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# Skandapurana 3.1.44

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.2)

sarvavedārthatattvajña purāṇārṇavapāraga ..

> O knower of the truth of the meaning of all the Vedas! O crosser of the ocean of the Purāṇas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.3)

vyāsapādāṃbujadvaṃdvanamaskārahṛtāśubha .. 1 ..

> O one whose inauspiciousness was dispelled by bowing to the pair of lotus feet of Vyāsa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.4)

purāṇārthopadeśena sarvaprāṇyupakā raka ..

> O benefactor of all living beings through instruction in the meaning of the Purāṇas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.5)

tvayā hyanugṛhītāḥ sma purāṇakathanādvayam .. 2 ..

> We have indeed been graced by you through the recitation of the Purāṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.6)

adhunā setumāhātmyakathanātsutarāṃ mune ..

> Now, especially through the recitation of the Setumāhātmya, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.7)

vayaṃ kṛtārthāḥ saṃjātā vyāsaśiṣya mahāmate .. .. 3 ..

> we have attained our purpose, O disciple of Vyāsa, O great-minded one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.8)

yathā prātiṣṭhipalliṃgaṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ ..

> How Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, established the liṅga—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.9)

tacchrotuṃ vayamicchāmastvamidānīṃ vadasva naḥ .. 4 ..

> we desire to hear that; tell it to us now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.10)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.44.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.11)

yadarthaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ gandhamādanaparvate ..

> The purpose for which the liṅga was installed on Mount Gandhamādana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.12)

rāmacandreṇa vipreṃdra tadidānīṃ bravīmi vaḥ .. 5 ..

> by Rāmacandra, O best of brahmins, that I shall now tell you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.13)

hṛtabhāryo vanādrāmo rāvaṇena balīyasā ..

> His wife having been taken from the forest by the mighty Rāvaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.14)

kapisenāyuto dhīraḥ sasaumi trirmahābalaḥ ..6..

> Rāma, resolute and exceedingly powerful, accompanied by an army of monkeys and by Saumitri,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.15)

maheṃdraṃ girimāsādya vyalokayata vāridhim ..

> reached Mount Mahendra and looked upon the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.16)

tasminnapāre jaladhau kṛtvā setuṃ raghūdvahaḥ ..7..

> Having built a bridge across that shoreless ocean, the scion of Raghu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.17)

tena gatvā purīṃ laṃkāṃ rāvaṇenābhirakṣi tām ..

> proceeded by it to the city of Laṅkā, which was guarded by Rāvaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.18)

astaṃgate sahasrāṃśau paurṇamāsyāṃ niśāmukhe..8..

> When the thousand-rayed sun had set on the full moon night, at the onset of evening,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.19)

rāmaḥ sasainiko viprāḥ suvelagirimāruhat ..

> Rāma, along with his army, O brahmins, climbed Mount Suvela.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.20)

tataḥ saudhasthitaṃ rātrau dṛṣṭvā laṃkeśvaraṃ balī. .. .. 9 ..

> Then, seeing the lord of Laṅkā standing on his palace at night, the mighty  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.21)

sūryaputro'sya mukuṭaṃ pātayāsa bhūtale ..

> son of the Sun threw down his diadem to the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.22)

rākṣaso bhagnamukuṭaḥ praviveśa gṛhodaram .. 3.1.44.10 ..

> His diadem shattered, the rākṣasa entered the interior of his house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.23)

gṛhaṃ praviṣṭe laṃkeśe rāmaḥ sugrīvasaṃyutaḥ ..

> When the lord of Laṅkā had entered the house, Rāma, accompanied by Sugrīva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.24)

sānujaḥ senayā sārddhamavaruhya girestaṭāt ..11..

> together with his younger brother and his army, descending from the slope of the mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.25)

senāṃ nyaveśayadvīro rāmo laṃkāsamīpataḥ ..

> the heroic Rāma encamped his army near Laṅkā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.26)

tato niveśamānāṃstānvānarānrāvaṇānugāḥ .. 12..

> Then, against those monkeys as they were being encamped, the followers of Rāvaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.27)

abhijagmurmahākāyāḥ sāyudhāḥ sahasainikāḥ ..

> of massive bodies, armed, and with their soldiers, advanced:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.28)

parvaṇaḥ pūtano jṛṃbhaḥ kharaḥ krodhavaśo hariḥ ..13..

> Parvaṇa, Pūtana, Jṛmbha, Khara, Krodhavaśa, Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.29)

prārujaścārujaścaiva prahastaścetare tathā ..

> Prāruja and Āruja, and Prahasta, as well as others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.30)

tato'bhipatatāṃ teṣāmadṛśyānāṃ durātmanām .. 14 ..

> Then, as those wicked ones rushed forward invisibly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.31)

antardhānavadhaṃ tatra cakāra sma vibhīṣaṇaḥ ..

> Vibhīṣaṇa struck them down in their state of invisibility.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.32)

te dṛśyamānā balibhirharibhirdūrapātibhiḥ .. 15 ..

> Rendered visible, by the powerful monkeys striking from afar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.33)

nihatāḥ sarvataścaite nyapatanvai gatāsavaḥ ..

> they were slain and fell dead on all sides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.34)

amṛṣyamāṇaḥ sabalo rāvaṇo niryayāvatha .. 16 ..

> Unable to endure it, Rāvaṇa then marched out with his army;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.35)

vyūhya tānvānarānsarvānnyavārayata sāyakaiḥ ..

> having arranged \[his forces\], he checked all those monkeys with arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.36)

rāghavastvatha niryāya vyūḍhānīko daśānanam .. 17 ..

> Then Rāghava, having set forth with his troops drawn up in battle array, against the ten-faced one  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.37)

pratyayudhyata vegena dvaṃdvayuddhamabhūttadā ..

> fought back with speed; then a single combat took place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.38)

yuyudhe lakṣmaṇenātha iṃdrajidrāvaṇātmajaḥ .. 18 ..

> Then Indrajit, the son of Rāvaṇa, fought with Lakṣmaṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.39)

virūpākṣeṇa sugrīvastāreyeṇāpi kharvaṭaḥ ..

> Sugrīva with Virūpākṣa; and Kharvaṭa with the son of Tārā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.40)

pauṃḍreṇa ca nalastatra puṭeśaḥ panasena ca .. 19 ..

> Nala with Pauṇḍra there, and Panasa with Puṭeśa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.41)

anyepi kapayo vīrā rākṣasairdvaṃdvametya tu ..

> and other heroic monkeys, having engaged in single combat with the rākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.42)

cakruryuddhaṃ sutumulaṃ bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavarddhanam .. 3.1.44.20 ..

> fought a very tumultuous battle that increased the fear of the timid.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.43)

atha rakṣāṃsi bhinnāni vānarairbhīmavikramaiḥ ..

> Then the rākṣasas, shattered by the monkeys of terrible valor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.44)

pradudruvū raṇādāśu laṃkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām .. 21 ..

> quickly fled from the battlefield to Laṅkā, ruled by Rāvaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.45)

bhagneṣu sarvasainyeṣu rāvaṇapreritena vai ..

> When all the armies were broken, urged on indeed by Rāvaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.46)

putreṇeṃdrajitā yuddhe nāgāstrairatidāruṇaiḥ .. 22 ..

> by his son Indrajit in battle with exceedingly terrible serpent-missiles  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.47)

viddhau dāśarathī viprā ubhau tau rāmalakṣmaṇau ..

> both those sons of Daśaratha, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, were pierced, O brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.48)

mocitau vainateyena garuḍena mahātmanā .. 23 ..

> they were freed by the son of Vinatā, the great-souled Garuḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.49)

tatra prahastastarasā samabhyetya vibhīṣaṇam ..

> There Prahasta, swiftly approaching Vibhīṣaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.50)

gadayā tāḍayāmāsa vinadya raṇakarkaśaḥ .. 24 ..

> struck him with a mace, roaring, harsh in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.51)

sa tayābhihato dhīmāngadayā bhāmivegayā ..

> Struck by that mace possessed of terrible speed, the wise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.52)

nākaṃpata mahābāhurhimavāniva susthitaḥ .. 25 ..

> mighty-armed one did not tremble, firmly situated like the Himālaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.53)

tataḥ pragṛhya vipulāmaṣṭaghaṃṭāṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ ..

> Then, seizing a vast spear adorned with eight bells,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.54)

abhimaṃtrya mahāśaktiṃ cikṣe pāsya śiraḥ prati..26..

> consecrating it with a mantra, Vibhīṣaṇa hurled the great lance towards his head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.55)

pataṃtyā sa tayā vegādrākṣaso'śaninā yathā.  
hṛtottamāṃgo dadṛśe vātarugṇa iva drumaḥ..27..

> As it fell swiftly like a thunderbolt, the rākṣasa,  
> his head severed, was seen like a tree broken by the wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.56)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ saṃkhye prahastaṃ kṣaṇadācaram..

> Seeing that night-roamer Prahasta slain in battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.57)

abhidudrāva dhūmrākṣo vegena mahatā kapīn..28..

> Dhūmrākṣa rushed with great speed against the monkeys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.58)

kapisainyaṃ samālokya vidrutaṃ pavanātmajaḥ..

> Observing the monkey army fleeing, the son of the Wind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.59)

dhūmrākṣamājaghānāśu śareṇa raṇamūrdhani..29..

> swiftly struck Dhūmrākṣa with an arrow at the head of battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.60)

dhūmrākṣaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ ..

> Seeing Dhūmrākṣa slain, the night-roamers who survived the slaughter  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.61)

sarvaṃ rājñe yathāvṛttaṃ rāvaṇāya nyavedayan ..3.1.44.30..

> reported everything that had happened to King Rāvaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.62)

tataḥ śayānaṃ laṃkeśaḥ kumbhakarṇamabodhayat ..

> Then the lord of Laṅkā awakened Kumbhakarṇa, who was sleeping,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.63)

prabuddhaṃ preṣayāmāsa yuddhāya sa ca rāvaṇaḥ .. 31 ..

> and, once he was awakened, Rāvaṇa dispatched him to battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.64)

āgataṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ taṃ brahmāstreṇa tu lakṣmaṇaḥ ..

> When Kumbhakarṇa arrived, Lakṣmaṇa, however, with the weapon of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.65)

jaghāna samare kruddho gatāsurnyapatacca saḥ .. 32 ..

> slew him in battle, enraged; and he fell, bereft of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.66)

dūṣaṇasyānujau tatra vatravegapramāthinau ..

> There, the two younger brothers of Dūṣaṇa, crushing with the swiftness of wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.67)

hanumannīlanihatau rāvaṇapratimau raṇe .. 33 ..

> equal to Rāvaṇa, were slain in battle by Hanūmat and Nīla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.68)

vajradaṃṣṭraṃ samavadhīdviśvakarmasuto nalaḥ ..

> Nala, the son of Viśvakarman, completely slew Vajradaṃṣṭra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.69)

akaṃpanaṃ ca nyahanatkumudo vānararṣabhaḥ .. 34 ..

> and Kumuda, the bull among monkeys, killed Akaṃpana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.70)

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ parājito rājā prāviśacca purīṃ tataḥ ..

> Defeated on the sixth \[day\], the king then entered the city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.71)

atikāyo lakṣmaṇena hataśca triśirāstathā .. 35 ..

> And Atikāya was slain by Lakṣmaṇa, as well as Triśiras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.72)

sugrīveṇa hatau yuddhe devāṃta kanarāṃtakau ..

> Devāntaka and Narāntaka were slain in battle by Sugrīva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.73)

hanūmatā hatau yuddhe kumbhakarṇasutāvubhau .. 36 ..

> both sons of Kumbhakarṇa were slain in battle by Hanūmat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.74)

vibhīṣaṇena nihato makarākṣaḥ kharātmajaḥ ..

> Makarākṣa, the son of Khara, was slain by Vibhīṣaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.75)

tata indrajitaṃ putraṃ codayāmāsa rāvaṇaḥ..37..

> Then Rāvaṇa urged on his son Indrajit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.76)

indrajinmohayitvā tau bhrātarau rāmalakṣamaṇau..

> Indrajit, having confounded those two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.77)

ghoraiḥ śarairaṃgadena hatavāho divi sthitaḥ..38..

> stood in the sky, his mount having been slain with terrible arrows by Aṅgada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.78)

kumudāṃgadasugrīvanalajāṃbavadādibhiḥ..

> Together with Kumuda, Aṅgada, Sugrīva, Nala, Jāmbavat, and the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.79)

sahitā vānarāḥ sarve nyapataṃstena ghātitāḥ..39..

> all the monkeys fell down, struck by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.80)

evaṃ nihatya samare sasainyau rāmalakṣmaṇau..

> Having thus struck down Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with their army in battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.81)

aṃtardadhe tadā vyomni meghanādo mahābalaḥ .. 3.1.44.40 ..

> Meghanāda, of great might, then vanished into the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.82)

tato vibhīṣaṇo rāmamikṣvākukulabhūṣaṇam ..

> Then Vibhīṣaṇa, to Rāma, the ornament of the Ikṣvāku lineage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.83)

uvāca prāṃjalirvākyaṃ praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ .. 41 ..

> spoke with folded hands, bowing down again and again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.84)

ayamaṃbho gṛhītvā tu rājarājasya śāsanāt ..

> "Taking this water, by the order of the King of Kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.85)

guhyako'bhyāgato rāma tvatsakāśamariṃdama .. 42 ..

> a Guhyaka has come to your presence, O Rāma, tamer of foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.86)

idamaṃbhaḥ kuberaste mahārāja prayacchati ..

> Kubera offers this water to you, O great king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.87)

aṃtarhitānāṃ bhūtānāṃ darśanārthaṃ paraṃ tapa .. 43 ..

> in order to see hidden beings, O scorcher of foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.88)

anena spṛṣṭanayano bhūtānyaṃtarhitānyapi ..

> One whose eyes are touched with this will see even hidden beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.89)

bhavāndrakṣyati yasmai vā bhavānetatpradāsyati .. 44 ..

> you will see them, or to whomever you shall give this,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.90)

so'pi drakṣyati bhūtāni viyattyaṃtarhitāni vai ..

> he too will see beings hidden in the sky."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.91)

tatheti rāmastadvāri pratigṛhyātha satkṛtam .. 45 ..

> Saying 'So be it,' Rāma then took that honored water;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.92)

cakāra netrayoḥ śaucaṃ lakṣmaṇaśca mahābalaḥ .  
sugrīvajāṃbavantau ca hanumānaṃgadastathā .. 46 ..

> he washed his eyes, and Lakṣmaṇa of great might \[did so\],  
> as well as Sugrīva, Jāmbavat, Hanūmat, and Aṅgada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.93)

maiṃdadvividanīlāśca ye cānye vānarāstathā ..

> and Mainda, Dvivida, Nīla, and whichever other monkeys there were.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.94)

te sarve rāmadattena vāriṇā śuddhacakṣuṣaḥ .. 47 ..

> All of them, their eyes cleansed with the water given by Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.95)

ākāśeṃtarhitaṃ vīramapaśyanrāvaṇā tmajam ..

> saw the heroic son of Rāvaṇa concealed in the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.96)

tatastamabhidudrāva saumitrirdṛṣṭigocaram .. 48 ..

> Then the son of Sumitrā ran towards him who had come into sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.97)

tato jaghāna saṃkuddho lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛtalakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Then Lakṣmaṇa, enraged, distinguished by auspicious marks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.98)

kuverapreṣitajalaiḥ pavitrīkṛtalocanaḥ .. .. 49 ..

> his eyes purified by the waters sent by Kubera, struck \[him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.99)

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ lakṣmaṇeṃdrajitormahat ..

> Then a great battle took place between Lakṣmaṇa and Indrajit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.100)

atīva citramāścaryaṃ śakraprahlādayoriva .. 3.1.44.50 ..

> exceedingly wondrous and marvelous, like that between Śakra and Prahlāda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.101)

tatastṛtīyadivase yatnena mahatā dvijāḥ ..

> Then on the third day, with great effort, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.102)

iṃdrajinnihato yuddhe lakṣmaṇena balīyasā .. 51 ..

> Indrajit was slain in battle by the mighty Lakṣmaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.103)

tato mūlabalaṃ sarvaṃ hataṃ rāmeṇa dhīmatā ..

> Then the entire reserve force was destroyed by the wise Rāma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.104)

atha kruddho daśagrīvaḥ priyaputre nipātite .. 52 ..

> Then the ten-necked \[Rāvaṇa\], enraged when his dear son was struck down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.105)

niryayau rathamāsthāya nagarādbahusainikaḥ ..

> mounted his chariot and marched out of the city accompanied by a vast army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.106)

rāvaṇo jānakīṃ hantumudyukto viṃdhyavāritaḥ .. 53 ..

> Rāvaṇa, eager to slay Jānakī, had been restrained by Vindhya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.107)

tato haryaśvayuktena rathenādityavarcasā ..

> Then, with a chariot yoked to bay horses and possessing the splendour of the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.108)

upatasthe raṇe rāmaṃ mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ .. 54 ..

> Mātali, the charioteer of Śakra, approached Rāma in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.109)

aindraṃ rathaṃ samāruhya rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ..

> Ascending the chariot of Indra, Rāma, the foremost of upholders of dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.110)

śirāṃsi rākṣasendrasya brahmāstreṇāvadhīdraṇe .. 55 ..

> cut off the heads of the king of the rākṣasas in battle with the Brahmā weapon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.111)

tato hatadaśagrīvaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam ..

> Then, to Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, who had slain the ten-necked \[Rāvaṇa\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.112)

āśīrbhirjayayuktābhirdevāḥ sarṣipurogamāḥ .. 56 ..

> the gods, preceded by the seers, with blessings accompanied by \[wishes of\] victory,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.113)

tuṣṭuvuḥ parisaṃtuṣṭāḥ siddhavidyādharāstathā ..

> praised \[him\], exceedingly delighted, as did the siddhas and vidyādharas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.114)

rāmaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ puṣpa varṣeravākiran .. 57 ..

> They showered Rāma, whose eyes are like lotus petals, with rains of flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.115)

rāmastaiḥ surasaṃghātaiḥ sahitaḥ sainikairvṛtaḥ ..

> Rāma, together with those hosts of gods and surrounded by his soldiers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.116)

sītāsaumitrisahitaḥ samāruhya ca puṣpakam .. 58 ..

> along with Sītā and the son of Sumitrā, and having mounted the Puṣpaka \[vimāna\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.117)

tathābhiṣicya rājānaṃ laṃkāyāṃ ca vibhīṣaṇam ..

> and having thus consecrated Vibhīṣaṇa as king in Laṅkā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.118)

kapisenāvṛto rāmo gandhamādanamanvagāt ..59..

> surrounded by the monkey army, Rāma went to Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.119)

pariśodhya ca vaidehīṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvate ..

> And having tested Vaidehī on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.120)

rāmaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ sthitavānara saṃvṛtam .. 3.1.44.60 ..

> to Rāma, whose eyes are like lotus petals, who stood surrounded by the monkeys,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.121)

hatalaṃkeśvaraṃ vīraṃ sānujaṃ savibhīṣaṇam ..

> the hero who had slain the lord of Laṅkā, accompanied by his younger brother and Vibhīṣaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.122)

sabhāryaṃ devavṛṃdaiśca sevitaṃ munipuṃgavaiḥ .. 61 ..

> with his wife, and attended upon by multitudes of gods and foremost sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.123)

munayo'bhyāgatā draṣṭuṃ daṃḍakāraṇya vāsinaḥ ..

> the sages dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest arrived to see him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.124)

agastyaṃ te puraskṛtya tuṣṭuvurmaithilīpatim .. 62 ..

> Placing Agastya at their head, they praised the husband of the princess of Mithilā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.125)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.44.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.126)

namaste rāmacaṃdrāya lokānugrahakāriṇe ..

> Homage to you, Rāmacandra, who bestow grace upon the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.127)

arāvaṇaṃ jagatkartumavatīrṇāya bhūtale .. 63 ..

> who descended to the earth to rid the world of Rāvaṇa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.128)

tāṭikādehasaṃhartre gādhijādhvararakṣiṇe ..

> To the destroyer of Tāṭakā's body, the protector of the sacrifice of Gādhi's son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.129)

namaste jitamārīca suvāhuprāṇahāriṇe .. 64 ..

> homage to you who conquered Mārīca and took the life of Subāhu!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.130)

ahalyāmuktisaṃdāyipādapaṃkajareṇave ..

> To the dust of whose lotus feet grants liberation to Ahalyā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.131)

namaste harakodaṇḍalīlābhañjanakāriṇe .. 65 ..

> homage to you who playfully broke the bow of Hara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.132)

namaste maithilīpāṇigrahaṇotsavaśāline ..

> Homage to you who were adorned with the festive marriage to the princess of Mithilā!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.133)

namaste reṇukāputraparājayavidhāyine .. 66 ..

> Homage to you who brought about the defeat of the son of Reṇukā!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.134)

sahalakṣmaṇasītābhyāṃ kaikeyyāstu varadvayāt ..

> Accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, due to Kaikeyī's two boons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.135)

satyaṃ pitṛvacaḥ kartuṃ namo vanamupe yuṣe .. 67 ..

> homage to you who went to the forest to make true the word of your father!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.136)

bharataprārthanādattapādukāyugulāya te ..

> To you who gave the pair of sandals at the prayer of Bharata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.137)

namaste śarabhaṃgasya svargaprāptyaikahetave .. 68 ..

> homage to you, the sole cause of Śarabhaṅga's attainment of heaven!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.138)

namo virādhasaṃhartre gṛdharājasa khāya te ..

> Homage to the destroyer of Virādha, to you the friend of the king of vultures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.139)

māyāmṛgamahākrūramārīcāṃgavidāriṇe .. 69 ..

> who tore apart the limbs of the very cruel Mārīca in the form of an illusory deer!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.140)

sītāpahārilokeśayuddhatyaktakalevaram ..

> Who cast off his body in battle against the lord of the world who abducted Sītā—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.141)

jaṭāyuṣaṃ tu saṃdahya tatkaivalyapradāyine .. .. 3.1.44.70 ..

> having cremated Jaṭāyus, \[homage to you\] who bestowed isolation upon him!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.142)

namaḥ kabaṃdhasaṃhartre śavarīpūjitāṃghraye ..

> Homage to the destroyer of Kabandha, whose feet were worshiped by Śabarī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.143)

prāptasugrīvasakhyāya kṛtavālivadhāya te .. 71 ..

> to you who attained the friendship of Sugrīva and brought about the slaying of Vālin!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.144)

namaḥ kṛtavate setuṃ samudre varuṇālaye ..

> Homage to you who built the bridge across the ocean, the abode of Varuṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.145)

sarvarākṣasasaṃhartre rāvaṇaprāṇahāriṇe .. 72 ..

> the destroyer of all rākṣasas, the taker of Rāvaṇa's life!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.146)

saṃsārāṃbudhisaṃtārapotapādāṃbujāya te ..

> To you whose lotus feet are the boat for crossing over the ocean of worldly existence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.147)

namo bhaktārtisaṃhartre saccidānaṃdarūpiṇe .. 73 ..

> homage to the remover of the distress of devotees, whose form is being, consciousness, and bliss!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.148)

namaste rāma bhadrāya jagatāmṛddhihetave ..

> Homage to you, Rāmabhadra, the cause of the prosperity of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.149)

rāmādipuṇyanāmāni japatāṃ pāpahāriṇe .. 74 ..

> who take away the sins of those who chant your holy names such as Rāma!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.150)

namaste sarvalokānāṃ sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakāriṇe ..

> Homage to you who bring about the creation, maintenance, and destruction of all the worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.151)

namaste karuṇāmūrte bhaktarakṣaṇadīkṣita .. 785 ..

> Homage to you, the embodiment of compassion, consecrated to protecting devotees!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.152)

sasītāya namastubhyaṃ vibhīṣaṇasukhaprada ..

> Homage to you who are with Sītā, who bestow happiness upon Vibhīṣaṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.153)

laṃkeśvaravadhādrāma pālitaṃ hi jagattvayā .. 76 ..

> for by the slaying of the lord of Laṅkā, O Rāma, the world has indeed been protected by you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.154)

rakṣarakṣa jagannātha pāhya smāñjānakīpate ..

> Protect, protect, O Lord of the Universe! Protect us, O lord of Jānakī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.155)

stutvaivaṃ munayaḥ sarve tūṣṇīṃ tasthurdvijottamāḥ .. 77 ..

> Having thus praised him, all the sages, the best of brahmins, fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.156)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.44.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.157)

ya idaṃ rāmacandrasya stotraṃ munibhirīritam ..

> Whoever recites this hymn of praise to Rāmacandra uttered by the sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.158)

trisaṃdhyaṃ paṭhate bhaktyā bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati .. 78 ..

> at the three twilights with devotion, attains enjoyment and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.159)

prayāṇakāle paṭhato n bhītirupajāyate ..

> No fear arises for one who recites it at the time of departure \[on a journey\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.160)

etatstotrasya paṭhanādbhūtavetālakādayaḥ .. .. 79 ..

> By the recitation of this hymn of praise, bhūtas, vetālas, and the like \[perish\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.161)

naśyaṃti rogā naśyaṃti naśyate pāpasaṃcayaḥ ..

> diseases perish, and the accumulation of sin is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.162)

putrakāmo labhetputraṃ kanyā viṃdati satpatim .. 3.1.44.80 ..

> One who desires a son obtains a son; an unmarried woman finds a good husband;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.163)

mokṣakāmo labhenmokṣaṃ dhanakāmo dhanaṃ labhet..

> one who desires liberation attains liberation; one who desires wealth attains wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.164)

sarvānkāmānavāpnoti paṭhanbhaktyā tvimaṃ stavam .. 81 ..

> reciting this hymn with devotion, he obtains all desires. (81)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.165)

tato rāmo munīnprāha praṇamya ca kṛtāṃjaliḥ ..

> Then Rāma, having bowed with folded hands, said to the sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.166)

ahaṃ viśuddhaye prāpyaḥ sakalairapi mānavaiḥ .. 82 ..

> “I should be attained by all men for the sake of purification; (82)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.167)

maddṛṣṭigocaro janturnityamokṣasya bhājanam ..

> a creature that enters within the range of my sight becomes a recipient of eternal liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.168)

tathāpi munayo nityaṃ bhaktiyuktena cetasā .. 83 ..

> Even so, O sages, with a mind always filled with devotion, (83)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.169)

svātmalābhena saṃtuṣṭānsādhūnbhūtasuhṛttamān ..

> I bow down to the virtuous, the greatest friends to all beings, contented in the attainment of their own Self,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.170)

nirahaṃkāriṇaḥ śāṃtānnamasyāmyūrdhvaretasaḥ .. 84 ..

> free from egotism, peaceful, whose semen is drawn upwards. (84)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.171)

yasmādbrahmaṇyadevo'hamato viprānbhaje sadā ..

> Since I am the deity benevolent to brahmins, I always honor the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.172)

yuṣmānpṛcchāmyahaṃ kiṃcittadvadadhvaṃ vicārya tu .. 85 ..

> I ask you something; after reflecting upon it, please speak: (85)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.173)

rāvaṇasya vadhādviprā yatpāpaṃ mama vartate ..

> What sin has accrued to me from the slaying of Rāvaṇa, O brahmins—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.174)

tasya me niṣkṛtiṃ brūta paulastyavadhajasya hi ..

> tell me an expiation for that \[sin\] born of the slaying of the descendant of Pulastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.175)

yatkṛtvā tena pāpe na mucye'haṃ munipuṃgavāḥ .. 86 ..

> by performing which I may be freed from that sin, O foremost of sages.” (86)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.176)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.44.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.177)

satyavrata jagannātha jagadrakṣādhuraṃdhara .. 87 ..

> “O one true to vows, Lord of the world, bearer of the burden of the world's protection! (87)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.178)

sarvalokopakārārthaṃ kuru rāma śivārcanam ..

> For the welfare of all the worlds, O Rāma, perform worship of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.179)

gandhamādanaśṛṃge'sminmahāpuṇye vimuktide .. 88 ..

> Upon this Gandhamādana peak, which is exceedingly auspicious and grants liberation, (88)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.180)

śivaliṃgapratiṣṭhāṃ tvaṃ lokasaṃgrahakāmyayā ..

> you should perform the consecration of a Śiva-liṅga, wishing for the maintenance of the world's order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.181)

kuru rāma daśagrīvavadhadoṣāpanuttaye .. ..89..

> O Rāma, for the removal of the defect of the slaying of the Ten-necked one. (89)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.182)

liṃgasthāpanajaṃ puṇyaṃ caturvaktro'pi bhāṣitum..

> Even the four-faced \[Brahmā\] is unable to describe the merit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.183)

na śaknoti tato vaktuṃ kiṃ punarmanujeśvara..3.1.44.9...

> arising from the installation of a liṅga; how much less then, O lord of men! (90)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.184)

yattvayā sthāpyate ligaṃ gandhamādanaparvate ..

> The liṅga which will be installed by you on the Gandhamādana mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.185)

asya saṃdarśanaṃ puṃsāṃ kāśīliṃgāvalokanāt .. 91 ..

> the sighting of it by men will yield tenfold millions more fruit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.186)

adhikaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ phalavatsyānna saṃśayaḥ ..

> than the sight of the liṅga of Kāśī; of this there is no doubt. (91)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.187)

tava nāmnā tvidaṃ liṃgaṃ loke khyātiṃ samaśnutām .. 92 ..

> And by your name may this liṅga attain renown in the world, (92)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.188)

nāśakaṃ puṇyapāpākhyakāṣṭhānāṃ dahanopamam ..

> resembling fire for burning the fuel called merit and sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.189)

idaṃ rāmeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ khyātaṃ loke bhaviṣyati .. 93 ..

> This liṅga shall become renowned in the world as Rāmeśvara. (93)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.190)

mā vilaṃbaṃ kuruṣvāto liṃgasthāpanakarmaṇi ..

> Therefore do not delay in the act of installing the liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.191)

rāmacaṃdra mahābhāga karuṇāpūrṇavigraha .. 94 ..

> O highly fortunate Rāmacandra, whose form is full of compassion!” (94)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.192)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.44.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.193)

iti śrutvā vaco rāmo munīnāṃ taṃ munīśvarāḥ ..

> Having heard those words of the sages, O chiefs of sages, Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.194)

puṇyakālaṃ vicāryātha dvimuhūrtaṃ jagatpatiḥ .. 95 ..

> the lord of the world, having ascertained the auspicious time of two muhūrtas, (95)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.195)

kailāsaṃ preṣayāmāsa hanumantaṃ śivālayam ..

> sent Hanumān to Kailāsa, the abode of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.196)

śivaliṃgaṃ samānetuṃ sthāpanārthaṃ raghūdvahaḥ .. 96 ..

> in order to bring a Śiva-liṅga for the purpose of installation, that descendant of Raghu. (96)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.197)

.. rāma uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.44.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.198)

hanūmannaṃjanīsūno vāyuputra mahābala ..

> “O Hanumān, son of Añjanā, son of the Wind, of great strength,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.199)

kailāsaṃ tvarito gatvā liṃgamānaya mā ciram .. 97 ..

> go swiftly to Kailāsa and bring a liṅga without delay!” (97)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.44.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.44.200)

ityājñaptassa rāmeṇa bhujāvāsphālya vīryavān ..

> Thus commanded by Rāma, the valiant lord of monkeys,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.44.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (Baroda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit.6.42.36) — Sanskrit
- [Kālikāpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.kalika.1.88) — Sanskrit

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