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# Skandapurana 3.2.13

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.1)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.2)

śaṃbhośca paścime bhāge sthāpitaḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ ..

> And to the west of Śambhu, the son of Kaśyapa was installed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.3)

tatrāsti tanmahābhāga ravikṣetraṃ taducyate .. 1 ..

> That \[place\] is there, O illustrious one; it is called Ravikṣetra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.4)

tatrotpannau mahādivyau rūpayauvanasaṃyutau ..

> There were born two exceedingly divine beings, endowed with beauty and youth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.5)

nāsatyāvaśvinau devau vikhyātau gadanāśanau .. 2 ..

> the Nāsatyas, the two Aśvin gods, renowned as the destroyers of diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.6)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.7)

pitāmaha mahābhāga kathayasva prasādataḥ ..

> Grandfather, O illustrious one, please tell me out of grace  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.8)

utpattiraśvinoścaiva mṛtyuloke ca tatkatham .. 3 ..

> how the birth of the two Aśvins came about in the world of mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.9)

ravilokātkathaṃ sūryo dharāyāmavatāritaḥ ..

> How was Sūrya brought down to the earth from the realm of Ravi?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.10)

etatsarvaṃ prayatnena kathayasva prasādataḥ .. 4 ..

> Please tell all this carefully out of grace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.11)

yacchrutvā hi mahābhāga sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 5 ..

> hearing which, O illustrious one, one is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.12)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.13)

sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhūpa ūrdhvalokakathānakam ..

> You have asked well, O king, about the narrative of the higher world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.14)

yacchrutvā naraśārdūla sarvarogātpramucyate ..

> hearing which, O tiger among men, one is freed from all diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.15)

viśvakarmmasutā saṃjñā aṃśumadraviṇā vṛtā .. 6 ..

> The daughter of Viśvakarman, Saṃjñā, was chosen \[as wife\] by radiant Ravi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.16)

sūryaṃ dṛṣṭvā sadā saṃjñā svākṣisaṃyamanaṃ vyadhāt ..

> Seeing Sūrya, Saṃjñā would always restrain her eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.17)

yatastataḥ saroṣo'rkaḥ saṃjñāṃ vacanamabravīt .. 97 ..

> Because of that, the sun became angry and said these words to Saṃjñā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.18)

.. sūrya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.19)

mayi dṛṣṭe sadā yasmātkuruṣe svākṣisaṃyamam ..

> Because you always restrain your eyes when looking at me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.20)

tasmājjaniṣyate mūḍhe prajāsaṃyamano yamaḥ .. .. 8 ..

> therefore, O foolish woman, Yama, the restrainer of creatures, will be born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.21)

tataḥ sā capalaṃ devī dadarśa ca bhayākulam ..

> Then the goddess looked upon him restlessly and agitated with fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.22)

vilolitadṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā punarāha ca tāṃ raviḥ .. 9 ..

> Seeing her unsteady gaze, Ravi spoke to her again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.23)

yasmādvilolitā dṛṣṭirmayi dṛṣṭe tvayā dhunā ..

> Because your gaze has now become unsteady when looking at me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.24)

tasmādvilolitāṃ saṃjñe tanayāṃ prasaviṣyasi .. 3.2.13.10 ..

> therefore, O Saṃjñā, you will give birth to an unsteady daughter!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.25)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.26)

tatastasyāstu saṃjajñe bhartṛśāpena tena vai ..

> Then, indeed, by that curse of her husband, there were born to her  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.27)

yamaśca yamunā yeyaṃ vikhyātā sumahānadī .. 11 ..

> Yama, and this Yamunā who is renowned as a very great river.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.28)

sā ca saṃjñā ravestejo mahadduḥkhena bhāminī ..

> And that noble lady Saṃjñā, unable to bear the brilliance of Ravi  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.29)

asahaṃtīva sā citte ciṃtayāmāsa vai tadā .. 12 ..

> without great distress, then thought within her mind:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.30)

kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kva gatāyāśca nirvṛtiḥ ..

> “What shall I do? Where shall I go? And having gone where will there be relief?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.31)

bhavenmama kathaṃ bhartuḥ kopamarkasya naśyati ..13..

> would be mine? How might the anger of my husband, the sun, perish?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.32)

iti saṃciṃtya bahudhā prajāpatisutā tadā ..

> Having reflected thus in many ways, the Prajāpati's daughter then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.33)

sādhu mene mahābhāgā pitṛsaṃśrayamāpasā ..14..

> the illustrious one, deemed it best to take refuge with her father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.34)

tataḥ pitṛgṛhaṃ gaṃtuṃ kṛtabuddhiryaśasvinī ..

> Then, having resolved to go to her father's house, the renowned lady,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.35)

chāyāmāhūyātmanastu sā devī dayitā raveḥ ..15..

> that goddess, the beloved of the Sun, called forth her own shadow (Chāyā)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.36)

tāṃ covāca tvayā stheyamatra bhānoryathā mayā ..

> and said to her: "You must stay here with the Sun just as I \[did\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.37)

tathā samyagapatyeṣu vartitavyaṃ tathā ravau ..16..

> You must behave properly toward the children, and likewise toward the Sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.38)

duṣṭamapi na vācyaṃ te yathā bahumataṃ mama ..

> Even if wrong is done, you must not speak \[ill\], so that I am held in high esteem.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.39)

saivāsmi saṃjñāhamiti vācyamevaṃ tvayānaghe .. 17 ..

> You must only say, 'I am that very Saṃjñā', O sinless one!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.40)

.. chāyāsaṃjñovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.41)

ākeśagrahaṇāccāhamāśāpācca vacastathā ..

> "Until my hair is seized, and until a curse \[is spoken\], I shall indeed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.42)

kariṣye kathayiṣyāmi yāvatkeśāpakarṣaṇā t .. 18 ..

> carry out your word; I shall disclose \[it only\] upon the pulling of my hair."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.43)

ityuktā sā tadā devī jagāma bhavanaṃ pituḥ ..

> Having been spoken to thus, the goddess then went to the house of her father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.44)

dadarśa tatra tvaṣṭāraṃ tapasā dhūtakilbiṣam .. 19 ..

> There she saw Tvaṣṭṛ, whose sins had been washed away by austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.45)

bahumānācca tenāpi pūjitā viśva karmmaṇā ..

> And honoured with great respect by Viśvakarman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.46)

tatsthau pitṛgṛhe sā tu kiṃcitkālamaniṃditā .. 3.2.13.20 ..

> that blameless woman remained in her father's house for some time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.47)

tataḥ prāha sa dharmajñaḥ pitā nāticiroṣitām ..

> Then her righteous father, Viśvakarman, spoke with love  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.48)

viśvakarmā sutāṃ premṇā bahumā napurassaram .. 21 ..

> and high esteem to his daughter, who had stayed not too long:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.49)

tvāṃ tu me paśyato vatse dināni subahūnyapi ..

> "As I look at you, my child, even very many days  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.50)

muhūrtena samāni syuḥ kiṃtu dharmo vilupyate .. 22 ..

> seem equal to a moment; but righteousness is impaired.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.51)

bāṃdhaveṣu ciraṃ vāso na nārīṇāṃ yaśaskaraḥ ..

> A long stay among relatives does not bring renown to women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.52)

manoratho bāṃdhavānāṃ bhāryā pitṛgṛhe sthitā .. 23 ..

> \[It is merely\] the desire of relatives that a wife stay in her father's house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.53)

sa tvaṃ trailokyanāthena bhartrā sūryeṇa saṃgatā ..

> You are wedded to a husband who is the lord of the three worlds, the Sun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.54)

piturgṛhe ciraṃ kālaṃ vastuṃ nārhasi putrike .. 24 ..

> you ought not to live for a long time in your father's house, my daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.55)

ato bhartṛgṛhaṃ gaccha dṛṣṭo'haṃ pūjitā ca me ..

> Therefore, go to your husband's house; I have seen you, and you have honoured me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.56)

punarāgamanaṃ kāryaṃ darśanāya śubhekṣaṇe ..25 ..

> A return visit should be made \[later\] for darśana, O woman of auspicious eyes!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.57)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.58)

ityuktā sā tadā kṣipraṃ tathetyuktā ca vai mune ..

> Addressed thus, she then quickly said, "So be it," O sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.59)

pūjayitvā tu pitaraṃ sā jagāmottarānkurūn .. 26 ..

> And having honoured her father, she departed for the Northern Kurus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.60)

sūryatāpamanicchatī tejasastasya bibhyatī ..

> Not desiring the heat of the Sun, and afraid of his splendor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.61)

tapaścacāra tatrāpi vaḍavārūpadhāriṇī .. 27 ..

> she performed austerity even there, having assumed the form of a mare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.62)

saṃjñāmityeva manvāno dvitīyāyāṃ divaspatiḥ ..

> Thinking her to be Saṃjñā, the lord of the sky, on that second \[woman\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.63)

janayāmāsa tanayau kanyāṃ caikāṃ manoramām .. 28 ..

> begot two sons and one charming maiden.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.64)

chāyā svatanayeṣveva yathā preṣṇādhyavartata ..

> As Chāyā behaved with affection toward her own children,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.65)

tathā na saṃjñākanyāyāṃ putrayoścāpyavartata ..

> she did not behave so toward Saṃjñā's daughter and two sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.66)

lālanāsu ca bhojyeṣu viśeṣamanuvāsaram .. 29 ..

> \[showing\] partiality day after day in pampering and in foods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.67)

manustatkṣāṃtavānasyā yamastasyā na cākṣamat ..

> Manu endured that from her, but Yama did not endure it from her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.68)

tāḍanāya tataḥ kopātpādastena samudyataḥ ..

> Then, out of anger, his foot was raised by him to strike \[her\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.69)

tasyāḥ punaḥ kṣāṃtamanā na tu dehe nyapātayat .. 3.2.13.30 ..

> Becoming patient-minded again, however, he did not bring it down upon her body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.70)

tataḥ śaśāpa taṃ kopācchāyāsaṃjñā yamaṃ nṛpa ..

> Then Chāyāsaṃjñā, out of anger, cursed Yama, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.71)

kiṃcitprasphuramāṇoṣṭhī vicalatpāṇipallavā .. 31 ..

> her lip slightly trembling and her sprout-like hand shaking:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.72)

patnyāṃ piturmayi yadi pādamudyacchase balāt ..

> "Since you violently raise your foot against me, your father's wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.73)

bhuvi tasmādayaṃ pādastavādyaiva bhaviṣyati .. 32 ..

> therefore this foot of yours shall fall to the earth this very day!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.74)

ityākarṇya yamaḥ śāpaṃ mātaryativiśaṃkitaḥ ..

> Hearing this curse, Yama, deeply terrified regarding his mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.75)

abhyetya pitaraṃ prāha praṇipātapurassaram.. 33 ..

> approached his father and spoke, preceded by a prostration:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.76)

tātaitanmahadāścaryamadṛṣṭamiti ca kvacit ..

> "Father, this is a great wonder, never seen anywhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.77)

mātā vātsalyarūpeṇa śāpaṃ putre prayacchati ..34..

> that a mother, who should be affection incarnate, gives a curse to her son!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.78)

yathā mātā mamācaṣṭa neyaṃ mātā tathā mama ..

> As a mother is described to me, she is not such a mother to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.79)

nirguṇeṣvapi putreṣu na mātā nirguṇā bhavet .. 35 ..

> Even towards sons who lack virtue, a mother should not be devoid of virtue."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.80)

yamasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā bhagavāṃstimirāpahaḥ ..

> Having heard these words of Yama, the blessed dispeller of darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.81)

chāyāsaṃjñāmathāhūya papraccha kvagateti ca ..36..

> then called Chāyāsaṃjñā and asked, "Where has she gone?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.82)

sā cāha tanayā tvaṣṭurahaṃ saṃjñā vibhāvaso ..

> And she said: "I am Saṃjñā, daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, O Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.83)

patnī tava tvayāpatyānyetāni janitāni me .. 37 ..

> your wife; these children were begotten by you through me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.84)

itthaṃ vivasvatastāṃ tu bahuśaḥ pṛcchato yadā ..

> When, though Vivasvat asked her repeatedly in this manner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.85)

nācacakṣe tadā kruddho bhāsvāṃstāṃ śaptumudyataḥ .. 38 ..

> she did not confess, then the radiant Sun, enraged, prepared to curse her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.86)

tataḥ sā kathayāmāsa yathāvṛttaṃ vivasvate ..

> Then she told Vivasvat everything as it had happened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.87)

viditārthaśca bhagavāñjagāma tvaṣṭu rālayam .. 39 ..

> Having learned the matter, the Blessed Lord went to the abode of Tvaṣṭṛ.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.88)

tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa tvaṣṭā trailokyapūjitam ..

> Then Tvaṣṭṛ worshipped the one adored by the three worlds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.89)

bhāsvankiṃ rahitā śaktyā nijagehamupāgataḥ .. 3.2.13.40 ..

> "O Sun, why have you arrived at my house bereft of your power?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.90)

saṃjñāṃ papraccha taṃ tasmai kathayāmāsa tattvavit ..

> He asked about Saṃjñā; the knower of truth related \[everything\] to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.91)

āgatā seha me veśma bhavataḥ preṣitā rave .. 41 ..

> “She has come here to my dwelling, sent by you, O Sun.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.92)

divākaraḥ samādhistho vaḍavārūpadhāriṇīm ..

> Absorbed in meditation, the Sun saw her  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.93)

tapaścaraṃtīṃ dadṛśe uttareṣu kuruṣvatha .. 42 ..

> bearing the form of a mare, performing austerity in the Northern Kurus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.94)

asahyamānā sūryasya tejastenātipīḍitā ..

> Unable to endure the Sun's brilliance, deeply tormented by it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.95)

vahnyābhanijarūpaṃ tu cchāyārūpaṃ vimucya ca.. 43 ..

> abandoning her own form that resembled fire and leaving behind her shadow-form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.96)

dharmāraṇye samāgatya tapa stepe suduṣkaram..

> she came to Dharmāraṇya and practiced very severe austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.97)

chāyāputraṃ śaniṃ dṛṣṭvā yamaṃ cānyaṃ ca bhūpate .. 44 ..

> Having seen Śani, the son of the shadow, and also Yama and the other, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.98)

tadaiva vismitaḥ sūryo duṣṭaputrau samīkṣya ca ..

> the Sun was astonished upon beholding the two wicked sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.99)

jñātuṃ dadhyau kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā viditvā tacca kāraṇam .. 45 ..

> and meditated in order to understand; having reflected for a moment and discerned the cause—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.100)

ghṛṇyauṣṇyāddagdhadehā sā tapastepe pativratā ..

> that that faithful wife, her body burned by the heat of his rays, had performed austerity  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.101)

yena māṃ tejasā sahyaṃ draṣṭuṃ naiva śaśāka ha .. 46 ..

> so that, through that austerity, she could endure seeing me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.102)

pañcāśaddhāyanetīte gatvā kau tapa ācarat ..

> “Fifty years having elapsed, she went to the earth and practiced austerity.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.103)

pradyotano vicāryaivaṃ gatvā śīghraṃ manojavaḥ .. 47 ..

> Thinking thus, Pradyotana, swift as thought, quickly went  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.104)

dharmāraṇye vare puṇye yatra saṃjñāsthitā tapaḥ ..

> to the excellent and holy Dharmāraṇya, where Saṃjñā was engaged in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.105)

āgataṃ taṃ raviṃ dṛṣṭvā vaḍavā samajāyata .. 48 ..

> Seeing that the Sun had arrived, she became a mare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.106)

sūryapatnī sadā saṃjñā sūryaścāśvastato'bhavat ..

> Saṃjñā was always the Sun's wife, and the Sun then became a stallion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.107)

tābhyāṃ sahābhūtsaṃyogo ghrāṇe liṃgaṃ niveśya ca .. 49 ..

> Union occurred between the two of them, with \[his\] liṅga introduced into her nose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.108)

tadā tau ca samutpannau yugalāvaśvinau bhuvi ..

> Then the twin Aśvins were born upon the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.109)

prādurbhūtaṃ jalaṃ tatra dakṣiṇena khureṇa ca .. 3.2.13.50 ..

> Water manifested there by his right hoof  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.110)

vidalite bhūmibhāge tatra kuṃḍaṃ samudbabhau ..

> when that region of earth was struck open; there a pool appeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.111)

dvitīyaṃ tu punaḥ kuṃḍaṃ paścārdhacaraṇodbhavam .. 51 ..

> A second pool, moreover, arose from his hind foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.112)

uttaravāhinyāḥ kāśyā kurukṣetrādi vai tathā ..

> The fruit of \[bathing in\] Kāśī with its northward-flowing stream, Kurukṣetra, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.113)

gaṃgāpurīsamaphalaṃ kuṇḍe'tra muninoditam .. 52 ..

> equal to \[that of\] the city of the Gaṅgā, has been declared by the sage to be in this pool.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.114)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti taptakuṇḍe na saṃśayaḥ ..

> One attains that fruit at Taptakuṇḍa, without doubt;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.115)

snānaṃ vidhāya tatraiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 53 ..

> performing a ritual ablution right there, one is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.116)

na punarjāyate dehaḥ kuṣṭhādivyādhipīḍitaḥ ..

> One's body is not born again afflicted by diseases such as leprosy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.117)

etatte kathitaṃ bhūpa dasrāṃśotpattikāraṇam .. 54 ..

> This has been told to you, O king: the cause of the birth of the twin Dasras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.118)

tadā brahmādayo devā āgatāstatra bhūpate ..

> Then Brahmā and the other gods came there, O king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.119)

dattvā saṃjñāvaraṃ śubhraṃ ciṃtitādadhikaṃ hi taiḥ .. 55 ..

> they granted Saṃjñā an auspicious boon, indeed surpassing what she had imagined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.120)

sthāpayitvā raviṃ tatra bakulākhyavanādhipam ..

> Having installed the Sun there as lord of the grove named Bakula,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.121)

ānarcuste tadā saṃjñāṃ pūrvarūpā'bhavattadā .. 56 ..

> they worshipped Saṃjñā then; at that time she assumed her former form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.122)

sthāpitā tatra rājñī ca kumārau yugalau tadā ..

> The queen was installed there, along with the two youthful twins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.123)

etattīrthaphalaṃ vakṣye śṛṇu rājanmahāmate .. 57 ..

> I shall declare the fruit of this sacred ford; listen, O king of great intellect!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.124)

ādisthānaṃ kuruśreṣṭha devairapi sudurlabham ..

> It is the primordial place, O best of Kurus, difficult to attain even for the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.125)

ravikuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā śraddhāyukto jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 58 ..

> A man who has bathed in Ravikuṇḍa, endowed with faith and with senses conquered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.126)

tārayetsa pitṝnsarvānmahānarakagānapi ..

> delivers all his ancestors, even those who have gone to the great hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.127)

śraddhayā yaḥ pibettoyaṃ saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ .. 59 ..

> Whoever drinks the water with faith, having gratified the ancestral spirits and the deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.128)

svalpaṃ vāpi bahuvāpi sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet ..

> whether it be little or much, all becomes multiplied ten-millionfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.129)

saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa grahaṇaṃ caṃdrasūryayoḥ .. 3.2.13.60 ..

> On the seventh day of the lunar fortnight, on a Sunday, during an eclipse of the moon or the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.130)

ravikuṇḍe ca ye snātāḥ na te vai garbhagāminaḥ ..

> those who have bathed in Ravikuṇḍa indeed do not enter a womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.131)

sakrāṃtau ca vyatīpāte vaidhṛteṣu ca parvasu .. 61 ..

> At a solar transit, at Vyatīpāta, on Vaidhṛti and other conjunction-days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.132)

pūrṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ caturddaśyāṃ sitāsite ..

> on the full moon, on the new moon, and on the fourteenth day of the bright or dark fortnight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.133)

ravikuṃḍe ca yaḥ snātaḥ kratukoṭiphalaṃ labhet .. 62 ..

> whoever has bathed in Ravikuṇḍa obtains the fruit of ten million sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.134)

pūjayedbakulārkaṃ ca ekacittena mānavaḥ ..

> If a man worships Bakulārka with a single-minded heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.135)

sa yāti paramaṃ dhāma sa yāvattapate raviḥ .. 63 ..

> he goes to the supreme abode as long as the sun shines.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.136)

tasya lakṣmīḥ sthirā nūnaṃ labhate saṃtatiṃ sukham ..

> His fortune is surely enduring; he attains offspring and happiness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.137)

arivargaḥ kṣayaṃ yāti prasādācca divaspateḥ .. 64 ..

> the host of his enemies goes to ruin through the grace of the Lord of Day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.138)

nāgnerbhayaṃ hi tasya syānna vyāghrānna ca daṃtinaḥ ..

> Indeed he has no fear from fire, none from tigers, and none from tusked elephants;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.139)

na ca sarppabhayaṃ kvāpi bhūtapretādibhīrnahi .. 65 ..

> and nowhere is there fear of snakes, nor dread of ghosts, spirits, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.140)

bālagrahāśca sarve'pi revatī vṛddharevatī ..

> All the evil spirits that seize children—Revatī, Vṛddharevatī—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.141)

te sarve nāśamāyāṃti bakulārka namostu te .. 66 ..

> all of them go to destruction: 'O Bakulārka, salutations to you!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.142)

gāvastasya vivarddhaṃte dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ tathaiva ca ..

> His cows multiply, as do wealth and grain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.143)

avicchedo bhavedvaṃśo bakulārke namaskṛte .. 67 ..

> his lineage will not be broken when Bakulārka is bowed to.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.144)

kākavandhyā ca yā nārī anapatyā mṛtaprajā ..

> A woman who bears only one child, one who is barren, one whose children die,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.145)

vandhyā virūpitā caiva viṣakanyāśca yāḥ striyaḥ .. 68 ..

> the barren woman, the deformed woman, and women who are poison-damsels—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.146)

evaṃ doṣaiḥ pramucyaṃte snātvā kuṇḍe ca bhūpate ..

> bathing in the pool, O king, they are freed from such afflictions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.147)

saubhāgyastrīsutāṃścaiva rūpaṃ cāpnoti sarvaśaḥ .. ..69..

> she attains good fortune, women, sons, and beauty in every respect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.148)

vyādhigrastopi yo martyaḥ ṣaṇmāsāccaiva mānavaḥ ..

> Even a mortal seized by disease—a human being for six months  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.149)

ravikuṇḍe ca susnātaḥ sarvarogātpramucyate .. 3.2.13.70 ..

> who has properly bathed in Ravikuṇḍa is freed from all illness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.150)

nīlotsargavidhiṃ yastu ravikṣetre karoti vai ..

> One who indeed performs the rite of releasing a dark bull in the sacred field of the Sun  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.151)

pitarastṛptimāyāṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 71 ..

> his ancestors attain satisfaction until the dissolution of all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.152)

kanyādānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryādasminkṣetre ca putraka ..

> And whoever performs the gift of a maiden in this sacred field, O dear son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.153)

udvāhaparipūtātmā brahmaloke mahīyate .. 72 ..

> having his soul purified through marriage, is exalted in the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.154)

dhenudānaṃ ca śayyāṃ ca vidrumaṃ ca hayaṃ tathā ..

> The gift of a cow, a bed, coral, and likewise a horse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.155)

dāsīmahiṣīghaṇṭāśca tilaṃ kāṃcanasaṃyutam .. 73 ..

> female slaves, buffaloes, bells, and sesame combined with gold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.156)

dhenuṃ tilamayīṃ dadyādasmi nkṣetre ca bhārata ..

> whoever gives a cow made of sesame seeds in this sacred field, O Bhārata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.157)

upānahau ca chatraṃ ca śītatrāṇādikaṃ tathā .. 74 ..

> as well as sandals, an umbrella, and protection against the cold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.158)

lakṣahomaṃ tathā rudraṃ rudrātirudrameva ca ..

> likewise \[the offering of\] a hundred-thousand oblations, the Rudra, and the Rudrātirudra—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.159)

tasminsthāne ca yatkiṃciddadāti śraddhayānvitaḥ .. 75 ..

> whatever one gives in that place endowed with faith,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.160)

ekaikasya phalaṃ tāta vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvataḥ ..

> the fruit of each single one I will declare, dear child; listen in truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.161)

dānena labhate bhogāniha loke paratra ca .. 76 ..

> Through giving, one obtains enjoyments in this world and in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.162)

rājyaṃ ca labhate martyaḥ kṛtvodvāhaṃ tu mānuṣāḥ ..

> A mortal obtains sovereignty, and men, having performed marriage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.163)

jāyāto dharmakāmārthāḥ prāpyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 77 ..

> obtain righteousness, desire, and wealth through a wife; there is no doubt here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.164)

pūjāyā labhate saukhyaṃ bhavejjanmanijanmani ..

> From worship, one obtains happiness in birth after birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.165)

saptamyāṃ raviyuktāyāṃ bakulārkaṃ smarettu yaḥ .. 78 ..

> Whoever remembers Bakulārka on a Sunday falling on the seventh lunar day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.166)

jvarādeḥ śatrutaścaiva vyādhestasya bhayaṃ nahi ..79..

> has no fear of fever and the like, nor of enemies, nor of disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.167)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.168)

bakulārketi vai nāma kathaṃ jātaṃ ravermune ..

> "How did the Sun come to have the name 'Bakulārka', O sage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.169)

etanme vadatāṃ śreṣṭha tattvamākhyātumarhasi ..3.2.13.80..

> O best of speakers, you ought to declare this truth to me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.170)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.13.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.171)

yadā saṃjñā ca rājeṃdra sūryārthaṃṃ caikacetasā ..

> "When Saṃjñā, O king of kings, with single-minded devotion for the sake of the Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.172)

tepe bakulavṛkṣādhaḥ patyustejaḥ praśāṃ taye ..81..

> practiced austerity beneath a bakula tree for the pacification of her husband's brilliance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.173)

prādurbhāvaṃ raverdṛṣṭvā vaḍavā samajāyata ..

> having seen the manifestation of the Sun, she became a mare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.174)

atyaṃtaṃ gopatiḥ śāṃto bakulasya samīpataḥ ..82..

> The lord of rays became completely calm near the bakula tree;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.175)

suṣuve ca tadā rājñī sutau divyau manoharau ..

> then the queen gave birth to two divine, charming sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.176)

tenāsya prathitaṃ nāma bakulārketi vai raveḥ ..83..

> Because of that, this name of the Sun became renowned as 'Bakulārka'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.177)

yastatra kurute snānaṃ vyādhistasya na pīḍayet ..

> Disease does not afflict one who performs ritual ablution there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.178)

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ ..84..

> he obtains righteousness, wealth, and desire—there is no doubt here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.179)

ṣaṇmāsātsiddhimāpnoti mokṣaṃ ca labhate naraḥ ..

> After six months a man attains perfection and obtains liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.180)

etaduktaṃ mahārāja bakulārkasya vaibhavam .. 85..

> This majesty of Bakulārka has been told, O great king."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.13.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.13.181)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyopākhyāne bakulārkamāhātmyakathanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 13 .. ..

> Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, titled "Declaration of the Greatness of Bakulārka," in the narration of Dharmāraṇya, in the first part of the third Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.13.1) — English, machine translation

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