[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) › 17.18 # Skandapurana 17.18 Skandapurāṇa 17.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.1) .. rājovāca .. .. vastrāpathe mahākṣetre samprāpto vāmano yadā .. tadāprabhṛti kiṃ cakre tanme vistarato vada .. 1 .. > The King said: / "When Vāmana arrived at the great sacred field of Vastrāpatha, / what did he do from then on? Tell me that in detail." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.2) .. sārasvata uvāca .. .. vāmano vasatiṃ cakre bhavasyāgre nṛpottama .. svarṇarekhājale snātvā bhavaṃ sampūjya bhāvataḥ .. 2 .. > Sārasvata said: / "Vāmana took up residence before Bhava, O best of kings, / having bathed in the water of the Svarṇarekhā and devoutly worshipped Bhava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.3) ekāṃte nirmale sthāne kaṇṭakāsthivivarjite .. kṛṣṇājinaparicchanna upaviṣṭo varā sane .. 3 .. > In a secluded, pure place, free from thorns and bones, / covered with a black-antelope skin, he sat down on an excellent seat." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.4) kṛtvā padmāsanaṃ dhīro niścalo'bhūddvijottamaḥ .. vidhāya kandharābaṃdhamṛjunāsāvalokakaḥ .. 4 .. > Assuming the lotus posture, the steadfast best of brahmins became motionless; / performing the throat lock, gazing straight at his nose, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.5) gṛhakṣetrakalatrāṇāṃ ciṃtāṃ muktvā dhanasya ca .. māyāṃ ca vaiṣṇavīṃ tyaktvā kṛtamauno jitendriyaḥ .. 5 .. > Casting aside all thought of house, fields, wives, and wealth, / and abandoning the Vaiṣṇava illusion, he observed silence with subdued senses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.6) nirāhāro jitakrodho muktasaṃsārabaṃdhanaḥ .. bhujau padmāsane kṛtvā kiñcinmīlitalo canaḥ .. manoticaṃcalaṃ jñātvā sthiraṃ cakre hṛdi dvijaḥ .. 6 .. > Taking no food, conquering anger, freed from the bondage of saṃsāra, / placing his arms in the lotus posture, his eyes slightly closed, / knowing the mind to be exceedingly unsteady, the brahmin made it firm within his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64) krameṇābhyāsayogena bhinnāṃścakre sa caikataḥ .. prāṇāpānavyānodānasamānākhyāṃśca mārutān .. 64 .. > Gradually, through the practice of yoga, he united into one the divided / vital breaths named prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, udāna, and samāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_1) evaṃ taṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā gṛhītvā sarvasandhiṣu .. ānīya brahmaṇaḥ sthāne dṛḍhaṃ brahmaṇyayojayat .. 8 .. > Thus drawing it into the heart, holding it in all the joints, / and bringing it to the seat of Brahman, he firmly applied it to Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_2) gṛhītvā pavanaṃ bāhyaṃ yadā pūra yate tanum .. tadā sa pūrako jñeyo recakaṃ tu vadāmyaham .. 9 .. > When he draws in the external breath and fills the body, / then that is to be known as inhalation (pūraka); now I shall explain exhalation (recaka). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_3) yadā cābhyantaro vāyurbāhye yāti kramānnṛpa .. tadā sa recako jñeyaḥ stambhanātkumbhako bhavet .. 7.2.18.10 .. > And when the internal breath gradually departs outside, O king, / then that is to be known as exhalation; from retention arises kumbhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_4) pañcaviṃśatitattvāni yadā jānaṃti yoginaḥ .. mucyante pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ saptajanmakṛtairapi .. 11 .. > When yogins know the twenty-five principles, / they are freed from all sins, even those committed in seven lifetimes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_5) .. rājovāca .. kāni tattvāni ko dehī kiṃ jñeyaṃ yogināṃ vada .. utpannajñānasadbhāvo yogayuktaḥ kathaṃ bhavet .. 12 .. > The king said: / Which are the principles? Who is the embodied soul? Tell me what yogins ought to know. / How does one in whom the true nature of knowledge has arisen become united with yoga? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. prakṛtiśca tato buddhirahaṃkārastato'bhavat .. tanmātrapaṃcakaṃ tasmādeṣā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā .. 13 .. > Īśvara said: / Primordial nature (prakṛti), and from that intellect (buddhi), then egoism (ahaṃkāra) arose; / from that the five subtle elements: such is the eightfold prakṛti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_7) buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiva pañca karmeṃdriyāṇi ca .. ekādaśaṃ mano viddhi mahā bhūtāni paṃca ca .. 14 .. > Know the five organs of perception and the five organs of action, / the mind as the eleventh, and the five gross elements; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_8) gaṇaḥ ṣoḍaśakaḥ sāṃkhye vistareṇa prakīrtitaḥ .. caturviṃśatitattvāni puruṣaḥ paṃcaviṃśakaḥ .. 15 .. > This group of sixteen has been proclaimed at length in the Sāṃkhya. / These are twenty-four principles; the person (puruṣa) is the twenty-fifth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_9) dehīti procyate dehe sa cātmānaṃ ca paśyati .. viṃdanti paramātmānaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ taṃ viṃśateḥ param .. 16 .. > He is called the embodied soul within the body, and he perceives the self. / They attain the supreme self, which is the twenty-sixth, beyond the twenty-five. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_10) āsanādiprakārā ye te jñeyāḥ prathamaṃ sadā .. yadā dīpaśikhāprāyaṃ jyotiḥ paśyaṃti te hṛdi .. 17 .. > The varieties of postures and so forth are always to be known first. / When they see a light resembling the flame of a lamp within the heart, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_11) utpannajñānasadbhāvā bhaṇyāste yogino budhaiḥ .. pūrvaṃ jarāṃ jarayati rogā naśyati dūrataḥ .. 18 .. > Those yogins are declared by the wise to be ones in whom the true nature of knowledge has arisen. / First he wears away old age; diseases perish far away; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_12) sarvapāpacaye kṣīṇe paścānmṛtyuṃ sa viṃdati .. mṛto loke naro nāsti yogī jānāti cetsvayam .. 19 .. > When the mass of all sins is exhausted, he subsequently encounters death. / No man in the world dies if the yogin knows it himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_13) tadā dvārāṇi saṃruddhya daśa prāṇānsa muñcati .. puṇya pāpakṣayaṃ kṛtvā prāṇā gacchaṃti yoginām .. aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ prāpnuvaṃti śivālaye .. 7.2.18.20 .. > Then, closing the ten apertures, he releases the breaths. / Having exhausted merit and sin, the breaths of the yogins depart; / they attain the lordly power of the qualities such as lightness in the abode of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_14) anena dhyānayogena bhavaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ .. manasā ciṃtitaṃ sarvaṃ samprāptaṃ bhavadarśanāt .. 21 .. > Through this yoga of meditation, a mortal beholds Bhava. / Everything conceived by the mind is attained through the vision of Bhava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_15) evamāste yadā vipro vāmano bhavasannidhau .. gaganādavatīrṇaṃ taṃ tadā paśyati nāradam ..22.. > While the brahmin Vāmana remained thus in the presence of Bhava, / he then saw Nārada descended from the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_16) .. vāmana uvāca .. .. maharṣe kuśalaṃ te'dya kasmādāgamyate tvayā .. praṇamāmi maharṣe tvāṃ brahmaiva tvaṃ jagattraye .. 23 .. > Vāmana said: / Great seer, is all well with you today? Whence have you come? / I bow to you, great seer; you are indeed Brahmā in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_17) .. nārada uvāca .. .. svarga lokādahaṃ prāptaḥ kuśalaṃ kiṃ bravīmi te .. 24 .. > Nārada said: / I have arrived from the world of heaven. What well-being can I tell you of? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_18) yātāyātairdineśasya pūryyate brahmaṇo dinam .. dināṃte jāyate rātrī rātrau naśyaṃti devatāḥ .. 25 .. > By the comings and goings of the sun, a day of Brahmā is completed. / At the end of the day night arises; in the night the deities perish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_19) kā kathā mṛtyulokasya ye mriyaṃte dinedine .. nabho dhūmākulaṃ jātaṃ devā baligṛhe gatāḥ .. 26 .. > What to say of the mortal world, where people die day by day? / The sky has become filled with smoke; the gods have gone to the house of Bali. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_20) saptarṣayo gatāstatra brahmaṇā brahmacāriṇaḥ .. hāhāhūhūstuṃbaruśca gatau nāradaparvatau .. 27 .. > The seven seers, chaste disciples of Brahmā, have gone there; / Hāhā, Hūhū, and Tuṃbaru, and both Nārada and Parvata have gone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_21) apsarogaṇagandharvāḥ saṃprāptā balimaṃdire .. utpātaśāṃtiko yajñaḥ kriyate balinā svayam .. 28 .. > The hosts of apsarases and gandharvas have arrived at Bali's palace. / A sacrifice to pacify portents is being performed by Bali himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_22) tatraiva gantumicchāmi draṣṭuṃ yajñaṃ balergṛhe .. sahasramekaṃ yajñānāmekonaṃ vidadhe baliḥ .. 29 .. > I wish to go right there, to see the sacrifice at Bali's house. / Bali has performed nine hundred and ninety-nine sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_23) daityānāṃ bhuvanaṃ sarvaṃ saṃpūrṇe'sminbhaviṣyati .. asāvatiśayaḥ ko'pi prārabdho yajñakarmaṇi .. dvijātibhyo mayā deyaṃ yena yadyācyate svayam .. 7.2.18.30 .. > When this is completed, the entire realm will belong to the Daityas. / Some extraordinary vow has been undertaken by him in the sacrificial rite: / 'Whatever is personally asked for by the twice-born must be given by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_24) vāritenāpi me deyaṃ satyamastu vaco mama .. ātmānamapi dārāṃśca rājyaṃ putrānpriyānmama .. 31 .. > Even if forbidden, it must be given by me; let my word be true! / Even myself, my wives, kingdom, and my beloved sons— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_25) prārthitaścenna dāsyāmi vyartho bhavatu me'dhvaraḥ .. anena vacasā jātā mahatī me śiro vyathā .. pratijñāya kathaṃ yajñaḥ saṃpūrṇo'yaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 32 .. > If requested, should I not give, let my sacrifice be in vain!' / Because of this statement of his, a great headache has arisen in me: / having made this vow, how will this sacrifice be completed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_26) bhaṃgopāyaṃ na paśyāmi bhramāmi bhuvanatraye .. vidhvaṃsakāriṇaṃ jñātvā bhavaṃtaṃ paryupasthitaḥ .. 33 .. > I see no means of foiling it, though I wander through the three worlds. / Knowing you to be the destroyer of it, I have approached you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_27) yathā na pūryate yajñastathedānīṃ vidhīyatām .. 34 .. > Act now in such a way that the sacrifice is not completed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_28) .. vāmana uvāca .. .. maharṣe śṛṇu me vākyaṃ kā śaktirmama vidyate .. ko'haṃ kasmātkariṣyāmi yajñe devāḥ samāgatāḥ .. 35 .. > Vāmana said: / Great seer, hear my words: what power is there in me? / Who am I, and why should I do this? The gods have gathered at the sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_29) ṛṣayo brāhmaṇāḥ sarve kathaṃ vyartho bhaviṣyati .. aparaṃ śṛṇu me vākyaṃ brahmarṣe brahmaṇaspate .. 36 .. > As well as the seers and all the brahmins; how will it become futile? / Hear another word of mine, O brahmin-seer, lord of sacred prayer: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_30) na kalatraṃ na te putrāḥ kasmātprakṛtirīdṛśī .. yuddhaṃ vinā na te saukhyaṃ na saukhyaṃ kalahaṃ vinā .. 37 .. > You have no wife, nor do you have sons; why is your disposition like this? / Without war you have no joy, nor any joy without conflict! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_31) yādṛśastā dṛśo vā'pi vāgvādo'pi sadā priyaḥ .. snānaṃ saṃdhyā japo homastarpaṇaṃ pitṛdevayoḥ .. 36 .. > Whatever kind it may be, a verbal dispute is ever dear to you. / Bathing, twilight prayers, silent recitation, oblation, and libation to the ancestors and gods— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_32) nāradaḥ kurute cānyadanyatkurvaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ .. mamāpi kautukaṃ jātaṃ maharṣe vada satvaram .. 39 .. > Nārada does one thing, while other brahmins do another. / A curiosity has arisen in me as well; tell me quickly, great seer! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_33) .. nārada uvāca .. .. pādmakalpe vyatikrāṃte rātryaṃte śṛṇu vāmana.. brahmāṇḍaṃ vāriṇā vyāptamanyatkiṃ cinna vidyate .. 7.2.18.40 .. > Nārada said: / Hear, Vāmana: when the Padma Kalpa had passed, at the end of the night, / the cosmic egg was pervaded by water; nothing else existed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_34) apsu śete devadevaḥ sa ca nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ .. sa brahmā sa śivo nāsti bhedasteṣāṃ parasparam .. 41 .. > The god of gods was sleeping upon the waters, and he is traditionally known as Nārāyaṇa. / He is Brahmā, he is Śiva; there is no difference between them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_35) yadā bhavaṃti te bhinnā stadā devatrayaṃ ca te .. karttuṃ vārāhakalpaṃ tu bhinnā jātāstrayastadā .. 42 .. > When they become distinct, then they are the three deities. / In order to make the Vārāha Kalpa, the three then became distinct: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_36) brahmaviṣṇuharā devā rajaḥsattvatamomayāḥ .. sṛṣṭiṃ brahmā karotyevaṃ tāṃ ca pālayate hariḥ ..43.. > The gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Hara, consisting of the qualities of rajas, sattva, and tamas. / Thus Brahmā performs creation, and Hari preserves it; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_37) haraḥ saṃharate sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. evaṃ pravartya deveśa upaviṣṭā varāsane .. kailāsaśikhare ramye maṃtrayaṃti parasparam ..44.. > Hara destroys the entire threefold world, together with the moving and unmoving. / Having set this in motion, the lords of gods sat on excellent seats / on the delightful peak of Kailāsa and took counsel with one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_38) trayāṇāṃ ko varo devaḥ ko jyeṣṭhaḥ ko guṇādhikaḥ.. caturtho nāsti yo vetti sahasā te trayaḥ sthitāḥ..45.. > "Among the three, which god is superior? Which is the eldest? Which has more virtues?" / There was no fourth who knew; the three of them stood suddenly perplexed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_39) tebhyaḥ samutthitaṃ jyotirekībhūtaṃ tadaṃbare.. kālamānena yuktaṃ tadbhrāmte ravimaṃḍalam ..46.. > From them arose a blazing light that merged into one in the sky; / endowed with the measure of time, it revolved as the solar orb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_40) ahaṃ jyeṣṭho hyahaṃ jyeṣṭho vādo'bhūddharabrahmaṇoḥ .. dvayorvivadatoḥ krodhātsaṃjāto'haṃ mukhātprabho .. 47 .. > "I am the eldest!" "No, I am the eldest!"—thus a dispute arose between Hara and Brahmā. / As the two argued, out of their wrath I was born from the mouth, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_41) kathaṃ deva na jānāsi yaduktaṃ brahmaṇā tadā .. daśāvatārāste raṃtuṃ matsyakūrmādayaḥ purā .. 48 .. > "Why, O god, do you not know what was spoken by Brahmā then? / Ten incarnations were yours to sport in ancient times, the Fish, the Tortoise, and the others." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_42) rudreṇa vāritā gatvā kalaho vo na yujyate .. tathaiva kṛtavānviṣṇuravatārāndaśaiva tān .. 49 .. > They were restrained by Rudra, who came and said: "Quarreling is not fitting for you." / Viṣṇu acted just so, assuming those ten incarnations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_43) kalpādau brahmaṇo vaktrātsaṃjāto'haṃ dvijottama .. kalahājanma me yasmāttasmānme kalahaḥ priyaḥ .. 7.2.18.50 .. > At the beginning of the kalpa, I was born from the mouth of Brahmā, O best of the twice-born; / because my birth was from a quarrel, therefore quarreling is dear to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_44) kalpādau sṛjatā pūrvaṃ cinvitaṃ brahmaṇā svayam .. vedāntinā kathaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ karttavyā'ho hare mayā .. 51 .. > At the beginning of the kalpa, while creating in the past, Brahmā himself reflected: / "As one knowing the Vedānta, alas, how is creation to be performed by me, O Hari? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.64\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_45) naṣṭānvedānna jānāmi kva vedāste gatā iti .. pṛthvīmapi na jānāmi kiṃ sthāne kimadho gatā .. 52 .. > I do not know the lost Vedas, nor where those Vedas have gone; / nor do I know the earth—whether it is in its place, or has sunk below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93) gaṃtuṃ na vidyate śaktirjalamadhye mamādhunā .. avatāraistvayā kāryaṃ daśabhiḥ sṛṣṭirakṣaṇa m .. 93 .. > There is no power in me to go into the midst of the waters now; / through ten incarnations, the protection of creation must be accomplished by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_46) jale jalecaro matsyo mahānadyāṃ bhaviṣyasi .. ādāya vedānvegena mama tvaṃ dātumarhasi .. 54 .. > Moving in the water, you will become a fish in the great ocean; / having swiftly taken the Vedas, you ought to give them to me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_47) tathā ca kṛtavāndevo matsyarūpaṃ jale mahat .. vedānsamānayāmāsa dadau ca brahmaṇe purā .. kūrmarūpaṃ punaḥ kṛtvā maṃdaraṃ dhārayiṣyasi .. 55 .. > And the Lord did so, assuming the great form of a fish in the water; / he brought together the Vedas and gave them to Brahmā long ago. / "Assuming again the form of a tortoise, you will support Mount Mandara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_48) ityukto brahmaṇā viṣṇurlakṣmīstvāṃ varayiṣyati .. purā citraṃ caritraṃ te mathane dṛṣṭavānaham ..56.. > Lakṣmī shall choose you," so was Viṣṇu told by Brahmā. / "Long ago I witnessed your wondrous conduct during the churning \[of the ocean\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_49) yadā rasātalaṃ prāptā pṛthivī naiva dṛśyate .. brahmāṃḍārthe sthānakṛte tatra sā naiva dṛśyate .. .. 57.. > When the earth reached the netherworld, Rasātala, and was not seen at all— / when its place was made for the sake of the universe, it was not seen there at all— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_50) vārāhaṃ kriyatāṃ rūpaṃ brahmaṇā preritaḥ svayam .. mahāvarāharūpaṃ sa kṛtvā bhūmeradho gataḥ .. 58 .. > let the form of a boar be assumed!" Thus impelled by Brahmā himself, / he assumed the form of a great boar and went beneath the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_51) uddhṛtya ca tadā viṣṇurdaṃṣṭrāgreṇa vasuṃdharām .. sa nināya yathāsthānaṃ mustāṃ va dharaṇītalāt .. 59 .. > And then, uplifting the earth with the tip of his tusk, / Viṣṇu brought it to its proper place, like a clump of mustā-grass from the surface of the soil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_52) avatāraṃ tṛtīyaṃ vai harasyāpi manoharam .. yena sā pṛthivī pṛthvī parvataiḥ sahitā dhṛtā ..7.2.18.60.. > Indeed, that was the third incarnation, charming even to Hara, / by which that broad earth was upheld along with the mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_53) caturthaṃ narasiṃhaṃ vai kathayāmi sudāruṇam.. ādityā aditeḥ putrā diteḥ putrau mahāvalau .. 61 .. > Now I shall tell of the fourth, Narasiṃha, who was exceedingly terrible. / The Ādityas were sons of Aditi, and the two sons of Diti were of mighty strength: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_54) hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ .. svarge devāḥ sthitāḥ sarve pātāle daityadānavāḥ .. 62 .. > the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa of mighty strength. / All the gods dwelt in heaven, and the daityas and dānavas in Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_55) hiraṇyakaśipuścakre daityo rājyaṃ rasātale .. manuputrā dharāpṛṣṭhe sthāpitā devadānavaiḥ .. 63 .. > The daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu ruled the kingdom in Rasātala; / the sons of Manu were established on the surface of the earth by the gods and the dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_56) vyavasthāṃ tāmatikramya hiraṇyakaśipurdvija .. rājyaṃ cakre dharāpṛṣṭhe surendraṃ sa vijitya ca .. 64 .. > Overstepping that arrangement, O twice-born, Hiraṇyakaśipu / ruled on the surface of the earth, having conquered Indra, the lord of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_57) saptadvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ gṛhītvā sā'marāvatīm.. grahītukāmo bubhuje putrapautraiḥ kṛtādaraḥ .. 65 .. > Seizing the earth with its seven continents, and wishing to seize / Amarāvatī as well, he enjoyed \[sovereignty\], honored by his sons and grandsons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_58) prahlādapramukhānputrānsa pīḍayati maṃdadhīḥ .. putreṣu pāṭhyamāneṣu prahlādo'pi papāṭha tat .. 66 .. > That dull-witted one tormented his sons, foremost among whom was Prahlāda. / While the sons were being instructed in reciting, Prahlāda recited that > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_59) yena vai paṭhyamānena jāyate tasya vedanā .. bhuvanadvayarājyena daityo devānna manyate .. 67 .. > which, when recited, caused torment to \[the daitya\]. / With his dominion over two worlds, the daitya showed no regard for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_60) tapasā toṣito brahmā dadau tasmai varaṃ prabhuḥ .. amaratvaṃ sa devebhyo manuṣyebhyaḥ surottama .. 68 .. > Pleased by his austerity, Lord Brahmā gave him a boon: / he gave him immortality against the gods and against men, O best of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_61) kasmādapi na me bhūyānmaraṇaṃ yadi cedbhavet .. kiṃcitsiṃho naraḥ kiṃcidyo bhaveddharaṇīdharaḥ .. 69 .. > "May death not come to me from anything; but if it must be, / may it be from one who is partly lion and partly man, who bears the earth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_62) tasmātkararuhaibhinno mariṣye na dharātale .. evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā gato brahmā ca vismayam .. 7.2.18.70 .. > torn by his claws, may I not die on the surface of the earth." / Having said, "So shall it be," Brahmā went away in astonishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_63) kālena gacchatā tasya saṃjāto vigraho mahān.. devāḥ kiṃ me kariṣyaṃti viṣṇunā kiṃ prayojanam .. 71 .. > As time passed, a great conflict arose within him: / "What will the gods do to me? What need have I of Viṣṇu? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_64) yaṣṭavyo'haṃ sadā yajñai rudraḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati .. evaṃ hi varttamānasya prahlādaḥ stauti taṃ harim .. .. 72 .. > I alone should ever be worshiped with sacrifices! What will Rudra do to me?" / While he was behaving in this manner, Prahlāda praised that Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_65) yenāsya jāyate mṛtyustameva smarate harim .. yadāsau vāryamāṇo'pi virauti ca hariṃ harim .. 73 .. > He remembered only that Hari by whom \[the daitya's\] death would be brought about. / Even when restrained, he cried out: "Hari! Hari!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_66) caturbhujaṃ śaṃkhagadāsidhāriṇaṃ pītāṃbaraṃ kaustubha lāñchitaṃ sadā .. smarāmi viṣṇuṃ jagadekanāyakaṃ dadāti muktiṃ smṛtamātra eva yaḥ .. 74 .. > "I remember Viṣṇu, four-armed, holding the conch, mace, and sword, / clad in yellow garments, ever adorned with the Kaustubha jewel, / the sole lord of the universe, who grants liberation as soon as he is remembered." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_67) anena vacasā kṣubdho daityo detyāndi deśa ha .. mārayadhvaṃ tu taṃ duṣṭaṃ gaja sarpajalāgnitaḥ .. 75 .. > Enraged by these words, the daitya commanded the daityas: / "Kill that wicked one by means of elephants, serpents, water, and fire!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_68) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. gajepi viṣṇurbhujage'pi viṣṇurjale'pi viṣṇurjvalane'pi viṣṇuḥ .. tvayi sthito daitya mayi sthitaśca viṣṇuṃ vinā daityagaṇā'pi nāsti .. 76 .. > Prahlāda said: / "Viṣṇu is in the elephant, Viṣṇu is in the serpent, Viṣṇu is in the water, Viṣṇu is in the fire; / he abides in you, O daitya, and he abides in me; apart from Viṣṇu, even the host of daityas does not exist." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_69) yadā sa māryamāṇo'pi mṛtyuṃ prāpnoti na kvacit .. hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣo dahyate krodhavahninā .. tadā śikṣayituṃ putraṃ mukhāgre saṃniveśya ca .. 77 .. > When, though being subjected to death, he met death nowhere, / Hiraṇyakaśipu's chest burned with the fire of wrath. / Then, placing his son before his face in order to discipline him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_70) vacobhiḥ kaṭhinaiḥ putraṃ svayaṃ hantuṃ samudyataḥ .. . dhiktvā nārāyaṇaṃ stauṣi mamāriṃ stauṣi cetpunaḥ..78.. > he prepared to kill his son himself with harsh words: / "Fie on you! You praise Nārāyaṇa; if you praise my enemy again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_71) puṣpalāvaṃ laviṣyāmi śiraste'haṃ varāsinā .. ahaṃ viṣṇurahaṃ brahmā rudra indro varaṃ vada ..79.. > I will sever your head with my excellent sword as if plucking a flower! / I am Viṣṇu! I am Brahmā, Rudra, and Indra! Speak what is best! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_72) ātmīyaṃ pitaraṃ muktvā kamanyaṃ stauṣi bālaka .. 7.2.18.80 .. > Forsaking your own father, whom else do you praise, boy?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_73) yadā na paṭhate bālaḥ stauti no pitaraṃ svakam .. daṇḍenāhatya guruṇā prahlādaḥ preritaḥ punaḥ.. vadaikaṃ vacanaṃ śiṣya dehi me gurudakṣiṇām.. 81 .. > When the boy did not recite and did not praise his own father, / struck with a staff, Prahlāda was urged again by his teacher: / "Speak this one word, pupil; give me the fee due to the teacher, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_74) yathā me tuṣyate svāmī dadāti vipulaṃ dhanam .. 82 .. > so that my master may be pleased and give me abundant wealth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_75) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. praharasva prathamaṃ māṃ kariṣye vacanaṃ guro .. staumi viṣṇumahaṃ yena trailokyaṃ sacarācaram.. 83 .. > Prahlāda said: / "Strike me first, teacher; \[yet\] I will obey your word: / I praise Viṣṇu, by whom the three worlds, with the moving and the unmoving, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_76) kṛtaṃ saṃvarddhitaṃ śāṃtaṃ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu .. brahmā viṣṇurharo viṣṇu rindro vāyuryamo'nalaḥ ..84.. > were created, sustained, and brought to peace; may that Viṣṇu be pleased with me! / Brahmā is Viṣṇu, Hara is Viṣṇu, Indra, Vāyu, Yama, and Agni; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_77) prakṛtyādīni tattvāni puruṣaṃ paṃcaviṃśakam .. pitṛdehe gurordehe mama dehe'pi saṃsthitaḥ .. 85 .. > the principles beginning with nature, and the twenty-fifth, the Spirit— / he resides in the body of my father, in the body of my teacher, and in my body as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_78) evaṃ jānankathaṃ staumi mriyamāṇaṃ narādhamam .. 86 .. > Knowing thus, how can I praise a vile man who is subject to death?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_79) .. gururuvāca .. .. nareṣu ko'dhamaḥ śiṣya janmādimaraṇe'dhama .. kathaṃ na pitaraṃ stauṣi mriyamāṇo hariṃ harim .. . .. 87 .. > The teacher said: / "Who is the lowest among men, O pupil, low from birth to death? / Why do you, facing death, not praise your father, \[instead of\] Hari, Hari?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_80) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. bhojane śayane yāne jvare niṣṭhīvane raṇe .. harirityakṣaraṃ nāsti maraṇe'sau narādhamaḥ .. 8- .. bhaye rājakule yuddhe vyādhau strīsaṃgame vane .. aśaktau vā'tha saṃnyāse maraṇe bhūmisaṃsthitāḥ .. smaraṃti mātaraṃ mūrkhāḥ pitaraṃ ca narādhamāḥ ..89.. > Prahlāda said: / "While eating, lying down, traveling, in fever, spitting, or in battle, / one who does not utter the syllable 'Hari' at the time of death is the lowest of men. / In danger, in the royal court, in battle, in disease, during union with a woman, in the forest, / in weakness, or during renunciation, \[and\] at the time of death, dwelling on earth, / fools and the lowest of men remember their mother and father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_81) mātā nāsti pitā nāsti nāsti me svajano janaḥ .. hariṃ vinā na ko'pyasti yadyuktaṃ tadvidhīyatām .. 7.2.18.90 .. > I have no mother, no father, nor do I have any kinsman. / Except for Hari, no one exists. Let whatever is deemed proper be done!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_82) ityādivacanaiḥ kruddho hantuṃ daityaḥ samutthitaḥ.. tadā mātā samāgatya putrasya purataḥ sthitā ..91.. > Enraged by such words, the Daitya rose to kill \[him\]. / Then his mother came and stood before her son: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_83) bhrātaraḥ svajano bhaginī bhāṣate mā hariṃ vada .. ahaṃ mātā svasā ceyaṃ bhrātaraḥ svajano janaḥ .. yathā saṃmilitairvatsa sthīyate vahuvāsaram .. 92 .. > "Brothers, kinsmen, your sister says: 'Do not speak of Hari!' / I am your mother, here is your sister, your brothers, and your kin. / \[Act\] so that we, united together, may live for many days, my child." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.93\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.93_84) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. mātā me kā svasā me kā bhrātaraḥ ke pitā ca kaḥ .. svajanaṃ śṛṇu me mātaḥ sahitaiḥ sthīyate sadā .. 93 .. > Prahlāda said: / "Who is my mother? Who is my sister? Who are my brothers, and who is my father? / Listen to who my kin are, O mother, with whom I dwell forever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.94) yasyāḥ pītaṃ mayā mūtraṃ purīṣamudare bahu .. sā mātā narako'smākamagre vaktuṃ na śakyate .. 94 .. > She whose urine and vast excrement I drank within the womb— / that mother is hell for us; more cannot be spoken before \[her\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.95) nirmito na dvitīyastu nirmito viśvakarmaṇā .. tvādṛśastu pumānkaścidyasya no hadaye hariḥ .. 95 .. > No second \[such person\] was fashioned by Viśvakarman / like such a man in whose heart there is no Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.96) daśamāsaṃ dhruvaṃ manye mūtraṃ pāsyati tarpitaḥ .. bhrātaro bhrātaraḥ satyaṃ garbhe'pi syuḥ kathaṃ yadi .. 96 .. > Surely I think he will drink urine for ten months, fully satisfied. / How could brothers indeed be brothers if they were also in the womb? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.97) yudhyatastānkathaṃ mātā varākī vārayiṣyati .. svajano dṛśyate vṛddhaḥ pareṣu paṇḍitāyate .. 97 .. > How will the wretched mother hold them back when they fight? / A kinsman is seen grown old, behaving like a wise man toward others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.98) kuṭuṃbaṃ bhaṇyate kasmādyaśca nāyāti yāti ca .. baṃdhanaṃ ca kuṭumbasya jāyate narakāya naḥ .. 98 .. > Why is it called a family, which comes and goes? / And the attachment to family leads us to hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.99) mātā me vidyate cānyā pitānyo bhrātaraśca ye.. svasā svajanasamvandhaṃ jñātvā muktimavāpnuyāt .. 99 .. > I have another mother, another father, and other brothers; / knowing the true connection to sister and kin, one attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.100) mātā prakṛtirasmākaṃ svasā buddhirnigadyate .. ahaṃkārastato jāto yo'hamityanumīyate .. .. 7.2.18.100 .. > Our mother is Prakṛti; the intellect is spoken of as our sister; / from that is born the ego-sense, which is inferred as 'I'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.101) tanmātrāḥ sodarāḥ pañca ye gacchanti sahaiva me .. eṣā prakṛtirasmākaṃ vikāraḥ svajano mama .. 101 .. > The subtle elements are my five uterine brothers who go along with me. / This is our Prakṛti, and its modification is my kin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.102) eteṣāṃ vāhako yastu puruṣaḥ pañca viṃśakaḥ .. sa me pitā śarīre'sminparamātmā hariḥ sthitaḥ .. 102 .. > He who carries these, the twenty-fifth principle, the Puruṣa— / he is my father, the Supreme Self, Hari, dwelling within this body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.103) yadyasau cityante citte dṛśyate hṛdaye hariḥ .. aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ padaṃ tasyaiva jāyate .. 103 .. > If this Hari is meditated upon in the mind and seen in the heart, / sovereign power endowed with the qualities of atomicity and the rest belongs to that very state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.104) bhavatā sammataṃ rājyaṃ tanme nityaṃ tṛṇaiḥ samam .. yatra no pūjyate viṣṇurbrahmā rudro'nilo'nalaḥ .. 104 .. > The kingdom approved by you is to me always like blades of grass, / where Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Rudra, the wind, and fire are not worshiped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.105) pratyakṣo dṛśyate yastu nirālambo bhramatyasau .. sa eva bhagavānviṣṇurya ete gagane sthitāḥ .. 105 .. > He who is visibly seen, who wanders without support— / he indeed is the Lord Viṣṇu, as well as these who abide in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.106) dhruve baddhā grahāḥ sarve ya ete'pyuḍavaḥ sthitāḥ .. te sarve viṣṇuvacasā na pataṃti dharātale .. 106 .. > All the planets and these constellations that remain fixed to the pole star— / all of them do not fall to the surface of the earth by Viṣṇu's command. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.107) kāle vināśaḥ sarveṣāṃ tenaiva vihitaḥ svayam .. iti saṃciṃtya me nāsti bhavadbhyo maraṇādbhayam .. 107 .. > In due time, the destruction of all is brought about by him alone. / Reflecting thus, I have no fear of you or of death." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.108) iti tadvacanasyāṃte padā hatvā pitā'bravīt .. kutrā'sau hanmi tatpūrvaṃ paścāttvāṃ haribhāṣiṇam .. 108 .. > At the conclusion of his words, his father struck \[him\] with his foot and said: / "Where is he? I will kill him first, and after that you who speak of Hari!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.109) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni tānyeva bhagavānhariḥ .. sthale jale kiṃ bahunā sarvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ jagat .. 109 .. > Prahlāda said: / "The elements beginning with earth are that very Lord Hari. / On dry land, in water—why say more? The entire universe is composed of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.110) tṛṇe kāṣṭhe gṛhe kṣetre dravye dehe sthito hariḥ .. jñāyate jñānayogena dṛśyate kiṃ nu cakṣuṣā .. 7.2.18.110 .. > Hari abides in grass, wood, house, field, wealth, and the body. / He is known through the yoga of knowledge; can he indeed be seen with the eye? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.111) brahmālaye yāti rasātale vā dharātale'sau bhramati kṣaṇena .. āghrāti gandhaṃ vidadhāti sarvaṃ śṛṇoti jānāti sa cātra viṣṇuḥ .. 111 .. > He goes to Brahmā's abode, or into Rasātala, or wanders over the earth's surface in an instant; / he smells fragrance, accomplishes everything, hears, and knows—he is Viṣṇu here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.112) ityuktaḥ sahajāṃ māyāṃ tyaktvā siṃhāsanotthitaḥ .. dṛḍhaṃ parikaraṃ baddhvā khaṅgaṃ cākṛṣya cojjvalam .. 112 .. > Addressed thus, casting aside his natural delusion, \[the king\] rose from his throne; / tightening his belt firmly and drawing a glittering sword, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.113) hatvā taṃ phalakāgreṇa babhāṣe dussahaṃ vacaḥ .. idānīṃ smara re viṣṇuṃ no cejjavalitaku ṇḍalam .. patiṣyati śiro bhūmau phalaṃ pakvaṃ yathā nagāt .. 113 .. > striking him with the tip of his shield, he spoke unbearable words: / "Now remember Viṣṇu, you wretch! Otherwise your head with glittering earrings / will fall to the ground like a ripe fruit from a tree! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.114) no ceddarśaya taṃ viṣṇumasmātstaṃbhādvinirgatam .. prahlādastu bhayaṃ tyaktvā cakre padmāsanaṃ bhuvi .. 114 .. > Otherwise, show that Viṣṇu coming forth from this pillar!" / But Prahlāda, abandoning fear, assumed the lotus posture on the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.115) vidhāya kaṃdharāṃ netumuccaiḥ śvāsaṃ nirudhya ca .. hṛdi dhyātvā hariṃ devaṃ maraṇāyonmukhaḥ sthitaḥ .. 115 .. > Holding his neck \[upright\] to direct \[the breath\] upward and restraining his breath, / meditating on the divine Hari in his heart, he waited, ready for death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.116) prabho mayā tadā dṛṣṭamāścaryaṃ gaganādbhuvi .. puṣpamālā sthitā kaṇṭhe prahlādasya svayaṃ gatā .. 116 .. > O Lord, then a wonder was seen by me falling from the sky to the earth: / a garland of flowers that was around the neck of Prahlāda moved by itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.117) gaganaṃ vyāpyamānaṃ ca kiṃkimevaṃ kṛtaṃ janaiḥ .. jhaṭiti truṭyati stambhācchabdena kṣubhito janaḥ .. 117 .. > And as the sky was being filled, \[people asked,\] "What, what is being done by people?" / Suddenly, the people were agitated by the roar breaking from the pillar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.118) dharaṇī yāti pātālaṃ dyaurvā bhūmiṃ sameṣyati .. patiṣyati śiro bhūmau khaḍgaghātāhataṃ nu kim .. 118 .. > "Will the earth go to Pātāla, or will the sky come down to the ground? / Will his head fall to the earth, struck down by a blow of the sword?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.119) tāvatstaṃbhādviniṣkrāntaḥ siṃhanādo bhayaṃkaraḥ .. bhūmau nipatitāḥ sarve daityāḥ śabdena mūrcchitāḥ .. 119 .. > Just then, a terrifying lion's roar issued from the pillar; / all the Daityas fell to the ground, unconscious from the noise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.120) hiraṇyakaśiporhastātkhaḍgacarma papāta ca .. na sa jānāti kiṃ kimetaditi punaḥpunaḥ .. 7.2.18.120 .. > Sword and shield dropped from Hiraṇyakaśipu's hand; / he did not know what this was, \[asking\] again and again, "What is this?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.121) utthito vīkṣate yāvattāvatpaśyati taṃ harim .. adho naraṃ sthitaṃ siṃhamupariṣṭādvibhī ṣaṇam .. 121 .. > As he stood up and looked, he saw that Hari: / a man below, a formidable lion above, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.122) daṃṣṭrā karālavadanaṃ lelihānamivāṃbaram .. jājvalyamānavapuṣaṃ pucchācchoṭitamastakam .. 122 .. > with a terrifying mouth full of fangs, as if licking the sky, / with a blazing body, striking his head with his tail, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.123) mahākaṇṭhakṛtārāvaṃ saśabda miva toyadam .. samucchvasitakeśāṃtaṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ surāsuraiḥ .. 123 .. > making a loud roar from his great throat like a rumbling cloud, / with his mane standing upright, difficult to behold for gods and demons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.124) narasiṃhamatho dṛṣṭvā nipapāta punaḥ kṣitau .. vigṛhya keśapāśe taṃ bhrāmayāmāsa cāṃbaram .. 124 .. > Seeing Narasiṃha, he fell again to the ground. / Seizing him by his mass of hair, \[the Lord\] whirled him in the air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.125) bhrāmayitvā śataguṇaṃ pṛthivyāṃ samapothayat .. na mamāra sa daityendro brahmaṇo varakāraṇāt .. 125 .. > Having whirled him a hundred times, he smashed him onto the earth; / yet that king of the Daityas did not die, on account of Brahmā's boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.126) gaganasthaistadā devai ruccaiḥ saṃsmārito hariḥ .. daityaṃ jānuni cānīya vakṣo hṛṣṭo nirīkṣya ca .. 126 .. > Then Hari was loudly reminded by the gods abiding in the sky; / placing the Daitya on his lap, joyful, and looking at his chest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.127) jayajayeti yakṣānāṃ surāṇāṃ so'vadhārayat .. śabdaṃ karṇe bhujau sajjau kṛtvā tau padmalāṃchitau .. 127 .. > He perceived the sound of "Victory, victory!" of the yakṣas and the gods / in his ear, having readied his two arms marked with lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.128) bibheda vakṣo daityasya vajraghātakiṇāṃkitam.. nakhaiḥ kundasumaprakhyairasthisaṃghātakarśitam .. 128 .. > With his nails resembling jasmine flowers, he tore open the chest of the daitya, / which was scarred by the blows of thunderbolts, emaciated by the mass of bones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.129) bhinne vakṣasi daityendro mamāraca papāta ca .. tadā saharṣamabhavattrailokyaṃ sacarācaram.. 129 .. > When his chest was torn open, the lord of daityas died and fell down. / Then the three worlds, together with all moving and unmoving beings, were filled with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.130) mamāpi tṛptiḥ sañjātā prasādāttava keśava.. yadā puratraye dagdhe prasādācchaṃkarasya ca .. 7.2.18.130 .. > “I too obtained satisfaction by your grace, Keśava, / just as when the three cities were burned by the grace of Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.131) hiṇyākṣe punarjātā sā kāle vinipātite .. idānīṃ nāsti me tṛptiḥ kutra yāmi karomi kim.. 131 .. > It arose again when Hiraṇyākṣa was struck down in due time; / now I have no satisfaction—where shall I go, what shall I do? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.132) pṛthivyāṃ kṣatriyāḥ santi na yudhyaṃte parasparam.. devānāṃ dānavaiḥ sārddhaṃ nāsti yuddhaṃ kathaṃ prabho ..132.. > On earth the kṣatriyas do not fight with one another. / Why is there no battle of the gods with the dānavas, O Lord? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.133) idānīṃ balinā vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram.. pañcamo yo'vatāraste na jāne kiṃ kariṣyati .. valinigrahakālo'yaṃ taddarśaya janārdana .. 133 .. > Now the three worlds with the moving and unmoving beings are pervaded by Bali. / I do not know what your fifth incarnation will do. / This is the time for subduing Bali; therefore reveal it, O Janārdana.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.134) .. sārasvata uvāca .. .. tadetatsakalaṃ śrutvā babhāṣe vāmano munim .. 134 .. > Sārasvata said: / Having heard all this, Vāmana spoke to the sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.135) .. vāmana uvāca .. .. śṛṇu nārada yadvṛttaṃ hiṇyakaśipau hate .. daityarājaḥ kṛto rājā prahlādo'tīva vaiṣṇavaḥ .. 135 .. > Vāmana said: / Listen, Nārada, to what occurred when Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain: / Prahlāda, the great Vaiṣṇava, was made king of the daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.136) tena rājyaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe kṛtaṃ saṃvatsarānbahūn.. tasyāpi kurvato rājyaṃ vigraho hi suraiḥ samam .. 136 .. > He ruled over the surface of the earth for many years. / Even while he ruled, indeed, a conflict with the gods > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.137) no paśyāmyapi daityānāṃ pūrvavairamanusmaran.. utpādya putrānsabahūnrājyaṃ cakre sa puṣkalam..137.. > did not occur among the daityas, remembering their ancient enmity. / Having begotten many sons, he ruled the kingdom abundantly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.138) virocanādbalirjāto bāla eva yadā'bhavat .. ekānte sa hariṃ jñātvā tadā yogena kenacit .. 138 .. > When Bali was born from Virocana and was still a boy, / \[Prahlāda\], realizing Hari in secret through a certain yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.139) muktvā rājyaṃ priyānputrāngato'sau girisānuṣu .. kalpāntasthāyinaṃ dehaṃ tasya cakre janārddanaḥ .. 139 .. > abandoned his kingdom and beloved sons, and went to the mountain ridges. / Janārdana made his body endure until the end of the kalpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.140) daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca bahūnāṃ rājyakāraṇe .. vivādotīva saṃjātaḥ ko no rājā bhavediti .. 7.2.18.140 .. > Among the many daityas and dānavas a great dispute arose / regarding the kingdom: "Who shall be our king?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.141) .. nārada uvāca .. .. hiṇyākṣasya ye putrāḥ pautrāśca balavattarāḥ .. virocanaprabhṛtayaḥ santi ye balavattarāḥ .. 141 .. > Nārada said: / The sons of Hiraṇyākṣa and his grandsons are very strong; / Virocana and the others are very powerful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.142) vṛṣaparvāpi balavānrājyārthe samupasthitaḥ .. indravitteśavaruṇā vāyuḥ sūryonalo yamaḥ .. 142 .. > Vṛṣaparvan also, being strong, presented himself for the sake of the kingdom. / Indra, Kubera, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Sūrya, Agni, and Yama > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.143) daityena sadṛśā na syurbalarūpakṣamādibhiḥ .. audāryādiguṇaiḥ kṛtvā santatyā cāsurādhikaḥ .. 143 .. > would not be equal to a daitya in strength, form, patience, and the like; / and by virtues such as generosity, and by offspring, he surpassed the asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.144) śukreṇā cāryamāṇāste yuddhyaṃte ca parasparam.. amṛtāharaṇe dauṣṭyaṃ yadā daityāḥ smaranti tat ..144.. > Being instructed by Śukra, they fight with one another. / When the daityas remember that wickedness at the stealing of the nectar— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.145) pītāvaśeṣamamṛtaṃ kasmādyacchaṃti devatāḥ .. nāsmākamiti saṃnahya yudhyante ca parasparam .. 145 .. > "Why do the gods not give us the remainder of the nectar that was drunk?"— / girding themselves thus, they fight with one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.146) kadācidapi no yuddhaṃ viśrāṃtimupagacchati .. ekakāryodyatā yasmādbahavo daityadānavāḥ .. 146 .. > Never at all does the battle find rest, / because the many daityas and dānavas are bent upon a single purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.147) pītvā'mṛtaṃ surā jātā amarāste jayanti ca .. devadānavadaityānāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām .. viṣṇurbalādhiko yuddhe tadetatkāraṇaṃ vada .. 147 .. .. > Having drunk the nectar, the gods became immortal and they conquer. / Tell this reason: why Viṣṇu is superior in strength in battle / over gods, dānavas, daityas, gandharvas, serpents, and rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.148) .. vāmana uvāca .. .. anādinidhanaḥ karttā pātā harttā janārdanaḥ.. eko'yaṃ sa śivo devaḥ sa cāyaṃ brahmasaṃjñitaḥ .. ekasya tu yadā kāryaṃ jāyate bhuvane nṛpa .. 148 .. > Vāmana said: / Janārdana is without beginning or end, the creator, protector, and destroyer. / This one alone is the god Śiva, and he is designated as Brahman. / When a deed needs to be done for the one in the world, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.149) tasya dehaṃ samāśritya mṛtyukāryaṃ kurvaṃti te .. brahmāṃḍaṃ sakalaṃ viṣṇoḥ karadaṃ varado yataḥ .. tasmādbalādhiko viṣṇurna tathānyo'sti kaścana .. 149 .. > having resorted to his body, they perform the work of death. / The entire egg of Brahmā pays tribute to Viṣṇu, because he is the granter of boons; / therefore Viṣṇu is superior in strength, and none other is like him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.150) pālanāyodyato viṣṇuḥ kimanyaiścarmacakṣubhiḥ .. indrādyāśca surāḥ sarve viṣṇorvyāpārakāriṇaḥ .. 7.2.18.150 .. > Viṣṇu is intent upon protection; what use are others with their physical eyes? / Indra and all the other gods are performers of Viṣṇu's business. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.151) sṛṣṭiṃ kṛtvā tato brahmā kailāse saṃsthito haraḥ .. na śakyate surairviṣṇurbhrāmyante bhuvanatraye .. 151 .. > Having performed creation, Brahmā then \[rested\]; Hara remained on Kailāsa. / Viṣṇu cannot be \[controlled\] by the gods; they wander about the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.152) jagatyasminyadā kaścidvaiparītyena vartate .. tasyocchedaṃ samāgatya karotyeva janārdanaḥ .. 152 .. > Whenever someone acts contrarily in this world, / Janārdana approaches and destroys him indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.153) tvamejaya mahābāho na mano nāradā'dayam .. sarvapāpaharāṃ divyāṃ tāṃ kathāṃ kathayāmyaham .. 153 .. > Do not be disheartened, O mighty-armed Nārada, in your mind; / I shall relate that divine story which takes away all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.154) purā vivadatāṃ teṣāṃ daityānāṃ rājyahetave .. prahlādena samāgatya vyavasthā vihitā svayam .. 154 .. > Formerly, while those daityas were disputing for the sake of the kingdom, / Prahlāda came and established the arrangement himself: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.155) sarvalakṣaṇasaṃ panno dīrghāyurbalavattaraḥ .. yajñaśīlaḥ sadānaṃdo bahuputrotidurjayaḥ .. 155 .. > “He who is endowed with all auspicious marks, long-lived, exceedingly strong, / devoted to sacrifice, ever joyful, having many sons, exceedingly invincible, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.156) na yudhyate suraiḥ sākaṃ viṣṇuṃ yo vetti durjayam .. saṃgrāme maraṇaṃ nāsti yasya yaḥ sarvadakṣiṇaḥ .. 156 .. > who does not fight with the gods, who knows Viṣṇu to be invincible, / who has no death in battle, who is completely generous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.157) ātmano vacanaṃ vyarthaṃ na karoti kathaṃcana .. sarveṣāṃ putrapautrāṇāṃ madhye yo rājate śriyā .. 157 .. > who never makes his own word in vain, / and who shines with splendor in the midst of all sons and grandsons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.158) abhiṣiktastu śukreṇa sa vo rājā bhavediti .. gurupramāṇamityuktvā yayau yatrāgataḥ punaḥ .. 158 .. > being consecrated by Śukra, he shall be your king.” / Having said, “The guru is the authority,” he departed to where he had come from. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.159) tathā ca kṛtavaṃtaste sahitā daityadānavāḥ .. virocanaprabhṛtayaḥ putrāḥ pautrāḥ svayaṃgatāḥ .. 159 .. > And so those daityas and dānavas together did so; / Virocana and the other sons and grandsons went in person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.160) pratyekaṃ vīkṣitāḥ sarve guruṇā jñānapūrvakam .. prahlādena guṇāḥ proktā na te saṃti virocane ..7.2.18.160.. > Each one was examined by the guru with discernment; / the virtues spoken of by Prahlāda were not present in Virocana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.161) anyeṣāmapi daityānāṃ vṛṣaparvāpi nedṛśaḥ .. yathā nirīkṣitāḥ putrā baliprabhṛtayo mune .. sarvānsaṃvīkṣya śukreṇa balau dṛṣṭā guṇāstathā .. 161 .. > Nor were they found in the other daityas; even Vṛṣaparvan was not like that. / As the sons, Bali and the others, were examined, O sage, / when all were inspected by Śukra, those virtues were observed in Bali. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.162) balidehe'dhikāndṛṣṭvā daityebhyo viniveditāḥ .. balirguṇādhiko daityāḥ kathaṃ kāryaṃ bhavenmayā .. 162 .. > Seeing them abundant in Bali's body, they were announced to the daityas: / “Bali is superior in virtues, O daityas; what should I do? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.163) kenāpi daivayogena baliriṃdro bhaviṣyati .. yādṛśastu pitā loke tādṛśastu suto bhavet .. 163 .. > By some stroke of destiny Bali will become Indra. / Just as the father is in the world, so the son may be; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.164) pautraśca niścitaṃ tādṛgbhavatīti na cetsutaḥ .. prahlādastu mahāyogī vaiṣṇavo viṣṇuvallabhaḥ .. 164 .. > and the grandson certainly becomes like that, if not the son. / Prahlāda was a great yogin, a devotee of Viṣṇu, beloved of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.165) tasmādvirocane keciddhiraṇyakaśiporguṇāḥ .. jyeṣṭho virocano rājye yadi cetkriyate'surāḥ .. narasiṃhaḥ samāgatya niścitaṃ mārayiṣyati .. 165 .. > Therefore certain virtues of Hiraṇyakaśipu are in Virocana. / If the eldest, Virocana, is placed on the throne, O asuras, / Narasiṃha will surely come and kill him.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.166) muktaṃ virocanenāpi rājyaṃ maraṇabhīruṇā .. prahlādasya guṇāḥ sarve balidehe vyavasthitāḥ .. 166 .. > The kingdom was also relinquished by Virocana, who was afraid of death. / All the virtues of Prahlāda were established in Bali's body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.167) evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā baliṃ rājye'bhyaṣiṃcaya n .. yaḥ prahlādaḥ sa vai viṣṇuryo viṣṇuḥ sa baliḥ svayam .. 167 .. > Thus, having made an agreement, they consecrated Bali in the kingdom. / He who is Prahlāda is indeed Viṣṇu, and he who is Viṣṇu is Bali himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.168) ato mitrīkṛto devairvigrahaistu vivarjitaḥ .. ekībhāvaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ balirājye surāsuraiḥ .. 168 .. > Therefore, he was befriended by the gods and freed from hostilities; / all gods and asuras made a union under Bali's rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.169) tasyāpi bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā deveṃdro mama maṃdire .. samāgatā vālakhilyāḥ śaptohaṃ vāmanaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 169 .. > Hearing his words too, the lord of gods \[went\] to my dwelling; / the Vālakhilyas arrived, and I was cursed and turned into a dwarf. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.170) prasādya te mayā proktāḥ śāpamuktipradā mama .. bhaviṣyatīti tairuktaṃ balinigrahaṇādanu .. 7.2.18.170 .. > Having propitiated them, I said, 'Grant me release from the curse.' / They said, 'It will take place after the subjugation of Bali.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.171) tavāpi kautukaṃ yuddhe baliryajñaṃ karoti ca .. devānāṃ nigraho nāsti sarve yajñe samāgatāḥ .. 171 .. > You too have an eager desire for battle, and Bali is performing a sacrifice; / there is no restraint placed on the gods; all have arrived at the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.172) sa māṃ yajati yajñena vadhaṃ tasya karotu kaḥ .. ahaṃ ca vāmano jāto nāradaḥ kautukānvitaḥ .. 172 .. > He worships me with the sacrifice; who would kill him? / And I have become a dwarf, while Nārada is filled with curious eagerness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.173) viparītamidaṃ sarvaṃ varttate mama cetasi .. tathā'pi kramayogena sarvaṃ bhavyaṃ karomyaham .. 173 .. > All this appears contradictory in my mind; / even so, in due course, I shall make everything turn out well." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.174) .. nārada uvāca .. .. prasādaṃ kuru deveśa yuddhārthaṃ kautukaṃ mama .. ekena brāhmaṇenājau hanyaṃte kṣatriyā yadā .. pitrā proktaṃ ca me pūrvaṃ tadā yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati..174.. > Nārada said: / "Be gracious, O Lord of Gods, for I have a curious desire for battle. / When kṣatriyas are slain in battle by a single brahmin, / as was previously told to me by my father, then battle shall take place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.175) brāhmaṇosi bhavāñjātaḥ kadā yuddhaṃ kariṣyasi .. vihasya vāmano brūte satyaṃ tava bhaviṣyati ..175.. > You have been born as a brahmin; when will you wage battle?" / Laughing, the dwarf said, "Your \[wish\] shall come true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.176) jamadagnisuto bhūtvā guruṃ kṛtvā maheśvaram.. kārttavīryaṃ vadhiṣyāmi bahubhiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ saha..176.. > Becoming the son of Jamadagni, having taken Maheśvara as my guru, / I will slay Kārttavīrya along with many kṣatriyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.177) samaṃtapaṃcake paṃca kariṣye rudhirahradān .. tatrāhaṃ tarpayiṣyāmi pitṝnatha pitāmahān .. 177 .. > At Samantapañcaka I will make five lakes of blood; / there I will offer oblations to my fathers and grandfathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.178) puṇyakṣetraṃ kariṣyāmi bhavāṃstatrāgamiṣya ti .. paraṃ ca kautukaṃ yuddhe bhaviṣyati tava priyam .. 178 .. > I will make it a sacred field; you will come there, / and an immense battle, delightful to you, shall be \[fought\] to your pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.179) brāhmaṇebhyo grahīṣyaṃti yadā kuṃ kṣatriyāḥ punaḥ .. tadaiva tānhaniṣyāmi punardā syāmi medinīm .. 179 .. > Whenever the kṣatriyas seize the earth again from the brahmins, / I will slay them right then and give back the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.180) trisaptavāraṃ dāsyāmi jitvā jitvā vasuṃdharām .. śastranyāsaṃ kariṣyāmi nirviṇṇo yuddhakarmaṇi .. vihariṣyāmi ramyeṣu vaneṣu girisānuṣu .. 7.2.18.180 .. > Three times seven times I will give away the earth, conquering it again and again. / Having laid down my weapons, weary of the acts of war, / I will wander happily in pleasant forests and mountain ridges. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.181) laṃkāyāṃ rāvaṇo rājyaṃ kariṣyati mahābalaḥ .. trailokyakaṃṭakaṃ nāma yadāsau dhārayiṣyati .. 181 .. > In Laṅkā the mighty Rāvaṇa will rule; / when he bears the name 'Thorn of the Three Worlds,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.182) tadā dāśarathī rāmaḥ kausalyānaṃdavarddhanaḥ .. bhaviṣye bhrātṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ gamiṣye yajñamaṃḍape .. 182 .. > then I will become Rāma, son of Daśaratha, increaser of Kauśalyā's joy; / together with my brothers I will go to the sacrificial hall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.183) tāḍakāṃ tāḍayitvāhaṃ subāhuṃ yajñamaṃdire .. nītvā yajñādgamiṣyāmi sītāyāstu svayaṃvare .. 183 .. > Striking down Tāḍakā and Subāhu in the sacrificial pavilion, / departing from the sacrifice, I will go to Sītā's svayaṃvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.184) pariṇeṣyābhi tāṃ sītāṃ bhaṃktvā māheśvaraṃ dhanuḥ .. tyaktvā rājyaṃ gamiṣyāmi vane varṣāṃścaturdaśa .. 184 .. > Breaking Maheśvara's bow, I will marry Sītā; / abandoning the kingdom, I will go to the forest for fourteen years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.185) sītāharaṇajaṃ duḥkhaṃ prathamaṃ me bhaviṣyati .. nāsākarṇavihīnāṃ tāṃ kariṣye rākṣasīṃ vane .. 185 .. > The sorrow born of the abduction of Sītā will first befall me; / I will make that rākṣasa woman in the forest deprived of nose and ears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.186) caturddaśasahasrāṇi triśiraḥkharadūṣaṇān .. dhatvā haniṣye mārīcaṃ rākṣasaṃ mṛgarūpiṇam ..186.. > Having slain the fourteen thousand \[demons\], Triśiras, Khara, and Dūṣaṇa, / I will slay the rākṣasa Mārīca who has taken the form of a deer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.187) hṛtadāro gamiṣyāmi dagdhvā gṛdhraṃ jaṭāyuṣam .. sugrīveṇa samaṃ maitrīṃ kṛtvā hatvā'tha vālinam .. 187 .. > Bereft of my wife, having cremated the vulture Jaṭāyu, I will proceed; / forming a friendship with Sugrīva, and then killing Vālin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.188) samudraṃ baṃdhayiṣyāmi nalapramukhavānaraiḥ .. laṃkāṃ saṃveṣṭayiṣyāmi mārayiṣyāmi rākṣasān .. 188 .. > I will have the ocean bridged by the monkeys headed by Nala; / I will surround Laṅkā and slay the rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.189) kumbhakarṇaṃ nihatyājau meghanādaṃ tato raṇe .. nihatya rāvaṇaṃ rakṣaḥ paśyatāṃ sarvarakṣasām .. 189 .. > Having killed Kumbhakarṇa in combat, and then Meghanāda in battle, / \[and\] slaying the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa before the eyes of all the rākṣasas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.190) vibhīṣaṇāya dāsyāmi laṃkāṃ devavinirmitām.. ayodhyāṃ punarāgatya kṛtvā rājyamakaṃṭakam ..7.2.18.190.. > I will give Laṅkā, fashioned by the gods, to Vibhīṣaṇa; / returning again to Ayodhyā, making the kingdom free of thorns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.191) kāladurvāsasościtracaritreṇāmarāvatīm .. yāsyehaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ rājyaṃ putre nivedya ca ..191.. > by the wondrous conduct of Kāla and Durvāsas, / I will go to Amarāvatī with my brothers, having entrusted the kingdom to my son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.192) dvāpare samanuprāpte kṣatriyairbahubhirmahī.. bhārākrāṃtā na śaknoti pātālaṃ gaṃtumudyatā ..192.. > When the Dvāpara age arrives, the earth, / burdened by many kṣatriyas and unable \[to bear it\], will prepare to sink down to Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.193) mathurāyāṃ tadā karttā kaṃso rājyaṃ mahāsuraḥ .. śiśupālajarāsaṃdhau kālanemirmahāsuraḥ .. 193 .. > In Mathurā at that time the great asura Kaṃsa will rule; / \[and there will be\] Śiśupāla, Jarāsandha, and the great asura Kālanemi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.194) pauṃḍrako vāsudevaśca bāṇo rājā mahāsuraḥ .. gajavājituraṃgāḍhyā vadhyaṃte me tadā mune .. 194 .. > Pauṇḍraka Vāsudeva, and King Bāṇa, a great asura; / abundant in elephants and horses, they will be slain by me then, O sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.195) kalau svalpodakā meghā alpadugdhāśca dhenavaḥ .. dugdhe ghṛtaṃ na caivāsti nāsti satyaṃ janeṣu ca .. 195 .. > In the Kali age, clouds will have little water, and cows will have little milk; / there will be no clarified butter in the milk, and no truth among people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.196) corairupahatā lokā vyādhibhiḥ paripīḍitāḥ .. trātāraṃ nābhi gacchaṃti yuddhāvasthāṃ gatā api .. 196 .. > People will be ruined by thieves and afflicted by diseases; / even when reduced to a state of conflict, they will find no protector. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.197) kṣudrāḥ paścimavāhinyo nadyaḥ śuṣyaṃti kārttike .. ekādaśīvrataṃ nāsti kṛṣṇā yā ca caturddaśī ..197.. > The small rivers flowing westward will dry up in Kārttika; / there will be no observance of Ekādaśī, nor of the dark Caturdaśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.198) na jānāti janaḥ kaścidvikrāṃtamapi sve gṛhe .. daridropahataṃ sarvaṃ saṃdhyāsnānavivarjitam .. bhaviṣyati kalau sarvaṃ na tatpūrvayugatraye .. 198 .. > No man will recognize valor even in his own home; / everything will be ruined by poverty and devoid of twilight prayers and ritual ablution; / all this will occur in the Kali age, not in the previous three ages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.199) pitaraṃ mātaraṃ putrastyaktvā bhāryāṃ niṣevate .. na guruḥ svajanaḥ kaścitko'pi kaṃ nānusevate .. 199 .. > The son will abandon his father and mother and attend only to his wife; / there will be no teacher or kinsman; no one will serve anyone else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.200) yathāyathā kalirvyāptiṃ karoti dharaṇītale .. tathātathā janaḥ sarva ekākāro bhaviṣyati .. 7.2.18.200 .. > In whatever measure the Kali age pervades the surface of the earth, / in that same measure all people will become uniform \[in degradation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.18.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.201) mlecchairupahataṃ sarvaṃ saṃdhyāsnānavivarjitam.. kalkirityabhivikhyāto bhaviṣye brāhmaṇo hyaham ..201.. > Everything will be ruined by mlecchas, bereft of twilight prayers and ritual ablution; / I will indeed become a brahmin renowned as Kalki. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 282 passages. 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