[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) › 4.26 # Skandapurana 4.26 Skandapurāṇa 4.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.1) agastiruvāca .. .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.2) prasannosi yadi skaṃda mayi prītiranuttamā .. > If you are pleased, O Skanda, and your love for me is unsurpassed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.3) tatsamācakṣva bhagavaṃściraṃ yanme hṛdisthitam .. 1 .. > then explain, O Lord, what has long dwelt in my heart: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.4) avimuktamidaṃ kṣetraṃ kadārabhya bhuvastale .. > Beginning from when did this sacred field of Avimukta / attain supreme renown on the surface of the earth, and how did it become the grantor of liberation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.5) parāṃ prathitimāpannaṃ mokṣadaṃ cābhavatkatham .. 2 .. > How did it attain supreme renown and become the bestower of liberation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.6) kathameṣā trilokīḍyā gīyate maṇikarṇikā .. > How is this Maṇikarṇikā praised, lauded throughout the three worlds? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.7) tatrāsītkiṃ purāsvāminyadā nāmaranimnagā .. 3 .. > What was there anciently, O Lord, when the river of the immortals was not \[yet present\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.8) vārāṇasīti kāśīti rudrāvāsa iti prabho .. > How did that city acquire these names, O Lord: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.9) avāpa nāmadheyāni kathametāni sā purī .. > Vārāṇasī, Kāśī, and Rudrāvāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.10) ānaṃdakānanaṃ ramyamavimuktamanaṃtaram .. 4 .. > and next the delightful Ānandakānana, Avimukta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.11) mahāśmaśāna iti ca kathaṃ khyātaṃ śikhidhvaja .. > and Mahāśmaśāna? How did it become celebrated \[thus\], O you whose emblem is a peacock? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.12) etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ saṃdehaṃ me'panodaya .. 5 .. > I desire to hear this; dispel my doubt! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.13) .. skaṃda uvāca .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.14) praśnabhāroyamatulastvayā yaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ .. > This unmatched weight of a question which has been raised by you— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.15) kuṃbhayone'mumevārthamaprākṣīdaṃbikā haram .. 6 .. > O pitcher-born one, Ambikā questioned Hara about this very matter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.16) yathā ca devadevena sarvajñena niveditam .. > And just as it was declared by the omniscient God of gods > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.17) jaganmātuḥ purastācca tathaiva kathayāmi te .. 7 .. > before the Mother of the Universe, in that very manner I tell it to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.18) mahāpralaya kāle ca naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame .. > At the time of the great dissolution, when both moving and unmoving things had perished, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.19) āsīttamomayaṃ sarvamanarkagrahatārakam .. 8 .. > everything was composed of darkness, devoid of sun, planets, or stars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.20) acaṃdramanahorātramanagnyanilabhūtalam .. > without moon, without day and night, devoid of fire, wind, and the surface of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.21) apradhānaṃ viyacchūnyamanyatejovivardhitam .. 9 .. > without primal nature, an empty sky, destitute of any other light, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.22) draṣṭṛtvādi vihīnaṃ ca śabdasparśasamujjhitam .. > devoid of perceivers and the like, stripped of sound and touch, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.23) vyapetagaṃdharūpaṃ ca rasatyaktamadiṅmukham .. 4.1.26.10 .. > bereft of smell and form, devoid of taste, without cardinal directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.24) itthaṃ satyaṃdhatamasi sūcībhedye niraṃtare .. > When there was thus blind darkness, impenetrable and continuous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.25) tatsadbrahmeti yacchrutyā sadaikaṃ pratipādyate .. 11 .. > that real Brahman, which is constantly declared by the Vedic revelation as the sole real, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.26) amanogocarovācāṃ viṣayaṃ na kathaṃcana .. > beyond the scope of mind, in no way an object of words, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.27) anāmarūpavarṇaṃ ca na sthūlaṃ na ca yatkṛśam .. 12 .. > without name, form, or color, neither gross nor subtle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.28) ahrasvadīrghamalaghugurutvaparivarjitam .. > neither short nor long, devoid of lightness and heaviness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.29) na yatropacayaḥ kaścittathā cāpacayopi ca .. 13 .. > in which there is neither any increase nor any decrease, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.30) abhidhatte sa cakitaṃ yadastīti śrutiḥ punaḥ .. > which the Vedic revelation repeatedly affirms in awe: 'It is!', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.31) satyaṃ jñānamanaṃtaṃ ca yadānaṃdaṃ paraṃ mahaḥ .. 14 .. > truth, knowledge, and infinite, which is bliss, the supreme light, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.32) aprameyamanādhāramavikāramanākṛti .. > immeasurable, without support, unchanging, without visible form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.33) nirguṇaṃ yogigamyaṃ ca sarvavyāpyekakāraṇam .. 15 .. > attributeless, attainable by yogins, all-pervading, the sole cause, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.34) nirvikalpaṃ nirāraṃbhaṃ nirmāyaṃ nirupadravam .. > free of conceptual differentiation, free of initiative, without māyā, without affliction— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.35) yasyetthaṃ saṃvikalpyaṃte saṃjñāḥ saṃjñoditasya vai .. 16 .. > for it, which is beyond designations, designations are thus conceived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.36) tasyaikalasya carato dvitīyecchā bhavatkila .. > To that solitary one moving \[alone\], indeed, arose a desire for a second; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.37) amūrtena svamūrtiśca tenākalpi svalīlayā .. 17 .. > by that formless one, his own form was imagined by his own sport, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.38) sarvaiśvaryaguṇopetā sarvajñānamayī śubhā .. > endowed with the qualities of all sovereignty, full of all knowledge, auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.39) sarvagā sarvarūpā ca sarvadṛksarvakāriṇī .. 18 .. > all-pervading, all-formed, all-seeing, all-doing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.40) sarvaikavaṃdyā sarvādyā sarvadā sarvasaṃkṛtiḥ .. > solely worshipped by all, primeval to all, all-granting, the fashioner of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.41) parikalpyeti tāṃ mūrtimīśvarīṃ śuddharūpiṇīm .. 19 .. > Having thus conceived that sovereign form of pure nature, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.42) aṃtardadhe parākhyaṃ yadbrahmasarvaṃgamavyayam .. 4.1.26.20 .. > the all-pervading, imperishable Brahman known as the Supreme concealed itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.43) amūrtaṃ yatparākhyaṃ vai tasya mūrtirahaṃ priye .. > 'I, O beloved, am the form of that formless one known as the Supreme; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.44) arvācīnaparācīnā īśvaraṃ māṃ jagurbudhāḥ ..21.. > the wise of later and earlier times have called me Īśvara.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.45) tatastadaikalenāpi svairaṃ viharatāmayā .. > Then, as I was sporting at will, even though I was all alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.46) svavigrahātsvayaṃ sṛṣṭā svaśarīrānapāyinī .. 22 .. > you were created by myself from my own body, never parting from my own form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.47) pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃ tvāṃ ca māyāṃ guṇavatīṃ parām .. > They declare you to be pradhāna, prakṛti, māyā possessed of the qualities, the supreme, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.48) buddhi tattvasya jananīmāhurvikṛtivarjitām .. 23 .. > the mother of the principle of intellect, free from transformation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.49) yugapacca tvayā śaktyā sākaṃ kālasvarūpiṇā.. > And simultaneously with you, \[my\] power, by me whose nature is time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.50) mayā''dya puruṣeṇaitatkṣetraṃ cāpi vinirmitam..24.. > the primordial Person, this sacred field was also fashioned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.51) sā śaktiḥ prakṛtiḥ proktā sa pumānīśvaraḥ paraḥ .. > She, the power, is proclaimed as prakṛti; that male is Īśvara, the supreme. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.52) tābhyāṃ ca ramamāṇābhyāṃ tasminkṣetre ghaṭodbhava ..25.. > And by those two taking delight in that sacred field, O pot-born \[Agastya\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.53) paramānaṃdarūpābhyāṃ paramānaṃdarūpiṇī .. > who consist of supreme bliss, \[this field\] that consists of supreme bliss, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.54) paṃcakrośaparīmāṇe svapādatalanirmite..26 .. > five krośas in extent, was fashioned under their own feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.55) mune pralayakālepi na tatkṣetraṃ kadācana.. > O sage, even at the time of cosmic dissolution, never is that sacred field > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.56) vimuktaṃ hi śivābhyāṃ yadavimuktaṃ tato viduḥ .. 27 .. > forsaken by the two auspicious ones (Śiva and Śivā); therefore, they know it as Avimukta ('never-abandoned'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.57) na yadā bhūmivalayaṃ na yadā'pāṃ samudbhavaḥ .. > When there was no circuit of the earth, and when there was no arising of the waters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.58) tadā vihartumīśena kṣetrametadvini rmitam.. 28 .. > then this sacred field was fashioned by the Lord to sport in. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.59) idaṃ rahasyaṃ kṣetrasya veda kopi na kuṃbhaja.. > Hardly anyone knows this secret of the sacred field, O jar-born \[Agastya\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.60) nāstikāya na vaktavyaṃ kadāciccarmacakṣuṣe .. 29 .. > It must never be told to an atheist or to one who sees only with physical eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.61) śraddhālave vinītāya trikālajñānacakṣuṣe .. > To one full of faith, humble, possessing the eye of knowledge of the three times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.62) śivabhaktāya śāṃtāya vaktavyaṃ ca mumukṣave .. 4.1.26.30 .. > a devotee of Śiva, peaceful, and desiring liberation, it should be told. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.63) avimuktaṃ tadarabhya kṣetrametadudīryate .. > From that time forward, this sacred field has been proclaimed as Avimukta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.64) paryaṃka(?)bhūtaṃ śivayorniraṃtarasukhāspadam .. 31 .. (paryaṃka) abhāvaḥ kalpyate mūḍhairyadā ca śivayostayoḥ.. > serving as the couch for Śiva and Śivā, the abode of uninterrupted bliss. / Only when the non-existence of those two auspicious deities is imagined by fools, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.65) kṣetrasyāsya tadābhāvaḥ kalpyo nirvāṇakāriṇaḥ.. 32 .. > can the non-existence of this sacred field, which bestows nirvāṇa, be imagined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.66) anārādhya maheśānamanavāpya ca kāśikām.. > Without worshipping the great Lord, and without reaching Kāśī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.67) yogādyupāyavijñopi na nirvāṇamavāpnuyāt ..33.. > even one knowledgeable in the means such as yoga cannot attain nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.68) asyānaṃdavanaṃ nāma purā kāri pinākinā .. > Formerly, the name Ānandavana ('Forest of Bliss') was given to it by the wielder of the Pināka; / because the sacred field is the cause of bliss, \[and\] subsequently it was called Avimukta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.69) kṣetrasyānaṃdahetutvādavimuktamaṃnataram .. 34 .. > Because it is the cause of joy of the sacred field, it is named Avimukta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.70) ānaṃdakaṃdabījānāmaṃkurāṇi yatastataḥ .. > The sprouts of the seeds of the bulb of bliss, wherever they may be, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.71) jñeyāni sarvaliṃgāni tasminnānaṃdakānane .. 35 .. > are to be known as all the liṅgas in that Forest of Bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.72) avimuktamiti khyātamāsīditthaṃ ghaṭodbhava .. > Thus, O pot-born \[Agastya\], did it become renowned as Avimukta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.73) tathā cākhyāmyatha mune yathāsīnmaṇikarṇikā .. 36 .. > And now, O sage, I shall tell how Maṇikarṇikā came into being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.74) prāgānaṃdavane tatra śivayo ramamāṇayoḥ .. > Formerly, in that Forest of Bliss, as Śiva and his consort were taking delight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.75) icchetyabhūtkalaśaja sṛjyaḥ kopyaparaḥ kila .. 37 .. > a desire arose, O jar-born one: 'Indeed, someone else should be created, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.76) yasminnyaste mahābhāre āvāṃ svaḥ svairacāriṇau .. > upon whom, when the great burden is placed, we two may roam at will, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.77) nirvāṇaśrāṇanaṃ kurvaḥ kevalaṃ kāśiśāyinām .. 38 .. > bestowing only nirvāṇa upon those who rest in Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.78) sa eva sarvaṃ kurute sa eva paripāti ca .. > He alone shall make everything, he alone shall protect all, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.79) sa eva saṃvṛṇotyaṃte sarvaiśvaryanidhiḥ sa ca .. 39 .. > and he alone shall dissolve \[all\] in the end; he shall be the treasury of all sovereign power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.80) cetaḥsamudramākuṃcya ciṃtākalloladolitam .. > Contracting the ocean of the mind, which is rocked by the surging waves of anxiety, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.81) sattvaratnaṃ tamogrāhaṃ rajovidrumavallitam .. 4.1.26.40 .. > whose jewels are sattva, whose sea-monster is tamas, and which is entwined with the corals of rajas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.82) yasya prasādāttiṣṭhāvaḥ sukhamānaṃdakānane .. > by his grace we two may abide happily in the Forest of Bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.83) parikṣipta manovṛttau kva hi ciṃtāture sukham .. 41 .. > Where, indeed, is happiness for one troubled by anxiety, when the movement of the mind is distracted?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.84) saṃpradhāryeti sa vibhuḥ sarvataścitsvarūpayā .. > Having deliberated thus, that all-pervading Lord, the creator of the world, Dhūrjaṭi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.85) tayā saha jagaddhātryā jagaddhātā'tha dhūrjaṭiḥ .. 42 .. > together with her who sustains the universe, whose nature is consciousness everywhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.86) savye vyāpārayāṃcakre dṛśamaṃge sudhāmucam .. > directed upon his left side his gaze that showers nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.87) tataḥ pumānāvirāsīdekastrailokyasuṃdaraḥ .. 43 .. > Then there appeared a male, the most handsome in the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.88) śāṃtaḥ sattvaguṇodrikto gāṃbhīrya jitasāgaraḥ .. > peaceful, overflowing with the quality of sattva, who surpassed the ocean in profundity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.89) tathā ca kṣamayā yukto mune'labdhopamo'bhavat .. 44 .. > and endowed with such forbearance, O sage, that he was beyond compare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.90) iṃdranīladyutiḥśrīmānpuṃḍarīkottamekṣaṇaḥ .. > Possessing the lustre of sapphire, glorious, with eyes like the finest white lotuses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.91) suvarṇākṛti succhāya dukūlayugalāvṛtaḥ .. 45 .. > clad in a pair of silk garments of golden hue and splendid sheen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.92) lasatpracaṃḍadordaṃḍa yugaladvayarājitaḥ .. > shining with two pairs of splendid and mighty rod-like arms, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.93) ullasatparamāmodanābhīhradakuśeśayaḥ .. 46 .. > with a lotus in the lake of his navel giving off supreme fragrance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.94) ekaḥ sarvaguṇāvāsastvekaḥ sarvakalānidhiḥ .. > He alone was the home of all virtues, he alone the treasury of all arts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.95) ekaḥ sarvottamo yasmāttato yaḥ puruṣottamaḥ .. 47 .. > because he alone was the highest of all, therefore he was the Supreme Person (Puruṣottama). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.96) tato mahāṃtaṃ taṃ vīkṣya mahāmahimabhūṣaṇam .. > Then, beholding that great being adorned with great majesty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.97) mahādeva uvācedaṃ mahāviṣṇurbhavācyuta .. 48 .. > Mahādeva said this: 'Become Mahāviṣṇu, O Acyuta! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.98) tava niḥśvasitaṃ vedāstebhyaḥ sarvamavaiṣyasi .. > The Vedas are your breath; from them you will understand everything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.99) vedadṛṣṭena mārgeṇa kuru sarvaṃ yathocitam.. 49 .. > By the path seen in the Vedas, do everything as is appropriate.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.100) ityuktvā taṃ maheśāno buddhitattvasvarūpiṇam .. > Having spoken thus to him whose nature is the principle of intellect, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.101) śivayā sahito rudro viveśānaṃdakānanam .. 4.1.26.50 .. > Maheśāna, Rudra, accompanied by Śivā, entered the Forest of Bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.102) tataḥ sa bhagavānviṣṇurmaulāvājñāṃ nidhāya ca .. > Then the blessed Viṣṇu, placing the command upon his head, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.103) kṣaṇaṃ dhyānaparo bhūtvā tapasyeva mano dadhau .. 51 .. > became absorbed in meditation for a moment and set his mind on austerity alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.104) khanitvā tatra cakreṇa ramyāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ hariḥ .. > Digging a delightful lotus-pond there with his discus, Hari > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.105) nijāṃgasvedasaṃdoha salilaistāmapūrayat .. 52 .. > and filled it with the mass of perspiration-water from his own body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.106) samāḥ sahasraṃ paṃcāśattapa ugraṃ cacāra saḥ .. > He performed severe austerity for fifty thousand years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.107) cakrapuṣkīraṇī tīre tatra sthāṇusamākṛtiḥ .. 53 .. > resembling a post \[in immobility\] on the bank of that Cakrapuṣkariṇī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.108) tataḥ sa bhagavānīśo mṛḍānyā sahito mṛḍaḥ .. > Then the blessed lord Mṛḍa, accompanied by Mṛḍānī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.109) dṛṣṭvā jvalaṃtaṃ tapasā niścalaṃ mīlitekṣaṇam.. 54 .. > seeing him blazing with austerity, motionless, his eyes closed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.110) tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaṃ maulimāṃdolayanmuhuḥ .. > shaking his head repeatedly, said to that Hṛṣīkeśa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.111) aho mahattvaṃ tapasastvaho dhairyaṃ ca cetasaḥ .. 55 .. > “Ah, the greatness of your austerity! Ah, the steadfastness of your mind! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.112) aho aniṃdhano vahnirjvalatyeṣa niraṃtaram.. > Ah, this fuelless fire blazes incessantly! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.113) alaṃ taptvā mahāviṣṇo varaṃ varaya sattama .. 56 .. > Enough of your mortification, O Mahāviṣṇu; choose a boon, O best of beings!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.114) mṛḍasyāmroḍitamidaṃ pratyabhijñāya bhāṣitam .. > Recognising this repeated speech of Mṛḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.115) unmīlita dṛgaṃbhojaḥ samuttasthau caturbhujaḥ .. 57 .. > the four-armed \[god\] opened his lotus-eyes and stood up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.116) śrīviṣṇuruvāca .. .. > Śrī Viṣṇu said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.117) yadi prasanno deveśa devadeva maheśvara .. > “If you are pleased, O lord of gods, God of gods, Maheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.118) bhavānyā sahitaṃ tvāṃ tu draṣṭumicchāmi sarvadā .. 58 .. > I wish always to behold you along with Bhavānī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.119) sarvakarmasu sarvatra tvāmeva śaśiśekhara .. > In all deeds and everywhere, O moon-crested one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.120) puraścaraṃ taṃ paśyāmi yathā tanme varastathā .. 59 .. > let my boon be such that I see you walking ahead of me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.121) tvadīya caraṇāṃbhoja makaraṃdamadhūtsukaḥ .. > Eager for the honey of the pollen from your lotus-feet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.122) macceto bhramaro bhrāṃtiṃ vihāyāstu suniścalaḥ ..4.1.26.60.. > let the bee of my mind abandon its wandering and become completely still.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.123) .. śrīśiva uvāca .. > Śrī Śiva said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.124) evamastu hṛṣīkeśa yattvayoktaṃ janārdana .. > “Let it be so, O Hṛṣīkeśa, as spoken by you, O Janārdana! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.125) anyaṃ varaṃ prayacchāmi tamākarṇaya suvrata .. 61 .. > I grant you another boon; listen to it, O you of good vows! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.126) tvadīyasyāsya tapaso mahopacaya darśanāt .. > Because of beholding the great abundance of this austerity of yours, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.127) yanmayāṃdolito maulirahiśravaṇabhūṣaṇaḥ .. 62 .. > as my head, adorned with serpents for ear-ornaments, was shaken, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.128) tadāṃdolanataḥ karṇātpapāta maṇikarṇikā .. > from that shaking a jewel ear-ornament (maṇikarṇikā) fell from my ear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.129) maṇibhiḥ khacitā ramyā tato'stu maṇikarṇikā .. 63 .. > inlaid with jewels and charming; therefore, let it be \[named\] Maṇikarṇikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.130) cakrapuṣkariṇī tīrthaṃ purākhyātamidaṃ śubham .. > Formerly this auspicious sacred ford was named Cakrapuṣkariṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.131) tvayā cakreṇa khananācchaṃkhacakragadādhara .. 64 .. > because it was dug by you with your discus, O bearer of the conch, discus, and mace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.132) mama karṇātpapāteyaṃ yadā ca maṇikarṇikā .. > And since this jewel ear-ornament fell from my ear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.133) tadāprabhṛti loke'tra khyātāstu maṇikarṇikā ..65.. > from then on let it be known in this world as Maṇikarṇikā.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.134) .. śrīviṣṇuruvāca .. .. > Śrī Viṣṇu said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.135) muktākuṃḍalapātena tavādritanayāpriya .. > “By the falling of your pearl earring, O beloved of the mountain’s daughter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.136) tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ muktikṣetramihāstu vai ..66.. > let this indeed be the supreme sacred ford of all sacred fords, a sacred field of liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.137) kāśate'tra yato jyotistadanākhyeyamīśvaraḥ .. > Since the unutterable light, the Lord, shines here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.138) ato nāmāparaṃ cāstu kāśīti prathitaṃ vibho .. 67 .. > therefore, O omnipresent one, let another renowned name be Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.139) anyaṃ varaṃ vare deva deyaḥ sopyavicāritam .. > I choose another boon, O God, and that too should be granted without deliberation; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.140) sa te paropakārārthaṃ jagadrakṣāmaṇe śiva .. 68 .. > it is for the welfare of others, O Śiva, jewel of the protection of the world: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.141) ābrahmastaṃbaparyaṃtaṃ yatkiṃcijjaṃtusaṃjñitam .. > Whatever is designated a living being, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.142) caturṣu bhūtagrāmeṣu kāśyāṃ tanmuktimāpsyatu ..69.. > among the four classes of creatures, let it attain liberation in Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.143) asmiṃstīrthavare śaṃbho maṇiśrava ṇabhūṣaṇe .. > In this best of sacred fords, O Śambhu, \[named\] Maṇiśravaṇabhūṣaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.144) saṃdhyāṃ snānaṃ japaṃ homaṃ vedādhyayanamuttamam .. > twilight worship, ritual ablution, recitation, fire offering, the excellent study of the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.145) tarpaṇa piṃḍadānaṃ ca devatānāṃ ca pūjanam .. 4.1.26.70 .. > ancestral libation, offering of rice-balls, and the worship of the deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.146) gobhūtilahiraṇyāśvadīpānnāṃbarabhūṣaṇam .. > the gifting of cows, land, sesame seeds, gold, horses, lamps, food, garments, ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.147) kanyādānaṃ prayatnena saptataṃtūnanekaśaḥ .. 71 .. > the gifting of a maiden diligently, the numerous Vedic sacrifices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.148) vratotsargaṃ vṛṣotsargaṃ liṃgādi sthāpanaṃ tathā .. > the conclusion of vows, the releasing of a bull, and likewise the installation of a liṅga and the like— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.149) karoti yo mahāprājño jñātvāyuḥkṣaṇagatvaram .. 72 .. > whichever wise person performs these, knowing that lifespan is fleeting in an instant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.150) vipattiṃ vipulāṃ cāpi saṃpattimatibhaṃgurām .. > and that misfortune is vast, while fortune is exceedingly fragile, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.151) akṣayā muktirekāstu vipākastasya karmaṇaḥ ..73.. > let the single fruit of his action be imperishable liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.152) anyaccāpi śubhaṃ karma yadatra śraddhayāyutam .. > And whatever other auspicious deed \[is performed\] here with faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.153) vinātmaghātamīśāna tyaktvā prāyopaveśanam..74.. > short of suicide, O Īśāna, and setting aside fasting to death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.154) naiḥśreyasyāḥ śriyo hetustadastu jagadīśvara .. > O Lord of the universe, let that become the cause of the fortune of the highest beatitude. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.155) nānuśocati nākhyāti kṛtvā kālāṃtarepi yat ..75.. > What one does not regret and does not boast of even after a long time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.156) tadihākṣayatāmetu tasyeśa tvadanugrahāt.. > let that attain imperishability here by your grace, O Lord; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.157) tava prasādāttasyeśa sarvamakṣayamastu tat .. 76 .. > by your favour, O Lord, let all that be imperishable for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.158) yadasti yadbhaviṣyacca yadbhūtaṃ ca sadāśiva .. > Beyond all that exists, that will be, and that has been, O Sadāśiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.159) tasmādetacca sarvasmātkṣetramastu śubhodayam .. 77 .. > let this sacred field be the bringer of auspicious prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.160) yathā sadāśiva tvatto na kiṃcidadhikaṃ śivam .. > Just as nothing is more auspicious than you, O Sadāśiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.161) tathānaṃdavanādasmātkiṃcinmāstvadhikaṃ kvacit .. 78 .. > so let nothing anywhere be superior to this Ānandavana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.162) vinā sāṃkhyena yogena vinā svātmāvalokanam.. > Without Sāṃkhya, without Yoga, without perception of one's own Self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.163) vinā vrata tapo dānaiḥ śreyo'stu prāṇināmiha .. 79 .. > without vows, austerity, and gifts, let there be the highest good for living beings here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.164) śaśakā maśakā kīṭāḥ pataṃ gāsturagoragāḥ .. > Rabbits, mosquitoes, insects, moths, horses, snakes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.165) paṃcakrośyāṃ mṛtāḥ kāśyāṃ saṃtu nirvāṇadīkṣitāḥ .. 4.1.26.80 .. > may those who die in Kāśī within its five-krośa circuit be consecrated for nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.166) nāmāpi gṛhṇatāṃ kāśyāḥ sadaivāstvenasaḥ kṣayaḥ .. 81 .. > May there be destruction of sin at all times even for those who merely utter the name of Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.167) sadā kṛtayugaṃ cāstu sadācāstūttarāyaṇam.. > May it always be the Kṛta age, may it always be the northern course of the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.168) sadā mahodayaścāstu kāśyāṃ nivasatāṃ satām .. 82 .. > and may there always be great auspiciousness for the virtuous dwelling in Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.169) yāni kāni pavitrāṇi śrutyuktāni sadāśiva .. > O Sadāśiva, whatever pure things are proclaimed in the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.170) tebhyo'dhikataraṃ cāstu kṣetrametattrilocana .. 83 .. > may this sacred field be greater than them, O three-eyed one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.171) caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ puṇyamadhyayanācca yat .. > And whatever merit arises from the study of all four Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.172) tatpuṇyaṃ jāyatāṃ kāśyāṃ gāyatrīlakṣa jāpyataḥ .. 84 .. > may that merit be produced in Kāśī by muttering one hundred thousand Gāyatrī mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.173) aṣṭāṃgayogābhyāsena yatpuṇyamapi jāyateḥ .. > And whatever merit is produced by the practice of the eightfold yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.174) tatpuṇyaṃ sādhikaṃ bhūyācchraddhākāśīniṣevaṇāt .. 85 .. > may that merit become greater by faithfully resorting to Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.175) kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādyaiśca yacchreyaḥ samupārjyate .. > And whatever spiritual good is acquired by the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.176) tadekenopavāsena bhavatvānaṃdakānane .. 86 .. > may that come about in the Forest of Bliss by a single fast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.177) anyatra yattapastaptvā śreyaḥ syāccharadāṃ śatam .. > Whatever spiritual good would come from performing austerity elsewhere for a hundred autumns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.178) tadastu kāśyāṃ varṣeṇa bhūmiśayyā vratena hi .. 87 .. > may that indeed come about in Kāśī in one year through the vow of sleeping on the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.179) ājanma maunavratato yadanyatraphalaṃ smṛtam .. > Whatever fruit is recorded elsewhere from a vow of silence kept from birth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.180) tadastu kāśyāṃ pakṣāhaḥ satyavākparibhāṣaṇāt .. 88 .. > may that come about in Kāśī from speaking the truth for a single fortnight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.181) anyatra dattvā sarvasvaṃ sukṛtaṃ yatsamīritam .. > Whatever good deed is spoken of by giving away all one's possessions elsewhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.182) sahasrabhojanātkāśyāṃ tadbhūyādayutādhikam .. 89 .. > may that become ten thousand times greater in Kāśī by feeding a thousand people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.183) muktikṣetrāṇi sarvāṇi yatsaṃsevyoditaṃ phalam .. > Whatever fruit is declared from resorting to all the sacred fields of liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.184) paṃcarātrāttadatrāstu niṣevya maṇikarṇikām .. 4.1.26.90 .. > may that come about here in five nights by resorting to Maṇikarṇikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.185) prayāgasnānapuṇyena yatpuṇyaṃ syācchivapradam .. > Whatever merit granting Śiva arises from the merit of ritual ablution at Prayāga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.186) kāśīdarśanamātreṇa tatpuṇyaṃ śraddhayāstviha .. 91 .. > may that merit come about here through devotion by the mere darśana of Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.187) yatpuṇyamaśvamedhena yatpuṇyaṃ rājasūyataḥ .. > Whatever merit comes from a horse sacrifice, whatever merit from a royal consecration, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.188) kāśyāṃ tatpuṇyamāpnotu trirātraśayanādyamī .. 92 .. > may the self-restrained attain that merit in Kāśī by lying down for three nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.189) tulāpuruṣadānena yatpuṇyaṃ samyagāpyate .. > Whatever merit is fully attained by the gift of one's weight in gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.190) kāśīdarśanamātreṇa tatpuṇyaṃ śraddhayāstu vai .. 93 .. > may that merit indeed come about through devotion by the mere darśana of Kāśī.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.191) iti viṣṇorvaraṃ śrutvā devadevo jagatpatiḥ .. > Having heard this boon asked by Viṣṇu, the god of gods, the lord of the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.192) uvāca ca prasannātmā tathā'stu madhusūdana .. 94 .. > with a gracious heart spoke: “So be it, O Madhusūdana!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.193) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. > The glorious Mahādeva said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.194) śṛṇu viṣṇo mahābāho jagataḥ prabhavāpyaya .. > “Listen, O mighty-armed Viṣṇu, source and dissolution of the universe! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.195) vidhehi sṛṣṭiṃ vividhāṃ yathāvattvaṃ śrutīritām .. 95 .. > Bring about the manifold creation properly, as declared in the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.196) piteva sarvabhūtānāṃ dharmataḥ pālako bhava .. > Like a father, become the protector of all living beings in accordance with dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.197) vidhvaṃsanīyā vividhā dharmadhvaṃsavidhāyinaḥ .. 96 .. > The manifold bringers of the destruction of dharma are to be destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.198) dharmetarapathasthānāmupasaṃhṛtaye hare .. > For the destruction of those who stand on a path other than dharma, O Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.199) hetumātraṃ bhavānyasmātsvakarmanihatā hi te .. 97 .. > be merely an instrument; for they are slain by their own deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.26.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26.200) yathā pariṇataṃ sasyaṃ patetprasavabaṃdhanāt .. > Just as ripe grain falls from the stalk that bore it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 311 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.26.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Kulavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulavrtti.1.454) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhatparāśarahorāśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhatparasara.78.17) — Parāśara, Sanskrit - [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p194) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.26) · Pramāṇa