[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) › 1.4.9 # Skandapurana 1.4.9: adhyāyaḥ 11 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 11 ### [1.4.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.1) ..kūrma uvāca.. śāṃḍilya iti vikhyātaḥ purāhamabhavaṃ dvijaḥ.. bālabhāve mayā bhūpa krīḍamānena nirmitam.. 11.1 .. > The tortoise said: / Formerly I was a brahmin renowned as Śāṇḍilya. / In childhood, O king, while playing, I built > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.2) purā prāvṛṣi pāṃśūtthaṃ śivāyatanamucchritam.. jalārdravālukāprāyaṃ prāṃśuprākāraśobhitam.. 11.2 .. > formerly in the rainy season a high temple of Śiva made of dust, / mostly composed of water-wet sand, adorned with high outer walls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.3) paṃcāyatanavinyāsamanoharataraṃ nṛpa.. vināyakaśivāsūryamadhusūdanamūrtimat.. 11.3 .. > very charming with a pañcāyatana layout, O king, / possessing images of Vināyaka, Śivā, Sūrya, and Madhusūdana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.4) pītamṛtsvarṇakalaśaṃ dhvajamālāvibhūṣitam.. kāṣṭhatoraṇavinyastaṃ dolakena vibhūṣitam.. 11.4 .. > with a golden jar of yellow clay, decorated with garlands of banners, / set with a wooden archway, adorned with a swing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.5) dṛḍhaprāṃśusamudbhūtasopānaśreṇibhāsuram.. sarvāścaryamayaṃ divyaṃ vayasyaiḥ saṃvṛtena me.. 11.5 .. > resplendent with a firm, high-rising flight of steps, / full of all wonders, divine, \[built by me\] surrounded by my playmates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.6) tatra jāgeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ gṛtvātha viniveśitam.. bālyādupalarūpaṃ tadvarṣāvāriviśudvimat.. 11.6 .. > Taking a Jāgeśvara liṅga, it was then installed there; / out of childishness \[it was just\] a piece of stone, cleansed by rainwater. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.7) bakapuṣpaistathānyaiśca kedārotthaiḥ samāhṛtaiḥ.. komalairaparaiḥ puṣpairvṛtivallīsamudbhavaiḥ.. 11.7 .. > With baka flowers and others gathered from the fields, / with other tender blossoms grown on fence-vines, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.8) kūṣmāṃḍaiścaiva varṇādyairunmattakusumāyutaiḥ.. maṃdārairbilvapatraiśca dūrvādyaiśca navāṃkuraiḥ.. 11.8 .. > and with ash gourds, colorful and accompanied by datura blossoms, / with mandāra flowers, bilva leaves, and fresh sprouts such as dūrvā grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.9) pūjā viracitā ramyā śaṃbhoriti mayā nṛpa.. tatastāṃḍavamārabdhamanapekṣitasatkriyam.. 11.9 .. > a charming worship of Śambhu was performed by me in this way, O king. / Then a tāṇḍava dance was begun, disregarding proper ritual procedure; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.10) śivasya purato bālyādgītaṃ ca svasvarjitam.. akārṣaṃ sakṛdevāhaṃ bālye śiśugaṇāvṛtaḥ.. 11.10 .. > and out of childishness I sang my own song in front of Śiva. / I did this only once in childhood, surrounded by a group of children. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.11) tato mṛto'haṃ jātaśca vipro jātismaro nṛpa.. vaidiśe nagare'kārṣaṃ śivapūjāṃ viśeṣataḥ.. 11.11 .. > Then I died and was born as a brahmin who remembered his past lives, O king. / In the city of Vaidiśa I performed the worship of Śiva especially. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.12) śivadīkṣāmupāgamyānugṛhītaḥ śivāgamaiḥ.. śivaprāsāda ādhāya liṃgaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ.. 11.12 .. > Having undergone Śaiva initiation, favored by the Śaiva scriptures, / having installed a liṅga in a temple of Śiva, endowed with faith— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.13) kalpakoṭiṃ vasetsvargeyaḥ karoti śivālayam.. yāvaṃti paramāṇūni śivasyāyatane nṛpa.. 11.13 .. > “Whoever builds an abode of Śiva shall dwell in heaven for ten million kalpas. / As many atoms as there are in an abode of Śiva, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.14) bhavaṃti tāvadvarṣāṇi karakaḥ śivasadmani.. iti paurāṇavākyāni smarañchailaṃ śivālayam.. 11.14 .. > for that many years the builder remains in the home of Śiva”— / remembering these words of the Purāṇas, a stone temple of Śiva > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.15) akāriṣamahaṃ ramyaṃ viśvakarmavidhānataḥ.. mṛnmayaṃ kāṣṭhaniṣpannaṃ pākveṣṭaṃ śailameva vā.. 11.15 .. > I had made, charming, according to the rules of Viśvakarman. / “Made of clay, constructed of wood, of burnt brick, or of stone— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.16) kṛtamāyatanaṃ dadyātkramāddaśaguṇaṃ phalam.. bhasmaśāyī triṣavaṇo bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ.. 11.16 .. > a temple that is built bestows tenfold fruit in succession.” / Sleeping on ashes, bathing at the three junctures of the day, eating food obtained by begging, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.17) jaṭādharastapasyaṃśca śivārādhanatatparaḥ.. itthaṃ me kurvato jātaṃ punarbhūpa pramāpaṇam.. 11.17 .. > wearing matted hair, practicing austerity, and intent on worshipping Śiva— / while I was doing this, O king, death came again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.18) jāto jāti smarastatra kāritā tṛtīyehaṃ bhavāṃtare.. sārvabhaumo mahīpālaḥ pratiṣṭhāne purottame.. 11.18 .. > Born there remembering past lives, I was made in the third birth / an emperor, a ruler of the earth, in the supreme city of Pratiṣṭhāna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.19) jayadatta iti khyātaḥ sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ.. tato mayā bahuvidhāḥ prāsādāḥ kāritā nṛpa.. 11.19 .. > known as Jayadatta, born in the solar dynasty. / Then I had many kinds of temples constructed, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.20) tasminbhavāṃtare śaṃbhorārādhanapareṇa ca.. tato nirūpitā jātā bakapuṣpapurassarāḥ.. 11.20 .. > And in that birth, intent on worshipping Śambhu, / then \[offerings\] were designated beginning with baka flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.21) sauvarṇai rājatai ratnanirmitaiḥ kusumairnṛpa.. tathāvidhe'nnadānādi karomi nṛpasattama.. 11.21 .. > with flowers fashioned of gold, silver, and jewels, O king. / I performed distributions of food and the like in such manner, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.22) kevalaṃ śivaliṃgānāṃ pūjāṃ puṣpaiḥ karomyaham.. tato me bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ saṃtuṣṭo'tha varaṃ dadau.. 11.22 .. > I performed the worship of Śiva’s liṅgas solely with flowers. / Then the blessed Śambhu, pleased, granted me a boon: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.23) ajarāmaratāṃ rājaṃstenaiva vapuṣāvṛtaḥ.. tatastathāvidhaṃ prāpyānanyasādhāraṇaṃ varam.. 11.23 .. > freedom from old age and death, O king, while invested with that very body. / Then, having obtained such an extraordinary boon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.24) vicarāmi mahīmetāṃ madāṃdha iva vāraṇaḥ.. śivabhaktiṃ vihāyātha nṛpo'haṃ madanāturaḥ.. 11.24 .. > I roamed this earth like an elephant blind with rut. / Abandoning devotion to Śiva, then, I as a king was afflicted by passion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.25) pradharṣayitumārabdhaḥ striyaḥ paraparigrahāḥ.. āyuṣastapasaḥ kīrtestejaso yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ.. 11.25 .. > and began to violate women who were the wives of others. / The primary cause of the destruction of life, austerity, renown, splendor, fame, and fortune > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.26) vināśakāraṇaṃ mukhyaṃ paradārapradharṣaṇam.. sakarṇaḥ śrutihīno'sau paśyannaṃdho vadañjaḍaḥ.. 11.26 .. > is the violation of another’s wife. / Though having ears, he becomes deaf; though seeing, blind; though speaking, mute; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.27) acetanaścetanāvānmūrkho vidvānapi sphuṭam.. tadā bhavati bhūpāla puruṣaḥ kṣaṇamātrataḥ.. 11.27 .. > unconscious though conscious; a fool though learned indeed— / such a man becomes in merely a moment, O ruler of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.28) yadaiva hariṇākṣīṇāṃ gocaraṃ yāti cakṣuṣām.. mṛtasya niraye vāso jīvataśceśvarādbhayam.. 11.28 .. > as soon as he comes into the range of the eyes of fawn-eyed women. / For the dead, dwelling in hell; and for the living, fear of the Lord: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.29) evaṃ lokadvayaṃ haṃtrī paradārapradharṣaṇā.. jarāmaraṇahīnohamiti niścayamāsthitaḥ.. 11.29 .. > thus violating another’s wife destroys both worlds. / Convinced with certainty, “I am free from old age and death,” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.30) aihikāmuṣmikabhayaṃ vihāyāṃha tataḥ param.. pradharṣayitumārabdhastadā bhūpa parastriyaḥ.. 11.30 .. > casting aside fear of this world and the next, I, from that \[moment\] on, / began to violate other men’s wives, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.31) atha māṃ saṃparijñāya maryādārahitaṃ yamaḥ.. varapradānādīśasya tadaṃtikasupāyayau.. vyajijñapanmadīyaṃ ca śaṃbhordharmavyatikramam.. 11.31 .. > Then Yama, realizing that I had transgressed all bounds / because of the boon granted by Īśa, approached his presence; / and he reported to Śambhu my transgression of dharma: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.32) ..yama uvāca.. nāhaṃ tavānubhāvena guptasyāsya vinigraham.. 11.32 .. > Yama said: / “Because he is protected by your majesty, I am not able > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.33) śakromi pāpino deva manniyoge'nyamādiśa.. jagadādhārūpā hi tvayeśoktāḥ pativratāḥ.. 11.33 .. > to restrain this sinner, O Lord! Appoint another in my office. / For you have declared that chaste wives are the foundation of the world, O Īśa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.34) gāvo viprāḥ sanigamā alubdhā dānaśīlinaḥ.. satyaniṣṭhā iti svāmiṃsteṣāṃ mukhyatamā satī.. 11.34 .. > and cows, brahmins knowledgeable in the Vedas, the ungreedy, the generous, / and those devoted to truth—among these, O Lord, a chaste wife is foremost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.35) tāstena dharṣitā luptaṃ madīyaṃ dharmaśāsanam.. varadānapramattena tavaiva paribhūya mām.. 11.35 .. > They have been violated by him; my authority over dharma has been overthrown / by him, arrogant from your boon, defying me— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.36) jayadattena deveśa pratiṣṭhānādhivāsinā.. imāṃ dharmasya bhagavāngiramākarṇya kopitaḥ.. śaśāpa māṃ samānīya vepamānaṃ kṛtāṃjalim.. 11.36 .. > by Jayadatta, O Lord of gods, who dwells in Pratiṣṭhāna!” / Hearing this speech of Dharma, the Blessed Lord was angered; / summoning me as I trembled with folded hands, he cursed me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.37) ..īśvara uvāca.. yasmādduṣṭasamācāra dharṣitāste pativratāḥ.. 11.37 .. > Īśvara said: / “Since, O evil-doer, chaste wives were violated by you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.38) kāmārtena mayā śaptastasmātkūrmaḥ kṣaṇādbhava.. tataḥ praṇamya vijñaptaḥ śāpatāpaharo mayā.. 11.38 .. > afflicted by desire, therefore, cursed by me, become a tortoise instantly!” / Then, bowing down, the remover of the torment of the curse was implored by me; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.39) prāha ṣaṣṭitame kalpe viśāpo bhavitā gaṇaḥ.. madīya iti saṃprocya jagāmādarśanaṃ śivaḥ.. 11.39 .. > he said: “In the sixtieth kalpa you will be freed from the curse and will become a gaṇa / of mine.” Having spoken thus, Śiva vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.40) ahaṃ kūrmastadā jāto daśayojanavistṛtaḥ.. samudrasalile nītastvayāhaṃ yajñasādhane.. 11.40 .. > I then became a tortoise ten yojanas in extent. / I was brought into the ocean water by you for accomplishing the sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.41) purastādyāyajūkena smaraṃstacca bibhemi te.. dagdhastvayāhaṃ pṛṣṭhetra vraṇānyetāni paśya me.. 11.41 .. > by you who were formerly a zealous sacrificer; and remembering that, I fear you. / I was burned by you upon my back; see these wounds of mine! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.42) cayanāni bahūnyatra kalpasūtravidhānataḥ.. pṛṣṭhopari kṛtānyāsanniṃdradyumna tadā tvayā.. 11.42 .. > Many altars were built according to the rules of the Kalpasūtras / upon my back by you at that time, O Indradyumna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.43) bhūyaḥ saṃtāpitā yajñaiḥ pṛthivī pṛthivīpate.. susrāva sarvatīrthānāṃ sāraṃ sā'bhūnmahīnadī.. 11.43 .. > Further, heated by the sacrifices, O lord of the earth, / the earth oozed the essence of all sacred fords; that became the river Mahī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.44) tasyāṃ ca snānamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate.. tato naimittike kasminnapi pralaya āgataḥ.. 11.44 .. > And by mere ritual ablution in it, one is freed from all sins. / Then, when a certain periodic cosmic dissolution arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.45) plavamānamidaṃ rājanmānasaṃ śatayojanam.. ṣaṭ‌paṃcāśatpramāṇena kalpā mama purā nṛpa.. 11.45 .. > this \[lake\] Mānasa, a hundred yojanas wide, was floating, O king. / In the measure of fifty-six cosmic ages of mine formerly, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.46) vyatītā iha catvāraḥ śeṣe mokṣastataḥ param.. evamāyuridaṃ dīrghamevaṃ śāpācca kūrmatā.. 11.46 .. > four have elapsed here; in the remainder liberation will occur after that. / Thus this lifespan is long, and thus from a curse came the condition of a tortoise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.47) mamābhūdīśvarasyaiva satīdharmadruho nṛpa.. brūhi kiṃ kriyatāṃ śatrorapi te gṛhagāminaḥ.. 11.47 .. > I was an Īśvara \[himself\] who injured the duty of a virtuous wife, O king. / Speak: what may be done even for you, an enemy who has come to my house? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.48) mama pṛṣṭhiściraṃ bhūpa tvayā dagdhāgninā'purā.. ahaṃ jvalaṃtīmiva tāṃ paśyāmyadyāpi satriṇā.. 11.48 .. > My back was burned for a long time formerly by you with fire, O king; / I see it even today as if blazing by \[you\] the sacrificial performer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.49) idaṃ vimānamāyātaṃ tvayā kasmānnirākṛtam.. devadūtasamāyuktaṃ bhuṃkṣva bhogānnijārjitān.. 11.49 .. > Why has this aerial chariot, having arrived together with a divine messenger, been rejected by you? / Enjoy the pleasures earned by yourself! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.50) ..iṃdradyumna uvāca.. caturmukhena tenāhaṃ svargānnirvāsitaḥ svayam.. vilakṣyona prayāsyāmi pātādhikyādidūṣite.. 11.50 .. > Indradyumna said: / By that four-faced \[Brahmā\] himself I was banished from heaven. / Being ashamed, I will not go \[back\] to that which is blemished by a fall \[from heaven\] and other \[evils\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.51) tasmādvivekavairāgyamavidyāpāpanāśanam.. āliṃgyāhaṃ yatiṣyāmi prāpya bodhaṃ vimuktaye.. 11.51 .. > Therefore, having embraced discrimination and detachment, which destroy ignorance and sin, / I will strive for liberation, having attained knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.52) tanme gṛhagatasyādya yathātithyakaro bhavān.. tadādiśa yathā'pārapāradaḥ kopi me guruḥ.. 11.52 .. > Since you now show hospitality to me who have come to your house, / therefore instruct me, so that some guru may take me across the shoreless \[ocean\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.53) ..kūrma uvāca.. lomaśonāma dīrghāyurmatto'pyasti mahāmuniḥ.. mayā kalāpagrāme sa pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ kvacinnṛpa.. 11.53 .. > The tortoise said: / There is a great sage named Lomaśa whose lifespan is longer even than mine. / Formerly in Kalāpagrāma he was seen by me somewhere, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.54) ..iṃdradyumna uvāca.. tasmādāgaccha gacchāmastameva sahitāvayam.. prāhuḥ pūtatamāṃ tīrthādapi satsaṃgatiṃ budhāḥ.. 11.54 .. > Indradyumna said: / Therefore come, let us go together to him alone; / the wise proclaim association with the virtuous to be purer even than a sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.55) itthaṃ niśamya nṛpatervacanaṃ tadānīṃ sarve'pi te ṣaḍatha taṃ munimukhyamāśu.. citte vidhāya muditāḥ prayayurdvijeṃdraṃ jijñāsavaḥ sucirajīvitahetumasya.. 11.55 .. > Having thus heard the speech of the king, then all six of them, / placing that foremost of sages swiftly in mind, went joyfully to that chief of the twice-born, / desiring to know the cause of his very long life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9.55\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9.55_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe mahīprādurbhāve kūrmākhyānaṃnāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 11 .. cha .. > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, named "The Story of the Tortoise in the Manifestation of the Mahī," in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.9) · Pramāṇa