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# Skandapurana 3.1.10

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Glorious Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.2)

vetālavarade tīrthe naraḥ snātvā dvijottamāḥ ..

> Having bathed in the Vetālavarada sacred ford, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.3)

tataḥ śanaiḥśanairgacchedgandhamādanaparvatam .. 1 ..

> a person should then proceed slowly to Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.4)

yoṃ'budhau seturūpeṇa vartate gandhamādanaḥ ..

> which Gandhamādana exists in the ocean in the form of the bridge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.5)

sa mārgo brahmalokasya viśvakartrā vinirmitaḥ .. 2 ..

> It is the path to the world of Brahmā, fashioned by the Creator of the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.6)

lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi sarāṃsi saritastathā ..

> Hundreds of thousands of millions of lakes and rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.7)

samudrāśca mahāpuṇyā vanānyapyāśramāṇi ca .. 3 ..

> and most meritorious oceans, forests, and hermitages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.8)

puṇyāni kṣetrajātāni vedāraṇyā dikāni ca ..

> holy sacred fields such as Vedāraṇya and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.9)

munayaśca vasiṣṭhādyā siddhacāraṇakinnarāḥ .. 4 ..

> sages headed by Vasiṣṭha, siddhas, cāraṇas, and kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.10)

lakṣmyā saha dharaṇyā ca bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ ..

> the Blessed Madhusūdana accompanied by Lakṣmī and the Earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.11)

sāvitryā ca sarasvatyā sahaiva caturānanaḥ .. 5 ..

> the Four-Faced \[Brahmā\] accompanied by Sāvitrī and Sarasvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.12)

heraṃbaḥ ṣaṇmukhaścaiva devāśceṃdrapurogamāḥ ..

> Heramba, Ṣaṇmukha, the gods preceded by Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.13)

ādityādigrahāścaiva tathāṣṭau vasavo dvijāḥ .. 6 ..

> the planets headed by Āditya, and likewise the eight Vasus, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.14)

pitaro lokapālāśca tathānye devatā gaṇāḥ ..

> the ancestors, the world-protectors, and other hosts of deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.15)

mahāpātakasaṃghānāṃ nāśane lokapāvane .. 7 ..

> reside on this Gandhamādana mountain day and night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.16)

divāniśaṃ vasaṃtyatra parvate gaṃdhamādane ..

> which destroys heaps of great sins and purifies the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.17)

atra gaurī sadā tuṣṭā hareṇa saha vartate .. ..

> Here Gaurī, ever pleased, dwells together with Hara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.18)

atra kinnarakāṃtānāṃ krīḍā jāgarti nityaśaḥ ..

> Here the sport of the kinnara women awakens continually;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.19)

tasya darśanamātreṇa buddhisaukhyaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhavet .. 9 ..

> merely by its sight, humans attain joy of mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.20)

tanmūrdhani kṛtāvāsāḥ siddhacāraṇayoṣitaḥ ..

> The women of the siddhas and cāraṇas, having made their dwelling on its crest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.21)

pūjayaṃti sadā kālaṃ śaṃkaraṃ girijāpatim .. 3.1.10.10 ..

> worship Śaṃkara, the husband of Girijā, at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.22)

koṭayo brahmahatyānāmagamyāgamakoṭayaḥ ..

> Crores of murders of brahmins and crores of forbidden liaisons  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.23)

aṃgalagnairvinaśyaṃti gandhamādanamārutaiḥ .. 11 ..

> are destroyed when touched by the breezes of Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.24)

asāvullolakallole tiṣṭhanmadhye mahāṃbudhau ..

> Standing in the midst of the surging waves of the great ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.25)

āsīnmunigaṇaiḥ sevyaḥ purā vai gandhamādanaḥ .. 12 ..

> this Gandhamādana was formerly frequented only by hosts of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.26)

tato nalena setau tu baddhe tanmadhyagocaraḥ ..

> Then, when the bridge was built by Nala, it fell within its path;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.27)

rāmājñayākhilaiḥ sevyo babhūva manujairapi .. 13 ..

> by Rāma's command, it came to be visited by all human beings as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.28)

seturūpaṃ giriṃ taṃ tu prārthayedgaṃdhamādanam ..

> One should pray to that mountain Gandhamādana which is in the form of the bridge:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.29)

kṣamādhara mahāpuṇya sarvadevanamaskṛta .. 14 ..

> 'O bearer of patience, greatly meritorious, revered by all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.30)

viṣṇvā dayo'pi ye devāssevaṃte śraddhayā saha ..

> whom even the gods headed by Viṣṇu attend with faith,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.31)

taṃ bhavaṃtamahaṃ padbhyāmākramāmi nagottama .. 15 ..

> upon you, O best of mountains, I tread with my feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.32)

kṣamasva pādaghātaṃ me dayayā pāpacetasaḥ ..

> Forgive out of compassion the treading of my feet, sinful-minded as I am;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.33)

tvanmūrddhani kṛtāvāsaṃ śaṃkaraṃ darśayasva me .. 16 ..

> reveal to me Śaṃkara, whose dwelling is upon your summit!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.34)

prārthayitvā narastvevaṃ seturūpaṃ nagottamam ..

> Having thus prayed to the best of mountains in the form of the bridge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.35)

tato mṛdupadaṃ gacchetpāvanaṃ gandhamādanam .. 17 ..

> a person should then walk with gentle steps upon purifying Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.36)

abdhau tatra naraḥ snātvā parvate gandhamādane ..

> Having bathed there in the ocean on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.37)

piṃḍadānaṃ tataḥ kuryādapi sarṣapamātrakam .. 18 ..

> a person should then offer a funeral cake, even one the size of a mustard seed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.38)

tṛptiṃ prayāṃti pitarastasya yāvadyugakṣayaḥ ..

> His ancestors attain satisfaction until the end of the yuga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.39)

śamīdalasamānānvā dadyātpiṃḍānpitṝnprati .. 19..

> Or he may offer funeral cakes to the ancestors equal in size to a śamī leaf;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.40)

svargasthā mokṣamāyāṃti svargaṃ narakavāsinaḥ ..

> those residing in heaven attain liberation, and those residing in hell attain heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.41)

tatastasyopari mahātīrthaṃ lokeṣu viśrutam ..3.1.10.2...

> Then, above it is a great sacred ford renowned in the worlds...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.42)

sarvatīrthottamaṃ puṇyaṃ nāmnā pāpavināśanam ..

> the best of all sacred fords, meritorious, named Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.43)

asti puṇyatamaṃ viprāḥ pavitre gandhamādane ..21..

> O brahmins, on the sacred Gandhamādana there is a most holy \[ford\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.44)

yasya saṃsmaraṇādeva garbhavāso na vidyate ..

> by the mere recollection of which dwelling in a womb does not occur.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.45)

tatprāpya tu naraḥ snāyātsvade hamalanāśanam ..

> Having reached it, a man should bathe to destroy the impurities of his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.46)

tatra snānānnaro yāti vaikuṇṭhaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..22..

> From bathing there a man goes to Vaikuṇṭha; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.47)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.48)

sūta pāpavināśākhya tīrthasya brūhi vaibhavam ..

> O Sūta, speak of the glory of the sacred ford named Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.49)

vyāsena bodhitastvaṃ hi vetsi sarvaṃ mahāmune..23..

> For instructed by Vyāsa, O great sage, you know everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.50)

..śrīsūta uvāca.. ..

> The venerable Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.51)

brahmāśramapade vṛttāṃ pārśve himavataḥ śubhe..

> Occurred at the site of the hermitage of Brahmā, on an auspicious side of the Himavat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.52)

vakṣyāmi brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā yuṣmākaṃ tu kathāṃ śubhām..24..

> I shall tell you an auspicious story, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.53)

asyāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmāśramapade śubhe ..

> In the auspicious site of Brahmā's hermitage, this sacred hermitage site  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.54)

nānāvṛkṣagaṇākīrṇaṃ pārśve himavataḥ śubhe .. 25 ..

> was crowded with various kinds of trees, on an auspicious side of the Himavat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.55)

vahugulmalatākīrṇaṃ mṛgadvipaniṣevitam ..

> covered with numerous shrubs and creepers, frequented by deer and elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.56)

siddhacāraṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ ramyaṃ puṣpitakānanam .. 26 ..

> resounding with Siddhas and Cāraṇas, delightful, a blooming forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.57)

vṛtibhirbahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ tāpasairuśobhitam ..

> filled with many enclosures, adorned with ascetics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.58)

brāhmaṇaiśca mahābhāgaiḥ sūryajvalanasaṃnibhaiḥ .. 27 ..

> and by highly fortunate brahmins resembling the sun and fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.59)

niyamavratasaṃ pannaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ tapasvibhiḥ ..

> thronged with practitioners of austerity endowed with restraints and vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.60)

dīkṣitairyāgahetośca yatāhāraiḥ kṛtātmabhiḥ .. 28 ..

> initiated for sacrifice, of restrained diet, of perfected self,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.61)

vedādhyayanasaṃpannairvaidikaiḥ pariveṣṭitam ..

> surrounded by Vedic scholars accomplished in the recitation of the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.62)

varṇibhiśca gṛhasthaiśca vānaprasthaiśca bhikṣubhiḥ .. 29 ..

> by celibate students, householders, forest-dwellers, and mendicants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.63)

svāśramācāranirataiḥ svavarṇoktavidhāyibhiḥ ..

> devoted to the customs of their own stage of life, performing what is prescribed for their caste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.64)

vālakhilyaiśca munibhiḥ saṃprāptaiśca marīcibhiḥ .. 3.1.10.30 ..

> and with Vālakhilya sages and descendants of Marīci who had arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.65)

tatrāśrame purā kaścicchūdro dṛḍhamatirdvijāḥ ..

> In that hermitage long ago, O twice-born ones, a certain śūdra named Dṛḍhamati,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.66)

sāhasī brāhmaṇābhyāśamājagāma mudānvitaḥ .. 31 ..

> daring, approached the presence of the brahmins with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.67)

āgato hyāśramapadaṃ pūjitaśca tapasvibhiḥ ..

> Having arrived at the hermitage site, and honoured by the ascetics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.68)

nāmnā dṛḍhamatiḥ śūdraḥ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇanāma vai .. 32 ..

> the śūdra named Dṛḍhamati bowed down prostrate with all eight limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.69)

tānsa dṛṣṭvā munigaṇāndevakalpānmahaujasaḥ ..

> Seeing those hosts of sages, equal to gods and of great majesty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.70)

kurvato vividhānyajñānsaṃprahṛṣya sa śūdrakaḥ .. 33 ..

> performing various sacrifices, that śūdra rejoiced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.71)

athāsya buddhirabhavattapaḥkartumanuttamam ..

> Then the thought arose in him to perform peerless austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.72)

tato'bravītkulapatiṃ munimāgatya tāpasam .. 34 ..

> Approaching the ascetic sage who was the head of the hermitage, he said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.73)

.. dṛḍhamatiruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.74)

tapodhana namaste'stu rakṣa māṃ karuṇānidhe ..

> O rich in austerity, homage to you; protect me, O ocean of compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.75)

tava prasādādicchāmi dharmaṃ cartuṃ dvijarṣabha .. 35 ..

> By your favor I wish to practice dharma, O bull among the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.76)

tasmādabhigataṃ māṃ tvaṃ yāge dīkṣaya suvrata ..

> Therefore, initiate me who have approached you into a sacrifice, O one of good vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.77)

brahmannavaravarṇo'haṃ śūdro jātyāsmi sattama .. 36 ..

> O brahmin, I belong to the lowest caste; I am a śūdra by birth, O best of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.78)

śuśrūṣāṃ kartumicchāmi prapannāya prasīda me ..

> I wish to render service; be gracious to me who have surrendered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.79)

evamukte tu śūdreṇa tamāha brāhmaṇastadā .. 37 ..

> When this was spoken by the śūdra, the brahmin then said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.80)

.. kulapatiruvāca ..

> The head of the hermitage said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.81)

yāge dīkṣayituṃ śakyo na śūdro hīnajanmabhāk ..

> A śūdra, born of low status, cannot be initiated into a sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.82)

śrūyatāṃ yadi te buddhiḥ śuśrūṣānirato bhava .. 38 ..

> Listen, if this is your inclination: become devoted to service.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.83)

upadeśo na kartavyo jātihīnasya karhicit ..

> Instruction should never be given to one deficient in caste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.84)

upadeśe mahāndoṣa upādhyāyasya vidyate .. 39 ..

> A great fault accrues to the preceptor from giving instruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.85)

nādhyāpayedbudhaḥ śūdraṃ tathā naiva ca yājayet ..

> A wise man should not teach a śūdra, nor officiate at a sacrifice for him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.86)

na pāṭhayettathā śūdraṃ śāstraṃ vyākaraṇādikam .. 3.1.10.40 ..

> likewise, he should not teach a śūdra a treatise such as grammar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.87)

kāvyaṃ vā nāṭakaṃ vāpi tathālaṃkārameva ca ..

> or poetry, or drama, or poetics;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.88)

purāṇamitihāsaṃ ca śūdraṃ naiva tu pāṭhayet .. 41 ..

> nor should he teach a śūdra a Purāṇa or an epic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.89)

yadi copadiśedvipraḥ śūdraṃ caitāni karhicit ..

> If a brahmin should ever teach these to a śūdra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.90)

tyajeyurbrāhmaṇā vipraṃ taṃ grāmādbrahmasaṃkulāt .. 42 ..

> the brahmins would banish that brahmin from the village populated by brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.91)

śūdrāya copadeṣṭāraṃ dvijaṃ caṃḍālavattyajet ..

> One should shun like an outcaste a twice-born man who instructs a śūdra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.92)

śūdraṃ cākṣarasaṃyuktaṃ dūrataḥ parivarjayet ..43 ..

> and one should avoid from afar a śūdra endowed with letters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.93)

ataḥ śuśrūṣa bhadraṃ te brāhmaṇāñchraddhayā saha..

> Therefore serve the brahmins with faith, blessings be upon you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.94)

śūdrasya dvijaśuśrūṣā manvādibhirudīritā..44..

> service to the twice-born was declared for a śūdra by Manu and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.95)

nahi naisargikaṃ karma parityaktuṃ tvamarhasi ..

> For you ought not to abandon the duty born of your nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.96)

evamuktastu muninā sa śūdro'ciṃtayattadā .. 45 ..

> Addressed thus by the sage, the śūdra then reflected:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.97)

kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā tvadya vrate śraddhā hi me purā ..

> What must be done by me now? For my faith has long been set upon vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.98)

yathā syānmama vijñānaṃ yatiṣye'haṃ tathādya vai .. 46 ..

> I will strive today so that higher knowledge may be mine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.99)

iti niścitya manasā śūdro dṛḍhamatistadā ..

> Having thus resolved in his mind, the śūdra Dṛḍhamati then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.100)

gatvāśramapadāddūraṃ kṛtavānuṭajaṃ śubham .. 47 ..

> having gone far from the hermitage site, made an auspicious leaf-hut.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.101)

tatra vai devatāgāraṃ puṇyānyāyatanānica ..

> There indeed \[he built\] a shrine to the gods and sacred sanctuaries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.102)

puṣpārāmādikaṃ cāpi taṭākakhananādikam .. 48 ..

> and flower gardens and the like, as well as the digging of ponds and so on,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.103)

śraddhayā kārayāmāsa tapaḥsiddhyarthamātmanaḥ ..

> he caused to be made with faith for the sake of the success of his own austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.104)

abhiṣekāṃśca niyamānupavāsādikānapi .. 49 ..

> Ceremonial ablutions, observances, and fasts and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.105)

baliṃ ca kṛtvā hutvā ca daivatānyabhyapūjayat ..

> and offering oblations and sacrificing into the fire, he worshipped the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.106)

saṃkalpaniyamopetaḥ phalāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 3.1.10.50 ..

> Endowed with resolves and vows, subsisting on fruits, with senses subdued,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.107)

nityaṃ kaṃdaiśca mūlaiśca puṣpairapi tathā phalaiḥ ..

> regularly with tubers, roots, flowers, and fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.108)

atithīnpūjayāmāsa yathāvatsamupāgatān .. 51 ..

> he properly honoured guests who arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.109)

evaṃ hi sumahānkālo vyaticakrāma tasya vai ..

> In this way, indeed, a very long time passed for him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.110)

athāśramamagāttasya sumatirnāma nāmataḥ .. 52 ..

> Then, to his hermitage came \[a brahmin\] named Sumati by name,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.111)

dvijo gargakulodbhūtaḥ satyavādī jiteṃdriyaḥ ..

> a twice-born born in the lineage of Garga, truthful of speech, with senses subdued.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.112)

svāgatena muniṃ pūjya toṣayitvā phalādikaiḥ .. 53 ..

> Having honoured the sage with a welcome and gratified him with fruits and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.113)

kathayanvai kathāḥ puṇyāḥ kuśalaṃ paryapṛcchata ..

> narrating holy stories, he enquired after his welfare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.114)

itthaṃ sapraṇipātādyairupacāraistu pūjitaḥ .. 54 ..

> Thus worshipped with attentions such as prostrations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.115)

āśīrbhirabhinaṃdyainaṃ pratigṛhya ca satkriyām ..

> delighting him with blessings and accepting his hospitality,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.116)

tamāpṛchya prahṛṣṭāpmā svāśramaṃ punarāyayau .. 55 ..

> having taken leave of him, joyful in spirit, he returned to his own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.117)

evaṃ dinedine vipraḥ śūdresminpakṣapātavān ..

> Thus, day after day, the brahmin, showing partiality towards this Śūdra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.118)

āgacchadāśramaṃ tasya draṣṭuṃ taṃ śūdrayonijam .. 56 ..

> went to his hermitage to see that one of Śūdra birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.119)

bahukālaṃ dvijasyābhūtsaṃsargaḥ śūdrayoninā..

> For a long time there was association between the twice-born and the one of Śūdra birth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.120)

snehasya vaśamāpannaḥ śūdroktaṃ nāticakrame .. 57 ..

> fallen under the sway of affection, he did not transgress what the Śūdra said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.121)

athāgataṃ dvijaṃ śūdraḥ prāha snehavaśīkṛtam ..

> Then the Śūdra said to the twice-born who had arrived, brought under the sway of affection:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.122)

havyakavyavidhānaṃ me kṛtsnaṃ brūhi munīśvara .. 58 ..

> "Tell me, O lord of sages, the entire rule for offerings to gods and ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.123)

pitṛkāryavidhānārthaṃ devakāryārthameva ca ..

> for the purpose of rites for the ancestors and for the purpose of rites for the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.124)

maṃtrānupadiśa tvaṃ me mahālayavidhiṃ tathā .. 59 ..

> Teach me the mantras, as well as the rite of the Mahālaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.125)

aṣṭakāśrāddhakṛtyaṃ ca vaidikaṃ yacca kiṃcana ..

> the ritual of the Aṣṭakā śrāddha, and whatever is Vedic;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.126)

sarvametadrahasyaṃ me brūhi tvaṃ vai gururmataḥ.. 3.1.10.60 ..

> tell me all this secret, for you are considered my guru."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.127)

evamuktaḥ sa śūdreṇa sarvametadupādiśat ..

> Thus addressed by the Śūdra, he taught all this;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.128)

kārayāmāsa tasyāyaṃ pitṛkāryādikaṃ tathā .. 61 ..

> he also had him perform the ancestral rites and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.129)

pitṛkārye kṛte tena visṛṣṭaḥ sa dvijo gataḥ ..

> When the ancestral rites were performed, dismissed by him, the twice-born departed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.130)

atha dīrgheṇa kālena poṣitaḥ śūdrayoninā .. 62 ..

> Then, having been supported for a long time by that one of Śūdra birth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.131)

tyakto vipragaṇaiḥ so'yaṃ paṃcatvamagamaddvijaḥ  
vaivasvatabhaṭairnītvā pātito narakeṣvapi .. 63 ..

> abandoned by the hosts of brahmins, this twice-born met his death. / Carried away by the soldiers of Vaivasvata, he was cast into the hells.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.132)

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca ..

> For thousands of millions of kalpas and hundreds of millions of kalpas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.133)

bhuktvā krameṇa narakāṃstadaṃte sthā varo'bhavat .. 64 ..

> having experienced the hells in turn, at the end of that he became an immobile thing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.134)

gardabhastu tato jajñe viḍvarāhastataḥ param ..

> Then he was born as a donkey, and after that as a village pig;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.135)

jajñe'tha sārameyo'sau paścādvāyasatāṃ gataḥ .. 65 ..

> then he was born as a dog, and afterwards he attained the state of a crow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.136)

atha caṃḍālatāṃ prāpa śūdrayonimagāttataḥ ..

> Then he attained the state of a Caṇḍāla, and then went to a Śūdra womb;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.137)

gatavānvaiśyatāṃ paścātkṣatriyastadanaṃtaram .. 66 ..

> subsequently he attained the state of a Vaiśya, and immediately after that he was a Kṣatriya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.138)

prabalairbādhyamāno'sau brāhmaṇo vai tadā'bhavat ..

> Afflicted by strong \[karmas\], he then indeed became a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.139)

upanītaḥ sa pitrā tu varṣe garbhāṣṭame dvijaḥ .. 67 ..

> Invested with the sacred thread by his father in his eighth year from conception, that twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.140)

vartamānaḥ piturgehe svācārābhyāsatatparaḥ ..

> residing in his father's house and intent on the practice of his proper conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.141)

gacchankadācidgahane gṛhīto brahmarakṣasā .. 68 ..

> while walking once in a dense forest, was seized by a brahmarākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.142)

rudanbhramanskhala nmūḍhaḥ prahasanvilapannasau ..

> Weeping, wandering, stumbling, bewildered, laughing aloud, lamenting,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.143)

śaśvaddhāheti ca vadanvaidikaṃ karma so'tyajat .. 69 ..

> and constantly crying 'Alas, alas!', he abandoned Vedic duties.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.144)

dṛṣṭvā sutaṃ tathābhūtaṃ pitā duḥkhena pīḍitaḥ ..

> Seeing his son become thus, the father was tormented by grief;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.145)

sutamādāya ca snehā dagastyaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau .. 3.1.10.70 ..

> taking his son, out of affection he went to Agastya for refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.146)

bhaktyā muniṃ praṇamyāsau pitā tasya sutasya vai ..

> Bowing with devotion to the sage, the father of that son  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.147)

tasmai nivedayāmāsa svaputrasya viceṣṭitam .. 71 ..

> reported to him the strange behaviour of his son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.148)

abravīcca tadā vipraḥ kumbhajaṃ munipuṃgavam..

> And then the brahmin said to the pitcher-born one, the best of sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.149)

eṣa me tanayo brahmangṛhīto brahmarakṣasā .. 72 ..

> "O brahmin, this son of mine has been seized by a brahmarākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.150)

sukhaṃ na bhajate brahmanrakṣa taṃ karuṇādṛśā ..

> He finds no comfort, O brahmin; protect him with a compassionate glance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.151)

nāsti me tanayo' pyanyaḥ pitṝṇāmṛṇamuktaye .. 73 ..

> Nor do I have another son for release from the debt to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.152)

asya pīḍāvināśārthamupāyaṃ brūhi kumbhaja ..

> Tell me, O pitcher-born one, the means to destroy his suffering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.153)

tvatsamastriṣu lokeṣu tapaḥśīlo na vidyate .. 74 ..

> There is no one equal to you in devotion to austerity in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.154)

agraṇīḥ śivabhaktānāmuktastvaṃ hi maharṣibhiḥ ..

> You are indeed declared by the great seers to be foremost among Śiva's devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.155)

tvāṃ vināsya paritrāṇaṃ na meputrasya vidyate .. 75 ..

> Without you, there is no salvation for my son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.156)

pitre kṛpāṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ dayāśīlā hi sādhavaḥ .. ..

> Bestow grace upon the father, for good people are of a compassionate nature."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.157)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.158)

evamuktastadā tena kumbhajo dhyānamāsthitaḥ .. 76 ..

> Thus addressed then by him, the pitcher-born one engaged in meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.159)

dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālamabravīdbrāhmaṇaṃ tataḥ ..

> Having meditated for a very long time, he then said to the brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.160)

.. agastya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.10.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.161)

pūrvajanmani te putro brāhmaṇo'yaṃ mahāmate .. 77 ..

> "In a previous birth, O noble-minded one, this son of yours was a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.162)

sumatirnāma vipro'yaṃ matiṃ śūdrāya vai dadau ..

> This brahmin, named Sumati, gave counsel to a śūdra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.163)

karmāṇi vaidikānyeṣa sarvāṇyupadi deśa vai .. 78 ..

> he indeed instructed \[him\] in all the Vedic rites. // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.164)

ato'yaṃ narakānbhuktvā kalpakoṭisahasrakam ..

> Therefore, having experienced the hells for thousands of crores of kalpas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.165)

jāto bhuvi tadaṃteṣu sthāvarādiṣu yoniṣu .. 79 ..

> at the end of that he was born on earth in stationary and other wombs. // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.166)

idānīṃ brāhmaṇo jātaḥ karmaśeṣeṇa te sutaḥ ..

> Now, by the remnant of his karma, he has been born as your son, a brahmin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.167)

yamena preṣitenātra gṛhīto brahmarakṣasā .. 3.1.10.80 ..

> and here he has been seized by a brahmarākṣasa sent by Yama, // 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.168)

krūreṇa pātakenāddhā pūvajanmakṛtena vai ..

> truly on account of the cruel sin committed in a previous life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.169)

upāyaṃ te pravakṣyāmi brahmarakṣovināśane .. 81 ..

> I will tell you the means for the destruction of the brahmarākṣasa. // 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.170)

śṛṇuṣva śraddhayā yuktaḥ samādhāya ca mānasam ..

> Listen, endowed with faith, having focused your mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.171)

dakṣiṇāṃbhonidhau vipra seturūpo mahāgiriḥ .. 82 ..

> O brahmin, in the southern ocean there is a great mountain in the form of a bridge, // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.172)

vartate daivataiḥ sevyaḥ pāvano gandhamādanaḥ ..

> the purifying Gandhamādana, worthy of being served by the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.173)

tasyopari mahātīrthaṃ nāmnā pāpavināśanam .. 83 ..

> Upon it there is a great sacred ford named Pāpavināśana, // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.174)

asti puṇyaṃ prasiddhaṃ ca mahāpātakanāśanam ..

> which is auspicious, famous, and the destroyer of great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.175)

bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ vetālabrahma rakṣasām.. 84 ..

> Of bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, vetālas, brahmarākṣasas, // 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.176)

mahatāṃ caiva rogāṇāṃ tīrthaṃ tannāśakaṃ smṛtam ..

> and also of great diseases, that sacred ford is traditionally known as the destroyer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.177)

sutamādāya gaccha tvaṃ tattīrthaṃ setumadhyagam .. 85 ..

> Taking your son, go to that sacred ford situated in the middle of the bridge; // 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.178)

prayataḥ snāpaya sutaṃ tīrthe pāpavināśane ..

> having purified yourself, bathe your son in the sacred ford Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.179)

snānena tridinaṃ tatra brahmarakṣo vinaśyati .. 86 ..

> By ritual ablution there for three days, the brahmarākṣasa will be destroyed. // 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.180)

naivopāyāṃtaraṃ tasya vināśe vidyate bhuvi ..

> Indeed, no other means exists on earth for its destruction;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.181)

tasmācchīghraṃ prayāhi tvaṃ rāmasetuṃ vimuktidam .. 87 ..

> therefore, go swiftly to Rāma's Bridge, the giver of liberation. // 87  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.182)

tatra pāpavināśākhyatīrthe snāpaya te sutam ..

> There, bathe your son in the sacred ford called Pāpavināśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.183)

mā vilaṃbaṃ kuruṣvātra tvarayā yāhi vai dvija .. 88 ..

> Do not delay here; go with haste, O twice-born one.” // 88  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.184)

ityuktaḥ sa dvijo'gastyaṃ praṇamya bhuvi daṇḍavat..

> Thus addressed, that twice-born bowed down to Agastya like a staff on the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.185)

anujñātaśca tenāsau prayayau gaṃdhamādanam .. 89 ..

> and permitted by him, he departed for Gandhamādana. // 89  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.186)

sutena sākaṃ vipreṃdro gatvā pāpavināśanam ..

> Having gone with his son to Pāpavināśana, the best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.187)

saṃkalpapūrvaṃ saṃsnāpya dinatrayamasausutam.. 3.1.10.9...

> having bathed his son for three days with the preliminary ritual vow, // 90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.188)

sasnau svayaṃ ca vipreṃdrāḥ pitā pāpavināśane ..

> the father himself also bathed in Pāpavināśana, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.189)

atha tasya sutastatra vimukto brahmarakṣasā .. 91 ..

> Then his son there was freed from the brahmarākṣasa; // 91  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.190)

samajāyata nīrogaḥ svasthaḥ sundararūpadhṛk ..

> he became free of disease, healthy, and endowed with a handsome form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.191)

sarvasaṃpatsamṛddho'sau bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ .. 92 ..

> Enriched with all prosperity, having enjoyed numerous pleasures, // 92  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.192)

dehāṃte prayayau muktiṃ snānātpāpavināśane ..

> at the end of his body he attained liberation through ritual ablution in Pāpavināśana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.193)

pitāpi tatra snānena dehāṃte muktimāptavān.. 93 ..

> the father also, through ritual ablution there, attained liberation at the end of his body. // 93  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.194)

tenopadiṣṭo yaḥ śūdraḥ sa bhuktvā narakānkramāt ..

> The śūdra who was instructed by him, having successively experienced the hells  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.195)

anekāsu janitvā ca kutsitāsvapiyoniṣu .. 94 ..

> and having been born in many vile wombs, // 94  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.196)

gṛdhrajanmā bhavatpaścādgaṃdhamādanaparvate ..

> afterwards obtained birth as a vulture on Mount Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.197)

sa kadācijjalaṃ pātuṃ tīrthe pāpavināśane .. 95 ..

> Once, in order to drink water at the sacred ford Pāpavināśana, // 95  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.198)

samāgataḥ papau toyaṃ siṣice cātmanastanum ..

> he arrived, drank the water, and sprinkled his own body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.199)

tadaiva divyadehaḥ sansarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ .. 96 ..

> Instantly obtaining a divine body, adorned with all ornaments, // 96  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.10.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.10.200)

divyamālyāṃbaradharo raktacaṃdanarūṣitaḥ ..

> wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with red sandalwood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.10.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.10.8) — Sanskrit

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