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# Skandapurana 2.1.16

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.1)

.. atha śrīveṃkaṭādrau jaladānapraśaṃsā ..

> Now begins the praise of the gift of water on glorious Mount Venkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.2)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.3)

veṃkaṭākhye mahāpuṇye tṛṣārtānāṃ viśeṣataḥ ..

> On the very sacred \[mountain\] named Venkaṭa, especially to those tormented by thirst,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.4)

jaladānamakurvāṇastiryagyonimavāpnuyāt ..1..

> one who does not give water will attain birth as an animal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.5)

tasmādveṃkaṭaśailendre yathāśaktyanusārataḥ ..

> Therefore, on the king of mountains, Venkaṭa, according to one's capacity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.6)

jaladānaṃ hi kartavyaṃ sarveṣāṃ jīvanaṃ mahat.. 2 ..

> the gift of water should indeed be made; it is the great sustenance of all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.7)

atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam ..

> In this very connection, they cite this ancient legend,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.8)

viprasya gṛhagodhāyāḥ saṃvādaṃ paramādbhutam .. 3 ..

> the exceedingly wondrous dialogue between a brahmin and a house lizard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.9)

.. atha hemāṃgasya jaladānākaraṇena gṛhagodhikātvaprāptiḥ .. ..

> Now begins Hemāṅga's attainment of the state of a house lizard due to not giving water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.10)

purā cekṣvākuvaṃśe'bhūddhemāṃga iti bhūmipaḥ ..

> Long ago, in the Ikṣvāku dynasty, there was a king named Hemāṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.11)

brahmaṇyo brahmabhūyiṣṭho jitāmitro jiteṃdriyaḥ ..4..

> devoted to brahmins, steeped in Brahman, having conquered his enemies and subdued his senses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.12)

yāvanto bhūmikaṇikā yāvantastoyabindavaḥ ..

> As many as are the particles of dust on earth, as many as are the drops of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.13)

yāvantyuḍūni gagane tāvatīrgā dadātyasau .. 5 ..

> as many as are the stars in the sky, so many cows would he give away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.14)

yeneṣṭayajñadarbhaiśca bhūmirbarhiṣmatī smṛtā ..

> By whom, through the darbha grass of sacrifices performed, the earth was known as Barhiṣmatī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.15)

gobhūtilahiraṇyādyaistoṣitā bahavo dvijāḥ .. 6 ..

> Many brahmins were satisfied with gifts of cows, land, sesame, gold, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.16)

tenādattāni dānāni na vidyanta iti śrutam ..

> It is heard that there were no gifts left ungiven by him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.17)

tenādattaṃ jalaṃ caikaṃ sukhalabhyadhiyā dvijāḥ .. 7 ..

> Only water was not given by him, thinking it easily obtained, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.18)

bodhito brahmaputreṇa vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā ..

> Though instructed by Vasiṣṭha, the noble-minded son of Brahmā, \[he thought:\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.19)

amūlyaṃ sarvatolabhyaṃ taddātuḥ kiṃ phalaṃ labhet .. 8 ..

> “It is priceless and obtainable everywhere; what fruit would its giver obtain?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.20)

iti durdhīrhetuvādairna jalaṃ dattavānvibhuḥ ..

> Thus, poor in intellect, through sophistry the king did not give water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.21)

alabhyadāne puṇyaṃ syādityavādītsayuktikam .. 9 ..

> He argued with specious reasons: “Merit lies in giving what is hard to obtain.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.22)

sa ānarca dvijānvyaṅgāndaridrānvṛttikarśitān ..

> He honored brahmins who were mutilated, impoverished, and worn down by lack of livelihood;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.23)

nānarca śrotriyānviprānbrahmajñānbrahmavādinaḥ .. 2.1.16.10 ..

> He did not honor learned brahmins who knew Brahman and discoursed on Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.24)

prakhyātānpūjayiṣyanti sarvalokāḥ sahārhaṇaiḥ ..

> “All people will worship famous men with offerings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.25)

anāthānāmavidyānāṃ vyaṅgānāṃ ca kuṭuṃbinām .. 11 ..

> For those who are helpless, ignorant, mutilated, and burdened with families,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.26)

daridrāṇāṃ gatiḥ kā vā tasmātte maddayāspadāḥ ..

> And poor, what refuge is there? Therefore, they are the objects of my compassion.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.27)

iti duṣṭeṣu pātreṣu dattavānkimapi svakam .. 12 ..

> Thinking thus, he gave whatever he possessed to unworthy recipients.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.28)

tena doṣeṇa mahatā cātakatvaṃ trijanmasu ..

> On account of that grave transgression, after being a cātaka bird for three lives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.29)

ekajanmani gṛdhratvaṃ śvatvaṃ vā sapta janmasu .. 13 ..

> A vulture for one life, or a dog for seven lives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.30)

prāpya paścādgṛhe jāto bhūpo'yaṃ gṛhagodhikā ..

> Having undergone those, this king was then born in the house as a house-lizard—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.31)

śrutakīrtestu bhūpasya mithilādhipaterdvijāḥ .. 14 ..

> In the house of King Śrutakīrti, the ruler of Mithilā, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.32)

gṛhadvārapratolyāṃ sma vartate kīṭakāśanaḥ ..

> He lived in the gateway lane of the palace eating insects;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.33)

aṣṭāśītiṣu varṣeṣu sthitaṃ tena durātmanā .. 15 ..

> For eighty-eight years that evil-minded soul remained there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.34)

.. atha śrutadevapādodakasevanena hemāṃgasya jātismaraṇam .. ..

> Now Hemāṅga remembers his former lives by the contact with Śrutadeva's foot-washing water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.35)

videhādhipatergehaṃ kadācidṛṣisattamaḥ ..

> Once, to the house of the king of Videha, an excellent seer  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.36)

śrutadeva iti khyātaḥ śrānto madhyāhna āgamat .. 16 ..

> Named Śrutadeva arrived at midday, weary.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.37)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya jātaharṣo narādhipaḥ ..

> Seeing him, the ruler of men immediately rose, filled with joy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.38)

madhuparkaḥ susaṃpūjya tasya pādāvanejanīḥ .. 17 ..

> Having duly honored him with madhuparka, the water for washing his feet  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.39)

apo mūrdhnāvahatkṣipraṃ tadotkṣiptaiśca bindubhiḥ ..

> He quickly poured over his head; and by the droplets cast up then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.40)

daivopadiṣṭakālena prokṣitā gṛhagodhikā .. 18 ..

> At the time ordained by destiny, the house-lizard was sprinkled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.41)

sadyo jātismṛtirabhūtkṛtakarmātiduḥkhitā ..

> Immediately recollection of its former births arose, deeply distressed by the deeds it had done;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.42)

trāhi trāhīti cukrośa brāhmaṇaṃ gṛhamāgatam .. 19 ..

> It cried out, “Save me! Save me!” to the brahmin who had entered the house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.43)

tiryagjanturavaṃ śrutvā brāhmaṇo vismito'bhavat ..

> Hearing the voice of an animal, the brahmin was astonished:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.44)

kutaḥ krośasi godhe tvaṃ daśeyaṃ kena karmaṇā .. 2.1.16.20 ..

> “Why do you cry out, O lizard? By what action did this state come about?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.45)

upadevo'tha devo vā tvaṃ nṛpo'tha dvijottamaḥ ..

> Are you a demigod, or a god, a king, or an exalted brahmin?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.46)

kastvaṃ brūhi mahābhāga tvāmadyāhaṃ samuddhare .. 21 ..

> Who are you, noble one? Speak! Today I shall deliver you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.47)

ityuktaḥ sa nṛpaḥ prāha śrutadevaṃ mahāprabhuḥ ..

> Addressed thus, that king, a mighty lord, said to Śrutadeva:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.48)

ahamikṣvākukulajaḥ śastravidyāviśāradaḥ .. 22 ..

> “I was born in the Ikṣvāku line, skilled in the science of arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.49)

yāvanto bhūmikaṇikā yāvantastoyabindavaḥ ..

> As many as the specks of dust on earth, as many as the drops of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.50)

yāvantyuḍūni gagane tāvatīrgā adāmaham .. 23 ..

> As many as the stars in the sky—that many cows I gave away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.51)

sarvairyajñairmayā ceṣṭaṃ pūrtānyācaritāni me ..

> I performed all sacrifices; deeds of public piety were undertaken by me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.52)

dānānyapi ca dattāni dharmajātaṃ svanuṣṭhitam .. .. 24 ..

> Gifts were also bestowed, and the entire host of duties was well performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.53)

tathāpi durgatirjātā na me cordhvagatirvibho ..

> Even so, a wretched state befell me, and no upward path was mine, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.54)

trivāraṃ cātakatvaṃ me gṛdhratvaṃ caikajanmani ..25..

> Three times I was a cātaka bird, and a vulture for one life;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.55)

saptajanmasu ca śvatvaṃ prāptaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā dvija ..

> And for seven lives, the state of a dog was attained by me formerly, O brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.56)

dharatānena bhūpena cāpaḥ pādāvanejanīḥ .. 26 ..

> As the water for washing feet was being taken by this king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.57)

bindavo dūramutkṣiptāstaiḥ sikto'haṃ kathaṃcana ..

> Drops were cast far off; by them I was somehow sprinkled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.58)

tadā janmasmṛtirabhūttena me hatapāpmanaḥ .. 27 ..

> Then memory of my births arose, my sin being destroyed thereby.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.59)

godhājanmāni bhāvyānītyaṣṭāviṃśati me dvija ..

> Twenty-eight lizard births are yet to be undergone by me, O brahmin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.60)

dṛśyante devadiṣṭāni bibhyate janmabhirbhṛśam .. 28 ..

> They are seen as ordained by fate, and I am terrified of those births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.61)

na kāraṇaṃ prapaśyāmi tanme vistarato vada ..

> I do not see the cause; explain it to me in detail.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.62)

ityuktaḥ sa dvijaḥ prāha jñātaṃ vijñānacakṣuṣā .. 29 ..

> Thus addressed, that brahmin spoke, having perceived it with the eye of higher knowledge:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.63)

.. atha śrutadevadattapuṇyena hemāṃgasya godhikātvavimuktiḥ .. ..

> Now Hemāṅga's release from lizardhood through the merit granted by Śrutadeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.64)

śṛṇu bhūpa pravakṣyāmi tava durgatikāraṇam ..

> “Listen, O king, I will tell the cause of your wretched condition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.65)

na jalaṃ tu tvayā dattaṃ veṃkaṭāhvayabhūdhare .. 2.1.16.30 ..

> Water was not given by you on the mountain named Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.66)

tajjalaṃ sulabhaṃ matvā na maulyamiti niścitaḥ ..

> Deeming that water to be easily available, and convinced that it had no price,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.67)

nādhvagānāṃ dvijādīnāṃ gharmakāle'pyajānatā .. 31 ..

> You, unaware, did not give it to travelers, brahmins, and others, even in the hot season.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.68)

tathā pātraṃ samutsṛjya hyapātre pratipāditam ..

> Likewise, abandoning worthy recipients, gifts were given to the unworthy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.69)

jvalantamagnimutsṛjya na hi bhasmani hūyate .. 32 ..

> Leaving aside the blazing fire, one surely does not pour oblations into ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.70)

tulasīṃ tu samutsṛjya bṛhatī pūjyate nu kim ..

> Leaving aside tulasī, is the bṛhatī plant ever worshipped?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.71)

anāthavyaṃgapaṃgutvaṃ na prayojakatāmiyāt .. 33 ..

> Being helpless, mutilated, or lame does not constitute entitlement \[as a worthy recipient\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.72)

paṃgvādyā yepyanāthā hi dayāpātraṃ hi kevalam ..

> The lame and the like, who are helpless, are merely objects of pity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.73)

taponiṣṭhā jñānaniṣṭhāḥ śrutiśāstraparāyaṇāḥ .. 34 ..

> Those devoted to austerity, devoted to knowledge, dedicated to the Vedas and scriptures—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.74)

viṣṇurūpāḥ sadā pūjyā netare tu kadācana ..

> are forms of Viṣṇu and always worthy of worship, but never others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.75)

tatrāpi jñānino'tyarthaṃ priyā viṣṇoḥ sadaiva hi .. 35 ..

> Even among them, those possessing knowledge are especially dear to Viṣṇu at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.76)

jñānināmapi bhūpāla viṣṇureva sadā priyaḥ ..

> And to those possessing knowledge, O king, Viṣṇu alone is always dear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.77)

tasmājjñānī sadā pūjyaḥ pūjyātpūjyataraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 36 ..

> Therefore, the one who possesses knowledge is always to be worshipped, considered more worthy of worship than any \[other\] worthy of worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.78)

na jalaṃ tu tvayā dattaṃ sādhavo vā na sevitāḥ ..

> Water was not given by you, nor were virtuous people served;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.79)

tena te durgatiśceyaṃ prāptā cekṣvākunandana .. 37 ..

> therefore, O joy of Ikṣvāku, this miserable state has been obtained by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.80)

veṃkaṭādrau kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi śāntaye ..

> I shall give you the merit acquired on Mount Veṅkaṭa for \[your\] pacification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.81)

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavattena karmajātaṃ vijeṣyasi .. 38 ..

> By that you will conquer the host of karma—past, present, and future.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.82)

ityuktvāpa upaspṛśya dadau puṇyamanuttamam ..

> Having spoken thus and touched water \[in sipping\], he gave the unsurpassed merit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.83)

yaddattaṃ brāhmaṇenāpi snānaṃ caikadine kṛtam .. 39 ..

> that was acquired by the brahmin through the ritual ablution performed on a single day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.84)

tena dhvastākhilā''gāstu tyaktvā ca gṛhagodhikā ..

> Thereby, with all sins destroyed, shedding the form of a house-lizard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.85)

rūpaṃ karmocitaṃ ghoraṃ sadyo'dṛśyata pūruṣaḥ .. 2.1.16.40 ..

> a terrible form appropriate to his deeds, immediately a man was seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.86)

divyaṃ vimānamārūḍho divyasragvastrabhūṣaṇaḥ ..

> mounted upon a celestial aerial chariot, adorned with divine garlands, garments, and ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.87)

paśyatāmeva sādhūnāṃ maithilasya gṛhāntare .. 41 ..

> in the house of the king of Mithilā, while the virtuous looked on.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.88)

baddhāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā parikramya praṇamya ca ..

> Having folded his hands in reverence, circumambulated, and bowed down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.89)

anujñāto yayau rājā stūyamāno'marairdivam .. 42 ..

> permitted \[to depart\], the king went to heaven while being praised by the immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.90)

tatra bhuktvā mahābhogānvarṣāyutamatandritaḥ ..

> Having enjoyed great pleasures there untiringly for ten thousand years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.91)

sa eva cekṣvākukule kakutstho'bhūnmahārathaḥ .. 43 ..

> he was born in the lineage of Ikṣvāku as Kakutstha, a great car-warrior,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.92)

saptadvīpapratīpālo brahmaṇyaḥ sādhusaṃmataḥ ..

> ruler of the seven continents, devoted to brahmins, honored by the virtuous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.93)

devendrasya samo viṣṇoraṃśa evaṃ mahāprabhuḥ .. 44 ..

> equal to Devendra, a portion of Viṣṇu, a great lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.94)

bodhitastu vasiṣṭhena sarvāndharmānmanoharān ..

> Instructed by Vasiṣṭha in all the delightful dharmas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.95)

anuṣṭhāyākhilānrājā tena dhvastāśubhādikaḥ .. 45 ..

> and having practiced them all, the king, his impurities and inauspiciousness destroyed by that,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.96)

divyaṃ jñānaṃ samāsādya viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāptavān ..

> attained divine knowledge and obtained union with Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.97)

tasmādveṃkaṭaśailendraḥ puṇyaḥ pāpavināśanaḥ .. 46 ..

> Therefore, the lord of mountains, Veṅkaṭa, is meritorious and destroys sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.98)

tasmiṃśca jaladānaṃ tu viṣṇulokapradāyakam ..

> And the gift of water upon it bestows the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.99)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā jaladānasya vaibhavam ..

> Thus has the glory of the gift of water been described to you, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.100)

veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane .. 47 ..

> on the exceedingly meritorious Mount Veṅkaṭa, which destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.16.101)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye jaladānavaibhavavarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 16 ..

> Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Gift of Water', in the glorious Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.16.1) — English, machine translation

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