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(1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.4) .. skaṃda uvāca .. > Skanda spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.5) śṛṇvagastya mahābhāga kāśyāṃ brahmaṇyapisthite .. > Listen, O highly fortunate Agastya, while Brahmā remained in Kāśī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.6) giriśaściṃtayāmāsa bhṛśamudvignamānasaḥ .. 2 .. > Giriśa reflected, his mind intensely anxious: (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.7) purī sā yādṛśī kāśī vaśīkaraṇabhūmikā .. > 'Such a city as that Kāśī is, a ground of enchantment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.8) na tādṛśīdṛśīhāsītkvacinme prāyaśo dhruvam .. 3 .. > no such place has surely ever been seen anywhere by me! (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.9) yo yo yāti purīṃ tāṃ tu sa sa tatraiva tiṣṭhati .. > Whoever goes to that city remains right there; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.10) abhūvannanuyoginyo'yoginyaḥ kāśisaṃgatāḥ .. 4 .. > those unconnected with yoga became followers of yoga when united with Kāśī. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.11) akiṃcitkaratāṃ prāptaḥ sa sahasrakaropyaram .. > Even the thousand-rayed sun, reaching \[there\], quickly became completely ineffective. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.12) vidhirvidhānadakṣopi na me sa savidhobhavat .. 5 .. > Even Brahmā, skilled in ritual injunctions, did not come near me!' (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.13) ciṃtayanniti deveśo gaṇānārahūya bhūriśaḥ .. > Reflecting thus, the Lord of the gods summoned his attendants in great numbers > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.14) preṣayāmāsa bho yāta kṣipraṃ vārāṇasīṃ purīm ..6.. > and sent them forth: 'O you, go swiftly to the city of Vārāṇasī! (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.15) kiṃ kurvaṃti tu yoginyaḥ kiṃ karoti sa bhānumān .. > What are the yoginīs doing? What is that sun doing? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.16) gatvā vitta tvarāyuktā vidhiśca vidadhāti kim .. 7 .. > Go with haste and find out: and what is Brahmā doing?' (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.17) nāmagrāhaṃ tataḥ'praiṣīdbahumāna puraḥsaram.. > He then dispatched them by name, preceded by great respect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.18) śaṃkukarṇa mahākāla ghaṭākarṇa mahodara ..8.. > 'Śaṅkukarṇa, Mahākāla, Ghaṭākarṇa, Mahodara, (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.19) somanaṃdinnaṃdiṣeṇa kāla piṃgala kukkuṭa .. > Somanandin, Nandiṣeṇa, Kāla, Piṅgala, Kukkuṭa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.20) kuṃḍodara mayūrākṣa bāṇa gokarṇa tāraka .. 9 .. > Kuṇḍodara, Mayūrākṣa, Bāṇa, Gokarṇa, Tāraka, (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.21) tilaparṇa smṛlakarṇa dṛmicaṃḍa prabhāmaya .. > Tilaparṇa, Smṛlakarṇa, Dṛmiciṇḍa, Prabhāmaya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.22) sukeśa viṃdate chāga kapardinpiṃgalākṣaka .. 4.2.53.10 .. > Sukeśa, Vindate, Chāga, Kapardin, Piṅgalākṣaka, (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.23) vīrabhadra kirātākhya caturmukha nikuṃbhaka .. > Vīrabhadra, the one called Kirāta, Caturmukha, Nikumbhaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.24) paṃcākṣabhārabhūtākhya tryakṣa kṣemaka lāṃgalin..11.. > Pañcākṣa, the one called Bhārabhūta, Tryakṣa, Kṣemaka, Lāṅgalin, (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.25) virādha sumukhāṣāḍhe bhavaṃto mama sūnavaḥ .. > Virādha, Sumukha, Āṣāḍha—you are my sons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.26) yathemau skaṃdaheraṃbau naigameyo yathā tvayam ..12.. > just as are these two, Skanda and Heramba, and just as is this Naigameya, (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.27) yathā śākhaviśākhau ca yathemau naṃdibhṛṃgiṇau .. > just as are Śākha and Viśākha, and just as are these two, Nandin and Bhṛṅgin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.28) bhavatsu vidyamāneṣu mahāvikramaśāliṣu .. 13 .. > While you are present, endowed with great valour, (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.29) kāśīpravṛttiṃ no jāne divodāsanṛpasya ca .. > I know nothing of what is happening in Kāśī, nor of King Divodāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.30) yoginyarkavidhīnāṃ ca taddvau yātaṃ bhavatsvamū .. 14 .. > nor of the yoginīs, the sun, and Brahmā. Therefore, go, you two from among you, (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.31) śaṃkukarṇamahākālau kālasyāpi prakaṃpanau .. > Śaṅkukarṇa and Mahākāla, who make even Death tremble! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.32) jñātuṃ vārāṇasīvārtāmāyātaṃ catvarānvitau .. 15 .. > Go endowed with swiftness to learn news of Vārāṇasī.' (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.33) kṛtapratijñau to(?) tūrṇaṃ prāpya vārāṇasīṃ purīm .. > Having made their vow, those two swiftly reached the city of Vārāṇasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.34) śaṃkukarṇamahākālau vismṛtya śāṃbhavīṃ giram .. 16 .. > Forgetting the word of Śambhu, Śaṅkukarṇa and Mahākāla— (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.35) yathaiṃdrajālikīṃ dṛṣṭvā māyāmiha vicakṣaṇaḥ .. > just as a wise man seeing a magician's illusion in this world > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.36) kṣaṇena mohamāyāti kāśīṃ vīkṣya tathaiva tau .. 17 .. > succumbs to bewilderment in an instant, even so did those two upon seeing Kāśī. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.37) aho mohasya māhātmyamaho bhāgyaviparyayaḥ .. > Ah, the majesty of delusion! Ah, the reversal of fortune, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.38) nirvāṇarāśiṃ yatkāśīṃ prāpya yāṃtyanyato'budhāḥ .. 18 .. > since the unwise, having reached Kāśī, the heap of nirvāṇa, go elsewhere! (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.39) tatyaje yairiyaṃ kāśī mahāśīrvādabhūbhikā .. > By those by whom this Kāśī, the ground of great blessings, has been abandoned, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.40) teṣāṃ karatalānmuktiḥ prāptāpi parito gatā .. 19 .. > liberation, even though attained in the palm of their hands, has departed on all sides. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.41) yatra sarvāvabhṛthataḥ snānamātraṃ viśiṣyate .. > Where a mere bath is superior to all concluding sacrifice ablutions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.42) apyuṣṇīkṛtapānīyaistāṃ kāśīṃ kaḥ parityajet .. 4.2.53.20 .. > even with heated waters—who would abandon that Kāśī? (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.43) yatraikapuṣpadānena śivaliṃgasya mūrdhani .. > Where, by the offering of a single flower upon the head of a Śiva-liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.44) daśasauvarṇikaṃ puṇyaṃ kastāṃ kāśīṃ parityajet .. 21 .. > the merit of ten gold coins is obtained—who would abandon that Kāśī? (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.45) yatra daṃḍapraṇāmena apyekena śivāgrataḥ .. > Where, even by a single prostration like a staff before Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.46) tucchameṃdrapadaṃprāhustāṃ kāśīṃ ko vimuṃcati .. 22 .. > they declare Indra's station to be trifling—who would relinquish that Kāśī? (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.47) yatraikadvijamātraṃ tu bhojayitvā yathecchayā .. > Where, having fed merely a single twice-born man to his heart's content, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.48) vājapeyādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ tāṃ kāśīṃ ko vimuṃcati .. 23 .. > the merit is greater than that of a Vājapeya sacrifice—who would relinquish that Kāśī? (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.49) ekāṃ gāṃ yatra dattvā vai vidhivadbrāhmaṇāya vai .. > Where, having given a single cow according to the rules to a brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.50) labhedayuta gopuṇyaṃ kastāṃ kāśīṃ tyajetsudhīḥ .. 24 .. > one obtains the merit of ten thousand cows—what wise person would abandon that Kāśī? (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.51) ekaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yatra saṃsthāpitaṃ bhavet .. > Where, having consecrated a single liṅga, it is as if the entire three worlds > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.52) api trailokyamakhilaṃ tāṃ kāśīṃ kaḥ samujjhati .. 25 .. > have been established—who would abandon that Kāśī? (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.53) pariniścitya tāvitthaṃ liṃge saṃsthāpya puṇyade .. > Having resolved thus, establishing two merit-bestowing liṅgas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.54) tatraiva saṃsthitiṃ prāptau kāśīṃ nādyāpi muṃcataḥ .. 26 .. > the two took up residence right there, and do not leave Kāśī even today. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.55) śaṃkukarṇeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ śaṃkukarṇa ga ṇārcitam .. > Having seen the liṅga Śaṅkukarṇeśvara, worshipped by the attendant Śaṅkukarṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.56) dṛṣṭvā na jāyate jaṃturjātu māturmahodare .. 27 .. > a creature is never born again in the womb of a mother. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.57) viśveśādvāyudigbhāge śaṃkukarṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ .. > In the north-west direction from Viśveśa, a man having worshipped Śaṅkukarṇeśvara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.58) saṃpūjya na viśedatra ghore saṃsārasāgare .. 28 .. > would not enter into the terrible ocean of saṃsāra in this world. (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.59) mahākāleśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ mahākālagaṇārcitam .. > The liṅga Mahākāleśvara, worshipped by the attendant Mahākāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.60) arcayitvā ca natvā ca stutvā kālabhayaṃ kutaḥ .. 29 .. > And having worshipped, bowed to, and praised \[it\], whence could there be any fear of Death? .. 29 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.61) .. skaṃda uvāca .. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.62) śaṃkukarṇe mahākāle ciraṃtana vilaṃbite .. > When Śaṅkukarṇa and Mahākāla were delayed for a long time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.63) jñātvā sarvajñanāthotha prāhaipīdaparau gaṇau .. 4.2.53.30 .. > the all-knowing Lord, understanding \[this\], then spoke to two other gaṇas: .. 4.2.53.30 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.64) ghaṃṭākarṇa tvamāgaccha mahodara mahāmate .. > “Ghaṇṭākarṇa, come here! O wise Mahodara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.65) kāśīṃ yātaṃ yuvāṃ tūrṇaṃ jñātuṃ tatratya ceṣṭitam ..31.. > Go both of you swiftly to Kāśī to find out the doings there.” .. 31 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.66) ityagaste gaṇau tau tu gatvā kāśīṃ mahāpurīm.. > Thus addressed, the two gaṇas went to the great city of Kāśī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.67) vyāvṛtyādyāpi no yātau kvāpi tatraiva saṃsthitau .. 32 .. > and turning away, they have not returned anywhere even today, but have remained right there. .. 32 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.68) ghaṃṭākarṇeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ ghaṃṭākarṇa gaṇottamaḥ .. > Ghaṇṭākarṇa, the best of gaṇas, having properly installed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.69) kāśyāṃ saṃsthāpya vidhivatsvayaṃ tatraiva nirvṛtaḥ .. 33 .. > the liṅga Ghaṇṭākarṇeśvara in Kāśī, was himself blissfully content right there. .. 33 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.70) kuṃḍaṃ tatraiva saṃsthāpya liṃgasnapanakarmaṇe .. > Having established a reservoir right there for the purpose of the ceremonial bath of the liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.71) nādyāpi sa tyajetkāśīṃ dhyāyam̐lliṃgaṃ tathaiva hi .. 34 .. > he would not leave Kāśī even today, meditating indeed upon the liṅga in the very same way. .. 34 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.72) mahodaropi tatprācyāṃ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ .. > Mahodara too, devoted to meditation on Śiva to the east of it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.73) mahodareśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dhyāyedadyāpi kuṃbhaja .. 35 .. > would meditate even today upon the liṅga Mahodareśvara, O pot-born \[Agastya\]! .. 35 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.74) mahodareśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vārāṇasyāṃ dvijottama .. > Having seen Mahodareśvara in Vārāṇasī, O best of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.75) kadācidapi vai mātuḥ praviśennaudarīṃ darīm .. .. 36 .. > one will never indeed enter a mother's belly-cave again. .. 36 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.76) ghaṃṭākarṇa hrade snātvā dṛṣṭvā vyāseśvaraṃ vibhum .. > Having bathed in the pool of Ghaṇṭākarṇa and seen the all-pervading Vyāseśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.77) yatra kutra vipannopi vārāṇasyāṃ mṛto bhavet..37.. > even if one dies anywhere at all, it is as if he died in Vārāṇasī. .. 37 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.78) ghaṃṭākarṇe mahātīrthe śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .. > Having performed a śrāddha according to rule at the great sacred ford Ghaṇṭākarṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.79) api durgatimāpannānuddharetsaptapūrvajān .. 38 .. > one can deliver seven ancestors, even if they have fallen into an evil state. .. 38 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.80) nimajjyādyāpi tatkuṃḍe kṣaṇa yovahito bhavet .. > Having plunged even today into that pool, whoever becomes attentive for a moment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.81) viśveśvaramahāpūjā ghaṃṭārāvāñśṛṇoti saḥ ..39.. > he hears the ringing sounds of the bells during the great worship of Viśveśvara. .. 39 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.82) vadaṃti pitaraḥ kāśyāṃ ghaṃṭākarṇemalejale.. > The ancestors say: “In Kāśī, in the pure water of Ghaṇṭākarṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.83) dātā tilodakasyāpi vaṃśe naḥ kopi jāyate..4.2.53.40.. > may someone be born in our lineage who is a giver of even sesamum-water!” .. 4.2.53.40 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.84) yadvaṃśyā munayaḥ kāśyāṃ ghaṃṭākarṇe mahāhrade.. > Sages whose descendants have performed water-rites at Kāśī in the great pool of Ghaṇṭākarṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.85) kṛtodakakriyāḥ prāptāḥ parāṃ siddhiṃ ghaṭodbhava ..41.. > have attained supreme perfection, O pot-born \[Agastya\]! .. 41 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.86) .. skaṃda uvāca.. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.87) ghaṃṭākarṇe gaṇe yāte prayāte ca mahodare .. > When the gaṇa Ghaṇṭākarṇa had gone and Mahodara had departed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.88) visismāya smaradveṣṭā maulimāṃdolayanmuhuḥ ..42.. > the enemy of Smara marvelled, shaking his head again and again. .. 42 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.89) uvāca ca manasyeva haraḥ smitvā punaḥpunaḥ .. > And Hara said in his mind, smiling again and again: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.90) mahāmohanavidyāsi kāśi tvāṃ paryavaimyaham .. 43 .. > “O Kāśī, you are the lore of great delusion; I fully comprehend you. .. 43 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.91) purāvidaḥ praśaṃsaṃti tvāṃ mahāmohahāriṇīm .. > Those who know the ancient lore praise you as dispelling great delusion; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.92) kāśīṃtviti na jānaṃti mahāmohanabhūriyam .. 44 .. > they do not know Kāśī thus: this is the land of great delusion! .. 44 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.93) preṣayiṣyāmyahaṃ sarvānbhavatī mohayiṣyati .. > I will send everyone; you will delude them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.94) iti samyagvijānāmi kāśi tvāṃ mohanoṣadhim .. 49 .. > Thus I know well, O Kāśī, that you are an herb of delusion. .. 45 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.95) tathāpi preṣayiṣyāmi yāvānmesti paricchadaḥ .. > Even so, I will send as much retinue as I have; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.96) nodyamādviramaṃtīha jñāninaḥ sādhyakarmaṇi .. 46 .. > the wise do not cease from effort in an action that is to be accomplished. .. 46 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.97) nodyamādviratiḥ kāryā kvāpi kārye vicakṣaṇaiḥ .. > No cessation of effort should be made by the discerning in any task; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.98) pratikūlopi khidyeta vidhistatsatatodyamāt .. 47 .. > even adverse fate would be worn down by one's constant exertion. .. 47 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.99) śītoṣṇabhānū svarbhānu grastāvapi nabhoṃgaṇe .. > The cool-rayed \[moon\] and the hot-rayed \[sun\], though seized by Svarbhānu in the courtyard of the sky, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.100) gatiṃ na tyajatodyāpi prakrāṃtavya kṛtodyamau .. 48 .. > even today do not abandon their course, exerting their effort to advance. .. 48 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.101) ekatra haṃti kāryāṇi prātikūlyādvidhirmuhuḥ .. > On the one hand, fate repeatedly destroys undertakings through adversity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.102) ekatrakaraṇīyāni setsyaṃtyatra bhṛśodyamāt .. 49 .. > on the other hand, the things to be done here will succeed through great effort. .. 49 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.103) daivaṃ pūrvakṛtaṃ karma kathyate netaratpunaḥ .. > Fate is declared to be action done in a previous life, nothing else; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.104) tannirākaraṇe yatnaḥ svayaṃ kāryo vipaścitā .. 4.2.53.50 .. > in counteracting that, effort must be made by the wise man himself. .. 4.2.53.50 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.105) bhājanopasthitaṃ daivādbhojyaṃ nāsyaṃ svayaṃ viśet .. > Food placed in a dish by fate would not enter the mouth on its own; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.106) hastavaktrodyamāttacca praviśedaudarīṃ darīm .. 51 .. > and by the effort of the hand and the mouth, it can enter the belly-cave.” .. 51 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.107) ityudyamaṃ samarthyeśo niścitaṃ daivajitvaram .. > Thus affirming effort, which is certain to conquer fate, the Lord > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.108) punaśca preṣayāṃcakre gaṇānpaṃcamahārayān .. 52 .. > again sent five gaṇas of great swiftness: .. 52 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.109) somanaṃdī naṃdiṣeṇaḥ kālapiṃgalakukkuṭāḥ .. > Somanandī, Nandiṣeṇa, Kāla, Piṅgala, and Kukkuṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.110) tedyāpi na nivartaṃte kāśyāṃ jīvāmṛtā yathā ..53.. > Even today they do not return from Kāśī, as if they were living-dead. .. 53 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.111) tepi svanāmnā liṃgāni śaṃbhusaṃtuṣṭi kāmyayā.. > They too, having installed liṅgas under their own names desiring Śambhu's satisfaction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.112) pratiṣṭhāpya sthitāḥ kāśyāṃ viśvanirvāṇajanmani .. 54 .. > remained in Kāśī, the birthplace of universal liberation. .. 54 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.113) somanaṃdīśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā liṃgaṃ naṃdavane param .. > Having seen the supreme liṅga Somanandīśvara in the Nandavana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.114) somaloke parānaṃdaṃ prāpnuyādbhaktimānnaraḥ .. 55 .. > a devoted man would attain supreme bliss in the realm of Soma. .. 55 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.115) taduttare vilokyātha naṃdiṣeṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ .. > Then, having seen Nandiṣeṇeśvara to the north of it, a man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.116) ānaṃdasenāṃ saṃprāpya jayenmṛtyumapi kṣaṇāt .. 56 .. > obtaining an army of bliss, would conquer even Death in an instant. .. 56 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.117) kāleśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ gaṃgāyāḥ paścimottare .. > Having bowed to the great liṅga Kāleśvara to the northwest of the Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.118) praṇamya kālapāśena no badhyeta kadācana .. .. 57 .. > one would never be bound by the noose of Death. .. 57 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.119) piṃgaleśvaramabhyarcya kāleśātkiṃciduttare .. > Having worshipped Piṅgaleśvara a little to the north of Kāleśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.120) labhate piṃgalajñānaṃ yena tanmayatāṃ vrajet .. 58 .. > he obtains the tawny knowledge by which he attains identity with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.121) kukkuṭeśvara liṃgasya yetra bhaktiṃ vitanvate .. > Those who show devotion here to the liṅga Kukkuṭeśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.122) kukkuṭāṃḍākṛtestasya na te garbhamavāpnuyuḥ .. 59 .. > which has the form of a hen's egg, do not enter a womb \[again\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.123) .. skaṃda uvāca .. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.124) somanaṃdi prabhṛtiṣu mune paṃcagaṇeṣvapi .. > When even the five Gaṇas, led by Somanandin, O sage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.125) ānaṃdakānanaṃ prāpya sthiteṣu sthāṇurabravīt .. 4.2.53.60 .. > had reached Ānandakānana and stayed there, Sthāṇu said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.126) kāryamasmākamevaitadyadi samyagvimṛśyate .. > "If properly considered, this is indeed my own task: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.127) anenopādhināpyete tatra tiṣṭhaṃtu māmakāḥ .. 61 .. > even under this pretext, let these followers of mine remain there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.128) pramatheṣu praviṣṭeṣu māyāvīryamahatsvapi .. > When the Pramathas have entered, though great in magical power, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.129) ahameva praviṣṭosmi vārāṇasyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 62 .. > I myself have entered Vārāṇasī, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.130) krameṇa preṣayiṣyāmi yosti me svaparicchadaḥ .. > In due course I will send whatever retinue is mine; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.131) tatra sarveṣu yāteṣu tato yāsyāmyahaṃ punaḥ .. 63 .. > when all of them have gone there, then I too shall go." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.132) saṃpradhāryeti hṛdaye devadevena śūlinā .. > Having so resolved in his heart, the trident-bearing God of gods > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.133) praiṣiṣṭa pramathānāṃ tu tato gaṇacatuṣṭayam .. 64 .. > then dispatched a group of four Gaṇas among the Pramathas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.134) kuṃḍodaro mayūrākhyo bāṇo gokarṇa eva ca .. > Kuṇḍodara, Mayūra by name, Bāṇa, and Gokarṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.135) māyābalaṃ samāśritya kāśīṃ praviviśurgaṇāḥ .. 65 .. > Resorting to the power of māyā, the Gaṇas entered Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.136) kṛtvopāyaśataṃ taistu divodāsasya saṃbhrame yadaikopi samartho na tadā tatraiva saṃsthitam ..66.. > Though having tried a hundred means to cause confusion to Divodāsa, / when not even one proved capable, they remained right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.137) aparādhaśateṣvīśaḥ kena tuṣyati karmaṇā .. > "By what action is the Lord pleased when there are a hundred transgressions?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.138) saṃpradhāryeti te cakrurliṃgārādhanamuttamam .. 67 .. > Reflecting thus, they performed the supreme worship of the liṅga: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.139) ekasmiñśāṃbhave liṃge vidhinātra samarcite .. > "When a single liṅga belonging to Śambhu is properly worshipped here according to the rules, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.140) kṣamettryakṣoparādhānāṃ śataṃ mokṣaṃ ca yacchati ..68.. > the Three-eyed Lord forgives a hundred transgressions and grants liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.141) na tuṣyati tathā śaṃbhuryajñadānatapovrataiḥ .. > Śambhu is not so pleased by sacrifices, gifts, austerities, and observances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.142) yathā tuṣyetsakṛlliṃge vidhinābhyarcite sati .. 69 .. > as he is pleased when a liṅga is worshipped once according to the rules. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.143) liṃgārcanavidhānajño liṃgārcanarataḥ sadā .. > One who knows the rules for worshipping the liṅga and is ever devoted to worshipping the liṅga > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.144) tryakṣa eva sa vijñeyaḥ sākṣāddvyakṣopi mānavaḥ .. 4.2.53.70 .. > is to be regarded as the Three-eyed Lord himself, even though manifest as a two-eyed human. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.145) na gośatapradānena na svarṇaśatadānataḥ .. > Not by the gift of a hundred cows, nor by the gift of a hundred \[pieces of\] gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.146) tatphalaṃ labhyate puṃbhiryatsakṛlliṃgapūjanāt .. 71 .. > is that fruit obtained by men which comes from worshipping the liṅga even once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.147) aśvamedhādibhiryāgairna tatphalamavāpyate .. > Not by sacrifices such as the horse sacrifice is that fruit obtained > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.148) yatphalaṃ labhyate martyairnityaṃ liṃgaprapūjanāt .. 72 .. > which mortals obtain through daily worship of the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.149) snāpayitvā vidhānena yo liṃgasnapanodakam .. > He who, having bathed \[the liṅga\] according to rule, drinks thrice > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.150) triḥ pibettrividhaṃ pāpaṃ tasyehāśu praṇaśyati .. 73 .. > the water from the ceremonial bath of the liṅga—his threefold sin is swiftly destroyed here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.151) liṃga snapanavārbhiryaḥ kuryānmūrdhnyabhiṣecanam .. > He who sprinkles the water from the ceremonial bath of the liṅga upon his head— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.152) gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ tasya jāyatetra vipāpmanaḥ .. 74 .. > the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā belongs to him; he becomes free from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.153) liṃgaṃ samarcitaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaḥ kuryātpraṇatiṃ sakṛt .. > He who, seeing a liṅga that has been worshipped, bows down even once, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.154) saṃdeho jāyate tasya punardehanibaṃdhane .. 75 .. > doubt arises regarding his being bound again in a body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.155) liṃgaṃ yaḥ sthāpayedbhaktyā saptajanmakṛtādaghāt .. > He who installs a liṅga with devotion is freed from the sin committed in seven births, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.156) mucyate nātra saṃdeho viśuddhaḥ svargabhāgbhavet .. .. 76 .. > of this there is no doubt; purified, he shares in heaven." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.157) vicāryeti gaṇaiḥ kāśyāṃ svāmidrohopaśāṃtaye .. > Having considered thus, the Gaṇas, in order to pacify their betrayal of their master, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.158) pratiṣṭhitāni liṃgāni mahāpātakabhiṃdyapi .. 77 .. > installed liṅgas in Kāśī that shatter even great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.159) kuṃḍodareśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā lolārkasannidhau .. > Beholding the liṅga Kuṇḍodareśvara near Lolārka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.160) sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate ..78.. > one is freed from all sins and glorified in Śiva's world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.161) kuṃḍodareśvarālliṃgātpratīcyāmasirodhasi .. > To the west of the liṅga Kuṇḍodareśvara, on the bank of the Asi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.162) mayūreśvaramabhyarcya na garbhaṃ pratipadyate ..79.. > having worshipped Mayūreśvara, one does not enter a womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.163) mayūreśapratīcyāṃ ca liṃgaṃ bāṇeśvaraṃ mahat .. > And to the west of Mayūreśa is the great liṅga Bāṇeśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.164) tasya darśanamātreṇa sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 4.2.53.80 .. > merely by its darśana, one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.165) gokarṇeśaṃ mahāliṃgamaṃtargehasya paścime .. > Having worshipped the great liṅga Gokarṇeśa at the western gate > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.166) dvāre samarcya vai kāśyāṃ na vighnairabhibhūyate .. 81 .. > of the inner sanctuary in Kāśī, one is not overcome by obstacles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.167) gokarṇeśvara bhaktasya paṃcatva samaye sati .. > For a devotee of Gokarṇeśvara, at the time of death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.168) jñānabhraṃśo na jāyeta kvacidapyaṃtamṛcchataḥ ..82.. > no loss of knowledge occurs wherever he meets his end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.169) .. skaṃda uvāca .. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.170) cirayatsugaṇeṣveṣu caturṣvapigaṇeśvaraḥ .. > As these four Gaṇas were delaying, the Lord of Gaṇas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.171) mahimānaṃ mahattvaṃ tu tatkāśyāḥ paryavarṇayat .. 83 .. > extolled the glory and majesty of that Kāśī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.172) vaiṣṇavyā māyayā viśvaṃ bhrāmyetātra yayākhilam.. > "By Vaiṣṇava māyā, by which the whole universe is deluded here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.173) dhruvaṃ mūrtimatī saiṣā kāśī viśvaikamohinī .. 84 .. > this Kāśī is certainly that \[māyā\] embodied, the sole enchantress of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.174) apāsya sodarāndārānputraṃ kṣetraṃ gṛhaṃ vasu .. > Abandoning brothers, wives, son, field, house, and wealth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.175) apyaṃgīkṛtya nidhanaṃ sarve kāśīmupāsate .. 85.. > and even embracing death, all people serve Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.176) maraṇādapi no kāśyāṃ bhayaṃ yatra manāgapi .. > Where there is not the slightest fear even of death in Kāśī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.177) gaṇāstatra tu tiṣṭhaṃtaḥ kuto mattopi bibhyati .. 86 .. > why should the Gaṇas dwelling there fear even me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.178) maraṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ yatra vibhūtiryatra bhūṣaṇam .. > Where death is auspicious, where sacred ash is ornament, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.179) kaupīnaṃ yatra kauśeyaṃ kāśī kutropamīyate .. 87 .. > where a loincloth is silk—to what can Kāśī be compared?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.180) nirvāṇaramaṇī yatra raṃkaṃ vā'raṃkameva vā .. > Where the beautiful maiden of final liberation chooses a beggar or a prince, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.181) brāhmaṇaṃ vā śvapākaṃ vā vṛṇīte prāṃtyabhūṣaṇam .. 88 .. > a brahmin or an outcaste, whose ornament is the final end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.182) mṛtānāṃ yatra jaṃtūnāṃ nirvāṇapadamṛcchatām .. > Where creatures, dying and attaining the state of liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.183) koṭyaṃśenāpi na samā api śakrādayaḥ surāḥ .. 89 .. > are not equalled by even a fraction of a crore by the gods, Indra and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.184) yatra kāśyāṃ mṛto jaṃturbrahmanārāyaṇādibhiḥ .. > In which Kāśī a creature who has died is revered with great effort > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.185) prabaddha mūrdhāṃjalibhirnamasyetātiyatnataḥ .. 4.2.53.90 .. > by Brahmā, Nārāyaṇa, and the others, their hands folded upon their heads. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.186) yatra kāśyāṃ śavatvepi jaṃturnāśucitāṃ vrajet .. > Where, in Kāśī, even in being a corpse a creature does not contract impurity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.187) atastatkarṇasaṃsparśaṃ karomyahamapi svayam .. 91 .. > therefore I myself personally touch his ear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.188) yastu kāśīti kāśīti dvistrirjapati puṇyavān .. > The virtuous person who murmurs 'Kāśī, Kāśī' twice or thrice > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.189) api sarvapavitrebhyaḥ sa pavitrataro mahān .. 92 .. > is purer than all purifying things and great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.190) yena kāśī hṛdi dhyātā yena kāśīha sevitā .. > He by whom Kāśī is meditated upon in the heart, by whom Kāśī is served here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.191) tenāhaṃ hṛdi saṃdhyātastenāhaṃ sevitaḥ sadā .. 93 .. > by him am I meditated upon in the heart; by him am I served always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.192) kāśīṃ yaḥ sevate jaṃturnirvikalpena cetasā .. > Whatever creature serves Kāśī with an unwavering mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.193) tamahaṃ hṛdaye nityaṃ dhārayāmi prayatnataḥ .. 94 .. > him do I always hold in my heart with special care. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.194) svayaṃ vastumaśaktopi vāsayettīrthavāsinam .. > Even if unable to dwell there himself, one should settle an inhabitant of the sacred ford; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.195) apyekamapi mūlyena sa vastuḥphalabhāgdhruvam .. 95 .. > even if only one, at some expense, he surely shares in the fruit of dwelling there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.196) kāśyāṃ vasaṃti ye dhīrā āpaṃcatva viniścayāḥ .. > Those steadfast ones who dwell in Kāśī, resolved to remain until death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.197) jīvanmuktāstu te jñeyā vaṃdyāḥ pūjyāsta eva hi .. 96 .. > are to be known as liberated while living; they alone are venerable and worshipful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.198) itthaṃ vimṛśya bahuśaḥ sthāṇurvārāṇasīguṇān .. > Reflecting thus repeatedly upon the virtues of Vārāṇasī, Sthāṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.199) gaṇānanyānsamāhūya prāhiṇotprītipūrvakam .. ..97.. > summoning other gaṇas, dispatched them with affection: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.53.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53.200) tārakatvaṃ samāgaccha gacchāti svacchamānasa .. > “Tāraka, come forward! Go, you of pure mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 264 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.53.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vīrāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.vira.43.91) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.53) · Pramāṇa