[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) › 1.4.44 # Skandapurana 1.4.44: adhyāyaḥ 46 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 46 ### [1.4.44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.1) ..nārada uvāca.. bahūdakasya kuṃḍasya tīrasthaṃ liṃgamuttamam.. kapileśvaramabhyarcya naṃdabhadrastataḥ sudhī.. 46.1 .. > Nārada said: / Having worshipped the supreme liṅga, Kapileśvara, / standing on the bank of the Bahūdaka pool, the wise Nandabhadra then, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.2) praṇamya cāgratastasthau prabaddhakarasaṃpuṭaḥ.. saṃsāracaritaiḥ kiṃcidduḥkhī gāthāṃ vyagāyata.. 46.2 .. > having bowed, stood before it with folded hands; / somewhat grieved by the ways of worldly existence, he sang a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.3) sraṣṭāramasya jagataścetpaśyāmi sadāśivam.. nānāpṛcchābhiratha taṃ kuryāṃ nāthaṃ vilajjitam.. 46.3 .. > "If I see Sadāśiva, the creator of this world, / then I will make the Lord ashamed with various inquiries: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.4) apūryamāṇaṃ tava kiṃ jagatsaṃsṛjanaṃ vinā.. nirīha bahudhā yatte sṛṣṭaṃ bhārgavavajjagat.. 46.4 .. > 'Without your creation of the world, would it remain incomplete? / O desireless one, why has the world been created by you manifoldly like a potter's work? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.5) sacetanena śuddhena rāgādirahitena ca.. atha kasmādātmasadṛśaṃ na sṛṣṭaṃ nirmitaṃ jaḍam.. 46.5 .. > Why was \[the world\] created insentient by one who is conscious, pure, / and devoid of attachment and other passions, and not made similar to yourself? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.6) nirvaireṇa samenātha sukhaduḥkhabhavābhavaiḥ.. brahmādikīṭaparyantaṃ kimeva kliśyate jagat.. 46.6 .. > By one free from enmity, impartial to pleasure and pain, existence and non-existence, / why indeed is the world afflicted, from Brahmā down to an insect? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.7) kāṃścitsvargetha narake pātayaṃstvaṃ sadāśiva.. kiṃ phalaṃ samavāpnoṣi kimevaṃ kuruṣe vada.. 46.7 .. > Cast down some into heaven and others into hell, O Sadāśiva, / what fruit do you obtain? Tell me, why do you act in this way? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.8) iṣṭaiḥ putrādibhirnātha viyuktā mānavā hyamī.. kraṃdaṃti karuṇāsāra kiṃ ghṛṇāpi bhavenna te.. 46.8 .. > Separated from dear ones such as sons, O Lord, these human beings / weep, O shower of compassion; would you not have even pity? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.9) atīva nocitaṃ sarvametadīśvara sarvathā.. yatte bhaktāḥ samaṃ pāpairmajjaṃte duḥkhasāgare.. 46.9 .. > All this is exceedingly unfitting in every way, O Īśvara: / that your devotees sink into the ocean of sorrow along with sinners.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.10) evaṃvidhena saṃsāracāritreṇa vimohitāḥ.. sthānāṃ taraṃ na yāsyāmi bhokṣye pāsyāmi nodakam.. 46.10 .. > Deluded by such conduct of worldly existence, / I shall not go to another place; I shall not eat, nor drink water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.11) maraṇāṃtameva yāsyāmi sthāsye saṃciṃtayannadaḥ.. sa evaṃ vimṛśanneva naṃdabhadraḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ.. 46.11 .. > I shall remain until death contemplating this." / Reflecting thus, Nandabhadra remained there alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.12) tataścaturthe divase bahūkataṭe śubhe.. kaścidbālaḥ saptavarṣaḥ pīḍāpīḍita āyayau.. 46.12 .. > Then, on the fourth day, on the auspicious bank of the Bahūdaka, / a certain seven-year-old boy arrived, afflicted by pain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.13) kṛśotīva galatkuṣṭhī pramuhyaṃśca padepeda.. naṃdabhadramuvācedaṃ kṛcchrātsaṃstabhya bālakaḥ.. 46.13 .. > extremely emaciated, suffering from ulcerated leprosy, swooning at every step. / Steadying himself with difficulty, the boy said this to Nandabhadra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.14) aho surūpasarvāṃga kasmādduḥkhī bhavānapi.. tatosya kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ vyācaṣṭa naṃdabhadrakaḥ.. 46.14 .. > "O one whose entire body is handsome, why are you too distressed?" / Then Nandabhadra explained the whole reason to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.15) śrutvā tatkāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ bālo dīnamanā bravīt.. aho hā kaṣṭamatyugraṃ budhānāṃ yadabuddhitā.. 46.15 .. > Having heard that whole reason, the boy, dejected at heart, said: / "Alas! What severe misery that the wise should lack discernment! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.16) saṃpūrṇeṃdriyagātrā yanmartumicchaṃti vai vṛthā.. muhūrtāddhyatra khaṭvāṃgo mokṣamārgamupāgataḥ.. 46.16 .. > That those with complete limbs and senses should wish to die in vain! / For in this place, within a moment, Khaṭvāṅga attained the path of liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.17) tadaho bhārataṃ khaṃḍaṃ satyāyuṣi tyajeddhi kaḥ.. ahameva dṛḍho manye pitṛbhyāṃ yo vivarjitaḥ.. 46.17 .. > Then, alas, who indeed would abandon the land of Bhārata while life remains? / I consider myself resolute, who have been abandoned by my parents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.18) aśaktaścalituṃ vāpi martumicchāmi nāpi ca.. sarve lābhāḥ sātimānā iti satyā bata śrutiḥ.. 46.18 .. > and am unable even to walk, yet I do not wish to die. / Truly, the Vedic statement that 'all gains come with great pride' is true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.19) saṃtoṣo'pyucitastubhyaṃ dehaṃ yasya dṛḍhaṃ tvidam.. śarīraṃ nīrujaṃ cenme bhavedapi kathaṃcana.. 46.19 .. > Contentment is fitting for you, whose body is strong; / if my body could somehow become free from disease, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.20) kṣaṇekṣaṇe ca tatkuryāṃ bhujyate yadyugeyuge.. iṃdriyāṇi vaśe yasya śarīraṃ ca dṛḍhaṃ bhavet.. 46.20 .. > at every single moment I would perform that which is enjoyed in age after age! / He whose senses are under control and whose body is firm, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.21) so'pyanyadicchate cecca ko'nyastasmādacetanaḥ.. śokasthānasahasrāṇi harṣasthānaśatāni ca.. 46.21 .. > if he too desires something else, who else could be more mindless than he? / A thousand grounds for sorrow and a hundred grounds for joy > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.22) divase divase mūḍhamāvaśaṃti na paṃḍitam.. na hi jñānaviruddheṣu bahvapāyeṣu karmasu.. 46.22 .. > overtake the fool day after day, but not the learned man. / For the wise like you do not attach themselves to actions > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.23) mūlaghātiṣu sajjaṃte buddhimaṃto bhavadvidhāḥ.. aṣṭāṃgāṃ buddhimāhuryāṃ sarvāśreyovighātinīma.. 46.23 .. > that are opposed to knowledge, full of danger, and destructive at the root. / They speak of eightfold intellect, which destroys all misfortune; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.24) śrutismṛtyaviruddhā sā buddhistvayyasti nirmalā.. atha kṛcchreṣu durgeṣu vyāpatsu svajanasya ca.. 46.24 .. > that pure intellect, not contrary to the Śruti and Smṛti, is in you. / Even in difficulties, dangers, and calamities of one's own people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.25) śārīramānasairduḥkhairna sīdaṃti bhavadvidhāḥ.. nāprāpyamabhivāṃchaṃti naṣṭaṃ necchaṃti śocitum.. 46.25 .. > those like you do not despair with bodily and mental sorrows; / they do not crave the unobtainable, nor do they wish to grieve over what is lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.26) āpatsu ca na muhyaṃti narāḥ paṃḍitabuddhayaḥ.. manodehasamutthābhyāṃ duḥkhābhyāmarpitaṃ jagat.. 46.26 .. > And men of learned intellect are not bewildered in calamities. / The world is afflicted by sufferings arising from both mind and body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.27) tayorvyāsasamāsābhyāṃ śamopāyamimaṃ śrṛṇu.. vyādheraniṣṭasaṃsparśācchramādiṣṭavisarjanāt.. 46.27 .. > Hear this method for pacifying the two, in detail and in brief: / From disease, from contact with the disagreeable, from exertion, and from separation from what is agreeable, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.28) caturbhiḥ kāraṇairduḥkhaṃ śīrīraṃ mānasaṃ ca yat.. mānasaṃ cāpyapriyasya saṃyogaḥ priyavarjanam.. 46.28 .. > arises suffering through four causes, both bodily and mental; / and the mental \[suffering consists of\] union with the unloved and separation from the loved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.29) dviprakāraṃ mahākaṣṭaṃ dvayoretadudāhṛtam.. mānasena hi duḥkhena śarīramupatapyate.. 46.29 .. > This twofold great distress is declared of the two; / for indeed, the body is tormented by mental suffering, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.30) ayaḥpiṃḍena taptena kuṃbhasaṃsthamivodakam.. tadāśu prati kārācca satataṃ ca vivarjanāt.. 46.30 .. > like water in a pot by a heated lump of iron. / Therefore, by prompt remedy and constant avoidance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.31) vyādherādheśca praśamaḥ kriyāyogadvayena tu.. mānasaṃ śamayettasmājjñānenāgnimivāṃbunā.. 46.31 .. > the pacification of bodily disease and mental anguish is achieved through the twofold application of action. / Therefore, one should pacify the mind with knowledge, as fire is quenched with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.32) praśāṃte mānase hyasya śārīramupaśāmti.. manaso duḥkhamūlaṃ tu sneha ityupalabhyate.. 46.32 .. > For when the mind is calmed, his bodily \[affliction\] also subsides. / Attachment is known to be the root of mental suffering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.33) snehācca sajjano nityaṃ janturduḥkhamupaiti ca.. snehamūlāni duḥkhāni snehajāni bhāyāni ca.. 46.33 .. > And through attachment, an embodied being constantly experiences suffering. / Sufferings have their root in attachment, and fears are born of attachment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.34) śokaharṣau tathāyāsaḥ sarvaṃ snehātpravartate.. 46.34 .. > grief, joy, and likewise weariness—all arise from attachment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.35) snehātkaraṇarāgaśca prajajñe vaiṣayastathā.. aśreyaskāvubhāvatau pūrvastatra guruḥ smṛtaḥ.. 46.35 .. > From attachment also arises attachment to the senses and to sense-objects; / both of these are detrimental, and of the two, the former is considered the weightier. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.36) tyāgī tasmānna duḥkhī syānnarvairo niravagrahaḥ.. atyāgī janmamaraṇe prāpnotīha punaḥpunaḥ.. 46.36 .. > Therefore, one who renounces will not suffer, being free of enmity and free of constraint; / but one who does not renounce incurs birth and death again and again in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.37) tasmātsnehaṃ na lipsena mitrebhyo dhanasaṃcayāt.. svaśarīrasamutthaṃ ca jñānena vinirvatayet.. 46.37 .. > Therefore, one should not seek attachment from friends or from hoarding wealth; / and that which arises from one's own body, one should dispel with knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.38) jñānānviteṣu siddheṣu śāstrūjñeṣu kṛtātmasu.. na teṣu sajjate snehaḥ padmapatreṣvivodakam.. 46.38 .. > In those endowed with knowledge, the perfected, the knowers of the scriptures, the self-controlled, / attachment does not cling to them, just as water does not cling to lotus leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.39) rāgābhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ kāmena parikṛṣyate.. icchā saṃjāyate cāsya tatastṛṣṇā pravardhate.. 46.39 .. > A man overcome by passion is dragged along by desire; / and longing is born in him, from which craving expands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.40) tṛṣṇā hi sarvapāpiṣṭhā nityodvegakarī matā.. adharmabahulā caiva ghorarūpānubaṃdhinī.. 46.40 .. > Craving is indeed considered the most sinful of all, always producing agitation; / it abounds in unrighteousness and is attended by terrible consequences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.41) yā dustyajā durmatibhiryā na jīryataḥ.. yāsau prāṇāṃtiko rogastāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham.. 46.41 .. > That which is hard for the evil-minded to abandon, which does not age \[even as one\] ages, / which is a fatal disease—for one who abandons that craving, there is happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.42) anādyaṃtā tu sā tṛṣṇā hyaṃtardehagatā nṛṇām.. vināśayati saṃbhūtā lohaṃ lohamalo yathā.. 46.42 .. > That craving, having no beginning or end, residing within the bodies of men, / destroys them once born, just as rust destroys iron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.43) yathaivaidhaḥ samutthena vahninā nāśamṛcchati.. tathā'kṛtātmā lobena svotpannena vinaśyati.. 46.43 .. > Just as firewood meets destruction by the fire that arises from itself, / so an undisciplined person is destroyed by the greed that arises from himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.44) tasmāllobho na kartavyaḥ śarīre cātmabaṃdhuṣu.. prāpteṣu va na hṛṣyeta nāśo vāpi na śocayet.. 46.44 .. > Therefore, greed should not be harbored toward the body or toward one's kinsmen; / nor should one rejoice when they are obtained, nor grieve when they are lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.45) ..naṃdabhadra uvāca.. aho bāla na bālastvaṃ mato me tvāṃ namāmyaham.. tvadvākyairatitṛpto'haṃ tvāṃ tu prakṣyāmi kiṃcana.. 46.45 .. > Nandabhadra said: / Ah, boy, you are not considered a boy by me! I bow to you. / I am greatly satisfied by your words, but I would ask you something. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.46) kāmakrodhāvahaṃkāramiṃdriyāṇi ca mānavāḥ.. niṃdaṃti tatra me nityaṃ vivakṣeyaṃ prajāyate.. 46.46 .. > Men constantly condemn desire, anger, egoism, and the senses; / concerning that, this question arises in me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.47) ahameṣa mamedaṃ ca kāryamīdṛśakastvaham.. ityādi cātmavijñānamahaṃkāra iti smṛtaḥ.. 46.47 .. > ‘I am this; this is mine; and I must do such-and-such’— / this kind of consciousness of self is called egoism. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.48) parihāryaḥ ya cettaṃ ca vinonmattaḥ prakīryate.. kāmo'bhilāṣa ityuktaḥ saṃ cetpuṃsā vivarjyate.. 46.48 .. > If it is to be abandoned, one without it is proclaimed to be insane. / Desire is declared to be longing; if that is abandoned by a man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.49) kathaṃ svargo mumukṣā vā sādhyate dṛṣadā yathā.. krodho vā yadi saṃtyājyastataḥ śatrukṣayaḥ katham.. 46.49 .. > how can heaven or liberation be attained, \[any more than\] by a stone? / Or if anger is to be renounced, how then can enemies be destroyed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.50) bāhyānāmāṃtarāṇāṃ vā vinā taṃ tṛṇavadviduḥ.. iṃdriyāṇi nigṛhyaiva duṣṭānīti nipīḍayet.. 46.50 .. > Without it, they consider \[all beings\], whether external or internal, as mere grass. / If one simply restrains the senses and torments them because they are corrupt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.51) kathaṃ syāddharmaśravaṇaṃ kathaṃ vā jīvanaṃ bhavet.. etasminme mano viddhaṃkhidyate'jñānasaṃkaṭe.. 46.51 .. > how could hearing the Dharma take place, or how could there be living? / In this dilemma of ignorance, my mind is pierced and distressed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.52) tathā kasmādidaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ jaḍaṃ viśvaṃ cidātmanā.. evaṃ yadbahudhā kleśaḥ pīḍyate hā kutastvidam.. 46.52 .. > Likewise, why was this insentient universe created by the conscious Self? / In this way, when one is afflicted by diverse suffering, alas, from where does this come? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.53) ..bāla uvāca.. samyagetadyathā pṛṣṭaṃ yatra muhyaṃti jaṃtavaḥ.. śrṛṇvekāgramanā bhūtvā jñātaṃ dvaipāyanānmayā.. 46.53 .. > The boy said: / This has been rightly asked by you, regarding that wherein creatures are bewildered. / Listen with a one-pointed mind to what was learned by me from Dvaipāyana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.54) prakṛtiḥ puruṣaścaiva anādī śrṛṇumaḥ purā.. sādharmyeṇāvatiṣṭhete sṛṣṭeḥ prāgajarāmarau.. 46.54 .. > We hear that of old, Prakṛti and Puruṣa are beginningless; / ageless and immortal, the two stood in equal nature before creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.55) tataḥ kālasvabāvābhyāṃ preritā prakṛtiḥ purā.. puṃsaḥ saṃyogamaicchatsā tadabhāvātprakupyata.. 46.55 .. > Then of old, Prakṛti, impelled by time and inherent nature, / desired union with Puruṣa; in the absence of that, she became agitated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.56) tatastamomayī sā ca līlayā devavīkṣitā.. rājasī samabhūddūṣṭā sāttvikī samajāyata.. 46.56 .. > Then she, who was made of tamas, looked upon playfully by God, / became rājasika, and being purified, became sāttvika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.57) evaṃ triguṇatāṃ yātā prakṛtirdevadarśanāt.. tāṃ samāsthāya paramastrimūrtiḥ samajāyata.. 46.57 .. > Having thus attained the state of the three guṇas from the gaze of God, / the Supreme One, taking resort in her, became the three forms (Trimūrti). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.58) tasyāḥ proccāraṇārthaṃ ca pravṛttaḥ svāṃśatastataḥ.. asūyata mahattattvaṃ triguṇaṃ tadvidurbudhāḥ.. 46.58 .. > And proceeding from his own portion for the sake of her evolution, / he brought forth the principle of the cosmic intellect (mahat-tattva) endowed with the three guṇas; so the wise know it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.59) ahaṃkāra stato jātaḥ sattvarājasatāmasaḥ.. tamo rajastvamāpadya rajaḥ satt‌vaguṇaṃ nayet.. 46.59 .. > From that arose egoism, sāttvika, rājasika, and tāmasika. / Bringing tamas to rajas, one should lead rajas to the quality of sattva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.60) śuddhasattve tato mokṣaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ.. tamaso rajasasta smātsaṃśuddhyarthaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ.. 46.60 .. > The wise declare liberation to be in pure sattva. / Therefore, for the complete purification of tamas and rajas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.61) jīvātmasaṃjñānsvīyāṃśānvyabhajatparameśvaraḥ.. tāvaṃtaste ca kṣetrjñā dehā yāvaṃta eva hi.. 46.61 .. > the Supreme Lord divided his own portions, which are called individual souls (jīvātman). / As many as there are bodies, so many indeed are those knowers of the field (kṣetrajña), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.62) niḥsaraṃti yathā lohāttaptalliṃgātsphuliṃgakāḥ.. tanmātrabhūtasargoyamahaṃkārāttu tāmasāt.. 46.62 .. > just as sparks emerge from a heated lump of iron. / But this creation of the subtle elements and gross elements arose from the tāmasika egoism, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.63) iṃdriyāṇāṃ sāttvikācca triguṇāni ca tānyapi.. etaiḥ saṃsiddhayaṃtreṇa saccidānandavīkṣaṇāt.. 46.63 .. > and that of the senses arose from the sāttvika \[egoism\]; and these also possess the three guṇas. / Through the instrument fully fashioned by these, through contemplation of Being-Consciousness-Bliss, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.64) rajastamaśca śodhyaṃte sattvenaiva mumukṣubhiḥ.. tasmātkāmaṃ ca krodhaṃ ca iṃdriyāṇāṃ pravartanam.. 46.64 .. > rajas and tamas are purified by sattva alone by those who seek liberation. / Therefore, directing desire, anger, and the operation of the senses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.65) ahaṃkāraṃ ca saṃsevya sāttvikīṃ siddhimaśnute.. rājasāstāmasāścaiva tyājyāḥ kāmādayastvamī.. 46.65 .. > and utilizing egoism, one attains sāttvika perfection. / Those \[passions\] such as desire that are rājasika and tāmasika should indeed be abandoned; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.66) sāttvikāḥ sarvadā sevyāḥ saṃsāravijigīṣubhiḥ.. guṇatrayasya vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepāllakṣaṇaṃ tava.. 46.66 .. > the sāttvika ones are always to be cultivated by those who wish to conquer worldly existence. / I will explain to you in brief the characteristics of the three guṇas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.67) sāstrābhyāsastato jñānaṃ śaucamiṃdriyanigrahaḥ.. dharmakriyātmaciṃtā ca sāttvikaṃ guṇa lakṣaṇam.. 46.67 .. > Study of scriptures, then knowledge, purity, restraint of the senses, / righteous action, and contemplation of the Self—these are the characteristics of the sāttvika guṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.68) anyāyena dhanādānaṃ taṃdrī nāstikyameva ca.. krauryaṃ ca yācakādyaṃ ca tāmasaṃ guṇalakṣaṇam.. 46.68 .. > Acquisition of wealth through unjust means, sloth, lack of faith in the hereafter, / cruelty, and living by begging and the like—these are the characteristics of the tāmasika guṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.69) tasmādbuddhimukaistvataiḥ sāttvikairdevatāṃ bhajet.. rājasairmānavatvaṃ ca tāmasaiḥ sthāṇuyonitā.. 46.69 .. > Therefore, with these sāttvika \[faculties\] led by the intellect, one should worship the deity. / Through rājasika \[qualities\] one attains human birth, and through tāmasika ones, the state of immobile beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.70) buddhyādyaireva muktiḥ syādetaireva ca yātanā.. 46.70 .. > Through intellect and the rest \[when purified\], liberation ensues; and through these very same \[when impure\], torment \[results\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.71) amīṣāṃ cāpya bhāve vai na kiṃcidupapadyate.. kalādo hi kalādīnāṃ suvarṇaṃ śodhayedyathā.. 46.71 .. > And in the absence of these \[guṇas\], nothing indeed comes into being. / For just as a goldsmith purifies gold of impurities and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.72) tathā rajastamaścaiva saṃśodhye sāttvikairguṇaiḥ.. asmādeva guṇānāṃ ca samavāyādanādijāt.. 46.72 .. > even so must rajas and tamas be purified by the qualities of sattva. / And solely from this conjunction of the qualities, born without beginning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.73) sukhino duḥkhinaścaiva prāṇinaḥ śāstradarśinaḥ.. aṣṭāviṃśatilakṣaiśca guṇamekaikamīśvaraḥ.. 46.73 .. > beings who observe the treatises are happy and unhappy. / And the Lord divided each single quality > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.74) vyabhajaccaturā śītilakṣāstā jīvayonayaḥ.. sakāśānmanasastadvadātmanaḥ prabhavaṃti hi.. 46.74 .. > into twenty-eight hundred thousand \[parts\]; these are eighty-four hundred thousand wombs of living beings. / In that manner, from the vicinity of the mind, they arise from the Self; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.75) īśvarāṃśāśca te sarve mohitāḥ prākṛtairguṇaiḥ.. kleśānāsādayaṃtyeva yathaivādhikṛtā vibhoḥ.. 46.75 .. > and all of them, being portions of the Lord, are deluded by the qualities of Prakṛti. / They indeed encounter afflictions, just as those commissioned by the all-pervading Lord do. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.76) annānāṃ payasāṃ cāpi jīvānāṃ cātha śreyase.. mānuṣyamāhustattvajñāḥ śivabhāvena bhāvitam.. 46.76 .. > For the highest good of food, water, and living beings, / the knowers of truth say that human existence is transformed by the being of Śiva." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.77) ..naṃdabhadra uvāca.. evametatkiṃ tu bhūyaḥ prakṣyāmyetanmahāmate.. īśvarāḥ sarvadātāraḥ pūjyaṃte yaiśca devatāḥ.. 46.77 .. > Nandabhadra said: / "So it is. But again I shall ask this, O great-minded one: / the deities who are all-bestowing lords are worshipped by men; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.78) svabhaktāṃstānna duḥkhebhyaḥ kasmādrakṣaṃti mānavān.. viśeṣātkepi dṛśyaṃte duḥkhamagnāḥ surānratāḥ.. 46.78 .. > why do they not protect those devoted to them from sufferings? / In particular, some who are devoted to the gods are seen plunged in suffering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.79) iti me muhyate buddhistvaṃ vā kiṃ bāla manyase.. 46.79 .. > Thus my intellect is bewildered; or what do you think, O boy?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.80) ..bāla uvāca.. aśuciśca śuciścāpi devabhakto dvidhā smṛtaḥ.. karmaṇā manasā vācā tadrato bhakta ucyate.. 46.80 .. > The boy said: / "The devotee of a deity is remembered as twofold: impure and pure. / One who is devoted to him in deed, mind, and speech is called a devotee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.81) aśucirdevatāścaiva yadā pūjayate naraḥ.. tadā bhūtānyā viśaṃti sa ca muhyati tatkṣaṇāt.. 46.81 .. > When an impure man worships the deities, / then spirits enter him, and he is bewildered in that very moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.82) vimūḍhaścāpṭayakāryāṇi tāni tāni niṣevate.. tato vinaśyati kṣipraṃ nāśuciḥ pūjayettataḥ.. śucirvābhyarcayedyaśca tasya cedaśubhaṃ bhavet.. 46.82 .. > Utterly deluded, he commits those various improper deeds; / then he quickly perishes. Therefore, an impure person should not worship. / But if an evil should befall one who, being pure, worships, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.83) tasya pūrvakṛtaṃ vyaktaṃ karmaṇāṃ koṭi mucyate.. maheśvaro brahmahatyābhayādyatra tatastataḥ.. 46.83 .. > the crore of deeds done by him in a previous life is clearly released. / Since Maheśvara, out of fear of killing a brahmin, ran here and there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.84) sasnau tīrtheṣu kasmācca itaro mucyate katham.. ambarīṣasutāṃ hṛtvā parvatānnāradāttathā.. 46.84 .. > and bathed in sacred fords, how then can another be freed? / Having seized the daughter of Ambarīṣa from Parvata and Nārada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.85) sītāpahāramāpede rāmo'nyo mucyate katham.. brahmāpi śirasaśchedaṃ kāmayitvā sutāmagāt.. 46.85 .. > Rāma suffered the abduction of Sītā; how can another be freed? / Brahmā too, having lusted after his own daughter, incurred the severing of his head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.86) iṃdracaṃdraraviviṣṇupramukhāḥ prāpnuyuḥ kṛtam.. tasmādavaśyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ bhojyameva naraiḥ sadā.. 46.86 .. > Indra, the Moon, the Sun, Viṣṇu, and the others must experience \[the fruit of\] what was done. / Therefore, that which has been done must always inevitably be experienced by men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.87) mucyate ko'pi svakṛtānnaiveti śrutinirṇayaḥ.. kiṃ tu devaprasādena labhyamekaṃ suravrataiḥ.. 46.87 .. > No one is freed from what he himself has done; such is the determination of the scripture. / But by the grace of the deity, one thing is obtained by those keeping vows to the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.88) bahubhirjanmabhirbhojyaṃ bhujyetaikena janmanā.. tacca bhuktvāta tastvartho bhavediti viniścayaḥ.. 46.88 .. > that which is to be experienced through many births may be experienced in a single birth; / and having experienced that, from then on his goal is attained; this is the certitude. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.89) ye tapyaṃte gataiḥ pāpaiḥ śucayo devatāvratāḥ.. iha te putrapautraiśca modaṃte'mutra ceha ca.. 46.89 .. > Those who, being pure and keeping vows to the deities, are tormented by past sins, / rejoice here with sons and grandsons, both in the other world and in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.90) tasmāddevāḥ sadā pūjyāḥ śucibhiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ.. prakṛtiḥ śodhanīyā ca svavarṇoditakarmabhiḥ.. 46.90 .. > Therefore, the gods must always be worshipped by the pure, endowed with faith; / and Prakṛti must be purified by the duties prescribed for one's own caste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.91) svanuṣṭhito'pi dharmaḥ syātkleśāyaiva vināśivam.. durācārasya devopi prāheti bhagavānharaḥ.. 46.91 .. > Even duty well performed would lead only to affliction without Śiva; / even a god becomes an evil-doer \[without him\], so says the venerable Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.92) bhoktavyaṃ svakṛtaṃ tasmātpūjanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ.. svācāreṇa parityājyau rāgadveṣāvidaṃ param.. 46.92 .. > Therefore, what was done by oneself must be experienced, and Sadāśiva must be worshipped. / By proper conduct, passion and hatred are to be abandoned; this is supreme." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.93) ..nandabhadra uvāca.. śuddhaprajña kimetacca pāpino'pi narā yadā.. modamānāḥ pradṛśyante dārairapi dhanairapi.. 46.93 .. > Nandabhadra said: / "O you of pure intellect, what is this: when even sinful men / are seen rejoicing with wives and wealth?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.94) ..bāla uvāca.. vyaktaṃ taistamasā dattaṃ dānaṃ pūrveṣu janmasu.. rajasā pūjitaḥ śaṃbhustatprāptaṃ svakṛtaṃ ca taiḥ.. 46.94 .. > The boy said: / "Evidently, a gift was given by them in previous births with tamas, / and Śambhu was worshipped with rajas; thus what they themselves did has been attained by them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.95) kiṃ tu yattamasā karma kṛtaṃ tasya prabhāvataḥ.. dharmāya na ratirbhūyāttatasteṣāṃ vidāṃvara.. 46.95 .. > However, by the power of the deed done with tamas, / they will have no pleasure in dharma; hence, O best of the wise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.96) bhuktvā puṇyaphalaṃ yāti narakaṃ saṃśayaḥ.. asmiṃśca saṃśaye proktaṃ mārkaṃḍeyena śrūyate.. 46.96 .. > having experienced the fruit of merit, \[such a person\] goes to hell, without doubt. / And on this doubt, what was spoken by Mārkaṇḍeya is heard: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.97) ihaivaikasya nāmutra amutraikasya no iha.. iha cāmutra caikasya nāmutraikasya no iha.. 46.97 .. > '\[Pleasure is\] for one only here, not in the other world; for one, in the other world, not here; / for one, both here and in the other world; for one, neither in the other world nor here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.98) pūrvopāttaṃ bhavetpuṇyaṃ bhuktirnaivārjayantyapi.. iha bhogaḥ sa vai prokto durbhagasyālpamedhasaḥ.. 46.98 .. > When merit has been acquired in the past, yet they do not earn enjoyment \[anew\], / that enjoyment here is indeed said to belong to the unfortunate person of little intelligence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.99) pūrvopāttaṃ yasya nāsti tapobhiścārjayatyapi.. paraloke tasya bhogo dhīmataḥ sa kriyātsphuṭam.. 46.99 .. > He who has none acquired in the past, yet earns it through austerities, / has enjoyment in the other world; that wise man acts clearly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.100) pūrvopāttaṃ yasya nāsti puṇyaṃ cehāpi nārjayet.. tataścohāmutra vāpi bho dhiktaṃ ca narādhamam.. 46.100 .. > He who has none acquired in the past and does not earn merit here either, / from that, neither here nor in the other world—alas, fie upon that lowest of men!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.101) iti jñātvā mahābhāgatyaktvā śalyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ.. bhaja rudraṃ varṇadharmaṃ pālayāsmātparaṃ na hi.. 46.101 .. > Knowing this, O fortunate one, having discarded all thorns, / worship Rudra and uphold the duty of your caste; there is nothing higher than this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.102) yohi naṣṭeṣvabhīṣṭeṣu prāpteṣvapi ca śocati.. tṛpyeta vā bhavedbandho niścitaṃ so'nyajanmanaḥ.. 46.102 .. > For he who grieves when desired things are lost, or even when they are obtained, / or becomes satisfied, that is certainly a bondage for another birth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.103) ..nandabhadra uvāca.. namastubhyamabālāya bālarūpāya dhīmate.. ko bhavāṃstattvato vettumicchāmi tvāṃ śucismitam.. 46.103 .. > Nandabhadra said: / "Homage to you, who are no child, though in the form of a child, O wise one! / Who are you in truth? I wish to know you of pure smile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.104) bahavo'pi mayā vṛddhā dṛṣṭāścopāsitāḥ sadā.. teṣāmīdṛśakā buddhirna dṛṣṭā na śrutāmayā.. 46.104 .. > Many elders have been seen and always served by me, / \[yet\] such an intellect has not been seen or heard of by me in them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.105) yena me janmasaṃdehā nāśitā līlayaiva ca.. tasmātsāmānyarūpastvaṃ niścitaṃ na mataṃ mama.. 46.105 .. > by which the doubts of my existence have been destroyed as if in play. / Therefore, my opinion is certain that you are not of ordinary nature." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.106) ..bāla uvāca.. mahadetatsamākhyeyamekāgraḥ śrṛṇu tattvataḥ.. itaḥ saptādhike cāpi saptame janmani tvaham.. 46.106 .. > The boy said: / "This great matter must be related; listen attentively, in truth: / In the fourteenth birth from this one, I myself > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.107) vaidiśe nagare vipro nāmnā'saṃ dharmajālikaḥ.. vedavedāṃgatattvatraḥ smṛtiśāstrārthavidvaraḥ.. 46.107 .. > was a brahmin named Dharmajālika in the city of Vidiśā, / a knower of the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, the best knower of the meaning of smṛti treatises, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.108) vyākhyātā dharmaśāstrāṇāṃ yathā sākṣādbṛhaspatiḥ.. kiṃ tvahaṃ vividhāndharmālloṃkānāṃ varṇaye bhṛśam.. 46.108 .. > an expounder of the treatises on dharma, like Bṛhaspati incarnate. / But I described various dharmas exceedingly to the people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.109) svayaṃ cātidurācāraḥ pāpināmapi pāparāṭ.. maṃsāśī madyasevī ca paradārarataḥ sadā.. 46.109 .. > while I myself was of utterly bad conduct, a king of sins even among sinners: / eating meat, consuming liquor, and always devoted to the wives of others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.110) asatyabhāṣī dambhīca sadā dharmadhvajī khalaḥ.. lobhī durātmā kathako na kartā karhicitkvacit.. 46.110 .. > speaking falsehood, hypocritical, a rogue always bearing the hypocritical badge of dharma, / greedy, evil-minded, a speaker, never a doer at any time or anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.111) yasmājjālikavajjālaṃ lokebhyo'haṃ kṣipāmi ca.. tattvajñā māṃ tataḥ prāhurdharmajālika ityuta.. 46.111 .. > Because like a fowler (jālika) I cast a net (jāla) over the people, / the knowers of truth therefore called me 'Dharmajālika' (a dealer in religious fraud). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.112) so'haṃ tairbahubhiścīrṇaiḥ pātakairaṃta āgate.. mṛto gato yamasthānaṃ pātitaḥ kūṭaśālmalīm.. 46.112 .. > When the end arrived, I, burdened by those many sins that had been committed, / died and went to the realm of Yama, and was cast upon the Kūṭaśālmalī tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.113) yamadutaistataḥ kṛṣṭaḥ smāryamāmaḥ svaceṣṭitam.. khaḍgaiśca kṛtyamāno'haṃ jīvāmi pramiyāmi ca.. 46.113 .. > Then, dragged by the messengers of Yama, reminded of my own conduct, / and hacked with swords, I lived and died repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.114) ātmānaṃ bahudhā niṃdañchāśvatīrnyavasaṃ samāḥ.. narake yā matirbhūyāddharmaṃ prati prapīḍataḥ.. 46.114 .. > Blaming myself in many ways, I dwelt \[there\] for eternal years. / If that mind directed toward righteousness when tortured in hell > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.115) sā cenmuhūrtamātraṃ syādapi dhanyastataḥ pumān.. namonamaḥ karmabhūmyai sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca vā.. 46.115 .. > were to exist for just a single moment, a man would indeed be blessed thereby. / Obeisance, obeisance to the realm of action, where good and bad deeds \[bear fruit\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.116) yasyāṃ muhūrtamātreṇa yugairapi na naśyati.. tato vipaścijjanako mokṣayāmāsa nārakāt.. 46.116 .. > in which \[an action done\] in just a moment does not perish even in yugas! / Then wise Janaka freed \[me\] from hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.117) taiḥ sahāhaṃ pramuktaśca kathaṃcidavapīḍitaḥ.. sthāṇutvamanubhūyātha kleśānāsādya bhūriśaḥ.. 46.117 .. > Along with them, I, being tormented, was somehow released. / Then, experiencing the state of an immobile post and enduring numerous afflictions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.118) kīṭohamabhavaṃ paścāttīre sārasvate śubhe.. tatra mārge sukhamiva saṃsuptohaṃ yadṛcchayā.. 46.118 .. > I afterwards became a worm on the auspicious bank of the Sarasvatī. / There on the road, as if at ease, I fell fast asleep by chance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.119) āgacchato rathasyāsya śabdamaśrauṣamunnatam.. taṃ meghaninadaṃ śrutvā bhītohaṃ sahasā javāt.. 46.119 .. > I heard the loud sound of an approaching chariot. / Hearing that roar like a cloud, frightened, I quickly and with haste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.120) mārgamutsṛjya dūreṇa prapalāyanamācaram.. etasminnaṃtare vyāsastatra prāpto yadṛcchayā.. 46.120 .. > leaving the road far behind, took to flight. / In the meantime, Vyāsa arrived there by chance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.121) sa māmapaśyattrastaṃ ca kṛpayā saṃyuto muniḥ.. yanmayā sarvalokānāṃ nānādharmāḥ prakīrtitāḥ.. 46.121 .. > The sage, filled with compassion, saw me terrified. / Because various dharmas had been proclaimed by me to all people > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.122) viprajanmani tasyaiva prabhāvādvyāsasaṃgamaḥ.. tataḥ sarvarutajño māṃ prāhārcyaḥ kīṭabhāṣayā.. 46.122 .. > in \[my former\] birth as a brahmin, by that very power came meeting with Vyāsa. / Then he, who knows the cries of all creatures and is worthy of worship, addressed me in the speech of worms: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.123) kimevaṃ naśyase kīṭa kasmānmṛtyorbibheṣi ca.. aho samucitā bhītirmanuṣyasya kutastava.. 46.123 .. > "Why do you flee thus, O worm, and why do you fear death? / Ah, fear is fitting for a human, but whence comes yours?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.124) ityukto matimānpūrvapuṇyādvyāsaṃ tadocivān.. na me bhayaṃ jagadvaṃdya mṛtyorasmātkathaṃcana.. 46.124 .. > Thus addressed, being endowed with intellect due to past merit, I then spoke to Vyāsa: / "O you praised by the world, I have no fear whatsoever of this death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.125) etadeva bhayaṃ mānya gaccheyamadhamāṃ gatim.. asyā api kuyoneśca saṃtyanyāḥ koṭiśo'dhamāḥ.. 46.125 .. > This alone is my fear, O venerable one: that I may go to an even lower state. / For even lower than this base womb are ten million other vile \[births\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.126) tāsu garbhādikakleśabhītastrasto'smi nānyathā.. 46.126 .. > Afraid of the sufferings of the womb and so forth in those, I am terrified, not otherwise." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.127) ..vyāsa uvāca.. mā bhayaṃ kuru sarvābhyo yonibhyaśca cirādiva.. mokṣayiṣyāmi brāhmaṇyaṃ prāpayiṣyāmi niścitam.. 46.127 .. > Vyāsa said: / "Do not be afraid! From all wombs, as if after a long time, / I will release you and certainly bring you to the status of a brahmin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.128) ityuktohaṃ kāliyena taṃ praṇamya jagadgurum.. mārgamāgatya cakreṇa pīḍito mṛtyumāgamam.. 46.128 .. > Having been told this, I bowed to that teacher of the world through Kāliya, / and coming to the path, crushed by the wheel, I met my death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.129) tataḥ kākaśrṛgālādiyoniṣvasmi yadā'bhavam.. tadātadā samāgamya vyāso māṃ smārayacca tat.. 46.129 .. > Then, whenever I was born into the wombs of crows, jackals, and others, / Vyāsa approached and reminded me of that each time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.130) tato bahuvidhā yonīḥ parikramyāsmi karṣitaḥ.. brāhmaṇasya ca gehesyāṃ yonau jāto'tiduḥkhitaḥ.. 46.130 .. > Then, having wandered through various kinds of wombs, I was exhausted; / and born exceedingly miserable in this womb in the house of a brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.131) tato janmaprabhṛtyasmi pitṛbhyāṃ parivarjitaḥ.. galatkuṣṭhī mahāpīḍāmetāṃ yo'nubhavāmi ca.. 46.131 .. > I have been abandoned by my parents ever since birth, / suffering from advanced leprosy, and I experience this great torment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.132) tato māṃ paṃcame varṣe vyāsa āgatya japtavān.. karṇe sārasvataṃ maṃtraṃ tenāhaṃ saṃsmarāmi ca.. 46.132 .. > Then in my fifth year, Vyāsa came and whispered / the hymn of Sarasvatī into my ear, by which I remember > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.133) anadhītāni śāstrāṇi vedāndharmāṃśca kṛtsnaśaḥ.. uktaṃ vyāsena cedaṃ me gaccha kṣetraṃ guhasya ca.. tatra tvaṃ naṃdabhadraṃ ca āśvāsayamahāmatim.. 46.133 .. > the unstudied scriptures, the Vedas, and all the dharmas in full. / And this was said to me by Vyāsa: 'Go to the sacred field of Guha; / there console the high-minded Nandabhadra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.134) tyatkvā bahūdake prāṇānasthikṣepaṃ mahījale.. kārāyya tvaṃ tato bhāvī maitreya iti sanmuniḥ.. 46.134 .. > Having cast off your vital breaths at Bahūdaka and having caused your bones / to be thrown into the water of the Mahī, you will then become the good sage named Maitreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.135) gamiṣyasi tato mokṣamiti māṃ vyāsa uktavān.. āgataśca tataścātra vāhīkebhyo'yo'tikleśataḥ.. 46.135 .. > Then you will go to liberation'—so Vyāsa told me. / And then, with extreme suffering, I came here from the Vāhīkas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.136) iti te kathitaṃ sarvamātmanaścaritaṃ mayā.. pāpamevaṃvidhaṃ kaṣṭaṃ naṃdabhadra sadā tyaja.. 46.136 .. > Thus my entire life has been narrated to you. / Always shun such terrible sin, O Nandabhadra!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.137) ..naṃdabhadra uvāca.. aho mahādbhutaṃ tubhyaṃ caritaṃ yena me hṛdi.. bhūyaḥ śataguṇaṃ jātaṃ dharmāyadṛḍhamānasam.. 46.137 .. > Nandabhadra said: / "Ah, wonderful indeed is your life, by which my mind / has again become a hundredfold firm in righteousness! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.138) kiṃ tu tvayoktadharmasya kartukāmos‌mi niṣkṛtim.. dharmaṃ smara bhavāṃstasmātkiṃcidādiśa niścitam.. 46.138 .. > Yet I desire to perform expiation for the duty spoken of by you. / Remember dharma, and therefore definitely command me something." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.139) ..bāla uvāca.. atra tīrthe ca saptāhaṃ nirāhārastvahaṃ sthitaḥ.. sūryamaṃtrāñjamiṣyāmi tyakṣyāmi ca tatastvasūn.. 46.139 .. > The boy said: / "Remaining at this sacred ford for seven days without food, / I shall mutter the solar mantras, and then cast off my life-breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.140) tato barkarikātīrthe dagdhavyohaṃ tvayā taṭe.. asthīni sāgare cāpi mama kṣepyāṇi cātra hi.. 46.140 .. > Then I must be cremated by you on the bank at the Barkarikātīrtha, / and indeed my bones must be cast into the ocean here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.141) yadi sāpahnavaṃ cittaṃ mayyatīva tavāsti cet.. tatastvāṃ gurukāryārthamādekṣyāmi śrṛṇuṣva tat.. 46.141 .. > If you have a very candid heart toward me, / then I shall instruct you for the purpose of a great task; listen to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.142) asminbahūdake tīrthe yatra prāṇāṃstyajāmyaham.. tatra mannāmacihnaste saṃsthāpyo bhāskaro vibhuḥ.. 46.142 .. > At this Bahūdaka sacred ford, where I abandon my life-breaths, / there the all-pervading Sun-god bearing my name and mark should be installed by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.143) ārogyaṃ dhanadhānyaṃ ca putradārādisaṃpadaḥ.. bhāskaro bhagavāṃstuṣṭo dadyādetacchrutervacaḥ.. 46.143 .. > Health, wealth, grain, and fortunes such as sons and wives / the pleased Lord Sun-god will grant: this is the statement of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.144) savitā paramo devaḥ sarvasvaṃ vā dvijanmanām.. vedavedāṃgagītaśca tvamapyenaṃ sadā bhaja.. 46.144 .. > Savitṛ is the supreme deity, the all-in-all of the twice-born, / and sung in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; you too should always worship him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.145) bahūdakamidaṃ kuṃḍaṃ saṃsevyaṃ ca sadā tvayā.. māhātmyamasya vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepādvyāsa sūcitam.. 46.145 .. > This Bahūdaka pool should always be resorted to by you. / I shall tell its māhātmya in brief, as indicated by Vyāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.146) bahūdake kuṃḍavare snāti yo vidhivannaraḥ.. ārogyaṃ dhanadhānyādyaṃ tasya syātsarvajanmasu.. 46.146 .. > Whatever man bathes according to the rules in the excellent Bahūdaka pool / will have health, wealth, grain, and the like in all his births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.147) bahūdake ca yaḥ snātvā saptamyāṃ māghamāsake.. dadyātpiṃḍaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca te'kṣyāṃ tṛptimāpnuyuḥ.. 46.147 .. > And who, having bathed in Bahūdaka on the seventh day of the month of Māgha, / offers a funeral cake to the ancestors, they attain imperishable satisfaction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.148) bahūdakasya tīre yaḥ śuciryajati vai kratum.. śatakratuphalaṃ tasya nāsti kācidvicāraṇā.. 46.148 .. > Pure, he who performs a sacrifice on the bank of Bahūdaka / attains the fruit of a hundred sacrifices; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.149) atra yastyajati prāṇānbahūdakataṭe naraḥ.. modate sūryaloke'sau dharmiṇāṃ ca suto bhavet.. 46.149 .. > The man who abandons his life-breaths here on the bank of Bahūdaka / rejoices in the world of the Sun and will be born as the son of righteous people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.150) bahūdakasya tīre ca yaḥ kuryyājjapasādhanam.. sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ japo homaśca pūjanam.. 46.150 .. > And whoever performs the practice of recitation on the bank of Bahūdaka, / all recitation, oblations, and worship are declared to be multiplied a hundred-thousandfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.151) bahūdakasya tīre ca dvijamekaṃ ca bhojayet.. yo miṣṭānnena tasya syādviprakoṭiśca bhojitā.. 46.151 .. > And he who feeds even a single twice-born on the bank of Bahūdaka / with sweet food, it is as if ten million brahmins were fed by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.152) bahūdakasya tīre yā nārī gauriṇikāḥ śubhāḥ.. saṃbhojayati tasyāśca kuryātsusvāgataṃ hyumā.. 46.152 .. > Whatever woman feeds auspicious young virgin girls on the bank of Bahūdaka, / to her Umā will certainly extend a gracious welcome. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.153) bahūdakasya tīre ca yaḥ kuryādyogasādhanam.. ṣaṇmāsābhyantare siddhirbhavettasya na saṃśayaḥ.. 46.153 .. > And whoever performs the practice of yoga on the bank of Bahūdaka, / within six months perfection will be his, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.154) bahūdakasya tīre ca pretānuddiśya dīyate.. yatkiṃcidakṣayaṃ teṣāmupatiṣṭhenna cānyathā.. 46.154 .. > And whatever is given on the bank of Bahūdaka dedicated to the departed spirits, / it reaches them imperishably, not otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.155) snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam.. kṛtaṃ bahūdakataṭe sarvaṃ syātsumahātphalam.. 46.155 .. > Bathing, gifting, recitation, oblations, Vedic study, and offering libations to ancestors / performed on the bank of Bahūdaka will all yield exceedingly great fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.156) tvayaitaddhṛdi saṃdhārya phalaṃ vyāsena sūcitam.. bahūdakasya kuṃḍasya naṃdabhadra mahāmate.. 46.156 .. > This fruit of the Bahūdaka pool indicated by Vyāsa / must be held firmly in your heart, O high-minded Nandabhadra!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.157) ityuktvā so'bhavanmaunī snātvā kuṃḍe tataḥ śuciḥ.. tīre prastaramāśritya svayaṃ maṃtrāñjāpa ha.. 46.157 .. > Having spoken thus, he became silent; then, having bathed in the pool, pure, / leaning against a stone on the bank, he himself muttered mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.158) ..śrīnārada uvāca.. tataḥ sa saptarātrāṃte jahau bālo nijānasūn.. saṃskārito yathoktaṃ ca naṃdabhadreṇa brāhmaṇaiḥ.. 46.158 .. > Śrī Nārada said: / Then, at the end of seven nights, that boy gave up his life-breaths; / and the funeral rites were performed as prescribed by Nandabhadra and by brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.159) yatra bālaḥ sa ca prāṇāñjahau japaparāyaṇaḥ.. bālādityamiti khyātaṃ tatrāsthāpayata prabhum.. 46.159 .. > Where that boy, intent upon recitation, gave up his life-breaths, / there he established the Lord known as Bālāditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.160) bahūdake ca yaḥ snātvā bālādityaṃ prapūjayet.. tasya syādbhāskarastuṣṭo mokṣopāyaṃ ca viṃdati.. 46.160 .. > And whoever, having bathed in the Bahūdaka, worships Bālāditya, / the Sun becomes pleased with him, and he finds the means to liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.161) naṃdabhadro 'pyathānyasyāṃ bhāryāyāmaparānsutān.. utpādyātmasamandhīmāñchivasūryaparāyaṇaḥ.. 46.161 .. > Nandabhadra too, then, having begotten other sons upon another wife, / intelligent sons equal to himself, devoted to Śiva and the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.162) rudradehaṃ yayau pārtha punarāvṛttidurlabham.. evametanmahākuṃḍaṃ bahūdakamiti smṛtam.. 46.162 .. > went to the body of Rudra, O son of Pṛthā, from which return is hard to attain. / Thus is this great pool known as Bahūdaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.163) asya tīre svamaṃśaṃ ca vallīnāthaḥ pramekṣyati.. dattātreyasya yo yogī hyavatāro bhaviṣyati.. 46.163 .. > On its bank, Vallīnātha will cast his own portion, / the yogin who will be an avatāra of Dattātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.164) arcayitvā ca taṃ devaṃ yogasiddhimavāpnuyāt.. paśūnāmṛddhimāpnoti gośaraṇyo hyasau prabhuḥ.. 46.164 .. > And having worshipped that god, one would obtain perfection in yoga; / he attains an abundance of cattle, for that Lord is a refuge to cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.165) paścimāyāṃ budhasutastathā kṣetraṃ sa bhārata.. purūravādityamiti sthāpayāmāsa pārthivaḥ.. 46.165 .. > In the west likewise, O Bhārata, the son of Budha, the king, / established a sacred field named Purūravāditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.166) sarvakāmapradaścāsau bhaṭṭadityasamo rivaḥ.. bahūdakakṣetrasamaṃ tasya kṣetraṃ ca bhārata.. 46.166 .. > And that Sun grants all desires, equal to Bhaṭṭāditya; / and his sacred field is equal to the Bahūdakakṣetra, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.167) asya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ japtavyaṃ karṇamūlake.. putrasya vāpi śiṣyasya na kathaṃcana nāstikaḥ.. 46.167 .. > The māhātmya of this sacred ford should be whispered at the root of the ear / of a son or a disciple, but never to an atheist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.168) śrṛṇotīdaṃ śraddhayā yastasya tuṣyeśca bhāskaraḥ.. dhārayanhṛdaye mokṣaṃmucyate bhavasāgarāt.. 46.168 .. > Whoever listens to this with faith, the Sun will be pleased with him; / holding liberation in his heart, he is freed from the ocean of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44.168\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44.168_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe bahūdakamāhātmya bālādityavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 46 .. cha .. > Thus ends the forty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Story of Bālāditya and the Bahūdakamāhātmya,' in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.44.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Niśvāsatattvasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.nihsvasa.1.22.18) — Sanskrit - [Niśvāsakārikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.nihsvasa.nisvasakarika.10.25) — Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivānandacandrikā (Maritontadārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivanandacandrika-maritontadarya.38.2) — Maritontadārya 1725, Sanskrit - [Pūrvadhāricaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.prabandha.prabandha.purvadharicaritra.20.200) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.44) · Pramāṇa