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# Skandapurana 2.2.4

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.1)

.. śrīruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.2)

sīmāpratīcī kṣetrasya śaṃkhākārasya mūrddhani ..

> At the summit of the conch-shaped sacred field lies its western boundary;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.3)

sarvakāmaprado devaḥ sa āste vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. 1 ..

> there dwells the bull-bannered god, who bestows all desires. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.4)

śaṃkhāgre nīlakaṇṭhaḥ syādetatkrośaṃ sudurlabham ..

> At the tip of the conch is Nīlakaṇṭha; this krośa is exceedingly hard to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.5)

paramaṃ pāvanaṃ kṣetraṃ sākṣānnārāyaṇasya vai .. 2 ..

> It is the supremely purifying sacred field of Nārāyaṇa himself. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.6)

siṃdhurājasya salilādyāvanmūlaṃ vaṭasya vai ..

> From the waters of the ocean king up to the root of the banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.7)

śaṃkhasyodarabhāgastu samudrodakasaṃplutaḥ .. 3 ..

> the belly of the conch is inundated with ocean water. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.8)

yatsaṃparkātsamudro'tra tīrtharājatvamāgataḥ ..

> By contact with this \[field\], the ocean here has attained the status of king of sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.9)

yathāyaṃ bhagavānmuktiprado dṛṣṭipathaṃ gataḥ .. 4 ..

> Just as the Lord grants liberation when he enters one's field of vision, // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.10)

tathedaṃ maraṇātkṣetraṃ siṃdhuḥ snānādvimuktidaḥ ..

> so this sacred field grants liberation upon death, and the ocean grants liberation through bathing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.11)

ciccheda brahmaṇaḥ pūrvaṃ rudraḥ krodhāttu pañcamam .. 5 ..

> Formerly Rudra in anger cut off the fifth head of Brahmā; // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.12)

tacchiro dustyajaṃ gṛhṇanbrahmāṃḍaṃ paribabhrame ..

> holding that skull which was impossible to abandon, he wandered through the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.13)

atrāgato yadā brahmakapālaṃ parimuktavān .. 6 ..

> When he arrived here, he released the skull of Brahmā. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.14)

kapālamocanaṃ liṃgaṃ dvitīyāvartasaṃsthitam ..

> The liṅga Kapālamocana is situated in the second fold \[of the conch\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.15)

kapālamocanaṃ paśyetpūjayetpraṇamecca yaḥ .. 7 ..

> Whoever sees, worships, and bows to Kapālamocana // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.16)

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ kaṃcukaṃ vijahātyasau ..

> casts off the sheath of sins such as the killing of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.17)

tasya dakṣiṇapārśve tu maraṇaṃ bhavamocanam .. 8 ..

> And on its southern flank, death brings release from mundane existence. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.18)

tṛtīyāvartagāmādyāṃ śaktiṃ me vimalāhvayām ..

> Know, O Dharmarāja, my primordial śakti situated in the third fold, called Vimalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.19)

jānīhi dharmarāja tvaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradām .. 9 ..

> who bestows the fruits of worldly enjoyment and liberation. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.20)

ya imāṃ pūjayedbhaktyā praṇametkīrtayettu vā ..

> Whoever worships her with devotion, bows to her, or proclaims her glory,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.21)

sarvānkāmānavāpnoti muktiṃ cāṃte ca viṃdati .. 2.2.4.10 ..

> attains all desires, and finds liberation in the end. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.22)

nābhideśe sthitaṃ hyetattrayaṃ kuṃḍaṃ vaṭo vibhuḥ ..

> In the region of the navel are situated these three: the pool, the banyan tree, and the all-pervading Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.23)

kapālamocanādyāvadarddhāśinī pratiṣṭhitā .. 11 ..

> From Kapālamocana up to where Ardhāśinī is established, // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.24)

madhyaṃ śaṃkhasya jānīyātsuguptaṃ cakrapāṇinā ..

> one should know to be the middle of the conch, well protected by the discus-wielder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.25)

arddhamaśnāti salilaṃ mahāpralayavarddhitam .. 12 ..

> She consumes half the water swelled up by the great deluge. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.26)

sṛṣṭyādau dharmarājeyaṃ śaktirme'rddhāṃśinī smṛtā ..

> At the beginning of creation, O Dharmarāja, this śakti of mine is commemorated as Ardhāṃśinī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.27)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamedyastu bhogānso'śnāti śāśvatān .. 13 ..

> whoever sees her and bows to her enjoys eternal pleasures. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.28)

sindhurājasya salilādyāvanmūlaṃ vaṭasya vai ..

> From the water of the ocean king up to the root of the banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.29)

kīṭapakṣi manuṣyāṇāṃ maraṇānmuktido mataḥ ..14..

> this \[area\] is held to grant liberation upon death to insects, birds, and men. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.30)

antarvedī tviyaṃ puṇyā vāṃchyate tridaśairapi ..

> Indeed, this holy Antarvedī is desired even by the gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.31)

yatra sthitāṃ hi paśyaṃti sarvāṃścakrābjadhāriṇaḥ ..15..

> for remaining here, they see all beings bearing the discus and the lotus. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.32)

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni gagane ca triviṣṭape ..

> Whatever sacred fords there are upon the earth, in the sky, and in heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.33)

sārddhatrikoṭisaṃkhyāni svargamokṣapradāni vai .. 16 ..

> numbering three and a half crores, which grant heaven and liberation, // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.34)

teṣāmayaṃ tīrtharājaḥ kīrtitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ..

> among them this Puruṣottama is proclaimed the king of sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.35)

sarveṣāṃ muktikṣetrāṇāmidaṃ sāyujyadaṃ matam .. 17 ..

> Among all sacred fields of liberation, this is held to bestow union \[with the Divine\]. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.36)

atra sthitā na śocaṃti jarājanmamṛtiṣvapi ..

> Staying here, they do not grieve even amidst old age, birth, and death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.37)

kuṇḍaṃ hyetadrohiṇākhyaṃ kāruṇyākhyajalena vai .. 18 ..

> Indeed, this pool named Rohiṇa, filled with water named compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.38)

saṃbhṛtaṃ tiṣṭhate nityaṃ sparśanādbaṃdhamuktidam ..

> remains forever, granting release from bondage through its touch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.39)

atra pratiṣṭhitaṃ vāri pralaye yatpravarddhate .. 19 ..

> In it is established the water that swells during the universal dissolution. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.40)

atraiva līyate paścāttasmādrohiṇasaṃjñitam ..

> Right here it dissolves afterwards; therefore it is named Rohiṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.41)

tasmātte mā'tra ciṃtāstu svādhikāraviparyaye .. 2.2.4.20 ..

> Therefore, do not worry here over the overturning of your authority.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.42)

mokṣādhikāriṇāmatra neśvarastvaṃ paretarāṭ ..

> Over those entitled to liberation here, you are not the ruler, O king of the dead.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.43)

dharmarājaṃ samādiśya lakṣmīrevaṃ puraḥ sthitam .. 21 ..

> Having thus instructed Dharmarāja, Lakṣmī, the mother of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.44)

brahmāṇamāha jagatāmaṃbā sapraśrayā girā ..

> spoke in a respectful voice to Brahmā, who stood before her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.45)

pitāmaha jagannātha viditaṃ sarvameva yat .. 22 ..

> "O Grandfather, O Lord of the World, all that is known \[to you\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.46)

mokṣadaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāmetatkṣetraṃ samādiśa ..

> declare this sacred field that grants liberation to all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.47)

kāmākhyaṃ kṣetrapālaṃ ca vimalaṃ vā tapāsthitā .. 23 ..

> And \[declare\] the guardian of the field named Kāmākhya, and Vimalā, who is established in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.48)

sākṣādbrahmasvarūpo'sau nṛsiṃho dakṣiṇe vibhoḥ ..

> This Nṛsiṃha, the very embodiment of Brahman, on the right side of the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.49)

hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣo vidāryāyaṃ prabhojjvalaḥ .. 24 ..

> radiant with splendor, having torn open the chest of Hiraṇyakaśipu—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.50)

darśanādasya naśyaṃti pātakāni na saṃśayaḥ ..

> by his darśana, sins are destroyed; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.51)

bhuktermukteśca yogyaḥ syānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 25 ..

> One becomes fit for enjoyment and liberation; no hesitation should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.52)

asyāgre saṃtyajanprāṇānbrahmasāyujyamāpnuyāt ..

> Giving up one's life-breaths in front of him, one attains union with Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.53)

yatkiṃcitkurute karma koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .. 26 ..

> Whatever rite one performs becomes multiplied millions and millions of times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.54)

chāyaiṣā kalpavṛkṣasya nṛsiṃhārkeṇa bhāsitā ..

> This shade of the wish-fulfilling tree is illuminated by the sun that is Nṛsiṃha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.55)

tasyāṃ naśyatyavidyā hi jñānato'jñānato mṛtau .. 27 ..

> In it, ignorance is truly destroyed at death, whether consciously or unconsciously.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.56)

vedāṃteṣu prasiddhaistairvijñānaiḥ śravaṇādibhiḥ ..

> Even without those well-known realizations taught in the Vedāntas—hearing and the rest—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.57)

mūḍhānāṃ durlabhairviprā vināpyatra vimocanam .. 28 ..

> which are difficult to attain for the foolish, O brahmins, liberation occurs here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.58)

avimukte mumukṣostu karṇamūle maheśvaraḥ ..

> In Avimukta, into the root of the ear of one desiring liberation, Maheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.59)

diśati brahmasaṃjñānaṃ bodhopāyaṃ kṛpānidhiḥ .. 29 ..

> the treasury of compassion, imparts the knowledge of Brahman, the means to awakening.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.60)

tena budyā samabhyasya kramānmokṣamavāpnuyāt ..

> Practicing through that with intellect, one gradually attains liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.61)

upadeṣṭurmahimnā hi tasya jñānaṃ na hīyate .. 2.2.4.30 ..

> indeed, through the greatness of the teacher, his knowledge does not diminish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.62)

atra tyajaṃti ye prāṇāṃsteṣāṃ tatkṣaṇa eva hi ..

> Those who abandon their life-breaths here, at that very moment indeed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.63)

svarūpājjāyate muktiḥ saṃśayo mā'stu te yama .. 31 ..

> liberation arises from their own true nature; let there be no doubt in you, O Yama!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.64)

gatāgata prasaktānāṃ karmiṇāṃ mūḍhacetasām ..

> For foolish-minded performers of rituals attached to coming and going,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.65)

vaivasvata kadācinno viśvāso hyatra jāyate .. 32 ..

> O Vaivasvata, faith never arises here at any time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.66)

utsṛjya vāri gāṃgeyaṃ svādu śītaṃ sunirmalam ..

> Abandoning water born of the Gaṅgā, sweet, cool, and very pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.67)

pipāsuḥ palvalaṃ yāti tadvatte mūḍhacetasaḥ .. 33 ..

> a thirsty person goes to a muddy puddle; just like that are those foolish-minded ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.68)

bhramaṃti tīrthānyanyāni tyaktvaitatkṣetramuttamam ..

> Leaving this supreme sacred field, they wander to other sacred fords;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.69)

palāśāmodakaistṛptā labhaṃte śramajaṃ phalam .. 34 ..

> content with sweetmeats of palāśa leaves, they obtain a fruit born only of toil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.70)

snānādabdhidṛśā devaśchāyayā kalpapādapaḥ ..

> The god \[gives liberation\] through ritual ablution, the ocean through sight, the wish-fulfilling tree through shade;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.71)

yatra kutrāpi ca kṣetraṃ maraṇānmuktidaṃ nṛṇām .. 35 ..

> and wherever one dies in this sacred field, it grants liberation to mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.72)

yo yatra viṣaye bhaktyā viśvāsaṃ kurute naraḥ ..

> Whatever man places his faith in that object with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.73)

sa tu tenaiva mucyeta nedṛśaṃ tīrthamasti vai .. 36 ..

> he is liberated by that alone; there is truly no sacred ford like this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.74)

etattyaktvānyatīrthe vai vidadhāti ruciṃ tu yaḥ ..

> He who, having abandoned this, takes delight in another sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.75)

nūnaṃ sa māyayā viṣṇorvaṃcito lobhalālasaḥ .. .. 37 ..

> is surely deceived by the māyā of Viṣṇu, greedy with desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.76)

upadeśena bahunā na prayojanamasti te ..

> There is no need for you to receive much instruction;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.77)

pratyakṣo hyanubhūto'yaṃ karaṭo viṣṇurūpadhṛk .. 38 ..

> directly perceived and experienced is this crow bearing the form of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.78)

antarvedīrakṣaṇārthaṃ śaktayo'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ ..

> For the protection of the inner altar, eight powers are proclaimed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.79)

ugreṇa tapasā pūrvamahaṃ rudreṇa bhāvitā .. 39 ..

> Formerly, through fierce austerity, I was meditated upon by Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.80)

patnyarthaṃ sā mayā sṛṣṭā gaurī tasyātha bhāvinī ..

> For the purpose of being his wife, Gaurī, his future consort,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.81)

sarvasauṃdaryavasatirvapuṣo me vinirgatā .. 2.2.4.40 ..

> the abode of all beauty, was emitted by me from my body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.82)

tadādiṣṭā mayā bhadre vacanaṃ me priyaṃ kuru ..

> Then she was instructed by me: 'O auspicious one, fulfill my wish:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.83)

antarvedī rakṣa mama paritastvaṃ svamūrtibhiḥ .. 41 ..

> protect my inner altar on all sides with your own forms.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.84)

sā tu tiṣṭhati matprītyā aṣṭadhā dikṣu saṃsthitā ..

> Out of affection for me, she stays situated eightfold in the directions:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.85)

maṃgalā vaṭamūle tu paścime vimalā tathā .. 42 ..

> Maṅgalā at the root of the banyan tree, and Vimalā in the west;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.86)

śaṃkhasya pṛṣṭhabhāge tu saṃsthitā sarvamaṃgalā ..

> Sarvamaṅgalā is situated at the back of the conch;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.87)

arddhāṃśinī tathā laṃbā kuberadiśi saṃsthitā .. 43 ..

> likewise, Ardhāṃśinī and Lambā are situated in the direction of Kubera;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.88)

kālarātrirdakṣiṇasyāṃ pūrvasyāṃ tu marīcikā ..

> Kālarātri in the south, and Marīcikā in the east;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.89)

kālarātryāstathā paścāccaṃḍarūpā vyavasthitā .. 44 ..

> and behind Kālarātri stands Caṇḍarūpā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.90)

etābhirugrarūpābhiḥ śaktibhiḥ parirakṣitam ..

> Protected by these fiercely-formed powers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.91)

alpapuṇyasya puṃso hi sthānametatsudurlabham .. 45 ..

> this place is very difficult to attain for a person of little merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.92)

etāsāmaṣṭaśaktīnāṃ darśanātkīrtanāttathā ..

> From the darśana and the praise of these eight powers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.93)

naśyaṃti sarvapāpāni hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 46 ..

> all sins are destroyed, and one obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.94)

rudrāṇyāścāṣṭadhā bhedaṃ dṛṣṭvā rudro'pi śaṃkaraḥ ..

> Seeing the eightfold division of Rudrāṇī, Rudra, who is Śaṃkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.95)

ātmānamaṣṭadhā bhittvā upāste parameśvaram ..47..

> dividing himself into eight, worshipped the supreme Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.96)

ārādhya tapasā viṣṇuṃ prārthayadvaramuttamam ..

> Having propitiated Viṣṇu through austerity, he asked for the supreme boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.97)

yatra tvaṃ deva tatrāhaṃ vaseyaṃ hi yathāsukham .. 48 ..

> 'Wherever you are, O Lord, let me dwell there comfortably.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.98)

tvāmṛte kamalākāṃta nānyannirvāṇakāraṇam ..

> Except for you, O beloved of Kamalā, there is no other cause of nirvāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.99)

aṃtaryāminprabho me tvaṃ tvāṃ vinā vigrahaḥ kutaḥ ..49..

> You are my Lord, the Inner Controller; without you, how could there be my body?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.100)

mūḍhā ye tvāṃ na jānaṃti hṛṣyaṃti viṣaye'śucau ..

> Those fools who do not know you delight in impure sense objects;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.101)

nirmalāṃbarasaṃkāśa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ..2.2.4.50..

> O you who resemble the pure clear sky, I have gone to you for refuge. // 2.2.4.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.102)

.. .. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.4.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.103)

bhagavānapi rudraṃ taṃ kṣetrapālaṃ tathā vibhuḥ ..

> The Lord also, the all-pervading one, placed Rudra, the guardian of the field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.104)

sthāpayāmāsa paritaḥ svayaṃ madhye vyavasthitaḥ .. 51 ..

> all around, while he himself remained in the center: // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.105)

kapālamocanaṃ nāma kṣetrapālaṃ yameśvaram ..

> Kapālamocana, named as the guardian of the field, Yameśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.106)

mārkaṇḍeyaṃ tatheśānaṃ bilveśaṃ nīlakaṃṭhakam .. 52 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya, and likewise Īśāna, Bilveśa, Nīlakaṇṭha, // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.107)

vaṭamūle vaṭeśaṃ ca liṃgānyaṣṭau maheśituḥ ..

> and Vaṭeśa at the root of the banyan tree—these eight liṅgas of the Great Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.108)

yāni dṛṣṭvā tathā spṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā vimucyate .. 53 ..

> upon seeing, touching, and worshiping which one is fully liberated. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.109)

atra kṣetre mṛtā ye ca na teṣāṃ tu prabhuryamaḥ ..

> “And over those who die in this sacred field, Yama has no power;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.110)

yadarthamāgatastvaṃ hi tadanyatra prasādhaya .. 54 ..

> therefore accomplish elsewhere that purpose for which you have come.” // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.111)

tathāpyasau jagannātho bhaktāyātmasamarpakaḥ ..

> Even so, that Lord of the Universe who surrenders himself to his devotee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.112)

yamena toṣito bhaktyā prapannārtiharaḥ prabhuḥ .. 55 ..

> the Lord who removes the distress of the surrendered, was pleased with Yama by his devotion. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.113)

sudarśanena cakreṇa māyāṃ ca vyavadhāsyati ..

> By means of the Sudarśana discus he will veil his divine power  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.114)

atyājye'sminkṣetravare svarṇavālukayā vṛte .. 56 ..

> in this supreme sacred field that must never be abandoned, covered with golden sand. // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.115)

taṃ yamaṃ vaṃcayitvā tu prasthāpayya yamālayam ..

> Having deceived that Yama and sent him off to the abode of Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.116)

sādhu matvā tataḥ prāha brahmāṇaṃ purataḥ sthitam .. 57 .. .  
. . śrīruvāca .. ..

> and deeming it well, she then said to Brahmā standing before her: // 57  
> Śrī said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.117)

iṃdradyumno nāma rājā yuge satye bhaviṣyati ..

> “In the Kṛta age there will be a king named Indradyumna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.118)

vaiṣṇavaḥ sarvayajñānāmāharttā śāstrakovidaḥ .. 58 ..

> a devotee of Viṣṇu, a performer of all sacrifices, and skilled in the sacred treatises. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.119)

atrāgatya mahābhaktiṃ kariṣyati nṛpottamaḥ ..

> Having come here, the best of kings will show great devotion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.120)

bhagavatprītaye yena vājimedhasahasrakam .. 59 ..

> to please the Lord, a thousand horse-sacrifices // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.121)

kariṣyate prajānātha tadanugrahakāraṇāt ..

> will be performed by that protector of subjects. For the sake of gracing him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.122)

ekadārusamutpannaścaturddhā saṃbhaviṣyati .. ... 2.2.4.60 ..

> arising from a single log of wood, he will manifest fourfold. // 2.2.4.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.123)

dāravapratimānāni viśvakarmā ghaṭiṣyati ..

> Viśvakarman will fashion the wooden images;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.124)

pratiṣṭhāpayitā tvaṃ hi iṃdradyumnaprasāditaḥ .. 61 ..

> and you, propitiated by Indradyumna, will indeed consecrate them. // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.125)

asmākaṃ sadṛśānāṃ ca pratimānāṃ pitāmaha ..

> O Grandfather, the fashioning and consecration  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.126)

tadrūpakā pratiṣṭhā hi ghaṭanā ca bhaviṣyati .. 62 ..

> of the images in that form will truly correspond to us.” // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.127)

iti śrutvā śriyo vākyaṃ caturvaktro yamaśca saḥ ..

> Having heard these words of Śrī, the four-faced \[Brahmā\] and Yama  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.128)

svaṃsvaṃ puraṃ jagmatustau mudā paramayā yutau .. 63 ..

> both went to their respective cities filled with supreme joy, // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.129)

kṣetrasya mahimānaṃ taṃ saṃsmṛtya ca muhurmuhuḥ ..

> remembering again and again that majesty of the sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.130)

vismayena ca harṣeṇa romāṃcāṃcitavigrahau .. 64 ..

> their bodies bristling with horripilation out of wonder and delight. // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.131)

sāṃprataṃ munayastasminniṃdradyumnaprasāditaḥ ..

> Now, O sages, in that place, pleased by Indradyumna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.132)

śaṃkhacakradharaḥ śrīmānnīlajīmūtasaṃnibhaḥ .. 65 ..

> the glorious Lord bearing the conch and discus, resembling a dark raincloud, // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.133)

nīlācalaguhāṃtaḥstho bibhraddārumayaṃ vapuḥ ..

> dwelling within the cave of Nīlācala, assuming a wooden body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.134)

āste lokopakārāya balena ca subhadrayā .... 66 ..

> resides for the welfare of the world together with Bala and Subhadrā, // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.135)

sudarśanena cakreṇa dāruṇā nirmitena ca ..

> accompanied by the Sudarśana discus fashioned of wood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.136)

sahitaḥ praṇatārtīnāṃ nāśanaḥ karuṇārṇavaḥ .. 67 ..

> he who destroys the afflictions of those bowed in homage, an ocean of compassion. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.137)

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpabaṃdhena sudṛḍhena vimucyate .. ..

> Upon seeing him, one is freed from the very firm bondage of sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.138)

sukarmaughaparīpāko yugapatsamupasthitaḥ .. 68 ..

> the fruition of a multitude of good deeds arrives all at once. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.139)

paśyatāṃ bho muniśreṣṭhāstāpatrayasudhānidhim ..

> Behold, O best of sages, the treasure-trove of nectar for the three afflictions!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.140)

bahavo hyavatārā hi viṣṇordivyāśca mānuṣāḥ .. .. 69 ..

> Many indeed are the divine and human descents of Viṣṇu, // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.141)

atyadbhutāni karmāṇi māhātmyaṃ cāpi varṇitam ..

> his exceedingly wonderful deeds and his majesty have been described;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.142)

pāricityānmanuṣyāṃstu na manyaṃte surā api .. 2.2.4.70 ..

> yet because of familiarity, even the gods do not esteem humans. // 2.2.4.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.143)

devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ gaṃdharvoragarakṣasām ..

> O brahmins, upon that wooden Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.144)

tiraścāmapi bho viprāstasmindārumaye harau .. 71 ..

> the minds of gods, asuras, humans, gandharvas, serpents, and rākṣasas, // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.145)

sarvātmabhūte vasati cittaṃ sarvasukhāvahe ..

> and even of beasts, dwell—he who is the Self of all, bringing all happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.146)

upajīvaṃtyasya sukhaṃ yasyānanyasvarūpiṇaḥ .. 72 ..

> They live on the bliss of him whose nature is non-different \[from the Self\]; // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.147)

brahmaṇaḥ śrutivāgāhetyetadatrānubhūyate ..

> for Vedic speech says of Brahman: 'it is experienced right here.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.148)

dyati saṃsāraduḥkhāni dadāti sukhamavyayam .. 73 ..

> He destroys the sufferings of worldly existence and bestows imperishable bliss; // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.149)

tasmāddārumayaṃ brahma vedāṃteṣu pragīyate ..

> therefore, Brahman made of wood is sung of in the Upaniṣads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.150)

na hi kāṣṭhamayī mokṣaṃ dadāti pratimā kvacit .. 74 ..

> An image made of mere wood never gives liberation anywhere; // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.151)

kṛtenākṛtatā viprāḥ kadācinnopalabhyate ..

> O brahmins, uncreated reality is never attained through that which is created.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.152)

akṛto hyapavargastu kṛtādvā dāruṇaḥ katham .. 75 ..

> How could uncreated liberation come from created wood? // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.153)

adhiṣṭhānaṃ vinā brāhmyamaiśvaryaṃ nopalabhyate ..

> Without a physical substrate, the sovereign power of Brahman is not perceived;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.154)

rahasyametatparamaṃ viṣṇoḥ sthānamanuttamam .. 76 ..

> this supreme secret is the unexcelled abode of Viṣṇu. // 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.155)

alaukikī sā pratimā laukikīti prakāśitā ..

> That extraordinary image was manifested as ordinary.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.156)

kutra śrutā vā dṛṣṭā vā pratimā vyāharediti .. 77 ..

> Where has an image ever been heard or seen to speak? // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.157)

iṃdradyumnāya sa varaṃ tadā dāruvapurdadau ..

> He who possessed a wooden body then granted a boon to Indradyumna—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.158)

dīnānāthaikaśaraṇaṃ taraṇaṃ bhavavāridheḥ .. 78 ..

> he who is the sole refuge of the poor and helpless, a crossing over the ocean of existence, // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.159)

carācara sadāvaṃdya caraṇaṃ taṃ parāyaṇam ..

> whose feet are ever to be adored by all moving and unmoving beings, the supreme recourse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.160)

nārāyaṇaṃ jagadyoniṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhṛtikāraṇam .. 79 ..

> \[Take refuge in\] Nārāyaṇa, the womb of the universe, the cause of creation and destruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.161)

mokṣaṇaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ dāraṇaṃ sakalāpadām ..

> the releaser from all sins, the shatterer of all calamities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.162)

vibhūtīnāṃ visaraṇaṃ varaṇaṃ sarvayoginām .. 2.2.4.80 ..

> the dispenser of glories, the choice of all yogins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.163)

bharaṇaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ dharaṇaṃ jagatāmapi ..

> the sustainer of all beings, the bearer even of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.164)

bhāṣaṇaṃ sarvabhāṣāṇāṃ dūṣaṇaṃ sarvaduṣkṛtām .. 81 ..

> the speaker of all languages, the rebuker of all evildoers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.165)

śoṣaṇaṃ sarvapaṃkānāṃ nīlādriśaraṇaṃ harim ..

> the drier of all mud, Hari who has his refuge on the Blue Mountain (Nīlādri).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.166)

śaraṇaṃ prayāta munayo hyananyaśaraṇaṃ vibhum .. 82 ..

> O sages, go for refuge indeed to that all-pervading Lord, who has no other refuge \[above him\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.167)

niśceṣṭo dāruvarṣmāpi divyalīlāvilāsakṛt ..

> Though motionless and having a wooden body, he displays divine pastimes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.168)

kṣamate svalpabhaktyāpi soparādhaśataṃ nṛṇām .. 83 ..

> even by a slight devotion he forgives a hundred offenses of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.169)

atra vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi caritaṃ pāpanāśanam ..

> Here I will tell you a story that destroys sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.170)

līlayā dārudehasya munayaḥ paramātmanaḥ .. 84 ..

> concerning the sport of the Supreme Self with a wooden body, O sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.171)

kurukṣetre samudbhūtau brāhmaṇakṣatriyāvubhau ..

> Born in Kurukṣetra, both a brahmin and a kṣatriya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.172)

sakhāyau jagmatuḥ prītyā ekāhāravihāriṇau .. 85 ..

> became companions and went about in affection, taking their food and amusements together.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.173)

vṛttacyutau niṣiddhānāmāharttārau vimohitau ..

> Fallen from proper conduct, collectors of forbidden things, utterly deluded,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.174)

asvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārau svadhāsvāhāvivarjitau .. 66 ..

> devoid of Vedic recitation and the vaṣaṭ call, abandoned by the svadhā and svāhā utterances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.175)

apātrabhūtau dharmasya mahāpātakadūṣitau ..

> unworthy vessels for virtue, corrupted by great sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.176)

madhubhakṣau paṇyayoṣitsahavāsau mudānvitau .. 87 ..

> eating wine, dwelling together with courtesans, filled with lust,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.177)

pāralaukikaciṃtā tu tayoḥ svapnepi nāgatā ..

> thought for the next world never occurred to them even in a dream.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.178)

evaṃ pravartamānau tāvāyuṣo'rddhaṃ ca ninyatuḥ .. 88 ..

> Living in this manner, they passed half of their lifespan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.179)

ekadā bhramamāṇau tau yajñavāṭamagacchatām ..

> Once, as they wandered, they came upon a sacrificial enclosure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.180)

śṛṇvanto dūrataḥ stotraṃ śāstraśabdaṃ manoharam .. 89 ..

> hearing from afar enchanting hymns and the sound of the scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.181)

dṛṣṭvā tāstāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ śrutisaṃcoditā dvijāḥ ..

> Seeing all those various rites enjoined by the Vedas, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.182)

tau tadā cakratuḥ śraddhāṃ dharme vartmanyadhārmikau .. 2.2.4.90 ..

> those two unrighteous men then developed faith in the path of righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.183)

saṃsmaraṃtau svajātiṃ tau puṃḍarīkāṃbarīṣakau ..

> Remembering their own castes, the two, Puṇḍarīka and Ambarīṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.184)

niṃdantau duścaritraṃ svaṃ parasparamabhāṣatām .. 91 ...

> censuring their own wicked conduct, spoke to each other:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.185)

kathamāvāṃ tariṣyāvo duṣkṛtārṇavamulbaṇam ..

> “How shall we two cross over the terrible ocean of misdeeds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.186)

ihaiva janmanyajaraṃ buddhipūrvamupārjjitam .. 92 ..

> accumulated intentionally in this very life, never decaying?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.187)

na tacchāstraṃ hi jānāti yadāvābhyāṃ ca duṣkṛtam ...

> Indeed, no scripture knows what misdeed we two have committed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.188)

sañcitaṃ tasya ghorasya prāyaścittaṃ sudurllabham .. 93 ..

> an expiation for such dread \[sin\] as we have heaped up is very hard to find.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.189)

tathāpi brāhmaṇānetānbrahmiṣṭhānvai sadogatān ..

> Nevertheless, approaching these brahmins gathered in the assembly, most devoted to Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.190)

praṇipātaprapannānvai pṛcchāvo'tra ca niṣkṛtim .. .. 94 ..

> having resorted to them with prostrations, let us ask here for an expiation.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.191)

iti niścitya tau viprānabhivādyābhyapṛcchatām ..

> Having so decided, the two saluted the brahmins and questioned them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.192)

yathāvatkalmaṣaṃ svaṃsvaṃ vijñāpya ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 95 ..

> duly confessing each their own impurities again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.193)

te tayorvacanaṃ śrutvā mīlitākṣā dvijottamāḥ..

> Hearing their words, those excellent brahmins closed their eyes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.194)

nābruvankiṃsvidanyonyaṃ vīkṣaṃto vismitānanāḥ .. 96 ..

> they did not speak anything, looking at one another with astonished faces:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.195)

aho sughorakarmāṇi saṃcitāni durātmanoḥ ..

> “Ah, most terrible deeds have been amassed by these two wicked souls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.196)

yeṣu śāstraṃ padaṃ dātuṃ prāyaścittāya na hyalam .. 97 ..

> in which scripture is not competent to lay down a step for expiation!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.197)

śaknumo na vayaṃ tasmādanayorniṣkṛtāviti ..

> Therefore, we are not able to provide an expiation for these two.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.198)

teṣāṃ madhye sadomukhyaḥ kaścidvaiṣṇavapuṃgavaḥ .. 98 ..

> In their midst was an eminent leader of the assembly, an eminent Vaiṣṇava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.199)

bhagavadbhaktimāhātmya kṣapitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ ..

> whose impurities had been completely destroyed by the greatness of devotion to the Blessed Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.4.200)

tānuvāca vihasyedaṃ vākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ varaḥ .. 99 ..

> Smiling, that best of those who know speech spoke this word to them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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