[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) › 16.32 # Skandapurana 16.32 Skandapurāṇa 16.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatasteṣu prayāteṣu devadeveṣvasau muniḥ .. śatavarṣāṇi tatrasthastapase prasthito dvijaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, when those gods of gods had departed, that sage, / the twice-born, having stayed there for a hundred years, set out for austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.2) āśramāduttarāttasmāddivyāṃ diśamathottarām.. subhadrāpi mahābhāgā tasya yā paricārikā .. 2 .. > from that northern hermitage towards the divine northern quarter. / Subhadrā also, of great fortune, who was his attendant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.3) astrādāne'samarthā sā ṛṣiṃ provāca bhāminī .. nāhaṃ netuṃ samarthāsmi śastrāṇyālabhya pāṇinā ..3.. > unable to carry the weapons, that lovely woman said to the seer: / 'I am not able to carry the weapons, grasping them in my hand.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.4) jalena saha tadvīryaṃ pītavānsa ṛṣistataḥ .. ātmasaṃsthāni sarvāṇi divyānyastrāṇyasau muniḥ .. kārayitvottarāmāśāṃ jagāma tapasāṃ nidhiḥ .. 4 .. > Then that seer drank their energy along with water; / having made all those divine weapons abide within himself, / that sage, a treasure-house of austerities, went to the northern direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.5) gaṃgādharaṃ śuklatanuṃ sarppairākīrṇavigraham .. śivavatsukhadaṃ puṃsāmapaśyatsa himācalam .. 5 .. > He beheld the Himācala, which was like Śiva: / holding the Gaṅgā, of white body, its mass covered with serpents, giving happiness to men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.6) tathāśramaṃ dadarśoccairaśvatthaiḥ paripālitam .. caṃdrabhāgopakaṃṭhasthaṃ samitpuṣpakuśānvitam .. 6 .. > He also saw a hermitage towering high, protected by aśvattha trees, / situated on the banks of the Candrabhāgā, supplied with sacrificial fuel, flowers, and kuśa grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.7) sa tasminmuniśādūlo hyavasanmunibhiḥ saha .. subhadrayā ca saṃyuktaścaṃdraścaṃdrikayā yathā .. 7 .. > That tiger among sages dwelt there together with the sages / and accompanied by Subhadrā, as the moon with moonlight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.8) ekadā vasatastasya subhadrā paricārikā .. snānārthaṃ yātumārabdhā caturthe'hni rajasvalā .. 8 .. > Once, as he was dwelling \[there\], his attendant Subhadrā, / having menstruated, on the fourth day set out to go for a bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.9) vrajantyā ca tayā dṛṣṭaṃ kaupīnācchādanaṃ punaḥ .. parityaktaṃ viditvaivaṃ daivayogādgṛhāṇa sā .. 9 .. > And while going, she saw a loincloth covering / that had been discarded; knowing it to be thus, by fate she took it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.10) paridhāya punaḥ sā tu kaupīnaṃ retasāyutam .. ekāṃte snātumārabdhā jalābhyāśe yathāsukham .. 7.1.32.10 .. > Having put on that loincloth filled with semen, / she began to bathe in solitude near the water at her pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.11) tato devī yathākāmamakasmādvīkṣate hi sā .. svodarasthaṃ samutpannaṃ garbhaṃ gurubharālasā .. 11 .. > Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, that lady saw / an embryo born within her womb, she being languid with a heavy burden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.12) śocayitvātmanātmānamagarbhāhamihāgatā .. tatkena mandabhāginyā mamaivaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ kṛtam.. 12 .. > Grieving in her mind \[she thought\]: 'I came here without a womb \[bearing child\]; / then by whom has this defilement been brought upon an unfortunate woman like me?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.13) lajjābhibhūtā sā tatra praviśyāśvatthavāṭikām .. tatra taṃ suṣuve garbhamavijñāya kuto hyayam .. 13 .. > Overwhelmed with shame, having entered an aśvattha grove there, / she brought forth that fetus, not knowing: 'Whence indeed is this?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.14) punareva hi sā snātvā avijñāyātmaduṣkṛtam.. śāpaṃ dātuṃ samārabdhā garbhakarttari duḥsaham .. 14 .. > Then, having bathed again, unaware of her own misdeed, / she began to utter an unbearable curse upon the maker of the fetus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.15) jñānādvā yadi vājñānādyeneyaṃ dūṣaṇā kṛtā .. so'dyaiva paṃcatāṃ yātu yadyahaṃ syāṃ pativratā .. 15 .. > 'Whether knowingly or unknowingly, whoever has caused this defilement, / may he meet his death this very day, if I am a devoted wife! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.16) yadyahaṃ manasā vāpi kāmaye nāparaṃ patim .. etena satyavākyena yātu jāraḥ svayaṃ kṣayam .. .. 16 .. > If even in my mind I do not desire another husband, / by this statement of truth let the paramour perish on his own!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.17) evaṃ śaptvā tu taṃ devī hyajñātvā garbhakāriṇam .. punaryātuṃ samārabdhā taddadhīciniketanam .. 17 .. > Having thus cursed him, not knowing the maker of the fetus, / that lady began to return to that abode of Dadhīci. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.18) tatra cārkapratīkāśaṃ garbhamutsṛjya sā tadā .. prāptā tapovanaṃ ramyaṃ yatrāsau munipuṃgavaḥ .. 18 .. > And abandoning the fetus there, which was radiant like the sun, / she arrived at that charming penance-grove where that bull among sages was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.19) atrāṃtare sarvadevā lokapālā mahābalāḥ .. astrāṇāṃ kāraṇārthāya munerāśramamāgatāḥ .. .. 19 .. > In the meantime, all the gods and the mighty world-protectors / arrived at the sage's hermitage for the sake of the weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.20) uvāca taṃ muniṃ śakro nyāso yastava suvrata .. datto'smābhistu śastrāṇāṃ tāni kṣipraṃ prayaccha naḥ .. 7.1.32.20 .. > Śakra said to that sage: 'O you of good vows, the deposit of weapons / that was given by us to you, give those quickly to us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.21) ṛṣirāha purā yatra sthāpitāni mamāśrame .. tatraiva tāni tiṣṭhaṃti na cānītāni vāsava .. 21 .. > The seer said: 'O Vāsava, where they were placed formerly in my hermitage, / there alone they remain; they have not been brought here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.22) yattu teṣāṃ balaṃ vīryaṃ saṃgrāme śatrusūdana .. tanmayā pītamakhilaṃ saha toyena vāsava .. 22.. > However, that strength and power of theirs in battle, O slayer of foes, / that was completely drunk by me together with water, O Vāsava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.23) evaṃ sthite mayā'strāṇi yadi deyāni te'nagha .. tatosthīni prayacchāmi tadākārāṇi suvrata .. 23 .. > Such being the case, if weapons are to be given by me to you, O sinless one, / then, O you of good vows, I shall give my bones, which have their forms.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.24) evamuktaḥ sahasrākṣastamāha munisattamam .. nānyeṣu tadbalaṃ raudraṃ yattu teṣu vyavasthitam .. 24 .. > Thus addressed, the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] said to that best of sages: / 'That fierce strength which resided in them does not exist in any other \[weapons\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.25) yasmātteṣu vinikṣipya sahasrāṃśaṃ svatejasām .. asmākaṃ dattavānrudro rakṣārthaṃ jagatāṃ śivaḥ .. 25 .. > because Rudra, the benevolent Śiva, having infused into them / a thousandth part of his own splendor, gave \[them\] to us for the protection of the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.26) tadvayaṃ tāni sarvāṇi gṛhītvā ca vyavasthitāḥ .. lokasya rakṣaṇārthāya saṃjñeyaṃ tena lokapāḥ .. 26 .. > Therefore, taking all of them, we stood / for the protection of the world; hence the name "world-protectors" \[applies to us\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.27) amīṣāmapi śastrāṇā muttamaṃ vajramiṣyate .. taddhāraṇādyato'smākaṃ devarājatvamiṣyate .. 27 .. > Even among these weapons, the thunderbolt is considered the best; / because from bearing it our sovereignty over the gods is maintained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.28) vajrādapyuttamaṃ cakraṃ yattadviṣṇuparigrahe .. daityadānavasaṃghānāṃ tadāyatto jayo'bhavat .. 28 .. > And better than the thunderbolt is the discus, which is held by Viṣṇu; / victory over the hosts of Daityas and Dānavas was dependent on that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.29) tasmāttāni yathāsmābhiḥ prāpyate munisattama .. tathā kuruṣva saṃcintya kāryaṃ kāryavidāṃ vara .. 29 .. > Therefore, O best of sages, O best of those who know what must be done, / deliberate and act in such a way that they may be obtained by us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.30) evamukte muniḥ prāha taṃ śakraṃ purataḥ sthitam .. tatprāptyarthamupāyaṃ tu kathayāmi tavāparam .. 7.1.32.30 .. > When this was said, the sage spoke to that Śakra who stood before him: / 'I shall tell you another means for obtaining them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.31) yānyetāni mamāsthīni yūyaṃ taistāni sarvaśaḥ .. nirmāpayadhvaṃ śastrāṇi tadākārāṇi sarvaśaḥ .. 31 .. > These bones of mine that exist—from them / have weapons completely fashioned by you all, possessing their respective forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.32) etāni tatsamutthāni teṣāmapyadhikaṃ balam .. sādhayiṣyati bhavatāṃ saṃgrāme yanmamehitam .. .. 32 .. > These, originating from them, having strength even greater than theirs, / will accomplish for you in battle whatever is desired by me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.33) tamuvāca tataḥ śakro dadhīciṃ tapasonidhim .. prāṇahāraṃ prakartuṃ te nāhaṃ śakto yamicchasi .. 33 .. > Then Śakra said to him, to Dadhīci, the treasure-house of austerities: / 'I am not able to take away your life, which you desire \[to give\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.34) na cāmṛtasya te'sthīni grahītuṃ śaktirasti naḥ .. tasmātsarvaṃ samālocya yatkartavyaṃ taducyatām .. 34 .. > Nor do we have the power to take the bones of you while un-dead; / therefore, having considered everything, let that which ought to be done be spoken.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.35) evamukto muniḥ prāha etadeva kalevaram .. tyajāmi svayamevāhaṃ deva kāryārthasiddhaye .. 35 .. > Thus addressed, the sage said: 'I myself shall renounce / this very body for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.36) adhruvaṃ sarvaduḥkhānāmāśrayaṃ sujugupsitam .. yadā hyetattadā yuktaḥ parityāgo'sya sāṃpratam .. 36 .. > Since this \[body\] is impermanent, the receptacle of all miseries, and utterly repulsive, / its abandonment right now is proper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.37) asya tyāgena me duḥkhaṃ saṃsārotthaṃ na jāyate .. yasmājjanmāṃtare jāto mṛtopi hi bhavetpunaḥ .. 37 .. > By renouncing it, no misery arising from worldly existence will be born for me; / for one who is born in another life would certainly die again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.38) bhāryā bhaginī duhitā svakarmaphalayojanāt .. jātā tenaiva saṃsāre ratikārye jugupsitā .. 38 .. > A wife, a sister, or a daughter is born in worldly existence / through the conjunction of the fruits of one's own deeds, repulsive in sexual union. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.39) yasmācca svayamevaitadvapustyajati vai dhruvam .. tasmādasya parityāgo varaḥ kāryo'cirātsvayam .. 39 ... > And because this body will certainly cast itself off on its own, / therefore it is better that its abandonment be done soon by myself.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.40) evaṃ puraṃdarasyāgre saṃkīrtya sa mahāmuniḥ .. dadhīciḥ prāṇasaṃhāraṃ kṛtavānsatvaraṃ tadā .. 7.1.32.40 .. > Having spoken thus before Puraṃdara, that great sage / Dadhīci then swiftly brought about the cessation of his own life breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.41) gatāsuṃ taṃ viditvaivaṃ vibudhāstatkalevaram.. māṃ saśoṇitanirmuktaṃ kathaṃ kāryaṃ vyaciṃtayan .. 41 .. > Knowing him thus to be dead, the gods deliberated / on how his body should be made free of flesh and blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.42) tatastadasthiśuddhyarthamuvācedaṃ sureśvaraḥ .. gaurīṇāṃ karkaśā jihvā tā etadutkhidaṃtviti .. 42 .. > Then, for the purification of those bones, the lord of the gods said this: / 'The tongues of white cows are rough; let them lick this away.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.43) tatastairvibudhairnaṃdā yadā lokeṣu saṃsthitā.. dhyātā tadopayātā sā sakhībhiḥ parivāritā..43.. > Then, when Nandā, who resided in the worlds, was meditated upon / by those gods, she came forth surrounded by her companions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.44) naṃdā subhadrā surabhiḥ suśīlā sumanāstathā.. iti gomātaraḥ paṃca golokācca samāgatāḥ..44.. > Nandā, Subhadrā, Surabhi, Suśīlā, and Sumanas— / thus the five mother cows arrived from Goloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.45) ūcustānvibudhānsarvānasmābhiryatprayojanam.. karttavyaṃ tatkariṣyāmaḥ kathyatāṃ suvicāritam.. 45.. > They said to all the gods: "Whatever task needs to be done by us, / we shall do it; tell us after considering well." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.46) devā ūcuḥ.. yadetadṛṣiṇā tyaktaṃ svayameva kalevaram.. etanmāṃsādinirmuktaṃ kriyatāmasthipaṃjaram..46.. > The gods said: / "This corpse that has been abandoned voluntarily by the seer, / let it be stripped of flesh and the rest, and made into a skeleton of bones." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.47) tatkṛtvā garhitaṃ karma devādeśātsudāruṇam .. punaḥ pitāmahaṃ draṣṭuṃ gatāstāḥ surasattamāḥ .. 47 .. > Having performed that terrible and blameworthy deed at the command of the gods, / they, the best of divine cows, went again to see Pitāmaha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.48) tatastu dāruṇaṃ karma yacca tābhiranuṣṭhitam .. pitāmahasya tatsarvaṃ samācakhyuryathātatham .. 48 .. > Then they accurately reported to Pitāmaha / all that terrible deed which had been carried out by them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.49) tacchrutvā vibudhānsarvānsamāhūya pitāmahaḥ .. sarvagātreṣvaspṛśata surabhīḥ śuddhikāmyayā .. 49 .. > Hearing that, Pitāmaha summoned all the gods / and touched the divine cows on all their limbs, wishing for their purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.50) tāstu tairvibudhaiḥ spṛṣṭāḥ supūtāḥ samavasthitāḥ .. mukhamekaṃ paraṃ tāsāṃ na spṛṣṭamaśuci smṛtam .. 7.1.32.50 .. > Touched by those gods, they remained completely pure; / only their mouth was not touched, for it was remembered as impure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.51) apavitraṃ bhavettāsāṃ mukhamekaṃ jugupsitam .. śeṣaṃ śarīraṃ sarvāsāṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tu suraiḥ kṛtam .. 51 .. > Let their single mouth be impure and despised; / but the rest of their body was rendered superior by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.52) sarasvatyā tu tāḥ proktā bhavaṃtyo brahmaghātikāḥ .. anyathā kāraṇātkasmānna spṛṣṭamamarairmukham .. 52 .. > Sarasvatī, however, said to them: "You are slayers of a brahmin! / Otherwise, for what reason was your mouth not touched by the immortals?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.53) tatastābhistu sā proktā devī tatra sarasvatī .. naitatte vacanaṃ yuktaṃ vaktumevaṃvidhaṃ mukham .. 53 .. > Then the goddess Sarasvatī was spoken to by them there: / "It is not proper for you to speak such words to our face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.54) asmākameva hṛdayamanena vacasā tvayā .. nirdagdhaṃ yena tasmāttvamacirāddāhamāpsyasi .. 54 .. > Because our heart has been burned by you with this speech, / for that reason you shall soon suffer burning!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.55) śāpaṃ dattvā tatastasyāḥ sarasvatyāstu tāstadā .. golokaṃ gatavatyastu surabhyaḥ surapūjitāḥ .. 55 .. > Having thus pronounced a curse upon Sarasvatī, / those divine cows, worshipped by the gods, then went to Goloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.56) āhūya viśvakarmāṇaṃ takṣāṇaṃ surasattamāḥ .. asmākaṃ kuru śastrāṇi tamāhuryuddhakāraṇāt .. 56 .. > Summoning Viśvakarman the architect, the best of the gods / said to him: "Make weapons for us for the sake of battle." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.57) etadvacanamākarṇya tāni pūtairnavairdṛḍhaiḥ ... astrāṇi kārayāmāsa dardhocerasthisaṃcayaiḥ .. 57 .. > Hearing this speech, he fashioned those weapons / from the purified, fresh, and solid collection of Dadhīca's bones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.58) pramāṇākārayuktāni devānāṃ tāni saṃyuge .. ajeyāni yathā cāsaṃstathā cāsau vinirmame ... .. 58 .. > He crafted them endowed with the proper dimensions and forms / so that they would be invincible for the gods in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.59) vajramiṃdrasya śaktiṃ ca vahnerdaṃḍaṃ yamasya ca .. khaḍgaṃ tu niṛteḥ pāśaṃ samyakcakre pracetasaḥ ..59.. > He made Indra's thunderbolt, Agni's spear, and Yama's staff, / Nirṛti's sword, and properly crafted the noose of Pracetas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.60) vāyordhvajaṃ kuberasya gadāṃ gurvīṃ ca nirmame .. viśvakarmā tathā śūlamīśānasya ca nirmame .. 7.1.32.60 .. > He made Vāyu's banner, Kubera's heavy mace, / and Viśvakarman likewise fashioned Īśāna's trident. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.61) gṛhītvaitāni vai devāḥ śastrāṇyastrabalaṃ tadā .. vijetuṃ ca tato daityāndānavāṃśca gatāstadā .. ... 61 .. > Taking up those weapons and the power of the missiles, / the gods then marched to conquer the Daityas and Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.62) atrāṃtare subhadrāpi dadhīceraurdhvadaihikam .. kṛtvā tairmunibhiḥ sārdhamanveṣṭuṃ sā gatā sutam .. 62 .. > Meanwhile, Subhadrā also, having performed Dadhīci's funeral rites / together with those sages, went to look for her son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.63) aśvatthavāṭikāyāṃ ca tamapaśya nmanoramam .. dṛṣṭvā roditi jīvaṃtaṃ muktvā bāṣpamathāciram .. 63 .. > And she saw him looking charming in an aśvattha grove; / seeing him alive, she shed tears and wept immediately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.64) aṃbetyābhāṣya tenoktā mā rodīstvaṃ yaśasvini .. sarvaṃ purākṛtasyaitatphalaṃ tava mamāpi hi .. 64 .. > Addressing her with, "Mother!", he said to her: "Do not weep, illustrious lady! / All this is the fruit of past actions, both yours and mine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.65) yadyathā yatra yeneha karma janmāṃtarārjitam .. tadavaśyaṃ hi bhoktavyaṃ tyaja śokamato'khilam .. 65 .. > Whatever karma was earned in another birth, in whatever manner, wherever, and by whomever, / that must inevitably be experienced; therefore cast off all sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.66) matparityāgalajjā ca na te kāryeha sundari .. phalaṃ purākṛtasyaitadbhoktavyaṃ tanmayāpi hi .. 66 .. > You should not feel shame here at abandoning me, O beautiful lady; / this was the fruit of past deeds, which had to be experienced by me as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.66\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.66_1) mātarmamopari kuru putrasnehaṃ yaśasvini .. bālasya hi parityāgā nmātā doṣeṇa lipyate .. 57 .. > O mother, show a mother's affection toward me, O illustrious lady; / for a mother is tainted with sin by the abandonment of her child." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.68) bālenābhihitā sā tu dhyātvā devaṃ janārddanam .. kṛtāṃjaliruvācedaṃ kathyatāṃ me suniścitam .. 68 .. > Addressed by the child, she meditated upon the god Janārdana / and with joined palms spoke this: "Tell me with certainty: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.69) na vijānāmyahaṃ tathyaṃ kasyāyaṃ vīryasaṃbhavaḥ .. tasmātkathaya deveśa mama te niścitaṃ vacaḥ .. 69 .. > I do not know the truth: from whose seed was he born? / Therefore, Lord of the gods, tell me your definitive word." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.70) āhokte mātaraṃ kṛṣṇaḥ subhadrāṃ vai janārddanaḥ .. dadhīcestanayaścāyaṃ bhartuste kṣetrasaṃbhavaḥ .. 7.1.32.70 .. > When this was spoken, Kṛṣṇa Janārdana said to the mother, Subhadrā: / "This is indeed the son of Dadhīci, born in your husband's field." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.71) tasyotpattiṃ viditvaivaṃ subhadrā hṛṣṭamānasā .. bālamaṃke samāropya arodīdārtayā girā .. 71 .. > Knowing his origin thus, Subhadrā, with a glad heart, / placed the child on her lap and wept with an anguished voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.72) āha bālaka utpannaḥ śokasya vada kāraṇam.. athoktaḥ stanyarahitaṃ kathaṃ te jīvitaṃ dhṛtam .. 72 .. > The newborn boy said: "Tell me the cause of your sorrow." / Then she said: "Deprived of breastmilk, how did you sustain your life? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.73) yasmāccaturvidhā sṛṣṭirjīvānāṃ brahmaṇā kṛtā .. jarāyujāṃḍajodbhijja svedajāśca tathā smṛtāḥ .. 73 .. > For a fourfold creation of living beings was made by Brahmā; / they are remembered as womb-born, egg-born, plant-born, and sweat-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.74) narastrīnapuṃsakākhyāśca jātibhedā jarāyujāḥ .. catuṣpadāśca paśavo grāmyāścāraṇyajāstathā .. 74 .. > The womb-born are classified into male, female, and neuter forms of species, / as well as four-footed beasts, both domestic and wild; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.75) aṇḍajāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ sarve mīnāḥ kūrmasarīsṛpāḥ .. svedajā matkuṇā yūkā daṃśāśca maśakāstathā .. 75 .. > The egg-born are all birds, fish, turtles, and reptiles; / the sweat-born are bugs, lice, stinging flies, and gnats; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.76) udbhijjāḥ sthāvarāḥ proktāstṛṇagulmalatā dayaḥ .. anye'pyevaṃ yathāyogamaṃtarbhūtāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 76 .. > The plant-born are said to be immovable things: grasses, shrubs, creepers, and the rest; / and thousands of others are included appropriately in this way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.77) aṇḍajāḥ pakṣapātena jīvaṃti śiśavo bhuvi .. ūṣmaṇā svedajāḥ sarve udbhijjāḥ salilena hi .. 77 .. > The offspring of egg-born creatures live on earth by the brooding of wings; / all sweat-born live by warmth, and the plant-born indeed by water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.78) samudāyena bhūtānāṃ pañcānāmudbhijaṃ bhuvi .. jarāyujāśca stanyena vinā jīvitumakṣamāḥ .. 78 .. > The plant-born on earth live through the aggregation of the five elements, / and the womb-born are unable to live without breastmilk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.79) vinā tena kathaṃ putra tvayā prāṇā vidhāritāḥ .. tāṃ tathā jananīṃ prāha sa ca bāṣpāvilekṣaṇām..79.. > Without that, O son, how were your vital breaths preserved?" / And he spoke to that mother whose eyes were filled with tears: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.81) aśvatthaphalaniryāsapānātprāṇā mayā dhṛtāḥ .. gauṇaṃ tadā tayā tasya pippalādeti kalpitam ..7.1.32.80.. nāma tena jagatyasminnityaṃ khyātaṃ mahātmanaḥ .. tatrasthairmunibhistasya kṛtāḥ sarvairyathākramam ..81.. > "My vital breaths were sustained by drinking the sap of the fruits of the aśvattha tree." / Then a descriptive name, Pippalāda, was given to him by her, / by which name that great soul is forever famous in this world. / By all the sages residing there, in proper sequence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.82) saṃskārāḥ pippalādasya vedoktā veda pāragaiḥ.. ṣaḍaṃgopāṃgasaṃyuktā vedāstena samuddhṛtāḥ .. tadāśramanivāsibhyo munibhyaśca supuṣkalāḥ ..82.. > the life-cycle rituals of Pippalāda were performed as prescribed by the Vedas by those who had crossed to the other shore of the Vedas. / The Vedas with their six limbs and secondary limbs were comprehensively preserved by him / and abundantly taught to the sages dwelling in that hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.83) punastatra sthitaścāsau dṛṣṭvā munikumārakān.. svapitraṃkagatānprāha jananīṃ tāṃ śucismitām ..83.. > Remaining there, seeing the sons of the sages / sitting on their fathers' laps, he said to that mother of bright smiles: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.84) pitā me kutra bhadraṃ te subhadre kathaya sphuṭam .. tadekāṃtasthito yena bālakrīḍāṃ karomyaham .. .. 84 .. > "Where is my father, Subhadrā? May you be blessed, tell me clearly, / so that, sitting by his side in private, I may play childhood games." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.85) evaṃ sā jananī tena yadā pṛṣṭā tapasvinī .. tadā roditumārabdhā nottaraṃ kiñcidabravīt .. 85 .. > When that ascetic mother was questioned in this way by him, / she then began to weep and spoke no answer at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.86) rudantīṃ tāṃ samālokya kuddho'sau munidārakaḥ .. kimasau kutsitaḥ kaścidyena nākhyāsi taṃ mama .. 86 .. > Beholding her weeping, the sage's boy became angry: / "Is he some despicable person, that you do not reveal him to me?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.87) ityukte sutamāhaivaṃ vibudhaiste pitā hataḥ .. kopaṃ tyajasva bhadraṃ te dadhīciḥ kathito mayā ..87.. > When this was said, she spoke thus to her son: "Your father was killed by the gods. / Renounce your anger, may you be blessed; Dadhīci was spoken of by me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.88) kopavahnipradīptātmā prāha tāṃ jananīṃ punaḥ .. kimapakṛtaṃ surāṇāṃ matpitrā kathayasva tat ..88.. > His self ablaze with the fire of anger, he spoke to his mother again: / "What harm was done to the gods by my father? Tell me that!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.89) .. subhadrovāca .. .. śastrāṇāṃ kāraṇānmūḍhairhato'sau munipuṃgavaḥ .. prayacchannapi cānyāni tadākārāṇi suvrata .. 89 .. > Subhadrā said: > That best of sages was slain by the foolish ones for the sake of weapons, / even though he offered them others of the same form, O one of noble vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.90) śrutvaitadvacanaṃ so'pi munirugratapāstadā .. pitā me yo hato devaisteṣāṃ kṛtyāṃ mahābalām .. 7.1.32.90 .. > Having heard those words, that sage of fierce austerities then \[thought\]: / "Because my father was slain by the gods, \[I will summon\] a mighty kṛtyā against them; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.91) utthāpya pātayiṣyāmi mūrddhni prāṇāpahārikām .. pitāmahamahaṃ muktvā naiva hanyo bhavedyadi .. 91 .. > raising her up, I will hurl her down upon their heads, depriving them of life. / Excepting Grandfather \[Brahmā\], if there be none who should be slain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.92) anyānpramathayiṣyāmi kṛtyāśastreṇa saṃgatān .. śaraṇaṃ yadi yāsyaṃti gīrvāṇā madbhayāturāḥ .. tathāpi pātayiṣyāmi tenaiva saha saṃgatān .. 92 .. > I will crush the others joined \[with them\] by means of the weapon of the kṛtyā. / If the gods, terrified through fear of me, go for refuge, / even so I will strike them down along with him \[they resort to\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.93) matvaivaṃ tamṛṣiṃ kuddhaṃ sarve te surasattamāḥ .. brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptā bhayena mahatā'rdditāḥ .. 93 .. > Knowing that the seer was enraged in this way, all those foremost gods, / afflicted by great fear, sought refuge with Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.94) tāṃstasya śaraṇaṃ prāptāñjñātvā devaḥ kṛpānvitaḥ ... tatraiva gatvā tvaritaṃ prāha devāñjanārddanaḥ .. 94 .. > Knowing that they had sought his refuge, the compassionate god, / Janārdana, having gone swiftly to that very place, spoke to the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.95) bhavatāṃ rakṣaṇopāyaściṃtito'tra mayā'dhunā .. tena tāṃ mohayiṣyāmi kṛtyāṃ haṃtumupasthitām ..95... > "A means to protect you has now been devised here by me; / by it I will delude that kṛtyā who has arrived to slay." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.96) atrāṃtare pippalādaḥ piturvairamanusmaran .. haṃtuṃ surānvyavasitaḥ praviveśa himācalam .. 96 .. > Meanwhile, Pippalāda, remembering the hostility against his father, / determined to slay the gods, entered the Himālayas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.97) śrutvā tadapriyaṃ vākyaṃ māturvaktrādvinirgatam .. pippalādaḥ punaryātastasmātsthānāddhimācalam .. 97 .. > Having heard those unpleasant words coming from his mother's mouth, / Pippalāda went once again from that place to the Himālayas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.98) svargasopānavatpuṃsāṃ sthalībhūtamivāṃbaram .. śeṣasyābhogasaṃkāśaṃ prāpto'sau tuhinācalam .. 98 .. > Like a staircase to heaven for men, as though the sky had become solid ground, / resembling the coil of Śeṣa, he reached the mountain of snow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.99) pratijñāṃ kurute yatra sthitaḥ sthāṇurivācalaḥ .. haṃtāro ye mama pitustānhaniṣyāmi cāraṇāt .. 99 .. > Remaining there, unmoving like a tree-trunk, he made a vow: / "I will swiftly slay those who are the slayers of my father, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.100) kṛtyāśastreṇa sakalānamaratvena garvitān .. tasminsthitaḥ prakupitaḥ śivāyatanasaṃsadi .. 7.1.32.100 .. > all who are proud of their immortality, with the weapon of a kṛtyā." / Remaining there, enraged, in the precinct of the sanctuary of Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.101) atrasthaḥ sādhayiṣyāmi tāṃ kṛtyāṃ ciṃtayanhṛdi .. kṛtyāṃ vā sādhayiṣyāmi yāsye vā yamasādanam .. 101 .. > he thought in his heart: "Standing here, I will accomplish that kṛtyā; / I will either accomplish the kṛtyā or go to the realm of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.102) nirdvandvo nirbhayo bhūtvā nirāhāro hyaharniśam .. savyena pāṇinā savyaṃ nirmathyorumahaṃ punaḥ .. 102 .. > Free from duality, fearless, taking no food day and night, / continuously churning my left thigh with my left hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.103) tasmādutpādayiṣyāmi mahākṛtyāmiti sthitaḥ .. saṃvatsare tasya gate ūrugātrādviniḥsṛtā .. 103 .. > I will produce from it a great kṛtyā." Resolved thus, he stood. / When a year had passed for him, there emerged from the limb of his thigh > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.104) vaḍavā gurubhārārttā vāḍavenānvitā tadā .. ūro rnirgatya sā tasmātsuṣuve sumahābalam ..104.. > a mare, afflicted by a heavy burden, accompanied then by the submarine fire. / Having emerged from that thigh, she gave birth to one of very great strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.105) vaḍavā svodarādgarbhaṃ jvālāmālāsamākulam .. vimucya tamṛṣestasya puro garbhaṃ samujjavalam ..105.. > The mare released the embryo, filled with wreaths of flames, / from her belly—that blazing embryo—before the seer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.106) punargatā kvāpi tadā na jñātā muninā hi sā .. vaḍavānalo narastasyāḥ sa garbho niḥsṛtastadā ..106.. > Then she departed somewhere again, nor was she known \[further\] by the sage. / He was the submarine fire in human form; that embryo emerged then, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.107) kalpāṃta iva bhūtānāṃ kālāgniriva varcasā .. vidyutpuñjapratīkāśaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā purataḥ sthitam .. 107 .. > resembling the fire of time at the end of the world-age for all creatures in brilliance, / like a mass of lightning. Seeing him standing before him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.108) sa cāpi vismito'tyaṃtaṃ kimetaditi ciṃtayan .. tatastena puraḥsthena vāḍavena ca vahninā .. .. 108 .. > he too was greatly astonished, thinking, "What is this?" / Then, by that submarine fire standing before him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.109) ṛṣiḥ proktaḥ pippalādaḥ sādhito'haṃ tvayā balāt .. idānīṃ te mayā kāryaṃ karttavyaṃ yatsamāhitam .. 109 .. > the seer Pippalāda was addressed: "I have been accomplished by you through force; / now I must perform the deed that you desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.110) kariṣyāmīha tatsarvama sādhyamapi sādhyatām .. svoruṃ nirmathya janito yena saṃvatsarādaham .. tātoruṇā vihīno'pi kariṣye tvatsamīhitam .. 7.1.32.110 .. > I will accomplish all of that here; even the impossible shall become possible. / Since I was born after a year by your churning your own thigh, / though devoid of a father's thigh, I will fulfill your wish." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.111) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya muniḥ kopasamanvitaḥ .. provāca vibudhānsarvānmaddattānbhakṣaya svayam .. 111 .. > Having heard those words of his, the sage, filled with wrath, / said: "Devour yourself all the gods that are delivered by me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.112) piturvadhātkrodhakṛtāvadhānaṃ matvā surā raudramatīva ghoram .. sametya sarve puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ samāśritāste sahasā sabhāryāḥ .. 112 .. > Perceiving him focused on wrath because of his father's slaying, exceedingly dreadful and terrible, / all the gods, having assembled with their wives, hastily took refuge with the Primeval Person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.113) sa tānsamāśvāsya surānvariṣṭhaṃ kopānalaṃ tatra yayau prahṛṣṭaḥ .. dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ vai ravipuṃjakāśamuvāca viṣṇurvacanaṃ variṣṭham .. 113 .. > Having consoled those gods, delighted, he went there to the foremost fire of wrath; / and seeing him who shone like a cluster of suns, Viṣṇu spoke these most excellent words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.114) ahaṃ sureśāna tavaiva pārśvaṃ visarjito jātabhayaiśca devaiḥ .. mattaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ vacanaṃ hi pathyaṃ yaccāraṇānāṃ bhavato'pi pathyam .. 114 .. > "O Lord of the gods, I have been dispatched to your presence by the gods who have become fearful. / Listen from me to words that are wholesome—wholesome for the celestial bards and for you as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.115) jñātaṃ balaṃ te vibudhairaciṃtyaṃ vināśanaṃ cātmavatāṃ hyavaśyam .. evaṃ sthite kuru vākyaṃ surāṇāmekaikamaddhi prativāsaraṃ tvam .. 115 .. > Your power, inconceivable and the inevitable destruction of embodied beings, is known to the gods; / such being the case, follow the advice regarding the gods: devour \[them\] one by one each day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.116) mukhyānāṃ koṭayastriṃśatsurāṇāṃ balaśālinām .. kathaṃ tu bhakṣaṇaṃ teṣāṃ yugapattvaṃ kariṣyasi .. 116 .. > There are thirty crores of chief, mighty gods; / how will you devour them all at once? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.117) tasmādekaikaśasteṣāṃ karttavyaṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ tvayā .. naikena bhavatā śakyā vidhātuṃ bhakṣaṇakriyā .. 117 .. > Therefore, the devouring of them should be done by you one by one. / It is not possible for you alone to carry out the act of devouring all at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.118) tathā ca pāṃḍurogitvaṃ hutabhukprāptavānpurā .. atibhakṣaṇaṃ na yuktaṃ tasmātkuru matiṃ mama .. 118 .. > Moreover, the Consumer of Offerings \[Fire\] contracted jaundice in ancient times; / excessive eating is not proper; therefore, follow my counsel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.119) tathā ca yugapatteṣu bhakṣiteṣu punastvayā .. pratyahaṃ bhakṣaṇopāyaściṃtitavyo bubhukṣayā .. 119 .. > Furthermore, if they are devoured all at once by you, / a means of eating will have to be thought of every day due to hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.119\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.119_2) saphalaiva pratijñā te nānṛtaṃ munibhāṣitam .. evaṃ kṛte'pi te sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati samīhitam ..7.1.32.12.... > Your vow will indeed be fruitful; what was spoken by the sage will not be false; / even when this is done, all your desires will come to pass." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.121) tatkariṣyāyahaṃ sarvamāhaivaṃ sa janārdanaḥ .. ekaikaśaḥ sa vibudhānbhakṣayiṣyati vāḍavaḥ .. 121 .. > "I will do all that," said Janārdana; / "that submarine fire will devour the gods one by one." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.122) tataḥ surāḥ sureśānaṃ taṃ viṣṇumamitaujasam .. praṇamyāhuryathāyuktaṃ śobhanaṃ bhavatā kṛtam .. 122 .. > Then the gods, having bowed to Viṣṇu, the lord of gods, of immeasurable splendor, / said: "What was fitting has been done well by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.123) bhūyo'dya punarevāsya doṣasyopaśamakriyām .. kartuṃ tvameva śakto'si nānyastrātā divauka sām.. 123 .. > Again today, you alone are capable of performing the act of pacifying this fault; / there is no other protector for the dwellers of heaven." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.124) tataḥ pītāṃbaradharaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ .. yuṣmadbhayaṃ hariṣyāmi tatsurānāha mādhavaḥ .. 124 .. > Then Mādhava, who wears yellow garments and holds the conch, discus, and mace, / spoke to the gods: "I will remove your fear." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.125) śrutvaitadvibudhāḥ sarve harṣeṇotphulla locanāḥ .. 125 .. > Having heard this, all the gods had their eyes wide open with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.126) tatastānvibudhāndṛṣṭvā provāca sa tu vāḍavaḥ .. kimidānīṃ mayā kāryaṃ bhavatāṃ kathyatāṃ hi tat .. 126 .. > Then, seeing those gods, the submarine fire spoke: / "What deed must now be done by me for you? Let that be spoken!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.127) atrāntare viśvatanurmahaujā vimohayaṃstaṃ jvalanaṃ svabuddhyā .. provāca pūrvaṃ vihitā yadāpastā bhakṣayasveti mahānubhāvaḥ .. 127 .. > Meanwhile, the glorious one possessing the universe as his form and endowed with great energy, deluding that fire with his intellect, / spoke: "Devour the waters that were created first!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.128) etadvyavasitaṃ viṣṇoryaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ .. so'ticārabhayānmukto jñānaṃ muktimavāpnuyāt .. 128 .. > Whoever, with a concentrated mind, listens to this resolve of Viṣṇu, / is freed from the fear of transgression and attains knowledge and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.32.128\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32.128_3) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vaḍavānalavaṃcanavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 32 .. .. .. > Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Episode of the Deception of the Submarine Fire', in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first \[part\] of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.32.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kubjikāmatatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kubjika.kubjikamata.16.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.32) · Pramāṇa