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# Skandapurana 3.3.14

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.2)

prāptasiṃhāsano vīro bhadrāyuḥ sa mahīpatiḥ ..

> Having attained the throne, that heroic king Bhadrāyu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.3)

praviveśa vanaṃ ramyaṃ kadācidbhāryayā saha .. 1 ..

> once entered a delightful forest together with his wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.4)

tasminvikasitāśokaprasūnanavapallave..

> In that \[forest\], with blossoming aśoka flowers and fresh tender shoots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.5)

protphullamallikākhaṃḍakūjadbhramarasaṃkule..2..

> crowded with humming bees in clusters of blooming jasmine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.6)

navakesarasaurabhyabaddharāgijanotsave..

> holding a festival for passionate people with the fragrance of fresh saffron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.7)

sadyaḥ korakitāśokatamālagahanāṃtare ..3..

> within thickets of aśoka and tamāla trees that had just budded,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.8)

prasūnaprakarānamra mādhavīvanamaṃḍape..

> in bower-pavilions of mādhavī vines bowed down with heaps of flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.9)

pravālakusumoddyotacūtaśākhibhirañcite ..4..

> adorned with mango trees radiant with fresh shoots and blossoms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.10)

punnāgavanavibhrāṃtapuṃskokilavirāviṇi..

> resonant with male cuckoos wandering through groves of punnāga trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.11)

vasantasamaye ramye vijahāra striyā saha ..5..

> in the delightful springtime he sported with his wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.12)

athāvidūre krośaṃtau dhāvaṃtau dvijadaṃpatī ..

> Then, crying out and running not far away, a brahmin couple  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.13)

anvīyamānau vyāghreṇa dadarśa nṛpasattamaḥ .. 6 ..

> being pursued by a tiger, the best of kings beheld.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.14)

pāhi pāhi mahārāja hā rājankaruṇānidhe ..

> "Protect \[us\]! Protect \[us\], O great king! Ah, O king, ocean of compassion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.15)

eṣa dhāvati śārdūlo jagdhumāvāṃ mahārayaḥ .. 7 ..

> This tiger of great speed is running to devour us two!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.16)

eṣa parvatasaṃkāśaḥ sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkaraḥ ..

> This \[beast\], resembling a mountain, causes terror to all living beings!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.17)

yāvanna khādati prāpya tāvannau rakṣa bhūpate .. 8 ..

> Before it catches and devours \[us\], protect the two of us, O lord of the earth!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.18)

itthamākraṃditaṃ śrutvā sa rājā dhanurādade ..

> Hearing this lamentation, the king took up his bow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.19)

tāvadāgatya śārdūlo madhye jagrāha tāṃ vadhūm .. 9 ..

> meanwhile, the tiger arrived and seized that young woman by her waist.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.20)

hā nātha nātha hā kāṃta hā śaṃbho jagataḥ pate ..

> "Ah lord! Lord! Ah beloved! Ah Śambhu, lord of the universe!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.21)

iti rorūyamāṇāṃ tāṃ yāvajjagrāha bhīṣaṇaḥ .. 3.3.14.10 ..

> While the terrible beast seized her as she wept thus loudly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.22)

tāvatsa rājā niśitairbhallairvyāghramatāḍayat ..

> the king struck the tiger with sharp arrows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.23)

na ca tairvivyathe kiṃcidgirīṃdra iva vṛṣṭibhiḥ ..11..

> yet it was not pained in the least by them, just like a great mountain by rain showers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.24)

sa śārdūlo mahāsattvo rājñostrairakṛtavyathaḥ ..

> That tiger of great strength, unharmed by the king's weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.25)

balādākṛṣya tāṃ nārīmapākrāmata satvaraḥ .. 12 ..

> dragged the woman away by force and quickly departed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.26)

vyāghreṇāpahṛtāṃ patnīṃ vīkṣya vipro'tiduḥkhitaḥ ..

> Seeing his wife carried off by the tiger, the brahmin was exceedingly distressed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.27)

ruroda hā priye bāle hā kāṃte hā pativrate .. 13 ..

> and wept: "Ah, beloved girl! Ah, darling! Ah, devoted wife!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.28)

ekaṃ māmiha saṃtyajya kathaṃ lokāṃtaraṃ gatā ..

> Leaving me alone here, how have you gone to the other world?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.29)

prāṇebhyopi priyāṃ tyaktvā kathaṃ jīvitumutsahe .. 14 ..

> Having lost the one dearer to me than life, how can I endure to live?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.30)

rājankva te mahāstrāṇi kva te ślāghyaṃ mahaddhanuḥ ..

> O king, where are your great missiles? Where is your praiseworthy great bow?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.31)

kva te dvādaśasāhasramahānāgātigaṃ balam .. 15 ..

> Where is your strength exceeding twelve thousand great elephants?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.32)

kiṃ te śaṃkhena khaṅgena kiṃ te maṃtrāstravidyayā ..

> What use to you is your conch or sword? What use is the lore of mantras and missiles?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.33)

kiṃ ca tena prayatnena kiṃ prabhāveṇa bhūyasā .. 16 ..

> What use is that effort, and what use is your great power?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.34)

tatsarvaṃ viphalaṃ jātaṃ yaccānyattvayi tiṣṭhati ..

> All of that has become fruitless, along with whatever else resides in you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.35)

yastvaṃ vanaukasaṃ jaṃtuṃ nivārayitumakṣamaḥ .. 17 ..

> since you are incapable of warding off a creature dwelling in the forest!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.36)

kṣāttrasyāyaṃ paro dharmaḥ kṣatādyatparirakṣaṇam ..

> This is the supreme duty of a kṣatriya: that protection \[is given\] from injury;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.37)

tasmātkulocite dharme naṣṭe tvajjīvitena kim ..18..

> therefore, when the duty proper to your family is destroyed, what is the use of your life?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.38)

ārtānāṃ śaraṇārtānāṃ trāṇaṃ kurvaṃti pārthivāḥ ..

> Earthly rulers protect the afflicted who seek refuge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.39)

prāṇairarthaiśca dharmajñāstadvihīnā mṛtopamāḥ .. 19 ..

> with their lives and wealth, knowing what is right; those devoid of this are like the dead.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.40)

dhanināṃ dānahīnānāṃ gārhasthyādbhikṣutā varā ..

> Beggary is better for wealthy people devoid of giving than the householder's life;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.41)

ārtatrāṇavihīnānāṃ jīvitānmaraṇaṃ varam .. 3.3.14.20 ..

> death is better than life for those who fail to protect the afflicted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.42)

varaṃ viṣādanaṃ rājño varamagnau praveśanam ..

> Better is eating poison for a king, better is entering into fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.43)

anāthānāṃ prapannānāṃ kṛpaṇānāmarakṣaṇāt .. 21 ..

> than failing to protect the helpless, the surrendered, and the wretched!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.44)

itthaṃ vilapitaṃ tasya svavīryasya ca garhaṇam ..

> Hearing this lamentation of his and the censure of his own valor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.45)

niśamya nṛpatiḥ śokādātmanyevamaciṃtayat .. 22 ..

> the king, out of sorrow, reflected within himself in this way:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.46)

aho me pauruṣaṃ naṣṭamadya daivaviparyayāt ..

> "Alas, my manly prowess is destroyed today through the adverse turn of fate!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.47)

adya kīrtiśca me naṣṭā pātakaṃ prāptamutka ṭam .. 23 ..

> Today my fame is destroyed, and a terrible sin has been incurred!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.48)

dharmaḥ kālocito naṣṭo mandabhāgyasya durmateḥ ..

> The duty suited to the moment is ruined for me, unfortunate and foolish as I am;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.49)

nūnaṃ me saṃpado rājyamāyuṣyaṃ kṣayameṣyati ..24..

> surely my riches, kingdom, and lifespan will come to an end!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.50)

apuṃsāṃ saṃpado bhogāḥ putradāradhanāni ca ..

> For unmanly men, fortunes, enjoyments, children, wives, and riches  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.51)

daivena kṣaṇamudyaṃti kṣaṇādastaṃ vrajaṃti ca ..25..

> arise in an instant by destiny and in an instant vanish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.52)

ata enaṃ dvijanmānaṃ hatadāraṃ śucārditam ..

> Therefore, this twice-born whose wife is slain, afflicted by sorrow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.53)

gataśokaṃ kariṣyāmi dattvā prāṇānapi priyān .. .. 26 ..

> I will make free from sorrow, even by giving my own dear life."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.54)

iti niścitya manasā bhadrāyurnṛpasattamaḥ ..

> Having thus resolved in his mind, Bhadrāyus, the best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.55)

patitvā pādayostvasya babhāṣe parisāṃtvayan .. 27 ..

> fell at his feet and spoke, consoling him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.56)

kṛpāṃ kuru mayi brahmankṣatrabaṃdhau hataujasi ..

> "O brahmin, have mercy on me, a base kṣatriya whose power has departed!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.57)

śokaṃ tyaja mahābuddhe dāsyāmyarthaṃ tavepsitam .. 28 ..

> Cast off your grief, O highly intelligent one; I will give you the thing you desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.58)

idaṃ rājyamiyaṃ rājñī mamedaṃ ca kalevaram ..

> Here is this kingdom, here is this queen, and here is this body of mine;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.59)

tvadhīnamidaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ te'bhilaṣitaṃ vada .. .. 29 ..

> all this is under your command. Say what it is you wish!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.60)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.61)

kimādarśena cāṃdhasya kiṃ gṛhairbhaikṣyajīvinaḥ ..

> "What use is a mirror to a blind man? What use are houses to one who lives by begging?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.62)

kiṃ pustakena mūrkhasya hyastrīkasya dhanena kim .. 3.3.14.30 ..

> What use is a book to a fool, and what use is wealth to a wifeless man?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.63)

ato'haṃ gatapatnīko bhuktabhogo na karhicit ..

> Therefore, I have lost my wife, and I have never enjoyed worldly pleasures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.64)

imāṃ tavāgramahiṣīṃ kāmārthaṃ dīyatāṃ mama .. 31 ..

> Let this chief queen of yours be given to me for the sake of desire."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.65)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.66)

brahmankimeṣa dharmaste kimetadguruśāsanam ..

> "O brahmin, is this your dharma? Is this the instruction of your teachers?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.67)

asvargyamayaśasyaṃ ca paradārābhimarśanam .. 32 ..

> Touching another man's wife prevents heaven and brings ill-fame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.68)

dātāraḥ saṃti vittasya rājyasya gajavājinām ..

> There are givers of wealth, of kingdoms, and of elephants and horses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.69)

ātmadehasya vā kvāpi na kalatrasya karhicit ..33..

> or even of their own bodies somewhere, but never of a wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.70)

paradāropabhogena yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam ..

> The sin that is amassed by enjoying another man's wife—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.71)

na tatkṣālayituṃ śakyaṃ prāyaścittaśatairapi ..34..

> it is impossible to wash it away even with hundreds of expiations."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.72)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca ..

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

### [3.3.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.73)

api brahmavadhaṃ ghoramapi madyaniṣevaṇam ..

> "Even the dreadful murder of a brahmin, even the drinking of liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.74)

tapasā nāśayiṣyāmi ki punaḥ pāradārikam ..

> I will destroy through austerity; how much more so adultery?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.75)

tasmātprayaccha me bhāryāmimāṃ tvaṃ dhruvamanyathā .. 35 ..

> Therefore, surrender this wife to me! Otherwise, certainly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.76)

arakṣaṇādbhayārtānāṃ gaṃtāsi nirayaṃ dhruvam ..

> due to failing to protect those afflicted by fear, you will surely go to hell."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.77)

iti vipragirā bhītaściṃtayāmāsa pārthivaḥ ..

> Frightened by the brahmin's words, the king reflected:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.78)

arakṣaṇānmahatpāpaṃ patnīdānaṃ tato varam .. 36 ..

> "Great is the sin resulting from failing to protect; better than that is giving up my wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.79)

ataḥ patnīṃ dvijāgryāya dattvā nirmuktakilviṣaḥ ..

> Therefore, having given my wife to the best of brahmins and being freed from sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.80)

sadyo vahniṃ pravekṣyāmi kīrtiśca nihitā bhavet .. 37 ..

> I will immediately enter the fire, and my fame will be established."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.81)

iti niścitya manasā samujjvālya hutāśanam ..

> Having thus resolved in his mind, he kindled the fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.82)

taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ samāhūya dadau patnīṃ sahodakām .. 38 ..

> summoned that brahmin, and gave him his wife along with water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.83)

svayaṃ snātaḥ śucirbhūtvā praṇamya vibudheśvarān ..

> Having bathed himself, purified, and bowed down to the lords of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.84)

tamagniṃ dviḥ parikramya śivaṃ dadhyau samāhitaḥ .. 39 ..

> he circumambulated that fire twice and meditated upon Śiva with a concentrated mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.85)

tamathāgnau patiṣyaṃtaṃ svapadāsaktacetasam ..

> Then, as he was about to fall into the fire, his heart fixed on His feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.86)

pratyadṛśyata viśveśaḥ prādurbhūto jagatpatiḥ .. 3.3.14.40 ..

> the Lord of the Universe, the Master of the World, manifested and appeared before him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.87)

tamīśvaraṃ paṃcavaktraṃ trinetraṃ pinākinaṃ candrakalāvataṃsam ..

> The king saw Īśvara manifested before him, five-faced, three-eyed, holding the Pināka bow, adorned with the crescent moon, / with a mass of reddish matted locks hanging down, standing in the middle, possessing the splendor of ten million suns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.88)

ālaṃbitāpiṃgajaṭākalāpaṃ madhyaṃgataṃ bhāskarakoṭitejasam .. 41 ..

> having hanging masses of reddish-brown matted locks, arrived in their midst, possessed of the splendour of ten million suns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.89)

mṛṇālagauraṃ gajacarmavāsasaṃ gaṃgātaraṃgo kṣitamaulideśam ..

> fair as a lotus fiber, wearing an elephant skin as clothing, his crest sprinkled by the waves of the Gaṅgā, / radiant with necklaces of serpent kings, bracelets, signet rings, crowns, armlets, and earrings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.90)

nāgeṃdrahārāvalikaṃkaṇormikākirīṭakoṭyaṃgadakuṃḍalojjvalam .. 42 ..

> resplendent with rows of necklaces, bracelets, and rings made of lordly serpents, and with ten million diadems, armlets, and earrings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.91)

triśūlakhaṭvāṃgakuṭhāracarmamṛgābhayeṣṭārthapinākahastam ..

> his hands holding the trident, the skull-topped staff, the axe, the shield, the deer, the gesture granting fearlessness, the wish-granting gesture, and the Pināka bow, / seated upon a bull, dark-necked, the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.92)

vṛṣoparisthaṃ śitikaṃṭhamīśaṃ prodbhūtamagre nṛpatirdadarśa .. 43 ..

> seated upon a bull, dark-throated, the lord manifested before him—the king beheld him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.93)

athāṃbarāddrutaṃ peturdivyāḥ kusumavṛṣṭayaḥ ..

> Then divine showers of flowers fell swiftly from the sky;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.94)

praṇedurdevatūryāṇi devāśca nanṛturjaguḥ .. 44 ..

> the musical instruments of the gods sounded, and the gods danced and sang.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.95)

tatrājagmurnāradādyāḥ sanakādyā surarṣayaḥ ..

> There came celestial seers, Nārada and others, Sanaka and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.96)

indrādayaśca lokeśāstathābrahmarṣayo'malāḥ .. 45 ..

> and the lords of the world, Indra and others, as well as the stainless brahmin-seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.97)

teṣāṃ madhye samāsīno mahādevaḥ sahomayā ..

> Seated in their midst, Mahādeva along with Umā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.98)

vavarṣa karuṇāsāraṃ bhaktinamre mahīpatau .. 46 ..

> showered a stream of compassion upon the king bowed in devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.99)

taddarśanānaṃdavijṛṃbhitāśayaḥ pravṛddhabāṣpāṃbupariplutāṃgaḥ ..

> His heart expanded with the joy of seeing Him, his limbs drenched with an overflowing flood of tears, / his hair standing on end, he praised \[Him\] with words in faltering syllables from his throat, his hands clasped in reverence:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.100)

prahṛṣṭaromā galagadgadākṣaraṃ tuṣṭāva gīrbhirmukulīkṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 47 ..

> With hair standing on end, his voice faltering in his throat, he praised him with words, having folded his hands in reverence:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.101)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.102)

natosmyahaṃ devamanāthamavyayaṃ pradhānamavyaktaguṇaṃ mahāṃtam ..

> "I bow to the God, who has no master, imperishable, the primal material cause, whose qualities are unmanifest, the Great One, / uncaused, the cause of causes, the supreme, Śiva, composed of consciousness and bliss, the tranquil;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.103)

akāraṇaṃ kāraṇakāraṇaṃ paraṃ śivaṃ cidānaṃdamayaṃ praśāṃtam .. 48 ..

> "He who is causeless, the supreme cause of causes, Śiva, consisting of consciousness and bliss, tranquil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.104)

tvaṃ viśvasākṣī jagato'syakarttā virūḍhadhāmā hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ ..

> You are the witness of the universe, the creator of this world, whose abode is widespread, seated within the heart; / therefore, the wise search for You in ritual by numerous yogas with restrained minds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.105)

ato vicinvaṃti vidhau vipaścito yogairanekaiḥ kṛtacittarodhaiḥ .. 49 ..

> therefore the wise search for him according to rule, through manifold disciplines of yoga with minds restrained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.106)

ekātmatāṃ bhāvayatāṃ tvameko nānādhiyāṃ yastvamanekarūpaḥ ..

> To those contemplating oneness of the Self, You are one; to those with diverse intellects, You assume diverse forms. / Beyond the senses, the witness of rising and setting, Your realm is withdrawn from the path of the mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.107)

atīṃdriyaṃ sākṣyudayāstavibhramaṃ manaḥpathātsaṃhriyate padaṃ te .. 3.3.14.50 ..

> Beyond the senses, the witness of the play of rising and setting, your state is withdrawn from the path of the mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.108)

taṃ tvāṃ durāpaṃ vacaso dhiyāśca vyapetamohaṃ paramātmarūpam ..

> How can my words be sufficient to praise the form of You who are difficult to attain by speech and intellect, free from delusion, whose nature is the supreme Self, / \[when my words are\] bound solely to the qualities and dissolved in material nature?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.109)

guṇaikaniṣṭhāḥ prakṛtau vilīnāḥ kathaṃ vapuḥ stotumalaṃgiro me .. 51 ..

> Devoted solely to the qualities, dissolved in material nature, how are my words able to praise your form?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.110)

tathāpi bhaktyāśrayatāmupeyustavāṃghripadmaṃ praṇatārtibhaṃjanam ..

> Nevertheless, let them take refuge in devotion at Your lotus feet, which crush the affliction of those who bow down! / Afflicted by the dreadful forest fire of saṃsāra, I constantly revere \[them\] for the appeasement of the fear of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.111)

sughorasaṃsāradavāgnipīḍito bhajāmi nityaṃ bhavabhītiśāṃtaye .. 52 ..

> Afflicted by the forest fire of terrible worldly existence, I worship you constantly for the pacification of fear of transmigration."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.112)

namaste deva devāya mahādevāya śaṃbhave ..

> Obeisance to You, the God of gods, Mahādeva, Śambhu!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.113)

namastrimūrtirūpāya sargasthityaṃtakāriṇe .. 53 ..

> Homage to the one whose form is the threefold deity, the maker of creation, preservation, and dissolution. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.114)

namo viśvādirūpāya viśvaprathamasākṣiṇe ..

> Homage to the primeval form of the universe, the first witness of all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.115)

namaḥ sanmātratattvāya bodhānaṃdaghanāya ca .. 54 ..

> homage to the reality of pure being, the mass of consciousness and bliss. (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.116)

sarvakṣetranivāsāya kṣetrabhinnātmaśaktaye ..

> To the dweller in all fields, whose inherent power is differentiated by each field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.117)

aśaktāya namastubhyaṃ śaktābhāsāya bhūyase .. 55 ..

> to you without power, yet appearing as powerful, the immense one, homage. (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.118)

nirābhāsāya nityāya satyajñānāṃtarātmane ..

> To the unmanifest, eternal inner self of truth and knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.119)

viśuddhāya vidūrāya vimuktāśeṣakarmaṇe .. 56 ..

> to the completely pure, the far-distant, who has cast off all action. (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.120)

namo vedāṃtavedyāya vedamūlanivāsine ..

> Homage to the one known through Vedānta, who dwells at the root of the Vedas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.121)

namo viviktaceṣṭāya nivṛttaguṇa vṛttaye .. 57 ..

> homage to the one whose deeds are distinct, whose operation of the guṇas has ceased. (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.122)

namaḥ kalyāṇavīryāya kalyāṇaphaladāyine ..

> Homage to the one of auspicious valour, the giver of auspicious fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.123)

namo'naṃtāya mahate śāṃtāya śivarūpiṇe .. 58 ..

> homage to the endless, the great, the peaceful, whose form is Śiva. (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.124)

aghorāya sughorāya ghorāghaugha vidāriṇe ..

> To the non-terrific, to the very terrific, the tearer of the terrible flood of sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.125)

bhargāya bhavabījānāṃ bhaṃjanāya garīyase ..

> to the splendour, the crusher of the seeds of worldly existence, the most venerable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.126)

namo vidhvastamohāya viśadātmaguṇāya ca .. 59 ..

> homage to the dispeller of delusion, whose self-attributes are radiant. (59)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.127)

pāhi māṃ jagatāṃ nātha pāhi śaṃkara śāśvata ..

> Protect me, lord of worlds! Protect me, eternal Śaṃkara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.128)

pāhi rudra virūpākṣa pāhi mṛtyuṃjayāvyaya .. 3.3.14.60 ..

> Protect me, Rudra, odd-eyed one! Protect me, imperishable conqueror of death! (3.3.14.60)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.129)

śambho śaśāṃkakṛtaśekhara śāṃtamūrte gaurīśa gopatiniśāpahutāśanetra ..

> O Śambhu, whose crest is made of the hare-marked moon, whose form is calm, lord of Gaurī, whose eyes are the sun, moon, and fire!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.130)

gaṃgādharāṃdhakavidāraṇa puṇyakīrte bhūteśa bhūdharanivāsa sadā namaste .. 61 ..

> O bearer of the Gaṅgā, tearer of Andhaka, of holy renown, lord of beings, dweller on the mountain, homage always to you! (61)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.131)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.132)

evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavānrājñā devo maheśvaraḥ ..

> Praised in this way by the king, the blessed god, the great lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.133)

prasannaḥ saha pārvatyā pratyuvāca dayānidhiḥ .. 62 ..

> pleased together with Pārvatī, that treasury of compassion replied: (62)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.134)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.135)

rājaṃste parituṣṭo'smi bhaktyā puṇyastavena ca ..

> "O king, I am well pleased with your devotion and your holy hymn of praise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.136)

ananyacetā yo nityaṃ sadā māṃ paryapūjayaḥ .. 63 ..

> who, single-minded, have continually and always worshipped me. (63)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.137)

tava bhāvaparīkṣārthaṃ dvijo bhūtvāhamāgataḥ ..

> In order to test your disposition, I arrived having become a twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.138)

vyāghreṇa yā parigrastā saiṣā daivī girīṃdrajā .. 64 ..

> She who was seized by the tiger was this divine daughter of the mountain king. (64)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.139)

vyāghro māyāmayo yaste śarairakṣatavigrahaḥ ..

> The tiger, whose body was uninjured by your arrows, was made of illusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.140)

dhīratāṃ draṣṭukāmaste patnīṃ yācitavānaham .. 65 ..

> Desiring to see your steadfastness, I begged for your wife. (65)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.141)

asyāśca kīrtimālinyāstava bhaktyā ca mānada ..

> And by her devotion, that of Kīrtimālinī, and by yours, O giver of honor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.142)

tuṣṭo'haṃ saṃprayacchāmi varaṃ varaya durlabham .. 66 ..

> I am pleased: I grant a boon; choose a boon hard to obtain." (66)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.143)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.144)

eṣa eva varo deva yadbhavānparameśvaraḥ ..

> "This indeed is the boon, O god, that you, the supreme lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.145)

bhavatāpaparītasya mama pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ .. 67 ..

> have become visible to me, who am overwhelmed by the torment of worldly existence. (67)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.146)

nānyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe deva bhavato varadarṣabhāt ..

> I choose no other boon, O god, from you, the best among granters of boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.147)

ahaṃ ca seyaṃ sā rājñī mama mātā ca matpitā .. 68 ..

> I, this queen, my mother, and my father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.148)

vaiśyaḥ padmākaro nāma tatputraḥ sunayābhidhaḥ ..

> the vaiśya named Padmākara, and his son named Sunaya—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.149)

sarvānetānmahādeva sadā tvatpārśvagānkuru .. 69 ..

> make all of these always remain at your side, O Mahādeva." (69)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.150)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.14.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.151)

atha rājñī mahābhāgā praṇatā kīrtimālinī ..

> Then the illustrious queen, bowing down, Kīrtimālinī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.14.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.152)

bhaktyā prasādya giriśaṃ yayāce varamuttamam .. 3.3.14.70 ..

> having propitiated Giriśa with devotion, begged for an excellent boon. (3.3.14.70)  
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### [3.3.14.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.153)

.. rājñyuvāca .. ..

> The queen said:  
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### [3.3.14.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.154)

caṃdrāṃgado mama pitā mātā sīmaṃtinī ca me ..

> "Candrāṅgada is my father, and Sīmantinī is my mother;  
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### [3.3.14.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.155)

tayoryāce mahādeva tvatpārśve sannidhiṃ sadā .. 71 ..

> for the two of them, O Mahādeva, I ask for perpetual presence at your side." (71)  
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### [3.3.14.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.156)

evamastviti gaurīśaḥ prasanno bhaktavatsalaḥ ..

> "So be it," said the lord of Gaurī, pleased and affectionate toward his devotees;  
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### [3.3.14.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.157)

tayoḥ kāmavaraṃ dattvā kṣaṇādaṃtarhito'bhavat .. 72 ..

> granting them the desired boon, he disappeared in an instant. (72)  
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### [3.3.14.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.158)

sopi rājā suraiḥ sārdhaṃ prasādaṃ prāpya śūlinaḥ ..

> That king too, together with the gods having obtained the grace of the wielder of the trident,  
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### [3.3.14.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.159)

sahitaḥ kīrtimālinyā bubhuje viṣayānpriyān .. 73 ..

> enjoyed beloved pleasures together with Kīrtimālinī. (73)  
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### [3.3.14.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.160)

kṛtvā varṣāyutaṃ rājyamavyāhatabalonnatiḥ ..

> Having ruled the kingdom for ten thousand years with unimpeded increase of strength,  
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### [3.3.14.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.161)

rājyaṃ putreṣu vinyasya bheje śaṃbhoḥ paraṃ padam .. 74 ..

> having entrusted the kingdom to his sons, he attained the supreme abode of Śambhu. (74)  
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### [3.3.14.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.162)

caṃdrāṃgadopi rājeṃdro rājñī sīmaṃtinī ca sā ..

> Candrāṅgada too, that best of kings, and that queen Sīmantinī,  
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### [3.3.14.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.163)

bhaktyā saṃpūjya giriśaṃ jagmatuḥ śāṃbhavaṃ padam .. 75 ..

> having worshipped Giriśa with devotion, went to the realm of Śambhu. (75)  
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### [3.3.14.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.164)

etatpavitramaghanāśakaraṃ vicitraṃ śambhorguṇānukathanaṃ paramaṃ rahasyam ..

> This holy, sin-destroying, wondrous recounting of the qualities of Śambhu is the supreme secret;  
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### [3.3.14.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.165)

yaḥ śrāvayedbudhajanānprayataḥ paṭhedvā saṃprāpya bhogavibhavaṃ śiva meti soṃte .. 76 ..

> whoever recites it to wise people or reads it with restrained mind, having attained the abundance of worldly pleasures, reaches Śiva in the end. (76)  
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### [3.3.14.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.14.166)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmottarakhaṇḍe bhadrāyuśivaprasādakathanaṃ nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 14 ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named "The Recital of the Grace of Śiva upon Bhadrāyu," in the third Brahmottarakhanda of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. (14)  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.14.1) — English, machine translation

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