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# Skandapurana 4.16

Skandapurāṇa 4.16

- **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)

### [4.16.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_1)

ācakṣāthāmidaṃ devau yadi prītirmayi prabhū ..

> Tell this, O two lordly gods, if you have affection for me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_2)

tatastau smāhaturdevau śukrasya paramāṃ kathām .. 5..

> Then those two gods related the supreme story of Śukra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_3)

yāṃ śrutvā cāpamṛtyubhyo hīyaṃte śraddhayāyutāḥ ..

> hearing which with faith, people are freed from untimely deaths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_4)

bhūtapretapiśācebhyo na bhayaṃ cāpi jāyate .. 6 ..

> and no fear arises from bhūtas, pretas, or piśācas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_5)

ājau pravartamānāyāmaṃdhakāṃdhakavairiṇoḥ ..

> When a battle was taking place between Andhaka and the enemy of Andhaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_6)

anirbhedya girivyūha vajravyūhādhināthayoḥ ..7..

> the leaders of the impenetrable mountain battle-array and diamond battle-array,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_7)

apasṛtya tato yuddhādaṃdhakaḥ śukrasaṃnidhim ..

> then Andhaka, withdrawing from the battle, came into the presence of Śukra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_8)

adhigamya babhāṣedamavaruhya rathāttataḥ .. 8 ..

> and, having stepped down from his chariot, spoke as follows:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_9)

bhagavaṃstvāmupāśritya vayaṃ devāṃśca sānugān ..

> 'O venerable one, having taken refuge in you, we consider the gods and their followers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_10)

manyāmahe tṛṇaistulyānrudropeṃdrādikānapi .. 9 ..

> even those beginning with Rudra and Upendra, as equal to blades of grass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_11)

kuṃjarā iva siṃhebhyo garuḍebhya ivoragāḥ ..

> As elephants fear lions, as snakes fear Garuḍas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_12)

asmatto bibhyati surā guro yuṣmadanugrahāt .. 4.1.16.10 ..

> the gods fear us, O guru, through your grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_13)

vajravyūhamanirbhedyaṃ viviśurdetyadānavāḥ ..

> The daityas and dānavas entered the impenetrable diamond battle-array,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_14)

vidhūya pramathānīkaṃ hradaṃ tāpārditā iva .. 11 ..

> scattering the army of the pramathas, like those tormented by heat enter a lake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_15)

vayaṃ tvaccharaṇaṃ bhūtvā parvatā iva niścalāḥ ..

> Having taken refuge in you, standing firm like mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_16)

sthitvā carāma niḥśaṃkā brāhmaṇeṃdra mahāhave .. 12 ..

> we roam fearlessly in the great battle, O foremost of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_17)

āptabhāvena ca vayaṃ pādau tava sukhapradau ..

> And with devotion as your own people, we, together with our wives and sons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_18)

sadārāḥ sasutāścaiva śuśrūṣāmo divāniśam .. 13 ..

> serve your bliss-bestowing feet day and night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_19)

abhirakṣābhito vipra prasannaḥ śaraṇāgatān ..

> Protect completely those who have sought refuge, O gracious brahmin! / Behold Huṇḍa and Tuhuṇḍa, Kujambha and Jambha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_20)

paśya huṃḍaṃ tuhuṃḍaṃ ca kujaṃbhaṃ jaṃbhameva ca .. 14 ..

> Behold Huṇḍa, and Tuhuṇḍa, Kujambha, and Jambha!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_21)

pākaṃ kārtasvanaṃ caiva vipākaṃ pākahāriṇam ..

> Pāka and Kārtasvana, Vipāka, Pākahārin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_22)

taṃ candradamanaṃ śūraṃ śūrāmaravidāraṇam ..15..

> and that Candradamana, the hero who tears apart heroic immortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_23)

pramathairbhīmavikrāṃtaiḥ krāṃtaṃ mṛtyupramāthibhiḥ ..

> overcome by the pramathas of terrible prowess who crush death itself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_24)

sūditānpatitāṃścaiva drāviḍairiva caṃdanān.. 16..

> slain and fallen like sandalwood trees by Southerners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_25)

yā pītvā kaṇadhūmaṃ vai sahasraṃ śaradāṃ purā ..

> The excellent vidyā that was acquired by you formerly after inhaling the smoke of chaff for a thousand autumns—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_26)

varā vidyā tvayā prāptā tasyāḥ kāloyamāgataḥ ..17..

> the time for it has now arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_27)

atha vidyāphalaṃ tatte daityānsaṃjīvayiṣyataḥ ..

> Now let that fruit of your vidyā revive the daityas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_28)

paśyaṃtu pramathāḥ sarve tvayā saṃjīvitānimān..18..

> let all the pramathas see these \[warriors\] revived by you.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_29)

ityaṃdhakavacaḥ śrutvā sthiradhīrbhārgavomuniḥ ..

> Having heard these words of Andhaka, the sage Bhārgava of firm intellect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_30)

kiṃcitsmitaṃ tadā kṛtvā dānavādhipamabravīt .. 19 ..

> smiling slightly then, said to the lord of the dānavas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_31)

dānavādhipate sarvaṃ tathyaṃ yadbhāṣitaṃ tvayā ..

> 'O lord of dānavas, everything spoken by you is true.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_32)

vidyopārjanametaddhi dānavārthaṃ mayā kṛtam .. 4.1.16.20 ..

> Indeed, this acquisition of the vidyā was accomplished by me for the sake of the dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_33)

pītvā varṣasahasraṃ vai kaṇadhūmaṃ suduḥsaham ..

> Having inhaled the smoke of chaff, exceedingly unbearable, for a thousand years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_34)

eṣā prāpteśvarādvidyā bāṃdhavānāṃ sukhāvahā .. 21 ..

> this vidyā bringing happiness to kinsmen was obtained from Īśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_35)

etayā vidyayā sohaṃ pramayairmathitānraṇe ..

> With this vidyā, I shall raise those crushed in battle by the pramathas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_36)

utthāpayiṣye glānāni dhānyanyaṃbudharo yathā ..22..

> as a raincloud raises withered grains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_37)

nirvraṇānnīrujaḥ svasthānsuptveva punarutthitān..

> Without wounds, free from sickness, healthy, as if having merely slept, risen again—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_38)

asminmuhūrte draṣṭāsi dānavānutthitānnṛpa .. 23 ..

> in this very moment you will see the dānavas risen, O king!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_39)

ityuktvā dānavapatiṃ vidyāmāvartayatkaviḥ ..

> Having spoken thus to the lord of the dānavas, Kavi recited the vidyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_40)

ekaikaṃ daityamuddiśya ta uttasthurdhṛtāyudhāḥ .. 24 ..

> Designating each daitya one by one, they arose bearing their weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_41)

vedā iva sadabhyastāḥ samaye vā yathāṃbudāḥ ..

> like the Vedas constantly recited, or like rainclouds in the proper season,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_42)

brāhmaṇebhyo yathā dattāḥ śraddhayārthā mahāpadi .. 25..

> or like wealth given with faith to brahmins in great calamity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_43)

ujjīvitāṃstu tāndṛṣṭvā tuhuṃḍādyānmahāsurān ..

> Seeing those great asuras, Tuhuṇḍa and the others, revived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_44)

vineduḥ pūrvadevāste jalapūrṇā ivāṃbudāḥ .. 26 ..

> those elder gods roared like clouds filled with water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_45)

śukreṇojīvitāndṛṣṭvā dānavāṃstāngaṇeśvarāḥ ..

> Seeing those dānavas revived by Śukra, the lords of the gaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_46)

vijñāpyameva deveśe hyevaṃ te'nyonyamabruvan .. 27 ..

> saying, 'This must indeed be reported to the Lord of Gods,' spoke thus to one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_47)

āścaryarūpe pramatheśvarāṇāṃ tasmiṃstathā vartati yuddhayajñe ..

> While that wondrous sacrifice of battle of the lords of pramathas was thus proceeding,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_48)

amarṣito bhārgavakarmadṛṣṭvā śilādaputrobhyagamanmaheśam .. 28 ..

> the son of Śilāda, indignant upon seeing the deed of Bhārgava, approached Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_49)

jayeti coktvā jaya yonimugramuvāca naṃdī kanakāvadātam..

> And saying 'Victory!', Nandī, radiant like gold, spoke to the fierce Source of Victory:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_50)

gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ raṇakarma deva devaiśca seṃdrairapi duṣkaraṃ yat .. 29 ..

> 'O God, that exploit in battle of the gaṇa leaders, which is difficult even for the gods led by Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_51)

tadbhārgaveṇādya kṛtaṃ vṛthā naḥ saṃjīvya tānājimṛtānvipakṣān ..

> has today been rendered futile for us by Bhārgava, by reviving those enemies dead in battle!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_52)

āvartya vidyāṃ mṛtajīvadātrīmekaikamuddiśya sahelamīśa .. 4.1.16.30 ..

> Reciting the spell that gives life to the dead, one by one, with ease, O Lord! 4.1.16.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_53)

tuhuṃḍahuṃḍādikajaṃbhajaṃbhavipākapākādi mahāsureṃdrāḥ ..

> The great lords of asuras—Tuhuṇḍa, Huṇḍa and the others, Jambha, Jambhavipāka, Pāka and the rest—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_54)

yamālayādadya punarnivṛttā vidrāvayaṃtaḥ pramathāścaraṃti .. 31 ..

> having returned today from the abode of Yama, now wander about scattering the pramathas! 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_55)

yadi hyasau daityavarānnirastānsaṃjīvayedatra punaḥpunastān ..

> If he continues to revive those struck-down foremost daityas again and again here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_56)

jayaḥ kuto no bhavitā maheśa gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ kuta eva śāṃtiḥ .. 32 ..

> how will there be victory for us, O Maheśa? From where can there be peace for the lords of the gaṇas? 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_57)

ityevamuktaḥ pramatheśvareṇa sa naṃdinā vai pramatheśvareśaḥ ..

> Addressed thus by Nandin, lord of the pramathas, the Lord of the pramatha-lords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_58)

uvāca devaḥ prahasaṃstadānīṃ taṃ naṃdinaṃ sarvagaṇeśarājam.. 33 ..

> the God, smiling, then said to Nandin, king of all the lords of the gaṇas: 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_59)

naṃdinprayāhi tvaritotimātraṃ dvijeṃdravaryaṃ ditinaṃdanānām ..

> “Nandin, go forth with supreme haste, snatch the best of twice-born lords from the midst of the sons of Diti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_60)

madhyātsamuddhṛtya tathānayāśu śyeno yathā lāvakamaṃḍajātam .. 34 ..

> and bring him here swiftly, just as a hawk carries off a quail chick!” 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_61)

sa eva mukto vṛṣabhadhvajena nanāda naṃdī vṛṣasiṃhanādaḥ ..

> Addressed in this manner by the bull-bannered \[Śiva\], Nandin, whose roar was like a bull’s and a lion’s, roared;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_62)

jagāma tūrṇaṃ ca vigāhya senāṃ yatrābhavadbhārgavavaṃśadīpaḥ .. 35 ..

> and swiftly plunging into the army, he went to where the beacon of the Bhṛgu race was. 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_63)

taṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ ditijaiḥ samastaiḥ pāśāsivṛkṣopalaśailahastaiḥ ..

> Though he was guarded by all the sons of Diti, holding nooses, swords, trees, stones, and mountains in hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_64)

vikṣobhya daityānbalavāñjahāra kāvyaṃ sa naṃdī śarabho yathebham.. 36 ..

> that mighty Nandin threw the daityas into turmoil and seized Kāvya, like a śarabha \[seizing\] an elephant. 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_65)

srastāṃbaraṃ vicyutabhūṣaṇaṃ ca vimuktakeśaṃ balinā gṛhītam ..

> His clothes falling, his ornaments slipping off, his hair unbound, grasped by the mighty one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_66)

vimocayiṣyaṃta ivānujagmuḥ surārayaḥ siṃharavānsṛjaṃtaḥ .. 37 ..

> the enemies of the gods followed, shouting lion-like roars, intent on rescuing him. 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_67)

daṃbholi śūlāsiparaśvadhānāmuddaṃḍacakropala kaṃpanānām ..

> Of thunderbolts, tridents, swords, axes, formidable discus-missiles, stones, and missiles of shaking,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_68)

naṃdīśvarasyopari dānavedrā varṣaṃ vavarṣurjaladā ivogram .. 38 ..

> the lords of the dānavas poured a fierce shower upon Nandīśvara, like clouds \[raining down\]. 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_69)

taṃ bhārgavaṃ prāpya gaṇādhirājo mukhāgninā śastraśatāni dagdhvā ..

> Having seized that descendant of Bhṛgu, the king of the gaṇas burned hundreds of weapons with the fire from his mouth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_70)

āyātpravṛddhe'suradevayuddhe bhavasya pārśve vyathitārisainyaḥ .. 39 ..

> and as the battle between asuras and gods raged on, having afflicted the enemy's army, he arrived at Bhava’s side. 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_71)

ayaṃ sa śukro bhagavannitīdaṃ nivedayāmāsa bhavāya śīghram ..

> “Here is that Śukra, O Lord!”—thus he promptly announced to Bhava;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_72)

jagrāha śukraṃ sa ca devadevo yathopahāraṃ śucinā pradattam .. 4.1.16.40 ..

> and the God of gods took Śukra, like an offering presented by a pure person. 4.1.16.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_73)

na kiṃciduktvā sa hi bhūtagoptā cikṣepa vaktre phalavatkavīṃdram ..

> Saying nothing at all, the guardian of the spirits tossed the foremost of sages into his mouth like a fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_74)

hāhāravastairasuraiḥ samastairuccairvimukto hahaheti bhūri .. 41 ..

> and a loud cry of ‘alas, alas!’ was raised exceedingly by all those asuras, ‘Ha! Ha! Ha!’ 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_75)

kāvye nigīrṇe girijeśvareṇa daityā jayāśā rahitā babhūvuḥ ..

> When Kāvya was swallowed by the Lord of the daughter of the mountain, the daityas were left devoid of hope of victory,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_76)

hastairvimuktā iva vāraṇeṃdrāḥ śṛṃgairvihīnā iva govṛṣāśca .. 42 ..

> like lordly elephants deprived of their trunks, or bulls deprived of their horns; 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_77)

śarīra hīnā iva jīvasaṃghā dvijā yathā cādhyayanena hīnāḥ ..

> like crowds of embodied souls deprived of bodies, or brahmins devoid of study; / like virtues of goodness lacking exertion, or efforts devoid of good fortune; 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_78)

nirudyamāḥ sattvaguṇā yathā vai yathodyamā bhāgyavivarjitāśca .. 43 ..

> \[as above\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_79)

patyā vihīnāśca yathaiva yoṣā yathā vipakṣā iva mārgaṇaughāḥ ..

> like women deprived of a husband, or showers of arrows lacking feathers; / like lifespans devoid of merits, or sacred learnings lacking good conduct; 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_80)

āyūṃṣi hīnāni yathaiva puṇyairvṛttena hīnāni yathā śrutāni .. 44 ..

> \[as above\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_81)

vinā yathā vaibhavaśaktimekāṃ bhavaṃti hīnāḥ svaphalaiḥ kriyaughāḥ ..

> just as multiple actions are devoid of their results without the single power of royal majesty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_82)

tathā vinā taṃ dvijavaryamekaṃ daityā jayāśā vimukhā babhūvuḥ .. 45 ..

> even so, without that single foremost among the twice-born, the daityas turned away from any hope of victory. 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_83)

naṃdināpahṛte śukre gilite ca viṣādinā ..

> When Śukra was carried away by Nandin and swallowed by the consumer of poison,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_84)

viṣādamagamandaityā hīyamānaraṇotsavāḥ .. 46 ..

> the daityas fell into dejection, their joy for battle failing them. 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_85)

tānvīkṣya vigatotsāhānaṃdhakaḥ pratyabhāṣata ..

> Seeing them drained of enthusiasm, Andhaka addressed them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_86)

kaviṃ vikramya nayatā naṃdinā vaṃcitā vayam .. 47..

> “We have been deceived by Nandin, who carried off the poet through sheer prowess! 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_87)

tanūrvinā hṛtāḥ prāṇāḥ sarveṣāmadya tena naḥ ..

> Our life-breaths have been stolen today by him without \[taking\] our bodies!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_88)

dhairyaṃ vīryaṃ gatiḥ kīrtiḥ sattvaṃ tejaḥ parākramaḥ ..48..

> Steadfastness, vigor, course of action, fame, courage, splendor, and valor— 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_89)

yugapanno hṛtaṃ sarvamekasminbhārgave hṛte ..

> all has been taken from us at once, when that one descendant of Bhṛgu was seized!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_90)

dhigasmānkulapūjyo yairekopi kulasattamaḥ ..

> Fie on us, by whom that one best of the lineage, worshipful to the family,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_91)

guruḥ sarvasamarthaśca trātā trāto na cāpadi .. 49 ..

> the guru, fully capable in all matters, the protector, was not protected in adversity! 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_92)

taddhairyamavalaṃbyeha yudhyadhvamaribhiḥ saha ..

> Therefore, taking hold of steadfastness here, fight with the enemies!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_93)

sūdayiṣyāmyahaṃ sarvānpramathānsaha naṃdinā .. 4.1.16.50 ..

> I shall destroy all the pramathas along with Nandin! 4.1.16.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_94)

adyaitānvivaśānhatvā saha devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ ..

> Today, slaying these helpless ones together with the gods and Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_95)

bhārgavaṃ mocayiṣyāmi jīvaṃ yogīva karmataḥ .. 51 ..

> I shall release the descendant of Bhṛgu, as a yogin releases the soul from karma! 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_96)

sa cāpi yogī yogena yadi nāma svayaṃ prabhuḥ ..

> And may that master, being a yogin himself through yoga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_97)

śarīrāttasya nirgacchedasmākaṃ roṣapālitā .. 52 ..

> come forth from his body, preserved by our fury!” 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_98)

ityaṃdhakavacaḥ śrutvā dānavā meghaniḥsvanāḥ ..

> Hearing these words of Andhaka, the dānavas, sounding like thunder-clouds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_99)

pramathā nardayāmāsurmartavye kṛta niścayāḥ .. 53 ..

> tormented the pramathas, having resolved upon death: 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_100)

satyāyupi na no jātu śaktāḥ syuḥ pramathābalāt ..

> “As long as lifespan remains, the pramathas could never prevail over us by force;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_101)

asatyāyuṣi kiṃ gatvā tyaktvā svāminamāhave .. .. 54 ..

> and when lifespan is exhausted, what is gained by fleeing and abandoning one's master in battle? 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_102)

ye svāminaṃ vihāyājau bahumānadhanā janāḥ ..

> Those who, treasuring honor, abandon their master in battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_103)

yāṃti te yāṃti niyatamaṃdhatāmisramālayam .. 55 ..

> they assuredly go to the abode of Blind Darkness (Andhatāmisra). 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_104)

ayaśastamasā khyātiṃ malinīkṛtyabhūriśaḥ ..

> Staining their renown greatly with the darkness of infamy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_105)

ihāmutrāpi sukhino na syurbhagnā raṇājirāt .. 56..

> those routed from the battlefield could not find happiness in this world or the next! 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_106)

kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiśca kiṃ tīrthaparimajjanaiḥ ..

> What need of gifts? What need of austerities? What need of immersions in sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_107)

dharātīrthe yadi snātaṃ punarbhava malāpahe .. 57 ..

> if one has bathed in the sacred ford of the earth, which removes the defilement of rebirth?” 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_108)

saṃpradhāryeti te'nyonyaṃ daityāste danujāstathā ..

> Deliberating thus among themselves, those daityas and dānujas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_109)

mamaṃthuḥ pramathānājau raṇabherīrninādya ca .. 58 ..

> crushed the pramathas in battle, beating their war-drums; 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_110)

tatra vāṇāsivajraughaiḥ kaṭaṃkaṭaśilāmayaiḥ ..

> there, with torrents of arrows, swords, thunderbolts, and rocky crags,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_111)

bhuśuṃḍībhiṃdipālaiśca śaktibhalla paraśvadhaiḥ .. 59 ..

> with bhuśuṇḍīs, bhindipālas, spears, bhalla arrows, and axes. 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_112)

khaṭvāṃgaiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlairlakuṭairmusalairalam ..

> with skull-topped clubs, spears, tridents, bludgeons, and heavy pestles in abundance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_113)

parasparamabhighnaṃtaḥ pracakruḥ kadanaṃ mahat .. 4.1.16.60 ..

> striking one another, they wrought a great slaughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_114)

kārmukāṇāṃ vikṛṣṭānāṃ patatāṃ ca patatriṇām ..

> There arose the twang of drawn bows and the sound of falling arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_115)

bhiṃdipālabhuśuṃḍīnāṃ kṣveḍitānāṃ ravo'bhavat .. 61 ..

> of slings and bhuśuṇḍi-missiles, and of war-cries.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_116)

raṇatūryaninādaiśca gajānāṃ bahubṛṃhitaiḥ ..

> With the blare of war-trumpets and the frequent trumpeting of elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_117)

heṣāravairhayānāṃ ca mahānkolāhalo'bhavat ..62..

> and the neighing of horses, a tremendous uproar arose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_118)

pratisvanairavāpūri dyāvābhūmyoryadaṃtaram ..

> The space between heaven and earth was filled with echoes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_119)

abhīrūṇāṃ ca bhīrūṇāṃ mahāromodgamo'bhavat .. 63 ..

> and both the fearless and the fearful had their hair stand on end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_120)

gajavājimahārāva sphuṭacchabdagrahāṇi ca ..

> Their grasp on weapons loosening amidst the loud cries of elephants and horses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_121)

bhagnadhvajapatākāni kṣīṇapraharaṇāni ca .. 64 ..

> their banners and flags shattered, their weapons exhausted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_122)

rudhirodgāra citrāṇi vyaśvahastirathāni ca ..

> variegated with gouts of blood, their horses, elephants, and chariots destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_123)

pipāsitāni sainyāni mumūrchurubhayatra vai .. 65 ..

> the thirsty armies fainted on both sides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_124)

dṛṣṭvā sainyaṃ ca pramathairbhajyamānamitastataḥ ..

> Seeing his army being broken on all sides by the Pramathas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_125)

dudrāva rathamāsthāya svayamevāṃdhako gaṇān .. 66 ..

> Andhaka himself mounted his chariot and rushed against the Gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_126)

śaravajraprahāraistairvajrāghātairnagā iva ..

> Under those strikes of his thunderbolt-like arrows, as mountains struck by lightning-bolts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_127)

pramathāneśire vātairnistoyā iva toyadāḥ .. 67 ..

> the Pramathas could not hold their ground, like waterless clouds before the winds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_128)

yāṃtamāyāṃtamālokya dūrasthaṃ nikaṭasthitam ..

> Observing each one retreating, advancing, far away, or near at hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_129)

pratyekaṃ romasaṃkhyābhirvyadhādbāṇaistadāṃdhakaḥ .. 68 ..

> Andhaka then pierced each of them with as many arrows as the number of his body hairs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_130)

vināyakena skaṃdena naṃdinā somanaṃdinā ..

> By Vināyaka, Skanda, Nandin, Somanandin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_131)

naigameyena śākhena viśākhena balīyasā .. 69 ..

> Naigameya, Śākha, and the mighty Viśākha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_132)

ityādyaistu gaṇairugrairaṃdhakopyaṃdhakīkṛtaḥ ..

> and by other fierce Gaṇas like these, even Andhaka was blinded \[by fury\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_133)

triśūla śaktibāṇaugha dhārāsaṃpātapātibhiḥ .. 4.1.16.70 ..

> as they showered down torrents of tridents, javelins, and volleys of arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_134)

tataḥ kolāhalo jātaḥ pramathāsurasainyayoḥ ..

> Then an uproar arose between the armies of the Pramathas and the Asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_135)

tena śabdena mahatā śukraḥ śaṃbhūdare sthitaḥ .. 71 ..

> At that tremendous sound, Śukra, who was inside Śambhu's belly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_136)

chidrānveṣī bhramansotha viniḥketo yathānilaḥ ..

> wandering about searching for an opening, homeless like the wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_137)

saptalokān sapālānsa rudradehe vyalokayat ..72..

> beheld the seven worlds together with their guardians within Rudra's body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_138)

brahmanārāyaṇeṃdrāṇāmādityāpyarasāṃ tathā ..

> He saw the manifold realms of Brahmā, Nārāyaṇa, and Indra, and of the suns and the water-gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_139)

bhuvanāni vicitrāṇi yuddhaṃ ca pramathāsuram .. 73 ..

> as well as the battle between the Pramathas and the Asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_140)

savarṣāṇāṃ śataṃ kukṣau bhavasya parito bhraman ..

> Wandering all around within Bhava's belly for a hundred years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_141)

na tasya dadṛśe raṃdhraṃ śuce raṃdhraṃ khalo yathā .. 74 ..

> he found no opening in him, just as a wicked man finds no flaw in an honest one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_142)

śāṃbhavenāthayogena śukrarūpeṇa bhārgavaḥ ..

> Then, through the yoga of Śambhu, the descendant of Bhṛgu in the form of semen  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_143)

caskaṃdātha nanāmāpi tato devena bhāṣitaḥ .. 75 ..

> fell forth and bowed low; then the god spoke to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_144)

śukravanniḥsṛtoyasmāttasmāttvaṃ bhṛgunaṃdana ..

> “Since you came forth like semen (śukra), O son of Bhṛgu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_145)

karmaṇānena śukrastvaṃ mama putrosi gamyatām .. 76 ..

> by this act you are Śukra, and you are my son; now depart.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_146)

jaṭharānnirgate śukre devopi mumudetarām ..

> When Śukra emerged from his belly, the god too rejoiced greatly:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_147)

bhramañchreyobhavadyanme na mṛto jaṭhare dvijaḥ .. 77 ..

> “It has turned out well for me while wandering, that the twice-born did not die in my belly.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_148)

ityevamukto devena śukrorkasadṛśa dyutiḥ ..

> Having been spoken to thus by the god, Śukra, radiant like the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_149)

viveśa dānavānīkaṃ meghamālāṃ yathā śaśī .. 78 ..

> entered the Dānava host like the moon entering a bank of clouds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_150)

śukrodayānmudaṃ lebhe sa dānava mahārṇavaḥ ..

> That great ocean of the Dānavas felt joy at Śukra's rising,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_151)

yathā caṃdrodaye harṣamūrmimālī mahodadhiḥ .. 79 ..

> just as the great ocean garlanded with waves rejoices at the rising of the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_152)

aṃdhakāṃdhakahaṃtrorvai vartamāne mahāhave ..

> While the great battle between Andhaka and the slayer of Andhaka was going on,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_153)

itthaṃ nāmnābhavacchukraḥ sa vai bhārgavanaṃdanaḥ .. 4.1.16.80 ..

> in this way that descendant of Bhṛgu came to be named Śukra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_154)

yathā ca vidyāṃ tāṃ prāpa mṛtasaṃjīvanīṃ parām ..

> How he obtained that supreme secret knowledge that revives the dead (mṛtasaṃjīvanī)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_155)

śaṃbhoranugrahātkāvyastanniśāmaya suvrata .. 81 ..

> by Śambhu's grace, hear that, O one of good vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_156)

.. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. ..

> The two Gaṇas said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_157)

purā'sau bhṛgudāyādo gatvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm ..

> In ancient times, this heir of Bhṛgu, having gone to the city of Vārāṇasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_158)

aṃḍajasvedajodbhijjajarāyuja gatipradām .. 82 ..

> which grants the highest destination to egg-born, sweat-born, plant, and womb-born beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_159)

saṃsthāpya liṃgaṃ śrīśaṃbhoḥ kūpaṃ kṛtvā tadagrataḥ ..

> installed a liṅga of glorious Śambhu, dug a well before it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_160)

bahukālaṃ tapastepe dhyāyanviśveśvaraṃ prabhum .. 83 ..

> and performed austerity for a long time, meditating on Lord Viśveśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_161)

rājacaṃpakadhattūra karavīrakuśeśayaiḥ ..

> With royal campaka, dhattūra, red oleander, and blue water-lilies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_162)

mālatī karṇikāraiśca kadaṃbairbakulotpalaiḥ .. 84 ..

> with mālatī and karṇikāra, kadamba, bakula, and night-lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_163)

mallikāśatapatrībhiḥ siṃduvāraiḥ sakiṃśukaiḥ ..

> with mallikā jasmine and hundred-petaled lotuses, sinduvāra and kiṃśuka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_164)

aśokaiḥ karuṇaiḥ puṣpaiḥ punnāgairnāgakesaraiḥ .. 85 ..

> with aśoka, karuṇa flowers, punnāga, and nāgakesara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_165)

kṣudrābhirmādhavībhiśca pāṭalā bilvacaṃpakaiḥ ..

> with kṣudrā, mādhavī creepers, pāṭalā, bilva, and campaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_166)

navamallīvicikilaiḥ kuṃdaiḥ samucukuṃdakaiḥ .. 86 ..

> with fresh jasmine, vicikila, kunda, and mucukunda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_167)

maṃdārairbilvapatraiśca droṇairmarubakairbakaiḥ ..

> with mandāra, bilva leaves, droṇa, marubaka, and baka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_168)

graṃthiparṇairdamanakaiḥ surabhūcūtapallavaiḥ .. 87 ..

> with granthiparṇa, damanaka, and heavenly fragrant mango shoots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_169)

tulasī devagaṃdhārī bṛhatpatrī kuśāṃkuraiḥ ..

> with tulasī, devagandhārī, broad leaves, and sprouts of kuśa grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_170)

nadyāvartairagastyaiśca saśālairdevadārubhiḥ .. 88 ..

> with nadyāvarta, agastya, śāla, and deodar trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_171)

kāṃcanāraiḥ kurabakairdūrvāṃkura kuraṃṭakaiḥ ..

> with kāñcanāra, kurabaka, shoots of dūrvā grass, and kuraṇṭaka—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_172)

pratyekamebhiḥ kusumaiḥ pallavairaparairapi ..89..

> With each of these flowers, with sprouts, and with other  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_173)

patraiḥ śatasahasraiśca sa samānarca śaṃkaram..

> leaves by the hundreds of thousands, he worshipped Śaṃkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_174)

paṃcāmṛtairdroṇamitairlakṣakṛtvaḥ prayatnataḥ ..4.1.16.90..

> With pañcāmṛta measured by droṇas, a hundred thousand times, with great effort,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_175)

snapayāmāsa deveśaṃ sugaṃdhasnapanairbahu ..

> he bathed the Lord of Gods with many fragrant ceremonial baths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_176)

sahasrakṛtvo deveśaṃ caṃdanairyakṣakardamaiḥ ..91..

> A thousand times, the Lord of Gods with sandalpastes and yakṣa-kardama \[ointments\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_177)

samāliliṃpa deveśaṃ sugaṃdhodvartanānyanu ..

> he anointed the Lord of Gods, followed by fragrant rubbings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_178)

gītanṛtyopahāraiśca śrutyuktastutibhirbahuḥ ..92..

> With offerings of song and dance, and with many hymns proclaimed in the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_179)

nāmnāṃ sahasrairanyaiśca stotraistuṣṭāva śaṃkaram ..

> and with other thousands of names and hymns of praise, he extolled Śaṃkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_180)

sahasraṃ paṃcaśaradāmitthaṃ śukraḥ samarcayan .. 93 ..

> Thus worshipping for five thousand autumns, Śukra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_181)

yadā devaṃ nāluloke manāgapi varonmukham..

> when he did not see the god inclined in the least toward granting a boon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_182)

tadānyaṃ niyamaṃ ghoraṃ jagrāhātīvaduḥsaham.. 94..

> then undertook another dreadful, exceedingly unbearable observance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_183)

prakṣālya cetaso tyaṃtaṃ cāṃcalyākhyaṃ mahāmalam ..

> Having washed away entirely the great impurity of the mind called fickleness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_184)

bhāvanāvārbhi rasakṛdiṃdriyaiḥ sahitasya ca .. 95 ..

> with the waters of meditation repeatedly, together with the senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_185)

nirmalīkṛtya tacceto ratnaṃ dattvā pinākine ..

> and making that jewel of the mind pure, offering it to the Wielder of Pināka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_186)

prapapau kaṇadhūmaughaṃ sahasraṃ śaradāṃ kaviḥ ..96..

> the sage drank a stream of grain-husk smoke for a thousand autumns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_187)

prasasāda tadā devo bhārgavāya mahātmane ..

> Then the god was pleased with the great-souled Bhārgava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_188)

tasmālliṃgādvinirgatya sahasrārkādhikadyutiḥ .. 97 ..

> Emerging from that liṅga, surpassing the splendour of a thousand suns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_189)

uvāca ca virūpākṣaḥ sākṣāddākṣāyaṇīpatiḥ ..

> Virūpākṣa, the husband of Dākṣāyaṇī in bodily form, spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_190)

taponidhe prasannosmi varaṃ varaya bhārgava .. 98 ..

> “O treasury of austerity, I am pleased; choose a boon, O Bhārgava!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_191)

niśamyeti vacaḥ śaṃbhoraṃbhojanayano dvijaḥ ..

> Hearing this speech of Śambhu, the lotus-eyed twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_192)

udyadānaṃdasaṃdoha romāṃcāṃcita vigrahaḥ .. 99 ..

> his body bristling with horripilation from a surging abundance of bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_193)

tuṣṭāvāṣṭatanuṃ tuṣṭaḥ praphu lla nayanāṃcalaḥ ..

> delighted, the corners of his eyes wide open, praised the eight-formed god,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_194)

maulāvaṃjalimādhāya vadañjayajayeti ca .. 4.1.16.100 ..

> placing his folded hands upon his head and crying, “Victory, victory!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_195)

bhārgava uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.16.4\_196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_196)

tvaṃ bhābhirābhirabhibhūya tamaḥ samastamastaṃ nayasyabhimatāni niśācarāṇām ..

> “Overcoming all darkness with these rays of yours, you bring an end to the desires of the night-roamers; / you shine in the sky as a jewel for the welfare of the three worlds, O Lord of the Universe, therefore homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_197)

dedīpyase maṇegaganehitāya lokatrayasya jagadīśvara tannamaste .. 101 ..

> You shine as a jewel in the sky for the benefit of the three worlds, O Lord of the Universe, therefore homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_198)

loketivelamativelamahāmahobhirnirmāsi kaumudamudaṃ ca samutsamudram ..

> With your exceedingly boundless, great splendours, you create boundless joy for the night-lotuses, like an ocean; / having dispelled all darkness, O cool-rayed moon, filled with an abundance of nectar, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.16.4\_199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.16.4_199)

vidrāvitākhilatamāḥ sutamohimāṃśo pīyūṣapūraparipūrita tannamaste .. 2 ..

> By whom all darkness is dispelled, who have pure light, cool-rayed, filled with a flood of nectar, therefore homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.16.4) — English, machine translation

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