[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) › 4.2 # Skandapurana 4.2 Skandapurāṇa 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.1) vyāsa uvāca .. > Vyāsa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.2) sūrya ātmāsya jagatastasthuṣastamasoripuḥ .. > The sun, the soul of this moving and unmoving world, the enemy of darkness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.3) udiyāyodayagirau śuciprasṛmaraiḥ karaiḥ .. 1 .. > arose on the Eastern Mountain with bright, spreading rays, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.4) saṃvardhayansatāṃ dharmāntyakkurvaṃstāmasīṃ sthitim .. > fostering the duties of the virtuous, repelling the state of darkness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.5) padminīṃ bodhayaṃstviṣṭāṃ rātrau mukulitānanām .. 2 .. > awakening his beloved lotus cluster whose face had closed at night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.6) havyaṃ kavyaṃ bhūtabaliṃ devādīnāṃ pravartayan .. > setting in motion the oblations to gods, the offerings to ancestors, and the food-offerings to beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.7) prāhṇāparāhṇamadhyāhna kriyākālaṃ vijṛṃbhayan .. 3 .. > unfolding the proper times for ritual acts: forenoon, afternoon, and midday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.8) asatāṃ hṛdi vaktreṣu nirdiśaṃstamasaḥ sthitim .. > pointing out the presence of darkness in the hearts and faces of the wicked, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.9) yāminīkālakalitaṃ jagadujjīvayanpunaḥ .. 4 .. > reviving anew the world overwhelmed by the time of night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.10) yasminnabhyudite jātaḥ samyakpuṇyajanodayaḥ .. > When he had risen, the rise of righteous beings took place properly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.11) aho paropakaraṇaṃ sadyaḥ phalati neti cet .. 5 .. > Ah, if someone says that doing good to others does not bear immediate fruit— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.12) sāyamastamitaḥ prātaḥ kathaṃ jīvedraviḥ punaḥ .. > how could the sun, set in the evening, come back to life in the morning? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.13) sānurāgakarasparśaiḥ prācīmāśvāsya khaṃḍitām .. 6 .. > Consoling the Eastern quarter, who had been wronged \[like a jilted lover\], with touching rays of love, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.14) yāmaṃ bhuktvā tathāgneyīṃ jvalaṃtīṃ virahādiva .. > and having enjoyed the South-Eastern quarter for a watch, who was blazing as if from separation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.15) lavaṃgailāmṛgamadacaṃdracaṃdanacarcitāma .. 7 .. > \[he proceeded to the Southern quarter,\] anointed with cloves, cardamom, musk, camphor, and sandalwood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.16) tāṃbūlīrāgaraktauṣṭhīṃ drākṣāstabakasustanīm .. > with lips reddened by betel dye, with fine breasts that were clusters of grapes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.17) lavalīvallidorvallī kaṃko lī pallavāṃgulim .. 8 .. > whose creeper-like arms were lavalī vines, whose fingers were kankola shoots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.18) malayānila niḥśvāsāṃ kṣīrodakavarāṃbarām .. > whose sigh was the Malaya breeze, whose excellent garment was the Ocean of Milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.19) trikūṭasvarṇaratnāṃgīṃ suvelādri nitaṃbinīma .. 9 .. > whose limbs were the gold and gems of Mount Trikūṭa, whose hips were Mount Suvela, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.20) kāverīgautamījaṃghāṃ colacolāṃ śukāvṛtām .. > whose shanks were the Kāverī and Gautamī rivers, clothed in Chola garments, surrounded by parrots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.21) sahyadarduravakṣojāṃ kāṃtīkāṃcīvibhūṣaṇāma .. 4.1.2.10 .. > whose breasts were the Sahya and Dardura mountains, adorned with Kāñcī as a lustrous girdle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.22) sukomalamahārāṣṭrīvāgvilāsamanoharām .. > captivating with the playful charm of sweet Mahārāṣṭrī speech, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.23) adyāpi na mahālakṣmīryā vimuṃcati sadguṇām ..11.. > whom even today Mahālakṣmī does not abandon because of her noble qualities— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.24) sudakṣadakṣiṇāmāśāmāśānāthaḥ pratasthivān .. > towards this very clever Southern quarter the Lord of Quarters set out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.25) kramataḥ sarvamarvanto helayā helikasya kham ..12.. > As they traversed the entire sky of the sun with ease, the horses > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.26) na śekuragrato gaṃtuṃ tato'nūrurvyajijñapat ..13.. > of the sun were unable to go forward; then Anūru addressed \[him\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.27) anūruruvāca .. .. > Anūru said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.28) bhāno mānonnato vindhyo niddhyaya gaganaṃ sthitaḥ .. > "O Sun, Vindhya, lofty with pride, stands blocking the sky! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.29) spardhate meruṇāprepsu stvaddattāṃ tu pradakṣiṇām ..14.. > Vying with Meru, he wishes to obtain the circumambulation granted by you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.30) anrūruvākyamākarṇya savitā hṛdyacintayat .. > Hearing the speech of Anūru, the Sun thought in his heart: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.31) aho gaganamārgopi rudhyate cātivismayaḥ .. 15 .. > "Ah, even the path of the sky is obstructed! What a great wonder!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.32) vyāsa uvāca .. .. > Vyāsa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.33) sūraḥ śūropi kiṃ kuryātprāṃtare vartmanisthitaḥ .. > What can a sun or a hero do when halted in a desolate road? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.34) tvarāvānapi ko ruddhaṃ māgarmeko vilaṃghayet .. 16 .. > Even if in haste, who can cross over a path that is blocked, all alone? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.35) gṛhyatrāpratyūṣṭeḥ kṣaṇaṃ nāvatiṣṭhati .. > \[He who\] does not halt for a moment from the morning twilight > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.36) śūnyamārge niruddhaḥ sa kiṃkarotu vidhirbalī .. 17 .. > now stood blocked on the empty path; what could he do, for destiny is powerful! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.37) yojanānāṃ sahasre dve dve śate dve ca yojane .. > He who travels two thousand, two hundred > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.38) yojanasya nimeṣārdhādyāti sopi ciraṃ sthitaḥ .. 18 .. > and two yojanas in half a twinkling of an eye, even he stood \[there\] for a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.39) gate bahutithekāle prācyaudīcyāṃ bhṛśārditāḥ .. > When a long time had passed, the people in the east and the north were severely afflicted, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.40) caṇḍaraśmeḥ karavrātapātasantāpatāpitāḥ .. 19 .. > scorched by the intense heat from the fall of the fierce-rayed \[sun’s\] mass of rays. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.41) pāścātyā dakṣiṇātyāśca nidrāmudritalocanāḥ .. > Meanwhile, the westerners and the southerners, with eyes closed in sleep, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.42) śayitā eva vīkṣante satāragrahamaṃbaram ..4.1.2.20.. > looked upon the sky filled with stars and planets while lying down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.43) ahonāhaskarābhāvānniśānaivā'niśākarāt.. > "There is no day due to the absence of the sun; there is no night due to the absence of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.44) astaṃgatarkṣānnabhasaḥ kaḥ kālastvepa nekṣyate ..21.. > Since the constellations have set from the sky, what time is this that cannot be perceived? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.45) brahmāṃḍaṃ kimakāṃḍe vai layameṣyati tatkatham .. > Will the universe indeed undergo dissolution prematurely? How is that \[so\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.46) parāpataṃti nādyāpi pārāvārā itastataḥ .. 22 .. > The oceans do not yet rush forth from here and there." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.47) svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkāravarjite jagatītale .. > On the earth devoid of the calls of svāhā, svadhā, and vaṣaṭ, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.48) paṃcayajñakriyālopāccakaṃpe bhuvanatrayam .. 23 .. > the three worlds trembled from the cessation of the rites of the five daily sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.49) sūryodayātpravartaṃte yajñādyāḥ sakalāḥ kriyāḥ .. > From the rising of the sun proceed all rites such as sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.50) tābhiryajñabhujāṃtṛptiḥ savitā tatra kāraṇam .. 24 .. > Through them comes the satisfaction of the sacrifice-eaters; the sun is the cause in that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.51) citraguptādayaḥ sarve kālaṃ jānaṃti sūryataḥ .. > All \[deities\] beginning with Citragupta know time from the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.52) sthitisargavisargāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ kevalaṃ raviḥ .. 25 .. > The sun alone is the cause of maintenance, creation, and dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.53) tatsūryasya gatistaṃbhātstaṃbhitaṃ bhuvanatrayam .. > Due to the arrest of that sun's motion, the three worlds were paralyzed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.54) yadyatratatsthitaṃ tatra citranyastamivā khilam .. 26 .. > Whatever was located anywhere, remained there entirely as if set in a painting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.55) ekatastimirānnaiśādekatastu divātapāt .. > On the one side from the darkness of night, and on the other side from the heat of day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.56) bahūnāṃ pralayo jātaḥ kāṃdiśīkamabhūjjagat .. 27 .. > destruction befell many, and the world was scattered in all directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.57) iti vyākulite loke surāsuranarorage .. > Thus, when the world, containing gods, demons, humans, and serpents, was bewildered, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.58) āḥkimetadakāṃḍebhūdrurudurdudruvuḥ prajāḥ ..28.. > the creatures wept, saying, "Ah! What is this that has happened prematurely?", and fled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.59) tataḥ sarve samālokya brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ .. > Then, having observed \[this\], all went to Brahmā for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.60) stuvaṃto vividhaiḥ stotrai rakṣarakṣeti cābruvan ..29.. > Praising him with various hymns, they also said, "Protect us! Protect us!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.61) .. devā ūcuḥ.. > The gods said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.62) namo hiraṇyarūpāya brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe .. > "Salutations to Brahmā whose form is golden, who has the nature of Brahman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.63) avijñātasvarūpāya kaivalyāyāmṛtāya ca .. 4.1.2.30 .. > whose essential nature is unknowable, who is absolute isolation, and who is immortal; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.64) yanna devā vijānaṃti mano yatrāpi kuṃṭhitam.. > whom the gods do not know, where the mind is also blunted, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.65) na yatra vākprasarati namastasmai cidātmane .. 31 .. > and where speech does not extend—salutations to him whose self is consciousness! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.66) yogino yaṃ hṛdākāśe praṇidhānena niścalāḥ .. > Whom yogins, motionless through meditation, behold in the space of the heart > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.67) jyotīrūpaṃ prapaśyaṃti tasmai śrībrahmaṇe namaḥ .. 32 .. > as having the form of light—salutations to that glorious Brahmā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.68) kālātparāya kālāya svecchayāpuruṣāya ca .. > To him who is beyond time, who is time, who by his own will is the Puruṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.69) guṇatraya svarūpāya namaḥ prakṛtirūpiṇe .. 33 .. > who has the nature of the three guṇas—salutations to him whose form is Prakṛti! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.70) viṣṇave sattvarūpāya rajorūpāya vedhase .. > To Viṣṇu whose nature is sattva, to the Creator whose nature is rajas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.71) tamase rudrarūpāya sthitisargāṃtakāriṇe .. 34 .. > to Rudra whose nature is tamas, the cause of preservation, creation, and dissolution! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.72) namo buddhisvarūpāya tridhāhaṃkṛtaye namaḥ .. > Salutations to him whose nature is intellect, salutations to threefold egoity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.73) paṃcatanmātra rūpāya paṃcakarmedriyātmane .. 35 .. > to him whose form is the five subtle elements, whose self is the five organs of action! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.74) namo manaḥsvarūpāya paṃcabuddhīṃdriyātmane .. > Salutations to him whose nature is mind, whose self is the five organs of perception, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.75) kṣityādi paṃcarūpāya namaste viṣayātmane .. 35 .. > whose form is the five \[elements\] beginning with earth; salutations to you whose self is the sense-objects! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.76) namo brahmāṃḍarūpāya tadaṃtarvartine namaḥ .. > Salutations to him whose form is the cosmic egg, salutations to him who abides within it! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.77) arvācīnaparācī na viśvarūpāya te namaḥ .. 37 .. > Salutations to you whose form is the universe, both near and far! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.78) anityanityarūpāya sadasatpataye namaḥ .. > Salutations to him whose form is transient and eternal, the lord of being and non-being! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.79) samastabhaktakṛpayā svecchāviṣkṛtavigraha .. 36 .. > O you who manifest your body by your own will out of compassion for all your devotees! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.80) tava niḥśvasitaṃ vedāstava sve dokhilaṃ jagat .. > The Vedas are your breath; the whole universe is your sweat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.81) viśvā bhūtāni te pādaḥ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ samavartata .. 39 .. > All beings are your foot; the sky arose from your head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.82) nābhyā āsīdaṃtarikṣaṃ lomāni ca vanaspatiḥ .. > From your navel was the atmosphere, and trees were your body-hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.83) candramā manaso jātaścakṣoḥ sūryastava prabho .. 4.1.2.40 .. > The moon was born from your mind, and the sun from your eye, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.84) tvameva sarvaṃ tvayi deva sarvaṃ stotā stutiḥ stavya iha tvameva .. > You alone are all; in you, O God, is everything; you alone here are the praiser, the praise, and the one to be praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.85) īśa tvayā'vāsyamidaṃ hi sarvaṃ namostu bhūyopi namo namaste .. 41 .. > O Lord, all this is indeed to be dwelt in by you; salutations, and yet again salutations, salutations to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.86) iti stutvā vidhiṃ devā nipeturdaṃḍavatkṣitau .. > Having thus praised the Creator, the gods fell like a staff upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.87) parituṣṭastadā brahmā pratyuvāca divaukasaḥ .. 42 .. > Extremely pleased then, Brahmā replied to the celestials. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.88) .. brahmovāca .. .. > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.89) yathārthayā'nayā stutyā tuṣṭosmi praṇatāḥ surāḥ .. > "I am pleased by this true praise, O bowed gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.90) uttiṣṭhata prasannosmi vṛṇudhvaṃ varamuttamam .. 43 .. > Rise! I am delighted; choose an excellent boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.91) yaḥ stoṣyatyanayā stutyā śraddhāvānpratyahaṃ śuciḥ .. > Whoever, faithful and pure, will praise daily with this hymn > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.92) māṃ vā haraṃ vā viṣṇuṃ vā tasya tuṣṭāḥ sadā vayam .. 44 .. > either me, or Hara, or Viṣṇu—we are always pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.93) dāsyāmaḥ sakalānkāmānputrānpautrānpaśūnvasu .. > We will grant all desires: sons, grandsons, livestock, wealth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.94) saubhāgyamāyurārogyaṃ nirbhayatvaṃ raṇe jayam .. 45 .. > good fortune, long life, health, fearlessness, victory in battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.95) aihikāmuṣmikānbhogānapavargaṃ tathā'kṣayam .. > enjoyments of this world and the next, and likewise imperishable final release. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.96) yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ tasya tattatsarvaṃ bhaviṣyati ..46.. > Whatever is most dear to him, all of that will come to pass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.97) tasmātsarvaprayatnena paṭhitavyaḥ stavottamaḥ .. > Therefore, with every effort, this best of hymns should be recited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.98) abhīṣṭada iti khyātaḥ stavoyaṃ sarvasiddhidaḥ..47.. > This hymn, known as 'granting desired wishes', bestows all accomplishments." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.99) punaḥ provāca tānvedhāḥ praṇipatyotthitānsurān .. > Again the Creator spoke to those gods who had bowed and risen: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.100) svasthāstiṣṭhata bho yūyaṃ kimatrāpi samākulāḥ .. 48 .. > "Be at ease, O you! Why are you distressed even here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.101) ete vedā mūrtidharā imā vidyāstathākhilāḥ .. > These Vedas are endowed with form, as well as all these branches of knowledge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.102) sadakṣiṇā amī yajñāḥ satyaṃ dharmastapo damaḥ .. 49 .. > these sacrifices accompanied by sacrificial fees, truth, dharma, austerity, and self-restraint." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.103) brahmacaryamidaṃ caiṣā karuṇā bhāratītviyam .. > This is celibacy, this is compassion, and this indeed is Sarasvatī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.104) śrutismṛtītihāsārtha caritārthā amījanāḥ .. 4.1.2.50 .. > these are the people who have realized their purpose through the meaning of the Śrutis, Smṛtis, and Itihāsas. (4.1.2.50) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.105) neha krodho na mātsaryaṃ lobhaḥ kāmo'dhṛtirbhayam .. > Here there is no anger, no envy, greed, lust, lack of fortitude, fear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.106) hiṃsā kuṭilatā garvo niṃdāsūyā'śuciḥ kvacit .. 51 .. > violence, deceitfulness, pride, slander, malice, or impurity anywhere. (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.107) ye brāhmaṇā brahmaratāstaponiṣṭhāstapodhanāḥ .. > Those brahmins devoted to Brahman, steadfast in austerity, rich in austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.108) māsopavāsaṣaṇmāsacāturmāsyādi sadvratāḥ .. 52 .. > observing noble vows such as fasting for a month, six months, or the four months of the rainy season; (52) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.109) pātivratyaratā nāryo ye cānye brahmacāriṇaḥ .. > women devoted to fidelity to their husbands, and other celibate students; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.110) te cāmīpaśyata surā ye ṣaṃḍhāḥ parayoṣiti .. 53 .. > and behold, O gods, those who are like eunuchs towards another's wife; (53) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.111) mātāpitroramī bhaktā amī gograhaṇe hatāḥ .. > these who are devoted to their mother and father; these who were slain in rescuing cattle; (54) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.112) vrate dāne jape yajñe svādhyāye dvijatarpaṇe .. 54 .. > in vows, gifts, recitation, sacrifice, Vedic study, and satisfying brahmins; (54cd) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.113) tīrthe tapasyupakṛtau sadācārādikarmaṇi .. > at a sacred ford, in austerity, in doing good to others, and in conduct of virtuous customs— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.114) phalābhilāṣiṇībuddhirna yeṣāṃ te janā amī .. 55 .. > these are the people whose intellect does not desire reward. (55) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.115) gāyatrī jāpyaniratā agnihotra parāyaṇāḥ .. > Constantly engaged in chanting the Gāyatrī, devoted to the fire sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.116) dvimukhī go pradātāraḥ kapilādāna tatparāḥ .. 56 .. > givers of two-faced cows \[in birth\], and eager to give tawny cows; (56) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.117) nispṛhāḥ somapā ye vai dvijapādodapāśca ye .. > those free of desire, Soma-drinkers indeed, and those who drink the water from the feet of brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.118) mṛtāḥ sārasvate tīrthe dvijaśuśrūṣakāśca ye .. 57 .. > those who died at the sacred ford belonging to Sarasvatī, and those who attend upon brahmins; (57) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.119) pratigrahe samarthā hi ye pratigrahavarjitāḥ .. > those who, though capable of accepting gifts, indeed refrain from accepting them; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.120) ta ete matpriyā viprāstyaktatīrtha pratigrahāḥ .. 58 .. > these are the brahmins dear to me who have abandoned accepting gifts at sacred fords. (58) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.121) prayāge māgha māso yairuṣaḥ snāto'malātmabhiḥ .. > Those pure-souled ones who resided at Prayāga and bathed during the month of Māgha > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.122) makarasthe ravau śuddhāsta ime sūryavarcasaḥ .. 59 .. > when the sun was in Capricorn, purified, these possess the radiance of the sun. (59) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.123) vārāṇasyāṃ pāṃcanade tryahaṃ snātāstu kārtike .. > Those who bathed for three days in the month of Kārtika at Pañcanada in Vārāṇasī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.124) amī te śuddhavapuṣaḥ puṇyabhājotinirmalāḥ .. 4.1.2.60 .. > these are they, of pure bodies, sharing in religious merit, exceedingly stainless. (4.1.2.60) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.125) snātvā tu maṇikarṇikyāṃ prīṇitā brāhmaṇā dhanaiḥ .. > Having bathed at Maṇikarṇikā, brahmins were pleased \[by them\] with riches; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.126) ta ete sarvabhogāḍhyāḥ kalpaṃ sthāsyaṃti matpure .. 61 .. > these, endowed with all enjoyments, will remain in my city for an eon. (61) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.127) tataḥ kāśīṃ samāsādya tena puṇyena noditāḥ .. > Then, having reached Kāśī, impelled by that merit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.128) viśveśvaraprasādena mokṣameṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam .. 62 .. > by the grace of Viśveśvara they will attain liberation, without a doubt. (62) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.129) avimukte kṛtaṃ karma yadalpamapi mānavaiḥ .. > Whatever deed is performed by men in Avimukta, even if small, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.130) śreyorūpaṃ tadvipāko mokṣo janmāṃtareṣvapi .. 63 .. > its form is blessed, and its fruition is liberation even in other births. (63) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.131) aho vaiśveśvare kṣetre maraṇādapinobhayam .. > Ah, in the sacred field of Viśveśvara there is no fear even of death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.132) yatra sarve pratīkṣaṃte mṛtyuṃ priyamivāti thim .. 64 .. > where everyone awaits death as if an unwelcome dear guest! (64) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.133) brāhmaṇebhyaḥ kurukṣetre yairdattaṃ vasu nirmalam .. > By whom spotless wealth was given to brahmins at Kurukṣetra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.134) nirmalāṃgāsta ete vai tiṣṭhaṃti mama saṃnidhā ..65 .. > they indeed, with spotless bodies, dwell in my presence. (65) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.135) pitāmahaṃ samāsādya gayāyāṃ yaiḥ pitāmahāḥ .. > Having approached Pitāmaha at Gayā, those by whom the ancestors > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.136) tarpitā brāhmaṇamukhe teṣāmete pitāmahāḥ ..66.. > were satisfied through the mouth of brahmins—these are their ancestors. (66) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.137) na snānena na dānena na japena na pūjayā .. > Not by ritual ablution, not by gift, not by recitation, nor by worship > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.138) mallokaḥ prāpyate devāḥ prāpyate dvija tarpaṇāt ..67.. > is my world attained, O gods; it is attained by the satisfaction of brahmins. (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.139) sopaskarāṇiveśmānimu salolūkhalādibhiḥ .. > Houses furnished with utensils, pestles, mortars, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.140) yairdattāni saśayyāni teṣāṃ harmyāṇyamūni vai .. 68 .. > along with beds, were given \[by them\]; these indeed are their mansions. (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.141) brahmaśālāṃ kārayaṃti vedamadhyāpayaṃti ca .. > Those who build halls of learning and teach the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.142) vidyādānaṃ ca ye kuryuḥ purāṇaṃ śrāvayaṃti ca .. 69 .. > who bestow the gift of knowledge, and who recite a Purāṇa; (69) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.143) purāṇāni ca ye dadyuḥ pustakāni dadatyapi .. > and those who give Purāṇas, who also give manuscripts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.144) dharmaśāstrāṇi ye dadyusteṣāṃ vāsotra me pure .. 4.1.2.70 .. > who give texts on Dharma—their dwelling is here in my city. (4.1.2.70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.145) yajñārthaṃ ca vivāhārthaṃ vratārthaṃ brāhmaṇāya vai .. > For sacrifice, for marriage, and for a vow, to a brahmin > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.146) akhaṃḍaṃ vasu ye dadyustetra syurvasuvarcasaḥ .. 71 .. > those who give undivided wealth, they shall have the splendor of the Vasus there. (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.147) ārogyaśālāṃ yaḥ kuryādvaidyapoṣaṇatatparaḥ .. > He who establishes a house of healing, devoted to supporting physicians, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.148) ākalpamatra vasati sarvabhoga samanvitaḥ .. 72 .. > dwells here until the end of the eon, endowed with all enjoyments. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.149) muktī kurvaṃti tīrthāni ye ca duṣṭāvarodhataḥ .. > And those who free sacred fords from obstruction by wicked people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.150) mamāvarodhe te mānyā aurasāstanayā iva .. 73 .. > are honored in my inner quarters like my own legitimate sons. (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.151) viṣṇorvāmamavāśaṃbhorbrāhmaṇā eva supriyāḥ .. > Whether of Viṣṇu, of me, or of Śambhu, brahmins are exceedingly dear; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.152) teṣāṃ mūrtyā vayaṃ sākṣādvicarāmo mahītale .. 74 .. > in their form we wander visibly on the surface of the earth. (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.153) brāhmaṇāścaiva gāvaśca kulamekaṃ dvidhākṛtam .. > Brahmins and cows are a single family made twofold: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.154) ekatra maṃtrāstiṣṭhaṃti havirekatra tiṣṭhati .. 75 .. > in the one abide mantras, in the other abides the sacrificial offering. (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.155) brāhmaṇā jaṃgamaṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ sārvabhaumikam .. > Brahmins are a moving sacred ford, created to wander all over the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.156) yeṣāṃ vākyodakenaiva śuddhyaṃti malinā janāḥ .. 76 .. > by the very water of whose speech impure people are cleansed. (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.157) gāvaḥ pavitramatulaṃ gāvo maṃgalamuttamam .. > Cows are an incomparable purifier; cows are the supreme auspiciousness; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.158) yāsāṃ khurotthito reṇurgaṃgāvārisamo bhavet .. 77 .. > the dust raised by their hooves is equal to the water of the Gaṅgā. (77) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.159) śṛṃgāgre sarvatīrthāni khurāgre sarva parvatāḥ .. > At the tips of \[a cow's\] horns are all the sacred fords; at the tips of her hooves are all the mountains; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.160) śṛṃgayoraṃtare yasyāḥ sākṣādgaurīmaheśvarī .. 78 .. > between her two horns is the Great Goddess Gaurī in person. (78) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.161) dīyamānāṃ ca gāṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛtyaṃti prapitāmahāḥ .. > Seeing a cow being given away, great-grandfathers dance; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.162) prīyaṃte ṛṣayaḥ sarve tuṣyāmo daivataiḥ saha .. 79 .. > all the seers rejoice, and we, together with the deities, are delighted. (79) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.163) rorūyaṃte ca pāpāni dāridryaṃ vyādhibhiḥ saha .. > and sins cry out in grief, together with poverty and diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.164) dhātryaḥ sarvasya lokasya gāvo māteva sarvathā .. 4.1.2.80 .. > Cows are the nourishers of the whole world, like a mother in every way. (4.1.2.80) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.165) gavāṃ stutvā namaskṛtya kṛtvā caiva pra dakṣiṇām.. > Having praised the cows, bowed down to them, and circumambulated them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.166) pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā .. 81 .. > by that man the earth with its seven continents has been circumambulated. (81) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.167) yā lakṣmīḥ savarbhūtānāṃ yā deveṣu vyavasthitā .. > “The fortune that belongs to all beings, she who resides among the gods— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.168) dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu .. 82 .. > may that goddess, in the form of a cow, remove my sin. (82) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.169) viṣṇorvakṣasi yā lakṣmīḥ svāhā caiva vibhāvasoḥ .. > The Lakṣmī on Viṣṇu's chest, and Svāhā of Agni, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.170) svadhā yā pitṛmukhyānāṃ sā dhenurvaradā sadā .. 83 .. > and Svadhā of the foremost ancestors—may that cow always grant boons. (83) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.171) gomayaṃ yamunā sākṣādgomūtraṃ narmadā śubhā .. > Cow dung is the Yamunā itself; cow urine is the auspicious Narmadā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.172) gaṃgā kṣīraṃ tu yāsāṃ vai kiṃ pavitramataḥ param .. 84 .. > and the milk of these \[cows\] is indeed the Gaṅgā. What is more purifying than this? (84) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.173) gavāmaṃgeṣu tiṣṭhaṃti bhuvanāni caturdaśa .. > In the limbs of cows dwell the fourteen worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.174) yasmāttasmācchivaṃ me syādihaloke paratra ca .. 85 .. > Therefore, may there be auspiciousness for me in this world and in the hereafter!” (85) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.175) iti maṃtraṃ samuccārya dhenūrvādhenumeva vā .. > Reciting this mantra, whether \[many\] cows or a single cow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.176) yo dadyāddvijavaryāya sa sarvebhyo viśiṣyate .. 86 .. > whoever gives to an excellent twice-born is superior to all. (86) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.177) mayā ca viṣṇunā sārdhaṃ śivena ca maharṣibhiḥ . vicārya goguṇānnityaṃ prārthaneti vidhīyate .. 87 .. > Having constantly considered the virtues of cows together with Viṣṇu, / Śiva, and the great seers, this prayer has been ordained by me: (87) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.178) gāvo me purataḥ saṃtu gāvo me saṃtu pṛṣṭhataḥ .. > “May cows be in front of me; may cows be behind me; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.179) gāvo me hṛdaye saṃtu gavāṃ madhye vasāmyaham .. 88 .. > may cows be in my heart; may I dwell in the midst of cows.” (88) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.180) nīrājayati yoṃgāni gavāṃ pucchena bhāgyavān .. > A fortunate man who waves the tail of cows over his limbs— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.181) alakṣmīḥ kalaho rogāstasyāṃgādyāṃti dūrataḥ..89.. > misfortune, strife, and diseases depart far from his body. (89) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.182) gobhirvipraśca vedaiśca satībhiḥ satyavādibhiḥ.. > By cows, by brahmins, by the Vedas, by chaste women, by speakers of truth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.183) alubdhairdā naśīlaiśca saptabhirdhāryate mahī..4.1.2.90. mama lokātparoloko vaikuṃṭha iti gīyate.. > by the ungreedy, and by the generous—by these seven the earth is upheld. (4.1.2.90) > Beyond my world, a world is sung of called Vaikuṇṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.184) tasyopariṣṭātkaumāra umālokastataḥ param..91.. > Above that is Kaumāra, and beyond that the world of Umā. (91) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.185) śivalokastadupari golo kastatsamīpataḥ .. > Above that is the world of Śiva, and near to that is Goloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.186) gomātaraḥ suśīlādyāstatra saṃti śivapriyāḥ .. 92 .. > There dwell the mothers of cows, Suśīlā and the rest, beloved of Śiva. (92) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.187) gavāṃ śuśrūrūṣakāye ca gopradāye ca mānavāḥ .. > Those men who serve cows and those who give cows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.188) eṣāmanyatame loke te syuḥ sarvasamṛddhayaḥ .. 93 .. > attaining any of these worlds, would possess all prosperity. (93) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.189) yatra kṣīravahā nadyo yatra pāyasa kardamāḥ .. > Where rivers flow with milk, where mud is made of rice pudding, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.190) na jarā bādhate yatra tatra gacchaṃti gopradāḥ .. 94 .. > where old age does not afflict—there the givers of cows go. (94) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.191) śrutismṛtipurāṇajñā brāhmaṇāḥ parikīrtitāḥ.. > Those who know the Śruti, Smṛti, and the Purāṇas are proclaimed as \[true\] brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.192) taduktācāracaraṇā itare nāmadhārakāḥ..95.. > they perform the conduct spoken therein; others merely bear the name. (95) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.193) śrutismṛtī tu netre dve purāṇaṃ hṛdayaṃ smṛtam .. > Śruti and Smṛti are two eyes, and the Purāṇa is considered the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.194) śrutismṛtibhyāṃ hīnoṃdhaḥ kāṇaḥ syādekayā vinā.. > Lacking Śruti and Smṛti, one is blind; without one \[of them\], one would be one-eyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.195) purāṇahīnāddhṛcchūnyātkāṇāṃdhāvapi tau varau .. > Yet both the one-eyed and the blind are better than one lacking the Purāṇa, empty of heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.196) śrutismṛtyuditodharmaḥ purāṇe parigīyate..97.. > The duty declared in the Śruti and Smṛti is celebrated in full in the Purāṇa. (97) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.197) tadbāhmaṇāya gordeyā sarvatra sukhamicchatā .. > Therefore, a cow should be given to such a brahmin by one desiring happiness everywhere; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.198) na deyā dvijamātrāya dātāraṃ sopyadho nayet..98.. > it should not be given to someone who is merely twice-born, for he would drag the giver downward too. (98) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.199) yasya dharme'sti jijñāsā yasya pāpādbhayaṃ mahat.. > Whoever has a desire to know dharma, whoever has great fear of sin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.200) śrotavyāni purāṇāni dhamarmūlāni tena vai..99.. > by him the Purāṇas, the roots of dharma, must certainly be heard. (99) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 233 passages. 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