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# Skandapurana 3.2.14

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.1)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.2)

kṛpāsiṃdho mahābhāga sarvavyāpinsureśvara ..

> "O ocean of compassion, highly fortunate one, all-pervading lord of gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.3)

kadā hyatra tapastaptaṃ viṣṇunāmitatejasā .. 1 ..

> When indeed was austerity performed here by Viṣṇu of immeasurable brilliance?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.4)

skaṃdāya kathitaṃ caiva śarveṇa ca mahātmanā ..

> And it was narrated to Skanda by the great-souled Śarva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.5)

ānupūrvyeṇa sarvaṃ hi kathayasva tvameva hi .. 2 ..

> do you yourself tell everything in proper sequence."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.6)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.7)

śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi dharmmāraṇye nṛpottama ..

> "Listen, my child, I will explain, O best of kings: in Dharmāraṇya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.8)

ekadātra tapastaptaṃ viṣṇunā'mitatejasā .. .. 3 ..

> once austerity was performed here by Viṣṇu of immeasurable brilliance."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.9)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.10)

kathaṃ devasaronāma paṃpā caṃpā gayā tathā ..

> "How is it called Devasaras, \[and\] Pampā, Campā, and Gayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.11)

vārāṇasyadhikā caiva kathamaśvamukho hariḥ .. 4 ..

> and superior to Vārāṇasī? And how did Hari become horse-faced?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.12)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.13)

atra nārāyaṇo devastapastepe suduṣkaram ..

> "Here Lord Nārāyaṇa practiced austerity very difficult to perform  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.14)

divyavarṣaśataṃ trīṇi jātaḥ suṣṭhvānanaśca saḥ .. 5 ..

> for three hundred divine years, and he became one endowed with a beautiful face.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.15)

tapastepe mahāviṣṇuḥ surūpārthaṃ ca putraka ..

> Mahāviṣṇu practiced austerity for the sake of a handsome form, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.16)

vājimukho haristatra siddhasthāne mahādyute .. 6 ..

> when Hari had the face of a horse there in that abode of perfections of great splendor."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.17)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.18)

kāraṇaṃ brūhi nodya tvamaśvānanaḥ kathaṃ hariḥ ..

> "Tell now the reason why Hari became horse-faced,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.19)

mahāripośca haṃtā ca devadevo jagatpatiḥ .. .. 7 ..

> he who is the slayer of the great foe, the god of gods, the lord of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.20)

yasya nāmnā mahābhāga pātakāni bahūnyapi ..

> By whose name, O highly fortunate one, even numerous sins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.21)

vilīyaṃte tu vegena tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā .. 8 ..

> are dissolved swiftly, just like darkness at the rising of the sun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.22)

śrūyaṃte yasya karmāṇi adbhutānyadbhutāni vai ..

> whose deeds are heard to be wondrous, truly wondrous;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.23)

sarveṣāmeva jīvānāṃ kāraṇaṃ parameśvaraḥ .. 9 ..

> the Supreme Lord, the cause of all living beings!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.24)

prāṇarūpeṇa yo devo hayarūpaḥ kadhaṃ bhavet ..

> How could that god, whose nature is the breath of life, have the form of a horse?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.25)

sarveṣāmapi taṃtrāṇāmekarūpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. 3.2.14.10 ..

> He is proclaimed to have one uniform nature throughout all the treatises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.26)

bhaktigamyo dharmabhājāṃ sukharūpaḥ sadā śuciḥ ..

> attainable through devotion by those possessed of virtue, having the nature of bliss, ever pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.27)

guṇātīto'pi nityo'sau sarvago nirguṇastathā .. 11 ..

> though beyond the qualities, yet eternal, all-pervading, and qualityless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.28)

sraṣṭāsau pālako haṃtā avyaktaḥ sarvadehinām ..

> the creator, the protector, the destroyer, the unmanifest \[essence\] of all embodied beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.29)

anukūlo mahātejāḥ kasmādaśvamukho'bhavat .. 12 ..

> benevolent, of great brilliance—why did he become horse-faced?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.30)

yasya romodbhavā devā vṛkṣādyāḥ pannagā nagāḥ ..

> from whose hair-pores arose the gods, trees and other beings, serpents and mountains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.31)

kalpekalpe jagatsarvaṃ jāyate yasya dehataḥ .. .. 13 ..

> from whose body the entire universe is born in every aeon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.32)

sa eva viśvaprabhavaḥ sa evātyaṃtakāraṇam ..

> he alone is the source of the universe, he alone is the ultimate cause;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.33)

yenānītāḥ punarvidyā yajñāśca pralayaṃ gatāḥ ..14..

> by whom the lores and the sacrifices that had perished in the cosmic dissolution were brought back again;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.34)

ghātito duṣṭadaityo'sau vedārthaṃ kṛta udyamaḥ ..

> that wicked demon was slain, and an effort was made for the sake of the Vedas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.35)

evamāsīnmahāviṣṇuḥ kathamaśvamukho'bhavat .. 15 ..

> such was Mahāviṣṇu—how did he become horse-faced?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.36)

ratnagarbhā dhṛtā yena pṛṣṭhadeśe ca līlayā ..

> By whom the earth bearing gems was effortlessly held upon his back;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.37)

kṛtyā vyavasthitaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam .. .. 16 ..

> and the entire world, both stationary and moving, was set in proper order;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.38)

sa devo viśvarūpo vai kathaṃ vājimukho'bhavat ..

> how did that god of universal form truly become horse-faced?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.39)

hiraṇyākṣasya haṃtā yo rūpaṃ kṛtvā varāhajam .. 17 ..

> He who, having assumed the form of a boar, became the slayer of Hiraṇyākṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.40)

supavitraṃ mahātejāḥ praviśya jalasā gare ..

> the exceedingly pure one of great splendor, entering into the waters of the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.41)

uddhṛtā ca mahī sarvā sasāgaramahīdharā .. 18 ..

> lifted up the entire earth along with its oceans and mountains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.42)

uddhṛtā ca mahī nūnaṃ daṃṣṭrāgre yena līlayā ..

> surely the earth was effortlessly lifted up on the tip of his tusk by him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.43)

kṛtvā rūpaṃ varāhaṃ ca kapilaṃ śokanāśanam .. .. 19 ..

> having assumed the tawny form of a boar that destroys sorrow—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.44)

sa devaḥ kathamīśāno hayagrīvatvamāgataḥ ..

> how did that god, the Lord, come to have a horse's neck?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.45)

prahlādārthe sa ceśāno rūpaṃ kṛtvā bhayāvaham .. 3.2.14.20 ..

> And that Lord, for the sake of Prahlāda, having assumed a terrifying form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.46)

nārasiṃhaṃ mahādevaṃ sarvaduṣṭanivāraṇam ..

> the great deity Narasiṃha, who wards off all wicked beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.47)

parvatāgnisamudrasthaṃ rarakṣa bhaktasattamam .. 21 ..

> protected that best of devotees who stood amidst mountains, fire, and the sea;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.48)

hiraṇyakaśipuṃ duṣṭaṃ jaghāna rajanīmukhe ..

> he slew the wicked Hiraṇyakaśipu at dusk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.49)

iṃdrāsane ca saṃsthāpya prahlādasya sukhapradam .. 22 ..

> and installing him on the throne of Indra, bestowed happiness upon Prahlāda;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.50)

prahlādārthe ca vai nūnaṃ nṛsiṃhatvamupāgataḥ ..

> he who indeed assumed the state of man-lion for the sake of Prahlāda;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.51)

virocanasutasyāgre yācako'sau bhavettadā .. 23 ..

> he then became a beggar before the son of Virocana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.52)

yajñe caivāśvamedhe vai balinā yaḥ samarcitaḥ ..

> and at the horse sacrifice, he was worshipped by Bali;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.53)

hṛtā vasumatī tasya tripadīkṛtarodasī .. 24 ..

> the earth was taken from him, heaven and earth having been covered in three strides;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.54)

viśvarūpeṇa vai yena pātāle kṣapito baliḥ ..

> by whom, through his universal form, Bali was consigned to Pātāla;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.55)

triḥsaptavāraṃ yenaiva kṣatriyānavanītale .. 25 ..

> by whom the kṣatriyas on the face of the earth were slain thrice seven times;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.56)

hatvā'dadācca viprebhyo mahīmatimahaujasā ..

> and by that one of exceedingly great splendor, having slain them, the earth was given to the brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.57)

ghātito haihayo rājā yenaiva jananī hatā .. 26 ..

> the Haihaya king was slain by him, and his own mother was killed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.58)

yena vai śiśunorvyāṃ hi ghātitā duṣṭacāriṇī ..

> by whom, while still a boy on earth, the evil-doer was slain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.59)

rākṣasī tāḍakā nāmnī kauśikasya prasādataḥ .. 27 ..

> the rākṣasī named Tāḍakā, by the grace of Kauśika;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.60)

viśvāmitrasya yajñe tu yena līlānṛdehinā ..

> and at the sacrifice of Viśvāmitra, by him who playfully assumed a human body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.61)

caturdaśasahasrāṇi ghātitā rākṣasā valāt .. 28 ..

> fourteen thousand rākṣasas were forcefully slain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.62)

hatā śūrpaṇakhā yena triśirāśca nipātitaḥ ..

> by whom Śūrpaṇakhā was mutilated and Triśiras was struck down;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.63)

sugrīvaṃ vālinaṃ hatvā sugrīveṇa sahāyavān .. 29 ..

> who, having slain Vālin, gained Sugrīva as an ally;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.64)

kṛtvā setuṃ samudrasya raṇe hatvā daśānanam ..

> who, having built a bridge across the ocean and slain the ten-headed one in battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.65)

dharmmāraṇyaṃ samāsādya brāhmaṇānanvapūjayat .. 3.2.14.30 ..

> arrived at Dharmāraṇya and worshipped the brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.66)

śāsanaṃ dvijavaryebhyo dattvā grāmānbahūṃstathā ..

> having given a royal charter and many villages to the best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.67)

snātvā caiva dharmmavāpyāṃ sudānānyadadādgavām .. 31 ..

> and having bathed in the Dharmavāpī, he gave generous gifts of cows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.68)

sādhūnāṃ pālanaṃ kṛtvā nigrahāya durātmanām ..

> protecting the virtuous and restraining the wicked—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.69)

evamanyāni karmmāṇi śrutāni ca dharātale ..32..

> thus other deeds on the surface of the earth are heard of.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.70)

sa devo līlayā kṛtvā kathaṃ cāśvamukho'bhavat ..

> How did that god, who performed them playfully, become horse-faced?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.71)

yo jāto yādave vaṃśe pūtanāśakaṭādikam .. 33 ..

> He who was born in the Yādava lineage, \[slayer of\] Pūtanā, Śakaṭa, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.72)

ariṣṭadaityaḥ keśī ca vṛkāsurabakāsurau ..

> the demon Ariṣṭa, Keśin, Vṛkāsura, Bakāsura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.73)

śakaṭāsuro mahāsura stṛṇāvartaśca dhenukaḥ .. 34 ..

> Śakaṭāsura, the great demon Tṛṇāvarta, and Dhenuka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.74)

mallaścaiva tathā kaṃso jarāsaṃdhastathaiva ca ..

> the wrestler \[Cāṇūra\], Kaṃsa, and Jarāsaṃdha likewise;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.75)

kālayavanasya haṃtā ca kathaṃ vai sa hayānanaḥ ..

> and the slayer of Kālayavana—how indeed did he become horse-faced?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.76)

tārakāsuraṃ raṇe jitvā ayutaṣaṭpuraṃ tathā .. 35 ..

> Having conquered Tārakāsura in battle, and likewise the city of sixty thousand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.77)

kanyāścodvāhitā yena sahasrāṇi ca ṣaḍ daśa ..

> and sixteen thousand maidens were married by him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.78)

amānuṣāṇi kṛtvetthaṃ kathaṃ so'śvamukho'bhavat .. 36 ..

> having performed such superhuman deeds, how did he become horse-faced?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.79)

trātā yaḥ sarvabhaktānāṃ haṃtā sarvadurātmanām ..

> He who is the protector of all devotees and the slayer of all wicked beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.80)

dharmasthāpanakṛtso'pi kalkirviṣṇupade sthitaḥ .. 37 ..

> and who, having established righteousness, is Kalki abiding in Viṣṇu's state;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.81)

etadvai mahadāścaryyaṃ bhavatā yatprakāśitam ..

> this is indeed a great wonder that you have revealed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.82)

etadācakṣva me sarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ tripurāṃtaka .. 38 ..

> Tell me all this reason, O destroyer of Tripura!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.83)

.. śrīrudra uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Rudra said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.84)

sādhupṛṣṭaṃ mahābāho kāraṇaṃ tasya vacmyaham ..

> Well asked, O mighty-armed one! I shall tell the reason for it;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.85)

hayagrīvasya kṛṣṇasya śṛṇuṣve kāgramānasaḥ .. 39 ..

> listen with a one-pointed mind regarding the horse-necked Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.86)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.87)

purā devaiḥ samārabdho yajño nūnaṃ dharātale ..

> Formerly, a sacrifice was undertaken on the surface of the earth by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.88)

vedamaṃtrairāhvayituṃ sarve rudrapurogamāḥ ..3.2.14.40..

> In order to summon \[him\] with Vedic mantras, all the gods led by Rudra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.89)

vaikuṇṭhe ca gatāḥ sarve kṣīrābdhau ca nijālaye ..

> all went to Vaikuṇṭha, his own abode in the ocean of milk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.90)

pātāle'pi punargatvā na viduḥ kṛṣṇadarśanam .. 41 ..

> Having gone again even to Pātāla, they did not obtain a sight of Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.91)

mohāviṣṭāstataḥ sarve itaścetaśca dhāvitāḥ ..

> Then, overcome by bewilderment, they all ran here and there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.92)

naiva dṛṣṭastadā taistu brahmarūpo janārdanaḥ .. 42 ..

> Janārdana, whose nature is Brahman, was not seen by them at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.93)

vicārayaṃti te sarve devā indrapurogamāḥ ..

> All those gods, led by Indra, reflected:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.94)

kva gato'sau mahāviṣṇuḥ kenopāyena dṛśyate .. 43 ..

> "Where has that Mahāviṣṇu gone? By what means can he be seen?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.95)

praṇamya śirasā devaṃ vāgīśaṃ procurādarāt ..

> Bowing their heads to the god, the lord of speech, they spoke with respect:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.96)

devadeva mahāviṣṇuṃ kathayasva prasādataḥ .. 44 ..

> "O god of gods, kindly tell \[us\] about Mahāviṣṇu."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.97)

.. bṛhaspatiruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.98)

na jāne kena kāryeṇa yogārūḍho mahātmavān ..

> "I do not know for what purpose the great-souled one has mounted yoga;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.99)

yogarūpo'bhavadviṣṇuryogīśo hariracyutaḥ .. 45 ..

> Viṣṇu has assumed the form of yoga—Hari, Acyuta, the lord of yogins."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.100)

kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā svamātmānaṃ dhiṣaṇena khyāpito hariḥ ..

> Meditating for a moment on his own Self, Hari was revealed by Dhiṣaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.101)

tatra sarve gatā devā yatra devo jagatpatiḥ .. 46 ..

> All the gods went there, where the god, the lord of the world, was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.102)

tadā dṛṣṭo mahāviṣṇurdhyānastho'sau janārdanaḥ ..

> Then Mahāviṣṇu was seen—that Janārdana absorbed in meditation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.103)

dhyātvā kṛtyasamākāraṃ saśaraṃ daityasūdanam .. 47 ..

> \[…\] having meditated on the slayer of the Daityas, arrow in hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.104)

samāsthānaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā bodhopāyaṃ pracakrame ..

> Having seen him in complete absorption, he undertook a means to awaken \[him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.105)

āha tāṃśca tadā vamryo dhanurguṇaṃ prayatnataḥ ..

> And he said to the termites then: "With effort, \[eat\] the bowstring;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.106)

chetsyaṃti cettacchabdena prabudhyeta hariḥ svayam .. 48 ..

> if they cut it, Hari will wake up of his own accord by that sound."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.107)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.108)

guṇabhakṣaṃ kurudhvaṃ vai yenāsau budhyate hariḥ ..

> "Do eat the string, so that this Hari may awaken.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.109)

kratvarthino vayaṃ vamryaḥ prabhuṃ vijñāpayāmahe .. 49 ..

> We, seeking the sacrifice, O termites, entreat the Lord."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.110)

.. vamryaḥ ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.111)

nidrābhaṃgaṃ kathācchedaṃ dampatyormaitrabhedanam ..

> "Disturbing someone's sleep, interrupting a story, breaking the friendship of a married couple,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.112)

śiśumātṛvibhedaṃ vā kurvāṇo narakaṃ vrajet .. 3.2.14.50 ..

> or causing separation between an infant and its mother—one who does this goes to hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.113)

yogārūḍho jagannāthaḥ samādhistho mahābalaḥ ..

> The lord of the universe has mounted yoga; he is absorbed in deep concentration, endowed with great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.114)

tasya śrījagadīśasya vighnaṃ naiva tu kurmahe .. 51 ..

> We certainly will not cause an obstacle to that glorious Lord of the Universe."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.115)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.116)

bhavatāṃ sarvabhakṣatvaṃ devakāryaṃ kriyeta cet ..

> "You will become all-devouring, if the work of the gods is done.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.117)

karttavyaṃ ca tato vamryo yajñasiddhiryathā bhavet ..

> Therefore, O termites, it must be done, so that the sacrifice may be accomplished."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.118)

vamrīśā sā tadā vatsa punarevamuvāca ha .. 52 ..

> Then, my child, the queen of the termites spoke thus again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.119)

.. vamryuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.120)

duḥkhasādhyo jagannātho malayānilasaṃnibhaḥ ..

> "The lord of the universe is difficult to attain, like the Malaya breeze;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.121)

kathaṃ vā bodhyatāṃ bahmannasmābhiḥ surapūjitaḥ .. 53 ..

> how can he, worshipped by the gods, be awakened by us, O Brahmā?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.122)

naiva yajñena me kāryaṃ suraiścaiva tathaiva ca ..

> I have no need of a sacrifice, nor indeed of the gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.123)

sarveṣu yajñakāryeṣu bhāgaṃ dadatu me surāḥ .. 54 .. ..

> let the gods give me a share in all sacrificial rites."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.124)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.125)

pradāsyāmo vayaṃ vamryai bhāgaṃ yajñeṣu sarvadā ..

> "We shall always give a share in sacrifices to the termite;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.126)

yajñāya dattamasmābhiḥ kuruṣvaivaṃ vaco hi naḥ .. 55 ..

> it has been granted by us for the sake of the sacrifice; carry out our word!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.127)

tatheti vidhināpyuktaṃ vamrī codyamamāśritā ..

> "So be it," said Brahmā also, and the termite set to work.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.128)

guṇabhakṣādikaṃ karma tayā sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ nṛpa .. 56 ..

> The act of devouring the bowstring and the rest was all performed by her, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.129)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.130)

asya vā bodhane devā guṇabhaṃge samādhiṣu ..

> \[Why did\] the gods \[attempt\] to awaken him by snapping the string during his deep absorption?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.131)

etadāścaryaṃ viprarṣe satyaṃ satyavatīsuta .. 57 ..

> This is a wonder, O brahmin-seer, truly, O son of Satyavatī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.132)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.14.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.133)

vyagracittāḥ surāḥ sarve ākṛṣṭaṃ harikārmu kam ..

> All the gods, their minds agitated, drew Hari's bow—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.134)

na jāne kena kāryeṇa viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ .. 58 ..

> I do not know for what reason—deluded by the illusory power of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.135)

muditāstāḥ pramuñcaṃti valmīkaṃ cāgrato hareḥ ..

> Rejoicing, they released the anthill before Hari;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.136)

koṭipārśve tato nītaṃ valmīkaṃ parvatopamam .. 59 ..

> then the anthill, resembling a mountain, was brought to the edge of the bow-tip.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.137)

guṇe ca bhakṣite tasmiṃstakṣaṇādeva dūṣite ..

> And when that string was eaten through and severed that very instant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.138)

jyāghātakoṭibhiḥ sārddhaṃ śīrṣaṃ chittvā divaṃ gatam .. 3.2.14.60 ..

> along with the recoil of the bow-tip the head was severed and went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.139)

gate śīrṣe ca te devā bhṛśamu dvignamānasāḥ ..

> When the head was gone, those gods, their minds greatly distressed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.140)

dhāvaṃti sarvataḥ sarve śiraālokanāya te .. 61 ..

> all ran in every direction to look for the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.14.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.14.141)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrva bhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye viṣṇuśironāśonāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named 'The Loss of Viṣṇu's Head,' in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya, in the first part of the third section, the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.14.1) — English, machine translation

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