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# Skandapurana 3.1.4

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.2)

bhagavanrākṣasaḥ ko'sau sūta paurāṇikottama..

> O venerable Sūta, best of knowers of the Purāṇas, who was that rākṣasa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.3)

viṣṇubhaktaṃ mahātmānaṃ yo gālavamabādhata..1..

> Who afflicted the great-souled Gālava, a devotee of Viṣṇu?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.4)

śrīsūta uvāca..

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

### [3.1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.5)

vakṣyāmi rākṣasaṃ krūraṃ taṃ viprāḥ śṛṇutādarāt ..

> I shall tell of that cruel rākṣasa, O brahmins; listen with respect  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.6)

yathā sa rākṣaso jāto munīnāṃ śāpavaibhavāt .. 2 ..

> To how he became a rākṣasa through the power of a curse of the sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.7)

purā kailāsaśikhare hālāsye śivamaṃdire ..

> Formerly, in the peak of Kailāsa, at Hālāsya, the temple of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.8)

caturviśatisāhasrā munayo brahmavādinaḥ .. 3 ..

> There were twenty-four thousand sages who expounded the Veda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.9)

vasiṣṭhātrimukhāḥ sarve śivabhaktā mahaujasaḥ ..

> Headed by Vasiṣṭha and Atri, all devotees of Śiva, endowed with great splendor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.10)

bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṃgāstripuṃḍrāṃkitamastakāḥ .. 4 ..

> All their limbs were smeared with ashes, their foreheads marked with the tripuṇḍra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.11)

rudrākṣa mālābharaṇāḥ paṃcākṣarajape ratāḥ ..

> Adorned with garlands of rudrākṣa beads, devoted to the chanting of the five-syllable mantra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.12)

hālāsyanāthaṃ bhūteśaṃ caṃdracūḍamumāpatim .. 5 ..

> Inhabitants of the city of Madhurā, they worshipped the lord of Hālāsya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.13)

upāsāṃcakrire muktyai madhurāpuravāsinaḥ ..

> The master of beings, the moon-crested consort of Umā, for the sake of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.14)

kadācittatra gaṃdharvo viśvāvasusuto balī .. 6 ..

> Once, at that place, a mighty gandharva, the son of Viśvāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.15)

durddamonāma vipreṃdrā viṭagoṣṭhīparāyaṇaḥ ..

> Named Durdama, O lords among brahmins, devoted to gatherings of profligates,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.16)

lalanāśatasaṃyukto vivastraḥ salilāśaye .. 7 ..

> Surrounded by a hundred women, naked in a reservoir of water—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.17)

cikrīḍa sa vivastrābhiḥ sākaṃ yuvatibhirmudā ..

> he sportively played with those unclothed young women with delight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.18)

hālāsyanāthatīrthaṃ tadvasiṣṭho munibhiḥ saha .. 8 ..

> To that sacred ford of the Lord of Hālāsya, Vasiṣṭha, along with other sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.19)

mādhyaṃdinaṃ kartumanā yayau śaṃkaramaṃdirāt ..

> departed from the temple of Śaṃkara, intending to perform his midday rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.20)

tānṛṣīnavalokyātha rāmāstā bhayakātarāḥ .. 9 ..

> Then, beholding those seers, those women, overcome with fear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.21)

vāsāṃsyācchādayāmāsurdurddamo na tu sāhasī ..

> covered themselves with garments; but the reckless Durdama did not.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.22)

tato vasiṣṭhaḥ kupitaḥ śaśāpainaṃ gata trapam .. 3.1.4.10 ..

> Then Vasiṣṭha, enraged, cursed that shameless one:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.23)

.. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.24)

yasmāddurdama gaṃdharva dṛṣṭvāsmām̐llajjayā tvayā ..

> "Because, O gandharva Durdama, upon seeing us, out of shame  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.25)

vāso nācchāditaṃ śīghraṃ yāhi rākṣasatāṃ tataḥ .. 11 ..

> you did not cover yourself with clothing, swiftly become a rākṣasa on that account!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.26)

ityuktvā tā striyaḥ prāha vasiṣṭho munipuṃgavaḥ ..

> Having said this, Vasiṣṭha, the foremost of sages, addressed those women:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.27)

yasmādācchāditaṃ vastraṃ dṛṣṭvāsmām̐llalanottamāḥ .. 12 ..

> "Because you covered yourselves with garments upon seeing us, O excellent women,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.28)

tato na yuṣmāñchapiṣyāmi ganchadhvaṃ tridivaṃ tataḥ ..

> therefore I shall not curse you. Go hence to heaven!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.29)

evamuktā vasiṣṭhena rāmāḥ prāṃjalayastadā .. 13 ..

> Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, the women then, with palms joined,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.30)

praṇipatya vasiṣṭhaṃ taṃ bhaktinamreṇa cetasā ..

> bowed down to Vasiṣṭha with minds humbled by devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.31)

munimaṃḍalamadhye taṃ vasiṣṭhamidamabruvan .. 14.. ..

> and amidst the circle of sages spoke thus to Vasiṣṭha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.32)

.. rāmā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.33)

bhagavansarvadharmajña caturānananaṃdana ..

> "O venerable one, knower of all righteousness, son of the four-faced Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.34)

dayāsiṃdho'valokyāsmānna kopaṃ kartumarhasi .. 15 ..

> O ocean of compassion, looking upon us, you should not be angry.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.35)

patirevahi nārīṇāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ paramucyate ..

> A husband alone is declared to be the supreme ornament of women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.36)

patihīnā tu yā nārī śataputrāpi sā mune ..16..

> The woman who is bereft of her husband, O sage, even if she has a hundred sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.37)

vidhavetyucyate loke tatstrīṇāṃ maraṇaṃ smṛtam ..

> is called a widow in the world; that is considered death for women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.38)

tatprasādaṃ kuru mune patyāvasmāka mādarāt .. 17 ..

> Therefore, O sage, show favour with regard to our husband, out of respect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.39)

eko'parādhaḥ kṣaṃtavyo munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ ..

> A single offense ought to be forgiven by sages who perceive the truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.40)

kṣamāṃ kuru dayāsiṃdho yuṣmacchiṣye'tra durdame .. 19 ..

> Grant forgiveness, O ocean of compassion, to your disciple here, Durdama!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.41)

vasiṣṭhaḥ prārthitastvaivaṃ durdama syāṃganājanaiḥ ..

> Being thus besought by the women of Durdama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.42)

provāca vacanaṃ bhūyaḥ prasannaḥ sa dvijottamāḥ .. 19 ..

> Vasiṣṭha, pleased, spoke these words again, O best of brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.43)

na me syādvacanaṃ mithyā kadācidapi subhruvaḥ ..

> "My word can never be false, O fair-browed ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.44)

upāyaṃ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ śraddhayā saha .. 3.1.4.20 ..

> I shall tell you a remedy; listen with faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.45)

ṣoḍaśābdāvadhiḥ śāpo bharturvo bhavitā dhruvam ..

> The curse of your husband will certainly have a duration of sixteen years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.46)

ṣoḍaśābdāvadhau caiṣa durdamo rākṣasākṛtiḥ .. 21 ..

> At the expiration of the sixteen years, this Durdama in the form of a rākṣasa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.47)

yadṛcchayācakra tīrthaṃ gamiṣyati surāṃganāḥ ..

> will go by chance to Cakra tīrtha, O celestial damsels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.48)

āste tatra mahāyogī gālavo viṣṇutatparaḥ ..22..

> There resides the great yogin Gālava, devoted to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.49)

bhakṣyārthaṃ taṃ muniṃ so'yaṃ rākṣasobhigamiṣyati ..

> This rākṣasa will approach that sage in order to devour him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.50)

tato gālavarakṣārthaṃ preritaṃ cakramuttamam..23..

> Then, to protect Gālava, the excellent discus dispatched  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.51)

viṣṇunāsya śiro rāmā hariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ..

> by Viṣṇu will sever his head, O women, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.52)

tataḥ svarūpamāsādya śāpānmuktaḥ sudurdamaḥ ..24..

> Then, regaining his true form, liberated from the curse, the noble Durdama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.53)

patirvastridivaṃ bhūyo gaṃtāstyatra na saṃśayaḥ ..

> your husband, will go again to heaven; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.54)

tatastridivamāsādya durddamo'yaṃ patirhi vaḥ .. 25 ..

> Then, having reached heaven, this Durdama, your husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.55)

ramayiṣyati sundaryo yuṣmānsundaraveṣabhṛt ..

> bearing a handsome guise, will take his pleasure with you, O lovely ones."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.56)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.57)

ityuktvā tu vasiṣṭhastā durdamasya varāṃganāḥ .. 26 ..

> Having spoken thus to those excellent women of Durdama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.58)

svāśramaṃ prayayau tūrṇaṃ hālāsyeśvarabhaktimān ..

> Vasiṣṭha, devoted to the Lord of Hālāsya, swiftly departed to his own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.59)

atha rāmāstamāliṃgya durddamaṃ patimāturāḥ .. 27 ..

> Then the women, embracing their husband Durdama, distressed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.60)

ruruduḥ śokasaṃvignā duḥkhasāgaramadhyagāḥ .. pra  
paśyaṃtīṣu tāsveva durdamo rākṣaso'bhavat .. 28 ..

> wept, agitated by sorrow and plunged into the midst of an ocean of grief. / Even as they were looking on, Durdama became a rākṣasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.61)

mahādaṃṣṭro mahākāyo raktaśmaśruśiroruhaḥ ..

> with huge fangs, a massive body, and red beard and hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.62)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayasaṃvignā jagmū rāmāstriviṣṭapam .. 29 ..

> Seeing him, the women, agitated by fear, departed for heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.63)

tato rākṣasaveṣo'yaṃ durdamo bhairavākṛtiḥ ..

> Then, in the guise of a rākṣasa, this Durdama of terrifying form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.64)

bhakṣayanprāṇinaḥ sarvāndeśāddeśaṃ vanādvanam.. 3.1.4.30 ..

> devouring all living creatures, from country to country, from forest to forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.65)

bhramanna nilavego'sau dharmatīrthaṃ tato yayau ..

> wandering with the speed of the wind, then went to Dharma tīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.66)

evaṃ ṣoḍaśavarṣāṇi bhramato'sya yayustadā .. 31 ..

> Thus sixteen years passed while he was wandering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.67)

tatastu ṣoḍaśābdāṃte rākṣasoyaṃ munīśvarāḥ ..

> Then, at the end of the sixteen years, O lords of sages, this rākṣasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.68)

bhakṣituṃ gālavamuniṃ dharmatīrthanivāsinam .. 32 ..

> in order to devour the sage Gālava who resided at Dharma tīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.69)

upādravadvāyuvegaḥ sacāstauṣījjanārdanam ..

> rushed forward with the speed of the wind; and he \[Gālava\] praised Janārdana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.70)

gālavena stuto viṣṇustadā cakramacodayat .. 33 ..

> Praised by Gālava, Viṣṇu then impelled his discus  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.71)

rakṣituṃ gāla vamuniṃ rākṣasena prapīḍitam ..

> to protect the sage Gālava who was oppressed by the rākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.72)

athāgatya hareścakraṃ rākṣasasya śiro'harat .. 34 ..

> Then, arriving, the discus of Hari severed the head of the rākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.73)

tato'yaṃ rākṣasaṃ dehaṃ tyaktvā divyakalevaraḥ ..

> Then, abandoning his rākṣasa body and endowed with a divine form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.74)

vimānavaramāruhya durdamaḥ puṣpavarṣitaḥ .. 35 ..

> mounting an excellent aerial chariot and showered with flowers, Durdama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.75)

prāṃjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā vavande taṃ sudarśanam ..

> bowing down with joined palms, paid homage to Sudarśana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.76)

tuṣṭāva śrutiramyābhirvāgbhiragryābhirādarāt .. 36 ..

> and praised it with foremost words pleasant to the ear, with reverence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.77)

.. durdama uvāca ...

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

### [3.1.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.78)

sudarśana namaste'stu viṣṇuhastaikabhūṣaṇa ..

> O Sudarśana, homage to you, sole ornament of Viṣṇu's hand!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.79)

namaste'surasaṃhartre sahasrādityatejase .. 37 ..

> Homage to you, destroyer of asuras, radiant with the splendor of a thousand suns!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.80)

kṛpāleśena bhavatastyaktvāhaṃ rākṣasīṃ tanum ..

> By a fraction of your grace, having abandoned this rākṣasa body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.81)

svarūpamabhajaṃ viṣṇoścakrāyudha namo'stu te .. 38 ..

> I have attained Viṣṇu's own form. O disc weapon, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.82)

anujānīhi māṃ gantuṃ tridivaṃ viṣṇuvallabha ..

> Permit me to go to heaven, O beloved of Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.83)

bhāryā me pariśocaṃti virahāturacetasaḥ .. 39 ..

> my wives are grieving, their hearts anguished by separation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.84)

tvanmanasko bhaviṣyāmi yāvajjīvaṃ yathāhyaham ..

> Indeed, so that my mind may remain fixed on you as long as I live,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.85)

tathā kṛpāṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ mayi cakra namo'stu te .. 3.1.4.40 ..

> grant your grace unto me in that way. O disc, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.86)

evaṃ stutaṃ viṣṇucakraṃ durdamena sabhaktikam ..

> Thus praised with devotion by Durdama, Viṣṇu's disc,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.87)

anujagrāha sahasā tathāstviti munīśvarāḥ .. 41 ..

> O best of sages, immediately granted him favor, saying: "So be it."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.88)

cakrāyudhābhyanujñāto durdamo gālavaṃ munim ..

> Permitted by the disc weapon, Durdama bowed to the sage Gālava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.89)

praṇamya tenānujñāto gandharvastridivaṃ yayau .. 42 ...

> and, permitted by him, the gandharva went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.90)

durdame tu gate svargaṃ gālavo munipuṃgavaḥ ..

> When Durdama had gone to heaven, Gālava, the best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.91)

sa cakraṃ prārthayāmāsa viṣṇvāyudhamanuttamam .. 43 ..

> prayed to the disc, the unexcelled weapon of Viṣṇu:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.92)

cakrāyudha namāmi tvāṃ mahāsuravimarddana ..

> "O disc weapon, crusher of great asuras, I bow to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.93)

devīpaṭṭaṇa paryaṃte dharmatīrthe hyanuttame .. 44 ..

> On the border of Devīpaṭṭana, in this unexcelled sacred ford of Dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.94)

sannidhānaṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam ..

> manifest your presence, which destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.95)

tvatsannidhānātsarveṣāṃ snātānāṃ pāpināmiha .. 45 ..

> Due to your presence here, for all sinners who bathe \[in it\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.96)

pāpanāśaṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ mokṣaṃ ca kuru śāśvatam ..

> destroy their sins, and bestow eternal liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.97)

cakratīrthamiti khyātiṃ lokasya parikalpaya .. 46 ..

> Ordain for the world its renown as Cakratīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.98)

tvatsannidhānādatratyamunīnāṃ bhayanāśanam ..

> From your presence, let there be the destruction of fear for the sages here  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.99)

itaḥ paraṃ bhavatvārya cakrāyudha namo'stu te .. 47 ..

> from now on, O noble one. O disc weapon, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.100)

bhūtapretapiśācebhyo bhayaṃ mā bhavatu prabho ..

> Let there be no fear of bhūtas, pretas, and piśācas, O lord!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.101)

iti saṃprārthitaṃ cakraṃ gālavena munīśvarāḥ .. 48 ..

> Thus entreated by Gālava, O best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.102)

tathaivā stviti sambhāṣya tasmiṃstīrthe tirohitam ..

> the disc said, "So be it," and vanished into that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.103)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.104)

evaṃ vaḥ kathito viprā rākṣasassa bhavo mayā .. 49 ..

> Thus, O brahmins, the origin of that rākṣasa has been told to you by me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.105)

māhātmyaṃ cakra tīrthasya kathitaṃ ca malāpaham..

> and the māhātmya of Cakratīrtha, which removes impurity, has been narrated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.106)

yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate mānavo bhuvi .. 3.1.4.50 ..

> hearing which a mortal on earth is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.107)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.108)

vyāsaśiṣya mahāprājña sūta paurāṇikottama ..

> O disciple of Vyāsa, O great sage, O Sūta, best of mythologists!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.109)

ārabhya darbhaśayanamādevīpattanāvadhi .. 51 ..

> Beginning from Darbhaśayana up to the limit of Devīpattana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.110)

bahuvyāyāmasaṃyuktaṃ cakratīrthamanuttamam ..

> the unexcelled Cakratīrtha extends over a great expanse;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.111)

yayau vicchinnatāṃ madhye kathaṃ kathaya sāṃpratam .. .. 52 ..

> tell us now how it became broken in the middle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.112)

enaṃ manasi tiṣṭhantaṃ saṃśayaṃ chettumarhasi ..

> You ought to dispel this doubt that resides in our minds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.113)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.114)

purā hi parvatāḥ sarve jātapakṣā manojavāḥ .. 53 ..

> In ancient times, indeed, all the mountains possessed wings and were swift as thought;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.115)

paryaṃtaparvatai sārddhaṃ cerurākāśamārgagāḥ ..

> along with the surrounding hills they roved, traveling through the skyways.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.116)

nagareṣu ca rāṣṭreṣu grāmeṣu ca vaneṣu ca .. 54 ..

> In cities, in realms, in villages, and in forests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.117)

āplutyāplutya tiṣṭhaṃti parvatāḥ sarvato bhuvi ..

> the mountains continually leaped down and rested everywhere on the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.118)

ākramyākramya tiṣṭhaṃti yatrayatra mahīdharāḥ .. 55 ..

> Wherever the mountains swooped down and came to rest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.119)

tatratatra narā gāvastathānye prāṇisaṃcayāḥ ..

> there men, cattle, and likewise hosts of other living beings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.120)

maraṇaṃ sahasā prāpuḥ pīḍyamānā mahīdharaiḥ .. 56 ..

> instantly met death, being crushed by the mountains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.121)

brāhmaṇādiṣu varṇeṣu naṣṭeṣu samanantaram ..

> When the classes of people, beginning with the brahmins, were destroyed straightway,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.122)

yajñādyabhāvātsahasā devatā vyasanaṃ yayuḥ .. 57 ..

> the gods quickly fell into distress due to the absence of sacrifices and other rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.123)

tata indro mahākruddho vajramādāya vegavān ..

> Then Indra, intensely enraged, seized the thunderbolt and, moving swiftly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.124)

ciccheda sahasā pakṣānparvatānāṃ tarasvinām .. 58 ..

> suddenly cut off the wings of the powerful mountains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.125)

chidyamānacchadāḥ sarve vāsavena mahīdharāḥ ..

> All the mountains, their wings being cut off by Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.126)

ananyaśaraṇā bhūtvā samudraṃ prāviśanbhayāt .. 59 ..

> having no other refuge, plunged into the ocean out of fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.127)

acaleṣu ca sarveṣu patatsu lavaṇārṇave ..

> And while all the mountains were falling into the salt ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.128)

nipeturarṇavabhrāṃtyā cakratīrthepi kecana .. 3.1.4.60 ..

> some fell into Cakratīrtha as well, mistaking it for the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.129)

patitaiḥ parvataistaistu madhyataḥ pūritodaram ..

> Its interior filled in the middle by those various fallen mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.130)

cakratīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ madhye vicchedamāyayau .. 61 ..

> the greatly sacred Cakratīrtha suffered a breach in its middle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.131)

yadṛcchayā mahāśailāḥ pārśvayostatra nāpatan ..

> By chance, the great mountains did not fall on the two sides there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.132)

ato vai darbhaśayane tathā devīpure'pi ca .. 62 ..

> therefore, indeed, at Darbhaśayana and likewise at Devīpura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.133)

vicchinnamadhyaṃ taddvedhā vibhaktamiva dṛśyate ..

> it appears broken in the middle, as if divided in two,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.134)

madhyataḥ patitaiḥ śailaiścakratīrthaṃ sthalīkṛtam ..63..

> for Cakratīrtha was turned into dry ground by the mountains falling in its middle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.135)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.136)

yuṣmākamevaṃ kathitaṃ munīndrā yanmadhyatastīrthamidaṃ sthalī kṛtam ..

> Thus it has been related to you, O chief sages, how this sacred ford was made into dry land in the middle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.137)

yathā mahīdhrāḥ sahasā biḍaujasā vicchinnapakṣā iha peturunnatāḥ .. 64 .. ..

> just as once the towering mountains suddenly fell here, their wings severed by Indra. (64)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.4.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.4.138)

iti śrīskāṃdemahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye durdamagaṃdharvaśāpamocanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 ..

> Thus ends the fourth chapter, titled “Liberation from the Curse of the Gandharva Durdama,” in the Setumāhātmya of the third \[part\], the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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