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# Skandapurana 3.1.2

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.2)

kathaṃ sūta mahābhāga rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā ..

> How, O highly fortunate Sūta, by Rāma of untiring deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.3)

seturbaddho nadīnāthe hyagādhe varuṇālaye ..1..

> was the bridge built across the lord of rivers, the bottomless abode of Varuṇa?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.4)

setau ca kati tīrthāni gaṃdhamādanaparvate ..

> And how many sacred fords are there at the bridge on Mount Gandhamādana?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.5)

etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ brūhi paurāṇikottama .. 2 ..

> Tell this to us who have faith, O best of Purāṇa reciters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.6)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.7)

rāmeṇa hi yathāseturnibaddho varuṇālaye ..

> Indeed, how the bridge was constructed across the abode of Varuṇa by Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.8)

tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ .. 3 ..

> that I will explain to you, O eminent sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.9)

ājñayā hi pitū rāmo nyavasaddaṃḍakānane..

> By command of his father, Rāma lived in the Daṇḍaka forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.10)

sītālakṣmaṇasaṃyuktaḥ paṃcavaṭyāṃ samāhitaḥ.. 4 ..

> accompanied by Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, collected in mind at Pañcavaṭī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.11)

tasminniva satastasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ ..

> While that great-souled descendant of Raghu was dwelling there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.12)

rāvaṇena hṛtā bhāryā mārīcacchadmanā dvijāḥ ..5 ..

> his wife was abducted by Rāvaṇa under the pretext of Mārīca, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.13)

mārgamāṇo vane bhāryāṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ..

> Searching for his wife in the forest, Rāma, the son of Daśaratha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.14)

paṃpātīre jagā māsau śokamohasamanvitaḥ ..6..

> went to the bank of the Pampā, filled with grief and bewilderment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.15)

dṛṣṭavānvānaraṃ tatra kaṃciddaśarathātmajaḥ ..

> There the son of Daśaratha saw a certain monkey.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.16)

vānareṇātha pṛṣṭo'yaṃ ko bhavāniti rāghavaḥ .. 7 ..

> Then that descendant of Raghu was questioned by the monkey: 'Who are you?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.17)

āditaḥ svasya vṛttāṃttaṃ tasmai provāca tattvataḥ ..

> he truly related his own story to him from the beginning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.18)

atha rāghavasaṃpṛṣṭo vānaraḥ ko bhavāniti .. 8 ..

> Then, questioned by Rāghava: “Who are you?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.19)

sopi vijñāpayāmāsa rāghavāya mahātmane ..

> that monkey also made known to the great-souled Rāghava:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.20)

ahaṃ sugrīvasacivo hanūmā nnāma vānaraḥ .. 9 ..

> “I am the monkey named Hanūmān, the minister of Sugrīva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.21)

tena ca prerito'bhyāgāṃ yuvābhyāṃ sakhyamicchatā ..

> And dispatched by him, who desires alliance with you two, I have come.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.22)

āgacchataṃ tadbhadraṃ vāṃ sugrīvāṃtikamāśu vai .. 3.1.2.10 ..

> Therefore come quickly to Sugrīva; may good fortune be yours.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.23)

tathāstviti sa rāmo pi tena sākaṃ munīśvarāḥ ..

> Saying “So be it,” that Rāma went with him, O best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.24)

sugrīvāṃtikamāgapya sakhyaṃ cakre'gnisākṣikam .. 11 ..

> and approaching Sugrīva, made friendship witnessed by fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.25)

pratijajñe'tha rāmo'pi tasmai vālivadhaṃ prati ..

> Then Rāma also promised him the slaying of Vālin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.26)

sugrīvaścāpi vai dehyāḥ punarānayanaṃ dvijāḥ .. 12 ..

> and Sugrīva \[promised\] the bringing back of Vaidehī, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.27)

ityevaṃ samayaṃ kṛtvā viśvāsya ca parasparam ..

> Having thus made an agreement and inspired trust in each other,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.28)

mudā paramayā yuktau nareśvarakapīśvarau ..13..

> endowed with supreme joy, the lord of men and the lord of monkeys,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.29)

āsāte brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā ṛṣyamūkagirau tathā ..

> stayed on Mount Ṛṣyamūka, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.30)

sugrīvapratyayārthaṃ ca duṃdubheḥ kāyamāśu vai.. 14 ..

> And to inspire confidence in Sugrīva, the body of Dundubhi  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.31)

pādāṃguṣṭhena cikṣepa rāghavo bahuyojanam ..

> Rāghava swiftly cast away for many a yojana with his big toe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.32)

saptatālā vinirbhinnā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā .. 15 ..

> Seven palmyra trees were pierced right through by the great-souled Rāghava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.33)

tataḥ prītamanā vīraḥ sugrīvo rāmamabravīt ..

> Then, delighted in mind, the heroic Sugrīva said to Rāma:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.34)

iṃdrādidevatābhyo'pi nāsti rāghava me bhayam.. 16 ..

> “I have no fear even from Indra and the other gods, O Rāghava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.35)

bhavānmitraṃ mayā labdho yasmādati parākramaḥ ..

> since I have obtained you, possessing great prowess, as a friend.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.36)

ahaṃ laṃkeśvaraṃ hatvā bhāryāmānayitāsmi te .. 17 ..

> Having slain the lord of Laṅkā, I will bring back your wife.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.37)

tataḥ sugrīvasahito rāmacaṃdro mahābalaḥ ..

> Then, accompanied by Sugrīva, the mighty Rāmacandra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.38)

salakṣmaṇo yayau tūrṇaṃ kiṣkiṃdhāṃ vālipālitām .. 18 ..

> along with Lakṣmaṇa, went swiftly to Kiṣkindhā, ruled by Vālin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.39)

tato jagarja sugrīvo vālyāgamanakāṃkṣayā ..

> Then Sugrīva roared, desiring the arrival of Vālin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.40)

amṛṣyamāṇo vālī ca garjitaṃ svānujasya vai.. .. 19 ..

> And Vālin, unable to tolerate the roar of his younger brother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.41)

aṃtaḥpurādviniṣkramya yuyudhe'varajena saḥ ..

> came forth from the inner apartments and fought with his younger brother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.42)

vālimuṣṭiprahāreṇa tāḍito bhṛśavihvalaḥ .. 3.1.2.20 ..

> Struck by the blows of Vālin's fists, intensely distressed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.43)

sugrīvo nirgatastūrṇaṃ yatra rāmo mahābalaḥ ..

> Sugrīva swiftly fled to where the mighty Rāma was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.44)

tato rāmo mahābāhussugrīvasya śirodhare .. 21 ..

> Then the mighty-armed Rāma, on Sugrīva's neck,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.45)

latāmābadhya cihnaṃ tu yuddhāyācodayattadā ..

> bound a creeper as a mark, and then urged him to battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.46)

garjitena samāhūya sugrīvo vālinaṃ punaḥ .. 22 ..

> Having summoned Vālin again with a roar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.47)

rāmapreraṇayā tena bāhuyuddhamathākarot ..

> Sugrīva, at Rāma's instigation, then engaged in hand-to-hand combat with him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.48)

tato vālinamājaghne śareṇaikena rāghavaḥ .. 23 ..

> Then Rāghava struck Vālin with a single arrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.49)

hate vālini sugrīvaḥ kiṣkiṃdhāṃ pratyapadyata ..

> When Vālin was slain, Sugrīva gained Kiṣkindhā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.50)

tato varṣāsvatītāsu sugrīvo vānarādhipaḥ .. 24 ..

> Then, when the rainy season had passed, Sugrīva, the king of monkeys,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.51)

sītāmānayituṃ tūrṇaṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahācamūm ..

> taking a great army of monkeys to bring back Sītā quickly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.52)

samādāya samāgacchadaṃtikaṃ nṛpaputrayoḥ .. 25 ..

> came into the presence of the two prince-brothers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.53)

prasthāpayāmāsa kapīnsītānveṣaṇakāṃkṣayā ..

> He dispatched the monkeys with the desire of searching for Sītā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.54)

viditāyāṃ tu vaidehyā laṃkāyāṃ vāyusūnunā .. 26 ..

> When Vaidehī had been discovered in Laṅkā by the son of the wind-god,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.55)

datte cūḍāmaṇau cāpi rāghavo harṣaśokavān..

> and the crest-jewel was delivered, Rāghava felt both joy and sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.56)

sugrīveṇānujenāpi vāyuputreṇa dhīmatā .. 27 ..

> Accompanied by Sugrīva, his younger brother, the wise son of the wind-god,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.57)

tathānyaiḥ kapibhiścaiva jāṃbavannalamukhyakaiḥ ..

> and other monkeys headed by Jāmbavat and Nala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.58)

anvīyamāno rāmo'sau muhūrte'bhijiti dvijāḥ ..28..

> that Rāma, followed \[by them\] at the abhijit muhūrta, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.59)

vilaṃghya vividhā ndeśānmaheṃdraṃ parvataṃ yayau ..

> traversed various regions and reached Mount Mahendra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.60)

cakratīrthaṃ tato gatvā nivāsamakarottadā .. 29 ..

> Then, having gone to Cakratīrtha, he made his dwelling there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.61)

tatraiva tu sa dharmātmā samāgacchadvibhīṣaṇaḥ ..

> Right there that righteous Vibhīṣaṇa came,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.62)

bhrātā vai rākṣaseṃdrasya caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha .. 3.1.2.30 ..

> the brother of the king of the rākṣasas, together with four counselors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.63)

pratijagrāha rāmastaṃ svāgatena mahātmanā ..

> Rāma welcomed him with a noble reception.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.64)

sugrīvasya tu śaṃkā'bhūtpraṇidhiḥ syādayaṃ tviti .. 31 ..

> Sugrīva, however, suspected: “Could this one be a spy?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.65)

rāghavastasya ceṣṭābhiḥ samyaksvacaritairhitaiḥ ..

> Rāghava, by his gestures and his upright, beneficial conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.66)

aduṣṭamenaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva tata enamapūjayat .. 32 ..

> saw him to be free of malice, and honored him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.67)

sarvarākṣasarājye tamabhyaṣiṃcadvibhīṣaṇam ..

> He consecrated Vibhīṣaṇa over the whole kingdom of the rākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.68)

cakre ca maṃtripravaraṃ sadṛśaṃ ravisūnunā .. 33 ..

> and made him an eminent minister, equal to the son of the sun-god.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.69)

cakratīrthaṃ samāsādya nivasadraghunaṃdanaḥ ..

> Having reached Cakratīrtha, the delight of the Raghu race dwelt \[there\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.70)

ciṃtayanrāghavaḥ śrīmānsugrīvādīnabhāṣata .. 34 ..

> Reflecting, the glorious Rāghava spoke to Sugrīva and the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.71)

madhye vānaramu khyānāṃ prāptakālamidaṃ vacaḥ ..

> these timely words in the midst of the monkey chiefs:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.72)

upāyaḥ ko nu bhavatāmetatsāgaralaṃghane .. 35 ..

> “What means do you have for crossing this ocean?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.73)

iyaṃ ca mahatī senā sāgaraścāpi dustaraḥ ..

> This army is vast, and the ocean is hard to cross.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.74)

aṃbhorāśirayaṃ nīlaścaṃcalormmisamākulaḥ .. 36 ..

> This blue reservoir of waters is agitated with restless waves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.75)

udyanmatsyo mahānakraśaṃkhaśuktisamākulaḥ ..

> thronged with leaping fish, huge crocodiles, conches, and pearl-oysters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.76)

kvacidaurvānalākrāṃtaḥ phenavānatibhīṣaṇaḥ .. .. 37 ..

> in places engulfed by submarine fire, foamy, and exceedingly terrifying.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.77)

prakṛṣṭapavanākṛṣṭanīlameghasamanvitaḥ ..

> covered with dark clouds drawn by powerful winds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.78)

pralayāṃbhodharārāvaḥ sāravānaniloddhataḥ .. 38 ..

> roaring like the clouds of doomsday, full of noise, tossed up by the gale: // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.79)

kathaṃ sāgaramakṣobhyaṃ tarāmo varuṇā layam ..

> “How shall we cross the unshakeable ocean, the abode of Varuṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.80)

sainyaiḥ parivṛtāḥ sarve vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām .. 39 ..

> all surrounded by the armies of the mighty monkeys? // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.81)

upāyairadhigacchāmo yathā nadanadīpatim ..

> By what means might we reach the lord of rivers and streams?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.82)

kathaṃ tarāmaḥ sahasā sasainyā varuṇālayam .. 3.1.2.40 ..

> How can we, with the whole army, quickly cross the abode of Varuṇa, // 3.1.2.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.83)

śatayojanamāyātaṃ manasāpi durāsadam ..

> stretching for a hundred yojanas, difficult even for the mind to reach?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.84)

ato nu vighnā bahavaḥ kathaṃ prāpyā ca maithilī .. 41 ..

> Indeed, there are many obstacles ahead; how is the princess of Mithilā to be regained? // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.85)

kaṣṭātkaṣṭataraṃ prāptā vayamadya nirāśrayāḥ ..

> From hardship we have reached greater hardship today, left without shelter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.86)

mahājale mahāvāte samudre hi nirāśraye .. 42 ..

> before the ocean of great waters and great winds, offering no refuge. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.87)

upāyaṃ kaṃ vidhāsyāmastaraṇārthaṃ vanaukasām ..

> What means shall we devise for the forest-dwellers to cross?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.88)

rājyādbhraṣṭo vanaṃ prāpto hṛtā sītā mṛtaḥ pitā .. 43 ..

> Fallen from kingship, arrived in the forest, Sītā abducted, father dead— // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.89)

ito'pi duḥsahaṃ duḥkhaṃ yatsāgaravilaṃghanam ..

> even more intolerable than these is the grief of crossing the ocean!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.90)

dhigdhiggarjitamaṃbhodhe dhigetāṃ vārirāśitām .. 44 ..

> Fie, fie on the roar of the ocean! Fie on this mass of water! // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.91)

kathaṃ tadvacanaṃ mithyā maharṣeḥ kumbhajanmanaḥ ..

> How could those words of the great seer born from a jar prove false?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.92)

hatvā tvaṃ rāvaṇaṃ pāpaṃ pavitre gaṃdhamādane ..

> That which he said: ‘Having slain the wicked Rāvaṇa, go swiftly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.93)

pāpopaśamanāyāśu gacchasveti yadīritam ..45..

> to pure Gandhamādana for the expiation of your sin’?” // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.94)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.95)

iti rāmavacaḥ śrutvā sugrīvapramukhāstadā .. 46 ..

> Hearing these words of Rāma, Sugrīva and the other leaders then // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.96)

ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ saṃrme rāghavaṃ taṃ mahābalam ..

> spoke with joined palms to that mighty descendant of Raghu:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.97)

naubhirenaṃ tariṣyāmaḥ plavaiśca vividhairiti .. 47 ..

> “We shall cross it with boats and with various rafts.” // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.98)

madhye vānarakoṭīnāṃ tadovāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ ..

> Then, in the midst of the tens of millions of monkeys, Vibhīṣaṇa spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.99)

samudraṃ rāghavo rājā śaraṇaṃ gantumarhati .. 48 ..

> “King Rāghava ought to seek refuge with the ocean. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.100)

khanitaḥ sāgaraireṣa samudro varuṇālayaḥ ..

> This ocean, the abode of Varuṇa, was dug out by the sons of Sagara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.101)

kartumarhati rāmasya tajjñāteḥ kāryamaṃbudhiḥ .. 49 ..

> the sea ought to perform this service for Rāma, its kinsman.” // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.102)

vibhīṣaṇenaivamukto rākṣasena vipaścitā ..

> Addressed thus by Vibhīṣaṇa, the wise rākṣasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.103)

sāṃtvayanrāghavaḥ sarvānvānarānidamabravīt .. 3.1.2.50 ..

> Rāghava consoled all the monkeys and said this: // 3.1.2.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.104)

śatayojana vistāramaśaktāḥ sarvavānarāḥ ..

> “Across an expanse of a hundred yojanas, all the monkeys are unable  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.105)

tartuṃ plavoḍupairenaṃ samudramatibhīṣaṇam .. 51 ..

> to cross this most terrifying ocean on rafts and floats. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.106)

nāvo na saṃti senāyā bahvyā vānarapuṃgavāḥ ..

> There are not enough boats for so vast an army, O bull-like monkeys!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.107)

vaṇijāmupaghātaṃ ca kathamasmadvidhaścaret .. 52 ..

> And how could one like us cause ruin to merchants? // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.108)

vistīrṇaṃ caiva naḥ sainyaṃ hanyācchidreṣu vā paraḥ ..

> Moreover, our army is widespread, and the enemy might strike us when vulnerable;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.109)

plavoḍupapratāro'to naivātra mama rocate .. 53 ..

> therefore crossing by rafts and floats does not please me at all. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.110)

vibhīṣeṇoktame vedaṃ modate mama vānarāḥ ..

> What Vibhīṣaṇa has said pleases me, O monkeys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.111)

ahaṃ tvimaṃ jalanidhimupāsye mārgasiddhaye .. 54 ..

> I shall attend upon this ocean to obtain a path. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.112)

no ceddarśayitā mārgaṃ dhakṣyāmyenamahaṃ tadā ..

> If it does not show the path, then I shall burn it  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.113)

mahāstrairapratihatairatyagnipavanojjvalaiḥ .. 55 ..

> with irresistible great weapons blazing with extreme fire and wind.” // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.114)

ityuktvā sahasaumitrirupaspṛśyātha rāghavaḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, Rāghava together with the son of Sumitrā sipped water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.115)

pratiśiśye jalanidhiṃ vidhivatkuśasaṃstare .. 56 ..

> and lay facing the ocean according to the rule upon a bed of kuśa grass. // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.116)

tadā rāmaḥ kuśā stīrṇe tīre nadanadīpateḥ ..

> Then, on the shore of the lord of rivers and streams, spread with kuśa grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.117)

saṃviveśa mahābāhurvedyāmiva hutāśanaḥ .. 57 ..

> the mighty-armed Rāma lay down like the sacrificial fire upon the altar. // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.118)

śeṣabhoganibhaṃ bāhumupadhāya raghūdvahaḥ ..

> Pillowing his head upon his arm resembling the coil of Śeṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.119)

dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumupāste makarālayam .. 58 ..

> the capable descendant of Raghu, with his right arm, waited upon the abode of sea-monsters. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.120)

tasya rāmasya suptasya kuśāstīrṇe mahītale ..

> While Rāma slept on the earth spread with kuśa grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.121)

niyamādapramattasya niśāstisro'ticakramuḥ .. 59 ..

> intent on his vow, three nights passed by. // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.122)

sa trirātroṣitastatra nayajño dharmatatparaḥ ..

> Having fasted there for three nights, knowing prudent policy and devoted to dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.123)

upāstesma tadā rāmaḥ sāgaraṃ mārgasiddhaye .. 3.1.2.60 ..

> Rāma then waited upon the ocean to obtain a path. // 3.1.2.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.124)

na ca darśayate mandastadā rāmasya sāgaraḥ ..

> Yet the dull-witted ocean did not show itself to Rāma then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.125)

prayatenāpi rāmeṇa yathārhamapi pūjitaḥ .. 61 ..

> even though worshiped by the restrained Rāma as was fitting. // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.126)

tathāpi sāgaro rāmaṃ na darśayati cātmanaḥ ..

> Even so, the ocean did not show its form to Rāma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.127)

samudrāya tataḥ kruddho rāmo raktāṃtalocanaḥ .. 62 ..

> Then, enraged at the ocean, his eyes reddish at the corners, // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.128)

samīpavartinaṃ cedaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyabhāṣata ..

> Rāma spoke thus to Lakṣmaṇa who stood nearby:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.129)

adya madbāṇanirbhinnairmakarairvaruṇālayam .. 63 ..

> “Today, with sea-monsters pierced by my arrows, the abode of Varuṇa // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.130)

niruddhatoyaṃ saumitre kariṣyāmi kṣaṇādaham ..

> I shall make waterless in an instant, O son of Sumitrā!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.131)

saśaṃkhaśuktājālaṃ hi samīnamakaraṃ śanaiḥ .. 64 ..

> With its nets of conches and oyster shells, along with its fishes and monsters, slowly // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.132)

adya bāṇairamoghāstrairvāridhiṃ pariśoṣaye ..

> today I shall dry up the ocean with unfailing arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.133)

kṣamayā hi samāyuktaṃ māmayaṃ makarālayaḥ .. 69 ..

> Endowed as I am with forbearance, this abode of sea-monsters // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.134)

asamarthaṃ vijānāti dhikkṣamāmīdṛśe jane ..

> deems me powerless; fie on forbearance towards such a being!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.135)

na darśayati sāmnā me sāgaro rūpamātmanaḥ .. 66 ..

> The ocean does not show its form to me through conciliation. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.136)

cāpamānaya saumitre śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān..

> Bring my bow, O son of Sumitrā, and arrows resembling venomous serpents!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.137)

sāgaraṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi padbhyāṃ yāṃtu plavaṃgamāḥ .. 67 ..

> "I will dry up the ocean; let the monkeys go on foot! .. 67 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.138)

enaṃ laṃghitamaryādaṃ sahasrormisamākulam ..

> This \[ocean\] has transgressed its bounds, agitated with thousands of waves;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.139)

nirmaryādaṃ kariṣyāmi sāyakairvaruṇālayam .. 68 ..

> I will strip the abode of Varuṇa of its bounds with arrows! .. 68 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.140)

mahārṇavaṃ śoṣayiṣye mahādānavasaṃkulam ..

> I will dry up the great ocean crowded with great Dānavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.141)

mahāmakaranakrāḍhyaṃ mahāvīcisamākulam .. 69 ..

> abounding in great sea-monsters and crocodiles, turbulent with immense waves." .. 69 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.142)

evamuktvā dhanuṣpāṇiḥ krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, bow in hand, his eyes agitated with wrath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.143)

rāmo babhūva durdharṣastripuraghno yathā śivaḥ .. 3.1.2.70 ..

> Rāma became invincible, like Śiva, the destroyer of Tripura. .. 3.1.2.70 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.144)

ākṛṣya cāpaṃ kopena kampayitvā śarairjagat ..

> Drawing his bow in anger, making the world tremble with his arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.145)

mumoca viśikhānugrāṃstripureṣu yathā bhavaḥ .. 71 ..

> he released fierce shafts, just as Bhava \[shot arrows\] against the three cities. .. 71 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.146)

dīptā bāṇāśca ye ghorā bhāsayanto diśo daśa ..

> Those blazing and terrible arrows, illuminating the ten directions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.147)

prāviśanvāridhestoyaṃ dṛptadānavasaṃkulam ..72..

> entered the water of the ocean filled with arrogant Dānavas. .. 72 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.148)

samudrastu tato bhīto vepamānaḥ kṛtāṃjaliḥ ..

> Then the ocean, terrified, trembling, with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.149)

ananyaśaraṇo viprāḥ pātā lātsvayamutthitaḥ..73..

> having no other refuge, O brahmins, rose up himself from Pātāla. .. 73 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.150)

śaraṇaṃ rāghavaṃ bheje kaivalyapadakāraṇam ..

> He took refuge in Rāghava, the cause of the state of absolute liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.151)

tuṣṭāva rāghavaṃ viprā bhūtvā śabdairmanoramaiḥ .. 74 ..

> becoming \[manifest\], O brahmins, he praised Rāghava with pleasing words: .. 74 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.152)

.. samudra uvāca.. ..

> .. The ocean said: ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.153)

namāmi te rāghava pādapaṃkajaṃ sītāpate saukhyada pādasevanāt ..

> "I bow to your lotus feet, O Rāghava, husband of Sītā, bestower of bliss through serving your feet!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.154)

namāmi te gautamadāramokṣajaṃ śrīpādareṇuṃ suravṛndasevyam..76..

> I bow to the dust of your glorious feet, which brought liberation to Gautama's wife, and is served by the hosts of gods. .. 76 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.155)

sundapriyādehavidāriṇe namo namostu te kauśikayāgarakṣiṇe ..

> Homage to the tearer of the body of Sunda's beloved! Homage, homage to you, protector of Kauśika's sacrifice!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.156)

namo mahādevaśarāsabhedine namo namo rākṣasasaṃghanāśine .. 76 ..

> Homage to the breaker of Mahādeva's bow! Homage, homage to the destroyer of the hosts of rākṣasas! .. 76 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.157)

rāmarāma namasyāmi bhaktānāmiṣṭadāyinam ..

> Rāma, Rāma! I bow to you, who grant the desires of your devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.158)

avatīrṇo raghukule devakāryacikīrṣayā .. 77 ..

> who descended into the lineage of Raghu desiring to accomplish the purpose of the gods! .. 77 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.159)

nārāyaṇamanādyaṃtaṃ mokṣadaṃ śivamacyutam ..

> \[I bow to\] Nārāyaṇa, without beginning or end, the giver of liberation, auspicious, the imperishable!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.160)

rāmarāma mahābāho rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam .. 78 ..

> Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one! Protect me, who have sought refuge! .. 78 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.161)

kopaṃ saṃhara rājeṃdra kṣamasva karuṇālaya ..

> Restrain your wrath, O king of kings! Forgive me, O abode of compassion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.162)

bhūmirvāto viyaccāpo jyotīṃṣi ca raghūdvaha .. 79 ..

> Earth, wind, space, water, and luminaries, O descendant of Raghu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.163)

yatsvabhāvāni sṛṣṭāni brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā ..

> remain according to the natures with which they were created  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.164)

vartaṃte tatsvabhā vāni svabhāvo me hyagādhatā .. 3.1.2.80 ..

> by Brahmā, the Supreme Lord; and my nature is unfathomable depth. .. 3.1.2.80 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.165)

vikārastu bhavedgādha etatsatyaṃ vadāmyaham ..

> Shallowness would be a deviation \[from my nature\]; this truth I speak.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.166)

lobhātkāmādbhayādvāpi rāgādvāpi raghūdvaha .. 81 ..

> Neither out of greed, nor desire, nor fear, nor passion, O descendant of Raghu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.167)

na vaṃśajaṃ guṇaṃ hātumutsaheyaṃ kathaṃcana ..

> could I ever abandon the quality born of my nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.168)

tatkariṣye ca sāhāyyaṃ senāyāstaraṇe tava .. 82 ..

> Yet I will render assistance for the crossing of your army." .. 82 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.169)

ityuktavantaṃ jaladhiṃ rāmo'vādīnnadīpatim ..

> To the ocean, lord of rivers, who spoke thus, Rāma said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.170)

sasainyo'haṃ gami ṣyāmi laṃkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām .. 83 ..

> "With my army I must go to Laṅkā ruled by Rāvaṇa. .. 83 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.171)

tacchoṣamupayāhi tvaṃ taraṇārthaṃ mamādhunā ..

> Therefore dry up now for the purpose of my crossing."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.172)

ityuktastaṃ punaḥ prāha rāghavaṃ varuṇālayaḥ .. 84 ..

> Addressed thus, the abode of Varuṇa spoke again to Rāghava: .. 84 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.173)

śṛṇuṣvāva hito rāma śrutvā kartavyamācara ..

> "Listen attentively, O Rāma, and having heard, act as must be done.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.174)

yadyājñayā te śuṣyāmi sasainyasya yiyāsataḥ ..85..

> If by your command I dry up for you wishing to go with your army, .. 85 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.175)

anye'pyājñāpayiṣyaṃti māmevaṃ dhanuṣo balāt ..

> others too will command me thus by the power of their bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.176)

upāyamanyaṃ vakṣyāmi taraṇārthaṃ balasya te .. 816 ..

> I shall speak of another means for the crossing of your army. .. 86 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.177)

asti hyatra nalonāma vānaraḥ śilpisaṃmataḥ ..

> There is here a monkey named Nala, approved by artisans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.178)

tvaṣṭuḥ kākutstha tanayo balavānviśvakarmaṇaḥ .. 87 ..

> the mighty son of Tvaṣṭṛ Viśvakarman, O descendant of Kakutstha. .. 87 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.179)

sa yatkāṣṭhaṃ tṛṇaṃ vāpi śilāṃ vā kṣepsyate mayi ..

> Whatever wood, grass, or stone he throws into me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.180)

sarvaṃ taddhārayiṣyāmi sa te seturbhaviṣyati .. 88 ..

> all that I will support; that will become your bridge. .. 88 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.181)

setunā tena gaccha tvaṃ laṃkāṃ rāvaṇapāli tām ..

> By that bridge go to Laṅkā ruled by Rāvaṇa."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.182)

uktvetyaṃtarhite tasminrāmo nalamuvāca ha .. 89 ..

> Having spoken thus, when he had disappeared, Rāma said to Nala: .. 89 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.183)

kuru setuṃ samudre tvaṃ śakto hyasi mahāmate ..

> "Build a bridge over the ocean, for you are capable, O wise one!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.184)

tadā'bravīnnalo vākyaṃ rāmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam .. 3.1.2.90 ..

> Then Nala spoke these words to Rāma, the best of upholders of dharma: .. 3.1.2.90 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.185)

ahaṃ setuṃ vidhāsyāmi hyagādhe varuṇālaye ..

> "I will construct a bridge across the fathomless abode of Varuṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.186)

pitrā dattavaraścāhaṃ sāmarthye cāpi tatsamaḥ .. 91 ..

> A boon was granted to me by my father, and in skill I am equal to him. .. 91 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.187)

māturmama varo datto mandare viśvaka rmaṇā ..

> A boon was granted to my mother on Mount Mandara by Viśvakarman:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.188)

śilpakarmaṇi mattulyo bhavitā te sutastviti .. 92 ..

> 'Your son will be equal to me in craftsmanship.' .. 92 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.189)

putro'hamaurasastasya tulyo vai viśvakarmaṇā ..

> I am his legitimate son, equal indeed to Viśvakarman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.190)

adyaiva kāmaṃ badhnaṃtu setuṃ vānarapuṃ gavāḥ .. 93 ..

> Let the eminent monkeys build the bridge this very day as desired!" .. 93 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.191)

tato rāmanisṛṣṭāste vānarā balavattarāḥ ..

> Then, dispatched by Rāma, those most powerful monkeys  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.192)

parvatāngiriśṛṃgāṇi latātṛṇamahīruhān .. 94 ..

> brought mountains, mountain peaks, creepers, grass, and trees, .. 94 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.193)

samājahrurmahākāyā garuḍānilaraṃhasaḥ ..

> huge-bodied, with the speed of Garuḍa and the wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.194)

nalaścakre mahāsertumadhye nadanadīpateḥ .. 95 ..

> Nala built the great bridge in the midst of the lord of rivers and streams, .. 95 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.195)

daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam ..

> ten yojanas broad and a hundred yojanas long.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.196)

jānakīramaṇo rāmaḥ setumevamakārayat .. 96 ...

> Thus Rāma, the delight of Jānakī, caused the bridge to be built. .. 96 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.197)

nalena vānarendreṇa viśvakarmasutena vai ..

> through Nala, the lord of monkeys, the son of Viśvakarman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.198)

tamevaṃ setumāsādya rāmacandreṇa kāritam .. 97 ..

> Reaching such a bridge built by Rāmacandra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.199)

sarve pātakino martyā mucyante sarvapātakaiḥ ..

> all sinful mortals are liberated from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.2.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.2.200)

vratadāna tapohomairna tathā tuṣyate śivaḥ .. 98 ..

> Śiva is not so pleased with vows, gifts, austerities, and oblations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.2.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (Baroda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit.6.13.23) — Sanskrit
- [Rāmopākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.ramopakhyana.11.28) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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