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# Skandapurana 6.3.13

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.1)

adhyāya 13  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
evaṃ bhagavatī puṇyā stutā sā munipuṃgavaiḥ .  
cintayāmāsa sarveṣāṃ dāsyāmi varamuttamam .. 13.1 ..

> Chapter 13 / The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Thus praised by the foremost of sages, that holy goddess / thought: "I shall bestow an excellent boon upon all of them."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.2)

tataḥ prasuptāṃstāñjñātvā rātrau devī jagāma ha .  
ekaikasya ṛṣeḥ svapne darśanaṃ cāruhāsinī .. 13.2 ..

> Then, knowing they had fallen fast asleep at night, the sweet-smiling goddess went / and appeared individually in the dream of each seer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.3)

tato'rdharātre samprāpta utthitā jalamadhyataḥ .  
vimalāmbarasaṃvītā divyamālāvibhūṣitā .. 13.3 ..

> Then, when midnight arrived, she rose from the midst of the waters, / clothed in spotless garments, adorned with divine garlands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.4)

ghṛtātapatrā suśroṇī padmarāgavibhūṣitā .  
jagāda mā bhairiti tānekaikaṃ tu pṛthakpṛthak .. 13.4 ..

> holding a parasol, of beautiful hips, adorned with rubies. / She said to each one of them separately, "Do not fear!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.5)

vasadhvaṃ mama pārśve tu bhayaṃ tyaktvā kṣudhādijam .. 13.5 ..

> Dwell by my side, casting aside fear arising from hunger and the like."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.6)

evamuktvā tadā devī svapnānte tānmahāmunīn .  
jagāmādarśanaṃ paścātpraviśya jalamātmikam .. 13.6 ..

> Having spoken thus to those great sages at the end of their dream, the goddess then / entered into her own waters and vanished from sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.7)

tataḥ prabhāte munayo mitha ūcurmudanvitāḥ .  
tathā dṛṣṭā mayā dṛṣṭā svapne devī sudarśanā .. 13.7 ..

> Then at dawn, the sages, filled with joy, said to one another: / "The lovely goddess was seen by me in a dream just like that!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.8)

abhayaṃ dattamasmākaṃ siddhiścāpyacireṇa tu .  
praśastaṃ darśanaṃ tasyā narmadāyā na saṃśayaḥ .. 13.8 ..

> "Fearlessness was given to us, and accomplishment will come without delay. / The vision of that Narmadā is auspicious; there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.9)

athānyadivase rājanmatsyānāṃ rūpamuttamam .  
paśyanti saparīvārāḥ svakīyāśramasannidhau .. 13.9 ..

> Then on the next day, O king, along with their families they saw / an extraordinary appearance of fishes near their own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.10)

tāndṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭā matsyāṃstatra maharṣayaḥ .  
pūjayāmāsuravyagrā havyakavyena devatāḥ .. 13.10 ..

> Having seen the fishes there, the great seers were seized with amazement; / untroubled, they worshipped the gods with oblations and ancestral offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.11)

tānmatsyasaṅghānsamprāpya mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ .  
saputradārabhṛtyāste vartayanti pṛthakpṛthak .. 13.11 ..

> Having obtained those swarms of fish through the grace of the Great Goddess, / they, together with their sons, wives, and servants, sustained themselves separately.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.12)

dine dine tathāpyevamāśrameṣu dvijātayaḥ .  
matsyānāṃ sañcayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāścābhavaṃstadā .. 13.12 ..

> Day after day, likewise, the brahmins in their hermitages, / seeing the accumulation of fishes, were then astonished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.13)

mṛtāṃstāṃstu supuṣṭāṅgān pāṭhīnāṃśca viśeṣataḥ .  
dvāre dvāre cāśramāṇāṃ tāpasānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 13.13 ..

> They \[saw\] dead fishes with well-nourished bodies, especially pāṭhīna fish, / at every door of the hermitages of the ascetics, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.14)

hṛṣṭapuṣṭāstadā sarve narmadātīravāsinaḥ .  
ṛṣayaste bhayaṃ sarve tatyajuḥ kṣuttṛṣodbhavam .. 13.14 ..

> Then all those dwellers on the banks of the Narmadā, joyful and well-nourished, / all those seers cast away their fear born of hunger and thirst.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.15)

te japantastapantaśca tiṣṭhanti bharatarṣabha .  
arcayanti pitḥndevānnarmadātaṭamāśritāḥ .. 13.15 ..

> Engaged in chanting and practicing austerity, they remained, O bull among the Bharatas, / worshipping the ancestors and the gods, sheltered on the bank of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.16)

tairjapadbhistapadbhiśca satataṃ dvijasattamaiḥ .  
bhrājate sā saricchreṣṭhā tārābhirdyaurgrahairiva .. 13.16 ..

> With those best of brahmins continually reciting prayers and practicing austerity, / that best of rivers shone as the sky shines with stars and planets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.17)

tatra tairbahulaiḥ śubhrairbrāhmaṇairvedaparāgaiḥ .  
narmadā dharmadā pūrvaṃ saṃvibhaktā yathākramam .. 13.17 ..

> There, by those numerous, pure brahmins versed in the Vedas, / the Narmadā, giver of righteousness, was formerly divided in due order.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.18)

ṛṣibhirdaśakoṭibhirnarmadātīravāsibhiḥ .  
vibhakteyaṃ vibhaktāṅgī narmadā śarmadā nṛṇām .. 13.18 ..

> By a hundred million seers dwelling on the banks of the Narmadā, / she was partitioned in her parts—the Narmadā who grants happiness to men—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.19)

yajñopavītaiśca śubhairakṣasūtraiśca bhārata .  
kūladvaye mahāpuṇyā narmadodadhigāminī .. 13.19 ..

> and with pure sacred threads and rosaries, O descendant of Bharata, / on both banks, the most holy Narmadā flowing to the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.20)

pṛthagāyatanaiḥ śubhrairliṅgairvālukamṛnmayaiḥ .  
bhrājate yā saricchreṣṭhā nakṣatrairiva śarvarī .. 13.20 ..

> with separate, bright sanctuaries and liṅgas of sand and clay, / that best of rivers shone like the night with its constellations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.21)

evaṃ ta ṛṣayaḥ sarve tarpayantaḥ surānpitḥn .  
nyavasannarmadātīre yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 13.21 ..

> Thus all those seers, making offerings to the gods and the ancestors, / dwelt on the bank of the Narmadā until the destruction of all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.22)

kiṃcidgate tatastasminghore varṣaśatādhike .  
ardharātre tadā kanyā jalāduttīrya bhārata .. 13.22 ..

> When a terrible period of more than a hundred years had somewhat passed, / at midnight the maiden, emerging from the water, O descendant of Bharata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.23)

vidyutpuṃjasamābhāsā vyālayajñopavītinī .  
triśūlāgrakarā saumyā tānuvāca ṛṣīṃstadā .. 13.23 ..

> radiant like a mass of lightning, having a serpent as her sacred thread, / holding the tip of a trident in her hand, gentle, said to those seers then:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.24)

āgacchadhvaṃ munigaṇā viśadhvaṃ māmayonijām .  
sametāḥ putradāraiśca tataḥ siddhimavāpsyatha .. 13.24 ..

> "Come, assemblies of sages! Enter me, who am not born of a womb, / together with your sons and wives; then you shall attain perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.25)

yasya yasya hi yā vāñchā tasya tāṃ tāṃ dadāmyaham .  
viṣṇuṃ brahmāṇamīśānamanyaṃ vā suramuttamam .. 13.25 ..

> Whatever desire anyone has, that I grant to him: / Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Īśāna, or another supreme god.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.26)

tatra sarvānnayiṣyāmi prasannā varadā hyaham .  
prāṇāyāmaparā bhūtvā māṃ viśadhvaṃ samāhitāḥ .. 13.26 ..

> I, pleased and bestowing boons, shall lead all there. / Dedicated to breath control, enter me with focused minds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.27)

saha putraiśca dāraiśca tyaktvāśramapadāni ca .  
kālakṣepo na kartavyaḥ pralayo'yamupasthitaḥ .. 13.27 ..

> along with your sons and wives, abandoning the hermitages. / No delay must be made: this cosmic dissolution has arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.28)

saṃhāraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpadāhaḥ sudāruṇaḥ .  
ekāhamabhavaṃ pūrvaṃ mahāghore janakṣaye .. 13.28 ..

> the destruction of all beings, the exceedingly dread conflagration of the kalpa. / Formerly, I alone remained during the great, terrifying annihilation of creatures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.29)

śeṣā nadyaḥ samudrāśca sarva eva kṣayaṃgatāḥ .  
varadānānmaheśasya tenāhaṃ na kṣayaṃ gatā .. 13.29 ..

> The remaining rivers and the oceans all went to destruction; / through the boon granted by Maheśa, because of that I did not go to destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.30)

amṛtaḥ śāśvato devaḥ sthāṇurīśaḥ sanātanaḥ .  
sa pūjitaḥ prārthito vā kiṃ na dadyāddvijottamāḥ .. 13.30 ..

> The immortal, eternal God, the immovable, the ancient Lord— / when worshipped or petitioned, what would he not grant, O best of brahmins?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.31)

evamuktvā ṛṣīvrevā praviveśa jalaṃ tataḥ .  
karāttaśūlā sā devī vyālayajñopavītinī .. 13.31 ..

> Having spoken thus to the seers, the Revā then entered the water— / that goddess with a trident taken in hand, wearing a serpent as a sacred thread.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.32)

tataste tadvacaḥ śrutvā vismayāpannamānasāḥ .  
abhivandya ca māṃ sarve kṣāmayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ .. 13.32 ..

> Hearing her words, their minds overcome with astonishment, / they all bowed down to me and begged forgiveness again and again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.33)

kṣamyatāṃ no yaduktaṃ hi vasatāṃ tava saṃśraye .  
gṛhāṃstyaktvā mahābhāgāḥ saśiṣyāḥ sahabāndhavāḥ .. 13.33 ..

> "May that be forgiven us which was said while dwelling under your protection!" / Abandoning their homes, those fortunate ones, with their pupils and kinsmen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.34)

japtvā caikākṣaraṃ brahma hṛdi dhyātvā maheśvaram .  
snātvā ca mantrapūtābhiratha cādbhirjitavratāḥ .. 13.34 ..

> chanting the monosyllabic Brahman and meditating on Maheśvara in their hearts, / bathing with waters purified by mantras, steadfast in their vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.35)

viviśurnarmadātoyaṃ sapakṣā iva parvatāḥ .  
dyotayanto diśaḥ sarvāḥ kuśahastāḥ sahāgrayaḥ .. 13.35 ..

> entered the waters of the Narmadā like winged mountains, / illuminating all the quarters, holding kuśa grass in their hands, accompanied by their fires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.36)

gateṣu teṣu rājendra ahamekaḥ sthitastadā .  
amareśaṃ samāsādya pūjayannarmadāṃ nadīm .. 13.36 ..

> When they had departed, O lord of kings, I alone remained at that time, / approaching Amareśa, worshipping the river Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.37)

anubhūtāḥ saptakalpā māyūrādyā mayā nṛpa .  
prasādādvedhasaḥ sarve revayā saha bhārata .. 13.37 ..

> Seven kalpas, beginning with the Māyūra, were experienced by me, O king, / all together with the Revā, through the grace of the Creator, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.38)

janmato'dya dinaṃ yāvanna jāne'syāḥ purāsthitim .. 13.38 ..

> From my birth up to this day, I do not know her ancient origin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.39)

iyaṃ hi śāṃkarī śaktiḥ kalā śambhorilāhvayā .  
narmadā duritadhvaṃsakāriṇī bhavatāriṇī .. 13.39 ..

> For she is Śaṃkara's power, a portion of Śambhu named Ilā, / the Narmadā, destroyer of sins, deliverer from worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.40)

yadāhamapi nābhūvaṃ purākalpeṣu pāṇḍava .  
caturdaśasu kalpeṣu teṣviyaṃ sukhasaṃsthitā .. 13.40 ..

> When I did not exist in the ancient kalpas, O son of Pāṇḍu, / throughout those fourteen kalpas she remained happily established.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.41)

caturdaśa purā kalpā na mṛtā yeṣu narmadā .  
tānahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi devī prāha yathā mama .. 13.41 ..

> The fourteen ancient kalpas in which the Narmadā did not perish, / those I shall describe fully, just as the goddess told them to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.42)

kāpilaṃ prathamaṃ viddhi prājāpatyaṃ dvitīyakam .  
brāhmaṃ saumyaṃ ca sāvitraṃ bārhaspatyaṃ prabhāsakam .. 13.42 ..

> Know the first to be the Kāpila, the second the Prājāpatya, / the Brāhma, the Saumya, the Sāvitra, the Bārhaspatya, and the Prabhāsaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.43)

māhendramagnikalpaṃ ca jayantaṃ mārutaṃ tathā .  
vaiṣṇavaṃ bahurūpaṃ ca jyautiṣaṃ ca caturdaśam .. 13.43 ..

> and the Māhendra, the Agnikalpa, the Jayanta, likewise the Māruta, / the Vaiṣṇava, the Bahurūpa, and the Jyautiṣa as the fourteenth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.44)

ete kalpā mayā khyātā na mṛtā yeṣu narmadā .  
māyūraṃ pañcadaśamaṃ kaurmaṃ caivātra ṣoḍaśam .. 13.44 ..

> These kalpas have been related by me, during which the Narmadā did not perish. / The Māyūra is the fifteenth, and the Kaurma is the sixteenth here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.45)

bakaṃ mātsyaṃ ca pādmaṃ ca vaṭakalpaṃ ca bhārata .  
ekaviṃśatimaṃ caitaṃ vārāhaṃ sāṃpratīnakam .. 13.45 ..

> the Baka, the Mātsya, the Pādma, and the Vaṭakalpa, O Bhārata; / and this twenty-first, the Vārāha, is the present one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.46)

ime sapta mayā sākaṃ revayā pariśīlitāḥ .  
ekaviṃśatikalpāstu narmadāyāḥ śivāṅgataḥ .. 13.46 ..

> These seven were witnessed by the Revā together with me. / Indeed, through twenty-one kalpas, the Narmadā, born from the body of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.47)

saṃjātāyā nṛpaśreṣṭha mayā dṛṣṭā hyanekaśaḥ .  
kathitā nṛpatiśreṣṭha bhūyaḥ kiṃ kathayāmi te .. 13.47 ..

> has been seen many times by me, O best of kings. / It has been told, O best of rulers; what more shall I tell you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.13.47\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.13.47_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmya ekaviṃśatikalpakathānakavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Tale of the Twenty-one Kalpas', in the Narmadāmāhātmya, in the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth Avantīkhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.13.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.13.1) — Sanskrit

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