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# Skandapurana 3.1.33

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca ..

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

### [3.1.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.2)

bhūyo'pyahaṃ pravakṣyāmi dhanuṣkoṭestu vaibhavam ..

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

### [3.1.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.3)

atyadbhutataraṃ guhyaṃ sarvalokaikapāvanam .. 1 ..

> most wonderful, secret, the sole purifier of all worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.4)

purā parāvasurnāma brāhmaṇo vedavittamaḥ ..

> Formerly, a brahmin named Parāvasu, foremost among knowers of the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.5)

ajñānātpitaraṃ hatvā brahmahatyāmavāptavān ..

> incurred the murder of a brahmin by killing his father out of ignorance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.6)

so'pi snātvā dhanuṣkoṭau taddoṣā nmumuce kṣaṇāt .. 2 ..

> Even he, having bathed at Dhanuṣkoṭi, was instantly freed from that fault.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.7)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.8)

pitaraṃ hatavānpūrvaṃ kathaṃ sūta parāvasuḥ .. 3 ..

> How did Parāvasu kill his father formerly, O Sūta?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.9)

kathaṃ vā dhanuṣaḥ koṭau muktistasyāpyabhūnmune ..

> Or how did his liberation come about at the tip of the bow, O sage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.10)

etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ vistarādvaktumarhasi .. 4 ..

> You ought to tell this in detail to us who have faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.11)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.12)

āsīdrājā bṛhaddyumnaścakravartī mahābalaḥ ..

> There was a king named Bṛhaddyumna, a universal emperor of great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.13)

dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa sāgarāṃtāṃ vasundharām .. 5 ..

> He protected the earth ending at the oceans in accordance with righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.14)

ayajatsatrayāgena devāniṃdrapurogamān ..

> He worshiped the gods headed by Indra with a sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.15)

yājakastasya raibhyo'bhūdvidvānparamadhārmikaḥ .. 6 ..

> His officiating priest was Raibhya, learned and supremely righteous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.16)

āstāṃ putrāvubhau tasyāpyarvāvasu parāvasū ..

> He had two sons, Arvāvasu and Parāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.17)

ṣaḍaṃgavedaviduṣau śrautasmārteṣu kovidau ..7 ..

> knowers of the Vedas with their six limbs, skilled in Vedic and traditional rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.18)

kāṇāde jaiminīye ca sāṃkhye vaiyāsike tathā ..

> expert in the systems of Kaṇāda and Jaimini, in Sāṅkhya, and in that of Vyāsa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.19)

gautame yogaśāstre ca pāṇinīye ca kovi dau ..8..

> and skilled in Gautama's \[system\], the Yoga treatise, and Pāṇini's grammar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.20)

manvādismṛtiniṣṇātau sarvaśāstraviśāradau ..

> adept in the law-books of Manu and others, learned in all treatises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.21)

satrayāge sahāyārthaṃ bṛhaddyumnena yācitau ..9..

> They were requested by Bṛhaddyumna for assistance in the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.22)

bhrātarau samanujñātau pitrā raibhyeṇa jagmatuḥ ..

> Permitted by their father Raibhya, the two brothers went  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.23)

bṛhaddyumnasya satraṃ tāvaśvināviva rūpiṇau ..3.1.33.10..

> to the sacrificial session of Bṛhaddyumna, both handsome like the two Aśvins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.24)

atiṣṭhadāśrame raibhyaḥ snuṣayā jyeṣṭhayā saha ..

> Raibhya stayed in the hermitage with his eldest daughter-in-law.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.25)

tau gatvā bhrātarau tatra rājñaḥ satramanuttamam..11..

> The two brothers, having gone there to the excellent sacrificial session of the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.26)

yāja yāmāsatuḥ satre bṛhaddyumnaṃ mahīpatim ..

> officiated for King Bṛhaddyumna at the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.27)

nābhavatskhalanaṃ bhrātroḥ satre sāṃgeṣu karmasu .. 12 ..

> There was no error by the two brothers in the rites with their auxiliary elements at the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.28)

satre saṃtanyamāne'sminbṛhaddyumnasya bhūpateḥ ..

> While this sacrificial session of King Bṛhaddyumna was being performed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.29)

munayo bhyāgamansarve rājñāhūtā nirīkṣitum ..13..

> all the sages arrived, invited by the king to witness it:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.30)

vasiṣṭho gautamaścātrirjābāliratha kaśyapaḥ ..

> Vasiṣṭha, Gautama, Atri, Jābāli, then Kaśyapa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.31)

kraturdakṣaḥ pulastyaśca pulaho nārado muniḥ .. 14 ..

> Kratu, Dakṣa, Pulastya, Pulaha, the sage Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.32)

mārkaṃḍeyaḥ śatānaṃdo viśvāmitraḥ parāśaraḥ ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya, Śatānanda, Viśvāmitra, Parāśara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.33)

bhṛguḥ kutso'tha vālmīkirvyāsadhaumyādayo'pare .. 15 ..

> Bhṛgu, Kutsa, then Vālmīki, Vyāsa, Dhaumya, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.34)

śiṣyaiḥ praśiṣyairbahubhirasaṃkhyātaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ ..

> accompanied by numerous, innumerable disciples and grand-disciples.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.35)

tānāgatānsamālokya bṛhaddyumno mahīpatiḥ .. 16 ..

> Seeing them arrived, King Bṛhaddyumna  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.36)

arghyādinā munīnsarvānpūjayāmāsa sādaram ..

> respectfully honored all the sages with water offerings and other gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.37)

nānā digbhyaḥ samāyātāścaturaṃgabalairyutāḥ .. 17 ..

> Arrived from various quarters, accompanied by fourfold armies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.38)

upadāsahitā bhūpāssatraṃ vīkṣitumādarāt ..

> kings, bringing presents, \[came\] out of respect to view the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.39)

vaiśyāḥ śūdrāstathā varṇāścatvaro'pi samāgatāḥ .. 18 ..

> Vaiśyas and Śūdras, thus all four classes, came together.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.40)

varṇino'tha gṛhasthāśca vānaprasthāśca bhikṣavaḥ ..

> Religious students, householders, forest-dwellers, and mendicants  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.41)

satraṃ nirīkṣituṃ tasya bṛhaddyumnasya cāyayuḥ .. 19 ..

> also came to see that sacrificial session of Bṛhaddyumna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.42)

tānsarvānpūjayāmāsa yathārhaṃ rājasattamaḥ ..

> The best of kings honored all of them according to their worth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.43)

dadau cānnāni sarvebhyo ghṛtasūpādikāṃstathā .. 3.1.33.20 ..

> and gave food to everyone, with clarified butter, soup, and other dishes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.44)

vastrāṇi ca suvarṇāni hāraratnānyanekaśaḥ ..

> and garments, gold, necklaces, and countless jewels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.45)

evaṃ satkārayāmāsa rājā satre samāgatān .. 21 ..

> In this way, the king extended hospitality to those who had gathered at the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.46)

raibhyaputro tadā viprā arvāvasuparāvasū ..

> Then, O brahmins, the two sons of Raibhya, Arvāvasu and Parāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.47)

adhvarādīni karmāṇi cakratuḥ skhalitaṃ vinā .. 22 ..

> performed the rituals of the sacrifice and other rites without any error.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.48)

taddṛṣṭvā munayassarve kauśalaṃ raibhyaputrayauḥ ..

> Seeing that skill of the two sons of Raibhya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.49)

ślāghaṃte saśiraḥkampaṃ vasiṣṭhapramukhāstadā .. 23 ..

> all the sages, headed by Vasiṣṭha, praised them while nodding their heads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.50)

karmāṇi kāni cittatra kārayitvā parāvasuḥ ..

> Having caused certain rites to be performed there, Parāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.51)

tṛtīyasavanasyāṃte gṛhakṛtyaṃ nirīkṣitum .. 24 ..

> at the end of the third pressing, in order to attend to household matters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.52)

prayayau svāśramaṃ sāyaṃ vinaivārvāvasuṃ dvijāḥ ..

> set out in the evening for his own hermitage without Arvāvasu, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.53)

tasminnavasare raibhyaṃ kṛṣṇājinasamāvṛtam .. 25 ..

> At that moment, \[seeing\] Raibhya covered with a black antelope skin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.54)

vane caraṃtaṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sa mṛgaśaṃkayā ..

> Seeing his father wandering in the forest, mistaking him for a deer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.55)

nidrākaluṣito rātrāvaṃdhe tamasi saṃkule .. 26 ..

> clouded by drowsiness at night, in the dense, blinding darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.56)

ātmānaṃ haṃtumāyāti mṛgo'yamiti ciṃtayan ..

> thinking, "This deer is coming to kill me,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.57)

jaghāna pitaraṃ so'yaṃ mahāraṇye parāvasuḥ .. 27 ..

> that Parāvasu struck down his father in the great forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.58)

rirakṣuṇā śarīraṃ svaṃ tenākāmanayā pitā ..

> Wishing to protect his own body, unintentionally by him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.59)

rajanyāṃ hiṃsito viprā mahāpātakakāriṇā .. 28 ..

> his father was killed in the night, O brahmins, by that committer of a heinous sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.60)

aṃtikaṃ sa samāgatya vyalokayata taṃ hatam ..

> Approaching nearby, he looked upon him who was slain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.61)

jñātvā svapitaraṃ rātrau śuśoca vyathiteṃdriyaḥ .. .. 29 ..

> recognizing his own father in the night, his senses deeply distressed, he grieved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.62)

pretakāryaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pituḥ sarvaṃ parāvasuḥ ..

> Then, having performed all the funeral rites for his father, Parāvasu—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.63)

bhūyopi nṛpateḥ satraṃ parāvasurupāyayau .. 3.1.33.30 ..

> Parāvasu returned once again to the king's sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.64)

svaceṣṭitaṃ tu tatsarvamanujāya tato'bravīt ..

> Then he related that entire deed of his to his younger brother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.65)

mṛtaṃ svapitaraṃ śrutvā so'pi śokākulo'bhavat .. 31 ..

> Hearing that his father was dead, he too became overcome with grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.66)

jyeṣṭho'nujaṃ tataḥ prāha vacanaṃ dvijasattamāḥ ..

> Then the elder brother spoke these words to the younger, O best of brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.67)

mahatsatraṃ samārabdhaṃ bṛhaddyumnasya bhūpateḥ .. .. 32 ..

> "A great sacrificial session of King Bṛhaddyumna has begun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.68)

voḍhutvaśaktirnāstyasya karmaṇo bālakasya te ..

> as for you, a boy, you have not the ability to bear \[the burden of\] this rite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.69)

janakaśca hato rātrau mayāpi mṛgaśaṃkayā .. 33 ..

> And our father has been slain by me at night, mistaking him for a deer;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.70)

prāyaścittaṃ ca karttavyaṃ brahmahatyā viśuddhaye ..

> an expiation must be performed for purification from the sin of killing a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.71)

madarthaṃ vratacaryāṃ tvaṃ cara tāta kaniṣṭhaka .. 34 ..

> Dear younger brother, observe the practice of that vow on my behalf;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.72)

ekākī dhuramudvoḍhuṃ śakto'haṃ satrakarmaṇaḥ ..

> I alone am able to bear the burden of the sacrificial session's rites."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.73)

arvāvasuriti prokto jyeṣṭhena sa tamabhya dhāt .. 35 ..

> Thus addressed by his elder brother, Arvāvasu said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.74)

tathā bhavatvahaṃ jyeṣṭha cariṣye vratamuttamam ..

> "So be it, elder brother; I shall observe the excellent vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.75)

brahmahatyāviśuddhyarthaṃ tvaṃ satradhuramāvaha .. 36 ..

> Bear the burden of the sacrificial session for the sake of purification from the sin of killing a brahmin."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.76)

ityuktvā sonu'jo jyeṣṭhaṃ tasmātsatrādvi niryayau ..

> Having said this to his elder brother, the younger departed from that sacrificial session;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.77)

kārayāmāsa karmāṇi jyeṣṭhastasmingate katau .. 37 ..

> when he was gone, the elder caused the rites to be performed in the sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.78)

dvādaśābdaṃ kaniṣṭhopi brahmahatyāvrataṃ dvijāḥ ..

> The younger also, having observed for twelve years the vow for the sin of killing a brahmin, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.79)

caritvā satrayāge'sminnājagāma punarmudā .. 38 ..

> came back joyfully to this sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.80)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭho bṛhaddyumnamuvāca ha ..

> Seeing his brother, the elder said to Bṛhaddyumna:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.81)

ayaṃ te brahmahā satramarvāvasurupāgataḥ .. 39 ..

> "This Arvāvasu, a killer of a brahmin, has come to your sacrificial session;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.82)

enamutsārayāśu tvamasmātsatrānnṛpo ttama ..

> drive him away quickly from this sacrificial session, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.83)

anyathā satrayāgasya phalahānirbhaviṣyati .. 3.1.33.40 ..

> otherwise, there will be the loss of the fruit of the sacrificial session."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.84)

itīritaḥ sa svapreṣyairyāgāttamudavāsayat ..

> Thus told, he had him expelled from the sacrifice by his attendants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.85)

udvāsyamāno rājānamarvāvasurathābravīt .. .. 41 ..

> While being expelled, Arvāvasu then said to the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.86)

na mayā brahmahatyeyaṃ bṛhaddyumna kṛtānagha ..

> "This killing of a brahmin was not committed by me, O sinless Bṛhaddyumna;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.87)

kintu jyeṣṭhena me sā hi brahmahatyā kṛtā vibho .. 42 ..

> rather, that killing of a brahmin was indeed committed by my elder brother, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.88)

brahmahatyāvrataṃ cīrṇaṃ tadarthaṃ ca mayā dhunā ..

> And the vow for the sin of killing a brahmin has just now been observed by me on his behalf."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.89)

evamuktopi rājāsau vacasā sa parāvasoḥ .. 43 ..

> Though addressed in this way, that king, on the word of Parāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.90)

arvāvasuṃ nijātsatrādudavāsayadāśu vai ..

> promptly expelled Arvāvasu from his sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.91)

dhikkṛto brāhmaṇaiścāyaṃ yayau tūṣṇīṃ vanaṃ tadā .. 44 ..

> Reproached by the brahmins, he then went silently to the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.92)

munivṛndasamākīrṇaṃ tapovanamupetya saḥ ..

> Having reached an ascetic forest filled with a multitude of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.93)

arvāvasustapaścakre devairapi suduṣkaram .. 45 ..

> Arvāvasu performed austerity very difficult even for the gods to perform.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.94)

tapaḥ kurvaṃstathādityamupatasthe samā hitaḥ ..

> While performing austerity, he worshiped the sun with focused mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.95)

mūrtimāṃstapasā tasya mahatā'duṣṭadhīḥ svayam .. 46 ..

> Embodied, of flawless intellect, he himself, through his great austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.96)

āvirāsītsvayā dīptyā bhāsayañjagatītalam ..

> manifested, illuminating the surface of the earth with his radiance—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.97)

karmasākṣī jagaccakṣurbhāskaro devatāgraṇīḥ .. 47 ..

> the witness of deeds, the eye of the world, Bhāskara, the foremost of deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.98)

āvirbabhūvurdevāśca puraskṛtya śacīpatim ..

> And the gods manifested, placing the husband of Śacī at their head;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.99)

indrādayastato devāḥ procurarvāvasuṃ dvijāḥ ..48..

> then the gods, Indra and others, spoke to Arvāvasu, O brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.100)

arvāvaso tvaṃ pravarastapasā brahma caryataḥ ..

> "O Arvāvasu, you are superior through austerity, through celibate studenthood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.101)

ācāreṇa śrutenāpi vedaśāstrādiśikṣayā .. 49 ..

> through conduct, and also through sacred learning, through instruction in the Vedas, śāstras, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.102)

nirākṛtovamānena tvaṃ parāvasunā bahu ..

> You were greatly rejected with disdain by Parāvasu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.103)

tathāpi kṣamayā yukto na kupyati bhavānyataḥ .. 3.1.33.50 ..

> nevertheless, endowed with forbearance, you do not become angry, because,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.104)

yasmājjyeṣṭho'vadhīttātaṃ na hiṃsīstvaṃ mahāmate ..

> since the elder killed your father, you, O noble-minded one, did not do violence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.105)

brahmahatyāvrataṃ yasmāttadarthaṃ caritaṃ tvayā .. 51 ..

> and since the vow for the sin of killing a brahmin was observed by you on his behalf,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.106)

ataḥ svīkurma he tvāṃ tu parākurmaḥ parāvasum ..

> therefore, we accept you, but we cast off Parāvasu."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.107)

uktvaivaṃ balabhinmukhyāḥ sarve ca tridivālayāḥ .. 52 ..

> Having spoken thus, all the dwellers of heaven headed by the slayer of Bala  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.108)

taṃ te pravarayāmāsurnirāsuśca parāvasum ..

> chose him as the foremost and rejected Parāvasu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.109)

punariṃdrādayo devāḥ purodhāya divākaram .. 53 ..

> Again the gods, Indra and others, placing the sun at their head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.110)

arvāvasuṃ procuridaṃ varaṃ tvaṃ varayeti vai ..

> said this to Arvāvasu: "Choose a boon!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.111)

sa cāpi prārthayāmāsa janakasyotthitiṃ puna. .. 54 ..

> And he requested the rising again of his father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.112)

vadhe cāsmaraṇaṃ devānātmano janakasya vai ..

> and from the gods that his father have no memory of his own slaying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.113)

tathāstviti surāḥ procuḥ punarūcuridaṃ vacaḥ .. 55 ..

> The gods said, "So be it," and again spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.114)

varaṃ cānyaṃ pradāsyāmo varaya tvaṃ mahāmate ..

> "And we shall grant another boon; choose, O highly wise one!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.115)

evamuktaḥ suraiḥ soyamarvāvasurabhāṣata .. 56 ..

> Thus addressed by the gods, Arvāvasu said: // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.116)

mama bhrāturaduṣṭatvaṃ bhavatu tridaśālayāḥ ..

> "May my brother be free from evil, O dwellers of the thirty-fold realm!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.117)

arvāvasorvacaḥ śrutvā tridaśāḥ punarabruvan .. 57 ..

> Hearing Arvāvasu's words, the thirty gods spoke again: // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.118)

brāhmaṇasya piturghātānmahāndoṣaḥ parāvasoḥ ..

> "From the slaying of his father, a brahmin, Parāvasu has incurred a great sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.119)

na hyanyakṛtapāpasya pareṇānuṣṭhitena vai ..58..

> For indeed, regarding a sin committed by another, through an expiation performed by someone else // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.120)

prāyaścittena śāṃtiḥ syānmahāpātakapaṃcake ..

> there can be no pacification among the five great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.121)

piturbrāhmaṇahaṃtustu sutarāṃ nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ..59..

> Moreover, for the killer of a father and a brahmin, there is by no means an expiation. // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.122)

ātmanānuṣṭhitenāpi vratena na hi duṣkṛtiḥ..

> Even through an observance performed by oneself, that evil deed is not \[removed\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.123)

parāvasostava bhrāturato naivāsti niṣkṛtiḥ ..3.1.33.60..

> therefore, for your brother Parāvasu, there is certainly no release. // 3.1.33.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.124)

ato'smābhiraduṣṭatvamasmai dātuṃ na śakyate ..

> Hence, freedom from evil cannot be granted to him by us."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.125)

arvāvasuḥ punaḥprāha devāniṃdrapurogamān..61..

> Arvāvasu spoke again to the gods headed by Indra: // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.126)

tathāpi yuṣmanmāhātmyātprasādādbhavatāṃ tathā..

> "Nevertheless, through your greatness, and likewise through your favor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.127)

piturbrāhmaṇahaṃturme bhrātustridaśasattamāḥ..62..

> O best among the thirty gods, for my brother, the slayer of his father and a brahmin, // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.128)

yathā syānniṣkṛtirbrūta tathaiva kṛpayā yutāḥ ..

> tell how there may be expiation, filled with compassion as you are."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.129)

evamarvāvasoḥ śrutvā vacaste tridaśālayāḥ .. 63 ..

> Having thus heard the words of Arvāvasu, those dwellers of the thirty-fold realm, // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.130)

dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ viniścityedamabuvan ..

> after meditating for a very long time and having determined \[it\], said this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.131)

upāyaṃ te pravakṣyāmastatpātakanivāraṇam ..64..

> "We shall tell you a means that removes that sin. // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.132)

dakṣiṇāṃbunidhau puṇye rāmasetau vimuktide ..

> In the sacred southern ocean, at the liberating Rāmasetu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.133)

dhanuṣkoṭiriti khyātaṃ tīrthamasti vimuktidam .. 65 ..

> there is a liberating sacred ford renowned as Dhanuṣkoṭi. // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.134)

brahmahatyāsurāpānasvarṇasteyavināśanam..

> It destroys the slaying of a brahmin, the drinking of liquor, and the theft of gold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.135)

gurutalpagasaṃsargadoṣāṇāmapi nāśanam .. 66 ..

> it also destroys the sins of violating the guru's bed and association \[with such sinners\]. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.136)

akāmenāpi yaḥ snāyādapavargaphalapradam ..

> Even if one bathes without desire, it grants the fruit of liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.137)

duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ dhanyaṃ narakakleśanāśanam .. 67 ..

> it destroys bad dreams, brings good fortune, and removes the suffering of hell. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.138)

kailāsādipadaprāptikāraṇaṃ paramārthadam ..

> It is the cause of attaining the realm of Kailāsa and others, granting the highest truth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.139)

sarvakāmamidaṃ puṃsāmṛṇadāridryanāśanam .. 68 ..

> it fulfills all desires of men and destroys debts and poverty. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.140)

dhanuṣkoṭirdhanu ṣkoṭirdhanuṣkoṭiritīraṇāt ..

> From the mere utterance, 'Dhanuṣkoṭi, Dhanuṣkoṭi, Dhanuṣkoṭi,'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.141)

svargāpavargadaṃ puṃsāṃ mahāpuṇyaphalapradam .. 69 ..

> it grants heaven and liberation to men, bestowing the fruit of great merit. // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.142)

tatra gatvā tava bhrātā snāyādyadi parāvasuḥ ..

> If your brother Parāvasu goes there and bathes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.143)

tatkṣaṇādeva te jyeṣṭho mucyate brahmahatyayā .. 3.1.33.70 ..

> at that very moment your elder brother will be freed from the sin of slaying a brahmin. // 3.1.33.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.144)

idaṃ rahasyaṃ sumahatprāyaścittamudīritam ..

> This supreme secret of an expiation has been spoken \[to you\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.145)

uktvetyarvāvasuṃ devāḥ prayayuḥ svapurīṃ prati .. 71 ..

> Having spoken thus to Arvāvasu, the gods departed to their own city. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.146)

tata arvāvasurjyeṣṭhaṃ samādāya parāvasum ..

> Then Arvāvasu, taking his elder brother Parāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.147)

rāmacandradhanuṣkoṭiṃ prayayau muktidāyinīm .. 72 ..

> went to Rāmacandra's Dhanuṣkoṭi, the giver of liberation. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.148)

setau saṃkalpamuktvā tu niyamena parāvasuḥ ..

> Having made the ritual vow at the bridge with restraint, Parāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.149)

saha bhrātrā dhanuṣkoṭau sasnau pātakaśuddhaye .. 73 ..

> along with his brother, bathed at Dhanuṣkoṭi for purification from the sin. // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.150)

snātvotthitaṃ dhanuṣkoṭau taṃ provācāśarīriṇī ..

> To him as he emerged after bathing at Dhanuṣkoṭi, a bodiless voice said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.151)

parāvaso vinaṣṭā te piturbrāhmaṇaghātajā .. 74 ..

> "O Parāvasu, destroyed is your \[sin\] born of the slaying of your father and a brahmin, // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.152)

brahmahatyā mahā ghorā narakakleśakāriṇī ..

> the exceedingly terrible slaying of a brahmin that causes the suffering of hell!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.153)

ityuktvā virarāmātha sāpi vāgaśarīriṇī .. 75 ..

> Having spoken thus, that bodiless voice fell silent. // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.154)

parāvasustadā viprāḥ kaniṣṭhena samanvitaḥ ..

> Then Parāvasu, O brahmins, accompanied by his younger brother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.155)

rāmacandradhanuṣkoṭiṃ praṇamya ca sabhaktikam .. 76 ..

> bowed with devotion to Rāmacandra's Dhanuṣkoṭi, // 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.156)

rāmanāthaṃ mahādevaṃ natvā bhaktipuraḥsaram ..

> and, having bowed with devotion to Rāmanātha, the Great God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.157)

vimuktapātako viprāḥ prayayau piturāśramam .. 77 ..

> freed from sin, O brahmins, went to his father's hermitage. // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.158)

mṛtvotthitastadā raibhyo dṛṣṭvā putrau samāgatau ..

> Then Raibhya, having risen from death, upon seeing his two sons arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.159)

saṃtuṣṭahṛdayo hyāste putrābhyāṃ svāśrame tadā .. 78 ..

> dwelt happily at heart in his own hermitage with his two sons. // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.160)

rāmacandradhanuṣkoṭau snānena hatapātakam ..

> His sin destroyed by bathing at Rāmacandra's Dhanuṣkoṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.161)

enaṃ parāvasuṃ sarve svīcakrurmunayastadā .. 79 ..

> all the sages then accepted this Parāvasu. // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.162)

evaṃ parāvasoruktaṃ brahmahatyāvimokṣaṇam ..

> Thus has been recounted to you, O eminent sages, Parāvasu's release  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.163)

snānamātrāddhanuṣkoṭau yuṣmākaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ .. 3.1.33.80 ..

> from the slaying of a brahmin by the mere bath at Dhanuṣkoṭi. // 3.1.33.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.164)

surā pānādayo viprā naśyaṃtyevātra majjanāt ..

> O brahmins, \[sins such as\] drinking liquor and others are indeed destroyed by plunging here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.165)

satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyamuddhṛtya bhujamucyate .. 91 ..

> It is spoken with arm raised: true, true, and true again! // 91  
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### [3.1.33.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.166)

mahāpātakasaṃghāśca naśyeyurmajjanādiha ..

> Even multitudes of great sins would be destroyed by plunging here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.167)

ya imaṃ paṭhate'dhyāyaṃ brahmahatyāvimokṣaṇam .. 82 ..

> Whoever recites this chapter on the release from the slaying of a brahmin, // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.168)

brahmahatyā vinaśyeta tatkṣaṇānnāsti saṃśayaḥ ..

> the slaying of a brahmin would be destroyed instantly; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.169)

surāpānādayo'pyasya śāṃtiṃ gaccheyuraṃjasā .. 83 ..

> Even \[sins such as\] the drinking of liquor and others would immediately be pacified for him. // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.33.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.33.170)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye dhanuṣkoṭipraśaṃsāyāṃ parāvasorbrahmahatyāvimo kṣaṇaṃnāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 33 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, entitled 'Release of Parāvasu from the Slaying of a Brahmin' in the Praise of Dhanuṣkoṭi in the Setumāhātmya in the Brahmakhaṇḍa, the third \[section\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.33.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Gaṇeśapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.ganesa.1.77.20) — Sanskrit
- [Svāyambhuvāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.svayambhuva.6.28-4) — Sanskrit

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