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# Skandapurana 6.3.181

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.181

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.181.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi bhṛgutīrthasya vistaram .  
yaṃ śrutvā brahmahā goghno mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 181.1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hereafter I shall explain the detail of Bhṛgutīrtha, / hearing which the killer of a brahmin or the killer of a cow is freed from all heinous sins. 181.1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.2)

tatra tīrthe tu vikhyātaṃ vṛṣakhātamiti śrutam .  
bhṛguṇā tatra rājendra tapastaptaṃ purā kila .. 181.2 ..

> At that sacred ford is celebrated what is known as Vṛṣakhāta; / there indeed, O king of kings, austerity was practiced of old by Bhṛgu. 181.2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.3)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
bhṛgukacche sa viprendro nivasan kena hetunā .  
tapastaptvā suvipulaṃ parāṃ siddhimupāgataḥ .. 181.3 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / For what reason did that best of brahmins, residing at Bhṛgukaccha, / having performed immense austerity, attain supreme perfection? 181.3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.4)

ko vā vṛṣa iti proktastatkhātaṃ yena khānitam .  
etatsarvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kathayasva mamānagha .. 181.4 ..

> Or who is called Vṛṣa, by whom that pit was dug? / Tell me all this properly, O sinless one! 181.4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.5)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
eṣa praśno mahārāja yastvayā paripṛcchitaḥ .  
tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa .. 181.5 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / This question that was asked by you, O great king, / I shall relate all of it; listen with a one-pointed mind, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.6)

ṣaṣṭhastu brahmaṇaḥ putro mānaso bhṛgusattamaḥ .  
tapaścacāra vipulaṃ śrīvṛte kṣetra uttame .. 181.6 ..

> The sixth mind-born son of Brahmā, the best of the Bhṛgus, / performed vast austerity in the excellent sacred field endowed with fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.7)

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu saṃśuṣko munisattamaḥ .  
nirāhāro nirānandaḥ kāṣṭhapāṣāṇavatsthitaḥ .. 181.7 ..

> For a divine thousand years, desiccated, that best of sages / remained without food, devoid of joy, like a log of wood or a stone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.8)

tataḥ kadāciddeveśo vimānavaramāsthitaḥ .  
umayā sahitaḥ śrīmāṃstena mārgeṇa cāgataḥ .. 181.8 ..

> Then once the glorious Lord of the gods, mounted on an excellent aerial chariot / together with Umā, arrived by that path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.9)

dṛṣṭvā tatra mahābhāgaṃ bhṛguṃ valmīkavatsthitam .  
uvāca devī deveśaṃ kimidaṃ dṛśyate prabho .. 181.9 ..

> Having seen the illustrious Bhṛgu standing there like an anthill, / the goddess said to the Lord of the gods: “What is this that is seen, O Lord?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.10)

īśvara uvāca -  
bhṛgurnāma mahādevi tapastaptvā sudāruṇam .  
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu mama dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ .. 181.10 ..

> Īśvara said: / “O great goddess, he is named Bhṛgu, having performed very fierce austerity / for a divine thousand years, wholly devoted to meditating on me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.11)

jalabindu kuśāgreṇa māse māse pibecca saḥ .  
saṃvatsaraśataṃ sāgraṃ tiṣṭhate ca varānane .. 181.11 ..

> And he drinks a drop of water with the tip of a kuśa grass blade month after month, / and he has stood for fully a hundred years, O fair-faced one.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.12)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ gaurī krodhasaṃvartitekṣaṇā .  
uvāca devī deveśaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ maheśvaram .. 181.12 ..

> Hearing that statement, Gaurī, her eyes turned with rage, / the goddess said to the Lord of the gods, the trident-bearing Maheśvara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.13)

satyamugro'si loke tvaṃ khyāpito vṛṣabhadhvaja .  
niṣkāruṇyo durārādhyaḥ sarvabhūtabhayaṃkaraḥ .. 181.13 ..

> “Truly you are proclaimed fierce in the world, O bull-bannered one, / merciless, difficult to propitiate, terrifying to all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.14)

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu dhyāyamānasya śaṅkaram .  
brāhmaṇasya varaṃ kasmānna prayacchasi śaṃsa me .. 181.14 ..

> Why do you not grant a boon to a brahmin who has been meditating upon Śaṃkara / for a divine thousand years? Tell me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.15)

evamukto'tha deveśaḥ prahasya girinandinīm .  
uvāca naraśārdūla meghagambhīrayā girā .. 181.15 ..

> Thus addressed, the Lord of the gods, laughing, / said to the mountain's daughter in a voice deep as a thundercloud, O tiger among men:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.16)

strī vinaśyati garveṇa tapaḥ krodhena naśyati .  
gāvo dūrapracāreṇa śūdrānnena dvijottamāḥ .. 181.16 ..

> “A woman is ruined by pride; austerity is ruined by anger; / cows by roaming too far; and the best of the twice-born by the food of a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.17)

krodhānvito dvijo gaurī tena siddhirna vidyate .  
varṣāyutaistathā lakṣairna kiṃcitkāraṇaṃ priye .. 181.17 ..

> The twice-born is possessed of anger, O Gaurī; therefore perfection is not attained. / Even after tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, \[such austerity\] is of no avail, my dear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.18)

evambhūtasya tasyāpi krodhasya caritaṃ mahat .  
evamuktvā tataḥ śambhurvṛṣaṃ dadhyau ca tatkṣaṇe .. 181.18 ..

> Even being such, the conduct of his anger is great.” / Having spoken thus, Śambhu then meditated upon the bull that very instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.19)

vṛṣo hi bhagavanbrahmā vṛṣarūpī maheśvaraḥ .  
dhyānaprāptaḥ kṣaṇādeva garjayan vai muhurmuhuḥ .. 181.19 ..

> For the bull is the blessed Brahmā; the bull-formed is Maheśvara. / Reached in a moment through meditation, roaring repeatedly indeed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.20)

kiṃ karomi suraśreṣṭha dhyātaḥ kenaiva hetunā .  
karomi kasya nidhanamakāle parameśvara .. 181.20 ..

> \[the bull said:\] “What shall I do, O best of the gods? For what reason was I meditated upon? / Whose destruction shall I bring about out of season, O supreme Lord?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.21)

īśvara uvāca -  
kopayasva dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ gatvā tvaṃ bhṛgusattamam .  
yena me śraddadhatyeṣā gaurī lokaikasundarī .. 181.21 ..

> Īśvara said: / “Go and enrage that best of the twice-born, the foremost of the Bhṛgus, / so that this Gaurī, the sole beauty of the world, may have faith in me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.22)

etacchrutvā vṛṣo gatvā dharṣaṇārthaṃ dvijottamam .  
narmadāyāstaṭe ramye samīpe cāśrame bhṛguḥ .. 181.22 ..

> Hearing this, the bull went to attack that best of the twice-born, / to the charming bank of the Narmadā, near the hermitage where Bhṛgu was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.23)

tataḥ śṛṅgairgṛhītvā tu prakṣipto narmadājale .  
tataḥ kruddho bhṛgustatra daṇḍahasto mahāmuniḥ .. 181.23 ..

> Then, having seized him with his horns, he threw him into the water of the Narmadā. / Then the great sage Bhṛgu, enraged, staff in hand there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.24)

paśuvatte vadhiṣyāmi daṇḍaghātena mastake .  
śikhāyajñopavīte ca paridhānaṃ varāsane .. 181.24 ..

> said, “Like an animal I shall kill you with a blow of my staff upon the head!” / Fastening his crest-lock and sacred thread, his garment and his seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.25)

susaṃvṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ tena dhāvanvai pṛṣṭhato bravīt .. 181.25 ..

> firmly tucked up by him, running behind him indeed, he spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.26)

bhṛguruvāca -  
pāpakarmandurācāra kathaṃ yāsyasi me vṛṣa .  
avamānaṃ samutpādya kṛtvā gartaṃ khuraistathā .. 181.26 ..

> Bhṛgu said: / “O evil-doer, of wicked conduct, how will you escape me, O bull, / having caused disrespect and having made a pit with your hooves?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.27)

garjayitvā mahānādaṃ tato vipramapātayat .  
ātmānaṃ pātitaṃ jñātvā vṛṣeṇa parameṣṭhinā .. 181.27 ..

> Having bellowed a great roar, \[the bull\] then knocked the brahmin down. / Realising that he had been thrown down by the bull of the Supreme Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.28)

bhṛguḥ krodhena jajvāla hutāhutirivānalaḥ .  
kare gṛhya mahādaṇḍaṃ brahmadaṇḍamivāparam .. 181.28 ..

> Bhṛgu blazed with anger like a fire receiving an oblation. / Taking a great staff in his hand, like a second staff of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.29)

hantukāmo vṛṣaṃ vipro'bhyadhāvata yudhiṣṭhira .  
dhāvamānaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā sa vṛṣaḥ pūrvasāgare .. 181.29 ..

> desiring to kill the bull, the brahmin pursued him, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / Seeing him running, that bull then \[fled\] to the eastern ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.30)

jambūdvīpaṃ kuśāṃ krauñcaṃ śālmaliṃ śākameva ca .  
gomedaṃ puṣkaraṃ prāptaḥ pūrvato dakṣiṇāpatham .. 181.30 ..

> to Jambudvīpa, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śālmali, and Śāka, / Gomeda, and reached Puṣkara, from the east to the southern region,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.31)

uttaraṃ paścimaṃ caiva dvīpāddvīpaṃ nareśvara .  
pātālaṃ sutalaṃ paścādvitalaṃ ca talātalam .. 181.31 ..

> to the north and to the west, from island to island, O lord of men; / to Pātāla, Sutala, then Vitala, and Talātala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.32)

tāmisramandhatāmisraṃ pātālaṃ saptamaṃ yayau .  
tato jagāma bhūrlokaṃ prāṇārthī sa vṛṣottamaḥ .. 181.32 ..

> Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, and went to the seventh Pātāla. / Then that best of bulls, seeking his life, went to the earth realm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.33)

bhuvaḥ svaścaiva ca mahastapaḥ satyaṃ janastathā .  
anugamyamāno vipreṇa na śarma labhate kvacit .. 181.33 ..

> to Bhuvas, Svas, Mahas, Tapas, Satya, and Janas as well. / Followed by the brahmin, he found no peace anywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.34)

pāpaṃ kṛtvaiva puruṣaḥ kāmakrodhabalārditaḥ .  
tato jagāma śaraṇaṃ brahmāṇaṃ viṣṇumeva ca .. 181.34 ..

> Having done an evil deed, a man is afflicted by the power of lust and anger. / Then he went for refuge to Brahmā and to Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.35)

indraṃ candraṃ tathādityairyāmyavāruṇamārutaiḥ .  
yadā sarvaiḥ parityakto lokālokaiḥ sureśvaraiḥ .. 181.35 ..

> to Indra, Candra, and the Ādityas, to the lords of death, water, and wind. / When he was abandoned by all the lords of the gods throughout all the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.36)

tadā devaṃ namaskṛtvā rakṣa rakṣasva cābravīt .  
vadhyamānaṃ mahādevo bhṛguṇā parameṣṭhinā .. 181.36 ..

> then, having bowed to the Lord, he said, “Protect, protect \[me\]!” / While being struck by Bhṛgu, \[the devotee of\] the Supreme Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.37)

sarvalokaiḥ parityaktamanāthamiva taṃ prabho .  
dṛṣṭvā śrāntaṃ vṛṣaṃ devaḥ patitaṃ caraṇāgrataḥ .. 181.37 ..

> abandoned by all worlds like one without a protector, O Lord, / seeing the bull exhausted, fallen before his feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.38)

tataḥ provāca bhagavān smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 181.38 ..

> the Blessed One then spoke this word with a smile:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.39)

īśvara uvāca -  
paśya devi mahābhāge śamaṃ viprasya sundari .. 181.39 ..

> Īśvara said: / “Look, O illustrious goddess, O beautiful one, at the tranquility of the brahmin!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.40)

pārvatyuvāca -  
yāvadvipro na cāsmākaṃ kupyate parameśvara .  
tāvadvaraṃ prayacchāśu yadi cecchasi matpriyam .. 181.40 ..

> Pārvatī said: / “Before the brahmin becomes angry with us, O supreme Lord, / grant a boon quickly, if you desire my pleasure.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.41)

tato bhasmī jaṭī śūlī candrārdhakṛtaśekharaḥ .  
umārddhadeho bhagavānbhūtvā vipramuvāca ha .. 181.41 ..

> Then the Blessed One, covered with ash, matted-haired, trident in hand, the half-moon as his crest-ornament, / with half his body formed of Umā, having appeared, addressed the brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.42)

bhobho dvijavaraśreṣṭha krodhaste na śamaṃ gataḥ .  
yasmāttasmādidaṃ tāta krodhasthānaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 181.42 ..

> “Hail, O foremost among the best of the twice-born! Your anger has not subsided. / Therefore, my dear, this shall become the place of anger.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.43)

tato dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ śambhuṃ bhṛguḥ śreṣṭhaṃ trilocanam .  
jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā idaṃ stotramudairayat .. 181.43 ..

> Then, having seen that Śambhu, the supreme three-eyed one, / Bhṛgu, having fallen to the earth on his knees, uttered this hymn of praise:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.44)

bhṛguruvāca -  
praṇipatya bhūtanāthaṃ bhavodbhavaṃ bhūtidaṃ bhayātītam .  
bhavabhīto bhuvanapate vijñaptuṃ kiṃcidicchāmi .. 181.44 ..

> Bhṛgu said: / “Bowing down to the Lord of beings, the source of existence, the giver of prosperity, who is beyond fear, / afraid of worldly existence, O Lord of the universe, I wish to make a small petition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.45)

tvadguṇanikarānvaktuṃ kā śaktirmānuṣasyāsya .  
vāsukirapi na tāvadvaktuṃ vadanasahasraṃ bhavedyasya .. 181.45 ..

> What power is there in this mortal to express the multitude of your virtues? / Even Vāsuki, though he may possess a thousand mouths, could not tell of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.46)

bhaktyā tathāpi śaṅkara śaśidhara karajāladhavalitāśeṣa .  
stutimukharasya maheśvara prasīda tava caraṇaniratasya .. 181.46 ..

> Even so, through devotion, O Śaṅkara, moon-bearer, who whitens everything with a net of rays, / be pleased with him who is vocal in your praise, O Maheśvara, and devoted to your feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.47)

sattvaṃ rajastamastvaṃ sthityutpattivināśanaṃ deva .  
bhavabhīto bhuvanapate bhuvaneśa śaraṇaniratasya .. 181.47 ..

> You are sattva, rajas, and tamas; you are the maintenance, creation, and destruction \[of the worlds\], O God! / Afraid of worldly existence, O Lord of the universe, O Lord of the world, \[be gracious\] to one intent on taking refuge \[in you\]!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.48)

yamaniyamayajñadānaṃ vedābhyāsaśca dhāraṇāyogaḥ .  
tvadbhakteḥ sarvamidaṃ nārhanti vai kalāsahasrāṃśam .. 181.48 ..

> Restraints, observances, sacrifice, charity, the study of the Vedas, and concentration in yoga—  
> all this is indeed not worth one-thousandth of a fraction of devotion to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.49)

utkṛṣṭarasarasāyanakhaḍgāṃ janavivarapādukāsiddhiḥ .  
cihnaṃ hi tava natānāṃ dṛśyata iha janmani prakaṭam .. 181.49 ..

> Success in the supreme elixir of alchemy, the magical sword, the magical collyrium, the subterranean realm, and the magical sandals:  
> this mark is indeed visibly seen in this very birth among those who bow to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.50)

śāṭhyena yadi praṇamati vitarasi tasyāpi bhūtimicchayā deva .  
bhavati bhavacchedakarī bhaktirmokṣāya nirmitā nātha .. 181.50 ..

> Even if one bows deceitfully, O God, you bestow prosperity upon him according to your will.  
> Devotion that cuts off worldly existence was ordained for liberation, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.51)

paradāraparasvarataṃ paraparibhavaduḥkhaśokasaṃtaptam .  
paravadanavīkṣaṇaparaṃ parameśvara māṃ paritrāhi .. 181.51 ..

> Devoted to another's wife and another's wealth, tormented by the sorrow and grief of humiliation by others,  
> intent on watching the faces of others—protect me, O Supreme Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.52)

adhikābhimānamuditaṃ kṣaṇabhaṅguravibhavavilasantam .  
krūraṃ kupathābhimukhaṃ śaṅkara śaraṇāgataṃ paritrāhi .. 181.52 ..

> Puffed up with excessive pride, delighting in transient power,  
> cruel, facing the bad path—protect this one who has come for refuge, O Śaṃkara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.53)

dīnaṃ dvijaṃ varārthe bandhujane naiva pūritā hyāśā .  
chinddhi maheśvara tṛṣṇāṃ kiṃ mūḍhaṃ māṃ viḍambayasi .. 181.53 ..

> A poor brahmin seeking boons, yet his hope was never fulfilled by his kinsfolk.  
> Cut away my thirst, O Maheśvara! Why do you mock me, a fool?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.54)

tṛṣṇāṃ harasva śīghraṃ lakṣmīṃ dada hṛdayavāsinīṃ nityam .  
chinddhi madamohapāśaṃ māmuttāraya bhavācca deveśa .. 181.54 ..

> Take away thirst quickly! Grant fortune dwelling perpetually in my heart!  
> Sever the snare of pride and delusion, and carry me across worldly existence, O Lord of gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.55)

karuṇābhyudayaṃ nāma stotramidaṃ sarvasiddhidaṃ divyam .  
yaḥ paṭhati bhṛguṃ smarati ca śivalokamasau prayāti dehānte .. 181.55 ..

> This divine hymn named 'The Dawn of Compassion' bestows all perfections.  
> Whoever recites it and remembers Bhṛgu goes to the world of Śiva at the end of the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.56)

etacchrutvā mahādevaḥ stotraṃ ca bhṛgubhāṣitam .  
uvāca varado'smīti devyā saha varottamam .. 181.56 ..

> Having heard this hymn uttered by Bhṛgu,  
> Mahādeva, along with the Goddess, said: 'I am the giver of boons,' \[offering\] an excellent boon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.57)

bhṛguruvāca -  
prasanno devadeveśa yadi deyo varo mama .  
siddhikṣetramidaṃ sarvaṃ bhavitā mama nāmataḥ .. 181.57 ..

> Bhṛgu said:  
> 'If you are pleased, O God of the chiefs of gods, and if a boon is to be given to me,  
> let this entire sacred field of perfections be named after me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.58)

bhavadbhiḥ sannidhānena sthātavyaṃ hi sahomayā .  
devakṣetramidaṃ puṇyaṃ yena sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 181.58 ..

> You must remain here in your presence together with Umā,  
> so that this entire sacred field of the god will become holy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.59)

atra sthāne mahāsthānaṃ karomi jagadīśvara .  
tava prasādāddeveśa pūryantāṃ me manorathāḥ .. 181.59 ..

> In this place I shall establish a great seat, O Lord of the universe.  
> By your favor, O Lord of gods, let my desires be fulfilled!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.60)

īśvara uvāca -  
śriyā kṛtamidaṃ pūrvaṃ kiṃ na jñātaṃ tvayā dvija .  
anumānya śriyaṃ devīṃ yadīyaṃ manyate bhavān .. 181.60 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> 'This was previously prepared by Śrī; did you not know this, O twice-born?  
> Having obtained the consent of Goddess Śrī, if you consider it to be hers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.61)

kuruṣva yadabhipretaṃ tvatkṛtaṃ naḥ tadanyathā .  
evamuktvā gate deve snātvā gatvā bhṛguḥ śriyam .. 181.61 ..

> do what is desired; what is done by you is acceptable to us, otherwise not.'  
> Having spoken thus, the god departed; and Bhṛgu, having bathed, went to Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.62)

kṛtvā ca pāraṇaṃ tatra vasanviprastayā saha .  
śriyā ca sahitaḥ kāla idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 181.62 ..

> And having broken his fast, the brahmin, dwelling there with her,  
> in the company of Śrī, spoke these words at that time:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.63)

bhṛguruvāca -  
yadi te rocate bhadre duḥkhāsīnaṃ ca te yadi .  
tvayā vṛte mahākṣetre svīyaṃ sthānaṃ karomyaham .. 181.63 ..

> Bhṛgu said:  
> 'If it pleases you, blessed lady, and if you are sitting at ease,  
> I shall establish my own dwelling in this great sacred field chosen by you.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.64)

śrīruvāca -  
mama nāmnā tu viprarṣe tava nāmnā tu śobhanam .  
sthānaṃ kuruṣvābhipretamavirodhena me matiḥ .. 181.64 ..

> Śrī said:  
> 'Under my name, O brahmin-seer, and under your name,  
> make an auspicious, desired dwelling; in my opinion, there is no conflict.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.65)

bhṛguruvāca -  
kacchapādhiṣṭhitaṃ hyetattasya pṛṣṭhigataṃ rame .  
saṃmantrya sahitaṃ tena śobhanaṃ bhavatī kuru .. 181.65 ..

> Bhṛgu said:  
> 'This \[place\] is presided over by a tortoise and situated upon its back, O Ramā.  
> Having consulted together with him, you make it auspicious.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.181.65\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.181.65_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhṛgukacchotpattivarṇanaṃ nāmaikāśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-first chapter, named 'The Description of the Origin of Bhṛgukaccha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.181.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.181.1) — Sanskrit
- [Gaṇakārikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.pasupata.ganakarika.1.82) — Haradatta & Bhāsarvajña, Sanskrit

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