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# Skandapurana 2.1.30

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.1)

.. atha suvarṇamukharīvarṇanam ..

> Now the description of Suvarṇamukharī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.2)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.3)

tathā sarvāṇi tīrthāni samālokyāgatasya ca ..

> And to Pārtha, who had thus arrived after beholding all the sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.4)

mudaṃ praguṇayāñcake sā pārthasya mahāpagā .. 1 ..

> that great river multiplied his delight;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.5)

yasyāstaṭanikuñjeṣu modante vanitāḥ sukhāḥ ..

> in the bowers on whose banks women rejoice at ease  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.6)

siddhāḥ saṃsevitā vātaiḥ śīkarāsāraśītalaiḥ .... 2 ..

> and perfected beings are attended by winds cooled by showers of spray;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.7)

yā samudyatahasteva gaṅgāmākāśavāhinīm ..

> which, as if raising its hands to embrace the Gaṅgā flowing in the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.8)

āliṃgituṃ samuttuṃgaiḥ kallolairabhrasaṃgibhiḥ .. 3 ..

> rises with towering billows that touch the clouds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.9)

dhūmairāhutisaṃbhūtaistaruśākhopalaṃbhibhiḥ ..

> the grounds of the hermitages on whose banks shine with smoke born of oblations clinging to tree branches  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.10)

valkalaiśca virājante yattaṭāśramabhūmayaḥ .. 4 ..

> and with garments of bark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.11)

munīndraiḥ suravaryaiśca sthāpitāni samantataḥ ..

> Installed all around by foremost sages and the best of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.12)

yattaṭadvitaye bhāṃti divyaliṃgāni śūlinaḥ .. 5 ..

> on both of whose banks shine the divine liṅgas of the Trident-bearer;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.13)

yadīyasaikatāvāsaviśrāntā mānasaṃ saraḥ ..

> resting in their dwelling upon whose sandbanks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.14)

na smaraṃti nijāvāsaṃ marālā vihagottamāḥ .. 6 ..

> swans, the finest of birds, do not remember their own abode, the Mānasa lake;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.15)

śamitāvagrahātaṃkaiḥ kulyāmukhavinirgataiḥ ..

> who, having allayed the terror of drought by waters issued from the mouths of irrigation channels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.16)

puṣṇāti toyaiḥ sasyāni lokarakṣākṣamāṇi yā .. 7 ..

> nourishes the crops that are capable of preserving the world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.17)

cakravākakucottuṃgavīcivallīvibhūṣitā ..

> adorned with ripples like creeping vines, with cakravāka birds as her lofty breasts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.18)

āvartanābhivilasatsaikataśroṇi maṇḍalā .. 8 ..

> having the expanse of sandbanks as her hips, and whirlpools gleaming as her navel;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.19)

praphullapadmavadanā calanmīnayugekṣaṇā ..

> with blossoming lotuses as her face, darting pairs of fish as her eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.20)

vilasatphenavasanā haṃsayānamanoharā .. 9 ..

> glistening foam as her garment, charming with her gait of swans;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.21)

jalapakṣiravālāpā nayanānandakāriṇī ..

> having the cries of waterbirds as her conversation, delighting the eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.22)

apūrvakāminīrūpā yā vibhātyambudhipriyā .. 2.1.30.10 ..

> she who shines as the ocean's beloved, having the form of an extraordinary lovely woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.23)

rodhasyantaravāhinyā nadyāḥ prācyāṃ dhanañjayaḥ ..

> On the eastern bank of that river flowing between its bounds, Dhanañjaya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.24)

dadarśa śailamuttuṃgaṃ kālahastisamāhayam ..11..

> saw a towering mountain named Kālahasti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.25)

udagraśikharābhogollikhitākāśamaṇḍalam ..

> which scraped the celestial vault with the sweep of its lofty peaks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.26)

saptapātālamūlādhorūḍhamūlopalāṃcitam .. 12 ..

> and was adorned with foundation-stones firmly rooted deep below the seven Pātālas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.27)

.. atha arjunasya svarṇamukharītīrasthakālahastīśvarādisevāprāptiḥ .. ..

> Now Arjuna's arrival to worship Kālahastīśvara and others on the bank of the Svarṇamukharī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.28)

snātvā tasyāṃ mahānadyāṃ tasmiñchaile surārcitam ..

> Having bathed in that great river, on that mountain Arjuna saw the god  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.29)

apaśyadarjuno devaṃ kālahastīśanāmakam .. 13 ..

> worshiped by the gods, known by the name Kālahastīśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.30)

saṃpūjya ca mahādevaṃ nagendratanayāsakham ..

> And having worshipped Mahādeva, the companion of the daughter of the mountain king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.31)

manasā bhaktiyuktena kṛtārthatvamupeyivān .. 14 ..

> with a mind filled with devotion, he attained the fulfillment of his purpose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.32)

tato mahāgirau tasminnadbhutaikaniketane ..

> Then, on that great mountain, the sole abode of wonders,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.33)

cacārābhūtapūrvāṇāṃ viśeṣāṇāṃ didṛkṣayā .. 15 ..

> he wandered about, eager to see marvels never seen before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.34)

siddhānālokayāmāsa vasato girisānuṣu ..

> He beheld siddhas dwelling on the mountain slopes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.35)

gāyato devadevasya caritrāṇyabalāyutān .. 16 ..

> accompanied by women, singing the exploits of the god of gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.36)

apsarolalanājuṣṭānpuṣpāsavamadākulān ..

> enjoyed by celestial women, excited with the intoxication of flower-wine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.37)

nikuñjeṣu samāsīnāngaṃdharvānaikṣatādarāt .. 17 ..

> he respectfully looked upon Gandharvas seated in bowers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.38)

vivikteṣu pradeśeṣu śivadhyānaparāyaṇān ..

> in secluded places, dedicated to meditation on Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.39)

apaśyadyogino divyānādarānandaśālinaḥ .. 18 ..

> he saw divine yogins possessed of reverence and joy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.40)

praśāntānyāśramapadānyavaikṣata samaṃtataḥ ..

> all around, the Pāṇḍava observed tranquil hermitage sites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.41)

balinīvāravilasaddvārabhūmīśca pāṇḍavaḥ .. 19 ..

> their entrance grounds glistening with offerings of wild grains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.42)

nirāhārānvāyubhujaḥ parṇādānātapāśanān ..

> fasting, feeding on wind, eating fallen leaves, subsisting on heat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.43)

śāntānālokayāmāsa munīnniyamitendriyān .. 2.1.30.20 ..

> he beheld peaceful sages whose senses were restrained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.44)

mudaṃ vitenire tasya netrayoḥ kamalākarāḥ..

> Lakes of lotuses brought joy to his eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.45)

phullasaugandhikāmodasaṃvāsitadigantarāḥ .. 21 ..

> scenting the intermediate directions with the fragrance of blooming saugandhika lilies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.46)

mṛgayāsaṃbhṛtadhiyaścarato'dhijyakārmukān .. 22 ..

> Their minds engrossed in hunting, wandering with strung bows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.47)

.. athā'rjunasya suvarṇamukharītīrasthabharadvājāśramagamanam .. ..

> Now Arjuna's arrival at the hermitage of Bharadvāja on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.48)

dadarśānveṣitamṛgānkirātānvanitāyutān ..

> he saw Kirātas accompanied by their wives, searching for deer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.49)

tato dakṣiṇadigbhāge carannadrermanohare .. 23 ..

> Then, wandering in the charming southern quarter of the mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.50)

puṇyamāśramamadrākṣīdbharadvājasya kauravaḥ ..

> the Kaurava beheld the holy hermitage of Bharadvāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.51)

kadalīnārikelāmrakolacaṃpakacaṃdanaiḥ .. 24 ..

> with plantains, coconuts, mangoes, jujubes, campakas, and sandaltrees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.52)

takkolāśokahintālatālaketakidāḍimaiḥ ..

> takkolas, aśokas, hintālas, palmyras, ketakīs, and pomegranates,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.53)

jaṃbūkadamvakatakakhadirārjunapāṭalaiḥ .... 25 ..

> rose apples, kadambas, katakas, khadiras, arjunas, and pāṭalas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.54)

nāgapunnāgasaraladevadārukarañjakaiḥ ..

> nāgas, punnāgas, saralas, devodārus, and karañjas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.55)

lavaṃgaluṃgalavalīpriyaṃgutilakairapi .. 26 ..

> with cloves, luṅgas, lavalīs, priyaṅgus, and tilakas too,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.56)

bibhītaśrīphalāśvatthamadhūkaplakṣakesaraiḥ ..

> bibhītakas, bilvas, aśvatthas, madhūkas, plakṣas, and kesaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.57)

pūgajambīranāraṃganimbāmalakakauśikaiḥ .. 27 ..

> areca palms, citrons, oranges, nimba, āmalaka, and kauśika trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.58)

anyaiśca phalapuṣpāḍhyaiḥ śobhitaṃ dharaṇīruhaiḥ ..

> and adorned with other trees rich in fruits and flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.59)

vāsantīkundajātyādilatābhiḥ pariveṣṭitam .. 28 ..

> entwined with vāsantī, kunda, jasmine, and other creepers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.60)

apūrvasaurabhākṛṣṭabhramarībhiḥ samantataḥ ..

> with female bees attracted all around by its extraordinary fragrance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.61)

cakravākabakakrauñcahaṃsakāraṇḍavāśrayaiḥ .. 29 ..

> giving shelter to cakravākas, cranes, krauñcas, swans, and kāraṇḍavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.62)

saugandhikotpalāṃbhojakairavaughavirājitaiḥ ..

> graced with multitudes of saugandhika lilies, blue lotuses, water lilies, and white lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.63)

sarobhiramṛtasyaṃdimadhurasphāravāribhiḥ .. 2.1.30.30 ..

> endowed with beauty by lakes of sweet and abundant water trickling like nectar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.64)

samāpāditalakṣmīkaṃ kautukaikaniketanam ..

> the sole home of wonders,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.65)

siṃhadantāvalavyāghratarakṣurururaṅkubhiḥ .. 31 ..

> thronged with lions, elephants, tigers, hyenas, ruru deer, and antelopes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.66)

mṛgairanyaiḥ samākīrṇamanyo'nyahitakāribhiḥ ..

> and other wild animals acting benevolently toward one another,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.67)

jitacaitrarathodyānamadharīkṛtanandanam .. 32 ..

> surpassing the Caitraratha garden and putting the Nandana grove to shame,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.68)

ativāṅmanasodāraṃ paramānandakāraṇam ..

> exalted beyond speech and mind, the cause of supreme bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.69)

śivāgamānāṃ divyānāmarthajātamanuttamam .. 33 ..

> where sweet-voiced parrots reveal to their fledglings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.70)

prakāśayanti śāvānāṃ yatra mañjugiraḥ śukāḥ ..

> the peerless collection of meanings of the divine Śaiva scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.71)

yasminhutāśano dāradhūmaśyāmalitaṃ nabhaḥ .. 34 ..

> Where the sky, darkened by the smoke of sacrificial fires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.72)

akālajaladabhrāṃtimātanoti śikhaṇḍinām ..

> spreads the illusion of out-of-season clouds to peacocks;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.73)

yasminvihāraśrāntānāṃ siṃhānāṃ svecchayāgatāḥ .. 35 ..

> Where elephants, approaching at will, cool the limbs  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.74)

nirvāpayanti gātrāṇi kariṇaḥ karaśīkaraiḥ ..

> of lions exhausted from play, with sprays from their trunks—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.75)

tadāśramapadaṃ paśyanvismayākrāṃtamānasaḥ .. 36 ..

> beholding that hermitage, his mind struck with wonder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.76)

prabhāvaṃ pāṇḍutanayaḥ praśaśaṃsa tapasvinām ..

> the son of Pāṇḍu praised the power of the ascetics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.77)

nivārya tatra tatraiva sakalānanujīvinaḥ .. 37 ..

> Halting all his attendants right there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.78)

.. athārjunakṛtabharadvājasevākramaḥ .. ..

> Now, the manner of Bharadvāja's service by Arjuna:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.79)

mitrairvipravaraiḥ sārdhaṃ praviveśa tamāśramam ..

> he entered that hermitage together with his friends, the eminent brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.80)

agre dadarśa kaunteyaḥ sphuratpāvakatejasam .. 38 ..

> Ahead, the son of Kuntī beheld Bharadvāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.81)

bharadvājaṃ munivarairanekaiḥ parivāritam ..

> resplendent with the brilliance of flashing fire, surrounded by many foremost sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.82)

bhasmānuliptasarvāṃgaṃ mṛgacarmottarīyakam .. 39 ..

> his whole body smeared with ash, his upper garment a deer skin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.83)

navavāridasaṃvītaṃ kailāsamiva bhāsvaram ..

> radiant like Mount Kailāsa wrapped in a fresh cloud,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.84)

jaṭābhirlambamānābhirbhāsvantaṃ svarṇakāṃtibhiḥ .. 2.1.30.40 ..

> shining with hanging matted locks that possessed a golden luster,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.85)

sthiravidyullatākīrṇamiva śāradanīradam ..

> like an autumn cloud strewn with motionless lightning-streaks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.86)

śrutismṛti purāṇārthairekībhūya samāgataiḥ .. 41 ..

> as if he were an embodied form assumed by the meanings of Śruti, Smṛti, and the Purāṇas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.87)

aṅgīkṛtamivākāraṃ divyajñānaśubhāspadam ..

> assembled into one, the auspicious abode of divine knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.88)

dhṛtikṣāṃtidayātuṣṭiśāṃtibhirnityasevitam .. 42 ..

> constantly served by steadfastness, forbearance, compassion, contentment, and peace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.89)

priyābhiriva raktābhirakhaṃḍabrahmavarcasam ..

> as if by beloved women devoted to him, possessing unbroken spiritual splendor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.90)

upagamya śanaiḥ pārthastatpādāṃbujayoḥ puraḥ .. 43 ..

> Approaching slowly, Pārtha made a prostration  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.91)

cakre praṇāmaṃ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ samāliṃgitabhūtalam .. 44 ..

> with all eight limbs touching the ground before the sage’s lotus feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.92)

.. athārjunaṃ prati bharadvājakṛtātithyaprakāraḥ..

> Now, the manner of hospitality shown by Bharadvāja to Arjuna:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.93)

tamāgataṃ pṛthāputramutthāpya munipuṅgavaḥ..

> Raising up the son of Pṛthā who had arrived, the eminent sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.94)

āśīrbhiredhayāñcakre praharṣotphullamānasaḥ.. 45..

> his heart blossoming with great joy, cheered him with blessings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.95)

saṃpūjya ca yathānyāyaṃ tamarghyādyaiḥ priyātithim..

> And duly honoring that dear guest with the guest-offering and other rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.96)

vinirdiṣṭāsanāsīnaṃ samapṛcchadanāmayam..46..

> he inquired after his health as he sat upon the designated seat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.97)

saṃmānanamavāpyāsmānmuneḥ pāṇḍavamadhyamaḥ..

> Having received honor from this sage, the middle Pāṇḍava  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.98)

priyairvākyairmunipaterakaronmanaso mudam .. 47 ..

> brought delight to the mind of the chief of sages with kind words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.99)

sasmārātha bharadvājaḥ svardhenuṃ kāmadohinīm ..

> Then Bharadvāja remembered the heavenly cow that milks desires;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.100)

sā vitene'timahatīṃ bhakṣyabhojyādikalpanām .. 48 ..

> she prepared an abundant feast of various foods and delicacies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.101)

bhuktvā pārthaḥ sānucarastamupāsya taponidhim ..

> Having eaten, Pārtha attended upon that treasury of austerity along with his followers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.102)

dinaśeṣaṃ kathālāpakautukenātyavāhayat .. 49 ..

> and spent the rest of the day pleasantly in conversational exchange.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.103)

tataḥ sāyantanīṃ saṃdhyāmupāsya hutapāvakaḥ ..

> Then, having performed the evening ritual and made offerings to the sacred fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.104)

viprairamātyaiḥ sahito yayau tasya kuṭīgṛhān .. 2.1.30.50 ..

> he went together with the brahmins and ministers to the sage's huts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.105)

tatrāsīno munipaterāśīrbhirabhinanditaḥ ..

> Seated there, congratulated with blessings by the lord of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.106)

ānandyamāno mumude tannadīśītalānilaiḥ .. 51 ..

> delighted, he rejoiced in the cool breezes of that river.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.107)

saṃprāpitā kena bhuvaḥ prabhūtā kasmānmahīdhrādadhikaprabhāvā ..

> “By whom was she brought to the earth? From what mountain was she born, having such great power?”—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.108)

iti prabhāvaṃ paripṛcchya nadyāḥ śrotuṃ munīndrānmatirasya jajñe .. 52 ..

> thus, to hear of the power of the river, having inquired, his intention arose to hear from the foremost sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.30.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.30.109)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmyapraśaṃsāyāṃ bharadvājāśramavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 30 ..

> Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, entitled “Description of Bharadvāja's Hermitage,” in the praise of the majesty of Suvarṇamukharī, in the Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.30.1) — English, machine translation

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