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# Skandapurana 3.1.41

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.2)

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi gāyatrīṃ ca sarasvatīm ..

> "Now, therefore, I shall fully relate, concerning Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.3)

lakṣyīkṛtya kathāmekāṃ pavitrāṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 1 ..

> a holy tale, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.4)

kaśyapākhyo dvijaḥ pūrvamasmiṃstīrthadvaye śubhe ..

> Formerly, a brahmin named Kaśyapa, in this auspicious pair of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.5)

snātvātimahataḥ pāpādvimukto narakapradāt .. 2 ..

> having bathed, was released from a very great sin that would have consigned him to hell."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.6)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.41.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.7)

mune kaśyapanāmāsāvakarotkiṃ hi pātakam ..

> "O sage, what sin did this one named Kaśyapa commit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.8)

snātvā tīrthadvayepyatra yasmānmukto'bhavatkṣaṇāt .. 3 ..

> from which he became liberated in an instant after bathing in this pair of sacred fords?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.9)

etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ brūhi sūta kṛpābalāt ..

> Tell this to us who are faithful, O Sūta, out of the power of your compassion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.10)

tvadvaco'mṛtatṛptānāṃ na pipāsāpi vidyate .. 4 ..

> to us who are satiated by the nectar of your speech, there is not even thirst."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.11)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.41.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.12)

gāyatryāśca sarasvatyā māhātmyapratipādakam ..

> "I shall relate an ancient narrative establishing the māhātmya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.13)

itihāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam .. 5 ..

> of Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī, which destroys sin for those who hear it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.14)

abhimanyusuto rājā parīkṣinnāma nāmataḥ ..

> The son of Abhimanyu, a king by the name of Parīkṣit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.15)

adhyāste hāstinapuraṃ pālayandharmato mahīm .. 6 ..

> dwelt in Hāstinapura, protecting the earth according to righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.16)

sa rājā jātu vipine cacāra mṛgayā rataḥ ..

> Once, that king, intent on hunting, roamed in the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.17)

ṣaṣṭivarṣavayā bhūpaḥ kṣuttṛṣṇāparipīḍitaḥ ..7 ..

> Sixty years of age, the king was afflicted by hunger and thirst.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.18)

naṣṭamekaṃ sa vipine mārgayanmṛgamādarāt ..

> Eagerly tracking a single deer that had been lost in the forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.19)

dhyānārūḍhaṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha taṃ cīravāsasam .. 8 ...

> he saw a sage immersed in meditation, clad in bark garments, and said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.20)

mayā bāṇena vipine mṛgo viddho'dhunā mune ..

> 'O sage, a deer was just struck by me with an arrow in the forest;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.21)

dṛṣṭaḥ sa kiṃ tvayā vidvanvidruto bhayakātaraḥ .. 9 ..

> was it seen by you, O wise one, fleeing in distress and fear?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.22)

samādhiniṣṭho maunitvānna kiṃ cidapi so'bravīt ..

> Established in absorption, \[the sage\] did not say anything at all because of his vow of silence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.23)

tato dhanuraṭanyā'sau skaṃdhe tasya mahāmuneḥ. 3.1.41.10 ..

> Then, having placed a dead serpent on the shoulder of that great sage  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.24)

nidhāya mṛtasarpaṃ tu kupitaḥ svapuraṃ yayau..

> with the tip of his bow, \[the king\], enraged, went to his own city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.25)

munestasya sutaḥ kaścicchṛṃgīnāma babhūva vai .. 11 ..

> That sage had a son named Śṛṅgin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.26)

sakhā tasya kṛśākhyo'bhūcchṛṃgiṇo dvijasattamāḥ ..

> That Śṛṅgin had a friend named Kṛśa, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.27)

sakhāyaṃ śṛṅgiṇaṃ prāha kṛśākhyaḥ sa sakhā tataḥ .. 12 ..

> Then that friend named Kṛśa said to his friend Śṛṅgin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.28)

pitā tava mṛtaṃ sarpaṃ skaṃdhena vahate'dhunā ..

> 'Your father now carries a dead snake on his shoulder!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.29)

mā bhūddarpastava sakhe mā kṛthāstvaṃ madaṃ vṛthā .. 13 ..

> Let there be no pride in you, friend; do not indulge in vain arrogance.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.30)

so'vadatkupitaḥ śṛṃgī ditsuśśāpaṃ nṛpāya vai ..

> Enraged and eager to pronounce a curse upon the king, Śṛṅgin said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.31)

mattāte śavasarpaṃ yo nyastavānmūḍhacetanaḥ .. 14 ..

> 'That foolish-minded one who placed a snake's corpse on my father—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.32)

sa saptarātrānmriyatāṃ saṃdaṣṭastakṣakāhinā ..

> may he die within seven nights, bitten by the serpent Takṣaka!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.33)

śaśāpaivaṃ munisutaḥ saubhadreyaṃ parīkṣitam .. 15 ..

> Thus the sage's son cursed Parīkṣit, the son of Subhadrā's son."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.34)

śamīkākhyaḥ pitā tasya śrutvā śaptaṃ sutena tam ..

> Hearing that the king had been cursed by his son, his father, named Śamīka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.35)

nṛpaṃ provāca tanayaṃ śṛṃgiṇaṃ munipuṃgavaḥ .. 16 ..

> that foremost of sages spoke to his son Śṛṅgin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.36)

rakṣakaṃ sarvalokānāṃ nṛpaṃ kiṃ śaptavānasi ..

> "Why did you curse the king, the protector of all the worlds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.37)

arājake vayaṃ loke sthāsyāmaḥ kathamaṃjasā .. 17 ..

> In a kingless world, how shall we truly survive?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.38)

krodhena pātakamabhūnna tvayā prāpyate sukham ..

> Through anger sin has arisen; you will obtain no happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.39)

yaḥ samutpāditaṃ kopaṃ kṣamayaiva nirasyati .. 18 ..

> He who dispels aroused anger solely through forbearance  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.40)

iha loke paratrāsāvatyaṃtaṃ sukhamedhate ..

> flourishes with supreme happiness in this world and in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.41)

kṣamāyuktā hi puruṣā labhaṃte śreya uttamam .. 19 ..

> For people endowed with forbearance attain the highest good."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.42)

tataḥ śamīkaḥ svaṃ śiṣyaṃ prāha gauramukhābhidham ..

> Then Śamīka spoke to his disciple named Gauramukha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.43)

bho gau mukha gatvā tvaṃ vada bhūpaṃ parīkṣitam .. 3.1.41.20 ..

> "O Gauramukha, go and tell King Parīkṣit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.44)

imaṃ śāpaṃ matsutoktaṃ takṣakāhividaṃśanam ..

> of this curse uttered by my son, of being bitten by the serpent Takṣaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.45)

punarāyāhi śīghraṃ tvaṃ matsamīpe mahāmate .. 21 ..

> Then come back swiftly into my presence, O wise one."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.46)

evamuktaḥ śamīkena yayau gauramukho nṛpam ..

> Thus addressed by Śamīka, Gauramukha went to the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.47)

sametya cābravīdbhūpaṃ saubhadreyaṃ parīkṣitam .. 22 ..

> and approaching, he spoke to King Parīkṣit, the son of Subhadrā's son:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.48)

dṛṣṭvā sarpaṃ pituḥ skandhe tvayā vinihitaṃ mṛtam ..

> "Seeing the dead snake placed by you upon his father's shoulder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.49)

śamīkasya sutaḥ śṛṃgī śaśāpa tvāṃ ruṣānvitaḥ .. 23 ..

> Śamīka's son Śṛṅgin, filled with fury, cursed you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.50)

etaddinātsaptame'hni takṣakeṇa mahāhinā ..

> 'On the seventh day from this day, by the great serpent Takṣaka  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.51)

daṣṭo viṣāgninā dagdho bhūyādāśvabhimanyujaḥ .. 24 ..

> may the son of Abhimanyu be bitten and burnt swiftly by poison-fire!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.52)

evaṃ śaśāpa tvāṃ rājañchṛṃgī tasya muneḥ sutaḥ ..

> Thus did Śṛṅgin, that sage's son, curse you, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.53)

etadvaktuṃ pitā tasya prāhiṇonmāṃ tvadaṃtikam .. 25 ..

> His father sent me into your presence to tell you this."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.54)

itīrayitvā taṃ bhūpamāśu gauramukho yayau ..

> Having spoken thus to the king, Gauramukha departed swiftly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.55)

gate gauramukhe paścādrājā śokaparāyaṇaḥ .. 26 ..

> After Gauramukha had gone, the king, overcome with grief,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.56)

abhraṃlihamathottuṃgamekastaṃbhaṃ suvistṛtam ..

> erected a high pavilion touching the clouds, upon a single pillar, very spacious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.57)

madhyegaṃgaṃ vyatanuta maṃḍapaṃ nṛpapuṃgavaḥ .. 27 ..

> in the midst of the Gaṅgā, that foremost of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.58)

mahāgāruḍamaṃtrajñairauṣadhajñaiścikitsakaiḥ ..

> with physicians who knew herbs and experts in the great Gāruḍa mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.59)

takṣakasya viṣaṃ haṃtuṃ yatnaṃ kurvansamāhitaḥ .. 28 ..

> making an effort with concentrated mind to avert the poison of Takṣaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.60)

anekadevabrahmarṣirājarṣipravarānvitaḥ ..

> Accompanied by many eminent celestial seers, divine seers, and royal seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.61)

āste tasminnṛpastuṃge maṃḍape viṣṇubhaktimān .. 29 ..

> the king, devoted to Viṣṇu, stayed in that lofty pavilion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.62)

tasminnavasare vipraḥ kāśyapo māṃtrikottamaḥ ..

> At that time, a brahmin named Kāśyapa, the best of mantra-masters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.63)

rājānaṃ rakṣituṃ prāyāttakṣakasya mahāviṣāt .. 3.1.41.30 ..

> set out on the seventh day to protect the king from the deadly poison of Takṣaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.64)

saptame'hani vipreṃdro daridro dhanakāmukaḥ ..

> that foremost of brahmins, poor and desirous of wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.65)

atrāṃtare takṣako'pi viprarūpī samāyayau .. 31 ..

> Meanwhile Takṣaka too arrived, disguised as a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.66)

madhyemārgaṃ vilokyātha kaśyapaṃ pratyabhāṣata ..

> Then, seeing Kāśyapa on the way, he spoke to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.67)

brāhmaṇa tvaṃ kutra yāsi vada me'dya mahāmune .. 32 ..

> "O brahmin, where are you going today? Tell me, O great sage."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.68)

iti pṛṣṭastadāvādītkāśyapastakṣakaṃ dvijāḥ ..

> When asked thus, Kāśyapa then said to Takṣaka, O brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.69)

parīkṣitaṃ mahārājaṃ takṣako'dya viṣāgninā .. 33 ..

> "Today Takṣaka will burn the great king Parīkṣit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.70)

dakṣyate taṃ śamayituṃ tatsamīpamupaimyaham ..

> with the fire of his poison; I am going into his presence to neutralize it."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.71)

ityuktavaṃtaṃ taṃ vipraṃ takṣakaḥ punarabravīt .. 34 ..

> To that brahmin who had spoken thus, Takṣaka spoke again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.72)

takṣakohaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha mayā daṣṭaścikitsitum ..

> "I am Takṣaka, O best of brahmins! One bitten by me cannot be cured  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.73)

na śakyo 'bdaśatenāpi mahāmaṃtrāyutairapi .. 35 ..

> even in a hundred years, even with ten thousand potent mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.74)

cikitsituṃ cenmaddaṣṭaṃ śaktirasti tavādhunā ..

> If you now have the power to heal one bitten by me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.75)

anekayojanocchrāyamimaṃ vaṭataruṃ tvaham .. 36 ..

> then I shall bite this banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.76)

daśāmyujjīvayainaṃ tvaṃ samartho'sti tato bhavān ..

> many yojanas high; you revive it, and then you are indeed capable."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.77)

itīrayitvā taṃ vṛkṣamadaśattakṣakastadā .. 37 ..

> Having spoken thus, Takṣaka then bit that tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.78)

abhavadbhasmasātso'pi vṛkṣo'tyaṃtaṃ samūrcchitaḥ ..

> It was completely reduced to ashes, utterly stunned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.79)

pūrvameva naraḥ kaścittaṃ vṛkṣamadhirūḍhavān .. 38 ..

> Earlier, a man had climbed that tree;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.80)

takṣakasya viṣolkābhiḥ so'pi dagdho'bhavattadā ..

> he too was burnt then by the flames of Takṣaka's poison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.81)

taṃ naraṃ na vijijñāte tau ca kāśyapatakṣakau .. .. 39 ..

> Neither Kāśyapa nor Takṣaka noticed that man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.82)

kāśyapaḥ pratijajñe'tha takṣakasyāpi śṛṇvataḥ ..

> Then Kāśyapa vowed, while Takṣaka also listened:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.83)

tanmaṃtraśaktiṃ paśyaṃtu sarve viprā hi no'dhunā .. 3.1.41.40 ..

> "Let all our brahmins now see the power of my mantra!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.84)

itīrayitvā taṃ vṛkṣaṃ bhasmībhūtaṃ viṣāgninā ..

> Having spoken thus, Kāśyapa, the foremost of mantra-masters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.85)

ajīvayanmantraśaktyā kāśyapo māṃtrikottamaḥ .. 41 ..

> revived by the power of his mantra that tree that had been reduced to ashes by the poison-fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.86)

naro'pi tena vṛkṣeṇa sākamujjīvito'bhavat ..

> The man was also brought back to life along with that tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.87)

athābravīttakṣakastaṃ kāśyapaṃ maṃtrakovidam .. 42 ..

> Then Takṣaka said to Kāśyapa, who was skilled in mantras:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.88)

yathā na munivāṅmithyā bhavedevaṃ kuru dvija ..

> "O brahmin, act in such a way that the sage's word may not prove false!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.89)

yatte rājā dhanaṃ dadyāttatopi dviguṇaṃ dhanam .. .. 43 ..

> Whatever wealth the king would give you, double that wealth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.90)

dadāmyahaṃ nivartasva śīghrameva dvijottama ..

> I will give. Turn back right now, O best of brahmins!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.91)

ityuktvānarghyaratnāni tasmai dattvā sa takṣakaḥ .. 44 ..

> Having said this and given him priceless jewels, Takṣaka  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.92)

nyavartayatkāśyapaṃ taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ maṃtrako vidam ..

> turned Kāśyapa back, that brahmin skilled in mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.93)

alpāyuṣaṃ nṛpaṃ matvā jñānadṛṣṭyā sa kāśyapaḥ .. 45 ..

> Knowing through his eye of wisdom that the king had but a short span of life, Kāśyapa \[departed\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.94)

svāśramaṃ prayayau tūṣṇīṃ labdharatnaśca takṣakāt ..

> Having obtained jewels from Takṣaka, he went silently to his hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.95)

so'bravīttakṣakaḥ sarvānsarpānāhūya tatkṣaṇe .. 46 ..

> Then Takṣaka summoned all the serpents at that moment and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.96)

yūyaṃ taṃ nṛpatiṃ prāpya munīnāṃ veṣadhāriṇaḥ ..

> "Approach that king disguised as sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.97)

upahāraphalānyāśu prayacchata parīkṣite .. 47 ..

> and swiftly offer fruits as gifts to Parīkṣit."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.98)

tathetyuktvā sarvasarpā dadū rājñe phalānyamī ..

> Saying 'So be it,' all those serpents gave fruits to the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.99)

takṣakopi tadā tatra kasmiṃścidbadarīphale .. 48 ..

> Then Takṣaka also, into a certain jujube fruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.100)

kṛmiveṣadharo bhūtvā vyatiṣṭhaddaṃśituṃ nṛpam ..

> entered in the form of a worm and waited to bite the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.101)

atha rājā pradattāni sarpairbrāhmaṇarūpakaiḥ .. 49 ..

> Then the king, having distributed all the fruits offered by the serpents in the form of brahmins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.102)

parīkṣinmaṃtravṛddhebhyo dattvā sarvaphalānyapi ..

> to the elders skilled in mantras, Parīkṣit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.103)

kautūhalena jagrāha sthūlamekaṃ phalaṃ kare .. 3.1.41.50 ..

> out of curiosity took one large fruit in his hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.104)

asminnavasare sūryo'pyastācalamagāhata ..

> At that moment, the sun sank down toward the sunset mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.105)

mithyā ṛṣivaco mā bhūditi tatratyamānavāḥ .. 51 ..

> "Lest the seer's word prove false"—saying thus, the men present there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.106)

anyoyamavadantsarve brāhmaṇāśca nṛpāstathā ..

> all the brahmins as well as the kings, spoke to one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.107)

evaṃ vadatsu sarveṣu phale tasminnadṛśyata .. 52 ..

> While they were all speaking thus, in that fruit was seen—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.108)

phale raktakṛmiḥ sarve rājñā cāpi parīkṣitā ..

> a red worm in the fruit was examined by the king and all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.109)

ayaṃ kiṃ māṃ daśedadya kṛmirityuktavā nnṛpaḥ .. 53 ..

> "Will this worm bite me today?" said the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.110)

nidadhe tatphalaṃ karṇe sakṛmi dvijasattamāḥ ..

> and placed that fruit with the worm to his ear, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.111)

takṣako'sminsthitaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛmirūpī phale tadā .. 54 ..

> Takṣaka, who had previously remained in that fruit in the form of a worm, then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.112)

nirgatya tatphalādāśu nṛpade hamaveṣṭayat ..

> coming out swiftly from that fruit, coiled around the king's body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.113)

takṣakāveṣṭite bhūpe pārśvasthā dudruvurbhayāt .. 55 ..

> When the king was entwined by Takṣaka, those standing beside him fled in terror.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.114)

anaṃtaraṃ nṛpo viprāstakṣakasya viṣāgninā ..

> Immediately after, O brahmins, by the fiery poison of the mighty Takṣaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.115)

dagdho'bhūdbhasmasādāśu saprāsādo balīyasā .. 56 ..

> the king, along with his palace, was swiftly burned to ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.116)

kṛtvordhvadaihikaṃ tasya nṛpasya sapurohitāḥ ..

> Having performed the post-funeral rites of that king, together with the royal chaplain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.117)

maṃtriṇastatsutaṃ rājye janamejayanāmakam .. 57 ..

> the ministers inaugurated his son named Janamejaya on the throne  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.118)

rājānamabhyaṣiṃcanvai gajadrakṣa ṇavāṃchayā ..

> as king, with the desire to protect the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.119)

takṣakādrakṣituṃ bhūpamāyātaḥ kāśyapābhidhaḥ .. 58 ..

> The brahmin named Kāśyapa, who had come to protect the king from Takṣaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.120)

yo brāhmaṇo muniśreṣṭhāḥ sa sarvairniṃdito janaiḥ ..

> O best of sages, was reviled by all people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.121)

babhrāma sakalāndeśāñchiṣṭaiḥ sarvaiśca dūṣitaḥ .. 59 ..

> He wandered through all countries, condemned by all righteous men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.122)

avasthānaṃ na lebhe'sau grāme vāpyāśrame'pi vā ..

> He found no dwelling place, whether in a village or in a hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.123)

yānyāndeśānasau yātastatratatramahājanaiḥ .. 3.1.41.60 ..

> Whichever lands he went to, by the prominent people there  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.124)

tattaddeśānnirastaḥ sa śākalyaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau ..

> he was driven out of each land, and he went to Śākalya for refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.125)

praṇamya śākalyamuniṃ kāśyapo nindito janaiḥ ..

> Bowing to the sage Śākalya, Kāśyapa, reviled by the people,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.126)

idaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa śākalyāya mahātmane .. 61 ..

> made this representation to the great-souled Śākalya:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.127)

.. kāśyapa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.41.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.128)

bhagavansarvadharmajña śākalya harivallabha .. 62 ..

> "O venerable one, knower of all righteousness, O Śākalya, dear to Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.129)

munayo brāhmaṇāścānye māṃ niṃdaṃti suhṛjjanāḥ ..

> sages, other brahmins, and friends revile me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.130)

nāsyāhaṃ kāraṇaṃ jāne kiṃ māṃ niṃdaṃti mānavāḥ .. 63 ..

> I do not know the cause of this: why do people revile me?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.131)

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ gurustrīgamanaṃ tathā ..

> Brahmin-murder, drinking liquor, violating the guru's bed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.132)

steyaṃ saṃsargadoṣo vā mayā nācaritaḥ kvacit .. 64 ..

> theft, or the fault of associating \[with sinners\]—none has ever been committed by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.133)

anyānyapi hi pāpāni na kṛtāni mayā mune ..

> Nor indeed have other sins been committed by me, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.134)

tathāpi niṃdaṃti janā vṛthā māṃ bāṃdhavādayaḥ .. 65 ..

> Even so, people, relatives, and others revile me in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.135)

jānāsi cettvaṃ śākalya mayā doṣaṃ kṛtaṃ vada ..

> If you know, O Śākalya, tell me the wrongdoing committed by me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.136)

ukto'tha kāśyapenaivaṃ śākalyākhyo mahāmuniḥ ..

> Thus addressed by Kāśyapa, that great sage named Śākalya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.137)

kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā babhāṣe taṃ kāśyapaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 66 ..

> meditated for a moment and spoke to that Kāśyapa, O best of the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.138)

.. śākalya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.41.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.139)

parīkṣitaṃ mahārājaṃ takṣakādrakṣituṃ bhavān .. 67 ..

> "You set out to protect the great king Parīkṣit from Takṣaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.140)

ayāsīdardhamārge tu takṣakeṇa nivāritaḥ ..

> but halfway on the road you were turned back by Takṣaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.141)

cikitsituṃ samartho'pi viṣarogādipīḍitam .. 68 ..

> Though capable of treating one suffering from poison and other afflictions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.142)

yo na rakṣati lobhena tamāhurbrahmaghātakam ..

> he who does not protect out of greed—they call him a murderer of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.143)

krodhātkāmādbhayāllobhānmātsaryānmohato'pi vā .. 69 ..

> Out of anger, lust, fear, greed, malice, or even delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.144)

yo na rakṣati vipreṃdra viṣarogāturaṃ naram ..

> he who does not protect a man afflicted with a disease of poison, O foremost of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.145)

brahmahā sa surāpī ca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ .. 3.1.41.70 ..

> is a murderer of a brahmin, a liquor-drinker, a thief, and a violator of the guru's bed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.146)

saṃsargadoṣaduṣṭaśca nāpi tasya hi niṣkṛtiḥ ..

> defiled by the sin of association; indeed, there is no expiation for him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.147)

kanyāvikrayiṇaścāpi hayavikrayiṇastathā .. 71 ..

> Even for sellers of daughters, and likewise for sellers of horses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.148)

kṛtaghna syāpi śāstreṣu prāyaścittaṃ hi vidyate ..

> and even for an ungrateful man, an expiation is prescribed in the treatises;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.149)

viṣarogāturaṃ yastu samarthopi na rakṣati .. 72 ..

> but he who, though capable, does not protect one afflicted with a disease of poison,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.150)

na tasya niṣkṛtiḥ proktā prāyaścittāyutairapi ..

> no expiation is declared for him, even by ten thousand atonements.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.151)

na tena saha paṃktau ca bhuṃjīta sukṛtī janaḥ .. 73 ..

> A virtuous person should not eat in the same row with him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.152)

na tena saha bhāṣeta na paśyettaṃ naraṃ kvacit ..

> one should not speak with him, nor look upon that man anywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.153)

tatsaṃbhāṣaṇamātreṇa mahāpātakabhāgbhavet .. 74 ..

> Merely by conversing with him, one becomes a sharer in a great sin."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.154)

parīkṣitsa mahārājaḥ puṇyaślokaśca dhārmikaḥ ..

> That great king Parīkṣit was of sacred renown and righteous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.155)

viṣṇubhakto mahāyogī cāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā .. 75 ..

> a devotee of Viṣṇu, a great yogin, and a protector of the four castes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.156)

vyāsaputrāddharikathāṃ śrutavānbhaktipūrvakam ..

> He had heard the tales of Hari with devotion from the son of Vyāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.157)

arakṣitvā nṛpaṃ taṃ tvaṃ vacasā takṣakasya yat .. 76 ..

> Because you did not protect that king, but turned back at the word of Takṣaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.158)

nivṛttastena vipreṃdrairbāṃdhavairapi dūṣyase ..

> therefore you are condemned by eminent brahmins and even by your kinsmen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.159)

sa parīkṣinmahārājo yadyapi kṣa ṇajīvitaḥ .. 77 ..

> Even though that great king Parīkṣit had only a moment left to live,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.160)

tathāpi yāvanmaraṇaṃ budhaiḥ kāryaṃ cikitsanam ..

> nevertheless treatment should be administered by the wise until death occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.161)

yāvatkaṇṭhagatāḥ prāṇā mumūrṣormānavasya hi .. 78 ..

> Indeed, as long as the breath remains in the throat of a dying man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.162)

tāvaccikitsā kartavyā kālasya kuṭilā gatiḥ ..

> so long should treatment be given, for the course of Time is crooked.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.163)

iti prāhuḥ purā ślokaṃ bhiṣagvaidyābdhipāragāḥ .. 79 ..

> Thus ancient physicians who crossed the ocean of medical knowledge recited a verse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.164)

ataścikitsāśakto'pi yasmādakṛtabheṣajaḥ ..

> Therefore, since you did not administer medicine even though capable of treating him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.165)

ardhamārge nivṛttastvaṃ tena taṃ hatavānasi ..

> and turned back midway, by that act you have slain him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.166)

śākalyenaivamuditaḥ kāśyapaḥ pratyabhāṣata .. 3.1.41.80 ..

> Addressed thus by Śākalya, Kāśyapa replied in turn:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.167)

.. kāśyapa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.41.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.168)

mamaitaddoṣaśāṃtyarthamupāyaṃ vada suvrata .. 81 ..

> O one of noble vows, tell me the means to expiate this fault of mine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.169)

yena māṃ pratigṛhṇīyurbāṃdhavāḥ sasuhṛjjanāḥ .. 82 ..

> so that my kinsmen along with my friends might accept me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.170)

kṛpāṃ mayi kuruṣva tvaṃ śākalya harivallabha ..

> Have mercy on me, O Śākalya, dear to Hari!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.171)

kāśyapenaivamuktastu śākalyopi munīśvaraḥ ..

> Thus addressed by Kāśyapa, Śākalya, the foremost of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.172)

kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā jagādaivaṃ kāśyapaṃ kṛpayā tadā .. 83 ..

> meditated for a moment and then compassionately spoke to Kāśyapa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.173)

.. śākalya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.41.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.174)

asya pāpasya śātyarthamupāyaṃ pravadāmi te .. 84 ..

> I shall declare to you the means for the pacification of this sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.175)

tatkarttavyaṃ tvayā śīghraṃ vilaṃbaṃ mā kṛthā dvija ..

> You must perform it quickly, O twice-born; do not delay.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.176)

dakṣiṇāṃbunidhau setau gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 85 ..

> At the southern ocean, on the bridge, on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.177)

asti tīrthadvayaṃ viprā gāyatrī ca sarasvatī ..

> there are two sacred fords, O brahmins: Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.178)

tatra tvaṃ snānamātreṇa śuddho bhūyāśca tatkṣaṇe .. 86 ..

> There, by merely taking a bath, you will immediately become purified.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.179)

gāyatryā ca sarasvatyā jalavāta spṛśo naraḥ ..

> Men who are touched by the breeze from the waters of Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.180)

vidhūya sarvapāpāni svargaṃ yāsyaṃti nirmalāḥ .. 87 ..

> shaking off all sins, go spotless to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.181)

tadyāhi śīghra vipra tvaṃ gāyatrīṃ ca sarasvatīm ..

> Therefore, go quickly, O brahmin, to Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.182)

ityuktaḥ kāśyapastena śākalyena dvijottamāḥ .. 88 ..

> Having been spoken to thus by Śākalya, O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.183)

natvā muniṃ ca śākalyaṃ tamāpṛcchya munīśvaram ..

> bowing to sage Śākalya and taking leave of that lord of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.184)

tena caivābhyanujñātaḥ prayayau gandhamādanam .. 89 ..

> and permitted by him, he set forth for Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.185)

tatra gatvā ca gāyatrīsarasvatyau ca kāśyapaḥ ..

> Having arrived there at Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī, Kāśyapa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.186)

natvā tīrthadvayaṃ bhaktyā daṇḍapāṇiṃ ca bhairavam .. 3.1.41.90 ..

> bowing with devotion to the two sacred fords and to Daṇḍapāṇi Bhairava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.187)

saṃkalpapūrvaṃ tattīrthe sasnau niyamasaṃyutaḥ ..

> bathed in that sacred ford with proper vows, preceded by a formal intention.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.188)

tīrthadvaye snānamātrānmuktapāpo'tha kāśyapaḥ .. 91 ..

> Then, by the mere bath in the pair of sacred fords, Kāśyapa became freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.189)

tīrthadvayasya tīre'sau kiṃcitkālaṃ tu tasthivān ..

> He stood for some time on the bank of the pair of sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.190)

tasminkāle ca gāyatrīsarasvatyau munīśvarāḥ .. .. 92 ..

> At that time, O lords of sages, Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.191)

prādurbabhūvaturmūrte sarvābharaṇabhūṣite ..

> manifested in bodily form, adorned with every ornament.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.192)

devyau te sa namaskṛtya kāśyapo bhaktipūrvakam .. 93 ..

> Having bowed to those two goddesses with devotion, Kāśyapa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.193)

ke yuvāṃ rūpasaṃpanne sarvālaṃkārasaṃyute ..

> seeing them, with a delighted mind asked: “Who are you two,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.194)

iti papraccha dṛṣṭvā te kāśyapo hṛṣṭamānasaḥ ..

> endowed with beauty and adorned with every ornament?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.195)

tena pṛṣṭe ca gāyatrīsarasvatyau tamūcatuḥ .. 94 ..

> Questioned by him, Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.196)

.. gāyatrīsarasvatyāvūcatuḥ .. ..

> Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.197)

kāśyapāvāṃ hi gāyatrīsarasvatyau vidhipriye .. 95 ..

> O Kāśyapa, we are indeed Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī, the beloveds of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.198)

etattīrthasvarūpeṇa nityaṃ vartāvahe tvataḥ ..

> In the form of this sacred ford, we dwell here eternally.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.199)

atra tīrthadvaye snānādāvāṃ tuṣṭe tavādhunā .. 96 ..

> Because of your bath in this pair of sacred fords, we are now pleased with you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.41.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.41.200)

varaṃ matto vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadiṣṭaṃ kāśyapa dvija ..

> Choose a boon from us as you desire, O twice-born Kāśyapa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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