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# Skandapurana 3.1.27

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.2)

yamunāyāṃ ca gaṃgāyāṃ gayāyāṃ ca naro mudā ..

> A man, having joyfully performed ritual ablution according to rule  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.3)

snānaṃ vidhāya vidhivatkoṭitīrthaṃ tato vrajet .. 1 ..

> in the Yamunā, the Gaṅgā, and at Gayā, should then proceed to Koṭitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.4)

koṭitīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam ..

> Koṭitīrtha is exceedingly meritorious, renowned throughout all the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.5)

sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ śuddhaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 2 ..

> bestowing all prosperity, pure, and destroying all sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.6)

duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ hyetanmahāpātakanāśanam ..

> For it destroys bad dreams and removes great sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.7)

mahāvighnapraśamanaṃ mahāśāṃtikaraṃ nṛṇām .. 3 ..

> it pacifies great obstacles and brings great peace to men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.8)

smṛtimātreṇa yatpuṃsāṃ sarvapāpaniṣūdanam ..

> By mere remembrance of it, all human sins are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.9)

līlayā dhanuṣaḥ koṭyā svayaṃ rāmeṇa nirmitam .. 4 ..

> It was created in sport by Rāma himself with the tip of his bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.10)

purā dāśarathī rāmo nihatya yudhi rāvaṇam ..

> In ancient times, Rāma, son of Daśaratha, having slain Rāvaṇa in battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.11)

brahmahatyāvimokṣāya gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 5 ..

> in order to be freed from the sin of killing a brahmin, on Mount Gandhamādana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.12)

prātiṣṭhipalliṃgamekaṃ lokānugrahakāmyayā ..

> established a liṅga, desiring to bestow grace upon the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.13)

liṃgasyāsyābhiṣekāya śuddhaṃ vāri gaveṣayan .. 6 ..

> Searching for pure water to bathe this liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.14)

nāviṃdata jalaṃ tatra pārśve daśarathātmajaḥ ..

> the son of Daśaratha did not find water there close at hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.15)

liṃgābhiṣekayogyaṃ ca jalaṃ kimiti ciṃtayan .. 7 ..

> Thinking, 'What water is suitable for bathing the liṅga?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.16)

navena vāriṇā liṃgaṃ snāpanīyaṃ mayeti saḥ ..

> The liṅga must be bathed by me with fresh water,'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.17)

niścitya manasā tatra dhanuṣkoṭyā raghūdvahaḥ .. 8 ..

> having resolved thus in his mind, the descendant of Raghu there, with the tip of his bow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.18)

bibheda dharaṇīṃ śīghraṃ manasā jāhnavīṃ smaran ..

> pierced the earth swiftly, remembering the Jāhnavī in his mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.19)

rāmakārmukakoṭiḥ sā tadā prāpa rasātalam .. 9 ..

> That tip of Rāma's bow then reached the netherworld.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.20)

tata uddhārayāmāsa taddhanurdhanvināṃ varaḥ ..

> Then that best of archers pulled up his bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.21)

dhanuṣyuddhriyamāṇe tu rāghaveṇa mahītalāt .. 3.1.27.10 ..

> And as the bow was being drawn up from the surface of the earth by the descendant of Raghu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.22)

kākutsthena smṛtā gaṃgā niryayau vivarāttataḥ ..

> the Gaṅgā, remembered by the descendant of Kakutstha, came out from that cavity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.23)

vāriṇā tena talliṃgamabhyaṣiṃcadraghūdvahaḥ .. 11 ..

> With that water, the descendant of Raghu bathed that liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.24)

rāmakārmu kakoṭyaiva yatastannirmitaṃ purā ..

> Because it was fashioned in ancient times by the very tip of Rāma's bow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.25)

ataḥ koṭiriti khyātaṃ tattīrthaṃ bhuvanatraye .. 12 ..

> therefore that sacred ford is celebrated in the three worlds as Koṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.26)

yāni yānīha tīrthāni saṃti vai gaṃdhamādane ..

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

### [3.1.27.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.27)

prathamaṃ teṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā vigatakalmaṣaḥ .. 13 ..

> a man should first bathe in those sacred fords, freed from taint,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.28)

śeṣapāpavimokṣāya snāyātkoṭau narastataḥ ..

> and then bathe at Koṭi for release from remaining sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.29)

tīrthāṃtareṣu snānena yaḥ pāpaugho na naśyati .. 14 ..

> Whatever flood of sins is not destroyed by bathing in other sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.30)

anekajanmakoṭībhirarjito hyasthisaṃsthitaḥ ..

> accumulated through many crores of births and residing in the bones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.31)

vinaśyati sa sarvo'pi koṭisnānānna saṃśayaḥ .. 15 ..

> all that is destroyed by a ritual ablution at Koṭi, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.32)

yadi hi prathamaṃ snāyādatra koṭau naro dvijāḥ ..

> If a man should bathe first here at Koṭi, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.33)

tasya muktasya tīrthāni vyarthānyevāparāṇi hi .. 16 ..

> for him who is liberated, the other sacred fords are indeed useless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.34)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.35)

sūta sarvārthatattvajña vyāsaśiṣya munīśvara ..

> O Sūta, knower of the truth of all matters, disciple of Vyāsa, lord of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.36)

asmākaṃ saṃśayaṃ kaṃcicchiṃdhi paurāṇikottama .. 17 ..

> dispel a certain doubt of ours, O best of Purāṇa narrators.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.37)

koṭau snātasya martyasya yadi tīrthāṃtaraṃ vṛthā ..

> If for a mortal who has bathed at Koṭi another sacred ford is useless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.38)

kimarthaṃ dharmatīrthādi tīrtheṣu snāṃti mānavāḥ ..18..

> for what purpose do men bathe in sacred fords like Dharmatīrtha?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.39)

tīrthāni tāni sarvāṇi samatikramya mānavāḥ..

> Passing over all those sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.40)

atraiva koṭau kiṃ snānaṃ na kurvaṃti hi tadvada .. 19 ..

> why do men not perform their ritual ablution right here at Koṭi? Tell us that!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.41)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.42)

aho rahasyaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ pṛṣṭametanmunīśvarāḥ ..

> Oh, what a secret has been asked by you, O lords of sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.43)

nāradāya purā śaṃbhuḥ pṛcchate yatkilābravīt .. 3.1.27.20 ..

> What Śambhu formerly told Nārada when he inquired,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.44)

tadbravīmi muniśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ śraddhayā saha ..

> that I shall declare, O best of sages; listen with faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.45)

gacchanyadṛcchayā vāpi tīrthayātrāparo'pi vā .. 21 ..

> Whether traveling by chance, or engaged in a pilgrimage to sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.46)

mārgamadhye dvijaśreṣṭhāstīrthaṃ devālayaṃ tathā ..

> if a lowest of men, having seen or heard of a sacred ford or a temple of a god  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.47)

dṛṣṭvā śrutvāpi vā mohānna seveta narādhamaḥ .. 22 ..

> along the way, O best of the twice-born, does not visit it out of delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.48)

niṣkṛtistasya nāstīti prābruvanparamarṣayaḥ ..

> there is no expiation for him: so have proclaimed the supreme seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.49)

setuṃ gacchaṃstato'nyeṣu na snāyādyadi mānavaḥ .. 23 ..

> If a man going to Setu does not bathe in the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.50)

tīrthātikramadoṣaiḥ sa bahiṣkāryo'tyavaddvijaiḥ ..

> he must be cast out by the twice-born due to the faults of bypassing sacred fords, as one of low caste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.51)

ataḥ snātavyamevaiṣu cakratīrthādiṣu dvijāḥ .. 24 ..

> Therefore, one must indeed bathe in these, such as Cakratīrtha, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.52)

snātvā caiteṣu tīrtheṣu śeṣapāpavimuktaye ..

> And having bathed in these sacred fords, for the purpose of release from remaining sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.53)

prayatairmanujairatra snātavyaṃ koṭitīrthake .. 25 ..

> ritual ablution must be performed here at Koṭitīrtha by self-controlled men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.54)

koṭau cābhi ṣavaṃ kṛtvā na tiṣṭhedgandhamādane ..

> And having performed ritual ablution in the Koṭi \[tīrtha\], one should not remain on Gandhamādana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.55)

nivartettatkṣaṇādeva niṣpāpo gaṃdhamādanāt .. 26 ..

> freed from sin, one should return from Gandhamādana that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.56)

rāmo'pi hi purā koṭitīrthasaṃbhūtavāriṇā ..

> Indeed, long ago Rāma too, with the water produced in Koṭitīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.57)

rāmanāthe'bhiṣikte tu svayaṃ snātvā ca tatra vai .. 27 ..

> having bathed Rāmanātha, and having himself bathed there indeed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.58)

brahmahatyāvimuktaḥ saṃstatkṣaṇādeva sānujaḥ ..

> freed from the sin of killing a brahmin, immediately with his younger brother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.59)

ārūḍhapuṣpako'yodhyāṃ prayayau kapibhirvṛtaḥ .. 28 ..

> mounted the Puṣpaka \[chariot\] and went to Ayodhyā, surrounded by the monkeys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.60)

ataḥ koṭau naraḥ snātvā pāpaśeṣavimocitaḥ ..

> Therefore, having bathed in the Koṭi \[tīrtha\], a man, freed from the remainder of his sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.61)

nivartettatkṣaṇādeva rāmo dāśarathiryathā .. 29 ..

> should return that very moment, just as Rāma, son of Daśaratha, did.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.62)

etaddhi tīrthapravaraṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam ..

> For this best of tīrthas is renowned in all the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.63)

rāmanāthābhiṣekāya nirmitaṃ rāghaveṇa yat .. 3.1.27.30 ..

> which was created by the descendant of Raghu for the ceremonial bath of Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.64)

svayaṃ bhagavatī yatra sannidhatte ca jāhnavī ..

> where the goddess Jāhnavī is herself present,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.65)

tārakabrahmaṇā yatra rāmeṇa snātamādarāt .. 31 ..

> and where Rāma, the saving Brahman, bathed with reverence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.66)

tasya vai koṭitīrthasya mahimā kena kathyatām ..

> By whom can the greatness of that Koṭitīrtha indeed be told,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.67)

yatra snātvā purā kṛṣṇo lokasaṃgrahaṇecchayā .. 32 ..

> where having bathed long ago, Kṛṣṇa, desiring the welfare of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.68)

mātulasya tu kaṃsasya vadhadoṣādvimocitaḥ ..

> was freed from the sin of killing his maternal uncle Kaṃsa?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.69)

tasya vai koṭitīrthasya mahimā kena kathyate .. 33 ..

> By whom indeed is the greatness of that Koṭitīrtha told?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.70)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.71)

kimarthamavadhītkaṃsaṃ mātulaṃ yadunaṃdanaḥ ..

> For what reason did the joy of the Yadus kill his maternal uncle Kaṃsa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.72)

yaddoṣaśāṃtaye sūta sasnau koṭau mahā manāḥ .. 34 ..

> for the pacification of whose guilt, O Sūta, the noble-minded one bathed in the Koṭi \[tīrtha\]?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.73)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.74)

vasudeva iti khyātaḥ śūraputro yadoḥ kule ..

> Famous as Vasudeva, son of Śūra in the family of Yadu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.75)

āsītsa devakasutāṃ devakīmiti viśrutām .. 35 ..

> there was \[a man\]; he married Devaka's daughter, renowned as Devakī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.76)

udvāhya rathamārūḍhaḥ svapuraṃ prasthitaḥ purā ..

> and mounting a chariot, set out long ago for his own city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.77)

atha sūto babhūvātha kaṃso hyānakadundubheḥ .. 36 ..

> Then Kaṃsa became the charioteer of Ānakadundubhi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.78)

aśarīrā tadā vāṇī kaṃsaṃ sārathimabravīt ..

> Then a bodiless voice spoke to Kaṃsa the charioteer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.79)

bhaginīṃ ca tathā bhāmaṃ vāhayaṃtaṃ rathottame .. 37 ..

> who was driving his sister and his brother-in-law in the excellent chariot:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.80)

yāmimāṃ vāhayasyatra rathena tvamariṃdama ..

> "This woman whom you drive here in your chariot, O tamer of foes—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.81)

asyāstvāmaṣṭamo garbho vadhiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 38 ..

> her eighth child will kill you, without a doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.82)

ityākarṇya vaco divyaṃ kaṃsaḥ khaṅgaṃ pragṛhya ca ..

> Hearing this celestial voice, Kaṃsa seized his sword  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.83)

svasāraṃ haṃtumudyogaṃ cakāra dvijapuṃgavāḥ .. 39 ..

> and made an effort to kill his sister, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.84)

tataḥ provāca taṃ kaṃsaṃ vasudevaḥ sa sāṃtvayan .. ..

> Then Vasudeva spoke to Kaṃsa, consoling him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.85)

.. vasudeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.86)

asyāṃ prasūtāndāsyāmi tubhyaṃ kaṃsa sutānaham .. 3.1.27.40 ..

> "I will give to you, O Kaṃsa, the sons born of her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.87)

enāṃ svasāraṃ mā hiṃsīrnāsyāste bhītirasti hi ..

> Do not harm this sister of yours; for you have no fear from her."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.88)

śrutvā tadvacanaṃ kaṃso nivṛttastadvadhāttadā .. 41 ..

> Hearing that statement, Kaṃsa then desisted from killing her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.89)

devakīvasudevābhyāṃ sahitaḥ svapuraṃ yayau ..

> and went to his own city together with Devakī and Vasudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.90)

pādāvasaktanigaḍau devakīvasudevakau .. 42 ..

> With fetters bound to their feet, both Devakī and Vasudeva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.91)

sthāpayāmāsa duṣṭātmā kaṃsaḥ kārāgṛhe tadā ..

> the evil-minded Kaṃsa then placed in a prison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.92)

tataḥ kālena mahatā vasudevāddhi devakī .. 43 ..

> Then after a long time, Devakī indeed from Vasudeva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.93)

ṣaṭputrāñjanayāmāsa krameṇa munipuṃgavāḥ ..

> bore six sons in succession, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.94)

jātāṃstānvasudevena dattānkaṃso'pi so'vadhīt .. 44 ..

> As they were born and given by Vasudeva, Kaṃsa killed them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.95)

hateṣu ṣaṭasu putreṣu devakyudarajanmasu ..

> When the six sons born of Devakī's womb had been slain  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.96)

kaṃsena krūramatinā niṣkṛpeṇa dvijottamāḥ .. 45 ..

> by Kaṃsa of cruel mind and devoid of compassion, O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.97)

śeṣo'bhūtsaptamo garbho devakyā jaṭhare tadā ..

> Śeṣa became the seventh embryo in Devakī's womb then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.98)

māyādevī tato garbhaṃ taṃ vai viṣṇupracoditā .. 46 ..

> Then Goddess Māyā, impelled by Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.99)

naṃdagopagṛhasthāyāṃ rohiṇyāṃ samaveśayat ..

> transferred that embryo into Rohiṇī, who was staying in the house of Nandagopa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.100)

devakyāḥ saptamo garbhaḥ patito jaṭharāditi .. 47 ..

> "Devakī's seventh embryo has fallen from her womb"—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.101)

loke prasiddhirabhavanmahatī viṣṇulīlayā ..

> thus there arose a great belief in the world, by Viṣṇu's divine play.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.102)

devakījaṭhare paścādviṣṇurgarbhatvamāptavān .. 48 ..

> Afterward, Viṣṇu entered the state of an embryo in Devakī's womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.103)

tato daśasu māseṣu gateṣu hariravyayaḥ ..

> Then, when ten months had passed, Hari, the imperishable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.104)

devakījaṭharājjajñe kṛṣṇa ityabhiviśrutaḥ .. 49 ..

> renowned as Kṛṣṇa, was born from Devakī's womb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.105)

śaṃkhacakragadākhaṅgavirājitacaturbhujaḥ ..

> his four arms splendid with conch, discus, mace, and sword,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.106)

kirīṭī vanamālī ca pitroḥ śokavināśanaḥ .. 3.1.27.50 ..

> diademed, wearing a forest garland, destroying the sorrow of his parents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.107)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā harimīśānaṃ tuṣṭāvānakaduṃdubhiḥ .. 51 ..

> Beholding Hari, the Lord, Ānakadundubhi praised him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.108)

.. vasudeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.109)

viśvaṃ bhavā nviśvapatistvameva viśvasya yonistvayi viśvamāste ..

> "You are the universe; you alone are the Lord of the universe; the womb of the universe; in you resides the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.110)

mahānpradhānaśca virāṭa svarāḍ ca samrāḍasi tvaṃ bhagavansamastam .. 52 ..

> You are the great, the primal matter, the cosmic form, the self-ruler, and the sovereign; you, O Blessed One, are everything!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.111)

evaṃ jagatkāraṇabhūtadhāmne nārāyaṇāyāmitavikramāya ..

> Thus, to Nārāyaṇa, the abode who is the cause of the world, of boundless stride,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.112)

śrīśārṅgacakrāsigadādharāya namonamaḥ kṛtrimamānuṣāya .. 53 ..

> bearing the auspicious bow Śārṅga, discus, sword, and mace, disguised as a mortal man, salutations, salutations!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.113)

stuvantamevaṃ śauriṃ taṃ vasudevaṃ haristadā ..

> To that Vasudeva, son of Śūra, who was thus praising him, Hari then \[spoke\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.114)

avocatprīṇayaṃstaṃ ca devakīṃ ca dvijottamāḥ .. 54 ..

> spoke, gladdening both him and Devakī, O best of brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.115)

.. hariruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.116)

ahaṃ kaṃsaṃ vadhiṣyāmi mā bhīrvāṃ pitarāviti ..

> “I will slay Kaṃsa; do not fear, O parents!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.117)

nandagopasya gṛhiṇī yaśodā'janayatsutām ..

> Yaśodā, the wife of the cowherd Nanda, gave birth to a daughter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.118)

mama māyāṃ pūrvadine sarvalokavimohinīm .. 55 ..

> my Māyā, who deludes all worlds, on the preceding day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.119)

māṃ tasyāḥ śayane nyasya yaśodāyāḥ sutā tu tām..

> Having placed me upon her bed, and taking that daughter  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.120)

ādāya devakīśayyāṃ prāpayasva yadūttama .. 56 ..

> of Yaśodā, bring her to Devakī’s bed, O best of Yadus.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.121)

evamuktaḥ sa kṛṣṇena tathaiva hyakaroddvijāḥ ..

> Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, he did just so, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.122)

ruroda māyā tanayā devakīśayanesthitā .. 57 ..

> The daughter Māyā, lying on Devakī's bed, wept.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.123)

atha bāladhvaniṃ śrutvā kaṃsaḥ saṃkulamānasaḥ ..

> Then, hearing the sound of the infant, Kaṃsa, his mind agitated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.124)

sūtikāgṛhamāgamya tāmādāya ca dārikām..58..

> came to the lying-in chamber, seized that baby girl,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.125)

śilāyāṃ pothayāmāsa nirdayo nirapatrapaḥ ..

> and dashed her against a stone, pitiless and shameless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.126)

atha taddhastamācchidya sāyudhāṣṭamahābhujā ..

> Then, wrenching herself from his hands, possessing eight great arms with weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.127)

mahādevyabravītkaṃsaṃ samāhūyātikopanā .. 59 ..

> the great goddess, exceedingly wrathful, summoned Kaṃsa and spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.128)

.. māyovāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.129)

are re kaṃsa pāpātmandurbuddhe mūḍhacetana .. 3.1.27.60 ..

> “O Kaṃsa, sinful soul, evil-minded, foolish-witted!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.130)

yatra kutrāpi śatruste vartate prāṇahārakaḥ ..

> Somewhere or other your enemy, the taker of your life, exists.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.131)

mārgayasvātmano mṛtyuṃ taṃ śatruṃ kaṃsa mā ciram .. 61 ..

> Search out your own death, that enemy, O Kaṃsa, without delay!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.132)

itīrayitvā sā devī divyasthānānyavāpya ca ..

> Having spoken thus, that goddess, attaining divine abodes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.133)

labdhapūjā manuṣyebhyo babhūvābhīṣṭadāyinī .. 62 ..

> and receiving worship from human beings, became the bestower of desired boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.134)

śrutvā sa devīvacanaṃ kaṃso 'pi bhṛśamākulaḥ ..

> Hearing the goddess’s words, Kaṃsa too, greatly perturbed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.135)

bālagrahānpūtanādīnsvāṃtakaṃ bādhituṃ ripum .. 63 ..

> to torment his enemy, who was his own end, \[tormented\] infant-seizing spirits such as Pūtanā and others;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.136)

preṣayāmāsa deśeṣu śiśūnanyāṃśca bādhitum..

> he sent them out into the lands to afflict other infants as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.137)

te ca bālagrahāḥ sarve prayayu rnaṃdagokulam .. 64 ..

> And all those infant-seizing spirits went to Nanda's Gokula,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.138)

hatāśca kṛṣṇena tadā prayayuryamasādanam ..

> and being slain then by Kṛṣṇa, they departed to the abode of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.139)

tataḥ katipayāhassu gateṣu dvijapuṃgavāḥ .. 65 ..

> Then, after some days had passed, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.140)

rāmakṛṣṇau vyavarddhetāṃ gokule bālakau tadā ..

> the two boys, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, grew up in Gokula at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.141)

anekabālakrīḍābhiścikrīḍaturariṃdamau .. 66 ..

> With many childhood games the two subduers of foes played.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.142)

kaṃcitkālaṃ vatsapālau veṇunādamakurvatām ..

> For some time as keepers of the calves they played on the flute;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.143)

kaṃcitkālaṃ ca gopālau guṃjātāpi cchabhūṣitau .. 67 ..

> for some time as cowherds adorned with guñjā seeds and peacock feathers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.144)

remāte bahukālaṃ tau gokule rāmakeśavau ..

> the two, Rāma and Keśava, sported in Gokula for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.145)

kaṃsaḥ kadācidakrūraṃ gokule rāmakeśavau .. 68 ..

> Once Kaṃsa \[sent\] Akrūra \[for\] Rāma and Keśava in Gokula;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.146)

preṣayāmāsa vipreṃdrāḥ samānayitumaṃ jasā ..

> he sent him, O chiefs of brahmins, to bring them quickly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.147)

ānayāmāsa cākrūro rāmakṛṣṇau sa gokulāt .. 69 ..

> And Akrūra brought Rāma and Kṛṣṇa from Gokula  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.148)

mathurāṃ kaṃsanirdeśātsvarṇatoraṇarājitām ..3.1.27.70..

> to Mathurā, which was adorned with golden archways, by Kaṃsa's command.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.149)

tataḥ samānīya sa rāmakeśavau yayau purīṃ gāṃdinijastadagre ..

> Then, having brought Rāma and Keśava, the son of Gāndinī went into the city ahead of them; / having seen Kaṃsa and reported the matter to him, he entered his own house afterwards.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.150)

dṛṣṭvā ca kaṃsaṃ vinivedya kāryaṃ tasmai svagehaṃ praviveśa paścāt ..71..

> And having seen Kaṃsa and reported the business to him, he afterwards entered his own home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.151)

athāparāhṇe vasudevaputrāvanyedyuriṣṭaiḥ saha gopaputraiḥ ..

> Then in the afternoon of the next day, the two sons of Vasudeva, together with their dear cowherd companions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.152)

upeyatuḥ sālanikhātayuktāṃ saṃgopurāṭṭāṃ madhurāpurīṃ tau .. 72 ..

> approached the city of Mathurā, which was equipped with a wall and a moat, and adorned with city-gates and towers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.153)

stotrāṇi śṛṇvanpurayauvatānāṃ kṛṣṇastu rāmeṇa sahaiva gatvā ..

> Hearing the praises of the city's young women, Kṛṣṇa, going along with Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.154)

dhanurniveśaṃ saha saiva tatra dadarśa cāpaṃ ca mahadṛḍhajyam .. 73 ..

> at that very moment saw the bow pavilion and the great, tightly-strung bow there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.155)

vidrāvya sarvānapi cāpapālāndhanuḥ samādāya sa līlayā''śu ..

> Having routed all the bow-guards and taken up the bow quickly in sport, / he bent it to fit it to the bowstring, and in that moment it broke in two.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.156)

maurvyāṃ niyoktuṃ namayāṃcakāra tadaṃ tare bhagnamabhūdvidhaiva .. 74 ..

> He bent \[the bow\] to string it; in the meantime, it snapped into two pieces.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.157)

kodaṃḍabhaṃgotthitaśabdamāśu śrutvābhiyātānbalino nihaṃtum ..

> Quickly hearing the sound arising from the breaking of the bow, mighty men rushed forward to kill them; / grasping the two pieces of the bow, those two mighty ones struck down the guards, O chiefs of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.158)

nijaghnatustau pratigṛhya khaṃḍau cāpasya pālānbalinau dvijeṃdrā .. 75 ..

> Those two mighty \[brothers\], seizing the two fragments of the bow, struck down the guards, O leaders of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.159)

tataḥ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ gajaṃ dvāri sthitaṃ kṣaṇāt ..

> Then, in an instant, having killed the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.160)

nihatya rāmakṛṣṇau tau mahābalaparākramau .. 76 ..

> stationed at the gate, those two, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa of great strength and valor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.161)

tasya daṃtau samutpāṭya dadhānau karayordvayoḥ ..

> uprooted his tusks, held them in their two hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.162)

aṃse nidhāya tau daṃtau raṃgaṃ prayayatuḥ kṣaṇāt .. 77 ..

> and, placing those tusks on their shoulders, went to the arena in an instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.163)

nihatya mallaṃ cāṇūraṃ muṣṭikaṃ tośalaṃ tathā ..

> Having slain the wrestler Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, and likewise Tośala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.164)

anyāṃśca mallapravarānninyaturyamasā danam ..78..

> they dispatched other foremost wrestlers to the abode of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.165)

samāruruhatustūrṇaṃ tuṃgaṃ maṃcaṃ ca tau tadā ..

> Then the two swiftly mounted the high platform;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.166)

tatra tuṃge samāsīnamāsane kaṃsametya tau ..

> approaching Kaṃsa, who sat there upon a high seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.167)

tasthatustaṃ tṛṇīkṛtya siṃhau kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā ..79..

> they stood, treating him like straw, as two lions \[treat\] a small beast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.168)

tataḥ kaṃsaṃ samākṛṣya kṛṣṇo maṃcopari sthitam ..

> Then Kṛṣṇa, dragging Kaṃsa who stood upon the platform,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.169)

pādau gṛhītvā vegena bhrāmayāmāsa cāṃbare .. 3.1.27.80 ..

> grasped his feet and whirled him forcefully in the air.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.170)

tatastaṃ pothayāmāsa sa bhūmau gata jīvitam ..

> Then he dashed him, lifeless, onto the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.171)

kaṃsabhrātṝnbalo'pyaṣṭau nijaghne muṣṭinā dvijāḥ .. 81 ..

> Bala too struck down the eight brothers of Kaṃsa with his fist, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.172)

evaṃ nihatya taṃ kaṃsaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ parabalārdanaḥ ..

> Having thus slain Kaṃsa, Kṛṣṇa, the crusher of the enemy's army,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.173)

pitarau mocayāmāsa nigaḍādati duḥkhitau .. 82 ..

> released his parents, who were deeply grieved, from their fetters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.174)

sarvānāsthāpayāmāsa balena saha mādhavaḥ ..

> Mādhava reinstated everyone together with Bala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.175)

śrīkṛṣṇena hataṃ kaṃsaṃ śrutvā prāpuḥ purīṃ tadā .. 83 ..

> Hearing that Kaṃsa was slain by Śrī Kṛṣṇa, there arrived then in the city  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.176)

bāṃdhavā mathurāyāṃ ye pūrvaṃ kaṃse na bādhitāḥ ..

> kinsmen in Mathurā who were previously tormented by Kaṃsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.177)

ugrasenaṃ tathā rājye sthāpayāmāsa keśavaḥ .. 84 ..

> Then Keśava installed Ugrasena upon the throne.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.178)

asahiṣṇurdvijāḥ pitrorevaṃ kaṃsakṛtāgasam ..

> O twice-born, unable to tolerate such an offense committed by Kaṃsa against his parents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.179)

jaghāna mātulaṃ kaṃsaṃ devabrāhmaṇakaṃṭa kam .. 85 ..

> he slew his maternal uncle Kaṃsa, a thorn to gods and brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.180)

tataḥ kadācikṛṣṇo'yamātmānaṃ draṣṭumāgatān ..

> Then once, to all the sages beginning with Nārada  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.181)

nāradādīnmunīnsarvānidaṃ papraccha sattamaḥ .. 86 ..

> who had come to see him, that best of beings, Kṛṣṇa, asked this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.182)

.. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.183)

mayā'yaṃ mātulo viprā hataḥ kaṃso'tipāpakṛt ..

> "O brahmins, this maternal uncle of mine, Kaṃsa, a great committer of sin, was slain by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.184)

mātulasya vadhe doṣaḥ procyate śāstravittamaiḥ.. 87 ..

> A fault is declared by those best versed in the śāstras in slaying a maternal uncle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.185)

prāyaścittamato brūta taddoṣavinivṛttaye ..

> Therefore, speak an expiation for the cessation of that fault."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.186)

avocannāradastatra kṛṣṇamadbhutavikramam ..

> There Nārada spoke to Kṛṣṇa of wondrous valour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.187)

vācā madhurayā viprā bhaktipraṇayapūrvakam .. 88 ..

> with sweet speech, O brahmins, accompanied by devotion and affection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.188)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.27.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.189)

nityaśuddhaśca muktaśca bhadraścaiva bhavā nsadā .. 89 ..

> "You are ever pure, ever liberated, and indeed always auspicious;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.190)

saccidānaṃdarūpaśca paramātmā sanātanaḥ ..

> your nature is existence, consciousness, and bliss, the eternal Supreme Self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.191)

puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ ca te nāsti kṛṣṇa yādavanaṃdana .. 3.1.27.90 ..

> Merit and sin do not exist for you, O Kṛṣṇa, delighter of the Yādavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.192)

tathāpi lokaśikṣārthaṃ bhavatā garu ḍadhvaja ..

> Nevertheless, for the sake of teaching the world, O one whose banner bears Garuḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.193)

prāyaścittaṃ tu kartavyaṃ vidhinānena mādhava .. 91 ..

> an expiation should indeed be performed by you, O Mādhava, according to this rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.194)

lokasaṃgrahaṇaṃ tāvatkartavyaṃ bhavatādhunā ..

> For setting a moral exemplar for the world must now be done by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.195)

rāmasetau mahāpuṇye gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 92 ..

> At Rāma's bridge, on the most meritorious Gandhamādana mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.196)

rāmeṇa sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ rāmanāthābhidhaṃ purā ..

> the liṅga named Rāmanātha was established formerly by Rāma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.197)

tasyābhiṣekatoyārthaṃ dhanuṣkoṭyā raghūdvahaḥ .. 93 ..

> For the sake of water for its ceremonial bath, the leader of the Raghus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.198)

gāṃ bhittvotpādayāmāsa tīrthaṃ koṭīti viśrutam ..

> having pierced the earth with the tip of his bow, produced the sacred ford renowned as Koṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.199)

tava pūrvāvatāreṇa rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .. 94 ..

> It was created by your own previous incarnation, Rāma of unwearied deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.27.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.27.200)

brahmahatyāviśuddhyarthaṃ nirmitaṃ svayameva yat ..

> solely for purification from the slaying of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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