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# Skandapurana 4.30

Skandapurāṇa 4.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.1)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.2)

śṛṇvagastyamahābhāga sa ca rājā bhagīrathaḥ ..

> Listen, O highly fortunate Agastya: that King Bhagīratha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.3)

ārādhya śrīmahādevamuddidhīrṣuḥ pitāmahān ..1..

> having worshipped glorious Mahādeva, wishing to deliver his grandfathers (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.4)

brahmaśāpa vinirdagdhānsarvānrājarṣisattamaḥ ..

> who had all been consumed by a brahmin's curse, that best of royal seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.5)

mahatā tapasā bhūmimānināya trivartmagām .. 2 ..

> brought down to earth by great austerity the river that travels the three paths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.6)

trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ hitāya mahate nṛpaḥ ..

> the king, for the great benefit of all three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.7)

samānaiṣīttato gaṃgāṃ yatrāsīnmaṇikarṇikā .. 3 ..

> Then he led the Gaṅgā to where Maṇikarṇikā was,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.8)

ānaṃdakānanaṃ śaṃbhoścakrapuṣkariṇī hareḥ ..

> the Ānandakānana of Śambhu, the Cakrapuṣkariṇī of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.9)

parabrahmaikasukṣetraṃ līlāmokṣasamarpakam .. 4 ..

> the supreme sacred field of the highest Brahman, bestowing liberation effortlessly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.10)

prāpayāmāsa tāṃ gaṃgāṃ dailīpiḥ purataścaran ..

> The son of Dilīpa, walking in front, brought that Gaṅgā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.11)

nirvāṇakāśanādyatra kāśīti prathitā purī .. 5 ..

> to where the city named Kāśī is famed, because it illuminates nirvāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.12)

avimuktaṃ mahākṣetraṃ na muktaṃ śaṃbhunā kvacita ..

> The great sacred field Avimukta is never abandoned by Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.13)

prāgeva hi mune'narghyaṃ jātyaṃ jāṃbūnadaṃ svayam .. 6 ..

> Indeed, O sage, gold of natural origin from the Jambu river is already priceless by nature;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.14)

punarvāritareṇāpi hīreṇayadi saṃgatam ..

> how much more so if joined with an incomparable diamond?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.15)

cakrapuṣkaraṇītīrthaṃ prāgeva śreyasāṃpadam ..7..

> The sacred ford Cakrapuṣkariṇī was already an abode of blessings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.16)

tataḥ śreṣṭhataraṃ śaṃbhormaṇiśravaṇabhūṣaṇāt ..

> then it became even more superior through the jewel-earring ornament of Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.17)

ānaṃdakānane tasminnavimukte śivālaye.. .. 8 ..

> In that Ānandakānana, the Avimukta, the abode of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.18)

prāgeva muktiḥ saṃsiddhā gaṃgāsaṃgāttatodhikā ..

> liberation was already accomplished; by conjunction with the Gaṅgā, it grew even greater.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.19)

yadā prabhṛti sā gaṃgā maṇikarṇyāṃ samāgatā .. 9 ..

> From the moment the Gaṅgā arrived at Maṇikarṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.20)

tadāprabhṛti tatkṣetraṃ duṣprāpaṃ tridaśairapi ..

> from that moment that sacred field became difficult to attain even for the thirty \[gods\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.21)

kṛtvā karmāṇyanekāni kalyāṇānītarāṇi vā .. 4.1.30.10 ..

> Having performed manifold actions, whether auspicious or otherwise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.22)

tāni kṣaṇātsamutkṣipya kāśīsaṃstho'mṛtobhavet ..

> casting them aside in an instant, one dwelling in Kāśī becomes immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.23)

tasyāṃ vedāṃtavedyasya nididhyāsanato vinā .. 11 ..

> There, without profound meditation on the one to be known through the Upaniṣads,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.24)

vinā sāṃkhyena yogena kāśyāṃ saṃstho'mṛto bhavet ..

> without Sāṃkhya or Yoga, one dwelling in Kāśī becomes immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.25)

karmanirmūlanavatā vinā jñānena kuṃbhaja .. 12 ..

> Even without the knowledge that uproots past action, O pot-born \[sage\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.26)

śaśimauliprasādena kāśīsaṃstho'mṛto bhavet ..

> by the grace of the moon-crested \[Śiva\], one dwelling in Kāśī becomes immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.27)

yatnato'yatnato vāpi kālāttyaktvā kalevaram .. 13 ..

> Relinquishing the body through the force of time, whether intentionally or unintentionally,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.28)

tārakasyopadeśena kāśīsaṃstho'mṛto bhavet ..

> by the teaching of the saving mantra, one dwelling in Kāśī becomes immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.29)

anekajanmasaṃsiddhairbaddho'pi prākṛtairguṇaiḥ .. 14 ..

> Even though bound by the primal qualities accumulated across many births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.30)

asisaṃbheda yogena kāśīsaṃstho'mṛto bhavet ..

> by connection with the confluence of the Asi, one dwelling in Kāśī becomes immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.31)

dehatyāgo'tra vai dānaṃ dehatyāgotra vai tapaḥ .. 158 ..

> Abandoning the body here is indeed gift-giving; abandoning the body here is indeed austerity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.32)

dehatyāgo'tra vai yogaḥ kāśyāṃ nirvāṇasaukhyakṛt ..

> abandoning the body here is indeed yoga; in Kāśī it brings the bliss of nirvāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.33)

prāpyottaravahāṃ kāśyāmatiduṣkṛtavānapi .. 16 ..

> Reaching the north-flowing river at Kāśī, even a perpetrator of great misdeeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.34)

yāyātsvaṃ helayā tyaktvā tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam ..

> relinquishing his own \[body\] with ease, would go to that highest step of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.35)

yameṃdrāgnimukhā devā dṛṣṭvā muktipathonmukhān .. 17 ..

> Seeing all those intent upon the path to liberation, the gods led by Yama, Indra, and Agni,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.36)

sarvānsarve samālokya rakṣāṃ cakruḥ purāpuraḥ ..

> all beheld them and established protection around the city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.37)

asiṃ mahāsirūpāṃ ca pāpyasanmatikhaṃḍanīm .. 18 ..

> Having the form of a great sword, cutting off the evil thoughts of sinners,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.38)

duṣṭapraveśaṃ dhunvānāṃ dhunīṃ devā vinirmamuḥ ..

> repelling the entrance of the wicked, the gods fashioned the river Asi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.39)

varaṇāṃ ca vyadhustatra kṣetravighnanivāriṇīm .. 19 ..

> And they established the Varaṇā there, which wards off obstacles from the sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.40)

durvṛttasupravṛtteśca nivṛttikaraṇīṃ surāḥ ..

> the gods making it bring about the turning away of evil conduct and the right course of good conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.41)

dakṣiṇottaradigbhāge kṛtvā'siṃ varaṇāṃ surāḥ .. 4.1.30.20 ..

> Having placed the Asi and the Varaṇā in the southern and northern directions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.42)

kṣetrasya mokṣanikṣepa rakṣāṃ nirvṛtimāpnuyuḥ ..

> the gods attained peace, having guarded the treasure of liberation in the sacred field.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.43)

kṣetrasya paścāddigbhāge taṃ dehalivināyakam .. 21 ..

> In the western direction of the sacred field, that Dehalīvināyaka  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.44)

svayaṃ vyāpārayāmāsa rakṣārthaṃ śaśiśekharaḥ ..

> the moon-crested god himself stationed for protection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.45)

anujñātapraveśānāṃ viśveśena kṛpāvatā .. 22 ..

> To those whose entrance is permitted by the compassionate Lord of the Universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.46)

te praveśaṃ prayacchaṃti nānyeṣāṃ hi kadācana ..

> they grant entrance, but never to others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.47)

ityarthe kathayiṣye'hamitihāsaṃ purātanam ..

> On this matter, I shall recount an ancient legend,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.48)

āścaryakāriparamaṃ kāśībhaktipravardhanam .. 23 ..

> exceedingly wonderful, increasing devotion to Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.49)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.30.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.50)

dakṣiṇābdhitaṭe kaścitsetubaṃdhasamīpataḥ ..

> On the shore of the southern ocean, near Setubandha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.51)

vaṇigdhanaṃjayo nāma mātṛbhaktisamanvitaḥ .. 24 ..

> there was a merchant named Dhanañjaya, endowed with devotion to his mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.52)

puṇyamārgārjita dhano dhanatoṣitamārgaṇaḥ ..

> His wealth was acquired through righteous ways, and by his wealth he satisfied seekers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.53)

mārgaṇasphāritayaśā yaśodātanayārcakaḥ .. 25 ..

> His fame was spread wide by petitioners, and he was a worshipper of the son of Yaśodā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.54)

samunnatopi saṃpattyā vinayānatakaṃdharaḥ ..

> Though exceedingly elevated by fortune, his neck was bowed low in humility.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.55)

ākaropi guṇānāṃ hi guṇiṣvākāragopakaḥ .. 26 ..

> A mine of virtues, he concealed his form among the virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.56)

rūpasaṃpadudāropi paradāraparāṅmukhaḥ ..

> Though eminent in the beauty of his form, he turned his face away from the wives of others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.57)

sasaṃpūrṇakalopyāsīnniṣkalaṃkodayaḥ sadā .. 27 ..

> Possessed of all accomplishments, his rising was ever spotless, like a full moon free of blemishes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.58)

sasatyānṛtavṛttiśca prāyaḥ satyapriyo mune ..

> Though having commerce of mixed truth and falsehood, he was mostly fond of truth, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.59)

varṇetaropyabhūlloke suvarṇakṛtavarṇanaḥ .. 28 ..

> Though belonging to a caste other \[than the highest\], he was praised by all with gold in the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.60)

sadācaraṇagopyeṣa sukhayānacaraḥ kṛtī ..

> Covering the path of good conduct, travelling in comfortable carriages, he was capable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.61)

adaridropi medhāvī sobhūtpāpadaridradhīḥ .. 29 ..

> Though not poor, that intelligent man was impoverished in mind with respect to sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.62)

tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kadācitkālaparyayāt ..

> While he was living in this manner, once, in the course of time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.63)

jananī nidhanaṃ prāptā vyādhitā'tijarāturā ..4.1.30.30 ..

> his mother met her end, being afflicted with disease and suffering from extreme old age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.64)

tayā ca yauvanaṃ prāpya meghacchāyāticaṃcalam ..

> And she, having reached youth, which is fleeting as the shadow of a cloud,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.65)

prāvṛṇnadīpūrasamaṃ svapatiḥ parivaṃcitaḥ .. 31 ..

> like the flood of a rainy-season river, her own husband was deceived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.66)

dina tricaturasthāyi yā nārī prāpya yauvanam..

> A woman who, having attained youth lasting only three or four days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.67)

bhartāraṃ vaṃcayenmohātsā'kṣayaṃ narakaṃ vrajet .. 32 ..

> deceives her husband out of delusion, goes to imperishable hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.68)

śīlabhaṃgena nārīṇāṃ bhartādharmaparopi hi ..

> By the breach of women's virtue, even a husband dedicated to righteousness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.69)

patedduḥkhārjitātsvargācchīlaṃ rakṣyaṃ tataḥ striyā .. 33 ..

> falls from the heaven earned with difficulty; therefore, virtue must be guarded by a woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.70)

viṣṭhāgarte ca niraye svayaṃ patati durmatiḥ ..

> And the evil-minded woman falls on her own into a hell that is a pit of feces,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.71)

ābhūtasaṃplavaṃ yāvattataḥ syādgrāmasūkarī ..34..

> until the dissolution of all beings; then she becomes a village sow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.72)

svaviṣṭhāpāyinī cātha valgulī vṛkṣalaṃbinī..

> drinking her own feces, and then a bat hanging from a tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.73)

ulūkī vā divāṃdhā syādvṛkṣakoṭaravāsinī .. .. 35 ..

> or an owl, blind by day, dwelling in a tree hollow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.74)

rakṣaṇīyaṃ mahāyatnādidaṃ sukṛtabhājanam ..

> With great effort this body, a receptacle for merit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.75)

vapuḥ parasya duḥsparśātsukhābhāsātmakātstriyā .. 36 ..

> must be guarded by a woman from the touch of another, which appears as pleasure but is of the nature of pain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.76)

anenaiva śarīreṇa bhartṛsādvihitena hi ..

> Indeed, by this very body committed to her husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.77)

kiṃ satī na ca tastaṃbha bhānumudyaṃtamājñayā .. 37 ..

> did not a faithful wife arrest the rising sun by her command?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.78)

atripatnyanasūyā kiṃ bhartṛbhaktiprabhāvataḥ ..

> Did not Anasūyā, wife of Atri, devoted to her vow of fidelity to her husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.79)

dadhāra na trayīṃ garbhe pativrata parāyaṇā .. 38 ..

> bear the triad \[of gods\] in her womb by the power of devotion to her husband?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.80)

iha kīrtiśca vipulā svargevāsastathā'kṣayaḥ ..

> Vast fame in this world, imperishable residence in heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.81)

pātivratyātstriyā labhyaṃ sakhitvaṃ ca śriyā saha .. 39 ..

> and companionship with Śrī are to be obtained by a woman through fidelity to her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.82)

sādurvṛttyā parityajya patidharmaṃ sanātanam ..

> She, having abandoned the eternal duty to her husband through bad conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.83)

svacchaṃdacāriṇī bhūtvāmṛtānirayamudyayau .. 4.1.30.40 ..

> and having acted as she pleased, died and went to hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.84)

dhanaṃjayopi ca mune kenacicchivayoginā ..

> And Dhanañjaya, O sage, \[traveling\] with a certain Śiva-yogin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.85)

sārdhaṃ tapodayāditthaṃ so'bhavaddharmatatparaḥ ..41..

> became devoted to righteousness through austerity, compassion, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.86)

dhanaṃjayopi dharmātmā mātṛbhaktiparāyaṇaḥ ..

> Then the righteous-minded Dhanañjaya, devoted to the worship of his mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.87)

ādāyāsthīnyatho māturgaṃgā mārgasthito'bhavat ..42..

> took his mother's bones and set out on the road to the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.88)

paṃcagavyena saṃsnāpya tataḥ paṃcāmṛtena vai ..

> Having bathed them with the five products of the cow, and then with the five nectars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.89)

yakṣakardamalepena liptvā puṣpaiḥ prapūjya ca .. 43 ..

> having smeared them with yakṣakardama paste and worshiped them with flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.90)

āveṣṭya netravastreṇa tataḥ paṭṭāṃbareṇa vai ..

> having wrapped them with silk cloth, and then with woven silk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.91)

tataḥ surasavastreṇa tato māṃjiṣṭhavāsasā ..44..

> then with fragrant cloth, and then with madder-dyed cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.92)

nepālakaṃbalenātha mṛdācā'tha viśuddhayā ..

> and then with a Nepalese blanket and pure clay,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.93)

tāmrasaṃpuṭake kṛtvā māturaṃgānyaho vaṇik .. 45 ..

> and having placed his mother's limbs in a copper casket, O, the merchant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.94)

aspṛṣṭahīnajātiḥ sa śuciṣmānsthaṃḍileśayaḥ ..

> untouched by low castes, pure, sleeping on bare ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.95)

ānayañjvaritopyāsīnmadhye mārgaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ ..46..

> though feverish in the middle of the road, Dhanañjaya brought them along.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.96)

bhāravāhaḥ kṛtastena kaściddattvocitāṃ bhṛtim ..

> A certain porter was hired by him after paying an appropriate wage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.97)

kiṃ bahūktena ghaṭaja kāśī prāptā'tha tena vai .. 47 ..

> what is the use of speaking much, O jar-born \[Agastya\]? Then he reached Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.98)

dhṛtvā saṃbhṛtirakṣārthaṃ bhāravāhaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ ..

> Having kept the porter to guard his provisions, Dhanañjaya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.99)

jagāmāpaṇamānetuṃ kiṃcidvastvaśanādikam .. 48 ..

> went to the market to fetch some items such as food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.100)

bhāravāhyaṃtaraṃ prāpya tasya saṃbhṛtimadhyataḥ ..

> Finding an opportunity, the porter took from the middle of the provisions  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.101)

tāmrasaṃpuṭamādāya dhanaṃ jñātvā gṛhaṃ yayau .. 49 ..

> the copper casket, thinking it was wealth, and went home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.102)

vāsasthānamathāgatya tamadṛṣṭvā dhanaṃjayaḥ ..

> Then, having returned to the lodgings and not seeing him, Dhanañjaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.103)

tvarāvānsaṃbhṛtiṃ vīkṣya tāmrasaṃpuṭavarjitām .. 4.1.30.50 ..

> hurrying, saw the luggage bereft of the copper casket.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.104)

hāhetyātāḍya hṛdayaṃ cakraṃda bahuśo bhṛśam ..

> Beating his chest, crying, 'Alas! Alas!', he wept loudly and repeatedly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.105)

itastatastamālokya gatastadanusārataḥ .. 51 ..

> Looking around here and there, he went in pursuit of him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.106)

akṛtvā jāhnavīsnānamanavekṣya jagatpatim ..

> Without taking a bath in the Jāhnavī, without beholding the Lord of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.107)

tasya saṃvasathaṃ prāpto bhāravoḍhurdhanaṃjayaḥ .. 52 ..

> Dhanañjaya reached the dwelling of that load-carrier.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.108)

bhāravāḍapyaraṇyānyāṃ tāmrasaṃpuṭamadhyataḥ..

> Now, the porter too, in the forest, seeing the bones  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.109)

dṛṣṭvāsthīni viniḥśvasya tāni tyaktvā gṛhaṃ yayau. ..53..

> inside the copper casket, sighed, threw them away, and went home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.110)

vaṇikca tadgṛhaṃ prāpya śuṣkakaṃṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ ..

> And the merchant, having reached his house, his throat, lips, and palate dry,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.111)

dṛṣṭvā'tha cailaśakalaṃ tṛṇakuṭyaṃtare tadā ..54..

> then saw a piece of cloth within the grass hut.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.112)

āśayā kiṃcidāśvasya tatpatnīṃ paripṛṣṭavān ..

> Comforted somewhat by hope, he questioned his wife:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.113)

satyaṃ brūhi na bhetavyaṃ dāsyāmyanyadapi dhruvam .. 55 ..

> 'Speak the truth, do not fear; I will surely give you other  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.114)

vasu kva te gato bhartā māturasthīnime'rpaya ..

> wealth. Where has your husband gone? Return my mother's bones to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.115)

vayaṃ kārpaṭikā bhadre bhavāmo na ca duḥkhadāḥ .. 56 ..

> O good lady, we are pilgrims; we do not cause distress.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.116)

ajñātvā lobhavaśatastena nīto'sthisaṃpuṭaḥ ..

> Not knowing, under the influence of greed, he took the casket of bones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.117)

tasyaiṣa doṣo no bhadre māturme karma tādṛśam ..57..

> This is not his fault, O good lady; such was my mother's karma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.118)

athavā na prasū doṣo maṃdabhāgyo'smi tatsutaḥ ..

> Or rather, it is not my mother's fault; I, her son, am unfortunate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.119)

sutenakṛtyaṃ yatkṛtyaṃ tatprāptirnāsti bhilli me ..58..

> The duty that should be done by a son—there is no achievement of that for me, O Bhilla woman!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.120)

udyamaṃ kṛtavānasmi na siddhyenmaṃdabhāgyataḥ ..

> I made the effort, \[yet\] it does not succeed on account of ill fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.121)

āyātu satyavākyānme mā bibhetu vanecaraḥ .. .. 59 ..

> Let the forest-dweller come upon my true word; let him not fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.122)

asthīni darśayatvāśu dhanaṃ dāsye'dhikaṃ tataḥ ..

> Let him show the bones quickly; I will give him more wealth than that.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.123)

ityuktā tena sā bhillī vyājahāra nijaṃ patim .. 4.1.30.60 ..

> Addressed thus by him, that Bhilla woman called her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.124)

lajjānamraśirāḥso'tha vṛttāṃtaṃ vinivedya ca ..

> Then he, his head bowed with shame, reported the incident and,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.125)

nināya tāmaraṇyānīṃ śabarastaṃ dhanaṃjayam ..61..

> The hunter led that Dhanañjaya into the dense forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.126)

vanecaro'tha tatsthānaṃ daivādvismṛtavānmune ..

> Then, O sage, the forester forgot that spot by destiny;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.127)

digbhrāṃtiṃ samavāpyātha paribabhrāma kānane ..62..

> having become disoriented, he then wandered about in the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.128)

itoraṇyāttato yāti tatoraṇyādito vrajet ..

> He goes from this forest to that, and would wander from that forest to this;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.129)

vanādvanāṃtaraṃ bhrāṃtvā khinnaḥ sopi vanecaraḥ .. 63 ..

> having roamed from forest to forest, even that forester grew exhausted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.130)

vihāya madhye'raṇyāni taṃ yayau ca svapakkaṇam ..

> Leaving him in the middle of the woods, he went off to his own hamlet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.131)

dvitrāṇyahāni saṃbhramya sa kārpaṭikasattamaḥ .. 64 ..

> Having wandered about for two or three days, that best of pilgrims,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.132)

kṣutkṣāmaḥ śuṣkakaṃṭhoṣṭho hāheti paridevayan ..

> emaciated by hunger, his throat and lips dried up, lamenting, 'Alas! Alas!',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.133)

punaḥ kāśīpurīṃ prāptaḥ parimlānamukho vaṇik ..8 65 ..

> reached the city of Kāśī once more, his face utterly dejected, O merchant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.134)

tanmaṃdabhāgyatāṃ śrutvā lokātkārpaṭiko mune ..

> Having heard of that misfortune from the people, O sage, the pilgrim  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.135)

kṛtvā gayāṃ prayāgaṃ ca tataḥ svaviṣayaṃ yayau .. 66 ..

> performed \[the rites at\] Gayā and Prayāga, and then departed for his own land.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.136)

kāśyāṃ praveśaṃ prāpyāpi tadasthīni ghaṭodbhava ..

> Even though they had entered Kāśī, O pot-born \[Agastya\], those bones  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.137)

vinā vaiśveśvarīmājñāṃ bahiryātāni tatkṣaṇāt .. .. 67 ..

> went outside immediately, without the command of Viśveśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.138)

evaṃ kāśyāṃ praviśyāpi pāpī dharmānuṣaṃgataḥ ..

> Thus, even upon entering Kāśī, a sinner who merely clings to piety \[externally\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.139)

na kṣetraphalamāpnoti bahirbhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. 68 ..

> does not obtain the fruit of the sacred field, \[and\] is cast out that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.140)

tasmādviśveśvarājñaiva kāśīvāse'tra kāraṇam ..

> Therefore, the command of Viśveśvara alone is the cause for dwelling here in Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.141)

asiśca varaṇā yatra kṣetrarakṣākṛtau kṛte .. 69 ..

> Where the Asi and Varaṇā were established to protect the sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.142)

vārāṇasīti vikhyātā tadārabhya mahāmune ..

> from that time forth, O great sage, it became known as Vārāṇasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.143)

aseśca varaṇāyāśca saṃgamaṃ prāpya kāśikā .. 4.1.30.70 ..

> Reaching the confluence of the Asi and the Varaṇā, Kāśī is \[so named\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.144)

vārāṇasīha karuṇāmayadivyamūrtirutsṛjya yatra tu tanuṃ tanubhṛtsukhena ..

> Vārāṇasī is here an embodiment of compassion and divine form; having cast off the body here with ease,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.145)

viśveśadṛṅmahasi yatsahasā praviśya rūpeṇa tāṃ vitanutāṃ padavīṃ dadhāti .. 71 ..

> a embodied being enters at once into the splendor of the sight of Viśveśa, and by that form assumes that state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.146)

jāto mṛto bahuṣu tīrthavareṣu re tvaṃ jaṃto na jātu tava śāṃtirabhūnnimajya ..

> 'O creature, born and dead in many supreme sacred fords, by plunging into them you never found peace;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.147)

vārāṇasī nigadatīha mṛto'mṛtatvaṃ prāpyādhunā mama balātsmaraśāsanaḥ syāḥ .. 72 ..

> dead here, you attain immortality and become by my power the Chastiser of Smara \[Śiva\]'—thus speaks Vārāṇasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.148)

anyatra tīrtha salile patitodvijanmā devādibhāvamayate na tathā tu kāśyām ..

> Elsewhere, a twice-born fallen into the waters of a sacred ford attains the state of a god and the like, but not so in Kāśī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.149)

citraṃ yadatra patitaḥ punarutthitiṃ na prāpnoti pulkasajanopi kimagra janmā .. 73 ..

> how marvelous that one who falls here never rises again—even an outcaste, to say nothing of the first-born \[brahmin\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.150)

naiṣā purī saṃsṛtirūpapārāvārasya pāraṃ purahā purāriḥ ..

> This is no mere city, \[but\] the far shore of the ocean of transmigration, \[established by\] the Destroyer of the Cities, the Enemy of Tripura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.151)

yasyāṃ paraṃ pauruṣamarthamicchansiddhiṃ nayetpauraparaṃparāṃsaḥ .. 74 ..

> in which He, desiring the supreme purpose of human existence, leads the lineage of citizens to perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.152)

tīrthāṃtarāṇi manujaḥ parito'vagāhya hitvā tanuṃ kaluṣitāṃ divi daivataṃ syāt ..

> Bathing all over in other sacred fords, a person, casting off a defiled body, might become a divinity in heaven;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.153)

vārāṇasīparisare tu visṛjya dehaṃ saṃdehabhāgbhavati dehadaśāptayepi .. 75 ..

> but shedding the body in the precincts of Vārāṇasī, one becomes free of doubt even concerning the attainment of another bodily state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.154)

vārāṇasī samarasīkaraṇādṛtepi yogādayogijanatāṃ janatāpahaṃtrī ..

> Even without the harmonization \[of breath\], Vārāṇasī—dispeller of the torment of living beings—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.155)

tattārakaṃ śravaṇagocaratāṃ nayaṃtī tadbahmadarśayati yena punarbhavo na .. 76 ..

> brings to the hearing of people devoid of yoga that rescuing \[formula\], and reveals that Brahman whereby there is no rebirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.156)

vārāṇasī parisare tanumiṣṭadātrīṃ dharmārthakāmanilayāmahahāvisṛjya ..

> Alas, having cast aside in the precincts of Vārāṇasī the body that grants desires, the abode of dharma, wealth, and desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.157)

iṣṭaṃ padaṃ kimapi hṛṣṭatarobhilaṣya lābhostumūlamapi no yadavāpa śūnyam .. 77 ..

> and exceedingly delighted in longing for some desired station, what void did one attain where even the principal was lost instead of gain!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.158)

āḥkāśivāsijanatā nanu vaṃcitābhūdbhāle vilocanavatāvanitārdhabhājā ..

> Ah, the people dwelling in Kāśī were surely tricked by the One with an eye on his forehead and half a woman's body!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.159)

ādāya yatsandhyakṛtabhājanamiṣṭadehaṃ nirvāṇamātramapavarjayatāpunarbhu .. 78 ..

> Taking away the cherished body, the vessel made for the twilights, he gives only release that leaves no rebirth!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.160)

vārāṇasī sphuradasīmaguṇaikabhūmiryatra sthitāstanubhṛtaḥśaśibhṛtprabhāvāt ..

> Vārāṇasī is the sole ground of radiant, boundless virtues, where embodied souls, by the power of the Moon-crested,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.161)

sarve gale garalino'kṣiyujo lalāṭe vāmārdhavāmatanavo'tanavastatoṃ'te .. 79 ..

> all have poison in their throats, an eye on their foreheads, a woman's slender form in their left half, and at last \[become\] bodiless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.162)

ānaṃdakānanamidaṃ sukhadaṃ puraiva tattrāpi cakrasarasī maṇikarṇikā'tha..

> This Forest of Bliss \[Ānandakānana\] was already bestower of joy of old, and there too is the disc-pool Maṇikarṇikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.163)

svaḥ siṃdhusaṃgatiratho paramāspadaṃ ca viśveśituḥ kimiha tanna vimuktaye yat.. 4.1.30.80..

> and then the union with the celestial river \[Gaṅgā\], and the supreme abode of the Lord of the Universe—what is there here that is not for liberation?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.164)

vārāṇasīha varaṇāsi saridvariṣṭhā saṃbhedakhedajananī dyunadī lasacchrīḥ ..

> Vārāṇasī here has the Varaṇā and the Asi, best of rivers, generating sorrow at their confluence, and the celestial river endowed with radiant beauty;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.165)

viśrāmabhūmiracalā'malamokṣalakṣmyāhaināṃ vihāya kimusīdati mūḍhajaṃtuḥ .. 81 ..

> she is the steadfast resting ground of the pure fortune of liberation; leaving her, why does the foolish creature suffer?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.166)

kiṃ vismṛtaṃ tvahahagarbhajamāmanasyaṃ kārtāṃtadūtakṛtabaṃdhana tāḍanaṃ ca ..

> Alas, have you forgotten the misery born of the womb, and the binding and beating inflicted by the messengers of Death?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.167)

śaṃbhoranugraha parigraha labhya kāśīṃ mūḍho vihāya kimu yāti karastha muktim .. 82 ..

> Leaving Kāśī, which is obtained by receiving the grace of Śambhu, why does the fool abandon liberation held right in his hand?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.168)

tīrthāṃtarāṇi kaluṣāṇi harati sadyaḥ śreyo dadatyapi bahu tridivaṃ nayaṃti ..

> Other sacred fords instantly remove sins, bestow much auspiciousness, and lead to heaven;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.169)

pānāvagāhanavidhānatanuprahāṇairvārāṇasī tu kurute bata mūlanāśam..83 ..

> but Vārāṇasī, through drinking, immersion, rituals, and the abandonment of the body, destroys \[transmigration\] at its very root!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.170)

kāśīpurī parisare maṇikarṇikāyāṃ tyaktvā tanuṃ tanubhṛtastanumāpnuvaṃti ..

> Casting off the body at Maṇikarṇikā in the precincts of the city of Kāśī, embodied souls attain a form  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.171)

bhāle vilocanavatīṃ galanīlalakṣmīṃ vāmārdhabaṃdhuravadhūṃ vidhurāvarodhāḥ .. 84 ..

> possessing an eye on the forehead, the blue splendour on the throat, a charming wife in the left half, freed from all confinement.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.172)

jñātvā prabhāvamatulaṃ maṇikarṇikāyāṃ yaḥ pudgalaṃ tyajati cāśucipūyagaṃdhi ..

> Knowing the matchless power of Maṇikarṇikā, whoever casts off the material body smelling of impure pus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.173)

svātmāvabodhamahasā sahasā militvā kalpāṃtareṣvapi sa naiva pṛthaktvameti .. 85 ..

> swiftly uniting with the light of self-realization, does not attain separateness even across different cosmic eons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.174)

rāgādidoṣaparipūra mano hṛṣīkāḥ kāśīpurīmatuladivyamahāprabhāvām ..

> Those whose mind and senses are filled with faults such as passion, and who consider the city of Kāśī—of matchless, divine, great glory—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.175)

ye kalpayaṃtyaparatīrthasamāṃ samaṃtātte pāpino na saha taiḥ paribhāṣaṇīyam .. 86 ..

> to be equal to other sacred fords on every side: those are sinners; one should not converse with them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.176)

vārāṇasīṃ smaraharapriyarājadhānīṃ tyaktvā kuto vrajasi mūḍha digaṃtareṣu ..

> Leaving Vārāṇasī, the beloved capital of the Slayer of Smara, where are you going in different directions, O fool?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.177)

prāpyāpyajādyasulabhāṃsthiramokṣalakṣmīṃ lakṣmīṃ svabhāvacapalāṃ kimu kāmayethāḥ .. 87 ..

> Having obtained the enduring fortune of liberation, hard even for the Unborn \[Brahmā\] to attain, why would you desire fortune that is fleeting by nature?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.178)

vidyā dhanāni sadanāni gajāśvabhṛtyāḥ srakcaṃdanāni vanitāśca nitāṃta ramyāḥ ..

> Learning, wealth, mansions, elephants, horses, servants, garlands, sandalwood, and utterly enchanting women,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.179)

svargopyagamya iha nodyamabhājipuṃsi vārāṇasītvasulabhā śalabhādimuktiḥ.  
dhātrā dhṛtāni tulayā tulanāmavaituṃ vaikuṃṭhamukhyabhuvanāni ca kāśikā ca ..

> even heaven is not unapproachable in this world for a person endowed with exertion; but Vārāṇasī—where liberation is \[easy\] even for moths—is hard to attain. / Balanced on a scale by the Creator to weigh them: the realms headed by Vaikuṇṭha, and Kāśikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.180)

tānyudyayurlaghutayānyagiyaṃ gurutvāttasthau purīha puruṣārthacatuṣṭayasya .. 89 ..

> those rose up because of their lightness, while this city stayed down by its weight—the city here of the four goals of human life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.181)

kāśī purīmadhivasandrinaronaropihmāropyamāṇaihamānyahavaikarudraḥ ..

> Dwelling in the city of Kāśī, a person, even while being an ordinary human, is raised to become a unique Rudra here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.182)

nānopasargajanisargajaduḥkhabhāraiḥkarmāpanudyasaviśetparameśadhāmni .. 4.1.30.90 ..

> dispelling his past deeds through the burdens of afflictions born of diverse obstacles and natural circumstances, he enters the abode of the Supreme Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.183)

sthirāpāyaṃ kāyaṃ jananamaraṇakleśanilayaṃ vihāyāsyāṃ kāśyāmahahaparigṛhṇīta na kutaḥ ..

> Leaving the body subject to constant decay, the dwelling-place of the pains of birth and death, why, alas, does not  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.184)

vapustejorūpaṃ sthirataraparānaṃdasadanaṃ vimūḍho'sau jaṃtuḥ sphuṭitamivakāṃmyaṃ vinimayan .. 91 ..

> that foolish creature accept in this Kāśī a form made of light, the abode of steadfast, supreme bliss, \[rather than\] exchanging it like a cracked earthen vessel?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.185)

aho lokaḥ śokaṃ kimiha sahate haṃtahatadhīrvipadbhāraiḥ sārairniyatanidhanairdhvasita dhanaiḥ ..

> Ah! Why does the world suffer grief here, its intellect ruined, alas! / weighed down by burdens of misfortune, having essence \[only in\] constant destruction, its wealth ruined,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.186)

kṣitau satyāṃ kāśyāṃ kathayati śivo yatra nidhane śrutau kiṃcidbhūyaḥ praviśati na yenodaradarīm .. 92 ..

> when there is Kāśī on earth, where at death Śiva utters \[something\] into the ear, / by which \[a soul\] no longer enters the cave of a womb? 92  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.187)

kāśivāsinijane vanecaredvitribhujyapi samīrabhojane ..

> Among those dwelling in Kāśī, whether one is a forester, eats twice or thrice \[a day\], or lives on wind alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.188)

svairacāriṇi jiteṃdriyepyaho kāśivāsini jane viśiṣṭatā .. 93 ..

> whether one acts willfully or has mastered the senses—ah, preeminence belongs to the person who dwells in Kāśī! 93  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.189)

nāstīha duṣkṛtakṛtāṃ sukṛtātmanāṃ vā kācidviśeṣagatiraṃtakṛtāṃ hi kāśyām ..

> Here in Kāśī, there is no different destination for those who commit evil deeds or for virtuous souls when they meet their end;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.190)

bījāni karmajanitāni yadūṣarāyāṃ nāṃkūraṃyati haradṛgjvalitāniteṣām .. 94 ..

> for in this barren ground, the seeds born of their actions / do not sprout, burned by the gaze of Hara. 94  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.191)

śaśakā maśakā bakāḥ śukāḥ kalaviṃkāśca vṛkāḥ sajaṃbukāḥ ..

> Rabbits, mosquitoes, herons, parrots, sparrows, wolves, along with jackals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.192)

turagoraga vānarānarā girije kāśimṛtāḥ parāmṛtam .. 95 ..

> horses, serpents, monkeys, and men, O daughter of the mountain, who die in Kāśī, attain supreme immortality. 95  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.193)

arudrarudrākṣaphaṇīṃdrabhūṣaṇāstripuṃḍracaṃdrārdhadharādharāgatāḥ ..

> Though not Rudras, adorned with rudrākṣas and king-serpents, bearing the tripuṇḍra and the crescent moon, descended to the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.194)

niraṃtaraṃ kāśinivāsinojanā girīṃdraje pāriṣadā matā mama .. 96 ..

> the people who dwell continuously in Kāśī, O daughter of the king of mountains, are considered my attendants. 96  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.195)

yāvaṃta eva nivasaṃti ca jaṃtavo'tra kāśyāṃ jalasthalacarā jhaṣajaṃbukādyāḥ ..

> As many living beings as dwell here in Kāśī, moving in water or on land, beginning with fish and jackals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.196)

tāvaṃta eva madanugraha rudradehā dehāvasānamadhigamya mayi praviṣṭāḥ .. 97 ..

> so many, by my grace having Rudra-bodies, having reached the end of the body, enter into me. 97  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.197)

ye tu varṣeṣavorudrā divi devi prakīrtitāḥ ..

> And the Rudras who have arrows of rain, proclaimed in heaven, O goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.198)

vāteṣavoṃ'tarikṣe ye ye bhuvyanneṣavaḥ priye .. 98 ..

> those who have arrows of wind in the atmosphere, and those on earth who have arrows of food, O dear one; 98  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.199)

rudrā daśa daśa prācyavācī pratyagudaksthitāḥ ..

> the ten Rudras each residing in the east, south, west, and north,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.30.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.30.200)

ūrdhvadiksthāśca ye rudrāḥ paṭhyaṃte vedavādibhiḥ .. 99 ..

> and those Rudras residing in the upper direction, who are recited by the expounders of the Veda; 99  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.30.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.18.3) — Sanskrit

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