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# Skandapurana 2.7.6

Skandapurāṇa 2.7.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.1)

.. .. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.2)

vaiśākhe'dhvagataptānāṃ tṛṣārtānāṃ mahīpate ..

> O king, one who does not give water in Vaiśākha to those afflicted by thirst and exhausted on the road  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.3)

jaladānamakurvāṇastirśayonimavāpnuyāt .. 1 ..

> enters the womb of an animal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.4)

atraivodāhara ntīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam ..

> In this connection they cite this ancient legend,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.5)

viprasya gṛhagodhāyāḥ saṃvādaṃ paramādbhutam .. 2 ..

> the exceedingly wondrous conversation between a brahmin and a house-lizard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.6)

purā cekṣvākuvaṃśe'bhūddhemāṃga iti bhūmipaḥ ..

> Formerly, in the lineage of Ikṣvāku, there was a king named Hemāṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.7)

brahmaṇyaśca vadānyaśca jitāmitro jitendriyaḥ .. 3 ..

> devoted to brahmins, generous, conqueror of his enemies, with his senses conquered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.8)

yāvatyo bhūmikaṇikā yāvanto jalabiṃdavaḥ ..

> As many as are the particles of earth, as many as are the drops of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.9)

yāvantyuḍūni gagane tāvatīradadātsa gāḥ .. 4 ..

> as many as are the stars in the sky—just so many cows he gave away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.10)

yeneṣṭayajñadarbhaiśca bhūmirbarhiṣmatī śubhā ..

> By him the beautiful earth was covered with kusa-grass from celebrated sacrifices;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.11)

gobhūtilahiraṇyādyaistoṣitā bahavo dvijāḥ .. 5 ..

> many brahmins were satisfied with gifts of cows, land, sesame, gold, and other riches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.12)

tenādattāni dānāni na vidyanta iti śrutam..

> It is heard that there were no gifts that were not given by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.13)

tenādattaṃ jalaṃ caikaṃ sukhalabhyadhiyā nṛpa .. 6 ..

> Yet water alone was never given by him, O king, thinking it easily obtained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.14)

bodhito brahmaputreṇa vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā ..

> Although admonished by the high-souled Vasiṣṭha, the son of Brahmā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.15)

amaulyaṃ sarvato labhyaṃ taddātā kiṃ phalaṃ labhet ..7 ..

> “It is priceless and obtainable everywhere; what fruit can its giver obtain?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.16)

durbuddhyā hetuvādaiśca na jalaṃ dattavāndvije ..

> Through foolishness and specious arguments, he did not give water to a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.17)

alabhyadāne puṇyaṃ syāditi vākyaṃ suyuktimat .. 8 ..

> “There is merit only in the giving of what is hard to obtain”—such was his \[false\] reasoning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.18)

sa ānarca dvijānvyaṅgāndaridrānvṛttikarśitān ..

> He honored mutilated, destitute brahmins emaciated for lack of livelihood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.19)

nārcayacchrotriyānviprāṃstattvajñānbrahmavādinaḥ .. 9 ..

> but he did not honor brahmins learned in the Vedas, knowers of the truth, exponents of the Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.20)

prakhyātānpūjayiṣyaṃti sarve lokā mahārhaṇāḥ ..

> “All people will honor the renowned, worthy of great worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.21)

anāthānāmavidyānāṃ vyaṃgānāṃ ca dvijanmanām ..2.7.6.10..

> What refuge is there for helpless, uneducated, and mutilated brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.22)

daridrāṇāṃ gatiḥ kā vā tasmātte me dayāspadam ..

> and for the poor? Therefore they are the objects of my compassion.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.23)

iti durdhīrapātreṣu dattavānkimapi svayam .. 11 ..

> Thinking thus, the foolish-minded one personally gave something to unworthy recipients.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.24)

tena doṣeṇa mahatā cātakatvaṃ trijanmasu ..

> Because of that great fault, he lived as a cātaka bird for three births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.25)

ekajanmani gṛdhratvaṃ śvā'bhavatsaptajanmasu ..12..

> in one birth as a vulture, and for seven births he was a dog.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.26)

paścānnṛpagṛhe jāto bhūpo'yaṃ gṛhagodhikā ..

> Afterward, this king was born as a house-lizard in the palace of a king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.27)

śrutakīrtyākhyabhūpasya mithilādhipaternṛpa ..13..

> in the palace of the king named Śrutakīrti, the ruler of Mithilā, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.28)

gṛhadvārapratolyāṃ ca vartate kīṭakāśanā ..

> He lived eating insects on the entrance gate of the house;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.29)

saptāśītiṣu varṣeṣu sthitaṃ tena durātmanā .. 14 ..

> for eighty-seven years that wicked-minded one remained there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.30)

videhādhipatergehe kadācidṛṣisattamaḥ ..

> Once, in the palace of the ruler of Videha, an excellent seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.31)

śrutadeva iti khyātaḥ śrauto madhyāhna āgataḥ .. 15 ..

> known as Śrutadeva, learned in the Vedic scriptures, arrived at midday.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.32)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya jātaharṣo narādhipaḥ ..

> Seeing him, the ruler of men rose at once, filled with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.33)

madhuparkādibhiḥ pūjya tasya pādāvanejanīḥ .. 16 ..

> Having honored him with the honey-offering and other rites, the king, bearing upon his head  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.34)

apo mūrdhnā vahankṣipraṃ tadotsiktaiśca biṃdubhiḥ ..

> the water that washed his feet, at that moment, by the drops that splashed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.35)

daivopadiṣṭakālena prokṣitā gṛhagodhikā .. 17 ..

> at the time ordained by destiny, sprinkled the house-lizard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.36)

sadyo jātasmṛtirabhūtsmṛtakarmādiduḥkhitā ..

> Immediately its memory returned; sorrowful at remembering its former deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.37)

trāhitrāhīti cukrośa brāhmaṇaṃ gṛhamāgatam .. 18 ..

> it cried out, “Save me! Save me!” to the brahmin who had entered the house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.38)

tiryagjaṃturavaṃ śrutvā brāhmaṇo vismito'vadat ..

> Hearing the voice of an animal, the brahmin, astonished, spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.39)

kutaḥ krośasi godhe tvaṃ daśeyaṃ kena karmaṇā .. 19 ..

> "Why do you cry out, lizard? By what action did this state \[befall you\]?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.40)

tvaṃ devaḥ puruṣaḥ kaścinnṛpo vā'tha dvijo'tha vā ..

> Are you a god, some man, a king, or else a twice-born?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.41)

kastvaṃ brūhi mahābhāga tvāmadyāhaṃ samuddhare .. 2.7.6.20 ..

> Who are you, illustrious one? Tell me, \[and\] I shall deliver you today."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.42)

ityuktaḥ sa nṛpaḥ prāha śrutadevaṃ mahāmatim ..

> Addressed thus, that king said to the wise Śrutadeva:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.43)

ahamikṣvākukulajo vedaśāstraviśāradaḥ .. 21 ..

> "I was born in the lineage of Ikṣvāku, proficient in the Vedas and treatises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.44)

yāvatyo bhūmikaṇikā yāvantastoyabiṃdavaḥ ..

> As many particles of earth as there are, as many drops of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.45)

yāvaṃtyuḍūni gagane tāvatīradadaṃ sma gāḥ .. 22 ..

> as many stars as are in the sky—just so many cows I gave away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.46)

sarve yajñā mayā ceṣṭāḥ pūrtānyācaritāni me ..

> All sacrifices were offered by me; works of public welfare were performed by me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.47)

dānanyapi ca dattāni dharmarājastvanuṣṭhitaḥ .. 23 ..

> gifts were also bestowed, and \[the law of\] Dharmarāja was observed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.48)

tathāpi durgatirjātā mama cordhvagatiṃ vinā ..

> Even so, this wretched state has come upon me without upward ascent:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.49)

trivāraṃ cātakatvaṃ me gṛdhratvaṃ caikajanmani .. 24 ..

> three times being a cātaka bird, and being a vulture in one birth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.50)

saptajanmasvalarkatvaṃ prāptaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā dvija ..

> and across seven births being a rabid dog was attained by me previously, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.51)

siṃcatā'nena bhūpena tvapaḥ pādāvanejanīḥ .. 25 ..

> As this king sprinkled water for washing your feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.52)

biṃdavo dūramutkṣiptāstaiḥ sikto'haṃ kathaṃcana ..

> drops were cast far off, and somehow I was sprinkled by them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.53)

tena janmasmṛtirabhūtsarvapāpmā hataśca me .. 26 ..

> Through that, remembrance of my births arose, and all my sin was destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.54)

godhā janmāni bhāvyāni hyaṣṭā viṃśatikāni me .  
dṛśyante daivasṛṣṭāni bibhye tairjanmabhirbhṛśam .. 27 ..

> Twenty-eight future births as a lizard / are seen \[for me\], created by destiny; I am terrified of those births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.55)

na kāraṇaṃ prapaśyābhi tanme vistarato vada ..

> I do not see the cause; tell it to me in detail."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.56)

ityuktaḥ sa ṛṣiḥ prāha jñātvā vijñānacakṣuṣā ..28..

> Addressed thus, having perceived \[it\] through the eye of spiritual knowledge, that ṛṣi said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.57)

śṛṇu bhūpa pravakṣyāmi tava duryonikāraṇam ..

> "Listen, O king, I shall declare the cause of your vile womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.58)

na jalaṃ tu tvayā dattaṃ vaiśākhe mādhavapriye ..29..

> Water was not given by you in the month of Vaiśākha, which is dear to Mādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.59)

tajjalaṃ sulabhaṃ matvā hyamūlyamiti niścitam ..

> deeming that water to be easily available, though it is certainly priceless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.60)

nādhvagānāṃ dvijātīnāṃ gharmakāle'pyajānatā .. 2.7.6.30 ..

> nor \[was it given\] to twice-born travelers in the hot season by you who were ignorant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.61)

tathā pātraṃ samutsṛjya hyapātre pratidattavān ..

> Likewise, having bypassed a worthy recipient, you gave to an unworthy one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.62)

jvalantamagnimutsṛjya nahi bhasmani hūyate .. 31 ..

> Having abandoned blazing fire, an oblation is never made in ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.63)

bahudhā varṇitasyā'pi saugandhyādiyutasya ca ..

> Though it be praised in many ways, and endowed with fragrance and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.64)

kaṇṭakānvitavṛkṣasya na kurvaṃti samarcanam ..32..

> people do not offer worship to a tree possessed of thorns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.65)

viśiṣṭānāṃ pādapānāmaśvatthaḥ sevyatāṃ gataḥ ..

> Among distinguished trees, the aśvattha has attained veneration;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.66)

tulasīṃ tu samutsṛjya bṛhatī pūjyate nu kim.. 33 ..

> abandoning tulasī, is the bṛhatī plant worshipped?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.67)

anāthatvaṃ pūjyatāyāṃ na prayojakatāmiyāt ..

> Helplessness cannot be the cause of eligibility for worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.68)

paṃgvādyā ye'pyanāthā hi dayāpātraṃ hi kevalam .. 34 ..

> Those who are lame and the like, who are destitute, are merely objects of pity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.69)

taponiṣṭhā jñānaniṣṭhāḥ śrutiśāstraviśāradāḥ ..

> Those devoted to austerity, devoted to wisdom, proficient in the scriptures and treatises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.70)

viṣṇurūpāḥ sadā pūjyā netare tu kadācana .. 35 ..

> having the form of Viṣṇu, are always to be worshipped, and never others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.71)

tatrāpi jñānino'tyarthaṃ viprā viṣṇoḥ sadaiva hi ..

> Even among them, wise brahmins are exceedingly dear to Viṣṇu always,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.72)

jñānināmapi bhūpāla viṣṇureva sadā priyaḥ ..

> and to the wise, O protector of the earth, Viṣṇu alone is always dear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.73)

tasmājjñānī sadā pūjyaḥ pūjyātpūjyataraḥ smṛtaḥ.. 36 ..

> Therefore, the wise person is always worthy of worship; he is considered more venerable than the venerable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.74)

avajñā sādhuvṛttānāmihā'mutra ca duḥkhadā ..

> Disrespect toward those of virtuous conduct brings misery here and hereafter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.75)

sevā vai mahatāṃ puṃsāṃ pumarthānāṃ hi kāraṇam .. 37 ..

> Service to great men is indeed the cause of the aims of human life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.76)

koṭayo'pyandhajātīnāṃ na paśyaṃti yathā'yatham ..

> Even crores of blind beings do not see properly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.77)

evaṃ mandāyutānāṃ tu saṃgatirnārthadā bhavet .. 38 ..

> likewise, association with tens of thousands of dullards cannot bestow benefit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.78)

nahyammayāni tīrthāni na devā mṛcchilāmayāḥ ..

> Neither are water-filled sacred fords \[alone\], nor gods made of clay and stone, \[truly purifying\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.79)

te punaṃtyurukālena darśanādeva sādhavaḥ .. 39 ..

> they purify over a long time, but virtuous men \[purify\] by mere darśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.80)

na sādhusevanātkvāpi sīdante taiḥ suśikṣitāḥ ..

> Through service to the virtuous, those well instructed by them do not suffer anywhere  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.81)

janmamṛtyujarādyairvā sudhayā''pyāyitā yathā .. 2.7.6.40 ..

> by birth, death, old age, and the like, just as those refreshed with nectar \[do not\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.82)

na jalaṃ tu tvayā dattaṃ sādhavo vā na sevitāḥ ..

> Water was not given by you, nor were the virtuous served;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.83)

tena te durgatiśceyaṃ prāptā cekṣvākunaṃdana .. 41 ..

> because of that, this wretched state was obtained by you, O delight of Ikṣvāku.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.84)

vaiśākhe matkṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi śāntaye ..

> I shall give to you the religious merit performed by me in Vaiśākha, for \[your\] pacification,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.85)

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavadyena karmajātaṃ vije ṣyasi .. 42 ..

> by which you will overcome the mass of actions, past, future, and present."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.86)

ityuktvā'pa upaspṛśya dadau puṇyamanuttamam ..43 ..

> Having spoken thus and touched water, he gave the unsurpassed merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.87)

yadā dattaṃ brāhmaṇena snānaṃ caikadine kṛtam ..

> When the ritual ablution performed on a single day was given by the brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.88)

tena dhvastā'khilāghastu tyaktvā tāṃ gṛhagodhikām .. 44 ..

> all his sins were destroyed thereby; having cast off that house-lizard \[body\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.89)

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya divyasragvastrabhūṣaṇaḥ ..

> having mounted a divine aerial chariot, adorned with divine garlands, garments, and ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.90)

paśyatāmeva bhūtānāṃ maithilasya gṛhāṃtare .. 45 ..

> while the living beings inside the house of the king of Mithilā were watching,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.91)

baddhāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā parikramya praṇamya ca ..

> folding his hands in reverence, circumambulating and bowing down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.92)

anujñāto yayau rājā stūyamāno'marairdivam .. 46 ..

> permitted \[to leave\], the king went to heaven while being praised by the immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.93)

tatra bhuktvā mahābhogānvarṣāyutamatandritaḥ ..

> Having enjoyed great pleasures there without weariness for ten thousand years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.94)

sa eva cekṣvākukule kākutstho'bhūnmahāprabhuḥ .. 47 ..

> he was born in the lineage of Ikṣvāku as Kakutstha, the great lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.95)

saptadvīpavatīpālo brahmaṇyaḥ sādhusaṃmataḥ ..

> protector of the earth possessing seven continents, devoted to brahmins, approved by the virtuous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.96)

devendrasya sakhā viṣṇoraṃśa eva mahāprabhuḥ .. 48 ..

> friend of the lord of gods, a portion of Viṣṇu himself, a great ruler.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.97)

bodhitastu vasiṣṭhena vaiśākhoktānmanoramān ..

> Instructed by Vasiṣṭha, having observed all the delightful religious duties  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.98)

anuṣṭhāyākhilāndharmāṃstena dhvastākhilā'śubhaḥ .. 49..

> taught for Vaiśākha, all inauspiciousness was destroyed in him by that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.99)

divyaṃ jñānaṃ samāsādya viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāptavān..

> having attained divine knowledge, he achieved union with Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.100)

vaiśākhaḥ śubhadastasmātpuṃbhiḥ sarvairanuṣṭhitaḥ ..2.7.6.50..

> Therefore, Vaiśākha brings good fortune when observed by all men. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.101)

āyuryaśaḥpuṣṭido'yaṃ mahāpāpaughanāśanaḥ ..

> It bestows longevity, renown, and vigor, and destroys the flood of great sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.102)

pumarthānāṃ nidānaṃ ca viṣṇuḥ prīṇātyanena tu .. 51 ..

> it is the primary source of human pursuits, and through it Viṣṇu is indeed pleased. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.103)

cāturvarṇyanaraiḥ sarvaiścaturāśramavartibhiḥ ..

> By men of all four classes, living in all four stages of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.104)

anuṣṭheyo mahādharmo vaiśākhe mādhavāgame .. 52 ..

> this great duty must be observed in Vaiśākha, at the arrival of Mādhava. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.6.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.6.105)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye nāradāmbarīṣasaṃvāde gṛhagodhikākhyānaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ .. 6 ..

> Thus ends the sixth chapter, titled “The Story of the House-Lizard,” in the dialogue between Nārada and Ambarīṣa, in the glorification of the month of Vaiśākha, in the second Vaiṣṇava Section, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.7.6.1) — English, machine translation

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