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# Skandapurana 3.1.32

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.1)

śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.2)

bhūyo'pisaṃpravakṣyāmi dhanuṣkoṭestu vaibhavam ..

> Once again I shall proclaim the majesty of Dhanuṣkoṭi  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.3)

yuṣmākamādareṇāhaṃ naimiṣāraṇyavā sinaḥ ..1..

> out of regard for you, O dwellers of Naimiṣāraṇya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.4)

naṃdonāma mahārājaḥ somavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ ..

> A great king named Nanda, born in the lunar dynasty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.5)

dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa sāgarāṃtāṃ dharāmimām ..2..

> ruled this earth bounded by the oceans in accordance with dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.6)

tasya putraḥ samabhavaddharmagupta iti śrutaḥ ..

> His son was known by the name Dharmagupta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.7)

rājya rakṣādhuraṃ naṃdo nijaputre nidhāya saḥ ..3..

> Placing the burden of protecting the kingdom upon his own son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.8)

jiteṃdriyo jitāhāraḥ praviveśa tapovanam ..

> that Nanda, having conquered his senses and conquered his appetite, entered the forest of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.9)

tāte tapovanaṃ yāte dharmaguptābhidho nṛpaḥ ..4..

> When his father had gone to the forest of austerity, the king named Dharmagupta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.10)

medinīṃ pālayā māsa dharmajño nītitatparaḥ ..

> knowing righteousness and devoted to statecraft, protected the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.11)

īje bahuvidhairyajñairdevāniṃdrapurogamān .. 5 ..

> He worshiped with diverse sacrifices the gods led by Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.12)

brāhmaṇebhyo dadau vittaṃ kṣetrāṇi ca bahūni saḥ ..

> He gave wealth and many lands to brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.13)

sarve svadharmaniratāstasminrājani śāsati .. 6 ..

> While that king ruled, all were devoted to their own duties;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.14)

babhūvurnābhavanpīḍāstasmiṃścorādisaṃbhavāḥ ..

> no afflictions arising from thieves and the like occurred under him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.15)

kadāciddharmagupto'yamārūḍhasturagottamam .. 7 ..

> Once, mounted on an excellent horse, this Dharmagupta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.16)

vanaṃ viveśa vipreṃdrā mṛgayārasakau tukī ..

> eager with the passion for hunting, entered the forest, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.17)

tamālatālahiṃtālakuravākuladiṅmukhe .. 8 ..

> In that forest whose quarters were filled with tamāla, tāla, hintāla, and kurava trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.18)

vicacāra vane tasminsiṃhavyāghrabhayānake ..

> dreadful with lions and tigers, he roamed—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.19)

mattālikulasaṃnādasaṃmūrchitadigaṃtare .. 9 ..

> where the intermediate directions were filled with the buzzing of swarms of intoxicated bees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.20)

padma kalhārakumudanīlotpalavanākulaiḥ ..

> and crowded with ponds full of beds of lotuses, kalhāras, kumudas, and blue water-lilies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.21)

taṭākairapi saṃpūrṇe tapasvijanamaṃḍite ..3.1.32.10..

> adorned with ascetics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.22)

tasminvane saṃcarato dharmaguptasya bhūpateḥ ..

> As King Dharmagupta wandered in that forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.23)

abhūdvibhāvarī viprāsta masāvṛtadiṅmukhā .. 11 ..

> night fell, O brahmins, with its horizons shrouded in darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.24)

rājāpi paścimāṃ saṃdhyāmupāsya niyamānvitaḥ ..

> The king too, disciplined and having performed the evening twilight worship,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.25)

jajāpa tatra ca vane gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram .. 12 ..

> chanted the Gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedas, there in the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.26)

siṃhavyāghrādibhītyā sminvṛkṣamekaṃ samāsthite ..

> When, out of fear of lions, tigers, and other beasts, the prince mounted a certain tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.27)

rājaputre tadābhyāgādṛkṣaḥ siṃhabhayārditaḥ .. 13 ..

> a bear, tormented by fear of a lion, came there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.28)

anvadhāvataṃ taṃ ṛkṣamaikaḥ siṃho vanecaraḥ ..

> A forest-dwelling lion pursued that bear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.29)

anudrutaḥ sa siṃhena ṛkṣo vṛkṣamupāruhat .. 14 ..

> Chased by the lion, the bear climbed up the tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.30)

āruhya ṛkṣo vṛkṣaṃ taṃ dadarśa jagatīpatim ..

> Having climbed that tree, the bear saw the lord of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.31)

vṛkṣasthitaṃ mahātmānaṃ mahābalaparākramam .. 15 ..

> the great-souled one of great strength and valor, stationed in the tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.32)

uvāca bhūpatiṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛkṣoyaṃ vanagocaraḥ ..

> Seeing the king, this forest-dwelling bear spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.33)

mā bhītiṃ kuru rājeṃdra vatsyāvo rajanīmiha .. 16 ..

> "Do not be afraid, O king of kings; we two will spend the night here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.34)

mahāsattvo mahākāyo mahādaṃṣṭrāsamākulaḥ ..

> Possessed of great strength, a massive body, and bristling with large fangs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.35)

vṛkṣamūlaṃ samāyātaḥ siṃho yamatibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 17 ..

> this exceedingly terrifying lion has arrived at the foot of the tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.36)

rātryardhaṃ bhaja nidrā tvaṃ rakṣyamāṇo mayāditaḥ ..

> Do you sleep for half the night, protected by me first;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.37)

tataḥ prasuptaṃ māṃ rakṣa śarvaryardhaṃ mahāmate .. 18 ..

> then protect me while I sleep for half the night, O highly intelligent one."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.38)

iti tadvākyamādāya supte naṃdasute hariḥ ..

> Accepting those words of his, when Nanda's son was asleep, the lion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.39)

provāca ṛkṣaṃ supto'yaṃ nṛpaśca tyajyatāmiti .. 19 ..

> spoke to the bear: "This king is asleep; let him be thrown down!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.40)

taṃ siṃhamabravīdṛkṣo dharmajño dvijasattamāḥ..

> The righteous bear said to that lion, O best of the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.41)

bhavāndharmaṃ na jānīṣe mṛgarāja vanecara .. 3.1.32.20 ..

> "You do not know righteousness, O king of beasts, forest-dweller!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.42)

viśvāsaghātināṃ loke mahākaṣṭā bhavaṃti hi ..

> For betrayers of trust face great misery in the world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.43)

na hi mitradruhāṃ pāpaṃ naśyeyajñāyutairapi .. 21 ..

> the sin of those who harm a friend is not destroyed even by tens of thousands of sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.44)

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ kathaṃcinniṣkṛtirbhavet ..

> There may somehow be an expiation for sins such as the murder of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.45)

viśvastaghātināṃ pāpaṃ na naśyejjanmakoṭibhiḥ .. 22 ..

> but the sin of those who betray the trusting is not wiped away in tens of millions of births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.46)

nāhaṃ meruṃ mahābhāraṃ manye paṃcāsya bhūtale ..

> I do not consider Mount Meru a great burden on earth, O lion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.47)

mahābhāramimaṃ manye loke viśvāsaghātakam .. 23 ..

> I consider the betrayer of trust in this world to be the great burden."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.48)

evamukte'tha ṛkṣeṇa siṃhastūṣṇīmabhūttadā ..

> When this was spoken by the bear, the lion then fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.49)

dharmagupte prabuddhe tu ṛkṣaḥ suṣvāpa bhūruhe ..24..

> And when Dharmagupta awoke, the bear fell asleep in the tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.50)

tataḥ siṃho'bravīdbhūpamenamṛkṣaṃ tyajasva me ..

> Then the lion said to the king: "Throw this bear down to me!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.51)

evamukte'tha siṃhena rājā suptamaśaṃkitaḥ ..25..

> When this was spoken by the lion, the unhesitating king  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.52)

svāṃkanyastaśiraskaṃ tamṛkṣaṃ tatyāja bhūtale ..

> flung onto the ground that bear whose head was resting in his lap.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.53)

pātyamānastato rājñā nakhālaṃbitapādapaḥ ..26..

> While being thrown down by the king, holding on to the tree with its claws,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.54)

ṛkṣaḥ puṇyavaśādvṛkṣānna papāta mahītale ..

> the bear, through the power of merit, did not fall to the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.55)

sa ṛkṣo nṛpamabhyetya kopādvākyamabhāṣata..27..

> Approaching the king, the bear spoke these words in anger:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.56)

kāmarūpadharo rājannahaṃ bhṛgukulodbhavaḥ ..

> "Assuming any form at will, O king, I was born in the lineage of Bhṛgu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.57)

dhyānakāṣṭhābhidho nāmnā ṛkṣarūpamadhārayam .. 28 ..

> named Dhyānakāṣṭha, I took on the form of a bear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.58)

yasmādanāgasaṃ suptamatyākṣīnmāṃ bhavānnṛpa ..

> Because you cast me off, sinless and asleep, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.59)

macchāpāttvamataḥ śīghramunmattaścara bhūpate .. 29 ..

> therefore, by my curse, wander swiftly as a madman, O lord of the earth!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.60)

iti śaptvā munirbhūpaṃ tataḥ siṃhamabhāṣata ..

> Having thus cursed the king, the sage then spoke to the lion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.61)

nṛsiṃhastvaṃ mahāyakṣaḥ kuberasacivaḥ purā ..3.1.32.3...

> "You were formerly the great yakṣa Nṛsiṃha, a minister of Kubera.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.62)

himavadgirimāsādya kadācittvaṃ vadhūsakhaḥ ..

> Once, having gone to Mount Himavat in the company of your wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.63)

ajñānādgautamābhyāśe vihāramatanormudā .. .. 31 ..

> through ignorance you indulged joyfully in amorous sport near Gautama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.64)

gautamopyuṭajāddaivātsamidāharaṇāya vai ..

> And Gautama, who had by chance stepped out from his leaf hut to gather sacrificial wood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.65)

nirgatastvāṃ vivasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā śāpamudāharat .. 32 ..

> seeing you unclothed, pronounced a curse:"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.66)

yasmānmamāśrame'dya tvaṃ vivastraḥ sthitavānasi ..

> "Because you stood naked today in my hermitage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.67)

ataḥ siṃhatvamadyaiva bhavitā te na saṃśayaḥ .. 33 ..

> therefore, this very day you shall become a lion; of this there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.68)

iti gautamaśāpena siṃhatvamagamatpurā ..

> Thus, by the curse of Gautama, you attained the state of a lion formerly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.69)

kuberasacivo yakṣo bhadranāmā bhavānpurā .. .. 34 ..

> You were formerly the yakṣa named Bhadra, the minister of Kubera.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.70)

kubero dharmaśīlo hi tadbhṛtyāśca tathaiva hi ..

> Kubera is indeed virtuous in conduct, and so too are his servants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.71)

ataḥ kimarthaṃ tvaṃ haṃsi māmṛṣiṃ vanagocaram .. 35 ..

> Therefore, why do you seek to kill me, a seer dwelling in the forest?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.72)

etatsarvamahaṃ dhyānā jjānāmīha mṛgādhipa ..

> All this I know through meditation, O king of beasts."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.73)

ityukte dhyānakāṣṭhena tyaktvā siṃhatvamāśu saḥ .. 36 ..

> When this was spoken by Dhyānakāṣṭha, he quickly cast off the lion's nature  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.74)

yakṣarūpaṃ gato divyaṃ kuberasacivātmakam ..

> and assumed the divine form of a yakṣa, embodying the minister of Kubera.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.75)

dhyānakāṣṭhamasāvāha prāṃjaliḥ praṇato munim .. 37 ..

> With folded hands, bowing down, he spoke to the sage Dhyānakāṣṭha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.76)

adya jñātaṃ mayā sarvaṃ pūrvavṛttaṃ mahāmune ..

> "Today I have come to know the entire previous account, O great sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.77)

gautamaḥ śāpakāle me śāpāṃtamapi coktavān .. 38 ..

> At the time of the curse, Gautama also told me the end of the curse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.78)

dhyānakāṣṭhe na saṃvāda ṛkṣarūpeṇa te yadā ..

> 'When you have a conversation with Dhyānakāṣṭha in the form of a bear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.79)

tadā nirdhūya siṃhatvaṃ yakṣarūpamavāpsyasi .. 39 ..

> then, shaking off the state of a lion, you will attain your yakṣa form.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.80)

iti māmabravīdbrahmangautamo munipuṃgavaḥ ..

> Thus Gautama, the best of sages, spoke to me, O holy one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.81)

adya siṃhatvanāśānme jānāmi tvāṃ mahāmune .. 3.1.32.40 ..

> Today, upon the destruction of my lionhood, I recognize you, O great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.82)

dhyānakāṣṭhābhidhaṃ śuddhaṃ kāmarūpadharaṃ sadā ..

> named Dhyānakāṣṭha, pure, and capable of assuming any form at will."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.83)

ityuktvā taṃ praṇamyātha dhyānakāṣṭhaṃ sa yakṣarāṭ .. 41 ..

> Having spoken thus and bowed to Dhyānakāṣṭha, the king of yakṣas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.84)

vimānavaramā ruhya prayayāvalakāpurīm ..

> mounted an excellent aerial chariot and departed for the city of Alakā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.85)

tasmingate tu yakṣeśe dhyānakāṣṭho mahāmuniḥ .. 42 ..

> When that lord of yakṣas had departed, the great sage Dhyānakāṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.86)

avyāhateṣṭagamano yatheṣṭhaḥ prayayau mahīm ..

> whose movement was unhindered as he wished, went wherever he pleased over the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.87)

dhyānakāṣṭhe gate tasmi nkāmarūpadhare munau .. 43 ..

> When that sage Dhyānakāṣṭha, who could assume any form at will, had departed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.88)

dharmaguptau muneḥ śāpādunmattaḥ prayayau purīm ..

> Dharmagupta, maddened by the sage's curse, went to the city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.89)

unmattarūpaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā maṃtriṇastu nṛpottamam .. 44 ..

> Seeing that best of kings in a mad condition, the ministers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.90)

pituḥ sakāśamā ninyū revātīre manorame ..

> brought him into the presence of his father on the delightful bank of the Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.91)

tasmai nivedayāmāsurmatibhraṃśaṃ sutasya te .. 45 ..

> They reported to him the derangement of his son's mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.92)

jñātvā tu putravṛttāṃtaṃ nandastasya pitā tadā ..

> Learning the news of his son, his father Nanda then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.93)

putramādāya tarasā jaiminerantikaṃ yayau ..

> taking his son, swiftly went near Jaimini.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.94)

tasmai nivedayāmāsa putravṛttāntamāditaḥ .. 46 ..

> He related the entire story of his son to him from the beginning:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.95)

bhagavañjaimine putro mamādyonmattatāṃ gataḥ .. 47 ..

> "O venerable Jaimini, today my son has fallen into madness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.96)

asyonmādavināśāya brūhyupāyaṃ mahāmune ..

> Tell me a means for the destruction of his madness, O great sage."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.97)

iti pṛṣṭaściraṃ dadhyau jaiminirmunipuṃgavaḥ .. 48 ..

> Thus questioned, Jaimini, the best of sages, meditated for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.98)

dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ nṛpaṃ naṃdamathābravīt ..

> Having meditated for a very long time, he then spoke to King Nanda:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.99)

dhyānakāṣṭhasya śāpena hyunma ttaste suto'bhavat .. 49 ..

> "Indeed, your son became mad through the curse of Dhyānakāṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.100)

tasya śāpasya mokṣārthamupāyaṃ prabravīmi te ..

> I will tell you the means for release from his curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.101)

dakṣiṇāṃbunidhau setau puṇye pāpavināśane .. 3.1.32.50 ..

> On the bridge in the southern ocean, holy and destroying sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.102)

dhanuṣkoṭiriti khyātaṃ tīrthamasti mahattaram ..

> there is a most excellent sacred ford known as Dhanuṣkoṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.103)

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgalam .. 51 ..

> the purifier of the pure and the most auspicious of auspicious things,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.104)

śrutisiddhaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ brahmahatyādiśodhakam ..

> attested by the Vedas, exceedingly holy, and purifying sins such as the killing of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.105)

nītvā tatra sutaṃ te'dya snāpayasva mahīpate .. 52 ..

> Taking your son there today, O lord of the earth, bathe him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.106)

unmādastatkṣaṇādeva tasya naśyenna saṃśayaḥ ..

> His madness will surely vanish at that very moment; there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.107)

ityuktastaṃ praṇamyāsau jaiminiṃ munipuṃgavam .. 53 ..

> Addressed in this manner, Nanda bowed to Jaimini, the best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.108)

naṃdaḥ putraṃ samādāya dhanuṣkoṭiṃ yayau tadā ..

> and then, taking his son, went to Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.109)

tatra ca snāpayāmāsa putraṃ niyamapūrvakam .. 54 ..

> And there he bathed his son according to the prescribed rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.110)

snānamātrāttataḥ sadyo naṣṭonmādo'bhavatsutaḥ ..

> From the mere ritual ablution, the son was instantly cured of his madness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.111)

svayaṃ sasnau sa nandopi dhanuṣkoṭau sabhaktikam .. 55 ..

> Nanda himself also bathed at Dhanuṣkoṭi with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.112)

uṣitvā dinamekaṃ tu saputrastu pitā tadā ..

> Having stayed for one day, the father along with his son then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.113)

sevitvā rāmanāthaṃ ca sāṃbamūrtiṃ ghṛṇānidhim .. 56 ..

> worshipped Rāmanātha, the embodiment of Śiva accompanied by Umā, the treasury of compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.114)

putramāpṛcchaya naṃdastaṃ prayayau tapase vanam ..

> Taking leave of his son, Nanda went to the forest for austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.115)

gate pitari putro'pi dharmagupto nṛpo dvijāḥ .. 57 ..

> When the father had departed, King Dharmagupta also, O twice-born ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.116)

pradadau rāmanāthāya bahuvittāni bhaktitaḥ ..

> gave abundant wealth with devotion to Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.117)

brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ kṣetrāṇi ca dadau tadā .. 58 ..

> He then gave wealth, grain, and fields to the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.118)

prayayau maṃtribhiḥ sārdhaṃ svāṃ purīṃ tadanaṃtaram ..

> Thereupon he departed along with his ministers to his own city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.119)

dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam ..59..

> He ruled the kingdom with righteousness, free of any thorn,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.120)

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ viprā dharmagupto'tidhārmikaḥ ..

> which had belonged to his fathers and grandfathers, O brahmins, being exceedingly virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.121)

unmādairapyapasmārairgrahairduṣṭaiśca ye narāḥ .. 3.1.32.60 ..

> Whatever men are seized by madness, epilepsy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.122)

grastā bhavaṃti vipreṃdrāste'pi cātra nimajjanāt ..

> or evil spirits, O lords of brahmins, they too, by plunging here  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.123)

dhanuṣkoṭau vimuktāḥ syuḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham .. 61 ..

> at Dhanuṣkoṭi, become completely released; truly, truly do I say this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.124)

parityajya dhanuṣkoṭiṃ tīrthamanyadvrajettu yaḥ ..

> Whoever, abandoning Dhanuṣkoṭi, should go to another sacred ford  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.125)

siddhaṃ sa gopayastyaktvā snuhīkṣīraṃ prayācate .. .. 62 ..

> abandons milk of a cow ready at hand and begs for the latex of the snuhī plant."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.126)

dhanuṣkoṭirdhanuṣkoṭirdhanuṣkoṭiriti dvijāḥ ..

> "Dhanuṣkoṭi! Dhanuṣkoṭi! Dhanuṣkoṭi!"—O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.127)

triḥ paṭhanto narā ye tu yatra kvāpi jalāśaye .. 63 ..

> those men who recite this three times in any reservoir of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.128)

snāṃti sarve narāste vai yāsyaṃti brahmaṇaḥ padam ..

> and bathe, all those men shall indeed go to the abode of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.129)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitā viprā dharmaguptakathā śubhā .. 64 ..

> Thus has been told to you, O brahmins, the auspicious tale of Dharmagupta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.130)

yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa brahmahatyā vinaśyati ..

> by merely hearing which the murder of a brahmin is destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.131)

svarṇasteyādayaścānye naśyeyuḥ pāpasaṃcayāḥ .. 65 ..

> and other accumulations of sin, such as the theft of gold, are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.32.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.32.132)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye dhanuṣkoṭipraśaṃsāyāṃ dharmaguptonmā davimokṣaṇavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 32 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, titled "The Description of the Deliverance of Dharmagupta from Madness, in Praise of Dhanuṣkoṭi," in the Setumāhātmya, in the third \[section, the\] Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.32.1) — English, machine translation

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