[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.22 # Skandapurana 6.3.22 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.1) śrī mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi sā viśalyā hyabhūdyathā . āścaryabhūtā lokasya sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī .. 22.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hereafter I shall explain how she became Viśalyā ("dart-remover"), / a marvel to the world, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.2) brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putro mukhyo hyagnirajāyata . mukhyo vahniritiprokta ṛṣiḥ paramadhārmikaḥ .. 22.2 .. > A mind-born son of Brahmā, the foremost Agni, was born; / he is declared the chief fire, an exceedingly righteous seer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.3) tasya svāhābhavatpatnī smṛtā dākṣāyaṇī tu sā . tasyāṃ mukhyā mahārāja trayaḥ putrāstadā'bhavan .. 22.3 .. > His wife was Svāhā, known as Dākṣāyaṇī; / by her, O great king, three chief sons were then born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.4) agnirāhavanīyastu dakṣiṇāgnistathaiva ca . gārhapatyastṛtīyastu trailokyaṃ yaiśca dhāryate .. 22.4 .. > the Āhavanīya fire, and likewise the Dakṣiṇāgni, / and thirdly the Gārhapatya, by whom the three worlds are upheld. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.5) tathā vai gārhapatyo'gnirjajñe putradvayaṃ śubham . padmakaḥ śaṅkunāmā ca tāvubhāvagnisattamau .. 22.5 .. > From that Gārhapatya fire were born two auspicious sons, / Padmaka and Śaṅku by name, both the best of fires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.6) vasannagnirnadītīre samāśritya mahattapaḥ . rudramārādhayāmāsa jitātmā susamāhitaḥ .. 22.6 .. > Living on the bank of the river, undertaking great austerity, / Agni worshiped Rudra, self-controlled and highly concentrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.7) daśavarṣasahasrāṇi cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ . tamuvāca mahādevaḥ prasanno vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. 22.7 .. > For ten thousand years he practiced vast austerity. / To him Mahādeva, whose banner bears the bull, pleased, said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.8) bhobho brūhi mahābhāga yatte manasi vartate . dātā hyahamasaṃdeho yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 22.8 .. > "O fortunate one, speak whatever is in your mind! / I am the giver, without doubt, even if it be very difficult to obtain." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.9) agniruvāca - narmadeyaṃ mahābhāgā sarito yāśca ṣoḍaśa . bhavantu mama patnyastāstvatprasādānmaheśvara .. 22.9 .. > Agni said: / "May this blessed Narmadā and the sixteen rivers / become my wives by your grace, O Maheśvara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.10) tāsu vai cintitān putrānagryānutpādayāmyaham . eṣa eva varo deva dīyatāṃ me maheśvara .. 22.10 .. > In them may I beget the foremost sons as desired. / Let this very boon be granted to me, O god, O Maheśvara!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.11) īśvara uvāca - etāstu dhiṣṇināmnyo vai bhaviṣyanti saridvarāḥ . patnyastava viśālākṣyo vede khyātā na saṃśayaḥ .. 22.11 .. > Īśvara said: / "These excellent, large-eyed rivers shall indeed be named Dhiṣṇīs; / they will be your wives, celebrated in the Veda, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.12) tāsāṃ putrā bhaviṣyanti hyagnayo ye'dhvare smṛtāḥ . dhiṣṇyānāma suvikhyātā yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 22.12 .. > Their sons shall be the fires that are remembered in the sacrificial rite, / highly renowned under the name of Dhiṣṇyas until the dissolution of all beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.13) evamuktvā mahādevastatraivāntaradhīyata . narmadā ca saricchreṣṭhā tasya bhāryā babhūva ha .. 22.13 .. > Having spoken thus, Mahādeva disappeared right there, / and the Narmadā, best of rivers, became his wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.14) kāverī kṛṣṇaveṇī ca revā ca yamunā tathā . godāvarī vitastā ca candrabhāgā irāvatī .. 22.14 .. > The Kāverī, Kṛṣṇaveṇī, Revā, and Yamunā, / the Godāvarī, Vitastā, Candrabhāgā, and Irāvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.15) vipāśā kauśikī caiva sarayūḥ śatarudrikā . śiprā sarasvatī caiva hrādinī pāvanī tathā .. 22.15 .. > the Vipāśā, Kauśikī, Sarayū, and Śatarudrikā, / the Śiprā, Sarasvatī, Hrādinī, and Pāvanī— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.16) etāḥ ṣoḍaśā nadyo vai bhāryārthaṃ saṃvyavasthitāḥ . tadātmānaṃ vibhajyāśu dhiṣṇīṣu sa mahādyutiḥ .. 22.16 .. > these sixteen rivers were appointed to be his wives. / Then, having divided himself at once into the Dhiṣṇīs, that fire of great splendor— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.17) vyabhicārāttu bharturvai narmadādyāsu dhiṣṇiṣu . utpannāḥ śucayaḥ putrāḥ sarve te dhiṣṇyapāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 22.17 .. > by the dispersal of the husband into the Dhiṣṇīs, beginning with Narmadā, / pure sons were born; they are all remembered as the guardians of the Dhiṣṇyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.18) tasyāśca narmadāyāstu dhiṣṇīndro nāma viśrutaḥ . babhūva putro balavānrūpeṇāpratimo nṛpa .. 22.18 .. > And to that Narmadā was born a son renowned by the name Dhiṣṇīndra, / mighty and peerless in beauty, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.19) tato devāsuraṃ yuddhamabhavallomaharṣaṇam . mayatārakamityevaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam .. 22.19 .. > Then there occurred a hair-raising battle between the gods and asuras, / known in the three worlds as the conflict with Maya and Tāraka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.20) tatra daityairmahāghorairmayatārapurogamaiḥ . tāḍitāste surāstrastā viṣṇuṃ vai śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ .. 22.20 .. > There, battered by the most terrible daityas led by Maya and Tāra, / the frightened gods fled to Viṣṇu for refuge: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.21) trāyasva no hṛṣīkeśā ghorādasmānmahābhayāt . daityānsarvānsaṃharasva mayatārapurogamān .. 22.21 .. > "Protect us, O Hṛṣīkeśa, from this terrible, great danger! / Destroy all the daityas led by Maya and Tāra!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.22) evamuktaḥ sa bhagavāndiśo daśa vyalokayat . tato bhagavatā dṛṣṭau raṇe pāvakamārutau .. 22.22 .. > Thus addressed, the Lord looked across the ten directions; / then the Lord saw Fire and Wind in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.23) āhūtau viṣṇunā tau tu sakāśaṃ jagmatuḥ kṣaṇāt . sthitau tau praṇatau cāgre devadevasya dhīmataḥ .. 22.23 .. > Summoned by Viṣṇu, the two went to his presence in an instant, / and bowed down, standing before the wise god of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.24) tato dhiṣṇiḥ pāvakendro devenokto mahātmanā . nirdahemānmahāghorānnārmadeya mahāsurān .. 22.24 .. > Then Dhiṣṇi, the chief of fire, was addressed by the great-souled god: / "Burn down these most terrible great asuras, O son of Narmadā!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.25) athaivamuktau tau devau raṇe pāvakamārutau . daityān dadahatuḥ sarvānmayatārapurogamān .. 22.25 .. > Thus addressed, those two gods, Fire and Wind, in battle / burnt all the daityas led by Maya and Tāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.26) dahyamānāstu te sarve śastrairagniṃ tvaveṣṭayan . divyairagnyarkasaṅkāśaiḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 22.26 .. > Being scorched, all of them surrounded Fire with weapons— / with celestial weapons resembling fire and the sun, by hundreds and by thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.27) tāṃścāgniḥ śastranikarairnirdadāha mahāsurān . jvālāmālākulaṃ sarvaṃ vāyunā nirmitaṃ tadā .. 22.27 .. > And Fire burned those great asuras along with their multitudes of weapons; / everything was then filled with garlands of flames created by Wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.28) dahyamānāstato daityā agnijvālāsamāvṛtāḥ . praviśya pātālatalaṃ jale līnāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 22.28 .. > Being scorched and enveloped by the flames of fire, the daityas / entered the realm of Pātāla and hid in the water by thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.29) tataḥ kumāramagniṃ tu narmadāputramavyayam . pūjayitvā surāḥ sarve jagmuste tridaśālayam .. 22.29 .. > Then all the gods, having worshiped the boy Fire, the imperishable son of Narmadā, / went to the abode of the thirty gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.30) saśalyastu mahātejā revāputro vṛto'gnibhiḥ . narmadāmāgataḥ kṣipraṃ mātaraṃ draṣṭumutsukaḥ .. 22.30 .. > Pierced by darts, that son of Revā of great splendor, surrounded by fires, / quickly went to the Narmadā, eager to see his mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.31) taṃ dṛṣṭvā putramāyāntaṃ śastraugheṇa parikṣatam . narmadā puṇyasalilā abhyutthāya suvismitā .. 22.31 .. > Seeing her son arriving, wounded by a barrage of weapons, / the Narmadā of holy water rose up in utter astonishment > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.32) paryaṣvajata bāhubhyāṃ prasnavāpīḍitastanī . saśalyaṃ putramādāya kāpilaṃ hradamāviśat .. 22.32 .. > and embraced him with both arms, her breasts dripping with milk; / taking her dart-pierced son, she entered the pool of the Kapilā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.33) praviṣṭamātre tu hrade kāpile pāpanāśini . saśalyaṃ taṃ viśalyaṃ ca kṣaṇātkṛtavatī tadā .. 22.33 .. > The moment he entered that sin-destroying pool of the Kapilā, / she instantly made him who was pierced by darts free of all darts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.34) sa viśalyo'bhavadyasmātprāpya tasyāḥ śivaṃ jalam . kapilā nāmatastena viśalyā cocyate budhaiḥ .. 22.34 .. > Because he became free from darts (viśalya) upon reaching her auspicious water, / therefore Kapilā is also called Viśalyā by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.35) anye'pi tatra ye snātāḥ śucayastu samāhitāḥ . pāpaśalyaiḥ pramucyante mṛtā yānti surālayam .. 22.35 .. > Others too who bathe there, purified and concentrated in mind, / are freed from the darts of sin, and upon death go to the abode of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.36) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ purā tvayā . utpattikāraṇaṃ tāta viśalyāyā nareśvara .. 22.36 .. > All this has been related to you, which I was asked about by you formerly, / the cause of the origin of Viśalyā, O dear one, O lord of men! .. 22.36 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.22.36\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22.36_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye viśalyāsambhavo nāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. > .. Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, titled 'The Origin of Viśalyā', in the Narmadāmāhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth \[section\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.22.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.22.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.22) · Pramāṇa