[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) › 6.3.5 # Skandapurana 6.3.5 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.p1) adhyāya 5 > Chapter 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - āścaryametadakhilaṃ kathitaṃ bho dvijottama . vismayaṃ paramāpannā ṛṣisaṃghā mayā saha .. 5.1 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: > All this that has been told is wondrous, O best of the twice-born; > the hosts of seers together with me have been struck with great wonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.2) aho bhagavatī puṇyā narmadeyamayonijā . rudradehādviniṣkrāntā mahāpāpakṣayaṃkarī .. 5.2 .. > Ah, holy is this blessed Narmadā, not born of a womb, > issued from Rudra’s body, destroying great sins! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.3) saptakalpakṣaye prāpte tvayeyaṃ saha suvrata . na mṛtā ca mahābhāgā kimataḥ puṇyamuttamam .. 5.3 .. > When the destruction of seven kalpas arrived, along with you, O observer of good vows, > she, highly fortunate, did not perish; what merit could be superior to this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.4) ke te kalpāḥ samuddiṣṭāḥ sapta kalpakṣayaṃkarāḥ . na mṛtā cediyaṃ devī tvaṃ caiva ṛṣipuṃgava .. 5.4 .. > Which are those kalpas declared to be seven that bring about the destruction of kalpas, > if neither this goddess nor you, O bull among seers, perished? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.5) apakṣigaṇasaṃghāte jagatyekārṇavīkṛte . kīdṛgrūpaḥ samabhavanmahādevo yugakṣaye .. 5.5 .. > When the host of birds and beasts was gone, when the world had become a single cosmic ocean, > what was the form assumed by Mahādeva at the end of the yuga? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.6) kathaṃ saṃharate viśvaṃ kathaṃ cāste mahārṇave . kathaṃ ca sṛjate viśvaṃ kathaṃ dhārayate prajāḥ .. 5.6 .. > How does he withdraw the universe, and how does he abide on the great ocean? > And how does he create the universe, how does he sustain creatures? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.7) kīdṛgrūpā bhaveddevī saridekārṇavīkṛte . kimarthaṃ narmadā proktā revatī ca kathaṃ smṛtā .. 5.7 .. > What was the form assumed by the goddess river when \[all\] was made a single cosmic ocean? > Why is she called Narmadā, and how is she remembered as Revatī? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.8) añjaneti kimarthaṃ vā kimarthaṃ suraseti ca . mandākinī kimarthaṃ ca śoṇaśceti kathaṃ bhavet .. 5.8 .. > Why is she called Añjanā, and why Surasā? > Why Mandākinī, and how does she come to be Śoṇā? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.9) trikūṭeti kimarthaṃ vā kimarthaṃ vāluvāhinī . koṭikoṭyo hi tīrthānāṃ praviṣṭā yā mahārṇavam .. 5.9 .. > Why is she called Trikūṭā, or why Vāluvāhinī? > For she enters the great ocean with crores and crores of sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.10) kiyatyaḥ saritāṃ koṭyo narmadāṃ samupāsate . yajñopavītairṛṣibhirdevatābhistathaiva ca .. 5.10 .. > How many crores of rivers attend upon the Narmadā, > along with seers bearing sacred threads, and likewise deities? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.11) vibhakteyaṃ kimarthaṃ ca śrūyate munisattama . vaiṣṇavīti purāṇajñaiḥ kimarthamiha cocyate .. 5.11 .. > And why is she heard to be divided, O best of sages? > Why is she called Vaiṣṇavī here by those who know the Purāṇas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.12) keṣu sthāneṣu tīrtheṣu pūjanīyā saridvarā . tīrthāni ca pṛthagbrūhi yatra saṃnihito haraḥ .. 5.12 .. > In which places and sacred fords is the best of rivers to be worshipped? > Tell also individually of the sacred fords where Hara is present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.13) yatpramāṇā ca sā devī yā rudreṇa vinirmitā . kīdṛśāni ca karmāṇi rudreṇa kathitāni te .. 5.13 .. > And what is the extent of that goddess who was fashioned by Rudra? > And what deeds were related to you by Rudra? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.14) kathaṃ mlecchasamākīrṇo deśo'yaṃ dvijasattama . etadācakṣva māṃ brahmanmārkaṇḍeya mahāmate .. 5.14 .. > How did this region become teeming with mlecchas, O best of the twice-born? > Tell me this, O brahmin, O noble-minded Mārkaṇḍeya! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.15) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - śṛṇvantu ṛṣayaḥ sarve tvaṃ ca tāta yudhiṣṭhira . purāṇaṃ narmadāyāṃ tu kathitaṃ ca triśūlinā .. 5.15 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Let all the seers hear, and you too, dear Yudhiṣṭhira: > the ancient account concerning the Narmadā was spoken by the trident-wielding Lord; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.16) vāyoḥ sakāśācca mayā tenāpi ca maheśvarāt . aśakyatvānmanuṣyāṇāṃ saṃkṣiptamṛṣibhiḥ purā .. 5.16 .. > and \[it was received\] by me from Vāyu, and by him from Maheśvara. > Because of the incapacity of human beings, it was condensed by the seers of old. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.17) māyūraṃ prathamaṃ tāta kaurmyaṃ ca tadanantaram . puraṃ tathā kauśikaṃ ca mātsyaṃ dviradameva ca .. 5.17 .. > First is the Māyūra \[kalpa\], dear one, and next to that the Kaurmya; > and likewise the Pura, the Kauśika, the Mātsya, and the Dvirada; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.18) vārāhaṃ yanmayā dṛṣṭaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ param . nyagrodhākhyamataḥ cāsīdākāṅkṣaṃ punaruttamam .. 5.18 .. > the Vārāha, which was witnessed by me, and eighth the supreme Vaiṣṇava; > after that was the one named Nyagrodha, and then the excellent Ākāṅkṣa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.19) padmaṃ ca tāmasaṃ caiva saṃvartodvartameva ca . mahāpralayamityāhuḥ purāṇe vedacintakāḥ .. 5.19 .. > and the Padma, and the Tāmasa, and the Saṃvarta and Udvarta; > those who reflect upon the Vedas call these the great dissolution in the Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.20) etatsaṃkṣepataḥ sarvaṃ saṃkṣiptaṃ tairmahātmabhiḥ . vibhaktaṃ ca caturbhāgairbrahmādyaiśca maharṣibhiḥ .. 5.20 .. > All this was summarized in brief by those great-souled ones, > and divided into four parts by Brahmā and the other great seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.21) tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi purāṇārthaviśārada . sapta kalpā mahāghorā yairiyaṃ na mṛtā sarit .. 5.21 .. > That I shall declare fully, O you skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas, > the seven most terrifying kalpas through which this river did not perish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.22) ā jaṅgamaṃ tamobhūtamaprajñātamalakṣaṇam . naṣṭacandrārkakiraṇamāsīdbhūtavivarjitam .. 5.22 .. > Up to the animate creation, \[all\] had become darkness, unknowable, without distinguishing marks, > with the rays of the moon and sun lost, bereft of living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.23) tamaso'to mahānāmnā puruṣaḥ sa jagadguruḥ . cacāra tasminnekākī vyaktāvyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ .. 5.23 .. > From that darkness, that Puruṣa, the teacher of the world, called the Great One, > wandered alone therein, manifest and unmanifest, eternal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.24) sa cauṃkāramayo'tīto gāyatrīmasṛjaddvijaḥ . sa tayā sārddhamīśānaścikrīḍa puruṣo virāṭ .. 5.24 .. > He, composed of the syllable Oṃ, transcendent, the twice-born, created the Gāyatrī; > with her Īśāna, the cosmic Puruṣa, sporting, disported. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.25) svadehādasṛjadviśvaṃ pañcabhūtātmasaṃjñitam . krīḍansamasṛjadviśvaṃ pañcabhūtātmasaṃjñitam .. 5.25 .. > From his own body he emitted the universe designated as consisting of the five elements; > sporting, he created the universe designated as consisting of the five elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.26) krīḍan sṛjadvirāṭsaṃjñaḥ sabījaṃ ca hiraṇmayam . taccāṇḍamabhavaddivyaṃ dvādaśādityasannibham .. 5.26 .. > Sporting, he who is named Virāṭ created the golden \[egg\] endowed with a seed; > and that divine egg became like twelve suns \[in radiance\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.27) tadbhittvā puruṣo jajñe caturvaktraḥ pitāmahaḥ . so'sṛjadviśvamevaṃ tu sadevāsuramānuṣam .. 5.27 .. > Splitting it, the four-faced grandfather Puruṣa was born; > he created the universe in this manner, with gods, asuras, and mortals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.28) satiryakpaśupakṣīkaṃ svedāṇḍajajarāyujam . etadaṇḍaṃ purāṇeṣu prathamaṃ parikīrtitam .. 5.28 .. > along with beasts, animals, and birds, sweat-born, egg-born, and womb-born; > this is celebrated in the Purāṇas as the first egg. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.29) pūrvakalpe nṛpaśreṣṭha krīḍantyā parameṣṭhinā . umayā saha rudrasya krīḍataścārṇavīkṛtaḥ .. 5.29 .. > In a previous kalpa, O best of kings, as \[Rudra\] was sporting with the supreme goddess Umā, > and as Rudra was disporting, \[the world\] was made an ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.30) harṣājjajñe śubhā kanyā umāyāḥ svedasaṃbhavā . śarvasyoraḥsthalājjajñe umā kucavimardanāt .. 5.30 .. > Out of joy an auspicious maiden was born, originating from the sweat of Umā; > she was born from Śarva’s chest due to the crushing of Umā's breasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.31) svedādvijajñe mahatī kanyā rājīvalocanā . dvitīyaḥ saṃbhavo yasyā rudradehādyudhiṣṭhira .. 5.31 .. > From the sweat was born a great lotus-eyed maiden, > whose second origin, O Yudhiṣṭhira, was from the body of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.32) sā paribhramate lokān sadevāsuramānavān . trailokyonmādajananī rūpeṇa'pratimā tadā .. 5.32 .. > She wandered through the worlds, which included gods, asuras, and mortals, > arousing passion in the three worlds, peerless then in beauty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.33) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā devadaityendrā mohitā labhate katham . mṛgayanti sma tāṃ kanyāmitaścetaśca bhārata .. 5.33 .. > Seeing her, the lords of gods and daityas were infatuated: “How can she be obtained?” > They searched for that maiden here and there, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.34) hāvabhāvavilāsaiśca mohayatyakhilaṃ jagat . bhramate divyarūpā sā vidyutsaudāminī yathā .. 5.34 .. > And with coquetry, gestures, and playful graces she enchanted the whole world; > possessing a divine form, she wandered like a flash of lightning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.35) meghamadhye sthitā bhābhiḥ sarvayoṣidanuttamā . tato rudraṃ surāḥ sarve daityāśca saha dānavaiḥ .. 5.35 .. > abiding within the cloud with radiant brilliance, unsurpassed by any woman. > Then all the gods, and the daityas along with the dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.36) varayanti sma tāṃ kanyāṃ kāmenākulitā bhṛśam . tato'bravīnmahādevo devadānavayordvayoḥ .. 5.36 .. > sought that maiden in marriage from Rudra, intensely agitated by desire. > Then Mahādeva spoke to both the gods and the dānavas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.37) balena tejasā caiva hyadhiko yo bhaviṣyati . sa imāṃ prāpsyate kanyāṃ nānyathā vai surottamāḥ .. 5.37 .. > “Whoever shall be superior in strength and in majesty, > he shall obtain this maiden, not otherwise indeed, O best of gods.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.38) tato devāsurāḥ sarve kanyāṃ vai samupāgaman . ahamenāṃ grahīṣyāmi ahamenāmiti bruvan .. 5.38 .. > Then all the gods and asuras approached the maiden, > saying, “I shall seize her! I shall seize her!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.39) paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ sā kanyāntaradhīyata . punastāṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve yojanāntaradhiṣṭhitām .. 5.39 .. > Even as all of them were watching, that maiden vanished; > then they all saw her again standing at a distance of a yojana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.40) jagmuste tvaritāḥ sarve yatra sā samadṛśyata . tribhiścaturbhiśca tathā yojanairdaśabhiḥ punaḥ .. 5.40 .. > They all went swiftly to where she was seen; > then at \[a distance of\] three, four, and again ten yojanas \[she stood\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.41) dhiṣṭhitāṃ samapaśyaṃste sarve mātaṃgagāminīm . yojanānāṃ śatairbhūyaḥ sahasraiścāpyadhiṣṭhitām .. 5.41 .. > They all saw her walking with the gait of an elephant, stationed \[far away\], / and again stationed hundreds and thousands of yojanas away. 5.41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.42) tathā śatasahasreṇa laghutvātsamadṛśyata . agrataḥ pṛṣṭhataścaiva diśāsu vidiśāsu ca .. 5.42 .. > Likewise, owing to her lightness, she appeared a hundred thousand \[yojanas off\], / in front, behind, in the cardinal directions and the intermediate directions. 5.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.43) tāṃ paśyanti varārohāmekadhā bahudhā punaḥ . divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu bhrāmitāste tayā purā .. 5.43 .. > They saw that fair-hipped maiden, now single, now multiform; / indeed, for a thousand divine years they were led wandering about by her in ancient times. 5.43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.44) na cāvāptā tu sā kanyā mahādevāṅgasaṃbhavā . sahomayā tato devo jahāsoccaiḥ punaḥpunaḥ .. 5.44 .. > Yet that maiden, born from the limbs of Mahādeva, was not attained. / Then, together with Umā, the god laughed out loud again and again. 5.44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.45) gaṇāstālakasaṃpātairnṛtyanti ca mudānvitāḥ . akasmāddṛśyate kanyā śaṃkarasya samīpagā .. 5.45 .. > The gaṇas, filled with joy, danced to the clapping of hands; / and suddenly the maiden was seen standing near Śaṃkara. 5.45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.46) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāpannā devā yānti parāṅmukhāḥ . tasyāścakre tato nāma svayameva pinākadhṛk .. 5.46 .. > Seeing her, the gods, filled with astonishment, turned their faces away. / Then the wielder of the Pināka himself gave her a name: 5.46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.47) narma caibhyo dade yasmāttatkṛtaiśceṣṭitaiḥ pṛthak . bhaviṣyasi varārohe saricchreṣṭhā tu narmadā .. 5.47 .. > “Since you gave amusement (narma) to these \[gods\] through their various antics, / you shall be Narmadā, the best of rivers, O fair-hipped one! 5.47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.48) svarūpamāsthito devaḥ prāpa hāsyaṃ yato bhuvi . narmadā tena cokteyaṃ suśītalajalā śivā .. 5.48 .. > Because the god, assuming his true nature, attained laughter on the earth, / she was called Narmadā, auspicious and possessing very cool waters. 5.48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.49) saptakalpakṣaye jāte yaduktaṃ śaṃbhunā purā . na mṛtā tena rājendra narmadā khyātimāgatā .. 5.49 .. > Because of what was spoken by Śambhu of old, when the destruction of seven kalpas occurs, / she does not die; therefore, O best of kings, she attained renown as Narmadā. 5.49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.50) tatastāmadadātkanyāṃ śīlavatīṃ suśobhanām . mahārṇavāya deveśaḥ sarvabhūtapatiḥ prabhuḥ .. 5.50 .. > Then the lord of gods, the lord of all beings, the sovereign ruler, / gave that well-behaved and very beautiful maiden to the great ocean. 5.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.51) tataḥ sā ṛkṣaśailendrātphenapuñjāṭṭahāsinī . viveśa narmadā devī samudraṃ saritāṃ patim .. 5.51 .. > Thereupon, from the best of mountains, the Ṛkṣa, roaring with loud laughter of foam clusters, / the goddess Narmadā entered the ocean, the lord of rivers. 5.51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.52) evaṃ brāhme purā kalpe samudbhūteyamīśvarāt . mātsye kalpe mayā dṛṣṭā samākhyātā mayā śṛṇu .. 5.52 .. > Thus of old in the Brāhma-kalpa she was born from Īśvara; / in the Mātsya-kalpa she was seen by me and has been narrated by me. Listen! 5.52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.5.52\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5.52_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the fifth chapter in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.5.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.5.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.5) · Pramāṇa