[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) › 14.35 # Skandapurana 14.35 Skandapurāṇa 14.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. māmuhradamiti khyātaṃ tasminparvatarodhasi .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the sin-destroying sacred ford / known as Māmuhrada, on that mountain slope. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.2) tatra snāto naraḥ samyakchraddhāvānsusamāhitaḥ .. mucyate pātakairghoraiḥ pūrvajanmakṛtairapi .. 2 .. > A man who bathes there properly, full of faith and well concentrated, / is freed from dreadful sins, even those committed in a previous life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.3) tasya paścimadigbhāge liṃgamasti mahīpate .. sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ sthāpitaṃ mudgalena tu .. 3 .. > To the west of it, O lord of the earth, there is a liṅga / that grants all desires to mortals, installed by Mudgala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.4) snātvā māmuhrade puṇye yastalliṃgaṃ ca paśyati .. śuklapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ phālgune māsi mānavaḥ .. sa prāpnoti paraṃ śreyaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu durlabham .. 4 .. > A man who bathes in the holy Māmuhrada and sees that liṅga / on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Phālguna, / attains the highest good, hard to obtain in any sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.5) yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ mūrtimāśritaḥ .. pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam.. 5 .. > One who performs a śrāddha there, resorting to the southern form, / his ancestors are satisfied until the dissolution of all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.6) tatra dānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti nīvārāṇāṃ maharṣayaḥ .. śākamūlādibhiḥ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭidaṃ nṛpa .. 6 .. > There the great seers praise the gift of wild rice; / a śrāddha with herbs, roots, and the like brings satisfaction to the ancestors, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.7) .. yayātiruvāca .. .. māmuhradamiti vibho kathaṃ nāmā'bhavatpurā .. mudgalasyāśramaṃ brūhi mama sarvaṃ vidhānataḥ .. 7 .. .. > Yayāti said: / O lord, how did it come to be named Māmuhrada in the past? / Tell me all according to rule about Mudgala's hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.8) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tatrasthasya purā rājanmudgalasya mahātmanaḥ .. vimānaṃ varamādāya devadūtaḥ samāgataḥ .. 8 .. > Pulastya said: / In the past, O king, while the great-souled Mudgala resided there, / a messenger of the gods arrived, bringing an excellent aerial chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.9) so'bravīddevarājñāhaṃ preṣito munisattama .. tavārthāyā''ruhainaṃ tvaṃ vimānaṃ gamyatāṃ divi.. 9 .. > He said: 'O best of sages, I have been sent by the king of the gods / for your sake. Mount this aerial chariot; go to heaven!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.10) .. mudgala uvāca .. .. svargasya ye guṇā dūta ye ca doṣā prakīrtitāḥ ... tānme vada kariṣye'haṃ śrutvā vai yatkṣamaṃ bhavet.. 7.3.35.10 .. > Mudgala said: / 'O messenger, tell me the virtues of heaven and its faults that are proclaimed; / having heard them, I will do what is proper.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.11) brūhi tānsakalāndūta tvāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ tataḥ .. 11 .. > 'Tell them all to me, O messenger; then I will go with you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.12) .. devadūta uvāca.. .. alametena darpeṇa kriyatāṃ śakrajalpitam.. puṇyaiḥ svakairdvijaśreṣṭha samāgaccheridaṃ tataḥ .. 12 .. > The messenger of the gods said: / 'Enough of this pride! Let Indra’s bidding be done. / Through your own merits, O best of the twice-born, you must then come here.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.13) .. mudgala uvāca .. .. aśrutaistairna gacche'hametanme hṛdi niścitam .. kariṣye'haṃ tapo bhūri pūjayiṣye maheśvaram .. 13 .. > Mudgala said: / 'Without having heard them, I will not go; this is resolved in my heart. / I will perform vast austerity; I will worship Maheśvara.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.14) .. dūta uvāca .. .. na śaktaḥ svarguṇānvaktumapi varṣaśatairapi .. saṃkṣepātkathayiṣyāmi yadi te niścayaḥ paraḥ .. 14 .. > The messenger said: / 'Even in hundreds of years I am not able to speak of heaven's virtues. / I will tell you in brief, if your resolve is firm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45) naṃdanādīni ramyāṇi tatra devavanāni ca .. ananyasadṛśā bhogāḥ sadā tṛptirdvijottama ..45... > There are the delightful groves of the gods, Nandana and others, / matchless pleasures, and constant satisfaction, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_1) bubhukṣā naiva tṛṣṇā ca nidrālasye na ca prabho .. raṃbhādyapsaraso mukhyā gaṃdharvāstuṃbarādayaḥ .. ramayaṃti naraṃ tatra gītairnṛtyairanekaśaḥ .. 16 .. > There is no hunger, nor thirst, nor sleep or lethargy, O master; / principal apsarases such as Rambhā, and gandharvas such as Tumbaru, / delight a man there in many ways with songs and dances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_2) evaṃ ca vasate tatra janaḥ svarge tapodhana .. yāvatpuṇyakṣayastāvatpaścātpātamavāpnuyāt ..17.. > And so, O rich in austerity, a person dwells in heaven / as long as his merit lasts; afterwards he meets with a fall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_3) eka eva mune doṣaḥ svarloke pratibhāti me .. sa eva patanākhyastu svargiṇāṃ ca bhayāvahaḥ .. 18 .. > Only one fault appears to me in the world of heaven, O sage; / it is called falling, and it brings terror to the dwellers of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_4) na puṇyaṃ labhate tatra kartuṃ vipra kathaṃcana .. karmabhūmiriyaṃ brahmanbhogabhūmistu sā smṛtā .. 19 .. > There, O brahmin, one can in no way acquire merit; / this \[earth\] is the realm of action, O brahmin, but that is traditionally called the realm of enjoyment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_5) yadatra kriyate karma śubhaṃ tatropa bhujyate .. tathā dṛṣṭvā vimānasthānbhūridharmādisaṃyutān..7.3.35.20.. > Whatever good action is performed here is enjoyed there. / Likewise, seeing those seated in aerial chariots, endowed with abundant righteousness and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_6) bahutejonvitānsvarge hyalpapuṇyo dvijottama .. paścāttāpajaduḥkhena svargastho duḥkhitaḥ sadā .. 21 .. > endowed with great brilliance in heaven, one of little merit, O best of the twice-born, / is always miserable while dwelling in heaven, afflicted by the pain born of remorse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_7) na mayā sukṛtaṃ bhūri kṛtaṃ marttye kathaṃcana .. 22 .. > 'By me, no great good deed was done in the mortal world!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_8) tathā ca patamānāṃśca dṛṣṭvā cānyānsahasraśaḥ .. ātmanaśca mahadduḥkhaṃ jāyate ca tadadbhutam.. 23 .. > And likewise, seeing thousands of others falling, / a great and dreadful grief arises within oneself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_9) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ guṇadoṣasamudbhavam .. svargasaṃceṣṭitaṃ brahmankuruṣva yadabhīpsitam .. 24 .. > All this arising from merits and defects has been told to you, / the working of heaven, O brahmin; do whatever you desire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_10) .. mudgala uvāca .. .. patanasya bhayaṃ yatra puṇyahānirna varddhanam.. tena svargeṇa me dūta naiva kāryaṃ kathaṃcana.. 25.. > Mudgala said: / 'Where there is fear of falling, loss of merit and no increase, / I have no need of that heaven at all, O messenger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_11) vācyastvayā mamādeśāddevarājaḥ sphuṭaṃ vacaḥ.. kṣamyatāmaparādho me na svargāya spṛhā mama.. 26.. > By my command, you must speak plain words to the king of the gods: / "May my offense be forgiven; I have no longing for heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_12) tatkarmā'haṃ kariṣyāmi yena no patanādbhayam.. sādhayiṣyāmi tām̐llokānye sadā pātavarjitāḥ.. 27.. .. > I will perform that action by which there is no fear of falling; / I will attain those worlds that are forever free from falling."' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_13) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā nṛpaśreṣṭha mudgalaḥ svarganiḥspṛhaḥ .. sthitastatraiva nirataḥ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ .. 28 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, O best of kings, Mudgala, indifferent to heaven, / remained right there, devoted and intent on meditation upon Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_14) śrutvā dūto'pi śakrasya tasya vākyaṃ savistaram.. kathayāmāsa śakrasya taṃ bhūyaḥ so'bhyabhāṣata .. 29 .. > Having heard his words in detail, the messenger of Indra too / related them to Indra; he spoke to him once more: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_15) devadūtāpramāṇaṃ ca vimānaṃ hi tvayā kṛtam .. na kṛtaṃ kena citpūrvaṃ na kariṣyati kaścana .. 7.3.35.30 .. > '"You made the divine messenger and the aerial chariot disregarded; / this has never been done by anyone before, nor will anyone do it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_16) tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā balādānaya taṃ munim .. ānayasvānyathā śāpaṃ tava dāsyāmyasaṃśayam .. 31 . .. .. pulastya uvāca .. .. śakrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā devadūte bhayānvitaḥ .. prasthitaḥ satvaraṃ tatra mudgalo yatra tiṣṭhati .. 32 .. > Therefore, go there quickly and bring that sage by force! / Bring him, otherwise I will curse you, without a doubt!"' / Pulastya said: / Having heard Indra's words, the messenger of the gods, filled with fear, / set out swiftly to where Mudgala was staying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_17) mudgalo'pi vimānasthaṃ punardṛṣṭvā samāgatam .. māmuhrade praviśyātha vārayāmāsa taṃ tadā .. 33 .. > Seeing him arrived again, seated in the aerial chariot, / Mudgala then entered Māmuhrada and stopped him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_18) sa tasya vacanenaiva staṃbhito likhito yathā .. calituṃ naiva śaknoti prabhāvāttasya sanmuneḥ .. 34 .. > By his word alone, he was paralyzed like a painted figure; / he could not move at all, through the power of that noble sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_19) cirakālagataṃ jñātvā dūtaṃ tu tridaśādhipaḥ .. svayaṃ tatrāyayau kopādāruhyairāvaṇaṃ gajam .. 35 ... > Knowing that the messenger had been gone for a long time, the lord of the gods / came there himself in anger, riding on the elephant Airāvaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_20) atha dṛṣṭvā tadā dūtaṃ staṃbhitaṃ mudgalena tu .. vadhārthaṃ tūdyatastasya sa vajraṃ bhrāmayaṃstadā .. 36 .. > Then, seeing the messenger paralyzed by Mudgala, / he prepared to kill him, whirling his thunderbolt at that moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_21) etasminneva kāle tu utpātāstatra dāruṇāḥ .. apasavyaṃ mṛgāścakruḥ paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaśca ye .. tāndṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa mudgalo vismayānvitaḥ .. 37 .. > At that very time, dreadful portents occurred there; / deer, beasts, and birds moved to the left; / seeing them, Mudgala was filled with astonishment and reflected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_22) atha dṛṣṭvāṃbaragataṃ vajrodyatakaraṃ harim .. staṃbhayāmāsa taṃ sadyo dṛṣṭipātena mudgalaḥ .. 38 .. > Then, seeing Hari in the sky with his thunderbolt raised in his hand, / Mudgala instantly paralyzed him with a mere cast of his glance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_23) tatra śakraḥ stutiṃ cakre bhagnotsāho nṛpottama .. muñca māṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha yāsyāmi tridaśālayam .. 39 .. > There Śakra, his enthusiasm broken, uttered praise, O best of kings: / 'Release me, O best of brahmins! I will go to the abode of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_24) svarge vā yadi vā marttye tiṣṭha tvaṃ svecchayā dvija .. mayā kṛtaḥ samudyogo hitārthaṃ te mune hyayam .. 7.3.35.40 .. > Live at your own will, O twice-born, whether in heaven or on earth! / Indeed, this effort was made by me for your welfare, O sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_25) varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te nityaṃ yo manasi sthitaḥ .. taṃ te sarvaṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 41 .. > Choose a boon—may it be well with you—whatever is constantly in your mind. / I will grant all of that to you, even if it be very difficult to attain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_26) .. mudgala uvāca .. .. eṣa eva varaḥ ślāghyo yattvaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ sureśvara .. darśanaṃ te sahasrākṣa svapneṣvapi sudurlabham .. 42 .. > Mudgala said: / 'This alone is a praiseworthy boon, that you have been seen, O lord of the gods! / The darśana of you, O thousand-eyed one, is difficult to attain even in dreams. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_27) avaśyaṃ yadi me deyo varo vṛtraniṣūdana .. tvatprasādena me mokṣo jāyatāṃ śīghrameva hi .. 43 .. > If a boon must certainly be given to me, O slayer of Vṛtra, / then through your grace let liberation quickly arise for me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_28) mā mu hradaṃ samāgatya dūtaḥ prokto mayā yataḥ .. tato māmuhradamiti khyātiṃ yātu dharātale .. 44 .. > Since the messenger was told by me, having arrived at this pool, "Do not \[lead\] me!", / therefore let it become known as "Māmuhrada" on the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.45\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.45_29) tīrthametatsahasrākṣa sarva pāpapraṇāśanam .. atra snātvā divaṃ yāṃtu tvatprasādātsureśvara .. 45 .. > This sacred ford, O thousand-eyed one, destroys all sins. / Having bathed here, let \[men\] go to heaven through your grace, O lord of the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.46) piṇḍadānātparāṃ prītiṃ labhaṃtāṃ pitaro'tra hi .. 46 .. > And from the offering of the funeral ball here, let the ancestors attain supreme joy!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.47) .. indra uvāca .. .. māmuhradamiti khyātaṃ tīrthametadbhaviṣyati .. variṣṭhaṃ nātra sandeho matprasādādvijottama .. 47 .. > Indra said: / 'This sacred ford shall become renowned as Māmuhrada, / the most excellent—there is no doubt here—through my grace, O best of the twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.48) atra ye phālgune māsi paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitāḥ .. kariṣyaṃti punaḥ snānaṃ te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim .. 48 .. > Those who, being concentrated, will perform a ritual ablution here / on the full-moon day in the month of Phālguna, will go to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.49) piṇḍadānādgayātulyaṃ lapsyaṃte phalamuttamam .. puṇyadānaphalaṃ cātra saṃkhyāhīnaṃ dvijottama .. 49 .. > From the offering of a funeral ball they shall obtain the highest fruit, equal to Gayā, / and the fruit of giving gifts here is countless, O best of the twice-born.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.50) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā yayau svargaṃ dūtamādāya vajrabhṛt .. mudgalo'pi paraṃ brahma ciṃtayanhyaniśaṃ tataḥ .. 7.3.35.50 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, the thunderbolt-bearer went to heaven, taking the messenger. / Mudgala too, unceasingly meditating on the supreme Brahman from then on, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.51) śukladhyānaparo bhūtvā mokṣaṃ prāptastato'kṣayam .. 51 .. > and devoted to pure meditation, attained imperishable liberation thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.52) atra gāthā purā gītā nāradena mahātmanā .. bahuviprasamavāye parvatesminmahīpate .. 52 .. > Here a verse was sung of old by the great-souled Nārada / in an assembly of many brahmins on this mountain, O lord of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.53) māmu hrade naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā taṃ mudgaleśvaram .. iha bhuktvā'khilānkāmānante muktimavāpsyati .. etasmātkāraṇādrājanmāmuhradamiti smṛtam .. 53 .. > 'A man, having bathed in Māmuhrada and seen that Mudgaleśvara, / will enjoy all desires in this world and at the end attain liberation.' / For this reason, O king, it is remembered as Māmuhrada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.54) tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ lokaviśrutam .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. 54 .. > That sacred ford is the best of all sacred fords, renowned in the world; / therefore one should perform a ritual ablution there with every effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.55) mokṣakāmo viśeṣeṇa ya icchetparamaṃ padam .. caṇḍikāśramamāsādya kiṃ punaḥ paritapyate .. 55 .. > Especially one who desires liberation, who wishes for the supreme abode— / having reached the hermitage of Caṇḍikā, why would he suffer further? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.35.55\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35.55_30) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame'rbudakhaṇḍe māmuhradotpattivarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 35 .. > Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of Māmuhrada', in the first Arbuda section of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.35.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.7.p384) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.35) · Pramāṇa