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# Skandapurana 3.3.21

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.2)

evaṃ brahmarṣiṇā proktāṃ vāṇīṃ pīyūṣasannibhām ..

> Having heard this nectar-like speech spoken by the brahmin sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.3)

ākarṇya mudito rājā prāṃjaliḥ punarabravīt .. 1 ..

> the king, delighted, with folded hands spoke once more:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.4)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.5)

aho satsaṃgamaḥ puṃsāmaśeṣāghapraśodhanaḥ ..

> “Oh, association with the virtuous purifies all sins of men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.6)

kāmakrodhanihaṃtā ca iṣṭadogdhā janasya hi .. 2 ..

> it destroys desire and anger, and yields to man all that is desired.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.7)

mama māyātamo naṣṭaṃ jñānadṛṣṭiḥ prakāśitā ..

> The darkness of my delusion is destroyed, the eye of wisdom is illuminated;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.8)

tava darśanamātreṇa prāyohamamarottamaḥ .. .. 3 ..

> by merely beholding you, I have become almost like the foremost of immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.9)

śrutaṃ ca pūrvacaritaṃ bālayoḥ samyagetayoḥ ..

> The past conduct of these two boys has been heard correctly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.10)

bhaviṣyadapi pṛcchāmi matputrācaraṇaṃ mune .. 4 ..

> I ask also about the future conduct of my son, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.11)

asyāyuḥ kati varṣāṇi bhāgyaṃ vada ca kīdṛśam ..

> Tell me, how many years is his lifespan, and what is his fortune like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.12)

vidyā kīrtiśca śaktiśca śraddhā bhaktiśca kīdṛśī .. 5 ..

> What will his learning, fame, power, faith, and devotion be like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.13)

etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa mune tvaṃ vaktumarhasi ..

> You ought to tell all this entirely, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.14)

tava śiṣyosmi bhṛtyosmi śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ gatosmayaham .. 6 ..

> I am your disciple, I am your servant, I have sought refuge with you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.15)

.. parāśara uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.16)

atrāvācyaṃ hi yatkiṃcitkathaṃ śaktosmi śaṃsitum ..

> How can I utter what should not be spoken here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.17)

yacchrutvā dhṛtimaṃtopi viṣādaṃ prāpnuyurjanāḥ .. .. 7 ..

> hearing which even resolute men fall into despair?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.18)

tathāpi nirvyalīkena bhāvena paripṛcchataḥ ..

> Even so, since you ask with a sincere heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.19)

avācyamapi vakṣyāmi tava snehānmahīpate .. 8 ..

> I will tell you, O king, out of affection, though it is unspeakable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.20)

amuṣya tvatkumārasya varṣāṇi dvādaśātyayuḥ ..

> Twelve years of this son of yours have passed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.21)

itaḥ paraṃ prapadyeta saptame divase mṛtim .. 9 ..

> hereafter, on the seventh day, he will meet his death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.22)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kālakūṭamivoditam ..

> Hearing these words of his, like kālakūṭa poison spoken aloud,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.23)

mūrcchitaḥ sahasā bhūmau patito nṛpatiḥ śucā .. 3.3.21.10 ..

> the king swooned and fell suddenly to the earth in grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.24)

tamutthāpya samāśvāsya sa muniḥ karuṇārdradhīḥ ..

> Raising him up and consoling him, that sage, his mind melting with compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.25)

uvāca mā bhairnṛpate punarvakṣyāmi te hitam .. 11 ..

> said, "Do not fear, O king! I shall tell you once more what is for your good.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.26)

sargātpurā nirālokaṃ yadekaṃ niṣkalaṃ param ..

> Prior to creation, that which was light without darkness, one, partless, supreme,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.27)

cidānaṃdamayaṃ jyotiḥ sa ādyaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ .. 12 ..

> consisting of consciousness and bliss—he is the primal, absolute Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.28)

sa evādau rajorūpaṃ sṛṣṭvā brahmāṇamātmanā ..

> He alone at the beginning created from himself Brahmā having the form of rajas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.29)

sṛṣṭikarmaniyuktāya tasmai vedāṃśca dattavān .. 13 ..

> and to him, appointed to the work of creation, he gave the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.30)

punaśca dattavānīśa ātmatattvaikasaṃgraham ..

> Furthermore, the Lord gave the sole compendium of the truth of the Self;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.31)

sarvopaniṣadāṃ sāraṃ rudrādhyāyaṃ ca dattavān .. 14 ..

> he gave the Rudrādhyāya, the essence of all the Upaniṣads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.32)

yadekamavyayaṃ sākṣādbrahmajyotiḥ sanātanam ..

> That which is the one imperishable, eternal Light of Brahman directly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.33)

śivātmakaṃ paraṃ tattvaṃ rudrādhyāye pratiṣṭhitam .. 15 ..

> the supreme reality whose nature is Śiva, is established in the Rudrādhyāya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.34)

sa ātmabhūḥ sṛjadviśvaṃ caturbhirvadanairvirāṭ ..

> That self-born cosmic being, creating the universe through his four faces,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.35)

sasarja vedāṃścaturo lokānāṃ sthitihetave .. 16 ..

> emitted the four Vedas for the purpose of sustaining the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.36)

tatrāyaṃ yajuṣāṃ madhye brahmaṇo dakṣiṇānmukhāt ..

> There, among the Yajur mantras, from the southern face of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.37)

aśeṣopaniṣatsāro rudrādhyāyaḥ samudgataḥ .. 17 ..

> emerged the Rudrādhyāya, the essence of all Upaniṣads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.38)

sa eṣa munibhiḥ sarvairmarīcyatripurogamaiḥ ..

> This was retained by all the sages, led by Marīci and Atri,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.39)

saha devairdhṛtastebhyastacchiṣyā jagṛhuśca tam .. 18 ..

> along with the gods; from them their disciples received it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.40)

tacchiṣyaśiṣyaistatputraistatputraiśca kramāgataiḥ ..

> By their disciples' disciples, by their sons, and by their sons descending in succession,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.41)

dhṛto rudrātmakaḥ so'yaṃ vedasāraḥ prasāditaḥ .. 19 ..

> this essence of the Vedas, embodying Rudra, was preserved and propitiated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.42)

eṣa eva paro mantra eṣa eva paraṃ tapaḥ ..

> This alone is the supreme mantra; this alone is the supreme austerity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.43)

rudrādhyāyajapaḥ puṃsāṃ paraṃ kaivalyasādhanam .. 3.3.21.20 ..

> the recitation of the Rudrādhyāya is the supreme means to liberation for men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.44)

mahāpātakinaḥ proktā upapātakinaśca ye ..

> Those who are declared perpetrators of major sins and those of minor sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.45)

rudrādhyāyajapātsadyaste'pi yāṃti parāṃ gatim .. 21 ..

> even they attain the supreme state immediately by reciting the Rudrādhyāya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.46)

bhūyopi brahmaṇā sṛṣṭāḥ sadasanmiśrayonayaḥ ..

> Again, good, bad, and mixed wombs were created by Brahmā—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.47)

devatiryaṅmanuṣyādyāstataḥ saṃpūritaṃ jagat .. 22 ..

> gods, beasts, humans, and others; thereby the world was filled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.48)

teṣāṃ karmāṇi sṛṣṭāni svajanmānuguṇāni ca ..

> Their actions were created corresponding to their individual births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.49)

lokāsteṣu pravartaṃte bhuṃjate caiva tatphalam .. 23 ..

> and creatures engage in them and experience their fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.50)

lokasṛṣṭipravāhārthaṃ svayameva prajāpatiḥ..

> For the sake of the continuous stream of cosmic creation, Prajāpati himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.51)

dharmādharmau sasarjāgre svavakṣaḥpṛṣṭhabhāgataḥ .. 24 ..

> at the outset, created dharma and adharma from his chest and back.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.52)

dharmamevānutiṣṭhaṃtaḥ puṇyaṃ viṃdaṃti tatphalam ..

> Those who practice dharma obtain merit as its fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.53)

adharmamanutiṣṭhaṃtaste pāpaphalabhoginaḥ .. 25 ..

> those who practice adharma enjoy the fruit of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.54)

puṇyakarmaphala svargo narakastadviparyayaḥ ..

> Heaven is the fruit of meritorious action; hell is the reverse of that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.55)

tayordvāvadhipau dhātrā kṛtau śatamakhāṃtakau .. 26 ..

> Over the two, the Creator established two rulers: the one of a hundred sacrifices (Indra) and the Ender (Yama).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.56)

kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca madamānādayaḥ pare ..

> Lust, anger, greed, arrogance, pride, and other such vices  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.57)

adharmasya sutā āsansarve narakanāyakāḥ .. 27 ..

> were the sons of adharma, all of them leaders of hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.58)

gurutalpaḥ surāpānaṃ tathānyaḥ pulkasīgamaḥ ..

> Violating the teacher's bed, drinking wine, and intercourse with an outcaste woman—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.59)

kāmasya tanayā hyete pradhānāḥ parikīrtitāḥ .. 28 ..

> these are declared to be the primary sons of lust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.60)

krodhātpitṛvadho jātastathā mātṛvadhaḥ paraḥ ..

> From anger were born patricide and another, matricide;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.61)

brahmahatyā ca kanyaikā krodhasya tanayā amī .. 29 ..

> and the murder of a brahmin was a single daughter: these were the offspring of anger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.62)

devasvaharaṇaścaiva brahmasvaharaṇastathā ..

> Stealing the property of gods, stealing the property of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.63)

svarṇasteya iti tvete lobhasya tanayāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 3.3.21.30 ..

> and theft of gold: these are remembered as the sons of greed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.64)

etānāhūya cāṃḍālānyamaḥ pātakanāyakān ..

> Summoning these outcaste leaders of sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.65)

narakasya vivṛddhyarthamādhipatyaṃ cakāra ha .. 31 ..

> Yama granted them lordship for the enlargement of hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.66)

te yamena samādiṣṭā nava pātakanāyakāḥ ..

> Commisioned by Yama, the nine leaders of sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.67)

te sarve saṃgatā bhūyo ghorāḥ pātakanāyakāḥ .. 32 ..

> all gathered together once more, terrible leaders of sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.68)

narakānpālayāmāsuḥ svabhṛtyaiścopapātakaiḥ ..

> and governed the hells along with their servants, the minor sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.69)

rudrādhyāye bhuvi prāpte sākṣātkaivalyasādhane .. 33 ..

> When the Rudrādhyāya, the direct means of liberation, arrived upon the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.70)

bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve te'mī pātakanāyakāḥ ..

> all these leaders of sins fled in terror,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.71)

yamaṃ vijñāpayāmāsuḥ sahānyairupapātakaiḥ .. 34 ..

> and along with the other minor sins, they addressed Yama:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.72)

jaya deva mahārāja vayaṃ hi tava kiṃkarāḥ ..

> "Victory, O lord, great king! We are indeed your servants;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.73)

narakasya vivṛddhyarthaṃ sādhikārāḥ kṛtāstvayā .. 35 ..

> we were endowed with authority by you for the enlargement of hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.74)

adhunā vartituṃ loke na śaktāḥ smo vayaṃ prabho ..

> Now, O master, we are unable to abide in the world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.75)

rudrādhyāyānubhāvena nirdagdhāścaiva vidrutāḥ .. 36 ..

> scorched by the power of the Rudrādhyāya, we have fled! / "  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.76)

grāmegrāme nadīkūle puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca ..

> In every village, on riverbanks, and in sacred temples,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.77)

rudrajāpye tu paryāpte kathaṃ loke caremahi .. 37 ..

> when the recitation of the Rudra is fully accomplished, how can we roam in the world?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.78)

prāyaścittasahasraṃ vai gaṇayāmo na kiṃcana ..

> Indeed, we count a thousand expiations as nothing at all;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.79)

rudrajāpyākṣarāṇyeva soḍhuṃ bata na śaknumaḥ .. 38 ..

> alas, we are unable to bear even the syllables of the recitation of the Rudra!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.80)

mahāpātakamukhyānāmasmākaṃ lokaghātinām ..

> For us, the foremost of great sins, who destroy the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.81)

rudrajāpyaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ rudrajāpyaṃ mahadviṣam .. 39 ..

> the recitation of the Rudra is a terrifying dread; the recitation of the Rudra is a great poison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.82)

ato durviṣahaṃ ghoramasmāka vyasanaṃ mahat ..

> Therefore, you ought to remove this great, unbearable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.83)

rudrajāpyena saṃprāptamapanetuṃ tvamarhasi .. 3.3.21.40 ..

> and terrible distress of ours brought about by the recitation of the Rudra.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.84)

iti vijñāpitaḥ sākṣādyamaḥ pātakanāyakaiḥ ..

> Having been thus petitioned directly by the chiefs of sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.85)

brahmaṇoṃ'tikamāsādya tasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayat .. 41 ..

> Yama approached Brahmā and reported everything to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.86)

devadeva jagannātha tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ ..

> “O God of gods, O Lord of the universe, I have come to you alone for refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.87)

tvayā niyukto martyānāṃ nigrahe pāpakāriṇām .. 42 ..

> I was appointed by you to punish sinful mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.88)

adhunā pāpino martyā na saṃti pṛthivītale ..

> Now there are no sinful mortals upon the surface of the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.89)

rudrādhyāyena nihataṃ pātakānāṃ mahatkulam .. 43 ..

> the great multitude of sins has been slain by the Rudrādhyāya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.90)

pātakānāṃ kule naṣṭe narakāḥ śūnyatāṃ gatāḥ ..

> With the multitude of sins destroyed, the hells have become desolate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.91)

narake śūnyatāṃ yāte mama rājyaṃ hi niṣphalam .. 44 ..

> When hell has become desolate, my sovereign rule is indeed useless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.92)

tasmāttvayaiva bhagavannupāyaḥ paricintyatām ..

> Therefore, O Lord, a means must be devised by you yourself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.93)

yathā me na vihanyeta svāmitvaṃ martyadehinām .. 45 ..

> so that my dominion over embodied mortals is not overthrown.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.94)

iti vijñāpito dhātā yamena parikhidyatā ..

> Having been thus petitioned by the distressed Yama, the Creator  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.95)

rudrajāpyavighātārthamupāyaṃ paryakalpayat ..46..

> devised a means to obstruct the recitation of the Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.96)

aśraddhāṃ caiva durmedhāmavidyāyāḥ sute ubhe ..

> He directed Lack of Faith and Foolishness—the two daughters of Ignorance  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.97)

śraddhāmedhāvighātinyau martyeṣu paryacodayat .. 47 ..

> who destroy faith and intelligence—among mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.98)

tābhyāṃ vimohite loke rudrādhyāyaparāṅmukhe ..

> When the world was bewildered by the two and turned away from the Rudrādhyāya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.99)

yamaḥ svasthānamāsādya kṛtārtha iva so'bhavat .. 48 ..

> Yama returned to his own abode, feeling as if his purpose were accomplished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.100)

pūrvajanmakṛtaiḥ pāpairjāyaṃte'lpāyuṣo janāḥ ..

> Through sins committed in previous lives, people are born short-lived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.101)

tāni pāpāni naśyaṃti rudraṃ japtavatāṃ nṛṇām .. 49 ..

> Those sins are destroyed for men who recite the Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.102)

kṣīṇeṣu sarvapāpeṣu dīrghamāyurbalaṃ dhṛtiḥ ..

> When all sins are exhausted, long life, strength, firmness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.103)

ārogyaṃ jñānamaiśvaryaṃ vardhate sarvadehinām .. 3.3.21.50 ..

> health, knowledge, and sovereignty increase for all embodied beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.104)

rudrādhyāyena ye devaṃ snāpayaṃti maheśvaram ..

> Those who bathe the god Maheśvara with the Rudrādhyāya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.105)

tajjalaiḥ kurvataḥ snānaṃ te mṛtyuṃ saṃtaraṃti ca .. 51 ..

> and take a bath with that water cross over death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.106)

rudrādhyāyābhijaptena snānaṃ kurvaṃti yeṃ'bhasā ..

> Those who perform an ablution with water consecrated by the Rudrādhyāya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.107)

teṣāṃ mṛtyubhayaṃ nāsti śivalo ke mahīyate .. 52 ..

> have no fear of death, and are glorified in the world of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.108)

śatarudrābhiṣekeṇa śatāyurjāyate naraḥ ..

> Through the Śatarudriya-bath, a man attains a lifespan of a hundred years;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.109)

aśeṣapāpanirmuktaḥ śivasya dayito bhavet .. 53 ..

> freed from all sins, he becomes dear to Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.110)

eṣa rudrāyutasnānaṃ karotu tava putrakaḥ ..

> Let this son of yours perform the bath of ten thousand Rudras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.111)

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi modate bhuvi śakravat .. 54 ..

> he will rejoice on earth like Indra for ten thousand years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.112)

avyāhatabalaiśvaryo hataśatrurnirāmayaḥ ..

> With unobstructed strength and power, his enemies destroyed, free from disease,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.113)

nirdhūtākhilapāpaughaḥ śāstā rājyamakaṃṭakam .. 55 ..

> his entire mass of sins washed away, he shall rule a kingdom without thorns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.114)

viprā vedavidaḥ śāṃtāḥ kṛtinaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ ..

> Let calm, accomplished brahmins, knowers of the Vedas, steadfast in vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.115)

jñānayajñataponiṣṭhāḥ śivabhaktiparāyaṇāḥ .. 56 ..

> intent on knowledge, sacrifice, and austerity, devoted to the worship of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.116)

rudrādhyāya japaṃ samyakkurvaṃtu vimalāśayāḥ ..

> pure-minded, properly perform the recitation of the Rudrādhyāya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.117)

teṣāṃ japānubhāvena sadyaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati .. 57 ..

> Through the power of their recitation, welfare will come immediately.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.118)

ityuktavaṃtaṃ nṛpatirmahāmuniṃ tameva vavre prathamaṃ kriyāgurum ..

> To the great sage who had spoken thus, the king first chose him alone as the presiding master of the rite;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.119)

athāparāṃstyaktadhanāśayānmunīnāvāhayāmāsa sahasraśaḥ kṣaṇāt .. 58 ..

> then in an instant he summoned thousands of other sages who had abandoned desire for wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.120)

te viprāḥ śāṃtamanasaḥ sahasraparisaṃmitāḥ ..

> Those calm-minded brahmins, numbering a thousand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.121)

kalaśānāṃ śataṃ sthāpya puṇya vṛkṣarasairyutam .. 59 ..

> set up a hundred jars filled with the sap of sacred trees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.122)

rudrādhyāyena saṃsnāpya tamurvīpatiputrakam ..

> Having thoroughly bathed that king's son with the Rudrādhyāya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.123)

vidhivatsnāpayāmāsuḥ saṃprāpte saptame dine .. 3.3.21.60 ..

> they bathed him according to the prescribed rules when the seventh day arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.124)

snāpyamāno munijanaiḥ sa rājanyakumārakaḥ ..

> While being bathed by the sages, that prince,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.125)

akasmādeva saṃtrastaḥ kṣaṇaṃ mūrcchāmavāpa ha .. 61 ..

> suddenly terrified, fell into a faint for a moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.126)

sahasaiva prabuddho'sau munibhiḥ kṛtarakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Quickly awakened, having been protected by the sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.127)

provāca kaścitpuruṣo daṃḍahastaḥ samāgataḥ .. 62 ..

> he said: “A certain man with a staff in hand arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.128)

māṃ prahartuṃ kṛtamatirbhīmadaṇḍo bhayānakaḥ ..

> Frightful, with a terrifying staff, he was intent on striking me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.129)

so'pi cānyairmahāvīrai puruṣairabhitāḍitaḥ .. 63 ..

> but he was beaten all around by other men of great valour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.130)

baddhvā pāśena mahatā dūraṃ nīta ivābhavat ..

> and, bound with a great noose, he seemed to be carried far away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.131)

etāvadahamadrākṣaṃ bhavadbhiḥ kṛtarakṣaṇaḥ .. 64 ..

> Protected by you, this much I saw.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.132)

ityuktavaṃtaṃ nṛpatestanūjaṃ dvijasattamāḥ ..

> To the king's son who had spoken thus, the best of brahmins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.133)

āśīrbhiḥ pūjayāmāsurbhayaṃ rājñe nyavedayan .. .. 65 ..

> honoured him with blessings and reported the danger to the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.134)

atha sarvānṛṣīñchreṣṭhāndakṣiṇābhirnṛpottamaḥ ..

> Then the best of kings, having honoured all the excellent seers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.135)

pūjayitvā varānnena bhojayitvā ca bhaktitaḥ .. 66 ..

> with priestly gifts and fed them with choice food in devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.136)

pratigṛhyāśiṣasteṣāṃ munīnāṃ brahmavādinām ..

> Having received the blessings of those sages who speak of Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.137)

bhaktyā baṃdhujanaiḥ sārdhaṃ sabhāyāṃ samupāviśat .. 67 ..

> he sat down in the assembly with devotion together with his kinsmen. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.138)

tasminsamāgate vīre munibhiḥ saha pārthive ..

> When that heroic king had arrived together with the sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.139)

ājagāma mahāyogī devarṣirnāradaḥ svayam .. 68 ..

> the great yogin Nārada, the celestial seer, arrived in person. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.140)

tamāgataṃ prekṣya guruṃ munīnāṃ sārdhaṃ sadasyairakhilairmunīṃdraiḥ ..

> Seeing him arrive, the guru of the sages, together with all the assembly members and chief sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.141)

praṇamya bhaktyā viniveśya pīṭhe kṛtopacāraṃ nṛpatirbabhāṣe .. 69 .. ..

> the king bowed with devotion, seated him upon a throne, rendered homage, and spoke: // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.142)

.. rājovāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.21.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.143)

dṛṣṭaṃ kimasti te brahmastrilokyāṃ kiṃcidadbhutam ..

> O brahmin, has anything wondrous been seen by you in the three worlds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.144)

tanno brūhi vayaṃ sarve tvadvākyāmṛtalālasāḥ .. 3.3.21.70 ..

> Tell us that; we are all eager for the nectar of your words. // 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.145)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.21.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.146)

adya citraṃ mahaddṛṣṭaṃ vyomnovataratā mayā ..

> A great wonder was seen today by me as I descended from the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.147)

tacchṛṇuṣva mahārāja sahaibhirmunipuṃgavaiḥ .. 71 ..

> Listen to that, O great king, together with these eminent sages. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.148)

adya mṛtyurihāyāto nihaṃtuṃ tava putrakam..

> Today Death came here to slay your son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.149)

daṃḍahasto durādharṣo lokamudbādhayansadā .. 72 ..

> staff in hand, invincible, constantly tormenting the world. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.150)

īśvaropi viditvainaṃ tvatputraṃ haṃtumāgatam ..

> Īśvara, too, knowing that he had come to slay your son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.151)

sahaiva pārṣadaiḥ kaṃcidvīrabhadramacodayat .. 73 ..

> dispatched a certain Vīrabhadra along with attendants. // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.152)

sa āgatya haṭhānmṛtyuṃ tvatputraṃ haṃtumāgatam ..

> He, having arrived, seized Death by force as he approached to slay your son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.153)

gṛhītvā sudṛḍhaṃ baddhvā daṃḍenābhyahanadruṣā .. 74 ..

> bound him very firmly, and struck him with a staff in fury. // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.154)

taṃ nīyamānaṃ jagadīśasannidhiṃ śīghraṃ viditvā bhagavānyamaḥ svayam ..

> Swiftly learning that he was being led into the presence of the Lord of the Universe, the blessed Yama himself  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.155)

kṛtāṃjalirdeva jayetyudīrayanpraṇamya mūrdhnā nijagāda śūlinam .. 75 ..

> joined his hands, uttered, 'O God, be victorious!', bowed with his head, and addressed the trident-bearing Lord: // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.156)

.. yama uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.21.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.157)

devadeva mahārudra vīrabhadra namo'stu te ..

> O God of gods, O Mahārudra, O Vīrabhadra, homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.158)

nirāgasi kathaṃ mṛtyau kopastava samutthitaḥ..76..

> Why has your wrath arisen against Death, who is blameless? // 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.159)

nijakarmānubaṃdhena rājaputraṃ gatāyuṣam..

> When Death undertook to strike the prince whose lifespan had run out  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.160)

prahartumudyate mṛtyau koparādho vada prabho..77..

> in accordance with his own past action, what was the offense? Tell me, O Lord. // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.161)

..vīrabhadra uvāca..

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

### [3.3.21.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.162)

daśavarṣasahasrāyuḥ sa rājatanayaḥ katham..

> The prince's lifespan is ten thousand years. How  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.163)

vipattimaṃtarāyāti rudrasnānahatāśubhaḥ..78..

> can he meet with premature calamity when his evil has been destroyed by the Rudra-bath? // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.164)

asti cettava saṃdeho madvākye'pyanivārite ..

> If you have a doubt even concerning my unhindered word,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.165)

citraguptaṃ samāhūya praṣṭavyo'dyaiva mā ciram.. 79 ..

> Citragupta must be summoned and asked this very day without delay. // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.166)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.21.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.167)

athāhūtaścitragupto yamena sahasāgataḥ ..

> Then Citragupta, summoned by Yama, swiftly arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.168)

āyuḥpramāṇa tvatsūnoḥ paripṛṣṭaḥ sa cābravīt .. 3.3.21.80 ..

> Questioned about the measure of your son's lifespan, he said: // 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.169)

dvādaśābdaṃ ca tasyāyurityuktvātha vimṛśya ca ..

> 'Twelve years is his lifespan.' Having said this, he reflected,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.170)

punarlekhyagataṃ prāha sa varṣāyutajīvitam ..81..

> and then declared what was recorded: a life of ten thousand years. // 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.171)

atha bhīto yamo rājā vīrabhadraṃ praṇamya ca ..

> Then, terrified, King Yama bowed to Vīrabhadra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.172)

kathaṃcinmocayāmāsa mṛtyuṃ durvārabaṃdhanāt .. 82 ..

> and somehow released Death from his irresistible bonds. // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.173)

vīrabhadreṇa mukto'tha yamo'gānnijamaṃdiram ..

> Released by Vīrabhadra, Yama went to his own abode,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.174)

vīrabhadraśca kailāsamahaṃ prāptastavāṃtikam .. 83 ..

> and Vīrabhadra went to Kailāsa; and I have come to you. // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.175)

atastava kumāro'yaṃ rudrajāpyānubhāvataḥ ..

> Therefore, this prince of yours, by the power of the recitation of the Rudra hymns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.176)

mṛtyorbhayaṃ samuttīrya sukhī jāto'yutaṃ samāḥ .. 84 ..

> has crossed over the fear of death and has become happy for ten thousand years. // 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.177)

ityuktvā nṛpamāmaṃtrya nārade tridivaṃ gate ..

> Having spoken thus and taken leave of the king, when Nārada had gone to heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.178)

viprāḥ sarve pramuditāḥ svasvajagmurathāśramam .. 85 ..

> all the brahmins, delighted, then went to their respective hermitages. // 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.179)

itthaṃ kāśmīranṛpatī rudrādhyāyaprabhāvataḥ ..

> Thus the king of Kāśmīra, through the power of the Rudrādhyāya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.180)

nistīryāśeṣaduḥ khāni kṛtārthobhūtsaputrakaḥ..86..

> crossed beyond all sorrows and achieved his goal along with his son. // 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.181)

ye kīrtayaṃti manujāḥ parameśvarasya māhātmyametadatha karṇapuṭaiḥ pibaṃti ..

> Those mortals who proclaim this māhātmya of the Supreme Lord, or drink it in with the cups of their ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.182)

te janmakoṭikṛtapāpagaṇairvimuktāḥ śāṃtāḥ prayāṃti paramaṃ padamiṃdumauleḥ .. 87 ..

> freed from masses of sin committed in ten million births, serene, attain the supreme state of the Moon-crested Lord. // 87  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.21.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.21.183)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmottarakhaṃḍe rudrādhyāyamahimavarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 21 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Rudrādhyāya,' in the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa of the third \[part\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the Samhitā of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.21.1) — English, machine translation

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