[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) › 4.34.3.7 # Skandapurana 4.34.3.7 Skandapurāṇa 4.34.3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.34.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.34.3.7) prajāhitāya saṃsṛṣṭaṃ puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam .. 88 .. tadvihīnājanirapi jala budbudavanmudhā .. tasmādekopi saṃsādhyaḥ paratreha ca śarmaṇe .. 89 .. yatrānukūlyaṃ daṃpatyostrivargastatra vardhate .. yaducyate purāvidbhiriti tattathyamīkṣitam ..4.1.34.90.. madvidhānā tu dāsīnāṃ śataṃ te'stīha maṃdire .. tathāpi nitarāṃ prema svāmino mayi dṛśyate .. 91 .. tava dāsyapi bhogāḍhyā kimutāṃkasthalīcarī .. tatrāpyananyasaṃpattistatra svādhīnabhartṛtā .. 92 .. vipaścitsaṃcayedarthāniṣṭāpūrtāya karmaṇe .. taporthamāyurnirvighnaṃ dārāṃścāpatyalabdhaye .. 93 .. tavaitatsarvamastīha viśveśānugrahātpriya .. pūraṇīyo'bhilāṣo me yadi tadvacamyahaṃ śṛṇu .. 94 .. tūrṇaṃ prahiṇu māṃ nātha viśvanāthapurīṃ prati .. prāṇāḥ prayātā prāgeva vapuḥ śeṣāsmi kevalam .. 95 .. mālyaketuḥ kalāvatyā ityākarṇya vacaḥ sphuṭam .. kṣaṇaṃ vicārya svahṛdi rājā provāca tāṃ priyām .. 96 .. priye kalāvati yadi tava gaṃtavyameva hi .. rājyalakṣmyānayā kiṃ me calayā tvadvihīnayā .. 97 .. na rājyaṃ rājyamityāhū rājyaśrīḥ preyasī dhruvam .. saptāṃgamapi tadrājyaṃ tayā hīnaṃ tṛṇāyate .. 98 .. niḥsapatnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ bhuktvā bhogānniraṃtaram .. hṛṣīkārthāḥ kṛtārthāśca vidhṛtā ādhṛtiḥ priye .. 99 .. apatyānyapi jātāni kiṃ kartavyamihāsti me .. avaśyameva gaṃtavyā''vābhyāṃ vārāṇasī purī .. 4.1.34.100 .. mālyaketuḥ priyāmitthamāśvāsya kṛtaniścayaḥ .. samāhūya ca devajñānprakṛtīḥ paripūjya ca .. 1 .. putre rājyaṃ nidhāyātha rājā kāśīṃ pratasthivān .. ratnajātaṃ kiyadapi putrādarthaṃ pragṛhya ca .. 2 .. > for the welfare of creatures, the four ends of life were created. > Even birth devoid of them is useless, like a bubble in water. > Therefore, at least one should be accomplished for happiness here and in the hereafter. > Where there is harmony between husband and wife, there the threefold aim flourishes; > that which is spoken by knowers of the past is thus seen to be true. > Indeed, there are a hundred maidservants like me here in your palace, > yet your extreme love is seen towards me, O master. > Even your maidservant is endowed with enjoyments, how much more so she who rests upon your lap? > There too is undivided prosperity; there the husband is devoted to her alone. > A wise man should amass wealth for the sake of sacrifice and charitable deeds, > a life free from obstacles for austerity, and a wife for obtaining offspring. > All of this belongs to you here by the grace of Viśveśa, O dear one. > If my desire is to be fulfilled, then listen as I speak: > Send me swiftly, O lord, to the city of Viśvanātha; > my life-breaths have already departed, only my body remains behind." > Hearing these clear words of Kalāvatī, > having reflected for a moment in his heart, King Mālyaketu spoke to his beloved: > "Dear Kalāvatī, if you indeed must go, > what use is this kingdom's fortune to me, fickle as it is, when bereft of you? > They say that a kingdom is not a kingdom; the beloved is truly the fortune of the kingdom. > Even though having seven limbs, that kingdom, bereft of her, becomes like a blade of grass. > The kingdom has been made free of rivals, enjoyments have been continuously enjoyed; > the objects of the senses have been fulfilled, and self-restraint has been sustained, O dear one. > Offspring also have been born; what is there for me to do here? > The city of Vārāṇasī must certainly be visited by both of us." > Having thus comforted his beloved and made his resolve, Mālyaketu > summoned the astrologers and honored his subjects. > Then, having placed the kingdom upon his son, the king set out for Kāśī, > taking some quantity of jewels and wealth from his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.34.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.34.3.6) - [Next: 4.34.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.34.3.8) - [Up: 4.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.34.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.34.3.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.34.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.34.3.7) · Pramāṇa