Skandapurana 5.7

English (machine translation) 5.7

Language: English

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Sūta said: / As he thus meditated, having entered the water with desire [in his heart], / the twin twilights were created, and they are seen even today, O brahmins.

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Then all the hosts of gods were created by that great-souled one, / and whichever gods ride celestial chariots, as well as the asterisms and the planets,

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humans, serpents, and rākṣasas; creeping plants together with trees; / the Seven Seers, Dhruva and the others, and whatever other wanderers of the sky [there are].

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Having thus created [them], the wrathful lord Viśvāmitra / then appointed them to their respective functions.

At that very time, two suns simultaneously in the sky / and two lords of the night (moons) arose, and the planets became doubled, / and the asterisms too became doubled, together with the Seven Seers, O brahmins.

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Thus in the sky they were all seen doubled, / vying with one another and causing bewilderment among people.

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Meanwhile, Śakra, together with all the dwellers of heaven, / went to the place where the blessed one seated on the lotus resided.

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Then, having bowed low and standing with folded hands, / having offered praise together with the gods using praises declared in the Vedas, O brahmins, he spoke:

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“A creation has now been made by Viśvāmitra, O best of gods, / of humans, yakṣas, serpents, gods, gandharvas, and rākṣasas.

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Therefore, go yourself and restrain him, O Grandfather, / before all this movable and immovable world is overrun by his creation.”

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Hearing his word, the Ordainer (Brahmā), accompanied by him, / went and said to Viśvāmitra, the friend of the universe and lord of sages:

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“Desist now at my word, O brahmin-seer, / before all the gods, along with Indra, are destroyed by those who have been created.”

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Viśvāmitra said: / “If Triśaṅku, the best of kings, goes to your realm / with this very body, then I shall not create.”

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Brahmā said: / “Let this ruler of the earth go to heaven with me / in this very body, through your grace, O lord of sages.

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Put an end to your creating; no one else will do this. / What has not been done by anyone in the world, that deed has been done by you.”

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Viśvāmitra said: / “That this creation was made by me filled with anger, O lotus-born one, / that must be pardoned by you, O god, Grandfather of all the worlds.

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Furthermore, O god, by your grace let my creation / that has been made be imperishable; I shall not fashion another, O lotus-born one.”

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Brahmā said: / “The creation which has been made by you, O brahmin, shall be permanent; / however, in all rites it shall not be fit for sacrifice.”

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Having spoken thus and taken Triśaṅku, the Great-Grandfather, / delighted, went to the realm of Brahmā; the sage remained right there.

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Thus ends the seventh chapter, named “Description of Triśaṅku's Attainment of Heaven,” in the story of Triśaṅku in the māhātmya of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit