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# Skandapurana 4.1

Skandapurāṇa 4.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..

> Homage to glorious Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.2)

taṃ manmahe maheśānaṃ maheśānapriyārbhakam ..

> We venerate that great lord, the beloved child of Maheśāna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.3)

gaṇeśānaṃ karigaṇeśānānanamanāmayam .. 1 ..

> Gaṇeśa, whose face is like the leader of elephants, free from all affliction. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.4)

bhūmiṣṭhāpi na yātrabhūstridivatopyuccairadhaḥsthāpi yā yā baddhā bhuvi muktidāsyuramṛtaṃ yasyāṃ mṛtā jaṃtavaḥ ..

> Though standing on earth, it is not part of this world; though situated below, it is higher than heaven; / though bound to the earth, it grants liberation; and creatures who die in it become immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.5)

yā nityaṃ trijagatpavitrataṭinī tīre suraiḥ sevyate sā kāśī tripurārirājanagarī pāyādapāyājjagat .. 2 ..

> It is constantly served by the gods on the bank of the river that purifies the three worlds: / may that Kāśī, the royal city of Tripura's foe, protect the universe from calamity! (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.6)

namastasmai maheśāya yasya saṃdhyāttrayacchalāt ..

> Homage to that Maheśa, on the pretext of the three twilights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.7)

yātāyātaṃ prakurvaṃti trijagatpatayo'niśam .. 3 ..

> before whom the lords of the three worlds constantly come and go. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.8)

aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ karttā satyavatīsutaḥ ..

> The author of the eighteen Purāṇas, the son of Satyavatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.9)

sūtāgre kathayāmāsa kathāṃ pāpāpanodinīm .. 4 ..

> narrated this tale that removes sin before Sūta. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.10)

śrīvyāsa uvāca .. ..

> Glorious Vyāsa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.11)

kadācinnāradaḥ śrīmānsnātvā śrīnarmadāṃbhasi ..

> Once the illustrious Nārada, having bathed in the waters of the glorious Narmadā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.12)

śrīmadoṃkāramabhyarcya sarvadaṃ sarvadehinām .. 5 ..

> and worshiped the glorious Oṃkāra, who gives everything to all embodied beings, (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.13)

vrajanvilokayāṃcakre puroviṃdhyaṃ dharādharam ..

> as he walked, beheld before him the Vindhya mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.14)

saṃsāratāpasaṃhāri revāvāripariṣkṛtam .. 6 ..

> which removes the distress of worldly existence and is adorned by the waters of the Revā, (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.15)

dvairūpyeṇāpi kurvaṃtaṃ sthāvareṇa careṇa ca ..

> making this earth—both in its stationary form and its moving form—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.16)

sābhikhyena yathārthākhyāmuccairvasu matīmimām .. 7 ..

> truly merit its name of 'possessor of wealth' (vasumatī) by virtue of its abundant splendor: (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.17)

rasālayaṃ rasālaistairaśokaiḥ śokahāriṇām ..

> an abode of sweetness with mango trees, dispelling sorrow with aśoka trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.18)

tālaistamālerhiṃtālaiḥ sālaiḥ sarvatraśālitam .. 8..

> adorned everywhere with palmyra, tamāla, hintāla, and sāla trees; (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.19)

khapuraiḥ khapurākāraṃ śrīphalaṃ śrīphalaiḥ kila ..

> resembling an aerial city with its betel-nut trees, truly blessed with bilva fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.20)

guruśriyaṃtvagurubhiḥ kapipiṃgaṃ kapitthakaiḥ .. 9 ..

> endowed with great beauty by its agallochum trees, tawny like monkeys with monkey-fruit trees; (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.21)

vanaśriyaḥ kucākārairlakucaiśca manoharam ..

> charming with lakuca fruits resembling the breasts of the forest's beauty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.22)

sudhāphalasamāraṃbhi raṃbhābhiḥ paribhāsitam ..4.1.1.10..

> illuminated by plantain trees providing fruits sweet as nectar; (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.23)

suraṃgaiścāpi nāraṃgairaṃgamaṃḍapavacchiyaḥ ..

> displaying beauty like a courtly pavilion with vibrant orange trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.24)

vānīraiścāpi jaṃbīrairbījapūraiḥ prapūritam .. 11 ..

> abundantly filled with reeds, lemons, and pomegranates; (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.25)

anilālola kaṃkola vallīhallī sakāyitam ..

> where the wind-swayed kaṅkola vines seemed to dance a hallīsaka dance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.26)

lavalīlavalīlābhirlāsyalīlālayaṃ kila .. 12 ..

> a veritable abode of playful dancing with the delicate grace of lavalī creepers; (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.27)

maṃdāṃdolitakarpūra kadalīdala saṃjñayā ..

> as if beckoning weary travelers to rest  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.28)

viśramāya śramāpannānāhūyaṃtamivādhvagān .. 13 ..

> by gestures of gently swaying leaves of camphor-banana plants; (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.29)

punnāgamiva punnāgapallavaiḥkarapallavaiḥ ..

> as if, like an eminent man, with sprout-like fingers of punnāga branches  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.30)

kalayaṃtamivā'lolairmallikāstabakastanam .. 14 ..

> gently touching the breast-like cluster of trembling jasmine flowers; (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.31)

vidīrṇadāḍimaiḥ svāṃtaṃ darśayaṃtaṃ tu rāgavat ..

> revealing its impassioned heart with split pomegranates,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.32)

mādhavīṃ dhavarūpeṇa śliṣyaṃtamiva kānane .. 15 ..

> as if embracing the mādhavī creeper in the form of a husband in the woods; (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.33)

uduṃbarairaṃbaragairanaṃtaphalamālitaiḥ ..

> with sky-reaching cluster fig trees garlanded with countless fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.34)

brahmāṃḍakoṭīrbibhraṃtamanaṃtamiva sarvataḥ .. 16 ..

> resembling the serpent Ananta bearing millions of cosmic eggs on every side; (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.35)

panasairvanāsābhaiḥ śukanāsaiḥ palāśakaiḥ..

> covered with jackfruit trees resembling forest snouts, parrot-beaked trees, and palāśa trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.36)

palāśanādvirahiṇāṃ patratyaktairivāvṛtam..17..

> as if shedding their leaves out of sympathy for separated lovers starved of food; (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.37)

kadaṃbavādino nīpāndṛṣṭvā kaṃṭakitairiva..

> as if bristling with goosebumps upon seeing the nīpa trees that rival the kadamba...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.38)

samaṃtato bhrājamānaṃ kadaṃbakakadaṃbakaiḥ .. 18 ..

> shining on all sides with clusters of kadamba trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.39)

namerubhiśca merūccaśikharairiva rājitam ..

> adorned with nameru trees like the high peaks of Meru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.40)

rājādanaiśca madanaiḥ sadanairiva kāminām .. 19 ..

> and with rājādana and madana trees, as if with the dwellings of lovers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.41)

taṭetaṭepaṭuvaṭairuccaiḥpaṭakuṭī vṛtam ..

> covered on every slope with lofty cloth-like tents formed by dense banyan trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.42)

kuṭajastabakairbhāṃtamadhiṣṭhitabakairiva .. 4.1.1.20 ..

> resplendent with clusters of kuṭaja blossoms, as if occupied by herons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.43)

karamardaiḥ karīraiśca karajaiścakaraṃbakaiḥ ..

> with karamarda, karīra, karaja, and karambaka plants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.44)

sahasrakaravadbhāṃtamarthipratyudgataiḥ karaiḥ .. 21 ..

> shining like the thousand-rayed \[sun\] with its hands extended toward suppliants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.45)

nīrājitamivoddīpairājacaṃpakakorakaiḥ ..

> as if lustrated with lamps by blazing campaka buds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.46)

sapuṣpaśālmalībhiśca jitapadmākaraśriyam .. 22 ..

> and surpassing the beauty of lotus ponds with flowering silk-cotton trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.47)

kvaciccaladalairuccaiḥ kvacitkāṃcanaketakaiḥ ..

> in some places with tall pīpal trees, in others with golden ketaka blossoms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.48)

kṛtamālairna ktamālaiḥ śobhamānaṃ kvacitkvacit .. 23 ..

> and adorned here and there with kṛtamāla and naktamāla trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.49)

karkaṃdhu baṃdhujīvaiśca putrajīvairvirājitam ..

> beautified with karkandhu, bandhujīva, and putrajīva trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.50)

satiṃdukeṃgudībhiśca karuṇaiḥkaruṇālayam .. 24 !.  
galanmadhū kakusumairdharārūpadharaṃharam ..

> with tinduka, ingudī, and karuṇa trees—an abode of compassion— / as if constantly worshipping Hara, who bears the form of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.51)

svahastamuktamuktābhirarcayaṃtamivāniśam .. 25 ..

> with pearls dropped from his own hands in the form of falling madhūka blossoms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.52)

sarjārjunāṃjanairbījairvyajanairvījyamānavat ..

> as if fanned by fans with sarja, arjuna, añjana, and bījaka trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.53)

nārikelaiḥ sakharjūrairdhṛtacchatramivāṃbare .. 26 ..

> as if holding up an umbrella in the sky with coconut and date palms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.54)

amaṃdaiḥ picumaṃdaiśca maṃdāraiḥ kovidārakaiḥ ..

> with abundant neem trees, with mandāras and kovidāras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.55)

pāṭalātiṃtiṇīghoṃṭāśākhoṭaiḥ karahāṭakaiḥ .. 27 ..

> with pāṭalā, tamarind, ghoṇṭā, śākhoṭa, and karahāṭaka trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.56)

uddaṃḍaiścāpi śehuṃḍaireraṃḍairguḍapuṣpakaiḥ ..

> with tall śehuṇḍas, castors, and guḍapuṣpas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.57)

bakulaistilakaiścaiva tilakāṃkitamastakam .. 28 ..

> and with bakula and tilaka trees, its summit marked as if with a sectarian mark,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.58)

akṣaiḥ plakṣaiḥ śallakībhirdevadāruharidrumaiḥ ..

> with akṣa, plakṣa, and śallakī trees, and with deodar and pine trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.59)

sadāphalasadāpuṣpa vṛkṣavallīvirājitam .. 29 ..

> resplendent with trees and creepers that are ever fruit-bearing and ever flowering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.60)

elālavaṃga maricakuluṃ janavanāvṛtam ..

> covered with groves of cardamom, cloves, black pepper, and kulañjana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.61)

jaṃbvāmrātakabhallātaśeluśrīparṇivarṇitam .. 4.1.1.30 ..

> extolled for its rose-apples, hog-plums, marking-nuts, śelu, and śrīparṇī trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.62)

śākaśaṃkhavanairamyaṃ cadanairaktacaṃdanaiḥ ..

> delightful with woods of teak and sandalwood, with white sandalwood and red sandalwood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.63)

harītakīkarṇikāra dhātrīvanavibhūṣaṇam .. 31 ..

> adorned with groves of myrobalan, karṇikāra, and āmlakī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.64)

drākṣāvallīnāgavallīkaṇāvallīśatāvṛtam ..

> overspread with hundreds of grapevines, betel vines, and long-pepper creepers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.65)

mallikāyūthikākuṃdama dayaṃtī sugaṃdhinam ..32..

> fragrant with jasmine, yūthikā, kunda, and madayantī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.66)

bhramadbhramaramālābhirmālatībhiralaṃkṛtam ..

> adorned with mālatī flowers having swarms of bees hovering about,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.67)

alicchalāgataṃkṛṣṇaṃ gopīraṃtumanekaśaḥ ..33..

> like Kṛṣṇa who came under the guise of a black bee to sport many times with the gopīs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.68)

nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ nānāpakṣivināditam ..

> crowded with various herds of wild beasts, resonant with diverse birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.69)

nānāsaritsaraḥ srotaḥ palvalaiḥ parito vṛtam ..34..

> surrounded everywhere by varied rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.70)

tucchaśriyaḥ svargabhūmīḥ parihāyāgatairiva ..

> inhabited by hosts of various gods who, having abandoned the celestial realms of meager splendour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.71)

nānāsuranikāyaiśca viṣvagbhogecchayoṣitam ..35..

> had come, as it were, out of a desire for all-around enjoyment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.72)

utsṛjaṃtamivārghyaṃ vai patrapuṣpairitastataḥ ..

> as if offering water of welcome on all sides with leaves and flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.73)

kekikekāravairdūrātkurvaṃtaṃ svāgataṃ kila .. 36 ..

> and greeting him from afar, as it were, with the cries of peacocks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.74)

atha sūryaśatābhāsaṃ nabhasi dyotitāṃbaram ..

> Then, having seen Nārada, who possessed the splendor of a hundred suns / and illuminated the sky in the firmament,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.75)

nāradaṃ dṛṣṭavāñchailo dūrātpratyujjagāma tam .. 37 ..

> the mountain went forward from afar to meet him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.76)

brahmasūnuvapustejo dūrīkṛtadarītamāḥ ..

> The darkness in his caves was dispelled by the radiance of the son of Brahmā's body;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.77)

tamāgacchaṃtamālokya mānasaṃ tama ujjahau .. 38 ..

> seeing him approach, he cast away the darkness of his mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.78)

brahmatejaḥsamudbhūta sādhvasaḥ sādhusa tkriyaḥ ..

> His trepidation was born from Brahmā's radiance; he offered virtuous hospitality:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.79)

kaṭhinopi parityajya dhatte mṛdulatāṃ kila .. 39 ..

> though hard, he cast off \[hardness\] and truly assumed softness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.80)

dṛṣṭvā mṛdulatāṃ tasya dvairūpyepi sa nāradaḥ ..

> Seeing his softness, despite his double nature, Nārada  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.81)

mumude sutarāṃ saṃtaḥ praśrayagrāhyamānasāḥ .. 4.1.1.40 ..

> rejoiced exceedingly; the minds of the virtuous are won over by humble deference.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.82)

gṛhānāyāṃtamālokya guruṃvā'gurumeva vā ..

> Seeing one come to his home, whether a venerable elder or not an elder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.83)

yo'gururnamratāṃ dhatte sa gururna gururguruḥ .. 41 ..

> he who, not being heavy, displays humility is truly great; the heavy one is not great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.84)

taṃ pratyuccaiḥ śirāḥsopi vinamratarakaṃdharaḥ ..

> Toward him, though his peak was high, he lowered his neck,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.85)

śailastvilāmilanmauliḥ praṇanāma mahāmunim..42..

> and the mountain, touching the earth with his head, bowed to the great sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.86)

tamutthāpya karāgrābhyāmāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca ..

> Raising him up with both hands and greeting him with blessings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.87)

taduddiṣṭāsanaṃ bheje manasopi samucchritam ..43..

> \[Nārada\] sat upon the seat indicated by him, exalted even beyond the mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.88)

sa dadhnāmadhunājyena nīrārdrākṣatadūrva yā ..

> With curd, honey, clarified butter, water, unbroken wet barley grains, and dūrvā grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.89)

tilaiḥ kuśaiḥ prasūnaistamaṣṭāṃgārghyairapūjayat .. 44 ..

> with sesamum, kuśa grass, and blossoms, he worshipped him with the eightfold offering of water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.90)

gṛhītārghyaṃkila śrāṃtaṃ pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ ..

> Having received the offering of water, seeing that he was tired, \[and making him\] relieved of fatigue / by massaging his feet and other services,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.91)

gataśramamathālokya babhāṣe 'vanato giriḥ .. 45 ..

> the mountain, bowing low, then spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.92)

adya sadyaḥ parihṛtaṃ tvadaṃghrirajasārajaḥ ..

> “Today, in an instant, the dust \[of my passion\] has been removed by the dust of your feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.93)

tvadaṃgasaṃgimahasā sahasā'pyāṃtaraṃtamaḥ .. 46 ..

> and internal darkness too has been swiftly removed by the splendor clinging to your body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.94)

saphalardhirahaṃ cādya sudivādyaca me mune ..

> Today my prosperity has borne fruit, and today is an auspicious day for me, O sage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.95)

prākkṛtaiḥ sukṛtairadya phalitaṃ me cirārjitaiḥ .. 47 ..

> today fruit has been borne by the meritorious deeds performed and accumulated by me long ago.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.96)

dharādharatvaṃ kuliṣumānyaṃ me'dya bhaviṣyati ..

> Today my status as a mountain will become respected by the wielder of the thunderbolt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.97)

iti śrutvā tadā kiṃciducchusya sthitavānmuniḥ .. 48 ..

> Hearing this, the sage then paused a little, drawing a deep breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.98)

punarūce kulivaraḥ saṃbhramāpa nnamānasaḥ ..

> Again the best of mountains spoke, his mind seized by agitation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.99)

ucchvāsakāraṇaṃ brahmanbrūhi sarvārthakovida .. 49 ..

> “O brahmin, skilled in every matter, tell me the cause of your sigh. / 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.100)

adṛṣṭaṃ tava nodṛṣṭaṃ yadiṣṭaṃviṣṭapatraye ..

> Is there anything desired in the three worlds that has not been seen by you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.101)

anukrośotra mayiceducyatāṃ praṇatosmyaham .. 4.1.1.50 ..

> If you have compassion for me here, let it be told; I bow to you. / 4.1.1.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.102)

tvadāgamanajānandasaṃdohairme durāravaḥ ..

> My difficult roaring \[is quieted\] by the masses of joy born of your arrival;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.103)

alaṃ na vaktumasakṛttathāpyekaṃ vadāmyaham .. 51 ..

> it is not enough to speak repeatedly, yet I shall say one thing. / 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.104)

dharādharaṇasāmarthyaṃ mervādau pūrvapūruṣaiḥ ..

> The capacity to bear the earth in Meru and the rest is praised by ancient men  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.105)

varṇyate samudāyāttadahameko dadhe dharām .. 52 ..

> collectively; but I bear the earth all alone. / 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.106)

gaurīgurutvāddhimavānādipatyācca bhūbhṛtām ..

> Himavān, because of Gaurī's fatherhood, because of being the lord of mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.107)

saṃbaṃdhitvātpaśupateḥ sa eko mānyabhṛtsatām.. 53 ..

> and through his kinship with Paśupati, is the only one respected by the good. / 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.108)

nameruḥ svarṇapūrṇatvādratnasānutayāthavā ..

> Meru is considered worthy of respect somewhere in my opinion, because he is filled with gold, or because his peaks are jewels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.109)

surasadmatayāvāpi kvāpi mānyo mato mama .. 54 ..

> or even because he is the abode of the gods. / 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.110)

paraṃ śataṃ na kiṃśailā ilākalanakelayaḥ ..

> Are there not more than a hundred mountains whose sport is sustaining the earth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.111)

iha saṃti satāṃ mānyā mānyāste tu svabhūmiṣu .. ..55 ..

> Here they are respected by the good, but they are respected only in their own lands. / 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.112)

mandehadehasaṃdehādudayaikadayāśritaḥ ..

> Udaya is sustained merely by the mercy of the rising \[sun\], because of doubt concerning the bodies of the Mandehas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.113)

niṣadho nauṣadhidharo'pyastopyastamitaprabhaḥ .. 56 ..

> Niṣadha does not bear medicinal herbs, and Asta too has its light extinguished. / 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.114)

nīlaśca nīlīnilayo mandaro mandalocanaḥ ..

> Nīla is a dwelling of indigo; Mandara has dim eyes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.115)

sarpālayaḥ samalayo rāyaṃ nāvaiti raivataḥ .. 57 ..

> Malaya is filled with impurity, an abode of snakes; Raivata does not understand wealth. / 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.116)

hemakūṭatrikūṭādyāḥ kūṭottarapadāstute ..

> Those beginning with Hemakūṭa and Trikūṭa have the word kūṭa \['falsehood' or 'peak'\] at the end;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.117)

kiṣkiṃdhakrauṃcasahyādyā bhārasahyā na te bhuvaḥ .. 58 ..

> those beginning with Kiṣkindha, Krauñca, and Sahya are unable to endure the burden of the earth. / 58 /”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.118)

iti viṃdhyavacaḥ śrutvā nārado'cintayaddhṛdi ..

> Hearing these words of Vindhya, Nārada thought in his heart:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.119)

akharvagarvasaṃsargo na mahattvāya kalpate .. 59 ..

> “Contact with enormous pride does not lead to greatness. / 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.120)

śrīśailamukhyāḥ kiṃśailāneha saṃtyamalaśriyaḥ ..

> Are there not mountains here possessing spotless splendor, beginning with Śrīśaila,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.121)

yeṣāṃ śikharamātrādi darśanaṃ muktaye satām .. 4.1.1.60 ..

> the mere sight of whose peaks leads to the liberation of the good? / 4.1.1.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.122)

adyāsya balamālokyamiti dhyātvābravīnmuniḥ ..

> Having reflected, 'Today his strength must be seen,' the sage said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.123)

satyamuktaṃ hi bhavatā gi risāraṃvivṛṇvatā .. 61 ..

> “Indeed, what you have spoken is true as you disclose the strength of the mountains. / 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.124)

paraṃ śaileṣu śaileṃdro merustvāmavamanyate ..

> Yet among the mountains, Meru, the lord of mountains, despises you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.125)

mayā niḥśvasitaṃ caitattvayi cāpi niveditam .. 62 ..

> It was this that I sighed about, and now it has been disclosed to you. / 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.126)

athavā madvidhānāṃ hi keyaṃ ciṃtā mahātmanām ..

> Or rather, what concern is this to great-souled persons like me?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.127)

svastyastu tubhyamityuktvā yayau sa vyomavartmani .. 63 ..

> Saying, “May it be well with you,” he went along the path of the sky. / 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.128)

gate munau niniṃdasvamatīvodvignamānasaḥ ..

> When the sage had gone, with an exceedingly agitated mind he blamed himself;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.129)

cintāmavāpa mahatīṃ viṃdhyo rvaṃdhyamanorathaḥ .. 64 ..

> Vindhya, his desires rendered futile, fell into great anxiety. / 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.130)

viṃdhya uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.131)

dhigjīvitaṃśāstrakalojjhitasya dhigjīvitaṃ codyamavarjitasya ..

> “Fie on the life of one devoid of the arts and sciences! Fie on the life of one devoid of exertion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.132)

dhigjīvitaṃ jñātiparājitasya dhigjīvitaṃ vyatharmanorathasya .. 65 ..

> Fie on the life of one defeated by a kinsman! Fie on the life of one whose desires are frustrated! / 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.133)

kathaṃ bhunakti sa divā kathaṃ rātrau svapityaho ..

> How does he eat by day, alas, how does he sleep at night?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.134)

rahaḥ śarma kathaṃ tasya yasyābhibhavanaṃ ripoḥ .. 66 ..

> How can there be secret joy for him whose humiliation comes from an enemy? / 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.135)

ahodavāgnidavathustathāmāṃ na sa bādhate ..

> Ah, the scorching heat of a forest fire does not torment me so  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.136)

bādhate tu yathā citte cintāsaṃtāpasaṃtatiḥ .. 67 ..

> as the continuous burning of anxiety torments my mind! / 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.137)

yuktamuktaṃ purāvidbhiścintāmūrtiḥ sudāruṇā ..

> It was rightly said by the knowers of antiquity: the form of anxiety is very cruel;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.138)

na bheṣajairlaṃghanairvā na cānyairupaśāmyati ..68..

> it is not alleviated by medicines, nor by fasting, nor by any other means. / 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.139)

cintājvaro manuṣyāṇāṃ kṣudhāṃnidrāṃbalaṃ haret ..

> The fever of anxiety steals away men's hunger, sleep, and strength,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.140)

rūpamutsāhabuddhiṃ śrī jīvitaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ .. 69 ..

> their beauty, enthusiasm, intellect, fortune, and life, without a doubt. / 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.141)

jvaro vyatīte ṣaḍahe jīrṇajvara ihocyate ..

> When six days have passed, a fever here is called a chronic fever;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.142)

asau cintājvarastīvraḥ pratyahaṃ navatāṃ vrajet .. 4.1.1.70 ..

> this fierce fever of anxiety becomes fresh day after day. / 4.1.1.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.143)

dhanyo dhanvatarirnātra carakaścaratīha na ..

> The blessed Dhanvantari is not here, nor does Caraka wander here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.144)

nāsatyāvapinā' satyāvatra cintājvare kila .. 71 ..

> even the two Nāsatyas are not effective here against this fever of anxiety. / 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.145)

kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ meruṃ jayāmyaham ..

> What shall I do? Where shall I go? How shall I conquer Meru?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.146)

utplutya tasya śirasi patāmi na patāmyataḥ .. 72 ..

> Shall I leap up and fall upon his head? I cannot fall \[upon it\] from here. / 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.147)

śakraṃ kopayatā pūrvamasmadgotreṇa kenacit ..

> Formerly, when someone of our lineage angered Śakra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.148)

pakṣahīnaḥ kṛto yatra dhigapakṣasyaceṣṭitam .. 73 ..

> he was stripped of wings; fie on the exertion of one who is wingless! / 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.149)

athavā sa kathaṃ merustathoccaiḥ sparddhate mayā ..

> Or else, how can that Meru rival me so proudly?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.150)

bhūmerbhārabhṛtaḥprāyo bhavaṃti bhrāṃti bhūmayaḥ .. 74 ..

> Those who bear the burden of the earth generally become the grounds of delusion. / 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.151)

alīkavāktvamathavā saṃbhāvyaṃ nārade katham ..

> Or how could falsehood be imagined in Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.152)

brahmacāriṇi vedajñe satyalokanivāsini .. 75..

> a celibate student, a knower of the Vedas, a resident of Satyaloka? / 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.153)

yuktāyuktavicārotha mādṛśenopayujyate ..

> Is deliberation on what is proper and improper suitable for someone like me?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.154)

parākrameṣvaśaktānāṃ vicāraṃ gāhate manaḥ .. 76 ..

> The mind of those powerless in acts of valor plunges into deliberation. / 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.155)

athavā cintanairetaiḥ kiṃvyarthairviśvakārakam ..

> Or rather, what is the use of these futile anxieties? To the Creator of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.156)

viśveśaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāyāṃ same buddhiṃ pradāsyati .. 77..

> the Lord of the Universe, I shall go for refuge; he will grant me wisdom. / 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.157)

anāthanāthaḥ sarveṣāṃ viśvanātho hi gīyate ..

> For Viśvanātha is praised as the protector of all the lordless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.158)

kṣaṇaṃ manasi saṃcitya bhaveditthamasaṃśayam .. 78 ..

> Having reflected in his mind for a moment: "It must doubtlessly be so.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.159)

etadeva kariṣyāmi neṣṭaṃ kālavilaṃbanam ..

> I shall do just this; delay of time is not desirable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.160)

vicakṣaṇairupekṣyau na varddhamānau parāmayau ..79..

> A rival and a disease that are growing must not be neglected by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.161)

meruṃ pradakṣiṇīkuryānnityameva divākaraḥ ..

> The sun circumambulates Meru daily indeed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.162)

sagraharkṣagaṇo nūnaṃ manyamāno balādhikam .. 4.1.1.80 ..

> together with the host of planets and lunar mansions, surely considering him superior in strength."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.163)

iti niścitya vindhyādrirvavṛdhe sa mṛdhekṣaṇaḥ ..

> Having so resolved, the Vindhya mountain, his sight set on battle, grew tall  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.164)

anaṃtagaganasyāṃtaṃ kurvadbhiḥ śikharairiva .. 81 ..

> with peaks that seemed to reach the very end of the boundless sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.165)

kaiścitsārddhaṃ virodho na kartavyaḥ kenacitkvacit ..

> Hostility should never be engaged with anyone, by any person anywhere;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.166)

kartavyaścetprayatnena yathā nopahasejjanaḥ .. 82 ..

> but if it must be done, \[it should be done\] with effort, so that people do not mock.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.167)

nirudhya brādhnamadhvānaṃ kṛtakṛtya ivādrirāṭ ..

> Having blocked the sun’s path, the king of mountains felt as though he had achieved his purpose;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.168)

svastho'bhavadbhavādhīnā prāṇināṃ hi bhaviṣyatā .. 83 ..

> he remained at ease, for the future of living beings is subject to fate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.169)

yamadyayamakartāsau dakṣiṇaṃ prakramiṣyati ..

> \[He thought:\] "Whomsoever this creator of restraint curbs today, he will proceed southwards.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.170)

sakulīnaḥ sa ca śrīmānsamahānmahitaḥ sa ca .. 84 ..

> He of noble birth, he of fortune, he who is great—he too is honored.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.171)

yāvatsvaśa ktiṃ śaktopi na darśayati karhicit ..

> As long as one, though capable, never displays his own power,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.172)

tāvatsa laṃghyaḥ sarveṣāṃ jvalano dārugo yathā .. 85 ..

> so long can he be transgressed by all, like fire concealed in wood."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.173)

iti ciṃtāmahābhāraṃ tyaktvā tasthau sthirodyamaḥ ..

> Thus abandoning the great burden of worry, firm in his enterprise, he stood  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.174)

ākāṃkṣamāṇastaraṇe rudayaṃ brāhmaṇo yathā .. 86 ..

> awaiting the rising of the sun, like a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.1.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.175)

iti śrīskāndemahāpurāṇe ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārdhe vindhyavardhanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 ..

> Thus ends the first chapter, named 'The Growth of Vindhya', in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ānandarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.ananda.53.48) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit

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