[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.2.1 # Skandapurana 3.2.1 Skandapurāṇa 3.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.1) .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ..... tartuṃ saṃhṛtivāridhiṃ trijagatāṃ naurnāma yasya prabhoryenedaṃ sakalaṃ vibhāti satataṃ jātaṃ sthitaṃ saṃsṛtam.. yaścaitanyaghanapramāṇa vidhuro vedāṃtavedyo vibhustaṃ vande sahajaprakāśamamalaṃ śrīrāmacandraṃ param ( ..1.. ) > Homage to glorious Gaṇeśa. > Whose name is a boat for the three worlds to cross the ocean of dissolution, the Lord / through whom all this, born, maintained, and transmuted, shines continuously, > who is a mass of consciousness, beyond means of knowledge, knowable through Vedānta, the all-pervading Lord— / to that supreme, pure, self-luminous Śrī Rāmacandra I bow. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.2) dārāḥ putrā dhanaṃ vā parijanasahito baṃdhuvargaḥ priyo vā mātā bhrātā pitā vā śvaśurakulajanā bhṛtyaaiśvaryyavitte.. vidyā rūpaṃ vimalabhavanaṃ yauvanaṃ yauvataṃ vā sarve vyarthaṃ maraṇasamaye dharma ekaḥ sahāyaḥ (..2..) > Wives, sons, or wealth, or one's beloved circle of kinsmen together with attendants, / mother, brother, father, or in-laws, servants, power, and property, > learning, beauty, a spotless mansion, youth, or young women— / all is useless at the hour of death; dharma alone is one's companion. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.2\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.2_1) naimiṣe nimiṣakṣetre ṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ.. satraṃ svargāya lokāya sahasrasamamāsata .. 1 .. > In Naimiṣa, the sacred field of Nimiṣa, the seers headed by Śaunaka / celebrated a sacrificial session lasting a thousand years to attain the heavenly realm. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.2_2) ekadā sūtamāyāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ śaunakādayaḥ .. paraṃ harṣaṃ samāviṣṭāḥ papurnetraiḥ sucetasā.. citrāḥ śrotuṃ kathāstatra parivavrustapasvinaḥ .. 2.. > Once, seeing Sūta arriving, Śaunaka and the others, / overcome with supreme joy, drank him in with their eyes and happy minds; / the ascetics gathered around there to hear wondrous tales. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.3) atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu.. nirdiṣṭamāsanaṃ bheje vinayāllomaharṣaṇiḥ ..3.. > Then, when those great-souled ascetics were seated, / the son of Romaharṣaṇa modestly took the appointed seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.4) sukhāsīnaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā vighnāṃtamupalakṣya ca .. athāpṛcchaṃsta ṛṣayaḥ kāścitprāstāvikīḥ kathāḥ .. 4 .. > Seeing him comfortably seated and noting that obstacles had ceased, / those seers then asked about certain contextual stories: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.5) purāṇamakhilaṃ tāta purā te'dhītavānpitā .. kaccittvayāpi tatsarvamadhītaṃ lomaharṣaṇe.. 5.. > “Dear one, formerly your father studied the entire Purāṇa. / Have you also studied all of that, O Lomaharṣaṇa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.6) kathayasva kathāṃ sūta puṇyāṃ pāpaniṣūdinīm.. śrutvā yāṃ yāti vilayaṃ pāpaṃ janmaśatodbhavam .. 6 .. > Tell us, O Sūta, a sacred tale that destroys sin, / hearing which, sin born of a hundred lifetimes goes to dissolution.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.7) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śrībhāratyaṃghriyugalaṃ gaṇanāthapadadvayam .. sarveṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ namaskṛtya vadāmyaham .. 7.. > Sūta said: / Bowing to the pair of feet of the venerable Sarasvatī and the two feet of Gaṇanātha, / and to all the gods, I shall speak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.8) śaktīṃścaiva vasūṃścaiva grahānyajñādidevatāḥ .. namaskṛtya śubhānviprānkavimukhyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ ..8.. > Bowing to the Śaktis, the Vasus, the planets, the deities of sacrifice and the rest, / to the auspicious brahmins and the foremost of poets everywhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.9) abhīṣṭadevatāścaiva praṇamya gurusattamam .. namaskṛtya śubhāndevānrāmādīṃśca viśeṣataḥ ..9..| > and bowing to the chosen deities and to the best of gurus, / bowing to the auspicious gods, especially Rāma and others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.10) yānsmṛtvā vividhaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. teṣāṃ prasādādvakṣye'haṃ tīrthānāṃ phalamuttamam .. sarveṣāṃ ca niyaṃtāraṃ dharmātmānaṃ praṇamya ca .. 3.2.1.10 .. > remembering whom one is freed from diverse sins, without doubt— / by their grace, and having bowed to the virtuous controller of all, / I shall proclaim the supreme fruit of the sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.11) dharmmāraṇyapatistriviṣṭapapatirnityaṃ bhavānīpatiḥ pāpādvaḥ sthirabhogayogasulabho devaḥ sa dharmeśvaraḥ .. sarveṣāṃ hṛdayāni jīvakalayā vyāpya sthitaḥ sarvadā dhyātvā yaṃ na punarviśaṃti manujāḥ saṃsārakārāgṛham.. 11 .. > May the Lord of Dharmāraṇya, the Lord of Heaven, the eternal Lord of Bhavānī, that god Dharmeśvara, easily attained through yoga and steadfast enjoyment, \[protect\] you from sin! / Pervading the hearts of all as the particle of the individual soul, He abides forever; meditating on Him, mortals do not enter the prison-house of saṃsāra again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.12) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ekadā tu sa dharmmo vai jagāma brahmasaṃsadi .. tāṃ sabhāṃ sa samālokya jñānaniṣṭho'bhavattadā.. 12 .. > Sūta said: / Once, indeed, Dharma went to the assembly of Brahmā. / Beholding that assembly, he then became absorbed in knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.13) devairmunivaraiḥ krāṃtāṃ sabhāmālokya vismitaḥ .. devairyakṣaistathā nāgaiḥ pannagaiśca tathā'suraiḥ. .. 13.. > He was astonished to behold the assembly filled with gods and excellent sages, / with gods, yakṣas, nāgas, serpents, and asuras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.14) ṛṣibhiḥ siddhagaṃdharvaiḥ samākrāṃtocitāsanā .. sasukhā sā sabhā brahmanna śītā na ca gharmmadā .. 14.. > with seers, siddhas, and gandharvas, who had occupied appropriate seats. / That assembly was comfortable, O brahmin; it was neither cold nor hot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.19) na kṣudhaṃ na pipāsāṃ ca na glāniṃ prāpnuvantyuta.. nānārūpairiva kṛtā maṇibhiḥ sā sabhā varaiḥ .. 19 .. > They experienced neither hunger, nor thirst, nor exhaustion. / That assembly seemed to be fashioned of diverse forms by excellent jewels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.19\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.19_3) staṃbhaiśca vidhṛtā sā tu śāśvatī na ca sakṣayā .. divyairnānāvidhairbhāvairbhāsadbhiramitaprabhā .. 16 .. > and supported by pillars, eternal and free from decay, / of boundless splendor through radiant, diverse celestial forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.19\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.19_4) ati candraṃ ca sūryyaṃ ca śikhinaṃ ca svayaṃprabhā .. dīpyate nākapṛṣṭhasthā bhartsayaṃtīva bhāskaram .. 17 .. > Self-luminous, surpassing the moon, the sun, and fire, / situated on the vault of heaven, it shone as if mocking the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.19\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.19_5) tasyām̐ sa bhagavāñchāsti vividhāndevamānuṣān .. svayameko'niśaṃ brahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ .. 18 .. > In it, that Lord Brahmā alone, the Grandfather of all the worlds, / incessantly governs the various gods and humans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.19\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.19_6) upatiṣṭhaṃti cāpyenaṃ prajānāṃ patayaḥ prabhum.. dakṣaḥ pracetāḥ pulaho marīciḥ kaśyapaḥ prabhuḥ .. 19 .. > The lords of creatures also attend upon this Lord: / Dakṣa, Pracetas, Pulaha, Marīci, and the lord Kaśyapa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.20) bhṛguratrirvasiṣṭhaśca gautamo'tha tathāṃgirāḥ .. pulastyaśca kratuścaiva prahlādaḥ karddamastathā .. 3.2.1.20 .. > Bhṛgu, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Gautama, and Aṅgiras, / Pulastya, Kratu, Prahlāda, and Kardama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.21) atharvāṃgirasaścaiva vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ .. manoṃ'tarikṣaṃ vidyāśva vāyustejo jalaṃ mahī .. 21 .. > Atharvāṅgirases, Vālakhilyas, Marīcipas, / the mind, the sky, the Vidyās, the wind, fire, water, earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.22) śabdasparśau tathā rūpaṃ raso gaṃdhastathaiva ca .. prakṛtiśca vikāraśca sadasatkāraṇaṃ tathā .. 22 .. > sound, touch, form, taste, and smell, / the primal nature, transformation, and the cause of being and non-being, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.23) agastyaśca mahātejā mārkaṃḍeyaśca vīryavān .. jamadagnirbharadvājaḥ saṃvartaścyavanastathā .. 23 .. > the greatly radiant Agastya, the valorous Mārkaṇḍeya, / Jamadagni, Bharadvāja, Saṃvarta, and Cyavana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.24) durvāsāśca mahābhāga ṛṣyaśrṛṃgaśca dhārmikaḥ. sanatkumāro bhagavānyogācāryyo mahātapāḥ .. 24.. > the illustrious Durvāsas, the righteous Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, / the venerable Sanatkumāra, master of yoga and great ascetic, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.29) asito devalaścaiva jaigīṣavyaśca tattvavit.. āyurvedastathāṣṭāṃgo gāndharvaścaiva tatra hi .. 29 .. > Asita, Devala, and Jaigīṣavya, the knower of truth, / the eightfold Āyurveda and the Gandharva lore there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.29\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.29_7) caṃdramāḥ sah nakṣatrairādityaśca gabhastimān .. vāyavastaṃtavaścaiva saṃkalpaḥ prāṇa eva ca .. 26 .. > the moon together with the constellations, the ray-filled sun, / the winds, the cosmic threads, intention, and the vital breath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.29\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.29_8) mūrtimaṃto mahātmāno mahāvrataparāyaṇāḥ .. ete cānye ca bahavo brahmāṇaṃ samupāsire ..27.. > personified, great-souled, dedicated to great vows— / these and many others waited upon Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.29\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.29_9) artho dharmaśca kāmaśca harṣo dveṣastamo damaḥ .. āyāṃti tasyāṃ sahitā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ .. 28.. > Wealth, righteousness, desire, joy, hatred, darkness, and self-restraint; / the hosts of gandharvas and apsarases arrive there together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.29\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.29_10) śukrādyāśva grahāścaiva ye cānye tatsamīpagāḥ .. maṃtrā rathaṃtaraṃ caiva harimānvasumānapi ..29.. > The planets beginning with Śukra, and others who go near to him, / the mantras, the rathaṃtara chant, and Harimat and Vasumat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.30) mahito viśvakarmā ca vasavaścaiva sarvaśaḥ .. tathā pitṛgaṇāḥ sarve sarvāṇi ca havīṃṣyatha .. 3.2.1.30 .. > the revered Viśvakarman, the Vasus on all sides, / all the hosts of ancestors, and all the sacrificial oblations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.31) ṛgvedaḥ sāmavedaśca yajurvedastathaiva ca .. atharvavedaśca tathā sarvaśāstrāṇi caiva ha .. 31 .. > the Ṛgveda, the Sāmaveda, the Yajurveda, / the Atharvaveda, and all the scriptures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.32) itihāsopavedāśca vedāṃgāni ca sarvaśaḥ.. medhā dhṛtiḥ smṛtiścaiva prajñā buddhiryaśaḥ samāḥ.. 32 .. > the Itihāsas, Upavedas, and all the auxiliary limbs of the Veda, / intelligence, resolve, memory, wisdom, intellect, fame, and the years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.33) kālacakraṃ ca taddivyaṃ nityamakṣayamavyayam .. yāvantyo devapatnyaśca sarvā eva manojavāḥ ..33.. > the celestial wheel of time, eternal, imperishable, and unchanging, / as many wives of the gods as there are, all swift as thought, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.33\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.33_11) gārhapatyā nākacarāḥ pitaro lokaviśrutāḥ .. somapā ekaśṛṃgāśca tathā sarve tapasvinaḥ.. 31 . > the Gārhapatyas, dwellers in heaven, the world-renowned ancestors, / the Somapas, the Ekaśṛṅgas, and all the ascetics, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.39) nāgāḥ suparṇāḥ paśavaḥ pitāmahamupāsate . sthāvarā jaṃgamāścāpi mahābhūtāstathā pare .. 39.. > nāgas, suparṇas, and beasts attend upon the Grandfather, / as well as the immobile and mobile beings, and other great elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.39\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.39_12) puraṃdaraśca deveṃdro varuṇo dhanadastathā.. mahādevaḥ sahomo'tra sadā gacchati sarvadaḥ .. 36.. > Puraṃdara the king of gods, Varuṇa, Dhanada, / and Mahādeva with Umā, the giver of everything, always goes there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.39\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.39_13) gacchaṃti sarvadā devā nārāyaṇastatharṣayaḥ.. ṛṣayo vālakhilyāśca yonijāyonijāstathā... 37.. > The gods always go, and Nārāyaṇa, as well as the seers, / the seers and the Vālakhilyas, both womb-born and not womb-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.39\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.39_14) yatkiṃcitriṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate sthāṇu jaṃgamam .. tasyāṃ sahopaviṣṭāyāṃ tatra jñātvā sa dharmavit .. 38 .. > Whatever is seen in the three worlds, stationary or moving— / knowing it to be seated together there in that assembly, that knower of dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.39\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.39_15) devairmunivaraiḥ krāṃtāṃ samālokyātivismitaḥ.. harṣeṇa mahatā yukto romāṃcitatanūruhaḥ .. 39 .. > beholding it filled with gods and excellent sages, was utterly amazed; / filled with great joy, the hairs on his body stood on end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.40) tatra dharmo mahātejāḥ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm .. vācyamānāṃ tu śuśrāva vyāsenāmitatejasā .. 3.2.1.40 .. > There Dharma of great splendor heard a sin-destroying tale / being recited by Vyāsa of boundless luster: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.41) dharmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ tathaiva sumanoharām .. dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ phaladātrīṃ tathaiva ca .. 41 . > the divine, utterly captivating tale of Dharmāraṇya, / which grants the fruits of dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.42) putrapautraprapautrādi phaladātrīṃ tathaiva ca .. dhāraṇācchravaṇāccāpi paṭhanāccāvalokanāt ..42.. > and also bestows the fruit of sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons, / through retaining, hearing, reciting, and viewing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.43) tāṃ niśamya suvistīrṇāṃ kathāṃ brahmāṃḍasaṃbhavām .. pra modotphullanayano brahmāṇamanumatya ca .. 43 .. > Having heard that very extensive tale born from the cosmic egg, / with eyes blossomed with joy and having obtained the leave of Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.44) kṛtakāryopi dharmātmā gaṃtukāmastadābhavat .. namaskṛtya tadā dharmo brahmāṇaṃ sa pitāmaham .. 44 .. > having accomplished his purpose, the virtuous Dharma then wished to depart; / having bowed to Brahmā the Grandfather at that time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.45) anujñātastadā tena gato'sau yamaśāsanam .. pitāmahaprasādācca śrutvā puṇyapradāyinīm .. 45 .. > Permitted by him then, he went to the domain of Yama, / and having heard, through the grace of the grandfather \[Brahmā\], that which bestows merit— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.46) dharmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ pavitrāṃ pāpanāśinīm .. sa gato'nucaraiḥ sārddhaṃ tataḥ saṃyaminīṃ prati .. 46.. > the divine, holy story of Dharmāraṇya, which destroys sin, / he went thence together with his attendants toward Saṃyaminī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.47) amātyānucaraiḥ sārdhaṃ praviṣṭaḥ svapuraṃ yamaḥ .. tatrāṃtare mahātejā nārado munipuṃgavaḥ.. 47.. > Accompanied by ministers and attendants, Yama entered his own city. / Meanwhile, Nārada, that bull among sages of great splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.48) durnirīkṣyaḥ kṛpāyuktaḥ samadarśī taponidhiḥ .. tapasā dagdhadehopi viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ.. 48.. > hard to behold, full of compassion, impartial, a treasury of austerity, / whose body was consumed by austerity, devoted to the devotion to Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.49) sarvagaḥ sarvaviccaiva nāradaḥ sarvadā śuciḥ .. vedādhyayanaśīlaśca tvāgata statra saṃsadi ..49.. > all-pervading, all-knowing, ever pure, / and devoted to the study of the Vedas, arrived there in that assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.50) taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā dharmo bhāryayā sevakaiḥ saha .. saṃmukho harṣasaṃyukto gacchanneva sa satvaraḥ..3.2.1.50.. > Seeing him suddenly, Dharma, together with his wife and servants, / went swiftly to meet him, filled with joy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.51) adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ kulam.. adya me saphalo dharmastvayyāyāte tapodhane ..51.. > "Today my birth has borne fruit! Today my lineage has borne fruit! / Today my righteousness has borne fruit, now that you have arrived, O rich in austerity! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.52) arghyapādyādividhinā pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .. daṃḍavattaṃ praṇamyātha vidhinā copaveśitaḥ ..52.. > Having duly performed worship with the rites of water for hospitality, water for feet, and the rest, / and having prostrated before him like a staff, he seated him in the proper manner > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.53) āsane sve mahādivye ratnakāṃcanabhūṣite .. citrārpitā sabhā sarvā dīpā nirvātagā iva ..53.. > on his own great divine seat, adorned with jewels and gold. / The whole assembly \[sat still\] as if painted in a picture, like lamps in a windless place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.54) vidhāya kuśalapraśnaṃ svāgatenābhinaṃdya tam .. praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe dharmāraṇyakathāṃ smaran .. 54 .. > Inquiring after his welfare and welcoming him with greetings, / he attained incomparable delight as he remembered the story of Dharmāraṇya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.55) nāradaṃ pūjayitvā tu prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. harṣitaṃ tu yamaṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado vismitānanaḥ .. 55 .. > Having worshipped Nārada with a joyful heart— / seeing Yama so delighted, Nārada was filled with wonder, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.56) ciṃtayāmāsa manasā kimidaṃ harṣito hariḥ .. atiharṣaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā yamarājasvarūpiṇam .. āścaryamanasaṃ caiva nāradaḥ pṛṣṭavāṃstadā .. 56 .. .. > and thought in his mind: 'What is this, that Hari \[Yama\] is so joyful?' / And seeing him, who has the form of Yamarāja, filled with extreme joy, / his mind full of wonder, Nārada then asked: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.57) .. nārada uvāca .. .. kiṃ dṛṣṭaṃ bhavatāścaryyaṃ kiṃ vā labdhaṃ mahatpadam.. duṣṭastvaṃ duṣṭakarmā ca duṣṭātmā krodharūpadhṛk .. 57.. > Nārada said: / 'What wondrous thing has been seen by you, or what great rank has been attained? / You are harsh, harsh in your deeds, harsh-minded, and bearing the form of wrath; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.58) pāpināṃ yamanaṃ caivametadrūpaṃ mahattaram.. saumyarūpaṃ kathaṃ jātametanme saṃśayaḥ prabho .. 58.. > your primary form is the restraint of sinners. / How has it become gentle? This is my doubt, O lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.59) adya tvaṃ harṣasaṃyukto dṛśyase kena hetunā .. kathayasva mahākāya harṣasyaiva hi kāraṇam.. 59.. > Why are you seen today filled with joy? / Tell me, O large-bodied one, the cause of this joy!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.60) .. dharmarāja uvāca .. .. śrūyatāṃ brahmaputraitatkathayāmi na saṃśayaḥ .. purāhaṃ brahmasadanaṃ gatavānabhivaṃditum.. 3.2.1.60 .. > Dharmarāja said: / 'Listen, O son of Brahmā, I shall tell this without doubt. / Formerly, I went to the abode of Brahmā to pay homage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.61) tatrāsīnaḥ sabhāmadhye sarvalokaikapūjite... nānākathāḥ śrutāstatra dharmmavargasamanvitāḥ .. 61.. > Seated there in the midst of the assembly, worshipped by all the worlds, / various stories concerned with the matters of dharma were heard by me there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.62) kathāḥ puṇyā dharmayutā ramyā vyāsamukhācchrutāḥ .. dharmakāmārthasaṃyuktāḥ sarvāghaughavināśinīḥ .. 62 .. > meritorious stories endowed with dharma, delightful, heard from the mouth of Vyāsa, / connected with righteousness, pleasure, and wealth, destroying all multitudes of sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.63) yāḥ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyaṃte brahmahatyayā . tārayaṃti pitṛgaṇāñchatamekottaraṃ mune .. 63 .. .. > hearing which people are freed from all sins, \[even\] from the murder of a brahmin, / and which deliver one hundred and one generations of ancestors, O sage.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.64) .. nārada uvāca .. .. kīdṛśī tatkathā me tāṃ praśaṃsa bhavatā śrutām.. kathāṃ yama mahābāho śrotukāmosmyahaṃ ca tām .. 64 .. .. > Nārada said: / 'What is that story like? Describe to me that which was heard by you! / O mighty-armed Yama, I too desire to hear that story.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.65) .. yama uvāca .. .. ekadā brahmaloke'haṃ namaskartuṃ pitāmaham .. gatavānasmi taṃ deśaṃ kāryākāryavicāraṇe .. 65.. > Yama said: / 'Once, in order to pay homage to the grandfather \[Brahmā\], / I went to that realm, the world of Brahmā, for the discernment of what is right and wrong to do. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.66) mayā tatrādbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ ca munisattama .. dharmmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyaneritām.. 66.. > There a wonder was seen by me, and heard, O best of sages: / the divine story of Dharmāraṇya spoken by Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.67) śrutvā kathāṃ mahāpuṇyāṃ brahmanbrahmāṃḍagāṃ śubhām .. guṇapūrṇāṃ satyayuktāṃ tena harṣeṇa harṣitaḥ .. 67.. > Having heard that very meritorious, auspicious story, O brahmin, which spans the universe, / full of virtues and endowed with truth, I am joyful with that joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.68) anyaccaiva muniśreṣṭha tavāgamanakāraṇam.. śubhāya ca sukhāyaiva kṣemāya ca jayāya hi .. 68.. > Moreover, O best of sages, the reason for your arrival / is indeed for auspiciousness, happiness, safety, and victory. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.69) ādyāsmi kṛtakṛtyo'hamadyāhaṃ sukṛtī mune. dharmonāmādya jāto'haṃ tava padyugmadarśanāt .. 69 . > Today I have achieved my purpose; today I am one of good deeds, O sage. / Today I have truly become Dharma by name, through the sight of your two feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.70) pūjyo'haṃ ca kṛtārthohaṃ dhanyohaṃ cādya nārada.. yuṣmatpādaprasādācca pūjyo'haṃ bhuvanatraye .. 3.2.1.70 .. > I am worthy of worship, my goal is achieved, and I am blessed today, O Nārada; / by the grace of your feet I am worthy of worship in the three worlds.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.71) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃvidhairvacobhiśca toṣito munisattamaḥ. papraccha parayā bhaktyā dharmāraṇyakathāṃ śubhām .. 71 .. .. > Sūta said: / Pleased by such words, the best of sages / asked with supreme devotion about the auspicious story of Dharmāraṇya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.72) .. nārada uvāca .. .. śrutā vyāsamukhāddharmma dharmāraṇyakathā śubhā.. tatsarvaṃ hi kathaya me vistīrṇaṃ ca yathātatham .. 72 .. > Nārada said: / 'The auspicious story of Dharmāraṇya was heard by you from the mouth of Vyāsa, O Dharma; / tell me all of that in full, exactly as it was.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.73) .. yama uvāca... .. vyagro'haṃ satataṃ brahmanprāṇināṃ sukhaduḥkhinām .. tattatkarmānusāreṇa gatiṃ dātuṃ sukhetarām .. 73.. > Yama said: / 'I am constantly occupied, O brahmin, in giving creatures, who experience pleasure and pain, / their destination, happy or otherwise, according to their respective deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.74) tathāpi sādhusaṃgo hi dharmāyaiva prajāyate .. iha loke paratrāpi kṣemāya ca sukhāya ca .. 74 .. > Even so, association with the virtuous arises only for the sake of dharma, / for safety and happiness in this world and in the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.79) brahmaṇaḥ sannidhau yañca śrutaṃ vyāsamukheritam.. tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai.. 79.. > All that was uttered by the mouth of Vyāsa and heard in the presence of Brahmā, / I will relate in full for the benefit of mortals.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.79\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.79_16) .. sūta uvāca .. .. yamena kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yacchrutaṃ brahmasaṃsadi .. ādimadhyāvasānaṃ ca sarvaṃ naivātra saṃśayaḥ .. 76 .. > Sūta said: / Everything that was heard in the assembly of Brahmā was related by Yama— / beginning, middle, and end—all of it, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.79\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.79_17) kalidvāparayormadhye dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram .. gato'sau nārado martye rājyaṃ dharmasutasya vai .. 77.. > In the period between Kali and Dvāpara, to Yudhiṣṭhira the son of Dharma, / that Nārada went to the mortal realm, to the kingdom of the son of Dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.79\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.79_18) āgataḥ śrīhareraṃśo nāradaḥ pratyadṛśyata .. jvalitāgnipratīkāśo bālārkasadṛśekṣaṇaḥ .. 78 .. > Having arrived, Nārada, a portion of holy Hari, was seen: / resembling a blazing fire, with eyes like the morning sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.79\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.79_19) savyāpavṛttaṃ vipulaṃ jaṭāmaṃḍalamudvahan .. caṃdrāṃśuśukle vasane vasāno rukmabhūṣaṇaḥ .. 79 .. > bearing a broad circle of matted locks turned to the left, / wearing two garments white as moonbeams, adorned with gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.80) vīṇāṃ gṛhītvā mahatīṃ kakṣāsaktāṃ sakhīmiva .. kṛṣṇājinottarāsaṃgo hemayajñopavītavān.. 3.2.1.80.. > holding his great lute clinging to his side like a female friend, / wearing a black antelope skin as an upper garment, possessing a golden sacred thread, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.81) daṇḍī kamaṃḍalukaraḥ sākṣādvahnirivāparaḥ .. bhettā jagati guhyānāṃ vigrahāṇāṃ guhopamaḥ .. 81 .. > bearing a staff, with a water pot in his hand, like another fire incarnate, / the discloser of secrets in the world, like Guha in resolving disputes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.82) maharṣigaṇasaṃsiddho vidvāngāṃdharvavedavit.. vairakelikalo vipro brāhmaḥ kalirivāparaḥ ..82.. > accomplished among hosts of great seers, learned, knowing the science of music, / fond of sporting with strife, a brahmin like another Kali born of Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.83) devagaṃdharvalokānāmādivaktā sunigrahaḥ.. gātā caturṇāṃ vedānāmudgātā harisadguṇān .. 83 .. > the foremost speaker among the worlds of gods and gandharvas, self-controlled, / singer of the four Vedas, chanter of Hari's noble virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.84) sa nārado'tha viprarṣirbrahmalokacaro'vyayaḥ.. āgato'tha purīṃ harṣāddharmarājena pālitām .. 84 ..| > Then that Nārada, the brahmin seer, imperishable wanderer in the world of Brahmā, / joyfully arrived at the city ruled by Dharmarāja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.89) atha tatropaviṣṭeṣu rājanyeṣu mahātmasu .. mahatsu copaviṣṭeṣu gaṃdharveṣu ca tatra vai .. 89.. > Then, while the great royal figures were seated there, / and while the great gandharvas were seated there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.89\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.89_20) lokānanucaransarvānāgataḥ sa maharṣirāṭ .. nāradaḥ sumahātejā ṛṣibhiḥ sahitastadā ..86.. > traversing all the worlds, that king of great seers, / Nārada of exceedingly great splendor, arrived accompanied by seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.89\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.89_21) tamāgatamṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ sarvadharmavit .. siṃhāsanātsamutthāya prayayau sanmukhastadā..87.. > Seeing that sage Nārada arrive, the knower of all righteousness \[Yudhiṣṭhira\] / rose from his throne and then went forward to meet him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.89\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.89_22) abhyavādayataṃ prītyā vinayāva natastadā .. tadarhamāsanaṃ tasmai saṃpradāya yathāvidhi ..88.. > Then, bowing low with modesty, he greeted him with affection, / and offered him a seat worthy of him according to the proper rites. (88) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.89\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.89_23) gāṃ caivaṃ madhuparkaṃ ca saṃpradāyārdhameva ca .. arcayāmāsa ratnaiśca sarvakāmaiśca dharmavit..89.. > And offering a cow, the honey-mixture, and water for the guest-offering, / the knower of dharma worshipped him with jewels and all desired objects. (89) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.90) tutoṣa ca yathāvañca pūjāṃ prāpya ca dharmavit .. kuśalī tvaṃ mahābhāga tapasaḥ kuśalaṃ tava .. 3.2.1.90 .. > Having received the worship properly, the knower of dharma was pleased: / “Are you well, O fortunate one? Is your austerity faring well? (90) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.91) na kaścidbādhate duṣṭo daityo hi svargabhūpatim .. mune kalyāṇarūpastvaṃ namaskṛtaḥ surāsuraiḥ .. sarvvagaḥ sarvavettā ca brahmaputra kṛpānidhe .. 91 .. > Does no wicked Daitya oppress the lord of heaven? / O sage, your form brings auspiciousness, praised by gods and demons, / omnipresent and all-knowing, O son of Brahmā, O ocean of mercy! (91) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.92) .. nārada uvāca .. .. sarvataḥ kuśalaṃ medya prasādādbrahmaṇaḥ sadā .. kuśalī tvaṃ mahābhāga dharmaputra yudhiṣṭhira .. 92 .. > Nārada said: / “All is well with me today everywhere, always through the grace of Brahmā. / Are you well, O fortunate Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma? (92) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.93) bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rājeṃdra dharmeṣu ramate manaḥ .. dāraiḥ putraiśca bhṛtyaiśca kuśalairgajavājibhiḥ .. 93 .. > Along with your brothers, O best of kings, does your mind delight in duties of dharma, / with your wives and sons and servants, and with thriving elephants and horses? (93) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.94) aurasāniva putrāṃśca prajā dharmeṇa dharmaja .. pālayasi kimāścaryaṃ tvayā dhanyā hi sā prajā .. 94 .. > Like your own biological sons, you protect your subjects / with righteousness, O son of Dharma. What wonder is there? Blessed indeed are those subjects through you! (94) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.99) pālanātpoṣaṇānnṝṇāṃ dharmo bhavati vai dhruvam.. tattaddharmasya bhoktā tvamityevaṃ manurabravīt .. 99 .. > From the protection and nourishment of men, dharma surely arises. / You are the enjoyer of that very dharma—thus indeed Manu declared.” (95) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.99\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.99_24) .. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. .. kuśalaṃ mama rāṣṭraṃ ca bhavatāmaṃghrisparśanāt.. darśanena mahābhāga jāto'haṃ gatakilbiṣaḥ..96.. dhanyo'haṃ kṛtakṛtyo'haṃ sabhāgyo'haṃ dharātale.. adyāhaṃ sukṛtī jāto hmaputre gṛhāgate .. 97 . > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / “My kingdom is well from the touch of your feet. / By your darśana, O fortunate one, I have become free from sin. / Blessed am I, accomplished of purpose am I, fortunate am I on the surface of the earth! / Today I have become virtuous, when the son of Brahmā has arrived at my home. (96–97) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.99\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.99_25) kuta āgamanaṃ brahmannadya te munisattama .. anugrahārthaṃ sādhūnāṃ kiṃ vā kāryeṇa kena ca .. 98 .. > Whence is your arrival today, O brahmin, best of sages? / Is it for the grace of the righteous, or for what purpose and task?” (98) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.99\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.99_26) .. nārada uvāca .. āgato'haṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha sakāśācchamanasya ca .. vyāsenoktāṃ brahmaṇogre kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ śubhām .. 99 .. > Nārada said: / “O best of kings, I have come from the presence of Śamana, \[hearing\] / an auspicious purāṇic tale recited by Vyāsa before Brahmā, (99) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.100) dharmāraṇyāśritāṃ divyāṃ sarvasaṃtāpahāriṇīm.. yāṃ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate brahmahatyayā .. 3.2.1.100 .. > a divine \[tale\] relating to the Dharmāraṇya, taking away all distress, / hearing which one is freed from all sins, \[even\] the killing of a brahmin, (100) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101) hatyāyutapraśamanīṃ tāpatrayavināśinīm .. yāṃ vai śrutvātibhaktyā ca kaṭhino mṛdutāṃ bhajet .. 101 . > allaying tens of thousands of slaughters, destroying the threefold torment, / hearing which with supreme devotion even a hard-hearted person adopts gentleness. (101) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_27) dharmarājena tāṃ śrutvā mamāgre ca niveditām . tamapṛcchdameyātmā kathāṃ dharmavinodinīm.. 2.. > Having heard it recited before me by the King of Dharma, / the immeasurable-souled one asked him that tale delighting in dharma.” (102) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_28) .. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. .. dharmāraṇyāśritāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ me dvijasattama .. kathayasva prasādena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 3 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / “O best of the twice-born, by your grace, / relate to me that holy tale relating to the Dharmāraṇya out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds.” (103) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_29) .. nārad uvāca .. .. snānakāloyamasmākaṃ na kathāvasaro mama .. paraṃtu śrūyatāṃ rājannupadeśaṃ dadāmyaham .. 4 .. > Nārada said: / “This is the time for my ritual ablution; it is not the occasion for my narration. / Nevertheless, listen, O king: I will give you instruction. (104) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_30) māsānāmuttamo māghaḥ snānadānādike tathā .. tasminmāghe ca yaḥ snāti sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate..5.. snānārthaṃ yāhi śīghraṃ tvaṃ gaṃgāyāṃ nṛpate'dhunā.. vyāsasyāgamanaṃ cādya bhaviṣyati nṛpottama .. 6 .. > Māgha is the best among the months for ritual ablution, giving gifts, and the like. / And whoever bathes in that month of Māgha is freed from all sins. / Go quickly to the Gaṅgā for ritual ablution now, O king; / and Vyāsa's arrival will take place today, O best of kings. (105–106) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_31) taṃ pṛcchasva mahābhāga śrāvayiṣyati te śubham .. tīrthānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ phalaṃ puṇyaṃ yadadbhutam .. 7.. > Ask him, O fortunate one; he will recite for you the auspicious / and wondrous holy fruit of all the sacred fords, (107) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_32) bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ .. vācayiṣyati tatsarvamitihāsasamudbhavam .. 8 .. > past, present, and future, the highest, lowest, and middling. / He will read out all of that originating from history. (108) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_33) dharmāraṇyasya sakalaṃ vṛttaṃ yadyatpurātanam .. vyāsaḥ satyavatīputro vadiṣyati ca te'khilam .. 9 .. > Whatever ancient account there is of the entire Dharmāraṇya, / Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, will tell you all of it.” (109) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_34) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā vidheḥ putrastatraivāṃtaradhīyata . tasmingate sa nṛpatiḥ krīḍate sacivaiḥ saha.. 3.2.1.110.. etasminnaṃtare tatra prāptaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ .. vijñāpayāmāsa tadā viduraḥ pāṃḍavasya hi .. 11 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the son of Brahmā vanished right there. / When he had gone, the king amused himself with his ministers. / In the meantime, the son of Satyavatī arrived there; / then Vidura indeed announced \[him\] to the Pāṇḍava. (110–111) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_35) .. sūta uvāca .. .. āgataṃ tu muniṃ śrutvā sarve harṣasamākulāḥ .. samuttasthurhi bhīmādyāḥ sah dharmeṇa sarvaśaḥ .. 12 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that the sage had arrived, all, filled with joy, / Bhīma and the others, along with Dharma, stood up on all sides. (112) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_36) tadā hi sanmukho bhūtvā mumude natakandharaḥ .. daṃḍavattaṃ praṇamyātha bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitastadā .. 13 .. > Then indeed, going to meet him, with head bowed he rejoiced. / Having bowed to him like a stick together with his brothers at that time, (113) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_37) madhuparkeṇa vidhinā pūjāṃ kṛtvā suśobhanām.. siṃhāsane samāveśya papracchānāmayaṃ tadā ..11.. > performing a very splendid worship with the honey-mixture according to rule, / and seating him upon a throne, he then inquired after his health. (114) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_38) tataḥ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ divyāṃ śrāvayāmāsa dharmavit.. kathāṃte muniśārdūlaṃ vacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 15 .. .. . > Then the knower of dharma caused him to recite a holy, divine tale; / and at the end of the tale, he addressed these words to the tiger among sages. (115) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_39) .. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. .. tvatprasādānmayā brahmañchrutāstu pravarāḥ kathāḥ .. āpaddharmmā rājadharmā mokṣadharmmā hyanekaśaḥ.. 16.. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / “By your grace, O brahmin, excellent tales have been heard by me, / duties in times of distress, the duties of kings, and duties for liberation in many ways, (116) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_40) purāṇānāṃ ca dharmāśca vratāni bahuśastathā .. tīrthānyanekarūpāṇi sarvāṇyāyatanāni ca .. 17 .. > and the duties of the Purāṇas, and likewise numerous vows, / sacred fords of manifold forms, and all shrines. (117) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_41) idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi dharmāraṇyakathāṃ śubhām .. śrutvā yāṃ hi vinaśyeta pāpaṃ brahmavadhādikam.. 18 .. > Now I desire to hear the auspicious tale of Dharmāraṇya, / hearing which sin such as the slaughter of a brahmin is destroyed. (118) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.101\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.101_42) dharmmāraṇyasthatīrthānāṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ .. kasyedaṃ sthāpitaṃ sthānaṃ kasmādetadvinirmitam .. 19 .. > I wish to hear accurately of the sacred fords situated in Dharmāraṇya: / By whom was this place established? From what cause was it created? (119) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.120) rakṣitaṃ pālitaṃ kena kasminkāle'tha nirmitam .. kiṃkiṃ tvatrābhavatpūrvaṃ śaṃśaitatpṛcchato mama .. 3.2.1.120.. > By whom was it guarded and protected? And at what time was it made? / What things took place here previously? Tell this to me who am asking, (120) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.121) bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyañca tasminsthāne ca yadbhavet.. tatsarvaṃ kathayasvādya tīrthānāṃ ca yathā sthitiḥ.. 121.. > and whatever may be in that place, past, present, and future— / relate all of that today, as well as the situation of the sacred fords.” (121) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.1.121\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1.121_43) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrva bhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye yudhiṣṭhirapraśnavarṇanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 .. > Thus ends the first chapter, named the Description of Yudhiṣṭhira's Question, in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya, in the first part of the third Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.1.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.1) · Pramāṇa