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# Skandapurana 6.3.42

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.42.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.p1)

adhyāya 42

> Chapter 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchettu rājendra pippaleśvaramuttamam .  
yatra siddho mahāyogī pippalādo mahātapāḥ .. 42.1 ..

> The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king of kings, to the supreme Pippaleśvara, / where the great yogin Pippalāda, of great austerity, attained perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
pippalādasya caritaṃ śrotumicchāmyahaṃ vibho .  
māhātmyaṃ tasya tīrthasya yatra siddho mahātapāḥ .. 42.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / I wish to hear about Pippalāda's life, O lord, / and the māhātmya of that sacred ford where the \[sage\] of great austerity attained perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.3)

kasya putro mahābhāga kimarthaṃ kṛtavāṃstapaḥ .  
etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha .. 42.3 ..

> Whose son was he, O illustrious one, and for what purpose did he perform austerity? / Tell me all this in detail, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.4)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
mithilāstho mahābhāgo vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ .  
yājñavalkyaḥ purā tāta cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 42.4 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / In ancient times, my dear, the illustrious Yājñavalkya, who lived in Mithilā / and was a master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, performed vast austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.5)

tāpasī tasya bhaginī yājñavalkyasya dhīmataḥ .  
sā saptame'pi varṣe ca vaidhavyaṃ prāpa daivataḥ .. 42.5 ..

> That wise Yājñavalkya had an ascetic sister. / Through destiny, she became a widow even in her seventh year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.6)

pūrvakarmavipākena hīnābhūtpitṛmātṛtaḥ .  
nābhūttatpatipakṣe'pi ko'pītyekākinī sthitā .. 42.6 ..

> By the ripening of past deeds she was bereft of father and mother. / Nor was there anyone on her husband's side, so she remained alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.7)

bhūmau bhramantī bhrātuḥ sā samīpamagamacchanaiḥ .  
cacāra ca tapaḥ so'pi paralokasukhepsayā .. 42.7 ..

> Wandering upon the earth, she slowly went to her brother. / He too was practicing austerity, desiring the happiness of the other world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.8)

cacāra sāpi tatrasthā śuśrūṣantī mahattapaḥ .  
kasmiṃścitsamaye sātha snātāhani rajasvalā .. 42.8 ..

> Staying there, serving him, she also practiced great austerity. / Then, at a certain time, having bathed on the day \[after her period\], having menstruated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.9)

antarvāso dhṛtavatī dṛṣṭvā karpaṭakaṃ rahaḥ .  
yājñavalkyo'pi tadrātrau supto yatra susaṃvṛtaḥ .. 42.9 ..

> she put on an undergarment, having seen a rag in secret. / Where Yājñavalkya also slept that night, well covered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.10)

svapnaṃ dṛṣṭvātyajacchukraṃ kaupīne raktabinduvat .  
virājitena tapasā siddhaṃ tadanalaprabham .. 42.10 ..

> he had a dream and discharged semen upon his loincloth like a drop of blood, / perfected by radiant austerity, glowing like fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.11)

yāvatprabuddho vipro'sau vīkṣyocchiṣṭaṃ tadaṃśukam .  
cikṣepa dūrato'spṛśyaṃ śaucaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .. 42.11 ..

> When that brahmin woke up, seeing that garment defiled, / he threw it far away as untouchable, having performed purification according to the rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.12)

niṣiddhaṃ tu niśi snānamiti suṣvāpa sa dvijaḥ .  
niśīthe sāpi tadvastraṃ bhagasyāvaraṇaṃ vyadhāt .. 42.12 ..

> Since bathing at night is forbidden, the twice-born went back to sleep. / In the dead of night, she used that garment as a covering for her vulva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.13)

prātaranveṣayāmāsa munirvastramitastataḥ .  
tataḥ sā brāhmaṇī prāha kiṃ anveṣayase prabho .  
kena kāryaṃ tava tathā vadasva mama tattvataḥ .. 42.13 ..

> In the morning, the sage searched here and there for the garment. / Then that brahmin woman said: “What are you looking for, my lord? / What do you need it for? Tell me the truth.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.14)

yājñavalkya uvāca -  
apavitro mayā bhadre svapno dṛṣṭo'dya vai niśi .  
sakledaṃ tatra me vastraṃ nikṣiptaṃ tanna dṛśyate .. 42.14 ..

> Yājñavalkya said: / “O auspicious lady, an impure dream was seen by me tonight. / My wet garment was thrown down there, and it is not to be seen.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.15)

tacchrutvā brāhmaṇī vākyaṃ bhītabhītāvadannṛpa .  
tadvastraṃ tu mayā vipra snātvā hyantaḥ kṛtaṃ mahat .. 42.15 ..

> Hearing that statement, the brahmin woman, terrified, said, O king: / “O brahmin, after bathing, I used that very cloth as an inner garment.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.16)

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā hāhetyuktvā mahāmuniḥ .  
nipapāta tadā bhūmau chinnamūla iva drumaḥ .. 42.16 ..

> Hearing her words, the great sage cried out “Alas! Alas!” / and fell to the ground like a tree cut down at its roots.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.17)

kimetaditi setyuktvā hyākāśamiva nirmalā .  
āśvāsayantī taṃ vipraṃ provāca vacanaṃ tadā .. 42.17 ..

> Saying “What is this?”, pure as the sky, / she comforted the brahmin and then addressed these words to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.18)

vadasva kāraṇaṃ tāta guhyādguhyataraṃ yadi .  
pratīkāro'sya yenaiva vimṛśya kriyate tvarā .. 42.18 ..

> “Tell me the reason, father, even if it is more secret than the secret, / so that a remedy for it may be devised and done with haste.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.19)

tataḥ sa suciraṃ dhyātvā labdhavāgvai tataḥ kṣaṇam .  
provāca sādhvasamanā yattacchṛṇu nareśvara .. 42.19 ..

> Then, having meditated for a long time, regaining his speech a moment later, / his mind filled with dread, he spoke that which \[I shall tell you\], hear, O ruler of men:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.20)

nātra doṣo'sti te kaścinmama caiva śubhavrate .  
tavodare tu garbho yastatra daivaṃ parāyaṇam .. 42.20 ..

> “There is no fault here for you, nor for me, O lady of auspicious vows. / But the fetus in your womb has destiny as its cause.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.21)

tasya tattvena rakṣā ca tvayā kāryā sadaiva hi .  
vināśī naiva kartavyo yāvatkālasya paryayaḥ .. 42.21 ..

> Its protection must truly be carried out by you at all times; / it must not be destroyed until the passage of time is complete.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.22)

tatheti vrīḍitā sādhvī dūyamānena cetasā .  
apālayacca taṃ garbhaṃ yāvatputro hyajāyata .. 42.22 ..

> Saying “So be it,” the virtuous woman, ashamed and with an aching heart, / protected that fetus until a son was born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.23)

jātamātraṃ ca taṃ garbhaṃ gṛhītvā brāhmaṇī ca sā .  
aśvatthacchāyāmāśritya tamutsṛjya vaco'bravīt .. 42.23 ..

> As soon as he was born, that brahmin woman took the child, / sought the shade of an aśvattha tree, abandoned him, and spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.24)

yāni sattvāni lokeṣu sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca .  
tāni sarvāṇi rakṣantu tyaktaṃ vai bālakaṃ mayā .. 42.24 ..

> “Whatever creatures there are in the worlds, both motionless and moving, / let them all protect this child abandoned by me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.25)

evamuktvā gatā sā tu brāhmaṇī nṛpasattama .  
tathāgataḥ sa tu śiśustatra sthitvā muhūrtakam .. 42.25 ..

> Having spoken thus, that brahmin woman departed, O best of kings. / That infant who had come into such a state, remaining there for a moment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.26)

pāṇipādau vinikṣipya nikuñcya nayane śubhe .  
āsyaṃ tu vikṛtaṃ kṛtvā ruroda vikṛtaiḥ svaraiḥ .. 42.26 ..

> flinging his hands and feet, closing his fine eyes, / and making a contorted face, wept with distorted sounds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.27)

tena śabdena vitrastāḥ sthāvarā jaṅgamāśca ye .  
ākampitā mahotpātaiḥ saśailavanakānanā .. 42.27 ..

> Terrified by that cry, both the motionless and the moving, / along with mountains, forests, and groves, shook with great portents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.28)

tato jñātvā mahadbhūtaṃ kṣudhāviṣṭaṃ dvijarṣabham .  
na jahāti nagaśchāyāṃ pānārthāya tataḥ param .  
apibacca sutaṃ tasmādabhṛtaṃ caiva bhārata .. 42.28 ..

> Then, knowing that best of the twice-born to be a great being overwhelmed by hunger, / from then on the tree did not abandon its shade, and for his drinking / he drank the sap from it and was nourished, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.29)

evaṃ sa vardhitastatra kumāro nijacetasi .  
cintayāmāsa viśrabdhaḥ kiṃ mama grahagocaram .. 42.29 ..

> Thus reared there, the boy confidently thought in his own mind: / “What is within the astrological reach of my planets?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.30)

tataḥ krūrasabhācāraḥ krūraṃ dṛṣṭvā nirīkṣitaḥ .  
papāta sahasā bhūmau śanaiścārī śanaiścaraḥ .. 42.30 ..

> Then Śanaiścara, who has a cruel manner, having seen \[the boy\] looking cruelly, / suddenly fell to the earth, the slow-moving one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.31)

uvāca ca bhayatrastaḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭastadā .  
kiṃ mayāpakṛtaṃ vipra pippalāda mahāmune .. 42.31 ..

> Terrified, with folded hands, he then said: / “What wrong have I done, O brahmin, O great sage Pippalāda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.32)

caranvai gaganādyena pātito dharaṇītale .  
sauriṇā hyevamuktastu pippalādo mahāmuniḥ .. 42.32 ..

> that moving through the sky, I have been cast down to the surface of the earth?” / Thus addressed by Sauri, the great sage Pippalāda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.33)

krodharūpo'bravīdvākyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa .  
pitṛmātṛvihīnasya mama bālasya durmate .  
pīḍāṃ karoṣi kasmāttvaṃ saure brūhi hyaśeṣataḥ .. 42.33 ..

> assuming a wrathful form, spoke these words; hear that, O lord of men: / “To me, an infant bereft of father and mother, O evil-minded one, / why do you cause affliction, O Sauri? Tell me completely!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.34)

śanaiścara uvāca -  
krūrasvabhāvaḥ sahajo mama dṛṣṭistathedṛśī .  
muñcasva māṃ tathā kartā yadbravīṣi na saṃśayaḥ .. 42.34 ..

> Śanaiścara said: / “A cruel nature is inborn to me, and such is my gaze. / Release me; I will do whatever you say, without a doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.35)

pippalāda uvāca -  
adyaprabhṛti bālānāṃ varṣādā ṣoḍaśādgraha .  
pīḍā tvayā na kartavyā eṣa te samayaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 42.35 ..

> Pippalāda said: / “From this day forward, until their sixteenth year, / no affliction should be caused by you to children, O planet! This is the agreement made with you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.36)

evamastviti coktvā sa jagāma punarāgataḥ .  
devamārgaṃ śanaiścārī praṇamya ṛṣisattamam .. 42.36 ..

> Saying “So be it,” the slow-moving one departed whence he had come, / returning to the path of the gods after bowing down to the best of seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.37)

gate cādarśanaṃ tatra so'pi bālo mahāgrahaḥ .  
vicintayanvai pitaraṃ krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ .. 42.37 ..

> When that great planet had disappeared from view, the boy, / reflecting on his father, was stained with anger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.38)

āgneyīṃ dhāraṇāṃ dhyātvā janayāmāsa pāvakam .  
kṛtyāmantrairjuhāvāgnau kṛtyā vai saṃbhavatviti .. 42.38 ..

> Contemplating the fiery dhāraṇā, he generated a fire, / and with kṛtyā-spells he offered into the fire, saying: “May a kṛtyā come into being!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.39)

tāvajjhaṭiti sā kanyā jvālāmālāvibhūṣitā .  
hutabhuksadṛśākārā kiṃ karomīti cābravīt .. 42.39 ..

> Instantly, a maiden appeared, adorned with wreaths of flames, / resembling fire itself, and said: “What shall I do?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.40)

śoṣayāmi samudrān kiṃ cūrṇayāmi ca parvatān .  
avaniṃ veṣṭayāmīti pātaye kiṃ nabhastalam .. 42.40 ..

> "Shall I dry up the oceans? Shall I crush the mountains? / Shall I envelop the earth? Shall I bring down the firmament?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.41)

kasya mūrdhni patiṣyāmi ghātayāmi ca kaṃ dvija .  
śīghramādiśyatāṃ kāryaṃ mā me kālātyayo bhavet .. 42.41 ..

> Upon whose head shall I fall, and whom shall I strike down, O twice-born? / Command my task quickly, lest my time pass away!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.42)

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā pippalādo mahātapāḥ .  
krodhasaṃraktanayana idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 42.42 ..

> Hearing those words of hers, Pippalāda, rich in ascetic power, / his eyes reddened with rage, spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.43)

mahatā krodhavegena mayā tvaṃ cintitā śubhe .  
pitā me yājñavalkyaśca tasya tvaṃ pata māciram .. 42.43 ..

> "In a great rush of fury were you conceived by me, auspicious one! / Yājñavalkya is my father; fall upon him without delay!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.44)

evamuktvāgamacchīghraṃ sphoṭayantī nabhastalam .  
mithilāstho mahāprājñastapastepe mahāmanāḥ .. 42.44 ..

> Having spoken thus, she went swiftly, rending the firmament. / Residing in Mithilā, the highly wise, magnanimous \[sage\] was practicing austerities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.45)

yāvatpaśyati digbhāgaṃ jvalanārkasamaprabham .  
yājñavalkyo mahātejā mahadbhūtamupasthitam .. 42.45 ..

> Then Yājñavalkya of great splendor saw that quarter of the sky / blazing like the sun, and a great spirit arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.46)

taddṛṣṭvā sahasāyāntaṃ bhītabhīto mahāmuniḥ .  
anuyukto'tha bhūtena janakaṃ nṛpatiṃ yayau .. 42.46 ..

> Seeing it arriving suddenly, terrified, the great sage, / pursued by the spirit, went to King Janaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.47)

śaraṇyaṃ māmanuprāptaṃ viddhi tvaṃ nṛpasattama .  
mahadbhūtabhayādrakṣa yadi śaknoṣi pārthiva .. 42.47 ..

> "Know that I have come to you for refuge, O best of kings! / Protect me from fear of this great spirit, if you are able, O ruler of the earth!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.48)

brahmatejobhavaṃ bhūtamanivāryaṃ durāsadam .  
na ca śaknomyahaṃ trātuṃ rājā vacanamabravīt .. 42.48 ..

> "The spirit born of brahmic brilliance is irresistible and hard to approach; / I cannot protect you," said the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.49)

tataścānyaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ śaraṇārthī mahātapāḥ .  
jagāma tena mukto'sau cendrasya sadanaṃ bhayāt .. 42.49 ..

> Then, seeking refuge, he of great austerities went to another foremost king; / dismissed by him, he fled in terror to Indra's dwelling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.50)

devarāja namaste'stu mahābhūtabhayānnṛpa .  
kampamāno'bravīdvipro rakṣasveti punaḥpunaḥ .. 42.50 ..

> "O king of gods, salutations to you! Out of fear of this great spirit, O king—" / trembling, the brahmin pleaded again and again, "protect me!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.51)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devarājo'bravīdidam .  
na śaknomi paritrātuṃ brahmakopādahaṃ mune .. 42.51 ..

> Hearing his plea, the king of gods said this: / "I cannot protect you from the wrath of a brahmin, O sage."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.52)

tataḥ sa brahmabhavanaṃ brāhmaṇo brahmavittamaḥ .  
jagāma viṣṇulokaṃ ca tenāpītyukta eva saḥ .. 42.52 ..

> Then that brahmin, supreme knower of Brahman, went to Brahmā's abode, / and to the realm of Viṣṇu, and by him too he was told the very same thing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.53)

tataḥ sa munirudvigno nirāśo jīvite nṛpa .  
anugamyamāno bhūtena agacchacchaṅkarālayam .. 42.53 ..

> Then the sage, distressed and despairing of his life, O king, / still pursued by the spirit, went to the abode of Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.54)

tasya yogabalopeto mahādevasya pāṇḍava .  
nakhamāṃsāntare gupto yathā devo na paśyati .. 42.54 ..

> Endowed with the power of yoga, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, / he hid within the crevice of Mahādeva's fingernail so that the god did not see him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.55)

tadante cāgamadbhūtaṃ jvalanārkasamaprabham .  
muñca muñceti puruṣaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram .. 42.55 ..

> Directly after him arrived the spirit, shining like the blazing sun, / saying, "Release, release the man!" to Maheśvara, the god of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.56)

evamukto mahādevastena bhūtena bhārata .  
yogīndraṃ darśayāmāsa nakhamāṃsāntare tadā .. 42.56 ..

> Addressed thus by that spirit, O Bhārata, Mahādeva / then revealed the lord of yogins inside the crevice of his fingernail.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.57)

saṃsthāpya bhūtaṃ bhūteśaḥ paramāpadgataṃ munim .  
uvāca mā bhaistvaṃ vipra nirgacchasva mahāmune .. 42.57 ..

> Having checked the spirit, the lord of spirits said to the sage / who had fallen into extreme peril: "Do not fear, O brahmin; come out, O great sage!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.58)

tataḥ susūkṣmadehasthaṃ bhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvābravīdidam .  
kimasya tvaṃ mahābhūta kariṣyasi vadasva me .. 42.58 ..

> Then, seeing the spirit standing with an exceedingly subtle form, he said this: / "What will you do to him, O great spirit? Tell me!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.59)

kṛtyovāca -  
krodhāviṣṭena deveśa pippalādena cintitā .  
asya dehaṃ haniṣyāmi hiṃsārthaṃ viddhi māṃ prabho .. 42.59 ..

> The Kṛtyā said: / "Conceived by Pippalāda when filled with fury, O lord of gods, / I shall destroy his body; know me to be meant for violence, O Lord!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.60)

etacchrutvā mahādevo bhūtasya vadanāccyutam .  
kaṭisthaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ ca mantrayāmāsa mantravit .. 42.60 ..

> Hearing this uttered from the mouth of the spirit, / Mahādeva, the knower of mantras, consecrated Yājñavalkya seated on his hip with mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.61)

yogīśvareti viprasya kṛtvā nāma yudhiṣṭhira .  
visarjayitvā deveśastatraivāntaradhīyata .. 42.61 ..

> Bestowing the name Yogīśvara upon the brahmin, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / and dismissing \[the spirit\], the lord of gods vanished right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.62)

preṣayitvā tu taṃ bhūtaṃ pippalādo'pi durmanāḥ .  
pitṛmātṛsamudvigno narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ .. 42.62 ..

> Having dispatched that spirit, Pippalāda too, disheartened / and anxious about his father and mother, took shelter on the bank of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.63)

ekāṅguṣṭho nirāhāro varṣādā ṣoḍaśānnṛpa .  
toṣayāmāsa deveśamumayā saha śaṅkaram .. 42.63 ..

> Standing on one big toe and fasting for sixteen years, O king, / he propitiated Śaṅkara, the lord of gods, along with Umā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.64)

tatastattapasā tuṣṭaḥ śaṅkaro vākyamabravīt .. 42.64 ..

> Then, pleased by that austerity, Śaṅkara spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.65)

īśvara uvāca -  
parituṣṭo'smi te vipra tapasānena suvrata .  
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva te dadmi manasā cepsitaṃ śubham .. 42.65 ..

> Īśvara said: / "I am fully pleased with you, O brahmin, by this austerity, O one of good vows! / Choose a boon; I grant you the auspicious thing desired in your mind."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.66)

pippalāda uvāca -  
yadi me bhagavāṃstuṣṭo yadi deyo varo mama .  
atra saṃnihito deva tīrthe bhava maheśvara .. 42.66 ..

> Pippalāda said: / "If the Blessed Lord is pleased with me, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then, O god, remain present at this sacred ford, O Maheśvara!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.67)

evamuktastathetyuktvā pippalādaṃ mahāmunim .  
jagāmādarśanaṃ devo bhūtasaṅghasamanvitaḥ .. 42.67 ..

> Addressed thus, saying "So be it!" to the great sage Pippalāda, / the god vanished from sight, accompanied by the host of spirits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.68)

pippalādo gate deve snātvā tatra mahāmbhasi .  
sthāpayitvā mahādevaṃ jagāmottaraparvatam .. 42.68 ..

> When the god had departed, Pippalāda bathed there in the great water, / installed Mahādeva, and departed for the northern mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.69)

tatra tīrthe naro bhaktyā snātvā mantrayutaṃ nṛpa .  
tarpayitvā pitḥn devān pūjayecca maheśvaram .. 42.69 ..

> A person who bathes with devotion at that sacred ford along with mantras, O king, / offers libations to the ancestors and gods, and worships Maheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.70)

aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam .  
mṛto rudrapuraṃ yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 42.70 ..

> obtains the peerless fruit of a horse sacrifice; / upon dying, he goes to the city of Rudra; there should be no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.71)

atha yo bhojayedviprān pitḥnuddiśya bhārata .  
tasya te dvādaśābdāni modante divi tarpitāḥ .. 42.71 ..

> Moreover, he who feeds brahmins on behalf of the ancestors, O Bhārata, / his ancestors, fully satisfied, rejoice in heaven for twelve years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.72)

saṃnyāsena tu yaḥ kaścittatra tīrthe tanuṃ tyajet .  
anivartikā gatistasya rudralokātkadācana .. 42.72 ..

> Whoever abandons the body at that sacred ford by means of renunciation, / his state is one of never returning from the realm of Rudra at any time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.73)

etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭhe hi tvayānagha .  
māhātmyaṃ pippalādasya tīrthasyotpattireva ca .. 42.73 ..

> All this that was asked by you, O sinless one, has been related: / the māhātmya of Pippalāda and the very origin of the sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.42.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.74)

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanam .  
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 42.74 ..

> This is meritorious, sin-removing, auspicious, and destroys bad dreams; / for those who read or hear it, there is the destruction of all sins.  
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### [6.3.42.74\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.42.74_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye pippalādatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the forty-second chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Pippalādatīrtha,' in the Narmadāmāhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth section, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.42.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.42.1) — Sanskrit

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