[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) › 5.270 # Skandapurana 5.270 Skandapurāṇa 5.270 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.270.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.1) sūta uvāca.. athānyadapi tatrāsti supuṇyaṃ liṃgasaptakam.. yenārcitena dṛṣṭena pūjitena viśeṣataḥ..1.. > Sūta said: > "Now, there is also another very meritorious group of seven liṅgas there, > by worshipping, seeing, and especially honoring which, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.2) dīrghāyurjāyate martyaḥ sarvarogavivarjitaḥ.. mārkaṇḍeśvara ityuktastatra devo maheśvaraḥ..2.. > a mortal becomes long-lived and free of all diseases. > The god Maheśvara there is called Mārkaṇḍeśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.3) indradyumneśvaro'nyastu sarvapāpaharo haraḥ.. pāleśvarastathā caiva sarvavyādhivināśanaḥ..3.. > another is Indradyumneśvara, Hara who removes all sins; > and likewise Pāleśvara, who destroys all afflictions; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.4) tato ghaṃṭaśivaḥ khyāto yo ghaṃṭena pratiṣṭhitaḥ.. kalaśeśvarasaṃjñastu vānareśvarasaṃyutaḥ..4.. > then the well-known Ghaṇṭaśiva, who was established by Ghaṇṭa; > and the one named Kalaśeśvara, together with Vānareśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.5) īśāna śiva ityuktastatra kṣetreśvareśvaraḥ.. pūjito mānavairbhaktyā kāmānyacchatyamānuṣān..5.. > \[and\] Īśāna Śiva, who is the lord of lords of that sacred field. > Worshipped by men with devotion, he grants desires beyond human reach, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.6) vāṃchitānmanasā sarvānkalikāle'pi saṃsthite..6.. > all things wished for in the mind, even while the Kali age persists." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.7) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. ko'yaṃ mārkaṃḍasaṃjñastu yena liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam.. indradyumno mahīpālaḥ katamo vada sūtaja..7.. > The seers said: > "Who is this one named Mārkaṇḍa by whom the liṅga was installed? > Who was King Indradyumna? Tell us, O son of Sūta! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.8) tathā pālakanāmā ca yenāyaṃ sthāpito haraḥ.. tathā yo ghaṇṭasaṃjñastu kasmiñjātaḥ sa cānvaye..8.. > And likewise the one named Pālaka, by whom this Hara was established? > And the one named Ghaṇṭa—in what lineage was he born? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.9) kalaśākhyastu yaḥ khyāto vānareṇa samanvitaḥ.. īśānopyakhilaṃ brūhi paraṃ naḥkautukaṃ sthitam.. 9. > And he who is known as Kalaśa, accompanied by a monkey, / and Īśāna as well: tell it all! Our great curiosity remains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.10) yato'tra jāyate śreyaḥ punaḥ puṃsāṃ prakīrtaya.. yairetaiḥ sthāpitā devāḥ kṣetre'sminmānavottamaiḥ..6.271.10.. > Proclaim it again, for from it good fortune arises for men; / \[tell of\] these gods who were installed in this sacred field by the best of men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.11) tathā teṣāṃ samācāraṃ prabhāvaṃ caiva sūtaja.. dānaṃ vāpi yathākālaṃ maṃtrāṃśca vistarādvada..11.. > and likewise their conduct and power, O Sūta's son, / and the giving at the proper time, and the mantras in full detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.12) sūta uvāca.. ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm.. kathitāṃ bhartṛyajñena ānartādhipateḥ svayam..12.. > Sūta said: / I shall recite to you this ancient tale / told in person by Bhartṛyajña to the lord of Ānarta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.13) śrutayāpi yayā martyo dīrghāyurjāyatenaraḥ.. nāpamṛtyumavāpnoti kathaṃcittatprabhāvataḥ..13.. > by merely hearing which a mortal man becomes long-lived, / and in no way meets untimely death through its power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.14) yo mārkaṃḍa iti khyātaḥ prathamaṃ parikīrtitaḥ. saṃbhūtistasya saṃproktā yuṣmākaṃ pāpanāśinī..14.. > He who was renowned as Mārkaṇḍa was celebrated first; / his origin has been related to you, which destroys sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.16) iṃdradyumnaṃ pravakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ munisattamāḥ.. yadvaṃśo yatprabhāvaśca sarvabhūpālamānitaḥ..15.. iṃdradyumno mahīpāla āsītpūrvaṃ dvijottamāḥ.. brāhmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca sādhulokaprapālakaḥ.. yajvā dānapatirdakṣaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ..16. > Now I shall tell of Indradyumna, O best of sages: / of what lineage he was, and of what power, honored by all rulers of the earth. / In earlier times, O best of brahmins, there was a king named Indradyumna, / devoted to brahmins, a refuge, a protector of virtuous folk, / a sacrificer, a master of giving, capable, and devoted to the welfare of all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.17) na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirna ca caurakṛtaṃ bhayam.. tasmiñchāsati dharmajñe āsīllokasya kasyacit..17.. > Neither famine nor disease, nor fear caused by thieves / befell anyone among the people while that knower of dharma ruled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.18) yathaiva varṣato dhārā yathā vā divi tārakāḥ.. gaṃgāyāṃ sikatā yadvatsaṃkhyayā parivarjitāḥ..18.. > Just like the torrents of rain, or like the stars in heaven, / or like the sands in the Gaṅgā, beyond counting, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.19) tadvattena kṛtā yajñāḥ sarve saṃpūrṇadakṣiṇāḥ.. agniṣṭomo'tirātraśca ukthaḥ ṣoḍaśikāstathā..19.. > so were the sacrifices performed by him, all with complete sacrificial fees: / the Agniṣṭoma, the Atirātra, the Uktha, and the Ṣoḍaśins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.20) sautrāmaṇyā'tha paśavaścāturmāsyā dvijottamāḥ.. vājapeyāśvamedhāśca rājasūyā viśeṣataḥ..6.271.20.. > the Sautrāmaṇī, the animal sacrifices, and the Cāturmāsyas, O best of brahmins, / the Vājapeyas, the horse sacrifices, and especially the Rājasūyas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.21) pauṇḍarīkāstathaivānye śraddhāpūtena cetasā..21. > and likewise other Pauṇḍarīka sacrifices, with a mind purified by faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.22) tena dānāni dattāni tīrtheṣu ca viśeṣataḥ.. miṣṭānnāni dvijeṃdrāṇāṃ dakṣiṇāsahitāni ca..22.. > He gave gifts, especially at the sacred fords: / sweet foods to the lords of brahmins, along with sacrificial fees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.23) na tadasti dharāpṛṣṭhe nagaraṃ pattanaṃ tathā.. tīrthaṃ vā yatra no tasya vidyate tridaśālayaḥ..23.. > There was no city or town on the face of the earth, / nor any sacred ford where he did not have an abode of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.24) tena kanyāsahasrāṇi acyutānyarbudāni ca.. brāhamaṇebhyaḥ pradattāni brāhmaṇānāṃ dhanārthinām..24.. > He gave thousands—untold hundreds of millions—of maidens / to brahmins, to brahmins desiring wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.25) daśamīdivase tasya rātrau ca gajapṛṣṭhigaḥ.. dundubhistāḍyamānastu babhrāma sakalaṃ puram.. 25.. > On the tenth day, at night, a kettledrum beaten / on the back of an elephant went through the entire city: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.26) pratyūṣe vaiṣṇavaṃ bhāvi pāpahāri ca vāsaram.. upavāsaḥ prakarttavyo muktvā vṛddhaṃ ca bālakam.. anyathā nigrahiṣyāmi bhojanaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati..26.. > “At daybreak will be the Vaiṣṇava day that removes sin. / A fast must be observed, except by the old and the young; / otherwise I shall punish whoever takes food.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.27) iṃdradyumnaḥ sa rājarṣistadā viṣṇoḥ prasādataḥ.. tenaiva svaśarīreṇa brahmalokaṃ tadā gataḥ..27.. > Then, by the grace of Viṣṇu, that royal sage Indradyumna / went to the world of Brahmā in that very body of his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.28) tatra kalpasahasrāṃte sa prokto brahmaṇā svayam.. iṃdradyumna dharāṃ gaccha na sthātavyaṃ tvayā'dhunā..28.. > There, at the end of a thousand kalpas, he was told by Brahmā himself: / “Indradyumna, go to earth; you may not remain here any longer.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.29) iṃdradyumna uvāca. kasmāccyāvayase brahmannijalokāddrutaṃ hi mām.. apāpamapi deveśa tathā me vada kāraṇam..29.. > Indradyumna said: / “Why do you cast me down swiftly from your world, O Brahmā? / For I am free from sin, O lord of gods; so tell me the reason!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.30) śrībrahmovāca.. tava kīrtisamucchedaḥ saṃjāto'dya dharātale.. yāvatkīrtirdharāpṛṣṭhe tāvatsvarge vasennaraḥ..6.271.30.. > The venerable Brahmā said: / “The extinction of your fame has taken place today on the face of the earth. / As long as one's fame remains on earth's surface, so long may a person dwell in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.31) etasmātkāraṇāllokāḥ svanāmāṃkāni cakrire.. vāpīkūpataḍāgāni devatāyatanāni ca..31.. > For this reason people make stepped wells, wells, tanks, / and temples of the deities marked with their own names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.32) tasmādgaccha dharāpṛṣṭhaṃ svāṃ kīrtiṃ nūtanāṃ kuru.. yadi vāṃchasi loke'sminmāmake vasatiṃ ciram.. 32.. > Therefore go to the surface of the earth and make your fame anew, / if you wish to dwell in this world of mine for a long time.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.33) athātmānaṃ sa rājeṃdro yāvatpaśyati tatkṣaṇāt.. tāvatprāptaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe kāṃpilya nagaraṃ prati..33.. > Then, as soon as that king of kings looked at himself that very moment, / he found himself arrived upon the face of the earth, facing the city of Kāmpilya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.34) atha papraccha lokānsa kimetannagaraṃ smṛtam.. ko'yaṃ deśaḥ ko'tra rājā kiṃ puraṃ nagaraṃ ca kim..34.. > Then he asked the people: “What is this city called? / What is this land? Who is the king here? What is this town, and what city is this?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.35) te tamūcuḥ paraṃ caitatkāṃpilyamiti viśrutam.. ānartanāmā deśo'yaṃ rājātra pṛthivījayaḥ..35.. > They said to him: “This is the great and famous city called Kāmpilya; / this land is named Ānarta, and the king here is Pṛthivījaya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.36) ko bhavānkimihāyātaḥ kiṃcitkāryaṃ vadasva naḥ..36.. > Who are you? Why have you come here? Tell us if there is some business.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.37) iṃdradyumna uvāca.. iṃdradyumno mahīpālaḥ purāsīdrocake pure.. deśe vaijaruke pūrvaṃ sa deśaḥ kva ca tatpuram.. 37.. > Indradyumna said: / “Formerly there was a king named Indradyumna in the city of Rocaka, / in the land of Vaijaruka in days of old. Where is that land, and where is that city?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.38) janā ūcuḥ.. na vayaṃ tatpuraṃ vidmo na deśaṃ na ca bhūpatim.. indradyumnābhidhānaṃ ca yaṃ tvaṃ pṛcchasi bhadraka..38.. > The people said: / “We know neither that city nor the land, nor the king / named Indradyumna whom you ask about, good sir.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.39) iṃdradyumna uvāca.. cirāyurasti ko'pyatra yastaṃ vetti mahīpatim.. deśaṃ vā tatpuraṃ vāpi tanme vadatha mā ciram..39.. > Indradyumna said: / “Is there anyone long-lived here who knows that king, / or the land, or that city? Tell me that without delay!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.40) janā ūcuḥ.. saptakalpasmaro nāma mārkaṃḍeyo mahāmuniḥ.. śrūyate naimiṣāraṇye taṃ gatvā pṛccha vetsyasi..6.271.40.. > The people said: / “There is the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya, known as the rememberer of seven kalpas; / he is heard to dwell in Naimiṣāraṇya. Go to him, ask, and you will know.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.41) athāsau satvaraṃ gatvā vyomamārgeṇa taṃ munim.. papraccha praṇipatyoccairnaimiṣāraṇyamāśritam..41.. > Then he, going swiftly through the sky, / bowed down low and questioned that sage residing in Naimiṣāraṇya: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.42) iṃdradyumneti vai bhūpastvayā dṛṣṭaḥ śruto'tha vā.. cirāyustvaṃ śruto'smābhiḥ pṛcchāmastena sanmune..42.. > “Has the king named Indradyumna ever been seen or heard of by you? / We have heard that you are long-lived; therefore we ask, O good sage.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.43) śrīmārkaṃḍeya uvāca.. saptakalpāṃtare bhūpo na dṛṣṭo na mayā śrutaḥ.. iṃdradyumnābhidhāno'tra tatra kiṃ nu vadāmi te..43.. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / “Within seven kalpas, no king named Indradyumna / has been seen or heard of by me here; what then can I say to you?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.44) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā nirāśaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ.. vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gatvā maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ..44.. > Hearing those words of his, that ruler of the earth became hopeless; / having attained supreme dispassion, he resolved upon death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.45) tena cānīya dārūṇi prajvālya ca hutāśanam.. praveṣṭukāmaḥ sa prokta indradyumno mahīpatiḥ..45.. > He brought pieces of wood, lit a fire, / and wished to enter it, when King Indradyumna was addressed \[by the sage\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.46) tvayā cātra na kartavyamahaṃ te mitratāṃ gataḥ.. nāśayiṣyāmi te mṛtyuṃ yadyapi syānmahattaram..46.. > “You must not do this here! I have become your friend; / I will avert your death, even if it be very grave. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.47) nīrogo'si subhavyo'si kasmānmṛtyuṃ pravāṃchasi.. vada me kāraṇaṃ mṛtyoḥ pratīkāraṃ karomi te..47.. > You are free from illness, you are very handsome; why do you desire death? / Tell me the reason for your death; I shall remedy it for you.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.48) iṃdradyumna uvāca.. cirāyurme bhavānproktaḥ kāṃpilyapuravāsibhiḥ .. tenāhaṃ tava pārśve'tra samāyāto mahāmune..48.. > Indradyumna said: / “You were spoken of to me as long-lived by the residents of Kāmpilya city; / therefore I have come to your side here, O great sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.49) iṃdradyumnodbhavāṃ vārtāṃ tvaṃ vadiṣyasi sanmune.. matkīrtirna parijñātā tato mṛtyuṃ vrajāmyaham..49.. > You, O good sage, might speak news concerning Indradyumna, \[I thought\]; / my fame is unknown, so I am going to death.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.50) sūta uvāca.. tasya taṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā dayāvānsa munīśvaraḥ.. vṛthāśramaṃ ca taṃ jñātvā dākṣiṇyādidamabravīt..6.271.50.. > Sūta said: / Knowing that resolve of his, that lord of sages, being compassionate / and knowing that his effort had been in vain, spoke this out of courtesy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.51) yadyevaṃ mā viśāgniṃ tvamahaṃ jñāsyāmi taṃ nṛpam.. nāḍījaṃgho bako nāma mamāsti paramaḥ suhṛt..51.. > “If that is so, do not enter the fire! I shall find out about that king; / I have a supreme friend, a crane named Nāḍījaṅgha.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.52) ciraṃtanaśca so'smākaṃ nūnaṃ jñāsyati taṃ nṛpam.. tasmādāgaccha gacchāvastasya pārśve himācale..52.. > And he is ancient; he will surely know that king. / Therefore come, let the two of us go to his presence on the Himālaya.52. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.53) sādhūnāṃ darśanaṃ jātu na vṛthā jāyate kvacit..53.. > The darśana of good people is never in vain anywhere.53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.54) evamuktvā tatastau tu prasthitau munipārthivau.. vyomamārgeṇa saṃtuṣṭau bakaṃ prati himācale..54.. > Having spoken thus, the sage and the king departed, / delighted, through the path of the sky toward the crane on the Himālaya.54. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.55) bako'pi taṃ samālokya mārkaṇḍeyaṃ samāgatam.. saṃmukhaḥ prayayau tuṣṭaḥ svāgatenābhyapūjayat..55.. > The crane, too, seeing Mārkaṇḍeya arrive, / went to meet him, pleased, and honoured him with a welcome.55. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.56) dhanyo'haṃ kṛtapuṇyo'haṃ yasya me tvatsamāgamaḥ.. bho bho brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭha ātithyaṃ te karomi kim..56.. > Blessed am I! Fortunate am I, whose meeting with you has occurred! / O best of knowers of the Absolute, what hospitality may I offer you?56. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.57) śrīmārkaṃḍeya uvāca.. mattopi tvaṃ cirāyuśca yato mitraṃ vyavasthitaḥ.. indradyumno mahīpālastvayā dṛṣṭaḥ śruto'thavā..57.. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / You are longer-lived even than I, because you are established as a friend. / Was King Indradyumna seen or heard of by you?57. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.58) etasya mama mitrasya tena dṛṣṭena kāraṇam.. anyathā jāyate mṛtyustato'haṃ tvāṃ samāgataḥ..58.. > This friend of mine has a purpose in seeing him; / otherwise his death will occur. Therefore have I come to you.58. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.59) baka uvāca.. saptadviguṇitānkalpānsmarāmyahamasaṃśayam.. na smarāmi kathāmeva iṃdradyumnasamudbhavām..59.. > The crane said: / I remember without doubt seven kalpas multiplied by two; / yet I do not recall even a mention arising about Indradyumna.59. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.60) āstāṃ hi darśanaṃ tāvatsatyametanmayodim..6.271.60.. > Let alone his darśana! This is the truth spoken by me.6.271.60. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.61) iṃdradyumna uvāca.. tapasaḥ kiṃ prabhāvo'yaṃ dānasya niyamasya ca.. yadāyurīdṛśaṃ jātaṃ bakatve'pi vadasva naḥ..61.. > Indradyumna said: / Is this the power of austerity, of gift, or of religious observance, / by which such a lifespan has come about even in the state of a crane? Tell us!61. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.62) baka uvāca.. ghṛtakaṃbalamāhātmyāddevadevasya śūlinaḥ.. mamāyurīdṛśaṃ jātaṃ bakatvaṃ muniśāpataḥ..62.. > The crane said: / From the māhātmya of the ghee blanket \[offered\] to the trident-bearing God of gods, / such a lifespan has come to me; the state of a crane \[came\] from a sage’s curse.62. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.64) ahamāsaṃ purā bālo brāhmaṇasya niveśane.. camatkārapure ramye pārāśaryasya dhīmataḥ..64.. > Long ago, I was a boy in the dwelling of a brahmin, / the wise son of Parāśara, in delightful Camatkārapura.64. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.64\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.64_1) nāmnā ca viśvarūpākhyo nāmnā 'nyena baka smṛtaḥ.. atīva capalatvena saṃyuktaḥ pitṛvallabhaḥ..64.. > By name I was called Viśvarūpa, and by another name I was known as Baka; / endowed with extreme restlessness, yet beloved of my father.64. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.65) kasyacittvatha kālasya saṃkrāṃtau makarasya bhoḥ.. saṃprāpyātīva cāpalyālliṃgaṃ jāgeśvaraṃ mayā.. ghṛtakumbhe parikṣiptaṃ pūjitaṃ janakena yat..65.. > Then at a certain time, upon the solstice into Capricorn, O lord, / having obtained out of extreme restlessness the Jāgeśvara liṅga / that was worshipped by my father, it was thrown by me into a jar of ghee.65. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.66) atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ pṛṣṭo'haṃ janakena ca.. tvayā putra parikṣiptaṃ nūnaṃ jāgeśvaraṃ kvacit.. tasmādvada prayacchāmi tena te bhakṣyamuttamam..66.. > Then, when the night had passed, I was asked by my father: / 'My son, have you indeed cast away Jāgeśvara somewhere? / Therefore tell me; by that, I will give you excellent food.'66. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.67) tato mayājyakumbhācca tasmādādāya satvaram.. bhakṣyalaulyātpiturhaste vinyastaṃ ghṛtasaṃplutam..67.. > Then, having quickly taken it from that jar of ghee, / out of greed for food I placed it, drenched in ghee, into my father’s hand.67. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.68) kasyacittvatha kālasya paṃcatvaṃ ca samāgataḥ.. jātismarastato jātastatprabhāvānnṛpālaye..68.. > Then at a certain time I met with death, / and from that power was born in a king’s palace, remembering my past lives.68. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.69) ānartādhipaterharmye nāmnā khyātastvahaṃ bakaḥ.. camatkārapure devo haraḥ saṃsthāpito mayā..69.. > In the mansion of the lord of Ānarta, I was known by the name Baka. / The god Hara was installed by me in Camatkārapura.69. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.70) tatprabhāveṇa vipreṃdra prāptaḥ paitāmahaṃ padam..6.271.70.. > Through that power, O best of brahmins, the realm of the Grandfather was attained.6.271.70. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.71) tato yāni dharāpṛṣṭhe suliṃgāni sthitāni ca.. ghṛtenacchādayāmyeva makarasthe divākare.. mayā yatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ camatkārapure śubham..71.. > Then, whatever auspicious liṅgas stood upon the surface of the earth, / I covered them with ghee when the sun entered Capricorn. / The auspicious liṅga that was installed by me in Camatkārapura71. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.72) ārādhitaṃ divā naktaṃ rājye saṃsthāpya putrakam.. niyojya sarvato bhṛtyāndhanavastrasamanvitān..72.. > was worshipped day and night, after having installed my son in the kingdom / and having appointed attendants everywhere, provided with wealth and garments.72. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.73) tataḥkālena mahatā tuṣṭo me bhagavāñchivaḥ.. matsamīpaṃ samāsādya vākyametaduvāca saḥ..73.. > Then after a long time the blessed Śiva was pleased with me; / having approached my presence, he spoke this word:73. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.74) parituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te tava pārthivasattama.. ghṛtakaṃbaladānena saṃkhyayā rahitena ca.. 74.. > 'I am thoroughly pleased, auspiciousness to you, O best of kings, / by your gift of blankets of ghee beyond counting.74. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.75) tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te varaṃ yanmanasi sthitam.. adeyamapi dāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham..75.. > Therefore choose, auspiciousness to you, the boon that rests in your mind. / Even what should not be given I will give, even if it be very hard to attain.'75. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.76) tato mayā haraḥ prokto yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho.. kuruṣva māṃ gaṇaṃ deva nānyatkiṃcidvṛṇomyaham..76.. > Then Hara was addressed by me: 'If you are pleased with me, O Lord, / make me your gaṇa, O God; I choose nothing else.'76. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.77) śrībhagavānuvāca.. bakaihi tvaṃ mahābhāga kailāsaṃ parvatottamam.. mayā sārdhamanenaiva śarīreṇa gaṇo bhava..77.. > The Blessed One said: / 'Come, O highly fortunate Baka, to Kailāsa, the highest mountain; / with me, in this very body, become a gaṇa!77. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.78) anyo'pi martyaloketra yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ.. makarasthe ravau mahyaṃ saṃkrāṃtau rajanīmukhe. sa nūnaṃ madgaṇo bhāvī sakṛtkṛtvā'tha kaṃbalam..78.. > And whatever other human being in this mortal world shall make \[it\] for me / when the sun enters Capricorn, at the beginning of the night, / having offered the blanket even once, shall surely become my gaṇa.78. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.79) tvaṃ punarmāmakaṃ liṃgaṃ samaṃ kurvanbhaviṣyasi.. dharmaseneti vikhyāto vikṛtyā parivarjitaḥ..79.. > And you, making yourself equal to my liṅga, shall become / renowned as Dharmasena, free from any deformity.'79. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.80) evamuktvā sa bhagavānmāmādāya tataḥ param.. kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā gaṇakoṭīśatāmadāt..6.271.80.. > Having spoken thus, the Blessed One took me from there; / having gone to Mount Kailāsa, he gave me command of a hundred crores of gaṇas.6.271.80. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.82) kasyacittvatha kālasya bhramamāṇo yadṛcchayā.. gato'haṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ himavaṃtaṃ mahāgirim..81.. yatrāste gālavo nāma sadaiva tapasi sthitaḥ.. tasya bhāryā viśālākṣī sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā.. 82.. > Then at a certain time, wandering at will, / I went to the highest mountain, the great mountain Himavat,81. / where Gālava resides, constantly established in austerity. / His wife was large-eyed, marked with all auspicious marks,82. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.83) saptaraktā trigaṃbhīrā gūḍhagulphā kṛśodarī.. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā manmathāviṣṭaḥ saṃjāto'haṃ munīśvara..83.. > red in seven places, deep in three, with hidden ankles and a slender waist. / Seeing her, I became overcome with passion, O best of sages.83. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.84) ciṃtitaṃ ca mayā citte kathametāṃ harāmyaham.. tasmācchiṣyatvamāsādya bhaktimasya karomyaham..84.. > And it was thought by me in my mind: 'How can I abduct her? / Therefore, having attained discipleship, I will show devotion to him.84. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.85) śuśrūṣānirato bhūtvā yena prāpnomi bhāminīm..85.. > Having become devoted to his service, I might thereby obtain the lady.'85. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.86) tato baṭukarūpeṇa saṃprāpto gālavo mayā.. saṃsārasya virakto'haṃ kariṣyāmi mahttapaḥ..86.. > Then, in the form of a young ascetic student, Gālava was approached by me: / 'Detached from worldly existence, I will perform great austerity.86. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.87) dīkṣāṃ yaccha vibho mahyaṃ yena śiṣyo bhavāmi te..87.. > Grant initiation to me, O lord, so that I may become your disciple.87. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.88) āhariṣyāmyahaṃ darbhāṃstathā sumanasaḥ sadā.. samidhaśca sadaivāhaṃ phalāni jalameva ca..88.. > I will always fetch darbha grass and flowers, / and always firewood, fruits, and water.'88. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.89) sa māṃ vinayasaṃpannaṃ jñātvā brāhmaṇarūpiṇam.. dadau dīkṣāṃ tato mahyaṃ śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā..89.. > Recognising me to be endowed with humility and in the form of a brahmin, / he then gave me initiation according to the rite seen in the scriptures.89. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.90) atha dīkṣāṃ samāsādya toṣayāmi dinedine .. taṃ caiva tasya patnīṃ tāṃ yathoktaparicaryayā.. aśuddhenāpi cittena chidrānveṣaṇatatparaḥ..6.271.90.. > Then, having obtained initiation, day after day I pleased / him and also that wife of his by service as prescribed, / though with an impure mind, intent on seeking a weak point.6.271.90. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.92) anyasmindivase prāpte sā strīdharmasamanvitā.. uṭajaṃ dūratastyaktvā rātrau suptā manasvinī..91.. so'haṃ rūpaṃ mahatkṛtvā tāmādāya tapasvinīm.. sukhasuptāṃ suviśrabdhāṃ prasthito dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ..92.. > When another day arrived, that resolute woman, experiencing her menstrual course, / stayed far from the hut and slept at night.91. / I, assuming a great form and seizing that ascetic woman / who was sleeping comfortably and unsuspectingly, set out facing south.92. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.93) athāsau saṃparityaktā saṃsparśānmama nidrayā.. caurarūpaṃ parijñāya māṃ śiṣyaṃ praruroda ha..93.. > Then, awakened from sleep by my touch / and recognising me, the disciple, in the guise of a thief, she cried out.93. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.94) sābravīcca svabhartāraṃ gālavaṃ munisattamam.. eṣa śiṣyo durācāro harate māmitaḥ prabho..94.. > And she said to her husband, Gālava, the best of sages: / 'This wicked disciple is abducting me from here, O lord!94. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.95) tasmādrakṣa mahābhāga yāvaddūraṃ na gacchati..95.. > Therefore protect me, O highly fortunate one, before he goes far away!'95. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.96) tacchrutvā gālavaḥ prāha tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cāsakṛt.. pāpācāra suduṣṭātmangatiste staṃbhitā mayā..96.. > Hearing that, Gālava said repeatedly, 'Halt! Halt! / O evil-doer! O very wicked soul, your movement has been paralysed by me!'96. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.97) tasya vākyāttato mahyaṃ gatistaṃbho vyajāyata.. yadvallikhita evāhaṃ pratiṣṭhāmi suniścalaḥ..97.. > Then, because of his words, the arrest of my movement came about, / so that I stood completely motionless, just like a painted figure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.98) tatastena ca śapto'haṃ gālavena mahātmanā.. vaṃcito'haṃ tvayā yasmādbako bhava sudurmate..98.. > Then I was cursed by that noble Gālava: / 'Since I was deceived by you, become a crane, O wicked-minded one!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.99) tataḥ paśyāmi cātmānaṃ sahasā bakarūpiṇam.. bakatve'pi na me naṣṭā yā smṛtiḥ pūrvasaṃbhavā..99. > Then I saw myself suddenly in the form of a crane; / even in crane-hood, my memory arising from my previous existence was not lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.100) tataḥ sā'pi ca tatpatnī sacailaṃ snānamāśritā.. matsparśāduḥkhitāṃgī ca śāpāya samupasthitā..6.271.100.. > Then his wife also, having undergone a bath with her clothes on, / her limbs suffering from my touch, stood ready to utter a curse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.101) yasmātpāpa tvayā spṛṣṭā prasuptāhaṃ rajasvalā.. bakadharmaṃ samāśritya bharttā me vaṃcitastvayā.. anyarūpaṃ samāsthāya tasmātsatyaṃ bako bhava..101.. > 'Because, O sinner, I was touched by you while asleep and menstruating, / and taking on the conduct of a crane, my husband was deceived by you / assuming another form, therefore truly become a crane!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.102) evaṃ śaptastato dvābhyāṃ tābhyāṃ vai duḥkhasaṃyutaḥ.. caraṇābhyāṃ pralagnastu gālavasya mahātmanaḥ..102.. > Thus cursed then by both of them, full of grief indeed, / I clung to the feet of the noble Gālava: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.103) gaṇo'haṃ devadevasya trinetrasya mahātmanaḥ.. pālaketi ca vikhyāto gaṇakoṭiprabhuḥ sthitaḥ..103.. > 'I am a gaṇa of the god of gods, the three-eyed noble lord; / renowned as Pālaka, I am the master of ten million gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.104) so'hamatra samāyātaḥ prabhoḥ kāryeṇa kenacit.. tava bhāryāṃ samālokya kāmadevavaśaṃ gataḥ..104.. > I came here on some business of the Lord. / Beholding your wife, I fell under the power of the god of love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.105) kṣamāparādhaṃ tvaṃ mahyamevaṃ jñātvā munīśvara.. durvinītaḥ śriyaṃ prāpya vidyāmaiśvaryameva ca..105.. > Knowing this, forgive my transgression, O lord of sages! / A person ill-mannered upon obtaining fortune, knowledge, and sovereignty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.106) na tiṣṭhati ciraṃ sthāne yathāhaṃ madagarvitaḥ.. śiṣyarūpaṃ samāsthāya tataḥ prāptastavāṃtikam..106.. > does not stay long in his position, just as I, arrogant with pride, / assuming the form of a disciple, came near you > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.107) asyā haraṇahetośca mahāsatyā munīśvara.. tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me dīnasya praṇatasya ca..107.. > for the sake of abducting this great chaste woman, O lord of sages. / Therefore show favour to me, who am wretched and prostrate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.108) anugrahapradānena kṣamā yasmāttapasvinām.. kokilānāṃ svaro rūpaṃ nārīrūpaṃ pativratā.. vidyā rūpaṃ kurūpāṇāṃ kṣamā rūpaṃ tapasvinām..108.. > by granting a blessing, since forbearance belongs to ascetics. / Voice is the beauty of cuckoos; devotion to the husband is the beauty of women; / knowledge is the beauty of the ugly; forbearance is the beauty of ascetics.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.109) sūta uvāca.. tasya tatkṛpaṇaṃ śrutvā sopi māheśvaro muniḥ.. jñātvā taṃ bāṃdhavasthāne dayāṃ kṛtvā'bravīdvacaḥ..109.. > Sūta said: / Hearing that pitiful speech of his, that sage devoted to Maheśvara, / recognizing him in the role of a kin, took pity and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.110) satyavāktiṣṭhate vipraścamatkārapure śubhe..6.271.110.. > 'A truthful brahmin lives in auspicious Camatkārapura, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.111) bharttṛyajña iti khyātastadā tasyopadeśataḥ.. bakatvaṃ yāsyate nūnaṃ mama vākyādasaṃśayam..111.. > renowned as Bhartṛyajña. Then, by his instruction, / your crane-hood will surely come to an end by my words, without doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.112) tataḥ paśyāmi cātmānaṃ bakatvena samāśritam..112.. > Then I saw myself reduced to the state of a crane. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.113) evaṃ me dīrghamāyuṣyaṃ saṃjātaṃ śivabhaktitaḥ.. ghṛtakambalamāhātmyādbakatvaṃ muniśāpataḥ.. 113.. > Thus my long life came about through devotion to Śiva / and the māhātmya of the Ghṛtakambala, and the crane-hood through the sage's curse." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.114) iṃdradyumna uvāca.. etadarthaṃ samānītastvatsakāśaṃ vihaṃgama.. iṃdradyumnasya vārtārthaṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ..114.. > Indradyumna said: / "For this purpose I was brought to your presence, O bird, / for news of Indradyumna, having resolved upon death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.115) sā tvayā naiva vijñātā mamābhāgyairvihaṃgama.. sevayiṣyāmyahaṃ tasmātpradīptaṃ havyavāhanam..115.. > He was not recognized by you due to my misfortunes, O bird; / therefore I shall resort to the blazing bearer of oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.116) pratijñātaṃ mayā pūrvametanniścitya cetasi.. iṃdradyumne hyavijñāte saṃsevyaḥ pāvako mayā..116.. > This was previously vowed by me, having resolved it in mind: / 'If Indradyumna is not known, I must resort to fire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.117) tasmāddehi mamādeśaṃ mārkaṃḍeyasamanvitaḥ.. praviśāmi yathā vahniṃ bhraṣṭakīrtirahaṃ baka..117.. > Therefore give me permission, accompanied by Mārkaṇḍeya, / so that I may enter the fire, O crane, my renown having fallen." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.118) mārkaṃḍeya uvāca.. vetsi cānyaṃ naraṃ kañcidvayasā cātmano'dhikam.. pṛcchāmi yena taṃ gatvā kṛte hyasya mahātmanaḥ.. 118.. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / "Do you know any other person older in age than yourself, / so that I, having gone to him, may ask for the sake of this noble soul? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.119) śraddhayā parayā yuktaḥ saṃprāpto'yaṃ mayā saha.. tatkathaṃ tyajati prāṇānsahāye mayi saṃsthite..119.. > Endowed with supreme faith, he has arrived with me; / so how can he abandon his life while I stand by as his companion? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.120) aparaṃ ca kṣamaṃ vākyaṃ yattvāṃ vacmi vihaṃgama.. ayaṃ duḥkhena saṃyuktaḥ sādhayiṣyati pāvakam.. ahamenamanuddhṛtya kasmādgacchāmi cāśramam..6.271.120.. > And another fitting word which I say to you, O bird: / this man, joined with sorrow, will accomplish \[death by\] fire; / not having saved him, how could I go back to the hermitage?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.121) sūta uvāca.. tayostaṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā bakaḥ paramadurmanā.. suciraṃ ciṃtayāmāsa kathaṃ syādetayoḥ sukham..121.. > Sūta said: / Knowing that resolve of the two, the crane, deeply dejected in mind, / thought for a long time: 'How can there be happiness for these two?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.122) tato rājā muniścaiva dārūṇyāhṛtya pāvakam.. praveṣṭukāmau tau dṛṣṭvā bako vacanamabravīt..122.. > Then the king and the sage gathered wood, / and seeing the two wishing to enter the fire, the crane spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.123) mama vākyaṃ kuru prājña yadi jīvitumicchasi.. jñātaḥ so'dya mayā vyaktamindradyumnaṃ narādhipam..123.. > "Heed my word, O wise one, if you wish to live. / That King Indradyumna has indeed been made clear to me today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.124) yo jñāsyati mama jyeṣṭhaḥ sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇaḥ.. tattvamenaṃ samādāya maraṇe kṛtaniścayam.. 124.. > He who will know \[him\] is my elder, expert in all scriptures. / Taking this man, who is resolved upon death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.125) niśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanam.. samāgaccha mayā sārdhaṃ kailāsaṃ parvataṃ prati..125.. > sighing like a serpent, his eyes agitated with tears, / come with me to Mount Kailāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.126) yatrāsti dayito mahyamulūkaścirajīvabhāk.. sa nūnaṃ jñāsyate taṃ hi mā vṛthā maraṇaṃ kṛthāḥ.. 126.. > where there is my beloved owl who enjoys long life. / He will surely know him; do not bring about death in vain." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.127) tato'sau tena saṃyukto bakena sumahātmanā.. mārkaṃḍeyena saṃprāptaḥ kailāsaṃ parvatottamam..127.. > Then, joined with that noble crane, / he arrived with Mārkaṇḍeya at Mount Kailāsa, best of mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.128) so'pi dṛṣṭvā bakaṃ prāptaṃ mitraṃ paramasaṃmatam.. samāgacchadasau hṛṣṭaḥ svāgatenābhyanandayat..128.. > He too, seeing that the crane, his deeply esteemed friend, had arrived, / came forward delighted and welcomed him with greetings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.129) atha taṃ caiva viśrāntaṃ samāliṅgya muhurmuhuḥ.. prākāravarṇanāmāsau vākyametaduvāca ha..129.. > Then, having embraced him again and again as he rested, / after inquiring about his welfare, he uttered this speech: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.130) svāgataṃ te dvijaśreṣṭha bhūpa susvāgataṃ ca te.. sakhye'dya yacca te kāryaṃ vadāgamanakāraṇam..6.271.130.. > "Welcome to you, O best of birds; O king, a warm welcome to you! / Tell me today, friend, the purpose of your coming. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.131) kāvetau puruṣau prāptau tvayā sārdhaṃ mamāṃtikam.. divyarūpau mahābhāgau tejasā parivāritau..131.. > Who are these two men who have arrived with you near me, / divine in form, highly fortunate, surrounded with splendour?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.132) baka uvāca.. eṣa mārkaṃḍasaṃjño'tra prasiddho bhuvanatraye.. maheśvaraprasādena saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gataḥ.. dvitīyo'sau suhṛccāsya kaścinno vedmi tattvataḥ.. mārkaṃḍena samāyātaḥ suhṛdā va mamāṃtikam..132.. > The crane said: / "This one here is named Mārkaṇḍa, renowned in the three worlds; / by the grace of Maheśvara he attained the supreme perfection. / The second is his friend, whom I do not know in truth; / he has come near me with his friend Mārkaṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.135) yadi jānāsi taṃ bhūpamindradyumnaṃ mahāmate.. tattvaṃ kīrtaya yenāsau maraṇādvinivartate..135.. > If you know that King Indradyumna, O wise one, / declare the truth, so that he may turn back from death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.136) cirāyustvaṃ mayā jñāto hyataḥ prāpto'smi teṃ'tikam..136.. > You are known by me to be long-lived; for this reason I have come near you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.137) ulūka uvāca.. aṣṭāviṃśatpramāṇena kalpā jātasya me sthitāḥ.. na dṛṣṭo na śrutaḥ kaścidiṃdradyumno mahīpatiḥ..137.. > The owl said: / "Twenty-eight kalpas have passed since I was born; / no King Indradyumna was ever seen or heard of." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.138) iṃdradyumna uvāca.. tava kasmādulūkatvaṃ śīghraṃ tanme prakīrtaya.. etanme kautukaṃ bhāvi yatte hyāyuranantakam.. ulūkatvaṃ ca saṃjātaṃ raudraṃ lokavigarhitam..138.. > Indradyumna said: / "Why is there owl-hood for you? Proclaim that to me quickly! / This is a wonder to me, that you have endless lifespan, / yet owl-hood has arisen, dreadful and censured by the world." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.139) ulūka uvāca.. śṛṇu te'haṃ pravakṣyāmi dīrghāyurme yathā sthitam.. maheśvaraprasādena bilvapatrārcanānmayā.. ulūkatvaṃ mayā prāptaṃ bhṛgoḥ śāpānmahātmanaḥ..139.. > The owl said: / "Listen, I shall tell you how my long life came to be: / by the grace of Maheśvara, through my worship with bilva leaves; / \[and\] owl-hood was obtained by me through the curse of the noble Bhṛgu." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.140) ahamāsaṃ purā vipraḥ sarvavidyāsu pāragaḥ.. camatkārapure śreṣṭhe nāmnā khyātastu ghaṃṭakaḥ.. brahmacārī damopeto harapūjārcane rataḥ..6.271.140.. > I was formerly a brahmin, mastered in all sciences, / renowned by the name Ghaṇṭaka in the excellent Camatkārapura, / a celibate student endowed with self-control, devoted to the worship and adoration of Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.141) akhaṃḍitairbilvapatrairagrajātaistripatrakaiḥ.. trikālaṃ pūjitaḥ śaṃbhurlakṣamātraiḥ sadā mayā..141.. > With whole bilva leaves, grown at the tip, possessing three leaflets, / at the three times of day, Śambhu was constantly worshipped by me with a count of one hundred thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.142) tato varṣasahsrāṃte tuṣṭo me bhagavānharaḥ.. provāca darśanaṃ gatvā meghagaṃbhīrayā girā..142.. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, the blessed Hara was pleased with me; / granting me darśana, he spoke in a voice deep as a thundercloud: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.143) ahaṃ tuṣṭo'smi te vatsa varaṃ varaya suvrata.. akhaṃḍitairbilvapatraistrikāle yattvayārcitaḥ..143.. > ‘I am pleased with you, child; choose a boon, O one of good vows, / since you have worshipped me at the three times of day with whole bilva leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.144) bilvasya prasavāgreṇa tripatreṇa prajāyate.. ekenāpi yathātuṣṭistathānyeṣāṃ na koṭibhiḥ..144.. > With a single three-leafed shoot grown at the tip of the bilva, / such satisfaction is produced as not even with ten millions of other \[leaves\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.145) puṣpāṇāmapi bhadraṃ te sugaṃdhānāmapi dhruvam.. sakhe mayā praṇamyoccaiḥ sa proktaḥ śaśiśekharaḥ..145.. > or even flowers, may you have good fortune, however fragrant they may certainly be.’ / O friend, having bowed down deeply, I said to that moon-crested lord: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.146) yadi tuṣṭosi me deva yadi deyo varo mama.. tanmāṃ kuru jagannātha jarāmaraṇavarjitam..146.. > ‘If you are pleased with me, O God, if a boon is to be given to me, / then make me, O Lord of the World, free from old age and death.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.147) sa tatheti pratijñāya mahādevo maheśvaraḥ.. kailāsaṃ prati deveśaḥ kṣaṇāccādarśanaṃ gataḥ..147.. > Having agreed with ‘So be it!’, Mahādeva, the great lord, / the lord of gods, vanished toward Kailāsa in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.148) tatohaṃ parituṣṭotha varaṃ prāpya maheśvarāt.. kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ ciṃtayāmi praharṣitaḥ..148.. > Then, delighted, having obtained the boon from the great lord, / I rejoiced, considering myself to have achieved my goal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.149) etasminneva kāle tu bhārgavo munisattamaḥ.. kuśalaḥ sarvaśāstreṣu vedavedāṃga pāragaḥ..149.. > At that very time, there was a Bhārgava, an excellent sage, / skilled in all treatises, who had mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.150) tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī nāmnā khyātā sudarśanā.. prāṇebhyo'pi priyā tasya gālavasya muneḥ sutā..6.271.150.. > He had a virtuous wife, known by the name Sudarśanā, / dearer to him even than his life's breaths, the daughter of the sage Gālava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.151) tasya kanyā samabhavadrūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi.. sā mayā sahasā dṛṣṭā krīḍamānā yathecchayā..151.. > A daughter was born to him, peerless on earth in beauty. / She was suddenly seen by me as she was playing at her pleasure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.152) madhyakṣāmā sukeśī ca biṃboṣṭhī dīrghalocanā.. tāmahaṃ vīkṣayitvā tu kāmadevavaśaṃ gataḥ..152.. > slender-waisted, with beautiful hair, bimba-fruit lips, and long eyes. / But looking upon her, I fell under the power of the god of love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.153) tataḥ pṛṣṭā mayā kasya kanyeyaṃ cārulocanā.. vibhaktasarvāvayavā devakanyeva rājate..153.. > Then I asked: ‘Whose daughter is this beautiful-eyed maiden, / whose every limb is well-proportioned, who shines like a divine maiden?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.154) sakhībhiḥ kīrtitā mahyaṃ bhārgavasya muneḥ sutā.. eṣā cādyāpi kanyātve vartate cāruhāsinī..154.. > Her female companions said to me: ‘She is the daughter of the Bhārgava sage, / and even now this sweet-smiling girl remains unmarried.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.155) tato'haṃ bhārgavaṃ gatvā vinayena samanvitaḥ.. yayāce kanyakāṃ tā ca kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ.. 155. > Then, approaching that Bhārgava, filled with humility / and standing with folded hands, I asked for that maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.156) savarṇaṃ māṃ parijñāya so'pi bhārgavanaṃdanaḥ.. dattavāṃstāṃ mahābhāga virūpasyāpi kanyakām..156.. > Recognizing that I belonged to the same caste, that son of Bhṛgu, / though I was deformed, gave that daughter, O noble one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.156\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.156_2) atha sā kanyakā jñātvā pitrā dattāsmi dharmataḥ.. virūpāya tato gatvā mātaraṃ vākyamabravīt..57.. > Then that maiden, learning, ‘I have been given according to dharma by my father / to an ugly man,’ went and spoke these words to her mother: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.158) sulajjā sā'tiduḥkhārtā paśyāṃba janakena ca .. virūpāya pradattāsmi nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe..158.. > Very modest and exceedingly afflicted with grief: ‘Look, mother! By father / I have been given to a deformed man; I do not dare to go on living. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.159) viṣaṃ vā bhakṣayiṣyāmi pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam.. tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā niṣiddhaḥ sa dvijastayā..159.. > I will either consume poison or enter the fire!’ / Hearing that statement of hers, that twice-born was restrained by her \[mother\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.160) kasmānnātha pradattāsau virūpāya tvayā vibho.. kanyakeyaṃ surūpāḍhyā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā..6.271.160.. > ‘Why, O lord, was she given by you to a deformed man, O master, / when this maiden is endowed with great beauty and possesses all auspicious marks?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.161) etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ bhārgavo munisattamaḥ.. tatastāṃ garhayitvāsau dhiṅnārī puruṣāyate..161.. > Hearing this speech, the Bhārgava, the best of sages, / then rebuking her, said: ‘Shame on a woman who acts like a man! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.162) anena prārthitā kanyā mayā cāsmai pradīyate.. tatkiṃ niṣedhayasi māṃ dīyamānāṃ sutāmimām..162.. > The maiden was requested by him, and she is being given by me to him. / So why do you forbid me from giving this daughter away?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.163) ityuktvā sa prasuṣvāpa patnyātha kanyayā samam..163.. > Having said this, he went to sleep together with his wife and daughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.164) tato'rddharātre cāgatya mayā suptā ca bhārgavī.. hṛtvā svabhavane nītā niśi supte jane tadā..164.. > Then, arriving at midnight while the people were sleeping at night, / the sleeping daughter of the Bhārgava was abducted by me and carried off to my home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.165) niyuktā kāmadharmeṇa hyanicchaṃtī balānmayā.. vipraḥ prātarjajāgāra pitā tasyāstataḥ param..165.. > She was constrained by me by force into the way of sexual desire, though she was unwilling. / After that, the brahmin, her father, woke up in the morning: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.166) kvāsau sā duhitā kena hṛtā naṣṭā madīyikā.. athāsau vīkṣituṃ bāhye babhrāma svavanāṃtikam..166.. > ‘Where is that daughter? By whom has my girl been taken away and lost?’ / Then he wandered outside near his forest to search, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.167) padasaṃhatimārgeṇa munibhirbahubhirvṛtaḥ.. tena dṛṣṭā'tha sā kanyā kṛtakautukamaṃgalā..167.. > surrounded by many sages, following the trail of footprints. / Then that maiden was seen by him, with the wedding rites already performed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.168) rudaṃtī sasvanaṃ tatra lajjamānā hyadhomukhī.. tataḥ kopaparītātmā māṃ provāca sa bhārgavaḥ.. 168.. > weeping loudly there, bashful, with her face cast down. / Thereupon, his soul overwhelmed with anger, that Bhārgava spoke to me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.169) niśācarasya dharmeṇa yasmādūḍhā sutā mama.. niśācaro bhavānastu karmaṇānena sāṃpratam.169.. > ‘Since my daughter was wed by you according to the practice of a night-roamer, / let you become a night-roamer \[an owl\] right now on account of this deed!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.170) ghaṃṭaka uvāca.. nirdoṣaṃ māṃ dvijaśreṣṭha kasmāttvaṃ śapasi drutam.. tvayaiṣā me svayaṃ dattā tena rātrau hṛtā mayā..6.271.170.. > Ghaṇṭaka said: / ‘Why do you curse me so quickly, O best of the twice-born, when I am blameless? / She was given to me by you yourself; therefore she was carried off by me at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.171) yo datvā kanyakāṃ pūrvaṃ paścādyacchenna durmatiḥ. sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam..171.. > Whatever evil-minded man having first given a maiden does not give her afterward, / he goes to a terrible hell for as long as the dissolution of all beings.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.172) athāsau ciṃtayāmāsa satyametena jalpitam.. paścāttāpasamopeto vākyametaduvāca ha..172.. > Then he reflected: ‘What he said is true.’ / Endowed with repentance, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.173) satyametattvayā proktaṃ na me vacanamanyathā.. ulūkarūpasaṃyukto bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ..173.. > ‘This which was said by you is true, but my word cannot be otherwise: / you will be endowed with the form of an owl, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.174) utpatsyate yadā cātra bhartṛyajño mahāmuniḥ.. tasyopadeśamāsādya bhūyaḥ prāpsyasi svāṃ tanum..174.. > And when the great sage Bhartṛyajña is born here, / having obtained his instruction, you will regain your own body.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.175) tataḥ kauśikarūpaṃ tu paśyāmyātmānameva ca.. tathāpi na smṛtirnaṣṭā mama yā pūrvasaṃbhavā..175.. > Then I saw myself possessing the form of an owl; / even so, the memory belonging to my previous existence was not lost to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.176) atha yā tatsutā coḍhā mayā tasmingirau tadā.. sāpi māṃ saṃnirīkṣyātha tadrūpaṃ duḥkhasaṃyutā.. praviṣṭā havyavāhaṃ sā vidhavātvamanicchatī..176.. > Then, having looked upon me in that form, his daughter who had been wed by me on that mountain, / filled with grief and unwilling to endure widowhood, / entered the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.177) evaṃ me kauśikatvaṃ hi saṃjātaṃ tu mahādyute.. bhārgavasya tu śāpena kanyārthe yattavoditam..177.. > Thus the state of an owl came about for me, O one of great splendor, / by the curse of the Bhārgava on account of the maiden, as has been told to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.178) akhaṃḍabilvapatreṇa pūjito yanmaheśvaraḥ.. cirāyustenasaṃjātaṃ satyametanmayoditam..178.. > That Maheśvara was worshipped with whole bilva leaves, / by that a long life was attained—this that I have told you is true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.179) satyaṃ kathaya yatkṛtyaṃ gṛhāyātasya kiṃ tava.. prakaromi mahābhāga yadyapi syātsudurlabham..179.. > Tell me truly what duty there is for you who have come to my home: / what may I do, O noble one, even if it were very hard to obtain?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.180) indradyumna uvāca .. indradyumnasya jñānāya prāpto'haṃ yattavāṃtikam.. nāḍījaṃghena cānīto maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ..6.271.180.. > Indradyumna said: / ‘That I have come to your presence in order to gain knowledge of Indradyumna, / and was brought by Nāḍījaṅgha, having resolved upon death: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.181) yadi no jñāsyati bhavāṃstaṃ kīrtyā ca kulena ca.. praviśāmi tato nūnaṃ pradīptaṃ havyavāhanam..181.. > if you do not know him by fame and by family, / then I shall certainly enter the blazing fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.182) no cetkīrtaya me kañcidanyaṃ tu cirajīvinam.. pṛcchāmi tena taṃ gatvā yena vetti na vā ca saḥ..182.. > If not, then tell me of some other long-lived being; / going to him, I shall ask him, so that he knows him or does not.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.183) baka uvāca.. yuktamuktamanenādya tatkuruṣva vadāsya bhoḥ.. yadi jānāsi kaṃcitvamātmanaścirajīvinam..183.. > The crane said: / ‘What has been said by him today is proper; do that, speak to him, sir, / if you know anyone who has lived longer than yourself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.184) no cedahamapi kṣipraṃ praviśāmi hutāśanam.. mārkaṃḍenāpi sahitaḥ sāṃprataṃ tava paśyataḥ..184.. > If not, I too, together with Mārkaṇḍa, / will quickly enter the fire right now before your eyes.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.185) evam jñātvā mahābhāga cintayasva ciraṃtanam.. kaṃcidbhūmitale'nyatra yatastvaṃ cirajīvadhṛk..185.. > Knowing this, O fortunate one, think of someone ancient / elsewhere on the earth's surface, since you possess long life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.186) āśayā parayā prāptastavāhaṃ kila maṃdire.. pumāneṣa viśeṣeṇa mārkaṃḍeyaḥ priyo mama ..186.. > Indeed, with great hope I have come to your abode; / in particular, this man Mārkaṇḍeya is dear to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.187) saṃtyatra parvataśreṣṭhāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.. yeṣu santi mahābhāgāstāpasāścirajīvinaḥ.. nānyathā jīvitaṃ cāsya kathaṃcitsaṃbhaviṣyati..187.. > There are excellent mountains here by the hundreds and thousands, / on which dwell blessed ascetics who live long; / otherwise, his life will not be preserved in any way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.188) iṃdradyumnasya rājarṣerhitaṃ paramakaṃ bhavet.. tathāvayordvayoścāpi tasmācciṃtaya satvaram..188.. > Let there be the highest benefit for the royal seer Indradyumna, / and also for the two of us; therefore, consider it quickly." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.189) tasya taṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā maraṇārthaṃ mahīpateḥ.. sa ulūkaḥ kṛpāṃ gatvā tato vacanamabravīt..189.. > Knowing that resolve of the king to die, / the owl, moved by pity, then spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.190) yadyevaṃ tu mahābhāga martukāmo'si sāṃpratam.. tadāgaccha mayā sārdhaṃ gandhamādanaparvatam..6.271.190.. > "If indeed, O fortunate one, you wish to die right now, / then come with me to Mount Gandhamādana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.191) tatra saṃtiṣṭhate gṛdhraḥ sa ca me paramaḥ suhṛt.. ciraṃtanastathā samyaksa te jñāsyati taṃ nṛpam.. kathayiṣyatyasaṃdigdhaṃ mama vākyādasaṃśayam..191.. > A vulture dwells there, and he is my greatest friend, / and ancient too; he will know that king well. / He will surely tell you, without doubt, upon my word." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.192) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mārkaṃḍeyādibhistribhiḥ.. proktaḥ sarvairmahābhāga mā tvaṃ praviśa pāvakam..192.. > Hearing his words, the king was addressed by all three, / beginning with Mārkaṇḍeya: "O fortunate one, do not enter the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.193) vayaṃ yāsyāmahe sarve tvayā sārdhaṃ ca tatra hi.. kadācitso'pi jānāti iṃdradyumnaṃ mahīpatim..193.. > All of us will go there along with you; / perhaps he too knows the king Indradyumna." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.194) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā āśayā parayā yutaḥ.. sa rājā saha taiḥ sarvaiḥ prayayau gaṃdhamādanam..194.. > Hearing their words, filled with supreme hope, / the king set out for Gandhamādana together with all of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.195) gṛdhrarājo'pi tāndṛṣṭvā sarvāneva kṛtāṃjaliḥ.. ulūkaṃ purato dṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭaḥ sanmukho yayau..195.. > Seeing them all with folded hands, / and seeing the owl in front, the king of vultures went to meet them with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.196) tato'bravītprahṛṣṭātmā svāgataṃ te dvijottama.. cirakālātpradṛṣṭo'si ka ete'nye'tra ye sthitāḥ..196.. > Then, joyful in spirit, he said: "Welcome to you, O best of birds! / You are seen after a long time. Who are these others standing here?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.197) ulūka uvāca.. eṣa me paramaṃ mitraṃ nāḍījaṃgho bakaḥ smṛtaḥ.. etasyāpi tu mārkaṇḍaḥ saṃsthitaḥ paramaḥ suhṛt..197.. > The owl said: / "This is my greatest friend, known as the crane Nāḍījaṅgha; / and Mārkaṇḍa is stationed as his greatest friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.198) asau trailokyavikhyātaḥ saptakalpasmaro bhuvi.. etasyāpi suhṛtkaścinnainaṃ jānāmi satvaram..198.. > He is renowned in the three worlds, remembering seven aeons on earth. / And someone is his friend; I do not know him directly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.199) mriyamāṇo mayā hyeṣa samānī tastavāṃtikam.. ayaṃ jīvati vijñāta iṃdradyumne nareśvare.. no cetpraviśati kṣipraṃ pradīptaṃ havyavāhanam..199.. > Being about to die, he was brought by me into your presence. / He will live if King Indradyumna is recognized; / otherwise, he will quickly enter the blazing fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.200) sa tvaṃ jānāsi cedbrūhi indradyumnaṃ mahīpatim.. ciraṃtano mayāpi tvaṃ tena praṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ..6.271.200.. > Therefore, if you know the king Indradyumna, tell us; / you are also considered ancient by me, and thus I have come to ask." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.201) gṛdhra uvāca.. indradyumneti vikhyātaṃ rājānaṃ na smarāmyaham.. na dṛṣṭo na śrutaścāpi indradyumno mahīpatiḥ..201.. > The vulture said: / "I do not recall a king renowned as Indradyumna; / neither seen nor heard of is King Indradyumna." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.202) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā so'pi rājā sudurmanāḥ.. manasā cintayāmāsa maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ..202.. > Hearing his words, the king, very despondent in mind, / reflected in his heart, having resolved upon death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.203) tatastu kautukāviṣṭastaṃ papraccha dvijottamam.. karmaṇā kena saṃprāptamāyuṣyaṃ cedṛśaṃ vada..203.. > Then, filled with curiosity, he asked that best of birds: / "Tell me, by what action was such a lifespan obtained \[by you\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.204) tataḥ saṃbhāvayiṣyāmi śrutvā te'haṃ vibhāvasum..204.. > Then, having heard your \[story\], I shall enter the fire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.270.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.270.205) gṛdhra uvāca.. ahamāsaṃ camatkārapure markaṭakaḥ kila.. upatyakāyāṃ tatraiva raktaśṛṃgasya bhūbhṛtaḥ..205.. > The vulture said: / "Indeed, I was a monkey in Camatkārapura, / right there in the foothills of Mount Raktaśṛṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 454 passages. 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