[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) › 1.4.38 # Skandapurana 1.4.38: adhyāyaḥ 40 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 40 ### [1.4.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.1) ..arjuna uvāca.. mahākālastvasau kaśca kathaṃ siddhimupāgataḥ.. asmiṃstīrthe muniśreṣṭha mahadāścarya matra me.. 40.1 .. > Arjuna said: / “Who is this Mahākāla, and how did he attain perfection / at this sacred ford, O best of sages? There is great wonder in me concerning this. // 40.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.2) sarvametatsamākhyāhi śraddadhānāya pṛcchate.. 40.2 .. > Explain all this to me who inquire with faith.” // 40.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.3) ..nārada uvāca.. namaskṛtya mahākālaṃ varadaṃ sthāṇumavyayam.. śaktitaścaritaṃ tasya vakṣye pāṃḍukulodvaha.. 40.3 .. > Nārada said: / “Having bowed to Mahākāla, the boon-granting, immutable Sthāṇu, / I shall tell of his deeds according to my ability, O bearer of the Pāṇḍu family! // 40.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.4) vārāṇasyāṃ puri purā babhūva japatāṃ varaḥ.. rudrajāpī mahābhāgo māṃṭirnāma mahāyaśāḥ.. 40.4 .. > Long ago, in the city of Vārāṇasī, there was a foremost chanter of prayers, / a repeater of the Rudra \[hymn\], fortunate and of great renown, named Māṇṭi. // 40.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.5) tasyāputrasya putrārthe rudrānsaṃjapataḥ kila.. gataṃ varṣaśataṃ tuṣṭastatastaṃ prāha śaṃkaraḥ.. 40.5 .. > As he, being sonless, continually chanted prayers to the Rudras for the sake of a son, / indeed a hundred years passed. Then Śaṃkara, pleased, said to him: // 40.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.6) māṃṭe tava suto dhīmānmatprabhāvaparākramaḥ.. vaṃśasya tava sarvasya samuddhartā bhaviṣyati.. 40.6 .. > ‘O Māṇṭi, you shall have an intelligent son with might and valor like mine, / who will deliver your entire lineage.’ // 40.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.7) iti śrutvā rudravaco māṃṭirharṣaṃ paraṃ gataḥ.. tataḥ kāle kiyanmātre patnī māṃṭermahātmanaḥ.. 40.7 .. > Hearing this word of Rudra, Māṇṭi felt supreme joy. / Then, after a short time, the wife of high-souled Māṇṭi, // 40.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.8) dadhāra garbhaṃ caṭikā tapomūrtidharā yathā.. tasya garbhasya varṣāṇi catvāri kila saṃyayuḥ.. 40.8 .. > Caṭikā, conceived a child like an embodied form of austerity. / Indeed, four years passed for that fetus, // 40.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.9) na punarmāturudaraṃtyaktvā nirgacchate bahiḥ.. tato māṃṭirupāmaṃtrya sāmabhistamavocata.. 40.9 .. > yet it would not leave its mother's womb and come outside. / Then Māṇṭi addressed him and spoke to him with soothing words: // 40.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.10) vatsa sāmānyaputro'pi pitroḥ sukhakaraḥ sadā.. śuddhāyāṃ mātari bhavo mattaḥ kiṃ pīḍayasyalam.. 40.10 .. > ‘Child, even an ordinary son always brings joy to his parents. / Being born of a pure mother, why do you cause me such distress? // 40.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.11) vatsa mānuṣyavāsasya spṛhā tubhyaṃ kathaṃ na hi.. yatra dharmārthakāmānāṃ mokṣasyāpi ca saṃtatiḥ.. 40.11 .. > Child, why do you have no desire to dwell in human life, / where there is the succession of virtue, wealth, pleasure, and even liberation?’ // 40.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.12) kadā manuṣyā jāyema pūjā yatra mahāphalā.. pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca nānādharmāśca yatra hi.. 40.12 .. > "When will we be born as human beings, where worship yields great fruit, / and where there are \[offerings\] to ancestors and deities, and manifold righteous duties?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.13) iti bhūtāni śocaṃti nānāyonigatānyapi.. tattvaṃ mānuṣyamatulaṃ spṛhaṇīyaṃ divaukasām.. anādṛtya kathaṃ brūhi sthitaścodara eva ca.. 40.13 .. > Thus do beings grieve, though dwelling in various wombs. / Disregarding that matchless human state desired by the gods, / why, speak, do you remain in the womb alone? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.14) ..garbha uvāca.. tāta jānāmyahaṃ sarvametatparama durlabham.. kiṃ tu bibhemi cātimātraṃ kālamārgasya nityaśaḥ.. 40.14 .. > The child in the womb said: / "O father, I know all this is exceedingly rare; / yet I am incessantly and exceedingly afraid of the path of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.15) dvau mārgau kila vedeṣu proktau kālo'rcireva ca.. arciṣā mokṣamāyāṃti kālamārgeṇa karmaṇi.. 40.15 .. > Two paths indeed are taught in the Vedas: the path of time and that of light. / By light they attain liberation; by the path of time, they go to action. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.16) svarge vā narake vāpi kālamārgagato hyayam.. na śarma labhate kvāpi vyādhaviddhamṛgo yathā.. 40.16 .. > Whether in heaven or in hell, he who has gone by the path of time / finds no peace anywhere, like a deer pierced by a hunter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.17) tasyaiva hetoḥ prayatetkovido yanna duḥkhavit.. kālena ghorarūpeṇa gaṃbhīreṇa samāhitaḥ.. 40.17 .. > For that very reason a wise man should strive that he know no suffering, / when seized by time of terrible form and profound nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.18) taccenmama manastāta nānādoṣairna mohyate.. tato'haṃ durlabhaṃ janma mānuṣyaṃ śīghramāpnuyām.. 40.18 .. > If my mind, O father, will not be deluded by various faults, / then I shall quickly take this rare human birth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.19) tatastasya pitā pārtha kāṃdiśīko maheśvaram.. jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ trāhitrāhi maheśvara.. 40.19 .. > Thereupon his father, O Pārtha, fleeing in distress, / went for refuge to the god Maheśvara, \[praying:\] "Save me, save me, O Maheśvara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.20) tvāṃ vinā ko'paro deva putrasyābhīṣṭado'sti me.. tvayaiva dattastvaṃ cāmuṃ janma prāpaya me sutam.. 40.20 .. > Except for you, O God, who else can grant what is desired for my son? / He was given by you alone; bring this son of mine to birth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.21) tatastasyātibhaktyāsau prāha tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ.. vibhūtīḥ svā dharmajñānavairāgyaiśvaryameva ca.. 40.21 .. > Then Maheśvara, pleased by his great devotion, said to him: / "His own powers are indeed righteousness, knowledge, dispassion, and sovereign lordship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.22) viparītaśca śīghraṃ bho māṃṭiputraḥ prabodhyatām.. tatastā dyotayaṃtyaśca vibhūtyo garbhamūciṃre.. 40.22 .. > Let the converse also be awakened quickly, O son of Māṃṭi!" / Thereupon those luminous powers spoke to the child in the womb: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.23) mahāmate māṃṭiputra na dhāryaṃ te bhayaṃ hṛdi.. catvārastvāṃ hi dharmādyā manastyakṣyāmahe na te.. 40.23 .. > "O wise son of Māṃṭi, you must not hold fear in your heart; / for we four, righteousness and the rest, will not forsake your mind." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.24) tato'parāstvadharmādyāḥ procurnaiva tathā vayam.. bhaviṣyāmo manastubhyamasmattava bhayaṃ na hi.. 40.24 .. > Then the others, unrighteousness and the rest, said: "We shall never / be in your mind; you have no fear from us." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.25) ityukte sa vibhūtībhiḥ śīghrameva kumārakaḥ.. niḥsasāra bahirjātaścakaṃpeti ruroda ca.. 40.25 .. > When addressed thus by the powers, the child at once / came out, and being born, he trembled and wept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.26) tato vibhūtayaḥ prāhurmāṃṭe tava sutastvasau.. adyāpi kālamārgasya bhītaḥ kampati roditi.. 40.26 .. > Then the powers said: "O Māṃṭi, this son of yours / trembles and weeps even now, afraid of the path of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.27) kālabhītiriti khyātastasmādeṣa bhaviṣyati.. iti dattvā varaṃ tāśca mahādevāṃtikaṃ yayuḥ.. 40.27 .. > Therefore he shall be known by the name Kālabhīti." / Having thus bestowed the boon, they went to Mahādeva's presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.28) so'pi bālaḥ pravavṛdhe śuklapakṣa ivoḍupaḥ.. saṃskṛtaḥ sa ca saṃskārairdhīmānpaśupativratī.. 40.28 .. > The boy also grew up like the moon in the bright fortnight; / consecrated with the sacraments, the wise boy observed the vow of Paśupati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.29) paṃcamaṃtrāñjapañchuddhastīrthayātrāparo'bhavat.. rudrakṣetreṣu sasnau sa japanmantrāṃśca bhārata.. 40.29 .. > Chanting the five mantras, purified, he became devoted to going on pilgrimage; / he bathed in the sacred fields of Rudra, chanting mantras, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.30) kālabhītiguptakṣetraguṇāñchrutvābhyupāyayau.. snātvā tato mahītoye japtvā mantrāṃśca koṭiśaḥ.. 40.30 .. > Having heard the virtues of the secret sacred field of Kālabhīti, he went there; / having bathed there in the waters of the Mahī, and chanted mantras crores of times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.31) nivṛtto nātidūretha bilvavṛkṣaṃ dadarśa saḥ.. dṛṣṭvā taṃ tasya cādhastallakṣamekaṃ jajāpa saḥ.. 40.31 .. > upon turning back, not very far away, he beheld a bilva tree. / Having seen it, he chanted \[the mantra\] one hundred thousand times beneath it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.32) japatastasya viprasya iṃdriyāṇi layaṃ yayuḥ.. kevalaṃ paramānaṃdasvarūpo'sāvabhūtkṣaṇāt.. 40.32 .. > As that brahmin was chanting, his sense-faculties dissolved; / in an instant he became purely of the nature of supreme bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.33) tasyānaṃdasya naupamyaṃ svargādīnāṃ bhavetkvacit.. gaṃgodakasyeva mānaṃ kevalaṃ so'pyasāvapi.. 40.33 .. > There is no comparison anywhere to that bliss, \[even\] of heaven and the like; / like the measurement of the Gaṅgā’s water, he was alone that, and that alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.34) tatra līno muhurtena punaścābhūdyathā purā.. tato visiṣmiye pārtha kālabhītiruvāca ha.. 40.34 .. > Dissolved in it for a muhūrta, he again became as before. / Thereupon Kālabhīti was astonished, O Pārtha, and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.35) nāyaṃ mama mahānando vārāṇasyāṃ na namiṣe.. na prabhāse na kedāre na cāpyamarakaṇṭake.. 40.35 .. > "This great bliss of mine was not in Vārāṇasī, nor in Naimiṣa, / nor in Prabhāsa, nor in Kedāra, nor in Amarakaṇṭaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.36) śrīparvate na cānyatra yādṛśodyapravarttate.. nirvikārāṇi svacchāni gaṃgāṃbāṃsīvakhāni me.. 40.36 .. > nor on Śrīparvata, nor anywhere else, such as has arisen today! / My sense-faculties are free from modification and clear, like the waters of the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.37) bhūteṣu paramā prītistrijagaddyotate sphuṭam.. dharmamekaṃ paraṃ mahyaṃ cetaścāpyavagacchati.. 40.37 .. > Supreme love for all beings and the threefold world clearly shines; / and my mind understands the one supreme righteousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.38) aho sthānaprabhāvo'yaṃ sphuṭaṃ cāpyatra procyate.. nirdoṣaṃ yacchuci stāna sarvopadravavarjitam.. 40.38 .. > Ah, the power of this place! And it is clearly said here: / a place which is faultless, pure, and free from all afflictions— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.39) tatra sthitasya dharmārthastadvadbhūyātsahasradhā.. tadasmācca prabhāvāddhi jānāmītaḥ svacetasi.. 40.39 .. > for one residing there, the purpose of righteousness increases a thousandfold. / Therefore, from this very power, I know this in my heart: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.40) viśiṣṭaṃ kāśimukhyebhyastīrthebhyaḥ sthānakaṃ tvidam.. tasmādatraiva saṃsthohaṃ tapastapsyāmi puṣkalam.. 40.40 .. > this place is superior even to the sacred fords headed by Kāśī. / Therefore, staying right here, I shall perform abundant austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.41) idaṃ cedaṃ tīrthamiti sadā yastṛṣitaścaret.. na sa siddhimavāpnoti kleśenaiva mriyeta saḥ.. 40.41 .. > He who, ever thirsty, wanders about thinking, 'This sacred ford and that,' / does not attain perfection; he merely dies in weariness." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.42) iti saṃciṃtya bilvasya vṛkṣasyādho vyavasthitaḥ.. jajāpa mantrānrudrasya aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa dhiṣṭhitaḥ.. 40.42 .. > Having reflected thus, he stood beneath the bilva tree, / perched on the tip of his big toe, and chanted the mantras of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.43) gṛhītvā niyamaṃ toyabiṃduṃ varṣaśate'gnivat.. tato varṣaśate yāte japatastasya bhārata.. 40.43 .. > Having undertaken the resolve \[to take only\] a drop of water in a hundred years, \[burning\] like fire; / then, when a hundred years had passed as he was chanting, O Bhārata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.44) kaścittoyabhṛtaṃ kumbhaṃ gṛhītvā nara āvrajat.. sataṃ praṇamya prāhedaṃ kālabhītiṃ praharṣataḥ.. 40.44 .. > a certain man arrived holding a pot filled with water. / Bowing to Kālabhīti, he said this with great joy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.45) adya te niyamaḥ pūrṇastoyametanmahāmate.. gṛhāṇa saphalaṃ mahyaṃ śramaṃ kartumihārhasi.. 40.45 .. > "Today your observance is complete. Take this water, O noble-minded one; / you should make my toil fruitful here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.46) ..kālabhītiruvāca.. ko bhavānvarṇato brūhi kimācāraśca tattvataḥ.. janmācārau viditvā te grahīṣyāmyanyathā na hi.. 40.46 .. > Kālabhīti said: / "Speak, who are you by caste, and what is your conduct in truth? / Having known your birth and conduct I shall take it, not otherwise." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.47) ..nara uvāca.. na jāne pitarau svīyau naṣṭau vā sarvathā na hi.. evamevāpi paśyāmi sarvadā'haṃ sa eva ca.. 40.47 .. > The man said: / "I do not know my parents, whether they are dead or not at all; / I just see in this way, always, that he is indeed that \[same\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.48) ācāraiścāpi dharmaiśca na kāryaṃ mama kiṃcana.. tasmādvakṣyāmi nāpyetanna cāpyasmi samācare.. 40.48 .. > I have no concern with conduct or righteous duties; / therefore I will not speak of this, nor am I one who practices it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.49) ..kālabhītiruvāca.. yadyevaṃ nodakaṃ tubhyaṃ grahīṣyāmyasmi karhicit.. śrṛṇuṣvātra vaco yanme gururāha śrutīritam.. 40.49 .. > Kālabhīti said: / "If so, I will never accept water from you. / Hear on this matter the word that my teacher told me, declared in the scriptures: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.50) na jñāyate kulaṃ yasya bījaśuddhiṃ vinā tataḥ.. tasya khādanpibanvāpi sādhuḥ sīdati tatkṣaṇāt.. 40.50 .. > 'One whose family is not known, without purity of seed— / eating or drinking from him, a virtuous person falls instantly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.51) yaśca rudraṃ na jānāti rudrabhaktaśca yo nahi.. annodakaṃ tasya bhuñjanpātakī syānna saṃśayaḥ.. 40.51 .. > And he who does not know Rudra, and who is not a devotee of Rudra— / consuming his food and water, one becomes a sinner, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.52) ajñātvā yaḥ śivaṃ bhuṃkte kathyate so'tra brahmahā.. mārṣṭi ca brahmahānnāde tasmāttasya na bhakṣayet.. 40.52 .. > He who eats without knowing Śiva is called a slayer of a brahmin here; / and a slayer of a brahmin wipes off \[his sin\] on the eater of his food; therefore one should not eat his \[food\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.53) gaṃgodakumbhaḥ syādyadvattanmadhye madyabiṃdunā.. aśivajñasya yo bhuṃkte śivajño'pi tathaiva saḥ.. 40.53 .. > Just as a pot of Gaṅgā water becomes \[polluted\] by a drop of liquor within it, / so is he who eats \[food\] from one who knows not Śiva, even though he himself knows Śiva.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.54) hīnavarṇaśca yaḥ syāddhi śivabhakto'pi naiva saḥ.. pratigṛhyau guṇau tasmādvilokyau dvau pratigrahe.. 40.54 .. > And he who is of low caste is not indeed a devotee of Śiva. > Therefore, in accepting a gift, two qualities are to be examined in the acceptance: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.55) ..nara uvāca.. etena tava vākyena hāsyaṃ saṃjāyate mama.. aho mugdho'si mithyā tvamapasmārī jaḍo'pi ca.. 40.55 .. > The man said: > At these words of yours, laughter arises in me. > Ah, you are foolish, false, epileptic, and also dull-witted! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.56) sadā sarveṣu bhūteṣu śivo vasati nityaśaḥ.. sādhvasādhu tato vākyaṃ naiva nindā śivasya sā.. 40.56 .. > Śiva ever abides constantly in all beings. > Therefore, words good or bad are not slander of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.57) ātmanaśca parasyāpi yaḥ karotyaṃtaro haram.. tasya bhinnadṛśo mṛtyurvidadhe bhayamulbaṇam.. 40.57 .. > He who makes a distinction between himself and another with regard to Hara— > for him who sees difference, Death creates terrible fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.58) athavā kā hi pānīye bhavedaśucitā vada.. mṛttikodbhavakumbho'yaṃ pāvakenāpi pācitaḥ.. 40.58 .. > Or tell me, what impurity could there be in water? > This pot is born of clay and baked by fire; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.59) pūrṇaśca payasā kasminneṣāmaśucitā kutaḥ.. 40.59 .. > and it is filled with water. In which of these is impurity, and whence? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.60) atha cenmama saṃsargādaśucitvaṃ ca mīyate.. tadasyāṃ saṃsthitaḥ pṛthvyāmahaṃtvaṃ ca kuto vada.. 40.60 .. > Now, if impurity is inferred from contact with me, > then, tell me, where does ‘I-ness’ and ‘you-ness’ come from when residing on this earth? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.61) kutaḥ pṛthivyāṃ carasi khe tvaṃ naiva carasyuta.. evaṃ vicāryamāṇe te bhāṣitaṃ mugdhavadbhavet.. 40.61 .. > Why do you walk on the earth and not walk in the sky? > When considered in this way, your speech becomes like that of a fool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.62) ..kālabhītiruvāca.. sarvabhūteṣu cedevaṃ śiva eveti cocyate.. nāstikāṃ mṛttikā kasmādbhakṣayaṃti nabhasyake.. 40.62 .. > Kālabhīti said: > If indeed it is said that Śiva alone is in all beings, > then why do the godless eat clay in Bhādrapada? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.63) śuddhyarthaṃ tena viśvasya sthāpitā saṃsthitiryathā.. phalena pālitā sā ca nānyathā tāṃ śrṛṇuṣva ca.. 40.63 .. > For the sake of the purification of the universe, an established order was instituted by him in that manner, > and it is maintained by its fruits and not otherwise; listen to that! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.64) sasarjeti purā dhātā rūpātmakamidaṃ jagat.. tacca nāmaprapañcena baddhaṃ dāmnā ca gauryathā.. 40.64 .. > Formerly the Creator fashioned this world consisting of form; > and it is bound by the expanse of names, as a cow with a rope. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.65) sa ca nāmaprapañcastu caturddhā bhidyate kila.. dhvanirvarṇāḥ padaṃ vākyamityāspadacatuṣṭayam.. 40.65 .. > And that expanse of names is divided in four ways indeed: > sound, phonemes, word, and sentence—such is the tetrad of domains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.66) tatra dhvanirnādamayo varṇāścākārapūrvakāḥ.. padaṃ \`śa vami' ti proktaṃ vākyaṃ ceti śivaṃ' bhajet.. 40.66 .. > There, sound consists of tone, and the phonemes begin with ‘a’; > the word is declared to be ‘Śiva’, and the sentence is ‘one should worship Śiva.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.67) taccāpi vākyaṃ trividhaṃ bhavediti śrutermatam.. prabhusammatamekaṃ ca suhṛtsaṃmatameva ca.. 40.67 .. > And that sentence is of three kinds according to the view of the Veda: > one commanding like a master, one advising like a friend, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.68) kāṃtāsaṃmatamevāpi vākyaṃ hi trividhaṃ viduḥ.. prabhuḥ svāmī yathā bhṛtyamādiśatyetadācara.. 40.68 .. > and one enticing like a beloved woman; thus they know sentence to be threefold. > Just as a master, a lord, commands a servant: ‘Do this!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.69) tathā śrutismṛtī cobhe prāhatuḥ prabhusaṃmatam.. itihāsapurāṇādi suhṛtsaṃmatamucyate.. 40.69 .. > So both Śruti and Smṛti speak with the authority of a master; > Itihāsa, Purāṇa, and the like are said to advise like a friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.70) suhṛdvatpratibodhyainaṃ pravartayati tattvataḥ.. kāvyālāpādikaṃ yacca kāṃtāsaṃmatamucyate.. 40.70 .. > Enlightening him like a friend, it directs him to the truth; > and poetry, conversation, and the like are said to entice like a beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.71) prabhuvākyaṃ smṛtaṃ yacca sabāhyābhyaṃtaraṃ śuci.. suhṛdvākyaṃ tathā śaucaṃ pālayetsvargakāṃkṣayā.. 40.71 .. > The command of a master is remembered as externally and internally pure; > and likewise, desiring heaven, one should observe purity according to the word of a friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.72) tadetatpālanīyaṃ syādbhūmijānāṃ śrutirvadet.. tvayā nāstikyavākyena cedetadabhidhīyate.. 40.72 .. > That very thing is to be observed by those born on earth, as the Śruti declares. > If this is spoken by you with the words of a non-believer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.73) etena śrutiśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ ca vṛtaiva kim.. agre saptarṣipūrvā ye brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā bhavan.. 40.73 .. > are the Śrutis, the Śāstras, and the Purāṇa completely in vain? > Were those brahmins and kṣatriyas of old, headed by the Seven Seers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.74) mugdhāḥ sarve'bhavandakṣā ye hi vedaṃ gatā hyanu.. tathā vedāṃtavacanaṃ sattvasthā hyūrdhvagāminaḥ.. 40.74 .. > all deluded, while those who followed the Veda were clever? > Likewise, the teaching of Vedānta says: those established in sattva go upward; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.75) tiṣṭhaṃti rājasā madhye hyadho gacchaṃti tāmasāḥ.. sattvāhāraiḥ sattvavṛttyā svargagāmī bhavettataḥ.. 40.75 .. > the rājasic remain in the middle; and the tāmasic go downward. > Therefore, through sattva foods and a sattvic livelihood, one becomes a goer to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.76) na caitadapya sūyāmo yadbhūteṣu śivo na hi.. astyeva sarvabhūteṣu śrṛṇvatrāpyupamānakam.. 40.76 .. > Nor do we envy this: that Śiva is not in beings; > he is indeed present in all beings. Hear also a comparison on this point: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.77) yathā suvarṇajātāni bhūṣaṇāni bahūni ca.. kānicicchuddharūpāṇi hīnarūpāṇi kānicit.. 40.77 .. > Just as there are many ornaments made of gold, > some of pure form and some of inferior form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.78) svarṇaṃ sarveṣu cāstyeva tathaiva sa sadāśivaḥ.. hīnarūpaṃ śodhitaṃ sacchuddhimeti na caikatām.. 40.78 .. > yet gold is present in all of them—in the same way is Sadāśiva. > The inferior form, when purified, attains purity, but not identity \[with the pure\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.79) tathedaṃ śodhitaṃ dehaṃ śuddhaṃ divi vrajetsphuṭam.. tasmātsarvātmanā hīnānna grāhyaṃ bata dhīmatā.. 40.79 .. > Likewise this body, when purified and made clean, clearly goes to heaven. > Therefore, a wise man should by no means accept \[anything\] from an inferior person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.80) cedidaṃ śodhayeddehaṃ naiva grāhyaṃ samaṃtataḥ.. sarvato yaḥ pratigrāhī nihārāhārayorna ca.. 40.80 .. > If one would purify this body, it should not be accepted from every side. > He who accepts gifts from everywhere, and is not \[circumspect\] in evacuation and food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.81) śuciḥ syādalpadivasātpāṣāṇo'sau bhavetsphuṭam.. tasmātsarvātmanā naiva grahīṣyehaṃ jalaṃ sphuṭam.. 40.81 .. > could not be pure; in a few days he clearly becomes a stone. > Therefore, by no means will I clearly accept the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.82) sādhuvāpyathavā'sādhu pramāṇaṃ naḥ śrutiḥ parā.. evamukte sa ca naraḥ prahasandakṣiṇena ca.. 40.82 .. > Whether good or bad, the supreme Śruti is our authority. > When this was said, that man, laughing, and with his right > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.83) aṃguṣṭhena likhanbhūmiṃ cakre gartaṃ mahottamam.. tatra cikṣepa tattoyaṃ tena gartaḥ sma pūritaḥ.. 40.83 .. > big toe scratching the ground, made an excellent pit; > into it he poured that water, and by it the pit was filled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.84) atyaricyata toyaṃ ca cakre pādena saṃlikhan.. cakre saraḥ pūritaṃ cāpyatiriktajalena tat.. 40.84 .. > And water remained in excess; scratching with his foot, > he made a lake, and it was filled with that overflowing water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.85) tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā naiva vipro visiṣmiye.. yato bahuvidhaṃ citraṃ bhavedbhūtādyupāsiṣu.. 40.85 .. > Seeing that great wonder, the brahmin was not astonished at all, > because manifold wonders occur among worshippers of spirits and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.86) taccitreṇa na jahyācca śrutimārgaṃ sanātanam.. 40.86 .. > Because of that wonder, one must not abandon the eternal path of the Śruti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.87) ..nara uvāca.. atimūrkhosi vipra tvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase.. kiṃ na śrutastvayā ślokaḥ purāvidbhirudīritaḥ.. kūponyasya ghaṭo'nyasya rajjuranyasya bhārata.. 40.87 .. > The man said: > You are extremely foolish, O brahmin, yet you speak words of wisdom! > Have you not heard the verse uttered by those who know the past: > ‘The well belongs to one, the pot to another, the rope to another, O descendant of Bharata; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.88) pāyaṃtyanye pibaṃtyanye sarve te samabhāginaḥ.. tajjalaṃ mama kasmāttvaṃ dharmajño na pibasyasi.. 40.88 .. > others give drink, and others drink: they all share equally \[in the merit\].’ > Why do you, who know dharma, not drink that water of mine? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.89) ..nārada uvāca.. tato vimamṛśe śloko bahudhā samabhāginām.. aniścayādvicāryāsau ghaṭādyaiḥ samabhāgitā.. 40.89 .. > Nārada said: > Then the verse concerning equal partners was reflected upon in various ways, > considering, due to uncertainty, the equal partnership through pots and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.90) bahupotadravyakṣepaḥ sarvaiḥ sā samabhāgitā.. evaṃ kartuḥ phalaiḥ sarvaiḥ samaṃ syācca punaḥpunaḥ.. 40.90 .. > Like the loading of goods onto many boats, that is equal partnership by all; > thus, the agent’s results would repeatedly be equal for all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.91) yaḥ śuciśca śivaṃ dhyāyanprāsādakūpakartari.. jalapratigrahābhāvātpibato'sya samaṃ phalam.. 40.91 .. > He who is pure and meditates on Śiva in the maker of temples and wells, > due to the absence of receiving water as a formal gift, has equal fruit upon drinking it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.92) iti niścitya provāca kālabhītirnaraṃ ca tam.. satyametkiṃ tu kuṃbhapayasā gartapūraṇe.. 40.92 .. > Having decided thus, Kālabhīti said to that man: > ‘This is true; yet in the filling of a pit with water from a jar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.93) dṛṣṭvā pratyakṣato mādṛkkathaṃ pibati bho vada.. sādhu vāpyathavā'sādhu na pibeyaṃ kathaṃcana.. 40.93 .. > tell me, sir, having witnessed it directly, how could one like me drink? > Whether good or bad, I will not drink under any circumstances.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.94) evaṃ viniścayaṃ dṛṣṭvāsya sthiraṃ kurunaṃdana.. puruṣo'sau prahasyaiva kṣaṇādaṃtardadhe tataḥ.. 40.94 .. > Seeing his firm resolve thus, O joy of the Kurus, > that man simply laughed and disappeared in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.95) kālabhītiśca paramaṃ vismayaṃ samupāgataḥ.. vṛttāṃtaḥ koyamityeva ciṃtayāmāsa bhūyasā.. 40.95 .. > And Kālabhīti arrived at supreme amazement, > and pondered intensely: ‘What is this incident?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.96) tataściṃtayatastasya bilvādhastātsuśobhanam.. ucchritaṃ sumahāliṃgaṃ pṛthivyā dyotayaddiśaḥ.. 40.96 .. > Then, as he was pondering, beneath a bilva tree arose a very beautiful, > exalted, very great liṅga, illuminating the quarters of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.97) prādurbhāve tatastasya mahāliṃgasya bhārata.. nanarta khepsarovṛṃdaṃ gadharvā lalitaṃ jaguḥ.. 40.97 .. > Upon the manifestation of that great liṅga, O descendant of Bharata, / a host of apsarases danced in the sky, and gandharvas sang gracefully. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.98) pārijātamayīṃ puṣpavṛṣṭimiṃdro mumoca ha.. jayeti devā munayastuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stavaiḥ.. 40.98 .. > Indra showered down a rain of pārijāta flowers; / the gods and sages praised him with various hymns, crying, "Be victorious!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.99) tasminmahati kauravya vartamāne mahotsave.. kālabhītiḥ pramuditaḥ praṇamya stotramairayat.. 40.99 .. > While that great festival was taking place, O Kauravya, / Kālabhīti, overjoyed, bowed down and recited a hymn: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.100) pāpasya kālaṃ bhavapaṃkakālaṃ kalākalaṃ kālamārgasya kālam.. devaṃ mahākālamahaṃ prapadye śrīkālakaṃṭhaṃ bhavakālarūpam.. 40.100 .. > "To the death of sin, the destruction of the mire of worldly existence, the lord of arts, the vanquisher of the path of death, / to the god Mahākāla, the glorious Blue-throated One, the form of death to worldly existence, I fly for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.101) īśānavaktraṃ praṇamāmi tvāhaṃ stauti śrutiḥ sarvavidyeśvarastvam.. bhūteśvarastvaṃ prapitāmahastvaṃ tasmai namastestu maheśvarāya.. 40.101 .. > I bow to your Īśāna-face; the revealed scripture praises you: 'You are the lord of all knowledge, / you are the lord of beings, you are the great-grandfather'; homage be to that Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.102) yaṃ stauti vedastamahaṃ prapadye tatpuruṣasaṃjñaṃ śaraṇaṃ dvitīyam.. tvāṃ vidmahe tac nastvaṃ pradehi śrīrudra deveśa namonamaste.. 40.102 .. > To him whom the Veda praises, the second \[face\] named Tatpuruṣa, I go for refuge; / 'May we know you, grant us that,' O glorious Rudra, lord of the gods, homage, homage to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.103) aghoravaktraṃ tritayaṃ prapadye atharvajuṣṭaṃ tava rūpakāṇi.. aghoraghorāṇi ca ghoraghorāṇyahaṃ sadānaumi bhūtāni tubhyam.. 40.103 .. > I seek refuge in the Aghora face, the third, favored by the Atharvan \[Veda\]; to your forms, / both non-terrific and terrific, and extremely terrific, and to your beings, I always bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.104) caturthavaktraṃ ca sadā prapadye sadyobhijātāya namonamaste.. bhavebhavenādibhavo bhavasva bhavodbhavo māṃ śiva tatratatra.. 40.104 .. > And I ever seek refuge in the fourth face; homage, homage to Sadyojāta! / In existence after existence, be my primordial existence; you who transcend worldly existence, \[protect\] me everywhere, O Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.105) namostu te vāmadevāya jyeṣṭharudrāya kālāya kalāvikāriṇe.. balaṃkarāyāpi balapramāthine bhūtāni haṃtre ca manonmanāya.. 40.105 .. > Homage be to you, Vāmadeva, the eldest Rudra, Time, the disturber of parts, / the strengthener, the crusher of strength, the destroyer of creatures, and Manonmana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.106) triyaṃbakaṃ tvāṃ ca yajāmahe vayaṃ supuṇyagaṃdhaiḥ śivapuṣṭivardhanam.. urvārukaṃ pakvamivograbaṃdhanādrakṣasva māṃ tryaṃbaka mṛtyumārgāt.. 40.106 .. > We worship you, the three-eyed Lord, who increases auspicious prosperity with fragrant scents; / as a ripe cucumber from its stalk, protect me, O Three-eyed One, from the path of death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.107) ṣaḍakṣaraṃ maṃtravaraṃ taveśa japaṃti ye munayo vītarāgāḥ.. teṣāṃ prasanno'si japāmahetaṃ tvoṃkārapūrvaṃ ca namaḥ śivāya.. 40.107 .. > The six-syllabled supreme mantra of yours, O Lord, which sages free from passion mutter— / you are pleased with them; we mutter that preceded by the syllable Oṃ: 'Homage to Śiva.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.108) evaṃ stuto mahādevo liṃgānniḥsṛtya bhārata.. trijagaddyotayanmabhāsā pratyakṣaḥ prāha ca dvijam.. 40.108 .. > Praised in this way, Mahādeva emerged from the liṅga, O descendant of Bharata, / illuminating the three worlds with his splendor, and, appearing visibly, spoke to the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.109) yattvayātra mahātīrthe bhṛśamārādhito dvija.. tenāti tuṣṭaste vatsa neśaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃcana.. 40.109 .. > "Since you have worshiped me intensely here in this great sacred ford, O twice-born, / I am very pleased with you, child; Death has no power over you in any way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.110) ahaṃ ca nararūpī yo dṛṣṭvā te dharmasaṃsthitim.. dhanyastaddharmamārgo'yaṃ pālyate yadbhavadvidhaiḥ.. 40.110 .. > And having seen your adherence to dharma in human form, / blessed is this path of dharma, since it is protected by men like you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.111) sarvatīrthodakairgarataḥ pūrito me sarastathā.. jalametanmahāpuṇyaṃ tvadarthaṃ me samāhṛtam.. 40.111 .. > The pit was filled by me with water from all sacred fords, and likewise the lake; / this highly sacred water has been brought together by me for your sake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.112) saptamaṃtrarahasyaṃ ca yatkṛtaṃ stavanaṃ mama.. anena paṭhyamānena saptamaṃtraphalaṃ bhavet.. 40.112 .. > And this praise of me that was composed by you, containing the secret of the seven mantras— / by reciting this, the fruit of the seven mantras will be attained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.113) abhīṣṭaṃ ca varaṃ matto vṛṇīṣva manasepsitam.. tvayātitoṣito hyasminādeyaṃ vidyate tava.. 40.113 .. > Choose from me a desired boon, whatever your mind wishes; / I am exceedingly pleased with you, and there is nothing here that cannot be given to you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.114) ..kālabhītiruvāca.. dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yattvaṃ tuṣṭo'si śaṃkara.. tvattoṣātsaphalā dharmāḥ śramāyaivānyatāmatāḥ.. 40.114 .. > Kālabhīti said: / "I am blessed, I am favored, since you are pleased, O Śaṃkara; / through your satisfaction dharmas bear fruit; otherwise, they are considered mere labor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.115) yadi tuṣṭo'si sāṃnidyaṃ liṃge'tra kriyatāṃ sadā.. akṣayaṃ tatkṛtaṃ cāstu yalliṃge kriyate'tra ca.. 40.115 .. > If you are pleased, let your presence be established forever in this liṅga, / and whatever is performed here at this liṅga, let that become imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.116) japato yatphalaṃ devapaṃcamaṃtrāyutena ca.. tatphalaṃ jāyatāṃ naṇāmasya liṃgasya darśane.. 40.116 .. > The fruit that is obtained, O God, from reciting ten thousand of the five mantras, / let that fruit arise for men upon seeing this liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.117) kālamārgādahaṃ yasmānmocito'haṃ maheśvara.. mahākālamiti khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ tasmādbhavatvidam.. 40.117 .. > Because I have been liberated from the path of death, O Maheśvara, / therefore let this liṅga be known as Mahākāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.118) asmiṃśca kūpe yo martyaḥ snātvā tarpayate pitṝn.. sarvatīrthaphalaṃ cāstu pitṝṇāmakṣayā gatiḥ.. 40.118 .. > And whatever mortal bathes in this well and offers libations to the ancestors, / let him attain the fruit of all sacred fords, and let the ancestors have an imperishable destiny." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.119) iti tasyavacaḥ śrutvā prītastaṃ śaṃkaro'bravīt.. svāyaṃbhuvaṃ yatra liṃgaṃ tatra nityaṃ vasāmyaham.. 40.119 .. > Having heard his words, Śaṃkara, well-pleased, said to him: / "Wherever there is a self-manifest liṅga, there I dwell eternally. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.120) svayaṃbhubāṇaratnotthadātupāṣāṇalohajam.. liṃgaṃ krameṇa phaladamaṃtyātpūrvaṃ daśottaram.. 40.120 .. > A liṅga that is self-manifest, made of a bāṇa-stone, of gems, of minerals, of stone, or of iron / yields fruit in order, each preceding one tenfold greater than the subsequent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.121) ākāśe tārakāliṃgaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram.. svāyaṃbhuvaṃ dhārapṛṣṭhe tadetattritayaṃ samam.. 40.121 .. > The Tārakaliṅga in the sky, Hāṭakeśvara in Pātāla, / and the self-manifest \[liṅga\] on the surface of the earth—these three are equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.122) viśeṣātprārthitaṃ yacca tacca bhaviṣyati.. atra puṣpaṃ phalaṃ pūjā naivedyaṃ stavanakriyā.. 40.122 .. > And what was specially requested \[by you\], that too shall be so; / here, a flower, fruit, worship, food offering, an act of praise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.123) dānaṃ vānyaśca yatkiṃcidakṣayaṃ tadbhaviṣyati.. māghāsitacaturdaśyāṃ śivayoge ca putraka.. 40.123 .. > or a gift, or whatever else \[is offered\], that will become imperishable. / On the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha, and during an auspicious conjunction with Śiva, O son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.124) liṃgācca pūrvataḥ kūpesnātvā yastarpayetpitṝn.. sarvatīrthaphalāvāptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ cākṣayā gatiḥ.. 40.124 .. > whoever bathes in the well to the east of the liṅga and offers libations to the ancestors / obtains the fruit of all sacred fords, and an imperishable destiny for his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.125) tasyāṃ rātrau mahākālaṃ yāmeyāme prapūjayet.. yaḥ kṣipetsarvaliṃgeṣu sa jāgaraphalaṃ labhet.. 40.125 .. > On that night, one should worship Mahākāla during each three-hour watch; / he who applies \[offerings\] to all the liṅgas obtains the fruit of keeping vigil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.126) jiteṃdriyaśca yo nityaṃ māṃ liṃgetra prapūjayet.. bhuktimuktī na dūrasthe tasya nityaṃ dvijottama.. 40.126 .. > And whoever, with senses controlled, constantly worships me here in this liṅga, / enjoyment and liberation are not far from him, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.127) māghe caturdaśyaṣṭamyāṃ somavāre ca parvaṇi.. snātvā sarasi yo'bhyarcya liṃgametacchivaṃ vrajet.. 40.127 .. > In the month of Māgha, on the fourteenth, the eighth, on a Monday, and on an auspicious day, / he who bathes in the lake, worships this liṅga, and goes to Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.128) dānaṃ tapo rudrajāpaḥ sarvamakṣayameva ca.. tvaṃ ca nandī dvitīyo me pratīhāro bhaviṣyasi.. 40.128 .. > his gift, austerity, and muttering of the Rudra \[hymn\] are entirely imperishable. / And you shall become Nandī, my second gatekeeper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.129) kālamārgajayādvatsa mahākālā bhidhaściram.. karaṃdhamo'tra rājarṣiracirādāgamiṣyati.. 40.129 .. > Because of conquering the path of death, O child, you shall be named Mahākāla for a long time. / The royal seer Karaṃdhama will come here before long; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.130) tasya procya bhavāndharmāṃstato mallokamāvraja.. ityuktvā bhagavānrudro liṃgamadhye nyalīyata.. 40.130 .. > having explained to him the dharmas, then go to my realm." / Having spoken thus, the Lord Rudra merged into the center of the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.131) mahākālo'pi muditastatra tepe mahattapaḥ.. 40.131 .. > Mahākāla, too, full of joy, performed severe austerity there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.132) ..iti mahākālaprādurbhāvaḥ.. ..nārada uvāca.. atha kenāpi kālena pārtha rājā karaṃdhamaḥ.. viśeṣamicchurdharmeṣu śrutvā tīrthamahāguṇān.. 40.132 .. > Thus ends the manifestation of Mahākāla. / Nārada said: / Then after some time, O son of Pṛthā, King Karaṃdhama, / desiring excellence in dharmas and having heard the great qualities of the sacred ford > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.133) mahākālacaritraṃ ca tatraiva samupāyayau.. mahīsāgara toye'sau snātvā liṃgānyathārcayat.. 40.133 .. > and the history of Mahākāla, arrived at that very place; / having bathed in the water of Mahīsāgara, he worshiped the liṅgas in accordance with rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.134) mahākālamanuprāpya paramāṃ prītimāgataḥ.. sa paśyansumahāliṃgaṃ nātṛpyata janeśvaraḥ.. 40.134 .. > Having reached Mahākāla, he experienced the highest delight; / beholding that great liṅga, the lord of men was not satiated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.135) yathā daridraḥ kṛpaṇo nidhikumbhamavāpya ca.. saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ mene mahākālaṃ nirīkṣya saḥ.. 40.135 .. > Just as a poor and wretched man, upon obtaining a jar of treasure, / so he considered his life fruitful upon seeing Mahākāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.136) paṃcamaṃtrāyutajapaphalaṃ yasyeha darśanāt.. tataḥ saparyayākṣyarcya mahatyāsau praṇamya ca.. 40.136 .. > by whose darśana here one gains the fruit of muttering ten thousand of the five mantras; / then, having worshiped it with elaborate service and having bowed down, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.137) śrutvā ca liṃgapravaraṃ mahākālamupāsadat.. tato rudravacaḥ smṛtvā mahākālaḥ smayanniva.. 40.137 .. > and having heard about the supreme liṅga, he approached Mahākāla. / Then, recalling the words of Rudra, Mahākāla, smiling as it were, \[addressed him\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.138) pratyudgamya nṛpaṃ pūjāmarghaṃ ca pratyapādayat.. tataḥ kuśalapraśnādi kṛtvā śāṃtamukhaṃ nṛpaḥ.. 40.138 .. > Going out to meet the king, he offered him worship and respectful water. / Then, having exchanged greetings of welfare and the like, the king, with a tranquil countenance, 40.138 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.139) mahākālamupāmaṃtrya kathāṃte vākyamabravīt.. bhagavansaṃśayo mahyaṃ sadā'yaṃ parivartate.. 40.139 .. > Addressing Mahākāla, said these words at the end of the conversation: / 'O venerable one, this doubt always revolves in my mind: 40.139 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.140) yadidaṃ tarpaṇaṃnāma pitṝṇāṃ kriyate nṛbhiḥ.. jalamadhye jalaṃ yāti kathaṃ tṛpyaṃti pūrvajāḥ.. 40.140 .. > As for this offering of water which is made by men for the ancestors: / The water goes into the water; how do the ancestors become satisfied? 40.140 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.141) evaṃ piṃḍādipūjā ca sarvamatraiva dṛśyate.. kathamevaṃ sma manyāmaḥ pitrādyairupabhujyate.. 40.141 .. > Likewise, worship with rice-balls and the like is all seen right here; / how then do we think that it is enjoyed by fathers and the rest? 40.141 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.142) na caitadasti yatteṣāṃ nopatiṣṭhati kiṃcana.. svapne yathākramya naraṃ dṛśyaṃte yācakāśca te.. 40.142 .. > Nor is it the case that nothing reaches them, / for in a dream they are seen approaching a man as beggars. 40.142 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.143) devānāṃ cāpi dṛśyaṃte pratyakṣāḥ pratyayāḥ sadā.. tatkathaṃ pratigṛhṇanti mano me'tra pramuhyati.. 40.143 .. > And perceptible proofs of the gods too are always seen. / How then do they receive it? My mind is bewildered in this matter.' 40.143 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.144) ..mahākāla uvāca.. yonirevaṃvidā teṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām.. dūroktaṃ dūrapūjā ca dūrastutirathāpi yat.. 40.144 .. > Mahākāla said: / 'Such is the origin of those ancestors and of the gods in heaven, / that distant words, distant worship, and also distant praise— 40.144 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.145) bhavyaṃ bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyacca sarvaṃ jānaṃti yāṃti ca.. paṃcatanmātrarūpaṃ ca manobuddhirahaṃjaḍāḥ.. 40.145 .. > They know and reach all that was, is, and will be. / Formed of the five subtle elements, mind, intellect, and egoism are insentient; 40.145 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.146) navatattvamayaṃ dehaṃ daśamaḥ puruṣo mataḥ.. tasmādgaṃdhena tṛpyaṃti rasatattvena te tathā.. 40.146 .. > The body consists of nine principles, and the person is considered the tenth. / Therefore they are satisfied by scent, and likewise by the principle of taste; 40.146 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.147) śabdatattvena tuṣyaṃti sparśatattvaṃ ca gṛhṇate.. śuci dṛṣṭvā ta tuṣyaṃti nātra rājanbhavenmṛṣā.. 40.147 .. > They are pleased by the principle of sound, and they accept the principle of touch. / Seeing what is pure, they are pleased; herein, O king, there is no falsehood. 40.147 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.148) yathā tṛṇaṃ paśūnāṃ ca narāṇāmannamucyate.. evaṃ daivatayonīnāmannasārasya bhojanam.. 40.148 .. > Just as grass is said to be for beasts and \[solid\] food for men, / even so is the eating of the essence of food for divine beings. 40.148 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.149) śaktayaḥ sarvabhāvānāmaciṃtyā jñānagocarāḥ.. tasmāttattvaṃ pragṛhṇanti śeṣamatraiva dṛśyate.. 40.149 .. > The powers of all entities are unthinkable, accessible only to higher knowledge; / therefore they receive the essence, while the remainder is seen right here.' 40.149 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.150) ..karaṃdhama uvāca.. pitṛbhyo dīyate śrāddhaṃ svakarmavaśagāśca te.. svargasthā narakasthā vā kathaṃ tairupabhujyate.. 40.150 .. > Karandhama said: / 'The ancestral rite is offered to the ancestors, but they are subject to their own karma; / staying in heaven or staying in hell, how is it enjoyed by them? 40.150 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.151) atha svarge'tha nareka sthitāḥ karmābhiyaṃtritāḥ.. śaknuvaṃti varānetāndātuṃ te ceśvarāḥ katham.. 40.151 .. > Moreover, dwelling in heaven or in hell, restrained by their karma, / how are they able to bestow these boons, and how are they masters? 40.151 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.152) āyuḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukāni ca.. prayacchantu tathā rājyaṃ prītā nṝṇāṃ pitāmahāḥ.. 40.152 .. > \[When it is said\]: “May the ancestors, being pleased, bestow upon men / life, offspring, wealth, learning, heaven, liberation, pleasures, and kingship.”' 40.152 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.153) ..mahākāla uvāca.. satyametatasvakarmasthāḥ pitaro yannṛpottama.. kiṃ tu devāsurāṇāṃ ca yakṣādīnāmamūrtakāḥ.. 40.153 .. > Mahākāla said: / 'It is true, O best of kings, that the ancestors abide by their own karma; / nevertheless, formless ancestors of the gods, the asuras, the yakṣas, and others, 40.153 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.154) mūrtāścaturṇāṃ varṇānāṃ pitaraḥ saptadhā smṛtāḥ.. te hi sarve prayacchaṃti dātuṃ sarvaṃ yatopsitam.. 40.154 .. > And embodied ancestors of the four castes, are remembered as sevenfold. / Indeed, they all are able to bestow everything desired. 40.154 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.155) ekatriṃśadgaṇā yeṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ prabalā nṛpa.. kṛtaṃ ca tadidaṃ śrāddhaṃ tarpayettānparānpitṝn.. 40.155 .. > O king, the thirty-one groups of these ancestors are powerful; / and this ancestral rite that is performed satisfies those supreme ancestors. 40.155 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.156) te tṛptāstarpayantyasya pūrvajānyatra saṃsthitān.. evaṃ svānāṃ copatiṣṭhecchrāddhaṃ yacchaṃti te varān.. 40.156 .. > They, being satisfied, satisfy one's own forefathers wherever they may abide. / In this way the ancestral rite reaches one's own people, and they grant boons.' 40.156 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.157) ..rājovāca.. bhūtādibhyo yathā vipra nāmnā voddiśya dīyate.. surādīnāṃ kathaṃ caiva saṃkṣepeṇa na dīyate.. 40.157 .. > The king said: / 'O brahmin, just as an offering is given to spirits and the like by name or by dedicating it, / why is it not given to gods and others in a concise manner as well: 40.157 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.158) idaṃ pitṛbhyo devebhyo dvijebhyaḥ pāvakāya ca.. evaṃ kasmādvistarāḥ syurmanaḥ kāyādikaṣṭadāḥ.. 40.158 .. > “This is for the ancestors, the gods, the twice-born, and the fire”? / Why should there be such elaborate rituals that cause distress to mind, body, and the rest?' 40.158 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.159) ..mahākāla uvāca.. ucitā pratipattiśca kāryā sarveṣu nityaśaḥ.. pratipattiṃ cocitāṃ te vinā gṛhṇanti naiva ca.. 40.159 .. > Mahākāla said: / 'Proper honor must always be paid to all; / and without proper honor, they do not accept \[the offering\] at all. 40.159 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.160) yathā śvā gṛhadvārastho baliṃ gṛhṇāti kiṃ tathā.. pradhānapuruṣo rājangṛhṇāti ca śunā samaḥ.. 40.160 .. > Just as a dog standing at the house-door accepts an offering, / does a principal person, O king, accept it in the same manner, like a dog? 40.160 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.161) evaṃ te bhūtavaddevā na hi gṛhṇanti karhicit.. śuci kāmaṃ juṣaṃte na haviraśraddadhānataḥ.. 40.161 .. > Thus the gods never accept like spirits; / they do not partake of the oblation, pure though it may be, given without faith. 40.161 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.162) vinā maṃtraiśca yaddattaṃ na tadgṛhṇanti te'malāḥ.. śrutirapyatra prāhedaṃ maṃtrāṇāṃ viṣaye nṛpa.. 40.162 .. > And what is given without mantras, those stainless ones do not receive. / The Veda also says this regarding mantras, O king: 40.162 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.163) "maṃtrā daivatā yadyadvidvānmantravatkaroti devatābhireva tatkaroti yaddadāni devatābhireva taddadāti yatpratigṛhṇāti devatābhireva tatpratigṛhṇāti tasmānnāmantravatpratigṛhṇīyāt nāmantravatpratipadyate" iti.. 40.163 .. > “The mantras are the deities. Whatever the learned person performs with a mantra, he performs with the deities themselves; whatever he gives, he gives through the deities themselves; whatever he receives, he receives through the deities themselves. Therefore one should not receive without a mantra, nor does one offer without a mantra.” 40.163 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.164) tasmānmaṃtraiḥ sadā deyaṃ paurāṇairvaidikairapi.. anyathā te na gṛhṇanti bhūtānāmupatiṣṭhati.. 40.164 .. > Therefore it should always be given with mantras, whether Purāṇic or Vedic; / otherwise they do not accept it, and it reaches \[only\] the spirits.' 40.164 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.165) ..rājovāca.. darbhāṃstilānakṣatāṃśca toyaṃ caitaiḥ susaṃyutam.. kasmātpradīyate dānaṃ jñātumicchāmi kāraṇam.. 40.165 .. > The king said: / 'Why is a gift given accompanied with darbha-grass, sesame seeds, unbroken grains, and water? / I wish to know the reason.' 40.165 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.166) ..mahākāla uvāca.. purā kila pradattāni bhūmerdānāni bhūriśaḥ.. pratyagṛhṇanta daityāśca praviśyābhyaṃtaraṃ balāt.. 40.166 .. > Mahākāla said: / 'In former times, indeed, gifts on earth were given in abundance, / and the Daityas, entering inside by force, snatched them away. 40.166 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.167) tato devāśca pitaraḥ pratyūcuḥ padmasaṃbhavam.. 40.167 .. > Then the gods and the ancestors said to the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]: 40.167 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.168) svāminnaḥ paśyatāmeva sarvaṃ daityaiḥ pragṛhyate.. vidhehi rakṣāṃ teṣāṃ tvaṃ na naṣṭaḥ smo yathā vayam.. 40.168 .. > “O Lord, while we are watching, everything is seized by the Daityas; / arrange protection for them, so that we are not destroyed.” 40.168 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.169) tato vimṛśyaiva vidhī rakṣopāyamacīkarat.. tilairyuktaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca devānāmakṣataiḥ saha.. 40.169 .. > Then the Creator, having reflected, devised a means of protection: / combined with sesame seeds for the ancestors, and with unbroken grains for the gods, 40.169 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.170) toyaṃ darbhāṃśca sarvatra evaṃ gṛhṇanti nāsurāḥ.. etānvinā pradattaṃ yatphalaṃ daityaiḥ pragṛhyate.. 40.170 .. > Together with water and darbha-grass everywhere—in this way the asuras do not seize it. / Whatever is given without these, its fruit is seized by the Daityas. 40.170 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.171) niḥśvasya pitaro devā yāṃti dātuḥ phalaṃ na hi.. tasmādyugeṣu sarveṣu dānameva pradīyate.. 40.171 .. > Sighing, the ancestors and the gods depart, and there is no fruit for the giver; / therefore, in all the yugas, a gift is given in this very manner.' 40.171 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.172) ..karaṃdhama uvāca.. caturyugavyavasthānaṃ śrotumicchami tattvataḥ.. mahatīyaṃ vivitsā me sadaiva parivartate.. 40.172 .. > Karandhama said: / 'I wish to hear accurately the system of the four yugas; / this great desire to know always turns in my mind.' 40.172 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.173) ..mahākāla uvāca.. ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ viddhitatastretāyugaṃ smṛtam.. dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti catvāraśca samāsataḥ.. 40.173 .. > Mahākāla said: / 'Know that the first is Kṛtayuga; after that is recalled Tretāyuga, / Dvāpara, and Kali—thus there are four in brief. 40.173 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.174) sattvaṃ kṛtaṃ rajastretā dvāparaṃ ca rajastamaḥ.. kalistamastu vijñeyaṃ yugavṛttaṃ yugeṣu ca.. 40.174 .. > Sattva is Kṛta, rajas is Tretā, and Dvāpara is rajas and tamas; / Kali is to be known as tamas; such is the conduct in the yugas. 40.174 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.175) dhyānaṃ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ yajña ucyate.. vṛttaṃ ca dvāpare satyaṃ dānameva kalau yuge.. 40.175 .. > Meditation is supreme in Kṛtayuga; sacrifice is spoken of in Tretā; / in Dvāpara, righteous conduct and truth; \[and\] giving alone in the Kali yuga. 40.175 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.176) kṛte tu mānasī sṛṣṭirvṛttiḥ sākṣādrasollasā.. tejomayyaḥ prajāstṛptāḥ sadānaṃdāśca bhoginaḥ.. 40.176 .. > In Kṛta, creation is mental, and subsistence directly flourishes from \[pure\] essence; / the beings are luminous, satisfied, ever joyful, and enjoyers of delight. 40.176 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.177) adhamottamo na tāsāṃ tā nirviśeṣāḥ prajāḥ śubhāḥ.. tulyamāyuḥ sukhaṃ rūpaṃ tāsāṃ tasminkṛte yuge.. 40.177 .. > There is no low or high among them; those auspicious beings are without distinction; / their lifespan, happiness, and beauty are equal in that Kṛta yuga. 40.177 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.178) na cāprītirna ca dvaṃdvo na dveṣo nāpi ca klamaḥ.. parvatodadhivāsinyo hyanukrośapriyāstu tāḥ.. 40.178 .. > There was no dislike, no pairs of opposites, no hatred, and no weariness. / Dwelling on mountains and shores of oceans, they were fond of compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.179) varṇāśramavyavasthā ca tadāsīnna hi saṃkaraḥ.. ekamanyaṃ na dhyāyaṃti paramaṃ te sadā śivam.. 40.179 .. > The order of classes and life-stages existed then, and there was no intermixture. / They meditated on no other \[god\], always on the one supreme Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.180) caturthe ca tataḥ pāde naṣṭa sā'bhūdrasollasā.. prādurāsaṃstatastāsāṃ vṛkṣāśvagṛhasaṃjñitāḥ.. 40.180 .. > Then, in the fourth quarter, that radiance of sap was lost. / Thereupon, trees known as house-trees appeared for them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.181) vastrāṇi ca prasūyaṃte phalānyābharaṇāni ca.. teṣveva jāyate tāsāṃ gaṃdhavarṇarasānvitam.. 40.181 .. > They produced garments, fruits, and ornaments. / In them alone was born for those \[creatures\] endowed with fragrance, color, and taste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.182) sumākṣikaṃ mahāvīryaṃ puṭake puṭake madhu.. tena tā vartayaṃti sma kṛtasyāṃte prajāstadā.. 40.182 .. > excellent honey of great potency, \[stored\] in every hollow receptacle. / With that the creatures then sustained themselves at the end of the Kṛta \[Yuga\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.183) hṛṣṭapuṣṭāstathā vṛddhāḥ prajā vai vigatajvarāḥ.. tataḥ kālena kenāpi tāsāṃ vṛddhe raseṃdriye.. 40.183 .. > The creatures were joyful, robust, well-grown, and free from distress. / Then, in the course of time, as their sense of taste grew, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.184) yugabhāvāttathā dhyāne svalpībhūte śivasya ca.. vṛkṣāṃstānparyagṛhṇaṃta madhu vā mākṣikaṃ balāt.. 40.184 .. > and as meditation on Śiva dwindled due to the influence of the Yuga, / they seized those trees and took the sweet honey by force. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.185) tāsāṃ tenopacāreṇa lobhadoṣakṛtena vai.. pranaṣṭā madhunā sārdhaṃ kalpavṛkṣāḥ kvacitkvacit.. 40.185 .. > Because of that conduct of theirs caused by the fault of greed, / the wish-fulfilling trees disappeared here and there along with the honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.186) tasyāṃ cāpyalpaśiṣṭāyāṃ dvaṃdvānyabhyutthitāni vai.. śītātapairmanoduḥkhaistatastā duḥkhitā bhṛśam.. 40.186 .. > And when only a little of it was left, the pairs of opposites arose indeed. / Then they suffered greatly from cold and heat and mental distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.187) cakrurāvaraṇārthaṃ hi ketanāni tatastataḥ.. tataḥ pradurbabhau tāsāṃ siddhistretāyuge punaḥ.. 40.187 .. > For the sake of shelter, they made dwellings here and there. / Then, in the Tretā Yuga, a means of subsistence appeared for them again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.188) vṛṣṭyā babhūvurauṣadhyo grāmyāraṇyāścaturdaśa.. akṛṣṭapacyānūptāstoyabhūmisamāgamāt.. 40.188 .. > Through rain, fourteen kinds of plants, both cultivated and wild, came into being; / growing without tilling and unsown, through the union of water and earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.189) ṛtu puṣpaphalaiścaiva vṛkṣagulmāśca jajñire.. taiśca vṛttirabhūttāsāṃ dhānyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalaistathā.. 40.189 .. > Trees and shrubs were also born with seasonal flowers and fruits. / By means of these—grains, flowers, and fruits—they made their living. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.190) tataḥ punarabhūttāsāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sarvataḥ.. kālavīryeṇa vā gṛhya nadīkṣetrāṇi parvatān.. 40.190 .. > Then passion and greed arose everywhere among them once more. / Through the force of time, seizing rivers, fields, and mountains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.191) vṛkṣagulmauṣadhīścaiva prasahyāśu yathābalam.. viparyayeṇa cauṣadhyaḥ pranaṣṭāśca caturdaśa.. 40.191 .. > and violently overtaking trees, shrubs, and plants as quickly as they could with their strength, / through their perversity the fourteen kinds of plants vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.192) natvā dharāṃ praviṣṭāstā oṣadhyaḥ pīḍitāḥ prajāḥ.. dudoha gāṃ pṛthurvainyaḥ sarvabhūtahitāya vai.. 40.192 .. > Having bowed down, those plants entered the earth, and the creatures were afflicted. / Pṛthu, the son of Vena, milked the earth for the welfare of all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.193) tadā prabhṛti cauṣadhyaḥ phālakṛṣṭāḥ prajāstataḥ.. vārttayā vartayaṃti sma pālyamānāśca kṣatriyaiḥ.. 40.193 .. > From that time forward, plants were produced by tilling with a plow. / Then the creatures lived by means of agriculture, protected by kṣatriyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.194) varṇāśramapratiṣṭhā ca yajñastretāsu cocyate.. sadāśivadhyānamayaṃ tyaktvā mokṣamacetanāḥ.. 40.194 .. > The establishment of classes and life-stages, and sacrificial ritual, are declared in the Tretā \[yugas\]. / Having abandoned liberation consisting in meditation on Sadāśiva, the senseless ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.195) puṣpitāṃ vācamāśritya rāgātsvargamasādhayan.. dvāpare ca pravartaṃte matibhedāstato nṛṇām.. 40.195 .. > resorting to flowery speech, pursued heaven out of passion. / In the Dvāpara, divisions of views arise among men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.196) manasā karmaṇā vācā kṛcchrādvārtā prasidhyati.. lobho'dhṛtiḥ śivaṃ tyaktvā dharmāṇāṃ saṃkarastathā.. 40.196 .. > By mind, deed, and speech, agriculture is accomplished with hardship. / Greed, impatience, abandoning Śiva, and mixture of duties, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.197) varṇāśramaparidhvaṃsāḥ pravartaṃte ca dvāpare.. tadā vyāsaiścaturddhā ca vyasyate dvāparāttataḥ.. 40.197 .. > and the destruction of classes and life-stages occur in the Dvāpara. / Then, by reason of the Dvāpara, \[the Veda\] is divided fourfold by the Vyāsas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.198) eko vedaścatuṣpādaiḥ kriyate dvijahetave.. itihāsapurāṇāni bhidyaṃte lokagauravāt.. 40.198 .. > The single Veda is made into four parts for the sake of the twice-born. / The Epics and Purāṇas are divided out of respect for the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.199) brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā.. tathānyannāradīya ca mārkaṃḍeyaṃ ca saptamama.. 40.199 .. > The Brāhma, Pādma, Vaiṣṇava, Śaiva, and Bhāgavata; / likewise another, the Nāradīya, and the Mārkaṇḍeya as the seventh; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.38.200) āgneyamaṣṭamaṃ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ navamaṃ smṛtam.. daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ laiṃgamekādaśaṃ tathā.. 40.200 .. > the Āgneya is declared as the eighth; the Bhaviṣya is remembered as the ninth; / the tenth is the Brahmavaivarta, and the Liṅga is the eleventh; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 278 passages. 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