[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) › 17.9 # Skandapurana 17.9 Skandapurāṇa 17.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.1) .. brahmovāca .. .. yadi sṛṣṭaṃ mayā sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. tadā mūrtimimāṃ tyaktvā bhavaḥ sṛṣṭo mayā'dhunā .. 1 .. > Brahmā said: / 'If the three worlds, moving and unmoving, were all created by me, / then, having abandoned this form, let Bhava now be created by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.2) pitāmahamahattvaṃ syāttathā śīghraṃ vidhīyatām .. brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā viṣṇunā sa pramoditaḥ .. 2 .. > so that the greatness of the Grandfather may be \[confirmed\]; let it be done quickly.' / Hearing Brahmā’s speech, \[Rudra\] was delighted by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.3) mahadāścaryajanake saṃprāpto girimūrddhani .. na vicārastvayākāryaḥ karttavyaṃ brahmabhāṣitam .. 3 .. > He arrived at the mountain summit that produced great wonder. / 'No doubt should be entertained by you; that which was spoken by Brahmā should be done.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.4) tathetyuktvā śivo devastatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. brahmā yayau meruśṛṃgaṃ manasaḥ śirasi sthitam .. 4 .. > Saying 'So be it,' the god Śiva vanished right there. / Brahmā went to the peak of Meru situated at the head of the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.5) tapastepe prajānātho vedoccāraṇatatparaḥ .. atharvavedoccaraṇaṃ yāvaccakre pitāmahaḥ .. 5 .. > The lord of creatures performed austerity, devoted to the chanting of the Veda. / As the Grandfather was performing the chanting of the Atharvaveda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.6) mukhādrudraḥ samabhavadraudrarūpo bhavāpahaḥ.. arddhanārīnaravapurduṣprekṣyo'tibhayaṃkaraḥ..6.. > Rudra arose from his mouth, of fierce form, the remover of worldly existence, / with a body half-woman and half-man, hard to look upon, extremely terrifying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.7) vibhajātmānamityuktvā brahmā cāṃtardadhe bhayāt .. tathoktosau dvidhā strītvaṃ puruṣatvaṃ tathā'karot .. 7 .. > Saying 'Divide yourself!', Brahmā vanished in fear. / Being addressed thus, he divided himself twofold into femaleness and maleness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.8) bibheda puruṣatvaṃ ca daśadhā caikadhā punaḥ .. ekādaśaite kathitā rudrāstribhuvaneśvarāḥ .. 8 .. > And he divided the maleness tenfold, and then once more. / These eleven Rudras, the lords of the three worlds, are declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.9) kṛtvā nāmāni sarveṣāṃ devakārye niyojitāḥ .. vibhajya punarīśānī svātmānaṃ śaṃkarādvibhoḥ .. 9 .. > Having assigned names to all of them, they were appointed to the task of the gods. / Then, dividing herself from the all-pervading Śaṃkara, Īśānī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.10) mahādevaniyogena pitāmahamupasthitā .. tāmāha bhagavānbrahmā dakṣasya duhitā bhava .. 7.2.9.10 .. > at the command of Mahādeva, approached the Grandfather. / Blessed Lord Brahmā said to her: 'Become the daughter of Dakṣa.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.11) sāpi tasya niyogena prādurāsītprajāpateḥ .. niyogādbrahmaṇo dakṣo dadau rudrāya tāṃ satīm ..11.. > She too, by his direction, became manifest to the Prajāpati. / By the direction of Brahmā, Dakṣa gave that Satī to Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.12) dākṣīṃ rudro'pi jagrāha svakīyāmeva śūlabhṛt .. atha brahmā babhāṣe taṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kuru satīpate ..12.. .. > Rudra, the trident-bearer, also received the daughter of Dakṣa, who was indeed his own. / Then Brahmā said to him: 'Perform creation, O lord of Satī.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.13) .. rudra uvāca .. .. sṛṣṭirmayā na karttavyā karttavyā bhavatā svayam .. pālanaṃ viṣṇunā kāryaṃ saṃhartā'haṃ vyavasthitaḥ ..13.. > Rudra said: / 'Creation should not be performed by me; it should be performed by you yourself. / Preservation is to be done by Viṣṇu; I am appointed as the destroyer.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.14) sthāṇuvatsaṃsthito yasmā ttasmātsthāṇurbhavāmyaham ..14.. > Because I stand firmly like a pillar, therefore I become Sthāṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.15) rajorūpāḥ sattvarūpāstamorūpāśca ye narāḥ .. sarve te bhavatā kāryā guṇatrayavibhāgataḥ..15.. > Those men who are of the nature of passion, goodness, and darkness— / all of them are to be made by you according to the division of the three qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.16) yadā te tāmasaiḥ kāryaṃ tadā raudro bhava svayam .. yadā te rājasaiḥ kāryaṃ tadā tvaṃ rājaso bhava.. sāttvikaiste yadā kāryaṃ tadā tvaṃ sāttviko bhava ..16.. > When your work is through those of darkness, then be yourself fierce; / when your work is through those of passion, then be passionate; / when your work is through those of goodness, then be full of goodness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.17) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ityājñāpya ca brahmāṇaṃ svayaṃ sṛṣṭyādikarmasu .. gṛhītvā tāṃ satīṃ rudraḥ kailāsamadhitiṣṭhati .. 17 .. > Īśvara said: / Having thus instructed Brahmā himself in the tasks of creation and the rest, / Rudra took Satī and dwelt on Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.18) dakṣaḥ kālena mahatā harasyālayamāyayau .. 18.. > After a long time, Dakṣa came to Hara's abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.19) atha rudraḥ samutthāya kṛtavāngauravaṃ bahu .. tato yathocitāṃ pūjāṃ na dakṣo bahu manyate ..19.. > Then Rudra arose and showed great respect; / yet Dakṣa did not value the worship, though properly offered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.20) tadā vai tamasāviṣṭaḥ so'dhikaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śubhaḥ.. pūjāmanarghyāmanvicchañjagāma kupito gṛham .. 7.2.9.20 .. > Then indeed, overcome with darkness, that noble brahmin, / seeking peerless worship, returned home in anger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.21) kadācittāṃ gṛhaṃ prāptāṃ satīṃ dakṣaḥ sudurmanāḥ .. bhartrā saha viniṃdyaināṃ bhartsayāmāsa vai ruṣā ..21.. > Once, when Satī had arrived at his house, Dakṣa, deeply distressed in mind, / reviled her along with her husband and rebuked her in fury: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.22) paṃca -vaktro daśabhujo mukhe netratrayānvitaḥ.. kaparddī khaṃḍacaṃdrosau tathāsau nīlalohitaḥ..22.. > "He has five faces, ten arms, and three eyes in his face; / he has matted hair, carries the crescent moon, and is blue and red; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.23) kapālī śūlahasto'sau gajacarmāvaguṃṭhitaḥ .. nāsya mātā na ca pitā na bhrātā na ca bāndhavaḥ ..23.. > he carries a skull, holds a trident in his hand, and is wrapped in an elephant hide; / he has no mother, no father, no brother, and no kin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.24) sarpāsthimaṃḍitagrīvastyaktvā hemavibhūṣaṇam .. bhikṣayā bhojanaṃ yasya kathamannaṃ pradāsyati .. 24 .. > his neck is adorned with serpents and bones, having cast aside gold ornaments; / his food comes from begging—how will he provide food \[for you\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.25) kadācitpūrvato yāti gacchanyāti sa paścime .. dakṣiṇasyāṃ vṛṣo yāti svayaṃ yāti sa cottare .. 25 .. > Sometimes he goes to the east, and while going, he goes to the west; / his bull goes to the south, while he himself goes to the north; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.26) tiryagūrdhvamadho yāti naiva yāti na tiṣṭhati .. iti citraṃ caritraṃ te bhartturnānyasya dṛśyate .. 26 .. > he moves sideways, upwards, and downwards; he neither goes nor stays still. / Such strange conduct of your husband is not seen in any other! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.27) nirguṇaḥ sa guṇātīto niḥsneho mūkavatsthitaḥ .. sarvajñaḥ sarvagaḥ sarvaḥ paṭhyate bhuvanatraye .. 27 .. > He is without qualities, beyond qualities, devoid of affection, standing like a mute; / yet he is recited throughout the three worlds as omniscient, all-pervading, and all-being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.28) kadācinnaiva jānāti na śṛṇoti na paśyati .. daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ dadāti yaḥ ..28.. > Sometimes he does not know at all, does not hear, and does not see; / yet he gives \[boons\] to daityas, dānavas, and rākṣasas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.29) na cāsya ca pitā kaścinna ca bhrātāsti kaścana .. eka eva vṛṣārūḍho nagno bhramati bhūtale ..29.. > he has no father at all, nor any brother; / all alone, mounted on a bull, naked he roams the earth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.30) na gṛhaṃ na dhanaṃ gotramanādinidhanovyayaḥ .. sthirabuddhirna caivāsau krīḍate bhuvanatraye ..7.2.9.30.. > he has no house, no wealth, no lineage; he is without beginning or end, imperishable; / he has no steady intellect, yet he sports across the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.31) kadācitsatyaloke sau pātālamadhitiṣṭhati .. girisānuṣu śete'sāvaśivopi śivaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 31 .. > Sometimes he is in Satyaloka, and sometimes he dwells in Pātāla; / he sleeps upon mountain ridges; though inauspicious, he is called Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.32) śrīkhaṃḍādīni saṃtyajya sadā bhasmāvaguṃṭhitaḥ.. sarvadeti vacaḥ satyaṃ kimanyatsa pradāsyati.. 32 .. > Discarding sandalwood and other perfumes, he is constantly smeared with ashes; / 'He gives everything' is the saying—yet what else will he give? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.33) dhiktvāṃ jāmātaraṃ dhiktaṃ yayoḥ snehaḥ parasparam .. tasya tvaṃ vallabhā bhāryā sa ca prāṇādhikastava .. 33 .. > Fie on you! Fie on that son-in-law! between whom there is mutual affection: / you are his beloved wife, and he is dearer to you than life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.34) na ca pitrāsti te kāryaṃ na mātrā na sakhīṣu ca .. kevalaṃ bhartṛbhaktā tvaṃ tasmādgaccha gṛhānmama ..34.. > You have no concern with your father, nor with your mother, nor among your female friends; / you are devoted only to your husband; therefore depart from my house! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.35) anye jāmātaraḥ sarve bhartustava pinākinaḥ .. tvamadyaivāśu cāsmākaṃ gṛhādgaccha varaṃ prati .. 35 .. > All the other sons-in-law \[are superior\] to your bow-wielding husband; / go this very day, at once, from our house to your husband!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.36) tasya tadvākyamākarṇya sā devī śaṃkarapriyā .. viniṃdya pitaraṃ dakṣaṃ dhyātvā devaṃ maheśvaram .. 36 .. > Hearing those words of his, that goddess, beloved of Śaṃkara, / reviled her father Dakṣa, meditated on the god Maheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.37) śvetavastrā jale snātvā dadāhātmānamātmanā .. yācitastu śivo bharttā punarjanmāṃtare tayā ..37.. > clothed in white garments, bathed in water, and burned herself by her own power. / But Śiva was solicited by her as her husband in another birth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.38) pitā me himavānastu menāgarbhe bhavāmyaham .. atrāṃtare(?) himavatā tapasā toṣito haraḥ .. pratyakṣaṃ darśanaṃ dattvā himavaṃtaṃ vaco'bravīt .. 38 .. > "May Himavān be my father; may I be born from the womb of Menā!" / Meanwhile, Hara was pleased by the austerity of Himavat; / granting him his direct darśana, he spoke these words to Himavat: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.39) eṣā dattā sutā tubhyaṃ pariṇeṣyāmi tāmaham .. devānāṃ kāryyasiddhyarthaṃ girirājo bhaviṣyasi .. 39 .. > "This daughter is given to you; I shall marry her. / For the accomplishment of the purpose of the gods, you shall be the king of mountains." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.40) ātmamūrttau praviṣṭāṃ tāṃ jñātvā devo maheśvaraḥ .. śaśāpa dakṣaṃ kupitaḥ samāgatyātha tadgṛham .. 7.2.9.40 .. > Knowing that she had entered his own form, the god Maheśvara, / enraged, came to Dakṣa's house and cursed Dakṣa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.41) tyaktvā dehamimaṃ brāhmyaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ kule bhava .. svāyaṃbhuvatvaṃ saṃtyajya dakṣa prācetaso bhava .. 41 .. > "Leaving this brahminical body, be born in the lineage of kṣatriyas! / Abandoning the state of being born from Svayambhū, O Dakṣa, become the son of Pracetas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.42) svasyāṃ sutāyāmūḍhāyāṃ putramutpādayiṣyasi .. evaṃ śaptvā mahādevo yayau kailāsaparvatam .. 42 .. > You shall generate a son upon your own married daughter!" / Having thus cursed him, Mahādeva went to Mount Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.43) svāyabhuvo'pi kālena dakṣaḥ prācetaso'bhavat .. bhavānīṃ sa sutāṃ labdhvā giristuṣṭo himā layaḥ .. 43 .. > Even the son of Svayambhū in time became the son of Pracetas. / Having obtained Bhavānī as his daughter, the mountain Himālaya was delighted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.44) menāpi tāṃ sutāṃ labdhvā dhanyaṃ mene gṛhāśramam .. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā jāyamānāṃ ca svecchayaiva varānanām .. 44 .. > Menā also, having obtained that daughter, considered her household blessed. / Seeing that fair-faced girl being born by her own mere will, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.45) menā himavataḥ patnī prāhedaṃ parvateśvaram.. paśya bālāmimāṃ rājanrājīvasadṛśānanām.. 45 .. > Menā, wife of Himavat, spoke thus to the lord of mountains: / "Look, O king, at this girl whose face is like a blue lotus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.46) hitāya sarvabhūtānāṃ jātāṃ ca tapasā śubhām .. so'pi dṛṣṭvā mahādevīṃ taruṇādityasannibhām .. 46 .. > born through austerity for the welfare of all beings, auspicious!" / He too, seeing the great goddess resembling the morning sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.47) kapardinīṃ caturvaktrāṃ trinetrāmatilālasām.. aṣṭahastāṃ viśālākṣīṃ caṃdrāvayavabhūṣaṇām .. 47 .. > having matted hair, four faces, three eyes, full of intense desire, / eight-armed, large-eyed, adorned with the crescent moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.48) praṇamya śirasā bhūmau tejasā tu suvihvalaḥ .. bhītaḥ kṛtāṃjaliḥ stabdhaḥ provāca parameśvarīm .. 48 .. > bowed with his head to the ground, deeply agitated by her radiance; / frightened, with folded hands, rendered motionless, he spoke to the supreme goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.49) .. himavānuvāca .. .. kā tvaṃ devi viśālākṣi śaṃsa me saṃśayo mahān .. 49 .. > Himavān said: / Who are you, O large-eyed goddess? Tell me, I have a great doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.50) .. devyuvāca .. .. māṃ viddhi paramāṃ śaktiṃ maheśvarasamāśrayām .. ananyāmavyayāmekāṃ yāṃ paśyaṃti mumukṣavaḥ .. 7.2.9.50 .. > The goddess said: / Know me to be the supreme power resting upon Maheśvara, / non-different, imperishable, one, whom seekers of liberation behold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.51) divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me rūpamaiśvaram .. etāvaduktvā vijñānaṃ dattvā himavate svayam .. 51 .. > I give you a divine eye; behold my lordly form! / Having said this much, giving spiritual knowledge herself to Himavat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.52) sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ tejobiṃbaṃ nirākulam .. jvālā mālāsahasrāḍhyaṃ kālānalaśatopamam .. 52 .. > \[she revealed her form\] like an orb of light resembling ten million suns, undisturbed, / filled with thousands of garlands of flames, equal to a hundred cosmic dissolution fires, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.53) daṃṣṭrākarālamuddharṣaṃ jaṭāmaṃḍalamaṃḍitam .. praśāṃtaṃ saumyavadanamanaṃtāścaryasaṃyutam .. 53 .. > dreadful with fangs, fierce, adorned with a mass of matted hair, / \[yet\] tranquil, with a gentle face, endowed with infinite wonders, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.54) caṃdrāvayavalakṣmāṇaṃ caṃdrakoṭisamaprabham .. kirīṭinaṃ gadāhastaṃ nupurairupaśobhitam .. 54.. > bearing the crescent moon as a mark, with splendor equal to ten million moons, / crowned with a diadem, holding a mace, adorned with anklets, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.55) divyamālyāṃbaradharaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam .. śaṃkhacakradharaṃ kāmyaṃ trinetraṃ kṛttivāsasam .. 55 .. > wearing celestial garlands and garments, anointed with celestial fragrant pastes, / holding a conch and a discus, lovely, three-eyed, clad in an animal hide, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.56) aṃḍasthaṃ cāṃḍabāhyasthaṃ bāhyamabhyaṃtaraṃ param .. sarvaśaktimayaṃ śubhraṃ sarvālaṃkārasaṃyutam ..56.. > dwelling within the cosmic egg and beyond it, external, internal, supreme, / composed of all powers, bright, endowed with all ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.57) brahmendropendrayogīndrairvandyamāna padāṃbujam .. sarvataḥ pāṇipādāṃtaṃ sarvato'kṣiśiromukham.. 57 .. > whose lotus feet are praised by Brahmā, Indra, Upendra, and the lords of yogins, / with hands and feet on all sides, with eyes, heads, and faces on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.58) sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ dadarśa parameśvaram .. dṛṣṭvā nandīśvaraṃ devaṃ devyā maheśvaraṃ param .. .. 58 .. > Pervading all and standing firm, he saw the supreme lord. / Having seen Nandīśvara, the god, and the supreme great lord along with the goddess, 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.59) bhayena ca samāviṣṭaḥ sa rājā hṛṣṭamānasaḥ .. ātmanyādhāya cātmānamoṃkāraṃ samanusmaran .. 59 .. > and seized with fear, that king, joyful in mind, / fixing the self within the self and contemplating the oṃkāra, 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.60) nāmnāmaṣṭasahasreṇa stutvā'sau hima vāngiriḥ .. 7.2.9.60 .. > having praised him with a thousand and eight names, that Himavat mountain, 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.61) bhūyaḥ praṇamya bhūtātmā provācedaṃ kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. yadetadaiśvaraṃ rūpaṃ jātaṃ te parameśvari .. 61 .. > bowing again, the self of beings, with joined palms said this: / 'This lordly form of yours that has arisen, O supreme lady, 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.62) bhīto'smi sāṃprataṃ dṛṣṭvā tattvamanyatpradarśaya .. evamuktā ca sā devī tena śailena pārvatī .. 62 .. > I am terrified now having seen it; show another real form.' / Thus addressed by that mountain, the goddess Pārvatī 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.63) saṃhṛtya darśayāmāsa svarūpamaparaṃ param .. nīlotpaladalaprakhyaṃ nīlotpalasugaṃdhikam .. ..63.. > withdrew \[that form\] and showed another supreme natural form, / resembling the petal of a blue lotus, fragrant like a blue lotus, 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.64) dvinetraṃ dvibhujaṃ saumyaṃ nīlālakavibhūṣitam .. raktapādāṃbujatalaṃ suraktakarapallavam ..64.. > two-eyed, two-armed, gentle, adorned with dark locks, / the soles of her lotus-feet red, her tender hands deep red, 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.65) śrīmadviśālasadvṛttaṃ lalāṭatilakojjvalam .. bhūṣitaṃ cārusarvāṃgaṃ bhūṣaṇairatikomalam ..65.. > splendid, broad, well-rounded, radiant with a tilaka on her forehead, / her lovely limbs all adorned with ornaments, exceedingly delicate, 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.66) dadhānaṃ corasā mālāṃ viśālāṃ hemanirmitām .. īṣatsmitaṃ subiṃboṣṭhaṃ nūpurārāvaśobhitam .. 66 .. > bearing on her chest a broad garland fashioned of gold, / smiling gently, with fine bimba-like lips, adorned with the tinkling of anklets, 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.67) prasannavadanaṃ divyaṃ cārubhrūmahimāspadam .. tadīdṛśaṃ samālokya svarūpaṃ śailasattamaḥ .. bhayaṃ saṃtyajya hṛṣṭātmā babhāṣe parameśvarīm .. 67 .. > her face serene, divine, the seat of the glory of lovely brows. / Beholding such a natural form, that best of mountains, / casting off fear, delighted in self, spoke to the supreme lady: 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.68) .. himavānuvāca .. .. adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalāḥ kriyāḥ .. yanme sākṣāttvamavyaktā prasannā dṛṣṭigocarā .. idānīṃ kiṃ mayā kāryaṃ tanme brūhi maheśvari ..68.. .. > Himavat said: / 'Today my birth has borne fruit; today my rites are fruitful, / since you, unmanifest, in person, propitious, have come into my sight. / Now what must be done by me? Tell me that, O great lady.' 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.69) .. maheśvaryuvāca .. .. śivapūjā tvayā kāryā dhyānena tapasā sadā .. ahaṃ tasmai pradātavyā kenacitkāraṇena vai .. 69 .. > The great lady said: / 'Worship of Śiva must be performed by you always with meditation and austerity. / I must indeed be given to him for a certain purpose. 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.70) yādṛśastu tvayā dṛṣṭo dhyeyo vai tādṛśastvayā .. eka eva śivo devaḥ sarvādhāro dharādharaḥ ..7.2.9.70.. > Just as he has been seen by you, so indeed should he be meditated upon by you. / God Śiva is the one alone, the foundation of all, the bearer of the earth.' 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.71) .. sārasvata uvāca .. .. tapaśca kṛtavānrudraḥ samāgamya himācalam .. tasyomā paramāṃ bhaktiṃ cakāra śivasaṃnidhau ..71.. > Sārasvata said: / And Rudra, having arrived at the Himācala, performed austerity. / In the presence of Śiva, Umā offered supreme devotion to him. 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.72) devakāryeṇa kenāpi devo vai jñāpitaḥ prabhuḥ .. upayeme haro devīmumāṃ tribhuvaneśvarīm .. 72 .. > For some purpose of the gods, the lord god was informed; / Hara wedded the goddess Umā, the ruler of the three worlds. 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.73) sa śaptaḥ śaṃbhunā pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso nṛpaḥ .. viniṃdya pūrvavaireṇa gaṃgādvāre'yajaddharim ..73.. > He, the king Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, was formerly cursed by Śambhu. / Reviling \[him\] out of former enmity, he performed a sacrifice to Hari at Gaṅgādvāra. 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.74) devāśca yajñabhāgārthamāhūtā viṣṇunā svayam .. sahaiva munibhiḥ sarvairāgatā munipuṃgavāḥ .. 74 .. > The gods were invited by Viṣṇu himself for their share in the sacrifice; / along with all the sages, the foremost among sages arrived. 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.75) dṛṣṭvā devakulaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śaṃkareṇa vinā''gatam .. dadhīco nāma viprarṣiḥ prācetasamathābravīt .. 75 .. > Seeing the whole host of gods arrived without Śaṃkara, / the brahmin-seer named Dadhīca then addressed the son of Pracetas. 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.76) .. dadhīciruvāca .. .. brahmādyāstu piśācāṃtā yasyājñānuvidhāyinaḥ .. sa hi vaḥ sāṃprataṃ rudro vidhinā kiṃ na pūjyate .. 76 .. > Dadhīci said: / 'He whose commands are obeyed by those beginning with Brahmā down to piśācas— / why is that Rudra not worshipped properly by you all now?' 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.77) .. dakṣa uvāca .. .. sarveṣveva hi yajñeṣu na bhāgaḥ parikalpitaḥ .. na maṃtrā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ śaṃkarasyeti neṣyate .. 77 .. > Dakṣa said: / 'In all sacrifices indeed no portion has been assigned \[to him\], / nor are mantras \[chanted\] with his wife; therefore Śaṃkara is not desired.' 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.78) vihasya dakṣaṃ kupito vacaḥ prāha mahāmuniḥ .. śṛṇvatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sarvajñānamayaḥ svayam ..78.. > Laughing at Dakṣa, enraged, the great sage spoke words / while all the gods listened, being himself full of all knowledge: 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.79) yataḥ pravṛttirviśvātmā yaścāsau bhuvaneśvaraḥ .. na tvaṃ pūjayase rudraṃ devaiḥ saṃpūjyate haraḥ ..79.. > 'He from whom creation proceeds, the soul of the universe, and who is the ruler of the world— / you do not worship Rudra, \[yet\] Hara is worshipped by the gods.' 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.80) .. dakṣa uvāca .. .. asthimālādharo nagnaḥ saṃhartā tāmaso haraḥ .. viṣakaṃṭhaḥ śūlahastaḥ kapālī nāgaveṣṭitaḥ .. 7.2.9.80 .. > Dakṣa said: / 'Wearing a garland of bones, naked, a destroyer, tamasic is Hara, / poison-throated, trident in hand, skull-bearing, wrapped in serpents. 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.81) īśvaro hi jagatsraṣṭā prabhuryo'sau sanātanaḥ .. sattvātmako'sau bhagavānijyate sarvakarmasu .. 81 .. > The Lord is indeed the creator of the world, the master who is eternal; / he, the lord composed of sattva, is worshipped in all rites.' 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.82) .. dadhīciruvāca .. .. kiṃ tvayā bhagavāneṣa sahasrāṃśurna dṛśyate .. sarvalokaikasaṃhartā kālātmā parameśvaraḥ .. 82 .. > Dadhīci said: / 'Is this thousand-rayed Lord not seen by you, / the sole destroyer of all worlds, the soul of Time, the supreme lord? 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.83) eṣa rudro mahādevaḥ kaparddī cāgraṇīrharaḥ .. ādityo bhagavānsūryo nīlagrīvo vilohitaḥ .. 83 .. .. > This is Rudra, Mahādeva, the matted-haired one, the leader, Hara, / the divine sun Āditya, blue-necked, deep red.' 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884) .. dakṣa uvāca .. .. ya ete dvādaśādityā āgatā yajñabhāginaḥ .. sarve sūryā iti jñeyā na hyanyo vidyate raviḥ .. 884 .. > Dakṣa said: / 'These twelve Ādityas who have arrived to receive a share of the sacrifice, / all of them are to be known as suns; indeed there is no other Ravi.' 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_1) evamukte tu munayaḥ samāyātā didṛkṣavaḥ .. bāḍhamityabruvandakṣaṃ tasya sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ .. 85 .. > When this was said, the sages who had arrived eager to see / said, 'Indeed,' to Dakṣa, being his helpers. 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_2) tapasāviṣṭamanaso na paśyaṃti vṛṣadhvajam .. sahasraśo'tha śataśo bahuśo'tha ya eva hi .. 86 .. > Their minds overpowered by austerity, they did not see the bull-bannered one, / \[though they were\] in their thousands, their hundreds, and in great numbers. 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_3) devāṃśca sarve bhāgārthamāgatā vāsavādayaḥ .. nāpaśyandevamīśānamṛte nārāyaṇaṃ harim .. 87 .. > And all the gods, Vāsava and the rest, having arrived for their share, / did not see the god Īśāna, except Nārāyaṇa Hari. 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_4) rudraṃ krodhaparaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmā brahmāsanādyayau .. antarhite bhagavati dakṣo nārāyaṇaṃ harim .. 88 .. > Seeing Rudra bent on anger, Brahmā departed from Brahmā's seat; / when the Lord had disappeared, Dakṣa \[turned to\] Nārāyaṇa Hari. 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_5) rakṣakaṃ jagatāṃ devaṃ jagāma śaraṇaṃ svayam .. pravartayāmāsa ca taṃ yajñaṃ dakṣo'tha nirbhayaḥ .. 89 .. > Dakṣa himself went for refuge to the god who is the protector of the worlds, / and then, fearless, set that sacrifice in motion. 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_6) rakṣako bhagavānviṣṇuḥ śaraṇāgatarakṣakaḥ .. punaḥ prāhādhvare dakṣaṃ dadhīco bhagavannṛpa .. 7.2.9.90 .. > The protector is the blessed Viṣṇu, protector of those who seek refuge. / Again at the sacrifice the blessed Dadhīca spoke to Dakṣa, O king: 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_7) nirbhayaḥ śṛṇu dakṣa tvaṃ yajñabhaṃgo bhavi ṣyati .. apūjyapūjanāddakṣa pūjyasya ca vivarjanāt .. 91 .. > 'O fearless Dakṣa, listen! The destruction of the sacrifice will occur, / because of worshipping the unworthy and abandoning the worthy of worship, O Dakṣa. 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_8) naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahadvai nātra saṃśayaḥ .. asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caiva vimānatā .. .. 92 .. > A man incurs great sin indeed; there is no doubt of this. / Where the wicked are favored and the virtuous are treated with contempt, 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_9) daṇḍo devakṛtastatra sadyaḥ patati dāruṇaḥ .. evamuktvā sa viprarṣiḥ śaśāpeśvaravidviṣaḥ .. 93 .. > there terrible punishment inflicted by the gods falls instantly.' / Having spoken thus, that brahmin-seer cursed those who hate the Lord: 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_10) yasmādbahiṣkṛto devo bhavadbhiḥ parameśvaraḥ .. bhaviṣyadhvaṃ trayībāhyāḥ sarve'pīśvaravidviṣaḥ .. 94 .. > 'Since the supreme lord god has been excluded by you, / you shall all become outsiders to the three Vedas, haters of the Lord, 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_11) mithyārītisamācārā mithyājñānaprabhāṣiṇaḥ .. prāpte kaliyuge ghore kalijaiḥ kila pīḍitāḥ .. 95 .. > following false customs and conduct, proclaiming false knowledge, / afflicted indeed by the evils born of Kali when the terrible Kali age arrives. 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_12) kṛtvā tapobalaṃ ghoraṃ gacchadhvaṃ narakaṃ punaḥ .. bhaviṣyati hṛṣīkeśaḥ svāmī vo'pi parāṅmukhaḥ .. 96 .. > Having exerted terrible power of austerity, you shall go to hell again, / and Hṛṣīkeśa, your master, will also turn his face away from you.' 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_13) .. sārasvata uvāca .. .. evamuktvā sa brahmarṣirvirarāma taponidhiḥ .. jagāma manasā rudramaśeṣādhvaranāśanam .. 97 .. > Sārasvata said: / Having spoken thus, that brahmin-seer, a treasury of austerity, fell silent; / in his mind he approached Rudra, the destroyer of all sacrifices. 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_14) etasminnaṃtare devī mahādevaṃ maheśvaram .. gatvā vijñāpayāmāsa jñātvā dakṣamakhaṃ śivā .. 98 .. > Meanwhile, the goddess Śivā, learning of Dakṣa's sacrifice, / went and made representation to Mahādeva, the great lord. 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_15) .. devyuvāca .. .. dakṣo yajñena yajate pitā me pūrvajanmani .. tena tvaṃ dūṣitaḥ pūrvamahaṃ cātīva duḥkhitā .. vināśayasva taṃ yajñaṃ varamenaṃ vṛṇomyaham .. 99 .. > The Goddess said: > "Dakṣa, who was my father in a previous birth, is performing a sacrifice. > By him you were formerly insulted, and I was made exceedingly sorrowful. > Destroy that sacrifice; this is the boon I choose." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_16) .. sārasvata uvāca .. .. evaṃ vijñāpito devyā devadevo maheśvaraḥ .. sasarja sahasā rudraṃ dakṣayajñajighāṃsayā .. 7.2.9.100 .. > The Sārasvata sage said: > Thus addressed by the Goddess, the god of gods, Maheśvara, > at once created a Rudra with the desire to destroy Dakṣa's sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_17) sahasraśirasaṃ krūraṃ sahasrākṣaṃ mahābhujam .. sahasrapāṇiṃ durddharṣaṃ yugāṃtānalasannibham .. 101 .. > A thousand-headed, fierce one, thousand-eyed and mighty-armed, > thousand-handed, unassailable, resembling the fire at the end of the cosmic age, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_18) daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ śaṃkhacakradharaṃ prabhum.. daṇḍahastaṃ mahānādaṃ śārṅgiṇaṃ bhūtibhūṣaṇam .. 102 .. > dreadful with fangs, terrible to behold, a lord bearing a conch and discus, > holding a staff in his hand, roaring loudly, equipped with a bow, adorned with ashes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_19) vīrabhadra iti khyātaṃ devadevasamanvitam .. sa jātamātro deveśamupatasthe kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 103 .. > renowned as Vīrabhadra, endowed \[with the powers\] of the god of gods. > As soon as he was born, he approached the lord of the gods with folded hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_20) tamāha dakṣasya makhaṃ vināśaya śamastu taṃ .. vinindya māṃ sa yajate gaṃgādvāre gaṇeśvara .. 104 .. > He said to him: "Destroy Dakṣa's sacrifice, and let there be tranquility for you. > Reviling me, O leader of the gaṇas, he sacrifices at Gaṅgādvāra." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_21) tato baṃdhapramuktena siṃheneva ca līlayā .. vīrabhadreṇa dakṣasya nāśārthaṃ roma coddhutam .. 105 .. > Then, just like a lion playfully released from bonds, > a hair was plucked out by Vīrabhadra for Dakṣa's destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_22) romṇā sahasraśo rudrā nisṛṣṭāstena dhīmatā .. romajā iti vikhyātāstatra sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ .. 106 .. > From that hair, thousands of Rudras were produced by that wise one; > they became renowned as the 'Hair-born', his helpers there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_23) śūlaśaktigadāhastā daṇḍopalakarāstathā .. kālāgnirudrasaṃkāśā nādayanto diśo daśa ..107.. > holding tridents, javelins, and maces in their hands, with staffs and stones in their grasps as well, > resembling the fire of destruction and Rudra, making the ten directions resound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_24) sarve vṛṣasamārūḍhāḥ sabhā ryāścātibhīṣaṇāḥ .. samāśritya gaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ yayurdakṣamakhaṃ prati .. 108 .. > All mounted upon bulls, accompanied by their wives, exceedingly terrifying, > they took refuge with the foremost of the gaṇa and went toward Dakṣa's sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_25) devāṃganāsahasrāḍhyamapsarogītināditam .. vīṇāveṇuninādāḍhyaṃ vedavādābhi nāditam .. 109 .. > which was filled with thousands of divine women, resounded with the songs of apsarases, > rich with the sounds of lutes and flutes, resounding with the recitations of the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_26) dṛṣṭvā dakṣaṃ samāsīnaṃ devaibrahmarṣibhiḥ saha .. uvāca sa vṛṣārūḍho dakṣaṃ vīraḥ smayanniva .. 7.2.9.110 .. > Seeing Dakṣa seated together with the gods and brahmin seers, > that hero, mounted upon a bull, said to Dakṣa, as if smiling: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_27) vayaṃ hyacaturāḥ sarve śarvasyāmitate jasaḥ .. bhāgārthalipsayā prāptā bhāgānyaccha tvamīpsitān .. 111 .. > "Indeed, we are all unskilled, \[attendants\] of Śarva of boundless splendor; > we have come desiring our shares; give us the desired portions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_28) bhāgo bhavadbhyo deyastu nāsmabhyamiti kathyatām .. tato vayaṃ viniścitya kariṣyāmo yathocitam .. 112 .. > Let it be said: 'A share is to be given to you,' or 'Not to us.' > Then, having decided, we will act appropriately." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_29) evamuktā gaṇeśena prajāpatipuraḥsarāḥ .. 113 .. > Thus addressed by the leader of the gaṇas, \[the gods\] headed by Prajāpati \[replied\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_30) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. pramāṇaṃ no vijānītha bhāgaṃ maṃtrā iti dhuvam.. 114 .. > The gods said: > "Know that the mantras are surely our authority regarding the share." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_31) .. maṃtrā ūcuḥ .. .. surā yūyaṃ tamobhūtāstamopahatacetasaḥ .. ye nādhvarasya rājānaṃ pūjayeyurmaheśvaram .. 115 .. > The mantras said: > "O gods, you have become filled with darkness, your minds struck down by darkness, > you who do not worship Maheśvara, the king of the sacrifice!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_32) īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvadevatanurharaḥ .. .. gaṇa uvāca .. .. pūjyate sarvayajñeṣu kathaṃ dakṣo na pūjayet..116.. > "Hara is the Īśvara of all beings, having the body of all the gods." > The gaṇa said: > "He is worshipped in all sacrifices; how could Dakṣa not worship him? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_33) maṃtrāḥ pramāṇaṃ na kṛtā yuṣmābhirbalagarvitaiḥ .. yasmādasahyaṃ tasmānno nāśayāmyadya garvitam ..117.. > The mantras have not been regarded as authoritative by you who are proud of your strength; > since this is unbearable to us, today I will destroy that arrogant one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_34) ityuktvā yajñaśālāṃ tāṃ devo'hangaṇapuṃgavaḥ .. gaṇeśvarāśca saṃkruddhā yūpānutpāṭya cikṣipuḥ..118.. > Having spoken thus, that god, the foremost of the gaṇas, struck the sacrificial hall, > and the enraged leaders of the gaṇas, having uprooted the sacrificial posts, hurled them away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_35) prastotāraṃ sahotāramadhvaryuṃ ca gaṇeśvaraḥ .. gṛhītvā bhīṣaṇāḥ sarve gaṃgāsrotasi cikṣipuḥ ..119.. > The leaders of the gaṇas, all terrifying, seized the prastotṛ, > together with the hotṛ and the adhvaryu, and threw them into the stream of the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_36) vīrabhadro'pi dīptātmā vajrayuktaṃ karaṃ hareḥ.. vyaṣṭaṃbhayadadīnātmā tathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām .. 7.2.9.120 .. > Vīrabhadra too, radiant of soul and undefeated in spirit, paralyzed the hand of Hari > which held the thunderbolt, and likewise \[the hands\] of the other gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_37) bhaganetre tathotpāṭya karāgreṇaiva līlayā .. nihatya muṣṭinā daṃḍaiḥ saptāśvaṃ ca nyapātayat .. 121 .. > Likewise, playfully plucking out Bhaga's eyes with the tips of his fingers, > and striking with his fist and with clubs, he brought down the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_38) tathā caṃdramasaṃ devaṃ pādāṃguṣṭhena līlayā .. dharṣayāmāsa valavānsmayamāno gaṇeśvaraḥ .. 122 .. > Likewise, the powerful leader of the gaṇas, smiling, > playfully crushed the moon god with the big toe of his foot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_39) vahnerhastadvayaṃ chittvā jihvāmutpāṭya līlayā .. jaghāna mūrdhni pādena munīnapi munīśvarān .. 123 .. > Having cut off Agni's two hands and playfully plucked out his tongue, > he struck the sages and foremost seers on the head with his foot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_40) tathā viṣṇuṃ sagaruḍaṃ samāyātaṃ mahābalaḥ .. vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiḥ staṃbhayitvā sudarśanam .. 124 .. > Likewise, when Viṣṇu arrived along with Garuḍa, the exceedingly mighty one > paralyzed the Sudarśana \[discus\] and pierced \[Viṣṇu\] with sharp arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_41) tataḥ sahasraśo bhadraḥ sasarja garuḍānbahūn .. vainateyādabhyadhikāngaruḍaṃ te pradudruvuḥ .. 125 .. > Then Bhadra created thousands of numerous Garuḍas, > greater than the son of Vinatā; they rushed against Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_42) tāndṛṣṭvā garuḍo dhīmānpalāyanaparo'bhavat .. tatsthito mādhavo vegādyathā gauḥ siṃhapīḍitā .. 126 .. > Seeing them, the wise Garuḍa became bent on flight; > Mādhava, seated on him, \[fled\] with speed, like a cow tormented by a lion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_43) aṃtarhite vainateye viṣṇau ca padmasaṃbhavaḥ .. āgatya vārayāmāsa vīrabhadraṃ śivapriyam .. 127 .. > When the son of Vinatā and Viṣṇu had disappeared, the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], > having arrived, restrained Vīrabhadra, who is dear to Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_44) prasādayāmāsa sa taṃ gauravātparameṣṭhinaḥ .. te'dṛśyaṃ naiva jānaṃti rudraṃ tatrāgataṃ surāḥ .. 128 .. > Out of respect for the Supreme Lord, he propitiated him. > Those gods did not at all see or know that Rudra had arrived there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_45) sa devo viṣṇunā jñāto brahmaṇā ca dadhīcinā .. tuṣṭāva bhagavānbrahmā dakṣo viṣṇudivaukasaḥ.. 129 .. > That god was recognized by Viṣṇu, by Brahmā, and by Dadhīci. > The lord Brahmā, Dakṣa, Viṣṇu, and the celestials praised \[him\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_46) viśeṣātpārvatīṃ devīmīśvarārddhaśarīriṇīm .. stotrairnānāvidhairdakṣaḥ praṇamya ca kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 7.2.9.130 .. > especially \[praising\] the goddess Pārvatī, who forms half of Īśvara's body; > and Dakṣa, bowing down with folded hands, \[praised her\] with various hymns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_47) tato bhagavatī prāha prahasaṃtī maheśvaram .. tvameva jagataḥ sraṣṭā saṃhartā caiva rakṣakaḥ .. 131 .. > Then the goddess, laughing gently, said to Maheśvara: > "You alone are the creator of the world, its destroyer, and its protector. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_48) anugrāhyo bhagavatā dakṣaścāpi divau kasaḥ .. tataḥ prahasya bhagavānkarpaddī nīlalohitaḥ .. uvāca praṇatāndevāndakṣaṃ prācetasaṃ haraḥ ..132.. > Dakṣa and the gods ought to be shown grace by the Lord." > Then the lord, the matted-haired, blue-and-red Hara, laughing gently, > said to the bowed gods and to Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_49) gacchadhvaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ prasanno bhavatāmaham .. saṃpūjyaḥ sarvayajñeṣu prathamaṃ devakarmaṇi .. 133 .. > "Depart, all you deities! I am pleased with you. > I must be worshipped first in all sacrifices and divine rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_50) tvaṃ cāpi śṛṇu me dakṣa vacanaṃ sarvarakṣaṇam .. tyaktvā lokeṣaṇāmenāṃ madbhakto bhava yatnataḥ .. 134 .. > And you too, O Dakṣa, listen to my words that protect everything: > Abandoning this desire for worldly things, strive to become my devotee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_51) bhaviṣyasi gaṇeśānaḥ kalpāṃte'nugrahānmama .. tāvattiṣṭha mamādeśātsvādhikāreṣu nirvṛtaḥ .. ityuktvā'darśanaṃ prāpto dakṣasyāmitatejasaḥ .. 135 .. > At the end of the cosmic age, by my grace, you will become a lord of the gaṇas. > Until then, remain content in your duties by my command." > Having spoken thus to Dakṣa of boundless splendor, he became invisible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_52) dadhīcinā śivo dṛṣṭo vijñaptaḥ śāpamocane .. kathaṃ śāpaṃ mayā dattaṃ tariṣyaṃti tavājñayā .. 136 .. > Śiva was seen by Dadhīci and was petitioned concerning release from the curse: > "How shall they, by your command, overcome the curse given by me?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_53) .. śiva uvāca .. .. bhaviṣyaṃti trayī bāhyāḥ saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge .. paṭhiṣyaṃti ca ye vedāste viprāḥ svargagāminaḥ .. 137 .. > Śiva said: > "When the Kali age arrives, there will be those outside the three Vedas; > and those brahmins who recite the Vedas shall go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_54) āgamā viṣṇuracitāḥ paṭhyante ye dvijātibhiḥ .. tepi svargaṃ prayāsyaṃti matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ .. 138 .. > The scriptures composed by Viṣṇu that are recited by the twice-born— > they too shall go to heaven by my grace, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_55) kalikālaprabhāvena yeṣāṃ pāṭho na vidyate .. gṛhasthadharmācaraṇaṃ kartavyaṃ mama pūjanam .. 139 .. > Those who, by the power of the Kali age, have no Vedic recitation > must practice the duties of a householder and perform my worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_56) avaśyaṃ ca mayā kāryaṃ teṣāṃ pāpavimocanam .. bhikṣāṃ bhramāmi madhyāhne atīte bhasmaguṃṭhitaḥ .. 7.2.9.140 .. > I must certainly effect their release from sins. > Smeared with ashes, I wander for alms when midday has passed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_57) jaṭājūṭadharaḥ śāṃto bhikṣāpātrakaro dvijaḥ .. yo dadāti ca me bhikṣāṃ svargaṃ yāti sa mānavaḥ .. 141 .. > wearing matted hair, tranquil, holding an alms-bowl, a twice-born. > And whoever gives me alms, that human being goes to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_58) upānahau vā cchatraṃ vā kaupīnaṃ vā kamaṃḍalum .. yo dadāti tapasvibhyo naro muktaḥ sa pātakaiḥ .. dadhīceḥ sa varāndattvā vabhāṣe saha viṣṇunā .. 142 .. > Or shoes, or an umbrella, or a loincloth, or a water-pot— > whatever man gives \[these\] to ascetics is freed from sins. > Having granted boons to Dadhīci, he spoke with Viṣṇu: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_59) .. rudra uvāca .. .. yaste mitraṃ sa me mitraṃ yaste ripuḥ sa me ripuḥ .. yastvāṃ pūjayate viṣṇo sa māṃ pūjayate dhruvam .. 143 .. > Rudra said: > “He who is your friend is my friend; he who is your enemy is my enemy. > He who worships you, O Viṣṇu, certainly worships me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_60) yaḥ stauti tvāṃ sa māṃ stauti priyo yaste sa me priyaḥ .. ahaṃ yatra ca tatra tvaṃ nāsti bhedaḥ parasparam .. 144 .. > He who praises you praises me; he who is dear to you is dear to me. > Where I am, there you are; there is no difference between us.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_61) .. kṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. evametatparaṃ deva vaktavyaṃ yattathaiva tat .. arddhanārīnaravapuryadā dṛṣṭo mayā purā .. 145 .. > Kṛṣṇa said: > “So it is, O supreme God! What should be said is indeed so. > When the form of half-woman and half-man was seen by me long ago, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_62) neyaṃ nārī mayā dṛṣṭā dṛṣṭaṃ rūpaṃ kilātmanaḥ .. śaṃkhacakragadāhastaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam .. 146 .. > this was not seen by me as a woman; indeed, my own form was seen, > holding the conch, discus, and mace, adorned with a garland of forest flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_63) śrīvatsāṃkaṃ pītavastraṃ kaustubhena virāji tam .. dvitīyārddhaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ śūlahastaṃ trilocanam .. 147 .. > marked with the Śrīvatsa, clothed in yellow, gleaming with the Kaustubha jewel. > The second half was seen by me holding a trident, having three eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_64) caṃdrāvayavasaṃyuktaṃ jaṭājūṭakapālinam .. ekībhāvaṃ prapannohaṃ yathā pūrvaṃ tathā'dhunā .. na māṃ gaurī prapaśyeta prapaśyāmi tathaiva ca .. 148 .. > joined with the crescent moon, wearing matted hair and carrying a skull. > I have attained oneness \[with you\], as formerly, so now; > Gaurī may not see me \[as distinct\], and likewise I see \[her\].” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_65) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. āvayoraṃtaraṃ nāsti caikarūpāvubhāvapi .. yo jānāti sa jānāti satyalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 149 .. > Īśvara said: > “There is no difference between us two; indeed, we both have one form. > He who knows, knows; he goes to Satyaloka.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_66) ityuktvā sa yayau tatra kailāsaṃ parvatottamam .. kṛṣṇopi maṃdaraṃ prāpto devakāryeṇa kenacit .. 7.2.9.150 .. > Having spoken thus, he went there to Kailāsa, the best of mountains. > And Kṛṣṇa went to Mandara on some business of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_67) atrāṃtare daityarājo mahādevaprasādataḥ .. hiraṇyanetratanayo bādhatesau jagattrayam .. 151 .. > Meanwhile, by the grace of Mahādeva, the king of the Daityas, > the son of Hiraṇyanetra, began to torment the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_68) amaratvaṃ harāllabdhvā kāmāṃdho naiva paśyati .. harāṃgadhāriṇīṃ devīṃ divyarūpāṃ sulocanām ..152.. > Having obtained immortality from Hara, blinded by desire, he did not see \[rightly\]: > the goddess who constitutes Hara’s body, of divine form and beautiful eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_69) mameti sa ca jānāti yācate ca haraṃ prati.. haro'pi kāryavyasanastyaktvā kailāsaparvatam ..153.. > he thought, ‘She is mine,’ and begged \[for her\] from Hara. > Hara too, intent on his duty, left Mount Kailāsa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_70) maṃdaraṃ samanuprāpto devaṃ draṣṭuṃ janārddanam .. parasparaṃ samālocyāmuṃcaddevīṃ sa maṃdare .. 154 .. > and reached Mandara to see god Janārdana. > Having consulted with one another, he left the goddess on Mandara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_71) nārāyaṇagṛhe devī sthitā devīgaṇairvṛtā .. atrāṃtare gautamastu govadhānmalinīkṛtaḥ .. 155 .. > In Nārāyaṇa’s house, the goddess stayed, surrounded by the retinue of goddesses. > In the meantime, Gautama had become defiled by cow-slaughter; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_72) pavitrīkaraṇāyāsya bhikṣurūpadharo haraḥ .. gautamasya gṛhaṃ prāpto maṃdaraṃ cāṃdhako gataḥ ..156.. > in order to purify him, Hara assumed the form of a mendicant > and went to Gautama’s house, while Andhaka went to Mandara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_73) yayāce pārvatīṃ duṣṭo yuddhaṃ cakre sa viṣṇunā .. hāritaṃ tu gaṇaiḥ sarvairdevīṃ daityo na paśyati ..157.. > The wicked one demanded Pārvatī and fought with Viṣṇu. > Defeated by all the attendants, the Daitya did not see the goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_74) strīrūpadhārī kṛṣṇo'sau gaurīṃ rakṣati maṃdire .. gaurīṇāṃ tu śataṃ cakre haristatra sa māyayā .. 158 .. > Assuming the form of a woman, Kṛṣṇa protected Gaurī in the palace. > There Hari created a hundred Gaurīs by his magical power; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_75) viṣṇordehasamudbhūtā divyarūpā varastriyaḥ .. andhako naiva jānāti kaiṣā gaurī nu pārvatī .. 159 .. > excellent women of divine form arose from Viṣṇu’s body. > Andhaka did not know at all: ‘Which one is Gaurī, which is Pārvatī?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_76) vilaṃbastatra sañjāto mohito viṣṇumāyayā .. tāvacchivaḥ samāyātaḥ kṛtvā gautamapāvanam .. 7.2.9.160 .. > A delay occurred there, as he was bewildered by Viṣṇu’s māyā. > Meanwhile, Śiva returned, having purified Gautama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_77) bhikṣāmātreṇa cānnena gautamo nirmalīkṛtaḥ .. soṃdhakena tadā yuddhaṃ cakre rudro'pi kopitaḥ .. 161 .. > By the mere alms of food, Gautama was rendered immaculate. > Enraged, Rudra then fought with Andhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_78) amaro'sau harājjātaḥ śūle protaḥ sudāruṇe .. śūlasthastu stutiṃ cakre tasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 162 .. > Though immortal by Hara’s boon, he was impaled on a dreadful trident; > and positioned on the trident, he uttered praise, and Maheśvara was pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_79) gaṇeśatvaṃ dadau tasmai yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. svasarūpāmumādevīṃ kṛṣṇastasmai dadau svayam .. 163 .. > He gave him the status of Gaṇeśa until the dissolution of all beings. > Kṛṣṇa himself gave him goddess Umā in the form of his sister. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_80) gaurīrūpāḥ striyaścānyā dharitryāṃ tāstu preṣitāḥ .. kṛtvā nāmāni sarvāsāṃ loke pūjyā bhaviṣyatha .. 164 .. > The other women in the form of Gaurī were sent to the earth: > ‘Having assumed names for all, you will be worshipped in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_81) etā ye pūjayiṣyaṃti pūjayiṣyanti te śivām .. śivāṃ ye pūjayiṣyaṃti te'rcayante haraṃ harim ..165.. > Those who will worship them will worship Śivā; > those who worship Śivā worship Hara and Hari.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_82) umāṃ samādāya yayau haro giriṃ vṛṣaṃ samāruhya surāsurārcitaḥ .. haristu reme ramayā sahāṃdhake hate ca devāḥ surarājamāyayuḥ ..165.. > Taking Umā, Hara went to the mountain, having mounted the bull, worshipped by gods and Asuras; > and Hari took delight with Ramā, while Andhaka having been subdued, the gods approached the king of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_83) brahmeśanārāyaṇapuṇyacetasāṃ śṛṇvanti citraṃ caritaṃ mahātmanām.. mucyaṃti pāpaiḥ kalikālasaṃbhavairyāsyaṃti nākaṃ gaṇavṛndavaṃditāḥ .. 167 .. > Those who listen to the wondrous life of the high-souled Brahmā, Īśa, and Nārāyaṇa, of virtuous mind, > are freed from sins born of the Kali age, and will go to heaven, praised by host of attendants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_84) evaṃ kāle varttamāne haraḥ kailāsaparvate .. rakṣodānavadaityaistu gṛhyate'sau varānbahūn .. 168 .. > As time passed in this manner, Hara was on Mount Kailāsa; > and many boons were obtained from him by Rākṣasas, Dānavas, and Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_85) brahmadattavaro raudrastārakākhyo mahāsuraḥ .. tena sarvaṃ jagadvyāptaṃ tasya naṣṭā surā raṇe .. 169 .. > There was a fierce great Asura named Tāraka who had received a boon from Brahmā; > by him the entire world was pervaded, and the gods were routed by him in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_86) mahādevasutenājau haṃtavyo'sau sasarja tam .. kārtikeyamumāputraṃ rudravīryasamudbhavam .. 7.2.9.170 .. > He was to be killed in battle by a son of Mahādeva, so he brought forth him: > Kārtikeya, the son of Umā, born from the semen of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_87) devairindrādibhiḥ sarvaiḥ senādhyakṣyebhiṣecitaḥ .. tenāpi daivayogena tārakākhyo nipātitaḥ .. 171 .. > He was consecrated as commander of the army by all the gods led by Indra; > and by divine destiny, the one named Tāraka was struck down by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_88) kailāsaśikharāsīno devadevo jagadguruḥ .. umayā saha saṃtuṣṭo nandibhadrādibhirvṛtaḥ .. 172 .. > Seated on the peak of Kailāsa, the God of gods, the teacher of the world, > content with Umā, was surrounded by Nandin, Bhadra, and others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_89) skandena gajavaktreṇa dhanādhyakṣeṇa saṃyutaḥ .. atha hāsaparaṃ devaṃ śanaiḥ provāca taṃ śivā .. 173 .. > joined with Skanda, the Elephant-faced, and the lord of wealth \[Kubera\]. > Then, to the laughing God, Śivā spoke softly: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_90) kena deva prakāreṇa toṣaṃ yāsyasi śaṃkara .. martyānāṃ kena dānena tapasā niyamena vā .. 174 .. > “By what means, O God, do you attain satisfaction, O Śaṃkara? > By what gift, austerity, or observance of mortals? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_91) kena vā karmaṇā deva kena mantreṇa vā punaḥ .. snānena kena deveśa kena dhūpena tuṣyasi .. 175 .. > Or by what rite, O God, or again by what mantra? > By what ritual ablution, O Lord of gods, by what incense are you pleased? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_92) puṣpeṇa kena me nātha kena patreṇa śaṃkara .. kayā saṃtuṣyase stutyā sāhasena ca kena vai .. 176 .. > By what flower, my lord, by what leaf, O Śaṃkara? > With what hymn of praise are you satisfied, and indeed by what bold deed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_93) naivedyena ca kena tvaṃ kena homena tuṣyasi .. kena kaṣṭena vā deva kenārgheṇa mama prabho .. 177 .. > And with what food offering, with what fire offering are you pleased? > By what hardship, O God, by what water-offering \[are you pleased\], my Lord? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_94) ṣoḍaśaite mayā praśnāḥ pṛṣṭā me nirṇayaṃ vada .. 178 .. > These sixteen questions have been asked by me; tell me the resolution.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_95) .. śaṃkara uvāca .. .. sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi kathayiṣye mama priyam .. śivapūjāprakāro'yaṃ kriyate vacasā guroḥ ..179.. > Śaṃkara said: > “Well asked by you, O goddess! I will tell what is dear to me. > This method of Śiva’s worship is performed according to the word of the guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_96) abhayaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ dānaṃ devi mama priyam .. satyaṃ tapaḥ samākhyātaṃ paradāravivarjanam .. 7.2.9.180 .. > Freedom from fear for all living creatures is the gift dear to me, O goddess. > Truth is declared as austerity, along with abstention from another’s wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_97) priyo me niyamo devi karma tallokarañjanam .. mayoṃ namaḥ śivāyeti mantro'yamurarīkṛtaḥ .. 181 .. > The observance dear to me, O goddess, is action that brings delight to the world. > This mantra, ‘Oṃ, homage to Śiva’, has been embraced by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_98) sarvapāpavinirmukto mama devi sa vallabhaḥ .. pāpatyāgo bhavetsnānaṃ dhūpo me gauggulaḥ priyaḥ .. .. 182 .. > Freed from all sin, he is dear to me, O goddess. > Renunciation of sin is the ritual ablution; incense of bdellium is dear to me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_99) dhattūrakasya puṣpaṃ me bilvapatraṃ mama priyam .. stutiḥ śivaśivāyeti sāhasaṃ raṇakarmaṇi .. 183 .. > The dhattūra flower is dear to me; the bilva leaf is dear to me; > the praise saying 'Śiva, Śiva,' and courage in the act of battle. // 183 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_100) na bibheti naro yastu tasyāgre saṃbhavāmyaham .. haṃtakāro gavāṃ yastu naivedyaṃ mama vallabham .. 184 .. > Before that man who does not fear, I appear. > A grass-morsel given to cows, as an offering of food, is dear to me. // 184 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_101) pūrṇāhutyā parā prītirjāyate mama sundari.. śuśrūṣā vallabhaṃ kaṣṭaṃ yatīnāṃ ca tapasvinām .. 185 .. > Through the final oblation, my supreme delight arises, O beautiful woman; > service is dear \[to me\], and the hardship of ascetics and performers of tapas. // 185 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_102) sūryodaye mahādevi madhyāhne'stamane tathā .. argho yo dīyate sūrye vallabho'sau mama priye .. 186 .. > At sunrise, O great goddess, at midday, and likewise at sunset, > the water offering that is given to the sun is dear to me, O beloved. // 186 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_103) kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ tapobhirvā kiṃ yajñairbhāvavarjitaiḥ.. dayā satyaṃ ghṛṇā'steyaṃ daṃbhapaiśunyavarjitam.. bhaktyā yaddīyate stokaṃ devi tadvallabhaṃ mama.. 187.. > What use are gifts, what use are austerities, or what use are sacrifices devoid of devotion? > Compassion, truth, tenderness, non-stealing, free from deceit and slander— > whatever little is given with devotion, O goddess, that is dear to me. // 187 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_104) evaṃ yāvatkathayati praśnānsūkṣmānyathoditān .. tāvadbrahmādibhirdevairviṣṇustatra yayau svayam .. 188 .. > While he was thus explaining the subtle questions as uttered, > just then Viṣṇu came there himself, along with the gods headed by Brahmā. // 188 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_105) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. nāhaṃ pālayituṃ śaktastvaṃ dadāsi varānbahūn .. daityānāṃ dānavādīnāṃ rākṣasānāṃ maheśvara .. 189 .. > Viṣṇu said: > I am not able to protect \[the world\]; you grant many boons > to daityas, dānavas, and others, and to rākṣasas, O Maheśvara. // 189 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_106) vikṛtiṃ yāṃti paścātte kaṣṭaṃ vadhyā bhavaṃti me .. patreṇa puṣpamātreṇa oṃkāreṇa śivena ca .. muktiṃ yāti naro deva bhavabhaktiṃ karotu kaḥ .. 7.2.9.190 .. > Afterwards they undergo perversion; alas, they must be slain by me. > Merely with a leaf, with a flower, with the syllable Oṃ, and with \[the name\] Śiva, > a man attains liberation, O god; who will perform devotion to Bhava? // 7.2.9.190 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_107) indrādayo'pi ye devā yajñairāpyāyayaṃti te .. na yajaṃti dvijā yajñānbhikṣādānena tuṣyasi .. 191 .. > The gods headed by Indra are also those whom \[mortals\] gratify through sacrifices. > Twice-born men do not perform sacrifices; you are pleased by the giving of alms. // 191 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_108) .. rudra uvāca .. .. indrādibhirna me kāryaṃ brahmā me kiṃ kariṣyati .. yena kena prakāreṇa prajāḥ pālyāstvayā 'dhunā .. 192 .. > Rudra said: > I have no concern with Indra and the others; what will Brahmā do for me? > By whatever means, the subjects must now be protected by you. // 192 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_109) madīyā prakṛtistveṣā tāṃ kathaṃ tyaktumutsahe .. tvayāhaṃ brahmaṇā devairvarakarmaṇi yojitaḥ .. 193 .. > This indeed is my nature; how could I bring myself to abandon it? > I was appointed to the duty of granting boons by you, by Brahmā, and by the gods. // 193 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_110) idānīmeva kiṃ naṣṭaṃ muktvā devīṃ tavāgrataḥ .. bhūtvā mūrtiṃ parityajya ekākī vicarāmyaham .. 194 .. > Even now, what is lost? Leaving the goddess before you, > having relinquished my form, I wander alone. // 194 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_111) ityuktvā sa śivo devastatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. gate tasmiñchive tatra saṃkṣobhaḥ sumahānabhūt .. 195 .. > Having spoken thus, the god Śiva vanished right there. > When that Śiva had departed, an immense agitation arose there. // 195 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_112) umā provāca cendrādīnbrahmaviṣṇugaṇāṃstathā .. idānīṃ kiṃ mayā kāryaṃ bhavadbhiḥ śivavarjitaiḥ .. 196 .. > And Umā said to the gods headed by Indra, and likewise to the hosts of Brahmā and Viṣṇu: > 'What must now be done by me with you who are bereft of Śiva?' // 196 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_113) atrāntare ca ye cānye devāstatra samāgatāḥ .. ṛṣayaścaiva siddhāśca tathā nāradaparvatau .. 197 .. > Meanwhile, the other gods also arrived there, > as well as seers and perfected ones, and likewise Nārada and Parvata. // 197 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_114) gaṃgāsarasvatīnadyo nāgā yakṣāḥ samāgatāḥ .. brahmādibhiḥ samālocya kathametadbhaviṣyati .. 198 .. > The rivers Gaṅgā and Sarasvatī, the nāgas, and the yakṣas assembled, > deliberating with Brahmā and the others: 'How will this come to pass?' // 198 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_115) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. sahaiva gamyatāṃ tatra yatra devo gataḥ śivaḥ .. svalpā yāsena te yāntu narāḥ svargaṃ śivājñayā .. 199 .. > Viṣṇu said: > Let us go together right there where the god Śiva has gone. > With little effort, let those men go to heaven by the command of Śiva. // 199 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.9.884\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.9.884_116) satyaloke narā yāntu devā yāntu dharātalam .. rakṣodānavadaityānāṃ varānyacchatu śaṃkaraḥ .. 7.2.9.200 .. > Let men go to Satyaloka; let the gods go to the surface of the earth. > Let Śaṃkara bestow boons upon rakṣases, dānavas, and daityas. // 7.2.9.200 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 237 passages. 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