[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) › 4.32 # Skandapurana 4.32 Skandapurāṇa 4.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.1) .. agastya uvāca .. .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.2) barhiyāna samācakṣva harikeśasamudbhavam .. > O peacock-rider, explain the origin of Harikeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.3) kosau kasya sutaḥ śrīmānkīdṛgasya tapo mahat .. 1 .. > Who was he? Whose son was this illustrious one? Of what sort was his great austerity? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.4) kathaṃ ca devadevasya priyatvaṃ samupeyivān .. > And how did he attain dearness to the god of gods? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.5) kāśīvāsijanīnobhūtkathaṃ vā daṃḍanāyakaḥ .. 2 .. > Or how did he become a benefactor of the dwellers in Kāśī, and the Chief of the Rod? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.6) etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ prasādaṃ kuru me vibho .. > I wish to hear this; grant me your grace, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.7) annadatvaṃ ca saṃprāptaḥ kathameṣa mahāmatiḥ .. 3 .. > And how did this wise one attain the state of the giver of food? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.8) saṃbhramo vibhramaścobhau kathaṃ tadanugāminau .. > How are both Saṃbhrama and Vibhrama his followers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.9) vibhrāṃtikāriṇau kṣetravairiṇāṃ sarvadā nṛṇām .. 4 .. > always causing delusion to men who are enemies of the sacred field? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.10) .. skaṃda uvāca .. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.11) samyagāpṛcchi bhavatā kāśīvāsisamāhitam .. > Properly have you asked, O jar-born one, O brahmin seer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.12) kuṃbhasaṃbhava viprarṣe daṃḍapāṇi kathānakam .. 5 .. > the story of Daṇḍapāṇi, which brings welfare to the residents of Kāśī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.13) yadākarṇya naraḥ prājña kāśīvāsasya yatphalam .. > hearing which, O wise one, a man attains without obstacle > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.14) niṣpratyūhaṃ tadāpnoti viśvabhartturanugrahāt .. 6 .. > that fruit of dwelling in Kāśī, through the grace of the Sustainer of the Universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.15) ratnabhadra iti khyātaḥ parvate gaṃdhamādane .. > On Mount Gandhamādana, there was of old a highly righteous yakṣa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.16) yakṣaḥ sukṛtalakṣaśrīḥ purā parama dhārmikaḥ .. 7 .. > renowned as Ratnabhadra, possessed of the splendour of a hundred thousand virtuous deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.17) pūrṇabhadraṃ sutaṃ prāpya so'bhūtpūrṇamanorathaḥ .. > Having obtained a son, Pūrṇabhadra, he was one whose wishes were fulfilled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.18) vayaścaramamāsādya bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ .. 8 .. > Having reached the final stage of life and enjoyed numerous worldly pleasures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.19) śāṃbhavenātha yogena dehamutsṛjya pārthivam .. > casting off the earthly body through Śāmbhava yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.20) āsasādāśavaṃ śāṃtaṃ śāṃtasarveṃdriyārthakaḥ .. 9 .. > having calmed all objects of the senses, he attained the tranquil \[abode of\] Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.21) pitaryuparateso'tha pūrṇabhadro mahāyaśāḥ .. > When his father had passed away, then the highly renowned Pūrṇabhadra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.22) sukṛtopāttavibhava bhavasaṃbhogabhuktibhāk .. 4.1.32.10 .. > enjoying the worldly experiences and wealth acquired through good deeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.23) sarvānmanorathām̐llebhe vinā svargaikasādhanam .. > obtained all desires, except the sole means to heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.24) gārhasthyāśrama nepathyaṃ pathyaṃ paitāmahaṃ mahat .. 11 .. > the great, wholesome, ancestral ornament of the householder's stage of life— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.25) saṃsāratāpasaṃtaptāvayavāmṛtasīkaram .. > offspring, a spray of nectar for the limbs tormented by the heat of saṃsāra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.26) apatyaṃ patatāṃ potaṃ bahukleśamahārṇave .. 12 .. > a boat for those falling into the great ocean of many afflictions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.27) pūrṇabhadro'tha saṃvīkṣya maṃdiraṃ sarvasuṃdaram .. > Then Pūrṇabhadra, seeing his palace, beautiful in every way, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.28) tadbālakomalālāpa vikalaṃ tyaktamaṃgalam.. 13 .. > destitute of auspiciousness because it lacked the tender prattle of a child, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.29) śūnyaṃ daridrahṛdiva jīrṇāraṇyamivāthavā .. > empty like the heart of a poor man, or like a decayed forest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.30) pāṃthavatprāṃtaramiva khinno'tīvānapatyavān .. 14 .. > like a wilderness to a traveller, was extremely distressed at being childless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.31) āhūya gṛhiṇī so'tha yakṣaḥ kanakakuṃḍalām .. > Then, having summoned his wife, Kanakakuṇḍalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.32) uvāca yakṣiṇīṃ śreṣṭhāṃ pūrṇabhadro ghaṭodbhava .. 15 .. > that yakṣa Pūrṇabhadra spoke to that excellent yakṣiṇī, O jar-born one: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.33) na harmyaṃ sukhadaṃ kāṃte darpaṇodarasuṃdaram .. > "A palace does not give pleasure, O beloved, though beautiful like the surface of a mirror, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.34) muktā gavākṣasubhagaṃ caṃdrakāṃtaśilājiram .. 16 .. > charming with latticed windows of pearl, having a courtyard of moonstone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.35) padmarāgeṃdranīlārcirarcitāṭṭālakaṃ kvaṇat .. > whose attics are adorned with the lustre of rubies and sapphires, echoing \[with sounds\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.36) vidrumastaṃbhaśobhāḍhyaṃ sphuratsphaṭikakuḍyavat .. 17 .. > abounding in the beauty of coral pillars, possessing gleaming crystal walls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.37) preṃkhatpatākānikaraṃ maṇimāṇikyamālitam.. > with a multitude of fluttering banners, garlanded with gems and rubies, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.38) kṛṣṇāgurumahādhūpa bahulāmodamoditam .. 18 .. > delightful with the abundant fragrance of the great incense of black agallochum, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.39) anarghyāsanasaṃyuktaṃ cāruparyaṃkabhūṣitam .. > furnished with priceless seats, adorned with lovely couches, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.40) ramyārgalakapāṭāḍhyaṃ dukūlacchannamaṃḍapam .. 19 .. > endowed with charming bolted door-leaves, its pavilions covered with fine silk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.41) suramyaratiśālāḍhyaṃ vājirājivirājitam .. > rich in delightful pleasure-chambers, resplendent with rows of horses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.42) dāsadāsīśatākīrṇaṃ kiṃkiṇīnādanāditam .. 4.1.32.20 .. > crowded with hundreds of male and female servants, ringing with the sound of tinkling bells, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.43) nūpurārāvasotkaṃṭha kekikekāravākulam .. > filled with the calls of peacocks eager for the sound of anklets, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.44) kūjatpārāvata kulaṃ gurusārīkathāvaram .. 21 .. > with flocks of cooing pigeons, and excellent conversations of venerable maina birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.45) khelanmarālayugalaṃ jīvaṃ jīvakakāṃtimat .. > with sporting pairs of swans, possessing the splendour of jīvañjīvaka birds— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.46) mālyāhūta dvirephāṇāṃ maṃjuguṃjāravāvṛtam .. 22 .. > resounding with the sweet humming of bees attracted by garlands, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.47) karpūraiṇa madāmoda sodarānilavījitam .. > fanned by breezes kindred to the fragrance of camphor and musk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.48) krīḍāmarkaṭadaṃṣṭrāgrī kṛtamāṇikyadāḍimam .. 23 .. > where pomegranates of ruby were seized by the fangs of pet monkeys, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.49) dāḍimībījasaṃbhrāṃtaśukatuṃḍāttamauktikam .. > and pearls were snatched by the beaks of parrots mistaking them for pomegranate seeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.50) dhanadhānyasamṛddhaṃ ca padmālayamivāparam .. 24 .. > abounding in wealth and grain, like a second abode of Padmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.51) kamalāmodagarbhaṃ ca garbharūpaṃ vinā priye .. > and filled with the fragrance of lotuses. Yet, O dear one, without an embodiment of our lineage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.52) garbharūpamukhaṃ prekṣye kathaṃ kanakakuḍale .. 25 .. > how can I look upon an infant's face, O Kanakakuṇḍalā? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.53) yadyupāyo'sti tadbrūhi dhigaputrasya jīvitam .. > If there is any means, speak of it; fie upon the life of a sonless man! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.54) sarvaśūnyamivābhāti gṛhametadanaṃgajam .. 26 .. > Bereft of an offspring, this house appears entirely empty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.55) dhigetatsaudhasauṃdaryaṃ dhigetaddhanasaṃcayam .. > Fie upon the beauty of this mansion; fie upon this accumulation of wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.56) vināpatyaṃ priyatame jīvitaṃ ca dhigāvayoḥ .. 217 .. > and fie upon our life without an offspring, O dearest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.57) pralapaṃtamiva proccaiḥ priyaṃ kanakakuṃḍalā .. > To her beloved who was thus lamenting aloud, Kanakakuṇḍalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.58) babhāṣeṃ'tarviniḥśvasya yakṣiṇī sā pativratā .. 28 .. > that faithful yakṣiṇī wife, sighing inwardly, spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.59) .. kanakakuṃḍalovāca .. .. > Kanakakuṇḍalā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.60) kimarthaṃ khidyase kāṃta jñānavānasi yadbhavān .. > Why are you dejected, beloved, when you are a man of wisdom? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.61) atropāyo'styapatyāptyai visrabdhamavadhāraya .. 29 .. > There is indeed a means to obtain offspring here; listen with confidence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.62) kimudyamavatāṃ puṃsāṃ durlabhaṃ hi carācare .. > What is difficult to attain in the moving and unmoving world for men endowed with effort? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.63) īśvarārpitabuddhīnāṃ sphuṃraṃtyagre manorathāḥ .. 4.1.32.30 .. > For those whose intellect is dedicated to Īśvara, their desires manifest right before them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.64) daivaṃ hetuṃ vadaṃtyevaṃ bhṛśaṃ kāpuruṣāḥ pate .. > Cowards repeatedly proclaim fate to be the cause, O husband; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.65) svayaṃ purākṛtaṃ karma daivaṃ tacca na hītarat ..31.. > that fate is nothing other than deeds performed by oneself in the past. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.66) tataḥ pauruṣamālaṃbya tatkarma pariśāṃtaye .. > Therefore, taking resort to human effort for the pacification of that past karma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.67) īśvaraṃ śaraṇaṃ yāyātsarvakāraṇakāraṇam .. 32 .. > one should take refuge in Īśvara, the cause of all causes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.68) apatyaṃ draviṇaṃ dārā hārā harmya hayā gajāḥ .. > Offspring, wealth, wives, necklaces, mansions, horses, and elephants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.69) sukhāni svargamokṣau ca na dūre śivabhaktitaḥ .. 33 .. > pleasures, heaven, and liberation are not far off through devotion to Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.70) vidhātuḥ śāṃbhavīṃ bhaktiṃ priya sarve manorathāḥ .. > For one who practices devotion to Śambhu, O dear one, all desires > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.71) siddhayoṣṭau gṛhadvāraṃ sevaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 34 .. > and the eight supernatural powers attend at the door of his house; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.72) nārāyaṇopi bhagavānaṃtarātmā jagatpatiḥ .. > Even the blessed lord Nārāyaṇa, the inner Self and protector of the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.73) carācarāṇāmavitā jātaḥ śrīkaṃṭhasevayā .. 35 .. > became the preserver of moving and unmoving beings through the worship of Śrīkaṇṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.74) brahmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭikarttṛtvaṃ dattaṃ tenaiva śaṃbhunā .. > The role of creator was granted to Brahmā by that very Śambhu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.75) iṃdrādayo lokapālā jātā śaṃbhoranugrahāt .. 36 .. > Indra and the other world-guardians attained their stations through Śambhu's grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.76) mṛtyuṃjayaṃ sutaṃ lebhe śilādopyanapatyavān .. > Even the childless Śilāda obtained a death-conquering son; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.77) śvetaketurapi prāpa jīvitaṃ kālapāśataḥ .. 37 .. > even Śvetaketu regained his life from the noose of Death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.78) kṣīrārṇavādhipatitāmupamanyuravāptavān .. > Upamanyu attained the sovereignty over the Ocean of Milk; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.79) aṃdhakopyabhavadbhṛṃgī gāṇapatyapadorjitaḥ .. 38 .. > even Andhaka became Bhṛṅgin, exalted to the rank of leader of the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.80) jigāya śārṅgiṇaṃ saṃkhye dadhīciḥ śaṃbhusevayā .. > Dadhīca defeated the wielder of the Śārṅga bow in battle through the worship of Śambhu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.81) prājāpatyapadaṃ prāpa dakṣaḥ saṃśīlya śaṃkaram.. 39 .. > Dakṣa attained the status of lord of creatures by propitiating Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.82) manorathapathātītaṃ yacca vācāmagocaram.. > Whatever is beyond the reach of desires and unapproachable by speech, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.83) gocaro gocarīkuryāttatpadaṃ kṣaṇato mṛḍaḥ .. 4.1.32.40 .. > Mṛḍa can bring that state within the realm of perception in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.84) anārādhya maheśānaṃ sarvadaṃ sarvadehinām .. > Without worshipping the great Lord, the giver of everything to all embodied beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.85) kopi kvāpi kimapyatra na labheteti niścitam .. 41 .. > no one anywhere can obtain anything in this world; this is certain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.86) tasmātsarvaprayatnena śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja .. > Therefore, with every effort, go for refuge to Śaṃkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.87) yadicchasi priyaṃ putraṃ priyasarvajanīnakam .. 42 .. > if you desire a dear son who is a benefactor to all people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.88) iti śrutvā vacaḥ patnyāḥ pūrṇabhadraḥ sa yakṣarāṭ .. > Hearing this speech of his wife, Pūrṇabhadra, the king of yakṣas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.89) ārādhya śrīmahādevaṃ gītajño gītavidyayā .. 43 .. > skilled in music, worshipped glorious Mahādeva with the art of singing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.90) dinaiḥ katipayaireva paripūrṇamanorathaḥ .. > In only a few days, his wish fully granted, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.91) putrakāmamavāpoccaistasyāṃ patnyāṃ dṛḍhavrataḥ .. 44 .. > firm in his vow, he obtained his longing for a son with that wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.92) nādeśvaraṃ samabhyarcya kaiḥ kairnāpi svaciṃtitam .. > Having worshipped Nādeśvara, by whom indeed has one's heart's desire not been obtained? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.93) tasmātkāśyāṃ prayatnena sevyo nādeśvaro nṛbhiḥ .. 45 .. > Therefore, in Kāśī, Nādeśvara should be worshipped diligently by men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.94) aṃtarvatnyatha kālena tatpatnī suṣuve sutam .. > Then, pregnant in due time, his wife gave birth to a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.95) tasya nāma pitā cakre harikeśa iti dvija .. 46 .. > His father gave him the name Harikeśa, O twice-born one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.96) prītidāyaṃ dadau cātha bhūriputrānanekṣaṇāt .. > Then, beholding the face of his son, he gave immense gifts out of affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.97) pūrṇabhadrastathāgastya hṛṣṭā kanakakuṃḍalā .. 47 .. > Pūrṇabhadra, O Agastya, and Kanakakuṇḍalā rejoiced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.98) bālo'pi pūrṇacaṃdrābha vadano madanopamaḥ .. > The child, whose face was like the full moon and who resembled the god of love, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.99) vṛddhiṃ pratikṣaṇaṃ prāpa śuklapakṣa ivoḍurāṭ .. 48 .. > grew with every moment, like the moon, the king of stars, during the bright fortnight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.100) yadāṣṭavarṣadeśīyo harikeśo'bhavacchiśuḥ .. > When the child Harikeśa was about eight years of age, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.101) nityaṃ tadāprabhṛtyevaṃ śivamekamamanyata .. 49 .. > from that time onward he constantly thought only of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.102) pāṃsukrīḍanasaktopi kuryālliṃgaṃ rajomayam .. > Even while absorbed in playing in the dust, he would fashion a liṅga of sand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.103) śādvalaiḥ komalatṛṇaiḥ pūjayecca sa kautukam .. 4.1.32.50 .. > and eagerly worship it with green, tender grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.104) ākārayati mitrāṇi śivanāmnā'khilāni saḥ .. > He would call all his friends by names of Śiva: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.105) caṃdraśekharabhūteśa mṛtyuṃjaya mṛḍeśvaraḥ .. 51 .. > "Candraśekhara! Bhūteśa! Mṛtyuṃjaya! Mṛḍeśvara!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.106) dhūrjaṭe khaṃḍaparaśo mṛḍānīśa trilocana .. > "O Dhūrjaṭi, O Khaṇḍaparaśu, O Lord of Mṛḍānī, O three-eyed one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.107) bhargaśaṃbhopaśupate pinākinnugraśaṃkara .. 52 .. > O Bharga, O Śambhu, O Paśupati, O Pināka-bearer, O fierce one, O Śaṃkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.108) śrīkaṃṭhanīlakaṃṭheśa smarāre pārvatīpate .. > O Śrīkaṇṭha, O Nīlakaṇṭha, O Lord, O enemy of Smara, O Lord of Pārvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.109) kapālinbhālanayana śūlapāṇe maheśvara .. 53 .. > O bearer of the skull, O three-eyed one on the forehead, O spear-in-hand, O Maheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.110) ajināṃbaradigvāsaḥ svardhunī klinnamaulija .. > O clad in skin, O space-clad, O hair wet with the celestial river, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.111) virūpākṣāhinepathya gṛṇannāmāvalīmimām .. 54 .. > O Virūpākṣa, O clad in serpents!"—reciting this string of names, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.112) savayaskāniti muhuḥ samāhvayati lālayan .. > he constantly summoned his peers in this manner, fondling them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.113) śabdagrahau na gṛhṇītastasyānyākhyāṃ harādṛte .. 55 .. > His two ears would receive no other name except Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.114) padbhyāṃ na padyate cānyadṛte bhūteśvarājirāt .. > His feet moved nowhere else except to the courtyard of Bhūteśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.115) draṣṭuṃ rūpāṃtaraṃ tasya vīkṣaṇena vicakṣaṇe .. 56 .. > his two discerning eyes \[refused\] to look upon any other form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.116) rasayettasya rasanā haranāmākṣarāmṛtam.. > His tongue would savor only the nectar of the syllables of Hara's name; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.117) śivāṃghrikamalāmodādghrāṇaṃ naiva jighṛkṣati .. 57 .. > his nose would take delight in nothing other than the fragrance of Śiva's lotus feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.118) karau tatkautukakarau mano manati nāparam .. > His two hands were occupied only in rites for Him; his mind thought of nothing else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.119) śivasātkṛtyapeyāni pīyate tena saddhiyā .. 58 .. > All drinks, having been offered to Śiva, were drunk by him with pure intellect; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.120) bhakṣyate sarvabhakṣyāṇi tryakṣapratyakṣagānyapi .. > all foods were eaten only after being presented before the three-eyed Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.121) sarvāvasthāsu sarvatra na sa paśyecchivaṃ vinā .. 59 .. > In all states and everywhere, he would see nothing without Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.122) gacchangāyansvapaṃstiṣṭhañcchayāno'danpibannapi .. > Walking, singing, sleeping, standing, lying down, eating, and even drinking, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.123) paritastryakṣamaikṣiṣṭa nānyaṃ bhāvaṃ ciketi saḥ .. 4.1.32.60 .. > he looked upon the three-eyed Lord all around; he recognized no other condition of being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.124) kṣaṇadāsu prasuptopi kva yāsīti vadanmuhuḥ .. > Even while asleep at night, repeatedly saying, "Where are you going? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.125) kṣaṇaṃ tryakṣa pratīkṣasva budhyatīti sa bālakaḥ .. 61 .. > O three-eyed Lord, wait a moment!", that boy would awaken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.126) spaṣṭāṃ ceṣṭāṃ vilokyeti harikeśasya tatpitā .. > Seeing such obvious behavior of Harikeśa, his father > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.127) aśikṣayatsutaṃ so'tha gṛhakarmarato bhava .. 62 .. > then instructed his son: "Devote yourself to household duties! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.128) ete turaṃgamā vatsa tavaite'śvakiśo rakāḥ .. > These horses, my child, are yours, and these colts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.129) citrāṇīmāni vāsāṃsi sudukūlānyamūni ca .. 63 .. > these are manifold garments and these fine silk cloths; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.130) ratnānyākaraśuddhāni nānājātīnyanekaśaḥ .. > these are jewels purified from the mine, of many diverse kinds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.131) kupyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ caitadgodhanāni mahāṃti ca ..64.. > this is base metal of many varieties, and immense herds of cattle; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.132) amatrāṇi mahārhāṇi raupya kāṃsyamayāni ca .. > these are precious vessels made of silver and bronze; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.133) paṇanīyāni vastūni nānādeśodbhavānyapi .. 65 .. > these are trade goods produced in various lands; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.134) cāmarāṇi vicitrāṇi gaṃdhadravyāṇyanekaśaḥ .. > these are manifold fly-whisks, and fragrant substances of many kinds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.135) etānyanyāni bahuśastvaneke dhānyarāśayaḥ .. 66 .. > these and many other things, and abundant heaps of grain: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.136) etattvadīyaṃ sakalaṃvastujātaṃ samaṃtataḥ .. > all this collection of wealth around us is yours. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.137) arthopārjanavidyāśca sarvāḥ śikṣasva putraka .. 67 .. > Learn all the arts of acquiring wealth, my son! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.138) ceṣṭāstyaja daridrāṇāṃ dhūlidhūsariṇāmamūḥ .. > Abandon these practices of beggars who are smeared with dust! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.139) abhyasyavidyāḥ sakalā bhogānnirviśya cottamān .. 68 .. > Having learned all sciences and having enjoyed the finest pleasures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.140) tāṃ daśāṃ caramāṃ prāpya bhaktiyogaṃ tataścara .. > and then having reached that final stage of life, practice devotion!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.141) asakṛcchikṣitaḥ pitretyavamanya gurorgiram.. 69 .. > Though repeatedly instructed in this way by his father, disregarding the elder's words, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.142) ruṣṭadṛṣṭiṃ ca janakaṃ kadācidavalokya saḥ .. > and once observing his father's angry gaze, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.143) nirjagāma gṛhādbhīto harikeśa udāradhīḥ .. 4.1.32.70 .. > the noble-minded Harikeśa left home in fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.144) tataściṃtāmavāpoccairdigbhrāṃtimapi cāptavān .. > Then he fell into deep anxiety, and even became disoriented in all directions: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.145) aho bāliśabuddhitvātkutastyaktaṃ gṛhaṃ mayā .. 71 .. > "Alas! Out of childish foolishness, why did I leave home? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.146) kva yāmi kva sthite śaṃbho mama śreyo bhaviṣyati .. > Where shall I go? Where remaining, O Śambhu, will my welfare be secured? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.147) pitrā nirvāsitaścāhaṃ na ca vedmyatha kiṃcana .. 72 .. > I have been driven away by my father, and I know nothing at all." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.148) iti śrutaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ piturutsaṃgavartinā .. > \[Then he reflected:\] "Thus was clearly heard by me previously, as I sat on my father's lap, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.149) gadatastātapurataḥ kasyacidvacanaṃ sphuṭam .. 73 .. > from the speech of someone speaking before my father: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.150) mātrā pitrā parityaktā ye tyaktā nijabaṃdhubhiḥ .. > 'For those abandoned by mother and father, those abandoned by their own kinsmen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.151) yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ .. 74 .. > for those who have no refuge anywhere—Vārāṇasī is their refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.152) jarayā paribhūtā ye ye vyādhivikalīkṛtāḥ .. > For those overcome by old age, those afflicted by disease, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.153) yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ .. 75 .. > for those who have no refuge anywhere—Vārāṇasī is their refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.154) pade pade samākrāṃtā ye vipadbhiraharniśam .. > For those who are beset at every step by calamities day and night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.155) yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃvārāṇasī gatiḥ .. 76 .. > for those who have no refuge anywhere—Vārāṇasī is their refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.156) pāparāśibhirākrāṃtā ye dāridrya parājitāḥ .. > For those overwhelmed by heaps of sins, those defeated by poverty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.157) yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ .. 77 .. > for those who have no refuge anywhere—Vārāṇasī is their refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.158) saṃsāra bhayabhītāya ye ye baddhāḥ karmabaṃdhanaiḥ .. > For those terrified of the fear of worldly existence, those bound by the bonds of action, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.159) yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ .. 78 .. > for those who have no refuge anywhere—Vārāṇasī is their refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.160) śrutismṛtivihīnā ye śaucācāravivarjitāḥ .. > For those devoid of Śruti and Smṛti, those bereft of purity and proper conduct, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.161) yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ .. 79 .. > for those who have no refuge anywhere—Vārāṇasī is their refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.162) ye ca yogaparibhraṣṭāstapo dāna vivarjitāḥ .. > And for those fallen from yoga, those devoid of austerities and gifts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.163) yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ .. 4.1.32.80 .. > for those who have no refuge anywhere—Vārāṇasī is their refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.164) madhye baṃdhujane yeṣāmapamānaṃ pade pade .. > For those who face humiliation at every step among their kinsmen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.165) teṣāmānaṃdadaṃ caikaṃ śaṃbhorānaṃdakānanam ..81.. > Śambhu's Ānandakānana alone gives bliss.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.166) ānaṃdakānane yeṣāṃ rucirvai vasatāṃ satām .. > For the virtuous whose desire is to dwell in the Ānandakānana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.167) viśveśānugṛhītānāṃ teṣāmānaṃdajodayaḥ .. 82 .. > favoured by the Lord of All, the dawn of bliss arises. // 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.168) bharjyate karmabījāni yatra viśveśavahninā .. > Where the seeds of karma are roasted by the fire of the Lord of All, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.169) ato mahāśmaśānaṃ tadagatīnāṃ parā gatiḥ .. 83 .. > that is therefore the Great Cremation Ground, the supreme resort of the shelterless. // 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.170) harikeśo vicāryeti yāto vārāṇasīṃ purīm .. > Reflecting thus, Harikeśa went to the city of Vārāṇasī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.171) yatrāvimukte jaṃtūnāṃ tyajatāṃ pārthivīṃ tanum .. 84 .. > where, in Avimukta, for living beings casting off an earthly body, // 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.172) punarno tanusaṃbaṃdhastanudveṣiprasādataḥ .. > there is no further bond of the flesh, by the grace of the Enemy of the Bodily \[Kāma\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.173) ānaṃdavanamāsādya sa tapaḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ .. 85 .. > Reaching the Ānandavana, he took refuge in austerity. // 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.174) atha kālāṃtare śaṃbhuḥ praviśyānaṃdakānamam .. > Then, after a time, Śambhu entered the Ānandakānana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.175) pārvatyai darśayāmāsa nijamākrīḍakānanam .. 86 .. > and showed his pleasure-grove to Pārvatī: // 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.176) amaṃdāmodamaṃdāraṃ kovidārapariṣkṛtam .. > Adorned with kovidāra and mandāra of abundant fragrance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.177) cārucaṃpakacūtāḍhyaṃ protphullanavamallikam .. 87 .. > rich in lovely campaka and mango trees, with blossoming fresh mallikā, // 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.178) vikasanmālatījālaṃ karavīravirājitam .. > with expanding clusters of mālatī, radiant with oleander, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.179) prasphuṭatketakivanaṃ prodyatkurabakorjitam .. 88 .. > with groves of burst-open ketakī, strengthened by rising kurabaka, // 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.180) jṛṃbhadvicakilāmodaṃ lasatkaṃkelipallavam.. > exuding the scent of opening vicakila, with gleaming aśoka sprouts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.181) navamallīparimalākṛṣṭaṣaṭpadanāditam .. 89 .. > resounding with bees drawn by the scent of fresh mallī, // 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.182) puṣpyapunnāganikaraṃ bakulāmodamoditam .. > with groves of blossoming punnāga, delighted with the fragrance of bakula, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.183) medasvipāṭalāmoda sadāmodita diṅmukham .. 4.1.32.90 .. > with the quarters of the sky ever gladdened by the rich perfume of pāṭalā, // 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.184) bahuśolaṃbirolaṃba mālāmālitabhūtalam .. > its ground garlanded with many clinging garlands of bees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.185) calaccaṃdanaśākhāgra ramamāṇapi kākulam .. 91 .. > crowded with cuckoos delighting on moving sandalwood boughs, // 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.186) guruṇā'guruṇāmatta bhadrajātivihaṃgamam .. > its noble birds intoxicated by abundant agallochum, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.187) nāgakesaraśākhāstha śālabhaṃji vinoditam .. 92 .. > delighted by bracket-figures perched upon branches of nāgakesara, // 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.188) merutuṃga namerusthacchāyākrīḍitakiṃnaram .. > with Kinnaras playing in the shade of nameru trees lofty as Mount Meru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.189) kiṃnarīmithunodgītaṃ gānavacchukakiṃśukam .. 93 .. > its parrots and kiṃśukas echoing the songs sung by Kinnara couples, // 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.190) kadaṃbānāṃ kadaṃbeṣu guṃjadrolaṃbayugmakam .. > with pairs of bees buzzing amid thickets of kadamba trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.191) jitasauvarṇavarṇocca karṇikāravirājitam .. 94 .. > radiant with tall karṇikāra blossoms surpassing the color of gold, // 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.192) śālatālatamālālī hiṃtālī lakucāvṛtam .. > covered with śāla, tāla, tamāla, hintāla, and lakuca trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.193) lasatsaptacchadāmodaṃ kharjūrīrājirājitam .. > shining with the scent of saptacchada, splendid with rows of date-palms, // 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.194) nārikela tarucchanna nāraṃgīrāgaraṃjitam .. 95 .. > canopied by coconut trees, tinted with the hue of oranges, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.195) phalijaṃbīranikaraṃ madhūkamadhupākulam .. > crowded with clusters of fruit-bearing limes and bees around madhūka trees, // 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.196) śālmalī śītalacchāyaṃ picumaṃda mahāvanam.. 96 .. > a great forest of neem trees, cool with the shade of śālmali trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.197) madhurāmoda damanacchannaṃ marubanoditam .. > covered with sweet-scented damana, flourishing with marjoram, // 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.198) lavalīlolalīlābhṛnmaṃdamārutalolitam .. 97 .. > stirred by a gentle breeze bearing the playful sport of lavalī creepers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.199) bhillī hallīsakaprīti jhillīrāvavirāviṇam .. > echoing with the chirping of crickets beloved in the hallīsaka dance of Bhil women, // 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.32.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32.200) kvacitsaraḥ parisarakrīḍatkroḍakadaṃbakam .. 98 .. > with herds of wild boars frolicking in places near the edge of the lakes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 369 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.32.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Laukikanyāyasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.later.laukikanyayasamgraha.3.76.6) — Raghunātha Varman 1825, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.32) · Pramāṇa