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# Skandapurana 3.2.38

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..  
tataḥ prabhāte vimale kṛtapūrvāhnikakriyāḥ ..  
śubhavastraparīdhānāḥ phala hastāḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 1 ..  
ratnāṃgadāḍhyadordaṃḍā aṃgulīyakabhūṣitāḥ ..  
karṇābharaṇasaṃyuktāḥ samājagmuḥ praharṣitāḥ .. 2 ..  
rājadvāraṃ tu saṃprāpya saṃta sthurbrahmavādinaḥ ..  
tāndṛṣṭvā rājaputrastu īṣatprahasito balī .. 3 ..  
rāmaṃ ca hanumaṃtaṃ ca gatvā viprāḥ samāgatāḥ ..  
śrūyatāṃ maṃtriṇaḥ sarve dṛśyaṃto dvija sattamān .. 4 .

> Vyāsa said: / Then, at clear dawn, having performed their morning rites, / dressed in auspicious garments, with fruits in their hands, one by one, / their muscular arms adorned with jeweled armlets, ornamented with rings, / adorned with ear-ornaments, they arrived full of joy. / Reaching the king's gate, the exponents of the Veda stood there. / Seeing them, the powerful prince laughed slightly: / “Having gone to Rāma and Hanumat, the brahmins have arrived! / Listen, all ministers! Look at the best of the twice-born!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_1)

etaduktvā tu vacanaṃ tūṣṇīṃ bhūtvā sthito nṛpaḥ ..

> Having spoken this word, the king stood silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_2)

tato dvitrā dvijāḥ sarve upaviṣṭāḥ kramāttataḥ .. 5 ..

> Then, by twos and threes, all the twice-born sat down in order. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_3)

kṣemaṃ papracchurnṛpatiṃ hastirathapadātiṣu ..

> They asked the king after the welfare of his elephants, chariots, and infantry.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_4)

tataḥ provāca nṛpatirviprānprati mahāmanāḥ .. 6 ..

> Then the high-minded king spoke to the brahmins: // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_5)

arihaṃtaprasādena sarvatra kuśalaṃ mama ..

> “By the grace of the Arihant, all is well with me everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_6)

sā jihvā yā jinaṃ stau ti tau karau yau jinārcanau .. 7 ..

> That is a tongue which praises the Jina; those are hands which worship the Jina; // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_7)

sā dṛṣṭiryā jine līnā tanmano yajjine ratam ..

> that is sight which is absorbed in the Jina; that is a mind which delights in the Jina.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_8)

dayā sarvatra kartavyā jīvātmā pūjyate sadā .. 8 ..

> Compassion is to be practiced everywhere; the living soul is always to be honored. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_9)

yogaśālā hi gaṃtavyā karttavyaṃ guruvaṃdanam ..

> One should indeed go to the meditation hall; salutation to the guru must be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_10)

na cakāraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ japitavyamaharniśam .. 9 ..

> The great Navakāra mantra should be recited day and night. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_11)

paṃcūṣaṇaṃ hi karttavyaṃ dātavyaṃ śramaṇe sadā ..

> Paryuṣaṇa must be observed, and alms should always be given to the ascetic.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_12)

śrutvā vākyaṃ tato viprāstasya daṃtānapīḍayan .. 3.2.38.10 ..

> Hearing his speech, the brahmins then gritted their teeth. // 3.2.38.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_13)

vimucya dīrghaniśvāsamūcuste nṛpatiṃ prati ..

> Releasing a long sigh, they said to the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_14)

rāmeṇa kathitaṃ rājandhīmatā ca hanūmatā .. 11..

> “It was spoken, O king, by Rāma and the wise Hanumat: // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_15)

dīyatāṃ vipravṛttiṃ ca dharmiṣṭho'si dharātale ..

> ‘Let the livelihood of the brahmins be given, for you are righteous on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_16)

jñāyate tava ddattā syānmadattā naiva naiva ca ..12..

> It is known: let it be given by you, let it certainly not be withheld.’ // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_17)

rakṣasva rāmavākyaṃ tvaṃ yatkṛtvā tvaṃ sukhī bhava ..13.. ..

> Protect the word of Rāma; having done so, may you be happy.” // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_18)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.38.4\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_19)

yatra rāmahanūmaṃtau yāṃtu sarve'pi tatra vai ..

> “Wherever Rāma and Hanumat are, let all indeed go there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_20)

rāmo dāsyati sarvasvaṃ kiṃ prāptā iha vai dvijāḥ .. 14 ..

> Rāma will give everything; why have the twice-born come here? // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_21)

na dāsyāmi na dāsyāmi ekāṃ caiva varāṭikām ..

> I will not give, I will not give even a single cowrie,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_22)

na grāmaṃ naiva vṛttiṃ ca gacchadhvaṃ yatra rocate .. 15 ..

> neither a village nor a livelihood! Go wherever you please!” // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_23)

tacchrutvā dāruṇaṃ vākyaṃ dvijāḥ kopākulāstadā ..

> Hearing that harsh speech, the twice-born were agitated with wrath:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_24)

sahasva rāmakopaṃ hi sāmpratañca hanūmataḥ .. 16 ..

> “Endure now the wrath of Rāma and of Hanumat!” // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_25)

ityuktvā hanumaddattā vāmakakṣodbhavā puṭī ..

> Having said this, the packet given by Hanumat, which had come from his left armpit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_26)

prakṣiptā cāsya nilaye vyāvṛttā dvijasattamāḥ .. 17 ..

> was thrown into his residence, and the best of the twice-born turned away. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_27)

gate tadā viprasaṃghe jvālāmālākulaṃ tvabhūt ..

> When the assembly of brahmins had departed, it became filled with wreaths of flames;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_28)

agnijvālākulaṃ sarvaṃ saṃjātaṃ caiva tatra hi .. 18 ..

> indeed everything there became engulfed in flames of fire. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_29)

dahyaṃte rājavastūnicchatrāṇi cāmarāṇi ca ..

> The royal belongings burned: umbrellas and fly-whisks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_30)

kośāgārāṇi sarvāṇi āyudhāgārameva ca ..19..

> all the treasuries and the armory as well; // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_31)

mahiṣyo rājaputrāśca gajā aśvā hyanekaśaḥ ..

> queens, princes, elephants, and many horses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_32)

vimānāni ca dahyaṃte dahyaṃte vāhanāni ca ..3.2.38.20..

> aerial chariots burned, and conveyances burned; // 3.2.38.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_33)

śibikāśca vicitrā vai rathāścaiva sahasraśaḥ ..

> various litters and thousands of chariots.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_34)

sarvatra dahyamānaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā rājāpi vivyathe .. 21 ..

> Seeing everything burning everywhere, even the king was distressed. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_35)

na kopi trātā tasyāsti mānavā bhayaviklavāḥ ..

> There was no savior for him; people were bewildered with fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_36)

na maṃtrayaṃtrairvahniḥ sa sādhyate na ca mūlikaiḥ .. 22 ..

> That fire could not be subdued by mantras, yantras, or herbal roots. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_37)

kauṭilyakoṭināśī ca yatra rāmaḥ prakupyate ..

> When Rāma, destroyer of millions of wicked wiles, becomes enraged,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_38)

tatra sarve praṇaśyaṃti kiṃ tatkumārapālakaḥ .. 23 ..

> everyone perishes there; what is that Kumārapāla? // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_39)

sarvaṃ tajjavalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā nagnakṣapaṇakāstadā ..

> Seeing all that ablaze, the naked mendicants then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_40)

dhṛtvā kareṇa pātrāṇi nītvā daṃḍāñchubhānapi .. 24 ..

> holding bowls in hand and taking along their fine staves, // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_41)

raktakaṃbalikā gṛhya vepamānā muhurmuhuḥ ..

> grabbing red blankets, trembling again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_42)

anupānahikāścaiva naṣṭāḥ sarve diśo daśa .. 26 ..

> and without sandals, all fled in the ten directions. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_43)

kolāhalaṃ prakurvāṇāḥ palāyadhvamiti bruvan ..

> Raising a clamor, saying: “Flee!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_44)

dāhitā vipramukhyaiśca vayaṃ sarve na saṃśayaḥ .. 26 ..

> We have all been burned by the chief brahmins, no doubt!” // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_45)

kecicca bhagnapātrāste bhagnadaṃ ṇḍāstathāpare ..

> Some had their bowls broken, and others had their staves broken;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_46)

pranaṣṭāśca vivastrāste vītarāgamiti bruvan .. 27 ..

> and unclothed, they fled, crying “Vītarāga!” // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_47)

arhatameva kecicca palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ ..

> and some crying “Arhat!”, intent on fleeing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_48)

tato vāyuḥ samabhavadvahnimāṃdolayanniva .. .. 28 ..

> Then a wind arose, as if swinging the fire to and fro, // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_49)

preṣito vai hanumatā viprāṇāṃ priyakāmyayā ..

> sent indeed by Hanumat out of a desire to please the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_50)

dhāvansa nṛpatiḥ paścāditaścetaśca vai tadā .. 29 ..

> Then that king ran after them, here and there, // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_51)

padātirekaḥ prarudankva viprā iti jalpakaḥ ..

> on foot, alone, weeping and babbling: “Where are the brahmins?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_52)

lokācchrutvā tato rājā gatastatra yato dvijāḥ .. 3.2.38.30 ..

> Having heard from the people, the king then went there where the twice-born were.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_53)

gatvā tu sahasā rājangṛhītvā caraṇau tadā ..

> Having gone there swiftly, O king, taking hold of the feet at that time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_54)

viprāṇāṃ nṛpatirbhūmau mūrcchito nyapata ttadā .. 31 ..

> of the brahmins, the king then fell unconscious upon the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_55)

uvāca vacanaṃ rājā viprānvinayatatparaḥ ..

> Devoted to humility, the king addressed the brahmins with these words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_56)

japandāśarathiṃ rāmaṃ rāmarāmeti vai punaḥ .. 32 ..

> chanting the name of Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, repeatedly saying, 'Rāma, Rāma':  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_57)

tasya dāsasya dāsohaṃ rāmasya ca dvija sya ca ..

> 'I am the servant of that servant, both of Rāma and of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_58)

ajñānatimirāṃdhena jātosmyaṃdho hi saṃprati .. 33 ..

> Blinded by the darkness of ignorance, I have indeed become blind now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_59)

aṃjanaṃ ca mayā labdhaṃ rāmanāmamahauṣadham ..

> And I have obtained the collyrium, the great remedy of Rāma’s name.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_60)

rāmaṃ muktvā hi ye martyā hyanyaṃ deva mupāsate ..

> Indeed, whatever mortals abandon Rāma and worship another deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_61)

dahyaṃte te'gninā svāminyathāhaṃ mūḍhacetanaḥ .. 34 ..

> they are burned by fire, O master, just as I, whose mind is foolish, \[have been burned\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_62)

harirbhāgīrathī viprā viprā bhāgīrathī hariḥ ..

> Hari is the Bhāgīrathī, O brahmins; the brahmins are the Bhāgīrathī \[and\] Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_63)

bhāgīrathī harirviprāḥ sāramekaṃ jagattraye.. .. 35 ..

> The Bhāgīrathī, Hari, \[and\] the brahmins are the single essence in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_64)

svargasya caitra sopānaṃ viprā bhāgīrathī hariḥ ..

> And the staircase to heaven here consists of the brahmins, the Bhāgīrathī, \[and\] Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_65)

rāmanāmamahārajjvā vaikuṃṭhe yena nīyate .. 36 ..

> by which one is led to Vaikuṇṭha with the great rope of Rāma's name.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_66)

ityevaṃ praṇamanrājā prāṃjalirvākyamabravīt..

> Thus bowing down with folded hands, the king spoke this word:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_67)

vahniḥ praśāmyatāṃ viprāḥ śāsanaṃ vo dadāmyaham .. 37 ..

> 'Let the fire be appeased, O brahmins; I grant you a charter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_68)

dāso'smi sāṃprataṃ viprā na me vāganyathā bhavet ..

> I am your servant now, O brahmins; may my word not prove false.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_69)

yatpāpaṃ brahmahatyāyāḥ para dārābhigāminām.. 38..

> Whatever sin belongs to the murder of a brahmin, to those who violate another’s wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_70)

yatpāpaṃ madyapānāṃ ca suvarṇasteyināṃ tathā ..

> whatever sin belongs to drinkers of liquor and likewise to thieves of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_71)

yatpāpaṃ gurughātānāṃ tatpāpaṃ vā bhavenmama .. 39 ..

> whatever sin belongs to slayers of gurus—may that sin be mine \[if I fail\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_72)

yaṃyaṃ ciṃtayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ punaḥ ..

> Whatever desire one thinks of, that very thing I shall grant again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_73)

viprabhaktiḥ sadā kāryā rāmabhaktistathaiva ca .. 3.2.38.40 ..

> Devotion to the brahmins must always be practiced, and likewise devotion to Rāma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_74)

anyathā karaṇīyaṃ me na kadāci ddvijottamāḥ .. 41 ..

> Never should anything contrary be done by me, O best of the twice-born!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_75)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.38.4\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_76)

tasminnavasare viprā jātā bhūpa dayālavaḥ ..

> On that occasion, the brahmins became compassionate toward the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_77)

anyā yā puṭikā cāsītsā dattā śāpaśāṃtaye .. 42 ..

> The other small packet which remained was given for the appeasement of the curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_78)

jīvitaṃ caiva tatsainyaṃ jātaṃ kṣipteṣu romasu ..

> And when the hairs were cast, that army was restored to life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_79)

diśaḥ prasannāḥ saṃjātāḥ śāṃtā digjanitasvanāḥ .. 43 ..

> The quarters became clear; the sounds arising from the quarters ceased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_80)

prajā svasthā 'bhavattatra harṣanirbharamānasā ..

> The subjects there became at ease, their minds overflowing with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_81)

avatasthe yathāpūrvaṃ putrapautrādikaṃ tathā .. 44 ..

> Sons, grandsons, and the rest remained as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_82)

viprājñākāriṇo lokāḥ saṃjātāśca yathā purā ..

> And the people became obedient to the commands of the brahmins, just as in former times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_83)

viṣṇudharmaṃ parityajya nānyaṃ jānaṃti te vṛṣam .. 45 ..

> Apart from the dharma of Viṣṇu, they recognized no other dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_84)

navīnaṃ śāsanaṃ kṛtvā pūrvavadvidhipūrvakam ..

> Having issued a new royal charter according to rule, as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_85)

niṣkāsitāstu pāṣaṃḍāḥ kṛtaśāstraprayojakāḥ .. 46 ..

> the heretics who had propagated fabricated treatises were expelled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_86)

vedabāhyāḥ pranaṣṭāste uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ ..

> Those who stood outside the Vedas perished—the high, the low, and the middling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_87)

ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi ye'bhūvangobhujāḥ purā .. 47 ..

> The thirty-six thousand who formerly had been Gobhujas—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_88)

teṣāṃ madhyāttu saṃjātā aḍhavījā vaṇigjanāḥ ..

> among them arose the merchants of Aḍhavīja lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_89)

śuśrūṣārthaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ rājñā sarve nirūpitāḥ .. 48 ..

> All of them were appointed by the king to the service of the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_90)

sadācārāḥ sunipuṇā devabrāhmaṇapūjakāḥ ..

> Practicing good conduct, highly skilled, worshippers of gods and brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_91)

tyaktvā pākhaṇḍamārgaṃ tu viṣṇubhaktiparāstu te .. 49 ..

> having abandoned the heretical path, they were devoted to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_92)

jāhnavītīramāsādya traividyebhyo dadau nṛpaḥ ..

> Approaching the bank of the Jāhnavī, the king granted \[gifts\] to the masters of the three Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_93)

śāsanaṃ tu yadā dattaṃ teṣāṃ vai bhaktipūrvakam .. 3.2.38.50 ..

> Indeed, when the charter was given to them with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_94)

sthānadharmātpracalitā vāḍavāste samāgatāḥ ..

> those brahmins who had deviated from the duty of their place arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_95)

nṛpo vijñāpito vipraistairevaṃ kleśakāribhiḥ .. 51 ..

> The king was petitioned by those trouble-making brahmins as follows:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_96)

ye tyaktavāco vipreṃdrāstānniḥsāraya bhūpate ..

> 'O king, expel those eminent brahmins who have broken their word!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_97)

parasparaṃ vivādāstu saṃjātā dattavṛttaye .. 52 ..

> Mutual disputes arose concerning the granted livelihood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_98)

nyāya pradaśanārthaṃ ca kāritāstu sabhāsadaḥ ..

> And the members of the assembly were summoned to administer justice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_99)

hastākṣareṣu dṛṣṭeṣu pṛthakpṛthakprapāditam .. 53 ..

> When the signatures were examined, each was proved separately.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_100)

etacchrutvā tato rājā tulādānaṃ cakāra ha ..

> Hearing this, the king then indeed performed the gift of one's weight \[in gold\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_101)

dīyamāne tadā dāne cāturvidyā babhāṣire .. 54 ..

> While the gift was being given, the masters of the four Vedas spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_102)

asmābhirhāritā jātiḥ kathaṃ kurmaḥ pratigraham ..

> 'Our caste has been lost by us; how can we accept this gift?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_103)

nivāritāstu te sarve sthānānmoherakā dvijāḥ ..55..

> Then all those twice-born Moherakas were expelled from the place,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_104)

daśapaṃca sahasrāṇi vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ ..

> fifteen thousand \[in number\], who had mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_105)

tatastena tadā rājanrājñā rāmānuvartinā .. 56 ..

> Thereupon, O king, by that monarch who followed Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_106)

āhūtā vāḍavāṃstāstu jñātibhedaṃ cakāra saḥ ..

> those brahmins were summoned, and he established a division of castes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_107)

trayīvidyā vāḍavā ye setubaṃdhaṃ prati prabhum .. 57 ..

> Those brahmins versed in the three Vedas who had gone to the Lord toward Setubandha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_108)

gatāste vṛttibhājaḥ syurnānye vṛttyabhibhāginaḥ ..

> should receive the livelihood; the others should have no share in the livelihood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_109)

tatra naiva gatā ye vai cāturvidyatvamāgatāḥ .. 58 ..

> Those who did not go there attained the status of masters of the four Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_110)

vaṇigbhirna ca saṃbaṃdho na vivāhaśca taiḥ saha ..

> There was to be no connection with merchants, nor marriage with them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_111)

grāmavṛttau na saṃbaṃdho jñātibhede kṛte sati ..59..

> nor any connection in the village livelihood, once the caste division was made.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_112)

dvijabhaktiparāḥ śūdrāḥ ye pākhaṃḍairna lopitāḥ..

> The Śūdras devoted to serving twice-borns, who were not corrupted by heretics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_113)

jaina dharmātparāvṛttāste gobhūjāstathottamāḥ .. 3.2.38.60 ..

> and who turned away from the Jaina faith, became excellent landowners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_114)

ye ca pākhaṃḍaniratā rāmaśāsanalopakāḥ ..

> And those who were devoted to heresy and broke the royal decree of Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_115)

sarve viprāstathā śūdrā pratibaṃdhena yojitāḥ .. 61 ..

> all those brahmins as well as Śūdras were placed under restraint.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_116)

satyapratijñāṃ kurvāṇāstatrasthāḥ sukhino'bhavan ..

> Those who kept true to their vows remained there and were happy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_117)

cāturvidyā bahirgrāme rājñā tena nivāsitāḥ ..62..

> The Cāturvidyas were made to dwell outside the village by that king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_118)

yathā rāmo na kupyeta tathā kāryaṃ mayā dhruvama..

> \[thinking,\] "I must certainly act in such a way that Rāma is not angered."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_119)

parāṅmukhā ye rāmasya sanmukhānugatāḥ kila .. 63 ..

> Indeed, those who turned their backs on Rāma but followed the virtuous  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_120)

cāturvidyāste vijñeyā vṛttibāhyāḥ kṛtāstadā ..

> are to be known as Cāturvidyas; they were then deprived of their livelihood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_121)

kṛtakṛtyastadā jāto rājā kumārapālakaḥ .. 64 ..

> Then King Kumārapāla, having accomplished his duty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_122)

viprāṇāṃ purataḥ prāha praśrayeṇa vacastadā ..

> spoke words with humility before the brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_123)

grāmavṛttirna me luptā etadvai devanirmitam .. 65 ..

> "The village livelihood was not abolished by me; indeed, this was ordained by fate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_124)

svayaṃ kṛtāparādhānāṃ doṣo kasya na dīyate ..

> When men commit offences themselves, to whom should blame not be assigned?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_125)

yathā vane kāṣṭhavarṣādvahniḥ syāddaivayogataḥ .. 66 ..

> Just as in a forest, fire may arise from the friction of dry wood by the decree of fate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_126)

bhavadbhistu paṇaḥ prokto hyabhijñānasya hetave ..

> so was a condition made by you for the sake of a token of recognition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_127)

rāmasya śāsanaṃ kṛtvā vāyuputrasya hetave .. 67 ..

> Having issued the decree of Rāma for the sake of the son of the wind-god,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_128)

vyāvṛttā vāḍavā yūyaṃ sa doṣaḥ kasya dīyate ..

> you brahmins turned away—to whom is that fault to be attributed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_129)

avasāne hariṃ smṛtvā mahāpāpayuto'pi vā .. 68 ..

> Even if laden with great sin, remembering Hari at the moment of death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_130)

viṣṇulokaṃ vrajatyāśu saṃśayastu kathaṃ bhavet ..

> a man quickly goes to the world of Viṣṇu; how could there be any doubt about this?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_131)

mahatpuṇyodaye nṝṇāṃ buddhiḥ śreyasi jāyate .. 69 ..

> When great merit arises, men's minds are turned toward the highest good;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_132)

pāpasyodayakāle ca viparītā hi sā bhavet ..

> and at the time sin arises, it becomes quite the opposite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_133)

sakṛtpālayate yastu dharmeṇaitajjagattrayam .. .. 3.2.38.70 ..

> He who continually protects these three worlds by means of dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_134)

yoṃtarātmā ca bhūtānāṃ saṃśayastatra no hitaḥ ..

> and who is the inner Self of living beings—doubt concerning him is not beneficial.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_135)

iṃdrādayo'marāḥ sarve sanakādyāstapodhanāḥ .. 71 ..

> All the immortals beginning with Indra, and those rich in austerity beginning with Sanaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_136)

muktyarthamarcayaṃtīha saṃśayastatra no hitaḥ ..

> worship here for the sake of liberation—doubt concerning him is not beneficial.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_137)

sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāmanāmeti gīyate .. 72 ..

> The name of Rāma is sung as equal to the thousand names \[of Viṣṇu\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_138)

tasminnaniścayaṃ kṛtvā kathaṃ siddhirbhavediha ..

> having felt hesitation regarding it, how could accomplishment arise here?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_139)

mama janmakṛtātpuṇyādabhijñānaṃ dadau hariḥ .. 73 ..

> Out of the merit earned throughout my lives, Hari gave me this token of recognition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_140)

pākhaṃḍādyatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mṛṣṭaṃ tadvaḥ praṇāmataḥ ..

> Whatever sin was incurred from heresy has been wiped away by bowing to you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_141)

prasīdaṃtu bhavaṃtaśca tyaktvā krodhaṃ mamādhunā .. 74 ..

> may you be pleased with me, abandoning your anger toward me now."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_142)

.. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.38.4\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_143)

rājandharmo viluptaste prāpitānāṃ tathā punaḥ ..

> "O king, your virtue was lost, and yet it has been recovered once again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_144)

avaśyaṃ bhāvino bhāvā bhavaṃti mahatāmapi .. 75 ..

> Things that are destined to happen do happen, even to the great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_145)

nagnatvaṃ nīlakaṇṭhasya mahāhiśayanaṃ hareḥ ..

> The nakedness of Nīlakaṇṭha, Hari's sleeping on the great serpent—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_146)

etaddaivakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ prabhuryaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ .. 76 ..

> all this is wrought by fate, which is the master of joy and sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_147)

satyapratijñāstraividyā bhajaṃtu rāmaśāsanam ..

> Let the Traividyas, true to their vows, enjoy the decree of Rāma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_148)

asmākaṃ tu paraṃ dehi sthānaṃ yatra vasāmahe .. 77 ..

> but give us another place where we may dwell."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_149)

teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā sukhamicchurdvijanmanām ..

> Hearing their words, wishing for the happiness of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_150)

teṣāṃ sthānaṃ tu dattaṃ vai sukhavāsaṃ tu nāmataḥ .. 78 ..

> he gave them a place called Sukhavāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_151)

hiraṇyaṃ puṣpavāsāṃsi gāvaḥ kāmadughā nṛpa ..

> Gold, patterned garments, wish-yielding cows, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_152)

svarṇālaṃkaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ nānāvastucayaṃ tathā .. 79 ..

> all kinds of gold ornaments, and a heap of various articles—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_153)

śraddhayā parayā dattvā mudaṃ lebhe narādhipaḥ ..

> having given \[all this\] with supreme faith, the ruler of men found joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_154)

trayīvidyāstu te jñeyāḥ sthāpitā ye trimūrtibhiḥ .. .. 3.2.38.80 ..

> Those are to be known as Traividyas who were settled by the three deities;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_155)

caturthenaiva bhūpena sthāpitāḥ sukhavāsane ..

> settled in Sukhavāsa by the fourth, the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_156)

te babhūburdvijaśreṣṭhāścāturvidyāḥ kalau yuge .. 81 ..

> those excellent twice-born became the Cāturvidyas in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_157)

cāturvidyāśca te sarve dharmāraṇye pratiṣṭhitāḥ ..

> All those Cāturvidyas, established in Dharmāraṇya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_158)

vedoktā āśiṣo dattvā tasmai rājñe mahātmane .. 82 ..

> bestowed blessings prescribed by the Vedas upon that great-souled king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_159)

rathairaśvairuhyamānāḥ kṛtakṛtyā dvijātayaḥ ..

> Being carried by chariots and horses, having achieved their purpose,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_160)

mahatpramodayuktāste prāpurmoherakaṃ mahat .. 83 ..

> the twice-born, filled with great joy, reached the great Moheraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_161)

pauṣaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ labdhaṃ śāsanakaṃ dvijaiḥ ..

> On the thirteenth day of the bright half of Pauṣa, the charter was obtained by the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_162)

balipradānaṃ tu kṛtamuddiśya kuladevatām .. 84 ..

> and an offering was made, dedicated to the family deity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_163)

varṣevarṣe prakarttavyaṃ balidānaṃ yathāvidhi ..

> Every year the offering must be made according to ritual prescription,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_164)

kāryaṃ ca maṃgalasnānaṃ puruṣeṇa mahātmanā .. 85 ..

> and an auspicious ritual ablution must be performed by the noble man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_165)

gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ tathā vādyaṃ kurvīta taddine dhuvam ..

> On that day one should certainly arrange song, dance, and instrumental music,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_166)

tanmāse taddine naiva vṛttināśo bhavedyathā .. 86..

> in such a way that on that day in that month, no loss of livelihood may occur.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_167)

daivādatītakāle cetvṛddhirāpadyate yadā ..

> If, by fate, when the time has passed, an occasion of growth occurs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_168)

tadā prathamataḥ kṛtvā paścādvṛddhirvidhīyate .. 87 ..

> then having performed \[the rite\] first, the growth rite is prescribed afterwards.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_169)

ye ca bhinnaprapāprāyāstraividyā moḍhavaṃśajāḥ ..

> The Traividyas of the Moḍha lineage, who are mostly of distinct lineages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_170)

tathā cāturvedinaśca kurvaṃti gotrapūjanam .. 88 ..

> and the Cāturvedins perform the worship of the family deity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_171)

varṣamadhye prakurvīta tathā supte janārddane ..

> It should be performed within the year, even when Janārdana is asleep.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_172)

pauṣe ca luptaṃ kṛtvā ca śrautaṃ smārttaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 89 ..

> And if someone neglects it in the month of Pauṣa and performs Vedic and Smārta rituals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_173)

tatra krodhasamāviṣṭā nighnaṃti kuladevatāḥ ..

> the family deities, overcome with anger, slay him there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_174)

vivāhotsavakāle ca mauṃjībaṃdhādikarmaṇi .. 3.2.38.90 ..

> At the time of a wedding festival, and in rituals such as the tying of the muñja girdle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_175)

muhūrtaṃ gaṇanāthasya tataḥ prabhṛti śobhanam .. 91 ..

> the moment belongs to Gaṇanātha; from then on, it is auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_176)

nirvāsitāstu ye viprā āmarājñā svaśāsanāt ..

> Those brahmins who were banished by King Āma from their charter  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_177)

paṃcadaśasahasrāṇi yayuste sukhavāsakan .. 92 ..

> went, fifteen thousand in number, to a pleasant dwelling place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_178)

paṃcapañcāśato grāmāndadau rāmaḥ purā svayam ..

> Rama himself formerly gave fifty-five villages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_179)

tatrasthā vaṇijaścaiva teṣāṃ vṛttimakalpayan .. 93 ..

> the merchants living there provided their livelihood:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_180)

aḍālajā māṇḍalīyā gobhūjāśca pavitrakāḥ ..

> The Aḍālajā, Māṇḍalīya, Gobhūja, and pure ones—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_181)

brāhmaṇānāṃ vṛttidāste brahmasevāsu tatparāḥ .. 94 ..

> they provided the livelihood of the brahmins, devoted to the service of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.38.4\_182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.38.4_182)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye brāhmaṇānāṃ śāsanavṛttiprāptivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 38 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Brahmins' Obtaining of Charter and Livelihood,' in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya of the first part of 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.3.2.38.4) — English, machine translation

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