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# Skandapurana 1.4.63: adhyāyaḥ 65

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.63

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 65

### [1.4.63.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.2)

uṣitvā saptarātrāṇi tīrthesminbhrātṛbhiḥ saha ..

> Having stayed seven nights at this sacred ford with his brothers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.3)

yudhiṣṭhiro mahātejā gamanāyopacakrame .. 1 ..

> The immensely radiant Yudhiṣṭhira prepared to depart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.4)

prabhāte vimale snātvā devīrliṃgānyathārcya ca ..

> At clear dawn, having bathed and worshipped the goddesses and liṅgas in order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.5)

kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ kṣetraṃ devīstotraṃ jajāpa saḥ ..

> And circumambulating the sacred field, he chanted the hymn to the Goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.6)

prayāṇakāleṣu sadā japyaṃ kṛṣṇena kīrtitam .. 2 ..

> Which had been proclaimed by Kṛṣṇa to be recited always at times of departure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.7)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.8)

devi pūjye mahāśakte kṛṣṇasya bhagini priye ..

> "O Goddess, O adorable one, O great Śakti, beloved sister of Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.9)

natvā tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmi manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ .. 3 ..

> Bowing to you, I seek refuge through actions of mind, speech, and body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.10)

saṃkarṣaṇābhayadāne kṛṣṇacchavisamaprabhe ..

> O giver of fearlessness to Saṃkarṣaṇa, of brilliance equal to Kṛṣṇa's complexion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.11)

ekānaṃśe mahādevi putravattrāhi māṃ śiva .. 4 ..

> O Ekānaṃśā, O great Goddess, O auspicious one, protect me like a son!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.12)

tvayā tatamidaṃ viśvaṃ jagadavyaktarūpayā ..

> This entire world is pervaded by you whose form is unmanifest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.13)

iti matvā tvāṃ gato'smi śaraṇaṃ trāhi māṃ śubhe .. 5 ..

> Thinking thus, I have taken refuge in you; protect me, O auspicious lady!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.14)

kāryārambheṣu sarveṣu sānugena mayā tava ..

> In all undertakings of tasks, along with my followers, my own self  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.15)

sva ātmā kalpito bhadre jñātvaitadanukaṃpyatāma .. 6 ..

> Has been dedicated to you, O gentle lady. Knowing this, have compassion!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.16)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.17)

iti bruvāṇaṃ rājānaṃ śirobaddhājaliṃ tadā ..

> To the king speaking thus, holding his hands joined above his head at that time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.18)

vāyuputraḥ prahasyaiva sāsūyamidamabravīt .. 7 ..

> The son of the Wind-god laughed and spoke this with indignation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.19)

ye tvāṃ rājanvadaṃtyevaṃ sarvajño'yaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ..

> "O king, those who say of you, 'This Yudhiṣṭhira is omniscient'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.20)

vṛthaiva vacanaṃ teṣāṃ yatastvaṃ vetsi nāṇvapi .. 8 ..

> Futile indeed is their word, since you do not know even an atom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.21)

ko hi prajñāvatāṃ mukhyaḥ sarvaśāstravidāṃvaraḥ ..

> For who that is chief among the wise, best among those knowing all treatises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.22)

strīṇāṃ śaraṇamāpadyedṛjurbuddhiryathā bhavān .. 9 ..

> Would go to women for refuge, being simple-minded as you are?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.23)

yatastvameva vetsīdaṃ sarvaśāstreṣu kīrtyate ..

> Since you yourself know that it is declared in all treatises:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.24)

jaḍeyaṃ prakṛtirmūḍhā yayā saṃmohyate jagat .. 1.2.65.10 ..

> 'Insentient is this prakṛti, dull, by which the world is deluded.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.25)

sacetanaṃ ca puruṣaṃ prakṛtiṃ ca vicetanām ..

> The wise call the puruṣa conscious, and prakṛti unconscious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.26)

prāhurbudhā narādhyakṣa puṃsaścaprakṛtiḥ priyā .. 11 ..

> O ruler of men; and prakṛti is dear to the spirit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.27)

tatsvayaṃ puruṣo bhūtvā yudhiṣṭhira vṛthāmate ..

> Therefore, being yourself a man, O Yudhiṣṭhira of vain intellect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.28)

prakṛtiṃ nauṣi natvā tāṃ hāso me'tīva jāyate .. 12 ..

> You praise prakṛti after bowing to her—excessive laughter arises in me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.29)

ārohayecchiro naiva kvaciddhitvā upānahau ..

> One should never place shoes on one's head after taking them off;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.30)

yathā sa mūḍho bhavati devībhaktiratastathā .. 13 ..

> Just as such a man is foolish, so is one intent on devotion to the Goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.31)

yadi te bandivatpārtha tiṣṭhedvāṇyanivāritā ..

> If your speech stood unrestrained like a bard's, O Pārtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.32)

tatkimarthaṃ mahādevaṃ na stauṣi tripurāntakam .. 14 ..

> Then for what reason do you not praise Mahādeva, the destroyer of Tripura?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.33)

alakṣyamiti vā matvā maheśānaṃ mahāmate ..

> Or, if you deem Maheśāna to be imperceptible, O wise one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.34)

tataḥ kimartha dāśārhaṃ na stauṣi puruṣottamam .. 15 ..

> Then for what reason do you not praise the Dāśārha, the supreme person?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.35)

yasya prasādādasmābhiḥ prāptā drupadanaṃdinī ..

> By whose grace the daughter of Drupada was obtained by us,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.36)

indraprasthe tathā rājyaṃ rājasūyastvayā kṛtaḥ .. 16 ..

> And likewise the kingdom in Indraprastha, and the Rājasūya was performed by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.37)

vijayena dhanurlabdhaṃ jarāsandho mayā hataḥ ..

> The bow was obtained by Vijaya, Jarāsandha was slain by me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.38)

pratyāhartuṃ tathecchāmaḥ kauravebhyaḥ svakāṃ śriyam .. 17 ..

> And likewise we wish to recover our royal fortune from the Kauravas—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.39)

yasya prasādāttaṃ muktvā kṛṣṇaṃ hā stauṣi yajjayī ..

> Leaving aside that Kṛṣṇa by whose grace you are victorious, alas, you praise \[a female\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.40)

atha svayaṃ kauravāṇāmutpannaṃ kulasattame .. 18 ..

> Or rather, \[has delusion\] arisen naturally in the best of the family of the Kauravas?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.41)

jānannātmānamalpatvādbuddherna stauṣi yādavam ..

> If, knowing yourself \[inferior\] due to smallness of intellect, you do not praise the Yādava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.42)

tatkimarthaṃ mahāvīryaṃ na stauṣyarjunamuttamam .. 19 ..

> then why do you not praise the most excellent Arjuna of great valor? // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.43)

yena viddhaṃ purā lakṣyaṃ yena karṇādayo jitāḥ ..

> By whom the target was pierced long ago, by whom Karṇa and others were conquered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.44)

yena tatkhāṃḍavaṃ dagdhaṃ yajñe yena nṛpā jitāḥ .. 1.2.65.20 ..

> by whom that Khāṇḍava \[forest\] was burned, by whom kings were vanquished at the sacrifice, // 1.2.65.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.45)

śrūyate yena vikramya maheśāno'pi nirjitaḥ ..

> and by whose prowess even Maheśāna, it is heard, was overcome?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.46)

svarlokasaṃsthitasyāsya śaraṇaṃ yāhi stauṣi ca .. 21 ..

> Go for refuge to him who resides in heaven, and praise him! // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.47)

athavā tena śakreṇa rājyaṃ me nārpitaṃ kutaḥ ..

> Or else, thinking, ‘Why was the kingdom not granted to me by that Śakra?’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.48)

iti matvā vṛthaiva tvaṃ na stauṣi bhrātaraṃ mama .. 22 ..

> in vain do you not praise my brother? // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.49)

tato māṃ vā kathaṃ vīraṃ na stauṣi tvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira ..

> Then why, O Yudhiṣṭhira, do you not praise me, the hero,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.50)

yena tvaṃ rakṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ lākṣāgehāgnimadhyataḥ .. 23 ..

> by whom you were formerly protected from the midst of the fire in the lac house? // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.51)

vṛkṣeṇāhatya madreśo nadīṃ śuṣkāṃ prasāritaḥ ..

> The king of Madra was struck with a tree and stretched out like a dry river;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.52)

rājarājastathā yena jarāsaṃdho nipātitaḥ .. 24 ..

> likewise, the king of kings Jarāsandha was struck down \[by me\]. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.53)

pūrvā diṅnirjitā yena yena pūrvaṃ bako hataḥ ..

> By whom the eastern quarter was conquered; by whom formerly Baka was slain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.54)

hiḍambaśca mahāvīraḥ kirmīraścādhunā vane ..25..

> and the mighty Hiḍamba, and just now Kirmīra in the forest! // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.55)

kālekāle ca rakṣāmi tvāmevāhaṃ sadānugaḥ ..

> From time to time I alone protect you, ever your follower;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.56)

na tāṃ paśyāmi rakṣaṃtīṃ natvā yāṃ stauṣi bhārata..26..

> I do not see her protecting you—the one whom you bow to and praise, O Bhārata! // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.57)

atha kṣudhābalaṃ jñātvā māmaudarikasattamam..

> Or perhaps, knowing me to be driven by hunger and foremost among gluttons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.58)

krūraṃ sāhasikaṃ caiva na stauṣi kṣamiṇāṃ varaḥ..27..

> cruel and reckless, you—the foremost of the patient—do not praise \[me\]? // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.59)

tataḥ susaṃyato bhūtvā praṇavaṃ samudīrayan..

> Therefore, becoming well-restrained and uttering the praṇava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.60)

kathaṃ na yāsi mārge tvaṃ vṛthālāpo hi doṣabhāk..28..

> why do you not walk along the path? For idle talk brings fault. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.61)

pretāḥ piśācā rakṣāṃsi vṛthālāparataṃ naram ..

> Ghosts, piśācas, and rākṣasas possess a man who indulges in idle chatter;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.62)

āviśaṃti tadāviṣṭo vaktābaddhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ ..29..

> possessed by them, the speaker babbles nonsense again and again. // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.63)

vṛthālāpī yadaśnāti yatkaroti śubhaṃ kvacit ..

> Whatever an idle talker eats, whatever good deed he performs anywhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.64)

pretāditṛptaye sarvamiti śāstraviniścayaḥ ..1.2.65.30..

> all of it is only for the gratification of ghosts and the like: so is the conclusion of the scriptures. // 1.2.65.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.65)

nāyaṃ tasyāsti vai lokaḥ kuta eva paro bhavet ..

> This world is not his, nor indeed can there be a higher world for him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.66)

tasmādvijānatā yatnāttyājyameva vṛthā vacaḥ .. 31 ..

> therefore, a wise person must diligently abandon useless speech. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.67)

evaṃ saṃsmārito'pi tvaṃ yadi bhūyaḥ pravartase ..

> If, even after being thus reminded, you continue in this manner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.68)

bhūtāviṣṭaścikitsyo no vividhairauṣadhairbhavān .. 32 ..

> you, as one possessed by spirits, must be treated by us with various medicines! // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.69)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.70)

iti pravarṇitāṃ śrutvā bhīmasenena bhāratīm ..

> Having heard this speech uttered by Bhīmasena,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.71)

paṭīmiva pravitatāṃ vihasyāha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ .. 33 ..

> spread out like a woven cloth, Yudhiṣṭhira smiled and said: // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.72)

nūnaṃ tvamalpavijñāno vedādhītāstvayā vṛthā ..

> “Surely your understanding is small, and the Vedas were studied by you in vain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.73)

mātaraṃ sarvabhūtānāmaṃbikāṃ yanna manyase .. 34 ..

> since you do not respect Ambikā, the mother of all beings. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.74)

strīpakṣa iti matvā tāmavajānāsi bhoḥ katham ..

> Thinking ‘She belongs to the female sex,’ why do you despise her, sir?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.75)

strī satī na praṇamyā kiṃ tvayā kuntī vṛkodara .. 35 ..

> Being a woman, is virtuous Kuntī not to be saluted by you, O Vṛkodara? // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.76)

yadi na syānmahāmāyā brahmaviṣṇuśivārcitā ..

> If the Mahāmāyā, worshipped by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, did not exist,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.77)

tava dehodbhavaḥ pārtha kathaṃ syāttattvato vada .. 36 ..

> how could your body have been born, O son of Pṛthā? Speak in accordance with the truth! // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.78)

īśvaraḥ paramātmā tāṃ tyaktuṃ śaktaḥ kathaṃ na hi ..

> Was not Īśvara, the Supreme Self, capable of abandoning her?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.79)

punarbheje yato devīṃ tena manye mahorjitām .. 37 ..

> Yet since he resorted to the Goddess again, I consider her exceedingly mighty. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.80)

vāsudevo'pi nityaṃ tāṃ stauti śaktiṃ parātparām ..

> Even Vāsudeva constantly praises that Power, higher than the highest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.81)

ahaṃ yadi cikitsyaḥ syāṃ cikitsyaḥ so'pi kiṃ bhavān .. 38 ..

> If I am to be treated \[as mad\], are you also going to treat him? // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.82)

naivaṃ bhūyaḥ pravaktavyaṃ maurkhyātprati maheśvarīm ..

> You must not speak like this again out of foolishness toward Maheśvarī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.83)

bhūmau nipatya śaraṇaṃ yāhi cetsukhamicchasi .. 39 ..

> Fall to the ground and take refuge in her if you desire happiness!” // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.84)

.. bhīma uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.85)

sarvopāyairbodhayaṃti cāṭā hastagataṃ naram ..

> “By all means rogues try to instruct a man who has fallen into their hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.86)

idamevauṣadhaṃ tatra taiḥ sārdhaṃ jalpanaṃ na hi .. 1.2.65.40 ..

> The only remedy there is not to engage in talk with them! // 1.2.65.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.87)

muṇḍe muṇḍe matirbhinnā satyametannṛpa sphuṭam ..

> Every head has a different mind—this is clearly true, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.88)

svābhīṣṭaṃ kurute sarvaḥ kurmo'bhīṣṭaṃ vayaṃ tathā .. 41 ..

> Everyone does as he pleases; likewise let us do as we please. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.89)

nāgāyutasamaprāṇo vāyuputro vṛkodaraḥ ..

> Endowed with strength equal to ten thousand elephants, the son of Vāyu, Vṛkodara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.90)

na striyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchedvāṅmātreṇa kathaṃcana .. 42 ..

> would under no circumstances seek refuge in a woman, even by mere word!” // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.91)

ityuktvā vacanaṃ bhīmo hyanuvavrāja taṃ nṛpam ..

> Having spoken these words, Bhīma followed behind that king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.92)

rājāpi sānugo yāto na sādhviti muhurbruvan .. 43 ..

> the king also went on with his followers, repeatedly saying, “This is not good.” // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.93)

tataḥ kṣaṇena vikalastvitaścetaśca praskhalat ..

> Then in a moment, distressed and stumbling here and there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.94)

uvāca vacanaṃ bhīmaḥ susaṃbhrāṃto nṛpaṃ prati .. 44 ..

> Bhīma, utterly bewildered, spoke these words to the king: // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.95)

dharmarāja mahābuddhe paśya māṃ nṛpasattama ..

> “O Dharmarāja of great intellect, best of kings, look at me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.96)

cakṣurbhyāṃ naiva paśyāmi vaikalyaṃ kimidaṃ mama .. 45 ..

> I cannot see at all with my two eyes! What is this affliction of mine?” // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.97)

.. rājovāca ..

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

### [1.4.63.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.98)

bhīmabhīma dhruvaṃ devī kupitā te maheśvarī ..

> “Bhīma, O Bhīma, surely the Goddess Maheśvarī is enraged at you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.99)

tena naṣṭe cakṣuṣī te mahāsāhasavallabha .. 46 ..

> Because of that your eyes are lost, O lover of great rashness! // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.100)

tatsāṃpratamabhipraihi śaraṇaṃ parameśvarīm ..

> Therefore, go right now for refuge to the Supreme Goddess!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.101)

punaḥ prasannā te dadyātkadācinnayane punaḥ .. 47 ..

> Pleased, she might give you your two eyes again.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.102)

.. bhīma uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.103)

ahamapyaṃga jānāmi samo devyā na kaścana ..

> “I too know, dear brother, that none is equal to the goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.104)

prabhāvapratyayārthaṃ hi sadā nindāmi tāṃ punaḥ .. 48 ..

> Indeed, it was only to test her power that I repeatedly reviled her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.105)

tasmātprabhāvaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ nipatya vasudhātale ..

> Therefore, having seen such power, falling upon the surface of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.106)

manovāgbuddhibhirnatvā śaraṇaṃ staumi mātaram .. 49 ..

> having bowed with mind, speech, and intellect, I take refuge and praise the Mother.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.107)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.108)

ityuktvā bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipatya ca ..

> Having spoken thus to his eldest brother and prostrating with all eight limbs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.109)

gatvaiva devyāḥ śaraṇaṃ bhīmastuṣṭāva mātaram .. 1.2.65.50 ..

> Bhīma, having gone for refuge to the goddess, praised the Mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.110)

.. bhīma uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.111)

sarvabhūtāṃbike devi brahmāṃḍaśatapūrake ..

> “O Goddess, mother of all beings, filler of hundreds of universes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.112)

bāliśaṃ bālakaṃ svīyaṃ trāhitrāhi namo'stu te .. 51 ..

> save, save your foolish child! Homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.113)

tvaṃ brāhmī brahmaṇaḥ śaktirvaiṣṇavī tvaṃ ca śāṃbhavī ..

> You are Brāhmī, the power of Brahmā; you are Vaiṣṇavī, and you are Śāmbhavī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.114)

trimūrtiḥ śaktirūpā tvaṃ rakṣarakṣa namo'stu te .. 52 ..

> You are the threefold form whose nature is power; protect, protect! Homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.115)

tvamaindrī ca tvamāgneyī tvaṃ yāmyā tvaṃ ca nairṛtī ..

> You are the deity of Indra's quarter, of Agni's, of Yama's, and of Nirṛti's.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.116)

tvaṃ vāruṇī tvaṃ vāyavyā tvaṃ kauberī namo'stu te ..53 ..

> You are the deity of Varuṇa's quarter, of Vāyu's, and of Kubera's. Homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.117)

aiśāni devi vārāhi nārasiṃhi jayaprade ..

> O goddess of the northeast, Vārāhī, Nārasiṃhī, giver of victory,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.118)

kaumāri kulakalyāṇi kṛpeśvari namo'stu te .. 54 ..

> Kaumārī, auspicious one of the lineage, mistress of mercy, homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.119)

tvaṃ sūrye tvaṃ tathā some tvaṃ bhaume tvaṃ budhe gurau ..

> You are in the Sun; likewise, you are in the Moon, in Mars, in Mercury, and in Jupiter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.120)

tvaṃ śukre tvaṃ sthitā rāhau tvaṃ ketuṣu namo'stu te .. 55 ..

> You are in Venus; you abide in Rāhu, and you are in the Ketus. Homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.121)

vasasi dhruvacakre tvaṃ municakre ca te sthitiḥ ..

> You dwell in the realm of the Pole Star, and your abode is in the circle of the seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.122)

bhacakreṣu khacakreṣu bhūcakre ca namo'stu te .. 56 ..

> In the wheels of constellations, the wheels of the sky, and the wheel of the earth: homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.123)

saptadvīpeṣu tvaṃ devi samudreṣu ca saptasu ..

> O goddess, you dwell in the seven continents and in the seven oceans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.124)

saptasvapi ca pātāleṣvavasaṃsthe namo'stu te .. 57 ..

> and in all seven realms of Pātāla; homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.125)

tvaṃ devi cāvatāreṣu viṣṇoḥ sāhāyyakāriṇī ..

> O goddess, you are the helper in the incarnations of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.126)

viṣṇunābhyarthyase tasmāttrāhi mātarnamo'stu te .. 58 ..

> Therefore you are supplicated by Viṣṇu; protect me, O Mother! Homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.127)

caturbhuje caturvaktre phalade catvarapriye ..

> O four-armed one, four-faced one, giver of fruits, fond of the crossroads,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.128)

carācarastute devi caraṇau praṇamāmi te .. 59 ..

> praised by the moving and unmoving, O goddess, I bow down to your feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.129)

mahāghore kālarātri ghaṃṭāli vikaṭojvale ..

> O most terrible one, Kālarātri, wearing rows of bells, blazing fiercely,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.130)

satataṃ saptamīpūjye netrade śaraṇaṃ bhava .. 1.2.65.60 ..

> ever worshipped on the seventh lunar day, giver of eyes, become my refuge!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.131)

meruvāsini piṃgākṣi netratrāṇaikakāriṇi ..

> O dweller on Meru, yellow-eyed one, sole protectress of eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.132)

huṃhuṃkāradhvastadaitye śaraṇye śaraṇaṃ bhava .. 61 ..

> destroyer of Daityas with the sound ‘huṃ-huṃ’, worthy of refuge, become my refuge!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.133)

mahānāde mahāvīrye mahā mohavināśini ..

> O you of great roar, of great valour, destroyer of great delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.134)

mahābandhāpahe devi dehi netratrayaṃ mama .. 62 ..

> remover of great bondage, O goddess, grant me three eyes!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.135)

sarvamaṃgalamaṃgalyā yadi tvaṃ satyatoṃbike ..

> If you are truly the auspiciousness of all auspicious things, O Mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.136)

tato me maṃgalaṃ dehi netradānānnamostu te .. 63 ..

> then grant me auspiciousness by bestowing eyes; homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.137)

yadi sarvakṛpālubhyaḥ satyatastvaṃ kṛpāvatī ..

> If you are truly more compassionate than all compassionate ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.138)

tataḥ kṛpāṃ kuru mayi dehi netre namo'stu te .. 64 ..

> then show compassion to me and give me two eyes; homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.139)

pāpoyamiti yaddevi prakupyasi vṛthaiva tat ..

> If you become angry, O goddess, thinking, ‘This one is a sinner,’ that is in vain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.140)

tvaṃ māṃ mohayasi tvevaṃ na te tatkiṃ namo'stu te .. 65 ..

> for it is you yourself who delude me in this way—is that not yours? Homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.141)

svayamutpādya yo reṇuṃ veṣṭitastena kupyati ..

> One who himself raises dust and gets covered by it becomes angry;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.142)

tathā kupyasi me mātaranāthasyāsya darśaya .. 66 ..

> in the same way you are angry with me, O Mother: reveal yourself to this helpless one!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.143)

iti stutā pāṃḍavena devī kṛṣṇacchavicchaviḥ ..

> Puffed with praise by the Pāṇḍava, the goddess, dark-complexioned,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.144)

rāmā rāmābhivadanā pratyakṣā samajāyata .. 67 ..

> charming, with a face like Rāma, became visible before his eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.145)

vidyutkoṭisamābhāsa mukuṭenātiśobhitā ..

> She was splendidly adorned with a diadem radiant as ten million flashes of lightning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.146)

sūryabiṃbaprabhābhyāṃ ca kuṇḍalābhyāṃ vibhūṣitā .. 68 ..

> and embellished with earrings shining like the disc of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.147)

pravāheneva hāreṇa suranadyā virājitā ..

> She was adorned with a necklace like the streaming flow of the divine river,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.148)

kalpadrumaprasūnaiśca pūrṇāvataṃsamaṃḍitā. .. 69 ..

> and graced with ear-ornaments filled with blossoms of the wishing-tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.149)

dantendukāṃtividhvastabhaktamohamahābhayā ..

> She dispelled the great fear and delusion of devotees with the moonlike splendour of her teeth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.150)

khaḍgacarmaśūlapātracaturbhujavirājitā .. 1.2.65.70 ..

> and shone with four arms bearing a sword, a shield, a trident, and a vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.151)

vāsasā taḍidābhena meghalekheva veṣṭitā ..

> She was wrapped in a garment bright as lightning, like a streak of clouds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.152)

mālayā sumamālinyā bhrājitā sālimālayā .. 71 ..

> she shone with a garland of flowers encircled by a swarm of bees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.153)

satāṃ śaraṇadābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ nūpurarājitā ..

> Her two feet, which grant refuge to the virtuous, were adorned with anklets;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.154)

jayeti puṣpavarṣaiśca śakrādyairabhipūjitā.. 72 ..

> she was worshipped with cries of “Victory!” and showers of flowers by Indra and the other gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.155)

gaṇairdevībhirākīrṇā śatapadmairmahāmalaiḥ ..

> Surrounded by attendants, goddesses, and hundreds of spotless lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.156)

tāṃ tādṛśīṃ vyomni dṛṣṭvā mātaraṃ vyomavāhinīm .. 73 ..

> beholding her in the sky, that Mother moving through space,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.157)

bhūmau nipatya rājeṃdro namonama iti sthitaḥ ..

> the lord of kings fell to the ground, crying repeatedly, “Homage, homage!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.158)

bhīmopi mātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā bālo'bhidhāvati .. 74 ..

> Bhīma too, having seen the Mother, just as a child runs forward,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.159)

tathā sammukhamādhāvajjaya mātariti bruvan ..

> so ran towards her, saying, “Victory, O Mother!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.160)

darśanenaiva devyāśca śubhanetratrayastadā .. 75 ..

> And by the mere sight of the goddess, he then acquired three auspicious eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.161)

praṇipatya namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ muhurjagau ..

> Bowing down, he repeatedly chanted: 'Homage to you, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.162)

prasīda devi padmākṣi punarmātaḥ prasīda me .. 76 ..

> Be gracious, O lotus-eyed goddess; be gracious to me again, O Mother!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.163)

punaḥ prasīda pāpasya kṣamāthīle prasīda me .. 77 ..

> Be gracious once more to a sinner; O you whose nature is forgiveness, be gracious to me!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.164)

evaṃ stutā bhagavatī svayamutthāya pārthivam ..

> Thus praised, the goddess herself arose, placed the king Bhīma  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.165)

bhīmaṃ cotsaṃgamāropya kṛpayedaṃ vaco'bravīt .. 78 ..

> upon her lap, and out of compassion spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.166)

.. śrīdevyuvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.63.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.167)

yattvayābhihitaṃ stotraṃ tena tuṣṭā tavopari ..

> 'Because of the praise you have uttered, I am pleased with you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.168)

ato netratrayaṃ dattaṃ dve bāhye cāṃtaraṃ param .. 79 ..

> Therefore, three eyes are given \[to you\]: two outer ones and a supreme inner one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.169)

nāhaṃ kopaṃ yatra tatra darśayāmi vṛkodara ..

> I do not show anger here and there without cause, O Vṛkodara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.170)

tvaṃ tu pramāṇapuruṣastvattaḥ krodhamadarśayam .. 1.2.65.80 ..

> yet because you are an authoritative man, I showed anger toward you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.171)

naitatpriyaṃ ca kṛṣṇasya bhrāturme krodhamācaram ..

> Nor is this pleasing to Kṛṣṇa, my brother, that I should practice anger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.172)

bhavanto vāsudevasya yatra prāṇā bahiścarāḥ .. 81 ..

> since you \[Pāṇḍavas\] are the external life-breaths of Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.173)

tvaṃ ca nindasi māṃ nityaṃ tacca jāne vṛkodara ..

> And you constantly disparage me; I know that, O Vṛkodara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.174)

matprabhāvaparijñānahetave kīdṛśastviti .. 83 ..

> \[wondering\] "What sort of woman is she?" merely to ascertain my power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.175)

tadevaṃ naiva bhūyaste prakartavyaṃ kathaṃcana ..

> Therefore, you must never do such a thing again in any way.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.176)

akṣikṣepo hi pūjyānāmāvahatyadhikaṃ rujam .. 84 ..

> For casting a slighting eye upon venerable beings brings about excessive misery.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.177)

tadidānīṃ sarvamevaṃ kṣantavyaṃ ca parasparam ..

> So now, let all this be forgiven between us mutually.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.178)

yacca bravīmi tvāṃ vīra tanniśāmaya bhārata .. 85 ..

> And listen, O hero, O descendant of Bharata, to what I say to you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.179)

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirāvirbhaveddhariḥ ..

> Whenever a decline of dharma occurs, Hari manifests Himself;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.180)

tadātadāvatīryāhaṃ viṣṇorasya sahāyinī .. 86 ..

> at that time, descending as the companion of that Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.181)

idānīṃ ca harirjāto vasudevasuto bhuvi ..

> I too appear. Now Hari has been born on earth as the son of Vasudeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.182)

ahaṃ ca gopanandasya ekānaṃśābhidhā sutā .. 87 ..

> and I am the daughter named Ekānaṃśā of the cowherd Nanda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.183)

tadyathā bhagavānkṛṣṇo mama bhrātābhipūjitaḥ ..

> Therefore, just as the blessed Kṛṣṇa, my brother, is revered \[by me\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.184)

bhavanto'pi tathā mahyaṃ bhrātaraḥ pāṃḍavā sadā .. 88 ..

> so too you Pāṇḍavas are always brothers to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.185)

ye bhīmabhaginītyevaṃ māṃ stoṣyaṃti narottamāḥ ..

> Those best of men who praise me as "the sister of Bhīma",  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.186)

ābādhā nāśayiṣyāmi teṣāṃ harṣasamanvitā .. 89 ..

> full of joy, I will destroy their afflictions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.187)

tvaṃ ca bhrāturjayaṃ vīra pradāsyasi mahāraṇe ..

> And you, O hero, will give victory to your brother in the great battle;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.188)

bhujayoste vasiṣyāmi dhārtarāṣṭranipātane .. 1.2.65.90 ..

> I will abide in your arms for the slaughter of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.189)

kṛtvā rājyaṃ ca varṣāṇi ṣaṭtriṃśattadanantaram ..

> Having ruled the kingdom for thirty-six years thereafter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.190)

mahāprasthānadharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ paricariṣyatha .. 91 ..

> you will traverse the earth by the observance of the Great Departure (mahāprasthāna).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.191)

asminneva tato deśe lohonāma mahāsuraḥ ..

> Then, in this very region, a great demon named Loho,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.192)

bhavatāṃ nyastaśastrāṇāṃ vadhārthaṃ prakramiṣyati .. 92 ..

> will advance to kill you when you have laid down your weapons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.193)

tatastaṃ sarvabhūtānāmavadhyaṃ bhavatāṃ kṛte ..

> Then, for your sake, I will make him—who cannot be slain by all living beings—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.194)

andhaṃ kṛtvā pātayiṣye tato yūyaṃ prayāsyatha .. 93 ..

> blind and cast him down; then you will proceed on.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.195)

nistīrya ca himaṃ sarvaṃ nimagnāḥ bālukārṇave ..

> Having crossed all the snow, submerged in the ocean of sand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.196)

svargaṃ yāsyati rājaikaḥ saśarīro gamiṣyati .. 94 ..

> the king alone will go to heaven; he will depart with his physical body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.197)

andho yatra kṛto loho lohāṇābhidhayā puram ..

> Where Loho was blinded, a city by the name of Lohāṇā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.198)

bhaviṣyati ca tatraiva sthāsye'haṃ kalayā sadā ..95..

> will come into being, and right there I will always abide by a portion of myself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.199)

tataḥ kaliyuge prāpte kelo nāma bhaviṣyati ..

> Then, when the Kali age arrives, there will be a devotee of mine  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.63.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.63.200)

mama bhaktastasya nāmnā bhāvyā keleśvarītyaham .. 96 ..

> named Kelo; by his name I shall be known as Keleśvarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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