[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) › 1.3.32 # Skandapurana 1.3.32: adhyāyaḥ 34 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 34 ### [1.3.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.1) ..lomaśa uvāca.. rājyaṃ cakāra kailāsa davadavā jagatpatiḥ.. gaṇaiḥ sameto bahubhirvīrabhadrānvito mahān.. 34.1 .. > Lomaśa said: / The Lord of the World held sway on Mount Kailāsa, / accompanied by many attendants, the great \[Lord\] accompanied by Vīrabhadra, (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.2) ṛṣibhiḥ sahito rudro devairindrādibhiḥ saha.. brahmā yasya stutiparo viṣṇuḥ preṣyavadāsthitaḥ.. 34.2 .. > Rudra, accompanied by the seers, along with the gods headed by Indra, / whom Brahmā was intent on praising, and \[before whom\] Viṣṇu stood like a servant; (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.3) iṃdro devagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ sevādharmaparo'bhavat.. yasya cchatradharaścaṃdro vāyuścāmaradhṛktathā.. 34.3 .. > Indra along with the host of gods was intent on the duty of service; / whose parasol-bearer was the Moon, and the Wind was the bearer of the flywhisk; (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.4) sūpānnakartā satataṃ jātavadā nirantaram.. gaṃdharvā gāyakā yasya stāvakāśca pinākinaḥ.. 34.4 .. > the preparer of soup and food continuously, perpetually; / whose singers and praisers were the gandharvas, \[worshipping\] the wielder of Pināka; (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.5) vidyādharāśca bahavastathā cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ.. nanṛtuścāgragā yasya so'sau kailāsaparvate.. 34.5 .. > and many vidyādharas as well as hosts of apsarases / danced before him; he on Mount Kailāsa, (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.6) putrairgaṇeśaskaṃdādyaistathā girijayā saha.. rājyaṃ pratāpibhiścakre'śaṃkaścaṃkramaṇena ca.. 34.6 .. > with his sons headed by Gaṇeśa and Skanda, and with Girijā, / held sway, illustrious and moving about without fear; (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.7) yenāṃdhako mahā daityaḥ sa devānāmarirmahān.. duṣṭo viddhastriśūlena gagane sthāpitaściram.. 34.7 .. > by whom Andhaka, the great Daitya, that great enemy of the gods, / the wicked one, was pierced with the trident and held for a long time in the sky; (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.8) hatvā gajāsuraṃ yena utkṛttya carma vai kṛtam.. ciraṃ prāvaraṇaṃ divyaṃ tathā tripuradīpanam.. viṣṇunā pālyabhūtena reje sarvāṃgasundaraḥ.. 34.8 .. > by whom, having slain Gajāsura and stripped his hide, / a divine covering was made for a long time; and who was the burner of Tripura; / he shone, beautiful in all his limbs, with Viṣṇu having become his protector. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.9) taṃ draṣṭukāmo bhagavānnārado divya rśanaḥ.. yayau ca parvataśreṣṭhaṃ kailāsaṃ candrapāṃḍuram.. 34.9 .. > Desiring to see him, the venerable Nārada of divine vision / went to that best of mountains, Kailāsa, white like the moon, (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.10) sudhayā parayā cāpi sevitaṃ paramādbhutam.. karpūragauraṃ ca tadā dṛṣṭvā taṃ sumahābalam.. nārado vismayāviṣṭaḥ praviṣṭo gandhamādanam.. 34.10 .. > resorted to by supreme nectar, exceedingly wondrous, / and white as camphor; having seen that exceedingly mighty one then, / Nārada, filled with wonder, entered Gandhamādana, (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.11) anekāścaryasaṃyuktaṃ tapanaiśca suśobhitam.. gāyadvidyādharībhiśca pūritaṃ ca mahāprabham.. 34.11 .. > which was endowed with many marvels, well adorned with shining lights, / filled with singing vidyādharīs, and exceedingly radiant. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.12) kalpadrumāśca bahavo latābhiḥ pariveṣṭitāḥ.. ghanacchāyāsū tāsveva viśiṣṭā kāmadhenavaḥ.. 34.12 .. > And there were many wish-fulfilling trees intertwined with creepers; / in their dense shade were distinguished wish-granting cows. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.13) pārijātavanāmodalaṃpaṭā bahavo'layaḥ.. kalahaṃsāśca bahavaḥ krīḍamānāḥ sarastu ca.. 34.13 .. > Many bees were greedy for the fragrance of the pārijāta groves; / and many swans were playing in the lakes. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.14) śikhaṃḍino mahaccakrustatra kekāravaṃ mudā.. paṃcamālāpinaḥ sarve vihaṃgāḥ saṃmadānvitāḥ.. 34.14 .. > Peacocks made their loud peacock cries there with delight; / all the birds warbled the fifth note, full of intoxication. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.15) kariṇaḥ kariṇībhiśca modamānāḥ suvarcasaḥ.. siṃhāstathā garjamānāḥ śārdūlaiḥ saha saṃgatāḥ.. 34.15 .. > Elephants of fine brilliance were rejoicing with female elephants; / lions, roaring likewise, came together with tigers. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.16) vṛṣabhā naṃdimukhyāśca rebhamānā nirantaram.. devadrumāśca bahavastathā caṃdanavāṭikāḥ.. 34.16 .. > Bulls headed by Nandi were lowing continuously; / and there were many divine trees and groves of sandalwood, (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.17) nāgapuṃnāgabakulāścaṃpakā nāgakesarāḥ.. tathā ca vanajaṃbvaśca tathā kanakaketakāḥ.. 34.17 .. > nāga, puṃnāga, bakula, campaka, and nāgakesara trees, / and also wild rose-apples, and golden ketakas, (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.18) kahlārāḥ karavīriśca kumudāni hyanekaśaḥ.. maṃdārāśca badaryaśca kramukāḥ pāṭalāstathā.. 34.18 .. > white water-lilies, oleanders, and water-lilies in abundance, / coral trees, jujube trees, areca palms, and trumpet-flowers, (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.19) tathānye bahavo vṛkṣāḥ śambhostoṣakarāhyamī.. aikapadyena dṛṣṭāste nānādrumalatānvitāḥ.. ārāmā bahavastatra dviguṇāśca babhūvire.. 34.19 .. > and many other trees, all pleasing to Śambhu; / seen at once, endowed with various trees and creepers, / the many pleasure-gardens there seemed doubled. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.20) gaganānnissṛtaḥ sadyo gaṃgaughaḥ paramādbhutaḥ.. patito mastake tasya parvatasya suśobhite.. 34.20 .. > The flood of the Gaṅgā, exceedingly wondrous, having just issued from the sky, / fell upon the beautifully adorned summit of that mountain. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.21) kūpo hi payasāṃ ye na pavitraṃ vartate jagat.. sopi dvidhā tadā dṛṣṭo nāradena mahātmanā.. 34.21 .. > A reservoir indeed of water, by which the world is purified; / it too was seen at that time as divided into two by the great-souled Nārada. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.22) sarvaṃ tadā dvidhābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tena mahātmanā.. nāradena tadā viprāḥ parameṇa nirīkṣitaḥ.. 34.22 .. > Everything was then seen as twofold by that great-souled one; / it was observed then, O brahmins, by the supreme Nārada. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.23) evaṃ vilokamāno'sau nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ.. tvaritena tathā yātaḥ śivālokanatatparaḥ.. 34.23 .. > Looking around in this manner, that venerable seer Nārada / went quickly, intent on looking upon Śiva. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.24) yāvaddvāri sthitopaśyanmahadāścaryameva ca.. dvārapālau tadā dṛṣṭau kṛtakau viśvakmaṇā.. 34.24 .. > While standing at the door, he beheld a great wonder indeed: / he saw two doorkeepers fabricated by Viśvakarman. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.25) nārado mohito hyāsītpapraccha ca sa tau tadā.. ahaṃ praveṣṭumicchāmi śivadarśanalālasaḥ.. 34.25 .. > Nārada was bewildered and asked the two of them then: / 'I wish to enter, eager for the darśana of Śiva. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.26) tasmādanujñā dātavyā darśanārthaṃ śivasya ca.. aśrṛṇvantau tadā dṛṣṭvā nārado vismito'bhavat.. 34.26 .. > Therefore permission should be given for the darśana of Śiva.' / Seeing the two not listening, Nārada was astonished. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.27) jñānadṛṣṭyā vilokyātha dūṣṇīṃbhūto'bhavattadā.. kṛtrimau hi ca tau jñātvā praviṣṭo hi mahāmanāḥ.. 34.27 .. > Having looked with the eye of knowledge, he then became silent; / and knowing the two to be artificial, the great-minded one entered. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.28) tathānye tatsarūpāśca dṛṣṭāstena mahātmanā.. ṛṣiḥ praṇamitastaiśca nārado bhagavānmuxx.. 34.28 .. > And others of the same form were seen by that great-souled one; / and the seer, the venerable Nārada, was saluted by them. (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.29) evamādīnyanekāni āścaryāṇi dadarśa saḥ.. dadarśātha ca suvyaktaṃ tryaṃbakaṃ girijānvitam.. 34.29 .. > He beheld many marvels such as these; / and then he clearly beheld Tryambaka accompanied by Girijā: (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.30) ardhāsanagatā sādhvī śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ.. tanayā girirājya yayā vyāptaṃ jagattrayam.. 34.30 .. > the virtuous woman seated on half the throne of the great-souled Śaṃkara, / the daughter of the King of Mountains, by whom the three worlds are pervaded; (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.31) gaurī sitekṣaṇā bālā tanvaṃgī cārulocanā.. yayā rūpī kṛtaḥ śambhurupādeyaḥ kṛto mahān.. 34.31 .. > Gaurī, fair-eyed, youthful, slender-limbed, and lovely-eyed, / by whom Śambhu was given form and the great one was made accessible, (31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.32) nirvikāni vikāraiśca bahubhirvikalīkṛtaḥ.. arddhāgalagnā sā devī dṛṣṭā tena śivasya ca.. 34.32 .. > and \[by whom\] the changeless one was agitated by many alterations; / that goddess was seen by him joined to half the body of Śiva. (32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.33) nāradena tathā śambhurdṛṣṭastribhuvaneśvaraḥ.. śuddhacāmī karaprakhyaḥ sevyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ.. 34.33 .. > Thus Śambhu, the Lord of the Three Worlds, was seen by Nārada, / resembling pure gold, served by gods and asuras. (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.34) śaṃkhena bhogivaryeṇa sevitaṃ cāṃghripaṃkajam.. dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa ca tathā takṣakeṇa viśeṣataḥ.. tathā padmena mahā śeṣeṇāpi viśeṣataḥ.. 34.34 .. > His lotus-feet were served by Śaṅkha, the best of serpents, / and likewise by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and especially by Takṣaka, / as well as by Padma and especially by the great Śeṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.35) anyaiśca nāgavaryaiśca sevito hi niraṃtaraṃm.. vāsukiḥ kaṃṭhalagno hi hārabhūto mahāprabhaḥ.. 34.35 .. > And he was continually served by other foremost serpents. / Vāsuki, clung to his neck, had become a garland of great splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.36) kaṃbalāśvatarau nityaṃ karṇabhūṣaṇabhūṣitau.. jaṭāmūlagatāścānye mahāphaṇivarā hyamī.. 34.36 .. > Kambala and Aśvatara ever adorned him as ear-ornaments; / and other excellent, great-hooded serpents had gone to the base of his matted hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.37) anekajātisaṃvītā nānāvarṇāśca padminaḥ.. takṣakaḥ kulikaḥ śaṃkho dhṛtarāṣṭro mahāprabhaḥ.. 34.37 .. > Encompassed by numerous species and possessing diverse colors, there were serpents / such as Takṣaka, Kulika, Śaṅkha, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra of great splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.38) padmo daṃbhaḥ sudaṃbhaśca karālo bhīṣaṇastathā.. ete cānye ca bahavo nāgāścāśīviṣā hyamī.. 34.38 .. > Padma, Dambha, and Sudambha, Karāla, and Bhīṣaṇa. / These and many other venomous serpents > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.39) aṃgabhūtā harasyā sanpūjyasyāsya jagattraye.. phaṇaikayā śobhamānāḥ keciddhi pannagottamāḥ.. 34.39 .. > became the bodily limbs of Hara, who is to be worshipped in the three worlds. / Certain foremost serpents shone with a single hood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.40) phaṇānāṃ dvitayaṃ keṣāṃ tritayaṃ ca mahāprabham.. catuṣka paṃcakaṣaṭkaṃ saptakaṃ cāṣṭakaṃ tathā.. 34.40 .. > some had a pair of hoods, and some possessed three of great splendor, / four, five, six, seven, and eight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.41) navakaṃ daśakaṃ caiva tathaikādaśakaṃ tvatha.. dvādaśakaṃ cāṣṭādaśakamekonaviṃśakaṃ tathā.. 34.41 .. > nine, ten, eleven, / twelve, eighteen, and nineteen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.42) catvāriṃśatphaṇāḥ ke'pi paṃcāśatkaṃ ca ṣaṣṭikam.. saptatiścāpyaśītiśca navatiśca tathaiva ca.. 34.42 .. > some had forty hoods, fifty, and sixty, / and seventy, eighty, and ninety, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.43) tathā śatasahasrāṇi hyayutaprayutāni ca.. arbudāni ca ratnāni tathā śaṅkhamitāni ca.. 34.43 .. > and hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, / tens of millions, hundreds of millions, and billions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.44) anaṃtāśca phaṇā yeṣāṃ te sarpāḥ śivabhūṣaṇāḥ.. dṛṣṭāstadānīṃ te sarve nāradena mahātmanā.. 34.44 .. > Those serpents, the ornaments of Śiva, whose hoods were infinite— / all of them were then seen by the great-souled Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.45) vidyāvaṃto'pi te sarve bhogino'pi suśobhitāḥ.. hārabhūṣaṇabhūtāste maṇimaṃto'mitaprabhāḥ.. 34.45 .. > All of them, though possessors of wisdom, were also splendid serpent bodies; / having become garlands and ornaments, they bore jewels and possessed boundless splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.46) arddhacaṃdrāṃkito yasya kaparddastvatisuṃdaraḥ.. cakṣuṣā ca tṛtīyena bhālasthena virājitaḥ.. 34.46 .. > His matted hair, marked by the crescent moon, was exceedingly beautiful, / and he was adorned with a third eye positioned on his forehead. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.47) paṃcavaktro mahādevo bāhubhirddaśabhirvṛtaḥ.. tathā marakataśyāmakaṃdharo'tīvasuṃdaram.. 34.47 .. > Mahādeva had five faces and was endowed with ten arms; / likewise, his throat, dark as emerald, was exceedingly beautiful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.48) uro yasya viśālaṃ ca tathorujaghanaṃ param.. caraṇadvayaṃ ca rudrasya śobhitaṃ paramaṃ mahat.. 34.48 .. > His chest was broad, and his thighs and hips were supreme; / the two feet of Rudra were splendid, supreme, and magnificent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.49) taddṛṣṭaṃ caraṇāraviṃdamatulaṃ tejomayaṃ suṃdaraṃ saṃdhyārāgasumaṃgalaṃ ca paramaṃ tāpāpanuttiṃkaram.. tejorāśikaraṃ parātparamidaṃ lāvaṇyalīlaspadaṃ sarveṣāṃ sukhavṛddhikāraṇaparaṃ śaṃbhoḥ padaṃ pāvanam.. 34.49 .. > He beheld that matchless lotus-foot, luminous, beautiful, / most auspicious like the twilight glow, supreme, dispelling distress, / generating a mass of light, higher than the highest, the abode of graceful charm, / the highest cause of increasing joy for all, the purifying foot of Śambhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.50) tathaiva dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ parāṇāṃ parā satī rūpavatī ca suṃdarī.. saubhāgyalāvaṇyamahāvibhūtyā virājamānā hyatisuṃdarī śubhā.. 34.50 .. > Likewise, having seen the highest of the high, the supreme Satī, full of beauty and lovely, / shining forth with the great majesty of good fortune and charm, exceedingly lovely and auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.51) dṛṣṭvā tau dapatī śuddhau rājamānau jagattraye.. abhinnau bhedamāpannau nirguṇau guṇinau ca tau.. 34.51 .. > having seen that pure couple shining in the three worlds, / non-different yet appearing differentiated, devoid of qualities yet endowed with qualities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.52) sākārau ca nirākārau nirātaṃkau sukhapradau.. vavaṃde ca mudā tau sa nārado bhagavatpriyaḥ.. utthāyotthāya ca tadā tuṣṭāva jagadīśvarau.. 34.52 .. > possessing form and formless, free of distress and bestowing happiness, / he, Nārada, dear to the Lord, bowed to them both with joy; / and rising up again and again, he then praised the two Lords of the Universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.53) ..nārada uvāca.. natosmyahaṃ devavarau yuvābhyāṃ parātparābhyāṃ kalayā tathāpi.. dṛṣṭau mayā daṃpatī rājamānau yau vījabhūtau sacarācarasya .. 34.53 .. > Nārada said: / I bow to you both, the two foremost deities, higher than the highest, yet manifest by a portion. / The shining couple, who are the source-seed of the moving and unmoving, have been seen by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.54) pitarau sarvalalokasya jñātau cādyaiva tattvataḥ.. mayā nāstyatra saṃdeho bhavatoḥ kṛpayā tathā.. 34.54 .. > the parents of the entire world, known in truth this very day / by me; there is no doubt in this, through your grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.55) evaṃ stutau tadā tena nāradena mahātmanā.. tutoṣa bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ pārvatyā sahitastadā.. 34.55 .. > When they were thus praised at that time by the great-souled Nārada, / the blessed Lord Śambhu, accompanied by Pārvatī, was pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.56) ..mahādeva uvāca.. sukhena sthīyate brahmankiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇi te.. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ śaṃbhornārado vākyamabravīt.. 34.56 .. > Mahādeva said: / Are you at ease, O brahmin? What task may I perform for you? / Having heard that statement of Śambhu, Nārada spoke \[these\] words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.57) darśanaṃ jātamadyaiva tena tuṣṭo'smyahaṃ vibho.. darśanātsarvamevādya śaṃbho mama na saṃśayaḥ.. 34.57 .. > Darśana has occurred this very day; by that I am pleased, O All-pervading One! / Through your darśana, everything is mine today, O Śambhu, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.58) krīḍanārthamihāyātaḥ kailāsaṃ parvatottamam.. hṛdistho hi sadā nṝṇāmāsthito bhagavanprabho.. 34.58 .. > I have come here to Kailāsa, the foremost of mountains, for sport. / You ever dwell in the hearts of men, O blessed Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.59) tathāpi darśanaṃ bhāvyaṃ satataṃ prāṇināmiha.. 34.59 .. > yet your darśana must constantly be sought by living beings here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.60) ..girijovāca.. kā krīḍā hi tvayā bhāvyā vada śīghraṃ mamāgrataḥ.. tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā uvāca prahasanniva.. 34.60 .. > Girijā said: / What sport should be \[played\] by you? Speak quickly before me! / Hearing that speech of hers, he said, as if laughing: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.61) dyūtakrīḍā mahādeva dṛśyate vividhātra ca.. bhaveddvābhyāṃ ca dyūte hi ramaṇāc mahatsukham.. 34.61 .. > A game of dice, O Mahādeva, of various kinds is seen here; / great pleasure would arise from playing a game of dice between the two \[of you\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.62) ityevamuktvo parataṃ satī bhṛśamuvāca vākyaṃ kupitā ṛṣiṃ prati.. kathaṃ vijānāsi paraṃ prasiddhaṃ dyūtaṃ ca duṣṭodarakaṃ manasvinām.. 34.62 .. > When he had spoken thus and ceased, Satī, intensely angered, spoke words to the seer: / 'How do you know that supreme, well-known gambling, which ruins the belly of the wise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.63) tvaṃ brahmaputro'si munirmanīṣiṇāṃ śāstā hi vākyaṃ vividhaiḥ prasiddhaiḥ.. cariṣyamāṇo bhuvanatraye na hi tvadanyo hyaparo manasvī.. 34.63 .. > You are a son of Brahmā, a sage, a teacher of the wise through various renowned discourses; / wandering in the three worlds, there is indeed no other wise person than you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.64) evamuktastadā devyā nārado devadarśanaḥ.. uvāca vākyaṃ prahasangirijāṃ śivasannidhau.. 34.64 .. > Addressed thus at that time by the goddess, Nārada, who has the vision of a deity, / spoke words, laughing, to Girijā in the presence of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.65) ..nārada uvāca.. dyūtaṃ na jānāmi na cāśrayāmi hyahaṃ tapasvī śivakiṃkaraśca kathaṃ ca māṃ pṛcchasi rājakanyake yogīśvarāṇāṃ paramaṃ pavitre.. 34.65 .. > Nārada said: / 'I do not know gambling, nor do I resort to it; I am an ascetic and a servant of Śiva. / Why do you ask me, O princess, you who are supremely pure among the lords of yogins?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.66) niśamya vākyaṃ girijā satī tadā hyuvāca vākyaṃ ca vihasya taṃ prati.. jānāsi sarvaṃ ca baṭo'dya paśya me dyūtaṃ maheśena karomi te'grataḥ.. 34.66 .. > Hearing his speech, Girijā Satī then laughed and said to him: / 'You know everything, O young student! Today, behold me: I shall play dice with Maheśa before you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.67) ityevamuktvā girirājakanyakā jagrāha cākṣānbhuvanaikasuṃdarī.. krīḍāṃ cakārātha maharṣisākṣyake tatrāsthitā sā hi bhavena saṃyutā.. 34.67 .. > Having spoken thus, the daughter of the king of mountains, the sole beauty of the world, took the dice; / she then engaged in the game with the great seer as witness, seated there accompanied by Bhava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.68) tau daṃpatī krīḍayā sajjamānau dṛṣṭau tadā ṛṣiṇā nāradena.. savismayotphullamanā manasvī vilokamāno'titarāṃ tutoṣa.. 34.68 .. > Those two spouses intent upon the game were then beheld by the seer Nārada; / with a mind expanding in wonder, the wise \[sage\] rejoiced greatly as he looked on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.69) sakhījanena saṃvītā tadā dyūtaparā satī.. śivena saha saṃgatya cchalāddyūtamakārayat.. 34.69 .. > Surrounded by her female companions, Satī, devoted to the dice game, / joined with Śiva and made him play the game by trickery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.70) sa paṇaṃ ca tadā cakre chalena mahatā vṛtaḥ.. jitā bhavānī ca tadā śivena prahasanniva.. 34.70 .. > He then placed a wager, surrounded by great deceit; / and Bhavānī was then defeated by Śiva, as he smiled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.71) nārado'syāḥ śivenātha upahāsakaro'bhavat.. niśamya hāritaṃ dyūtamupahāsaṃ niśamya ca.. 34.71 .. > Along with Śiva, Nārada then mocked her. / Having heard that she had lost the game of dice, and having heard the mockery, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.72) nāradasya duruktaiśca kupitā pārvatī bhṛśam.. uvāca tvaritā caiva dattvā caivārddhacaṃdrakam.. 34.72 .. > and greatly angered by Nārada's harsh words, / Pārvatī swiftly spoke, having also given \[him\] a push with the hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.73) tathā śiromaṇī caiva tarale ca manohare.. mukhaṃ sukhobhanaṃ caiva tathā kupitasuṃdaram.. dṛṣṭaṃ hareṇa ca punaḥ punardyūtamakārayat.. 34.73 .. > Likewise, the crest-jewel, trembling and charming, / her face exceedingly radiant, and lovely even in anger, / was beheld by Hara, and repeatedly he caused the game of dice to proceed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.74) tathā girijayā proktaḥ śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ.. hāritaṃ ca mayā dattaḥ paṇa eva ca nānyathā.. 34.74 .. > Then Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world, was addressed by Girijā: / “I lost, and the wager has indeed been paid by me, not otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.75) kriyate ca tvayā śaṃbho kaḥ paṇo hi taducyatām.. tataḥ prahasya covāca pārvatīṃ ca trilocanaḥ.. 34.75 .. > What wager is made by you, O Śambhu? Let that indeed be spoken.” / Thereupon the three-eyed Lord laughed and said to Pārvatī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.76) mayā paṇo'yaṃ kriyate bhavāni tvadarthametacca vibhūṣaṇaṃ mahat.. sā caṃdralekhā hi mahānhi hārastathaiva karṇotpalabhūṣaṇadvayam.. 34.76 .. > “This wager is laid by me, O Bhavānī, for your sake—this great ornament: / that crescent moon, indeed, and the great necklace, as well as the pair of ear-lotus ornaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.77) idameva tvayā tanvi māṃ jitvā gṛhyatāṃ sukham.. tataḥ pravartitaṃ dyūtaṃ śaṃkareṇa sahaiva ca.. 34.77 .. > Having defeated me, O slender lady, let this very thing be happily taken by you.” / Then the game of dice was set in motion along with Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.78) evaṃ vikrīḍamānau tāvakṣavidyāviśāradau.. tadā jito bhavānyātha śaṃkaro bahubhūṣaṇaḥ.. 34.78 .. > While the two of them, skilled in the science of dice, were thus playing, / Śaṃkara, adorned with many ornaments, was then defeated by Bhavānī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.79) prahasya gaurī provāca śaṃkaraṃ tvatisuṃdarī.. hāritaṃ ca paṇaṃ dehi mama cādyaiva śaṃkara.. 34.79 .. > Laughing, Gaurī, exceedingly lovely, said to Śaṃkara: / “Give me this very day the lost wager, O Śaṃkara.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.80) tadā maheśaḥ prahasansatyaṃ vākyamuvāca ha.. na jito'haṃ tvayā tanvi tattvato hi vimaśyatām.. 34.80 .. > Then Maheśa, laughing, spoke these truthful words: / “I was not defeated by you, O slender lady; consider it according to reality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.81) ajeyo'haṃ prāṇināṃ sarvathaiva tasmānna vācyaṃ tu voca hi sādhvi.. dyūtaṃ kuruṣvādya yatheṣṭameva jeṣyāmi cāhaṃca punaḥ prapaśyā.. 34.81 .. > I am entirely unconquerable by living beings; therefore, do not speak such words, O virtuous lady. / Play the dice this day as you wish, and I will win again; just see!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.82) tadāmbikāha svapatiṃ maheśaṃ mayā jito'syadya na vismayo'tra.. evamuktvā tadā śaṃbhuṃ kare gṛhya varānanā.. jito'si tvaṃ na saṃdehastvaṃ na jānāsi śaṃkara.. 34.82 .. > Then Ambikā said to her husband Maheśa: “You are defeated by me today, there is no doubt in this.” / Having spoken thus, taking Śambhu by the hand, the fair-faced lady said: / “You are defeated, there is no doubt; you do not know it, O Śaṃkara.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.83) evaṃ prahasya ruciraṃ girijā tu śaṃbhuṃ sā prekṣyā narmavacasā sa tayābhibhūtaḥ.. dehīti ma sakalamaṃgalamaṃgaleśa yaddhāritaṃ smararipo vacasānumoditam.. 34.83 .. > Having thus laughed charmingly, Girijā looked upon Śambhu, and he was overwhelmed by her with playful words: / “Give me, O Lord of all blessings, what was lost, O enemy of Smara, as assented to by your word.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.84) ..śiva uvāca.. ajeyo'haṃ viśālākṣi tava nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ.. ahaṃkāreṇa yatproktaṃ tattvatastadvimṛśyatām.. 34.84 .. > Śiva said: / “I am unconquerable, O large-eyed lady, \[even\] by you; there is no doubt here. / That which was said out of pride, consider it in accordance with truth.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.85) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā provāca ca vihasya sā.. ajeyo hi mahādevaḥ sarveṣāmapi vai prabho.. 34.85 .. > Hearing those words of his, she laughed and said: / “Mahādeva is indeed unconquerable to all, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.86) mayaikayā jito'si tvaṃ dyūtena vimalena hi.. na jānāsi ca kiṃcicca kāryākāryaṃ vivakṣitam.... 34.86 .. > Yet by me alone have you been defeated in a fair game of dice! / You do not understand in the least what is meant concerning what is to be done and what is not to be done.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.87) evaṃ vivadamānau tau daṃpatī parameśvarau.. nāradaḥ prahasanvākyamuvāca ṛṣisattamaḥ.. 34.87 .. > While the two supreme lords, husband and wife, were thus disputing, / Nārada, the best of seers, laughing, spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.88) ..nārada uvāca.. ākarṇayā''karṇaviśālanetre vākyaṃ tadekaṃ jagadekamaṃgalam.. asau mahābhāgyavatāṃ vareṇyastvayā jitaḥ kiṃ ca mṛṣā bravīṣi.. 34.88 .. > Nārada said: / “Listen, O lady whose eyes are broad as far as your ears, to that single word which is the sole blessing of the world: / This \[Lord\] is the foremost of the most fortunate; has he been defeated by you, that you speak falsely? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.89) ajito hi mahādevo devānāṃ paramo guruḥ.. arūpo'yaṃ surūpoyaṃ rūpātīto'yamucyate.. 34.89 .. > Mahādeva is indeed unconquered, the supreme teacher of the gods. / He is formless, he has a fair form, and he is spoken of as beyond all forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.90) eka eva paraṃ jyotisteṣāmapi ca yanmahaḥ.. trailokyanātho viśvātmā śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ.. 34.90 .. > He alone is the supreme light, that luster which belongs even to them, / the Lord of the three worlds, the soul of the universe, Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.91) kathaṃ tvayā jito devi hyajeyo bhuvanatraye.. śivamenaṃ na jānāsi strībhāvācca varānane.. 34.91 .. > How could he, unconquerable in the three worlds, be defeated by you, O goddess? / Out of your womanly nature, O fair-faced lady, you do not recognise this Śiva.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.92) nāradenaivamuktā sā kupitā pārvatī bhṛśam.. babhāṣe matsaragrastā sākṣepaṃ vacanaṃ satī.. 34.92 .. > Addressed thus by Nārada, Pārvatī became exceedingly angry. / Seized with indignation, the virtuous lady uttered reproachful words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.93) ..pārvatyuvāca.. cāpalyācca na vaktvyaṃ brahmaputra namostu te .. tava bhītāsmi bhadraṃ te devarṣe maunamāvaha.. 34.93 .. > Pārvatī said: / “You should not speak out of thoughtlessness, O son of Brahmā, homage to you! / I am afraid of you; blessing to you, O divine seer, keep silent! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.94) kathaṃ śivo hi devarṣa ukto'to hi tvayā bahu.. matprasādā schavo jāta īśvaro yo hi paṭhyate.. 34.94 .. > How is it that Śiva has been extolled so much by you, O divine seer? / Through my favor he who is recited as Īśvara became more than a corpse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.95) mayā labdhapratiṣṭho'yaṃ jāto nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ.. 34.95 .. > Having obtained his standing through me, he came into being; there is no doubt here.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.96) evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ śrutvā nārado maunamāśrayat.. pasthitaṃ ca taddṛṣṭvā bhṛṃgī vākyamathābravīt.. 34.96 .. > Hearing these manifold \[words\], Nārada resorted to silence. / Seeing what had transpired, Bhṛṅgin then spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.97) ..bhṛṃgyuvāca.. tvayā bahu na vaktavyaṃ punareva ca bhāmini.. ajeyo nirvikāro hi svāmī mama sumadhyame.. 34.97 .. > Bhṛṅgin said: / “You must not speak so much once again, O passionate lady! / My master, O slender-waisted lady, is indeed unconquerable and changeless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.98) strībhāvayuktāsi varānane tvaṃ devaṃ na jānāsi paraṃ parāṇām.. kāmaṃ puraskṛtya purā bhavāni samāgatāsyeva maheśamugrama.. 34.98 .. > You are possessed of a womanly nature, O fair-faced lady; you do not know the God who is higher than the highest. / Placing desire at the forefront of old, O Bhavānī, you came to the fierce Maheśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.99) yathā kṛtaṃ tena pinākinā purā etatsmṛtaṃ kiṃ subhage vadasva naḥ.. kṛto hyanaṃgo hi tadā hyanena dagdhaṃ vanaṃ tasya gireḥ pituste.. 34.99 .. > How it was done of old by that wielder of the Pināka—is that remembered, O fortunate lady? Tell us! / Kama was made bodiless by him then, and the forest of your father's mountain was burned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.100) xxxvāttvayārādhita eva eṣa śivaḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ parātmā.. 34.100 .. > \[…\] this Śiva, the highest of the high, the supreme Self, was worshipped by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.101) bhṛṃgiṇetyevamuktā sā hyuvāca kipitā bhṛśam.. śrṛṇvato hi maheśasya vākyaṃ pṛṣṭā ca bhṛṃgiṇam.. 34.101 .. > Addressed thus by Bhṛṅgin, she became exceedingly angry, / and while Maheśa was listening, she questioned Bhṛṅgin and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.102) ..pārvatyuvāca.. haṃ bhṛṃginpakṣapātitvādyaduktaṃ vacanaṃ mama.. śivapriyo'si re manda bhedabuddhirato hyasi.. 34.102 .. > Pārvatī said: / “O Bhṛṅgin, because of the words you spoke out of partiality— / you are dear to Śiva, yet, O fool, you are intent on seeing division! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.103) ahaṃ śivātmikā mūḍha śivo nityaṃ mayi sthitaḥ.. kathaṃ śivābhyāṃ bhinnatvaṃ tvayoktaṃ vāgbalena hi.. 34.103 .. > I am of the nature of Śiva, O fool; Śiva is eternally situated in me. / How is a separateness from both Śivas spoken by you merely through the power of speech? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.104) śrutaṃ ca vākyaṃ śubhadaṃ pārvatyā bhṛṃgiṇā tadā.. uvāca pārvatīṃ bhṛṃgī ruṣitaḥ śivasannidhau.. 34.104 .. > Hearing that auspicious statement of Pārvatī then, / Bhṛṅgin, infuriated in the presence of Śiva, said to Pārvatī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.105) puturyajñe ca dakṣasya śivaniṃdā tvayā śrutā.. apriyakṣavaṇātsadyastvayā tyaktaṃ kalevaram.. 34.105 .. > “At the sacrifice of your father Dakṣa, the reviling of Śiva was heard by you; / hearing the disagreeable words, your body was instantly abandoned by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.107) tatkṣaṇādeva nanvaṃgi hyadhunā kiṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā.. saṃbhramātkiṃ na jānāsi śivaniṃdakameva ca.. 34.106 kathaṃ vā parvataśreṣṭhājjātā se varavarṇini.. kathaṃ vā tapasogreṇa saṃtaptāsi sumadhyame.. 34.107 .. > Indeed at that very moment, O slender-limbed lady! What has been done by you now? / Do you not know yourself, in your agitation, to be a reviler of Śiva? / How was it that you were born from the best of mountains, O lady of excellent complexion? / How was it that you were heated by fierce austerity, O slender-waisted lady? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.108) sapremā ca śive bhaktistava nāstīha saṃprātam.. śivapriyāsi tanvaṃgi tasnādevaṃ bravīmi te.. 34.108 .. > You have no loving devotion to Śiva at present. / You are dear to Śiva, O slender-limbed lady, therefore do I speak thus to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.109) śivātparataraṃ nānyattriṣu lokeṣu vidyate.. śive bhaktistvayā kāryā sapremā varavarṇini.. 34.109 .. > Nothing higher than Śiva exists in the three worlds; / loving devotion to Śiva must be performed by you, O lady of excellent complexion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.110) bhaktāsi tvaṃ mahādevi mahābhāgyavatāṃ vare.. saṃsevyatāṃ prayatnena tapasopārjitastvayā.. 34.110 .. > You are a devotee, O Mahādevī, best among the most fortunate; / let him who was acquired by you through austerity be attended upon with effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.111) śivo vareṇyaḥ sarveśo nānyathā kartumarhasi.. bhṛṃgiṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā girijā tamuvācaha.. 34.111 .. > Śiva is the most excellent, the Lord of all; you ought not to act otherwise.” / Hearing the words of Bhṛṅgin, Girijā said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.112) ..girijovāca.. re bhṛṃginmaunamālaṃbya sthiro bhavātha vā vraja.. vācyāvācyaṃ na jānāsi kiṃ bravīṣi piśācavat.. 34.112 .. > Girijā said: / “O Bhṛṅgin, maintain silence and remain steady, or else depart! / You do not know what should and should not be said; why do you babble like a Piśāca?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.113) tapasā kena cānītaḥ kayā cāpi śivo hyayam.. kāhaṃ ko'sau tvayā jñāto bhedabuddhyā bravīṣi me.. 34.113 .. > By whose austerity was this Śiva brought, and by which woman? / Who am I, and who is he known by you \[to be\], that you speak to me with a mind of duality? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.114) ko'si tvaṃ kena yukto'si kasmācca bahu bhāṣase.. śāpaṃ tava pradāsyāmi śivaḥ kiṃ kurute'dhunā.. 34.114 .. > Who are you? With what are you endowed? And why do you babble so much? / I shall give you a curse; what can Śiva do now? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.115) bhṛṃgiṇoktā tiraskṛtya tadā śāpaṃ dadau satī.. nimāmo bhava re manda re bhṛṃgiñchiṃkarapriya.. 34.115 .. > Having addressed Bhṛṅgin with reproach, Satī then gave a curse: / 'Become devoid of flesh, O fool, O Bhṛṅgin, darling of Śaṃkara!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.116) evamuktvā tadā devī pārvatī śaṃkarapriyā.. atha kopena saṃyuktā pārvatī śaṃkaraṃ tadā.. 34.116 .. > Having spoken thus, the goddess Pārvatī, beloved of Śaṃkara, / then filled with anger toward Śaṃkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.117) kara gṛhya ca tanvaṃgī bhujaṃgaṃ vāsukiṃ tathā.. udatārayatkaṃṭhātsā tathānyāni bahūni ca.. 34.117 .. > the slender-limbed woman seized \[his\] hand and pulled down the serpent Vāsuki from his neck, / as well as many other \[ornaments\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.118) śaṃbhorjagrāha kupitā bhūṣaṇāni tvarānvitā.. hṛta caṃdrakalā tasya gajājinamanuttamam.. 34.118 .. > Enraged, she hastily stripped Śambhu of his ornaments: / his crescent moon was snatched away, and his peerless elephant hide; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.119) kaṃbalāśvatarau nāgau maheśakṛtabhūṣaṇau.. hṛtau tayā mahādevyā chaloktyāṃ ca prahasya vai.. 34.119 .. > the two serpents Kambala and Aśvatara, who adorned Maheśa, / were seized by the great goddess, laughing with mocking words; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.120) kaupīnācchā danaṃ tasyā cchaloktyā ca prahasya vai.. tadā gaṇāśca sakhyaśca trapayā pīḍitā bhavan.. 34.120 .. > and with mocking words, laughing, she \[snatched\] the covering of his loincloth. / Then the gaṇas and her companions became afflicted with embarrassment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.121) parāṅgamukhāśca saṃjātā bhṛṅgī caiva mahātapāḥ.. tathā caṇḍo hi muṇḍaśca mahālomā mahodaraḥ.. 34.121 .. > Their faces turned away, both Bhṛṅgī of great austerity, / and Caṇḍa, Muṇḍa, Mahāloman, and Mahodara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.122) ete cānye ca bahavo gaṇāste duḥkhino'bhavan.. tāṃśca dṛṣṭvā tathābhūtanmaheśo lajjito'bhavat.. 34.122 .. > these and many other gaṇas of his became dejected. / And seeing them in such a state, Maheśa was ashamed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.123) uvāca vākyaṃ ruṣitaḥ pārvatīṃ prati śaṃkaraḥ.. 34.123 .. > Enraged, Śaṃkara addressed these words to Pārvatī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.124) ..rudra uvāca.. upahāsaṃ prakurvaṃti sarve hi ṛṣayo bhṛśam.. tathā brahmā ca viṣṇuśca tathā cendrādayo hyamī.. 34.124 .. > Rudra said: / 'All the seers are mocking severely, / and likewise Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and these gods led by Indra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.125) upahāsaparāḥ sarve kiṃ tvayādya kṛtaṃ śubhe.. kule jātāsi tanvaṃgi kathamevaṃ kariṣyasi.. 34.125 .. > they are all intent on mockery! What have you done today, auspicious lady? / You were born in a noble family, slender-limbed woman; how can you act thus? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.126) tvayā jito hyahaṃ subhru yadi jānāsi tattvataḥ.. tarhyevaṃ kuru me dehi kaupīnācchādanaṃ param.. dehi kaupī nāmātraṃ me nānyathā kartumarhasi.. 34.126 .. > I was indeed defeated by you, fair-browed lady, if you truly know it; / therefore do this: give me back the excellent covering of my loincloth. / Give me merely the loincloth; you ought not to act otherwise!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.127) evamuktā satī tena śaṃbhunā yoginā tadā.. prahasya vākyaṃ provāca pārvatī rucirānanā.. 34.127 .. > Addressed thus then by that Śambhu, the yogin, / Satī Pārvatī of charming countenance laughed and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.128) kiṃ kaupīnena te kāryaṃ muninā bhāvitātmanā.. digambareṇaiva tadā kṛtaṃ dāruvanaṃ tathā.. 34.128 .. > 'What need have you of a loincloth, a sage whose soul is purified? / For space-clad did you enter the Pine Forest back then; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.129) bhikṣāṭanamiṣeṇaiva ṛṣipatnyo virohitāḥ.. gaccha taste tadā śaṃbho pūjanaṃ tairmahatkṛtam.. 34.129 .. > under the pretext of wandering for alms, the wives of the seers were enchanted. / When you departed then, O Śambhu, a great worship was performed by them; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.130) kaupīnaṃ patitaṃ tatra munibhirnānyathoditam.. tasmāttvayā prahātavyaṃ dyūtohāritameva tat.. 34.130 .. > the loincloth fell there, as told by the sages without falsehood. / Therefore you must surrender it; it was truly lost in the gambling match!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.131) tacchrutvā kupito rudraḥ pārvatīṃ parameśvaraḥ.. nirīkṣamāṇo'tiruṣā tṛtīyenaiva cakṣuṣā.. 34.131 .. > Hearing that, Rudra, the supreme lord, became enraged, / staring at Pārvatī in extreme wrath with his third eye alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.132) kupitaṃ śaṃkaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sarva devagaṇāstadā.. bhayena mahatāviṣṭāstathā gaṇakumārakāḥ.. 34.132 .. > Seeing Śaṃkara enraged, all the troops of gods then / and the young gaṇas were seized by great terror. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.133) ūcuḥ sarve śanaistatra śaṃkitena parasparam.. adyāyaṃ kupito rudro girijāṃ prati saṃprati.. 34.133 .. > Anxiously they all whispered there to one another: / 'Today Rudra is enraged against Girijā now; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.134) yathā hi madano dagdhastatheyaṃ nānyathā vacaḥ.. evaṃ mīmāṃsamānāste gaṇā devarṣayastadā.. 34.134 .. > just as the god of love was burned, so will she be—the words are not otherwise.' / While those gaṇas and divine seers were thus deliberating, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.135) vilokitāstayā devyā sarve saubhāgyamudrayā.. uvāca prahasanneva satī satpuruṣaṃ tadā.. 34.135 .. > they were all looked upon by the goddess with the gesture of good fortune. / Then, laughing, Satī said to the noble person: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.136) kimālokaparo bhūtvā cakṣuṣā parameṇa hi.. nāhaṃ kālo na kāmo'haṃ nāhaṃ dabhasya vai makhaḥ.. 34.136 .. > 'Why are you intent on glaring with your supreme eye? / I am not Time, I am not desire, nor am I the sacrifice of Dakṣa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.137) tripuro naiva vai śaṃbho nāṃdhako vṛṣabhadhvaja.. vīkṣitenaiva kiṃ tena tava cādya bhaviṣyati.. vṛthaiva tvaṃ virūpākṣo jāto'si mama cāgrataḥ.. 34.137 .. > I am not Tripura, O Śambhu, nor Andhaka, O you whose banner bears the bull! / What will you achieve today by merely glaring? / In vain have you become three-eyed before me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.138) evamādīnyanekāni hayuvāca parameśvarī.. niśamya devo vākyāni gamanāya mano dadhe.. 34.138 .. > The supreme goddess spoke these and many other such words. / Hearing the words, the god set his mind on departing: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.139) vanameva varaṃ cādya vijanaṃ paramārthataḥ.. ekākī yatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ.. 34.139 .. > 'Solitary forest alone is better today, desolate in ultimate truth, / \[for one who is\] alone, self-controlled in mind and soul, having abandoned all possessions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.140) sa sukhī paramārthajñaḥ sa vidvānsa ca paṃḍitaḥ.. yena muktau kāmarāgau sa muktaḥ sa sukhī bhavet.. 34.140 .. > He is happy, he knows the ultimate truth, he is learned, and he is wise, / by whom desire and passion have been abandoned; he is liberated, he is happy.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.141) evaṃ vimṛśya ca tadā girijāṃ vihāya śrīśaṃkaraḥ paramakāruṇikastadānīm.. yātaḥ priyāvirahito vanamadbhutaṃ ca siddhāṭavīṃ paramahaṃsayutāṃ tathaiva.. 34.141 .. > Having reflected thus, leaving Girijā behind, the glorious Śaṃkara, supremely compassionate at that time, / separated from his beloved, went to the wondrous forest, the forest of the perfected filled with supreme ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.142) nirgataṃ śaṃkaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve kailāsavāsinaḥ.. niryayuśca gaṇāḥ sarve vīrabhadrādayo'nu tam.. 34.142 .. > Seeing Śaṃkara depart, all the inhabitants of Kailāsa / and all the gaṇas led by Vīrabhadra followed after him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.143) chatraṃ bhṛṃgī samādāya jagāma tasya pṛṣṭhataḥ.. cāmare vījyamāne ca gaṃgāyamunasannibhe.. 34.143 .. > Taking the parasol, Bhṛṅgī walked behind him, / while two fly-whisks, resembling the Gaṅgā and Yamunā, were fanned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.144) tābhyāṃ yuktastadā naṃdī pṛṣṭhato'nvagamatsudhīḥ.. vṛṣabhoṃ hyagrato bhūtvā puṣpakeṇa virājitaḥ.. 34.144 .. > Endowed with them, the wise Nandī then followed behind; / the bull, resplendent with flowers, went in front. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.145) śobhamāno mahādeva ebhiḥ sarvaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ.. aṃtaḥpuragatā devī pārvatī sā hi durmanāḥ.. 34.145 .. > While Mahādeva shone with all these splendid \[attendants\], / the goddess Pārvatī, having gone into the inner chambers, became dejected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.146) sakhībhirbahubhistatra tathānyābhiḥ susaṃvṛtā.. girijā ciṃtayāmāsa manasā parameśvaram.. 34.146 .. > Surrounded there by her many companions and other women, / Girijā meditated in her mind upon the supreme lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.147) tato dūraṃ gataḥ śaṃbhurvisṛjya ca gaṇāṃstadā.. gaṇeśaṃ ca kumāraṃ ca vīrabhadraṃ tathā'parān.. 34.147 .. > Having gone far from there, Śambhu then dismissed the gaṇas: / Gaṇeśa, Kumāra, Vīrabhadra, and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.148) bhṛṃgiṇaṃ naṃdinaṃ caṃḍaṃ somanaṃdinameva ca.. etānanyāṃśca sarvāṃśca kailāsapuravāsinaḥ.. 34.148 .. > Bhṛṅgin, Nandin, Caṇḍa, and Somanandin, / having dismissed these and all the others who dwelt in the city of Kailāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.149) visṛjya ca mahādeva eka eva mahātapāḥ.. gato dūraṃ vanasyāṃte tathā siddhavaṭaṃ śivaḥ.. 34.149 .. > Mahādeva, the great ascetic Śiva, completely alone, / went far away to the edge of the forest, to the Banyan of the Perfected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.150) kāśmīraratnopalasiddharatnavaidūryacitraṃ sudhayā pariṣkṛtam.. divyāsanaṃ tasya ca kalpitaṃ bhuvā tatrāsthito yogapatirmaheśaḥ.. 34.150 .. > A celestial seat was fashioned for him by the earth, adorned with saffron, gems, stones, stones of the perfected, and lapis lazuli, and beautified with nectar; / upon it sat Maheśa, the lord of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.151) padmāsane copaviṣṭo maheśo yogavittamaḥ.. kevalaṃ cātmanātmānaṃ dadhyau mīlitalocanaḥ.. 34.151 .. > Seated in the lotus posture, Maheśa, the supreme knower of yoga, / with closed eyes meditated on the Self solely by the Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.152) śuśubhe sa mahādevaḥ samādhau caṃdraśekharaḥ.. yogapaṭṭaḥ kṛtastena śeṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ.. vāsukiḥ sarparājaśca kaṭibaddhaḥ kṛto mahān.. 34.152 .. > Mahādeva, the moon-crested god, shone in deep meditation; / a yogic band was made by him out of the great-souled Śeṣa, / and Vāsuki, king of serpents, was bound tightly around his waist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.153) ātmānamātmātmatayā ca saṃstuto vedāṃtavedyo na hi viśvaceṣṭitaḥ.. eko hyaneko hi duraṃtapārastathā hyarkyo nijabodharūpaḥ.. sthitastadānīṃ paramaṃ parāṇāṃ nirīkṣamāṇo bhuvanaikabhartā.. 34.153 .. > Praised by the Self through the nature of the Self, known through the Upaniṣads, untouched by worldly actions, / one yet manifold, of boundless shore, beyond thought, whose form is pure consciousness, / the sole protector of the universe remained at that time, beholding the highest of the high. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.32.153\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32.153_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kedārakhaṃḍe śivaśāstre śivapārvatīdyūtaprasaṃgena pārvatīhāritasarvasvasya śivasya kailāsaṃ vihāya tapovanagamanavarṇanaṃnāma catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 34 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter, entitled "The Description of Śiva's Departure to the Penance Grove after Leaving Kailāsa, Having Lost All His Belongings to Pārvatī in the Dice Game," in the Śiva-Śāstra of the Kedārakhaṇḍa, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.32.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.32) · Pramāṇa