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# Skandapurana 3.2.29

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.1)

sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.2)

ataḥ paraṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ hi lohāsuraviceṣṭitam ..

> "Now hear further about the exploits of Lohāsura;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.3)

baleḥ putraśatasyāpi kathayiṣyāmi viśrutam .. 1 ..

> I shall narrate the famed \[story\] of Bali's hundred sons as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.4)

yathā tau bhrātarau vṛddhau prāpatuḥ sthānamuttamam..

> As those two grown brothers reached the supreme place,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.5)

tadā prabhṛti vairāgyaṃ daityo lohāsure dadhau .. 2 ..

> from that time on, the Daitya Lohāsura conceived detachment:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.6)

kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi tapase sthānamuttamam ..

> 'What shall I do? Where shall I go to a supreme place for austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.7)

yasya pāraṃ na jānaṃti devatā munayo narāḥ .. 3 ..

> whose limit the gods, sages, and men do not know?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.8)

ko mayā''rādhyatāṃ devo hṛdi ciṃtayate bhṛśam ..

> Which god should be propitiated by me?' he pondered deeply in his heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.9)

iti ciṃtayatastasya matirjātā mahātmanaḥ .. 4 ..

> As he was pondering thus, a thought arose in that great-souled one:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.10)

dadhau gaṃgāṃ svaśīrṣeṇa puṣpavaṃtau ca netrayoḥ ..

> '\[The one who\] bore the Gaṅgā with his head, the sun and the moon in his eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.11)

hṛdā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kaṭimaṃḍale .. 5 ..

> the god Nārāyaṇa in his heart, Brahmā in the region of his waist,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.12)

iṃdrādyā devatāḥ sarve yaddehe pratibiṃbitāḥ ..

> in whose body all the deities headed by Indra are reflected,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.13)

prapaśyaṃti tadātmānaṃ bhāskaraḥ salile yathā .. 6 ..

> and then behold themselves, like the sun in water—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.14)

tamevārādhayiṣyāmi niraṃjanamakalmaṣaḥ ..

> him alone, the taintless one, I shall propitiate, being free from sin.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.15)

evaṃ kṛtvā matiṃ daitya stapastepe suduṣkaram ..

> Having made this resolve, the Daitya performed exceedingly arduous austerity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.16)

bhīto janmabhayādghorādduṣkaraṃ yanmahātmabhiḥ .. 7 ..

> terrified by the dreadful fear of rebirth, \[he performed austerity\] hard to be done by great-souled ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.17)

aṃbubhakṣo vāyubhakṣaḥ śīrṇaparṇāśanastathā ..

> Eating only water, consuming wind, and subsisting on fallen leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.18)

divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ yadā tepe mahattapaḥ ..

> when he had performed great austerity for a full hundred divine years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.19)

tatastutoṣa bhagavāṃstriśūlavaradhārakaḥ .. 8 ..

> then the Lord who holds the excellent trident was pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.20)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.21)

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te manasā yadabhīpsitam ..

> "Choose a boon, hail to you, whatever is desired by your mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.22)

lohāsura mayā deyaṃ tava nāsti tapobalāt .. 9 ..

> O Lohāsura, there is nothing that cannot be given by me to you because of the power of your austerity."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.23)

ityukto dānavastatra śaṃkarāgre vaco'bravīt .. 3.2.29.10 ..

> Thus addressed, the Dānava there spoke these words before Śaṃkara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.24)

.. lohāsura uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.25)

yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa varamekaṃ vṛṇomyaham ..

> "If you are pleased, O Lord of the gods, I choose one boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.26)

śarīrasyājaratvaṃ ca mā mṛtyorapi me bhayam .. 11 ..

> the agelessness of my body, and let me have no fear even of death;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.27)

janmanyasminprabho bhūyātsthātavyaṃ hṛdaye mama ..

> in this birth, O Lord, may you always dwell in my heart."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.28)

evamastu śivaḥ prāha tatra taṃ dānaveśvaram .. 12 ..

> "So be it," Śiva said there to that lord of Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.29)

śarvalabdhavaro daivātpunastepe mahattapaḥ ..

> Having obtained a boon from Śarva, by destiny he again performed great austerity  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.30)

ramye sarasvatītīre taraṇāya bhavārṇavāt .. 13 ..

> on the charming bank of the Sarasvatī to cross the ocean of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.31)

vatsarāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca ..

> For thousands of years, millions, and hundreds of millions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.32)

śaṃkate bhagavāniṃdro bhītastasya tapobalāt .. 14 ..

> the blessed Indra became anxious, terrified by the power of his austerity:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.33)

mā me padacyutirbhūyāddaityallohāsurātkvacit ..

> "'May there never be a fall from my position due to the Daitya Lohāsura.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.34)

maghavānguptarūpeṇa sametyāśramakānanam .. 15 ..

> Maghavan, approaching the forest of the hermitage in a disguised form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.35)

tapobhaṃgaṃ prakurute kaṃpayitvā mahāsuram ..

> caused an interruption in the austerity by shaking the great Asura.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.36)

tāḍayaṃti śarīre taṃ muṣṭibhistīkṣṇakarkaśaiḥ .. 16 ..

> They struck him on the body with sharp, hard fists.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.37)

atha tena ca daityena dhyānamutsṛjya vīkṣitam ..

> Then, releasing his meditation, the Daitya looked,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.38)

iṃdreṇa tatkṛtaṃ sarvaṃ tapobalavināśanam .. 17 ..

> \[and saw\] all that had been done by Indra to destroy the power of his austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.39)

tasya tairabhavadyuddhamiṃdrādyairatha karkkaśaiḥ ..

> Then a battle took place between him and those fierce ones headed by Indra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.40)

ekasya bahubhiḥ sārddhaṃ devāste tena saṃyuge .. 18 ..

> it was one against many, and those gods in battle with him  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.41)

rudhirāklinnadehā vai prahārairjarjarīkṛtāḥ ..

> became soaked in blood on their bodies, battered by his blows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.42)

keśavaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptā trāhi trāhīti bhāṣiṇaḥ .. 19 .. ..

> They sought refuge with Keśava, crying out: 'Protect us, protect us!'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.43)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.44)

devānāṃ vākyamākarṇya vāsudevo janārdanaḥ ..

> "Hearing the word of the gods, Vāsudeva Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.45)

yuyudhe keśavastena yuddhe varṣaśataṃ kila .. 3.2.29.20 ..

> Keśava, fought with him in battle indeed for a hundred years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.46)

tato nārāyaṇaṃ tatra jigāya sa varorjitaḥ ..

> Then, empowered by the boon, he conquered Nārāyaṇa there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.47)

atha nārāyaṇo devo jito lohāsureṇa tu .. 21 ..

> Now the god Nārāyaṇa, defeated by Lohāsura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.48)

maṃtrayāmāsa rudreṇa brahmaṇā ca punaḥpunaḥ ..

> deliberated again and again with Rudra and Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.49)

mīmāṃsitvā trayo devāḥ punaryuddhasamudyamam .. 22 ..

> Having deliberated, the three gods prepared again for battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.50)

lohāsurasya daityasya vapurdṛṣṭvā punarnavam ..

> having seen that the body of the Daitya Lohāsura was renewed once more.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.51)

mahadāsītpunaryuddhaṃ daityakeśavayostataḥ .. 23 ..

> Then a great battle took place again between the Daitya and Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.52)

na mamāra yadā daityo viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā ..

> When the Daitya did not die at the hands of the mighty Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.53)

tarasā taṃ keśavo'pi pātayāmāsa bhūtale .. 24 ..

> Keśava threw him forcefully down upon the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.54)

uttānaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pinākī parameśvaraḥ ..

> Seeing him fallen on his back, the Supreme Lord who holds the Pināka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.55)

dadhāra hṛdaye tasya svarūpaṃ rūpavarjitaḥ .. 25 ..

> devoid of form, placed his own form upon his heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.56)

kaṇṭhe tasthau tato brahmā tasya lohāsurasya ca ..

> Then Brahmā stood upon the throat of that Lohāsura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.57)

caraṇau pīḍayāmāsa svasthityā puruṣottamaḥ .. 26 ..

> and Puruṣottama oppressed his feet by his own position.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.58)

atha daityaḥ samuttasthau bhṛśaṃ baddhopi bhūtale ..

> Then the Daitya rose up, even though bound tightly to the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.59)

dṛṣṭvotthitaṃ tato daityaṃ pātayaṃtaṃ surottamān .. 27 ..

> Seeing the Daitya risen and throwing down the foremost gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.60)

uvāca divyayā vācā viraṃciḥ kamalāsanaḥ .. 28 .. ..

> Virañci, seated upon the lotus, spoke with a divine voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.61)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.62)

lohāsura sadā rakṣa vācodharmamabhīkṣṇaśaḥ ..

> “O Lohāsura, always preserve the duty of your word repeatedly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.63)

tvayā yatprārthitaṃ rudrāttadeva samupasthitam .. 29 ..

> that very thing which was requested by you from Rudra has now arrived!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.64)

ahaṃ viṣṇuśca rudraśca trayo'mī surasattamāḥ ..

> I, Viṣṇu, and Rudra—these three foremost of gods—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.65)

tvaddehamupavekṣyāmo yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 3.2.29.30 ..

> will enter into your body until the dissolution of all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.66)

dānaveśa śivaprāptirbhāvabhaktyaiva jāyate ..

> O lord of Dānavas, the attainment of Śiva arises only through devoted bhakti;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.67)

śivaṃ cālayituṃ buddhiḥ kathaṃ tava bhaviṣyati .. 31 ..

> how can you intend to shake Śiva?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.68)

acalāṃścālayedyastu prāsādānbrāhmaṇānpurān ..

> He who would move what is unshakeable—temples, brahmins, or cities—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.69)

acireṇaiva kālena pātakenaiva lipyate .. 32 ..

> is tainted with sin in no time at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.70)

śmaśānavatparityājyaḥ satyadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ ..

> He should be abandoned like a cremation ground, cast out from truth and duty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.71)

satyavāgasi bhadraṃ te mā vicālaya devatāḥ .. 33 ..

> You are true to your word; may there be welfare to you! Do not displace the deities!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.72)

yena yātāstu pitaro yena yātāḥ pitāmahāḥ ..

> The path along which the fathers have gone, along which the grandfathers have gone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.73)

tena mārgeṇa gaṃtavyaṃ na collaṃghyā satāṃ gatiḥ .. 34 ..

> by that path one should go; the course of the virtuous must not be violated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.74)

dānaveśa pitā te hi dadau lokatrayaṃ hareḥ ..

> O lord of Dānavas, your father gave the three worlds to Hari;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.75)

vākpāśabaddhaḥ pātāle rājyaṃ cakre mahīpatiḥ .. 35 ..

> bound by the bond of his word, that king of the earth ruled in Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.76)

tathā tvamasi vākpāśācchivabhaktisamanvitaḥ ..

> Likewise, you are bound by the bond of your word and endowed with devotion to Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.77)

bhūtale tiṣṭha daityeṃdra mā vāgvaikalpyamāpnuhi .. 36 ..

> Stay upon the surface of the earth, O king of Daityas; do not incur a failure of your word!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.78)

varāṃste ca pradāsyāmo mā vicālyā hi devatāḥ .. 37 .. ..

> And we shall grant you boons; the deities must not be displaced!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.79)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.80)

tacchrutvā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ saṃtuṣṭo dānaveśvaraḥ ..

> Hearing that speech of Brahmā, the lord of Dānavas was pleased;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.81)

prāha prasannayā vācā brahmāṇaṃ keśavaṃ haram .. 38 ..

> with a gracious voice, he spoke to Brahmā, Keśava, and Hara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.82)

.. lohāsura uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.83)

vākpāśabaddhastiṣṭhāmi na punarbhavatāṃ bale ..

> “I remain bound by the bond of my word, not indeed through your strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.84)

brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca trayo'mī surasattamāḥ .. 39 ..

> If these three foremost among the gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.85)

sthāsyaṃti ceccharīre me kiṃ na labdhaṃ mayā tataḥ ..

> will abide in my body, then what have I not obtained?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.86)

idaṃ kalevaraṃ me hi samārūḍhaṃ tribhiḥ suraiḥ .. 3.2.29.40 ..

> May this body of mine, indeed mounted by the three gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.87)

bhūmyāṃ bhavatu vikhyātaṃ matprabhāvātsurottamāḥ .. 41 ..

> become renowned on earth through my power, O foremost of gods!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.88)

lohāsurasya vākyena harṣitā stridaśāstrayaḥ ..

> Gladdened by the words of Lohāsura, the three gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.89)

daduḥ pratyuttaraṃ tasmai brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .. 42 ..

> Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara, gave an answer to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.90)

satyavākpāśato daityo na satyāccalito yataḥ ..

> “Since the Daitya did not swerve from truth due to the bond of his true word,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.91)

tena satyena saṃtuṣṭā dāsyā maste manīpsitam .. 43 ..

> pleased by that truth, we will grant you what is desired in your heart.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.92)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.93)

yathā snānaṃ brahmajñānaṃ dehatyāgo gayātale ..

> “Just as ritual ablution, knowledge of Brahman, and abandonment of the body \[are fruitful\] at Gayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.94)

dharmāraṇye tathā daitya dharmmeśvarapuraḥ sthite .. 44 ..

> so too, O Daitya, in Dharmāraṇya, before Dharmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.95)

kūpe tarppaṇakaṃ śrāddhaṃ śaṃsaṃti pitaro divi ..

> The ancestors in heaven praise the libation and the ancestral rite performed at the well,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.96)

saṃtuṣṭā piṃḍadānena gayāyāṃ pitaro yathā .. 45 ..

> just as the ancestors are satisfied by the offering of balls of food at Gayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.97)

vāṃchaṃti tarppaṇaṃ kūpe dharmāraṇye viśuddhaye ..

> They desire a libation at the well in Dharmāraṇya for their purification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.98)

dānavendra śarīraṃ tu tīrthaṃ tava bhaviṣyati .. 46 ..

> O lord of Dānavas, your body indeed shall become a sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.99)

ekaviṃśativārāṃstu gayāyāṃ tarppaṇe kṛte ..

> Whatever supreme satisfaction of the ancestors arises  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.100)

pitṝṇāṃ yā parā tṛptirjāyate dānavādhipa .. 47 ..

> when libations are offered twenty-one times at Gayā, O ruler of Dānavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.101)

dharmeśvara purastātsā tvekadā pitṛtarpaṇāt ..

> tenfold satisfaction shall indeed be had from offering ancestors' libations  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.102)

syādvai daśaguṇā tṛptiḥ satyameva na saṃśayaḥ .. 48 ..

> once before Dharmeśvara; it is true indeed, there is no doubt!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.103)

pitṝṇāṃ piṃḍadānena akṣayyā tṛptirastviha ..

> Let there be imperishable satisfaction for the ancestors here through the offering of balls of food,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.104)

śivarūpāṃtarāle vai dharmāraṇye dharātale ..49..

> in the space of Śiva's form, in Dharmāraṇya on the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.105)

śraddhayaiva hi karttavyāḥ śrāddhapiṃḍodakakriyāḥ ..

> The rites of the ancestral rite, balls of food, and water must be performed with faith alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.106)

tathāṃtarāle cāsmākaṃ śrāddhapiṃḍau viśeṣataḥ .. 3.2.29.50 ..

> and especially the ancestral rite and balls of food in the space between us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.107)

tathā śarīre kvāpistāṃciṃtā satyo'si suvrata..

> So also \[let there be no\] worry anywhere on your body; you are true, O you of noble vows!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.108)

triṣu lokeṣu duṣprāpaṃ satyaṃ te divi saṃsthitam ..51..

> Difficult to obtain in the three worlds, your truth is established in heaven.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.109)

asmadvākyena satyena tattathā'surasattama ..

> By our truthful word, it shall be so, O best of asuras!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.110)

gayāsamadhikaṃ tīrthaṃ tava jātaṃ dharātale..52..

> On the surface of the earth, your \[body\] has become a sacred ford superior even to Gayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.111)

asmākaṃ sthitiravyagrā tava dehe na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Our residence within your body is undisturbed, there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.112)

satyapāśena baddhāḥ sma dṛḍhameva tvayā'nagha..53..

> O sinless one, we are bound indeed firmly by you with the snare of truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.113)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.114)

gayāprayāga kasyā'pi phalaṃ samadhikaṃ smṛtam ..

> The fruit is traditionally held to be even greater than that of Gayā, Prayāga, and Kāśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.115)

caturddaśyāmamāvāsyāṃ lohayaṣṭyāṃ piṃḍadānataḥ .. 54 ..

> from offering piṇḍas at the Lohayaṣṭi on the fourteenth day and the new moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.116)

baliputrasya satyena mahatī tṛptiratra hi ..

> By the truthfulness of the son of Bali, great satisfaction indeed \[arises\] here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.117)

mā kuruṣvātra saṃdehaṃ tava dehe sthitā svayam .. 55 ..

> Have no doubt about this: having situated herself directly in your body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.118)

sarasvatī puṇyatoyā brahmalokātprayātyuta ..

> the Sarasvatī, of sacred waters, flows forth from the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.119)

plāvayiṣyaṃti dehāṃgaṃ mayā saha susaṃgatā ..56..

> Closely joined with me, she will bathe the limbs of your body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.120)

yatho vai dvārakā vāso devastatra maheśvaraḥ ..

> Where Dvārakā is situated, Lord Maheśvara is there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.121)

viraṃciryatra tīrthāni trīṇyetāni dharātale .. 57 ..

> and \[where\] Virañci is—these three sacred fords upon the surface of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.122)

bhaviṣyati ca pātāle svargaloke yamakṣaye ..

> and in Pātāla, in heaven, and in the abode of Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.123)

vikhyātānyasuraśreṣṭha pi tṝṇāṃ tṛptihetave ..58..

> shall be renowned, O best of asuras, for the purpose of satisfying the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.124)

athānyatsaṃpravakṣyāmi gāthāṃ pitṛkṛtāṃ parām ..

> Now I will declare another supreme verse recited by the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.125)

ājñārūpāṃ hi putrāṇāṃ tāṃ śṛṇuṣva mamānagha ..59..

> which has the nature of a command for sons. Hear it from me, O sinless one:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.126)

pitara ūcuḥ..

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

### [3.2.29.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.127)

śaṃkarasyāgrataḥ sthānaṃ rudralokapradaṃ nṛṇām ..

> The place in front of Śaṃkara bestows the world of Rudra upon men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.128)

pāpadehaviśuddhyarthaṃ pāpenopahatātmanām ..3.2.29.60..

> for the sake of purifying the sinful body of those whose minds are struck down by sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.129)

tasmiṃstilodakenāpi sadgatiṃ yāṃti tarpitāḥ ..

> There, having been gratified even with water and sesame seeds by a good, wise son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.130)

pitaro narakādvā pi suputreṇa sumedhasā .. 61 ..

> the ancestors go from hell to a good destination.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.131)

gopradānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tattatra pitṛmuktaye ..

> They praise the gift of a cow there for the liberation of the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.132)

pitrādikānsamuddiśya dṛṣṭvā rudraṃ ca keśavam ..62..

> having dedicated it to the father and others, after beholding Rudra and Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.133)

tilapiṇyākapiṃḍena tṛptiṃ yāsyāmahe parām ..

> "With an offering of sesame paste we will attain supreme satisfaction  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.134)

caturddaśyāmamāvāsyāṃ tathā ca pitṛtarpaṇam .. 63 ..

> on the fourteenth day and the new moon, and likewise through the libation to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.135)

ajñātagotrajanmānastebhyaḥ piṃḍāṃstu nirvapet ..

> One should offer piṇḍas for those whose lineage and birth are unknown;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.136)

te'pi yāṃti divaṃ sarve ye datta iti śrutiḥ .. 64 ..

> they too all go to heaven—such is the sacred tradition regarding whoever is offered \[a piṇḍa\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.137)

sarvakāryāṇi saṃtyajya mānavaiḥ puṇyamīpsubhiḥ ..

> Abandoning all \[other\] tasks, men desiring merit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.138)

prāpte bhādrapade māse gaṃtavyā lohayiṣṭakā ..

> should go to the Lohayaṣṭi when the month of Bhādrapada arrives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.139)

ajñātagotranāmnā tu piṃḍa maṃtramimaṃ śṛṇu .. 65 ..

> Hear this mantra for the piṇḍa for those of unknown lineage and name:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.140)

pitṛvaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca ..

> "Those who have died in the paternal line, and likewise in the maternal line,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.141)

atītagotrajāstebhyaḥ piṃḍo'yamupatiṣṭhatu .. 66 ..

> and those born of gone lineages—may this piṇḍa be presented to them!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.142)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.143)

anenaiva tu maṃtreṇa mamāgre surasattama ..

> With this very mantra, O best of gods \[or asuras\], in front of me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.144)

kṣīṇe caṃdre caturddaśyāṃ nabhasye piṃḍamāharet .. 67 ..

> on the fourteenth day of the waning moon in the month of Nabhasya, one should offer the piṇḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.145)

pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Inexhaustible satisfaction will belong to the ancestors; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.146)

tilapiṇyākapiṃḍena pitaro mokṣamāpnuyuḥ .. 68 ..

> Through an offering of sesame paste, the ancestors obtain liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.147)

kṣaṇatrayavinirmuktā mānavā jagatītale ..

> Freed from the three debts, men upon the surface of the earth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.148)

bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃdeho lohayaṣṭyā tilatarpaṇe .. 69 ..

> will become \[liberated\], without doubt, by offering water and sesame seeds at the Lohayaṣṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.149)

snātvā yaḥ kurute cātra pitṛpiṃḍodakakriyāḥ ..

> Whoever, having bathed here, performs the rites of piṇḍas and water for the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.150)

pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti yāvadbrahmadivāniśam .. 3.2.29.70 ..

> his ancestors are satisfied for as long as a day and night of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.151)

amāvāsyādinaṃ prāpya māsi bhādrapade saraḥ ..

> Having reached the day of the new moon in the month of Bhādrapada at the lake,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.152)

brahmaṇo yaṣṭikāyāṃ tu yaḥ kuryātpitṛtarpaṇam .. 71 ..

> whoever performs the ancestral libation at the Staff of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.153)

pitarastasya tṛptāḥ syuryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam ..

> his ancestors will be satisfied until the dissolution of all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.154)

teṣāṃ prasanno bhagavānādidevo maheśvaraḥ .. 72 ..

> The Lord, the primeval deity Maheśvara, is pleased with them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.155)

asya tīrthasya yātrāyāṃ matiryeṣāṃ bhaviṣyati ..

> Those whose minds are set upon a pilgrimage to this sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.156)

gokṣīreṇa tilaiḥ śvetaiḥ snātvā sārasvate jale .. 73 ..

> having bathed with cow's milk and white sesame seeds in the water of the Sarasvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.157)

tarpayedakṣayā tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ tasya jāyate ..

> should make libations; inexhaustible satisfaction is produced for their ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.158)

śrāddhaṃ caiva praku rvīta saktubhiḥ payasā saha .. 74 ..

> One should also perform a śrāddha with roasted barley meal mixed with milk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.159)

amāvāsyādinaṃ prāpya pitṝṇāṃ modamicchukaḥ ..

> Having reached the day of the new moon, one who wishes for the joy of the ancestors  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.160)

rudratīrthe tato dhenuṃ dayādvastrāṇi yamatīrthake .. 75 ..

> should then give a cow at Rudratīrtha, garments at Yamatīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.161)

viṣṇutīrthe hiraṇyaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ mokṣamicchukaḥ ..

> and gold at Viṣṇutīrtha, desiring the liberation of the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.162)

vinākṣatairvinā darbhairvinā cāsanameva ca ..

> Without unbroken grains of rice, without darbha grass, and even without a seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.163)

vārimātrāllohayaṣṭyāṃ gayāśrāddhaphalaṃ labhet .. 76 ..

> merely with water at the Lohayaṣṭi, one obtains the fruit of a śrāddha at Gayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.164)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.29.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.165)

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ viprā lohāsuraviceṣṭitam ..

> This deed of Lohāsura has been told to you, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.166)

yacchrutvā brahmahā goghno mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 77 ..

> hearing which a slayer of a brahmin or a slayer of a cow is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.167)

ekaviṃśativārantu gayāyāṃ piṃḍa pātane ..

> Whatever fruit is obtained by offering piṇḍas twenty-one times at Gayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.168)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti sakṛdasmiñchrute sati .. 78 ..

> that fruit one completely obtains upon hearing this just once.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.169)

catuḥṣkoṭi dvilakṣaṃ ca sahasraṃ śatameva ca ..

> Forty million, two hundred thousand, / a thousand, and one hundred:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.170)

dhenavastena dattāḥ syurmāhātmyaṃ śṛṇu yāttu yaḥ .. 79 ..

> cows would be given by him / who listens to this māhātmya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.29.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.29.171)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye lohāsuramāhātmyasaṃpūrtirnāmaikonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 29 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Completion of the Māhātmya of Lohāsura," in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya of the first part of the third \[book\], the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.29.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Aniruddhasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.aniruddhasamhita.1.302) — Sanskrit

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