[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) › 1.3.15 # Skandapurana 1.3.15: adhyāyaḥ 17 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 17 ### [1.3.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.1) ..lomaśa uvāca.. tataḥ sarve suragaṇā dṛṣṭvā taṃ vilayaṃ gatam.. ciṃtayaṃtaḥ suragaṇāḥ kathaṃ ca vidadhāmahe.. 17.1 .. > Lomaśa said: / Then, seeing him gone to dissolution, all the hosts of gods / pondered: 'And how shall we proceed?' 17.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.2) surabhiṃ cāhvayitvātha tadovāca śacīpatiḥ.. kalevaraṃ dadhīcasya lihyāstvaṃ vacanānmama.. 17.2 .. > Then, having summoned Surabhi, Śacī's husband \[Indra\] said: / 'Lick the body of Dadhīci at my command.' 17.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.3) tatheti ca vacomatvā tatkṣaṇādeva lihya tat.. nirmāṃsaṃ ca kṛtaṃ sadyastayā dhenvā kalevaram.. 17.3 .. > And thinking, 'So be it,' at that very moment, that body / was immediately licked and made fleshless by that cow. 17.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.4) jagṛhustāni cāsthīni cakruḥ śastrāṇi vai surāḥ.. tasya vaṃśodbhavaṃ vajraṃ śiro brahmaśirastathā.. 17.4 .. > The gods took those bones and fashioned weapons: / the vajra arose from his backbone, and his skull \[became\] the Brahmaśiras weapon. 17.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.5) anyāni cāsthīni bahūni tasya ṛṣestadānīṃ jagṛhuḥ surāśca.. tathā śirājālamayāṃśca pāśāṃścakruḥ surā vairayutāśca daityān.. 17.5 .. > And the gods then took many other bones of that seer; / and the gods, filled with hostility towards the daityas, made nooses of his network of veins. 17.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.6) śastrāṇi kṛtvā te sarve mahābalaparākramāḥ.. yayurdevātastvarāyuktā vṛtraghātanatatparāḥ.. 17.6 .. > Having fashioned the weapons, all those gods of great strength and valor / departed in haste, intent upon slaying Vṛtra. 17.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.7) tataḥ suvarccāśca dadhīcipatnī yā preṣitā sā surakāryasiddhaye.. vyalokayattatra sametya sarvaṃ mṛtaṃ patiṃ dehamatho dadarśatam.. 17.7 .. > Then Suvarcas, the wife of Dadhīci who had been sent away so the gods' work might succeed, / returned, beheld everything there, and then saw her dead husband's body. 17.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.8) jñātvā ca tatsarvamidaṃ surāṇāṃ kṛtyaṃ tadānīṃ ca cukopa sādhvī.. dadau satī śāpamatīva ruṣṭā tadā suvarcā ṛṣivaryapatnī.. 17.8 .. > And learning all this act of the gods, the virtuous woman then became enraged; / extremely wrathful, that chaste woman, the wife of the best of seers, Suvarcas, then uttered a curse: 17.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.9) aho surā duṣṭatarāśca sarve sarve hyaśaktāśca tathaiva lubdhāḥ.. tasmācca sarve'prajaso bhavaṃtu divaukaso'dyaprabhṛtityuvāca sā.. 17.9 .. > 'Ah, all the gods are most wicked, and all are powerless and greedy; / therefore, let all the sky-dwellers be childless from this day forth!' she said. 17.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.10) eva śāpaṃ dadau teṣāṃ surāṇāṃ sā tapasvinī.. pravīśyāśvatthamūle sā svodaraṃ dārayattadā.. 17.10 .. > Having thus given a curse to those gods, that ascetic woman / went to the base of a sacred fig tree and then tore open her own womb. 17.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.11) nirgato jaṭharādgarbho dadhīcasya mahātmanaḥ.. sākṣādrudrāvatāro'sau piplādo mahāprabhaḥ.. 17.11 .. > From her belly came forth the embryo of the noble Dadhīci, / Pippalāda of great splendor, a direct incarnation of Rudra. 17.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.12) prahasya jananī garbhamuvāca ruṣitekṣaṇā.. suvarcā taṃ pippalādaṃ ciraṃ tiṣṭhāsya sannidhau.. 17.12 .. > Smiling, the mother, with furious eyes, said to that embryo, / to Pippalāda: 'Suvarcas \[says\]: Stay long in the proximity of this 17.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.13) aśvatthasya mahābhāga sarveṣāṃ saphalo bhaveḥ.. tathaiva bhāṣamāṇā sā suvarcā tanayaṃ prati.. patimanvagamatsādhvī parameṇa samādhinā.. 17.13 .. > sacred fig tree, O fortunate one! May you be fruitful for all!' / Speaking thus to her son, / that virtuous woman followed her husband through supreme samādhi. 17.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.14) evaṃ dadhīcapatnī sā patinā svargamāvrajat.. 17.14 .. > Thus that wife of Dadhīci went to heaven with her husband. 17.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.15) te devāḥ kṛtaśastrāstrā daityānprati samutsukāḥ.. ājagmuśceṃdramukhyāste mahābalaparākramāḥ.. 17.15 .. > Those gods, having fashioned their weapons and missiles, eager against the daityas, / came forth, headed by Indra, possessing great strength and valor. 17.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.16) guruṃ puraskṛtya tadājñayā te gaṇāḥ surāṇāṃ bahavastadānīm.. bhuvaṃ samāgatya ca madhyadeśamūcuśca sarve paramāstrayuktāḥ.. 17.16 .. > Placing their Guru at their head, by his order, those many hosts of gods / then came down to the earth, to the middle region, and, equipped with supreme weapons, all shouted. 17.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.17) samāgatānupasṛtya devāṃśceṃdrapurogamān.. yayau vṛtro mahādaityo daityavṛndasamāvṛtaḥ.. 17.17 .. > Advancing toward the gods who had assembled with Indra at their head, / the great daitya Vṛtra marched out, surrounded by a multitude of daityas. 17.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.18) yathā merośca śikharaṃ paripūrṇaṃ pradṛśyate.. tathā so'pi mahātejā viśvakarmmasuto mahān.. 17.18 .. > Just as the summit of Mount Meru is seen fully filled, / so appeared that great one of immense radiance, the son of Viśvakarman. 17.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.19) tena dṛṣṭo mahendraśca maheṃdreṇa mahāsuraḥ.. devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca darśanaṃ ca mahādbhutam.. 17.19 .. > Great Indra saw him, and the great Asura saw great Indra; / and wondrous indeed was the confrontation of the gods and the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.20) tadā te baddhavairāśca devadaityāḥ parasparam.. anyonyamabhisaṃrabdhā jagarjuḥ paramādbhutam.. 17.20 .. > Then, harboring deep enmity toward each other, the gods and Daityas, / furiously enraged against one another, roared most wondrously. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.21) vāditrāṇi ca bhīmāni vādyamānāni sarvaśaḥ.. śrūyaṃte'tra gabhīrāṇi surā surasamāgame.. 17.21 .. > Frightful instruments of music were sounded on all sides; / deep notes were heard here at the clashing of gods and Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.22) vādyamāneṣu tūryeṣu te sarve tvarayānvitāḥ.. anekaiḥ śastrasaṃghātairjaghnuranyonyamojasā.. 17.22 .. > As the war drums were sounded, all of them, seized with haste, / struck one another with vigor using showers of various weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.23) tadā devāsure yuddhe trailokyaṃ sacarācaram.. bhayena mahatā yuktaṃ babhūva gatacetanam.. 17.23 .. > Then, in that battle between gods and Asuras, the three worlds with all that moves and is still / were seized with great terror and became lifeless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.24) cheditāḥ sphoṭitāścaiva kecicchastrairdvidhā kṛtāḥ.. nārācaiśca tathā kecicchastrāstraiḥ śakalīkṛtāḥ.. 17.24 .. > Some were cut down and split open, others cleft in two by weapons; / some were struck by iron arrows, and shattered to pieces by weapons and missiles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.25) bhallaiścerurhatāḥ kecidvyaṃgabhūtā divaukasaḥ.. raśmayo meghasaṃbhūtāḥ prakāśaṃte nabhassviva.. 17.25 .. > Mutilated, some gods fell slain by spearheads; / weapons flashed in the sky like lightning rays born of clouds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.26) śirāṃsi patitānyeva bahūnica nabhastalāt.. nakṣatrāṇīva ca yathā mahāpralayasaṃkulam.. 17.26 .. > Countless heads fell down from the expanse of the sky, / like stars tumbling down, turbulent as during the great dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.27) pravartitaṃ madhyadeśe sarvabūtakṣayāvaham.. śakreṇa saha saṃgrāmaṃ cakāra namucistadā.. 17.27 .. > In the midst \[of the battle\] was waged a conflict bringing destruction to all beings; / then Namuci fought a battle with Śakra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.28) vajreṇa jaghne tarasā namuciṃ devarāṭ svayam.. na romaikaṃ ca trucitaṃ tamucerasurasya ca.. 17.28 .. > The king of the gods himself struck Namuci with his thunderbolt with great speed; / yet not a single hair of the Asura Namuci was broken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.29) vajreṇāpi tadā sarve vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ.. asurāśca surāścaiva maheṃdro vrīḍitastadā.. 17.29 .. > At \[the failure of\] the thunderbolt itself, all the Asuras and gods / were seized with utmost astonishment, and great Indra was put to shame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.30) gadayā namuciṃ jaghne gadā sāpi vicūrṇitā.. namuceraṃgalagnāpi papāta vasudhātale.. 17.30 .. > He struck Namuci with a mace, but that mace too was shattered into dust; / though it struck Namuci's body, it fell down upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.31) tathā śūlena mahatā taṃ jaghāna puraṃdaraḥ.. tacchūlaṃ śatadhā cūrṇaṃ namuceraṃgamāśritam.. 17.31 .. > Then Puraṃdara struck him with a great trident; / hitting Namuci's body, that trident was smashed into a hundred pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.32) evaṃ taṃ vavidhaiḥ śastrairājaghāna surārihā.. prahasya māno namucirna jaghāna puraṃdaram.. 17.32 .. > Thus the slayer of the foes of the gods struck him with diverse weapons; / laughing in mockery, Namuci did not \[even\] strike back at Puraṃdara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.33) tūṣṇīṃbhūtastadā ceṃdraściṃtayā parayā yutaḥ.. kiṃ kāryaṃ kimakāryaṃ vā itīṃdro nāvidattadā.. 17.33 .. > Then Indra fell silent, filled with deep anxiety; / Indra did not know what was to be done or what was not to be done. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.34) etasminnaṃtare tatra mahāyuddhe mahābhaye.. jātā nabhogatā vāṇī iṃdrasuddiśya satvaram.. 17.34 .. > At that moment, in that great, terrifying battle, / a voice from the sky arose, quickly addressing Indra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.35) jahyenamadyāśu maheṃdra daityaṃ divaukasāṃ ghorataraṃ bhayāvaham.. phenena caivāśu mahāsurendramapāṃ samīpena durāsadena.. 17.35 .. > "Slay this Daitya today, O great Indra, who brings terrifying dread to the gods; / quickly \[slay\] the great lord of Asuras using foam, by the waters, invincible though he be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.36) anyena śastreṇa ca āhato'sau vadhyaḥ kadācinna bhavatyayaṃ tu.. tasmācca deveśa vadhārthamasya kuru prayatnaṃ namucerdurātmanaḥ.. 17.36 .. > Even when struck by any other weapon, he can never be killed; / therefore, O lord of the gods, make an effort to slay this evil-minded Namuci." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.37) niśamya vācaṃ paramārthayuktāṃ daivīṃ sadānaṃdakarīṃ śubhāvahām.. cakre paraṃ yatnavatāṃ variṣṭho gatvodadheḥ pāramanaṃtavīryaḥ.. 17.37 .. > Hearing that divine voice fraught with supreme truth, ever joyful and auspicious, / the foremost among the resolute, endowed with infinite vigor, went to the shore of the ocean and made a supreme effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.38) tatrāgataṃ samīkṣyātha namuciḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ.. hatvā śūlena deveṃdraṃ prahasannidamabravīt.. 17.38 .. > Seeing him arrive there, Namuci, faint with fury, / struck the lord of gods with a spear, and laughing, spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.39) samudrasya taṭaḥ kasmātsevitaḥ surasattama.. vihāya raṇabhūmiṃ ca tyaktaśastro'bhavadbhavān.. 17.39 .. > "Why have you taken refuge on the ocean shore, O best of the gods, / abandoning the battlefield, and dropping your weapons? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.40) tvadīyenaiva vajreṇa kiṃ kṛtaṃ mama durmate.. 17.40 .. > What did your own thunderbolt do \[to me\], O dull-witted one? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.41) tathānyāni ca śastrāṇi astrāṇi subahūni ca.. gṛhītāni purā maṃda haṃtuṃ māmeva cādhunā.. 17.41 .. > So many other weapons and missiles were taken up by you before, O fool, / to slay me now! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.42) kiṃ kariṣyasi māṃ haṃtuṃ yuddhāya samupasthitaḥ.. kena śastreṇa re maṃda yoddhumicchasi saṃyuge.. 17.42 .. > Standing ready for battle, what will you do to slay me? / With what weapon, O fool, do you wish to fight in combat? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.43) tvāṃ gātayāmi cādyaiva yadi tiṣṭhasi saṃyuge.. no cedgaccha mayā muktaściraṃ jīva sukhī bhava.. 17.43 .. > I will cause you to be slain this very day if you stand in battle; / if not, go! Released by me, live long and be happy." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.44) evaṃ sa garvitaṃ tasya vākyamāhavaśobhinaḥ.. śrutvā maheṃdro'pi ruṣā jagṛhe phenamadbhutam.. 17.44 .. > Hearing this arrogant speech of the demon who shone in combat, / great Indra, provoked to wrath, took hold of the wondrous foam. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.45) phenaṃ karasthaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu asurā jahasustadā.. 17.45 .. > Seeing the foam in his hand, the Asuras then burst into laughter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.46) kṣayaṃ gatāni cāstrāṇi penenaiva puraṃdaraḥ.. haṃtumicchati māmadya śatakraturudāradhīḥ.. 17.46 .. > "His weapons have met their end, and Puraṃdara, / the noble-minded Śatakratu, wishes to kill me today with foam alone!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.47) evaṃ prahasya namucirajñāya puraṃdaram.. sāvajñaṃ puratastasthau namucirdaityapuṃgavaḥ.. 17.47 .. > Laughing thus, not recognizing Puraṃdara's \[intent\], / Namuci, the bull among the Daityas, stood before him with contempt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.48) tadaiva taṃ sa phenena śīghramiṃdro jaghāna ha.. 17.48 .. > Right then, Indra swiftly struck him down with the foam. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.49) hate tu namucau devāḥ sarve caiva mudānvitāḥ.. sādhusādhviti śabdena ṛṣayaścābhyapūjayan.. 17.49 .. > When Namuci was slain, all the gods were filled with joy; / and the seers honored him with cries of 'Well done! Well done!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.50) tadā sarve jayaṃ prāptā hatvā namucimāhave.. daityāste kopasaṃrabdhā yoddhukāmā mudānvitāḥ.. 17.50 .. > Having slain Namuci in combat, they all attained victory; / but those Daityas, furious with anger and eager to fight, were \[yet\] resolute. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.51) punaḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha.. śastrāstrairbahudhā muktaiḥ parasparavadhaiṣibiḥ.. 17.51 .. > The battle between the gods and the Dānavas commenced once more, / with various weapons and missiles released by those longing to kill each other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.52) yadā te hyasurā devaiḥ pātitāśca punaḥpunaḥ.. tadā vṛtro mahātejāḥ śatakratumupāvrajat.. 17.52 .. > When those Asuras were struck down repeatedly by the gods, / then Vṛtra of great splendor advanced toward Śatakratu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.53) vṛtraṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā sarve sasurāsuramānavāḥ.. bhayena mahatāviṣṭāḥ patitā bhuvi śerate.. 17.53 .. > Upon seeing Vṛtra, all the gods, Asuras, and mortals / were seized by great terror and lay fallen upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.54) evaṃ bhīteṣu sarveṣu surasiddheṣu vai tadā.. iṃdraścairāvaṇārūḍho vajrapāṇiḥ pratāpavān.. 17.54 .. > When all the gods and Siddhas were thus terrified, / Indra, mounted upon Airāvata, thunderbolt in hand, full of majesty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.55) chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena cāmareṇa virājitaḥ.. tadā sarvaiḥ sameto hi lokapālaiḥ pratāpitaḥ.. 17.55 .. > splendid with an umbrella held over him and a chowrie, / united with all the world-protectors, was scorched with distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.56) vṛtraṃ vilokya te sarve lokapālā maheśvarāḥ.. bhayabhītāśca te sarve śivaṃ śaraṇamanvayuḥ.. 17.56 .. > Seeing Vṛtra, all those world-protectors and mighty lords, / terrified with fear, sought refuge in Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.57) manasāciṃtayansarve śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram.. liṃgaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivanmaheṃdro jayakāmukaḥ.. 17.57 .. > Mentally they all meditated on Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world; / and great Indra, desiring victory, duly worshipped the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.58) guruṇā viditaḥ sadyo viśvāsena pareṇa hi.. uvāca ca tadā śakraṃ bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ.. 17.58 .. > Instructed then by his Guru with supreme faith, / the noble-minded Bṛhaspati spoke to Śakra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.59) ..bṛhaspatiruvāca.. kārtike śuklapakṣe tu maṃdavāre trayodaśī.. samagrā yadi labhyeta sarvaprāptayai na saṃśayaḥ.. 17.59 .. > Bṛhaspati said: / "If the thirteenth lunar day in the bright fortnight of the month of Kārtika falls upon a Saturday, / complete \[in duration\], it brings attainment of everything, no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.60) tasyāṃ pradoṣasamaye liṃgarūpī sadāśivaḥ.. pūjanīyo hi deveṃdra sarvakāmārthasiddhaye.. 17.60 .. > On that day, at the time of dusk (pradoṣa), Sadāśiva in the form of the liṅga / should be worshipped, O lord of the gods, for the fulfillment of all desires and purposes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.61) snātvā madhyāhnasamaye tilāmalakasaṃyutam.. śivasya kuryādgaṃdhapuṣpaphalādibhiḥ.. 17.61 .. > Having bathed at noon with sesame and myrobalan, / one should perform \[worship\] of Śiva with fragrances, flowers, fruits, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.62) paścātpradoṣavelāyāṃ sthāvaraṃ liṃgamarccayet.. svayaṃbhu sthāpitaṃ cāpi pauruṣeyamapauruṣam.. 17.62 .. > Afterward, at the hour of dusk (pradoṣa), one should worship an immovable liṅga, / whether self-manifest (svayambhu), installed, man-made, or unmade by man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.63) jane vā vijane vāpi araṇye vā tapovane.. talliṃgamarccayedbhaktyā pradoṣe tu viśeṣataḥ.. 17.63 .. > Whether in an inhabited place or an uninhabited place, in a forest or in a hermitage, / one should worship that liṅga with devotion, especially at dusk (pradoṣa)." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.64) grāmadbahiḥ sthitaṃ liṃgaṃ grāmācchataguṇaṃ phalam.. brāhmacchataguṇaṃ puṇyamaraṇye liṃgamadbhutam.. 17.64 .. > A liṅga situated outside a village yields a hundredfold the fruit of \[one in\] a village; / a wondrous liṅga in a forest yields a hundredfold the merit of a brahmin's \[liṅga\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.65) āraṇyācchataguṇaṃ puṇyamarcitaṃ pārvataṃ yathā.. pārvatāccaiva liṃgācca phalaṃ cāyutasaṃjñitam.. tapovanāśritaṃ liṃgaṃ pūjitaṃ vā mahāphalam.. 17.65 .. > Worshipping \[a liṅga\] on a mountain yields a hundredfold the merit of a forest \[liṅga\]; / and from a mountain liṅga, the fruit is termed ten thousandfold; / or a liṅga worshipped in a hermitage yields great fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.66) tasmādetadvibhāgena śivapūjanārcanaṃ budhaiḥ.. kartvayaṃ nipuṇatvena tīrthasnānādikaṃ tathā.. 17.66 .. > Therefore, according to this division, the wise must skillfully / perform the worship and adoration of Śiva, and likewise ritual ablution in sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.67) paṃcapiṃḍānsamuddhṛtya snānamātreṇa śobhanam.. kūpe snānaṃ prakurvīta uddhṛtena viseṣataḥ.. 17.67 .. > A ritual ablution in a well should be done especially with drawn water, / \[which is\] splendid merely by bathing after removing five lumps \[of earth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.68) taḍāge daśa piṃḍāṃśca uddhṛtya snānamācaret.. nadīsnānaṃ viśṣṭaṃ ca mahānadyāṃ viśeṣataḥ.. 17.68 .. > In a pond, one should perform ritual ablution after removing ten lumps \[of earth\]; / ritual ablution in a river is superior, and especially so in a great river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.69) sarveṣāmapi tīrthānāṃ gaṃgāsnānaṃ viśiṣyate.. devakhāte ca tattulyaṃ praśastaṃ snānamācaret.. 17.69 .. > Ritual ablution in the Gaṅgā is distinguished above all sacred fords; / and equal to it is \[ablution\] in a divine pool; one should perform this praised ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.70) pradīpānāṃ sahasreṇa dīpanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ.. tathā dīpaśatenāpi dvātriṃśaddīpamālayā.. 17.70 .. > Sadāśiva is to be illuminated with a thousand lamps, / or likewise with a hundred lamps, or with a row of thirty-two lamps. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.71) ghṛtena dīpayeddīpāñchivasya parituṣṭaye.. tathā phalaiśca dīpaiśca naivedyairgaṃdhadhūpakaiḥ.. 17.71 .. > One should light the lamps with ghee for the satisfaction of Śiva, / and likewise with fruits and lamps, food offerings, perfumes, and incenses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.72) upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirliṃgarūpī sadā śivaḥ.. pūjyaḥ pradoṣavelāyāṃ nṛbhiḥ sarvārthasiddhaye.. 17.72 .. > Sadāśiva in the form of a liṅga should be worshipped / at the twilight hour by men with sixteen services to achieve all aims. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.73) pradakṣiṇaṃ prakurvīta śatamaṣṭottaraṃ tathā.. namaskārānprakurvīta tāvatsaṃkhyānprayatnataḥ.. 17.73 .. > One should circumambulate one hundred and eight times, / and one should diligently make prostrations of the same number. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.74) pradakṣiṇanamaskāraiḥ pūjanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ.. nāmnāṃ śatena rudro'sau stavanīyo yatāvidhi.. 17.74 .. > Sadāśiva should be worshipped with circumambulations and prostrations; / that Rudra is to be praised according to the rules with a hundred names: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.75) namo rudrāya bhīmāya nīlakaṇṭhāya vedhase.. kaparddhine sureśāya vyomakeśāya vai namaḥ.. 17.75 .. > "Homage to Rudra, to the terrible one, to the blue-throated one, to the creator, / to the matted-haired one, to the lord of gods, indeed homage to the sky-haired one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.76) vṛṣadhvajāya somāya nīlakaṇṭhāya vai namaḥ.. digaṃbarāya bhargāya umākāṃtakaparddine.. 17.76 .. > Homage to the bull-bannered one, to Soma, indeed to the blue-throated one, / to the space-clad one, to the radiant one, to the matted-haired lover of Umā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.77) tapomayāya vyāptāya śipiviṣṭāya vai namaḥ.. vyālapriyāya vyālāya vyālānāṃ pataye namaḥ.. 17.77 .. > Homage indeed to the one composed of austerity, to the pervasive one, to the one clothed in rays, / homage to the lover of serpents, to the serpent, to the lord of serpents! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.78) mahīdharāya vyāghrāya paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ.. tripurāṃtakasiṃhāya śārdūlograravāya ca.. 17.78 .. > Homage to the supporter of the earth, to the tiger, to the lord of beasts, / to the lion who destroys the three cities, and to the one with the fierce roar of a tiger! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.79) mīnāya mīnanāthāya siddhāya parameṣṭhine.. kāmāṃtakāya buddhāya buddhīnāṃ pataye namaḥ.. 17.79 .. > Homage to the fish, to the lord of fishes, to the perfected one, to the supreme ruler, / to the destroyer of desire, to the awakened one, to the lord of intellects! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.80) kapotāya viśiṣṭāya śiṣṭāya paramātmane.. vedāya vedabījāya devaguhyāya vai namaḥ.. 17.80 .. > Homage indeed to the dove, to the distinguished one, to the virtuous one, to the supreme self, / to the Veda, to the seed of the Veda, to the secret of the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.81) dīrghāya dīrghadīrghāya dīrghārghāya mahāya ca.. namo jagatpratiṣṭhāya vyomarūpāya vai namaḥ.. 17.81 .. > To the extensive one, to the vastly extensive one, to the worthy one of great reach, and to the feast, / homage to the foundation of the world, indeed homage to the one whose form is space! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.82) gajāsuravināśāya hyaṃdhakāsurabhedine.. nīlalohitaśuklāya caṇḍamuṇḍapriyāya ca.. 17.82 .. > To the destroyer of the elephant demon, and indeed to the piercer of the demon Andhaka, / to the dark-red and white one, and to the one beloved of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.83) bhaktipriyāya devāya jñānajñānāvyayāya ca.. maheśāya namastubhyaṃ mahādevaharāya ca.. 17.83 .. > To the god dear to devotion, and to the imperishable knowledge of knowledge, / homage to you, the great lord, and to the destroyer, the Great God! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.84) trinetrāya trivedāya vedāṃgāya namonamaḥ.. arthāya artharūpāya paramārthāya vai namaḥ.. 17.84 .. > Homage, homage to the three-eyed one, to the three Vedas, to the limb of the Veda; / homage indeed to purpose, to the form of purpose, to the supreme purpose! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.85) viśvarūpāya viśvāya viśvanātāya vai namaḥ.. śaṃkarāya ca kālāya kālāvayavarūpiṇe.. 17.85 .. > Homage indeed to the universal form, to the universe, to the lord of the universe; / and to Śaṃkara, to time, and to the one having the form of parts of time! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.86) arūpāya ca sūkṣmāya sūkṣmasūkṣmāya vai namaḥ.. śmaśānavāsine tubhyaṃ namaste kṛttivāsase.. 17.86 .. > Homage indeed to the formless one, and to the subtle one, to the subtlest of the subtle; / homage to you, the dweller in the cremation ground, homage to you, the skin-clad one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.87) śaśāṃkaśekharāyaiva rudraviśvāśrayāya ca.. durgāya durgasārāya durgāvayavasākṣiṇe.. 17.87 .. > To the one with the crescent moon on his crest, and to Rudra, the refuge of all; / to the fortress, to the essence of the fortress, to the witness of the fortress's limbs! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.88) liṃgarūpāya liṃgāya liṃgānāṃ pataye namaḥ.. praṇavarūpāya praṇavārthāya vai namaḥ.. 17.88 .. > Homage to the one whose form is the liṅga, to the liṅga, to the lord of liṅgas; / homage indeed to the form of the praṇava, to the meaning of the praṇava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.89) namonamaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāya te mṛtyuṃjayāyātmabhavasvarūpiṇe.. triyaṃbakāyāsitakaṃṭha bharga gauripate sakalamaṃgalahetave namaḥ.. 17.89 .. > Homage, homage to you, the cause of causes, the conqueror of death, whose nature is self-existence! / O three-eyed one, O dark-throated one, O radiant one, O lord of Gaurī, homage to the cause of all auspiciousness!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.90) ..bṛhaspatiruvāca.. nāmnāṃ śataṃ maheśasya uccāryaṃ vratinā tadā.. pradakṣiṇanamaskārairetatsaṃkhyaiḥ prayatnataḥ.. kāryaṃ pradoṣasamaye tuṣṭyarthaṃ saṃkarasya ca.. 17.90 .. > Bṛhaspati said: / "These hundred names of the great lord should then be recited by one observing the vow; / this should be performed diligently at twilight with the same number of circumambulations and prostrations / for the satisfaction of Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.91) evaṃ vrataṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ tava śakra mahāmate.. śīghraṃ kuru mahābhāga paścādyuddhaṃ kuru prabho.. 17.91 .. > Thus the vow has been declared to you, O wise Śakra; / perform it quickly, O fortunate one, and then wage war, O lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.92) śaṃbhoḥ prasādātsarvaṃ te bhaviṣyati jayādikam.. 17.92 .. > By the grace of Śambhu, everything such as victory will belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.93) vṛtro hyayaṃ mahātejā daiteyastapasā purā.. śivaṃ prasādayāmāsa parvate gaṃdhamādane.. 17.93 .. > For formerly this Vṛtra, a Daiteya of great splendour, / pleased Śiva by austerity on Mount Gandhamādana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.94) nāmnā citraratho rājā vanaṃ citrarathasya tat.. etajjānīhi bho indra śivapuryāḥ samīpataḥ.. 17.94 .. > There was a king named Citraratha; know, O Indra, / that this forest belonging to Citraratha is near the city of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.95) yasminvane mahābhāga na saṃti ca ṣaḍūrmayaḥ.. tasmāccaitrarathaṃ nāma vanaṃ paramamaṃgalam.. tasya rājñaḥ śivenaiva dattaṃ yānaṃ mahādbhutam.. 17.95 .. > In which forest, O fortunate one, the six waves \[of existence\] do not exist; / therefore it is named Caitraratha, a most auspicious forest. / To that king a wondrous vehicle was given by Śiva himself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.96) kāmagaṃ kiṃkiṇīyuktaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam.. gaṃdharvairapsaroyakṣaiḥ kiṃnarairupaśobhitam.. 17.96 .. > moving at will, fitted with tinkling bells, served by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, / adorned by Gandharvas, apsarases, Yakṣas, and Kinnaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.97) tatastenaiva yānena pṛthivīṃ paryaṭanpurā.. tathā girīśamukhyāṃśca dvīpāṃśca vividhāṃstathā.. 17.97 .. > Then, roaming the earth formerly in that very vehicle, / and likewise the chief mountains and various continents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.98) ekadā paryaṭanrājā nāmnā citraratho mahān.. kailāsamāgatastatra sa dadarśa parādbhutam.. 17.98 .. > once that great king named Citraratha, while roaming, / came to Kailāsa, and there he saw a supreme marvel: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.99) sabhātalaṃ maheśasya gaṇaiścaiva virājitam.. arddhāgalagnayā devyā śobhitaṃ ca maheśvaram.. 17.99 .. > the assembly hall of the great lord, adorned with his attendants, / and the Great Lord embellished by the Goddess clinging to half his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.100) nirīkṣya devyā sahitaṃ sadāśivaṃ devyānvitaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe.. 17.100 .. > Seeing Sadāśiva accompanied by the Goddess, he spoke these words in her presence: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.101) vayaṃ ca śaṃbho viṣayānvitāśca maṃtryādayaḥ strījitāścāpi cānye.. na lokamadhye vayameva cājñāḥ strīsevanaṃ lajjayā naiva kurmaḥ.. 17.101 .. > "We, O Śambhu, are attached to sense-objects, and our ministers and others are also conquered by women, / yet we ignorant ones do not indulge in women in the midst of people out of shame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.102) etadvākyaṃ niśamyātha maheśaḥ prahasanniva.. uvāca nyāyasaṃyuktaṃ sarveṣāmapi śrṛṇvatām.. 17.102 .. > Having heard this statement, the great lord, as if smiling, / spoke with reason while all were listening: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.103) bhayaṃ lokāpavādācca sarveṣāmapi nānyathā.. grāsitaṃ kālakūṭaṃ ca sarveṣāmapi durjaram.. 17.103 .. > 'All have fear of public reproach, and not otherwise; / the kālakūṭa poison, indomitable to all, was swallowed \[by me\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.104) tathāpi upahāso me kṛto rājñā hi durjaraḥ.. taṃ citrarathamāhūya girijā vākyamabravīt.. 17.104 .. > Nevertheless, an insufferable mockery of me has been made by the king.' / Calling that Citraratha, the mountain-born Goddess spoke \[these\] words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.105) ..gīrijovāca.. re durātmankathaṃ tvajña śaṃkaraścopahāsitaḥ.. mayā sahaiva maṃdātmandrakṣyase karmaṇaḥ phalam.. 17.105 .. > Girijā said: / 'O evil-minded one, how have you, an ignorant fool, mocked Śaṃkara / together with me? O dull-witted one, you shall see the fruit of your deed! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.106) sādhūnāṃ samacittānāmupahāsaṃ karoti yaḥ.. devo vāpyatha vā martyaḥ sa vijñeyo'dhamādhamaḥ.. 17.106 .. > Whoever makes a mockery of virtuous ones of equanimous mind, / whether a god or a mortal, is to be known as the lowest of the low.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.107) ete munīṃdrāśca mahānubhāvāstathā hyamī ṛṣayo vedagarbhāḥ.. tathaiva sarve sanakādayo hyamī ajñāśca sarve śivamarcayaṃte?.. 17.107 .. > These lords of sages of great majesty, and these seers who bear the Vedas within them, / and likewise all those such as Sanaka—are all these ignorant because they worship Śiva? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.108) re mūḍha sarveṣu janeṣvabhijñastvameva evādya na cāpare janāḥ.. tasmādabhijñaṃ hi karomi daityaṃ devairdvijaiścāpi bahiṣkṛtaṃ tvām.. 17.108 .. > Ah, fool! Among all people only you are knowledgeable today, and no others! / Therefore I shall make you a knowledgeable Daitya, cast out by the gods and by the twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.109) evaṃ śaptastayā devyā bhavānyā rājasattamaḥ.. rājā citrarathaḥ sadyaḥ papāta sahasā divaḥ.. 17.109 .. > Having been thus cursed by the goddess Bhavānī, that best of kings, / King Citraratha, immediately fell headlong from heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.110) āsurīṃ yonimāsādya vṛtronāmnā'bhavattadā.. tapasā parameṇaiva tvaṣṭrā saṃyojitaḥ kramāt.. 17.110 .. > Entering a demonic womb, he then became \[the demon\] named Vṛtra. / By supreme austerity, he was gradually joined \[in purpose\] by Tvaṣṭṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.111) tapasā tena mahatā ajeyo vṛtra ucyata.. tasmācchaṃbhuṃ samabhyarcya pradoṣe vidhinā'dhunā.. 17.111 .. > Because of that great austerity, Vṛtra was called invincible. / Therefore, having properly worshipped Śambhu at dusk now, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.112) jahi vṛtraṃ mahādaityaṃ devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye.. gurostadvacanaṃ śrutvā uvācātha śatakratuḥ.. sodyāpanavidhiṃ brūhi pradoṣasya ca me'dhunā.. 17.112 .. > slay the great Daitya Vṛtra for the accomplishment of the purpose of the gods!' / Hearing that word of his teacher, Śatakratu said: / 'Tell me now the rule for the closing ceremony of the dusk \[observance\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.113) ..bṛhaspatiruvāca.. kārtike māsi saṃprāpte maṃdavāre trayodaśī.. saṃpūrtistu bhavettatra saṃpūrṇavratasiddhaye.. 17.113 .. > Bṛhaspati said: / 'When the month of Kārtika arrives, on a thirteenth \[lunar day\] falling on a Saturday, / the completion should be performed there for the perfection of the complete observance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.114) vṛṣabho rājataḥ kāryaḥ pṛṣṭhe tasya supīṭhakam.. tasyoparinyaseddevamumākāṃtaṃ trilocanam.. 17.114 .. > A bull should be made of silver, with a fine seat upon its back. / Upon it one should place the three-eyed god, beloved of Umā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.115) paṃcavaktraṃ daśabhujamarddhāṃge girijāṃ satīm.. evaṃ comāmaheśaṃ ca sauvarṇaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ.. 17.115 .. > five-faced, ten-armed, with the virtuous daughter of the mountain on half his body. / In this way the wise person should cause Umā and Maheśa to be fashioned of gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.116) savṛṣaṃ tāmrapatre ca vastreṇa pariguṃṭhite.. sthāpayitvomayā sārddhaṃ nānābogasamanvitam.. 17.116 .. > Having installed them with the bull upon a copper plate veiled with cloth, / together with Umā and accompanied by manifold offerings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.117) vidhinā jāgaraṃ kuryādrātrau śraddhāsamanvitaḥ.. paṃcāmṛtena snapanaṃ kāryamādau prayatnataḥ.. 17.117 .. > one should properly keep vigil at night, endowed with faith. / In the beginning, a ceremonial bath should be carefully performed with the five nectars: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.118) gokṣīrasnānaṃ deveśa gokṣīreṇa mayā kṛtam.. snapanaṃ devadeveśa gṛhāṇa parameśvara.. 17.118 .. > 'O Lord of gods, a ritual ablution with cow's milk has been performed by me with cow's milk. / Accept the ceremonial bath, O Lord of the gods of gods, O Supreme Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.119) dadhnā caiva mayā deva snapanaṃ kriyate'dhunā.. gṛhāma ca mayā dattaṃ suprasanno bhavādya vai.. 17.119 .. > And now, O God, a ceremonial bath is performed by me with curd. / Accept what is given by me, and be very pleased today! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.120) sarpiṣā ca mayā deva snapanaṃ kriyate'dhunā.. gṛhāṇa śraddhayā dattaṃ tava prītyarthameva ca.. 17.120 .. > And now, O God, a ceremonial bath is performed by me with ghee. / Accept what is given with faith, solely for your pleasure! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.121) idaṃ madhu mayā dattaṃ tava prītyarthameva ca.. gṛhāma tvaṃ hi deveśa mama śāṃtiprado bhava.. 17.121 .. > This honey is given by me solely for your pleasure. / Receive it, O Lord of gods, and be the bestower of peace upon me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.122) sitayā devadeveśa snapanaṃ kriyate'dhunā.. gṛhāṇa śraddhayā dattāṃ suprasanno bhava prabho.. 17.122 .. > Now, O Lord of the gods of gods, a ceremonial bath is performed with white sugar. / Accept what is given with faith, and be very pleased, O Lord!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.123) evaṃ paṃcāmṛtenaiva snapanīyo vṛṣadhvajaḥ.. paścādarghyaṃ pradātavyaṃ tāmrapātreṇa dhīmatā.. anenaiva ca maṃtreṇa umākāṃtasya tṛṣṭaye.. 17.123 .. > Thus the bull-bannered god should be bathed with the five nectars. / Then water for honouring should be offered with a copper vessel by the wise person, / with this very mantra for the satisfaction of Umā's beloved: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.124) arghyo'si tvamumākāṃta argheṇānena vai prabho.. gṛhāṇa tvaṃ mayā dattaṃ prasanno bhava śaṃkara.. 17.124 .. > 'You are worthy of water for honouring, O beloved of Umā! With this water for honouring, O Lord, / accept what has been given by me, and be pleased, O Śaṃkara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.125) mayā dattaṃ ca te pādyaṃ puṣpagaṃdhasamanvitam.. gṛhāṇa devadeveśa prasanno varado bhava.. 17.125 .. > And foot-washing water accompanied by flowers and fragrances has been given to you by me. / Accept it, O Lord of the gods of gods, and being pleased, be the granter of boons! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.126) viṣṭaraṃ viṣṭareṇaiva mayā dattaṃ ca vai prabho.. śāṃtyarathaṃ tava deveśa varado bhava me sadā.. 17.126 .. > And a seat of sacred grass has been offered by me with a grass mat, O Lord. / For your satisfaction, O Lord of gods, be ever the granter of boons to me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.127) ācamanīyaṃ mayā dattaṃ tava viśveśvara prabho.. gṛhāṇa parameśāna tuṣṭo bhava mamādya vai.. 17.127 .. > Sipping water has been given to you by me, O Lord, ruler of the universe. / Accept it, O Supreme Sovereign, and be pleased with me today! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.128) brahmagranthisamāyuktaṃ brahmakarmapravartakam.. yajñopavītaṃ sauvarṇaṃ mayā dattaṃ tava prabho.. 17.128 .. > Endowed with the knot of Brahmā, prompting Vedic rites, / a golden sacred thread has been given to you by me, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.129) sugaṃdhaṃ caṃdanaṃ deva mayā dattaṃ ca vai prabho.. bhaktyā para mayā śaṃbho sugaṃdhaṃ kuru māṃ bhava.. 17.129 .. > And fragrant sandalwood, O God, has been given by me, O Lord. / With supreme devotion by me, O Śambhu, make me fragrant, O Bhava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.130) dīpaṃ hi paramaṃ śaṃbho ghṛtaprajvalitaṃ mayā.. dattaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa mama jñānaprado bhava.. 17.130 .. > A supreme lamp, O Śambhu, kindled with ghee, / has been given by me; accept it, O Lord of gods, and be the bestower of knowledge upon me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.131) dīpaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ paramaṃ sarvauṣadhivijṛṃbhitam.. gṛhāṇa parameśāna mama śāṃtyarthameva ca.. 17.131 .. > A supreme, special lamp, blooming with all medicinal herbs, / accept, O Supreme Sovereign, solely for my peace! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.132) dīpāvaliṃ mayā dattāṃ kṛhāṇa parameśvara.. ārārtikapradānena mama tejaḥ prado bhava.. 17.132 .. > Accept the row of lamps given by me, O Supreme Lord! / By the offering of the waving of lights, be the bestower of splendour upon me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.133) phaladīpādinaivedyatāṃbūlādikrameṇa ca.. pūjanīyo vidhānajñaistasyāṃ rātrau prayatnataḥ.. 17.133 .. > In the order of fruits, lamps, food-offerings, betel, and so on, / he should be worshipped diligently that night by those who know the ritual procedure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.134) paścājjāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ gṛhe vā devatālaye.. vitānamaṃḍapaṃ kṛtvā nānāścaryasamanvitam.. gītavāditranṛtyena arcanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ.. 17.134 .. > Then a vigil should be kept in the house or in a temple of the deity, / having erected a canopy pavilion adorned with various wonders; / Sadāśiva is to be worshipped with song, musical instruments, and dancing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.135) anenaiva vidhānena pradoṣodyāpane vidhiḥ.. kārye vidhimatā śakra sarvakāryārthasiddhaye.. 17.135 .. > According to this very procedure, the rule for the closing ceremony of dusk \[observance\] / must be performed, O Śakra, by one observing the rites, for the accomplishment of all aims.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.136) guruṇā kathitaṃ sarvaṃ taccakāra śatakratuḥ.. tenaiva ca sahāyena iṃdro yuddhaparāyaṇaḥ.. 17.136 .. > Śatakratu performed everything that had been spoken by his teacher. / With that very assistance, Indra, intent upon battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.137) vṛtraṃ prati suraiḥ sārddhaṃ yuyudhe ca śatakratuḥ.. tumulaṃ yuddhamabhavaddevānāṃ dānāvaiḥ saha.. 17.137 .. > fought against Vṛtra together with the gods. / A tumultuous battle took place between the gods and the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.138) tasminsutumule gāḍhe devadaityakṣayāvahe.. dvaṃdvayuddhaṃ sutumulamativelaṃ bhayāvaham.. 17.138 .. > In that intense, exceedingly tumultuous \[battle\] causing the destruction of gods and Daityas, / a fierce single combat occurred, boundlessly dreadful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.139) vyomo yamena yuyudhe hyagninā tīkṣṇakopanaḥ.. varuṇena mahādaṃṣṭro vāyunā ca mahābalaḥ.. 17.139 .. > Vyoma fought with Yama, and the fiercely wrathful one with Agni; / Mahādaṃṣṭra fought with Varuṇa, and the mighty one with Vāyu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.140) dvandvayuddha ratāḥ sarve anyonyabalakāṃkṣiṇaḥ.. 17.140 .. > All were engaged in single combat, seeking to test one another's strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.141) tathaiva te devavarā mahābhujāḥ saṃgrāmaśūrā jayinastadā'bhavan.. parājayaṃ daityavārāśca sarve prāptāstadānīṃ paramaṃ samaṃtāt.. 17.141 .. > Likewise those excellent gods, mighty-armed heroes of battle, were victorious then; / and all the excellent Daityas then met with utter defeat on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.142) dṛṣṭvā surairdaityavarānparājitānpalāyamānānatha kāndiśīkān.. tadaiva vṛtraḥ parameṇa manyunā mahābalo vākya midaṃ babhāṣe.. 17.142 .. > Seeing the excellent Daityas defeated by the gods, fleeing and panicked in all directions, / then the mighty Vṛtra spoke this word in supreme wrath: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.143) ..vṛtra uvāca.. he daityāḥ paramārtāśca kasmādyūyaṃ bhayāturāḥ.. palāyanaparāḥ sarve visṛjya raṇamadbhutam.. 17.143 .. > Vṛtra said: / 'O Daityas, deeply distressed, why are you stricken with fear / and all intent on fleeing, abandoning the wondrous battle? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.144) svaṃsvaṃ parākramaṃ vīrā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayāḥ.. darśayadhvaṃ suragaṇāssūdayadhvaṃ mahābalāḥ.. 17.144 .. > Resolve yourselves on fighting, O heroes, and each show your own valour! / Slaughter the hosts of gods, O mighty ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.145) gadābhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ śaktitomaramudgaraiḥ.. asibhirbhi dipālaiśca pāśatomaramuṣṭibhiḥ.. 17.145 .. > with clubs, flat-bladed spears, swords, javelins, iron bars, and hammers, / with blades, slings, nooses, spears, and fists!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.146) tadā devāśca yuyudhurdadhīcāsthisamudbhavaiḥ.. śastrairastraiśca paramairasurānsamadārayan.. 17.146 .. > Then the gods fought with weapons born from the bones of Dadhīca, / and with supreme missiles they tore the Asuras to pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.147) punardaityā hatā devaiḥ prāptāstepi parājayam.. punaśca tena vṛtreṇa nodyamānāḥ surānprati.. 17.147 .. > Again the Daityas were struck down by the gods, and they too suffered defeat; / yet once more they were urged against the gods by that Vṛtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.148) yadā hi te daityavarāḥ sureśairnihanyamānāśca vidudruvurdiśaḥ.. keciddṛṣṭvā dānavāste tadānīṃ bhītitrastāḥ klībarūpāḥ krameṇā.. 17.148 .. > Indeed, when those foremost Daityas, being struck down by the lords of gods, fled in all directions, / some of those Dānavas, seeing this, were then terrified with fear and gradually became like eunuchs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.149) vṛtreṇa kopinā caivaṃ dhikkṛtā daityapuṃgavāḥ.. he pulomanmahābhāga vṛṣaparvannamostu te.. 17.149 .. > The foremost Daityas were thus rebuked by the furious Vṛtra: / 'O highly fortunate Puloman, O Vṛṣaparvan, salutation to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.150) he dhūmrākṣa mahākāla mahādaitya vṛkāsura.. sthūlākṣa he mahādaitya sthūladaṃṣṭra namostu te.. 17.150 .. > O Dhūmrākṣa, O Mahākāla, O great Daitya Vṛkāsura! / O Sthūlākṣa, O great Daitya, O Sthūladaṃṣṭra, salutation to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.151) svargadvāraṃ vihāyaiva kṣatriyāṇāṃ manasvinām.. palāyadhve kimarthaṃ vā saṃgrāmāṅgaṇamuttamam.. 17.151 .. > Abandoning the very gateway to heaven for noble Kṣatriyas, / why do you flee from this supreme battlefield? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.152) saṃgare maraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ te yāṃti paramaṃ padam.. yatra tatra ca lipseta saṃgrāme maraṇaṃ budhaḥ.. 17.152 .. > Those whose death occurs in battle go to the supreme state; / wherever it may be, a wise man should desire death in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.153) tyajanti saṃgaraṃ ye vai te yāṃti nirayaṃ dhruvam.. 17.153 .. > Those who abandon battle surely go to hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.154) ye brāhmaṇārthe bhṛtyārthe svārthe vai śastrapāṇayaḥ.. saṃgrāmaṃ ye prakurvaṃti mahāpātakino narāḥ.. 17.154 .. > Men with weapons in hand who wage battle for the sake of brahmins, / for the sake of servants, or for their own sake, even if they are great sinners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.155) śastraghātahatā ye vai mṛtā vā saṃgare tathā.. te yāṃti paramaṃ sthānaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā.. 17.155 .. > if struck down by weapon-blows or dying in battle, / go to the supreme abode; no doubt should be entertained here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.156) śastrairvicchinnadehā ye gavārthe svāmikāraṇāt.. raṇe mṛtāḥ kṣatā ye vai te yāṃti paramāṃ gatim.. 17.156 .. > Those whose bodies are severed by weapons for the sake of cows or their master's cause, / dying or wounded in battle, go to the supreme goal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.157) tasmādraṇe'pi ye śūrāḥ pāpino nihatāḥ puraḥ.. prāpnuvaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ durlabhaṃ jñānināmapi.. 17.157 .. > Therefore, even sinners who are heroes, slain facing the front in battle, / attain the supreme abode, difficult to obtain even for the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.158) athavā tīrthagamanaṃ vedādhyayanameva ca.. devatārcanayajñādiśreyāṃsi vividhāni ca.. 17.158 .. > Or rather, pilgrimage to sacred fords, study of the Vedas, / worship of deities, sacrifices, and various other meritorious deeds— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.159) aikapadyena tānyeva kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm.. saṃgrāme patitānāṃ ca sarvaśāstreṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ.. 17.159 .. > all these together are not worth a sixteenth part \[of the merit\] / of those fallen in battle; such is the rule in all scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.160) tasmādyuddhāvadānaṃ ca kartavyamaviśaṃkitaiḥ.. bhavadbhirnānyathā kāryaṃ devavākyapramāṇataḥ.. 17.160 .. > Therefore, valor in battle must be displayed without hesitation / by you; you must not act otherwise, according to the authority of divine speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.161) yūyaṃ sarve śauravṛttyā sametāḥ kulena śīlena mahānubhāvāḥ.. padāni tānyeva palāyamānā gacchaṃtyaśūrā raṇamaṃḍalācca.. 17.161 .. > All of you are endowed with heroic conduct, noble lineage, and character, possessing great dignity; / fleeing from the battlefield, taking those very \[retreating\] steps, they become unheroic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.162) ta eva sarve khalu pāpalokāngacchaṃti nūnaṃ vacanātsmṛteśca.. 17.162 .. > Indeed, all of them surely go to worlds of sin, according to the words of the traditional scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.163) ye pāpiṣṭhāstvadharmmasthā brahmaghnā gurutalpagāḥ.. narakaṃ yāṃti te pāpaṃ tathaiva raṇavicyutāḥ.. 17.163 .. > The most sinful who stand in unrighteousness, killers of brahmins, and violators of the teacher's bed / go to painful hell, and just so do those who flee from battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.164) tasmādbhavadbhiryoddhavyaṃ svāmikāryabharakṣamaiḥ.. evamuktāstadā tena vṛtreṇāpi mahātmanā.. 17.164 .. > Therefore, you must fight, capable of bearing the burden of your master's business.' / When thus addressed by that high-souled Vṛtra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.165) cakruste vacaṃnaṃ tasya asurāśca surānprati.. cakruḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ sarvalokabhayaṃkaram.. 17.165 .. > the Asuras followed his word against the gods; / they fought a very tumultuous battle that caused fear to all the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.166) tasminpravṛtte tumule vigāḍhe vṛtro mahādaityapatiḥ sa ekaḥ.. uvāca roṣeṇa mahādbhutena śatakratuṃ devavaraiḥ sametam.. 17.166 .. > When that tumultuous, intense \[battle\] had begun, Vṛtra alone, the lord of the great Daityas, / spoke with extraordinary wrath to Indra, who was accompanied by the foremost gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.167) ..vṛtra uvāca.. śrṛṇu vākyaṃ mayā coktaṃ dharmmārthasahitaṃ hitam.. tvaṃ devānāṃ patirbhūtvā na jānāsi hitāhitam.. 17.167 .. > Vṛtra said: / 'Listen to the beneficial words spoken by me, endowed with righteousness and purpose: / being the lord of the gods, you do not know what is beneficial and what is harmful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.168) kiṃbalārthaparo bhūtvā viśvarūpo hatastvayā.. prāptamadyaiva bho iṃdra tasyedaṃ karmmaṇaḥ phalam.. 17.168 .. > Intent on what source of strength was Viśvarūpa slain by you? / Today indeed, O Indra, the fruit of that action has arrived! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.169) ye dīrghadarśino maṃdā mūḍhā dharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ.. akalpāḥ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ yatkurvaṃti ca niṣphalam.. tatsarvaṃ viddhi deveṃdra manasā saṃpradhāryatām.. 17.169 .. > Those fools and dullards who see far ahead, cast out from righteousness, / who are incapable of accomplishing their purpose and whose actions are fruitless— / know all of that, O lord of gods; let it be carefully considered in your mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.170) tasmāddharmmaparo bhūtvā yudhyasva gatakalmaṣaḥ.. bhrātṛhā tvaṃ mamaiveṃdra tasmāttvā ghātayāmyaham.. 17.170 .. > Therefore, intent on righteousness and free from defilement, fight! / You are the slayer of my brother, O Indra, and therefore I shall slay you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.171) mā prayāhi sthiro bhūtvā devaiśca parivāritaḥ.. eva muktastu vṛtreṇa śakro'tīva ruṣānvitaḥ.. airāvataṃ samāruhya yayau vṛtrajighāṃsayā.. 17.171 .. > Do not run away; stand firm, surrounded by the gods!' / Being thus addressed by Vṛtra, Śakra, filled with intense anger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.172) iṃdramāyāṃtamālokya vṛtro balavatāṃ varaḥ.. uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ sarveṣāṃ śrṛṇvatāmapi.. 17.172 .. > mounted Airāvata and advanced with the desire to slay Vṛtra. / Seeing Indra approaching, Vṛtra, the best of the mighty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.173) ādau māṃ praharasveti tasmāttvāṃ ghātayāmyaham.. 17.173 .. > laughed and spoke these words while everyone listened: / 'Strike me first, and then I shall slay you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.174) ityevamukto deveṃdro jaghāna gadayā bhṛśam.. vṛtraṃ balavatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ jānudeśe mahābalam.. 17.174 .. > Thus addressed, the lord of the gods forcefully struck with his mace / the mighty Vṛtra, foremost among the strong, upon the knee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.175) tāmāpataṃtiṃ jagrāha kareṇaikena līlayā.. tayaivainaṃ jaghānāśu gadayā tridiveśvaram.. 17.175 .. > As it came flying, he caught it effortlessly with one hand; / with that very mace he swiftly struck the lord of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.176) sā gadā pātayāmāsa savajraṃ ca puraṃdaram.. patitaṃ śakramālokya vṛtra ūce surānprati.. 17.176 .. > That mace struck down Purandara along with his thunderbolt. / Seeing Śakra fallen, Vṛtra said to the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.177) nayadhvaṃ svāminaṃ devāḥ svapurīmamarāvatīm.. 17.177 .. > 'Take your master, O gods, to your own city, Amarāvatī.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.178) etacchrutvā vacaḥ satyaṃ vṛtrasya ca mahātnaḥ.. tathā cakruḥ surāḥ sarve raṇācceṃdraṃ samutsukāḥ.. 17.178 .. > Hearing this true word of the high-souled Vṛtra, / all the gods, anxious, did so from the battlefield for Indra's sake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.179) apovāhya gajasthaṃ hi parivārya bhayāturāḥ.. surāḥ sarve raṇaṃ hitvā jagmuste tridivaṃ prati.. 17.179 .. > Having carried him off while he was on the elephant, surrounding him in fear, / all the gods abandoned the battle and went toward heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.180) tato gateṣu deveṣu nanarta ca mahāsuraḥ.. vṛtro jahāsa ca paraṃ tenā pūryata diktaṭam.. 17.180 .. > Then, when the gods had gone, the great Asura danced; / Vṛtra laughed aloud, and by that the directions were filled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.181) cacāla ca mahī sarvā saśailavanakānanā.. cukṣubhe ca tadā sarvaṃ jaṃgamaṃ sthāvaraṃ tathā.. 17.181 .. > The entire earth, along with its mountains, forests, and woods, trembled; / and then everything moving and unmoving was shaken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.182) śrutvā prayātaṃ deveṃdraṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ.. upayāto'tha deveṃdra svakamaṇḍaluvāriṇā.. aspṛśallabdhasaṃjño'bhūttatkṣaṇācca puraṃdaraḥ.. 17.182 .. > Hearing that the lord of the gods had retreated, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / approached the lord of the gods and touched him with water from his water-pot; / at that very moment Purandara regained consciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.183) dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaṃ cāgre vrīḍāyukto'bhavattadā.. maheṃdraṃ trapayā yuktaṃ brahmovāca pitāmahaḥ.. 17.183 .. > Seeing the grandfather before him, he was filled with shame then. / To Mahendra, who was overwhelmed with embarrassment, Brahmā the grandfather said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.184) ..brahmovāca.. vṛtro hi tapasā yukto brahmacaryavrate sthitaḥ.. tvaṣṭuśca tapasā yukto vṛtraścāyaṃ mahāyaśāḥ.. ajeyastapasogreṇa tasmāttvaṃ tapasā jaya.. 17.184 .. > Brahmā said: / 'Vṛtra is endowed with austerity and established in the vow of celibacy; / and this illustrious Vṛtra is endowed with the austerity of Tvaṣṭṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.185) vṛtrāsuro daityapatiśca śakra te samādhinā parameṇaiva jayyaḥ.. niśamya vākyaṃ parameṣṭhino hariḥ sasmāra devaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaṃ tadā.. 17.185 .. > He is unconquerable by severe austerity; therefore, conquer him through austerity! / Vṛtrāsura, the lord of the Daityas, O Śakra, is to be conquered by you only through supreme meditation.' / Hearing the word of the Supreme Lord, Indra then remembered the god whose banner bears the bull. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.186) stutyā tadātaṃ stavamāno mahātmā puraṃdaro guruṇā nodito hi.. 17.186 .. > Then, praising him with a hymn of praise, the high-souled Purandara, urged by his preceptor, \[said\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.187) ..iṃdra uvāca.. namo bhargāya devāya devānāmatidurgama.. varado bhava deveśa devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye.. 17.187 .. > Indra said: / 'Salutation to the god Bharga, O you who are very difficult for the gods to attain! / Grant a boon, O lord of gods, for the fulfillment of the gods' purpose!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.188) evaṃ stitiparo bhūtvā śacīpatirudāradhīḥ.. svakāryadakṣo maṃdātmā prapaṃcābhirataḥ khalu.. 17.188 .. > Being thus intent on praise, the husband of Śacī, though of broad intellect, / was clever in his own interest, dull-souled, and indeed delighted in worldly illusion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.189) prapaṃcābhiratā mūḍhāḥ śivabhaktiparā hyapi.. na prāpnuvaṃti te sthānaṃ paramīśasyarāgiṇaḥ.. 17.189 .. > Those fools who delight in worldly illusion, even if intent on devotion to Śiva, / do not attain that supreme state of the Lord, being attached to worldly things. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.190) nirmalā nirahaṃkārā ye janāḥ paryupāsate.. mṛḍaṃ jñānapradaṃ ceśaṃ pareśaṃ śaṃbhumeva ca.. 17.190 .. > Those spotless people free from ego who worship / Mṛḍa, the granter of knowledge and Lord, the supreme Lord, Śambhu himself— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.191) teṣāṃ pareṣāṃ varada ihāmutra ca śaṃkaraḥ.. maheṃdreṇa stutaḥ śarvo rāgiṇā parameṇa hi.. 17.191 .. > to them, the supreme ones, Śaṃkara is the granter of boons both here and in the hereafter. / Śarva was praised by Mahendra, who was indeed utterly impassioned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.192) rāgiṇāṃ hi sadā śaṃbhurdurlabho nātra saṃśayaḥ.. tasmādvirāgiṇāṃ nityaṃ sanmukho hi sadāśivaḥ.. 17.192 .. > For Śambhu is always hard to attain for the impassioned; there is no doubt about this. / Therefore, Sadāśiva is ever turned towards the dispassionate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.193) rājā surāṇāṃ hi mahānurāgī svakarmasaṃsiddhimahāpravīṇaḥ.. tasmātsadā kleśaparaḥ śacīpatiḥ svakāmabhāvātmaparo hi nityam.. 17.193 .. > The king of the gods was indeed full of great passion, exceedingly skilled in accomplishing his own affairs; / therefore Śacī's lord was ever subjected to affliction, perpetually devoted to his own selfish desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.194) stavamānaṃ tadā ceṃdramabravītkāryagauravāt.. vijñāyākhiladṛgdraṣṭā maheśo liṃgarūpavān.. 17.194 .. > The all-seeing beholder, Maheśa who has the form of a liṅga, / then, understanding \[his intention\], spoke to Indra who was praising him, on account of the importance of the task: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.195) iṃdra gaccha suraiḥ sārddhaṃ vṛtraṃ vai dānavaṃ prati.. tapasaiva ca sādhyo'yaṃ raṇe jetuṃ śatakrato.. 17.195 .. > "Go, Indra, along with the gods against the demon Vṛtra. / He can only be overcome through tapas, to be conquered in battle, O Śatakratu." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.196) ..iṃdra uvāca.. kenopāyena sādhyo'yaṃ vṛtro daityavaro mahān.. tcachīghraṃ kathyatāṃ śaṃbho yena me vijayo bhavet.. 17.196 .. > Indra said: / "By what means can this great and foremost of Daityas, Vṛtra, be overcome? / Tell me quickly, O Śambhu, how I may obtain victory." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.197) ..rudra uvāca.. raṇe na śakyate haṃtumapi devavarairapi.. tasmāttvayā hi kartavyaṃ kutsitaṃ karma cādya vai.. 17.197 .. > Rudra said: / "He cannot be killed in battle even by the foremost of the gods; / therefore today you must indeed perform a despised deed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.198) asya śāpaḥ purā dattaḥ pārvatyā mama sannidhau.. asau citraratho nāmnā vikhyāto bhuvanatraye.. 17.198 .. > Formerly a curse was laid upon him by Pārvatī in my presence; / he was renowned by the name Citraratha in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.199) paryaṭansu vimānena mayā dattena bhāsvatā.. upahāsādimāṃ yoniṃ saṃprāpto datyapuṃgavaḥ.. 17.199 .. > Wandering about in an aerial chariot given by me, radiant, / through ridicule that foremost of Daityas arrived at this womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.15.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.15.200) tasmādajeyaṃ jānīhi raṇe raṇavidāṃ vara.. evamukto maheṃdro'yaṃ śaṃbhunā yoginā bhṛśam.. 17.200 .. > Therefore know him to be invincible in battle, O best of battle-knowers." / When Mahendra was thus addressed repeatedly by Śambhu, the yogin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 293 passages. 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