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In Dvāravatī, the foremost of the Yadus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.3) dānavānāṃ vadhārthāya bhuvobhārāpanuttaye .. 1 .. > for the slaughter of the Dānavas and the removal of the earth's burden, (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.4) āvirāsītsvayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇavartmapratāpavān .. > Kṛṣṇa himself, having the radiance of fire, manifested— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.5) vāsudevo jagaddhāma devakyā vasudevataḥ..2.. > Vāsudeva, the abode of the universe, from Vasudeva through Devakī. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.6) sāśītilakṣaṃ tasyāsankumārā arkavarcasaḥ .. > He had eighty-one hundred thousand sons possessing the luster of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.7) svarge pitādṛśā bālāḥ suśīlā na hi kuṃbhaja .. 3 .. > Even in heaven there were no boys like these of such good conduct, O jar-born one! (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.8) atīvarūpasaṃpannā atīva sumahābalāḥ .. > They were exceedingly endowed with beauty, exceedingly great in strength, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.9) atīva śastraśāstrajñā atīva śubhalakṣaṇāḥ .. 4 .. > exceedingly skilled in weapons and scriptures, and exceedingly possessed of auspicious marks. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.10) tāṃdraṣṭuṃ mānasaḥ putro brahmaṇastapasāṃnidhiḥ .. > To see them, the mind-born son of Brahmā, a treasure of austerities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.11) kṛtavalkalakaupīno dhṛta kṛṣṇājināṃbaraḥ ..... > having a bark loincloth, wearing a black antelope skin as garment, \[5\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.12) gṛhītabrahmadaṃḍaśca trivṛnmauṃjī sumekhalaḥ .. > holding a staff of Brahmā, having a fine girdle of triple-twisted muñjā-grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.13) urasthalastha tulasī mālayā samalaṃkṛtaḥ .. 6 .. > adorned with a garland of tulasī resting upon his chest, (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.14) gopīcaṃdananiryāsa lasadaṃgavilepanaḥ .. > his body glistening with an unguent of the essence of Gopīcandana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.15) tapasā kṛśasarvāṃgo mūrto jvalanavajjvalan ..7.. > all his limbs emaciated by austerity, blazing like embodied fire, (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.16) ājagāmāṃbaracaro nārado dvārakāpurīm .. > Nārada, who moves through the sky, came to the city of Dvārakā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.17) viśvakarmavinirmāṇāṃ jitasvargapurīśriyam ..8.. > which was built by Viśvakarman and had surpassed the splendor of the heavenly city. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.18) taṃdṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ sarve vinamratarakaṃdharāḥ .. > Seeing that Nārada, all the descendants of Vṛṣṇi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.19) prabaddha mūrdhāṃjalayaḥ praṇemurvṛṣṇinaṃdanāḥ .. 9 .. > having bowed their necks very low and folded their hands upon their heads, prostrated. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.20) sāṃbaḥ svarūpasauṃdarya garvasarvasvamohitaḥ .. > Sāmba, deluded by the totality of pride in his own handsome form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.21) na nanāma muniṃ tatra hasaṃstadrūpasaṃpadam .. 4.1.48.10 .. > did not bow to the sage there, laughing at \[the sage's\] physical condition. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.22) sāṃbasya tamabhiprāyaṃ vijñāya sa mahāmuniḥ .. > Understanding that intention of Sāmba, that great sage > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.23) viveśa sumahāramyaṃ nāradaḥ kṛṣṇamaṃdiram .. 11 .. > Nārada entered the exceedingly delightful palace of Kṛṣṇa. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.24) kṛṣṇotha dṛṣṭvā''gacchaṃtaṃ pratyudgamya ca nāradam .. > Then, seeing Nārada arriving, Kṛṣṇa went out to meet him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.25) madhuparkeṇa saṃpūjya svāsane copaveśayat .. 12 .. > honored him with a honey-mixture, and seated him on his own seat. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.26) kṛtvā kathā vicitrārthāstata ekāṃtavartinaḥ .. > Having held conversations with manifold topics, Nārada then, in private, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.27) kṛṣṇasya karṇe'kathayannāradaḥ sāṃbaceṣṭitam .. 13 .. > spoke into Kṛṣṇa's ear concerning the conduct of Sāmba: (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.28) avaśyaṃ kiṃcidatrā'sti yaśodānaṃdavardhana .. > "Surely there is something here, O increaser of Yaśodā's joy! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.29) prāyaśastanna ghaṭate'saṃbhāvyaṃ nātha vāstriyām .. 14 .. > Generally that does not happen; or rather, O Lord, nothing is impossible in the case of a woman. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.30) yūnāṃ tribhuvanasthānāṃ sāṃbo'tīva surūpavān .. > Among the youths dwelling in the three worlds, Sāmba is exceedingly handsome, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.31) svabhāvacaṃcalākṣīṇāṃ cetovṛttiḥ sucaṃcalā .. 15 .. > and the mental disposition of unsteady-eyed women is by nature very fickle. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.32) apekṣaṃte na mugdhākṣyaḥ kulaṃ śīlaṃ śrutaṃ dhanam .. > Infatuated-eyed women do not consider lineage, character, learning, or wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.33) rūpameva samīkṣaṃte viṣameṣu vimohitāḥ ..16.. > they look only at beauty, bewildered by the god of love. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.34) athavā viditaṃ no te vallavīnāṃ viceṣṭitam .. > Or is the behavior of the cowherd women not known to you? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.35) vināṣṭaunāyikāḥ kṛṣṇa kāmayaṃte'balāhyamum .. 43 .. > Except for the eight chief queens, O Kṛṣṇa, these women desire him!" (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.36) vāmabhruvāṃ svabhāvācca nāradasya ca vākyataḥ .. > From the natural disposition of fair-browed women and from the words of Nārada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.37) vijñātā''khilavṛttāṃtastathyaṃ kṛṣṇopyamanyata .. 18 .. > Kṛṣṇa, having learned the entire matter, also considered it to be true. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.38) tāvaddhairyaṃcalākṣīṇāṃ tāvaccetovivekitā .. > "The constancy of unsteady-eyed women lasts only so long, and the discernment of their minds lasts only so long, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.39) yāvannārthī viviktastho vivikterthini nānyathā .. 19.. > as a suitor does not stand in a secluded place, and they are not in private with a suitor; not otherwise." (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.40) itthaṃ vivecayaṃścitte kṛṣṇaḥ krodhanadīrayam .. > Reflecting thus in his mind, the wise Kṛṣṇa, damming up the torrent > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.41) vivekasetunā''stabhya nāradaṃ prāhiṇotsudhīḥ ..4.1.48.20.. > of the river of anger with the dam of discernment, sent Nārada away. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.42) sāṃbasya vaikṛtaṃ kiṃcitkvacitkṛṣṇonavaikṣata.. > Kṛṣṇa did not perceive any misconduct at all in Sāmba anywhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.43) gate devamunau tasminvīkṣamāṇopyaharniśam ..21.. > even though he watched day and night after that divine sage had departed. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.44) kiyatyapi gate kāle punarapyāyayau muniḥ .. > When some time had passed, the sage came once again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.45) madhye līlāvatīnāṃ ca jñātvā kṛṣṇamavasthitam .. 22 .. > and knowing that Kṛṣṇa was seated amidst his playful women, (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.46) bahiḥ krīḍaṃtamāhūya sāṃbamityāha nāradaḥ .. > Nārada called Sāmba, who was playing outside, and said this to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.47) yāhi kṛṣṇāṃtikaṃ tūrṇaṃ kathayāgamanaṃ mama ..23 .. > "Go quickly to Kṛṣṇa's presence and announce my arrival." (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.48) sāṃbopi yāmi noyāmi kṣaṇamitthamaciṃtayat .. > Sāmba too thought for a moment in this way: "Shall I go or shall I not go? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.49) kathaṃ rahaḥstha pitaraṃ yāmi straiṇasakhaṃprati .. 24 .. > How can I go to my father who is in a private apartment in the company of women? (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.50) na yāmi ca kathaṃ vākyādasyāhaṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ .. > And how can I not go upon the command of this celibate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.51) jvaladaṃgārasaṃkāśa sphuratsarvāṃgatejasaḥ .. 25.. > the splendor of all whose limbs flashes like blazing embers? (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.52) praṇamatsukumāreṣu vrīḍitoyaṃ mayaikadā .. > Once, when the young princes were prostrating, he was put to shame by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.53) idānīmapi no yāyāmasya vākyānmahāmuneḥ .. 26 .. > If even now I do not go on the command of this great sage, (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.54) atyāhitaṃ tadastīha tadāgodvayadarśanāt .. > then a great disaster will occur here on account of the perception of two offenses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.55) pituḥ kopopi suślāghyo mayi no brāhmaṇasya tu .. 27.. > Even my father's anger towards me is quite praiseworthy, but not that of a brahmin. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.56) brahmakopāgninirdagdhāḥ prarohaṃti na jātucit .. > Those burned by the fire of a brahmin's anger never sprout again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.57) aparāgnivinirdagdhāro haṃte dāvadagdhavat .. 28.. > while those burned by other fires grow back like trees scorched by a forest fire." (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.58) iti dhyātvā kṣaṇaṃ sāṃbo'viśadaṃtaḥpuraṃpituḥ .. > Having reflected thus for a moment, Sāmba entered his father's inner apartment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.59) madhye straiṇasabhaṃkṛṣṇaṃ yāvajjāṃbavatīsutaḥ .. 29 .. > Just as the son of Jāmbavatī \[approached\] Kṛṣṇa in the midst of the assembly of women, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.60) dūrātpraṇamya vijñaptiṃ sa cakāra saśaṃkitaḥ .. > and bowing from afar, made his petition, full of apprehension, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.61) tāvattamanvagacchacca nāradaḥ kāryasiddhaye .. 4.1.48.30 .. > at that moment Nārada followed after him to accomplish his own purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.62) sasaṃbhramotha kṛṣṇopi dṛṣṭvā sāṃbaṃ ca nāradam .. > Then Kṛṣṇa also, seeing Sāmba and Nārada with sudden fluster, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.63) samuttasthau paridadhatpītakauśeyamaṃbaram .. 31 .. > stood up, putting on his yellow silk garment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.64) utthite devakīsūnau tāḥ sarvā api gopikāḥ .. > When the son of Devakī stood up, all those cowherd women too, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.65) vilajjitāḥ samuttasdhurgṛhṇaṃtyaḥ svaṃsvamaṃbaram .. 32 .. > embarrassed, stood up, gathering their respective garments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.66) mahārhaśayanīye taṃ haste dhṛtvā mahāmunim .. > Taking that great sage by the hand, upon a costly couch > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.67) samupāveśayatkṛṣṇaḥ sāṃbaśca krīḍituṃ yayau .. 33 .. > Kṛṣṇa seated him; and Sāmba went away to play. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.68) tāsāṃ skhalitamālokya tiṣṭhaṃtīnāṃ puro muniḥ .. > Seeing the slip of those women who stood before him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.69) kṛṣṇalīlādravībhūtavarāṃgānāṃ jagau harim .. 34 .. > whose best limbs were melted by Kṛṣṇa's erotic sports, the sage spoke to Hari: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.70) paśyapaśya mahābuddhe dṛṣṭvā jāṃbavatīsutam .. > "Look, look, O highly intelligent one! Having seen the son of Jāmbavatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.71) imāḥ skhalitamāpannāstadrūpakṣubdhacetasaḥ .. 35 .. > these women have fallen into a lapse, their minds agitated by his handsome form." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.72) kṛṣṇopi sāṃbamāhūya sahasaivāśapatsutam .. > Then Kṛṣṇa, summoning Sāmba, instantly cursed his son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.73) sarvā jāṃbavatītulyāḥ paśyaṃtamapi durvidheḥ .. 36 .. > who, through misfortune, was looking \[at them\], though all were like Jāmbavatī to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.74) yasmāttvadrūpamālokya gopālyaḥ skhalitā imāḥ .. > "Because having seen your beauty these cowherd women have lapsed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.75) tasmātkuṣṭhī bhava kṣipramakāṃḍāgamanena ca .. 37 .. > and because of your untimely arrival, therefore quickly become a leper!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.76) vepamāno mahāvyādhibhayātsāṃbopi dāruṇāt .. > Trembling with fear of that terrible, great affliction, Sāmba too > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.77) kṛṣṇaṃ prasādayāmāsa bahuśaḥ pāpaśāṃtaye.. 38 .. > appeased Kṛṣṇa repeatedly for the pacification of his sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.78) kṛṣṇopyanena saṃjānansāṃbaṃ svasutamaurasam .. > Kṛṣṇa, recognizing Sāmba as his own legitimate son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.79) abravītkuṣṭhamokṣāya vraja vaiśveśvarīṃ purīm .. 39 .. > said to him: "For release from leprosy, go to the city of Viśveśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.80) tatra bradhnaṃ samārādhya prakṛtiṃ svāmavāpsyasi .. > Worshipping the Sun there, you will regain your natural state, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.81) mahainasāṃ kṣayo yatra nāsti vārāṇasīṃ vinā .. 4.1.48.40 .. > since nowhere except in Vārāṇasī is there the destruction of great sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.82) yatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣādyatra svargāpagā ca sā .. > where Viśveśvara is visibly present, and where that river of heaven is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.83) yeṣāṃ mahainasāṃ dṛṣṭā munibhirnaiva niṣkṛtiḥ .. > For those great sins where no expiation has been seen by the sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.84) teṣāṃ viśuddhirastyeva prāpya vārāṇasīṃ purīm .. 41 .. > the purification of them certainly exists upon reaching the city of Vārāṇasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.85) na kevalaṃ hi pāpebhyo vārāṇasyāṃ vimucyate .. > For in Vārāṇasī one is freed not only from \[ordinary\] sins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.86) prākṛtebhyopi pāpebhyo mucyate śaṃkarājñayā .. 42 .. > by Śaṃkara's command, one is freed even from natural sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.87) purā purāriṇā sṛṣṭamavimuktaṃ vimuktaye .. > Anciently, Avimukta was created by the Enemy of Pura for the liberation > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.88) sarveṣāmeva jaṃtūnāṃ kṛpayāṃte tanutyajām .. 43 .. > of all living beings who abandon their bodies at the end, out of compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.89) tatrānaṃdavane śaṃbhostavaśāpa nirākṛtiḥ .. > There, in Śambhu's Ānandavana, is the removal of your curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.90) sāṃba tattveritaṃ yāhi nānyathā śāpanirvṛtiḥ .. 44 .. > Therefore, Sāmba, go quickly; in no other way is there relief from the curse." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.91) tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ samāpṛcchya karmanirmuktaceṣṭitaḥ .. > Then, taking leave of Kṛṣṇa, with his actions freed from karma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.92) nāradaḥ kṛtakṛtyaḥ sanyayāvākāśavartmanā .. 45 .. > Nārada, having accomplished his purpose, departed by the path of the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.93) sāṃbo vārāṇasīṃ prāpya samārādhyāṃśumālinam .. > Sāmba, having reached Vārāṇasī and worshipped the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.94) kuṃḍaṃ tatpṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā nijāṃ prakṛtimāptavān ..46 .. > and having made a pond behind it, attained his natural state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.95) sāṃbādityastadārabhya sarvavyādhiharo raviḥ .. > From that time forth, Sāmbāditya, the Sun that removes all afflictions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.96) dadāti sarvabhaktebhyo'nāmayāḥ sarvasaṃpadaḥ .. 47 .. > gives all devotees health and all fortunes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.97) sāṃbakuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā ravivāre'ruṇodaye.. > A person who performs a ritual ablution in the Sāmba pond on Sunday at dawn, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.98) sāṃbādityaṃ ca saṃpūjya vyādhibhirnābhibhūyate .. 48 .. > and worships Sāmbāditya, is never overcome by diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.99) na strī vaidhavyamāpnoti sāṃbādityasya sevanāt .. > A woman does not meet widowhood through the service of Sāmbāditya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.100) vaṃdhyā putraṃ prasūyeta śuddharūpasamanvitam .. 49 .. > a barren woman gives birth to a son endowed with pure beauty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.101) śuklāyāṃ dvija saptamyāṃ māghe māsi raverdine .. > O twice-born, on the bright seventh lunar day in the month of Māgha, falling on a Sunday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.102) mahāparva samākhyātaṃ raviparva samaṃ śubham .. 4.1.48.50 .. > there is declared a great festival, auspicious and equal to the festival of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.103) mahārogātpramucyeta tatra snātvāruṇodaye .. > One is released from severe disease by performing a ritual ablution there at dawn; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.104) sāṃbādityaṃ prapūjyāpi dharmamakṣayamāpnuyāt .. 51 .. > and by worshipping Sāmbāditya, one attains imperishable merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.105) sannihatyāṃ kurukṣetre yatpuṇyaṃ rāhudarśane .. > Whatever merit is gained at the Sannihitā \[lake\] in Kurukṣetra during the sight of Rāhu \[at an eclipse\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.106) tatpuṇyaṃ ravisaptamyāṃ māghe kāśyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 52 .. > that same merit is gained on the Sun's seventh day in Māgha at Kāśī; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.107) madhaumāsi ravervāre yātrā sāṃvatsarī bhavet .. > In the month of Madhu, on a Sunday, the annual pilgrimage should take place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.108) aśokaistatra saṃpūjya kuṃḍe snātvā vidhānataḥ .. 53 .. > Worshipping there with aśoka flowers, having performed a ritual ablution in the pond according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.109) sāṃbādityaṃ naro jātu na śokairabhibhūyate .. > a person \[who worships\] Sāmbāditya is never overcome by griefs; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.110) saṃvatsarakṛtātpāpādbahirbhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. 54 .. > he becomes freed that very moment from the sin committed over a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.111) viśveśātpaścimāśāyāṃ sāṃbenātra mahātmanā .. > In the western direction from Viśveśa, here by the noble Sāmba, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.112) samyagārādhitā mūrtirādityasya śubhapradā .. 55 .. > the auspicious form of the Sun was properly worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.113) iyaṃ bhaviṣyā tanmūrtiragaste tvatpuro'kathi .. > This future image of his has been recounted before you, O Agastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.114) tāmabhyarcya namaskṛtya kṛtvāṣṭau ca pradakṣiṇāḥ .. > Having worshipped it, bowed down to it, and made eight circumambulations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.115) naro bhavati niṣpāpaḥ kāśīvāsa phalaṃ labhet .. 56 .. > a person becomes free from sin and obtains the fruit of living in Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.116) sāṃbādityasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ te mahāmate .. > The māhātmya of Sāmbāditya has been told to you, O noble-minded one; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.117) yacchrutvāpi naro jātu yamalokaṃ na paśyati .. 57 .. > merely by hearing which, a person never sees the realm of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.118) idānīṃ draupadādityaṃ kathayiṣyāmi tenagha .. > Now, O sinless one, I will relate Draupadāditya to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.119) tathā draupadaādityaḥ saṃsevyo bhaktasiddhidaḥ .. 58 .. .. > Likewise, Draupadāditya is to be worshipped, bestowing perfection upon devotees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.48.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48.120) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe sāṃbādityamāhātmyakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ ..48.. > Thus ends the forty-eighth chapter, entitled "The Narration of the Māhātmya of Sāmbāditya," in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, in the fourth \[part of\] the venerable Skandapurāṇa, the Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.48.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Karmavipāka (Ravi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.karmavipaka.karmavipaka-ravi.631.7) — Ravi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.48) · Pramāṇa