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Reverence to him who has the form of a lion! / Reverence to you, the dwarf; reverence to you, the son of Jamadagni! / Reverence to you, the descendant of Raghu! Reverence to you, Balabhadra! / To Kṛṣṇa, to Kalkin, reverence to you whose form is knowledge! / Protect me, ocean of compassion, Nārāyaṇa, Lord of the world! / Shameless, wretched, cruel, malicious, deceitful, emaciated, / greedy only for the wives, wealth, and fields of others, / with a mind beset by envy—protect me, O Hari, through compassion!’ / Thus praised in person by Mudgala, O best of brahmins, / Hari addressed that sage Mudgala with a voice deep as a cloud.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_1) .. śrīhariruvāca .. .. > Śrī Hari said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_2) prīto'smyanena stotreṇa mudgala kratunā ca te .. > “I am pleased with this hymn of praise, Mudgala, and with your sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_3) pratyakṣeṇa havirbhoktumahaṃ te kratumāgataḥ .. 22 .. > I have come to your sacrifice in visible form to consume the oblation.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_4) ityukto hariṇā tatra mudgalastuṣṭamānasaḥ .. > Thus addressed by Hari there, Mudgala, with a joyful mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_5) uvācādhokṣajaṃ vipro bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ .. 23 .. > spoke to Adhokṣaja, filled with supreme devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_6) .. mudgala uvāca .. .. > Mudgala said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_7) kṛtārtho'smi hṛṣīkeśa patnī me dhanyatāṃ yayau .. > “I have attained my goal, Hṛṣīkeśa! My wife has achieved blessedness! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_8) adya me saphalaṃ janma hyadya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ .. 24 .. > Today my birth has borne fruit; indeed, today my austerity has borne fruit! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_9) adaya me saphalo vaṃśo hyadya me saphalāḥ sutāḥ .. > Today my lineage has borne fruit; indeed, today my sons have borne fruit! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_10) āśramaḥ saphalo'dyaiva sarvaṃ saphalamadya me .. 25 .. > My hermitage has borne fruit this very day; everything of mine has borne fruit today, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_11) yadbhavānyajñavāṭaṃ me havirbhoktumihāgataḥ .. > since you have come here to my sacrificial enclosure to consume the oblation! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_12) yogino yoganiratā hṛdaye mṛgayaṃti yam .. 26 .. > Whom the yogins, devoted to yoga, seek in their hearts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_13) tamadya sākṣāttvāṃ paśye sapha lo'yaṃ mama kratuḥ .. > that very you I see today face-to-face; this sacrifice of mine has borne fruit!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_14) itīrayitvā taṃ viṣṇumarcayitvā''sanādibhiḥ ..27.. > Having said this, worshiping that Viṣṇu with a seat and other offerings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_15) caṃdanaiḥ kusumairanyairdattvā cārghyaṃ sa viṣṇave .. > with sandalpastes and other flowers, and offering arghya to Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_16) pradadau viṣṇave prītyā puro ḍāśādikaṃ haviḥ .. 28 .. > he gladly presented to Viṣṇu the oblation consisting of puroḍāśa cake and other offerings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_17) svayameva samādāya pāṇinā lokabhāvanaḥ .. > Taking it with his own hand, the creator of the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_18) havistadbubhuje viṣṇurmudgalena samarpitam .. 29 .. > Viṣṇu, consumed that oblation offered by Mudgala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_19) tasminhaviṣi bhukte tu viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. > When that oblation was consumed by the all-powerful Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_20) sāgnayastridaśāḥ sarve tṛptāḥ samabhavandvijāḥ ..3.1.37.30.. > all the thirty \[gods\] along with Agni were satisfied, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_21) ṛtvijo yajamānaśca tatratyā brāhmaṇāstathā .. > The officiating priests, the patron of the sacrifice, and likewise the brahmins present there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_22) yatkiṃcitprāṇiloke' smiṃścaraṃ vā yadi vā'caram ..31.. > and whatever living beings there were in this world, whether moving or stationary— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_23) sarvameva jagattṛptaṃ bhukte haviṣi viṣṇunā .. > the entire world was satisfied when the oblation was consumed by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_24) tato hariḥ prasannātmā mudgalaṃ pratyabhāṣata ..32.. > Then Hari, with a gracious mind, addressed Mudgala: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_25) prīto'haṃ varado'smyeṣa varaṃ varaya suvrata .. > “I am pleased. Here I am as a granter of boons; choose a boon, O you of good vows.” / When Keśava had spoken thus, the great seer addressed him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_26) ityukte keśavenātha maharṣistamabhāṣata .. 33 .. > When this was said by Keśava, the great seer then spoke to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_27) .. mudgala uvāca .. .. > Mudgala said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_28) yattvayā me havirbhuktaṃ yāge pratyakṣarūpiṇā .. > “Since my oblation in the sacrifice was consumed by you in visible form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_29) anenaiva kṛtārtho'smi kimasmādadhikaṃ varam .. 34 .. > by that alone I have attained my goal; what boon could be greater than this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_30) tathāpi bhagavanviṣṇo tvayi me niścalā sadā .. > Even so, Lord Viṣṇu, may my devotion to you be ever steadfast > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_31) bhaktirniṣkapaṭā bhūyādidaṃ me prathamaṃ varam .. 35 .. > and free of deceit; this is my first boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_32) mādhavāhaṃ pratidinaṃ sāyaṃprātarihāgnaye .. > O Mādhava, every day, at evening and morning, here unto the fire > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_33) tvadrūpāya tava prītyai surabheḥ payasā hare .. 36 .. > that is your form, for your pleasure, with the milk of Surabhi, O Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_34) hotumicchāmi varada tanme dehi varāṃtaram .. > I wish to offer oblations, O granter of boons; grant me that as another boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_35) payasā nityahomo hi dvikālaṃ śruticoditaḥ .. 37 .. > For daily offering of milk oblation at both times is enjoined by Vedic scripture, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_36) na me surabhayaḥ saṃti tāpasasyādhanasya ca .. > and I, an ascetic without wealth, have no cows.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_37) ityukte mudgalenātha devo nārāyaṇo hariḥ .. 38 .. > When Mudgala had spoken thus, the divine Lord Nārāyaṇa, Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_38) āhūya viśvakarmāṇaṃ tvaṣṭāramamṛtāśinam .. > summoned Viśvakarman, Tvaṣṭṛ, the eater of ambrosia, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_39) ekaṃ saraḥ kārayitvā śilpinā tena śobhanam .. 39 .. > and had a beautiful lake made by that craftsman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_40) sphaṭikādi śilābhedaistenāsau viśvakarmaṇā .. > With various slabs of crystal and other stones, that \[lake\] was levelled > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_41) samīcakāra ca punastatprākārādyalaṃkṛtam .. > by Viśvakarman, and further adorned with surrounding walls and other structures. / Then, summoning Surabhi, the Lord spoke \[these\] words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_42) tata āhūya bhagavānsurabhiṃ vākyamabravīt .. 3.1.37.40 .. śrīhariruvāca .. > Śrī Hari said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_43) mudgalo mama bhakto'yaṃ surabhe pratyahaṃ mudā .. 41 .. > “This Mudgala is my devotee, Surabhi. Every day with joy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_44) matprītyarthaṃ payohomaṃ kartumicchati sāṃpratam .. > for my pleasure, he now wishes to make an oblation of milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_45) matprītyarthamito devi tvamato matpracoditā .. .. 42 .. > For my pleasure, O goddess, prompted by me from now on, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_46) sāyaṃprātarihāgatya pratyahaṃ surabhe śubhe .. > coming here every day at evening and morning, O auspicious Surabhi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_47) payasā tvatprasūtena sara etatprapūraya .. 43 .. > fill this lake with the milk produced from you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_48) tenāsau payasā nityaṃ sāyaṃprātaśca hoṣyati .. > With that milk, he will constantly offer oblations at evening and morning.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_49) omityuktvātha surabhirevaṃ nārayaṇeritā .. 44 .. > Saying “Om,” Surabhi, thus addressed by Nārāyaṇa, \[filled the lake\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_50) atha nārāyaṇo devo mudgalaṃ pratyabhāṣata .. > Then Lord Nārāyaṇa said to Mudgala: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_51) surabheḥ payasā nityamasminsarasi tiṣṭhatā .. .. 45 .. > “Constantly with the milk of Surabhi remaining in this lake, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_52) sāyaṃprātaḥ pratidinaṃ matprītyarthamihāgnaye .. > every day, evening and morning, to the fire here for my pleasure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_53) juhudhi tvaṃ mahābhāga tena prīṇāmyahaṃ tava .. 46 .. > offer oblations, O fortunate one! By that I shall be pleased with you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_54) matprītyā te'khilā siddhirbhaviṣyati ca mudgala .. > Through my pleasure, all accomplishment shall be yours, O Mudgala! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_55) idaṃ kṣīrasaronāma tīrthaṃ khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 47 .. > This sacred ford shall become famous under the name Kṣīrasaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_56) asminkṣīrasarastīrthe snātānāṃ paṃcapātakam .. > For those who have bathed in this sacred ford of Kṣīrasaras, the five great sins > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_57) anyānyapi ca pāpāni nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. 48 .. > and other sins as well shall perish in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_58) mudgala tvaṃ ca māṃ yāhi dehāṃte muktabaṃdhanaḥ .. > And you, Mudgala, free from bondage, come to me at the end of your body.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_59) ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇustaṃ samāliṃgya mudgalam .. 49 .. > Having spoken thus and embraced that Mudgala, Lord Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_60) namaskṛtaśca tenāyaṃ tatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. > saluted by him, vanished right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_61) mudgalo'pi gate viṣṇāvanekaśatavatsaram .. 3.1.37.50 .. > Mudgala too, when Viṣṇu was gone, for many hundreds of years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_62) surabheḥ payasā juhvannagnaye harituṣṭaye .. > offering oblations to the fire with Surabhi's milk for the satisfaction of Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_63) uvāsa prayato nityaṃ phulla grāme vimuktide .. > lived, constantly self-restrained, in Phullagrāma, which bestows liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_64) dehāṃte muktimagamadviṣṇusāyujyarūpiṇīm .. 51 .. > At the end of his body he attained liberation in the form of union with Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_65) .. śrīsūta uvāca .. > Śrī Sūta said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_66) evametaddvijavarā yuṣmākaṃ kathitaṃ mayā .. 52 .. > Thus, O best of brahmins, has this been told to you by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_67) yathā kṣīrasaro nāma tīrthasyāsya purā'bhavat .. > how this sacred ford came to be named Kṣīrasaras in ancient times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_68) idaṃ kṣīrasaraḥ puṇyaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam .. 53 .. > This holy Kṣīrasaras is renowned in all the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_69) kāśyapasya muneḥ patnī kadrūryatra dvijottamāḥ .. > where Kadru, the wife of sage Kaśyapa, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_70) snātvā svabhartṛvākyena noditā niyamānvitā .. 54 .. > having bathed at the word of her husband, endowed with vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_71) chalena mumuce sadyaḥ sapatnījayadoṣataḥ .. > was immediately freed from the fault of deceitfully conquering her co-wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_72) ato'tra tīrthe ye snāṃti mānavāḥ śudamānasāḥ .. 55 .. > Therefore, the people of pure minds who bathe in this sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_73) teṣāṃ vimuktabaṃdhānāṃ muktānāṃ puṇyakarmiṇām .. > freed from bondage, liberated, performers of meritorious deeds— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_74) kiṃ yāgaiḥ kimu vā vedaiḥ kiṃ vā tīrthaniṣevaṇaiḥ .. 56 .. > what need have they of sacrifices, or of the Vedas, or of resorting to sacred fords, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_75) japairvā niyamairvāpi kṣīra kuṃḍavilokinām .. > or of prayers and vows, for those who behold Kṣīrakuṇḍa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_76) kṣīrakuṃḍasya vātena spṛṣṭadeho naro dvijāḥ .. 57 .. > A man whose body is touched by the breeze of Kṣīrakuṇḍa, O brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_77) brahmalokamanuprāpya tatraiva parimucyate .. > reaches the world of Brahmā and is fully liberated right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_78) nimagnāḥ kṣīrakuṃḍe'sminnavamatyāpi bhāskarim ..58.. > Those plunged in this Kṣīrakuṇḍa, even despising Yama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_79) tasya mūrddhani tiṣṭheyurjvalataḥ pāvakopamāḥ .. > shall stand upon his head, blazing like fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_80) magnānāṃ kṣīrakuṃḍesmiñchītā vaitaraṇī nadī. ..59.. > For those plunged in this Kṣīrakuṇḍa, the Vaitaraṇī river becomes cool, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_81) sarvāṇi narakāṇyaddhā vyarthāni ca bhavaṃti hi .. > and all the hells become utterly useless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_82) kāmadhenusame tasminkṣīrakuṃḍe sthitepyaho .. 3.1.37.60 .. > Ah, while that Kṣīrakuṇḍa, equal to the wish-granting cow, exists, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_83) yonyatra bhramate snātuṃ sa naro viprasattamāḥ .. > the man who wanders elsewhere to bathe, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_84) gokṣīre vidyamāne'pi hyarkakṣīrāya gacchati .. 61 .. > goes after the milk of the calotropis plant even when cow's milk is at hand! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_85) snātānāṃ kṣīrakuṃḍe'sminnālabhyaṃ kiṃcidasti hi .. > Indeed, for those who have bathed in this Kṣīrakuṇḍa, nothing is unobtainable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_86) karaprāptaiva muktiḥ syātkimanyairbahubhāṣaṇaiḥ .. 62 .. > Liberation is placed right in their hand; what is the use of other long speeches? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_87) bravīmi bhujamuddhatya satyaṃsatyaṃ bravīmi vaḥ .. > Raising my arm, I tell you—truly, truly I tell you: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_88) yaḥ paṭhedimamadhyāyaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ .. > He who reads this chapter, or hears it with concentrated mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_89) sa kṣīrakuṃḍasnānasya labhate phalamuttamam .. 63 .. > he attains the highest fruit of bathing in Kṣīrakuṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37.21\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37.21_90) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye kṣīrakuṃḍapraśaṃsāyāṃ kṣīrakuṃḍasvarūpakathanaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 37 .. > Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter, named “Description of the Nature of Kṣīrakuṇḍa,” in the praise of Kṣīrakuṇḍa within the Setumāhātmya in the third \[section\], the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa 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.3.1.37.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.37) · Pramāṇa