[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) › 1.3.31 # Skandapurana 1.3.31: adhyāyaḥ 33 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 33 ### [1.3.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.1) ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. kinnāmā ca kirāto'bhūtkiṃ tena vratamāhitam.. tattvaṃ kathaya vipreṃdra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ.. 33.1 .. > The seers said: > What was the name of the Kirāta, and what vow was undertaken by him? > Tell us the truth, O best of brahmins, for our curiosity is immense. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.2) tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmo yāthātathyena kathyatām.. na hyanyo vidyate loke tvadvinā vadatāṃ varaḥ.. tasmātkatha bho vipra sarvaṃ śuśrūṣatāṃ hi naḥ.. 33.2 .. > We wish to hear all that; let it be told accurately. > There is indeed no other in the world better than you among speakers; > therefore tell everything, O brahmin, to us who desire to hear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.3) evamuktastadā tena śaunakena mahātmanā.. kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ puṣkasena kṛtaṃ yat.. 33.3 .. > Thus addressed then by the great-souled Śaunaka, > he related all that was done by the hunter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.4) ..lomaśa uvāca.. āsītpurā mahāraudraścaḍonāma durātmavān.. krūrasaṃgo niṣkṛtiko bhūtānāṃ bhayavāhakaḥ.. 33.4 .. > Lomaśa said: > Long ago there was a very terrible, wicked-souled \[man\] named Caṇḍa, > of cruel associations, treacherous, bringing fear to living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.5) jālena matsyānduṣṭātmā ghātayatyaniśaṃ khalu.. bhallairmṛgāñchāpadāṃśca kṛṣṇasārāṃśca śallakān.. 33.5 .. > With a net the evil-minded one constantly killed fish indeed, > and with spears deer, beasts of prey, blackbucks, and porcupines. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.6) khaḍgāṃścaiva ca duṣṭātmā dṛṣṭvā kāṃścicca pāpavān.. pakṣiṇo'ghātayatkruddho brāhmaṇāṃśca viśeṣataḥ.. 33.6 .. > And the evil-minded sinner, having seen rhinos and some others, > wrathfully killed birds and especially brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.7) lubdhako hi mahāpāpo duṣṭo duṣṭajanapriyaḥ.. bhāryā tathāvidhaā tasya puṣkasasya mahābhayā.. 33.7 .. > He was indeed a hunter of great sin, wicked, fond of wicked people; > of such a nature also was the terrifying wife of that outcaste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.8) evaṃ viharatastasya bahukālotyavartata.. gate bahutithekāle pāpaughaniratasya ca.. 33.8 .. > While he lived in this manner, a long time passed; > when a long time had passed as he indulged in a multitude of sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.9) niṣaṃge jalamādāya kṣutpipāsārddito bhṛśam.. ekadā niśi pāpīyācchrīvṛkṣopari saṃsthitaḥ.. kolaṃ haṃtuṃ dhanuṣpāṇirjāgraccānimiṣeṇa hi.. 33.9 .. > having taken water in a quiver, severely afflicted by hunger and thirst, > once at night the sinner stood upon a bilva tree > with bow in hand, staying awake with unblinking eyes to kill a wild boar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.10) māghamāse'sitāyāṃ vai caturdaśyāmathāgrataḥ.. mṛgamārgavilokārthī bilvapatrāṇyapātayat.. 33.10 .. > Then, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Māgha, > desiring to look along the path of the deer, he dropped bilva leaves in front of him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.11) śrīvṛkṣaparṇāni bahūni tatra sa cchedayāmāsa ruṣānvitopi.. śrīvṛkṣamūle parivartamāne liṃgaṃ tasyoparidṛṣṭabhāvaḥ.. 33.11 .. > Though filled with rage, he tore down many leaves of the bilva tree there; > while \[they\] turned around at the foot of the bilva tree, a liṅga was seen upon it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.12) vavarṣa gaṃḍūṣajalaṃ durātmā yadṛcchayā tāni śive pataṃti.. śrīvṛkṣaparṇāni ca daivayogājjātaṃ ca sarvaṃ śivapūjanaṃ tat.. 33.12 .. > The wicked-minded man accidentally sprayed a mouthful of water, and it fell upon Śiva; / and by stroke of fate, those bilva leaves fell too, so that all became worship of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.13) gaṃḍūṣavāriṇā tena snapanaṃ ca kṛtaṃ mahat.. bilvapatrairasaṃkhyātairarcanaṃ mahatkṛtam.. 33.13 .. > A great ceremonial bath was performed with that mouthful of water, / and a great worship was accomplished with countless bilva leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.14) ajñānenāpi bho viprāḥ puṣkasena durātmanā.. māghamāse'site pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ vidhūdaye.. 33.14 .. > Even though done unwittingly, O brahmins, by that wicked-minded Puṣkasa, / on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha, at the rising of the moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.15) puṣkaso'tha durācāro vaॉkṣādavatatāra saḥ.. āgatya jalasaṃkāśaṃ matsyānhaṃtuṃ pracakrame.. 33.15 .. > the ill-behaved Puṣkasa then climbed down from the tree. / Having approached the water, he began to kill fish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.16) lubdha kasyāpi bhāryābhūnnāmnā caiva ghanodarī.. duṣṭā sā pāpaniratā paradravyāpahāriṇī.. 33.16 .. > The hunter had a wife named Ghanodarī, / who was wicked, intent on sin, and a stealer of others' goods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.17) gṛhānnirgatya sāyāhne puradvārabahiḥ sthitā.. vanamārgaṃ prapaśyaṃtī patyurāgamanecchayā.. 33.17 .. > Going out from the house at eventide, she stood outside the city gate, / gazing down the forest path in the desire for her husband's return. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.18) cirādbhartarī nāyāte cintayāmāsa lubdhakī.. adya sāyāhnavelāyāmāgatāḥ sarvalubdhakāḥ.. 33.18 .. > When her husband did not arrive for a long time, the hunter's wife grew anxious: / 'Today, at evening time, all the hunters have returned; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.19) tamaḥ stomena saṃchannāścatasro vidiśo diśaḥ.. rātrau yāmadvayaṃ yātaṃ kiṃ mataṃgaḥ samāgataḥ.. 33.19 .. > the four quarters and intermediate directions are veiled by a mass of darkness; / two watches have passed in the night—has Matanga arrived? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.20) kiṃ vā kesaralobhena siṃhenaiva vidāritaḥ.. kiṃ bhujaṃgaphaṇāratnahārī sarpaviṣārditaḥ.. 33.20 .. > Or was he torn apart by a lion in his greed for its mane? / Or was he, seeking to take the jewel from a serpent's hood, afflicted by a snake's poison? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.21) kiṃ vā varāhadaṃṣṭrāgraghātaiḥ paṃcatvamāgataḥ.. madhulobhena vṛkṣāgrātsa vai prapatito bhuvi.. 33.21 .. > Or did he meet his death from the blows of a boar's tusks? / Or has he fallen down to earth from the treetop in his greed for honey? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.22) kvānveṣayāmi pṛcchāmi kva gacchāmi ca kaṃ prati.. evaṃ vilapya bahudhā nivṛttā svaṃ gṛhaṃ prati.. 33.22 .. > Where shall I search, whom shall I ask, and where shall I go, to whom?' / Having thus lamented in many ways, she returned to her own house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.23) naivānnaṃ no jalaṃ kiṃcinna bhuktaṃ taddine tayā.. ciṃtayaṃtī patiṃ cāpi lubdhakī tvayanniśām.. 33.23 .. > On that day she took no food and no water whatsoever, / and that hunter's wife spent the night worrying about her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.24) atha prabhāte vimale puṣkasī vanamāyayau.. aśanārthaṃ ca tasyānnamādāya tvaritā satī.. 33.24 .. > Then, at the bright dawn, the Puṣkasa woman went into the forest, / taking food along for him to eat, proceeding swiftly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.25) bhramamāṇāvane tasmindadarśa mahatīṃ nadīm.. tasyāstīre samāsīnaṃ svapatiṃ prekṣya harṣitā.. 33.25 .. > Wandering in that forest, she saw a great river; / seeing her husband seated on its bank, she was delighted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.26) tadannaṃ kūlanaḥ sthāpya nadīṃ tartuṃ pracakrame.. nirīkṣya cātha matsyānsa jālaprotānsamānayat.. 33.26 .. > Placing that food on the bank, she began to cross the river; / and having watched, he brought out the fish caught in the net. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.27) tāvattayoktaścaṇḍo'sāvehi śīghraṃ ca bhakṣaya.. annaṃ tvadarthamānītamupoṣya divasaṃ mayā.. 33.27 .. > Then she said to that Caṇḍa: 'Come quickly and eat! / Food has been brought for you by me, having fasted throughout the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.28) kṛtaṃ kimadya re maṃda gate'hani ca kiṃ kṛtam.. nā'śitaṃ ca tvayā mūḍha laṃghitenādya pāpinā.. 33.28 .. > What did you do today, you fool? What did you do during the day that has passed? / And you have not eaten today, you foolish sinner, having fasted.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.29) nadyāṃ snātau tathā tau ca dampatī ca śuci vratau.. yāvadgataśca bhoktuṃ sa tāvacchvā svayamāgataḥ.. 33.29 .. > The couple then bathed in the river and observed pure vows; / just as he went to eat, a dog came of its own accord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.30) tena sarvaṃ bhakṣitaṃ ca tadannaṃ svayameva hi.. caṃḍī prakupitā caiva śvānaṃ haṃtumupasthitā.. 33.30 .. > All that food was eaten by it entirely by itself. / The fierce woman became enraged and stepped up to kill the dog. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.31) āvayorbhakṣitaṃ cānnamanenaiva ca pāpinā.. kiṃ ca bhakṣayase mūḍha bhavitādya vubhukṣitaḥ.. 33.31 .. > 'Our food has been eaten by this very sinner! / And what will you eat, you fool? You will be starving today!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.32) evaṃ tayoktaścaṇḍo'sau babhāṣe tāṃ śivapriyaḥ.. yacchunā bhakṣitaṃ cānnaṃ tenāhaṃ paritoṣitaḥ.. 33.32 .. > Spoken to in this way by her, that Caṇḍa, who had become dear to Śiva, said to her: / 'Because the food was eaten by the dog, by that I am well pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.33) kimanena śarīreṇa naśvareṇa gatāyuṣā.. śarīraṃ durlabhaṃ loke pūjyate kṣaṇabhaṃguram.. 33.33 .. > What is the use of this perishable body whose lifespan is fleeting? / A body is hard to obtain in this world, yet it is revered although fleeting in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.34) ye puṣṇaṃti nijaṃ dehaṃ sarvabhāvena cāhatāḥ.. mūḍhāste pāpino jñeyā lokadvayabahiṣkṛtāḥ.. 33.34 .. > Those who nurture their own body with all their being, smitten \[by delusion\]— / those fools should be known as sinners, banished from both worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.35) tasmānmānaṃ parityajya krodhaṃ ca duravagraham.. svasthā bhava vimarśena tattvabuddhyā sthirā bhava.. 33.35 .. > Therefore, abandon pride and obstinate anger; / be composed through reflection, and be steadfast with discernment of the truth.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.36) bodhitā tena caṃḍī sā puṣkasena tadā bhṛśam.. jāgarādi ca saṃprāptaḥ puṣkaso'pi caturdaśīm.. 33.36 .. > Enlightened then greatly by that Puṣkasa, the fierce woman \[calmed down\]. / The Puṣkasa also observed the vigil and other \[rites\] on the fourteenth day; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.37) śivarātriprasaṃgācca jāyate yaddhyasaṃśayam.. tajjñānaṃ paramaṃ prāptaḥ śivarātriprasaṃgataḥ.. 33.37 .. > and that supreme knowledge which unquestionably arises by connection with Śivarātri— / he attained that supreme knowledge by virtue of the occasion of Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.38) yāmadvayaṃ ca saṃjātamamāvāsyāṃ tu tatra vai.. āgatāśca gaṇāstatra bahavaḥ śivanoditāḥ.. 33.38 .. > When two watches had elapsed on that new moon day, / many gaṇas, dispatched by Śiva, arrived there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.39) vimānāni bahūnyatra āgatāni tadaṃtikam.. dṛṣṭāni tena tānyeva vimānāni gaṇāstathā.. 33.39 .. > Many aerial chariots arrived there into his presence; / he saw those very aerial chariots and the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.40) uvāca parayā bhaktyā puṣkaso'pi ca tānprati.. kasmātsamāgatā yūyaṃ sarve rudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ.. 33.40 .. > Puṣkasa also spoke to them with supreme devotion: / 'Why have all of you, who wear rudrākṣa beads, come here— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.41) vimānasthāśca kecicca vṛṣārūḍhāśca kecana.. sarve sphaṭikasaṃkāśāḥ sarve caṃdrārddhaśekharāḥ.. 33.41 .. > some seated in aerial chariots, and some mounted on bulls, / all resembling crystal, and all bearing the crescent moon on their crests, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.42) kaparddinaścarmaparītavāsaso bhujaṃgabhogaiḥ kṛtahārabhūṣaṇāḥ.. śriyānvitā rudrasamānavīryā yathātathaṃ bho vadatātmanocitam.. 33.42 .. > having matted hair, clad in animal skins, adorned with necklaces made of serpent coils, / endowed with glory, having prowess equal to Rudra? Speak truthfully as is fitting for yourselves.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.43) puṣkasena tadā pṛṣṭā ūcuḥ sarve ca pārpadāḥ.. rudrasya devadevasya saṃnamrāḥ kamalekṣaṇāḥ.. 33.43 .. > Questioned then by the Puṣkasa, all the attendants / of Rudra, the god of gods, bowing low and lotus-eyed, spoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.44) ..gaṇā ūcuḥ.. preṣitāḥ smo vayaṃ caṃḍa śivena parameṣṭhinā.. āgaccha tvarito bhutvā sastrīko yā namāruha.. 33.44 .. > The gaṇas said: / 'We have been sent, O Caṇḍa, by Śiva, the Supreme Lord; / come quickly, and together with your wife ascend the vehicle! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.45) liṃgārccanaṃ kṛtaṃ yacca tvayā rātrau śivasya ca.. tena karmavipākena prāpto'si śivasannidhim.. 33.45 .. > Because worship of the liṅga of Śiva was performed by you at night, / by that fruition of actions you have attained the presence of Śiva.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.46) tathokto vīrabhadreṇa uvāca prahasanniva.. puṣkaso'pi svayā buddhyā prastāvasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ.. 33.46 .. > Addressed thus by Vīrabhadra, the Puṣkasa too, smiling as it were, / spoke words suited to the occasion according to his own intellect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.47) ..puṣkasa uvāca.. kiṃ mayā kṛtamadyaiva pāpinā hiṃsakena ca.. mṛgayārasikenaiva puṣkasena durātmanā.. 33.47 .. > The Puṣkasa said: / 'What was done today by me, a sinner and a killer, / a wicked-minded Puṣkasa, fond only of hunting? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.48) pāpācāro hyahaṃ nityaṃ kathaṃ svargaṃ vrajāmyaham.. kathaṃ liṃgārcanamidaṃ kṛtamasti taducyatām.. 33.48 .. > I am of sinful conduct at all times; how can I go to heaven? / How has this worship of the liṅga been done? Let that be told! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.49) paraṃ kautukamāpannaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ yathātatham.. kathayasva mahābhāga sarvaṃ caiva yathāvidhi.. 33.49 .. > Overcome by great wonder, I ask you truthfully; / tell me everything properly, O noble one!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.50) ityevaṃ pṛcchatastasya puṣkasasya yathāvidhi.. kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ śivadharma mudānvitaḥ.. 33.50 .. > As that Puṣkasa was thus inquiring properly, / \[Vīrabhadra\], filled with joy, related to him all that duty pertaining to Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.51) ..vīrabhadra uvāca.. devadevo mahādevo devānāṃ patirīśvaraḥ.. parituṣṭo'dya he caṃḍa sa maheśa umāpatiḥ.. 33.51 .. > Vīrabhadra said: / 'The god of gods, Mahādeva, Īśvara, the master of the gods, / that Maheśa, the lord of Umā, is pleased today, O Caṇḍa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.52) prāsaṃgikatayā māghe kṛtaṃ liṃgārcanaṃ tvayā.. śivatuṣṭikaraṃ cādya pūto'si tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ.. śivarātryāṃ prasaṃgena kṛtamarcanameva ca.. 33.52 .. > Incidental worship of the liṅga was performed by you in Māgha, / which causes delight to Śiva, and today you are purified, without doubt; / worship was performed indeed coincidentally on Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.53) kolaṃ nirīkṣamāṇena bilvapatrāṇi caiva hi.. ccheditāni tvayā caṃḍa patitāni tadaiva hi.. liṃgasya mastake tāni tena tvaṃ sukṛtī prabho.. 33.53 .. > As you were watching for a boar, bilva leaves indeed / were plucked by you, O Caṇḍa, and fell just then / upon the head of the liṅga; by that you are a performer of good deeds, O master!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.54) tataśca jāgaro jāto mahānvṛkṣopari dhruvam.. tenaiva jāgareṇaiva tutoṣa jagadīśvaraḥ.. 33.54 .. > And then indeed a great vigil took place atop the tree; / by that very vigil the Lord of the World was pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.55) chalenaiva mahābhāga kolasaṃdarśanena hi.. śivarātridine cātra svapnaste na ca yoṣitaḥ.. 33.55 .. > Only under a pretext, O highly fortunate one, because of watching the boar, / on this day of Śivarātri there was no sleep for you, nor a woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.56) tenopavāsena ca jāgareṇa tuṣṭo hyasau devavaro mahātmā.. tava prasādāya mahānubhāvo dadāti sarvānvarado mahāṃśca.. 33.56 .. > Pleased indeed by that fast and by the vigil, that exalted deity, the great soul, / the magnificent granter of boons, gives all \[boons\] for your grace, being great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.57) evamuktastadā tena vīrabhadreṇa dhīmatā.. puṣkaso'pi vimānāgryamāruhoha ca paśyatām.. 33.57 .. > Addressed thus then by the wise Vīrabhadra, / the outcaste mounted an excellent aerial chariot as they watched. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.58) gaṇānāṃ devatānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ prāṇināmapi.. tadā duṃdubhayo nedurbheryastūryāṇyanekaśaḥ.. 33.58 .. > Then, before the gaṇas, the deities, and all living beings, / kettledrums, large drums, and numerous musical instruments sounded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.59) vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgāni tasya cāgre gatāni ca.. jagurgaṃdharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ.. 33.59 .. > Lutes, flutes, and mṛdaṅga drums went before him; / masters of the gandharvas sang, and hosts of apsarases danced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.60) vidyādharagaṇāḥ sarve tuṣṭuvuḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ.. cāmaraivarvījyamāno hi cchatraiśca vividhairapi.. mahotsavena mahatā ānīto gaṃdhamādanam.. 33.60 .. > All the hosts of vidyādharas, siddhas, and cāraṇas praised him; / being fanned with chowries and shaded with various parasols, / he was brought to Gandhamādana with great celebration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.61) śivasānnidhyamāgaccaṃḍosau tena karmaṇā.. śivarātryupavāsena paraṃ sthānaṃ samāgamat.. 33.61 .. > That Caṇḍa attained the presence of Śiva by that deed; / through the fast of Śivarātri, he went to the supreme abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.62) puṣkaso'pi tathā prāptaḥ prasaṃgena sadāśivam.. kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā yuktāḥ śivāya paramātmane.. 33.62 .. > Even an outcaste thus attained Sadāśiva merely through circumstance; / how much more those endowed with faith \[who offer\] to Śiva, the supreme Self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.63) puṣpādikaṃ phalaṃ gaṃdhaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ bhakṣyamṛddhimat.. ye prayacchaṃti loke'sminrudrāste nātra saṃśayaḥ.. 33.63 .. > flowers and the like, fruit, incense, betel, and abundant edible food? / Those who offer \[these\] in this world become Rudras; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.64) caṃḍena vai puṣkasena saphalaṃ tasya cābhavat.. prasaṃgenāpi tenaiva kṛtaṃ taccālpabuddhinā.. 33.64 .. > Indeed, for Caṇḍa, the outcaste, it became fruitful, / though performed even by him, dull-witted, merely through circumstance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.65) ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. kiṃ phalaṃ tasya coddeśaḥ kena caiva punā kṛtam.. kasmādvratamidaṃ jātaṃ kṛtaṃ kena purā vibho.. 33.65 .. > The seers said: / What is its fruit, and what its prescription? By whom was it performed again? / Whence did this observance arise, and by whom was it performed formerly, O lord? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.66) ..lomaśa uvāca.. yadā sṛṣṭaṃ jagatsarvaṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā.. kālacakraṃ tadā jātaṃ purā rāśimanvitām.. 33.66 .. > Lomaśa said: / When the entire world was created by Brahmā, the supreme lord, / the wheel of time then arose, endowed anciently with the zodiacal signs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.67) dvādaśa rāśayastatra nakṣatrāṇi tathaiva ca.. saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyāni mukhyāni xxxxxx siddhaye.. 33.67 .. > There are twelve signs of the zodiac, and likewise the lunar mansions, / twenty-seven in number, foremost \[…\] for success. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.68) ebhiḥ sarvaṃ pracaṃḍaṃ ca rāśibhiruḍubhistathā.. kālacakrānvitaḥ kālaḥ krīḍayansṛjate jagat.. 33.68 .. > With all these fierce zodiacal signs and constellations, / Time, united with the wheel of time, creates the world in sport. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.69) ābrahmastaṃbaparyaṃtaṃ sṛjatya vati haṃti ca.. nibaddhamasti tenaiva kālenaikena bho dvijāḥ.. 33.69 .. > From Brahmā down to a clump of grass, it creates, protects, and destroys; / everything is bound by that one Time alone, O twice-born ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.70) kālo hi balavām̐lloke eka eva na cāparaḥ.. tasmātkālātmakaṃ sarvamidaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ.. 33.70 .. > For Time alone is powerful in the world, one and no other; / therefore all this consists of Time; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.71) ādau kālaḥ kālanācca lokanāyakanāyakaḥ.. tato lokā hi saṃjātāḥ sṛṣṭiśca tadanaṃtaram.. 33.71 .. > In the beginning was Time, and by reckoning it is the ruler of the world's rulers; / from it the worlds were born, and creation immediately thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.72) sṛṣṭerlavo hi saṃjāto lavācca kṣaṇameva ca.. kṣaṇācca nimiṣaṃ jātaṃ prāṇināṃ hi niraṃtaram.. 33.72 .. > From creation a lava was born, and from a lava a kṣaṇa; / and from a kṣaṇa a nimiṣa was born, continuously for living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.73) nimiṣāṇāṃ ca ṣaṣṭyā vai phala ityabhidhīyate.. paṃcadaśyā ahorātraiḥ pakṣaityabhidhīyate.. 33.73 .. > By sixty nimiṣas, indeed, a phala is designated; / by fifteen days and nights a pakṣa is designated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.74) pakṣābhyāṃ māsa eva syānmāsā dvādaśa vatsaraḥ.. taṃ kālaṃ jñātukāmena kāryaṃ jñānaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ.. 33.74 .. > By two pakṣas a month is made; twelve months make a year. / By one wishing to know that Time, knowledge should be acquired by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.75) pratipaddinamārabhya paurṇamāsyaṃtameva ca.. pakṣaṃ pūrṇo hi yasmācca pūrṇimetyabhidhīyate.. 33.75 .. > Beginning with the day of pratipad and ending with the full-moon day; / because the fortnight is full, it is designated as pūrṇimā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.76) pūrṇacaṃdramasī yā tu sā pūrṇā devatāpriyā.. naṣṭastu caṃdro yasyāṃ vā amā sā kathitā budhaiḥ.. 33.76 .. > The \[night\] which has a full moon is the pūrṇā, dear to the gods; / but that on which the moon is lost is declared by the wise to be amā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.77) agniṣvāttādipitṝṇāṃ priyātīva babhūva ha.. triṃśaddināni hyetāni puṇyakālayutāni ca.. teṣāṃ madhye viśeṣo yastaṃ śrṛṇudhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ.. 33.77 .. > It became exceedingly dear to the ancestors, the Agniṣvāttas and others. / These thirty days are endowed with meritorious times; / hear that which is distinctive among them, O best of the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.78) yogānāṃ vā vyatīpāta ūḍūnāṃ śravaṇastathā.. amāvāsyā tithīnāṃ ca pūrṇimā vai tathaiva ca.. 33.78 .. > Among yogas, vyatīpāta; among constellations, Śravaṇa; / among lunar days, the new-moon day and likewise the full-moon day; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.79) saṃkrāṃtayastathājñeyāḥ pavitrā dānakarmaṇi.. tathāṣṭamī priyā śaṃbhorgaṇeśasya caturthikā.. 33.79 .. > likewise the saṃkrāntis should be known as sacred for acts of giving. / Likewise the eighth is dear to Śambhu, the fourth to Gaṇeśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.80) pañcamī nāgarājasya kumārasya ca ṣaṣṭhikā.. bhānośca saptamī jñeyā navamī caṇḍikāpriyā.. 33.80 .. > the fifth to the king of nāgas, and the sixth to Kumāra; / the seventh should be known as belonging to the sun, and the ninth is dear to Caṇḍikā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.81) brahmaṇo daśamī jñeyā rudrasyaikādaśī tathā.. viṣṇupriyā dvādaśī ca aṃtakasya trayodaśī.. 33.81 .. > the tenth should be known as Brahmā's, and the eleventh as Rudra's; / the twelfth is dear to Viṣṇu, and the thirteenth to the Ender; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.82) caturddaśī tathā śaṃbhoḥ priyā nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ.. niśīthasaṃyutā yā tu kṛṣṇapakṣe caturddaśī.. upoṣyā sā tithiḥ śreṣṭhā śivasāyujyakāriṇī.. 33.82 .. > and the fourteenth is dear to Śambhu; of this there is no doubt. / That fourteenth in the dark fortnight which is joined with midnight / should be fasted upon as the best lunar day, bestowing union with Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.83) śivarātritithiḥ khyātā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī.. atraivodāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam.. 33.83 .. > Known as the Śivarātri lunar day, it destroys all sin. / In this connection, they relate this ancient narrative: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.84) brāhmaṇī vidhavā kācitpurā hyāsīcca caṃcalā.. śvapacābhiratā sā ca kāmukī kāmahetutaḥ.. 33.84 .. > Formerly there was a certain fickle brahmin widow; / she took delight in an outcaste, lustful out of passion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.85) tasyāṃ tasya suto jātaḥ śvapacasya durātmanaḥ.. duḥ saho duṣṭanāmātmā sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ.. 33.85 .. > To her, a son was born of that wicked outcaste: / Duḥsaha by name, evil-natured, excluded from all duties, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.86) mahāpāpaprayogācca pāpamārabhate sadā.. kitavaśca surāpāyī steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ.. 33.86 .. > and from engagement in great sins he was always committing sin— / a gambler, a drinker of liquor, a thief, and a violator of his guru's bed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.87) mṛgayuśca durātmāsau karmacaṇḍāla eva saḥ.. adharmiṣṭho hyasadvṛttaḥ kadācicca śivālayam.. śivarātryāṃ ca saṃprāpto hyuṣitaḥ śivasannidhau.. 33.87 .. > a hunter, evil-minded, a caṇḍāla by deed. / Most unrighteous and of wicked conduct, he once reached a temple of Śiva / on Śivarātri, and stayed in Śiva's presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.88) śravaṇaṃ śaivaśāstrasya yadṛcchājātamaṃtike.. śivasya liṃgarūpasya svayaṃbhuvo yadā tadā.. 33.88 .. > Listening to the Śaiva scripture occurred by chance nearby, / beside Śiva in the form of a self-manifest liṅga at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.89) sa ekatroṣito duṣṭaḥ śivarātryāṃ tu jāgarāt.. tena karmavipākena puṇyāṃ yonimavāptavān.. 33.89 .. > That wicked man stayed in that one place, keeping vigil during Śivarātri; / by the ripening of that deed, he attained a virtuous womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.90) bhuktvā puṇyatāmām̐llokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ.. citrāṃgadasya putrobhūdbhūpāleśvaralakṣaṇaḥ.. 33.90 .. > Having enjoyed the most meritorious worlds and dwelled there for perpetual years, / he became the son of Citrāṅgada, bearing the marks of a king of monarchs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.91) nāmnā vicitravīryo'sau subhagaḥ saṃdurī priyaḥ.. rājyaṃ mahattaraṃ prāpya niḥstaṃbho hi mahānabhūt.. 33.91 .. > Named Vicitravīrya, handsome and beloved of beautiful women, / having attained a greater kingdom, he became great and unhesitating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.92) śive bhaktiṃ prakurvāṇaḥ śivakarmaparo'bhavat.. śaivaśāstraṃ puraskṛtya śivapūjanatatparaḥ.. rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ yatnātkaroti śivasannidhau.. 33.92 .. > Rendering devotion to Śiva, he was devoted to the service of Śiva; / following the Śaiva scripture, intent on worshipping Śiva, / he diligently kept vigil at night in Śiva's presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.93) śivasya gāthā gāyaṃstu ānaṃdāśrukaṇānmuhuḥ.. pramuṃcaṃścaiva netrābhyāṃ romāṃcapulakāvṛtaḥ.. 33.93 .. > Singing verses of praise to Śiva, repeatedly shedding / drops of tears of joy from his eyes, he was covered with bristling horripilation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.94) āyuṣyaṃ ca gataṃ tasya śivadhyānaparasya ca.. śivo hi sulabho loke paśūnāṃ jñānanināmapi.. 33.94 .. > And his lifespan passed, devoted to meditation on Śiva. / For Śiva is easily attained in this world by both the ignorant and the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.95) saṃsevituṃ sukhaprāptyai hyeka eva sadāśivaḥ.. śivarātryupavāsena prāpto jñānamanuttamam.. 33.95 .. > Sadāśiva is the only one to be served for the attainment of happiness; / through the fast on Śivarātri, he attained unsurpassed knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.96) jñānātsarvamanuprāptaṃ bhūtasāmyaṃ niraṃtaram.. sarvabhūtātmakaṃ jñātvā kevalaṃ ca sadā śivam.. vinā śivena yatkiṃcinnāsti vastvatra na kvacit.. 33.96 .. > From knowledge, everything was attained, \[namely\] constant sameness toward \[all\] beings, / having known that solely Śiva is ever the soul of all beings. / Without Śiva, there is no real thing whatsoever, anywhere here. (96) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.97) evaṃ pūrṇaṃ niṣprapaṃcaṃ jñānaṃ prāpnoti durlabham.. prāptajñānastadā rājā jāto hi śivavallabhaḥ.. 33.97 .. > Thus he attains full, unconditioned, hard-to-attain knowledge; / having attained knowledge, the king then indeed became dear to Śiva. (97) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.98) muktiṃ sāyujyatāṃ prāptaḥ śivarātrerupoṣaṇāt.. tena labdhaṃ śivājjanma purā yatkathitaṃ mayā.. 33.98 .. > He attained liberation and union \[with God\] by fasting on Śivarātri; / by him was birth attained from Śiva, as was told by me formerly: (98) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.99) dākṣāyaṇīvīyo gācca jaṭājūṭena vistarāt.. ya utpanno mastakācca śivasya paramātmanaḥ.. vīrabhadreti vikhyāto dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ.. 33.99 .. > he who, from the separation from Dākṣāyaṇī, arose in full extent from the matted locks / and from the head of Śiva, the Supreme Self, / celebrated as Vīrabhadra, the destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice. (99) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.100) śivarātrivratenaiva tāritā bahavaḥ purā.. prāptāḥ siddhiṃ purā viprā bharatādyāśca dehinaḥ.. 33.100 .. > Through the observance of Śivarātri alone were many redeemed in the past; / perfections were attained formerly, O brahmins, by Bharata and other embodied beings. (100) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.101) māṃdhātā dhundhumāriśca hariścandrādayo nṛpāḥ.. prāptāḥ siddhimaneneva vratena parameṇa hi.. 33.101 .. > Māndhātṛ, Dhundhumāra, Hariścandra, and other kings / attained perfection by this supreme observance indeed. (101) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.102) tato girīśo girijāsametaḥ krīḍānvito'sau girirājamastake.. dyūtaṃ tathaivākṣayutaṃ pareśo yukto bhavānyā sa bhṛśaṃ cakāra.. 33.102 .. > Then the Lord of the Mountain, accompanied by Girijā and engaged in play on the peak of the King of Mountains, / that supreme Lord, joined with Bhavānī, eagerly played a game of dice with dice. (102) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.31.102\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31.102_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kedārakhaṃḍe śivarātrivratamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 33 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Greatness of the Śivarātri Observance', in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], the glorious Skandapurāṇa. 33. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.31.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Jayākhyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.jayakhya.1.168) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.31) · Pramāṇa