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# Skandapurana 4.49

Skandapurāṇa 4.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.49.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.1)

sūta uvāca .. ..

> Sūta said:  
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### [4.49.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.2)

pārāśaryamune vyāsa kumāraḥ kuṃbhajanmane ..

> O sage Vyāsa, son of Parāśara, when Kumāra spoke this story  
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### [4.49.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.3)

yadāvadatkathāmetāṃ tadā kva drupadātmajā .. 1 ..

> to the pitcher-born \[Agastya\], where was the daughter of Drupada then? // 1  
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### [4.49.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.4)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

> Vyāsa said:  
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### [4.49.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.5)

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ sūta brūte traikālikīṃ kathām ..

> The Purāṇa compilation, O Sūta, recounts stories of past, present, and future;  
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### [4.49.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.6)

saṃdeho nātra kartavyo yatastadgocarokhilam ..2..

> no doubt should be raised here, since everything is within its scope. // 2  
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### [4.49.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.7)

.. skaṃda uvāca.. ..

> Skanda said:  
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### [4.49.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.8)

ākarṇaya mune pūrvaṃ paṃcavaktro haraḥ svayam ..

> Listen, O sage! Formerly, the five-faced Hara himself,  
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### [4.49.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.9)

pṛthivyāṃ paṃcadhā bhūtvā prādurāsījjagaddhitaḥ ..3..

> for the welfare of the world, manifested on earth by dividing into five forms. // 3  
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### [4.49.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.10)

umāpi ca jagaddhātrī drupadasya mahībhujaḥ ..

> Umā too, the maintainer of the world, as king Drupada  
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### [4.49.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.11)

yajato vahnikuṃḍācca prāduścakreti suṃdarī .. 4 ..

> was sacrificing, manifested from the fire altar as a beautiful woman. // 4  
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### [4.49.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.12)

paṃcāpi pāṃḍutanayāḥ sākṣādrudravapurdharāḥ ..

> All five sons of Pāṇḍu, bearing the very bodies of Rudra,  
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### [4.49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.13)

avateruriha svargādduṣṭasaṃhārakārakāḥ .. 5 ..

> descended here from heaven, bringing about the destruction of the wicked. // 5  
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### [4.49.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.14)

nārāyaṇopi kṛṣṇatvaṃ prāpya tatsāhacaryakṛt ..

> Nārāyaṇa too, attaining the state of Kṛṣṇa, accompanied them,  
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### [4.49.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.15)

udvṛttavṛttaśamanaḥ sadvṛttasthitikārakaḥ .. .. 6 ..

> quelling the conduct of the arrogant, establishing the ways of the virtuous. // 6  
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### [4.49.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.16)

pratapaṃtaḥ pṛthivyāṃ te pārthāśceruḥ pṛthakpṛthak ..

> Blazing upon the earth, those sons of Pṛthā wandered individually  
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### [4.49.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.17)

udayānudayau tasminsaṃpadāṃ vipadāmapi .. 7 ..

> through the rise and fall of both good fortune and adversity. // 7  
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### [4.49.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.18)

kadācitte mahāvīrā bhrātṛvyapratipāditām ..

> Once, those great heroes, having met with great misfortune  
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### [4.49.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.19)

vipattimāpya mahatīṃ babhūvuḥ kānanaukasaḥ .. 8 ..

> brought about by their cousins, became forest-dwellers. // 8  
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### [4.49.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.20)

pāṃcālyapi ca tatpatnī pativyasanatāpitā ..

> Pāñcālī too, their slender-bodied wife, knowing righteousness, tormented by her husbands' plight,  
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### [4.49.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.21)

dharmajñā prāpya tanvaṃgī bradhnamārādhayadbhṛśam .. 9 ..

> having arrived \[there\], worshipped the sun-god intensely. // 9  
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### [4.49.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.22)

ārādhitotha savitā tayā drupadakanyayā ..

> Then Savitṛ, worshipped by that daughter of Drupada,  
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### [4.49.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.23)

sadarvī sapidhānāṃ ca sthālikāmakṣayāṃ dadau .. 4.1.49.10 ..

> gave her an inexhaustible cooking vessel, along with a ladle and lid. // 10  
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### [4.49.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.24)

uvāca ca prasannātmā bhāskaro drupadātmajām .. 23..

> And the sun-god, gracious at heart, said to the daughter of Drupada  
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### [4.49.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.25)

ārādhayaṃtīṃ bhāvena sarvatra śucimānasām .. 11 ..

> as she worshipped with devotion, pure in mind everywhere: // 11  
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### [4.49.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.26)

sthālyaitayā mahābhāge yāvaṃto'nnārthino janāḥ ..

> "O fortunate lady, by means of this vessel, as many people as desire food  
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### [4.49.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.27)

tāvaṃtastṛptimāpsyaṃti yāvacca tvaṃ na bhokṣyase .. 12 ..

> will attain satisfaction, as long as you yourself have not eaten. // 12  
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### [4.49.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.28)

bhuktāyāṃ tvayi riktaiṣā pūrṇabhaktā bhavipyati ..

> Once you have eaten, it becomes empty; \[otherwise\] it will be full of boiled rice,  
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### [4.49.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.29)

rasavadvyaṃjananidhiricchābhakṣyapradāyinī .. 13 ..

> a treasury of savoury dishes, granting food according to one's wish." // 13  
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### [4.49.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.30)

itthaṃ varastayā labdhaḥ kāśyāmādityato mune ..

> In this way the boon was obtained by her from the Sun in Kāśī, O sage;  
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### [4.49.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.31)

aparaśca varo dattastasyai devena bhāsvatā .. 14 ..

> and another boon was given to her by the radiant god. // 14  
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### [4.49.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.32)

.. raviruvāca .. ..

> The Sun said:  
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### [4.49.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.33)

viśveśāddakṣiṇebhāge yo māṃ tvatpurataḥ sthitam ..

> "To the south of Viśveśa, whoever worships me  
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### [4.49.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.34)

ārādhayiṣyati naraḥ kṣudbādhā tasya naśyati .. 15 ..

> stationed before you—that person's affliction of hunger will be destroyed. // 15  
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### [4.49.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.35)

anyaśca me varo datto viśveśena pativrate ..

> And another boon has been given to me, O faithful wife, by Viśveśa,  
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### [4.49.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.36)

tapasā parituṣṭena taṃ niśāmaya vacmi te .. 16 ..

> delighted by my austerity; listen, I speak it to you: // 16  
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### [4.49.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.37)

prāgrave tvāṃ samārādhya yo māṃ drakṣyati mānavaḥ ..

> 'A person who, having first worshipped you, beholds me—  
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### [4.49.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.38)

tasya tvaṃ duḥkhatimiramapānuda nijaiḥ karaiḥ .. 17 ..

> dispel that person's darkness of sorrow with your rays!' // 17  
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### [4.49.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.39)

ato dharmāpriye nityaṃ prāpya viśveśvarādvaram ..

> Therefore, O beloved of Dharma, having received this boon forever from Viśveśvara,  
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### [4.49.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.40)

kāśīsthitānāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ nāśayāmyaghasaṃcayam .. 18 ..

> I destroy the heap of sins of living beings dwelling in Kāśī. // 18  
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### [4.49.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.41)

ye māmatra bhajiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ ..

> Those mortals who worship me here, endowed with faith,  
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### [4.49.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.42)

tvadvarodyatapāṇiṃ ca teṣāṃ dāsyāmi ciṃtitam .. 19 ..

> as I hold out my hand to grant your boon—to them I will give what they desire. // 19  
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### [4.49.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.43)

bhavatīṃ matsamīpasthāṃ yudhiṣṭhirapativratām ..

> Those who with devotion worship you, the faithful wife of Yudhiṣṭhira,  
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### [4.49.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.44)

viśveśāddakṣiṇebhāge daṃḍapāṇeḥ samīpataḥ .. 4.1.49.20 ..

> standing near me, to the south of Viśveśa, in the vicinity of Daṇḍapāṇi,  
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### [4.49.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.45)

yercayiṣyaṃti bhāvena puruṣā vāstriyopi vā ..

> whether men or women,  
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### [4.49.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.46)

teṣāṃ kadācinno bhāvi bhayaṃ priyaviyogajam .. 21 ..

> for them there will never be any fear born of separation from loved ones, // 21  
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### [4.49.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.47)

na vyādhijaṃ bhayaṃ kvāpi na kṣuttṛḍdoṣasaṃbhavam ..

> nor fear arising from disease anywhere, nor that caused by the defects of hunger and thirst,  
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### [4.49.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.48)

draupadīkṣaṇataḥ kāśyāṃ tava dharmapriyenaghe .. 22 ..

> from beholding Draupadī in Kāśī, O sinless one, dear to Dharma!" // 22  
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### [4.49.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.49)

iti dattvā varāndeva ādityaḥ sarvadaḥ satām ..

> Having thus granted boons, the divine Sun, giver of all to the good,  
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### [4.49.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.50)

śaṃbhumārādhayāmāsa dharmaṃ draupadyupāyayau .. 23 ..

> worshipped Śambhu, and Draupadī went to Dharma. // 23  
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### [4.49.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.51)

ādityasya kathāmetāṃ draupadyārādhitasya vai ..

> Whoever listens with devotion to this story of the Sun  
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### [4.49.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.52)

yaḥ śroṣyati naro bhaktyā tasyainaḥ kṣayameṣyati .. 24 ..

> who was worshipped by Draupadī—that person's sin will perish. // 24  
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### [4.49.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.53)

skaṃda uva.ca .. ..

> Skanda said:  
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### [4.49.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.54)

draupadādityamāhātmyaṃ saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ mayā ..

> The māhātmya of Draupadāditya has been related in brief by me;  
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### [4.49.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.55)

mayūkhādityamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇvidānīṃ ghaṭodbhava .. -25 ..

> now listen, O pitcher-born one, to the māhātmya of Mayūkhāditya. // 25  
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### [4.49.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.56)

purā paṃcanade tīrthe triṣulokeṣu viśrute ..

> Formerly, at the sacred ford Pañcanada, renowned throughout the three worlds,  
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### [4.49.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.57)

sahasraraśmirbhagavāṃstapastepe sudāruṇam .. 26 ..

> the thousand-rayed Lord performed very severe austerity, // 26  
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### [4.49.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.58)

pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ gabhastīśvara saṃjñitam ..

> having installed a great liṅga named Gabhastīśvara.  
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### [4.49.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.59)

gaurīṃ ca maṃgalā nāmnīṃ bhaktamaṃgaladāṃ sadā .. 27 ..

> and \[installing\] Gaurī named Maṅgalā, who ever grants auspiciousness to her devotees,  
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### [4.49.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.60)

divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu śatena guṇitaṃ mune ..

> for a thousand divine years multiplied by a hundred, O sage,  
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### [4.49.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.61)

ārādhayañśivaṃ somaṃ somārdhakṛtaśekharam .. 28 ..

> worshipping Śiva accompanied by Umā, who wears the crescent moon as his crest-jewel.  
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### [4.49.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.62)

svarūpatastu tapanastrilokītāpanakṣamaḥ ..

> By his very nature the sun is capable of scorching the three worlds;  
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### [4.49.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.63)

tatotitīvra tapasā jajvāla nitarāṃ mune .. 29 ..

> therefore, by his intense austerity, he blazed exceedingly, O sage.  
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### [4.49.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.64)

mayūkhaistatra savitustrailokyadahanakṣamaiḥ ..

> Then, by the rays of the sun capable of burning the three worlds,  
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### [4.49.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.65)

tataṃ samastaṃ tatkāle dyāvābhūmyoryadaṃtaram .. 4.1.49.30 ..

> the entire intermediate space between heaven and earth was filled at that time.  
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### [4.49.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.66)

vaimānikairviṣṇupade tatyaje ca gatāgatam ..

> Passengers of aerial chariots abandoned their coming and going in the sky,  
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### [4.49.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.67)

tīvre pataṃgamahasi pataṃgatvabhayādiva .. 31 ..

> as if out of fear of becoming moths before the fierce radiance of the sun.  
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### [4.49.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.68)

mayūkhā eva dṛśyaṃte tiryagūrdhvamadhopi ca..

> Only rays could be seen—slantwise, upward, and even downward—  
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### [4.49.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.69)

ādityasya na cādityo nīpapuṣpasthiteriva.. 32..

> of the sun, and not the sun himself, as though resembling a blooming nīpa flower.  
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### [4.49.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.70)

tasyavai mahasāṃ rāśestaporāśestaporciṣām..

> From that mass of light, that mass of austerity, \[and\] those flames of austerity,  
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### [4.49.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.71)

cakaṃpe sādhvasāttīvrā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 33 ..

> the three worlds, with all that moves and is still, trembled from intense fear:  
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### [4.49.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.72)

sūrya ātmāsya jagato vedeṣu paripaṭhyate ..

> “The sun is proclaimed in the Vedas as the soul of this world.  
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### [4.49.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.73)

sa eva cejvālayitā ko nastrātā bhavediha .. 34 ..

> If he himself becomes the burner, who will be our protector here?  
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### [4.49.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.74)

jagaccakṣurasau sūryo jagadātmaiṣa bhāskaraḥ ..

> This sun is the eye of the world; this illuminator is the soul of the world,  
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### [4.49.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.75)

jagadyoyanmṛtaprāyaṃ prātaḥprātaḥ prabodhayet .. 35 ..

> who awakens the world morning after morning when it is almost like dead.  
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### [4.49.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.76)

tamoṃdhakūpapatitamudyanneṣa dinedine ..

> Rising day after day, \[he rescues\] the host of living beings  
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### [4.49.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.77)

prasārya paritaḥ pāṇīnprāṇijātaṃ samuddharet .. 36 ..

> fallen into the blind well of darkness, extending his hands all around.  
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### [4.49.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.78)

udite'trodimo nityamastaṃ yātyastamāpnumaḥ ..

> When he rises, we ever rise; when he sets, we meet our setting.  
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### [4.49.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.79)

udaye'nudaye tasmādasmākaṃ kāraṇaṃ raviḥ .. 37 ..

> Therefore the sun is our cause in rising and not rising.”  
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### [4.49.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.80)

iti vyākulitaṃ viśvaṃ paśyanviśveśvaraḥ svayam ..

> Seeing the universe thus agitated, the Lord of the Universe himself,  
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### [4.49.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.81)

viśvatrātā varaṃ dātuṃ saṃjagme tigmaraśmaye .. 38 ..

> the protector of the universe, went to the hot-rayed \[sun\] to grant him a boon.  
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### [4.49.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.82)

mayūkhamālinaṃ śaṃbhurālokyāti suniścalam ..

> Seeing the ray-garlanded \[sun\] completely motionless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.83)

samādhi vismṛtātmānaṃ visismāya tapaḥ prati .. 39 ..

> having forgotten himself in deep meditation, Śambhu was astonished at his austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.84)

uvāca ca prasannātmā śrīkaṃṭhaḥ praṇatārtihṛt ..

> And gracious in soul, Śrīkaṇṭha, who removes the distress of the bowing, spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.85)

alaṃ taptvā varaṃ brūhi dyumaṇe mahasāṃ nidhe .. 4.1.49.40 ..

> “Enough of practicing austerity! Ask for a boon, O jewel of the sky, O treasure of splendors!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.86)

niruddheṃdriyavṛttitvādbradhno dhyānasamādhinā ..

> Because his sensory faculties were restrained by meditative concentration,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.87)

na jagrāha vacaḥ śaṃbhordvitriruktopyakarṇavat .. 41 ..

> the sun did not take in the words of Śambhu, like one without ears, though addressed two or three times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.88)

kāṣṭhībhūtaṃ tu taṃ jñātvā śivaḥ pasparśa pāṇinā ..

> Knowing him to have become like a log of wood, Śiva touched him with his hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.89)

mahātapaḥ samudbhūta saṃtāpāmṛtavarṣiṇā .. 42 ..

> which showered the nectar \[that relieves\] the torment arisen from intense austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.90)

tata unmīlayāṃcakre locane viśvalocanaḥ ..

> Then the eye of the world opened his eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.91)

tasyodayamiva prāpya prage paṃkajinīvanī ..43..

> like a cluster of lotuses at dawn having attained his sunrise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.92)

parivyapetasaṃtāpastapanaḥ sparśanādvibhoḥ ..

> His torment completely gone by the touch of the all-pervading Lord, the sun  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.93)

avagrahitasasyaśrīrullalāsa yathāṃbudāt .. 44 ..

> shone forth, like the splendor of crops blighted by drought revived by a rain cloud.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.94)

mitro netrātithīkṛtya tryakṣaṃ pratyakṣamagrataḥ ..

> Making the three-eyed Lord visible before him as a guest to his eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.95)

daṃḍavatpraṇanāmoccaistuṣṭāva ca pinākinam .. 45 ..

> Mitra bowed prostrate like a staff and praised the bearer of the Pināka aloud:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.96)

.. raviruvāca .. ..

> The Sun said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.97)

devadeva jagatāṃpate vibho bharga bhīma bhava caṃdrabhūṣaṇa ..

> “O God of gods, O Lord of the worlds, O omnipresent one, O Bharga, O Bhīma, O Bhava, O moon-adorned one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.98)

bhūtanātha bhavabhītihāraka tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada .. 46..

> O Lord of beings, O remover of the fear of worldly existence! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.99)

caṃdracūḍamṛḍa dhūrjaṭe hara tryakṣa dakṣa śatataṃtuśātana..

> O moon-crested Mṛḍa, O Dhūrjaṭi, O Hara, O three-eyed one, O capable one, O destroyer of Indra's sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.100)

śāṃtaśāśvata śivāpate śiva tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada .. 47 ..

> O calm, eternal one, O consort of Śivā, O Śiva! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.101)

nīlalohita samīhitārtha dahe(?)dvyekalocana virūpalocana ..

> O blue-and-red one, O fulfiller of desired ends, \[…\], O odd-eyed one, O varied-eyed one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.102)

vyomakeśapaśupāśanāśana tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada .. 48 ..

> O space-haired one, O destroyer of the fetters of individual souls! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.103)

vāmadevaśitikaṃṭhaśūlabhṛccaṃdraśekhara phaṇīṃdrabhūṣaṇa..

> O Vāmadeva, O blue-necked one, O bearer of the trident, O moon-crested one, O serpent-king-adorned one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.104)

kāmakṛtpaśupate maheśvara tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada..49..

> O creator of desire, O Lord of beasts, O Maheśvara! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.105)

tryaṃbaka tripurasūdaneśvara trāṇakṛttrinayanatrayīmaya..

> O Tryambaka, O Lord who destroyed Tripura, O protector, O three-eyed one, O embodiment of the three Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.106)

kālakūṭa dalanāṃtakāṃtaka tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada .. 4.1.49.50 ..

> O destroyer of Kālakūṭa poison, O destroyer of Antaka! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.107)

śarvarīrahitaśarvasarvagasvargamārgasukhadāpavargada ..

> O Śarva devoid of night, O all-pervading one, O granter of bliss on the path of heaven, O granter of liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.108)

aṃdhakāsuraripo kapardabhṛttvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada ..51..

> O enemy of the demon Andhaka, O bearer of matted hair! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.109)

śaṃkarogragirijāpate pate viśvanāthavidhiviṣṇu saṃstuta ..

> O Śaṃkara, O fierce one, O consort of the daughter of the mountain, O Lord, O Viśvanātha, O one praised by Brahmā and Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.110)

vedavedyaviditā'khileṃgi tatvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada ..52..

> O knower of what is to be known through the Vedas, O one who knows all intentions! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.111)

viśvarūpapararūpa varjitabrahmajihmarahitāmṛtaprada ..

> O universal-formed one, O one devoid of an alien form, O one devoid of deception regarding Brahman, O granter of immortality,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.112)

vāṅamanoviṣayadūradūragatvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada .. 53 ..

> O one gone far, far beyond the range of speech and mind! I bow to you, O granter of the wishes of those who bow!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.113)

itthaṃ parītya mārtaṃḍo mṛḍaṃ devaṃ mṛḍānikām ..

> Having thus circumvented Mṛḍa the god, the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.114)

atha tuṣṭāva prītātmā śivavāmārdhahāriṇīm.. 54 ..

> with a delighted soul, then praised Mṛḍānī, who occupies the left half of Śiva's body:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.115)

raviruvāca .. ..

> The Sun said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.116)

devi tvadīyacaraṇāṃbujareṇugaurīṃ bhālasthalīṃ vahati yaḥ praṇatipravīṇaḥ ..

> “O goddess, whoever is skilled in bowing and bears on the surface of his forehead \[dust\] fair as the dust of your lotus feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.117)

janmāṃtarepi rajanīkaracārulekhā tāṃ gaurayatyatitarāṃ kila tasya puṃsaḥ .. 55 ..

> even in another birth, indeed, the lovely crescent of the moon makes that forehead exceedingly bright.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.118)

śrīmaṃgale sakalamaṃgalajanmabhūme śrīmaṃgale sakalakalmaṣatūlavahne..

> O Śrīmaṅgalā, O birthplace of all auspiciousness! O Śrīmaṅgalā, O fire to the cotton of all sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.119)

śrīmaṃgale sakaladānavadarpahaṃtri śrīmaṃgale'khilamidaṃ paripāhi viśvam..56..

> O auspicious Śrīmaṅgalā, destroyer of the pride of all the Dānavas! O Śrīmaṅgalā, protect this entire universe! 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.120)

viśveśvari tvamasi viśvajanasya kartrī tvaṃ pālayitryasi tathā pralayepihaṃtrī ..

> O Sovereign of the Universe, you are the creator of all beings; / you are likewise the preserver, and the destroyer at the time of dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.121)

tvannāmakīrtanasamullasadacchapuṇyā srotasvinī harati pātakakūlavṛkṣān ..57..

> The river of pure merit that leaps forth from the chanting of your name / uproots the trees on the riverbanks of sins. 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.122)

mātarbhavāni bhavatī bhavatīvraduḥkhasaṃbhārahāriṇi śaraṇyamihāsti nānyā ..

> O Mother Bhavānī, you who take away the heavy burden of worldly suffering, / you are the sole refuge here; there is none other.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.123)

dhanyāsta eva bhuvaneṣu ta eva mānyā yeṣu sphurettavaśubhaḥ karuṇākaṭākṣaḥ .. 58 ..

> They alone are fortunate in the worlds, they alone are worthy of honor, / upon whom your auspicious glance of compassion gleams. 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.124)

ye tvā smaraṃti satataṃ sahajaprakāśāṃ kāśīpurīsthitimatīṃ natamokṣalakṣmīm ..

> Those who constantly remember you, who are self-luminous, / residing in the city of Kāśī, the goddess of liberation bowing before you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.125)

tānsaṃsmaretsmaraharo dhṛtaśuddhabuddhīnnirvāṇarakṣaṇavicakṣaṇapātrabhūtān ..59..

> those men of purified intellect, fit vessels expert in safeguarding liberation, / the Destroyer of Smara remembers in turn. 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.126)

mātastavāṃghriyugalaṃ vimalaṃ hṛdisthaṃ yasyāsti tasya bhuvanaṃ sakalaṃ karastham ..

> O Mother, he in whose heart your spotless pair of feet resides, / holds the entire universe in the palm of his hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.127)

yo nāmateja eti maṃgalagauri nityaṃ siddhyaṣṭakaṃ na parimuṃcati tasya geham .. 4.1.49.60 ..

> He who continually remembers your splendor, O Maṅgalagaurī, / the eight supernatural perfections never leave his home. 60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.128)

tvaṃ devi vedajananī praṇavasvarūpā gāyatryasi tvamasi vai dvijakāmadhenuḥ ..

> You are the mother of the Vedas, O goddess, having the form of the praṇava, / you are Gāyatrī, and indeed the wish-fulfilling cow of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.129)

tvaṃ vyāhṛtitrayamihā'khilakarmasiddhyai svāhāsvadhāsi sumanaḥ pitṛtṛptihetuḥ .. 61 ..

> You are the triad of sacred utterances here for the success of all rites; / you are svāhā and svadhā, the cause of satisfaction for gods and ancestors. 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.130)

gauri tvameva śaśimaulini vedhasi tvaṃ sāvitryasi tvamasi cakriṇi cārulakṣmīḥ ..

> O Gaurī, you alone are with the moon-crested god; in Brahmā you are Sāvitrī; / in Viṣṇu you are lovely Lakṣmī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.131)

kāśyāṃ tvamasyamalarūpiṇi mokṣalakṣmīstvaṃ me śaraṇyamiha maṃgalagauri mātaḥ .. 62 ..

> in Kāśī you are the goddess of liberation, of spotless form. / O Mother Maṅgalagaurī, you are my refuge here! 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.132)

stutveti tāṃ smaraharārdhaśarīraśobhāṃ śrīmaṃgalāṣṭaka mahāstavanena bhānuḥ ..

> Having thus praised with the great hymn of eight verses to Śrīmaṅgalā / her who adorns half of the body of the Destroyer of Smara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.133)

devīṃ ca devamasakṛtparitaḥ praṇamya tūṣṇīṃ babhūva savitā śivayoḥ purastāt .. 63 ..

> and having bowed repeatedly on all sides to the goddess and the god, / the sun became silent before the two Śivas. 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.134)

.. devadeva uvāca .. ..

> The God of Gods said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.135)

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te prasannosmi mahāmate ..

> Arise, arise! Blessings be upon you! I am pleased, O high-minded one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.136)

mitramannetrago nityaṃ prapaśye taccarācaram .. 64 ..

> As Mitra entering my eye, / look upon this moving and unmoving world constantly. 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.137)

mama mūrtirbhavānsūrya sarvajño bhava sarvagaḥ ..

> You are my manifestation, O Sūrya; become omniscient and omnipresent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.138)

sarveṣāṃ mahasāṃ rāśiḥ sarveṣāṃ sarvakarmavit .. 65 ..

> the mass of all splendors, knowing all actions of everyone. 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.139)

sarveṣāṃ sarvaduḥkhāni bhaktānāṃ tvaṃ nirākuru ..

> Dispel all the sorrows / of all devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.140)

tvayā nāmnāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā yadaṣṭakamudīritam .. 66 ..

> By means of the eight verses of the sixty-four names uttered by you, 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.141)

anena māṃ pariṣṭutya naro madbhaktimāpsyati ..

> praising me with this, a person will attain devotion to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.142)

aṣṭakaṃ maṃgalāgauryā maṃgalāṣṭakasaṃjñakam .. 67 ..

> The eight-verse hymn of Maṅgalāgaurī named the Maṅgalāṣṭaka— 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.143)

anena maṃgalāgaurīṃ stutvā maṃgalamāpsyati ..

> by praising Maṅgalāgaurī with this, one will attain auspiciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.144)

catuḥṣaṣṭyaṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ maṃgalāṣṭakameva ca .. 68 ..

> The hymn of the eight verses of the sixty-four names and the Maṅgalāṣṭaka: 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.145)

etatstotravaraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam ..

> this excellent, sacred pair of hymns destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.146)

dūradeśāṃtarasthopi japannityaṃ narottamaḥ ..69..

> Even if residing in a distant region, an excellent man chanting \[them\] daily, 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.147)

trisaṃdhyaṃ pariśuddhātmā kāśīṃ prāpsyati durlabhām ..

> at the three junctions of the day, with a thoroughly purified self, will attain hard-to-reach Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.148)

anena stotrayugmena japtena pratyahaṃ nṛbhiḥ ..4.1.49.70..

> When this pair of hymns is chanted daily by men, 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.149)

dhruvadainaṃdinaṃ pāpaṃ kṣālitaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> the daily sin is surely washed away; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.150)

na tasya dehino dehe jātu citkilbiṣasthitiḥ ..71..

> Never does guilt abide in the body of that embodied being. 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.151)

trikālaṃ yojayennityametatstotradvayaṃśubham ..

> One should daily recite this auspicious pair of hymns at the three junctures of the day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.152)

kiṃjaptairbahubhiḥ stotraiścaṃcalaśrīpradairnṛṇām .. 72 ..

> What is the use of chanting many hymns that merely bestow flickering fortune upon men? 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.153)

etatstotradvayaṃ dadyātkāśyāṃ naiḥśreyasīṃ śriyam ..

> This pair of hymns bestows the fortune of ultimate beatitude in Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.154)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena mānavairmokṣakāṃkṣibhiḥ .. 73 ..

> Therefore, with every effort, by human beings desiring liberation, 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.155)

etatstotradvayaṃ japyaṃ tyaktvā stotrāṇyanekaśaḥ ..

> this pair of hymns should be chanted, abandoning numerous other hymns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.156)

prapaṃca āvayoreva sarva eṣa carācaraḥ .. 74 ..

> This entire manifold world of moving and unmoving beings belongs to us two alone; 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.157)

tadāvayoḥstavādasmānniṣprapaṃco jano bhavet ..

> therefore, through this praise of us two, a person becomes freed from worldly illusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.158)

samṛddhimāpya mahatīṃ putrapautravatīmiha .. 75 ..

> Having attained great prosperity endowed with sons and grandsons here, 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.159)

aṃte nirvāṇamāpnoti japanstotramidaṃ naraḥ ..

> a man reciting this hymn attains liberation at the end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.160)

anyacca śṛṇu saptāśva graharāja divākara .. .. 76 ..

> Moreover, listen, O seven-horsed one, king of planets, maker of the day! 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.161)

tvayā pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ gabhastīśvarasaṃjñitam ..

> The liṅga consecrated by you, named Gabhastīśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.162)

sevitaṃ bhaktibhāvena sarvasiddhisamarpakam .. 77..

> served with the feeling of devotion, bestows all perfections. 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.163)

tvayā gabhastimālābhiścāṃpeyāṃbujakāṃtibhiḥ ..

> Because with garlands of rays having the luster of campaka and lotus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.164)

yadarcitvaiśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ sarvabhāvena bhāskara .. 78 ..

> you worshiped the liṅga of Īśvara with all your being, O Bhāskara, 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.165)

gabhastīśvara ityākhyāṃ tato liṃgamavāpsyati ..

> therefore the liṅga will obtain the name Gabhastīśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.166)

arcayitvā gabhastīśaṃ snātvā paṃcanade naraḥ .. 79 ..

> Having bathed at Pañcanada and worshiped Gabhastīśa, a man, 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.167)

na jātu jāyate māturjaṭhare dhūtakalmaṣaḥ ..

> freed from sins, is never again born in a mother’s womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.168)

imāṃ ca maṃgalāgaurīṃ nārī vā puruṣopi vā .. 4.1.49.80 ..

> And \[worshiping\] this Maṅgalāgaurī, whether a woman or a man, 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.169)

caitraśuklatṛtīyāyāmupoṣaṇaparāyaṇaḥ ..

> devoted to fasting on the third lunar day of the bright fortnight of Caitra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.170)

mahopacāraiḥ saṃpūjya dukūlābharaṇādibhiḥ .. 81 ..

> having worshiped with grand offerings of silk garments, ornaments, and the like, 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.171)

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā gītanṛtyakathādibhiḥ ..

> having kept vigil at night with songs, dances, sacred stories, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.172)

prātaḥ kumārīḥ saṃpūjya dvādaśācchādanādibhiḥ .. 82 ..

> and in the morning having worshiped twelve maidens with clothes and other gifts, 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.173)

saṃbhojyaparamānnādyairdattvānyebhyopi dakṣiṇām ..

> having fed them with sweet milk-rice and the like, and having given sacrificial gifts to others as well,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.174)

homaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena jātavedasa ityṛcā .. 83 ..

> having performed the fire-offering according to the injunctions with the verse beginning with 'jātavedase,' 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.175)

aṣṭottaraśatābhiśca tilājyāhutibhiḥ prage ..

> with one hundred and eight oblations of sesame seeds and ghee in the morning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.176)

ekaṃ gomithunaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇāya kuṭuṃbine ..84 ..

> having given a pair of cows to a householder brahmin, 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.177)

śraddhayā samalaṃkṛtya bhūṣaṇairdvijadaṃpatī ..

> having adorned a brahmin couple with ornaments with faith,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.178)

bhojayitvā mahārhānnaiḥ prīyetāṃ maṃgaleśvarau .. 85 ..

> and having fed \[them\] with highly sumptuous foods, should pray: 'May Maṅgalā and Īśvara be pleased!' 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.179)

iti maṃtraṃ samuccārya prātaḥ kṛtvātha pāraṇam ..

> Reciting this mantra and then breaking the fast in the morning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.180)

na durbhagatvamāpnoti na dāridryaṃ kadācana .. 86 ..

> one never meets with misfortune, nor ever with poverty. // 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.181)

na vai saṃtānavicchittiṃ bhogocchittiṃ na jātucit ..

> There is truly no cutting off of offspring, nor ever an interruption of worldly enjoyments;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.182)

strī vaidhavyaṃ na cāpnoti na nāyoṣidviyogabhāk .. 87 ..

> a woman never incurs widowhood, nor does a man suffer separation from his wife. // 87  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.183)

pāpāni vilayaṃ yāṃti puṇyarāśiśca labhyate ..

> Sins dissolve away, and a heap of religious merit is obtained;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.184)

api vaṃdhyā prasūyeta kṛtvaitanmaṃgalāvratam .. 88 ..

> even a barren woman would give birth having performed this Maṅgalā-vow. // 88  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.185)

etadvratasya karaṇātkurūpatvaṃ na jātucit ..

> From the performance of this vow, deformity of form never occurs;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.186)

kumārī viṃdatetyaṃtaṃ guṇarūpayutaṃ patim ..89..

> an unmarried maiden attains a husband endowed with excellent qualities and beauty. // 89  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.187)

kumāropi vrataṃ kṛtvā viṃdati striyamuttamām ..

> A youth, too, having performed the vow, obtains an excellent wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.188)

saṃti vratāni bahuśo dhanakāmapradāni ca ..4.1.49.90..

> There are many vows that grant wealth and desired objects, // 90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.189)

nāpnuyurjātucittāni maṃgalāvratatulyatām ..

> yet none of them can ever attain equality with the Maṅgalā-vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.190)

kartavyā cābdikī yātrā madhau tasyāṃ tithau naraiḥ .. 91 ..

> And an annual pilgrimage should be performed on that lunar day in Madhu by men, // 91  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.191)

sarvavighnapraśāṃtyarthaṃ sadā kāśīnivāsibhiḥ ..

> for the calming of all obstacles, always by residents of Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.192)

aparaṃ dyumaṇe vacmi tava cātra tapasyataḥ .. 92 ..

> \[Śiva said:\] 'I tell you another thing, O Sun, jewel of the sky, as you perform austerity here: // 92  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.193)

mayūkhā eva khe dṛṣṭā na ca dṛṣṭaṃ kalevaram ..

> Only your rays were seen in the sky, and your physical body was not seen;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.194)

mayūkhāditya ityākhyā tataste ditinaṃdana .. 93 ..

> therefore, your name shall be Mayūkhāditya, O son of Diti! // 93  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.195)

tvadarcanānnṛṇāṃ kaścinna vyādhiḥ prabhaviṣyati ..

> From worshipping you, no disease whatever shall afflict men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.196)

bhaviṣyati na dāridryaṃ ravivāre tvadīkṣaṇāt .. 94 . .  
itthaṃ mayūkhādityasya śivo dattvā bahūnvarān ..

> poverty shall not befall them from gazing upon you on Sunday.' // 94 // / Having thus granted many boons to Mayūkhāditya, Śiva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.197)

tatraivāṃtarhito bhūto ravistatraiva tasthivān .. 95 ..

> disappeared right there, and the Sun remained in that very spot. // 95  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.198)

śrutvākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ mayūkhādityasaṃśrayam ..

> Having heard this sacred narrative concerning Mayūkhāditya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.199)

draupadādityasahitaṃ naro na nirayaṃ vrajet ..96..

> along with Draupadāditya, a man would not go to hell. // 96  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.49.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.49.200)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṇḍe pūrvārddhe draupadādityamayūkhādityayorvarṇanaṃ nāmaikonapaṃcāśattamodhyāyaḥ .. 49 .. ..

> Thus ends the forty-ninth chapter, named 'Description of Draupadāditya and Mayūkhāditya', in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, in the fourth \[part of\] the venerable Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.49.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Puraścaryārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.purascarana.purascaryarnava.3.15.99) — Sanskrit
- [Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.sriprasna.36.126) — Sanskrit
- [Devībhāgavatamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.devibhagavatamahatmya.6.6) — Sanskrit

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