[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) › 6.3.4 # Skandapurana 6.3.4 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.p1) adhyāya 4 > Chapter 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato'rṇavātsamuttīrya trikūṭaśikhare sthitam . mahākanakavarṇābhe nānāvarṇaśilācite .. 4.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, having emerged from the ocean, on the one stationed on the peak of Trikūṭa, / shining with the luster of great gold, piled with rocks of various colors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.2) mahāśṛṅge samāsīnaṃ rudrakoṭisamanvitam . mahādevaṃ mahātmānamīśānamajamavyayam .. 4.2 .. > seated upon the great peak, accompanied by tens of millions of Rudras, / Mahādeva, the great-souled Lord, unborn, imperishable, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.3) sarvabhūtamayaṃ tāta manunā saha suvrata . bhūyo vavande caraṇau sarvadevanamaskṛtau .. 4.3 .. > consisting of all beings, dear child, along with Manu, O you of noble vows, / I again reverenced his feet, which are worshipped by all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.4) tatkāle yugasāhasraṃ saha rudreṇa mānada . tasminnekārṇave ghore sthito'haṃ kurunaṃdana .. 4.4 .. > At that time, for a thousand ages with Rudra, O bestower of honor, / I remained in that dreadful single ocean, O joy of the Kurus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.5) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - etacchrutvā tu me tāta paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hṛdi . jātaṃ tatkathayasveti śṛṇvataḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ .. 4.5 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Having heard this, dear friend, a great curiosity in my heart / has arisen; tell that to me as I listen together with my kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.6) kā sā padmapalāśākṣī tamobhūte mahārṇave . yogivadbhramate nityaṃ rudrajāṃ svāṃ ca yābravīt .. 4.6 .. > Who was she with eyes like lotus petals in that great ocean turned to darkness, / who wandered constantly like an ascetic and who declared herself to be born of Rudra? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.7) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - etameva mayā praśnaṃ purā pṛṣṭo manuḥ svayam . tadeva te'dya vakṣyāmi abalāyāḥ samudbhavam .. 4.7 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Long ago, this very question was asked by me to Manu himself. / That very origin of the maiden I shall tell you today. 4.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.8) vyatītāyāṃ niśāyāṃ tu brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ . tataḥ prabhāte vimale sṛjyamāneṣu jantuṣu .. 4.8 .. > When the night of Brahmā the supreme lord had passed, / and the pure morning dawned, as creatures were being created, 4.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.9) manuṃ praṇamya śirasā pṛcchāmyetadyudhiṣṭhira . keyaṃ padmapalāśākṣī śyāmā caṃdranibhānanā .. 4.9 .. > having bowed my head to Manu, I asked him this, O Yudhiṣṭhira: / Who is this lotus-petal-eyed young woman, whose face resembles the moon, 4.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.10) ekārṇave bhramatyekā rudrajāsmīti vādinī . sāvitrī vedamātā ca hyathavā sā sarasvatī .. 4.10 .. > who wanders alone in the single ocean, saying, 'I was born of Rudra'? / Is she Sāvitrī the mother of the Vedas, or indeed Sarasvatī? 4.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.11) mandākinī saricchreṣṭhā lakṣmīrvā kimatho umā . kālarātrirbhavetsākṣātprakṛtirvā sukhocitā .. 4.11 .. > Is she Mandākinī, foremost of rivers, or Lakṣmī, or Umā? / Could she be Kālarātri herself, or Prakṛti suited to pleasure? 4.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.12) etadācakṣva bhagavankā sā hyamṛtasaṃbhavā . caratyekārṇave ghore pranaṣṭoragarākṣase .. 4.12 .. > Explain this, O blessed one: Who is she, born of nectar, / who moves in the dread single ocean, where serpents and rākṣasas are destroyed? 4.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.13) manuruvāca - śṛṇu vatsa yathānyāyamasyā vakṣyāmi saṃbhavam . yayā rudrasamudbhūtā yā ceyaṃ varavarṇinī .. 4.13 .. > Manu said: / Listen, dear child, I shall explain her origin in due order: / how she was born from Rudra, and who this fair-complexioned lady is. 4.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.14) purā śivaḥ śāntatanuścacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ . hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāmumayā saha śaṃkaraḥ .. 4.14 .. > Long ago, Śiva of peaceful form practiced great austerity / together with Umā for the welfare of all worlds, he being Śaṃkara. 4.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.15) ṛkṣaśailaṃ samāruhya tapastepe sudāruṇam . adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhūtātmako vaśī .. 4.15 .. > Having ascended Mount Ṛkṣa, he performed very dread austerity, / invisible to all beings, the self of all beings, self-controlled. 4.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.16) tapatastasya devasya svedaḥ samabhavatkila . taṃ giriṃ plāvayāmāsa sa svedo rudrasaṃbhavaḥ .. 4.16 .. > As that god practiced austerity, sweat indeed arose. / That sweat born of Rudra flooded that mountain. 4.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.17) tasmādāsītsamudbhūtā mahāpuṇyā saridvarā . yā sā tvayārṇave dṛṣṭā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā .. 4.17 .. > From that arose the most meritorious, excellent river / whom you saw in the ocean, with eyes long like lotus petals. 4.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.18) strīrūpaṃ samavasthāya rudramārādhayatpurā . ādye kṛtayuge tasminsamānāmayutaṃ nṛpa .. 4.18 .. > Assuming the form of a woman, she worshiped Rudra long ago / in that first Kṛta age for ten thousand years, O king. 4.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.19) tatastuṣṭo mahādeva umayā saha śaṃkaraḥ . brūhi tvaṃ tu mahābhāge yatte manasi vartate .. 4.19 .. > Then Mahādeva Śaṃkara, pleased together with Umā, said: / 'Speak, O fortunate lady, whatever is in your mind!' 4.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.20) sariduvāca - pralaye samanuprāpte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame . prasādāttava deveśa akṣayāhaṃ bhave prabho .. 4.20 .. > The river said: / 'When universal dissolution arrives and moving and unmoving beings are destroyed, / by your grace, O lord of gods, may I be imperishable, O Lord! 4.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.21) saritsu sāgareṣveva parvateṣu kṣayiṣvapi . tava prasādāddeveśa puṇyā kṣayyā bhave prabho .. 4.21 .. > Even when rivers, oceans, and mountains perish, / by your grace, O lord of gods, may I be holy and imperishable, O Lord! 4.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.22) pāpopapātakairyuktā mahāpātakino'pi ye . mucyante sarvapāpebhyo bhaktyā snātvā tu śaṃkara .. 4.22 .. > Even those endowed with sins and minor sins, or those guilty of great sins, / are freed from all sins by bathing with devotion, O Śaṃkara. 4.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.23) uttare jāhnavīdeśe mahāpātakanāśinī . bhavāmi dakṣiṇe mārge yadyevaṃ surapūjitā .. 4.23 .. > In the northern region is the Jāhnavī, destroyer of great sins; / may I become worshiped by the gods on the southern path, if this pleases you. 4.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.24) svargādāgamya gaṃgeti yathā khyātā kṣitau vibho . tathā dakṣiṇagaṅgeti bhaveyaṃ tridaśeśvara .. 4.24 .. > Just as the Gaṅgā, having descended from heaven, is renowned on earth, O all-pervading one, / so may I become known as the Southern Gaṅgā, O lord of the thirty \[gods\]! 4.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.25) pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrtheṣu snātvā yallabhate phalam . tatphalaṃ labhate martyo bhaktyā snātvā maheśvara .. 4.25 .. > Whatever fruit a mortal obtains by bathing in all sacred fords on earth, / that fruit he obtains by bathing with devotion \[in me\], O Maheśvara. 4.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.26) brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ yadāste saṃcitaṃ kvacit . māsamātreṇa taddeva kṣayaṃ yātvavagāhanāt .. 4.26 .. > Whatever sin, such as killing a brahmin, has been accumulated anywhere, / let it perish in just a month by plunging \[in me\], O god! 4.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.27) yatphalaṃ sarvavedeṣu sarvayajñeṣu śaṃkara . avagāhena tatsarvaṃ bhavatviti matirmama .. 4.27 .. > Whatever fruit is found in all the Vedas and all sacrifices, O Śaṃkara, / let all that be obtained by plunging \[in me\]: this is my wish. 4.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.28) sarvadānopavāseṣu sarvatīrthāvagāhane . tatphalaṃ mama toyena jāyatāmiti śaṃkara .. 4.28 .. > In all gifts and fasts, and in plunging into all sacred fords, / let that \[same\] fruit be produced by my water, O Śaṃkara. 4.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.29) mama tīre narā ye tu arcayanti maheśvaram . te gatāstava lokaṃ syuretadeva bhavecchiva .. 4.29 .. > Those men who worship Maheśvara on my bank, / let them go to your world; may this be so, O Śiva! 4.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.30) mama kūle maheśāna umayā saha daivataiḥ . vasa nityaṃ jagannātha eṣa eva varo mama .. 4.30 .. > On my bank, O Maheśāna, together with Umā and the deities, / reside always, O lord of the universe! This alone is my boon. 4.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.31) sukarmā vā vikarmā vā śānto dānto jitendriyaḥ . mṛto janturmama jale gacchatādamarāvatīm .. 4.31 .. > Whether of good deeds or bad deeds, calm, restrained, with senses conquered, / let any creature who dies in my water go to Amarāvatī! 4.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.32) triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātā mahāpātakanāśinī . bhavāmi devadeveśa prasanno yadi manyase .. 4.32 .. > Renowned in the three worlds as the destroyer of great sins / may I become, O lord of the gods of gods, if you, being pleased, approve.' 4.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.33) etāṃścānyānvarāndivyānprārthito nṛpasattama . narmadayā tataḥ prāha prasanno vṛṣavāhanaḥ .. 4.33 .. > Being thus requested for these and other divine boons by the Narmadā, / O best of kings, the bull-vehicled god, pleased, said: 4.33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.34) śrīmaheśa uvāca - evaṃ bhavatu kalyāṇi yattvayoktamanindite . nānyā varārhā lokeṣu muktvā tvāṃ kamalekṣaṇe .. 4.34 .. > The venerable Maheśa said: / 'So be it, O auspicious one, as spoken by you, O blameless lady! / No other woman in the worlds is worthy of boons except you, O lotus-eyed one. 4.34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.35) yadaiva mama dehāttvaṃ samudbhūtā varānane . tadaiva sarvapāpānāṃ mocinī tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 4.35 .. > The very moment you were born from my body, O fair-faced one, / at that very moment you became the deliverer from all sins, there is no doubt. 4.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.36) kalpakṣayakare kāle kāle ghore viśeṣataḥ . uttaraṃ kūlamāśritya nivasanti ca ye narāḥ .. 4.36 .. > At the time that causes the destruction of the kalpa, especially at that dread time, / those men who dwell relying on your northern bank, 4.36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.37) api kīṭapataṅgāśca vṛkṣagulmalatādayaḥ . ā dehapatanāddevi te'pi yāsyanti sadgatim .. 4.37 .. > and even worms, winged insects, trees, shrubs, and creepers, / until the fall of their bodies, O goddess, they too shall attain the good destination. 4.37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.38) dakṣiṇaṃ kūlamāśritya ye dvijā dharmavatsalāḥ . ā mṛtyornivasiṣyanti te gatāḥ pitṛmandire .. 4.38 .. > Those twice-born who are devoted to dharma, who rely on the southern bank / and dwell there until death, they shall go to the abode of the ancestors. 4.38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.39) ahaṃ hi tava vākyena kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare . tvattīre nivasiṣyāmi sadaiva hyumayā samam .. 4.39 .. > Indeed, according to your word, for a certain special purpose, / I shall always dwell on your bank together with Umā. 4.39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.40) evaṃ devi mahādevi evameva na saṃśayaḥ . brahmendracandravaruṇaiḥ sādhyaiśca saha viṣṇunā .. 4.40 .. > So it shall be, O goddess, O great goddess, precisely so, without doubt. / Together with Brahmā, Indra, Candra, Varuṇa, the Sādhyas, and Viṣṇu, 4.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.41) uttare devi te kūle vasiṣyanti mamājñayā . dakṣiṇe pitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ tathānye surasundari .. 4.41 .. > they shall dwell on your northern bank by my command, O goddess. / On the southern \[bank\], together with the ancestors, other gods too, O beautiful lady of the gods, 4.41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.42) vasiṣyanti mayā sārddhameṣa te vara uttamaḥ . gaccha gaccha mahābhāge martyānpāpādvimocaya .. 4.42 .. > shall dwell along with me. This is your supreme boon. / Go, go, O fortunate one, deliver mortals from sin, 4.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.43) sahitā ṛṣisaṃghaiśca tathā siddhasurāsuraiḥ . evamuktā mahādeva umayā sahito vibhuḥ .. 4.43 .. > accompanied by hosts of seers, and likewise by siddhas, gods, and asuras.' / Having spoken thus, the all-pervading Mahādeva, accompanied by Umā, 4.43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.44) vandyamāno'tha manunā mayā cādarśanaṃ gataḥ . tena caiṣā mahāpuṇyā mahāpātakanāśinī .. 4.44 .. > while being praised by Manu and by me, vanished from sight. / Thus this most holy \[river\], destroyer of great sins, 4.44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.45) kathitā pṛcchyate yā te mā te bhavatu vismayaḥ . eṣā gaṃgā mahāpuṇyā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā .. 4.45 .. > about whom you ask, has been described; let there be no wonder in you. / This is the most holy Gaṅgā celebrated in the three worlds, 4.45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.46) daśābhiḥ pañcabhiḥ srotaiḥ plāvayantī diśo daśa . śoṇo mahānadaścaiva narmadā surasā kṛtā .. 4.46 .. > flooding the ten directions with fifteen streams: / the Śoṇa, the great river, and the pleasant Narmadā, 4.46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.47) mandākinī daśārṇā ca citrakūṭā tathaiva ca . tamasā vidiśā caiva karabhā yamunā tathā .. 4.47 .. > Mandākinī, Daśārṇā, and likewise Citrakūṭā, / Tamasā, Vidiśā, Karabhā, and Yamunā, 4.47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.48) citrotpalā vipāśā ca rañjanā vāluvāhinī . ṛkṣapādaprasūtāstāḥ sarvā vai rudrasaṃbhavāḥ .. 4.48 .. > Citrotpalā, Vipāśā, Rañjanā, and Vāluvāhinī. / All these born from the foothills of Ṛkṣa are indeed born of Rudra, 4.48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.49) sarvapāpaharāḥ puṇyāḥ sarvamaṃgaladāḥ śivāḥ . ityetairnāmabhirdivyaiḥ stūyate vedapāragaiḥ .. 4.49 .. > removers of all sins, holy, givers of all auspiciousness, benign. / With these divine names she is praised by those who have mastered the Vedas, 4.49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.50) purāṇajñairmahābhāgairājyapaiḥ somapaistathā . ityetatsarvamākhyātaṃ mahābhāgyaṃ narottama .. 4.50 .. > by fortunate knowers of the Purāṇas, by drinkers of clarified butter, and by drinkers of soma. / Thus all this greatness has been told, O best of men, 4.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.51) manunoktaṃ purā mahyamamṛtāyāḥ samudbhavam . puṇyaṃ pavitramatulaṃ rudrodgītamidaṃ śubham .. 4.51 .. > as the origin of the immortal lady was told to me long ago by Manu— / holy, pure, peerless, sung by Rudra, auspicious. 4.51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.52) ye narāḥ kīrtayiṣyanti bhaktyā śṛṇvanti ye'pi ca . prātarutthāya nāmāni daśa pañca ca bhārata .. 4.52 .. > Those men who recite, or who hear with devotion, > rising in the morning, these fifteen names, O Bhārata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.53) te narāḥ sakalaṃ puṇyaṃ labhiṣyantyavagāhajam . vimānenārkavarṇena ghaṇṭāśataninādinā .. 4.53 .. > those men shall obtain all the merit born of bathing \[there\]. > In an aerial chariot bright as the sun, resounding with a hundred bells, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.54) tyaktvā mānuṣyakaṃ bhāvaṃ yāsyanti paramāṃ gatim .. 4.54 .. > abandoning their human condition, they will go to the supreme destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.4.54\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4.54_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāpañcadaśanāmavarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the fourth chapter, titled “Description of the Fifteen Names of the Narmadā,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.4.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.4.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.4) · Pramāṇa