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# Skandapurana 3.1.28

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.2)

koṭitīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sevitvā kevalaṃ naraḥ ..

> "A person having merely attended upon the exceedingly meritorious Koṭitīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.3)

snātuṃ jiteṃdriyastīrthaṃ tataḥ sādhyāmṛtaṃ vrajet .. 1 ..

> restraining the senses, should then proceed to the Sādhyāmṛta sacred ford to bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.4)

sādhyāmṛtaṃ mahātīrtha mahāpuṇyaphalapradam ..

> The Sādhyāmṛta is a great sacred ford granting the fruit of immense merit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.5)

mahāduḥkhapraśamanaṃ gandhamādanaparvate .. 2 ..

> allaying great distress, located on the Gandhamādana mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.6)

asti pāpaharaṃ puṃsāṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradāyakam ..

> It is a remover of sins for people, granting all desires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.7)

yatra snātvā naro bhaktyā sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt .. 3 ..

> bathing in which with devotion, a man attains all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.8)

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñairdānena vā punaḥ ..

> By austerity, by celibate studenthood, or again by sacrifices and gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.9)

gatiṃ tāṃ na labhenmartyo yāṃ sādhyāmṛtamajjanāt .. 4 ..

> a mortal does not obtain that state which \[he obtains\] by immersion in Sādhyāmṛta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.10)

spṛṣṭāni yeṣāmaṃgāni sādhyāmṛtajalaiḥ śubhaiḥ ..

> Those whose limbs are touched by the auspicious waters of Sādhyāmṛta—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.11)

teṣāṃ dehagataṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati .. 5 ..

> the sin residing in their bodies is destroyed that very instant."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.12)

sādhyāmṛtajale yastu sāghamarṣaṇakṛnnaraḥ ..

> A man who performs the Aghamarṣaṇa rite in the waters of the Sādhyāmṛta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.13)

sa vidhūyeha pāpāni viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 6 ..

> having shaken off his sins here, is glorified in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.14)

pūrve vayasi pāpāni kṛtvā karmāṇi yo naraḥ ..

> A man who has committed sinful deeds in his earlier years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.15)

paścātsādhyāmṛtaṃ sevetpaścāttāpasamanvitaḥ .. 7 ..

> and afterwards frequents Sādhyāmṛta, filled with remorse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.16)

ante vayasi muktaḥ syātsa naro nātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> that man would undoubtedly be liberated in his final years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.17)

sādhyāmṛte naraḥ snātvā dehabaṃdhādvimucyate .. 8 ..

> Having bathed in Sādhyāmṛta, a man is freed from bodily bondage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.18)

sādhyāmṛtajale snātā manuṣyāḥ pāpaka rmiṇaḥ ..

> Men of sinful deeds who have bathed in the waters of Sādhyāmṛta  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.19)

anekakleśaghorāṇi narakāṇi na yāṃti hi .. 9 ..

> indeed do not go to the hells terrible with manifold afflictions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.20)

sādhyāmṛtajale snānātpuṃsāṃ yā syādgatirdvijāḥ ..

> O twice-born ones, that destiny which comes to men from bathing in the waters of Sādhyāmṛta  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.21)

na sā gatirbhavedyajñairna vedaiḥ puṇyakarmabhiḥ .. 3.1.28.10 ..

> cannot be attained through sacrifices, nor through the Vedas, nor through meritorious deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.22)

yāvadasthi manuṣyāṇāṃ sādhyāmṛtajale sthitam ..

> As long as a bone of men remains in the waters of Sādhyāmṛta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.23)

tāvadvarṣāṇi tiṣṭhaṃti śivaloke supūjitāḥ .. 11 ..

> for that many years they dwell in the world of Śiva, highly worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.24)

apahatya tamastīvraṃ yathā bhātyudaye raviḥ ..

> Just as the sun at sunrise shines, having dispelled intense darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.25)

tathā sādhyāmṛtasnāyī bhittvā pāpāni rājate .. 12 ..

> so one who bathes in Sādhyāmṛta shines, having shattered his sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.26)

vāṃchitām̐llabhate kāmānatra snāto naraḥ sadā ..

> A man who bathes here always obtains his desired wishes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.27)

yatra snātvā mahāpuṇye purā rājā purūravāḥ ..

> where in ancient times, having bathed in that greatly holy \[waters\], King Purūravas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.28)

viprayogaṃ sahorvaśyā jahau tuṃburuśāpajam .. 13 ..

> ended his separation from Urvaśī, born of Tumburu's curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.29)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.30)

kathaṃ sūta mahābhāga sahorvaśyāmarastriyā .. 14 ..

> How, O highly fortunate Sūta, did the mortal King Purūravas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.31)

prathamaṃ labdhavānyogaṃ martyo rājā purūravāḥ ..

> first attain union with Urvaśī, the divine woman?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.32)

viprayogaṃ sahorvaśyā jahau tuṃburuśāpajam .. 15 ..

> \[And how\] did he end the separation from Urvaśī born of Tumburu's curse?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.33)

hetunā kena rājānaṃ śaśāpa tuṃbururmuniḥ ..

> For what reason did the sage Tumburu curse the king?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.34)

etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva vistarānmunipuṃgava .. 16 ..

> Explain all this in detail, O bull among sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.35)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.36)

āsītpurūravānāma śakratulyaparākramaḥ ..

> In ancient times there was a king named Purūravas, equal in valor to Śakra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.37)

rājarājasamo rājā purā hyamarapūjitaḥ .. 17 ..

> equal to the king of kings \[Kubera\], worshipped indeed by the immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.38)

dharmataḥ pālayāmāsa medinīṃ sa nṛpottamaḥ ..

> That best of kings protected the earth according to dharma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.39)

īje ca bahubhiryajñairdadau dānāni sarvadā .. 18 ..

> he worshipped with many sacrifices and continually gave gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.40)

praśāsati mahīṃ sarvāṃ rājñi tasminmahāmatau ..

> While that highly intelligent king was ruling the whole earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.41)

mitrāvaruṇaśāpena bhuvaṃ prāporvaśī dvijāḥ .. 19 ..

> Urvaśī came to the earth because of the curse of Mitra and Varuṇa, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.42)

sā cacārorvaśī tatra rājñastasya purāṃtike ..

> Urvaśī wandered there, near that king's city,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.43)

kokilālāpamadhuravīṇayopavane jagau .. 3.1.28.20 ..

> and sang in a garden with a vīṇā sweet as the call of the cuckoo.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.44)

sa rājopavane raṃtuṃ kadāciddhṛtakautukaḥ ..

> Desiring to take pleasure in the royal park on a certain occasion, curious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.45)

ārūḍhaturagaḥ prāyāllalanāśatasaṃvṛtaḥ .. 21 ..

> he mounted his horse and set out, surrounded by hundreds of women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.46)

tādṛśīmurvaśīṃ tatra karasammitamadhyamām ..

> \[Seeing\] Urvaśī there, whose waist could be spanned by a hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.47)

uvāca caināṃ rājāsau bhāryā mama bhaveti vai .. 22 ..

> the king said to her: "Be my wife!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.48)

sāpi kāmāturā tatra rājānaṃ pratyabhāṣata ..

> She too, smitten with love, replied there to the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.49)

bhavatvevaṃ naraśreṣṭha samayaṃ yadi me bhavān .. 23 ..

> "Let it be so, O best of men, if you will \[keep\] my condition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.50)

kariṣyati tavābhyāśe vatsyāmi dhṛtakautukā ..

> I will dwell near you, feeling joy."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.51)

kariṣye samayaṃ subhru tavāhamiti so'bravīt .. 24 ..

> "I will keep your condition, O fair-browed one," he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.52)

athorvaśī babhāṣe taṃ purūravasamutsukā ..

> Then Urvaśī eagerly said to that Purūravas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.53)

putrabhūtaṃ mama yadi rakṣasyuraṇakadvayam .. 25 ..

> "If you protect my pair of rams as if they were sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.54)

na nagno dṛśyase rājankadāpi yadi vai tathā ..

> and if you are never seen naked, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.55)

nocchiṣṭaṃ mama dadyāścettadā vatsye tavāṃtike .. 26 ..

> and if you do not give me leftover food, then I will dwell in your presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.56)

ghṛtamātrāśanā cāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi nṛpottama ..

> And I will eat only clarified butter, O best of kings."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.57)

evamastviti rājoktāṃ tāṃ nināya nijaṃ gṛham .. 27 ..

> Having said, "Let it be so," the king took her to his home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.58)

alakāyāṃ sa bhūpālastathā caitrarathe vane ..

> That king sported in Alakā, and also in the Caitraratha forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.59)

reme sarasvatītīre padmakhaṇḍamanorame .. 28 ..

> and on the bank of the Sarasvatī, enchanting with lotus thickets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.60)

ekaṣaṣṭiṃ sa varṣāṇi ramamāṇastayānayat ..

> Sporting with her, he spent sixty-one years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.61)

tenorvaśī pratidinaṃ vardhamānānurāgiṇī .. 29 ..

> Because of that, Urvaśī, whose affection grew day by day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.62)

spṛhāṃ na devaloke'pi cakāra tanumadhyamā ..

> slender-waisted, had no desire even for the world of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.63)

nābhavadramaṇīyo'sau devalokastayā vinā .. 3.1.28.30 ..

> Without her, that world of the gods was not delightful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.64)

atastāmānayiṣyāmi devalokamiti dvijāḥ ..

> "Therefore I will bring her back to the world of the gods," O twice-born ones—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.65)

viśvāvasurvicāryaivaṃ bhūrlokamagamatkṣaṇāt .. 31 ..

> thinking thus, Viśvāvasu went in an instant to the earthly realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.66)

urvaśyāḥ samayaṃ rājñā viśvāvasurayaṃ saha ..

> Viśvāvasu, knowing Urvaśī's agreement with the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.67)

viditvā saha gandharvaiḥ samaveto niśāṃtare .. 32 ..

> assembled with the gandharvas in the middle of the night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.68)

urvaśyāḥ śayanābhyāśājjagrāhoraṇakaṃ javāt ..

> and swiftly seized a ram from beside Urvaśī's bed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.69)

ākāśe nīyamānasya tasya śrutvorvaśī patim ..33..

> Hearing him being carried away into the sky, Urvaśī to her husband  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.70)

abravīnmatsutaḥ kena gṛhyate tyajyatāmayam ..

> said: "By whom is my son being taken? Let him be released!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.71)

anāthā śaraṇaṃ yāmi kaṃ naraṃ gatacetanā..34..

> Bereft of sense, helpless, to what man do I go for refuge?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.72)

purūravāḥ samākarṇya vākyaṃ tasyā niśāṃtare ..

> Hearing her words in the middle of the night, Purūravas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.73)

māṃ na nagnaṃ nirīkṣeta devīti na yayau tadā .. 35 ..

> did not go forth then, thinking: “Let the goddess not see me naked.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.74)

athānyamapyuraṇakaṃ gandharvāḥ pratigṛhya te ..

> Then, seizing the other ram as well, those gandharvas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.75)

yayustasyoraṇasyāpi śabdaṃ śuśrāva corvaśī .. 36 ..

> departed; and Urvaśī heard the bleat of that ram too.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.76)

anāthāyā mama suto gṛhyate taskarairiti ..

> “The son of helpless me is being seized by thieves!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.77)

cukrośa devī paruṣaṃ kaṃ yāmi śaraṇaṃ naram .. 37 ..

> The goddess cried out harshly: “To what man shall I go for refuge?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.78)

amarṣavaśamāpannaḥ śrutvā tadvacanaṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> Overpowered by wrath upon hearing that statement, the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.79)

timireṇāvṛtaṃ sarvamiti mattvā sa khaṅgadhṛk .. 38 ..

> thinking, “Everything is enveloped in darkness,” seized his sword  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.80)

duṣṭaduṣṭa kuto yāsītyabhyadhāvadvaco vadan ..

> and rushed forth shouting: “Wicked, wicked \[thief\]! Where are you going?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.81)

tāvatsaudāminī dīptā gandha rvairjanitā bhṛśam .. 39 ..

> Just then, a blazing flash of lightning was intensely produced by the gandharvas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.82)

tatprabhāmaṃḍalairdevī rājānaṃ vigatāṃbaram ..

> By its circles of light, the goddess saw the king stripped of his clothes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.83)

dṛṣṭvā nivṛttasamayā tatkṣaṇādeva niryayau .. 3.1.28.40 ..

> her condition having been violated, she departed that very instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.84)

tyaktvā hyuraṇakau tatra gaṃdharvā api niryayuḥ ..

> Indeed, dropping both rams right there, the gandharvas also vanished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.85)

rājā meṣau samādāya hṛṣṭaḥ svaśayanāṃtikam .. 41 ..

> Taking the two rams, the king, delighted, returned beside his bed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.86)

āgato norvaśīṃ tatra dadarśāyatalocanām ..

> and did not see the large-eyed Urvaśī there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.87)

tāṃ cāpaśyanvivastraśca babhrāmonmattavadbhuvi .. 42 ..

> Not seeing her, unclothed, he wandered the earth like a madman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.88)

kurukṣetraṃ gato rājā taṭāke padmasaṃkule ..

> The king went to Kurukṣetra, and in a pond filled with lotuses  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.89)

caturbhirapsarastrībhiḥ krīḍamānā dadarśa tām.. 43 ..

> he saw her sporting with four apsaras women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.90)

he jāye tiṣṭha manasā ghoreti vyāharanmuhuḥ ..

> “O wife, stop in your mind, cruel one!” repeatedly uttering this,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.91)

evaṃ bahuprakāraṃ vai sa sūktaṃ prālapannṛpaḥ .. 44 ..

> the king lamented indeed with the hymn in many ways.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.92)

abravīdurvaśī taṃ ca krīḍatī sāpsarogaṇaiḥ ..

> And Urvaśī, playing with the hosts of apsarases, said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.93)

mahārājālametena ceṣṭitena tavānagha .. 45 ..

> “O great king, sinless one, enough of this conduct of yours!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.94)

tvatto garbhiṇyahaṃ pūrvamabdāṃte bhavatātra vai ..

> I was made pregnant by you earlier; at the end of a year, indeed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.95)

āgaṃtavyaṃ kumāraste bhaviṣyatyatidhārmikaḥ .. 46 ..

> you must come here; you will have a most righteous son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.96)

ekāṃ vibhāvarīṃ rājaṃstvayā vatsyāmi vai tadā ..

> Then, O king, I shall dwell with you for a single night.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.97)

ityukto nṛpatirhṛṣṭaḥ svapurīṃ prāviśaddvijāḥ .. 47..

> Addressed thus, O brahmins, the king returned rejoicing to his city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.98)

tāsāmapsarasāṃ sā tu kathayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam ..

> She, however, spoke to those apsarases about the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.99)

ayaṃ sa puruṣaśreṣṭho yenāhaṃ kāmarūpiṇā .. 48 ..

> “This is that best of men, with whom, assuming forms at will,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.100)

etāvaṃtaṃ mahākālamanurāgavaśāturā ..

> overcome and yearning under the sway of passion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.101)

uṣitāsmi sahānena sakhyo nṛpatinā ciram .. 49 ..

> I lived for so long a time, O friends, with that king.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.102)

evamuktāstataḥ sakhyastāmūcuḥ sādhusādhviti ..

> Told this, her friends then said to her, “Splendid, splendid!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.103)

anena sākamāsyāmaḥ sarvakālaṃ vayaṃ sakhi .. 3.1.28.50 ..

> We too, O friend, would dwell with him at all times.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.104)

ityūcururvaśīṃ tatra sakhīmapsarasastadā ..

> Thus the apsarases said to Urvaśī, their friend, at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.105)

abde'tha pūrṇe rājāpi taṭākāṃti kamāyayau .. 51 ..

> Then, when a year had elapsed, the king also came to the edge of the pond.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.106)

āgataṃ nṛpatiṃ dṛṣṭvā purūravasamurvaśī ..

> Seeing King Purūravas arrive, Urvaśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.107)

kumāramāyuṣaṃ tasmai dadau saṃprītamānasā .. 52 ..

> with a delighted mind, gave him his son, Āyus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.108)

tena sākaṃ niśāmekāmuṣitā sānu rāgiṇī ..

> Having dwelt with him for one night, that passionate woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.109)

paṃcaputrapradaṃ garbhaṃ tasmādāpāśu sorvaśī .. 53 ..

> Urvaśī quickly received from him a pregnancy destined to grant five sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.110)

uvāca cainaṃ rājānamurvaśī paramāṃganā ..

> And Urvaśī, the foremost woman, spoke to this king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.111)

varaṃ dāsyaṃti gandharvā matprītyā tava bhūpate .. 54 ..

> “Out of love for me, O king, the gandharvas will grant you a boon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.112)

bhavatāṃ prārthyatāṃ tebhyo varo rājarṣisattama ..

> Let a boon be asked of them by you, O best of royal sages.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.113)

ityuktaḥ sa tayā rājā prāha gandharvasattamān .. 55 ..

> Thus addressed by her, the king said to the best of the gandharvas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.114)

ahaṃ saṃpūrṇakośaśca vijitārāti maṃḍalaḥ ..

> “My treasury is full and the circle of my enemies is conquered;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.115)

salokatāṃ vinorvaśyāḥ prāptavyaṃ nānyadasti me .. 56 ..

> apart from dwelling in the same world as Urvaśī, there is nothing else for me to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.116)

atastayā sahorvaśyā kālaṃ netumahaṃ vṛṇe ..

> Therefore, I choose to spend time together with Urvaśī.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.117)

evamukte nṛpeṇātha gandharvāstuṣṭa mānasāḥ ..

> When the king had spoken thus, the gandharvas, pleased in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.118)

agnisthālīṃ pradāyāsmai procuścainaṃ nṛpaṃ tadā .. 57 ..

> gave him a pot of fire and then said to that king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.119)

.. gandharvā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.28.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.120)

agniṃ vedānusārī tvaṃ tridhā kṛtvā nṛpottama .. 58 ..

> “Making this fire threefold in accordance with the Vedas, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.121)

iṣṭvā yajñena corvaśyāḥ sālokyaṃ yāhi bhūpate ..

> and offering with sacrifice, O ruler of the earth, attain the world of Urvaśī!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.122)

itīritastairādāya sthālīmagneryayau nṛpaḥ .. 59 ..

> Addressed thus by them, the king took the pot of fire and went away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.123)

aho batātimūḍhohamiti madhye vanaṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> “Alas, indeed, I am utterly foolish!” Thus \[thinking\] in the middle of the forest, the king \[reflected\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.124)

urvaśī na mayā labdhā vahnisthālyā tu kiṃ phalam .. 3.1.28.60 ..

> “Urvaśī has not been obtained by me; what use is a pot of fire?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.125)

nidhāyaiva vane sthālīṃ svapuraṃ prayayau nṛpaḥ ..

> Leaving the pot right there in the forest, the king went to his own city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.126)

ardharātre vyatīte'sau vinidro'ciṃtayatsvayam .. 61 ..

> When midnight had passed, unable to sleep, he reflected to himself:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.127)

urvaśīlokasiddhyarthaṃ mama gandharvapuṃgavaiḥ ..

> “For the sake of attaining the world of Urvaśī, a pot of fire  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.128)

agnisthālī saṃpradattā sā ca tyaktā mayā vane .. 62..

> was given to me by the foremost gandharvas, and that was abandoned by me in the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.129)

āhariṣye punaḥ sthālīmityutthāya yayau vanam ..

> I shall bring the pot back.” Rising up, he went to the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.130)

nāgnisthālīṃ dadarśāsau vane tatra purūravāḥ .. 63 ..

> There in the forest, Purūravas did not see the pot of fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.131)

śamīgarbhamathāśvatthamagnisthāne vilokya saḥ ..

> Then, seeing an aśvattha tree within a śamī tree in place of the fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.132)

vyaciṃtayanmayā sthālī nikṣiptātra vane purā .. 64 ..

> He reflected: “Formerly, the pot was placed by me here in this forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.133)

sā cāśvatthaḥ śamīgarbhaḥ samabhūdadhunā tviha ..

> and it has now turned into this aśvattha tree inside a śamī tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.134)

tasmādenaṃ samādāya vahnirūpamahaṃ puram.. .. 65 ..

> Therefore, taking this \[wood\] which is fire by nature, having gone to the city,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.135)

gatvā kṛtvāraṇīṃ samyaktadutpannāgnimādarāt ..

> and properly making churning-sticks (araṇīs), I shall with reverence worship the fire produced from it.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.136)

upāsyāmīti niścitya svapuraṃ gatavānnṛpaḥ .. 66 ..

> Having so resolved, the king went to his own city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.137)

ramaṇīyāraṇīṃ cakre svāṃgulaiḥ pramitā masau ..

> He made a charming fire-churning stick measured by his own finger-breadths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.138)

nirmāṇasamaye rājā gāyatrīmajapaddvijāḥ .. 67 ..

> At the time of its making, O brahmins, the king chanted the Gāyatrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.139)

gāyatryāḥ paṭhyamānāyā yāni saṃtyakṣarāṇi hi ..

> Indeed, as many syllables as there are in the Gāyatrī being recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.140)

tāvadaṃgulimaryādāmakarodaraṇīṃ nṛpaḥ .. 68 ..

> to that exact measure in finger-breadths the king made the churning-stick.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.141)

tatra nirmathanādagnitrayamutpādya bhūpatiḥ ..

> Having produced the three fires there by churning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.142)

urvaśīlokasaṃprāptiphalamuddiśya kāṃkṣitam .. 69 ..

> aiming for the desired fruit of attaining Urvaśī's realm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.143)

vedānusārī nṛpatirjuhāvāgnitrayaṃ mudā ..

> the king, adhering to the Vedas, joyfully made offerings into the three fires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.144)

tenaiva cāgnividhinā bahūnyajñānathātanot..3.1.28.70...

> And by that very procedure of fire, he then performed many sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.145)

tena gandharvalokāṃśca saṃprāpya jagatīpatiḥ..

> Having thereby attained the Gandharva realms, the lord of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.146)

sahorvaśyā ciraṃ reme devaloke dvijottamāḥ..71..

> sported for a long time together with Urvaśī in the world of the gods, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.147)

atha sarvāmaropetaḥ kadācidbalavṛtrahā..

> Then once, the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra, accompanied by all the immortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.148)

nṛtyaṃ surāṃganānāṃ vai vyalokayata saṃsadi..72..

> watched the dance of the celestial maidens in the assembly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.149)

purūravā nṛpopyāyāttadā deveṃdrasaṃsadam ..

> King Purūravas also came at that time to the assembly of the lord of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.150)

draṣṭuṃ surāṃganānṛtyaṃ manohāri divaukasām .. 73 ..

> in order to watch the captivating dance of the celestial maidens of the sky-dwellers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.151)

ekaikaśastāḥ śakrasya nanṛtuḥ puratoṃ'ganāḥ ..

> One by one, those maidens danced before Śakra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.152)

athorvaśī samāgatya nanarta purato hareḥ .. 74 ..

> Then Urvaśī came and danced before Hari \[Indra\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.153)

nṛttābhinayasāmarthyagarvayuktā tadorvaśī ..

> Then Urvaśī, filled with pride in her skill of dancing and dramatic expression,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.154)

taṃ purūravasaṃ dṛṣṭvā jahāsātimanoharā .. 75 ..

> saw that Purūravas and laughed most delightfully.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.155)

jahāsa tatra rājāpi tāṃ vilokya tadorvaśīm ..

> The king too laughed there, beholding Urvaśī at that moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.156)

hāsasaṃkupitastatra nāṭyācāryo'tha tuṃburuḥ ..

> Then Tumburu, the master of dramatic arts, enraged by their laughter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.157)

śaśāpa tāvubhau kopādurvaśīṃ ca nṛpottamam .. 76 .. ..

> in anger cursed both of them—Urvaśī and the best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.158)

.. tuṃbururuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.28.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.159)

anekadevasaṃpūrṇasabhāyāmatra yatkṛtam .. 77 ..

> “Since here, in an assembly filled with many gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.160)

yuvābhyāṃ hasitaṃ nṛttamadhye niṣkāraṇaṃ vṛthā ..

> laughter was indulged in by you two in the midst of the dance without reason and in vain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.161)

tasmājjhaṭiti rājeṃdra viyogo yuvayoḥ kṣaṇāt .. 78 ..

> therefore, O best of kings, quickly, in an instant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.162)

bhūyāditi śaśāpainaṃ sarvadaivatasaṃnidhau ..

> let there be separation between you two!” Thus he cursed him in the presence of all the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.163)

atha śapto nṛpastatra nāṭyācāryeṇa duḥkhitaḥ .. 79 ..

> Then the king, cursed there by the master of dramatic arts, was sorrowful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.164)

jagāma śaraṇaṃ tatra pāhipāhīti vajriṇam ..

> He took refuge with the wielder of the thunderbolt \[Indra\], crying, “Protect me, protect me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.165)

uvāca dīnayā vācā puruhūtaṃ purūravāḥ .. 3.1.28.80 ..

> With a plaintive voice Purūravas spoke to Puruhūta \[Indra\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.166)

urvaśyā saha sālokyasiddhyarthamahamiṣṭavān ..

> “I performed sacrifices for the sake of attaining residence in the same world with Urvaśī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.167)

atastasmā viyogo me'sahyaḥ syātpākaśāsana .. 81 ..

> hence, separation from her would be unbearable to me, O chastiser of Pāka!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.168)

ityuktavaṃtaṃ taṃ prāha sahasrākṣaḥ śacīpatiḥ ..

> To him who spoke thus, the thousand-eyed husband of Śacī said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.169)

śāpamokṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi mā bhaiṣīstvaṃ nṛpottama .. 82 ..

> “I will tell you the release from the curse; do not fear, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.170)

dakṣiṇāṃbhonidhau puṇye gaṃdhamādanaparvate ..

> In the southern ocean, on the holy Gandhamādana mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.171)

sādhyāmṛtamiti khyātaṃ tīrthamasti mahattaram .. 83 ..

> there is a supreme sacred ford known as Sādhyāmṛta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.172)

sevitaṃ sarvadevaiśca siddhacāraṇakinnaraiḥ ..

> served by all the gods, Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and Kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.173)

sanakādi mahāyogimunivṛṃdaniṣevitam .. 84 ..

> and frequented by the host of great yogic sages such as Sanaka and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.174)

bhuktimuktipradaṃ puṃsāṃ sarvaśāpavimokṣadam ..

> Bestowing enjoyment and liberation upon men, granting release from all curses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.175)

asti tīrthaṃ bhavāṃstatra gacchasva tvarayā nṛpa .. 85 ..

> such a sacred ford exists; go there in haste, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.176)

sarveṣāmamṛtaṃ snānādatra sādhyaṃ yatastataḥ ..

> Since by ritual ablution here nectar (amṛta) is to be attained (sādhya) by all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.177)

sādhyāmṛtamiti khyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam .. 86 ..

> it is therefore renowned as Sādhyāmṛta, celebrated in all the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.178)

tatra snānāttavorvaśyāḥ punaryogo bhaviṣyati ..

> By ritual ablution there, your reunion with Urvaśī will occur,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.179)

mama loke nivāsaśca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 87 ..

> and your dwelling in my world shall take place; there is no doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.180)

iti pratisamādiṣṭo nṛpaḥ saṃprītamānasaḥ ..

> Instructed thus in return, the king, with a delighted mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.181)

sādhyāmṛtaṃ mahātīrthaṃ samuddiśya yayau kṣaṇāt .. 88 ..

> instantly set out, heading toward the great sacred ford Sādhyāmṛta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.182)

sasnau sādhyāmṛte tatra mahāpātakanāśane ..

> He bathed there in Sādhyāmṛta, which destroys great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.183)

tatra snānānnṛpo viprāḥ sadyaḥ śāpena mocitaḥ .. 89 ..

> From the ritual ablution there, O brahmins, the king was instantly freed from the curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.184)

snānānaṃtaramevāsāvurvaśyā saha saṃgataḥ ..

> Immediately after the ritual ablution, he was reunited with Urvaśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.185)

tayā saha vimānasthaḥ prayayāvamarāvatīm .. 3.1.28.90 ..

> Seated in an aerial chariot with her, he set out for Amarāvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.186)

reme punastayā sārdhaṃ devavaddevamaṃdire ..

> Like a god, he sported again with her in the abode of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.187)

evaṃprabhāvaṃ tattīrthaṃ sādhyāmṛtamanuttamam .. 91 ..

> Such is the power of that unequalled sacred ford, Sādhyāmṛta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.188)

purūravā sahorvaśyā yatra snānena saṃgataḥ ..

> where Purūravas was reunited with Urvaśī by means of a ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.189)

ato'tra tīrthe yaḥ snāyānmahāpātakanāśane .. 92..

> Therefore, whoever bathes in this sacred ford, which destroys great sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.190)

vāṃchitām̐llabhate kāmānyāsyati svargamuttamam ..

> attains desired wishes and will go to the highest heaven;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.191)

niṣkāmaḥ snāti cedvi prā mokṣamāpnoti mānavaḥ ..93..

> if a person bathes without desire, O brahmins, he attains liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.192)

imaṃ pavitraṃ pāpaghnamadhyāyaṃ paṭhate tu yaḥ..

> Moreover, whichever person reads this pure, sin-destroying chapter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.193)

śṛṇuyādvā manuṣyo'sau vaikuṃṭhe labhate sthitim ..94..

> or listens to it, gains a dwelling in Vaikuṇṭha. (94)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.194)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā vaibhavaṃ pāpanāśanam ..

> Thus to you, O brahmins, the sin-destroying majesty  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.195)

sādhyāmṛtasya tīrthasya vistarācchraddhayā mayā .. 95 ..

> of the Sādhyāmṛta sacred ford has been told by me at length with faith, (95)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.196)

yatpurā sanakādibhyaḥ proktavāṃścaturānanaḥ .. 96 ..

> which the four-faced \[Brahmā\] formerly declared to Sanaka and the others. (96)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.28.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.28.197)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye sādhyāmṛtatīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ purūravaḥśāpavimokṣaṇavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāviṃśo adhyāyaḥ .. 28 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, entitled ‘The Description of the Release from the Curse of Purūravas in the Praise of the Sādhyāmṛta Sacred Ford’, in the Setumāhātmya of the third \[section\], the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.28.1) — English, machine translation

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