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# Skandapurana 4.42

Skandapurāṇa 4.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.1)

.. agastiruvāca .. ..

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

### [4.42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.2)

kathaṃ nikaṭataḥ kālo jñāyate haranaṃdana ..

> How is Death known to be near at hand, O son of Hara?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.3)

tāni cihnāni katicidbrūhi me paripṛcchataḥ .. 1 ..

> Tell me, who am inquiring, some of those signs. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.4)

.. kumāra uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.5)

vadāmi kālacihnāni jāyaṃte yāni dehinām ..

> I will tell the signs of Death that appear to embodied beings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.6)

mṛtyau nikaṭamāpanne mune tāni niśāmaya .. 2..

> when death has approached near; hear them, O sage! // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.7)

yāmyanāsāpuṭe yasya vāyurvāti divāniśam ..

> He in whose southern nostril the breath blows day and night  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.8)

akhaṃḍameva tasyāyuḥ kṣayatyabdatrayeṇa hi .. 3 ..

> incessantly, his life-span wastes away indeed within three years. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.9)

ahorātraṃ tryahorātraṃ ravirvahati saṃtatam ..

> \[If\] the sun\[-breath\] flows continuously for a day and a night, or for three days and nights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.10)

abdamekaṃ ca tasyeha jīvanāvadhirucyate .. 4 ..

> the limit of his life here is said to be one year. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.11)

vahennāsāpuṭayuge daśāhāni niraṃtaram ..

> If the wind should blow continuously in both nostrils for ten days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.12)

vātaścetsaha saṃkrāṃtistayā jīveddinatrayam .. 5 ..

> with a solar transit occurring along with it, he would live for three days. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.13)

nāsāvartma dvayaṃ hitvā mātariśvā mukhādvahet ..

> If, leaving both nasal passages, the breath blows from the mouth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.14)

śaṃseddinadvayādarvākprayāṇaṃ tasya cādhvani .. 6 ..

> one should announce his departure on the road \[of death\] in less than two days. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.15)

akasmādevayatkāle mṛtyuḥ sannihito bhavet ..

> Since death may suddenly become imminent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.16)

ciṃtanīyaḥ prayatnena sa kālo mṛtyubhīruṇā .. 7 ..

> that time of death should be contemplated with effort by one who fears death. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.17)

sūrye saptamarāśisthe janmarkṣasthe niśākare ..

> When the sun is in the seventh sign and the moon is in the birth asterism,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.18)

pauṣṇaḥ sa kālo draṣṭavyo yadā yāmye ravirvahet .. 8 ..

> and the sun\[-breath\] flows in the southern \[nostril\], that time is to be regarded as lethal. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.19)

akasmādvīkṣate yastu puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgalam ..

> One who suddenly catches sight of a dark and reddish-brown man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.20)

tasminneva kṣaṇe'rūpaṃ sa jīvedvatsaradvayam .. 9 ..

> and at that very moment \[sees him\] formless, he will live for two years. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.21)

yasya bījaṃ malaṃ mūtraṃ kṣutaṃ mūtraṃ malaṃ tu vā ..

> He whose semen, feces, and urine, or sneeze, urine, and feces,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.22)

ihaikadā patedyasya abdaṃ tasyāyuriṣyate .. 4.1.42.10 ..

> fall all at once here, his life-span is held to be one year. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.23)

iṃdranīlanibhaṃ vyomni nāgavṛṃdaṃ ya īkṣate ..

> He who sees in the sky a group of serpents resembling sapphire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.24)

itastataḥ prasṛmaraṃ ṣaṇmāsaṃ na sa jīvati ...1..

> gliding here and there, does not live six months. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.25)

vyabhrehni vāripūrṇāsyaḥ pṛṣṭhīkṛtya divākaram ..

> On a cloudless day, with a mouth full of water, having turned his back to the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.26)

phūtkṛtyāśviṃdracāpaṃ na paśyetṣaṇmāsajīvitaḥ .. 12 ..

> blowing it out forcefully, if one does not see a rainbow, one's life is six months. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.27)

aruṃdhatīṃ dhruvaṃ caiva viṣṇostrīṇipadāni ca ..

> Arundhatī, Dhruva, and the three strides of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.28)

āsannamṛtyurnopaśyeccaturthaṃ mātṛmaṃḍalam ..13..

> and fourth, the circle of the Mothers: one near to death does not see these. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.29)

aruṃdhatī bhavejjihvā dhruvo nāsāgramucyate ..

> Arundhatī is the tongue; Dhruva is declared to be the tip of the nose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.30)

viṣṇoḥ padāni bhrūmadhye netrayormātṛmaṃḍalam .. 14 ..

> The footsteps of Viṣṇu are between the eyebrows; the circle of mothers is in the eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.31)

vetti nīlādivarṇasya kaṭamlādirasasyahi ..

> If one perceives of a color such as blue, or a taste such as pungent or sour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.32)

akasmādanyathābhāvaṃ ṣaṇmāsena sa mṛtyubhāk ..15..

> a sudden alteration, he meets death in six months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.33)

ṣaṇmāsamṛtyormartyasya kaṃṭhoṣṭharasanā radāḥ ..

> For a mortal whose death is in six months, the throat, lips, tongue, and teeth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.34)

śuṣyaṃti satataṃ tadvadvicchāyāstālupaṃcamāḥ ..16..

> along with the palate as the fifth, constantly dry up and lose their luster.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.35)

retaḥ karajanetrāṃtā nīlimānaṃ bhajaṃti cet ..

> If semen, fingernails, and the corners of the eyes take on a dark blue color,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.36)

tarhi kīnāśanagarīṃ ṣaṣṭhemāsi vrajennaraḥ .. 17 ..

> then a man will depart for the city of Yama in the sixth month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.37)

saṃpravṛtte nidhuvane madhyeṃte kṣauti cennaraḥ ..

> If, when sexual intercourse is underway, in the middle or at the end, a man sneezes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.38)

niścitaṃ paṃcame māsi dharmarājātithirbhavet .. 16 ..

> he will certainly become a guest of Dharmarāja in the fifth month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.39)

drutamāruhyaśaraṭhastrivarṇo yasya mastake ..

> If a three-colored lizard swiftly mounts upon one's head  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.40)

prayāti yāti tasyāyuḥ ṣaṇmāsena parikṣayam .. 19 ..

> and runs off, his lifespan comes to an end in six months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.41)

susnātasyāpi yasyāśu hṛdayaṃ pariśuṣyati ..

> One whose chest dries quickly even after a good bath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.42)

caraṇau ca karau vāpi trimāsaṃ tasya jīvitam .. 4.1.42.20 ..

> or whose feet or hands do so, his life lasts three months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.43)

pratibiṃbaṃ bhavedyasya padakhaṃḍapadākṛti ..

> One whose reflection has the shape of a broken or incomplete footprint,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.44)

pāṃsau vā kardame vāpi paṃcamāsānsa jīvati .. 21 ..

> whether in dust or in mud, lives for five months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.45)

chāyā prakaṃpate yasya dehabaṃdhepi niścale ..

> One whose shadow trembles even while the bodily posture is still,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.46)

kṛtāṃtadūtā badhnaṃti caturthe māsi taṃ naram .. 22 ..

> the messengers of Death bind that man in the fourth month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.47)

nijasya pratibiṃbasya nīrājyamukurādiṣu ..

> Whoever does not see the head of his own reflection  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.48)

uttamāṃgaṃ na yaḥ paśyetsamāsena vinaśyati .. 23 ..

> in water, ghee, a mirror, and the like, perishes in one month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.49)

matirbhraśyetskhaledvāṇī dhanuraidraṃ nirakṣitai ..

> If the intellect fails, speech falters, Indra's bow \[is seen\] without clouds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.50)

rātrau caṃdradvayaṃ cāpi divā dvau ca divākarau .. 24 ..

> two moons \[are seen\] at night and two suns by day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.51)

divā ca tārakācakraṃ rātrau vyomavitārakam ..

> the disk of stars by day, the sky devoid of stars at night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.52)

yugapacca caturdikṣu śākraṃ kodaṃḍamaṃḍalam .. 25 ..

> and the circle of Indra's bow in all four directions at once;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.53)

bhūruhe bhūdharāgre ca gaṃdharvanagarālayam ..

> an abode of the city of Gandharvas on a tree or on a mountain peak,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.54)

divāpiśāca nṛtyaṃ ca ete paṃcatvahetavaḥ ..26..

> and the dance of piśācas by day—these are the causes of death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.55)

sarveṣveteṣu cihneṣu yadyekamapi vīkṣate ..

> If one sees even a single one among all these signs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.56)

tadā māsāvadhiṃ mṛtyuḥ pratīkṣeta na cādhikam .. 27 ..

> then death waits for the limit of a month, and no more.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.57)

karāvaruddha śravaṇaḥ śṛṇoti na yadā dhvanim ..

> When one whose ears are blocked with his hands hears no sound,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.58)

sthūlaḥ kṛśaḥ kṛśasthūlastadāmāsānnivartate .. 28 ..

> or a stout man \[becomes\] emaciated and an emaciated man stout, then he passes away in a month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.59)

yaḥ paśyedātmanaśchāyāṃ dakṣiṇāśā samāśritām ..

> Whoever sees his own shadow inclined toward the southern quarter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.60)

dināni paṃca jīvitvā paṃcatvamupayāti saḥ .. 29 ..

> having lived for five days, he meets his death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.61)

prohyate bhakṣyate vāpi piśācāsuravāyasaiḥ ..

> One who is carried off or devoured by piśācas, asuras, crows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.62)

bhūtaiḥ pretaiḥ śvabhirgṛdhrairgomāyukharasūkaraiḥ .. 4.1.42.30 ..

> bhūtas, pretas, dogs, vultures, jackals, donkeys, pigs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.63)

rāsabhaiḥ karabhaiḥ kīśaiḥ śvenairaśvatarairbakaiḥ ..

> asses, young camels, monkeys, hawks, mules, or herons  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.64)

svapne sa jīvitaṃ tyaktvā varṣāṃte yamamīkṣate .. 31 ..

> in a dream, having abandoned life, beholds Yama at the end of a year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.65)

gaṃdhapuṣpāṃśukaiḥ śoṇaiḥ svāṃ tanuṃ bhūṣitāṃ naraḥ ..

> A man who sees his own body adorned with perfumes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.66)

yaḥ paśyetsvapnasamaye so'ṣṭau māsānanityaho .. 32 ..

> flowers, and red garments at the time of a dream, lives for eight months, alas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.67)

pāṃsurāśi ca valmīkaṃ yūpadaṃḍamathāpi vā ..

> Whoever in a dream mounts a heap of dust, an anthill,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.68)

yodhirohati vai svapne sa ṣaṣṭhe māsi naśyati .. 33 ..

> or a sacrificial post, perishes in the sixth month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.69)

rāsabhārūḍhamātmānaṃ tailābhyaktaṃ ca muṃḍitam ..

> Whoever sees himself mounted on an ass, smeared with oil and shaven-headed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.70)

nīyamānaṃ yamāśāṃ yaḥ svapne paśyetsvapūrvajān .. 34 ..

> being led toward the quarter of Yama, or sees his ancestors in a dream;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.71)

svamaulau svatanau vāpi yaḥ paśyetsvapnago naraḥ ..

> a man who, while dreaming, sees grass or dry wood  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.72)

tṛṇāni śuṣkakāṣṭhāni ṣaṣṭhe māsi na tiṣṭhati .. 35 ..

> on his own head or on his body, does not survive past the sixth month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.73)

lohadaṃḍadharaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasam ..

> Whoever sees before himself a dark man clad in black garments  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.74)

svayaṃ yogre sthitaṃ paśyetsa trīnmāsānna laṃghayet .. 36 ..

> and holding an iron club, cannot cross three months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.75)

kālī kumārī yaṃ svapne badnīyādbāhu pāśakaiḥ ..

> Whom a dark maiden binds in a dream with arm-nooses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.76)

sa māsena samīkṣeta nagarīṃśamanoṣitām .. 37 ..

> he will behold the city inhabited by Yama in a month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.77)

naro yo vānarārūḍho yāyātprācīdiśaṃ svapan ..

> A man who, mounted on a monkey, goes toward the eastern direction while asleep,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.78)

dinaiḥ sa paṃcabhireva paśyetsaṃyaminīṃ purīm ..38..

> in just five days he will see the city of Saṃyaminī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.79)

kṛpaṇopi vadānyaḥ syādvadānyaḥ kṛpaṇo yadi ..

> If a miser becomes generous, or a generous person a miser,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.80)

prakṛtervikṛtiścetsyāttadā paṃcatvamṛcchati ..39..

> if there is an alteration of one's nature, then he meets death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.81)

etāni kālacihnāni saṃtyanyāni bahūnyapi ..

> These are the signs of death; there are many others as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.82)

jñātvābhyasennaro yogamathavākāśikāṃ śrayet .. 4.1.42.40 ..

> Having recognized them, a man should practice yoga, or else take refuge in Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.83)

na kālavaṃcanopāyaṃ munenyamavayāmyaham ..

> I know of no other means to deceive Death, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.84)

vinā mṛtyujayaṃ kāśīnāthaṃ garbhāvarodhakam .. 41 ..

> except the Conqueror of Death, the Lord of Kāśī, who prevents \[re-entry into\] the womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.85)

tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni tāvadgarjedyamo nṛpaḥ ..

> Sins roar only so long, King Yama roars only so long,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.86)

yāvadviśveśaśaraṇaṃ naro na nirato vrajet .. 42 ..

> as a man does not zealously go for refuge to Viśveśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.87)

prāptaviśveśvarāvāsaḥ pītottaravahāpayāḥ ..

> Having reached the abode of Viśveśvara, having drunk the water flowing toward the north,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.88)

spṛṣṭa viśveśasalliṃgaḥ kaśca yāti na vaṃdyatām .. 43 ..

> and having touched the noble liṅga of Viśveśa, who does not become venerable?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.89)

kariṣyetkupitaḥkālaḥ kiṃkāśīvāsināṃ nṛṇām ..

> What will enraged Death do to men who reside in Kāśī?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.90)

kāle śivaḥ svayaṃ karṇe yatra maṃtropadeśakaḥ .. 44 ..

> where Śiva himself whispers the mantra into the ear at the time \[of death\]? .. 44 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.91)

yathā prayāti śiśutā kaumāraṃ ca yathā gatam ..

> Just as infancy passes away, and just as childhood is gone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.92)

satvaraṃ gatvaraṃ tadvadyauvanaṃ cāpi vārdhakama .. 45 ..

> likewise youth is swiftly fleeting, and old age too arrives. .. 45 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.93)

yāvannahi jarākrāṃtiryāvanneṃdriyavaiklavam ..

> Before old age seizes \[him\], before the failure of the sense organs \[occurs\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.94)

tāvatsarvaṃ phalgurūpaṃ hitvā kāśīṃ śrayetsudhīḥ .. 46 ..

> a wise man should abandon everything worthless and take refuge in Kāśī. .. 46 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.95)

anyāni kālalakṣmāṇi tiṣṭhaṃtu kalaśodbhava ..

> Let other signs of Death remain aside, O pitcher-born one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.96)

jaraiva prathamaṃ lakṣma citraṃ tatrāpi bhīrnahi .. 47 ..

> Old age itself is the first sign, and yet remarkably there is no fear of it! .. 47 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.97)

parābhūto hi jarayā sarvaiśca paribhūyate ..

> For one who is overcome by old age is disdained by everyone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.98)

hṛtatāruṇyamāṇikyo dhanahīnaḥ pumāniva .. 48 ..

> like a destitute man whose ruby of youth has been stolen away. .. 48 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.99)

sutāvākyaṃ na kurvaṃti patnī premāpi muṃcati ..

> Sons do not obey his word; even a wife abandons her love;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.100)

bāṃdhavā naiva manyaṃte jarasāśleṣitaṃ naram .. 49 ..

> kinsmen have no regard for a man embraced by old age. .. 49 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.101)

āśliṣṭaṃ jarayā dṛṣṭvā parayoṣidviśaṃkitā ..

> Seeing him embraced by old age, another woman becomes suspicious;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.102)

bhavetparāṅmukhī nityaṃ praṇayinyapi kāminī .. 4.1.42.50 ..

> even an affectionate, passionate woman constantly turns her face away. .. 4.1.42.50 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.103)

na jarā sadṛśo vyādhirna duḥkhaṃ jarayā samam ..

> There is no disease like old age; there is no sorrow equal to old age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.104)

kārayitryapamānasya jaraiva maraṇaṃ nṛṇām .. 51 ..

> The bringer of humiliation, old age is death itself for men. .. 51 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.105)

na jīyate tathā kālastapasā yogayuktibhiḥ ..

> Time is not conquered in such a way by tapas or methods of yoga  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.106)

yathā cireṇakālena kāśīvāsādvijīyate .. 52 ..

> as it is conquered over a long time by dwelling in Kāśī. .. 52 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.107)

vināyajñairvinādānairvinā vratajapādibhiḥ ..

> Without sacrifices, without gifts, without observances, recitations, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.108)

vinātipuṇyasaṃbhāraiḥ kaḥ kāśīṃ prāptumīhate .. 53 ..

> without abundant stores of great merit, who can hope to reach Kāśī? .. 53 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.109)

kāśīprāptirayaṃ yogaḥkāthīprāptiridaṃ tapaḥ ..

> Attaining Kāśī is this yoga; attaining Kāśī is this tapas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.110)

kāśīprāptiridaṃ dānaṃ kāśīprāptiḥ śivaikatā .. 54 ..

> attaining Kāśī is this gift; attaining Kāśī is oneness with Śiva. .. 54 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.111)

kaḥ kalikothavā kālaḥ kā jarā kiṃ ca duṣkṛtam ..

> What is the Kali age, or what is Death? What is old age, and what is misdeed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.112)

kā rujaḥ keṃtarāyā vā śritā vārāṇasī yadi .. 55 ..

> What are illnesses, or what are obstacles, if Vārāṇasī has been resorted to? .. 55 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.113)

kalistāneva bādheta kālastāṃśca jighāṃsati .. 56..

> The Kali age oppresses only those, and Time seeks to kill only those, .. 56 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.114)

enāṃsi tāṃśca bādhaṃte ye na kāśīṃ samāśritāḥ ..

> and sins afflict only those who have not taken refuge in Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.115)

kāśīsamāśritā yaiśca yaiśca viśveśvarorcitaḥ ..

> Those by whom Kāśī has been resorted to, and by whom Viśveśvara has been worshipped,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.116)

tārakaṃ jñānamāsādya te muktāḥ karmapāśataḥ .. .. 57 ..

> having attained saving knowledge, they are liberated from the bonds of karma. .. 57 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.117)

dhanino na tathā saukhyaṃ prāpnuvaṃti narāḥ kvacit ..

> Wealthy men anywhere never obtain such happiness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.118)

yathā nidhanataḥ kāśyāṃ labhate sukhamavyayam .. 58 ..

> as one who has died in Kāśī attains imperishable bliss. .. 58 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.119)

varaṃ kāśīsamāvāsī nāsīno dyusadāṃ padam..

> Better is an inhabitant of Kāśī than one seated in the realm of the celestials:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.120)

duḥkhāṃtaṃ labhate pūrvaḥ sukhāṃtaṃ labhate paraḥ .. 59 ..

> the former attains an end to suffering; the latter attains an end to happiness. .. 59 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.121)

sthitopi bhagavanīśo maṃdaraṃ cārukaṃdaram ..

> Though staying on Mount Mandara with its lovely caves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.122)

kāśīṃ vinā ratiṃ nā''pa divodāsanṛpoṣitām .. 4.1.42.60 ..

> the blessed Lord found no delight without Kāśī, where King Divodāsa resided. .. 4.1.42.60 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.42.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.42.123)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe kālavaṃcanopāyonāma dvicatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 42 ..

> Thus ends the forty-second chapter, named 'Means of Cheating Time', in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, in the fourth section of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. .. 42 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.42.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Svacchandatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.bhairava.svacchanda.7.268) — Sanskrit
- [Haṭhatattvakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.natha.hathayoga.hathatattvakaumudi.66.7) — Sundaradeva 1675, Sanskrit
- [Jyotirnibandha (ed. Raṅganātha Śāstrī Vaidya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.jyotisa.jyotirnibandha*vaidya1919.140.5) — Sanskrit

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