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# Skandapurana 3.1.35

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.1)

.. yajñadeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.2)

durvāsarṣe mahāprājña parāparavicakṣaṇa ..

> “O seer Durvāsas, great in wisdom, discerning in the higher and lower,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.3)

durvinītābhidhaḥ ko'yaṃ yo'sau gurvaṃganāmagāt .. 1 ..

> who was this one named Durvinīta, who went with his guru's wife?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.4)

kasya putro dhanuṣkoṭau snānena sa kathaṃ dvijaḥ ..

> Whose son was he? How was that brahmin \[purified\] through ritual ablution at Dhanuṣkoṭi?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.5)

tatkṣaṇānmumuce pāpādgurustrīgamasaṃbhavāt ..

> was instantly freed from the sin arising from violating the guru's wife?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.6)

etanme śraddhadhānasya vistarādvaktumarhasi .. 2 ..

> You ought to tell this in full to me who have faith. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.7)

.. durvāsā uvāca .. ..

> Durvāsas said:  
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### [3.1.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.8)

pāṃḍyadeśe purā kaścidbrāhmaṇobhūdbahuśrutaḥ .. 3 ..

> Formerly, in the Pāṇḍya country, there was a learned brahmin. // 3  
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### [3.1.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.9)

idhmavāhābhidho nāmnā tasya bhāryā ruciṃstathā ..

> His name was Idhmavāha, and his wife was Ruci.  
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### [3.1.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.10)

babhūva tasya tanayo durvinītābhidho dvijaḥ .. 4 ..

> He had a son, a brahmin named Durvinīta. // 4  
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### [3.1.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.11)

bālye vayasi putrasya mamāra janako'sya 3 ..

> While the son was still in his childhood, his father died.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.12)

durvinītaḥ pitustasya sa kṛtvā caurdhvadaihikam.. 5 ..

> Having performed the post-funerary rites for his father, that Durvinīta // 5  
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### [3.1.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.13)

kaṃcitkālaṃ gṛhe'vātsīnmātrā vidhavayā saha ..

> dwelt at home for some time together with his widowed mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.14)

tato durbhikṣamabhavadvādaśābdamavarṣaṇāt .. 6 ..

> Then a famine occurred for twelve years due to lack of rain. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.15)

tato deśāṃtaramagānmātrā sākaṃ dvijottama ..

> Then, O best of brahmins, he went to another country together with his mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.16)

gokarṇaṃ sa samāsādya subhikṣaṃ dhānyasaṃcayaiḥ .. 7 ..

> Having reached Gokarṇa, which was abundant with heaps of grain, // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.17)

uvāsa suciraṃ kālaṃ mātrā vidhavayā saha ..

> he lived for a very long time together with his widowed mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.18)

tato bahutithe kāle durvinīto gate sati .. 8 ..

> Then, after many a day had passed, Durvinīta, // 8  
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### [3.1.35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.19)

pūrvaduṣkarmapākena mūḍhabuddhiraho bata ..

> his intellect deluded by the ripening of former bad deeds—alas, indeed!—,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.20)

anaṃgaśaraviddhāṃgo rāgādvikṛtamānasaḥ ..9..

> his body pierced by the arrows of the Bodiless One, his mind perverted through passion, // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.21)

māmeti vādinīmaṃbāṃ balādākṛṣya pātakī ..

> violently dragged his mother who was crying 'Do not!', and that sinner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.22)

bubhuje kāmamohātmā maithunena dvijottama .. 3.1.35.10 ..

> his mind bewildered by desire, enjoyed her in sexual intercourse, O best of brahmins. // 3.1.35.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.23)

sa khinno durvinīto'yaṃ retaḥsekādanaṃtaram ..

> Afflicted with distress after the discharge of semen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.24)

manasā ciṃtayanpāpaṃ rurodabhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ .. 11 ..

> that Durvinīta, considering the sin in his mind, wept in extreme sorrow: // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.25)

ahotipāpakṛdahaṃ mahāpātakināṃ varaḥ ..

> 'Alas, I have committed a great sin! I am foremost among great sinners,  
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### [3.1.35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.26)

agamaṃ jananīṃ yasmātkāmabāṇavaśānugaḥ .. 12 ..

> since, overpowered by the arrows of desire, I went to my own mother!' // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.27)

iti saṃcitya manasā sa tatra munisannidhau ..

> Having thus reflected in his mind in the presence of the sages there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.28)

juguptamānaścātmānaṃ tānmunīnidamabravīt.. 13 ..

> despising himself, he spoke this to those sages: // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.29)

gurustrīgamapāpasya prāyaścittaṃ mamadvijāḥ ..

> 'O brahmins, for the sin of violating the guru's wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.30)

vadadhvaṃ śāstratattvajñāḥ kṛpayā mayi kevalam .. 14 ..

> declare an expiation for me, O knowers of the true meaning of the scriptures, solely out of pity toward me! // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.31)

maraṇānniṣkṛtiḥ syāccenmariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ ..

> If atonement can come from death, I will die—there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.32)

bhavadbhirucyate yattu prāyaścittaṃ mamādhunā .. 15 ..

> Whatever expiation is spoken by you for me now, // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.33)

kariṣye taddvijāḥ satyaṃ maraṇaṃ vānyadaiva vā ..

> truly, O brahmins, I will perform that—whether death or something else.' // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.34)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kecittatramunīśvarāḥ .. 16 ..

> Hearing those words of his, some foremost sages there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.35)

anena sākaṃ vārtā tu doṣāyeti viniścitāḥ ..

> deciding that even speaking with him was a fault,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.36)

maunitvaṃ bhejire kecinmunayaḥ kecidā bhṛśam .. 17 ..

> kept silence. Some sages violently \[cried\]: // 17  
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### [3.1.35.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.37)

duṣṭātmā mātṛgāmī tvaṃ mahāpātakināṃ varaḥ ..

> 'Wicked-minded one, you violator of your mother, foremost of great sinners!  
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### [3.1.35.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.38)

gacchagacchetibahuśo vācamūcurdvijottamāḥ .. 18 ..

> Go away, go away!' the best of brahmins said repeatedly. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.39)

tānnivārya kṛpāśīlaḥ sarvajñaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ ..

> Restraining them, the merciful, all-knowing store of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.40)

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastatra durvinītamabhāṣata .. 19 ..

> Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana, then spoke to Durvinīta: // 19  
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### [3.1.35.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.41)

gacchāśu rāmasetau tvaṃ dhanuṣkoṭau sahāṃbayā ..

> 'Go quickly to Dhanuṣkoṭi on Rāma's bridge together with your mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.42)

makarasthe ravau māghe māsamekaṃ niraṃtaram.. 3.1.35.20 ..

> When the sun is in Capricorn, during the month of Māgha, continuously for one month, // 3.1.35.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.43)

jiteṃdriyo jitakrodhaḥ paradrohavivarjitaḥ ..

> with your senses conquered, anger conquered, free from malice toward others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.44)

ekamāsaṃ nirāhāraḥ kuru snānaṃ sahāṃbayā .. 21 ..

> fasting for one month, perform the ritual ablution together with your mother. // 21  
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### [3.1.35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.45)

pūto bhaviṣyasyaddhā gurustrī gamadoṣataḥ ..

> You will surely become purified from the guilt of violating the guru's wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.46)

yatpātakaṃ na naśyeta setusnānena tannahi .. 22 ..

> There is no sin whatsoever that is not destroyed by bathing at the bridge. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.47)

śrutismṛtipurāṇeṣu dhanuṣkoṭipraśaṃsanam ..

> In the Vedas, Smṛtis, and Purāṇas, the praise of Dhanuṣkoṭi  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.48)

bahudhā bhaṇyate paṃcamahāpātakanāśanam .. .. 23 ..

> is proclaimed in many ways as the destroyer of the five great sins. // 23  
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### [3.1.35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.49)

tasmāttvaṃ tvarayā gaccha dhanuṣkoṭiṃ sahāṃbayā ..

> Therefore, go in haste to Dhanuṣkoṭi together with your mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.50)

pramāṇaṃ kuru madvākyaṃ vedavākyamiva dvija .. 24 ..

> Accept my word as authoritative, like the word of the Veda, O brahmin! // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.51)

śrīrāmadhanuṣaḥ koṭau snātasya dvija putraka ..

> For one who has bathed at the tip of the bow of glorious Rāma, O son of a brahmin,  
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### [3.1.35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.52)

mahāpātakakoṭyopi naiva lakṣyā itīva hi .. 25 ..

> even crores of great sins are not counted at all. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.53)

prāyaścittāṃtaraṃ proktaṃ manvādismṛtibhiḥ smṛtau ..

> Other expiations have been taught in the Smṛti treatises by Manu and others;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.54)

tadgacchatvaṃ dhanuṣkoṭiṃ mahāpātaka nāśinīm .. 26 ..

> therefore, go to Dhanuṣkoṭi, the destroyer of great sins.' // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.55)

itīrito'tha vyāsena durvinītodvijottamāḥ ..

> Thus addressed by Vyāsa, O best of brahmins, Durvinīta  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.56)

mātrā sākaṃ dhanuṣkoṭiṃ natvā vyāsaṃ ca niryayau .. 27 ..

> bowed to Vyāsa and set out for Dhanuṣkoṭi together with his mother. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.57)

makarasthe ravau māghe māsamātraṃ niraṃtaram ..

> When the sun was in Capricorn, in the month of Māgha, for the space of a month continuously,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.58)

mātrā saha nirāhāro jitakrodho jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 28 ..

> together with his mother, fasting, his anger mastered, his senses restrained, // 28  
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### [3.1.35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.59)

śrīrāmadhanuṣaḥ koṭau sasnau saṃkalpapūrvakam ..

> he bathed at the tip of the bow of glorious Rāma after taking a vow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.60)

rāmanāthaṃ namaskurvaṃ strikālaṃ bhaktipūrvakam .. 29 ..

> bowing to Rāmanātha at the three junctures of the day with devotion. // 29  
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### [3.1.35.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.61)

māsāṃte pāraṇāṃ kṛtvā mātrā saha viśuddhadhīḥ ..

> Having broken his fast at the end of the month together with his mother, his intellect purified,  
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### [3.1.35.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.62)

vyāsāṃtikaṃ punaḥ prāyāttasmai vṛttaṃ niveditum .. 3.1.35.30 ..

> he went again to Vyāsa's presence to report what had happened to him. // 3.1.35.30  
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### [3.1.35.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.63)

sa praṇamya punarvyāsaṃ durvinīto'bravīdvacaḥ .. 31 ..

> Having bowed again to Vyāsa, Durvinīta spoke these words: // 31  
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### [3.1.35.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.64)

.. durvinīta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.35.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.65)

bhagavankaruṇāsiṃdho dvaipāyana mahattama ..

> "O Lord, ocean of compassion, Dvaipāyana, greatest of men!  
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### [3.1.35.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.66)

bhavataḥ kṛpayā rāmadhanuṣkoṭau sahāṃbayā ..

> By your grace, at Dhanuṣkoṭi together with my mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.67)

māghamāse nirāhāro māsamātramataṃdritaḥ .. 32 ..

> fasting throughout the month of Māgha, unwearied,  
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### [3.1.35.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.68)

ahaṃ tvakaravaṃ snānaṃ namaskurvanmaheśvaram ..

> I performed ritual ablution, bowing to Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.69)

itaḥ paraṃ mayā vyāsa bhagavanbhaktavatsala .. 33 ..

> From now on, O Vyāsa, venerable lord, affectionate to devotees,  
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### [3.1.35.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.70)

yatkarttavyaṃ mune tattvaṃ mamopadiśa tattvataḥ ..

> instruct me in truth, O sage, concerning what should be done by me."  
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### [3.1.35.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.71)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā durvinītasya vai muniḥ ..

> Hearing these words of that Durvinīta, the sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.72)

babhāṣe durvinītaṃ taṃ vyāso nārāyaṇāṃśakaḥ .. 34 ..

> Vyāsa, a partial incarnation of Nārāyaṇa, spoke to Durvinīta:  
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### [3.1.35.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.73)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

> Vyāsa said:  
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### [3.1.35.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.74)

durvinīta gataṃ te'dya pātakaṃ mātṛsaṃgajam .. 35 ..

> "O Durvinīta, your sin born of union with your mother is gone today,  
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### [3.1.35.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.75)

mātuśca pātakaṃ naṣṭaṃ tvatsaṃgatinimi ttajam ..

> and the mother's sin caused by union with you is destroyed.  
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### [3.1.35.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.76)

saṃdeho nātra kartavyaḥ satyamuktaṃ mayā tava .. 36 ..

> No doubt should be held here; the truth has been spoken to you by me.  
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### [3.1.35.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.77)

bāṃdhavāḥ svajanāḥ sarve tathānye brāhmaṇāśca ye ..

> All kinsmen, one's own people, and other brahmins who are there—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.78)

sarve tvāṃ saṃgrahīṣyaṃti durvinītāṃ bayā saha .. 37 ..

> they will all accept you, O Durvinīta, along with your mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.79)

matprasādāddhanuṣkoṭau viśuddhastvaṃ nimajjanāt ..

> Purified through my favor from bathing at Dhanuṣkoṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.80)

dārasaṃgrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā gārhasthyaṃ dharmamācara .. 38 ..

> take a wife and practice the duty of a householder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.81)

tyaja tvaṃ prāṇihiṃsāṃ ca dharmaṃ bhaja sanātanam ..

> Abandon injury to living beings, and follow the eternal dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.82)

sevasva sajjanānnityaṃ bhaktiyuktena cetasā .. 39 ..

> Serve good people constantly with a mind endowed with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.83)

saṃdhyopāsanamukhyāni nityakarmāṇi na tyaja ..

> Do not abandon regular daily duties, foremost of which is the twilight worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.84)

nigṛhīṣvendriyagrāmamarcayasva haraṃ harim .. 3.1.35.40 ..

> Restrain the aggregate of the senses, and worship Hara and Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.85)

parāpavādaṃ mā brūyā māsūyāṃ bhaja karhicit ..

> Do not speak slander of others, and never indulge in envy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.86)

anyasyābhyudayaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃtāpaṃ kṛṇu mā vṛthā .. 41 ..

> Seeing another's prosperity, do not feel distress in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.87)

mātṛvatparadā rāṃśca tvannityamavalokaya ..

> Look upon other men's wives always as upon your mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.88)

adhītavedānakhilānmāvismara kadācana .. 42 ..

> Never forget the Vedas that you have studied.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.89)

atithīnmāvamanyasva śrāddhaṃ pitṛdine kuru ..

> Do not disrespect guests; perform the śrāddha on the day of the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.90)

paiśūnyaṃ mā vadasva tvaṃ svapne'pyansya karhicit .. 43 ..

> Do not speak malice against anyone, even in a dream.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.91)

itihāsapurāṇāni dharmaśāstrāṇi saṃtatam ..

> Constantly \[study\] the Itihāsas, Purāṇas, and Dharmaśāstras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.92)

avalokaya vedāṃtaṃ vedāṃgāni tathā punaḥ .. 44 ..

> likewise, examine again the Vedānta and the Vedāṅgas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.93)

hariśaṃkaranā māni muktalajjo'nukīrttaya ..

> Cast off shame, and chant the names of Hari and Śaṃkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.94)

jābālopaniṣanmaṃtraistripuṃḍroddhūlanaṃ kuru .. 45 ..

> Apply the tripuṇḍra and smear ashes with the mantras of the Jābāla Upaniṣad.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.95)

rudrākṣāndhāraya sadā śaucācāraparo bhava ..

> Wear rudrākṣas always, and be devoted to purity and good conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.96)

tulasyā bilvapatraiśca nārāyaṇaharāvubhau .. 46 ..

> With tulasī and bilva leaves, both Nārāyaṇa and Hara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.97)

ekaṃ kālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ cārcayasya bhoḥ ..

> you must worship, O dear one, once, twice, or thrice a day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.98)

tulasīdalasaṃmiśraṃ siktaṃ pādodakena ca .. 47 ..

> Mixed with tulasī leaves and sprinkled with water that washed the feet \[of the deity\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.99)

naivedyānnaṃ sadā bhuṃkṣva śaṃbhunārāyaṇāgrataḥ ..

> always eat the food of the divine offering before Śambhu and Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.100)

kuru tvaṃ vaiśvadevākhyaṃ balimannaviśuddhaye .. 48 ..

> Offer the oblation called Vaiśvadeva for the purification of food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.101)

yatīśvarānbrahmaniṣṭhāntarpayānnairgṛhāgatān ..

> Satisfy with food the lords of ascetics established in Brahman who come to your house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.102)

vṛddhānanyānanāthāṃśca rogiṇo brahmacāriṇaḥ .. 49 ..

> as well as the aged, others who are helpless, the sick, and religious students.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.103)

kuru tvaṃ mātṛśuśrūṣāmaupāsanaparo bhava ..

> Render service to your mother, and remain devoted to the domestic fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.104)

paṃcākṣaraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ praṇavena samanvitam .. 3.1.35.50 ..

> The great five-syllable mantra combined with the praṇava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.105)

tathaivāṣṭākṣaraṃ maṃtramanyamaṃtrānapi dvija ..

> likewise the eight-syllable mantra, and other mantras as well, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.106)

japa tvaṃ prayato bhūtvā dhyāyanmaṃtrādhidevatāḥ .. 51 ..

> recite with self-restraint, meditating upon the presiding deities of the mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.107)

evamanyāṃstathā dharmānsmṛtyuktāntsarvadā kuru ..

> Always practice other such duties taught in the Smṛtis as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.108)

evaṃ kṛtavrataste syāddehāṃte muktirapyalam .. 52 ..

> Having observed your vows in this manner, liberation at the end of the body shall surely be yours."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.109)

ityukto vyāsamuninā durvinītaḥ praṇamya tam ..

> Thus addressed by the sage Vyāsa, Durvinīta bowed to him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.110)

taduktamakhilaṃ kṛtvā dehāṃte muktimāptavān .. 53 ..

> performed all that was spoken by him, and attained liberation at the end of the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.111)

tanmātāpi mṛtā kāle dhanuṣkoṭinimajjanāta ..

> His mother too, having died in due time from bathing at Dhanuṣkoṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.112)

avāpa paramāṃ muktimapunarbhavadāyinīm .. 54 ..

> attained supreme liberation, which grants freedom from rebirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.113)

.. durvāsā uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.35.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.114)

evaṃ te durvinītasya tanmātuśca vimokṣaṇam ..

> "Thus the deliverance of Durvinīta and his mother  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.115)

dhanuṣkoṭyabhiṣekeṇa yajñadeva mayeritam .. 55 ..

> by ablution at Dhanuṣkoṭi has been narrated to you by me, O Yajñadeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.116)

putramenaṃ tvamapyāśu brahmahatyāviśuddhaye ..

> To purify \[him\] from the murder of a brahmin, you too quickly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.117)

samādāya vraja brahmandhanuṣkoṭiṃ vimuktidām .. 56 ..

> take this son, O brahmin, and go to Dhanuṣkoṭi, which bestows liberation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.118)

.. siṃdhudvīpa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.35.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.119)

iti durvāsasā prokto yajñadevo nijaṃ sutam ..

> Thus addressed by Durvāsas, Yajñadeva took his own son  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.120)

samādāya yayau rāma dhanuṣkoṭiṃ vimuktidām .. 57.. ..

> and went, O Rāma, to Dhanuṣkoṭi, which bestows liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.121)

gatvā nivāsamakarotṣaṇmāsaṃ tatra sa dvijaḥ ..

> Having gone, that twice-born dwelt there for six months  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.122)

putreṇa sākaṃ niyato he sṛgālaplavaṃgamau .. 58 ..

> together with his son, self-restrained, O jackal and monkey!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.123)

sa sasnau ca dhanuṣkoṭau ṣaṇmāsaṃ vai sa putrakaḥ ..

> He and his son bathed at Dhanuṣkoṭi for six months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.124)

ṣaṇmāsāṃte yajñadevaṃ prāha vāgaśarīriṇī .. 59 ..

> At the end of six months, a bodiless voice addressed Yajñadeva:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.125)

vimuktā yajñadevasya brahmahatyā sutasya te ..

> "The sin of killing a brahmin has been removed from your son, O Yajñadeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.126)

svarṇasteyātsurāpānātkirātīsaṃgamāttathā .. 3.1.35.60 ..

> as well as \[the sins\] of stealing gold, drinking liquor, and consorting with a Kirāta woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.127)

anyebhyopi hi pāpebhyo vimuktoyaṃ sutastava ..

> Indeed, this son of yours is freed from other sins too;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.128)

saṃśayaṃ mā kuruṣva tvaṃ yajñadeva dvijottama .. 61 ..

> do not doubt it, O Yajñadeva, best of brahmins!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.129)

ityuktvā virarāmātha sā tu vāga śarīriṇī ..

> Having spoken thus, that bodiless voice then ceased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.130)

tadā'śarīriṇīvākyaṃ yajñadevaḥ sa śuśruvān .. 62 ..

> Having heard the words of the bodiless voice at that time, Yajñadeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.131)

saṃtuṣṭaḥ putrasahito rāmanāthaṃ niṣevya ca ..

> satisfied, along with his son, worshipped Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.132)

dhanuṣkoṭiṃ namaskṛtya putreṇa sahi tastadā .. 63 ..

> and bowing to Dhanuṣkoṭi together with his son, then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.133)

svadeśaṃ prayayau hṛṣṭaḥ svagrāmaṃ svagṛhaṃ tathā ..

> delighted, departed for his own country, his own village, and his own house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.134)

saputradāraḥ suciraṃ sukhamāste sunirvṛtaḥ .. 64 ..

> With his son and wife, he lived happily for a very long time, entirely at peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.135)

.. sindhudvīpa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.35.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.136)

gomāyuvānarāvevaṃ yuvayoḥ kathitaṃ mayā ..

> "O jackal and monkey, thus have I related to you both  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.137)

yajñadevasutasyāsya sumateḥ parimokṣaṇam ..65..

> the deliverance of Sumati, this son of Yajñadeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.138)

pātakebhyo mahadbhyaśca dhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt ..

> from great sins through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.139)

yuvāmato dhanuṣkoṭiṃ gacchataṃ pāpaśuddhaye ..

> Therefore, go to Dhanuṣkoṭi for the purification of your sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.140)

nānyathā pāpaśuddhiḥ syātprāyaścittāyutairapi ..66..

> there can be no purification of sin otherwise, even by tens of thousands of expiations."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.141)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.35.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.142)

sindhudvīpasya vacanamiti śrutvā dvijo ttamāḥ..67..

> Having heard these words of Sindhudvīpa, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.143)

sṛgālavānarāvāśu vilaṃghitamahāpathau..

> the jackal and monkey quickly crossed the great road,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.144)

dhanuṣkoṭiṃ prayāsena gatvā snātvā ca tajjale..68..

> went with effort to Dhanuṣkoṭi, and having bathed in its water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.145)

vimuktau sarvapāpebhyo vimānavarasaṃsthitau..

> freed from all sins, seated in an excellent aerial chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.146)

devaiḥ kusumavarṣeṇa kīryamāṇau sutejasau ..69..

> showered with rain of flowers by the gods, highly radiant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.147)

hārakeyūramukuṭakaṭakādivibhūṣitau ..

> adorned with necklaces, armlets, crowns, bracelets, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.148)

devastrīdhūyamānābhyāṃ cāmarābhyāṃ virājitau ..

> resplendent with two chowries waved by celestial women,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.149)

gatvā devapurīṃ ramyāmiṃdra syārddhāsanaṃ gatau .. 3.1.35.70 ..

> they went to the delightful city of the gods and shared half the throne of Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.150)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.35.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.151)

yuṣmākamevaṃ kathitaṃ sṛgālasya kaperapi .. 71 ..

> "Thus has been recounted to you, of the jackal and the monkey too,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.152)

pāpādvimokṣaṇaṃ viprā dhanuṣkoṭau nimajanāt ..

> the release from sin through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.153)

bhaktyā ya imamadhyāyaṃ śṛṇoti paṭhate'pi vā ..72..

> Whoever hears or reads this chapter with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.154)

snānajaṃ phalamāpnoti dhanuṣkoṭau sa mānavaḥ ..

> that person obtains the fruit born of ritual ablution in Dhanuṣkoṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.155)

yogivṛṃdairasulabhāṃ muktimapyāśu viṃdati ..73..

> and swiftly attains even liberation, which is hard to obtain by hosts of yogins."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.35.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.35.156)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye dhanuṣkoṭipraśaṃsāyāṃ sṛgālavānaravimokṣaṇavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 35 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Liberation of the Jackal and the Monkey' in the praise of Dhanuṣkoṭi, in the Setumāhātmya, in the third Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.35.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kriyāyogasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.kriyayogasara.3.76) — Sanskrit

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