[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) › 1.4.22 # Skandapurana 1.4.22: adhyāyaḥ 24 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 24 ### [1.4.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.1) ..nārada uvāca.. evaṃ śrutvā sabhāryaḥ sa pramodaplutamānasaḥ.. praṇamya māmiti prāha yadyevaṃ puṇyavānaham.. 24.1 .. > Nārada said: / Having heard this along with his wife, his mind flooded with joy, / he bowed to me and said: 'If this is so, I am fortunate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.2) punaḥ kiṃcitpravakṣyāmi putryā me dakṣiṇaḥ karaḥ.. uttānaḥ kāraṇaṃ kiṃ tacchrotumicchāmi nārada.. 24.2 .. > I will ask something further: my daughter's right hand / is upturned. What is the cause of that? I wish to hear it, O Nārada.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.3) iti pṛṣṭo'smi śailena prāvocaṃ kāraṇaṃ tadā.. sarvadaiva karo hyasyāḥ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ prati.. 24.3 .. > Thus questioned by the mountain, I then stated the reason: / 'Her hand is always extended towards all living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.4) abhayasya pradātā'sāvuttānastu karastataḥ.. eṣā bhāryā jagadbharturvṛṣāṃkasya mahīdhara.. 24.4 .. > It is the bestower of fearlessness; therefore her hand is upturned. / She is the wife of the lord of the universe, whose banner bears a bull, O mountain-bearer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.5) jananī sarvalokasya bhāvinī bhūtabhāvinī.. tadyathā śīghramevaiṣā yogaṃ yātu pinākinā.. 24.5 .. > the mother of all worlds, the future goddess, the creator of beings. / Therefore, in such a way that she may soon achieve union with Pinākin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.6) tvayā vidheyaṃ vidhivattathā śailendrasattama.. astyatra sumahatakāryaṃ devānāṃ himabhūdhara.. 24.6 .. > it must be properly arranged by you, O best of the mountain lords! / In this matter there is a very great task for the gods, O snow-mountain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.7) iti procya tamāpṛcchya prāvocaṃ vāsavāya tat.. mama bhūyastu kartavyaṃ tanmayā kṛtameva hi.. 24.7 .. > Having said this and taken leave of him, I reported that to Vāsava: / 'What remained as my duty, that has indeed been accomplished by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.8) kiṃ tu paṃcaśaraḥ preryaḥ kāryaśeṣe'tra vāsava.. ityādiśya gataścāhaṃ tārakaṃ prati phālguna.. 24.8 .. > However, the five-arrowed \[Kāma\] must be dispatched for the remainder of the work here, O Vāsava.' / Having instructed thus, I went towards Tāraka, O Phālguna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.9) kalipriyatvāttasyainamarthaṃ kathayituṃ sphuṭam.. himādrirapi me vākyapreritaḥ pārvatīṃ prati.. 24.9 .. > due to my love of strife, in order to disclose this matter clearly to him. / And the snow-mountain, prompted by my words regarding Pārvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.10) bhavasyārādhanāṃ kartuṃ sasakhīmādiśattadā.. sā taṃ paricacāreśaṃ tasyā dṛṣṭvā suśīlatām.. 24.10 .. > Then \[Himavat\] instructed \[Pārvatī\] along with her female companions to worship Bhava. / Seeing her good conduct, she attended upon the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.11) puṣpatoyaphalādyāni niyuktā pārvatī vyadhāt.. mahendropi ca madvākyātsmaraṃ sasmāra bhārata.. 24.11 .. > Appointed thus, Pārvatī offered flowers, water, fruits, and other gifts. / And Mahendra also, at my word, remembered Smara, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.12) sa ca tatsmaraṇaṃ jñātvā vasaṃtaratisaṃyutaḥ.. cūtāṃkurāstraḥṛ sahasā prādurāsīnmanobhavaḥ.. 24.12 .. > Knowing that recollection of him, Manobhava, accompanied by Spring and Rati, / armed with a mango-sprout arrow, suddenly appeared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.13) tamāha ca vaco dhīmānsmaranniva ca taṃ spṛśan.. upadeśena bahunā kiṃ tvāṃ prati ratipriya.. 24.13 .. > The wise \[Indra\], as if recalling \[his purpose\] and touching him, spoke these words to him: / "What need is there of much instruction to you, O lover of Rati? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.14) citte vasasi tena tvaṃ vetsi bhūtamanogatam.. tathāpi tvāṃ vadiṣyāmi svakāryaparatāṃ smaran.. 24.14 .. > You dwell in the heart; therefore you know what is in the minds of living beings. / Nevertheless, mindful of devotion to my own duty, I shall speak to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.15) mamaikaṃ sumahatkāryaṃ kartumarhasi manmatha.. maheśvaraṃ kṛpānāthaṃ satībhāryāviyojitam.. 24.15 .. > You ought to perform one very great task for me, O Manmatha: / Maheśvara, the lord of compassion, has been separated from his wife Satī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.16) saṃyojaya punardevyā himādrigṛhajātayā.. devī devaśca tuṣṭau te kariṣyata ihepsitam.. 24.16 .. > unite him again with the Goddess born in the house of the Snowy Mountain. / The Goddess and the God, being pleased, will fulfill your desire here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.17) ..madana uvāca.. alīkametaddevendra sa hi devasya poratiḥ.. nānyāsādayitavyāni tejāṃsi munarabravīt.. 24.17 .. > Madana said: / "This is false, O king of the gods, for he is the chief of the gods. / The sage declared: 'Other radiances are not to be approached.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.18) vedānteṣu ca māṃ viprā garhasaṃyati punaḥpunaḥ.. mahāśano mahāpāpmā kāmo'yama nalo gahān.. 24.18 .. > And in the Vedāntas, the brahmins rebuke me again and again: / 'This desire is a great devourer, a great evil, an insatiable fire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.19) āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānināṃ nityavairiṇā.. tasmādayaṃ sadā tyājyaḥ kāma'hiriva sattamaiḥ.. 24.19 .. > 'Knowledge is veiled by this eternal enemy of the wise.' / Therefore, this desire is always to be abandoned by the best of beings, like a serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.20) evaṃ śīlasya me kasmātpratuṣyati maheśvaraḥ.. madyapasyeva pāpasya vāsudevo jagadguraḥ.. 24.20 .. > Why should Maheśvara be pleased with one of such nature as mine, / as Vāsudeva, the guru of the world, \[is displeased\] with a sinful drunkard?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.21) ..iṃdra uvāca.. maivaṃ brūhi mahābhāga tvāṃ vinākaḥ pumānbhuvi.. dharmamarthaṃ tathā kāmaṃ mokṣaṃ vā prāptumīśvaraḥ.. 24.21 .. > Indra said: / "Do not speak thus, O highly fortunate one! Without you, what man on earth / is capable of attaining virtue, wealth, desire, or liberation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.22) yatkiṃcitsādhyate loke mūlaṃ tasya ca kāmanā.. kathaṃ kāmaṃ viniṃdati tasmātte mokṣasādhakāḥ.. 24.22 .. > Whatever is accomplished in the world, the root of it is desire. / Why, then, do those seekers of liberation condemn desire? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.23) satyaṃ cāpi śrutervākyaṃ tava rūpaṃ tridhāgatam.. tāmasaṃ rājasaṃ caiva sāttvikaṃ cāpi manmatha.. 24.23 .. > And true is the word of the Veda: your form has become threefold, / tāmasic, rājasic, and also sāttvic, O Manmatha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.24) amuktitaḥ kāmanayā rūpaṃ tattāmasaṃ tava.. sukhabuddhyā spṛhā yā ca rūpaṃ tadrājasaṃ tava.. 24.24 .. > Desire apart from liberation is that tāmasic form of yours; / longing with the thought of pleasure is that rājasic form of yours; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.25) kevalaṃ yāvadarthārthaṃ tadrūpaṃ sāttvikaṃ tava.. tatte rūpatrayamidaṃ brūhi nopāsate hi ke.. 24.25 .. > that which is merely for the sake of what is necessary is that sāttvic form of yours. / Tell me, who indeed does not worship this threefold form of yours? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.26) tvaṃ sākṣātparamaḥ pūjyaḥ kuru kāryamidaṃ hi naḥ.. atha vā pīḍitāndṛṣṭvā sāmānyānapi paṃḍitāḥ.. svaprāṇairapi trāyāṃti parametanmahāphalam.. 24.26 .. > You are directly supreme and venerable; perform this task of ours. / Moreover, seeing even ordinary beings afflicted, the wise / protect them even with their own lives; this is the highest, great fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.27) iti saṃciṃtya kāryaṃ tvaṃ sarvathā kuru tatsphuṭam.. 24.27 .. > Considering this, perform the task in every way, clearly." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.28) ityā karṇya tathetyuktvā vasaṃtaratisaṃyutaḥ.. pikādisainyasaṃpanno himādriṃ prayayau smaraḥ.. 24.28 .. > Hearing this and saying 'So be it,' Smara, accompanied by Spring and Rati, / equipped with an army of cuckoos and other creatures, set out for the Snowy Mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.29) tatrāpaśyata śaṃbhoḥ sa puṇyamāśramamaṃḍalam.. nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ śāṃtasattvasamākulam.. 24.29 .. > There he saw Śambhu's holy hermitage grounds, / filled with various trees and crowded with peaceful animals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.30) tatrāpaśyattrinetrasya vīrakaṃnāma dvārapam.. yathā sākṣānmaheśānaṃ gaṇaāṃścāyutaśo'sya ca.. 24.30 .. > There he saw the Three-eyed God's doorkeeper named Vīraka, / who looked just like Maheśāna in person, and tens of thousands of his gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.31) dadarśa ca maheśānaṃ nāsāgrakṛtalocanam.. devadārudrumacchāyāvedikā madhyamāśritam.. samākāyaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ samādhisthaṃ maheśvaram.. 24.31 .. > And he saw Maheśāna, whose eyes were fixed on the tip of his nose, / seated in the center of an altar beneath the shade of a deodar tree, / his body straight, seated at ease, established in meditation, the great lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.32) nistaraṃgaṃ vinirgṛhya sthitamiṃdriyagocarān.. ātmānamātmanā devaṃ praviṣṭaṃ tapaso nidhim.. 24.32 .. > motionless, restraining the range of his senses, / the God, a treasure of austerity, absorbed in the Self by the Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.33) taṃ tathāvidhamālokya soṃtarbhedāya yatnavān.. bhramaradhvanivyājena viveśa madano manaḥ.. 24.33 .. > Beholding him thus, Madana made an effort to penetrate inside, / and entered his mind under the guise of the humming of bees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.34) etasminnaṃtare devo vikāsitavilocanaḥ.. sasmāra nagarājasya tanayāṃ raktamānasaḥ.. 24.34 .. > In the meantime, the God opened his eyes, / and, his heart filled with passion, remembered the daughter of the king of mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.35) niveditā vīrakeṇa viveśa ca gireḥ sutā.. tasminkāle mahābhāgā sadā yadvadupaiti sā.. 24.35 .. > Announced by Vīraka, the mountain's daughter entered, / the highly fortunate one, at that time, just as she always approached. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.36) tatastasyāṃ manaḥ svīyamanuraktamavekṣya ca.. nigṛhya līlayā devaḥ svakaṃ pṛṣṭhamavaikṣata.. tāvadāpūrṇadhanuṣamapaśyata ratipriyam.. 24.36 .. > Then, observing that his own mind had become enamored of her, / the God playfully restrained it and looked behind him; / just then he saw the lover of Rati, his bow fully drawn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.37) tannāśakṛpayā devo nānāsthāneṣu so'gamat.. tāvatpasyati pṛṣṭhastamākṛṣya dhanuṣaḥ śaram.. 24.37 .. > Out of compassion to avert his destruction, the God moved to various places; / yet he saw him standing behind him, having drawn the arrow to his bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.38) sa nadīḥ parvatāścaiva āśramānsarasīstathā.. paribhramanmahādevaḥ pṛṣṭhasthaṃ tamavaikṣata.. 24.38 .. > Wandering across rivers, mountains, hermitages, and lakes, / Mahādeva still saw him standing behind him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.39) jagattrayaṃ paribhramya punarāgātsvamāśramam.. pṛṣṭhasthameva taṃ vīkṣya niḥśvāsaṃ mumuce haraḥ.. 24.39 .. > Having wandered through the three worlds, he returned again to his own hermitage; / seeing him still standing behind him, Hara breathed a sigh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.40) tatastṛtīyanetrotthavahninā nākavāsinām.. krośatāṃ gamitaḥ kāmo bhasmatvaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana.. 24.40 .. > Then, by the fire sprung from his third eye, while the dwellers of heaven / cried out, Kāma was reduced to ashes, O son of Pāṇḍu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.41) sasa tu taṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā haranetrodbhavo'nalaḥ.. vyajṛṃbhata jagaddagdhuṃ jvālāpūritadiṅ‌mukhaḥ.. 24.41 .. > Having reduced him to ashes, the fire born from Hara's eye / flared up to burn the world, the quarters of space filled with its flames. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.42) tato bhavo jagaddhetorvyabhajajjātavedasam.. sāhaṃkāre jane caṃdre sumanassu ca gītake.. 24.42 .. > Then, for the sake of the world, Bhava distributed the fire / among arrogant people, in the moon, in flowers, and in songs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.43) bhṛṃgeṣu kokilāsyeṣu vihāreṣu smarānalam.. tatprāptau snehasaṃyuktaṃ kāmināṃ hṛdayaṃ kila.. 24.43 .. > in bees, in the mouths of cuckoos, and in amorous sports—the fire of Smara. / When it is attained, that fire, difficult to cure and bringing distress, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.44) jvālayatyaniśaṃ so'gnirduścikitsyo'sukhāvahaḥ.. vilokya haraniḥśvāsajvālābhasmīkṛtaṃ smaram.. 24.44 .. > constantly inflames the hearts of impassioned lovers with affection. / Beholding Smara reduced to ashes by the flame of Hara's breath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.45) vilalāpa ratirddīnā madhunā baṃdhunā saha.. vilapaṃtī subahuśo madhunā parisāṃtvitā.. 24.45 .. > the miserable Rati lamented alongside her kinsman Madhu. / As she lamented again and again, she was consoled by Madhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.46) ratyāḥ pralāpamākarṇya devadevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ.. kṛpayā parayā prāha kāmapatnīṃ nirīkṣya ca.. 24.46 .. > Hearing Rati's lament, the God of gods whose banner bears the bull, / with supreme compassion looked at Kāma's wife and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.47) amūrto'pi hyayaṃ bhadre kāryaṃ sarvaṃ patistava.. ratikāle dhruvaṃ bāle kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ.. 24.47 .. > "Even though bodiless, O auspicious one, this husband of yours / will certainly accomplish all your tasks at the time of lovemaking, O young girl; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.48) yadā viṣṇuśca bhavitā vasudevātmajo vibhuḥ.. tadai tasya suto yaḥ syātsapatiste bhaviṣyati.. 24.48 .. > When the all-pervading Viṣṇu becomes the son of Vasudeva, / then he who will be his son shall become your husband." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.49) sā praṇamya tato rudramiti proktā ratistataḥ.. jagāma svecchayā gatyā vasaṃtādibhiranvitā.. 24.49 .. > Having bowed to Rudra after being spoken to thus, Rati / went at her own pleasure, accompanied by Spring and the others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22.49\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22.49_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumāreśvaramāhātmye kāmadahanonāma caturviśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 24 .. cha .. > Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter, named 'The Burning of Kāma,' in the Kumāreśvaramāhātmya of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.22.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.22) · Pramāṇa