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# Skandapurana 3.3.19

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.2)

evaṃ mahāvrataṃ tasyāścaraṃtyā gurusannidhau ..

> As she thus observed the great vow in the guru's presence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.3)

saṃvatsaro vyatīyāya niyamāsaktacetasaḥ .. 1 ..

> a year passed for her whose mind was devoted to the observances.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.4)

saṃvatsarāṃte sā bālā tatraiva pitṛmaṃdire ..

> At the end of the year, that maiden, right there in her father's house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.5)

cakārodyāpanaṃ samyagviprabhojanapūrvakam .. 2 ..

> properly performed the concluding rite preceded by feeding the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.6)

dattvā ca dakṣiṇāṃ tebhyo brāhmaṇebhyo yathārhataḥ ..

> And having given sacrificial fees to those brahmins according to their desert,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.7)

visṛjya tānnamaskṛtya pitṛbhyāmabhinaṃditā .. 3 ..

> having dismissed them and bowed down, she was congratulated by her parents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.8)

upoṣitā svayaṃ tasmindine niyamamāśritā ..

> Fasting herself on that day, committed to the religious rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.9)

jajāpa paramaṃ maṃtramupadiṣṭaṃ mahātmanā .. 4 ..

> she muttered the supreme mantra instructed by the great-souled \[sage\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.10)

atha pradoṣasamaye prāpte saṃpūjya śaṃkaram ..

> Then, when the twilight hour arrived, having worshiped Śaṃkara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.11)

tasmingṛhāṃtikamaṭhe gurostasya ca sannidhau .. 5 ..

> in that cloister near the house and in the presence of that guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.12)

japārcanaratā sādhvī dhyāyatī parameśvaram ..

> devoted to japa and worship, meditating upon the Supreme Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.13)

tasmiñjāgaraṇe rātrāvupaviṣṭā śivāṃtike .. 6 ..

> seated beside Śiva during that night-vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.14)

yugmam ..

> \[A pair of verses:\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.15)

tasyāṃ rātrau tayā sārdhaṃ sa munirjagadaṃbikām ..

> On that night, together with her, that sage  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.16)

japadhyāna tapobhiśca toṣayāmāsa pārvatīm.. 7 ..

> propitiated Pārvatī, the mother of the universe, with japa, meditation, and austerities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.17)

tasyāśca bhaktyā vratabhāvitāyā munestapoyogasamādhinā ca ..

> Pleased by her devotion purified by the vow, and by the sage's practice of austerity and absorption,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.18)

tuṣṭā bhavānī jagadekamātā prādurbabhūvā kṛtasāṃdramūrtiḥ .. 8 ..

> Bhavānī, the sole mother of the universe, manifested herself in a form of dense \[light\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.19)

prādurbhūtā yadā gaurī tayoragre jaganmayī ..

> When Gaurī, identical with the universe, appeared before the two of them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.20)

andho'pi tatkṣaṇādeva muniḥ prāpa dṛśordvayam .. 9 ..

> though blind, at that very moment the sage regained his two eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.21)

tāṃ vīkṣya jagatāṃ dhātrīmāvirbhūtāṃ puraḥsthitām ..

> Beholding the maintainer of the worlds manifest and standing before them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.22)

nipetatustatpadayoḥ sa muniḥ sā ca kanyakā .. 3.3.19.10 ..

> that sage and that girl fell at her feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.23)

tau bhaktibhāvocchvasitāmalāśayāvānaṃdabāṣpokṣita sarvagātrau ..

> The goddess, overflowing with compassion, raised up the two whose pure hearts swelled with feelings of devotion, their whole limbs sprinkled with tears of joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.24)

utthāpya devī kṛpayā pariplutā premṇā babhāṣe mṛduvalgubhāṣiṇī .. 11 ..

> and speaking softly and pleasantly, addressed them with love:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.25)

.. devyuvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.26)

prītāsmi te muniśreṣṭha vatse prītāsmi te'naghe ..

> "I am pleased with you, O best of sages! My child, I am pleased with you, O sinless one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.27)

kiṃ vā dadāmyabhimataṃ devānāmapi durlabham .. 12 ..

> What desired \[boon\] difficult even for the gods to obtain shall I grant?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.28)

.. muniruvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.29)

eṣā tu śāradā nāma kanyā tu gatabhatṛkā ..

> "This girl, however, named Śāradā, has lost her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.30)

mayā pratiśrutaṃ cāsyai tuṣṭena gatacakṣuṣā .. 13 ..

> And to her, by me, pleased \[with her service\] though having lost my eyes, was promised:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.31)

saha bhartrā ciraṃ kālaṃ vihṛtya sutamuttamam ..

> 'Sporting with your husband for a long time, an excellent son  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.32)

labhasveti mayā proktaṃ satyaṃ kuru namo'stu te .. 14 ..

> obtain!'—thus it was spoken by me. Make it true! Praise be to you!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.33)

.. śrīdevyuvāca .. ..

> The holy goddess said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.34)

eṣā pūrvabhave bālā drāviḍasya dvijanmanaḥ ..

> "In a past birth, this girl was the second beloved wife  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.35)

āsīddvitīyā dayitā bhāminī nāma viśrutā .. 15 ..

> of a twice-born Drāviḍa, renowned by the name Bhāminī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.36)

sā bhartṛpreyasī nityaṃ rūpamādhuryapeśalā ..

> Constantly dear to her husband, charming with beauty and sweetness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.37)

bhartāraṃ vaśamāninye rūpavaśyādikaitavaiḥ . 16 ..

> she brought her husband under her sway through tricks such as beauty and subjugation charms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.38)

asyāṃ cāsaktahṛdayaḥ sa vipro mohayaṃtritaḥ ..

> His heart attached to her, bound by infatuation, that brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.39)

kadācidapi naivāgājjyeṣṭhapatnīṃ pativratām .. 17 ..

> never approached his senior, devoted wife at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.40)

anabhyāgamanādbhartuḥ sā nārī putravarjitā ..

> Because her husband did not visit her, that woman, deprived of a son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.41)

sadā śokena saṃtaptā kālena nidhanaṃ gatā .. 18 ..

> always consumed by sorrow, passed away in the course of time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.42)

asyā gṛhasamīpastho yaḥ kaścidbrāhmaṇo yuvā ..

> A certain young brahmin dwelling near her house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.43)

imāṃ vīkṣyātha cārvaṃgīṃ kāmārtaḥ karamagrahīt .. 19 ..

> seeing her of lovely limbs, seized her hand, afflicted with passion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.44)

anayā roṣatāmrākṣyā sa viprastu nivāritaḥ ..

> By her, whose eyes were red with anger, that brahmin was warded off;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.45)

imāṃ smarandivānaktaṃ nidhanaṃ pratyapadyata .. 3.3.19.20 ..

> remembering her day and night, he met his death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.46)

eṣā saṃmohya bhartāraṃ jyeṣṭhapatnyāṃ parāṅmukham ..

> She, having bewitched her husband, made him averse to his senior wife;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.47)

cakāra tena pāpena bhavesminvidhavā'bhavat .. 21 ..

> by that sin, she became a widow in this birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.48)

yāḥ kurvaṃti striyo loke jāyāpatyośca vipriyam ..

> Those women who in this world cause displeasure between wife and husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.49)

tāsāṃ kaumāravaidhavyamekaviṃśatijanmasu .. 22 ..

> for them there is widowhood in youth for twenty-one births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.50)

yadetayā pūrvabhave matpūjā mahatī kṛtā ..

> Since in a previous birth great worship of me was performed by her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.51)

tena puṇyena tatpāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ tadaiva hi .. 23 ..

> by that merit, that whole sin was destroyed at that very time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.52)

yo vipro virahārtaḥ sanmṛtaḥ kāmavimohitaḥ ..

> The brahmin who, distressed by separation, died bewildered by passion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.53)

so'syāḥ pāṇigrahaṃ kṛtvā bhavesminnidhanaṃ gataḥ .. 24 ..

> having taken her hand in marriage, met his death in this birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.54)

prāgjanmapatiretasyāḥ pāṃḍyarāṣṭreṣu so'dhunā ..

> Her husband from her previous birth is now in the Pāṇḍya realms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.55)

jāto vipravaraḥ śrīmānsadāraḥ saparicchadaḥ .. 25 ..

> \[he is\] born as an eminent brahmin, prosperous, with a wife and with retinue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.56)

tena bhartrā pratiniśaṃ saiṣā premṇābhisaṃgatā ..

> Every night, united through love with that husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.57)

svapne ratisukhaṃ yātu śreṣṭhaṃ jāgaraṇādapi ..26..

> let this woman attain the pleasure of love in dreams, superior even to that of waking.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.58)

ṣaṣṭyuttaratriśatayojanadūrasaṃstho deśādito dvijavaraḥ sa ca karmagatyā ..

> And that best of brahmins, staying far off at a distance of three hundred and sixty yojanas from this land through the course of karma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.59)

enāṃ vadhūṃ pratiniśaṃ manasobhirāmāṃ svapneṣu paśyati ciraṃ ratimādadhānaḥ .. 27 ..

> sees this bride who delights the mind every night in dreams, enjoying pleasure for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.60)

saiṣā vai svapnasaṃgatyā patyuḥ pratiniśaṃ satī ..

> Indeed, through union in dreams with her husband every night, this chaste woman  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.61)

kālena lapsyate putraṃ vedavedāṃgapāragam .. 28 ..

> shall in due time obtain a son who is a master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.62)

etasyāṃ tanayaṃ jātamātmanaścirasaṃgamāt ..

> And that brahmin too will constantly see in dream  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.63)

so'pi vipro'niśaṃ svapne drakṣyati premabhāvitam .. 29 ..

> a son born of her from his long-lasting union, filled with love.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.64)

anayārādhitā pūrve bhave sāhaṃ mahāmune ..

> I was worshipped by her in a previous birth, O great sage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.65)

asyaiva varadānāya prādurbhūtāsmi sāṃpratam .. 3.3.19.30 ..

> for the sake of granting her a boon I have manifested now."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.66)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.67)

athovāca mahādevī tāṃ bālāṃ prati sādaram ..

> Then the Great Goddess spoke respectfully to that young woman:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.68)

ayi vatse mahābhāge śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ .. 31 ..

> "O child of great fortune, listen to my supreme word.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.69)

yadā kadāpi bharttāraṃ kvāpi deśe purātanam ..

> Whenever and wherever, in some region, you will see your former husband  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.70)

drakṣyasi svapnadṛṣṭaṃ prākjñāsyase tvaṃ vicakṣaṇā .. 32 ..

> who was seen in dreams, you, wise as you are, will recognize him first.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.71)

tvāṃ drakṣyati sa vipropi sunayāṃ svapnalakṣaṇām ..

> That brahmin too will see you, of good conduct and bearing the signs seen in dream;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.72)

tadā parasparālāpo yuvayoḥ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 33 ..

> then conversation will take place between the two of you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.73)

tadā svatanayaṃ bhadre tasmai dehi bahuśrutam ..

> Then, O blessed lady, give your learned son to him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.74)

phalamasya vratasyāgryaṃ tasya haste samarpaya .. 34 ..

> entrust into his hand the supreme fruit of this vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.75)

tataḥ prabhṛti tasyaiva vaśe tiṣṭha sumadhyame ..

> From then on, O slender-waisted lady, remain under his authority;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.76)

yuvayodaihikaḥ saṃgo mābhūtsvapnaratādṛte .. 35 ..

> let there be no bodily union between the two of you, except for union in dreams.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.77)

kālātpaṃcatvamāpanne tasminbrāhmaṇasattame ..

> When, in time, that best of brahmins meets his death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.78)

agniṃ praviśya tenaiva saha yāsyasi matpadam .. 36 ..

> entering the fire together with him, you will go to my abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.79)

putraste bhavitā subhru sarvalokamanoramaḥ ..

> Your son, O fair-browed lady, will delight all the world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.80)

saṃpadaśca bhaviṣyaṃti prāpsyate paramaṃ padam .. 37 ..

> there will be riches, and he will attain the supreme abode."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.81)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.19.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.82)

ityuktvā trijaganmātā dattvā tasyai manoratham ..

> Having spoken thus and granted her desire, the Mother of the three worlds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.83)

tayoḥ saṃpaśyatoreva kṣaṇenādarśanaṃ gatā .. 38 ..

> vanished in an instant even as the two of them were watching.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.84)

sāpi bālā varaṃ labdhvā pārvatyāḥ karuṇānidheḥ ..

> That young woman too, having obtained the boon from Pārvatī, the treasure of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.85)

avāpa paramānaṃdaṃ pūjayāmāsa taṃ gurum .. 39 ..

> attained supreme bliss and worshipped that teacher.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.86)

tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ sa munirlabdhalocanaḥ ..

> When that night had passed, the sage, who had regained his sight  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.87)

tasyāḥ pitrośca tatsarvaṃ rahasyācaṣṭa dharmavit .. 3.3.19.40 ..

> and knew dharma, related all that secret to her parents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.88)

atha sarvānupāmaṃtrya śāradāṃ ca yaśasvinīm ..

> Then, having taken leave of all of them and the glorious Śāradā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.89)

vidhāyānugrahaṃ teṣāṃ yayau svairagatirmuniḥ .. 41 ..

> having bestowed grace upon them, the sage departed, moving as he pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.90)

evaṃ dineṣu gacchatsu sā bālā ca pratikṣaṇam ..

> As days passed in this manner, that young woman at every moment  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.91)

bhartuḥ samāgamaṃ lebhe svapne sukha vivardhanam .. 42 ..

> attained union with her husband in dream, increasing her happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.92)

gauryā varapradānena śāradā viśadavratā ..

> By the granting of the boon by Gaurī, Śāradā of pure vows  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.93)

dadhāra garbhaṃ svapnepi bhartuḥ saṃgānubhāvataḥ .. 43 ..

> conceived a child even in a dream, through the power of union with her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.94)

tāṃ śrutvā bhartṛrahitāṃ śāradāṃ garbhiṇī satīm..

> Hearing that the chaste Śāradā was pregnant without a husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.95)

sarve dhigiti procustāṃ jāriṇīti jagurjanāḥ .. 44 ..

> all people said 'Fie!' to her, and called her an adulteress.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.96)

saṃparetasya tadbharturye jātikulavabāṃdhavāḥ ..

> The kinsmen of the caste and family of her deceased husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.97)

tāṃ vārtāṃ duḥsahāṃ śrutvā yayustatpitṛmaṃdiram .. 45 ..

> hearing that unbearable news, went to her father's house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.98)

atha sarve samāyātā grāmavṛddhāśca paṃḍitāḥ ..

> Then all the village elders and scholars assembled;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.99)

samājaṃ cakrire tatra kulavṛddhaiḥ samanvitam .. 46 ..

> together with the family elders, they held an assembly there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.100)

antarvatnīṃ samāhūya śāradāṃ vinatānanām ..

> Summoning the pregnant Śāradā whose face was bowed down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.101)

atarjayansusaṃkruddhāḥ kecidāsanparāṅmukhāḥ .. 47 ..

> greatly enraged, they scolded her, while some turned their faces away:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.102)

ayi jāriṇi durbuddhe kimetatte viceṣṭitam ..

> "O adulteress! O wicked-minded one! What is this conduct of yours?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.103)

asmatkule suduṣkīrttiṃ kṛtavatyasi bāliśe .. 48 ..

> You have brought great dishonour upon our family, O foolish girl!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.104)

iti saṃtarjayaṃtaste grāmavṛddhā manīṣiṇaḥ ..

> Thus rebuking her, those wise village elders,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.105)

sarve saṃmaṃtrayāmāsuḥ kiṃ kurma iti bhāṣiṇaḥ .. 49 ..

> saying, "What shall we do?", all took counsel together.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.106)

tatrocuḥ ke ca vṛddhāstāṃ bālāṃ prati vinirdayāḥ ..

> Then certain pitiless elders said concerning that young woman:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.107)

eṣā pāpamatirbālā kuladvayavināśinī. .. 3.3.19.50 ..

> "This evil-minded girl is the destroyer of both families!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.108)

kṛtvāsyāḥ keśavapanaṃ chittvā karṇau ca nāsikām ..

> Shaving her head and cutting off her ears and nose,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.109)

nirvāsyatāṃ bahirgrāmātparityajya svagotrataḥ .. 51 ..

> let her be exiled outside the village, expelled from her own clan!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.110)

iti sarve samālocya tāṃ tathā kartumudyatāḥ ..

> Thus considering, they all prepared to do so to her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.111)

athāṃtarikṣe saṃbhūtā śuśruve vāgagocarā .. 52 ..

> Then an unseen voice that arose in the sky was heard:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.112)

anayā na kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ na caiva kuladūṣaṇam ..

> "No sin has been committed by her, nor any defilement of the family;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.113)

vratabhaṃgo na caitasyāssucaritreyamaṃganā .. 53 ..

> there is no breach of vow for her; this woman is of virtuous conduct!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.114)

itaḥ paramiyaṃ nārī jāriṇīti vadaṃti ye ..

> From now on, those who declare this woman to be an adulteress—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.115)

teṣāṃ doṣavimūḍhānāṃ sadyo jihvā vidīryate .. 54 ..

> the tongue of those fools blinded by fault shall split open at once!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.116)

ityaṃtarikṣe janitāṃ vāṇīṃ śrutvā'śarīriṇīm ..

> Hearing such a bodiless voice produced in the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.117)

sarve prajahṛṣustasyā jananījanakādayaḥ ..55..

> all her family, beginning with her mother and father, rejoiced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.118)

tataḥ sasaṃbhramāḥ sarve grāmavṛddhāḥ sabhājanāḥ ..

> Then, flustered, all the village elders and assembly members  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.119)

muhūrttaṃ maunamālaṃbya bhītāstasthuradhomukhāḥ ..56..

> observed silence for a moment and stood frightened, their faces cast down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.120)

tatra kecidaviśvastā mithyāvāṇītyavādiṣuḥ..

> Some there, remaining incredulous, said, “This is a false voice.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.121)

teṣāṃ jihvā dvidhā bhinnā vavamuste kṛmīnkṣaṇāt .. 57 ..

> Their tongues split in two, and in an instant they vomited worms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.122)

tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsustāṃ bālāṃ jñātibāṃdhavāḥ ..

> Then the kinsmen and relatives honoured that young girl;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.123)

bāṃdhavāśca striyo vṛddhāḥ śaśaṃsuḥ sādhusādhviti .. 58 ..

> the relatives and elderly women praised her, saying, “Well done! Well done!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.124)

mumucuḥ kecidānaṃdabāṣpabiṃdūnkulottamāḥ..

> Some of the noble members of the family shed tears of joy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.125)

kulastriyaḥ pramuditāstāmuddiśya samāśvasan .. 59 ..

> the noble ladies, overjoyed, addressed her and comforted her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.126)

atha tatrāpare procurdevo vadati nānṛtam ..

> Then others there said, “A god does not speak untruth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.127)

kathameṣāṃ dadhau garbhaṃ śīlānna calitā dhruvam .. 3.3.19.60 ..

> Yet how did she conceive a child when she surely did not deviate from virtue?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.128)

iti sarvānsabhyajanā nsaṃśayāviṣṭacetasaḥ ..

> Seeing that all the members of the assembly had minds filled with doubt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.129)

vilokya vṛddhastatraiko sarvajño lokatattvavit .. 61 ..

> an elder there, omniscient and knowing the true nature of the world, \[said\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.130)

māyāmayamidaṃ viśvaṃ dṛśyate śrūyate ca yat ..

> “This entire universe, whatever is seen and heard, is made of māyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.131)

kiṃ bhāvyaṃ kimabhāvyaṃ vā saṃsāre'sminkṣaṇātmake .. 62 ..

> In this world that lasts but a moment, what is possible and what is impossible?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.132)

anirūpyamabhūtārthaṃ māyayā jāyate sphuṭam ..

> Clearly, by māyā that which cannot be defined and which has no physical reality comes into being.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.133)

īśvarasya vaśe māyā tasya ko veda ceṣṭitam .. 23 ..

> Māyā is under the control of Īśvara; who knows his deeds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.134)

yūpaketośca rājarṣeḥ śukraṃ nipatitaṃ jale ..

> The semen of the royal seer Yūpaketu fell into the water;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.135)

saśukraṃ tajjalaṃ pītvā veśyā garbhaṃ dadhau kila .. 64 ..

> having drunk that water containing semen, a courtesan indeed conceived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.136)

munervibhāṃḍakasyāpi śukraṃ pītvā sahāṃbhasā ..

> Also, having drunk the semen of the sage Vibhaṇḍaka along with water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.137)

hariṇī garbhiṇī bhūtvā ṛṣyaśṛṃgamasūyata .. 65 ..

> a doe became pregnant and gave birth to Ṛṣyaśṛṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.138)

surāṣṭrasya tathā rājñaḥ karaṃ spṛṣṭvā mṛgāṃganā..

> Likewise, a doe, having touched the hand of the king of Surāṣṭra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.139)

tatkṣaṇādgarbhiṇī bhūtvā muniṃ prāsūta tāpasam .. 66 ..

> became pregnant at that very moment and gave birth to an ascetic sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.140)

tathā satyavatī nārī śapharīgarbhasaṃbhavā ..

> In the same way, the woman Satyavatī was born from the belly of a carp;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.141)

tathaiva mahiṣīgarbho jātaśca mahiṣāsuraḥ.. 67 ..

> likewise Mahiṣāsura was born from the womb of a she-buffalo.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.142)

tathā saṃti purā nāryaḥ kāruṇyādgarbhasaṃbhavāḥ..

> So too in ancient times there were women who conceived out of compassion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.143)

tathā hi vasudevena rohiṇyā stanayo'bhavat .. 68 ..

> for in such a manner Rohiṇī had a son through Vasudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.144)

devatānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ śāpena ca vareṇa ca ..

> By the curse or the boon of gods and great seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.145)

ayuktamapi yatkarma yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 69 ..

> even that act which is impossible becomes possible; there is no doubt of this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.146)

sāṃbasya jaṭharājjātaṃ musalaṃ muniśāpataḥ ..

> From Sāmba's belly an iron club was born due to a sage's curse;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.147)

yuvanāśvasya garbho'bhūnmunīnāṃ maṃtragauravāt .. 3.3.19.70 ..

> Yuvanāśva conceived a child through the power of the sages' mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.148)

nūnameṣāpi kalyāṇī maharṣeḥ pādasevanāt ..

> Surely this auspicious girl too, through attendance on the feet of the great seer  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.149)

mahāvratānubhāvācca dhatte garbhamaniṃ ditā .. 71 ..

> and through the power of her great vow, bears a child, blameless as she is.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.150)

asminnarthe rahasyenāṃ satyaṃ pṛcchaṃtu yoṣitaḥ ..

> Concerning this matter, let the women question her in private about the truth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.151)

tato nivṛttasaṃdeho bhaviṣyati mahājanaḥ .. 72 ..

> then the people will be freed of doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.152)

tatastadvacanādeva tāmapṛcchanstriyo mithaḥ ..

> Then, at his very word, the women questioned her in secret;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.153)

tābhyaḥ śaśaṃsa tatsarvaṃ sā svavṛttaṃ mahādbhutam .. 73 ..

> she related to them all her own exceedingly wondrous account.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.154)

vijānaṃtastataḥ sarve mānayitvā ca tāṃ satīm ..

> Understanding \[the truth\], everyone then honoured that virtuous woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.155)

modamānāḥ praśaṃsaṃtaḥ prayayuḥ svaṃ svamālayam.. 74 ..

> and rejoicing and praising \[her\], departed each to his own home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.156)

atha kāle śubhe prāpte śāradā vimalāśayā ..

> Then, when the auspicious time arrived, the pure-minded Śāradā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.157)

asūta tanayaṃ bālā bālārkasamatejasam .. 75 ..

> a mere girl, gave birth to a son whose splendour equalled the rising sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.158)

sa kumāro mahodāralakṣaṇaḥ kamalekṣaṇaḥ ..

> That boy, endowed with exceedingly noble marks and with eyes like lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.159)

avāpya mahatīṃ vidyāṃ bālya eva mahāmatiḥ .. 76 ..

> attained great learning even in childhood, being of great intellect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.160)

athopanīto guruṇā kāle lokamanoramaḥ ..

> Then, invested with the sacred thread by his guru in due course, charming to the people,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.161)

sa śāradeya eveti loke khyāti mavāpa ha .. 77 ..

> he acquired fame in the world precisely as ‘Śāradeya’.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.162)

ṛgvedamaṣṭame varṣe navame yajuṣāṃ gaṇam .  
daśame sāmavedaṃ ca līlayādhyagamatsudhīḥ .. 78 ..

> The wise boy mastered with ease the Ṛgveda in his eighth year, the collection of Yajus verses in the ninth,  
> and the Sāmaveda in the tenth year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.163)

atha trilokamahite saṃprāpte śivaparvaṇi ..

> Then, when the festival of Śiva, revered in the three worlds, had arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.164)

gokarṇaṃ prayayuḥ sarve janāḥ sarvanivāsinaḥ .. 79 ..

> all the people from everywhere set out for Gokarṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.165)

śāradāpi svaputreṇa gokarṇaṃ prayayau satī .. 3.3.19.80 ..

> The virtuous Śāradā too set out for Gokarṇa with her son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.166)

tatrāpaśyatsamāyātaṃ sadā svapneṣu lakṣitam ..

> There she saw arriving her husband of a previous birth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.167)

pūrvajanmani bharttāraṃ dvijabaṃdhujanāvṛtam .. 81 ..

> whom she had always seen in dreams, surrounded by his brahmin kinsfolk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.168)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā premanirviṇṇā pulakāṃkitavigrahā ..

> Seeing him, overwhelmed with love, her body bristling with horripilation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.169)

niruddhabāṣpaprasarā tasthau tannyastalocanā .. 82 ..

> her flow of tears checked, she stood with her eyes fixed upon him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.170)

sa ca vipro'pi tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpalakṣaṇalakṣitām..

> And that brahmin too, seeing her endowed with beauty and auspicious marks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.171)

svapne sadā bhujyamānāmātmano ratidāyinīm . 83 ..

> who had always been enjoyed in dreams and brought him delight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.172)

taṃ kumāramapi svapne dṛṣṭvā cātma śarīrajam ..

> and seeing in the boy the one born of his own body seen in dreams,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.173)

vilokya vismayāviṣṭastadaṃtikamupāyayau .. 84 ..

> was overcome with astonishment and approached her side \[saying\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.174)

bhadre tvāṃ praṣṭumicchāmi yatkiṃcinmanasi sthitam ..

> “Good lady, I wish to ask you something that is on my mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.175)

iti prathamamābhāṣya rahaḥ sthānaṃ nināya tām.. 85..

> Having thus addressed her first, he led her to a private place:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.176)

kā tvaṃ kathaya vāmoru kasya bhāryāsi suvrate ..

> "Tell me, fair-thighed one, who are you? Whose wife are you, O lady of good vows?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.177)

ko deśaḥ kasya vā putrī kinnāmetyabravīcca tām .. 86 ..

> What is your country, or whose daughter are you, and what is your name?" Thus he spoke to her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.178)

iti tena samāpṛṣṭā sā nārī bāṣpalocanā ..

> Being thus questioned by him, that woman, her eyes filled with tears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.179)

vyājahārātmanovṛttaṃ bālye vaidhavyakāraṇam .. 87 ..

> related her own story, the cause of her widowhood in childhood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.180)

punaḥ papraccha tāṃ bālāṃ putraḥ kasyāyamuttamaḥ ..

> He questioned that young woman again: "Whose excellent son is this?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.181)

kathaṃ dhṛto vā jaṭhare bālo'yaṃ caṃdrasannibhaḥ .. 88 ..

> And how was this child, resembling the moon, held in your womb?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.182)

. śāradovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.19.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.183)

eṣa me tanayaḥ svāminsarvavidyāviśāradaḥ..

> "This is my son, master, skilled in all fields of knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.184)

śāradeya iti prokto mama nāmnaiva kalpitaḥ .. 69 ..

> He is called Śāradeya, named after myself alone."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.185)

iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā vihasya brāhmaṇottamaḥ ..

> Having heard her words, that best of brahmins laughed and  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.186)

provāca kaṣṭātkaṣṭaṃ hi caritaṃ tava bhāmini .. 3.3.19.90 ..

> said: "Difficult upon difficult indeed is your history, O passionate lady!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.187)

pāṇigrahaṇamātraṃ te kṛtvā bharttā mṛtaḥ kila ..

> Merely taking your hand in marriage, your husband surely died;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.188)

kathaṃ cāyaṃ suto jātastasya kāraṇamucyatām .. 91 ..

> and how was this son born? Let the reason for that be told."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.189)

iti tenoditāṃ vāṇīmākarṇyātīva lajjitā ..

> Hearing the words spoken by him, she was exceedingly bashful;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.190)

kṣaṇaṃ cāśrumukhī bhūtvā dhairyāditthamabhāṣata .. 92 ..

> and having had a tearful face for a moment, out of steadfastness she spoke thus:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.191)

.. śāradovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.19.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.192)

tadalaṃ parihāsoktyā tvaṃ māṃ vetsi mahāmate ..

> "Enough of words of ridicule; you know me, O wise one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.193)

tvāmahaṃ vedmi cārthe'sminpramāṇaṃ mana āvayoḥ .. 93 ..

> And I know you; in this matter, the mind of both of us is the authority."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.194)

ityuktvā sarvamāvedya devyā dattaṃ varādikam ..

> Having spoken thus and disclosed all, beginning with the boon granted by the Goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.195)

vratasyārdhaṃ kumāraṃ taṃ dadau tasmai dhṛtavratam .. 94 ..

> she gave to him that boy who observed the vow, \[born from\] half of the vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.196)

so'pi pramudito vipraḥ kumāraṃ pratigṛhya tam..

> He too, the brahmin, delighted upon receiving that boy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.197)

pitroranumatenaiva tāṃ nināya nijālayam .. 95 ..

> led her to his own home with the consent of his parents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.198)

sāpi sthitvā bahūnmāsāṃstasya viprasya maṃdire ..

> She too, having dwelt for many months in that brahmin's house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.199)

tasminkālavaśaṃ prāpte praviśyāgniṃ tamanvagāt .. 96 ..

> when he succumbed to time, entered the fire and followed him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.19.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.19.200)

tatastau daṃpatī bhūtvā vimānaṃ divyamāsthitau ..

> Then, having become husband and wife, mounted upon a celestial aerial chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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