[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.4.6 # Skandapurana 1.4.6: adhyāyaḥ 8 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 8 ### [1.4.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.1) ..nārada uvāca.. nāḍījaṃghabakenoktāṃ vācamākarṇyabhūpatiḥ.. mārkaṃḍeyena saṃyukto babhūvātīva duḥkhitaḥ.. 8.1 .. > Nārada said: / Hearing the words spoken by the heron Nāḍījaṅgha, the king, together with Mārkaṇḍeya, became exceedingly sorrowful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.2) taṃ niśamya munirbhūpaṃ duḥkhitaṃ sāśrulocanam.. samānavyasanaḥ prāha tadarthaṃ sa punarbakam.. 8.2 .. > Seeing that king distressed with tears in his eyes, the sage, sharing his grief, spoke again to the heron on his behalf: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.3) vidhāyāśāṃ mahābhāga tvadaṃtikamupāgatau.. āvāṃ cirāyurjñātāṃśāvindradyumnamiti dvija.. 8.3 .. > "O fortunate one, having formed hope, we two came into your presence, \[knowing you\] as long-lived, to learn of Indradyumna, O twice-born one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.4) niṣpannaṃ nāsya tatkāryaṃ prāṇāneṣa mumukṣati.. vahnipraveśena paraṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāgataḥ.. 8.4 .. > His business has not been accomplished, and he wishes to abandon his life-breaths. Having attained supreme dispassion, \[he intends to die\] by entering fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.5) tanmāmupāgato'haṃ ca tvāṃ siddhaṃ nāsya vāṃchitam.. tadenamanuyāsyāmi maraṇena tvayā śape.. 8.5 .. > He came to me, and I came to you, yet his desired purpose has not been accomplished. Therefore I swear by you that I will follow him in death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.6) āśāṃ kṛtvābhyupāyātaṃ nirāśaṃ nekṣituṃ kṣamāḥ.. bhavaṃti sādhavastasmājjīvitānmaraṇaṃ varam.. 8.6 .. > Good people cannot bear to look upon one who has approached with hope leaving despondent. Therefore, death is better than life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.7) prārthitaṃ cāmunā hṛtsthaṃ mayā cāsmai pratiśrutam.. tvāṃ mitraṃ tatparijñāne dhṛtvā hṛdi cirāyuṣam.. 8.7 .. > What was in his heart was requested by him, and promised to him by me, holding you in my heart as a long-lived friend to gain that knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.8) asaṃpādayato nārthaṃ pratijñātaṃ mamāyuṣā.. kaluṣeṇārthinā māśāpūrakeṇa sakhedhunā.. 8.8 .. > If I do not accomplish the purpose promised by my life, what use to me now, O friend, is this tainted life that does not fulfill the hope of a supplicant? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.9) pratiśrutaṃ kṛtaṃ ślāghyā dāsatāṃtyajapakvaṇe.. hariścaṃdrasyeva nṛṇāṃ na ślāghyā satyasaṃdhatā.. 8.9 .. > To fulfill what has been promised—even slavery in an outcaste settlement, like Hariścandra's—is praised; infidelity to truth is not praised for men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.10) mitrasnehasya paryāyastacca sāptapadaṃ smṛtam.. snehaḥ sa kīdṛśo mitre duḥkhito yo na dṛśyate.. 8.10 .. > Friendship is traditionally remembered as being formed within seven steps. What kind of affection for a friend is that which is not seen when he is in sorrow? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.11) tadavaśyamahaṃ sākamadhunā vahnisādhanam.. kariṣye kīrtivapuṣaḥ kṛte satyamidaṃ sakhe.. 8.11 .. > Therefore, for the sake of the body of fame, I will surely now resort to fire together with him; this is the truth, O friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.12) anujānīhi māmetaddarśanaṃ tava paścimam.. tvayā saha mahābhāga nāḍījaṃgha dvijottama.. 8.12 .. > Permit me, O fortunate one, best of the twice-born, Nāḍījaṅgha; this is my last meeting with you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.13) ..nārada uvāca.. vajravadduḥsahāṃ vācaṃ mārkaṃḍeyasamīritām.. śuśruvānsa kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā pratītaḥ prāha tāvubhau.. 8.13 .. > Nārada said: / Having heard the words uttered by Mārkaṇḍeya, unendurable like a thunderbolt, he meditated for a moment, and, convinced, spoke to them both: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.14) ..nāḍījaṃgha uvāca.. yadyevaṃ tadidaṃ mitraṃ viśaṃtaṃ jvalane'dhunā.. nivāraya muniśreṣṭha matto'sti cirajīvitaḥ.. 8.14 .. > Nāḍījaṅgha said: / "If this is so, then, O best of sages, restrain this friend now from entering the fire; there is someone who has lived longer than I. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.15) prākārakarṇanāmāsāvulūkaḥ śivaparvate.. sa jñāsyati mahīpālamiṃdradyumnaṃ na saṃśayaḥ.. 8.15 .. > There is an owl named Prākārakarṇa on Śiva's mountain. He will know the ruler of the earth, Indradyumna, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.16) tasmādahaṃ tvayā sārdhamamunā ca śivālayam.. vrajāmi taṃ śikhariṇaṃ mitrakāryaprasiddhaye.. 8.16 .. > Therefore, I will go to that mountain, Śiva's abode, together with you and him, for the fulfillment of our friend's purpose." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.17) ityeva muktvā te jagmustrayo'pi dvijapuṃgavāḥ.. kailāsaṃ dadṛśustatra tamulūkaṃ svanīḍagam.. 8.17 .. > Having spoken thus, all three eminent twice-born ones went to Kailāsa, and there they saw that owl residing in his nest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.18) kṛtasaṃvidasau tena bakaḥ svāgatapūjayā.. pṛṣṭaśca tāvubhau prāha tatsarvamabhivāṃchitam.. 8.18 .. > Having exchanged greetings with him through the honor of a welcome, the heron, being questioned, told him all that was desired by those two: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.19) cirāyurasi jānīṣe yadīndradyumnabhūpatim.. tadbrūhi tena jñānena kāryaṃ jīvāmahe vayam.. 8.19 .. > "You are long-lived; if you know King Indradyumna, then tell us; through that knowledge our purpose will be served, and we shall live." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.20) iti pṛṣṭaḥ sa vimanā mitrakāryaprasādhanāt.. kauśikaḥ prāha jānāmi nendradyumnamahaṃ nṛpam.. 8.20 .. > Thus questioned, that owl, dejected because he could not accomplish his friend's purpose, said: "I do not know King Indradyumna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.21) aṣṭāviṃśatpramāṇā me kalpā jātasya bhūtale.. na dṛṣṭo na śruto vāsāviṃdradyumno nṛpaḥ kṣitau.. 8.21 .. > Twenty-eight kalpas have passed since I was born on the earth. King Indradyumna has neither been seen nor heard of by me on the earth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.22) tacchrutvā vismito bhūpastasyāyuratimātrataḥ.. duḥkhito'pi tadā hetuṃ papracchāsau tadāyuṣaḥ.. 8.22 .. > Hearing that, the king was astonished at his extraordinary lifespan; and, though sorrowful, he then asked the cause of that lifespan: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.23) evamāyuryadi tava kathaṃ prāptaṃ bravīhi tat.. ulūkatvaṃ kathamidaṃ jugupsitamatīva ca.. 8.23 .. > "If your life is such, tell me how it was attained. And how did this exceedingly despicable state of an owl come about?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.24) ..prākārakarṇa uvāca.. śrṛṇu bhadra yathā dīrghamāyurmeśivapūjanāt.. jugupsitamulūkatvaṃ śāpena ca mahāmuneḥ.. 8.24 .. > Prākārakarṇa said: / "Hear, good sir, how my long life arose from the worship of Śiva, and the despicable state of an owl from the curse of a great sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.25) vasiṣṭhakulasaṃbhūtaḥ purāhamabhavaṃ dvijaḥ.. ghaṃṭa ityabhivikhyāto vārāṇasyāṃ śiverataḥ.. 8.25 .. > Long ago, I was a brahmin born in the lineage of Vasiṣṭha, renowned as Ghaṇṭa, devoted to Śiva in Vārāṇasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.26) dharmaśravaṇaniṣṭhasya sādhūnāṃ saṃsadi svayam.. śrutvāsmi pūjayāmīśaṃ bilvapatrairakhaṃḍitaiḥ.. 8.26 .. > Devoted to hearing dharma, having myself heard it in the assembly of the virtuous, I worship the Lord with unbroken bilva leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.27) na mālatī na maṃdāraḥ śatapatraṃ na mallikā.. tathā priyāṇi śrīvṛkṣo yathā madanavidviṣaḥ.. 8.27 .. > Neither the mālatī, nor the mandāra, nor the hundred-petaled lotus, nor the mallikā is so dear to the enemy of Madana as the bilva tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.28) akhaṃḍabilvapatreṇa ekena śivamūrdhani.. nihitena naraiḥ puṇyaṃ prāpyate lakṣapuṣpajam.. 8.28 .. > By a single unbroken bilva leaf placed on Śiva's head, men obtain the religious merit born of a hundred thousand flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.29) akhaṃḍitairbilvapatraiḥ śraddhayā svayamāhṛtaiḥ.. liṃgaprapūjanaṃ kṛtvā varṣalakṣaṃ vaseddivi.. 8.29 .. > Having worshipped the liṅga with unbroken bilva leaves gathered by oneself with faith, one shall dwell in heaven for a hundred thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.30) sacchāstrebhya iti śrutvā pūjayāmyahamīśvaram.. trikālaṃ śraddhayā patraiḥ śrīvṛkṣasya tribhistribhiḥ.. 8.30 .. > Hearing this from the genuine scriptures, I worship the Lord thrice daily with faith, using three leaves of the bilva tree each time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.31) tato varṣaśatasyāṃte tutoṣa śaśiśekharaḥ.. pratyakṣībhūya māmāha meghagaṃbhīrayā girā.. 8.31 .. > Then, at the end of a hundred years, the moon-crested Lord was pleased; appearing visibly before me, he spoke to me in a voice deep as a thundercloud: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.32) ..īśvara uvāca.. tuṣṭosmi tava vipreṃdrākhaṃḍabilvadalārcanāt.. vṛṇīṣvābhimataṃ yatte dāsyamyapi ca durlabham.. 8.32 .. > Īśvara said: / 'I am pleased with you, O best of brahmins, because of your worship with unbroken bilva leaves. Choose what is desired by you, and I will grant it, even if hard to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.33) akhaṃḍabilvapatreṇa mahātuṣṭiḥ prajāyate.. ekanāpi yathānyeṣāṃ tathā na mama koṭibhiḥ.. 8.33 .. > Great satisfaction arises for me from even a single unbroken bilva leaf, such as does not come from tens of millions of other \[flowers\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.34) ityukto'haṃ bhagavatā śaṃbhunā svamanaḥ sthitam.. vṛṇomi sma varaṃ deva kuru māmajarāmaram.. 8.34 .. > Thus addressed by the blessed Śambhu, I chose the boon that was in my mind: 'O God, make me ageless and immortal.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.35) atha līlāvilāso māṃ tathetyuktvā'vicāritam.. yayāvadarśanaṃ prītimahaṃ ca mahatīṃ gataḥ.. 8.35 .. > Then the playful Lord, having said 'So be it' to me without hesitation, vanished from sight, and I experienced great joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.36) kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadātmānamajñāsipamahaṃ kṣitau.. etasminneva kāle tu bhṛguvaṃśyo'bhavaddvijaḥ.. 8.36 .. > I then considered myself to have accomplished my purpose on earth. At that very time, however, there was a brahmin of Bhṛgu's lineage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.37) avadātatrijanmāsavakṣaviccākṣarārthavit.. sudarśaneti prathitā priyā tasyābhavatsatī.. 8.37 .. > Pure across three generations, skilled in dice and knowledgeable in the meaning of the sacred syllables. His beloved, devoted wife was renowned as Sudarśanā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.38) atīva muditā patyurmukhaṃ prekṣyāsya darśanāt.. tanayā devalasyaipā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi.. 8.38 .. > She was exceedingly delighted from beholding the face of her husband; this daughter of Devala was peerless in beauty on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.39) tasyāṃ tasmādabhūtkanyā nirviśeṣā nijāraṇeḥ.. nivṛttabālabhāvābhūtkumārī yauvanonmukhī.. 8.39 .. > To him, through her, a daughter was born, no different from fire emerging from its kindling stick; when her childhood had ended, she became a young maiden on the verge of youth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.40) nālaṃ babhūva tāṃ dātuṃ tanayāṃ guṇaśālinīm.. kasyāpi janakaḥ sā ca vayaḥsaṃdhau mayekṣitā.. 8.40 .. > Her father was not able to give away that virtuous daughter to anyone, and she was seen by me at the juncture of ages \[between girlhood and youth\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.41) praviśdyauvanābhogabhāvairatimanoharā.. nirvāsyamānairaparaistilataṃdulitākṛtiḥ.. 8.41 .. > Exceedingly charming with the fullness and sentiment of entering youth, while other childhood traits were being cast off, her form \[a blend of girlhood and youth\] like mixed sesamum and rice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.42) krīḍamānā vayasyābhirlāvaṇyapratimeva sā.. vyaciṃtayamahaṃ vipra tāṃ nirīkṣya sumadhyamām.. 8.42 .. > Playing with her friends, she seemed the very image of beauty. / Looking at her slender waist, O brahmin, I thought: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.43) ananyākṛtimanyo'sau vidhiryeneti nirmitā.. tataḥ sāttvikabhāvānāṃ tatkṣaṇādasmi gocaram.. 8.43 .. > “This must be another Creator of peerless skill who fashioned her!” / Instantly, I became the vessel of involuntary emotional states, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.44) prāpito līlayāhatya bāṇaiḥ kusumadhanvinā.. tato mayā skhaladvālaṃ pṛṣṭā kasyeti tatsakhī.. 8.44 .. > Struck sportively with arrows by the God of the Flower-Bow. / Then, with stumbling words, I asked her friend whose \[daughter\] she was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.45) prāheti bhṛguvaṃśyasya kanyeyaṃ dvijajanmanaḥ.. anūḍhādyāpi kenāpi samāyātātra khelitum.. 8.45 .. > She said: “This is the daughter of a twice-born of the Bhṛgu lineage. / Unmarried to anyone as yet, she has come here to play.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.46) tataḥ kusumabāṇena śaravrātairbhṛśaṃ hataḥ.. pitaraṃ praṇato gatvā yayāce tāṃ bhṛgūdvaham.. 8.46 .. > Then, severely wounded by the flower-arrowed \[god\] with volleys of shafts, / I went, bowed to her father, that eminent Bhṛgu, and begged for her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.47) sa ca māṃ sadṛśaṃ jñātvā śīlena ca kulena ca.. atīva cārthinaṃ mahyaṃ dadau vācā puraḥ kramāt.. 8.47 .. > Knowing me to be well-matched in character and family, / and seeing me intensely eager, he pledged her to me beforehand by word of mouth according to custom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.48) tataḥ sā tanayā tasya bhārgavasyā śrṛṇoditi.. dattāsmi tasmai viprāya virūpāyeti jalpatām.. 8.48 .. > Then that daughter of the Bhārgava heard people talking, / saying: “I have been promised to that misshapen brahmin!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.49) rorūyamāṇā jananīmāha paśya yathā kṛtam.. atīvānucitaṃ dattvā janakena tathā vare.. 8.49 .. > Weeping loudly, she said to her mother: “See what has been done! / My father has committed a grave impropriety by giving \[me\] to such a bridegroom! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.50) viṣamāloḍya pāsyāmi pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam.. varaṃ na tu virūpasyodvoḍhurbhāryā kathaṃcana.. 8.50 .. > I will stir up poison and drink it, or enter the fire; / it is better, but by no means will I become the wife of a misshapen husband!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.51) tataḥ saṃbodhya jananī tāṃ sutāmāha bhārgavam.. na deyāsmai tvayā kanyā virūpāyeti cāgrahāt.. 8.51 .. > Then the mother, having consoled her daughter, said to the Bhārgava: / “You must not give your daughter to this misshapen man,” persistently pleading. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.52) sa vallabhāvacaḥ śrutvā dharmaśāstrāṇyavekṣya ca.. dattāmapi haretpūrvāṃ śreyāṃścedvara āvrajet.. 8.52 .. > He, hearing his beloved wife's words and examining the treatises on dharma, \[recalled\]: / “Even if pledged before, one may take her back if a better bridegroom should arrive; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.53) arvākchilākramaṇato niṣṭhā syātsaptame pade.. iti vyavasya pradadāvanyasmai tāṃ dvijaḥ sutām.. 8.53 .. > before the treading on the millstone, the definitive rite is concluded at the seventh step.” / Having thus resolved, the twice-born gave his daughter to another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.54) śvobhāvini vivāhe tu tacca sarvaṃ mayā śrutam.. tatotīva vilakṣyohaṃ vayasyānāṃ purastadā.. 8.54 .. > When the wedding was to take place on the morrow, I heard all that. / Then, feeling utterly humiliated before my companions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.55) nāśakaṃ vadanaṃ bhadra tathā darśayituṃ nijam.. kāmārtotīva tāṃ suptāmarvāgniśi tadāharam.. 8.55 .. > O noble one, I could not show my face as before. / Afflicted with intense desire, I abducted her that night while she slept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.56) nītvā durgatamaikāṃte'kārṣamaudvāhikaṃ vidhim.. gāṃdharveṇa vivāhena tato'kārṣaṃ hṛdīpsitam.. 8.56 .. > Taking her to a remote, solitary place, I performed the marriage rite. / By the Gāndharva marriage, I then fulfilled my heart's desire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.57) anicchaṃtīṃ tadā bālāṃ balātsuratasevanam.. athānupadamāgatya tatpitā prātareva mām.. 8.57 .. > enjoying union by force with the maiden who was unwilling. / Then, right the following morning, her father arrived on my trail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.58) niśvasya saṃvṛto viprāstāṃ vīkṣyodvāhitāṃ sutām.. śaśāpa kupito bhadra māṃ tadānīṃ sa bhārgavaḥ.. 8.58 .. > Sighing, surrounded by brahmins, and seeing his daughter married off, / that Bhārgava, enraged, O noble one, then cursed me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.59) ..bhārgava uvāca.. niśācarasya dharmeṇa yattvayodvāhitā sutā.. tasmānniśācaraḥ pāpa bhava tvamavilaṃbitam.. 8.59 .. > The Bhārgava said: / “Since you have married my daughter according to the way of a night-stalker, / therefore, O sinner, you shall become a night-stalker without delay!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.60) iti śaptaḥ praṇmyainaṃ pādopagrahapūrvakam.. hāheti ca bruvangāḍhaṃ sāśrunetraṃ sagadgadam.. 8.60 .. > Being thus cursed, bowing down to him and grasping his feet, / uttering cries of “Alas! Alas!”, with tears in my eyes and a choked voice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.61) tatohamabravaṃ kasmādadoṣaṃ māṃ bhavāniti.. śapate bhavatā dattā mama vācā purā sutā.. 8.61 .. > I then said: “Why do you curse me, who am blameless? / Your daughter was granted to me earlier by your own word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.62) sodvāhitā mayā kanyā dānaṃ sakṛditi smṛtiḥ.. sakṛjjalpaṃti rājānaḥ sakṛjjalpaṃti paṇḍitāḥ.. 8.62 .. > That maiden was wedded by me; the tradition teaches that a gift is made but once. / Kings speak but once; the learned speak but once; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.63) sakṛtkanyāḥ pradīyaṃte trīṇyetāni sakṛtsakṛt.. kiṃ ca pratiśrutārthasya nirvāhastatsatāṃ vratam.. 8.63 .. > maidens are given but once—these three occur only once. / Furthermore, carrying out what has been promised is the vow of the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.64) bhavādṛśānāṃ sādhūnāṃ sādhūnāṃ tasya tyāgo vigarhitaḥ.. pratiśrutā tvayā labdhā tadā kālamiyaṃ mayā.. 8.64 .. > For good men like you, abandoning it is reprehensible. / Promised by you, she was obtained by me as mine in due time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.65) udvoḍhā cādhunā nāhamucitaḥ śāpabhājanam.. vṛthā śapanti mahyaṃ ca bhavaṃtastadvicāryatām.. 8.65 .. > Now that I am her wedded husband, I am not a proper recipient of a curse. / You curse me in vain; consider this matter! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.66) yo dattvā kanyakāṃ vācā paścāddharati durmatiḥ.. sa yāti narakaṃ ceti dharmaśāstreṣu niścitam.. 8.66 .. > That evil-minded man who, having given a maiden by word of mouth, takes her back later, / goes to hell: this is settled in the treatises on dharma.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.67) tadākarṇya vyavasyāsau tathyaṃ madvacanaṃ hṛdā.. paścāttāpasamopeto munirmāmityathābravīt.. 8.67 .. > Hearing that and resolving in his heart that my words were true, / the sage, filled with remorse, then said to me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.68) na me syādanyathā vāṇī ulūkastvaṃ bhaviṣyati.. niśācaro hyulūko'pi procyate dvijasattama.. 8.68 .. > “My word cannot become false; you will become an owl. / An owl too is called a night-stalker, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.69) yadeṃdradyumnavijñāne sahāyastaṃva bhaviṣyasi.. tadā tvaṃ prakṛtiṃ vipra prāpsyasītyabravītsa mām.. 8.69 .. > When you become an aid in the recognition of Indradyumna, / then, O brahmin, you will regain your natural state.” Thus he spoke to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.70) tadvākyasamakālaṃ ca kauśikatvamidaṃ mama.. etāvaṃti dinānyāsīdaṣṭāviṃśaddinaṃ vidheḥ.. 8.70 .. > Simultaneously with his words, this state of an owl became mine. / For so many days it has lasted, up to the twenty-eighth day of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.71) bilvīdalauriti purā śaśiśekharasya saṃpūjanena mama dīrghataraṃ kilāyuḥ.. saṃjātamatra ca jugupsitamasya śāpātkailāsarodhasi niśācararūpamāsīt.. 8.71 .. > Because of my former worship of the Moon-Crested \[Lord\] with bilva leaves, / my life became extremely long; and here on the slope of Kailāsa, through his curse, I took on this despised form of a night-stalker. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6.71\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6.71_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe mahīnadīprādurbhāve bilvadalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 8 .. cha .. > Thus ends the eighth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Bilva Leaves' in the Manifestation of the Mahī River, in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.6.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.6) · Pramāṇa