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# Skandapurana 6.3.237.23

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.237.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.237.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.237.23)

śabdārtha:- dhārmika:= dharmakarmakaranevālā. satyasandha= satya pratijñā karane vālā:+ sādhu = sādhu nāmaka vaiśya + mayūradhvaja:+ abhavat.= mayūra dhvaja nāmaka rājā huā. dehārdhaṃ= ādhī deha ko . krakacaiśchittvā = āre se ciravākara( kaṭavākara. dattvāmokṣaṃ+ avāpa ha.= aura usa deha ko dekara niścaya hī mokṣa ko prāpta kiyā.  
"tuṅgadhvajo mahārājaḥ svāyambhuvo'bhavat kila. sarvān bhāgavatān kṛtvā śrīvaikuṇṭhaṃ tadā'gamat.. 23..

> Word-meaning: dhārmikaḥ = performer of virtuous deeds; satyasandhaḥ = true to his promise; sādhuḥ = the merchant named Sādhu; moradhvajaḥ abhavat = became the king named Mayūradhvaja; dehārdham = half his body; krakacaiḥ chittvā = having sawn apart (cut) with saws; dattvā mokṣam avāpa ha = and having offered \[it\], he attained liberation.  
> “The great king Tuṅgadhvaja indeed became Svāyambhuva \[Manu\]. / Having made everyone devotees of the Lord, he then went to holy Vaikuṇṭha. 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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