[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.1.53.19 # Skandapurana 3.1.53.19 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.53.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.53.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.19) 16 athāgastitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, tanmāhātmyaprasaṃgena dīrghatamomuniputrasya kakṣīvataśca-ritravarṇanam tatrodaṃkākhyasya gurorgṛhe kakṣīvatā ṣaṣṭivarṣaparyantaṃ vidyābhyāsaṃ kṛtvā gṛhaṃ pratyāgantuṃ guroḥ prārthanākaraṇam , tatastadguruṇā tasyodvāhāyopāyakathanam, gurvājñayā kakṣīvatā'gastyatīrthe snātvā tasmāttīrthādudgataṃ caturdantaṃ śubhraṃ gajendra-māruhya madhyemārgameva militena svanayākhyena rājñā saha tasya puraṃ prati gamanam, tataḥ svanayena rājñā kakṣīvate svakanyāyāḥ pradānāya tadvacanāttatpiturdīrghatamasaḥ sudarśanākhyapurodhodvārā''mantraṇaṃ kṛtvā satkārapūrvakaṃ svapuraṃ pratyānayanam, dīrgha-tamasaṃ pitaraṃ prati kakṣīvatā'bhivādanam, nijavidyādhyayanavṛttāntanivedanaṃ ca.... 30 1 > 16. Now follows the description of the māhātmya of Agastitīrtha. In connection with that māhātmya, the account of Kakṣīvat, son of the sage Dīrghatamas, is described: there Kakṣīvat, having pursued the study of sacred lore for sixty years in the home of his guru named Udaṅka, requested the guru to return home; then the guru told him the means for his marriage; Kakṣīvat, by order of his guru, having taken a ritual ablution at Agastitīrtha, mounted a white lord of elephants with four tusks that emerged from that sacred ford, and met King Svanaya along the way, going with him to his city; then King Svanaya, wishing to give his daughter to Kakṣīvat, upon his word invited Kakṣīvat's father Dīrghatamas through the priest named Sudarśana and brought him with honor to his city; Kakṣīvat saluted his father Dīrghatamas and reported the account of his own study of sacred lore. ... \[Chapters\] 30–31. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.18) - [Next: 3.1.53.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.20) - [Up: 3.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.53.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.19) · Pramāṇa