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# Skandapurana 2.1.13

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.1)

.. atha dharmaguptacaritravarṇanam ..

> Now, the description of the deeds of Dharmagupta:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.2)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> The glorious Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.3)

bhūyopi saṃpravakṣyāmi svāmitīrthasya vaibhavam ..

> I will tell once more of the majesty of the Svāmitīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.4)

yuṣmākamādareṇā'haṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ .. 1 ..

> to you with respect, O dwellers of Naimiṣāraṇya. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.5)

nandonāma mahārājaḥ somavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ ..

> There was a great king named Nanda, born of the lunar dynasty;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.6)

dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa sāgarāntāṃ dharāmimām .. 2 ..

> he ruled with righteousness this earth bounded by the oceans. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.7)

tasya putraḥ samabhavaddharmagupta iti smṛtaḥ ..

> He had a son known as Dharmagupta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.8)

rājyarakṣādhuraṃ nando nijaputre nidhāya saḥ .. 3 ..

> Nanda placed the yoke of kingdom-protection upon his son, (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.9)

jiteṃdriyo jitāhāraḥ praviveśa tapovanam ..

> and, with senses conquered and food restrained, he entered the penance-forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.10)

tāte tapovanaṃ yāte dharmaguptābhidho nṛpaḥ .. 4 ..

> When his father went to the penance-forest, the king named Dharmagupta, (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.11)

medinīṃ pālayāmāsa dharmajño nītitatparaḥ ..

> knowing righteousness and intent upon wise conduct, protected the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.12)

īje vahuvidhairyajñairdevānindra purogamān .. 5 ..

> He sacrificed with various sacrifices to the gods led by Indra. (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.13)

brāhmaṇānāṃ dadau vittaṃ kṣetrāṇi ca bahūni saḥ ..

> He gave wealth and many fields to the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.14)

sarve svadharmaniratāstasminrājani śāsati ..6..

> All people were devoted to their own duty while that king was ruling. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.15)

kadācinnābhavanpīḍāstasmiṃścorādisaṃbhavāḥ ..

> At no time were there afflictions arising from thieves or the like under him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.16)

kadāciddharmagupto'yamāruhya turagottamam .. 7 ..

> Once, this Dharmagupta, having mounted an excellent horse, (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.17)

vanaṃ viveśa vipreṃdrā mṛgayārasakautukī ..

> entered the forest, O best of brahmins, curious and fond of hunting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.18)

tamālatālahintālakuravākuladiṅmukhe .. 8 ..

> With quarters filled with tamāla, tāla, hintāla, and kurava trees, (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.19)

vicacāra vane tasminsiṃsahavyāghrabhayānake ..

> he roamed about in that forest terrifying with lions and tigers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.20)

mattālikulasannādasaṃmūrcchitadigantare .. 9 ..

> whose directions were reverberating with the humming of intoxicated swarms of bees, (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.21)

padmakalhārakumudanīlotpalavanākule ..

> crowded with groves of red lotuses, kalhāra, white lotuses, and blue water-lilies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.22)

taṭāke rasasaṃpūrṇe tapasvijanamaṇḍite .. 2.1.13.10 ..

> at a pond full of water, adorned by ascetics. (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.23)

tasminvane sañcarato dharmaguptasya bhūpateḥ ..

> While king Dharmagupta was wandering in that forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.24)

abhūdvibhāvarī viprāstamasāvṛtadiṅmukhā .. 11 ..

> the night fell, O brahmins, its quarters enveloped in darkness. (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.25)

rājā'pi paścimāṃ sandhyāmupāsya vinayānvitaḥ ..

> The king also, endowed with modesty, having performed the evening worship,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.26)

jajāpa ca vane tatra gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram .. 12 ..

> chanted the Gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedas, there in the forest. (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.27)

siṃhavyāghrādibhītyāsminvṛkṣamekaṃ samāśrite ..

> When he had taken shelter in a certain tree out of fear of lions, tigers, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.28)

rājaputre tadabhyāśamṛkṣaḥ siṃhabhayārditaḥ .. 13 ..

> a bear, tormented by fear of a lion, approached that prince. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.29)

anvadhāvata vṛkṣaṃ tamekaḥ siṃho vanecaraḥ ..

> A solitary forest-dwelling lion ran after that tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.30)

anudrutaḥ sa siṃhena ṛkṣo vṛkṣamupāruhat .. 14 ..

> Pursued by the lion, the bear climbed up the tree. (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.31)

āruhya ṛkṣo vṛkṣaṃ taṃ dadarśa jagatīpatim ..

> Having climbed the tree, the bear saw the lord of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.32)

vṛkṣasthitaṃ mahātmānaṃ mahābalaparākramam .. 15 ..

> the great-souled one stationed in the tree, possessing great strength and valor. (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.33)

uvāca bhūpatiṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛkṣoyaṃ vanagocaraḥ ..

> Having seen the king, that bear living in the forest said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.34)

mā bhītiṃ kuru rājeṃdra vatsyāvo rajanīmiha .. 16 ..

> “Do not fear, O best of kings! We two shall spend the night here. (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.35)

mahāsattvo mahākāyo mahādaṃṣṭrasamākulaḥ ..

> Endowed with great courage and a huge body, possessing massive fangs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.36)

vṛkṣamūlaṃ samāyātaḥ siṃho'yamatibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 17 ..

> this very terrible lion has arrived at the foot of the tree. (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.37)

rātryardhaṃ bhaja nidrāṃ tvaṃ rakṣyamāṇo mayodyataḥ ..

> Sleep for half the night, being protected by me, who am ready.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.38)

tataḥ prasuptaṃ māṃ rakṣa śarvaryardhaṃ mahāmate .. 18 ..

> Then, O wise one, protect me while I sleep for half the night.” (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.39)

iti tadvākyamākarṇya supte nandasute hariḥ ..

> Having heard those words, while Nanda's son was asleep, the lion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.40)

provāca ṛkṣaṃ supto'yaṃ nṛpo me tyajyatāmiti .. 19 ..

> said to the bear: “Cast down to me this sleeping king!” (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.41)

taṃ siṃhamabravīdṛkṣo dharmajño dvijasattamāḥ ..

> The righteous bear said to that lion, O best of the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.42)

bhavāndharmaṃ na jānīte mṛgarāja vanecara .. 2.1.13.20 ..

> “You do not know righteousness, O forest-dwelling king of beasts! (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.43)

viśvāsaghātināṃ loke mahākaṣṭaṃ bhavatyaho ..

> Ah, great suffering befalls those who betray trust in the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.44)

na hi mitradruhāṃ pāpaṃ naśyedyajñāyutairapi .. 21 ..

> Indeed, the sin of those who harm a friend cannot be destroyed even by ten thousand sacrifices. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.45)

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ kathañcinniṣkṛtirbhavet ..

> There may somehow be expiation for sins such as the slaying of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.46)

viśvāsaghātināṃ pāpaṃ na naśyejjanmakoṭibhiḥ .. 22 ..

> but the sin of betrayers of trust cannot be destroyed even in ten million births. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.47)

nāhaṃ meruṃ mahābhāraṃ manye pañcāsya bhūtale ..

> I do not consider Meru to be a great burden on earth, O lion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.48)

mahābhāramimaṃ manye lokaviśvāsaghātakam .. 23 ..

> I consider this person who betrays the trust of people to be the great burden.” (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.49)

evamukto'tha ṛkṣeṇa siṃhastūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha ..

> Spoken to thus by the bear, the lion became silent indeed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.50)

dharmagupte prabuddhe tu ṛkṣaḥ suṣvāpa bhūruhe .. 24 ..

> When Dharmagupta awakened, the bear slept in the tree. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.51)

tataḥ siṃho'bravīdbhūpamenamṛkṣaṃ tyajasva me ..

> Then the lion said to the king: “Abandon this bear to me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.52)

evamukto'tha siṃhena rājā suptamaśaṃkitaḥ .. 25 ..

> Addressed thus by the lion, the king, without hesitation, (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.53)

svāṃkanyastaśiraskaṃ tamṛkṣaṃ tatyāja bhūtale ..

> cast that sleeping bear onto the ground, whose head was resting in his lap.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.54)

pātyamānastato rājñā samālambitapādapaḥ .. 26 ..

> Being thrown down then by the king, clinging to the tree, (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.55)

ṛkṣaḥ puṇyavaśādvṛkṣānna papāta mahītale ..

> the bear, by the power of merit, did not fall to the ground from the tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.56)

sa ṛkṣo nṛpamabhyetya kopādvākyamabhāṣata .. 27 ..

> That bear approached the king and spoke these words in anger: (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.57)

kāmarūpadharo rājannahaṃ bhṛgukulodbhavaḥ ..

> “Capable of assuming forms at will, O king, I was born in the lineage of Bhṛgu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.58)

dhyānakāṣṭhābhidho nāmnā ṛkṣarūpamadhārayam .. 28 ..

> Named Dhyānakāṣṭha, I assumed the form of a bear. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.59)

kasmādanāgasaṃ suptamatyākṣīnmāṃ bhavānnṛpa ..

> Why did you abandon me, sleeping and innocent, O king?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.60)

macchāpādatiśīghraṃ tvamunmattaścara bhūtale .. 29 ..

> By my curse, wander on the earth exceedingly fast as a madman!” (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.61)

iti śaptvā munirbhūpaṃ tataḥ siṃhamabhāṣata ..

> Having thus cursed the king, the sage then addressed the lion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.62)

na siṃhastvaṃ mahāyakṣaḥ kuberasacivaḥ purā .. 2.1.13.30 ..

> “You are not a lion; formerly you were a great yakṣa, a minister of Kubera. (30)”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.63)

himavadgirimāsādya kadācittaṃ vadhūsakhaḥ ..

> Once, having gone to the Himavat mountain accompanied by your wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.64)

ajñānādgautamābhyāśe vihāramatanormudā .. 31 ..

> you indulged in amorous sport joyfully out of ignorance near Gautama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.65)

gautamo'pyuṭajāddaivātsamidāharaṇāya vai ..

> Gautama too, coming out from his hut by chance to gather sacrificial firewood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.66)

nirgatastvāṃ vivasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā śāpamudāharat .. 32 ..

> saw you naked and pronounced a curse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.67)

yasmānmamāśrame'dya tvaṃ vivastraḥ sthitavānasi ..

> "Since you have remained without clothes today in my hermitage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.68)

ataḥ siṃhatvamadyaiva bhavitā te na saṃśayaḥ .. 33 ..

> therefore you will surely become a lion this very day, without doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.69)

iti gautamaśāpena siṃhatvamagamatpurā ..

> Thus, by Gautama's curse, you became a lion long ago.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.70)

kuberasacivo yakṣo bhadranāmā bhavānpurā .. 34 ..

> In the past you were a yakṣa named Bhadra, a minister of Kubera.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.71)

kubero dharmaśīlo hi tadbhṛtyāśca tathaiva hi ..

> Kubera is indeed virtuous in conduct, and his servants are likewise so.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.72)

ataḥ kimarthaṃ tvaṃ haṃsi māmṛṣiṃ vanagocaram .. 35 ..

> Therefore, why do you kill me, a seer dwelling in the forest?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.73)

etatsarvamahaṃ dhyānājjānāmi hi mṛgādhipa ..

> All this indeed I know through meditation, O king of beasts!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.74)

ityukto dhyānakāṣṭhena tyaktvā siṃhatvamāśu saḥ .. .. 36 ..

> Addressed thus by Dhyānakāṣṭha, he quickly cast off his state of being a lion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.75)

yakṣarūpaṃ gato divyaṃ kuberasacivātmakam ..

> and assumed the divine form of a yakṣa, the minister of Kubera.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.76)

dhyānakāṣṭhamasāvāha prāṃjaliḥ praṇato munim .. 37 ..

> With folded hands, bowed down, he said to the sage Dhyānakāṣṭha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.77)

adya jñātaṃ mayā sarvaṃ pūrvavṛttaṃ mahāmune ..

> "Today I have known everything of my past deeds, O great sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.78)

gautamaḥ śāpakāle me śāpāntamapi coktavān .. 38 ..

> At the time of the curse, Gautama also told me the end of the curse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.79)

dhyānakāṣṭhena saṃvāda ṛkṣarūpeṇa te yadā ..

> 'When you have a conversation with Dhyānakāṣṭha in the form of a bear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.80)

tadā nirdhūya siṃhatvaṃ yakṣarūpamavāpsyasi .. 39 ..

> then, having shaken off your lion-state, you will regain your yakṣa form.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.81)

iti māmabravīdbrahmangautamo munipuṅgavaḥ ..

> Thus Gautama, the foremost among sages, spoke to me, O brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.82)

adya siṃhatvanāśānme jānāmi tvāṃ mahāmune .. 2.1.13.40 ..

> Now, because my lion-state has been destroyed, I recognise you, O great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.83)

dhyānakāṣṭhābhidhaṃ śuddhaṃ kāmarūpadharaṃ sadā ..

> who are named Dhyānakāṣṭha, pure, and capable of assuming any form at will."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.84)

ityuktvā taṃ praṇamyātha dhyānakāṣṭhaṃ sa yakṣarāṭ .. 41 ..

> Having spoken thus and then bowed down to Dhyānakāṣṭha, that lord of yakṣas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.85)

vimānavaramāruhya prayayāvalakāpurīm ..

> mounted an excellent aerial chariot and departed for the city of Alakā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.86)

unmattarūpaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā mantriṇastu nṛpottamam.. .. 42 ..

> Seeing that best of kings looking like a madman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.87)

pituḥ sakāśamāninyū revātīre nṛpottamam ..

> the ministers brought that best of kings to the presence of his father on the bank of the Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.88)

tasmai nivedayāmāsurmatibhraṃśaṃ sutasya ca .. 43 ..

> They reported to him the loss of his son's mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.89)

jñātvā tu putravṛttāntaṃ pitā vai naṃdanastadā .. 44 ..

> Upon learning the account of his son, the father, Nanda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.90)

.. atha jaiminivākyātsvāmitīrthasnātasya dharmaguptasyonmādanivṛttiḥ .. ..

> Now follows the cure of Dharmagupta's madness upon bathing in the sacred ford Svāmitīrtha according to Jaimini's words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.91)

putramādāya sahasā jaiminerantikaṃ yayau ..

> swiftly took his son and went to the presence of Jaimini.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.92)

tasmai nivedayāmāsa putravṛttāntamāditaḥ .. 45 ..

> He related the entire story of his son to him from the beginning:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.93)

bhagavañjaimine putro mamādyonmattatāṃ gataḥ ..

> "O venerable Jaimini, today my son has fallen into madness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.94)

asyonmādavināśāya brūhyupāyaṃ mahāmune .. 46 ..

> Speak of a means for the destruction of his madness, O great sage!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.95)

iti pṛṣṭaściraṃ dadhyau jaiminirmunipuṃgavaḥ ..

> Being questioned thus, Jaimini, the foremost of sages, meditated for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.96)

dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ nṛpanandanamabravīt .. 47 ..

> Having meditated for a very long time, he spoke to King Nanda:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.97)

dhyānakāṣṭhasya śāpena hyunmattaste suto'bhavat ..

> "Your son has indeed become mad due to the curse of Dhyānakāṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.98)

tasya śāpasya mokṣārthamupāyaṃ prabravīmi te .. 48 ..

> I shall tell you a remedy for release from that curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.99)

suvarṇamukharītīre veṃkaṭenāma parvate ..

> On the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī, on the mountain named Veṅkaṭa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.100)

sarvapāpahare puṇye nānādhātuvinirmite .. 49 ..

> which removes all sins, is meritorious, and is fashioned of various minerals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.101)

svāmipuṣkariṇī ceti tīrthamasti mahattaram ..

> there is a most great sacred ford called Svāmipuṣkariṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.102)

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ hi maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgalam .. 2.1.13.50 ..

> the purest of the pure and the most auspicious of auspicious things,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.103)

śrutisiddhaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ brahmahatyādiśodhakam ..

> established by the Vedas, highly meritorious, and purifying the murder of a brahmin and other \[sins\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.104)

nītvā tatra sutaṃ te'dya snāpayasva mahāmate .. 51 ..

> Taking your son there today, O wise one, bathe him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.105)

unmādastatkṣaṇādeva tasya naśyenna saṃśayaḥ ..

> His madness will perish that very moment; there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.106)

ityuktastaṃ praṇamyāsau jaiminiṃ munipuṃgavam .. 52 ..

> Addressed thus, he bowed down to Jaimini, the foremost of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.107)

nandaḥ putraṃ samādāya svāmipuṣkariṇīṃ yayau ..

> Taking his son, Nanda went to the Svāmipuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.108)

tatra ca snāpayāmāsa putraṃ niyamapūrvakam .. 53 ..

> And there he bathed his son in accordance with the prescribed rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.109)

snānamātrāttataḥ sadyo naṣṭonmādo'bhavatsutaḥ ..

> Immediately upon the mere bathing, the son had his madness destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.110)

svayaṃ sasnau sa nando'pi svāmipuṣkariṇījale .. 54 ..

> Nanda himself also bathed in the water of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.111)

uṣitvā dinamekaṃ tu sahaputraḥ pitā tadā ..

> Then, having dwelt there for one day, the father along with his son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.112)

sevitvā veṃkaṭeśaṃ ca śrīnivāsaṃ kṛpānidhim .. 55 ..

> having worshipped Veṅkaṭeśa, Śrīnivāsa, the storehouse of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.113)

putramāpṛcchya nandastaṃ prayayau tapase vanam ..

> Nanda took leave of his son and departed to the forest for austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.114)

gate pitari putro'pi dharmagupto nṛpo dvijāḥ .. 56 ..

> When his father had departed, the son, King Dharmagupta, O twice-born ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.115)

pradadau veṃkaṭeśasya bahuvittāni bhaktitaḥ ..

> gave vast wealth to Veṅkaṭeśa with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.116)

brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ kṣetrāṇi ca dadau tadā .. 57 ..

> He then gave money, grain, and fields to brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.117)

prayayau mantribhiḥ sārdhaṃ svāṃ purīṃ tadanantaram ..

> Thereafter he departed to his own capital together with his ministers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.118)

dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam .. 58 ..

> He ruled according to righteousness the kingdom, whose thorns had been eradicated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.119)

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ viprā dharmaguptotidhārmikaḥ ..

> inherited from his father and grandfather, O brahmins, being exceedingly righteous Dharmagupta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.120)

unmādairapyapasmārairgrahairduṣṭaiśca ye narāḥ .. 59 ..

> Whatever men are seized by forms of madness, by epilepsy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.121)

grastā bhavanti viprendrāste'pi cātra nimajjanāt ..

> and by malevolent spirits, O best of brahmins, they too, by plunging here  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.122)

puṣkariṇyāṃ vimuktāḥ syuḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham .. 2.1.13.60 ..

> into the puṣkariṇī, become liberated: I speak the truth, the truth!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.123)

svāmipuṣkariṇīṃ tyaktvā tīrthamanyadvrajettu yaḥ ..

> Whoever, forsaking the Svāmipuṣkariṇī, goes to another sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.124)

snigdhaṃ sa gopayastyaktvā snuhīkṣīraṃ prayācate .. 61 ..

> forsakes rich cow's milk and begs for the sap of the spurge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.125)

svāmitīrthaṃ svāmitīrthaṃ svāmitīrthamiti dvijāḥ ..

> "Svāmitīrtha, Svāmitīrtha, Svāmitīrtha!"—O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.126)

triḥpaṭhanto narā evaṃ yatra kvāpi jalāśaye .. 62 ..

> reciting this three times, in whatever body of water  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.127)

snāṃti sarve narāste vai yāsyanti brahmaṇaḥ padam ..

> men bathe, all those men will surely go to the abode of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.128)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitā viprā dharmaguptakathā śubhā .. 63 ..

> Thus has the auspicious narrative of Dharmagupta been told to you, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.129)

yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa brahmahatyā vinaśyati .. .. 64 ..

> by the mere hearing of which the sin of killing a brahmin is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.13.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.13.130)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhālye svāmipuṣkariṇīmahimānuvarṇanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 13 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī', in the Venkaṭācala-māhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.13.1) — English, machine translation

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