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> Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.5) ghaṭodbhava mahāprājña śṛṇu pāpapraṇodinīm .. > "O jar-born one of great wisdom, listen to the origin of Jñānavāpī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.6) jñānavāpyāḥ samutpattiṃ kathyamānāṃ mayādhunā ..2.. > which dispels sin, as it is now told by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.7) anādisiddhe saṃsāre purā devayuge mune .. > In the beginningless, established saṃsāra, long ago in the age of the gods, O sage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.8) prāptaḥ kutaścidīśānaścaransvairamitastataḥ .. 3 .. > Īśāna arrived from somewhere, wandering about at his own will, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.9) na varṣaṃti yadābhrāṇi na prāvartaṃta nimragāḥ .. > when clouds did not yet rain, when rivers had not begun to flow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.10) jalābhilāṣo na yadā snānapānādi karmaṇi .. 4 .. > when there was no desire for water for ritual ablution, drinking, and other acts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.11) kṣārasvādūdayoreva yadāsījjaladarśanam .. > when the appearance of water existed only as salt or fresh, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.12) prathivyāṃ narasaṃcāre vatarmāne kvacitkvacit .. 5 .. > and while the movement of human beings was occurring only here and there on the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.13) nirvāṇakamalākṣetraṃ śrīmadānaṃdakānanam .. > \[He reached\] the field of the lotus of nirvāṇa, the glorious Ānandakānana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.14) mahāśmaśānaṃ sarveṣāṃ bījānāṃ paramūṣaram .. 6 .. > the great cremation ground, the supreme sterile ground for all seeds \[of karma\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.15) mahāśayanasuptānāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ pratibodhakam .. > the awakener of living beings asleep in the great slumber, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.16) saṃsārasāgarāvarta patajjaṃtutaraṃḍakam .. 7 .. > the boat for living beings falling into the whirlpool of the ocean of saṃsāra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.17) yātāyātātisaṃkhinna jaṃtuviśrāmamaṃḍapama .. > the resting pavilion for living beings exhausted by coming and going, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.18) anekajanmaguṇita karmasūtracchidākṣuram .. 8.. > the razor that severs the cord of karma multiplied through many births, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.19) saccidānaṃdanilayaṃ parabrahmarasāyanam .. > the abode of existence-consciousness-bliss, the elixir of supreme brahman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.20) sukhasaṃtānajanakaṃ mokṣasādhanasiddhidam .. 9 .. > the producer of a lineage of happiness, bestowing the attainment of the means to liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.21) praviśya kṣetrametatsa īśāno jaṭilastadā .. > Having entered this sacred field, that matted-haired Īśāna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.22) lasattriśūlavimalaraśmijālasamākulaḥ .. 4.1.33.10 .. > pervaded by the pure network of rays of his glittering trident, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.23) āluloke mahāliṃgaṃ vaikuṃṭhaparameṣṭhinoḥ .. > beheld the great liṅga that had manifested in the beginning > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.24) mahāhamahamikāyāṃ prādurāsa yadāditaḥ .. 11 .. > during the great rivalry of Viṣṇu and Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.25) jyotirmayībhirmālābhiḥ paritaḥ pariveṣṭitam .. > surrounded on all sides by luminous garlands > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.26) vṛṃdairvṛṃdārakarṣīṇāṃ gaṇānāṃ ca niraṃtaram .. 12 .. > and constantly by multitudes of divine seers and gaṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.27) siddhānāṃ yogināṃ stomairarcyamānaṃ niraṃtaram .. > unceasingly worshipped by throngs of perfected beings and yogins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.28) gīyamānaṃ ca gaṃdharvaiḥ stūyamānaṃ ca cāraṇaiḥ .. 13 .. > sung of by gandharvas and praised by cāraṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.29) aṃgahārairapsarobhiḥ sevyamānamanekadhā .. > attended in various ways by apsarases with bodily movements, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.30) nīrājyamānaṃ satataṃ nāgībhirmaṇidīpakaiḥ .. 14 .. > continually waved with lamps of jewels by Nāga women, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.31) vidyādharīkinnarībhistrikālaṃ kṛtamaṃḍanam .. > adorned at the three junctures of the day by Vidyādhara and Kinnara women, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.32) amarīcamarīrāji vījyamānamitastataḥ .. 15 .. > and fanned on all sides with rows of yak-tail whisks by goddess-women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.33) asyeśānasya talliṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvecchetyabhavattadā .. > Upon seeing that liṅga, a desire then arose in Īśāna: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.34) snapayāmi mahalliṃgaṃ kalaśaiḥ śītalairjalaiḥ .. 16 .. > 'I shall give a ceremonial bath to the great liṅga with jars of cool water.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.35) cakhāna ca triśūlena dakṣiṇāśopakaṃṭhataḥ .. > And with his trident, near the southern direction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.36) kuṃḍaṃ pracaṃḍavegena rudrorudravapurdharaḥ .. 17 .. > Rudra, bearing a terrible form, dug a pool with vehement speed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.37) pṛthivyāvaraṇāṃbhāṃsi niṣkrāṃtāni tadā mune .. > Then, O sage, the waters enclosing the earth gushed forth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.38) bhūpramāṇāddaśaguṇairyairiyaṃ vasudhāvṛtā .. 18 .. > which envelop this earth tenfold compared to the measure of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.39) tairjalaiḥ snāpayāṃcakre tvatspṛṣṭairanyadehibhiḥ tuṣārairjāḍyavidhurairjaṃjapūkaughahāribhiḥ .. 19 .. > With those waters, untouched by other embodied beings, / icy, banishing dullness, removing multitudes of rebirths, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.40) sanmanobhirivātyacchairanacchairvyomavartmavat .. > extremely clear like the minds of the good, unobstructed like the path of the sky, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.41) jyotsnāvadujjvalacchāyaiḥ pāvanaiḥ śaṃbhunāmavat .. 4.1.33.20 .. > radiant in luster like moonlight, purifying like the name of Śambhu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.42) pīyūṣavatsvādutaraiḥ sukhasparśairgavāṃgavat .. > sweeter than nectar, delightful to the touch like the limbs of cows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.43) niṣpāpadhīvadgaṃbhīraistaralaiḥ pāpiśarmavat .. 21 .. > profound like a sinless intellect, fluctuating like the happiness of a sinner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.44) vijitābjamahāgaṃdhaiḥ pāṭalāmodamodibhiḥ .. > surpassing the great fragrance of lotuses, delighting with the scent of trumpet flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.45) adṛṣṭapūrvalokānāṃ manonayanahāribhiḥ .. 22 .. > captivating the minds and eyes of people who had never seen the like before, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.46) ajñānatāpasaṃtapta prāṇiprāṇaikarakṣibhiḥ .. > the sole protectors of the lives of creatures tormented by the heat of ignorance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.47) paṃcāmṛtānāṃ kalaśaiḥ snapanātiphalapradaiḥ .. 23 .. > with jars of the five nectars, granting boundless fruit through a ceremonial bath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.48) śraddhopasparśi dṛdayaliṃga tritayahetubhiḥ .. > causes of the triad of liṅgas in the heart touched by faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.49) ajñānatimirārkābhairjñānadāna nidāyakaiḥ..24.. > shining like the sun to the darkness of ignorance, bestowers of the gift of knowledge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.50) viśvabharturumāsparśasukhātisukhakāribhiḥ .. > causing the extreme delight of the touch of Umā to the Lord of the Universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.51) mahāvabhṛthasusnāna mahāśuddhividhāyibhiḥ .. 25 .. > performing great purification like the noble ablution of the final sacrificial bath— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.52) sahasradhāraiḥ kalaśaiḥ sa īśāno ghaṭodbhava .. > with jars of a thousand streams, that Īśāna, O jar-born \[Agastya\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.53) sahasrakṛtvaḥ snapayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ .. 26.. > bathed \[him\] a thousand times, his heart completely overjoyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.54) tataḥ prasanno bhagavānviśvātmā viśvalocanaḥ .. > Then, pleased, the Blessed Lord, the Soul of All, the Eye of All, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.55) tamuvāca tadeśānaṃ rudraṃ rudravapurdharam .. 27 .. > spoke to that Īśāna, to Rudra who bore the form of Rudra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.56) tava prasannosmīśāna karmaṇānena suvrata .. > “I am pleased with you, Īśāna, O one of noble vows, by this act, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.57) guruṇānanyapūrveṇa mamātiprītikāriṇā .. 28 .. > weighty, unprecedented, and causing Me extreme delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.58) tatastvaṃ jaṭileśāna varaṃ brūhi tapodhana .. > Therefore, O matted-haired Īśāna, rich in austerity, choose a boon! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.59) adeyaṃ na tavāstyadya mahodyamaparāyaṇa .. 29 .. > There is nothing that cannot be given to you today, O one dedicated to great effort!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.60) .. īśāna uvāca .. .. > Īśāna said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.61) yadi prasanno deveśa varayogyosmyahaṃ yadi .. > “If You are pleased, O Lord of gods, if I am worthy of a boon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.62) tadetadatulaṃ tīrthaṃ tava nāmnāstu śaṃkara .. 4.1.33.30 .. > then let this incomparable sacred ford be named after You, O Śaṃkara!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.63) ..viśveśvara uvāca .. > The Lord of the Universe said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.64) trilokyāṃ yāni tīrthāni bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ sthitānyapi .. > “Whatever sacred fords there are in the three worlds, situated on earth, sky, and heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.65) tebhyokhilebhyastīrthebhyaḥ śivatīrthamidaṃ param .. 31 .. > higher than all those sacred fords is this Śivatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.66) śivajñānamiti brūyuḥ śivaśabdārthaciṃtakāḥ .. > Those who contemplate the meaning of the word ‘Śiva’ say it is the knowledge of Śiva; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.67) tacca jñānaṃ dravībhūtamiha me mahimodayāt .. 32 .. > and that knowledge has become liquefied here through the rising of My majesty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.68) ato jñānoda nāmaitattīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .. > Therefore this sacred ford is celebrated in the three worlds by the name Jñānoda (‘Water of Knowledge’). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.69) asya darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate. .. 33 .. > Merely by the darśana of it, one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.70) jñānodatīrthasaṃsparśādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. > From the touch of the Jñānoda sacred ford, one obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.71) sparśanācamanābhyāṃ ca rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ .. 34 .. > and by touching and sipping \[it\], \[the fruits\] of both the royal consecration and horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.72) phalgutīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya ca pitāmahān .. > Whatever fruit a man obtains having bathed in the Phalgu sacred ford and satisfied his ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.73) yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tadatra śrāddhakarmaṇā .. 35 .. > he obtains that here through the performance of a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.74) gurupuṣyāsitāṣṭamyāṃ vyatīpāto yadā bhavet .. > When a Vyatīpāta yoga occurs on a Thursday during Puṣya on the dark eighth day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.75) tadātra śrāddhakaraṇādgayākoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .. 36 .. > then by performing a śrāddha here, \[the fruit\] becomes ten million times that of Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.76) yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti pitṝnsaṃtarpya puṣkare .. > Whatever fruit one obtains by satisfying the ancestors at Puṣkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.77) tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ jñānatīrthe tilodakaiḥ .. 37 .. > that fruit is multiplied ten million times at the Jñānatīrtha with water and sesame seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.78) sannihatyāṃ kurukṣetre tamograste vivasvati .. > Whatever fruit \[is gained\] by offering rice balls at the Sannihitī in Kurukṣetra when the sun is seized by darkness \[in an eclipse\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.79) yatphalaṃ piṃḍadānena tajjñānode dine dine..38.. > that \[is gained\] day by day at Jñānoda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.80) piṃḍanirvapaṇaṃ yeṣāṃ jñānatīrthe sutaiḥ kṛtam.. > Those ancestors for whom the offering of rice balls is made by their sons at the Jñānatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.81) modaṃte śivaloke te yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 39 .. > rejoice in the world of Śiva until the universal dissolution of creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.82) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāmupavāsī narottamaḥ .. > A best of men who fasts on the eighth and fourteenth days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.83) prātaḥ snātvātha pītāṃbhastvaṃtarliṃgamayo bhavet .. 4.1.33.40 .. > having bathed in the morning and then drunk the water, becomes filled with the inner liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.84) ekādaśyāmupoṣyātra prāśnāti culukatrayam .. > Having fasted here on the eleventh day, if one drinks three mouthfuls of water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.85) hṛdaye tasya jāyaṃte trīṇi liṃgānyasaṃśayam ..41.. > three liṅgas undoubtedly arise in his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.86) īśānatīrthe yaḥ snātvā viśeṣātsomavāsare ... > Whoever bathes in the Īśānatīrtha, especially on a Monday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.87) saṃtarpya devarṣi pitṝndattvā dānama svaśaktitaḥ .. 42 .. > satisfies the gods, seers, and ancestors, and gives gifts according to his means, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.88) tataḥ samarcya śrīliṃgaṃ mahāsaṃbhāravistaraiḥ .. > and then worships the glorious liṅga with extensive offerings and provisions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.89) atrāpi dattvā nānārthānkṛtakṛtyobhavennaraḥ .. 43 .. > giving various riches here as well, that man has fulfilled his purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.90) upāsya saṃdhyāṃ jñānode yatpāpaṃ kālalopajam . kṣaṇena tadapākṛtya jñānavāñjāyate dvijaḥ .. 44 .. > Having performed the twilight devotion at Jñānoda, whatever sin arose from missing the proper time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.91) śivatīrthamidaṃ proktaṃ jñānatīrthamidaṃ śubham .. > wiping it away in an instant, a twice-born becomes endowed with knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.92) tārakākhyamidaṃ tīrthaṃ mokṣatīrthamidaṃ dhuvam .. 45 .. > This is declared to be Śivatīrtha; this is the auspicious Jñānatīrtha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.93) smaraṇādapi pāpaugho jñānodasya kṣayeddhruvam .. > this is the sacred ford called Tāraka; this is certainly the sacred ford of liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.94) darśanātsparśanātsnānātpānāddharmādisaṃbhavaḥ .. 46 .. > Even from the mere remembrance of Jñānoda, the mass of sins is surely destroyed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.95) ḍākinīśākinī bhūtapretavetālarākṣasāḥ .. > from darśana, touching, bathing, and drinking, the arising of righteousness and the rest occurs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.96) grahāḥ kūṣmāṃḍajhoṭiṃgāḥ kālakarṇī śiśugrahāḥ .. 47 .. > Ḍākinīs, Śākinīs, spirits, ghosts, vetālas, rākṣasas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.97) jvarāpasmāravisphoṭadvitīyakacaturthakāḥ .. > seizers, kūṣmāṇḍas, jhoṭiṅgas, Kālakarṇī, child-seizers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.98) sarve praśamamāyāṃti śivartārthajalekṣaṇāt.. .. 48 .. > all come to complete pacification from beholding the water of the sacred ford of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.99) jñānodatīrthapānīyairliṃgaṃ yaḥ snāpayetsudhīḥ .. > The wise person who bathes a liṅga with the waters of the sacred ford Jñānoda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.100) sarvatīrthodakaistena dhruvaṃ saṃsnāpitaṃ bhavet .. 49 .. > has certainly bathed it with the waters of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.101) jñānarūpoha mevātra dravamūrtiṃ vidhāya ca .. > I myself, whose nature is knowledge, having assumed a liquid form here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.102) jāḍyavidhvaṃsanaṃ kuryāṃ kuryāṃ jñānopadeśanam .. 4.1.33.50 .. > shall destroy dullness and impart instruction in wisdom." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.103) iti dattvā varāñchaṃbhustatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. > Having thus granted these boons, Śambhu disappeared right there; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.104) kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ sopyamaṃstatriśūlabhṛt .. 51 .. > and he too, the wielder of the trident, considered himself to have achieved his purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.105) īśāno jaṭilo rudrastatprāśya paramodakam.. > The matted-haired Rudra, Īśāna, having tasted that supreme water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.106) avāptavānparaṃ jñānaṃ yena nirvṛtimāptavān.. 52 .. > attained supreme knowledge, through which he obtained absolute bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.107) .. skaṃda uvāca .. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.108) kalaśodbhava citrārthamitihāsaṃ purātanam .. > O pitcher-born \[Agastya\], hear the ancient account of wondrous import, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.109) jñānavāpyāṃ hi yadvṛttaṃ tadākhyāmi niśāmaya .. 53 .. > what indeed occurred at the Jñānavāpī; that I will tell you; listen! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.110) harisvāmīti vikhyātaḥ kāśyāmāsīdvijaḥ purā .. > Formerly in Kāśī there was a twice-born known as Harisvāmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.111) tasyaikā tanayā jātā rūpeṇā'pratimā bhuvi .. 54 .. > To him a single daughter was born, matchless in beauty on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.112) na samā śīlasaṃpattyā tasyā kācana bhūtale .. > None on the earth's surface equaled her in the wealth of good conduct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.113) kalākalāpakuśalā svareṇajitakokilā .. 55 .. > She was skilled in all arts and surpassed the cuckoo in voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.114) na nārī tādṛgastīha nā bharī kinnarī na ca \[.. > There was no mortal woman like her here, nor celestial woman, nor kinnarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.115) vidyādharī na no nāgī gaṃdharvī nāsurī na ca .. 56 .. > nor vidyādharī, nor nāgī, nor gandharvī, nor asurī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.116) sarvasauṃdaryanilayā sarvalakṣaṇasatkhaniḥ .. > She was the abode of all beauty, a true mine of all auspicious marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.117) adhiśete dhruvaṃ dhvāṃtaṃ tanmauliṃ bradhna sādhvasāt ..97.. > Surely, out of dread of the sun, darkness lay settled upon her crest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.118) tadāsya śaraṇaṃ yāto manye darśabhayācchaśī .. > I think the moon, having sought shelter in her face from fear of the new moon day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.119) divāpi na tyajettāṃ tu trastaścaṃḍamarīcitaḥ .. 58 .. > would not leave her even by day, terrified of the fierce-rayed \[sun\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.120) tadbhrūrbhramararājīva gaṃḍapatralatāṃtare .. > Her brow, like a row of black bees amid the leaf-creeper designs on her cheeks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.121) udaṃcannyaṃcaduḍḍīna gaterabhyāsabhājinī .. 59 .. > practiced the movements of rising, dipping, and darting in flight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.122) taccārulocanakṣetre vicaraṃtau ca khaṃjanau .. > And roaming within the field of her lovely eyes, two wagtails > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.123) sadaiva śāradīṃ prītiṃ nirviśete nijecchayā .. 4.1.33.60 .. > ever enjoyed autumnal delight at their own will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.124) sudatyā radanaśreṇī chedeṣu viṣameṣuṇā .. > In the divisions between the row of teeth of that fair-toothed maiden, the five-arrowed god \[Kāma\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.125) vihitā kāṃcanī rekhā kveṃdāvetāvatī kalā .. 61 .. > fashioned a golden line; where is there such a digit in the moon? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.126) prāyo madana bhūpāla harmya ratnāṃtare śubhe .. > Her two lips, excelling the lovely hue of coral, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.127) jitapravālasucchāye tasyā radanavāsasī ..62.. > were perhaps \[two gems\] in the auspicious palace of gems of King Madana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.128) svarge martye ca pātāle naiṣā rekhā kvacitstriyām.. > "Such beauty belongs to no woman anywhere in heaven, on earth, or in Pātāla!"— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.129) tatkaṃṭharekhātritaya vyājena śapate smaraḥ .. 63 .. > Under the guise of the three lines on her neck, Smara swears an oath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.130) śaṃke citta bhuvo rājño lasatpaṭakuṭīdvayam .. > I think her two breasts, rich with a treasury of priceless jewels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.131) anarghyaratnakośāḍhyaṃ tamyā vakṣoruhadvayam .. 64 .. > were a pair of shining cloth-tents of the king born of the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.132) anaṃgabhū niyamato'dṛśye madhye natabhruvaḥ .. > Because the waist of the slender-browed maiden was naturally invisible, as if unmanifest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.133) romālīlakṣikāmūrdhvāmiva yaṣṭiṃ vidhirvyadhāt .. 65 .. > the creator made her line of fine hair as a straight rod to mark it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.134) tasyā nābhīdarīṃ prāpya kaṃdarpo'naṃgatā gataḥ .. > Having entered the cave of her navel, Kandarpa became bodiless; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.135) punaḥ prāptumivāṃgāni tapyate paramaṃ tapaḥ .. 66 .. > as if to regain his limbs, he performs supreme austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.136) guruṇaitannitaṃbena mahāmanmatha dīkṣayā .. > By the weight of her hips, as if by an initiation into great passion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.137) bhuvi ke ke yuvāno na svādhīnā prāpitādṛśām .. 67 .. > which young men on earth were not brought under the control of their eyes? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.138) ūrustaṃbhena caitasyāḥ staṃbhavatkasyano manaḥ .. > And by the pillar of her thigh, like a pillar, whose mind was not made rigid? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.139) tastaṃbhena mune vāpi suvṛttena suvartanam .. 68 .. > O sage, or whose well-conducted mind was not held in check by that well-rounded pillar? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.140) pādāṃguṣṭhanakhajyotiḥ prabhayā kasya na prabhā .. > By the radiance of the luster of the big toenails of that deer-eyed maiden, O sage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.141) vivekajanitā'dhvaṃsi mune tasyā mṛgīdṛśaḥ .. .. 69 .. > whose clarity of mind born of discernment was not destroyed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.142) sā pratyahaṃ jñānavāpyāṃ snāyaṃ snāyaṃ śivālaye .. > Bathing daily in the Jñānavāpī, she performed sweeping and other duties > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.143) saṃmārjanādi karmāṇi kurute'nanyamānasā .. 4.1.33.70 .. > in the temple of Śiva, her mind focused on nothing else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.144) tatpādapratibiṃbeṣu rekhā śaṣpāṃkuraṃ caran .. > Grazing on the shoots of grass that were the lines in the reflections of her feet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.145) nānyadvanāṃtaraṃ yāti kāśyāṃ yūnāṃ manomṛgaḥ .. 71 .. > the deer of the young men's minds in Kāśī went to no other forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.146) tadāsya paṃkajaṃ hitvā yūnāṃ netrālimālayā .. > Leaving the lotus of her face, the swarm of bee-like eyes of the young men > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.147) na latāṃtaramāsevi apyāmodaprasūnayuk .. 72 .. > frequented no other creeper, even one laden with fragrant blossoms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.148) sulocanāpi sā kanyā prekṣetāsyaṃ na kasyacit .. > Though fair-eyed, the maiden would look at no one's face; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.149) suśravā api sā bālā nādatte kasyacidvacaḥ .. 73 .. > though fair-hearing, the young girl would heed no one's words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.150) suśīlā śīlasaṃpannā rahastadvirahāturaiḥ .. > Good-natured and endowed with virtue, though courted in secret > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.151) prārthitāpi surūpāḍhyairnābhilāṣaṃ babaṃdha sā .. 74 .. > by handsome youths tormented by separation from her, she conceived no desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.152) dhanaistasyājanetāpi yuvabhiḥ prārthito bahu .. > Though her father was repeatedly besought with riches by young men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.153) nāśakattāṃ sulīlāṃ sadātuṃ śīlorjitaśriyam .. 75 .. > he could not give away that graceful girl whose beauty was exalted by good conduct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.154) jñānodatīrthabhajanātsā suśīlā kumāgkiā .. > From devoted worship at the sacred ford Jñānoda, that virtuous maiden > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.155) bahiraṃtastadā'drākṣītsarvaliṃgamayaṃ jagata .. 76 .. > then beheld the entire universe, outside and inside, as composed of liṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.156) kadācidekadā tāṃ tu prasuptāṃ sadanāṃgaṇe .. > Once upon a time, while she was sleeping in the courtyard of the house, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.157) mohito rūpasaṃpattyā kaścidvidyādharo'harat .. 77 .. > a certain vidyādhara, infatuated by the abundance of her beauty, carried her away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.158) vyomavartmanitāṃ rātrau yāvanmalayaparvatam .. > As he wished to carry her along the sky-path / that night as far as the Malaya mountain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.159) sa ninīṣati tāvacca vidyunmālī samāgataḥ .. 78 .. > just then Vidyunmālin arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.160) rākṣaso bhīṣaṇavapuḥ kapālakṛtakuṃḍalaḥ .. > A rākṣasa of terrifying form, wearing skull-earrings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.161) vasārudhiraliptāṃgaḥ śmaśrulaḥ piṃgalocanaḥ .. 79 .. > his limbs smeared with fat and blood, bearded, with reddish-brown eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.162) rākṣasa uvāca .. .. > the rākṣasa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.163) mamadṛggocaraṃ yāto vidyādharakumāraka .. > “You have come within range of my sight, young Vidyādhara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.164) adya tvāmetayā sārdhaṃ preṣayāmi yamālayam..4.1.33.80.. > Today I will send you, together with her, to Yama’s abode!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.165) iti śrutvātha sā vākyaṃ vyāghrāghrātā mṛgī yathā .. > Hearing this speech, then, she, like a doe that has scented a tiger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.166) cakaṃpe'tīva saṃbhītā kadalīdalavanmuhuḥ .. 81 .. > trembled exceedingly, terrified again and again like a plantain leaf. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.167) nijaghāna triśūlena rakṣo vidyādharaṃ ca tam .. > The rākṣasa struck at that Vidyādhara with a trident. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.168) vidyādharakumāropi nitarāṃ madhurākṛtiḥ .. 82 .. > Even the young Vidyādhara, though exceedingly charming of form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.169) tadbhīṣaṇatriśūlena bhinnosko mahābalaḥ .. > pierced in the shoulder by that terrifying trident, possessed of great strength, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.170) jaghāna muṣṭighātena vajrapātopamena tam .. 83 .. > struck him with a fist-blow resembling a thunderbolt stroke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.171) naramāṃsavasāmattaṃ vidyunmālinamāhave .. > In battle, \[he struck\] Vidyunmālin, intoxicated with human flesh and fat; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.172) cūrṇito muṣṭipātena so'patadvasudhātale .. 84 .. > crushed by the blow of the fist, he fell onto the surface of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.173) rākṣaso mṛtyuvaśago vajreṇeva mahīdharaḥ .. > the rākṣasa yielding to death like a mountain \[felled\] by a thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.174) vidyādharopi tacchūlaghātena vikalīkṛtaḥ .. 85 .. > The Vidyādhara too, incapacitated by the strike of that spear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.175) uvāca gadgadaṃ vākyaṃ vighūrṇita vilocanaḥ .. > spoke stammering words, his eyes rolling: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.176) priye mudhā samānītā suśityardhoktimuccaran .. 86 .. > “My beloved, brought in vain…,” uttering half a word, “O fair-smiling one—” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.177) jahau prāṇānraṇe vīrastāṃ priyāṃ paritaḥ smaran .. 87 .. > the hero gave up his life-breaths in battle, remembering all around that beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.178) ananyapūrvasaṃsparśa sukhaṃ samanubhūya sā .. > Having experienced the joy of being touched, never experienced before, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.179) tameva ca patiṃ matvā cakre śokāgnisāttanum .. 88 .. > and considering him alone her husband, she consigned her body to the fire of grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.180) liṃgatrayaśarīriṇyāstasyāḥ sānnidhyataḥ sa hi .. > Because of the presence of her who was embodied as the three liṅgas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.181) divyaṃ vapuḥ samāsādya rākṣasastridivaṃ yayau .. 89 .. > that rākṣasa attained a divine body and went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.182) raṇe paṇīkṛtaprāṇo vidyādharasutopi saḥ .. > The son of the Vidyādhara, who had wagered his life in battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.183) aṃte priyāṃ smaranprāpa janurmalayaketutaḥ .. 4.1.33.90 .. > remembering his beloved at the end, obtained birth from Malayaketu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.184) dhyāyaṃtī sāpi taṃ bālā vidyādharakumārakam.. > And that young woman, meditating on him, the young Vidyādhara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.185) virahāgnau visṛṣṭāsuḥ karṇāṭe janmabhāgabhūt ..91.. > having cast away her life in the fire of separation, obtained birth in Karṇāṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.186) suto malayaketostāṃ kālena pariṇītavān .. > In time, the son of Malayaketu married her, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.187) mālyaketuranaṃgaśrīḥ pitrā dattāṃ kalāvatīm .. 92 .. > Mālyaketu, possessing the splendour of the bodiless god, \[married\] Kalāvatī given by her father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.188) sāpi prāgvāsanāyogālliṃgārcanaratā satī .. > She too, devoted to worship of the liṅga by virtue of previous impressions, being virtuous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.189) hitvā malayajakṣodaṃ vibhūtiṃ bahvamaṃsta vai.. .. 93 .. > set aside sandalwood powder and prized holy ash greatly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.190) muktā vaidūrya māṇikya puṣparāgebhya eva sā .. > Far more than pearls, lapis lazuli, rubies, and topazes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.191) mene rudrākṣanepadhyamanarghyaṃ garbhasuṃdarī .. 94 .. > she, beautiful from the womb, considered adornment with rudrākṣa beads priceless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.192) kalāvatī mālyaketuṃ patiṃ prāpya pativratā .. > Kalāvatī, a devoted wife, having gained Mālyaketu as her husband, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.193) apatyatritayaṃ lebhe divyabhogasamṛddhibhāk .. 95 .. > enjoying the abundance of divine pleasures, bore three children. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.194) ekadā kaścidaudīcyo mālyaketuṃ nareśvaram .. > Once, a certain northern painter / showed the king Mālyaketu > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.195) citrakṛccitrapaṭikāṃ citrāṃ darśitavānatha .. 96 .. > a wonderful picture-scroll. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.196) tāṃ tu citrapaṭīṃ rājā kalāvatyai samarpayat .. > The king presented that picture-scroll to Kalāvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.197) sātha citrapaṭīṃ ramyāṃ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhā .. 97 .. > Then she, looking again and again in secret at that delightful picture-scroll, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.198) muhurmuhuḥ prapaśyaṃtī rahasi prāṇadevatām .. > with the hairs of her body standing on end, \[gazing at\] the deity of her life, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.199) visasmāra svamapi ca samādhistheva yoginī .. 98 .. > forgot even herself, like a yoginī in absorption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.33.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33.200) kṣaṇamunmīlya nayane kṛtvā netrātithiṃ paṭīm .. > Opening her eyes for a moment, making the cloth the guest of her sight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 365 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.33.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Mokṣopāya (Kashmiri text, Śāradā transmission)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.moksopaya*kashmiri.3.114.71) — Sanskrit - [Devīrahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.devirahasya.39.8) — Sanskrit - [Parāśaropapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.parasara.2.28) — Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivācārapradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivacarapradipika.24) — Gurudeva 1575, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.33) · Pramāṇa