[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) › 16.336 # Skandapurana 16.336 Skandapurāṇa 16.336 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.336.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi goṣpadaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. yatra śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā gayāsaptaguṇaṃ phalam.. labhate nātra saṃdeho yadi śraddhā dṛḍhā bhavet .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent sacred ford Goṣpada, / where, having performed a śrāddha, a man obtains seven times the fruit of Gayā; / there is no doubt about this, if his faith is firm; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.2) yatra śrāddhaṃ pṛthuḥ kṛtvā pitaraṃ pāpayonitaḥ .. uddadhāra mahādevi venaṃnāma mahāprabhum .. .. 2 .. > where Pṛthu, having performed a śrāddha, delivered his father from a sinful womb, / O great goddess, the mighty lord named Vena. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.3) .. devyuvāca .. .. kasminsthāne sthitaṃ tīrthamutpattistasya kīdṛśī .. kathaṃ sa venarājo vā uddhṛtaḥ pāpayonitaḥ .. 3 .. > The goddess said: / In which place is this sacred ford situated, and of what kind is its origin? / Or how was that king Vena delivered from a sinful womb? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.4) gayāsaptaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ kathaṃ tatra prajāyate .. śrāddhasya kiṃ vidhānaṃ tu ke maṃtrāstatra ke dvijāḥ .. etanme kautukaṃ deva yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. 4 .. > How is merit seven times greater than Gayā produced there? / What is the rule for the śrāddha, what are the mantras there, and who are the twice-born? / You ought to explain this curiosity of mine properly, O god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. idaṃ rahasyaṃ deveśi yattvayā paripṛcchitam.. aprakāśyamidaṃ tīrthamasminpāpayuge priye .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / This is a secret, O ruler of the gods, that has been asked by you. / This sacred ford is not to be revealed in this sinful age, O dear one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.6) tathāpi saṃpravakṣyāmi tava snehātsureśvari .. na pāpina idaṃ brūyānnaiva tarkaratāya vai .. 6 .. > Nevertheless, I shall tell it fully out of affection for you, O ruler of the gods. / One must not speak this to a sinner, nor indeed to one devoted to dry reasoning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.7) na nāstikāya deveśi na suvarṇetarāya ca .. asti devi mahāsiddhā puṇyā nyaṃkumatī nadī .. 7 .. > nor to an atheist, O ruler of the gods, nor to one who is not of good caste. / O goddess, there is the greatly accomplished, sacred river Nyaṅkumatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.8) maryādārthaṃ mayā''nītā kṣetrasyāsya maheśvari.. saṃsthitā pāpaśamanī parṇādityācca dakṣiṇe.. 8 .. > brought by me for the boundary of this sacred field, O great goddess. / Situated \[there\], destroying sins, to the south of Parṇāditya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.9) nārāyaṇagṛhātsaumye nātidūre vyavasthitā.. tasyā madhye mahādevi tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .. 9 .. > and situated not very far to the north of the dwelling of Nārāyaṇa. / In the middle of it, O great goddess, is a sacred ford renowned in the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.10) goṣpadaṃ nāma vikhyātaṃ koṭipāpaharaṃ nṛṇām.. goṣpadasya samīpe tu nātidūre vyavasthitaḥ .. 7.1.336.10 .. > known by the name Goṣpada, which removes ten million sins of men. / Near Goṣpada, indeed not very far away, is stationed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.11) ananto nāma nāgendraḥ svayaṃbhūto dharātale .. tasya tīrthasya rakṣārthaṃ viṣṇunā sanniyojitaḥ .. 11 .. > the king of serpents named Ananta, self-manifest on the surface of the earth, / appointed by Viṣṇu for the protection of that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.12) kāṃkṣaṃti pitaraḥ putrānnarakādatibhīravaḥ .. gaṃtā yo goṣpade putraḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati .. goṣpade ca sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṝṇāmutsavo bhavet .. 12 .. > Exceedingly terrified of hell, ancestors yearn for sons: / ‘The son who will go to Goṣpada, he will be our saviour.’ / Seeing a son at Goṣpada, a festival takes place for the ancestors: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.13) padbhyāmapi jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā asmabhyaṃ kiṃ na dāsyati .. api syātsa kule'smākaṃ yo no dadyājjalāṃjalim .. prabhāsakṣetramāsādya goṣpade tīrtha uttame .. 13 .. > ‘Touching the water even with his feet, will he not give \[an offering\] to us? / Might there be one in our family who will offer us a handful of water, / having reached Prabhāsakṣetra, at the excellent sacred ford Goṣpada? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.14) api syātsa kule'smākaṃ khaḍgamāṃsena yaḥ sakṛt .. śrāddhaṃ kuryātprayatnena kālaśākena vā punaḥ .. 14 .. > Might there be one in our family who will diligently perform a śrāddha once / with the flesh of a rhinoceros, or else with black greens? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.15) api syātsa kule'smākaṃ goṣpade dattadīpakaḥ .. ākalpakālikā dīptistenā'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 15 .. > Might there be one in our family who offers a lamp at Goṣpada? / Through that, light will belong to us lasting for an entire kalpa.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.16) goṣpade cānnaśatā yaḥ pitarastena putriṇaḥ .. dinamekamapi sthitvā punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam .. .. 16 .. > And the ancestors of one whose food is offered at Goṣpada are truly blessed with sons. / Remaining \[there\] even for a single day, one purifies one's family up to the seventh generation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.17) piṇḍaṃ dadyācca pitrāderātmano'pi svayaṃ naraḥ .. piṇyākeṃgudakenāpi tena mucyedvarānane .. 17 .. > A man should offer a piṇḍa for his father and others, and even for himself by himself, / even with oil-cake or inguda fruits; through that he is liberated, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.18) brahmajñānena kiṃ yogairgograhe maraṇena kim .. kiṃ kurukṣetravāsena goṣpade yadi gacchati .. 18 .. > What is the use of the knowledge of Brahman, what of yogas, what of dying in the recapture of cows, / what of dwelling in Kurukṣetra, if one goes to Goṣpada? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.19) sakṛttīrthābhigamanaṃ sakṛtpiṇḍaprapātanam .. durllabhaṃ kiṃ punarnityamasmiṃstīrthe vyavasthitam.. 19 .. > Visiting the sacred ford once, dropping a piṇḍa once, / is difficult to attain; how much more so \[the fruit of\] staying constantly in this sacred ford! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.20) arddhakośaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ tadarddhārddhaṃ tu durllabham .. tanmadhye śrāddhakṛtpuṇyaṃ gayāsaptaguṇaṃ labhet .. 7.1.336.20 .. > That sacred ford extends half a krośa, and half of that half is exceedingly difficult to attain. / The performer of a śrāddha in the middle of it obtains seven times the merit of Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.21) śrāddhakṛdgoṣpade yastu pitṝṇāmanṛṇo hi saḥ .. padamadhye viśeṣeṇa kulānāṃ śatamuddharet .. 21 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha at Goṣpada becomes indeed free from debt to his ancestors. / Especially in the middle of the footprint, he delivers a hundred families. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.22) gṛhāccalitamātrasya goṣpade gamanaṃ prati .. svargārohaṇasopānaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tu padepade .. 22 .. > The moment one sets out from home toward the Goṣpada, / at every step there is a stairway for the ancestors climbing to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.23) pāyasenaiva madhunā saktunā piṣṭakena ca .. caruṇā taṃdulādyairvā piṃḍadānaṃ vidhīyate .. 23 .. > The offering of rice balls is prescribed with milk-rice alone, or with honey, / with roasted barley meal, or with cakes, or with boiled sacrificial rice, grains, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.24) gopracāre tu yaḥ piṇḍā ñchamīpatrapramāṇataḥ .. kandamūlaphalādyairvā dattvā svargaṃ nayetpitṝn .. 24 .. > Whoever offers rice balls in the cow pasture, even the size of a śamī leaf, / or with edible roots, bulbs, and fruits, leads his ancestors to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.25) goṣpade piṇḍadānena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ .. na tacchakyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi .. 25 .. > The fruit that a person obtains by offering a rice ball at the Goṣpada / cannot be told by me even in hundreds of millions of kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.26) athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi samyagyātrāvidhiṃ śubham .. yātrāvidhānaṃ ca tathā samyakchraddhānvitā śṛṇu .. .. 26 .. > Henceforth I shall describe fully the auspicious rule of pilgrimage. / Endowed with full faith, listen to the procedure for the pilgrimage: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.27) yadi tīrthaṃ naro gacchedgayāśrāddhaphalepsayā .. tathāvidhavidhānena yātrā kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ .. 27 .. > If a man goes to the sacred ford desiring the fruit of a Gayā śrāddha, / the wise man should perform the pilgrimage according to that procedure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.28) brahmacārī śucirbhūtvā hastapādeṣu saṃyataḥ .. śraddhāvānāstiko bhāvī gacchettīrthaṃ tataḥ sudhīḥ .. 28 .. > Observing celibacy, purified, with hands and feet restrained, / faithful, believing in the beyond, reverent, the wise man should then go to the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.29) na nāstikasya saṃsargaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe naraścaret .. sarvopaskarasaṃyuktaḥ śrāddhārha dravyasaṃyutaḥ .. gacchettīrthaṃ sādhusaṃgī gayāṃ manasi mānayan .. 29 .. > A man should not associate with an unbeliever at that sacred ford; / equipped with all accessories, supplied with items fit for the śrāddha, / keeping company with the virtuous, meditating on Gayā in his mind, he should go to the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.30) evaṃ yastu dvijo gacchetpratigrahavivarjitaḥ .. padepade'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotya saṃśayam.. 7.1.336.30 .. > A twice-born man who proceeds thus, refusing to accept gifts, / attains without doubt the fruit of a horse sacrifice at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.31) tatra snātvā nyaṃkumatyāṃ siddhaye pitṛmuktaye .. snātvātha tarppaṇaṃ kuryāddevādīnāṃ yathāvidhi .. 31 .. > Having bathed there in the Nyaṅkumatī for spiritual success and the ancestors' liberation, / and having bathed, he should then perform the libation to the gods and others according to rule: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.32) brahmādistaṃbaparyaṃtā devarṣi manumānavāḥ .. tṛpyantu pitaraḥ sarve mātṛmātāmahādayaḥ .. 32 .. > “From Brahmā down to a clump of grass, gods, seers, manus, and men— / may all ancestors, beginning with mother and maternal grandfather, be satisfied!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.33) evaṃ saṃtarpya vidhinā kṛtvā homādikaṃ naraḥ .. śrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍakaṃ kuryātsvataṃtroktavidhānataḥ .. 33 .. > Having thus offered libations according to rule and having performed the fire offering and the like, / a man should perform the śrāddha with rice balls according to the procedure taught in the independent text. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.34) āmantrya brāhmaṇāṃstatra śāstrajāndoṣavarjitān .. evaṃ kṛtopacārastu imaṃ mantramudīrayet .. 34 .. > Inviting there brahmins who know the scriptures and are free from faults, / and having thus offered hospitability, he should utter this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.35) kavyavāḍanalaḥ somo yamaścaivāryamā tathā .. agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ somapāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ .. āgacchantu mahābhāgā yuṣmābhī rakṣitā stviha .. 35 .. > “O Kavyavāha fire, Soma, Yama, and Aryaman, / Agniṣvāttas, Barhiṣads, Somapas, ancestral deities! / O noble ones, guarded by you, let them come here: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.36) madīyāḥ pitaro ye ca kule jātāḥ sanābhayaḥ .. teṣāṃ piṇḍapradātā'hamāgato'sminpitāmahāḥ .. 36 .. > Those who are my ancestors, born in this family, my kinsmen— / I have come here to offer rice balls to them, O grandfathers!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.37) evamuktvā mahādevi imaṃ mantramudīrayet .. 37 .. > Having said this, O great goddess, he should utter this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.38) pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ .. mātā pitāmahī caiva tathaiva prapitāmahī .. 38 .. > “Father, paternal grandfather, and likewise great-grandfather, / mother, paternal grandmother, and likewise paternal great-grandmother, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.39) mātāmahaḥ pramātā ca tathā vṛddhapramātṛkaḥ .. teṣāṃ piṃḍo mayā datto hyakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatām .. 39 .. > maternal grandfather, maternal great-grandfather, and elderly maternal great-great-grandfather: / to them a rice ball has been offered by me; may it remain inexhaustible!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.40) oṃ namo bhānave bhartre'bjabhaumasomarū piṇe .. evaṃ natvā'rcayitvā tu imāṃ stutimatho paṭhet .. 7.1.336.40 .. > “Oṃ, homage to the Sun, the maintainer, who has the forms of the lotus, Mars, and the Moon.” / Having bowed and worshipped thus, he should then recite this praise: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.41) tatra goṣpadasāmīpye caruṇā suśṛtena ca .. pitṝṇāmanāthānāṃ ca maṃtraiḥ piṃḍāṃśca nirvapet .. 41 .. > There, near the Goṣpada, with well-cooked sacrificial rice, / he should offer rice balls with mantras for the helpless ancestors: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.42) asmatkule mṛtā ye ca gatiryeṣāṃ na vidyate .. raurave cāṃdhatāmisre kālasūtre ca ye gatāḥ .. teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham .. .. 42 .. > “Those who have died in our family and who have no goal, / and those who have gone to Raurava, Andhatāmisra, and Kālasūtra— / for their rescue I give this rice ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.43) anekayātanāsaṃsthāḥ pretalokeṣu ye gatāḥ .. teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham .. 43 .. > Those who dwell in manifold torments and have gone to the worlds of ghosts— / for their rescue I give this rice ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.44) paśuyonigatā ye ca ye ca kīṭasarī sṛpāḥ .. athavā vṛkṣayonisthāstebhyaḥ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham ..44.. > Those who have entered animal wombs, and those who are insects or reptiles, / or those who dwell in the womb of trees—to them I give this rice ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.45) asaṃkhyā yātanāsaṃsthā ye nītā yamaśāsakaiḥ.. teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham .. 45 .. > Those who, dwelling in countless torments, were led away by the punishers of Yama— / for their rescue I give this rice ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.46) ye'bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā ye ye'nyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ .. te sarve tṛptimāyāṃtu piṃḍenānena sarvadā .. 46 .. > Those who are not kinsmen, those who are kinsmen, and those who were kinsmen in another birth— / may all of them attain satisfaction forever through this rice ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.47) ye kecitpretarūpeṇa varttaṃte pitaro mama .. te sarve tṛptimāyāṃtu piṃḍenānena sarvadā .. 47 .. > Whosoever among my ancestors exist in the form of a ghost— / may all of them attain satisfaction forever through this rice ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.48) divyāṃtarikṣabhūmisthapitaro bāṃdhavādayaḥ .. mṛtāścāsaṃskṛtā ye ca teṣāṃ piṃḍostu muktaye .. .. 48 .. > Ancestors, kinsmen, and others dwelling in the celestial realm, mid-air, or earth, / and those who died without rites of passage—may the rice ball be for their liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.49) pitṛvaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca .. guruśvaśurabaṃdhūnāṃ ye cānye bāṃdhavā mṛtāḥ .. 49 .. > Those who have died in the paternal lineage, and likewise in the maternal lineage, / and whatever other kinsmen of the guru, father-in-law, and relatives have died; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.50) ye me kule luptapiṃḍāḥ putradāravivarjitāḥ .. kriyālopagatā ye ca jātyaṃdhāḥ paṃgavastathā .. 7.1.336.50 .. > those in my family who have lost their rice-ball offerings, who are without sons and wives, / who have suffered omission of rites, and likewise those born blind or lame; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.51) virūpā āmagarbhā ye'jñātā jñātāḥ kule mama .. teṣāṃ piṃḍo mayā datto hyakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatām.. ..51.. > the deformed, the miscarried embryos, the unknown and the known in my family— / to them a rice ball has been offered by me; may it remain inexhaustible! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.52) pretatvātpitaro muktā bhavaṃtu mama śāśvatam .. yatkiṃcinmadhusamiśraṃ gokṣīraṃ ghṛtapāyasam ..52.. > May my ancestors be freed forever from ghosthood!” / Whatever is mixed with honey, cow's milk, or ghee with milk-rice— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.53) akṣayyamupatiṣṭhettvattvasmiṃstīrthe tu goṣpade.. svādhyāyaṃ śrāvayettatra purāṇānyakhilānyapi .. 53 .. > may it remain inexhaustible from you at this sacred ford, the Goṣpada! / There he should recite the sacred study and all the Purāṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.54) brahmaviṣṇvarkarudrāṇāṃ stavāni vividhāni ca.. aiṃdrāṇi somasūktāni pāvamānīśca śaktitaḥ .. .. 54 .. > various hymns of praise to Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the Sun, and Rudra, / hymns to Indra, hymns to Soma, and purifying verses according to his capacity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.55) bṛhadrathaṃtaraṃ tadvajjyeṣṭhasāma sarauravam.. tathaiva śāṃtikādhyāyaṃ madhubrāhmaṇameva ca ..55.. > likewise the Bṛhat and Rathaṃtara, the Jyeṣṭhasāman along with the Raurava, / and likewise the peace chapter and the Madhubrāhmaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.56) maṃḍalaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ tatra prītakāri ca yatpunaḥ .. viprāṇāmātmanaścaiva tatsarvaṃ samudīrayet..56.. > the Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa, and whatever else brings delight there / to the brahmins and to oneself—he should recite all of that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.57) evaṃ nyaṃkumatīmadhye goṣpade tīrtha uttame .. dattvā piṃḍāṃśca vidhivatpunarmaṃtramimaṃ paṭhet .. 57 .. > Having thus offered rice balls according to rule in the middle of the Nyaṅkumatī, at the excellent sacred ford Goṣpada, / he should again recite this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.58) sākṣiṇaḥ saṃtu me devā brahmādyā ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ .. mayedaṃ tīrthamāsādya pitṝṇāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā ..58.. > “May the gods, beginning with Brahmā, and the foremost seers be witnesses for me: / having reached this sacred ford, expiation for the ancestors has been made by me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.59) āgato'smi idaṃ tīrthaṃ pitṛkārye surottamāḥ .. bhavaṃtu sākṣiṇaḥ sarve muktaścāhamṛṇatrayāt.. 59 .. > I have come to this sacred ford for ancestral rites, O best of gods; / may you all be witnesses, and may I be freed from the three debts!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.60) evaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya goṣpadaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā nadyāṃ piṃḍānvisarjayet .. 7.1.336.60 .. > Having thus circumambulated the excellent sacred ford Goṣpada, / having given priestly gifts to the brahmins, he should consign the rice balls into the river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.61) godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu tadvatkṛṣṇājinaṃ priye .. aṣṭakāsu ca vṛddhau ca gayāyāṃ mṛtavāsare .. 61 .. > A gift of a cow should be made there, and likewise a black antelope skin, my dear, / on the Aṣṭakā days, at a prosperity rite, at Gayā, and on the death anniversary. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.62) atra mātuḥ pṛthakchrāddhamanyatra patinā saha .. vṛddhiśrāddhe tu mātrādi gayāyāṃ pitṛpūrvakam.. 62 .. > Here the mother's śrāddha is performed separately, but elsewhere along with her husband; / in a prosperity śrāddha, the mother comes first, whereas at Gayā it begins with the father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.63) gayāvadatraiva punaḥ śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ narottamaiḥ .. tasmādguptagayā proktā iyaṃ sā viṣṇunā svayam .. 63 .. > The śrāddha should be performed here by the best of men just as at Gayā; / therefore this was declared as Guptagayā by Viṣṇu himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.64) gaṃdhadānena gaṃdhāptiḥ saubhāgyaṃ puṣpadānataḥ .. dhūpadānena rājyāptirdīptirdīpapradānataḥ .. 64 .. > By the gift of fragrant paste one obtains fragrance; good fortune comes from the gift of flowers; / by the gift of incense one obtains a kingdom; radiance comes from the offering of a lamp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.65) dhvajadānātpāpahāniryātrākṛdbrahmalokabhāk .. śrāddhapiṃḍaprado loke viṣṇurneṣyati vai pitṝn.. 65 .. > By giving a banner, one is freed from sin; the pilgrim attains the world of Brahmā. / In this world, whoever offers funeral balls in the śrāddha, Viṣṇu will indeed lead his ancestors \[to heaven\]. (65) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.66) ekaṃ yo bhojayettatra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam.. gopracāre mahātīrthe koṭirbhavatibhojitā .. 66 .. > If one feeds even a single brahmin of commended vows there, / at the great tīrtha Gopracāra, it equals feeding ten million. (66) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.67) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktastatra śrāddhavidhistava .. atha te kathayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam .. 67 .. > Thus the rite of śrāddha there has been briefly spoken to you. / Now I will tell you an ancient history: (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.68) venasya rājñaścaritaṃ pṛthoścaiva mahātmanaḥ .. yathā tatrābhavanmuktistasya cāṃḍālayonitaḥ .. tatsarvaṃ śṛṇu deveśi samyakchraddhāsamānvitā .. 68 .. > The deed of King Vena and of the great-souled Pṛthu, / how his liberation occurred there from a cāṇḍāla's womb. / Hear all of that, O Queen of the Gods, endowed with proper faith. (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.69) piśunāya na pāpāya nāśiṣyāyāhitāya ca .. kathanīyamidaṃ puṇyaṃ nāvratāya kathaṃcana .. 69 .. > This holy \[account\] must not be told to a slanderer, to a sinner, / nor to one who is not a pupil, nor to one who is hostile, nor in any way to one without vows. (69) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.70) svargyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ vedena saṃmitam .. rahasyamṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ śṛṇuyādyo'nasūyakaḥ .. 7.1.336.70 .. > Bestowing heaven, fame, and long life, bringing fortune, equal to the Veda, / this secret was declared by the seers; he who listens without malice, (70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.71) yaścainaṃ śrāvayenmartyaḥ pṛtho rvainyasya saṃbhavam .. brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtvā na sa śocetkṛtā'kṛte ..71.. > and the mortal who recites this origin of Pṛthu, son of Vena, / having bowed to the brahmins, will not grieve over deeds done or left undone. (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.72) goptā dharmasya rājā'sau babhau cātrisamaprabhaḥ .. atrivaṃśasamutpanno hyaṃgo nāma prajāpatiḥ .. 72 .. > A protector of dharma, that king shone with splendour equal to Atri; / indeed, born in Atri's lineage, he was the Prajāpati named Aṅga. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.73) tasya putro'bhavedveno nātyarthaṃ dhārmikastathā .. jāto mṛtyusutāyāṃ vai sunīthāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ..73 .. > His son was Vena, who was not particularly righteous; / he was born to Sunīthā, the daughter of Mṛtyu, a Prajāpati. (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.74) samātāmaha doṣeṇa tena kālātmakānanaḥ .. sa dharmaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā pāpabuddhirajāyata .. 74 .. > Through that fault of his maternal grandfather, with a face like Death himself, / he set dharma aside and became one whose mind was bent on sin. (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.75) sthitimutthāpayāmāsa dharmopetāṃ sanātanīm .. vedaśāstrāṇyatikramya hyadharma nirato'bhavat .. 75 .. > He abolished the eternal order endowed with dharma; / transgressing the Vedic scriptures, he devoted himself to unrighteousness. (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.76) niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāḥ prajāstasminpraśāsati .. ḍiṃḍimaṃ ghoṣayāmāsa sa rājā viṣaye svake .. 76 .. > While he ruled, his subjects were without Vedic study or the exclamation vaṣaṭ. / That king caused a drum to be proclaimed throughout his kingdom: (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.77) na dātavyaṃ na yaṣṭavyaṃ mayi rājyaṃ praśāsati .. āsītpratijñā krūreyaṃ vināśe pratyupasthite .. 77.. > ‘No gifts must be given, no sacrifice must be made, while I rule the kingdom!’ / Such was his cruel vow when his destruction was at hand. (77) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.78) ahamīḍyaśca pūjyaśca sarvayajñairdvijottamaiḥ .. mayi yajñā vidhātavyā mayi hotavyamityapi ..78.. > ‘I alone am to be praised and worshipped with all sacrifices by the best of the twice-born! / Sacrifices must be offered to me, and oblations poured unto me!’ (78) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.79) tamatikrāṃtamaryādaṃ prajāpīḍanatatparam .. ūcurmaharṣayaḥ kruddhā marīcipramukhāstadā ..79.. > Seeing that he had transgressed boundaries and was intent on oppressing his subjects, / the enraged great seers, led by Marīci, said to him then: (79) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.80) mā'dharmaṃ vena kārṣīstvaṃ naiṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .. atrervaṃśe prasūto'si prajāpatirasaṃśayam .. 7.1.336.80 .. > ‘Do not commit unrighteousness, O Vena! This is not the eternal dharma! / You are born in the lineage of Atri, without doubt a Prajāpati. (80) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.81) pālayiṣye prajāśceti pūrvaṃ te samayaḥ kṛtaḥ .. tāṃstathāvādinaḥ sarvānbrahmarṣīnabravīttadā .. 81 .. > Formerly your covenant was made: “I will protect the subjects.”’ / To all those brahmin seers who spoke thus, (81) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.82) venaḥ prahasya durbuddhiridaṃ vacanakovidaḥ .. sraṣṭā dharmasya kaścānyaḥ śrotavyaṃ kasya vā mayā .. 82 .. > the evil-minded Vena, skilled in words, laughed aloud and said: / ‘Who else is the creator of dharma, or whom else should I heed? (82) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.83) vīryaśrutatapaḥsatyairmayānyaḥ kaḥ samo bhuvi .. madātmāno na nūnaṃ māṃ yūyaṃ jānītha tattvataḥ .. 83 .. > Who else on earth is equal to me in valour, sacred learning, austerity, and truth? / Thinking you are everything, you surely do not know me in reality! (83) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.84) prabhavaṃ sarvalokānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ.. itthaṃ dehena pṛthivīṃ bhāvena yajanena ca .. 84 .. > The origin of all the worlds, and especially of dharmas— / thus with my body, my nature, and through sacrifice, (84) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.85) sṛjeyaṃ ca graseyaṃ ca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. yadā na śakyate staṃbhānmattaścaiva vimohitaḥ .. 85 .. > I could create the earth and consume it; no doubt need be had in this matter.’ / When it was impossible to persuade King Vena, (85) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.86) anunetuṃ nṛpo venastatra kruddhā maharṣayaḥ .. ātharvaṇena maṃtreṇa hatvā taṃ te mahābalam .. 86 .. > who was arrogant through obstinacy and utterly infatuated, the great seers grew enraged; / having slain that mighty one with an Atharvan mantra, (86) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.87) tato'sya vāmabāhuṃ te mamaṃthurbhṛśakopitāḥ .. tasmācca mathyamānādvai jajñe pūrvamiti śrutiḥ .. 87 .. > they then churned his left arm in extreme fury. / And from that arm being churned, it is heard in tradition, there was born first (87) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.88) hrasvo'timātraḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaścāpi tadā priye .. sa bhītaḥ prāñjaliścaiva tasthivānsaṃmukhe priye .. 88 .. > an exceedingly dwarfish man, black in colour, O beloved! / Terrified, with folded hands, he stood before them, O dear one. (88) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.89) tamāttaṃ vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣīdetyabruvankila .. niṣādo vaṃśakartā vai tenābhūtpṛthuvikramaḥ .. 89 .. > Seeing him distressed and overwhelmed, they said, ‘Sit down’ (niṣīda). / From him arose the Niṣāda of broad prowess, the founder of the lineage. (89) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.90) dhīvarānasṛjaccāpi venapāpasamudbhavān .. ye cānye vindhyanilayāstathā vai tuṃbarāḥ khasāḥ .. 7.1.336.90 .. > He also produced the fishermen (dhīvara) who arose from the sin of Vena, / and those others who dwell in the Vindhya, as well as the Tumburas and Khasas. (90) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.91) adharme rucayaścāpi varddhitā venapāpajāḥ .. punarmaharṣayastetha pāṇiṃ venasya dakṣiṇam ..91.. > Delighting in unrighteousness, these who sprang from Vena's sin multiplied. / Then the great seers, agitated and filled with wrath, (91) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.92) araṇīmiva saṃrabdhā mamaṃthurjāta manyavaḥ .. pṛthustasmātsamutpannaḥ karājjvalanasaṃnibhaḥ .. 92 .. > churned the right hand of Vena like a fire-drill. / From that hand arose Pṛthu, blazing like fire. (92) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.93) pṛthoḥ karatalāccāpi yasmājātastataḥ pṛthuḥ .. dīpyamānaśca vapuṣā sākṣādagniriva jvalan .. 93 .. > Because he was born from the broad (pṛthu) palm of the hand, he was therefore named Pṛthu; / he shone with his form like burning fire incarnate, (93) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.94) dhanurājagavaṃ gṛhya śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān .. khaṅgaṃ ca rakṣanrakṣārthaṃ kavacaṃ ca mahāprabham .. 94 .. > holding the Ajagava bow and arrows resembling venomous serpents, / carrying a sword for protection, and clad in radiant armour. (94) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.95) tasmiñjāte'tha bhūtāni saṃprahṛṣṭāni sarvaśaḥ .. saṃbabhūvurmahādevi venaśca tridivaṃ gataḥ .. 95 .. > When he was born, all beings rejoiced exceedingly on every side, / O great goddess, and Vena went to heaven. (95) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.96) tato nadyaḥ samudrāśca ratnānyādāya sarvaśaḥ .. abhiṣekāya te sarve rājānamupatasthire .. .. 96 .. > Then the rivers and oceans, bringing jewels from all sides, / all attended upon the king for his consecration. (96) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.97) pitāmahaśca bhagavānṛṣibhiśca sahāmaraiḥ .. sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni jaṃgamāni ca sarvaśaḥ .. 97 .. > And the venerable Grandfather \[Brahmā\], together with the seers and immortals, / and all beings, both stationary and moving, from every quarter, (97) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.98) samāgamya tadā vainyamabhyaṣiṃcannarādhi pam .. so'bhiṣikto mahātejā devairaṃgirasādibhiḥ .. 98 .. > assembled then and consecrated the son of Vena as ruler of men. / Consecrated by the gods, Aṅgiras and the others, (98) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.99) adhirājye mahābhāgaḥ pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān .. pitrā na raṃjitāścāsya prajā vainyena raṃjitāḥ .. 99 .. > the illustrious and valorous Pṛthu, son of Vena, assumed supreme sovereignty. / The subjects who had not been gladdened by his father were gladdened by Vena's son. (99) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.100) tato rājeti nāmāsya anurāgādajāyata .. āpaḥ stastaṃbhire cāsya samudramabhiyāsyataḥ .. 7.1.336.100 .. > Then his name became ‘king’ (rājan) from their affection (anurāga). / The waters became rigid as he marched towards the ocean; (100) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.101) parvatāścāpi śīryaṃte dhvajasaṃgo'pi nā'bhavat .. akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī sidhyaṃtyannāni ciṃtayā .. sarvakāmadughā gāvaḥ puṭakepuṭake madhu .. 101 .. > the mountains crumbled, and his banner never met with obstruction. / The earth bore crops without ploughing; food was produced merely by thought; / cows yielded all desires; and honey was in every fold of leaf. (101) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.102) tasminneva tadā kāle puna rjajñe'tha māgadhaḥ .. sāmageṣu ca gāyatsu srugbhāṃḍādvaiśvadevikāt .. 102 .. > At that very time, the Māgadha was also born, / from the vessel of the ladle used for all the gods, while the Sāman-singers were chanting. (102) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.103) sāmageṣu samutpannastasmānmagadha ucyate .. aiṃdreṇa haviṣā cāpi haviḥ pṛktaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ .. 103 .. > Because he was born among the Sāman-singers (sāmageṣu), he is called a Magadha. / And the oblation was mixed with Indra's oblation when Bṛhaspati (103) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.104) yadā juhāva ceṃdrāya tatastato vyajāyata .. pramādastatra saṃjajñe prāyaścittaṃ ca karmasu .. 104 .. > poured the sacrifice to Indra; from that \[error\] it was born. / An inadvertence occurred there, and an expiation in the rituals: (104) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.105) śeṣahavyena yatpṛktamabhibhūtaṃ gurorhaviḥ .. adharottarasvāreṇa jajñe tadvarṇavaikṛtam ..105.. > because the oblation of the Guru \[Bṛhaspati\] was mixed with and overpowered by the remaining oblation, / through an inversion of high and low musical accents, that alteration of class was born. (105) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.106) yajñastasyāṃ samabhavadbrāhmaṇyāṃ kṣatrayonitaḥ .. tataḥ pūrveṇa sādharmyāttulyadharmāḥ prakīrttitāḥ.. .. 106 .. > A sacrificial origin arose in that brahmin woman from a kṣatriya source. / Therefore, because of resemblance in duty with the former, their duties are declared to be equal. (106) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.107) madhyamo hyeṣa tattvasya dharmaḥ kṣatropajīvanam .. rathanāgāśvacaritaṃ jaghanyaṃ ca cikitsitam .. 107 .. > For this middling duty in truth consists of living by the kṣatriya way— / the management of chariots, elephants, and horses, while the lowest \[occupation\] is medicine. (107) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.108) pṛthoḥ kathārthaṃ tau tatra samā hūtau maharṣibhiḥ .. tāvūcurmunayaḥ sarve stūyatāmiti pārthivaḥ .. 108 .. > For the purpose of recounting \[the deeds of\] Pṛthu, the two were summoned there by the great seers. / All the sages said to them: 'Let the king be praised! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.109) karmabhiścānurūpo hi yatoyaṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. tānūcatustadā sarvānṛṣīṃśca sūtamāgadhau .. 109 .. > For this ruler of the earth is indeed worthy because of his deeds.' / Then the bard and the herald said to all the seers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.110) āvāṃ devānṛṣīṃścaiva prīṇayāva svakarmabhiḥ .. na cāsya vidvo vai karma na tathā lakṣaṇaṃ yaśa .. 7.1.336.110 .. > 'We two please the gods and the seers through our own functions; / but we do not know his deeds, nor his characteristic glory, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.111) stotraṃ yenāsya saṃkurvo rājñastejasvino dvijāḥ .. ṛṣibhistau niyuktau tu bhaviṣyaiḥ stūyatāmiti ..111.. > by which we may compose a hymn of praise for this glorious king, O twice-born ones.' / But those two were instructed by the seers: 'Let him be praised by \[the deeds\] yet to come!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.112) yāni karmāṇi kṛtavānpṛthuḥ paścānmahābalaḥ .. tāni gītāni baddhāni stuvadbhiḥ sūtamāgadhaiḥ .. 112 .. > The deeds which the mighty Pṛthu performed afterwards, / those were sung and composed by the praising bards and heralds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.112\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.112_1) tataḥ śrutārthaḥ suprītaḥ pṛthuḥ prādātprajeśvaraḥ .. anūpadeśaṃ sūtāya māgadhānmāgadhāya ca .. 1 13.. > Then the lord of subjects, Pṛthu, pleased with what he heard, / granted the Anūpa country to the bard, and the Magadha regions to the herald. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.114) tadādi pṛthivīpālāḥ stūyante sūtamāgadhaiḥ .. āśīrvādaiḥ praśaṃsyaṃte sūtamāgadhabaṃdibhiḥ .. 114 .. > From then on, earthly rulers are praised by bards and heralds; / they are extolled with benedictions by bards, heralds, and panegyrists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.115) taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ prītāḥ prajā ūcurmaharṣayaḥ .. eṣa vo vṛttido vainyo vihito'tha narādhipaḥ .. 115 .. > Seeing him, the great seers, exceedingly delighted, said to the subjects: / 'This son of Vena has now been appointed your king, the provider of your livelihood.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.116) tato vainyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ prajāḥ samabhidudruvuḥ .. tvaṃ no vṛttividhāteti maharṣivacanāttathā .. .. 116 .. > Then the subjects ran up to the illustrious son of Vena, / saying, 'You are the dispenser of our livelihood,' according to the words of the great seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.117) so'bhīhitaḥ prajābhistu prajāhitacikīrṣayā .. dhanurgṛhītvā bāṇāṃśca vasudhāmārdayadbalī .. 117 .. > Thus addressed by the subjects, and wishing to do good for the subjects, / the mighty one took up his bow and arrows and assailed the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.118) tato vainyabhayatrastā gaurbhūtvā prādravanmahī .. tāṃ dhenuṃ pṛthurādāya dravantīmanvadhāvata .. 118 .. > Then the earth, terrified by fear of the son of Vena, turned into a cow and fled. / Taking up \[his weapon\], Pṛthu pursued that fleeing cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.119) sā lokānbrahmalokādīngatvā vainyabhayāttadā .. dadarśa cāgrato vainyaṃ kārmukodyatapāṇinam .. 119 .. > Having gone through the worlds beginning with the world of Brahmā out of fear of the son of Vena, / she saw the son of Vena in front of her, his hand raising the bow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.120) jvaladbhirviśikhaistīkṣṇairdīptatejaḥsamanvitaiḥ .. mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ durddharṣamamarairapi .. 7.1.336.120 .. > with sharp, blazing arrows endowed with burning splendour— / him of great yoga, the great-souled one, unassailable even by the immortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.121) alabhaṃtī tu sā trāṇaṃ vainyamevābhyapadyata .. kṛtāṃjalipuṭā devī pūjyā lokaistribhissadā ..121.. > Finding no protection, she surrendered to the son of Vena alone, / with her hands folded in reverence—the goddess who is ever worthy of worship by the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.122) uvāca cainaṃ nādharmyaṃ strīvadhaṃ paripaśyasi .. kathaṃ dhārayitā cāsi prajā rājanmayā vinā .. 122 .. > And she said to him: 'Do you not see the slaughter of a woman to be unrighteous? / And how will you sustain the subjects, O king, without me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.123) mayi lokāḥ sthitā rājanmayedaṃ dhāryate jagat .. madṛte tu vinaśyeyuḥ prajāḥ pārthiva viddhi tat .. 123 .. > Upon me the worlds rest, O king; by me this universe is upheld. / Know that without me the subjects would perish, O ruler of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.124) sa māṃ nārhasi haṃtuṃ vai śreyaścettvaṃ cikīrṣasi .. prajānāṃ pṛthivīpāla śṛṇuṣvedaṃ vaco mama ..124.. > Therefore you ought not to kill me, if you wish to bring about the welfare / of the subjects, O guardian of the earth! Listen to these words of mine: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.125) upāyataḥ samārabdhāḥ sarve sidhyaṃtyupakramāḥ .. hatvā māṃ tvaṃ na śakto vai prajāḥ pālayituṃ nṛpa .. 125 .. > All undertakings begun with the proper means succeed. / Having killed me, you will certainly not be able to protect the subjects, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.126) anukūlā bhaviṣyāmi tyaja kopaṃ mahādyute .. avadhyāśca striyaḥ prāhustiryagyonigatā api .. ..126.. > I shall be compliant; cast off your anger, O one of great splendour! / They say that females are not to be slain, even those born as animals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.127) ekasminnidhanaṃ prāpte pāpiṣṭhe krūrakarmaṇi .. bahūnāṃ bhavati kṣemastatra puṇyaprado vadhaḥ .. satyevaṃ pṛthivīpāla dharmmaṃ mā tyaktumarhasi ..127.. > When destruction befalls a single, most sinful person of cruel deeds, / safety arises for many; in that case killing confers merit. / Though this is so, O protector of the earth, you should not abandon righteousness.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.128) evaṃvidhaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā rājā mahābalaḥ .. krodhaṃ nigṛhya dharmātmā vasudhāmidamabravīt .. 128 .. > Hearing such speech of hers, the mighty king, / restraining his anger, the righteous one spoke thus to the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.129) ekasyārthe ca yo hanyādātmano vā parasya vā .. ekaṃ vāpi bahūnvāpi kāmataścāsti pātakam .. 129 .. > 'Whoever would kill one or even many, wilfully, / for the sake of one person—whether oneself or another—incurs a sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.130) yasmiṃstu nidhanaṃ prāptā edhante bahavaḥ sukham .. tasminhate ca bhūyo hi pātakaṃ nāsti tasya vai .. 7.1.336.130 .. > When one is destroyed, however, and many thrive in happiness, / there is indeed no further sin for him when that one is slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.131) so'haṃ prajānimittaṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi vasundhare .. yadi me vacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi jagaddhitam .. 131 .. > Therefore, for the sake of the subjects, I shall kill you, O bearer of wealth, / if you will not do my bidding today for the welfare of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.132) tvāṃ nihatyādya bāṇena macchāsanaparāṅmukhīm.. ātmānaṃ pṛthukṛtveha prajā dhārayitāsmyaham ..132.. > Having slain you today with an arrow, averse as you are to my command, / I myself shall make myself vast and uphold the subjects here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.133) sā tvaṃ vacanamāsthāya mama dharmabhṛtāṃvare.. sañjīvaya prajā nityaṃ śaktā hyasi na saṃśayaḥ .. 133 .. > So, relying on my word, O best among upholders of righteousness, / keep the subjects alive constantly, for you are indeed capable, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.134) duhitṛtvaṃ hi me gaccha evametanmahaccharam .. niyacche tvadvadhārthaṃ ca prayuktaṃ ghoradarśanam .. pratyuvāca tato vainyamevamuktā mahāsatī .. 134 .. > Become my daughter, and thus I shall withdraw this great arrow, / terrible to behold, which has been deployed to kill you.' / Thus addressed, the greatly chaste \[earth\] then replied to the son of Vena: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.135) sarvametadahaṃ rājanvidhāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ .. vatsaṃ tu mama saṃyukṣva kṣareyaṃ yena vatsalā .. 135 .. > 'I shall arrange all this, O king, there is no doubt. / But provide a calf for me, by which I, full of affection, may yield milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.136) samāṃ ca kuru sarvatra māṃ tvaṃ sarvabhṛtāṃ vara .. yathā visyandamānāhaṃ kṣīraṃ sarvatra bhāvaye ..136.. > And make me level everywhere, O best of all beings, / so that, flowing forth, I may cause the milk to spread everywhere.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.137) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tata utsārayāmāsa śilājālāni sarvaśaḥ.. dhanuṣkoṭyā tato vainyastena śailā vivarddhitāḥ ..137.. > Īśvara said: / Then the son of Vena cleared away masses of rocks everywhere / with the tip of his bow; thereby the mountains were elevated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.138) manvatareṣvatīteṣu caivamāsīdvasundharā .. svabhāvenābhavattasyāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca ..138.. > In past manvantaras the earth was indeed like this; / by her natural state she had level and uneven \[surfaces\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.139) na hi pūrvanisarge vai viṣamaṃ pṛthivītalam.. pravibhāgaḥ purāṇāṃ ca grāmāṇāṃ cātha vidyate .. 139 .. > For in the previous creation the earth's surface was not uneven, / nor did there exist any division into cities and villages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.140) na sasyāni na gorakṣaṃ na kṛṣirna vaṇikpathaḥ .. 7.1.336.140 .. > nor crops, nor cattle-herding, nor agriculture, nor trade routes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.141) cākṣuṣasyāṃtare pūrvamāsīdetatpurā kila .. vaivasvate'ntare cāsminsarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ .. samatvaṃ yatrayatrāsīdbhūmeḥ kasmiṃścideva hi..141.. > Formerly, in the interval of Cākṣuṣa \[Manu\], this was so in the past; / but in this interval of Vaivasvata the origin of all this took place. / Wherever in some places there was levelness of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.142) tatratatra prajāstā vai nivasanti sma sarvadā .. āhāraḥ phalamūlaṃ tu prajānāmabhavatkila .. 142 .. > there those subjects always dwelt. / The food of the subjects was indeed fruits and roots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.143) kṛcchreṇaiva tadā tāsāmityevamanuśuśruma .. vainyātprabhṛtiloke'sminsarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ ..143.. > obtained with difficulty by them at that time—thus indeed have we heard. / Beginning with the son of Vena, the origin of all this occurred in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.144) saṃkalpayitvā vatsaṃ tu cākṣuṣaṃ manumīśvaram .. pṛthurdudoha sasyāni svahaste pṛthivīṃ tataḥ ..144.. > Having appointed the powerful Manu Cākṣuṣa as the calf, / Pṛthu then milked the crops from the earth with his own hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.145) sasyāni tena dugdhā vai venyeneyaṃ vasundharā .. manuṃ vai cākṣuṣaṃ kṛtvā vatsaṃ pātre ca bhūmaye .. 145 .. > Crops were thus milked from this earth by the son of Vena, / having made Manu Cākṣuṣa the calf, into an earthen vessel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.146) tenānnena tadā tā vai varttayante sadā prajāḥ .. ṛṣibhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā ..146.. > Upon that food the subjects then always sustained themselves. / And it is heard that the earth was milked again by the seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.147) vatsaḥ somastatasteṣāṃ dogdhā cāpi bṛhaspatiḥ .. pātramāsanhi cchandāṃsi gāyatryādīni sarvaśaḥ .. 147 .. > Then their calf was Soma, and the milker was Bṛhaspati; / the vessels were the metres, Gāyatrī and the rest, in every respect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.148) kṣīramāsīttadā teṣāṃ tapo brahma ca śāśvatam.. punastato devagaṇaiḥ puraṃdarapurogamaiḥ .. 148 .. > Their milk then was austerity and eternal sacred lore. / Then again by the hosts of gods, led by Puraṃdara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.149) sauvarṇaṃ pātramādāya dugdheyaṃ śrūyate mahī .. vatsastu maghavā cāsīddogdhā ca savitā'bhavat .. 149 .. > this earth is heard to have been milked, taking a golden vessel; / the calf was Maghavat, and Savitṛ became the milker. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.150) kṣīramūrjāmadhu proktaṃ vartaṃte tena devatāḥ .. pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā .. .. 7.1.336.150 .. > The milk was declared to be strength and nectar; by it the gods subsist. / And it is heard that the earth was milked again by the ancestors: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.151) rājataṃ pātramādāya svadhā tvakṣayyatṛptaye .. vaivasvato yamastvāsītteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān .. 151 .. > taking a silver vessel, \[they milked\] svadhā for imperishable satisfaction. / Yama, the son of Vivasvat, was their glorious calf; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.152) aṃtakaścābhavaddogdhā pitṛṇāṃ bhagavā nprabhuḥ .. asuraiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā .. 152 .. > and the lord, venerable Antaka, was the milker of the ancestors. / And it is heard that the earth was milked again by the asuras: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.153) āyasaṃ pātramādāya balamādhāya sarvaśaḥ .. virocanastu prāhlādisteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān .. 153 .. > taking an iron vessel, gathering strength on every side, / Virocana, son of Prahlāda, was their glorious calf; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.154) ṛtvigdvimūrddhā daityānāṃ dogdhā tu ditinandanaḥ .. māyākṣīraṃ dudohāsau daityānāṃ tṛptikārakam .. 154 .. > the priest Dvimūrdhan, son of Diti, was the milker of the daityas. / He milked the milk of illusion, which brought satisfaction to the daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.155) tenaite māyayā'dyāpi sarve māyāvido'surāḥ .. varttayaṃti mahāvīryāstadeteṣāṃ paraṃ balam.. 155 .. > Through that illusion even today all those asuras, knowers of illusion, / subsist, possessing great power; for that is their supreme strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.156) nāgaiśca śrūyate dugdhā vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu takṣakam .. alābupātramādāya viṣaṃ kṣīraṃ tadā mahat .. 156 .. > And it is heard that \[the earth\] was milked by the nāgas, making Takṣaka the calf; / taking a gourd vessel, \[they milked\] great poison as their milk then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.157) teṣāṃ vai vāsukirdogdhā kādraveyo mahāyaśāḥ .. nāgānāṃ vai mahādevi sarpāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ ..157.. > Vāsuki, the son of Kadrū of great renown, was their milker, / indeed of all the nāgas and serpents, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.158) tena vai varttayantyugrā mahākāyā viṣolbaṇāḥ .. tadāhārāstadācārāstadvīryāstadapāśrayāḥ .. 158 .. > By it they subsist, fierce, having huge bodies, swollen with poison, / having that for their food, conduct, strength, and refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.159) āmapātre punardugdhā tvaṃtarddhānamiyaṃ mahī .. vatsaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ kṛtvā yakṣapuṇyajanaistathā .. 159 .. > Again, this earth was milked into an unbaked clay vessel for invisibility, / making Vaiśravaṇa the calf, by the yakṣas and puṇyajanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.160) dogdhā rajatanāgastu cintāmaṇicarastu yaḥ .. yakṣādhipo mahātejā vaśī jñānī mahātapāḥ .. 7.1.336.160 .. > The milker was the silver serpent who moves about the Cintāmaṇi stone, / the lord of the yakṣas, endowed with great splendor, self-controlled, wise, and of great austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.161) tena te varttayaṃ tīti yakṣā vasubhirūrjitaiḥ .. rākṣasaiśca piśācaiśca punardugdhā vasundharā .. 161 .. > By that they subsist, the yakṣas, with abundant riches. / And the earth was milked again by the rākṣasas and piśācas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.162) brahmopendrastu dogdhā vai teṣāmāsītkuberataḥ .. vatsaḥ sumālī balavānkṣīraṃ rudhirameva ca ..162.. > Brahmopendra was their milker from Kubera; / their calf was mighty Sumālin, and their milk was blood itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.163) kapālapātre nirdugdhā tvaṃtarddhānaṃ tu rākṣasaiḥ .. tena kṣīreṇa rakṣāṃsi varttayantīha sarvaśaḥ ..163.. > \[She was\] milked into a skull-vessel for invisibility by the rākṣasas. / By that milk the demons subsist here in every way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.164) padmapatreṣu vai dugdhā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ .. vatsaṃ caitrarathaṃ kṛtvā śucigandhānmahī tadā .. 164 .. > She was milked onto lotus leaves by the hosts of gandharvas and apsarases; / having made Citraratha the calf, \[they milked\] pure fragrances from the earth then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.165) teṣāṃ vatso rucistvāsīddogdhā putro muneḥ śubhaḥ .. śailaistu śrūyate devi punardugdhā vasuṃdharā .. 165 .. > Their calf was Ruci, and the virtuous son of the sage was the milker. / And it is heard, O goddess, that the earth was milked again by the mountains: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.166) tadauṣadhīrmūrtimatī ratnāni vividhāni ca .. vatsastu himavāṃsteṣāṃ dogdhā merurmahāgiriḥ .. 166 .. > then \[they milked\] embodied medicinal plants and various kinds of gems. / Himavat was their calf, and Mount Meru was the milker; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.167) pātraṃ śilāmayaṃ hyāsīttena śailāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ .. śrūyate vṛkṣavīrudbhiḥ punardugdhā vasundharā .. 167 .. > the vessel was indeed made of stone, and by that the mountains were established. / It is heard that the earth was milked again by trees and creepers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.168) pālāśaṃ pātramādāya cchinnadagdhaprarohaṇam .. dogdhā tu puṣpitaḥ śālaḥ plakṣo vatso yaśasvini .. sarvakāmadughā dogdhā pṛthivī bhūtabhāvinī .. 168 .. > taking a vessel of palāśa wood, \[they milked\] sprouting when cut and burnt. / The flowering śāla tree was the milker, and the plakṣa was the calf, O illustrious one. / The earth, source of living beings, was milked yielding all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.169) saiṣā dhātrī vidhātrī ca dharaṇī ca vasundharā .. dugdhā hitārthaṃ lokānāṃ pṛthunā iti naḥ śrutam .. 169 .. > This very \[earth\], the nurse, the creator, the upholder, and the bearer of wealth, / was milked for the welfare of the worlds by Pṛthu, so we have heard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.170) carācarasya lokasya pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca .. āsīdiyaṃ samudrāṃtā medinīti pariśrutā..7.1.336.170.. > The support and the womb of the moving and unmoving world, / bounded by the ocean, she was celebrated as Medinī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.171) madhukaiṭabhayoḥ pūrvaṃ medomāṃsapariplutā .. vasundhārayate yasmādvasudhā tena kīrtitā .. 171 .. > because she was formerly covered with the fat and flesh of Madhu and Kaiṭabha; / and since she holds wealth, for that reason she is celebrated as Vasudhā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.172) tato'bhyupagamādrājñaḥ pṛthorvainyasya dhīmataḥ .. duhitṛtvamanuprāptā pṛthivītyucyate tataḥ .. 172 .. > Then, through the acceptance of King Pṛthu, son of Vena, the wise, / she attained daughterhood, and hence she is called Pṛthivī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.173) prathitā pravibhaktā ca śobhitā ca vasundharā .. dugdhā hi yatnato rājñā pattanākaramālinī .. 173 .. > Extended, divided, adorned, / and garlanded with cities and mines, the earth was diligently milked by the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.174) evaṃ prabhāvo rājāsīdvainyaḥ sa nṛpasattamaḥ .. tataḥ sa raṃjayāmāsa dharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ tadā .. 174 .. > Such was the majesty of that king, the son of Vena, best of kings. / Then he pleased the earth with righteousness at that time; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.175) tato rājeti śabdo'tha pṛthivyāṃ raṃjanādabhūt .. sa rājyaṃ prāpya vainyastu ciṃtayāmāsa pārthivaḥ .. 175 .. > and so the title 'king' arose upon the earth from pleasing. / Having attained the kingdom, that king, the son of Vena, thought: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.176) pitā mama hyadharmiṣṭho yajñādyucchittikārakaḥ.. kasminsthāne gataścāsau jñeyaṃ sthānaṃ kathaṃ mayā .. 176 .. > “My father was indeed exceedingly unrighteous, a destroyer of sacrifices and the like. / To what place has he gone, and how can that place be known by me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.177) kathaṃ tasya kriyā kāryā hatasya brāhmaṇaiḥ kila .. kathaṃ gatirbhavettasya yajñadānakriyābalāt .. 177 .. > How can rites be performed for him who was slain by the brahmins? / How might he attain a \[good\] destiny through the power of sacrifices, gifts, and rituals?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.178) ityeva ciṃtayā tasya nāradobhyājagāma ha .. tasyaivamāsanaṃ dattvā praṇipatya ca pṛṣṭavān .. 178 .. > While he was reflecting in this manner, Nārada arrived. / Offering him a seat and bowing down, he questioned him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.179) bhagavansarvalokasya jānāsi tvaṃ śubhāśubham .. pitā mama durācāro devabrāhmaṇaniṃdakaḥ .. 179 .. > “O venerable one, you know the good and evil of all the world. / My father was of wicked conduct, a reviler of gods and brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.180) svakarmaṇā hato vipraiḥ paralokamavāptavān .. kasmiṃsthāne gatastātaḥ śvabhraṃ vā svargameva ca .. 7.1.336.180 .. > slain by the brahmins on account of his own deeds, he has reached the other world. / To what place has my father gone—to a pit or to heaven?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.181) tato'bravīnnāradastu jñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā .. śṛṇu rājanmahābāho yatra tiṣṭhati te pitā .. 181 .. > Then Nārada spoke, having perceived \[it\] through his divine eye: / “Hear, O mighty-armed king, where your father stays. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.182) atra deśo marurnāma jalavṛkṣavivarjitaḥ .. tatra deśe mahāraudre janakaste narottama .. 182 .. > Here there is a desert region named Maru, devoid of water and trees; / in that exceedingly terrible region is your father, O best of men: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.183) mlecchamadhye samutpanno yakṣmī kuṣṭhasamanvitaḥ .. ucchiṣṭabhojī mlecchānāṃ kṛmibhiḥ saṃyuto vraṇaiḥ .. .. 183 .. > born among mlecchas, suffering from consumption and afflicted with leprosy, / eating the remnants of mlecchas' food, covered with worms and sores.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.184) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ .. hāhākāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mūrchito nipapāta ha ..184 .. > Hearing those words of the great-souled Nārada, / he cried out in distress and fell into a swoon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.185) ciṃtayāmāsa duḥkhārtaḥ kathaṃ kāryaṃ mayā bhavet .. ityevaṃ ciṃtayānasya matirjātā mahātmanaḥ .. putraḥ sa kathyate loke pitaraṃ trāyate tu yaḥ .. 185 .. > Afflicted with sorrow, he thought: “What ought to be done by me?” / As he was reflecting in this manner, the thought arose in the great-souled one: / “He is called a son in the world who delivers his father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.186) sa kathaṃ tu mayā tātaḥ pāpānmukto bhaviṣyati .. evaṃ saṃciṃtya sa tato nāradaṃ paryapṛcchata .. 186 .. > How then will my father be freed from sin?” / Reflecting thus, he then asked Nārada: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.186\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.186_2) bhagavankathitaṃ sarvaṃ piturmama viceṣṭitam .. kena tasya bhavenmuktiḥ karmaṇā dvijasattama .. vratairdānaistapobhirvā tīrthānāṃ yātrayā vada .. 177 .. > “O venerable one, the entire condition of my father has been described. / By what action might his liberation be achieved, O best of brahmins? / Tell me: through vows, gifts, austerities, or pilgrimage to sacred fords?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.188) .. nārada uvāca .. .. gaccha rājanpradhānāni tīrthāni manujeśvara .. pitaraṃ teṣu cānīya tasmādrājanmarusthalāt .. 188 .. > Nārada said: / “Go to the principal sacred fords, O king, lord of men, / having brought your father to them from that desert region, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.189) yatra devāḥ saprabhāvāstīrthāni vimalāni ca .. tatra gaccha mahārāja tīrthayātrāṃ kuru prabho .. 189 .. > Where there are powerful gods and spotless sacred fords, / go there, O great king, and make a pilgrimage to the sacred fords, O lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.190) evaṃ hyavitathaṃ viddhi mokṣaste bhavitā pituḥ .. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājā nāradasya mahātmanaḥ .. sacive bhāramādhāya svarājasya jagāma ha .. 7.1.336.190 .. > Know this as unfailing truth: the liberation of your father will come to pass.” / Hearing those words of the great-souled Nārada, / the king placed the burden of his kingdom upon his minister and set forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.191) sa gatvā marubhūmiṃ tu mlecchamadhye dadarśa ha .. kuṣṭharogeṇa mahatā kṣayeṇa ca samāvṛtam .. 191 .. > He went to the desert land and saw \[his father\] among the Mlecchas, / afflicted by severe leprosy and consumption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.192) gavyūtimātraṃ tatraiva śūnyaṃ mānuṣavarjitam .. evaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa rājā tu saṃtapto vākyamabravīt .. 192 .. > For a distance of a gavyūti right there, it was deserted, devoid of humans. / Seeing this, the king was tormented and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.193) he mleccha rogipuruṣaṃ svagṛhaṃ ca nayāmyaham .. tatrāhamenaṃ nirujaṃ karomi yadi manyatha .. 193 .. > "O Mlecchas, I shall take this sick man to my own home. / There I shall make him healthy, if you agree." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.194) jñātveti sarve te mlecchāḥ puruṣaṃ taṃ dayāparam .. ūcuḥ praṇatasarvāṃgāḥ śīghra naya jagatpate .. asmadbhāgyavaśānnātha tvamevātra samāgataḥ .. 194 .. > Understanding this, all those Mlecchas bowed with their entire bodies / and said to that most compassionate man: "Take him quickly, O lord of the world! / By virtue of our good fortune, O protector, you have come here yourself! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.195) durgaṃdhopahatā lokāstvayā nātha sukhīkṛtāḥ .. tata ānāyya puruṣāñchibikāvāhanocitān .. 195 .. > The people who were afflicted by the foul odor have been made happy by you, O lord!" / Then, having summoned men suitable for carrying a palanquin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.196) tataḥ śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya rājño dayāvaham .. prāpustīrthānyanekāni kedārādīni koṭiśaḥ .. 196 .. > and having heard that compassionate command of the king, / they reached many sacred fords by the millions, beginning with Kedāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.197) yatrayatra sa gaccheta vainyo venena saṃyutaḥ .. tatra tatraiva tīrthānāmākraṃdaḥ śrūyate mahān.. .. 197 .. > Wherever Vainya went accompanied by Vena, / there, precisely there, a great outcry of the sacred fords was heard: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.198) hā daiva ripurāyāti asmākaṃ nāśahetave .. adhunā kva gamiṣyāma iti ciṃtā punaḥpunaḥ..198.. > "Alas, fate! An enemy is approaching to cause our destruction! / Where shall we go now?"—thus was their constant anxiety. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.199) darśanenāpi tasyaiva hāhākāraṃ vidhāya vai.. . palāyaṃte ca tīrthāni devā naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt ..199.. > Even at the mere sight of him, raising cries of distress, / the sacred fords flee, and the gods vanish at that very instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.336.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.336.200) evaṃ varṣatrayaṃ rājā tīrthayātrāṃ cakāra vai .. na tasya muktirdadṛśe tataḥ śokamagātparam ..7.1.336.200.. > In this way the king undertook a pilgrimage to sacred fords for three years; / no liberation was seen for him, and so he fell into supreme grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 272 passages. 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