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# Skandapurana 3.2.36

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.2)

ataḥ paraṃ kimabhavattanme kathaya suvrata ..

> Tell me, O you of good vows, what happened after this;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.3)

pūrvaṃ ca tadaśeṣeṇa śaṃsa me vadatāmbara .. 1 ..

> and relate it entirely to me as before, O best of speakers!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.4)

sthirībhūtaṃ ca tatsthānaṃ kiyatkālaṃ vadasva me ..

> Tell me, for how long was that place firmly established?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.5)

kena vai rakṣyamāṇaṃ ca kasyājñā vartate prabho .. 2 ..

> By whom was it protected, and whose command prevailed there, O lord?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.6)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.7)

tretāto dvāparāṃtaṃ ca yāvatkalisamāgamaḥ ..

> From the Tretā to the end of the Dvāpara, until the arrival of the Kali \[age\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.8)

tāvatsaṃrakṣaṇe caiko hanūmānpavanātmajaḥ .. 3 ..

> Hanūmān, the son of the wind, was the sole guardian in protecting it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.9)

samartho nānyathā kopi vinā hanumatā suta ..

> No one else was capable except Hanumat, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.10)

laṃkā vidhvaṃsitā yena rākṣasāḥ prabalā hatāḥ ..4..

> by whom Laṅkā was destroyed and powerful rākṣasas were slain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.11)

sa eva rakṣate tatra rāmādeśena putraka ..

> He alone protected it there by Rāma's command, my dear son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.12)

dvijasyājñā pravarteta śrīmātāyāstathaiva ca .. 5 ..

> The command of the twice-born prevailed, and likewise that of the glorious Mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.13)

dinedine praharṣobhūjjanānāṃ tatra vāsināḥ ..

> Day after day, great joy arose among the people dwelling there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.14)

paṭhaṃti sma dvijāstatra ṛgyujuḥsāmalakṣaṇān .. 6 ..

> The twice-born there recited the characteristics of the Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.15)

atharvaṇamapi tatra paṭhaṃti sma divāniśam ..

> and they recited the Atharvan there day and night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.16)

vedanirghoṣajaḥ śabdastrailokye sacarācare .. 7 ..

> The sound arising from the roar of the Veda resounded throughout the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.17)

utsavāstatra jāyaṃte grāmegrāme purepure ..

> Festivals arose there in every village and in every town.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.18)

nānā yajñāḥ pravartaṃte nānādharmasamāśritāḥ .. 8 ..

> Various sacrifices, resting upon diverse righteous duties, were performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.19)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.20)

kadāpi tasya sthānasya bhaṃgo jātotha vā na vā ..

> Did destruction ever happen to that place, or did it not?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.21)

daityairjitaṃ kadā sthānamathavā duṣṭarākṣasaiḥ .. 9 ..

> Was the place ever conquered by daityas, or by wicked rākṣasas?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.22)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.23)

sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājandharmajñastvaṃ sadā śuciḥ ..

> Well asked by you, O king! You are knower of dharma and ever pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.24)

ādau kaliyuge prāpte yaddattaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva bhoḥ .. 3.2.36.10 ..

> Listen to what was granted when the Kali age first arrived, O king!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.25)

lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya kāmāya ca sukhāya ca ..

> For the welfare of the worlds, for desire, and for happiness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.26)

yajñaṃ ca kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ śṛṇu bhūpate ..11..

> I will also tell of the sacrifice; listen to it all, O protector of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.27)

idānīṃ ca kalau prāpta āmo nāmā vabhūva ha ..

> Now, when the Kali arrived, there was indeed one named Āma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.28)

kānyakubjādhipaḥ śrīmāndharmajño nītitatparaḥ .. 12 ..

> the glorious ruler of Kānyakubja, knowing righteousness and devoted to statecraft,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.29)

śāṃto dāṃtaḥ suśīlaśca satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ ..

> peaceful, self-controlled, of good character, and devoted to truth and righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.30)

dvāparāṃte nṛpaśreṣṭha anāgame() kalau yuge .. 13 ..

> At the end of the Dvāpara, O best of kings, as the Kali age was approaching,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.31)

bhayātkaliviśeṣeṇa adharmasya bhayādibhiḥ ..

> out of fear of the particularities of Kali, and from fear of unrighteousness and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.32)

sarve devāḥ kṣitiṃ tyaktvā naimiṣāraṇyamāśritāḥ .. 14 ..

> all the gods abandoned the earth and took refuge in Naimiṣāraṇya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.33)

rāmopi setubaṃdhaṃ hi sasahāyo gato nṛpa .. 15 ..

> Rāma too went with his companions to Setubandha, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.34)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.35)

kīdṛśaṃ hi kalau prāpte bhayaṃ loke sudustaram ..

> Indeed, what kind of fear, so hard to overcome, exists in the world when Kali arrives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.36)

yasminsuraiḥ parityaktā ratnagarbhā vasundharā .. 16 ..

> because of which the earth, bearer of gems, was abandoned by the gods?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.37)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.38)

śṛṇuṣva kalidharmāstvaṃ bhaviṣyaṃti yathā nṛpa ..

> Listen, O king, to the characteristics of the Kali age, how they will come to be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.39)

asatyavādino lokāḥ sādhunindāparāyaṇāḥ .. 17 ..

> People will speak untruth and be intent on reviling the virtuous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.40)

dasyukarmaratāḥ sarve pitṛbhaktivivarjitāḥ ..

> all engaged in the deeds of bandits and devoid of devotion to their fathers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.41)

svagotradārābhiratā laulyadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ .. 18 ..

> delighting in the wives of their own clan, and intent on meditating upon greed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.42)

brahmavidveṣiṇaḥ sarve parasparavirodhinaḥ ..

> All will hate the Veda and oppose one another;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.43)

śaraṇāgatahaṃtāro bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge .. 19 ..

> they will slay those who come for refuge in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.44)

vaiśyācāraratā viprā vedabhraṣṭāśca māninaḥ ..

> The brahmins will pursue the livelihood of Vaiśyas, fallen from the Veda and full of pride;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.45)

bhaviṣyaṃti kalau prāpte saṃdhyālopakarā dvijāḥ .. 3.2.36.20 ..

> when the Kali age arrives, the twice-born will neglect the twilight prayers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.46)

śāṃtau śūrā bhaye dīnāḥ śrāddhatarpaṇavarjitāḥ ..

> brave when at peace, wretched in times of danger, devoid of ancestral offerings and libations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.47)

asurācāraniratā viṣṇubhaktivivarjitāḥ .. 21 ..

> engaged in the conduct of asuras, devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.48)

paravittābhilāṣāśca utkoca grahaṇe ratāḥ ..

> coveting others' wealth, and eager to accept bribes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.49)

asnātabhojino viprāḥ kṣatriyā raṇavarjitāḥ .. 22 ..

> The brahmins will eat without bathing, and the Kṣatriyas will avoid battle;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.50)

bhaviṣyaṃti kalau prāpte malinā duṣṭavṛttayaḥ ..

> when Kali arrives, they will become foul, of wicked conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.51)

madyapānaratāḥ sarvepyayā jyānāṃ hi yājakāḥ .. 23 ..

> all addicted to drinking intoxicating liquor, and performing sacrifices for those who are unworthy of sacrificing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.52)

bhartṛdveṣakarā rāmāḥ pitṛdveṣakarāḥ sutāḥ ..

> Women will hate their husbands, sons will hate their fathers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.53)

bhrātṛdveṣakarāḥ kṣudrā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge .. 24 ..

> and the base will hate their brothers in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.54)

gavyavikrayiṇaste vai brāhmaṇā vittatatparāḥ ..

> Those brahmins, intent on wealth, will indeed sell cow products;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.55)

gāvo dugdhaṃ na duhyaṃte saṃprāpte hi kalau yuge .. 25 ..

> cows will not yield milk when the Kali age has arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.56)

phalaṃte naiva vṛkṣāśca kadācidapi bhārata ..

> Trees will never bear fruit, O descendant of Bharata;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.57)

kanyāvikraya karttāro gojāvikrayakārakāḥ .. 26 ..

> there will be sellers of daughters, and sellers of cows and goats,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.58)

viṣavikrayakarttāro rasavikrayakārakāḥ ..

> sellers of poison, sellers of liquids,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.59)

vedavikrayakarttāro bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge .. 27 ..

> and sellers of the Veda in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.60)

nārī garbhaṃ samādhatte hāyanaikādaśena hi ..

> A woman will conceive at the eleventh year;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.61)

ekādaśyupavāsasya viratāḥ sarvato janāḥ .. 28 ..

> people everywhere will abandon fasting on the eleventh lunar day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.62)

na tīrthasevanaratā bhaviṣyaṃti ca vāḍavāḥ ..

> And brahmins will not be devoted to attending sacred fords;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.63)

bahvāhārā bhaviṣyaṃti bahunidrāsamākulāḥ .. 29 ..

> they will eat heavily and be overwhelmed with much sleep,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.64)

jihmavṛttiparāḥ sarve vedaniṃdāparāyaṇāḥ ..

> all addicted to crooked conduct, wholly devoted to reviling the Veda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.65)

yatiniṃdāparāścaiva cchadmakārāḥ parasparam .. 3.2.36.30 ..

> and devoted to censuring ascetics, deceiving one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.66)

sparśadoṣabhayaṃ naiva bhaviṣyati kalau yuge ..

> There will be no fear of the fault of touch in the Kali age;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.67)

kṣatriyā rājyahīnāśca mleccho rājā bhaviṣyati .. 31 ..

> Kṣatriyas will be stripped of their kingdoms, and a barbarian will become king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.68)

viśvāsaghātinaḥ sarve gurudroharatāstathā ..

> All will be treacherous, and engaged in rebellion against their gurus;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.69)

mitradroharatā rājañchiśnodaraparāyaṇāḥ .. 32 ..

> they will betray their friends, O king, devoted only to their genitals and bellies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.70)

ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti varṇāścatvāra eva ca ..

> All four classes will become a single class;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.71)

kalau prāpte mahārāja nānyathā vacanaṃ mama .. 33 ..

> when the Kali age arrives, O great king, my word is not otherwise."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.72)

etacchrutvā guroreva kānyakubjādhipo balī ..

> Having heard this from his guru, the mighty ruler of Kānyakubja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.73)

rājyaṃ prakurute tatra āmo nāmnā hi bhūtale .. 34 ..

> named Āma, indeed ruled the kingdom there on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.74)

sārvabhaumatvamāpannaḥ prajāpālanatatparaḥ ..

> Having attained universal sovereignty, he was intent on protecting his subjects;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.75)

prajānāṃ kalinā tatra pāpe buddhirajāyata .. 35 ..

> but through the influence of Kali, an inclination toward sin arose among his subjects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.76)

vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmamutsajya vauddhadharmamupāgatāḥ ..

> Abandoning the Vaiṣṇava religion, they turned to the Buddhist religion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.77)

prajāstamanuvartinyaḥ kṣapaṇaiḥ pratibodhitāḥ..36..

> the subjects followed him, instructed by the mendicants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.78)

tasya rājño mahādevī māmānāmnyativiśrutā ..

> That king had an illustrious chief queen named Māmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.79)

garbhaṃ dadhāra sā rājño sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā .. 37 ..

> she, endowed with every auspicious mark, bore a child for the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.80)

saṃpūrṇe daśame māsi jātā tasyāḥ surūpiṇī ..

> When the tenth month was complete, there was born to the queen in due time  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.81)

duhitā samaye rājñyāḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanā .. 38 ..

> a beautiful daughter whose face resembled the full moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.82)

ratnagaṃgeti nāmnā sā maṇimāṇikyabhūṣitā ..

> named Ratnagaṅgā, adorned with gems and rubies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.83)

ekadā daivayogena deśāṃtarādupāgataḥ .. 39 ..

> Once, by the power of fate, there arrived from another country  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.84)

nāmnā caiveṃdrasūrirvai deśesminkānyakubjake ..

> a man named Indrasūri in this land of Kānyakubja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.85)

ṣoḍaśābdā ca sā kanyā nopanītā nṛpātmajā ..3.2.36.40..

> And that maiden, the king's daughter, was sixteen years of age and not yet married.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.86)

dāsyāṃtareṇa militā indrasūriśca jīvikaḥ ..

> Having met her through a maidservant, the mendicant Indrasūri  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.87)

śābarīṃ maṃtravidyāṃ ca kathayāmāsa bhārata ..41..

> recited Śābarī incantation-lore, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.88)

ekacittābhavatsā tu śūlikarmavimohitā ..

> She became single-minded, enchanted by that Śaiva ritual;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.89)

tataḥ sā mohamāpannā tattadvākyaparāyaṇā..42..

> then, having fallen into delusion, she devoted herself to his every word.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.90)

kṣapaṇairbodhitā vatsa jainadharmaparāyaṇā ..

> Instructed by the mendicants, O child, and devoted to the Jain religion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.91)

brahmāvartādhipataye kuṃbhīpālāya dhīmate ..43..

> to the wise Kumbhīpāla, the ruler of Brahmāvarta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.92)

ratnagaṃgāṃ mahādevīṃ dadau tāmiti vikramī..

> that valorous \[king\] gave her, Queen Ratnagaṅgā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.93)

moherekaṃ dadau tasmai vivāhe daivamohitaḥ .. 44 ..

> deluded by fate, he gave him the Mohereka district in marriage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.94)

dharmāraṇyaṃ samāgatya rājadhānī kṛtā tadā ..

> Having arrived at Dharmāraṇya, he then made it his capital;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.95)

devāṃśca sthāpayāmāsa jainadharmapraṇītakān .. 45 ..

> and he installed deities prescribed by the Jain religion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.96)

sarve varṇāstathābhūtā jaina dharmasamāśritāḥ ..

> All the classes became like that, taking refuge in the Jain religion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.97)

brāhmaṇā naiva pūjyaṃte na ca śāṃtikapauṣṭikam .. 46 ..

> brahmins were not honored at all, nor were rites for peace and prosperity performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.98)

na dadāti kadā dānamevaṃ kālaḥ pravartate ..

> He never gave gifts; thus time passed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.99)

labdhaśāsanakā viprā luptasvāmyā aharniśam .. 47 ..

> The brahmins, who had received royal charters, were deprived of their ownership day and night;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.100)

samākulitacittāste nṛpamāmaṃ samāyayuḥ ..

> their minds agitated, they approached King Āma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.101)

kānyakubjasthitaṃ śūraṃ pākhaṇḍaiḥ pariveṣṭitam .. 48 ..

> the hero residing in Kānyakubja, who was surrounded by heretics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.102)

kānyakubjapuraṃ prāpya katibhirvāsarairnṛpa ..

> Having reached the city of Kānyakubja after some days, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.103)

gaṃgopakaṇṭhe nyavasañchrāṃtāste moḍhavāḍavāḥ .. 49 ..

> those exhausted Moḍha brahmins settled on the bank of the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.104)

cāraiśca kathitāste ca nṛpasyāgre samāgatāḥ ..

> Reported by spies, they came before the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.105)

prātarākāritā viprā āgatā nṛpasaṃsadi .. 3.2.36.50 ..

> Summoned in the morning, the brahmins arrived in the king's assembly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.106)

pratyutthānābhivādādīnna cakre sādaraṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> The king did not respectfully rise to greet them or offer salutations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.107)

tiṣṭhato brāhmaṇānsarvānparyapṛcchadasau tataḥ .. 51 ..

> He then questioned all the brahmins who were standing there:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.108)

kimarthamāgatā viprāḥ kiṃsvitkāryaṃ bruvaṃtu tat .. 52 ..

> “For what reason have you come, brahmins? Speak what your business may be.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.109)

.. viprā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.110)

dharmāraṇyādihāyātāstvatsamīpaṃ narādhipa ..

> “We have come here from Dharmāraṇya into your presence, O ruler of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.111)

rājaṃstava sutāyāstu bhartā kumārapālakaḥ .. 53 ..

> O king, the husband of your daughter is Kumārapāla;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.112)

tena praluptaṃ viprāṇāṃ śāsanaṃ mahadadbhutam ..

> by him, following the Jain faith  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.113)

vartatā jainadharmeṇa preriteneṃdrasūriṇā .. 54 ..

> at the instigation of Indrasūri, the great, wondrous charter of the brahmins has been revoked.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.114)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.115)

kena vai sthāpitā yūyamasminmoherake pure ..

> “By whom indeed were you settled in this city of Moheraka?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.116)

etaddhi vāḍavāḥ sarvaṃ brūta vṛttaṃ yathātatham .. 55 ..

> Tell all this occurrence just as it happened, O brahmins!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.117)

.. viprā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.118)

kājeśaiḥ sthāpitāḥ pūrvaṃ dharmarājena dhīmatā ..

> “Formerly we were settled by kings, \[beginning with\] the wise Dharmarāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.119)

kṛtā cātra śubhe sthāne rāmeṇa ca tataḥ purī .. 56 ..

> and then a city was established here in this auspicious place by Rāma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.120)

śāsanaṃ rāmacaṃdrasya dṛṣṭvā'nyaiścaiva rājabhiḥ ..

> Seeing the charter of Rāmacandra, by other kings as well  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.121)

pālitaṃ dharmato hyatra śāsanaṃ nṛpasattama .. 57 ..

> the charter was indeed preserved righteously here, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.122)

idānīṃ tava jāmātā viprānpālayate na hi ..

> Now your son-in-law does not protect the brahmins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.123)

tacchrutvā vipravākyaṃ tu rājā viprānathābravīt .. 58 ..

> Having heard those words of the brahmins, the king then said to the brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.124)

yāṃtu śīghraṃ hi bho viprāḥ kathayaṃtu mamājñayā ..

> “Go quickly indeed, O brahmins, and speak by my command  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.125)

rājñe kumārapālāya dehi tvaṃ brāhmaṇālayam .. 59 ..

> to King Kumārapāla: ‘Restore the settlement to the brahmins!’”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.126)

śrutvā vākyaṃ tato viprāḥ paraṃ harṣamupāgatāḥ ..

> Having heard his words, the brahmins attained supreme joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.127)

jagmustato'timuditā vākyaṃ tatra niveditam .. 3.2.36.60 ..

> Greatly delighted, they went from there, and his message was delivered there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.128)

śvaśurasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājā vacanamabravīt ..

> Having heard the words of his father-in-law, the king spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.129)

.. kumārapāla uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.130)

rāmasya śāsanaṃ viprāḥ pālayiṣyāmyahaṃ nahi .. 61 ..

> “I will certainly not preserve the charter of Rāma, O brahmins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.131)

tyajāmi brāhmaṇānyajñe paśuhiṃsāparāyaṇān ..

> I abandon the brahmins who are devoted to the slaughter of animals in sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.132)

tasmāddhi hiṃsakānāṃ tu na me bhaktirbhaveddvijāḥ .. 62 .. ..

> Therefore, I have no devotion toward violent men, O twice-born ones!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.133)

.. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.134)

kathaṃ pākhaṃḍadharmeṇa luptaśāsanako bhavān ..

> “How have you, through a heretical doctrine, revoked the charter?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.135)

pālayasva nṛpaśreṣṭha mā sma pāpe manaḥ kṛthāḥ .. 63 ..

> Protect \[it\], O best of kings; do not set your mind on sin!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.136)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.137)

ahiṃsā paramo dharmo ahiṃsā ca paraṃ tapaḥ ..

> “Non-violence is the supreme virtue; non-violence is the supreme austerity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.138)

ahiṃsā paramaṃ jñānamahiṃsā paramaṃ phalam .. 64 ..

> non-violence is supreme knowledge; non-violence is the supreme fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.139)

tṛṇeṣu caiva vṛkṣeṣu pataṃgeṣu nareṣu ca ..

> In grasses and in trees, in insects and in men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.140)

kīṭeṣu matkuṇādyeṣu ajāśveṣu gajeṣu ca .. 65..

> in worms, bugs, and the like, in goats, horses, and elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.141)

lūtāsu caiva sarpeṣu mahiṣyādiṣu vai tathā ..

> in spiders and in snakes, as well as in buffaloes and such—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.142)

jaṃtavaḥ sadṛśā viprāḥ sūkṣmeṣu ca mahatsu ca .. 66 ..

> living beings are equal, O brahmins, among the minute and the large.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.143)

kathaṃ yūyaṃ pravartadhve viprā hiṃsāparāyaṇāḥ ..

> How can you conduct yourselves devoted to violence, O brahmins?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.144)

tacchrutvā vajratulyaṃ hi vacanaṃ ca dvijottamāḥ .. 67 ..

> Hearing those words like a thunderbolt, the excellent twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.145)

pratyūcurvāḍavāḥ sarve krodharaktekṣaṇā dṛśā .. 68 .. ..

> all the brahmins, replied with eyes red with anger:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.146)

.. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.147)

ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ satyametattvayoditam ..

> “‘Non-violence is the supreme virtue’—this was spoken truly by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.148)

paraṃ tathāpi dharmo'sti śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ .. 69 ..

> Yet still, duty is \[manifold\]; listen with a focused mind!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.149)

yā vedavihitā hiṃsā sā na hiṃseti nirṇayaḥ ..

> The violence prescribed by the Vedas is determined not to be violence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.150)

śastreṇāhanyate yacca pīḍā jaṃtuṣu jāyate .. 3.2.36.70 ..

> That which is struck with a weapon and where injury arises in creatures—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.151)

sa evādharma evāsti loke dharmavidāṃ vara ..

> that alone is unrighteousness in the world, O best among knowers of righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.152)

vedamaṃtraivihanyaṃte vinā śastreṇa jaṃtavaḥ .. 71 ..

> Living beings killed through Vedic mantras without a weapon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.153)

jaṃtupīḍākarā naiva sā hiṃsā sukhadāyinī ..

> that is not a cause of torment to creatures; that \[ritual\] violence brings happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.154)

paropakāraḥ puṇyāya pāpāya parapīḍanam .. 72 ..

> Helping others leads to merit; tormenting others leads to sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.155)

vedoditāṃ vidhāyāpi hiṃsāṃ pāpairna lipyate ..

> Even having performed the violence enjoined by the Veda, one is not tainted by sins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.156)

viprāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā punarvacanamabravīt .. 73 ..

> Having heard the words of the brahmins, he spoke again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.157)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.158)

brahmādīnāṃ paraṃ kṣetraṃ dharmāraṇyamanuttamam ..

> “Dharmāraṇya is the supreme, unsurpassable sacred field of Brahmā and the others;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.159)

brahmaviṣṇu maheśādyā nedānīmatra saṃti te .. 74 ..

> Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa, and the rest are not present there now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.160)

na dharmo vidyate vātra ukto rāmaḥ sa mānuṣaḥ ..

> Nor is righteousness found here; that Rāma you mentioned was a mere mortal!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.161)

kva vāpi laṃbapucho'sau yo mukto rakṣaṇāya vaḥ .. 75 ..

> And where is that long-tailed one who was left to protect you?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.162)

śāsanaṃ cenna dṛṣṭaṃ vo naiva tatpālayāmyaham ..

> "If your charter is not to be seen, I will not uphold it at all."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.163)

dvijāḥ kopasamāviṣṭā daduḥ pratyuttaraṃ tadā .. 76 ..

> Filled with anger, the twice-born then replied:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.164)

.. dvijā ūcuḥ .. ..

> The twice-born said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.165)

re mūḍha tvaṃ kathaṃ vettha bhāṣase madalolupaḥ ..

> "Ah, fool! How do you know, speaking greedily through arrogance?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.166)

sa daityānāṃ vināśāya dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca .. 77 ..

> For the destruction of the Daityas and for the protection of dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.167)

rāmaścaturbhujaḥ sākṣānmānuṣatvaṃ gato bhuvi ..

> Rāma, visibly four-armed, took human form on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.168)

agatīnāṃ ca gatidaḥ sa vai dharmaparāyaṇaḥ ..

> He gives refuge to the helpless, and is wholly devoted to dharma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.169)

dayāluśca kṛpāluśca jaṃtūnāṃ paripālakaḥ .. 78 ..

> He is compassionate, merciful, the protector of living beings."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.170)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.36.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.171)

kuto'dya varttate rāmaḥ kuto vai vāyunaṃdanaḥ ..

> "Where is Rāma today? Where indeed is the son of the Wind?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.172)

bhraṣṭābhramiva te sarve kva rāmo hanumāniti .. 79 ..

> Like scattered clouds, all of them—where is Rāma, where is Hanumān?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.173)

paraṃtu rāmo hanumānyadi vartteta sarvataḥ ..

> However, if Rāma and Hanumān are present everywhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.174)

idānīṃ viprasāhāyya āgamiṣyati me matiḥ .. 3.2.36.80 ..

> my intention will now turn to helping the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.175)

darśayadhvaṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ rāmaṃ vā lakṣmaṇaṃ tathā ..

> Show me Hanumān, or Rāma, or Lakṣmaṇa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.176)

yadyasti pratyayaḥ kaścitsa no viprāḥ pradarśyatām ..81..

> If there is any proof, let it be shown to us, O brahmins!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.177)

uktaṃ tai rāmadevena dūtaṃ kṛtvāṃjanīsutam ..

> It was said by them: "Lord Rāma, making the son of Añjanī his messenger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.178)

catuścatvāriṃśadadhikaṃ dattaṃ grāmaśataṃ nṛpa .. 62 ..

> granted one hundred and forty-four villages, O king!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.179)

punarāgatya sthāne'smindattā grāmāstrayodaśa ..

> Returning again to this place, thirteen villages were given,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.180)

kāśyapyāṃ caiva gaṃgāyāṃ mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa .. 83 ..

> and upon the earth and at the Gaṅgā, the sixteen great gifts  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.181)

dattāni vipramukhyebhyo dattā grāmāḥ suśobhanāḥ ..

> were given to the chief brahmins, and magnificent villages were given;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.182)

punaḥ saṃkalpitā vīra ṣaṭpaṃcāśakasaṃkhyayā .. 84 ..

> again they were ordained to the number of fifty-six, O hero!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.183)

ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi gobhujā jajñire varāḥ ..

> Thirty-six thousand excellent landholders were created;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.184)

sapādalakṣā vaṇijo dattā māṃḍalikābhidhāḥ .. 85 ..

> one hundred and twenty-five thousand merchants called Māṇḍalikas were given."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.185)

tenoktaṃ vāḍavāḥ sarve darśayadhvaṃ hi mārutim ..

> By him it was said: "All you brahmins, show me Māruti!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.186)

yasyābhijñānamātreṇa sthitiṃ pūrvāṃ dadāmyaham .. 86 ..

> Merely by token of him, I will restore your former status.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.187)

vipravākyaṃ kariṣyāmi pratyayo darśyate yadi ..

> I will do as the brahmins say, if proof is shown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.188)

tataḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti vedadharmaparāyaṇāḥ .. 87 ..

> Then all will be devoted to Vedic dharma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.189)

anyathā jainadharmeṇa varttayadhvaṃ hi sarvaśaḥ ..

> otherwise, conduct yourselves entirely according to the Jaina religion."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.190)

nṛpavākyaṃ tu te śrutvā svesve sthāne samāgatāḥ .. 88 ..

> Having heard the king's words, they returned to their respective places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.191)

vāḍavaḥ khinnamanasaḥ krodhenāṃdhīkṛtā bhuvi ..

> The brahmins, depressed in mind and blinded by anger on the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.192)

niśvāsānmuṃcamānāste hāheti pravadaṃti ca ..89..

> letting out deep sighs, kept crying, "Alas, alas!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.193)

daṃtānprāgharṣayansarvānnyapīḍaṃśca karaiḥ karān ..

> Grinding their teeth together and wringing their hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.194)

parasparaṃ bhāṣamāṇāḥ kathaṃ kurmo vayaṃ tvitaḥ ..3.2.36.90..

> speaking to one another: "What shall we do now?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.195)

militvā vāḍavāḥ sarve cakruste maṃtramuttamam ..

> Meeting together, all the brahmins held an excellent consultation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.196)

rāmavākyaṃ hṛdi dhyātvā dhyātvā caivāṃjanīsutam..91..

> meditating in their hearts upon Rāma's word, and meditating upon the son of Añjanī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.197)

dvijamelāpakaṃ cakrurbālā vṛddhatamā api ..

> The twice-born held an assembly, young and oldest alike.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.198)

teṣāṃ vṛddhatamo vipro vākyamūce śubhaṃ tadā .. 92 ..

> The eldest brahmin among them then spoke auspicious words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.199)

catuḥṣaṣṭiśca gotrāṇāmasmākaṃ ye dvisaptatiḥ ..

> "Our sixty-four and seventy-two clans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.36.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.36.200)

svasvagotrasyāvaṭaṃkā ekagrāmābhibhāṣiṇaḥ .. 93 ..

> with the family names of their respective lineages, speaking for their single village—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.36.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Pūrvadhāricaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.prabandha.prabandha.purvadharicaritra.20.175) — Sanskrit
- [Abhidhānaratnamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.abhidhanaratnamala.3.2) — Halāyudha (lexicographer), Sanskrit
- [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.2-2) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit

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