[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) › 6.3.67 # Skandapurana 6.3.67 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.67 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.67.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.p1) adhyāya 67 > Chapter 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasyaivānantaraṃ tāta jalamadhye vyavasthitam . luṅkeśvaramiti khyātaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam .. 67.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that, my dear, situated in the midst of the water, / is the sacred ford known as Luṅkeśvara, saluted by gods and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.2) idaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ nānāścaryaṃ mahītale . asya tīrthasya māhātmyamutpattiṃ śṛṇu bhārata .. 67.2 .. > This sacred ford is greatly meritorious and full of various wonders on the earth. / Hear, O descendant of Bharata, the origin and the māhātmya of this sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.3) āsītpurā mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ . kālapṛṣṭha iti khyātaḥ suto brahmasutasya ca .. 67.3 .. > Formerly there was an immensely heroic dānava, arrogant with strength, / known as Kālapṛṣṭha, who was the son of a son of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.4) gaṅgātaṭaṃ samāśritya cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ . adhomukho'pi saṃsthitvāpibaddhūmamaharniśam .. 67.4 .. > Resorting to the bank of the Gaṅgā, he performed extensive austerity. / Remaining head downward, he inhaled smoke day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.5) tataścānantaraṃ devastiṣṭhate hyumayā saha . dṛṣṭvā taṃ pārvatī sā tu tapasyugre vyavasthitam .. 67.5 .. > Immediately after that, the god was staying there with Umā. / Seeing him established in such severe austerity, Pārvatī said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.6) paśya paśya mahādeva dhūmāśī tiṣṭhate naraḥ . prasīda taṃ kuruṣvādya dehi śīghraṃ varaṃ vibho .. 67.6 .. > "Look, look, O Mahādeva, a man stands inhaling smoke! / Be pleased with him today; grant him a boon quickly, O all-pervading Lord!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.7) īśvara uvāca - yaduktaṃ vacanaṃ devi na tanme rocate priye . svakāryaṃ ca sadā cintyaṃ parakāryaṃ visarjayet .. 67.7 .. > Īśvara said: / "O goddess, the words you have spoken do not please me, my dear. / One should always attend to one's own concern and avoid the concern of another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.8) mūrkhastrībālaśatrūṇāṃ yaśchandenānuvartate . vyasane patate ghore satyametadudīritam .. 67.8 .. > He who follows the inclination of fools, women, children, and enemies / falls into terrible calamity. This is truly stated." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.9) devyuvāca - bhāryayābhyarthito bhartā kāraṇaṃ bahu bhāṣate . laghutvaṃ yāti sā nārī evaṃ śāstreṣu paṭhyate .. 67.9 .. > The goddess said: / "When a husband is requested by his wife, he speaks many arguments. / That woman falls into low esteem; thus is it read in the scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.10) prāṇatyāgaṃ kariṣyāmi yadi māṃ tvaṃ na manyase . pārvatyā prerito devo gato'sau dānavaṃ prati .. 67.10 .. > I will give up my life if you do not heed me." / Urged by Pārvatī, the god went toward that dānava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.11) īśvara uvāca - kimarthaṃ pibase dhūmaṃ kimarthaṃ tapyase tapaḥ . kiṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ nu santāpo vada kāryamabhīpsitam .. 67.11 .. > Īśvara said: / "For what purpose do you inhale smoke? For what purpose do you practice austerity? / What is your distress? What is your sorrow? State your desired objective. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.12) yuvā tvaṃ dṛśyase'dyāpi varṣaviṃśatireva ca . tadācakṣva hi me sarvaṃ tapasaḥ kāraṇaṃ mahat .. 67.12 .. > You appear to be young, just twenty years of age even today. / Therefore declare to me in full the great reason for your austerity." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.13) dānava uvāca - acalā dīyatāṃ bhaktirmama sthairyaṃ tavopari . aparaṃ varṣasāhasraṃ nirvighnaṃ me gataṃ vibho .. 67.13 .. > The dānava said: / "Let unswerving devotion be granted to me, and my steadfastness toward you. / Another thousand years have passed without obstacle for me, O all-pervading Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.14) divasānāṃ sahasre dve pūrṇe tvattapasā mama .. 67.14 .. > Two thousand days have been completed by me in austerity toward you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.15) īśvara uvāca - yācayābhīpsitaṃ kāryaṃ tuṣṭo'haṃ tava suvrata . devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ .. 67.15 .. > Īśvara said: / "Ask for your desired objective; I am pleased with you, O man of good vows." / Hearing the god's words, the dānava thought: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.16) kiṃ nākaṃ yācayāmyadya kimadya sakalāṃ mahīm . evaṃ saṃcintayāmāsa kāmabāṇena pīḍitaḥ .. 67.16 .. > "Shall I ask for heaven today, or shall I ask for the entire earth today?" / Thus he reflected, afflicted by the arrow of desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.17) dānava uvāca - yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dāsyasi me prabho . saṅgrāmaistu na tuṣṭo'haṃ balaṃ nāstīti kiṃcana .. 67.17 .. > The dānava said: / "If you are pleased with me, O god, and will grant me a boon, O Lord, / I am not satisfied with battles, since there is no strength whatsoever \[left in them for me\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.18) yasya mūrdhanyahaṃ deva pāṇinā samupaspṛśe . devadānavagandharvo bhasmasādyātu tatkṣaṇāt .. 67.18 .. > Upon whosever head, O god, I touch with my hand, / let him—be he god, dānava, or gandharva—turn to ashes that very moment." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.19) īśvara uvāca - yattvayā cintitaṃ kiṃcittatsarvaṃ saphalaṃ tava . uttiṣṭha gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ bhavanaṃ prati dānava .. 67.19 .. > Īśvara said: / "Whatever you have imagined, let all that bear fruit for you. / Rise up, go quickly to your dwelling, O dānava." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.20) dānava uvāca - sthīyatāṃ devadeveśa yāvajjñāsyāmi te varam . yuṣmanmūrdhni nyase pāṇiṃ pratyayo me bhavedyathā .. 67.20 .. > The dānava said: / "Wait, O Lord of the gods of gods, until I test your boon! / I shall place my hand upon your head, so that I may have confidence \[in it\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.21) tataścānantaraṃ devaścintayāno maheśvaraḥ . na skando na harirbrahmā yaḥ kāryeṣu kṣamo'dhunā .. 67.21 .. > Immediately after that, the god Maheśvara reflected: / "Neither Skanda, nor Hari, nor Brahmā is capable in this matter now." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.22) jñātvā caivāpadaṃ prāptāṃ devaḥ prārthayate vṛṣam . anena saha pāpena yudhyasva sāmprataṃ kṣaṇam .. 67.22 .. > Recognizing that danger had arrived, the god beseeched the bull: / "Fight with this sinful one right now for a moment!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.23) karaṃ prāsārayaddaityo devaṃ mūrdhni kila spṛśet . lāṅgūlenāhato daityo viṣaṇṇaḥ patito bhuvi .. 67.23 .. > The daitya stretched out his hand intending indeed to touch the god on the head. / Struck by the bull's tail, the daitya fell downcast to the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.24) devastu dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ gataścaivomayā saha . bhayabhīto nirīkṣeta grīvāṃ bhajya punaḥpunaḥ .. 67.24 .. > The god, however, went in the southern direction together with Umā. / Terrified with fear, he looked back again and again, turning his neck. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.25) gate cādarśanaṃ deve yuyudhe vṛṣabheṇa saḥ . dvāvetau balināṃ śreṣṭhau yuyudhāte mahābalau .. 67.25 .. > When the god had gone out of sight, he fought with the bull. / Those two, the foremost among the strong, endowed with great strength, fought each other > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.26) prahārairvajrasadṛśaiḥ kopena ghaṭikātrayam . pāṇibhyāṃ na spṛśedyo vai vṛṣabhasya śirastathā .. 67.26 .. > with blows like thunderbolts in anger for three ghaṭikās. / Indeed, he could not touch the bull's head with his hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.27) hatvā lāṅgūlapātena āgato vṛṣabhastadā . utthitaścāpyasau daityo vrajate vṛṣapṛṣṭhataḥ .. 67.27 .. > Striking with a sweep of his tail, the bull then returned. / That daitya too got up and pursued the bull from behind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.28) vāyuvegena samprāpto yatra devo maheśvaraḥ . āgataṃ dānavaṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣo vacanamabravīt .. 67.28 .. > With the speed of wind he reached where the god Maheśvara was. / Seeing the Dānava coming, the bull spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.29) āruhya pṛṣṭhe me deva śīghrameva hi gamyatām . āruhya vṛṣabhaṃ devo jagāma comayā saha .. 67.29 .. > "Mounting my back, O god, you must go at once!" / Mounting the bull, the god went away together with Umā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.30) nākaṃ prāptastato devo gataḥ śakrasya mandiram . nātyajaddevapṛṣṭhaṃ tu dānavo baladarpitaḥ .. 67.30 .. > Then the god reached heaven and went to Śakra's mansion; / yet the Dānava, arrogant with power, did not leave the god's trail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.31) indralokaṃ parityajya brahmalokaṃ gatastadā . yatrayatra vrajeddevo bhayātsaha divaukasaiḥ .. 67.31 .. > Leaving Indra's world, he then went to Brahmā's world. / Wherever the god went in fear together with the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.32) apaśyattatra tatraiva pṛṣṭhe lagnaṃ tu dānavam . sarvāṃllokān bhramitvā tu devo vismayamāgataḥ .. 67.32 .. > right there he saw the Dānava clinging to his back. / Having wandered through all the worlds, the god was filled with astonishment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.33) na sthānaṃ vidyate kiṃcidyatra viśramyate kṣaṇam . devadānavayostatra yuddhaṃ jñātvā sudāruṇam .. 67.33 .. > "There is no place whatsoever where I may rest for a moment!" / Knowing that a dreadful conflict had arisen between the god and the Dānava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.34) harṣitātmā munistatra ciraṃ nṛtyati nāradaḥ . dhanyo'hamadya me janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam .. 67.34 .. > the sage Nārada danced there for a long time, his heart rejoicing: / "Blessed am I today! My birth and my life have been well lived!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.35) mahāntaṃ ca kaliṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃtoṣaḥ paramo'bhavat . devadānavayostatra yuddhaṃ tyaktvā ca nāradaḥ .. 67.35 .. > Beholding this great quarrel, his satisfaction was supreme. / Leaving the battle there between the god and the Dānava, Nārada > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.36) ājagāma tato vipro yatra devo maheśvaraḥ . dṛṣṭvā devo'tha taṃ vipraṃ pratipūjyābravīdidam .. 67.36 .. > the brahmin then came to where the god Maheśvara was. / Seeing that brahmin, the god honored him and said this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.37) bho nārada muniśreṣṭha jānīṣe keśavaṃ kvacit . gatvā tatra ca śīghraṃ tvaṃ keśavāya nivedaya .. 67.37 .. > "O Nārada, best of sages, do you know where Keśava is? / Go there quickly and report to Keśava!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.38) nārada uvāca - devadānavasiddhānāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām . sarveṣāmeva deveśo harate dhruvamāpadam .. 67.38 .. > Nārada said: / "Of the gods, Dānavas, siddhas, Gandharvas, serpents, and rākṣasas— / of all of them, the Lord of gods surely removes distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.39) asaṃbhāvyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ manasāpi na cintayet . īdṛśīṃ naiva budhyāmi āpadaṃ ca vibho tava .. 67.39 .. > This is unthinkable; it should not be spoken, nor should one even imagine it in mind. / I cannot comprehend such distress of yours, O Lord!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.40) īśvara uvāca - gaccha nārada śīghraṃ tvaṃ yatra devo janārdanaḥ . viditaṃ ca tvayā sarvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ dānavena tu .. 67.40 .. > Īśvara said: / "Go quickly, Nārada, to where the god Janārdana is. / All that has been done by the Dānava is known to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.41) avadhyo dānavo hyeṣa sendrairapi marudgaṇaiḥ . gatvā tu keśavaṃ devaṃ nivedaya mahāmune .. 67.41 .. > Indeed, this Dānava cannot be slain even by the hosts of Maruts led by Indra. / Having gone to the god Keśava, report it, O great sage!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.42) nārada uvāca - na tu gacchāmyahaṃ deva suptaḥ kṣīrodadhau sukhī . keśavaḥ preraṇe hyeṣāmādeśo dīyatāṃ prabho .. 67.42 .. > Nārada said: / "I will not go, O god! Sleeping happily in the Ocean of Milk, / Keśava is resting; give an order to dispatch others, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.43) mātrā svasrā duhitrā vā rājānaṃ ca tathā prabhum . guruṃ caivāditaḥ kṛtvā śayānaṃ na prabodhayet .. 67.43 .. > Whether by mother, sister, or daughter, likewise a king and a master, / and beginning with a guru—one should not awaken one who is sleeping." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.44) īśvara uvāca - yadi kvacidagāreṣu vahnirutpadyate mahān . nidhanaṃ yānti tatrasthā yadbudhyerannasūrayaḥ .. 67.44 .. > Īśvara said: / "If a great fire breaks out somewhere in a house, / those inside meet their end if the unwise do not wake up." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.45) nārada uvāca - śīghraṃ gaccha mahādeva ātmānaṃ rakṣa suprabho . gacchāmyahaṃ na sandeho yatra devo janārdanaḥ .. 67.45 .. > Nārada said: / "Go quickly, Mahādeva; protect yourself, O glorious lord! / I am going, there is no doubt, to where the god Janārdana is." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.46) tato nandimahākālau stambhahastau bhayānakau . jaghnaturdānavaṃ tatra mudgarādibhirāyudhaiḥ .. 67.46 .. > Then Nandin and Mahākāla, terrifying with clubs in their hands, / struck the Dānava there with weapons such as maces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.47) trayo'pi ca mahākāyāḥ saptatālapramāṇakāḥ . na śamo jāyate teṣāṃ yudhyatāṃ ca parasparam .. 67.47 .. > All three had huge bodies, the height of seven palm trees; / no peace arose among them as they fought one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.48) tataścānantaraṃ vipro'gacchattaṃ keśavaṃ prati . suptaṃ kṣīrārṇave'paśyaccheṣaparyaṅkasaṃsthitam .. 67.48 .. > Immediately after that, the brahmin went to Keśava. / He saw him sleeping in the Ocean of Milk, resting on the couch of Śeṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.49) lakṣmyā pādayugaṃ gṛhya ūrūpari niveśitam . apsarogīyamānaṃ tu bhaktyānamya ca keśavam .. 67.49 .. > his two feet held by Lakṣmī and placed upon her thighs, / being sung to by apsarases; and having bowed down to Keśava with devotion, \[he said:\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.50) adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam . utthāpayasva deveśaṃ lakṣmi tvamaviśaṅkitā .. 67.50 .. > "Today my birth is fruitful, and my life is well lived! / Awaken the Lord of gods, O Lakṣmī, without hesitation!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.51) nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā padāṅguṣṭhaṃ vyamardayat . nāradastiṣṭhate dvāri uttiṣṭha madhusūdana .. 67.51 .. > Hearing Nārada's words, she pressed his big toe: / "Nārada is standing at the door; arise, O Madhusūdana!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.52) devo'pi nāradaṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ harṣamupāgataḥ . svāgataṃ tu muniśreṣṭha suprabhātādya śarvarī .. 67.52 .. > Seeing Nārada, the god too attained supreme joy: / "Welcome, best of sages! The night has become a beautiful dawn today." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.53) nārada uvāca - adya me saphalaṃ deva prabhātaṃ tava darśanāt . kuśalaṃ ca na devānāṃ śīghramuttiṣṭha gamyatām .. 67.53 .. > Nārada said: / "Today my dawn is fruitful, O god, from your darśana. / But there is no welfare for the gods; arise quickly and let us go!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.54) śrīviṣṇuruvāca - brahmā cendraśca rudraśca ye cānye tu marudgaṇāḥ . āpadaḥ kāraṇaṃ yacca tatsamākhyātumarhasi .. 67.54 .. > The venerable Viṣṇu said: / "Brahmā, Indra, Rudra, and whatever other hosts of Maruts there are— / you ought to explain the cause of their distress." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.55) nārada uvāca - dānavena mahātīvraṃ tapastaptaṃ sudāruṇam . rudreṇa ca varo datto bhasmatvaṃ manasepsitam .. 67.55 .. > Nārada said: / "An exceedingly severe and dreadful austerity was performed by the Dānava, / and Rudra granted a boon: the turning to ashes \[of anyone\], as desired in his mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.56) varadānabalenaiva sa devaṃ hantumarhati . īdṛśaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ jñātvā nīto devo'maraiḥ saha .. 67.56 .. > By the power of that boon alone he is fit to kill the god. / Learning of such an attempt, the god was led away along with the immortals." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.57) nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā jagāma samunirhariḥ . dṛṣṭvā devastamīśānaṃ gacchantaṃ diśamuttarām .. 67.57 .. > Hearing Nārada's words, Hari went along with the sage. / The god saw Īśāna going toward the northern direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.58) dṛṣṭvā devaṃ ca rudro'tha pariṣvajya punaḥpunaḥ . namaskṛtya jagannāthaṃ devaṃ ca madhusūdanaḥ .. 67.58 .. > Seeing the god, Rudra embraced him again and again; / and Madhusūdana bowed down to the god, the Lord of the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.59) viṣṇuruvāca - bhayasya kāraṇaṃ deva kathyatāṃ ca maheśvara . devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ preṣayeyaṃ yamālayam .. 67.59 .. > Viṣṇu said: / "Let the cause of fear be told, O god, O Maheśvara! / Whether of gods, Dānavas, or yakṣas, I will send them to Yama's abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.60) lalāṭe ca kṛto dharmo yuṣmākaṃ ca maheśvara . chittvā śirastathāṅgāni indriyāṇi na saṃśayaḥ .. 67.60 .. > The duty was placed upon your forehead, O Maheśvara, / after cutting off the head, the limbs, and the senses, no doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.61) īśvara uvāca - nāsti saukhyaṃ ca mūrkheṣu nāsti saukhyaṃ ca rogiṣu . parādhīnena saukhyaṃ tu strījite ca viśeṣataḥ .. 67.61 .. > Īśvara said: / "There is no happiness among fools, nor is there happiness among the sick; / there is no happiness for one subject to another, and especially for one conquered by a woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.62) strījitena mayā viṣṇo varo dattastu dānave . yasya mūrdhni nyasetpāṇiṃ sa bhavedbhasmapuṃjavat .. 67.62 .. > Conquered by a woman, O Viṣṇu, a boon was granted by me to the Dānava: / 'On whose head he places his hand, that one shall become like a heap of ashes.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.63) ajeyaścāmaraścaiva mayā hyuktaḥ sa keśava . hantumicchati māṃ pāpa upāyastava vidyate .. 67.63 .. > He was declared by me to be invincible and immortal, O Keśava. / That sinful one wishes to kill me; do you have a remedy?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.64) viṣṇuruvāca - gacchantu amarāḥ sarve yuṣmābhiḥ saha śaṅkara . upāyaṃ sarjayāmyadya vadhārthaṃ dānavasya ca .. 67.64 .. > Viṣṇu said: / "Let all the immortals go together with you, O Śaṅkara. / Today I shall devise a means for slaying the Dānava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.65) revāyāśca taṭe tiṣṭha deva tvamamaraiḥ saha . kālakṣepo na kartavyo gamyatāṃ tvaritaṃ prabho .. 67.65 .. > Stay on the bank of the Revā, O god, together with the immortals. / No delay should be made; go swiftly, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.66) dakṣiṇā yatra gaṅgā ca revā caiva mahānadī . yatrayatra ca dṛśyeta prācī caiva sarasvatī .. 67.66 .. > Where the southern Gaṅgā and the great river Revā are, / and wherever the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is seen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.67) tatsamaṃ ca mahātīrthaṃ na martye caiva dṛśyate . snānaṃ ye tatra kurvanti dānaṃ caiva tu bhaktitaḥ .. 67.67 .. > no great sacred ford equal to that is seen among mortals. / Those who perform ritual ablution and donation there with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.68) saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ . etattīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 67.68 .. > their sin committed in seven lifetimes is destroyed, there is no doubt of this. / This sacred ford is of great merit, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.69) gamyatāṃ tatra deveśa luṅkeśaṃ tvaṃ sahāmaraiḥ . viṣṇostu vacanādeva praviṣṭo hradamuttamam .. 67.69 .. > Go there, O Lord of gods, to Luṅkeśa together with the immortals." / At the very word of Viṣṇu, \[the god\] entered the excellent pool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.70) ratiṃ sumahatīṃ cakre saha tatra marudgaṇaiḥ . tataścānantaraṃ devo māyāṃ kṛtvā hyanekadhā .. 67.70 .. > He took great delight there together with the host of Maruts. / Then, right after that, the god created illusions of many kinds. 67.70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.71) vasantamāsaṃ saṃsṛjya udyānavanaśobhitam . aśokairbakulaiścaiva brahmavṛkṣaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ .. 67.71 .. > Bringing forth the spring month, beautified with pleasure gardens and forests, / with aśoka trees, bakulas, and very lovely brahmavṛkṣas, 67.71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.72) śrīvṛkṣaiśca kapitthaiśca śirīṣairrājacampakaiḥ . śrīphalaiśca tathā tālaiḥ kadambodumbaraistathā .. 67.72 .. > with śrīvṛkṣas, kapitīhas, śirīṣas, and rājacampakas, / with bilvas, and likewise palmyra palms, kadambas, and udumbaras, 67.72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.73) aśvatthādidrumaiścaiva nānāvṛkṣairanekaśaḥ . nānāpuṣpaiḥ sugandhāḍhyairbhramaraiśca nināditam .. 67.73 .. > with sacred figs and various other trees in abundance, / rich in fragrant flowers of various kinds, and made resonant with bees. 67.73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.74) tasminmadhye mahāvṛkṣo nyagrodhaśca suśobhanaḥ . bahupakṣisamāyuktaḥ kokilārāvanāditaḥ .. 67.74 .. > In the midst of that was a great, very lovely banyan tree, / filled with many birds and echoing with the cries of cuckoos. 67.74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.75) kṛṣṇena ca kṛtaṃ tasminkanyārūpaṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt . na tasyāḥ sadṛśī kanyā trailokye sacarācare .. 67.75 .. > And there Kṛṣṇa assumed in an instant the form of a maiden; / in the three worlds, with moving and unmoving beings, there was no maiden equal to her. 67.75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.76) anyāśca kanyakāḥ sapta surūpāḥ śubhalocanāḥ . divyarūpadharāḥ sarvā divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ .. 67.76 .. > And there were seven other maidens, shapely and fair-eyed, / all bearing celestial forms and adorned with celestial ornaments, 67.76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.77) pumāṃsamabhikāṅkṣantyo yadyekaḥ kāmayetstriyaḥ . mauktikairratnamāṇikyairvaiḍūryaiśca suśobhanaiḥ .. 67.77 .. > desiring a man, if one were to desire women. / With pearls, precious jewels, rubies, and very lovely beryls, 67.77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.78) kāmahāraiśca vaṃśaiśca baddho hindolakaḥ kṛtaḥ . ārūḍhāśca mahākanyā gāyante susvaraṃ tadā .. 67.78 .. > and with lovely garlands and bamboo poles, a swing was fashioned and fastened. / Having mounted it, the stately maidens then sang melodiously. 67.78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.79) mārutaḥ śītalo vāti vanaṃ spṛṣṭvā suśobhanam . vātena prerito gandho dānavo ghrāṇapīḍitaḥ .. 67.79 .. > A cool breeze blew, touching the very lovely forest. / Urged by the wind, the scent struck the dānava's nostrils. 67.79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.80) tataḥ kusumagandhena vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ . āghrāya cedṛśaṃ puṇyaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ mayā .. 67.80 .. > Then, having smelled the fragrance of the blossoms, he was filled with supreme wonder: / 'Having smelled such holy scent, the like of which I have never seen or heard before!' 67.80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.81) vane cintayataḥ kiṃciddhvanigītaṃ suśobhanam . gītasya ca dhvaniṃ śrutvā mohito māyayā hareḥ .. 67.81 .. > As he was pondering something in the forest, there came a very beautiful sound of singing. / Having heard the sound of the song, he was enchanted by the illusion of Hari. 67.81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.82) vyādhasyaiva mahākūṭe patanti ca yathā mṛgāḥ . kālaspṛṣṭastathā kṛṣṇe patitaśca narādhipa .. 67.82 .. > Just as deer fall into the great snare of a hunter, / so, touched by death, he fell into \[the snare of\] Kṛṣṇa, O king. 67.82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.83) dṛṣṭvā kanyāṃ ca tāṃ daityo mūrcchayā patito bhuvi . patitena tu dṛṣṭaikā kanyā vaṭatale sthitā .. 67.83 .. > Having seen that maiden, the daitya fell in a swoon to the ground. / Having fallen, he beheld that single maiden standing at the foot of the banyan tree. 67.83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.84) āsyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu nārīṇāṃ punaḥ kāmena pīḍitaḥ . gṛhītvā hemadaṇḍaṃ tu tāṃ pātayitumicchati .. 67.84 .. > Having looked upon the face of the women, he was once again afflicted with passion. / Grasping a golden rod, he wished to bring her down. 67.84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.85) kanyovāca - mā mānusparśayatvaṃ hi kumāryahaṃ kulottama . bho muñca muñca māṃ śīghraṃ yāvadgacchāmyahaṃ gṛham .. 67.85 .. > The maiden said: / 'Do not touch me! I am an unmarried girl, O best of your lineage. / Hey, let me go, let me go quickly, so that I may go home!' 67.85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.86) dānava uvāca - ahaṃ vivāhamicchāmi tvayā saha suśobhane . bhūpṛṣṭhe sakale rājñī bhavasyevaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 67.86 .. > The dānava said: / 'I desire marriage with you, O very lovely one. / You will surely become the queen over the entire face of the earth, there is no doubt.' 67.86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.87) kanyovāca - pitā rakṣati kaumārye bhartā rakṣati yauvane . putro rakṣati vṛddhatve na strī svātantryamarhati .. 67.87 .. > The maiden said: / 'A father protects in childhood, a husband protects in youth, / a son protects in old age; a woman does not deserve independence. 67.87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.88) na svātantryaṃ mamaivāsti utpannāhaṃ mahatkule . yācyastu matpitā bhrātā mātāpi hi tathaiva ca .. 67.88 .. > I have no independence of my own; I was born in a noble family. / My father must be asked, as must my brother and my mother too.' 67.88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.89) dānava uvāca - yadi māṃ necchase tvadya svātantryaṃ nāvalambase . mamāpi ca tadā hatyā satyaṃ ca śubhalocane .. 67.89 .. > The dānava said: / 'If you do not desire me today and do not assert your independence, / then I will surely kill myself, truly, O fair-eyed one.' 67.89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.90) kanyovāca - viśvāso naiva kartavyo yādṛśe tādṛśe nare . narāḥ strīṣu vicitrāśca lampaṭāḥ kāmamohitāḥ .. 67.90 .. > The maiden said: / 'Trust should never be placed in just any man. / Men are treacherous towards women, dissolute and infatuated with passion. 67.90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.91) pariṇīya tu māṃ tvaṃ hi bhuṅkṣva bhogānmayā saha . janmanāśo bhavetpaścānna tvaṃ nānyo bhavenmama .. 67.91 .. > Only after having married me may you enjoy pleasures with me. / If my life were to end afterwards, there would be neither you nor any other for me. 67.91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.92) brāhmaṇī kṣatriṇī vaiśī śūdrī yāvattathaiva ca . dvitīyo na bhavedbhartā ekākī ceha janmani .. 67.92 .. > Whether a brahmin woman, a kṣatriya woman, a vaiśya woman, or even a śūdra woman, / she should not have a second husband in this life, remaining faithful to one.' 67.92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.93) dānava uvāca - yattvayā gaditaṃ vākyaṃ tanmayā dhāritaṃ hṛdi . pratyayaṃ me kuruṣvādya yatte manasi rocate .. 67.93 .. > The dānava said: / 'Whatever word you have spoken, I have taken it to heart. / Give me an oath today, whatever pleases your mind.' 67.93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.94) kanyovāca - jānīṣva gopakanyāṃ māṃ krīḍāmi sakhibhiḥ saha . asmatkuleṣu yaddivyaṃ tatkuruṣva yathāvidhi .. 67.94 .. > The maiden said: / 'Know me to be a cowherd's daughter; I am playing with my friends. / Whatever is the ordeal in our families, perform that according to rule. 67.94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.95) na taddivyaṃ kule'smākaṃ viṣaṃ kośaṃ na tattulā . gopānvayeṣu sarveṣu hastaḥ śirasi dīyate .. 67.95 .. > In our family, poison is not the ordeal, nor the sacred water, nor the balance. / Among all cowherd lineages, a hand is placed upon the head.' 67.95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.96) kāmāndhenaiva rājendra nikṣipto mastake karaḥ . tatkṣaṇādbhasmasādbhūto dagdhastṛṇacayo yathā .. 67.96 .. > Blinded by desire, O best of kings, his hand was placed upon his head. / In an instant he was reduced to ashes, burned like a heap of straw. 67.96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.97) keśavopari devaistu puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ śubhā kṛtā . hṛṣṭāḥ sarve'gamandevāḥ svasthānaṃ vigatajvarāḥ .. 67.97 .. > An auspicious shower of flowers was made upon Keśava by the gods. / Delighted, all the gods went to their own abode, freed from distress. 67.97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.98) kṣīrodaṃ keśavo gacchatkālapṛṣṭhe nipātite . ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā caritaṃ dānavasya ca .. 67.98 .. > Keśava went to the Milk Ocean when Kālapṛṣṭha had been struck down. / Whoever hears this deed of the dānava with devotion 67.98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.99) sa jayī jāyate nityaṃ śaṅkarasya vaco yathā . etasmātkāraṇādrājaṃlliṅgeśvaramiti śrutam .. 67.99 .. > becomes ever victorious, according to the word of Śaṅkara. / For this reason, O king, it is renowned as Liṅgeśvara. 67.99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.100) līnaṃ ca pātakaṃ yasmātsnānamātreṇa naśyati . tvagasthi śoṇitaṃ māṃsaṃ medaḥsnāyustathaiva ca .. 67.100 .. > And because sin dissolves \[there\], it is destroyed merely by bathing. / Skin, bone, blood, flesh, fat, and sinew, 67.100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.101) majjāśukragataṃ pāpaṃ naśyate janmakoṭijam . luṅkeśvare mahārāja toyaṃ pibati bhaktitaḥ .. 67.101 .. > and the sin residing in the marrow and semen, born of ten million births, is destroyed / when one drinks the water with devotion at Luṅkeśvara, O great king. 67.101 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.102) tribhiḥ prasṛtimātrābhiḥ pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā . viśeṣeṇa caturdaśyāmubhau pakṣau tu cāṣṭamī .. 67.102 .. > By merely three handfuls, sin disperses in a thousand ways, / especially on the fourteenth day and on the eighth day of both fortnights. 67.102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.103) upoṣya yo naro bhaktyā pitḥṇāṃ pāṇḍunandana . uddhṛtāstena te sarve nārakīyāḥ pitāmahāḥ .. 67.103 .. > That person who, having fasted, \[offers water\] with devotion to the ancestors, O son of Pāṇḍu, / by him all those grandfathers who were in hell are delivered. 67.103 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.104) kākiṇīṃ caiva yo dadyādbrāhmaṇe vedapārage . tena dānaphalaṃ sarvaṃ kurukṣetrādikaṃ ca yat .. 67.104 .. > And whoever gives even a single cowrie to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas, / by him is obtained the entire fruit of giving at Kurukṣetra and other places; 67.104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.105) prāptaṃ tu nānyathā rājañchaṅkaro vadate tvidam . sparśaliṅgamidaṃ rājañchaṅkareṇa tu nirmitam .. 67.105 .. > it is obtained, not otherwise, O king; this is what Śaṅkara declares. / This touchstone liṅga was fashioned by Śaṅkara, O king. 67.105 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.106) sparśamātre manuṣyāṇāṃ rudravāso'bhijāyate . tena dānaphalaṃ sarvaṃ kurukṣetrādikaṃ ca yat .. 67.106 .. > By mere touch, an abode with Rudra is attained by men. / By it, the entire fruit of giving at Kurukṣetra and other places \[is gained\]. 67.106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.107) etasmātkāraṇādrājaṃllokapālāśca rakṣakāḥ . durgā ca rakṣaṇe sṛṣṭā caturhastadharā śubhā .. 67.107 .. > For this reason, O king, the world-protectors are its guardians, / and the auspicious Durgā, bearing four arms, was created to protect it. 67.107 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.108) dhanado lokapāleśo rakṣakaśceśvarasya ca . rakṣati ca sadā kālaṃ grahavyāpārarūpataḥ .. 67.108 .. > Kubera, the lord of the world-protectors, is also a guardian of Īśvara; / and he protects it at all times through the agency of the planets, 67.108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.109) putrabhrātṛsamārūpaiḥ svāmisambandharūpibhiḥ . laṅkeśvaraṃ ca rājendra devairnādyāpi mucyate .. 67.109 .. > in forms resembling sons and brothers, having the nature of relations with their lord. / And Laṅkeśvara, O best of kings, is not abandoned by the gods even today. 67.109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.67.109\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67.109_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe luṅkeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the sixty-seventh chapter, entitled the description of the māhātmya of Luṅkeśvara tīrtha, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantī section in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, the collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.67.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.67.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.67) · Pramāṇa