[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) › 1.4.40 # Skandapurana 1.4.40: adhyāyaḥ 42 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 42 ### [1.4.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.1) ..nārada uvāca.. tato mayā sthāpite ca sthāne kālāṃtareṇa ha.. ciṃtitaṃ hṛdaye bhūyo dvijānugrahakāmyayā.. 42.1 .. > Nārada said: > Then, after that place had been established by me, in the course of time, > it was pondered again in my heart, desiring to bestow grace upon the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.2) vāsudevavihīnaṃ hi tīrthametanna rocate.. asūryaṃ hi jagadyadvatsa hi bhūṣaṇa bhūṣaṇam.. 42.2 .. > “This sacred ford, devoid of Vāsudeva, does not shine, > just as the world \[is without light\] without the sun; for he is the ornament of ornaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.3) yatra naiva hariḥ svāmī tīrthe gehe'tha mānase.. śāstre vā tadasatsarvaṃ hāṃsaṃ tīrthaṃ na vāyasam.. 42.3 .. > A sacred ford, a house, a mind, or a treatise > where Hari is not the lord—all that is worthless: a sacred ford fit for swans, not for crows.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.4) tasmātprasādya varadaṃ tīrthe'sminpuruṣottamam.. āneṣye kalayā sākṣādviśvanugrahakāmyayā.. 42.4 .. > "Therefore, having propitiated Puruṣottama, the granter of boons, in this sacred ford, > I shall bring him in a part visibly, desiring to grace the universe." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.5) iti saṃciṃtya kauravya tato'haṃ cātra saṃsthitaḥ.. jñānayogena yogīṃdraṃ śataṃ varṣāṇyatoṣayam.. 42.5 .. > "Reflecting thus, O descendant of Kuru, I remained here, > and by the yoga of knowledge I pleased the lord of yogins for a hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.6) aṣṭākṣaraṃ japanmaṃtraṃ saṃnigṛhyeṃdriyāṇi ca.. vāsudevamayo bhūtvā sarvabhūtakṛpāparaḥ.. 42.6 .. > Muttering the eight-syllable mantra and restraining my senses, > I became absorbed in Vāsudeva, intent on compassion toward all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.7) evaṃ mayārādhyamāno garuḍaṃ harirāsthitaḥ.. gaṇakoṭiparivṛtaḥ pratyakṣaḥ samajāyata.. 42.7 .. > As he was thus being worshipped by me, Hari, mounted upon Garuḍa > and surrounded by tens of millions of attendants, became visible to my eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.8) tamahaṃ prāṃjalirbhūtvā dattvārghyaṃ vidhivaddhareḥ.. pratyavocaṃ pramamyātha prabaddhakarasaṃ puṭaḥ.. 42.8 .. > Joining my palms and having offered the water of hospitality according to rule to Hari, > I bowed down, with hands folded together, and addressed him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.9) śvetadvīpe purā dṛṣṭaṃ mayā rūpaṃ tava prabho.. ajaṃ sanātanaṃ viṣṇo naranārāyaṇātmakam.. 42.9 .. > 'In Śvetadvīpa formerly, O Lord, that form of yours was seen by me, > unborn, eternal, O Viṣṇu, consisting of Nara and Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.10) tadrūpasya kalāmekāṃ sthāpayātra janārdana.. yadi tuṣṭo'si me viṣṇo tadidaṃ kriyatāṃ tvayā.. 42.10 .. > Establish a single portion of that form here, O Janārdana; > if you are pleased with me, O Viṣṇu, let this be done by you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.11) evaṃ mayā prārthito'tha provāca garuḍadhvajaḥ.. evamastu brahmaputra yattvayābhīpsitaṃ hṛdi .. 42.11 .. > Thus entreated by me, he whose banner is Garuḍa then spoke: > 'So be it, O son of Brahmā! Whatever was desired by you in your heart, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.12) tattathā bhavitā sarvamapyatrasthaṃ sadaiva hi.. evamuktvā gate viṣṇau niveśya svakalāṃ prabho.. 42.12 .. > all that will be so, staying right here forever.' > Having spoken thus, when Viṣṇu had departed after placing a part of himself, O lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.13) mayā saṃsthāpito viṣṇurlokānugrahakāmyayā.. yasmātsvayaṃ śvetadvīpanivāsyatra hariḥ sthitaḥ.. 42.13 .. > Viṣṇu was consecrated by me out of a desire to grace the world. > Because Hari himself, dweller in Śvetadvīpa, stayed here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.14) vṛddho viśvasya viśvākhyo vāsudevastataḥ smṛtaḥ.. kārtike śuklapakṣe yā bhavatye kādaśī śubhā.. 42.14 .. > he was remembered as ancient, as the universe, named Viśva, and as Vāsudeva. > Whatever auspicious eleventh lunar day occurs in the bright half of Kārtika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.15) snānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena toyaprasravaṇādiṣu.. yorcayedacyutaṃ bhaktyā paṃcopacārapūjayā.. 42.15 .. > whoever, having bathed according to the ritual in water-springs and the like, > worships Acyuta with devotion through the fivefold ritual service, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.16) upoṣya jāgaraṃ kuryādgītavādyaṃ hareḥ puraḥ.. kathāṃ vā vaiṣṇavīṃ kuryāddaṃbhakrodhavivarjitaḥ.. 42.16 .. > observing a fast, keeps vigil with singing and instrumental music before Hari, > or recites a Vaiṣṇava narrative, free from deceit and anger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.17) dānaṃ dadyādyathāśaktyā niyato hṛṣṭamānasaḥ.. anekabhavasaṃbhūtātkalmaṣādakhilādapi.. 42.17 .. > and gives gifts according to his ability, restrained and with a joyful mind, > from all impurity arising from many births > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.18) mucyate'sau na saṃdeho yadyapi brahmaghātakaḥ.. gāruḍena vimānena vaikuṃṭhaṃ padamāpnuyāt.. 42.18 .. > he is liberated—there is no doubt—even if he is the slayer of a brahmin; > he attains the abode of Vaikuṇṭha on an aerial chariot of Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.19) kulānāṃ tārayetpārtha śatamekottaraṃ naraḥ.. śraddhāyuktaṃ mudā yuktaṃ sotsāhaṃ saspṛhaṃ tathā.. 42.19 .. > A man delivers one hundred and one ancestral lines, O son of Pṛthā. > Endowed with faith, filled with joy, enthusiastic and eager, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.20) ahaṃkāravihīnaṃ ca snānaṃ dhūpānupanam.. puṣpanaivedyasaṃyuktamarghadānasamanvitam.. 42.20 .. > free from egoism, with bathing, incense, and anointing, > accompanied by flowers and food-offerings, joined with the gift of water of hospitality, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.21) yāmeyāme mahābhaktyā kṛtārārtikasaṃyutam.. cāmarāhlādasaṃyuktaṃ bherīnādapuraskṛtam.. 42.21 .. > accompanied by the waving of lights performed with great devotion in watch after watch, > joined with the delight of flywhisks, preceded by the sound of kettle-drums, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.22) purāṇaśrutisaṃpannaṃ bhaktinṛtyasamanvitam.. vinidraṃkṣṛttṛṣāsvādaspṛhāhīnaṃ ca bhārata.. 42.22 .. > equipped with the Purāṇas and scriptures, accompanied by devotional dance, > free from sleep, devoid of longing for the taste of food and drink, O Bhārata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.23) tatpādasaurabhaghrāṇasaṃyutaṃ viṣṇuvallabham.. sagītaṃ sārcanakaraṃ tatkṣetragamanānvitam.. 42.23 .. > joined with inhaling the fragrance of his feet, dear to Viṣṇu, > with songs, offering worship, accompanied by going to his sacred field, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.24) pāyurodhena saṃyuktaṃ brahmacaryasamanvitam.. stutipāṭhena saṃyuktaṃ pādodakavibhūṣitam.. 42.24 .. > accompanied by restraint of the lower apertures, endowed with celibacy, > accompanied by the recitation of hymns of praise, adorned with the water of his feet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.25) satyānvitaṃ satyayogasaṃyutaṃ puṇyavārtayā.. paṃcaviṃśatibhiryuktaṃ guṇairyo jāgaraṃ naraḥ.. ekādaśyāṃ prakurvīta punarna jāyate bhuvi.. 42.25 .. > endowed with truth, joined with the union of truth through holy conversation— > whatever man performs a vigil endowed with these twenty-five virtues > on the eleventh lunar day is not born again on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.26) atra tīrthavare pūrvamaitareya iti dvijaḥ.. siddhiṃ prāpto mahābhāgo vāsudevaprasādataḥ.. 42.26 .. > Here at this excellent sacred ford, formerly a twice-born named Aitareya > attained perfection, the highly fortunate one, by the grace of Vāsudeva." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.27) ..arjuna uvāca.. aitareyaḥ kasya putro nivāsaḥ kvāsya vā mune.. kathaṃ siddhimāgāddhīmānvāsudevaprasādataḥ.. 42.27 .. > Arjuna said: > "Whose son was Aitareya, or where was his dwelling, O sage? > How did the wise one attain perfection by the grace of Vāsudeva?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.28) ..nārada uvāca.. asminneva mama sthāne hārītasyānvaye'bhavat.. 42.28 .. > Nārada said: > "Right here in my place, in the lineage of Hārīta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.29) māṃḍūkiriti viprāgryo vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ.. 42.29 .. > there was an eminent brahmin named Māṇḍūki, who had crossed to the further shore of the Vedas and auxiliary sciences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.30) tasyāsī ditarā nāma bhāryā sādhvīguṇairyutā.. tasyāmutpadyata sutastvaitareya iti smṛtaḥ.. 42.30 .. > He had a wife named Itarā, virtuous and endowed with good qualities. > To her was born a son, remembered as Aitareya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.31) sa ca bālyātprabhṛtyeva prāgjanmanyanuśikṣitam.. jajāpamaṃtraṃ tvaniśaṃ dvādaśākṣarasaṃjñitam.. 42.31 .. > From childhood onward, he constantly muttered the mantra known as twelve-syllabled, > which had been learned in a previous birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.32) na śrṛṇoti na vaktyeva manasāpi ca kiṃcana.. evaṃprabhāvaḥ so'bhūcca bālye viprasutastadā.. 42.32 .. > He did not hear, nor did he speak anything at all, even in his mind. > Such was the nature of that son of a brahmin in his childhood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.33) tato mūko'yamityeva nānopāyaiḥ prabodhitaḥ.. pitrā yadā na kurute vyavahārāya mānasam.. 42.33 .. > Then, thinking, 'He is mute,' he was urged by his father by various means, > \[yet\] when he did not turn his mind to worldly affairs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.34) tato niścitya manasā jaḍoyamiti bhārata.. anyāṃ vivāhayāmāsa dārānputrāṃstathādadhe.. 42.34 .. > having determined in his mind, 'He is dull-witted,' O Bhārata, > \[the father\] married another wife and produced sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.35) piṃgānāma ca sā bhāryā tasyāḥ putrāśca jajñire.. catvāraḥ karmakuśalā vedavedāṃgavādinaḥ.. 42.35 .. > That wife was named Piṅgā, and sons were born to her, > four of them, skilled in rituals, exponents of the Vedas and auxiliary sciences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.36) yajñeṣu śāṃtihomeṣu dvijaiḥ sarvatra pūjitāḥ.. aitareyopi nityaṃ ca trikālaṃ harikaṃdire.. 42.36 .. > They were honored everywhere by brahmins at sacrifices and propitiatory oblations. > And Aitareya, too, constantly, at the three junctions of the day, in the temple of Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.37) jajāpa paramaṃ jāpyaṃ nānyatra kurute śramam.. tato mātā nirīkṣyaiva sapatnītanayāṃstathā.. 42.37 .. > muttered the supreme prayer; he made no effort elsewhere. > Then his mother, observing the sons of her co-wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.38) dāryamāṇena manasā tanayaṃ vākyamabravīt.. kleśāyaiva ca jāto'si dhigme janma ca jīvitam.. 42.38 .. > with a rent heart addressed words to her son: > 'You were born only for affliction! Fie upon my birth and life! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.39) nāryāstasyā nṛloke'tra varaivājananiḥ sphuṭam.. vimānitā yā bhartrāsyānna putraḥ syādguṇairyutaḥ.. 42.39 .. > For a woman in this human world, it is clearly better not to give birth at all, > since she is despised by her husband and her son lacks virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.40) piṃgeyaṃ kṛtapuṇyā vai yasyāḥ putrā mahāguṇāḥ.. vedavedāṃgatattvajñāḥ sarvatrābhyarcitā guṇaiḥ.. 42.40 .. > This Piṅgā has indeed performed merit, whose sons possess great virtues, > knowers of the truth of the Vedas and auxiliary sciences, worshipped everywhere for their virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.41) tadahaṃ putra durbhāgyā mahīsāgarasaṃgame.. nimajjīṣye varaṃ mṛtyurjīvite kiṃ phalaṃ mama.. tvamapyevaṃ mahāmaunī nanda bhakto hareściram.. 42.41 .. > Therefore, unfortunate as I am, O son, at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean > I shall drown myself; death is better! What fruit is there in my living? > You too, as a great silent one, rejoice long as a devotee of Hari!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.42) ..nārada uvāca.. iti māturvacaḥ śrutvā prahasannaitareyakaḥ.. 42.42 .. > Nārada said: > "Hearing these words of his mother, the young Aitareya, smiling, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.43) dhyātvā muhurtaṃ dharmajño mātaraṃ praṇato'bravīt.. mātarmithyābhibhūtāsi ajñāne jñānavatyasi.. 42.43 .. > meditated for a moment, and, knower of righteousness, bowed down and said to his mother: > 'O mother, you are overcome by delusion; possessed of knowledge, you act in ignorance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.44) aśocye śocasi śubhe śocye naivā'pi śocasi.. dehasyāsya kṛte mithyāsaṃsāre kiṃ vimuhyasi.. 42.44 .. > You grieve for what should not be grieved for, O auspicious one, and do not grieve at all for what should be grieved for. > Why are you deluded in the false worldly existence for the sake of this body? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.45) mūrkhācaritametaddhi manmāturucitaṃ na hi.. anyatsaṃsārasāraṃ ca sāramanyacca mohitāḥ.. 42.45 .. > For this is the conduct of fools; it is not fitting for my mother. > The essence of worldly existence is one thing, but those who are deluded regard something else as the essence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.46) prapaśyaṃti yathā rātrau khadyotaṃ dīpavatsthitam.. yadidaṃ manyase sāraṃ śrṛṇu tasyāpyasāratām.. 42.46 .. > just as at night they behold a firefly staying like a lamp. > What you consider to be the essence—hear its essencelessness! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.47) evaṃvidhaṃ hi mānu'yamā garbhāditi kaṣṭadam asthipaṭṭatulāstambhe snāyubandhena yaṃtrite.. 42.47 .. > Such is this human \[body\], bringing pain from the very womb, > with beams and pillars of bone-slabs, bound tight with sinews, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.48) raktamāṃsamadālipte viṇmūtradravyabhājane.. keśaromatṛṇacchanne suvarṇatvaksudhūtake.. 42.48 .. > smeared with blood, flesh, and fat, a vessel for feces, urine, and \[other\] substances, > covered with the grass of head-hair and body-hair, clean-washed with a golden skin.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.49) vadanaikamahādvāre ṣaḍgavākṣavitabhūṣite.. oṣṭhadvayakāṭe ca tathā daṃtārgalānvite.. 42.49 .. > with a single great door, the mouth, adorned with six window-slits, > and with the two lips as door-leaves, fitted with a bolt of teeth; 42.49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.50) nāḍīsvedapravāhe ca kālavaktrānalasthite.. evaṃvidhe gṛhe gehī jīvo nāmāsti śobhane.. 42.50 .. > with channels flowing with sweat, situated in the fire of the mouth of Time: > in such a house, O fair one, dwells the householder named the individual soul. 42.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.51) guṇatrayamayī bhāryā prakṛtistasya tatra ca.. bodhāhaṃkārakāmāśca krodhalobhādayo'pi ca .. 42.51 .. > And there he has Prakṛti as his wife, composed of the three guṇas; > and intellect, egoism, desires, anger, greed, and the rest 42.51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.52) apatyānyasya hā kaṣṭamevaṃ mūḍhaḥ pravartate.. tasya yoyo yathā mohastathā taṃ śrṛṇu tattvataḥ.. 42.52 .. > are his offspring. Alas, in sorrow thus the deluded one proceeds! > Hear in truth of his various kinds of delusion, just as each occurs: 42.52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.53) srotāṃsi yasya satataṃ prasravaṃti gireriva.. kaphamūtrādikānyasya kṛte dehasya muhyati.. 42.53 .. > whose streams constantly flow like those of a mountain— > phlegm, urine, and the like: for the sake of this body, he is bewildered. 42.53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.54) sarvāśucinidhānasya śarīrasya na vidyate.. śucirekapradeśo'pi viṇmūtrasya dṛteriva.. 42.54 .. > Of the body, a receptacle of every impurity, there exists > not even a single pure spot, like a leather sack filled with feces and urine. 42.54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.55) spṛṣṭvā svadehasrotāṃsi mṛttoyaiḥ śodhyate karaḥ.. tathāpyaśucibhāṃḍasya na virajyati kiṃ naraḥ.. 42.55 .. > Having touched the orifices of one's own body, the hand is cleansed with earth and water; > even so, why does a person feel no revulsion toward that vessel of impurity? 42.55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.56) kāyaḥ sugandhatoyādyairyatnenāpi susaṃskṛtaḥ.. na jahāti svakaṃ bhāvaṃ śvapucchamiva nāmitam.. 42.56 .. > Though carefully adorned with fragrant waters and the like, the body > does not abandon its innate nature, just like a dog's bent tail \[when straightened\]. 42.56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.57) svadehāśucigaṃdhena na virajyati yo naraḥ.. virāge kāraṇaṃ tasya kimanyadu padiśyate.. 42.57 .. > A person who is not revolted by the foul stench of his own body— > what other cause for detachment can be taught to him? 42.57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.58) gandhalepāpanodārthaṃ śaucaṃ dehasya kīrtitam.. dvayasyāpagamātpaścādbhāvaśuddhyā viśudhyati.. 42.58 .. > Bodily purification is taught for the removal of odor and smearing; > after the removal of the two, one is purified by purity of inner disposition. 42.58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.59) gaṃgātoyena sarveṇa mṛdbhāraiḥ parvatopamaiḥ.. ā mṛtyorācarañchaucaṃ bhāvaduṣṭo na śudhyati.. 42.59 .. > Practicing purification until death with all the water of the Gaṅgā > and mountain-like loads of earth, one of corrupt disposition is not purified. 42.59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.60) tīrthasnānaistapobhirvā duṣṭātmā naiva śudhyati.. sveditaḥ kṣālitastīrthe kiṃ śuddhimadhigacchati.. 42.60 .. > A corrupt soul is never purified by baths at sacred fords or by austerities; > can \[a jar of liquor\], steamed and washed at a sacred ford, attain purity? 42.60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.61) aṃtarbhāvapraduṣṭasya viśato'pi hutāśanam.. na svargo nāpapargaśca dehanirdahanaṃ param.. 42.61 .. > For one who is corrupted in inner disposition, even if he enters the fire, > there is neither heaven nor liberation, but merely the incineration of the body. 42.61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.62) bhāvaśuddhiḥ paraṃ śaucaṃ pramāṇaṃ sarvakarmasu.. anyathāliṃgyate kāṃtā bhāvena duhitā'nyathā.. 42.62 .. > Purity of inner disposition is the highest purity, the authority in all actions: > in one spirit a wife is embraced, in another spirit a daughter. 42.62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.63) anyathaiva stanaṃ putraściṃtayatyanyathā patiḥ.. cittaṃ viśodhayettasmātkimanyairbāhyaśodhanaiḥ.. 42.63 .. > In one way indeed a son regards the breast, in another way the husband. > Therefore, one should purify the mind; what use are other, external purifications? 42.63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.64) bhāvataḥ saṃviśuddhātmā svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca viṃdati.. jñānāmalāṃbhasā puṃsaḥ sadvairāgyamṛdā punaḥ.. 42.64 .. > A person completely purified in inner disposition attains heaven and liberation > by the stainless water of knowledge, and again by the earth of true detachment, 42.64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.65) avidyārāgaviṇmūtralepagaṃdhaviśodhanam.. evametaccharīraṃ hi nisargādaśuci viduḥ.. 42.65 .. > washing away the smear and stench of ignorance, passion, feces, and urine. > Thus the wise know this body to be impure by its very nature, 42.65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.66) tvaṅmātrasāraniḥsāraṃ kadalīsārasaṃnibham.. jñātvaivaṃ doṣavaddehaṃ yaḥ prājñaḥ śithilībhavet.. 42.66 .. > having only skin for essence, devoid of core, like the core of a plantain tree. > Knowing the body to be full of faults in this way, the wise man who becomes detached 42.66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.67) sa niṣkrāmati saṃsāre dṛḍhagrāhī sa tiṣṭhati.. evametanmahākaṣṭaṃ janma duḥkhaṃ prakīrtitam.. 42.67 .. > departs from saṃsāra, \[while\] one who clings firmly remains. > Thus this birth has been proclaimed as a great affliction and suffering. 42.67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.68) puṃsāmajñātadoṣeṇa nānākarmavaśena ca.. yathā girivarākrāṃtaḥ kaścidduḥkhena tiṣṭhati.. 42.68 .. > Due to human beings not knowing the defect and under the power of various deeds, > just as someone crushed by a great mountain lies in suffering, 42.68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.69) yathā jarāyuṇā dehī duḥkhaṃ tiṣṭhati veṣṭitaḥ.. patitaḥ sāgare yadvaddṛḥkhamāste samākulaḥ.. 42.69 .. > so the embodied soul lies in pain, enveloped by the membrane of the womb; > just as one fallen into the ocean remains distressed and agitated, 42.69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.70) garbhodakena siktāṃgastathā''ste vyākulaḥ pumān.. lohakumbhe yathānyasta pacyate kaścidagninā.. 42.70 .. > so the person lies agitated, his limbs drenched with the fluid of the womb; > just as someone placed in an iron vessel is cooked by fire, 42.70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.71) garbhakumbhe tathā kṣiptaḥ pacyate jaṭharāgninā.. sūcībhiragnivarṇābhirvibhinnasya nirantaram.. 42.71 .. > so cast into the pot of the womb, he is cooked by the digestive fire. > Of one constantly pierced by needles of fire, 42.71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.72) yadduḥkhaṃ jāyate tasya tadgarbhe'ṣṭaguṇaṃ bhavet.. ityetadgarbhaduḥkhaṃ hi prāṇināṃ parikīrtitam.. 42.72 .. > the suffering that arises is eight times greater than that in the womb. > Such is proclaimed to be the suffering in the womb for living beings, 42.72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.73) carasthirāṇāṃ sarveṣāmātmagarbhānurūpataḥ.. tatrasthasya ca sarveṣāṃ janmanāṃ smaraṇaṃ bhavet.. 42.73 .. > both moving and unmoving, according to their own wombs. > And to one situated there comes remembrance of all his births: 42.73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.74) mṛtaścāhaṃ punarjāto jātaścāhaṃ punarmṛtaḥ.. nānāyonisahasrāṇi mayā dṛṣṭānvanekadhā.. 42.74 .. > “I have died and been born again, and born I have died again; > many thousands of wombs of various kinds have been seen by me in many ways. 42.74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.75) adhunā jātamātro'haṃ prāptasaṃskāra eva ca.. tataḥ śreyaḥ kariṣyāmi yena garbho na saṃbhavet.. 42.75 .. > Now, as soon as I am born and have received my rites of passage, > I shall pursue the highest good so that conception in a womb does not occur again. 42.75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.76) adhyeṣyāmi harerjñānaṃ saṃsāravinivartanam.. evaṃ saṃciṃtayannāste mokṣopāyaṃ vicintayan.. 42.76 .. > I will study the knowledge of Hari, which brings an end to saṃsāra.” > Reflecting thus, he dwells pondering the means of liberation. 42.76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.77) gabhātkoṭiguṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ jāyamānasya jāyate.. garbhavāse smṛtiryāsītsā jātasya praṇaśyati.. 42.77 .. > A suffering ten million times greater than that of the womb arises for one being born. > Whatever memory he had while dwelling in the womb perishes once he is born. 42.77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.78) spṛṣṭamātrasya bāhyena vāyunā mūḍhatā bhavet.. saṃmūḍhasya smṛtibhraṃśaḥ śīghraṃ saṃjāyate punaḥ.. 42.78 .. > The moment he is touched by the external wind, stupefaction occurs; > for the stupefied one, loss of memory swiftly arises again. 42.78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.79) smṛtibhraṃśāttatastasya pūrvakarmavaśena ca.. ratiḥ saṃjāyate tūrṇaṃ jaṃtostatraiva janmani.. 42.79 .. > From that loss of memory, and under the influence of past deeds, > attachment quickly arises for the creature in that very birth. 42.79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.80) rakto mūḍhaśca lokoyamakārye saṃpravartate.. tatrātmānaṃ na jānāti na paraṃ na ca daivatam.. 42.80 .. > Attached and deluded, this person engages in what ought not to be done; > there he knows neither himself, nor the supreme, nor the divine. 42.80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.81) na śrṛṇoti paraṃ śreyaḥ sati cakṣuṣi nekṣate.. same pathi samairgacchanskhalatīva padepade.. 42.81 .. > He does not listen to the highest good; though having eyes, he does not see; > walking on a level path with level feet, he stumbles, as it were, at every step. 42.81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.82) satyāṃ buddhau na jānāti bodhyamāno budhairapi.. saṃsāre kliśyate tena rāgamohavaśānugaḥ.. 42.82 .. > Though possessing intellect, he does not understand even when instructed by the wise; > thereby he suffers in saṃsāra, subject to passion and delusion. 42.82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.83) garbhasmṛterabhāvena śāstramuktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ.. taddṛḥkhakathanārthāya svargamokṣaprasādhakam.. 42.83 .. > Due to the absence of the memory of the womb, scripture has been declared by the great seers > in order to explain that suffering, accomplishing heaven and liberation. 42.83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.84) ye śāstrajñāne satyasminsarvakarmārthasādhake.. na kurvaṃtyātmanaḥ śreyastadatra paramadbhutam.. 42.84 .. > Those who, although this knowledge of scripture exists which accomplishes the purpose of all deeds, > do not pursue their own highest good—that is the greatest wonder here! 42.84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.85) avyaktendriyavṛttitvādbālye duḥkhaṃ mahatpunaḥ.. icchannapi na śaknoti vaktuṃ kartuṃ ca kiñcana.. 42.85 .. > Furthermore, in childhood there is great suffering because the functions of the sense-organs are unmanifest: > even though wishing, he is unable to say or do anything. 42.85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.86) daṃtotthāne mahadduḥkhaṃ maulena vyādhinā tathā.. bālarogaiśca vividhaiḥ pīḍā bālagrahairapi.. 42.86 .. > There is great pain at the emergence of teeth, as well as from constitutional illness, > and affliction through diverse childhood diseases and spirits seizing children. 42.86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.87) tṛḍbubhukṣāparītāṃgaḥ kvacittiṣṭhati rāraṭan.. viṇmūtrabhakṣaṇādyaṃ ca mohādbālaḥ samācaret.. 42.87 .. > With limbs overcome by thirst and hunger, he lies crying somewhere; > and out of delusion the child engages in consuming feces and urine and the like. 42.87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.88) kaumāre karṇavedhena mātāpitrorvitāḍanaiḥ.. akṣarādhyayanādyaiśca duḥkhaṃ syādguruśāsanāt.. 42.88 .. > In boyhood, through the piercing of the ears, through beatings by father and mother, > and through the study of letters and so forth under the teacher's discipline, there is sorrow. 42.88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.89) pramatteṃdriyavṛttaiśca kāmarāgaprapīḍanāt.. rāgodvṛttasya satataṃ kutaḥ saukhyaṃ hi yauvane.. 42.89 .. > And through reckless behavior of the sense-organs, tormented by passion and lust, > whence can there ever be happiness in youth for one overflowing with passion? 42.89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.90) īrṣyayā sumahadduḥkhaṃ mohādraktasya jāyate.. mattasya kupitasyaiva rāgo doṣāya kevalam.. 42.90 .. > Immense suffering arises through jealousy for one who is attached out of delusion; > for one intoxicated and enraged, passion leads solely to fault. 42.90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.91) na rātrau viṃdate nidrā kāmāgniparikheditaḥ.. divāpi hi kutaḥ saukhyamarthopārjanaciṃtayā.. 42.91 .. > Exhausted by the fire of desire, sleep does not come at night; > and by day, whence could there be happiness, with anxiety over the acquisition of wealth? 42.91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.92) nārīṣu tvanubhūtāsu sarvadoṣāśrayāsu ca.. viṇmutrotsargasadṛśaṃ saukhyaṃ maithunajaṃ smṛtam.. 42.92 .. > When women, who are the receptacle of all faults, are enjoyed, > the pleasure born of sexual intercourse is considered like the discharge of feces and urine. 42.92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.93) sanmānamapamānena viyogeneṣṭasaṃgamaḥ.. yauvanaṃ jarayā grastaṃ kva saukhyamanupadravam.. 42.93 .. > Honor is \[overtaken\] by insult; union with the beloved, by separation; / youth, swallowed by old age. Where is unmolested happiness? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.94) valīpalitakāyena śithilīkṛtavigrahaḥ.. sarvakriyāsvaśaktaśca jarayājarjjarīkṛtaḥ.. 42.94 .. > With a body of wrinkles and grey hair, his frame rendered slack, / powerless in all activities, he is shattered by old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.95) strīpuṃsoryauvanaṃ rūpaṃ yadanyonyāśrayaṃ purā.. tadevaṃ jarayā grastamubhayorapi na priyam.. 42.95 .. > The youthful form of woman and man, which previously depended on each other— / that very form, swallowed by old age, is pleasing to neither of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.96) jarābhibhūtaḥpuruṣaḥ patnīputrādibāṃdhavaiḥ.. aśaktatvāddurācārairbhṛtyaiśca paribhūyate.. 42.96 .. > Overcome by old age, a man is treated with contempt by his wife, sons, and other kinsmen, / and because of his helplessness, even by wicked servants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.97) dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca nāturo yataḥ.. śaktaḥ sādhayituṃ tasmādyuvā dharmaṃ samācaret.. 42.97 .. > Since a sick man is unable to achieve / virtue, wealth, desire, and liberation, therefore while young one should practice virtue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.98) vātapittakaphādīnāṃ vaiṣamyaṃ vyādhirucyate.. vātādīnāṃ samūhaśca deho'yaṃ parikīrtitaḥ.. 42.98 .. > The imbalance of wind, bile, phlegm, and the rest is called disease; / and this body is declared to be an aggregate of wind and the other \[humors\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.99) tasmādvyādhimayaṃ jñeyaṃ śarīramidamātmanaḥ.. rogairnānāvidhairyāṃti dehe duḥkhānyanekaśaḥ.. 42.99 .. > Therefore, this physical frame of one's own should be known as full of disease; / through diverse sicknesses, manifold sorrows enter the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.100) tāni na svātmavedyāni kimanyatkathayāmyaham.. ekottaraṃ mṛtyuśatamasmindehe pratiṣṭhitam.. 42.100 .. > They are beyond one's own perception—what else can I say? / One hundred and one deaths are established in this body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.101) tatraikaḥ kālasaṃyuktaḥ śeṣāstvāgaṃtavaḥ smṛtāḥ.. ye tvihāgaṃtavaḥ proktāste praśāmyanti bheṣajaiḥ.. 42.101 .. > Among them, one is linked to time; the remainder are considered accidental. / Those that are declared accidental here are alleviated by medicines, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.102) japahomapradānaiśca kālamṛtyurna śāmyati.. vividhā vyādhayaḥ śastāḥ sarpādyāḥ prāṇinastathā.. 42.102 .. > and by muttering prayers, oblations, and gifts; but timely death is not alleviated. / Diverse illnesses, weapons, living beings such as snakes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.103) viṣāṇi cābhicārāśca mṛtyordvārāṇi dehinām.. pīḍitaṃ sarparogādyairapi dhanvaṃtariḥ svayam.. 42.103 .. > poisons, and sorceries are the doors of death for embodied beings. / Even Dhanvantari himself cannot restore to health > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.104) svasthīkartuṃ na śaknoti kālaprāptaṃ hi dehinam.. naiṣadhaṃ na tapo maṃtrā na mitrāṇi na bāṃdhavāḥ.. 42.104 .. > an embodied being who is afflicted by snakebites, illnesses, and the like, when his time has arrived. / Neither remedy nor austerity, mantras, friends, nor relatives > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.105) śaknuvaṃti paritrātuṃ naraṃ kālena pīḍitam.. rasāyanatapojapyairyogasiddhairmahātmabhiḥ.. 42.105 .. > are able to rescue a man afflicted by Time. / By elixirs, austerities, prayers, by great souls perfected in yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.106) kālamṛtyurapi prājñairnīyate nāpi saṃyutaiḥ.. nāsti mṛtyusamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti mṛtyusamaṃ bhayam.. 42.106 .. > or by the wise, timely death cannot be warded off, even when conjoined \[with these\]. / There is no sorrow equal to death; there is no fear equal to death; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.107) nāsti mṛtyusamasrāsaḥ sarveṣāmapi dehinām.. sadbhāryāputramitrāṇi rājyaiśvaryasukhāni ca.. 42.107 .. > there is no terror equal to death for all embodied beings. / A virtuous wife, sons, friends, kingdom, sovereignty, and pleasures— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.108) ābaddhāni snehapāśairmṛtyuḥ sarvāṇi kṛṃtati.. kiṃ na paśyasi mātastvaṃ sahasrasyāpi madhyataḥ.. 42.108 .. > all bound by the cords of affection, death cuts them down. / Mother, do you not see that even out of a thousand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.109) janāḥ śatāyuṣaḥ paṃcabhavaṃti na bhavanti vā.. aśītikā vipadyante kecitsaptatikā narāḥ.. 42.109 .. > scarcely five persons live a hundred years, or perhaps none do? / Some perish at eighty, others at seventy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.110) paramāyuḥ sthitā ṣaṣṭistadapyasti na niṣṭhitam.. tasya yāvadbhavedāyurdehinaḥ pūrvakarma bhiḥ.. 42.110 .. > The upper limit of lifespan has settled at sixty, and even that is not certain. / Whatever lifespan an embodied being may have due to past actions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.111) tasyārdhamāyuṣo rātrirharate mṛtyurūpiṇī.. bālabhāvena mohena vārdhake jarayā tathā.. 42.111 .. > the night, in the form of death, steals half of that life. / Through the state of childhood, through infatuation, and through old age in decrepitude, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.112) varṣāṇāṃ viṃśatiryāti dharmakāmārthavarjitaḥ.. āgantukairbhavaiḥ puṃsāṃ vyādhiśokairanekadhā.. 42.112 .. > twenty years pass devoid of virtue, pleasure, and wealth. / Due to incidental conditions of men, through sickness and grief in many forms, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.113) hriyaterddhaṃ hi tatrāpi yaccheṣaṃ taddhi jīvitam.. jīvitāṃteca maraṇaṃ mahāghoramavāpnuyāt.. 42.113 .. > half of what remains there is also stolen away; that \[small fraction\] is indeed life. / And at the end of life one meets a most dreadful death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.114) jāyate yonikoṭīṣu mṛtaḥ karmavaśātpunaḥ.. dehabhedena yaḥ puṃsāṃ viyogaḥ karmasaṃkhyayā.. 42.114 .. > Having died, one is born again in ten million wombs under the power of karma. / The separation of men through the dissolution of the body due to the exhaustion of karma— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.115) maraṇaṃ tadvinirddiṣṭaṃ na nāśaḥ paramārthataḥ.. mahātamaḥpraviṣṭasya cchidyamāneṣu marmasu.. 42.115 .. > that is designated as death, not an absolute destruction. / When one has entered great darkness and the vital spots are being severed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.116) yadduḥkhaṃ maraṇaṃ jaṃtorna tasyehopamā kvacit.. hā tāta mātarhā kāṃte kraṃdatyevaṃ suduḥkhitaḥ.. 42.116 .. > the agony of death to a creature has no comparison anywhere in this world. / 'Alas, father! Mother! Alas, beloved!' he cries out thus, in deep sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.117) maṇḍūka iva sarpeṇa gīryate mṛtyunā janaḥ.. bāṃdhavaiḥ saṃparityaktaḥ priyaiśca parivāritaḥ.. 42.117 .. > Like a frog by a serpent, a person is swallowed by death. / Abandoned by kinsmen, yet surrounded by loved ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.118) niḥśvasandīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca mukena pariśuṣyatā.. caturaṃteṣu khaṭvāyāḥ parivartanmuhurmuhuḥ.. 42.118 .. > breathing out long and hot breaths, dumb with a drying mouth, / turning repeatedly across the four corners of the bed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.119) saṃmūḍhaḥ kṣipatetyarthaṃ hastapādāvitastataḥ.. khaṭvāto vāṃchate bhūmiṃ bhūmeḥ khaṭvāṃ punarmahīm.. 42.119 .. > utterly bewildered, he tosses his hands and feet here and there; / from the bed he craves the floor, and from the floor the bed, then the ground again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.120) vivastro muktalajjaśca viṣṭhānulepitaḥ.. yācamānaśca salilaṃ śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ.. 42.120 .. > Naked, devoid of shame, smeared with feces, / begging for water with throat, lips, and palate dried up, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.121) ciṃtayānaḥ svavittāni kasyaitāni mṛte mayi.. paṃcāvaṭānkhanamānaḥ kālapāśena karṣitaḥ.. 42.121 .. > worrying about his possessions: 'To whom will these belong when I am dead?', / digging five pits \[with his fingers\], dragged by the noose of Time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.122) mriyate paśyatāmeva gale ghurghurarāvakṛt.. jīvastṛṇajalūkeva dehāddehaṃ viśetkramāt.. 42.122 .. > he dies right before their eyes, making a rattling sound in his throat. / The soul, like a grass-leech, enters from body to body in succession; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.123) saṃprāpyottaramaṃśena dehaṃ tyajati pūrvakam.. maraṇātprārthanā duḥkhamadhikaṃ hi vivekinaḥ.. 42.123 .. > having reached the next \[body\] with a part \[of itself\], it abandons the previous one. / Begging is indeed a greater sorrow than death to a discerning person: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.124) kṣaṇikaṃ maraṇe duḥkhamanaṃtaṃ prārthanākṛtam.. jñātaṃ mayaitadadhunā mṛto bhavati yadguruḥ.. 42.124 .. > the sorrow in death is momentary; that caused by begging is endless. / Now this has been realized by me: that a venerable person becomes as if dead \[when begging\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.125) na paraḥ prārthayedbhūyastṛṣṇā lāghavakāraṇam.. ādau duḥkhaṃ tathā madhye hyantye duḥkhaṃ ca dāruṇam.. 42.125 .. > Let no one beg from another again; craving is the cause of degradation. / In the beginning is suffering, likewise in the middle, and at the end there is terrible suffering; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.126) nisargātsarvabhūtānāmiti duḥkhaparaṃparā.. kṣudhā ca sarvarogāṇāṃ vyādhiḥ śreṣṭhatamaḥ smṛtaḥ.. 42.126 .. > by the very nature of all beings, such is the succession of pain. / And hunger is considered the foremost disease among all sicknesses; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.127) sa cānnauṣadhilepena kṣaṇamātraṃ praśāmyati.. kṣuddhyādhervedanā tīvrā niḥśeṣabalakṛntanī.. 42.127 .. > and it is appeased only for a moment by the medicinal plaster of food. / The pain of the hunger-disease is sharp, cutting down all strength; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.128) tayābhibhūto mriyate yathānyairvyādhibhirnnaraḥ.. rājño'bhimānamātraṃ hi mamaiva vidyate gṛhe.. 42.128 .. > overcome by it, a man dies just as from other diseases. / In my palace, there is merely the false pride of being a king; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.129) sarvamābharaṇaṃ bhāraṃ sarvamālepanaṃ mama.. sarvaṃ pralāpitaṃ gītaṃ nityamunmattaceṣṭitam.. 42.129 .. > every ornament is a burden to me, every ointment is \[a burden\], / all singing is raving, ever the antics of a madman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.130) ityevaṃ rājyasaṃbhogaiḥ kutaḥ saukhyaṃ vicārataḥ.. nṛpāṇāṃ vyagracittānāmanyonyavijigīṣayā.. 42.130 .. > Thus, upon reflection, where is happiness from royal pleasures / for kings whose minds are agitated by the desire to conquer one another? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.131) prāyeṇa śrīmadālepānnahuṣādyā mahānṛpāḥ.. svargaṃ prāpyāpi patitāḥ kaḥ śriyo viṃdate sukham.. 42.131 .. > Mostly through the intoxication of royal fortune, great kings like Nahuṣa / have fallen even after reaching heaven. Who finds happiness in fortune? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.132) uparyupari devānāmanyonyātiśaye sthitam.. naraiḥ puṇyaphalaṃ svarge mūlacchedena bhujyate.. 42.132 .. > Above and beyond each other, the gods stand in mutual rivalry. / In heaven, the fruit of merit is enjoyed by men with the severance of its root, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.133) na cānyatkriyate karma so'tra doṣaḥ sudāruṇaḥ.. chinnamūlataruryadvadavaśaḥ patate kṣitau.. 42.133 .. > and no other action is performed there—that is a very severe fault. / Just as a tree whose root is severed falls helplessly to the ground, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.134) puṇyamūlakṣaye tadvatpātayaṃti divaukasaḥ.. iti svargepi devānāṃ nāsti saukhyaṃ vicārataḥ.. 42.134 .. > likewise, when the root of merit is exhausted, the dwellers of heaven cast \[them\] down. / Thus, upon reflection, even in heaven there is no happiness for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.135) tathā nārakiṇāṃ duḥkhaṃ prasiddhaṃ kiṃ ca varṇyate.. sthāvareṣvapiduḥkhāni dāvāgnihimaśoṣaṇam.. 42.135 .. > Likewise, the suffering of the denizens of hell is well known; why describe it further? / Even in immovable beings there are sufferings: forest fires, freezing cold, drying up, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.136) kuṭhāraiśṭhedanaṃ tīvraṃ valkalānāṃ ca takṣaṇam.. parṇaśakhāphalānāṃ ca pātanaṃ caṃḍavāyunā.. 42.136 .. > sharp chopping by axes, peeling of the bark, / and the casting down of leaves, branches, and fruits by violent winds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.137) apamardaśca satataṃ gajairvanyaiśca dehibhiḥ.. tṛḍ‌bubhukṣā ca sarpāṇāṃ krodho duḥkhaṃ ca dāruṇam.. 42.137 .. > And \[there is\] constant trampling by elephants and wild creatures. / The thirst, hunger, anger, and dreadful suffering of snakes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.138) duṣṭānāṃ ghātanaṃ loke pāśena ca nibandhanam.. evaṃ sarīsṛpāṇāṃ ca duḥkhaṃ mātarmuhurmuhuḥ.. 42.138 .. > The slaughter of the wicked in the world, and binding with a noose— / thus, O mother, time and again is the misery of reptiles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.139) akasmājjanmamaraṇaṃ kīṭādīnāṃ tathāvidham.. varṣāśītātapairduḥkhaṃ sukaṣṭaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām.. 42.139 .. > Likewise is the sudden birth and death of worms, insects, and the like; / the very severe misery of beasts and birds due to rain, cold, and heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.140) kṣuttṛṭ‌kleśena mahatā saṃtrastāśca sadā mṛgāḥ.. paśunāganikāyānāṃ śrṛṇu duḥkhāni yāni ca.. 42.140 .. > And wild animals are always terrified by great torment from hunger and thirst. / Listen also to the sufferings of herds of cattle and elephants: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.141) kṣuttṛṭ‌chītādidamanaṃ vadhabandhanatāḍanam.. nāsāpravedhanaṃ trāsaḥ pratodāṃkuśatāḍanam.. 42.141 .. > Subjection to hunger, thirst, cold, and the like; killing, binding, and beating; / piercing the nostrils, fear, beating with goads and ankus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.142) veṇukuntādinigaḍamudgarāṃ'kuśatāḍanam.. bhārodvahanasaṃkleśaṃ śikṣāyuddhādipīḍanam.. 42.142 .. > Striking with bamboo sticks, spears, chains, mallets, and ankus; / the severe pain of carrying burdens, and affliction in training, battles, and the like; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.143) ātmayūthaviyogaśca vane ca nayanādikam.. durbhikṣaṃ durbhagatvaṃ ca mūrkhatvaṃ ca daridratā.. 42.143 .. > Separation from one's herd, being led into the forest, and so forth. / Famine, misfortune, foolishness, and poverty; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.144) adharottarabhāvaśca maraṇaṃ rāṣṭravibhramaḥ.. anyonyābhibhavādduḥkhamanyonyātiśayātpunaḥ.. 42.144 .. > Reversal of high and low, death, agitation of the realm; / suffering from mutual overcome, and again from mutual superiority; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.145) anityatā prabhāvāṇāmucchrayāṇāṃ ca pātanam.. ityevamādibhirduḥkhairyasmādvyāptaṃ carācaram.. 42.145 .. > The transience of powers, and the downfall of lofty positions— / because the animate and inanimate world is pervaded by sufferings such as these, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.146) nirayādimanuṣyāṃtaṃ tasmātsarvaṃ tyajedbudhaḥ.. skandhātsakandhaṃ nayedbhāraṃ viśrāmaṃ manyatenyathā.. 42.146 .. > Beginning from hell and ending with humans, a wise person should therefore renounce it all. / \[A man\] moves a burden from one shoulder to the other, \[and\] otherwise imagines it to be rest; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.147) tadvatsarvamidaṃ loke duḥkhaṃ duḥkhena śāmyati.. evametajjagatsarvamanyonyātiśayocchritam.. 42.147 .. > In that same way, all this suffering in the world is quieted only by suffering. / Thus, knowing that this entire world, exalted by mutual competition, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.148) duḥkhairākulitaṃ jñātvā nirvedaṃ paramāpnuyāt.. nirvedācca virāgaḥ syādvirāgājjñānasaṃbhavaḥ.. 42.148 .. > Is agitated by sufferings, one should attain supreme dispassion. / From dispassion comes detachment, and from detachment knowledge arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.149) jñānena taṃ paraṃ jñātvā viṣṇuṃ muktimavāpnuyāt.. nāhametādṛśe loke rameyaṃ janani kvacit.. 42.149 .. > Knowing that supreme Viṣṇu by knowledge, one attains liberation. / I could never delight in such a world, O mother, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.150) rājahaṃso yathā śuddhaḥ kākāmedhyapradarśakaḥ.. śrṛṇu mātaryatra saṃstho rameyaṃ nirupadravaḥ.. 42.150 .. > Just as a pure royal swan \[cannot delight in\] a crow pointing to foul filth. / Listen, O mother, where I might dwell and delight, free from afflictions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.151) avidyāyanamatyugraṃ nānākarmātiśākhinam.. saṃkalpadaṃśamakaraṃ śokaharṣahimātapam.. 42.151 .. > The path of ignorance is very terrible, having branches that are diverse actions, / with resolve as gnats and crocodiles, and grief and joy as cold and heat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.152) mohāṃdhakāratimiraṃ lobhavyālasarīsṛpam.. viṣayānanyathādhvānaṃ kāmakrodhavimokṣakam.. 42.152 .. > With the darkness of delusion as gloom, and greed as venomous serpents and reptiles, / with sense-objects as a false road, and releasing desire and anger— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.153) tadatītya mahādurgaṃ praviṣṭo'smi mahadvanam.. na tatpraviśya śocaṃti na praduṣyaṃti tadvidaḥ.. 42.153 .. > Having traversed that great impassable place, I have entered the great forest. / Having entered it, those who know it neither grieve nor feel corrupted; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.154) na ca bibhyati keṣāṃcinnāsya bibhyati kecana.. 42.154 .. > They fear no one, and no one fears them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.155) tasminvane saptamahādrumāstu saptaiva nadyaśca phalāni sapta.. saptāśramāḥ sapta samādhayaśca dīkṣāśca saptaitadaraṇyarūpam.. 42.155 .. > In that forest are seven great trees, seven rivers, and seven fruits; / seven hermitages, seven absorptions, and seven initiations—this is the nature of the wilderness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.156) paṃcavarṇāni divyāni caturvarṇāni kānicit.. tridvivarṇaikavarṇāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca.. 42.156 .. > Producing divine flowers and fruits of five colors, some of four colors, / of three, two, and one color, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.157) sṛjaṃtaḥ pādapāstatra vyāpya tiṣṭhanti tadvanam.. 42.157 .. > The trees stand there, pervading that forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.158) sapta striyastatra vasaṃti satyastvavāṅmukhyo bhānumato bhavaṃti.. ūrdhvaṃ rasānādadate prajābhyaḥ sarvāśca tāstattvataḥ kopi vade.. 42.158 .. > Seven true women dwell there, facing downward away from the sun; / they draw essence upward from creatures—can someone describe them all according to reality? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.159) saptaiva girayaścātra dhṛtaṃ yairbhuvanatrayam.. nadyaśca saritaḥ sapta brahmavārivahāḥ sadā.. 42.159 .. > And there are precisely seven mountains by which the three worlds are held, / and seven rivers, streams that always carry the water of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.160) tejaścābhayadānatvamadrohaḥ kauśalaṃ tathā.. acāpalyamathākrodhaḥ priyavādaśca saptamaḥ.. 42.160 .. > Brilliance, giving freedom from fear, harmlessness, skill, / freedom from fickleness, freedom from anger, and pleasant speech as the seventh— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.161) ityete girayo jñeyāstasminvidyāvane sthitāḥ.. dṛḍhaniścayastathā bhāsā samatā nigraho guṇaḥ.. 42.161 .. > These should be known as the mountains situated in that forest of wisdom. / Firm resolve, radiance, equanimity, self-restraint, virtue, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.162) nirmamatvaṃ tapaścātra santoṣaḥ saptamo hradaḥ.. bhagavadguṇavijñānādbhaktiḥ syātprathamā nadī.. 42.162 .. > Selflessness, austerity, and contentment is the seventh lake. / From discernment of the Lord's attributes, devotion is the first river; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.163) puṣpādipūjā dvitīyā tṛtīyā ca pradakṣiṇā.. caturthī stutivāgrūpā pañcamī īśvarārpaṇā.. 42.163 .. > Worship with flowers and the like is the second, and circumambulation is the third; / the fourth has the form of words of praise, the fifth is offering to Īśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.164) ṣaṣṭhī brahmaikatā proktā saptamī siddhireva ca.. sapta nadyo'tra kathitā brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā.. 42.164 .. > The sixth is declared to be oneness with Brahman, and the seventh is perfection itself. / These seven rivers here were proclaimed by Brahmā, the supreme lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.165) brahmā dharmo yamaścāgniriṃdro varuṇa eva ca.. 42.165 .. > Brahmā, Dharma, Yama, Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.166) dhanadaśca dhruvādīnāṃ saptakānarcayaṃtyamī.. nadīnāṃ saṃgamastatra vaikuṃṭhasamupahvare.. 42.166 .. > And Dhanada—these worship the groups of seven beginning with Dhruva. / The confluence of the rivers is there in the retreat of Vaikuṇṭha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.167) ātmatṛptā yato yāṃti śāṃtā dāṃtāḥ parātparam.. keciddrumāḥ striyaḥ kecitkecittattvavido'pare.. 42.167 .. > Whence those content in the self, tranquil, and restrained go to the highest of the high. / Some say they are trees, some women, others knowers of reality; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.168) saritaḥ kecidāhuḥ sma saptaiva jñānavittamāḥ.. anapetavratakāmo'tra brahmacaryaṃ carāmi ca.. 42.168 .. > Some of the foremost knowers have spoken of seven rivers. / With my desire for vows uninterrupted, I practice celibacy here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.169) brahmaiva samidhastatra brahmāgnirbrahma saṃstaraḥ.. āpo brahma gurubrahma brahmacaryamidaṃ mama.. 42.169 .. > Brahman alone is the firewood there, Brahman the fire, Brahman the sacred grass couch; / Brahman the waters, Brahman the guru—such is my celibacy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.170) etadevedṛśaṃ sūkṣmaṃ brahmacaryaṃ vidurbudhāḥ.. guruṃ ca śrṛṇu me mātaryo me vidyāprado'bhavat.. 42.170 .. > This very kind of subtle celibacy the wise know. / Listen also to my guru, O mother, who has imparted knowledge to me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.171) ekaḥ śāstā na dvitīyo'sti śāstā hṛdyeva tiṣṭhanpuruṣaṃ praśāsti.. tenābhiyuktaḥ praṇavādivodakaṃ yatā niyuktosmi tathācarāmi.. 42.171 .. > There is one ruler, there is no second ruler; dwelling within the heart, he rules the person. / Commanded by him, just as water \[flows\] down an incline, as I am directed, so I act. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.172) eko gururnāsti tathā dvitīyo hṛdi sthitastamahaṃ nṛ bravīmi.. yaṃ cāvamānyaiva guruṃ mukundaṃ parābhūtā dānavāḥ sarva eva.. 42.172 .. > There is one guru, there is likewise no second; dwelling in the heart, him I declare \[to you\], O man— / having insulted which guru, Mukunda, all the Dānavas were utterly ruined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.173) eko baṃdhurnāsti tato dvitīyo hṛdī sthitaṃ tamahamanubravīmi.. tenānuśiṣṭā bāṃdhavā baṃdhumaṃtaḥ saptarṣayaḥ sapta divi prabhāṃti.. 42.173 .. > There is one kinsman, there is none second to him; dwelling in the heart, him I proclaim. / Instructed by him, kinsmen possessing kinship, the seven seers, shine in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.174) brahmacaryaṃ ca saṃsevyaṃ gārhasthya śrṛṇu yādṛśam.. patnī prakṛtirūpā me taccitto nāsmi karhicit.. 42.174 .. > And celibacy is to be practiced; listen to the nature of the householder's life: / my wife has the form of Prakṛti, \[yet\] I am never attached to her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.175) maccittā sā sadā mātarmama sarvārthasādhanī.. ghrāṇaṃ jihvā ca cakṣuśca tvakca śrotraṃ ca paṃcamam.. 42.175 .. > Her mind is ever focused on me, O mother, accomplishing all my goals. / Smell, tongue, eye, skin, and hearing as the fifth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.176) mano buddhiśca saptaite dīpyaṃte pāvakā mama.. gaṃdho rasaśca rūpaṃ ca śabdaḥ sparśaśca paṃcamam.. 42.176 .. > Mind, and intellect—these seven fires of mine blaze brightly. / Odor, taste, form, sound, and touch as the fifth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.177) maṃtavyamatha boddhavyaṃ saptaitāḥ samidho mama.. hutaṃ nārāyaṇadhyānādbhuṃkte nārāyaṇaḥ svayam.. 42.177 .. > What is to be thought, and what is to be understood—these seven are my fuel sticks. / What is offered through meditation on Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa himself enjoys. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.178) evaṃvidhena yajñena yajāmyasmi tamīśvaram.. akāmayānasya ca sarvakāmo bhavedadviṣāṇasya ca sarvadoṣaḥ.. 42.178 .. > With such a sacrifice, I worship that Īśvara. / For one free from desire, all desires are fulfilled; and for one who harbors hatred, every fault arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.179) na me svabhāveṣu bhavaṃti lepāstoyasya biṃdoriva puṣkareṣu.. nityasya me naiva bhavaṃtyanityā nirīkṣamāṇasya bahusyabhāvāt.. 42.179 .. > Taints do not occur in my nature, just as drops of water do not cling to lotus leaves. / To me, who am eternal, non-eternal things do not belong, because of my beholding the manifold nature of existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.180) na sajjate karmasu bhogajālaṃ divīva sūryasya mayūkhajālam.. 42.180 .. > The web of experiences does not cling to my actions, just as the network of sunbeams does not stick in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.181) evaṃvidhena putreṇa mā mātarduḥkhinī bhava.. tatpadaṃ tvā ca neṣyāmi na yatkratuśatairapi.. 42.181 .. > Mother, do not grieve with such a son! / For I will take you to that state which cannot be reached even by hundreds of sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.182) iti putravacaḥ śrutvā vismitā itarābhavat.. ciṃtayāmāsa yadyevaṃ vidvānmama suto dṛḍham.. 42.182 .. > Hearing her son’s words, Itarā was astonished. / She thought: ‘If my son is truly so learned, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.183) lokeṣu khyātimāyāti tato me syādyaśaḥ param.. ityādi ciṃtayaṃtyāṃ ca rajanyāṃ bhagavānhariḥ.. 42.183 .. > he will attain renown in the worlds, and from that supreme fame will be mine!’ / As she was thus reflecting in the night, the blessed Lord Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.184) prahṛṣṭastasya tairvākyairvismitaḥ prādurāsa ca.. mūrteḥ svayaṃ viniṣkramya śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ.. 42.184 .. > delighted and astonished by his words, manifested himself directly, / emerging of his own accord from the image, bearing the conch, discus, and mace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.185) jagadudbhāsayanbhāsā sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ.. tato niṣpatya dharaṇīṃ hṛṣṭaromāśrudgadaḥ.. 42.185 .. > illuminating the world with his radiance, shining like ten million suns. / Then, falling prostrate upon the ground, his hair standing on end, his voice choked with tears, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.186) mūrdhni baddhāṃjaliṃ dhīmānaitareyo'tha tuṣṭuve.. 42.186 .. > the wise Aitareya folded his hands upon his head and praised him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.187) namastubhyaṃ bhagavate vāsudevāya dhīmahi.. pradyumnāyāniruddhāya namaḥ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca.. 42.187 .. > ‘Homage to you, the Blessed One, Vāsudeva! We meditate upon \[you\]. / Homage to Pradyumna and Aniruddha, and to Saṃkarṣaṇa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.188) namo vijñānamātrāya paramānaṃdamūrtaye.. ātmārāmāya śāṃtāya nivṛttadvaitadṛṣṭaye.. 42.188 .. > Homage to you who are pure consciousness, whose form is supreme bliss, / who delight in the Self, who are peaceful, whose perception of duality has ceased! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.189) ātmānaṃdānuruddhāya samyaktayaktormaye namaḥ.. hṛṣīkeśāya mahate namaste'naṃtaśaktaye.. 42.189 .. > Homage to you who are devoted to the bliss of the Self, who have thoroughly cast aside the waves \[of worldly existence\], / to Hṛṣīkeśa, the great one! Homage to you of infinite power! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.190) vacasyuparate prāpyo ya eko manasā saha.. anāmarūpacinmātraḥ so'vyānnaḥ sadasatparaḥ.. 42.190 .. > Attainable when speech has ceased along with the mind, the one / without name and form, who is pure consciousness, beyond being and non-being—may he protect us! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.191) yasminnidaṃ yataścedaṃ tiṣṭhatyapaiti jāyate.. mṛnmayeṣviva mṛjjātistasmai te brahmaṇe namaḥ.. 42.191 .. > In whom this \[universe\] rests, from whom it arises and passes away, / just as clay objects arise from clay—homage to that Brahman, to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.192) yaṃ na spṛśaṃti na vidurmanobuddhīṃdriyāsavaḥ.. aṃtarbahiśca vitataṃ vyomavatpraṇato'smyaham.. 42.192 .. > Whom the mind, intellect, senses, and vital breaths do not touch or know, / pervading inside and outside like the sky—to him I bow down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.193) deheṃdriyaprāṇamanodhiyo'mī yadaṃśabddhāḥ pracaraṃti karmasu.. naivānyadālohamiva prataptaṃ sthāneṣu taddṛṣṭapadena ete.. 42.193 .. > These bodies, senses, vital breaths, mind, and intellect, bound to your part, engage in actions; / never otherwise, just as iron when heated \[acts like fire\]—by his observed presence they exist in their places. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.194) caturbhiśca tribhirdvābhyāmekadhā praṇamāmi tam.. pūrvāparāparayuge śāstāraṃ paramīśvaram.. 42.194 .. > I bow down to him fourfold, threefold, twofold, and as one, / the ruler and supreme Lord across former, later, and subsequent ages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.195) hitvā gatīrmokṣakāmā yaṃ bhajaṃti daśātmakam.. taṃ paraṃ satyamamalaṃ tvāṃ vayaṃ paryupāsmahe.. 42.195 .. > Desiring liberation, renouncing all courses of rebirth, \[sages\] worship him of tenfold nature. / We attend upon you, the supreme, untainted Truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.196) oṃnamo bhagavate mahāpuruṣāya mahānubhāvāya vibhūtipataye sakalasātvataparivṛḍhanikarakarakamalotpalakuḍmalopalālitacaraṇāraviṃdayugala paramaparameṣṭhinnamaste.. 42.196 .. > Oṃ, homage to the Blessed One, the supreme person, the exalted one, the lord of divine majesty, whose lotus feet are caressed by the lotus and water-lily buds of the hands of the multitude of all Sātvata leaders, supreme Parameṣṭhin, homage to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.197) tavāgnirāsyaṃ vasudhāṃghriyugmaṃ nabhaḥ śiraścaṃdraravī ca netre.. samastalokā jaṭharaṃ bhujāśca diśaścatasro bhagavannamaste.. 42.197 .. > Fire is your mouth, the earth your pair of feet, the sky your head, the moon and sun your eyes, / all the worlds your belly, and the four cardinal directions your arms. O Blessed One, homage to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.198) janmāni tāvaṃti na saṃti deva niṣpīḍya sarvāṇi ca sarvakālam.. bhūtāni yāvaṃti mayātra bhīme pītāni saṃsāramahāsamudre.. 42.198 .. > O Lord, there are not as many births as there are beings / crushed by me throughout all time and swallowed here in this terrible, great ocean of saṃsāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.199) saṃpacchilānāṃ himavanmaheṃdrakailāsamervādiṣu naiva tādṛk.. dehānanekānanugṛhṇato me prāptāsti saṃpanmahatī tatheśa.. 42.199 .. > The heap of rocks upon Himavat, Mahendra, Kailāsa, Meru, and other mountains does not equal / the vast mass of countless bodies assumed and cast off by me, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.200) na saṃtite deva bhuvi pradeśā na yeṣu jāto'smi tathā vinaṣṭaḥ.. bhūtvā mayā yeṣu na jaṃtavaśca saṃbhakṣito vā na ca bhūtasaṃghaiḥ.. 42.200 .. > O Lord, there are no places on earth where I have not been born or died, / or where creatures have not been devoured by me, or where I have not been devoured by hosts of beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 254 passages. 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