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# Skandapurana 3.1.16

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.2)

kuṃḍe hanumataḥ snātvā svayaṃ rudreṇa sevite ..

> Having bathed in the pool of Hanumat, which is frequented by Rudra himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.3)

agastitīrthaṃ vipreṃdrāstato gacchetsamāhitaḥ .. 1 ..

> one should then go, concentrated in mind, to the Agastitīrtha, O foremost of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.4)

etadvinirmitaṃ tīrthaṃ sākṣādvai kumbhayoninā ..

> This sacred ford was fashioned directly by the Pitcher-Born \[Agastya\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.5)

pravartamāne kalahe purā vai meruviṃdhyayoḥ .. 2 ..

> long ago when a quarrel was taking place between Meru and Vindhya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.6)

niruddhabhuvanābhogo vavṛdhe viṃdhyaparvataḥ ..

> Mount Vindhya grew, obstructing the expanse of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.7)

tadā prāṇiṣu sarveṣu nirucchvāseṣu devatāḥ .. 3 ..

> Then, when all living beings were breathless, the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.8)

kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā śaṃbhave tadvyajijñapan..

> having gone to Mount Kailāsa, made this known to Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.9)

tadā sa pārvatīpāṇigrahaṇotsukakautukī .. 4 ..

> Then he, eager with desire to take Pārvatī's hand in marriage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.10)

preṣayitvā vasiṣṭhādīnpārvatīṃ yācituṃ munīn..

> having sent Vasiṣṭha and other sages to ask for Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.11)

kuṃbhaja tvaṃ nigṛhṇīṣva viṃdhyādrimiti so'nvaśāt .. 5 ..

> commanded him, "O pot-born one, you must restrain the Vindhya mountain!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.12)

tataḥ sa kumbhajaḥ prāha bhagavaṃtaṃ pinākinam ..

> Then that pot-born \[sage\] spoke to the blessed wielder of Pināka:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.13)

udvāhaveṣaṃ te deva na drakṣyehaṃ kathaṃ vibho .. 6 ..

> "O Lord, how will I not behold your wedding attire, O all-pervading one?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.14)

iti vijñāpitaḥ śaṃbhuḥ punaḥ kuṃbhajamabravīt..

> Addressed in this way, Śambhu said again to the pot-born \[sage\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.15)

kuṃbhajodvāhaveṣaṃ te pārvatyā sahito hyaham .. 7 ..

> "O pot-born one, together with Pārvatī I indeed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.16)

vedāraṇye mahāpuṇye darśayiṣyāmyasaṃśayaḥ ..

> will show you my wedding attire in the most holy Vedāraṇya, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.17)

tadgaccha śīghraṃ viṃdhyādriṃ nigrahītuṃ munīśvara .. 8 ..

> Therefore, go quickly, O chief of sages, to restrain the Vindhya mountain."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.18)

evamuktastatogastyo vindhyādriṃ sa nigṛhya ca ..

> Having been spoken to thus, Agastya then subdued the Vindhya mountain, and,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.19)

pādākramaṇamātreṇa samīkurvanmahītalam .. 9 ..

> making the surface of the earth level by merely treading upon it with his feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.20)

caritvā dakṣi ṇāndeśāngandhamādanamanvagāt ..

> having traversed the southern regions, he reached Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.21)

sa viditvā maharṣistu gandhamādanavaibhavam .. 3.1.16.10 ..

> Knowing the majesty of Gandhamādana, that great seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.22)

tatra tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ svanāmnā nirmame muniḥ ..

> the sage, created there a most holy sacred ford in his own name.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.23)

lopāmudrāsakhastatra vartate'dyāpi kuṃbhajaḥ .. 11 ..

> Accompanied by Lopāmudrā, the pot-born one dwells there even today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.24)

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca na bhūyo janmabhāgbhavet ..

> Having bathed there and drank \[the water\], one will not partake of rebirth again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.25)

iha loke trikālepi tattīrthasadṛśaṃ dvijāḥ .. .. 12 ..

> In this world, even across the three times, O twice-born ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.26)

tīrthaṃ na vidyate puṇyaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam ..

> there is no holy sacred ford equal to that sacred ford, bestowing the fruit of enjoyment and liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.27)

sarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ yattīrthasnānavaibhavāt.. 13 ..

> granting all desired things to men, through the majesty of bathing in that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.28)

sudīrghatamasaḥ putraḥ kakṣīvānnāma nāmataḥ ..

> The son of the extremely illustrious Dīrghatamas, known by name as Kakṣīvat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.29)

lebhe manoramāṃ nāma svanayasya sutāṃ priyām .. 14 ..

> obtained the beloved daughter of Svanaya, named Manoramā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.30)

kakṣīvataḥ kathā seyaṃ puṇyāpāpavināśinī ..

> That holy story of Kakṣīvat destroys sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.31)

tāṃ kathāṃ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇudhvaṃ munīśvarāḥ ... 15 ..

> I shall tell that story to you: listen to it, O chiefs of sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.32)

asti dīrghatamā nāma muniḥ paramadhārmikaḥ ..

> There is an exceedingly righteous sage named Dīrghatamas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.33)

tasya putraḥ samabhavatkakṣīvāniti viśrutaḥ .. 16 ..

> he had a son renowned as Kakṣīvat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.34)

upanītaḥ sa kakṣīvānbrahmacārī jiteṃ driyaḥ ..

> Invested with the sacred thread, that Kakṣīvat was a celibate student, master of his senses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.35)

vedābhyāsāya sa guroḥ kule vāsamakalpayat .. 17..

> he took up residence in the family of his guru to study the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.36)

udaṃkasya gurorgehe vasandīrghatamaḥsutaḥ ..

> Residing in the house of the guru Udaṅka, the son of Dīrghatamas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.37)

so'dhyeṣṭa caturo vedānsāṃgāñchāstrāṇi ṣaṭ tathā .. 18 ..

> studied the four Vedas along with their auxiliary branches, and likewise the six treatises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.38)

itihāsapurāṇāni tathopaniṣado'pica ..

> the epics, the Purāṇas, and also the Upaniṣads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.39)

uṣitvā ṣaṣṭivarṣāṇi kakṣīvāngurusannidhau .. 19 ..

> Having lived for sixty years in the presence of his guru, Kakṣīvat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.40)

prayāsyansvagṛhaṃ viprā gurave dakṣi ṇāmadāt ..

> about to depart for his own home, O brahmins, gave the sacrificial fee to his guru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.41)

uvāca vai gururvidvānkakṣīvānbrahmavittamaḥ .. 3.1.16.20 ..

> The learned Kakṣīvat, the foremost knower of Brahman, said to the guru:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.42)

.. kakṣīvānuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.43)

ahaṃ gṛhaṃ prayāsyāmi kurvanujñāṃ mahāmune ..

> "I am going home, O great sage; grant me permission.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.44)

avalokya kṛpādṛṣṭyā māṃ rakṣodaṃka sāṃpratam ..

> Looking upon me with a glance of compassion, protect me now, O Udaṅka."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.45)

udaṃkastveva muditaḥ kakṣīvaṃtamathābravīt .. 21 ..

> Delighted indeed, Udaṅka then said to Kakṣīvat:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.46)

.. udaṃka uvāca ..

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

### [3.1.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.47)

anujānāmi kakṣīvangaccha tvaṃ svagṛhaṃ prati .. 22 ..

> "I permit you, O Kakṣīvat; go to your own home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.48)

udvāhārthamupāyaṃ te vatsa vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu ..

> I shall tell you a means for your marriage, my child: listen to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.49)

rāmasetuṃ prayāhi tvaṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvatam.. 23 ..

> Go to the bridge of Rāma, to Mount Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.50)

tatrāgastyakṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradā yakam ..

> There is a sacred ford made by Agastya, bestowing all desires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.51)

bhuktimuktipradaṃ puṃsāṃ sarvapāpanibarhaṇam.. 24 ..

> granting enjoyment and liberation to men, destroying all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.52)

vidyate snāhi tatra tvaṃ sarvamaṃgalasādhane ..

> Bathe there, in that source of all auspiciousness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.53)

trivarṣaṃ vasa tatra tvaṃ niyamācārasaṃyutaḥ .. 25 ..

> dwell there for three years, observant of rules and proper conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.54)

varṣeṣu triṣu yāteṣu caturthe vatsare tataḥ ..

> When three years have passed, then, in the fourth year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.55)

nirgamiṣyati mātaṃgaḥ kaścittīrthottamāttataḥ .. 26 ..

> an elephant will emerge from that best of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.56)

caturdaṃto mahākāyaḥ śaradabhrasamacchaviḥ ..

> four-tusked, huge-bodied, with the splendor of an autumn cloud.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.57)

taṃ gajaṃ girisaṃkāśaṃ snātvā tatra samāruha .. 27 ..

> Having bathed there, mount that elephant resembling a mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.58)

āruhya taṃ gajaṃ vatsa svanayasya purīṃ vraja ..

> Having mounted that elephant, my child, go to the city of Svanaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.59)

caturdaṃtagajasthaṃ tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā śakramivāparam ..28 ..

> Seeing you mounted on the four-tusked elephant like a second Śakra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.60)

rājarṣiḥ svanayo dhīmānharṣavyākulalocanaḥ ..

> the royal sage Svanaya, wise, with eyes agitated with joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.61)

svakanyāyāḥ kṛte duḥkhaṃ tyajedeva hṛdisthitam .. 29 ..

> will abandon the grief dwelling in his heart on account of his daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.62)

purā hi pratijajñe sā tasya putrī manoramā ..

> For formerly that daughter of his, Manoramā, made a vow:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.63)

caturdaṃtaṃ mahākāyaṃ gajaṃ sarvāṃgapāṃḍuram .. 3.1.16.30 ..

> 'He who arrives mounted upon a four-tusked, huge-bodied elephant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.64)

āruhya yaḥ samāgacchetsa me bhartā bhavediti ..

> white in all its limbs, shall be my husband.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.65)

svakanyāyāḥ pratijñāṃ tāṃ samākarṇya sa bhūpatiḥ .. .. 31 ..

> Having heard that vow of his daughter, that king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.66)

duḥkhākulamanā bhūtvā satataṃ paryaciṃtayat ..

> becoming troubled in mind with sorrow, pondered constantly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.67)

svanaye ciṃtayatyevaṃ nāradaḥ samupāgamat .. 32 ..

> While Svanaya was thinking thus, Nārada arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.68)

tamāgataṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā rājarṣiratidhārmikaḥ ..

> Seeing that sage who had arrived, the exceedingly righteous royal seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.69)

pratyudgamya mudā yuktaḥ pādyārghyādyairapūjayat .. 33 ..

> went out to meet him, filled with joy, and honoured him with foot-water, guest-water, and other offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.70)

praṇamya nāradaṃ rājā vacanaṃ cedamabravīt ..

> Bowing to Nārada, the king spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.71)

kanyeyaṃ mama devarṣe pratijñāmakarotpurā .. 34 ..

> “O divine seer, formerly this maiden daughter of mine made a vow:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.72)

catu rdaṃtaṃ mahākāyaṃ gajaṃ sarvāṃgapāṃḍuram ..

> ‘Whosoever should arrive having mounted a colossal elephant  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.73)

āruhya yaḥ samāgacchetsa me bhartā bhavediti .. 35 ..

> with four tusks, white in every limb, he shall become my husband.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.74)

caturdaṃto mahākāyo gajaḥ sarvāṃgapāṃḍuraḥ ..

> A colossal elephant with four tusks, white in every limb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.75)

saṃbhavediṃdrabhavane bhūtale naiva vidyate .. 36 ..

> might exist in the abode of Indra; on the surface of the earth it does not exist at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.76)

iyaṃ ca dustarāmenāṃ pratijñāṃ bāliśā'karot ..

> And she, foolish girl, made this vow difficult to fulfill.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.77)

iyaṃ pratijñātitarāṃ satataṃ bādhate hi mām .. 37 ..

> Indeed, this vow torments me constantly and exceedingly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.78)

anūḍhā hi pituḥ kanyā sarvadā śokamāvahet ..

> For an unmarried daughter always brings sorrow to her father.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.79)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā svanaye nārado'bravīt .. 38 ..

> Hearing these words of his, Nārada said to Svanaya:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.80)

mā viṣīdasva rājarṣe tasyā īdṛgvidhaḥ patiḥ ..

> “Do not despair, O royal seer! Such a husband for her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.81)

bhaviṣyatyacirādeva pṛthivyāṃ brāhmaṇottamaḥ .. 39 ..

> an excellent brahmin, will soon appear on the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.82)

kakṣīvāniti vikhyāto jāmātā te bhaviṣyati ..

> Renowned as Kakṣīvat, he will become your son-in-law.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.83)

ityuktvā nāradamuniryayāvākāśamārgataḥ .. 3.1.16.40 ..

> Having spoken thus, the sage Nārada departed by way of the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.84)

sva nayastadvacaḥ śrutvā nāradena prabhāṣitam ..

> Svanaya, having heard those words spoken by Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.85)

ākāṃkṣate divārātraṃ tādṛgvidhasamāgamam .. 41 ..

> longed day and night for the arrival of such a one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.86)

ataḥ saumya mahābhāga kakṣīvanbālatāpasa ..

> “Therefore, gentle and fortunate Kakṣīvat, young ascetic,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.87)

agastyatīrthamadya tvaṃ snātuṃ gaccha tvarānvitaḥ .. 42 ..

> go in haste today to Agastyatīrtha to bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.88)

sarvamaṃgalasiddhiste bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Attainment of all auspiciousness will be yours, without a doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.89)

udaṃkenaivamukto'tha kakṣīvāndvijapuṃgavaḥ .. 43 ..

> Thus addressed by Udaṅka, the eminent twice-born Kakṣīvat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.90)

anu jñātaśca guruṇā prayayau gaṃdhamādanam ..

> permitted by his guru, set forth to Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.91)

saṃprāpyāgastyatīrthaṃ ca tatra sasnau jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 44 ..

> Having reached Agastyatīrtha, he bathed there, his senses restrained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.92)

kṣetropavāsamakaroddinamekaṃ munīśvaraḥ ..

> The lordly sage observed a fast at the sacred field for one day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.93)

aparedyuḥ punaḥ snātvā pāraṇāmakaroddvijaḥ .. 45 ..

> On the next day, having bathed again, the brahmin broke his fast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.94)

rātrau tatraiva suṣvāpa kakṣīvāndharmatatparaḥ ..

> At night Kakṣīvat, dedicated to righteousness, slept right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.95)

evaṃ niyamayuktasya tasya kakṣīvato muneḥ .. 46 ..

> For the sage Kakṣīvat, endowed with such observances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.96)

ekena divase nonaṃ varṣatrayamathāgamat ..

> three years, lessened by a single day, then passed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.97)

atha varṣatrayasyāṃte tasminneva dine muniḥ .. 47 ..

> Then, at the end of the three years, on that very day, the sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.98)

anvāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ sukhaṃ suṣvāpa tattaṭe ..

> having observed the evening twilight rites, slept comfortably on its bank.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.99)

yāmamātrāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ vibhāvaryāṃ mahādhvaniḥ .. 48 ..

> When only a single watch of the night remained, a great sound,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.100)

udabhūtpralayāṃbhodhivīcikolāhalopamaḥ ..

> resembling the roar of the waves of the ocean of cosmic dissolution, arose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.101)

tena śabdena mahatā kakṣīvānpratyabudhyata .. 49 ..

> At that tremendous sound, Kakṣīvat awoke.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.102)

tatastu svanayo nāma rājā sānucaro balī ..

> Then the powerful king named Svanaya, accompanied by his attendants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.103)

mṛgayākautukī tatra madhurāpatirāyayau .. 3.1.16.50 ..

> fond of hunting, the ruler of Madhurā, arrived there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.104)

vinighnansa gajānsiṃhānvarāhānmahiṣānnurūn ..

> Slaying elephants, lions, boars, buffaloes, ruru-deer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.105)

anyānmṛgaviśeṣāṃśca sa rājā nyavadhīccharaiḥ .. 851 ..

> and other kinds of game, the king killed them with his arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.106)

sāmātyo mṛgayāsakto rathavājigajairyutaḥ ..

> Accompanied by his ministers, intent on hunting, surrounded by chariots, horses, and elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.107)

agastyatīrthasavidhamāsasāda bhaṭānvitaḥ .. 52 ..

> and accompanied by soldiers, he approached the vicinity of Agastyatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.108)

sa rājā mṛgayāśrāṃtaḥ śrāṃtasainikasaṃvṛtaḥ ..

> The king, exhausted from the hunt and surrounded by tired soldiers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.109)

tattīrthatīraprāṃteṣu niṣasāda mahīpatiḥ .. 53 ..

> the lord of the earth sat down on the edges of the bank of that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.110)

tataḥ prabhāte vimale kakṣī vānmunisattamaḥ ..

> Then, in the clear dawn, Kakṣīvat, the best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.111)

agastyatīrthe snātvā'sau saṃdhyāṃ pūrvāmupāsya ca .. 54 ..

> having bathed in Agastyatīrtha and performed the morning twilight worship,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.112)

tasya tīre japanmatrāṃstasthau niyamasaṃyutaḥ ..

> stood on its bank reciting mantras, observing his vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.113)

atrāṃtare tīrthavarādgaja eko viniryayau .. 55 ..

> Meanwhile, an elephant emerged from the excellent sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.114)

caturdaṃto mahākāyaḥ kailāsa iva mūrtimān ..

> having four tusks, a colossal body, like Kailāsa embodied.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.115)

sa samutthāya tattīrthādagātkakṣīvadaṃtikam .. 56 ..

> Rising from that sacred ford, it went into the presence of Kakṣīvat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.116)

tamāgatamudaṃkokta lakṣaṇairupalakṣitam ..

> Observing that it had arrived, endowed with the characteristics stated by Udaṅka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.117)

tadā nirīkṣya kakṣīvānāroḍhuṃ snānamātanot .. 57 ..

> Kakṣīvat then performed a bath in order to mount it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.118)

namaskṛtya ca tattīrthaṃ ślāghamāno muhurmuhuḥ ..

> Having bowed to that sacred ford and praised it again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.119)

āruroha ca kakṣīvāṃścaturdaṃtaṃ mahāgajam .. 58 ..

> Kakṣīvat mounted the great four-tusked elephant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.120)

āruhya taṃ caturdaṃtaṃ rajatācalasaṃnibham ..

> Having mounted that four-tusked elephant resembling the silver mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.121)

svanayasya purīmeva kakṣīvāngaṃtumaicchata .. 59 ..

> Kakṣīvat desired to go to the city of Svanaya itself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.122)

tamārūḍhaṃ caturdaṃtaṃ śvetadaṃtāvalottamam ..

> Seeing him mounted upon that four-tusked elephant, the foremost of white-tusked beasts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.123)

sa vīkṣya niścikāyainaṃ kakṣīvāniti bhūpatiḥ .. 3.1.16.60 ..

> the king made sure, ‘This is Kakṣīvat.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.124)

prasannahṛdayo rājā tasyāṃtikamupāgamat ..

> With a pleased heart, the king approached near to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.125)

tadābhyāśamupāgamya kakṣīvaṃtaṃ nṛpo'bravīt .. 61 ..

> Then, drawing near, the king spoke to Kakṣīvat:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.126)

.. svanaya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.127)

tvaṃ brahmankasya putro'si nāma kiṃ tava me vada ..

> "O brahmin, whose son are you? Tell me what your name is.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.128)

gajamenaṃ samāruhya kutra vā gantumicchasi ..

> And mounting this elephant, where do you wish to go?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.129)

svanayenaivamuktastu kakṣīvānvākyamabravīt .. 62 ..

> Addressed thus by Svanaya, Kakṣīvant spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.130)

.. kakṣīvānuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.131)

putro'haṃ dīrghatamasaḥ kakṣīvāniti viśrutaḥ .. 63 ..

> "I am the son of Dīrghatamas, renowned as Kakṣīvant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.132)

svanayasya tu rājarṣergacchāmi nagaraṃ prati ..

> I am traveling to the city of the royal seer Svanaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.133)

ahamudvoḍhumicchāmi tasya kanyā manoramām.. 64 ..

> I wish to marry his beautiful daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.134)

caturdaṃtagajārūḍhastatpratijñāṃ ca pūrayan ..

> Riding a four-tusked elephant and fulfilling his condition,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.135)

svanayasya sutāpāṇiṃ grahīṣyāmi narādhipa .. 65 ..

> I will take the hand of Svanaya's daughter, O ruler of men."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.136)

tadbhāṣitaṃ samākarṇya śrotrapīyūṣavarṣaṇam ..

> Hearing his speech, which showered nectar upon the ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.137)

harṣasaṃphullanayanaḥ svanayo vākyama bravīt .. 66 ..

> Svanaya, his eyes blooming with joy, spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.138)

kakṣīvanbhoḥ kṛtārthosmi sa eva svanayo hyaham ..

> "O Kakṣīvant, I am blessed! Indeed, I myself am that Svanaya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.139)

udvoḍhumicchati bhavānyasya kanyāṃ manoramām .. 67 ..

> whose beautiful daughter you wish to marry.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.140)

svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha kakṣīvanbālatāpasa ..

> Welcome to you, O best of sages, O Kakṣīvant, young ascetic!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.141)

mama kanyāṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ tapodhana manoramām .. 68 ..

> Take my beautiful daughter, O you whose wealth is austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.142)

tayā saha carandharmāngārhasthyaṃ pratipālaya ..

> Practicing dharmas together with her, maintain the householder's life."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.143)

rājñoktaḥ sa tadovāca kakṣīvāndharmatatparaḥ ..

> Addressed by the king, Kakṣīvant, devoted to dharma, then spoke  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.144)

rājānaṃ svanayaṃ prītaṃ madhurāpuravāsinam .. 69 ..

> to the delighted king Svanaya, the dweller of the city of Madhurā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.145)

.. kakṣīvānuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.146)

pitā dīrghatamānāma vedāraṇye mama prabho .. .. 3.1.16.70 ..

> "My father, named Dīrghatamas, O lord, in the Vedāraṇya forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.147)

āste tapaścaransaumyo niyamācāratatparaḥ ..

> gentle and devoted to vows and conduct, resides performing austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.148)

tasyāṃtikaṃ preṣaya tvaṃ vipramekaṃ dharāpate .. 71 ..

> Send a brahmin to him, O lord of the earth."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.149)

tathoktaḥ sa tadā rājā svanayo hṛṣṭamā nasaḥ ..

> Spoken to in this manner, that king Svanaya, delighted in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.150)

anekasenayā sārdhaṃ prāhiṇotsvapurodhasam .. 72 ..

> dispatched his family priest along with a large army,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.151)

vipraṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma vedāraṇyasthalaṃ prati ..

> a brahmin named Sudarśana, to the region of the Vedāraṇya forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.152)

sudarśanaḥ samādiṣṭaḥ svanayena nṛpeṇa saḥ .. 73 ..

> That Sudarśana, instructed by King Svanaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.153)

mahatyā senayā sārdhaṃ prayayau vedakānanam ..

> went forth to the Vedāraṇya forest accompanied by a vast army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.154)

tatroṭaje samāsīna taṃ dīrghatamasaṃ munim .. 74 ..

> There, the sage Dīrghatamas seated in a leaf-hut,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.155)

tapaścaratamāsīnaṃ dhyāyanvedāṭavī patim ..

> seated practicing austerity, meditating upon the Lord of the Vedāraṇya forest—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.156)

purohito dadarśātha japaṃtaṃ maṃtramuttamam .. 75 ..

> the family priest then saw him reciting the supreme mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.157)

praṇāmamakarottasmai munaye sa sudarśanaḥ ..

> Sudarśana bowed down to that sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.158)

uvāca dīrghatamasaṃ muniṃ prahlādayanniva .. 76 .. ..

> and spoke to the sage Dīrghatamas as if gladdening him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.159)

.. sudarśana uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.160)

kaccitte kuśalaṃ brahmankaccitte vardhate tapaḥ ..

> "Is all well with you, O brahmin? Does your austerity prosper?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.161)

āśrame kuśalaṃ kaccitkacciddharme sukhaṃ vada .. 77 ..

> Is it well in the hermitage? Tell me, is there ease in dharma?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.162)

pṛṣṭaḥ sudarśanenaivaṃ munirdīrghatamāstadā ..

> Questioned thus by Sudarśana, the sage Dīrghatamas then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.163)

sudarśanamuvācedamarghyādividhipūrvakam .. 78 ..

> after performing the rites of offering water and respect, said this to Sudarśana:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.164)

.. dīrghatamā uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.165)

sarvatra kuśalaṃ brahmansudarśana mahāmate ..

> "All is well everywhere, O noble-minded brahmin Sudarśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.166)

mama vedāṭavīnāthakṛpayā nāśubhaṃ kvacit.. 79 ..

> By the grace of the Lord of the Vedāraṇya forest, there is nothing inauspicious anywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.167)

tavāpi kuśalaṃ brahmankiṃ sukhāgamanaṃ tathā ..

> Is it well with you also, O brahmin? Was your journey comfortable?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.168)

kiṃvā''gamanakāryaṃ te sudarśana mamāśrame .. 3.1.16.80 ...

> What is the purpose of your coming to my hermitage, O Sudarśana?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.169)

svanayasya purodhāstvaṃ khalu vedavidāṃvaraḥ ..

> You are the family priest of Svanaya, indeed the foremost of knowers of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.170)

taṃ vihāya mahārāja madhurāpuravāsinam .. 81 ..

> Leaving that great king, who dwells in the city of Madhurā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.171)

mahatyā senayā sārdhaṃ kimarthaṃ tvamihāgataḥ ..

> for what purpose have you come here with a large army?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.172)

ityukto dīrghatamasā tadānīṃ sa sudarśanaḥ .. 82 ..

> Addressed thus by Dīrghatamas, that Sudarśana then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.173)

uvāca taṃ mahātmānaṃ muniṃ jvalitatejasam ..

> spoke to that great-souled sage of blazing splendor:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.174)

sarvatra me sukhaṃ brahmanbhavataḥ kṛpayā sadā .. 83 ..

> "It is well with me everywhere, O brahmin, always by your grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.175)

bhagavansva nayo rājā sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipatya tu..

> Revered sir, King Svanaya, having bowed down with eight limbs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.176)

tvāṃ prāha praśritaṃ vākyaṃ manmukhena śṛṇuṣva tat .. 84 ..

> has spoken humble words to you; hear them through my mouth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.177)

.. svanaya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.178)

kakṣīvāṃste suto brahma ngaṃdhamādanaparvate ..

> 'Your son Kakṣīvant, O brahmin, is now on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.179)

snānaṃ kurvannagastyasya tīrthe saṃprati vartate .. 85 ..

> taking his ritual bath in the sacred ford of Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.180)

tasya rūpaṃ tapo dharmamācārānvaidikāṃstathā ..

> Recognizing in your son such beauty, austerity, dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.181)

vedaśāstrapravīṇatvamābhi jātyaṃ ca tādṛśam .. 86 ..

> Vedic conduct, mastery of the Vedas and treatises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.182)

lokottaramidaṃ sarvaṃ vijñāya tava naṃdane ..

> and high birth, all of which are extraordinary in this world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.183)

manoramāṃ sutāṃ tasmai dātumicchāmyahaṃ mune .. 87 ..

> I wish to give him my daughter Manoramā, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.184)

mṛgayākautukī cāhaṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvatam ..

> And I, eager for the hunt, have come to Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.185)

āgato muniśārdūla vartte yuṣmatsutāṃtike ..88..

> O tiger among sages, and am in the presence of your son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.186)

pitranujñāṃ vinā nāhamudvaheyaṃ sutāṃ tava ..

> \[He told me:\] "Without my father's permission, I cannot marry your daughter."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.187)

iti brūte tava sutaḥ kakṣīvānmunisa ttama ..89..

> “Thus speaks your son Kakṣīvat, O best of sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.188)

tadbhāvāṃ matsutāṃ tasmai dātuṃ me'nugrahaṃ kuru ..

> ‘Therefore, show me your grace by giving your daughter to him!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.189)

praiṣayaṃ ca samīpaṃ te senayā ca sudarśanam .. 3.1.16.90 ..

> And I have sent Sudarśana to your presence with an army.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.190)

.. sudarśana uvāca ....

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

### [3.1.16.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.191)

iti māṃ bhagavanrājā prāhiṇottava sannidhim..

> “Thus, O venerable one, the king sent me into your presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.192)

tadbhavānanumanyasva rājñastasya cikīrṣitam .. 91 ..

> Therefore, grant your consent to that king’s desire.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.193)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.194)

ityuktvā virarāmātha svanayasya purohitaḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, Svanaya's family priest fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.195)

tato dīrghatamāḥ prāha svanayasya purohitam .. 92 ..

> Then Dīrghatamas said to Svanaya's family priest:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.196)

.. dīrghatamā uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.16.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.197)

sudarśana bhavatvevaṃ kathitaṃ svanayena yat ..

> “Sudarśana, let it be just so as was spoken by Svanaya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.198)

mamābhīṣṭatamaṃ hyetatpāṇigrahaṇamaṃgalam .. 93 ..

> Indeed, this auspicious marriage is most desirable to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.199)

āgamiṣyāmyahaṃ vipra gandhamādanaparvatam ..

> I shall come, O brahmin, to Mount Gandhamādana.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.16.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.16.200)

ityuktvā sa munirviprā mahādīrghatamā muniḥ .. 94 ..

> Having spoken thus, O brahmins, that sage, the great sage Dīrghatamas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.16.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Setukhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.setukhanda.21.2) — Sanskrit

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