[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) › 1.4.26 # Skandapurana 1.4.26: adhyāyaḥ 28 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 28 ### [1.4.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.1) ..nārada uvāca.. vrajaṃtī girijā'paśyatsakhīṃ māturmahāprabhām.. kusumāmodinīṃnāma tasya śailasya devatām.. 28.1 .. > Nārada said: > As she was going, Girijā saw a radiant companion of her mother, > named Kusumāmodinī, the deity of that mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.2) sāpi dṛṣṭvā girisutāṃ snehaviklavamānasā.. kvapunargacchasītyuccairāliṃgyovāca devatā.. 28.2 .. > She too, seeing the mountain's daughter, her mind agitated by affection, > embraced her and said aloud, "Where are you going again?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.3) sā cāsyai sarvamācakhyau śaṃkarātkopakāraṇam.. punaścovāca girijā devatāṃ mātṛsaṃmatām.. 28.3 .. > And she related to her everything, the reason for her anger at Śaṃkara; > and Girijā spoke again to the deity honored by her mother: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.4) nityaṃ śailādhirājasya devatā tvamaniṃdite.. sarvaṃ ca sannidhānaṃ ca mayi cātīva vatsalā.. 28.4 .. > "You are constantly the deity of the king of mountains, O blameless one; > you are everywhere present, and exceedingly affectionate toward me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.5) tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yadvidheyaṃ tavādhunā.. athānya strīpraveśe tu samīpe tu pinākinaḥ.. 28.5 .. > Therefore, I shall tell you what you must do now: > if another woman should enter into the presence of Pinākin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.6) tvayākhyeyaṃ mama śube yuktaṃ paścātkaromyaham.. tathetyukte tayā devyā yayau devī giriṃ prati.. 28.6 .. > you must inform me, O auspicious one; I shall do what is fitting afterwards." > When she said, "So be it," the goddess departed toward the mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.7) ramye tatra mahāśṛṃge nānāścaryopaśobhite.. vibhūṣaṇādi sanyasya vṛkṣavalkaladhāriṇī.. 28.7 .. > There on that delightful great peak adorned with various wonders, > setting aside ornaments and the like, wearing the bark of trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.8) tapastepe girisutā putreṇa paripālitā.. grīṣme paṃcāgnisaṃtaptā varṣāsu ca jaloṣitā.. 28.8 .. > the mountain's daughter performed tapas, protected by her son, > tormented by five fires in summer, and staying in water during the rains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.9) yathā na kācitpraviśedyoṣidatra harāṃtike.. dṛṣṭvā parāṃ striyaṃ cātra vadethā mama putraka.. 28.9 .. > "Take care that no woman enters here near Hara; > and having seen another woman here, tell me, my son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.10) śīghrameva kariṣyāmi tato yuktamanaṃtaram.. evamastviti tāṃ devīṃ vīrakaḥ prāha sāṃpratam.. 28.10 .. > I shall immediately thereafter do what is fitting." > Vīraka then said to the goddess, "So be it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.11) māturājñā suto hlāda plāvitāṃgo gatajvaraḥ.. jagāma tryakṣaṃ saṃdraṣṭuṃ praṇipatya ca mātaram.. 28.11 .. > Having received his mother's command, his limbs flooded with joy, his anxiety gone, > the son bowed down to his mother and went to see the Three-eyed One. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.12) gajavaktraṃ tataḥ prāha praṇamya samavasthitam.. sāśrukaṃṭhaṃ prayācaṃtaṃ naya māmapi pārvati.. 28.12 .. > Then she spoke to the Elephant-faced One, who bowed and stood before her, > begging with a tearful throat, "Take me also, O Pārvatī!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.13) gajavaktraṃ hi tvāṃ bāla māmivopahasiṣyati.. tadāgaccha mayā sārdhaṃ yā gatirme tavāpi sā.. 28.13 .. > "Because of your elephant face, O child, he will surely mock you just as \[he mocked\] me. > Therefore, come with me; whatever my fate is, yours will be too. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.14) parābhavāddhi dhūrtānāṃ maraṇaṃ sādhu putraka.. evamuktvā samādāya himādriṃ prati sā yayau.. 28.14 .. > For death is better, my son, than humiliation by wicked ones." > Having spoken thus and taken him along, she departed toward the snowy mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26.28) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumāreśvaramāhātmye pārvatyastaporthaṃ gamanavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 28 .. cha .. > Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, entitled "The Description of Pārvatī's Departure for Tapas", 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.1.4.26.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.26) · Pramāṇa