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# Skandapurana 1.4.49: adhyāyaḥ 51

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 51

### [1.4.49.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.1)

.. atithiruvāca .. ..

> The guest said:  
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### [1.4.49.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.2)

yadetatparalokasya svarūpaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ tvayā ..

> This nature of the other world that has been explained by you  
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### [1.4.49.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.3)

āgamaṃ samupāśritya tattathaiva na saṃśayaḥ .. 1 ..

> relying upon tradition is indeed so, without a doubt.  
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### [1.4.49.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.4)

kiṃtvatra nāstikāḥ pāpāḥ sandihyante'lpacetanāḥ ..

> However, here sinful, petty-minded atheists doubt it.  
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### [1.4.49.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.5)

teṣāṃ niḥsaṃśayakṛte vada karmaphalaṃ hi yat ..2 ..

> For the sake of removing their doubt, tell what the fruit of karma is.  
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### [1.4.49.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.6)

ihaiva kasya kasyaiva karmaṇaḥ pāpakasya ca ..

> By the power of which and which sinful action right here \[in this world\]  
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### [1.4.49.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.7)

prabhāvātkīdṛśo jāyetkamaṭhaitadvadāsti cet .. 3 ..

> does one become what kind \[of being\]? O Kamaṭha, tell this if it is so.  
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### [1.4.49.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.8)

.. kamaṭha uvāca .. ..

> Kamaṭha said:  
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### [1.4.49.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.9)

sarvametatpravakṣyāmi sthiro bhūtvā śṛṇuṣva tat ..

> I will tell all this; become steady and listen to it,  
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### [1.4.49.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.10)

yathā mama guruḥ prāha yanme cetasi saṃsthitam .. 4 ..

> just as my guru said, and as it rests in my mind.  
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### [1.4.49.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.11)

brahmahā kṣayarogī syātsurāpaḥ śyāvadaṃtakaḥ ..

> The killer of a brahmin becomes afflicted with consumption; a drinker of liquor gets blackish teeth;  
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### [1.4.49.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.12)

suvarṇacauraḥ kunakhī duścarmā gurutalpagaḥ .. 5 ..

> a thief of gold has deformed nails; one who defiles the teacher's bed has diseased skin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.13)

saṃsargī sarvarogī syātpaṃcapātakinastvamī ..

> One who associates with them suffers all diseases. These are the five great sinners.  
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### [1.4.49.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.14)

niṃdāmākarṇya sādhūnāṃ badhiraḥ saṃprajāyate .. 6 ..

> Hearing the censure of virtuous men, one is born deaf.  
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### [1.4.49.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.15)

svayaṃ prakīrtayeccāpi mūkaḥ pāpo'bhijāyate ..

> If he himself proclaims it, the sinner is born dumb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.16)

ājñālopī gurūṇāṃ ca apasmārī bhavennaraḥ .. 7 ..

> A man who violates the command of his elders becomes epileptic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.17)

avajñākārakasteṣāṃ kṛmirevābhijāyate ..

> One who shows disrespect toward them is born as nothing but a worm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.18)

upekṣataḥ pūjyakāryaṃ duṣprajñatvaṃ ca jāyate .. 8 ..

> From neglecting what ought to be revered arises poor intelligence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.19)

cauryāya sādhudravyāṇāṃ dadyādyāvatpadāni ca ..

> As many steps as one takes to steal the property of good people,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.20)

tāvadvarṣāṇi paṃgutvaṃ sa prāpnoti narādhamaḥ .. 9 ..

> for so many years that vilest of men suffers lameness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.21)

dattvā harati tadbhūyo jāyate kṛkalāsakaḥ ..

> One who takes back what he has given is born a chameleon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.22)

kupitānaprasādyaiva pūjyānsyācchīrṣarogavān .. 1.2.51.10 ..

> One who does not appease revered persons when angered suffers from head disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.23)

rajasvalāmabhigacchaṃśca caṃḍālaḥ saṃprajāyate ..

> Having intercourse with a menstruating woman, one is born an outcaste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.24)

vastrāpahārī citrī syātkṛṣṇakuṣṭhī tathāgnidaḥ .. 11 ..

> A stealer of garments becomes affected with white leprosy, and an arsonist with black leprosy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.25)

darduro rūpyahārī syātkūṭasākṣī mukhārujaḥ ..

> A stealer of silver becomes a frog; a false witness suffers from mouth disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.26)

paradārāṃśca kāmena draṣṭā syādakṣirogavān .. 12 ..

> One who gazes lustfully upon another man's wife suffers from eye disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.27)

pratijñāyāprayacchanyo hyalpāyurjāyate naraḥ ..

> A man who promises but does not give becomes short-lived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.28)

vipravṛttyapahārī syādajīrṇī sarvadā'dhamaḥ .. 13 ..

> That wretched man who robs a brahmin of his livelihood suffers forever from indigestion.  
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### [1.4.49.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.29)

naiṣṭhikānnāśanādbhūyo nivṛtto rogavānsadā ..

> One who turns away from lifelong fasting is always sickly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.30)

patnībahutve tvekasyāṃ retomokṣaḥ kṣayī bhavet..14..

> When having many wives, one who discharges his seed only in one becomes consumptive.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.31)

svāminā dharmayukto yastvanyāyena samācaret..

> One entrusted with duty by his master who acts unjustly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.32)

svayaṃ vā bhakṣayeddravyaṃ sa mūḍhaḥ syājjalodarī..15..

> or who consumes the property himself, that fool becomes afflicted with dropsy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.33)

durbalaṃ pīḍyamānaṃ yo balavānsamupekṣate..

> A strong man who overlooks a weak person being tormented  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.34)

aṃgahīnaḥ sa ca bhavedannahṛtkṣudhito bhavet..16..

> becomes maimed in his limbs; a stealer of food becomes hungry.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.35)

vyavahāre pakṣapātī jihvārogī bhavennaraḥ..

> A man who is partial in a legal dispute suffers from disease of the tongue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.36)

dharmapravṛttiṃ sañcārya patnyādīṣṭaviyogakṛt .. 17 ..

> One who hinders an engagement in righteousness causes separation from wife and other cherished ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.37)

svayaṃ pākāgrabhojī yo galarogamavāpnuyāt ..

> He who himself eats the first portion of cooked food contracts a throat disease. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.38)

paṃcayajñānakṛtvaiva bhuñjāno grāmaśūkaraḥ .. 18 ..

> One who eats without performing the five sacrifices \[becomes\] a village pig.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.39)

parvamaithuna kṛnmehī parityajya svagehinīm ..

> One who has sexual intercourse on holy festival days suffers from urinary disease. Abandoning his own wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.40)

veśyādirakto mūḍhātmā khalvāṭo jāyate naraḥ .. 19 ..

> a foolish man devoted to prostitutes and the like is born bald. // 19  
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### [1.4.49.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.41)

parikṣīṇānmitrabandhūnsvāminaṃ dayitānugān ..

> One who despises impoverished friends and kin, his master, or affectionate attendants,  
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### [1.4.49.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.42)

avamanya nivṛttātmā kliṣṭavṛttiḥ sadā bhavet .. 1.2.51.20 ..

> turning away his heart \[from them\], will always suffer a wretched livelihood. // 1.2.51.20  
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### [1.4.49.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.43)

chadmanopacaredyastu pitarau svāminaṃ gurūn ..

> He who treats parents, master, or elders with deceit  
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### [1.4.49.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.44)

prāptavyārthasyātikaṣṭātparibhraṃśorthajo bhavet .. 21 ..

> suffers, through great distress, the loss of wealth that was about to be obtained. // 21  
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### [1.4.49.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.45)

viśrabdhasyāpahārī tu duḥkhānāṃ bhājanaṃ bhavet ..

> He who robs one who trusts him becomes an abode of sorrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.46)

dhārmike kṣudrakārī yo naraḥ sa vāmano bhavet .. 22 ..

> A man who acts meanly toward a righteous person becomes a dwarf. // 22  
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### [1.4.49.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.47)

durbalavṛṣavāhī yaḥ kaṭilūtī bhavetsa ca .. 23 ..

> He who yokes a weak bull suffers from an ulcerous disease of the waist. // 23  
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### [1.4.49.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.48)

jātyaṃdhaścāpi yo goghno niḥpaśurduḥkhakṛdgavām ..

> A cow-slayer is born blind; one who torments cattle is deprived of beasts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.49)

nirdayo goṣu ghātādyaiḥ sadā sodhvasu kaṣṭagaḥ .. 24 ..

> He who is pitiless toward cattle through beating and the like is always in misery on journeys. // 24  
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### [1.4.49.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.50)

nistejakaḥ sabhāyāṃ yo galagaṇḍī sa jāyate ..

> He who diminishes the brilliance of others in an assembly is born with goitre.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.51)

sadā krodhī ca caṃḍālaḥ pūtivaktraśca sūcakaḥ .. 25 ..

> An ever-angry man \[becomes\] a caṇḍāla, and a slanderer gets a foul-smelling mouth. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.52)

ajavikrayakṛdvyādhaḥ kuṇḍāśī bhṛtako bhavet ..

> A seller of goats becomes a hunter; one who eats from sacrificial vessels becomes a servant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.53)

nāstikastila piṃḍī syādaśraddho gītajīvanaḥ .. 26 ..

> An atheist becomes a grinder of sesame seeds; an unbeliever earns his livelihood by singing. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.54)

abhakṣyādo gaṇḍamālī strīkhādī cā''sutasya kṛt ..

> An eater of forbidden food gets scrofula; an exploiter of women becomes childless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.55)

anyāyato jñānagrāhī mūrkho bhavati mānavaḥ .. 27 ..

> A man who acquires knowledge by unjust means becomes a fool. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.56)

śāstracauraḥ kekarākṣaḥ kathāṃ puṇyāṃ ca dveṣṭi yaḥ ..

> A thief of scripture is squint-eyed, and he who hates sacred narrative  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.57)

kṛmivaktraḥ sa ca bhavedvibhraṣṭo narakātkudhīḥ .. 28 ..

> gets a mouth full of worms; fallen from hell, that wicked-minded one \[is reborn thus\]. // 28  
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### [1.4.49.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.58)

devadvijagavāṃ vṛttihārako vāṃtabhakṣakṛt ..

> A despoiler of the livelihood of gods, twice-born, and cows eats vomit.  
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### [1.4.49.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.59)

taḍāgārāmabhettā yo bhavedvikalapāṇikaḥ .. 29 ..

> He who breaches a reservoir or a pleasure-garden has deformed hands. // 29  
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### [1.4.49.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.60)

vyavahāre cchalagrāhī bhṛtyagrasto bhavennaraḥ ..

> A man who looks for pretexts in transactions is overwhelmed by servants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.61)

sadā puruṣarogī syātparadārarato naraḥ .. 1.2.51.30 ..

> A man devoted to another's wife constantly suffers from diseases of the generative organ. // 1.2.51.30  
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### [1.4.49.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.62)

vāta rogī kuvaidyaḥ syādduścarmā gurutalpagaḥ ..

> A bad physician suffers from wind-disease; a violator of his teacher's bed gets bad skin.  
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### [1.4.49.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.63)

madhumehī kharīgāmī gotrastrīmaithuno'prasūḥ .. 31 ..

> One who copulates with a she-ass gets diabetes; one who has intercourse with a woman of his own gotra becomes sterile. // 31  
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### [1.4.49.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.64)

svasāraṃ mātaraṃ putravadhūṃ gacchannabījavān ..

> He who goes to his sister, his mother, or his daughter-in-law becomes seedless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.65)

kṛtaghnaḥ sarva kāryāṇāṃ vaiphalyaṃ samupāśnute .. 32 ..

> An ungrateful person incurs the fruitlessness of all undertakings. // 32  
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### [1.4.49.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.66)

ityeṣa lakṣaṇoddeśaḥ pāpināṃ parikīrtitaḥ ..

> Thus this brief list of signs belonging to sinners has been proclaimed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.67)

citragupto'pi muhyeta sakalasyānuvarṇane .. 33 ..

> Even Citragupta would be bewildered in describing them entirely. // 33  
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### [1.4.49.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.68)

ete naraka vibhraṣṭā bhuktvā yonīḥ sahasraśaḥ ..

> Fallen from hell after experiencing thousands of wombs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.69)

evaṃvidhaiścihnitāśca jāyaṃte lakṣaṇairnarāḥ .. 34 ..

> men are born marked with such bodily signs. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.70)

ye hi dharmaṃ na manyaṃte tathā ye vyasanairjitāḥ ..

> Those who do not honour righteousness and those who are overcome by vices—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.71)

anumānena boddhavyaṃ yadete śeṣapāpinaḥ .. 35 ..

> it is to be understood by inference that these are people with residual sin. // 35  
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### [1.4.49.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.72)

yeṣāṃ tvaṃtagataṃ pāpaṃ svargādvā ye samāgatāḥ ..

> Those, however, whose sin has come to an end, or who have arrived from heaven,  
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### [1.4.49.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.73)

sarvavyasananirmuktā dharmamekaṃ bhajanti te .. 36 ..

> are freed from all vices and devote themselves to righteousness alone. // 36  
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### [1.4.49.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.74)

bhavaṃti cātra ślokāḥ ..

> And there are verses on this matter:  
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### [1.4.49.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.75)

dharmādanavamaṃ saukhyamadharmādduḥkhasambhavaḥ ..

> From righteousness comes unsurpassed happiness; from unrighteousness arises suffering.  
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### [1.4.49.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.76)

tasmāddharmaṃ sukhārthāya kuryātpāpaṃ vivarjayet .. 37 ..

> Therefore, for the sake of happiness, one should practice righteousness and abandon sin. // 37  
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### [1.4.49.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.77)

lokadvaye'pi yatsaukhyaṃ taddharmātprocyate yataḥ ..

> Since whatever happiness exists in both worlds is proclaimed to come from righteousness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.78)

dharmamekamataḥ kuryātsarvakāryārthasiddhaye .. 38 ..

> one should therefore practice righteousness alone for the accomplishment of all desired ends. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.79)

muhūrtamapi jīveta naraḥ śuklena karmaṇā ..

> A man should live even for a moment by pure conduct;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.80)

na kalpamapi jīveta lokadvayavirodhinā .. 39 ..

> he should not live even for a kalpa by conduct conflicting with both worlds. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.81)

iti pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vipra yathāśaktyā mayeritam ..

> What was asked by you, O brahmin, has been spoken by me according to my capacity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.82)

asūktaṃ sūktamathavā kṣaṃtavyaṃ kiṃ vadāmi ca .. 1.2.51.40 ..

> Whether ill-spoken or well-spoken, it must be forgiven; what else can I say? // 1.2.51.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.83)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.49.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.84)

kamaṭhasyaitadākarṇya aṣṭavarṣasya bhāṣitam ..

> Hearing this speech of the eight-year-old Kamaṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.85)

bhagavānbhāskaraḥ prīto babhūvātīva vismitaḥ .. 41 ..

> the blessed Sun was pleased and filled with great wonder. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.86)

praśaśaṃsa ca tānviprānhārītapramukhāṃstadā ..

> And then he praised those brahmins headed by Hārīta:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.87)

aho vasumatī dhanyā dvijairevaṃvidhottamaiḥ .. 42 ..

> "Ah, blessed is the earth with such foremost twice-born ones! // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.88)

atha prajāpatirdhanyo yanmaryādābhipālyate ..

> Blessed now is Prajāpati, whose ordinance is upheld  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.89)

amībhirbrāhmaṇavarairdhanyā vedāśca saṃprati .. 43 ..

> by these excellent brahmins, and blessed now are the Vedas! // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.90)

yeṣāṃ madhye bālabuddhiriyametādṛśī sphuṭā ..

> If among them even a child's understanding is evidently of such a kind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.91)

hārītapramukhānāṃ hi kā vai buddhirbhaviṣyati.. 44 ..

> what indeed must be the intellect of those headed by Hārīta? // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.92)

asaṃśayaṃ trilokasthameṣāmaviditaṃ na hi ..

> Without doubt, nothing existing in the three worlds is unknown to them;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.93)

yathaitānnāradaḥ prāha bhūyastasmādamī bahu .. 45 ..

> they are far greater even than what Nārada has described." // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.94)

iti praśasya tānviprānprahṛṣṭo raviravravīt ..

> Having thus praised those brahmins, the Sun rejoiced and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.95)

ahaṃ sūryo vipramukhyā yuṣmākaṃ darśanātkṛte .. 46 ..

> "O eminent brahmins, I am the Sun, \[come here\] for your darśana. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.96)

samāgataḥ sūryalokātprāptaṃ netraphalaṃ ca me ..

> I have come from the world of the sun, and the fruit of my eyes has been attained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.97)

bhavadvidhairvipramukhyaiḥ saṃjalpanasahāsanāt..47..

> From conversing and sitting together with foremost brahmins like you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.98)

aṃtyajā api pūyante kiṃ punarmādṛśā dvijāḥ ..

> Even the lowest-born are purified \[by you\]; how much more so are twice-born like me?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.99)

sarvathā nārado dhanyo yo'sau trailokyatattvavit.. 48 ..

> In every way blessed is Nārada, who knows the reality of the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.100)

yuṣmābhirbadhyate śreyo yasya vai dhūtakilviṣaiḥ ..

> Whose welfare is indeed assured by you, who have shaken off all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.101)

praṇamāmi ca vaḥ sarvānmanobuddhisamādhibhiḥ ..

> And I bow down to all of you with mind, intellect, and profound concentration,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.102)

tapo vidyā ca vṛttaṃ ca yato vārddhakyakāraṇam..49..

> Since austerity, sacred learning, and conduct are the cause of seniority.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.103)

varaṃ matto vṛṇīdhvaṃ ca durlabhaṃ yaṃ hṛdīcchata..

> Choose from me a boon, whatever rare thing you desire in your heart;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.104)

yūyaṃ svayaṃ hi varadā matsaṃgo māstu niṣphalaḥ..1.2.51.50..

> For you yourselves are grantors of boons; let not contact with me be fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.105)

devatānāṃ hi saṃsargo niṣphalo nopajāyate ..

> Indeed, association with deities never becomes fruitless;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.106)

tasmānmatto varaṃ kiṃcidvṛṇudhvaṃ pradadāmi vaḥ ..51..

> Therefore, choose some boon from me; I shall give it to you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.107)

.. śrīnārada uvāca.. ..

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

### [1.4.49.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.108)

iti sūryavacaḥ śrutvā prahṛṣṭāste dvijottamāḥ ..52..

> Hearing these words of the sun, those excellent twice-born rejoiced,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.109)

saṃpūjya parayā bhaktyā pādyārghyastutivaṃdanaiḥ ..

> And having worshipped \[him\] with supreme devotion by means of foot-water, respectful offerings, praises, and salutations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.110)

maṃḍalādīnmahājapyāngṛṇaṃtaḥ procire ravim..53..

> Chanting great prayers \[such as the hymn to\] the solar disc and others, they addressed the sun:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.111)

jayāditya jaya svāmiñjaya bhāno jayāmala..

> "Victory, O Āditya! Victory, O Lord! Victory, O Sun! Victory, O Stainless One!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.112)

jaya vedapate śaśvattārayāsmānaharpate .. 54 ..

> Victory, O Lord of the Vedas! Save us perpetually, O Lord of the Day!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.113)

viprāṇāṃ tvaṃ paro devo viprasargo'pi tvanmayaḥ ..

> You are the supreme deity of brahmins; even the creation of brahmins consists of you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.114)

nitarāṃ pūtametannaḥ sthānaṃ deva tvayekṣitam .. 55 ..

> This place of ours, O God, looked upon by you, has become utterly purified.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.115)

adya naḥ saphalā vedā adya naḥ saphalāḥ kriyāḥ ..

> Today our Vedas have borne fruit; today our sacred rituals have borne fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.116)

adya naḥ saphalaṃ gehaṃ tvayā saṃgamya gopate .. 56 ..

> Today our home has borne fruit, having met with you, O Lord of Rays!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.117)

varaṃ yadi pradātāsi tadenaṃ pravṛṇīmahe ..

> If you are to grant a boon, then we choose this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.118)

āsmākīnamidaṃ sthānaṃ na hi tyājyaṃ kathaṃcana .. 57 ..

> This place of ours must never be abandoned in any way."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.119)

.. śrīsūrya uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūrya said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.120)

yasmādbhavadbhiḥ pūrvaṃ hi jayādityeti coditam ..

> "Because you previously proclaimed, 'Jayāditya' \[Victory to Āditya\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.121)

jayāditya iti khyātastasmātsthāsye'tra sarvadā .. 58 ..

> Therefore, renowned as Jayāditya, I shall remain here forever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.122)

yāvanmahī samudrāśca parvatā nagarāṇi ca ..

> As long as the earth, the oceans, the mountains, and the cities endure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.123)

tāvatsthānamidaṃ viprā na hi tyakṣyāmi karhicit..59..

> So long, O brahmins, shall I never abandon this place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.124)

dāridryarogasaṃghātāndadravo maṃḍalāni ca ..

> Multitudes of poverty and diseases, ringworms and skin eruptions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.125)

kuṣṭhādīnnāśayiṣyāmi bhajatāmatra saṃsthitaḥ .. 1.2.51.60 ..

> Leprosy and other ailments, I shall destroy for those who worship me, residing here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.126)

yo māmatra sthitaṃ cāpi pūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ ..

> And whatever human being shall worship me stationed here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.127)

sūryalokamivāgamya pūjāṃ tasya bhajāmyaham .. 61 ..

> I accept his worship just as if he had come to the world of the sun."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.128)

.. śrīnārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.49.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.129)

evamukte bhagavatā hārītādyā dvijottamāḥ ..

> When this was spoken by the Lord, the excellent twice-born, Hārīta and the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.130)

mūrtiṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsurvedoditavidhānataḥ .. 62 ..

> Installed his image according to the rite prescribed in the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.131)

tato dvijāḥ prāhurevaṃ kamaṭhaṃ tvatkṛte raviḥ ..

> Then the twice-born said to Kamaṭha: "For your sake the Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.132)

atra svāmī sthitastasmātprathamaṃ stuhi tvaṃ ravim.. 63 ..

> The Lord, has remained here; therefore, you praise the Sun first."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.133)

ityukto brāhmaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ kamaṭho vāggmināṃ varaḥ .  
praṇipatya jayādityaṃ mahāstotramidaṃ jagau .. 64 ..

> Thus addressed by all the brahmins, Kamaṭha, best among the eloquent,  
> Bowed down before Jayāditya and sang this great hymn of praise:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.134)

na tvaṃ kṛtaḥ kevalasaṃśrutaśca yajuṣyevaṃ vyāharatyādideva ..

> "You were not made, and are known through revelation alone, as the Yajus thus declares, O Primeval God!  
> All four kinds of speech fall far, far short; audaciously I praise \[you\], desiring my own aim; forgive this!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.135)

caturvidhā bhāratī dūradūraṃ dhṛṣṭaḥ staumi svārthakāmaḥ kṣamaitat .. 65 ..

> Fourfold speech is far, far off; insolent, seeking my own aim, I praise \[you\]: pardon this! .. 65 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.136)

mārtaṃḍasūryāṃśuravistathendro bhānurbhagaścāryamā svarṇaretāḥ .. 66 ..

> Mārtāṇḍa, Sūrya, Aṃśu, Ravi, likewise Indra, Bhānu, Bhaga, Aryaman, Svarṇaretas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.137)

divākaro mitraviṣṇuśca deva khyātastvaṃ vai dvādaśātmā namaste ..

> Divākara, Mitra, and Viṣṇu, O God—renowned indeed as having twelve forms, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.138)

lokatrayaṃ vai tava garbhagehaṃ jalādhāraḥ procyase khaṃ samagram .. 67 ..

> The three worlds are indeed your inner chamber; the entire sky is called your reservoir of water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.139)

nakṣatramālā kusumābhimālā tasmai namo vyomaliṃgāya tubhyam .. 68 ..

> The circle of constellations is a garland resembling blossoms; homage to you, that liṅga of space!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.140)

tvaṃ devadevastvamanāthanāthastvaṃ prāpyapālaḥ kṛpaṇe kṛpāluḥ ..

> You are the God of gods; you are the protector of the helpless; you are the guardian of what is to be attained, compassionate to the miserable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.141)

tvaṃ netranetraṃ janabuddhibuddhirākāśakāśo jaya jīvajīvaḥ .. 69 ..

> You are the eye of eyes, the intellect of people's intellect, the radiance of space; hail, life of living beings!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.142)

dāridryadāridrya nidhe nidhīnāmamaṃgalāmaṃgala śarmaśarma ..

> O poverty of poverty! O treasure of treasures! O inauspiciousness of inauspiciousness! O peace of peace!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.143)

rogaprarogaḥ prathitaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ciraṃ jayāditya jayāprameya ..1.2.51.70..

> O affliction of diseases, renowned on earth! Long reign victorious, O Jayāditya! Victory, O Immeasurable One!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.144)

vyādhigrastaṃ kuṣṭharogābhibhūtaṃ bhagna prāṇaṃ śīrṇadehaṃ visaṃjñam ..

> One stricken by disease, overwhelmed by leprosy, broken in vitality, worn out in body, senseless—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.145)

mātā pitā bāṃdhavāḥ saṃtyajaṃti sarvaistyaktaṃ pāsi kosti tvadanyaḥ .. 71 ..

> Mother, father, and relatives abandon him; who other than you protects one abandoned by all?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.146)

tvaṃ me pitā tvaṃ jananī tvameva tvaṃ me gururbāndhavāśca tvameva ..

> You are my father, you alone are my mother, you are my teacher, and you alone are my kinsmen;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.147)

tvaṃ me dharmastvaṃ ca me mokṣamārgo dāsastubhyaṃ tyaja vā rakṣa deva ..72..

> You are my virtue, and you are my path to liberation; I am your servant—cast me off or protect me, O God!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.148)

pāpo'smi mūḍho'smi mahograkarmā raudro'smi nācāranidhānamasmi ..

> I am a sinner, I am a fool, of terrible deeds, fierce, no repository of proper conduct;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.149)

tathāpi tubhyaṃ praṇipatya pādayorjayaṃ bhaktānāmarpaya śrījayārka .. 73 ..

> Even so, having bowed down at your feet, grant victory to your devotees, O glorious Jayārka!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.150)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.49.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.151)

evaṃ stuto jayādityaḥ kamaṭhena mahātmanā ..

> Thus praised by the great-souled Kamaṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.152)

snigdhagaṃbhīrayā vācā prāha taṃ prahasanniva .. 74 ..

> Jayāditya, as if gently smiling, spoke to him in an affectionate and deep voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.153)

jayādityāṣṭakamidaṃ yattvayā parikīrtitam ..

> "This eight-verse hymn to Jayāditya which has been recited by you—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.154)

anena stoṣyate yo māṃ bhuvi tasya na durlabham .. 75 ..

> Whoever shall praise me with this, nothing on earth is difficult for him to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.155)

ravivāre viśeṣeṇa māṃ samabhyarcya yaḥ paṭhet ..

> Whoever, having properly worshipped me especially on a Sunday, shall recite \[it\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.156)

tasya rogā na śiṣyaṃti dāridryaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ .. 76 ..

> His diseases will not remain, nor will his poverty, without a doubt. 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.157)

tvayā ca toṣito vatsa tava dadmi varaṃtvamum ..

> And I have been pleased by you, dear child; I grant you this boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.158)

sarvajño bhuvi bhūtvā tvaṃ tato muktimavāpsyasi .. 77 ..

> having become omniscient on earth, you shall then attain liberation. 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.159)

tvatpitā smṛtikāraśca bhaviṣyati dvijārcitaḥ ..

> And your father will become a maker of smṛti, revered by brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.160)

sthānasyāsya na nāśaśca kadācitprabhaviṣyati .. 78 ..

> Moreover, no destruction will ever come upon this place. 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.161)

na caitatsthānakaṃ vatsa parityakṣyāmi karhicit ..

> Nor will I ever abandon this place, dear child."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.162)

evamuktā sa bhagavānbrāhmaṇairarcitaḥ stutaḥ .. 79 ..

> Having spoken thus, the Lord, worshipped and praised by the brahmins, 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.163)

anujñāpya dvijedrāṃstāṃstatraivāṃtardadhe prabhuḥ ..

> took leave of those best of brahmins and disappeared right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.164)

evaṃ pārtha samutpanno jayādityo'tra bhūtale .. 1.2.51.80 ..

> In this way, O Pārtha, Jayāditya was established here on the surface of the earth. 1.2.51.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.165)

āśvine māsi saṃprāpte ravivāre ca suvrata ..

> When the month of Āśvina arrives, on a Sunday, O one of good vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.166)

āśvine bhānuvāreṇa yo jayādityamarcayet ..81..

> whoever worships Jayāditya on a Sunday in Āśvina, 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.167)

koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati..

> having bathed in Koṭitīrtha, that person removes the sin of killing a brahmin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.168)

pūjanādraktamālyaiśca raktacaṃdanakuṃkumaiḥ..82..

> by worship with red garlands, red sandalwood, and saffron, 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.169)

lepanādgaṃdhadhūpādyai naivedyerghṛtapāyasaiḥ ..

> by anointing with perfumes and frankincense, and with offerings of food with ghee and rice boiled in milk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.170)

brahmaghnaśca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ .. 83 ..

> a slayer of a brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief, and a violator of the guru's bed 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.171)

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ sūryalokaṃ ca gacchati ..

> is freed from all sins and goes to the world of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.172)

putradāradhanānyāyuḥ prāpya sāṃ sārikaṃ sukham .. 84 ..

> Having obtained sons, wives, wealth, long life, and worldly happiness, 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.173)

iṣṭakāmaiḥ samāyuktaḥ sūryaloke ciraṃ vaset .. 85 ..

> endowed with desired pleasures, he will dwell for a long time in the world of the sun. 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.174)

sarveṣu ravivāreṣu jayādityasya darśanam ..

> The darśana of Jayāditya on all Sundays,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.175)

kīrtanaṃ smaraṇaṃ vāpi sarva rogopaśāṃtidam .. 86 ..

> or praising or remembering him, brings peace to all diseases. 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.176)

anādinidhanaṃ devamavyaktaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim ..

> Those who are devoted to the god who has no beginning or end, the unmanifest, the treasury of splendours,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.177)

ye bhaktāste ca līyaṃte saurasthāne nirāmaye .. 87 ..

> merge into the healthy realm of the sun. 87  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.178)

sūryoparāge saṃprāpte ravikūpe samāhitaḥ ..

> When a solar eclipse arrives, concentrated at the Well of the Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.179)

snānaṃ yaḥ kurute pārtha homaṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ .. 88 ..

> whoever takes a bath, O Pārtha, and carefully performs a fire offering, 88  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.180)

dānaṃ caiva yathāśaktyā jayādityāgrataḥ sthitaḥ ..

> and also makes gifts according to his means, standing before Jayāditya—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.181)

tasya puṇyasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā jaya .. 89 ..

> listen with a one-pointed mind to the greatness of that merit, O Jaya! 89  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.182)

kurukṣetreṣu yatpuṇyaṃ prabhāse puṣkareṣu ca ..

> Whatever merit is at Kurukṣetra, at Prabhāsa, and at Puṣkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.183)

vārāṇasyāṃ ca yatpuṇyaṃ prayāge naimiṣe'pi vā ..

> and whatever merit is at Vārāṇasī, at Prayāga, or at Naimiṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.184)

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate martyo jayādityaprasādataḥ .. 1.2.51.90 .. ..

> a mortal obtains that merit through the grace of Jayāditya. 1.2.51.90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.49.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.49.185)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe jayāditya māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 51 ..

> Thus ends the fifty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of Jayāditya', in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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