[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) › 1.4.7 # Skandapurana 1.4.7: adhyāyaḥ 9 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 9 ### [1.4.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.1) .. ulūka uvāca.. itīdamuktamakhilaṃ pūrvajanmasamudbhavam.. svarūpamāyuṣo hetuḥ kauśikatvasya ceti me.. 9.1 .. > The owl said: / “Thus all this has been told—my past birth, / my nature, and the cause of my lifespan and my owlhood.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.2) ityuktvā virate tasminpurūhūtasanāmani.. nāḍījaṃgho bako mitramāha taṃ duḥkhito vacaḥ.. 9.2 .. > When he, whose name was Purūhūta, paused after speaking thus, / the crane Nāḍījaṅgha, sorrowful, spoke these words to his friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.3) ..nāḍījaṃgha uvāca.. yadarthaṃ vayamāyātāstanna siddhaṃ mahāmate.. kāryaṃ tanmaraṇaṃ nūnaṃ trayāṇāmapyupāgatam.. 9.3 .. > Nāḍījaṅgha said: / “The matter for which we came has not succeeded, O noble-minded one. / Therefore death has truly arrived for all three of us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.4) iṃdradyumnāparijñāne bhadrako'yaṃ mumūrṣati.. tasyānu mitraṃ mārkaṃḍastaṃ cānvahamapi sphuṭam.. 9.4 .. > If Indradyumna is not recognized, this Bhadraka wishes to die; / after him, his friend Mārkaṇḍa; and plainly, I too after him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.5) mitrakārye vinirvṛtte mriyamāṇaṃ nirīkṣate.. yo mitraṃ jīvitaṃ tasya dhigasnigdhaṃ durātmanaḥ.. 9.5 .. > When a friend’s task is unfulfilled, he who watches his friend die /—fie upon the loveless life of that wicked soul! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.6) tadetāvanuyāsyāmi mriyamāṇāvahaṃ dvija.. āpṛcche tvāṃ namaskāra āśleṣaścāthapaścimaḥ.. 9.6 .. > Therefore, O twice-born, I shall follow these two who are dying. / I take leave of you; here is my homage and this final embrace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.7) pratijñātamaniṣpādya mitrasyābhyāgatasya ca.. kathaṃkāraṃ na lajjaṃte hatāśā jīvitepsavaḥ.. 9.7 .. > Having failed to fulfill what was promised to a friend who has arrived, / how is it that those who are wretchedly craving life feel no shame? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.8) tasmādvahniṃ pravekṣyāmi sārdhamābhyāmasaṃśayam.. āpṛṣṭo'syadhunā snehānmama dehi jalāṃjalim.. 9.8 .. > Therefore, without doubt, I will enter the fire along with these two. / Leave has now been asked of you; out of affection, offer a handful of water for me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.9) ityuktavatyulūko'sau nāḍījaṃghe sagadgadam.. sāśrunetraṃ sthirībhūya prāha vācaṃ sudhāsamucam.. 9.9 .. > When Nāḍījaṅgha had spoken thus with choked voice / and tearful eyes, the owl composed himself and spoke words resembling nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.10) ..ulūka uvāca.. mayi jīvati mitre me bhavānmaraṇameti ca.. adyaprabhṛti kastarhi hṛdā mama labhiṣyati.. 9.10 .. > The owl said: / “While I, your friend, am alive, you would go to death? / From this day forward, then, who will find a place in my heart? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.11) astyupāyo mahānatra gandhamādanaparvate.. mattaścirāyurmitrosti gṛdhraḥ prāṇasamaḥ suhṛt.. 9.11 .. > There is a great remedy in this matter: on Mount Gandhamādana / lives a friend longer-lived than I, a vulture, a friend dear as life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.12) sa vijñāsyati vo'bhīṣṭamiṃdradyumnaṃ mahīpatim.. ityuktvā puratastasthāvulūkaḥ sa ca bhūpatiḥ.. 9.12 .. > He will recognize King Indradyumna whom you desire.” / Having spoken thus, the owl stood before the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.13) mārkaṃḍeyo bakaścaiva prayayurgaṃdhamādanam.. tamāyāṃtamathālokya vayasyaṃ purataḥ sthitam.. 9.13 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya and the crane went to the Gandhamādana mountain. / Seeing his friend coming and standing before him, 9.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.14) svakulāyātprahṛṣṭo'sau gṛdhraḥ saṃmukhamāyayau.. kṛtasaṃvidasau pūrvaṃ svāgatāsanabhojanaiḥ.. 9.14 .. > that vulture, delighted, came forth from his nest to meet him. / Once courteous greetings had been exchanged with welcome, a seat, and food, 9.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.15) ulūkaṃ gṛdhrarājaśca kāryaṃ papraccha taṃ tathā.. ma cācakhyāvayaṃ mitraṃ bako me'sya muniḥ kila.. 9.15 .. > the king of vultures then asked the owl about his business. / And he said: “This crane is my friend, and a sage is his; 9.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.16) munerapi tṛtīyo'yaṃ mitraṃ cārthoyamudyataḥ.. iṃdradyumnaparijñāne svayaṃ jīvati nānyathā.. 9.16 .. > this \[king\] is a third friend, of the sage, and this is the purpose at hand: / if Indradyumna is recognized, he will live, not otherwise. 9.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.17) vahniṃ pravekṣyate vyaktamayaṃ tadanu vai vayam.. mayā niṣiddho'yaṃ jñātvā tvāṃ ciraṃtanamātmanā.. 9.17 .. > Evidently he will enter the fire, and after him, we too. / He was restrained by me, knowing you to be ancient in age. 9.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.18) taccejjānāsi taṃ brūhi caturṇāṃ dehi jīvitam.. saṃrakṣyāpnuhi satkīrtiṃ kṣayaṃ cākhilapāpmanaḥ.. 9.18 .. > If you know him, tell it, and give life to the four \[of us\]! / Protect us, and attain great renown and the destruction of all sins!” 9.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.19) ..gṛdhra uvāca.. ṣaṭ‌paṃcāśadvyatītā me kalpā jātasya kauśika.. na dṛṣṭo na śruto'smābhiriṃdradyumno mahīpatiḥ.. 9.19 .. > The vulture said: / “Fifty-six kalpas have passed since I was born, O owl! / King Indradyumna has neither been seen nor heard of by us.” 9.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.20) tacchrutvā vismayāviṣṭa iṃdradyumno'pi duḥkhitaḥ.. papracacha jīvite hetumatimātre vihaṃgamam.. 9.20 .. > Hearing this, Indradyumna was filled with astonishment and grew sorrowful. / He asked the bird the reason for his extraordinarily long life. 9.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.21) ..gṛdhra uvāca.. śrṛṇu bhadrai purā jāto markaṭo'haṃ ca cāpalaḥ.. āsaṃ kadācidabhavadvasaṃto'tha ṛtuḥ kramāt.. 9.21 .. > The vulture said: / “Listen, noble one! Long ago I was born as a restless monkey. / Once, in due course, the spring season arrived. 9.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.22) tatrāgre devadevasya vanamadhye śivālaye.. bhavodbhavasya purato jagadyogeśvarābhidhe.. 9.22 .. > There, before the God of Gods in a Śiva shrine in the midst of the forest, / before Bhavodbhava named the Lord of Yoga of the World, 9.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.23) caturdaśīdine hastanakṣatre harṣaṇābhidhe.. yoge caitre site pakṣa āsīddamanakotsavaḥ.. 9.23 .. > on the fourteenth day, under the constellation Hasta, at the conjunction named Harṣaṇa, / in the bright half of Caitra, there was the festival of Damanaka. 9.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.24) atra sauvarṇyadolāyāṃ liṃga āropite janaiḥ.. niśāyāmadhirūhyā'haṃ dolāṃ tāṃ ca vyacālayam.. 9.24 .. > When the liṅga was placed upon a golden swing by the people, / I climbed onto the swing at night and rocked it 9.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.25) nisargājjaticāpalyāccirakālaṃ punaḥpunaḥ.. atha prabhāta āyātā janāḥ pūjākṛte kapim.. 9.25 .. > again and again for a long time, out of natural monkey restlessness. / Then at dawn, the people came to perform worship; 9.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.26) dolādhirūḍhamālokya lakuṭairmāṃ vyatāḍayan.. dolāsaṃsthita evāhaṃ pramītaḥ śivamaṃdire.. 9.26 .. > seeing the monkey mounted on the swing, they beat me with clubs. / Still seated on the swing, I died right in the temple of Śiva, 9.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.27) teṣāṃ prahāraiḥ sudṛḍhairbahubhirvajraduḥsahaiḥ.. śivāṃdolanamāhātmyājjāto'haṃ nṛpamaṃdire.. 9.27 .. > struck by their many very hard blows, unbearable as thunderbolts. / By the māhātmya of swinging Śiva, I was born in the palace of a king. 9.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.28) kāśīśvarasya tanayaḥ pratīto'smi kuśadhvajaḥ.. jāti smarastato rājye kramātprāpyāhamaiśvaram.. 9.28 .. > I was known as Kuśadhvaja, the son of the king of Kāśī. / Remembering my past birth, having attained sovereign power in the kingdom in due course, 9.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.29) kārayāmi dharāpṛṣṭhe caitre damanakotsavam.. yathā yathā dolayati śivaṃ dolāsthitaṃ naraḥ.. 9.29 .. > I caused the Damanaka festival to be performed on earth in Caitra. / Just as a man swings Śiva sitting on a swing, 9.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.30) tathā tathā'śubhaṃ yāti puṇyamāyāti bhadraka.. śivadīkṣāmupāgamyākhilasaṃskārasaṃskṛtaḥ.. 9.30 .. > so does evil depart, and merit arrives, noble one! / Having received the initiation of Śiva and being purified by all the rites of passage, 9.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.31) śivācāryairvimukto'haṃ paśupāśaistadāgamāt.. nirvāhadīkṣāparyaṃtānsaṃskārānprāpya sarvataḥ.. 9.31 .. > I was freed from the bonds of individual souls by the Śaiva masters according to their Āgama. / Having received all rites up to the final emancipating initiation, 9.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.32) ārādhayāmi deveśaṃ pratyakcittamumāpatim.. samastakleśavicchedakāraṇaṃ jagatāṃ gurum.. 9.32 .. > with an inward-turned mind I worshipped the Lord of the Gods, the husband of Umā, / the cause of severing all afflictions, the guru of the worlds. 9.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.33) cittavṛttinirodhena vairāgyābhyāsayogataḥ.. japannudgītamasyārthaṃ bhāvayannaṣṭamaṃ rasam.. 9.33 .. > By restraining the fluctuations of the mind through dispassion and practice, / chanting the Udgītha, meditating upon its meaning, and tasting the eighth aesthetic sentiment, 9.33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.34) tato māṃ praṇidhānenābhyāsena dṛḍhabhūminā.. antarāyānupahataṃ jñātvā tuṣṭo'bravīddharaḥ.. 9.34 .. > Hara, knowing that I was unaffected by obstacles through firm devotion and steadfast practice, / was pleased and said: 9.34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.35) ..īśvara uvāca.. kuśadhvajāhaṃ tuṣṭodya varaṃ varaya vāṃchitam.. na hīdṛśamanuṣṭhānaṃ kasyāpyasti mahītale.. 9.35 .. > Īśvara said: / ‘Kuśadhvaja, I am pleased today; choose a boon of your desire! / For there is no such practice performed by anyone else on the earth’s surface.’ 9.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.36) śrutvetyukto mayā śambhurbhūyāsaṃ te gaṃṇo hyaham.. anenaiva śarīreṇa tathetyevāha gāṃ prabhuḥ.. 9.36 .. > Hearing this, Śambhu was addressed by me: ‘May I become your attendant / with this very body!’ The Lord said to me, ‘So be it!’ 9.36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.37) tataḥ kailāsamānīya vimānaṃ mama cādiśat.. sarvaratnamayaṃ divyaṃ divyāścaryasamāvṛtam.. 9.37 .. > Then, bringing me to Kailāsa, he assigned me an aerial chariot / made entirely of jewels, divine, and filled with heavenly wonders. 9.37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.38) vicarāmi pratīto'haṃ tadārūḍho yadṛcchayā.. atha kāle kiyanmātre vyatīte'traivaṃ parvate.. 9.38 .. > Mounted on it, I roamed freely at will, renowned. / Then, when some time had passed, right on this mountain, 9.38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.39) gavākṣādhiṣṭhito'paśyaṃ vasaṃte munikanyakām.. pravāti dakṣiṇe vāyau madanāgnipradīpitaḥ.. 9.39 .. > standing at the window in spring, I saw a sage’s daughter / while the southern wind blew, and I was inflamed with the fire of love: 9.39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.40) agniveśyasutāṃ bhadra vivastrāṃ jalamadhyagām.. udbhinnayauvanāṃ śyāmāṃ madhyakṣāmāṃ mṛgekṣaṇām.. 9.40 .. > the daughter of Agniveśya, noble one, naked in the water, / her youth blossoming, slender, thin in the waist, with eyes like a deer’s, 9.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.41) vistīrṇajaghanābhogāṃ raṃbhoruṃ saṃhatastanīm.. tāmaṃkuritalāvaṇyāṃ jalasekā divāgrataḥ.. 9.41 .. > with broad and expansive hips, thighs like plantain trunks, firm breasts, / her loveliness sprouting as if through sprinkling of water before me, 9.41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.42) pronnidrapaṃkajamukhīṃ varṇanīyatamākṛtim.. yathāprajñānayāthātmyādvidvidbhirapi varṇinīm.. 9.42 .. > her face like an open lotus, of a form most worthy of description, / to be praised even by the wise according to their intelligence and reality. 9.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.43) prodyatkaṭākṣavikṣepaiḥ śaravrātairiva smaraḥ.. svayaṃ tadaṃgamāsthāya tāḍayāmāsa māṃ dṛḍham.. 9.43 .. > With rising casts of her sidelong glances, as if with showers of arrows, / Love himself, taking possession of her limbs, struck me fiercely. 9.43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.44) vayasyāsaṃvṛcāmevaṃ khelamānāṃ yadṛcchayā.. avatīryāhamaharaṃ vimānānmadanāturaḥ.. 9.44 .. > As she was playing freely, surrounded by her companions, / I descended from the aerial chariot, tormented by love, and seized her. 9.44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.45) sā gṛhītā mayā dīrghaṃ prakurvāṇā mahāsvanam.. tāteti ca vimānasthā rurodātīva bhadraka.. 9.45 .. > Captured by me, placed on the aerial chariot, she let out a long, loud cry / and wept bitterly, crying ‘Father!’, noble one! 9.45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.46) tato vayasyāstā dīnā munimāhuḥ pradhāvitāḥ.. vaimānikena kenāpi hriyate tava putrikā.. 9.46 .. > Then her distressed friends ran to the sage and said: / ‘Your daughter is being carried off by some celestial being! 9.46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.47) rudantīṃ bhagavannetāṃ trāhyuttiṣṭheti sarvataḥ.. tāsāṃ tadākarṇya vaco munirbhadrataponidhiḥ.. 9.47 .. > Arise from all sides, Lord, and protect her as she weeps!’ / Hearing their words, the sage Agniveśya, a storehouse of austerity, 9.47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.48) agniveśyo'bhyagāttasyā vyomanyupapadaṃ tvaran.. tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti māmuktvā saṃstabhya tapasā gatim.. 9.48 .. > hastened towards her in the sky; / saying to me, ‘Halt, halt!’, he paralyzed my movement by his austerity. 9.48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.49) tataḥ prakupitaḥ prāha munimāmati duḥsaham.. ..agniveśya uvāca.. yasmānmadīyā tanayā māṃsapeśīva te hṛtā.. 9.49 .. > Then, enraged, the sage spoke words very hard to bear: / Agniveśya said: / ‘Because my daughter has been seized by you like a piece of flesh 9.49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.50) gṛdhreṇevā'dhunā vyomni tasmādgadhro bhava drutam.. anicchaṃtī madīyeyaṃ sutā bālā tapasvinī.. 9.50 .. > by a vulture just now in the sky, therefore become a vulture at once! / This daughter of mine, a young ascetic girl, was unwilling, 9.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.51) tvayā hṛtādhunāsyaitatphalamāpnuhi durmate.. ityākarṇya bhayāviṣṭo lajjayādhomukho muneḥ.. 9.51 .. > yet she was carried off by you; now reap the fruit of this, evil-minded one!’ / Hearing this, seized with fear and with downcast face from shame, 9.51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.52) pādau pragṛhya nyapataṃ rudannatitarāṃ tadā.. na mayeyaṃ parijñāya hṛtā nādyāpi dharṣitā.. 9.52 .. > I fell down grasping the sage’s feet, weeping profusely then: / ‘I did not carry her off knowingly, nor has she been violated by me yet. 9.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.53) prasādaṃ kuru te śāpaṃ vyāvartaya taponidhe.. praṇateṣu kṣamāvanto nisargeṇa tapodhanāḥ.. 9.53 .. > Be gracious, turn back your curse, O treasure of austerity! / Ascetics rich in tapas are compassionate by nature toward those who bow down; 9.53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.54) bhavaṃti saṃtastadgṛdhro mā bhaveyaṃ prasīda me.. iti prapannena mayā praṇato'sau mahāmuniḥ.. 9.54 .. > good people are so; therefore, let me not become a vulture, be gracious to me!’ / When he was thus supplicated and bowed to by me who had surrendered, that great sage, 9.54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.55) prasannaḥ prāha no mithyā mama vākyaṃ bhavetkvacit.. kiṃ tviṃdradyumnabhūpālaparijñāne sahāyatām.. 9.55 .. > placated, said: ‘My word can never be false. / However, when you give help in recognizing King Indradyumna, 9.55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.56) yadā yāsyasi śāpasya tadā muktimavāpsyasi.. 9.56 .. > at that time you will attain liberation from the curse.’ 9.56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.57) ityuktvā sa muniḥ prāyādgṛhītvā nijakanyakām.. akhaṇḍaśīlāṃ svāvāsamahaṃ gṛdhro'bhavaṃ tadā.. 9.57 .. > Having said this, that sage departed taking his daughter, / her chastity unbroken, to his hermitage; and I then became a vulture.” 9.57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.58) evaṃ tadā damanakotsava īśvarasya āṃdolanena nṛpaveśmani me'vatāraḥ.. śambhorgaṇatvamabhavacca tathāgniveśyaśāpena gṛdhra iha bhadra tavedamuktam.. 9.58 .. > Thus, at that time, during the damanaka festival of Īśvara, my descent took place in the royal palace through swinging, / and my status as Śambhu's attendant came to be; likewise, by the curse of Agniveśya, I became a vulture here, O noble one. This has been recounted to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7.58\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7.58_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe mahīprādurbhāve damanakamāhātmyaṃnāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 9 .. cha .. > Thus ends the ninth chapter, named 'The Māhātmya of the Damanaka Plant' in the Manifestation of the Earth, in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa 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.1.4.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.7) · Pramāṇa