[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) › 7.13.3\_131 # Skandapurana 7.13.3\_131 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3\_131 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.3\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_130) - [Next: 7.13.3\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_132) - [Up: 7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.13.3_131) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_131) · Pramāṇa