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# Skandapurana 6.3.103

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.103

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.103.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.p1)

adhyāya 103

> Chapter 103  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahīpāla eraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ param .  
yacchrutaṃ vai mayā rājañchivasya vadataḥ purā .. 103.1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to the supreme confluence of the Eraṇḍī, O ruler of the earth, / which was heard by me, O king, when Śiva spoke long ago.  
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### [6.3.103.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.2)

etadeva purā praśnaṃ gauryā pṛṣṭastu śaṅkaraḥ .  
provāca nṛpaśārdūla guhyādguhyataraṃ śubham .. 103.2 ..

> When questioned long ago with this very question by Gaurī, / Śaṅkara spoke, O tiger among kings, that which is auspicious and more secret than the secret.  
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### [6.3.103.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.3)

īśvara uvāca -  
śṛṇu devi paraṃ guhyaṃ nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā .  
revāyāścottare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
bhrūṇahatyāharaṃ devi kāmadaṃ putravardhanam .. 103.3 ..

> Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, to the supreme secret which I have not spoken to anyone: / On the northern bank of the Revā is a most splendid tīrtha, / destroying \[the sin of\] abortion, O goddess, granting desires, and multiplying sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.4)

pārvatyuvāca -  
kathayasva mahādeva tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
bhrūṇahatyāharaṃ kasmātkāmadaṃ svargadarśanam .. 103.4 ..

> Pārvatī said: / Tell \[me\], O Mahādeva, of this most splendid tīrtha: / Why does it remove \[the sin of\] abortion, grant desires, and grant the vision of heaven?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.5)

īśvara uvāca -  
atrirnāma mahādevi mānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ .  
agnihotrarato nityaṃ devatātithipūjakaḥ .. 103.5 ..

> Īśvara said: / There was a mind-born son of Brahmā named Atri, O great goddess, / always devoted to the Agnihotra and worshipping deities and guests.  
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### [6.3.103.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.6)

somasaṃsthāśca saptaiva kṛtā vipreṇa pārvati .  
anasūyeti vikhyātā bhāryā tasya guṇānvitā .. 103.6 ..

> And the seven Soma sacrifices were performed by that brahmin, O Pārvatī. / His wife, endowed with virtues, was renowned as Anasūyā,  
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### [6.3.103.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.7)

pativratā patiprāṇā patyuḥ kāryahite ratā .  
evaṃ yāti tataḥ kāle na putrā na ca putrikā .. 103.7 ..

> devoted to her husband, holding her husband as her life-breath, intent on the welfare and duties of her husband. / In this way time passed, but there was neither son nor daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.8)

aparāhṇe mahādevi sukhāsīnau tu sundari .  
vadantau sukhaduḥkhāni pūrvavṛttāni yāni ca .. 103.8 ..

> In the afternoon, O great goddess, the two sat comfortably, O beautiful one, / speaking of happiness and sorrow, and of things that had happened in the past.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.9)

atriruvāca -  
saumye śubhe priye kānte cārusarvāṅgasundari .  
vidyāvinayasampanne padmapatranibhekṣaṇe .. 103.9 ..

> Atri said: / O gentle, auspicious, beloved, dear one, beautiful in all your limbs, / endowed with learning and modesty, with eyes like lotus petals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.10)

pūrṇacandranibhākāre pṛthuśroṇibharālase .  
na tvayā sadṛśī nārī trailokye sacarācare .. 103.10 ..

> with an appearance like the full moon, languid with the weight of broad hips, / there is no woman equal to you in the three worlds, both moving and unmoving.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.11)

ratiputraphalā nārī paṭhyate vedavādibhiḥ .  
putrahīnasya yatsaukhyaṃ tatsaukhyaṃ mama sundari .. 103.11 ..

> A woman whose fruit is pleasure and sons is recited by the teachers of the Veda. / Whatever happiness a childless man has, such is my happiness, O beautiful one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.12)

yathāhaṃ na tathā putraḥ samarthaḥ sarvakarmasu .  
punnāmanarakādbhadre jātamātreṇa sundari .. 103.12 ..

> As I am, so is a son not, who is capable in all rites; / from the hell named Put, O gentle one, as soon as he is born, O beautiful one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.13)

patantaṃ rakṣayeddevi mahāpātakinaṃ yadi .  
mahāghore gatā vāpi duṣṭakarmapitāmahāḥ .. 103.13 ..

> he saves one who is falling, O goddess, even if he is a perpetrator of great sins; / or even if the grandfathers of evil deeds have gone to the most dreadful \[hell\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.14)

taddharanti suputrāśca vaitaraṇyāṃ gatānapi .  
putreṇa lokāñjayati pautreṇa paramā gatiḥ .. 103.14 ..

> good sons deliver them, even those who have gone to the Vaitaraṇī. / By a son one conquers worlds, by a grandson comes the supreme state,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.15)

atha putrasya pautreṇa pragacchedbrahma śāśvatam .  
nāsti putrasamo bandhuriha loke paratra ca .. 103.15 ..

> and by the grandson of a son one goes to the eternal Brahman. / There is no friend equal to a son, both in this world and in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.16)

ahaśca madhyarātre ca cintayānasya sarvadā .  
śuṣyanti mama gātrāṇi grīṣme nadyudakaṃ yathā .. 103.16 ..

> By day and at midnight, as I worry constantly, / my limbs dry up like the water of a river in summer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.17)

anasūyovāca -  
yattvayā śocitaṃ vipra tatsarvaṃ śocayāmyaham .  
tavodvegakaraṃ yacca tanme dahati cetasi .. 103.17 ..

> Anasūyā said: / That which you lament, O brahmin, all that I lament. / And that which causes you distress burns in my heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.18)

yena putrā bhaviṣyanti āyuṣmanto guṇānvitāḥ .  
tatkāryaṃ ca samīkṣasva yena tuṣyetprajāpatiḥ .. 103.18 ..

> Consider that undertaking by which there will be sons, / long-lived and endowed with virtues, by which the Lord of Creatures would be pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.19)

atriruvāca -  
tapastaptaṃ mayā bhadre jātamātreṇa duṣkaram .  
vratopavāsaniyamaiḥ śākāhāreṇa sundari .. 103.19 ..

> Atri said: / Difficult austerity was performed by me, O gentle one, as soon as I was born, / with vows, fasts, observances, and a diet of vegetables, O beautiful one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.20)

kṣīṇadehastu tiṣṭhāmi hyaśakto'haṃ mahāvrate .  
tena śocāmi cātmānaṃ rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā .. 103.20 ..

> With an emaciated body I remain, unable to undertake a great vow; / therefore I grieve for myself. The secret has been told by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.21)

anasūyovāca -  
bhartuḥ pativratā nārī ratiputravivardhinī .  
trivargasādhanā sā ca ślāghyā ca viduṣāṃ jane .. 103.21 ..

> Anasūyā said: / A woman devoted to her husband increases pleasure and sons for her husband, / achieves the three goals of life, and is praised among wise people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.22)

japastapastīrthayātrā mṛḍejyāmantrasādhanam .  
devatārādhanaṃ caiva strīśūdrapatanāni ṣaṭ .. 103.22 ..

> Recitation, austerity, pilgrimage to tīrthas, worship of Mṛḍa, mastery of mantras, / and worship of deities—these six cause the downfall of women and śūdras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.23)

īdṛśaṃ tu mahādoṣaṃ strīṇāṃ tu vratasādhane .  
vadanti munayaḥ sarve yathoktaṃ vedabhāṣitam .. 103.23 ..

> All the sages proclaim that such a great fault belongs to women / in performing rituals, according to what is declared in the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.24)

anujñātā tvayā brahmaṃstapastapsyāmi duṣkaram .  
putrārthitvaṃ samuddiśya toṣayāmi surottamān .. 103.24 ..

> Permitted by you, O holy one, I will perform difficult austerity; / with the desire for a son in mind, I shall propitiate the foremost gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.25)

atriruvāca -  
sādhu sādhu mahāprājñe mama saṃtoṣakāriṇi .  
ājñātā tvaṃ mayā bhadre putrārthaṃ tapa āśraya .. 103.25 ..

> Atri said: / 'Well done, well done, O woman of great wisdom, you who bring me delight! / You are permitted by me, blessed lady; resort to austerity for the sake of a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.26)

devatānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ pitḥṇāmanṛṇo bhave .  
na bhāryāsadṛśo bandhustriṣu lokeṣu vidyate .. 103.26 ..

> May I be free of debt to the gods, to men, and to the ancestors. / In the three worlds there is no kinsman equal to a wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.27)

tena devāḥ praśaṃsanti na bhāryāsadṛśaṃ sukham .  
sanmukhe manmukhāḥ putrāḥ vilome tu parāṅmukhāḥ .. 103.27 ..

> Therefore the gods praise her; there is no happiness equal to a wife. / If she is favorable, sons look towards me; but if she is contrary, they turn away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.28)

tena bhāryāṃ praśaṃsanti sadevāsuramānuṣāḥ .  
mahāvrate mahāprājñe sattvavati śubhekṣaṇe .. 103.28 ..

> Therefore gods, demons, and mortals praise a wife. / O lady of great vows, O woman of great wisdom, noble-hearted and of auspicious gaze,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.29)

tapastapasva śīghraṃ tvaṃ putrārthaṃ tu mamājñayā .  
etadvākyāvasāne tu sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇatābravīt .. 103.29 ..

> perform austerity quickly for the sake of a son by my command.' / At the end of these words, prostrating with eight limbs, she said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.30)

tvatprasādena viprendra sarvānkāmānavāpnuyām .  
haṃsalīlāgatiḥ sā ca mṛgākṣī varavarṇinī .. 103.30 ..

> 'By your favor, O foremost among vipras, may I attain all desires.' / And she, walking with the playful grace of a swan, fawn-eyed and fair-complexioned,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.31)

niyamasthā tato bhūtvā samprāptā narmadāṃ nadīm .  
śivasvedodbhavāṃ devīṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanīm .. 103.31 ..

> abiding by observances, then reached the river Narmadā, / the goddess sprung from Śiva's sweat, destroyer of all sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.32)

yasyā darśanamātreṇa naśyate pāpasañcayaḥ .  
snānamātreṇa vai yasyā aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 103.32 ..

> by the mere sight of whom the accumulation of sins is destroyed, / by the mere bath in whom one obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.33)

ye pibanti mahādevi śraddadhānāḥ payaḥ śubham .  
somapānena tattulyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 103.33 ..

> Those who drink its auspicious water with faith, O great goddess, / that is equal to drinking Soma; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.34)

ye smaranti divā rātrau yojanānāṃ śatairapi .  
mucyante sarvapāpebhyo rudralokaṃ prayānti te .. 103.34 ..

> Those who remember it day and night, even from a hundred yojanas away, / are freed from all sins and go to the world of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.35)

narmadāyāḥ samīpe tu tāvubhau yojanadvaye .  
na paśyanti yamaṃ tatra ye mṛtā varavarṇini .. 103.35 ..

> Within two yojanas on both sides near the Narmadā, / those who die there do not see Yama, O fair-complexioned one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.36)

tatastaduttare kūle eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame śubhe .  
niyamasthā viśālākṣī śākāhāreṇa sundari .. 103.36 ..

> Then on its northern bank, at the auspicious confluence with the Eraṇḍī, / keeping her vows, the large-eyed lady \[lived\] on a diet of vegetables, O beautiful one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.37)

toṣayantī trīṃśca devāñchubhaiḥ stotrairvrataistathā .  
grīṣmeṣu ca mahādevi pañcāgniṃ sādhayettataḥ .. 103.37 ..

> pleasing the three gods with auspicious hymns of praise and vows. / And during the summer seasons, O great goddess, she would practice the five fires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.38)

varṣākāle cārdravāsāścareccāndrāyaṇāni ca .  
hemante tu tataḥ prāpte toyamadhye vasetsadā .. 103.38 ..

> During the rainy season she wore wet clothes and performed the cāndrāyaṇa fasts; / when winter arrived, she would always dwell in the middle of water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.39)

prātaḥsnānaṃ tataḥ sandhyāṃ kuryāddevarṣitarpaṇam .  
devānāmarcanaṃ kṛtvā homaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi .. 103.39 ..

> She performed the morning ritual ablution, then the twilight prayer, and the libation to gods and seers; / having performed the worship of the gods, she performed the fire offering according to the rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.40)

yajate vaiṣṇavāṃllokān snānajāpyahutena ca .  
evaṃ varṣaśate prāpte rudraviṣṇupitāmahāḥ .. 103.40 ..

> She honored the worlds of Viṣṇu through ritual ablution, recitation, and oblations. / Thus, when a hundred years had passed, Rudra, Viṣṇu, and the Grandfather  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.41)

samprāptā dvijarūpaistu eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame priye .  
purataḥ saṃsthitāstasyā vedamabhyuddharanti ca .. 103.41 ..

> arrived in the form of twice-born men at the confluence of the Eraṇḍī, O beloved, / and standing before her, they recited the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.42)

anasūyā japaṃ tyaktvā nirīkṣya tānmuhurmuhuḥ .  
utthitā sā viśālākṣī arghaṃ dattvā yathāvidhi .. 103.42 ..

> Anasūyā, setting aside her recitation and looking at them again and again, / arose, that large-eyed woman, and gave the water offering according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.43)

adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ .  
darśanena tu viprāṇāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 103.43 ..

> 'Today my birth has borne fruit! Today my austerity has borne fruit! / For by the sight of vipras one is freed from all sins.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.44)

pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇatābravīt .  
kandamūlaphalaṃ śākaṃ nīvārānapi pāvanān .  
prayacchāmyahamadyaiva munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām .. 103.44 ..

> Then, having circumambulated and bowed down with eight limbs, she said: / 'Roots, tubers, fruit, vegetables, and holy wild grains / I offer this very day to the sages of purified mind.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.45)

viprā ūcuḥ .  
tapasā tu vicitreṇa tapaḥsatyena suvrate .  
tṛptāḥ sma sarvakāmaistu suvrate tava darśanāt .. 103.45 ..

> The vipras said: / 'By your wondrous austerity and the truth of your austerity, O woman of good vows, / we are gratified in all desires, O lady of good vows, by the sight of you.  
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### [6.3.103.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.46)

asmākaṃ kautukaṃ jātaṃ tāpasena vratena yat .  
svargamokṣasutasyārthe tapastapasi duṣkaram .. 103.46 ..

> A curiosity has arisen in us regarding this ascetic vow of yours, / that for heaven, liberation, or a son you are performing such difficult austerity.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.47)

anasūyovāca -  
tapasā sidhyate svargastapasā paramā gatiḥ .  
tapasā cārthakāmau ca tapasā guṇavānsutaḥ .  
tapa eva ca me viprāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 103.47 ..

> Anasūyā said: / 'Through austerity heaven is attained; through austerity the supreme goal \[is reached\]; / through austerity come wealth and desire; through austerity a virtuous son \[is born\]. / For me, O vipras, austerity alone grants the fruit of every desire.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.48)

viprā ūcuḥ .  
tanvī śyāmā viśālākṣī snigdhāṅgī rūpasaṃyutā .  
haṃsalīlāgatigamā tvaṃ ca sarvāṅgasundarī .. 103.48 ..

> The vipras said: / 'Slender, youthful, large-eyed, graceful-limbed, endowed with beauty, / walking with the playful grace of a swan, and beautiful in all your limbs are you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.49)

kiṃ ca te tapasā kāryamātmānaṃ śocyase katham .. 103.49 ..

> What business do you have with austerity? Why do you torment yourself?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.50)

anasūyovāca -  
yadi rudraśca viṣṇuśca svayaṃ sākṣātpitāmahaḥ .  
gūḍharūpadharāḥ sarve taccihnamupalakṣaye .. 103.50 ..

> Anasūyā said: / 'If you are Rudra, Viṣṇu, and the Grandfather himself in person / wearing disguised forms, I perceive those signs.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.51)

tasyā vākyāvasāne tu svarūpaṃ darśayanti te .  
svasvarūpaiḥ sthitā devāḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhāḥ .. 103.51 ..

> At the conclusion of her speech, they revealed their true forms; / the gods stood in their own forms, radiant as ten million suns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.52)

caturbhujo mahādevi śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ .  
atasīpuṣpavarṇastu pītavāsā janārdanaḥ .. 103.52 ..

> Four-armed, O great goddess, bearing the conch, discus, and mace, / with the color of an atasī flower, clad in yellow garments was Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.53)

garutmānvāhanaṃ yasya śriyā ca sahito hariḥ .  
prasannavadanaḥ śrīmānsvayaṃrūpo vyavasthitaḥ .. 103.53 ..

> Hari, whose mount is Garuḍa, accompanied by Śrī, / with a serene countenance, glorious, standing in his own true form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.54)

pītavāsā mahādevi caturvadanapaṅkajaḥ .  
haṃsopari samārūḍho hyakṣamālākarodyataḥ .. 103.54 ..

> Clad in yellow garments, O great goddess, with four lotus-faces, / mounted upon a swan, with hands holding a rosary,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.55)

āgato narmadātīre brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .  
yo'sau sarvajagadvyāpī svayaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ .. 103.55 ..

> Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, had come to the bank of the Narmadā. / And he who pervades the entire universe, Maheśvara himself in person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.56)

vṛṣabhaṃ tu samārūḍho daśabāhusamanvitaḥ .  
bhasmāṅgarāgaśobhāḍhyaḥ pañcavaktrastrilocanaḥ .. 103.56 ..

> mounted upon a bull, endowed with ten arms, / adorned with the splendor of ashes smeared on his body, five-faced and three-eyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.57)

jaṭāmukuṭasaṃyuktaḥ kṛtacandrārddhaśekharaḥ .  
evaṃrūpadharo devaḥ sarvavyāpī maheśvaraḥ .. 103.57 ..

> endowed with a crown of matted hair, wearing the crescent moon on his head— / bearing such a form was the god Maheśvara, all-pervading.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.58)

anasūyā nirīkṣyaitaddevānāṃ darśanaṃ param .  
vepamānā tataḥ sādhvī surāndṛṣṭvā muhurmuhuḥ .. 103.58 ..

> Beholding this supreme vision of the gods, Anasūyā / trembled, the virtuous lady, looking at the gods again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.59)

anasūyovāca -  
kiṃ vyāpārasvarūpāstu viṣṇurudrapitāmahāḥ .  
etadvai śrotumicchāmi hyaśeṣaṃ kathayantu me .. 103.59 ..

> Anasūyā said: / 'What is the nature of the functions of Viṣṇu, Rudra, and the Grandfather? / This indeed I wish to hear; tell it to me completely.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.60)

brahmovāca -  
prāvṛṭkālo hyahaṃ brahmā āpaścaiva prakīrtitāḥ .  
megharūpo hyahaṃ prokto varṣayāmi ca bhūtale .. 103.60 ..

> Brahmā said: / 'I, Brahmā, am the rainy season, and I am celebrated as the waters; / I am said to be in the form of clouds, and I cause rain upon the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.61)

ahaṃ sarvāṇi bījāni prāksandhyāsūdite ravau .  
etadvai kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ param .. 103.61 ..

> I am all the seeds; at the morning twilight when the sun has risen. / This is the whole cause, the supreme secret that has been told.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.62)

viṣṇuruvāca -  
hemantaśca bhavedviṣṇurviśvarūpaṃ carācaram .  
pālanāya jagatsarvaṃ viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam .. 103.62 ..

> Viṣṇu said: / 'Viṣṇu is the winter season, the universal form, moving and unmoving; / for the protection of the whole universe is the supreme glory of Viṣṇu.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.63)

rudra uvāca -  
grīṣmakālo hyahaṃ proktaḥ sarvabhūtakṣayaṃkaraḥ .  
karṣayāmi jagatsarvaṃ rudrarūpastapasvini .. 103.63 ..

> Rudra said: / 'I am declared to be the summer season, the bringer of destruction to all beings; / in the form of Rudra I consume the entire universe, O ascetic lady.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.64)

evaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuśca rudraścaiva mahāvrate .  
trayo devāstrayaḥ sandhyāstrayaḥ kālāstrayo'gnayaḥ .. 103.64 ..

> Thus are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra, O lady of great vows; / the three gods are the three junctures of the day, the three seasons, and the three fires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.65)

tathā brahmā ca viṣṇuśca rudraścaikātmatāṃ gataḥ .  
varaṃ dadyuśca te bhadre yastvayā manasīpsitam .. 103.65 ..

> Likewise, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra, having attained unity of self,  
> shall grant you the boon, O auspicious lady, that is desired in your heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.66)

anasūyovāca -  
dhanyā puṇyā hyahaṃ loke ślāghyā vandyā ca sarvadā .  
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca prasannavadanāḥ śubhāḥ .. 103.66 ..

> Anasūyā said:  
> I am indeed blessed, meritorious in the world, praiseworthy, and ever to be revered;  
> for Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra have gracious faces and are auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.67)

yadi tuṣṭāstrayo devā dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari .  
asmiṃstīrthe tu sāṃnidhyādvaradāḥ santu me sadā .. 103.67 ..

> If the three gods are pleased, having shown compassion toward me,  
> let them ever grant boons to me by their presence at this sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.68)

rudra uvāca -  
evaṃ bhavatu te vākyaṃ yattvayā prārthitaṃ śubhe .  
pratyakṣā vaiṣṇavī māyā eraṇḍīnāma nāmataḥ .. 103.68 ..

> Rudra said:  
> May it be so according to your word, which you have requested, O auspicious lady!  
> You are the visible Vaiṣṇavī Māyā, bearing the name Eraṇḍī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.69)

yasyā darśanamātreṇa naśyate pāpasañcayaḥ .  
caitramāse tu samprāpte ahorātroṣito bhavet .. 103.69 ..

> By the mere sight of whom the accumulation of sin is destroyed.  
> When the month of Caitra arrives, one should fast for a day and a night;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.70)

eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame snātvā brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati .  
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātprabhāte bhojayeddvijān .. 103.70 ..

> Having bathed at the confluence of the Eraṇḍī, he dispels the sin of slaying a brahmin.  
> One should keep a night vigil and feed brahmins in the morning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.71)

yathoktena vidhānena piṇḍaṃ dadyādyathāvidhi .  
pradakṣiṇāṃ tato dadyāddhiraṇyaṃ vastrameva ca .. 103.71 ..

> In accordance with the stated rite, he should offer a rice-ball as prescribed.  
> Then he should perform circumambulation and give gold and clothing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.72)

rajataṃ ca tathā gāvo bhūmidānamathāpi vā .  
sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ proktamiti svāyambhuvo'bravīt .. 103.72 ..

> As well as silver, cows, or the gift of land.  
> All is said to be multiplied ten million times; so spoke the Self-born one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.73)

ye mriyanti narā devi eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame śubhe .  
yāvadyugasahasraṃ tu rudraloke vasanti te .. 103.73 ..

> Those men who die, O goddess, at the auspicious confluence of the Eraṇḍī,  
> dwell in the world of Rudra for a thousand yugas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.74)

ahorātroṣito bhūtvā japedrudrāṃśca vaidikān .  
ekādaśaikasaṃjñāṃśca sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 103.74 ..

> Having fasted for a day and a night, he should recite the Vedic Rudras  
> and the eleven called Ekā, and he goes to the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.75)

vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam .  
putrārthī labhate putrāṃllabhetkāmān yathepsitān .. 103.75 ..

> One seeking knowledge obtains knowledge; one seeking wealth obtains wealth;  
> one seeking sons obtains sons; he shall attain his desires as wished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.76)

eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame snātvā revāyā vimale jale .  
mahāpātakino vāpi te yānti paramāṃ gatim .. 103.76 ..

> Having bathed at the confluence of the Eraṇḍī in the clear water of the Revā,  
> even great sinners go to the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.77)

anasūyovāca -  
yadi tuṣṭāstrayo devā mama bhaktipracoditāḥ .  
mama putrā bhavantveva harirudrapitāmahāḥ .. 103.77 ..

> Anasūyā said:  
> If the three gods are pleased, impelled by my devotion,  
> let Hari, Rudra, and Pitāmaha indeed become my sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.78)

viṣṇuruvāca -  
pūjyā yatputratāṃ yānti na kadācicchrutaṃ mayā .  
śubhe dadāmi putrāṃste devatulyaparākramān .  
rūpavanto guṇopetānyajvinaśca bahuśrutān .. 103.78 ..

> Viṣṇu said:  
> That those worthy of worship become sons has never been heard by me.  
> O auspicious lady, I grant you sons equal to gods in prowess,  
> handsome, endowed with virtues, sacrificers, and highly learned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.79)

anasūyovāca -  
īpsitaṃ tacca dātavyaṃ yanmayā prārthitaṃ hare .  
nānyathā caiva kartavyā mama putraiṣaṇā tu yā .. 103.79 ..

> Anasūyā said:  
> That desired thing must be given which I requested, O Hari!  
> And my desire for sons must not be made otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.80)

viṣṇuruvāca -  
pūrvaṃ tu bhṛgusaṃvāde garbhavāsa upārjitaḥ .  
tasyāhaṃ caiva pāraṃ tu naiva paśyāmi śobhane .. 103.80 ..

> Viṣṇu said:  
> Formerly, in the dialogue with Bhṛgu, dwelling in a womb was incurred;  
> and I do not see an end to that, O fair lady.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.81)

smaramāṇaḥ purāvṛttaṃ cintayāmi punaḥpunaḥ .  
evaṃ saṃcintya te devāḥ pitāmahamaheśvarāḥ .. 103.81 ..

> Remembering the past event, I think of it again and again.  
> Reflecting thus, those gods, Pitāmaha and Maheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.82)

ayonijā bhaviṣyāmastava putrā varānane .  
yonivāse mahāprājñi devā naiva vrajanti ca .. 103.82 ..

> \[said:\] “We shall become your sons not born of a womb, O fair-faced lady!  
> For gods do not enter dwelling in a womb, O highly wise one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.83)

sāṃnidhyātsaṅgame devi lokānāṃ tu varapradāḥ .  
eraṇḍī vaiṣṇavī māyā pratyakṣā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 103.83 ..

> Through our presence at the confluence, O goddess, granting boons to the worlds,  
> you will become visibly manifest as the Eraṇḍī, the Vaiṣṇavī Māyā.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.84)

trayo devāḥ sthitāḥ pātha revāyā uttare taṭe .  
varaprāptā tu sā devī gatā māhendraparvatam .. 103.84 ..

> The three gods remained in the water on the northern bank of the Revā.  
> Having received the boon, that goddess went to Mount Mahendra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.85)

kṣīṇāṅgī śukladehā ca rūkṣakeśī sudāruṇā .  
kṛtayajñopavītā sā taponiṣṭhā śubhekṣaṇā .. 103.85 ..

> Emaciated of limb, with a pale body, dry hair, exceedingly severe,  
> wearing the sacred thread, devoted to austerity, lovely-eyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.86)

śilātalaniviṣṭo'sau dṛṣṭaḥ kānto mahāyaśāḥ .  
hṛṣṭacitto'bhavaddevi uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha sābravīt .. 103.86 ..

> She saw her beloved husband of great renown seated on a stone slab.  
> His mind was delighted, O goddess; she said: “Arise! Arise!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.87)

atriruvāca -  
sādhu sādhu mahāprājñe hyanasūye mahāvrate .  
acintyaṃ gālavādīnāṃ varaṃ prāptāsi durlabham .. 103.87 ..

> Atri said:  
> “Well done, well done, O highly wise Anasūyā of great vows!  
> You have obtained a rare boon unthinkable to Gālava and others.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.88)

anasūyovāca -  
tvatprasādena devarṣe varaṃ prāptāsmi durlabham .  
tena devāḥ praśaṃsanti siddhāśca ṛṣayo'malāḥ .. 103.88 ..

> Anasūyā said:  
> “By your grace, O divine seer, I have obtained a rare boon,  
> because of which the gods, the Siddhas, and the spotless seers praise \[me\].”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.89)

evamuktā tu sā devī harṣeṇa mahatā yutā .  
ālokayettataḥ kāntaṃ tenāpi śubhadarśanā .. 103.89 ..

> Having spoken thus, that goddess, filled with great joy  
> and of auspicious sight, then looked at her beloved, and he at her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.90)

īkṣaṇāccaiva saṃjātaṃ lalāṭe maṇḍalaṃ śubham .  
navayojanasāhasraṃ maṇḍalaṃ raśmibhirvṛtam .. 103.90 ..

> And from that gazing, an auspicious orb arose upon the forehead,  
> an orb nine thousand yojanas in size, surrounded by rays,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.91)

kadambagolakākāraṃ triguṇaṃ parimaṇḍalam .  
tasya madhye tu deveśi puruṣo divyarūpadhṛk .. 103.91 ..

> In the shape of a kadamba flower's spherical cluster, a threefold circle.  
> In the midst of it, O queen of the gods, was a person bearing a divine form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.92)

hemavarṇo'mṛtamayaḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ .  
ādyaḥ putro'nasūyāyāḥ svayaṃ sākṣātpitāmahaḥ .. 103.92 ..

> Gold-hued, full of nectar, equal in radiance to ten million suns.  
> He was the first son of Anasūyā, manifestly Pitāmaha himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.93)

candramā iti vikhyātaḥ somarūpo nṛpātmaja .  
iṣṭāpūrte ca saṃpāti kalāṣoḍaśakena tu .. 103.93 ..

> Renowned as Candramas, possessing the form of Soma, O prince,  
> falling upon sacrifice and charitable works by means of his sixteen digits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.94)

pratipacca dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā ca maheśvari .  
caturthī pañcamī caiva avyayā ṣoḍaśī kalā .. 103.94 ..

> The first lunar day, the second, and the third, O Maheśvarī,  
> the fourth, and the fifth, up to the imperishable sixteenth digit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.95)

caturvidhasya lokasya sūkṣmo bhūtvā varānane .  
āprīṇāti jagatsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 103.95 ..

> Becoming subtle for the fourfold world, O fair-faced lady,  
> he gladdens the entire universe, the three worlds with the moving and unmoving.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.96)

sarve te hyupajīvanti hutaṃ dattaṃ śaśisthitam .  
vanaspatigate some dhanavāṃśca varānane .. 103.96 ..

> All of them subsist on the oblation and the gift that resides in the moon.  
> When Soma enters into the plants, O fair-faced lady, a rich man  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.97)

bhuñjan paragṛhe mūḍho dadedabdakṛtaṃ śubham .  
vanaspatigate some yastu chindyādvanaspatīn .  
tena pāpena deveśi narā yānti yamālayam .. 103.97 ..

> eating foolishly in another's house gives away the merit accumulated in a year.  
> Whoever cuts down trees when Soma has entered into the plants,  
> by that sin, O queen of the gods, men go to Yama's abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.98)

vanaspatigate some maithunaṃ yo niṣevate .  
brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 103.98 ..

> Whoever indulges in sexual intercourse when Soma has entered into the plants,  
> incurs a sin equal to slaying a brahmin; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.99)

vanaspatigate some manthānaṃ yo'dhivāhayet .  
gāvastasya praṇaśyanti yāśca vai pūrvasaṃcitāḥ .. 103.99 ..

> Whoever works a churning-stick when Soma has entered into the plants,  
> his cattle perish, even those gathered formerly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.100)

vanaspatigate some hyadhvānaṃ yo'dhigacchati .  
bhavanti pitarastasya taṃ māsaṃ reṇubhojanāḥ .. 103.100 ..

> Whoever journeys on a path when Soma has entered into the plants,  
> his ancestors become eaters of dust for that month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.101)

amāvasyāṃ mahādevi yastu śrāddhaprado bhavet .  
abdamekaṃ viśālākṣi tṛptāstatpitaro dhruvam .. 103.101 ..

> Whoever offers a śrāddha on the new-moon day, O great goddess,  
> his ancestors are surely satisfied for one whole year, O large-eyed lady.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.102)

hiraṇyaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ yo dadāti dvijātiṣu .  
sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ devi labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 103.102 ..

> Whoever gives gold, silver, or clothing to the twice-born,  
> obtains it all multiplied a hundred thousand times, O goddess; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.103)

evaṃ guṇaviśiṣṭo'sau somarūpaḥ prajāpatiḥ .  
saṃjātaḥ prathamaḥ putro hyanasūyāsunandanaḥ .. 103.103 ..

> Thus, endowed with these virtues, this Prajāpati in the form of Soma  
> was born as the first son, bringing joy to Anasūyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.104)

dvitīyastu mahādevi durvāsā nāma nāmataḥ .  
sṛṣṭisaṃhārakartā ca svayaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ .. 103.104 ..

> The second, O great goddess, was named Durvāsas,  
> the maker of creation and destruction, manifestly Maheśvara himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.105)

ṛṣimadhyagato devi tapastapati duṣkaram .  
so'pi rudratvamāyāti samprāpte bhūtaviplave .. 103.105 ..

> Remaining in the midst of seers, O goddess, he performs difficult austerity;  
> and he too attains Rudrahood when the destruction of beings arrives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.106)

indro'pi śaptastenaiva durvāsasā varānane .  
dvitīyasya tu putrasya sambhavaḥ kathito mayā .. 103.106 ..

> Even Indra was cursed by that very Durvāsas, O fair-faced lady. / Thus the origin of the second son has been related by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.107)

dattātreyasvarūpeṇa bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ .  
jagadvyāpī jagannāthaḥ svayaṃ sākṣājjanārdanaḥ .. 103.107 ..

> In the form of Dattātreya was the Blessed Madhusūdana, / the all-pervading Lord of the World, Janārdana himself manifest in person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.108)

ete devāstrayaḥ putrā anasūyāyā maheśvari .  
varadānena te devā hyavatīrṇā mahītale .. 103.108 ..

> These gods are the three sons of Anasūyā, O great goddess; / by the bestowal of a boon, those gods descended to the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.109)

putraprāptikaraṃ tīrthaṃ revāyāścottare taṭe .  
anasūyākṛtaṃ pārtha sarvapāpakṣayaṃ param .. 103.109 ..

> On the northern bank of the Revā is a sacred ford that grants sons, / founded by Anasūyā, O son of Pṛthā, supreme in destroying all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.110)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
āścaryabhūtaṃ loke'sminnarmadāyāṃ purātanam .  
bhrūṇahatyā gatā tatra brāhmaṇasya narādhipa .. 103.110 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / There is an ancient wonder in this world at the Narmadā, / where the murder of an embryo was eradicated for a brahmin, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.111)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
itihāsaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha kathayasva mamānagha .  
sarvapāpaharaṃ loke duḥkhārtasya ca kathyatām .. 103.111 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / O best of the twice-born, sinless one, relate that history to me; / let it be told, which removes all sins in this world and aids one afflicted with grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.112)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
suvarṇaśilake grāme gautamānvayasambhavaḥ .  
kṛṣīvalo mahādevi bhāryāputrasamanvitaḥ .. 103.112 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / In the village of Suvarṇaśilaka, born of the lineage of Gautama, / was a farmer, O great goddess, accompanied by his wife and son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.113)

vasate tatra govindaḥ saṃjāto vipule kule .  
putradārasamopeto gṛhakṣetrarataḥ sadā .. 103.113 ..

> Govinda, born into a great lineage, lived there / endowed with a son and wife, always devoted to his house and fields.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.114)

śakaṭaṃ pūrayitvā tu kāṣṭhānāmagamadguham .  
prakṣiptāni ca kāṣṭhāni hyekākī kṣudhayānvitaḥ .. 103.114 ..

> Having filled a cart with firewood, he went to his house; / and being alone and afflicted with hunger, he threw down the logs of wood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.115)

riṅgamāṇastadā putraḥ pituḥ śabdātsamāgataḥ .  
na dṛṣṭastena vai putraḥ kāṣṭhaiḥ saṃchādito'vaśaḥ .. 103.115 ..

> At that time his crawling son came toward the sound of his father; / he was not seen by him, and helpless, was covered by the firewood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.116)

āgatastvarito gehe pipāsārto narādhipa .  
śakaṭaṃ mocya taddvāri savṛṣaṃ rajjusaṃyutam .. 103.116 ..

> Afflicted with thirst, he quickly entered the house, O king, / unyoking the cart with its bulls and ropes at the door.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.117)

bhāryā tasyaiva yā dṛṣṭā cittajñā vaśavartinī .  
dṛṣṭvā nipātitaṃ putraṃ kāṣṭhairnirbhinnamastakam .. 103.117 ..

> His wife, who was perceptive and obedient, / seeing her son knocked down with his skull split open by the logs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.118)

ajalpamānākaruṇaṃ nikṣiptaṃ jñolikāṃ śiśum .  
śuśrūṣaṇe ratā sādhvī priyasya ca narādhipa .. 103.118 ..

> without uttering a word in pity, placed the child in a swing-pouch; / and devoted to serving her beloved husband, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.119)

tataḥ snānādikaṃ kṛtvā bhojanācchayanaṃ śubham .  
putraṃ putravatāṃ śreṣṭhā hyutthāpayati śāsanaiḥ .. 103.119 ..

> she then gave him a bath and other services, \[followed by\] food and a comfortable bed; / and \[then\] the best of mothers roused her son with gentle calls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.120)

yadā ca notthitaḥ suptaḥ putraḥ pañcatvamāgataḥ .  
tadā sā dīnavadanā ruroda ca mumoha ca .. 103.120 ..

> When the sleeping son did not rise, having met his death, / then she, with a miserable face, wept and swooned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.121)

tacchrutvā ruditaṃ śabdaṃ govindastrastamānasaḥ .  
kimetaditi coktvā tu patito dharaṇītale .. 103.121 ..

> Hearing that sound of weeping, Govinda, terrified in his mind, / cried out, “What is this?” and fell down upon the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.122)

dvāvetau muktakeśau tu bhūmau nipatitau nṛpa .  
vilepāte ca rājendra niḥśvāsocchvāsitena ca .. 103.122 ..

> Both of them, with disheveled hair, fell down upon the ground, O king, / and wailed, O best of kings, heaving sighs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.123)

kaṃ paśye prāṅgaṇe putraṃ dṛṣṭvā krīḍantamāturam .  
saṃdhārayiṣye hṛdayaṃ sphuṭitaṃ tava kāraṇe .. 103.123 ..

> “Whom shall I see playing anxiously in the courtyard, O son? / How shall I support my heart that has burst asunder on your account?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.124)

tvajjanmāntaṃ yaśo nityamakṣayāṃ kulasantatim .  
dṛṣṭvā kimanṛṇībhūto yāsyāmi paramāṃ gatim .. 103.124 ..

> Seeing perpetual fame and unbroken family continuity throughout your life, / will I ever become free of debt and reach the supreme state?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.125)

mama vṛddhasya dīnasya gatistvaṃ kila putraka .  
ete manorathāḥ sarve cintitā viphalā gatāḥ .. 103.125 ..

> You were indeed the sole refuge for me, aged and wretched, O son! / All these desires envisioned by me have gone in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.126)

imāṃ tu vikalāṃ dīnāṃ vihīnāṃ sutabāndhavaiḥ .  
rudantīṃ patitāṃ pāhi mātaraṃ dharaṇītale .. 103.126 ..

> Protect this mother of yours, fallen upon the surface of the earth, / distraught, wretched, bereft of her son and kin, weeping!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.127)

punnāmno narakādyasmātpitaraṃ trāyate sutaḥ .  
tena putra iti proktaḥ svayameva svayambhuvā .. 103.127 ..

> Because a son protects his father from the hell named Put, / therefore he was called ‘putra’ by the Self-manifest \[Brahmā\] himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.128)

aputrasya gṛhaṃ śūnyaṃ diśaḥ śūnyā hyabāndhavāḥ .  
mūrkhasya hṛdayaṃ śūnyaṃ sarvaśūnyaṃ daridratā .. 103.128 ..

> Empty is the house of a sonless man, empty are all the quarters to one without kin, / empty is the heart of a fool, and poverty is emptiness in everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.129)

mṛṣāyaṃ vadate lokaścandanaṃ kila śītalam .  
putragātrapariṣvaṅgaścandanādapi śītalaḥ .. 103.129 ..

> People falsely say that sandalwood is cooling; / the embrace of a son’s body is cooler even than sandalwood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.130)

śmaśrugrahaṇakrīḍantaṃ dhūlidhūsaritānanam .  
puṇyahīnā na paśyanti nijotsaṅgasamāsthitam .. 103.130 ..

> Those devoid of merit do not see \[a child\] seated upon their lap, / playing by grasping their beard, his face dusted with dirt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.131)

digambaraṃ gatavrīḍaṃ jaṭilaṃ dhūlidhūsaram .  
puṇyahīnā na paśyanti gaṅgādharamivātmajam .. 103.131 ..

> Those devoid of merit do not see their own son looking like Gaṅgādhara, / naked, shameless, with matted hair, and covered in dust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.132)

vīṇāvādyasvaro loke susvaraḥ śrūyate kila .  
ruditaṃ bālakasyaiva tasmādāhlādakārakam .. 103.132 ..

> The melodious sound of the lute is indeed heard as pleasing in this world; / yet the weeping of a child is far more delightful than that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.133)

mṛgapakṣiṣu kākeṣu paśūnāṃ svarayoniṣu .  
putraṃ teṣu samasteṣu vallabhaṃ bruvate budhāḥ .. 103.133 ..

> Among deer, birds, and crows, and among the beasts of their various kinds, / the wise declare that the offspring is dearest of all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.134)

matsyāśvaprakarāścaiva kūrmagrāhādayo'pi vā .  
putrotpattau ca hṛṣyanti vipattau yānti duḥkhitām .. 103.134 ..

> Even schools of fish and horses, or turtles and crocodiles, / rejoice at the birth of offspring and fall into sorrow at their loss.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.135)

devagandharvayakṣāśca hṛṣyante putrajanmani .  
pañcatve te'pi śocanti mandabhāgyo'smi putraka .. 103.135 ..

> Gods, gandharvas, and yakṣas rejoice at the birth of a son, / and they too grieve upon his death; how unfortunate I am, my child!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.136)

ṛṣimelāpakaṃ cakre putrārthe rāghavo nṛpa .  
indrasthāne sthitastasya prokṣate hyāsanaṃ yataḥ .. 103.136 ..

> King Rāghava held an assembly of seers for the sake of a son, / for where he sat in Indra’s abode, his seat had to be sprinkled \[for purification\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.137)

svargavāsaṃ sutādbāhyaṃ vidyate na tu pāṇḍava .  
cakre daśarathastasmātputrārthaṃ yajñamuttamam .. 103.137 ..

> No residence in heaven exists for one who lacks a son, O son of Pāṇḍu; / therefore Daśaratha performed the supreme sacrifice for the sake of a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.138)

rāmo lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau bharatastatra sambhavāt .  
kārtavīryo jito yena rāmeṇāmitatejasā .. 103.138 ..

> From that arose Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Śatrughna, and Bharata. / By that Rāma of boundless splendor was Kārtavīrya conquered;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.139)

sa rāmo rāmacandreṇa aṣṭavarṣeṇa nirjitaḥ .  
ekākinā hato vālī plavagaḥ śatrudurjayaḥ .. 103.139 ..

> that Rāma was overcome by Rāmacandra at eight years of age. / Alone, he slew Vālin, the monkey invincible to his enemies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.140)

rāvaṇo brahmaputro yastrailokyaṃ yasya śaṅkate .  
hataḥ sa rāmacandreṇa saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ .. 103.140 ..

> Rāvaṇa, who was a son of Brahmā and of whom the three worlds were afraid, / was slain along with his sons and relatives by Rāmacandra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.141)

evaṃ putraṃ vinā saukhyaṃ martyaloke na vidyate .  
vaṃśārthe maithunaṃ yasya svargārthe yasya bhāratī .. 103.141 ..

> Thus without a son there is no happiness in the mortal world. / Intercourse is for progeny; speech is for the sake of heaven;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.142)

mṛṣṭānnaṃ brāhmaṇasyārthe svarge vāsaṃ tu yānti te .  
brahmahatyāśvamedhābhyāṃ na paraṃ pāpapuṇyayoḥ .. 103.142 ..

> sweet food is for the sake of a brahmin—such people go to dwell in heaven. / There is nothing greater than the killing of a brahmin and the horse sacrifice among sin and merit respectively;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.143)

putrotpattivipattibhyāṃ na paraṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ .  
kiṃ bravīmīti bho vatsa na tu saukhyaṃ sutaṃ vinā .. 103.143 ..

> there is nothing greater than the birth and death of a son among happiness and sorrow. / What more can I say, O child? There is no happiness without a son.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.144)

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ duḥkhaṃ pralapitvā punaḥpunaḥ .  
janaiścāśvāsito vipro bālaṃ gṛhya bahirgataḥ .. 103.144 ..

> Having thus lamented his manifold grief again and again, / the brahmin, consoled by the people, took the child and went outside.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.145)

tataḥ saṃskṛtya taṃ bālaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā .  
samavetau tu duḥkhārtāvāgatau svagṛhaṃ punaḥ .. 103.145 ..

> Then, having cremated that child with rites prescribed by the injunctions, / the two of them, afflicted with grief, returned together to their home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.146)

evaṃ gṛhāgate vipre rātrirjātā yudhiṣṭhira .  
bhūmau prasupto govindaḥ putraśokena pīḍitaḥ .. 103.146 ..

> When the brahmin had thus returned home, night fell, O Yudhiṣṭhira; / Govinda lay asleep on the ground, tormented by grief for his son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.147)

yāvannirīkṣate bhāryā bhartāraṃ duḥkhapīḍitam .  
kṛmirāśigataṃ sarvaṃ govindaṃ samapaśyata .. 103.147 ..

> When his wife looked upon her husband afflicted with grief, / she saw Govinda entirely covered with a heap of worms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.148)

duḥkhādduḥkhatare magnā dṛṣṭvā taṃ pātakānvitam .  
evaṃ duḥkhanimagnāyāḥ śarvarī vigatā tadā .. 103.148 ..

> Sunk from sorrow into deeper sorrow upon seeing him laden with sin, / as she was thus immersed in grief, the night then passed away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.149)

paśupālastu mahiṣīmuktvāraṇye'gamadgṛhāt .  
araṇye mahiṣīḥ sarvā rakṣayitvā gṛhāgataḥ .. 103.149 ..

> The cowherd, having led out the buffaloes into the forest, went from the house; / having guarded all the buffaloes in the forest, he returned home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.150)

vijñaptaḥ paśupālena govindo brāhmaṇottamaḥ .  
yāvadbhokṣyāmyahaṃ svāminmahiṣīstvaṃ ca rakṣase .. 103.150 ..

> Govinda, the best of brahmins, was requested by the cowherd: / “Master, while I eat, please guard the buffaloes.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.151)

tataḥ sa tvarito vipro jagāma mahiṣīḥ prati .  
na tatra mahiṣīḥ paśyetpaścātkṣetrābhisammukham .. 103.151 ..

> Then that brahmin went in haste toward the buffaloes; / he did not see the buffaloes there, and afterwards \[went\] facing toward the field.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.152)

dhāvamānaśca viprastu eraṇḍīsaṅgame gataḥ .  
tataḥ praviṣṭastu jale revairaṇḍyostu saṅgame .. 103.152 ..

> Running along, the brahmin reached the confluence of the Eraṇḍī; / then he entered the water at the confluence of the Revā and Eraṇḍī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.153)

tajjalaṃ pītamātraṃ tu tvarayā cātitarṣitaḥ .  
akāmātsalilaṃ pītvā prakṣālya nayane śubhe .. 103.153 ..

> As soon as he drank that water, being exceedingly thirsty and in haste, / having unintentionally drunk the water and washed his auspicious eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.154)

ājagāma tataḥ paścādbhavanaṃ divasakṣaye .  
bhuktvā duḥkhānvito rātrau govindaḥ śayanaṃ yayau .. 103.154 ..

> he came afterwards to his dwelling at the end of the day. / Having eaten, sorrowful at night, Govinda went to bed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.155)

nidrābhibhūtaḥ śokena śrameṇaiva tu kheditaḥ .  
punastaccārdharātre tu tasya bhāryā yudhiṣṭhira .. 103.155 ..

> Overcome by sleep, distressed by grief and by weariness, / then at midnight, O Yudhiṣṭhira, his wife  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.156)

kṛmibhirveṣṭitaṃ gāntraṃ kvacitpaśyatyaveṣṭitam .  
punaḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā tasya bhāryā guṇānvitā .  
uvāca duṣkṛtaṃ tasya sādhvasāviṣṭacetasā .. 103.156 ..

> saw his body covered with worms, \[and\] in places uncovered. / Again struck with astonishment, his virtuous wife, / with a mind seized by fear, spoke of his misdeed:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.157)

bhāryovāca -  
atīte pañcame cāhni tvindhanaṃ kṣipatastu te .  
gṛhapaścādgato bālo hyajñānādghātitastvayā .. 103.157 ..

> The wife said: / “On the fifth day past, as you were throwing firewood, / the boy went behind the house and was killed by you through ignorance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.158)

mayā tatpātakaṃ ghoraṃ rahasyaṃ na prakāśitam .  
tena pracchannapāpena dahyamānā divāniśam .. 103.158 ..

> I did not disclose that dreadful sin, \[keeping it\] a secret; / burning day and night because of that concealed sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.159)

na sukhaṃ tava gātrasya paśyāmi na hi cātmanaḥ .  
nidrā mama śamaṃ yātā ratiścaiva tvayā saha .. 103.159 ..

> I see no comfort for your body, nor indeed for my own; / my sleep has vanished, and so too my pleasure with you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.160)

śrūyate mānave śāstre śloko gīto maharṣibhiḥ .  
smṛtvā smṛtvā tu taṃ citte paritāpo na śāmyati .. 103.160 ..

> A verse sung by great seers is heard in the Lawbook of Manu; / remembering it again and again in my mind, my anguish does not cease:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.161)

kīrtanānnaśyate dharmo vardhate'sau nigūhanāt .  
iha loke pare caiva pāpasyāpyevameva ca .. 103.161 ..

> ‘By proclaiming it, righteousness is destroyed; it increases by concealing it, / both in this world and the next; and exactly so it is with sin.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.162)

evaṃ saṃcityamānāhaṃ sthitā rātrau bhayāturā .  
kṛmirāśigataṃ tvāṃ hi kasyāhaṃ kathayāmi kim .. 103.162 ..

> Pondering thus, I remained at night tormented by fear; / seeing you covered with a swarm of worms, to whom can I say what?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.163)

punastvaṃ cādya me dṛṣṭo bhrūṇahatyākṛmiśritaḥ .  
kvacidbhindanti te gātraṃ kvacinnaṣṭāḥ samantataḥ .. 103.163 ..

> And today you were seen by me again, covered with the worms of infanticide; / in some places they bore into your body, in some places they have disappeared all around.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.164)

etatsaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya vimṛśāmi punaḥpunaḥ .  
na jāne kāraṇaṃ kiṃcitpṛcchantyāḥ kathayasva me .. 103.164 ..

> Remembering this again and again, I reflect on it repeatedly; / I do not know any reason for it; tell me, as I ask you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.165)

taḍāgaṃ vā saridvāpi tīrthaṃ vā devatārcanam .  
yaṃ gato'si prabhāvo'yaṃ tasya nānyasya me sthitam .. 103.165 ..

> A pond, a river, a sacred ford, or the worship of a deity— / whichever you went to, it is its power; I have no doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.166)

evamuktastu vipro'sau kathayāmāsa bhārata .  
bhāryāyā yaddivā vṛttaṃ śaṅkamāno nṛpottama .. 103.166 ..

> Thus addressed, O Bhārata, best of kings, / that brahmin related with apprehension to his wife what had happened by day:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.167)

adyāhaṃ mahiṣīsārthaṃ eraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ gataḥ .  
nābhimātre jale gatvā pītavānsalilaṃ bahu .. 103.167 ..

> “Today, for the sake of the buffaloes, I went to the confluence of the Eraṇḍī; / having gone into navel-deep water, I drank much water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.168)

nānyattīrthaṃ vijānāmi saritaṃ sara eva vā .  
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ kathitaṃ tava bhāmini .. 103.168 ..

> I know of no other sacred ford, river, or lake; / truly, truly, and truly again, it has been told to you, O lovely lady.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.169)

evaṃ jñātvā tu sā sarvamupavāsakṛtakṣaṇā .  
sapatnīko gatastatra saṅgame varavarṇini .. 103.169 ..

> Learning all this, she resolved upon a fast; / along with his wife, he went there to the confluence, O lady of fair complexion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.170)

snātvā tatra jale ramye natvā devaṃ tu bhāskaram .  
snāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ comayā saha .. 103.170 ..

> Having bathed there in that delightful water and bowed to the Sun deity, / he bathed Śaṅkara, the lord of deities, along with Umā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.171)

pañcagavyaghṛtakṣīrairdadhikṣaudraghṛtairjalaiḥ .  
gandhamālyādidhūpaiśca naivedyaiśca suśobhanaiḥ .. 103.171 ..

> with the five products of the cow, ghee, milk, curd, honey, clarified butter, and water, / with perfumes, garlands, incenses, and very beautiful food offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.172)

pūjya trayīmayaṃ liṅgaṃ devīṃ kātyāyanīṃ śubhām .  
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā patyāsi pativratā .. 103.172 ..

> Having worshipped the liṅga consisting of the three Vedas and the auspicious goddess Kātyāyanī, / and having kept a vigil at night, the devoted wife, with her husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.173)

tataḥ prabhāte vimale dvijānsampūjya yatnataḥ .  
godānena hiraṇyena vastreṇānnena bhārata .. 103.173 ..

> then at clear dawn, having carefully worshipped the twice-born / with gifts of cows, gold, cloth, and food, O Bhārata—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.174)

govindaḥ pūjayāmāsa svaśaktyā brāhmaṇāñchubhān .  
muktapāpo gṛhāyātaḥ svabhāryāsahito nṛpa .. 103.174 ..

> Govinda worshipped the auspicious brahmins according to his means; / freed from sin, he returned home together with his wife, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.175)

evaṃ yaḥ śṛṇute bhaktyā govindākhyānamuttamam .  
paṭhate parayā bhaktyā bhrūṇahatyā praṇaśyati .. 103.175 ..

> Whoever hears this excellent narrative of Govinda with devotion, / or recites it with supreme devotion, their sin of infanticide is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.176)

krīḍate śāṃkare loke yāvadābhūtasamplavam .  
yaścaivāśvayuje māsi caitre vā nṛpasattama .. 103.176 ..

> They sport in the world of Śaṅkara until the dissolution of all beings. / And whoever, in the month of Āśvayuja or Caitra, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.177)

saptamyāṃ ca site pakṣe sopavāso jitendriyaḥ .  
sāttvikīṃ vāsanāṃ kṛtvā yo vasecchivamandire .. 103.177 ..

> fasting and with senses conquered on the seventh day of the bright fortnight, / harboring a pure intention, dwells in a temple of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.178)

dhyāyamāno virūpākṣaṃ triśūlakarasaṃsthitam .  
kaṃsāsuranihantāraṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam .. 103.178 ..

> meditating on the uneven-eyed \[Rudra\] holding a trident in his hand, / \[and on\] the slayer of the demon Kaṃsa, bearing the conch, discus, and mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.179)

pakṣirājasamārūḍhaṃ trailokyavaradāyakam .  
pitāmahaṃ tato dhyāyeddhaṃsasthaṃ caturānanam .. 103.179 ..

> mounted upon the king of birds, the granter of boons to the three worlds; / and then meditates on the Grandfather, seated upon a swan, four-faced,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.180)

sargapradaṃ samastasya kamalākaraśobhitam .  
yo hyevaṃ vasate tatra triyame sthāna uttame .. 103.180 ..

> the creator of everything, adorned with a lotus-holding hand— / whoever thus dwells there for three nights in that excellent place,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.181)

tataḥ prabhāte vimale hyaṣṭamyāṃ ca narādhipa .  
brāhmaṇān pūjayedbhaktyā sarvadoṣavivarjitān .. 103.181 ..

> then at clear dawn on the eighth day, O ruler of men, / should worship with devotion brahmins free from all defects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.182)

sarvāvayavasampūrṇānsarvaśāstraviśāradān .  
vedābhyāsaratānnityaṃ svadāraniratānsadā .. 103.182 ..

> complete in all limbs, proficient in all scriptures, / ever devoted to the study of the Vedas, always faithful to their own wives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.183)

śrāddhe dāne vrate yogyān brāhmaṇān pāṇḍunandana .  
pretānāṃ pūjanaṃ tatra devapūrvaṃ samārabhet .. 103.183 ..

> brahmins worthy of ancestral rites, gifts, and vows, O son of Pāṇḍu; / there one should begin the propitiation of the departed spirits, preceded by that of the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.184)

pretatvānmucyate śīghrameraṇḍyāṃ piṇḍatarpaṇaiḥ .  
dānāni tatra deyāni hyannamukhyāni sarvadā .. 103.184 ..

> One is quickly freed from the state of a departed ghost at the Eraṇḍī through offerings of rice balls and water libations; / gifts should always be given there, with food as the foremost,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.185)

hiraṇyabhūmikanyāśca dhūrvāhau śubhalakṣaṇau .  
sīreṇa sahitau pārtha dhānyaṃ droṇakasaṃkhyayā .. 103.185 ..

> gold, land, virgins, two draft-bulls of auspicious marks / together with a plow, O Pārtha, and grain measured by droṇas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.186)

alaṃkṛtāṃ savatsāṃ ca kṣīriṇīṃ taruṇīṃ sitām .  
raktāṃ vā kṛṣṇavarṇāṃ vā pāṭalāṃ kapilāṃ tathā .. 103.186 ..

> an adorned, milk-giving young cow with her calf, white, / or red, or black-colored, or pale red, or tawny,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.187)

kāṃsyadohanasaṃyuktāṃ rukmakhuravibhūṣaṇām .  
svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ savatsāṃ ca brāhmaṇāyopapādayet .. 103.187 ..

> equipped with a bronze milking vessel, adorned with gold on her hooves, / with horns capped in gold, together with her calf, one should present to a brahmin, \[saying:\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.188)

prīyatāṃ me jagannāthā harakṛṣṇapitāmahāḥ .  
saṃsārarakṣaṇī devī surabhī māṃ samuddharet .. 103.188 ..

> “May the lords of the universe, Hara, Kṛṣṇa, and the Grandfather, be pleased with me; / may the divine cow Surabhī, the protector of the worldly existence, deliver me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.189)

putrārthaṃ yāḥ striyaḥ pārtha hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛpa .  
snāpyante rudrasūktaiśca caturvedodbhavaistathā .. 103.189 ..

> Those women who, for the sake of obtaining a son, O Pārtha, at the confluence of the Eraṇḍī, O king, / are bathed with hymns to Rudra originating from the four Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.190)

caturbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ śastaṃ dvābhyāṃ yogyaiśca kārayet .  
ekena sārdrakumbhena dāmpatyamabhiṣecayet .. 103.190 ..

> It is praised \[to do this\] by means of four brahmins, or one should have it done by two qualified \[ones\]; / with a single wet jar one should consecrate the husband and wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.191)

daivajñenaiva caikena athavā sāmagena vā .  
pañcaratnasamāyuktaṃ kumbhe tatraiva kārayet .. 103.191 ..

> Or by an astrologer alone, or else by a singer of the Sāmaveda. / One should place in that very jar five jewels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.192)

gandhatoyasamāyuktaṃ sarvauṣadhivimiśritam .  
āmrapallavasaṃyuktamaśvatthamadhukaṃ tathā .. 103.192 ..

> together with scented water, mixed with all medicinal herbs, / joined with mango sprouts, and likewise aśvattha and madhuka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.193)

guṇṭhitaṃ sitavastreṇa sitacandanacarcitam .  
sitapuṣpaistu saṃchannaṃ siddhārthakṛtamadhyamam .. 103.193 ..

> wrapped in white cloth, smeared with white sandalwood paste, / covered with white flowers, and having white mustard placed in its center.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.194)

kāṃsyapātre tu saṃsthāpya putrārthī deśikottamaḥ .  
aṅgalagnaṃ tu yadvastraṃ kaṭakābharaṇaṃ tathā .. 103.194 ..

> Placing it in a bronze vessel, the best of spiritual teachers, desiring a son \[for them\], / \[shall instruct them that\] whatever garment touches the body, and likewise bracelet-ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.195)

tatsarvaṃ maṇḍale tyājyaṃ siddhyarthaṃ cātmanastadā .  
praṇamya bhāskaraṃ paścādācāryaṃ rudrarūpiṇam .. 103.195 ..

> all that must then be abandoned on the maṇḍala for one's own success. / Then, bowing to the sun and to the spiritual teacher who embodies Rudra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.196)

madhuraṃ ca tato'śnīyāddevyā bhuvana uttame .  
phaladānaṃ ca viprāya chatraṃ tāmbūlameva ca .. 103.196 ..

> one should then eat sweet food in the excellent abode of the goddess. / And giving fruit to the twice-born, an umbrella, and betel leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.197)

upānahau ca yānaṃ ca sa bhavedduḥkhavarjitaḥ .  
bhāskare krīḍate loke yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 103.197 ..

> and two shoes and a conveyance, he becomes freed from sorrow. / He sports in the world of the sun until the dissolution of all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.198)

dānaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ sarvaṃ śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham .  
yathā nadīnadāḥ sarve sāgare yānti saṃkṣayam .. 103.198 ..

> Every gift becomes multiplied ten-millionfold, whether auspicious or inauspicious. / Just as all rivers and streams reach their end in the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.103.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.103.199)

evaṃ pāpāni naśyanti hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛṇām .  
samantācchastrapātena hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛpa .. 103.199 ..

> even so the sins of mortals are destroyed at the Eraṇḍī confluence. / By falling on a weapon completely at the Eraṇḍī confluence, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.103.1) — Sanskrit

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