[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) › 11.1 # Skandapurana 11.1 Skandapurāṇa 11.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.11.1) .. skaṃda uvāca .. .. śṛṇu vātāpi saṃhartaḥ kāśyāṃ pātakataṃkinī .. padmakalpe tu yā vṛttā damanasya dvijanmanaḥ ..1.. bhāradvājasya tanayo damano nāma nāmataḥ .. kṛtamauṃjīvidhiḥ sotha vidyājātaṃ pragṛhya ca .. 2 .. saṃsāraduḥkhabahulaṃ jīvitaṃ cāpi caṃcalam .. vijñāya damano vidvānnirjagāma gṛhānnijāt .. 3 .. kāṃciddiśaṃ samālaṃbya nirvedaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. pratyāśramaṃ pratinagaṃ pratyabdhi pratikānanam .. 4 .. pratitīrthaṃ pratinadi sa babhrāma tapoyutaḥ .. yāvaṃtyāyatanānīha tiṣṭhaṃti parito bhuvam ..5.. adhyuvāsa sa tāvaṃti saṃyateṃdriyamānasaḥ .. paraṃ na manasaḥ sthairyaṃ kvāpi prāpi ca tena vai .. 6 .. manorathopadeṣṭā ca kutracitkvāpi nekṣitaḥ .. kadāciddaivayogātsa damano nāma tāpasaḥ ..7.. revātaṭe niraikṣiṣṭa tīrthaṃ cāmarakaṃṭakam .. mahadāyatanaṃ puṇyamoṃkārasyāpi tatra vai ..8.. dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭamanā āsīccetaḥ sthairyamavāpa ha .. atha pāśupatāṃstatra sa nirīkṣya tapodhanān .. 9 .. > Skanda said: / Hear, O slayer of Vātāpi, of \[the river\] that removes sins in Kāśī, / which occurred in the Padma Kalpa regarding the twice-born Damana. / He was the son of Bhāradvāja, named Damana by name. / Having performed the ceremony of the muñja belt and acquired the body of knowledge, / realizing that life is full of the sorrows of saṃsāra and also fickle, / the wise Damana departed from his own house. / Setting out in a certain direction, having attained supreme detachment, / at every hermitage, at every mountain, at every ocean, at every forest, / at every sacred ford, at every river, he wandered, engaged in austerity. / Whatever shrines exist here across the earth, / he dwelled at that many, with his senses and mind restrained. / Yet no steadfastness of mind was attained by him anywhere, / nor was a teacher of his desire seen anywhere at all. / Then, once by the course of destiny, that ascetic named Damana / beheld on the bank of the Revā the sacred ford of Amarakaṇṭaka / and also the great sacred shrine of Oṃkāra there. / Seeing it, he became joyful at heart and attained steadfastness of mind. / Then, beholding the Pāśupatas there, rich in austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.102\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.10.102_2) - [Next: 11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.11.2) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.11.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.11.1) · Pramāṇa