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# Skandapurana 1.4.47: adhyāyaḥ 49

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 49

### [1.4.47.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.1)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

> Arjuna said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.2)

atyadbhutāni tīrthāni liṃgāni ca mahāmune ..

> 'Having heard of the exceedingly wondrous sacred fords and liṅgas, O great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.3)

śrutvā tava mukhāṃbhojādbhṛśaṃ me hṛṣyate manaḥ .. 1 ..

> from your lotus mouth, my mind rejoices greatly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.4)

mahīnagarakasyāpi sthāpitasya tvayā mune ..

> The principal sacred fords of Mahīnagara as well,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.5)

yāni tīrthāni mukhyāni tāni varṇaya me prabho .. 2 ..

> which was established by you, O sage—describe them to me, O lord!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.6)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.7)

śrīmanmahīnagarake yāni tīrthāni phālguna ..

> 'The sacred fords that are in glorious Mahīnagara, O Phālguna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.8)

tāni vakṣyāmi yatrāste jayā dityo raviḥ prabhuḥ .. 3 ..

> I shall relate to you, where the sun, the lord Jayāditya, resides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.9)

jayādityasya yo nāma kīrtayediha mānavaḥ ..

> Whatever person here glorifies the name of Jayāditya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.10)

sarvarogavinirmukto labhetso'pi hṛdīpsitam .. 4 ..

> freed from all diseases, he too obtains the desire of his heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.11)

yasya saṃdarśanādeva kalyāṇairapi pūryate ..

> Merely by beholding him, a faithful person is filled with auspicious blessings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.12)

mucyate cāpyakalyāṇaiḥ śraddhāvānpārtha mānavaḥ .. 5 ..

> and is freed from inauspicious things, O son of Pṛthā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.13)

tasya devasya cotpattiṃ śṛṇu pārtha vadāmi te ..

> Listen, O son of Pṛthā, I shall tell you the origin of that deity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.14)

śṛṇvanvā kīrtayanvāpi prasādaṃ bhāskarāllabhet .. 6 ..

> hearing it or reciting it, one obtains grace from the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.15)

ahaṃ saṃsthāpya saṃsthānametatkālena kenacit ..

> Having established this settlement, I, in the course of time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.16)

prayāto bhāskaraṃ lokaṃ darśanārthī yadṛcchayā .. 7 ..

> went at will to the realm of the sun, desiring his darśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.17)

sa māṃ praṇatamāsīnamabhyarcyārgheṇa bhāskaraḥ ..

> Having honored me, who was bowed down and seated, with an offering of argha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.18)

prahasanniva prāhedaṃ devo madhurayā girā .. 8 ..

> the radiant god said this with a sweet voice, as if smiling:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.19)

kuta āgamyate vipra kva ca vā pratigamyate ..

> 'From where do you come, O brahmin, and where are you going?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.20)

kva cāyaṃ nāradamune kālaste vihṛto'bhavat .. 9 ..

> And where, O sage Nārada, has this time been spent by you?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.21)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.22)

evamukto bhāskareṇa taṃ tadā prābravaṃ vacaḥ ..

> Addressed thus by the Sun, I then spoke this word to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.23)

bhārate vihṛtaḥ khaṇḍe mahīnagarakādapi ..

> “I wandered in the Bhārata section, and from Mahīnagara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.24)

darśanārthaṃ tava vibho samāyāto'smi bhāskara .. 1.2.49.10 ..

> I have arrived, O all-pervading one, O Sun, for your darśana.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.25)

.. raviruvāca .. ..

> The Sun said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.26)

yattvayā sthāpitaṃ sthānaṃ tatra ye saṃti brāhmaṇāḥ ..

> “The place that was established by you—the brahmins who are there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.27)

teṣāṃ guṇānmama brūhi kiṃguṇā nanu te dvijāḥ .. 11 ..

> tell me their qualities. Indeed, what virtues do those twice-born have?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.28)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.29)

evaṃ pṛṣṭo bhagavatā punarevābravaṃ vacaḥ .. 12 ..

> Questioned thus by the Lord, I spoke this word once again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.30)

yadi tānbhoḥ praśaṃsāmi svīyānstautīti vācyatā ..

> “O Lord, if I praise them, there will be the reproach: ‘He praises his own.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.31)

niṃdāmyanarhānkasmādvā kaṣṭamevobhayatra ca .. 13 ..

> Or why should I blame those who do not deserve it? There is difficulty in both cases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.32)

athavā pāramāhātmye sati teṣāṃ mahātmanām ..

> Moreover, since the majesty of those great-souled ones is supreme,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.33)

alpe kṛte varṇane syāddoṣa eva mahānmama .. 14 ..

> if a meager description is made, it would indeed be a great fault on my part.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.34)

madarcitadvijeṃdrāṇāṃ yadi syācchravaṇepsutā ..

> If there is a desire to hear of those foremost twice-born honored by me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.35)

tataḥ svayaṃ vilokyāste gatvedaṃ me mataṃ rave .. 15 ..

> then you should go and observe them yourself; this is my opinion, O Sun.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.36)

iti śrutvā mama vaco ravirāsītsuvismitaḥ ..

> Hearing this word of mine, the Sun was greatly astonished,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.37)

svayaṃ drakṣyāmi covāca punaḥpunaraharpatiḥ .. 16 ..

> and the Lord of Day said again and again, “I shall see them myself.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.38)

so'tha vipratanuṃ kṛtvā māṃ visarjyaiva bhāskaraḥ ..

> Then, having assumed the form of a brahmin and dismissed me, the Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.39)

pratapandivi yogācca prayātorṇavarodhasi .. 17 ..

> blazing in the sky and through yogic power, went to the bank of the Arṇavā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.40)

jaṭāṃ triṣavaṇasnānapiṃgalāṃ dhārayannatha ..

> Bearing matted hair tawny from ritual ablutions at the three junctures of the day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.41)

vṛddhadvijo mahātejā dadṛśe brāhmaṇairmama .. 18 ..

> an elderly twice-born of great splendor was seen by my brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.42)

tato hārītapramukhāḥ praharṣotphullalocanāḥ ..

> Then, their eyes wide with intense joy, headed by Hārīta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.43)

utthāya brahmaśālāyāste dvijā dvijamādravan ..19..

> rising from the hall of Vedic study, those twice-born ran toward the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.44)

namaskṛtya dvijāgryaṃ te praharṣādidamabruvan ..1.2.49.20..

> Bowing to that foremost twice-born, out of intense joy they said this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.45)

adya no divasaḥ puṇyaḥ sthānamadyottamaṃ tvidam ..

> “Today our day is auspicious; today this place is supreme,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.46)

yattvayā viprapravara svayamāgamanaṃ kṛtam .. 21 ..

> since you yourself, O best of brahmins, have come here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.47)

dhanyasya hi gṛhasthasya kṛpayaiva dvijottamāḥ ..

> For solely out of compassion for a blessed householder, the best of the twice-born  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.48)

ātithyaveṣeṇāyāṃti pāvanārthaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ..22..

> arrive in the guise of guests for the sake of purification; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.49)

tattvaṃ gehāni cāsmākaṃ pādacaṃkramaṇena ca ..

> Therefore, by the pacing of your feet, purify our homes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.50)

darśanādbhojanātsthānādasmābhiḥ saha pāvaya ..23..

> and together with us, \[purify\] this place by your darśana and by taking a meal.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.51)

.. atithiruvāca .. ..

> The guest said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.52)

bhojanaṃ dvividhaṃ viprā prākṛtaṃ paramaṃ tathā ..

> “Food is of two kinds, O brahmins: the ordinary and the supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.53)

tadahaṃ samyagicchāmi dattaṃ paramabhojanam ..24 ..

> I properly desire the supreme food to be given to me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.54)

ityetadatitheḥ śrutvā hārītaḥ putramabravīt ..

> Having heard this from the guest, Hārīta said to his son:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.55)

aṣṭavarṣaṃ tu kamaṭhaṃ vetsi putra dvijoditam ..25..

> “Son, an eight-year-old Kamaṭha, do you understand what was spoken by the twice-born?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.56)

..kamaṭha uvātra.. ..

> Kamaṭha said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.57)

tāta praṇamya tvāṃ vakṣye tādṛkparamabhojanam ..

> “Father, having bowed to you, I will speak of such supreme food,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.58)

dvijaṃ ca tarpayiṣyāmi dattvā paramabhojanam .. ..26..

> and I will satisfy the twice-born by offering the supreme food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.59)

sutena kila jātena jāyate cānṛṇaḥ pitā..

> For indeed, when a son is born, a father becomes free from debt;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.60)

satyaṃ kariṣye tadvākyaṃ saṃtarpyātithimuttamam..27..

> I will make that saying true by fully satisfying the excellent guest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.61)

bhojanaṃ dviprakāraṃ ca pravibhāgastayorayam ..

> Food is of two kinds, and this is their distinction:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.62)

prākṛtaṃ procyate tvevamanyatparamabhojanam .. 28 ..

> one is called the ordinary, and the other is the supreme food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.63)

tatra yatprākṛtaṃ nāma prakṛtipramukhasya tat..

> Among them, that which is called ordinary is the satisfaction of the group  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.64)

caturviṃśatitattvānāṃ gaṇasyoktaṃ hi tarpaṇam .. 29 ..

> of the twenty-four cosmic principles headed by Prakṛti; so it is said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.65)

ṣaḍrasaṃ bhojanaṃ tacca paṃcabhedaṃ vadaṃti ca ..

> And that food has six flavors, and they say it has five categories;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.66)

yena bhuktena tṛptaṃ syātkṣetraṃ yaddehalakṣaṇam .. 1.2.49.30 ..

> by consuming it, the field characterized by the physical body is satisfied.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.67)

yathāparaṃ paraṃnāma proktaṃ paramabhojanam ..

> Just as the other is called supreme, it is named supreme food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.68)

paramaḥ procyate cātmā tasya tadbhojanaṃ bhavet .. 31 ..

> the Self is called supreme, and that would be its food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.69)

tato nānāprakārasya dharmasya śravaṇaṃ hi yat ..

> Therefore, that hearing of dharma of various kinds—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.70)

tadannaṃ procyate bhoktā kṣetrajñaḥ śravaṇau mukham .. 32 ..

> that is called the food; the enjoyer is the knower of the field; the two ears are the mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.71)

taddāsyāmi dvijāgryāya pṛccha vipra yadicchasi ..

> I will give that to the foremost twice-born. Ask, O brahmin, whatever you wish!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.72)

śaktitastarpayiṣyāmi tvāmahaṃ viprasaṃsadi .. 33 ..

> According to my ability, I will satisfy you in the assembly of brahmins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.73)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.74)

kamaṭhasyaitadākarṇya so'tithirvacanaṃ mahat ..

> Hearing these great words of Kamaṭha, that guest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.75)

manasaiva praśasyāmuṃ praśnamenamathākarot .. 34 ..

> praising him in his mind alone, then asked this question:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.76)

kathaṃ saṃjāyate jaṃtuḥ kathaṃ cāpi pralīyate ..

> “How is a living being born, and how does it dissolve?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.77)

bhasmatāmatha saṃprāpya kva cāyaṃ prati padyate .. 35 ..

> And having been reduced to ashes, where does it go?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.78)

.. kamaṭha uvāca .. ..

> Kamaṭha said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.79)

gurave prāṅnamaskṛtya dharmāya tadanaṃtaram ..

> “Having first bowed to the Guru, and next to Dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.80)

chaṃdogītamamuṃ praśnaṃ śaktyā vakṣyāmi te dvija .. 36 ..

> I shall answer this question sung in the Vedas according to my ability, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.81)

janane trividhaṃ karma heturjaṃtorbhavetkila ..

> Indeed, threefold action is the cause of a living being’s birth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.82)

puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ ca miśraṃ ca sattvarājasatāmasam .. 37 ..

> meritorious, sinful, and mixed, consisting of sattva, rajas, and tamas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.83)

tatra yaḥ sāttviko nāma sa svargaṃ pratipadyate ..

> Among them, that which is called sāttvika attains heaven;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.84)

svargātkālaparibhraṣṭo dhanī dharmī sukhī bhavet.. 38 ..

> fallen from heaven by the passage of time, one becomes wealthy, righteous, and happy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.85)

tathā yastāmaso nāma narakaṃ pratipadyate ..

> Likewise, that which is called tāmasa attains hell;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.86)

bhuktvā bahvīryātanāśca sthāvaratvaṃ prapadyate .. 39 ..

> having suffered many torments, one attains the state of immobile creatures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.87)

mahatāṃ darśanasparśairupabhogasahāsanaiḥ ..

> Through seeing, touching, sharing food, and sitting together with great beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.88)

mahatā kālayogena saṃsaranmānavo bhavet .. 1.2.49.40 ..

> transmigrating through a long course of time, one becomes human.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.89)

so'pi duḥkhadaridrādyairveṣṭito vikaleṃdriyaḥ ..

> Even so, surrounded by misery, poverty, and the like, with defective senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.90)

pratyakṣaḥ sarva lokānāṃ pāpasyaitaddhi lakṣaṇam.. 41 ..

> he is visible to all people; for this is the mark of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.91)

atha yo miśrakarmā syāttiryaktvaṃ pratipadyate ..

> Now, he whose action is mixed attains animal birth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.92)

mahatāmeva saṃsargātsaṃsaranmānavo bhavet .. 42 ..

> by association with great beings alone, transmigrating, he becomes human.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.93)

yasya puṇyaṃ pṛthutaraṃ pāpamalpaṃ hi jāyate ..

> He whose merit is greater and sin is lesser  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.94)

sa pūrvaṃ duḥkhito bhūtvā paścātsaukhyānvito bhavet .. 43 ..

> first becomes unhappy and afterwards is endowed with happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.95)

pāpaṃ pṛthutaraṃ yasya puṇyamalpataraṃ bhavet ..

> He whose sin is greater and merit is lesser  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.96)

pūrvaṃ sukhī tato duḥkhī miśrasyaitaddhi lakṣaṇam .. 44 ..

> is first happy and then unhappy; this is the characteristic of mixed \[karma\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.97)

tatra mānuṣasaṃbhūtiṃ śṛṇu yādṛgasau bhavet ..

> Hear how human birth comes to be in this regard:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.98)

puruṣasya striyāścaiva śukraśoṇitasaṃgame .. 45 ..

> At the union of the semen and ovum of a man and a woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.99)

sarvadoṣavinirmukto jīvaḥ saṃsarate sphuṭam..

> the soul, completely freed from all faults, clearly transmigrates,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.100)

guṇānvitamanobuddhiśubhāśubhasamanvitaḥ .. 46 ..

> endowed with the qualities of mind and intellect, accompanied by good and bad \[actions\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.101)

jīvaḥ praviṣṭo garbhaṃ tu kalale pratitiṣṭhati ..

> Having entered the womb, the soul resides in the embryo at its fluid stage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.102)

mūḍhaśca kalale tatra māsamātraṃ ca tiṣṭhati .. 47 ..

> and stupified, it remains there in the fluid stage for just a month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.103)

dvitīyaṃ tu tathā māsaṃ ghanībhūtaḥ sa tiṣṭhati ..

> In the second month it remains having become a solid mass;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.104)

tasyāvayavanirmāṇaṃ tṛtīye māsi jāyate .. 48 ..

> the formation of its limbs occurs in the third month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.105)

asthīni ca tathā māsi jāyaṃte ca caturthake ..

> And in the fourth month bones are produced;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.106)

tvagjanma paṃcame māsi paṣṭhe romṇāṃ samudbhavaḥ .. 49 ..

> the birth of skin is in the fifth month; in the sixth is the appearance of hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.107)

saptame ca tathā māsi prabodhaścāsya jāyate ..

> In the seventh month its consciousness is awakened;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.108)

māturāhārapītaṃ ca saptame māsyupāśnute .. 1.2.49.50 ..

> and in the seventh month it partakes of what is eaten and drunk by the mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.109)

aṣṭame navame māsi bhṛśamudvijate tataḥ ..

> In the eighth and ninth months it is then intensely agitated;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.110)

jarāyuṇā veṣṭitāṃgo mukhe baddhakarāṃguliḥ ..51..

> with its limbs wrapped in the amnion, its fingers clasped to its mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.111)

madhye klībastu vāme strī dakṣiṇe puruṣastathā ..

> An eunuch lies in the middle, a female on the left, and a male on the right;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.112)

tiṣṭhatyudarabhāge ca pṛṣṭheragnimukhaḥ kila .. 52..

> it stays in the abdominal region, facing the digestive fire from behind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.113)

yasyāṃ tiṣṭhatyasau yonau tāṃ ca vetti na saṃśayaḥ ..

> It recognizes without doubt that womb in which it stays;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.114)

sarvaṃ smarati vṛttāṃtaṃ bahūnāṃ janmanāmapi .. 53 ..

> it remembers the entire course of even many births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.115)

aṃdhe tamasi kiṃ dṛśyo gaṃdhānmohaṃ dṛḍhaṃ labhet ..

> What can be seen in blind darkness? From the smell it falls into deep delusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.116)

śīte mātrā jale pīte śītamuṣṇaṃ tathoṣṇake .. 54 ..

> When cold water is drunk by the mother, it feels cold; likewise, it feels hot when \[she drinks\] hot \[water\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.117)

vyāyāme labhate mātuḥ kleśaṃ vyādheśca vedanām ..

> During the mother's physical exertion it suffers distress, and it feels pain from illness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.118)

alakṣyāḥ pitṛmātṛbhyāṃ jāyaṃte vyādhayaḥ parāḥ .. 55 ..

> Other severe diseases arise that cannot be noticed by the father and mother;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.119)

saukumāryādrujaṃ tīvrāṃ janayaṃti ca tasya te ..

> due to its delicacy, these cause sharp agony to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.120)

svalpamapyatha taṃ kālaṃ vetti varṣaśatopamam .. 56 ..

> Even a very brief time it perceives as equal to a hundred years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.121)

saṃtapyate bhṛśaṃ garbhe karmabhiśca purātanaiḥ ..

> It burns intensely in the womb because of its past actions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.122)

manorathāṃśca kurute sukṛtārthaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 57..

> and repeatedly forms resolutions for the sake of virtuous deeds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.123)

janma cedahamāpsyāmi mānuṣye jīvitaṃ tathā ..

> “If I obtain birth and life in the human realm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.124)

tatastatprakariṣyāmi yena mokṣo bhavetsphuṭam..58..

> then I shall do that by which liberation will clearly come to be.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.125)

evaṃ tu ciṃtayānasya sīmaṃtonnayanādanu..

> While it is thinking thus, after the rite of parting the hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.126)

māsadvayaṃ tadvrajati pīḍatastriyugākṛti .. 59 ..

> those two months pass in suffering, shaped with three pairs \[of limbs folded\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.127)

tataḥ svakāle saṃpūrṇe sūtimārutacālitaḥ ..

> Then, when its time is full, impelled by the wind of birth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.128)

bhavatyavāṅmukho jaṃtuḥ pīḍāmanubhavanparām .. ..1.2.49.60..

> the creature turns head downward, experiencing intense agony.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.129)

adhomukhaḥ saṃkaṭena yonidvāreṇa niḥsaret..

> Head downward, it emerges through the narrow opening of the vulva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.130)

pīḍayā pīḍamāno'pi carmotkartanatulyayā .. 61 ..

> even while being tormented with a pain like the flaying of the skin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.131)

karapatrasamasparśaṃ karasaṃsparśanādikam ..

> The touch of hands and the like feels to it like the touch of a saw;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.132)

asau jāto vijānāti māsamātraṃ vimohitaḥ .. 62 ..

> being born, deluded, it experiences this for just a month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.133)

prākkarmavaśagasyāsya garbhajñānaṃ ca naśyati ..

> Subject to past actions, its womb-knowledge perishes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.134)

tataḥ karoti karmāṇi śvetaraktāsitāni ca .. 63 ..

> then it performs actions that are white, red, and black.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.135)

asthipaṭṭatulāstaṃbhasnāyubaṃdhena yaṃtritam ..

> \[The body,\] framed with rafters and pillars of bone and fastened by sinews,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.136)

raktamāṃsamṛdāliptaṃ viṇmūtradravyabhājanam .. 64 ..

> smeared with the clay of blood and flesh, a vessel for the matter of feces and urine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.137)

saptabhittisusaṃbaddhaṃ channaṃ roma tṛṇairapi ..

> well-secured by seven walls, thatched with the grass of body hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.138)

vadanaikamahādvāraṃ gavākṣāṣṭavibhūṣitam .. 65 ..

> having one great gate, the mouth, adorned with eight windows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.139)

oṣṭhadvayakapāṭaṃ ca daṃtārgalavimudritam ..

> possessing two lip-doors, and sealed with the bolts of teeth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.140)

nāḍīsvedapravāhaṃ ca kaphapittapariplutam .. .. 66 ..

> having a stream of channels and sweat, flooded with phlegm and bile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.141)

jarāśokasamāviṣṭaṃ kālavaktrānalasthitam ..

> overtaken by old age and sorrow, standing in the fiery mouth of Time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.142)

rāgadveṣādibhirdhvastaṃ ṣaṭkauśikasamudbhavam .. 67 ..

> ruined by passion, hatred, and the like, arisen from the six sheaths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.143)

evaṃ saṃjāyate puṃso dehagehamidaṃ dvija ..

> Thus, O twice-born, this bodily house is produced for man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.144)

yasminvasati kṣetrajño gṛhastho buddhigehinī .. 68 ..

> in which dwells the knower of the field as the householder, with intellect as the mistress of the house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.145)

mokṣaṃ svargaṃ ca narakamāste saṃsādhayannapi .. 69 .. ..

> living there while bringing about liberation, heaven, or even hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.47.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.47.146)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe kamaṭhasūryasaṃvāde jīvasya dehotpattivarṇanaṃnāmaikonapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 49 ..

> Thus ends the forty-ninth chapter, titled "Description of the Origin of the Embodied Soul's Body" in the dialogue between Kamaṭha and the Sun, in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.47.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.368.24) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Acintyaviśvasādākhyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.acintyavisvasadakhyatantra.9.3081) — Sanskrit
- [Sātvatasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.satvata.9.p18) — Sanskrit
- [Śivagītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.stotra.sivagita-2.13.41_31) — Sanskrit

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