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# Skandapurana 1.2.23

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.1)

.. kalādhara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.2)

kāṃbojeṣu hayo bhūtvā kāṃtiśālī suhṛnmama ..

> “Becoming a horse among the Kāmbojas, radiant with splendor, my friend  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.3)

ayāsīdaupavāhyatvaṃ bhavato rājapuṃgava .. 1 ..

> became your royal mount, O best of kings! // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.4)

ahaṃ ca gaṃdhamṛgatāṃ gataḥ svāṃgaprasūtinā ..

> And I, having become a musk-deer, with the fragrant rut  
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### [1.2.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.5)

sugaṃdhinā madenāsya saṃcāraṃ cācaraṃ gireḥ .. 2 ..

> produced from my own body, wandered about this mountain. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.6)

dharmātmanmṛgayāvyājādāgatena tvayādhunā ..

> O righteous-souled one, by you, who arrived now on the pretext of hunting,  
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### [1.2.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.7)

āvāṃ śoṇādrināthasya prāpitau hi pradakṣiṇām .. 3 ..

> we both have indeed been made to complete the circumambulation of the Lord of the Red Mountain.” // 3  
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### [1.2.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.8)

vāhārohaṇadoṣeṇa tavāsīdīdṛśī daśā ..

> Because of the fault of riding a mount, such became your condition;  
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### [1.2.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.9)

pādapracārapuṇyena prāptaṃ nau prāktanaṃ padam.. 4 ..

> by the merit of moving on foot, our former station has been regained by the two of us. // 4  
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### [1.2.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.10)

rājeṃdra tava saṃbaṃdhādasmāttiryaktvabaṃdhanāt ..

> O king of kings, through association with you, from this bondage of bestial form  
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### [1.2.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.11)

muktāvāvāṃ svakaṃ dhāma prāptau svastyastu te sadā.. 5 ..

> the two of us are liberated and have reached our own abode; may there always be welfare for you! // 5  
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### [1.2.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.12)

ityudīrya nijaṃ dhāma yiyāsaṃtaṃ kalādharam ..

> Having spoken thus, as Kalādhara and Kāntiśālin  
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### [1.2.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.13)

kāṃtiśālinaṃ ca rājā jagāda racitāṃjaliḥ .. 6 ..

> were eager to go to their own abode, the king, with folded hands, addressed \[them\]: // 6  
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### [1.2.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.14)

evaṃ yuvāṃ śoṇaśailaśaṃkarasya prabhāvataḥ ..

> “Thus, by the power of Śaṃkara of the Crimson Mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.15)

śāpārṇavaṃ samuttīrṇau kathaṃ me punarucchrayaḥ ..7..

> you two have crossed over the ocean of the curse; how can my elevation come about again? // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.16)

bhrāmyatīva mama svāṃtamādhāya tadavekṣaṇam ..

> My inner mind seems to wander upon fixing its attention on that;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.17)

niryāṃtīva mama prāṇāstatra daivaṃ balottaram .. 8..

> my life-breaths seem to depart; fate is all-powerful in this matter.” // 8  
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### [1.2.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.18)

kalādharakāṃtiśālināvūcatuḥ .. ..

> Kalādhara and Kāntiśālin said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.19)

avadhāraya nistāraṃ kathayāva tavāsyadam ..

> “Listen, we two shall tell you the means of deliverance which bestows it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.20)

samāhitena manasā nirdhūtanikhilādhinā .. 9 ..

> with a concentrated mind, with all mental anguish shaken off: // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.21)

jagatsargasthitidhvaṃsavidhānānugraheśvare ..

> On the Lord of creation, maintenance, destruction, dispensation, and grace toward the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.22)

aruṇādrīśvare cittaṃ nidhehi karuṇānidhau ..1.3.2.23.10..

> on the Lord of Aruṇādri, the treasure of compassion, fix your mind. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.23)

pratyakṣitaṃ tvayedānīmasya devasya vaibhavam ..

> Now the sovereign majesty of this God has been witnessed by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.24)

tiraścorāvayoretadīdṛśatvaṃ vitanvataḥ .. 11 ..

> who bestows such a state as this upon us two who were animals. // 11  
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### [1.2.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.25)

kuru pradakṣiṇāṃ pādacārī mṛgamadādṛtaiḥ ..

> Perform circumambulation going on foot; with white water-lilies  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.26)

kalhāraiḥ pūjayeśānaṃ devaṃ mṛgamadapriyam .. 12 ..

> honored with musk, worship the Lord, the God fond of musk. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.27)

yāvatī tava saṃpattistāvatīmakhilāṃ vibho ..

> Whatever wealth is yours, all of it, O lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.28)

prākāragopurāgāranavīkārāya kalpaya .. 13 ..

> dedicate for the renewal of the enclosing walls, gateway towers, and halls. // 13  
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### [1.2.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.29)

acirādeva siddhiste bhaviṣyati garīyasī ..

> Before long indeed your perfection shall become very great,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.30)

manumāṃdhātṛnābhāgabhagīrathavadādhikā .. 14 ..

> greater \[even\] than that of Manu, Māndhātṛ, Nābhāga, and Bhagīratha.” // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.31)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

> Nandikeśvara said:  
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### [1.2.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.32)

itthaṃ niśamya ca tayornijameva dhāma vidyābhṛtoḥ sapadi saṃśrutayornarendraḥ ..

> Having heard this, and when those two Vidyādharas had straightway departed for their own abode, the king of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.33)

niḥsaṃśayena manasā niratastadānīṃ bhaktiṃ babaṃdha bhagavatyaruṇādrināthe ..15..

> with an indubitable mind, devoted at that time, formed devotion to the Lord of Aruṇādri. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.23.34)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe kalādharakāṃtiśālivṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..23.. ..

> Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, named ‘Description of the History of Kalādhara and Kāntiśālin,’ in the latter half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.2.23.1) — English, machine translation

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