[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.7.21 # Skandapurana 2.7.21 Skandapurāṇa 2.7.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.p1) "vālmīke:pūrvajanmasya kathā "śrutadeva uvāca.. tatastu vismito bhūtvā śaṅkho vyādhasamanvitaḥ.. ko bhavāniti taṃ prāha daśaiṣā ca kutastava..1.. kena vā karmaṇā saumya matistava śubhāvahā.. akasmātte kathaṃ muktiretadācakṣva vistarāt..2.. śaṅkhenaiva tadā pṛṣṭo daṇḍavatpatito bhuvi.. praśrayā'vanato bhūtvā prāṃjalirvākyamabravīt..3.. ahaṃ purā dvijaḥ kaścitprayāge bahubhāṣaṇaḥ.. rūpayauvanasaṃpanno vidyāmadasugarvitaḥ..4.. dhanāḍhyo bahuputrāḍhyaḥ sadā'haṃkāradūṣitaḥ.. kusīdasya muneḥ putro nāmnā rocana ityaham..5.. āsanaṃ śayanaṃ nidrā vyavāyo'kṣaparikriyāḥ.. lokavārtā kusīdaṃ vā vyāpārāste mamā'bhavan.. 6.. tantumātrāṇi karmāṇi lokanindāviśaṃkitaḥ .. sadambhaśca sadā kurve na śraddhā me kadācana ..7.. durbuddhermama duṣṭasya kiyatkālo gato'bhavat .. tadā vaiśākhamāse'smiñjayaṃtonāma vai dvijaḥ..8.. śrāvayāmāsa tanmāsadharmānbhāgavatapriyān.. tatkṣetre vāsināṃ puṇyakarmaṇāṃ ca dvijanmanām..9.. nārīnarāḥ kṣatriyāśca vaiśyāḥ śūdrāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. prātaḥ snātvā samabhyarcya madhusūdanamavyayam.. 2.7.21.10.. > "The story of Vālmīki's previous birth. > Śrutadeva said: > 'Then Śaṅkha, accompanied by the hunter, became astonished > and said to him: "Who are you, and whence comes this condition of yours? 1 > Or by what deed, gentle one, has your mind become bearer of good fortune? > How did your liberation come about suddenly? Tell this in detail." 2 > Being then asked thus by Śaṅkha, falling like a stick upon the earth, > bowed in modesty, he spoke this word with joined palms: 3 > "Formerly I was a certain talkative twice-born in Prayāga, > endowed with beauty and youth, very arrogant with the pride of learning, 4 > rich in wealth, rich in many sons, constantly corrupted by egotism, > the son of the sage Kusīda, Rocana by name. 5 > Sitting, lying down, sleeping, intercourse, playing dice, > gossip of the world, or usury—those were my occupations. 6 > Fearing the censure of people, I always performed only superficial actions > with hypocrisy, and never had any faith. 7 > Some time passed for me, wicked and of corrupt intellect. > Then, in this month of Vaiśākha, a certain twice-born named Jayanta 8 > caused the virtues of that month, dear to the devotees of the Lord, > to be heard by the twice-born residents of that holy field, performers of meritorious deeds. 9 > Women, men, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras in the thousands, > having bathed in the morning and fully worshipped the imperishable Madhusūdana..." 2.7.21.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.15) kathāṃ śṛṇvaṃti satataṃ jayantena samīritām .. śucibhūtvā maunadharā vāsudevakathāratāḥ ..11.. vaiśākhadharmaniratā daṃbhālasyavivarjitāḥ .. tāṃ sabhāṃ ca praviṣṭo'haṃ kautukācca didṛkṣayā.. 12.. soṣṇīṣeṇa mayā mūrdhnā namaskāro'pi na kṛtaḥ.. tāṃbūlaṃ ca mukhe kṛtvā kañcukaṃ ca mayā dhṛtam..13.. kathāvikṣepamacaraṃ lokavārtābhiraṃjanāt .. sarveṣāṃ cittacāṃcalyamabhūdvai lokavārtayā ..14.. kvacidvāsaḥ prasāryāhaṃ kvacinniṃdankvaciddhasan.. evaṃ kālo mayānītaḥ kathā yāvatsamāpyate.15. > continually listened to the narrative recited by Jayanta, > having become pure and observing silence, devoted to the stories of Vāsudeva, (11) > intent on the duties of Vaiśākha, free from hypocrisy and indolence. > And I entered that assembly out of curiosity and from a desire to see. (12) > With my head covered with a turban, I did not even offer a greeting; > and having betel in my mouth, I wore a tunic. (13) > I caused distraction from the narration by amusing \[them\] with idle worldly talk; > there arose agitation in the minds of everyone on account of that gossip. (14) > Stretching out my garment in one place, censuring someone in another, laughing elsewhere, > in this manner time was spent by me until the story came to an end. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.31) paścāttenaiva doṣeṇa sadyo'lpāyurvinaṣṭadhīḥ .. sannipātena pañcatvaṃ prāpto'haṃ ca pare dine..16.. taptasīsajalaiḥ pūrṇaṃ nirayaṃ ca halāhalam.. prāpya bhuktvā yātanāṃ ca manvantāni caturdaśa..17.. yukteṣvatha ca lakṣeṣu tathā caturaśītibhiḥ .. kramādyoniṣu jāto'hamidānīṃ cāvasandrume..18.. daśayojanavistīrṇe śatayojanamunnate.. vyālo'haṃ tāmasaḥ krūraḥ saptayojanakoṭare..19.. bhūtvā vasāmi viprarṣe karmaṇā bādhitaḥ purā .. ayutaṃ ca samā yātā nirāhārasya koṭare.. 2.7.21.20.. daivāttava mukhāṃbhojasamīritakathāmṛtam .. śrutvā cakṣurdvayenāhaṃ sadyo dhvastāśubho mune..21.. vyālayoniṃ visṛjyā'haṃ divyarūpadharaḥ pumān.. prāṃjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā pādau te śaraṇaṃ gataḥ..22.. kasmiñjanmani tvaṃ badhurna jāne munisattama .. na mayopakṛtaṃ kvā'pi sānukampaḥ kutaḥ satām ..23.. sādhūnāṃ samacittānāṃ sadā bhūtadayāvatām .. paropakāraprakṛtirna caiṣāmanyathā matiḥ ..24.. māmadyānugṛhāṇa tvaṃ yathā dharme matirbhavet .. na bhūyādvismṛtiḥ kvā'pi viṣṇordevasya cakriṇaḥ ..25.. mahatāṃ sādhuvṛttānāṃ saṃga tiśca sadā bhavet.. dāridyamekameva syānmadāṃdhaparamāṃjanam ..26.. iti taṃ bahudhā stutvā praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ.. prāṃjaliḥ praṇatastasthau tūṣṇīmeva tadagrataḥ..27.. śaṃkho dorbhyāṃ samutthāpya pūrṇapremapariplutaḥ.. pasparśa pāṇinā cāṃgaṃ śaṃtamena gatādhvasaḥ ..28.. cakre so'nuhgrahaṃ tasmindivyarūpadhare dvije .. prāha taṃ kṛpayā''viṣṭo bhāvivṛttāntamañjasā.. 29.. dvija tvaṃ māsamāhātmyaśravaṇācca harerapi .. māhātmyaśravaṇātsadyo vidhvastā'khilabaṃdhanaḥ.. 2.7.21.30.. atihāya kalaṃkaṃ ca kramādgatvā punarbhuvi .. daśārṇe viṣame puṇye bhavitā tvaṃ dvijottamaḥ..31. > Afterwards, by that very fault, my intellect ruined and short-lived, / I met death from high fever on the very next day. > Reaching the hell named Halāhala, filled with waters of molten lead, / and suffering torment for fourteen Manvantaras, > and then in eighty-four lakhs / of wombs in succession, I was born; and now I was dwelling in a tree > ten yojanas wide and a hundred yojanas high, / a cruel, dark serpent in a hollow of seven yojanas. > Having become that, I have lived there, O brahmin seer, afflicted by former karma; / ten thousand years have passed as I remained fasting in the tree-hollow. > By fortune, having heard with both eyes from the lotus of your mouth the nectar of the narrative, / my misfortune was instantly destroyed, O sage. > Casting off the serpent-birth, I have become a man bearing a divine form; / folding my hands in reverence and bowing, I have taken refuge at your feet. > I do not know in which lifetime you were my relative, O best of sages. / I never rendered you any service; whence this compassion of the virtuous? > The nature of virtuous people, whose minds are impartial and who always have pity for living beings, / is doing good to others, and their thought is never otherwise. > Bless me today so that my mind may dwell on righteousness, / and that forgetfulness of Lord Viṣṇu, the wielder of the discus, may never occur anywhere. > May there always be fellowship with the great who act virtuously! / Poverty alone can be the supreme collyrium for one blinded by pride.' > Having praised him in many ways thus, and bowing again and again, / he stood quietly before him with folded hands, bowing down. > Śaṅkha, raising him with his arms, overflowing with complete love, / touched his body with his hand, most auspicious and dispelling weariness. > He bestowed grace on that brahmin who possessed a divine form, / and filled with compassion, he directly told him the future events: > 'O brahmin, from hearing the māhātmya of the month and from hearing the māhātmya / of Hari, all your bonds have been instantly shattered. > Having cast off your stain and going again to the earth in due course, / you will become an excellent brahmin in the uneven, sacred Daśārṇa country. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46) vedaśarmeti vikhyātaḥ sarvavedaviśāradaḥ.. tatra te bhavitā jātismṛtirātyaṃtikī śubhā..32.. tathā smṛtānubandhastvaṃ tyaktasarveṣaṇaḥ śubhaḥ.. karoṣi sakalāndharmānvaiśākhoktānharipriyān ..33.. nirdvandvo niḥspṛho'saṃgo guru bhakto jitendriyaḥ.. sadā viṣṇukathālāpo bhavitā tatra janmani ..34.. tataḥ siddhiṃ samāpyātha vidhvastā'khilabandhanaḥ.. prāpnoṣi paramaṃ dhāma yogairapi durāsadam ..35.. mā bhaiṣīḥ putra bhadraṃ te bhavitā matprasādataḥ.. hāsyādbhayāttathā krodhāddveṣātkāmādathā'pi vā..36.. snehādvā sakṛduccārya viṣṇornāmā'ghahāri ca.. pāpiṣṭhā api gacchanti viṣṇordhāma nirāmayam..37.. kimu tacchraddhayā yuktā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ.. dayāvantaḥ kathāṃ śrutvā gacchaṃtīti dvijottama ..38.. kecitkevalayā bhaktyā kathālāpaikatatparāḥ.. sarvadharmmojjhitā vā'pi yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam..39.. dveṣādinā ca bhaktyā vā kecidviṣṇumupāsate.. te'pi yāṃti paraṃ dhāma pūtanevāsuhāriṇī.. 2.7.21.40 .. mahadbhiḥ saṃgato nityaṃ vāgvisargastadāśrayaḥ.. mumukṣūṇāṃ ca kartavyaḥ sa vidhiḥ śruticoditaḥ.. 41.. sa vāgvisargo janatā'ghaviplavo yasminpratiślokamabaddhavatyapi .. nāmānyanaṃtasya yaśoṃkitāni yacchṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇaṃti sādhavaḥ ..42.. yaḥ kaṣṭasevāṃ na ca kāṃkṣate vibhurna vāsanaṃ bhūri na rūpayauvane.. smṛtaḥ sakṛdgacchati dhāma bhāsvaraṃ kaṃ vā dayāluṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajeta ..43.. tameva śaraṇaṃ yāhi nārāyaṇamanāmayam .. bhaktavatsalamavyaktaṃ cetogamyaṃ dayānidhim ..44.. kuru sarvānimāndhamānvaiśākhoktānmahāmate .. tena tuṣṭo jagannāthaḥ śarma te ca vidhāsyati.. 45 .. ityuktvā virarāmātha vyādhaṃ dṛṣṭvā suvismitaḥ.. sa divyaḥ puruṣaḥ prāha punastaṃ munipuṃgavam ..46. > Renowned by the name Vedaśarman, expert in all the Vedas, / you will have the continuous, auspicious memory of your past births there. > Thus bound to remembrance, having abandoned all desires, auspicious, / you will perform all the religious duties enjoined in Vaiśākha, dear to Hari. > Free from dualities, without longing, unattached, devoted to the guru, having conquered the senses, / always conversing on the narratives of Viṣṇu, you will be in that birth. > Then, having attained perfection and all bonds being shattered, / you will reach the supreme abode, difficult to attain even through yogas. > Do not fear, my son; good fortune will be yours through my grace. / Out of jest, out of fear, likewise out of anger, malice, or even desire, > or out of affection, having uttered once the name of Viṣṇu which removes sins, / even the most sinful go to the disease-free abode of Viṣṇu. > How much more then, O best of brahmins, do they go who, endowed with faith, / with anger subdued and senses mastered, and full of compassion, hear the sacred narrative! > Some, through devotion alone, intent solely on the discourse of his stories, / though devoid of all other duties, go to the supreme foot of Viṣṇu. > Some worship Viṣṇu through hatred and the like, or through devotion; / they too go to the supreme abode, just like Pūtanā who took away his life. > Constant association with the great and speech dedicated to taking refuge in him / must be maintained by those desiring liberation; this is the rule enjoined by the scriptures. > That utterance of words destroys the sins of the people, in which, though each verse may be poorly composed, / the names of the Infinite One, marked by his glory, are heard, sung, and recited by the virtuous. > Which compassionate one would one take refuge in, other than the all-pervading Lord, who desires neither strenuous service, / nor immense wealth, nor beauty and youth, but when remembered even once, leads to the radiant abode? > Go to him alone for refuge, the unblemished Nārāyaṇa, / who is affectionate to his devotees, unmanifest, accessible to the intellect, an ocean of compassion. > Perform all these religious duties declared in Vaiśākha, O highly intelligent one; / pleased thereby, the Lord of the Universe will bestow happiness upon you.' > Having spoken thus, he fell silent, and seeing the hunter, he was greatly amazed; / that divine person again spoke to that foremost of sages: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_2) .. divyapuruṣa uvāca.. > The divine person said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_3) dhanyosmyanugṛhīto'smi tvayā śaṃkha dayālunā .. > "I am blessed, I am favored by you, O compassionate Śaṅkha! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_4) diṣṭyā gatā me duryoniryāmi caiva parāṃ gatim..47.. > Fortunately, my wretched birth has ended, and I go indeed to the supreme destination." 47. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_5) iti taṃ ca parikramya hyanujñāto divaṃ yayau.. > Having thus circumambulated him and received permission, he went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_6) tataḥ sāyamabhūdrājañcchaṃkho vyādhena toṣitaḥ.. 48.. > Then it became evening, O King; Śaṅkha, pleased by the hunter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_7) saṃdhyāṃ sāyantanīṃ kṛtvā rātriśeṣaṃ nināya ca.. > performed the evening twilight prayers and passed the rest of the night > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_8) nānākhyāneśca bhūpānāṃ devānāṃ ca mahātmanām.. 49 .. > with various stories of kings and noble deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_9) līlābhiravatārāṇāṃ dṛṣṭago ṣṭhibhireva ca .. > with the pastimes of the incarnations, and with visible assemblies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_10) brāhme muhūrte cotthāya pādau prakṣālya vāgyataḥ.. 2.7.21.50. dhyāyaṃśca tārakaṃ brahma kṛtvā śaucādisatkriyām.. > Arising at the hour sacred to Brahmā, washing his feet, restraining his speech, / meditating on the saving Brahman, and performing purification and proper rites, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_11) vaiśākhe meṣage sūrye snātvā prākca bhagodayāt.. 51.. > having bathed in Vaiśākha while the sun was in Aries and before the rising of the stars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_12) kṛtvā saṃdhyādikaṃ karma tathā saṃtarpya cā'khilān .. > performing the twilight rituals and other rites, and satisfying all \[the gods and ancestors\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_13) vyādhamāhūya hṛṣṭātmā mūrdhni prokṣya nirīkṣya ca.. 52.. > he called the hunter, joyful in mind, sprinkled \[water\] on his head, looked at him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_14) rāmeti dvyakṣaraṃ nāma dadau vedādhikaṃ śubham .. > and gave the two-syllabled, auspicious name 'Rāma', which is superior to the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_15) viṣṇorekaikanāmā'pi sarvavedādhikaṃ matam ..53 .. > Even each single name of Viṣṇu is considered superior to all the Vedas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_16) tebhyaścā'naṃtanāmabhyo'dhikaṃ nāmnāṃ sahasrakam.. > and superior to those infinite names is the thousand names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_17) tādṛṅnāmasahasreṇa rāmanāma samaṃ matam ..54.. > The name of Rāma is considered equal to such a thousand names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_18) tasmādrāmeti tannāma japa vyādha niraṃtaram .. > "Therefore, O hunter, mutter that name 'Rāma' continuously; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_19) dharmānetānkuru vyādha yāvadāmaraṇāṃtikam ..55.. > perform these duties, O hunter, until the end of your life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_20) tataste bhavitā janma valmīkasya ṛṣeḥ kule.. > Then your birth will take place in the family of the seer Valmīka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_21) vālmīkiriti nāmnā ca bhūmau khyātimavāpsyasi ..56.. > and you will attain fame on earth by the name Vālmīki." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_22) iti vyādhaṃ samādiśya pratasthe dakṣiṇāṃ diśam.. > Having thus instructed the hunter, he set out towards the southern direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_23) vyādho'pi taṃ parikramya praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ.. 57 .. > The hunter too, having circumambulated him and bowed again and again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_24) kiṃciddūrānugo bhūtvā sa rudanvirahāturaḥ .. > followed him for some distance, weeping and afflicted by separation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_25) yāvaddṛṣṭipathaṃ tāvatpaśyaṃstasya gatiṃ punaḥ..58.. > As far as the path of sight extended, he watched his departure again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_26) punarnivavṛte kṛcchrāttameva hṛdi ciṃtayan .. > and returned with difficulty, contemplating him alone in his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_27) vanaṃ nirmāya tanmārge prapāṃ kṛtvā sunirmalām.. 59 .. > Constructing a forest dwelling and making a pure water booth on that path, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_28) atiyogyānimāndharmānvaiśākhoktāṃścakāra ha.. > He performed indeed these most fitting duties prescribed for the month of Vaiśākha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_29) vanyaiḥ kapitthapanasairjaṃbūcūtādibhiḥ phalaiḥ .. 2.7.21.60.. > with wild wood-apples, jackfruits, rose-apples, mangoes, and other fruits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_30) mārgānāṃ śramārtānāmāhāraṃ parikalpayan.. > providing food for those suffering fatigue on the road; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_31) upānadbhiścaṃdanaiśca chatraiśca vyajanairapi ..61.. > and with sandals, sandalwood, umbrellas, and even fans, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_32) vālukāstaraṇopetacchāyābhiśca kvacitkvacit.. > and here and there with shades provided with layers of sand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_33) ājahārātha pāṃthānāṃ śramaṃ svedodbhavaṃ tathā..62.. > he dispelled the weariness and sweat born of exertion in travelers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_34) prātaḥ snātvā divārātraṃ japanrāmeti vai manum.. > Bathing at dawn and murmuring day and night the mantra, 'Rāma', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_35) vyādhajanmani nāmā'sau valmīkasya suto'bhavat.. 63.. > in his hunter's birth he became known as the son of Valmīka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_36) kṛṇurnāma muniḥ kaścittasminneva sarovare .. > A certain sage named Kṛṇu, at that very lake, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_37) tapo vai dustaraṃ tepe bāhyavyāpāravarjitaḥ ..64.. > practiced indeed severe austerity, devoid of external activity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_38) valmīkamabhavaddehe tasya kālena bhūyasā .. > In course of long time, an anthill (valmīka) formed over his body; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_39) valmīka iti taṃ prāhurato vai munipuṃgavam ..65.. > therefore they called that foremost among sages 'Valmīka'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_40) paścāttapovirāmāṃte kṛṇau smṛtipathaṃ gate .. > Afterward, at the conclusion of the cessation of austerities, when Kṛṇu returned to ordinary consciousness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_41) striyo'nusmarato rājanskhalitaṃ ceṃdriyaṃ muneḥ..66.. > as he remembered a woman, O king, semen fell from the sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_42) jagrāha śailuṣī kācittasyāṃ jajñe vanecaraḥ.. > A certain actress received it; in her was born that forest-dweller > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_43) vālmīkiriti vikhyāto bhuvaneṣu mahāyaśāḥ..67.. > renowned throughout the worlds as Vālmīki, of great renown, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_44) yo vai rāmakathāṃ divyāṃ svaiḥ prabaṃdhairmanoharaiḥ. loke prakhyāpayāmāsa karmabandhanikṛṃtanīm ..68.. > who made known to the world the divine story of Rāma through his charming compositions, > which cuts through the bonds of karma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_45) ..śrutadeva uvāca .. > Śrutadeva said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_46) paśya vaiśākhamāhātmyaṃ bhūpālādyā'pi bhūtidam.. > Behold the greatness of Vaiśākha, O king, which yields prosperity even to this day! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_47) vyādhopyupānahau dattvā ṛṣitvaṃ prāpa durlabham..69.. > Even a hunter, by giving a pair of sandals, attained the hard-to-attain status of a seer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_48) ya idaṃ paramākhyānaṃ pāpaghnaṃ romaharṣaṇam .. > Whoever hears or recites this supreme narrative, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_49) śṛṇuyācchrāvayedvā'pi na bhūyaḥ stanapo bhavet.. 70.. > which destroys sins and causes the hair to bristle with joy, shall never again suck a mother's breast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21.46\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21.46_50) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye nāradāmbarīṣasaṃvāde vyādhopākhyāne vālmīkerjanmakathanannāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..21.. > Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, entitled 'The Narration of the Birth of Vālmīki in the Story of the Hunter', in the Greatness of the Month of Vaiśākha, in the dialogue between Nārada and Ambarīṣa, in the Vaiṣṇava section of the holy Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.7.21.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.21) · Pramāṇa