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# Skandapurana 2.1.28

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.1)

.. atha kaṭāhatīrthamāhātmyam ..

> Now begins the māhātmya of Kaṭāhatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.2)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.3)

sūta sarvārthatattvajña vedavedāntapāraga ..

> O Sūta, knower of the true nature of all things, master of the Vedas and Vedānta!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.4)

śrīveṃkaṭācale tīrthaṃ kaṭāhākhyaṃ supāvanam .. ..1..

> On the glorious Veṅkaṭa mountain is a most purifying sacred ford named Kaṭāha. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.5)

śrūyate tasya māhātmyaṃ ghuṣyate ca jagattraye ..

> Its māhātmya is heard about and proclaimed in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.6)

asmākametadbrūhi tvaṃ kṛpayā vyāsaśāsita .. 2 ..

> O you who were instructed by Vyāsa, tell this to us out of compassion! (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.7)

purā vai nāradaḥ śrīmānbrahmaputro mahānṛṣiḥ ..

> Formerly indeed, the glorious Nārada, son of Brahmā and great seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.8)

dṛṣṭvā vai naimiṣāraṇyaṃ saṃprāpto dvijasattamaḥ .. 3 ..

> that best of the twice-born, having seen the Naimiṣa forest, arrived \[there\]. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.9)

tadānīṃ brahmaputraṃ tamarghyapādyādibhiḥ śubhaiḥ ..

> Then, having worshipped that son of Brahmā in the proper manner with auspicious water for arghya, pādya, and the rest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.10)

pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ pavitre ca kuśāsane .. .. 4 ..

> and having seated him upon a pure seat of kuśa grass, (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.11)

sanniveśya mahābhaktyā vinayānatakandharāḥ ..

> with great devotion, their necks bowed down in humility,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.12)

praṇamya prārthayāmāsurime sarve maharṣayaḥ .. 5 ..

> having bowed, all these great seers petitioned him: (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.13)

tvāṃ vinā nārada śrīmannasmākaṃ bhuvanatraye ..

> Except for you, O glorious Nārada, in the three worlds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.14)

dharmopadeśakaḥ kaścinnāsti nāsti maharṣiṣu .. 6 ..

> there is no teacher of dharma among the great seers—none at all! (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.15)

veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye sarvadevaniṣevite..

> On the holy Veṅkaṭa mountain, served by all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.16)

vaikuṇḍādāgate divye siddhagandharvasevite .. 7 ..

> divine, descended from Vaikuṇṭha, frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas, (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.17)

kaṭāhatīrthamāhātmyaṃ varṇayādya vanaukasām .. 8 ..

> describe today the māhātmya of the Kaṭāhatīrtha to the forest-dwellers! (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.18)

.. śrīnārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.19)

śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve śaunakādyā mahaujasaḥ ..

> Listen, all you seers headed by Śaunaka, endowed with great splendor!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.20)

kaṭāhatīrthamāhātmyaṃ ko vetti bhuvanatraye .. 9 ..

> Who in the three worlds knows the māhātmya of the Kaṭāhatīrtha? (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.21)

mahādevo vijānāti tasya tīrthasya vaibhavam ..

> Mahādeva knows the majesty of that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.22)

yāni kāni ca puṇyāni brahmāṇḍāntargatāni vai .. 2.1.28.10 ..

> Whatever holy sacred fords exist within the universe, (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.23)

tāni gaṃgāditīrthāni svapāpapariśuddhaye ..

> those sacred fords such as Gaṅgā, for the thorough purification of their own sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.24)

kaṭāhatīrthasevāṃ ca kurvanti dvijasattamāḥ .. 11 ..

> resort to the Kaṭāhatīrtha, O best of the twice-born! .. 11 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.25)

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣattriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścetarajātayaḥ ..

> Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, and other castes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.26)

spṛśanti tajjalamiti na pibedyo vimūḍhadhīḥ .. 12 ..

> touch its water—the fool who, thinking thus, does not drink it .. 12 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.27)

sa hi caṇḍālatāṃ prāpya kumbhīpāke patiṣyati ..

> shall become an outcaste and fall into the Kumbhīpāka hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.28)

brahmacārī gṛhastho vā vānaprastho yatīśvaraḥ .. 13 ..

> A student, a householder, a forest-dweller, or a lord of ascetics— .. 13 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.29)

sevayā tasya tīrthasya prāpnoti paramaṃ padam ..

> by resorting to that sacred ford, he attains the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.30)

śrutismṛtipurāṇeṣu tattīrthasya praśaṃsanam .. 14 ..

> Praise of that sacred ford in the Śrutis, Smṛtis, and Purāṇas .. 14 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.31)

bahudhā varṇyate paṃcamahāpātakanāśanam ..

> is celebrated in many ways as destroying the five great sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.32)

atyadbhutataraṃ viprāḥ sarvalokaikapāvanam .. 15 ..

> most wonderful, O brahmins, the sole purifier of all worlds. .. 15 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.33)

brahmahatyāyutaṃ cāpi surāpānāyutaṃ tathā ..

> Even ten thousand murders of brahmins, and likewise ten thousand instances of drinking liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.34)

ayutaṃ gurudārāṇāṃ gamanaṃ pāpakāraṇam .. 16 ..

> ten thousand violations of the guru's bed that bring about sin, .. 16 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.35)

steyāyutaṃ suvarṇānāṃ tatsaṃsargāśca koṭayaḥ ..

> ten thousand thefts of gold, and tens of millions of associations with such persons—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.36)

śīghraṃ vilayamāyāṃti tasya tīrthasya sevayā .. 17 ..

> they quickly vanish through devotion to that sacred ford. .. 17 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.37)

yāni niṣkṛtihīnāni pāpāni vividhāni ca ..

> Whatever diverse sins there are that are without expiation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.38)

tāni sarvāṇi naśyaṃti tīrthasyāsya niṣevaṇāt .. 18 ..

> all of them are destroyed by resorting to this sacred ford. .. 18 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.39)

idaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ bhagavatpādanissṛtam ..

> This sacred ford is exceedingly holy, issuing from the Lord's feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.40)

kuṣṭhādirogayukto yaḥ pratyahaṃ ca pibedidam .. 19 .. ..

> Whoever, afflicted with leprosy or other diseases, drinks this every day .. 19 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.41)

.. atha kaṭāhatīrthamahimaśraddhāśūnyānāṃ mahānarakaprāptiḥ .. ..

> Now, the attainment of the great hell for those devoid of faith in the glory of the Kaṭāhatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.42)

so'pi rogavihīnaḥ sanviṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati ..

> even he, freed from disease, goes to the realm of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.43)

bhagavāñchaṃkaro devo rahasyānubhave purā .. 2.1.28.20 ..

> In ancient times the Lord, the divine Śaṃkara, in a secret realization, .. 2.1.28.20 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.44)

pārvatyai kathayāmāsa tasya tīrthasya vaibhavam ..

> related the majesty of that sacred ford to Pārvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.45)

ukteṣveteṣu sandeho na kartavyaḥ kadācana .. 21 ..

> No doubt should ever be entertained concerning these statements; .. 21 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.46)

arthavādo'yamiti ca na vaktavyaṃ kadācana ..

> nor should it ever be said that this is mere eulogy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.47)

ye'rthavādamidaṃ brūyusteṣāṃ vai nāstikātmanām .. 22 ..

> Those atheistic souls who say this is mere eulogy— .. 22 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.48)

jihvāgre paraśuṃ taptaṃ prakṣipanti ca kiṃkarāḥ ..

> the servants \[of Yama\] thrust a red-hot axe into the tip of their tongue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.49)

tasmātkaṭāhatīrthaṃ tu sevanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ ..23..

> Therefore, the Kaṭāhatīrtha should be resorted to with diligence; .. 23 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.50)

sarvaduḥkhapraśamanamapavargaphalapradam ..

> it calms all sorrows and bestows the fruit of final beatitude,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.51)

yatra pītvā naro bhaktyā sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt..24..

> drinking where a man with devotion obtains all desires. .. 24 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.52)

evamuktvā mahābhāgaḥ kāśīṃ trailokyapāvanīm ..

> Having spoken thus, the illustrious one departed for Vārāṇasī, the purifier of the three worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.53)

saṃprāpto nāradaḥ śrīmānsūta paurāṇikottama .. 25 ..

> the glorious Nārada arrived \[there\], O Sūta, best of Purāṇa reciters! .. 25 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.54)

saṃkṣepataśca bhagavānnaimiṣe hyuktavānkhalu ..

> The Lord indeed spoke \[about this\] in brief in Naimiṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.55)

idānīṃ śrotumicchāmaḥ kaṭāhasya ca vaibhavam .. 26 ..

> We now wish to hear the majesty of the Kaṭāha \[tīrtha\]. .. 26 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.56)

suvistareṇa cāsmākaṃ vada sūta kṛpāvaśāt .. 27 ..

> Tell it to us in full detail, O Sūta, out of compassion! .. 27 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.57)

.. atha kaṭāhatīrthapānakramaḥ ..

> Now, the method of drinking \[the water of\] the Kaṭāhatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.58)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.59)

bhobhostapodhanāḥ sarve naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ ..

> O all you whose wealth is austerity, dwellers in the Naimiṣa forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.60)

kaṭāhatīrthamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 28 ..

> hear the māhātmya of the Kaṭāhatīrtha, O best of the twice-born! .. 28 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.61)

kaṭāhatīrthaṃ bho viprāḥ sarva lokeṣu viśrutam ..

> The Kaṭāhatīrtha, O brahmins, is renowned in all worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.62)

sarvasampatkaraṃ śuddhaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 29 ..

> bestowing all prosperity, pure, the destroyer of all sins. .. 29 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.63)

duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ hyetanmahāpātakanāśanam ..

> Indeed, it dispels bad dreams and destroys the great sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.64)

mahāvighnapraśamanaṃ mahāśāntikaraṃ nṛṇām .. 2.1.28.30 ..

> it calms great obstacles and brings great peace to men. .. 2.1.28.30 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.65)

smṛtimātreṇa yatpuṃsāṃ sarvapāpaniṣūdanam ..

> Since by mere remembrance it eradicates all the sins of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.66)

mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇaiva pibettīrthaṃ manoharam .. 31 ..

> one should drink that enchanting sacred water with the eight-syllable mantra itself, .. 31 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.67)

athavā keśavādyaiśca nāmabhirvā pibejjalam ..

> or one may drink the water with names beginning with Keśava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.68)

yadvā nāmatrayeṇā'pi pibettīrthaṃ śubhapradam .. 32 ..

> or else one should drink the auspicious sacred water with the three names, .. 32 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.69)

āhosvidveṃkaṭeśasya mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇa vai ..

> or indeed with the eight-syllable mantra of Veṅkaṭeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.70)

pibetkaṭāhatīrthaṃ tadbhuktimuktipradāyakam .. 33 ..

> One should drink that Kaṭāhatīrtha, which bestows worldly enjoyment and liberation. .. 33 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.71)

vinā maṃtreṇa yo vipraḥ saṃpibettīrthamuttamam ..

> The brahmin who drinks that supreme sacred water without a mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.72)

pāpaṃ me nāśaya kṣipraṃ janmāntarakṛtaṃ mahat .. 34 ..

> \[should say,\] 'Quickly destroy my great sin committed in other births!' .. 34 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.73)

ityuktvā sa pibennityaṃ mokṣamārgaikasādhanam ..

> Saying this, he should daily drink the sole means to the path of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.74)

svāmipuṣkariṇīsnānaṃ varāhaśrīśadarśanam .. 35 ..

> A ritual ablution in the Svāmipuṣkariṇī, the darśana of Varāha and the Lord of Śrī, .. 35 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.75)

kaṭāhatīrthapānaṃ ca trayaṃ trailokyadurlabham ..

> and the drinking of the Kaṭāhatīrtha: this triad is rare in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.76)

bahunā kimihoktena brahmahatyādināśanam .. 36 ..

> What need of saying much here? It destroys \[the sin of\] murdering a brahmin and the like. .. 36 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.77)

.. atha keśavākhyadvijavṛttāntaḥ .. ..

> Now, the narrative of the brahmin named Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.78)

purā kaściddvijo mohātkeśavākhyo bahuśrutam ..

> Formerly, a certain brahmin named Keśava, out of delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.79)

hatvā khaḍgena durbuddhyā brahmahatyāmavāptavān .. 37 ..

> killed a learned man with a sword through foolishness, and incurred \[the sin of\] murdering a brahmin. .. 37 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.80)

so'pi tasminmahātīrthe pītvā jalamanuttamam ..

> Even he, having drunk the unexcelled water in that great sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.81)

keśavākhyo mahāpāpī vimukto brahmahatyayā .. 38 ..

> that great sinner named Keśava was freed from the murder of a brahmin. .. 38 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.82)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.83)

kasya putraḥ keśavākhyaḥ kathaṃ prāpto bhayaṃkarīm ..

> Whose son was the one named Keśava? How did he contract that terrifying  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.84)

brahmahatyāmatikrūrāmasmākaṃ vaktumarhasi .. 39 ..

> \[and\] the most terrifying brahmahatyā? You ought to tell us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.85)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.86)

tuṅgabhadrātaṭe ramye gandharvairupasevite ..

> On the delightful bank of the Tuṅgabhadrā, frequented by gandharvas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.87)

agrahāro mahānāsīdvedāḍhya iti nāmataḥ .. 2.1.28.40 ..

> there was a great agrahāra known by the name of Vedāḍhya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.88)

tasminvedapure ramye brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ ..

> In that charming Vedapura, there were brahmins who had mastered the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.89)

śabdaśāstraparāḥ sarve jyotiḥśāstrapravartakāḥ .. 41 ..

> all devoted to grammar and proficient in the science of astronomy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.90)

mīmāṃsātarkaśāstrajñāḥ sarve vedāntavādinaḥ ..

> They were learned in Mīmāṃsā and logic, and all expounded Vedānta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.91)

dharmaśāstreṣu niratā annadānaparāḥ sadā .. 42 ..

> They were devoted to the legal treatises and constantly engaged in giving food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.92)

putravantaśca te sarve hyagrahāre mahājanāḥ ..

> All those eminent people in the agrahāra had sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.93)

vedāḍhaye'pyagrahāre vai padmanābha iti śrutaḥ .. 43 ..

> In that Vedāḍhya agrahāra there was one renowned as Padmanābha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.94)

.. atha gaṇikālaṃpaṭasya keśavadvijasya brahmahatyāprāptikramaḥ .. ..

> Now begins the sequence of the brahmin Keśava, lustful for a courtesan, contracting brahmahatyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.95)

tasya putraḥ keśavākhyaḥ sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtaḥ ..

> His son was named Keśava, who was excluded from all rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.96)

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tyaktvā bhāryāmapi pativratām .. 44 ..

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

### [2.1.28.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.97)

sarvadā gaṇikāsakto veśyāgāraṃ viveśa ha ..

> ever attached to a courtesan, he entered the house of a harlot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.98)

dinadvaye ca tāṃ veśyāmanubhūya dvijastataḥ .. 45 ..

> Having enjoyed that harlot for two days, the brahmin then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.99)

niṣkadvayaṃ pradātavyaṃ haste dattvā gataḥ sukham ..

> having placed the two niṣkas due into her hand, departed happily.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.100)

veśyayā cādhanastyaktastatsaṃyogaikatatparaḥ .. 46 ..

> When he was without wealth, he was cast off by the harlot, yet he remained solely intent on union with her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.101)

itastataścorayitvā bahudravyāṇi santatam ..

> Stealing much wealth incessantly from here and there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.102)

dattvā tayā ciraṃ reme tadgṛhe bubhuje ca saḥ .. 47 ..

> he gave it to her, revelled with her for a long time, and ate in her house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.103)

ekena caṣakeṇāsau tayā saha surāṃ papau ..

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

### [2.1.28.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.104)

sa kadācitkirātaistu dravyaṃ hartuṃ yayau dvijaḥ .... 48 ..

> Once, that brahmin went with Kirātas to rob wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.105)

viprasya kasyacidgehe so'pi kairātaveṣadhṛk ..

> Assuming the guise of a Kirāta in the house of a certain brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.106)

keśavo viprabandhurvai sāhasī khaṅgahastavān .. 49 ..

> that Keśava, an outcast brahmin, daring and with a sword in hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.107)

tadgṛhasvāminaṃ vipraṃ hatvā khaḍgena sāhasāt ..

> rashly killed with his sword the brahmin who was the master of that house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.108)

samādāya bahu dravyaṃ veśyāgāraṃ viveśa ha .. 2.1.28.50 ..

> Taking much wealth, he entered the harlot's house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.109)

taṃ yāntamanuyāti sma brahmahatyā bhayaṃkarī ..

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

### [2.1.28.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.110)

nīlavastradharā bhīmā bhṛśaṃ raktaśiroruhā .... 51 ..

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

### [2.1.28.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.111)

garjantī sāṭṭahāsaṃ sā kampayantī ca rodasī ..

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

### [2.1.28.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.112)

anudrutastayā vipro babhrāma jagatītale .. 52 ..

> Pursued by her, the brahmin wandered across the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.113)

evaṃ bhramandharāṃ sarvāṃ viprabandhurdurātmavān ..

> Thus wandering all over the earth, that wicked outcast brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.114)

svagrāmaṃ prayayau bhītyā śaunakādyā mahaujasaḥ .. 53 ..

> went in fear to his own village, O Śaunaka and other immensely energetic ones!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.115)

anudrutastayā bhītaḥ prayayau svaniketanam..

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

### [2.1.28.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.116)

brahmahatyāpyanudrutya tena sākaṃ gṛhaṃ yayau ..54..

> Pursuing him, the brahmahatyā too entered the house along with him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.117)

janakaṃ rakṣa rakṣeti keśavaḥ śaraṇaṃ yayau ..

> Keśava went to his father for refuge, crying, 'Protect me! Protect me!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.118)

mā bhaiṣīriti sa procya pitā rakṣitumudyataḥ .. 55 ..

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

### [2.1.28.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.119)

.. atha svasutarakṣaṇodyukte padmanābhe brahmahatyoktiḥ ..

> Now the speech of brahmahatyā when Padmanābha prepared to protect his son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.120)

krūrainaṃ brahmahatyā sā janakaṃ pratyabhāṣata .. 56 ..

> That cruel brahmahatyā addressed the father:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.121)

.. brahmahatyovāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.122)

mainaṃ tvaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva padmanābha dvijottama ..

> 'Do not receive him, O Padmanābha, best of brahmins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.123)

ayaṃ surāpī steyī ca brahmahā cātipātakī .. 57 ..

> He is a wine-drinker, a thief, a slayer of a brahmin, and a grievous sinner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.124)

mātṛdrohī pitṛdrohī bhāryātyāgī ca duṣṭadhīḥ ..

> a traitor to his mother, a traitor to his father, an abandoner of his wife, evil-minded,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.125)

gaṇikāsaktacittaśca hyenaṃ muñca durātmakam .. 58 ..

> and his heart is attached to a courtesan; release this wicked soul!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.126)

gṛhṇāsi cetsutaṃ vipra mahāpātakinaṃ vṛthā ..

> If you harbor your son in vain, O brahmin, this great sinner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.127)

tvadbhāryāmasya bhāryāṃ ca tvāṃ ca putramimaṃ dvija .. 59 ..

> your wife, his wife, you, this son, O brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.128)

bhakṣayiṣyāmi vaṃśaṃ ca tasmānmuñca durātmakam ..

> and your entire lineage I shall devour; therefore release this wicked soul!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.129)

imaṃ tyajasi cetputraṃ yuṣmānmuñcāmi sāṃpratam .. 2.1.28.60 ..

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

### [2.1.28.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.130)

naikasyārthe kulaṃ hantumarhasi tvaṃ mahāmate ..

> You ought not to destroy the whole family for the sake of one, O highly intelligent one!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.131)

ityuktaḥ sa tayā tatra padmanābho'bravīcca tām .. 61 .. ..

> Being addressed thus by her there, Padmanābha said to her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.132)

.. padmanābha uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.133)

bādhate māṃ sutasnehaḥ kathaṃ putraṃ parityaje ..

> 'Affection for my son afflicts me; how can I abandon my son?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.134)

brahmahatyā tadākarṇya padmanābhaṃ tamabravīt .. 62 ..

> Hearing that, brahmahatyā said to that Padmanābha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.135)

.. brahmahatyovāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.136)

putro'yaṃ patito'bhūtte varṇāśramabahiṣkṛtaḥ ..

> 'This son of yours has fallen; he is excluded from social classes and stages of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.137)

putresminmā kuru snehaṃ niṃditaṃ tasya darśanam .. 63 ..

> Do not show affection for this son; the sight of him is blameworthy.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.138)

ityuktvā brahmahatyā sā padmanābhasya paśyataḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, that brahmahatyā, while Padmanābha was looking on,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.139)

hastena prajahārāsya sutaṃ keśavanāmakam .. 64 ..

> struck his son named Keśava with her hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.140)

ruroda tātatāteti janakaṃ prabruvanmuhuḥ ..

> He wept, repeatedly saying to his father, 'Father, father!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.141)

rurudurjanako mātā bhāryā tasya durātmanaḥ .. 65 ..

> The father, the mother, and the wife of that wicked person wept.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.142)

.. atha padmanābhaṃ prati bharadvājakathito brahmahatyāvimuktyupāyaḥ .. ..

> Now the means of release from brahmahatyā spoken by Bharadvāja to Padmanābha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.143)

tasminkāle mahābhāgo bharadvājo mahāmuniḥ ..

> At that time, the illustrious Bharadvāja, the great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.144)

diṣṭyā samāyayau yogī śaunakādyā mahaujasaḥ .. 66 ..

> By good fortune, O Śaunaka and others of great splendor, the yogi arrived. (66)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.145)

padmanābho'tha taṃ dṛṣṭvā bharadvājaṃ mahāmunim ..

> Then Padmanābha, seeing that great sage Bharadvāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.146)

stutvā praṇamya śaraṇaṃ yayāce putrakāraṇāt .. 67 ..

> praised him, bowed, and sought refuge for the sake of his son: (67)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.147)

bharadvāja mahābhāga sākṣādviṣṇvaṃśako bhavān ..

> “O greatly fortunate Bharadvāja, you are an direct portion of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.148)

tvaddarśanamapuṇyānāṃ bhavitā na kadācana .. 68 ..

> The sight of you will never be \[granted\] to the unvirtuous. (68)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.149)

brahmahā ca surāpī ca steyī cābhūtsuto mama ..

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

### [2.1.28.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.150)

putraṃ prahartumā yātā brahmahatyā bhayaṃkarī .. 69 ..

> Frightful brahmahatyā has arrived to strike down my son. (69)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.151)

bhūyādyathā me putroyaṃ mahāpātakamocitaḥ ..

> \[Tell me\] how this son of mine may be freed from the great sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.152)

ghoreyaṃ brahmahatyā ca yathā śīghraṃ layaṃ vrajet .. 2.1.28.70 ..

> and how this terrible brahmahatyā may swiftly perish. (70)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.153)

tamupāyaṃ vadasvādya mama putre dayāṃ kuru ..

> Speak that means today; have compassion on my son!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.154)

eka eva hi putro me nānyo'sti tanayo mune .. 71 ..

> For I have only one son, O sage; I have no other child. (71)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.155)

sute mṛte tu vaṃśo me samucchidyeta mūlataḥ ..

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

### [2.1.28.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.156)

tataḥ pitṛbhyaḥ piṇḍānāṃ dātā'pi na bhaveddhruvam .. 72 ..

> Then there will certainly be no one to offer rice-balls to the ancestors. (72)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.157)

tataḥ kṛpāṃ kuruṣva tvamasmāsu bhagavanmune ..

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

### [2.1.28.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.158)

ityuktaḥ sa bharadvājaḥ sākṣānnārāyaṇāṃśakaḥ .. 73 ..

> Addressed thus, that Bharadvāja, who was a direct portion of Nārāyaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.159)

dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ padmanābhaṃ vaco'bravīt .. 74 ..

> meditated for a very long time, and then spoke these words to Padmanābha: (74)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.160)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.28.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.161)

padmanābha kṛtaṃ pāpamatikrūraṃ sutena te ..

> “O Padmanābha, a most cruel sin was committed by your son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.162)

nāsya pāpasya śāntiḥ syātprāyaścittāyutairapi .. 75 ..

> There can be no expiation of this sin even by ten thousand penances. (75)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.163)

tathā'pi te sutasyāhamasya pāpasya śāntaye ..

> Even so, for the pacification of this sin of your son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.164)

prāyaścittaṃ vadiṣyāmi padmanābha śṛṇu dvija .. 76 ..

> I shall declare an expiation; listen, O Padmanābha, O brahmin! (76)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.165)

gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe bhāge dviśatīyojane dvija ..

> Two hundred yojanas south of the Gaṅgā, O brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.166)

pūrvāmbhodheḥ paścime tu pañcabhiryojanairmite .. 77 ..

> at a measure of five yojanas west of the eastern ocean, (77)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.167)

suvarṇamukharītīre cottare krośamātrake ..

> and just one krośa north of the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.168)

veṃkaṭādriti khyātaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ .. 78 ..

> \[there is a mountain\] known as Veṅkaṭādri, bowed to by all worlds, (78)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.169)

meruputro mahāpuṇyaḥ sarvadevābhivanditaḥ ..

> the son of Meru, greatly holy, praised by all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.170)

vaikuṇṭhalokādānīto viṣṇoḥ krīḍācalo mahān .. 79 ..

> the great pleasure-mountain of Viṣṇu, brought from the realm of Vaikuṇṭha (79)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.171)

garutmatā vegavatā svarṇamukhyāstaṭe śubhe ..

> by swift Garuḍa to the auspicious bank of the Svarṇamukhī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.172)

vartate devasaṃghaiśca ṛṣisaṃghaiśca pūjitaḥ .. 2.1.28.80 ..

> it stands worshipped by hosts of gods and hosts of seers. (80)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.173)

tasminveṃkaṭaśailendre sākṣānnārāyaṇaḥ svayam ..

> On that king of mountains, Veṅkaṭa, Nārāyaṇa himself in visible form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.174)

lakṣmīdevyā ca bhūdevyā nīlādevyā samāgataḥ .. 81 ..

> having arrived together with the goddess Lakṣmī, the goddess Bhū, and the goddess Nīlā, (81)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.175)

vartate veṃkaṭeśaḥ sa sākṣānmokṣapradāyakaḥ ..

> resides as that Veṅkaṭeśa who directly bestows liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.176)

tasya veṃkaṭanāthasya hyālayasya tathottare .. 82 ..

> To the north of the temple of that Lord of Veṅkaṭa, (82)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.177)

kaṭāhatīrthaṃ viprendra vartate maṅgalapradam ..

> there is, O best of brahmins, the Kaṭāhatīrtha, which bestows auspiciousness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.178)

brahmahatyādipāpaghnaṃ vāñchitārthapradāyakam .. 83 ..

> destroys sins such as brahmahatyā, and bestows desired objects. (83)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.179)

sutena sākaṃ vipreṃdra piba tīrthaṃ manoharam ..

> Together with your son, O best of brahmins, drink that charming sacred ford!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.180)

bharadvājasya vākyaṃ tacchrutvā vai vedasaṃmitam .. 84 ..

> Having heard those words of Bharadvāja, which were equal to the Veda, (84)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.181)

śirasā taṃ praṇamyātha yayau veṃkaṭaparvatam .. .. 85 ..

> he bowed his head to him and went to Mount Veṅkaṭa. (85)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.182)

.. atha bharadvājoktyā kaṭāhatīrthapānena keśavasya brahmahatyāvimuktiḥ .. ..

> Now, the release of Keśava from brahmahatyā by drinking the Kaṭāhatīrtha according to the instruction of Bharadvāja:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.183)

taṃ gatvā veṃkaṭaṃ śailaṃ svāmipuṣkariṇījale ..

> Having gone to that Mount Veṅkaṭa, in the water of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.184)

sutena sākaṃ vipreṃdraḥ sasnau niyamapūrvakam .. 86 ..

> the best of brahmins bathed together with his son according to the rules. (86)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.185)

varāhasvāminaṃ natvā śrīnivāsālayaṃ gataḥ ..

> Having bowed to the Lord Varāha, he went to the temple of Śrīnivāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.186)

pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā vimānaṃ saṃpraṇamya ca .. 87 ..

> Then, having circumambulated and bowed down to the vimāna, (87)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.187)

padmanābho'tha putreṇa keśavena durātmanā ..

> Padmanābha, together with his wicked son Keśava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.188)

papau kaṭāhatīrthaṃ tadbrahmahatyāvināśakam .. 88 ..

> drank that Kaṭāhatīrtha which destroys brahmahatyā. (88)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.189)

tadānīṃ brahmahatyā sā śīghrameva layaṃ gatā ..

> At that very moment, that brahmahatyā swiftly perished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.190)

anantaraṃ tato gatvā veṃkaṭeśaṃ kṛpānidhim .. 89 ..

> Then, having gone from there to Veṅkaṭeśa, the treasure of mercy, (89)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.191)

putreṇa saha viprendraḥ padmanābho dadarśa saḥ ..

> the best of brahmins, Padmanābha, saw \[him\] together with his son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.192)

tadā prādurabhūddevo veṅkaṭeśo dayānidhiḥ .. 2.1.28.90 ..

> Then the god Veṅkaṭeśa, the treasure of compassion, manifested \[himself\]; (90)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.193)

kaṭāhatīrthapānena toṣito vākyamabravīt .. 91 ..

> pleased by the drinking of the Kaṭāhatīrtha, he spoke \[these\] words: (91)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.194)

.. atha brahmahatyāvimuktasutena sahitaṃ padmanābhaṃ prati bhagavaduktiḥ ..

> Now, the Lord’s speech to Padmanābha who was accompanied by his son freed from brahmahatyā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.195)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.196)

padmanābha mahābuddhe vedavedāntapāraga ..

> “O Padmanābha of great intellect, who have reached the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedānta!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.197)

bharadvājasya vākyena prāpya veṃkaṭaparvatam .. 92 ..

> Having reached Mount Veṅkaṭa by the word of Bharadvāja, (92)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.198)

kaṭāhatīrthaṃ tvaṃ pītvā kṛtārtho'si na saṃśayaḥ ..

> and having drunk the Kaṭāhatīrtha, you have achieved your aim, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.199)

tava putraḥ keśavākhyo vimukto brahmahatyayā .. 93 ..

> Your son named Keśava is freed from brahmahatyā. (93)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.28.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.28.200)

tasmātkaṭāhatīrthaṃ tu sevanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ ..

> Therefore, the Kaṭāhatīrtha should certainly be resort to with effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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