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# Skandapurana 17.14

Skandapurāṇa 17.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.1)

.. sārasvata uvāca .. ..  
vastrāpathe mahākṣetre nagare vāmane purā ..  
putraśokābhisaṃtapto vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ .. 1 ..

> Sārasvata said: / Formerly, in the Vastrāpatha, that great sacred field, in the city of Vāmana, / the venerable seer Vasiṣṭha was consumed by grief for his sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.2)

ājagāma tapastaptuṃ svarṇarekhānadītaṭe ..  
īśānakoṇe nagarātsvarṇarekhānadījale .. 2 ..

> He came to perform austerities on the bank of the Svarṇarekhā River. / In the northeast direction from the city, in the waters of the Svarṇarekhā River,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.3)

snātvā dhyātvā śivaṃ devaṃ manasā'cintayadyadā ..  
tadā rudraḥ samāyātastrinetro vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ ..  
maharṣe tava tuṣṭo'haṃ kiṃ karomi vadasva tat .. 3 ..

> having bathed and meditated on God Śiva, when he contemplated him in his mind, / then Rudra arrived, the three-eyed god whose banner bears a bull: / “Great seer, I am pleased with you; tell me what I may do \[for you\].”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.4)

.. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. ..  
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva varo deyo mamādhunā ..  
tadā'tra bhavatā stheyaṃ yāvadācaṃdratārakam .. 4 ..

> Vasiṣṭha said: / “If you are pleased, Mahādeva, and a boon is to be given to me now, / then you should remain here as long as the moon and stars endure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.5)

atra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti ye narāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ ..  
teṣāṃ pāpakṣayo deva kartavyo bhavatā sadā .. 5 ..

> Whenever sinful men shall perform ritual ablutions here, / you must always effect the destruction of their sins, O God.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.6)

narā ye pāpakarmāṇaḥ pūjayaṃti trilocanam ..  
tānnarānnaya deveśa vimānaiḥ śivamaṃdiram .. 6 ..

> Those sinful men who worship the three-eyed god— / bring those men, O Lord of gods, to Śiva’s abode in aerial chariots!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.7)

.. sārasvata uvāca .. ..  
tathetyuktā haro devastatraivāṃtara dhīyata ..  
hiraṇyakaśipuṃ hatvā narasiṃho mahābalaḥ ..  
trailokyamiṃdrāya dadau kālarudraṃ svayaṃ yayau .. 7 ..

> Sārasvata said: / Having said, “So be it,” God Hara vanished right there. / After slaying Hiraṇyakaśipu, the mighty Narasiṃha / gave the three worlds to Indra, while he himself departed to Kālarudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.8)

tadanvaye balirjātaḥ sa cātīva balā dhikaḥ ..  
ekātapatrāṃ pṛthivīṃ baliścakre balādhikaḥ ..  
akṛṣṭapacyā sujalā dharitrī sasyaśālinī .. 8 ..

> In his lineage was born Bali, who possessed extraordinary strength. / That exceedingly strong Bali brought the earth under a single parasol; / the earth bore crops without cultivation, had abundant water, and was rich in grain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.9)

gandhavaṃti ca puṣpāṇi rasavaṃti phalāni ca ..  
āskandhaphalino vṛkṣāḥ puṭake puṭake madhu .. 9 ..

> The flowers were fragrant, the fruits flavorful; / the trees bore fruit right down to their trunks, and honey filled every hollow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.10)

caturvedā dvijāḥ sarve kṣatriyā yuddhakovidāḥ ..  
goṣu sevāparā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāḥ śuśrūṣaṇe ratāḥ .. .. 7.2.14.10 ..

> All brahmins were masters of the four Vedas; kṣatriyas were skilled in warfare; / vaiśyas were devoted to caring for cattle; and śūdras were intent on service.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.11)

sadācārā janapadā ītivyādhivivarjitāḥ ..  
hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāḥ sarve sadānaṃdāḥ sadodyatāḥ .. 11 ..

> The inhabitants of the realm were virtuous in conduct, free from agricultural calamities and disease; / all the people were joyous, robust, ever happy, and ever energetic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.12)

kuṃkumāguruliptāṃgāḥ suveṣāḥ sādhumaṃḍitāḥ ..  
dāridryaduḥkhamaraṇairvimuktāścirajīvinaḥ .. 12 ..

> With their limbs smeared with saffron and agallochum, well-attired, and handsomely adorned, / they were freed from poverty, grief, and premature death, living long lives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.13)

dīpoddyotitabhūbhāgā rātrāvapi yathā dine ..  
vicaraṃti tathā martyā devā devālaye yathā .. .. 13 ..

> With regions of the earth illuminated by lamps at night just as in the day, / mortals moved about there like gods in a divine abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.14)

pṛthivyāṃ svargarūpāyāṃ rājyaṃ cakre'suro baliḥ ..  
nityaṃ vivāhavāditrairnāditaṃ bhūpamaṃdiram .. 14 ..

> On earth turned into heaven itself, the asura Bali ruled. / The royal palace was constantly resonant with instruments played at marriages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.15)

dharitrīṃ bubhuje daityo devarājo yathā divi ..  
devendro balinā nityaṃ yajñaiḥ saṃtoṣitastadā .. 15 ..

> The daitya enjoyed the earth just as the king of gods does heaven; / at that time, Devendra was constantly gratified by Bali through sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.16)

devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca nāsti yuddhaṃ parasparam ..  
eka eva mahīpālo yuddhaṃ nāsti dharātale .. 16 ..

> There was no fighting between the gods and the dānavas; / there was only one king, and there was no battle upon the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.17)

sapatnakakalirnāma nāsti yuddhaṃ harergajaiḥ ..  
na sarppanakulairnityaṃ na biḍālaiśca mūṣakaiḥ .. 17 ..

> There was no strife among rivals; there was no fight between lions and elephants, / nor between snakes and mongooses, nor between cats and mice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.18)

maitrībhāvaṃ gataṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvara jaṃgamam ..  
trailokyabhramaṇaṃ kṛtvā nārado naṃdane vane .. 18 ..

> The entire world, moving and unmoving, attained a state of friendship. / Having wandered through the three worlds, Nārada, in the Nandana grove,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.19)

gato na paśyate yuddhaṃ trailokye sacarācare ..  
tāvattasyodare pīḍā mahatī samajāyata .. 19 ..

> went about and saw no battle in the three worlds, with all that moves and is still; / then a great ache arose in his stomach:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.20)

na me snānādinā kāryaṃ tarppaṇaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam ..  
japahomādinā sarvamanyathā mama ceṣṭitam .. 7.2.14.20 ..

> “I have no business with ritual ablutions and the like; what purpose have I with oblations? / My actions are otherwise turned away from all recitation, fire-offerings, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.21)

tatsnānaṃ yatra yudhyante gajā daṃtavighaṭṭanaiḥ ..  
sā saṃdhyā yatra nihataiḥ kabandhairbhūrvibhūṣitā .. 21 ..

> That is a \[true\] bath where elephants fight, clashing their tusks; / that is \[true\] twilight worship where the earth is adorned with headless torsos of the slain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.22)

kuṃtaghātavinirbhinnagajakumbhodbhavāsṛjā ..  
tṛpyaṃti yatra kravyādāstarpaṇaṃ tanmama priyam .. 22 ..

> where carnivores are sated with the blood flowing from the frontal lobes of elephants shattered by blows of spears— / that oblation is dear to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.23)

gajaśīrṣairagamyāste nihatāḥ kṣatriyā raṇe ..  
sa homo yatra hūyaṃte gajāśca narapuṃgavāḥ .. 23 ..

> Those kṣatriyas slain in battle are an inaccessible forest of elephant-heads; / that is a \[true\] fire-offering where elephants and foremost among men are offered as oblations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.24)

śabdāgnau nāradasyāyaṃ homastrai lokyaviśrutaḥ ..  
chinnapādaśirohastairaṃtarāṃtravilabitaiḥ .. 24 ..

> This is Nārada’s offering in the fire of battle-cries, famed throughout the three worlds! / When the surface of the earth is adorned with severed feet, heads, and hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.25)

yadarcyate bhūmitalaṃ tanme nityaṃ surārcanam ..  
kiṃ devairdivi me kāryaṃ kiṃ manuṣyairdharātale .. 25 ..

> and hung with entrails, that is my constant worship of the gods! / What have I to do with gods in heaven, or with men on the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.26)

pannagaiḥ kiṃ tu pātāle na yudhyante parasparam ..  
tathā kariṣye devendrādupendrācca dharātale .. 26 ..

> or with serpents in Pātāla, if they do not fight one another? / I will act in such a way, through Devendra and Upendra on the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.27)

rasātalaṃ baliryātu satyamastu vaco mama ..  
jīvitenāpi rājyena yadā dāmodaraṃ harim .. 27 ..

> that Bali shall go to Rasātala; let my word prove true! / When with his very life and his kingdom \[Bali\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.28)

toṣayiṣyati yatnena tadendro'sau bhaviṣyati ..  
devendro vṛtrahā bhūtvā bhraṣṭarājyo bhaviṣyati .. 28 ..

> pleases Dāmodara Hari with exertion, then he shall become Indra. / Having slain Vṛtra, Devendra will lose his sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.29)

yadā vastrāpathe gatvā bhavaṃ bhāvena pūjayet ..  
surādhipastadā bhūyo brahmahatyāvivarjitaḥ .. 29 ..

> When he goes to Vastrāpatha and worships Bhava with devotion, / then the lord of the gods shall once more be freed from the sin of killing a brahmin.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.30)

anena mantrajāpyena sa śāṃtodarave danaḥ ..  
nārado devarājasya samīpaṃ sahasā yayau .. 7.2.14.30 ..

> By reciting this mantra, his stomach ache was calmed; / Nārada went swiftly to the presence of the king of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.31)

siṃhāsanaṃ samāruhya nandane saṃsthito hariḥ ..  
āste parivṛto deverdevarājo mahābalaḥ .. .. 31 ..

> Mounting his throne, Hari was seated in Nandana; / the mighty king of gods sat surrounded by the deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.32)

nirīkṣamāṇo nṛtyantīṃ raṃbhāṃ tāṃ surasundarīm..  
āyāṃtaṃ dadṛśe devo nāradaṃ vismayānvitaḥ .. 32 ..

> watching Rambhā, that celestial beauty, dancing. / Filled with wonder, the god saw Nārada arriving.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.33)

aho viruddho bhagavānnārado mayi dṛśyate ..  
nṛtyate kiṃ na vā nṛtye gīyate kiṃ na gīyate .. 33 ..

> “Ah, the venerable Nārada appears hostile toward me! / Should there be dancing, or should I stop the dance? Should there be singing, or should singing cease?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.34)

vādyatāṃ tālamānaiḥ kiṃ yāvacciṃtāparo hariḥ ..  
ṛṣiḥ samāgatastāvajjalābhyukṣaṇata tparaḥ .. 34 ..

> Should musical instruments be played with beats and rhythms?” While Hari was thus lost in thought, / the sage arrived, intent on sprinkling water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.34\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.34_1)

siṃhāsanaṃ parityajya samutthāyāgrataḥ sthitaḥ ..  
svāgatenābhivādyātha babhāṣe nāradaṃ hariḥ .. 32 ..

> Leaving his throne, rising up, and standing before him, / Hari greeted Nārada with a welcome and addressed him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.36)

maharṣe svāgataṃ te'dya kuto vā''ga myate tvayā ..  
snāne saṃdhyārcane home kuśalaṃ tava vidyate .. 36 ..

> “Welcome to you today, great seer! From where have you come? / Is all well with your ritual ablutions, twilight worship, and fire-offerings?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.37)

iti prokto vihasyātha babhāṣe nārado harim ..  
yadyetajjāyate mahyaṃ kimanyena prayojanam .. 37..

> Addressed thus, Nārada laughed and spoke to Hari: / “If I have that, what need have I of anything else?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.38)

prekṣaṇīkasya te sthānaṃ nāhaṃ paśyāmi svarpate ..  
yāvadrājyaṃ balestāvattvayā me na prayojanam .. 38 ..

> I do not see any place worthy of your viewing, O Lord of heaven! / As long as the rule of Bali lasts, I have no business with you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.39)

ādityādyā grahāḥ sarve kāla mānena yojitāḥ ..  
āhutyā plāvitā meghā varṣaṃti hṛṣitā bhuvi ..39..

> All the planets, beginning with the Sun, are regulated according to proper time; / drenched by sacrificial offerings, the clouds joyfully pour rain on the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.40)

rogādimaraṇaṃ nāsti yamo dharmeṇa pīḍitaḥ ..7.2.14.40..

> there is no death from disease or other ills, and Yama is constrained by righteousness.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.41)

ekātapatrāṃ pṛthivīṃ bubhuje sa narādhipaḥ ..  
trailokyanātheti mahānṛpeti saṃgrāmavidyākuśaleti nityam ..  
trailokyalakṣmīkucakāmuketi saṃstūyate cāraṇabaṃdivṛndaiḥ .41..

> Under a single umbrella that king enjoyed the earth. / 'O Lord of the three worlds! O Great King! O One skilled in the art of war!' / 'O Lover of the breasts of the Fortune of the three worlds!'—thus he was constantly praised by multitudes of bards and minstrels:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.42)

brahmeti kṛṣṇeti hareti bhūmāviṃdreti sūryeti dhanādhipeti ..  
devārinātheti surādhipeti jegīyate cāraṇabaṃdivṛndaiḥ .. 42 ..

> 'O Brahmā! O Kṛṣṇa! O Hara on earth! O Indra! O Sūrya! O Lord of wealth! / O Lord of the enemies of the gods! O Lord of the gods!'—thus he was sung of by multitudes of bards and minstrels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.43)

yuddhaṃ vinā daityagaṇā hasaṃti mattāḥ pramattāḥ kariṇo nadaṃti ..  
rathādhirūḍhāḥ puruṣā bhramaṃti senādhipā strīṣu gṛhe ramaṃti..43..

> Even without a battle, the hosts of Daityas laugh; rutting and frenzied, the elephants trumpet; / mounting chariots, the men roam about; the army commanders take pleasure in their homes among women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.44)

yajñāgnidhūmena nabho virājate suvarṇarūpā pṛthivī virājate..  
śūnyaṃ tu vedairbhuvanaṃ ca śobhate dhiṣṇyaṃ balerdairtyaigaṇaiśca śobhate .. 44 ..

> The sky shines with the smoke of sacrificial fires; the earth shines resplendent as gold; / but the world shines devoid of the Vedas, and the domain of Bali shines with hosts of Daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.45)

balirna jānāti surādhipaṃ tvāṃ surāśca sarve baliyajñabhojinaḥ ..  
tvameva te'riṃ hṛdi ciṃtaya svayaṃ yuktaṃ tavedaṃ kathitaṃ mayeti .. 45 ..

> Bali does not recognize you as the lord of the gods, and all the gods feed upon the sacrifice of Bali. / Consider yourself in your own heart who your enemy is; this that I have spoken to you is fitting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.46)

raṃbhā na rājate raṃge menakā tvāṃ na manyate ..  
tilottamāpi manute balirājaṃ sureśvaram .. 46 ..

> Rambhā does not shine upon the stage; Menakā does not esteem you; / even Tilottamā considers King Bali to be the lord of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.47)

urvaśī caiva taṃ yāti sukeśā saha bhāṣate ..  
mañjughoṣā mukhaṃ vaktraṃ kṛtvā tvāṃ na nirīkṣate .. 47 ..

> Urvaśī goes to him, and Sukeśā speaks with him; / Mañjughoṣā turns her face away and does not look at you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.48)

pulomā pulakodbhedaṃ na karoti baliṃ vinā ..  
paulomī purato gatvā baliṃ stauti ca maṃtharā .. 48 ..

> Pulomā feels no thrill of delight without Bali; / Paulomī goes before Bali and languidly praises him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.49)

nāradaḥ parvataścaiva hāhā hūhūśca tuṃburuḥ ..  
balirājyaṃ praśaṃsaṃti rudrasyāgre mayā śrutam .. .. 49 ..

> Nārada, Parvata, Hāhā, Hūhū, and Tumburu / praise the reign of Bali in the presence of Rudra: so have I heard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.50)

ājyāhutībhiḥ santuṣṭā ṛṣayo brahmasadmani ..  
brahmaṇo'gre praśaṃsaṃti tadevaṃ kathitaṃ mayā .. 7.2.14.50 ..

> Satisfied with offerings of clarified butter in the abode of Brahmā, the seers / praise \[him\] in the presence of Brahmā: thus have I told you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.51)

bṛhaspatiryadācaṣṭe na tadvācyaṃ mayā tava ..  
iṃdrāṇī balinaṃ matvā baliṃ citreṣu paśyati .. 51 ..

> What Bṛhaspati said, I ought not to repeat to you: / Indrāṇī, regarding Bali as the mighty one, looks at Bali in portraits."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.52)

anena vākyena surādhipastu cacāla kopāvaritastadānīm ..  
gajeti vajreti jagāda sūtaṃ samānayāsiṃ kavacaṃ rathaṃ ca .. 52 ..

> At these words, the lord of the gods trembled, seized by rage at that moment. / 'Elephant! Thunderbolt!' he said to his charioteer, 'Bring my sword, armor, and chariot!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.53)

rathena sūryo maruto gajena vṛṣeṇa rudro mahiṣeṇa sauriḥ ..  
vādyaṃtu vādyāni raṇāya me'dya caṇḍī gaṇeśāstvaritāḥ prayātu .. 53 ..

> Let Sūrya \[advance\] in a chariot, the Maruts on an elephant, Rudra on a bull, Śauri on a buffalo! / Let the musical instruments sound for my battle today! Let Caṇḍī and the Gaṇeśas advance swiftly!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.54)

dṛṣṭvā surendraṃ saṃkruddhaṃ bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ ..  
ṛṣimadhye gato vidvānbabhāṣe samayocitam .. 54 ..

> Seeing the lord of the gods utterly enraged, Bṛhaspati of noble intellect, / the learned one, entering among the seers, spoke words appropriate to the occasion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.55)

sāmādyā nītayaḥ proktāścatasro manunā purā ..  
sāmasādhyeṣu kāryeṣu daṇḍastena na pātyatām .. 55 ..

> "Four policies, beginning with conciliation, were formerly proclaimed by Manu. / In matters that can be accomplished by conciliation, let not punishment be applied by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.56)

ato hyupendrmāhūya maṃtrayantu surottamāḥ ..  
tadadhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 56 ..

> Therefore, having summoned Upendra, let the foremost of the gods deliberate. / Subservient to him is the entire world, the three worlds with all that moves and is still.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.57)

vinaṣṭeṣu ca kāryeṣu tasya vācyaṃ śubhāśubham ..  
sa eva prathamaṃ gacchetpṛthivyāṃ svārthasiddhaye .. 57 ..

> And when matters have failed, good and bad should be stated to him. / He alone should go first to the earth for the attainment of your purpose."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.58)

tatheti devairvijñaptastathā cakre sureśvaraḥ ..  
mandare'tha girau viṣṇuḥ satyalokātsamāgataḥ .. 58 ..

> "So be it!" Indra, thus petitioned by the gods, did accordingly. / Then Viṣṇu came to Mount Mandara from Satyaloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.59)

ṛṣayastatra te yāṃtu samānetuṃ janārddanam ..  
ityukto nāradaḥ svargātsnātuṃ prāptaḥ sa mandare .. 59 ..

> Let those seers go there to bring Janārdana. / Having been told this, Nārada arrived at Mandara from heaven to bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.60)

gautamo'trirbharadvājo viśvāmitro'tha kaśyapaḥ ..  
jamadagnirvasiṣṭhaśca saṃprāptā harimandire .. 7.2.14.60 ..

> Gautama, Atri, Bharadvāja, Viśvāmitra, then Kaśyapa, / Jamadagni, and Vasiṣṭha arrived at the temple of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.61)

girau gaṃgā jale snānaṃ saṃdhyāṃ cakre sa nāradaḥ ..  
yāvadāste tadā hṛṣṭā vālakhilyā maharṣayaḥ .. 61 ..

> Nārada bathed in the water of the Gaṅgā on the mountain and performed his twilight devotions. / While he was staying there, the delighted great seers, the Vālakhilyas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.62)

vinayenābhivādyātha kathayāmāsa nāradaḥ ..  
ṛṣayo mandare prāptā viṣṇuṃ netuṃ surālaye .. 62 ..

> having bowed with humility, Nārada said to them: / "The seers have arrived at Mandara to take Viṣṇu to the abode of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.63)

ṛṣayo darśanaṃ karttuṃ bhavatāmapi yujyate ..  
tadetadvacanaṃ śrutvā harṣitāste maharṣayaḥ .. 63 ..

> It is fitting for you too, O seers, to have his darśana." / Hearing these words of his, those great seers were delighted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.64)

aṃguṣṭhaparvamātrāṃstānvāmanānharimandire..  
gatāngaṃgājale snātuṃ vālakhilyānpuro hariḥ.. 64..

> Those Vālakhilyas, dwarfs the size of a thumb-joint, / having gone to bathe in the water of the Gaṅgā, Hari \[saw\] before him in his temple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.65)

jahāsa vāmanānsarvānbhāvikāryabalāttataḥ..  
brahmaputrā vālakhilyāḥ sarve te śaṃsitavratāḥ .. 65 ..

> He laughed at all the dwarfs on account of the power of what was destined to happen. / All those sons of Brahmā, the Vālakhilyas, were observed in their vows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.66)

lajjānvitāḥ krodhaparā uccairūcuḥ parasparam ..  
kenāpi devakāryeṇa vāmano'yaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 66 ..

> filled with shame and seized with anger, they spoke loudly to one another: / "For some work of the gods, this one shall become a dwarf!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.67)

ṛṣibhirvi ṣṇunā sarve pratibodhya prasāditāḥ ..  
bhāgyamokṣaḥ kadā viṣṇorbhaviṣyati taducyatām ..67..

> Being enlightened by the seers and Viṣṇu, all of them were propitiated. / "Let it be stated when the liberation from this destiny shall be for Viṣṇu."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.68)

prabhāsādadhikaṃ kṣetraṃ yadā vastrāpathaṃ bhavet ..  
bhaviṣyati tadā vṛddhirdhruvamaṇḍalavyāpinī ..  
tathā vastrāpathaṃ kṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati yavādhikam .. 68 ..

> \[The seers said:\] / "When the sacred field of Vastrāpatha becomes greater than Prabhāsa, / then his growth shall take place, pervading the circle of the Pole Star; / and thus the sacred field of Vastrāpatha shall be greater by a barley-corn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.69)

dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ doṣamukto bhaviṣyati ..  
asādhyasādhanī śaktirbhaviṣyati sthirā tava .. 69 ..

> Having seen the god Someśvara, he will be freed from the fault. / The power to accomplish the impossible shall be firmly yours.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.70)

vastrāpathe somanāthaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati ..  
indropendrau samāliṃgyāthāsīnau tau varāsane .. 7.2.14.70 .. ..

> He who sees Somanātha in Vastrāpatha, he truly sees." / Having embraced Indra and Upendra, they both sat upon an excellent seat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.71)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..  
kiṃ te kāryaṃ devarāja tadavaśyaṃ karomyaham .. 71 ..

> Viṣṇu said: / "What is your task, O King of the gods? I will certainly do that."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.72)

.. indra uvāca .. ..  
hiraṇyakaśiporvaṃśe balirdaityo mahā balaḥ ..  
tenedaṃ sakalaṃ vyāptaṃ devā yajñabhujaḥ kṛtāḥ .. 72 ..

> Indra said: / "In the lineage of Hiraṇyakaśipu there is the very powerful Daitya Bali. / By him all this has been pervaded; the gods have been made to eat only sacrificial offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.73)

devaloke bhūmiloko gataḥ sarvo'pi keśava ..  
yāvanno vikṛtiṃ yāti pūrvavairamanusmaran ..  
bhraṣṭarājyo balistāvatpātālamadhitiṣṭhatu .. 73 ..

> The entire earthly realm has passed into the divine realm, O Keśava. / Before he undergoes transformation remembering the former enmity, / let Bali, fallen from kingship, reside in Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.74)

sūryasomānvaye kaścidrājā bhavatu bhūtale .. 74 ..

> Let some king born in the solar or lunar lineage arise on the surface of the earth."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.75)

.. sārasvata uvāca .. ..  
ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā svayaṃ saṃcintya cetasā ..  
tathā kariṣye taṃ procya munīnprāha janārdanaḥ .. 75 ..

> Sārasvata said: / Having heard these words and considered them in his mind, / saying to him, "I will do so," Janārdana addressed the sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.76)

ṛṣayastatra gacchaṃtu kārayantu mahāmakham ..  
ahaṃ tatrāgamiṣyāmi sādhayiṣyāmi taṃ balim .. 76 ..

> "Let the seers go there and have a great sacrifice performed. / I shall go there and subdue that Bali."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.77)

ityuktā munayaḥ sarve gatāste yajñamaṇḍape ..  
dvādaśāho mahāyajñaḥ prārabdhaḥ sarvadakṣiṇaḥ .. 77 ..

> Having been addressed thus, all the sages went to the sacrificial pavilion. / A great twelve-day sacrifice with fees given to all was begun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.78)

surāṣṭradeśaṃ vikhyātaṃ kṣetraṃ vastrāpathaṃ nṛpa ..  
tasya dakṣiṇadigbhāge baleḥ siddhaṃ mahāpuram .. 78 ..

> The sacred field of Vastrāpatha, famed in the region of Surāṣṭra, O king— / on its southern side was the accomplished great city of Bali.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.79)

kṣetrādbahiḥ samārabdho yajñaḥ sarvasvadakṣiṇaḥ ..  
śukreṇāmantritāḥ sarve munayo yajñakarmaṇi ..  
atihṛṣṭo baliryajñe dadau dānānyanekadhā .. 79 ..

> Outside the sacred field, the sacrifice was begun with one's entire property given as fee. / All the sages were invited by Śukra for the sacrificial rite. / Exceedingly delighted at the sacrifice, Bali gave various gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.80)

svarṇapātreṣu sarveṣu dīyate bhojanaṃ bahu ..  
atithirbrāhmaṇo vidvānsarvasvenāpi pūjyate ..  
dānādyajño bhavetpūrṇo dānahīno vṛthā bhavet .. 7.2.14.80 ..

> In all gold vessels, abundant food is given. / The guest and the learned brahmin are honored even with all one's possessions. / Through giving a sacrifice becomes complete; lacking gifts, it becomes in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.81)

etasminneva kāle tu viṣṇurvāmanatāṃ gataḥ ..  
madhyadeśe caturvedo brāhmaṇastīrthayātrikaḥ ..  
mahodaro hrasvabhujaḥ khañjapādo mahāśirāḥ .. 81 ..

> At that very time, Viṣṇu assumed the form of a dwarf (Vāmana). / In the Madhyadeśa, \[he became\] a four-Veda-knowing brahmin, a pilgrim to sacred fords, / big-bellied, short-armed, lame-footed, with a large head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.82)

mahāhanuḥ sthūlajaṃghaḥ sthūlagrīvo'tilaṃpaṭaḥ ..  
śvetavastro baddhaśikhaśchatropānatkamaṇḍalūn .. 82 ..

> with large jaws, thick calves, a stout neck, extremely restless, / wearing white clothes, with his topknot tied, carrying an umbrella, shoes, and a water-pot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.83)

draṣṭuṃ tīrthānyanekāni babhrāma sa mahītale ..  
surāṣṭradeśe saṃprāptaḥ kṣetre vastrāpathe dvijaḥ .. 83 ..

> To see many sacred fords, he wandered the earth. / The twice-born arrived in the land of Surāṣṭra, in the sacred field of Vastrāpatha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.84)

svarṇarekhā nadītīre ciṃtayāmāsa vāmanaḥ ..  
prathamaṃ kiṃ bhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā yāmi someśvaraṃ śivam .. 84 ..

> On the bank of the Svarṇarekhā river, Vāmana reflected: / “Shall I first see Bhava and then go to Someśvara, the auspicious Śiva?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.85)

atha someśvaraṃ pūjya paścādyāsyāmi mandaram ..  
iti cintāparo bhūtvā kṛtyaṃ sañcintya cetasā ..  
atra sthitaḥ somanāthaṃ pūjayiṣyāmi niścitam .. 85 ..

> Or having worshipped Someśvara, shall I go afterwards to Mandara?” / Having thus become absorbed in thought, and having considered in his mind what was to be done, / \[he decided:\] “Remaining here, I shall certainly worship Somanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.86)

vastrāpathe mahākṣetre bhavaṃ someśvaraṃ vṛthā ..  
pūjayaṃti janā nityaṃ tathā kāryaṃ mayā dhuvam .. 86 ..

> In the great sacred field of Vastrāpatha, people continually worship Bhava Someśvara in vain; / surely, \[proper worship\] must be performed by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.87)

deśānāmuttamo deśo girīṇāmuttamo giriḥ ..  
kṣetrāṇāmuttamaṃ kṣetraṃ nadīnāmuttamā sarit .. 87 ..

> Of all countries, this is the best country; of all mountains, this is the best mountain; / of all sacred fields, this is the best sacred field; of all rivers, this is the best river;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.88)

divyaṃ vanaṃ vanānāṃ tu devānāmuttamo bhavaḥ ..  
yadā someśvaro devo bhūmiṃ bhittvā bhaviṣyati .. 88 ..

> of all forests, this is the divine forest; and of all gods, Bhava is the highest. / When the god Someśvara bursts through the earth and appears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.89)

tadāmramaṇḍale divyaṃ kṣetrametadyavādhikam ..  
caitra śuklacaturdaśyāmagnisādhanatatparaḥ .. 89 ..

> then in Āmramaṇḍala this divine sacred field will surpass \[all others by far\].” / On the fourteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, intent upon practicing the discipline of fires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.90)

ūrdhvabāhuḥ sūryakāle bhavaṃ tāvatsa paśyati ..  
madhyaṃdinaṃ paraṃ yāte dinanāthe vilaṃbite .. 7.2.14.90 ..

> with upraised arms at the time of the sun, he beheld Bhava; / when the lord of day had passed midday and was lingering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.91)

agni tāpāṃgasaṃtaptastāvatpaśyati śaṃkaram ..  
somanāthaṃ śivaṃ śāṃtaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam ..  
arghyeṇa puṣpamiśreṇa jalamiśreṇa bhāmini .. 91 .. ..

> his limbs scorched by the heat of the fire, he then beheld Śaṃkara, / Somanātha, the peaceful Śiva worshipped by all the gods, / \[and offered worship\] with water for guest-offering mixed with flowers and with water, O fair lady.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.92)

.. sārasvata uvāca .. ..  
bhūmiṃ bhittvātha deveśaḥ svayaṃ someśvaraḥ sthitaḥ ..  
liṃgarūpo mahādevo yāvadābrahmavāsaram .. 92 ..

> Sārasvata said: / Then, having burst through the earth, the lord of gods, Someśvara himself, stood / in the form of a liṅga, Mahādeva, for as long as a day of Brahmā lasts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.93)

.. someśvara uvāca .. ..  
siddhastvaṃ matprasādena kāryaṃ siddhaṃ bhaviṣyati ..  
ityukto vāmano devaṃ pratyuvāca maheśvaram .. 93 ..

> Someśvara said: / “You are accomplished by my grace; your purpose will be accomplished.” / Addressed thus, Vāmana replied to the god Maheśvara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.94)

.. vāmana uvāca .. ..  
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva yadi deyo varo mama ..  
tadā'tra liṃge sthātavyamastu divyaṃ puro mama .. 94 ..

> Vāmana said: / “If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then you must dwell here in this divine liṅga before me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.95)

yastu svāyaṃbhuvaṃ liṃgaṃ vāmane nagare mama ..  
pūjayiṣyati brahmaghno goghno vā bālaghātakaḥ .. 95 ..

> Whoever will worship this self-manifest liṅga in my city of Vāmana— / whether a killer of a brahmin, a killer of a cow, or a slayer of a child,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.96)

gurudrohī svarṇacoro mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ ..  
nirdoṣaḥ pūjayedyastu sakṛtsomeśvaraṃ haram .. 96 ..

> a traitor to his guru, or a gold thief—is freed from all sins. / And whoever, being faultless, worships Hara Someśvara even once,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.97)

mṛto vimānamāruhya divyastrīpariveṣṭitaḥ ..  
saṃstūyamāno dikpālairyātu svarge śivālaye .. 97 ..

> having died, having mounted an aerial chariot, surrounded by celestial women, / being praised by the guardians of the directions, let him go to the abode of Śiva in heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.98)

brahmalokamatikramya rudraloke sa gacchatu ..  
tathetyuktvā somanāthastatraivāntaradhīyata .. 98 ..

> Passing beyond the world of Brahmā, let him go to the world of Rudra.” / Saying, “So be it,” Somanātha vanished right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.99)

prakāśya vāmano ligaṃ somanāthaṃ svayaṃbhuvam ..  
prāptajñāno labdhavṛddhiryayau draṣṭuṃ bhavaṃ haram .. 99 ..

> Having revealed the self-manifest liṅga Somanātha, / Vāmana, having obtained knowledge and acquired prosperity, went to see Bhava, Hara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.100)

gaṃgādyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ svarṇarekhājale sthitāḥ ..  
etāṃ someśvarotpattiṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti narāḥ striyaḥ ..  
sarvapāpakṣayasteṣāṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ..7.2.14.100 ..

> All the rivers, beginning with the Gaṅgā, abide in the waters of the Svarṇarekhā. / Those men and women who hear of this origin of Someśvara / attain the destruction of all sins; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [17.14.100\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.100_2)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmye someśvarotpattivarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named “The Description of the Origin of Someśvara,” in the second \[sub-section\], the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.14.1) — English, machine translation

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