Skandapurana 7.13.3_131

7.13.3_131

vyāsa uvāca1
bhastrāpadamiti proktaṃ tvayā brahmasutāvyaya .
kathaṃ tadabhavat sthānametadicchāmi veditum .. 1 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
ikṣvākukulasaṃbhūto bāhurnāma prajeśvaraḥ .
haihayaistālajaṃghaiśca tasya rājyamaśeṣataḥ .
hṛtaṃ viprendra vikramya sabhāryaḥ sa vanaṃ2 yayau . . 2 ..
sa ṛcīkāśramaṃ gatvā ṛcīkenānupālitaḥ .
uvāsa vanamadhye tu4 garbhiṇyā bhāryayā saha . .3 . .
tasyāḥ prasavakāle tu5 bhāryāyāḥ śaktinandana .
sapatnyā rāgamohena garosyai saṃpradāpitaḥ . .4. .
sā tena vedanāṃ prāpya tapyamānā6 rujānvitā .
śītaṃ toyamiti procya mūrcchitā nyapatad7 bhuvi . .5. .
tāṃ tathā patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa rājā manyutāpitaḥ8 .
kumbhamādāya vṛddhopi toyārthaṃ saritaṃ yayau . .6..
sa pūrayitvā kumbhaṃ taṃ skandhenādāya duḥkhitaḥ .
vṛddhabhāvācchramāccaiva pāpāta ca mamāra ca . .7..

Vyāsa said:
Bhastrāpada was mentioned by you, O imperishable son of Brahmā. / How did that place come to be? I wish to know this.
Sanatkumāra said:
Born in the Ikṣvāku lineage was a lord of subjects named Bāhu. / His entire kingdom was seized by force by the Haihayas and Tālajaṅghas, / O best of brahmins, and he went to the forest with his wife.
Having gone to Ṛcīka's hermitage and protected by Ṛcīka, / he dwelt in the middle of the forest together with his pregnant wife.
At the time of that wife's delivery, O son of Śakti, / poison was administered to her by her co-wife out of passion and delusion.
Afflicted with intense agony, burning and racked with pain, / she cried out, "Cold water!" and fell fainting to the ground.
Seeing her fallen thus, the king, tormented with grief, / although old, took a water jar and went to the river for water.
Having filled that jar and taken it upon his shoulder, sorrow-stricken, / he collapsed due to old age and exhaustion, and died.