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# Skandapurana 1.4.58: adhyāyaḥ 60

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.58

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 60

### [1.4.58.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.2)

so'tha prāgjyotiṣādbāhye mahopavanasaṃsthitam ..

> Then, outside Prāgjyotiṣa, he saw a golden palace  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.3)

sahasrabhūmikaṃ gehamapaśyata hiraṇmayam .. 1 ..

> situated in a great grove, having a thousand storeys,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.4)

veṇuvīṇāmṛdaṃgānāṃ niḥsvanaiḥ paripūritam ..

> filled with the sounds of flutes, vīṇās, and mṛdaṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.5)

daśasāhasrasaṃkhyābhiśceṭībhiḥ paripūritam .. 2 ..

> crowded with handmaidens numbering ten thousand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.6)

āyādbhiḥ pratiyādbhiśca bhagadattasya kiṃkaraiḥ ..

> and crowded with messengers of Bhagadatta arriving and departing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.7)

kimicchantīti bhaginī pṛcchakairabhipūritam .. 3 ..

> asking, ‘What does \[our\] sister desire?’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.8)

tadāsādya sa haiḍaṃbirmeroḥ śikharavadgraham ..

> Approaching that palace, which was like a peak of Mount Meru, the son of Hiḍimbā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.9)

dvāri sthitāṃ saṃdadarśa karṇaprāvaraṇāṃ sakhīm .. 4 ..

> beheld a female companion, Karṇaprāvaraṇā, standing at the door.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.10)

tāmāha lalitaṃ vīro bhadre sā kva muroḥ sutā ..

> The hero spoke gracefully to her: ‘O auspicious lady, where is that daughter of Mura?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.11)

kāmuko draṣṭumicchāmi dūradeśāgato'tithiḥ .. 5 ..

> As a suitor, a guest arrived from a distant land, I wish to see \[her\].’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.12)

.. karṇaprāvaraṇovāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.13)

kiṃ tavāsti mahābāho tayā maurvyā prayojanam ..

> ‘What purpose do you have, O mighty-armed one, with that Maurvī?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.14)

koṭiśo nihatāḥ pūrvaṃ tayā kāmuka kāmukāḥ .. 6 ..

> O lover, crores of suitors have been slain by her before!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.15)

tava rūpamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā ghaṭahāsaṃ sadotkacam ..

> Having seen your form, with a pot-like laugh and hair ever erect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.16)

praṇamya pādayorvīra sthitā te vacanaṃkarī .. 7 ..

> I bow down at your feet, O hero, and stand obedient to your command.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.17)

tanmayā saha modasva bhuṃkṣva bhogāṃśca kāmuka ..

> Therefore, rejoice with me, and enjoy pleasures, O lover!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.18)

dāsyāmyanucarāṇāṃ te trayāṇāṃ ca priyātrayam .. 8 ..

> I shall also give a trio of beloved women to your three attendants.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.19)

.. ghaṭotkaca uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.20)

kalyāṇi kiṃvadaṃtī te pramuktā svocitā śubhe ..

> ‘O auspicious and beautiful one, the rumour spoken by you is fitting for yourself;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.21)

punarnaitadvacastubhyaṃ viśate mama cetasi .. 9 ..

> nonetheless, this speech of yours does not enter my heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.22)

vāmaḥ kāmo yato bhadre yasminnupanibaddhyate ..

> For desire is perverse, O blessed lady, towards whatever it fastens upon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.23)

sa cātra naiva badhnāti tadvayaṃ ki prakurmahe .. 1.2.60.10 ..

> and it does not attach here \[to you\], so what can we do?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.24)

adya te svāminī dṛṣṭā jitā vā krīḍate mayā ..

> Today your mistress, being seen, will either be won and dally with me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.25)

tayā vā vijito yāsye pūrveṣāṃ kāmināṃ gatim .. 11 ..

> or, conquered by her, I shall go the way of the previous suitors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.26)

karṇaprāvaraṇe tasmācchīghrameva nivedyatām ..

> Therefore, O Karṇaprāvaraṇā, let it be announced immediately!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.27)

yathā darśanamātreṇa pūjayaṃtyatithiṃ khalu .. 12 ..

> so that, by a mere sight, they indeed honour the guest.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.28)

iti bhaimervacaḥ śrutvā praskhalaṃtī niśācarī ..

> Hearing these words of Bhīma's son, the female demon, stumbling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.29)

prāsādaśikharasthāṃ tāṃ maurvīmevaṃ vacovadat .. 13 ..

> spoke thus to Maurvī, who was sitting atop the palace:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.30)

devi ko'pi yuvā śrīmāṃstrailokyeṣvamitaprabhaḥ ..

> “O queen, a certain glorious youth, of immeasurable splendour in the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.31)

kāmātithistava dvāri vartate diśa tatparam .. 14 ..

> a guest of love, stands at your door; command what is next.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.32)

.. kāmakaṭaṃkaṭovāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.33)

mucyatāṃ śīghramevāsau kimarthaṃ vā vilaṃbase ..

> “Let him be released at once! Why do you delay?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.34)

kadāciddevasaṃgatyā samayo me'bhipūryate .. 15 ..

> Perhaps, by divine conjunction, my condition may be fulfilled.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.35)

ityuktavacanācceṭī prāpyāvocadghaṭotkacam ..

> Upon these spoken words, the maid approached and said to Ghaṭotkaca:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.36)

vraja śīghraṃ kāmuka tvaṃ tasyā mṛtyośca sannidhau .. 16 ..

> “Go quickly, O lover, into her presence—and that of death!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.37)

ityuktaḥ sa prahasyaiva tatrotsṛjya svakānugān ..

> Thus addressed, laughing and leaving his followers there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.38)

praviveśa gṛhaṃ bhaimiḥ siṃho meruguhāmiva .. 17 ..

> Bhīma's son entered the palace like a lion entering a cave of Meru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.39)

sa paśyañchukasaṃghātānpārāvatagaṇāṃstathā ..

> Seeing flocks of parrots and crowds of pigeons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.40)

sārikāśca madonmattāśceṭīstāṃ cāpyapaśyata .. 18 ..

> and impassioned mainas, he also saw the maidservants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.41)

rūpeṇa vayasaḥ caiva raterapi ratiṃkarīm ..

> and her, who by her beauty and youth could create delight even in Rati,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.42)

āṃdolakasukhāsīnāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām .. 19 ..

> comfortably seated on a swing, adorned with all ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.43)

tāṃ vidyutamivonnaddhāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaimiraciṃtayata ..

> Beholding her standing like lightning, Bhīma's son thought:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.44)

aho kṛṣṇena pitrā me nirdiṣṭeyaṃ mamocitā .. 1.2.60.20 ..

> “Ah, she was properly designated for me by my father Kṛṣṇa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.45)

nyāyyametatkṛte pūrvaṃ naṣṭā yatkāmināṃ gaṇāḥ ..

> It is fitting that hosts of lovers have perished before on her account.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.46)

śarīrakṣayaparyāptaṃ kṣīyate yadi kāminām .. 21 ..

> If it leads to bodily destruction, lovers are destroyed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.47)

kāminīnāṃ kṛte yeṣāṃ kṣīyate gaṇanātra kā ..

> what reckoning is there of those destroyed for the sake of lovely women?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.48)

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ kāmī ciṃtayannāha bhīmabhūḥ .. 22 ..

> Thinking thus in many ways, the impassioned son of Bhīma spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.49)

niṣṭhure vajrahṛdaye prāpto'hamatithistava ..

> “O cruel woman with a heart of stone, I have arrived as your guest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.50)

ucitāṃ tatsatāṃ pūjāṃ kuru yā te hṛdi sthitā .. 23 ..

> Render that appropriate honour due to good men, whatever lies in your heart.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.51)

iti haiḍaṃbivacanaṃ śrutvā kāmakaṭaṃkaṭā ..

> Hearing these words of Hiḍimbā's son, Kāmakaṭaṅkaṭā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.52)

vismitābhūttasya rūpātsvaṃ niniṃda ca bāliśam .. 24 ..

> was astonished by his beauty and blamed her own foolishness:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.53)

dhigahaṃ yanmayā pūrvaṃ samayaḥ sa kṛto'bhavat ..

> “Fie upon me, that such a condition was made by me before!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.54)

na kṛto'bhūdyadi purā abhaviṣyadasau patiḥ .. 25 ..

> If it had not been made in the past, he would have been my husband.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.55)

iti saṃcintayantī sā bhaimiṃ vacanamabravīt ..

> Thinking thus, she spoke these words to Bhīma's son:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.56)

vṛthā tvamāgato bhadra jīvanyāhi punaḥ sukhī .. 26 ..

> “You have come in vain, gentle sir; go back alive and happy!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.57)

atha kāmayase māṃ tvaṃ tatkathāṃ śīghramuccara ..

> Yet if you desire me, then narrate a tale at once.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.58)

kathāmābhāṣya yadi māṃ sandehe pātayiṣyasi ..

> If, having told a tale, you throw me into doubt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.59)

tato'haṃ vaśagā jātā hato vā svapsyase mayā .. 27 ..

> then I shall become subject to your will; otherwise, slain by me, you shall sleep.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.60)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.61)

ityuktavacanāmetāṃ netropāṃtena vīkṣya saḥ..28..

> Having looked with the corner of his eye at her who had spoken thus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.62)

smṛtvā carācaraguruṃ kṛṣṇamārabdhavānkathām ..

> and remembering Kṛṣṇa, the guru of the moving and unmoving, he began a tale:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.63)

kasyāṃcidabhavatpatnyāṃ yuvā ko'pyajitedriyaḥ ..29..

> “A certain youth with uncontrolled senses had a wife;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.64)

tasya caikā sutā jajñe bhāryā tasya mṛtā'bhavat ..

> a daughter was born to him, and his wife died.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.65)

tato bālakikāṃ putrīṃ rarakṣa ca pupoṣa ca .. 1.2.60.30 ..

> Then he protected and nourished the little girl, his daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.66)

sā yadābhūdyauvanagā vyaṃjitāvayavā śubhā ..

> When she reached youth, with her auspicious limbs developed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.67)

prollasatkucamadhyāṃgī prollasanmukhapaṃkajā .. 31 ..

> with radiant breasts and slender waist, and a radiant lotus-face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.68)

tadāsya kāmalulitamālānaṃ prajahau manaḥ ..

> then his mind, agitated by passion, abandoned restraint.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.69)

provāca tāṃ ca tanayāṃ samāliṃgya durāśayaḥ .. 32 ..

> The wicked-minded man embraced that daughter and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.70)

prātiveśmakaputrī tvaṃ mayānīyātra poṣitā ..

> ‘You are the daughter of a neighbour, brought here and reared by me  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.71)

bhāryārthaṃ suciraṃ kālaṃ tatkāryaṃ sādhaya priye .. 33 ..

> for a long time to be my wife; accomplish that purpose, beloved!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.72)

ityuktā sā ca mene ca tattathaiva vacastadā ..

> Thus addressed, she believed those words to be true;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.73)

patitvena ca bheje taṃ bhāryātvena sa tāṃ tathā .. 34 ..

> she received him as a husband, and he received her as a wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.74)

tatastasyāṃ sutā jajñe tasmānmadanarāsabhāt ..

> Then a daughter was born to her from that ass of lust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.75)

vada sā tasya bhavati kiṃ dauhitrī sutā'thavā ..

> Tell me: is she his granddaughter or his daughter?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.76)

enaṃ praśnaṃ mama brūhi śīghraṃ cecchaktirasti te .. 35 ..

> Answer this question of mine quickly, if you have the power.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.77)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.78)

iti praśnaṃ sā ca śrutvā ciṃtayadbahudhā hṛdi .. 36 ..

> Having heard this question, she thought deeply in her heart;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.79)

na ca paśyati nirddhāraṃ praśnasyāsya kathaṃcana ..

> she saw no resolution to this question whatsoever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.80)

tataḥ praśnena vijitā svāṃ śaktiṃ samupādade .. 37 ..

> Then, defeated by the question, she resorted to her own power:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.81)

atāḍayadrukmarajjuṃ karābhyāṃ dolakasya ca ..

> she struck the golden rope of the swing with both hands;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.82)

tato rakṣāṃsi niṣpetuḥ koṭiśo bhīṣaṇānyati .. 38 ..

> then demons rushed out by the millions, exceedingly dreadful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.83)

siṃhavyāghravarāhāśca mahiṣāścitrakā mṛgāḥ ..

> along with lions, tigers, boars, buffaloes, leopards, and deer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.84)

samīkṣya tānasaṃkhyeyānkhādituṃ dhāvato ruṣā .. 39 ..

> Seeing them run innumerably in rage to devour him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.85)

avādayannakhau bhaimiḥ kaniṣṭhāṃguṣṭhajau hasan ..

> Bhīma's son laughed and snapped the nails of his little finger and thumb;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.86)

tato viniḥsṛtāstatra dviguṇā rākṣasādayaḥ .. 1.2.60.40 ..

> then double the number of rākṣasas and beasts sprang forth there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.87)

tairmaurvīnirmitāḥ sarve kṣaṇādeva sma bhakṣitāḥ ..

> By them, all those created by Maurvī were devoured in an instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.88)

vijitāyāṃ svaśaktau ca balaśaktimathādade .. 41 ..

> And when her own power was conquered, she then took up the power of strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.89)

utthāya sahasā dolātkhaḍgamādātumaicchata ..

> Rising swiftly from the swing, she wished to seize a sword.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.90)

uttiṣṭhaṃtīṃ ca tāṃ bhaimiranusṛtya javādiva .. 42 ..

> And as she was rising up, Bhīma's son pursued her as if with speed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.91)

keśeṣvādāya savyena pāṇinā'pātayadbhuvi ..

> and seizing her by the hair with his left hand, cast her down onto the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.92)

tataḥ kaṃṭhe savyapādaṃ dattvādāya ca kartikām ..43..

> Then, placing his left foot upon her neck and taking a knife  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.93)

dakṣiṇena kareṇāsyāśchettumaicchata nāsikām..

> with his right hand, he wished to cut off her nose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.94)

visphuraṃtī tato maurvī maṃdamāha ghaṭotkacam ..44..

> Then Maurvī, trembling, spoke softly to Ghaṭotkaca:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.95)

praśnena śaktyā ca balena nātha tridhā tvayāhaṃ vijitā namaste ..

> "By question, by power, and by strength, O lord, I have been conquered by you in three ways; homage to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.96)

tanmuṃca māṃ karmakarī tavāsmi samādiśa tvaṃ prakaromi tacca .. 45 ..

> Therefore release me; I am your servant. Command me, and I shall do that."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.97)

.. ghaṭotkaca uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.98)

yadyevaṃ tarhi muktāsi bhūyo darśaya yadbalam ..

> "If so, then you are released; show again whatever strength \[you have\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.99)

evamuktvā mumocaināṃ muktā cāha praṇamya sā .. 46 ..

> Having spoken thus, he released her; and released, she bowed and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.100)

jānāmi tvāṃ mahābāho vīraṃ śaktimatāṃ varam ..

> "I know you, O mighty-armed hero, best of the powerful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.101)

sarvarākṣasabhartāraṃ trailokye'mitavikramam .. 47 ..

> master of all rākṣasas, of immeasurable prowess in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.102)

guhyakādhipatistvaṃ hi kālanābha iti smṛtaḥ ..

> For you are the lord of the guhyakas, remembered as Kālanābha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.103)

ṣaṣṭikoṭipatirjāto yakṣarakṣākṛte bhuvi .. 48 ..

> born on earth as the master of sixty crores for the protection of yakṣas and rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.104)

iti māṃ prāha kāmākhyā sarvaṃ tatsaṃsmarāmyaham ..

> Thus Kāmākhyā spoke to me; I remember all that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.105)

idaṃ gehaṃ sānugaṃ me dattaṃ mayātmanā tava .. 49 ..

> This house, along with my followers, is given by me, myself, to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.106)

samādiśa prāṇanātha kamādeśaṃ karomi te ..

> Command me, O lord of my life; what order of yours shall I carry out?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.107)

.. ghaṭotkaca uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.58.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.108)

pracchannastasya ghaṭate na vivāhaḥ kathaṃcana .. 1.2.60.50 ..

> "A secret marriage is not fitting in any way  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.109)

morvi yasya hi vartaṃte pitarau bāṃdhavāstathā ..

> for one whose parents and kin are present, O Morvī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.110)

tanmāṃ śīghraṃ vaha śubhe śakraprasthāya saṃprati .. 51 ..

> Therefore carry me quickly now to Śakraprastha, O fair one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.111)

ayaṃ kulakramo'smākaṃ yadbhāryā patimudvahet ..

> This is the custom of our family, that a wife should carry her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.112)

tatrānujñāṃ samāsādya pariṇeṣyāmi tvāmaham .. 52 ..

> Having obtained permission there, I shall marry you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.113)

bhagadattamatho nāthaṃ tato maurvī nyavedayat ..

> Maurvī then informed the lord Bhagadatta;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.114)

samādāya bahudravyaṃ visasarjātha bhrātaram .. 53 ..

> and taking much wealth, she then took leave of her brother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.115)

tataḥ pṛṣṭhiṃ samāropya ghaṭotkacamaniṃditā ..

> Then, having mounted Ghaṭotkaca upon her back, the blameless woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.116)

nānādravyaparīvārā śakraprasthaṃ samāvrajat .. 54 ..

> accompanied by various kinds of wealth, traveled to Śakraprastha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.117)

tato'sau vāsudevena pāṃḍavaiścābhinaṃditaḥ ..

> Then he was welcomed by Vāsudeva and the Pāṇḍavas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.118)

śubhe lagne pāṇimasyā jagṛhe bhīmanaṃdanaḥ .. 55 ..

> at an auspicious moment, Bhīma's son took her hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.119)

kurūṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca proktottamavidhānataḥ ..

> according to the best prescribed rites of the Kurus and the rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.120)

udvāhya tāṃ taddhanaiśca tarpayāmāsa pāṃḍavān .. 56 ..

> Having married her, he gratified the Pāṇḍavas with that wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.121)

kuṃtī ca draupadī cobhe mumudāte nitāṃtataḥ ..

> Both Kuntī and Draupadī rejoiced exceedingly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.122)

maṃgalānyasya cakrāte maurvyāśca dhana tarpite .. 57 ..

> gratified with wealth, they performed auspicious rites for him and Maurvī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.123)

tato vivāhe nirvṛtte pratipūjya ghaṭotkacam ..

> Then, when the marriage was completed, having honored Ghaṭotkaca  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.124)

bhāryayā sahitaṃ rājā svarājyāya samādiśat .. 58 ..

> together with his wife, the king directed him to his own kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.125)

maurvyā''jñāṃ śirasā gṛhya haiḍaṃbirbhāryayānvitaḥ ..

> Taking the command upon their heads along with Maurvī, the son of Hiḍimbā, accompanied by his wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.126)

śubhaṃ hiḍambasya vane svarājyaṃ samupāvrajat ..59..

> went to his own auspicious kingdom in the forest of Hiḍimba.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.127)

tato rākṣasayoṣābhirvīrakāṃsyaiḥ pravardhitaḥ..

> Then, celebrated by the rākṣasa women with bronze vessels of heroes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.128)

mahotsavena mahatā svarājye pramumoda saḥ ..1.2.60.60..

> he rejoiced with a great festival in his own kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.129)

tato vaneṣu citreṣu nimnagāpulineṣu ca ..

> Then, in wondrous forests and on the sandbanks of rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.130)

reme saha tayā bhaimirmaṃdodaryeva rāvaṇaḥ .. 61 ..

> Bhīma's son sported with her like Rāvaṇa with Mandodarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.131)

evaṃ vikrīḍatastasya garbho jajñe mahādyuteḥ..

> As he was thus sporting, an embryo was conceived in her by that one of great splendor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.132)

heḍaṃbai rākṣasavyāghrādbālasūryasamaprabhaḥ .. 62 ..

> by that son of Hiḍimbā, tiger among rākṣasas, having the luster of the morning sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.133)

sa jātamātro vavṛdhe kṣaṇādyauvanago'bhavat ..

> As soon as he was born, he grew, and in an instant he reached youth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.134)

nīlameghacayaprakhyo ghaṭāsyo dīrghalocanaḥ .. 63 ..

> Resembling a mass of blue clouds, with a face like a jar and large eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.135)

ūrdhvakeśaścordhvaromā pitarau praṇato'bravīt ..

> with hair standing erect and body hair pointing upward, he bowed to his parents and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.136)

praṇamāmi yuvāṃ cobhau jātasya pitarau gurū .. 64 ..

> "I bow to both of you, my parents and gurus of my birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.137)

bhavatorhi priyaṃ kṛtvā anṛṇaḥ syāṃ sadā hyaham ..

> Having done what is pleasing to you both, may I indeed always be free from debt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.138)

bhavadbhyāṃ dattamicchāmi abhidhānaṃ yathātmanaḥ..65..

> I desire a name for myself given by you both,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.139)

ataḥ paraṃ tu yacchreyaṃ kartavyaṃ pronnatipradam..

> and after this, whatever is the highest good that grants advancement \[to be done\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.140)

tato bhemistamāliṃgya putraṃ vacanamabravīt ..66..

> Then Bhīma's son embraced his son and spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.141)

barbarākārakeśatvādbarbarīkābhidho bhavān ..

> "Because your hair resembles that of a barbarian, you shall have the name Barbarīka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.142)

bhaviṣyati mahābāho kulasyānandavardhanaḥ .. 67 ..

> you shall be, O mighty-armed one, an enhancer of the family's joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.143)

śreyaśca te yatparamaṃ dṛḍhaṃ ca tatkīrtyate bahudhā vipra mukhyaiḥ ..

> And what is your highest and firm good is praised in many ways by eminent brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.144)

prakṣyāvahe tadyaduvaṃśanāthaṃ gatvā purīṃ dvārakāṃ vāsudevam .. 68 ..

> having gone to the city of Dvārakā, we two shall ask Vāsudeva, the lord of the Yadu lineage, about that."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.58.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.58.145)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe barbarīkotpattivarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 60 ..

> Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, named 'The Description of the Birth of Barbarīka', in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.58.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vidhirasāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhirasayana.8.11.p1.7) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1560, Sanskrit

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