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# Skandapurana 4.47

Skandapurāṇa 4.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.47.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.1)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.2)

athottarasyāmāśāyāṃ kuṃḍamarkākhyamuttamam ..

> Now, in the northern direction, there is the excellent pool named Arka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.3)

tatra nāmnottarārkeṇa raśmimālī vyavasthitaḥ .. 1 ..

> There, under the name Uttarārka, the sun, garlanded with rays, resides,  
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### [4.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.4)

tāpayanduḥkhasaṃghātaṃ sādhūnāpyāyayanraviḥ ..

> scorching the mass of sorrows and sustaining the virtuous: the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.5)

uttarārko mahātejāḥ kāśīṃ rakṣati sarvadā .. 2 ..

> Uttarārka of mighty splendor, constantly protects Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.6)

tatretihāso yo vṛttastaṃ niśāmaya suvrata ..

> Listen, O you of noble vows, to the ancient story that took place there.  
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### [4.47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.7)

vipraḥ priyavrato nāma kaścidātreya vaṃśajaḥ .. 3 ..

> There was a certain brahmin named Priyavrata, born in the lineage of Atri,  
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### [4.47.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.8)

āsītkāśyāṃ śubhācāraḥ sadātithijanapriyaḥ ..

> who lived in Kāśī, of auspicious conduct, always fond of guests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.9)

bhāryā śubhavratā tasya babhūvātimanoharā .. 4 ..

> He had a wife named Śubhavratā, exceedingly charming,  
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### [4.47.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.10)

bhartṛśuśrūṣaṇaratā gṛhakarmasupeśalā ..

> devoted to serving her husband, and very skillful in household duties.  
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### [4.47.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.11)

tasyāṃ sa janayāmāsa kanyāmekāṃ sulakṣaṇām .. 5 ..

> Upon her he fathered a daughter endowed with auspicious marks,  
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### [4.47.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.12)

mūlarkṣaprathamepāde tathā keṃdre bṛhaspatau ..

> under the first quarter of the Mūla asterism, with Jupiter in an angle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.13)

vavṛdhe sā gṛhe pitroḥ śukle pakṣe yathā śaśī .. 6 ..

> She grew in her parents' house like the moon in the bright fortnight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.14)

surūpā vinayācārā pitrośca priyakāriṇī ..

> beautiful, well-mannered, and bringing delight to her parents;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.15)

atīva nipuṇā jātā gṛhopaskaramārjane .. 7 ..

> she became exceedingly skilled in cleaning the household utensils.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.16)

yathāyathā samaidhiṣṭa sā kanyā pitṛmaṃdire ..

> Just as that maiden grew up in her father's home,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.17)

tathātathā pitustasyāściṃtā saṃvavṛdhetarām .. 8 ..

> so also did her father's anxiety increase all the more:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.18)

kasmai deyā varā kanyā suramyeyaṃ sulakṣaṇā ..

> "To whom should this excellent, charming, well-featured girl be given?  
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### [4.47.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.19)

asyā anuguṇo labhyaḥ kva mayā vara uttamaḥ .. 9 ..

> Where shall I find an excellent bridegroom suited to her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.20)

kulena vayasā cāpi śīlenāpi śrutena ca ..

> endowed with noble family, age, good character, sacred learning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.21)

rūpeṇārthenasaṃyuktaḥ kasmai dattā sukhaṃ labhet .. 4.1.47.10 ..

> beauty, and wealth? Given to whom would she find happiness?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.22)

iti ciṃtayatastasya jvarobhūdatidāruṇaḥ ..

> As he was thus anxious, a very dreadful fever came upon him—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.23)

yaściṃtākhyo jvaraḥ puṃsāmauṣadhairnāpi śāmyati .. 11 ..

> that fever called anxiety, which is not alleviated in men even by medicines.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.24)

tanmūlarkṣavipākena ciṃtākhyena jvareṇa ca ..

> Through the ripening of that Mūla asterism and through that fever called anxiety,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.25)

sa vipraḥ paṃcatāṃ prāptastyaktvā sarvaṃ gṛhādikam .. 12 ..

> the brahmin attained death, leaving behind all his home and possessions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.26)

pitaryuparate tasyāḥ kanyāyāḥ sā jananyapi ..

> When her father had passed away, that maiden's mother also,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.27)

śubhavratā parityajya tāṃ kanyāṃ patimanvagāt .. 13 ..

> Śubhavratā, abandoned the girl and followed her husband in death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.28)

dharmoyaṃ sahacāriṇyā jīvatājīvatāpi vā ..

> "This is the duty of a female companion: whether he lives or dies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.29)

patyā sahaiva sthātavyaṃ pativratayujā sadā .. 14 ..

> she who is bound by fidelity to her husband must always remain beside him alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.30)

nāpatyaṃ pāti no mātā na pitā naiva bāṃdhavāḥ ..

> Neither child protects, nor mother, nor father, nor relatives;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.31)

patyuścaraṇaśuśrūṣā pāyādvai kevalaṃ striyam ..15..

> only service at the feet of the husband protects a woman."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.32)

sulakṣaṇāpi duḥkhārtā pitroḥ paṃcatvamāptayoḥ ..

> Distressed with grief at her parents' demise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.33)

aurdhvadaihikamāpādya daśāhaṃ vinivartya ca .. .. 16 ..

> Sulakṣaṇā performed the funeral rites, completed the ten-day period,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.34)

ciṃtāmavāpa mahatīmanāthā dainyamāgatā ..

> and fell into great anxiety, helpless and brought to despair:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.35)

kathamekākinī pitrā mātrāhīnā bhavāṃbudheḥ .. 17 ..

> "How shall I, alone, bereft of father and mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.36)

dustaraṃ pāramāpsyāmi strītvaṃ sarvābhibhāvi yat ..

> reach the far shore of the ocean of worldly existence, hard to cross, when womanhood is vulnerable to everything?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.37)

na kasmaicidvarāyāhaṃ pitṛbhyāṃ pratipāditā .. 18 ..

> I was not given to any suitor by my parents;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.38)

tadadattā kathaṃ svairamahamanyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe ..

> then, ungiven, how can I freely choose another bridegroom?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.39)

vṛtopi na kulīnaścedguṇavānna ca śīlavān .. 19 ..

> Even if chosen, if he is not of good family, not virtuous, and not of good character,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.40)

svādhīnopi na tattena vṛtenāpi hi kiṃ bhavet ..

> or not independent, what good would come from choosing him?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.41)

iti saṃciṃtayaṃtī sā rūpaudāryaguṇānvitā .. 4.1.47.20 ..

> Reflecting thus, she who was endowed with beauty, nobility, and virtue,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.42)

yuvabhirbahubhirnityaṃ prārthitāpi muhurmuhuḥ ..

> though continually wooed again and again by many young men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.43)

na kasyāpi dadau bālā praveśaṃ nija mānase .. 21 ..

> the maiden allowed none of them entry into her heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.44)

pitroruparatiṃ dṛṣṭvā vātsalyaṃ ca tathāvidham ..

> Having seen the demise of her parents and such parental love \[cut short\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.45)

niniṃda bahudhātmānaṃ saṃsāraṃ ca niniṃda ha .. 22 ..

> she reproached herself in many ways, and she reproached worldly existence:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.46)

yābhyāmutpāditā cāhaṃ yābhyāṃ ca paripālitā ..

> "Those two by whom I was begotten and by whom I was nurtured—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.47)

pitarau kutra tau yātau dehino dhiganityatām .. 23 ..

> where have those parents gone? Fie on the impermanence of embodied beings!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.48)

aho dehopyahoṃgatvaṃ yathā pitroḥ puro mama ..

> Alas, even the body is impermanent, just as happened to my parents before my eyes!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.49)

iti niścitya sā bālā vijiteṃdriya mānasā .. 24 ..

> Having resolved thus, that young woman, having conquered her senses and mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.50)

brahmacaryaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kṛtvā tapa ugraṃ cacāra ha ..

> firmly adopted celibacy and undertook severe austerity  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.51)

uttarārkasya devasya samīpe sthiramānasā ..25..

> near the god Uttarārka, with her mind unwavering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.52)

tasyāṃ tapasyamānāyāmekācchāgī laghīyasī ..

> While she was practicing austerity, a small she-goat  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.53)

tatra pratyahamāgatya tiṣṭhettatpurato'calā ..26..

> came there every day and stood motionless before her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.54)

tṛṇaparṇādikaṃ kiṃcitsāyamabhyavahṛtya sā ..

> Having eaten a little grass, leaves, and the like in the evening,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.55)

tatkuṃḍapītapānīyā svasvāmisadanaṃ vrajet .. 27 ..

> and having drunk water from that pool, it would return to its master's house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.56)

tata itthaṃ vyatītāsu paṃcaṣā susamāsu ca ..

> Then, when five or six years had passed in this manner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.57)

līlayā vicarandevastatra devyā sahāgataḥ .. 28 ..

> the god, wandering sportively, arrived there together with the goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.58)

sannidhāvuttarārkasya tapasyatīṃ sulakṣaṇām ..

> In the presence of Uttarārka, Sthāṇu \[Śiva\] beheld Sulakṣaṇā performing austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.59)

sthāṇuvanniścalāṃ sthāṇuradrākṣīttapasā kṛśām ..29..

> motionless like a pillar, emaciated by austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.60)

tato girijayā śaṃbhurvijñaptaḥ karuṇātmanā ..

> Then Śambhu was petitioned by Girijā, whose heart was filled with compassion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.61)

vareṇānugṛhāṇemāṃ baṃdhuhīnāṃ sumadhyamām .. 4.1.47.30 ..

> "Favor with a boon this slender-waisted girl who is bereft of kin!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.62)

śarvāṇīgiramākarṇya tataḥ śarvaḥ kṛpānidhiḥ ..

> Hearing the words of Śarvāṇī, Śarva, the ocean of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.63)

samādhimīlitākṣīṃ tāmuvāca varado haraḥ .. 31 ..

> To her whose eyes were closed in deep meditation, Hara, the giver of boons, said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.64)

sulakṣaṇe prasannosmi varaṃ varaya suvrate ..

> “O Sulakṣaṇā, I am pleased; choose a boon, O woman of virtuous vows!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.65)

ciraṃ khinnāsi tapasā kaste'stīha manorathaḥ ..32..

> You have long been weary from your tapas; what wish of yours is there here?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.66)

sāpi śaṃbhorgiraṃ śrutvā mukhapīyūṣavarṣiṇīm ..

> Hearing Śambhu's words that showered nectar from his mouth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.67)

mahāsaṃtāpaśamanīṃ locane udamīlayat..33..

> and assuaged intense torment, she opened her eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.68)

tryakṣaṃ pratyakṣamāvīkṣya varadānonmukhaṃ puraḥ ..

> Beholding visibly before her the three-eyed god intent on granting a boon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.69)

devīṃ ca vāmabhāgasthāṃ praṇanāma kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 34 ..

> and the goddess standing at his left side, she bowed with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.70)

kiṃ vṛṇe yāvaditthaṃ sā ciṃtayeccārumadhyamā ..

> While the slender-waisted maiden was pondering, “What shall I choose?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.71)

tāvattayāniraikṣiṣṭa varākī barkarī puraḥ .. 35 ..

> just then she caught sight of the wretched she-goat before her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.72)

ātmārthaṃ jīvalokesminko na jīvati mānavaḥ ..

> “In this world of living beings, what man does not live for himself?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.73)

paraṃ paropakārārthaṃ yo jīvati sa jīvati .. 36 ..

> He alone lives who lives for the sake of helping others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.74)

anayā mattapovṛtti sākṣiṇyā bahvanehasam ..

> By this \[creature\], who witnessed the course of my tapas for a long time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.75)

asevyahaṃ tadetasyai varayāmi jagatpatim .. 37 ..

> I was attended; therefore, I will ask the Lord of the Universe for a boon for her.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.76)

parāmṛśya manasyetatprāha tryakṣaṃ sulakṣaṇā ..

> Having reflected on this in her mind, Sulakṣaṇā addressed the three-eyed god:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.77)

kṛpānidhe mahādeva yadi deyo varo mama .. .. 38 ..

> “O Mahādeva, storehouse of mercy, if a boon is to be granted to me,  
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### [4.47.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.78)

ajaśāvī varākyeṣā tarhi prāganugṛhyatām ..

> then let this wretched young female goat first be shown grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.79)

vaktuṃ paśutvānnovetti kiṃcinmadbhaktipeśalā .. 39 ..

> Owing to her animal nature she knows not how to speak at all, yet she is tender in her devotion to me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.80)

iti vācaṃ niśamyeśaḥ paropakṛtiśālinīm..

> Hearing this speech distinguished by benevolence toward others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.81)

sulakṣaṇāyā nitarāṃ tutoṣa praṇatārtihā .. 4.1.47.40 ..

> the Lord who dispels the distress of the bowed was exceedingly pleased with Sulakṣaṇā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.82)

devadavastataḥ prāha devi paśya girīṃdraje ..

> Then the God of gods said: “Look, O Goddess, O daughter of the Mountain King!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.83)

sādhūnāmīdṛśī buddhiḥ paropakaraṇorjitā .. 41 ..

> Such is the intellect of the virtuous, exalted by aiding others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.84)

te dhanyāḥ sarvalokeṣu sarvadharmāśrayāśca te ..

> They are fortunate throughout all worlds, and they are the refuge of all virtues,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.85)

yataṃte sarvabhāvena paropakaraṇāya ye ..42..

> who strive with their whole being for the sake of helping others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.86)

saṃcayāḥ sarvavastūnāṃ ciraṃ tiṣṭhati no kvacit ..

> Accumulations of all possessions never endure for long anywhere;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.87)

suciraṃ tiṣṭhate caikaṃ paropakaraṇaṃ priye ..43..

> helping others alone endures for a very long time, my beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.88)

dhanyā sulakṣaṇā caiṣā yogyā'nugrahakarmaṇi ..

> Blessed is this Sulakṣaṇā, worthy of an act of grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.89)

brūhi devi varo deyaḥ ko'syaicchāgyai ca kaḥ priye .. 44 ..

> Tell, O goddess, my beloved, what boon should be given to her, and what to this she-goat?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.90)

.. śrīdevyuvāca .. ..

> The holy Goddess said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.91)

sarvasṛṣṭikṛtāṃ kartaḥ sarvajñapraṇatārtihan ..

> “O Maker of the makers of all creation, omniscient one, dispeller of the distress of the bowed!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.92)

sulakṣaṇā śubhācārā sakhī mestu śubhodyamā .. 45 ..

> Let Sulakṣaṇā of virtuous conduct and auspicious resolve become my companion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.93)

yathā jayā ca vijayā yathā caiva jayaṃtikā ..

> even as Jayā and Vijayā, and even as Jayantikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.94)

śubhānaṃdā sunaṃdā ca kaumudī ca yathormilā .. 46 ..

> Śubhanandā, Sunandā, Kaumudī, and Urmilā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.95)

yathā caṃpakamālā ca yathā malayavāsinī ..

> as Campakamālā, as Malayavāsinī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.96)

karpūralatikā yadvadgaṃdhadhārā yathā śubhā .. 47 ..

> as Karpūralatikā, and as auspicious Gandhadhārā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.97)

aśokā ca viśokā ca yathā malayagaṃdhinī ..

> as Aśokā, Viśokā, and Malayagandhinī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.98)

yathā caṃdananiḥśvāsā yathā mṛgamadottamā .. 48 ..

> as Candananiḥśvāsā, as Mṛgamadottamā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.99)

yathā ca kokilālāpā yathā madhurabhāṣiṇī ..

> as Kokilālāpā, as Madhurabhāṣiṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.100)

gadyapadyanidhiryadvadanuktajñā yathā ca sā .. 49 ..

> as she who is a treasury of prose and verse, as she who understands what is unsaid,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.101)

dṛgaṃcaleṃgitajñā ca yathā kṛtamanorathā ..

> as she who knows hints from the glance of an eye, as she who fulfills wishes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.102)

gānacittaharā yadvattathāstveṣā sulakṣaṇā .. 4.1.47.50 ..

> and as she who captivates hearts with song—even so let this Sulakṣaṇā be!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.103)

atipriyā bhavitrī me yadbāla brahmacāriṇī ..

> She will be very dear to me, since as a girl she has remained celibate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.104)

anenaiva śarīreṇa divyāvayavabhūṣaṇā .. .. 51 ..

> Adorned with divine limbs in this very body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.105)

divyāṃbarā divyagaṃdhā divyajñānasamanvitā ..

> bearing divine garments, divine fragrance, endowed with divine wisdom,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.106)

samayā māṃ sadaivāstāṃ caṃcaccāmaradhāriṇī .. 52 ..

> holding a waving flywhisk, let her abide forever near me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.107)

eṣāpi kāśirājasya kumāryastviha barkarī ..

> And may this she-goat become the daughter of the king of Kāśī here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.108)

atraiva bhogānsaṃprāpya muktiṃ prāpsyatyanuttamām .. 53 ..

> having enjoyed worldly pleasures here, she will attain unsurpassed liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.109)

anayā tvarkakuṃḍesminpuṣye māsi raverdine ..

> For she bathed in this Arkakuṇḍa in the month of Puṣya, on a Sunday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.110)

snātaṃ tvanudite sūrye śītādakṣubdhacittayā .. 54 ..

> before the sun had risen, her mind undisturbed by the cold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.111)

rājaputrī tataḥ puṇyādastveṣā śubhalocanā ..

> Through that merit, let this bright-eyed creature become a princess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.112)

varadānaprabhāveṇa tava viśveśvara prabho .. 55 ..

> by the power of the granting of your boon, O Viśveśvara, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.113)

barkarīkuṃḍamityākhyā tvarkakuṃḍasya jāyatām ..

> Let the name of Arkakuṇḍa become Barkarīkuṇḍa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.114)

etasyāḥ pratimā pūjyā bhaviṣyatyatra mānavaiḥ .. 96 ..

> her image shall be worshipped here by mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.115)

uttarārkasya devasya puṣye māsi raverdine ..

> In the month of Puṣya, on a Sunday, for the god Uttarārka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.116)

kāryā sā vatsarīyātrā na taiḥ kāśīphalepsubhiḥ ..57..

> that annual pilgrimage must not be omitted by those desiring the fruit of Kāśī.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.117)

mṛḍānyābhihi taṃ sarvaṃ kṛtvaitadviśvago vibhuḥ ..

> Having brought to pass everything that was spoken by Mṛḍānī, the omnipresent, all-pervading Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.118)

viśvanātho viveśātha prāsādaṃ svamatarkitaḥ .. 58 ..

> Viśvanātha, unperceived, entered his palace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.119)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.47.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.120)

lolārkasya ca māhātmyamuttarārkasya ca dvija ..

> The māhātmya of Lolārka and Uttarārka, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.121)

kathitaṃ te mahābhāga sāṃbādityaṃ niśāmaya .. 59 ..

> has been related to you, O fortunate one; now hear about Sāmbāditya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.122)

śrutvaitatpuṇyamākhyānaṃ śubhaṃ lolottarārkayoḥ ..

> Having heard this sacred, auspicious narrative of Lolārka and Uttarārka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.123)

vyādhibhirnābhibhūyeta na dāridryeṇa bādhyate .. 4.1.47.60 ..

> one will not be overcome by diseases, nor is one afflicted by poverty. (60)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.47.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.47.124)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe uttarārkavarṇanaṃ nāma saptacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 47 ..

> Thus ends the forty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of Uttarārka', in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.47.1) — English, machine translation

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