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(machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.3) tāsāṃ madhye ca rohiṇyā saha reme sa nityadā .. tyaktāḥ sarvāśca caṃdreṇa dakṣakanyāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ .. gatvā svapitaraṃ natvā prāhurasrāvilekṣaṇāḥ .. 3 .. > Among them, he always took pleasure with Rohiṇī. / Abandoned by the Moon, all the daughters of Dakṣa were exceedingly distressed; / having gone and bowed to their father, their eyes clouded with tears, they said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.4) vayaṃ tyaktāḥ prajānātha nirdoṣāḥ patinā tataḥ .. śaraṇaṃ tvāmanuprāptā duḥkhena mahatānvitāḥ .. 4 .. > 'We, innocent ones, have been abandoned by our husband, O lord of creatures; / therefore we have come to you for refuge, filled with great sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.5) gatirbhava suraśreṣṭha sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ hitaṃ kuru .. asmākamupadiśyainaṃ caṃdraṃ ca rohiṇīratam .. 5 .. > Be our refuge, O best among gods; do what is good for us all, / after instructing this Moon who is devoted solely to Rohiṇī.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.6) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. sa tāsāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā gato yatra niśākaraḥ .. abravīcca samaṃ paśya sarvāsu tanayāsu me .. 6 .. > Pulastya said: / Hearing their words, he went where the night-maker was / and said: 'Look with equality upon all my daughters.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.7) atha vrīḍāsamāyuktaścaṃdrastaṃ pratyabhāṣata .. tava vākyaṃ kariṣyāmi dakṣa gaccha namostu te .. 7 .. > Then, filled with shame, the Moon replied to him: / 'I shall follow your word, Dakṣa; go, obeisance to you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.8) gate dakṣe tato bhūyaścaṃdramā rohiṇīrataḥ .. tyaktvā ca kanyakāḥ sarvāḥ prajāpatisamudbhavāḥ .. 8 .. > When Dakṣa had gone, the Moon again took pleasure only with Rohiṇī, / having abandoned all the daughters born of the lord of creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.9) atha gatvā punaḥ sarvā dakṣamūcuḥ suduḥkhitāḥ .. na kṛtaṃ tava vākyaṃ vai caṃdreṇaiva durātmanā .. 9 .. > Then all of them, going once more, spoke to Dakṣa, deeply distressed: / 'Your word was indeed not kept by that vile-minded Moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.10) daurbhāgyaduḥkhasaṃtaptā mariṣyāma na saṃśayaḥ .. anena jīvitenāpi maraṇaṃ niścayaṃ bhavet .. 7.3.20.10 .. > Afflicted by the misery of misfortune in love, we shall die without a doubt; / with such a life, death would surely be better.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.11) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. atha roṣasamāyukto dakṣo gatvā'bravīdvidhum .. mama vākyaṃ tvayā caṃdra yasmātpāpa kṛtaṃ na hi .. 11 .. > Pulastya said: / Then Dakṣa, filled with wrath, went and spoke to the Moon: / 'Because my word was not kept by you, O sinful Moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.12) kṣayameṣyasi tasmāttvaṃ yakṣmaṇā nāsti saṃśayaḥ.. evaṃ dattvā tataḥ śāpaṃ gato dakṣaḥ svamālayam .. 12 .. > therefore you shall fall into wasting from pulmonary consumption; there is no doubt.' / Having thus pronounced the curse, Dakṣa then returned to his own home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.13) yakṣmaṇā vyāpitaścaṃdraḥ kṣayaṃ yāti dinedine .. kṣīṇo dyutivihīnastu ciṃtayāmāsa caṃdramāḥ .. 13 .. > Pervaded by pulmonary consumption, the Moon waned day by day; / wasting away and devoid of splendor, the Moon reflected: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.14) ki karttavyaṃ mayā tatra hyasmiñchāpe sudāruṇe .. atha kiṃ pūjayiṣyāmi sarvakāmapradaṃ śivam .. 14 .. > 'What should be done by me in this dreadful curse? / Shall I now worship Śiva, the granter of all desires?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.15) sa evaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā gatorbudamathācalam .. tapastepe jitakrodho japahomaparāyaṇaḥ .. 15 .. > Having made such a resolve, he then went to Mount Arbuda; / with anger conquered, intent on silent recitation and oblations, he performed austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.16) tasmai tuṣṭo mahādevo varṣāṇāmayute gate .. abravīdvarado'smīti tato'smai darśanaṃ dadau .. 16 .. > Mahādeva, pleased with him when ten thousand years had passed, / said, 'I am ready to grant a boon,' and then granted him a darśana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.17) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatte manasi vartate .. tava dāsyāmyahaṃ caṃdra yadyapi syātsudurllabham.. 17 .. > Īśvara said: / 'Choose a boon, hail to you, whatever is in your mind; / I shall grant it to you, O Moon, even though it may be very difficult to attain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.18) .. caṃdra uvāca.. .. vyādhikṣayaṃ suraśreṣṭha kuru me tripurāṃtaka .. yakṣmaṇā vyāpito deho mamāyaṃ ca jagatpate .. 18 .. > The Moon said: / 'Grant the destruction of my disease, O best of gods, O destroyer of Tripura! / For this body of mine is pervaded by pulmonary consumption, O lord of the world.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.19) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. dakṣaśāpena te caṃdra yakṣmā kāye vyavasthitaḥ .. na śakto hyanyathā kartuṃ śāpastasya mahātmanaḥ ..19.. > Īśvara said: / 'Due to Dakṣa's curse, O Moon, pulmonary consumption has settled in your body; / indeed, the curse of that great-souled one cannot be made otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.20) tasmāttvaṃ tasya tāḥ sarvāḥ kanyakā mama vākyataḥ .. niśākara samaṃ paśya tava vyādhirgamiṣyati .. 7.3.20.20 .. > Therefore, at my word, O night-maker, look with equality / upon all his daughters, and your disease shall depart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.21) kṛṣṇe kṣayaśca te caṃdra śukle vṛddhirbhaviṣyati .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te anyamiṣṭaṃ sudurllabham..21 .. > In the dark fortnight there will be your waning, O Moon, and in the bright fortnight your waxing. / Choose another boon, hail to you, whatever else you desire that is hard to attain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.22) .. caṃdra uvāca .. .. caṃdragrahe naro yo'tra somavāre ca śaṃkara .. bhaktyā snānaṃ karotyeva sa yātu paramāṃ gatim .. 22 .. > Candra said: / Whichever man performs ritual ablution with devotion here during a lunar eclipse / and on a Monday, O Śaṃkara, may he go to the highest state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.23) piṇḍadānena deveśa svargaṃ gacchaṃtu pūrvajāḥ .. prasādāttava deveśa tīrthaṃ bhavatu muktidam .. 23 .. > By offering rice balls, O Lord of gods, may his ancestors go to heaven. / By your grace, O Lord of gods, let this sacred ford grant liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.24) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. bhaviṣyaṃti naro'traiva vipāpmāno niśākara .. yasmātprabhā tvayā prāptā tīrthe'sminvimalodake.. 24 .. > Īśvara said: / Men shall indeed become freed from sin right here, O night-maker. / Because radiance was attained by you at this sacred ford of clear waters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.25) prabhāsatīrthaṃ vikhyātaṃ tasmādetadbhaviṣyati.. yatra somagrahe prāpte somavāre viśeṣataḥ .. 25 .. > therefore it will be celebrated as Prabhāsatīrtha. / Where, when a lunar eclipse occurs, especially on a Monday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.26) kariṣyaṃti narāḥ snānaṃ te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim .. ye'tra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti piṃḍadānaṃ tathā narāḥ .. .. 26 .. > men will perform ritual ablution, they shall go to the highest state. / The men who perform an ancestral rite here, and likewise offer rice balls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.27) gayāśrāddhasamaṃ puṇyaṃ teṣāṃ caṃdra bhaviṣyati .. tathā dānaṃ prakartavyaṃ soma lokairgrahe tava .. 27 .. > their merit, O Candra, will be equal to the ancestral rite at Gayā. / Likewise, gifts must be offered by people during your eclipse, O Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.28) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā virūpākṣastatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. candro'pi bubhuje sarvāḥ patnīśca dakṣasaṃbhavāḥ .. 28 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, the Odd-Eyed One vanished right there. / And Candra enjoyed all his wives born of Dakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.20.28\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20.28_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe caṃdraprabhāsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 20 .. .. > Thus, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the third Arbudakhaṇḍa, the twentieth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Candraprabhāsatīrtha." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.20.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.20) · Pramāṇa