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# Skandapurana 2.1.19

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.1)

atha brahmādīnāṃ nairaṃtaryeṇa śrīveṃkaṭācale sthitivarṇanam ..

> Now, the description of the continuous residence of Brahmā and others on the holy Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.2)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.3)

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi veṃkaṭācalavaibhavam ..

> Now, therefore, I shall describe the majesty of Mount Veṅkaṭa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.4)

yuṣmākaṃ sāvadhānena śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 1 ..

> to you with attentiveness; listen, being well concentrated! // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.5)

lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi sarāṃsi saritastathā ..

> Hundreds of thousands and millions of lakes as well as rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.6)

samudrāśca mahāpuṇyā vanānyapyāśramā api .. 2 ..

> and most meritorious oceans, and even forests and hermitages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.7)

puṇyāni kṣetrajātāni vedāraṇyādikāni ca ..

> holy sacred fields such as Vedāraṇya and others;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.8)

munayaśca vasiṣṭhādyā siddhacāraṇakiṃnarāḥ .. 3 ..

> and sages headed by Vasiṣṭha, siddhas, cāraṇas, and kiṃnaras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.9)

lakṣmyā saha dharaṇyā ca bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ ..

> the Blessed Lord Madhusūdana together with Lakṣmī and Dharaṇī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.10)

sāvitryā ca sarasvatyā sahaiva caturānanaḥ .. 4 ..

> the Four-Faced One \[Brahmā\] accompanied indeed by Sāvitrī and Sarasvatī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.11)

pārvatyā saha deveśastryambakastripurāṃtakaḥ ..

> the Lord of Gods, the Three-Eyed One, Destroyer of Tripura, together with Pārvatī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.12)

herambaṣaṇmukhādyāśca devāḥ sendrapurogamāḥ .. 5 ..

> and the gods led by Indra, preceded by Heramba and the Six-Faced One \[Skanda\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.13)

ādityādi grahāścaiva tathāṣṭavasavo dvijāḥ ..

> the planets headed by Āditya, and likewise the eight Vasus, O twice-born ones;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.14)

pitaro lokapālāśca tathānye devatāgaṇāḥ .. 6 ..

> the ancestors, the guardians of the worlds, and other hosts of deities—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.15)

mahāpātakasaṃghānāṃ nāśane lokapāvane ..

> in that which purifies the world and destroys multitudes of major sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.16)

divāniśaṃ vasantyaṃtarveṃkaṭācalamūrdhani .. 7 ..

> day and night dwell upon the summit of Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.17)

tasya darśanamātreṇa buddhisaukhyaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhavet ..

> By the mere darśana of it, men obtain happiness of intellect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.18)

tanmūrdhani kṛtāvāsā siddhacāraṇayoṣitaḥ .. 8 ..

> The wives of the siddhas and cāraṇas, having made their dwelling on its summit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.19)

pūjayaṃti sadākālaṃ veṃkaṭeśaṃ kṛpānidhim ..

> worship at all times the Lord of Veṅkaṭa, the treasure-house of mercy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.20)

koṭayo brahmahatyānāmagamyāgamakoṭayaḥ .. 9 ..

> Crores of sins of killing a brahmin, crores of sins of approaching the forbidden,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.21)

aṅgalagnā vinaśyaṃti veṃkaṭācalamārutaiḥ .. 2.1.19.10 ..

> clinging to one's body, are destroyed by the breezes of Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.22)

.. atha śrīveṃkaṭācalārohaṇasamayānusaṃdhyānakramaḥ .. ..

> Now the sequence of meditation at the time of ascending holy Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.23)

veṃkaṭādriṃ giriṃ taṃ tu prārthayetpuṇyavardhanam ..

> One should pray to that mountain, Mount Veṅkaṭa, which increases merit:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.24)

svarṇācala mahāpuṇya sarvadevaniṣevita .. 11 ..

> “O Golden Mountain, most meritorious, attended by all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.25)

brahmādayo'pi yaṃ devāḥ sevante śraddhayā saha ..

> whom even the gods headed by Brahmā serve with faith—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.26)

taṃ bhavantamahaṃ padbhyāmākrameyaṃ nagottama .. 12 ..

> O best of mountains, I would tread upon you with my feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.27)

kṣamasva tadaghaṃ me'dya dayayā pāpacetasaḥ ..

> Pardon this offense of mine today out of compassion, since my mind is full of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.28)

tvanmūrdhani kṛtāvāsaṃ mādhavaṃ darśayasva me .. 13 ..

> Grant me the darśana of Mādhava, who has made his abode upon your summit.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.29)

prārthayitvā narastvevaṃ veṃkaṭādriṃ nagottamam ..

> Having thus prayed to Mount Veṅkaṭa, the best of mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.30)

tato mṛdupadaṃ gacchetpāvanaṃ veṃkaṭācalam .. 14 ..

> a person should then walk with gentle steps up holy Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.31)

veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane ..

> On Mount Veṅkaṭa, most meritorious, the destroyer of all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.32)

svāmipuṣkariṇītīrthe snātvā niyamapūrvakam .. 15 ..

> having bathed in accordance with rules in the Svāmipuṣkariṇī tīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.33)

piṇḍadānaṃ tataḥ kuryādapi sarṣapamātrakam ..

> one should then make an offering of a rice ball, even if the size of a mustard seed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.34)

śamīdalasamānānvā dadyātpiṃḍānpitṝnprati .. 16 ..

> or offer to the ancestors rice balls equal in size to a śamī leaf.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.35)

svargasthā mokṣamāyāṃti svargaṃ narakavāsinaḥ .. 17 ..

> Those dwelling in heaven attain liberation; those dwelling in hell attain heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.36)

.. atha pāpavināśanākhyatīrthamāhātmyam .. ..

> Now the māhātmya of the tīrtha named Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.37)

tatastasyopari mahatsarvalokeṣu viśrutam ..

> Then, above it, is the great and world-renowned \[tīrtha\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.38)

sarvatīrthottamaṃ puṇyaṃ nāmnā pāpavināśanam .. 18 ..

> the best of all tīrthas, holy, named Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.39)

asti puṇyatame viprāḥ pavitre veṃkaṭācale ..

> It exists, O brahmins, on the most meritorious and pure Mount Veṅkaṭa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.40)

yasya saṃsmaraṇādeva garbhavāso na vidyate .. 19 ..

> by the mere recollection of which dwelling in the womb does not recur.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.41)

tatprāpya tu naraḥ snāyātsvāmitīrthasya cottare ..

> Reaching it, to the north of the Svāmitīrtha, a man should bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.42)

tatra snānānnarā yāṃti vaikuṇṭhaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 2.1.19.20 ..

> From bathing there, men go to Vaikuṇṭha; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.43)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.1.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.44)

sūta pāpavināśākhyatīrthasya brūhi vaibhavam ..

> O Sūta, speak of the grandeur of the tīrtha named Pāpavināśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.45)

vyāsena bodhitastvaṃ hi vetsi sarvaṃ mahāmune .. 21 ..

> For, instructed by Vyāsa, you know everything, O great sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.46)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.47)

brahmāśramapade vṛttāṃ pārśve himavataḥ śubhe ..

> I shall tell you, O best among brahmins, an auspicious story  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.48)

vakṣyāmi brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā yuṣmākaṃ tu kathāṃ śubhām .. 22 ..

> that took place at the Brahmāśrama hermitage, on an auspicious flank of the Himālaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.49)

tadāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmāśramapadaṃ śubham..

> That meritorious hermitage was the auspicious Brahmāśrama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.50)

nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ pārśve himavataḥ śubhe .. 23 ..

> filled with various trees, on an auspicious flank of the Himālaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.51)

bahugulmalatākīrṇaṃ mṛgadvipaniṣevitam ..

> abounding with many shrubs and creepers, frequented by deer and elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.52)

siddhacāraṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ ramyaṃ puṣpitakānanam .. .. 24 ..

> resounding with siddhas and cāraṇas, a delightful forest in full bloom,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.53)

yatibhirbahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ tāpasairupaśobhitam..

> crowded with many ascetics, adorned with practitioners of tapas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.54)

brāhmaṇaiśca mahābhāgaiḥ sūryajvalanasannibhaiḥ .. 25 ..

> and by highly fortunate brahmins who resembled the sun and fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.55)

niyamavratasampannaiḥ samākīrṇe tapasvibhiḥ ..

> teeming with ascetics endowed with restraints and observances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.56)

dīkṣitairyāgaśīlaiśca yatāhāraiḥ kṛtātmabhiḥ ..26..

> initiated, devoted to sacrifice, self-controlled in diet, and of perfected souls;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.57)

vedādhyayanasaṃpannairvaidikaiḥ pariveṣṭitam ..

> surrounded by Vedic scholars accomplished in Vedic recitation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.58)

varṇibhiśca gṛhasthaiśca vānaprasthaiśca bhikṣubhiḥ .. 27 ..

> by students, householders, forest-dwellers, and mendicants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.59)

svāśramācāranirataiḥ svavarṇoktavidhāyibhiḥ ..

> devoted to the conduct of their own stage of life, performing what is prescribed for their own class,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.60)

vālakhilyaiśca ṛṣibhiḥ samaṃtātpariveṣṭitam ..28 ..

> and surrounded on all sides by the Vālakhilya seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.61)

.. atha dṛḍhamatyākhyaśūdravṛttāntaḥ .. ..

> Now the account of the śūdra named Dṛḍhamati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.62)

tatrāśrame purā kaścicchūdro dṛḍhamatirdvijāḥ ..

> In that hermitage long ago, O twice-born ones, a certain bold śūdra named Dṛḍhamati,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.63)

sāhasī brāhmaṇābhyāśamājagāma mudānvitaḥ .. 29 ..

> joyful, came into the presence of the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.64)

āgato hyāśramapadaṃ pūjitaśca tapasvibhiḥ ..

> He arrived at the hermitage and was received hospitably by the ascetics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.65)

nāmnā dṛḍhamatiḥ śūdraḥ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇanāma vai .. 2.1.19.30 ..

> A śūdra named Dṛḍhamati bowed down prostrate indeed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.66)

tānsa dṛṣṭvā munigaṇāndevakalpānmahaujasaḥ ..

> Seeing those hosts of sages, who resembled gods and possessed great splendour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.67)

kurvato vividhānyajñānsaṃprāśahṛṣyata śūdrakaḥ .. 31 ..

> performing various sacrifices, the śūdra rejoiced exceedingly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.68)

athāsya buddhirabhavattapaḥ kartumanuttamam ..

> Then the intention arose in him to perform peerless austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.69)

tato'bravītkulapatiṃ munimāgatya tāpasam .. 32 .. ..

> Then, approaching the sage who was the head of the hermitage and an ascetic, he said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.70)

dṛḍhamatiruvāca.. ..

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

### [2.1.19.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.71)

tapodhana namaste'stu rakṣa māṃ karuṇānidhe ..

> “O rich in austerity, salutations to you! Protect me, O ocean of compassion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.72)

tava prasādādicchāmi yāgaṃ kartuṃ prasīda me .. 33 ..

> By your grace I desire to perform a sacrifice; be gracious to me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.73)

.. atha dṛḍhamatiṃ prati kulapatyākhyamunyupadiṣṭaśūdradharmāḥ .. ..

> Now, the duties of a śūdra taught to Dṛḍhamati by the sage called the head of the hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.74)

evamuktastu śūdreṇa tamāha brāhmaṇastadā .. 34 ..

> Thus addressed by the śūdra, the brahmin then said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.75)

.. kulapatiruvāca .. ..

> The head of the hermitage said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.76)

yāge dīkṣayituṃ śakyo na śūdro hīnajanmabhāk ..

> “A śūdra, born of low birth, cannot be initiated into a sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.77)

bhūyate yadi te buddhiḥ śuśrūṣā nirato bhava .. 35 ..

> If such an intention arises in you, become intent upon service.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.78)

upadeśo na kartavyo jātihīnasya karhicit ..

> Instruction should never be given to one who is of low caste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.79)

upadeśe mahāndoṣa upādhyāyasyavidyate .. 36 ..

> In instructing \[such a person\], a great fault accrues to the teacher.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.80)

nādhyāpayedbudhaḥ śūdraṃ tathā naiva ca yājayet ..

> A wise man should not teach a śūdra, nor should he officiate at a sacrifice for him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.81)

na pāṭhayettathā śūdraṃ śāstraṃ vyākaraṇādikam .. 37 ..

> Likewise, he should not make a śūdra study sacred treatises, grammar, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.82)

kāvyaṃ vā nāṭakaṃ vāpi tathālaṃkārameva vā ..

> nor poetry, nor drama, nor indeed poetics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.83)

purāṇamitihāsaṃ ca śūdraṃ naiva tu pāṭhayet .. 38 ..

> He should never teach Purāṇa and epic to a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.84)

yadi copadiśedvipraḥ śūdrasyaitāni karhicit ..

> And if a brahmin should ever teach these to a śūdra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.85)

tyajeyurbrāhmaṇā vipraṃ te grāmādbrahmasaṃkulāt .. 39 ..

> the brahmins would expel that brahmin from a village filled with sacred knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.86)

śūdrāya copadeṣṭāraṃ dvijaṃ caṇḍālavattyajet..

> And one should abandon like a caṇḍāla a twice-born man who instructs a śūdra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.87)

śūdraṃ cākṣarasaṃyuktaṃ dūrataḥ parivarjayet .. 2.1.19.40 ..

> and one should avoid from afar a śūdra endowed with literacy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.88)

tacchuśrūṣasva bhadraṃ te brāhmaṇācchaddhayāsaha ..

> Therefore, serve a brahmin with faith; good fortune to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.89)

śūdrasya dvijaśuśrūṣā manvādibhirudīritā .. 41 ..

> Service to the twice-born is proclaimed for a śūdra by Manu and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.90)

na hi naisargikaṃ karma parityaktuṃ tvamarhasi ..

> For you ought not to abandon the duty inherent to your nature.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.91)

evamuktaḥ sa muninā sa śūdro'cintayattadā .. 42 ..

> Thus addressed by the sage, that śūdra then reflected:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.92)

kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā tvadya vrate śraddhā hi me parā ..

> “What should be done by me now? For my faith in religious observances is supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.93)

yathā syānmamasujñāna yatiṣye'haṃ tathādya vai .. 43 ..

> I will strive today so that true knowledge may arise in me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.94)

iti niścitya manasā śūdro dṛḍhamatistadā ..

> Having thus resolved in his mind, the śūdra Dṛḍhamati then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.95)

gatvāśramapadādūraṃ kṛtavānuṭajaśubham.. 44 ..

> going not far from the site of the hermitage, made a beautiful hut of leaves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.96)

tatra vai devatāgāraṃ puṇyānyāyatanāni ca ..

> There indeed, a shrine for deities and holy sanctuaries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.97)

puṣpārāmādikaṃ cāpi taṭākakhananādikam .. 45..

> flower-gardens and the like, as well as the digging of ponds and such,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.98)

śraddhayā kārayāmāsa tapaḥ siddhyarthamātmana ..

> he caused to be made with faith, for the attainment of his own austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.99)

abhiṣekāṃśca niyamānupavāsādikānapi .. 46 ..

> Performing ritual baths, vows, and also fasts and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.100)

baliṃ kṛtvā ca hutvā ca daivatānyabhyapūjayat ..

> offering food and oblation, he worshipped the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.101)

saṃkalpaniyamopetaḥ phalāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 47 ..

> Endowed with firm resolves and observances, subsisting on fruit, with his senses conquered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.102)

nityaṃ kandaiśca mūlaiśca puṣpairapi tathā phalaiḥ ..

> constantly with bulbs, roots, flowers, and fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.103)

atithīnpūjayāmāsa yathāvatsamupāgatān .. 48 ..

> he duly honoured the guests who arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.104)

evaṃ hi sumahānkālo vyaticakrāma tasya vai .. 49 ..

> In this way indeed, a very long time passed for him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.105)

.. atha dṛḍhamataye sumatyākhyavipraprakāśitakarmānuṣṭhānakramaḥ .. ..

> Now, the procedure for performing rites disclosed to Dṛḍhamati by the brahmin named Sumati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.106)

athāśramamagāttasya sumatirnāma nāmataḥ ..

> Then to his hermitage came \[a brahmin\] named Sumati by name,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.107)

dvijo gargakulodbhūtaḥ satyavādī jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 2.1.19.50 ..

> a twice-born man born in the lineage of Garga, truthful of speech, with senses mastered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.108)

svāgatairmunimārādhya toṣayitvā phalādikaiḥ ..

> Honouring the sage with welcoming words and pleasing him with fruits and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.109)

kathayanvai kathāḥ puṇyāḥ kuśalaṃ paryapṛcchata .. 51 ..

> telling sacred tales, \[the śūdra\] inquired after his welfare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.110)

itthaṃ vipraḥ sa pādyādyairupacāraistu pūjitaḥ ..

> Thus honoured by offerings such as water for washing feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.111)

āśīrbhirabhinandyainaṃ pratigṛhya ca satkriyām .. 52 ..

> that brahmin, felicitating him with blessings and accepting his hospitality,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.112)

tamāpṛcchatprahṛṣṭātmā svāśramaṃ punarāyayau ..

> took leave of him with a delighted heart and returned to his own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.113)

evaṃ dinedine vipraḥ śūdre'sminpakṣapātavān .. 53 ..

> Thus day by day, that brahmin, fond of this śūdra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.114)

āgacchadāśramaṃ tasya draṣṭuṃ taṃ śūdrayonijam ..

> came to his hermitage to see that person born of śūdra birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.115)

bahukālaṃ dvijasyābhūtsaṃsargaḥ śūdrayoninā .. 54 ..

> For a long time there was association of the twice-born man with the one of śūdra birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.116)

snehasya vaśamāpannaḥ śūdroktaṃ nāticakrame ..

> Having fallen under the power of affection, he did not transgress what the śūdra said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.117)

athāgataṃ dvijaṃ śūdraḥ prāha snehavaśīkṛtam .. 55 ..

> Then the śūdra said to the twice-born man who had arrived, brought under the sway of affection:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.118)

havyakavyavidhānaṃ me brūhi tvaṃ tu gururmataḥ ..

> “Explain to me the injunction for offerings to gods and ancestors; for you are considered my guru.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.119)

evamuktaḥ sa śūdreṇa sarvametadupādiśat ..56..

> Thus addressed by the śūdra, he instructed \[him\] in all this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.120)

kārayāmāsa śūdrasya pitṛkāryādikaṃ tadā ..

> He then caused the rites for the ancestors and others to be performed for the śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.121)

pitṛkārye kṛte tena visṛṣṭaḥ sa dvijottamaḥ .. 57 ..

> When the ancestor-rite was performed by him, that best of the twice-born was dismissed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.122)

.. atha śūdrasya vaidikakarmopadeśena sumatyanubhūtadurgatiḥ .. ..

> Now, the miserable state suffered by Sumati due to instructing a śūdra in Vedic rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.123)

atha dīrgheṇa kālena poṣitaḥ śūdrayoninā ..

> Then, after a long time, having been sustained by the one of śūdra birth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.124)

tyakto vipragaṇaiḥ so'yaṃ pañcatvamagamaddvijaḥ .. 58 ..

> abandoned by the hosts of brahmins, that twice-born man met his death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.125)

vaivasvatabhaṭairnītvā pātito narakeṣvapi ..

> Led away by the soldiers of Yama, he was cast into the hells,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.126)

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca .. 59 ..

> for thousands of tens of millions of kalpas, and hundreds of tens of millions of kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.127)

bhuktvā krameṇa narakāṃstadante sthāvaro'bhavat ..

> Having experienced the hells in turn, at the end of them he became an immovable thing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.128)

gardabhastu tato jajñe viḍvarāhastataḥ param .. 2.1.19.60 ..

> Then he was born as a donkey, and after that as a dung-eating hog.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.129)

jajñe'tha sārameyo'sau paścādvāyasatāṃ gataḥ ..

> Then he was born as a dog, and afterwards he became a crow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.130)

atha caṇḍālatāṃ prāpya śūdrayonimagāttataḥ .. 61 ..

> Then, having become an outcaste, he thereafter entered the womb of a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.131)

gatavānvaiśyatāṃ paścātkṣatriyastadanantaram ..

> Afterwards he became a vaiśya, and immediately following that, a kṣatriya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.132)

prabalairbādhyamāno'sau brāhmaṇo vai tadābhavat .. 62 ..

> Being tormented by powerful adversaries, he then became a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.133)

upanītaḥ sa pitrā tu varṣe garbhāṣṭame dvijaḥ ..

> Invested with the sacred thread by his father in the eighth year from conception, that brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.134)

vartamānaḥ piturgehe svācārābhyāsatatparaḥ .. 63 ..

> dwelling in his father's house and intent upon observing proper conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.135)

gacchankadācidgahane gṛhīto brahmarakṣasā ..

> while once walking in a dense forest, was seized by a brahmarākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.136)

rudanbhramanskhalanmūḍhaḥ pralapanprahasannasau .. 64 ..

> Weeping, wandering, stumbling, bewildered, babbling, laughing aloud,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.137)

śaśvaddhāheti ca vadanvaidikaṃ karma so'tyajat ..

> and constantly crying, “Alas, alas!”, he abandoned Vedic rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.138)

dṛṣṭvā sutaṃ tathābhūtaṃ pitā duḥkhena pīḍitaḥ .. 65 ..

> Seeing his son in such a state, the father, stricken with grief,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.139)

sutamādāya ca snehādagastyaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau ..

> took his son and, out of affection, went for refuge to Agastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.140)

suvarṇamukharītīre tapasyantaṃ śivāgrataḥ ..66..

> who was performing austerity in the presence of Śiva on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.141)

bhaktyā muniṃ praṇamyāsau pitā tasya sutasya vai ..

> Having bowed to the sage with devotion, the father of that son  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.142)

tasmai nivedayāmāsa svaputrasya viceṣṭitam ..67..

> reported to him his son's conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.143)

.. athāgastyoktyā durgatyapanodanārthaṃ sumaterveṃkaṭādrigamanam .. ..

> Now, the departure of Sumati to Mount Veṅkaṭa by the instruction of Agastya for the removal of misfortune:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.144)

abravīcca tadā vipraḥ kumbhajaṃ munipuṃgavam ..

> Then the brahmin said to the pitcher-born eminent sage:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.145)

eṣa me tanayo brahmangṛhīto brahmarakṣasā ..68..

> “O brahmin, this son of mine has been seized by a brahmarākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.146)

sukhaṃ na labhate brahmanrakṣa taṃ karuṇādṛśā ..

> He finds no peace, O brahmin; protect him with a compassionate glance!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.147)

nāsti me tanayo'pyanyaḥ pitṝṇāmṛṇamuktaye .. 69 ..

> I have no other son for the discharge of the debt to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.148)

tasya pīḍāvināśārthamupāyaṃ brūhi kumbhaja ..

> Tell me a means to destroy his suffering, O pitcher-born one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.149)

tvatsamastriṣu lokeṣu tapaḥśīlo na vidyate .. 2.1.19.70 ..

> In the three worlds, there is no one devoted to austerity equal to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.150)

tvāṃ vināsya paritrātā na me putrasya vidyate ..

> Except for you, there is no savior for this son of mine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.151)

putre dayāṃ kuru guro dayāśīlā hi sādhavaḥ .. 71 ..

> Show mercy to my son, O master! For the virtuous are compassionate by nature.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.152)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.153)

evamuktastadā tena kumbhajo dhyānamāsthitaḥ ..

> Being thus addressed by him then, the pitcher-born one entered into meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.154)

dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālamabravīdbrāhmaṇaṃ tataḥ ..72..

> Having meditated for a long time, he then spoke to the brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.155)

.. agastya uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.19.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.156)

pūrvajanmani te putro brāhmaṇo'yaṃ mahāmate ..

> “In a previous life, O wise one, this son of yours was a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.157)

sumatirnāma vipro'yaṃ matiṃ śūdrāya vai dadau .. 73 ..

> A brahmin named Sumati, he indeed imparted instruction to a śūdra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.158)

karmāṇi vaidikānyeṣa sarvāṇyupadideśa vai ..

> he instructed him in all Vedic rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.159)

ato'yaṃ narakānbhuktvā kalpakoṭisahasrakam .. 74 ..

> Therefore, having experienced the hells for a thousand tens of millions of kalpas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.160)

jāto bhuvi tadanteṣu sthāvarādiṣu yoniṣu ..

> at the end of them he was born on earth in the wombs of immovable things and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.161)

idānīṃ brāhmaṇo jātaḥ karmaśeṣeṇa te sutaḥ .. 75 ..

> Now, through the residue of his karma, he has been born as your son, a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.162)

yamena preṣitenātra gṛhīto brahmarakṣasā ..

> He has been seized here by a brahmarākṣasa sent by Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.163)

krūreṇa pātakenādya pūrvajanmakṛtena vai .. 76 ..

> due to the terrible sin committed in his previous birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.164)

upāyaṃ te pravakṣyāmi brahmarakṣovināśane ..

> I will tell you the means for the destruction of the brahmarākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.165)

śṛṇuṣva śraddhayā yuktaḥ samādhāya ca mānasam.. 77 ..

> Listen with faith, concentrating your mind:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.166)

suvarṇamukharītīre ṛṣisaṃghaniṣevite ..

> On the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī, frequented by hosts of seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.167)

vartate daivataiḥ sevyaḥ pāvano veṃkaṭācalaḥ .. 78 ..

> there is the sacred Mount Veṅkaṭa, worthy of being resorted to by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.168)

tasyopari mahātīrthaṃ nāmnā pāpavināśanam..

> Upon it there is a great sacred ford named Pāpavināśana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.169)

asti puṇyaṃ prasiddhaṃ ca mahāpātakanāśanam .. 79 ..

> it is holy, renowned, and a destroyer of great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.170)

bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ vetālabrahmarakṣasām ..

> Of bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, vetālas, and brahmarākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.171)

mahatāṃ caiva rogāṇāṃ tīrthaṃ tannāśakaṃ smṛtam .. 2.1.19.80 ..

> as well as of great diseases, that sacred ford is traditionally known as the destroyer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.172)

sutamādāya gaccha tvaṃ tattīrthaṃ girimadhyagam ..

> Taking your son, go to that sacred ford situated in the midst of the mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.173)

prayataḥ snāpaya sutaṃ tīrthe pāpavināśane .. 81 ..

> Pure and concentrated, bathe your son in the Pāpavināśana sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.174)

snānena tridinaṃ tatra bahmarakṣo vinaśyati ..

> By bathing there for three days, the brahmarākṣasa will be destroyed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.175)

naivopāyāntaraṃ tasya vināśe vidyate bhuvi .. 82 ..

> on earth, no other means exists for its destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.176)

tasmācchīghraṃ prayāhi tvaṃ veṃkaṭāhvayaparvatam ..

> Therefore, go quickly to the mountain named Veṅkaṭa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.177)

tatra pāpavināśākhyatīrthe snāpaya te sutam .. 83 ..

> there bathe your son in the sacred ford named Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.178)

mā vilambaṃ kuruṣvātra tvarayā yāhi vai dvija ..

> Make no delay here; go with haste, O brahmin!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.179)

ityuktaḥ sa dvijo'gastyaṃ praṇamya bhuvi daṇḍavat .. 84 ..

> Being thus addressed, that brahmin bowed down to Agastya on the ground like a staff,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.180)

anujñātaśca tenāsau prayayau veṃkaṭācalam ..

> and, permitted by him, he departed for Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.181)

sutena sākaṃ vipro'sau gatvā pāpavināśanam .. 85 ..

> Having gone with his son to Pāpavināśana, that brahmin—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.182)

.. atha sumateḥ pāpanāśanasnānena durgatyapanodanam .. ..

> Now, the removal of Sumati's misfortune through bathing in Pāpanāśana:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.183)

saṃkalpapūrvaṃ saṃsnāpya dinatrayamasau sutam ..

> having bathed his son for three days preceded by a formal vow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.184)

sasnau svayaṃ ca viprendraḥ pitā pāpavināśane .. 86 ..

> the father, foremost among brahmins, also bathed himself in Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.185)

samāgataḥ papau toyaṃ kṛtvā cāpyāhnikakramam ..

> he arrived, performed the sequence of his daily rites, and drank the water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.186)

atha tasya sutastatra vimukto brahmarakṣasā .. 87 ..

> Then his son was freed there from the brahmarākṣasa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.187)

samajāyata nīrogaḥ svasthaḥ sundararūpadhṛk ..

> he became free from disease, healthy, and endowed with handsome form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.188)

sarvasaṃpatsamṛddho'sau bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ .. 88 ..

> Enriched with all prosperity, after enjoying numerous pleasures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.189)

dehānte prayayau muktiṃ snānātpāpavināśane ..

> at the end of his body he attained liberation through ritual ablution in Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.190)

pitāpi tatra snānena dehānte muktimāptavān .. 89 ..

> The father too, by ritual ablution there, attained liberation at the end of his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.191)

.. atha vaidikakarmānuṣṭhāturdṛḍhamaterdurgatiprāptyapanodanam .. ..

> Now, the removal of the wretched state incurred by Dṛḍhamati, who performed Vedic rites:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.192)

tenopadiṣṭo'yaṃ śūdraḥ sa bhuktvā narakānkramāt ..

> That śūdra who had been instructed by him, having experienced the hells in turn  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.193)

anekāsu janitvā ca kutsitāsvapi yoniṣu .. 2.1.19.90 ..

> and having been born in many vile wombs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.194)

gṛdhrajanmābhavatpaścādveṃkaṭācalabhūdhare ..

> afterward obtained a birth as a vulture on the mountain Veṅkaṭācala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.195)

sa kadācijjalaṃ pātuṃ tīrthe pāpavināśane .. 91 ..

> Once, in order to drink water at the sacred ford Pāpavināśana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.196)

samāgataḥ papau toyaṃ siṣice cātmanastanum ..

> he arrived, drank the water, and sprinkled his own body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.197)

tadaiva divyadehaḥ sansarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ .. 92 ..

> At that very moment, possessing a divine body and adorned with all ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.198)

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya prayayāvamarālayam.. 93 ..

> he mounted a celestial aerial chariot and went to the abode of the immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.199)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.19.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.19.200)

evamprabhāvametadvai tīrthaṃ pāpavināśanam ..

> Such indeed is the power of this sacred ford Pāpavināśana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.19.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Jñānāmṛtasārasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.jnanamrtasara.1.10.53) — Sanskrit
- [Devībhāgavatamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.devibhagavatamahatmya.4.90) — Sanskrit

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