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# Skandapurana 6.3.35

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.35.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.p1)

adhyāya 35

> Chapter 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.1)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
jalamadhye mahādevaḥ kena tiṣṭhati hetunā .  
uttaraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ kūlaṃ varjayitvā dvijottama .. 35.1 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / 'For what reason does Mahādeva stay in the midst of the water, / leaving aside the northern and southern banks, O best of twice-born?' / 35.1  
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### [6.3.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.2)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
etadākhyānamatulaṃ puṇyaṃ śrutimukhāvaham .  
purāṇe yacchrutaṃ tāta tatte vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ .. 35.2 ..

> The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / 'This narrative is peerless, meritorious, and brings joy to the ears; / what was heard in the Purāṇa, my dear one, that I shall declare to you in its entirety.' / 35.2  
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### [6.3.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.3)

tretāyuge mahābhāga rāvaṇo devakaṇṭakaḥ .  
trailokyavijayī raudraḥ surāsurabhayaṃkaraḥ .. 35.3 ..

> 'In the Tretāyuga, O highly fortunate one, Rāvaṇa was a thorn to the gods, / conqueror of the three worlds, fierce, and terrifying to gods and demons.' / 35.3  
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### [6.3.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.4)

devadānavagandharvairṛṣibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ .  
avadhyo'tha vimānena yāvatparyaṭate mahīm .. 35.4 ..

> 'He was invulnerable to gods, dānavas, gandharvas, and seers rich in austerity; / then, while he wandered the earth in his aerial chariot,' / 35.4  
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### [6.3.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.5)

tāvaddhindhyagirermadhye dānavo baladarpitaḥ .  
mayo nāmeti vikhyāto guhāvāsī tapaścaran .. 35.5 ..

> 'at that time, in the midst of the Vindhya mountain, a dānava proud of his strength, / famed by the name of Maya, was practicing austerity, dwelling in a cave.' / 35.5  
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### [6.3.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.6)

tasya pārśvagato rakṣo vinayādavaniṃ gataḥ .  
pūjito dānasanmānairidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 35.6 ..

> 'Approaching him, the rākṣasa descended to the earth out of modesty; / honored with gifts and respect, he spoke these words:' / 35.6  
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### [6.3.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.7)

kasyeyaṃ padmapatrākṣī pūrṇacandranibhānanā .  
kiṃnāmadheyā tapati tapa ugraṃ kathaṃ vibho .. 35.7 ..

> '"Whose is this lotus-petal-eyed maiden, whose face resembles the full moon? / What is her name, and why does she practice severe austerity, O lord?"' / 35.7  
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### [6.3.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.8)

maya uvāca -  
dānavānāṃ patiḥ śreṣṭho mayo'haṃ nāma nāmataḥ .  
bhāryā tejovatī nāma tasyāstu tanayā śubhā .. 35.8 ..

> Maya said: / 'I am the chief lord of the dānavas, Maya by name; / my wife is named Tejovatī, and she has an auspicious daughter,' / 35.8  
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### [6.3.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.9)

mandodarīti vikhyātā tapate bhartṛkāraṇāt .  
ārādhayantī bhartāramumāyā dayitaṃ śubham .. 35.9 ..

> 'celebrated as Mandodarī, who performs austerity for the sake of a husband, / propitiating Umā’s auspicious beloved as her lord.' / 35.9  
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### [6.3.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.10)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya rāvaṇo madamohitaḥ .  
prasṛtaḥ praṇato bhūtvā mayaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 35.10 ..

> Hearing those words of his, Rāvaṇa, infatuated with passion, / stepped forward and, bowing down, spoke these words to Maya: / 35.10  
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### [6.3.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.11)

paulastyānvayasaṃjāto devadānavadarpahā .  
prārthayāmi mahābhāga sutāṃ tvaṃ dātumarhasi .. 35.11 ..

> '"I was born in the lineage of Pulastya, the destroyer of the pride of gods and dānavas; / I make a request, O highly fortunate one: you ought to give me your daughter."' / 35.11  
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### [6.3.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.12)

jñātvā paitāmahaṃ vṛttaṃ mayenāpi mahātmanā .  
rāvaṇāya sutā dattā pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ .. 35.12 ..

> Knowing his paternal grandfather’s lineage, the great-souled Maya also, / having honored Rāvaṇa according to the rules, gave him his daughter. / 35.12  
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### [6.3.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.13)

gṛhītvā tāṃ tadā rakṣo'bhyarcyamāno niśācaraiḥ .  
devodyāne vimānaiśca krīḍate sa tayā saha .. 35.13 ..

> Taking her then, that rākṣasa, being praised by the night-stalkers, / disported with her in aerial chariots in the pleasure-garden of the gods. / 35.13  
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### [6.3.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.14)

kenacittvatha kālena rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ .  
putraṃ putravatāṃ śreṣṭho janayāmāsa bhārata .. 35.14 ..

> After some time, Rāvaṇa, who made the worlds cry out, / the foremost among those possessing sons, fathered a son, O descendant of Bharata. / 35.14  
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### [6.3.35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.15)

tenaiva jātamātreṇa rāvo mukto mahātmanā .  
saṃvartakasya meghasya tena lokā jaḍīkṛtāḥ .. 35.15 ..

> As soon as he was born, a roar was uttered by that great-souled child, / like that of a Saṃvartaka cloud, by which the worlds were stunned. / 35.15  
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### [6.3.35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.16)

śrutvā tannarditaṃ ghoraṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .  
nāma cakre tadā tasya meghanādo bhaviṣyati .. 35.16 ..

> Hearing that terrible roar, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / then named him: 'He shall be Meghanāda.' / 35.16  
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### [6.3.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.17)

evaṃnāmā kṛtaḥ so'pi paramaṃ vratamāsthitaḥ .  
toṣayāmāsa deveśamumayā saha śaṅkaram .. 35.17 ..

> Having been given this name, he too, having undertaken a supreme vow, / pleased Śaṃkara, the lord of gods, along with Umā. / 35.17  
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### [6.3.35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.18)

vratairniyamadānaiśca homajāpyavidhānataḥ .  
kṛcchracāndrāyaṇairnityaṃ kṛśaṃ kurvankalevaram .. 35.18 ..

> Constantly emaciating his body through vows, observances, and gifts, / according to the rules of fire oblations and muttered prayers, and through kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances,  
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### [6.3.35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.19)

evamanyaddine tāta kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam .  
gatvā liṅgadvayaṃ gṛhya prasthito dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ .. 35.19 ..

> in this way on another day, dear one, he went to Mount Kailāsa, / took two liṅgas, and set out facing south.  
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### [6.3.35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.20)

narmadātaṭamāśritya snātukāmo mahābalaḥ .  
nikṣipya pūjayan devaṃ kṛtajāpyo nareśvara .. 35.20 ..

> Reaching the bank of the Narmadā, wishing to bathe, the mighty one / put them down and worshipped the god, having performed his muttered prayer, O lord of men.  
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### [6.3.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.21)

tatrāyatanāvāsena snāto hutahutāśanaḥ .  
kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ mānayitvā niśācaraḥ .. 35.21 ..

> Having bathed there by dwelling at the shrine and offered into the sacred fire, / the night-roamer \[Rāvaṇa\], considering himself to have achieved his purpose,  
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### [6.3.35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.22)

gantukāmaḥ paraṃ mārgaṃ laṅkāyāṃ nṛpasattama .  
ekamuddharato liṅgaṃ praṇataḥ savyapāṇinā .. 35.22 ..

> wished to take the further road toward Laṅkā, O best of kings. / Bowing low, as he lifted one liṅga with his left hand,  
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### [6.3.35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.23)

dvitīyaṃ tu dvitīyena bhaktyā paulastyanandanaḥ .  
tāvadeva mahāliṅgaṃ patitaṃ narmadāṃbhasi .. 35.23 ..

> and the second with his second \[hand\] in devotion, the son of Paulastya, / just then the great liṅga fell into the waters of the Narmadā.  
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### [6.3.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.24)

yāhi yāhīti cetyuktvā jalamadhye pratiṣṭhitaḥ .  
namitvā rāvaṇistasya devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ .. 35.24 ..

> Saying, “Go! Go!”, it became established in the middle of the water. / The son of Rāvaṇa bowed down to that god, the supreme lord,  
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### [6.3.35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.25)

jagāmākāśamāviśya pūjyamāno niśācaraiḥ .  
tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ meghanādeti viśrutam .. 35.25 ..

> and entered the sky, moving on, worshipped by the night-roamers. / From that time on, that sacred ford became celebrated as Meghanāda.  
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### [6.3.35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.26)

pūrvaṃ tu garjanaṃ nāma sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .  
tasmiṃstīrthe tu rājendra yastu snānaṃ samācaret .. 35.26 ..

> Formerly its name was Garjana, destroying all sins. / Whoever performs a ritual ablution at that sacred ford, O king of kings,  
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### [6.3.35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.27)

ahorātroṣito bhūtvā aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .  
piṇḍadānaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .. 35.27 ..

> having fasted for a day and night, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. / And whoever performs the offering of rice-balls at that sacred ford, O king,  
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### [6.3.35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.28)

yatphalaṃ sattrayajñena tadbhavennātra saṃśayaḥ .  
tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraḥ saṃpratarpitāḥ .. 35.28 ..

> the fruit that comes from a sacrificial session will be his; there is no doubt in this. / By that, the ancestors remain fully satisfied for twelve years.  
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### [6.3.35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.29)

yastu bhojayate vipraṃ ṣaḍrasātrena bhārata .  
akṣayapuṇyamāpnoti tatra tīrthe narottama .. 35.29 ..

> And whoever feeds a brahmin with food of the six tastes, O Bhārata, / attains imperishable merit at that sacred ford, O best of men.  
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### [6.3.35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.30)

prāṇatyāgaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādbhāvito bhāvitātmanā .  
sa vasecchāṅkare loke yāvadā bhūtasamplavam .. 35.30 ..

> And whoever casts off his life-breaths, concentrated with a purified mind, / dwells in the world of Śaṅkara until the dissolution of all beings.  
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### [6.3.35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.31)

eṣā te naraśārdūla garjanotpattiruttamā .  
kathitā snehabandhena sarvapāpakṣayakarī .. 35.31 ..

> This excellent origin of Garjana, destroying all sins, / has thus been related to you out of affection, O tiger among men.  
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### [6.3.35.31\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.35.31_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe meghanādatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Meghanādatīrtha,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantī section in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.35.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.35.1) — Sanskrit

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