[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) › 4.17 # Skandapurana 4.17 Skandapurāṇa 4.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.1) .. śivaśarmovāca .. .. > Śivaśarman said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.2) śukrasaṃbaṃdhinī devau kathā śrāvi mayā śubhā .. > The auspicious story concerning Śukra has been heard by me, O divine ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.3) yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa prīṇite śravaṇe mama .. 1 .. > by the mere listening to which my ears have been delighted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.4) kasya puṇyanidherlokaḥ śokahṛttveṣa nirmalaḥ .. > Whose is this spotless realm, a treasury of merit that dispels grief? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.5) etadākhyātumudyuktau bhavaṃtau bhavatāṃ mama .. 2 .. > May you two be pleased to explain this to me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.6) dhayitvā śrotrapātrābhyāṃ vāṇīmamṛtarūpiṇīm .. > Drinking with the vessels of my ears this speech composed of nectar > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.7) na tṛptimadhigacchāmi bhavanmukhasukhodgatām ..3.. > that has flowed pleasantly from your mouths, I find no satiety. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.8) .. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. .. > The two gaṇas said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.9) lohitāṃgasya lokoyaṃ śivaśarmannibodha ha .. > Know this realm, O Śivaśarman, to belong to the red-limbed one \[Aṅgāraka\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.10) utpattiṃ cāsya vakṣyāvo bhūsutoyaṃ yathābhavat .. 4 .. > and we will recount his origin—how he became the son of the Earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.11) purā tapasyataḥ śaṃbhordākṣāyaṇyā viyogataḥ .. > Formerly, while Śambhu was performing tapas due to separation from Dākṣāyaṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.12) bhālasthalātpapātaikaḥ svedabiṃdurmahītale .. 5 .. > a single drop of sweat fell from his forehead upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.13) tataḥ kumāraḥ saṃjajñe lohitāṃgo mahītalāt .. > From the surface of the earth a boy was then born, having red limbs; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.14) snehasaṃvardhitaḥ sotha dhātryā dhātrīsvarūpayā .. 6 .. > he was then lovingly raised by the Earth taking the form of a foster-mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.15) māheya ityataḥ khyātiṃ parāmeṣa gataḥ sadā .. > Hence he has ever attained the supreme renown of being Māheya ('son of the Earth'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.16) tatastepe tapotyugramugrapuryāṃ purānagha .. 7 .. > Then, O sinless one, he performed severe tapas of old in the fierce city \[Vārāṇasī\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.17) asiśca varaṇā cāpi saritau yatra śobhane .. > where the two splendid rivers, the Asi and the Varaṇā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.18) dyunadyottaravāhinyā milite'tra jagaddhite .. 8 .. > meet the north-flowing heavenly river for the welfare of the world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.19) sarvagopi hi viśveśo yatra nityaṃ prakāśate .. > where Viśveśa, though all-pervading, is ever visibly manifest > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.20) muktaye sarvajaṃtūnāṃ kālojjñita svavarṣmaṇām .. 9 .. > for the liberation of all living creatures who shed their physical frames at their appointed time; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.21) amṛtaṃ hi bhavaṃtyeva mṛtā yatra śarīriṇaḥ .. > where embodied beings, having died, certainly become immortal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.22) anugrahaṃ samāsādya paraṃ viśveśvarasya ha .. 4.1.17.10 .. > verily attaining the supreme grace of Viśveśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.23) apunarbhavadehāste ye'vimukretanutyajaḥ .. > Free from rebirth are their bodies—they who abandon their body in Avimukta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.24) vinā sāṃkhyena yogena vinā nānāvratādibhiḥ .. 11 .. > without Sāṃkhya, without Yoga, and without various vows and rituals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.25) saṃsthāpya liṃgaṃ vidhinā svanāmnāṃgārakeśvaram .. > Having duly installed a liṅga under his own name as Aṅgārakeśvara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.26) pāṃcamudre mahāsthāne kaṃbalāśvatarottare .. 12 .. > in the great shrine of Pāñcamudra, to the north of Kambalāśvatara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.27) jvaladaṃgāravattejo yāvattasyaśarīrataḥ .. > that great-souled one performed tapas until brilliance like a glowing ember > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.28) viniryayau tapastāvattena taptaṃ mahātmanā .. 13 .. > came forth from his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.29) tatoṃgāraka nāmnā sa sarvalokeṣu gīyate .. > Therefore he is sung in all the worlds by the name Aṅgāraka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.30) tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo dadau grahapadaṃ mahat .. 14 .. > Pleased with him, Mahādeva granted him the exalted status of a planet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.31) aṃgāraka caturthyāṃ ye snātvottaravahāṃbhasi .. > Those best of men who, having bathed in the north-flowing waters on an Aṅgāraka-caturthī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.32) abhyarcyāṃgārakeśānaṃ namasyaṃti narottamāḥ ..15 .. > worship and bow down to Aṅgārakeśāna... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.33) na teṣāṃ grahapīḍā ca kadācitkvāpi jāyate .. > Affliction by the planets never arises for them anywhere at any time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.34) aṃgāṃrakena saṃyuktā caturthī labhyate yadi ..16.. > If a fourth lunar day is joined with Tuesday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.35) uparāgasamaṃ parva taduktaṃ kālavedibhiḥ .. > that festive day is declared by knowers of time to be equal to an eclipse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.36) tasyāṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati cākṣayam ..17.. > What is given, offered into the fire, and recited on it all becomes imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.37) śraddhayā śrāddhadā ye vai caturthyaṃgārayogataḥ .. > Those who, endowed with faith, offer śrāddha on account of the conjunction of Tuesday and the fourth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.38) teṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ bhavitā tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī .. 18 .. > for their ancestors there will be satisfaction lasting twelve years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.39) aṃgārakacaturthyāṃ tu purā jajñe gaṇeśvaraḥ .. > For on the fourth lunar day falling on a Tuesday, the Lord of Gaṇas was born long ago; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.40) ataeva tu tatparva proktaṃ puṇyasamṛddhaye .. 19.. > therefore, that festive day has been proclaimed for the increase of religious merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.41) ekabhaktavratī tatra saṃpūjya gaṇanāyakam.. > Observing the vow of eating a single meal, having worshipped the leader of the Gaṇas there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.42) kiṃciddattvā tamuddiśya na vighnairabhibhūyate .. 4.1.17.20 .. > and having offered something dedicated to him, one is not overcome by obstacles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.43) aṃgāreśvara bhaktā ye vārāṇasyāṃ narottamāḥ .. > Those excellent men who are devotees of Aṅgāreśvara in Vārāṇasī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.44) te'sminnaṃgārake loke vasaṃti paramarddhayaḥ ..21.. > having attained supreme prosperity, reside in this world of Mars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.45) agastya uvāca .. .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.46) itthaṃ kathayatoreva ramyāṃ puṇyavatīṃ kathām .. > Even as the two attendants of the Lord were speaking this charming, sacred narrative, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.47) bhagavadgaṇayoḥ prāpa netrātithyaṃ guroḥ purī .. 22 .. > the city of the preceptor became a guest of their eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.48) netrānaṃdakarīṃ dṛṣṭvā śivaśarmā'tha tāṃ purīm .. > Having seen that city which delighted the eyes, Śivaśarman then > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.49) papracchācāryavaryasya kasyeyaṃ pūranuttamā .. 23 .. > asked, “To which foremost teacher does this unsurpassed city belong?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.50) .. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. .. > The two attendants said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.51) sakhe sukhaṃ samākhyāvo nānākhyeyaṃ tavāgrataḥ .. > “O friend, we shall gladly relate it; nothing is to be withheld from you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.52) adhvakhedāpanodāya punarasyāḥ puraḥ kathām.. 24 .. > In order to dispel the fatigue of the journey, \[listen\] again to the story of this city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.53) vidhervidhitsataḥ pūrvaṃ trilokīracanāṃ mudā .. > Long ago, when Brahmā joyfully wished to fashion the creation of the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.54) āvirāsuḥ sutāḥ sapta mānasāḥ svasyasaṃnibhāḥ .. 25 .. > there appeared seven mind-born sons equal to himself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.55) marīcyatryaṃgiro mukhyāḥ sarve sṛṣṭipravartakāḥ .. > headed by Marīci, Atri, and Aṅgiras, all initiators of creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.56) prajāpateraṃgirasasteṣvabhūddevasattamaḥ .. 26 .. > Among them, to the Prajāpati Aṅgiras was born a best of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.57) sutaścāṃgiraso nāma buddhyā vibudhasattamaḥ .. > a son named Āṅgirasa, the foremost of the wise in intellect, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.58) śāṃto dāṃto jitakrodho mṛduvāṅnirmalāśayaḥ .. 27 .. > calm, self-controlled, conqueror of anger, gentle in speech, and pure of heart, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.59) vedavedārthatattvajñaḥ kalāsu kuśalo'malaḥ .. > knowing the truth of the Vedas and their meaning, skilled in the arts, spotless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.60) pāradṛśvā tu sarveṣāṃ śāstrāṇāṃ nītivittamaḥ .. 28 .. > having seen through all the śāstras, the best knower of policy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.61) hitopadeṣṭā hitakṛdahitātyahitaḥ sadā .. > a counselor of beneficial things, a doer of good, always utterly unfriendly to what is harmful, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.62) rūpavāñchīlasaṃpanno guṇavāndeśakālavit .. 29 .. > handsome, endowed with good conduct, virtuous, and knowing place and time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.63) sarvalakṣaṇasaṃbhāra saṃbhṛto guruvatsalaḥ .. > equipped with the full assemblage of auspicious marks, and devoted to his preceptor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.64) tatāpa tāpasīṃ vṛttiṃ kāśyāṃ sa mahatīṃ dadhata .. 4.1.17.30 .. > Assuming the ascetic life in Kāśī, he performed great austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.65) mahalliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya śāṃbhavaṃ bhūribhāvanaḥ .. > Having installed a great Śaiva liṅga, full of intense devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.66) ayutaṃ śaradāṃ divyaṃ divyatejā mahātapāḥ ..31.. > endowed with divine splendor, that great ascetic \[performed tapas\] for ten thousand divine years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.67) tataḥ prasanno bhagavānviśveśo viśvabhāvanaḥ .. > Then, pleased, the Lord, the ruler of the universe, who brings about the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.68) āvirbhūya tato liṃgānmahasāṃ rāśirabravīt ..32.. > a mass of splendors, having emerged from that liṅga, said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.69) prasannosmi varaṃ brūhi yatte manasi vartate .. > ‘I am pleased! Choose a boon that is in your mind.’ / Seeing Śambhu thus, he, rejoicing, praised \[him\] as follows:” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.70) iti śaṃbhuṃ samālokya tuṣṭāveti sa hṛṣṭavān .. 33 .. > Having thus beheld Śambhu, he, filled with joy, praised him in this manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.71) .. āṃgirasa uvāca .. .. > Āṅgirasa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.72) jaya śaṃkara śāṃta śaśāṃkaruce rucirārthada sarvada sarvaśuce .. > “Victory, O Śaṃkara, calm one, having the luster of the moon, bestower of beautiful aims, all-giver, all-pure one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.73) śucidatta gṛhīta mahopahṛte hṛtabhaktajanoddhatatāpatate .. 34 .. > by whom great offerings presented by the pure are received, remover of the series of intense afflictions of devoted people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.74) tatasarvahṛdaṃbara varadanate natavṛjinamahāvana dāhakṛte .. > who pervades the sky of every heart, bowed to by boongivers, who causes the burning of the great forest of sins of those who bow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.75) kṛtavividhacaritratanosutano tanuviśikhaviśoṣaṇadhairyanidhe .. 35 .. > having a body performing various deeds, having a fair form, store of steadfastness who dries up the slender arrows \[of Kāma\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.76) nidhanādi vivarjitakṛtanatikṛtkṛtivihitamanorathapannagabhṛt .. > devoid of death and the like, fulfilling the wishes of the deeds of those who bow, bearer of snakes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.77) nagabhartṛsutārpitavāmavapuḥ svavapuḥparipūritasarvajagat .. 36 .. > whose left half of the body is yielded to the daughter of the Mountain-King, who fills the entire world with his own form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.78) trijaganmayarūpavirūpasudṛgdṛgudaṃcanakuṃcana kṛtahutabhuk .. > whose form consists of the three worlds, having unusual beautiful eyes, who made the fire-consumer \[spring\] from the opening and closing of his eye, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.79) bhavabhūtapatepramathaikapate patiteṣvapidattakaraprasṛte .. 37 .. > O source of being, lord of creatures, sole lord of the Pramathas, whose outstretched hand is extended even to the fallen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.80) prasūtākhilabhūtalasaṃvaraṇapraṇavadhvanisaudhasudhāṃśudhara .. > who conceals the whole surface of the earth brought forth \[by you\], bearer of the moon in the mansion of the sound of the praṇava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.81) vararājakumārikayā parayā paritaḥ parituṣṭa natosmi śiva .. 38 .. > completely delighted by the supreme noble princess of the Mountain, I bow to you, O Śiva! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.82) śivadeva girīśa maheśa vibho vibhavaprada giriśa śiveśamṛḍa .. > O auspicious God, lord of the mountain, great lord, all-pervading one, bestower of majesty, dweller on the mountain, lord of Śivā, gracious one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.83) mṛḍayoḍupatidhra jagattritayaṃ kṛtayaṃtraṇabhaktivighātakṛtām .. 39 .. > O bearer of the lord of stars, show grace to the triad of worlds! You who restrain those who cause obstruction to devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.84) na kṛtāṃta ta eṣa bibhebhi harapraharāśu mahāghamamoghamate .. > this \[soul\] does not fear death! O Hara of infallible intellect, strike down instantly great sin! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.85) namatāṃtaramanyadavaini śivaṃ śivapādanateḥ praṇatosmi tataḥ .. 4.1.17.40 .. > I know of no other auspicious shelter than bowing to the feet of Śiva; therefore, I am bowed \[to you\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.86) vitate'tra jagatyakhile'ghaharaṃ hara toṣaṇameva paraṃ guṇavan .. > In this entire widespread world, the destroying of sins \[occurs through\] the pleasing alone of Hara, O virtuous one; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.87) guṇahīnamahīna mahāvalayaṃ pralayāṃtakamīśa natosmi tataḥ .. 41 .. > O devoid of gunas, possessing great armlets of huge serpents, ender of destruction, O Lord, therefore I am bowed \[to you\].” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.88) iti stutvā mahādevaṃ virarāmāṃgiraḥ sutaḥ .. > Having thus praised Mahādeva, the son of Aṅgiras paused, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.89) vyataracca maheśānaḥ stutyā tuṣṭo varānbahūn ..42.. > and the Great Lord, pleased by the praise, granted many boons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.90) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. > The venerable Mahādeva said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.91) bṛhatā tapasānena bṛhatāṃ patiredhyaho .. > “By this immense austerity, become the master of the great! Ah, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.92) nāmnā bṛhaspatiriti graheṣvarcyobhava dvija .. 43 .. > by the name Bṛhaspati, be one to be worshipped among the planets, O twice-born one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.93) asmālliṃgārcanānnityaṃ jīvabhūtosi me yataḥ .. > Because you have constantly become my very life through the worship of this liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.94) ato jīva iti khyātiṃ triṣu lokeṣu yāsyasi ..44.. > therefore you will attain renown in the three worlds as Jīva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.95) vācāṃ prapaṃcaiścaturairniṣprapaṃco yataḥ stutaḥ .. > Because \[I\], free from manifold appearance, have been praised by skillful expansions of speech, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.96) ato vācāṃ prapaṃcasya patirvācaspatirbhava ..45.. > therefore become Vācaspati, the master of speech’s expanse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.97) asya stotrasya paṭhanādapi vāgudiyācca yam .. > Even when recited by anyone, speech shall dawn; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.98) tasya syātsaṃskṛtā vāṇī tribhirvarṣaistrikālataḥ .. 46 .. > his speech will become refined within three years by \[reciting it at\] the three sandhyās. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.99) samutpanne mahākārye na sa buddhyā prahīyate .. > When a major endeavor has arisen, he is not forsaken by intelligence— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.100) yaḥ paṭhiṣyatyadaḥ stotraṃ vāyavyākhyaṃ dinedine .. 47 .. > he who shall recite day by day this hymn named Vāyavya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.101) asyastotrasya paṭhanānniyataṃ mama saṃnidhau .. > From constantly reciting this hymn in my presence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.102) na durvṛttau pravṛttiḥ syādavivekavatāṃ nṛṇām .. 48 .. > there will be no inclination toward wicked conduct for undiscerning men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.103) adaḥ stotraṃ paṭhañjaṃturjātupīḍāṃ grahodbhavām .. > A creature who recites this hymn will never obtain affliction born of planets; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.104) na prāpsyati tato japyamidaṃ stotraṃ mamāgrataḥ .. 49 .. > therefore this hymn should be muttered in front of me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.105) nityaṃ prātaḥ samutthāya yaḥ paṭhiṣyati mānavaḥ .. > Whatever man shall recite this hymn, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.106) imāṃ stutiṃ hariṣye'haṃ tasya bādhāḥ sudāruṇāḥ .. 4.1.17.50 .. > rising daily at dawn, I will take away his terrible afflictions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.107) tvatpratiṣṭhitaliṃgasya pūjāṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ .. > Having zealously performed the worship of the liṅga consecrated by you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.108) imāṃ stutimadhīyāno manovāṃchāmavāpsyati .. 51 .. > one who studies this hymn of praise will attain the desire of his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.109) iti dattvā varāñchaṃbhuḥ punarbrahmāṇamāhvayat .. > Having granted these boons, Śambhu again summoned Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.110) seṃdrāndevagaṇānsarvānsayakṣoragakinnarān .. 52 .. > along with Indra, all the hosts of gods, together with the yakṣas, serpents, and kinnaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.111) tānāgatānsamālokya śivo vrahmāṇamabravīt .. > Beholding them arrived, Śiva said to Brahmā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.112) vidhevidhehi madvākyādamuṃ vācaspatiṃ munim .. 53 .. > “O Vidhi, make this sage Vācaspati by my command > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.113) guruṃ sarvasureṃdrāṇāṃ paritaḥ svaguṇairgurum .. > the preceptor of all the lords of the gods, weightiest on all sides through his own virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.114) abhiṣiṃca vidhānena devācārya pade mude .. 54 .. > Consecrate him according to rule in the post of preceptor to the gods for our delight.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.115) atīva dhiṣaṇādhīśo mamaprītobhaviṣyati .. > “The master of intelligence will be exceedingly dear to me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.116) mahāprasāda ityājñāṃ śirasyādhāya tatkṣaṇāt .. 55 .. > Saying, “A great favor,” and placing the command upon his head, immediately then > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.117) surajyeṣṭhaḥ surācāryaṃ cakārāṃgirasaṃ tadā .. > the eldest of the gods made the son of Aṅgiras the preceptor of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.118) devaduṃdubhayo nedurnanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ .. 56 .. > Divine kettle-drums sounded, and hosts of apsarases danced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.119) gurupūjāṃ vyadhuḥ sarve gīrvāṇā muditānanāḥ .. > All the gods, with cheerful faces, performed worship of the preceptor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.120) abhiṣikto vasiṣṭhādyairmaṃtrapūtena vāriṇā .. 57 .. > who had been consecrated by Vasiṣṭha and others with water purified by mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.121) punaranyaṃ varaṃ prādādgirīśaḥ pataye girām .. > Again the lord of the mountain gave another boon to the lord of words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.122) śṛṇvāṃgirasa dharmātman devejyakulanaṃdana .. 58 .. > “Listen, O righteous son of Aṅgiras, delight of the family worthy of divine sacrifice! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.123) bhavatāsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ subuddhiparivardhanam .. > The liṅga installed by you, which greatly increases good intellect, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.124) bṛhaspatīśvara iti khyātaṃ kāśyāṃ bhaviṣyati .. 59 .. > shall become renowned in Kāśī as Bṛhaspatīśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.125) gurupuṣyasamāyoge liṃgametatsamarcya ca .. > Having worshipped this liṅga during the conjunction of Guru and Puṣya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.126) yatkariṣyaṃti manujāstatsiddhimadhiyāsyati .. 4.1.17.60 .. > whatever men undertake, that will attain success. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.127) bṛhaspatīśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ mayā gopyaṃ kalau yuge .. > The Bṛhaspatīśvara liṅga is to be hidden by me in the Kali age; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.128) asya saṃdarśanādeva pratibhā pratilabhyate ..61.. > intellectual brilliance is attained from its very sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.129) caṃdreśvarāddakṣiṇato vīreśānnairṛte sthitam .. > Situated to the south of Candreśvara and to the southwest of Vīreśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.130) ārādhya dhiṣaṇeśaṃ vai guruloke mahīyate ..62.. > having worshipped the lord of Dhiṣaṇa, one is indeed honored in the world of Guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.131) gurvaṃganā gamanajaṃ pāpaṃ ṣaṇmāsa sevanāt .. > The sin born of approaching the wife of one’s guru, through six months of worship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.132) avaśyaṃ vilayaṃ yāti tamaḥ sūryodayādyathā .. 63 .. > surely goes to dissolution, just like darkness at the rising of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.133) ataeva hi goptavyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. > Therefore indeed, this destroyer of great sins is to be concealed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.134) bṛhaspatīśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ nākhyeyaṃ yasyakasyacit ..64 .. > the Bṛhaspatīśvara liṅga must not be spoken of to just anyone.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.135) iti dattvā varāndevastatraivāṃtarhito bhavat .. > Having given these boons, the god vanished right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.136) druhiṇo guruṇā sārdhaṃ seṃdropeṃdro bṛhaspatim .. 65 .. > Druhiṇa, together with the guru, and accompanied by Indra and Upendra, having consecrated Bṛhaspati > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.137) asminpurebhiṣicyātha visṛjyeṃdrādikānsurān .. > in this city, and having dismissed the gods led by Indra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.138) alaṃcakāra svaṃ lokaṃ viṣṇunā'numato dvija .. 66 .. > adorned his own world, permitted by Viṣṇu, O twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.139) .. agastya uvāca .. .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.140) atikramya gurorlokaṃ lopāmudre dadarśa saḥ .. > Passing beyond the realm of Guru, O Lopāmudrā, that > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.141) śivaśarmā purī saureḥ prabhāmaṃḍala maṃḍitām .. 67 .. > Śivaśarman beheld the city of the son of Sūrya, adorned with a circle of radiance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.142) pṛṣṭau tena ca tau tatra tāṃ purīṃ pradadarśatuḥ .. > Questioned by him there, those two showed that city > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.143) dvijena dvijavaryāya gaṇavaryau śucismite ..68.. > to the excellent twice-born, the two best of gaṇas, O lady of pure smile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.144) gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. .. > The two gaṇas said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.145) mārīceḥ kaśyapājjajñe dākṣāyaṇyāṃ dvijoṣṇaguḥ .. > “From Kaśyapa, son of Marīci, the hot-rayed \[Sun\] was born of Dākṣāyaṇī, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.146) tasyabhāryābhavatsaṃjñā putrī tvaṣṭuḥ prajāpateḥ .. 69 .. > His wife was Saṃjñā, the daughter of the Prajāpati Tvaṣṭṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.147) bharturiṣṭā tatastasmādrūpayauvanaśālinī .. > Beloved of her husband, endowed with beauty and youth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.148) saṃjñā babhūva tapasā sudīptena samanvitā .. 4.1.17.70 .. > Saṃjñā then became endowed with intense austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.149) ādityasya hi tadrūpaṃ maṃḍalasya tu tejasā .. > Indeed, by the splendor of the orb, that form of Āditya > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.150) gātreṣu paridadhyau vai nātikāṃtamivābhavat .. 71 .. > she bore upon his limbs; indeed, it was not exceedingly pleasing \[to bear\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.151) na khalvayamṛtoṃ'ḍastha iti snehādabhāṣata .. > ‘Surely this one within the egg has not died!’ he spoke out of affection; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.152) tadā prabhṛti lokeyaṃ mārtaṃḍa iti cocyate .. 72 .. > from that time on in this world, he is called Mārtaṇḍa.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.153) tejastvabhyadhikaṃ tasya sā'sahiṣṇurvivasvataḥ .. > Unable to bear the excessive brilliance of that Vivasvat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.154) yenātitāpayāmāsa trailokyaṃ tigmaraśmibhṛt .. 73 .. > by which the possessor of sharp rays excessively scorched the three worlds, // 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.155) trīṇyapatyāni bho brahmansaṃjñāyāṃ mahasāṃ nidhiḥ .. > O brahmin, that treasure of splendors, the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.156) ādityo janayāmāsa kanyāṃ dvau ca prajāpatī .. 74 .. > begot on Saṃjñā three offspring: a daughter and two progenitors of beings: // 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.157) vaivasvataṃ manuṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ yamaṃ ca yamunāṃ tataḥ .. > the eldest, Vaivasvata Manu, and Yama, and then Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.158) nātitejomayaṃ rūpaṃ soḍhuṃ sā'laṃ vivasvataḥ .. 75 .. > She was not capable of enduring Vivasvat's excessively fiery form. // 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.159) māyāmayīṃ tataśchāyāṃ savarṇāṃ nirmame svataḥ .. > Then, from herself, she created an illusory shadow of identical appearance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.160) prāṃjaliḥ praṇatā bhūtvā saṃjñāṃ chāyā tadābravīt .. 76 .. > Joining her palms in reverence and bowing, Chāyā then said to Saṃjñā: // 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.161) tavājñākāriṇīṃ devi śādhi māṃ karavāṇi kim .. > “Command me, your obedient servant, O goddess! What shall I do?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.162) saṃjñovāca tataśchāyāṃ savarṇe śṛṇu suṃdari .. 77 .. > Then Saṃjñā said to Chāyā: “Listen, O beautiful one of identical appearance! // 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.163) ahaṃ yāsyāmi sadanaṃ tvaṣṭustvaṃ punaratra me .. > I will go to Tvaṣṭṛ’s abode. But you here in my > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.164) bhavane vasa kalyāṇi nirviśaṃkaṃ mamājñayā .. 78 .. > mansion live without hesitation, O auspicious one, by my command. // 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.165) manureṣa yamāvetau yamunā yama saṃjñakau .. > This is Manu, and these two are the twins named Yamunā and Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.166) svāpatyadṛṣṭyā draṣṭavyametadbālatrayaṃ tvayā .. 79 .. > This triad of children must be regarded by you with the eye of one’s own offspring. // 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.167) anākhyeyamidaṃ vṛttaṃ tvayā patyau śucismite .. > This affair must not be disclosed by you to my husband, O woman of sweet smiles!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.168) ityākarṇyātha sā tvāṣṭrīṃ devīṃ chāyā jagāda ha .. 4.1.17.80 .. > Having heard this, that Chāyā then said to the goddess, daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ: // 4.1.17.80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.169) ākacagrahaṇānnāhamāśāpācca kadācana .. > “Unless my hair is seized, and unless under a curse, I will never > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.170) ākhyāsyāmi caritraṃ te yāhi devi yathāsukham .. 81 .. > disclose your deed. Go at your pleasure, O goddess!” // 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.171) ityādiśya savarṇāṃ sā tathetyuktā savarṇayā .. > Having thus instructed her identical replica and been told “So be it” by the identical one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.172) pituraṃtikamāsādya natvā tvaṣṭāramabravīt .... 82 .. > she approached her father, and bowing down, spoke to Tvaṣṭṛ: // 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.173) pitaḥ soḍhuṃ na śaknomi tejastejonidheraham .. > “O father, I am unable to bear the brilliance of that treasury of brilliance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.174) tīvraṃ tasyāryaputrasya kāśyapasya mahātmanaḥ .. .. 83 .. > the intense \[heat\] of that noble husband, the great-souled descendant of Kaśyapa.” // 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.175) niśamyodīritaṃ tasyāḥ pitrānirbhartsitā bahu .. > Hearing her declaration, she was strongly rebuked by her father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.176) bhartuḥ samīpaṃ yāhīti niyuktā sā punaḥpunaḥ .. 84 .. > Instructed again and again: “Go back to your husband’s presence!” // 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.177) ciṃtāmavāpa mahatīṃ strīṇāṃ dhikceṣṭitaṃ tviti .. > she fell into deep anxiety, thinking: “Fie upon the condition of women!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.178) niniṃda bahudhātmānaṃ strītvaṃ cāti niniṃda sā ..85.. > She blamed herself in many ways, and strongly condemned womanhood: // 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.179) svātaṃtryaṃ na kvacitstrīṇāṃ dhigasvātaṃtryajīvitam .. > “Nowhere is there independence for women; fie on a life without independence! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.180) śaiśave yauvane prāṃte pitṛbhartṛsutādbhayam ..86.. > In childhood, in youth, and at the end, there is fear from father, husband, and son. // 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.181) tyaktaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyāddhaṃta duvṛrttayā mayā .. > Alas, through delusion the husband’s house was abandoned by me of wicked conduct! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.182) avijñātāpi cedyāyāmatha patyurniketanam ..87 .. > And if I go to the husband's dwelling, even without being recognized, // 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.183) tatrāsti sā savarṇā vai paripūrṇamanorathā .. > there indeed is that identical woman whose desire has been fulfilled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.184) athāvatiṣṭhe sātraiva pitrā nirbhartsitāpyaham .. 88 .. > Or if I remain right here, though rebuked by my father, // 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.185) tatoti caṃḍaścaṃḍāśuḥ pitroratibhayaṃkaraḥ .. > the hot-rayed sun is fiercer than that, extremely terrifying to my parents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.186) aho yaducyate lokairupākhyānamidaṃ hi tat .. 89 .. > Ah, this is indeed that proverb which is uttered by people! // 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.187) sphuṭaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mayādyeti svakarāṃgārakarṣa(rpa?)ṇam .. > It has been seen clearly by me today, like placing live embers in one’s own hand: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.188) naṣṭaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyācchreyo vā na piturgṛham .... 4.1.17.90 .. > the husband's home was lost through folly, and my father's house offers no welfare! // 4.1.17.90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.189) vayaśca prathamaṃ cāru rūpaṃ trailokyakāṃkṣitam .. > And my age is early youth; my beauty is longed for by the three worlds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.190) sarvābhibhavanaṃ strītvaṃ kulaṃ cātīva nirmalam .. 91 .. > womanhood is vulnerable to all overcome; and my lineage is exceedingly pure. // 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.191) patiśca tādṛksarvajño lokacakṣustamopahaḥ .. > And such is my husband: omniscient, eye of the world, dispeller of darkness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.192) sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ sākṣī sarvaḥ sarvatrasaṃcaraḥ .. 92 .. > witness of all deeds, omnipresent, moving everywhere. // 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.193) mahyaṃ śreyaḥ kathaṃ vā syāditi sā pariciṃtya ca .. > How indeed could there be welfare for me?” Thus reflecting, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.194) agacchadvaḍavā bhūtvā tapase paryaniṃditā .. 93 .. > she, blameless in every way, became a mare and went to perform austerity. // 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.195) uttarāṃśca kurūnprāpa caraṃtī nīrasaṃtṛṇam .. > And grazing on sapless dry grass, she reached the northern Kurus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.196) vyuttepe ca tapastīvraṃ patimādhāya cetasi .. > and performed intense austerity, placing her husband in her heart: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.197) tapobalena tatpatyuḥ sahiṣye teja ityalam .. 94 .. > “By the power of austerity, I shall fully endure that brilliance of my husband.” // 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.198) manyamānotha tāṃ saṃjñāṃ savarṇāyāṃ tadā raviḥ .. > Then the sun, thinking her to be Saṃjñā, begot upon that identical one > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.199) sāvarṇiṃ janayāmāsa manumaṣṭamamuttamam .. 95 .. > Sāvarṇi, the excellent eighth Manu, // 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.17.200) śanaiścaraṃ dvitīyaṃ ca sutāṃ bhadrāṃ tṛtīyikām .. > and Śanaiścara as the second, and a daughter, Bhadrā, as the third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 272 passages. 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