[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) › 4.9 # Skandapurana 4.9 Skandapurāṇa 4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.1) .. śivaśarmovāca .. > Śivaśarman said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.2) kā imā rūpalāvaṇya saubhāgyanidhayaḥ striyaḥ .. > Who are these women, treasures of beauty, grace, and good fortune, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.3) divyālaṃkāradhāriṇyo divyabhogasamanvitāḥ .. 1 .. > wearing divine ornaments, endowed with divine delights? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.4) .. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. .. > The two attendants said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.5) etā vāravilāsinyo yajñabhājāṃ priyaṃkarāḥ .. > These are the courtesans who give pleasure to those who partake in sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.6) gītajñā nṛtyakuśalā vādyavidyā vicakṣaṇāḥ ..2.. > They understand singing, are skilled in dancing, and are proficient in the art of instrumental music. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.7) kāmakelikalābhijñā dyūtavidyāviśāradāḥ .. > They know the arts of love-play and are experts in the science of gambling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.8) rasajñā bhāvavedinyaścaturāścocitoktiṣu .. 3 .. > They appreciate aesthetic sentiments, perceive emotional states, and are clever with appropriate remarks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.9) nānādeśa viśeṣajñā nānābhāṣā sukovidāḥ .. > They know the particularities of various regions and are very proficient in various languages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.10) saṃketodaṃtanipuṇā naikāsvairacarā mudā .. 4 .. > They are skilled in the details of lovers' signals and many wander about freely with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.11) līlānarmasusābhijñāḥ supralāpeṣu paṃḍitāḥ .. > They are very well-versed in playful dalliance and jesting, and expert in witty conversation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.12) yūnāṃ manāṃsi satataṃ svairhāvai ramayaṃtyamūḥ ..5.. > With their seductive gestures, they constantly delight the minds of youth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.13) nirmathyamānātkṣīrodātpūrvamapsarasastvamūḥ .. > Long ago, while the Ocean of Milk was being churned, these apsarases emerged, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.14) niḥsṛtāstrijagajjeturmohanāstramanobhuvaḥ .. 6 .. > as the bewitching weapon of the mind-born \[Kāma\] who conquers the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.15) urvaśī menakā raṃbhā caṃdralekhā tilottamā .. > Urvaśī, Menakā, Rambhā, Candralekhā, Tilottamā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.16) vapuṣmatīkāṃtimatī līlāvatyutpalāvatī .. 7 .. > Vapuṣmatī, Kāntimatī, Līlāvatī, Utpalāvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.17) alaṃbuṣā guṇavatī sthūlakeśī kalāvatī .. > Alambuṣā, Guṇavatī, Sthūlakeśī, Kalāvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.18) kalānidhirguṇanidhiḥ karpūratilakorvarā .. 8 .. > Kalānidhi, Guṇanidhi, Karpūratilakā, Urvarā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.19) anaṃgalatikā cāpi tathā madanamohinī .. > Anaṅgalatikā, and likewise Madanamohinī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.20) cakorākṣī caṃdrakalā tathā munimanoharā .. 9 .. > Cakorākṣī, Candrakalā, and Munimanoharā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.21) grāvadrāvā tapodveṣṭī cārunāsā sukarṇikā .. > Grāvadrāvā, Tapodveṣṭrī, Cārunāsā, Sukarṇikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.22) dārusaṃjīvinī suśrīḥ kratuśulkā śubhānanā .. 4.1.9.10 .. > Dārusañjīvinī, Suśrī, Kratuśulkā, Śubhānanā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.23) tapaḥśulkā tīrthaśulkā dānaśulkā himāvatī .. > Tapaḥśulkā, Tīrthaśulkā, Dānaśulkā, Himāvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.24) paṃcāśvamedhikā caiva rājasūyārthinī tathā .. 11 .. > Pañcāśvamedhikā, and also Rājasūyārthinī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.25) aṣṭāgnihomikā tadvadvājapeyaśatodbhavā .. > Aṣṭāgnihomikā, and likewise Vājapeyaśatodbhavā— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.26) ityādyapsarasāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sahasraṃ ṣaṣṭisaṃmitam .. 12 .. > such is the foremost group of sixty thousand apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.27) etasminnapsaroloke vasaṃtyanyā apistriyaḥ .. > Other women also dwell in this realm of the apsarases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.28) sadā skhalitalāvaṇyāḥ sadāskhalitayauvanāḥ .. 13 .. > whose beauty never wanes and whose youth never fades. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.29) divyāṃbarā divyamālyā divyagaṃdhānulepanāḥ .. > Wearing celestial garments and celestial garlands, anointed with celestial fragrant ointments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.30) divyabhogaiḥ susaṃpannāḥ svecchāvidhṛtavigrahāḥ ..14.. > fully endowed with celestial pleasures, they take on bodies according to their own desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.31) kṛtvā māsopavāsāni skhalaṃti brahmacaryataḥ .. > Having undertaken month-long fasts, if they slip from celibacy > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.32) sakṛdeva dvikṛtvo vā triḥkṛtvo daivayogataḥ ..15.. > just once, or twice, or thrice by the power of fate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.33) tā imā divyabhoginyo rūpalāvaṇyasaṃpadaḥ.. > they become enjoyers of celestial pleasures, possessing the wealth of form and beauty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.34) nivasaṃtyapsaroloke sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ ..16.. > and dwell in the realm of the apsarases, endowed with every desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.35) kṛtvā vratāni sāṃgāni kāmikāni vidhānataḥ .. > Women who perform according to rule optional vows with all their components, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.36) bhavaṃti svairacāriṇyo devabhogyā ihāgatāḥ .. 17 .. > having arrived here, wander freely and become enjoyable to the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.37) pativratadhṛtā nāryo balena balinā dhṛtāḥ .. > Women committed to devotion to their husbands who were seized by a powerful man by force, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.38) bhartabuddhyāramaṃtetaṃ(?) kadācittā imā dvija ..18 .. > and enjoyed him at some time mistaking him for their husband, O brahmin—these are they. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.39) bhartari proṣite yāśca brahmacaryavratāḥ sadā .. > And those women who, when their husband was away, observed a vow of perpetual celibacy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.40) viplavaṃ te sakṛddaivāttā etā vāmalocanāḥ..19.. > yet slipped once by fate—these are those fair-eyed women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.41) kusumāni sugaṃdhīni suvāsaṃ caṃdanaṃ tathā .. > Fragrant flowers, sweet-scented sandalwood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.42) sugauraṃ cāpi karpūraṃ susūkṣmāṇyaṃbarāṇi ca .. 4.1.9.20 .. > very pale camphor, and very fine garments; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.43) parṇāni ṛjutārāṇi jīrṇāni kaṭhināni ca .. > betel leaves that are straight and tender, or cured and firm, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.44) sāgrāṇi svarṇavarṇāni sthūlanīlaśirāṇi ca .. 21 .. > intact with their tips, golden in color, and with prominent dark veins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.45) suvāsopaskarāḍhyāni nāgavallyā dvijottama .. > abundant with fragrant spices of the betel vine, O best of brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.46) śayyāvicitrābharaṇā ratiśālocitāni ca .. 22 .. > beds, varied ornaments, and things suitable for the bedchamber, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.47) bahukautukavastūni samarcyadvijadaṃpatī .. > as well as many curiosities—having honored a brahmin couple, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.48) bhogadānamidaṃ kāmyaṃ pratisaṃkramaṇaṃ raveḥ .. 23 .. > this gift of pleasures, given out of desire at every transit of the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.49) kiṃvā prativyatīpātamekasaṃvatsarāvadhi.. > or at every Vyatīpāta, for the duration of one year, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.50) kodāditi ca maṃtreṇa yā dadyādvaravarṇinī..24.. > whichever fair-complexioned woman should give it with the mantra beginning with 'Who gave...?', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.51) kāmarūpadharo devaḥ prīyatāmiti vādinī .. > saying, 'May the god who assumes forms at will be pleased'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.52) sā śreṣṭhā'psarasāṃ madhye vasetkalpamihāṃganā ..25.. > that woman shall dwell here for a kalpa as the foremost among the apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.53) kanyārūpadharākācidyābhuktā kenacitkvacit .. > A woman who, while in the form of a maiden, was enjoyed somewhere by someone > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.54) devarūpeṇa taṃ kālamārabhya brahmacāriṇī .. 26 .. > in the form of a god, and from that time on remained celibate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.55) tadeva vṛttaṃ dhyāyaṃtī nidhanaṃ yāti kālataḥ .. > meditating upon that very encounter until she meets her end in due time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.56) divyarūpadharā seha jāyate divya bhogabhāk .. 27 .. > is born here assuming a celestial form, partaking of celestial pleasures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.57) nidānamapsarolokasyetiśṛṇvandvijāgraṇīḥ .. > Hearing this origin of the realm of the apsarases, the foremost of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.58) sauraṃ lokamatha prāpya kṣaṇena sa vimānagaḥ .. 28 .. > riding in the aerial chariot, then reached the realm of the sun in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.59) yathā kadaṃbakusumaṃ kiṃjalkaiḥ sarvatovṛtam .. > Just as a kadamba flower is covered on all sides with filaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.60) dedīpyamānaṃ hi tathā samaṃtādbhānubhānubhiḥ .. 29 .. > so was it shining brightly on all sides with the rays of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.61) dūrādraviṃ sa vijñāya dhṛtatāmarasadvayam .. > From afar he recognized the Sun holding two lotuses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.62) navabhiryojanānāṃ ca sahasraiḥ saṃmitena ha .. 4.1.9.30 .. > \[seated upon a chariot\] measuring nine thousand yojanas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.63) vicitreṇaikacakreṇa saptasaptiyutena ca .. > wonderful, having a single wheel, and harnessed with seven horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.64) anūruṇādhiṣṭhitena puratodhṛtaraśminā .. 31 .. > \[The chariot\] mounted by Anūru holding the reins in front, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.65) apsaromunigaṃdharva sarpagrāmaṇi nairṛtaiḥ .. > accompanied by apsarases, munis, gandharvas, serpents, grāmaṇīs, and nairṛtas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.66) syaṃdanenātijavinā praṇanāma kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 32 .. > by that very swift chariot he bowed down with palms joined in reverence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.67) tasya praṇāmaṃdevopi bhrūbhaṃgenānumanya ca.. > Acknowledging his bow with a movement of the eyebrow, that god too, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.68) atidūraṃ nabhovartma vyaticakrāma sakṣaṇāt .. 33 .. > traversed the far path of the sky in a mere moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.69) prakrāṃte dyumaṇau dūraṃ śivaśarmātiśarmavān .. > When the sun had advanced far, Śivaśarman, filled with immense joy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.70) provāca bhagavadbhaktau kathaṃ labhyaṃ raveḥ padam .. 34 .. > spoke to the two devotees of the Lord: 'How is the realm of the sun to be obtained? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.71) etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotumācakṣāthāṃ mamāgrataḥ .. > This I wish to hear; please tell it before me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.72) satāṃ sāptapadī maitrī tanme maitryā praṇoditau .. 35 .. > Friendship with the good is formed in seven steps; therefore, urged by friendship toward me,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.73) .. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. > The two gaṇas said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.74) śṛṇu dvija mahāprājña tvayyakathyaṃ na kiṃcana .. > 'Listen, O brahmin of great wisdom! There is nothing that cannot be told to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.75) satsaṃgādeva sādhūnāṃ satkathā saṃpravartate .. 36 .. > Only from the company of the good does sacred discourse among virtuous people proceed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.76) niyaṃtā sarvabhūtānāṃ ya ekaḥkāraṇaṃ param .. > The controller of all beings, who is the one supreme cause, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.77) anāmā gotrarahito rūpādi parivarjitaḥ .. 37 .. > nameless, devoid of lineage, and free from form and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.78) āvirbhāva tirobhāvau yadbhūnartanavartinau .. > in the dancing of whose brow manifestation and dissolution abide, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.79) sa eva vakti satataṃ sarvātmā vedapūruṣaḥ .. 38 .. > He indeed speaks constantly, the Self of all, the Person of the Vedas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.80) yosāvādityapuruṣaḥ sosāvahamiti sphuṭam .. > "That person who is in the sun, that \[person\] am I"—thus clearly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.81) aṃdhatamaḥ praviśaṃti ye caivānyamupāsate .. 39 .. > "And they enter into blinding darkness who worship another." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.82) niścitārthāṃ śrutimimāṃ brāhmaṇāso dvijottama .. > Ascertaining the meaning of this Vedic revelation, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.83) tamekamupatiṣṭhaṃte niścityeti punaḥpunaḥ .. 4.1.9.40 .. > brahmins worship that One repeatedly, having thus resolved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.84) upalabhya ca sāvitrīṃ nopatiṣṭheta yaḥ parām .. > And he who, having received the supreme Sāvitrī, does not worship \[with it\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.85) kāle trikālaṃ saptāhātsa patennātra saṃśayaḥ ..41.. > at the proper time, three times a day, would fall within seven days; there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.86) tāvatprātarjapaṃstiṣṭhedyāvadardhodayo raveḥ .. > In the morning, one should remain standing and reciting \[it\] until half of the sun rises; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.87) āsanastho japenmaunī pratyagātārakodayāt .. 42 .. > seated in the evening, keeping silence, one should recite \[it\] until the stars appear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.88) sādityāṃ madhyamāṃ saṃdhyāṃ japedādityasaṃmukhaḥ .. > Facing the sun, one should recite the midday twilight \[prayer\] while the sun is present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.89) kālalopo na kartavyastataḥ kālaṃ pratīkṣayet .. 43 .. > One must not let the proper time slip away; therefore one should await the time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.90) kāle phalaṃtyoṣadhayaḥ kāle puṣpaṃti pādapāḥ .. > In due time medicinal herbs bear fruit; in due time trees blossom; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.91) varṣaṃti toyadāḥ kāle tasmātkālaṃ na laṃghayet .. 44 .. > in due time rainclouds rain; therefore one should not transgress the proper time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.92) maṃdehadehanāśārthamudayāstamaye raviḥ .. > For the destruction of the bodies of the Mandehas, at sunrise and sunset the sun > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.93) samīhate dvijotsṛṣṭaṃ maṃtratoyāṃjalitrayam .. 45 .. > desires the three palmfuls of water accompanied by mantra offered by brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.94) gāyatrīmaṃtratoyāḍhyaṃ dattaṃ yenāṃjalitrayam .. > By him who has offered the three palmfuls full of water with the Gāyatrī mantra > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.95) kāle savitre kiṃ na syāttena dattaṃ jagattrayam .. 46 .. > at the proper time to Savitṛ, has not the threefold world been offered? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.96) kiṃ kiṃ na savitā sūte kāle samyagupāsitaḥ .. > What does Savitṛ not produce when worshipped properly in due time? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.97) āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ vasūni sapaśūni ca .. 47 .. > Long life, health, sovereignty, riches along with cattle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.98) mitraputra kalatrāṇi kṣetrāṇi vividhāni ca .. > friends, sons, wives, and various fields, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.99) bhogānaṣṭavidhāṃścāpi svargaṃ cāpyapavargakam .. 48 .. > the eight kinds of worldly enjoyments, heaven, and even final liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.100) aṣṭādaśa suvidyāsu mīmāṃsātigarīyasī .. > Among the eighteen noble sciences, Mīmāṃsā is exceedingly weighty; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.101) tatopi tarkaśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ tebhya eva ca .. 49 .. > the treatises on logic are weightier than that, and the Purāṇa weightier than them; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.102) tatopi dharmaśāstrāṇi tebhyo gurvī śrutirdvija .. > the Dharmaśāstras are weightier even than that, and Śruti is weightier than them, O brahmin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.103) tatopyupaniṣacchreṣṭhā gāyatrī ca tatodhikā .. 4.1.9.50 .. > the Upaniṣad is superior even to that, and Gāyatrī is higher than that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.104) durlabhā sarvamaṃtreṣu gāyatrī praṇavānvitā .. > Hard to attain among all mantras is Gāyatrī united with the praṇava; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.105) na gāyatryādhikaṃ kiṃcittrayīṣu parigīyate .. 51 .. > nothing superior to Gāyatrī is sung in the threefold Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.106) na gāyatrī samo maṃtro na kāśī sadṛśī purī .. > There is no mantra equal to Gāyatrī; there is no city like Kāśī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.107) na viśveśa samaṃ liṃgaṃ satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 52 .. > there is no liṅga equal to Viśveśa: this is true, true again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.108) gāyatrī vedajananī gāyatrī brāhmaṇaprasūḥ .. > Gāyatrī is the mother of the Vedas; Gāyatrī is the begetter of the brahmin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.109) gātāraṃ trāyate yasmādgāyatrī tena gīyate .. 53 .. > because she protects the singer, she is therefore called Gāyatrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.110) vācyavācakasaṃbaṃdho gāyatryāḥ saviturdvayoḥ .. > The relation between the expressed and the expresser exists between the two, Gāyatrī and Savitṛ: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.111) vācyosau savitā sākṣādgāyatrīvācikāparā .. 54 .. > Savitṛ is the directly expressed, and supreme Gāyatrī is the expresser. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.112) prabhāveṇaiva gāyatryāḥ kṣatriyaḥ kauśiko vaśī .. > By the power of Gāyatrī alone, the self-controlled kṣatriya Kauśika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.113) rājarṣitvaṃ parityajya brahmarṣipadamīyivān..55.. > abandoning the status of a royal sage, attained the rank of a brahmin sage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.114) sāmarthyaṃ prāpa cātyuccairanyadbhuvanasarjane .. > and gained supreme power in creating another world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.115) kiṃ kiṃ na dadyādgāyatrī samyagevamupāsitā .. 56 .. > What would Gāyatrī not give when thus worshipped properly? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.116) na brāhmaṇo vedapāṭhānna śāstrapaṭhanādapi .. > One is not a brahmin by recitation of the Veda, nor by reading the śāstras; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.117) devyāstrikālamabhyāsādbāhmaṇaḥ syāddhi nānyathā .. 57 .. > only by the practice of the goddess three times a day does one become a brahmin, never otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.118) gāyatryeva paraṃ viṣṇurgāyatryeva paraḥśivaḥ .. > Gāyatrī alone is supreme Viṣṇu; Gāyatrī alone is supreme Śiva; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.119) gāyatryeva parobrahmā gāyatryeva trayī tataḥ .. 58 .. > Gāyatrī alone is supreme Brahmā; Gāyatrī alone is therefore the threefold Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.120) devatrayaṃ sa bhagavānaṃśumālī divākaraḥ .. > He is the triad of gods, the Lord adorned with rays, the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.121) sarveṣāṃ mahasāṃ rāśiḥ kālakālapravartakaḥ .. 59 .. > the mass of all splendors, the impeller of time and Death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.122) arkamuddiśya satatamasmallokanivāsinaḥ .. > With reference to the sun, constantly those who dwell in this world of ours, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.123) śrutiṃ hyudāharaṃtīmāṃ sārāsāravivekinaḥ ..4.1.9.60.. > discerning the essential from the unessential, cite this Vedic text: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.124) eṣo ha devaḥ pradiśonu sarvāḥ pūrvo ha jātaḥ sa u garbhe aṃtaḥ .. > "This is indeed the god who encompasses all directions; he was born first, and he is within the womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.125) sa eva jātaḥ sa janiṣyamāṇaḥ pratyaṅjānāstiṣṭhati sarvatomukhaḥ .. 61 .. > He alone was born, and he is yet to be born; he stands facing the inner self of creatures, turned in every direction." // 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.126) sadaivamupatiṣṭheransaurasūktairataṃdritāḥ .. > They should always worship thus without laziness through the hymns to the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.127) ye namaṃtyatra te viprā viprā bhāskarasannibhāḥ .. 62 .. > Those brahmins who bow here become brahmins resembling the Sun. // 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.128) puṣyārkepyatha hastārke mūlārkepyathavā dvija .. > Whether on a Sunday with Puṣya, or on a Sunday with Hasta, or on a Sunday with Mūla, O twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.129) uttarārke'tha yatkāryaṃ tatphalatyeva nānyathā .. 63 .. > or whatever rite is performed on a Sunday with Uttarā, it certainly bears fruit and not otherwise. // 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.130) pauṣe māsyarkadivase yaḥ snātvā bhāskarodaye .. > He who bathes at the rising of the Sun on a Sunday in the month of Pauṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.131) dānahomaṃjapaṃkuryādarcāmarkasya suvrata .. 64 .. > and performs gift-giving, oblation, silent recitation, and the worship of the Sun, O you of good vows, // 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.132) śraddhāvānekabhaktaśca kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ .. > having faith, taking only one meal, and free from desire and anger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.133) sahāpsarobhirdyutimānsa vasedatra bhogavān .. 65 .. > he shall dwell here full of splendor, enjoying delights in the company of apsarases. // 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.134) ayane viṣuve cāpi ṣaḍaśītimukheṣu vā .. > And during a solstice, or an equinox, or on the days of the four zodiacal transits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.135) viṣṇupadyāṃ ca ye dadyurmahādānāni suvratāḥ .. 66 .. > or during a Viṣṇupadī transit, those of good vows who bestow great gifts, // 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.136) tilāñjuhvati sājyāṃśca brāhmaṇānbhojayaṃti ca .. > and offer sesamum seeds along with ghee into the fire, and feed brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.137) pitṝnuddiśya ca śrāddhaṃ ye kurvaṃti vipaścitaḥ .. 67 .. > and those wise men who perform a śrāddha dedicated to the ancestors, // 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.138) mahāpūjāṃ ca ye kuryurmahāmaṃtrāñjapaṃti ca .. > and who perform a great worship and chant great mantras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.139) te'tra vaikartane loke vikartanasamaprabhā ..68.. > they \[dwell\] here in the world of the Sun, possessing a radiance equal to the Sun. // 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.140) na daridrā na ca duḥkhārtā na vyādhi paripīḍitāḥ .. > They are never poor, never stricken by sorrow, never afflicted by diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.141) saṃkrameṣvarkabhaktā ye na virūpā na durbhagāḥ ..69.. > and those devoted to the Sun on transit days are neither deformed nor unfortunate. // 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.142) saṃkrameṣu na yairdattaṃ na snātaṃ tīrthavāriṣu.. > Those by whom nothing was given during transits, no bathing done in sacred ford waters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.143) viśeṣahomo na kṛtaḥ kapilājyāplutaistilaiḥ .. 4.1.9.70 .. > and no special oblation made with sesamum seeds soaked in brown cow's ghee, // 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.144) te dṛśyaṃte pratidvāraṃ vihīna nayanānanāḥ .. > are seen at every door, deprived of eyes and faces, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.145) dehidehīti jalpaṃto dehinaḥ sapaṭaccarāḥ .. 71 .. > embodied beings dressed in rags, babbling, "Give! Give!" // 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.146) samaṃ kṛṣṇalakenāpi yo dadyātkāṃcanaṃ kṛtī .. > The accomplished person who gives gold even equal to the weight of a kṛṣṇala seed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.147) sūryagrahe kurukṣetre sa vasedatra puṇyabhāk .. 72 .. > during a solar eclipse at Kurukṣetra, shall dwell here partaking of merit. // 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.148) sarvaṃ gaṃgāsamaṃ toyaṃ sarve brahmasamā dvijāḥ .. > All water is equal to the Gaṅgā, all brahmins are equal to Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.149) sarvaṃ deyaṃ svarṇasamaṃ rāhugraste divākare .. 73 .. > and everything given is equal to gold when the Sun is swallowed by Rāhu. // 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.150) dattaṃ japtaṃ hutaṃ snātaṃ yatkiṃcitsadanuṣṭhitam.. > Whatever is given, muttered, offered into the fire, bathed \[for\], whatever good deed is performed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.151) bhānūparāge śrāddhādi taddheturbradhna saṃnidhe ..74.. > such as a śrāddha during an eclipse of the Sun, brings about that \[fruit\] in the presence of the Sun. // 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.152) ravivāre saṃkramaśceduparāgo'thavābhavet .. > If a planetary transit or an eclipse occurs on a Sunday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.153) tadā yadarjitaṃ puṇyaṃ tadihākṣayamāpyate .. 75 .. > then whatever merit is acquired becomes imperishable here. // 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.154) bhānuvāro yadā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ saptamyāmatha jāyate .. > When a Sunday falls on the sixth or seventh lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.155) tadā yatsukṛtaṃ karma kṛtaṃ tadiha bhujyate .. 76 .. > then whatever righteous deed is performed is enjoyed here. // 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.156) haṃso bhānuḥ sahasrāṃśustapanastāpano ravi .. > \[He is\] the Swan, the Radiant, the Thousand-rayed, the Scorcher, the Heater, the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.157) vikartano vivasvāṃśca viśvakarmā vibhāvasuḥ .. 77 .. > the Cleaver, the Shining, the All-maker, the Fire, // 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.158) viśvarūpo viśvakartā mārtaṃḍo mihiroṃ'śumān .. > the Omniform, the Maker of the Universe, Mārtaṇḍa, Mihira, the Ray-garlanded, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.159) ādityaścoṣṇaguḥ sūryo'ryamā bradhno divākaraḥ .. 78 .. > Āditya, the Warm-rayed, Sūrya, Aryaman, Bradhna, the Day-maker, // 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.160) dvādaśātmā saptahayo bhāskaro haskaraḥ khagaḥ .. > the Twelvefold Soul, the Seven-horsed, the Light-maker, the Laugh-maker, the Sky-goer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.161) suraḥ prabhākaraḥ śrīmām̐llokacakṣurgraheśvaraḥ .. 79 .. > the God, the Radiance-maker, the Glorious, the Eye of the World, the Lord of Planets, // 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.162) trilokeśo lokasākṣītamoriḥ śāśvataḥ śuciḥ .. > the Lord of the Three Worlds, the Witness of the World, the Enemy of Darkness, the Eternal, the Pure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.163) gabhastihastastīvrāṃśustaraṇiḥ sumahoraṇiḥ ..4.1.9.80.. > Ray-handed, Fierce-rayed, the Transporter, the Great Battle, // 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.164) dyumaṇirharidaśvorko bhānumānbhayanāśanaḥ.. > the Jewel of the Sky, the Bay-horsed, Arka, the Possessor of Light, the Destroyer of Fear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.165) chandośvo vedavedyaśca bhāsvānpūṣā vṛṣākapiḥ .. 81 .. > Metre-horsed, to be Known through the Vedas, the Luminous, Pūṣan, Vṛṣākapi, // 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.166) ekacakraratho mitro maṃdehāristamisrahā .. > One-wheeled-charioted, Mitra, the Enemy of the Mandehas, the Destroyer of Gloom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.167) daityahā pāpahartā ca dharmodharma prakāśakaḥ .. 82 .. > the Slayer of Daityas, the Remover of Sin, Dharma, the Illuminator of Dharma, // 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.168) helikaścitrabhānuśca kalighnastārkṣyavāhanaḥ .. > Helika, the Multi-rayed, the Destroyer of the Kali Age, having Garuḍa as His Vehicle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.169) dikpatiḥ padminīnāthaḥ kuśeśayakaro hariḥ .. 83 .. > the Guardian of the Quarters, the Lord of Lotuses, having Lotus-hands, Hari, // 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.170) gharmaraśmirdurnirīkṣyaścaṃḍāṃśuḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ .. > the Hot-rayed, Difficult to Behold, the Impetuous-rayed, the Son of Kaśyapa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.171) ebhiḥ saptatisaṃkhyākaiḥ puṇyaiḥ sūryasya nāmabhiḥ .. 84 .. > With these holy names of the Sun, seventy in number, // 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.172) praṇavādi caturthyaṃtairnamaskāra samanvitaiḥ .. > prefixed by the syllable Om, ending in the dative case, and accompanied by the word 'namas', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.173) pratyekamuccarannāma dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā divākaram.. 85 .. > uttering each name while looking repeatedly at the Sun, // 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.174) vigṛhya pāṇiyugmena tāmrapātraṃ sunirmalam .. > holding a very clean copper vessel with both hands, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.175) jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā paripūrya jalena ca .. 86 .. > touching the ground with both knees, having filled \[it\] with water, // 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.176) karavīrādi kusumai raktacaṃdanamiśritaiḥ .. > with oleander and other flowers mixed with red sandalwood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.177) dūrvāṃkurairakṣataiśca nikṣiptaiḥ pātramadhyataḥ .. 87 .. > and dūrvā grass blades and unhusked barley grains placed inside the vessel, // 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.178) dadyādarghyamanarghyāya savitre dhyānapūrvakam .. > he should offer an arghya offering to Savitṛ, who is beyond price, preceded by meditation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.179) upamauli samānīya tatpātraṃ nānyadṛṅmanāḥ .. 88 .. > bringing that vessel near the crown of his head, with his mind and gaze directed to nothing else. // 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.180) pratimaṃtraṃ namaskuryādudayāstamaye ravim .. > With each mantra he should bow to the Sun at dawn and sunset, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.181) anayā nāmasaptatyā mahāmaṃtrarahasyayā .. 89 .. > with this seventy-name hymn, the secret of great mantras. // 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.182) evaṃ kurvannaro jātu na daridro na duḥkhabhāk .. > A person who acts thus is never poor nor sorrowful; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.183) vyādhibhirmucyate ghorairapijanmāṃtarārjitaiḥ .. 4.1.9.90 .. > he is freed from dreadful diseases, even those acquired in other births. // 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.184) vinauṣadhairvinā vaidyairvināpathyaparigrahaiḥ .. > without medicines, without physicians, and without recourse to special diets; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.185) kālena nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ sūryaloke mahīyate .. 91 .. > having met death in due course of time, he is honored in the world of the sun. / 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.186) ityekadeśaḥ kathito bhānulokasya sattama .. > Thus a mere fraction of the realm of the sun has been told, O best of good men; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.187) mahātejonidherasya koviśeṣamavaityaho .. 92 .. > ah, who can comprehend the specific nature of this great treasury of splendour? / 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.188) svakarṇaviṣayīkurvannitipuṇyakathāmimām .. > Making this holy story the object of his ears, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.189) kṣaṇādālokayāṃcakre maheṃdrasya mahāpurīm .. 93 .. > in an instant he caught sight of Mahendra's great city. / 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.190) .. agastiruvāca .. .. > Agasti said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.191) śrutvā saurīṃ kathametāmapsarolokasaṃyutām .. > Having heard this tale pertaining to Sūrya, accompanied by the world of the apsarases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.192) na daridro bhavetkvāpi nādharmeṣu pravartate .. 94 .. > one will nowhere become destitute, nor does one engage in unrighteous deeds. / 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.193) brāhmaṇaiḥ satataṃ śrāvyamidamākhyānamuttamam .. > This supreme narrative should constantly be recited by brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.194) vedapāṭhena yatpuṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaphaladāyakam .. 95 .. > it yields the same fruit of religious merit as that gained by reciting the Veda. / 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.195) brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śṛṇvaṃto'dhyāyamuttamam .. > Brahmins, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas who listen to this supreme chapter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.196) pātakāni visṛjyeha gatiṃ yāsyaṃtyanuttamām .. 96 .. > having cast off their sins here, will attain an unsurpassable destination. / 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9.197) iti śrīskāṃdamahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārdhe apsaraḥsūryalokavarṇanaṃnāmanavamo'dhyāyaḥ .. ...9.. > Thus ends the ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the World of Apsarases and the Sun', in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.9.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Dāśarathīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.dasarathiyatantra.564) — Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.17.20) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.17.20) — Basava, Sanskrit - [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p192) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.9) · Pramāṇa