[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) › 1.4.29 # Skandapurana 1.4.29: adhyāyaḥ 31 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 31 ### [1.4.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.1) ..nārada uvāca.. te cainaṃ yojya cāśīrbhirayācaṃta varaṃ guham.. eṣa eva varo'smākaṃ yatpāpaṃ tārakaṃ jahi.. 31.1 .. > Nārada said: / And having joined him with blessings, they asked a boon of Guha: / “This alone is our boon: slay the wicked Tāraka!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.2) evamastviti tānuktvā yogoyoga iti bruvan.. tārakārimahātejā mayūraṃ cādhyarohata.. 31.2 .. > Having said to them, “So be it,” and declaring “Preparation! Preparation!”, / the enemy of Tāraka, possessed of great splendor, mounted the peacock. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.3) śaktihasto vinadyātha guho devāṃstadābravīt.. yadyadya tārakaṃ pāpaṃ nāhaṃ hanmi surottamāḥ.. 31.3 .. > Spear in hand, having roared, Guha then addressed the gods: / “If today I do not slay the wicked Tāraka, O best of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.4) gobrāhmaṇāvamantṝṇāṃ tato yāmi gatiṃ sphuṭam.. evaṃ tena pratijñāte śabdo'tisumahānabhūt.. 31.4 .. > then clearly I shall go to the destination of those who insult cows and brahmins!” / When this vow was made by him, an exceedingly great roar arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.5) yogoyoga iti prāhurājñayā śarajanmanaḥ.. arajo vāsasī rakte vasānaḥ pārvatīsutaḥ.. 31.5 .. > “Preparation! Preparation!” they shouted at the command of the reed-born god. / Clothed in two dustless red garments, the son of Pārvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.6) athāgre sarvadevānāṃ sthito vīro yayau mudā.. tasya keturalaṃ bhāti caraṇāyudhaśobhitaḥ.. 31.6 .. > standing at the head of all the gods, the hero went forth with joy. / His banner shone brightly, adorned with a rooster. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.7) caraṇābhyāṃ caraṇābhyāṃ girīñchakto yo vidārayituṃ raṇe.. yā ceṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ prabhā śāṃtirbalaṃ yathā.. 31.7 .. > He who was capable of splitting mountains with both feet in battle— / whatever activity, radiance, tranquil strength all living beings have, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.8) tanmayā guhaśaktiḥ sā bhṛśaṃ haste vyarocata.. yaddārḍhyaṃ sarvalokeṣu tanmayaṃ kavacaṃ tathā.. 31.8 .. > composed of that, that spear of Guha shone intensely in his hand. / Whatever firmness exists in all the worlds, an armor composed of that > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.9) yotsyamānasya vīrasya deheprādurabhūtsvayam.. dharmaḥ satyamasaṃmohastejaḥ kāṃtatvamakṣatiḥ.. 31.9 .. > manifested of its own accord upon the body of the hero about to fight. / Righteousness, truth, freedom from delusion, splendor, charm, invulnerability, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.10) balamojaḥ kṛpā cava baddhā karayugaṃ tathā.. ādeśakārīṇyagre'sya svayaṃ tasthurmahātmanaḥ.. 31.10 .. > might, vigor, and compassion, with folded hands, / carrying out his orders, stood of their own accord before that great-souled one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.11) tamagre cāpi gacchaṃtaṃ pṛṣṭhatonuyayau haraḥ.. rathenādityavarṇena pārvatyā sahitaḥ prabhuḥ.. 31.11 .. > And as he went ahead, Hara followed behind him, / the lord along with Pārvatī on a sun-colored chariot > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.12) nirmitena hareṇaiva svayamīśena līlayā.. sahasraṃ tasya siṃhānāṃ tasminyuktaṃ rathottame.. 31.12 .. > fashioned in play by Hara himself, the sovereign Lord. / A thousand lions were yoked to that supreme chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.13) abhīṣūnpuruṣavyāghra brahmā ca jagṛhe svayam.. te pibaṃta ivākāśaṃ trāsayaṃtaścarācaram.. 31.13 .. > Brahmā himself, O tiger among men, held the reins. / As if drinking the sky, terrifying moving and unmoving beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.14) siṃhā rathasya gacchaṃto nadaṃtaścārukesarāḥ.. tasminrathe paśupatiḥ sthito bhātyumayā saha.. 31.14 .. > the lions of the chariot advanced, roaring, with beautiful manes. / Paśupati, standing upon that chariot together with Umā, shone > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.15) vidyutā meḍitaḥ sūryaḥ seṃdracāpaghano yathā.. agratastasya bhagavāndhaneśo guhyakaiḥ saha.. 31.15 .. > like the sun enveloped by lightning, like a cloud with a rainbow. / In front of him, the blessed lord of wealth, along with the Guhyakas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.16) āsthāya ruciraṃ yāti puṣpakaṃ naravāhanaḥ.. airāvaṇaṃ samāstāya śakraścāpi suraiḥ saha.. 31.16 .. > having mounted the splendid Puṣpaka, rode, borne by a man. / Śakra too, having mounted Airāvaṇa, together with the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.17) pṛṣṭhatonuyayau yāṃtaṃ varadaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam.. tasya dakṣiṇato devā marutaścitrayodhinaḥ.. 31.17 .. > followed behind the boon-granting bull-bannered god as he went. / To his right, the Maruts, gods of wondrous warfare, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.18) gacchaṃti vasubhiḥ sārdhaṃ rudraiśca saha saṃgatāḥ.. yamaśca mṛtyunā sārdhaṃ sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ.. 31.18 .. > advanced along with the Vasus, united with the Rudras. / And Yama, accompanied by Death, surrounded on all sides > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.19) ghorairvyādhiśataiścāpi savyato yāti kopitaḥ.. yamasya pṛṣṭhataścāpi ghorastriśikharaḥ sitaḥ.. 31.19 .. > by hundreds of terrible diseases, proceeded on the left in wrath. / And behind Yama went the trident called Vijaya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.20) vijayonāma rudrasya yāti śūlaḥ svayaṃ kṛtaḥ.. tamugrapāśo bhagavanvaruṇaḥ salileśvaraḥ.. 31.20 .. > fashioned by Rudra himself, terrible, three-pronged, and white. / Surrounding it by hundreds, the blessed Varuṇa, lord of waters, bearing a dreadful noose, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.21) parivārya śataiyāti yādobhirvividhairvṛtaḥ.. pṛṣṭhato vijayasyāpi yāti rudrasya paṭṭiśaḥ.. 31.21 .. > went forth, surrounded by diverse aquatic creatures. / And behind Vijaya went Rudra's paṭṭiśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.22) gadāmuśalaśaktyādyairvarapraharaṇairvṛtaḥ.. paṭṭiśaṃ cānvagātpārtha astraṃ pāśupataṃ mahat.. 31.22 .. > surrounded by excellent weapons: maces, clubs, spears, and others. / And the great Pāśupata weapon, O Pārtha, followed the paṭṭiśa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.23) bahuśīrṣaṃ mahāghoramekapādaṃ bahūdaram.. kamaṃḍaluścāsya paścānmaharṣigaṇasevitaḥ.. 31.23 .. > many-headed, exceedingly terrible, single-footed, and multi-bellied. / And behind it was his water-pot, attended by hosts of great seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.24) tasya dakṣiṇato bhāti daṇḍo gacchañchriyā vṛtaḥ.. bhṛgvaṃgirobhiḥ sahito devairapya bhipūjitaḥ.. 31.24 .. > To its right shone the staff, proceeding surrounded with majesty, / accompanied by the Bhṛgus and Aṅgirases, revered even by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.25) rākṣasāścānyadevāśca gandharvā bhujagāstathā.. nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca munayo'psarasāṃ gaṇāḥ.. 31.25 .. > Rākṣasas and other gods, gandharvas, serpents likewise, / rivers, streams, and oceans, sages, and troops of apsarases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.26) nakṣatrāṇi grahāścaiva jaṃgamaṃ sthāvaraṃ tathā.. mātaraśca mahādevamanujagmuḥ kṣudhānvitāḥ.. 31.26 .. > lunar mansions and planets, the moving and the unmoving, / and the mothers, gripped by hunger, followed Mahādeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.27) sarveṣāṃ pṛṣṭhataścāsīttārkṣyastho buddhimānhariḥ.. pālayanpṛtanāṃ sarvāṃ svaparīvārasaṃvṛtaḥ.. 31.27 .. > And behind everyone came wise Hari, mounted on Tārkṣya, / protecting the entire army, surrounded by his own retinue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.28) evaṃ sainyasamopeta uttaraṃ taṭamāgataḥ.. tāmraprākāramāśritya tasthau tryaṃbakanaṃdanaḥ.. 31.28 .. > Thus accompanied by the army, having arrived at the northern bank, / the son of Tryambaka halted, taking his position by the copper rampart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.29) sa tārakapurasyāpi paśyanṛddhi manuttamām.. visiṣmiye mahāsenaḥ praśaśaṃsa tapo'sya ca.. 31.29 .. > Beholding the incomparable prosperity of Tāraka's city, / Mahāsena was astonished, and he praised his austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.30) sthitaḥ paśyansa śuśubhe mayūrastho guhastadā.. chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena svayaṃ somasamastviṣā.. 31.30 .. > Stationed upon his peacock, Guha shone then as he gazed, / under a parasol held above him, himself resembling the moon in brilliance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.31) vījyamānaścāmarābhyāṃ vāyvagribhyāṃ mahādyutiḥ.. mātṛbhiśca surairdattaiḥ svairgaṇairapi saṃvṛtaḥ.. 31.31 .. > fanned with two chowries by Vāyu and Agni, possessing great splendor, / surrounded by the Mothers, by \[gods\] given by the gods, and by his own attendants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.32) tataḥ praṇamya taṃ śakro deva madhye vaco'bravīt.. paśyapaśya mahāsena daityānāṃ balaśālinām.. 31.32 .. > Then Śakra, bowing down to him amidst the gods, said these words: / 'Behold, behold, O Mahāsena, \[the city\] of the mighty Daityas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.33) ye tvāṃ kālaṃ na jānaṃti martyā gṛharatā iva.. eteṣāṃ ca gṛhe dūto yastvāṃ śaṃsatu tārakam.. 31.33 .. > who do not recognize you as Death, like mortals attached to their homes! / Let a messenger go to their home who may proclaim you to Tāraka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.34) vīrāṇāmucitaṃ tvetatkīrtidaṃ ca mahājane.. anujñayā tataḥ skandabhaktaṃ śakro dhanaṃjaya.. 31.34 .. > For this is fitting for heroes, and it brings renown among the great.' / Thereupon, with \[Skanda's\] permission, Śakra, O Dhanañjaya, \[spoke to me,\] Skanda's devotee; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.35) māmādiśyāsurendrāya prāhiṇoddautyayogyakam.. ahaṃ svayaṃ gantukāmaḥ śakreṇāpi ca preṣitaḥ.. 31.35 .. > instructing me, fit for an embassy, he dispatched me to the king of the Asuras. / Desiring to go myself, and also sent by Śakra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.36) prāsāde strīsahasrāṇāṃ prāvocaṃ madhyato'pyaham.. asurādhamadurbuddhe śakrastvāmāha tacchṛṇu.. 31.36 .. > in the palace, even in the midst of thousands of women, I spoke: / 'O lowest of Asuras, evil-minded one, Śakra speaks to you; listen to this! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.37) yajjagaddalanādāptaṃ kilbiṣaṃ dānava tvayā.. tasyāhaṃ nāśakaste'dya puruṣaścedbhaviṣyasi.. 31.37 .. > The guilt that was incurred by you, O Dānava, from crushing the world— / I am the destroyer of that for you today, if you will act like a man! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.38) śīghraṃ niḥsara pāpiṣṭha niḥsariṣyasi cenna hi.. kṣaṇāttava puraṃ kṣepsye pāvitryāyaiva sāgare.. 31.38 .. > Come out quickly, most wicked one! If you do not come out, / in a moment I will cast your city into the ocean for its purification!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.39) iti śrutvā rūkṣavācaṃ kruddhaḥ strīgaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ.. muṣṭimudyamyamā'dhāvadbhītaścāhaṃ palāyitaḥ.. 31.39 .. > Hearing these harsh words, enraged, surrounded by a host of women, / he ran at me with raised fist, and I fled in fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.40) vyākulastatra vṛttāṃtaṃ kumārāya nyavedayam.. mayi cāpyāgate daityaściṃtayāmāsa cetasi.. 31.40 .. > Agitated, I reported the incident there to Kumāra; / and when I had gone, the Daitya reflected in his mind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.41) nālabdha saṃśrayaḥ śakro vaktumetadihārhati.. nimittāni ca ghorāṇi saṃtrāsaṃ janayaṃti me.. 31.41 .. > 'Without having found a refuge, Śakra would not be fit to say this here; / and terrible omens produce terror in me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.42) evaṃ viciṃtya cotthāya gavākṣaṃ sodhyarohata.. sahasrabhaumikāvāsaśrṛṅgavātāyanasthitaḥ.. 31.42 .. > Having reflected thus and arisen, he climbed up to an oriel window; / stationed at the window on the summit of his thousand-storied dwelling, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.43) apaśyaddevasainyaṃ sa divaṃ bhūmiṃ ca saṃvṛtam.. ratairgajairhayaiścāpi nāditāśca diśo daśa.. 31.43 .. > he beheld the army of the gods covering heaven and earth, / and the ten directions resounding with chariots, elephants, and horses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.44) vimānaiścādbhutākāraiḥ kiṃnarodgītanāditaiḥ.. dundubhibhirgoviṣāṇaistālaiḥ śaṃkhaiśca nāditaiḥ.. 31.44 .. > with aerial chariots of wondrous forms resplendent with the song of Kinnaras, / and noisy with kettle-drums, cow-horns, cymbals, and conches. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.45) akṣobhyāmiva tāṃ senāṃ dṛṣṭvā so'ciṃtayattadā.. ete mayā jitāḥ pūrvaṃ kasmādbhūyaḥ samāgatāḥ.. 31.45 .. > Seeing that army, unshakeable as it were, he then thought: / 'These were conquered by me before; why have they come together again?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.46) iti ciṃtāparo daityaḥ śuśrāva kaṭukākṣaram.. devabaṃdibhirudvuṣṭaṃ ghoraṃ hṛdayadāraṇam.. 31.46 .. > While the Daitya was thus absorbed in thought, he heard bitter words / chanted by the bards of the gods, dread and heart-rending: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.47) jayātu laśaktidīdhitipiṃjararucāruṇamaṃḍalabhujodbhāsitadevasainya puravanakumudakānanavikāsaneṃdo kumāranātha jaya ditikulamahodadhivaḍavānala madhuraravamayūraravāsuramukuṭakūṭakuṭṭitacaraṇanakhāṃkura mahāsena tārakavaṃśaśuṣkatṛmadāvānala yogīśvarayaॉ yogijanahṛdayagaganavitataciṃtāsaṃtānasaṃtamasanodanakharakiraṇakalpanakhanikaravirājitacaraṇakamala skanda jaya bāla saptavāsara bhuvanāvaliśokasaṃdahana.. 31.47 .. > 'Victory to the commander of the Kumāras, who illuminates the army of the gods with the red disc of his arms shining with the luster of the flashes of his peerless spear, the moon making bloom the groves of white water-lilies of the city's gardens! Victory, O submarine fire to the great ocean of Diti's race, whose foot-sprouts of nails are crushed against the tops of the diadems of the Asuras roaring like sweet-sounding peacocks, Mahāsena, forest fire to the dry grass of the line of Tāraka, lord of yogins, whose lotus feet are adorned with a cluster of nails that act like sharp rays driving away the deep darkness of the chain of anxious thoughts spread across the sky of the hearts of yogins, Skanda! Victory, O child of seven days, consumer of the grief of the worlds!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.48) namo namastestu manoramāya namostu te sādhubhayāpahāya.. namostu te bālakṛtācalāya namonamo nāśaya devaśatrūn.. 31.48 .. > 'Homage, homage be to you, the delightful one! Homage be to you, the remover of fear for the virtuous! / Homage be to you, who made mountains firm while a boy! Homage, homage! Destroy the enemies of the gods!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29.48\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29.48_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumāreśvaramāhātmye kumārasya tārakāsunaranagaraṃ prati gamanavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 31 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, titled 'Description of Kumāra's March to the City of the Asura Tāraka,' in the Kumāreśvaramāhātmya of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, in the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the 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.1.4.29.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.29) · Pramāṇa