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# Skandapurana 3.3.22

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.2)

evaṃ śivatamaḥ paṃthāḥ śivenaiva pradarśitaḥ ..

> Thus the most auspicious path has been shown by Śiva himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.3)

nṛṇāṃ saṃsṛtibaddhānāṃ sadyomuktikaraḥ paraḥ .. 1 ..

> the supreme path that brings immediate liberation to men bound in transmigratory existence. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.4)

atha durmedhasāṃ puṃsāṃ vedeṣvanadhikāriṇām ..

> Now, for dull-witted men, for those not eligible for the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.5)

strīṇāṃ dvijātibaṃdhūnāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca śarīriṇām .. 2 ..

> for women, for uninitiated kinsmen of the twice-born, and for all embodied beings, // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.6)

eṣa sādhāraṇaḥ paṃthāḥ sākṣātkaivalyasādhanaḥ ..

> this common path directly accomplishes absolute liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.7)

mahāmunijanaiḥ sevyo devairapi supūjitaḥ ..3..

> it is to be cultivated by great sages and is well worshipped even by the gods: // 3  
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### [3.3.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.8)

yatkathāśravaṇaṃ śaṃbhoḥ saṃsārabhayanāśanam ..

> namely, hearing the stories of Śambhu, which destroys the fear of rebirth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.9)

sadyomuktikaraṃ ślāghyaṃ pavitraṃ sarvadehinām ..4..

> brings immediate liberation, and is praiseworthy and purifying for all embodied beings. // 4  
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### [3.3.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.10)

ajñānatimirāṃdhānāṃ dīpo'yaṃ jñānasiddhidaḥ ..

> This is a lamp that grants the attainment of knowledge to those blinded by the darkness of ignorance,  
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### [3.3.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.11)

bhavaroganibaddhānāṃ susevyaṃ paramauṣadham .. 5 ..

> and the supreme medicine to be properly taken by those afflicted by the disease of worldly existence. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.12)

mahāpātakaśailānāṃ vajraghātasudāruṇam ..

> It is a very fierce thunderbolt strike against the mountains of great sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.13)

bharjanaṃ karmabījānāṃ sādhanaṃ sarva saṃpadām .. 6 ..

> \[it is\] the roasting of the seeds of karma, the means of achieving all prosperity. (6)  
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### [3.3.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.14)

ye śṛṇvaṃti sadā śambhoḥ kathāṃ bhuvanapāvanīm ..

> Those who always listen to the world-purifying story of Śambhu—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.15)

te vai manuṣyā lokesminrudrā eva na saṃśayaḥ .. 7 ..

> those men in this world are Rudras indeed, without a doubt. (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.16)

śṛṇvatāṃ śūlino gāthāṃ tathā kīrtayatāṃ satām ..

> For those who hear the praise of the Trident-Bearer, and likewise for the good who recite it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.17)

teṣāṃ pādarajāṃsyeva tīrthāni munayo jaguḥ .. 8 ..

> the dust of their feet alone has been proclaimed by sages to be sacred fords. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.18)

tasmānniśreyasaṃ gantuṃ yebhivāṃchaṃti dehinaḥ ..

> Therefore, whatever embodied beings desire to attain the highest good,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.19)

te śṛṇvaṃtu sadā bhaktyā śaivīṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām .. 9 ..

> let them always listen with devotion to the Purāṇic narrative about Śiva. (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.20)

yadyaśaktaḥ sadā śrotuṃ kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ naraḥ ..

> If a man is unable to listen constantly to the Purāṇic story,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.21)

muhūrtaṃ vāpi śṛṇuyānniyatātmā dinedine .. 3.3.22.10 ..

> he should listen, self-restrained, even for a muhūrta, day by day. (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.22)

atha pratidinaṃ śrotumaśakto yadi mānavaḥ ..

> Moreover, if a man is unable to listen every day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.23)

puṇyamāseṣu vā puṇye dine puṇyatithiṣvapi .. 11 ..

> then in holy months, or on an auspicious day, or on holy lunar days, (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.24)

yaḥ śṛṇoti kathāṃ ramyāṃ purāṇaiḥ samudīritām ..

> he who listens to the charming narrative proclaimed by the Purāṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.25)

sa nistarati saṃsāraṃ dagdhvā karmamahāṭavīm .. 12 ..

> crosses over saṃsāra, having burned the great forest of karma. (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.26)

muhūrttaṃ vā tadarddhaṃ vā kṣaṇaṃ vā pāvanīṃ kathām ..

> Those who always listen with devotion to the purifying story  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.27)

ye śṛṇvaṃti sadā bhaktyā na teṣāmasti durgatiḥ .. 13 ..

> for a muhūrta, or half of that, or even a moment, suffer no misfortune. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.28)

yatphalaṃ sarvayajñeṣu sarvadāneṣu yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit there is in all sacrifices, whatever fruit there is in all gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.29)

sakṛtpurāṇaśravaṇāttatphalaṃ viṃdate naraḥ .. 14 ..

> a man obtains that fruit from hearing a Purāṇa just once. (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.30)

kalau yuge viśeṣeṇa purāṇaśravaṇādṛte ..

> Particularly in the Kali age, apart from hearing the Purāṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.31)

nāsti dharmaḥ paraḥ puṃsāṃ nāsti muktipathaḥ paraḥ .. 15 ..

> there is no higher duty for men, nor is there any higher path to liberation. (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.32)

purāṇaśravaṇācchaṃbhornāsti saṃkīrtanaṃ param ..

> There is no higher chanting of praise to Śambhu than hearing the Purāṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.33)

ata eva manuṣyāṇāṃ kalpadrumamahāphalam .. 16 ..

> for this reason it is for mankind the great fruit of the wishing tree. (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.34)

kalau hīnāyuṣo martyā durbalāḥ śramapīḍitāḥ ..

> In the Kali age, mortals are short-lived, weak, and tormented by toil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.35)

durmedhaso duḥkhabhājo dharmācāravivarjitāḥ .. 17 ..

> foolish, sorrowful, and devoid of virtuous conduct. (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.36)

iti saṃciṃtya kṛpayā bhagavānbādarāyaṇaḥ ..

> Considering this with compassion, the venerable Bādarāyaṇa  
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### [3.3.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.37)

hitāya teṣāṃ vidadhe purāṇākhyaṃ sudhārasam .. 18 ..

> prepared for their welfare the nectar called the Purāṇa. (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.38)

pibannevāmṛtaṃ yatnādetatsyādajarāmaraḥ ..

> Drinking this nectar with effort, one becomes free from old age and death;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.39)

śambhoḥ kathāmṛtaṃ kuryātkulamevājarāmaram .. 19 ..

> the nectar-story of Śambhu renders one’s very lineage ageless and immortal. (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.40)

bālo yuvā daridro vā vṛddho vā durbalo'pi vā ..

> Whether young, a youth, poor, old, or even feeble,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.41)

purāṇajñaḥ sadā vandyaḥ pūjyaśca sukṛtārthibhiḥ .. 3.3.22.20 ..

> one who knows the Purāṇas should always be saluted and honoured by those seeking merit. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.42)

nīcabuddhiṃ na kurvīta purāṇajñe kadācana ..

> One should never hold a lowly view of a knower of the Purāṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.43)

yasya vaktrāṃbujādvāṇī kāmadhenuḥ śarīriṇām .. 21 ..

> from whose lotus-mouth speech flows as a wish-granting cow to embodied beings. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.44)

guravaḥ saṃti lokeṣu janmato guṇatastathā ..

> There are gurus in the worlds by virtue of birth and also by virtue of qualities;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.45)

teṣāmapi ca sarveṣāṃ purāṇajñaḥ paro guruḥ .. 22 ..

> yet even among all of them, the knower of the Purāṇas is the supreme guru. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.46)

bhavakoṭisahasreṣu bhūtvābhūtvāvasīdati ..

> A soul, being born repeatedly throughout thousands of crores of existences, sinks down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.47)

yo dadātyapunarvṛttiṃ ko'nyastasmātparo guruḥ .. 23 ..

> Who else could be a guru greater than he who bestows non-return? (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.48)

purāṇajñaḥ śucirdāṃtaḥ śāṃto vijitamatsaraḥ ..

> Pure, self-controlled, calm, having overcome envy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.49)

sādhuḥ kāruṇyavānvāgmī vadetpuṇyakathāṃ sudhī .. 24 ..

> virtuous, compassionate, eloquent, and wise, the knower of Purāṇas should speak the holy tale. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.50)

vyāsāsanaṃ samārūḍho yadā paurāṇiko dvijaḥ ..

> When the Purāṇic brahmin has mounted the seat of Vyāsa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.51)

asamāptaprasaṃgaśca namaskuryānna kasya cit .. 25 ..

> and as long as the discourse is unfinished, he should not bow to anyone. (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.52)

ye dhūrtā ye ca durvṛttā ye cānye vijigīṣavaḥ ..

> Those who are rogue, who are ill-behaved, and those others who are contentious—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.53)

teṣāṃ kuṭilavṛttīnāmagre naiva vadetkathām .. 26 ..

> before such crooked persons he must never recite the story. (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.54)

na durjanasamākīrṇe na śūdraśvāpadāvṛte ..

> Neither in a place crowded with wicked people, nor one surrounded by Śūdras and wild beasts,  
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### [3.3.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.55)

deśe na dyūtasadane vadetpuṇyakathāṃ sudhīḥ .. 27 ..

> nor in a gambling house should the wise man recite the holy narrative. (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.56)

sadgrāme sujanākīrṇe sukṣetre devatālaye ..

> In a good village filled with virtuous people, in a good sacred field, in a temple of the deities,  
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### [3.3.22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.57)

puṇye nadanadītīre vadetpuṇyakathāṃ sudhīḥ .. 28 ..

> or on the holy bank of rivers and streams, the wise man should speak the holy tale. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.58)

śivabhaktisamāyuktā nānyakāryeṣu lālasā ..

> Endowed with devotion to Śiva, not eager for other activities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.59)

vāgyatāḥ suśravo'vyagrāḥ śrotāraḥ puṇyabhāginaḥ .. 29 ..

> restraining their speech, attentive, and composed, the listeners partake of merit. (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.60)

abhaktā ye kathāṃ puṇyāṃ śṛṇvaṃti manujādhamāḥ ..

> Those lowest of men who listen to the holy tale without devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.61)

teṣāṃ puṇyaphalaṃ nāsti duḥkhaṃ syājjanmajanmani .. 3.3.22.30 ..

> have no fruit of merit; their lot is misery in birth after birth. (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.62)

purāṇaṃ ye tvasaṃpūjya tāṃbūlādyairupāyanaiḥ ..

> Those who, without worshipping the Purāṇa with offerings of betel and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.63)

śṛṇvaṃti ca kathāṃ bhaktyā daridrāḥ syurna pāpinaḥ .. 31 ..

> listen to the story even with devotion, become poor, though not sinners. (31)  
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### [3.3.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.64)

kathāyāṃ kīrtyamānāyāṃ ye gacchaṃtyanyato narāḥ ..

> Those men who depart elsewhere while the story is being recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.65)

bhogāṃtare praṇaśyaṃti teṣāṃ dārāśca saṃpadaḥ .. 32 ..

> their wives and riches perish in the midst of enjoyment. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.66)

soṣṇīṣamastakā ye ca kathāṃ śṛṇvaṃti pāvanīm ..

> And those sinners, the lowest of men, who listen to the purifying story  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.67)

te balākāḥ prajāyante pāpino manujādhamāḥ .. 33 ..

> with turbans on their heads, are reborn as cranes. (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.68)

tāṃbūlaṃ bhakṣayanto ye kathāṃ śṛṇvaṃti pāvanīm ..

> Those who listen to the purifying story while chewing betel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.69)

svaviṣṭhāṃ khādayaṃtyetānnarake yamakiṃkarāḥ .. 34 ..

> Yama's servants force them to eat their own excrement in hell. (34)  
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### [3.3.22.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.70)

ye ca tuṃgāsanārūḍhāḥ kathāṃ śṛṇvaṃti dāṃbhikāḥ ..

> And those hypocrites who listen to the story while seated on a high seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.71)

akṣayānnarakānbhuktvā te bhavaṃtyeva vāyasāḥ .. 35 ..

> having suffered in endless hells, indeed become crows. (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.72)

ye ca vīrāsanārūḍhā ye ca maṃcakasaṃsthitāḥ ..

> And those who sit in the hero's posture, and those who remain on a couch,  
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### [3.3.22.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.73)

śṛṇvaṃti satkathāṃ te vai bhavaṃtyanṛjupādapāḥ .. 36 ..

> and listen to the true recitation, indeed become crooked trees. 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.74)

asaṃpraṇamya śṛṇvaṃto viṣavṛkṣā bhavaṃti te ..

> Those who listen without bowing down become poison trees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.75)

kathāṃ śayānāḥ śṛṇvanto bhavaṃtyajagarā narāḥ ..37..

> Men who listen to the recitation lying down become pythons. 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.76)

yaḥ śṛṇoti kathāṃ vaktuḥ samānāsanamāśritaḥ ..

> He who listens to the recitation seated on the same seat as the reciter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.77)

gurutalpasamaṃ pāpaṃ saṃprāpya narakaṃ vrajet .. 38 ..

> incurring a sin equal to violating the guru's bed, would go to hell. 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.78)

ye niṃdaṃti purāṇajñaṃ kathāṃ vā pāpahāriṇīm ..

> Those who revile the knower of the Purāṇa or the sin-destroying recitation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.79)

te vai janmaśataṃ martyāḥ śunakā saṃbhavaṃti ca .. 39 ..

> those mortals are reborn as dogs for a hundred births. 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.80)

kathāyāṃ vartamānāyāṃ ye vadaṃti narādhamāḥ ..

> Those lowest of men who talk while the recitation is going on,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.81)

te gardabhāḥ prajāyante kṛkalāsāstataḥ param .. 3.3.22.40 ..

> are born as donkeys, and after that as chameleons. 40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.82)

kadācidapi ye puṇyāṃ na śṛṇvaṃti kathāṃ narāḥ ..

> Men who never listen to the meritorious recitation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.83)

te bhuktvā narakānghorānbha vaṃti vanasūkarāḥ .. 41 ..

> after suffering terrible hells, become wild boars. 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.84)

ye kathāmanumodante kīrtyamānāṃ narottamāḥ ..

> Those best of men who applaud the recitation being recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.85)

aśṛṇvaṃto'pi te yāṃti śāśvataṃ paramaṃ padam .. 42 ..

> even without hearing \[it all\], go to the eternal, supreme abode. 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.86)

kathāyāṃ kīrtyamānāyāṃ vighnaṃ kurvaṃti ye śaṭhāḥ ..

> Those wicked people who cause an obstacle while the recitation is being proclaimed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.87)

koṭyabdānnarakānbhuktvā bhavaṃti grāmasūkarāḥ .. 43 ..

> after suffering hells for tens of millions of years, become village pigs. 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.88)

ye śrāvayaṃti manujānpuṇyāṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām ..

> Those who cause men to hear the meritorious purāṇic recitation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.89)

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tiṣṭhaṃti brahmaṇaḥ padam .. 44 ..

> remain in the abode of Brahmā for full one hundred crores of kalpas. 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.90)

āsanārthaṃ prayacchaṃti purāṇajñasya ye narāḥ ..

> Those men who give to the knower of the Purāṇa for a seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.91)

kambalājinavāsāṃsi mañcaṃ phalakameva ca .. 45 ..

> blankets, antelope skins, cloths, a couch, or a wooden plank, 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.92)

svargalokaṃ samāsādya bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān ..

> reach heaven, enjoy desires as they wish,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.93)

sthitvā brahmādilokeṣu padaṃ yāṃti nirāmayam .. 46 ..

> and dwelling in the worlds of Brahmā and others, attain the infallible state. 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.94)

purāṇajñasya yacchaṃti ye sūtravasanaṃ navam ..

> Those who give a new cotton garment to the knower of the Purāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.95)

bhogino jñānasaṃpannāste bhavaṃti bhavebhave .. 47 ..

> become endowed with pleasures and knowledge in birth after birth. 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.96)

ye mahāpātakairyuktā upapātakinaśca ye ..

> Those who have committed the great sins and those who have committed minor sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.97)

purāṇaśravaṇādeva te yāṃti paramaṃ padam .. 48 ..

> attain the supreme abode merely by hearing the Purāṇa. 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.98)

atra vakṣye mahāpuṇyamitihāsaṃ dvijottamāḥ ..

> In this regard I will tell a most sacred legend, O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.99)

śṛṇvatāṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ vicitraṃ sumanoharam .. 49 ..

> which destroys all sins for listeners, wondrous and very captivating. 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.100)

dakṣiṇāpathamadhye vai grāmo bāṣkalasaṃjñitaḥ ..

> In the middle of the southern region there was indeed a village named Bāṣkala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.101)

tatra saṃti janāḥ sarve mūḍhāḥ karmavivarjitāḥ .. 3.3.22.50 ..

> All the people there were foolish and devoid of correct rites. 50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.102)

na tatra brāhmaṇācārāḥ śrutismṛtiparāṅmukhāḥ ..

> The conduct of brahmins was not there; they turned their backs on the Veda and the smṛti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.103)

japasvādhyāyarahitāḥ parastrī viṣayāturāḥ .. 51 ..

> lacking recitation of mantras and study of scriptures, afflicted with desire for other men's wives. 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.104)

kṛṣīvalāḥ śastradharā nirdevā jihmavṛttayaḥ ..

> They were farmers, bearers of weapons, godless, of crooked conduct;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.105)

na jānaṃti paraṃ dharmaṃ jñānavairāgyalakṣaṇam .. 52 ..

> they did not know the highest dharma characterised by knowledge and dispassion. 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.106)

striyaśca pāpaniratāḥ svairi ṇyaḥ kāmalālasāḥ..

> The women also indulged in sin, unchaste, lustful for pleasure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.107)

durbuddhayaḥ kuṭilagāḥ sadgatācāravarjitāḥ .. 53 ..

> evil-minded, wandering crookedly, devoid of good conduct. 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.108)

tatraiko viduro nāma durātmā brāhmaṇādhamaḥ ..

> There was a vile brahmin named Vidura, an evil-minded man;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.109)

āsīdveśyāpatiryo'sau sadāro'pi kumārgagaḥ .. 54 ..

> he was the husband of a courtesan and, though married, went astray. 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.110)

svapatnīṃ baṃdulāṃ nāma hitvā pratiniśaṃ tathā ..

> Leaving his own wife named Bandulā every night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.111)

veśyābhavanamāsādya ramate smarapīḍitaḥ .. 55 ..

> he would go to a courtesan's house and make love, afflicted by love. 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.112)

sāpi tasyāṃganā rātrau viyuktā navayauvanā ..

> That young woman too, his wife in fresh youth, left alone at night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.113)

asahaṃtī smarāveśaṃ reme jāreṇa saṃgatā .. 56 ..

> unable to endure the surge of passion, coupled and made love with a paramour. 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.114)

tāṃ kadāciddurācārāṃ jāreṇa saha saṃgatām ..

> Seeing that wicked woman once coupled with her paramour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.115)

dṛṣṭvā tasyāḥ patiḥ krodhādabhi dudrāva satvaraḥ .. 57 ..

> her husband in anger quickly rushed at her. 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.116)

jāre palāyite patnīṃ gṛhītvā sa durāśayaḥ ..

> When the paramour had fled, that evil-minded man seized his wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.117)

saṃtāḍya muṣṭibaṃdhena muhurmuhuratāḍayat .. 58 ..

> and striking her with clenched fists, beat her again and again. 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.118)

sā nārī pīḍitā bhartrā kupitā prāha nirbhayā ..

> That woman, tormented by her husband, grew furious and spoke fearlessly:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.119)

bhavānpratiniśaṃ veśyāṃ ramate kā gatirmama .. 59 ..

> "You make love to a courtesan every night; what is my recourse? 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.120)

ahaṃ rūpavatī yoṣā navayauvanaśālinī ..

> I am a beautiful woman, endowed with fresh youth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.121)

kathaṃ sahiṣye kāmārtā tava saṃgativarjitā .. 3.3.22.60 ..

> how can I, tormented by desire, endure being deprived of your company?" 60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.122)

ityuktaḥ sa tayā tanvyā provāca brāhmaṇādhamaḥ ..

> Addressed thus by that slender woman, that vile brahmin said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.123)

yuktameva tvayoktaṃ hi tasmādvakṣyāmi te hitam .. 61 ..

> "Indeed you have spoken rightly; therefore I will tell you what is beneficial: 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.124)

jārebhyo dhanamākṛṣya tebhyo dehi parāṃ ratim ..

> extracting wealth from lovers, grant them highest sexual pleasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.125)

taddhanaṃ dehi me sarvaṃ paṇyastrīṇāṃ dadāmi tat .. 62 ..

> Give all that wealth to me; I will give that to the courtesans. 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.126)

evaṃ saṃpūryate kāmo mamāpi ca varānane ..

> In this way my desire will also be fulfilled, O fair-faced woman!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.127)

tatheti bhartṛvacanaṃ pratijagrāha sā vadhūḥ .. 63 ..

> "So be it," that wife accepted the words of her husband. 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.128)

evaṃ tayostu daṃpatyordurācārapravṛttayoḥ ..

> As the couple engaged in such wicked conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.129)

kālena nidhanaṃprāptaḥ sa vipro vṛṣalīpatiḥ .. 64 ..

> in time that brahmin, a keeper of an unchaste woman, met his death. 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.130)

mṛte bhartari sā nārī putraiḥ saha nijālaye ..

> When her husband died, that woman lived in her home with her sons  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.131)

uvāsa suciraṃ kālaṃ kiṃcidutkrāṃtayauvanā .. 65 ..

> for a very long time, her youth slightly past. 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.132)

ekadā daivayogena saṃprāpte puṇyaparvaṇi ..

> One day, through the force of destiny, when an auspicious festival arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.133)

sā nārī baṃdhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ gokarṇaṃ kṣetra māyayau .. 66 ..

> that woman went with her relatives to the sacred field of Gokarṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.134)

tatra tīrthajale snātvā kasmiṃściddevatālaye ..

> Having bathed there in the water of the sacred ford, in a certain temple of the deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.135)

śuśrāva devamukhyānāṃ puṇyāṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām .. 67 ..

> she heard the sacred purāṇic story of the foremost among gods:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.136)

yoṣitāṃ jārasaktānāṃ narake yamakiṃkarāḥ ..

> "For women attached to lovers, Yama's servants in hell  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.137)

saṃtaptalohaparighaṃ kṣipaṃti smaramaṃdire .. 68 ..

> thrust a heated iron bar into the abode of Kāma."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.138)

iti paurāṇikenoktāṃ sā śrutvā dharmasaṃhitām ..

> Hearing this code of righteousness spoken by the purāṇic reciter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.139)

tamuvāca rahasyeṣā bhītā brāhmaṇapuṃgavam .. 69 ..

> terrified, she spoke in secret to that foremost of brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.140)

brahmanpāpamajānaṃtyā mayācaritamulbaṇam ..

> "O brahmin, not knowing, I committed terrible sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.141)

yauvane kāmacāreṇa kauṭilyena pravartitam .. 3.3.22.70 ..

> acting in youth through willful conduct and deceit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.142)

idaṃ tvadvacanaṃ śrutvāpurāṇārthavijṛṃbhi tam ..

> Hearing this word of yours revealing the meaning of the Purāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.143)

bhītirme mahatī jātā śarīraṃ vepate muhuḥ .. 71 ..

> a great fear has arisen in me, and my body trembles constantly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.144)

dhiṅmāṃ duriṃdriyāsaktāṃ pāpāṃ smaravimohitām ..

> Curse me, attached to evil senses, sinful, deluded by Kāma!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.145)

alpasya yatsukhasyārthe ghorāṃ yāsyāmi durgatim .. 72 ..

> For the sake of slight pleasure, I shall go to a dreadful misfortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.146)

kathaṃ paśyāmi maraṇe yamadūtānbhayaṃkarān ..

> How will I behold the terrifying messengers of Yama at death?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.147)

kathaṃ pāśairbalātkaṃṭhe badhyamānā dhṛtiṃ labhe .. 73 ..

> How can I find steadfastness when bound by force with nooses around the neck?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.148)

kathaṃ sahiṣye narake khaṃḍaśo dehakṛṃtanama ..

> How will I endure the cutting of my body into pieces in hell?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.149)

punaḥ kathaṃ patiṣyāmi saṃtaptā kṣārakardame .. 74 ..

> And how will I fall, tormented, into caustic mire?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.150)

kathaṃ ca yonilakṣeṣu krimikīṭakhagādiṣu ..

> And how will I wander through hundreds of thousands of wombs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.151)

paribhramāmi duḥkhaughātpīḍyamānā niraṃtaram .. 75 ..

> among worms, insects, birds, and the like, afflicted constantly by a flood of sorrow?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.152)

kathaṃ ca rocate mahyamadyaprabhṛti bhojanam ..

> And how can food appeal to me from this day forth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.153)

rātrau kathaṃ ca seviṣye nidrāṃ duḥkhapariplutā .. 76 ..

> And how will I take rest in sleep at night, overwhelmed by grief?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.154)

hāhā hatāsmi dagdhāsmi vidīrṇahṛdayāsmi ca ..

> Alas, alas! I am ruined, I am burned, and my heart is shattered!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.155)

hā vidhe māṃ mahāpāpe dattvā buddhimapātayaḥ .. 77 ..

> Alas, O Fate, having given me the intention, you cast me into great sin!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.156)

patatastuṃgaśailāgrācchūlākrāṃtasya dehinaḥ ..

> Whatever terrible pain arises for an embodied soul  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.157)

yadduḥkhaṃ jāyate ghoraṃ tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ mama .. 78 ..

> falling from a high mountain peak or impaled on a stake, mine is ten million times greater than that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.158)

aśvamedhāyutaṃ kṛtvā gaṃgāṃ snātvā śataṃ samāḥ ..

> Even after performing ten thousand horse-sacrifices and bathing in the Gaṅgā for a hundred years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.159)

na śuddhirjāyate prāyo matpāpasya garīyasaḥ .. 79 ..

> purification from my very heavy sin would likely not occur.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.160)

kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kaṃ vā śaraṇamāśraye ..

> What shall I do? Where shall I go? Or whom shall I take as refuge?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.161)

ko vā māṃ trāyate loke pataṃtī narakārṇave .. 3.3.22.80 ..

> Or who in this world can rescue me as I fall into the ocean of hell?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.162)

tvameva me gururbrahmaṃstvaṃ mātā tvaṃ pitāsi ca ..

> You alone are my guru, O brahmin; you are my mother, and you are my father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.163)

uddharoddhara māṃ dīnāṃ tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatām ..81..

> Save me, save me, wretched as I am, who have fled to you alone for refuge!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.164)

iti tāṃ jātanirvedāṃ patitāṃ caraṇadvaye ..

> As she had thus attained despair and fallen at his two feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.165)

utthāpya kṛpayā dhīmānbabhāṣe dvijapuṃgavaḥ .. 82 ..

> the wise, foremost of twice-born raised her up with compassion and spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.166)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.3.22.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.167)

diṣṭyā kāle prabuddhāsi śrutvemāṃ mahatīṃ kathām ..

> "By good fortune, you have awakened in time after hearing this great narrative.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.168)

mā bhaiṣīstava vakṣyāmi gatiṃ caiva sukhāvahām ..83..

> Do not fear; I will declare to you the path that brings happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.169)

satkathāśravaṇādeva jātā te matirīdṛśī ..

> Just from hearing the noble discourse has such an intellect arisen in you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.170)

iṃdriyārtheṣu vairāgyaṃ paścāttāpo mahānabhūt .. 84 ..

> detachment from the objects of the senses, and a great repentance has arisen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.171)

paścāttāpo hi sarveṣāmaghānāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ parā ..

> For repentance is the supreme expiation of all sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.172)

tenaiva kurute sadyaḥ prāyaścittaṃ sudhīrnaraḥ .. 85 ..

> by that alone does a wise person immediately accomplish an atonement.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.173)

prāyaścittāni sarvāṇi kṛtvā ca vidhivatpunaḥ ..

> Even after performing all atonements according to the prescribed rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.174)

apaścāttāpino nāryā na yāṃti gatimuttamām .. 86 ..

> women without repentance do not attain the highest state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.175)

satkathāśravaṇānnityaṃ saṃyāti paramāṃ gatim ..

> From constantly hearing the noble discourse, one attains the supreme state,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.176)

puṇyakṣetranivāsācca cittaśuddhiḥ prajāyate ..87..

> and from residing in a sacred field, purity of mind is born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.177)

yathā satkathayā nityaṃ saṃyāti paramāṃ gatim ..

> Just as one always attains the supreme state through the noble discourse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.178)

tathānyaiḥ sadvratairjaṃtornabhavenmatiruttamā .. 88..

> so the excellent understanding of a creature could not come about through other virtuous vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.179)

yathā muhuḥ śodhyamāno darpaṇo nirmalo bhavet ..

> Just as a mirror becomes free from stain when repeatedly polished,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.180)

tathā satkathayā ceto viśuddhiṃ paramāṃ vrajet .. 89 ..

> so through the noble discourse does the mind attain supreme purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.181)

viśuddhe cetasi nṛṇāṃ dhyānaṃ sidhyatyumāpateḥ ..

> When the mind of men is purified, meditation on Umā's lord is accomplished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.182)

dhyānena sarvaṃ malinaṃ manovākkāyasaṃbhṛtam .. 3.3.22.90 ..

> Through meditation, all impurity accumulated by mind, speech, and body  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.183)

sadyo vidhūya kṛtino yāṃti śambhoḥ paraṃ padam ..

> is immediately shaken off, and the virtuous go to the supreme abode of Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.184)

ataḥ saṃnyastapuṇyānāṃ satkathā sādhanaṃ param .. 91 ..

> Therefore, for those who have renounced merit, the noble discourse is the supreme means.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.185)

kathayā sidhyati dhyānaṃ dhyānātkaivalyamuttamam ..

> Through narrative, meditation is accomplished; from meditation comes excellent absolute freedom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.186)

asiddhaparamadhyānaḥ kathāmetāṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ ..

> One who has not attained supreme meditation, yet listens to this narrative,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.187)

so'nyajanmani saṃprāpya dhyānaṃ yāti parāṃ gatim .. 92 ..

> attains meditation in another birth and goes to the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.188)

nāmoccāraṇamātreṇa japtvā maṃtramajāmilaḥ ..

> By merely uttering the name, having chanted the mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.189)

paścāttāpasamāyuktastvavāpa paramāṃ gatim .. 93 ..

> Ajāmila, endowed with repentance, reached the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.190)

sarveṣāṃ śreyasāṃ bījaṃ satkathāśravaṇaṃ nṛṇām ..

> Listening to noble discourse is the seed of all blessings for men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.191)

yastadvihīnaḥ sa paśuḥ kathaṃ mucyeta bandhanāt .. 94 ..

> he who is devoid of it is a beast—how could he be released from bondage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.192)

atastvamapi sarvebhyo viṣayebhyo nivṛttadhīḥ ..

> Therefore, you too, with mind turned away from all sense-objects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.193)

bhaktiṃ parāṃ samādhāya satkathāṃ śṛṇu sarvadā ..

> Establish supreme devotion and always listen to sacred narratives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.194)

śṛṇvaṃtyāḥ satkathāṃ nityaṃ cetaste śuddhimeṣyati .. 95 ..

> As you constantly listen to sacred narratives, your mind will attain purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.195)

tena dhyāyasi viśveśaṃ tato muktimavāpsyasi ..

> By means of that, you will meditate on the Lord of the Universe; from that, you will attain liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.196)

dhyāyataḥ śivapādābjaṃ muktirekena janmanā .. 96 ..

> For one who meditates on the lotus-like feet of Śiva, liberation will occur within a single birth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.197)

bhaviṣyati na sandehaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham ..

> there is no doubt; I speak the absolute truth.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.198)

ityuktā tena vipreṇa sā nārī bāṣpasaṃkulā .. 97 ..

> Thus addressed by that brahmin, that woman, overwhelmed with tears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.199)

patitvā pādayostasya kṛtārthāsmītyabhāṣata ..

> fell at his feet and said, “I have achieved my purpose.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.3.22.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.22.200)

tasminneva mahākṣetre tasmādeva dvijottamāt .. 98 ..

> In that very sacred field, from that best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.22.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Yogavāsiṣṭha (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha*vulgate.3.50.44) — Sanskrit
- [Mokṣopāya (Kashmiri text, Śāradā transmission)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.moksopaya*kashmiri.3.50.39) — Sanskrit

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