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# Skandapurana 3.1.48

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.48.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.2)

rāmanāthaṃ samuddiśya kathāṃ pāpavināśinīm ..

> Concerning Rāmanātha, a sin-destroying story  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.3)

pravakṣyāmi muniśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 1 ..

> I shall proclaim, O best of sages; listen with attentive minds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.4)

pāṃḍyadeśādhipo rājā purāsīcchaṃkarābhidhaḥ ..

> Formerly there was a king, the ruler of the Pāṇḍya country, named Śaṅkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.5)

brahmaṇyaḥ satyasaṃdhaśca yāyajūkaśca dhārmikaḥ .. 2 ..

> devoted to brahmins, true to his word, performing many sacrifices, and righteous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.6)

vedavedāṃgatattvajñaḥ parasainyavidāraṇaḥ ..

> Knowing the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, tearing through enemy armies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.7)

caturo'pyāśramānvarṇāndharmataḥ paripālayan.. 3 ..

> protecting all four stages of life and social classes according to dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.8)

vaidikācāranirataḥ purāṇasmṛtipāragaḥ ..

> devoted to Vedic conduct, well-versed in the Purāṇas and Smṛtis,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.9)

śivaviṣṇvarcako nityamanyadaivatapūjakaḥ .. 4 ..

> a perpetual worshipper of Śiva and Viṣṇu, and a worshipper of other deities as well,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.10)

mahādānaprado nityaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām ..

> always giving great gifts to noble brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.11)

mṛgayārthaṃ yayau dhīmānsa kadācittapovanam .. 5 ..

> Once that wise man went to an ascetic grove for hunting,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.12)

siṃhavyāghrebhamahiṣa krūrasatvabhayaṃkaram..

> which was terrifying with cruel creatures—lions, tigers, elephants, and buffaloes—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.13)

jhillikābhīṣaṇaravaṃ sarīsṛpasamākulam.. 6 ..

> resounding with the dreadful chirping of crickets, teeming with serpents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.14)

bhīmaśvāpadasaṃpūrṇaṃ dāvānalabhayaṃkaram ..

> full of fierce wild beasts, terrifying with forest fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.15)

mahāraṇyaṃ praviśyātha śaṃkaro rājaśekharaḥ .. .. 7 ..

> Having entered that great forest, King Śaṅkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.16)

anekasainikopeta ākheṭikulasaṃkulaḥ ..

> accompanied by many soldiers, surrounded by a band of hunters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.17)

pādukāgūḍhacaraṇo raktoṣṇīṣo haricchadaḥ .. 8 ..

> with his feet hidden in leather sandals, wearing a red turban and green garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.18)

baddhagodhāṃgulitrāṇo dhṛtakodaṇḍasāyakaḥ ..

> with bowman's wrist-guard and finger-guards fastened, holding a bow and arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.19)

kakṣyābaddhamahākhaṅgaḥ śvetāśvavaramāsthitaḥ .. 9 ..

> with a large sword strapped to his side, mounted on an excellent white horse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.20)

suveṣadhārī sannaddhaḥ pattisaṃghasamāvṛtaḥ ..

> splendidly dressed, armored, surrounded by troops of foot-soldiers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.21)

kāṃtāreṣu ca sarveṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca .. 3.1.48.10 ..

> in all the wildernesses, mountains, and caves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.22)

samuttīrṇa mahāsrotā yuvā siṃhaparākramaḥ ..

> having crossed great torrents—a youth with the prowess of a lion—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.23)

vicacāra balaiḥ sākaṃ darīṣu mṛgayanmṛgān .. 11 ..

> roamed along with his forces through the valleys, hunting game.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.24)

badhyatāṃ vadhyatāmeṣa yāti vegānmṛgo vane ..

> “Let this one be captured! Let it be killed! The deer runs swiftly in the forest!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.25)

evaṃ vadatsu sainyeṣu svayamutplutya śaṃkaraḥ .. 12 ..

> While the soldiers were saying this, Śaṅkara, leaping forward himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.26)

mṛgaṃ haṃti mahārājo vigāhya vipinasthalīm ..

> plunged into the forest tract, and the great king killed the deer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.27)

siṃhānvarāhānmahiṣānkuñjarāccharabhāṃstathā .. 13 ..

> Lions, boars, buffaloes, elephants, and śarabhas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.28)

vinighnansa mṛgānanyānvanyāñchaṃkarabhūpatiḥ ..

> and slaying other wild beasts, King Śaṅkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.29)

kutracidvipinoddeśe darīmadhyanivāsinam .. 14 ..

> in a certain forest region, \[spotted\] one dwelling inside a cave—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.30)

vyāghracarmadharaṃ śāṃtaṃ muniṃ niyatamānasam ..

> a tranquil sage wearing a tiger-skin, with his mind restrained;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.31)

vyāghrabuddhyā jaghānāśu śareṇānataparvaṇā .. 15 ..

> mistaking him for a tiger, he swiftly killed him with a straight-jointed arrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.32)

ativegena vipreṃdrāstatpatnīṃ ca sasāyakaḥ ..

> With great velocity, O best of brahmins, that arrow  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.33)

nijaghāna patiprāṇāṃ niviṣṭāṃ patyuraṃtike ..16..

> also struck down his wife, who held her husband as her life-breath and sat beside him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.34)

vilokya mātāpitarau tatputro nihatau vane ..

> Seeing his mother and father slain in the forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.35)

ruroda bhṛśaduḥkhārto vilalāpa ca kātaraḥ ..17..

> their son wept, deeply afflicted with grief, and lamented in distress:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.36)

bhostāta mātarmāṃ hitvā yuvāṃ yātau kva vādhunā ..

> “O father! O mother! Abandoning me, where have you two gone now?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.37)

ahaṃ kutra gamiṣyāmi ko vā me śaraṇaṃ bhavet .. 18 ..

> Where shall I go? Who will be my refuge?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.38)

ko māmadhyāpayedvedāñchāstraṃ vā pāṭhayetpitaḥ ..

> Who will teach me the Vedas, or instruct me in the treatises, O father?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.39)

aṃba me bhojanaṃ kā vā dāsyate sopadeśakam .. 19 ..

> O mother, who will give me food along with gentle instruction?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.40)

ācārāñcchikṣayetko vā tāta tvayi mṛte'dhunā ..

> Who will instruct me in proper conduct now that you are dead, father?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.41)

aṃba bālaṃ prakupitaṃ kā vā māmupalāpa()yet .. 3.1.48.20 ..

> O mother, when I am an angry child, who will coax and comfort me?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.42)

yuvāṃ nirāgasāvadya kena pāpena sāyakaiḥ ..

> By what sin today have you two innocent ones, dedicated to austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.43)

nihatau vai taponiṣṭhau matprāṇau madgurū vane .. 21 ..

> my very life, my teachers, been slain with arrows in the forest?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.44)

evaṃ tayoḥ suto viprā muktakaṇṭhaṃ ruroda vai ..

> Thus their son wept at the top of his voice, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.45)

atha pralapitaṃ śrutvā śaṃkaro vipine caran .. 22 ..

> Then, hearing that wailing as he ranged through the forest, King Śaṅkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.46)

tacchabdābhimukhaḥ sadyaḥ prayayau sa darīmukham ..

> turning directly toward the sound, immediately went to the mouth of the cave.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.47)

tatratyā munayo'pyāśu samāgacchaṃstamāśramam .. 23 ..

> The sages dwelling there also swiftly came to that hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.48)

te dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve śareṇa nihataṃ munim..

> All those sages, seeing the sage slain by an arrow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.49)

tatpatnīṃ ca hatāṃ viprā rājānaṃ ca dhanurdharam .. 24 ..

> and his wife slain, O brahmins, and the king holding his bow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.50)

vilapaṃtaṃ sutaṃ cāpi vilokya bhṛśavihvalāḥ ..

> and beholding the son lamenting, were deeply agitated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.51)

putramāśvāsayāmāsurmā rodīriti kātaram .. 25 ..

> They consoled the grieving son, saying, “Do not weep!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.52)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.48.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.53)

āḍhye vāpi daridre vā mūrkhe vā paṃḍite'pi vā ..

> “Whether toward the rich or the poor, toward the foolish or the wise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.54)

pīne vātha kṛśe vāpi samavartī paretarāṭ .. 26 ..

> whether toward the stout or the thin, the King of the Dead treats all alike.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.55)

vane vā nagare grāme parvate vā sthalāṃtare ..

> Whether in a forest, in a city, in a village, on a mountain, or in another place,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.56)

mṛtyorvaśe prayātavyaṃ sarvairapi hi jaṃtubhiḥ .. 27 ..

> All living beings must indeed pass under the power of death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.57)

vatsa nityaṃ ca garbhasthairjātairapi ca jaṃtubhiḥ ..

> O child, living beings constantly—whether still in the womb or born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.58)

yuvabhiḥ sthaviraiḥ sarvairyātavyaṃ yamapattanam .. 28 ..

> the young and the old—must all go to the city of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.59)

varṇibhiśca gṛhasthaiśca vānaprasthaiśca bhikṣubhiḥ ..

> Religious students, householders, forest-dwellers, and ascetics—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.60)

kāle prāpte tvayaṃ dehastyaktavyo dvijaputraka .. 29 ..

> when the time arrives, this body must be abandoned, O son of a twice-born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.61)

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdrairapi ca saṃkaraiḥ ..

> By brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, and mixed castes as well,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.62)

yātavyaṃ pretanilaye dvijaputra mahāmate .. 3.1.48.30 ..

> one must go to the abode of the dead, O son of a twice-born of great intellect!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.63)

devāśca munayo yakṣā gaṃdharvoragarākṣasāḥ ..

> The gods, the sages, the yakṣas, the gandharvas, serpents, and rākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.64)

anye ca jaṃtavaḥ sarve brahmaviṣṇuharādayaḥ .. 31 ..

> and all other beings, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Hara, and the rest—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.65)

sarve yāsyaṃti vilayaṃ na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ..

> all shall meet destruction; you ought not to grieve.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.66)

advayaṃ saccidānaṃdaṃ yadbrahmopaniṣadgatam .. 32 ..

> The non-dual, being-consciousness-bliss, which is the Brahman found in the Upaniṣads—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.67)

na tasya vilayo janma vardhanaṃ cāpi sattama ..

> for that there is neither destruction, nor birth, nor growth, O best of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.68)

malabhāṃḍe navadvāre pūyāsṛkchoṇitālaye .. 33 ..

> In this vessel of filth with nine gates, an abode of pus and blood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.69)

dehe'sminbudbudākāre kṛmiyūthasamākule ..

> in this body having the shape of a bubble, crowded with swarms of worms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.70)

kāmakrodhabhayadrohamohamātsaryakāriṇi .. 34 ..

> causing desire, anger, fear, hostility, delusion, and envy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.71)

paradāraparakṣetraparadravyaikalolupe ..

> coveting only another's wife, another's field, and another's wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.72)

hiṃsāsūyāśucivyāpte viṣṭhāmūtraikabhājane .. 35 ..

> pervaded by violence, malice, and impurity, a mere receptacle for feces and urine—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.73)

yaḥ kuryācchobhanadhiyaṃ sa mūḍhaḥ sa ca durmatiḥ ..

> whoever should form a good opinion \[of it\] is a fool and wicked-minded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.74)

bahucchidraghaṭākāre dehe'sminnaśucau sadā .. 36 ..

> In this body shaped like a jar with many holes, ever impure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.75)

vāyoravasthitiḥ kiṃ syātprāṇākhyasya ciraṃ dvija ..

> how could the stay of the wind called prāṇa be long, O twice-born?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.76)

ato mā kuru śokaṃ tvaṃ jananīṃ pitaraṃ prati .. 37 ..

> Therefore do not grieve for your mother and father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.77)

tau svakarmavaśādyātau gṛhaṃ tyaktvā tvidaṃ kvacit..

> Under the power of their own karma, having left this house, they have gone somewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.78)

tava karmavaśāttvaṃ ca tiṣṭhasyasminmahītale .. 38 ..

> and under the power of your karma you remain on the surface of this earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.79)

yadā karmakṣayaste syāttadā tvaṃ ca mariṣyasi ..

> When there is the exhaustion of your karma, then you too shall die.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.80)

mariṣyamāṇapreto hi mṛtapretasya śocati .. 39 ..

> A ghost about to die grieves indeed for a dead ghost!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.81)

yasminkāle samutpannau tava mātā pitā tathā ..

> At the time when your mother and father were born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.82)

na tasmiṃstvaṃ samutpannastato bhinnā gatirhi vaḥ .. 3.1.48.40 ..

> you were not born at that \[time\]; therefore your destiny is indeed separate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.83)

yadi tulyā gatiste syāttābhyāṃ saha mahāmate ...

> If your destiny were identical with theirs, O intelligent one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.84)

tarhi tvayāpi yātavyaṃ mṛtau yatra hi tau gatau ..41..

> then upon their death you too would have gone where they have gone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.85)

mṛtānāṃ bāṃdhavā ye tu muṃcaṃtyaśrūṇi bhūtale ..

> The relatives of the dead who shed tears on the earth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.86)

pibaṃtyaśrūṇi tānyaddhā mṛtāḥ pretāḥ paratra vai .. 42..

> those tears indeed the dead spirits drink in the other world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.87)

ataḥ śokaṃ parityajya dhṛtiṃ kṛtvā samāhitaḥ ..

> Therefore, having abandoned grief and gathered firmness, being collected in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.88)

anayoḥ pretakāryāṇi kuru tvaṃ vaidikāni tu .. 43 ..

> perform the Vedic funeral rites for both of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.89)

śaraghātānmṛtāvetau yasmātte jananī pitā ..

> Because both your mother and father died from the blow of an arrow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.90)

atastaddoṣaśāṃtyarthamasthīnyādāya vai tayoḥ .. 44 ..

> therefore, for the appeasement of that fault, take their bones  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.91)

rāmanāthaśivakṣetre rāmasetau vimuktide ..

> and deposit \[them\] at Rāmasetu, which grants liberation, in the sacred field of Rāmanātha Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.92)

sthāpayasva tathā śrāddhaṃ sapiṃḍīkaraṇādikam .. 45 ..

> and likewise \[perform\] the śrāddha, the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, and other rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.93)

tatraiva kuru śuddhyarthaṃ tayorbāhmaṇaputraka ..

> Perform \[them\] right there for the purification of both, O brahmin's son;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.94)

tena durmṛtyudoṣasya śāṃtirbhavati nānyathā .. 46 ..

> by that comes the appeasement of the sin of unnatural death, not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.95)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.48.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.96)

evamuktaḥ sa munibhiḥ śākalyasya suto dvijāḥ ..

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

### [3.1.48.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.97)

jāṃgalākhyastayoḥ sarvaṃ pitṛmedhaṃ cakāra vai .. 47 ..

> named Jāṅgala, performed their entire funeral sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.98)

anyedyurasthīnyādāya hālāsyaṃ prayayau ca saḥ ..

> On the next day, taking the bones, he went to Hālāsya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.99)

tasmādrāmeśvaraṃ sadyo gatvā'yaṃ jāṃgalo dvijaḥ..48..

> Going from there at once to Rāmeśvara, this twice-born Jāṅgala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.100)

muniproktaprakāreṇa tasminrāmeśvarasthale..

> in the manner spoken by the sage, at that site of Rāmeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.101)

nidhāya pitrorasthīni śrāddhādīnyakarottathā..49..

> deposited the bones of his parents and performed the śrāddha and other rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.102)

prathamābdikaparyaṃtaṃ kāryaṃ tatrākarocca saḥ..

> And he performed the rites there up to the first annual ceremony;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.103)

sthitvābdaṃ sa muneḥ putra eko jāṃgalasaṃjñakaḥ..3.1.48.5...

> having dwelt there alone for a year, that son of the sage named Jāṅgala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.104)

ābdikāṃte dine vipro rātrau svapne vilokya tu..

> on the day at the end of the year, at night in a dream, the brahmin saw  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.105)

svamātaraṃ ca pitaraṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharau..51..

> his mother and father bearing conch, discus, and mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.106)

garuḍopari saṃviṣṭau padmamālāvibhūṣitau..

> seated upon Garuḍa, adorned with lotus garlands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.107)

śobhitau tulasīdāmnā sphuranmakarakuṃḍalau..52..

> beautified with garlands of tulasī, wearing gleaming makara-shaped earrings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.108)

kaustubhālaṃkṛtoraskau pītāṃbaravirājitau ..

> their chests adorned with the Kaustubha gem, resplendent in yellow garments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.109)

evaṃ dṛṣṭvā munisuto jāṃgalaḥ suprasannadhīḥ .. 53 ..

> Seeing \[them\] thus, the sage's son Jāṅgala, his mind very serene,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.110)

svāśramaṃ punarāgatya sukhena nyavasaddvijāḥ ..

> returned to his hermitage and lived happily, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.111)

svapnadṛṣṭaṃ ca vṛttāṃtaṃ mātāpitroḥ sa jāṃgalaḥ .. 54 ..

> And that Jāṅgala reported the account of his mother and father seen in the dream  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.112)

tebhyo nyavedayatsarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo'tiharṣitaḥ ..

> entirely to those brahmins, being exceedingly delighted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.113)

śrutvā te munayo vṛttamāsansaṃprītamānasāḥ .. 55 ..

> Having heard that news, those sages became joyful in their hearts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.114)

atha rājānamālokya sarve te'pi maharṣayaḥ ..

> Then, beholding the king, all those great seers—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.115)

avadankupitā viprāḥ śapaṃtaḥ śaṃkaraṃ nṛpam .. 56 ..

> the brahmins, being enraged, spoke, cursing King Śaṅkara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.116)

pāṃḍyabhūpa mahāmūrkha krauryādbrāhmaṇaghātaka ..

> "O Pāṇḍya king! O great fool! O killer of a brahmin through cruelty!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.117)

strīhatyā brahmahatyā ca kṛtā yasmāttvayādhunā .. 57 ..

> Since you have now committed both the murder of a woman and the murder of a brahmin, // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.118)

ataḥ śarīrasaṃtyāgaṃ kuru tvaṃ havyavāhane ..

> therefore, abandon your body in the fire that carries oblations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.119)

nocettava na śuddhiḥ syātprāyaścittaśatairapi .. 58 ..

> Otherwise, you will have no purification, even through hundreds of expiations. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.120)

tvatsaṃbhāṣaṇamātreṇa brahmahatyāyutaṃ bhavet ..

> Merely by speaking with you, ten thousand murders of brahmins are incurred.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.121)

asmatsakāśādgaccha tvaṃ pāṃḍyānāṃ kulapāṃsana .. 59 ..

> Depart from our presence, O defiler of the Pāṇḍya lineage!" // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.122)

ityukto munibhiḥ pāṃḍyaḥ śaṃkaro dvijapuṃgavāḥ ..

> Addressed thus by the sages, O bulls among brahmins, the Pāṇḍya \[king\] Śaṅkara \[said\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.123)

tathāstu dehasaṃtyāgaṃ kariṣye havyavāhane .. 3.1.48.60 ..

> "So be it; I shall abandon my body in the fire that carries oblations // 60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.124)

brahmahatyāviśuddhyarthaṃ bhavatāṃ sannidhāvaham ..

> in your presence, for the purification of the murder of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.125)

anugrahaṃ me kurvaṃtu bhavaṃto munisattamāḥ .. 61 ..

> O best of sages, bestow your grace upon me, // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.126)

tathā śarīra saṃtyāgātpātakaṃ me layaṃ vrajet ..

> so that through the abandonment of my body my sin may be destroyed."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.127)

evamuktvā munīnsarvāñcchaṃkaraḥ pāṃḍyabhūpatiḥ .. 62 ..

> Having spoken thus to all the sages, King Śaṅkara of the Pāṇḍyas, // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.128)

svānmaṃtriṇaḥ samāhūya babhāṣe vacanaṃ tvidam ..

> summoning his ministers, spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.129)

bho maṃtriṇo brahmahatyā mayā'kāryavicārataḥ .. 63 ..

> "O ministers, by me, lacking reflection on what should not be done, the murder of a brahmin // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.130)

strīhatyā ca tathā krūrā mahānarakadāyinī ..

> and also the cruel murder of a woman, which leads to a great hell, \[have been committed\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.131)

etatpātakaśuddhyarthaṃ munīnāṃ vacanādaham .. 64 ..

> For the purification of this sin, at the word of the sages, // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.132)

pradīpte 'gnau mahājvāle parityakṣye kalevaram ..

> I will abandon my body in a blazing fire of great flames.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.133)

kāṣṭhānyānayata kṣipraṃ tairagniśca samidhyatām .. 65 ..

> Quickly bring pieces of firewood, and let the fire be kindled with them. // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.134)

mama putraṃ ca suruciṃ rājye sthāpayatācirāt ..

> And without delay, install my son Suruci in the kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.135)

mā śokaṃ kurutāmātyā daivataṃ duratikramam .. 66 ..

> Do not grieve, O ministers; destiny cannot be overcome." // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.136)

itīritā nṛpatinā maṃtriṇo rurudustadā ..

> Addressed thus by the king, the ministers then wept:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.137)

pāṃḍyanātha mahārāja ripūṇāmapi vatsala .. 67 ..

> "O lord of the Pāṇḍyas! O great king, affectionate even to enemies! // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.138)

vayaṃ hi bhavatā nityaṃ putravatparipālitāḥ ..

> Indeed, we have always been protected by you like sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.139)

tvāṃ vinā na pravekṣyāma purīṃ devapuropamām .. 68 ..

> Without you, we will not enter the city, which is like the city of the gods. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.140)

havyavāhaṃ pravekṣyāmo mahā kāṣṭhasamedhitam ..

> We too will enter the fire kindled with abundant logs!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.141)

teṣāṃ pralapitaṃ śrutvā pāṃḍya śaṃkarabhūpatiḥ ..

> Hearing their lamentation, King Śaṅkara of the Pāṇḍyas // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.142)

provāca maṃtriṇaḥ sarvānvacanaṃ sāṃtvapūrvakam .. 69 ..

> addressed all the ministers with soothing words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.143)

.. śaṃkara uvāca ..

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

### [3.1.48.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.144)

kiṃ kariṣyatha bho'mātyā mahāpātakinā mayā .. 3.1.48.70 ..

> "O ministers, what will you do with me, a great sinner? // 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.145)

siṃhāsanaṃ samāruhya na kartuṃ yujyate bata ..

> Alas, having ascended the throne, it is not fitting \[for me\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.146)

caturarṇavaparyaṃtadharāpālanamaṃjasā .. 71 ..

> to directly protect the earth bounded by the four oceans. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.147)

matputraṃ suruciṃ śīghramataḥ sthāpayatāsane ..

> Therefore, swiftly install my son Suruci upon the throne.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.148)

kāṣṭhānyānayata kṣipraṃ praveṣṭuṃ havyavāhanam .. 72 ..

> Quickly bring firewood for me to enter the fire that carries oblations. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.149)

mama maṃtrivarā yūyaṃ vilaṃbaṃ tyajatādhunā ..

> O you who are my best ministers, abandon delay now!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.150)

ityuktā maṃtriṇaḥ kāṣṭhaṃ samāninyuḥ kṣaṇena te .. 73 ..

> Commanded thus, the ministers brought firewood in an instant. // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.151)

agniṃ prajvalitaṃ kāṣṭhairdṛṣṭvā śaṃkarabhūpatiḥ ..

> Seeing the fire blazing with the logs, King Śaṅkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.152)

snātvācamya viśuddhātmā munīnāṃ saṃnidhau tadā .. 74 ..

> having bathed and sipped water, purified in soul, then in the presence of the sages, // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.153)

agniṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tānmunīnapi satvaram..

> quickly circumambulated the fire and also those sages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.154)

agniṃ munīnnamaskṛtya dhyātvā devamumāpatim..75..

> having bowed to the fire and to the sages, and having meditated on God, the lord of Umā, // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.155)

agnau patitumārebhe dhairyamālaṃbya bhūpatiḥ..

> the king, gathering his courage, prepared to leap into the fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.156)

tasminnavasare viprā munīnāmapi śṛṇvatām..76..

> At that moment, O brahmins, while the sages too were listening, // 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.157)

aśarīrā samudabhūdvāṇī bhairavanādinī..

> a bodiless voice arose, resounding frightfully:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.158)

bhoḥ śaṃkara mahīpāla mānalaṃ praviśādhunā..77..

> "O King Śaṅkara! Do not enter the fire now! // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.159)

brahmahatyānimittaṃ te bhayaṃ mā bhūnmahāmate ..

> O broad-minded one, let there be no fear in you on account of the murder of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.160)

tavopadeśaṃ vakṣyāmi rahasyaṃ vedasaṃmitam .. 78 ..

> I shall declare an instruction to you, a secret conforming to the Vedas. // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.161)

śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājanmaduktaṃ kriyatāṃ tvayā ..

> Listen attentively, O king, and let that which is spoken by me be done!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.162)

dakṣiṇāṃbunidhestīre gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 79 ..

> On the shore of the southern ocean, on Mount Gandhamādana, // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.163)

rāmasetau mahāpuṇye mahāpātakanāśane ..

> at the most holy Rāmasetu, the destroyer of great sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.164)

rāmapratiṣṭhitaṃ ligaṃ rāmanāthaṃ maheśvaram .. 3.1.48.80 ..

> serve the liṅga consecrated by Rāma, Rāmanātha, the Great Lord, // 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.165)

sevasva varṣamekaṃ tvaṃ trikālaṃ bhaktipūrvakam ..

> for one year, thrice a day with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.166)

pradakṣiṇaprakramaṇaṃ namaskāraṃ ca vai kuru .. 81 ..

> Make circumambulations and prostrations indeed! // 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.167)

mahābhiṣekaḥ kriyatāṃ rāmanāthasya vai tvayā ..

> Let a great ceremonial bath be performed by you for Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.168)

naivedyaṃ vividhaṃ rājankriyatāṃ ca dinedine .. 82 ..

> and let various food offerings be made, O king, day after day. // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.169)

candanāgarukarpūrai rāmaliṃgaṃ prapūjaya ..

> Worship the liṅga of Rāma with sandalwood, agallochum, and camphor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.170)

bhāradvayena gavyena hyājyena tvabhiṣecaya .. 83 ..

> And bathe \[it\] with two bhāras of cow's ghee. // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.171)

pratyahaṃ ca gavāṃ kṣīrairdvibhāraparisaṃmitaiḥ ..

> And daily, with the milk of cows measuring two bhāras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.172)

madhudroṇena talliṃgaṃ pratyahaṃ snāpaya prabhoḥ .. 84 ..

> and with a droṇa of honey, bathe that liṅga of the Lord every day. // 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.173)

pratyahaṃ pāyasānnena naivedyaṃ kuru bhūpate ..

> Daily offer a meal of rice cooked in milk, O king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.174)

pratyahaṃ tilatailena dīpārādhanamācara .. 85 ..

> and daily perform the worship of lamps with sesame oil. // 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.175)

etena tava rājeṃdra rāmanāthasya śūlinaḥ ..

> By this, O chief of kings, of Rāmanātha who bears the trident...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.176)

strīhatyrā brahmahatyā ca tatkṣaṇādeva naśyataḥ .. 86 ..

> both the sin of killing a woman and the sin of killing a brahmin are destroyed that very instant. 86.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.177)

darśanādrāmanāthasya bhrūṇahatyāśatāni ca ..

> From the darśana of Rāmanātha, hundreds of sins of destroying an embryo,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.178)

ayutaṃ brahmahatyānāṃ surāpānāyutaṃ tathā .. 87 ..

> ten thousand sins of killing a brahmin, likewise ten thousand sins of drinking liquor, 87.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.179)

svarṇasteyāyutaṃ rājangurustrīgamanāyutam ..

> ten thousand sins of stealing gold, O king, ten thousand sins of violating the guru’s bed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.180)

etatsaṃsargadoṣāśca vinaśyaṃti kṣaṇādvibho..88..

> and the faults of associating with these, perish in a moment, O lord. 88.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.181)

mahāpātakatulyāni yāni pāpāni saṃti vai ..

> Whatever sins there are equal to the mortal sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.182)

tāni sarvāṇi naśyaṃti rāmanāthasya sevayā .. 89 ..

> they are all destroyed by the service of Rāmanātha. 89.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.183)

mahatī rāmanāthasya sevā labhyeta cennṛṇām ...

> If humans obtain the great service of Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.184)

kiṃ gaṃgayā ca gayayā prayāgeṇādhvareṇa vā .. 3.1.48.90 ..

> what need is there of the Gaṅgā, of Gayā, of Prayāga, or of a sacrifice? 90.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.185)

tadgaccha rāmasetuṃ tvaṃ rāmanāthaṃ bhajāniśam ..

> Therefore, go to the bridge of Rāma; worship Rāmanātha day and night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.186)

vilaṃbaṃ mā kuru vibho gamane ca tvarāṃ kuru ..91...

> Do not delay, O lord, and hasten to depart.” 91.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.187)

ityuktvā virarāmātha sāpi vāgaśarīriṇī ..

> Having spoken thus, that bodiless voice fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.188)

tacchrutvā munayaḥ sarve tvarayaṃti sma bhūpatim .. 92 ..

> Hearing that, all the sages urged the king: 92.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.189)

gaccha śīghaṃ mahārāja rāmasetuṃ vimuktidam ...

> “Go quickly, O great king, to the bridge of Rāma, which bestows liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.190)

rāmanāthasya māhātmyamajñātvāsmābhirīritam .. 93 ..

> Not knowing the māhātmya of Rāmanātha, it was proclaimed by us: 93.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.191)

dehatyāgaṃ kuruṣveti vahnau prajvalite'dhunā ..

> ‘Abandon your body now in a blazing fire.’ ”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.192)

anujñāto munivarairiti rājā sa śaṃkaraḥ .... .. 94 ..

> Thus permitted by the excellent sages, that King Śaṅkara, 94.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.193)

caturaṃgabalaṃ puryāṃ prāpayitvā tvarānvitaḥ ..

> having sent his fourfold army back to the city in haste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.194)

namaskṛtya munīnsarvānprahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 95 ..

> bowed to all the sages with a joyous inner self. 95.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.195)

vṛtaḥ katipayaiḥ sainyaiḥ samādāya dhanaṃ bahu ..

> Surrounded by a few soldiers, taking with him abundant wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.196)

rāmanāthasya sevārthamayāsīdgaṃdhamādanam .. 96 ..

> he went to Gandhamādana for the sake of serving Rāmanātha. 96.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.197)

uvāsa varṣamekaṃ ca rāmasetau viśuddhide ..

> He resided for one year at the bridge of Rāma, which grants purity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.198)

ekabhukto jitakrodho vijiteṃdriyasaṃcayaḥ .. .. 97 ..

> eating once a day, with anger conquered and the multitude of senses subdued, 97.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.199)

trisaṃdhyaṃ rāmanāthaṃ ca sevamānaḥ sabhaktikam ..

> serving Rāmanātha at the three junctures of the day with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.48.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.48.200)

pradadau rāmanāthāya daśabhāraṃ dhanaṃ mudā .. 98 ..

> Joyfully he gave ten bhāras of wealth to Rāmanātha. 98.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Ānandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.2.207) — Sanskrit
- [Kriyāyogasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.kriyayogasara.4.28) — Sanskrit

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