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# Skandapurana 3.1.26

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.2)

vidhāyābhiṣavaṃ martyāḥ śaṃkhatīrthe dvijottamāḥ ..

> Having performed ritual ablution in Śaṅkhatīrtha, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.3)

yamunāṃ caiva gaṃgāṃ ca gayāṃ cāpi kramādvrajet .. 1 ..

> mortals should then go in turn to Yamunā, Gaṅgā, and Gayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.4)

yamunākhyaṃ mahātīrthaṃ gaṃgātīrthamanuttamam ..

> The great sacred ford named Yamunā, the unsurpassed Gaṅgātīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.5)

gayātīrthaṃ ca martyānāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. 2 ..

> and Gayātīrtha destroy the great sins of mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.6)

etattīrthatrayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam ..

> This triad of sacred fords is holy and renowned throughout all worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.7)

sarvavighnapraśamanaṃ sarvaroganibarhaṇam .. 3 ..

> it pacifies all obstacles and removes all diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.8)

etaddhi tīrthatritayaṃ sakalājñānanāśanam ..

> This triad of sacred fords indeed destroys all ignorance;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.9)

avidyāyāṃ vinaṣṭāyāṃ tathā jñānapradaṃ nṛṇām .. 4 ..

> when ignorance has been destroyed, it likewise bestows knowledge upon men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.10)

jānaśrutirmahārāja eṣu tīrtheṣu vai purā ..

> Long ago, the great king Jānaśruti, having bathed in these sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.11)

snātvā raikvāddvijaśreṣṭhātprāptavāñjñānamuttamam.. 5 ..

> attained supreme knowledge from Raikva, the best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.12)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.13)

sūta sarvārthatattvajña vyāsaśiṣya mahāmate ..

> O Sūta, knower of the true nature of all things, pupil of Vyāsa, highly intelligent one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.14)

yamunā caiva gaṃgā ca gayā caiveti viśrutam .. 6 ..

> They are renowned as Yamunā, Gaṅgā, and Gayā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.15)

etattīrthatrayaṃ kasmādāgataṃ gaṃdhamādane ..

> why did this triad of sacred fords come to Gandhamādana?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.16)

jānaśruteśca rājarṣeḥ snānāttīrthatraye'pi ca ..

> And how did the royal seer Jānaśruti attain knowledge from Raikva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.17)

jñānāvāptiḥ kathaṃ raikvādasmākaṃ sūta tadvada .. 7 ..

> through ritual ablution in the triad of sacred fords? Tell us that, O Sūta!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.18)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.19)

raikvanāmā maharṣistu purā vai gandhamādane .. 8 ..

> Long ago on Gandhamādana, a great seer named Raikva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.20)

tapassuduścaraṃ kurvannyavasattapasāṃ nidhiḥ ..

> a treasury of austerities, lived while performing severe austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.21)

dīrghakālaṃ tapaḥ kurvansa vai raikvo mahāmuniḥ .. 9 ..

> Practicing austerity for a long time, that great sage Raikva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.22)

tapobalena mahatā dīrghamāyuravāptavān ..

> attained a long life by the great power of his austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.23)

janmanā paṃgurevāsīdraikvanāmā mahāmuniḥ .. 3.1.26.10 ..

> The great sage named Raikva was lame from birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.24)

paṃgutvādasamartho'bhūdgaṃtuṃ tīrthānyasau muniḥ ..

> Because of lameness, that sage was unable to go to sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.25)

saṃti yāni tu tīrthāni gandhamādanaparvate .. 11 ..

> Whatever sacred fords there were on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.26)

tāni gacchati sāmīpyācchakaṭenaiva saṃcaran ..

> he would go to them due to their proximity, traveling only by cart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.27)

sa yadraikvo munivaro yugvena saha vartate .. 12 ..

> Because that Raikva, the excellent sage, remained together with a cart \[yugvan\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.28)

tapasvī vaidikairloke sayugvaityabhidhīyate ..

> that ascetic is called Sayugvan in the world by Vedic scholars.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.29)

yugveti śakaṭaṃ proktaṃ sa tena saha vartate .. 13 ..

> A cart is called 'yugvan'; he remained together with it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.30)

sa khalvevaṃ muniśreṣṭhaḥ sayugvānāma vai muniḥ ..

> That best of sages, the sage named Sayugvan,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.31)

pūrṇajñānastapastepe gandhamādanaparvate ..14..

> possessed of complete knowledge, practiced austerity on Mount Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.32)

grīṣme pañcāgnimadhyasthaḥ so'tapyata mahattapaḥ ..

> In the hot season, standing amidst five fires, he performed great austerity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.33)

varṣāyāṃ kaṇṭhadaghneṣu jaleṣu samavartata .. 15 ..

> in the rainy season, he remained in waters reaching up to his throat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.34)

tapasā śoṣite gātre pāmā tasya vyajāyata ..

> When his body had become emaciated by austerity, a skin disease arose in him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.35)

kaṇḍūyata sa pāmānaṃ divārātraṃ munīśvaraḥ .. 16..

> day and night the lord of sages scratched the scabies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.36)

kaṇḍūyamāna evāyaṃ pāmānaṃ na tapo'tyajat ..

> Even while scratching the scabies, he did not abandon his austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.37)

ajāyata manastvevaṃ tasya sayugvano muneḥ .. 17 ..

> Then such a thought arose in the mind of that sage Sayugvan:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.38)

yamunāyāṃ ca gaṃgāyāṃ gayāyāṃ cādhunaiva hi ..

> 'Right now indeed, in Yamunā, Gaṅgā, and Gayā—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.39)

asmiṃstīrthe traye puṇye snātavyaṃ hi mayā tviti .. 18 ..

> in this holy triad of sacred fords—a ritual ablution must surely be performed by me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.40)

evaṃ viciṃtya sa muniranyāṃ ciṃtāmathākarot ..

> Thinking thus, the sage then had another thought:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.41)

ahaṃ hi janmanā paṃgurataḥ snānaṃ hi durlabham .. 19 ..

> 'I am indeed lame from birth; therefore, ritual ablution is difficult to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.42)

atidūraṃ mayā gantuṃ śakaṭena na śakyate ..

> I cannot travel too far by cart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.43)

kiṃ karomyadhunetyevaṃ sa vitarkya mahāmatiḥ .. 3.1.26.20 ..

> What shall I do now?' Reflecting thus, the great-minded one  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.44)

tīrthatrayeṣu snānārthaṃ kartavyaṃ niścikāya vai ..

> determined what was to be done in order to bathe in the triad of sacred fords:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.45)

aprasahyamanādhṛṣyaṃ vidyate me tapobalam .. 21 ..

> 'There exists in me the power of austerity, irresistible and unassailable;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.46)

tenaivāvāhayiṣyāmi taddhi tīrthatrayaṃ tviha ..

> by that very power I will summon that triad of sacred fords here.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.47)

iti niścitya manasā prāṅmukho niyateṃdriyaḥ .. 22 ..

> Deciding this in his mind, facing east with senses restrained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.48)

trirācamya ca sayugvāndadhyau kṣaṇamataṃdritaḥ ..

> having sipped water three times, Sayugvan meditated for a moment without laxity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.49)

tasya maṃtraprabhāvena yamunā sā mahānadī .. 23 ..

> By the power of his mantra, that great river Yamunā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.50)

gaṃgā ca jahnutanayā gayā sā pāpanāśinī ..

> Gaṅgā the daughter of Jahnu, and that sin-destroying Gayā—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.51)

bhūmiṃ nirbhidya tisropi pātālātsahasotthitāḥ .. 24 ..

> all three burst through the earth and suddenly rose up from Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.52)

mānuṣaṃ rūpamāsthāya sayugvānamupetya ca ..

> Assuming human forms and approaching Sayugvan,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.53)

ūcuḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭā harṣayaṃtyaśca taṃ munim .. 25 ..

> they spoke, greatly rejoicing and gladdening that sage: / 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.54)

sayugvanraikva bhadraṃ te dhyānādasmādupārama ..

> “O Sayugvan Raikva, fortune to you! Cease from this meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.55)

tvanmaṃtreṇa samākṛṣṭā vayamatra samāgatāḥ .. 26 ..

> Drawn by your mantra, we have come here. / 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.56)

ki kartavyaṃ tavāsmābhistadvadasva munīśvara ..

> What must be done for you by us? Speak that, O lord of sages!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.57)

iti tāsāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sayugvānhi mahāmuniḥ .. 27 ..

> Hearing these words of theirs, the great sage Sayugvan / 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.58)

dhyānādupāramattūrṇaṃ tāścāpaśyatpuraḥ sthitāḥ ..

> quickly ceased from meditation and saw them standing before him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.59)

sa tāḥ saṃpūjya vidhivadraikvo vācamabhāṣata .. 28 ..

> Having duly honored them, Raikva spoke these words: / 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.60)

yamune devi he gaṃge he gaye pāpanāśini ..

> “O goddess Yamunā, O Gaṅgā, O Gayā who destroys sin!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.61)

sannidhānaṃ kurudhvaṃ me gandhamādanaparvate .. 29 ..

> Establish your presence for me on Mount Gandhamādana, / 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.62)

yatra bhūmiṃ vinirbhidya bhavatya iha nirgatāḥ ..

> where you have emerged here, bursting through the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.63)

tāni puṇyāni tīrthāni bhaveyurvo'bhidhānataḥ .. 3.1.26.30 ..

> Let those be holy sacred fords named after you.” / 30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.64)

sahasāṃtaradhīyaṃta tathāstvityeva tatra tāḥ ..

> Saying only “So be it,” they suddenly vanished right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.65)

tadāprabhṛti tīrthāni tāni trīṇyapi bhūtale .. 31 ..

> From that time forward, those three sacred fords upon the earth / 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.66)

tenatenābhidhānena gīyante sarvadā janaiḥ ..

> are always sung of by people under those respective names.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.67)

yatra bhūmiṃ vinirbhidya yamunā nirgatā tadā .. 32 ..

> Where Yamunā then burst through the earth and emerged, / 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.68)

yamunātīrthamiti vai tajjanairabhidhīyate ..

> that is called Yamunātīrtha by the people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.69)

yato vai pṛthivīraṃdhrājjāhnavī sahasotthitā .. 33 ..

> From which cleft in the earth Jāhnavī suddenly arose, / 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.70)

gaṃgātīrthamiti khyātaṃ talloke pāpanāśanam ..

> that is renowned in the world as Gaṅgātīrtha, destroying sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.71)

gayā hi mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ yata āsthāya niryayau .. 34 ..

> Where Gayā came forth assuming a human form, / 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.72)

tadeva bhūmivivaraṃ gayātīrthaṃ pracakṣate ..

> that very opening in the earth they call Gayātīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.73)

evametanmahāpuṇyaṃ tīrthatrayamanuttamam .. 35 ..

> Thus this triad of exceedingly holy, unsurpassable sacred fords / 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.74)

raikvamaṃtraprabhāveṇa pṛthivyāḥ sahasotthitam ..

> suddenly arose from the earth by the power of Raikva's mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.75)

atra tīrthatraye snānaṃ ye kurvaṃti narottamāḥ .. 36 ..

> Those best of men who perform ritual ablution in this triad of sacred fords, / 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.76)

teṣāmajñānanāśaḥ syājjñānamapyudayaṃ labhet ..

> for them there will be the destruction of ignorance, and knowledge will arise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.77)

svamaṃtreṇa samākṛṣṭe tatra tīrthatraye muniḥ .. 37 ..

> There in that triad of sacred fords drawn by his own mantra, the sage, / 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.78)

snānaṃ samācarannityaṃ sa kālānatyavāhayat ..

> performing his ritual ablution daily, passed the time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.79)

etasminneva kāle tu rājā jānaśrutirmahān .. 38 ..

> At that very time, the great king Jānaśruti, / 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.80)

putrasaṃjñasya rājarṣeḥ pautro dharmaikatatparaḥ ..

> the grandson of the royal seer named Putra, solely devoted to righteousness—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.81)

deyamannādi sa tadā hyarthibhyaḥ śraddhayaiva yat .. 39 ..

> because food and other gifts were then given by him to supplicants with deep faith, / 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.82)

tasmādenaṃ najāloke śraddhādeyaṃ pracakṣate ..

> therefore in the world people call him “Śraddhādeya” (one who gives with faith).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.83)

yato bahutaraṃ vākyamannādyasya mahīpateḥ ..3.1.26.40 ..

> Because abundant speech regarding food and other provisions of this king / 40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.84)

arthināṃ kṣudhitānāṃ tu tṛptyarthaṃ vartate gṛhe ..

> took place in his house for the satisfaction of hungry supplicants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.85)

atoyamarthibhiḥ sarvairbahuvākya itīryate ..41..

> therefore he is called “Bahuvākya” (of much speech) by all supplicants. / 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.86)

sa vai pautrāyaṇo rājā jānaśrutasuto balī ..

> He, King Pautrāyaṇa, the mighty son of Jānaśruta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.87)

priyātithirbabhūvāsau bahudāyī tathā'bhavat .. 42 ..

> was fond of guests, and likewise he gave abundantly. / 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.88)

nagareṣu ca rāṣṭreṣu grāmeṣu ca vaneṣu ca ..

> In cities, in realms, in villages, and in forests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.89)

catuṣpatheṣu sarveṣu mahāmārgeṣu sarvaśaḥ .. 43 ..

> at all crossroads, and everywhere along highways, / 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.90)

bahvannapāna saṃyuktaṃ sūpaśākādisaṃyutam ..

> he arranged hospitality endowed with abundant food and drink,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.91)

ātithyaṃ kalpayāmāsa tṛptaye'rthijanasya vai ..44..

> accompanied by soups, vegetables, and the like, for the satisfaction of the supplicants. / 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.92)

annapānādikaṃ sarvamupayuḍdhvamihārthinaḥ ..

> “O supplicants, partake here of all the food, drink, and the rest!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.93)

ityasau ghoṣayāmāsa tatra tatra janāspade ..45..

> Thus he proclaimed in various human settlements. / 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.94)

tasya priyātithereva nṛpasya bahudāyinaḥ ..

> Of that very king, fond of guests and generous in giving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.95)

arthibhyo dānaśauṃḍasya guṇāḥ sarvatra viśrutāḥ ..46..

> ardent in giving to supplicants, the virtues were renowned everywhere. / 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.96)

atha pautrāyaṇasyāsya guṇa grāmeṇa vartataḥ ..

> Now, as this Pautrāyaṇa lived in a multitude of virtues,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.97)

devarṣayo mahābhāgāstasyānugrahakāṃkṣiṇaḥ .. 47 ..

> the illustrious divine seers, desiring his grace, / 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.98)

haṃsarūpaṃ samāsthāya nidāghasamaye niśi ..

> assumed the form of swans at night during the hot season,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.99)

ramaṇīyāṃ vidhāyāśu śreṇīmākāśamāgataḥ .. 49 ..

> and, having swiftly formed a delightful flock, came into the sky. / 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.100)

saudhavātāyanasthasya tasyopari mahīpateḥ ..

> Above that ruler of the earth, who was standing at the window of his palace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.101)

uḍḍīyoḍḍīya vegena tarasā jagmuruccakaiḥ .. 49 ..

> they flew up and passed by rapidly on high with swiftness. / 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.102)

tarasā patatāṃ teṣāṃ haṃsānāṃ pṛṣṭhato vrajan ..

> Moving behind those swans that were flying swiftly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.103)

eko haṃsastu saṃbodhya haṃsamagresaraṃ tadā .. 3.1.26.50 ..

> one swan, addressing the leading swan at that time, / 50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.104)

sopahāsamidaṃ vākyaṃ prāha śṛṇvati rājani ..

> spoke these words derisively, as the king was listening:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.105)

bhobho bhallākṣa bhallākṣa puro gacchanmarālaka .. 51 ..

> “O Bhallākṣa, Bhallākṣa! O swan going ahead! / 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.106)

saudhamadhye purastādvai jānaśrutasuto nṛpaḥ ..

> Inside the palace right ahead is King Jānaśrutasuta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.107)

vartate pūjanīyo'yaṃ na paśyasi kimaṃdhavat .. 52 ..

> He is worthy of worship; why do you not see, like a blind one? / 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.108)

yasya tejo durādharṣamābrahma bhavanādidam ..

> His unassailable splendor, \[reaching\] from the world of Brahmā downwards,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.109)

anaṃtādityasaṃkāśaṃ jvalate purato bhṛśam .. 53 ..

> shines intensely ahead, resembling countless suns! / 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.110)

tamatikramya rājarṣiṃ mā gāstvamupari drutam ..

> Do not rush quickly above, bypassing that royal seer!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.111)

yadi gacchasi tattejassāṃprataṃ tvāṃ pradhakṣyati .. 54 ..

> If you go, his splendor will burn you up immediately!” / 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.112)

ityuktavaṃtaṃ taṃ haṃsamagrataḥ pratyabhāṣata ..

> To him who had spoken thus, the goose in front replied:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.113)

aho bhavānabhijño'si ślāghanīyo'si sūribhiḥ .. 55 ..

> "Oh, you are truly knowledgeable! You are worthy of praise by the wise, 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.114)

aślāghanīyaṃ kitavaṃ yattvamenaṃ praśaṃsase ..

> since you praise this unworthy rogue!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.115)

praśaṃsase kimarthaṃ tvamalpaṃ saṃtamimaṃ janam .. 56 ..

> Why do you praise this person, who is of small account, 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.116)

bhasrāvatpaśuvaccaiva kevalaṃ śvāsadhāriṇam ..

> one who merely draws breath like a bellows or like a beast?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.117)

na hyayaṃ vetti dharmāṇāṃ rahasyaṃ pṛthivī patiḥ .. 57 ..

> This lord of the earth does not know the secret of duties, 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.118)

tattvajñānī yathā raikvaḥ sayugvānbrāhmaṇottamaḥ ..

> as does Raikva, the knower of truth, Sayugvan, the best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.119)

raikvasya hi mahajjyotīrahasyaṃ daivatairapi .. 58 ..

> For Raikva's great light is a mystery even to the gods; 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.120)

na hyasya prāṇamātrasya tejastādṛśamasti vai ..

> no such splendor belongs to this mere living creature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.121)

raikvasya puṇyarāśīnāmiyattā naiva vidyate .. 59 ..

> There is no measure to the heaps of Raikva's merit: 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.122)

gaṇyate pāṃsavo bhūmergaṇyaṃte divi tārakāḥ ..

> the grains of dust on earth can be counted, the stars in the sky can be counted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.123)

raikvapuṇyamahāmerusamūho naiva gaṇyate .. .. 3.1.26.60 ..

> but the mass of Raikva's merits, \[lofty as\] Mount Meru, can never be counted. 60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.124)

kiṃ ca tiṣṭhaṃtvime dharmā naśvarāstasya vai muneḥ ..

> Moreover, let these perishable virtues of that sage stand aside:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.125)

brahmajñānamabādhyaṃ yattena sa ślāghyate muniḥ .. 61 ..

> it is because of his unassailable knowledge of Brahman that that sage is praised. 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.126)

jānaśrutestu tādṛkṣo dharma eva na vidyate ..

> In Jānaśruti, however, no such virtue is found at all;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.127)

durlabhaṃ yattu yogīndraiḥ kutastajjñānavaibhavam .. 062 ..

> how could he have that majesty of knowledge, which is difficult even for the lords of yogins to attain? 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.128)

parityajya durātmānaṃ tadvarākamimaṃ janam ..

> Therefore, leaving aside this wretched, wicked-minded person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.129)

sa eva raikvaḥ sayugvāñchlāghyatāṃ bhavatā muniḥ .. 63 ..

> let that very sage Raikva Sayugvan be praised by you! 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.130)

janmanā paṃgurapi yaḥ svasya snānacikīrṣayā ..

> Though lame from birth, wishing to take his ritual ablution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.131)

gaṃgāṃ ca yamunāṃ cāpi gayāmapi munīśvaraḥ .. 64 ..

> that lord of sages summoned the Gaṅgā, the Yamunā, and even the Gayā, 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.132)

āhvayāmāsa mantreṇa nijāśramasamīpataḥ ..

> with a mantra to the vicinity of his own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.133)

tasya brahmavido raikvamaharṣerdharmasaṃcaye .. 65 ..

> In the accumulated virtue of that great seer Raikva, knower of Brahman, 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.134)

aṃtarbhavaṃti dharmaughāstrailokyodaravartinām ..

> are contained all the multitudes of virtues of those living within the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.135)

raikvasya dharmakakṣā tu na hi trailokyavartinām .. 66 ..

> The range of Raikva's virtue, however, is never included 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.136)

prāṇināṃ dharmakakṣāyāmantarbhavati karhicita ..

> within the range of virtue of the creatures who dwell in the three worlds."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.137)

evamagresare haṃse kathitvoparate sati .. 67 ..

> When the leading goose had spoken thus and ceased, 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.138)

haṃsarūpā munīṃdrāste brahmalokaṃ yayuḥ punaḥ ..

> those lords of sages in the form of geese went back to the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.139)

atha pautrāyaṇo rājā jānaśrutirariṃdamaḥ .. 68 ..

> Then King Jānaśruti Pautrāyaṇa, tamer of foes, 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.140)

raikvaṃ cotkarṣakāṣṭhāyāṃ niśamya paramāvadhim ..

> hearing that Raikva was the ultimate limit and pinnacle of excellence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.141)

viṣaṇṇo'bhavadatyarthaṃ varāko'kṣajito yathā .. 69 ..

> became exceedingly dejected, like a wretched gambler defeated at dice. 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.142)

ciṃtayāmāsa sa nṛpaḥ paunaḥpunyena niḥśvasan ..

> Sighing repeatedly, the king reflected:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.143)

haṃsa utkarṣayanraikvaṃ nikṛṣṭaṃ māmihābravīt .. 3.1.26.70 ..

> "The goose, while extolling Raikva, spoke of me here as vile! 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.144)

aho raikvasya māhātmyaṃ yaṃ praśaṃsaṃti pakṣiṇaḥ ..

> Ah, the greatness of Raikva, whom birds praise!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.145)

tatparityajya saṃsāraṃ sarvaṃ rājyamihādhunā .. 71 ..

> Therefore, abandoning worldly life and all my kingdom here now, 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.146)

sayugvānaṃ mahātmānaṃ tameva śaraṇaṃ vraje ..

> I will go for refuge to that very noble soul, Sayugvan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.147)

kṛpānidhiḥ sa vai raikvaḥ śaraṇaṃ māmupāgatam .. 72 ..

> That Raikva is a treasury of compassion; when I have approached for refuge, 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.148)

pratigṛhyātmavijñānaṃ mahyaṃ samupadekṣyati ..

> he will accept me and instruct me in the knowledge of the Self."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.149)

ityasau ciṃtayanneva kathaṃkathamapi dvijāḥ .. 73 ..

> While he was reflecting thus, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.150)

jāgrannevāyamudvelāṃ rātriṃ tāmatyavāhayat ..

> he somehow spent that endless night remaining wide awake. 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.151)

niśāvasāne saṃprāpte baṃdivṛndapravartitam .. 74 ..

> When the end of the night arrived, he heard the auspicious song 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.152)

aśṛṇonmaṃgalaravaṃ tūryaghoṣasamanvitam ..

> commenced by the band of bards, accompanied by the blare of musical instruments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.153)

tadākarṇya mahārājastadā talpastha eva san .. 75 ..

> Hearing that, the great king, still lying on his couch, 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.154)

sārathiṃ śīghramāhūya babhāṣe sādaraṃ vacaḥ ..

> immediately summoned his charioteer and spoke respectful words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.155)

sārathe satvaraṃ gatvā rathamāruhya vegavat .. 76 ..

> "Charioteer, go swiftly, mounting a fast chariot! 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.156)

āśrameṣu maharṣīṇāṃ puṇyeṣu vipineṣu ca ..

> In the hermitages of great seers, in holy forests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.157)

vivikteṣu pradeśeṣu satāmāvāsabhūmiṣu .. 77 ..

> in solitary places, in the dwelling-grounds of the virtuous, 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.158)

tīrthānāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca kūleṣu pulineṣu ca ..

> on the banks and sandy shores of sacred fords and rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.159)

anyeṣu ca pradeśeṣu yatra saṃti munīśvarāḥ .. .. 78 ..

> and in other regions where lords of sages dwell— 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.160)

teṣu sarveṣu yogīṃdraṃ paṃguṃ śakaṭasaṃsthitam ..

> in all of them, search for the lord of yogins, the lame one sitting beneath a cart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.161)

raikvābhidhānaṃ sarveṣāṃ dharmāṇāmekasaṃśrayam .. 79 ..

> named Raikva, the sole refuge of all duties, 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.162)

brahmajñānaikanilayaṃ sayugvānaṃ gaveṣaya ..

> the unique abode of the knowledge of Brahman, Sayugvan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.163)

anviṣya tūrṇaṃ matprītyai punarāgaccha sārathe .. 3.1.26.80 ..

> Having found him quickly, come back to please me, O charioteer!" 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.164)

sa tatheti vinirgatya vegavadrathasaṃsthitaḥ ..

> Saying, "So be it," he set out, seated upon a swift chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.165)

sarvatrānveṣayāmāsa raikvaṃ brahmavidaṃ munim .. 81 ..

> and searched everywhere for the sage Raikva, the knower of Brahman. 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.166)

guhāsu parvatānāṃ ca munīnāmāśrameṣu ca ..

> In caves of mountains and in hermitages of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.167)

saṃcacāra mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ tatra tatra gaveṣayan .. 82 ..

> he traversed the entire earth, searching here and there. 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.168)

anviṣya vividhāndeśānsārathistvarayā saha ..

> Having searched various regions with haste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.169)

kramānmaharṣisaṃbādhaṃ gaṃdhamādanamanvagāt .. 83 ..

> the charioteer gradually reached Mount Gandhamādana, crowded with great seers. 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.170)

mārgamāṇaḥ sa tatrāpi taṃ dadarśa munīśvaram ..

> Searching there as well, he saw that lord of sages  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.171)

kaṃḍūyamānaṃ pāmānaṃ śakaṭīyasthalasthitam .. 84 ..

> scratching his scabies, seated in the place beneath his cart. 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.172)

advaitaniṣkalaṃ brahma ciṃtayaṃtaṃ nirantaram ..

> continually contemplating the partless, non-dual brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.173)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sārathistatra sayugvānaṃ mahāmunim .. 85 ..

> Seeing that great sage, Sayugvan, there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.174)

raikvo'yamiti saṃciṃtya tamāsādya praṇamya ca ..

> the charioteer thought, “This is Raikva,” approached him, bowed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.175)

vinayānmunimaprākṣīdupaviśya tadantike .. 86 ..

> and, sitting near him, politely asked the sage:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.176)

sayugvānraikvanāmā ca brahmankiṃ vai bhavāniti ..

> “O brahmin, are you indeed Sayugvan, named Raikva?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.177)

tasya vākyaṃ samākarṇya sa muniḥ pratyabhāṣata .. 87 ..

> Hearing his words, the sage replied:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.178)

ahameva sayugvānvai raikvanāmeti vai tadā ..

> “Indeed, I am Sayugvan, named Raikva.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.179)

ityākarṇya mune rvākyamiṃgitairbahubhistathā .. 88 ..

> Hearing the sage’s reply, and through many gestures  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.180)

kuṭumbabharaṇārthāya dhanecchāmavagamya ca ..

> perceiving \[the sage’s\] desire for wealth to support his family,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.181)

sarvaṃ nyavedayadrājñe nivṛtto gaṃdhamādanāt .. 89 ..

> he returned from Gandhamādana and reported everything to the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.182)

jānaśrutirniśamyātha sārathervākyamādarāt ..

> Then, having listened attentively to the charioteer’s words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.183)

ṣaṭśatāni gavāṃ cāpi niṣkabhāraṃ dhanasya ca .. 3.1.26.90 ..

> taking six hundred cows, a load of gold coins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.184)

rathaṃ cāśvatarīyuktaṃ samādāya tvarānvitaḥ ..

> and a chariot yoked with she-mules, with haste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.185)

pautrāyaṇaḥ sa rājarṣistaṃ raikvaṃ praticakrame .. 91 ..

> that royal sage, the grandson of Janaprashruta (Pautrāyaṇa), approached Raikva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.186)

gatvā ca vacanaṃ prāha taṃ raikvaṃ sa mahīpatiḥ ..

> Going up to Raikva, the lord of the earth spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.187)

bhagavanraikva sayugvanmaddattaṃ pratigṛhyatām .. 92 ..

> “O venerable Raikva, O Sayugvan, please accept what I offer:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.188)

ṣaṭśatāni gavāṃ cāpi niṣkabhāraṃ dhanasya ca ..

> six hundred cows, a load of gold coins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.189)

rathaṃ cāśvatarīyuktaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva māmakam .. 93 ..

> and this chariot of mine yoked with she-mules, please accept.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.190)

gṛhītvā savametattu bho brahmannanuśādhi mām ..

> Having accepted all this, O brahmin, instruct me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.191)

advaitabrahmavijñānaṃ mahyaṃ samupadiśyatām .. 94 ..

> Teach me the experiential knowledge of non-dual brahman.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.192)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā saspṛhaṃ ca sasaṃbhram ..

> Hearing his words, spoken with yearning and eager agitation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.193)

raikvaḥ pratyāha sayugvāñjānaśrutimariṃdamam .. .. 95 ..

> Raikva Sayugvan answered Jānaśruti, the subduer of enemies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.194)

.. raikva uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.26.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.195)

etā gāvastavaivāstu niṣkabhārastathā rathaḥ ..

> “Let these cows remain yours, as well as the load of gold and the chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.196)

kimalpena mamānena bahukalpeṣu jīvataḥ .. 96 ..

> What use to me is this trifle, living as I do through many kalpas?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.197)

na me kuṭuṃba nirvāhe paryāptamidamaṃjasā ..

> This is truly not sufficient for the maintenance of my family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.198)

evaṃ śataguṇaṃ cāpi yadi dattaṃ tvayā mama .. 97 ..

> Even if a hundred times this amount were given by you to me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.199)

nālaṃ tadapi rājeṃdra kuṭuṃbabharaṇāya vai ..

> even that would not suffice, O king of kings, to maintain the family.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.26.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.26.200)

iti raikvavacaḥ śrutvā jānaśrutirabhāṣata .. 98 ..

> Hearing these words of Raikva, Jānaśruti said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Linked texts (4)

- [Bhāmatī with the sūtras (Sansknet input)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara!bhamati*withsutra.1.486.5.4) — Sanskrit
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- [Himavatkhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.himavatkhanda.16.47) — Sanskrit
- [Nepālamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.nepalamahatmya.3.73) — Sanskrit

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