned with divine ornaments, / in various celestial aerial chariots attended by hosts of apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.69) pṛthagbhūtāṃśca tān sarvān vimāneṣu vyavasthitān . utpattivatsamālokya rājā saṃharṣī so'bhavat .. 54.69 .. > Seeing them all separated and stationed in aerial chariots / as though freshly born, the king was filled with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.70) ṛṣirvimānamārūḍhaścitrasenamathābravīt . bhobhoḥ sādho mahārāja citrasena mahīpate .. 54.70 .. > The sage, having mounted an aerial chariot, then said to Citrasena: / 'O noble one! O great king, Citrasena, lord of the earth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.71) tvatprasādānnṛpaśreṣṭha gatirdivyā mamedṛṣī . jāteyaṃ yattvayā kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ paramaśobhanam .. 54.71 .. > By your grace, O best of kings, such a divine state / has been attained by me, because you have performed a most splendid deed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.72) svasuto'pi na śaknoti pitḥṇāṃ kartumīdṛśam . madīyavacanāttāta niṣpāpastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 54.72 .. > Even one's own son cannot do such a thing for his ancestors. / By my word, dear child, you shall be free of sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.73) phalaṃ prāpsyasi rājendra kāmikaṃ manasepsitam . āśīrvādāṃstato dattvā citrasenāya dhīmate . svargaṃ jagāma sasutastato dīrghatapā muniḥ .. 54.73 .. > You will obtain a desirable fruit, wished for in your heart, O king of kings.' / Then, having given blessings to the wise Citrasena, / the sage Dīrghatapas went to heaven together with his sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.54.73\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54.73_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcamāvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe dīrghatapasaḥ svargārohaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥpañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the fifty-fourth chapter, called 'The Description of the Ascent to Heaven of Dīrghatapas,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantyakhaṇḍa, the fifth \[book\], 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.6.3.54.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.54.1) — Sanskrit - [Dharmābhyudaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.mahakavya.dharmabhyudaya.18.143) — Udayaprabhā Sūri, Sanskrit - [Vidhimārgaprapā (ed. Muni Jinavijaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.vidhimargaprapa*jinavijaya.76.143) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.54) · Pramāṇa