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# Skandapurana 3.1.47

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.47.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.2)

rākṣasasya vadhātsūta rāvaṇasya mahāmune ..

> O Sūta, O great sage, from the slaying of the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.3)

brahmahatyā kathamabhūdrāghavasya mahātmanaḥ .. .. 1 ..

> how did the sin of killing a brahmin attach to the noble Rāghava?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.4)

brāhmaṇasya vadhātsūta brahmahatyābhijāyate ..

> O Sūta, the sin of killing a brahmin arises from the slaughter of a brahmin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.5)

na brāhmaṇo daśagrīvaḥ kathaṃ tadvada no mune .. 2 ..

> the Ten-Necked one was not a brahmin. Tell us, O sage, how that could be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.6)

brahmahatyā bhavetkrūrā rāmacaṃdrasya dhīmataḥ ..

> \[How could\] the cruel sin of killing a brahmin affect the wise Rāmacandra?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.7)

etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ vada kāruṇyato'dhunā .. 3 ..

> Tell this out of compassion now to us who are full of faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.8)

iti pṛṣṭastataḥ sūto naimiṣāraṇyavāsibhiḥ ..

> Having been questioned thus by the inhabitants of the Naimiṣa forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.9)

vaktuṃ pracakrame teṣāṃ praśnasyottaramuttamam.. 4 .. .. .  
. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Sūta then began to speak an excellent answer to their question. / Glorious Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.10)

brahmaputro mahātejāḥ pulastyonāma vai dvijāḥ ..

> There was a son of Brahmā of great splendor named Pulastya, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.11)

babhūva tasya putro'bhūdviśravā iti viśrutaḥ .. 5 ..

> He had a son celebrated as Viśravas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.12)

tasya putraḥ pulastya sya viśravā munipuṃgavāḥ ..

> O best of sages, that Viśravas, son of Pulastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.13)

cirakālaṃ tapastepe devairapi suduṣkaram .. 6 ..

> performed austerity for a long time, very difficult even for the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.14)

tapaḥ kurvati tasmiṃstu sumālī nāma rākṣasaḥ ..

> While he was performing austerity, however, a rākṣasa named Sumālī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.15)

pātālalokādbhūlokaṃ sarvaṃ vai vicacāra ha .. 7 ..

> wandered over the entire earthly realm from the world of Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.16)

hemaniṣkāṃgadadharaḥ kālameghanibhacchaviḥ ..

> Wearing gold coins and bracelets, of a hue resembling a dark raincloud,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.17)

samādāya sutāṃ kanyāṃ padmahīnāmiva śriyam .. 8 ..

> he took along his daughter, a maiden resembling Lakṣmī without a lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.18)

vicaransa mahīpṛṣṭhe kadācitpuṣpakasthitam ..

> As he was wandering on the surface of the earth, once seeing, seated in the Puṣpaka \[vimāna\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.19)

dṛṣṭvā viśravasaḥ putraṃ kuberaṃ vai dhaneśvaram .. 9 ..

> the son of Viśravas, Kubera, the lord of wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.20)

ciṃtayāmāsa vipreṃdrāḥ sumālī sa tu rākṣasaḥ ..

> that rākṣasa Sumālī thought, O chief brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.21)

kuberasadṛśaḥ putro yadyasmākaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 3.1.47.10 ..

> ‘If we were to have a son equal to Kubera,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.22)

vayaṃ varddhāmahe sarve rākṣasā hyakutobhayāḥ ..

> all we rākṣasas would surely prosper, fearing nothing from anywhere.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.23)

vicāryaivaṃ nijasutāmabravīdrākṣaseśvaraḥ .. 11 ..

> Having reflected thus, the lord of rākṣasas spoke to his daughter:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.24)

sute pradānakālo'dya tava kaikasi śobhane ..

> ‘O daughter, O fair Kaikasī, now is the time for your giving in marriage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.25)

adya te yauvanaṃ prāptaṃ taddeyā tvaṃ varāya hi .. 12 ..

> Today youth has come to you; therefore you must indeed be given to a bridegroom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.26)

apradānena putrīṇāṃ pitaro duḥkhamāpnuyuḥ ..

> By not giving daughters away, fathers incur sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.27)

kiṃ ca sarvaguṇotkṛṣṭā lakṣmīriva sute śubhe .. 13 ..

> Moreover, O daughter, O auspicious one, you excel in all virtues like Lakṣmī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.28)

pratyākhyānabhayātpuṃbhirna ca tvaṃ prārthyase śubhe ..

> And out of fear of rejection, O fair one, you are not sought after by men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.29)

kanyāpitṛtvaṃ duḥkhāya sarveṣāṃ mānakāṃkṣiṇām ..14 ..

> Fatherhood of a daughter brings sorrow to all who desire honor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.30)

na jāne'haṃ varaḥ ko vā varayediti kanyake ..

> I do not know what bridegroom might choose you, O girl.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.31)

sā tvaṃ pulastyatanayaṃ muniṃ viśravasaṃ dvijam .. 15 ..

> Therefore, going of your own accord, choose the sage Viśravas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.32)

pitāmahakulodbhūtaṃ varayasva svayaṃgatā ..

> a brahmin born in the family of the Grandfather, the son of Pulastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.33)

kuberatulyāstanayā bhaveyuste na saṃśayaḥ .. 16 ..

> Then sons equal to Kubera will be born to you, without a doubt.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.34)

kaikasī tadvacaḥ śrutvā sā kanyā pitṛgauravāt ..

> Having heard his words, that maiden Kaikasī, out of respect for her father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.35)

aṃgīcakāra tadvākyaṃ tathāstviti śucismitā .. 17 ..

> accepted his statement, saying, ‘So be it,’ with a pure smile.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.36)

parṇaśālāṃ muniśreṣṭhā gatvā viśravaso muneḥ ..

> O best of sages, having gone to the leaf-hut of the sage Viśravas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.37)

atiṣṭhadaṃtike tasya lajjamānā hyadhomukhī .. 18 ..

> she stood near him, feeling bashful, with her face cast down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.38)

tasminnavasare viprāḥ pulastyatanayaḥ sudhīḥ ..

> At that moment, O brahmins, the wise son of Pulastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.39)

agnihotramupāste sma jvalatpāvakasannibhaḥ .. 19 ..

> resembling a blazing fire, was attending to the agnihotra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.40)

saṃdhyākālamatikrūramaviciṃtya tu kaikasī ..

> Without considering the twilight time, which is exceedingly fierce,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.41)

abhyetya taṃ muniṃ subhrūḥ piturvacanagauravāt .. 3.1.47.20 ..

> Kaikasī, the fair-browed one, approached that sage out of respect for her father's word,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.42)

tasthāvadhomukhī bhūmiṃ likhatyaṃguṣṭhakoṭinā ..

> and stood with her face cast down, scratching the earth with the tip of her big toe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.43)

viśravāstāṃ vilokyātha kaikasīṃ tanumadhyamām ..

> Then Viśravas, seeing her, the slender-waisted Kaikasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.44)

uvāca sasmito viprāḥ pūrṇacaṃdranibhānanām .. 21 .. ..

> whose face resembled the full moon, spoke with a smile, O brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.45)

.. viśravā uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.46)

śobhane kasya putrī tvaṃ kuto vā tvamihāgatā ..22..

> ‘O fair one, whose daughter are you, or from where have you come here?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.47)

kāryaṃ kiṃ vā tvamuddiśya vartase'tra śucismite ..

> For what purpose are you standing here, O woman of pure smile?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.48)

yathārthato vadasvādya mama sarvamaniṃdite .. 23 ..

> Tell me everything truthfully today, O blameless one.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.49)

itīritā kaikasī sā kanyā baddhāṃjalirdvijāḥ ..

> Addressed thus, O brahmins, that maiden Kaikasī, with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.50)

uvāca taṃ muniṃ prahvā vinayena samanvitā .. 24 ..

> bowed low and endowed with modesty, spoke to that sage:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.51)

tapaḥ prabhāvena mune madabhiprāyamadya tu ..

> ‘By the power of your austerity, O sage, today my intention  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.52)

vettumarhasi samyaktvaṃ pulastyakuladīpana ..25..

> you are able to know fully, O illuminator of Pulastya's lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.53)

ahaṃ tu kaikasī nāma sumāliduhitā mune ..

> Indeed, I am Kaikasī by name, the daughter of Sumālī, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.54)

mattātasyājñayā brahmaṃstavāṃtikamupāgatā ..26..

> By my father's command, O brahmin, I have come into your presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.55)

śeṣa tvaṃ jñānadṛṣṭyādya jñātumarhasyasaṃśayaḥ..

> The rest you can surely know today through the vision of knowledge.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.56)

kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā muniḥ prāha viśravāḥ sa tu kaikasīm ..27..

> Having meditated for a moment, the sage Viśravas spoke to Kaikasī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.57)

mayā te viditaṃ subhrūrmanogatamabhīpsitam..

> ‘The desire within your mind is known by me, O fair-browed one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.58)

putrābhilāṣiṇī sā tvaṃ māmagāḥ sāṃprataṃ śubhe ..28..

> Desiring sons, as such you have approached me just now, O auspicious one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.59)

sāyaṃkāle'dhunā krūre yasmānmāṃ tvamupāgatā ..

> Since you have approached me at the fierce evening time  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.60)

putrābhilāṣiṇī bhūtvā tasmāttvāṃ prabravīmyaham..29..

> with a desire for sons, therefore I tell you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.61)

śṛṇuṣvāvahitā rāme kaikasī tvamaniṃdite ..

> Listen attentively, O delightful one, O blameless Kaikasī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.62)

dāruṇāndāruṇākārāndāruṇābhijanapriyān..3.1.47.30 ..

> Cruel sons of terrible form, fond of a cruel family,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.63)

janayiṣyasi putrāṃstvaṃ rākṣasānkrūrakarmaṇaḥ ..

> rākṣasas of fierce deeds, you shall bring forth.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.64)

śrutvā tadvacanaṃ sā tu kaikasī praṇipatya tam .. 31 ..

> Hearing those words of his, Kaikasī prostrated before him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.65)

pulastyatanayaṃ prāha kṛtāṃjalipuṭā dvijāḥ ..

> and with folded hands spoke to that son of Pulastya, O brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.66)

bhagavadīdṛśāḥ putrāstvattaḥ prāptuṃ na yujyate .. 32 ..

> ‘O lord, it is not fitting to receive such sons from you!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.67)

ityuktaḥ sa muniḥ prāha kaikasīṃ tāṃ sumadhyamām ..

> Addressed thus, the sage spoke to that slender-waisted Kaikasī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.68)

madvaṃśānuguṇaḥ putraḥ paścimaste bhaviṣyati .. 33 ..

> ‘Your last son shall be worthy of my lineage:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.69)

dhārmikaḥ śāstravicchāṃto na tu rākṣasaceṣṭitaḥ ..

> righteous, knower of the scriptures, tranquil, and not acting as a rākṣasa.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.70)

ityuktā kaikasī viprāḥ kāle katipaye gate .. 34 ..

> Having been spoken to thus, O brahmins, after some time had passed, Kaikasī—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.71)

suṣuve tanayaṃ krūraṃ rakṣorūpaṃ bhayaṃkaram ..

> She gave birth to a cruel son who had the form of a rākṣasa, terrifying,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.72)

dvipaṃcaśīrṣaṃ kumatiṃ viṃśadbāhuṃ bhayānakam.. 35 ..

> Having ten heads, an evil mind, twenty arms, and a frightful appearance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.73)

tāmroṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇavadanaṃ raktaśmaśru śiroruham ..

> With coppery lips, a black face, and red beard and hair on his head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.74)

mahādaṃṣṭraṃ mahākāyaṃ lokatrāsakaraṃ sadā .. 36 ..

> Having huge fangs and a gigantic body, always causing terror to the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.75)

daśagrīvābhidhaḥ so'bhūttathā rāvaṇa nāmavān..

> He became known as Daśagrīva, and likewise had the name Rāvaṇa; / after Rāvaṇa, a son named Kumbhakarṇa was born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.76)

rāvaṇānaṃtaraṃ jātaḥ kumbhakarṇābhidhaḥ sutaḥ .. 37 ..

> After Rāvaṇa was born the son named Kumbhakarṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.77)

tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā nāmnā krūrā jajñe ca rākṣasī ..

> Then was born a cruel rākṣasa woman named Śūrpaṇakhā; / after that was born to Kaikasī the renowned Vibhīṣaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.78)

tato babhūva kaikasyā vibhīṣaṇa iti śrutaḥ .. 38 ..

> Then to Kaikasī was born he who is famed as Vibhīṣaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.79)

paścimastanayo dhīmāndhārmiko vedaśāstravit ..

> The youngest son, wise, righteous, and knowledgeable in the Vedas and Śāstras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.80)

ete viśravasaḥ putrā daśagrīvādayo dvijāḥ .. 39 ..

> These were the sons of Viśravas, beginning with Daśagrīva, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.81)

ato daśagrīvavadhātkumbhakarṇavadhādapi ..

> Therefore, from the killing of Daśagrīva and also from the killing of Kumbhakarṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.82)

brahmahatyā samabhavadrāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .. 3.1.47.40 ..

> The sin of killing a brahmin accrued to Rāma of untiring deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.83)

atastacchāṃtaye rāmo liṃgaṃ rāmeśvarābhidham ..

> Therefore, for its pacification, Rāma \[installed\] the liṅga named Rāmeśvara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.84)

sthāpayāmāsa vidhinā vaidikena dvijottamāḥ .. 41 ..

> He established it according to the Vedic rite, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.85)

evaṃ rāvaṇaghātena brahmahatyāsamudbhavaḥ ..

> Thus, through the killing of Rāvaṇa, the arising of the sin of killing a brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.86)

samabhūdrāmacaṃdrasya lokakāṃtasya dhīmataḥ .. 42 ..

> Befell Rāmacandra, the beloved of the world and the wise one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.87)

tatsahaitukamākhyātaṃ bhavatāṃ brahmaghātajam..

> That has been related to you along with its cause—arisen from the slaying of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.88)

pāpaṃ yacchāṃtaye rāmo liṃgaṃ prātiṣṭhipatsvayam .. 43 ..

> The sin for whose pacification Rāma installed the liṅga himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.89)

evaṃ liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya rāmacandro'tidhārmikaḥ ..

> Having thus established the liṅga, the exceedingly righteous Rāmacandra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.90)

mene kṛtārthamātmānaṃ sasītā varajo dvijāḥ .. 44 ..

> Together with Sītā and his younger brother, considered himself to have achieved his purpose, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.91)

brahmahatyā gatā yatra rāmacaṃdrasya bhūpateḥ ..

> Where the sin of killing a brahmin of King Rāmacandra departed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.92)

tatra tīrthamabhūtkiṃcidbrahmahatyāvimocanam .. 45 ..

> There arose a sacred ford that grants release from the sin of killing a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.93)

tatra snānaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ brahmahatyāvināśanam ..

> A ritual ablution there yields great merit and destroys the sin of killing a brahmin; / even today Rāvaṇa is seen there indeed in the form of a shadow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.94)

dṛśyate rāvaṇo'dyāpi chāyārūpeṇa tatra vai .. 46 ..

> Even today Rāvaṇa is seen there indeed in the form of a shadow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.95)

tadagre nāgalokasya bilamasti mahattaram ..

> In front of it there is a very great chasm leading to the world of serpents;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.96)

daśagrīvavadhotpannāṃ brahmahatyāṃ balīyasīm .. 47 ..

> The very powerful sin of killing a brahmin, produced by the slaughter of Daśagrīva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.97)

tadbilaṃ prāpayāmāsa jānakīramaṇo dvijāḥ ..

> The beloved of Jānakī made enter into that chasm, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.98)

tasyopari bilasyātha kṛtvā maṇḍapamuttamam .. 48 ..

> Then, having built an excellent pavilion over that chasm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.99)

bhairavaṃ sthāpayāmāsa rakṣārthaṃ tatra rāghavaḥ ..

> Rāghava installed Bhairava there for protection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.100)

bhairavājñāparitrastā brahmahatyā bhayaṃkarī .. 49 ..

> Terrified by the command of Bhairava, the dreadful sin of killing a brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.101)

nāśaknottadbilādūrdhvaṃ nirgaṃtuṃ dvijasattamāḥ ..

> Was not able to emerge upward from that chasm, O best of brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.102)

tasminneva bile tasthau brahmahatyā nirudyamā .. 3.1.47.50 ..

> In that very chasm the sin of killing a brahmin remained inactive.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.103)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ dakṣiṇe girijā mudā ..

> To the south of the great liṅga of Rāmanātha, Girijā joyfully  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.104)

vartate paramānaṃdaśivasyārdhaśarīriṇī .. 51 ..

> Abides, forming half the body of Śiva who is supreme bliss.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.105)

ādityasomau vartete pārśvayostatra śūlinaḥ ..

> The sun and moon abide there on both flanks of the Trident-bearer; / in front of the lord Rāmanātha abides Fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.106)

devasya purato vahnī rāmanāthasya vartate .. 52 ..

> In front of the deity Rāmanātha stands Agni.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.107)

āste śatakratuḥ prācyāmāgneyāṃ ca tathā'nalaḥ ..

> Śatakratu sits in the east, and likewise Agni in the southeast; / Yama sits in the south as a servant of Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.108)

āste yamo dakṣiṇasyāṃ rāmanāthasya sevakaḥ .. 53 ..

> To the south resides Yama as the servant of Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.109)

nairṛte nirṛtirviprā vartate śaṃkarasya tu ..

> In the southwest Nirṛti abides serving Śaṃkara, O brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.110)

vāruṇyāṃ varuṇo bhaktyā sevate rāghaveśvaram .. 54 ..

> In the west Varuṇa serves the lord of Rāghava with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.111)

vāyavye tu diśo bhāge vāyurāste śivasya tu ..

> In the northwestern quarter Vāyu abides serving Śiva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.112)

uttarasyāṃ ca dhanado rāmanāthasya vartate .. 55 ..

> And in the north Dhanada abides serving Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.113)

īśānye'sya ca digbhāge maheśo vartate dvijāḥ ..

> In the northeastern direction Maheśa abides, O brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.114)

vināyaka kumārau ca mahādevasutāvubhau .. 56 ..

> Both sons of Mahādeva, Vināyaka and Kumāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.115)

yathāpradeśaṃ vartete rāmanāthālaye'dhunā ..

> Now abide in their proper places in the abode of Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.116)

vīrabhadrādayaḥ sarve maheśvaragaṇeśvarāḥ .. 57 ..

> Vīrabhadra and all the other lords of Maheśvara's hosts  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.117)

yathāpradeśaṃ vartaṃte rāmanāthālaye sadā ..

> Always abide in their proper places in the abode of Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.118)

munayaḥ pannagāḥ siddhā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ .. 58 ..

> Sages, serpents, siddhas, and hosts of gandharvas and apsarases,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.119)

saṃtuṣyamāṇahṛdayā yatheṣṭaṃ śivasannidhau ..

> With delighted hearts, according to their desire, in the presence of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.120)

vartaṃte rāmanāthasya sevārthaṃ bhaktipūrvakam .. 59 ..

> Remain with devotion for the purpose of serving Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.121)

rāmanāthasya pūjārthaṃ śrotriyānbrāhmaṇānbahūn ..

> For the worship of Rāmanātha, the lord of the Raghus established many brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.122)

rāmeśvare raghupatiḥ sthāpayāmāsa pūjakān .. 3.1.47.60 ..

> Learned in the Veda, as priests at Rāmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.123)

rāmapratiṣṭhitānviprānhavyakavyādinārcayet ..

> One should worship those brahmins established by Rāma with offerings to gods and ancestors; / when they are satisfied, all the deities together with the ancestors are pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.124)

tuṣṭāste toṣitāḥ sarvā pitṛbhiḥ sahadevatāḥ .. 61 ..

> When they are pleased, all the gods together with the ancestors are pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.125)

tebhyo bahudhanāngrāmānpradadau jānakīpatiḥ ..

> To them the lord of Jānakī gave much wealth and many villages; / and for food-offerings to Rāmanātha Mahādeva, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.126)

rāmanāthamahādeva naivedyārthamapi dvijāḥ .. 62 ..

> and also for the sake of the food offering to the great god Rāmanātha, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.127)

bahūngrāmānbahudhanaṃ pradadau lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ ..

> The elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa gave many villages and much wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.128)

hārakeyūrakaṭakaniṣkādyābharaṇāni ca .. 63 ..

> And ornaments such as necklaces, armlets, bracelets, and gold coins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.129)

anekapaṭṭa vastrāṇi kṣaumāṇi vividhāni ca ..

> Numerous silken garments and various linen cloths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.130)

rāmanāthāya devāya dadau daśarathātmajaḥ .. 64 ..

> The son of Daśaratha gave to the god Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.131)

gaṃgā ca yamunā puṇyā sarayūśca sarasvatī ..

> The Gaṅgā and the holy Yamunā, the Sarayū and the Sarasvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.132)

setau rāmeśvaraṃ devaṃ bhajaṃte svāghaśāṃtaye .. 65 ..

> worship the god Rāmeśvara at the Setu for the pacification of their sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.133)

etadadhyāyapaṭhanācchravaṇādapi mānavaḥ ..

> From reciting this chapter, or even from hearing it, a man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.134)

vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sāyujyaṃ labhate hareḥ .. 66 ..

> freed from all sins, attains union with Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.47.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.47.135)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye rāmasya brahmahatyotpattihetunirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 47 .. .. ..

> Thus ends the forty-seventh chapter, named “The Exposition of the Cause of the Origin of the Murder of a Brahmin by Rāma,” in the Setumāhātmya of the third \[section\], the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.47.1) — English, machine translation

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