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# Skandapurana 1.2.18

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.1)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.2)

gārhasthyaṃ bibhratī bharturekāmratalavāsinaḥ ..

> Maintaining the household of her husband, who dwelled beneath the single mango tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.3)

pakvānnapānaissā tatra paryyatarpayata prajāḥ .. 1 ..

> she satisfied the creatures there with cooked food and drink. 1.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.4)

jātu saṃdhyānusaṃdhānamukulīkṛtalocanam ..

> Once the daughter of the mountain saw the god, / his eyes closed in the performance of twilight devotions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.5)

baddhāṃjalipuṭaṃ devamadrākṣīdadrinaṃdinī .. 2 ..

> with folded hands in supplication. 2.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.6)

dhyāyate nūnamadhunā kāpi saubhāgyaśālinī ..

> ‘Surely now some fortunate woman is being meditated upon! / The love which he displays toward me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.7)

kriyate yanmayi prema tanmanye vacanaṃ mahat .. 3 ..

> I consider to be mere hollow talk. 3.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.8)

kathaṃ vijñāyate puṃsāṃ kuṭilā mānasī sthitiḥ ..

> How is the crooked mental disposition of men to be understood? / Through feigned courtesy, by one skilled \[in deceit\], I have been utterly deceived. 4.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.9)

mithyopacārāddakṣeṇa vaṃcitāsmyamunā bhṛśam .. 4 ..

> Through deceitful conduct I have been greatly deceived by this Dakṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.10)

mayi dākṣiṇyamevāsya manye manasi cedrahaḥ ..

> I consider that he shows only outward politeness to me, while in his secret heart / \[another\] person is the recipient of his affection, because she possesses good fortune. 5.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.11)

janaḥ saubhāgyavānyasmādbhavati snehabhājanam .. 5 ..

> Because a fortunate person becomes the recipient of affection,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.12)

adyaprabhṛti te dāsastapobhiḥ krīta ityapi ..

> “From this day forward I am your slave, bought by your austerities” — / even by this,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.13)

mugdheṃduśekhareṇāsmi vipralabdhā smarāriṇā .. 6 ..

> I have been betrayed by the crescent-crested enemy of Smara. 6.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.14)

asamānānurāgeṣu nārīṇāṃ mūḍhacetasām ..

> In the case of unequal affection, the pride of good fortune / felt by foolish-minded women serves only for mockery among people. 7.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.15)

saubhāgyagarvo lokeṣu parihāsāya kevalam .. 7 ..

> pride in good fortune leads only to ridicule among people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.16)

iti praṇayaroṣeṇa devyāḥ kaluṣacetasaḥ ..

> Thus, with a mind clouded by lover's indignation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.17)

havyavāhātapālīḍhamivānanamalakṣyata .. 8 ..

> the face of the goddess appeared as if licked by the heat of fire. 8.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.18)

vāṣpavāriplave tasyā ātāmre ca vilocane ..

> Flooded with tears and slightly reddened, her two eyes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.19)

nīlotpale jalāpūrṇe iva bhūmnā virejatuḥ .. 9 ..

> shone like two blue lotus blossoms completely filled with water. 9.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.20)

yattasyādhīnatilakaṃ bhruvoryugamabhajyata ..

> As her brow, bearing its tilaka mark, knit into a frown,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.21)

dvedhākṛtamivādarśi manmathasya śarāsanam.. 1.3.2.18.10 ..

> it seemed like the bow of Manmatha broken in two. 10.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.22)

aṃtarmanyubhareṇāsyāḥ kaṃpate smādharacchadaḥ ..

> Under the weight of inner anger, her lower lip trembled / repeatedly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.23)

muhuḥ pravālasthāyīva raktāśokasya pallavaḥ ..11..

> like a sprouting leaf of the red aśoka tree that has turned to coral. 11.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.24)

atīva rajyamāne tatpārvatyā gaṃḍamaṃḍalam ..

> Flushing exceedingly, Pārvatī's cheeks  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.25)

śāṇāvagharṣamāṇikyadarpaṇapratimaṃ babhau .. 12 ..

> shone like a ruby mirror polished on a whetstone. 12.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.26)

aṃtarvepadhutau tasyāścakaṃpāte payodharau ..

> Agitated by her inner tremor, her two breasts shook,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.27)

padmakośāvivāṃtaḥstha caṃcarīkapracālitau .. 13 ..

> like two lotus buds set in motion by bees inside them. 13.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.28)

aciṃtayacca saṃbhūya saubhāgyābhāvato nanu ..

> And reflecting repeatedly, \[she thought\]: ‘Indeed, because of my lack of good fortune,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.29)

mamāyamanyastrīciṃtāṃ kurute caṃdrabhūṣaṇaḥ .. 14 ..

> this moon-adorned god is thinking of another woman. 14.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.30)

tadaiṣā kvāpi yāsyāmi kimatrāstyekayā mama ..

> Therefore I shall go somewhere else; what is there here for me alone? / Good fortune must now be earned by me through the practice of austerity. 15.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.31)

tapasyate ca saubhāgyamarjanīyaṃ mayādhunā .. 15 ..

> Now good fortune must be acquired by me through the practice of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.32)

nimīlitākṣiṇyevāsya gaṃtavyaṃ nibhṛtaṃ mayā ..

> While his eyes are still closed, I must depart quietly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.33)

na cenmāṃ vārayatyeṣa kaṃṭhādupari bhāṣitaiḥ .. 16 ..

> otherwise he will restrain me with words spoken from above his throat. 16.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.34)

vatsau tu vardhayatyeva gaṃgeyamativatsalā ..

> This very affectionate Gaṅgā will surely rear the two boys;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.35)

devastu na smaratyeva māmanyastrīparāyaṇaḥ .. 17 ..

> the god does not even remember me, devoted as he is to another woman.’ 17.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.36)

iti niścitya devasya pārśvādāśu nivṛttya sā ..

> Having decided thus, she quickly withdrew from the side of the god,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.37)

anirdiśya diśaṃ kāṃcidyātuṃ vyagrā pracakrame .. 18 ..

> and, without pointing to any particular direction, anxiously set out to wander. 18.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.38)

calāvatī mālyavatī mālinī vijayā jayā ..

> Calāvatī, Mālyavatī, Mālinī, Vijayā, and Jayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.39)

vāritā api saṃraṃbhātsvāminīmanvayuḥ svayam .. 19 ..

> though restrained, in their eagerness followed their mistress of their own accord. 19.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.40)

tatra sāpi girīnpuṇyānvanāni nagarāṇi ca ..

> There she also roamed everywhere among holy mountains, forests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.41)

sarāṃsi saritaścaiṣā vicacāra samaṃtataḥ .. 1.3.2.18.20 ..

> cities, lakes, and rivers. 20.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.42)

bhramaṃtī sahyapādeṣu drāviḍākhye sunīvṛti ..

> Wandering along the foothills of the Sahya range, in the auspicious land named Drāviḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.43)

tīrtvā śaktyāpagāṃ devī vijayāṃ samabhāṣata .. 21 ..

> the goddess, having crossed the river Śakti, spoke to Vijayā: 21.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.44)

dṛśyo'yaṃ nātidūreṇa purastātsakalāruṇaḥ ..

> ‘Look, not far away in front of us is this completely red mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.45)

śṛṃgaissaṃlakṣyate'ṣṭābhirnūnaṃ māhātmyavāngiriḥ .. 22 ..

> conspicuous with eight peaks—surely a mountain of great majesty. 22.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.46)

upatyakāsu caitasya dṛśyaṃte tāpasāśramāḥ ..

> And in its valleys are seen hermitages of ascetics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.47)

atīva pāvanāḥ śāṃtāḥ puṇyāraṇyamanoharāḥ .. 23 ..

> exceedingly purifying, tranquil, and delightful with holy forests. 23.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.48)

gatvā nirūpayāmastānimānpuṇyāśramānvayam ..

> Let us go and inspect these holy hermitages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.49)

prasīdatitarāṃ ceta eṣāṃ saṃdarśanena me .. 24 ..

> my mind becomes exceedingly serene at the sight of them.’ 24.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.50)

evamāhrādayatyāli krameṇa girinaṃdinī ..

> Thus delighting her companions, the mountain’s daughter, moving on in order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.51)

tasyādrerjagmuṣī pārśvamapaśyatkaṃcidāśramam .. 25 ..

> came near that mountain and saw a certain hermitage, 25.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.52)

lūtāstaṃtūnnayaṃtyatra kumbhīrāḥ śaivalānyapi ..

> where spiders carried away cobwebs and crocodiles carried away algae,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.53)

śiśūnpuṣṇaṃti nīvāraiḥ sapharānbhūrimāyavaḥ .. 26 ..

> and many jackals nourished carp fry with wild rice grains; 26.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.54)

haraṃtyavakarānvālaiścamarāḥ sphītaromabhiḥ ..

> where yaks swept away rubbish with their thick-haired tails,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.55)

samīkurvaṃti codbhūtairviṣāṇairyatra sairibhāḥ .. 27 ..

> and wild buffaloes levelled \[the ground\] with their protruding horns; 27.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.56)

vānarāḥ phalapuṣpāṇi madhupatrāṇi bhallukāḥ ..

> where—marvel of marvels!—monkeys brought fruits and flowers, bears brought honey and leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.57)

kroḍāḥ snānīyamṛtsnāṃ ca yatrarṣibhyo nayaṃtyaho .. 28 ..

> and boars brought bathing-clay for the seers; 28.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.58)

kākolūkaiḥ śukaśyenairmṛgavyāghrairharidvipaiḥ ..

> where crows and owls, parrots and falcons, deer and tigers, lions and elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.59)

kalāpisarpairyatrāsumārjāraiḥ sauhṛdaṃ śritam .. 29 ..

> peacocks and snakes, and mice and cats shared friendship! 29.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.60)

hūyamānapurāḍāśadravyasaurabhyahāriṇī ..

> Charming with the fragrance of the puroḍāśa offerings being sacrificed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.61)

yatra drumāṃtarālebhyo dhūmyā niryāti pāvanī .. 1.3.2.18.30 ..

> where a purifying cloud of smoke issues forth from between the trees; / 1.3.2.18.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.62)

paṭhaṃti śatarudrīyaṃ yatra vāyasavairiṇaḥ ..

> where the enemies of crows recite the Śatarudrīya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.63)

gṛṇaṃti kākāḥ stotrāṇi sāma gāyaṃti sārikāḥ .. 31 ..

> crows utter hymns of praise, and mynas sing the Sāmaveda; / 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.64)

śākaśāliṣu śārdūlāścaraṃti ca tathaiva gāḥ ..

> tigers graze in the vegetable and rice patches just like cows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.65)

siṃcaṃti puṣkarāṃbhobhiḥ kuṃbhinī yatra pādapān .. .. 32 ..

> and female elephants sprinkle trees with water from their trunks. / 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.66)

kvacicca śobhane deśe puṇye puṇyamanohare ..

> And in a certain beautiful, holy, and sacredly charming spot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.67)

dadarśa sā tapasyantaṃ yaṃ kaṃciddṛṣisattamam .. 33 ..

> she saw a certain foremost of seers practicing austerity: / 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.68)

adhastātsaptaparṇasya citravyāghratvagāsane ..

> beneath a saptaparṇa tree, on a variegated tiger-skin seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.69)

baddhavīrāsanaṃ samyakpāvane kuśaviṣṭare .. 34 ..

> having firmly assumed the vīrāsana posture on a pure mat of kuśa grass; / 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.70)

śāliśūkāruṇābhābhirjaṭābhirbhasmapāṃḍuram ..

> pale with sacred ashes, with matted locks that shone reddish like the awn of rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.71)

acaṃcalābhirvidyudbhiriva śāradavāridam .. 35 ..

> as though an autumn cloud with motionless flashes of lightning; / 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.72)

nāsāgraniścaladṛśaṃ samaprasphuritādharam ..

> his gaze fixed on the tip of his nose, his lower lip evenly trembling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.73)

āvarttayantaṃ rudrākṣamālikāmagrapāṇinā .. 36 ..

> turning a rosary of rudrākṣa beads with the tip of his hand; / 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.74)

pratyagranirṇejanato hyaṃtyaśyānadaśāṃcale ..

> clad in a pair of bark garments whose hem-borders were dried  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.75)

vasānaṃ valkalayuge saṃdhyābhre bhūbhṛtāṃ yathā .. 37 ..

> from recent washing, like a mountain clad in twilight clouds; / 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.76)

ṣaḍvargahiṃsrabaṃdhāya sthāpitāṃ vāgurāmiva ..

> bearing across the hollow of his chest a triple sacred thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.77)

upavītatrayīmārādurogartasya bibhratam ..

> placed as if it were a snare to bind the sixfold harmful foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.78)

kṛtocitopacārā sā tamaprākṣīttapodhanam .. 38 ..

> Having paid him the proper respects, she asked that ascetic: / 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.79)

.. pārvatyuvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.18.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.80)

kastvaṃ ko'yaṃ girivaro yatra tvaṃ kuruṣe tapaḥ .. 39 ..

> “Who are you? What is this excellent mountain upon which you perform austerity?” / 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.81)

sa cāhāruṇaśailo'yaṃ puṇyakṣetreṣu pūjitaḥ..

> And he said: “This is Mount Aruṇa, revered among sacred fields.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.82)

gautamo'haṃ munirmuktyai tapasārādhaye śivam .. 1.3.2.18.40 ..

> I am the sage Gautama; for the sake of liberation, I worship Śiva through austerity. / 1.3.2.18.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.83)

ityuktvā vijayādīnāṃ mukhenaināmumāṃ vidan ..

> Having spoken thus, recognizing through the mouth of Vijayā and the others that she was Umā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.84)

praṇamya bhaktyā bahuśo nītavānuṭajaṃ nijam .. 41 ..

> he bowed many times with devotion and led her to his own hermitage. / 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.85)

kandamūlaphalādyaiśca kṛtātithyāmimāṃ muniḥ ..

> The sage offered her hospitality with roots, bulbs, fruits, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.86)

jaganmaṃgalamūlāya tapase cānvamanyata .. 42 ..

> and gave his consent to her austerity, which is the root of universal welfare. / 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.87)

jyotiḥstambhasya saṃbhūtimārabhyānukrameṇa saḥ ..

> Beginning with the origin of the pillar of fire, in due order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.88)

jagāda cāsyai śoṇādrermahimānamaśeṣataḥ .. 43 ..

> he narrated to her the complete majesty of Mount Śoṇa: / 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.89)

śoṇādreḥ pūrvadigbhāge sthalīśvaramiti sthalam ..

> “To the east of Mount Śoṇa is a place named Sthalīśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.90)

yatra saṃnihitaḥ śaṃbhurjyotirliṃgātmatāṃ gataḥ .. 44 ..

> where Śambhu is present, having assumed the nature of a liṅga of light. / 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.91)

vaikuṇṭhaparameṣṭhyādi gīrvāṇa nibiḍīkṛte ..

> Because it is crowded with the gods, beginning with Vaikuṇṭha and Parameṣṭhin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.92)

na tatra me tapaḥ kartumavyākṣepeṇa śakyate .. 45 ..

> I am not able to perform my austerity there without distraction. / 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.93)

ayaṃ śoṇagireḥ pādaḥ pravālācalanāmavān..

> This foot of Mount Śoṇa, named Pravālācala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.94)

puṇyāraṇyoparuddhatvādrahasyatvaṃ vigāhate .. 46 ..

> partakes of secrecy because it is enclosed by a sacred forest. / 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.95)

tata evāhamatraiva pratiṣṭhāpya trilocanam ..

> Therefore, having installed the Three-eyed Lord right here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.96)

ārādhaye yathāśakti tapobhiḥ kalpitātmabhiḥ .. 47 ..

> I worship him according to my ability through austerities fashioned in my soul. / 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.97)

mamāśramasamīpe'sminpuṇyakṣetramidaṃ mahat ..

> Near this hermitage of mine is this great sacred field;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.98)

kriyatāmāśramo devyā karttavyaṃ hi tapaściram .. 48 ..

> let a hermitage be made by the goddess, for a long austerity is to be performed.” / 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.99)

munerevamanujñānātkṛtāśramaparigrahā ..

> With such permission from the sage, having taken possession of a hermitage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.100)

udayuṃkta tapaḥ karttuṃ sumahatparvatātmajā .. 49 ..

> the daughter of the mountain set out to perform a very great austerity. / 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.101)

āśramaṃ rakṣituṃ satyavatīṃ kānanavāsinīm ..

> To protect the hermitage, she stationed Satyavatī, Kānanavāsinī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.102)

śubhagāṃ dhuṃdhumāriṃ ca prāgādyāśāsvatiṣṭhipat .. 1.3.2.18.50 ..

> the auspicious one, and Dhundhumāri in the directions beginning with the east. / 1.3.2.18.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.103)

tapovanasya sarvasya rakṣārthaṃ sā samādiśat ..

> For the protection of the whole grove of austerity, she appointed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.104)

durgāmanargalasphūrtimājñānirvāhaṇakṣamām .. .. 51 ..

> Durgā, whose energy is unimpeded and who is capable of carrying out commands. / 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.105)

anaṃtaraṃ sā dhammillaṃ maṃdāraprasavocitam ..

> Thereupon, for the sake of austerity, Pārvatī reduced her braided hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.106)

jaṭābharatvaṃ tapase gamayāmāsa pārvatī .. 52 ..

> worthy of mandāra blossoms, to a mass of matted locks. / 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.107)

haṃsacihnadaśaṃ hitvā dukūlaṃ mihakālaghu ..

> Abandoning her fine silk, light as mist, with borders bearing swan emblems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.108)

paruṣaṃ sukumārāṃgī paridhattesma valkalam .. 53 ..

> she of delicate limbs put on rough bark. / 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.109)

api prasūnāvacayanissahāṃgulipallavā ..

> Even though the tender shoots of her fingers could scarcely bear plucking flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.110)

alāvīdatitīkṣṇāgrāṇyavikāraṃ kuśāni sā .. 54 ..

> she cut the extremely sharp-tipped kuśa blades without faltering. / 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.111)

vajrasūcinirbharāṃgairavacchinnāni kaṃṭakaiḥ ..

> She, tender as a śirīṣa flower, plucked the leaves of the bilva tree  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.112)

śirīṣamṛdvī śāṃḍilyapallavānyuccikāya yā .. 55 ..

> cut around with thorns resembling adamantine needles. / 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.113)

pāvanyāṃ kamalānadyāṃ prātarvihitamajjanā ..

> Having bathed in the morning in the purifying Kamalā river,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.114)

arcayāmāsa raktābjairyathāvidhi vibhākaram .. 56 ..

> she worshipped the Sun with red lotuses according to rule. / 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.115)

darbhākṣatatilonmiśrairgaurī śrīnadivāribhiḥ ..

> With the waters of the sacred river mingled with darbha grass, unbroken grains, and sesamum,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.116)

devī nirvartayāmāsa devarṣipitṛtarpaṇam .. 57 ..

> the goddess Gaurī performed the water-offering to the gods, seers, and ancestors. / 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.117)

vālukāmaṃḍale sūryamāvāhyābhyarcya paṃkajaiḥ ..

> Having invoked the Sun upon a mandala of sand and worshipped him with lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.118)

kṛtapradakṣiṇā gaurī praṇanāma sahasraśaḥ .. 58 ..

> Gaurī circumambulated and bowed down thousands of times. / 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.119)

svayameva pratiṣṭhāpya liṃgaṃ kimapi śaṃkaram ..

> Having herself consecrated an extraordinary Śaṃkara-liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.120)

āgamoktena vidhinā pūjayāmāsa pārvatī .. 59 ..

> Pārvatī worshipped according to the rule declared in the Āgama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.121)

āsanena ca mūrtyā ca mūlenāṃgaiśca sā ravim ..

> With seat, form, root-mantra, and limb-mantras, she worshipped the Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.122)

daṃḍipiṃgalamukhyāṃśca śaktīrdīptādikā api .. 1.3.2.18.60 ..

> and the leaders headed by Daṇḍin and Piṅgala, as well as the śaktis beginning with Dīptā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.123)

tattaddikṣu ca somādīngrahāndhenvādimudrayā ..

> and in their respective directions the planets beginning with Soma, using gestures such as the dhenumudrā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.124)

tejaścaṃḍe cārcayitvā nirmālyaṃ ca nyavedayat .. 61 ..

> Having worshipped the radiance in Caṇḍa, she offered the remnants of worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.125)

argheṇātīva śuddhena saṃprokṣya ca samaṃtataḥ ..

> Sprinkling all around with exceedingly pure argha water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.126)

dvāravāstu samabhyarcya nyāsānapi cakāra sā .. 62 ..

> and properly worshipping the door and the site, she also performed the nyāsas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.127)

bhūtaśuddhiṃ vidhāyānvagaṃtaryāgaṃ cakāra sā ..

> Having performed the purification of elements, she then performed the internal sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.128)

hṛdi padmāsane cārcya jñānadharmādikānkramāt .. .. 63 ..

> Worshipping in sequence wisdom, righteousness, and the rest on the lotus seat in her heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.129)

śaktīrdaleṣu vāmādīrdalāgre sūryavedhasau ..

> the śaktis beginning with Vāmā on the petals, Sūrya and Vedhas at the tips of the petals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.130)

kesarāgre somaviṣṇū karṇikāgre'gnidhūrjaṭī .. 64 ..

> Soma and Viṣṇu at the tips of the filaments, and Agni and Dhūrjaṭi at the tips of the pericarp,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.131)

tadūrdhve śakticakraṃ ca vinyastabrahmapaṃcakā ..

> and above that the circle of śaktis, having placed the five Brahmans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.132)

aṃgairdattvā ca pādyādīnupacaryābhiṣicya sā .. 65 ..

> and offering foot-water and the rest with the limb-mantras, having served and bathed him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.133)

prādāccaṃdanapuṣpādi dhūpadīpapradāyinī ..

> bestowing incense and lamps, she presented sandalwood, flowers, and other offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.134)

bhūyopi paṃcabrahmāṇi ṣaḍaṃgānyapyapūjayat .. 66 ..

> Once more she worshipped the five Brahmans and also the six limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.135)

tattaddikṣu ca śakrādīnvajrādīṃśca vidhānataḥ ..

> And in their respective directions Śakra and the others and the thunderbolt and the rest according to the rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.136)

kṛtvā sarvopacārāṃśca vitatārāṣṭapuṣpikām .. 67 ..

> having rendered all the services of worship, she offered the eight flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.137)

paṃcavaktrāṇi cābhyarcya kṛtacaṃḍeśvarārcanā ..

> Having worshipped the five faces and performed the worship of Caṇḍeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.138)

pradakṣiṇā praṇāmādyairnityaṃ śivamapūjayat .. 68 ..

> she constantly worshipped Śiva with circumambulations, prostrations, and other rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.139)

śivāgamoktavidhinā dravyaiḥ saubhāgyadāyibhiḥ ..

> According to the rule stated in the Śivāgamas, with substances that bestow good fortune,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.140)

sā juhāva ca pūjāṃte praṇīte jātavedasi .. 69 ..

> at the conclusion of the worship she offered oblations into the consecrated fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.141)

parikalpitopacārā ca kaṃdamūlaphalādikaiḥ ..

> Having prepared hospitable offerings with roots, bulbs, fruits, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.142)

svayaṃ kṛtopacāreyamatithīnabhyapūjayat .. 1.3.2.18.70 ..

> she personally attended to and worshipped the guests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.143)

aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa tiṣṭhaṃtī grīṣye paṃcāgnimadhyataḥ ..

> Standing on the tip of her big toe in summer amid the five fires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.144)

hrade ca śiśire caṃdrapīyūṣāpyāyitā'bhavat .. 71 ..

> and in winter in a pool of water, she was nourished by the nectar of the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.145)

varṣarātrīṣu dhārābhiḥ saha vāridharā punaḥ ..

> During rainy nights, while clouds poured down torrents of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.146)

saudāminīva dadṛśe tamasi stimitā kṛtiḥ .. 72 ..

> her form stood motionless in the darkness, resembling a streak of lightning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.147)

pāṇipādena padmāni mukhena ca kalānidhim ..

> Making lotuses manifest with her hands and feet, and the moon with her face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.148)

pradarśayatyanāyāsānninye sā haimanīrniśāḥ .. 73 ..

> she passed the wintry nights without weariness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.149)

nīvārabījadānena sā mṛgānapyapoṣayat ..

> She nourished even the wild deer by offering wild rice grains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.150)

ajñātahiṃsābhibhavānāśramopāṃtavartinaḥ .. 74 ..

> deer dwelling near the hermitage, unacquainted with harm or injury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.151)

kṛtālavālasalilaiḥ suvālākalaśāhṛtaiḥ ..

> With water poured into dug trenches, brought in jars by young girls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.152)

vātsalyādvarddhayāmāsa pūrṇānāśramapādapān.. 75 ..

> she lovingly nurtured the thriving trees of the hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.153)

pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtavatī śoṇaśailaṃ girīṃdrajā ..

> The daughter of the mountain king performed circumambulation of the Red Mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.154)

sā manorathasaṃsiddhyai nityaṃ saha sakhījanaiḥ .. 76 ..

> constantly together with her companions, for the fulfillment of her desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.155)

paṃcākṣarī jajāpaiṣā śivastotrāṇyudairayat..

> She chanted the five-syllable mantra and recited hymns to Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.156)

dadhyau ca devaṃ manasā śoṇaparvatarūpiṇam .. 77 ..

> and meditated in her mind upon the God having the form of the Red Mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.157)

anudinamaruṇācaleśvaraṃ sā praṇatavatī vihitapradakṣiṇādyaiḥ ..

> Daily bowed before the Lord of Aruṇācala with circumambulations and other rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.158)

śivanigamavidhānavedinī sā vyaracayadadrisutā ciraṃ tapasyām .. 78 ..

> the mountain's daughter, knowing the ritual rules of the scriptures of Śiva, performed austerity for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.18.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.18.159)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe pārvatīkṛtāruṇācaleśvaraparicaraṇavarṇanaṃnāmā'ṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 18 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Worship of the Lord of Aruṇācala Performed by Pārvatī,' in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.2.18.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Adbhutasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.adbhuta.adbhutasagara.10.11) — Ballālasena & Lakṣmaṇasena, Sanskrit

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