[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) › 4.13 # Skandapurana 4.13 Skandapurāṇa 4.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.1) gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. .. > The two attendants said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.2) imāṃ gaṃdhavatīṃ puṇyāṃ purīṃ vāyorvilokaya .. > "Behold this holy city of Vāyu, named Gandhavatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.3) vāruṇyā uttare bhāge mahābhāgyanidhe dvija .. 1 .. > situated to the north of Varuṇa's realm, O twice-born treasure of great fortune! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.4) asyāṃ prabhaṃjano nāma jagatprāṇodigīśvaraḥ .. > In this realm, the guardian of the quarter named Prabhañjana, the life-breath of the world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.5) ārādhya śrīmahādevaṃ dikpālatvamavāptavān .. 2 .. > worshipped venerable Mahādeva and attained the status of a guardian of the quarters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.6) purā kaśyapadāyādaḥ pūtātmeti ca viśrutaḥ .. > Formerly, a son of Kaśyapa renowned as Pūtātman > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.7) dhūrjaṭe rājadhānyāṃ sa cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 3 .. > performed extensive austerities in the capital of Dhūrjaṭi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.8) vārāṇasyāṃ mahābhāgo varṣāṇāmayutaṃ śatam .. > In Vārāṇasī, that greatly fortunate one, for a hundred million years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.9) sthāpayitvā mahāliṃgaṃ pāvanaṃ pavaneśvaram .. 4 .. > after establishing the great, purifying liṅga named Pavaneśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.10) yasya darśanamātreṇa pūtātmā jāyate naraḥ .. > by merely beholding which a person becomes pure of soul, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.11) pāpakaṃcukamutsṛjya sa vasetpāvane pure .. 5 .. > and, having cast off the slough of sins, may dwell in the sacred city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.12) tatastasyogratapasā tapasāphaladaḥ śivaḥ .. > Then, pleased by his fierce austerity, Śiva, the bestower of the fruits of austerities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.13) āvirāsīttato liṃgājjyotīrūpo maheśvaraḥ .. 5 .. > Maheśvara, whose form is light, manifested from that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.14) uvāca ca prasannātmā karuṇāmṛtasāgaraḥ .. > And gracious in spirit, an ocean of nectar-like compassion, he said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.15) uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha pūtātmanvaraṃ varaya suvrata .. 7 .. > 'Arise, arise, O Pūtātman! Choose a boon, O one of noble vows! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.16) anena tapasogreṇa liṃgasyārādhanena ca .. > Through this fierce austerity and the worship of this liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.17) tavādeyaṃ na pūtātmaṃstrailokye sacarācare ..8.. > there is nothing in the three worlds, with its moving and unmoving beings, that cannot be granted to you, O Pūtātman.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.18) .. pūtātmovāca .. > Pūtātman said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.19) devadevamahādeva devānāmabhayaprada .. > "O God of gods, Mahādeva, granter of fearlessness to the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.20) brahmanārāyaṇeṃdrādi sarvadevapadaprada .. 9 .. > bestower of the ranks of all deities beginning with Brahmā, Nārāyaṇa, and Indra! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.21) vedāstvāṃ na ca viṃdaṃti kimātmaka iti prabho.. > The Vedas do not comprehend what your nature is, O Lord; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.22) prāptāḥ śatapathatvaṃ ca netinetītivādinaḥ ..4.1.13.10.. > proclaiming 'not this, not this', they have taken a hundred paths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.23) brahmaviṣṇvopi girāṃ gocaro na ca vākpateḥ.. > You are not accessible to the speech of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, or the Lord of Speech; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.24) pramatheśaṃ kathaṃ stotuṃ mādṛśaḥ prabhavetprabho ..11.. > how could one like me be able to praise the Lord of Pramathas, O Lord? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.25) prasahya pramimīteśa bhaktirmāṃstutikarmaṇi .. > Yet devotion forcibly impels me to the act of praise, O Lord; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.26) karomi kiṃ jagannātha na vaśyānīṃdriyāṇi me .. 12 .. > what shall I do, O Lord of the world, when my senses are not under my control? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.27) viśvaṃ tvaṃ nāsti vai bhedastvamekaḥ sarvago yataḥ .. > You are the universe; indeed, there is no difference, since you alone are omnipresent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.28) stutyaṃ stotā stutistvaṃ ca saguṇo nirguṇo bhavān ..13.. > You are the praised, the praiser, and the praise; you possess attributes and are beyond attributes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.29) sargātpurā bhavāneko rūpanāma vivarjitaḥ .. > Before creation, you alone existed, devoid of form and name; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.30) yoginopi na te tattvaṃ viṃdaṃti paramārthataḥ .. 14 .. > even yogins do not comprehend your essence in absolute truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.31) yadaikalo na śaknoṣi raṃtuṃ svairacara prabho .. > When, being alone, you could not take delight, O Lord acting at your own will, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.32) tadicchā tavayotpannā sevyā śaktirabhūttava .. 15 .. > then that desire arose in you, which became your power to be served. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.33) tvameko dvitvamāpannaḥ śivaśaktiprabhedataḥ .. > You, who are one, assumed duality through the distinction of Śiva and Śakti; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.34) tvaṃ jñānarūpo bhagavānsvecchā śaktisvarūpiṇī .. 16 .. > you are the Lord whose form is knowledge, while your will has the nature of Śakti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.35) ubhābhyāṃ śivaśaktibhyā yuvābhyāṃ nijalīlayā .. > By both of you, Śiva and Śakti, through your own sport, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.36) utpāditā kriyāśaktistataḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat .. 17 .. > the power of action was produced, and from that, this entire world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.37) jñānaśaktirbhavānīśa icchāśaktirumā smṛtā .. > You are the power of knowledge, O Lord, while Umā is traditionally called the power of will; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.38) kriyāśaktiridaṃ viśvamasya tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ tataḥ .. 18 .. > this universe is the power of action; therefore, you are the cause of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.39) dakṣiṇāṃgaṃ tava vidhirvāmāṃgaṃ tava cācyutaḥ .. > Your right half is Brahmā, and your left half is Viṣṇu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.40) caṃdrasūryāgninetrastvaṃ tvanniḥśvāsaḥ śrutitrayam .. 19 .. > the moon, the sun, and fire are your eyes, and your breath is the three Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.41) tvatsvedādaṃbunidhayastava śrotraṃ samīraṇaḥ .. > The oceans arose from your sweat; the wind is your sense of hearing; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.42) bāhavaste daśadiśo mukhaṃ te brāhmaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 4.1.13.20 .. > the ten quarters are your arms, and brahmins are said to be your mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.43) rājanyavaryāste bāhu vaiśyā ūrusamudbhavāḥ .. > The best of kings are your arms, the vaiśyas arose from your thighs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.44) padbhyāṃ śūdrastaveśāna keśāste jaladāḥ prabho .. 21 .. > The śūdra came from your feet, O Īśāna, and the clouds are your hair, O Lord. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.45) tvaṃ puṃ prakṛtirūpeṇa brahmāṃḍamasṛjaḥ purā.. > In the form of Puruṣa and Prakṛti, you created the cosmic egg in the beginning; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.46) madhye brahmāṃḍamakhilaṃ viśvametaccarācaram.. 22 .. > Within the cosmic egg is this entire universe of the moving and unmoving. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.47) atastvatto na manye'haṃ kiṃcidbhinnaṃ jaganmaya .. > Therefore, I consider nothing separate from you, O you whose nature is the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.48) tvayi sarvāṇi bhūtāni sarvabhūtamayo bhavān .. 23 .. > All beings exist in you, and you consist of all beings. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.49) namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ namastu'bhyaṃ namonamaḥ .. > Homage to you, homage to you, homage to you, reverence again and again! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.50) ayameva varo nātha tvayi me'stu sthirā matiḥ .. 24 .. > This alone is my boon, O Lord: may my mind remain steady in you. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.51) ityuktavati deveśa stasminpūtātmani prabhuḥ .. > When that purified soul had spoken thus, the Lord, the ruler of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.52) svamūrtitvaṃ samāropya dikpālapadamādadhe .. 25 .. > Imparted to him his own form and bestowed the status of a guardian of the quarters: (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.53) sarvago mama rūpeṇa sarvatattvāvabodhakaḥ .. > ‘Omnipresent through my form, teaching all truths, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.54) sarveṣāmāyuṣorūpaṃ bhavāneva bhaviṣyati .. 26 .. > You indeed shall become the form of the lifespan of all. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.55) tava liṃgamidaṃ divyaṃ ye drakṣyaṃtīha mānavāḥ .. > Those men who behold this divine liṅga of yours here > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.56) sarvabhogasamṛddhāste tvallokasukhabhāginaḥ .. 27 .. > Shall be enriched with all pleasures and share in the bliss of your realm. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.57) pavamāneśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ madhye janmasakṛnnaraḥ .. > A man who once in his life worships the Pavamāneśvara liṅga > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.58) yathoktavidhinā pūjya sugaṃdhasnapanādibhiḥ .. 28 .. > According to the prescribed rule, with fragrant ceremonial baths and the like, (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.59) sugaṃdhacaṃdanaiḥ puṣpairmama loke mahīyate .. > With sweet-smelling sandalwood and flowers, is glorified in my realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.60) jyeṣṭheśātpaścimebhāge vāyukuṃḍottareṇa tu .. 29 .. > To the west of Jyeṣṭheśa and to the north of the Vāyukuṇḍa, (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.61) pāvamānaṃ samārādhya pūto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. > By worshipping the Pavamāna \[liṅga\], one is immediately purified.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.62) iti dattvā varāndevastasmim̐lliṃge layaṃ yayau ..4.1.13.30.. > Having granted these boons, the god dissolved into that liṅga. (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.63) gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. > The two gaṇas said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.64) iti gaṃdhavatī puryāḥ svarūpaṃ te nirūpitam .. > Thus the nature of the city Gandhavatī has been described to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.65) tasyāḥ prācyāṃ kuberasya śrīmatyeṣālakāpurī .. 31 .. > To its east lies this glorious Alakāpurī of Kubera. (31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.66) śaṃbhoḥ sakhitvamāpede nāthosyā bhaktiyogataḥ .. > Through the discipline of devotion, its master obtained the friendship of Śambhu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.67) nidhīnāṃ padmamukhyānāṃ dātā bhoktā harārcanāt .. 32 .. > By worshipping Hara, he became the giver and enjoyer of treasures headed by the Padma. (32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.68) .. śivaśarmovāca .. .. > Śivaśarman said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.69) kosau kasya punaḥ kīdṛgbhaktirasya sadāśive .. > Who was he? Whose son was he? And what kind of devotion did he have toward Sadāśiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.70) yayā sakhitvamāpanno devadevasyadhūrjaṭeḥ .. 33 .. > Through which he attained friendship with Dhūrjaṭi, the god of gods? (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.71) iti śrotuṃ mama manaḥ śrutigocaratāṃ gatam .. > To hear this, my mind has come within the range of hearing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.72) yuvayorvāksudhāsvāda medurodaramaṃtharam .. 34 .. > Sluggish in its belly, made plump by tasting the nectar of your words. (34) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.73) gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. .. > The two gaṇas said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.74) śivaśarmanmahāprājña pariśuddheṃdriyeśvara .. > O Śivaśarman of great wisdom, lord of completely purified senses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.75) sutīrthakṣālitāśeṣajanmajātamahāmala .. 35 .. > Whose great stains born of all previous births have been washed away by good sacred fords! (35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.76) suhṛdi premasaṃpanne tvayyanudyaṃ na kiṃcana .. > To you, a friend endowed with affection, nothing is unmentionable; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.77) sādhubhiḥ saha saṃvādaḥ sarvaśreyo'bhivṛddhaye .. 36 .. > Conversation with good men leads to the increase of all welfare. (36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.78) āsītkāṃpilyanagare somayājikulodbhavaḥ .. > In the city of Kāmpilya there lived one born in a family of Somayājins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.79) dīkṣito yajñadattākhyo yajñavidyāviśāradaḥ .. 37 .. > An initiated priest named Yajñadatta, skilled in the science of sacrifice, (37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.80) vedavedāṃgavedārthānvedoktācāracaṃcuraḥ .. > Proficient in the Vedas, Vedāṅgas, the meaning of the Vedas, and the conduct enjoined by the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.81) rājamānyo bahudhano vadānyaḥ kīrtibhājanam .. 38 .. > Respected by the king, possessing great wealth, generous, a vessel of fame, (38) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.82) agniśuśrūṣaṇarato vedādhyayanatatparaḥ .. > Devoted to the service of the sacred fire, and dedicated to Vedic study. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.83) tasya putro guṇanidhiścaṃdrabiṃbasamākṛtiḥ .. 39 .. > His son was Guṇanidhi, whose appearance was like the disc of the moon. (39) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.84) kṛtopanayanaḥ sotha vidyāṃ jagrāha bhūriśaḥ .. > Having undergone the sacred thread investiture, he then acquired extensive learning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.85) atha pitrānabhijñāto dyūtakarmarato'bhavat .. 4.1.13.40 .. > Then, unknown to his father, he became devoted to the practice of gambling. (40) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.86) ādāyādāya bahuśo dhanaṃ mātuḥ sakāśataḥ .. > Repeatedly taking money from his mother, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.87) dadāti dyūtakārebhyo maitrī taiśca cakāra saḥ .. 41 .. > He gave it to gamblers and formed friendships with them. (41) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.88) saṃtyakta brāhmaṇācāraḥ saṃdhyāsnānaparāṅmukhaḥ .. > He abandoned the conduct of a brahmin and turned away from the twilight rites and ritual ablution, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.89) niṃdako vedaśāstrāṇāṃ devabrāhmaṇaniṃdakaḥ ...42... > A reviler of the Vedas and śāstras, a reviler of the gods and brahmins. (42) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.90) smṛtyācāravihīnastu gītavādyavinodabhāk .. > Lacking the conduct taught in the smṛtis, he engaged in the amusements of song and musical instruments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.91) naṭapākhaṃḍibhaṃḍaiśca baddhapremaparaṃparaḥ .. 43 .. > Bound in unbroken affection with actors, heretics, and rogues. (43) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.92) preritopi jananyā sa na yāti pituraṃtikam .. > Even when urged by his mother, he would not go near his father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.93) gṛhakāryāṃtaravyagro dīkṣito dīkṣitāyinīm .. 44 .. > Occupied with other household tasks, the initiated priest to his wife (44) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.94) yadā yadaiva tāṃ pṛcchedayeguṇanidhiḥ sutaḥ .. > Whenever he asked her: ‘O lady, our son Guṇanidhi > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.95) na dṛśyate mayā gehe kva yāti vidadhāti kim .. 45 .. > Is not seen by me in the house. Where does he go? What is he doing?’ (45) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.96) tadā tadeti sā brūyādidānīṃ sa bahirgataḥ .. > Then every time she would say: ‘Just now he has gone outside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.97) snātvā samarcya vai devānetāvaṃtamanehasam .. 46 .. > Having bathed and worshipped the gods for this long time, (46) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.98) adhītyādhyayanārthaṃ sa dvitrairmitraiḥ samaṃ yayau .. > And having studied, he went out with two or three friends for the sake of study.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.99) ekaputreti tanmātā pratārayati dīkṣitam .. 47 .. > Thinking ‘he is an only son,’ his mother deceived the initiated priest. (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.100) na tatkarma ca tadvṛttaṃ kiṃcidvetti sa dīkṣitaḥ .. > The initiated priest knew nothing of that conduct or that behavior of his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.101) sa ca keśāṃtakarmāsya kṛtvā varṣe'tha ṣoḍaśe .. 48 .. > And having performed his hair-clipping rite in his sixteenth year, (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.102) gṛhyoktena vidhānena pāṇigrāhamakārayat .. > He had his marriage performed in accordance with the rule taught in the domestic manuals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.103) pratyahaṃ tasya jananī sutaṃ guṇanidhiṃ mṛdu .. 49 .. > Every day his mother gently instructed her son Guṇanidhi; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.104) śāsti snehārdrahṛdayā krodhanaste pitetyalam .. > her heart melting with affection, \[she said:\] 'Your father is exceedingly irascible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.105) yadi jñāsyati te vṛttaṃ tvāṃ ca māṃ tāḍayiṣyati ..4.1.13.50.. > If he comes to know your conduct, he will beat both you and me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.106) ācchādayāmi te nityaṃ pituragre kuceṣṭitam .. > I always conceal your wicked behavior before your father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.107) lokamānyosti te tātaḥ sadācārairna vai dhanaiḥ .. 51 .. > Your father is honored by the world for his virtuous conduct, not indeed for riches. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.108) brāhmaṇānāṃ dhanaṃ putra sadvidyā sādhusaṃgamaḥ .. > True learning and the company of the virtuous are the wealth of brahmins, my son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.109) sacchrotriyāstvanūcānā dīkṣitāḥ somayājinaḥ .. .. 52 .. > True scholars versed in the Vedas, proficient in recitation, initiated for rituals, and sacrificers with soma— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.110) iti rūḍhimiha prāptāstava pūrvapitāmahāḥ .. > thus your ancestors attained renown in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.111) tyaktvā durvṛttasaṃsargaṃ sādhusaṃgarato bhava .. 53 .. > Abandon the company of the wicked and take delight in the association of the good; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.112) sadvidyā sumano dhehi brāhmaṇācāramācara .. > apply your noble mind to good learning and practice the proper conduct of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.113) tavānurūpārūpeṇa vayasākulaśīlataḥ .. 54 .. > Suited to you in beauty, in age, in family, and in character, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.114) ūnaviṃśatiko'si tvameṣā ṣoḍaśavārṣikī .. > —you are nineteen years old, and she is sixteen— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.115) tava patnī guṇanidhe sādhvī madhurabhāṣiṇī .. 55 .. > is your wife, O Guṇanidhi, chaste and sweet of speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.116) etāṃ saṃvṛṇu sadvṛttāṃ pitṛbhaktiyutā bhava .. > Cherish her, who is of good conduct, and be devoted to your parents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.117) śvaśuropi hi te mānyaḥ sarvatra guṇaśīlataḥ .. 56 .. > Even your father-in-law is respected everywhere for his virtues and character; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.118) tato'patrapase kiṃ na tyaja durvṛttatāṃ śiśo .. > do you not feel shame before him? Abandon your wickedness, child! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.119) mātulāste'tulāḥ putra vidyāśīlakulādibhiḥ.. .. 57 .. > Your maternal uncles are peerless, my son, in learning, conduct, lineage, and other merits; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.120) tebhyopi na bibheṣi tvaṃ śuddhosyubhaya vaṃśataḥ .. > do you not fear even them? You are pure on both sides of your family! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.121) paśyaitānprativeśmasthānbrāhmaṇānāṃ kumārakān .. 58 .. > Look at these sons of brahmins living in the neighboring houses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.122) gṛhepi śiṣyānpaśyaitānpituste vinayocitān .. > and look at these disciples of your father in our own house, behaving with modesty! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.123) rājāpi śroṣyati yadā tava duśceṣṭitaṃ suta .. 59 .. > When even the king hears of your misbehavior, my son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.124) śraddhāṃ vihāya te tāte vṛttilopaṃ kariṣyati .. > he will lose faith in your father and terminate his livelihood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.125) bālaceṣṭitamevaitadvadaṃtyadyāpi te janāḥ .. 4.1.13.60 .. > People still say even now: "This is merely the foolish play of a child"; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.126) anaṃtaraṃ hasiṣyaṃti yuktaṃ dīkṣitatāstviti .. > hereafter they will laugh, saying: "Fitting indeed for an initiated sacrificer!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.127) sarvepyākṣārayiṣyaṃti tava vipraṃ ca māṃ ca vai ..61.. > All will surely reproach both you, a brahmin, and me as well, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.128) mātuścaritraṃ tanayo dhatte durbhāṣaṇairiti .. > saying with harsh words: "A son takes after the character of his mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.129) pitā pitena pāpīyāñcchrutismṛtipathīnakim .. 62 .. > Can a father who has drunk the soma and walked the path of the Śruti and Smṛti be wicked? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.130) tadaṃghrilīnamanaso mama sākṣī maheśvaraḥ .. > Maheśvara is my witness that my mind is absorbed in his feet; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.131) na cartusnātayāpīha mukhaṃ duṣṭasya vīkṣitam ..63.. > even after taking the ritual bath after menses, I have never looked upon the face of a wicked man in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.132) aho balīyānsavidhiryena jātā bhavāniti .. > Alas, powerful is that fate through which you were born!"' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.133) pratikṣaṇaṃ jananyeti śikṣyamāṇotidurmadaḥ .. 64 .. > Though being admonished in this way every moment by his mother, exceedingly insolent, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.134) na tatyāja ca taddharmaṃ durbodho vyasanī yataḥ .. > he did not abandon his nature, because he was obtuse and addicted to vice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.135) mṛgayā madya paiśunya veśyācauryadurodaraiḥ .. 65 .. > Hunting, drinking wine, slander, courtesans, theft, gambling, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.136) sapāradārairvyasanairebhiḥ kotra na khaṃḍitaḥ .. > and adultery—by these vices, who here has not been ruined? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.137) yadyanmadhye gṛhe paśyettattannītvā sudurmatiḥ .. 66 .. > Whatever that base-minded fellow saw in the house, taking each and every thing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.138) arpayeddyūtakārāṇāṃ sakupyaṃ vasanādikam .. > he would hand it over to gamblers: base metals, garments, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.139) navaratnamayīṃ mātuḥ karataḥ piturūrmikāma .. 67 .. > Taking from his sleeping mother's hand his father's ring, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.140) svapaṃtyāstvekadā''dāya durodarikare'rpayat .. > which was studded with the nine gems, on one occasion he handed it over into the hand of a gambler. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.141) ekadā gacchatā rājabhavanānnijamudrikā .. 68 .. > Once, as he was returning from the royal palace, his own signet ring > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.142) dīkṣitena parijñātā daivāddyūtakṛtaḥ kare .. > was recognized by the initiated sacrificer by chance in the hand of a gambler. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.143) uvāca dīkṣitastaṃ ca kuto labdhā tvayormikā .. > The initiated sacrificer said to him: 'From where did you get this ring?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.144) pṛṣṭastenātha nirbaṃdhādasakṛtpratyuvāca kim .. 69 .. > Questioned repeatedly by him with persistence, \[the gambler\] replied: 'What? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.145) mamākṣipasi viproccaiḥ kiṃ mayā caurya karmaṇā .. > Why do you loudly reproach me, O brahmin? Was this obtained by me through theft? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.146) labdhā mudrā tvadīyena putreṇaiṣā mamārpitā .. 4.1.13.70 .. > This ring was given to me by your own son! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.147) mama māturhi pūrve dyurjitvānīto hi śāṭakaḥ .. > Indeed, yesterday the garment of my mother was brought by him after being won \[by us\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.148) na kevalaṃ mamāpyetadaṃgulīyaṃ samarpitam .. 71 .. > Not only this ring has been surrendered to me; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.149) anyeṣāṃ dyūtakartṛṇāṃ bhūri tenārpitaṃ vasu .. > vast wealth has been given by him to other gamblers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.150) ratnakupyadukūlāni bhṛṃgāruprabhṛtīni ca .. 72 .. > gems, base metals, fine silk cloths, water-pitchers and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.151) bhājanāni vicitrāṇi kāṃsya tāmramayāni ca .. > and varied vessels made of bell-metal and copper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.152) nagnīkṛtyaprati dinaṃ baddhyaṃte dyūtakāribhiḥ .. 73 .. > Stripping them of clothes every day, the gamblers tie them up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.153) na tena sadṛśaḥ kaścidākṣiko bhūmimaṃḍale .. > There is no gambler on the face of the earth equal to him! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.154) adya yāvattvayā vipra durodaraśiromaṇiḥ .. 74 .. > How is it that until today, O brahmin, the crest-jewel of gamblers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.155) kathaṃ nājñāyi tanayo 'vinayānayakovidaḥ .. > your son, expert in indiscipline and injustice, was not known to you?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.156) iti śrutvā trapābhāra vinamratarakaṃdharaḥ .. 75 .. > Hearing this, with his neck bent very low under the weight of shame, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.157) prāvṛtya vāsasā mauliṃ prāviśannijamaṃdiram .. > covering his head with his cloth, he entered his own dwelling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.158) mahāpativratāmāsya patnīṃ provāca tāmatha .. 76 .. > Approaching his wife, that great devotee of her husband, he said to her then: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.159) dīkṣitāyini kutrāsi kva te guṇanidhiḥ sutaḥ .. > 'Wife of the initiated sacrificer, where are you? Where is your son Guṇanidhi? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.160) atha tiṣṭhatu kiṃ tena kva sā mama śubhormikā .. 77 .. > Or let him be, what use is he? Where is that auspicious ring of mine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.161) aṃgodvartana kāle yā tvayā meṃ'gulito hṛtā .. > studded with the nine gems, which was taken from my finger by you at the time of anointing the body? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.162) navaratnamayīṃ śīghraṃ tāmānīya prayaccha me .. 78 .. > Bring it quickly and give it to me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.163) iti śrutvātha tadvākyaṃ bhītā sā dīkṣitāyinī .. > Hearing his words, the dīkṣita's wife became frightened > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.164) provāca sā tu mādhyāhnīṃ kriyāṃ niṣpādayatvatha .. 79 .. > and said, "Perform your midday rites now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.165) vyagrāsmi devapūjārthamupahārādi karmaṇi .. > I am busy preparing offerings and the like for the worship of the deity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.166) samayoyamatikrāmedatithīnāṃ priyātithe .. 4.1.13.80 .. > O lover of guests, the proper time for guests will pass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.167) idānīmeva pakvānnakaraṇavyagrayā mayā .. > Just now, being busy with the preparation of cooked food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.168) sthāpitā bhājane kvāpi vismṛteti na vedmyaham .. 81 .. > I placed it somewhere in a vessel and forgot; I do not know where it is." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.169) dīkṣita uvāca .. .. > The dīkṣita said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.170) haṃho satputrajanani nityaṃ satyaprabhāṣiṇi .. > "O mother of a virtuous son, you who always speak the truth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.171) yadāyadā tvāṃ saṃpṛcche tanayaḥ kva gatastviti .. 82 .. > Whenever I ask you, 'Where has our son gone?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.172) tadātadeti tvaṃ brūyā nāthedānīṃ sa nirgataḥ .. > then and there you say, 'Lord, he has just gone out > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.173) adhītyādhyayanārthaṃ ca dvitrairmitraiḥ sayugbahiḥ .. 83 .. > together with two or three friends to study after recitation.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.174) kutastvacchāṭakaḥ patni māṃjiṣṭho yo mayā'rpitaḥ .. > Where is your madder-dyed garment, wife, which was presented by me > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.175) laṃbate vastradhānyāṃyastathyaṃ brūhi bhayaṃ tyaja .. 84 .. > and hung on the clothes-stand? Speak the truth, cast off fear! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.176) sāṃprataṃ nekṣyate sopi bhṛṃgārurmaṇimaṃḍitaḥ .. > Even that gem-adorned water jug is no longer seen now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.177) paṭṭasūtramayīsāpi tripaṭī kva nṛpārpitā .. 85 .. > Where too is that silken sash presented by the king? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.178) kva dākṣiṇātyaṃ tatkāṃsyaṃ gauḍī tāmraghaṭī kva sā .. > Where is that bell-metal vessel of the South? Where is that copper pot from Gauḍa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.179) nāgadaṃtamayī sā kva sukhakautukamaṃcikā .. 86 .. > Where is that pleasant pleasure-couch made of ivory? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.180) kva sā parvatadeśīyā caṃdrakāṃtaśilodbhavā .. > Where is that lamp of moonstone from the mountain country, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.181) dīpikā vyagrahastāgrā sālaṃkṛcchālabhaṃjikā .. 87 .. > a carved figure with busy hands raised aloft? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.182) kiṃ bahūktena kulaje tubhyaṃ kupyāmyahaṃ vṛthā .. > What is the use of saying much, O woman of noble birth? I am angry with you in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.183) tadābhyavahariṣyehamupayaṃsyāmyahaṃ yadā .. 88 .. > I shall eat only when I have taken another wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.184) anapatyosmi tenāhaṃ duṣṭena kuladūṣiṇā .. > I am childless on account of that wicked boy, that defiler of the lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.185) uttiṣṭhānaya darbhāṃbu tasmai dadyāṃ tilāṃjalim .. 89 .. > Arise, bring darbha grass and water; I will offer a handful of sesamum seeds to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.186) aputratvaṃ varaṃ nṛṇāṃ kuputrātkulapāṃsanāt .. > For men, childlessness is better than a bad son who degrades the lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.187) tyajedekaṃ kulasyārthe nītireṣā sanātanī .. 4.1.13.90 .. > One should abandon a single person for the sake of a lineage; this is the eternal maxim." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.188) snātvā nityavidhiṃ kṛtvā tasminnevāhnikasyacit .. > Having bathed and performed his daily rites on that very day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.189) śrotriyasya sutāṃ prāpya pāṇiṃ jagrāha dīkṣitaḥ .. 91 .. > the dīkṣita found the daughter of a learned brahmin and took her hand \[in marriage\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.190) śrutvā tathā sa vṛttāṃtaṃ prāktanaṃ svaṃ viniṃdya ca .. > Hearing that news and reproaching his own past conduct, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.191) kāṃciddiśaṃ samālocya niryayau dīkṣitāṃgajaḥ ..92.. > the dīkṣita's son chose a certain direction and departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.192) ciṃtāmavāpa mahatīṃ kva yāmi karavāṇi kim .. > He fell into great anxiety: "Where shall I go? What shall I do? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.193) nāhamabhyastavidyosmi na caivāsti dhanosmyaham .. 93 .. > I have not studied learning, nor do I have any wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.194) deśāṃtare hyasti dhanaḥ sadvidyaḥ sukhamedhate .. > In a foreign land, a man with wealth or good learning prospers in happiness; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.195) bhayamasti dhane caurātsavidyaḥ sarvato'bhayaḥ .. 94 .. > wealth carries fear from thieves, \[but\] one endowed with learning has no fear anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.196) yāyajūke kule janma kvakva me vyasanaṃ tathā .. > Where is birth in a family of sacrificial priests, and where is such vice of mine? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.197) aho balīyānsa vidhirbhāvikarmānusaṃdhayet ..95.. > Ah, how powerful is destiny, which fastens onto future actions! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.198) bhikṣituṃ nādhigacchāmi na me paricitaḥ kvacit .. > I do not know how to beg; nowhere do I have an acquaintance; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.199) na ca pārśve dhanaṃ kiṃcitkimatra śaraṇaṃ bhavet .. 96 .. > nor do I have any wealth with me. What refuge can there be here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13.200) sadābhyudite bhānau prasūrme mṛṣṭabhojanam.. > Always when the sun arose, my mother would give me sweet food; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 346 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.13.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.1.17.7.p2) — Sanskrit - [Nītikalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.nitikalpataru.17.9) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.4.p20) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.13) · Pramāṇa