[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) › 4.44.3 # Skandapurana 4.44.3 Skandapurāṇa 4.44.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.44.3) .. skaṃda uvāca .. atha maṃdarakaṃdarodarollasada samadyuti ratnamaṃdire .. paritaḥ samadhiṣṭhitāmare nijaśikharairvasanīkṛtāṃbare .. 1 .. nivasañjagadīśvaro haraḥ kṛśarajanīśa kalāmanoharaḥ ... labhate sma na śarma śaṃkaraḥ prasaratkāśiviyogaja jvaraḥ .. 2 .. virahānalaśāṃtaye tadā samalepi tripurāriṇāpi yaḥ .. malayodbhava paṃka eṣa sa pratipedehyadhunā pipāṃsutām . 3 > Skanda said: / Then, Hara, the lord of the universe, residing in a jeweled palace of peerless brilliance shining within the caves of Mount Mandara, / surrounded on all sides by the gods, and clothing the sky with his own peaks— / he, charming with a slender digit of the moon, / the author of peace, did not find happiness, burning with fever born of separation from expanding Kāśī. / The paste of Malaya-born sandalwood, applied even by the foe of Tripura to cool the fire of separation, / now truly assumed a burning thirst. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.43.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.43.233) - [Next: 4.44.3\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.44.3_1) - [Up: 4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.44) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.44.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.44.3) · Pramāṇa