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# Skandapurana 1.4.25: adhyāyaḥ 27

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 27

### [1.4.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.1)

..nārada uvāca..  
tato nirupamaṃ divyaṃ sarvaratnamayaṃ śubham..  
īśānanirmitaṃ sākṣātsaha devyāviśadgṛham.. 27.1 ..

> Nārada said:  
> Then, together with the goddess, he entered an incomparable, divine, and auspicious house  
> made entirely of jewels, fashioned by Īśāna himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.2)

tatrāsau maṃdaragirau saha devyā bhagākṣahā..  
prāsāde tatra codyāne reme saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ.. 27.2 ..

> There on Mount Mandara, the slayer of the eyes of Bhaga,  
> his mind filled with joy, took his pleasure with the goddess in that palace and garden.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.3)

etasminnaṃtare devāstārakeṇātipīḍitāḥ..  
protsāhitena cātyarthaṃ mayā kalicikīrṣuṇā.. 27.3 ..

> Meanwhile, the gods, severely afflicted by Tāraka  
> and exceedingly incited by me, who wished to cause conflict,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.4)

āsādya te bhavaṃ devaṃ tuṣṭuburbahudhā stavaiḥ..  
etasminnaṃtare devī prodvartayata gātrakam.. 27.4 ..

> approached the god Bhava and praised him with many hymns.  
> In the meantime, the goddess was rubbing unguents upon her body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.5)

udvartanamalenātha naraṃ cakre gajānanam..  
devānāṃ saṃstavaiḥ puṇyaiḥ kṛpayābhipariplutā.. 27.5 ..

> Then, out of the dirt from the unguents, she fashioned an elephant-faced person,  
> overwhelmed with compassion by the holy praises of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.6)

putretyuvāca taṃ devī tataḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasā..  
etasminnaṃtare śarvastatrāgatya vaco'bravīt.. 27.6 ..

> With a delighted mind, the goddess said to him, "My son!"  
> In the meantime, Śarva arrived there and spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.7)

putrastavāyaṃ girije śrṛṇu yādṛgbhaviṣyati..  
vikrameṇa ca vīryeṇa kṛpayā sadṛśo mayā.. 27.7 ..

> "Hear, O daughter of the mountain, what kind of person this son of yours will be:  
> He will be like me in prowess, vigor, and compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.8)

yathāhaṃ tādṛśaścāsau putraste bhavitā guṇaiḥ..  
ye ca pāpā durācārā vedāndharmaṃ dviṣaṃti ca.. 27.8 ..

> Such as I am, so shall this son of yours be in virtues.  
> And those who are sinful, ill-behaved, and hate the Vedas and dharma—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.9)

teṣāmāmaraṇāṃtāni vighnānyeṣa kariṣyati..  
ye ca māṃ naiva manyaṃte viṣṇuṃ vāpi jagadgurum.. 27.9 ..

> he will create obstacles for them until their death.  
> And those who do not respect me, or Viṣṇu, the teacher of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.10)

vighnitā vighnarājena te yāsyaṃti mahattamaḥ..  
teṣāṃ gṛheṣu kalahaḥ sadā naivopasāmyati.. 27.10 ..

> obstructed by the Lord of Obstacles, they shall go to great darkness.  
> Quarrels in their homes will never cease;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.11)

putrasya tava vighnena samūlaṃ tasya naśyati..  
yeṣāṃ na pūjyāḥ pūjyaṃte krodhāsatyaparāśca ye.. 27.11 ..

> by the obstacle \[caused by\] your son, they will be utterly destroyed.  
> For those who do not honor those worthy of honor, who are given to anger and falsehood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.12)

raudrasāhasikā ye ca teṣāṃ vighnaṃ kariṣyati..  
śrutidharmāñjñātidharmānpālayaṃti gurūṃśca ye.. 27.12 ..

> and who are ferocious and rash, he will create obstacles.  
> For those who maintain the duties of the Vedas, familial duties, and their teachers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.13)

kṛpālavo gatakrodhāsteṣāṃ vighnaṃ hariṣyati..  
sarve dharmāśca karmāṇi tathā nānāvidhāni ca.. 27.13 ..

> who are compassionate and free from anger, he will remove obstacles.  
> All religious duties and rites of various kinds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.14)

savighnāni bhivaṣyaṃti pūjayāsya vinā śubhe..  
evaṃ śrutvā umā prāha evamastviti śaṃkaram.. 27.14 ..

> will be beset with obstacles without worship offered to him, O auspicious lady."  
> Having heard this, Umā said to Śaṃkara, "So be it."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.15)

tato bṛhattanuḥ so'bhūttejasā dyotayandiśaḥ..  
tato gaṇaiḥ samaṃ śarvaḥ surāṇāṃ pradadau ca tam..  
yāvattāra kahaṃtā vo bhavettāvadayaṃ prabhuḥ.. 27.15 ..

> Then he became huge-bodied, illuminating the directions with his brilliance.  
> Then Śarva gave him, along with his attendants, to the gods, \[saying\]:  
> "He shall be your lord until the slayer of Tāraka is born."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.16)

tato vighnapatirdevaiḥ saṃstutaḥ pramatārtihā..  
cakāra teṣāṃ kṛtyāni vighnāni ditijanmanām.. 27.16 ..

> Then, praised by the gods, the Lord of Obstacles, the destroyer of the distress of the Pramathas,  
> executed their tasks and placed obstacles before the descendants of Diti.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.17)

pārvatī ca punardevī putratve parikalpya ca..  
aśokasyāṃkuraṃ vārbhiravarddhayata svādṛtaiḥ.. 27.17 ..

> Then the goddess Pārvatī again, treating a sprout of an aśoka tree as a son,  
> nurtured it with lovingly fetched waters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.18)

saptarṣīnatha cāhūya saṃskāramaṃgalaṃ taroḥ..  
kārayāmāsa tanvaṃgī tatastāṃ munayo'bruvan.. 27.18 ..

> Having summoned the seven seers, the slender-limbed lady  
> had the auspicious rite of the tree performed; then the sages said to her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.19)

tvayaiva darśite mārge maryādāṃ kartumarhasi..  
kiṃ phalaṃ bhavitā devi kalpitaistaruputrakaiḥ.. 27.19 ..

> "You yourself ought to establish the standard along the path you have shown.  
> What will be the fruit, O goddess, produced from trees adopted as sons?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.20)

..devyuvāca..  
yo vai nirudake grāme kūpaṃ kārayate budhaḥ..  
yāvattoyaṃ bhavetkūpe tāvatsvarge sa modate.. 27.20 ..

> The goddess said:  
> "A wise man who constructs a well in a waterless village  
> rejoices in heaven as long as there is water in the well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.21)

daśakūpasamāvāpī daśavāpī samaṃ saraḥ..  
daśasaraḥsamā kanyā daśakanyāsamaḥ kratuḥ.. 27.21 ..

> A step-well is equal to ten wells; a reservoir is equal to ten step-wells;  
> a daughter is equal to ten reservoirs; a sacrifice is equal to ten daughters;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.22)

daśakratusamaḥ putro daśaputrasamo drumaḥ.. 27.22 ..

> a son is equal to ten sacrifices; a tree is equal to ten sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.23)

eṣaiva mama maryādā niyatā lokabhāvinī..  
jīrṇoddhāre kṛte vāpi phalaṃ taddviguṇaṃ matam.. 27.23 ..

> This is my established rule, ordained for the welfare of the world.  
> And if restoration of the decayed is done, the fruit is considered double."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.24)

..iti gaṇeśotpattiḥ..  
tataḥ kadācidbhagavānumayā saha maṃdare..  
maṃdire harṣajanane kaladhautamaye śubhe.. 27.24 ..

> Thus the origin of Gaṇeśa.  
> Then, on one occasion, the Lord with Umā on Mandara,  
> in a delightful and auspicious mansion made of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.25)

prakīrṇakusumāmodamahālikulakūjite..  
kiṃnarodgītasaṃgīta pratiśabditamadhyake.. 27.25 ..

> resounding with the humming of swarms of large bees drawn by the fragrance of scattered flowers,  
> its interior echoing with the music sung by Kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.26)

krīḍāmayūrairhasaiśca śrutaiścaivābhinādite..  
mauktikairvividha ratnairvinirmitagavākṣake.. 27.26 ..

> echoing with pet peacocks, swans, and parrots,  
> with windows fashioned from pearls and various jewels—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.27)

tatra puṇyakathābhiśca krīḍato rubhayostayoḥ..  
prādurabhūnmahāñchabdaḥ pūritāṃbaragocaraḥ.. 27.27 ..

> while the two were amusing themselves there with sacred tales,  
> a great sound arose that filled the realm of the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.28)

taṃ śrutvā kautukāddevī kimetaditi śaṃkaram..  
paryapṛcchacchubhatanūrharaṃ vismayapūrvakam.. 27.28 ..

> Hearing it, the goddess of lovely form out of curiosity and with wonder  
> asked Śaṃkara, Hara: "What is this?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.29)

tāmāha devīṃ giriśo dṛṣṭapūrvāstu te tvayā..  
ete gaṇā me krīḍaṃti śaile'smiṃstvatpriyāḥ śubhe.. 27.29 ..

> The mountain-dweller said to the goddess: "They have been seen by you before;  
> these are my gaṇas, dear to you, sporting on this mountain, O auspicious lady.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.30)

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa kleśena kṣetrasādhanaiḥ..  
yairahaṃ toṣitaḥ pṛthvyāṃ ta ete manujottamāḥ.. 27.30 ..

> Through austerity, celibacy, mortification, and practices at sacred fields,  
> they satisfied me on earth; these are the best of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.31)

matsamīpamanuprāptā mama lokaṃ varānane..  
carācarasya jagataḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhāraṇakṣamāḥ.. 27.31 ..

> They have attained my presence and my world, O fair-faced one; / they are capable of creating and destroying the universe of moving and unmoving beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.32)

vinaitānnaiva me prītirnaibhirvirahito rame..  
ete ahamahaṃ caite tānetānpasya pārvati.. 27.32 ..

> Without them I have no pleasure at all, nor do I rejoice bereft of them. / These are I, and I am these; behold each of them, O Pārvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.33)

ityuktā vismitā devī dadṛśe tāngavākṣake..  
sthitā padmapalāśākṣī mahādevena bhāṣitā.. 27.33 ..

> Thus addressed, the astonished goddess looked at them from the window; / standing there, the lotus-petal-eyed lady was spoken to by Mahādeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.34)

kecitkṛśā hrasvadīrghāḥ kecitsthūlamahodarāḥ..  
vyāghrebhameṣājamukhā nānāprāṇimahāmukhāḥ.. 27.34 ..

> Some were lean, short, or tall; some were fat and big-bellied; / with faces of tigers, elephants, rams, and goats, having the huge faces of various creatures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.35)

vyāghracarmaparīdhānā nagnā jvālāmukhāḥ pare..  
gokarṇā gajakarṇāśca bahupādamukhekṣaṇāḥ.. 27.35 ..

> Dressed in tiger skins, others were naked, with flaming faces; / cow-eared and elephant-eared, with many feet, faces, and eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.36)

vicitravāhanāścaiva nānāyudhadharāstathā..  
gītavāditratattvajñāḥ sattvagītarasapriyāḥ.. 27.36 ..

> Having diverse mounts, and bearing various weapons, / knowing the true nature of singing and musical instruments, delighting in the essence of noble songs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.37)

tāndṛṣṭvā pārvatī prāha katisaṃkhyābhidhāstvamī.. 27.37 ..

> Seeing them, Pārvatī said: “How many are they in number and name?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.38)

..śrīśaṃkara uvāca..  
asaṃkhye yāstvamī devī asaṃkhyeyābhidhāstathā..  
jagadāpūritaṃ sarvametairbhīmairmahābalaiḥ.. 27.38 ..

> Śrī Śaṃkara said: / “Countless are they, O goddess, and countless are their names; / the entire universe is filled by these terrible ones of great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.39)

siddhakṣetreṣu rathyāsu jīrṇodyāneṣu veśmasu..  
dānavānāṃ śarīreṣu bāleṣūnmattakeṣu ca.. 27.39 ..

> In sacred fields of perfection, in roads, in ruined gardens, and in houses, / in the bodies of Dānavas, in children, and in madmen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.40)

ete viśati muditā nānāhāravihāriṇaḥ..  
ūṣmapāḥ phenapāścaiva dhūmrapā madhupāyinaḥ..  
madāhārāḥ sarvabhakṣyāstathānye cāpyabhojanāḥ.. 27.40 ..

> these enter, joyous, sporting with various foods: / some drinking steam, some drinking foam, some drinking smoke, some drinking wine, / feeding on intoxicants, eaters of everything, and others without food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.41)

gītanṛtyopahārāśca nānāvādyaravapriyāḥ..  
anaṃtatvādamīṣāṃ ca vaktuṃ śakyā na vai guṇāḥ.. 27.41 ..

> Bearing offerings of song and dance, loving the sounds of various instruments; / and because of their endlessness, their qualities cannot indeed be told.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.42)

..śrīdevyuvāca..  
manaḥśilena kalkena ya eṣa cchuritānanaḥ..  
tejasā bhāskarākāro rūpeṇa sadṛśastava.. 27.42 ..

> The goddess said: / “He whose face is smeared with the paste of realgar, / having the form of the sun in radiance, resembling your appearance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.43)

ākarṇyākarṇya te deva gaṇairgītānmahāguṇān..  
muhurnṛtyati hāsyaṃ ca vidadhāti muhurmuhuḥ.. 27.43 ..

> hearing repeatedly your great qualities sung by the attendants, O Lord, / dances again and again, and bursts into laughter repeatedly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.44)

sadāśivaśivetyevaṃ vihvalo vakti yo muhuḥ..  
dhanyo'mīdṛśī yasya bhaktistvayi maheśvare.. 27.44 ..

> who, overcome, says over and over, ‘Sadāśiva! Śiva!’ / Fortunate is he whose devotion toward you, Maheśvara, is like this!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.45)

enaṃ vijñātumicchāmi kiṃnāmāsau gaṇastava..  
..śrīśaṃkara uvāca..  
sa eṣa vīraka devī sadā medrisute priyaḥ.. 27.45 ..

> I wish to know him. What is the name of this attendant of yours?” / Śrī Śaṃkara said: / “He is Vīraka, O goddess, ever dear to me, O daughter of the mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.46)

nānāścaryaguṇādhāraḥ pratīhāro matoṃ'bike..  
..devyuvāca..  
īdṛśasya sutasyāpi mamo'kaṃṭhā purāṃtaka.. 27.46 ..

> The receptacle of various wondrous qualities, he is considered my doorkeeper, O Ambikā.” / The goddess said: / “I have a longing for such a son too, O Destroyer of the Cities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.47)

kadāhamīdṛśaṃ putraṃ lapsyāmyānaṃdadāyakam..  
..śarva uvāca..  
eṣa eva sutastestu yāvadīdṛkparo bhavet.. 27.47 ..

> When shall I obtain such a son who gives joy?” / Śarva said: / “Let him indeed be your son, until another such one is born.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.48)

ityuktā vijayāṃ prāha śīghramānaya vīrakam..  
vijayā ca tato gatvā vīrakaṃ vākyamabravīt.. 27.48 ..

> Thus addressed, she said to Vijayā: “Bring Vīraka quickly.” / And Vijayā, going then, spoke these words to Vīraka:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.49)

ehi vīraka te devī girijā toṣitā śubhā..  
tvamamāhvayati sā devī bhavasyānumate svayam.. 27.49 ..

> “Come, Vīraka; the auspicious goddess Girijā is pleased with you. / With the consent of Bhava, that goddess is calling you herself.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.50)

ityuktaḥ saṃbhramayuto mukhaṃ saṃmārjya pāṇinā..  
devyāḥ samīpamāgacchajjayayā'nugataḥ śanaiḥ.. 27.50 ..

> Thus spoken to, filled with agitation, wiping his face with his hand, / he approached the goddess, followed slowly by Jayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.51)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā girijā prāha girāmadhuravarṇayā..  
ehyehi putra dattastvaṃ bhavena mama putrakaḥ.. 27.51 ..

> Seeing him, Girijā said with words of sweet syllables: / “Come, come, my son; you have been given to me as a son by Bhava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.52)

ityukto daṃḍavaddevīṃ praṇamyāvasthitaḥ puraḥ..  
mātā tatastamāliṃgya kṛtvotsaṃge ca vīrakam.. 27.52 ..

> Thus addressed, he bowed down like a staff before the goddess and stood before her. / Then his mother embraced him, placed Vīraka on her lap,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.53)

cucuṃba ca kapole taṃ gātrāṇi ca pramārjayat..  
bhūṣayāmāsa divyaistaṃ svayaṃ nānāvibhūṣaṇaiḥ.. 27.53 ..

> and kissed him on the cheek, and wiped his limbs; / she adorned him herself with various divine ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.54)

evaṃ saṃkalpya taṃ putraṃ lālayitvā umāciram..  
uvāca putra krīḍeti gaccha sārdhaṃ gaṇairiti.. 27.54 ..

> Having thus accepted him as her son, Umā fondled him for a long time, / and said: “Go and play, my son, along with the attendants.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.55)

tataścikrīḍa madhye sa gaṇānāṃ pārvatīsutaḥ..  
muhurmuhuḥ svamanasi stuvanbhaktiṃ sa śāṃkarīm.. 27.55 ..

> Then that son of Pārvatī played in the midst of the attendants, / praising repeatedly in his mind devotion to Śaṃkara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.56)

praṇamya sarvabhūtāni prārthayāmyasmi duṣkaram..  
bhaktyā bhajadhvamīśānaṃ yasyā bhakteridaṃ phalam.. 27.56 ..

> “Bowing down to all beings, I make this difficult prayer: / worship Īśāna with devotion, for of that devotion this is the fruit!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.57)

krīḍituṃ vīrake yāte tato devī ca pārvatī..  
nānākathābhiscikrīḍa punareva jaṭābhṛtā.. 27.57 ..

> When Vīraka had gone to play, then the goddess Pārvatī / played again with the matted-haired Lord with various conversations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.58)

tato girisutākaṇṭhe kṣiptabāhurmaheśvaraḥ..  
tapasastu viśeṣārthaṃ narma devīṃ kilābravīt.. 27.58 ..

> Then Maheśvara, having thrown his arm around the neck of the mountain's daughter, / spoke jesting words to the goddess, indeed for the special purpose of her austerity:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.59)

sa hi gauratanuḥ śarvo viśeṣācchaśiśobhitaḥ..  
raṃjitā ca vibhāvaryā devī nīlotpalacchaviḥ.. 27.59 ..

> For Śarva was fair of body, especially adorned with the moon; / and the goddess, tinted like the night, had the luster of a blue lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.60)

..śarva uvāca..  
śarīre mama tanvaṃgī site bhāsyasitadyutiḥ..  
bhujaṃgīvāsitā śubhre saṃśliṣṭā candane tarau.. 27.60 ..

> Śarva said: / “O slender-limbed lady, you of dark radiance shine upon my white body / like a dark female snake clinging to a white sandalwood tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.61)

caṃdrajyotsnābhisaṃpṛktā tāmasī rajanī yathā..  
rajanī vā site pakṣe dṛṣṭidoṣaṃ dadāsi me.. 27.61 ..

> or like a dark night mixed with moonlight; / like a night during the bright fortnight, you offend my sight!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.62)

ityuktā girijā tena kaṇṭhaṃ śarvādvimucya sā..  
uvāca koparaktākṣī bhṛkuṭīvikṛtānanā.. 27.62 ..

> Thus addressed by him, Girijā, releasing her neck from Śarva, / with eyes red with anger and face distorted with a frown, said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.63)

svakṛtena janaḥ sarvo janena paribhūyate..  
avaśyamarthī prāpnoti khaṇḍanāṃ śaśikhaṃḍabhṛt.. 27.63 ..

> “Every person is humiliated by a person according to their own doing; / an applicant inevitably receives rejection, O Bearer of the Crescent Moon!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.64)

tapobhirdīptacaritairyattvāṃ prārthitavatyaham..  
tasya me niyamasyaivamavamānaḥ padepade.. 27.64 ..

> In that I prayed for you through austerities of blazing deeds, / to that vow of mine, there is this insult at every step!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.65)

naivāhaṃ kuṭilā śarva viṣamā na ca dhūrjaṭe..  
svadoṣaistvaṃ gataḥ kṣāṃtiṃ tathā doṣākaraśriyaḥ.. 27.65 ..

> I am not crooked, O Śarva, nor am I harsh, O Dhūrjaṭi; / by your own faults have you reached patience, and thus the splendors of the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.66)

nāhaṃ muṣṇāmi nayane netrahaṃtā bhavānbhava..  
bhagastatte vijānāti tathaivedaṃ jagattrayamā.. 27.66 ..

> I do not steal eyes; you, Bhava, are the destroyer of eyes; / Bhaga knows that of yours, and so do these three worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.67)

mūrdhni śūlaṃ janayase svairdoṣairmāmadikṣipan..  
yattvaṃ māmāha kṛṣṇeti mahākālo'si viśrutaḥ.. 27.67 ..

> You produce a pain in my head, reviling me with your own faults; / as for your calling me ‘black,’ you are renowned as Mahākāla!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.68)

yāsyāmyahaṃ parityaktumātmānaṃ tapasā girim..  
jīvaṃtyā nāsti me kṛtyaṃ dhūrtena paribhūtayā.. 27.68 ..

> I shall go to the mountain to abandon myself through austerity; / by living on, humiliated by a rogue, I have no purpose!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.69)

niśamya tasyā vacanaṃ kopatīkṣṇākṣaraṃ bhavaḥ..  
uvācātha ca saṃbhrāṃto durjñeyacarito haraḥ.. 27.69 ..

> Hearing her words of anger and sharp syllables, Bhava, / Hara of inscrutable conduct, was bewildered and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.70)

na tattvajñāsi girije nāhaṃ niṃdāparastava..  
cāṭūktibuddhyā kṛtavāṃsta vāhaṃ narmakīrtanam.. 27.70 ..

> “You do not know the truth, O Girijā; I was not intent on censuring you. / With a thought toward playful flattery, I spoke in jest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.71)

vikalpaḥ svacchacitteti girijaiṣā mama priyā..  
prāyeṇa bhūtiliptānāmanyathā ciṃtitā hṛdi.. 27.71 ..

> It was a doubt of pure mind, \[thinking\] ‘This Girijā is my beloved’; / usually, in the hearts of those smeared with ashes, thoughts are conceived differently.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.72)

asmādṛśānāṃ kṛṣṇāṃgi pravartaṃte'nyathā giraḥ..  
yadyevaṃ kupitā bhīru na te vakṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ.. 27.72 ..

> From people like us, O dark-limbed one, words proceed otherwise. / If you are angry in this way, O timid one, I shall not speak to you again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.73)

narmavādī bhaviṣyāmi jahi kopaṃ sucismite..  
śirasā praṇataste'haṃ racitaste mayāñjaliḥ.. 27.73 ..

> I shall speak only in jest; give up your anger, O lady of sweet smiles! / With bowed head I bow to you; I have made a folded-hands gesture to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.74)

dīnenāpyapamānena niṃditā nami vikriyām..  
varamasmi vinamro'pi na tvaṃ devi guṇānvitā.. 27.74 ..

> Even with poor humiliation, censured, do not fall into distress; / it is better that I am humble; are you not endowed with virtues, O goddess?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.75)

ityanekaiścāṭuvākyaiḥ sūktairdevena bodhitā..  
kopaṃ tīvraṃ na tatyāja satī marmaṇi ghaṭṭitā.. 27.75 ..

> Addressed thus with many flattering words and sweet speeches by the god,  
> Satī, wounded to the quick, did not abandon her fierce anger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.76)

avaṣṭabdhāvatha kṣiptvā pādau śaṃkarapāṇinā..  
viparyastālakā vegādgantumaicchata śailajā.. 27.76 ..

> Then, tossing away her feet that had been seized by Śaṃkara's hand,  
> with disheveled curls, the Mountain's daughter swiftly sought to depart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.77)

tasyāṃ vrajantyāṃ kopena punarāha purāṃtakaḥ..  
satyaṃ sarvairavayavaiḥ suteti sadṛśī pituḥ.. 27.77 ..

> As she was departing in anger, the Destroyer of the \[Three\] Cities spoke again:  
> "It is true: in every limb, a daughter resembles her father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.78)

himācalasya śrṛṃgaistairmeghamālākulairmanaḥ..  
tathā duravāgāhyo'sau hṛdayebhyastavāśayaḥ.. 27.78 ..

> Just like the peaks of the snowy mountain that are enveloped by rows of clouds,  
> so too is your mind: the intention of your heart is impassable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.79)

kāṭhinyaṃ kaṣṭamasmiṃste vanebhyo bahudhā gatam..  
kuṭilatvaṃ nadībhyaste duḥsevyatvaṃ himādapi.. 27.79 ..

> Painful hardness has passed into you in many ways from the forests;  
> crookedness from the rivers, and difficult accessibility even from the frost.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.80)

saṃkrāṃtaṃ sarvamevaitattava devī himācalāt..  
ityuktā sā punaḥ prāha giriśaṃ sailajā tadā.. 27.80 ..

> All this has passed onto you, O goddess, from the snowy mountain."  
> Spoken to thus, the Mountain's daughter then replied to Giriśa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.81)

kopakaṃpitadhūmrāsyā prasphuraddaśanacchadā..  
mā śarvātmopamānena niṃda tvaṃ guṇino janān.. 27.81 ..

> Her face trembling and darkened with anger, her lips quivering:  
> "O Śarva, do not reproach virtuous people by your own standard!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.82)

tavāpi duṣṭasaṃparkātsaṃkrāṃtaṃ sarvamevahi..  
vyālebhyo'nekajihvatvaṃ bhasmanaḥ snehavandhyatā.. 27.82 ..

> Indeed, all \[evil\] has passed onto you as well from evil contact:  
> multiple tongues from serpents, and absence of affection from ashes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.83)

hṛtkāluṣyaṃ śaśāṃkātte durbodhatvaṃ vṛṣādapi..  
athavā bahunoktena alaṃ vācā śrameṇa me.. 27.83 ..

> turbidity of heart from the moon, and dullness of wit even from the bull.  
> Or rather, what is the use of saying much? Enough with the labor of my words!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.84)

śmaśānavāsa āsīstvaṃ nagnatvānna tava trapā..  
nirghṛṇatvaṃ kapālitvādevaṃ kaḥ śaknuyāttavaṃ.. 27.84 ..

> Your dwelling is in the cremation ground; you have no shame because of your nakedness;  
> and pitilessness from holding a skull—who could bear you like this?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.25.84\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.25.84_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśī tisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumāreśvaramāhātmye pārvatīprakopavarṇanaṃnāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 27 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, entitled "The Description of Pārvatī's Great Anger", in the Kumāreśvaramāhātmya of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.25.1) — English, machine translation

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