[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.3.23.12 # Skandapurana 3.3.23.12 Skandapurāṇa 3.3.23.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.12) 11 atha piṅgalāveśyāyāḥ śrīśivabhaktarṣabhākhyaśivayogipūjanasatkāraprabhāveṇa janmā- ntare citrāṅgadarājapatnyāṃ sīmantinyākhyāyāṃ janmavarṇanam, atha bhadrāyoḥ padmākaravaiśyagṛhe tasya padmākaravaiśyasya putreṇa sunayena saha bālyattaḥ sakhyapūrvakaṃ vṛddhiḥ sahakrīḍādikaṃ ca, atha tayorvaiśyakumārarājakumārayoḥ padmākaravaiśyena brāhma- ṇadvāropanayanādisaṃskārakaraṇapūrvakavidyādhyayanasaṃpannatākaraṇam, atha bhadrāyo rājakumārasya ṣoḍaśe varṣe saṃprāpte tatsamīpe pūrvoktasyarṣabhayogīśasyāgamanam, tasya- rṣabhayogino bhadrāyumātrā svaputreṇa saha vandanakaraṇaṃ bhadrāyoḥ sanmārgopadeśāya prārthanākaraṇaṃ ca, tata ṛṣabhaśivayoginā bhadrāyuṣe rājaputrāya śrutismṛtipurāṇaprokta sanātanavarṇāśramānurūpadharmopadeśakaraṇam, atha sarvasaṃkaṭavimuktaye śrīśivasevo- padeśakaraṇam...... 195 2 > 11. Now, the description of the courtesan Piṅgalā's birth, through the power of her worship and reception of the Śaiva ascetic named Ṛṣabha who was a devotee of Śiva, in another birth as Sīmantinī, the queen of King Citrāṅgada; then the growth of Bhadrāyus in the house of the vaiśya Padmākara alongside the son of that vaiśya Padmākara, named Sunaya, with friendship from childhood, playing together and the like; then the vaiśya Padmākara having the sacred rites such as the investiture of the sacred thread performed for those two, the vaiśya youth and the prince, by brahmins, and bringing about their mastery of study; then, upon the prince Bhadrāyus reaching his sixteenth year, the arrival of that previously mentioned lord of ascetics Ṛṣabha near him; the bowing performed by the mother of Bhadrāyus along with her son to that ascetic Ṛṣabha and her prayer to instruct Bhadrāyus in the righteous path; then the Śaiva ascetic Ṛṣabha giving instruction in the eternal duty appropriate to caste and life-stage proclaimed in the Vedas, smṛtis, and Purāṇas to Prince Bhadrāyus; then his instructing in the service of glorious Śiva for liberation from all distress. 195 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.11) - [Next: 3.3.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.13) - [Up: 3.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.23.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.12) · Pramāṇa