[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) › 4.28 # Skandapurana 4.28 Skandapurāṇa 4.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.1) umovāca .. .. > Umā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.2) kiṃcitpraṣṭumanā nātha svasaṃdehāpanuttaye .. > I desire to ask something, O Lord, to dispel my own doubt; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.3) vada khedo yadi na te trikālajñānakovida .. 1 .. > speak, if it is no weariness to you, O you who are skilled in knowledge of the three times! // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.4) tadā bhagīratho rājā kva kva bhāgīrathī tadā .. > Where was King Bhagīratha then, and where was the Bhāgīrathī then, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.5) yadā viṣṇustapastepe cakrapuṣkariṇī taṭe .. 2 .. > when Viṣṇu performed austerity on the bank of the Cakrapuṣkariṇī? // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.6) .. śiva uvāca .. .. > Śiva said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.7) saṃdeho'tra na kartavyo viśālākṣi sadāmale .. > No doubt should be held here, O large-eyed one, ever immaculate! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.8) śrutau smṛtau purāṇeṣu kālatrayamudīryate .. .. 3 .. > In the Śruti, Smṛti, and Purāṇas, the three times are described— // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.9) bhūtaṃ bhāvi bhavaccāpi saṃśayaṃ mā vṛthā kṛthāḥ .. > past, future, and present; do not entertain doubt in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.10) ityuktvā punarāheśo gaṃgāmāhātmyamuttamam ..4.. > Having said this, the Lord spoke again of the supreme māhātmya of the Gaṅgā. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.11) .. agastya uvāca .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.12) pārvatīnaṃdana punardyunadyāḥ parito vada .. > O son of Pārvatī, speak fully again about the river of heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.13) mahimokto harau yadvaddevadevena vai tadā .. 5 .. > just as its greatness was spoken to Hari at that time by the God of gods. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.14) skaṃda uvāca .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.15) muna'tra maitrāvaruṇe yathā devena bhāṣitam .. > O sage, son of Mitra and Varuṇa, just as it was uttered by the God, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.16) śuṇu tripathagāminyā māhātmyaṃ pātakāpaham ..6.. > hear the sin-destroying māhātmya of the river flowing along three paths. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.17) trisrotasaṃ samāsādya sakṛtpiṃḍāndadāti yaḥ .. > Having reached the three-streamed \[river\], whoever offers rice-balls even once > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.18) uddhṛtāḥ pitarastena bhavāṃbhodhestilodakaiḥ .. 7 .. > delivers the ancestors from the ocean of worldly existence by means of water and sesame seeds. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.19) yāvaṃtaśca tilā martyairgṛhītā pitṛkarmaṇi.. > As many sesame seeds as are taken by mortals in the ancestral rite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.20) tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi pitaraḥ svargavāsinaḥ .. 8 .. > for so many thousands of years the ancestors dwell in heaven. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.21) devāḥ sapitaro yasmādgaṃgāyāṃ sarvadā sthitāḥ .. > Because gods and ancestors are always present in the Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.22) āvāhanaṃ visargaṃ ca teṣāṃ tatra tato nahi .. 9 .. > there is consequently no invocation nor dismissal for them there. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.23) pitṛvaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca .. > Those who have died in the paternal line, and likewise those in the maternal line, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.24) guru śvaśura baṃdhūnāṃ ye cānye bāṃdhavā mṛtāḥ .. 4.1.28.10 .. > kinsmen of the guru, father-in-law, and relatives, and whatever other relatives have died, // 4.1.28.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.25) ajātadaṃtā ye kecidye ca garbhe prapīḍitāḥ .. > Those who died before their teeth had grown, and those who perished in the womb; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.26) agnividyuccorahatā vyāghradaṃṣṭribhireva ca ..11 .. > Those killed by fire, lightning, or thieves, or by tigers and tusked beasts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.27) udbaṃdhana mṛtā ye ca patitā ātmaghātakāḥ .. > Those who died by hanging, the degraded, those who took their own lives; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.28) ātmavikrayiṇaścorā ye tathā'yājyayājakāḥ .. 12 .. > Those who sold themselves, thieves, and those who officiated for the unworthy; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.29) rasavikrayiṇo ye ca ye cānye pāparogiṇaḥ .. > Those who sold liquids, and those suffering from diseases born of sin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.30) agnidā garadāścaiva goghnāścaiva svavaṃśajāḥ .. 13 .. > Arsonists, poisoners, cow-killers, even among one's own kin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.31) asipatravane ye ca kuṃbhīpāke ca ye gatāḥ .. > Those who have gone to Asipatravana, and those who have gone to Kumbhīpāka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.32) rauravepyaṃdhatāmisre kālasūtre ca ye gatāḥ ..14.. > Those who have gone to Raurava, to Andhatāmisra, and to Kālasūtra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.33) jātyaṃtarasahasreṣu bhrāmyaṃte ye svakarmabhiḥ .. > Those who wander through thousands of different wombs because of their own deeds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.34) ye tu pakṣimṛgādīnāṃ kīṭavṛkṣādi vīrudhām .. 15 .. > Those who have entered the wombs of birds, beasts, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.35) yoniṃ gatāstvasaṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyātānāmaśobhanāḥ .. > Of worms, trees, and creepers—innumerable \[souls\], or of countable, wretched names; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.36) prāpitā yamalokaṃ tu sughorairyamakiṃkaraiḥ .. 16 .. > Those brought to the realm of Yama by the terrifying servants of Yama; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.37) ye'bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā vā ye'nyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ .. > Those who are not kin or who are kin, or who were kin in another birth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.38) yepi cājñātanāmāno ye cāputrāḥ svagotrajāḥ .. 17 .. > Those whose names are unknown, and childless members of one's own clan; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.39) viṣeṇa ca mṛtā vai ye ye vai śṛṃgibhirāhatāḥ .. > Those who died of poison, and those struck down by horned beasts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.40) kṛtaghnāśca gurughnāśca ye ca mitradruhastathā .. 18 .. > The ungrateful, the slayers of gurus, and those who betrayed friends; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.41) strī bālaghātakā ye ca ye ca viśvāsaghātakāḥ .. > Slayers of women, slayers of children, and breakers of trust; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.42) asatyahiṃsāniratā sadā pāparatāśca ye .. 19 .. > Those devoted to untruth and violence, and those ever engaged in sin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.43) aśvavikrayiṇo ye ca paradravyaharāśca ye .. > Those who sold horses, and those who stole the property of others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.44) anāthāḥ kṛpaṇā dīnā mānuṣyaṃ prāptumakṣamāḥ .. 4.1.28.20 .. > The helpless, the miserable, the wretched, unable to attain human rebirth— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.45) tarpitā jāhnavītoyairnareṇa vidhinā sakṛt .. > When propitiated once with the waters of the Jāhnavī by a man according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.46) prayāṃti svargatiṃ tepi svargiṇo muktimāpnuyuḥ ..21.. > Even they attain a heavenly state, and those already in heaven attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.47) etānmaṃtrānsamuccārya yaḥ kuryātpitṛtarpaṇam .. > He who recites these mantras and performs the propitiation of the ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.48) śrāddhaṃ piṃḍapradānaṃ ca sa vidhijña ihocyate .. 22.. > The śrāddha and the offering of piṇḍas, is here called a knower of the rules. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.49) kāmapradāni tīrthāni trailokye yāni kānicit .. > Whatever sacred fords grant desires in the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.50) tāni sarvāṇi sevaṃte kāśyāmuttaravāhinīm .. 23 .. > All of them attend upon the north-flowing \[Gaṅgā\] in Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.51) svaḥsiṃdhuḥ sarvataḥ puṇyā brahmahatyāpahāriṇī .. > The heavenly river is holy everywhere, removing the sin of killing a brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.52) kāśyāṃ viśeṣato viṣṇo yatra cottaravāhinī .. 24 .. > Especially in Kāśī, O Viṣṇu, where she flows northwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.53) gāyaṃti gāthāmetāṃ vai daivarṣipitarogaṇāḥ .. > The hosts of divine seers and ancestors indeed sing this song: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.54) api dṛggocarā naḥ syātkāśyāmuttaravāhinī ..25.. > 'May the north-flowing \[Gaṅgā\] in Kāśī come within our sight! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.55) yatratyāmṛtasaṃtṛptāstāpatritayavarjitāḥ .. > Satisfied with the nectar there and freed from the three afflictions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.56) syāma tvamṛtamevāddhā viśvanāthaprasādataḥ .. 26 .. > May we truly become immortal by the grace of Viśvanātha!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.57) gaṃgaiva kevalā muktyai nirṇītā parito hare .. > The Gaṅgā alone is determined everywhere for liberation, O Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.58) avimukte viśeṣeṇa mamādhiṣṭhānagauravāt .. 27 .. > Especially in Avimukta, on account of the majesty of my dwelling there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.59) jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoraṃ gaṃgābhaktiḥ sugopitā .. > Knowing the Kali age to be terrible, devotion to the Gaṅgā was kept deeply hidden; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.60) na viṃdatiṃ janā gaṃgāṃ muktimāgairkadāyikām .. 28 .. > People do not find the Gaṅgā, the bestower of the path to liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.61) anekajanmaniyutaṃ bhrāmyamāṇastu yoniṣu .. > Wandering through millions of different births among wombs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.62) nirvṛtiṃ prāpnuyātkotra jāhnavībhajanaṃ vinā .. 29 .. > Who here could attain peace without worshipping the Jāhnavī? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.63) narāṇāmalpabuddhīnāmeno vikṣiptacetasām .. > For men of small intellect whose minds are bewildered by sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.64) gaṃgeva paramaṃ viṣṇo bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇām .. 4.1.28.30 .. > The Gaṅgā alone, O Viṣṇu, is the supreme medicine for those afflicted with the disease of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.65) khaṃḍasphuṭitasaṃskāraṃ gaṃgātīre karoti yaḥ .. > He who repairs broken and dilapidated \[structures\] on the bank of the Gaṅgā > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.66) mama loke ciraṃ kālaṃ tasyākṣaya sukhaṃ hare.. 31.. > Enjoys imperishable happiness for a long time in my world, O Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.67) gaṃtumuddiśya yo gaṃgāṃ parārthasvārthameva vā .. > He who sets out intending to go to the Gaṅgā, whether for another's sake or his own, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.68) na gacchati paraṃ mohātsa patetpitṛbhiḥ saha .. 32 .. > And does not go purely out of delusion, falls along with his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.69) sarvāṇi yeṣāṃ gāṃgeyaistoyaiḥ kṛtyāni dehinām .. > Mortals whose entire rituals are performed with the waters of the Gaṅgā— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.70) bhūmisthā api te martyā amartyā eva vai hare .. 33 .. > Even while standing on earth, they are truly immortals, O Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.71) caramepi vayobhāge svaḥsiṃdhuṃ yo niṣevate .. > Even in the final stage of life, he who resorts to the heavenly river, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.72) kṛtvāpyenāṃsi bahuśaḥ sopi yāyācchubhāṃ gatim ..34.. > Though having committed sins many times, goes to an auspicious destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.73) yāvadasthi manuṣyāṇāṃ gaṃgātoyeṣu tiṣṭhati .. > As long as a man's bone remains in the waters of the Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.74) tāvadabdasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate..35.. > For that many thousands of years he is honored in the heavenly world." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.75) viṣṇuruvāca .. .. > Viṣṇu said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.76) devadevajagannātha jagatāṃ hitakṛtprabho .. > "O God of gods, Lord of the universe, Lord who works welfare for the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.77) kīkasaṃ cetpateddaivāddurvṛttasya durātmanaḥ ..36.. > If by chance the bone of an evil-conducted, wicked-souled person > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.78) jale dyunadyā niṣpāpe kathaṃ tasya parā gatiḥ .. > Should fall into the sinless water of the heavenly river, how does he attain the supreme state > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.79) apamṛtyu vipannasya tadīśa vinivedyatām .. 37 .. > When he has perished by an untimely death? Reveal that, O Lord!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.80) .. maheśvara uvāca .. .. > Maheśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.81) atrārthe kathayiṣyāmi purāvṛttamadhokṣaja .. > "On this matter I will narrate an ancient event, O Adhokṣaja; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.82) śṛṇuṣvaikamanā viṣṇo vāhīkasya dvijanmanaḥ .. 38 .. > Listen with a single-pointed mind, O Viṣṇu, concerning the twice-born Vāhīka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.83) purā kaliṃgaviṣaye dvijo lavaṇavikrayī .. > Formerly, in the Kalinga country, there was a twice-born man who sold salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.84) saṃdhyāsnānavihīnaśca vedākṣaravivarjitaḥ .. 39 .. > Devoid of twilight prayers and ritual ablution, and destitute of the syllables of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.85) vāhīko nāmato yajñasūtramātraparigrahaḥ .. > Vāhīka by name, having only the sacrificial cord \[as a sign of his caste\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.86) parigrahaśca tasyāsītkauviṃdī vidhavā navā .. 4.1.28.40 .. > And his wife was a young widow of the weaver caste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.87) durbhikṣapīḍitenātha vṛṣalīpatinā vinā .. > Then, afflicted by famine, without \[means\], that keeper of a low-caste woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.88) prāṇādhāraṃ tadā tena deśāddeśāṃtaraṃ yayau .. 41 .. > seeking a livelihood, went from one region to another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.89) madhye'tha daṃḍakāraṇyaṃ kṣutkṣāmaḥ saṃgavarjitaḥ .. > Then, in the midst of the Daṇḍaka forest, emaciated with hunger and lacking any companion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.90) vyāghreṇa ghātitastatra naramāṃsapriyeṇa saḥ .. 42 .. > he was slain there by a tiger fond of human flesh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.91) tasya vāmapadaṃ gṛdhro gṛhītvodapatattataḥ .. > A vulture seized his left foot and flew up from there; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.92) māṃsāśinā'nya gṛdhreṇa tasya yuddhamabhūddivi .. 43 .. > with another carnivorous vulture, a battle arose in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.93) gṛdhrayorāmiṣaṃ gṛdhnvoḥ parasparajayaiṣiṇoḥ .. > As the two vultures, eager for flesh, sought victory over each other, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.94) avāpatatpādagulphaṃ kaṃkacaṃcupuṭāttadā .. 44 .. > the ankle of the foot then dropped from the vulture's beak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.95) tasya vāhīka viprasya vyāghravyāpāditasya ha .. > Of that brahmin Vāhīka, who had been slain by the tiger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.96) madhye gaṃgaṃ daivayogādapataddvaṃdvakāriṇoḥ .. 45 .. > it fell, by the ordinance of destiny, into the midst of the Gaṅgā from the two contenders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.97) yadaiva hatavāndvīpī taṃ vāhīkamaraṇyagam .. > At the very moment when the leopard killed that Vāhīka wandering in the forest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.98) tasminneva kṣaṇe baddhaḥ sa pāśaiḥ krūrakiṃkaraiḥ .. 46 .. > at that very instant he was bound with nooses by cruel attendants \[of Yama\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.99) kaśābhirghātitotyaṃtamārābhiḥ paritoditaḥ .. > Beaten exceedingly with whips and pierced all around with awls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.100) vamanrudhiramāsyena nītastaiḥ sa yamāgrataḥ .. 47.. > vomiting blood from his mouth, he was brought by them before Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.101) āpṛcchi dharmarājena citraguptotha māpate .. > Then Citragupta was questioned by the King of Dharma, O lord of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.102) dharmādharmaṃ vicāryāsya kathayāśu dvijanmanaḥ .. 48 .. > “Examine the righteousness and unrighteousness of this twice-born, and speak quickly.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.103) vaivasvatena pṛṣṭotha citragupto vicitradhīḥ .. > Then Citragupta, of wondrous intellect, questioned by the son of Vivasvat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.104) sarvadā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ veditā sarvakarmaṇām .. 49 .. > the knower of all the deeds of all creatures at all times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.105) jagāda yamunābaṃdhuṃ vāhīkasya dvijanmanaḥ .. > spoke to the brother of Yamunā concerning the evil deeds of the twice-born Vāhīka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.106) janmakarmadinārabhya durvṛttasya śubhetaram .. 4.1.28.50 .. > the wicked one, from the day of his birth onwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.107) citragupta uvāca .. .. > Citragupta said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.108) garbhādhānādikaṃ karma prākkṛtaṃ nāsya kenacit .. > “No rite beginning with conception was performed for him in the beginning by anyone; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.109) jātakarmakṛtaṃ nāsya pitrā'jñānavatā hare .. 51 .. > no birth ceremony was performed for him by his ignorant father, O Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.110) garbhainaḥ śamane hetuḥ samastāyuḥ sukhapradam .. > which is the cause for pacifying sin from the womb and bestows health and happiness for all life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.111) ekādaśehni nāmāsya na kṛtaṃ vidhipūrvakam ..52.. > On the eleventh day, his name was not given according to the rules, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.112) khyātaḥ syādyena vidhinā sarvatra vidhipāvanam .. > by which sacred rite he would become known everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.113) nākārṣīnnirgamaṃ cāsya caturthe māsi maṃdadhīḥ ..53.. > The dull-witted father did not perform his ceremony of going outdoors in the fourth month, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.114) janakaḥ śubhatithyādau videśagamanāpaham .. > on an auspicious lunar day and the like, which averts going to a foreign land. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.115) ṣaṣṭhe'nnaprāśanaṃmāsi na kṛtaṃ vidhipūrvakam .. 54 .. > In the sixth month, the first feeding of solid food was not performed according to the rules, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.116) sarvadā miṣṭamaśnāti karmaṇā yena bhāskare .. > by which rite one always eats sweet food, O son of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.117) na cūḍākaraṇaṃ cāsya kṛtamabde yathākulam .. 55 .. > Nor was his tonsure performed in \[the proper\] year according to family custom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.118) karmaṇā yena keśāḥ syuḥ snigdhāḥ kusumavarṣiṇaḥ .. > by which rite the hair becomes glossy and rains flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.119) nākāri karṇavedhosya janitrā samaye śubhe .. 56 .. > The piercing of his ears was not performed by his father at an auspicious time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.120) suvarṇagrāhiṇau yena karṇau syātāṃ ca suśrutī .. > by which the ears would receive gold and hear well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.121) mauṃjībaṃdhopyabhūdasya vyatītebde'ṣṭame hare .. > Nor did the tying of the mauñjī girdle take place for him when his eighth year had passed, O Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.122) brahmacaryābhivṛddhyai yo brahmagrahaṇahetukaḥ .. 57 .. > which is for the enhancement of celibacy and the cause of receiving the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.123) mauṃjīmokṣaṇavārtāpi kṛtā nāsya januḥkṛtā .. > Even the mention of untying the mauñjī was never made by him in his lifetime, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.124) gārhasthyaṃ prāpyate yasmātkarmaṇo'naṃtaraṃ varam .. 58 .. > after which rite the superior state of a householder is attained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.125) yathākathaṃcidūḍhā'tha patnī tyaktakulādhvagā .. > Somehow a wife was wed, one who had abandoned the path of her family, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.126) vṛṣalīpatinā tena paradārāpahāriṇā ..59.. > by that keeper of a low-caste woman, who abducted the wives of others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.127) ārabhya paṃcamādvarṣātparasvasyāpahārakaḥ .. > Beginning from his fifth year, a stealer of others' wealth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.128) abhūdeṣa durācāro durodaraparāyaṇaḥ .. 4.1.28.60 .. > this ill-behaved man became devoted to gambling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.129) rumāyāṃ1 vasatā'nena hatāgaurekavārṣikī .. 1.lavaṇākare bhūpradeśe ekadā dṛḍhadaṃḍena lihaṃtī lavaṇaṃ mṛtā .. 61 .. > While living at Rumā, a one-year-old cow was struck by him / once with a heavy stick while licking salt, and she died. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.130) jananīṃ pādapātena bahuśo'sāvatāḍayat .. > He beat his mother repeatedly by kicking her with his foot; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.131) kadācidapi no vākyaṃ pituḥ kṛtamanena vai .. 62 .. > never indeed was the word of his father obeyed by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.132) viṣaṃ bhakṣitavāneṣa bahuśaḥ kalahapriyaḥ .. > Fond of quarreling, he consumed poison many times; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.133) janopatāpaśīlosau kṛtodaravidāraṇaḥ .. 53 .. > given to tormenting people, he tore open his own belly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.134) dhattūrakaravīrādi bahudhopaviṣāṇi ca .. > Datura, oleander, and various minor poisons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.135) krīḍākalahamātreṇa bhakṣayaccaiṣa durmatiḥ .. 64 .. > this fool would consume in mere mock quarrels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.136) dagdhosāvagninā saure śvabhiśca kavalīkṛtaḥ .. > He was burned by fire, O son of the Sun, and seized in the jaws of dogs; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.137) śṛṃgibhiḥ paritaḥ proto viṣāṇāgrairasau bahu .. 65 .. > he was gored all around by horned animals with the points of their horns many times; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.138) daṃdaśūkairbhṛśaṃ daṣṭo duṣṭaḥ śiṣṭairvigarhitaḥ .. > he was bitten repeatedly by snakes, wicked and reproached by the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.139) kāṣṭheṣṭaloṣṭaiḥ pāpiṣṭhaḥ kṛtāniṣṭaḥ sadātmanaḥ .. 66 .. > With pieces of wood, bricks, and clods of earth, the most sinful man constantly brought harm upon himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.140) āsphālitaṃ śironenāsakṛccāpi durātmanā .. > And his own head was dashed against the ground repeatedly by this evil-souled man— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.141) yadarcyate sadā sadbhiruttamāṃgamanekadhā .. 67 .. > that highest limb which is always worshipped in many ways by the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.142) asau hi brāhmaṇo maṃdo gāyatrīmapivedana .. > Indeed, this foolish brahmin did not even know the Gāyatrī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.143) kāmato matsyamāṃsāni jagdhānyetena durdhiyā .. 68 .. > fish and meat were willfully consumed by this evil-minded one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.144) ātmārthaṃ pāyasamasau paryapākṣīdanekadhā .. > He cooked rice pudding for himself alone on many occasions; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.145) lākṣālavaṇamāṃsānāṃ sapayodadhisarpiṣām ..69.. > of lac, salt, and meat, along with milk, curds, and ghee, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.146) viṣalohāyudhānāṃ ca dāsīgovājināmapi .. > of poisons, iron, and weapons, and of female slaves, cows, and horses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.147) vikretā'sau sadā mūḍhastathā vai keśacarmaṇām .. 4.1.28.70 .. > this fool was a seller constantly, and likewise indeed of hair and skins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.148) śūdrānna paripuṣṭāṃgaḥ parvaṇyahani maithunī .. > With limbs nourished on the food of a śūdra, having copulated on sacred festival days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.149) parāṅmukho daivapitryakarmaṇyeṣa durātmavān .. 71 .. > averse to rites for gods and ancestors, this wicked-minded man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.150) pakṣiṇo ghātitānena mṛgāścāpi paraḥ śatam .. > by him birds were killed, and deer too by the hundreds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.151) akāraṇa drumacchedī sadā nirdayamānasaḥ .. 72 .. > a cutter of trees without cause, ever pitiless in mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.152) udvegajanako nityaṃ nijabaṃdhujaneṣvapi .. > always an instigator of distress even among his own kinsmen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.153) asatyavādī satataṃ sadā hiṃsāparāyaṇaḥ .. 72 .. > a constant speaker of untruth, ever devoted to violence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.154) adattadānaḥ piśunaḥ śiśnodaraparāyaṇaḥ .. > never giving gifts, malicious, devoted solely to his genitals and belly— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.155) kiṃ bahūktena ravija sākṣātpātaka mūrtimān .. 74 .. > why say much, O son of the Sun? He was sin personified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.156) rauravepyaṃdhatāmisre kuṃbhīpāke'tiraurave .. > In Raurava, in Andhatāmisra, in Kumbhīpāka, and in Atiraurava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.157) kālasūtre kṛmibhuji pūyaśoṇitakardame .. 75 .. > in Kālasūtra, in Kṛmibhuk, in the mire of pus and blood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.158) asipatravane ghore yaṃtrapīḍe sudaṃṣṭrake .. > in the frightful Asipatravana, in Yantrapīḍa, in Sudaṃṣṭraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.159) adhomukhe pūtigaṃdhe viṣṭhāgartteṣvabhojane ..76.. > in Adhomukha, in Pūtigandha, in pits of excrement, in hunger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.160) sūcībhedye'tha saṃdaṃśe lālāpe kṣuradhārake .. > in Sūcībhedya, then in Saṃdaṃśa, in Lālāpa, in Kṣuradhāra— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.161) pratyekaṃ narake tveṣa pātyatāṃ kalpasaṃkhyayā .. 77 .. > let him be cast into each and every hell for counts of kalpas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.162) dharmarājaḥ samākarṇya citraguptamukhāditi .. > Dharmarāja, having heard this from the mouth of Citragupta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.163) nirbhartsya taṃ durācāraṃ kiṃkarānādideśa ha .. 78 .. > rebuked that vile-behaved man and commanded his attendants: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.164) bhrū saṃjñayā hṛtairnītaḥ sa baddhvā nirayālayam .. > At a sign of \[his\] brow, seized and bound by them, he was led to the abode of hell, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.165) ākraṃdarāvo yatroccaiḥ pāpināṃ romaharṣaṇaḥ .. 79 .. > where the loud wailing shrieks of sinners make the hair stand on end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.166) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.167) yātanāsvatitīvrāsu vāhīke saṃsthite tadā .. > While Vāhīka was situated in those exceedingly fierce tortures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.168) tatkālapuṇyaphalade gāṅgeyāṃbhasi nirmale .. 4.1.28.80 .. > into the pure water of the Gaṅgā, yielding merit at that very instant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.169) patitaṃ taddhi gṛdhrāsyādvāhīkasya dvijanmanaḥ .. > that \[bone\] of Vāhīka the twice-born fell indeed from the vulture's beak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.170) hare vimānaṃ tatkālamāpannaṃ surasadmataḥ .. 81 .. > O Viṣṇu, at that instant a vimāna arrived from the abode of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.171) ghaṃṭāvalaṃbitaṃ divyaṃ divyastrīśatasaṃkulam .. > hung with bells, celestial, crowded with hundreds of celestial women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.172) āruhya devayānaṃ sa divyaveṣadharo dvijaḥ .. 82 .. > Mounting that divine vehicle, dressed in celestial attire, that twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.173) vījyamāno'psarovṛṃdairdivyagaṃdhānulepanaḥ .. > fanned by hosts of apsarases and anointed with celestial perfumes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.174) jagāma svargabhuvanaṃ gaṃgāsthipatanāddhare .. 83 .. > went to the world of heaven on account of his bone falling into the Gaṅgā, O Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.175) skaṃda uvāca .. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.176) vastuśaktivicāroyamadbhutaḥ kopi kuṃbhaja .. > This investigation of the inherent power of things is wonderful, O pot-born \[sage\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.177) dravarūpeṇa kāpyeṣā śaktiḥ sādāśivī parā .. 84 .. > This is an inexplicable supreme power of Sadāśiva in liquid form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.178) karuṇāmṛtapūrṇena devadevena śaṃbhunā .. > By the god of gods, Śambhu, who is filled with the nectar of compassion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.179) eṣā pravartitā gaṃgā jagaduddharaṇāya vai .. 85 .. > this Gaṅgā was set flowing for the deliverance of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.180) yathānyāḥ sarito loke vāripūrṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. > Just as there are other rivers in the world, filled with water by the thousands, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.181) tathaiṣānānumaṃtavyā sadbhistripathagāminī..86.. > this Three-pathed River should not be considered likewise by the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.182) śrutyakṣarāṇi niścitya kāruṇyācchaṃbhunā mune .. > Having distilled the syllables of the Vedic scriptures out of compassion, O muni, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.183) nirmitā taddravaireṣā gaṃgā gaṃgādhareṇa vai .. 87 .. > this Gaṅgā was fashioned from their liquid essence by Gaṅgādhara himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.184) yogopaniṣadāmetaṃ sāramākṛṣya śaṃkaraḥ .. > Drawing out this essence of the Yoga-upaniṣads, Śaṃkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.185) kṛpayā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ cakāra saritāṃ varām .. 88 .. > out of pity for all living beings, made the best of rivers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.186) akalānidhayo rātryo vipuṣpāścaiva pādapāḥ .. > Just as nights without the moon and trees without flowers \[are barren\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.187) yathā tathaiva te deśā yatra nāstyamarāpagā .. 89 .. > even so are those lands where the River of the Immortals does not flow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.188) anayāḥ saṃpado yadvanmakhā yadvadadakṣiṇāḥ .. > Just as wealth gained without righteousness, and sacrifices without sacrificial fees \[are worthless\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.189) tadvaddeśā diśaḥ sarvā hīnā gaṃgāṃbhasā hare .. 4.1.28.90 .. > so are all lands and directions lacking the waters of the Gaṅgā, O Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.190) vyomāṃgaṇamanarkaṃ ca nakte'dīpaṃ yathā gṛhama .. > Just as the expanse of the sky without the sun, and a house at night without a lamp, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.191) avedā brāhmaṇā yadvadgaṃgāhīnāstathā diśaḥ .. 91 .. > and just as brahmins without the Vedas, so are the quarters devoid of the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.192) cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraṃ tu yaḥ kuryāddehaśodhanam .. > If someone should perform a thousand Cāndrāyaṇa fasts to purify his body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.193) gaṃgāmṛtaṃ pibedyastu tayorgaṃgābupo'dhikaḥ .. 92 .. > and someone else drinks the nectar of the Gaṅgā, of the two, the drinker of Gaṅgā water is superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.194) pādenaikena yastiṣṭhetsahasraṃ śaradāṃ śatam .. > He who stands on one foot for a hundred thousand autumns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.195) abdaṃ gaṃgāṃbupo yastu tayorgaṃgāṃbupo'dhikaḥ .. 93 .. > and he who drinks Gaṅgā water for a year—between the two, the drinker of Gaṅgā water is superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.196) avākchirāḥ pralaṃbedyaḥ śatasaṃvatsarānnaraḥ .. > A man who hangs upside down for a hundred years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.197) bhīṣmasūvālukātalpaśayastasmādvaro hare .. 94 .. > better than him, O Viṣṇu, is one who sleeps on a bed of sand of the mother of Bhīṣma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.198) pāpatāpābhitaptānāṃ bhūtānāmiha jāhvavī .. > For living beings scorched by the heat of sins in this world, the Jāhnavī \[is a refuge\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.199) pāpatāpaharā yadvadgaṃgā nānyattathā kalau .. 95 .. > there is nothing in the Kali age that removes sins and sorrows like the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.28.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.28.200) tārkṣyavīkṣaṇamātreṇa phaṇinau nirviṣā yathā .. > Just as two-fanged serpents lose their poison at the mere sight of Garuḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 259 passages. 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