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# Skandapurana 2.7.24

Skandapurāṇa 2.7.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.1)

.. śrutadeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.2)

tithiṣvetāsu puṇyāsu dvādaśī sitapakṣiṇī ..

> “Among these auspicious lunar days, the twelfth day of the bright fortnight  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.3)

vaiśākhamāse rājeṃdra sarvāghaughavināśinī ..1..

> in the month of Vaiśākha, O king of kings, destroys the mass of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.4)

kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiśca kimupoṣyairvrataiśca kim ..

> What use are gifts, what use are austerities, what use are fasts and vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.5)

kimiṣṭaiścaiva pūrtaiśca dvādaśī yairna sevitā .. 2 ..

> what use are Vedic and charitable rites for those by whom the twelfth day has not been observed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.6)

gaṃgāyāmuparāge tu yo dadyādgosahasrakam ..

> Whatever \[fruit\] one obtains who gives a thousand cows at the Gaṅgā during an eclipse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.7)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti prātaḥ snātvā harerdine .. 3 ..

> that fruit he obtains by bathing in the morning on the day of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.8)

yaddattaṃ cā'rhate cā'nnaṃ dvādaśyāṃ ca site śubhe ..

> Whatever food is given to a worthy person on the auspicious bright twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.9)

sikthesikthe bhavettasya koṭibrāhmaṇabhojanam.. .. 4 ..

> with each morsel of boiled rice it becomes equal to feeding ten million brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.10)

yo dadyāttilapātraṃ tu dvādaśyāṃ madhusaṃyutam ..

> Whoever gives a vessel of sesame seeds filled with honey on the twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.11)

nirdhūtā'khilabaṃdhastu viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 5 ..

> freed from all bonds, is exalted in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.12)

ekādaśyāṃ site pakṣe kuryyājjāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ ..

> On the eleventh day in the bright fortnight, one should keep a vigil for Hari.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.13)

sa jīvanneva muktaḥ syāttuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ .. 6 ..

> he becomes liberated while still alive, and all the gods become pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.14)

koṭīṃdusūryagrahaṇe tīrthānyutplāvya yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit is obtained by plunging into sacred fords during a crore of solar and lunar eclipses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.15)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti prātaḥ snātvā harerdine. ..7..

> that fruit one attains by bathing in the morning on the day of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.16)

tulasyāḥ komalaiḥ patrairdvādaśyāṃ viṣṇumarcayet ..

> One should worship Viṣṇu on the twelfth day with tender leaves of tulasī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.17)

samastakulamuddhṛtya viṣṇulokā'dhipo bhavet ..8..

> having delivered his entire family, he becomes a lord in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.18)

( kṣepakaḥ-tulasīpatrapuṣpaiśca vaiśākhe'śvatthapūjanam ..

> (Interpolation: And worship of the aśvattha tree in Vaiśākha with tulasī leaves and flowers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.19)

puṣpādyabhāve dhānyairvā pūjayenmadhusūdanam ..1..)  
yamaṃ pitṝngurūndevānviṣṇumuddiśya mānavaḥ ..

> in the absence of flowers and the like, or with grains, one should worship Madhusūdana. /)  
> A person who, intending Yama, the ancestors, the teachers, the gods, and Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.20)

mādhave śukladvādaśyāṃ sodakuṃbhaṃ sadakṣiṇam.. 9 ..

> on the bright twelfth day in the month of Mādhava, gives a water-pot together with a fee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.21)

dadhyannaṃ caiva yo dadyāttasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu..

> and also gives curd-rice—hear the meritorious fruit of that!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.22)

prayāge pratyahaṃ caiva kuryādyaḥ koṭibhojanam .. 2.7.24.10 ..

> Whoever feeds a crore \[of people\] every day at Prayāga  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.23)

yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ puṇyaṃ ṣaḍrasānnairmanoramaiḥ ..

> with delightful food of the six flavours for a full year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.24)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti madhuśāsanaśāsanāt ..11..

> he obtains that \[same\] fruit by the command of the chastiser of Madhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.25)

śāligrāmaśilādānaṃ yaḥ kuryāddvādaśīdine ..

> Whoever makes a gift of a śālagrāma stone on the twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.26)

vaiśākhe śuklapakṣe tu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..12..

> in the bright half of Vaiśākha, is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.27)

dvādaśyāṃ payasā yastu snāpayenmadhusūdanam ..

> Whoever bathes Madhusūdana with milk on the twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.28)

rājasūyā'śvamedhābhyāṃ yatphalaṃ parijāyate .. 13 ..

> whatever fruit arises from the rājasūya and aśvamedha \[sacrifices\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.29)

trayodaśyāṃ yajedviṣṇuṃ payodadhivimiśritaiḥ ..

> and on the thirteenth day worships Viṣṇu with substances mixed with milk, curd,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.30)

śarkarāmadhubhirdravyairmadhusūdanaprītaye .. 14 ..

> sugar, and honey, for the gratification of Madhusūdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.31)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti gaṃgāyāṃ nā'tra saṃśayaḥ ..

> he obtains that fruit in the Gaṅgā; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.32)

paṃcāmṛtaiśca yo viṣṇuṃ bhaktyā saṃsnāpayedvibhum .. .. 15 ..

> And whoever with devotion completely bathes the all-pervading Viṣṇu with the five nectars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.33)

sa sarvakulamuddhṛtya viṣṇuloke mahīyate ..

> he, having delivered his whole family, is exalted in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.34)

yo dadyātpānakaṃ hyasyāṃ sāyāhne prītaye hareḥ .. 16 ..

> Whoever gives a beverage in the evening on this day for the pleasure of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.35)

jīrṇapāpaṃ jahātyāśu jīrṇāṃ tvacamivoragaḥ ..

> he quickly casts off his old sin, as a serpent casts off its old skin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.36)

sāyāhne caiva yo dadyādurvārukarasāyanam ..17..

> And whoever gives an elixir of cucumber in the evening,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.37)

bhavenmuktaḥ karmabaṃdhādurvārukarasāyanāt ..

> becomes freed from the bondage of karma by the cucumber elixir.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.38)

ikṣudaṇḍaṃ cūtaphalaṃ dadyāddrākṣāphalāni ca ..18..

> One should give sugar-cane, mango fruit, and grapes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.39)

na vicchittiḥ saṃtateḥ syāttasya vai śatapūruṣam ..

> there will be no disruption in his lineage for a hundred generations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.40)

yo dadyādgaṃdhalepaṃ tu sāyāhne dvādaśīdine ..19..

> Whoever gives an anointment of fragrant paste in the evening on the twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.41)

bāhyopaghātaiḥ sakalairmucyate nā'tra saṃśayaḥ ..

> he is freed from all external afflictions; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.42)

yatkiṃcitkurute puṇyaṃ dvādaśyāṃ rājasattama..2.7.24.20..

> Whatever merit one performs on the twelfth day, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.43)

mādhave tu site pakṣe tadakṣayyaphalaṃ bhavet ..

> in the bright fortnight of Mādhava, that becomes imperishable in its fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.44)

prakhyātimasyā vakṣyāmi yena jāteti bhūmipa .. 21 ..

> I shall tell of its fame, \[and\] how it came to be, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.45)

sarveṣāṃ sarvapāpaghnīṃ sarvamaṃgaladāyinīm ..

> which destroys all sins of all people and bestows all auspiciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.46)

purā kāśmīradeśe tu dvijo devavratā''hvayaḥ .. 22 ..

> Formerly, in the country of Kāśmīra, there was a twice-born named Devavrata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.47)

tasyā''sīnmālinī nāma tanayā cārurūpiṇī ..

> He had a daughter of beautiful form named Mālinī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.48)

dadau tāṃ satyaśīlāya vipravaryāya dhīmate ..23..

> He gave her to Satyaśīla, an eminent and wise brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.49)

tāmudvāhya yayau dhīmānsvadeśaṃ yavanā''hvayam ..

> Having married her, the wise man went to his own country called Yavana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.50)

rūpayauvanasaṃpannā tasya naiva priyā'bhavat.. 24 ..

> Endowed with beauty and youth, she was nevertheless not dear to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.51)

sadā vidveṣasaṃyuktastasyāṃ tiṣṭhati niṣṭhuraḥ..

> Harsh, he remained constantly full of malice toward her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.52)

nā'nyasya kasyaciddveṣṭi tāṃ vinā nṛpate patiḥ .. 25 ..

> Except for her, the husband hated no one else, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.53)

tasminsā krodhasaṃyuktā vaśīkaraṇalaṃpaṭā..

> Filled with anger toward him and eager for subjugation \[charms\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.54)

apṛcchatpramadā rājanyāstyaktāḥ patibhiḥ purā ..26..

> she questioned women, O king, who had formerly been abandoned by their husbands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.55)

tābhiruktā tu sā bhūpa vaśyo bharttā bhaviṣyati..

> She was told by them, O king: 'Your husband will become submissive.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.56)

asmākaṃ pratyayo jāto bhartṛtyāgāvamāninām ..27..

> Confidence has arisen in us who were insulted by our husbands' abandonment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.57)

prayujya bheṣajaṃ vaśyaṃ nītā hi patayaḥ purā ..

> By administering a subjugating medicine, our husbands were indeed brought under control in the past.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.58)

yoginīṃ tvaṃ tu gacchā'dya dāsyate bheṣajaṃ śubham .. ..28..

> Go today to the yoginī; she will give an auspicious medicine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.59)

na vikalpastvayā kāryo bhavitā dāsavatpatiḥ ..

> You should have no doubt: your husband will become like a servant.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.60)

yoginīmaṃdire gatvā tāsāṃ vākyena bhūpate .. 29 ..

> Having gone to the dwelling of the yoginī on their word, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.61)

prasādamatulaṃ tasyā lebhe duścāriṇī satī..

> she obtained her incomparable favor, though she was an evil-doing \[yet\] faithful wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.62)

śatastaṃbhasamāyuktāṃ kuṭīṃ bheje tvarānvitā ..2.7.24.30..

> With haste, she resorted to the hut furnished with a hundred pillars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.63)

suvistṛtāṃ suvarcaskāṃ tathaivā'yātayāmikām ..

> very spacious, very splendid, and also bustling with visitors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.64)

prāvṛtā dīrghavastreṇa sannidhiṃ tena yoginī .. 31 ..

> Wrapped in a long garment, the yoginī, in that presence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.65)

dīrghābhiśca saṭābhistu prāvṛtā dīptisaṃyutā ..

> covered with long matted locks, radiant with splendour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.66)

paricārasamopetā vīkṣamāṇā śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. 32 ..

> attended by attendants, looking around very slowly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.67)

akṣasūtrakarā sā tu japaṃtī prārthitā tayā ..

> with a rosary in her hand, muttering \[mantras\], was implored by her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.68)

dadau vaśyakaraṃ maṃtraṃ kṣobhakaṃ pratyayātmakam .. 33 ..

> She gave a subjugating mantra that agitates \[the mind\] and inspires conviction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.69)

tataḥ sā praṇatā bhūtvā dadyāddravyāṃ'gulīyakam ..

> Then, having bowed, she gave a costly ring,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.70)

vajramāṇikyasaṃyuktamatiraktaprabhānvitam ..34..

> set with diamonds and rubies, endowed with an intensely red lustre,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.71)

mṛdukāṃcanasaṃyuktaṃ bhānuraśmisamadyuti ..

> fashioned with soft gold, shining like the rays of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.72)

tato dṛṣṭvā tu saṃtuṣṭā pādasthaṃ cāṃgulīyakam ..35..

> Seeing that ring placed at her feet, she was well pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.73)

hṛdayaṃ ca tayā jñātaṃ tatpateravamānajam ..

> And her feeling, born of disrespect toward her husband, was perceived by her \[the yoginī\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.74)

tadoktā hi tayā bhūpa tāpasyāhitayuktayā..36..

> Then, O king, she was addressed by that female ascetic endowed with harmful intent:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.75)

cūrṇo rakṣānvito hyeṣa sarvabhūtavaśaṃkaraḥ..

> “This powder, accompanied by an amulet, subjugates all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.76)

cūrṇaṃ bhartari saṃyujya rakṣāṃ grīvāśrayāṃ kuru..37..

> Administer the powder to your husband and place the amulet upon his neck.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.77)

bhaviṣyati patirvaśyo nā'nyāṃ yāsyati sundarīm..

> Your husband will become obedient; he will not go to any other beautiful woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.78)

nā'priyaṃ vadati kvā'pi duścāriṇyāstavā'pi ca..38..

> He will never speak an unkind word, even to you who act unfaithfully.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.79)

cūrṇarakṣāṃ gṛhītvā sā prāpa bhartṛgṛhaṃ punaḥ ..

> Taking the powder and the amulet, she went back to her husband’s house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.80)

pradoṣe payasā yuktaścūrṇo bhartari yojitaḥ .. 39 ..

> At dusk, mixed with milk, the powder was administered to her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.81)

grīvāyāṃ hi kṛtā rakṣā na vicāraḥ kṛtastayā ..

> The amulet was indeed placed upon his neck; she gave it no reflection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.82)

tadā sa pītacūrṇastu bharttā nṛpavarottama .. 2.7.24.40 ..

> Then, O best of excellent kings, having drunk the powder, that husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.83)

taccūrṇātkṣayarogo'bhūtpatiḥ kṣīṇo dinedine ..

> from that powder contracted consumption; day by day the husband wasted away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.84)

guhye tu kṛmayo jātā ghorā duṣṭavraṇodbhavāḥ .. .. 41 ..

> Moreover, dreadful worms were born in his private parts, arising from malignant sores.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.85)

dinaiḥ katipayai rājanpatyurnaiva vyavasthitiḥ ..

> Within a few days, O king, the husband had no stability at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.86)

uvāsa svecchayā sā'pi puṃścalī duṣṭacāriṇī .. 42 ..

> She too, an unchaste and wicked-acting woman, lived according to her own desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.87)

hatatejāstato bhartā tāmuvācā''kulendriyaḥ ..

> Then the husband, his energy destroyed, his senses distraught, spoke to her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.88)

krandamāno divārātrau dāso'smi tava śobhane .. 43 ..

> crying out day and night: “I am your servant, O fair lady!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.89)

trāhi māṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptaṃ necche'hamaparāṃ striyam ..

> Save me, who have sought your refuge; I do not desire another woman.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.90)

tattasya viditaṃ jñātvā bhītā sā medinīpate .. 44 ..

> Understanding that this was known to him, she became frightened, O lord of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.91)

alaṃkārakṛte patyurjīvanecchurna vai hitā ..

> Wishing for her husband’s life only for the sake of ornaments, she was by no means well-disposed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.92)

yoginīṃ ca yayau śīghraṃ tasyai sarvaṃ nyavedayat .. 45 ..

> She went quickly to the yoginī and reported everything to her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.93)

tayā ca bheṣajaṃ dattaṃ dvitīyaṃ dāhaśāṃtaye ..

> And by her a second medicine was given to quench the burning sensation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.94)

datte ca bheṣaje tasminsvastho'bhūttatkṣaṇātpatiḥ .. 46 ..

> And when that medicine was administered, the husband immediately became sound.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.95)

tiṣṭhatyupapatirgehe gṛhakṛtyā'padeśataḥ ..

> A paramour stayed in the house under the pretext of household chores;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.96)

sarvavarṇasamudbhūtā jārāstiṣṭhaṃti vai gṛhe .. 47 ..

> lovers born of all castes indeed stayed in the house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.97)

na kiṃcidvacane śaktirbharturjātā kathaṃcana ..

> The husband had no capacity to speak in any way.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.98)

tatastenaiva doṣeṇa sarvāṃgeṣu ca jajñire .. 48 ..

> Then, through that very transgression, there arose in all his limbs  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.99)

kṛmayaścāsthibhettāraḥ kālāṃtakayamopamāḥ ..

> worms that cleaved his bones, resembling Death, the End-Maker, and Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.100)

tairnāsājihvayoścā''sīcchedaḥ karṇadvayasya ca ..49..

> By them occurred the severance of her nose and tongue, and of both her ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.101)

stanayoścāṃgulīnāṃ ca paṃgutvaṃ cā'pi cā''gatam ..

> and of her breasts and fingers; and lameness also came upon her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.102)

tena paṃcatvamāpannā gatā narakayātanāḥ .. 2.7.24.50 ..

> By that she met her death and went to the torments of hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.103)

tāmrabhāṃḍe ca sā dagdhā'yutāni daśa paṃca ca ..

> And she was roasted in a copper vessel for fifteen thousand \[years\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.104)

śvānayoniṣu saṃjātā śatavāraṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. .. 51 ..

> she was born again and again in canine wombs a hundred times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.105)

chinnanāsā chinnakarṇā kṛmimūrddhā niraṃtaram ..

> With severed nose, severed ears, and a head continuously infested with worms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.106)

chinnapucchā bhagnapādā tāḍitā ca gṛhegṛhe .. 52 ..

> with severed tail and broken feet, she was beaten from house to house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.107)

paścātsauvīradeśeṣu padmabandhordvijasya ca ..

> Afterwards, in the Sauvīra country, in the house of a maidservant  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.108)

dāsyā gṛhe śunī jātā bahuduḥkhasamākulā .. 53 ..

> of a brahmin named Padmabandhu, she was born as a bitch overwhelmed with many miseries.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.109)

chinnakarṇā chinnanāsā chinnapucchāṃghrirāturā ..

> Her ears severed, her nose severed, her tail and feet mutilated, afflicted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.110)

kṛmipūrṇaśirā nityaṃ kṛmiyoniśca tiṣṭhati .. 54 ..

> her head constantly full of worms, she lived with worms in her vulva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.111)

evaṃ triṃśadgatā varṣā asmiñjanmani bhūmipa ..

> In this manner thirty years passed in this birth, O ruler of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.112)

daivātkarmavipākena vaiśākhe meṣage ravau .. 55 ..

> By fate, through the ripening of deeds, in the month of Vaiśākha, when the sun entered Aries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.113)

śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśyāṃ padmabaṃdhostanūdbhavaḥ ..

> on the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight, the son of Padmabandhu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.114)

nadyāṃ snātvā śucirbhūtvā sārdravastro gṛhaṃ yayau .. 56 ..

> having bathed in the river and become pure, went home with wet clothes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.115)

tulasīvedikāṃ prāpya pādāvavanije nijau ..

> Reaching the tulasī pedestal, he washed his feet;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.116)

vedikāyāmadho deśe sā śunī svāpamāgatā .. 57 ..

> in the place beneath that pedestal, that bitch had fallen asleep.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.117)

prāksūryodayavelāyāṃ pādodakapariplutā ..

> Just before the time of sunrise, drenched with the water from his feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.118)

sadyo dhvastā'śubhā jātā jātismṛtirabhūtkṣaṇāt .. 58 ..

> her inauspicious \[burden\] was instantly destroyed, and in a moment she remembered her past lives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.119)

smṛtvā karma kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ sā śunī tāpasaṃ sadā ..

> Remembering the deed done formerly, that bitch constantly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.120)

cukrośa karuṇā dīnā mune trāhīti vai punaḥ..59..

> cried out piteously and wretchedly to the ascetic: “O sage, protect me! Save me!” repeatedly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.121)

svakarma ca munīṃdrāya smṛtvācakhyau bhayā''kulā..

> And remembering, agitated with fear, she reported her own deed to the lord of sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.122)

bharturviṣaprayogaṃ tu svasya duścaritaṃ tathā ..2.7.24.60..

> the administration of poison to her husband, and likewise her own wicked conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.123)

yā'nyāpi yuvatī brahmanbharturvaśyaṃ samācaret ..

> “Any other young woman, O brahmin, who practices subjugation of her husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.124)

vṛthādharmā durācārā pacyate tāmrabhājane ..61..

> is bereft of virtue, wicked in conduct, and is cooked in a copper vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.125)

bhartā nātho gururbhartā bhartā daivatamuttamam ..

> A husband is lord, a husband is teacher, a husband is the supreme deity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.126)

vikriyāṃ kṛtya sādhvī sā kathaṃ sukhamavāpnuyāt ..62..

> having committed an offense, how could that virtuous wife attain happiness?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.127)

tiryagyoniśataṃ yāti kṛmikoṭiśatāni ca ..

> She goes to a hundred animal wombs and hundreds of millions of worms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.128)

tasmādbhūsura kartavyaṃ strībhirbharturvacaḥ sadā .. 63 ..

> Therefore, O earthly deity, a husband’s word must always be obeyed by women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.129)

sā'haṃ paśye punaryoniṃ kutsitāṃ yātanānvitām ..

> I foresee again a vile womb filled with torments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.130)

yadi noddharase brahmannadya tvaddṛṣṭisaṃmukhām ..64..

> if, O brahmin, you do not deliver me today as I stand before your gaze.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.131)

tasmāduddhara māṃ brahmanduṣkṛtāṃ pāpacāriṇīm ..

> Therefore deliver me, O brahmin, a sinner who has practiced evil deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.132)

sukṛtasya pradānena vaiśākhe śuklapakṣake .. 65 ..

> by granting your merit \[performed\] during the bright fortnight in Vaiśākha.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.133)

yā kṛtā tu tvayā brahmandvādaśī puṇyavarddhinī ..

> The Dvādaśī, which enhances merit, that was observed by you, O brahmin—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.134)

tasyāṃ tvayā kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ snānadānānnabhojanaiḥ .. 66 ..

> the merit created by you on that day through ritual ablutions, gifts, and distribution of food, 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.135)

duścāriṇyā api brahmaṃstena muktirbhaviṣyati ..

> by that, even for me of evil conduct, liberation will come to be, O brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.136)

yasyāṃ tu bhūsuraḥ snātaḥ svagṛhe manujaḥ kila .. 67 ..

> Indeed, when a man, a brahmin, has bathed in his own house on that day, 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.137)

sarvatīrthaphalāvāptiṃ labhate nā'tra saṃśayaḥ ..

> he obtains the fruit of all sacred fords; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.138)

taptaṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ yatra kṛtaṃ devārcanādi yat ..68..

> Whatever austerity was practiced, gift made, oblation offered, or worship of deities and the like performed there— 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.139)

tadakṣayyaphalaṃ jñeyaṃ yatkṛtaṃ dvādaśīdine ..

> that which is done on the day of Dvādaśī should be known to bear imperishable fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.140)

evaṃvidhaphalaṃ yatsyāttaddehi sakalaṃ mama .. 69 ..

> Whatever such fruit there may be, give all of that to me! 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.141)

dvādaśyāmupavāsena trayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇāt ..

> By fasting on Dvādaśī and then breaking the fast on Trayodaśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.142)

yatphalaṃ syāttadapyaddhā tena muktirbhaviṣyati.. .. 2.7.24.70 ..

> whatever fruit there may truly be, by that my liberation will come to pass. 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.143)

dayāṃ kuru mahābhāga dīnāyāṃ dīnavatsala ..

> Show mercy, O fortunate one, toward a wretched one, O lover of the wretched!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.144)

dīnanātho jagannātho yuṣmannātho janārdanaḥ .. 71 ..

> The protector of the wretched, the lord of the universe, and your lord is Janārdana; 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.145)

tadīyāstādṛśā eva yathā rājā tathā prajāḥ ..

> His people are just like Him: as the king is, so are the subjects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.146)

vaivasvatapadadhvaṃsinparitrāhi suduḥkhitām .. 72 ..

> O destroyer of Yama's realm, rescue an exceedingly afflicted one! 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.147)

tvadvāravāsinīṃ dīnāṃ śunīṃ māṃ dīnavatsala ..

> I am a wretched bitch living at your door, O lover of the wretched!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.148)

brahmahatyāsahasraṃ vā gohatyānāṃ sahasrakam .. 73 ..

> Whether a thousand murders of a brahmin or a thousand slayings of a cow, 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.149)

agamyānāṃ ca koṭīśca dahatyeva śubhā tithiḥ ..

> or tens of millions of illicit approaches, that auspicious lunar day burns away completely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.150)

tasyāṃ kṛtaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ mahyaṃ dattvā mahāmune .. 74 ..

> Bestowing upon me the great merit accumulated on that day, O great sage, 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.151)

māmuddhara samudvignāṃ dīnāṃ nātha samuddhara ..

> deliver me, agitated and miserable! O protector, rescue me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.152)

ante tubhyaṃ dvijedrāya namauktiṃ vadāmyaham .. 75 ..

> In the end, I utter an expression of salutation to you, the foremost of the twice-born! 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.153)

iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā śunīmāha muneḥ sutaḥ ..

> Hearing her words, the sage’s son said to the bitch:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.154)

svakṛtaṃ jaṃtavośnaṃti sukhaduḥkhātmakaṃ śuni .. 76 ..

> “Creatures experience their own deeds, which consist of happiness and misery, O bitch! 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.155)

tasmātkimu tvayā kāryaṃ kṣudrayā pāpaśīlayā ..

> Therefore, what should be done for you, a vile creature of sinful nature,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.156)

yayā bhartā vaśaṃ nīto rakṣācūrṇādibhirdvijaḥ .. 77 ..

> by whom her husband, a twice-born, was brought under control with magical ash-powders and the like? 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.157)

sādhubhyo yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ svasya duḥkhakaraṃ bhavet ..

> The sin that is committed against the virtuous causes grief to oneself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.158)

sādhubhyo yatkṛta puṇyaṃ svasya duḥkhaharaṃ bhavet .. 78 ..

> The merit that is done for the virtuous removes grief from oneself. 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.159)

ubhayaṃ bhraṃśatāmeti pāpebhyo yatkṛtaṃ bhavet ..

> Both perish when directed toward the sinful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.160)

śarkarāmiśritaṃ kṣīraṃ kādraveyaniveditam..79..

> Milk mixed with sugar offered to a serpent 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.161)

viṣavṛddhikaraṃ dṛṣṭamevaṃ pāpakaraṃ bhaveta ..

> is seen to cause the increase of poison; just so does \[merit given to sinners\] produce sin.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.162)

vadatyevaṃ munisute śunī duḥkhaikarūpiṇī .. 2.7.24.80 ..

> While the sage's son was speaking thus, the bitch, the very embodiment of sorrow, 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.163)

punaścukośordhvasvaraṃ tatpitre bahubhāṣiṇī ..

> cried out again at the top of her voice, speaking much to his father:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.164)

padmabandho paritrāhi śunī taddvāravāsinīm .. 81 ..

> “O Padmabandhu, protect the bitch residing at your door! 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.165)

tvaducchiṣṭāśinī nityaṃ tvaṃ pāhīti punaḥpunaḥ ..

> I constantly eat your leftover food. Save me!” she cried again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.166)

strapoṣyā ye hi vartaṃte gṛhasthasya mahātmanaḥ .. .. 82 ..

> “Those dependents who belong to a noble householder— 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.167)

teṣāmuddharaṇaṃ kāryamiti vedavidāṃ matam ..

> their deliverance must be effected: this is the opinion of the knowers of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.168)

caṇḍālā vāyasāścaiva sārameyāśca nityaśaḥ .. 83 ..

> Outcastes, crows, and dogs are constantly 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.169)

gṛhasthānāṃ dayāpātraṃ pratyahaṃ balibhojinaḥ ..

> recipients of the compassion of householders, feeding daily on the food offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.170)

aśaktaṃ noddharetpoṣyaṃ rogādyupahataṃ yadi .. 84 ..

> If a householder does not deliver an incapable dependent stricken with disease and the like, 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.171)

so'dhaḥ patenna saṃdeha iti vedavidāṃ matam ..85..

> he falls into the depths; there is no doubt about this: such is the opinion of the knowers of the Veda. 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.172)

kartāramekaṃ jagatāṃ hi kartā kṛtvātmanā pāti samastajaṃtūn ..

> Having made Himself the sole Creator of the worlds, the Creator Himself protects all living beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.173)

dārādirūpavyapadeśato haristasmāttadājñā khalu poṣyarakṣā .. 86 ..

> under the pretext of the forms of wives and other dependents, Hari \[acts\]; therefore, protecting dependents is indeed His command. 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.174)

svapoṣyarakṣāṃ parihṛtya jaṃturdevena klṛptyā yadi vartate'nyadhīḥ ..

> If a creature, forsaking the protection of his own dependents, acts with an estranged mind despite the divine dispensation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.175)

sa devadrogdhā sakalasya haṃtā kīnāśalokānanu saṃprayāti .. 87 ..

> he, a betrayer of God and a destroyer of all, departs to the worlds of Yama. 87  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.176)

kartavyatvāddayālutvādetāmuddhara durmatim ..

> Because it is your duty and out of compassion, deliver this foolish creature!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.177)

iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā duḥkhārtāyā gṛhe sutaḥ ..

> Hearing these words of hers who was afflicted with grief in the house, the son \[spoke\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.178)

niścakrāma gṛhāttūrṇaṃ padmabaṃdhurdayānidhiḥ .. 88 ..

> then Padmabandhu, an ocean of compassion, quickly stepped out of the house. 88  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.179)

kimetaditi tāṃ prāha putraḥ sarvaṃ nyavedayat ..

> “What is this?” he said to her, and the son explained everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.180)

sa tu putravacaḥ śrutvā tamevaṃ prāha vismitaḥ .. 89 ..

> Hearing his son's words, he spoke to him in astonishment: 89  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.181)

.. padmabandhuruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.24.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.182)

mamātmaja kathaṃ vākyamīdṛśaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ tvayā ..

> “My son, how could such a word be spoken by you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.183)

na sādhūnāmidaṃ vākyaṃ bhavatīha varānana .. 2.7.24.90 ..

> This is not the speech of the virtuous here, O fair-faced one! 90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.184)

ātmasaukhyakarāḥ pāpā bhavaṃti paribhāvitā ..

> When examined, sins are those that produce only self-gratification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.185)

paśya putra janāḥ sarve paropakaraṇāya vai .. 91 ..

> See, my son! All beings truly exist for the benefit of others: 91  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.186)

śaśī sūryo'tha pavano rajanī hutabhugjalam ..

> the moon, the sun, the wind, night, fire, and water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.187)

caṃdanaṃ pādapāḥ saṃtaḥ paropakaraṇe sthitāḥ .. 92 ..

> sandalwood, trees, and virtuous persons are intent on benefiting others. 92  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.188)

asthidānaṃ kṛtaṃ putra kṛpayā hi dadhīcinā ..

> The gift of his bones was made by Dadhīci out of mercy, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.189)

devānāmupakārāya jñātvā daityānmahābalān .. 93 ..

> for the sake of assisting the gods, knowing the demons to be exceedingly powerful. 93  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.190)

kapotā'rthe svamāṃsāni śibinā bhūbhujā purā ..

> For the sake of a dove, his own flesh was anciently given by King Śibi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.191)

pradattāni mahābhāga śyenāya kṣudhitāni vai .. 94 ..

> O noble one, to a hungry hawk. 94  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.192)

jīmūtavāhano rājā purā''sītkṣitimaṃḍale ..

> Formerly, there was a king named Jīmūtavāhana on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.193)

tenā'pi jīvitaṃ dattaṃ garuḍāya mahātmane .. 95 ..

> By him too his life was given to the high-souled Garuḍa. // 95  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.194)

tasmāddayālunā bhāvyaṃ bhūsureṇa vipaścitā ..

> Therefore a wise terrestrial god (brahmin) ought to be compassionate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.195)

śuddhe varṣati devastu kimaśuddhe na varṣati .. 96 ..

> Does the cloud-god rain on the pure and not rain on the impure? // 96  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.196)

kinna dīpayate candraścaṃḍālānāṃ gṛhe sadā ..

> Does the moon not constantly illumine the house of outcasts?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.197)

tasmādahaṃ śunīmetāṃ yācaṃtīṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ .. 97 ..

> Therefore, this female dog begging again and again, // 97  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.198)

uddhariṣye nijaiḥ puṇyaiḥ paṃkamagnāṃ ca gāṃ yathā ..

> I shall rescue by my own merits, just like a cow stuck in the mud.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.199)

iti putraṃ nirākṛtya pratijajñe mahāmatiḥ .. 98 ..

> Having thus rebuffed his son, the broad-minded one made a vow: // 98  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.24.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.24.200)

dattaṃ dattaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ dvādaśīdinasaṃbhavam ..

> “Given, given is the great merit produced on the day of the Dvādaśī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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