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# Skandapurana 3.1.12

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.2)

sītākuṇḍe mahāpuṇye naraḥ snātvā dvijottamāḥ ..

> Having bathed in the greatly holy Sītākuṇḍa, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.3)

tatastu maṃgalaṃ tīrthamabhigacchetsamāhitaḥ .. 1 ..

> a man should then, with concentrated mind, approach the Maṅgala sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.4)

sannidhatte sadā yatra kamalā viṣṇuvallabhā ..

> where Kamalā \[Lakṣmī\], beloved of Viṣṇu, is ever present,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.5)

alakṣmīparihārāya yasminsarasi vai surāḥ .. 2 ..

> and to which lake indeed the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.6)

śatakratumukhāḥ sarve samāgacchaṃti nityaśaḥ ..

> all headed by Śatakratu \[Indra\], constantly go to ward off misfortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.7)

tadetattīrthamuddiśya ṛṣayo lokapāvanam .. 3 ..

> Concerning this sacred ford that purifies the worlds, O seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.8)

itihāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi puṇyaṃ pāpavināśanam ..

> I shall narrate a holy story that destroys sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.9)

purā manojavo nāma rājā somakulodbhavaḥ .. 4 ..

> Formerly, a king named Manojava, born in the Lunar dynasty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.10)

pālayāmāsa dharmeṇa dharāṃ sāgaramekhalām ..

> protected in accordance with righteousness the earth girdled by the oceans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.11)

ayaṣṭa sa surānyajñai rbrāhmaṇānannasaṃcayaiḥ .. 5 ..

> He worshipped the gods with sacrifices, and the brahmins with mounds of food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.12)

tarpayāmāsa kavyena pratyabdaṃ pitṛdevatāḥ ..

> every year he gratified the ancestral gods with sacrificial offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.13)

trayīmadhyaiṣṭa satatamapāṭhīcchāstramarthavat . 6 ..

> He studied the triple Veda constantly, and recited the treatises with understanding;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.14)

vyajeṣṭa śatrūnvīryeṇa prāṇaṃ sīdīśakeśavau ..

> he conquered enemies through valor, and bowed down to Śiva and Keśava \[Viṣṇu\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.15)

araṃsta nītiśāstreṣu tathāpāṭhīnmahāmanūn ..7..

> He delighted in the manuals of statecraft, and likewise recited the great mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.16)

evaṃ sa dharmato rājā pālayāmāsa medinīm ..

> In this way, according to righteousness, the king protected the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.17)

rakṣatastasya rājño'bhūdrājyaṃ nihata kaṃṭakam .. 8 ..

> As he ruled, all obstacles were eradicated from the king's realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.18)

ahaṃkāro'bhavattasya putrasaṃpadvināśanaḥ ..

> Arrogance arose in him, which destroys sons and wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.19)

ahaṃkāro bhavedyatra tatra lobho madastathā ..9..

> Where arrogance is present, there also arise greed and intoxication;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.20)

kāmaḥ krodhaśca hiṃsā ca tathā'sūyā vimohinī ..

> desire, anger, violence, and deluding malice—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.21)

bhavaṃtyetāni vipreṃdrāḥ saṃpadāṃ nāśahetavaḥ .. 3.1.12.10 ..

> these, O best of brahmins, are the causes of the destruction of fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.22)

etāni yatra vidyaṃte puruṣe sa vinaśyati ..

> In whatever man these are present, he perishes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.23)

kṣaṇena putrapautraiśca sārddhaṃ cākhilasaṃpadā .. .. 11 ..

> in an instant, along with his sons, grandsons, and all his wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.24)

babhūva tasyāsūyā ca janavidveṣiṇī sadā ..

> Malice arose in him, constantly bearing hatred toward people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.25)

asūyākulacittasya vṛthāhaṃkāriṇastathā .. 12 ..

> His mind agitated by malice, vainly arrogant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.26)

lubdhasya kāmaduṣṭasya matirevaṃ babhūva ha ..

> greedy, and corrupted by desire, his mind was turned thus:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.27)

vipragrāme karādānaṃ kariṣyāmīti niścitaḥ .. 13 ..

> He resolved, “I will collect taxes from the villages of the brahmins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.28)

akarocca tathā rājā niścitya manasā tadā ..

> Having decided thus in his mind then, the king did so;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.29)

dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ ca viprāṇāṃ jahāra kila lobhataḥ .. .. 14 ..

> out of greed, he indeed seized the money and grain of the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.30)

śivaviṣṇvādidevānāṃ vittānyādatta rāgataḥ ..

> Out of passion, he took the wealth of the gods beginning with Śiva and Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.31)

śivaviṣṇvādidevānāṃ viprāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām .. 15 ..

> and of the great-souled vipras, / and of the gods beginning with Śiva and Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.32)

kṣetrāṇyapajahārāyamahaṃkāra vimūḍhadhīḥ ..

> His mind bewildered by egotism, he seized their sacred fields.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.33)

evamanyāyayuktasya devadvijavirodhinaḥ .. 16 ..

> When he had thus become unjust, an enemy to gods and twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.34)

duṣkarmaparipākena krūreṇa dvijapuṃgavāḥ ..

> by the ripening of his evil deeds, O best of the twice-born, a cruel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.35)

puraṃ rurodha balavānparadeśādhipo ripuḥ .. 17 ..

> powerful enemy, the ruler of another country, besieged his city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.36)

golabhonāma vipreṃdrāścaturaṃgabalairyutaḥ ..

> Equipped with a fourfold army, O chiefs of vipras, \[a king\] named Golabha—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.37)

ṣaṇmāsaṃ yuddhamabhavadgolabhena durātmanaḥ .. 19 ..

> there was a battle lasting six months with Golabha by the wicked-souled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.38)

manojavasya nṛpaterahaṃkāraratātmanaḥ ..

> arrogance-loving king Manojava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.39)

tataḥ sa golabhenājau jito rājyātparicyutaḥ .. 19 ..

> Then, defeated in battle by Golabha, fallen from his kingdom,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.40)

vanaṃ saputradāraḥ sanprapede sa manojavaḥ ..

> that Manojava went into the forest together with his son and wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.41)

golabhaḥ pālayannāste manojavapure ciram ..3.1.12.20..

> Golabha remained ruling for a long time in Manojava's city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.42)

caturaṃgabalopetastamudvāsya raṇe balī ..

> Possessed of a fourfold army, having expelled him in battle, the mighty one \[remained\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.43)

manojavopi vipreṃdrāḥ śocanstrīputrasaṃyutaḥ .. 21 ..

> Manojava too, O chiefs of vipras, grieving, accompanied by his wife and son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.44)

kṣutkṣāmaḥ praskhalañchaśvatpraviveśa mahāvanam ..

> emaciated by hunger and constantly stumbling, entered the great forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.45)

jhillikāgaṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ vyāghraśvāpada bhīṣaṇam .. 22 ..

> resounding with swarms of crickets, terrifying with tigers and beasts of prey,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.46)

vyāptadviradacītkāraṃ varāhamahiṣākulam ..

> filled with the trumpeting of elephants, crowded with boars and buffaloes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.47)

tasminvane mahāghore kṣudhayā paripīḍitaḥ .. 23 ..

> In that most dreadful forest, afflicted by hunger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.48)

ayācatānnaṃ pitaraṃ manojavasutaḥ śiśuḥ ..

> the child, Manojava's son, begged his father for food:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.49)

aṃba mennaṃ prayaccha tvaṃ kṣudhā māṃ bādhate bhṛśam ..24 ..

> "Mother, give me food! Hunger oppresses me greatly!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.50)

evaṃ svajananīṃ cāpi prārthayāmāsa bālakaḥ ..

> Thus the young boy pleaded with his mother as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.51)

tanmātāpitarau tatra śrutvā putrasya bhāṣitam .. 25 ..

> Hearing their son's words there, his mother and father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.52)

śokābhibhūtau sahasā mohaṃ samupajagmatuḥ ..

> overwhelmed by grief, suddenly fell into despair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.53)

bhāryāmathābravīdrājā sumitrānāma nāmataḥ .. 26 ..

> Then the king addressed his wife, whose name was Sumitrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.54)

muhyamānaśca sa muhuḥ śuṣkakaṃṭhauṣṭhatālukaḥ ..

> he himself fainting again and again, his throat, lips, and palate parched:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.55)

sumitre kiṃ kariṣyāmi kutra yāsyāmi kā gatiḥ .. 27 ..

> "O Sumitrā, what shall I do? Where shall I go? What recourse is there?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.56)

mariṣyatyacirādeṣa suto me kṣudhayārditaḥ ..

> Afflicted by hunger, this son of mine will soon die.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.57)

kimarthaṃ sasṛje vedhā durbhāgyaṃ māṃ vṛthā priye .. 28 ..

> For what reason, O beloved, did the Creator fashion me in vain, an unfortunate man?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.58)

ko vā mocayitā duḥkhametadduṣkarmajaṃ mama ..

> Or who will release me from this sorrow born of my wicked deeds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.59)

na pūjito mayā śaṃbhurharirvā pūrvajanmasu .. 29 ..

> Neither Śambhu nor Hari was worshipped by me in previous births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.60)

tathānyā devatāḥ sūryavibhāvasumukhāḥ priye ..

> nor other deities, O beloved, headed by Sūrya and Agni.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.61)

tena pāpena cādyāhamasmiñjanmani śobhane .. 3.1.12.30 ..

> And on account of that sin, today in this life, O fair one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.62)

ahaṃkārābhibhūto'smi viprakṣetrāṇyapāharam ..

> overcome by egotism, I seized the lands of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.63)

śivaviṣṇvādidevānāṃ vittaṃ cāpahṛtaṃ mayā .. 31 ..

> and the wealth of the gods beginning with Śiva and Viṣṇu was stolen by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.64)

evaṃ duṣkarmabāhulyādgolabhena parājitaḥ ..

> Thus, through the abundance of evil deeds, defeated by Golabha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.65)

vanaṃ yātosmi vijanaṃ tvayā saha sutena ca .. 32 ..

> I have gone to the lonely forest along with you and our son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.66)

niranno nirdhano duḥkhī kṣudhito 'haṃ pipāsitaḥ ..

> Destitute of food, penniless, miserable, hungry, and thirsty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.67)

kathamannaṃ pradāsyāmi kṣudhitāya sutāya me .. 33 ..

> how shall I give food to my hungry son?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.68)

na mayānnāni dattāni brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śucismite ..

> No food was given by me to the brahmins, O sweet-smiling one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.69)

na mayā pūjitaḥ śaṃbhurviṣṇurvā devatāṃtaram .. 34 ..

> nor was Śambhu or Viṣṇu or any other deity worshipped by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.70)

tena pāpena me tvadya duḥkhametatsamāgatam ..

> On account of that sin, this sorrow has befallen me today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.71)

na mayāgnau hutaṃ pūrvaṃ na tīrthamapi sevitam .. 35 ..

> I did not offer oblations into the fire formerly, nor did I visit any tīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.72)

mātṛśrāddhaṃ pitṛśrāddhaṃ mṛtāha divase tayoḥ..

> The funeral ceremony for mother or father on the day of their death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.73)

naikoddiṣṭavidhānena pārvaṇenāpi vai priye ..36..

> neither by the rite for a single ancestor nor by that for the group of ancestors, O beloved,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.74)

kṛtaṃ na hi mayā bhadre bhūribhojanameva vā ..

> was performed by me, O good lady, nor even an abundant feast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.75)

tena pāpena me tvadya duḥkhametatsamāgatam .. .. 37 ..

> On account of that sin, this sorrow has befallen me today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.76)

caitramāse priye citrānakṣatre pānakaṃ mayā ..

> In the month of Caitra, under the constellation Citrā, O beloved, cooling drink,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.77)

panasānāṃ phalaṃ svādu kadalīphalameva vā .. 38 ..

> delicious jackfruit, or plantain fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.78)

tathā chatraṃ sadaṃḍaṃ ca ramyaṃ pādukayordvayam ..

> likewise a parasol with its handle, a beautiful pair of sandals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.79)

tāṃbūlāni ca puṣpāṇi caṃdanaṃ cānulepanam .. 39 ..

> betel leaves, flowers, and sandalwood ointment—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.80)

na dattaṃ vedavidbhyastu citraguptasya tuṣṭaye ..

> were never given to knowers of the Veda for the satisfaction of Citragupta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.81)

tena pāpena me tvadya duḥkhametatsamāgatam .. 3.1.12.40 ..

> On account of that sin, this sorrow has befallen me today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.82)

nāśvatthaścūtavṛkṣo vā nyagrodhastiṃtiṇī tathā ..

> Neither an aśvattha tree, nor a mango tree, nor a banyan, nor a tamarind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.83)

picumaṃdaḥ kapittho vā tathaivāmalakītaruḥ .. 41 ..

> nor a neem tree, nor a wood-apple, nor an āmalakī tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.84)

nārikelatarurvāpi sthāpito'dhvagaśāṃtaye ..

> nor a coconut tree was planted \[by me\] for the relief of travelers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.85)

tena pāpena me tvadya duḥkhametatsamāgatam.. 42 ..

> On account of that sin, this sorrow has befallen me today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.86)

sammārjanaṃ ca na kṛtaṃ śivaviṣṇvālaye mayā ..

> No sweeping was done by me in a shrine of Śiva or Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.87)

na khānitaṃ taṭākaṃ ca na kūpopi hrado'pivā .. .. 43 ..

> nor was a reservoir dug, nor a well, nor a pool;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.88)

na ropitaṃ puṣpavanaṃ tathaiva tulasīvanam ..

> no flower garden was planted, nor a grove of tulasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.89)

śivaviṣṇvālayau vāpi nirmito na mayā priye .. 44 ..

> nor was a shrine to Śiva or Viṣṇu built by me, O beloved."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.90)

tena pāpena me tvadya duḥkhametatsamāgatam ..

> Because of that sin, this suffering has come upon me today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.91)

na mayā paitṛke māsi pitṝnuddiśya śobhane ..

> During the ancestral month, O fair lady, for the sake of the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.92)

mahālayaṃ kṛtaṃ śrāddhamaṣṭakāśrāddhameva vā .. 45 ..

> I performed neither the Mahālaya śrāddha nor the Aṣṭakā śrāddha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.93)

nityaśrāddhaṃ tathā kāmyaṃ śrāddhaṃ naimittikaṃ priye ..

> nor the daily śrāddha, the optional śrāddha, or the occasional śrāddha, my dear;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.94)

na kṛtāḥ kratavaścāpi vidhivadbhūridakṣiṇāḥ .. 46 ..

> nor did I perform sacrifices in accordance with rule, with lavish priestly fees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.95)

māsopavāso na kṛtaḥ ekādaśyāmupoṣaṇam ..

> I did not keep the month-long fast, nor fasting on the Ekādaśī day;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.96)

dhanurmāsepyuṣaḥkāle śaṃbhuviṣṇvādidevatāḥ .. 47 ..

> nor during the Dhanur month at dawn, having worshipped in accordance with rule  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.97)

saṃpūjya vidhivadbhadre naivedyaṃ na kṛtaṃ mayā ..

> the deities beginning with Śambhu and Viṣṇu, O auspicious lady, was an offering of food presented by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.98)

tena pāpena me tvadya duḥkhametatsamā gatam .. 48..

> Because of that sin, this suffering has come upon me today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.99)

hariśaṃkarayornāmnāṃ kīrtanaṃ na mayā kṛtam ..

> I did not chant the names of Hari and Śaṃkara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.100)

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṇḍraṃ ca jābāloktaiśca saptabhiḥ .. 49 ..

> nor was smearing \[with ashes\] or the tripuṇḍra made with the seven \[mantras\] declared in the Jābāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.101)

na dhṛtaṃ bhasmanā bhadre rudrākṣaṃ na dhṛtaṃ mayā ..

> worn with sacred ash, O auspicious lady, nor was a rudrākṣa worn by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.102)

japaśca rudrasūktānāṃ paṃcākṣarajapastathā .. 3.1.12.50 ..

> Nor the recitation of the Rudrasūktas, nor the recitation of the five-syllable mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.103)

tathā puruṣasūktasya japo'pyaṣṭākṣarasya ca ..

> nor indeed the recitation of the Puruṣasūkta or of the eight-syllable mantra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.104)

naivakāri mayā bhadre naivānyo dharmasaṃcayaḥ .. 51 ..

> was performed by me, O auspicious lady; nor any other accumulation of merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.105)

tena pāpena me tvadya duḥkhametatsamāgatam ..

> Because of that sin, this suffering has come upon me today."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.106)

evaṃ sa vilapanrājā bhāryāmābhāṣya khinnadhīḥ .. 52 ..

> Lamenting thus, having spoken to his wife, that king of afflicted mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.107)

mūrcchāmupāyayau viprāḥ papāta ca dharātale ..

> fell into a faint, O brahmins, and collapsed onto the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.108)

sumitrā patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhāryā sā patimaṃganā .. 53 ..

> Seeing her husband fallen, that woman, his wife Sumitrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.109)

āliṃgya vilalāpātha saputrā bhṛśaduḥkhitā ..

> embracing him, then wailed with her son, intensely grief-stricken:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.110)

mama nātha mahārāja somānvayadhuraṃdhara .. 54 ..

> "O my lord, great king, bearer of the yoke of the Lunar dynasty!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.111)

māṃ vihāya kva yāto'si saputrāṃ vijane vane ..

> Leaving me, where have you gone in this desolate forest together with our son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.112)

anāthāṃ tvāmanugatāṃ siṃhatrastāṃ mṛgīmiva .. 55 ..

> abandoning me, helpless, who followed you like a doe terrified of a lion?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.113)

mṛto'si yadi rājeṃdra tarhi tvāmahamapyaram ..

> If you are dead, O king of kings, then I too swiftly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.114)

anuvrajāmi vidhavā na sthāsye kṣaṇamapyuta.. 56 ..

> shall follow you; as a widow I will not remain even for a moment!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.115)

pitaraṃ paśya patitaṃ candrakāṃta suta kṣitau ..

> Look at your father fallen on the earth, O son Candrakānta!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.116)

ityuktaścaṃdrakāṃto'pi suto rājñaḥ kṣudhārditaḥ .. 57 ..

> Thus addressed, Candrakānta too, the son of the king, afflicted by hunger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.117)

pitaraṃ parirabhyātha niḥśabdaṃ praruroda saḥ ..

> embraced his father and wept silently.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.118)

etasminnaṃtare viprā jaṭāvalkalasaṃvṛtaḥ .. 58 ..

> In the meantime, O brahmins, clad in matted hair and bark garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.119)

bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṃgastripuṇḍrāṃkitamastakaḥ ..

> all his limbs smeared with sacred ash, his forehead marked with the tripuṇḍra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.120)

rudrākṣamālābharaṇaḥ sitayajñopavītavān .. 59 ..

> adorned with a necklace of rudrākṣas, wearing a white sacred thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.121)

parāśaronāma munirājagāma yadṛcchayā ..

> a sage named Parāśara arrived by chance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.122)

taṃ śabdamabhilakṣyāsau sādhusajjanasaṃmataḥ .. 3.1.12.60 ..

> Heading toward that sound, he who was esteemed by the virtuous and good,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.123)

tataḥ sumitrā taṃ dṛṣṭvā parāśaramupāgatam ..

> then Sumitrā, seeing that Parāśara had approached,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.124)

vavaṃde caraṇau tasya saputrā sā pativratā .. 61 ..

> bowed down at his feet together with her son, that faithful wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.125)

tataḥ parāśareṇeyaṃ sumitrā parisāṃtvitā ..

> Then this Sumitrā was consoled by Parāśara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.126)

āśvāsitā ca muninā mā śocasveti bhāmini ..

> and comforted by the sage: "Do not grieve, O noble lady!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.127)

tataḥ sumitrāṃ papraccha śaktiputro mahāmuniḥ .. 62 ..

> Then the great sage, the son of Śakti, inquired of Sumitrā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.128)

.. parāśara uvāca ..

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

### [3.1.12.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.129)

kā tvaṃ suśroṇi kaścāsau yaścāyaṃ patito'grataḥ .. 63 ..

> "Who are you, O shapely lady, and who is this man who has fallen in front of you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.130)

ayaṃ śiśuśca kaste syādvada tattvena me śubhe ..

> And who is this child to you? Tell me truly, O auspicious lady."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.131)

pṛṣṭaivaṃ muninā sādhvī tamuvāca mahāmunim .. 64 ..

> Thus questioned by the sage, the virtuous woman said to that great sage:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.132)

.. sumitrovāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.12.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.133)

patirmamāyamasyāhaṃ bhāryā vai munisattama ..

> "This is my husband, and I am his wife, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.134)

āvābhyāṃ janitaścāyaṃ caṃdrakāṃtābhidhaḥ sutaḥ .. 65 ..

> And this is the son begotten by us two, named Candrakānta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.135)

ayaṃ manojavo nāma rājā somakulodbhavaḥ ..

> This is a king born of the Lunar lineage, named Manojava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.136)

vikramāḍhyasya tanayaḥ śaurye viṣṇusamo balī .. 66 ..

> son of Vikramāḍhya, equal to Viṣṇu in valour, mighty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.137)

sumitrā nāma tasyāhaṃ bhāryā patimanuvratā ..

> I am named Sumitrā, his wife devoted to her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.138)

yuddhe vinirjito rājā golabhena manojavaḥ .. 67 ..

> Defeated in battle by Golabha, King Manojava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.139)

rājyādbhraṣṭo nirālaṃbo mayā putreṇa cānvitaḥ ..

> deprived of his kingdom, destitute, accompanied by me and his son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.140)

vanaṃ viveśa brahmarṣe krūrasattvabhayānakam ..68..

> entered the forest terrifying with cruel beasts, O brahmin seer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.141)

kṣudhayā pīḍitaḥ putro hyāvāmannamayācata ..

> Afflicted by hunger, our son begged food from us both.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.142)

niranno vidhuro rājā dṛṣṭvā putraṃ kṣudhārditam .. 69 ..

> Having no food, the king, distraught on seeing his son tormented by hunger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.143)

śokākulamanā brahmanmūrcchitaḥ patito bhuvi ..

> his mind overwhelmed with grief, O brahmin, fainted and collapsed onto the ground."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.144)

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śokaparyākulākṣaram .. 3.1.12.70 ..

> Hearing those words of hers, choked with grief,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.145)

śaktiputro muniḥ prāha sumitrāṃ tāṃ pativratām ..

> the sage, the son of Śakti, addressed that faithful wife Sumitrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.146)

manojavasya nṛpaterbhāryāmagniśikhopamām .. .. 71 ..

> the wife of King Manojava, who was like a flame of fire:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.147)

.. parāśara uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.12.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.148)

manojavasya bhārye te mā bhīrbhūyātkathaṃcana ..

> "O wife of Manojava, let there be no fear in you in any way!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.149)

yuṣmākamaśubhaṃ satyamacirānnāśameṣyati .. 72 ..

> Truly, the misfortune of you all shall come to an end before long.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.150)

mūrcchāṃ vihāya te bhadre kṣaṇādutthāsyate patiḥ ..

> Forsaking his swoon, O auspicious lady, your husband will rise in a moment.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.151)

tataḥ parāśaro vipraḥ pāṇinā taṃ narādhipam .. 73 ..

> Then the brahmin Parāśara, with his hand, \[touched\] that lord of men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.152)

pasparśa maṃtraṃ prajapandhyātvā devaṃ triyaṃbakam ..

> meditating upon the three-eyed god, chanting a mantra, he touched \[him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.153)

tato manojavo rājā karaspṛṣṭo mahāmuneḥ .. 74 ..

> Then King Manojava, touched by the hand of the great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.154)

utthitaḥ sahasā tatra tyaktvā mūrcchāṃ tamomayīm ..

> suddenly arose there, casting off the swoon born of darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.155)

tataḥ parāśaramuniṃ praṇamya jagatīpatiḥ ..

> Then, bowing down to the sage Parāśara, the ruler of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.156)

uvāca paramaprītaḥ prāṃjalirviprasattamam .. 75 ..

> exceedingly pleased, spoke to the best of brahmins with joined palms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.157)

.. manojava uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.12.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.158)

parāśaramune tvadya tvatpādābjaniṣevaṇāt .. 76 ..

> “O sage Parāśara, today, through service to your lotus feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.159)

mūrcchā me vigatā sadyaḥ pātakaṃ caiva nāśitam ..

> my swoon has vanished instantly and my sin has been destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.160)

tvaddarśanamapuṇyānāṃ naiva sidhyetkadācana .. 77 ..

> The sight of you is never attained by those devoid of merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.161)

rakṣa māṃ karuṇādṛṣṭyā cyāvitaṃ śatrubhiḥ purāt ..

> Protect me with a glance of compassion, driven out as I am from my city by enemies.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.162)

ityuktaḥ sa muniḥ prāha rājānaṃ taṃ manojavam .. 78 ..

> Thus addressed, that sage said to that king Manojava:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.163)

.. parāśara uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.12.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.164)

upāyaṃ te pravakṣyāmi rājañcchatrujayāya vai ..

> “I shall tell you a means, O king, for the conquest of your enemies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.165)

rāmasetau mahāpuṇye gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 79 .. .  
vidyate maṃgalaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvaiśvaryapradāyakam ..

> At the highly sacred Rāmasetu, on the Gandhamādana mountain, / there exists an auspicious sacred ford that grants all sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.166)

sarvalokopakārāya tasminsarasi rāghavaḥ .. 3.1.12.80 ..

> For the benefit of all the worlds, in that pool, Raghava  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.167)

sannidhatte sadā lakṣmyā sītayā rājasattama ..

> is ever present with Lakṣmī as Sītā, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.168)

saputrabhāryastvaṃ tatra gatvā snātvā sabhaktikam .. 81 ..

> Having gone there together with your son and wife, having bathed with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.169)

kṣetraśrāddhādikaṃ cāpi tattīre kuru bhūpate ..

> perform also the śrāddha of the sacred field and other rites upon its shore, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.170)

evaṃ kṛte tvayā rājannalakṣmīḥ kleśakāriṇī .. 92 ..

> When this is done by you, O king, ill fortune that causes distress  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.171)

vaibhavāttasya tīrthasya nāśaṃ yāsyatyasaṃśayam ..

> will undoubtedly be destroyed by the power of that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.172)

maṃgalāni ca sarvāṇi prāpsyase na cirānnṛpa .. 83 ..

> And you will attain all auspicious things before long, O king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.173)

vijitya śatrūṃśca raṇe punarbhūmiṃ prapatsyase ..

> having conquered your enemies in battle, you will regain your land.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.174)

atastvaṃ bhāryayā sārddhaṃ putreṇa ca manojava .. 84 ..

> Therefore, together with your wife and son, O Manojava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.175)

gaccha maṃgalatīrthaṃ tadgandhamādanaparvate ..

> go to that Maṅgalatīrtha on the Gandhamādana mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.176)

ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi tavānugrahakāmyayā .. 85 ..

> I too shall come, desiring to grant you favor.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.177)

parāśarastvevamuktvā rājamukhyaistribhiḥ saha ..

> Having spoken thus, Parāśara, along with the three royal figures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.178)

prāyātsetuṃ samuddiśya snātuṃ maṃgalatīrthake .. 86 ..

> set out towards the bridge to bathe in Maṅgalatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.179)

rājādibhiḥ saha munirvilaṃghya vividhaṃ vanam ..

> Together with the king and others, crossing various forests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.180)

vanapradeśadeśāṃśca dasyugrāmānanekaśaḥ .. 87 ..

> woodland regions, and numerous villages of robbers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.181)

prayayau maṃgalaṃ tīrthaṃ gandhamādanaparvate ..

> the sage went to the auspicious sacred ford on the Gandhamādana mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.182)

tatra saṃkalpya vidhivatsasnau sa munipuṃgavaḥ .. 88 ..

> Making the formal resolve there according to rule, that bull among sages bathed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.183)

tānapi snāpayāmāsa rājādīnvidhipūrvakam ..

> he also had the king and the others bathe according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.184)

tatra śrāddhaṃ ca bhūpālaścakāra pitṛtṛptaye .. 89 ..

> And there the king performed a śrāddha to gratify the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.185)

tatra māsatrayaṃ sasnau rājā patnīsutastathā ..

> There the king, his wife, and his son bathed for three months;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.186)

tataḥ parāśaramuniḥ sasnau niyamapūrvakam ... .. 3.1.12.90 ..

> then the sage Parāśara bathed according to observance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.187)

evaṃ māsatrayaṃ sasnau taiḥ sākaṃ munipuṃgavaḥ ..

> Thus for three months the bull among sages bathed with them  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.188)

maṃgalākhye mahāpuṇye sarvāmaṃgalanāśane .. 91 ..

> in the highly sacred ford named Maṅgala, which destroys all inauspiciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.189)

tataḥ parāśaramuniḥ sarvānarthavināśanam ..

> Then, at the end of that, the sage Parāśara imparted  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.190)

rāmasyaikākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ tadaṃte samupādiśat .. 92 ..

> the single-syllable mantra of Rāma, which destroys all misfortunes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.191)

catvāriṃśaddinaṃ tatra maṃtramekākṣaraṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> For forty days there, the single-syllable mantra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.192)

tatra tīrthe jajāpāsau munyuktenaiva vartmanā .. 93 ..

> that king muttered at that sacred ford, precisely along the path spoken by the sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.193)

evamabhyasatastasya maṃtramekākṣaraṃ dvijāḥ ..

> As he was reciting the single-syllable mantra in this way, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.194)

muniprasādātpurato dhanuḥ prādurabhūddṛḍham .. 94 ..

> by the grace of the sage, a strong bow appeared before him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.195)

akṣayāviṣudhī cāpi khaḍgau ca kanakatsarū ..

> and two inexhaustible quivers, two swords with golden hilts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.196)

ekaṃ carma gadā caikā tathaiko musalottamaḥ .. 95 ..

> one shield, one mace, and an excellent pestle-club,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.197)

ekaḥ śaṃkho mahānādo vājiyukto rathastathā ..

> one conch of loud sound, a chariot yoked with horses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.198)

sasārathiḥ patākā ca tīrthāduttasthuragrataḥ .. 96 .. .  
kavacaṃ kāṃcanamayaṃ vaiśvānarasamaprabham ..

> with a charioteer and a banner, arose before him from the sacred ford. / Golden armor, radiant as fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.199)

prādurbabhūva tattīrthātprasādena munestathā .. 97 ..

> manifested from that sacred ford by the grace of the sage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.12.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.12.200)

hārakeyūramukuṭakaṭakādivibhūṣaṇam..

> ornaments such as necklaces, armlets, a diadem, and bracelets  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Vedāntasāravīraśaivacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.vedantasaravirasaivacintamani.2.21) — Niṣṭhura Nañjanācārya 1700, Sanskrit
- [Setukhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.setukhanda.16.1) — Sanskrit

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