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# Skandapurana 3.3.10

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.2)

vicitraṃ śivanirmāṇaṃ vicitra śivaceṣṭitam ..

> Wondrous is Śiva's creation; wondrous is Śiva's action;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.3)

vicitraṃ śivamāhātmyaṃ vicitraṃ śivabhāṣitam .. 1 ..

> wondrous is Śiva's māhātmya; wondrous is Śiva's utterance;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.4)

vicitraṃ śivabhaktānāṃ caritaṃ pāpanāśanam ..

> wondrous is the conduct of Śiva's devotees, destroying sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.5)

svargāpavargayoḥ satyaṃ sādhanaṃ tadbravīmyaham .. 2 ..

> a true means for heaven and liberation; that I shall declare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.6)

avaṃtīviṣaye kaścidbrāhmaṇo maṃdarāhvayaḥ ..

> In the region of Avantī there was a certain brahmin named Mandara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.7)

babhūva viṣayārāmaḥ strījito dhanasaṃgrahī .. 3 ..

> He took delight in sensual pleasures, was subjugated by women, and accumulated wealth. / 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.8)

saṃdhyāsnāparityakto gaṃdhamālyāṃbarapriyaḥ ..

> Abandoning twilight worship and ritual ablutions, fond of perfumes, garlands, and garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.9)

kustrīsaktaḥ kumārgastho yathā pūrvamajāmilaḥ .. 4 ..

> attached to vile women and following a bad path, he was just like Ajāmila of old. / 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.10)

sa veśyāṃ piṃgalāṃ nāma ramamāṇo divāniśam ..

> Sporting day and night with a courtesan named Piṅgalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.11)

tasyā eva gṛhe nityamāsīdavijiteṃdriyaḥ .. 5 ..

> he remained constantly in her house, his senses uncontrolled. / 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.12)

kadācitsadane tasyāstasminnivasati dvije ..

> Once, while that twice-born was staying in her abode,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.13)

ṛṣabho nāma dharmātmā śivayogī samāyayau .. .. 6 ..

> there arrived a righteous Śiva-yogi named Ṛṣabha. / 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.14)

tamāgatamabhiprekṣya matvā svaṃ puṇyamūrjitam ..

> Seeing him arrive and considering their own merit to be powerful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.15)

sā veśyā sa ca vipraśca paryapūjayatāmubhau .. 7 ..

> both the courtesan and the brahmin worshipped him thoroughly. / 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.16)

tamāropya mahāpīṭhe kaṃbalāṃbarasaṃbhṛte ..

> Seating him upon a grand seat spread with a woolen blanket,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.17)

prakṣālya caraṇau bhaktyā tajjalaṃ dadhatuḥ śiraḥ .. 8 ..

> and washing his feet with devotion, they placed that water upon their heads. / 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.18)

svāgatārghyanamaskārairgaṃdhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ ..

> With welcomes, offerings, reverent salutations, perfumes, flowers, and unbroken grains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.19)

upacāraiḥ samabhyarcya bhojayāmāsaturmudā .. 9 ..

> having worshipped him with attendances, they fed him with joy. / 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.20)

taṃ bhuktavaṃtamācāṃtaṃ paryaṃke sukhasaṃstare ..

> When he had eaten and sipped water, they seated him on a couch with a comfortable bed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.21)

upaveśya mudā yuktau tāṃbūlaṃ pratyayacchatām .. 3.3.10.10 ..

> filled with joy, they offered him betel. / 3.3.10.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.22)

pādasaṃvāhanaṃ bhaktyā kurvaṃtau daivaco ditau ..

> Massaging his feet with devotion, impelled by fate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.23)

kalpayitvā tu śuśrūṣāṃ prīṇayāmāsatuściram .. 11 ..

> and performing personal service, they gratified him for a long time. / 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.24)

evaṃ samarcitastābhyāṃ śivayogī mahādyutiḥ ..

> Thus worshipped by the two, the Śiva-yogi of great splendor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.25)

ativāhya niśāmekāṃ yayau prātastadādṛtaḥ .. 12 ..

> having passed a single night, honored by them, departed in the morning. / 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.26)

evaṃ kāle gataprāye sa vipro nidhanaṃ gataḥ ..

> When time had thus mostly passed, that brahmin met his death;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.27)

sā ca veśyā mṛtā kāle yayau karmārjitāṃ gatim .. 13 ..

> and that courtesan, having died in the course of time, went to the destiny earned by her actions. / 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.28)

sa vipraḥ karmaṇā nīto daśārṇadharaṇīpateḥ ..

> Led by his karma, that brahmin entered the womb of Sumatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.29)

vajrabāhukuṭuṃbinyāḥ sumatyā garbhamāsthitaḥ .. 14 ..

> the wife of King Vajrabāhu, the ruler of Daśārṇa. / 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.30)

tāṃ jyeṣṭhapatnīṃ nṛpatergarbhasaṃpadamāśritām ..

> Seeing that senior wife of the king endowed with pregnancy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.31)

avekṣya tasyai garalaṃ sapatnyaśchadmanā daduḥ .. 15 ..

> her co-wives deceitfully gave her poison. / 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.32)

sā bhuktvā garalaṃ ghoraṃ na mṛtā daivayogataḥ ..

> Having consumed the terrible poison, she did not die due to the working of fate;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.33)

kleśameva paraṃ prāpa maraṇādatiduḥsaham .. 16 ..

> she only suffered supreme affliction, more intolerable than death. / 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.34)

atha kāle samāyāte putrame kamajījanat ..

> Then, when the time arrived, she gave birth to a single son;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.35)

kleśena mahatā sādhvī pīḍitā varavarṇinī .. 17 ..

> the virtuous woman of fair complexion was tormented by great suffering. / 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.36)

sa nirdaśo rājaputraḥ spṛṣṭapūrvo gareṇa yat ..

> Because that newborn prince had previously been touched by the poison,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.37)

tenāvāpa mahākleśaṃ kraṃdamāno divāniśam .. 18 ..

> he experienced great torment on that account, crying day and night. / 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.38)

tasya bālasya mātā ca sarvāṃgavraṇapīḍitā ..

> The child’s mother too was afflicted with sores all over her body;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.39)

babhūvaturatikliṣṭau garayogaprabhāvataḥ .. 19 ..

> both became extremely distressed under the effect of the poison's contact. / 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.40)

tau rājñā ca samānītau vaidyaiśca kṛtabheṣajau ..

> Though brought by the king and administered medicine by physicians,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.41)

na svāsthyamāpaturyatnairanekairyojitairapi .. 3.3.10.20 ..

> they did not regain their health, despite many efforts applied. / 3.3.10.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.42)

na rātrau labhate nidrāṃ sā rājñī vipulavyathā ..

> At night that queen, in immense agony, found no sleep;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.43)

svaputrasya ca duḥkhena duḥkhitā nitarāṃ kṛśā .. 21 ..

> grieving over the misery of her son, she grew exceedingly emaciated. / 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.44)

nītvaivaṃ katicinmāsānsa rājā mātṛputrakau ..

> When some months had passed in this manner, the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.45)

jīvaṃtau ca mṛtaprāyau vilokyātmanyaciṃtayat .. 22 ..

> seeing the mother and child living yet almost dead, thought to himself: / 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.46)

etau me gṛhiṇīputrau nirayādāgatāviha ..

> "These two, my wife and son, have arrived here from hell,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.47)

aśrāṃtarogau kraṃdaṃtau nidrābhaṃgavidhāyinau .. 23 ..

> incessantly diseased, screaming, and disturbing my sleep. / 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.48)

atropāyaṃ kariṣyāmi pāpayordhruvametayoḥ ..

> Here I shall devise a remedy for these two sinful ones;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.49)

martuṃ vā jīvituṃ vāpi na kṣamau pāpabhoginau .. 24 ..

> reaping the fruits of sin, they are able neither to die nor to live." / 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.50)

itthaṃ viniścitya ca bhūmipālaḥ saktaḥ sapatnīṣu tadātmajeṣu ..

> Having resolved thus, the protector of the earth, attached to the co-wives and their sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.51)

āhūya sūtaṃ nijadāraputrau nirvāpayāmāsa rathena dūram.. 25 ..

> summoned a charioteer and banished his own wife and son far away in a chariot. / 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.52)

tau sūtena parityaktau kutracidvijane vane ..

> Abandoned by the charioteer in a desolate forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.53)

avāpatuḥ parāṃ pīḍāṃ kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ bhṛśavihvalau .. 26 ..

> the two suffered supreme agony, violently distraught with hunger and thirst. / 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.54)

sodvahaṃtī nijaṃ bālaṃ nipataṃtī pade pade ..

> Carrying her child, stumbling at every step,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.55)

niḥśvasaṃtī nijaṃ karma niṃdaṃtī cakitā bhṛśam .. 27 ..

> sighing, reproaching her own past karma, and greatly terrified, / 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.56)

kvacitkaṃṭakabhinnāṃgī muktakeśī bhayāturā ..

> at times her body torn by thorns, her hair disheveled, distraught with fear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.57)

kvacidvyāghrasvanairbhītā kvacidvyālairanudrutā .. 28 ..

> at times terrified by the roars of tigers, at times pursued by serpents, / 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.58)

bhartsyamānā piśācaiśca vetālairbrahmarākṣasaiḥ ..

> menaced by piśācas, vetālas, and brahmarākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.59)

mahāgulmeṣu dhāvaṃtī bhinnapādā kṣurāśmabhiḥ .. 29 ..

> running through dense thickets, her feet pierced by sharp stones, / 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.60)

saivaṃ ghore mahāraṇye bhramaṃtī nṛpage hinī ..

> wandering thus in that terrible great forest, the king’s wife  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.61)

daivātprāptā vaṇiṅmārgaṃ govājinarasevitam .. 3.3.10.30 ..

> by chance reached a merchants' road frequented by cattle, horses, and men. / 3.3.10.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.62)

gacchaṃtī tena mārgeṇa sudūramatiyatnataḥ ..

> Proceeding along that road a great distance with utmost effort,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.63)

dadarśa vaiśyanagaraṃ vahustrīnarasevitam .. 31 ..

> she saw a vaiśya city frequented by many women and men. / 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.64)

tasya goptā mahāvaiśyo nagarasya mahājanaḥ ..

> The guardian of that city was a great vaiśya and merchant-leader  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.65)

asti padmākaro nāma rājarāja ivāparaḥ .. 32 ..

> named Padmākara, like a second king of kings. / 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.66)

tasya vaiśyapateḥ kācidgṛhadāsī nṛpāṃganām ..

> A certain household maidservant of that chief of merchants \[saw\] the king's wife;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.67)

āyāṃtī dūrato dṛṣṭvā tadaṃtikamupāyayau ..33 ..

> seeing her coming from afar, she approached her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.68)

sā dāsī nṛpateḥ kāṃtāṃ saputrāṃ bhṛśapīḍitām ..

> That maidservant, having herself learned the situation of the king's beloved wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.69)

svayaṃ viditavṛttāṃtā svāmine pratyadarśayat .. .. 34 ..

> who was severely afflicted along with her son, brought her before her master.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.70)

sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā viśāṃ nātho rujārttāṃ kliṣṭaputrakām ..

> Seeing her afflicted with illness and her son in distress, that chief of the vaiśyas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.71)

nītvā rahasi suvyaktaṃ tadvṛttāṃtamapṛcchata .. 35 ..

> took her into privacy and clearly inquired about her story.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.72)

tayā niveditāśeṣavṛttāṃtaḥ sa vaṇikpatiḥ ..

> When the entire account had been told by her, that foremost merchant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.73)

ahokaṣṭamiti jñātvā niśaśvāsa muhurmuhuḥ .. 36 ..

> thinking 'Ah, what a misery!', sighed repeatedly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.74)

tāmaṃtike svagehasya saṃniveśya rahogṛhe ..

> Having lodged her near his own house in a secluded dwelling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.75)

vāsonnapānaśayanairmātṛsāmyamapūjayat .. .. 37 ..

> he honored her like a mother with garments, food, drinks, and a bed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.76)

tasmingṛhe nṛpavadhūrnivasaṃtī surakṣitā ..

> While living well-protected in that house, the king's wife  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.77)

vraṇayakṣmādirogāṇāṃ na śāṃtiṃ pratyapadyata .. 38 ..

> found no relief from diseases such as ulcers and consumption.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.78)

tato dinaiḥ katipayaiḥ sa bālo vraṇapīḍitaḥ ..

> Then, after a few days, that boy, afflicted by ulcers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.79)

vilaṃghitabhiṣaksattvo mamāra ca vidhervaśāt .. 39 ..

> defying the power of physicians, died by the force of fate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.80)

mṛte svatanaye rājñī śokena mahatāvṛtā ..

> When her son died, the queen, overwhelmed by great sorrow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.81)

mūrcchitā cāpatadbhūmau gajabhagneva vallarī .. 3.3.10.40 ..

> fainted and fell to the ground like a creeper snapped by an elephant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.82)

daivātsaṃjñāmavāpyātha vāṣpaklinnapayodharā ..

> By chance regaining consciousness, her breasts wet with tears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.83)

sāṃtvitā'pi vaṇikstrībhirvilalāpa suduḥkhitā .. 41 ..

> she lamented in deep grief, even though consoled by the merchant women:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.84)

hā tātatāta hā putra hā mama prāṇarakṣaka ..

> "Alas, dear child, dear child! Alas, my son! Alas, protector of my life!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.85)

hā rājakulapūrṇendo hā mamānaṃdavardhana .. 42 ..

> Alas, full moon of the royal family! Alas, increaser of my joy!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.86)

imāmanāthāṃ kṛpaṇāṃ tvatprāṇāṃ tyaktavabāṃdhavām ..

> Having abandoned this helpless, wretched mother whose life is you alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.87)

mātaraṃ te parityajya kva yāto'si nṛpātmaja .. .. 43 ..

> and who has forsaken her kinsmen, where have you gone, O prince?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.88)

ityebhiruditairvākyaiḥ śokaciṃtāvivardhakaiḥ ..

> With these spoken words that multiplied her grief and sorrow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.89)

vilapaṃtīṃ mṛtāpatyāṃ ko nu sāṃtvayituṃ kṣamaḥ .. 44 ..

> who indeed was able to console her as she lamented, her child dead?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.90)

etasminsamaye tasyā duḥkhaśokacikitsakaḥ..

> At this time, a physician for her pain and grief,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.91)

ṛṣabhaḥ pūrvamākhyātaḥ śivayogī samāyayau..45..

> the previously mentioned Śiva-yogi Ṛṣabha, arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.92)

sa yogī vaiśyanāthena sārghahastena pūjitaḥ..

> That yogi, worshipped by the merchant chief with an offering of water in hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.93)

tasyāḥ sakāśamagamacchocantyā idamabravīt .. 46 ..

> went into her presence and said this to the grieving woman:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.94)

.. ṛṣabha uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.10.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.95)

akasmātkimaho vatse roravīṣi vimūḍhadhīḥ ..

> "Why, alas, my child, do you bewail so suddenly, your intellect bewildered?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.96)

ko jātaḥ katamo loke ko mṛto vada sāṃpratam .. .. 47 ..

> Who is born, which one in this world, and who has died? Tell me now!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.97)

amī dehādayo bhāvāstoyaphenasadharmakāḥ ..

> These entities, beginning with the body, have the nature of foam on water;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.98)

kvacidbhrāṃtiḥ kvacicchāṃtiḥ sthitirbhavati vā punaḥ .. 48 ..

> somewhere is delusion, somewhere stillness, or again, mere continuance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.99)

ato'sminphenasadṛśe dehe pañcatvamāgate ..

> Therefore, when this body resembling foam has dissolved into the five elements,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.100)

śokasyānavakāśatvānna śocaṃti vipaścitaḥ .. 49 ..

> the wise do not grieve, for there is no room for grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.101)

guṇairbhūtāni sṛjyaṃte bhrāmyaṃte nijakarmabhiḥ ..

> Beings are created by the guṇas, made to wander by their own actions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.102)

kālenātha vikṛṣyaṃte vāsanāyāṃ ca śerate .. 3.3.10.50 ..

> then dragged away by Time, and they lie latent in mental impressions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.103)

māyayotpattimāyāṃti guṇāḥ sattvādayastrayaḥ ..

> The three guṇas, beginning with sattva, arise through māyā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.104)

taireva dehā jāyaṃte jātāstallakṣaṇāśrayāḥ .. 51 ..

> by them alone bodies are born, and once born, they depend upon their characteristics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.105)

devatvaṃ yāni sattvena rajasā ca manuṣyatām ..

> A creature attains godhood through sattva, and human state through rajas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.106)

tiryaktvaṃ tamasā jaṃturvāsanānugatovaśaḥ .. 52 ..

> it attains animal state through tamas, helpless, following its mental impressions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.107)

saṃsāre vartamānesmiñjaṃtuḥ karmānubandhanāt ..

> Existing in this worldly existence, a creature, bound by karma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.108)

durvibhāvyāṃ gatiṃ yāti sukhaduḥkhamayīṃ muhuḥ .. 53 ..

> repeatedly goes to an unfathomable destiny composed of pleasure and pain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.109)

api kalpāyuṣāṃ teṣāṃ devānāṃ tu viparyayaḥ ..

> Even for those gods whose lifespan is an eon, there is destruction;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.110)

anekāmayabaddhānāṃ kā kathā naradehinām .. 54 ..

> what to say of embodied human beings, bound by countless ailments?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.111)

kecidvadaṃti dehasya kālameva hi kāraṇam ..

> Some say that Time alone is the cause of the body;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.112)

karma kecidguṇānkeciddehaḥ sādhāraṇo hyayam .. 55 ..

> some say karma, and some say the guṇas; for this body is common \[to all\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.113)

kālakarmaguṇādhānaṃ pañcātmakamidaṃ vapuḥ ..

> This body, consisting of the five elements, is the vessel of time, karma, and the guṇas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.114)

jātaṃ dṛṣṭvā na hṛṣyaṃti na śocaṃti mṛtaṃ budhāḥ .. 56 ..

> seeing it born, the wise do not rejoice, nor do they grieve when it dies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.115)

avyakte jāyate jaṃturavyakte ca pralīyate ..

> A creature is born from the unmanifest, and into the unmanifest it dissolves;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.116)

madhye vyaktavadābhāti jalabudbudasannibhaḥ .. 57 ..

> in between it appears manifest, resembling a bubble on water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.117)

yadā garbhagato dehī vināśaḥ kalpitastadā ..

> When the embodied being enters the womb, its destruction is ordained right then;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.118)

daivājjīvati vā jāto mriyate sahasaiva vā .. 58 ..

> by chance it lives once born, or it dies all of a sudden.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.119)

garbhasthā eva naśyaṃti jātamātrāstathā pare ..

> Some perish while still in the womb, and others as soon as they are born;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.120)

kvacidyuvāno naśyaṃti mriyaṃte kepi vārdhake .. 59 ..

> some perish as young men, and some die in old age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.121)

yādṛśaṃ prāktanaṃ karma tādṛśaṃ viṃdate vapuḥ ..

> Whatever one's past karma was, such a body one attains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.122)

bhuṃkte tadanurūpāṇi sukhaduḥkhāni vai hyasau .. 3.3.10.60 ..

> and indeed, one experiences pleasures and pains conforming to that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.123)

māyānubhāveritayoḥ pitroḥ suratasaṃbhramāt ..

> Impelled by the power of māyā, from the passionate union of parents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.124)

deha utpadyate kopi puṃyoṣitklībalakṣaṇaḥ .. 61 ..

> a body is born, marked as male, female, or neuter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.125)

āyuḥ sukhaṃ ca duḥkha ca puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ śrutaṃ dhanam ..

> Lifespan, pleasure and pain, merit, sin, learning, and wealth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.126)

lalāṭe likhitaṃ dhātrā vahañjaṃtuḥ prajāyate .. 62 ..

> Bearing what has been written on his forehead by the Creator, a living being is born. 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.127)

karmaṇāmavilaṃghyatvātkālasyāpyanatikramāt ..

> Because past deeds cannot be circumvented, because Time cannot be bypassed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.128)

anityatvācca bhāvānāṃ na śokaṃ kartumarhasi .. 63 ..

> and because material states are impermanent, you ought not to grieve. 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.129)

kva svapne niyataṃ sthairyamiṃdrajāle kva satyatā ..

> Where is there fixed permanence in a dream? Where is there truth in an illusion?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.130)

kva nityatā śaranmeghe kva śaśvattvaṃ kalevare .. 64 ..

> Where is eternity in an autumn cloud? Where is perpetual duration in a physical body? 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.131)

tava janmānyatītāni śatakoṭyayutāni ca ..

> Your past births have numbered hundreds of thousands of millions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.132)

ajānaṃtyāḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ saṃprāpto'yaṃ mahāśramaḥ.. 65 ..

> Not knowing the supreme truth, this great distress has befallen you. 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.133)

kasyakasyāsi tanayā jananī kasyakasya vā ..

> Whose daughter have you not been, or whose mother?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.134)

kasyakasyāsi gṛhiṇī bhavakoṭiṣu varttinī .. .. 66 ..

> Whose wife have you not been, wandering through millions of worldly lives? 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.135)

pañcabhūtātmako dehastvagasṛṅmāṃsabandhanaḥ ..

> Composed of the five elements, bound together by skin, blood, and flesh,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.136)

medomajjāsthinicito viṇmūtraśleṣmabhājanam .. 67 ..

> filled with fat, marrow, and bones, the body is a vessel of feces, urine, and phlegm. 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.137)

śarīrāṃtaramapyetannijadehodbhavaṃ malam ..

> This other body too is mere filth produced from your own body;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.138)

mattvā svatanayaṃ mūḍhe mā śokaṃ kartumarhasi .. 68 ..

> thinking it to be your own son, O foolish woman, you ought not to grieve. 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.139)

yadi nāma janaḥ kaścinmṛtyuṃ tarati yatnataḥ ..

> If indeed any person could cross over death by effort,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.140)

kathaṃ tarhi vipadyeransarve pūrve vipaścitaḥ.. .. 69 ..

> why then did all the wise men of former times perish? 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.141)

tapasā vidyayā buddhyā mantrauṣadhirasāyanaiḥ ..

> By austerity, learning, intellect, mantras, medicines, or elixirs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.142)

atiyāti paraṃ mṛtyuṃ na kaścidapi paṃḍitaḥ .. 3.3.10.70 ..

> no scholar whatsoever can transcend ultimate death. 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.143)

ekasyādya mṛtirjaṃtoḥ śvaścānyasya varānane ..

> Today is the death of one creature, and tomorrow of another, O fair-faced woman!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.144)

tasmādanityāvayave na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi .. 71 ..

> Therefore, over that which has perishable parts, you ought not to grieve. 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.145)

nityaṃ sannihito mṛtyuḥ kiṃ sukhaṃ vada dehinām ..

> Death is constantly near at hand; tell me, what happiness is there for embodied beings?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.146)

vyāghre puraḥ sthite grāsaḥ paśūnāṃ kiṃ nu rocate .. 72 ..

> When a tiger stands in front, can mouthfuls of food indeed please beasts? 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.147)

ato janmajarāṃ jetuṃ yadīcchasi varānane ..

> Therefore, if you wish to conquer birth and old age, O fair-faced woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.148)

śaraṇaṃ vraja sarveśaṃ mṛtyuṃjayamumāpatim .. 73 ..

> take refuge in the Lord of All, the Conqueror of Death, the Husband of Umā. 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.149)

tāvanmṛtyubhayaṃ ghoraṃ tāvajjanmajarābhayam ..

> Terrifying fear of death persists only so long, fear of birth and old age persists only so long,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.150)

yāvanno yāti śaraṇaṃ dehī śivapadāṃbujam .. 74 ..

> as an embodied soul does not take refuge in Śiva's lotus feet. 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.151)

anubhūyeha duḥkhāni saṃsāre bhṛśadāruṇe ..

> Having experienced sorrows here in this exceedingly harsh saṃsāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.152)

mano yadā viyujyeta tadā dhyeyo maheśvaraḥ .. 75 ..

> when the mind becomes detached, then the Great Lord is to be meditated upon. 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.153)

manasā pibataḥ puṃsaḥ śivadhyānarasāmṛtam ..

> For a man who drinks with his mind the nectar of meditation on Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.154)

bhūyastṛṣṇā na jāyeta saṃsāraviṣayāsave .. 76 ..

> thirst for the intoxicating liquor of worldly objects does not arise again. 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.155)

vimuktaṃ sarvasaṃgaiśca mano vairāgyayaṃtritam ..

> When the mind, freed from all attachments and restrained by dispassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.156)

yadā śivapade magnaṃ tadā nāsti punarbhavaḥ .. 77 ..

> is submerged in Śiva's abode, then there is no rebirth. 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.157)

tasmādidaṃ mano bhadre śivadhyānaikasādhanam ..

> Therefore, O auspicious lady, this mind, which is the sole means for meditation on Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.158)

śokamohasamāviṣṭaṃ mā kuruṣva śivaṃ bhaja .. 78 ..

> do not let it be overwhelmed by sorrow and delusion; worship Śiva! 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.159)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.10.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.160)

itthaṃ sānunayaṃ rājñī bodhitā śivayoginā ..

> Thus gently instructed by the Śaiva yogin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.161)

pratyācaṣṭa gurostasya praṇamya caraṇāṃ bujam .. 79 ..

> the queen bowed to the lotus feet of that guru and replied: 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.162)

.. rājñyuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.10.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.163)

bhagavanmṛtaputrāyāstyaktāyāḥ priyabandhubhiḥ ..

> O venerable one, whose son is dead, who has been abandoned by dear kinsmen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.164)

mahārogāturāyā me kā gatirmaraṇaṃ vinā .. 3.3.10.80 ..

> and who is tormented by a severe disease—what recourse is there for me without death? 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.165)

ato'haṃ martumicchāmi sahaiva śiśunā'munā ..

> Therefore, I wish to die together with this child.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.166)

kṛtārthāhaṃ yadadya tvāmapaśyaṃ maraṇonmukhī .. 81 ..

> I have attained my goal in that today, facing death, I have seen you. 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.167)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.10.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.168)

iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā śivayogī dayānidhiḥ ..

> Having heard her words, the Śaiva yogin, an ocean of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.169)

pūrvopakāraṃ saṃsmṛtya mṛtasyāṃtikamāyayau .. 82 ..

> remembering her former benefaction, approached the dead child. 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.170)

sa tadā bhasma saṃgṛhya śivamantrābhimaṃtritam ..

> Then, taking sacred ash consecrated with the mantras of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.171)

vidīrṇe tanmukhe kṣiptvā mṛtaṃ prāṇairayojayat .. 83 ..

> he cast it into his open mouth and reunited the dead child with life-breaths. 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.172)

sa bālaḥ saṃgataḥ prāṇaiḥ śanairunmīlya locane ..

> Reunited with life-breaths, the child slowly opened his eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.173)

prāptapūrvendriyabalo ruroda stanyakāṃkṣayā .. 84 ..

> regained the former strength of his senses, and wept, craving breast milk. 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.174)

mṛtasya punarutthānaṃ vīkṣya bālasya vismitāḥ ..

> Seeing the resurrection of the dead boy, all the people were amazed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.175)

janā mumudire sarve nagareṣu purogamāḥ ..85..

> and all the citizens leading the way in the cities rejoiced. 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.176)

athānaṃdabharā rājñī vihvalonmattalocanā ..

> Then the queen, overflowing with joy, her eyes bewildered and maddened,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.177)

jagrāha tanayaṃ śīghraṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanā ..86..

> quickly grasped her son, her eyes agitated with tears. 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.178)

upaguhya tadā tanvī paramānaṃdanirvṛtā ..

> Embracing him then, the slender woman, filled with supreme bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.179)

na vedātmānamanyaṃ vā suṣupteva pariśramāt .. 87 ..

> knew neither herself nor anyone else, as if asleep from exhaustion. 87  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.180)

punaśca ṛṣabho yogī tayormātṛkumārayoḥ ..

> And once again, the yogin Ṛṣabha wiped the bodies of the mother and child,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.181)

viṣavraṇayutaṃ dehaṃ bhasmanaiva parāmṛśat .. 88 ..

> which were covered with poisonous sores, with sacred ash alone. 88  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.182)

tau ca tadbhasmanā spṛṣṭau prāptadivyakalevarau ..

> And touched by that sacred ash, the two obtained celestial bodies  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.183)

devānāṃ sadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ dadhatuḥ kāṃtibhūṣitam.. 89 ..

> and bore a form resembling that of the gods, adorned with radiant beauty. 89  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.184)

saṃprāpte tridivaiśvarye yatsukhaṃ puṇyakarmaṇām ..

> Whatever happiness is attained by those of meritorious deeds upon obtaining the sovereignty of heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.185)

tasmācchataguṇaṃ prāpa sā rājñī sukhamuttamam .. 3.3.10.90 ..

> a hundred times greater than that supreme happiness did that queen obtain. 90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.186)

tāṃ pādayornipatitāmṛṣabhaḥ premavihvalaḥ ..

> As she fell at his feet, Ṛṣabha, overwhelmed with affection,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.187)

utthāpyāśvāsayāmāsa duḥkhairmuktāmuvāca ha .. 91 ..

> raised her up, consoled her who was now freed from sorrow, and spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.188)

ayi vatse mahārājñi jīvatvaṃ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ..

> “Ah, my child, great queen! May you live for eternal years!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.189)

yāvajjīvasi lokesminna tāvatprāpsyase jarām .. 92 ..

> As long as you live in this world, so long will you not suffer old age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.190)

eṣa te tanayaḥ sādhvi bhadrāyuriti nāmataḥ ..

> This son of yours, virtuous lady, named Bhadrāyus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.191)

khyātiṃ yāsyati lokeṣu nijaṃ rājyamavāpsyati .. .. 93 ..

> shall attain fame throughout the worlds and shall recover his own kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.192)

asya vaiśyasya sadane tāvattiṣṭha śucismite ..

> Dwell here in the house of this merchant, O lady of pure smiles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.193)

yāvadeṣa kumāraste prāptavidyo bhaviṣyati .. 94 ..

> until this prince of yours has mastered the sciences.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.194)

sūta uvāca.. .. ..

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

### [3.3.10.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.195)

iti tāmṛṣabho yogī taṃ ca rājakumārakam ..

> Having thus revived the queen and the young prince  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.196)

saṃjīvya bhasmavīryeṇa yayau deśānyathepsitān.. 95 ..

> by the power of the holy ash, Ṛṣabha the yogin departed to the lands of his choice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.10.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.10.197)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmottarakhaṇḍe bhadrāyvākhyāne ṛṣabhayoginā bhadrāyujīvanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 10 ..

> Thus ends the tenth chapter, titled “The Reviving of Bhadrāyus by Ṛṣabha the Yogin,” in the narrative of Bhadrāyus in the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa of the third \[part of the\] venerable 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.3.3.10.1) — English, machine translation

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