[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) › 4.67.92.4 # Skandapurana 4.67.92.4 Skandapurāṇa 4.67.92.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.67.92.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.4) itthaṃ niyamavatyāsītsā gaṃdharvasutottamā .. tābhiḥ sakhībhiḥ sahitā nityaṃ liṃgaṃ ca paśyati .. 45.. ekadārādhya ratneśaṃ mamaitalliṃgamuttamam .. samānarca ca sā bālā ramyayā gītamālayā .. 46 .. sakhyaḥ pradakṣiṇīkartuṃ liṃgaṃ tisro'pyume gatāḥ .. tasyā gītena tuṣṭohaṃ liṃgastho varadobhavam .. 47 .. yastvayā raṃsyate rātrāvadya gaṃdharvakanyake .. tavanāmasamānākhyaḥ sa te bhartā bhaviṣyati .. 48 .. iti liṃgāṃbudherjātāṃ paripīya vacaḥsudhām .. babhūvānaṃdasaṃdoha maṃtharātīva hrīmatī .. 49 .. gatātha vyomamārgeṇa sakhībhiḥ svapiturgṛham .. kathayaṃtī nijodaṃtaṃ tamālīnāṃ puro mudā .. 4.2.67.50 .. tābhirdiṣṭyeti diṣṭyeti sakhībhiḥ parinaṃditā .. adya te vāṃchitaṃ bhāvi ratneśasya samarcanāt .. 51 .. yadyāyāti sa te rātrāvadya kaumārahārakaḥ .. coro bāhulatāpāśaiḥ pāśitavyotiyatnataḥ .. 52 .. gocarīkriyatesmābhiryathā sa sukṛtaikabhūḥ .. prātareva tava preyānratneśādiṣṭa iṣṭakṛt ..53 .. yātāsvasmāsu hṛṣṭāsu bhavatī śayagauravāt .. aho ratneśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ pratyakṣīkṛtavatyasi .. 54 .. ahobhāgyodayo nṛṇāmaho puṇyasamucchrayaḥ .. ekasyaiva bhavetsiddhiryadekatrāpi tiṣṭhatām .. 55 .. satyaṃ vadaṃti nāsatyaṃ daivaprādhānyavādinaḥ .. daivameva phaledekaṃ nodyamo nāparaṃ balam .. 56 .. bhavatyā api cāsmākameka eva hi codyamaḥ .. paraṃ daivaṃ phalatyekaṃ yathā tava na naḥ puraḥ .. 57 .. lokānāṃ vyavahāroyamāliproktaprasaṃgataḥ .. paraṃ manorathāvāptistava yā saiva naḥ sphuṭam ..58.. iti saṃvyāharaṃtīnāmanaṃtodhvā'titucchavat .. > In this way, observant of her vows, that foremost Gandharva daughter lived; / together with those friends of hers, she would see the liṅga constantly. > Once, having worshipped Ratneśa, this excellent liṅga of mine, / the young girl adored it with a charming garland of songs. > Her three friends also went, O Umā, to perform circumambulation of the liṅga; / pleased by her singing, I, abiding in the liṅga, became a grantor of boons: > 'He who will take pleasure with you tonight, O Gandharva maiden, / having a name identical to yours, he shall become your husband.' > Drinking deeply of this nectar of words born from the ocean of the liṅga, / she became sluggish with an abundance of bliss, exceedingly bashful. > Then she went by the sky-path with her friends to her father’s home, / happily relating her tale before her companions. > Congratulated by those friends with cries of 'By good fortune! By good fortune!': / 'Today your desire will come to pass through the worship of Ratneśa. > If he who steals your maidenhood comes to you tonight, / that thief must be bound very firmly with the cords of your creeper-like arms, > so that that sole foundation of good deeds may be seen by us / tomorrow morning itself—your beloved, ordained by Ratneśa, who fulfills your wish. > While we had gone off rejoicing, you, through your deep modesty, / O! You have brought the Ratneśvara-liṅga before your very eyes! > O, the dawn of good fortune for mortals! O, the accumulation of merit! / For success comes only to one among those even standing together. > Those who speak of the supremacy of destiny speak the truth, not falsehood: / destiny alone bears fruit; neither effort nor other strength avails. > For you and for us there was indeed the very same effort, / but supreme destiny bears fruit for one, as for you, and not before us. > Such is the worldly way, spoken in the course of friendly talk; / yet the attainment of your wish is indeed clear to us.' > As they were speaking thus, the endless distance, as if very trifling, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.67.92.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.3) - [Next: 4.67.92.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.5) - [Up: 4.67.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.67.92.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.4) · Pramāṇa