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# Skandapurana 1.4.62: adhyāyaḥ 64

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.62

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 64

### [1.4.62.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.1)

evaṃ tatra sthite tīre devyārādhanatatpare ..

> While the grandson of Bhīma remained thus on the bank,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.2)

saptaliṃgārcanarate bhīmanandananandane .. 1 ..

> intent on propitiating the Goddess and devoted to the worship of the seven liṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.3)

tataḥ kālena kenāpi pāṃḍavā dyūtanirjitāḥ ..

> after some time the Pāṇḍavas, having been defeated at dice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.4)

tatrājagmuśca kramatastīrthasnānakṛte bhuvam .. 2 ..

> came in due course to that land in order to bathe in the sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.5)

prāgeva caṃḍikāṃ devīṃ kṣetrādīśānataḥ sthitām ..

> First reaching the goddess Caṇḍikā, situated northeast of the sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.6)

āsedurmārgakhinnāste draupadīpaṃcamāstadā .. 3 ..

> weary from the journey, those \[brothers\], with Draupadī as the fifth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.7)

tatraiva copaviṣṭo'bhūttadānīṃ caṃḍikāgaṇaḥ ..

> arrived there, where the host of Caṇḍikā was also seated at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.8)

barbarīkaśca tānvīrānsamāyātānapaśyata .. 4 ..

> And Barbarīka saw those heroes who had arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.9)

paraṃ nāsau veda pāṇḍūnpāṇḍavāstaṃ ca no viduḥ ..

> yet he did not recognize the sons of Pāṇḍu, nor did the Pāṇḍavas recognize him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.10)

ājanma yasmānnaivābhūtpāṇḍūnāṃ cāsya saṃgamaḥ .. 5 ..

> because since birth there had been no meeting between the sons of Pāṇḍu and him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.11)

tataḥ praviśya vai tasmindevīmāsādya pāṃḍavāḥ ..

> Then, having entered there and approached the Goddess, the Pāṇḍavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.12)

piṃḍakādyaṃ tatra muktvā tṛṣā praikṣi jalaṃ tadā..6..

> having deposited their bundles and other luggage there, looked for water due to thirst.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.13)

tato bhīmaḥ kuṇḍamadhyaṃ jalaṃ pātuṃ viveśa ha ..

> Then Bhīma stepped into the middle of the pool to drink water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.14)

praviśaṃtaṃ ca taṃ prāha yudhiṣṭhira idaṃ vacaḥ ..7..

> As he was entering, Yudhiṣṭhira spoke these words to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.15)

uddhṛtya bhīma toyaṃ tvaṃ pādau prakṣālya bho bahiḥ ..

> “Bhīma, draw up the water and wash your feet outside,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.16)

tataḥ pibā'nyathā doṣo mahāṃstvāmupapatsyate .. 8 ..

> and then drink; otherwise a great transgression will overtake you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.17)

etadrājño vaco bhīmastṛṣā vyākulalocanaḥ ..

> Bhīma, his eyes bewildered by thirst,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.18)

aśrutvaiva viveśāsau kuṇḍamadhye jalecchayā .. 9 ..

> without even listening to this word of the king, entered into the middle of the pool, desiring water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.19)

sa ca dṛṣṭvā jalaṃ pātuṃ tatraiva kṛtaniścayaḥ ..

> And having seen the water, determined to drink right there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.20)

mukhaṃ hastau ca caraṇau kṣālayāmāsa śuddhaye .. 1.2.64.10 ..

> he washed his face, hands, and feet for purification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.21)

yataḥ pītaṃ jalaṃ puṃsāmaprakṣālya ca yadbhavet ..

> Because whatever water is drunk by men without first washing \[themselves\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.22)

pretāḥ piśācāstadrūpaṃ saṃkramya prapibaṃti tat .. 11 ..

> ghosts and piśācas, entering that form, drink that up. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.23)

evaṃ prakṣālayāne ca pādau tatra vṛkodare ..

> While Vṛkodara (Bhīma) was thus washing his feet there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.24)

uparisthastadā prāha satyaṃ suhṛdayo vacaḥ .. 12 ..

> Suhṛdaya, standing above, then spoke these true words: // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.25)

durmate bhoḥ kimetattvaṃ kuruṣe pāpaniścayaḥ ..

> "O evil-minded one, why are you doing this, bent on sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.26)

devīkuṇḍe kṣālayasi mukhaṃ pādau karau ca yat .. 13 ..

> that you wash your face, feet, and hands in the Devīkuṇḍa? // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.27)

yato devī sadānena jalena snāpyate mayā ..

> For the goddess is always bathed by me with this water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.28)

datra prakṣipaṃstoyaṃ malapāpānna bibhyasi .. 14 ..

> Throwing dirt into it, are you not afraid of the sin of defilement? // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.29)

malāktatoyaṃ yannāma aspṛśyaṃ tannarairapi ..

> Water smeared with dirt is indeed untouchable even by human beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.30)

kuto devaiśca tatpāpaṃ spṛśyate tattvato vada .. 15 ..

> how could that sin be touched by the gods? Speak truly! // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.31)

śīghraṃ ca tvaṃ niḥsarāsmātkuṇḍādbhūtvā bahiḥ piba ..

> Quickly get out of this pool, stay outside, and drink.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.32)

yadyevaṃ pāpa mūḍho'si tīrtheṣu bhramase kutaḥ .. 16 ..

> If you are so foolish and sinful, why do you wander in sacred fords?" // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.33)

.. bhīma uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.34)

kimetadbhāṣase krūra paruṣaṃ rākṣasādhama ..

> "Why do you speak such cruel, harsh words, lowest of rākṣasas?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.35)

yatastoyāni jaṃtūnāmupabho gārthameva hi .. 17 ..

> For water exists solely for the use of living beings. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.36)

tīrtheṣu kāryaṃ snānaṃ cetyuktaṃ munivarairapi ..

> And it is declared by the best of sages that ritual ablution should be performed in sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.37)

aṃgaprakṣālanaṃ snānamuktaṃ māṃ niṃdase kutaḥ .. 18 ..

> Washing the limbs is called ritual ablution; why do you revile me? // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.38)

yadi na kriyate pānamaṃgaprakṣālanaṃ tathā ..

> If drinking and washing the limbs are not done,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.39)

tatkimarthaṃ pūrtadharmāḥ kriyante dharmaśālibhiḥ .. 19 ..

> then for what purpose are charitable works undertaken by righteous men?" // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.40)

.. suhṛdaya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.41)

snātavyaṃ tīrthamukhyeṣu satyametanna saṃśayaḥ ..

> "One must bathe in principal sacred fords; this is true, there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.42)

careṣu kiṃ tu saṃviśya sthāvareṣu bahiḥ sthitaḥ .. 1.2.64.20 ..

> However, \[it is done\] by entering moving waters, but remaining outside in stationary waters. // 1.2.64.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.43)

sthāvareṣvapi saṃviśya tanna snānaṃ vidhīyate ..

> Even among stationary waters, ritual ablution is not prescribed by entering into them  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.44)

na yatra devasnānārthaṃ bhaktaiḥ saṃgṛhyate jalam ..21..

> where water is gathered by devotees for the ceremonial bath of a deity; // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.45)

yacca hastaśatādūrdhvaṃ sarastatra vidhīyate ..

> and in a lake that is more than one hundred cubits across, it is prescribed there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.46)

saṃveśe'pi kramaścāyaṃ pādau prakṣālya yadbahiḥ .. 22 ..

> Even in entering, this is the rule: having washed the feet outside, // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.47)

tataḥ snānaṃ prakartavyamanyathā doṣa ucyate ..

> then ritual ablution should be performed; otherwise, it is said to be a fault.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.48)

kiṃ na śrutastvayā proktaḥ ślokaḥ padmabhuvā purā .. 23 ..

> Did you not hear the verse spoken by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] in ancient times: // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.49)

malaṃ mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca śleṣma niṣṭhīnāśru ca ..

> 'Those who discharge filth, urine, feces, phlegm, spittle, tears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.50)

gaṃḍūṣāścaiva muñcati ye te brahmahaṇaiḥ samāḥ .. 24 ..

> and mouthfuls of rinsed water are equal to slayers of brahmins.' // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.51)

tasmānniḥsara śīghraṃ tvaṃ yadyevamajitendriyaḥ ..

> Therefore, get out quickly. If you are so uncontrolled in your senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.52)

tatkimarthaṃ durācāra tīrtheṣvaṭasi bāliśa .. 25 ..

> then why, O foolish, ill-behaved man, do you roam about in sacred fords? // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.53)

yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam..

> He whose hands, feet, and mind are well restrained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.54)

nirvikārāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ sa hi tīrthaphalaṃ labhet .. 26 ..

> and all of whose actions are pure, obtains the fruit of a sacred ford." // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.55)

.. bhīma uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.56)

adharmo vāpi dharmo'stu nirgaṃtuṃ naiva śaknuyām ..

> "Let it be unrighteousness or righteousness, I cannot go out at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.57)

kṣudhā tṛṣā mayā nityaṃ vārituṃ naiva śakyate .. 27 ..

> My hunger and thirst can never be restrained." // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.58)

.. suhṛdaya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.59)

jīvitārthe bhavānkasmātpāpaṃ prakurute vada ..

> "Why do you commit sin for the sake of life? Tell me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.60)

kiṃ na śrutastvayā ślokaḥ śibinā yaḥ samīritaḥ .. 28 ..

> Have you not heard the verse uttered by Śibi: // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.61)

muhūrtamapi jīveta naraḥ śuklena karmaṇā ..

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

### [1.4.62.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.62)

na kalpamapi jīveta lokadvayavirodhinā .. 29 ..

> he should not live even for a cosmic age by an action harmful to both worlds.'" // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.63)

.. bhīma uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.64)

kākāraveṇa te mahyaṃ karṇau badhiratāṃ gatau ..

> "My ears have become deaf from your cawing like a crow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.65)

pāsyāmyeva jalaṃ cātra kāmaṃ vilapa śuṣya vā .. 1.2.64.30 ..

> I will certainly drink the water here; lament as you please, or wither away!" // 1.2.64.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.66)

.. suhṛdaya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.67)

kṣatriyāṇāṃ kule jātastvahaṃ dharmābhirakṣiṇām ..

> "I was born in the lineage of kṣatriyas, protectors of dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.68)

tasmātte pātakaṃ kartuṃ na dāsyāmi kathaṃcana .. 31 ..

> Therefore, I will by no means allow you to commit sin. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.69)

tadvarākātha śīghraṃ tvamasmātkuṃḍādviniḥsara ..32..

> So, wretched one, get out of this pool at once! // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.70)

iṣṭakāśakalaiḥ śīghraṃ cūrṇayiṣye'nyathā śiraḥ ..

> Otherwise, I will quickly smash your head with pieces of brick."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.71)

ityuktvā ceṣṭakāṃ gṛhya mumoca śirasaḥ prati .. 33 ..

> Having said this, he took a brick and hurled it at his head. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.72)

bhīmaśca vaṃcayitvā tāmutplutya bahirāvrajat ..

> Bhīma, dodging it, leaped out and came forward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.73)

bhartsayaṃtau tataścobhāvanyonyaṃ bhīmavikramau .. 34 ..

> Then the two of formidable prowess, threatening each other, // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.74)

yuyudhāte pralaṃbābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ yuddhapāragau ..

> both masters of combat, fought with their long arms;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.75)

vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau niyuddhakuśalāvubhau .. 35 ..

> both broad-chested, long-armed, and skilled in wrestling, // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.76)

muṣṭibhiḥ pārṣṇighātaiśca jānubhiścābhijaghnatuḥ ..

> they struck each other with fists, kicks from their heels, and knees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.77)

tato muhūrtātkauravyaḥ paryahīyata pāṃḍavaḥ .. 36 ..

> Then, after a moment, the Pāṇḍava, scion of the Kurus, began to weaken. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.78)

hīyamānastato bhīma udyato'bhūtpunaḥ punaḥ ..

> Losing ground, Bhīma rose up again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.79)

ahīyata tato'pyaṃga vavṛdhe barbarīkakaḥ .. 37 ..

> He was worn down further, my dear, while Barbarīka grew stronger. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.80)

tato bhīmaṃ samutpāṭya barbarīko balādiva ..

> Then Barbarīka, uprooting Bhīma as if by sheer force,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.81)

niṣpipeṣa tataḥ kruddhastadadbhutamivābhavat .. 38 ..

> Then, enraged, he crushed him, and it was like a wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.82)

mūrchitaṃ caivamādāya visphurantaṃ punaḥpunaḥ ..

> And taking him thus unconscious, trembling again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.83)

sāgarāya pracalitaḥ kṣeptuṃ tatra mahāṃbhasi .. 39 ..

> he set out for the ocean to throw him into its deep water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.84)

dadṛśuḥ pāṃḍavā naitaddevyā nayanayaṃtritāḥ .. 1.2.64.40 ..

> The Pāṇḍavas did not see this, their eyes constrained by the goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.85)

tathā gṛhīte kuruvīramukhye vīreṇa tenādbhutavikrameṇa ..

> When the foremost hero of the Kurus was thus seized by that hero of wondrous prowess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.86)

āścaryamāsīddivi devatānāṃ devībhirākāśatale nirīkṣya tam .. 41 ..

> there was amazement in heaven among the gods, after seeing him in the vault of the sky with the goddesses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.87)

sāgarasya tatastīre barbarīkaṃ gataṃ tadā ..

> Then, seeing Barbarīka gone to the shore of the ocean at that time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.88)

nirīkṣya bhagavānrudro viyatsthaḥ samabhāṣata .. 42 ..

> the blessed Rudra, standing in the sky, addressed him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.89)

bhobho rākṣasaśārdūla barbarīka mahābala ..

> “O tiger among rākṣasas, O mighty Barbarīka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.90)

muṃcainaṃ bharataśreṣṭhaṃ bhīmaṃ tava pitāmaham .. 43 ..

> release this best of the Bharatas, Bhīma, your grandfather!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.91)

ayaṃ hi tīrthayātrāyāṃ vicaranbhrātṛbhiryutaḥ ..

> For wandering on a pilgrimage to sacred fords, joined by his brothers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.92)

kṛṣṇayā cāpyadastīrthaṃ snātumevābhyupāyayau .. 44 ..

> and by Kṛṣṇā, he came to this sacred ford merely to bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.93)

sammānaṃ sarvathā tasmādarhaḥ kauravanaṃdanaḥ ..

> Therefore, the delight of the Kurus is in every way worthy of honor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.94)

apāpo vā sapāpo vā pūjya eva pitāmahaḥ .. 45 ..

> Whether sinless or sinful, a grandfather is surely to be worshipped.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.95)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.96)

iti rudravacaḥ śrutvā sahasā taṃ vimucya saḥ ..

> Hearing this speech of Rudra, he quickly released him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.97)

nyapatatpādayorhā dhikkaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭaṃ ca prāha saḥ .. 46 ..

> fell at his feet, and said: “Alas! Woe! Woe!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.98)

kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāṃ ceti punaḥ punaravocata ..

> And he said again and again: “Forgive me! Forgive me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.99)

śiraśca tāḍayansvīyaṃ ruroda ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 47 ..

> and striking his own head, he wept repeatedly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.100)

taṃ tathā pariśocaṃtaṃ muhyamānaṃ muhurmuhuḥ ..

> As he was grieving thus, fainting again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.101)

bhīmasenaḥ samāliṃgya āghrāya ca vaco'bravīt .. 48 ..

> Bhīmasena embraced him, smelled \[his head\], and spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.102)

vayaṃ tvāṃ naiva jānīmastvaṃ cāsmāñjanmakālataḥ ..

> “We do not know you, nor do you know us from the time of your birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.103)

atra vāsaśca te putra bhaimeḥ kṛṣṇācca saṃśrutaḥ .. 49 ..

> And your dwelling here, O son, was heard from Ghaṭotkaca and from Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.104)

paraṃ no vismṛtaṃ sarvaṃ nānāduḥkhaiḥ pramuhyatām ..

> Yet all was forgotten by us, bewildered by various sorrows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.105)

duḥkhitānāṃ yataḥ sarvā smṛtirluptā bhavetsphuṭam .. 1.2.64.50 ..

> for all memory is clearly lost in the sorrowful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.106)

tadasmākamidaṃ duḥkhaṃ sarvakālavidhānataḥ ..

> Therefore, this sorrow of ours is due to the ordinance of all-controlling Time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.107)

mā śocastvaṃ ca tanaya na te doṣo'sti cāṇvapi .. 51 ..

> Do not grieve, my son; there is not even an atom of fault in you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.108)

yataḥ sarvaḥ kṣatriyasya daṃḍyo vipathisaṃsthi taḥ ..

> For anyone standing on a wrong path is to be punished by a kṣatriya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.109)

ātmāpidaṃḍyaḥ sādhūnāṃ pravṛttaḥ kupathādyadi .. 52 ..

> Even one’s own self is to be punished by the virtuous if it has set out on an evil path—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.110)

pitṛmātṛsuhṛdbhrātṛputrādīnāṃ kimucyate ..

> what to speak of father, mother, friend, brother, son, and the like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.111)

atīva mama harṣo'yaṃ dhanyohaṃ pūrvajāśca me .. .. 53 ..

> Great is this joy of mine; blessed am I, and blessed are my ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.112)

yasya tvīdṛśakaḥ pautro dharmajño dharmapālakaḥ ..

> who have such a grandson, knower of dharma and protector of dharma!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.113)

varārhastvaṃ praśaṃsārho bhavānyeṣāṃ satāṃ tathā .. 54 ..

> You are worthy of a boon, worthy of praise; be so among other good men as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.114)

tasmācchokaṃ vihāyemaṃ svastho bhavi tumarhasi .. 55 ..

> Therefore, abandoning this grief, you should become composed.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.115)

barbarīka uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.116)

pāpaṃ māṃ tātatāta tvaṃ brahmaghnādapi kutsitam ..

> “O grandfather, a sinner viler even than the killer of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.117)

apraśasyaṃ nārhasīha draṣṭuṃ spraṣṭumapi prabho .. 56 ..

> unpraiseworthy—you ought not even to look at me or touch me here, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.118)

sarveṣāmeva pāpānāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ procyate budhaiḥ ..

> Expiation is proclaimed by the wise for all sins whatsoever;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.119)

pitrorabhaktasya punarniṣkṛtirnaiva vidyate .. 57 ..

> yet for one who has no devotion to his parents, no expiation exists.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.120)

tadyena dehena mayā tātatāto'bhipīḍitaḥ ..

> Therefore, with that very body by which I tormented my grandfather,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.121)

tattvameva samutsrakṣye mahīsāgarasaṃgame .. 58 ..

> I will cast it off right now at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.122)

maivaṃ bhaveyamanyeṣu api janmasu pātakī ..

> lest I become a sinner in other births too.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.123)

na māmasmādabhiprāyādarhaḥ ko'pi nivartitum .. 59 ..

> No one ought to turn me back from this resolve,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.124)

yatoṃ'śena vilupyeta prāyaścittānnivārakaḥ ..

> since one who prevents \[another\] from expiation is stained by a portion \[of the sin\].”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.125)

evamuktvā samutplutya yayau caivārṇavaṃ balī .. 1.2.64.60 ..

> Having spoken thus, the mighty one leapt up and went straight to the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.126)

samudro'pi cakaṃpe ca kathamenaṃ nihanmyaham ..

> Even the ocean trembled, \[thinking:\] “How shall I kill him?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.127)

tataḥ siddhāṃbikāyāśca devyastatra caturdaśa .. 61 ..

> Then the fourteen goddesses of Siddhāmbikā there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.128)

samāliṃgya ca saṃsthāpya rudreṇa sahitā jaguḥ ..

> embracing and steadying him, spoke together with Rudra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.129)

ajñātavihite pāpe nāsti vīreṃdra kalmaṣam .. 62 ..

> “When a sin is committed unwittingly, O chief of heroes, there is no guilt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.130)

śāstreṣūktamidaṃ vākyaṃ nānyathā kartumarhasi ..

> This statement is declared in the scriptures; you must not do otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.131)

amuṃ ca pṛṣṭhalagnaṃ tvaṃ paśya bhoḥ svaṃ pitāmaham .. 63 ..

> And behold your own grandfather following close behind you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.132)

putraputreti bhāṣaṃtamanu tvā maraṇonmukham ..

> calling ‘O grandson! O grandson!’ and ready to die after you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.133)

adhunā cetsvakaṃ dehaṃ vīra tvaṃ parityakṣyasi .. 64 ..

> If you now cast off your own body, O hero,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.134)

tatastyakṣyati bhīmo'pi pātakaṃ tanmahattava ..

> then Bhīma also will abandon \[his\]; that great sin would be yours.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.135)

evaṃ jñātvā dhāraya tvaṃ svaśarīraṃ mahāmate .. 65 ..

> Knowing this, preserve your body, O wise one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.136)

atha cettyaktukāmastvaṃ tatrāpi vacanaṃ śṛṇu ..

> Or, if you still desire to cast it off, hear our word in that regard too:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.137)

svalpenaiva ca kālena kṛṣṇāddevakinaṃdanāt .. 66 ..

> In only a short time, from Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.138)

dehapātastava proktastaṃ pratīkṣa yadīccha si ..

> the fall of your body is foretold; wait for that, if you wish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.139)

yato viṣṇukarādvatsa dehapāto viśiṣyate .. 67 ..

> For the fall of the body from the hand of Viṣṇu, O dear child, is supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.140)

tasmātpratīkṣa taṃ kālamasmākaṃ prārthitena ca ..

> Therefore, wait for that time, requested also by us.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.141)

evamukto nivavṛte barbarīko'pi durmanāḥ .. 68 ..

> Addressed thus, Barbarīka too turned back despondent in mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.142)

rudraṃ devīśca cāmuṃḍāṃ sopālaṃbhaṃ vaco'bravīt ..

> To Rudra, the Goddesses, and Cāmuṇḍā, he spoke a reproachful word:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.143)

tvameva devi jānāsi rakṣyate śārṅgadhanvinā .. 69 ..

> "O Goddess, you yourself know that \[the Pāṇḍavas\] are protected by the Wielder of the Śārṅga Bow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.144)

pāṃḍavā bhūmilābhārthe tatte kasmādupekṣitam ..

> The Pāṇḍavas \[are protected\] for the purpose of winning the earth. Why then was that disregarded by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.145)

tvayā ca samupāgatya rakṣito'yaṃ vṛkodaraḥ .. 1.2.64.70 ..

> And approaching, this Vṛkodara was protected by you?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.146)

.. devyuvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.62.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.147)

ahaṃ ca rakṣayiṣyāmi svabhaktaṃ kṛṣṇamṛtyutaḥ ..

> "I too shall protect my devotee from death at Kṛṣṇa's hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.148)

yasmācca caṃḍikākṛtye kṛto'nena mahāraṇaḥ ..

> And since a great battle was fought by him in the service of Caṇḍikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.149)

tasmāccaṃḍilanāmnāyaṃ viśvapūjyo bhaviṣyati .. 71 ..

> Therefore, by the name Caṇḍila, he shall be worthy of the universe's worship."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.150)

evamuktvā gatāḥ sarve devā devyastvadṛśyatām ..

> Having spoken thus, all the gods and goddesses vanished from sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.151)

bhīmo'pi taṃ samādāya pāṃḍubhyaḥ sarvamūcivān .. 72 ..

> Bhīma also, taking him along, told everything to the sons of Pāṇḍu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.152)

vismitāḥ pāṃḍavāstaṃ ca pūjayitvā punaḥ punaḥ ..

> The Pāṇḍavas, filled with wonder, worshipped him again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.153)

yathoktavidhinā cakrustīrthasnānamataṃdritāḥ .. 73 ..

> And without sloth performed the ritual bath in the sacred ford according to the prescribed rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.154)

bhīmopi yatra rudreṇa mokṣitastatra suprabham ..

> Where he was liberated by Rudra, there Bhīma also installed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.155)

liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa bhīmeśvaramiti śrutam .. 74 ..

> A radiant liṅga, celebrated as Bhīmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.156)

jyeṣṭhamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ ..

> Fasting on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.157)

rātrau saṃpūjya bhīmeśaṃ janmapāpādvimucyate .. 75 ..

> One who worships Bhīmeśa at night is liberated from the sins of a lifetime.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.158)

yathaiva liṃgāni supūjitāni saptātra mukhyāni mahāphalāni ..

> Just as the seven chief liṅgas well-worshipped here yield great fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.159)

bhīmeśvaraṃ liṃgamidaṃ tathaiva samastapāpāpaharaṃ supūjyam .. 76 .. ..

> So too this liṅga, Bhīmeśvara, removes all sins and is worthy of high worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.62.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.62.160)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe bhīmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 64 ..

> Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Bhīmeśvara', in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious 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.1.4.62.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vicāratrayī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.vicaratrayi.36.8) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1697, Sanskrit

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