[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) › 4.4.16\_1 # Skandapurana 4.4.16\_1 Skandapurāṇa 4.4.16\_1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4.16\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16_1) kaścicchailo viṃdhyanāmā bhānumārgāvarodhakaḥ .. vardhitaḥ spardhayā merostadvṛddhiṃ tvaṃ nivāraya ..17.. ye ca svabhāvakaṭhinā ye ca mārgāvarodhakāḥ .. ye sparddhayā vṛddhimaṃtastadvṛddhirvardhitā'śubhā .. 18.. iti śrutvā gurorvākyamavicārya mahāmuniḥ .. kṣaṇaṃ muniḥsamādhāya tatheti pratyuvāca ha .. 19 .. sādhayiṣyāmi vaḥ kāryaṃ visarjyeti divaukasaḥ .. punaściṃtāparo bhūtvā'gastirdhyānaparobhavat .. 4.1.4.120 .. vedavyāsa uvāca .. .. imaṃ pativratādhyāyaṃ śrutvā strīpuruṣopivā .. pāpakaṃcukamutsṛjya śakralokaṃ prayāsyati .. 121 .. iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthai kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe pativratākhyānaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 .. > "A certain mountain named Vindhya has blocked the path of the sun. / It has grown out of rivalry with Meru; please check its growth! / Those who are hard by nature, those who obstruct the path, / and those who grow out of rivalry—their heightened growth brings misfortune." / Hearing these words of the preceptor, without deliberating, the great sage / collected himself for a moment and replied, "So be it." / "I shall accomplish your purpose," \[said Agastya,\] sending away the gods. / Then, falling into deep thought once more, Agastya turned his mind to meditation. / Vedavyāsa said: / Hearing this chapter on the devoted wife, a woman or a man, / casting off the slough of sin, shall go to the world of Indra. / Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'The Narrative of the Devoted Wife,' in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.8) - [Next: 4.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.1) - [Up: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.4.16_1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16_1) · Pramāṇa