[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) › 15.3 # Skandapurana 15.3 Skandapurāṇa 15.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.1) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. aho brahmaṇyadevasya kṛṣṇasyāmitatejasaḥ .. mahimā yadayaṃ naiva mṛṣā cakre munervacaḥ .. 1 .. > The seers said: > “Ah, the majesty of Kṛṣṇa of boundless splendor, the deity kind to brahmins, > since he in no way rendered false the seer's word! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.2) tena cakre na roṣaṃ sa setupālo janārdanaḥ .. bhṛgoryaścaraṇāghātaṃ dadhāra hṛdi lāñchanam .. 2 .. > Therefore Janārdana, the protector of order, bore no anger; > he who bore the kick of Bhṛgu’s foot upon his chest as an adornment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.3) sā tu devī kathaṃ tena preyasā viprayojitā .. ekākinī sthitā tatra kathyatāmasureśvara .. 3 .. > Yet how did that goddess, separated from her beloved, > remain there alone? Tell \[us\], O lord of the Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.4) utkaṇṭhitā ati vayaṃ śrotuṃ dvāravatīṃ mudā .. idamādau bubhutsāmaścittakhedāpanuttaye .. 4 .. > We are exceedingly eager to hear with joy about Dvāravatī; > we wish to learn this first, for dispelling distress of mind.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.5) .. prahlāda uvāca .. ... śrūyatāmṛṣayaḥ sarve gadato mama vistarāt .. yathā śāpodbhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ mumoca harivallabhā ..5.. > Prahlāda said: > “Listen, all seers, as I speak in detail > of how the beloved of Hari relinquished the sorrow born of the curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.6) atha durvāsasaḥ śāpamavāpyāruntudaṃ tadā.. yādavendrasya gṛhiṇī sahasā paryadevayat ..6.. .. > Then, having incurred the agonising curse of Durvāsas, > the mistress of the lord of the Yādavas immediately lamented: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.7) .. rukmiṇyuvāca .. .. kalyāṇī bata vāṇīyaṃ laukikī saṃvibhāvyate .. kūpake caiva sindhau ca pramāṇānnādhikaṃ jalam .. 7 .. > Rukmiṇī said: > ‘Ah, this worldly saying is rightly understood as auspicious: > in a small well as in the ocean, water does not exceed its measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.8) yāsāhaṃ bhūribhāgyā vai prāpya nāthaṃ jagatpatim.. iyamekākinī jātā paulastyāddevahelanāt .. 8 .. > I, who, being of great fortune, attained the protector, the lord of the universe, > have become this solitary one through slighting a god, just like \[Sītā\] from the descendant of Pulastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.9) kva maṃgalālayaḥ śrīmānanavadyaguṇo hariḥ .. alpapuṇyā susaṃbādhā kāminī kvāticañcalā .. 9 .. > Where is Hari, the abode of auspiciousness, glorious, endowed with flawless virtues, > and where am I, a woman of little merit, exceedingly distressed, and most fickle? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.10) tathāpi ghaṭayāmāsa dhātā vaṃcanakovidaḥ .. vidhānamaśubhāyā me viyogaviṣamavyatham .. 7.4.3.10 .. > Even so, the Creator, skilled in deceit, > arranged for unblest me the decree whose pain is the poison of separation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.11) anyathā varṇaguravaḥ snātāstraividyavartmani .. kathaṃ nu śaptumarhanti svayaṃ khinnāmanāgasam .. 11 .. > Otherwise, how could the teachers of the classes, bathed in the path of the three Vedas, > ever be fit to curse me, who was weary herself and innocent? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.12) vidadhe vajramayaṃ tu kiṃ nvidaṃ hṛdayaṃ me'tikaṭhorameva hi .. śatadhā na vidīryate yato virahe durviṣahe madhudviṣaḥ .. 12 .. > Did \[the Creator\] indeed fashion this heart of mine out of adamantine thunderbolt, so very hard, > since it does not shatter into a hundred pieces in the unbearable separation from the enemy of Madhu? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.13) adhikṛtya suduścaraṃ tapaḥ pratilabdhaḥ prathamaṃ mayātmajaḥ .. tanayena vinākṛtā'pyahaṃ na mṛtā paṃcasu vāsareṣviha .. 13 .. > Having undertaken severe austerity, a son was first obtained by me; > yet, deprived of that son, I did not die within five days in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.14) upalabhya sudāruṇāmimāmapi pīḍāmavitāsmyahaṃ tadā .. yadidaṃ vidhunoti kalmaṣaṃ khalu tanmāṃ samupetya lakṣavṛddhim .. 14 .. > Having experienced even this very severe affliction, I shall be preserved then, > because this sin, which surely shakes me, has reached a hundred-thousand-fold increase. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.15) iti sā'tivilapya duḥkhitārthā kurarītulyatayā śuśoca vegāt .. viraheṇa vighūrṇitāśayā dvijaśāpāpahatā mumūrccha sadyaḥ .. 15 .. > Having thus lamented exceedingly, being afflicted, she grieved violently like an osprey; > her mind reeling with separation, struck by the twice-born's curse, she fainted at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.16) atha durvāsasā śaptā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā .. mūrcchanāmāpa tatraiva hyājagāma payonidhiḥ .. 16 .. > Then, cursed by Durvāsas, Rukmiṇī, the beloved of Kṛṣṇa, > fell into a swoon right there, and the Ocean of Waters arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.17) sudhāśīkaragarbheṇa padmakiṃjalkavāyunā .. nyavījayadimāṃ devīṃ rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇavallabhām.. 17 .. > With a breeze from the lotus-filaments holding drops of nectar, > he fanned this goddess Rukmiṇī, the beloved of Kṛṣṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.18) etasminnantare tatra vyomamārgeṇa nāradaḥ .. gāyanguṇānbhagavato vīṇāpāṇiḥ samāgataḥ .. 18 .. > In the meantime, Nārada, holding a vīṇā in his hand, > came through the celestial path, singing the praises of the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.19) sa dṛṣṭvā siṃdhunā''śvāsyamānāṃ viśvasya mātaram .. avatīrya śrutakatho bodhayāmāsa nāradaḥ .. 19 .. > Seeing the mother of the universe being comforted by the Ocean, > Nārada, having descended, having heard the account, awakened her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.20) .. nārada uvāca .. .. mā khedaṃ deva deveśi devi tvadadhipe patau .. dūrīkṛte vipraśāpātkuru kalyāṇi dhīratām .. 7.4.3.20 .. > Nārada said: > Do not grieve, O goddess, queen of gods, O divine one, over your lord and husband / being separated from you by the curse of a brahmin; take courage, O auspicious one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.21) tvaṃ hi sākṣādbhagavatī kṛṣṇaśca puruṣottamaḥ .. avatīrṇo dharābhāramapanetuṃ yadṛcchayā .. 21 .. > For you are the Goddess incarnate, and Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person, / descended by his own free will to remove the earth's burden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.22) devo hyasau paraṃ brahma sadā'nirviṇṇamānasaḥ .. māyāśaktistvametasya sargasthityantakāriṇaḥ .. 22 .. > For this god is the supreme Brahman, whose mind is ever unperturbed; / and you are the power of illusion belonging to him, the maker of creation, preservation, and dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.23) saṃhṛtya nikhilaṃ śete yayā'sau kalayā svarāṭ .. tadāpi na viyujyeta tvayā viśvapatiḥ prabhuḥ .. 23 .. > Even when, having drawn everything back in, that self-ruling lord sleeps by his portion, / even then the almighty lord of the universe is never separated from you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.24) aviyuktastvayā nityaṃ devadevo jagatpatiḥ .. līlāvatāreṣvetasya sarveṣu tvaṃ sahāyinī .. 24 .. > The god of gods, the lord of the world, is never separated from you; / in all his playful incarnations, you are his companion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.25) yogaṃ viyogaṃ ca tathā na yātyeṣa tvayā'naghe .. viḍaṃbayati bhūtānāmupakārāya ceśvaraḥ .. 25 .. > O sinless one, he undergoes neither union nor separation from you; / the Lord merely feigns this for the benefit of living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.26) ārādhanīyāḥ satataṃ bhūdevā bhūtimīpsatā .. prakopanīyā naivaite tattvajñā hi tapasvinaḥ .. 26 .. > One who desires prosperity should always honor the gods on earth; / these ascetics who know the truth must never be angered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.27) ityevaṃ śikṣayam̐llokaṃ viyogaṃ te'numanyate .. muni śāpāddhariḥ sākṣādgūḍhaḥ kapaṭamānuṣaḥ .. 27.. > Thus instructing the world, Hari, directly manifest though disguised as a human, / accepts separation from you because of a sage's curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.28) api smarasi kalyāṇi jāto raghukule svayam.. lokānugrahamanvicchanbhūbhāraharaṇotsukaḥ .. 28 .. > Do you not remember, O auspicious one, when he was born himself into Raghu's clan, / seeking to show grace to the world and eager to remove the earth's burden? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.29) taṃ hariṃ jagatāmīśaṃ rukmiṇi tvaṃ na vetsi kim.. prāṇebhyo'pi garīyāṃsamayaṃ devaḥ sa eva hi .. 29 .. > Do you not recognize that Hari, the lord of the worlds, O Rukmiṇī, / who is dearer to you than life itself? This god is indeed that very one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.30) yenedaṃ pūritaṃ viśvaṃ bahirantaśca suvrate .. asaṃgasya vibhoḥ saṃgaḥ kathaṃ syāditi manmatiḥ .. 7.4.3.30 .. > By him this whole universe is pervaded inside and out, O lady of good vows; / how could there be attachment or detachment for that all-pervading, unattached Lord? Such is my thought. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.31) tayā tvayā niyukto'sāviti pratyemi sarvaśaḥ .. tadvimuñcā''dhimatyarthamātmānamanusaṃsmara.. prasīda mātaḥ saṃdhehi dhīratāṃ svamanīṣayā .. 31 .. > I fully understand that he was directed by you in this way. / Therefore abandon this excessive mental anguish and remember your true self. / Be gracious, O Mother; compose yourself with courage through your own wisdom! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.32) iti bruvati devarṣāvavasāne nadīpatiḥ .. provāca vacanaṃ tasyai vācā mṛdusuvarṇayā .. 32 .. .. > When the celestial seer had spoken thus to the end, the lord of rivers / addressed words to her in a gentle and charming voice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.33) .. samudra uvāca .. .. yadāha devi devarṣirnatvā tvāṃ satyameva tat .. gīyase tvaṃ hi vedeṣu nityaṃ viṣṇuḥ sahāyinī .. 33 .. > The Ocean said: > What the celestial seer has said, having bowed to you, O goddess, is entirely true; / for you are sung in the Vedas as the eternal companion of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.34) paraḥ pumāneva nirastavigraho gūḍho'dhipaste vidadhāti bhūyaḥ .. viśvaṃ vyavasthāpayati svarociṣā tvayā sahāyena bibharti mūrtim .. 34 .. > The Supreme Person himself, devoid of material form, your hidden lord, creates again and again; / he orders the universe by his own light, and bearing a form, has you as his companion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.35) tadeṣa parikhedaste na manāgapi yujyate .. vakṣaḥsthalasthā bhavatī nityaṃ śrīvatsalakṣmaṇaḥ .. 35 .. > Therefore, this grief of yours is not at all appropriate, / since you dwell eternally on the chest of the one marked with the śrīvatsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.36) iyaṃ bhāgīrathī devī madādeśādupāgatā .. vinodayiṣyatyaniśaṃ tvāṃ hi devi śarīriṇī .. 36 .. > This divine goddess Bhāgīrathī, who has arrived at my command, / will constantly divert you, O goddess, in bodily form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.37) etasyāḥ syānmṛdu svādu payaḥ pūropaśobhitam .. pradeśo'yamaśeṣo'pi bhavitā tvatsukhapradaḥ .. 37 .. > Her water shall be soft and sweet, adorned with overflowing streams; / this entire region shall bring about your happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.38) nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nikuṃjairupaśobhitam .. mātaṃgaiśca samājuṣṭaṃ maṃjuguṃjanmadhuvratam.. 38 .. > Abounding in various trees and creepers, adorned with bowers, / frequented by elephants, with bees sweetly humming, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.39) navapallavabhaṅgībhiḥ kusumastabakaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. phalairamṛtakalpaiśca maṃjarī rājibhistathā .. 39 .. > with the graceful curves of fresh sprouts, with auspicious clusters of blossoms, / with fruits akin to nectar, and likewise with rows of flower-spikes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.40) naṃdanasya śriyā juṣṭaṃ manonayananandanam.. vanaṃ ramyataraṃ cātra hyacireṇa bhaviṣyati .. 7.4.3.40 .. > endowed with the splendor of the Nandana garden, delighting mind and eye, / a most delightful forest will very soon arise here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.41) tvayā saṃbodhanīyāḥ sma vayaṃ mātaḥ sadaiva hi .. agamyarūpā vidyā tvamasmābhirbodhyase katham .. 41 .. > It is we who ought always to be enlightened by you, O Mother; / how can you, knowledge whose form is incomprehensible, be instructed by us? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.42) tadā vāmanujānīhi prasīda parameśvari .. namaste viśvajanani bhūyo 'pi ca namonamaḥ .. 42 .. > Therefore give us leave; be gracious, O supreme goddess! / Homage to you, mother of the universe; again and again, homage, homage! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.43) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. evamuktvā jagaddhātrīṃ jagmatustau yathāgatam .. ājagāma ca tatraiva devī bhāgīrathī svayam .. 43 .. > Prahlāda said: > Having spoken thus to the mother of the world, those two departed as they had come; / and there the goddess Bhāgīrathī herself arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.44) vanaṃ samabhavattatra divyabhūruhasevitam .. sevyaṃ samastalokānāṃ phalapuṣpasamṛddhimat ... 44 .. > A forest arose there, frequented by celestial trees, / worthy to be resorted to by all people, rich in fruits and flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.45) prasādena ca bhūtānāṃ gaṃgā'śeṣāghahāriṇī .. bhūṣayāmāsa taddeśaṃ sā ca viṣṇupadī sarit .. 45.. > And by her grace toward living beings, the Gaṅgā, who removes all sin, / that river flowing from the foot of Viṣṇu, adorned that region. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.46) devo ca munivākyena gaṃgāyāśca vinodanāt .. saundaryā tasya deśasya kiñcitsvāsthyamavāpa ha .. 46 .. > And the goddess, through the sage's words, the diversion of the Gaṅgā, / and the beauty of that region, attained a measure of peace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.47) atha viṣṇupadīṃ devīṃ śrutvā sāgarasaṃgatām .. itastataḥ samājagmuḥ śraddadhānāḥ payasvinīm ..47.. > Then, hearing of that divine river flowing from the foot of Viṣṇu, joined to the ocean, / devout people came from here and there to that milk-sweet stream. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.48) dvārakāvāsinaścaiva janāḥ kānanaśobhayā .. hṛṣṭacittāḥ samājagmuraniśaṃ rukmiṇīvanam ..48.. > And the inhabitants of Dvārakā, their hearts delighted by the beauty of the woods, / came continually to the forest of Rukmiṇī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.49) śrutvā tadakhilaṃ sarvaṃ durvāsāḥ śāṃbhavī kalā .. cukopa smayamānaśca bhūya etadabhāṣata .. 49 .. > Hearing all that, Durvāsas, a portion of Śiva, / grew enraged and, smiling \[bitterly\], spoke this further: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.50) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. kaḥ prabhustriṣu lokeṣu mahyaṃ vacanamanyathā .. vidhātumapi devānāmādyo lokapitāmahaḥ .. 7.4.3.50 .. > Durvāsas said: > Who in the three worlds has the power to alter my word, / even the first of the gods, the grandfather of the worlds? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.51) kiṃ na jānāti loko'yaṃ mayi roṣakaṣāyite .. śakraṃ prati tribhuvanaṃ bhraṣṭaśrīkamabhūttadā ..51 .. > Does this world not know that when I am red-eyed with wrath, / the three worlds, beginning with Indra, lost their splendor? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.52) mama śāpamavijñāya nandanapratime vane .. kathaṃ sā rukmiṇī tatra ramate janasevite .. 52 .. > Ignoring my curse, how can that Rukmiṇī / delight there in a grove like Nandana, frequented by people? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.53) tadete taravaḥ sarve saṃtvabhojyaphalā nṛṇām .. vibhraṣṭasarvasaubhāgyāḥ kusumastabakojjhitāḥ .. 53 .. > Therefore let all these trees bear fruits inedible to men; / let them be stripped of all beauty and devoid of flower clusters! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.54) iyaṃ tu śāpanirdagdhā haracūḍāmaṇiḥ sarit .. vāryasyāḥ syādapeyaṃ tu naiveha sthātumarhati ..54.. > And this river, the crest-jewel of Hara, consumed by my curse, / its water shall become undrinkable, and it ought not to remain here at all! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.55) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. tadā sarvamabhūttatra yadyadāha ca vai muniḥ .. vāci vīryaṃ hi viprāṇāṃ nirmitaṃ viṣṇunā svayam .. 55 .. > Prahlāda said: > Then everything happened there just as the sage had said; / for the power in the speech of brahmins was fashioned by Viṣṇu himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.56) sā tu devī tathā vṛttamavekṣya bhṛśaduḥkhitā .. mene duratyayaṃ daivamāpatattatpunaḥpunaḥ .. 56 .. > Seeing what had occurred, the goddess was deeply sorrowful; / she considered fate to be insurmountable as it struck again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.57) tatastu sā viniścitya maraṇaṃ duḥkhabheṣajam .. uttarīyāṃbareṇaiva bahiḥ kiñcitprabaddhya tu .. ...57.. > Thereupon, having resolved upon death as the remedy for sorrow, / she tied her upper garment \[to a branch\] outside, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.58) athāvabudhya tatsarvaṃ sarvabhūtaguhāśayaḥ .. tāṃ jñātvā satvaraṃ cā''gātsuparṇena dayānidhiḥ ..58 .. > Then, realizing all that, the dweller in the secret cave of all beings, / knowing her \[intent\], came swiftly on Suparṇa, that ocean of compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.59) dadarśa tādṛśīṃ devīṃ kaṇṭhapāśakarāṃ vibhuḥ .. adhastāttaruśākhāyāṃ nimīlitavilocanām .. 59 .. > The Lord beheld the goddess in such a state, making a noose around her neck / beneath the branch of a tree, her eyes closed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.60) vibhraṣṭabhūṣaṇagaṇāṃ kṛśadehavallīṃ mlānānanāṃbujarucaṃ maraṇe prasaktām .. mene sa vigrahavatīṃ karuṇāṃ kṛpālustāṃ saukhyadāṃ guṇavatīṃ praṇatārtihantrīm .. 7.4.3.60 .. > her ornaments cast aside, her vine-like body emaciated, the luster of her lotus face faded, intent on death; / the compassionate one regarded that virtuous lady, giver of happiness and destroyer of distress in those bowed to her, as compassion itself incarnate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.61) saṃśrutya sā'pi patagādhipate ravaṃ vai pronmīlya netrakamale'tha dadarśa kṛṣṇam .. sāmanyata trikavivartitalocanābjaṃ prāptaṃ tamiṣṭasuhṛdaṃ nijajīvanātham .. 61 .. > Hearing the cry of the lord of birds, she opened her lotus eyes and beheld Kṛṣṇa; / turning her lotus eyes toward him, she recognized that beloved friend and lord of her life who had arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.62) sā romaharṣavivaśā trapayā parītā kopānurāgakaluṣā kṛtavipralāpā .. saṃvarddhitadviguṇaśokabharā ca devī nānārasaṃ bata dṛśorviṣayaṃ prapede .. 62 .. > Helpless with horripilation, overcome with shame, turbid with anger and affection, lamenting aloud, / and with the burden of her grief doubled and redoubled, the goddess became an object of manifold emotions before his eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.63) tasyāḥ sasādhvasavisargacikīrṣitāyāḥ pāśaṃ vyapohya karacāru saroruheṇa .. ādāya pāṇimamṛtopamayā ca vācā saṃjīvayannidamudāramudājahāra .. 63 .. > As she sought to cast off \[her life\] in terror, he removed the noose with his lotus-like hand, / and taking her hand, reviving her with words resembling nectar, spoke this noble utterance: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.64) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. kimetatsāhasaṃ bhīru cikīrṣatyavicāritam .. nanu devi mamācakṣva kiṃ nu te khedakāraṇam .. 64 .. > The venerable Kṛṣṇa said: / 'What is this rash act that you wish to do without reflection, O timid one? / Indeed, tell me, O goddess: what is the cause of your sorrow? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.65) tvaṃ vidyā'haṃ paro bodhastvaṃ māyā ceśvarastvaham .. tvaṃ ca buddhirahaṃ jīvo viyogaḥ kathamāvayoḥ .. 65 .. > You are knowledge, I am supreme consciousness; you are Māyā and I am Īśvara; / you are the intellect, and I am the individual soul: how could there be separation between us two? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.66) tvayā vimohitātmāno bhrāmyantyajabhavādayaḥ .. sā kathaṃ kṣubhyasi tvaṃ tu kiṃ svadhāma na budhyase .. 66 .. > Deluded in soul by you, Brahmā, Śiva, and the others wander about. / As such, why do you become agitated? Do you not recognize your own nature? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.67) tvayā hi baddhā ṛṣayaste carantīha karmabhiḥ .. tāṃ tvāṃ kathamṛṣiḥ śaptuṃ śaknuyādvaravarṇini .. 67 .. > Bound by you, indeed, those seers wander here through their actions. / How could a seer be able to curse you, O fair-complexioned one? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.68) śikṣārthaṃ tviha lokānāmevaṃ me devi ceṣṭitam .. manmāyayā samāviṣṭaḥ kurute vivaśaḥ pumān .. paśya kopaparītātmā yaḥ sa śānto munīśvaraḥ .. 68 .. > Yet this conduct of mine here is for instructing the worlds, O goddess: / possessed by my Māyā, a person acts helplessly. / Behold that lord of sages, who was tranquil, \[now\] filled with anger!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.69) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. so'bhyetya bhaktinamro'tha durvāsā munisattamaḥ .. vicārya manasā sarvaṃ paścāttāpānupāśrayat .. 69 .. > Prahlāda said: / Then Durvāsas, the best of sages, approached, bowed in devotion; / reflecting upon everything in his mind, he resorted to repentance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.70) kiṃ mayā kṛtamityuktvā tatsamīpamupāgamat .. apatadviluṭhanbhūmau daṇḍavaccāśrusaṃplutaḥ .. 7.4.3.70 .. > Saying, 'What have I done?', he came near him. / Falling and rolling on the ground like a stick, he was bathed in tears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.71) pitarau jagato devau kṣāmayāmāsa dīnavat .. tuṣṭāva sūktavākyaistu rahasyairbhaktisaṃyutaḥ .. 71 .. > Like a wretched man, he begged forgiveness from the two deities, the parents of the universe; / filled with devotion, he praised them with secret hymnic words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.72) āha cedaṃ jagannāthaṃ yadi mayyastyanugrahaḥ .. tadā pureva saṃyogo deva devyā vidhīyatām .. 72 .. > And he said this to the lord of the universe: 'If you have grace toward me, / then, O god, let union with the goddess be ordained just as before.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.73) atha prahasya govindastamāha munisattamam.. na hi te vacanaṃ jātu mṛṣā bhavitumarhati .. 73 .. > Then Govinda, smiling, said to that best of sages: / 'Indeed, your word must never become false. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.74) mayaivaṃ vihitaḥ setuḥ kathamucchedyatāṃ dvija .. sadbhirācaritaḥ setuḥ siddho lokasya pālakaḥ .. 74 .. > How can the boundary ordained by me be broken, O twice-born one? / A boundary maintained by the virtuous is established as the protector of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.75) dinedine dvikālaṃ ca āyāsye munisattama .. vinodayiṣye tāṃ tāṃ tu munikanyāṃ ca kāmyayā .. 75 .. > Day after day, twice a day, I will come, O best of sages; / and with affection I will delight her, that daughter of a sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.76) tuṣyāmi sādhanairnānyairmatkathākathanairapi .. yathā saṃpūjya māmatra mama prītirbhaviṣyati .. 76 .. > I am not so pleased by other spiritual practices or by narrating stories of me, / as my pleasure shall be when I am worshipped here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.77) yadā ca mayi vai(?)kuṇṭhamadhirūḍhe mahāmune .. pravekṣyati tadā tejo mama sarvaṃ trivikrame .. 77 .. > And when I ascend to Vaikuṇṭha, O great sage, / then all my splendor will enter into Trivikrama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.78) rukmiṇīyaṃ ca manmūrteḥ saṃyogaṃ punareṣyati .. iyaṃ bhāgīrathī cāpi sāgareṇa samā guṇaiḥ .. tyaktvā hyaśeṣaduḥkhāni sukhaṃ caiva gamiṣyati .. 78 .. > And this Rukmiṇī will once again attain union with my form. / And this Bhāgīrathī too, equal to the ocean in virtues, / abandoning all sorrows, will go to happiness.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.79) anugrahaṃ vidhāyaivamṛṣiṇā saha keśavaḥ .. viveśa svapurīṃ tatra vidhāyopāṃtikaṃ munim .. 79 .. > Having thus bestowed grace, Keśava, accompanied by the seer, / entered his own city, having established the sage nearby. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.80) sāpi devī ca saṃbudhya tadā tasya viceṣṭitam.. anugrahādbhagavato babhūva vigata jvarā .. 7.4.3.80 .. > The goddess too, having then understood his deed, / became free of distress through the grace of the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.81) yataśca muktā duḥkhena tatra devī haripriyā.. tato bhāgīrathī sā tu gaditā duḥkhamocinī .. 81 .. > And because the goddess, beloved of Hari, was liberated from sorrow there, / therefore that Bhāgīrathī is called the releaser of sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.82) amāvāsyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ yastasyāḥ saṃgame śubhe .. snāyādaśeṣaduḥkhāttu sa naraḥ parimucyate .. 82 .. > He who bathes at its auspicious confluence on the new moon or on the full moon day / is freed from all sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.83) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ cāvalokitā .. narāṇāṃ rukmiṇī devī sarvānkāmā nprayacchati .. 83 .. > Beheld on the eighth, the fourteenth, and the ninth \[tithis\], / goddess Rukmiṇī grants all desires to mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.84) ityetatkathitaṃ devyā ṛṣayo duḥkhamocanam .. anugrahaśca devasya kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchatha .. 84 .. > Thus has the release of the goddess from sorrow been told to you, O seers, / as well as the grace of the god. What more do you wish to hear? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.3.84\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3.84_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturthe dvārakāmāhātmye rukmiṇīduḥkhamocanavarṇanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ..3.. ..7... > Thus ends the third chapter, named 'The Description of the Release of Rukmiṇī from Sorrow,' in the Dvārakāmāhātmya, in the fourth \[part of\] the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.15.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.3) · Pramāṇa