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# Skandapurana 3.2.20

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.1)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.2)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi śivatīrthamanuttamam ..

> After this, I shall speak of the unexcelled sacred ford of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.3)

yatrāsau śaṃkaro devaḥ punarjanmadharo'bhavat .. 1 ..

> where the god Śaṃkara took another birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.4)

kīlito devadeveśaḥ śaṃkaraśca trilocanaḥ ..

> Śaṃkara, the lord of the gods of gods, the three-eyed one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.5)

girijayā mahābhāga pātito bhūmimaṃḍale .. 2 ..

> was pinned by Girijā, O fortunate one, and felled onto the earthly sphere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.6)

chalito muhyamānastu divārātriṃ na vetti ca ..

> Tricked and bewildered, he knew neither day nor night;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.7)

puṃstrīnapuṃsakāścaiva jaḍībhūtastrilocanaḥ .. 3 ..

> the three-eyed one became motionless, \[insensible to\] male, female, or neuter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.8)

kalpāṃtamiva saṃjātaṃ tadā tasmiṃśca kīlite ..

> When he was thus pinned, it became as if the end of an aeon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.9)

pārvatyā sahasā tasya kṛta kīlanakaṃ tadā .. 4 ..

> Then the pinning of him was suddenly performed by Pārvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.10)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.11)

etadāścaryamatulaṃ vacanaṃ yattvayoditam ..

> This speech that you have uttered is an incomparable wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.12)

yo guruḥ sarvadevānāṃ yogināṃ caiva sarvadā .. 5 ..

> He who is always the teacher of all the gods and of yogins—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.13)

pārvatyā kīlitaḥ kasmā nnaṣṭavṛttiḥ śivaḥ katham ..

> why was Śiva pinned by Pārvatī, and how did he lose his awareness?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.14)

kāraṇaṃ kathyatāṃ tatra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 6 ..

> Let the reason for that be told; indeed, great is my curiosity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.15)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.16)

mantraughā vividhā rājañchaṃkareṇa prakāśitāḥ ..

> Various hosts of mantras, O king, were revealed by Śaṃkara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.17)

pārvatyagre mahārāja atharvaṇopavedajāḥ .. 7 ..

> in the presence of Pārvatī, O great king, arising from the Atharvaṇa Upaveda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.18)

śākinī ḍākinī caiva kākinī hākinī tathā ..

> Śākinī, Ḍākinī, Kākinī, Hākinī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.19)

ekinī lākinī hyetāḥ ṣaṭbhedāstatra kīrti tāḥ .. 7 ..

> Ekinī, and Lākinī: these six varieties were celebrated there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.20)

bījānyuddhṛtya vai tābhyo mālā caikavṛtā kṛtā ..

> Extracting the seed syllables from them, a garland in a single circle was made,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.21)

śaṃbhunā kathitā caiva pārvatyagre nṛpottama .. 9 ..

> and it was explained by Śambhu in the presence of Pārvatī, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.22)

taiścaiva aṣṭā bhavati maṃtroddhāraḥ kṛtastu sā ..

> And with them the extraction of the mantra became eightfold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.23)

sādhayetsā mahāduṣṭā śākinī pramadānaghe .. 10 ..

> that very wicked Śākinī, a woman, would subdue \[it\], O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.24)

.. śrīpārvatyuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.25)

prakāśitāstvayā nātha bhedā hyete ṣaḍeva hi ..

> These six varieties indeed have been revealed by you, O lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.26)

ṣaḍvidhāḥ śaktayo nātha agamyāyogamālinīḥ ..

> the six kinds of powers, O lord, garlanded with inaccessible yogic powers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.27)

ṣaḍvidhoktaṃ tvayaikena kūṭātkṛtaṃ vadasva mām .. 11 ..

> Tell me what was formed as an enciphered combination through the unity spoken of as sixfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.28)

.. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.29)

aprakāśo mahādevi devāsuraistu mānavaiḥ .. 12 ..

> It is not to be revealed, O great goddess, to gods, asuras, or humans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.30)

.. pārvatyuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.31)

namaste sarvarūpāya namaste vṛṣabhadhvaja ..

> Salutations to you whose form is all; salutations to you who have the bull on your banner!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.32)

jaṭileśa namastubhyaṃ nīlakaṇṭha namostute .. .. 13 ..

> Salutations to you, O lord with matted hair; salutations to you, O blue-throated one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.33)

kṛpāsiṃdho namastubhyaṃ namaste kālarūpiṇe ..

> Salutations to you, O ocean of mercy; salutations to you whose form is time \[and death\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.34)

etaiśca bahubhirvākyaiḥ komalaiḥ karuṇānidhim .. 14 ..

> Having gratified that treasure of compassion with these many gentle words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.35)

toṣayitvādritanayā daṇḍavatpraṇipatya ca ..

> the daughter of the mountain prostrated like a staff  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.36)

jagrāha pādayugalaṃ tāṃ provāca dayāparaḥ .. 15 ..

> and grasped his two feet. Full of pity, he said to her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.37)

kimarthaṃ stūyase bhadre yācyatāṃ manasīpsitam .. 16 ..

> Why are you praising me, auspicious lady? Ask for what is desired in your heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.38)

.. pārvatyuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.39)

samāhāraṃ ca sadhyānaṃ kathayasva savistaram ..

> Tell me in full detail the combination and the true meditation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.40)

asaṃdehamaśeṣaṃ ca yadyahaṃ vallabhā tava .. 17 ..

> entirely and free of doubt, if I am dear to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.41)

.. śrīrudra uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.42)

na prakāśyaṃ tvayā devi samāhārodbhavaṃ phalam ..

> You must not reveal, O goddess, the fruit born of the combination.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.43)

sarvaṃ tattvamahaṃ vakṣye maṃtrakūṭādyameva hi .. 17 ..

> I shall speak of the entire principle beginning with the enciphered combination of the mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.44)

māyābījaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ kūṭānāṃ hi varānane ..

> The māyā-bīja belongs to all the enciphered combinations, O fair-faced one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.45)

sarveṣāṃ madhyamo varṇo biṃdunā dādiśobhitaḥ .. 19 ..

> the middle syllable of all is adorned with the bindu, beginning with da.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.46)

vahnibījaṃ savātaṃ ca kūrmabījasamanvitam ..

> The fire seed with the wind, accompanied by the tortoise seed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.47)

ādityaprabhavaṃ bījaṃ śaktibījodbhavaṃ sadā .. 20 ..

> the seed arising from the sun, always arising from the śakti seed—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.48)

etatkūṭaṃ cādyabījaṃ dvitīyaṃ ca vibhormatam ..

> this is the enciphered first seed, and the second is considered by the Lord \[to follow\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.49)

tṛtīyaṃ cāgnibījaṃ tu saṃyuktaṃ biṃduneṃdunā .. 21 ..

> and the third is the fire seed, joined with bindu and moon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.50)

caturthaṃ yuktaṃ śeṣeṇa brahmabījamṛṣistathā ..

> the fourth, joined with Śeṣa, is the Brahmā seed, and the seer as well;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.51)

paṃcamaṃ kālabījaṃ ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ pārthiva bījakam .. 22 ..

> the fifth is the time seed, and the sixth is the earth seed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.52)

saptame cāṣṭame bāhyaṃ nṛsiṃhena samanvitam ..

> in the seventh and eighth is the outer \[seed\], accompanied by Nṛsiṃha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.53)

navame dvitīyamekaṃ ca daśame cāṣṭakūṭakam .. 23 ..

> in the ninth, one second \[seed\], and in the tenth, an eightfold enciphered combination;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.54)

viparītaṃ tayorbījaṃ rudrākṣe vara cāriṇi ..

> the seed of both is inverted in the rudrākṣa, O noble practitioner;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.55)

caturdaśe caturthyarthaṃ pṛthvībījena saṃyutam .. 24 ..

> in the fourteenth, for the sake of the fourth, it is joined with the earth seed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.56)

kūṭāḥ śeṣākṣarāḥ kecidrakṣitā menakātmaje ..

> Certain enciphered combinations of the remaining syllables were kept secret, O daughter of Menakā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.57)

sā papāta yadorvyāṃ hi śivapatnī tadā nṛpa .. 25 ..

> When she, the wife of Śiva, fell onto the earth, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.58)

rāmeṇāśvāsitā tatra prahasaṃstripurāṃtakaḥ ..

> she was consoled there by Rāma. Laughing, the destroyer of Tripura \[said\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.59)

bhadre yasmāttvayā pannaṃ jaṃvaśaktirbhaviṣyati .. 26 ..

> Auspicious lady, because it was obtained by you, the power of Jambha will arise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.60)

māraṇe mohane vaśye ākarṣaṇe ca kṣobhaṇe ..

> in slaying, deluding, subjugating, attracting, and agitating.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.61)

yaṃyaṃ kāmayate nūnaṃ tatatsiddhirbhaviṣyati .. 27 ..

> Whatever one desires, indeed that very perfection will be attained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.62)

iti śrutvā tadā devī duṣṭacittā śucismitā ..

> Hearing this then, the goddess, who had a wicked mind, smiled brightly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.63)

kūṭaśeṣāstato vīrāḥ proktāstasyai tu śaṃbhu nā ..28..

> Then the hero \[manifestations\] left behind by deceit were spoken to her by Śambhu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.64)

uvāca ca kṛpāsiṃdhuḥ sādhayasva yathāvidhi..

> and the ocean of compassion said: 'Accomplish it according to the rule.' / Hara then went from Kailāsa directly to Dharmāraṇya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.65)

kailāsāttu harastatra dharmāraṇyaṃ gato bhṛśam ..29..

> \[Hara went there.\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.66)

jñātvā devī yayau tatra yatrāsau vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ ..

> Knowing \[this\], the goddess went there where he whose banner bears a bull was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.67)

tatkṣaṇātpatito bhūmau dharmāraṇye nṛpottama ..30..

> At that very instant, O best of kings, he fell to the ground in Dharmāraṇya:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.68)

jaṭā caṃdroragāḥ śūlaṃ vṛṣabhādyāyudhāni3 ..

> his matted locks, the moon, serpents, trident, the bull and other weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.69)

muṃḍamālā ca kaupīnaṃ kapālaṃ brahmaṇastu vai ..31..

> and the garland of skulls, the loincloth, and the skull of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.70)

gatā gaṇāśca sarvatra bhūtapretā diśo daśa ..

> His attendants dispersed everywhere, and the ghosts and spirits fled in the ten directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.71)

visaṃjñaṃ ca svamātmānaṃ jñātvā devo maheśvaraḥ .. 32 ..

> Knowing that he himself was unconscious, the divine Maheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.72)

svedajāstu samutpannā gaṇāḥ kūṭādayastathā ..

> the attendants born of sweat were produced, along with the deceitful ones and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.73)

paṃcakūṭānsamutpādya tasmāttadādhamūline .. 33 ..

> Having produced the five deceitful ones, then for him at the base of the tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.74)

sādhakāste mahārāja japahomaparāyaṇāḥ ..

> those practitioners, O great king, were devoted to recitation and oblations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.75)

pretāsanāstu te sarve kālakūṭopari sthitāḥ .. 34 ..

> Seated upon corpses, they all stayed upon the deadly poison;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.76)

kathayaṃti svamātmānaṃ yena mokṣaḥ pinākinaḥ ..

> they declare their own self through which comes the liberation of the wielder of Pināka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.77)

tataḥ kaṣṭasamāviṣṭā gaurī vahnibhayāturā .. 35..

> Then Gaurī, overcome with hardship, was distressed by fear of fire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.78)

sabhājitaḥ śivastaiśca gaurī hrīṇā tvadhomukhī ..

> Śiva was honored by them, but Gaurī, ashamed, looked downward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.79)

tapastepe ca tatrasthā śaṃkarādeśakāriṇī .. 36 ..

> Staying there, she performed austerity, carrying out Śaṃkara's instruction:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.80)

paṃcāgnisevanaṃ kṛtvā dhūmrapānamadhomukhī ..

> resorting to the five fires, looking down and inhaling smoke.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.81)

kūṭākṣaraiḥ stutastaistu toṣito vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. 37 ..

> Praised by them with enigmatic syllables, he whose banner bears a bull was pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.82)

dharākṣetramidaṃ rājanpāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmadam ..

> This Dharākṣetra, O king, destroys sins and grants all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.83)

devamajjanakaṃ śubhraṃ sthānake'sminvirājate .. 38 ..

> The bright bathing-place of the gods shines in this abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.84)

āśvine kṛṣṇapakṣe ca caturdaśyā dine nṛpa ..

> In the month of Āśvina, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.85)

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 39 ..

> bathing there and drinking, one is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.86)

pūjayitvā ca deveśamupoṣya ca vidhānataḥ ..

> Having worshipped the Lord of the gods and fasted according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.87)

śākinī ḍākinī caiva vetālāḥ pitaro grahāḥ .. 40 ..

> neither Śākinīs, nor Ḍākinīs, Vetālas, ancestral spirits, nor planetary spirits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.88)

grahā dhiṣṇyā na pīḍyaṃte satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane ..

> nor planetary mansions afflict one, truly, truly, O fair-faced one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.89)

sāṃgaṃ rudrajapaṃ tatra kṛtvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 41 ..

> Having performed the Rudra-recitation with all its limbs there, one is freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.90)

naśyaṃti trividhā rogāḥ satyaṃsatyaṃ ca bhūpate ..

> The three kinds of diseases are destroyed, truly, truly, O lord of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.91)

etatsarvaṃ mayā khyātaṃ devamajjanakaṃ śṛṇu .. 42 ..

> All this has been declared by me; listen about the bathing-place of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.92)

aśvamedhasahasraistu kṛtaistu bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ ..

> The fruit that belongs to a thousand horse-sacrifices performed with abundant priestly fees—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.93)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti śrotā śrāvayitā naraḥ.. 43 ..

> that fruit does a person obtain, both hearer and reciting speaker.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.94)

aputro labhate putrānnirdhano dhanamāpnuyāt ..

> The childless obtains sons; the poor will obtain wealth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.95)

āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 44 ..

> one obtains long life, health, and sovereign power, there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.96)

manovākkāyajanitaṃ pātakaṃ trividhaṃ ca yat ..

> Whatever threefold evil is born of mind, speech, and body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.97)

tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti smaraṇātkīrtanānnṛpa .. 45 ..

> all that goes to destruction from remembering and proclaiming it, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.98)

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sukhasaṃtānadāyakam ..

> It is auspicious, fame-conferring, life-giving, and brings happiness and offspring;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.99)

māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyādvatsa sarvasaukhyānvito bhavet ..46..

> should one listen to the māhātmya, dear one, he will be endowed with all happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.100)

sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvadāneṣu yatphalam..

> Whatever merit is in all sacred fords, whatever fruit in all gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.101)

sarvayajñaiśca yatpuṇyaṃ jāyate śravaṇānnṛpa .. 47 ..

> and whatever merit is gained by all sacrifices, is produced by hearing \[this\], O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.20.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.20.102)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍa pūrvabhāge dharmāṇyamāhātmye dharākṣetravarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 20 ..

> Thus ends the twentieth chapter, named the Description of Dharākṣetra, in the Māhātmya of Dharmāraṇya in the first part of the Brahmakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.20.1) — English, machine translation

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