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# Skandapurana 3.2.11

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.1)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.2)

ataḥ paraṃ kimabhavadbravītu dvijasattama ..

> Tell me, O best of the twice-born: what happened after this?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.3)

tvadvacanāmṛtaṃ pītvā tṛptirnāsti mama prabho .. 1 ..

> Having drunk the nectar of your speech, my lord, I am not satiated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.4)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.5)

atha kiṃcidgate kāle yugāṃtasamaye sati ..

> Then, after some time had elapsed, at the conclusion of the yuga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.6)

tretādau lolajihvākṣa abhavadrākṣaseśvaraḥ .. 2 ..

> at the beginning of Tretā, there arose a lord of rākṣasas named Lolajihvākṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.7)

tena vidrāvitaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram ..

> By him all the three worlds, moving and unmoving, were put to flight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.8)

jitvā sa sakalām̐llokāndharmāraṇye samāgataḥ .. 3 ..

> Having conquered all the worlds, he arrived at Dharmāraṇya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.9)

taddṛṣṭvā sakalaṃ puṇyaṃ ramyaṃ dvijaniṣe vitam ..

> Beholding that entire holy and charming \[place\], frequented by the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.10)

brahmadveṣācca tenaiva dāhitaṃ ca puraṃ śubham .. 4 ..

> out of hatred for brahmins, that auspicious city was burned by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.11)

dahyamānaṃ puraṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇaṣṭā dvijasattamāḥ ..

> Seeing the city being burned, the best of the twice-born fled;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.12)

yathāgataṃ prajagmuste dharmāraṇyanivāsinaḥ .. ..5 ..

> the residents of Dharmāraṇya departed in every direction, just as they had come.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.13)

śrīmātādyāstadā devyaḥ kopitā rākṣasena vai ..

> Then Śrīmātā and the other goddesses, enraged indeed by the rākṣasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.14)

ghātayaṃtyeva śabdena tarjayitvā ca rākṣasam .. 6 ..

> struck \[at him\], having threatened the rākṣasa with their cries.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.15)

samucchritāstadā devyaḥ śataśo'tha saha sraśaḥ ..

> Then hundreds and thousands of goddesses rose up,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.16)

triśūlavaradhāriṇyaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ ..7..

> bearing excellent tridents, holding conches, discuses, and maces;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.17)

kamaṃḍaludharāḥ kāścitkaśākhaṅgadharāḥ parāḥ ..

> some held water pots, others held whips and swords;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.18)

pāśāṃkuśadharā kācitkhaḍgakheṭakadhāriṇī .. 8 ..

> one held a noose and a goad, another held a sword and a shield;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.19)

kācitparaśuhastā ca divyāyudhadharā parā ..

> one had an axe in hand, and another bore divine weapons;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.20)

nānābharaṇabhūṣāḍhyā nānāratnābhiśobhitā .. 9 ..

> richly adorned with various ornaments, resplendent with various jewels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.21)

rākṣasānāṃ vināśāya brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya ca ..

> For the destruction of the rākṣasas and for the welfare of the brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.22)

ājagmustatra yatrāste lolajihvo hi rākṣasaḥ ..3.2.11.10..

> they came to the place where the rākṣasa Lolajihva was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.23)

mahādaṃṣṭro mahākāyo vidyujjihvo bhayaṃkaraḥ ..

> Having huge fangs, a massive body, a tongue like lightning, and terrifying \[appearance\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.24)

dṛṣṭvā tā rākṣaso ghoraṃ siṃhanādamathākarot ..11..

> seeing them, the rākṣasa let out a terrible lion's roar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.25)

tena nādena mahatā trāsitaṃ bhuvanatrayam ..

> By that great roar, the three worlds were terrified,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.26)

āpūritā diśaḥ sarvāḥ kṣubhitānekasāgarāḥ .. 12 ..

> all the quarters were filled, and many oceans were agitated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.27)

kolāhalo mahānāsīddharmāraṇye tadā nṛpa ..

> A great uproar arose in Dharmāraṇya then, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.28)

tacchrutvā vāsavenātha preṣito nalakūbaraḥ .. 13 ..

> Hearing that, Nalakūbara was sent forth by Indra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.29)

kimidaṃ paśya gatvā tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahyaṃ nivedaya ..

> “Go and see what this is; having seen, report to me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.30)

tattasya vacanaṃ śrutvā gato vai nalakūbaraḥ .. 14 ..

> Hearing his word, Nalakūbara went.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.31)

dṛṣṭvā tatra mahāyuddhaṃ śrīmātālolajihvayoḥ ..

> Seeing there the great battle between Śrīmātā and Lolajihva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.32)

yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathājātaṃ śakrāgre sa nyavedayat .. 15 ..

> he reported before Śakra just as it was seen and just as it had happened:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.33)

udvejayati lokāṃstrīndharmāraṇyamito gataḥ ..

> “He agitates the three worlds, having gone from here to Dharmāraṇya.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.34)

tacchrutvā vāsavo viṣṇuṃ nivedya kṣitimāgamat.. 16 ..

> Hearing that, Indra, having informed Viṣṇu, came down to earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.35)

dāhitaṃ tatpuraṃ ramyaṃ devānāmapi durlabham ..

> That charming city, hard to attain even for the gods, was burned down;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.36)

na dṛṣṭā vāḍavāstatra gatāḥ sarve diśo daśa .. 17 ..

> the brahmins were not seen there; they had all fled to the ten directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.37)

śrīmātā yoginī tatra kurute yuddhamuttamam ..

> Śrīmātā, the yoginī, was waging a great battle there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.38)

hāhābhūtā prajā sarvā itaścetaśca dhāvati .. 18 ..

> while all the people, crying out in distress, were running hither and thither.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.39)

tacchrutvā vāsudevo hi gṛhītvā ca sudarśanam ..

> Hearing that, Vāsudeva took up the Sudarśana \[discus\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.40)

satyalokāttadā rājansamāgacchanmahītale .. 19 ..

> and came down to the earth from Satyaloka at that time, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.41)

dharmāraṇyaṃ tato gatvā taccakraṃ pramumoca ha ..

> Then, having gone to Dharmāraṇya, he released that discus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.42)

lolajihvastadā rakṣo mūrcchito nipapāta ha .. 3.2.11.20 ..

> Then the demon Lolajihva fainted and fell down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.43)

triśūlena tato bhinnaḥ śaktibhiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ ..

> Then, pierced by the trident and by spears, fainting with rage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.44)

hanyamānastadā rakṣaḥ prāṇāṃstyaktvā divaṃ gataḥ .. 21 ..

> being struck, the demon abandoned his life and went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.45)

tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā harṣanirbharamānasāḥ ..

> Then the gods along with the gandharvas, their minds filled with overflowing joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.46)

tuṣṭuvustaṃ jagannāthaṃ satyalokātsamāgatāḥ .. 22 ..

> having arrived from Satyaloka, praised that Lord of the Universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.47)

udvasaṃ tatsamālokya viṣṇurvacanamabravīt ..

> Seeing that \[place\] deserted, Viṣṇu spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.48)

kva ca te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve ṛṣīṇāmāśrame punaḥ .. 23 ..

> “Where are all those brahmins belonging to the hermitage of the seers?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.49)

tato devāḥ sagaṃ dharvā itastataḥ palāyitān..

> Then the gods, together with the gandharvas, having quickly searched out  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.50)

saṃśodhya tarasā rājanbrāhmaṇānidamabruvan .. 24 ..

> the brahmins who had fled hither and thither, O king, said this to them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.51)

śrūyatāṃ no vaco viprā nihato rākṣasādhamaḥ ..

> “Hear our words, O brahmins: the vile rākṣasa has been slain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.52)

vāsudevena devena cakreṇa nirakṛṃtata .. 25 ..

> he was cut down by Lord Vāsudeva with his discus.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.53)

tacchrutvā vāḍavāḥ sarve praharṣotphullalocanāḥ ..

> Hearing that, all the brahmins, their eyes wide with great joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.54)

samājagmustadā rājansvasvasthāne samāviśan .. 26 ..

> returned then, O king, and entered their respective dwellings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.55)

śrīkāṃtāya tadā rājanvākyamuktaṃ manoramam ..

> Then, O king, a charming speech was addressed to the Beloved of Śrī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.56)

yasmāttvaṃ satyalokācca āgato'si jagatprabhuḥ ..

> “Because you, the Lord of the Universe, have come from Satyaloka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.57)

sthāpitaṃ ca puraṃ cedaṃ hitāya ca dvijātmanām .. 27 ..

> and this city was established for the welfare of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.58)

satyamaṃdiramiti khyātaṃ tadā loke bhaviṣyati ..

> it shall therefore be known in the world as Satyamandira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.59)

kṛte yuge dharmāraṇyaṃ tretāyāṃ satyamaṃdiram .. 28 ..

> In the Kṛta age it is Dharmāraṇya; in the Tretā age, Satyamandira.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.60)

tacchrutvā vāsudevena tatheti pratipadya ca ..

> Hearing that and consenting with "So be it,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.61)

tataste vāḍavāḥ sarve putrapautrasamanvitāḥ .. 29 ..

> then all those brahmins, together with their sons and grandsons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.62)

sapatnīkāḥ sānucarā yathāpūrvaṃ nyavātsiṣuḥ ..

> with their wives and attendants, dwelled as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.63)

tapoyajñakriyādyeṣu vartaṃte'dhyayanādiṣu .. 3.2.11.30 ..

> engaged in austerity, sacrificial rites, study, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.64)

evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ dharma vai satyamaṃdire .. 31 .. ..

> Thus has all this been related to you concerning Dharma in the Satyamandira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.11.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.11.65)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe dharmāraṇyamāhātmye lolajihvāsuravadhapūrvakaṃ satyamaṃdirasaṃsthāpanavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 11 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the eleventh chapter, titled 'The Description of the Establishment of Satyamandira Preceded by the Slaying of the Asura Lolajihva,' in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya of the Brahmakhaṇḍa, the third section of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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