[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) › 4.16.4 # Skandapurana 4.16.4 Skandapurāṇa 4.16.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4) .. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. śivaśarmanmahābuddhe śukralokoyamadbhutaḥ .. dānavānāṃ ca daityānāṃ gururatra vasetkaviḥ .. 1 .. pītvā varṣasahasraṃ vai kaṇadhūmaṃ suduḥsaham .. yaḥ prāptavānmahāvidyāṃ mṛtyusaṃjīvinīṃ harāt .. 2 .. imāṃ vidyāṃ na jānāti devācāryoti dupkarām .. ṛte mṛtyuṃjayātskaṃdātpārvatyā gajavaktrataḥ .. 3 .. śivaśarmovāca .. .. kosau śukra iti khyāto yasyāyaṃ loka uttamaḥ .. kathaṃ tena ca vidyāptā mṛtyusaṃjīvanī harāt .. 4 . > The two gaṇas said: / 'O Śivaśarman of great intellect, this is the marvelous realm of Śukra. / Here dwells Kavi, the guru of the dānavas and daityas, / who, having inhaled the smoke of chaff, exceedingly unbearable, for a thousand years, / obtained from Hara the great vidyā that revives the dead. / Even the preceptor of the gods does not know this exceedingly difficult vidyā, / except for the Conqueror of Death, Skanda, Pārvatī, and the elephant-faced god.' / Śivaśarman said: / 'Who is this one known as Śukra, whose unexcelled realm this is? / And how was the vidyā that revives the dead obtained by him from Hara? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.15.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.15.146) - [Next: 4.16.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_1) - [Up: 4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.16.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4) · Pramāṇa