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# Skandapurana 1.4.28: adhyāyaḥ 30

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 30

### [1.4.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.1)

..nārada uvāca..  
tataḥ skandaḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ śvetaparvata mastakāt..  
uttīrya tārakaṃ hantuṃ dakṣiṇāṃ sa diśaṃ yayau.. 30.1 ..

> Nārada said: / Then Skanda, accompanied by the gods, / having descended from the crest of the white mountain, set out toward the southern direction to slay Tāraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.2)

tataḥ sarasvatītīre yāni bhūtāni nārada..  
grahāścopagrahāścaiva vetālāḥ śākinī gaṇāḥ.. 30.2 ..

> Then, on the bank of the Sarasvatī, whatever beings there were, O Nārada— / planetary spirits and secondary planetary spirits, vetālas, and hosts of śākinīs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.3)

unmādā ye hyapasmārāḥ palādāśca piśācakāḥ..  
devaisteṣāmādhipatye so'bhyaṣicyata pāvakiḥ.. 30.3 ..

> insanities, falling sicknesses, flesh-eaters, and piśācas— / over their lordship, the son of the Fire was consecrated by the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.4)

yathā te naiva maryādāṃ saṃtyajaṃti durāśayāḥ..  
etaistasmātsamākrāṃtaḥ śaraṇyaṃ pāvakiṃ vrajet.. 30.4 ..

> so that those wicked-minded ones would not transgress proper bounds. / Therefore, one afflicted by them should seek refuge in the son of the Fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.5)

aprakīrṇendriyaṃ dāṃtaṃ śuciṃ nityamataṃdritam..  
āstikaṃ skandabhaktaṃ ca varjayaṃti grahādikāḥ.. 30.5 ..

> The planetary spirits and others avoid one whose senses are not scattered, who is self-controlled, / pure, ever unwearied, faithful, and a devotee of Skanda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.6)

maheśvaraṃ ca ye bhaktā bhaktā nārāyaṇaṃ ca ye..  
teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa naśyaṃte te vidūrataḥ.. 30.6 ..

> And those who are devoted to Maheśvara, and those who are devoted to Nārāyaṇa— / at their mere sight, they perish from afar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.7)

tataḥ sarvaiḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ mahītīraṃ yayau guhaḥ..  
tatra devaiḥ prakathitaṃ mahīmāhātmyamuttamam.. 30.7 ..

> Then Guha, along with all the gods, went to the bank of the Mahī; / there, the supreme māhātmya of the Mahī was recounted by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.8)

śrṛṇvanvisiṣmiye skandaḥ praṇanāma ca tāṃ nadīm..  
tato mahīdakṣiṇatastīramāśritya dhiṣṭhitam.. 30.8 ..

> Hearing it, Skanda was astonished and bowed down to that river. / Then, to the south of the Mahī, to him who remained established on the bank,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.9)

praṇamya śakrapramukhā guhaṃ vacanamabruvan..  
abhiṣiktaṃ vinā skanda senāpatimakalmaṣam.. 30.9 ..

> having bowed down, \[the gods\] headed by Śakra spoke these words: / 'Without a consecrated, stainless commander of the army, O Skanda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.10)

na śarma labhate senā tasmāttvamabhiṣecaya..  
mahīsāgarasaṃbhūtaiḥ puṇyaiścāpi śivairjalaiḥ.. 30.10 ..

> the army obtains no security; therefore, consecrate yourself. / With the holy and auspicious waters born from the union of the Mahī and the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.11)

abhiṣekṣyāmahe tvāṃ ca tatra no draṣṭumarhasi..  
yathā hastipade sarvapadāṃtarbhāva iṣyate.. 30.11 ..

> we shall consecrate you, and you ought to look upon us there. / Just as the inclusion of all footprints is held to be in an elephant's footprint,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.12)

sarvatīrthāntarasthānaṃ tathārṇavamahījale..  
sarvabhūtamayo yadvatryaṃbakaḥ parikīrtyate.. 30.12 ..

> so is the residence of all other sacred fords in the water of the ocean and the Mahī. / Just as Tryambaka is proclaimed to consist of all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.13)

sarvatīrthamayastadvanmahīsāgarasaṃgamaḥ..  
ardhanārīśvaraṃ rūpaṃ yathā rudrasya sarvadam.. 30.13 ..

> Likewise, the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean consists of all sacred fords, / just as the Ardhanārīśvara form of Rudra grants everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.14)

tathā mahīsamudrasya snānaṃ sarvaphalapradam..  
yenātra pitaraḥ skanda tarpitā bhaktibhāvataḥ.. 30.14 ..

> So too, a ritual ablution in the Mahī ocean bestows all fruits. / He by whom the ancestors have been gratified here through devotion, O Skanda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.15)

tena sarveṣu tīrtheṣu tarpitā nātra saṃśayaḥ..  
na caitaddhṛdi maṃtavyaṃ kṣārametajjalaṃ hi yat.. 30.15 ..

> by him they have been gratified in all sacred fords; of this there is no doubt. / Nor should it be thought in one's heart that this water is merely salty;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.16)

yathā hi kaṭutiktādi gavā grastaṃ hi kṣīradam..  
evametattvidaṃ toyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛpti dāyakam.. 30.16 ..

> for just as bitter and pungent things eaten by a cow produce milk, / even so this water gives gratification to the ancestors."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.17)

evaṃ bruvatsu deveṣu kapilo'pi munirjagau..  
satyametadumāputra sarvatīrthamayī mahī.. 30.17 ..

> While the gods were speaking thus, the sage Kapila also said: / "This is true, O son of Umā; the Mahī contains all sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.18)

kardamo yastvahamapi jñātvā tīrthamahā guṇān..  
sarvāṃ bhuvaṃ parityajya kṛtvā hyaśramamāstitaḥ.. 30.18 ..

> And I, Kardama's son, having known the great virtues of the sacred ford, / abandoned the entire earth and established an hermitage here."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.19)

tato maheśvaraḥ prāha satyametatsuroditam..  
brahmādyāstaṃ tathā prāhuratra bhūyo'pyatho guruḥ.. 30.19 ..

> Then Maheśvara said: "What the gods have spoken is true." / Brahmā and the others said the same to him; then, once more, the preceptor said here:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.20)

atrābhiṣekaṃ te vīra kariṣyāmaḥ samādiśa..  
tataḥ suvismitastatra snātvā skando mahāmanāḥ.. 30.20 ..

> "We shall perform your consecration here, O hero; give the command." / Thereupon, deeply amazed, the magnanimous Skanda, having bathed there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.21)

abhiṣiñcantu māṃ devā iti tānabravīdvacaḥ..  
tato'bhiṣekasaṃbhārānsarvānsaṃbhṛtya śāstrataḥ.. 30.21 ..

> spoke this word to them: "Let the gods consecrate me." / Then, gathering all the materials for consecration according to the scriptures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.22)

juhuvurmaṃtrapūte'gnau catvāro mukhyaṛtvijaḥ..  
brahmā ca kapilo jīvo viśvāmitraścaturthakaḥ.. 30.22 ..

> four principal officiating priests made offerings in the fire purified with mantras: / Brahmā, Kapila, Bṛhaspati, and Viśvāmitra as the fourth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.23)

anye ca śataśastatra munayo vedapāragāḥ..  
tatrādbhutaṃ mahādevo darśayāmāsa bhārata.. 30.23 ..

> and hundreds of other sages there who were masters of the Vedas. / There Mahādeva showed a wonder, O Bhārata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.24)

yadagnikuṇḍamadhyastho liṃgamūrtirvyadṛśyata..  
ahamevāgnimadhyastho havirgṛhṇāmi nityaśaḥ.. 30.24 ..

> for he appeared in the form of a liṅga seated within the fire pit: / "Abiding in the midst of the fire, I myself constantly receive the oblation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.25)

etatsaṃdarśanārthāya liṃgamūrtirabhūdvibhuḥ..  
talliṃgamatulaṃ devā namaścakrurmudānvitāḥ.. 30.25 ..

> In order to demonstrate this, the Lord assumed the form of a liṅga. / Filled with joy, the gods bowed to that peerless liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.26)

sarvapāpāpahaṃ pārtha sarvakāmaphalapradam..  
tatra homāvasāne ca datte himavatā śubhe.. 30.26 ..

> which removes all sins, O son of Pṛthā, and bestows the fruits of all desires. / Then, at the conclusion of the fire offering, when the auspicious \[seat\] was offered by Himavat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.27)

divyaratnānvite skando niṣaṇṇaḥ paramāsane..  
sarvamaṃgalasaṃbhārairvidhimaṃtrapuraskṛtam.. 30.27 ..

> Skanda was seated upon the supreme seat endowed with divine gems. / With all the auspicious materials, preceded by rites and mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.28)

abhyaṣiṃcaṃstato devāḥ kumāraṃ śaṃkarātmajam..  
iṃdro viṣṇurmahāvīryo brahmarudrau ca phālguna.. 30.28 ..

> the gods then consecrated Kumāra, the son of Śaṃkara: / Indra, Viṣṇu of great prowess, and Brahmā and Rudra, O Phālguna;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.29)

ādityādya grahāḥ sarve tathobhāvanilānalau..  
ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyāścaivāśvināvubhau.. 30.29 ..

> all the planets beginning with the sun, as well as both wind and fire; / the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sādhyas, and both Aśvins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.30)

viśvedevāśca maruto gaṃdharvāpsarasastathā..  
devabrahmarṣayaścaiva vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ.. 30.30 ..

> the Viśvedevas, the Maruts, the gandharvas and apsarases; / the divine and brahmin seers, the Vālakhilyas, and the Marīcipas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.31)

vidyādharā yogasiddhāḥ pulastyapulahādayaḥ..  
pitaraḥ kaśyapo'triśca marīcirbhṛguraṃgirāḥ.. 30.31 ..

> the vidyādharas, the perfected masters of yoga, Pulastya, Pulaha, and others; / the ancestors, Kaśyapa, Atri, Marīci, Bhṛgu, and Aṅgiras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.32)

dakṣo'tha manavo ye ca jyotīṃṣi ṛtavastathā..  
mūrtimatyaśca sarito mahīprabhṛtikāstathā.. 30.32 ..

> Dakṣa, and the Manus, the heavenly bodies, and the seasons; / the rivers in embodied form, beginning with the Mahī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.33)

lavaṇādyāḥ samudrāśca prabhāsādyāśca tīrthakāḥ..  
pṛthivī dyaurdiśaścaiva pādapāḥ pārvatāstathā.. 30.33 ..

> the oceans beginning with the salt sea, and the sacred fords beginning with Prabhāsa; / the earth, heaven, the cardinal directions, trees, and mountains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.34)

ādityādyā mātaraśca kurvaṃtyo guhamaṃgalam..  
vāsukipramukhā nāgāsthathobhau garuḍāruṇau.. 30.34 ..

> and the Mothers beginning with the solar deities, performing auspicious rites for Guha; / the nāgas led by Vāsuki, as well as both Garuḍa and Aruṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.35)

varuṇo dhanadaścaiva yamaḥ sānucarastathā..  
rākṣaso nirṛtiścaiva bhūtāni ca palāśanāḥ.. 30.35 ..

> Varuṇa, the giver of wealth \[Kubera\], and Yama accompanied by his attendants; / the rākṣasa Nirṛti, and the spirits that eat flesh;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.36)

dharmo bṛhaspatiścaiva kapilo gādhinaṃdanaḥ..  
bahulatvācca ye noktā vividhā devatāgaṇāḥ.. 30.36 ..

> Dharma, Bṛhaspati, Kapila, and the son of Gādhin \[Viśvāmitra\]; / and the various hosts of deities that were not mentioned because of their great number—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.37)

te ca sarve mahīkūle hyabhyaṣiṃcanmudā guham..  
tato mahāsvanāmugrāṃ devadaityādidarpahām.. 30.37 ..

> all of them joyfully consecrated Guha on the bank of the Mahī. / Then Paśupati gave him a fierce, loud-roaring army of all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.38)

dadau paśupatistasmai sarvabhūtamahācamūm..  
viṣṇurdadau vaijayaṃtīṃ mālāṃ balavivardhinīm.. 30.38 ..

> which crushed the pride of gods, Daityas, and others. / Viṣṇu gave the garland Vaijayantī, which increases strength;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.39)

umā dadau cārajasī vāsasī sūryasaprabhā..  
gaṃgā kamaṃḍaluṃ divyamamṛtodbhavamuttamam.. 30.39 ..

> Umā gave two dustless garments radiant like the sun; / Gaṅgā, an excellent divine water pot sprung from nectar;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.40)

mahī mahānadī tasya cākṣamālāṃ sasāgarā..  
dadau mudā kumārāya daṃḍaṃ caiva bṛhaspatiḥ.. 30.40 ..

> the great river Mahī, together with the ocean, gave him a rosary; / and Bṛhaspati joyfully gave Kumāra a staff;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.41)

garuḍo dayitaṃ putraṃ mayūraṃ citrabarhiṇam..  
aruṇastāmracūḍaṃ ca pradadau caraṇāyudham.. 30.41 ..

> Garuḍa \[gave\] his beloved son, a peacock with colorful tail feathers; / Aruṇa bestowed a red-crested cock, whose feet are weapons;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.42)

chāgaṃ ca varuṇo rājā balavīryasamanvitam..  
kṛṣṇājinaṃ tathā brahmā brahmaṇyāya dadau jayam.. 30.42 ..

> King Varuṇa gave a goat endowed with power and vigor; / and Brahmā gave victory and a black antelope skin to the friend of brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.43)

caturo'nucarāṃścaiva mahāvīryānbalotkaṭān..  
naṃdisenaṃ lohitākṣaṃ ghaṇṭākarṇaṃ ca mānasān.. 30.43 ..

> and \[he gave\] four mind-born attendants of great prowess and mighty strength: / Nandisena, Lohitākṣa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.44)

caturthaṃ cāpyatibalaṃ khyātaṃ kusumamālinam..  
tataḥ sthāṇurdadau devo mahāpāriṣadaṃ kratum.. 30.44 ..

> and the fourth, known as Kusumamālin, exceedingly strong. / Then god Sthāṇu gave the great attendant Kratu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.45)

sa hi devāsure yuddhe daityānāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām..  
jaghāna dorbhyāṃ saṃkruddhaḥ prayutāni caturdaśa.. 30.45 ..

> who, enraged in the battle between the gods and asuras, / slew with his two arms one million four hundred thousand Daityas of terrible deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.46)

yamaḥ prādādanucarau yamakālopamau tadā..  
unmāthaṃ ca pramāthaṃ ca mahāvīryau mahādyutī.. 30.46 ..

> Then Yama gave two attendants resembling Yama and death: / Unmātha and Pramātha, of great prowess and great splendor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.47)

subhrājau bhāskarasyaiva yau sadā cānuyāyinau..  
tau sūryaḥ kārtikeyāya dadau pārtha mudānvitaḥ.. 30.47 ..

> the Sun, filled with joy, O son of Pṛthā, gave to Kārttikeya / the very radiant pair who ever follow the sun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.48)

kailāsaśrṛṅgasaṃkāśau śvetamālyānulepanau..  
somo'pyanucarau prādānmaṇiṃ sumaṇimeva ca.. 30.48 ..

> resembling the peaks of Kailāsa, with white garlands and ointments, / Soma too gave two attendants: Maṇi and Sumaṇi;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.49)

jvālajihvaṃ jyotiṣaṃ ca dadāvagnirmahābalau..  
parighaṃ ca balaṃ caiva bhīmaṃ ca sumahābalam.. 30.49 ..

> Agni gave the two of great strength: Jvālājihva and Jyotiṣa; / and Viṣṇu of wide strides gave three attendants to Skanda:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.50)

skaṃdāya trīnanucarāndadau viṣṇururukramaḥ..  
utkrośaṃ paṃcajaṃ caiva vajradaṇḍadharāvubhau.. 30.50 ..

> Parigha, Bala, and the exceedingly strong Bhīma; / the slayer of enemy heroes, Indra, gave to the son of Maheśa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.51)

dadau maheśaputrāya vāsavaḥ paravīrahā..  
tau hi śatrūnmahendrasya jaghnatuḥ samare bahūn.. 30.51 ..

> Utkrośa and Pañcaja, both bearing thunderbolts and staffs; / for those two had slain many enemies of the great Indra in battle;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.52)

vardhanaṃ baṃdhanaṃ caiva āyurvedaviśāradau..  
skandāya dadatuḥ prītāvaśvinau bharatarṣabha.. 30.52 ..

> pleased, the two Aśvins, skilled in the science of medicine, / gave Vardhana and Bandhana to Skanda, O bull of the Bharatas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.53)

balaṃ cātibalaṃ caiva mahāvaktrau mahābalau..  
pradadau kārtikeyāya vāyuścānucarāvubhau.. 30.53 ..

> Vāyu bestowed on Kārttikeya two attendants: / Bala and Atibala, large-mouthed and of great strength;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.54)

ghasaṃ cātighasaṃ vīrau varuṇaśca dadau prabhuḥ..  
suvarcasaṃ mahātmānaṃ tathaivāpyativarcasam.. 30.54 ..

> Lord Varuṇa gave two heroes: Ghasa and Atighasa; / Himavat bestowed, O son of Pṛthā, manifestly on his grandson  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.55)

himavānpradadau pārtha sākṣāddauhitrakāya vai..  
kāṃcanaṃ ca dadau merurmeghamālinameva ca.. 30.55 ..

> the magnanimous Suvarcas and likewise Ativarcas; / Meru gave Kāñcana and Meghamālin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.56)

ucchritaṃ cātiśṛṃgaṃ ca mahāpāṣāṇayodhinau..  
svāheyāya dadau prītaḥ sa viṃdhyaḥ pārṣadau śubhau.. 30.56 ..

> and, pleased, the Vindhya gave two auspicious attendants who fight with great boulders / to the son of Svāhā: Ucchrita and Atiśṛṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.57)

saṃgrahaṃ vigrahaṃ caiva samudro'pi gadhādharau..  
pradadau pārṣadau virau mahīnadyā samanvitaḥ.. 30.57 ..

> The ocean too, accompanied by the river Mahī, gave two heroic attendants, / Saṃgraha and Vigraha, both wielding maces.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.58)

unmādaṃ puṣpadaṃtaṃ ca śaṃkukarṇaṃ tathaiva ca..  
pradadāvagniputrāya pārvatī śubhadarśanā.. 30.58 ..

> Pārvatī of auspicious appearance gave Unmāda, Puṣpadanta, / and likewise Śaṅkukarṇa to the son of Agni.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.59)

jayaṃ mahājayaṃ caiva nāgau jvalanasūnave..  
pradadurbalināṃ śreṣṭhau suparṇaḥ pārṣadāvubhau.. 30.59 ..

> The two serpents Jaya and Mahājaya, best among the strong, / \[and\] Suparṇa both gave two attendants to the fire-born son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.60)

evaṃ sādhyāśca rudrāśca vasavaḥ pitarastathā..  
sarve jagati ye mukhyā daduḥ skaṃdāya pārṣadān.. 30.60 ..

> Thus the Sādhyas, the Rudras, the Vasus, and the ancestors, / indeed all who are foremost in the world, gave attendants to Skanda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.61)

nānāvīryānmahāvīryānnānāyudhavibhūṣaṇān..  
bahulatvānna śakyaṃte saṃkhyātuṃ te ca phālguna.. 30.61 ..

> Possessed of various prowess, of great heroism, adorned with diverse weapons— / because of their vast number, O Phālguna, they cannot be counted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.62)

mātaśca dadustasmai tadā mātṛgaṇānprabho..  
yābhirvyāptāstrayo lokāḥ kalyāṇībhiścarācarāḥ.. 30.62 ..

> And the mothers then gave him hosts of mothers, O lord, / auspicious ones by whom the three worlds of moving and unmoving beings are pervaded:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.63)

prabhāvatī viśālākṣī gopālā gonasā tathā..  
apsujātā bṛhaddaṃḍī kālikā bahuputrakā.. 30.63 ..

> Prabhāvatī, Viśālākṣī, Gopālā, Gonadā likewise, / Apsujātā, Bṛhaddaṇḍī, Kālikā, Bahuputrakā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.64)

bhayaṃkarī ca cakrāṃgī tīrthanemiśca mādhavī..  
gītapriyā alātākṣī caṭulā śalabhāmukhī.. 30.64 ..

> Bhayaṃkarī and Cakrāṅgī, Tīrthanemi, and Mādhavī, / Gītapriyā, Alātākṣī, Caṭulā, Śalabhāmukhī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.65)

vidyujjihvā rudrakālī śatolūkhalamekhalā..  
śataghaṃṭākiṃkiṇikā cakrākṣī catvarālayā.. 30.65 ..

> Vidyujjihvā, Rudrakālī, Śatolūkhalamekhalā, / Śataghaṇṭākiṅkiṇikā, Cakrākṣī, Catvarālayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.66)

pūtanā rodanā tvāmā koṭarā meghavāhinī..  
ūrdhvaveṇīdharā caiva jarāyurjarjarānanā.. 30.66 ..

> Pūtanā, Rodanā, Āmā, Koṭarā, Meghavāhinī, / Ūrdhvaveṇīdharā, and Jarāyu, Jarjarānanā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.67)

khaṭakheṭī dahadahā tathā dhamadhamā jayā..  
bahuveṇī bahuśīrā bahupādā bahustanī.. 30.67 ..

> Khaṭakheṭī, Dahadahā, likewise Dhamadhamā, Jayā, / Bahuveṇī, Bahuśīrā, Bahupādā, Bahustanī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.68)

śatolūkamukhī kṛṣṇā karṇaprāvaraṇā tathā..  
śūnyālayā dhānyavāsā paśudā dhānyadā sadā.. 30.68 ..

> Śatolūkamukhī, Kṛṣṇā, Karṇaprāvaraṇā likewise, / Śūnyālayā, Dhānyavāsā, Paśudā, and constantly Dhānyadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.69)

etāścānyāśca bahvyaśca mātaro bharatarṣabha..  
bahulatvādahaṃ tāsāṃ na saṃkhyātumihotsahe.. 30.69 ..

> These and many other mothers, O bull of the Bharatas— / because of their great number, I do not venture to count them here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.70)

vṛkṣacatvaravāsinyaścatuṣpathaniveśanāḥ..  
guhāsmaśānavāsinyaḥ śailaprasravaṇālayāḥ.. 30.70 ..

> Dwelling in trees and courtyards, having their homes at crossroads, / dwelling in caves and cremation grounds, having mountain cascades for their abode,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.71)

nānābharaṇaveṣāstā nānāmūrtidharāstathā..  
nānābhāṣāyudhadharāḥ parivavrustadā guham.. 30.71 ..

> bearing diverse ornaments and attire, displaying diverse forms, / speaking diverse languages and bearing diverse weapons, they then surrounded Guha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.72)

tataḥ sa śuśubhe śrīmānguho guha ivāparaḥ..  
saināpatye cābhiṣikto devairnānāmunīśvaraiḥ.. 30.72 ..

> Then glorious Guha shone like another Guha, / consecrated to the commandership of the army by the gods and various lords of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.73)

tataḥ praṇamya sarvāṃstā nekaikatvena pāvakiḥ..  
vriyatāṃ vara ityāha bhavabrahmapurogamān.. 30.73 ..

> Then, having bowed to all of them one by one, the son of the Fire-god / said to those led by Bhava and Brahmā: “Let a boon be chosen!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.28.73\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.28.73_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumāreśvaramāhātmye kārtikeyasya senānītve'bhiṣekavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 30 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, titled “Description of Kārttikeya's Consecration to the Commandership of the Army,” in the Kumāreśvaramāhātmya of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa of 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.1.4.28.1) — English, machine translation

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