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# Skandapurana 1.4.66: adhyāyaḥ 1

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.66

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 1

### [1.4.66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.2)

..atha śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍaḥ prārabhyate.. 2 ..

> Now begins the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa in the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. 2.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.2\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.2_1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ..

> Salutation to the glorious Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.2_2)

oṃ namo bṛhaspataye..

> Oṃ, salutation to Bṛhaspati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.2_3)

namatasmai brahmaṇe..

> Salutation to that Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.2_4)

viṣṇave namaḥ..

> Salutation to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.2\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.2_5)

..śrīmunaya ūcuḥ..  
dakṣiṇārṇavatīreṣu yāni tīrthāni paṃca ca..  
tāni brūhi viśālākṣa varṇayaṃtyati tāni ca.. 1.1 ..

> The glorious sages said: / Speak of those five sacred fords on the shores of the southern ocean, / O large-eyed one, and describe them fully. 1.1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.2\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.2_6)

sarvatīrthaphalaṃ yeṣu nāradādya vadaṃti ca..  
teṣāṃ caritamāhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmahe vayam.. 1.2 ..

> Those in which Nārada and others proclaim the fruit of all sacred fords— / we desire to hear their history and māhātmya. 1.2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.3)

..ugraśravā uvāca..  
śrṛṇudhvacatyadbhutapuṇyasatkathaṃ kumāranāthasya mahāprabhāvam..  
dvaipāyano yanmama cāha pūrvaṃ harṣāburomodgamacarcitāṃgaḥ.. 1.3 ..

> Ugraśravas said: / Hear the exceedingly wonderful and auspicious tale of the great power of Kumāranātha, / which Dvaipāyana formerly told me, his body covered with tears of joy and horripilation. 1.3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.4)

kumāragītā gāthātra śrūyatāṃ munisattamāḥ..  
yā sarvadevairmunibhiḥ pitṛbhiśca prapūjitā.. 1.4 ..

> Let the song sung by Kumāra be heard here, O best of sages, / which is worshipped by all the gods, sages, and ancestors: 1.4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.5)

madhvācārastaṃ bhatīrthaṃ yo niṣeveta mānavaḥ..  
niyataṃ tasya vāsaḥ syādbrahmaloke yathā mama.. 1.5 ..

> "A person of right conduct who resorts to the Stambhatīrtha, / his abode shall surely be in the world of Brahmā, just like mine. 1.5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.6)

brahmalokādviṣṇulokastasmādapi śivasya ca..  
putrāpriyatvāttasyāpi guhaloko mahattamaḥ.. 1.6 ..

> Higher than the world of Brahmā is the world of Viṣṇu, and higher still than that is Śiva's; / and because he is his dear son, the world of Guha is the highest of all." 1.6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.7)

atrāścaryakathā yā ca phālgunasya pureritā..  
nāradena muniśreṣṭhāstāṃ vo vakṣyāmi vistarāt.. 1.7 ..

> The wonderful story here that was formerly told to Phālguna / by Nārada, O best of sages, that I shall narrate to you in detail. 1.7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.8)

purā nimitte kasmiṃścitkarīṭī maṇikūṭataḥ..  
samudre dakṣiṇe'bhyāgātsnātuṃ tīrthāni paṃca ca.. 1.8 ..

> Formerly, for a certain reason, the crowned one \[Arjuna\] came from Maṇikūṭa / to the southern ocean to bathe in the five sacred fords, 1.8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.9)

varjayaṃti sadā yāni bhayāttīrthāni tāpasāḥ..  
kumāreśasya pūrvaṃ ca tīrthamasti muneḥ priyam.. 1.9 ..

> which sacred fords ascetics always avoid out of fear. / The first is the sacred ford of Kumāreśa, dear to the sage; 1.9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.10)

staṃbheśasya dvitīyaṃ ca saubhadrasya muneḥ priyam..  
barkareśvaramanyacca paulomīpriyamuttamam.. 1.10 ..

> and the second is that of Stambheśa, dear to the sage Saubhadra; / another is the excellent Barkareśvara, dear to Paulomī; 1.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.11)

caturthaṃ ca mahākālaṃ karaṃdhama nṛpapriyayam..  
bharadvājasya tīrthaṃ ca siddheśākhyaṃ hi paṃcamam.. 1.11 ..

> and the fourth is Mahākāla, dear to King Karandhama; / and the fifth is the sacred ford of Bharadvāja, named Siddheśa. 1.11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.12)

etāni paṃca tīrthāni dadarśa kurupuṃgavaḥ..  
tapasvibhirvarjitāni mahāpuṇyāni tāni ca.. 1.12 ..

> The bull of the Kurus saw these five sacred fords, / avoided by ascetics, yet exceedingly meritorious. 1.12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.13)

dṛṣṭvā pārśve nāradīyānapṛcchata mahāmunīn..  
tīrthānīmāni ramyāṇi prabhāvādbhutavaṃti ca.. 1.13 ..

> Seeing them, he questioned the great sages at his side, followers of Nārada: / "These sacred fords are delightful and possess wonderful power; 1.13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.14)

kimarthaṃ brūta varjyaṃte sadaiva brahmavādibhiḥ..  
..tāpasā ūcuḥ..  
grāhaḥ paṃca vasaṃtyeṣu haraṃti ca tapodhanān.. 1.14 ..

> tell me, why are they always avoided by exponents of the Veda?" / The ascetics said: / "Five crocodiles dwell in them and carry off those rich in austerity. 1.14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.15)

ata etāni varjyaṃte tīrthāni kurunaṃdana..  
iti śrutvā mahābāhurgamanāya mano dadhe.. 1.15 ..

> Therefore, O scion of Kuru, these sacred fords are avoided." / Hearing this, the mighty-armed one set his mind upon going. 1.15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.16)

tatastaṃ tāpasāḥ procuthaṃtuṃ nārhasi phālguna..  
bahavo bhakṣitā grāhai rājāno munayastathā.. 1.16 ..

> Then the ascetics said to him: "You ought not to go, O Phālguna! / Many kings and sages have been devoured by the crocodiles. 1.16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.17)

tattva dvāraśavarṣāṇi tīrthānāmarbudeṣvapi..  
snātaḥ kimetaistīrthaiste mā pataṃgavrato bhava.. 1.17 ..

> Indeed, for twelve years you have bathed in hundreds of millions of sacred fords; / what need have you of these sacred fords? Do not follow the moth's vow!" 1.17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.18)

..arjuna uvāca..  
yaduktaṃ karuṇāsāraiḥ sāraṃ kiṃ tadihocyatām..  
dharmārthī manujo yaśca na sa vāryo mahātmabhiḥ.. 1.18 ..

> Arjuna said:  
> What has been spoken by \[you\], the essence of compassion—let the essence of that be told here.  
> A human being who desires righteousness should not be restrained by great-souled ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.19)

dharmakāmaṃ hi manujaṃ yo vārayati maṃdadhīḥ..  
tadāśritasya jagato niḥśvāsairbhasmasādbhavet.. 1.19 ..

> For whatever dull-witted person restrains a man who desires righteousness,  
> the world dependent on him would turn to ashes through his sighs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.20)

yajjīvitaṃ cācirāṃśusamānakṣaṇabhaṃguram..  
tacceddharmakṛte yāti yātu doṣo'sti ko nanu.. 1.20 ..

> Since life is as momentary and fragile as a flash of lightning,  
> if it is spent for the sake of righteousness, let it go; what fault is there indeed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.21)

jīvitaṃ ca dhanaṃ dārāḥ putrāḥ kṣetragṛhāṇi ca..  
yānti yeṣaāṃ dharmakṛte ta eva bhuvi mānavāḥ.. 1.21 ..

> Those whose life, wealth, wives, sons, fields, and houses  
> are spent for the sake of righteousness, they alone are truly human on this earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.22)

..tāpasā ūcuḥ..  
evaṃ te bruvataḥ pārtha dīrghamāyuḥ pravardhatām..  
sadā dharme ratirbhūyādyāhi svaṃ kuru vāṃchitam.. 1.22 ..

> The ascetics said:  
> As you speak thus, O Pārtha, may a long life increase for you!  
> May your delight always be in righteousness; go, fulfill your desire!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.23)

evamuktaḥ praṇamyaitānāśīrbhirabhisaṃstutaḥ..  
jagāma tāni tīrthāni draṣṭuṃ bharatasattamaḥ.. 1.23 ..

> Having been addressed thus, having bowed to them and been praised with blessings,  
> the best of the Bharatas went to see those sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.24)

tataḥ saubhadramāsādya maharṣestīrthumuttamam..  
vigāhya tarasā vīraḥ snānaṃ cakre paraṃtapaḥ.. 1.24 ..

> Then, having reached Saubhadra, the excellent sacred ford of the great seer,  
> the hero, the scorcher of foes, plunged in with haste and performed his ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.25)

atha taṃ puruṣavyāghramaṃtarjalacaro mahān..  
nijagrāha jale grāhaḥ kuṃtīputraṃ dhanaṃjayam.. 1.25 ..

> Then a huge crocodile moving underwater seized that tiger among men,  
> the son of Kuntī, Dhanañjaya, in the water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.26)

tamādāyaiva kauteyo visphuraṃtaṃ jalecaram..  
udatiṣṭhanmahābāhurbalena balināṃ varaḥ.. 1.26 ..

> Taking that squirming water-creature \[with him\],  
> the mighty-armed son of Kuntī, the best of the strong, rose up by his strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.27)

uddhṛtaścaiva tu grāhaḥ so'rjunena yaśasvinā..  
babhūva nārī kalyāṇī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā.. 1.27 ..

> And that crocodile, lifted out by the renowned Arjuna,  
> became an auspicious woman adorned with all ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.28)

dīpyamānaśikhā viprā divyarūpā manoramā..  
tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā kuṃtīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ.. 1.28 ..

> with a shining crest, O brahmins, having a divine form and pleasing to the mind.  
> Seeing that great wonder, the son of Kuntī, Dhanañjaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.29)

tāṃ striyaṃ paramaprīta idaṃ vacanamabravīt..  
kā vai tvamasi kalyāṇi kuto vā jalacāriṇī.. 1.29 ..

> exceedingly pleased, addressed this speech to that woman:  
> 'Who are you, auspicious one, or whence did you move in the water?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.30)

kimarthaṃ ca mahātpāpamidaṃ kṛtavatī hyasi..  
..nāryuvāca..  
apsarā hyasmi kauteya devāraṇyanivāsinī.. 1.30 ..

> And for what reason did you commit this great sin?'  
> The woman said:  
> 'I am an apsaras, O son of Kuntī, dwelling in the forest of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.31)

iṣṭā dhanapaternityaṃ varcānāma mahābala..  
mama sakhyaścatasro'nyāḥ sarvāḥ kāmagamāḥ śubhāḥ.. 1.31 ..

> Beloved ever of the lord of wealth, named Varcā, O you of great might!  
> I have four other companions, all moving at will, auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.32)

tābhiḥ sārdhaṃ prayātāsmi devarājaniveśanāt..  
tataḥ paśyāmahe sarvā brāhmaṇaṃ cāniketanam.. 1.32 ..

> Together with them I set forth from the abode of the king of gods.  
> Then we all saw a homeless brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.33)

rūpavaṃtamadhīyānamekamekāṃtacāriṇam..  
tasya vai tapasā vīra tadvanaṃ tejasāvṛtam.. 1.33 ..

> handsome, studying \[the Vedas\], alone, wandering in solitude.  
> By his austerity indeed, O hero, that forest was enveloped in fiery splendor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.34)

āditya iva taṃ deśaṃ kṛtsnamevānva bhāsayat..  
tasya dṛṣṭvā tapastādṛgrūpaṃ cādbhutadarśanam.. 1.34 ..

> like the sun he illuminated that whole region.  
> Having seen his austerity of such a kind, and his form wonderful to behold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.35)

avatīrṇāsti taṃ deśaṃ tapovighnacikīrṣayā..  
ahaṃ ca saurabheyī ca sāmeyī budbudālatā.. 1.35 ..

> we descended to that region with the desire to cause an obstacle to his austerity—  
> myself, and Saurabheyī, Sāmeyī, Budbudā, \[and\] Latā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.36)

yaugapadyena taṃ vipramabhyagacchāma bhārata..  
gāyaṃtyo lalamānāśca lobhayaṃtyaśca taṃ dvijam.. 1.36 ..

> Simultaneously we approached that brahmin, O Bhārata,  
> singing, flirting, and enticing that twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.37)

sa ca nāsmāsu kṛtavānmanovīraḥ kathaṃcana..  
nākaṃpata mahātejāḥ sthitastapasi nirmale.. 1.37 ..

> Yet that heroic one did not set his mind upon us in any way;  
> endowed with great splendor, he did not tremble, remaining steadfast in pure austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.38)

so'śapatkupito'smāsu brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyarṣabha..  
grāhabhūtā jale yūyaṃ bhaviṣyatha śataṃ samāḥ.. 1.38 ..

> Becoming angry, that brahmin cursed us, O bull of the kṣatriyas:  
> "Having become crocodiles in the water, you shall remain for a hundred years."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.39)

tato vayaṃ pravyathitāḥ sarvā bharatasattama..  
āyātāḥ śaraṇaṃ vipraṃ tapodhanamakalmaṣam.. 1.39 ..

> Then, all of us greatly afflicted, O best of the Bharatas,  
> came for refuge to the brahmin whose wealth was austerity, the faultless one:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.40)

rūpeṇa vayasā caiva kaṃdarpeṇa ca darpitāḥ..  
ayuktaṃ kṛtavatyaḥ sma kṣaṃtumarhasi no dvija.. 1.40 ..

> "Arrogant on account of our beauty, youth, and love,  
> we have done what was improper; you ought to forgive us, O twice-born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.41)

eṣa eva vadho'smākaṃ sa paryāptastapodhana..  
yadvayaṃ śaṃsitātmānaṃ pralobdhuṃ tvāmupāgatāḥ.. 1.41 ..

> This itself is our death; that is sufficient, O you whose wealth is austerity,  
> that we have approached to seduce you whose self is praised!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.42)

avadhyāśca striyaḥ sṛṣṭā manyaṃte dharmaciṃtakāḥ..  
tasmāddharmeṇa dharmajña eṣa vādo manīṣiṇām.. 1.42 ..

> And women are created not to be killed, so consider the ponderers of righteousness;  
> therefore, in accordance with righteousness, O knower of righteousness, this is the doctrine of the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.43)

śaraṇaṃ ca prapannānāṃ śiṣṭāḥ kurvaṃti pālanam..  
śaraṇyaṃ tvāṃ prapannāḥ smastasmāttvaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi.. 1.43 ..

> And the virtuous afford protection to those who have sought refuge;  
> we have sought refuge in you, a protector; therefore you ought to forgive us."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.44)

evamuktastu dharmātmā brāhmaṇaḥ śubhakarmakṛt..  
prasādaṃ kṛtavāñchūraravisomasamaprabhaḥ.. 1.44 ..

> Addressed thus, the righteous brahmin who performs auspicious deeds,  
> valiant, with radiance equal to the sun and moon, showed grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.45)

..brāhmaṇa uvāca..  
bhavatīnāṃ caritreṇa parimuhyāmi cetasi..  
aho dhārṣṭyamaho moho yatpāpāya pravartanam.. 1.45 ..

> The brahmin said:  
> 'My mind is bewildered by your conduct!  
> Ah, what audacity! Ah, what delusion, to engage in sin!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.46)

masta kasthāyinaṃ mṛtyuṃ yadi paśyedayaṃ janaḥ..  
āhāro'pi na roceta kimutākāryakāritā.. 1.46 ..

> If a person were to see death standing upon their head,  
> even food would not be pleasing, let alone the doing of improper deeds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.47)

āho mānuṣyakaṃ janma sarvajanmasu durlabham..  
tṛṇavatkriyate kaiścidyoṣinmūḍhairdurādharaiḥ.. 1.47 ..

> Ah, human birth is rare among all births,  
> yet it is treated like a blade of grass by some who are infatuated with women and uncontrollable!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.48)

tānvayaṃ samapṛcchāmo janirvaḥ kiṃnimittataḥ..  
ko vā lābho vicāryaitanmanāsā saha procyatām.. 1.48 ..

> We ask them: for what purpose is your birth?  
> Or what is the gain? Having reflected on this with the mind, let it be said!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.49)

na caitāḥ parinindāmo janiryārbhyaḥ pravartate..  
kevalaṃ tānviniṃdāmo ye ca tāsu nirargalāḥ.. 1.49 ..

> We do not blame those \[women\] from whom birth proceeds;  
> we only blame those men who are unbridled toward them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.50)

yataḥ padmabhuvā sṛṣṭaṃ mithunaṃ viśvavṛddhaye..  
tattathā paripālyaṃ vai nātra doṣo'sti kaścana.. 1.50 ..

> Because the couple was created by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] for the increase of the universe,  
> that is to be maintained in that way; there is no fault in this whatever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.51)

yā bāṃdhavaiḥ pradattā syādvahnidvijasamāgame..  
gārhasthyapālanaṃ dhanyaṃ tayā sākaṃ hi sarvadam.. 1.51 ..

> She who is given by kinsmen in the presence of fire and the twice-born—  
> the maintenance of household life with her is blessed, indeed granting everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.52)

yathāprakṛti puṃyomo yatnenāpi parasparam..  
sādhyāmāno guṇāya syādaguṇāyāpyasādhitaḥ.. 1.52 ..

> Just as the natural union of a man \[and woman\], even when cultivated with effort  
> for one another, leads to virtue, while uncultivated it leads to vice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.53)

evaṃ yatnātsādhyamānaṃ svakaṃ gārhasthyamuttamam..  
guṇāya mahate bhūyādaguṇāyāpyasādhitam.. 1.53 ..

> so one's own excellent household life, being cultivated with effort,  
> leads to great virtue, while uncultivated it leads to vice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.54)

pure paṃcamukhe dvāḥstha ekādaśabhaṭairyutaḥ..  
sākaṃ nāryā bahvapatyaḥ sa kathaṃ syādacetanaḥ.. 1.54 ..

> In a city with five gates, the gatekeeper accompanied by eleven warriors,  
> together with a woman, having many offspring—how could he be devoid of consciousness?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.55)

yaścastriyā samāyogaḥ paṃcayajñādikarmabhiḥ..  
viśvopakṛtaye sṛṣṭā mūḍhairhā sādhyate'nyathā.. 1.55 ..

> And the union with a woman by rites such as the five sacrifices,  
> created for the benefit of the universe—alas, it is undertaken otherwise by fools!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.56)

aho śrṛṇudhvaṃ no cedvaḥ śuśrūṣā jāyate śubhā..  
tathāpi bāhumuddhṛtya rorūyāmaḥ śrṛṇoti kaḥ.. 1.56 ..

> Ah! Listen! If a good desire to hear does not arise in you,  
> nonetheless, raising our arms, we cry out aloud: who listens?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.57)

ṣaḍdhātusāraṃ tadvīryaṃ samānaṃ parihāya ca..  
vinikṣepe kuyonau tu tasyedaṃ proktavānyamaḥ.. 1.57 ..

> And shedding that semen, the essence of the six elements, equally,  
> if one casts it into an improper womb, Yama has declared this concerning him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.58)

prathamaṃ cauṣadhīdrogdhā ātmadrogdhā tataḥ punaḥ..  
pitṛdrogdhā viśvadrogdhā yātyaṃdhaṃ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ.. 1.58 ..

> "First he is an injurer of plants, then further an injurer of himself,  
> an injurer of the ancestors, an injurer of the universe; he goes to darkness for eternal years."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.59)

manuṣyaṃ pitaro devā munayo mānavāstathā..  
bhṛtāni copajīvaṃti tadarthaṃ niyato bhavet.. 1.59 ..

> Upon a human being, ancestors, gods, sages, and humans,  
> as well as dependents, subsist; for that purpose one should be self-restrained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.60)

vacasā manasā caiva jihvayā karaśrotrakaiḥ..  
dāṃtamāhurhi sattīrthaṃ kākatīrthamataḥ param.. 1.60 ..

> By speech, by mind, by tongue, hands, and ears,  
> one who is restrained is said to be a true sacred ford; beyond this is a crow's ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.61)

kākaprāye nare yasminramaṃte tāmasā janāḥ..  
haṃso'yamiti devānāṃ ko'rthastena viciṃtyatām.. 1.61 ..

> In a crow-like man in whom dark-natured persons take delight,  
> thinking "This is a swan!"—what purpose do the gods have with him? Let that be considered!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.62)

evaṃvidhaṃ hi viśvasya nirmāṇaṃ smaratohṛdi..  
api kṛte trilokyāśca kathaṃ pāpe ramenmanaḥ.. 1.62 ..

> "Indeed, remembering in the heart such an arrangement of the universe, / even if \[sovereignty over\] the three worlds were gained, how could the mind take delight in sin? 1.62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.63)

tadidaṃ cānyamartyānāṃ śāstradṛṣṭamaho striyaḥ..  
yamaloke mayā dṛṣṭaṃ muhye pratyakṣataḥ katham.. 1.63 ..

> And that is seen by other mortals through scripture, O women; / it has been seen by me directly in Yama's realm—how could I be deluded? 1.63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.64)

bhavatīṣu ca kaḥ kopo ye yadarthe hi nirmitāḥ..  
te tamarthaṃ prakurvaṃti satyamastubhameva ca.. 1.64 ..

> And what anger can there be toward you? For those who are made for a certain purpose / carry out that purpose; let it indeed be true. 1.64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.65)

śataṃ sahasraṃ viśvaṃ ca sarvamakṣaya vācakam..  
parimāṇaṃ śataṃ tveva naitadakṣayyavācakam.. 1.65 ..

> A hundred, a thousand, and all—these words signify the imperishable; / but indeed 'a hundred' as a measure does not signify the imperishable \[here\]. 1.65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.66)

yadā ca vo grāhabhūtā gṛhṇatīḥ puruṣāñjale..  
utkarṣati jalātkaścitsthale puruṣasattamaḥ.. 1.66 ..

> And when you, having become crocodiles, seizing men in the water, / are pulled up from the water onto dry land by an excellent man, 1.66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.67)

tadā yūyaṃ punaḥ sarvāḥ svaṃ rūpaṃ pratipatsyatha..  
anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me hasatāpi kadācana..  
kalyāṇasya supṛktasya śuddhistadvadvarā hi vaḥ.. 1.67 ..

> then all of you will attain your own forms again. / An untruth has never been spoken by me, even in jest. / Your purification will be just like the excellent purification of one well-joined to good fortune." 1.67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.68)

..nāryuvāca..  
tatobhivādya taṃ vipraṃ kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇam.. 1.68 ..

> The woman said: / "Then, having bowed to that brahmin and circumambulated him, 1.68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.69)

aciṃtayāmāpasṛtya tasmāddeśātsuduḥkhitāḥ..  
kva nu nāma vayaṃ sarvāḥ kālenālpena taṃ naram.. 1.69 ..

> we departed from that place, deeply afflicted, and wondered: / 'Where on earth might all of us, in a short time, 1.69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.70)

samāgacchema yo naḥ svaṃ rūpamāpādayetpunaḥ..  
tā vayaṃ ciṃtayitveha muhūrtādiva bhārata.. 1.70 ..

> meet that man who could restore our own forms to us?' / As we were pondering this here, after merely a moment, O descendant of Bharata, 1.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.71)

dṛṣṭavatyo mahābhāgaṃ devarṣimatha nāradam..  
sarvā dṛṣṭāḥ sma taṃ dṛṣṭvā devarṣimamitadyutim.. 1.71 ..

> we saw the highly fortunate celestial seer, Nārada. / Having seen that celestial seer of boundless splendor, we were all seen \[by him\]. 1.71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.72)

abhivādya ca taṃ pārtha sthitāḥ smo vyathitānanāḥ..  
sa no'pṛcchaddṛḥkhamūlamuktavatyo vayaṃ ca tam.. 1.72 ..

> And having greeted him, O son of Pṛthā, we stood with distressed faces. / He asked us the root of our sorrow, and we told him. 1.72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.73)

śrutvā tacca yathātattvamidaṃ vacanamabravīt..  
dakṣiṇe sāgare'nūpe paṃca tīrthāni saṃtivai.. 1.73 ..

> And having heard that as it truly was, he spoke these words: / 'On the shore of the southern ocean there are indeed five sacred fords, 1.73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.74)

puṇyāni ramaṇīyāni tāni gacchata mā ciram..  
tatrasthāḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ pāṃḍavo vo dhanaṃjayaḥ.. 1.74 ..

> meritorious and delightful; go to them without delay. / While you dwell there, that tiger among men, the Pāṇḍava Dhanañjaya, 1.74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.75)

mokṣayiṣyati śuddhātmā duḥkhā dasmānna saṃśayaḥ..  
tasya sarvā vayaṃ vīra śrutvā vākyamihāgatāḥ.. 1.75 ..

> a pure-souled one, will free you from this sorrow; of this there is no doubt.' / O hero, having heard his words, all of us came here. 1.75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.76)

tvamidaṃ satyavacanaṃ kartumarhasi pāṃḍava..  
tvadvidhānāṃ hi sādhūnāṃ janma dīnopakārakam.. 1.76 ..

> You ought to make this word true, O Pāṇḍava; / for the birth of virtuous men like you brings aid to the wretched." 1.76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.77)

śrutveti vacanaṃ tasyāḥ sasnau tīrtheṣvanukramāt..  
grāhabhūtāścojjahāra yathāpūrvāḥ sa pāṃḍavaḥ.. 1.77 ..

> Having heard her speech, he bathed in the sacred fords in succession, / and that Pāṇḍava lifted up those who had become crocodiles, restored to their former states. 1.77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.78)

tataḥ praṇamya tā vīraṃ procyamānā jayāśiṣaḥ..  
gaṃtuṃ kṛtābhilāṣāśca prāha pārtho dhanaṃjayaḥ.. 1.78 ..

> Then, having bowed to the hero and pronounced blessings of victory, / as they were eager to depart, the son of Pṛthā, Dhanañjaya, said: 1.78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.79)

eṣa me hṛdi saṃdehaḥ sudṛḍhaḥ parivartate..  
kasmādvonāradamuniranujajñe pravāsitum.. 1.79 ..

> "This doubt turns firmly within my heart: / Why did the sage Nārada permit you to dwell abroad \[here\]? 1.79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.80)

sarvaḥ ko'pyatihīno'pi svapūjyasyārthasādhakaḥ..  
svapūjyatīrtheṣvāvāsaṃ proktavānnāradaḥ katham.. 1.80 ..

> Everyone, even the most lowly, accomplishes the welfare of that which he reveres; / why did Nārada direct you to dwell in the sacred fords he reveres? 1.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.81)

tathaiva navadurgāsu satīṣvatibalāsu ca..  
siddheśe siddhagaṇape cāpi vo'tra sthitiḥ katham.. 1.81 ..

> Likewise, while the nine Durgās are present, exceedingly powerful, / and also Siddheśa and Siddhagaṇapa, how did you come to remain here? 1.81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.82)

ekaika eṣāṃ śakto hi api devānnivāritum..  
tīrthasaṃrodhakāriṇyaḥ sarvā nāvārayatkatham.. 1.82 ..

> For each one of these is able even to ward off the gods; / why did they not ward off all of you who were obstructing the sacred fords? 1.82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.83)

iti ciṃtayate mahyaṃ bhṛśaṃ dolāyate manaḥ..  
mahanme kautukaṃ jātaṃ satyaṃ vā vaktumarhatha.. 1.83 ..

> As I reflect on this, my mind wavers greatly. / Great curiosity has arisen in me; you ought to speak the truth." 1.83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.84)

..apsarasa ūcuḥ..  
yogyaṃ pṛcchasi kaunteya punaḥ paśyottarāṃ diśam.. 1.84 ..

> The apsarases said: / "You ask what is fitting, O son of Kuntī; look once again toward the northern direction." 1.84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.66.84\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.66.84_7)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe pārthena pañcāpsaraḥ samuddharaṇaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 1 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the first chapter, named "The Deliverance of the Five Apsarases by the Son of Pṛthā," 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.1.4.66.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.33.11) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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