[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) › 1.4.11 # Skandapurana 1.4.11: adhyāyaḥ 13 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 13 ### [1.4.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.1) ..nārada uvāca.. iti tasya munīṃdrasya bhūpatiḥ śuśruvānvacaḥ.. prāha nāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi tvāṃ vihāya naraṃ kvacit.. 13.1 .. > Nārada said: > Having heard these words of that lord of sages, the king said: / “Leaving you, I will not go anywhere as a \[mere mortal\] man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.2) liṃgamārādhayiṣye'dya sarvasiddhipradaṃ nṛṇām.. tvayaivānugṛhīto'dya yāṃtu sarve yathāgatam.. 13.2 .. > Today I will worship the liṅga that bestows all perfections upon men. / Blessed today by you alone, let all return whence they came.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.3) tadbhūpativacaḥ śrutvā bako gṛdhro'tha kacchapaḥ.. ulūkaśca tathaivocuḥ praṇatā lomaśaṃ munim.. 13.3 .. > Hearing those words of the king, the crane, the vulture, the tortoise, / and the owl likewise spoke, bowing down to the sage Lomaśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.4) sa ca sarvasuhṛdviprastathetyevāha tāṃstadā.. praṇodyānpraṇatānsarvānanujagrāha śiṣyavat.. 13.4 .. > And that brahmin, a friend to all, then said to them, “So be it”; / bowing down, he favored all who bowed like disciples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.5) śivadīkṣāvidhānena liṃgapūjāṃ samādiśat.. teṣāmanugrahaparo muniḥ pramatavatsalaḥ.. tīrthādapyadhikaṃ sthāne satāṃ sādhusamāgamaḥ.. 13.5 .. > According to the rules of initiation into Śiva's rites, he instructed them in the worship of the liṅga. / Devoted to bestowing grace upon them, the sage was fond of the zealous. / Association with the virtuous is greater even than a sacred ford; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.6) pacelimaphalaḥ sadyo duraṃtakalupāpahaḥ.. apūrvaḥ ko'pi sadgoṣṭhīsahasrakiraṇodayaḥ.. 13.6 .. > it bears ripe fruit immediately and removes endless terrible sins; / the rising of the thousand-rayed sun of the company of the good is something extraordinary and matchless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.7) ya ekāṃtatayātyaṃtamaṃtargatatamopahaḥ.. sādhugoṣṭhīsamudbhūtasukhāmṛtarasormayaḥ.. 13.7 .. > which completely dispels the darkness within through solitude. / The waves of the nectar of bliss arisen from an assembly of the virtuous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.8) sarve varāḥ sudhākārāḥ śarkarāmadhuṣaḍrasāḥ.. tataste sādhusaṃsargaṃ saṃprāptāḥ śivaśāsanāt.. 13.8 .. > all the boons, shaped like nectar, \[surpassing\] sugar, honey, and the six flavors. / Then, having attained the company of the virtuous by Śiva's command, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.9) ārebhire kriyāyogaṃ mārkaṃḍanṛpapūrvakāḥ.. teṣāṃ tapasyatāmevaṃ samājagme kadācana.. tīrthayātrānuṣaṃgena lomaśālokanotsukaḥ.. 13.9 .. > the king Mārkaṇḍa and the others began the yoga of action. / As they were performing austerity in this manner, there came at one time \[Nārada\], / who, in connection with a pilgrimage to sacred fords, was eager to see Lomaśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.10) mukhyā puruṣayātrā hi tīrthayātrānuṣaṃgataḥ.. sadbhiḥ samāśrito bhūpa bhūmibhāgastathocyate.. 13.10 .. > "Indeed, the primary pilgrimage is the pilgrimage to virtuous men, through connection with which comes the pilgrimage to sacred fords; / O king, that portion of the earth frequented by the good is spoken of in that way." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.11) kṛtārhaṇātithyavidhiṃ viśrāṃtaṃ māṃ ca phālguna.. praṇamya te'tha papracchurnāḍījaṃghapuraḥ sarāḥ.. 13.11 .. > When I had been offered hospitality and rites of welcome, and was rested, O Phālguna, / having bowed, Nāḍījaṅgha and the others asked me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.12) ..ta ucuḥ.. śāpabhraṣṭā vayaṃ brahmaṃścatvāro'pi svakarmaṇā.. tanmuktisādhanārthāya sthānaṃ kiṃcitsamādiśa.. 13.12 .. > They said: / "O brahmin, fallen through a curse on account of our own deeds, all four of us are ruined; / point out some place to achieve liberation from it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.13) iyaṃ hi niṣphalā bhūmiḥ śapalaṃ bhārataṃ mune.. 13.13 .. > For this land is barren; the Bharata region is cursed, O sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.14) tatrāpi kvacidekatra sarvatīrthaphalaṃ vada.. iti pṛṣṭastvahaṃ taiśca tānabravamidaṃ tadā.. 13.14 .. > Even there, tell us of one place that grants the fruit of all sacred fords." / When questioned thus by them, I then spoke this to them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.15) saṃvartaṃ paripṛcchadhvaṃ sa vo vakṣyati tattvataḥ.. sarvatīrthaphalāvāptikārakaṃ bhūpradeśakam.. 13.15 .. > "Inquire of Saṃvarta; he will tell you in truth / the region of the earth that brings about the fruit of all sacred fords." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.16) ..ta ucuḥ.. kutrāsau vidyate yogī nājñāsiṣma vayaṃ ca tam.. saṃvartadarśanānmuktiriti cāsmadanugrahaḥ.. 13.16 .. > They said: / "Where is this yogin to be found? We do not know him. / 'Liberation comes from the darśana of Saṃvarta'—this is your grace to us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.17) yadi jānāsi taṃ brūhi suhṛtsaṃgo na niṣphalaḥ.. tato'hamabravaṃ tāṃśca vicāryedaṃ punaḥpunaḥ.. 13.17 .. > If you know, tell us of him; the company of a friend is never fruitless." / Thereupon, having considered this again and again, I spoke to them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.18) vārāṇasyāmasāvāste saṃvarto guptaliṃgabhṛt.. maladigdho vivasano bhikṣāśī kutapādanu.. 13.18 .. > "This Saṃvarta resides in Vārāṇasī, bearing a concealed emblem, / smeared with dirt, unclothed, eating begged food in the afternoon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.19) karapātrakṛtāhāraḥ sarvathā niṣparigrahaḥ.. bhāvayanbrahma paramaṃ praṇavābhidhamīśvaram.. 13.19 .. > eating with his hands as a begging bowl, completely without possessions, / meditating upon the supreme Brahman, the Lord named Praṇava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.20) bhuktvā niryāti sāyāhne vanaṃ na jñāyate janaiḥ.. yogīśvaro'sau tadrūpāḥ santyanye liṃgadhāriṇaḥ.. 13.20 .. > Having eaten, he goes out to the forest at eventide and is not recognized by people. / He is a lord of yogins, \[though\] there are others bearing emblems of similar form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.21) vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇaṃ tasya jñāsyatha taṃ munim.. pratolyā rājamārge tu niśi bhūmau śavaṃ janaiḥ.. 13.21 .. > I will tell you his distinguishing mark, \[by which\] you will recognize that sage: / at night, on the royal road at the city gate, a corpse > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.22) avijñātaṃ sthāpanīyaṃ stheyaṃ tadavidūrataḥ.. yastāṃ bhūmimupāgamya akasmādvinirvatate.. 13.22 .. > unrecognized by people should be placed on the ground, and you should stand not far from it. / Whoever approaches that place and suddenly turns back, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.23) sa saṃvarto na cākrāmatyeṣa śalyamasaṃśayam.. praṣṭavyo'bhimataṃ cāsāvupāśritya vinītavat.. 13.23 .. > he is Saṃvarta; he will undoubtedly not step over the impurity. / Approaching him humbly, he should be asked what is desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.24) yadi pṛcchati kenāhamākhyāta iti māṃ tataḥ.. nivedya caitadvaktavyaṃ tvāmākhyāyāgnimāviśat.. 13.24 .. > If he asks, 'By whom was I revealed?', then, having announced \[me\], / this must be said: 'Having revealed you, he entered the fire.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.25) tacchrutvā te tathā cakruḥ sarvepi vacanaṃ mama.. prāpya vārāṇasīṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃvartaṃ te tathā vyadhuḥ.. 13.25 .. > Hearing that, all of them followed my word accordingly. / Having reached Vārāṇasī and seen Saṃvarta, they acted in that manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.26) śavaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca tairnyastaṃ saṃvarto vai nyavartata.. kṣutparīto'pi taṃ jñātvā yayustamanu śīghragam.. 13.26 .. > And seeing the corpse placed by them, Saṃvarta indeed turned back. / Though overcome by hunger, knowing who he was, they followed him as he walked swiftly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.27) tiṣṭha brahmankṣaṇamiti jalpaṃto rājamārgagam.. yāti nirbhartsayatyeṣa nivartadhvamiti bruvan.. 13.27 .. > Saying, "Wait, O brahmin, for a moment!" to him walking on the royal road, / he went on, rebuking \[them\] and saying, "Turn back! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.28) samayā māmare bho'dya nāgaṃtavyaṃ na vo hitam.. palāyanamasau kṛtvā gatvā dūrataraṃ saraḥ.. kupitaḥ prāha tānsarvānkenākhyāto'hamityuta.. 13.28 .. > Do not come near me today, hey! It is not good for you!" / Taking to flight, having gone to a very distant lake, / angry, he said to all of them: "By whom, indeed, was I revealed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.29) nivedayata śīghraṃ me yathā bhasma karomi tam.. śāpāgninātha vā yuṣmānyadi satyaṃ na vakṣyatha.. 13.29 .. > Disclose it to me quickly so that I may reduce him to ashes / with the fire of my curse—or else \[reduce\] you, if you do not speak the truth!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.30) atha prakaṃpitāḥ prāhurnāradeneti taṃ munim.. sa tānāha punaryātaḥ piśunaḥ kva nu saṃprati.. 13.30 .. > Then, trembling, they said to that sage, "By Nārada." / He spoke to them again: "Where has that slanderer gone now, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.31) lokānāṃ yena sāpāgnau bhasmaśeṣaṃ karomi tam.. brahmabaṃdhumahaṃ prāhurbhītāste taṃ punarmunim.. 13.31 .. > of all people, so that I may reduce that wretched brahmin to ashes in the fire of my curse?" / Frightened, they spoke again to that sage: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.32) ..ta ūcuḥ.. tvaṃ nivedya sa cāsmākaṃ praviṣṭo havyavāhanam.. tatkālameva vipreṃdra na vidmastatra kāraṇam.. 13.32 .. > They said: / "Having told us of you, he entered the fire / at that very moment, O best of brahmins; we do not know the reason for that." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.33) ..saṃvarta uvāca.. ahamapyevamevāsya kartā tena svayaṃ kṛtam.. tadbrūta kāryaṃ naivātra ciraṃ sthāsyāmi vaḥ kṛte.. 13.33 .. > Saṃvarta said: / "I too would have done the very same to him; he did it to himself. / Therefore, state your business; I will not remain here long for your sake." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.34) ..arjuna uvāca.. yadi nārada devarṣe praviṣṭo'si hutāśanam.. jīvitastatkathaṃ bhūya āścaryamiti me vada.. 13.34 .. > Arjuna said: / "If you entered the fire, O divine sage Nārada, / how then are you alive again? Tell me this wonder!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.35) ..nārada uvāca.. na hutāśaḥ samudro vā vāyurvā vṛkṣaparvataḥ.. āyudhaṃ vā na me śaktā dehapātāya bhārata.. 13.35 .. > Nārada said: / "Neither fire, nor the ocean, nor wind, nor a tree, nor a mountain, / nor a weapon is capable of causing the fall of my body, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.36) punaretatkṛtaṃ cāpi saṃvarto manyate yathā.. ahaṃ sanmānitaśceti vahniṃ prāpyāpyagāmaham.. 13.36 .. > Moreover, this was done so that Saṃvarta would consider / that I had shown him respect; and having reached the fire, I departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.37) yathā puṣpagṛhe kaścitpraviśatyaṃga phālguna.. tathāhamagniṃ saṃviśya yātavānuttaraṃ śrṛṇu.. 13.37 .. > Just as someone enters an arbor of flowers, my dear Phālguna, / so did I enter the fire and go away; hear what followed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.38) saṃvartastānpunaḥ prāha mārkaṃḍeyamukhāniti.. viśalyaḥ paṃthāḥ kṣudhito'haṃ punaḥ purīm.. bhikṣārthaṃ paryaṭiṣyāmi praśraṃ prabrūta caiva me.. 13.38 .. > Saṃvarta spoke again to them, headed by Mārkaṇḍeya, saying: / 'The path is free of obstacles; I am hungry, and again to the city / I will wander for alms; tell me your question now!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.39) ..ta ūcuḥ.. śāpabhraṣṭā vayaṃ mokṣaṃ prāpsyāmastavadanugrahāt.. pratīkāraṃ tadākhyāhi praṇatānāṃ mahāmune.. 13.39 .. > They said: / "Fallen through a curse, we shall attain liberation through your grace. / Therefore, tell the remedy to those who bow before you, O great sage! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.40) yatra tīrthe sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ.. tattīrthaṃ brūhi saṃvarta tiṣṭhāmo yatra vai vayam.. 13.40 .. > At which sacred ford does a man obtain the fruit of all sacred fords? / Tell us of that sacred ford, O Saṃvarta, where we may dwell." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.41) ..saṃvarta uvāca.. namaskṛtya kumārāya durgābhyaśca narottamāḥ.. tīrthaṃ ca saṃpravakṣyāmi mahīsāgarasaṃgamam.. 13.41 .. > Saṃvarta said: / "Having bowed to Kumāra and to the Durgās, O best of men, / I shall tell of the sacred ford: the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.42) amunā rājasiṃhena iṃdradyumnena dhīmatā.. yajanāddvyaṃgulotsedhā kṛteyaṃ vasudhāyadā.. 13.42 .. > When, by this lion among kings, the wise Indradyumna, / this earth was made two fingers high through sacrificial worship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.43) tadā saṃtāpyamānāyā bhuvaḥ kāṣṭhasya vai yathā.. susrāva yo jalaughaśca sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ.. 13.43 .. > then, from the scorched earth, just as from wood, / there flowed a flood of water, reverenced by all the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.44) mahīnāma nadī ca pṛthivyāṃ yānikānicit.. tīrthāni teṣāṃ salilasaṃbhavaṃ tajjalaṃ viduḥ.. 13.44 .. > a river named Mahī; and whatever sacred fords there are / on the earth, they know that water to be produced from their waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.45) mahīnāma samutpannā deśe mālavakābhidhe.. dakṣiṇaṃ sāgaraṃ prāptā puṇyobhayataṭāśivā.. 13.45 .. > Arisen under the name Mahī in the land called Mālavaka, / reaching the southern ocean, both its banks are holy and auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.46) sarvatīrthamayī pūrvaṃ mahīnāma mahānadī.. kiṃ punaryaḥ samāyogastasyāśca saritāṃ pateḥ.. 13.46 .. > Originally containing all sacred fords was the great river named Mahī; / how much more then its confluence with the lord of rivers \[the ocean\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.47) vārāṇasī kurukṣetraṃ gaṃgā revā sarasvatī.. 13.47 .. > Vārāṇasī, Kurukṣetra, Gaṅgā, Revā, Sarasvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.48) tāpī payoṣṇī nirvidhyā candrabhāgā irāvatī.. kāverī śarayūścaiva gaṃḍakī naimiṣaṃ tathā.. 13.48 .. > Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, Nirvindhyā, Candrabhāgā, Irāvatī, / Kāverī, and Sarayū, Gaṇḍakī, and Naimiṣa as well," > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.49) gayā godāvarī caiva aruṇā varuṇā tathā.. etāḥ puṇyāḥ śataśonyā yāḥ kāścitsarito bhuvi.. 13.49 .. > Gayā, Godāvarī, Aruṇā, and Varuṇā— / these holy ones, and whatever hundreds of other rivers there are on earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.50) sahasraviṃśatiścaiva ṣaṭ‌śatāni tathaiva ca.. tāsāṃ sārasamudbhutaṃ mahītoyaṃ prakīrtitam.. 13.50 .. > twenty thousand and six hundred in all— / the water of the Mahī is proclaimed as having arisen from their essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.51) pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrtheṣu snātvā yatphalamāpyate.. tanmahīsāgare proktaṃ kumārasya vaco yathā.. 13.51 .. > The fruit that is obtained by bathing at all sacred fords on earth / is declared to be \[gained\] at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean, according to Kumāra's word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.52) ekatra sarvatīrthānāṃ yadi saṃyogamicchatha.. tadgacchatha mahāpuṇyaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgamam.. 13.52 .. > If you desire the union of all sacred fords in one place, / then go to the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean, which yields great merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.53) ahaṃ cāpi ca tatraiva bahūnvarṣagaṇānpurā.. avasaṃ cāgataścātra nāradasya bhayāttathā.. 13.53 .. > And I too dwelt right there for many groups of years in the past, / and I came here out of fear of Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.54) sa hi tatra samīpasthaḥ piśunaśca viśeṣataḥ.. maruttaḥ kurute yatnaṃ tasmai brūyādidaṃ bhayam.. 13.54 .. > For he is nearby there and is especially a talebearer. / Marutta is making an effort; \[Nārada\] might speak to him, hence this fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.55) atra digvāsasāṃ madhye bahūnāṃ tatsamastvaham.. nivasāmyatipracchanno maruttādatibhītavat.. 13.55 .. > Here, in the midst of many who are clad in the directions, like one of them, / I dwell deeply hidden, as if terrified of Marutta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.56) punaratrāpi māṃ nūnaṃ kathayiṣyati nāradaḥ.. tathāvidhā hi ceṣṭāsya piśunasya pradṛśyate.. 13.56 .. > Surely Nārada will report me even here again; / for such behavior is observed in that talebearer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.57) bhavadbhiśca na cāpyatra vaktānāṃ kasyacitkvacit.. maruttaḥ kurute yatnaṃ bhūpālo yajñasiddhaye.. 13.57 .. > And you must not speak of this to anyone anywhere. / King Marutta makes an effort for the accomplishment of his sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.58) devācāryeṇa saṃtyakto bhrātrā me kāraṇāṃ tare.. guruputraṃ ca māṃ jñātvā yajñārtvijyasya kāraṇāt.. 13.58 .. > Having been abandoned by my brother, the teacher of the gods, for another reason, / and knowing me to be the son of his guru, \[he sought me\] to serve as officiating priest at his sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.59) avidyāṃtargatairyajñakarmabhirna prayojanam.. mama hiṃsātmakairasti nigamoktairacetanaiḥ.. 13.59 .. > I have no need for sacrificial rites wrapped in ignorance, / nor for insentient ones enjoined by the Vedas, which are violent in nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.60) samitpuṣpakuśaprāyaiḥ sādhanairyadyacetanaiḥ.. kriyate tattathā bhāvi kāryaṃ kāraṇavannṛṇām.. 13.60 .. > If it is performed with insentient means consisting mainly of kindling, flowers, and kuśa grass, / then the effect that comes to be for men will correspond to its cause. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.61) tadyūyaṃ tatra gacchadhvaṃ śīghrameva nṛpānugāḥ.. asti vipraḥ svayaṃ brahmā yājñavalkyaśca tatra vai.. 13.61 .. > Therefore go there at once, attendants of the king! / There is the brahmin Yājñavalkya, who is Brahmā himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.62) sa hi pūrvaṃ mitheḥ puryāṃ vasannāśramamuttamam.. āgacchamānaṃ nakulaṃ dṛṣṭvā gārgīṃ vaco'bravīt.. 13.62 .. > For formerly, while dwelling in an excellent hermitage in the city of Mithi, / seeing a mongoose approaching, he said this word to Gārgī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.63) gārgi rakṣa payo bhadre nakulo'yamupeti ca.. payaḥ pātuṃ kṛtimatiṃ nakulaṃ taṃ nirākuru.. 13.63 .. > “Gārgī, protect the milk, good lady, for here comes a mongoose! / Turn away that mongoose, whose mind is set on drinking the milk.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.64) ityukto nakulaḥ kruddhaḥ sa hi kruddhaḥ purā'bhavat.. jamadagneḥ pūrvajaiśca śaptaḥ provāca taṃ munim.. 13.64 .. > Addressed thus, the mongoose became enraged, for he had been enraged long ago / and cursed by the ancestors of Jamadagni; he spoke to the sage: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.65) aho vā dhigdhigityeva bhūyo dhigiti caiva hi.. nirlajjatā manuṣyāṇāṃ dṛśyate pāpakāriṇām.. 13.65 .. > “Ah, fie, fie, and fie yet again! / Indeed, the shamelessness of sinful humans is seen! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.66) kathaṃ te nāma pāpāni prakurvaṃti narādhamāḥ.. maraṇāṃtaritā yeṣāṃ narake tīvravedanā.. 13.66 .. > How indeed do those lowest of men commit sins, / for whom intense torment in hell is separated only by death? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.67) nimeṣo'pi na śakyeta jīvite yasya niścitam.. tanmātraparamāyuryaḥ pāpaṃ kuryātkathaṃ sa ca.. 13.67 .. > A person whose life cannot be guaranteed for even the blink of an eye, / whose maximum lifespan is only that long—how could he commit sin? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.68) tvaṃ mune manyase cedaṃ kulīno'smīti buddhimān.. tataḥ kṣipasi māṃ mūḍha nakulo'yamiti smayan.. 13.68 .. > Sage, you think this: ‘I am of noble birth and wise’; / therefore you insult me, smiling: ‘This is a mongoose!’—you fool! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.69) kimadhītaṃ yājñavalkya kā yogeśvaratā tava.. niraparādhaṃ kṣipasi dhigadhītaṃ hi tattava.. 13.69 .. > What have you studied, Yājñavalkya? What is your mastery of yoga? / You insult one who is blameless; fie upon that learning of yours! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.70) kasminvedaṃ smṛtau kasyāṃ proktametadbravīhi me.. paruṣairiti vākyairmāṃ nakuleti bravīṣi yat.. 13.70 .. > Tell me, in which Veda, in which traditional law is this taught, / that you address me with harsh words, calling me ‘mongoose’? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.71) kimidaṃ naiva jānāsi yāvatyaḥ paruṣā giraḥ.. paraḥ saṃśrāvyate tāvacchaṃkavaḥ śrotrataḥ punarā.. 13.71 .. > Do you not know this: as many harsh words / as are made to be heard by another, so many spikes \[are driven\] through the ears? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.72) kaṃṭhe yamānugāḥ pādaṃ kṛtvā tasya sudurmateḥ.. atīva rudato lohaśaṃkūnkṣepsyaṃti karṇayoḥ.. 13.72 .. > The followers of Yama, placing a foot upon the throat of that evil-minded one / while he weeps aloud, will thrust iron spikes into his ears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.73) vāvadūkāśca dhvajino muṣṇaṃti kṛpaṇāñjanān.. svayaṃ hastasahasreṇa dharmasyaivaṃ bhavadvidhāḥ.. 13.73 .. > Garrulous hypocrites rob pitiable people; / people like you rob dharma itself with a thousand hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.74) vajrasya digdhaśastrasya kālakūṭasya cāpyuta.. samena vacasā tulyaṃ mṛtyoriti mamābhavat.. 13.74 .. > A word has become to me equal to a thunderbolt, / a poisoned weapon, kālakūṭa poison, and death itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.75) karṇanāsikanārācānnirharaṃti śarīrataḥ.. vākchalyastu na nirhartuṃ śakyo hṛdiśayo hi saḥ.. 13.75 .. > They extract iron arrows from the ear, nose, and body; / but the dart of speech cannot be extracted, for it lies within the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.76) yaṃtrapīḍaiḥ samākramya varameṣa hato naraḥ.. na tu taṃ paruṣairvākyairjighāṃseta kathaṃcana.. 13.76 .. > It is better that this man be killed, crushed in pressing-machines, / but one should never seek to harm him with harsh words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.77) tvayā tvahaṃ yājñavalkya nityaṃ paṃḍitamāninā.. nakulosīti tīvreṇa vacasā tāḍitaḥ kutaḥ.. 13.77 .. > Yet why have I, Yājñavalkya, been struck by you, / who always fancy yourself a scholar, with the harsh word: ‘You are a mongoose’?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.78) ..saṃvarta uvāca.. iti śrutvā vacastasya bhṛśaṃ vismitamānasaḥ.. yājñavalkyo'bravīdetatprabaddhakarasaṃpuṭaḥ.. 13.78 .. > Saṃvarta said: / Hearing his words, his mind greatly astonished, / Yājñavalkya spoke this with his hands joined in reverence: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.79) namo'dharmāya mahate na vidmo yasya vai bhavam.. paramāṇumapi vyaktaṃ kotra vidyāmadaḥ satām.. 13.79 .. > “Homage to great adharma, whose origin we do not know, / clearly even down to an atom! What pride of learning can good men have here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.80) viraṃciviṣṇuprasamukhāḥ someṃdrapramukhāstathā.. sarvajñāste'pi muhyati gaṇanāsmādṛśaṃ ca kā.. 13.80 .. > Virañci, Viṣṇu, Soma, Indra, and the rest— / even those omniscient ones are bewildered; what reckoning can there be of someone like me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.81) dharmajño'smīti yo mohādātmānaṃ pratipadyate.. sa vāyuṃ muṣṭinā baddhumīhate kṛpaṇo naraḥ.. 13.81 .. > The wretched man who out of delusion considers himself to be a knower of dharma / seeks to catch the wind with his fist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.82) kecidajñānato naṣṭāḥ kecijjñānamadādapi.. jñānaṃ prāpyāpi naṣṭāśca kecidālasyato'dhamāḥ.. 13.82 .. > Some are ruined by ignorance, others even by pride of knowledge; / and some base men, even having attained knowledge, are ruined by indolence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.83) vedasmṛtītihāseṣu purāṇeṣu prakalpitam.. catuḥpādaṃ tathā dharmaṃ nācaratyadhamaḥ paśuḥ.. 13.83 .. > The base brute does not practice the four-footed dharma / ordained in the Vedas, the smṛtis, the itihāsas, and the Purāṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.84) sa purā śocate vyaktaṃ prāpya taccāṃtakaṃ gṛham.. tathāhi gṛhyakāreṇa śrutau proktamidaṃ vacaḥ.. 13.84 .. > Clearly he grieves later upon reaching that house of Death. / For indeed this utterance in the Vedic text is stated by the author of the domestic rites: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.85) nakulaṃ sakulaṃ brūyānna kaṃcinmarmaṇi spṛśet.. prapaṭhannapi caivāhamidaṃ sarvaṃ tathā śukaḥ.. 13.85 .. > ‘One should address a mongoose (nakula) as belonging to a family (sakula); one should not strike anyone at a vulnerable spot.’ / Even though I recite all this just like a parrot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.86) ālasyenāpyanācārādvṛthākāryekamaṃga tat.. 13.86 .. > out of indolence and non-observance, my friend, that solitary deed became vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.87) kevalaṃ pāṭha mātreṇa yaśca saṃtuṣyate naraḥ.. tathā paṃḍitamānī ca konyastasmātpaśurmataḥ.. 13.87 .. > And the man who is satisfied merely with reciting, / and who fancies himself a scholar—what else is he considered but a beast? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.88) na cchaṃdāṃsi vṛjināttārayaṃti māyāvinaṃ māyayā''vartamānam.. nīḍaṃ śakuṃtā iva jātapakṣāśchaṃdāsyenaṃ prajahatyaṃtakāle.. 13.88 .. > The sacred meters do not deliver from sin a deceitful person acting with deceit; / just as fledglings that have grown wings abandon the nest, the meters abandon him at the time of death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.89) svārgāya baddhakakṣo yaḥ pāṭhamātreṇa brāhmaṇaḥ.. sa bālo māturaṃkastho grahītuṃ somamicchati.. 13.89 .. > A brahmin who girds his loins for heaven merely by recitation / is a child sitting in his mother’s lap wishing to grasp the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.90) tadbhavānsarvathā mahyamanayaṃ soḍhumarhasi.. sarvaḥ ko'pi vadatyevaṃ tanmayaivamudāhṛtam.. 13.90 .. > Therefore you should by all means forgive my impropriety; / everyone speaks in this way, and so it was uttered by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.91) ..nakula uvāca.. vṛthedaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tubhyaṃ sarvalokena yatsamam.. ātmānaṃ manyase naitadvaktuṃ yogyaṃ mahātmanām.. 13.91 .. > The mongoose said: / “In vain have you spoken this, in that you consider yourself equal / to ordinary people; it is not fitting for great souls to say this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.92) vājivāraṇalohānāṃ kāṣṭhapāṣāṇavāsasām.. nārīpuruṣatoyānāmaṃtaraṃ mahadaṃtaram.. 13.92 .. > Between horses, elephants, and irons, / between pieces of wood, stones, and garments, / and between women, men, and waters, there is a vast difference.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.93) anye cetprākṛtā lokā bahupāpāni kurvate.. pradhānapuruṣeṇāpi kāryaṃ tatpṛṣṭhatonu kim.. 13.93 .. > If other, ordinary people commit many sins, / what, should an eminent man also do the same following behind them? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.94) sarvārthaṃ nirmitaṃ śāstraṃ manobuddhī tathaiva ca.. datte vidhātrā sarveṣāṃ tathāpi yadi pāpinaḥ.. 13.94 .. > Scripture was fashioned for the welfare of all, and likewise mind and intellect / were granted to everyone by the Creator; yet if they still become sinners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.95) tato vidhātuḥ ko doṣasta eva khalu durbhagāḥ.. brāhmaṇena viśeṣeṇa kiṃ bhāvyaṃ lokavadyataḥ.. 13.95 .. > then what fault is it of the Creator? They alone are indeed ill-fated! / Why, in particular, should a brahmin behave like common folk? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.96) yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ.. sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate.. 13.96 .. > Whatever the superior man practices, that very thing other people do; / whatever standard he sets, the world conforms to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.97) tasmātsadā mahadbhiśca ātmārthaṃ ca parārthataḥ.. satāṃ dharmo na saṃtyājyo nyāyyaṃ tacchikṣaṇaṃ tava.. 13.97 .. > Therefore, for one's own sake and for the sake of others, the duty of the virtuous / must never be abandoned by great men; it was right that you were instructed in that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.98) yasmāttvayā pīḍito'haṃ ghoreṇa vacasā mune.. tasmācchīghraṃ tvāṃ śapsyāmi śāpayogyo hi me mataḥ.. 13.98 .. > Because I was tormented by you with harsh words, O sage, / therefore I shall quickly curse you, for I deem you fit to be cursed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.99) nakulo'sīti māmāha bhavāṃstasmātkulādhamaḥ.. śīghramutpatsyase mohāttvameva nakulo mune.. 13.99 .. > You told me: 'You are a mongoose \[nakula\]'; therefore, lowest of your family \[nakula\], / you yourself, O sage, out of delusion will soon be born as a mongoose!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.100) ..saṃvarta uvāca.. iti vācaṃ samākarṇya bhāvyarthakṛtaniścayaḥ.. yājñavalkyo marau deśe viprasyājāyatātmajaḥ.. 13.100 .. > Saṃvarta said: / Having heard this speech, resigned to what was destined to happen, / Yājñavalkya was born in the Maru country as the son of a vipra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.101) durācārasya pāpasya nighṛṇasyātivādinaḥ.. duṣkulīnasya jāto'sau tadā jātismaraḥ sutaḥ.. 13.101 .. > Born to an ill-behaved, sinful, pitiless, argumentative man / of low family, he was then a son who remembered his past lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.102) so'tha jñānātsamālokya bhartṛyajña iti dvijaḥ.. guptakṣetraṃ samāpanno mahīsāgarasaṃgamam.. 13.102 .. > Then, beholding through spiritual knowledge, that twice-born named Bhartṛyajña / went to the secret sacred field, the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.103) tatra pāśupato bhūtvā śivārādhanatatparaḥ.. svāyaṃbhuvaṃ mahākālaṃ pūjayanvartate'dhunā.. 13.103 .. > Becoming a Pāśupata there and intent on the worship of Śiva, / he now resides there worshiping the self-manifest Mahākāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.104) yo hi nityaṃ mahākālaṃ śraddhayā pūjayetpumān.. sa dauṣkulīnadoṣebhyo mucyate'hiriva tvacaḥ.. 13.104 .. > Whatever man daily worships Mahākāla with faith, / he is freed from the defects of low birth, as a snake from its slough. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.105) yathāyathā śraddhayāsau talliṃgaṃ paripaśyati.. tathātathā vimucyeta doṣairjanmaśatodbhavaiḥ.. 13.105 .. > Just as he beholds that liṅga with faith, / so he is freed from faults arising from hundreds of births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.106) bhartṛyajñastu tatraiva liṃgasyārādhanātkramāt.. bījadoṣādvinirmuktastalliṃgamahimā tvasau.. 13.106 .. > Bhartṛyajña, through his continuous worship of the liṅga right there, / was freed from the defect of his seed; such indeed is the greatness of that liṅga! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.107) babhruṃ ca nakulaṃ prāha vimukto duṣṭajanmataḥ.. yasmāttasmādidaṃ tīrthaṃ khyātaṃ vai babhru pāvanam.. 13.107 .. > Because he, freed from his wretched birth, called a brown mongoose babhru, / therefore this sacred ford is known as Babhru, the purifier. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.108) tasmādvrajadhvaṃ tatraiva mahīsāgarasaṃgamam.. paṃca tīrthāni sevanto muktimāpsyatha niścitam.. 13.108 .. > Therefore, go to that very confluence of the Mahī and the ocean; / resorting to the five sacred fords, you will certainly attain liberation." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.109) ityevamuktvā saṃvarto yayāvabhimataṃ dvijaḥ.. bhartṛyajñaṃ muniṃ prāpya te ca tatra sthitābhavan.. 13.109 .. > Having spoken thus, the twice-born Saṃvarta departed as he wished; / and having reached the sage Bhartṛyajña, they remained there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.110) tatastānāha sa jñātvā gaṇāñjñānena śāṃbhavān.. mahadvo vimalaṃ puṇyaṃ guptakṣetre yadatra vai.. 13.110 .. > Then, knowing them to be attendants of Śiva through his spiritual insight, he said to them: / "Great and pure is your merit, since right here in the secret sacred field, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.111) bhavanto'bhyāgatā yatra mahīsāgarasaṃgamaḥ.. snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ piṃḍadānaṃ viśeṣataḥ.. 13.111 .. > you have arrived where the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean is! / Ritual ablution, gift-giving, silent prayer, burnt offering, and especially offering of ancestral balls— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.112) akṣayaṃ jāyate sarvaṃ mahīsāgara saṃgame.. kṛtaṃ tathā'kṣayaṃ sarvaṃ snānadānakriyādikam.. 13.112 .. > all become imperishable at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean; / every rite performed, such as ablution, gift-giving, and the like, becomes imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.113) yadātra stānakaṃ cakre devarṣirnāradaḥ purā.. tadā grahairvarā dattāḥ śaninā ca varastvasau.. 13.113 .. > When the divine seer Nārada formerly made a hermitage here, / then boons were granted by the planets, and this boon by Saturn: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.114) śanaiścareṇa saṃyuktā tvamāvāsyā yadā bhavet.. śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta snānadānapuraḥ saram.. 13.114 .. > 'When a new moon day falls joined with Saturday, / one should perform a śrāddha preceded by ritual ablution and gift-giving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.115) yadi śrāvaṇamāsasya śanaiścaradine śubhā.. kuhūrbhavati tasyāṃ tu saṃkrāṃtiṃ kurute raviḥ.. 13.115 .. > If on a Saturday in the month of Śrāvaṇa an auspicious / new moon occurs, and the Sun makes a transit into a zodiac sign on that day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.116) tasyāmeva tithau yogo vyatīpāto bhavedyadi.. puṣkaraṃnāma tatparva sūryaparvaśatādhikam.. 13.116 .. > and if the astronomical conjunction Vyatīpāta occurs on that very lunar day, / that festive time is named Puṣkara, greater than a hundred solar eclipses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.117) sarvayogasamāvāpaḥ sathaṃcidapi labhyate.. tasmindine śaniṃ lohaṃ kāṃcanaṃ bhāskaraṃ tathā.. 13.117 .. > If by any means that conjunction of all auspicious combinations is attained, / on that day one should duly worship Saturn \[fashioned of\] iron and the Sun \[fashioned of\] gold > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.118) mahīsāgarasaṃsarge pūjayīta yathāvidhi.. śanimaṃtraiḥ śaniṃ dhyātvā sūryamaṃtrairdivākaram.. 13.118 .. > at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean; / having meditated upon Saturn with mantras to Saturn, and upon the Sun with solar mantras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.119) arghyaṃ dadyādbhākarasya sarvapāpapraśāṃtaye.. prayāgādidhikaṃ snānaṃ dānaṃ kṣetrātkurorapi.. 13.119 .. > one should offer arghya to the Sun for the pacification of all sins. / Ablution here is superior to Prayāga, and gift-giving is superior even to Kurukṣetra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.120) piṃḍadānaṃ gayākṣetrādadhikaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana.. idaṃ saṃprāpyate parva mahadbhiḥ puṇyarāśibhiḥ.. 13.120 .. > The offering of ancestral balls is superior to Gayākṣetra, O son of Pāṇḍu! / This festive conjunction is attained through heaps of great merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.121) pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptirjāyate divi niścitam.. yathā gayāśiraḥ puṇyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaṃ param.. 13.121 .. > Imperishable satisfaction of the ancestors certainly arises in heaven; / just as Gayāśiras is holy, giving supreme satisfaction to the ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.122) tathā samadhikaḥ puṇyo mahīsāgarasaṃgamaḥ.. 13.122 .. > so the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean is far more holy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.123) agniśca reto mṛḍayā ca dehe retodhā viṣṇuramṛtasya nābhiḥ.. evaṃ bruvañchraddhayā satyavākyaṃ tato'vagāheta mahīsamudram.. 13.123 .. > “Agni is semen, by compassion in the body Viṣṇu is the holder of semen, the navel of immortality”— / reciting this true statement with faith, one should then plunge into the ocean of the Mahī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.124) mukhaṃ ca yaḥ sarvanadīṣu puṇyaḥ pāthodhiraṃbā pravarā mahī ca.. samastatīrthākṛtiretayośca dadāmi cārghyaṃ praṇamāmi naumi.. 13.124 .. > “And \[you are\] the face among all rivers, the holy ocean, the mother, and the excellent Mahī; / both of you are the form of all sacred fords; I offer water-offering, I bow, I praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.125) tāmrā rasyāḥ payovāhāḥ pitṛprītipradāḥ śabhāḥ.. sasyamālā mahāsindhurdāturdātrī pṛthustutā.. indradyumnasya kanyā ca kṣitijanmā rāvatī.. 13.125 .. > Tāmrā, Rasyā, Payovāhā, Pitṛprītipradā, Śubhā, / Sasyamālā, Mahāsindhu, Dāturdātrī, Pṛthustutā, / Indradyumnasyakanyā, Kṣitijanmā, and Rāvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.126) mahīparṇā mahīśṛṃgā gaṃgā paścimavāhinī.. nadī rājanadī ceti nāmāṣṭāśamālikām.. 13.126 .. > Mahīparṇā, Mahīśṛṅgā, the westward-flowing Gaṅgā, / Nadī, and Rājanadī: this garland of eighteen names, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.127) snānakāle ca sarvatra śrāddhakāle paṭhennaraḥ.. pṛthunoktāni nāmāni yajñamūrtipadaṃ vrajet.. 13.127 .. > a man should recite everywhere at the time of ritual ablution and at the time of śrāddha; / \[reciting\] these names spoken by Pṛthu, he shall attain the state of the Embodiment of Sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.128) mahīdohe mahānaṃdasaṃdohe viśvamohini.. jātāsi saritāṃ rājñi pāpaṃ hara mahīdrave.. ..ityarghyamaṃtraḥ.. 13.128 .. > In the milking of the earth, in the abundance of great joy, O enchantress of the universe, / you were born, O queen of rivers! Remove sin, O stream of the earth!” / Thus is the water-offering mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.129) kaṃkaṇaṃ rajatasyāpi yo'tra nikṣipate naraḥ.. sa jāyate mahīpṛṣṭhe dhanadhānyayute kule.. 13.129 .. > Whatever man casts a silver bracelet here, / he is born on the surface of the earth in a family endowed with wealth and grain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.130) mahīṃ ca sāgaraṃ caiva raupyakaṃkaṇa pūjayā.. pūjayāmi bhavenmā me dravyānāśo daridratā.. 13.130 .. > “I worship the Mahī and the ocean with the worship of a silver bracelet; / may loss of wealth and poverty not befall me!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.131) ..kaṃkaṇakṣepaṇam.. yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñaiśca yatphalam.. tatphalaṃ snānadānena mahīsāgarasaṃgame.. 13.131 .. > \[Thus is\] the throwing of the bracelet. / Whatever fruit is \[gained\] in all sacred fords, and whatever fruit by all sacrifices, / that fruit is obtained by ritual ablution and gift-giving at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.132) vivāde ca samutpanne aparādhī ca yo mataḥ.. jalahastaḥ sadā vācyo mahīsāgarasaṃgame.. 13.132 .. > And when a dispute has arisen, he who is deemed the guilty party / should always be made to make an oath with water in his hand at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.133) saṃsnāpyāghoramaṃtreṇa sthāpya nābhipramāṇake.. jale karaṃ samuddhṛtya dakṣiṇaṃ vācayeddrutam.. 13.133 .. > Having bathed him with the Aghora mantra, and placing him in water / measuring up to his navel, holding up his right hand, one should quickly make him recite: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.134) yadi dharmo'tra satyo'sti satyaścetsaṃgamastvasau.. satyāścetkratudraṣṭāraḥ satyaṃ syānme śubhāśubham.. 13.134 .. > “If righteousness is true here, and if this confluence is true, / and if the witnesses of sacrifice are true, may my good and bad fortune be revealed in truth!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.135) evamuktvā karaṃ kṣipya dakṣiṇaṃ sakalaṃ tataḥ.. niḥsṛtaḥ pāpakārī cejjvareṇāpīḍyate kṣaṇāt.. 13.135 .. > Having spoken thus, having plunged his entire right hand \[into the water\], / when he comes out, if he is a sinner, he is instantly afflicted with fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.136) saptāhāddṛśyate cāpi tāvannirdoṣavānmataḥ.. atra snātvā ca japtvā ca tapastaptvā tathaiva ca.. 13.136 .. > And if \[nothing\] is seen within seven days, he is considered faultless. > Having bathed and recited \[mantras\] here, and having likewise practiced austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.137) rudralokaṃ subahavo gatāḥ puṇyena karmaṇā.. somavāre viśeṣeṇa snātvā yotra subhaktitaḥ.. 13.137 .. > very many have gone to Rudra's world by their meritorious deed. > Whoever, having bathed here with deep devotion, especially on a Monday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.138) paṃca tīrthāni kurute mucyate paṃcapātakaiḥ.. ityādyuktaṃ bahuvidhaṃ tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam.. 13.138 .. > visits the five sacred fords, is freed from the five great sins.' > Having thus spoken the excellent, multifaceted māhātmya of the sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.139) bhartṛyajñaḥ śivasyo ca teṣāmārādhane kramam.. śivāgamoktamādiśya pūjāyogaṃ yathāvidhi.. 13.139 .. > Bhartṛyajña \[explained the glory\] of Śiva and the order of worshipping them; > having taught the method of worship according to the rule declared in Śiva's scriptures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.140) śivabhaktisamudraikapūritaḥ prāha tānmuniḥ.. na śivātparamo devaḥ satyametacchivavratāḥ.. 13.140 .. > the sage, filled with the single ocean of devotion to Śiva, said to them: > 'There is no deity higher than Śiva; this is the truth, O observers of vows to Śiva! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.141) śivaṃ vihāya yo hyānyadasatkiṃcidupāsate.. karasthaṃ so'mṛtaṃ tyaktvā mṛgatṛṣṇāṃ pradhāvati.. 13.141 .. > Whoever abandons Śiva and worships something else that is unreal, > abandons the nectar in his hand and runs toward a mirage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.142) śivaśaktimayaṃ hyetatpratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate jagat.. liṃgāṃkaṃ ca bhagāṃkaṃ ca nānyadevāṃkitaṃ kvacit.. 13.142 .. > For this manifest world is seen to consist of Śiva and Śakti; > it is marked by the liṅga and marked by the yoni, never marked by any other deity anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.143) yaśca taṃ pitaraṃ rudraṃ tyaktvā mātaramaṃ bikām.. vartate'sau svapitaraṃ tyaktodapitṛpiṃḍakaḥ.. yasya rudrasya māhātmyaṃ śatarudrīyamuttamam.. 13.143 .. > And he who lives having abandoned that father Rudra and mother Ambikā, > is one who has abandoned his own father, offering balls of rice and water \[elsewhere\]. > Listen to the supreme Śatarudrīya, the māhātmya of Rudra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.144) śrṛṇudhvaṃ yadi pāpānāmicchadhvaṃ kṣālanaṃ param.. brahmā hāṭakaliṃgaṃ ca samārādhya kapardinaḥ.. 13.144 .. > if you desire the supreme cleansing of sins. > Brahmā, having worshipped the golden liṅga of the braided-haired one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.145) jagatpradhānamiti ca nāma japtvā virājate.. kṛṣṇamūle kṛṣṇaliṃgaṃ nāma cārjitameva ca.. 13.145 .. > shines forth, reciting the name “Source of the Universe”. > At the root of the Kṛṣṇa tree, \[Viṣṇu worshipped\] a black liṅga, and earned the name \[“the Pervader”\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.146) sanakādyaiśca talliṃgaṃ pūjyājayurjagadgatim.. darbhāṃkuramayaṃ sapta munayo viśvayonikam.. 13.146 .. > and Sanaka and the others, worshipping that liṅga, attained the goal of the world. > The seven seers \[worshipped a liṅga\] made of sprouted Darbha grass, \[reciting the name\] “Womb of the Universe”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.147) nāradastvaṃtarikṣe ca jadadbījamidaṃ gṛṇan.. vajramidro liṃgamevaṃ viśvātmānaṃ ca nāma ca.. 13.147 .. > and Nārada in the sky, reciting \[the name\] “Seed of the World”; > Indra \[worshipped\] a diamond liṅga, reciting the name “Soul of the Universe”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.148) sūryastāmraṃ tathā liṃgaṃ nāma viśvasṛjaṃ japan.. caṃdraśca mauktikaṃ liṃgaṃ japannāma jagatpatim.. 13.148 .. > the Sun, a copper liṅga, reciting the name “Creator of the Universe”; > and the Moon, a pearl liṅga, reciting the name “Lord of the World”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.149) iṃdranīlamayaṃ vahnirnāma viśveśvaraṃ japan.. puṣparāgaṃ guruliṃgaṃ viśvayoniṃ japanharam.. 13.149 .. > Agni, a liṅga of sapphire, reciting the name “Lord of the Universe”; > Bṛhaspati, a topaz liṅga, reciting Hara's name “Womb of the Universe”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.150) padmarāgamayaṃ śukro viśvakarmeti nāma ca.. hemaliṃgaṃ ca dhanado japannāmnā tatheśvaram.. 13.150 .. > Śukra, a liṅga of ruby, and the name “All-Maker”; > and Kubera, a gold liṅga, likewise reciting the name “Īśvara”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.151) raupyajaṃ viśvadevāśca nāmāpi jagatāṃpatim.. vāyavo rītijaṃ liṃgaṃ śaṃbhumityeva nāma ca.. 13.151 .. > the Viśvedevas, \[a liṅga\] made of silver, and the name “Lord of the Worlds”; > the Vāyus, a brass liṅga, and the name “Śambhu”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.152) kāśajaṃ vasavo liṃgaṃ svayaṃbhumiti nāma ca.. trilohaṃ mātaro liṃgaṃ nāma bhūteśameva ca.. 13.152 .. > the Vasus, a bronze liṅga, and the name “Svayambhu”; > the Mothers, a liṅga of three metals, and the name “Lord of Spirits”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.153) lauhaṃ ca rakṣasāṃ nāma bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavam.. guhyakāḥ sīsajaṃ liṃgaṃ nāma yogaṃ japaṃti ca.. 13.153 .. > and the Rākṣasas, an iron liṅga, \[reciting the\] name “Origin of Past, Present, and Future”; > the Guhyakas recite the name “Yoga” before a lead liṅga; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.154) jaigīṣavyo brahmarandhraṃ nāma yogeśvaraṃ japan.. nimirnayanayorliṃge japañśarveti nāma ca.. 13.154 .. > Jaigīṣavya, reciting the name “Lord of Yoga” at the aperture of Brahmā; > Nimi, reciting the name “Śarva” upon the liṅga in his eyes; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.155) dhanvaṃtarirgomayaṃ ca sarvalokeśvareśvaram.. gaṃdharvā dārujaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvaśreṣṭheti nāma ca.. 13.155 .. > Dhanvantari, a cow-dung \[liṅga\], \[reciting the name\] “Lord of Lords of All the Worlds”; > the Gandharvas, a wooden liṅga, and the name “Foremost of All”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.156) vaiḍūryaṃ rāghavo liṃgaṃ jagajjyeṣṭheti nāma ca.. bāṇo mārakataṃ liṃgaṃ vasiṣṭhamiti nāma ca.. 13.156 .. > the scion of Raghu, a beryl liṅga, and the name “Eldest in the World”; > Bāṇa, an emerald liṅga, and the name “Most Excellent”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.157) varuṇaḥ sphāṭikaṃ liṃgaṃ nāmnā ca parameśvaram.. nāgā vidrumaliṃgaṃ ca nāma lokatrayaṃkaram.. 13.157 .. > Varuṇa, a crystal liṅga, and the name “Parameśvara”; > the Nāgas, a coral liṅga, and the name “Creator of the Three Worlds”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.158) bhāratī tāraliṃgaṃ ca nāma lokatrayāśritam.. śaniśca saṃgamāvarte jagannātheti nāma ca.. 13.158 .. > Bhāratī, a silver liṅga, and the name “Refuge of the Three Worlds”; > and Saturn, \[a liṅga\] at the whirlpool of the confluence, and the name “Lord of the World”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.159) śanideśe madhyarātrau mahīsāgarasaṃgame.. jātījaṃ rāvaṇo liṃgaṃ japannāma sudurjayam.. 13.159 .. > in the land of Saturn, at midnight, at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean; > Rāvaṇa, a liṅga made of jasmine, reciting the name “Very Difficult to Conquer”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.160) siddhāśca mānasaṃ nāma kāmamṛtyujarātigam.. uṃchajaṃ ca balirliṃgaṃ jñānātmetyasya nāma ca.. 13.160 .. > the Siddhas, a mental \[liṅga\], \[reciting\] the name “Transcendental to Desire, Death, and Old Age”; > and Bali, a liṅga made of gleaned grains, and his name was “Embodiment of Knowledge”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.161) marīcipāḥ puṣpajaṃ ca jñānagamyeti nāma ca.. śakṛtāḥ śakṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ jñānajñeyeti nāma ca.. 13.161 .. > the drinkers of sunbeams, a flower liṅga, and the name “Attainable by Knowledge”; > those living on cow dung, a cow-dung liṅga, and the name “Knowable by Knowledge”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.162) phenapāḥ phenajaṃ liṃgaṃ nāma cāpi sudurvidam.. kapilo vālukāliṃgaṃ varadaṃ ca japanharam.. 13.162 .. > the foam-drinkers, a liṅga made of foam, and the name “Hard to Comprehend”; > Kapila, a sand liṅga, reciting Hara's name “Boon-Giver”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.163) sārasvato vāciliṃgaṃ nāma vāgīśvareti ca.. gaṇā mūrtimayaṃ liṃgaṃ nāma rudreti cābruvan.. 13.163 .. > Sārasvata, a liṅga in speech, and the name “Lord of Speech”; > the Gaṇas \[worshipped\] an embodied liṅga, and uttered the name “Rudra”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.164) jāṃbūnadamayaṃ devāḥ śitikaṇṭheti nāma ca.. śaṃkhaliṃgaṃ budho nāma kaniṣṭhamiti saṃjapan.. 13.164 .. > the gods, \[a liṅga\] made of Jāmbūnada gold, and the name “Blue-Throated”; > Budha, a conch liṅga, reciting the name “Youngest”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.165) aśvinau mṛnmayaṃ liṃgaṃ nāmnā caiva suvedhasam.. vināyakaḥ piṣṭaliṃgaṃ nāmnā cāpi kapardinam.. 13.165 .. > the Aśvins, a clay liṅga, and the name “Good Creator”; > Vināyaka, a flour liṅga, and the name “Kapardin”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.166) nāvanītaṃ kujo liṃgaṃ nāma cāpi karālakam.. tārkṣya odanaliṃgaṃ ca haryakṣeti hi nāma ca.. 13.166 .. > Mars, a butter liṅga, and the name “Dreadful”; > Garuda, a boiled-rice liṅga, and the name “Lion-Eyed”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.167) gauḍaṃ kāmastathā liṃgaṃ ratidaṃ ceti nāma ca.. śacī lavaṇaliṃgaṃ tu babhrukeśeti nāma ca.. 13.167 .. > Kāma, a molasses liṅga, and the name “Giver of Pleasure”; > and Śacī, a salt liṅga, and the name “Brown-Haired”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.168) viśvakarmā ca prāsādaliṃgaṃ yāmyeti nāma ca.. vibhīṣaṇaśca pāṃsūtthaṃ suhṛttameti nāma ca.. vaṃśāṃkurotthaṃ sagaro nāma saṃgatameva ca.. 13.168 .. > Viśvakarman, a temple liṅga, and the name “Southern”; > Vibhīṣaṇa, one made of dust, and the name “Best Friend”; > Sagara, one made of bamboo shoots, and the name “United”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.169) rāhuśca rāmaṭhaṃ liṃgaṃ nāma gamyeti kīrtayan.. lepyaliṃgaṃ tathā lakṣmīrharinetreti nāma ca.. 13.169 .. > Rāhu, an asafoetida liṅga, proclaiming the name “Accessible”; > and Lakṣmī, an unguent liṅga, and the name “Lord of the Eyes of Hari”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.170) yoginaḥ sarvabhūtasthaṃ sthāṇurityeva nāma ca.. nānāvidhaṃ manuṣyāśca puruṣaṃnāma nāma ca.. 13.170 .. > yogins, \[the liṅga\] abiding in all beings, and the name “Sthāṇu”; > and men, of various kinds, reciting the name “Puruṣa”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.171) tejomayaṃ ca ṛkṣāṇi bhagaṃ nāma ca bhāsvaram.. kiṃnarā dhātuliṃgaṃ ca sudīptamiti nāma ca.. 13.171 .. > the constellations, \[a liṅga\] made of light, and the name “Radiant Lord”; > the Kinnaras, an ore liṅga, and the name “Brilliant”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.172) devadeveti nāmāsti liṃgaṃ ca brahmarākṣasāḥ.. daṃtajaṃ vāraṇā liṃgaṃ nāma raṃhasameva ca.. 13.172 .. > Brahmarākṣasas \[have\] a liṅga, and the name is “God of Gods”; > elephants, an ivory liṅga, and the name “Swiftness”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.173) saptalokamayaṃ sādhyā bahūrūpeti nāma ca.. dūrvāṃkuramayaṃ liṃgamṛtavaḥ sarvanāma ca.. 13.173 .. > the Sādhyas, \[a liṅga\] made of seven worlds, and the name “Multiform”; > the seasons, a liṅga made of Dūrvā sprouts, and the name “All”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.174) kauṃkumamapsaraso liṃgaṃ nāma śaṃbhoḥ priyeti ca.. siṃdūrajaṃ corvaśī ca nāma ca priyavāsanam.. 13.174 .. > the apsarases, a saffron liṅga, and the name “Beloved of Śambhu”; > and Urvaśī, one made of red lead, and the name “Dwelling in What Is Dear”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.175) brahmacāri gururliṃgaṃ nāma coṣṇīṣiṇaṃ viduḥ.. alaktakaṃ ca yoginyo nāma cāsya subabhrukam.. 13.175 .. > the brahmacārins, the teacher as a liṅga, and knew the name “Turbaned One”; > the Yoginīs, a red-lac liṅga, and his name “Very Tawny”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.176) śrīkhaṃḍaṃ siddhayoginyaḥ sahasrākṣeti nāma ca.. ḍākinyo māṃsa liṃgaṃ ca nāma cāsya ca mīḍhuṣam.. 13.176 .. > the Siddhayoginīs, sandalwood, and the name “Thousand-Eyed”; > the Ḍākinīs, a flesh liṅga, and his name “Bountiful”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.177) apyannajaṃ ca manavo giriśeti ca nāma ca.. agastyo vrīhijaṃ vāpi suśāṃtamiti nāma ca.. 13.177 .. > and the Manus, one made of food, and the name “Dwelling on the Mountain”; > Agastya, one made of rice, and the name “Very Peaceful”; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.178) yavajaṃ devalo liṃgaṃ patimityeva nāma ca.. valmīkajaṃ ca vālmīkiściravāsīti nāma ca.. 13.178 .. > Devala, a barley liṅga, and the name “Lord”; > and Vālmīki, an anthill liṅga, and the name “Clad in Bark”. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.179) pratardano bāṇaliṃgaṃ hiraṇyabhujanāma ca.. rājikaṃ ca tathā daityā nāma ugreti kīrtitam.. 13.179 .. > Pratardana \[worships\] a bāṇaliṅga, named Hiraṇyabhuja; / and the Daityas \[worship one\] made of mustard seed, celebrated by the name Ugra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.180) niṣpāvajaṃ dānavāśca liṃganāma ca dikpatim.. meghā nīramayaṃ liṃgaṃ parjanyapatināma ca.. 13.180 .. > And the Dānavas \[worship a liṅga\] made of niṣpāva beans, its name Dikpati; / the clouds \[worship\] a liṅga made of water, with the name Parjanyapati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.181) rājamāṣamayaṃ yakṣā nāma bhūtapatiṃ smṛtam.. tilānnajaṃ ca pitaro nāma vṛṣapatistathā.. 13.181 .. > The Yakṣas \[worship a liṅga\] made of kidney beans, remembered by the name Bhūtapati; / and the ancestors \[worship one\] made of sesame food, its name Vṛṣapati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.182) gautamo gorajamayaṃ nāma gopatireva ca.. vānaprasthāḥ phalamayaṃ nāma vṛkṣāvṛteti ca.. 13.182 .. > Gautama \[worships a liṅga\] made of cattle-dust, with the name Gopati; / forest-dwellers \[worship one\] made of fruits, named Vṛkṣāvṛta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.183) skaṃdaḥ pāṣāṇaliṃgaṃ ca nāma senānya eva ca.. nāgaścāśvataro dhānyaṃ madhyametyasya nāma ca.. 13.183 .. > Skanda \[worships\] a stone liṅga, named Senānī; / and the serpent Aśvatara \[worships one made of\] grain, and its name is Madhyama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.184) puroḍāśamayaṃ yajvā sruvahasteti nāma ca.. yamaḥ kālāyasamayaṃ nāma prāha ca dhanvinam.. 13.184 .. > The sacrificer \[worships one\] made of sacrificial cake, named Sruvahasta; / Yama \[worships one\] made of black iron, and he calls it Dhanvin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.185) yavāṃkuraṃ jāmadagnyo bhargadaityeti nāma ca.. purūravāścāścānnamayaṃ bahurūpeti nāma ca.. 13.185 .. > The son of Jamadagni \[worships one of\] barley sprouts, named Bhargadaitya; / and Purūravas \[worships one\] made of cooked rice, named Bahurūpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.186) māṃdhātā śarkarāliṃgaṃ nāma bāhuyugeti ca.. gāvaḥ payomayaṃ liṃgaṃ nāma netrasahasrakam.. 13.186 .. > Māndhātṛ \[worships\] a liṅga of gravel, named Bāhuyuga; / cows \[worship\] a liṅga made of milk, named Netrasahasraka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.187) sādhyā bhartṛmayaṃ liṃgaṃ nāma viśvapatiḥ smṛtam.. nārāyaṇo naro mauṃjaṃ sahasraśiranāma ca.. 13.187 .. > The Sādhyas \[worship\] a liṅga made of husband\[-substance\], remembered by the name Viśvapati; / Nara and Nārāyaṇa \[worship one made\] of muñja grass, named Sahasraśiras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.188) tārkṣyaṃ pṛthustathā liṃgaṃ sahasracaraṇābhidham.. pakṣiṇo vyomaliṃgaṃ ca nāma sarvātmaketi ca.. 13.188 .. > Pṛthu likewise \[worships\] a liṅga of emerald, designated Sahasracaraṇa; / birds \[worship\] a sky-liṅga, named Sarvātman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.189) pṛthivī meruliṃgaṃ ca dvitanuścāsya nāma ca.. bhasmaliṃgaṃ paśupatirnāma cāsya maheśvaraḥ.. 13.189 .. > The earth \[worships\] a liṅga of Mount Meru, and its name is Dvitanu; / Paśupati \[worships\] an ash-liṅga, and its name is Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.190) ṛṣayo jñānaliṃgaṃ ca cirasthāneti nāma ca.. brāhmaṇā brahmaliṃgaṃ ca nāma jyeṣṭheti taṃ viduḥ.. 13.190 .. > The ṛṣis \[worship\] a knowledge-liṅga, named Cirasthāna; / brahmins know a brahma-liṅga, and its name is Jyeṣṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.191) gorocanamayaṃ śeṣo nāma paśupatiḥ smṛtam.. vāsukirviṣaliṃgaṃ ca nāma vai śaṃkareti ca.. 13.191 .. > Śeṣa \[worships a liṅga\] made of gorocana, remembered by the name Paśupati; / Vāsuki \[worships\] a poison-liṅga, named indeed Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.192) takṣakaḥ kālakūṭākhyaṃ bahurūpeti nāma ca.. hālāhalaṃ ca karkoṭa ekākṣa iti nāma ca.. 13.192 .. > Takṣaka \[worships one\] called kālakūṭa poison, named Bahurūpa; / and Karkoṭa \[worships one of\] hālāhala poison, with the name Ekākṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.193) śrṛṃgī viṣamayaṃ padmo nāma dhūrjaṭireva ca.. putraḥ pitṛmayaṃ liṃgaṃ viśvarūpeti nāma ca.. 13.193 .. > Śṛṅgin \[worships one\] of poison, and Padma \[worships one\] named Dhūrjaṭi; / the son \[worships\] a liṅga made of the father, named Viśvarūpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.194) pāradaṃ ca śivā devī nāma tryambaka eva ca.. matsyādyāḥ śāstraliṃgaṃ ca nāma cāpi vṛṣākapiḥ.. 13.194 .. > And the goddess Śivā \[worships one of\] mercury, named Tryambaka; / fishes and the rest \[worship\] a liṅga of scripture, named also Vṛṣākapi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.195) evaṃ kiṃ bahunoktena yadyatsattvaṃ vibhūtimat.. jagatyāmasti tajjātaṃ śivārādhanayogataḥ.. 13.195 .. > Thus, what is the need of much speaking? Whatever being possesses glory / in the world, that has arisen by virtue of worshiping Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.196) bhasmano yadi vṛkṣatvaṃ jñāyate nīrasevanāt.. śivabhaktivihīnasya tato'sya phalamucyate.. 13.196 .. > Only if a tree could be known to grow from ashes by watering it with water, / could fruit be spoken of for one bereft of devotion to Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.197) dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yadi prāptau bhavenmatiḥ.. tato haraḥ samārādhyastrijagatyāḥ prado mataḥ.. 13.197 .. > If one's mind is set on attaining duty, wealth, desire, and liberation, / then Hara is to be worshiped; he is considered the giver of the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.198) ya idaṃ śatarudrīyaṃ prātaḥprātaḥ paṭhiṣyati.. tasya prītaḥ śivo devaḥ pradāsyatyakhilānvarān.. 13.198 .. > Whoever recites this Śatarudrīya every morning, / pleased with him, the god Śiva will grant all boons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.199) nātaḥ paraṃ puṇyatamaṃ kiṃcidasti mahāphalam.. sarvavedarahasyaṃ ca sūryeṇoktamidaṃ mama.. 13.199 .. > There is nothing more meritorious than this, yielding great fruit; / this is the secret of all the Vedas, spoken by the Sun to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.11.200) vācā ca yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ manasā vāpyupārjitam.. pāpaṃ tannāśamāyāti kīrtite śatarudriye.. 13.200 .. > Whatever sin has been committed by speech or acquired by the mind, / that sin goes to destruction when the Śatarudrīya is recited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 220 passages. 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