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# Skandapurana 1.2.17

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

> Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.2)

iti śrutvāsya vacanaṃ mārkaṃḍeyo'bhyabhāṣata ..

> Having heard this speech of his, Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.3)

.. mārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.4)

śrutameva mayā deva śrotavyaṃ bhavato mukhāt .. 1 ..

> Indeed, O lord, what was to be heard has been heard by me from your mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.5)

tathāpi kautukenāhamākrāṃto munayo'pyamī ..

> Even so, I am overcome by curiosity, and so are these sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.6)

gauryā kathaṃ tapastaptaṃ mahādevyātra kathyatām .. 2 ..

> How was austerity performed here by Gaurī, the great goddess? Let that be told!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.7)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

> Nandikeśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.8)

kathayāmi tadapyetadyathā'dhigatamātmanā ..

> I shall relate that as well, just as I have learned it myself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.9)

śṛṇu tvamavadhānena mārkaṃḍeya mahāmate .. 3 ..

> Listen attentively, O noble-minded Mārkaṇḍeya. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.10)

nanu jānāsi tatpūrvaṃ yathā dākṣāyaṇī śivaḥ ..

> Surely you know how formerly Śiva married the daughter of Dakṣa,  
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### [1.2.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.11)

upayeme satīṃ nāma satīnāmadhidevatām .. 4 ..

> named Satī, the presiding deity of virtuous wives. (4)  
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### [1.2.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.12)

yathā ca sā krudhā bharturdruhi dakṣaprajāpatau ..

> And how in anger at Dakṣa Prajāpati, who hated her husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.13)

yogādahāsīdātmīyaṃ vapurityapi te śrutam .. 5 ..

> she cast off her own body through yoga—this too you have heard. (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.14)

tadā harājñānighnena vīrabhadreṇa yatkṛtam ..

> Then, what was done by Vīrabhadra, obedient to Hara's command,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.15)

adhvaradhvaṃsanaṃ dakṣasyāpi te viditaṃ mahat .. 6 ..

> the great destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, is also known to you. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.16)

aśrauṣīstasya dakṣasya gaṇaiḥ śīrṣāsakhaṃḍanam ..

> You have heard of the severing of that Dakṣa's head by the gaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.17)

brahmācyuteṃdramukhyānāṃ devānāmapi śikṣaṇam .. 7 ..

> and the chastisement even of the gods headed by Brahmā, Acyuta, and Indra; (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.18)

daṃtaghātaṃ raveḥ pāṇipāṭanaṃ jātavedasaḥ ..

> the knocking out of the Sun's teeth, the cutting off of Agni's hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.19)

aditiprabhṛtīnāṃ ca divyastrīṇāṃ parābhavam.. .. 8 ..

> and the humiliation of the divine women beginning with Aditi. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.20)

sā ca devī punarjanma lebhe himavato gṛhe ..

> And that goddess took rebirth in the house of Himavat,  
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### [1.2.17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.21)

umeti pārvatītyākhyāṃ dvitīyāṃ vibhratī punaḥ .. 9 ..

> bearing again a second name, 'Umā' and 'Pārvatī'. (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.22)

devaḥ sthāṇuvane tāṃ ca paricaryāparaṃ rahaḥ ..

> And in the forest of Sthāṇu, the god, while she was devoted to his service in secret,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.23)

arurocayiṣuḥ kāmamadhākṣītkālavahninā .. 1.3.2.17.10 ..

> wishing to arouse desire, burned Kāma with the fire of time. (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.24)

jiteṃdriyaṃ ca taṃ devaṃ kvāpi yātaṃ gaṇaiḥ saha ..

> And when that god of mastered senses had departed somewhere with his gaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.25)

tapobhistoṣayāmāsa gaurī śikharavāsinī .. 11 ..

> Gaurī, dwelling on the mountain peak, pleased him with austerities. (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.26)

upayamyātha tāṃ devo vṛttāṃtaiścittakhaṃḍibhiḥ ..

> Then, having married her with narratives that captivated her heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.27)

ramayāmāsa caikāṃte modasveti vilāsinīm .. 12 ..

> the god in solitude delighted that playful maiden, saying, 'Rejoice!' (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.28)

vaidhavyakhinnayā ratyā prārthitā śailanaṃdinī ..

> Entreated by Rati, who was grieved by widowhood, the daughter of the mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.29)

kāmapīṭhe tapasyaṃtī kāmaṃ pratyudadīpayat .. 13 ..

> performing austerities at Kāmapīṭha, revived Kāma. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.30)

punaśca menayā mātrā pitrā ca himabhūbhṛtā ..

> And brought once more to the abode by her mother Menā and father Himavat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.31)

ānītā bhavanaṃ bhartrā sākaṃ ciramaraṃsta sā .. 14 ..

> she took delight with her husband for a long time. (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.32)

tadā śuṃbhaniśuṃbhākhyau lebhāte vedhaso varam ..

> At that time, the two named Śumbha and Niśumbha obtained a boon from Brahmā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.33)

devadānavamartyeṣu māstu nau puruṣānmṛtiḥ .. 15 ..

> 'Among gods, dānavas, and mortals, let there be no death for us two from a male.' (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.34)

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jātatrāsaiḥ suparvabhiḥ ..

> Hearing their words, the god was implored in secret by the frightened gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.35)

abhyarthito'vadaddevo rahaścakradharādibhiḥ .. 16 ..

> headed by Viṣṇu, and he said: (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.36)

mābhaiṣṭa bhadra kālena tathā pratividhīyate ..

> 'Do not fear, good sirs; in time it shall be so arranged  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.37)

yathā niṣūditau syātāṃ tādṛśau dānavāviti .. 17 ..

> that those two dānavas shall be slain.' (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.38)

dattābhayānmukuṃdādīnvisṛjyāṃdhakasūdanaḥ ..

> Having granted fearlessness to Mukunda and the others and dismissed them, the slayer of Andhaka  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.39)

aṃtaḥpuragato reme devyā saha yathā purā .. 18 ..

> entered the inner chamber and sported with the goddess as before. (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.40)

kadācinmarmalakṣyeṇa prītyā kālīti niṃditā ..

> Once, teasingly hit at a sensitive point in jest, she was called 'Kālī' \[the dark one\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.41)

tasya prītyai kālikā ca tvacamevājahānnijām .. 19 ..

> and Kālikā, for the sake of his love, shed her very skin. (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.42)

yatrotkṣiptavatī carma svecchayā parameśvarī ..

> Where the supreme mistress cast off that skin of her own will,  
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### [1.2.17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.43)

mahākāśīprapātākhyaṃ tadabhūtkṣetramuttamam .. 1.3.2.17.20 ..

> that became an excellent sacred field called Mahākāśīprapāta. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.44)

sā ca tvakkauśikī nāmnā kālī viṃdhyādrivāsinī ..

> And that skin, named Kauśikī, \[becoming\] Kālī dwelling on the Vindhya mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.45)

tapasyaṃtī vṛṣasyaṃtau to jaghāna mahāsurau .. 21 ..

> slew those two great asuras, who, lusting \[for her\], approached as she practiced austerity. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.46)

devī ca gaurī śikhare tasminneva manohare ..

> And the goddess Gaurī, upon that very enchanting peak,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.47)

tapobhirlabdhagaurītvādbharttāraṃ samatoṣayat .. 22 ..

> completely pleased her husband having regained her fair complexion through austerities. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.48)

krameṇa daurhṛdavatī bhūtvā prāsūta pārvatī ..

> In due course, experiencing pregnancy cravings, Pārvatī gave birth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.49)

gajānanaṃ ca heraṃbaṃ senānyaṃ ca ṣaḍānanam .. 23 ..

> to elephant-faced Heramba, and to the commander of the army, the six-faced \[Skanda\]. (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.50)

tau cāgamavidaḥ prāhurnārāyaṇacaturmukhau ..

> And those who know the Āgamas say that they were Nārāyaṇa and Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.51)

pūrvāparādhaśuddhyarthaṃ devīgarbhasamudbhavau .. 24 ..

> born from the womb of the goddess for the purification of their earlier offenses. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.52)

vardhamānau ca tau bālau pitrorālokamānayoḥ ..

> As those two boys grew up under the gaze of their parents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.53)

magnayoriva varṣābdhau premagraṃthirabhūddṛḍhā .. 25 ..

> who were as if immersed in an ocean of joy, the knot of affection became firm. (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.54)

jātu vīṇāninādena kadāciccitralekhanaiḥ ..

> Sometimes with the sound of the vīṇā, sometimes with paintings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.55)

vijahratuśśivau svairamekadā maṃḍanairmithaḥ .. 26 ..

> at other times with mutually adorning ornaments, the two Śivas sported freely. (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.56)

jātu vidyāgamālāpaiḥ kadāciccitravastubhiḥ ..

> Sometimes with discussions of sciences and traditional texts, sometimes with curious objects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.57)

ekadā lokavṛttāṃtairdaṃpatibhyāṃ vinoditam .. 27 ..

> and at other times with news of the world, the married couple was amused. (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.58)

puṣpāvacayanairjātu kadācidvārikhelanaiḥ ..

> Sometimes with gathering flowers, sometimes with water games,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.59)

adīvyatāṃ ca rāgārdrau dolākelibhirekadā .. 28 ..

> and at other times with swinging games, moist with passion, the two played. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.60)

mainākenārcitau jātu menayā jātu pūjitau ..

> Sometimes worshipped by Maināka, sometimes venerated by Menā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.61)

jātvarhitau himavatā daṃpatī tau vinoditau ..29..

> sometimes honored by Himavat, the couple was entertained. (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.62)

jātu dyūtavinodena gatigoṣṭhyā kadācana ..

> Sometimes through the amusement of dice, at other times through musical assemblies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.63)

ekadā dānalīlābhiḥ śivau cikrīḍatuściram .. 1.3.2.17.30 ..

> at other times through the games of gift-giving, the two Śivas played for a long time. (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.64)

dyūtanirjitamācchidya patyurutsaṃgatāṃ gatam ..

> Snatching the moon won at dice, which had fallen into her husband's lap,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.65)

valayīkṛtameṇāṃkaṃ tāṭaṃkīkṛtavatyumā .. 31 ..

> and having made it into a bracelet, Umā turned it into an earring. (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.66)

iti tau pitarau carācarāṇāṃ nivasaṃtau kanakācalādikeṣu ..

> Thus those two parents of all that moves and is motionless, dwelling on the Golden Mountain and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.67)

rucireṣu padeṣu kāmabhogānatihṛdyānsuciraṃ kilānvabhūtām .. 32 ..

> in delightful places, truly enjoyed extremely charming pleasures of love for a very long time. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.17.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.17.68)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe śivapārvatīvihāravarṇanaṃnāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 17 ..

> Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, named 'Description of the Sporting of Śiva and Pārvatī', in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. 17.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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