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# Skandapurana 2.7.17

Skandapurāṇa 2.7.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.1)

vālmīke:pūrvajanmasya kathā  
"śrutakīrtiruvāca..

> The story of Vālmīki's previous birth.  
> Śrutakīrti said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.2)

vaiśākhadharmānakhilānihāmutra phalapradā..

> “All the duties of Vaiśākha yield fruits both in this world and the next;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.3)

bhūyo'pi śṛṇvataścāsīttṛptirnā'dyāpi mānada..1..

> though hearing them repeatedly, no satiety has come even today, O bestower of honor!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.4)

yatra cākaitavo dharmo yatra viṣṇukathā śubhāḥ..

> Where there is genuine dharma, where there are auspicious stories of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.5)

tacchāstraṃ śṛṇvato naiva tṛptiḥ karṇarasāyanam..2..

> one who hears that teaching, an elixir for the ears, never feels satiated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.6)

pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ diṣṭyā pāramupāgatam ..

> By good fortune, the merit acquired in a previous life has reached its culmination,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.7)

ātithyavyapadeśena yadbhavāngṛhamāgataḥ.. 3 ..

> since you have arrived at my house under the pretext of hospitality.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.8)

vaco'mṛtaṃ mukhāṃbhojaniḥsṛtaṃ paramādbhutam..

> Having drunk the wonderful nectar of your words flowing from your lotus face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.9)

pītvā tṛptaḥ pārameṣṭhyaṃ mokṣaṃ vā ca na kāmaye..4..

> I am satisfied, and I do not desire the station of Brahmā or liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.10)

tasmāttāneva dharmānme bhuktimuktipradāyakān..

> Therefore, explain to me again at length those very duties  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.11)

viṣṇuprītikarāndivyānbhūyo vistarato vada..5..

> that bestow worldly enjoyment and liberation, pleasing to Viṣṇu, divine.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.12)

ityuktastu purā rājñā śrutadevo mahāyaśāḥ..

> Thus addressed formerly by the king, the highly renowned Śrutadeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.13)

saṃhṛṣṭā''tmā śubhāndharmānpunarvyāhartumārabhat..6..

> delighted in spirit, began to expound the auspicious duties again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.14)

"śrutadeva uvāca..

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

### [2.7.17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.15)

śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm ..

> “Listen, O king! I shall tell a tale that destroys sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.16)

vaiśākhadharmaviṣayāṃ bhāvitāṃ munibhirmuhuḥ..7..

> concerning the duties of Vaiśākha, repeatedly reflected upon by sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.17)

pampātīre dvijaḥ kaścicchaṃkhonāma mahāyaśāḥ..\*\*  
gurau siṃhagate cāgānnadīṃ godāvarīṃ śubhām..8..

> On the bank of the Pampā was a twice-born named Śaṅkha, of great renown;  
> when Jupiter entered Leo, he went to the auspicious Godāvarī river.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.18)

tīrtvā bhīmarathīṃ puṇyāṃ kāntāre kaṇṭakācale..

> Crossing the holy Bhīmarathī, in a wilderness at Kaṇṭakācala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.19)

nirjale nirjane ghore vaiśākhe tapakarṣitaḥ..9..

> waterless, desolate, and terrible, in the month of Vaiśākha, tormented by the heat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.20)

vṛkṣe copaviveśā'sau madhyāhnasamaye dvijaḥ ..

> the twice-born sat down beneath a tree at noon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.21)

tadā kaściddurācāro vyādhaścāpadharaḥ śaṭhaḥ..2.7.17.10..

> Then a certain rogue hunter of vile conduct, carrying a bow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.22)

nirghṛṇaḥ\*sarvabhūteṣu kālāntaka ivā'paraḥ..

> pitiless toward all beings, like another Death, the ender of time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.23)

taṃ kuṇḍaladharaṃ vipraṃ dīkṣitaṃ bhāskaropamam..11..

> seeing that consecrated brahmin wearing earrings, radiant like the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.24)

dṛṣṭvā baddhvā sa jagrāha kuṇḍalādikamugradhīḥ..

> that fierce-minded man bound him and seized his earrings and other belongings:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.25)

upānahau cacchatraṃ ca akṣamālāṃ kamaṇḍalum..12..

> the two sandals, the umbrella, the rosary, and the water-pot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.26)

paścādvisṛjya taṃ vipraṃ gacchetyāha vimūḍhadhīḥ.. 13..

> Afterward, letting that brahmin go, the foolish-minded one said, ‘Be off!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.27)

tataḥ sa gacchanpathi śarkarā''vile sūryāṃśutapte jalavarjite khare..

> Then, as he walked along the path covered with gravel, scorched by the rays of the sun, waterless and rough,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.28)

santaptapādastṛṇachādite sthale kvaciccacāropavasannūrdhvaretāḥ ..14..

> his feet severely burnt, that chaste ascetic walked on, in some places, onto grass-covered ground, pausing repeatedly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.29)

sa vai drutaṃ sampatankvāpi tuṣyanhāheti vādī sa jagāma tūrṇam..

> Stumbling rapidly, content nowhere, crying out ‘Alas, alas!’, he went along swiftly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.30)

dṛṣṭvā muniṃ khidyamānaṃ pṛthivyāṃ madhyaṃ gate pūṣṇi dayā babhūva ..15..

> Seeing the sage suffering on the earth when the sun had reached the meridian, compassion arose \[in the hunter\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.31)

vyādhasya dharmavimukhasya ca pāpabuddhestasmai dadāmi sukhadāṃ khalu pādarakṣām..16..

> \[Thought\] the hunter, though averse to dharma and sinful in mind: ‘I will give him the comfort-giving footwear!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.32)

cauryeṇaiva svadharmeṇa yā gṛhītā vanāntare..

> What was taken in the forest by theft alone, by one's own livelihood—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.33)

tadīyameva tatsarvaṃ vyādhānāṃ dharmanirṇayaḥ..

> all that indeed belongs to him: such is the determination of duty for hunters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.34)

tasmādupānahau dāsye muhurduḥkhāpanuttaye..17..

> Therefore, I will give the two sandals to dispel his constant pain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.35)

tena śreyo bhavedyacca tadbhavenmama pāpinaḥ..

> Whatever good may arise from that, let it accrue to me, a sinner!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.36)

jīrṇe copānahau dve ca vartete pādayormama..

> Moreover, two worn-out sandals are on my feet;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.37)

na tābhyāmasti me kṛtyaṃ tasmātte vai dadāmyaham.. ..18..

> I have no need of those two; therefore, I shall indeed give them to him.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.38)

iti niścitya manasi tūrṇaṃ gatvā dadau ca te..

> Having so resolved in his mind, he went quickly and gave them  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.39)

śarkarātaptapādāya dvijavaryāya sīdate ..19..

> to that best of twice-born who was suffering with feet scorched by the gravel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.40)

upānahau gṛhītvā te nirvṛtiṃ ca parāṃ yayau..

> Taking the two sandals, he attained supreme relief;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.41)

sukhī bhaveti taṃ vyādhamāśīrbhirabhinandya ca.. 2.7.17.20..

> and blessing that hunter with blessings, saying ‘Be happy!’, \[he said:\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.42)

nūnaṃ supakvapuṇyo'yaṃ vaiśākhe dattavānamū ..

> ‘Surely his merit has fully ripened, that he gave these two in Vaiśākha!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.43)

vyādhasyāpi ca durbuddheḥ prāyo viṣṇuḥ prasīdati.. 21..\*  
sarvasyā''ptyā ca bhūyo'pi yatsukhaṃ tadabhūnmama..

> even to this hunter of evil mind, Viṣṇu is mostly gracious. / And the joy that has become mine is like that of regaining all that was lost."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.44)

tato'bhiśrutya tadvākyaṃ kimetaditi vismitaḥ..22..

> Then, having heard that statement, astonished, wondering, 'What is this?',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.45)

vyājahāra punarvipraṃ brahmiṣṭhaṃ brahmavādinam ..

> he addressed the brahmin again, most knowledgeable in the Veda and an expounder of Brahman:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.46)

tvadīyaṃ tu mayā dattaṃ kathaṃ puṇyaṃ bhavenmama..23..

> "Yet what belonged to you was given by me; how can there be merit for me?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.47)

praśaṃsasi ca vaiśākhaṃ haristuṣṭo bhavediti..

> And you praise Vaiśākha, saying that Hari will be pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.48)

etadācakṣva me brahmanko vaiśākhastu ko hariḥ.. 24..

> Tell this to me, O brahmin: what is Vaiśākha, and who is Hari?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.49)

ko dharmaḥ kiṃ phalaṃ tasya śuśrūṣorme dayānidhe..

> What is dharma, and what is its fruit, for me who am eager to hear, O treasure of compassion?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.50)

iti vyādhavacaḥ śrutvā śaṃkhastuṣṭamanā abhūt..25..

> Hearing these words of the hunter, Śaṅkha became pleased in mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.51)

praśaṃsansa ca vaiśākhaṃ punarvismitamānasaḥ ..

> Praising Vaiśākha, his mind filled with wonder again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.52)

idānīṃ dattavānpādatrāṇe me lubdhakaḥ śaṭhaḥ..26..

> "Just now the deceitful hunter gave me foot-coverings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.53)

yaddurbuddheśca vaiṣamyaṃ jātaṃ citramaho vata..

> Oh, how marvelous that the wickedness of his evil mind has been overturned!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.54)

sarveṣāmeva dharmāṇāṃ phalaṃ janmāṃtareṣu vai..27..

> For the fruit of all dharmas indeed \[accrues\] in other births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.55)

vaiśākhamāsadharmāṇāṃ phalaṃ sadyaḥ kṣaṇe nṛṇām ..

> \[but\] the fruit of the dharmas of the month of Vaiśākha comes instantly in a moment to men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.56)

pāpācārasya durbuddhervyādhasyāpi durātmanaḥ..28..

> Even of this wicked, evil-minded hunter of sinful conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.57)

daivādupānahordānātsattvaśuddhirabhūdaho ..

> by the gift of shoes through providence, purity of being has arisen—oh!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.58)

yacca viṣṇoḥ priyaṃ karma yattatsantoṣanirmalam.. 29..

> And whatever action is dear to Viṣṇu, which is spotless through his satisfaction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.59)

tadeva dharmamityā hurmanvādyā dharmavittamāḥ..

> that alone Manu and others who know dharma best call dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.60)

dharmā mādhavamāsīyāḥ priyā viṣṇoratīva te.. 2.7.17.30..

> Those dharmas belonging to the month of Mādhava are exceedingly dear to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.61)

dharmairmādhavamāsīyairyathā tuṣyati keśavaḥ..

> As Keśava is pleased by dharmas belonging to the month of Mādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.62)

na tathā sarvadānaiśca tapobhiśca mahāmakhaiḥ ..31..

> he is not so pleased by all gifts, nor by austerities, nor by great sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.63)

nānena sadṛśo dharmaḥ sarvadharmeṣu vidyate ..

> No dharma equal to this is found among all dharmas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.64)

mā gayāṃ yāṃtu mā gaṃgāṃ mā prayāgaṃ tu puṣkaram ..32..

> Let them not go to Gayā, let them not go to the Gaṅgā, let them not go to Prayāga or to Puṣkara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.65)

mā kedāraṃ kurukṣetraṃ mā prabhāsaṃ syamantakam ..

> let them not go to Kedāra, to Kurukṣetra, to Prabhāsa, or to Syamantaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.66)

mā godā mā ca kṛṣṇāṃ ca mā setuṃ mā marudvṛdham ..33..

> let them not go to the Godāvarī, nor to the Kṛṣṇā, nor to the Setu, nor to the Marudvṛdhā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.67)

vaiśākhadharmamāhātmyaṃ śaṃsaṃtī ca kathā''pagā..

> The river of narrative proclaiming the majesty of the dharma of Vaiśākha—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.68)

tatra snātasya vai viṣṇuḥ sadyo hṛdyavarudhyate..34..

> for one who has bathed therein, Viṣṇu is instantly retained in the heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.69)

māse mādhavasaṃjñe'sminyastvalpenaiva sādhyate ..

> He who is attained with very little in this month named after Mādhava  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.70)

na tadbahuvyayairdānairna dharmairvā'pi vai makhaiḥ..35..

> is not \[attained\] by gifts involving great expenditure, nor by dharmas, nor indeed by sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.71)

māso'yaṃ mādhavonāma\* vyādha puṇyavivarddhanaḥ ..

> This month called Mādhava, O hunter, increases merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.72)

tasminmahyaṃ tvayā datte pāduke tāpanāśane ..36..

> In it, you gave me two sandals that remove heat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.73)

tena te pūrvakālīnaṃ puṇyaṃ pākamupāgatam..

> Because of that, your past merit has reached fruition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.74)

tuṣṭastu bhagavānprāyaḥ śreyo vyādhavidhāsyati..37..

> The Lord is pleased and will surely grant you the highest good, O hunter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.75)

anyathā te kathaṃ bhūyādbuddhiretādṛśī śubhā ..

> Otherwise, how could such an auspicious mindset arise in you?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.76)

munāvevaṃ bruvāṇe ca mṛtyunā prerito balī ..38..

> While the sage was speaking thus, a mighty lion impelled by death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.77)

siṃho vyāghravadhārthāya prādravatkrodhavihvalaḥ ..

> distraught with rage, rushed forward to kill a tiger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.78)

madhye dṛṣṭvā ca mātaṅgaṃ daivāddevena kalpitam .. 39..

> Seeing an elephant between them, arranged through providence by the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.79)

taṃ haṃtumudyato'gacchatpadākrāṃtaṃ vyavasthitam..

> he set out intent on killing it, standing there trampled by its feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.80)

tayoryuddhamabhūdrājansiṃhamātaṃgayorvane.. 2.7.17.40..

> A battle took place between the lion and the elephant in the forest, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.81)

śrāntau yuddhācca viratau nirīkṣantau ca tasthatuḥ ..

> Weary from the fight and having ceased, both stood gazing at each other.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.82)

vyādhamuddiśya yaccoktaṃ muninā ca mahātmanā..41..

> And what was spoken by the great-souled sage addressed to the hunter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.83)

samastapātakadhvaṃsi daivācchuśruvatuśca tau ..

> destroying all sins, the two of them happened to hear through providence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.84)

tenaiva māsamāhātmyaśravaṇenāmalāśayau ..42..

> By that very hearing of the greatness of the month, their intentions became pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.85)

śāpānmuktau ca tau dehātsadyo muktau divaṃ gatau ..

> Freed from the curse and instantly freed from that body, they went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.86)

divyarūpadharau divyau divyagandhānulepanau ..43..

> Assuming divine forms, celestial, smeared with divine fragrance and ointments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.87)

divyaṃ vimānamārūḍhau divyanārīniṣevitau..

> mounted upon a divine aerial chariot, attended by divine women,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.88)

sadyo'vanatamūrddhānau prāñjalī copatasthatuḥ..44 ..

> instantly bowing their heads, they approached with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.89)

munīṃdro dharmavaktā ca vyādhamuddiśya vai pathi ..

> The lord of sages, speaker of dharma, who had been speaking to the hunter on the path,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.90)

tau dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ prāha kau yuvāmiti niścalaḥ ..45..

> seeing the two of them, was astonished and said, remaining still: "Who are you two?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.91)

duryonau tu kuto janma yuvayorvā kathaṃ mṛtiḥ ..

> Whence was your birth in a degraded womb, or how did your death occur,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.92)

ahetorvipine cā'snmiparasparavadhodyatau ..46..

> ready to kill each other in this forest without reason?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.93)

etatsarvaṃ suvistārya samyagvadata me'naghau..

> Tell me all this in full detail, O sinless ones."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.94)

ityuktau muninā tena vacaḥ pratyūcatuḥ punaḥ..47..

> Thus addressed by that sage, the two replied again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.95)

mataṃgasya muneḥ putrau dantilaḥ kohalo'paraḥ ..

> "We are the two sons of the sage Mataṅga: Dantila and the other, Kohala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.96)

śāpadoṣeṇa tau jātau nāmnā dantilakohalau.. 48..

> Through the fault of a curse, those two were born by the names Dantila and Kohala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.97)

rūpayauvanasaṃpannau sarvavidyāviśāradau..

> endowed with beauty and youth, skilled in all fields of knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.98)

āvāmuddiśya provāca pitā dharmārthakovidaḥ..49..

> Our father, knowledgeable in dharma and its purpose, spoke addressing us:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.99)

mataṃgonāma brahmarṣiḥ sarvadharmaviduttamaḥ ..

> The brahmin seer named Mataṅga, the best of knowers of all dharma:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.100)

vaiśākhe māsi tanayau madhusūdanavallabhe.. 2.7.17.50..

> 'In the month of Vaiśākha, dear to the Slayer of Madhu, O sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.101)

prapāṃ kuruta mārge ca janānvījayataṃ kṣaṇam..

> set up a water-stall on the road and fan the people for a moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.102)

mārge chāyā vidhattāṃ ca bhūryannaṃ śītalāṃbu ca..51..

> Provide shade on the road, abundant food, and cool water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.103)

kurutaṃ snānamuṣasi tathaivārcayataṃ vibhum ..

> "Perform ritual ablution at dawn, and worship the Lord in the same way;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.104)

kathāṃ ca śṛṇutaṃ nityaṃ yayā bandho nivartate..52..

> and constantly listen to the sacred narrative by which bondage is dispelled."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.105)

evaṃ ca bahubhirvākyairbodhitāvapi durmatī ..

> Even though thus instructed with many words, the two of us, foolish-minded,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.106)

kuddho'bhavaṃ dantilo'haṃ matto'haṃ kohalāhvayaḥ.. 53..

> \[became angry\]—I, Dantila, became angry, and he, called Kohala, became arrogant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.107)

kruddhaḥ śaśāpa tau sadyaḥ pitā dharmeṣu lālasaḥ.. 54..

> Enraged, our father, who was devoted to righteous duties, immediately cursed the two:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.108)

putraṃ ca dharmavimukhaṃ bhāryāṃ cā'priyavādinīm ..

> "A son averse to righteousness, a wife who speaks harsh words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.109)

abrahmaṇyaṃ ca rājānaṃtyajetsadyo na cetpatet.55..

> and a king unfriendly to brahmins—one should renounce them immediately, lest one fall.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.110)

dākṣiṇyādarthalobhādvā saṃsargaṃ ye prakurvate..

> Those who associate \[with them\] out of courtesy or greed for wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.111)

te sarve narakaṃ yāṃti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa..

> they all go to hell for as long as fourteen Indras reign."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.112)

iti jñātvā śaśāpāvāṃ madakrodhapariplutau..56..

> Knowing this, he cursed the two of us overwhelmed with pride and anger:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.113)

kuddho'yaṃ daṃtilo bhūyātsiṃhaḥ krodhapariplutaḥ..

> "Let this Dantila, who is angry, become a lion filled with rage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.114)

mattastu kohalo bhūyānmatto mātaṃgayūthapaḥ..57..

> and let Kohala, who is proud, become a rutting leader of a herd of elephants!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.115)

kṛtānutāpau paścāttu prārthayāvo vimocanam..

> Having repented afterwards, however, the two of us begged for deliverance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.116)

āvābhyāṃ prārthito bhūyo viśāpaṃ ca dadaupitā.. 58..

> Besought by the two of us, our father once more granted an end to the curse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.117)

yuvāṃ prāpya ca duryoniṃ kiyatkālāntare'pi ca ..

> "After having entered a wretched womb, yet after some time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.118)

saṃgamo bhavitā tatra parasparavadheṣiṇoḥ..59..

> there shall be a meeting for the two of you, seeking to kill each other.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.119)

tasminneva hi samaye saṃvādo vyādhaśaṃkhayoḥ ..

> At that very time, the dialogue of the hunter and Śaṅkha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.120)

vaiśākhadharmaviṣayo daivādvāṃ śravaṇe'pi ca.. 2.7.17.60..

> concerning the righteous duties of Vaiśākha, by destiny, into your hearing also  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.121)

gamiṣyati kṣaṇādeva tasmānmuktirbhaviṣyati ..

> shall enter; instantly from that, liberation will come about.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.122)

śāpānmuktau pūrvameva rūpamāsthāya putrakau..61 ..

> Released from the curse, assuming your former forms, O my two sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.123)

māmeva prāpya vasataṃ nānyathā me vaco bhavet..

> come to me and live; my word cannot be otherwise."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.124)

iti śaptau ca guruṇā duryoniṃ prāpya durmatī..62..

> Having been cursed thus by our father and entered a wretched womb, foolish-minded,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.125)

prāpya daivātsaṃgatiṃ ca parasparavadhaiṣiṇau ..

> and having by destiny met together, seeking to kill each other,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.126)

saṃvādaṃ yuvayordivyaṃ śubhaṃ taṃ śuśruvāvahe ..63..

> we two have heard that divine, auspicious conversation of you two.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.127)

tena sadyo vimuktiśca kṣaṇādevā''vayorabhūt..

> By that, immediate liberation came to both of us in a mere instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.128)

iti sarvaṃ samākhyāya praṇamya ca munīśvaram..64..

> Having related all this and bowed to the lord of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.129)

samāmaṃtryābhyanujñātau jagmatuḥ pituraṃtikam..

> having taken leave and been permitted, they went to their father's presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.130)

tadevaṃ saṃpradṛśyāha munirvyādhaṃ dayānidhiḥ ..65..

> Seeing that happen thus, the sage, a treasure of compassion, said to the hunter:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.131)

paśya vaiśākhamāhātmyaśravaṇasya phalaṃ mahat ..

> "Behold the great fruit of hearing the Vaiśākha-māhātmya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.132)

muhūrtaśravaṇādeva tayormuktiḥ kare sthitā ..66..

> From listening for just a single muhūrta, liberation was placed in their hands!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.133)

iti bruvāṇaṃ munipuṃgavaṃ taṃ dayānidhiṃ niḥspṛhamagryabuddhim..

> To that eminent sage who was speaking thus, a treasure of compassion, detached, of foremost intellect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.134)

viśuddhasattvaṃ sukṛtaikapātraṃ sa nyastaśastraḥ punarāha vyādhaḥ..67..

> of purified nature, the sole vessel of good deeds, the hunter, having cast down his weapon, spoke again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.17.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.17.135)

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iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye nāradāmbarīṣasaṃvāde daṃntilakohalamuktiprāptivṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ..17..

> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  
> Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Account of the Attainment of Liberation by Dantila and Kohala', in the Vaiśākhamāsamāhātmya, in the dialogue between Nārada and Ambarīṣa, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.7.17.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vedāntasāravīraśaivacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.vedantasaravirasaivacintamani.1.51) — Niṣṭhura Nañjanācārya 1700, Sanskrit

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