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# Skandapurana 2.1.14

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.1)

.. atha sumatyākhyadvijavṛttāntaḥ ..

> Now begins the story of the twice-born named Sumati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.2)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.3)

bhobhostapodhanāḥ sarve naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ ..

> O all you whose wealth is austerity, dwellers of the Naimiṣāraṇya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.4)

svāmitīrthasya māhātmyaṃ bhūyo'pi pravadāmyaham .. 1 ..

> I shall relate once more the māhātmya of the Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.5)

purā kirātīsaṃsargātsumatirbrāhmaṇaḥ surām ..

> Formerly, through contact with a Kirātī woman, a brahmin named Sumati  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.6)

pītavānpuṣkariṇyāṃ sa snātvā pāpādvimocitaḥ .. 2 ..

> drank wine; bathing in the puṣkariṇī, he was liberated from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.7)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.8)

sumatiḥ kasya putro'sau kathaṃ sa ca surāṃ papau ..

> Whose son was this Sumati? How did he drink wine?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.9)

kathaṃ kirātyāsakto'bhūtsūta paurāṇikottama .. 3 ..

> How did he become attached to a Kirātī woman, O Sūta, best of Purāṇa reciters?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.10)

sarveṣāṃ vistarādetadvada tvaṃ kṛpayādhunā .. 4 ..

> Tell all of this in detail now out of compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.11)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.12)

mahārāṣṭrābhidhe deśe brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidāstikaḥ ..

> In the region called Mahārāṣṭra, there was a certain pious brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.13)

yajñadeva iti khyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ .. 5 ..

> named Yajñadeva, who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.14)

dayālurātitheyaśca śivanārāyaṇārcakaḥ ..

> He was compassionate, hospitable, and a worshipper of Śiva and Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.15)

sumatirnāmaputro'bhūdyajñadevasya tasya vai .. 6 ..

> To that Yajñadeva was born a son named Sumati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.16)

pitaraṃ sa parityajya bhāryāmapi pativratām ..

> Abandoning his father and his devoted wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.17)

prayayāvutkale deśe viṭagoṣṭhīparāyaṇaḥ ..7..

> he went away to the country of Utkala, devoted to the company of rogues.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.18)

kācitkirātī taddeśe vasantī yuvamohanī ..

> A certain Kirātī woman living in that country, charming to young men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.19)

yūnāṃ samastadravyāṇi pralobhya jagṛhe ciram ..8..

> had long been taking all the wealth of youths by enticing them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.20)

tasyā gṛhaṃ sa prayayau sumatirbrāhmaṇādhamaḥ ..

> Sumati, the lowest of brahmins, went to her house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.21)

sumatiṃ sā ca jagrāha kirātī nirdhanaṃ dvijam .. 9 ..

> and that Kirātī woman received Sumati, though the twice-born was penniless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.22)

..atha sumatyākhyadvijasya kirātīsaṅgānmahāpātakaprāptiḥ ..

> Now begins \[the narration of\] the twice-born named Sumati incurring the great sins from association with the Kirātī woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.23)

tayā yukto'tha sumatistatsaṃyogaikatatparaḥ ..

> Joined with her, Sumati, intent solely on union with her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.24)

itastataścorayitvā bahudravyāṇi santatam ..2.1.14.10..

> continually stole much wealth here and there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.25)

dattvā tayā ciraṃ reme tadgṛhe bubhuje ca saḥ..

> and giving it \[to her\], sported with her for a long time and ate in her house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.26)

ekena caṣakeṇāsau tayā saha surāṃ papau .. 11 ..

> From a single cup he drank wine together with her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.27)

evaṃ sa bahukālaṃ vai ramamāṇastayā saha ..

> Sporting thus with her for a long time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.28)

pitarau nijapatnīṃ ca nāsmaradviṣayāturaḥ .. 12 ..

> sick with sensual desire, he did not remember his parents or his own wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.29)

sa kadācitkirātaistu cauryaṃ kartuṃ yayau saha ..

> Once, along with the Kirātas, he went to commit theft;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.30)

viprasya kasyacidgehe so'pi kairātaveṣabhṛt .. 13 ..

> wearing the guise of a Kirāta, he too \[went\] into the house of a certain brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.31)

yayau corayituṃ dravyaṃ sāhasī khaṅgahastavān ..

> Reckless, sword in hand, he went to steal property;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.32)

tadgṛhasvāminaṃ vipraṃ hatvā khaṅgena sāhasāt ..14..

> recklessly killing the master of that house, a brahmin, with his sword,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.33)

samādāya bahu dravyaṃ kirātībhavanaṃ yayau ..

> and taking much wealth, he went to the house of the Kirātī woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.34)

taṃ yāntamanuyāti sma brahmahatyā bhayaṃkarī .. 15 ..

> As he went, the terrifying Brahmahatyā pursued him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.35)

nīlavastradharā bhīmā bhṛśaṃ raktaśiroruhā ..

> dreadful, wearing blue garments, with extremely red hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.36)

garjantī sāṭṭahāsaṃ sā kampayantī ca rodasī .. 16 ..

> roaring with loud laughter, and making heaven and earth tremble.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.37)

anudrutastayā so'yaṃ babhrāma jagatītale ..

> Pursued by her, he wandered over the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.38)

evaṃ bhramanbhuvaṃ sarvāṃ kadācitsumatiḥ svayam .. 17 ..

> Wandering over the whole earth in this manner, once Sumati himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.39)

svagrāmaṃ prayayau bhītyā viprabandhurdurātmavān..

> that vile-minded relative of brahmins, went out of terror to his own village.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.40)

anudrutastayā bhītaḥ prayayau svagṛhaṃ prati .. 18 ..

> Pursued by her, terrified, he went towards his own house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.41)

brahmahatyāpyanudrutya tena sākaṃ gṛhaṃ yayau ..

> Brahmahatyā also pursued \[him\] and entered the house along with him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.42)

pitaraṃ rakṣarakṣeti sumatiḥ śaraṇaṃ yayau .. 19 ..

> Sumati went to his father for refuge, crying: "Protect me! Protect me!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.43)

mā bhaiṣīriti taṃ procya pitā rakṣitumudyataḥ ..

> Saying to him, "Do not fear!", the father prepared to protect him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.44)

tadānīṃ brahmahatyeyaṃ tattātaṃ pratyabhāṣata .. 2.1.14.20..

> Then that Brahmahatyā spoke to his father:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.45)

.. brahmahatyovāca.. ..

> Brahmahatyā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.46)

maiva tvaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva yajñadeva dvijottama ..

> "Do not accept him, O Yajñadeva, best of the twice-born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.47)

asau surāpī steyī ca brahmahā cātipātakī ..21..

> He is a wine-drinker, a thief, a killer of a brahmin, and a committer of mortal sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.48)

mātṛdrohī pitṛdrohī bhāryātyāgī ca pātakī ..

> A traitor to his mother, a traitor to his father, an abandoner of his wife, and a sinner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.49)

kirātīsaṃgaduṣṭaśca hyenaṃ muṃca durātmakam .. 22 ..

> corrupted by association with a Kirātī woman—release this evil-minded one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.50)

gṛhṇāsi cedimaṃ vipra mahāpātakinaṃ sutam ..

> If you accept this son, a committer of mortal sins, O brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.51)

tvadbhāryāmasya bhāryāṃ ca tvāṃ ca putramimaṃ dvija .. 23 ..

> your wife, his wife, you, and this son, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.52)

bhakṣayiṣyāmi vaṃśaṃ ca tasmānmuñca sutaṃ tvimam ..

> as well as your lineage, I will devour; therefore release this son!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.53)

imaṃ tyajasi cetputraṃ yuṣmānmucāṃmi sāṃpratam.. .. 24 ..

> "If you abandon this son, I will release you all right now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.54)

naikasyārthe kulaṃ hantumarhasi tvaṃ mahāmate ..

> You ought not to destroy your lineage for the sake of one person, O noble-minded one."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.55)

ityuktaḥ sa tayā tatra yajñadevo'bravīcca tām .. 25 ..

> Thus addressed by her there, Yajñadeva spoke to her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.56)

.. yajñadeva uvāca .. ..

> Yajñadeva said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.57)

bādhate māṃ sutasnehaḥ kathamenaṃ parityaje ..

> "Affection for my son torments me; how can I abandon him?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.58)

brahmahatyā tadākarṇya dvijoktaṃ tamabhāṣata .. 26 ..

> Hearing what the brahmin said, the brahmahatyā then spoke to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.59)

.. brahmahatyovāca .. ..

> The brahmahatyā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.60)

ayaṃ hi patito bhūtvā varṇāśrama bahiṣkṛtaḥ ..

> "He indeed has fallen, cast out from the classes and stages of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.61)

putresminmā kuru snehaṃ ninditaṃ cāsya darśanam .. 27 ..

> Do not show affection toward this son; even the sight of him is despicable."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.62)

ityuktvā brahmahatyā sā yajñadevasya paśyataḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, while Yajñadeva watched,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.63)

talena prajahārāsya putraṃ sumatināmakam .. 28 ..

> that brahmahatyā struck his son named Sumati with the palm of her hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.64)

ruroda tātatāteti pitaraṃ prabruvanmuhuḥ .. 29 ..

> He wept repeatedly, crying out to his father: "Father, father!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.65)

.. atha sumatiṃ prati durvāsaḥ kathita brahmahatyāmuktyupāyaḥ .. ..

> Now the means of liberation from brahmahatyā spoken by Durvāsas to Sumati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.66)

ruru durjanako mātā bhāryāpi sumatestadā ..

> Then Sumati's father, mother, and wife also wept.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.67)

etasminnaṃtare tatra durvāsāḥ śaṃkarāṃśakaḥ .. 2.1.14.30 ..

> At that moment, Durvāsas, a portion of Śaṃkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.68)

diṣṭyā samāyayau yogī dhārmiko munisattamaḥ ..

> a yogin, righteous, and the best of sages, arrived there by good fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.69)

yajñadevo'tha taṃ dṛṣṭvā muniṃ rudrāvatārakam.. 31 ..

> Seeing that sage who was an incarnation of Rudra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.70)

stutvā praṇamya śaraṇaṃ yayāce putrakāraṇāt ..

> Yajñadeva praised and bowed to him, and sought refuge for the sake of his son:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.71)

durvāsāstvaṃ mahāyoginsākṣādvai śaṃkarāṃśakaḥ .. .. 32 ..

> "You are Durvāsas, O great yogin, an evident portion of Śaṃkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.72)

tvaddarśanamapuṇyānāṃ bhavitā na kadācana ..

> Darśana of you never happens for the meritless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.73)

brahmahā ca surāpī ca steyī cābhūtsuto mama .. 33 ..

> My son has become a slayer of a brahmin, a drinker of liquor, and a thief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.74)

enaṃ prahartumāyātā brahmahatyāpi vartate ..

> The brahmahatyā has also come to strike him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.75)

syādyathā me putro'yaṃ mahāpātakamocitaḥ .. 34 ..

> Tell that means by which this son of mine may be freed from the great sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.76)

ghorā ca brahmahatyeyaṃ yathā śīghraṃ layaṃ vrajet ..

> and how this terrible brahmahatyā may quickly come to an end;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.77)

tamupāyaṃ vadasvādya mama putre dayāṃ kuru .. 35 ..

> show compassion toward my son today!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.78)

ayameva hi putro me nānyo'sti tanayo mune ..

> For this alone is my son; I have no other child, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.79)

asminmṛte tu vaṃśo me samucchidyeta mūlataḥ .. 36 ..

> If he dies, my lineage will be cut off completely at the root.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.80)

tataḥ pitṛbhyaḥ piṇḍānāṃ dātāpi na bhaveddhruvam ..

> Then there will certainly be no giver of rice balls to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.81)

tataḥ kṛpāṃ kuruṣva tvamasmāsu bhagavanmune .. 37 ..

> Therefore, show grace to us, O venerable sage!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.82)

ityuktaḥ sa tadovāca durvāsāḥ śaṃkarāṃśakaḥ ..

> Thus addressed, Durvāsas, a portion of Śaṃkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.83)

dhyātvāthasuciraṃ kālaṃ yajñadevaṃ dvijottamam .. 38 ..

> having meditated for a long time, then spoke to Yajñadeva, the best of brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.84)

.. durvāsā uvāca .. ..

> Durvāsas said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.85)

yajñadevakṛtaṃ ṣāpamatidūra sutena te ..

> "O Yajñadeva, an extreme sin has been committed by your son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.86)

nāsya pāpasya śātiḥ syātprāyaścittāyutairapi .. .. 39 ..

> There can be no pacification of this sin even through tens of thousands of expiations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.87)

tathāpi te sutasyāhaṃ tasya pāpasya śāntaye ..

> Nevertheless, for the pacification of that sin of your son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.88)

prāyaścittaṃ vadiṣyāmi śṛṇu nānyamanā dvija .. 2.1.14.40 ..

> I will proclaim an expiation. Listen with an undivided mind, O brahmin!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.89)

veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane ..

> On the holy mountain Veṅkaṭādri, which destroys all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.90)

svāmipuṣkariṇī ceti vartate maṃgalapradā .. 41 ..

> there is \[a pool\] called Svāmipuṣkariṇī that brings auspiciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.91)

.. atha sumateḥ svāmipuṣkariṇīsnānādbrahmahatyā vimuktiḥ .. ..

> Now Sumati's release from brahmahatyā through bathing in Svāmipuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.92)

snāti cettava putro'yaṃ pātakānmucyate kṣaṇāt ..

> If this son of yours bathes \[there\], he will be freed from the sin in an instant."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.93)

evaṃ śrutvā munervākyaṃ yajñadevo mahāmatiḥ .. 42 ..

> Hearing these words of the sage, the noble-minded Yajñadeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.94)

putramādāya sumatiṃ svāmipuṣkariṇīṃgataḥ ..

> taking his son Sumati, went to Svāmipuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.95)

snāpayāmāsa sumatiṃ hatyayā pīḍitaṃ sutam .. 43 ..

> He bathed his son Sumati, who was afflicted by the murder \[of a brahmin\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.96)

ākāśavāṇī taṃ vipramuvāca madhurasvarā ..

> A voice from the sky spoke in a sweet tone to that brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.97)

yajñadeva mahābhāga snānenānena suvrata .. 44 ..

> "O highly fortunate Yajñadeva, steadfast in vows, by this ritual ablution  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.98)

pūto'bhavattava sutaḥ saṃśayaṃ mā kṛthā dvija ..

> your son has been purified; have no doubt, O brahmin!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.99)

evaṃprabhāvaṃ tattīrthaṃ pāpavṛkṣakuṭhārakam .. 45 ..

> Such is the power of that sacred ford, an axe to the tree of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.100)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā itihāsaṃ purātanam..

> Thus has this ancient history been told to you, O brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.101)

śṛṇvatāṃ paṭhatāṃ cāpi vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet .. 46 ..

> those who hear or read it shall obtain the fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.14.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.14.102)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye svāmipuṣkariṇītīrthamahimānuvarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Greatness of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī Sacred Ford' in the Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.14.1) — English, machine translation

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