[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) › 4.22 # Skandapurana 4.22 Skandapurāṇa 4.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.1) .. śivaśarmovāca .. > Śivaśarman said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.2) dhruvākhyānamidaṃ ramyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. > This delightful narrative of Dhruva, which destroys great sins > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.3) mahāścaryakaraṃ puṇyaṃ śrutvā tṛptosmi bho gaṇau .. 1 .. > and brings about great wonder, having heard this meritorious \[story\], I am satisfied, O attendants! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.4) .. agastya uvāca .. .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.5) itthaṃ yāvaddvijo brūte vimānaṃ vāyuvegagam .. > Even while the twice-born was speaking thus, the aerial chariot, travelling with the speed of wind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.6) tāvatprāpa maharlokaṃ svarlokātparamādbhutam .. 2 .. > reached Maharloka, which is beyond the world of heaven and supremely wonderful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.7) dvijo'tha lokaṃ saṃvīkṣya sarvato mahasā vṛtam .. > Then, beholding the world enveloped on all sides in splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.8) tau gaṇau pratyuvācedaṃ koyaṃ loko manoharaḥ .. 3 .. > the twice-born asked the two attendants: 'What is this charming world?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.9) tāvūcatustato vipraṃ niśāmaya mahāmate .. > Then the two said to the brahmin: 'Listen, O great-minded one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.10) ayaṃ sa hi maharlokaḥ svarlokātparamādbhutaḥ .. 4 .. > This is indeed that Maharloka, beyond the heavenly world, supremely wonderful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.11) kalpāyuṣo vasaṃtyatra tapasā dhūtakalmaṣāḥ .. > Here dwell those whose lifespan is a kalpa, their blemishes washed away by austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.12) viṣṇusmaraṇa saṃkṣīṇa samastakleśasaṃcayāḥ ..5.. > the entire mass of their afflictions destroyed by the remembrance of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.13) nirvyājapraṇidhānena dṛṣṭvā tejomayaṃ jagat .. > Having perceived the universe as made of light through sincere meditation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.14) mahāyogasamāyuktā vasaṃtyatra surottamāḥ .. 6 .. > the best of gods, united with great yoga, dwell here.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.15) itthaṃ kathāṃ kathayatorbhagavadgaṇayoḥ priye .. > While the Lord's two attendants were narrating the story in this manner, O dear one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.16) kṣaṇārdhena vimānaṃ tajjanalokaṃ nināyatān .. 7 .. > in half an instant the aerial chariot brought them to Janaloka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.17) nivasaṃtyamalā yatra mānasā bahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ .. > where the pure mind-born sons of Brahmā reside— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.18) sanaṃdanādyā yogīṃdrāḥ sarve te hyūrdhvaretasaḥ .. 8 .. > Sanandana and the rest, masters of yoga, all of them celibates who have drawn up their seed— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.19) anye tu yogino ye vai hyaskhaladbrahmacāriṇaḥ .. > and other yogins who are unfaltering lifelong students; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.20) sarvadvaṃdvavinirmuktāste vasaṃtyatinirmalāḥ ..9.. > freed from all dualities, exceedingly pure, they dwell \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.21) janalokāttapolokasteṣāṃ locanagocaraḥ .. > Tapoloka was brought within range of their eyes from Janaloka > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.22) kṛtastena vimānena manovegena gacchatā .. 4.1.22.10 .. > by that aerial chariot moving with the speed of thought, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.23) vairājā yatra te devā vaseyurdāhavarjitāḥ .. > where those Vairāja deities dwell, free from burning \[torment\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.24) vāsudeve mano yeṣāṃ vāsudevārpitakriyāḥ .. 11 .. > whose minds are on Vāsudeva and whose actions are dedicated to Vāsudeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.25) tapasā toṣya goviṃdamabhilāṣavivarjitāḥ.. > Having pleased Govinda through austerity, free from desires, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.26) tapolokamimaṃ prāpya vasaṃti vijiteṃdriyāḥ ..12.. > having reached this Tapoloka, they dwell with subdued senses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.27) śiloṃcha vṛttayā ye vai daṃtolūkhalikāśca ye .. > those who live by gleaning ears of grain, those who use their teeth as a mortar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.28) aśmakuṭṭāśca munayaḥ śīrṇaparṇāśinaśca ye .. 13 .. > sages who crush \[grain\] with stones, and those who eat fallen leaves; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.29) grīṣme paṃcāgnitapaso varṣāsu sthaṃḍileśayāḥ .. > those who practice the five-fire penance in the summer, who sleep on bare ground during the rains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.30) hemaṃtaśiśirārdhe ye kṣapaṃti salile kṣapāḥ ..14.. > and who pass the nights in water in the middle of winter and the cold season; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.31) kuśāgranīraviprūṣastṛṣitā yatayo'piban.. > thirsty renunciants who drank only drops of water from the tips of kuśa grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.32) vātāśinotikṣudhitāḥ pādāgrāṃguṣṭha bhūspṛśaḥ .. 15 .. > subsisting on air, exceedingly hungry, touching the ground with the big toe of their foot; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.33) ūrdhvadoṣo ravidṛśastvekāṃghri sthāṇu niścalāḥ .. > with arms raised, gazing at the sun, motionless like a post on one foot; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.34) ye vai divā nirucchvāsā māsocchvāsāśca ye punaḥ ..16.. > those who do not breathe out by day, and those who breathe out once a month; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.35) māsopavāsavratinaścāturmāsya vratāśca ye .. > those observing the vow of fasting for a month, and those observing the four-month vow; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.36) ṛtvaṃtatoyapānā ye ṣaṇmāsopavāsakāḥ .. 17 .. > those who drink water at the end of a season, and those who fast for six months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.37) ye ca varṣanimeṣā vai varṣadhārāṃbu tarṣakāḥ .. > And those who blink only once a year, thirsting for drops of rainwater; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.38) ye ca sthāṇūpamāṃ prāptā mṛgakaṃḍūti saukhyadāḥ .. 18 .. > and those who have become like tree trunks, giving pleasure as rubbing-posts for deer; 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.39) jaṭāṭavī koṭarāṃtaḥ kṛtanīḍāṃḍajāśca ye .. > and those inside whose thickets of matted hair birds have built their nests; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.40) prarūḍhavāmalūrāṃgāḥ snāyunaddhāsthisaṃcayāḥ .. 19 .. > whose bodies have anthills overgrown on them, bundles of bones held together only by sinews; 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.41) latāpratānaiḥ parito veṣṭitāvayavāśca ye .. > and whose limbs are wrapped around with creeping tendrils, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.42) sasyāni ca prarūḍhāni yadaṃgeṣu cirasthiti .. 4.1.22.20 .. > and on whose bodies crops have grown due to their long standing; 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.43) ityādi sutapaḥ kliṣṭavarṣmāṇo ye tapodhanāḥ .. > those rich in tapas whose bodies are afflicted by such severe tapas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.44) brahmāyuṣastapoloke te vasaṃtyakutobhayāḥ ..21.. > living as long as Brahmā, dwell in Tapoloka, free from all fear." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.45) yāvaditthaṃ sa puṇyātmā śṛṇoti gaṇayormukhāt .. > While that virtuous soul was thus listening to the words of the two attendants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.46) tāvannetrātithībhūtaḥ satyaloko mahojjvalaḥ .. 22 .. > just then Satyaloka, supremely radiant, came before his eyes. 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.47) tvarāvaṃtau gaṇau tatra vimānādavaruhya tau .. > The two swift attendants descended there from the aerial chariot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.48) sraṣṭāraṃ sarvalokānāṃ tena sārdhaṃ praṇematuḥ .. 23 .. > and together with him bowed down to the Creator of all the worlds. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.49) brahmovāca .. > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.50) gaṇāvasau dvijo dhīmānvedavedāṃgapāragaḥ .. > "O attendants! This wise brahmin has crossed to the farther shore of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.51) smṛtyuktācāracaṃcuśca pratīpaḥ pāpakarmasu .. 24 .. > he is expert in the conduct taught by the Smṛtis and averse to sinful acts. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.52) ayi dvija mahāprājña jāne tvāṃ śivaśarmaka .. > Ah, highly wise brahmin Śivaśarman! I know you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.53) sādhūkṛtaṃ tvayā vatsa sutīrthaprāṇamokṣaṇāt .. 25 .. > You have done well, dear child, by releasing your life-breaths at a splendid sacred ford. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.54) satvaraṃ gatvaraṃ sarvaṃ yaccaitadbhavatekṣitam .. > All this that has been seen by you is fleeting and transitory; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.55) dainaṃdinapralayataḥ sṛjāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ .. 26 .. > after the daily dissolution, I create it again and again. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.56) ā vairājaṃ pratipadamupasaṃharate haraḥ .. > Hara dissolves everything up to the realm of Virāj at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.57) kā kathā maśakābhānāṃ nṛṇāṃ maraṇadharmiṇām .. 27 .. > What to say of mortal men, who are like gnats? 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.58) caturṣu bhūtagrāmeṣu hyeka eva guṇo nṛṇām .. > Among the four classes of living beings, there is indeed only one excellence of humans > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.59) tasminvai bhārate varṣe karmabhūmau mahīyasi .. 28 .. > in that glorious realm of Bhārata, the land of action: 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.60) capalāni vinirjityeṃdriyāṇi manasā saha .. > having completely conquered the fickle sense-organs together with the mind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.61) vihāya vairiṇaṃ lobhaṃ viṣvagguṇagaṇasya ca .. 29 .. > abandoning the enemy greed, which destroys all hosts of virtues; 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.62) dharmavaṃśaharaṃ kāmamarthasaṃcayahāriṇam .. > eradicating through reflection desire, which destroys the lineage of dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.63) jarāpalitakartāraṃ viniṣkṛtya vicārataḥ ..4.1.22.30.. > depletes stores of wealth, and brings old age and gray hair; 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.64) jitvā krodharipuṃ dhairyāttapaso yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ .. > conquering with firmness the enemy anger, which takes away > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.65) śarīrasyāpi hartāraṃ netāraṃ tāmasīṃ gatim .. 31 .. > tapas, fame, prosperity, and even the body, and leads to a dark destiny; 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.66) sadā madaṃ parityajya pramādaikapadapradam .. > ever casting aside pride, which provides the sole ground for heedlessness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.67) pramādaikaśaraṇyaṃ ca saṃpadāṃ vinivartakam .. 32 .. > serves as the sole refuge for negligence, and wards off fortunes; 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.68) sarvatra laghutā hetumahaṃkāraṃ vihāya ca .. > abandoning egotism, which causes belittlement everywhere > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.69) dūṣaṇāropaṇe yatnaṃ kurvāṇaṃ sajjaneṣvapi .. 33 .. > and makes an effort to impute faults even to virtuous people; 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.70) hitvā mohaṃ mahādroharopaṇaṃ matighātinam .. > leaving delusion, which plants great treachery, destroys the intellect, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.71) atyaṃtamaṃdhīkaraṇamaṃdhatāmisradarśakam .. 34 .. > blinds utterly, and reveals the hell of blinding darkness; 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.72) śrutismṛtipurāṇoktaṃ parikṣuṇṇaṃ mahājanaiḥ .. > and mounting the stairway of dharma taught by the Śruti, Smṛti, and Purāṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.73) dharmasopānamāruhya yadihāyāṃti helayā .. 35 .. > trodden by great men, they come here with ease. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.74) karmabhūmiṃ samīhaṃte sarve svargaukaso dvija .. > All heaven-dwellers desire the land of action, O brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.75) yattatrārjitabhoktāraḥ padeṣūccāvaceṣvamī .. 36 .. > because there they enjoy what they have acquired in high and low stations. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.76) nāryāvartasumo deśo na kāśī sadṛśī purī .. > There is no country equal to Āryāvarta; there is no city like Kāśī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.77) na viśveśa samaṃ liṃgaṃ kvāpi bahmāṃḍamaṃḍale ..37.. > there is no liṅga equal to Viśveśa anywhere in the circle of the cosmic egg. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.78) saṃti svargā bahuvidhāḥ sukhetara vivarjitā.. > There are many kinds of heavens, devoid of anything other than pleasure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.79) sukṛtaikaphalāḥ sarve yuktāḥ sarvasamṛddhibhiḥ.. .. 38 .. > all yielding the single fruit of good deeds, endowed with all prosperity. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.80) svarlokādadhikaṃ ramyaṃ nahi brahmāṃḍagolake .. > Nothing in the cosmic orb is more delightful than the world of heaven; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.81) sarve yataṃte svargāya tapodānavratādibhiḥ .. 39 .. > all strive for heaven through tapas, gifts, vows, and the like. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.82) svarlokādapiramyāṇi pātālānīti nāradaḥ .. > 'The nether worlds are even more delightful than heaven'—so Nārada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.83) prāha svargasadāṃ madhye pātālebhyaḥ samāgataḥ .. 4.1.22.40 .. > arriving from Pātāla, declared among the dwellers of heaven: 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.84) āhlādakāriṇaḥ śubhrā maṇayo yatra suprabhāḥ .. > 'Where bright, radiant gems cause delight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.85) nāgāṃgābharaṇaprotāḥ pātālaṃ kena tatsamam .. 41 .. > set in ornaments on the bodies of Nāgas—with what can that Pātāla be compared? 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.86) daityadānavakanyābhiritaścetaśca śobhite .. > In Pātāla, adorned on all sides by daughters of Daityas and Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.87) pātāle kasya na prītirvimuktasyāpi jāyate .. 42 .. > in whom would joy not arise, even in one who is liberated? 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.88) divārkaraśmayastatra prabhāṃ tanvaṃti nātapam.. > There the sun's rays spread light by day, not heat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.89) śaśinaśca na śītāya niśi dyotāya kevalam .. 43 .. > and the rays of the moon at night are solely for illumination, not for cold. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.90) yatra na jñāyate kālo gatopi danujādibhiḥ .. > Where time, even when passed, is not noticed by the Dānavas and others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.91) vanāni nadyo ramyāṇi sadaṃbhāṃsi sarāṃsi ca .. 44 .. > where there are lovely forests, rivers, and lakes with perennial water; 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.92) kalāḥ puṃsko kilālāpāḥ sucailāni śucīni ca .. > melodious calls of male cuckoos, fine, pure garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.93) bhūṣaṇānyatiramyāṇi gaṃdhādyamanulepanam .. 45 .. > most delightful ornaments, and fragrant unguents; 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.94) vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgādi nisvanāḥ śrutihāriṇaḥ .. > sounds of lutes, flutes, drums, and other instruments, captivating to the ear; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.95) hāṭakeśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ yatra vai sarvakāmadam .. 46 .. > and where the great liṅga Hāṭakeśa indeed grants all desires. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.96) etānyanyāni ramyāṇi bhogyogyāni dānavaiḥ .. > These and other delightful things are fit to be enjoyed by the Dānavas.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.97) daityoragaiśca bhujyaṃte pātālāṃtaragocaraiḥ .. 47 .. > are enjoyed by Daityas and serpents whose domain lies within Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.98) pātālebhyopi vai ramyaṃ dvija varṣamilāvṛtam.. > Even more delightful than the Pātālas, O brahmin, is the Ilāvṛta realm, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.99) ratnasānuṃ samāśritya paritaḥ parisaṃsthitam..48.. > which extends all around, resting against the mountain peak of gems, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.100) sadā sukṛtino yatra sarvabhogabhujo dvija.. > where the meritorious ever enjoy all pleasures, O brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.101) navayauvanasaṃpannā nityaṃ yatra mṛgīdṛśaḥ ..49.. > and where deer-eyed maidens are endowed with eternal, fresh youth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.102) bhogabhūmiriyaṃ proktā śreyo vinimayārjitā .. > This is declared to be a land of enjoyment, earned in exchange for virtue; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.103) bhujyate tvadvidhairlokaistīrthābhityakta dehakaiḥ .. 4.1.22.50 .. > it is enjoyed by people like you who have relinquished their bodies at sacred fords, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.104) aklībabhāṣibhiścāpi putrakṣetrādyahīnakaiḥ .. > by those who speak without cowardice and are not bereft of sons, fields, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.105) paropakārasaṃkṣīṇasukhāyurdhanasaṃcayaiḥ .. 51 .. > whose stores of happiness, life, and wealth have been expended for the benefit of others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.106) saṃti dvīpā hyanekā vai pārāvārāṃtarasthitāḥ .. > Indeed, there are many continents situated amidst the oceans, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.107) jaṃbūdvīpasamo dvīpo na kvāpi jagatītale .. 52 .. > yet nowhere on the surface of the earth is there a continent equal to Jambūdvīpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.108) tatrāpi navavarṣāṇi bhārataṃ tatra cottamam .. > Even there, among the nine realms, Bhārata is the foremost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.109) karmabhūmiriyaṃ proktā devānāmapidurlabhā ..53.. > This is declared to be the realm of action, difficult even for the gods to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.110) aṣṭau kiṃpuruṣādīni devabhogyāni tāni tu .. > The eight other realms, such as Kiṃpuruṣa, are for the enjoyment of the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.111) teṣu svargātsamāgatya ramaṃte tridivaukasaḥ .. 54 .. > descending from heaven, the inhabitants of paradise disport themselves in them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.112) yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi navavistāratastvidam .. > Nine thousand yojanas in extent, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.113) bhārataṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ merordakṣiṇataḥ sthitam .. 55 .. > this first realm, Bhārata, lies to the south of Meru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.114) tatrāpi himaviṃdhyādreraṃtaraṃ puṇyadaṃ param .. > Even there, the region between the Himālaya and the Vindhya mountains yields supreme merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.115) gaṃgāyamunayormadhye hyaṃtarvedī bhuvaḥ parāḥ .. 56 .. > Between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, the Antarvedī is supreme on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.116) kurukṣetraṃ hi sarveṣāṃ kṣetrāṇāmadhikaṃ tataḥ .. > Kurukṣetra is indeed superior to all sacred fields; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.117) tatopi naimiṣāraṇyaṃ svargasādhanamuttamam .. 57 .. > and even greater than that is Naimiṣāraṇya, the supreme means to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.118) naimiṣāraṇyatopīha sarvasminkṣitimaṃḍale .. > Even more than Naimiṣāraṇya in this entire orb of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.119) sarvebhyopi hi tīrthebhyastīrtharājo viśiṣyate .. 58 .. > the King of Tīrthas excels above all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.120) svargadomokṣadaścaiva sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ .. > Bestowing heaven and granting liberation, fulfilling every desired fruit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.121) prayāgastanmahatkṣetraṃ tīrtharāja iti smṛtaḥ .. 69 .. > that great sacred field is Prayāga, renowned as the King of Tīrthas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.122) yāgāḥ sarve mayā pūrvaṃ tulayā vidhṛtā dvija .. > In former times, O brahmin, all sacrifices were weighed by me on a scale, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.123) tacca tīrthavaraṃ ramyaṃ kāmikaṃ kāmapūraṇāta .. 4.1.22.60 .. > against that excellent and delightful sacred ford, desirable for fulfilling desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.124) dṛṣṭvā prakṛṣṭayāgebhyaḥ puṣṭebhyo dakṣiṇādibhiḥ .. > Seeing that it surpassed eminent sacrifices replete with priestly fees and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.125) prayāgamiti tannāma kṛtaṃ hariharādibhiḥ .. 61 .. > Hari, Hara, and the other deities gave it the name 'Prayāga'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.126) nāmamātrasmṛteryasya prayāgasya trikālataḥ .. > From the mere remembrance of its name, of Prayāga at the three junctions of the day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.127) smartuḥ śarīre no jātu pāpaṃ vasati kutracit .. 62 .. > sin never resides anywhere in the body of the one who remembers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.128) saṃti tīrthānyanekāni pāpatrāṇakarāṇi ca .. > There are many sacred fords that protect from sin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.129) na śaktānyadhikaṃ dātuṃ kṛtainaḥ pariśuddhitaḥ .. 63 .. > yet they are unable to grant anything beyond the cleansing of committed sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.130) janmāṃtareṣvasaṃkhyeṣu yaḥ kṛtaḥ pāpasaṃcayaḥ .. > The heap of sins accumulated across countless past births, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.131) duṣpraṇodyo hi nitarāṃ vratairdānaistapojapaiḥ .. 64 .. > which is extremely difficult to dispel by vows, gifts, austerities, and recitations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.132) sa tīrtharājagamanodyatasya śubhajanmanaḥ .. > trembles exceedingly in the limbs of a person of auspicious birth > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.133) aṃgeṣu vepate'tyaṃtaṃ drumo vātahato yathā .. 65 .. > who sets out for the King of Tīrthas, like a tree buffeted by the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.134) tataḥ krāṃtārdhamārgasya prayāga dṛḍhacetasaḥ .. > Then, when a man of resolute mind has traversed half the way to Prayāga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.135) puṃsaḥ śarīrānniryātumapekṣeta padāṃtaram .. .. 66.. > \[the sin\] seeks another footstep to depart from his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.136) bhāgyānnetrātithībhūte tīrtharāje mahātmanaḥ .. > When, by good fortune, the King of Tīrthas becomes a guest to the eyes of the noble-souled one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.137) palāyate drutataraṃ tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā .. 67 .. > \[sin\] flees with great speed, like darkness at sunrise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.138) saptadhātumayī bhūtatanau pāpāni yāni vai .. > Whatever sins reside in the physical body made of seven bodily elements, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.139) keśeṣu tāni tiṣṭhaṃti vapanādyāṃti tānyapi .. 68 .. > they settle in the hair, and they too depart with the shaving \[of the head\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.140) evaṃ niṣkaluṣībhūya tataḥ snāyātsitāsite .. > Having thus become free of taint, he should then bathe in the confluent waters of the white and dark \[rivers\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.141) yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyaṃstaṃ tamāpnoti nānyathā .. 69 .. > whatever desire he contemplates, that very desire he obtains, without fail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.142) puṇyarāśiṃ ca vipulaṃ puṇyānbhogānyathepsitān .. > An abundant store of merit and virtuous enjoyments as desired, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.143) svargaṃ prāpnoti tatpuṇyānniṣkāmo mokṣamāpnuyāt .. 4.1.22.70 .. > he attains heaven by that merit; while one without desires attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.144) snāyādyobhilaṣanmokṣaṃ kāmānanyānvihāya ca .. > Whoever bathes desiring liberation, having cast aside all other desires, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.145) sopi mokṣamavāpnoti kāmadāttīrtharājataḥ .. 71 .. > he too attains liberation from the desire-granting King of Tīrthas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.146) tīrtharājaṃ parityajya yo'nyasmātkāmamicchati .. > Whoever, abandoning the King of Tīrthas, desires fulfillment from another > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.147) bhāratākhye mahāvarṣe sa kāmaṃ nāpnuyātsphuṭam .. 72 .. > in the great realm named Bhārata, clearly will not attain his desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.148) satyaloke prayāge ca nāṃtaraṃ vedmyahaṃ dvija .. > I perceive no difference between Satyaloka and Prayāga, O brahmin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.149) tatra ye śubhakarmāṇaste mallokanivāsinaḥ .. 73 .. > those who perform auspicious deeds there are dwellers in my realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.150) tīrthābhilāṣibhirmartyaissevyaṃ tīrthāṃtaraṃ nahi .. > Mortals longing for a sacred ford need not resort to any other tīrtha > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.151) anyatra bhūmivalaye tīrtharājātprayā gataḥ ..74.. > elsewhere on the circle of the earth, than to Prayāga, the King of Tīrthas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.152) yathāṃtaraṃ dvijaśreṣṭha bhūpetvitarasevake .. > Just as the difference, O best of brahmins, between a king and an ordinary servant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.153) dṛṣṭāṃtamātraṃ kathitaṃ prayāgetara tīrthayoḥ ..75.. > such is the analogy declared between Prayāga and other sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.154) yathākathaṃcittīrthe'sminprāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ .. > Whoever in any manner gives up his life in this sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.155) tasyātmaghātadoṣo na prāpnuyādīpsitānyapi .. 76 .. > incurs no fault of suicide and attains his desired goals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.156) yasya bhāgyavataścātra tiṣṭhaṃtyasthīnyapi dvija .. > And for whatever fortunate person even the bones remain here, O brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.157) na tasya duḥkhaleśopi kvāpi janmani jāyate .. 77 .. > not even the slightest sorrow arises for him in any birth whatsoever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.158) brahmahatyādi pāpānāṃ prāyaścittaṃ cikīrṣuṇā .. > One who desires to make expiation for the sin of killing a brahmin and other sins > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.159) prayāgaṃ vidhivatsevyaṃ dvijavākyānna saṃśayaḥ .. 78 .. > must resort to Prayāga according to rule; \[this is certain\] from the word of the brahmins—there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.160) kiṃ bahūktena vipreṃdra mahodayamabhīpsunā .. > Why say much, O best of brahmins? By one desiring great prosperity > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.161) sevyaṃ sitāsitaṃ tīrthaṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ jagatītale .. 79 .. > the black-and-white sacred ford, supreme on the surface of the earth, should be resorted to. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.162) prayāgatopi tīrtheśātsarveṣu bhuvaneṣvapi .. > Even compared to Prayāga, the lord of sacred fords in all the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.163) anāyāsena vai muktiḥ kāśyāṃ dehāvasānataḥ ..4.1.22.80.. > liberation indeed comes effortlessly in Kāśī upon the demise of the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.164) prayāgādapi vai ramyamavimuktaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. > Even compared to Prayāga, Avimukta is delightful indeed, there is no doubt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.165) yatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣātsvayaṃ samadhitiṣṭhati .. 81 .. > where Viśveśvara himself directly presides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.166) avimuktānmahākṣetrādviśveśa samadhiṣṭhitāt .. > Than Avimukta, the great sacred field presided over by Viśveśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.167) na ca kiṃcitkvacidramyamiha brahmāṃḍagolake .. 82 .. > nothing anywhere in this cosmic egg is more delightful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.168) avimuktamidaṃ kṣetramapi brahmāṃḍamadhyagam .. > Although this sacred field of Avimukta is within the cosmic egg, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.169) brahmāṃḍamadhye na bhavetpaṃcakrośapramāṇataḥ .. 83 .. > by its measure of five krośas it is not within the cosmic egg. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.170) yathāyathā hi vardheta jalamekārṇavasya ca .. > For just as the water of the single ocean rises, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.171) tathātathonnayedīśastatkṣetraṃ pralayādapi .. 84 .. > so the Lord lifts up that sacred field even from the cosmic dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.172) kṣetrametattriśūlāgre śūlinastiṣṭhati dvija .. > O brahmin, this sacred field rests on the tip of the trident of the Trident-bearer; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.173) aṃtarikṣena bhūmiṣṭhaṃ nekṣaṃte mūḍhabuddhayaḥ.. 85 .. > \[it is\] in the sky, not resting on the earth—those of foolish intellect do not see it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.174) sadā kṛtayugaṃ cātra mahāparvasadā'tra vai .. > Here it is always the Kṛtayuga, and here indeed it is always a great auspicious festival; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.175) na grahā'stodayakṛto doṣo viśveśvarāśrame ..86.. > there is no fault caused by the setting or rising of planets in the hermitage of Viśveśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.176) sadā saumyāyanaṃ tatra sadā tatra mahodayaḥ .. > There it is always the northern course \[of the sun\]; there it is always the great auspicious conjunction; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.177) sadaiva maṃgalaṃ tatra yatra viśveśvarasthitiḥ..87.. > there it is always auspicious where Viśveśvara abides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.178) yathābhūmitale vipra puryaḥ saṃti sahasraśaḥ .. > Just as there are thousands of cities upon the earth's surface, O brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.179) tathā kāśī na maṃtavyā kvāpi lokottarātviyam .. 88 .. > so Kāśī should not be thought \[to be an ordinary one\], for this \[city\] is transcendent anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.180) mayā sṛṣṭāni vipreṃdra bhuvanāni caturdaśa .. > The fourteen worlds were created by me, O best of brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.181) asyāḥ puryā vinirmātā svayaṃ viśveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ .. 89 .. > the creator of this city is the Lord Viśveśvara himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.182) purā yamastapastaptvā bahukālaṃ suduṣkaram .. > Anciently, Yama, having performed difficult austerity for a long time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.183) trailokyādhikṛtiṃ prāptastyaktvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm .. 4.1.22.90 .. > obtained authority over the three worlds, leaving aside the city of Vārāṇasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.184) carācarasya sarvasya yāni karmāṇi tāni vai .. > Whatever the deeds of all moving and unmoving beings are, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.185) gocare citraguptasya kāśīvāsikṛtādṛte .. 91 .. > they indeed fall within the range of Citragupta, except those done by an inhabitant of Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.186) praveśo yamadūtānāṃ na kadāciddvijottama .. > O best of brahmins, the entry of Yama's messengers > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.187) madhye kāśīpurī kvāpi rakṣiṇastatra tadgaṇāḥ .. 92 .. > into the midst of Kāśī city is never \[permitted\] anywhere; his attendants are its protectors there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.188) svayaṃ niyaṃtā viśveśastatra kāśyāṃ tanutyajām .. > Viśveśa himself is the punisher of those who abandon the body there in Kāśī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.189) tatrāpi kṛtapāpānāṃ niyaṃtā kālabhairavaḥ .. 93 .. > and of those who commit sins even there, Kālabhairava is the punisher. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.190) tatra pāpaṃ na kartavyaṃ dāruṇā rudrayātanā .. > One should not commit a sin there; the torment of Rudra is terrible! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.191) aho rudrapiśācatvaṃ narakebhyopi duḥsaham .. 94 .. > Ah, the state of being a goblin of Rudra is more unbearable than the hells! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.192) pāpameva hi kartavyaṃ matirasti yadīdṛśī .. > If such is one's mind that 'Only sin is to be committed,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.193) sukhenānyatra kartavyaṃ mahī hyasti mahīyasī .. 95 .. > then it should be committed elsewhere at ease, for the earth is vast indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.194) api kāmāturo jaṃturekāṃ rakṣati mātaram .. > Even a lust-stricken creature protects his one mother; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.195) api pāpakṛtā kāśī rakṣyā mokṣārthinaikikā .. 96 .. > even by a sinner, Kāśī alone should be spared by one desiring liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.196) parāpavādaśīlena paradārābhilāṣiṇā .. > By one given to slandering others, by one lusting after another's wife— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.197) tena kāśī na saṃsevyā kva kāśī nirayaḥ kva saḥ .. 97 .. > by him Kāśī is not to be frequented: where is Kāśī, and where is that hell? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.198) abhilaṣyaṃti ye nityaṃ dhanaṃ cātra pratigrahaiḥ .. > Those who constantly crave wealth here through unlawful acceptance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.199) parasvaṃ kapaṭairvāpi kāśī sevyā na tairnaraiḥ .. 98 .. > or another's property through deceptions—by those men Kāśī is not to be frequented. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.22.200) parapīḍākaraṃ karma kāśyāṃ nityaṃ vivarjayet .. > One should constantly avoid in Kāśī any action that inflicts harm upon others; 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