[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) › 1.4.37 # Skandapurana 1.4.37: adhyāyaḥ 39 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 39 ### [1.4.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.1) ..nārada uvāca.. sahasrasaptatyucchrāye pātālāni parasparam.. atalaṃ vitalaṃ caiva nitalaṃ ca rasātalam.. 39.1 .. > Nārada said: / "With an extent of seventy thousand \[yojanas\] mutually are the subterranean realms: / Atala, Vitala, Nitala, Rasātala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.2) talātalaṃ ca sutalaṃ pātālaṃ cāpi saptamam.. kṛṣṇaśuklāruṇāḥ pītāḥ śarkarāśailakāṃcanāḥ.. 39.2 .. > Talātala, Sutala, and Pātāla is the seventh. / Their grounds are black, white, reddish, yellow, gravelly, rocky, and golden, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.3) bhūmayo yatra kauravya varaprāsādaśobhitāḥ.. teṣu dānavadaiteyanāgāścaiva sahasrasaḥ.. 39.3 .. > Adorned with excellent mansions, O descendant of Kuru. / In them dwell Dānavas, Daiteyas, and serpents by the thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.4) svarlokādapi ramyāṇi dṛṣṭāni bahuśo mayā.. āhlādakāriṇo nānāmaṇyo yatra pannagaḥ.. 39.4 .. > They are more delightful than even heaven, as seen by me many times; / where serpents possess various gems that bring delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.5) daityadānavakanyābhirmahārūpābhiranvite.. pātāle kasya na prītirvimuktasyāpi jāyate.. 39.5 .. > Filled with the daughters of Daityas and Dānavas of magnificent beauty, / in Pātāla, who would not feel joy, even one who is liberated? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.6) yatra noṣṇaṃ na vā śītaṃ na varṣaṃ duḥkhameva ca.. bhakṣyabhojyamahābhogakālo yatrāpi jāyate.. 39.6 .. > Where there is neither heat nor cold, neither rain nor misery, / and where the time is spent in great enjoyment of food and delicacies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.7) pātāle saptame cāsti liṃgaṃ śrīhāṭakeśvaram.. brahmaṇā sthāpitaṃ pārtha sahasrayojanocchritam.. 39.7 .. > And in the seventh subterranean realm is the liṅga Śrī-Hāṭakeśvara, / erected by Brahmā, O son of Pṛthā, a thousand yojanas in height. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.8) hāṭakasya tu liṃgasya prāsādo yojanāyutaḥ.. sarvaratnamayo divyo nānāścayavibhūṣitaḥ.. 39.8 .. > The temple of that golden liṅga measures ten thousand yojanas, / celestial, made of all jewels, adorned with various wonders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.9) taccāryaṃti talliṃgaṃ nānānāgendrasattamāḥ.. tadadhastājjalaṃ bhūri tasyādho narakāḥ smṛtāḥ.. 39.9 .. > And the best among various serpent-kings worship that liṅga. / Below that is abundant water, and below that, the hells are remembered, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.10) pāpino yeṣu pātyaṃte tāñchṛṇuṣva mahāmate.. koṭayaḥ paṃcapaṃcāśadrājānaścaikaviṃśati.. 39.10 .. > Into which sinners are cast down; hear of them, O great-minded one. / There are fifty-five crores, and twenty-one are chief \[hells\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.11) rauravaḥ śūkaro rodhastālo viśasanastathā.. mahājvālastaptakumbho lavaṇotha vimohakaḥ.. 39.11 .. > Raurava, Śūkara, Rodha, Tāla, as well as Viśasana, / Mahājvāla, Taptakumbha, Lavaṇa, and Vimohaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.12) rudhirāṃdho vaitaraṇī kṛmiśaḥ kṛmibhojanaḥ.. asipatravanaṃ kṛṣṇo lālābhakṣyaśca dārumaḥ.. 39.12 .. > Rudhirāndha, Vaitaraṇī, Kṛmiśa, Kṛmibhojana, / Asipatravana, Kṛṣṇa, and the dreadful Lālābhakṣya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.13) tathā pūyavahaḥ pāpo vahnijvālo'pyadhaḥśirāḥ.. saṃdaṃśaḥ kṛṣṇasūtraśca tamaścāvīcirevaca.. 39.13 .. > Likewise the sinful Pūyavaha, Vahnijvāla, and Adhaḥśiras, / Saṃdaṃśa, Kṛṣṇasūtra, Tamas, and Avīci, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.14) śvabhojano visūciścāpyavīciśca tathā'paraḥ.. kūṭasākṣī rauravaṃ ca rodhaṃ goviprarodhakaḥ.. 39.14 .. > Śvabhojana, Visūci, and yet another Avīci. / A false witness goes to Raurava, and one who confines cows and brahmins to Rodha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.15) surāpaḥ sūkaraṃ yāti tālaṃ mithyāma nuṣyahā.. gurutalpī taptakumbhaṃ taptalohaṃ ca bhaktahā.. 39.15 .. > A wine-drinker goes to Śūkara; a killer of men through deceit goes to Tāla; / a violator of the guru's bed goes to Taptakumbha; and one who ruins a devotee goes to Taptaloha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.16) gurūṇāmavamaṃtā yaco mahājvāle nipātyate.. lavaṇaṃ śāstrahaṃtā ca nirmaryādo vimohake.. 39.16 .. > One who despises gurus is cast into Mahājvāla; / a destroyer of scriptures goes to Lavaṇa; and a transgressor of bounds to Vimohaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.17) kṛmibhakṣye devadveṣṭā kṛmiśe tu duriṣṭakṛt.. pitṛdevātpūrvamaśrallām̐lābhakṣye prayāti ca.. 39.17 .. > A hater of the gods goes to Kṛmibhakṣya, but a performer of evil sacrifices goes to Kṛmiśa; / one who eats before \[offering to\] ancestors and gods goes to Lālābhakṣya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.18) mithyājīvavirodhī viśasane kūṭaśastrakṛt.. adhomukhe hyasadgrāhī ekāśī pūyavāhake.. 39.18 .. > One who opposes a false livelihood, and a maker of deceitful weapons goes to Viśasana; / one who accepts evil goes indeed to Adhomukha; one who eats alone goes to Pūyavāhaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.19) mārjjārakukkuṭaśvānapakṣipoṣṭā prayāti ca.. badhirāṃdhagṛhakṣetratṛṇadhānyādijvālakaḥ.. 39.19 .. > And a rearer of cats, cocks, dogs, and birds goes \[to hell\]; / one who sets fire to houses of the deaf and blind, to fields, grass, grain, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.20) nakṣatraraṃgajīvī ca yāti vaitaraṇīṃ naraḥ.. dhanayauvanamatto yo dhanahā kṛṣṇameti saḥ.. 39.20 .. > And a person who lives by astrology or the stage goes to Vaitaraṇī; / one who is arrogant through wealth and youth, and a stealer of wealth, goes to Kṛṣṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.21) asipatravanaṃ yāti vṛkṣacchedī vṛthaiva yat.. kuhakājīvinaḥ sarve vahnijvāle pataṃti te.. 39.21 .. > He who fells trees in vain goes to Asipatravana (the Forest of Sword Leaves); / all those who live by deceit fall into the blaze of fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.22) parastrīṃ ca parānnaṃ ca gacchansaṃdaṃśameti ca.. divāsvapnaparā ye vratalopaparāśca ye.. 39.22 .. > He who approaches another man’s wife and consumes another man’s food goes to Saṃdaṃśa (the Pincers); / and so do those devoted to daytime sleep and those intent on breaking vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.23) śarīramadamattāśca yāṃti caite śvabhojanam.. śivaṃ hariṃ na manyaṃte yāṃtyavīcinameva ca.. 39.23 .. > And those intoxicated by bodily pride go to Śvabhojana (Dog-Food); / those who do not respect Śiva and Hari go to Avīci itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.24) ityevamādibhiḥ pāpairaśāstraughasya sevanaiḥ.. pataṃtyeva mahāghoranarakeṣu sahasraśaḥ.. 39.24 .. > Through sins such as these, by resorting to the multitude of unscriptural ways, / \[people\] fall by thousands into terrible hells. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.25) tasmādya icchedetebhyo vimokṣaṃ buddhimānnaraḥ.. śrutimārgeṇa tenārcyau devau hariharāvubhau.. 39.25 .. > Therefore, a wise man who desires deliverance from these / should worship both gods, Hari and Hara, according to the Vedic path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.26) narakāṇāmadhobhāge sthitaḥ kālāgnisaṃjñakaḥ.. tadadho haṭṭakaścaiva anaṃtastadadhaḥ smṛtaḥ.. 39.26 .. > In the lower portion of the hells resides the one called Kālāgni; / beneath him is Haṭṭaka, and beneath him Ananta is remembered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.27) yasyaitatsakalaṃ viśvaṃ mūrdhāgre sarṣapāyate.. ityanaṃtaprabhāvātsa hyanaṃta iti kīrtyate.. 39.27 .. > On the tip of whose head this entire universe acts like a mustard seed; / because of his endless (ananta) power, he is celebrated as Ananta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.28) diśāṃ gajāstatra padmakumudāṃjanavāmanāḥ.. tadadhoṃ'ḍakaṭāhaśca ekavīrāsti tatra ca.. 39.28 .. > There are the elephants of the quarters: Padma, Kumuda, Añjana, and Vāmana; / beneath them is the cosmic egg-shell, and Ekavīrā is there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.29) caturlakṣasahasrāṇi navatiśca śatāni ca.. etanaiva pramāṇena udakaṃ ca tataḥ smṛtam.. 39.29 .. > Four hundred and ninety thousand \[yojanas\]; / the water \[there\] is recorded to be of that very measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.30) tadadho narakāḥ koṭyo dvikoṭyo'gnistato mahān.. catvāriṃśatsahasraiśca tadadhastama ucyate.. 39.30 .. > Beneath that are hells numbering crores; then a great fire of two crores; / beneath that, darkness is spoken of as extending forty thousand \[yojanas\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.31) catvāriṃśccakoṭyastu catasraśca tataḥ parāḥ.. ekonanavatirlakṣāḥ sahasrāśītireva ca.. 39.31 .. > Then further are forty-four crores, / eighty-nine lakhs, / and eighty thousand \[yojanas\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.32) tadadhoṃ'ḍakaṭāhotha koṭimātrastathāparaḥ.. devī yuktā kapālīśā daṃḍahastena cāpi sā.. 39.32 .. > Beneath that is the cosmic egg-shell, another \[layer\] measuring one crore; / the goddess Kapālīśā is there, holding a staff in her hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.33) devīnāṃ koṭikoṭībhiḥ saṃvṛtā tatra pālinī.. saṃkarṣaṇasya niḥśvāsaprerito dāhako'nalaḥ.. 39.33 .. > surrounded by crores upon crores of goddesses, ruling there; / the scorching fire propelled by the exhalation of Saṃkarṣaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.34) kālāgniṃ prerayatyeva kalpāṃte dahyate jagat.. evaṃvidhamadhaḥsūtraṃ nirmitaṃ cātra bhārata.. 39.34 .. > drives Kālāgni, and the world is burned at the end of the kalpa. / In this manner, O Bhārata, the lower thread has been laid out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.35) madhyasūtre kaṭāhe ca pālakāṃstāñchṛṇuṣva me.. vasudhāmā sthitaḥ pūrve śaṃkhapālaśca dakṣiṇe.. 39.35 .. > Hear from me of those guardians in the central thread and in the cosmic shell: / Vasudhāman is stationed in the east, and Śaṅkhapāla in the south; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.36) takṣakeśaḥ sthitaḥ paścāduttare ketumāniti.. harasiddhiḥ suparṇākṣī bhāskarā yoganaṃdinī.. 39.36 .. > Takṣakeśa stands in the west, and in the north Ketumant; / Harasiddhi, Suparṇākṣī, Bhāskarā, Yoganandinī— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.37) koṭikoṭī yutā devī devīnāṃ pālayatyadaḥ.. evametanmahāścaryaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ sthāpitaṃ ca yaiḥ.. 39.37 .. > accompanied by crores upon crores of goddesses, the goddess protects this. / Thus by whom this greatly wondrous brahmāṇḍa has been established, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.38) namāmi tānahaṃ nityaṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarān.. viṣṇuloko rudraloko bahiścāsmātprakīrtyate.. 39.38 .. > to them I constantly bow: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara. / The world of Viṣṇu and the world of Rudra are proclaimed to be outside this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.39) taṃ ca varṇayituṃ brahmā śakto naivāsmadādayaḥ.. vimuktā yatra saṃyāṃti nityaṃ hariharavratāḥ.. 39.39 .. > And Brahmā is not able to describe it, nor are people like us; / where the liberated go, constantly dedicated to Hari and Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.40) brahmāṃḍaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ hyetatkaṭāhena samaṃtataḥ.. kapitthasya yathā bījaṃ kaṭāhena susaṃvṛtam.. 39.40 .. > This brahmāṇḍa is enclosed on all sides by an egg-shell, / just as the seed of a wood-apple is firmly enclosed by its shell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.41) daśottareṇa payasā vṛtaṃ taccāpi tejasā.. tejaśca vāyunā vāyurnabha sāhaṃtayā ca tat.. 39.41 .. > It is surrounded by water ten times \[its size\], and that by fire; / fire by air, air by space, and that by egoity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.42) ahaṃkāraśca mahatā taṃ cāpi prakṛtiḥ parā.. daśottarāṇi sarvāṇi ṣaḍāhuḥ saptamaṃ ca tat.. 39.42 .. > egoity by the intellect, and that by primordial matter (prakṛti); / all these six are said to be tenfold \[the former\], and the seventh is that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.43) prākṛtaṃ caraṇaṃ pārtha tadanaṃtaṃ prakīrtitam.. aṃḍānāṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇyayutāni ca.. 39.43 .. > The realm of primordial matter, O Pārtha, is proclaimed to be infinite; / there are thousands, myriad thousands of cosmic eggs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.44) īdṛśānāṃ tathā cātra koṭikoṭiśatāni ca.. sarvāṇyevaṃvidhānyeva yādṛśaṃ kīrtitaṃtvidam.. 39.44 .. > hundreds of crores upon crores of such eggs here; / all of them are indeed of this kind, such as has been described. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.45) yasyaivaṃ vaibhavaṃ pārtha taṃ namāmī sadāśivam.. aho maṃdaḥ sa pāpātmā ko vā tasmādacetanaḥ.. 39.45 .. > To that Sadāśiva whose majesty is such, O Pārtha, I bow! / Ah, dull and sinful is he—who could be more mindless than he, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.46) ya evaṃvidhasaṃmohatārakaṃ na śivaṃ bhajet.. atha te kīrthayiṣyāmi kālamānaṃ nibodha tat.. 39.46 .. > who does not worship Śiva, the deliverer from such delusion? / Now I shall proclaim to you the measure of time; understand that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.47) kāṣṭhā nimeṣā daśa paṃca cāhustriṃśacca kāṣṭhā gaṇayetkalā hi.. triṃśatkalāścāpi bhavenmuhurttaṃ tattriṃśatā rātryahanī ubhe ca.. 39.47 .. > Fifteen nimeṣas are called a kāṣṭhā, and thirty kāṣṭhās are reckoned a kalā; / thirty kalās make a muhūrta, and thirty of those make day and night together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.48) divase paṃca kālāḥ syustrimuhūrtāḥ śrṛṇuṣva tān.. prātastataḥ saṃgavaśca madhyāhnaścāparāhṇakaḥ.. 39.48 .. > There are five periods in a day, each of three muhūrtas; hear them: / morning (prātar), then mid-morning (saṃgava), midday (madhyāhna), afternoon (aparāhṇa), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.49) sāyāhnaḥ paṃcamaścāpi muhūrtā daśa paṃca ca.. ahorātrāḥ paṃcadaśa pakṣa ityabhidhīyate.. 39.49 .. > and the fifth is evening (sāyāhna); and there are fifteen muhūrtas \[in a day\]. / Fifteen days and nights are termed a fortnight (pakṣa). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.50) māsaḥ pakṣadvayenokto dvau māsau cārkajāvṛtuḥ.. ṛtutrayaṃ cāpyayanaṃ dveyane varṣamucyate.. 39.50 .. > A month is spoken of as consisting of two fortnights; two months born of the sun form a season (ṛtu); / three seasons make a solstice (ayana), and two solstices are called a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.51) caturbhedaṃ māsamāhuḥ paṃcabhedaṃ ca vatsaram.. saṃvatsarastu prathamo dvitīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ.. 39.51 .. > They declare the month to have four varieties, and the year to have five varieties: / the first is saṃvatsara, the second parivatsara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.52) idvatsarastṛtīyo'sau caturthaścānuvatsaraḥ.. paṃcamaśca yugonāma gaṇanāniścayo hi saḥ.. 39.52 .. > the third is idvatsara, the fourth is anuvatsara, / and the fifth is named yuga; this is indeed the determination of the reckoning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.53) māsena ca manuṣyāṇāmahorātraṃ ca paitṛkam.. kṛṣṇapakṣastvahaḥ proktaḥ śuklapakṣaśca śarvarī.. 39.53 .. > A month of humans is a day and night of the ancestors: / the dark fortnight is declared their day, and the bright fortnight their night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.54) mānuṣeṇa ca varṣeṇa daiviko divasaḥ smṛtaḥ.. ahastatro dagayanaṃ rātriḥ syāddakṣiṇāyanam.. 39.54 .. > A human year is known as a divine day: / the northern solstice (uttarāyaṇa) is the day, and the southern solstice (dakṣiṇāyana) is the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.55) varṣeṇa caiva devānāṃ mataḥ saptarṣivāsaraḥ.. saptarṣīṇāṃ ca varṣeṇa dhrauvaśca divasaḥ smṛtaḥ.. 39.55 .. > A year of the gods is considered a day of the seven seers; / and a year of the seven seers is known as a day of Dhruva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.56) manuṣyāṇāṃ ca varṣāṇi lakṣāsaptadaśaiva tu.. aṣṭāviṃśatisahasrāṇi kṛtaṃ tretāyugaṃ tataḥ.. 39.56 .. > Seventeen lakhs and twenty-eight thousand years of humans / make the Kṛta \[Yuga\]; then the Tretā Yuga > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.57) lakṣadvādaśasāhasraṣaṇnavatyadhikāḥ parāḥ.. aṣṭau lakṣāścatuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi ca dvāparaḥ.. 39.57 .. > is further twelve lakhs ninety-six thousand; / eight lakhs and sixty-four thousand is the Dvāpara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.58) caturlakṣaṃ tu dvātriṃśatsahasrāṇi kaliḥ smṛtaḥ.. caturbhiretairdevānāṃ yugāmityabhidhīyate.. 39.58 .. > and the Kali is recorded as four lakhs and thirty-two thousand. / These four together are called a yuga of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.59) āyurmanoryugānāṃ ca sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ.. caturdaśamanūnāṃ ca kālena brahmaṇo dinam.. 39.59 .. > The lifespan of a Manu is a little over seventy-one yugas; / and by the time of fourteen Manus a day of Brahmā \[is completed\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.60) yugānāṃ ca sahasreṇa sa ca kalpaḥ śrṛṇuṣva tān.. bhavodbhavastapabhavya ṛturvahnirvarāhakaḥ.. 39.60 .. > With a thousand such yugas \[there is\] a kalpa; hear them: / Bhavodbhava, Tapabhavya, Ṛtu, Vahni, Varāhaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.61) sāvitra āsikaścāpi gāṃdhāraḥ kuśikastathā.. ṛṣabhaśca tathā khaḍgo gāṃdhārīyaśca madhyamaḥ.. 39.61 .. > Sāvitra, Āsika, Gāndhāra, Kuśika, / Ṛṣabha, Khaḍga, Gāndhārīya, Madhyama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.62) vairājaśca niṣādaśca meghavāhanapaṃcamau.. citrako jñāna ākūtirmono daṃśaśca bṛṃhakaḥ.. 39.62 .. > Vairāja, Niṣāda, and Meghavāhana as the fifth \[of that set\]; / Citraka, Jñāna, Ākūti, Mona, Daṃśa, Bṛṃhaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.63) śveto lohitaraktau ca pītavāsāḥ śivaḥ prabhuḥ.. sarvarūpaśca māso'yamevaṃ varṣaśatāvadhiḥ.. 39.63 .. > Śveta, Lohitarakta, Pītavāsas, the Lord Śiva, / and Sarvarūpa; this makes a month, and thus up to the span of a hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.64) pūrvārdhamaparārdhaṃ ca brahmamānamidaṃ smṛtam.. viṣṇośca śaṃkarasyāpi nāhaṃ śaktaśca varṇane.. 39.64 .. > The first half (pūrvārdha) and the second half (parārdha)—this is recorded as the measure of Brahmā; / and of Viṣṇu and Śaṃkara, I am not capable of describing \[their span\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.65) kvāhamalpamatiḥ pārtha kvāparau haritryaṃbakau.. devikenaiva mānena pātāleṣvapi gaṇyate.. 39.65 .. > Where am I, of little intellect, O Pārtha, and where are the other two, Hari and the Three-Eyed Lord? / Even in the Pātālas, \[time\] is reckoned solely by divine measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.66) iti te sūcitaṃ buddhyā śrṛṇu tatprākṛtaṃ punaḥ.. 39.66 .. > Thus has it been indicated to you by intellect; listen again to that which belongs to Prakṛti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.67) iti vaidhātravyavasthitiḥ.. ..śrīnārada uvāca.. ṛṣabhonāma yannāmnā nānāpāṣaṃḍa kalpanāḥ.. kalau pārtha bhaviṣyaṃti lokānāṃ mohanātmikāḥ.. 39.67 .. > Thus ends the determination of Brahmā's \[lifespan\]. > Śrī Nārada said: > There was one named Ṛṣabha, by whose name various heretical doctrines / will arise in the Kali age, O Pārtha, deluding the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.68) tasya putrastu bharataḥ śataśrṛṃgastu tatsutaḥ.. tasya putrāṣṭakaṃ jātaṃ tathaikāca kumārikā.. 39.68 .. > His son was Bharata, and Śataśṛṅga was his son. / To him were born eight sons and one daughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.69) iṃdradvīpaḥ kaseruśca tāmradvīpo gabhastimān.. nāgaḥ saumyaśca gāṃdharvo varuṇaśca kumārikā.. 39.69 .. > Indradvīpa, Kaseru, Tāmradvīpa, Gabhastimān, / Nāga, Saumya, Gāndharva, Varuṇa, and Kumārikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.70) vadanaṃ cāpi kanyāyāḥ pārtha barkarikākṛti.. śrṛṇu tatkāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ mahāścaryasamanvitam.. 39.70 .. > And the face of the maiden, O Pārtha, had the form of a she-goat. / Hear the entire cause of that, full of great wonder: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.71) mahīsāgaraparyaṃtaṃ vṛkṣarājivirājite.. jālīgulmalatākīrṇe staṃbhatīrthasya saṃnidhau.. 39.71 .. > Up to the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean, adorned with rows of trees, / dense with thickets of jālī-shrubs and creepers, in the vicinity of Stambhatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.72) ajāsamajato madhyātkācidekā ca barkarī.. bhrāṃtā satī samāyātā pradeśe tatra duścare.. 39.72 .. > A certain she-goat, wandering from the midst of a flock of goats, / wandered and arrived at that impassable region. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.73) itastato bhramaṃti sā jālimadhye samaṃtataḥ.. nirgaṃtuṃ naiva śaknoti kṣutpipāsārditā śubhā.. 39.73 .. > Wandering here and there within the jālī-thicket on all sides, / she was unable to get out, afflicted with hunger and thirst, fair though she was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.74) vilagnā jālimadhye tu tataḥ paṃcatvamāgatā.. kālena kiyatā tasya truṭitvā śiraso hyadhaḥ.. 39.74 .. > Entangled in the jālī-thicket, she then met her death. / After some time, her \[body\] below the head severed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.75) papāta śanidarśe ca mahīsāgarasaṃgame.. sarvatīrthamaye tatra sarvapāpapramocane.. 39.75 .. > fell on a new-moon day into the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean, / which consists of all sacred fords and frees from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.76) śirastu tadavasthaṃ hi samagraṃ tatra saṃsthitam.. jāligulmāvalagnaṃ ca tasyā naivāpatajjale.. 39.76 .. > Her head, remaining in that very state, stayed there intact; / caught in the jālī-shrub, it did not fall into the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.77) śeṣakāyaprapātena mahīsāgarasaṃgame.. tattīrthasya prabhāvena barkarīsā kurūdvaha.. 39.77 .. > Because the rest of the body fell into the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean, / by the power of that sacred ford, O best of the Kurus, that she-goat > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.78) śakaśrṛṃgasya vai rājñaḥ siṃhaleṣvabhavatsutā.. mukhaṃ barkarikātulyaṃ vyaktaṃ tasyā vyajāyata.. 39.78 .. > became the daughter of King Śakaśṛṅga among the Siṃhalas. / Clearly, her face was born resembling that of a she-goat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.79) divyanārī śubhākārā śeṣakāye babhau śubhā.. pūrvaṃ tasyāpyaputrasya rājñaḥ putraśatopamā.. 39.79 .. > In the rest of her body, the auspicious girl shone as a divine, beautiful woman. / To the previously childless king, she was equal to a hundred sons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.80) putrī jātā pramodena svajanānaṃdavardhinī.. tatastasyā vilokyātha mukhaṃ varkarikākṛti.. 39.80 .. > a daughter born with joy, increasing the delight of her kinsmen. / Then, seeing her face with the form of a she-goat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.81) vismayaṃ samanuprāptāḥ sarve te rājapūruṣāḥ.. viṣādaṃ paramāpanno rājā sāṃtaḥpurastadā.. 39.81 .. > all those royal attendants were seized with astonishment. / The king, together with his inner quarters, was plunged into profound dejection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.82) khinnāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvāstādṛgrūpavilokanāt.. tatkimityetadāścaryamūcuḥ paurāḥ suvismitāḥ.. 39.82 .. > All the subjects were grieved at seeing such a form. / Greatly amazed, the citizens said, “What wonder is this?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.83) tataḥ sā yauvanaṃ prāptā sākṣāddevasutopamā.. svamukhaṃ darpaṇe vīkṣyasmṛtaḥ pūrvo bhavastayā.. 39.83 .. > Then, having reached youth, resembling a veritable daughter of the gods, / she looked at her own face in a mirror and remembered her previous birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.84) tattīrthasya prabhāveṇa mātṛpitrorniveditam.. viṣādo naiva kartavyo madarthe tāta niścitam.. 39.84 .. > By the power of that sacred ford, she informed her parents: / “Grief should certainly not be felt on my account, dear father! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.85) mā śokaṃ kuru me mātaḥ pūrvajanmārjitaṃ phalam.. tataḥ pūrvaṃ svavṛttāṃtamuktvā sā ca kumārikā.. 39.85 .. > Do not grieve, mother; this is the fruit earned in a previous birth.” / Having spoken thus of her own former history, that maiden > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.86) pūrvajanmodbhavaḥ kāyasyasyā yatrāpatattathā.. gamanāya tamuddeśaṃ vijñaptau pitarau tayā.. 39.86 .. > petitioned her parents to travel to that region / where her body from the previous birth had fallen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.87) ahaṃ tāta gamiṣyāmi mahīsāgarasaṃgamam.. bhavāmi tatra saṃprāptā yathā kuru tathā nṛpa.. 39.87 .. > “Dear father, I shall go to the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean. / O king, act in such a way that I may reach that place.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.88) tataḥ pitrā pratijñātaṃ śataśrṛṃgeṇa tattathā.. tasyāḥ saṃvāhanaṃ cakre rājā potaiḥ saratnakaiḥ.. 39.88 .. > Then her father, Śataśṛṅga, promised her accordingly. / The king arranged her conveyance in boats laden with gems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.89) staṃbhatīrthaṃ tataḥ sā'pi prāpya potāryasaṃyutā.. bhūridānaṃ tataścakre dānaṃ sarvasvalakṣaṇam.. 39.89 .. > Then she too, having reached Stambhatīrtha accompanied by boatmen, / made abundant gifts, presenting all her possessions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.90) jāligulmāṃtare'nviṣya tato dṛṣṭaṃ nijaṃ śiraḥ.. asthicarmāvaśeṣaṃ ca tadādāya prayatnataḥ.. 39.90 .. > Searching within the jālī-thicket, she then saw her own head / reduced to bones and skin; taking it with great effort, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.91) dagdhvā saṃgamasāṃnidhye kṣiptānyasthīni saṃgame.. tatastīrthaprabhāveṇa mukhaṃ jātaṃ śaśiprabham.. 39.91 .. > she cremated it in the vicinity of the confluence and cast the bones into the confluence. / Then, by the power of the sacred ford, her face became radiant like the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.92) na tādṛgdevakanyānāṃ na tādṛṅanāgayoṣitām.. na tādṛṅamartyanārīṇāṃ tasyā yādṛṅamukhaṃ mukham.. 39.92 .. > Neither celestial maidens, nor serpent women, / nor mortal women had such a face as her face became. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.93) surāsuranarāḥ sarve tasyā rūpeṇa mohitāḥ.. bahudhā prārthayaṃtyenāṃ na sā varamabhīpsati.. 39.93 .. > All gods, asuras, and mortals were captivated by her beauty. / They wooed her in many ways, but she did not desire a husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.94) kaṣṭaṃ tayā mudā tatra prārabdhaṃ duścaraṃ tapaḥ.. tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe devadevo maheśvaraḥ.. 39.94 .. > Joyfully, she undertook difficult and severe austerity there. / Then, when a full year had passed, the god of gods, Maheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.95) pratyakṣatāṃ gatastasyai varado'smīti cābravīt.. tatastaṃ pūjayitvā ca kumārī vākyamabravīt.. 39.95 .. > appeared before her eyes and said, “I am the giver of boons.” / Then, having worshipped him, the maiden spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.96) yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama.. sāṃnidhyaṃ kriyatāmatra sarvakālaṃ hi śaṃkara.. 39.96 .. > “If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then establish your presence here for all time, O Śaṃkara.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.97) evamastviti śarveṇa prokte hṛṣṭā kumārikā.. yatra dagdhaṃ śirastasyā barkaryāḥ kurusattama.. 39.97 .. > When Śarva said, “So be it,” the maiden was delighted. / Where the head of that she-goat was cremated, O best of the Kurus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.98) barkareśaḥ śivastatra tayā saṃsthāpitastadā.. manmukhānmahādāścaryaṃ śrutvedaṃ ca talātalāt.. 39.98 .. > there she installed Śiva Barkareśa at that time. / Hearing this great wonder from my mouth, from Talātala > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.99) svastikonāma nāgeṃdraḥ kumārīṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ.. śirasā gacchatā tena yatrotkṣiptā ca bhūrabhūt.. 39.99 .. > the lord of serpents named Svastika came to see the maiden. / As he traveled with his head, where the earth was cast up by him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.100) īśāne barkareśasya kūpo'bhūtsvastikābhidhaḥ.. pūrito gaṃgayā pārthasarvatīrthaphalapradaḥ.. 39.100 .. > northeast of Barkareśa, a well named Svastika came to be, / filled with Gaṅgā water, O Pārtha, granting the fruit of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.101) dṛṣṭvā ca sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ śivastuṣṭo varaṃ dadau.. yeṣāṃ mṛtaśarīrāṇāmatra dāhaḥ prajāyate.. 39.101 .. > Beholding the liṅga installed, Śiva was pleased and granted a boon: / “Those whose dead bodies are cremated here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.102) kṣipyaṃtebdhau tathā sthīni teṣāṃ syādakṣayā gatiḥ.. te svarge suciraṃ kālaṃ vasitvātra samāgatāḥ.. 39.102 .. > and whose bones are likewise cast into the ocean, shall attain an imperishable state. / Having dwelled in heaven for a very long time and returning here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.103) rājānaḥ sarvasaṃpūrṇāḥ sapratāpā bhavaṃti te.. barkareśaṃ ca yo bhaktyā saṃpūjayati mānavaḥ.. 39.103 .. > they become glorious kings, complete with all prosperity. / And whatever mortal worships Barkareśa with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.104) snātvārṇavamahītoye tasya syānmanasepsitam.. kārtike ca caturddeśyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ.. 39.104 .. > after bathing in the water of the ocean and the Mahī, shall obtain his heart's desire. / Endowed with faith on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in Kārttika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.105) kūpe snānaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā saṃtarpya ca pitṝnnijān.. pūjayedbarkareśaṃ yaḥ sarpapāpaiḥ sa mucyate.. 39.105 .. > a man who bathes in the well, offers oblations to his ancestors, / and worships Barkareśa is freed from sins associated with serpents.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.106) evaṃ labdhvā varānsarvānsā punaḥ siṃhalaṃ yayau.. śataśrṛṅgāya pitre ca vṛttāṃtaṃ svaṃ nyavedayat.. 39.106 .. > Having obtained all these boons in this manner, she returned again to Siṃhala / and related her history to her father, Śataśṛṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.107) tacchrutvā vismito rājā lokāḥ sarve ca phālguna.. praśaśaṃsurmahītīrthamājagmuśca kṛtādarāḥ.. 39.107 .. > Hearing that, the king and all the people, O Phālguna, / were astonished, praised the Mahītīrtha, and went there with deep devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.108) snātvā dattvā ca dānāni vividhāni ca te tataḥ.. siṃhalaṃ ca yayurbhūyastīrthamāhātmyaharṣitāḥ.. 39.108 .. > Having bathed and given various gifts, they then / returned once more to Siṃhala, delighted by the greatness of the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.109) anicchaṃtyāṃ kumāryāṃ ca varaṃ dravyaṃ ca pārthivaḥ.. tathānyadapi prītyāsau yaddadau nṛpatiḥ śrṛṇu.. 39.109 .. > When the maiden did not desire a boon and wealth, listen, O king, / to what else the king then gave out of affection: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.110) idaṃ bhāratakhaṃḍaṃ ca navadhaiva vibhajya saḥ.. dadāvaṣṭau svaputrāṇāṃ kumāryai navamaṃ tathā.. 39.110 .. > Dividing this Bhāratakhaṇḍa into nine parts, / he gave eight to his sons, and likewise the ninth to the maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.111) teṣāṃ vibhedānvakṣyāmi parvatairupaśobhitān.. putranāmāni varṣāṇi parvatāṃśca śrṛṇuṣva me.. 39.111 .. > I shall describe their divisions adorned with mountains; / listen from me to the realms named after the sons and to the mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.112) mahendro malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimānṛkṣaparvataḥ.. viṃdhyaśca pāriyātraśca saptātra kulaparvatāḥ.. 39.112 .. > Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Śuktimat, the Ṛkṣa mountain, / Vindhya, and Pāriyātra: these are the seven family-mountains here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.113) mahendraparataścaiva indradvīpo nigadyate.. pāriyātrasya caivārvākkhaṇḍaṃ kaumārikaṃ smṛtam.. 39.113 .. > Beyond Mahendra, Indradvīpa is spoken of; / and this side of Pāriyātra, the Kaumārīka section is remembered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.114) sahasramekamekaṃ ca sarvakhaṇḍānyamūni ca.. nadīnāṃ saṃbhavaṃ cāpi saṃkṣepācchṛṇu phālguna.. 39.114 .. > All these sections measure one thousand \[yojanas\] each. / Hear also in brief, O Phālguna, the origin of the rivers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.115) vedasmṛtimukhā nadyaḥ pāriyātrodbhavā matāḥ.. narmadāsarasādyāśca nadyo viṃdhyādvinirgatāḥ.. 39.115 .. > The rivers headed by Vedasmṛti are considered to arise from Pāriyātra; / the rivers beginning with Narmadā and Sarasā have come forth from the Vindhya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.116) śatadrūcandrabhāgādyā ṛkṣaparvatasaṃbhavāḥ.. ṛṣikulyākumāryādyāḥ śuktimatpādasaṃbhavāḥ.. 39.116 .. > those beginning with Śatadrū and Candrabhāgā arise from the Ṛkṣa mountain; / those beginning with Ṛṣikulyā and Kumārī arise from the foothills of Śuktimat; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.117) tāpī payoṣṇī nirvidhyā kāverī ca mahīnadī.. kṛṣṇā veṇī bhīmarathī sahyapādodbhavāḥ smṛtāḥ.. 39.117 .. > Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, Nirvindhyā, Kāverī, and the Mahī river, / Kṛṣṇā, Veṇī, and Bhīmarathī are remembered as originating at the foothills of the Sahya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.118) kṛtamālātāmraparṇīpramukhā malayodbhavāḥ.. trisāmaṛṣyakulyādyā mahendraprabhavāḥ smṛtāḥ.. 39.118 .. > those headed by Kṛtamālā and Tāmraparṇī arise from Malaya; / those beginning with Trisāmā and Ṛṣyakulyā are remembered as originating from Mahendra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.119) evaṃ vibhajya putrebhyaḥ kumāryai ca mahīpatiḥ.. śataśṛṃgo giraṃ gatvā udīcyāṃ taptavāṃstapaḥ.. 39.119 .. > Having thus distributed \[the realms\] to his sons and to the maiden, the lord of the earth, / Śataśṛṅga, went to the mountain in the north and performed austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.120) tatra taptvā tapo ghoraṃ brahmalokaṃ jagāma saḥ.. śataśrṛṃgo nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ śataśrṛṃge nagottame.. 39.120 .. > Having performed fierce austerity there, on the best of mountains, Śataśṛṅga, / that best of kings, Śataśṛṅga, went to the world of Brahmā— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.121) yatra jāto'si kauteya pāṃḍostvaṃ sodaraiḥ saha.. kumārī ca mahābhāgā staṃbhatīrthasthitā satī.. 39.121 .. > where you were born, O son of Kuntī, of Pāṇḍu together with your brothers. / And the noble maiden, the virtuous woman residing at Stambhatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.122) khaṃḍodbhavena dravyeṇa tepe dānāni yacchatī.. tataḥ kenāpi kālena bhrātṛbhyo'ṣṭabhya eva ca.. 39.122 .. > performed austerity giving gifts with the wealth produced from her section. / Then, in the course of time, from the eight brothers > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.123) mahāvīryabalotsāhā jātā nava navātmajāḥ.. te sametya samāgamya kumārīṃ procire tataḥ.. 39.123 .. > nine sons each were born, possessing great prowess, strength, and vigour. / Gathering together, they approached the maiden and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.124) kuladevī tvamasmākaṃ prasādaṃ kuru naḥ śubhe.. aṣṭau khaṇḍāni cāsmākaṃ vibhajya svayameva ca.. dehī dvāsaptatīnāṃ no vibhedaḥ syādyathā na naḥ.. 39.124 .. > “You are our family goddess; show us favour, O auspicious one. / Divide our eight sections yourself / and give them to us seventy-two, so that there will be no division among us.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.125) ityuktā sarvadharmajñā vijñāne brahmaṇā samā.. dvāsaptativibhedaiḥ sā nava khaṃḍānyacīkarat.. 39.125 .. > Addressed thus, she who knew all duties and was equal to Brahmā in knowledge / made the nine sections into seventy-two divisions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.126) teṣāṃ nāmāni grāmāṃśca pattanāni ca phālguna.. velākūlāni saṃkhyāṃ ca vakṣyāmi tava tattvataḥ.. 39.126 .. > Their names, villages, cities, O Phālguna, / seacoasts, and their counts I shall describe to you in truth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.127) koṭiścatasro grāmāṇāṃ nīvṛdāsīcca maṃḍale.. sārdhakoṭidvayagrāmairdeśo bālāka jacyate.. 39.127 .. > There were forty million villages in the province \[of ...\]; / the country called Bālāka \[consists of\] twenty-five million villages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.128) sapādakoṭirgrāmāṇāṃ purasāhaṇake viduḥ.. lakṣāścatvāra evāpi grāmāṇāmaṃdhake smṛtāḥ.. 39.128 .. > They know twelve and a half million villages in Purasāhaṇaka; / and four hundred thousand villages are remembered in Andhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.129) eko lakṣaśca nepāle grāmāṇāṃ parikīrtitaḥ.. ṣaṭ‌trīṃśallakṣamānaṃ tu kānyakubje prakīrtitam.. 39.129 .. > One hundred thousand villages is proclaimed in Nepāla; / the measure of thirty-six hundred thousand is proclaimed in Kānyakubja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.130) dvāsaptatistathā lakṣā grāmā gājaṇake smṛtāḥ.. aṣṭādaśa tathā lakṣā grāmāṇāṃ gauḍadeśake.. 39.130 .. > Seventy-two hundred thousand villages are remembered in Gājaṇaka; / likewise eighteen hundred thousand villages in the Gauḍa country. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.131) kāmarūpe ca grāmāṇāṃ navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ.. ḍāhale vedasaṃjñe tu grāmāṇāṃ navalakṣakam.. 39.131 .. > In Kāmarūpa nine hundred thousand villages are proclaimed; / in Ḍāhala, named Veda, there are nine hundred thousand villages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.132) navaiva lakṣā grāmāṇāṃ kāṃtipure prakīrtitāḥ.. navalakṣāstathā caiva mācipure prakīrtitāḥ.. 39.132 .. > Just nine hundred thousand villages are proclaimed in Kāntipura; / and likewise nine hundred thousand are proclaimed in Mācipura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.133) oḍḍiyāṇe tathā deśe navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ.. jālaṃdhare tathā deśe navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ.. 39.133 .. > So also in the Oḍḍiyāṇa country nine hundred thousand are proclaimed; / in the Jālandhara country nine hundred thousand are proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.134) lohapūre tathā deśe lakṣāḥ proktā navaiva ca.. grāmāṇāṃ saptalakṣaṃ ca pāṃbīpure prakīrtitam.. 39.134 .. > In the Lohapūra country nine hundred thousand are declared; / and seven hundred thousand villages are proclaimed in Pāmbīpura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.135) grāmāṇāṃ saptalakṣaṃ ca raṭarāje prakīrtitam.. harīāle ca grāmāṇāṃ lakṣapaṃcakasaṃmitam.. 39.135 .. > Seven hundred thousand villages are proclaimed in Raṭarāja; / and Harīāla is measured as five hundred thousand villages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.136) sārdhalakṣatrayaṃ proktaṃ draḍasya viṣaye tathā.. sārdhalakṣatrayaṃ proktaṃ tathāvaṃbhaṇavāhake.. 39.136 .. > Three hundred and fifty thousand are declared in the realm of Draḍa; / three hundred and fifty thousand are likewise declared in Vambhaṇavāhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.137) ekaviṃśatisāhasraṃ grāmaṇāṃ nīlapūrake.. tathāmalaviṣaye pārtha grāmamāṇāmekalakṣakam.. 39.137 .. > Twenty-one thousand villages are in Nīlapūraka; / likewise in the Amala realm, O son of Pṛthā, \[there is\] one hundred thousand villages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.138) nareṃdunāmadeśe tu lakṣamekaṃ sapādakam.. atilāṃgaladeśe ca lakṣaḥ proktaḥ sapādakaḥ.. 39.138 .. > In the country named Narendu \[there is\] one hundred and twenty-five thousand; / and in the Atilāṅgala country one hundred and twenty-five thousand is declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.139) lakṣāṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ navatī dve ca mālave.. sayaṃbhare tathā deśe lakṣaḥ proktaḥ sapādakaḥ.. 39.139 .. > One million eight hundred and ninety-two thousand \[villages are\] in Mālava; / in the country Sayambhara one hundred and twenty-five thousand is declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.140) mevāḍe ca tathā prokto lakṣaścaikaḥsapādakaḥ.. aśītiśca sahasrāṇi vāguriḥ parikīrtitaḥ.. 39.140 .. > And in Mevāḍa one hundred and twenty-five thousand is declared; / and Vāguri is proclaimed as eighty thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.141) grāmasaptatisāhasro gurjarātraḥ prakīrtitaḥ.. tathā saptatisāhasraḥ pāṃḍarviṣaya eva ca.. 39.141 .. > Gurjarātra is proclaimed as having seventy thousand villages; / and likewise the Pāṇḍar realm has seventy thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.142) jahāhutisahasrāṇi dvācatvāriṃśadeva ca.. aṣṭaṣāṣṭasahasrāṇi proktaṃ kāśmīramaṃḍalam.. 39.142 .. > Jahāhuti \[has\] forty-two thousand; / the region of Kāśmīra is declared as sixty-eight thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.143) ṣaṣṭitriṃśatsahasrāṇi grāmāṇāṃ kauṃkaṇe viduḥ.. caturdaśaśataṃ dve ca viṃśatīlaghukauṃkaṇam.. 39.143 .. > They know thirty-six thousand villages in Kauṅkaṇa; / Minor Kauṅkaṇa has one thousand four hundred and twenty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.144) siṃdhuḥ sahasradaśake grāmāṇāṃ parikīrtitaḥ.. 39.144 .. > Sindhu is proclaimed as having ten thousand villages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.145) caturdaśaśate dve ca viṃśatiḥ kacchamaṃḍalam.. paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasraṃ grāmāḥ saurāṣṭramucyate.. 39.145 .. > The Kaccha region has one thousand four hundred and twenty; / Saurāṣṭra is said to have fifty-five thousand villages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.146) ekaviṃśatisahasro lāḍadeśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ.. atisiṃdhuśca grāmāṇāṃ daśasahasra ucyate.. tathā cāśvamukhaṃ pārtha daśasāhasramucyate.. 39.146 .. > The Lāḍa country is proclaimed as having twenty-one thousand; / Atisindhu is said to have ten thousand villages; / and Aśvamukha, O son of Pṛthā, is said to have ten thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.147) sahasradaśakaṃ cāpi ekapādaḥ prakīrtitaḥ.. 39.147 .. > Ekapāda is proclaimed as having ten thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.148) tathaiva daśasāhasro deśaḥ sūryamukhaḥ smṛtaḥ.. ekabāhustathā deśo daśasāhasramucyate.. 39.148 .. > Likewise, the Sūryamukha country is remembered as having ten thousand; / the Ekabāhu country is said to have ten thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.149) sahasradaśakaṃ caiva saṃjāyuriti deśakaḥ.. śivanāmā tathā deśaḥ sahasradaśakaḥ smṛtaḥ.. sahasrāṇi daśa khyātaṃ tathā kālahayaṃjayaḥ.. 39.149 .. > The country named Sañjāyu \[has\] ten thousand; / the country named Śiva is remembered as having ten thousand; / likewise Kālahayañjaya is known to have ten thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.150) liṃgodbhavastathā deśaḥ sahasrāṇi daśaiva ca.. bhadraśca devabhadraśca pratyekaṃ daśakau smṛtau.. 39.150 .. > The Liṅgodbhava country has ten thousand; / and Bhadra and Devabhadra are remembered as having ten \[thousand\] each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.151) ṣaṭ‌triṃśacca sahasrāṇi smṛtau caṭavirāṭakau.. ṣaṭ‌triṃśacca sahasrāṇi yamakoṭiḥ prakīrtitā.. 39.151 .. > Caṭa and Virāṭaka are remembered as having thirty-six thousand; / Yamakoṭi is proclaimed as having thirty-six thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.152) aṣṭādaśa tathā koṭyo rāmako deśa ucyate.. tomaraścāpi karṇāṭo yugalaśca trayastvime.. 39.152 .. > The Rāmaka country is said to have one hundred and eighty million; / and these three—Tomara, Karṇāṭa, and Yugala— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.153) sapādalakṣagrāmāṇāṃ pratyekaṃ parikīrtitaḥ.. paṃcalakṣāśca grāmāṇāṃ strīrājyaṃ parikīrtitam.. 39.153 .. > each is declared to have one and a quarter lakh villages. / Strīrājya is proclaimed to have five lakh villages. // 39.153 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.154) pulastyaviṣayaścāpi daśalakṣaka ucyate.. pratyekaṃ lakṣadaśakau deśau kāṃbojakośalau.. 39.154 .. > The realm of Pulastya is said to have ten lakhs. / The two lands of Kāmboja and Kośala each have ten lakhs. // 39.154 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.155) grāmāṇāṃ ca caturlakṣo bālhikaḥ parikīrtyate.. ṣaṭ‌triṃśacca sahasrāṇi laṃkādeśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ.. 39.155 .. > Bālhika is proclaimed to have four lakh villages. / The land of Laṅkā is proclaimed to have thirty-six thousand. // 39.155 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.156) catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi kurudeśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ.. sārdhalakṣastathā proktaḥ kirātavijayo jayaḥ.. 39.156 .. > The land of Kuru is proclaimed to have sixty-four thousand. / Kirātavijaya, \[also called\] Jaya, is said to have one and a half lakhs. // 39.156 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.157) paṃca prāhustathā lakṣānvidarbhāyāṃ ca grāmakān.. caturdaśasahasrāṇi vardhamānaṃ prakīrtitam.. 39.157 .. > They declare five lakh villages in Vidarbhā. / Vardhamāna is proclaimed to have fourteen thousand. // 39.157 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.158) sahasradaśakaṃ cāpi siṃhaladvīpamucyate.. ṣaṭ‌triṃśacca sahasrāṇi grāmāṇāṃ pāṃḍudeśakaḥ.. 39.158 .. > The island of Siṃhala is said to have ten thousand. / The land of Pāṇḍu has thirty-six thousand villages. // 39.158 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.159) lakṣaikaṃ ca tathā proktaṃ grāmāṇāṃ tu bhayāṇakam.. ṣaṭ‌ṣaṣṭiṃ ca sahasrāṇi deśo māgadha ucyate.. 39.159 .. > Bhayāṇaka is declared to have one lakh of villages. / The land of Māgadha is said to have sixty-six thousand. // 39.159 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.160) ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi tathā grāmāṇāṃ pāṃgudeśakaḥ.. triṃśatsāhasra uktaśca grāmāṇāṃ ca vareṃdukaḥ.. 39.160 .. > The land of Pāṅgu has sixty thousand villages. / Varenduka is said to have thirty thousand villages. // 39.160 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.161) paṃcaviṃśatisāhasraṃ mūlasthānaṃ prakīrtitam.. catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi grāmāṇāṃ yāvanaḥ smṛtaḥ.. 39.161 .. > Mūlasthāna is proclaimed to have twenty-five thousand. / Yāvana is remembered as having forty thousand villages. // 39.161 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.162) catvāryeva sahasrāṇi pakṣabāhurudīryate.. dvāsaptatiramī deśāḥ grāmasaṃkhyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ.. 39.162 .. > Pakṣabāhu is declared to have just four thousand. / These seventy-two lands have been proclaimed with their numbers of villages. // 39.162 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.163) evaṃ bharatakhaṃḍe'sminṣaṇṇavatyeva koṭayaḥ.. dvāsaptatistathā lakṣāḥ pattanānāṃ prakīrtitāḥ.. 39.163 .. > Thus, in this Bhāratakhaṇḍa, ninety-six crores / and seventy-two lakhs of cities are proclaimed, // 39.163 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.164) ṣaṭ‌triṃśacca sahasrāṇi velākūlāni bhārata.. evaṃ vibhajya khaṃḍāni bhrātṛvyāṇāṃ dadau nava.. 39.164 .. > along with thirty-six thousand coastal shores, O descendant of Bharata. / Having thus divided the sections, she gave nine to her brothers' sons, // 39.164 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.165) ātmīyamapi sā devī anicchuṣvapi teṣu ca.. yato mānyeti bhaginī prati krudhyaṃti bhrātaraḥ.. 39.165 .. > and her own \[portion\] as well, even though they were unwilling; / for brothers become angry, \[saying\] that a sister should be respected. // 39.165 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.166) bhrātṝnprati bhaginī ca vicāryaiva dadau śubhā.. tatkṛtvā sānumānyaitānstaṃbhatīrthamupāgatā.. 39.166 .. > Reflecting thus toward her brothers, the auspicious lady gave \[it to them\]. / Having done that and gained their consent, she went to Stambhatīrtha. // 39.166 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.167) tadā teṣu ca deśeṣu caturvargasya sādhanam.. sarveṣāṃ pravaraṃ proktaṃ kumārīśvarameva ca.. 39.167 .. > Then, among those lands, Kumārīśvara was declared / the best of all means for attaining the four aims of life. // 39.167 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.168) tatrāpi guptakṣetraṃ ca vedaitatsā kumārikā.. guptakṣetre kumāreśaṃ pūjayaṃti mahāvratā.. 39.168 .. > There too, that Kumārikā knew this secret field. / In the secret field, she, observing great vows, worshipped Kumāreśa. // 39.168 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.169) tasthau snāyaṃtī ṣaṭ‌su caivāpi saṃgame.. tataḥ kālaprakarṣāc prāsāde skaṃdanirmite.. 39.169 .. > Bathing at the confluence of the six \[rivers\], she remained there. / Then, with the passage of time, the temple built by Skanda // 39.169 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.170) jīrṇe navyaṃ svarṇamayaṃ prāsādaṃ sāpyakārayat.. tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasyā bhaktyātitoṣitaḥ.. 39.170 .. > having decayed, she had a new one made of gold. / Thereupon Mahādeva, pleased, highly gratified by her devotion, // 39.170 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.171) kumāraliṃgādutthāya pratyakṣastāmavocata.. bhadre tavāhaṃ bhaktyā ca vijñānena ca toṣitaḥ.. 39.171 .. > arose visibly from the liṅga of Kumāra and spoke to her: / ‘O fortunate lady, I am pleased with your devotion and your wisdom. // 39.171 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.172) jīrṇaḥ punaruddhṛto'yaṃ prāsādastena toṣitaḥ.. tava nāmnā ca vikhyāto bhaviṣyāmi kumārike.. 39.172 .. > This decayed temple has been restored; I am pleased by that. / O Kumārikā, I shall become famous by your name. // 39.172 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.173) kartā cāpi tathoddhartā dvau vai samaphalau smṛtau.. kumāreśaḥ kumārīśa iti vakṣyaṃti māṃ tataḥ.. 39.173 .. > The maker and the restorer are both considered equal in merit. / Therefore, people will call me Kumāreśa \[and\] Kumārīśa. // 39.173 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.174) barkareśe ca ye datta varā dattāḥ sadaiva te.. tavāpi prāptaḥ kālaśca samīpe varavarṇini.. 39.174 .. > Whatever boons were given at Barkareśa, they are granted forever. / Your time too has arrived near, O fair-complexioned lady. // 39.174 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.175) abhartṛkāyā nāryāśca na svargo mokṣa eva ca.. yathaiva vṛddhakanyāyāḥ sarasvatyāstaṭe śubhe.. 39.175 .. > For a woman without a husband there is neither heaven nor liberation, / just as \[it happened\] to the aged maiden on the auspicious bank of the Sarasvatī. // 39.175 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.176) tasmāttvamatra tīrthe ca mahākālamiti smṛtam.. siddhiṃ gataṃ vṛṇu bhadre patitve varavarṇini.. 39.176 .. > Therefore, here at this sacred ford, choose as your husband the one known as Mahākāla, / who has attained perfection, O auspicious, fair-complexioned lady.’ // 39.176 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.177) tataḥ sā rudravākyena varayāmāsa taṃ patim.. rudralokaṃ yayau cāpi mahākālasanvitā.. 39.177 .. > Then, at the word of Rudra, she chose him as her husband / and went to Rudra's world together with Mahākāla. // 39.177 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.178) tatra tāṃ pārvatī prāha samāliṃgya praharṣitā.. yasmāttvayā citravacca likhitā pṛthivī śubhe.. 39.178 .. > There Pārvatī embraced her and, delighted, said to her: / ‘Because, O auspicious lady, you drew the earth like a picture, // 39.178 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.179) citralekhetināmnā tvaṃ tasmādbhava sakhī mama.. tataḥ sakhī samabhavaccitralekheti sā śubhā.. 39.179 .. > therefore become my friend under the name Citralekhā.’ / Then that auspicious lady became her friend named Citralekhā, // 39.179 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.180) yayāniruddhaḥ kathita uṣāyāḥ patiruttamaḥ.. yoginīnāṃ variṣṭhā yā mahākālasya vallabhā.. 39.180 .. > by whom Aniruddha was described as an excellent husband for Uṣā, / she who was the foremost of yoginīs and the beloved of Mahākāla. // 39.180 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.181) apsusā vārṣikaṃ biṃduṃ pūrṇe varṣaśate papau.. tapaścaraṃtī tasmātsā procyate cāpsarā divi.. 39.181 .. > In the waters she drank a droplet of rain when a hundred years were complete; / performing austerity, she is therefore called an apsaras in heaven. // 39.181 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.182) evaṃvidhā kumārī sā liṃgametaddhi phālguna.. sthāpayāmāsa śivadaṃ barkareśvarasaṃjñitam.. 39.182 .. > Such was the maiden, O Phālguna, who established this liṅga / that bestows auspiciousness, known as Barkareśvara. // 39.182 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.183) tasmādatra nṛṇāṃ dāhaścāsthikṣepaśca bhārata.. prayāgādadhikau proktau maheśasya vaco yathā.. 39.183 .. > Therefore, the cremation of men and the casting of bones here / are declared superior to Prayāga, according to the word of Maheśa.” // 39.183 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37.183\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.37.183_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe barkareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 39 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-ninth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Barkareśvara,” in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.37.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - 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