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# Skandapurana 3.3.18

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.2)

athāhaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi sarvadharmottamottamam ..

> "Now I shall declare the highest of all duties,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.3)

umāmaheśvaraṃ nāma vrataṃ sarvārthasiddhidam .. 1 ..

> the observance named Umāmaheśvara, which grants the accomplishment of all aims.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.4)

ānartta saṃbhavaḥ kaścinnāmnā vedaratho dvijaḥ ..

> There was a certain twice-born man born in Ānarta, Vedaratha by name,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.5)

kalatraputrasaṃpanno vidvānuttamavaṃśajaḥ .. 2 ..

> endowed with wife and sons, learned, and born of an excellent lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.6)

tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya brāhmaṇasya gṛhāśrame ..

> As that brahmin was living in the householder's stage of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.7)

babhūva śāradānāma kanyā kamalalocanā ..3..

> a lotus-eyed daughter named Śāradā was born to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.8)

tāṃ rūpalakṣaṇopetāṃ bālāṃ dvādaśahāyanām ..

> That young girl of twelve years, endowed with beauty and auspicious marks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.9)

yayāce padmanābhākhyo mṛtadāraśca sa dvijaḥ .. 4 ..

> was sought in marriage by a twice-born man named Padmanābha whose wife had died.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.10)

mahādhanasya śāṃtasya sadā rājasakhasya ca ..

> Because he was very wealthy, tranquil, and always a friend of the king,  
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### [3.3.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.11)

yāñcābhaṃgabhayāttasya tāṃ kanyāṃ pradadau pitā .. 5 ..

> the father gave him the maiden out of fear of refusing his request.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.12)

madhyaṃdine kṛtodvāhaḥ sa vipraḥ śvaśurālaye ..

> The marriage having been performed at midday in the house of his father-in-law, that brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.13)

saṃdhyāmupāsituṃ sāyaṃ sarastaṭamupāyayau ..6..

> went in the evening to the bank of a lake to observe the twilight ritual.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.14)

upāsya saṃdhyāṃ vidhivatpratyāgacchattamovṛte ..

> Having duly performed the twilight ritual, as he was returning on the path veiled in darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.15)

mārge daṣṭo bhujaṃgena mamāra nijakarmaṇā ..7..

> he was bitten by a serpent and died on account of his own karma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.16)

tasminmṛte kṛtodvāhe sahasā tasya bāṃdhavāḥ ..

> When he, having just been married, died so suddenly, his relatives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.17)

cukruśuḥ śokasaṃtaptau śvaśurāvasya kanyakā .. 8 ..

> his two parents-in-law, and the maiden, tormented by grief, wept loudly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.18)

nirhṛtya taṃ baṃdhujanā jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam ..

> Having carried him away, the relatives went each to their own dwelling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.19)

śāradā prāptavaidhavyā piturevālaye sthitā ..9..

> Having met with widowhood, Śāradā remained in her father's house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.20)

bhūtācchādanabhojyena bhartrā virahitā satī..

> Provided with food and clothing, destitute of her husband, the virtuous girl  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.21)

nināya katicinmāsānsā bālā pitṛmaṃdire..3.3.18.10..

> spent some months in her father's home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.22)

ekadā naidhruvo nāma kaścidvṛddhataro muniḥ..

> One day, a very old sage named Naidhruva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.23)

andhaḥ śiṣyakaragrāhī tanmaṃdiramupāyayau .. 11 ..

> who was blind and grasped his disciple's hand, arrived at that house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.24)

tasminvṛddhe gṛhaṃ prāpte kvāpi yāteṣu baṃdhuṣu ..

> When that old man reached the house while the relatives had gone elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.25)

sākṣādivātmano daivaṃ sā bālā samupāgamat .. .. 12 ..

> that maiden approached him, as if he were her personal deity in visible form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.26)

svāgataṃ te mahābhāga pīṭhesminnupaviśyatām ..

> "Welcome to you, O fortunate one; please sit upon this seat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.27)

namaste munināthāya priyaṃ te karavāṇi kim .. 13 ..

> Salutations to you, O lord of sages! What agreeable service may I do for you?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.28)

ityuktvā bhaktimāsthāya kṛtvā pādāvanejanam ..

> Having said this, filled with devotion, she washed his feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.29)

vījayitvā pariśrāṃtaṃ taṃ muniṃ paryatoṣayat .. 14 ..

> and by fanning the weary sage, she gave him contentment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.30)

śrāṃtaṃ pīṭhe samāveśya kṛtvābhyaṃgaṃ svapāṇinā ..

> Having seated the weary sage upon a seat and massaged him with her own hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.31)

kṛtasnānaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtadevārcanaṃ munim .. 15 ..

> and when the sage had duly bathed and worshipped the deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.32)

sukhāsanopaviṣṭaṃ taṃ dhūpamālyānulepanaiḥ ..

> she honoured him as he sat upon a comfortable seat with incense, garlands, and ointments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.33)

arcayitvā varānnena bhojayāmāsa sādaram .. 16 ..

> and respectfully fed him with choice food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.34)

bhuktvā ca samyakchanakaistṛptaścānaṃdanirbharaḥ ..

> Having eaten well and slowly, satisfied and filled with joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.35)

cakārāṃdhamunistasyai suprītaḥ paramāśiṣam .. 17 ..

> the blind sage, well pleased, bestowed a supreme blessing upon her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.36)

vihṛtya bhartrā sahasā ca tena labdhvā sutaṃ sarvaguṇairvariṣṭham ..

> "Having sporting union with that husband, and quickly having obtained a son supreme in all virtues,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.37)

kīrtiṃ ca loke mahatīmavāpya prasādayogyā bhava devatānām .. 18 ..

> and having attained great renown in the world, may you become worthy of the grace of the deities!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.38)

ityabhivyāhṛtaṃ tena muninā gatacakṣuṣā ..

> Hearing this uttered by that sage whose sight had departed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.39)

niśamya vismitā bālā pratyuvāca kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 19 ..

> the astonished girl, joining her palms, replied:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.40)

brahmaṃstvadvacanaṃ satyaṃ kadācinna mṛṣā bhavet ..

> "O brahmin, your word is true; it can never become false.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.41)

tadetanmaṃdabhāgyāyāḥ kathametatphaliṣyati .. 3.3.18.20 ..

> How will this come to fruition for me, an unfortunate woman?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.42)

śilāgryāmiva sadvṛṣṭiḥ śunakyāmiva satkriyā ..

> Just as good rain upon the highest rock, just as good treatment upon a bitch,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.43)

viphalā maṃdabhāgyāyāmāśīrbrahmavidāmapi .. 21 ..

> so the blessing even of knowers of Brahman is fruitless upon an unfortunate woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.44)

saiṣāhaṃ vidhavā brahmanduṣkarmaphalabhāginī ..

> Such as I am, a widow, O brahmin, suffering the fruit of bad deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.45)

tvadāśīrvacanasyāsya kathaṃ yāsyāmi pātratām .. 22 ..

> how shall I become a worthy recipient of this word of blessing from you?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.46)

.. muniruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.47)

tvāmanālakṣya yatproktamaṃdhenāpi mayā'dhunā ..

> “What was spoken now by me, though blind, without noticing you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.48)

tadetatsādhayiṣyāmi kuru macchāsanaṃ śubhe .. 23 ..

> that I shall accomplish. Carry out my command, O auspicious one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.49)

umāmaheśvaraṃ nāma vrataṃ yadi cariṣyasi ..

> If you perform the observance named Umāmaheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.50)

tena vratānubhāvena sadyaḥ śreyo'nubhokṣyase .. 24 ..

> by the power of that observance you will instantly enjoy welfare.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.51)

.. śāradovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.52)

tvayopadiṣṭaṃ yatnena cariṣyāmyapi duścaram ..

> “Instructed by you, I will zealously perform it, even though hard to perform.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.53)

tadvrataṃ brūhi me brahmanvidhānaṃ vada vistarāt .. 25 ..

> Tell me of that observance, O brahmin; explain the ritual in full.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.54)

.. muniruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.55)

caitre vā mārgaśīrṣe vā śuklapakṣe śubhe dine ..

> “Either in Caitra or in Mārgaśīrṣa, during the bright fortnight on an auspicious day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.56)

vratāraṃbhaṃ prakurvīta yathāvadgurvanujñayā .. 26 ..

> one should properly begin the observance with the guru's permission.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.57)

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāmubhayorapi parvaṇoḥ ..

> On the eighth and on the fourteenth, or on both the new and full moon days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.58)

saṃkalpaṃ vidhivatkṛtvā prātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret .. 27 ..

> having duly made the solemn resolve, one should perform the morning bath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.59)

santarpya pitṛdevādīngatvā svabhavanaṃ prati ..

> Having satisfied the ancestors, the gods, and others, and having gone to one’s own house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.60)

maṃḍapaṃ racayeddivyaṃ vitānādyairalaṃkṛtam .. 28 ..

> one should construct a celestial pavilion adorned with canopies and other ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.61)

phalapallavapuṣpādyaistoraṇaiśca samanvitam ..

> furnished with archways of fruits, sprouts, flowers, and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.62)

paṃcavarṇaiśca tanmadhye rajobhiḥ padmamuddharet .. 29 ..

> and in its center one should draw a lotus with powders of five colors:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.63)

caturdaśadalairbāhye dvāviṃśadbhistadaṃtare ..

> with fourteen petals on the outside, twenty-two within that,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.64)

tadaṃtaraṃ ṣoḍaśabhiraṣṭabhiśca tadaṃtare .. 3.3.18.30 ..

> within that sixteen, and within that eight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.65)

evaṃ padmaṃ samuddhatya paṃcavarṇairmanoramam ..

> Having thus drawn a delightful lotus with five colors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.66)

caturasraṃ tataḥ kuryādaṃtarvartulamuttamam .. 31 ..

> one should then make an excellent square with a circle inside.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.67)

vrīhitaṃḍularāśiṃ ca tanmadhye ca sakūrcakam ..

> In its center a heap of unhusked and husked rice together with a bundle of kuśa grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.68)

kūrcopari susaṃsthāpya kalaśaṃ vāripūritam .. 32 ..

> and firmly placing upon the bundle of grass a jar filled with water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.69)

kalaśopari vinyasya vastraṃ varṇasamanvitam ..

> and placing upon the jar a colored cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.70)

tasyopariṣṭātsauvarṇyau pratime śivayoḥ śubhe ..

> and having placed on top of it two auspicious golden images of Śiva and his consort,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.71)

nidhāya pūjayedbhaktyā yathāvibhavavistaram .. 33 ..

> one should worship them with devotion according to the extent of one's wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.72)

paṃcāmṛtaistu saṃsnāpya tathā śuddhodakena ca ..

> Having bathed them with the five nectars and likewise with pure water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.73)

rudraikādaśakaṃ japtvā paṃcākṣaraśatāṣṭakam .. 34 ..

> having recited the eleven Rudra verses and one hundred and eight five-syllable mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.74)

abhimaṃtrya punaḥ sthāpya pīṭhaṃ madhye tathārcayet ..

> and having consecrated and again placed them in the middle of a seat, one should worship them accordingly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.75)

svayaṃ śuddhāsanāsīno dhautaśuklāṃbaraḥ sudhīḥ .. 35 ..

> The wise person, himself seated on a pure seat and wearing washed white garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.76)

pīṭhamāmaṃtrya maṃtreṇa prāṇāyāmānsamācaret ..

> having addressed the seat with a mantra, should perform breath controls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.77)

saṃkalpaṃ pravadettatra śivāgre vihitāṃjaliḥ .. 36 ..

> There, before Śiva, with joined palms, one should recite the solemn resolve:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.78)

yāni pāpāni ghorāṇi janmāṃtaraśateṣu me ..

> ‘Whatever terrible sins exist of mine over hundreds of other lifetimes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.79)

teṣāṃ sarvavināśāya śivapūjāṃ samārabhe .. 37 ..

> for the complete destruction of them all, I undertake the worship of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.80)

saubhāgyavijayārogyadharmaiśvaryābhivṛddhaye ..

> For the increase of good fortune, victory, health, righteousness, and prosperity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.81)

svargāpavargasiddhyarthaṃ kariṣye śivapūjanam .. 38 ..

> and for the attainment of heaven and final liberation, I will perform the worship of Śiva.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.82)

iti saṃkalpamuccārya yathāvatsusamāhitaḥ ..

> Having thus uttered the solemn resolve, duly and well-composed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.83)

aṃganyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā dhyāyedīśaṃ ca pārvatīm .. 39 ..

> having then performed the ritual placing of mantras on the body, one should meditate upon Īśa and Pārvatī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.84)

kuṃdeṃdudhavalākāraṃ nāgābharaṇabhūṣitam ..

> \[Īśa,\] who has the white form of a jasmine flower and the moon, adorned with serpent ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.85)

varadābhayahastaṃ ca bibhrāṇaṃ paraśuṃ mṛgam .. 3.3.18.40 ..

> with hands granting boons and fearlessness, and holding an axe and a deer;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.86)

sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ jagadānaṃdakāraṇam ..

> resembling ten million suns, the cause of joy for the universe;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.87)

jāhnavījalasaṃparkāddīrghapiṃgajaṭādharam .. 41 ..

> bearing long, tawny matted locks on account of contact with the waters of the Gaṅgā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.88)

urageṃdraphaṇodbhūtamahāmukuṭamaṃḍitam ..

> adorned with a great crown formed from the hoods of the lord of serpents;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.89)

śītāṃśukhaṃḍavilasatkoṭīrāṃgadabhūṣaṇam .. 42 ..

> with an ornament of armlets and a diadem shining with the crescent of the cool-rayed moon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.90)

unmīladbhālanayanaṃ tathā sūryeṃdulocanam ..

> having a forehead-eye opening wide, and likewise eyes that are the sun and the moon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.91)

nīlakaṃṭhaṃ caturbāhuṃ gajeṃdrājinavāsasam .. 43 ..

> blue-throated, four-armed, dressed in the hide of the king of elephants;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.92)

ratnasiṃhāsanārūḍhaṃ nāgābharaṇabhūṣitam ..

> mounted upon a jewel-throne, adorned with serpent ornaments;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.93)

devīṃ ca divyavasanāṃ bālasūryāyutadyutim .. 44 ..

> and the goddess, wearing divine garments, with the luster of ten thousand morning suns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.94)

bālaveṣāṃ ca tanvaṃgīṃ bālaśītāṃśuśekharām ..

> in the attire of a maiden, slender-limbed, bearing the young crescent moon on her crest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.95)

pāśāṃkuśavarābhītiṃ bibhratīṃ ca caturbhujām .. 45 ..

> holding a noose, a goad, the boon, and fearlessness, and four-armed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.96)

prasādasumukhīmaṃbāṃ līlārasavihāriṇīm ..

> the Mother whose face is gracious with favor, delighting in the essence of divine sport;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.97)

lasatkurabakāśokapunnāganavacaṃpakaiḥ .. 46 ..

> wearing ear ornaments made of shining kurabaka, aśoka, punnāga, and fresh campaka flowers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.98)

kṛtāvataṃsāmutphullamallikotkalitālakām ..

> having locks of hair interwoven with blooming jasmine;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.99)

kāṃcīkalāpaparyastajaghanābhogaśālinīm .. 47 ..

> splendid with the expansive sweep of hips girdled by a zone of bells;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.100)

udārakiṃkiṇīśreṇīnūpurāḍhyapadadvayām ..

> her two feet rich with anklets and rows of noble tiny tinkling bells.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.101)

gaṃḍamaṃḍalasaṃsaktaratnakuṃḍalaśobhitām .. 48 ..

> adorned with jewelled earrings touching the orb of her cheeks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.102)

biṃbādharānuraktāṃśulasaddaśana kuḍmalām ..

> whose bud-like teeth shine with the red reflection of her bimba-fruit lip,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.103)

mahārharatnagreveyatārahāravirājitām ..49..

> resplendent with a precious gem-necklace and a sparkling string of pearls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.104)

navamāṇikyarucirakaṃkaṇāṃgadamudrikām ..

> having lovely bracelets, armlets, and rings made of new rubies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.105)

raktāṃśukaparīdhānāṃ ratnamālyānulepanām .. 3.3.18.50 .. .  
udyatpīnakucadvaṃdvaniṃditāṃbhojakuḍmalām ..

> clad in red garments, anointed \[with perfumes\] and wearing jewel-garlands, / whose rising, plump pair of breasts reproaches lotus buds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.106)

līlālolāsitāpāṃgīṃ bhaktānugrahadāyinīm .. 51 ..

> with playful, restless, dark outer corners of her eyes, bestowing grace upon devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.107)

evaṃ dhyātvā tu hṛtpadme jagataḥ pitarau śivau ..

> Having thus meditated in the lotus of the heart upon the auspicious parents of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.108)

japtvā tadātmakaṃ maṃtraṃ tadaṃte bahirarcayet .. 52 ..

> and having chanted the mantra whose essence is they, one should worship them outside at the end of that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.109)

āvāhya pratimāyugme kalpayedāsanādikam ..

> Having invoked them into a pair of images, one should arrange a seat and other offerings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.110)

arghyaṃ ca dadyācchivayormaṃtreṇānena maṃtravit .. 53 ..

> and knowing the mantra, one should offer the arghya to Śiva and Śivā with this mantra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.111)

namaste pārvatīnātha trailokyavaradarṣabha ..

> “Salutations to you, O Lord of Pārvatī, bull among givers of boons in the three worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.112)

tryaṃbakeśa mahādeva gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te .. 54 ..

> O Tryambakeśa, O Mahādeva, accept the arghya; homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.113)

namaste devadeveśi prapannabhayahāriṇi ..

> Salutations to you, O ruler of the gods, who take away the fear of those who surrender!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.114)

aṃbike varade devi gṛhāṇārghyaṃ śivapriye .. 55 ..

> O Ambikā, O boon-giving goddess, beloved of Śiva, accept the arghya!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.115)

iti trivāramuccārya dadyādarghyaṃ samāhitaḥ ..

> Having recited this three times, one should offer the arghya with concentrated mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.116)

gandhapuṣpākṣatānsamyagdhūpadīpānprakalpayet .. 56 ..

> One should properly offer perfume, flowers, unbroken rice, incense, and lamps.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.117)

naivedyaṃ pāyasānnena ghṛtāktaṃ parikalpayet ..

> One should offer a food offering of milk-rice mixed with clarified butter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.118)

juhuyānmūlamaṃtreṇa haviraṣṭottaraṃ śatam .. 57 ..

> and one should offer an oblation into the fire one hundred and eight times with the root mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.119)

tata udvāsya naivedyaṃ dhūpanīrājanādikam ..

> Then, having removed the food offering, and having performed incense, waving of lamps, and other rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.120)

kṛtvā nivedya tāṃbūlaṃ namaskuryātsamāhitaḥ .. 58 ..

> and having offered betel, one should bow down with concentrated mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.121)

athābhyarcyopacāreṇa bhojayedvipradaṃpatī .. 59 ..

> Then, having worshipped them with hospitality, one should feed a brahmin couple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.122)

evaṃ sāyaṃtanīṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā viprānumoditaḥ ..

> Having thus performed the evening worship, approved by the brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.123)

bhuṃjīta vāgyato rātrau haviṣyaṃ kṣīrabhāvitam .. 3.3.18.60 ..

> one should eat at night, with restrained speech, sacrificial food prepared with milk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.124)

evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kuryādvrataṃ pakṣadvaye budhaḥ ..

> Thus the wise person should perform the observance for a year, in both fortnights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.125)

tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe vratodyāpanamācaret .. 61 ..

> Then, when the year is complete, one should perform the concluding rite of the observance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.126)

śatarudrābhijaptena snāpayetpratime jalaiḥ ..

> One should bathe the two images with water consecrated by reciting the Śatarudrīya;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.127)

āgamoktena mantreṇa saṃpūjya girijāśivau .. 62 ..

> and having worshipped Girijā and Śiva with the mantra prescribed in the Āgama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.128)

savastraṃ sasuvarṇa ca kalaśaṃ prati mānvitam..

> and having given a water jar accompanied by garments, gold, and the image  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.129)

dattvācāryāya mahate sadācāraratāya ca ..

> to a noble teacher devoted to good conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.130)

brāhmaṇānbhojayedbhaktyā yathāśaktyābhipūjya ca .. 63 ..

> and having honoured the brahmins according to one's capacity, one should feed them with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.131)

dadyācca dakṣiṇāṃ tebhyo gohiraṇyāṃbarādikam ..

> One should also give them a sacrificial fee of cows, gold, garments, and so forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.132)

bhuṃjīta tadanujñātaḥ saheṣṭajanabaṃdhubhiḥ .. 64 ..

> Permitted by them, one should eat together with dear ones and relatives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.133)

evaṃ yaḥ kurute bhaktyā vrataṃ trailokyaviśrutam ..

> Whoever performs with devotion this observance famed in the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.134)

triḥsaptakulamuddhṛtya bhuktvā bhogānyathepsi tān .. 65 ..

> having delivered twenty-one generations and enjoyed pleasures as desired,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.135)

indrādilokapālānāṃ sthāneṣu ramate dhuvam ..

> certainly rejoices in the realms of the world-protectors headed by Indra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.136)

brahmaloke ca ramate viṣṇuloke ca śāśvate .. 66 ..

> and rejoices in the world of Brahmā, and in the eternal world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.137)

śivalokamatha prāpya tatra kalpaśataṃ punaḥ ..

> Then, having attained the world of Śiva, and there for a hundred kalpas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.138)

bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulāñchivameva prapadyate .. 67 ..

> having enjoyed vast pleasures, one attains Śiva alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.139)

mahāvratamidaṃ proktaṃ tvamapi śraddhayā cara ..

> This great observance has been taught; you too undertake it with faith;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.140)

atyaṃtadurlabhaṃ vāpi lapsyase ca manoratham .. .. 68 ..

> and you will obtain your desire, even if it is exceedingly difficult to attain.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.141)

ityādiṣṭā munīṃdreṇa sā bālā muditā bhṛśam ..

> Thus instructed by the foremost of sages, that young girl was greatly delighted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.142)

pratyagrahītsuviśrabdhā tadvākyaṃ sumanoharam .. 69 ..

> Full of complete trust, she accepted his charming word.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.143)

atha tasyāḥ samāyātāḥ pitṛmātṛ sahodarāḥ ..

> Then her parents and brothers arrived;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.144)

taṃ muniṃ sukhamāsīnaṃ dadṛśuḥ kṛtabhojanam .. 3.3.18.70 ..

> they saw that sage seated comfortably, having finished his meal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.145)

sahasāgatya te sarve namaścakrurmahātmane ..

> Hurrying up, all of them bowed down to the great-souled one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.146)

prasīda naḥ prasīdeti gṛṇataḥ paryapūja yan .. 71 ..

> saying, “Be gracious to us, be gracious!” they worshipped him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.147)

śrutvā ca te tayā sādhvyā pūjitaṃ paramaṃ munim ..

> Hearing that the supreme sage had been honoured by that virtuous girl,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.148)

anugrahavataṃ tasyai śrutvā harṣaṃ paraṃ yayuḥ .. 72 ..

> and hearing that he was gracious toward her, they experienced supreme joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.149)

te kṛtāṃjalayaḥ sarve tamūcurmuni puṃgavam .. 73 ..

> All of them, with folded palms, spoke to that bull among sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.150)

adya dhanyā vayaṃ sarve tavāgamanamātrataḥ ..

> “Today we are all blessed merely by your arrival;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.151)

pāvitaṃ naḥ kulaṃ sarvaṃ gṛhaṃ ca saphalīkṛtam .. 74 ..

> our entire family is purified, and our household is rendered fruitful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.152)

iyaṃ ca śāradā nāma kanyā vaidhavyamāgatā ..

> And this maiden, named Śāradā, has fallen into widowhood  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.153)

kenāpi karmayogena durvilaṃghyena bhūyasā .. 75 ..

> by some overpowering fate of action that is hard to surmount.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.154)

saiṣādya tava pādābjaṃ prapannā śaraṇaṃ satī ..

> This virtuous woman has today surrendered to your lotus feet for refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.155)

imāṃ samuddharāsahyātsughorādduḥkha sāgarāt .. 76 ..

> Deliver her from this unbearable, dreadful ocean of sorrow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.156)

tvayāpi tāvadatraiva sthātavyaṃ no gṛhāṃtike ..

> You also should remain right here near our home for that time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.157)

asmadgṛhamaṭhe'pyasminsnānapūjājapocite .. 77 ..

> in this hermitage belonging to our house, suitable for bathing, worship, and chanting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.158)

eṣā bālāpi bhagavankurvaṃtī tvatpadārcanam ..

> This girl too, O venerable one, performing the worship of your feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.159)

vrataṃ tvatsannidhāveva cariṣyati mahāmune .. 78 ..

> will practice the observance in your presence alone, O great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.160)

yāvatsamāptimāyāti vratamasyāstvadaṃtike ..

> until her observance reaches completion near you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.161)

uṣitvā tāvadatraiva kṛtārthānkuru no guro .. 79 ..

> having dwelt right here until then, make us fulfilled, O guru!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.162)

evamabhyarthitaḥ sarvaistasyā bhrātṛjanādibhiḥ ..

> Thus requested by all her brothers and kin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.163)

tatheti sa muniśreṣṭhastatrovāsa maṭhe śubhe .. 3.3.18.80 ..

> saying, "So be it," that best of sages lived there in an auspicious cloister.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.164)

sāpi tenopadiṣṭena mārgeṇa girijāśivau ..

> She too, by the path instructed by him, Girijā and Śiva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.165)

arcayaṃtī vrataṃ samyakcacāra vimalā satī .. 81 ..

> worshiping, performed the vow properly, pure and virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.18.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.18.166)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmottarakhaṇḍe umāmaheśvaravratācaraṇaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 18 ..

> Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, titled "The Observance of the Umā-Maheśvara Vow," in the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa, the third \[section\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.18.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Viṣṇusaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.visnusamhita.10.79) — Sanskrit

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