[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) › 14.3 # Skandapurana 14.3 Skandapurāṇa 14.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śrutvā himācalo vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ.. cintayāmāsa tatkāryaṃ vivarasya prapūraṇe..1.. > Sūta said: / Having heard the word of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, Himācala / reflected on that task of filling the chasm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.2) ciraṃ vicārya tamṛṣimidamāha nagottamaḥ.. ka upāyo nagānāṃ vai tatra gaṃtuṃ vadasva me ..2.. > Having reflected for a long time, the best of mountains said this to the ṛṣi: / ‘Tell me, what means is there for mountains to go there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.3) pakṣacchedastu śakreṇa sarveṣāṃ ca purā kṛtaḥ .. tasmādasya muniśreṣṭha kāryasya paśya niścayam..3.. .. > For Indra cut off the wings of all \[mountains\] long ago. / Therefore, O best of sages, see the determination of this task.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.4) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. astyupāyo nagānāṃ tu tatra netuṃ mahānaga .. tavāyaṃ tanayastatra vikhyāto naṃdivarddhanaḥ ..4.. > Vasiṣṭha said: / There is a means, O great mountain, to convey mountains there: / this famous son of yours, Nandivardhana, is there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.5) tasyārbuda iti khpāto vayasyaḥ paramaṃ priyaḥ .. nāgaḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ khecaro'pi ca vīryavān ..5.. > He has an exceedingly dear friend known as Arbuda, / a serpent, the best of living beings, who moves through the sky and is mighty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.6) sa vā ūrdhvagatiḥ kṣipraṃ kṣaṇānneṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ .. līlayā sarvakṛtyeṣu taṃ viditvā'hamāgataḥ ..6.. > Possessing upward flight, he will quickly carry \[him\] in a moment, without a doubt. / Knowing that he is effortless in all tasks, I have come. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.7) ādeśo dīyatāmasya duḥkhaṃ kartuṃ ca nārhasi .. avaśyaṃ yadi bhakto'si tatra preṣaya satvaram..7.. > Let an order be given to him; you ought not to cause sorrow. / If you are truly devoted, send him there quickly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.8) ..sūta uvāca.. .. vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā himavānputravatsalaḥ .. duḥkhena mahatā''viṣṭaściṃtayāmāsa bhūdharaḥ ..8.. > Sūta said: / Hearing the words of Vasiṣṭha, Himavat, who loves his sons, / was overcome with great grief, and the mountain thought: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.9) mainākastanayo'smākaṃ praviṣṭaḥ sāgare bhayāt .. jyeṣṭhaṃ tu sarvathā cātha vasiṣṭho netumāgataḥ .. kiṃ kṛtyamadhunā'smākaṃ kathaṃ śreyo bhaviṣyati .. 9 .. > ‘Our son Maināka has entered the ocean out of fear; / and now Vasiṣṭha has come to take away the eldest by all means. / What is our duty now? How will welfare arise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.10) itaḥ śāpabhayaṃ tīvramito duḥkhaṃ ca putrajam.. varaṃ putraviyogo'stu na śāpo dvijasaṃbhavaḥ .. 7.3.3.10 .. > On this side is the fierce fear of a curse; on that side is the sorrow born of \[losing\] a son. / Better that separation from a son should occur, not a curse born of a twice-born.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.11) sa evaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā naṃdivardhanamuktavān .. gaccha tvaṃ putra me vākyādvasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ prati .. 11 .. > Having thus made a decision, he said to Nandivardhana: / ‘Go, my son, at my word, toward the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.12) tatrāsti vivaro raudrastaṃ prapūraya satvaram .. arbudaṃ nāgamādāya mitraṃ prāṇabhṛtāṃ varam .. 12 .. > A dread chasm is there; fill it quickly, / taking the serpent Arbuda, your friend, the best of living beings.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.13) .. naṃdivarddhana uvāca .. .. pāpīyānsa vibho deśaḥ phalamūlairvivarjitaḥ .. pālāśaiḥ khādirairāḍhyo dhavaiḥ śālmalibhistathā .. 13 .. > Nandivardhana said: / ‘O lord, that region is very wretched, devoid of fruits and roots, / full of palāśa, khadira, dhava, and śālmali trees.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.14) suniṣṭhurairnṛpaśubhirbhillaiśca vividhairapi .. nadyo vahaṃti no tatra duṣṭā lokāśca vāsinaḥ .. nārho'haṃ parvataśreṣṭha tatra gaṃtuṃ kathaṃcana .. 14 .. > with extremely cruel human-beasts and various Bhils. / No rivers flow there, and wicked are the people dwelling there. / I am not fit, O best of mountains, to go there under any circumstances." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.15) athovāca vasiṣṭhastaṃ saṃtrastaṃ naṃdivarddhanam .. mā bhīḥ kāryā tvayā tatra deśe dauṣṭyātkathaṃcana .. 15 .. > Then Vasiṣṭha spoke to the terrified Nandivardhana: / "You must not have any fear on account of the wickedness in that country. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.16) tava mūrdhni sadā vāso mama tatra bhaviṣyati .. tīrthāni sarito devāḥ puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .. 16 .. > My abode will always be there upon your head, / as will sacred fords, rivers, deities, and sacred shrines. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.17) vṛkṣāśca vividhākārāḥ patrapuṣpaphalānvitāḥ .. sadā tatra bhaviṣyaṃti mṛgāśca vihagāḥ śubhāḥ .. 17 .. > Trees of various forms, endowed with leaves, flowers, and fruits, / and auspicious beasts and birds will always be there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.18) ahamevānayiṣyāmi tavārthe ca maheśvaram .. tadā sthāsyaṃti vai tatra sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. .. 18 .. > I myself will bring Maheśvara for your sake; / then all the gods, along with Indra, will indeed dwell there." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.19) .. sūta uvāca .. .. vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutva saṃhṛṣṭo naṃdivarddhanaḥ .. arbudaṃ nāgamāsādya vākyametaduvāca ha .. 19 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard the words of Vasiṣṭha, Nandivardhana rejoiced, / approached the serpent Arbuda, and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.20) tatra yāvo'dya bhadraṃ te vayasya vinayānvita .. etatkāryamahaṃ manye sāṃprataṃ dvijasaṃbhavam .. 7.3.3.20 .. > "Let us two go there today, may all be well with you, O humble friend! / I consider this deed, arising for the sake of the twice-born, \[to be done\] right now." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.21) .. arbuda uvāca .. .. ahaṃ tatrāgamiṣyāmi snehātte parvatātmaja .. tatraiva ca vasiṣyāmi tvayā sārddhamasaṃśayam.. 21 .. > Arbuda said: / "I will come there out of love for you, O son of the mountain! / And I will reside right there together with you, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.22) kiṃ tvahaṃ praṇayādbhrātarvakṣyāmi yadvacaḥ śṛṣu .. praṇayānnānyathā kāryaṃ yadyahaṃ tava saṃmataḥ .. 22 .. > However, my brother, hear the request which I will make out of affection; / out of affection it should not be disregarded, if I am dear to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.23) mannāmnā khyātimāyātu nānyatkiṃcidvṛṇomyaham.. tataḥ so'pi pratijñāya ārūḍhastasya copari .. praṇamya pitarau caiva pratasthe muninā saha .. 23 .. > May \[the place\] attain renown by my name; I choose nothing else." / Then he too, having promised, mounted upon him, / and, bowing to both his parents, set out with the sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.24) divyairvṛkṣaiḥ śubhaiḥ pūrṇairnadīnirjharasaṃkulaiḥ .. madhurairvihagairyukto mṛgaiḥ saumyaiḥ samanvitaḥ .. 24 .. > Filled with divine, auspicious trees, crowded with rivers and waterfalls, / accompanied by melodious birds, endowed with gentle beasts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.25) mukto'rbudena tatraiva vivare munivākyataḥ .. samastastatrānāsāgraṃ gataḥ parvatasattamaḥ .. 25 .. > the best of mountains, completely \[filling it\] up to the rim of its nose, / was set down into the chasm right there by Arbuda, upon the word of the sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.26) vimukto vivare tasminnarbudena mahātmanā .. paripūrṇe mahāraudre saṃtuṣṭo munipuṃgavaḥ .. 26 .. > When it was released into that chasm by the noble-minded Arbuda, / and the terrible \[chasm\] was completely filled, the best of sages was delighted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.27) bravīccārbudaṃ nāgaṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata .. parituṣṭo'smi te bhadra karmaṇānena pannaga .. 27 .. > He said to the serpent Arbuda: "Choose a boon, O one of noble vows! / I am well-pleased with you, O serpent, on account of this deed, auspicious one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.28) .. arbuda uvāca .. .. eṣa eva varo'smākaṃ yattvaṃ tuṣṭo mahāmune .. avaśyaṃ yadi dātavyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva dvijottama .. 28 .. > Arbuda said: / "This alone is a boon for us, that you are pleased, O great sage! / If it must certainly be given, then listen, O best of the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.29) yaccaitacchikhare hyasminnirjharaṃ nirmalodakam .. nāgatīrthamiti khyātiṃ bhūtale yātu sarvataḥ .. 29 .. > Let whatever spring of clear water is on this peak / attain renown everywhere on the face of the earth as Nāgatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.30) atraivāhaṃ vasiṣyāmi mitrasnehātsadā mune .. tatra snātvā divaṃ yātu mānavastvatprasādataḥ .. 7.3.3.30 .. > I shall dwell right here always, O sage, out of love for my friend. / Having bathed there, may a human go to heaven by your grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.31) api vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī snānamātraṃ samācaret.. sā syātputravatī vipra sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyutā .. 31 .. > Even a barren woman who merely performs a ritual ablution, / let her become endowed with a son, O brahmin, and possessing happiness and good fortune." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.32) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. yā vaṃdhyāsmiñjale pūrṇe snānamātraṃ kariṣyati .. sāpi putramavāpnoti sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. 32 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / "A barren woman who merely performs a ritual ablution in this full water, / she too shall obtain a son endowed with all auspicious marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.33) nabhasaḥ śuklapaṃcamyāṃ phalaiḥ pūjāṃ karoti ca .. api varṣaśatā nārī sā bhaviṣyati putriṇī .. 33 .. > And on the bright fifth day of Śrāvaṇa, if she worships with fruits, / even a woman of a hundred years will become possessed of sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.34) ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti hyasmiṃstīrthe ca bhaktitaḥ .. yāsyaṃti te paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 34 .. > Those who perform a ritual ablution here at this sacred ford with devotion, / they will go to the supreme abode, free from old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.35) śrāddhaṃ cātra kariṣyaṃti paṃcamyāṃ ye samāhitāḥ .. māse nabhasi tīrthasya phalaṃ teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati .. 35 .. > And those who, attentive, perform a ancestral rite here on the fifth day / in the month of Śrāvaṇa, will attain the fruit of the sacred ford." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.36) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ dattvā varaṃ tasya vasiṣṭho bhagavānmuniḥ .. naṃdivarddhanamabhyetya vākyametaduvāca ha .. 36 .. > Sūta said: / Having thus granted him a boon, the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha / approached Nandivardhana and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.37) varaṃ ca vriyatāṃ vatsa parituṣṭo'smi te'nagha .. vinayātsauhṛdātsarvaṃ dāsyāmi yatsudurllabham.. 37 .. > "Choose a boon, child; I am pleased with you, sinless one. / Out of \[your\] humility and affection, I will grant whatever is extremely difficult to obtain." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.38) .. naṃdivarddhana uvāca .. .. tavāstu vacanaṃ satyaṃ pūrvoktaṃ munisattama .. sāṃnidhyaṃ jāyatāmatra avaśyaṃ tava sarvadā .. 38 .. > Nandivardhana said: / "Let your word spoken previously be true, O best of sages; / let your presence certainly remain here forever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.39) yathāhamarbudetyevaṃ khyātiṃ gacchāmi bhūtale .. prasādāccaiva te bhūyādetanme manasi sthitam .. 39 .. > And let it be so that I attain renown on the face of the earth as Arbuda; / by your grace, may this be, which rests in my heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.40) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamastviti taṃ procya vasiṣṭho bhagavānmuniḥ .. cakre svamāśramaṃ tatra tasya vākyena noditaḥ .. 7.3.3.40 .. > Sūta said: / Saying to him, "So be it," the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha, / impelled by his word, made his hermitage there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.41) panasaiścaṃpakairāmraiḥ priyaṃgubilvadāḍimaiḥ .. nānāpakṣisamāyukto devagandharvasevitaḥ .. 41 .. > Abounding in jackfruit, campaka, mango, priyaṅgu, bilva, and pomegranate trees, / filled with various birds, frequented by gods and gandharvas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.42) tasthau tatra muniśreṣṭho hyaruṃdhatyā samanvitaḥ .. gomatīmānayāmāsa tapasā munisattamaḥ .. 42 .. > there the best of sages dwelt, together with Arundhatī. / The best of sages brought the Gomatī through austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.43) yasyāṃ snātvā divaṃ yāṃti atipāpakṛto narāḥ .. māghamāse viśeṣeṇa makarasthe divākare .. 43 .. > bathing in which even men who have committed extreme sins go to heaven, / especially in the month of Māgha when the sun stands in Capricorn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.44) yetra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim ..44.. > Those who perform a ritual ablution here will attain the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.45) māghamāse viśeṣeṇa tiladānaṃ karoti yaḥ .. tilasaṃkhyāni varṣāṇi svarge tiṣṭhati mānavaḥ .. 45 .. > Whoever especially gives a gift of sesame seeds in the month of Māgha, / that human remains in heaven for as many years as the number of sesame seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.46) bahunā kimihoktena stānamātraṃ samācaret .. 46 .. > What need is there of saying much here? One should merely perform a ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.47) vasiṣṭhasya mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā punarjanma na vidyate .. aruṃdhatī pūjanīyā pūjanīyā viśeṣataḥ .. 47 .. > Upon seeing the face of Vasiṣṭha, there is no rebirth. / Arundhatī is to be worshipped, especially to be worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.3.47\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3.47_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe vasiṣṭhājñayā nandivardhanaparvatena vivarapūraṇavarṇanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ..3 .. > Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Description of the Filling of the Chasm by Mount Nandivardhana by the Command of Vasiṣṭha,' in the Arbudakhaṇḍa, the third \[part\] in the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[part\] of the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the 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.14.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.3) · Pramāṇa