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# Skandapurana 1.4.13: adhyāyaḥ 15

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 15

### [1.4.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.1)

..varāṃgyuvāca..  
nāśitāsmyapaviddhāsmi trāsitā pīḍitāsmi ca..  
raudroṇa devanāthena naṣṭanāthena bhūriśaḥ.. 15.1 ..

> Varāṅgī said:  
> I have been ruined, cast away, terrified, and tormented  
> repeatedly by the terrible lord of the gods, who acted like one having no master.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.2)

duḥkhapāramapaśyaṃtī prāṇāṃstyaktuṃ vyavasthitā..  
putraṃ me ghoraduḥkhasya tārakaṃ dehi cetkṛpā.. 15.2 ..

> Seeing no end to my sorrow, I have resolved to give up my life.  
> Grant me a son who will be a deliverer from this dreadful sorrow, if you have compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.3)

evamuktastu daityeṃdro duḥkhito'ciṃtayaddhṛdi..  
āsureṣvapi bhāveṣu spṛhā yadyapi nāsti me.. 15.3 ..

> Addressed thus, the lord of the daityas, distressed, thought in his heart:  
> "Even though I have no desire for demonic states of mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.4)

tathāpi manye śāstraibhyastvanukaṃpyā priyeti yat..  
sarvāśramānupādāya svāśrameṇa kalatravān.. 15.4 ..

> nevertheless, from the scriptures I consider that a beloved wife is to be pitied,  
> because a man with a wife, having taken up all life-stages into his own life-stage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.5)

vyasanārṇavamatyeti jalayānairivārṇavam..  
yāmāśrityeṃdriyārātīndurjayānitarāśrayaiḥ.. 15.5 ..

> crosses over the ocean of misfortune as if \[crossing\] an ocean with water-vessels.  
> Relying upon whom, householders easily conquered the enemies \[that are\] the senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.6)

gehino helayā jigyurdasyūndūrga patiryathā..  
na ke'pi prabhavastāṃ cāpyanukartuṃ gṛheśvarīm.. 15.6 ..

> which are hard to conquer by other stages of life, just as a fortress commander \[vanquishes\] bandits;  
> and no one is able to emulate the mistress of the house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.7)

athāyuṣā vā kārtsnyena dharme ditsuryathaiva ca..  
yasyāṃ bhavati cātmaiva tato jāyā nigadyate.. 15.7 ..

> Moreover, as one wishes to apply oneself to duty throughout life or in its entirety;  
> because one's self comes to be in her, she is therefore called jāyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.8)

bhartavyā eva yasmācca tasmādbhāryeti sā smṛtā..  
sā eva gṛhamuktaṃ ca gṛhīṇī sā tataḥ smṛtā.. 15.8 ..

> And since she must be maintained, she is therefore remembered as bhāryā.  
> She alone is called the house, and therefore she is remembered as the housewife (gṛhiṇī).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.9)

saṃsārakalmaṣāttrātrī kalatramiti sā tataḥ..  
evaṃvidhāṃ priyāṃ ko vai nānukaṃpitumarhati.. 15.9 ..

> She protects from the taint of worldly existence, hence she is \[called\] a wife (kalatra).  
> Who indeed ought not to have compassion for such a beloved?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.10)

trīṇi jyotīṃṣi puruṣa iti vai devalo'bravīt..  
bhāryā karma ca vidyā ca saṃsādhyaṃ yatnatastrayam.. 15.10 ..

> Devala indeed said that a man has three lights:  
> wife, ritual action, and sacred knowledge; these three must be secured with effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.11)

tadenāṃ pīḍitāṃ cedyaḥ patirbhūtvā na pālaye..  
tato yāsye śāstravādānnarakāṃtaṃ na saṃśayaḥ.. 15.11 ..

> Therefore, if I, being her husband, do not protect her when she is tormented,  
> then according to the declarations of the scriptures I shall go to the depth of hell, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.12)

aha mapyenamiṃdraṃ vai śakto jetuṃ yathā'nṛṇām..  
punaḥ kāmaṃ kariṣye'syā dāsye putraūṃ mahābalam.. 15.12 ..

> I too am capable of conquering this Indra so as to be free from debt.  
> I shall fulfill her desire again; I will give her a son of great strength."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.13)

iti saṃciṃtya vajrāṃgaḥ kopavyākulalocanaḥ..  
pratikartuṃ maheṃdrāya tapo bhūyo vyavasyata.. 15.13 ..

> Reflecting thus, Vajrāṅga, his eyes agitated with anger,  
> resolved upon austerity once more in order to retaliate against the great Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.14)

jñātvā tu tasya saṃkalpaṃ brahmā krūrataraṃ punaḥ..  
ājagāma tvarāyukto yatrā'sau ditinaṃdanaḥ.. 15.14 ..

> Knowing his intention, which was even fiercer,  
> Brahmā came with haste to where that son of Diti was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.15)

uvācainaṃ sa bhagavānprabhurmadhurayā girā.. 15.15 ..

> The Lord, the master, spoke to him with sweet words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.16)

..brahmovāca..  
kimarthaṃ bhūya eva tvaṃ niyamaṃ krūramicchasi..  
āhārābhimukho daitya tanme brūhi mahāvrataḥ.. 15.16 ..

> Brahmā said:  
> For what purpose do you wish for a harsh observance yet again?  
> Having turned toward food, O daitya of great vows, tell that to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.17)

yāvadabdasahasreṇa nirāhāreṇa vai phalam..  
tyajatā prāptamāhāraṃ labdhaṃ te kṣaṇamātrataḥ.. 15.17 ..

> The fruit that is obtained by fasting for a thousand years,  
> was obtained by you in merely an instant when you gave up food that was received.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.18)

tyāgo hyaprāptakāmānāṃ na tathā ca guruḥ smṛtaḥ..  
yathā prāptaṃ parityajya kāmaṃ kamalalocana..  
śrutvaitadbrahmaṇo vākyaṃ daityaḥ prāṃjalirabravīt.. 15.18 ..

> For the abandonment \[of pleasures\] by those who have not obtained their desires is not considered as great  
> as when one renounces a desire that has been obtained, O lotus-eyed one.  
> Having heard these words of Brahmā, the daitya, with folded hands, said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.19)

..daitya uvāca..  
patnyarthe'haṃ kariṣyāmi tapo ghoraṃ pitāmaha..  
putrārthamudyataścāhaṃ yaḥ syādgīrvāṇadarpahā.. 15.19 ..

> The daitya said:  
> I shall perform dreadful austerity for the sake of my wife, O Grandfather;  
> and I am resolved for the sake of a son who will destroy the pride of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.20)

etacchrutvā vaco devaḥ padmagarbhodbhavastadā..  
uvāca daityarājānaṃ prasannaścaturānanaḥ.. 15.20 ..

> Hearing this speech, the god born from the lotus womb,  
> the four-faced one, then, pleased, spoke to the king of the daityas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.21)

..brahmovāca..  
alaṃ te tapasā vatsa mā kleśe vistare viśa..  
putraste tārakonāma bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ.. 15.21 ..

> Brahmā said:  
> Enough of your austerity, my child; do not enter into the extent of distress.  
> You shall have a son of great strength named Tāraka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.22)

devasīmaṃtinīkāmyadhammillakavimokṣaṇaḥ..  
ityukto daityarājastu praṇamya prapitāmaham.. 15.22 ..

> who will loosen the braids of hair desired by the women of the gods.  
> Spoken to thus, the king of the daityas, bowing to the Great-grandfather,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.23)

visṛjya gatvā mahiṣīṃ naṃdayā māsa tāṃ mudā..  
tau daṃpatī kṛtārthau ca jagmatuścāśramaṃ tadā.. 15.23 ..

> having taken leave and gone to his queen, delighted her with joy.  
> And the couple, having achieved their purpose, then went to their hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.24)

āhitaṃ ca tato garbhaṃ varāṃgī varavarṇinī..  
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu dadhārodara eva hi.. 15.24 ..

> And then the fair-complexioned Varāṅgī, having conceived an embryo,  
> bore it in her womb indeed for a full thousand years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.25)

tato varṣasahasrāṃte varāṃgī samasūyata..  
jāyamāne tu daityeṃdre tasmim̐llokabhayaṃkare.. 15.25 ..

> Then, at the end of the thousand years, Varāṅgī gave birth.  
> While that lord of the daityas, terrifying to the worlds, was being born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.26)

cacāla sakalā pṛthvī proddhūtāśca mahārṇavā..  
celurdharādharāścāpi vavurvātā vibhīṣaṇāḥ.. 15.26 ..

> the entire earth trembled, and the great oceans were agitated;  
> the mountains also shook, and terrifying winds blew.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.27)

jepurjapyaṃ munivarā vyādhaviddhā mṛgā iva..  
jahuḥ kāṃtiṃ ca sūryādyā nīhārāśchāṃdayandiśaḥ.. 15.27 ..

> The best of seers muttered prayers like deer pierced by a hunter;  
> the sun and the others lost their luster, and mists covered the directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.28)

jāte mahāsure tasminsarva eva mahāsurāḥ..  
ājagmurharṣitāstatra tathā cāsurayoṣitaḥ.. 15.28 ..

> When that great asura was born, all the great asuras  
> arrived there, delighted, and likewise the asura women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.29)

jagurharṣasamāviṣṭā nanṛtuścāsurāṃganāḥ..  
tato mahotsave jāte dānavānāṃ pṛthāsuta.. 15.29 ..

> Filled with joy, the asura women sang and danced.  
> Then, when the great festival of the dānavas took place, O son of Pṛthā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.30)

viṣaṇṇamanaso devāḥ samaheṃdrāstadābhavan..  
jātāmātrastu daityeṃdrastārakaścaṃḍavikramaḥ.. 15.30 ..

> the gods, along with the great Indra, became despondent in mind.  
> As soon as he was born, Tāraka, the lord of the daityas of fierce valor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.31)

abhiṣikto'suro daityaiḥ kuraṃgamahiṣādibhiḥ..  
sarvāsuramahārājye yutaḥ sarvairmahāsuraiḥ.. 15.31 ..

> was consecrated by the daityas Kuraṅga, Mahiṣa, and others,  
> joined by all the great asuras, into the great sovereignty of all asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.32)

sa tu prāptamahārājyastārakaḥ pāṃḍusattama..  
uvāca dānavaśreṣṭhānyuktiyuktamidaṃ vacaḥ.. 15.32 ..

> Having attained the great sovereignty, Tāraka, O best of Pāṇḍus,  
> spoke these words endowed with reason to the foremost dānavas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.33)

śrṛṇudhvamasurāḥ sarve vākyaṃ mama mahābalāḥ..  
śrutvā vaḥ stheyasī buddhiḥ kriyatāṃ vacane mama.. 15.33 ..

> "Listen, all you asuras of great strength, to my words.  
> Having heard, let your intellect remain firm upon my instruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.34)

asmākaṃ jātidharmeṇa virūḍhaṃ vairamakṣayam..  
kariṣyāmyahaṃ tadvairaṃ teṣāṃ ca vijayāya ca.. 15.34 ..

> By the nature of our kind, an imperishable enmity has grown;  
> I shall wage that enmity both \[for our duty\] and for victory over them."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.35)

kiṃ tu tattapasā sādhyaṃ manyehaṃ surasaṃgamam..  
tasmādādau kariṣyāmi tapo ghoraṃ danoḥ sutāḥ.. 15.35 ..

> "However, I consider that confronting the gods must be accomplished through austerity. / Therefore, O sons of Danu, I shall first perform severe austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.36)

tataḥ surānvijeṣyāmo bhokṣyāmo'tha jagattrayam..  
yuktopāyo'hi puruṣaḥ sthiraśrīreva jāyate.. 15.36 ..

> Then we will conquer the gods and enjoy the three worlds. / For a man who employs the proper means is indeed one whose fortune becomes stable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.37)

ayuktaścapalaḥ prāptāmapi rakṣitumakṣamaḥ..  
tacchrutvā dānavāḥ sarve vākyaṃ tasyāsurasya tu.. 15.37 ..

> One who is improper and unsteady is unable to preserve even what has been obtained." / Having heard that speech of that asura, all the dānavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.38)

sādhusādhvityathocuste vacanaṃ tasya vismitāḥ..  
so'gacchatpāriyātrasya gireḥ kaṃdaramuttamam.. 15.38 ..

> amazed, said to him: "Excellent! Excellent!" / He then went to an excellent cave of the Pāriyātra mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.39)

sarvartukusumākīrṇanānauṣadhividipitam..  
nānādhāturasasrāvicitranānāgṛhāśrayam.. 15.39 ..

> strewn with flowers of all seasons, illuminated by various herbs, / affording shelter in diverse caverns that were wondrous with the flow of essences of various minerals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.40)

anekākārabahulaṃ pṛthakpakṣikulākulam..  
nānāprasravaṇopetaṃ nānāvidhajalāśayam.. 15.40 ..

> filled with manifold forms, teeming with various flocks of birds, / endowed with diverse cascades, and possessing various bodies of water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.41)

prāpya tatkaṃdaraṃ daityaścakāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ..  
vahanpāśupatīṃ dīkṣāṃ paṃca maṃtrāñjajāpa saḥ.. 15.41 ..

> Having reached that cave, the daitya performed immense austerity. / Holding the Pāśupata initiation, he chanted the five mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.42)

nirāhāraḥ paṃcatapā varṣāyutamabhūtkila..  
tataḥ svadehādutkṛttya karṣaṃkarṣaṃ dinedine.. 15.42 ..

> Without food, performing the five fires austerity, he spent ten thousand years indeed. / Then, cutting a karṣa \[of flesh\] from his own body day after day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.43)

māṃsasyāgnau juhāvaiva tato nirmāṃsatāṃ gataḥ..  
tato nirmāṃsadehaḥ sa taporāśirajāyata.. 15.43 ..

> he offered flesh into the fire; thereby he became fleshless. / Then, his body stripped of flesh, he became a mass of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.44)

jajvaluḥ sarvabhūtāni tejasā tasya sarvataḥ..  
udvignāśca surāḥ sarve tapasā tasya bhīṣitāḥ.. 15.44 ..

> All living beings blazed up on all sides from his brilliance, / and all the gods became agitated, terrified by his austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.45)

etasminnaṃtare brahmā paramaṃ toṣamāgataḥ..  
tārakasya varaṃ dātuṃ jagāma śikharaṃ gireḥ.. 15.45 ..

> At that juncture, Brahmā attained the highest satisfaction. / To grant a boon to Tāraka, he went to the peak of the mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.46)

prāpya taṃ śailarājānaṃ haṃsasyaṃdanamāsthitaḥ..  
uvāca tārakaṃ devo girā madhurayā tadā.. 15.46 ..

> Having reached that king of mountains, seated upon his swan-vehicle, / the god then addressed Tāraka in a sweet voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.47)

..brahmovāca..  
uttiṣṭha putra tapaso nāstyasādhyaṃ tavādhunā..  
varaṃ vṛṇīṣvābhimataṃ yatte manasi vartate.. 15.47 ..

> Brahmā said: / "Arise, son, from your austerity! Nothing is impossible for you now. / Choose the desired boon that dwells in your mind."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.48)

ityuktastārako daityaḥ prāṃjaliḥ prāha taṃ vibhum.. 15.48 ..

> Being thus addressed, the daitya Tāraka, with folded palms, spoke to the lord:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.49)

..tāraka uvāca..  
vayaṃ prabho jātidharmāḥ kṛtavairāḥ sahamaraiḥ..  
taiśca niḥśeṣitā daityāḥ kṛtāḥ krūrainṛśaṃ savat.. 15.49 ..

> Tāraka said: / "O Lord, by our inherent nature we have incurred enmity with the immortals, / and by them the daityas were wiped out, being treated cruelly and mercilessly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.50)

teṣāmahaṃ samuddhartā bhaveyamiti me matiḥ..  
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāmastrāṇāṃ ca mahaujasām.. 15.50 ..

> My thought is: 'May I be their rescuer! / May I be invulnerable to all living beings, and to weapons of great power,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.51)

syāmahaṃ cāmaraiścaiṣa varo mama hṛdisthitaḥ..  
etanme dehi deveśa nānyaṃ vai rocaye varam.. 15.51 ..

> and also to the immortals!' This is the boon that lies in my heart. / Grant this to me, O Lord of the gods; I do not desire any other boon."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.52)

tamuvāca tato daityaṃ viraṃco'maranāyakaḥ..  
na yujyate vinā mṛtyuṃ dehino dehadhāraṇam..  
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyuḥ satyametacchrutīritam.. 15.52 ..

> Then Virañci, the leader of the immortals, said to that daitya: / "For an embodied being, holding a body without death is not proper; / for death is certain for one who is born—this is the truth stated by the sacred tradition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.53)

iti saṃciṃtya varaya varaṃ yasmānna śaṃkase..  
tataḥ saṃciṃtya daityeṃdraḥ śiśutaḥ saptavāsarāt.. 15.53 ..

> Reflecting on this, choose a boon from which you have no fear." / Then the lord of the daityas, having reflected, \[chose death only\] from an infant of seven days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.54)

..tāraka uvāca..  
vāsarāṇāṃ ca saptānāṃ varjayitvā tu bālakam..  
devānāmapyavadhyo'haṃ bhūyāsaṃ tena yācitaḥ.. 15.54 ..

> Tāraka said: / "Except for an infant of seven days, / may I be invulnerable even to the gods—this is requested by me!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.55)

vavre mahāsuro mṛtyuṃ brahmāṇaṃ mānamohitaḥ..  
brahmā proce tatastaṃ ca tatheti haravākyataḥ.. 15.55 ..

> Deluded by pride, the great asura chose \[his\] death from Brahmā. / Brahmā then said to him, "So be it," according to the word of Hara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.56)

jagāma tridivaṃ devo daityo'pi svakamālayam..  
uttīrṇaṃ tapasastaṃ ca daityaṃ daityeśvarāstadā.. 15.56 ..

> The god went to heaven, and the daitya also went to his own abode. / When that daitya emerged from his austerity, the lords of the daityas then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.57)

parivavruḥ phalākīrṇaṃ vṛkṣaṃ śakunayo yathā..  
tasminmahati rājyasthe tārake ditinaṃdane.. 15.57 ..

> surrounded him, just as birds surround a tree laden with fruit. / When that Tāraka, the son of Diti, was established in his great kingdom,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.58)

brahmaṇābhihi tasthāne mahārṇavataṭottare..  
taravo jajñire pārtha tatra sarvartavaḥ śubhāḥ.. 15.58 ..

> in the place designated by Brahmā on the northern shore of the great ocean, / O son of Pṛthā, auspicious trees of all seasons sprang up there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.59)

kāṃtirdyutirdhṛtirmedhā śrīrakhaṃḍā ca dānavam..  
parivavrurguṇā kīrṇaṃ niśchidrāḥ sarva eva hi.. 15.59 ..

> Radiance, splendour, resolve, intelligence, and unbroken sovereignty / surrounded that dānava, all of them without defect, filled with virtues.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.60)

kālāgaruviliptāṃgaṃ mahāmukuṭamaṃḍitam..  
rucirāṃgadasannaddhaṃ mahāsiṃhāsane sthitam.. 15.60 ..

> His limbs anointed with black aloe, adorned with a great crown, / equipped with beautiful armlets, seated upon a great lion-throne,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.61)

nṛtyaṃtyapsarasaḥ śreṣṭhā gandharvā gāyayaṃti ca..  
candrārkau dīpamārgeṣu vyajaneṣu ca mārutaḥ..  
grahā agresarāstasya jīvādeśaprabhāṣiṇaḥ.. 15.61 ..

> the foremost apsarases danced, and the gandharvas sang; / the moon and the sun served as lights, and the wind functioned as fans; / the planets were his heralds, declaring the decree of his life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.62)

evaṃ svakādbāhubalātsa daityaḥ saṃprāpya rājyaṃ parimodamānaḥ..  
kadācidābhāṣya jagāda maṃtriṇaḥ proddhṛttasarvāṃgabalena darpitaḥ.. 15.62 ..

> Thus, having attained the kingdom through his own arm-strength, rejoicing exceedingly, / that daitya, proud of the strength of all his fully raised limbs, once summoned and spoke to his ministers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.13.62\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.62_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikakhaṇḍe kumāreśamāhātmaye tārakāsurotpattivarṇanaṃnāma paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 15 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, named "Description of the Rise of Tārakāsura," in the Māhātmya of Kumāreśa, in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.13.1) — English, machine translation

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