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# Skandapurana 3.1.8

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.1.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.2)

bhagavansūtasarvajña kṛṣṇadvaipāyanapriya ..

> O venerable Sūta, omniscient one, dear to Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.3)

tvanmukhādvai kathāḥ śrutvā śrotrakāmṛtavarṣiṇīḥ .. 1 ..

> having heard stories from your mouth that shower nectar into our ears, // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.4)

tṛptirna jāyate'smākaṃ tvadvacomṛtapāyinām ..

> satisfaction does not arise in us, who drink the nectar of your speech.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.5)

ataḥ śuśrūṣamāṇānāṃ bhūyo brūhi kathāḥ śubhāḥ .. 2 ..

> Therefore, speak further auspicious stories to us who are eager to listen. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.6)

vetālavaradaṃnāma cakratīrthasya dakṣiṇe ..

> To the south of Cakratīrtha there is \[a tīrtha\] named Vetālavarada;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.7)

tīrthamasti mahāpuṇyamityavādīdbhavānpurā .. 3..

> "there is a most holy sacred ford," so you said previously. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.8)

vetālavaradābhikhyā tīrthasyāsyāgatā katham ..

> How did the name Vetālavarada come to this sacred ford?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.9)

kiṃprabhāvaṃ ca tattīrthametanno vaktumarhasi .. 4 ..

> And what is the power of that sacred ford? You ought to tell us this. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.10)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.11)

sādhupṛṣṭaṃ hi yuṣmābhiratiguhyaṃ munīśvarāḥ ..

> Indeed, you have asked well, O chiefs of sages, about an extremely secret matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.12)

śṛṇudhvaṃ manasā sārddhaṃ bravīmyatyadbhutāṃ kathām .. 5 ..

> Listen with \[attentive\] mind; I shall tell a most wondrous story, // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.13)

pāmarā api modante yāṃ vai śrutvā kathāṃ śubhām ..

> hearing which auspicious story even the lowest people rejoice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.14)

kathā ceyaṃ mahāpuṇyā purā kailāsaparvate .. 6 ..

> And this most holy story was told long ago on Mount Kailāsa, // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.15)

kelikāleṣu pāvatyai śaṃbhunā kathitā dvijāḥ ..

> during playful moments, by Śambhu to Pārvatī, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.16)

tāṃ bravīmi kathāmenāmatyadbhutatarāṃ hi vaḥ .. 7 ..

> I shall tell you this exceedingly wonderful story. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.17)

purā hi gālavonāma maharṣiḥ satyavākchuciḥ ..

> Long ago, a great seer named Gālava, truthful of speech and pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.18)

ciṃtayānaḥ paraṃ brahma tapastepe nijāśrame.. .. 8 ..

> meditating on the supreme Brahman, performed austerity in his own hermitage. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.19)

tasya kanyā mahābhāgā rūpayauvanaśālinī ..

> His highly fortunate daughter, endowed with beauty and youth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.20)

nāmnā kāṃtimatī bālā vyacaratpituraṃtike .. 9 ..

> a young girl named Kāntimatī, moved about near her father. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.21)

āharaṃtī ca puṣpāṇi balyarthaṃ tasya vai muneḥ ..

> Bringing flowers for that sage's offering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.22)

vedisaṃmārjanādīni samidāharaṇāni ca .. 3.1.8.10 ..

> sweeping the sacrificial altar and gathering firewood, // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.23)

kurvatī pitaraṃ bālā samyakparicacāra ha ..

> the maiden served her father properly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.24)

kadācitsā tu valyarthaṃ puṣpāṇyāhartumudyatā .. .. 11 ..

> Once, set upon gathering flowers for the offering, // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.25)

tasminvane kāṃtimatī sudūramagamattadā ..

> Kāntimatī went very far into that forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.26)

tatra puṣpāṇi ramyāṇi samāhṛtya ca peṭake .. 12 ..

> Having collected delightful flowers there in a basket, // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.27)

tūrṇaṃ nivavṛte bālā pitṛśuśrūṣaṇe ratā ..

> the girl, devoted to serving her father, quickly turned back.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.28)

nivartamānāṃ tāṃ kanyāṃ vidyādharakumārakau .. 13 ..

> As that maiden was returning, two young Vidyādharas // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.29)

sudarśanasukarṇākhyau vimānasthau dadarśatuḥ ..

> named Sudarśana and Sukarṇa, standing in an aerial chariot, saw \[her\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.30)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā gālavasutāṃ rūpayauvanaśālinīm ..14..

> Seeing Gālava's daughter endowed with beauty and youth, // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.31)

kāmasya patnīṃ lalitāṃ ratiṃ mūrtimatīmiva ..

> like Kāma's charming wife Rati in bodily form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.32)

sudarśanābhidho jyeṣṭho vidyādharakumārakaḥ .. 15 ..

> the elder young Vidyādhara named Sudarśana, // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.33)

harṣasaṃphullanayanaścakame kāmamohitaḥ ..

> his eyes wide open with joy, was bewildered by passion and desired her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.34)

pūrṇacandrānanāṃ tāṃ vai vīkṣamāṇo muhurmuhuḥ .. 16 ..

> Gazing repeatedly at her whose face was like the full moon, // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.35)

tayā riraṃsukāmo'sau vimānāgrādavātarat ..

> wishing to sport with her, he descended from the front of the aerial chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.36)

tāmupetya muneḥ kanyāmityuvāca sudarśanaḥ .. 17 .. ..

> Approaching the sage's daughter, Sudarśana spoke as follows: // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.37)

.. sudarśana uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.38)

kāsi bhadre sutā kasya rūpayauvanaśālinī ..

> Who are you, fair one? Whose daughter are you, endowed with beauty and youth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.39)

rūpamapratimaṃ hyetadāhlādayati me manaḥ .. 18 ..

> For this peerless beauty delights my mind. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.40)

tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā ratisaṃkāśāṃ bādhate māṃ manobhavaḥ ..

> Seeing you resemble Rati, love torments me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.41)

sukaṇṭhanāmadheyasya vidyādharapateraham .. 19 ..

> I am the son of the lord of the Vidyādharas named Sukaṇṭha, // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.42)

ātmajo rūpasaṃpanno nāmnā caiva sudarśanaḥ ..

> endowed with beauty, and named Sudarśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.43)

pratigṛhṇīṣva māṃ bhadre rakṣa māṃ karuṇādṛśā .. 3.1.8.20 ..

> Accept me, fair one, and protect me with a compassionate glance. // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.44)

bhartāraṃ māṃ samāsādya sarvānbhogānavāpsyasi ..

> Having attained me as your husband, you will obtain all pleasures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.45)

ityākarṇya vacastasya vidyādharasutasya sā .. 21 ..

> Having heard those words of the son of the Vidyādhara, // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.46)

tadā kāṃtimatī vākyaṃ dharmayuktamabhāṣata ..

> Kāntimatī then spoke words accordant with righteousness:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.47)

sudarśana mahābhāga vidyādharapateḥ suta ..22 ..

> O fortunate Sudarśana, son of the lord of the Vidyādharas! // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.48)

ātmajāṃ māṃ vijānīhi gālavasya mahātmanaḥ ..

> Know me to be the daughter of the high-souled Gālava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.49)

kanyā cāhamanūḍhāsmi pitṛśu śrūṣaṇe ratā .. 23 ..

> And I am an unmarried girl devoted to the service of my father. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.50)

balyarthaṃ hi pituścāhaṃ puṣpāṇyāhartumāgatā ..

> I came to gather flowers for my father's offering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.51)

āharaṃtyāśca puṣpāṇi yāma eko nyavartata .. 24 ..

> and while I was gathering the flowers, a watch of the day has elapsed. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.52)

madvilaṃbena sa munirdeva tārcanatatparaḥ ..

> Because of my delay, that sage, intent on worshipping the deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.53)

kopaṃ vidhāsyate nūnaṃ tapasvī munipuṃgavaḥ .. 25 ..

> that ascetic, best among sages, will surely become angry. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.54)

tacchīghramadya gacchāmi puṣpāṇyapyāhṛtāni me ..

> Therefore, I must go quickly now; the flowers have also been gathered by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.55)

kanyāśca piturādhīnā na svatantrāḥ kadācana ..26..

> Maidens are dependent on their father and never independent. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.56)

yadi māmicchati bhavānpitaraṃ mama yācaya ..

> If you desire me, ask my father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.57)

iti vidyādharasutamuktvā kāṃtimatī tadā .. 27 ..

> Having spoken thus to the son of the Vidyādhara at that time, // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.58)

piturāśaṃkitā tūrṇamā śramaṃ gantumudyatā ..

> Kāntimatī, apprehensive about her father, prepared to go quickly to the hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.59)

gacchantīṃ tāṃ samālokya vidyādharakumārakaḥ .. 28 ..

> Seeing her walking away, the young Vidyādhara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.60)

tūrṇaṃ jagrāha keśeṣu dhāvitvā madanārditaḥ ..

> afflicted by desire, ran quickly and seized her by the hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.61)

abhyetya nijakeśeṣu gṛhṇante taṃ vilokya sā .. 29 ..

> Seeing him approaching and seizing her hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.62)

uccaiścakraṃda sahasā kurarīva muneḥ sutā ..

> the sage's daughter suddenly cried aloud like an osprey:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.63)

asmādvidyādharasutājjanaka trāhi māṃ vibho .. 3.1.8.30 ..

> "Save me, father, O lord, from this son of a Vidyādhara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.64)

balādgṛhṇāti duṣṭātmā vidyādharasuto'dya mām ..

> Today the wicked-minded son of a Vidyādhara is seizing me by force!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.65)

itthamuccaiḥ pracukrośa svāśramānnātidūrataḥ .. 31 ..

> Thus she cried out loudly, not very far from their hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.66)

tadākraṃditamākarṇya gandhamādanavāsinaḥ ..

> Hearing that cry, the dwellers of Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.67)

munayastu puraskṛtya gālavaṃ munipuṃgavam .. 32 ..

> the sages, placing Gālava, the foremost of sages, at their head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.68)

kimetaditi vijñātuṃ taṃ deśaṃ tūrṇamāyayuḥ ..

> came quickly to that place to find out what had happened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.69)

taṃ deśaṃ tu samāgatya sarve te ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ .. 33 ..

> Arriving at that place, all those foremost seers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.70)

vidyādharagṛhītāṃ tāṃ dadṛśurmu nikanyakām ..

> saw the maiden daughter of the sage seized by the Vidyādhara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.71)

vidyādharasutaṃ cānyamaṃtike samupasthitam .. 34 ..

> and the other Vidyādhara youth standing nearby.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.72)

etaddṛṣṭvā mahāyogī gālavo munipuṃgavaḥ ..

> Seeing this, the great ascetic Gālava, foremost of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.73)

gataḥ kopavaśaṃ kiṃciddurāpmānaṃ śaśāpa tam .. 35 ..

> fell slightly under the sway of anger and cursed that wicked soul:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.74)

kṛtavānīdṛśaṃ kāryaṃ yattvaṃ vidyādharādhama ..

> "Because you have committed such a deed, O vilest of Vidyādharas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.75)

tadyāhi mānuṣīṃ yoniṃ svasya duṣkarmaṇaḥ phalam .. 36 ..

> therefore go into a human womb, the fruit of your own evil action!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.76)

saṃprāpya mānuṣaṃ janma bahuduḥkhasamākulam ..

> Having attained a human birth filled with much suffering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.77)

acireṇa tu kālena tasminneva tu janmani .. 37 ..

> in a short time, in that very birth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.78)

manuṣyairapi niṃdyaṃ tadvetālatvaṃ prayāsyasi ..

> you shall enter the state of a vetāla, censured even by men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.79)

māṃsāni śoṇitaṃ caiva sarvadā bhakṣayiṣyasi .. 38 ..

> You shall constantly feed on flesh and blood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.80)

vetālā rākṣasaprāyā balādgṛhṇanti yoṣitaḥ ..

> Vetālas, like rākṣasas, seize women by force.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.81)

tasmāttvaṃ mānuṣo bhūtvā vetālatvamavāpsyasi .. 39?..

> Therefore, having become human, you shall attain the state of a vetāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.82)

tava duṣkarmaṇo yo'sāvanumaṃtā kaniṣṭhakaḥ ..

> Your younger brother, who assented to your evil deed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.83)

sukarṇa iti vikhyāto bhavitā sopi mānuṣaḥ .. 3.1.8.40 ..

> known as Sukarṇa, he too shall become a human.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.84)

kiṃtu sākṣānna kṛtavānyato'sāvīdṛśīṃ kriyām..

> However, since he did not directly perform such an act,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.85)

tanmānuṣatva mevāsya vetālatvaṃ tu no bhavet .. 41 ..

> he shall have merely the human state, but no state of a vetāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.86)

vijñaptikautukābhikhyaṃ yadā vidyādharādhipam ..

> When this younger \[brother\] of yours sees the lord of the Vidyādharas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.87)

drakṣyate'sau kaniṣṭhaste tadā śāpādvimokṣyate .. 42 ..

> named Vijñaptikautuka, then he shall be released from the curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.88)

īdṛśasyatu yaḥ kartā mahāpāpasya karmaṇaḥ ..

> But you, the perpetrator of such a deed of great sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.89)

sa tvaṃ saṃprāpya mānuṣyaṃ tasminneva tu janmani .. 43 ..

> having attained human existence, in that very birth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.90)

vetālajanma saṃprāpya ciraṃ loke cariṣyasi ..

> having obtained birth as a vetāla, shall wander long in the world."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.91)

ityuktvā gālavaḥ kanyāṃ gṛhītvā munibhiḥ saha .. 44 ..

> Having spoken thus, Gālava, taking his daughter along with the sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.92)

vidyādharasutau śaptvā svāśramaṃ prati niryayau ..

> and having cursed the two Vidyādhara youths, departed toward his own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.93)

tatastasminmahābhāge niryāte munipuṃgave .. .. 45 ..

> Then, when that exalted one, the foremost among sages, had departed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.94)

sudarśanasukarṇākhyau vidyādharapateḥ sutau..

> the two sons of the lord of the Vidyādharas, named Sudarśana and Sukarṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.95)

muniśāpena duḥkhārtau ciṃtayāmāsaturbhṛśam .. 46 ..

> tormented by grief due to the sage's curse, deliberated deeply.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.96)

kartavyaṃ tau viniścitya sudarśanasukarṇakau ..

> Having decided what was to be done, those two, Sudarśana and Sukarṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.97)

goviṃdasvāmināmānaṃ yamunātaṭavāsinam .. 47 ..

> chose as father a brahmin named Govindasvāmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.98)

brāhmaṇaṃ śīlasaṃpannaṃ pitṛtve parikalpya tau ..

> an inhabitant of the bank of the Yamunā and endowed with virtuous conduct;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.99)

parityajya svakaṃ rūpamajāyetāṃ tadā tmajau .. 48 ..

> casting off their own forms, they were born as his two sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.100)

vijayāśokadattākhyau tasya putraubabhūvatuḥ ..

> They became his two sons named Vijayadatta and Aśokadatta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.101)

suto vijayadattākhyo jyeṣṭho jajñe sudarśanaḥ .. 49 ..

> The elder, Sudarśana, was born as the son named Vijayadatta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.102)

aśokadattanāmā tu sukarṇaśca kaniṣṭhakaḥ ..

> and the younger, Sukarṇa, was indeed named Aśokadatta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.103)

vijayāśokadattau tu kramādyauvanamāpatuḥ .. 3.1.8.50 ..

> Vijayadatta and Aśokadatta in due course reached youth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.104)

etasminneva kāletu yamunāyāstaṭe śubhe ..

> At that very time, on the auspicious bank of the Yamunā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.105)

anāvṛṣṭyā tu durbhikṣamabhūddvādaśavārṣi kam .. 51 ..

> because of drought there arose a twelve-year famine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.106)

goviṃdasvāmināmā tu brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ ..

> The brahmin named Govindasvāmin, a master of the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.107)

durbhikṣopahatāṃ dṛṣṭvā tadānīṃ sa nijāṃ purīm .. 52 ..

> seeing his own town afflicted by famine at that time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.108)

prayayau kāśanigaraṃ saputraḥ saha bhāryayā ..

> set out for the city of Kāśī with his sons and his wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.109)

sa prayāgaṃ samāsādya dvaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāvaṭam.. 53 ..

> Having reached Prayāga and seen the great banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.110)

kapālamālābharaṇaṃ so'paśyadyatinaṃ puraḥ ..

> he saw before him an ascetic adorned with a garland of skulls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.111)

goviṃdasvāmināmā tu namaścakre sa taṃ munim .. 54 ..

> He, the one named Govindasvāmin, bowed down to that sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.112)

saputrasya sabhāryasya so'vādīdāśiṣo muniḥ ..

> The sage bestowed blessings upon him with his sons and his wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.113)

idaṃ ca vacanaṃ prāha goviṃdasvāminaṃ prati .. 55 ..

> and spoke these words to Govindasvāmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.114)

jyeṣṭhenānena putreṇa sāṃprataṃ brāhmaṇottama ..

> "Now, O best of brahmins, your separation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.115)

kṣipraṃ vijayadattena viyogaste bhaviṣyati .. 56 ..

> from this eldest son, Vijayadatta, will happen soon."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.116)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā goviṃdasvāmināmakaḥ ..

> Hearing his word, the one named Govindasvāmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.117)

sūrye cāstaṃ gate tatra sāṃdhyaṃ karma samāpya ca .. 57 ..

> after the sun had set there and he had finished his evening rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.118)

sabhāryaḥ sasuto vipraḥ sudūrādhvasamākulaḥ ..

> the brahmin, with his wife and sons, exhausted from the very long journey,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.119)

uvāsa tasyāṃ śarvaryyāṃ śūnye vai devatālaye .. 58 ..

> he stayed for that night in a deserted temple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.120)

tadā tvaśokadattaśca brāhmaṇī ca samākulau ..

> Then Aśokadatta and the brahmin woman, both exhausted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.121)

vastreṇāstīrya pṛthivīṃ rātrau nidrāṃ samāpatuḥ .. 59..

> spread out a cloth on the ground and fell asleep during the night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.122)

tato vijayadattastu dūramārgavilaṃghanāt ..

> Then Vijayadatta, however, from traversing a long road,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.123)

babhūvātyaṃtamalaso bhṛśaṃ śītajvarārditaḥ .. 3.1.8.60 ..

> became completely exhausted and severely afflicted with a cold fever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.124)

goviṃdasvāminā pitrā śītavabādhānivṛttaye ..

> Although he was held tightly in an embrace by his father, Govindasvāmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.125)

gāḍhamāliṃgyamāno'pi śītabādhāṃ na so'tyajat .. 61 ..

> in order to dispel the distress of the cold, he could not shake off the tormenting cold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.126)

bādhate'tyarthamadhunā tāta māṃ śītalo jvaraḥ ..

> "Father, a cold fever torments me excessively right now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.127)

etadbādhānivṛttyarthaṃ vahnimānaya mā ciram .. 62 ..

> To remove this distress, bring fire without delay!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.128)

iti putravacaḥ śrutvā sarvatrāgniṃ gaveṣayan ..

> Hearing these words of his son, he searched everywhere for fire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.129)

alabdhavahniḥ provāca puna rabhyetya putrakam .. 63 ..

> unable to find fire, he approached his son again and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.130)

na vahniṃ putra viṃdāmi mārgamāṇo'pi sarvaśaḥ ..

> "Son, I find no fire, though I have searched everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.131)

rātrimadhye tu saṃprāpte dvāreṣu pihiteṣu ca .. 64 ..

> Since it is the middle of the night and the doors are shut,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.132)

nidrāparavaśāḥ paurā naiva dāsyaṃti pāvakam ..

> the townsfolk, overcome by sleep, will certainly not give fire."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.133)

itthaṃ vijayadatto'sāvuktaḥ pitrā jvarāturaḥ .. 65 ..

> Thus addressed by his father, Vijayadatta, sick with fever,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.134)

yayāce vahnimevāsau pitaraṃ dīnayā girā ..

> begged his father again for fire in a pitiful voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.135)

śītajvarasamudbhūtaśītabādhāprapīḍitam .. 66 ..

> "Afflicted as I am by the tormenting cold arisen from this ague,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.136)

himaśīkaravānvāyurdviguṇaṃ bādhate'dya mām ..

> the wind laden with icy mist torments me doubly today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.137)

vahnirna labdha iti vai mithyaivoktaṃ pitastvayā .. 67 ..

> Father, you spoke falsely indeed when you said fire was not found!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.138)

dūrādeṣa purobhāge jvālāmālāsamākulaḥ ..

> Straight ahead in the distance, crowned with a mass of flames,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.139)

śikhābhirlelihānobhraṃ dṛśyate paśya pāvakaḥ .. 68 ..

> a fire is seen licking the sky with its crests—look!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.140)

taṃ vahnimānaya kṣipraṃ tāta śītanivṛttaye ..

> Quickly bring that fire, father, to dispel this cold!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.141)

ityuktavantaṃ taṃ putraṃ sa pitā pratyabhāṣata .. 69 ..

> To his son who spoke thus, the father replied:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.142)

nānṛtaṃ vacmi putrādya satyameva bravīmyaham ..

> "I do not speak untruth, my son; today I speak only the truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.143)

vahnimānyo'yamuddeśo dūrādeva vilokyate .. 3.1.8.70 ..

> That place with fire is seen only from afar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.144)

pitṛkānanadeśaṃ taṃ putra jānīhi sāṃpratam ..

> Know, son, that it is the place of the ancestral forest \[the cremation ground\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.145)

yadyeṣobhraṃlihajvālaḥ purastājjvalate'nalaḥ .. 71 ..

> The fire that burns ahead, its flames scraping the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.146)

putra vitrāsajanakaṃ taṃ jānīhi citānalam ..

> know that, my son, to be the terrifying fire of a funeral pyre.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.147)

amaṃgalo na sevyo'yaṃ citāgniḥ sparśadūṣitaḥ .. 72 ..

> It is inauspicious and must not be used, this pyre fire corrupted by touch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.148)

tasya cāyuḥkṣayaṃ yāti sevate yaścitānalam ..

> The lifespan of one who resorts to the fire of a pyre diminishes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.149)

tasmāttavāyurhānirmā bhūyāditi mayā suta .. 73 ..

> Therefore, son, thinking, 'Let there be no loss of your lifespan,'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.150)

amaṃgalastathā spṛśyo nānīto'yaṃ citānalaḥ ..

> I did not fetch this pyre fire, inauspicious and \[unfit\] to touch."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.151)

ityuktavaṃtaṃ pitaraṃ sa dīnaḥ pratyabhāṣata .. 74 ..

> To his father who spoke thus, the miserable \[son\] replied:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.152)

ayaṃ śavānalo vā syādadhvarānala eva vā ..

> "Let it be a corpse-fire or let it be a sacrificial fire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.153)

sarvathānīyatāmeṣa nocenme maraṇaṃ bhavet .. 75 ..

> bring it by all means, otherwise I will die!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.154)

putrasnehābhibhūto'tha samāhartuṃ citānalam ..

> Then, overwhelmed by affection for his son, to fetch the pyre fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.155)

goviṃdasvāmināmā tu śmaśānaṃ śīghramabhyagāt .. 76 ..

> he named Govindasvāmin quickly went to the cremation ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.156)

goviṃdasvāmini gate samāhartuṃ citānalam..

> When Govindasvāmin had gone to fetch the pyre fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.157)

tūrṇaṃ vijayadatto'pi tadā gacchaṃtamanvayāt .. 77 ..

> Vijayadatta also hurriedly followed behind him as he went.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.158)

saṃprāpya tāpanikaṭaṃ vikīrṇāsthi citānalam ..

> Reaching the vicinity of the heat, the funeral pyre fire strewn with bones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.159)

āliṃganniva sodvegaṃ śanairnirvṛtimāptavān .. 79 ..

> as if embracing it anxiously, he gradually obtained relief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.160)

athāvādītsa pitaraṃ tadidaṃ parivartulam ..

> Then he said to his father: "What is this circular thing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.161)

atidīptaṃ vibhātyagnau kiṃ raktāṃbujasannibham ..79 ..

> shining brightly in the fire, resembling a red lotus?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.162)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā putrasya brāhmaṇottamaḥ ..

> Hearing these words of his son, that best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.163)

nipuṇaṃ taṃ nirūpyaitadvacanaṃ punarabravīt .. 3.1.8.80 ..

> having examined it closely, spoke these words in reply:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.164)

.. goviṃdasvāmyuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.165)

etatkapālamanalajvālāvalayavartulam ..

> "This is a skull, rounded by the ring of flames of the fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.166)

vasākīkasamāṃsāḍhyametadraktāṃbujopamam .. 81 ..

> rich in marrow, bone, and flesh, resembling a red lotus."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.167)

dvijasya sūnuḥ śrutveti kāṣṭhāgreṇa jaghāna tat ..

> Hearing this, the brahmin's son struck it with the tip of a piece of wood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.168)

yena tatsphuṭanodgīrṇavasāsiktamukho'bhavat .. 82 ..

> whereby his mouth was drenched with marrow discharged from its bursting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.169)

kapālaghaṭṭanādraktaṃ yatsaṃsaktaṃ mukhe tadā ..

> Licking repeatedly with his tongue the blood that smeared his mouth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.170)

jihvayā lelihāno'sau muhustadraktamā svadat .. 83 ..

> upon striking the skull, he tasted that blood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.171)

āsvādyaivaṃ samādāya tatkapālaṃ samākulaḥ ..

> Having thus tasted it, taking up that skull agitatedly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.172)

pītvā vasāṃ mahākāyo babhūvātibhayaṃkaraḥ .. 84 ..

> and drinking the marrow, he became gigantic in body and terrifying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.173)

sadyo vetā latāṃ prāpa tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrastadā niśi ..

> Immediately, that night, he turned into a vetāla with sharp fangs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.174)

tasyāṭṭahāsaghoṣeṇa diśaśca pradiśastadā .. 85 ..

> With the sound of his burst of wild laughter, the quarters and intermediate directions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.175)

dyauratarikṣaṃ bhūmiśca sphuṭitā iva sarvaśaḥ ..

> heaven, the intermediate space, and the earth seemed to burst apart everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.176)

tasminvegātsamākṛṣya pitaraṃ hantumudyate .. 86 ..

> As he rushed impetuously, dragging his father to kill him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.177)

mā kṛthāḥ sāhasamiti prādurāsīdvaco divi ..

> a voice appeared in the sky, saying, "Do not commit such violence!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.178)

sa divyāṃ giramākarṇya vetālo'tibhayaṃkaraḥ .. 87 ..

> Hearing that divine voice, that terrifying vetāla...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.179)

pitaraṃ taṃ parityajya mahāvegasamanvitaḥ ..

> Leaving his father, endowed with great speed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.180)

tūrṇamākāśamāviśya prayayāvaskhaladgatiḥ ..88..

> he swiftly entered the sky and departed with unhindered flight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.181)

sa gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ vetālaiḥ saha saṃgataḥ ..

> Having traveled a great distance, he joined with the vetālas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.182)

tamāgataṃ samālokya vetolāssarva eva te .. 89 ..

> Seeing him arrive, all those vetālas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.183)

kapālasphoṭanādeṣa vetālatvaṃ yadāptavān ..

> since he had attained vetālahood through the bursting of a skull,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.184)

kapālasphoṭanāmānamāhvayāṃcakrire tataḥ ..3.1.8.90..

> then addressed him by the name Kapālasphoṭana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.185)

tataḥ kapālasphoṭo 'sau vetālaiḥ sarvato vṛtaḥ..

> Then that Kapālasphoṭa, surrounded on all sides by vetālas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.186)

narāsthibhūṣaṇākhyasya sadyo vetālabhūpateḥ ..91..

> endowed with great strength, swiftly reached the presence of the king of the vetālas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.187)

antikaṃ sahasā prāpa mahābalasamanvitaḥ..

> who was named Narāsthibhūṣaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.188)

narāsthibhūṣaṇaścainaṃ senāpa timakalpayat .. 92 ..

> And Narāsthibhūṣaṇa appointed him commander of the army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.189)

taṃ kadācittu gandharvaścitrasenābhidho balī ..

> Once, a powerful gandharva named Citrasena  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.190)

narāsthibhūṣaṇaṃ saṃkhye nyavadhītso'pi saṃsthitaḥ .. 93..

> slew Narāsthibhūṣaṇa in battle, and he died.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.191)

narāsthibhūṣaṇe tasmi ngandharveṇa hate yudhi ..

> When Narāsthibhūṣaṇa was killed by the gandharva in combat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.192)

tadā kapālasphoṭo'sau tatpadaṃ samavāptavān .. 94 ..

> then that Kapālasphoṭa obtained his position.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.193)

vidyādharendrasya sutaḥ sudarśano manuṣyatāṃ vai prathamaṃ sa gatvā ..

> Sudarśana, the son of the lord of vidyādharas, having first gone to the human state,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.194)

vetālatāṃ prāpya maharṣiśāpātkramācca vetālapatirbabhūva .. 95 .. ..

> and then attained vetālahood because of the great seer's curse, gradually became the lord of the vetālas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.8.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.8.195)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setu māhātmye vetālavaradatīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ sudarśanavetālatvaprāptivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 ..

> Thus ends the eighth chapter, titled 'Description of Sudarśana’s Attainment of the State of a Vetāla', in the Praise of the Vetālavarada Tīrtha, in the Setumāhātmya, in the third 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.3.1.8.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.divyavadana.373.27) — Sanskrit
- [Bṛhatkathāmañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkathamanjari.20.113) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit

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