[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) › 1.1.1.49.4 # Skandapurana 1.1.1.49.4 Skandapurāṇa 1.1.1.49.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.1.49.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.1.49.4) viśīrṇadaṃṣṭrabalayo vigalatsaṃdhibaṃdhanaḥ .. 43 .. śramāturastṛṣākrāṃto no yātumaśakaddhariḥ .. vārāhaṃ rūpamatulaṃ saṃdhārayitumakṣamaḥ .. 44 .. vihaṃtumapi viśrāṃto viṣasāda ramāpatiḥ .. aciṃtayadameyātmā pariśrāṃtaśarīravān .. 45 .. galitaśrīḥ kriyāśrāṃtaḥ śaraṇyaṃ śivamāśrayan .. dhiṅmamedaṃ mahanmaugdhyamahaṃkārasamudbhavam 48... yenāhamātmano nāthamātmānaṃ nāvabuddhavān .. ayaṃ hi sarvavedānāṃ devānāṃ jagatāmapi .. 47 .. mūlabhūtaḥ śivaḥ sākṣānmūlamasya kathaṃ bhavet .. asmādeva samudbhūto'smyahamādyaṃtavarjitāt .. 48 .. yanmayānveṣṭumārabdhaṃ śivaṃ paśuvapurdhṛtā .. avyājakaruṇābandhoḥ pituḥ śaṃbhoḥ prasādataḥ .. 49 . > With the rings of his tusks shattered, his joints and sinews giving way, / afflicted with exhaustion, overcome with thirst, Hari was unable to go on. > Unable to sustain that incomparable boar-like form, / exhausted even from turning back, the lord of Ramā despaired. > Endowed with an immeasurable soul, his body utterly fatigued, / his glory departed, exhausted by effort, taking refuge in Śiva who is worthy of refuge, he thought: > "Fie on this great delusion of mine born of egoism, / by which I did not recognize my master, my own Self! > For he is the root of all the Vedas, of the gods, and of the worlds; / he is Śiva in person—how could there be a root to him? > From him alone, who is devoid of beginning and end, have I arisen. / That I began to search for Śiva, having assumed an animal's body, \[was folly\]. > By the grace of Father Śambhu, a friend of unconditioned compassion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1.1.49.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.1.49.3) - [Next: 1.1.1.49\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.1.49_1) - [Up: 1.1.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.1.49) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.1.1.49.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.1.49.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.1.49.4) · Pramāṇa