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# Skandapurana 2.7.14

Skandapurāṇa 2.7.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.1)

.. śrutadeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.2)

yaḥ prātaḥ snāti vaiśākhe meṣasaṃsthe divākare ..

> Whoever bathes in the morning during Vaiśākha when the sun is in Aries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.3)

madhusūdanamabhyarcya kathāṃ śrutvā harerimām .. 1 ..

> worships Madhusūdana, and listens to this narrative of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.4)

sa tu pāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam ..

> he, freed from sin, goes to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.5)

vācyamānāṃ kathāṃ hitvā yo'nyāṃ seveta mūḍhadhīḥ ..2 ..

> The dull-witted person who, abandoning the narrative being recited, attends to another—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.6)

rauravaṃ narakaṃ prāpya paiśācīṃ yonimāpnuyāt ..

> he will attain the Raurava hell and then take birth in the womb of a piśāca.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.7)

atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam .. 3 ..

> On this very subject they cite this ancient history,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.8)

pāpaghnaṃ pāvanaṃ dharmyaṃ sadyo vaṃdyaṃ purātanam ..

> destroyer of sins, purifying, righteous, immediately venerable, and ancient.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.9)

purā godāvarītīre kṣetre brahmeśvare śubhe .. 4 ..

> Long ago, on the bank of the Godāvarī in the auspicious Brahmeśvara sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.10)

durvāsaśiṣyau paramahaṃsau brahmaikaniṣṭhitau ..

> there were two disciples of Durvāsas, paramahaṃsas steadfast in Brahman alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.11)

sadaivopaniṣadvidyāniṣṭhitau nirapekṣitau .. 5 ..

> always devoted to the knowledge of the Upaniṣads, devoid of worldly desires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.12)

bhikṣāmātrāśinau puṇyau tau guhāvāsināvubhau ..

> eating only alms, virtuous, both dwelling in a cave,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.13)

satyaniṣṭhataponiṣṭhāviti khyātau jagattraye .. 6 ..

> known throughout the three worlds as Satyaniṣṭha and Taponiṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.14)

tayormadhye satyaniṣṭhaḥ sadā viṣṇukathāparaḥ ..

> Of the two, Satyaniṣṭha was always devoted to stories of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.15)

śrotṝṇāmapyabhāve ca vyākhyātṝṇāṃ tathā nṛpa .. 7 ..

> Even when listeners were absent, and likewise exponents, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.16)

tadā karmakalā nityāḥ karotyaddhā munīśvaraḥ ..

> only then would that foremost of sages indeed perform his daily ritual acts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.17)

śrotā cedasti yaḥ kaścittasmai vyākhyā tyaharniśam .. 8 ..

> If there was any listener at all, he expounded to him day and night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.18)

yadi vyākhyāti kaścidvā puṇyāṃ viṣṇukathāṃ śubhām ..

> Or if anyone expounded the holy, auspicious story of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.19)

tadā saṃkucya karmāṇi śṛṇoti śravaṇe rataḥ .. 9 ..

> he would then set aside ritual actions and listen, delighting in hearing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.20)

atidūrasthatīrthāni devatāyatanāni ca ..

> Far-off sacred fords and temples of deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.21)

hitvā kathāvirodhīni tathā karmāṇi bhūriśaḥ .. 2.7.14.10 ..

> as well as numerous rituals that conflicted with the narrative, he abandoned;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.22)

śṛṇoti ca kathāṃ divyāṃ śrotṛbhyo vakti vai svayam ..

> he listened to the divine story, and himself recited it to listeners;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.23)

vinā kathāṃ na jānāti sevyamanyannareśvara .. 11 ..

> he knew nothing else worthy of devotion apart from the story, O ruler of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.24)

vyākhyāti ca gṛhe svasya vaktā rogādyupadrutaḥ ..

> Even if the speaker expounded in his own house, afflicted by disease and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.25)

kūpasnānaparo bhūtvā śṛṇotyeva kathāṃ muniḥ .. 12 ..

> the sage, content with a ritual ablution at a well, would certainly listen to the story.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.26)

kathāyāśca virāme tu svakṛtyaṃ sādhayatyalam ..

> Only at an intermission in the narrative would he adequately perform his own duties.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.27)

kathāṃ vai śṛṇvataḥ puṃso janmamabandho na vidyate .. 13 ..

> For a man who listens to the story, no bondage of rebirth exists.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.28)

sattvaśuddhistato viṣṇāvaratiścaiva gacchati ..

> From that comes purification of the mind, and distaste for Viṣṇu departs;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.29)

ratiśca jāyate viṣṇau sauhṛdaṃ caiva sādhuṣu .. 14 ..

> delight in Viṣṇu is born, as is friendship toward virtuous people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.30)

nīrajaṃ nirguṇaṃ brahma sadyo hṛdyavarudhyate ..

> The stainless, qualityless Brahman is immediately retained within the heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.31)

jñānahīnasya vai puṃsaḥ karma vai niṣphalaṃ bhavet .. 15 ..

> For a person devoid of knowledge, ritual action is indeed fruitless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.32)

bahudhā caritaṃ cā'pi yathaivāṃdhakadarpaṇam ..

> even though practiced in many ways, just like a mirror to a blind man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.33)

karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni bahudhā śocitātmabhiḥ .. 16 ..

> Actions performed manifoldly by those who purify themselves  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.34)

sattvaśuddhyai bhavaṃtyeva sattvaśuddhyā śrutiṃ vrajet ..

> exist solely for the purification of the mind; through purification of the mind one may attain the revealed word.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.35)

śrutestu jñānamāsādya jñātvā dhyānāya kalpate .. 17 ..

> Attaining knowledge from the revealed word and knowing \[it\], one becomes fit for meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.36)

bahudhā śravaṇaṃ dhyānaṃ mananaṃ śruticoditam ..

> Hearing, meditating, and reflecting repeatedly are enjoined by the revealed scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.37)

yatra viṣṇukathā nāsti yatra sādhujanā nahi .. 18 ..

> Where there is no story of Viṣṇu and where virtuous people are absent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.38)

sākṣādgaṃgātaṭaṃ vā'pi tyājyameva na saṃśayaḥ ..

> even the very bank of the Gaṅgā is surely to be abandoned, there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.39)

yaddeśe tulasī nāsti vaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma vā śubham.. 19 ..

> In a land where there is no tulasī or auspicious abode of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.40)

yatra viṣṇukathā nāsti mṛtastatra tamo vrajet ..

> where there is no story of Viṣṇu, one who dies there goes to darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.41)

yadgrāme vaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma nāsti kṛṣṇamṛgo'pi vā ..2.7.14.20..

> In a village where there is no abode of Viṣṇu, nor even a blackbuck,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.42)

yatra viṣṇukathā nāsti sādhavo vā tadāśrayāḥ ..

> where there is no story of Viṣṇu nor virtuous people devoted to Him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.43)

mṛtastatra pumānkṣipraṃ śvānayoniśataṃ vrajet ..21..

> a man who dies there quickly enters a hundred wombs of dogs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.44)

vicāryopaniṣadvidyāmiti niścitya vai muniḥ ..

> Reflecting on the knowledge of the Upaniṣads, having resolved thus, indeed, the sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.45)

sadā viṣṇukathā''sakto viṣṇusmṛtiparāyaṇaḥ .. 22 ..

> always attached to stories of Viṣṇu, dedicated to the remembrance of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.46)

na kiṃcidadhikaṃ jātu manyate śravaṇātparam ..

> never considered anything whatever to be superior to hearing \[His stories\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.47)

itarastu taponiṣṭhaḥ karmaniṣṭho durāgrahī .. 23 ..

> The other, however, was Taponiṣṭha, devoted to ritual action, stubborn and obstinate;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.48)

na vyākhyāti svayaṃ vā'pi na śṛṇoti ca satkathām ..

> he neither expounded by himself nor listened to the virtuous story.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.49)

vācyamānāṃ kathāṃ hitvā tīrthasnānāya gacchati ..24 ..

> Abandoning a story being recited, he would go for a ritual ablution at a sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.50)

tīrthe'pi ca pravṛttāyāṃ kathāyāṃ bhūmipālaka ..

> Even at a sacred ford when a story was underway, O protector of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.51)

karmalopabhayāddūraṃ yāti cāṃcalyaśaktitaḥ ..25..

> for fear of neglecting rituals and driven by restlessness, he would go far away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.52)

vrajaṃti gṛhakṛtyārthaṃ saṃgamātparato janāḥ ..

> People would leave the gathering to attend to household duties;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.53)

na śrotāro na vaktārastasya pārśve tu karmiṇaḥ ..26..

> there were neither listeners nor speakers beside that ritualist.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.54)

durātmanastu durbuddheḥ kāla evaṃ kṣayaṃ gate ..

> As time thus passed away for that wicked-minded, evil soul,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.55)

jihvāṃ śrutiṃ ca na kvāpi saṃprāptā hi kathā vibhoḥ ..27..

> the narrative of the Lord never reached his tongue or his ear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.56)

aśrotṛtvādavaktṛtvāddurbuddhitvāddurāgrahāt ..

> Because he would not listen, would not speak, and due to his foolishness and stubbornness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.57)

paścātpaṃcatvamāsādya sadyo dharmeṇa vai muniḥ .. 28 ..

> later meet with death, by cosmic law that sage immediately  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.58)

piśāco'bhūcchamīvṛkṣe cchinnakarṇāhvayo'balaḥ ..

> became a weak piśāca named Chinnakarṇa on a śamī tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.59)

nirāśrayo nirāhāraḥ śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ ..29..

> shelterless, starving, with his throat, lips, and palate parched.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.60)

evaṃ vai khidyamānasya samā divyāyutā gatāḥ ..

> As he suffered thus, ten thousand divine years passed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.61)

nāpaśyatsvasya trātāraṃ nirāhāro'tiduḥkhitaḥ .. 2.7.14.30 ..

> deprived of food, intensely miserable, he saw no savior for himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.62)

svakṛtaṃ ciṃtayānaśca mattonmatta ivābhramat ..

> Reflecting on his own deeds, he wandered like one drunk and insane;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.63)

kṣudhayā paryaṭanvā'pi nirvṛtiṃ nāpa mūḍhadhīḥ .. 31 ..

> wandering in hunger, that foolish-minded creature found no peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.64)

kṛśānusadṛśo vāyuraṃgaṃ spṛṣṭvā kṛtātmanaḥ ..

> The wind touching his body was like fire to the creature;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.65)

kālāgnitulyā āpaśca phalapuṣpādikaṃ viṣam .. 32 ..

> waters were equal to the fire of cosmic dissolution, and fruits, flowers, and the like were poison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.66)

na kvāpi sukhamāpede karmaṭho dīnadhīrayam ..

> This man, devoted to ritual works and depressed in mind, found happiness nowhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.67)

evaṃ vyavasite tasminnaraṇye janavarjite .. 33 ..

> While he was thus staying in that forest devoid of people,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.68)

kathayā rahite kṣetre svāśraye sādhuvarjite ..

> in a place devoid of \[sacred\] narration, in his own hermitage deserted by the virtuous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.69)

daivādāyātsatyaniṣṭhastadā paiṭhinasīṃ purīm .. 34 ..

> by chance Satyaniṣṭha then came to the city of Paiṭhinasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.70)

gacchanmārge dadarśā'sau chinnakarṇaṃ vahuvyatham ..

> While going along the road, he saw Chinnakarṇa in great distress,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.71)

dṛṣṭvā''tmānaṃ drāvayantaṃ rudaṃtaṃ kṣudhayā''turam .. 35 ..

> who, on seeing him, ran away, weeping, afflicted with hunger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.72)

mā bhaiṣīriti cābhāṣya ko'sītyāha munīśvaraḥ ..

> Saying, “Do not fear!” the lord of sages said, “Who are you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.73)

daśedṛśī ca kasmātte na te duḥkhamataḥ param.. .. 36 ..

> And why is your condition like this? You shall have no distress beyond this.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.74)

ityāśvasto'munā cchinnakarṇaḥ prāhātivihvalaḥ ..

> Comforted by him in this manner, Chinnakarṇa, deeply agitated, said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.75)

taponiṣṭho yatirahaṃ śiṣyo durvāsasaḥ param .. 37 ..

> “I was an ascetic devoted to austerity, an exceptional disciple of Durvāsas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.76)

brahmeśvarakṣetravāsī karmaniṣṭho durāgrahī ..

> dwelling in the sacred field of Brahmeśvara, devoted to ritual works, but obstinate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.77)

karmalopabhayānmauḍhyānmayā durbuddhinā mune .. 38 ..

> Out of fear of ritual omission, through folly, by me of wicked mind, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.78)

sādhubhirvācyamānā'pi nādṛtā viṣṇusatkathā ..

> the auspicious narration of Viṣṇu was disregarded, even though it was being recited by the virtuous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.79)

na vyākhyātā ca śrotṛbhyaḥ kathā karmanikṛtaṃnī .. 39 ..

> nor was that narration, which cuts down \[the bonds of\] karma, expounded to listeners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.80)

tena karmavipākena mahatā'haṃ mṛtiṃ gataḥ ..

> Through that great ripening of karma, I met with death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.81)

chinnakarṇo'bhavaṃ nāmnā piśāco duḥkhavihvalaḥ .. 2.7.14.40 ..

> and became a piśāca named Chinnakarṇa, agitated by suffering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.82)

na paśyāmi ca trātāraṃ duḥkhādasmātkathaṃcana ..

> And I saw no savior whatsoever from this suffering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.83)

tava dṛṣṭipathaṃ yāto diṣṭayā'haṃ gatakalmaṣaḥ .. 41 ..

> By good fortune I have come into the path of your sight, my impurities removed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.84)

adya me devatāstuṣṭā guravaḥ sādhavaśca ye ..

> Today the deities, the gurus, and the virtuous are pleased with me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.85)

hariśca me prasanno'bhūdyataste darśanaṃ mama .. 42 ..

> and Hari has become gracious to me, since I have had darśana of you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.86)

papāta pādayorbhūmau trāhitrāhīti vai rudan ..

> He fell at his feet on the ground, weeping indeed and crying, “Save me! Save me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.87)

tatastu kṛpayā''viṣṭaḥ satyaniṣṭho mahāyaśāḥ ..43..

> Then, filled with compassion, Satyaniṣṭha of great renown  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.88)

dorbhyāmutthāpayāmāsa śaṃtamābhyāṃ munīśvaraḥ ..

> raised him up with both his hands, which were most auspicious, the lord of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.89)

tatastvapa upaspṛśya dadau puṇyamanuttamam ..44..

> Then, having sipped water, he bestowed the peerless merit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.90)

vaiśākhamāsamāhātmyaśravaṇasya muhūrtajam ..

> born of a single muhūrta of listening to the māhātmya of the month of Vaiśākha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.91)

tena puṇyaprabhāvena sadyo dhvastākhilāśubhaḥ .. 45 ..

> By the power of that merit, with all inauspiciousness instantly destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.92)

piśācadehanirmukto divyadehadharo'bhavat ..

> freed from the body of a piśāca, he assumed a celestial body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.93)

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya taṃ praṇamya mahāmunim ..46..

> Mounting a celestial aerial chariot and bowing to that great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.94)

āmaṃtrya ca parikramya yayau viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam ..

> taking his leave and circumambulating him, he went to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.95)

satyaniṣṭhastato dhīmānyayau paiṭhinasīṃ purīm .. 47 ..

> The wise Satyaniṣṭha then went to the city of Paiṭhinasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.96)

māhātmyaśravaṇasyaivaṃ ciṃtayānaḥ punaḥpunaḥ ..

> reflecting again and again upon this \[power\] of listening to the māhātmya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.97)

.. śrutadeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.98)

yatra viṣṇukathā puṇyā śubhā lokamalā'pahā .. 48 ..

> Where there is the meritorious, auspicious narration of Viṣṇu that removes the impurity of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.99)

tatra sarvāṇi tīrthāni kṣetrāṇi vividhāni ca ..

> there are all sacred fords and various sacred fields.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.100)

yatra pravahate puṇyā śubhā viṣṇukathā''pagā .. 49 ..

> Where flows the meritorious, auspicious river that is the narration of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.101)

taddeśavāsināṃ muktiḥ karasaṃsthā na saṃśayaḥ .. 2.7.14.50 ..

> liberation is right in the hands of the dwellers of that land; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.14.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.14.102)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe nāradāmbarīṣasaṃvāde kathāpraśaṃsāyāṃ piśācamuktiprāptirnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named “The Attainment of Liberation by the Piśāca” in the Praise of the Narration, in the dialogue between Nārada and Ambarīṣa, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in 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.2.7.14.1) — English, machine translation

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