[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 4.5 # Skandapurana 4.5 Skandapurāṇa 4.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.1) parāśara uvāca .. .. > Parāśara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.2) tato dhyānena viśveśamālokya sa munīśvaraḥ .. > Then, having beheld the Lord of the Universe in meditation, that prince among sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.3) sūta provāca tāṃ puṇyāṃ lopāmudrāmidaṃ vacaḥ .. 1 .. > the son of Mitra and Varuṇa, spoke these words to the virtuous Lopāmudrā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.4) ayi paśya varārohe kimetatsamupasthitam .. > "Ah, look, fair-hipped woman, what has befallen us! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.5) kva tatkāryaṃ kva ca vayaṃ munimārgānusāriṇaḥ .. 2 .. > Where is that task, and where are we who follow the path of sages? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.6) yena gotrabhidā gotrā vipakṣā helayā kṛtāḥ .. > By whom, the smiter of mountains, mountains were effortlessly stripped of their wings— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.7) bhavetkuṃṭhitasāmarthyaḥ sa kathaṃ girimātrake .. 3 .. > how could his power be blunted against a mere mountain? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.8) kalpavṛkṣoṃ'gaṇe yasya kuliśaṃ yasya cāyudham .. > He in whose courtyard is the wish-fulfilling tree, whose weapon is the thunderbolt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.9) siddhyaṣṭakaṃ hi yaddvāri sa siddhyai prārthayeddvijam.. 4 .. > and at whose door wait the eight perfections—should he plead with a twice-born for success? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.10) kriyaṃte vyākulāḥ śailā aho dāvāgninā priye .. > Alas, my dear, mountains are thrown into turmoil by forest fire; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.11) tadvṛddhistaṃbhane śaktiḥ kva gatāsā''śuśukṣaṇeḥ ..5.. > where has that power of fire to check its growth now gone? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.12) niyantā sarvabhūtānāṃ yosau daṇḍadharaḥ prabhuḥ .. > He who is the restrainer of all beings, the lord who wields the rod of punishment— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.13) sa kiṃ daṃḍayituṃ nālamekaṃ taṃ grāvamātrakam .. 6 .. > is he unable to chastise that single, solitary rock? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.14) ādityā vasavo rudrāstuṣitāḥ sa marudgaṇāḥ .. > The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Tuṣitas along with the hosts of Maruts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.15) viśvedevāstathā dasrau ye cānyepi divaukasaḥ .. 7 .. > the Viśvedevas, likewise the two Aśvins, and whatever other dwellers of heaven there are, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.16) yeṣāṃ dṛkpātamātreṇa pataṃti bhuvanānyapi.. > at whose mere glance even worlds fall down— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.17) te kiṃ samarthā no kāṃte nagavṛddhiniṣedhane ..8.. > are they not capable, beloved, of checking the growth of a mountain? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.18) ājñātaṃ kāraṇaṃ tacca smṛtaṃ vākyaṃ subhāṣitam.. > That reason is understood, and remembered is that well-spoken saying > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.19) kāśīmuddiśya yadgītaṃ munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ ..9.. > sung with reference to Kāśī by the sages who see the truth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.20) avimuktaṃ na moktavyaṃ sarvathaiva mumukṣubhiḥ .. > 'Avimukta is never to be abandoned by those who desire liberation; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.21) kiṃtu vighnā bhaviṣyaṃti kāśyāṃ nivasatāṃ satām .. 4.1.5.10 .. > yet obstacles will surely arise for good people living in Kāśī.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.22) upasthitoyaṃ kalyāṇi soṃ'tarāyo mahāniha .. > O auspicious woman, that great obstacle has now presented itself here; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.23) na śakyate'nyathākartuṃ viśveśo vimukho yataḥ .. 11 .. > it cannot be altered, because the Lord of the Universe has turned his face away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.24) kāśīdvijāśīrbhiraho yadāptā kastāṃ mumukṣuryadivāmumukṣuḥ .. > Ah, what seeker of liberation, or even non-seeker, having attained Kāśī through the blessings of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.25) grāsaṃ karasthaṃ sa visṛjya hṛdyaṃ svakūrparaṃ leḍhi vimūḍhacetāḥ .. 12 .. > would drop the delightful morsel held in his hand to lick his own elbow, foolish in mind? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.26) aho janā bāliśavatkimetāṃ kāśīṃ tyajeyuḥ sukṛtaikarāśim .. > Alas, why should people like children abandon this Kāśī, a single heap of merits? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.27) śālūkakaṃdaḥ pratimajjanaṃ kiṃ labheta tadvatsulabhā kimeṣā .. 13 .. > Can an edible lotus root be gathered at every plunge? Is she so easily obtained? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.28) bhavāṃtarā varjita puṇyarāśiṃ kṛcchairmahadbhirhyavagam yakāśīm .. > Having understood Kāśī, a heap of merits gathered through other lives, through great hardships, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.29) prāpyāpi kiṃ mūḍhadhiyonyato vai yiyāsavo durgatimudyiyāsavaḥ .. 14 .. > why do dull-witted people, even after reaching it, wish to go elsewhere, eager to rush into misfortune? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.30) kva kāśikā viśvapadaprakāśikā kva kāryamanyatparitotiduḥkham .. > Where is Kāśikā, revealer of the supreme state, and where is any other undertaking, full of misery on all sides? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.31) tatpaṃḍitonyatra kutaḥ prayāti kiṃ yāti kūṣmāṃḍaphalaṃ hyajāsye .. 15 .. > Why then should a learned man go elsewhere? Does a pumpkin fruit enter a goat's mouth? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.32) kāśīṃ prakāśīṃ kṛtapuṇyarāśiṃ hā śīghranāśī visṛjennaraḥ kim .. > Why should a man, alas soon to perish, abandon Kāśī, the radiant one, who produces a heap of merit? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.33) nūnaṃ svanūnaṃ sukṛtaṃ tadīyaṃ madīyamevaṃ vivṛṇoti cetaḥ .. 16 .. > Surely, his own merit has diminished; thus my heart explains it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.34) naro na rogī yadihāvihāya sahāyabhūtāṃ sakalasya jaṃtoḥ... > Unless a man is diseased, he will not strive to depart elsewhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.35) kāśīmanāśī sukṛtaikarāśimanyatra yātuṃ yatatāṃ na cānyaḥ .. 17 .. > leaving behind Kāśī, the helper of every living being, imperishable, a single mass of good deeds, and none other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.36) vitrastapāpāṃ tridaśairdurāpāṃ gaṃgāṃ sadāpāṃ bhavapāśaśāpām .. > From which sins flee in terror, hard to reach even for the gods, where the Gaṅgā ever flows, which cuts through the curse and snare of worldly existence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.37) śivāvimuktāmamṛtaikaśuktiṃ bhuktāvimuktānaparityajanti .. 18 .. > auspicious, never abandoned by Śiva, the unique oyster shell for the pearl of immortality—only those whose liberation has been exhausted abandon it! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.38) haṃho kimaṃho nicitāḥ pralabdhā baṃhīyasāyāsa bhareṇa kāśīm .. > Ah, are they laden with sins, who, having obtained Kāśī with an immense load of exertion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.39) prabhūtapuṇyadraviṇaikapaṇyāṃ prāpyāpi hitvā kva ca gaṃtumudyatāḥ .. 19 .. > which can only be bought with the commodity of abundant merit, abandon it and prepare to go elsewhere? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.40) aho janānāṃ jaḍatā vihāya kāśīṃ yadanyatra na yaṃti cetaḥ .. > Ah, the dullness of people whose mind, abandoning Kāśī, goes elsewhere— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.41) parisphuradgāṃgajalābhirāmāṃ kāmāriśūlāgradhṛtāṃ layepi .. 4.1.5.20 .. > delightful with glittering waters of the Gaṅgā, and held on the tip of the trident of Cupid's foe even during the dissolution! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.42) rere bhave śokajalaikapūrṇe pāpesmalokāḥ patitābdhimadhye.. > O, people have fallen into the middle of the ocean in worldly existence filled with waters of sorrow, into sin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.43) vidrāṇanidrāṇavirodhipāpāṃ kāśīṃ parityajyatariṃ kimartham..21.. > for what reason do they abandon the boat that is Kāśī, which puts to flight the sins that oppose them? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.44) na satpathenāpi na yogayuktyā dānairnavā naiva tapobhirugraiḥ .. > Not by the good path, nor by the application of yoga, nor by gifts, nor by fierce austerities > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.45) kāśī dvijāśīrbhiraho sulabhyā kiṃvā prasādena ca viśvabhartuḥ ..22.. > is Kāśī easily obtained, but through the blessings of brahmins, or through the grace of the Lord of the Universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.46) dharmastu saṃpattibharaiḥ kilohyatepyartho hi kāmairbahudānabhogakaiḥ.. > Righteousness is indeed borne along by masses of riches, and wealth by desires through many gifts and enjoyments; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.47) anyatrasarvaṃ sa ca mokṣa ekaḥ kāśyāṃ na cānyatra tathāyathātra..23.. > everything else is everywhere, but that sole liberation is in Kāśī, and nowhere else as it is here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.48) kṣetraṃ pavitraṃ hi yathā'vimuktaṃ nānyattathāyacchrutibhiḥ prayuktam.. > No other sacred field is holy as Avimukta is, as proclaimed by the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.49) na dharmaśāstrairna ca taiḥpurāṇaistasmāccharaṇyaṃ hi sadā'vimuktam..24.. > nor by the Dharmaśāstras, nor by the Purāṇas; therefore Avimukta is ever a refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.50) sahovāceti jābālirāruṇesiriḍāmatā.. > "He said this," so declared Jābāli: "The Asi is considered the Iḍā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.51) varaṇāpiṃgalā nāḍī tadaṃtastvavimuktakam..25.. > the Varaṇā is the Piṅgalā channel, and within them is Avimukta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.52) sā suṣumṇā parānāḍī trayaṃ vārāṇasītvasau.. > That supreme channel is the Suṣumṇā; this triad is Vārāṇasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.53) tadatrotkramaṇe sarvajaṃtūnāṃ hi śrutau haraḥ..26.. > Therefore, at the departure of the vital breath of all creatures here, Hara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.54) tārakaṃ brahmavyācaṣṭe tena brahma bhavaṃti hi.. > whispering into the ear, reveals the saving Brahman, by which they truly become Brahman." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.55) evaṃ śloko bhavatyeṣa āhurvai vedavādinaḥ..27.. > Such is this verse, as those who expound the Veda declare: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.56) bhagavānaṃtakāle'tra tārakasyopadeśataḥ.. > "At the time of death, the Lord, by imparting the saving formula > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.57) avimuktesthitāñjantūnmocayennātra saṃśayaḥ..28.. > to living beings dwelling in Avimukta, liberates them—there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.58) nāvimuktasamaṃkṣetraṃ nāvimuktasamā gatiḥ .. > There is no sacred field equal to Avimukta, no goal equal to Avimukta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.59) nāvimuktasamaṃ liṃgaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 29 .. > no liṅga equal to Avimukta; true, true, again and again!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.60) avimuktaṃ parityajya yonyatra kurute ratim .. > Abandoning Avimukta, whoever delights elsewhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.61) muktiṃ karatalānmuktvā sonyāṃ siddhiṃ gaveṣayet ..4.1.5.30.. > lets liberation slip from the palm of his hand to search for some other perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.62) itthaṃ suniścitya munirmahātmā kṣetraprabhāvaṃ śrutitaḥ purāṇāt.. > Having thus fully ascertained the power of the sacred field from the Vedas and Purāṇas— / that there is no liṅga equal to Viśvanātha, and no city equal to Kāśī among thirty million— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.63) śrīviśvanāthena samaṃ na liṃgaṃ purī na kāśī sadṛśī trikoṭyām..31.. > \[the sage determined this in his heart\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.64) śrīkālarājaṃ ca tataḥ praṇamya vijñāpayāmāsa munīśavaryaḥ .. > Then, bowing to Kālarāja, that best of great sages petitioned him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.65) āpṛcchanāyāhamihāgatosmi śrīkāśipuryāstu yataḥ prabhustvam ..32 .. > “I have come here to take my leave, for you are the master of the city of Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.66) hā kālarājaprati bhūtamatra pratyaṣṭamipratyavanīsutārkam .. > Alas, O Kālarāja, do I not worship every spirit here on every eighth day, / on every Tuesday and Sunday, with roots, fruits, and flowers? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.67) nārādhaye mūlaphalaprasūnaiḥ kiṃ mayyanāgasyaparādhadṛksyāḥ .. 33 .. > Why then should you look for fault in me, who am guiltless? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.68) hā kālabhairava bhavānabhito bhayārtānmābhaiṣṭa ce tibhaṇanaiḥ svakaraṃ prasārya .. > Alas, O Kālabhairava! Stretching out your hand and calling, ‘Do not fear!’ to those afflicted with dread all around, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.69) mūrtiṃ vidhāya vikaṭāṃ kaṭupāpabhoktrīṃ vārāṇasīsthitajanānparipāti kiṃ na ..34 .. > assuming a formidable form that consumes bitter sins, do you not protect the people dwelling in Vārāṇasī? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.70) he yakṣarāja rajanīkara cārumūrte śrīpūrṇabhadrasutanāyaka daṃḍapāṇe .. > O king of the yakṣas, of lovely moon-like form, leader of the sons of Pūrṇabhadra, Dandapāṇi! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.71) tvaṃ vai tapojanitaduḥkhamavaipi sarvaṃ kiṃ māṃ bahirnayasi kāśinivāsirakṣin .. 35 .. > You indeed know all the suffering born of austerity; why do you banish me, O protector of the inhabitants of Kāśī? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.72) tvamannadastvaṃ kila jīvadātā tvaṃ jñānadastvaṃ kila mokṣadopi .. > You are the giver of food, you are indeed the giver of life; you are the giver of knowledge, and you are indeed the giver of liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.73) tvamaṃtyabhūṣāṃ kuruṣe janānāṃ jaṭākalāpairurageṃdrahāraiḥ .. 36 .. > You arrange the final adornment of mortals with masses of matted locks and necklaces of serpent kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.74) gaṇau tvadīyau kila saṃbhramodbhramāvatrasthavṛttāṃta vicārakovidau .. > Your two gaṇas, Sambhrama and Udbhrama, skilled in investigating the conduct of those dwelling here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.75) saṃbhrāṃtimutpādyaparāmasādhūnkṣetrātkṣaṇaṃ dūrayatastvamuṣmāt .. 37 .. > produce great delusion and cast the wicked far from this sacred field in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.76) śṛṇu prabho ḍhuṃḍhivināyaka tvaṃ vācaṃ madīyāṃ turaṭāmyanāthavat .. > Listen, O lord Ḍhuṇḍhivināyaka, to my voice, as I lament like one bereft! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.77) tvatsthāḥ samastāḥ kila vighnapūgāḥ kimatra durvṛttavadāsthitoham . 38 .. > All multitudes of obstacles abide in you; have I behaved here like one of wicked conduct? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.78) śṛṇvaṃtvamī paṃca vināyakāśca ciṃtāmaṇiścāpi kapardināmā .. > May these five Vināyakas listen: Cintāmaṇi and the one named Kapardin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.79) āśāgajākhyau ca vināyakau tau śṛṇotvasau siddhivināyakaśca..39.. > and the two Vināyakas called the Āśāgajas, and may Siddhivināyaka listen! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.80) parāpavādo na mayā kiloktaḥ parāpakāropi mayā kṛto na .. > I have spoken no slander of others, nor have I caused harm to others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.81) parasvabuddhiḥ paradārabuddhiḥ kṛtā mayā nātra ka eṣa pākaḥ ..4.1.5.40.. > I have not coveted another's wealth or another's wife. What ripening of karma is this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.82) gaṃgā trikālaṃ parisevitā mayā śrīviśvanāthopi sadā vilokitaḥ .. > The Gaṅgā was attended by me at the three junctures of the day, and glorious Viśvanātha was constantly beheld; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.83) yātrāḥ kṛtāstāḥ pratiparvasarvataḥ koyaṃvipāko mama vighnahetuḥ .. 41 .. > pilgrimages were undertaken on every sacred occasion everywhere. What ripening of karma is this that causes me obstacle? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.84) mātarviśālākṣi bhavānimaṃgale jyeṣṭheśisaubhāgyavidhānasuṃdari.. > O Mother Viśālākṣī, Bhavānī, auspicious one, beautiful dispenser of good fortune, Jyeṣṭheśī! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.85) viśvevidhe viśvabhuje namostu te śrīcitraghaṃṭe vikaṭe ca durgike .. 42 .. > O ordainer of all, all-armed one, obeisance to you, O glorious Citraghaṇṭā, formidable little Durgā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.86) sākṣiṇya etā kilakāśidevatāḥ śṛṇvaṃtu na svārthamahaṃ vrajāmyataḥ .. > Let these witness deities of Kāśī listen: I depart not for my own purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.87) abhyarthito devagaṇaiḥ karo mi kiṃ paropakārāya na kiṃ vidhīyate .. 43 .. > Entreated by the hosts of gods, what can I do? What is not undertaken for the welfare of others? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.88) dadhīcirasthīni na kiṃ purā dadau jagattrayaṃ kiṃ na dade'rthine baliḥ .. > Did not Dadhīci give his bones of old? Did not Bali give the three worlds to a petitioner? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.89) dattaḥ sma kiṃ no madhukaiṭabhau śiro babhūva tārkṣyopi ca viṣṇuvāhanam .. 44 .. > Did not Madhu and Kaiṭabha give their heads, and did not Garuḍa become the mount of Viṣṇu? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.90) āpṛcchya sarvānsamunīnmunīśvaraḥ sabālavṛddhānapi tatravāsinaḥ .. > Taking leave of all the sages and the supreme sages, as well as the young and the old dwelling there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.91) tṛṇāni vṛkṣāṃścalatāḥ samastāḥ purīṃ parikramya ca niryayau ca..45.. > the grasses, the trees, and all the creepers, he circumambulated the city and went forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.92) proṣitasya paritopi lakṣaṇairnīcavartmaparivartinopi vā .. > Even of a traveler, or of one traveling by a low path, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.93) caṃdramaulimavalokya yāsyataḥ kasya siddhiriha no parisphuret ..46.. > who beholds the moon-crested \[Lord\] upon departing, whose perfection here would not shine forth? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.94) varaṃ hi kāśyāṃ tṛṇavṛkṣagulmakāścaraṃti pāpaṃ na caraṃti nānyataḥ .. > “Better indeed are the grasses, trees, and shrubs in Kāśī; they commit no sin, nor do they go elsewhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.95) vayaṃ carāṇāṃ prathamā dhigastu no vārāṇasīṃhādya vihāya gacchataḥ .. 47 .. > Fie upon us, foremost among moving beings, who leave Vārāṇasī today and go!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.96) asiṃ hyupaspṛśya punaḥpunarmuniḥ prāsādamālāḥ parito vilokayan .. > Sipping the water of the Asi again and again, the sage, gazing all around at the rows of temples, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.97) uvāca netre sarale prapaśyataṃ kāśīṃ yuvāṃ kvakva purī tviyaṃ bata .. 48 .. > said: “O straight eyes, look upon Kāśī! Where is there any city like this, alas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.98) svairaṃ hasaṃtvadya vidhāya tālikāṃ mithaḥkareṇāpi karaṃ pragṛhya .. > Let them clap their hands and laugh freely today, holding hand in hand with one another— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.99) sīmācarā bhūtagaṇā vrajāmyahaṃ vihāya kāśīṃ sukṛtaikarāśim .. 49 .. > those hosts of spirits wandering the boundaries—for I am departing, leaving Kāśī, the sole heap of merit!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.100) itthaṃ vilapya bahuśaḥ sa munistvagastyastatkrauṃcayugmavadaho abalāsahāyaḥ .. > Having lamented thus in many ways, that sage Agastya, accompanied by his wife like that pair of krauñca birds, alas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.101) mūrcchāmavāpa mahatīṃ virahī vajalpanhākāśikāśi punarehi ca dehi dṛṣṭim.. 4.1.5.50 .. > fell into a deep swoon, babbling in his separation: “O Kāśī, Kāśī! Return and grant me a glance!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.102) sthitvā kṣaṇaṃ śivaśiveti śiveti coktvā yāvaḥpriyeti kaṭhināhi divaukasaste.. > Pausing for a moment and saying “Śiva, Śiva, Śiva,” \[he said:\] “Let us go, beloved, for those dwellers in heaven are ruthless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.103) kiṃ na smarestrijagatī sukhadānadakṣaṃ tryakṣaṃ prahityamadanaṃ yadakāritaistu .. 51 .. > Do they not remember the three-eyed god, who is skilled in granting happiness to the three worlds, when they provoked him by sending Madana?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.104) yāvadvrajettricaturāṇi padāni khedātsvedodabiṃdukaṇikāṃcitabhāladeśaḥ .. > As he walked three or four steps in grief, his forehead dotted with particles of sweat-drops, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.105) pratyudgamā'karaṇataḥ kila me vināśastāvaddharābhayavarādiva saṃcukoca .. 52 .. > thinking, “Surely my destruction will occur because I failed to go out to meet him,” the earth shrank as if out of fear of a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.106) tapoyānamivāruhya nimeṣārdhena vai muniḥ .. > Mounting, as it were, the chariot of austerity, in half a twinkling of an eye the sage > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.107) agre dadarśa taṃ viṃdhyaṃ ruddhāṃbaramathonnatam .. 53.. > saw before him the towering Vindhya, blocking the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.108) cakaṃpe cācalastūrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvaivāgrasthitama munim .. > And the mountain trembled swiftly upon seeing the sage standing before him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.109) tamagastyaṃ sapatnīkaṃ vātāpīlvala vairiṇam .. 54 .. > that Agastya with his wife, the enemy of Vātāpi and Ilvala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.110) tapaḥkrodhasamutthābhyāṃ kāśīvirahajanmanā .. > blazing fiercely like the fire of cosmic dissolution with three fires: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.111) pralayānalavattīvraṃ jvalaṃtaṃ tribhiragnibhiḥ ..55 .. > those born of austerity, of wrath, and of separation from Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.112) giriḥ kharvataro bhūtvā vivikṣuravanīmiva .. > Becoming very dwarfish, as though wishing to enter into the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.113) ājñāprasādaḥ kriyatāṃ kiṃkarosmīti cābravīta.. 56 .. > the mountain said: “Grant me your command and favor; I am your servant.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.114) .. agastya uvāca .. .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.115) viṃdhya sādhurasi prājña māṃ ca jānāsi tattvataḥ .. > “O Vindhya, you are virtuous and wise, and you know me in truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.116) punarāgamanaṃ cenme tāvatkharvataro bhava .. 57 .. > Until my return, remain thus dwarfish.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.117) ityuktvā dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ sanāthāmakaronmuniḥ .. > Having spoken thus, that store of austerities, the sage, endowed the southern quarter with a protector > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.118) nijaiścaraṇavinyāsaistayā sādhvyā taponidhiḥ .. 58 .. > by his footsteps, together with that virtuous lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.119) gate tasminmunivare vepamānastadā giriḥ .. > When that best of sages had departed, the mountain, trembling at that time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.120) paśyatyutkaṃṭhamiva ca gataścetsādhvabhūttataḥ .. 59 .. > looked as if longing, \[thinking,\] 'If he has gone, then it is well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.121) adyājātaḥ punarahaṃ na śapto yadagastinā .. > Today I have been born anew, since I was not cursed by Agastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.122) na mayā sadṛśo dhanya iti mene sa vai giriḥ .. 4.1.5.60 .. > There is no one blessed like me'—so the mountain considered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.123) aruṇopi ca tatkāle kālajño 'śvānakālayat .. > And at that time, Aruṇa, knowing the proper time, drove his horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.124) jagatsvāsthyamavāpoccaiḥ pūrvavadbhānusaṃcaraiḥ .. 61 .. > The world attained great peace, as before, through the movements of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.125) adya śvo vā paraśvo vāpyāgamipyati vai muniḥ .. > 'Today, or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, the sage will surely return'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.126) iti ciṃtāmahābhārairgirirākrāṃtavatsthitaḥ .. 62 .. > thus the mountain remained as if weighed down by a great burden of anxiety. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.127) nādyāpi munirāyāti nādyāpigiriredhate .. > Even today the sage does not return; even today the mountain does not grow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.128) yathā khalajanānāṃ hi manorathamahīruhaḥ .. 63 .. > just like the wish-tree of wicked people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.129) vivardhiṣati yo nīcaḥ parāsūyāṃ samudvahan .. > Whatever base person desires to grow, harboring malice toward others— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.130) dūre tadvṛddhivārtā'stāṃ prāgvṛddherapi saṃśayaḥ .. 64 .. > far off be any talk of his growth; even his prior growth becomes doubtful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.131) manorathā na siddhyeyuḥ siddhā naśyaṃtyapi dhruvam .. > The desires \[of the wicked\] are never fulfilled; and if fulfilled, they are surely destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.132) khalānāṃ tena kuśali viśvaṃ viśveśarakṣitam .. 65 .. > Because of that \[failure\] of the wicked, the universe protected by the Lord of the Universe prospers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.133) vidhavānāṃ stanā yadvaddhṛdyeva vilayaṃti ca .. > Just as the breasts of widows melt away on their very chests, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.134) unnamyonnamya tatroccaistadvatkhalamanorathāḥ .. 66 .. > rising and rising high there, so do the desires of the wicked. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.135) bhavetkūlaṃkapā yadvadalpavarṣeṇakannadī .. > Just as a small river may overflow its banks with slight rain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.136) khalardhiralpavarṣeṇa tadvatsyātsvakulaṃkapā .. 67 .. > so the prosperity of a villain, by slight rain \[of fortune\], erodes his own family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.137) avijñāyānya sāmarthyaṃ svasāmarthyaṃ pradarśayeta .. > Without knowing another's strength, one who displays one's own power > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.138) upahāsamavāpnoti tathaivāyamihācalaḥ .. 68 .. > incurs ridicule, exactly as did this mountain here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.139) .. vyāsa uvāca .. .. > Vyāsa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.140) godāvarītaṭaṃ ramyaṃ vicarannapi vai muniḥ .. > Even while wandering along the pleasant banks of the Godāvarī, the sage > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.141) na tatyāja ca taṃ tāpaṃ kāśīvirahajaṃ param .. 69 .. > did not give up that supreme torment born of separation from Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.142) udīcī dikspṛśamapi sa munirmātariśvanam .. > Even to the wind that touched the northern quarter, that sage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.143) prasārya bāhū saṃśliṣya kāśyāḥ pṛcchedanāmayam .. 4.1.5.70 .. > stretching forth his arms and embracing it, would inquire after Kāśī's welfare: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.144) lopāmudre na sā mudrā kāpīha jagatītale .. > 'O Lopāmudrā, nowhere on the surface of the earth is there any seal > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.145) vārāṇasyāḥ pradṛśyeta tatkartā na yato vidhiḥ .. 71 .. > comparable to Vārāṇasī, since the Creator is not its maker.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.146) kvacittiṣṭhankvacijjalpankvaciddhāvankvacitskhalan .. > Standing somewhere, babbling somewhere, running somewhere, stumbling somewhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.147) kvaccicopaviśaṃśceti babhrāmetastato muniḥ ..72 .. > and sitting down somewhere, the sage thus wandered about here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.148) tato vrajandadarśāgre puṇyarāśistapodhanaḥ.. > Then, as he walked on, that treasury of austerity, a heap of merit, saw ahead of him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.149) caṃcaccaṃdragatābhāsāṃ bhāgyavāniva suśriyam .. 73 .. > like a fortunate man \[beholding\] splendid fortune, \[a goddess\] radiant with the shimmering light of the moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.150) vijityabhānu nābhānuṃ divāpi samuditvarām .. > who surpassed the non-brilliant sun and rose even during the day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.151) nirvāpayaṃtīmiva tāṃ svacetastāpasaṃtatim .. 74 .. > as if extinguishing the continuous anguish of his own heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.152) tatrāgastyo mahālakṣmīṃ dadṛśe suciraṃ sthitām.. 75.. > There Agastya beheld Mahālakṣmī, who had resided \[there\] for a very long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.153) rātrāvabjeṣu saṃkoco darśeṣvabjaḥ kvacidvrajet.. > \[Thinking,\] 'At night there is contraction in lotuses; on new-moon days, where could the lotus go? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.154) kṣīrode maṃdaratrāsāttadatrādhyuṣitāmiva.. 76.. > In the Ocean of Milk there is fear of Mount Mandara,' she dwelt here on that account, as it were; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.155) yadārabhya dadhāraināṃ mādhavo mānataḥ kila .. > or indeed, from the time Mādhava held her respectfully \[upon his chest\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.156) tadārabhya sthitāṃ nūnaṃ sapatnīrṣyāvaśādiva ..77.. > from that time she dwelt \[there\], surely as if out of jealousy of a co-wife; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.157) trailokyaṃ kolarūpeṇa trāsayaṃtaṃ mahāsuram.. > having slain the great asura who was terrifying the three worlds in the form of a boar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.158) vinihatya sthitāṃ tatra ramye kolāpure pure ..78.. > she was stationed there in that charming city of Kolāpura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.159) saṃprāpyātha mahālakṣmīṃ munivaryaḥ praṇamya ca.. > Having then approached Mahālakṣmī and bowed down, the best of sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.160) tuṣṭāva vāgbhiriṣṭābhiriṣṭadāṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ .. 79 .. > delighted in mind, praised the grantor of desires with pleasing words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.161) agastiruvāca.. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.162) mātarnamāmi kamale kamalāyatākṣi śrīviṣṇuhṛtkamalavāsini viśvamātaḥ .. > "O Mother Kamalā, with eyes long as lotus petals, dweller in the heart-lotus of Śrī Viṣṇu, Mother of the universe, I bow to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.163) kṣīrodaje kamalakomalagarbha gauri lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye .. 4.1.5.80 .. > Born from the Ocean of Milk, fair as the tender womb of a lotus, O Lakṣmī, refuge of those who bow down, be ever pleased! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.164) tvaṃ śrīrupeṃdrasadane madanaikamātarjyotsnāsi caṃdramasi caṃdramanoharāsye. sūrye prabhāsi ca jagattritaye prabhāsi lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye.. 81 .. > You are the fortune in Upendra's dwelling, the sole mother of Madana, the moonlight in the moon, your face lovely as the moon. / You are the light in the sun, and you shine in the three worlds. O Lakṣmī, refuge of those who bow down, be ever pleased! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.165) tvaṃ jātavedasi sadā dahnātmaśaktirvedhāstvayā jagadidaṃ vividhaṃ vidadhyāt .. > In fire you are ever the power whose nature is burning; through you the Creator creates this manifold world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.166) viśvaṃbharopi bibhṛyādakhilaṃ bhavatyā lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye .. 82 .. > Even the Supporter of the universe sustains everything through you. O Lakṣmī, refuge of those who bow down, be ever pleased! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.167) tvattyaktametadamale harate haropi tvaṃ pāsi haṃsi vidadhāsi parāvarāsi .. > Abandoned by you, O pure one, even Hara destroys this \[world\]; you protect, you destroy, you create, you are the highest and the lowest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.168) īḍyo babhūva harirapyamale tvadāptyā lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye .. 83 .. > Even Hari became praiseworthy, O spotless one, by attaining you. O Lakṣmī, refuge of those who bow down, be ever pleased! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.169) śūraḥ sa eva sa guṇī , budhaḥ dhanyo mānyaḥ sa eva kulaśīla kalākalāpaiḥ .. > He alone is heroic, he alone possesses virtues, he is wise, fortunate, and venerable through heaps of lineage, conduct, and arts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.170) ekaḥ śuciḥ sa hi pumānsakalepi loke yatrāpatettava śubhe karuṇākaṭākṣaḥ .. 84 .. > he alone is pure among men in the entire world, upon whom falls your compassionate side-glance, O auspicious one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.171) yasminvaseḥ kṣaṇamahopuruṣe gaje'śve straiṇe tṛṇe sarasi devakule gṛhe'nne.. > Upon whatever great man, elephant, horse, woman, blade of grass, lake, temple, house, food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.172) ratne patattriṇi paśau śayane dharāyāṃ saśrīkameva sakale tadihāstinānyat .. 85 .. > gem, bird, beast, bed, or ground you may dwell for even a moment—that entire thing alone has fortune here, not any other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.173) tvatspṛṣṭameva sakalaṃ śucitāṃ labheta tvattyaktameva sakalaṃ tvaśucīha lakṣmi .. > Whatever is touched by you alone attains purity; whatever is abandoned by you is indeed impure here, O Lakṣmī! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.174) tvannāma yatra ca sumaṃgalameva tatra śrīviṣṇupatni kamale kamalālaye'pi .. 86 .. > And wherever your name is, right there is great auspiciousness, O wife of Śrī Viṣṇu, O Kamalā, O dweller in the lotus! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.175) lakṣmīṃ śriyaṃ ca kamalāṃ kamalālayāṃ ca padmāṃ ramāṃ nalinayugmakarāṃ ca māṃ ca. kṣīrodajāmamṛtakuṃbhakarāmirāṃ ca viṣṇupriyāmiti sadājapatāṃ kva duḥkham .. 87 .. > For those who constantly recite: 'Lakṣmī, Śrī, Kamalā, Kamalālayā, Padmā, Ramā, holder of a pair of lotuses in her hands, Mā, / born of the Ocean of Milk, holding an ambrosia-jar in her hand, Irā, beloved of Viṣṇu'—where is there sorrow?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.176) iti stutvā bhagavatīṃ mahālakṣmīṃ haripriyām .. > Having thus praised the goddess Mahālakṣmī, beloved of Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.177) praṇanāma sapatnīkaḥ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ daṃḍavanmuniḥ..88.. > the sage, together with his wife, bowed down with eight limbs \[prostrate\] like a staff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.178) śrīruvāca.. > Śrī said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.179) uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te mitrāvaruṇasaṃbhava .. > "Rise, rise, blessings be to you, O son of Mitra and Varuṇa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.180) pativrate tvamuttiṣṭha lopāmudre śubhavrate .. 89 .. > Rise, faithful wife, Lopāmudrā of auspicious vows! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.181) stutyānayā prasannohaṃ vriyatāṃ yaddhṛdīpsitam .. > I am pleased by this hymn of praise; choose what is desired in your heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.182) rājaputri mahābhāge tvamihopaviśāmale .. 4.1.5.90 .. > O princess, fortunate one, pure lady, sit down here! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.183) tvadaṃgalakṣaṇairebhiḥ supavitraiśca te vrataiḥ.. > By these bodily marks of yours and by your exceedingly pure observances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.184) nirvāpayitumicchāmi daityāstraistāpitāṃ tanum..91.. > I wish to soothe my body, scorched by the weapons of Daityas." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.185) ityuktvā munipatnīṃ tāṃ samāliṃgya haripriyā.. > Having spoken thus and embraced that sage's wife, the beloved of Hari > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.186) alaṃcakāra ca prītyā bahusaubhāgyamaṃḍanaiḥ .. 92 .. > affectionately adorned her with many auspicious ornaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.187) punarāha mune jāne tava hṛttāpakāraṇam .. > She spoke again: "O sage, I know the cause of your heartache. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.188) sacetanaṃ dunotyeva kāśīviśleṣajo'nalaḥ .. 93 .. > The fire born of separation from Kāśī torments the conscious mind indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.189) yadā sa devo viśveśo maṃdaraṃ gatavānpurā.. > When that god Viśveśa went to Mount Mandara in ancient times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.190) tadā kāśīviyogena jātā tasyedṛśī daśā..94.. > such a state arose for him as well, because of separation from Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.191) tatpravṛttiṃ punarjñātuṃ brahmāṇaṃ keśavaṃ gaṇān.. > Then, to find news of it, Brahmā, Keśava, the gaṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.192) gaṇeśvaraṃ ca devāṃśca preṣayāmāsa śūladhṛk..95.. > Gaṇeśvara, and the gods were dispatched by the wielder of the trident. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.193) te ca kāśīguṇānsarve vicārya ca punaḥpunaḥ.. > And contemplating the virtues of Kāśī again and again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.194) vrajaṃtyadyāpi na kvāpi tādṛgasti kva vā purī..96.. > none of them return even today—where indeed is there a city like it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.195) iti śrutvātha sa muniḥ pratyuvāca śriyaṃ tataḥ.. > Hearing this, that fortunate sage then replied > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.196) praṇipatya mahābhāgo bhaktigarbhamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 97 .. > to Śrī, having prostrated, with these words filled with devotion: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.197) yadi deyo varo mahyaṃ varayogyosmyahaṃ yadi .. > "If a boon is to be granted to me, if I am worthy of a boon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.198) tadā vārāṇasī prāptiḥ punarastveṣa me varaḥ .. 98 .. > then let this be my boon: may I reach Vārāṇasī once again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.199) ye paṭhiṣyaṃti ca stotraṃ tvadbhaktyā matkṛtaṃ sadā.. > And for those who will always recite with devotion to you this hymn composed by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.5.200) teṣāṃ kadācitsaṃtāpo māstu māstu daridratā..99.. > may there never be anguish; let there never be poverty! 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