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# Skandapurana 1.4.36: adhyāyaḥ 38

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 38

### [1.4.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.1)

..nārada uvāca..  
bhūmeryojanalakṣe ca kauravya ravimaṃḍalam..  
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi bhāskarasya ratho nava.. 38.1 ..

> Nārada said:  
> At one hundred thousand yojanas from the earth, O Kauravya, is the orb of the sun.  
> The chariot of the sun is nine thousand yojanas \[in extent\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.2)

īṣādaṃḍastataivāsya dviguṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ..  
sārdhakoṭistathā sapta niyutāni vivasvataḥ.. 38.2 ..

> Its pole is described as being twice that measure.  
> And the axle of the sun measures fifteen million seven hundred thousand \[yojanas\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.3)

yojanānāṃ tu tasyākṣastatra cakraṃ pratiṣṭhitam..  
trinābhi tacca paṃcāraṃ ṣaṇnemi parikīrtitam.. 38.3 ..

> Upon its axle of yojanas, the wheel is mounted;  
> it is described as having three naves, five spokes, and six fellies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.4)

catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi dvitīyo'kṣo'pi vistṛtaḥ..  
paṃca cānyāni sārddhāni syandanasya tu pāṃḍava.. 38.4 ..

> The second axle extends for forty-five thousand and a half \[yojanas\],  
> O Pāṇḍava, belonging to the chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.5)

akṣapramāṇamubhayoḥ pramāṇaṃ tadyugārddhayoḥ..  
hrasvo'kṣastadyugārddhaṃ ca dhruvādhāraṃ rathasya vai.. 38.5 ..

> The measure of the two axles is the measure of the two halves of the yoke.  
> The shorter axle and half the yoke are supported by Dhruva, for the chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.6)

dvitīyo'kṣastathā savye cakraṃ tanmānase sthitam..  
hayāśca sapta cchāṃdāṃsi teṣāṃ nāmāni me śrṛṇu.. 38.6 ..

> The second axle is on the left, and that wheel rests on Mount Mānasa.  
> The horses are the seven meters; hear their names from me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.7)

gāyatrī ca bṛhatyuṣṇigjagatī triṣṭuveva ca..  
anuṣṭuppaṃktirityuktāśchaṃdāṃsi harayo raveḥ.. 38.7 ..

> Gāyatrī, Bṛhatī, Uṣṇih, Jagatī, and Triṣṭubh,  
> Anuṣṭubh, and Paṅkti are said to be the meters that are the horses of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.8)

naivāstamanamarkasya nodayaḥ sarvadā sataḥ..  
udayāstamanākyaṃ hi darśanādarśanaṃ raveḥ.. 38.8 ..

> There is never setting nor rising for the sun, which exists always;  
> its rising and setting are merely its being seen and not being seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.9)

śakradīnāṃ pure tiṣṭhanspṛśatyeṣa puratrayam..  
vikīrṇo'to vikarṇasthastrikoṇārdhapure tathā.. 38.9 ..

> Standing in the city of Śakra and the others, he touches the three cities;  
> thus spread out, standing at the diagonal, and likewise in the half-city at the triangle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.10)

ayanasyottarasyādau makaraṃ yāti bhāskaraḥ..  
tataḥ kumbhaṃ ca mīnaṃ ca rāśe rāśyaṃtaraṃ tathā.. 38.10 ..

> at the beginning of the northern course, the sun enters Capricorn;  
> then Aquarius and Pisces, thus passing from one sign of the zodiac to another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.11)

triṣveteṣvatha bhukteṣu tato vaiṣuvatīṃ gatim..  
prayāti savitā kurvannahorātraṃ ca tatsamam.. 38.11 ..

> When he has passed through these three, the sun then goes  
> on the equinoctial course, making day and night equal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.12)

tato rātriḥ kṣayaṃ yāti vardhate tu dinaṃ dinam..  
tataśca mithunasyāṃte parāṃ kāṣṭhāmupāgataḥ.. 38.12 ..

> From then on the night decreases and the day increases day by day.  
> Then, at the end of Gemini, having reached the highest point,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.13)

rāśiṃ karkaṭakaṃ prāpya kurute dakṣiṇāyāṃnam..  
kulālacakraparyaṃto yathā śīghraṃ nivartate.. 38.13 ..

> and arrived at the sign of Cancer, he begins his southern course.  
> Just as the rim of a potter's wheel revolves swiftly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.14)

dakṣiṇāyakrame sūryastathā śīghraṃ nivartate..  
ativegitayā kālaṃ vāyumārgabalāccaran.. 38.14 ..

> so in the course of the southern journey the sun revolves swiftly,  
> moving through time with great velocity by the force of the wind's path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.15)

tasmātprakṛṣṭāṃ bhūmiṃ sa kālenālpena gacchati..  
kulālacakramadhyastho yatā maṃdaṃ prasarpati.. 38.15 ..

> Therefore, he travels over a vast distance of the earth in a short time.  
> Just as what is at the center of a potter's wheel moves slowly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.16)

tathodagayane sūryaḥ sarpate maṃdavikramaḥ..  
tasmāddīrgheṇa kālena bhūmimalpaṃ nigacchati.. 38.16 ..

> so in the northern course the sun moves with slow speed;  
> therefore, in a long time he traverses a small extent of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.17)

saṃdhyākāle ca maṃdehāḥ sūryamicchaṃti khāditum..  
prajāpatikṛtaḥ śāpasteṣāṃ phālguna rakṣasām.. 38.17 ..

> At twilight the Mandehas desire to devour the sun.  
> A curse was laid upon those demons by Prajāpati, O Phālguna:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.18)

akṣayatvaṃ śarīrāṇāṃ maraṇaṃ ca dinedine..  
tataḥ sūryasya tairyuddhaṃ bhavatyatyaṃtadāruṇam.. 38.18 ..

> the imperishability of their bodies, and their death day after day.  
> Then between them and the sun a most dreadful battle takes place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.19)

tato gāyatripūtaṃ yaddvijāstoyaṃ kṣipaṃti ca..  
tena dahyaṃti te pāpāḥ saṃdhyopāsanataḥ sadā.. 38.19 ..

> Then, the water purified by the Gāyatrī which the twice-born cast,  
> by that are those evil beings burned away through the twilight worship at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.20)

ye saṃdhyāṃ nāpyupāsaṃte kṛtaghnā yāṃti rauravam..  
pratimāsaṃ pṛthaksūrya ṛṣigandharvarākṣasaiḥ.. 38.20 ..

> Those who do not perform twilight worship, ungrateful, go to Raurava.  
> Month by month the sun travels separately accompanied by seven:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.21)

apsarogrāmaṇīsarpairatho yāti ca saptabhiḥ..  
dhātāryamā mitravaruṇau vivasvānindra eva ca.. 38.21 ..

> by seers, gandharvas, rākṣasas, apsarases, village-leaders, and serpents.  
> Dhātṛ, Aryaman, Mitra and Varuṇa, Vivasvat, and Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.22)

pūṣā ca savitā so'tha bhagastvaṣṭā ca kīrtitaḥ..  
viṣṇuścaitrādimāseṣu ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ.. 38.22 ..

> Pūṣan, Savitṛ, Bhaga, and Tvaṣṭṛ are declared,  
> and Viṣṇu: these are remembered as the twelve Ādityas in the months beginning with Caitra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.23)

tato divākarasthānānmaṃḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ sthitam..  
lakṣamātreṇa tasyāpi tricakro ratha ucyate.. 38.23 ..

> From the station of the sun, the orb of the moon is situated  
> at a distance of one hundred thousand \[yojanas\]; his chariot is said to have three wheels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.24)

kuṃdābhā daśa caivāśvā vāmadakṣiṇato yutāḥ..  
pūrṇe śatasahasre ca yojanānāṃ niśākarāt.. 38.24 ..

> Ten horses, white as jasmine, are harnessed on the left and right.  
> At a full one hundred thousand yojanas from the moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.25)

nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnamupariṣṭātprakāśate..  
caturdaśa cārbudānyapyaśītiḥ saritāṃpatiḥ.. 38.25 ..

> the entire circle of asterisms shines above.  
> One billion four hundred and eighty million,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.26)

viṃśatiśca tathā koṭyo nakṣatrāṇāṃ prakīrtitāḥ..  
dve lakṣe cottare tasmādbudho nakṣatramaṇḍalāt.. 38.26 ..

> and twenty crores are declared to be the number of asterisms.  
> Two hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above that circle of asterisms is Mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.27)

vāyvagnidravyasaṃbhūto rathaścaṃdrasutasya ca..  
piśaṃgaistura--- soṣṭābhirvāyavegibhiḥ.. 38.27 ..

> The chariot of the son of the Moon is made of the substances of wind and fire,  
> drawn by eight yellowish horses, swift as the wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.28)

dvilakṣaścottare tasmādbudhāccāpyuśanā smṛtaḥ..  
śukrasyāpi rathoṣṭābhiryukto'bhūtsaṃbhavairhayaiḥ.. 38.28 ..

> Two hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above Mercury is remembered Uśanas;  
> Venus's chariot is also yoked to eight horses of water-born origin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.29)

lakṣadvayena bhaumasya smṛto devapurohitaḥ..  
aṣṭābhiḥ pāṃḍurairaśvairyukto'sya kāṃcanorathaḥ.. 38.29 ..

> Two hundred thousand \[yojanas\] \[above\] Mars is the priest of the gods;  
> his golden chariot is yoked to eight pale horses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.30)

saurirbṛhaspateścordhvaṃ dvilakṣe samupasthitaḥ..  
ākāśasaṃbhavairaśvairaṣṭābhiḥ śabalai rathaḥ.. 38.30 ..

> Saturn is situated two hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above Jupiter;  
> his chariot is drawn by eight dappled horses born of the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.31)

svarbhānosturagāścāṣṭau bhṛṃgābhā dhūsarāratham..  
vahaṃti ca sakṛdyuktā ādityādhaḥsthitāstathā.. 38.31 ..

> The eight horses of Svarbhānu, black as bees and dusky, draw the chariot,  
> harnessed only once, and situated below the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.32)

saurerlakṣaṃ smṛtaṃ cordhvaṃ tataḥ saptarṣimaṇḍalam..  
ṛṣibhyaścāpi lakṣeṇa dhruvaścordhvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ.. 38.32 ..

> One hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above Saturn is known the circle of the Seven Seers;  
> and one hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above the seers is situated Dhruva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.33)

meḍhībhūtaḥ samastasya jyotiścakrasya vai dhruvaḥ..  
dhruvo'pi śiṃśumārasya pucchādhāre vyavasthitaḥ.. 38.33 ..

> Dhruva is the pivot-pole for the entire wheel of constellations;  
> Dhruva is also situated at the base of the tail of the Śiṃśumāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.34)

yamāhurvāsudevasya rūpamātmānamavyayam..  
vāyupāśairdhruve baddhaṃ sarvametacca phālguna.. 38.34 ..

> which they call the form of Vāsudeva, the imperishable Self.  
> All of this, O Phālguna, is bound to Dhruva with bonds of wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.35)

navayojanasāhasraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savituḥ smṛtam..  
dviguṇaṃ sūryavistārānmaṇḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtam.. 38.35 ..

> The orb of the sun is remembered to be nine thousand yojanas \[in diameter\];  
> the orb of the moon is remembered to be twice the extent of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.36)

tulyastayostu svarbhānurbhūtvādhastātprasarpati..  
uddhṛtya pṛthivīcchāyāṃ nirmalāṃ maṇḍalākṛtiḥ.. 38.36 ..

> Svarbhānu, equal to them, moving below,  
> assuming a circular shape, draws up the pure shadow of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.37)

candrasya ṣoḍaśo bhāgo bhārgavaśca vidhīyate..  
bhārgavātpādahīnastu vijñeyo'tha bṛhaspatiḥ.. 38.37 ..

> Venus is prescribed as one-sixteenth of the moon;  
> Jupiter should be understood as one-fourth less than Venus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.38)

bṛhaspateḥ pādahīnau vakrasaurī budhastathā..  
śatāni paṃca catvāritrīṇi dve caikayojanam.. 38.38 ..

> Mars and Saturn are one-fourth less than Jupiter, and so is Mercury.  
> Five hundred, four hundred, three hundred, two hundred, and one yojana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.39)

yojanārdhapramāṇāni bhāni hrasvaṃ na vidyate..  
bhūmilokaśca bhūrlokaḥ pādagamyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ.. 38.39 ..

> and measuring half a yojana are the asterisms; there is none smaller.  
> Bhūrloka is the terrestrial realm, declared to be accessible on foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.40)

bhūmisūryāṃtaraṃ tacca bhuvarlokaḥ prakīrtitaḥ..  
dhruvasūryāṃtaraṃ tacca niyutāni caturdaśa.. 38.40 ..

> The space between the earth and the sun is declared to be Bhuvarloka.  
> The distance between Dhruva and the sun is one million four hundred thousand \[yojanas\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.41)

svarlokaḥ so'pi gadito lokasaṃsthānaciṃtakaiḥ..  
dhruvādūrdhvaṃ tathā koṭacirmaharlokaḥ prakīrtitaḥ.. 38.41 ..

> that is spoken of as Svarloka by those who contemplate the arrangement of the worlds.  
> Above Dhruva at ten million \[yojanas\] is declared Maharloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.42)

dve koṭyau ca jano yatra nivasaṃti catuḥsanāḥ..  
caturbhiścāpi koṭībhistapolokastataḥ smaॉtaḥ.. 38.42 ..

> And Janaloka is two crores \[yojanas higher\], where the Four Sanas reside. / And Tapoloka is remembered four crores \[yojanas\] from there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.43)

vairājā yatra te devāḥ sthitā dāhavivarjitāḥ..  
ṣaḍguṇena tapolokātsatyaloko virājate.. 38.43 ..

> Where those Vairāja deities abide, free from burning heat. / Satyaloka shines at six times the distance from Tapoloka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.44)

apunarmarakā yatra brahmaloko hi sa smṛtaḥ..  
aṣṭādasa tathā koṭyo lakṣāṇyaśītipaṃca ca.. 38.44 ..

> Where beings do not die again; it is known indeed as Brahmaloka. / Eighteen crores and eighty-five lakhs \[of yojanas higher\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.45)

śubhaṃ nirupamaṃ sthānaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ saṃprakāśate..  
bhūrbhūvaḥsvariti proktaṃ trailokyaṃ kṛtakaṃ tvidam.. 38.45 ..

> Shines that auspicious, peerless abode above. / Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, and Svaḥ are proclaimed: this is the transient threefold world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.46)

janastapastathā satyamiti cākṛtakaṃ trayam..  
kṛtakākṛtayormadhye marharloka iti smṛtaḥ.. 38.46 ..

> While Jana, Tapas, and Satya—these three are imperishable. / Between the transient and the imperishable, Maharloka is recorded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.47)

śūnyo bhavati kalpāṃte yotyaṃtaṃ na vinaśyati..  
ete sapta samākhyātā lokāḥ puṇyairupārjitāḥ.. 38.47 ..

> It becomes empty at the end of a kalpa, but it does not completely perish. / These seven worlds have been described, attained through merits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.48)

yajñairdānairjapairhomaistīrthairvratasamuccayaiḥ..  
vedādiproktairanyaiśca sādhyām̐llokānimānviduḥ.. 38.48 ..

> Through sacrifices, gifts, recitations, oblations, sacred fords, and sets of vows; / they know these worlds are to be attained through other \[rites\] taught beginning with the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.49)

tataścāṃḍasya śiraso dhārā nīramayī śivā..  
sarvalokānsamāplāvya gaṃgā merāvupāgatā.. 38.49 ..

> And then from the crown of the cosmic egg, an auspicious stream composed of water, / bathing all the worlds, the Gaṅgā, arrived at Mount Meru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.50)

tato mahītalaṃ sarvaṃ pātālaṃ praviveśa sā..  
aṃḍamūrdhni sthitā devī satataṃ dvāravāsinī.. 38.50 ..

> Then it entered the entire surface of the earth and Pātāla. / The goddess residing at the crest of the cosmic egg dwells constantly at the doorway,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.51)

devīnāṃ koṭikoṭībhiḥ saṃvṛtā piṃgalena ca..  
tatra sthitā sadā rakṣāṃ kurute'ṇḍasya sā śubhā.. 38.51 ..

> Surrounded by crores of crores of goddesses and by Piṅgala. / Remaining there, that auspicious goddess always protects the cosmic egg;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.52)

nihaṃti duṣṭasaṃghātānmahābalaparākramā..  
vāyuskaṃdhāni saptāpiśrṛṇuyadvatsthitānyapi.. 38.52 ..

> Possessing great strength and valour, she strikes down hordes of wicked beings. / Hear also how the seven wind-courses are stationed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.53)

pṛthivīṃ samabhikramya saṃsthito meghamaṃḍale..  
pravahonāma yo meghānpravahatyatiśaktimān.. 38.53 ..

> Having encompassed the earth, stationed in the sphere of clouds, / the very powerful wind named Pravaha blows forth the clouds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.54)

dhūmajāśvoṣmajā meghāḥ sāmudraiyana pūritāḥ..  
toyairbhavaṃti nīlāṃgā varṣiṣṭhāścaiva bhārata.. 38.54 ..

> Filled by it with ocean waters, the clouds born of smoke and born of heat / become dark-bodied and produce abundant rain, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.55)

dvitīyaścāvaho nāma nibaddhaḥ sūryamaṃḍale..  
tena baddhaṃ dhruveṇedaṃ bhrāmyate sūryamaṃḍalam.. 38.55 ..

> The second \[wind\] is named Āvaha, fastened to the solar sphere; / tied by it to Dhruva, this solar sphere is made to rotate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.56)

tṛtīyaścodvaho nāma caṃdraskaṃdhe pratiṣṭhitaḥ..  
baddhaṃ dhruveṇa yenedaṃ bhrāmyate caṃdramaṃḍalam.. 38.56 ..

> The third is named Udvaha, established in the lunar sphere; / tied by it to Dhruva, this lunar sphere is made to rotate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.57)

caturthaḥ saṃvaho nāma sthito nakṣatramaṇḍale..  
vātaraśmibhirābaddhaṃ dhruveṇa saha bhrāmyate.. 38.57 ..

> The fourth is named Saṃvaha, situated in the sphere of the asterisms; / tied together with Dhruva by rays of wind, it is made to rotate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.58)

graheṣu paṃcamaḥ so'pi vivaho nāma mārutaḥ..  
grahacakramidaṃ yena bhrāmyate dhruvasaṃdhitam.. 38.58 ..

> The fifth wind among the planets is Vivaha; / by it this circle of planets, joined to Dhruva, is made to rotate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.59)

ṣaṣṭhaḥ parivaho nāma sthitaḥ saptarṣimaṃḍale..  
bhramaṃti dhruvasaṃbaddhā yena saptarṣayo divi.. 38.59 ..

> The sixth is named Parivaha, stationed in the constellation of the Seven Seers; / tied to Dhruva by it, the Seven Seers revolve in the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.60)

saptamaśca dhruve baddho vāyurnāmnā parāvahaḥ..  
yena saṃsthāpitaṃ dhrauvyaṃ cakraṃ cānyāni bhārata.. 38.60 ..

> And the seventh wind, fastened to Dhruva, is named Parāvaha; / by it the polar cycle and the others have been fixed, O descendant of Bharata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.61)

yaṃ samāsādya vegena diśāmaṃtaṃ prapedire..  
dakṣasya daśa putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi prajāpateḥ.. 38.61 ..

> Reaching which with speed, the ten thousand sons / of the Prajāpati Dakṣa attained the end of the directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.62)

evamete diteḥ putrāḥ saptasapta vyavasthitāḥ..  
anāramaṃtaḥ saṃvāṃti sarvagāḥ sarvadhāriṇaḥ.. 38.62 ..

> Thus these sons of Diti stand arranged in seven groups of seven. / Never ceasing, they blow, going everywhere, supporting all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.63)

dhruvādūrdhvamasūryaṃ cāpyanakṣatramatārakam..  
svatejasā svaśaktyā cādhiṣṭhitāste hi nityadā.. 38.63 ..

> Above Dhruva, there is neither sun, nor asterisms, nor stars; / established by their own splendour and power, they are eternal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.64)

ityūrdhvaṃ te samākhyāṃtaṃ pātālānyatha me śrṛṇu.. 38.64 ..

> Thus the regions above have been related to you; now hear from me about the subterranean realms."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.36.64\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.36.64_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhāsryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumārikākyāne lokavyavasthitivarmanaṃnāmāṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 38 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Arrangement of the Worlds', in the Kumārikā narrative of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compilation of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.36.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.8.6) — Sanskrit
- [Śivatattvaratnakālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.sivatattvaratnakalika.3.76) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1585, Sanskrit

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