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# Skandapurana 3.2.37

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.37

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.1)

..vyāsa uvāca..

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

### [3.2.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.2)

tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve pratyūcuḥ pavanātmajam..

> Then all those brahmins replied to the son of the wind:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.3)

adhunā saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam .. 1 ..

> “Now our birth has borne fruit, and our life is well-lived!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.4)

adya no moḍhalokānāṃ dhanyo dharmaśca vai gṛhāḥ..

> Today, for us Moḍha people, blessed is our righteousness and our households;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.5)

dhanyā ca sakalā pṛthvī yajñadharmā hyanekaśaḥ .. 2 ..

> and blessed is the entire earth, and the manifold sacrificial duties!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.6)

namaḥ śrīrāma bhaktāya akṣavidhvaṃsanāya ca ..

> Salutations to the devotee of glorious Rāma, and the destroyer of Akṣa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.7)

namo rakṣaḥpurīdāhakāriṇe vajradhāriṇe .. 3 ..

> Salutations to the burner of the city of demons, the wielder of the thunderbolt!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.8)

jānakīhṛdayatrāṇakāriṇe karuṇātmane ..

> To the protector of Jānakī's heart, whose nature is compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.9)

sītāviraha taptasya śrīrāmasya priyāya ca .. 4 ..

> and the beloved of glorious Rāma, who was tormented by separation from Sītā!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.10)

namo'stu te mahāvīra rakṣāsmānmajjataḥ kṣitau ..

> Homage to you, O great hero! Protect us who are sinking on the earth!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.11)

namo brāhmaṇadevāya vāyuputrāya te namaḥ .. 5 ..

> Salutations to the deity of brahmins! Salutations to you, son of the wind!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.12)

namo'stu rāma bhaktāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca ..

> Homage to the devotee of Rāma, who seeks the welfare of cows and brahmins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.13)

namostu rudrarūpāya kṛṣṇavaktrāya te tamaḥ .. 6 ..

> Homage to the form of Rudra, the black-faced! Salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.14)

aṃjanīsūnave nityaṃ sarvavyādhiharāya ca ..

> To the son of Añjanī constantly, the remover of all afflictions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.15)

nāgayajñopavītāya prabalāya namo'stu te .. 7 ..

> who has a serpent as a sacred thread, the mighty one—salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.16)

svayaṃ samudratīrṇāya setubaṃdhanakāriṇe .. 8 ..

> To the one who crossed the ocean on his own, the maker of the causeway!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.17)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.37.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.18)

stotreṇaivāmunā tuṣṭo vāyuputro'bravīdvacaḥ ..

> Pleased by this very hymn of praise, the son of the wind spoke \[these\] words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.19)

śṛṇudhvaṃ hi varaṃ viprā yadvo manasi rocate .. 9 ..

> “Hear, O brahmins: whatever boon pleases your mind \[shall be yours\]!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.20)

.. viprā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.37.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.21)

yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa rāmājñāpālaka prabho ..

> “If you are pleased, O lord of the gods, O master who obeys Rāma's command,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.22)

svarūpaṃ darśayasvādya laṃkāyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ hare .. 3.2.37.10 ..

> show today your true form, that which was assumed in Laṅkā, O Hari!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.23)

tathā vidhvaṃsavādya tvaṃ rājānaṃ pāpakāriṇam ..

> And likewise, destroy today the sinful king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.24)

duṣṭaṃ kumārapālaṃ hi āmaṃ caiva na saṃśayaḥ .. 11 ..

> the wicked Kumārapāla and Āma without doubt!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.25)

vṛttilopaphalaṃ sadyaḥ prāpnuyāttvaṃ tathā kuru ..

> Act in such a way that he immediately receives the fruit of destroying our livelihood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.26)

pratītyarthaṃ mahābāho kiṃ vilaṃbaṃ vadasva naḥ ..12..

> For the sake of conviction, O mighty-armed one, why the delay? Tell us!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.27)

tvayi cittena dattena sa rājā puṇyabhāgbhavet ..

> When his mind is directed toward you, that king may become a recipient of merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.28)

pratyaye darśite vīra śāsanaṃ pālayiṣyati .. 13 ..

> When proof is shown, O hero, he will respect the royal grant.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.29)

trayīdharmmaḥ pṛthivyāṃ tu vistāraṃ prāpayiṣyati ..

> And the religion of the three Vedas will attain expansion upon the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.30)

dharmadhīra mahāvīra svarūpaṃ darśayasva naḥ .. 14 ..

> O steadfast in righteousness, O great hero, reveal your true form to us!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.31)

.. hanumānuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.37.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.32)

matsvarūpaṃ mahākāyaṃ na cakṣurviṣayaṃ kalau ..

> "My true form, possessing a vast body, cannot be an object of sight in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.33)

tejorāśimayaṃ divyamiti jānaṃtu vāḍavāḥ .. 15 ..

> Let the brahmins know this: it is divine, composed of a mass of fiery energy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.34)

tathāpi parayā bhaktyā prasanno'haṃ stavādibhiḥ ..

> Even so, pleased by your supreme devotion through praises and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.35)

vasanāṃtaritaṃ rūpaṃ darśayiṣyāmi paśyata .. 16 ..

> I will show my form veiled by a garment. Behold!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.36)

evamuktāstadā viprāḥ sarvakāryasamutsukāḥ ..

> Having been spoken to thus, the brahmins, eager for every task,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.37)

mahārūpaṃ mahākāyaṃ mahāpucchasamākulam .. 17 ..

> seeing that immense form, possessing a vast body, endowed with an enormous tail,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.38)

dṛṣṭvā divyasvarūpaṃ taṃ hanumaṃtaṃ jaharṣire ..

> that divine true form of Hanumān, rejoiced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.39)

kathaṃciddhairyamālaṃbya viprāḥ procuḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. 18 ..

> Somehow summoning their courage, the brahmins spoke very slowly:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.40)

yathoktaṃ tu purāṇeṣu tattathaiva hi dṛśyate ..

> "Just as it is described in the Purāṇas, exactly so indeed is it seen."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.41)

uvāca sa hi tānsarvāṃścakṣuḥ pracchādya saṃsthitān .. 19 ..

> He indeed spoke to all of them, who stood covering their eyes:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.42)

phalānīmāni gṛhṇīdhvaṃ bhakṣaṇārthamṛṣīśvarāḥ ..

> "Take these fruits for food, O lords among seers!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.43)

ebhistu bhakṣitairviprā hyatitṛptirbhaviṣyati .. 3.2.37.20 ..

> When these are eaten, O brahmins, there will be extreme satisfaction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.44)

dharmāraṇyaṃ vinā vādya kṣudhā vaḥ śāmyati dhuvam .. 21 ..

> Even without Dharmāraṇya, today your hunger will surely be appeased."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.45)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.37.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.46)

kṣudhākrāṃtaistadā vipraiḥ kṛtaṃ vai phalabhakṣaṇam ..

> Then the eating of the fruits was done by the brahmins overcome with hunger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.47)

amṛtaprāśanamiva tṛptisteṣāmajāyata .. 22 ..

> Satisfaction arose for them, as if from drinking nectar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.48)

na tṛṣā naiva kṣuccaiva viprāḥ saṃkliṣṭamānasāḥ ..

> Neither thirst nor hunger \[remained\]; the brahmins whose minds had been afflicted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.49)

abhavansahasā rājanvismayāviṣṭacetasaḥ ..23..

> suddenly became possessed of wonder in their hearts, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.50)

tataḥ prāhāṃjanīputraḥ saṃprāpte hi kalau dvijāḥ ..

> Then the son of Añjanā said: "When the Kali age has arrived, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.51)

nāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ tatra muktvā rāmeśvaraṃ śivam .. 24 ..

> I shall not go there, except to Śiva, Rāmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.52)

abhijñānaṃ mayā dattaṃ gṛhītvā tatra gacchata ..

> Take this token given by me and go there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.53)

tathyametatpratīyeta tasya rājño na saṃśayaḥ .. 25 ..

> this will be recognized as the truth by that king, no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.54)

ityuktvā bāhumuddhṛtya bhujayorubhayorapi ..

> Having spoken thus, lifting his arm from both sides,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.55)

pṛthagromāṇi saṃgṛhya cakāra puṭikādvayam .. 26 ..

> and taking hairs separately, he made two packets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.56)

bhūrjapatreṇa saṃveṣṭya te adādviprakakṣayoḥ ..

> Wrapping them with birch-bark, he placed them in the armpits of a brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.57)

vāme tu vāmakakṣotthāṃ dakṣiṇotthāṃ tu dakṣiṇe .. 27 ..

> in the left, the one from his left armpit, and in the right, the one from the right,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.58)

kāmadāṃ rāmabhaktasya anyeṣāṃ kṣayakāriṇīm ..

> granting the desires of a devotee of Rāma, and bringing ruin to others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.59)

uvāca ca yadā rājā brūte cihnaṃ pradīyatām .. 28 ..

> And he said: "When the king says, 'Let a sign be given,'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.60)

tadā pradīyatāṃ śīghraṃ vāmakakṣodbhavā puṭī ..

> then let the packet produced from the left armpit be given at once;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.61)

athavā tasya rājñastu dvāre tu puṭikāṃ kṣipa .. 29 ..

> or rather, throw the packet at the door of that king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.62)

jvālayati ca tatsainyaṃ gṛhaṃ kośaṃ tathaiva ca ..

> It will burn his army, his palace, and likewise his treasury;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.63)

mahiṣyaḥ putrakāḥ sarvaṃ jvalamānaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 3.2.37.30 ..

> his queens, his sons—everything will be set ablaze.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.64)

yadā tu vṛttiṃ grāmāṃśca vaṇijānāṃ baliṃ tathā ..

> When, however, the livelihood, the villages, and the tribute from merchants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.65)

pūrvaṃ sthitaṃ tu yatkiṃcittattaddāsyati vāḍavāḥ .. 31 ..

> whatever previously existed, all that he gives \[back\], O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.66)

likhitvā niścayaṃ kṛtvāpyatha dadyātsa pūrvavat ..

> and writing it down and making a firm resolve, he gives it just as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.67)

karasaṃpuṭakaṃ kṛtvā praṇamecca yadā nṛpaḥ .. 32 ..

> and when the king bows down making an anjali with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.68)

saṃprāpya ca purā vṛttiṃ rāmadattāṃ dvijottamāḥ ..

> having restored the former livelihood given by Rāma, O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.69)

tato dakṣiṇakakṣāsthakeśānāṃ puṭikā tviyam .. 33 ..

> then let this packet of hairs from my right armpit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.70)

prakṣipyatāṃ tadā sainyaṃ purāvacca bhaviṣyati ...

> be thrown down; then the army will become as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.71)

gṛhāṇi ca tathā kośaḥ putrapautrādayastathā .. 34 ..

> and likewise the houses, the treasury, and the sons and grandsons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.72)

vahninā mucyamānāste dṛśyaṃte tatkṣaṇāditi ..

> They will be seen instantly released from the fire."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.73)

śrutvā'mṛtamayaṃ vākyaṃ hanumaṃtoditaṃ param ..35..

> Hearing this supreme nectar-like word uttered by Hanumān,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.74)

alabhanta mudaṃ viprā nanṛtuḥ prajagurbhṛśam ..

> the brahmins obtained joy; they danced and sang exceedingly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.75)

jayaṃ codairayanke'pi prahasanti parasparam .. 36 ..

> Some raised shouts of victory, while others laughed among one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.76)

pulakāṃkitasarvāṅgāḥ stuvanti ca muhurmuhuḥ ..

> With all their limbs covered in horripilation, they praised him again and again;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.77)

pucchaṃ tasya ca saṃgṛhya cucuṃbuḥ kecidutsukāḥ .. 37 ..

> and some, full of eagerness, seized his tail and kissed it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.78)

brūte'nyo mama yatnena kāryaṃ niyatameva hi ..

> One said: "By my effort alone was the task surely accomplished!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.79)

anyo brūte mahābhāga mayedaṃ kṛtamityuta ...68...

> Another said: "O fortunate one, this was done by me!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.80)

tataḥ provāca hanumāṃstrirātraṃ sthīyatāmiha ..

> Then Hanumān said: "Stay here for three nights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.81)

rāmatīrthasya ca phalaṃ yathā prāpsyatha vāḍavāḥ .. 39 ..

> so that you may obtain the fruit of the sacred ford of Rāma, O brahmins."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.82)

tathetyuktvātha te viprā brahmayajñaṃ pracakrire ..

> Saying "So be it," those brahmins then performed the Vedic recitation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.83)

brahmaghoṣeṇa mahatā tadvanaṃ badhiraṃ kṛtam .. 3.2.37.40 ..

> by that great Vedic chant, that forest was deafened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.84)

sthitvā trirātraṃ te viprā gamane kṛtabuddhayaḥ ..

> Having stayed three nights, those brahmins, resolved on departure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.85)

rātrau hanumato'gre ta idamūcuḥ subhaktitaḥ .. 41.. ..

> said this at night before Hanumān with deep devotion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.86)

.. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.37.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.87)

vayaṃ prātargamiṣyāmo dharmāraṇyaṃ sunirmalam ..

> "In the morning we shall go to the pure Dharmāraṇya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.88)

na vismāryā vayaṃ tāta kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāmiti .. 42 ..

> We must not be forgotten, father! Forgive us, forgive us!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.89)

tato vāyusuto rājanparvatānmahatīṃ śilām ..

> Then, O king, the son of the wind, \[taking\] from a mountain a great rock  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.90)

bṛhatīṃ ca catuḥśālāṃ daśayojanamāyatīm .. 43 ..

> that was large, square-shaped, and ten yojanas in length,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.91)

āstīrya prāha tānviprāñchilāyāṃ dvijasattamāḥ ..

> spread it out and said to those brahmins: “O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.92)

rakṣyamāṇā mayā viprāḥ śayīdhvaṃ vigatajvarāḥ .. 44 ..

> protected by me, O brahmins, lie down free from feverish anxiety.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.93)

iti śrutvā tataḥ sarve nidrāmāpuḥ sukhapradām ..

> Having heard this, they then all went to sleep, which bestowed comfort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.94)

evaṃ te kṛtakṛtyāstu bhūtvā suptā niśāmukhe .. .. 45 ..

> Having thus fulfilled their purpose, they slept at nightfall.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.95)

kṛpāluḥ sa ca rudrātmā rāmaśāsanapālakaḥ ..

> And he, compassionate, identical in spirit to Rudra, keeper of Rāma’s command,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.96)

rakṣaṇārthaṃ hi viprāṇāmatiṣṭhacca dharātale .. 46 ..

> stood upon the surface of the earth for the protection of the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.97)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.37.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.98)

arddharātre tu saṃprāpte sarve nidrāmupāgatāḥ ..

> When midnight had arrived and all had fallen asleep,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.99)

tātaṃ saṃprārthayāmāsa kṛtānugrahako bhavān .. 47 ..

> he petitioned his father: “May you bestow a favor:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.100)

samīraṇa dvijānetānsthānaṃ svaṃ prāpayasva bhoḥ ..

> O wind, please convey these twice-born to their own place!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.101)

tato nidrābhibhūtāṃstānvāyuputrapraṇoditaḥ .. 48 ..

> Then, impelled by the son of the wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.102)

samuddhṛtya śilāṃ tāṃ tu pitā putreṇa bhārata ..

> the father, lifting up that rock with those who were overcome by sleep, O descendant of Bharata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.103)

viśiṣṭo yāpayāmāsa svasthānaṃ dvijasattamān .. 49 ..

> the distinguished one, conveyed the best of the twice-born to their own abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.104)

ṣaḍbhirmāsaiśca yaḥ panthā atikrāṃto dvijātibhiḥ ..

> The path that had been traversed by the twice-born in six months  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.105)

tribhireva muhūrttaistu dharmāraṇyamavāptavān .. 3.2.37.50 ..

> he reached Dharmāraṇya in just three muhūrtas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.106)

bhramamāṇāṃ śilāṃ jñātvā vipra eko dvijāgrataḥ ..

> Perceiving the rock moving, one brahmin before the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.107)

vātsyagotrasamutpanno lokānsaṃgītavānkalam .. 51 ..

> born in the Vātsya gotra, sang sweetly to the people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.108)

gītāni gāyanoktāni śrutvā vismayamāyayuḥ ..

> Hearing the songs sung by the singer, they were filled with amazement.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.109)

prabhāte suprasanne tu udatiṣṭhanparasparam .. 52 ..

> When morning dawned very clearly, they arose together.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.110)

ūcuste vismitāḥ sarve svapno'yaṃ vātha vibhramaḥ ..

> All of them, astonished, said: “Is this a dream, or is it an illusion?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.111)

sasaṃbhramāḥ samutthāya dadṛśuḥ satyamaṃdiram .. 53 ..

> Rising in agitation, they saw the abode of truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.112)

aṃtarbuddhyā samālokya prabhāvo vāyujasya ca ..

> Reflecting in their minds, \[they realized\] it was the power of the son of the wind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.113)

śrutvā vedadhvaniṃ viprāḥ paraṃ harṣamupāgatāḥ .. 54 ..

> and hearing the sound of the Vedas, the brahmins attained supreme joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.114)

grāmīṇāśca tato lokā dṛṣṭvā tu mahatīṃ śilām ..

> Then the village people, seeing that great rock,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.115)

adbhutaṃ menire sarve kimidaṃ kimidaṃ tviti .. 55 ..

> all considered it a wonder, thinking: “What is this? What is this?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.116)

gṛhegṛhe hi te lokāḥ pravadaṃti tathādbhutam ..

> Indeed, in house after house, those people spoke of such a wonder:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.117)

brāhmaṇaiḥ pūryamāṇā sā śilā ca mahatī śubhā .. 56 ..

> “This great, auspicious rock is filled with brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.118)

aśubhā vā śubhā vāpi na jānīmo vayaṃ kila ..

> Whether it is inauspicious or auspicious, we do not know!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.119)

saṃvadaṃte tato lokāḥ parasparamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 57 ..

> Then the people exchanged these words with one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.120)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.37.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.121)

tato dvijānāṃ te putrāḥ pautrāścaiva samāgatāḥ ..

> Then the sons and grandsons of those twice-born arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.122)

ūcuste diṣṭyā bho viprā āgatāḥ pathikā dvijāḥ .. 58 ..

> They said: “By good fortune, O brahmins, have the traveling twice-born arrived!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.123)

te tu saṃtuṣṭamanasā sanmukhāḥ prayayurmudā ..

> With satisfied minds, they joyfully went out to meet them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.124)

pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṃ pariraṃbhaṇakaṃ tathā .. 59 ..

> With rising to greet them, saluting them, and embracing them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.125)

āghrāṇakādīṃśca kṛtvā yathāyogyaṃ prapūjya ca ..

> kissing the crown of their heads, and honoring them appropriately,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.126)

sarvaṃ vistārya kathitaṃ śīghramāgamamātmanaḥ .. 3.2.37.60 ..

> everything was recounted at length—the quickness of their arrival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.127)

tataḥ saṃpūjya tatsarvāngaṃdhatāṃbūlakuṃkumaiḥ ..

> Then, having honored them all with fragrances, betel, and saffron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.128)

śāṃtipāṭhaṃ paṭhaṃtaste hṛṣṭā nijagṛhānyayuḥ .. 61 ..

> chanting the peace prayer, they went rejoicing to their own homes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.129)

ānaṃdāyā mahāpīṭhe prātaḥ pāṃthāḥ samutthitāḥ ..

> Having risen in the morning at the great sacred site of Ānandā, the travelers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.130)

dadṛśuste mahāsthānaṃ sotkaṃṭhā harṣapūritāḥ .. 60 ..

> saw the great place with eager longing, filled with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.131)

āścaryaṃ paramaṃ prāpuḥ kimetatsthānamuttamam ..

> They attained the highest wonder: “What is this excellent place?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.132)

ayaṃ tu dakṣiṇa dvāre śāṃtipāṭho'tra paṭhyate .. 63 ..

> At this southern gate, the peace prayer is being recited here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.133)

gṛhā ramyāḥ pradṛśyaṃte śacīpatigṛhopamāḥ ..

> Charming houses are seen, like the house of the husband of Śacī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.134)

prāsādāḥ kulamātṝṇāṃ dṛśyaṃte cāgniśobhanāḥ .. 64 ..

> The mansions of the family Mothers are seen, splendid like fire.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.135)

evaṃ bruvatsu vipreṣu mahāśaktiprapūjane ..

> While the brahmins were speaking thus at the worship of the Great Śakti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.136)

āgato brāhmaṇo'paśyattatra viprakadaṃbakam .. 65 ..

> a brahmin arrived and saw the assembly of brahmins there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.137)

harṣito bhāvitastatra yatra viprāḥ sabhāsadaḥ ..

> Delighted and devoted there where the brahmins of the assembly were,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.138)

uvāva diṣṭyā bho viprā hyāgatāḥ pathikā dvijāḥ .. 66 ..

> he said: “By good fortune, O brahmins, have the traveling twice-born arrived!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.139)

pratyuttasthustato viprāḥ pūjāṃ gṛhītvā samāgatāḥ ..

> Then the brahmins, having taken worship offerings and gathered, stood up to welcome him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.140)

pratyutthānābhivādau cākurvaṃste ca parasparam .. 67 ..

> They exchanged rising to greet and saluting one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.141)

tete saṃpūjya vegāttu yathāyogyaṃ yathāvidhi ..

> Having quickly honored them appropriately according to the prescribed rules,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.142)

harīśvarasya yadvṛttaṃ viprāgre saṃprakāśitam .. 68 ..

> the account of Harīśvara was made known before the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.143)

pathikānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā harṣapūrṇā dvijottamāḥ ..

> Hearing the words of the travelers, the best of the twice-born were filled with joy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.144)

śāṃtipāṭhaṃ paṭhantaste hṛṣṭā nijagṛhānyayuḥ .. 69 ..

> chanting the peace prayer, they went rejoicing to their own homes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.145)

vimṛśya militāḥ prātarjyotirvidbhiḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ..

> Having deliberated, they met in the morning, guided by the astrologers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.146)

brāhme mūhūrte cotthāya kānyakubjaṃ gatā dvijāḥ ..3.2.37.70..

> and rising at the hour of Brahmā, the twice-born departed for Kānyakubja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.147)

dolābhirvāhitāḥ kecitkecidaśvai rathaistathā ..

> Some were carried in litters, others on horses, as well as on chariots;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.148)

kecittu śibikārūḍhā nānāvāhanagāśca te ..71..

> some mounted on palanquins, riding on various conveyances.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.149)

tatpuraṃ tu samāsādya gaṃgāyāḥ śobhane taṭe ..

> Having reached that city on the beautiful bank of the Gaṅgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.150)

akurvanvasatiṃ vīrāḥ snānadānādikarmma ca .. 72 ..

> the heroes took up residence and performed ritual ablutions, charitable giving, and other rites. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.151)

careṇa kenaciddṛṣṭāḥ kathitā nṛpasannidhau ..

> Seen by a certain spy, it was reported in the presence of the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.152)

aśvāśca bahuśo dolā rathāśca bahuśo vṛṣāḥ .. 73 ..

> “Many horses, palanquins, chariots, and many bulls // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.153)

viprāṇāmiha dṛśyaṃte dharmāraṇyanivāsinām ..

> of the brahmins residing in Dharmāraṇya are seen here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.154)

nūnaṃ te ca samāyātā nṛpeṇoktaṃ mamāgrataḥ .. 74 ..

> Surely they have arrived, as was spoken by the king before me: // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.155)

abhijñāpaya me pūrvaṃ preṣitāḥ kapisaṃnidhau .. 75 ..

> ‘Let me know when those previously sent to the monkey have arrived.’” // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.37.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.37.156)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye brāhmaṇānāṃ pratyāgamana varṇanaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 37 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter, entitled “Description of the Return of the Brahmins,” in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya in the first part of the third Brahmakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse collection. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.37.1) — English, machine translation

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