[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) › 16.367.p39 # Skandapurana 16.367.p39 Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.367.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p39) 37 pārvatyā snānakāle kimarthaṃ jale kaṃkaṇaprakṣepaṇaṃ kāryamiti pṛṣṭena śivenendumatīvṛttāntakathanam ,tatra bṛhadrathabhūpaṃ prati kaṇvamaharṣerāgamanam , bṛhadrathena kaṇvasyātithyādi- kaṃ vidhāya mitho dharmaviṣayakakathākaraṇam, tata indumatyā nijaiśvaryaprāptikāraṇa- jijñāsayā kaṇvāya praśnakaraṇam, kaṇvena tasyā indumatyā pūrvajanmavṛttāntakatha- nam, tatra pūrvajanmani mahāśūdryāstasyāścaritrakathanam, someśvarartārthe snānakara- ṇasamaye tasyā mahāśūdryā hastato jale kaṅkaṇapatanam, tīrthe tasya kaṅkaṇasya pata- nasya prabhāveṇa janmāntare rājakule jananakathanam, tatkaṇvavākyaṃ śrutvendumatyāstra- payā'dhomukhībhūtvā tūṣṇīṃbhavanam, tataḥ kaṇvasya svasthāne gamanam, tato bṛhadrathe-nendumatyā saha prativarṣaṃ sarasvatītīre gatvā kaṃkaṇanikṣepaṇam, tena tayorbṛhadra-thendumatyordevatvaprāptivarṇanam kaṃkaṇaprakṣepaṇamāhātmyavarṇanam.. 61 2 > 37 Being asked by Pārvatī why a bracelet should be cast into the water at the time of ritual ablution, Śiva relating the story of Indumatī; there, the arrival of the great seer Kaṇva before King Bṛhadratha; Bṛhadratha offering hospitality to Kaṇva, and their discussing matters of dharma; then Indumatī asking Kaṇva to learn the cause of her attaining prosperity; Kaṇva telling the story of Indumatī's previous birth; there, the description of her conduct as a senior Śūdra woman in her previous life; at the time of bathing in the Someśvaratīrtha, a bracelet falling from that senior Śūdra woman's hand into the water; by the power of that bracelet falling into the tīrtha, the account of her birth in a royal family in another life; hearing those words of Kaṇva, Indumatī hanging her head in shame and remaining silent; then Kaṇva departing to his own abode; thereafter Bṛhadratha, together with Indumatī, going every year to the bank of Sarasvatī and casting a bracelet \[into it\]; by that, the description of Bṛhadratha and Indumatī attaining godhood; the description of the māhātmya of casting a bracelet... 61.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.367.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p38) - [Next: 16.367.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p40) - [Up: 16.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.367.p39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p39) · Pramāṇa