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# Skandapurana 6.3.83

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.83

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.83.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.p1)

adhyāya 83

> Chapter 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahārāja tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
brahmahatyāharaṃ proktaṃ revātaṭasamāśrayam .  
hanūmatābhidhaṃ hyatra vidyate liṅgamuttamam .. 83.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Then one should go, O great king, to the extremely beautiful sacred ford,  
> said to remove the murder of a brahmin, situated on the bank of the Revā.  
> For here exists the excellent liṅga named after Hanumat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
hanūmanteśvaraṃ nāma kathaṃ jātaṃ vadasva me .  
brahmahatyāharaṃ tīrthaṃ revādakṣiṇasaṃsthitam .. 83.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> Tell me how Hanūmanteśvara came to be,  
> the sacred ford that removes the murder of a brahmin, situated on the southern bank of the Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.3)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhu sādhu mahābāho somavaṃśavibhūṣaṇa .  
guhyādguhyataraṃ tīrthaṃ nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā .. 83.3 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Excellent, excellent, O mighty-armed one, ornament of the lunar dynasty! / I have not told anyone of this sacred ford, which is more secret than the secret.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.4)

tava snehātpravakṣyāmi pīḍito vārddhakena tu .  
pūrvaṃ jātaṃ mahadyuddhaṃ rāmarāvaṇayorapi .. 83.4 ..

> Out of affection for you I shall declare it, though I am afflicted by old age. / Long ago, a great battle took place between Rāma and Rāvaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.5)

pulastyo brahmaṇaḥ putro viśravāstasya vai sutaḥ .  
rāvaṇastena saṃjāto daśāsyo brahmarākṣasaḥ .. 83.5 ..

> Pulastya was the son of Brahmā, and Viśravas was indeed his son. / From him was born Rāvaṇa, the ten-faced brahmarākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.6)

trailokyavijayī bhūtaḥ prasādācchūlinaḥ sa ca .  
gīrvāṇā vijitāḥ sarve rāmasya gṛhiṇī hṛtā .. 83.6 ..

> And by the grace of the wielder of the trident, he became the conqueror of the three worlds. / All the gods were conquered, and Rāma's wife was abducted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.7)

vāritaḥ kumbhakarṇena sītāṃ mocaya mocaya .  
vibhīṣaṇena vai pāpo mandodaryā punaḥpunaḥ .. 83.7 ..

> The sinner was repeatedly restrained by Kumbhakarṇa, by Vibhīṣaṇa, / and by Mandodarī: 'Release Sītā, release her!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.8)

tvaṃ jitaḥ kārtavīryeṇa raiṇukeyena so'pi ca .  
sa rāmo rāmabhadreṇa tasya saṃkhye kathaṃ jayaḥ .. 83.8 ..

> 'You were defeated by Kārtavīrya, and he too by the son of Reṇukā; / that Rāma \[was defeated\] by Rāmabhadra; how then could there be your victory in battle?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.9)

rāvaṇa uvāca -  
vānaraiśca narairṛkṣairvarāhaiśca nirāyudhaiḥ .  
devāsurasamūhaiśca na jito'haṃ kadācana .. 83.9 ..

> Rāvaṇa said: / 'By monkeys, men, bears, and by unarmed boars, / and by hosts of gods and asuras, I was never defeated.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.10)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sugrīvahanumadbhyāṃ ca kumudenāṅgadena ca .  
etairanyaiḥ sahāyaiśca rāmacandreṇa vai jitaḥ .. 83.10 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Yet by Rāmacandra, with Sugrīva and Hanumān, / with Kumuda, Aṅgada, and with these and other allies, he was indeed conquered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.11)

rāmacandreṇa paulastyo hataḥ saṃkhye mahābalaḥ .  
vanaṃ bhagnaṃ hatāḥ śūrāḥ prabhañjanasutena ca .. 83.11 ..

> By Rāmacandra, the mighty son of Pulastya was slain in battle. / The forest was broken, and heroes were slain by the son of the Wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.12)

rāvaṇasya suto janye hataścākṣakumārakaḥ .  
āyāmo rakṣasāṃ bhīmaḥ sampiṣṭo vānareṇa tu .. 83.12 ..

> Rāvaṇa's son, Prince Akṣa, was slain in combat, / and the dreadful might of the rākṣasas was crushed by the monkey.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.13)

evaṃ rāmāyaṇe vṛtte sītāmokṣe kṛte sati .  
ayodhyāṃ tu gate rāme hanumānsa mahākapiḥ .. 83.13 ..

> When this event of the Rāmāyaṇa had thus passed and Sītā had been freed, / and Rāma had gone to Ayodhyā, that great monkey Hanumān  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.14)

kailāsākhyaṃ gataḥ śailaṃ praṇāmāya maheśituḥ .  
tiṣṭha tiṣṭhetyasau prokto nandinā vānarottamaḥ .. 83.14 ..

> went to the mountain named Kailāsa to bow before the Great Lord. / 'Wait, wait!' that best of monkeys was told by Nandin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.15)

brahmahatyāyutastvaṃ hi rākṣasānāṃ vadhena hi .  
bhairavasya sabhā nūnaṃ na draṣṭavyā tvayā kape .. 83.15 ..

> 'You are tainted with the sin of killing brahmins, on account of slaying the rākṣasas. / Truly, O monkey, the assembly hall of Bhairava must not be seen by you.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.16)

hanumānuvāca -  
nandinātha haraṃ pṛccha pātakasyopaśāntidam .  
pāpo'haṃ plavago yasmātsaṃjātaḥ kāraṇāntarāt .. 83.16 ..

> Hanumān said: / 'O Lord Nandin, ask Hara what gives pacification of the sin. / For I am a monkey, a sinner born through another cause.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.17)

nandyuvāca -  
rudradehodbhavā kiṃ te na śrutā bhūtale sthitā .  
śravaṇājjanmajanitaṃ dviguṇaṃ kīrtanādvrajet .. 83.17 ..

> Nandin said: / 'Have you not heard of her who is born from the body of Rudra, who rests upon the earth? / Through hearing \[of her\], the sin born of a lifetime is removed, and double through chanting \[her name\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.18)

triṃśajjanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ naśyedrevāvagāhanāt .  
tasmāttvaṃ narmadātīraṃ gatvā cara tapo mahat .. 83.18 ..

> The sin accumulated over thirty births is destroyed by plunging into the Revā. / Therefore, go to the bank of the Narmadā and perform great austerity.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.19)

gandharvāhasuto'pyevaṃ nandinoktaṃ niśamya ca .  
prayāto narmadātīramaurvyādakṣiṇasaṅgamam .. 83.19 ..

> Having heard what was said by Nandin, the son of the Wind / departed for the bank of the Narmadā, to its confluence on the south of the Aurvā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.20)

dadhyau sudakṣiṇe devaṃ virūpākṣaṃ triśūlinam .  
jaṭāmukuṭasaṃyuktaṃ vyālayajñopavītinam .. 83.20 ..

> Far to the south, he meditated upon the god, the three-eyed wielder of the trident, / endowed with a diadem of matted locks, wearing a serpent as a sacred thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.21)

bhasmopacitasarvāṅgaṃ ḍamarusvaranāditam .  
umārddhāṅgaharaṃ śāntaṃ gonāthāsanasaṃsthitam .. 83.21 ..

> all his limbs smeared with ashes, resounding with the sound of the ḍamaru, / taking Umā into half his body, peaceful, seated on the bull-lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.22)

vatsarān subahūn yāvadupāsāṃcakra īśvaram .  
tāvattuṣṭo mahādeva ājagāma sahomayā .. 83.22 ..

> For many years he worshipped Īśvara, / until Mahādeva, pleased, arrived together with Umā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.23)

uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ meghagambhīranisvanām .  
sādhu sādhvityuvāceśaḥ kaṣṭaṃ vatsa tvayā kṛtam .. 83.23 ..

> He spoke sweet speech, resounding deep like a rain-cloud. / 'Excellent, excellent!' said the Lord, 'Child, you have endured hardship!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.24)

na ca pūrvaṃ tvayā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ rāvaṇasaṃkṣaye .  
svāmikāryaratastvaṃ hi siddho'si mama darśanāt .. 83.24 ..

> You committed no sin before in the destruction of Rāvaṇa. / Devoted to the business of your master, you are perfected by the sight of me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.25)

hanumāṃśca haraṃ dṛṣṭvā umārddhāṅgaharaṃ sthiram .  
sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇato'vocajjaya śambho namo'stu te .  
jayāndhakavināśāya jaya gaṅgāśirodhara .. 83.25 ..

> And Hanumān, beholding Hara, steadfast, taking Umā into half his body, / bowed with eight limbs and said: 'Victory, O Śambhu! Homage be to you! / Victory to the destroyer of Andhaka! Victory, O bearer of the Gaṅgā upon your head!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.26)

evaṃ stuto mahādevo varado vākyamabravīt .  
varaṃ prārthaya me vatsa prāṇasambhavasambhava .. 83.26 ..

> Thus praised, Mahādeva, granting a boon, spoke these words: / 'Request a boon from me, my child, born of the essence of my vital breath!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.27)

śrīhanumānuvāca -  
brahmarakṣovadhājjātā mama hatyā maheśvara .  
na pāpo'haṃ bhavedeva yuṣmatsambhāṣaṇe kṣaṇāt .. 83.27 ..

> The venerable Hanumān said: / 'The guilt of killing \[a brahmin\] arose for me from slaying the brahmarākṣasa, O Maheśvara. / May I be free from sin, O Lord, this instant, by conversing with you!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.28)

īśvara uvāca -  
narmadātīrthamāhātmyāddharmayogaprabhāvataḥ .  
manmūrtidarśanātputra niṣpāpo'si na saṃśayaḥ .. 83.28 ..

> Īśvara said: / 'By the greatness of the sacred ford of the Narmadā, by the power of the practice of dharma, / and by the sight of my form, O son, you are sinless; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.29)

anyaṃ ca te prayacchāmi varaṃ vānarapuṃgava .  
upakārāya lokānāṃ nāmāni tava mārute .. 83.29 ..

> And I grant you another boon, O bull among monkeys: / your names for the benefit of the worlds, O son of the Wind:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.30)

hanūmānaṃ janisuto vāyuputro mahābalaḥ .  
rāmeṣṭaḥ phālguno gotraḥ piṅgākṣo'mitavikramaḥ .. 83.30 ..

> Hanūmān, son of Añjanā, son of the Wind, exceedingly mighty, / beloved of Rāma, Phālguna's friend, yellow-eyed, of immeasurable prowess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.31)

udadhikramaṇaśreṣṭho daśagrīvasya darpahā .  
lakṣmaṇaprāṇadātā ca sītāśokanivartanaḥ .. 83.31 ..

> best at leaping the ocean, crusher of the pride of the ten-necked one, / giver of life to Lakṣmaṇa, and dispeller of Sītā's sorrow.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.32)

ityuktvāntardadhe deva umayā saha śaṅkaraḥ .  
hanūmānīśvaraṃ tatra sthāpayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ .. 83.32 ..

> Having spoken thus, the god Śaṅkara vanished together with Umā. / Hanumān then established a liṅga there with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.33)

ātmayogabalenaiva brahmacaryaprabhāvataḥ .  
īśvarasya prasādena liṅgaṃ kāmapradaṃ hi tat .  
acchedyamapratarkyaṃ ca vināśotpattivarjitam .. 83.33 ..

> by the power of his own yoga and the strength of his celibacy. / By the grace of Īśvara, that liṅga grants desires; / it cannot be severed, it is incomprehensible, and free from destruction and arising.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.34)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
hanūmanteśvare putra pratyakṣapratyayaṃ śṛṇu .  
yadvṛttaṃ dvāparasyādau tretānte pāṇḍunandana .. 83.34 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hear, O son, the visible proof concerning Hanūmanteśvara, / which took place at the beginning of the Dvāpara and end of the Tretā age, O joy of Pāṇḍu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.35)

suparvā nāma bhūpālo babhūva vasudhātale .  
tasya rājñaḥ sadā saukhyaṃ narā dīrghāyuṣaḥ sadā .. 83.35 ..

> There was a king named Suparvan upon the earth. / That king always had happiness, and people were always long-lived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.36)

sa putradhanasaṃyuktaścauropadravavarjitaḥ .  
śatabāhurbabhūvāsya putro bhīmaparākramaḥ .. 83.36 ..

> Endowed with sons and wealth, he was free from the afflictions of thieves. / He had a son of terrible prowess named Śatabāhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.37)

āsakto'sau sadā kālaṃ pāpadharmairnareśvara .  
aṭāṭyata dharāṃ sarvāṃ parvatāṃśca vanāni ca .. 83.37 ..

> He was always attached to sinful ways, O lord of men. / He wandered over all the earth, the mountains, and the forests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.38)

vadhārthaṃ mṛgayūthānāmāgato vindhyaparvatam .  
tarujātisamākīrṇe hastiyūthasamācite .. 83.38 ..

> For the sake of hunting herds of deer, he went to the Vindhya mountain, / which was crowded with various kinds of trees and filled with herds of elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.39)

siṃhacitrakaśobhāḍhye mṛgavārāhasaṃkule .  
krīḍitvā sa vane rājā narmadāmānataḥ kvacit .. 83.39 ..

> rich in the beauty of lions and leopards, swarming with deer and boars. / Having sported in the forest, that king bowed to the Narmadā somewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.40)

hanūmantavane prāptaḥ śatakrośapramāṇake .  
ciñciṇīvanaśobhāḍhye kadambatarusaṃkule .. 83.40 ..

> and reached the forest of Hanūmat, extending a hundred krośas, / rich in the beauty of tamarind groves and crowded with kadamba trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.41)

nityaṃ pālāśajambīraiḥ karaṃjakhadiraistathā .  
pāṭalairbadarairyuktaiḥ śamītindukaśobhitam .. 83.41 ..

> always adorned with pālāśa, jambīra, karañja, and khadira, / combined with pāṭala and badara, and embellished with śamī and tinduka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.42)

mṛgayūthaiḥ samāchannaśikhaṇḍisvaranāditam .  
pārāvatakasaṅghānāṃ samantātsvaraśobhitam .. 83.42 ..

> covered with herds of deer, resounding with the cries of peacocks, / and beautified on all sides by the sounds of flocks of pigeons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.43)

śaratkāle'ramadrājā bahule cāśvinasya saḥ .  
vanamadhyaṃ gato'drākṣīdbhramantaṃ piṅgaladvijam .. 83.43 ..

> In autumn, during the dark fortnight of Āśvina, the king delighted there. / Having gone into the middle of the forest, he saw a tawny brahmin wandering about,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.44)

pustikākarasaṃsthaṃ ca papraccha capalaṃ dvijam .. 83.44 ..

> with a manuscript resting in his hand, and he questioned that restless brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.45)

śatabāhuruvāca -  
ekākī tvaṃ vane kasmādbhramase pustikākaraḥ .  
itastato'pi sampaśyan kathayasva dvijottama .. 83.45 ..

> Śatabāhu said: / Why do you wander alone in the forest with a booklet in your hand, / looking here and there? Tell me, best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.46)

brāhmaṇa uvāca -  
kānyakubjātsamāyātaḥ preṣito rājakanyayā .  
asthikṣepāya vai rājanhanūmanteśvare jale .. 83.46 ..

> The brahmin said: / I have come from Kānyakubja, sent by a king's daughter, / to cast bones into the waters at Hanūmanteśvara, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.47)

rājovāca -  
asthikṣepo jale kasmāddhanūmanteśvare dvija .  
kriyate kena kāryeṇa sāścaryaṃ kathyatāṃ mama .. 83.47 ..

> The king said: / Why are bones being cast into the waters at Hanūmanteśvara, O brahmin? / For what purpose is this done? Tell me the wondrous tale.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.48)

suparvaṇaḥ suto yānaṃ tyaktvā bhūmau praṇamya ca .  
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā brāhmaṇāya nareśvara .  
samastaṃ kathayāmāsa vṛttāntaṃ svaṃ purātanam .. 83.48 ..

> Leaving his vehicle and bowing down upon the earth, / folding his hands in reverence to the brahmin, O king, / the son of Suparvan told his entire former account:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.49)

brāhmaṇa uvāca -  
śikhaṇḍī nāma rājāsti kanyakubje pratāpavān .  
aputro'sau mahīpālaḥ kanyā jātā manorathaiḥ .. 83.49 ..

> The brahmin said: / There is a valorous king named Śikhaṇḍin in Kānyakubja; / this ruler was childless, but through desires a daughter was born to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.50)

jātismarā sucārvaṅgī narmadāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ .  
pitrā ca saikadā kanyā vivāhāya prajalpitā .. 83.50 ..

> She remembered her past births and was very beautiful in body, through the power of the Narmadā. / Once that maiden was addressed by her father for marriage:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.51)

anitye putri saṃsāre kanyādānaṃ dadāmyaham .  
śvaḥkṛtyamadya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇikam .  
na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ kṛtaṃ cāsya na cākṛtam .. 83.51 ..

> "In this impermanent worldly existence, daughter, I shall give \[you\] in marriage. / What is to be done tomorrow one should do today, and in the morning what is to be done in the afternoon; / for death does not wait to see whether one's work is done or not done."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.52)

kanyovāca -  
iccheyaṃ yatra kāle hi tatra deyā tvayā pituḥ .  
putrīvākyādasau rājā vismito vākyamabravīt .. 83.52 ..

> The maiden said: / "At whatever time I wish, at that time I should be given \[in marriage\] by you, father." / At his daughter's words, that king, astonished, spoke \[these\] words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.53)

śikhaṇḍyuvāca -  
kathyatāṃ me mahābhāge sāścaryaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tvayā .  
piturvākyena sā bālottamā hyāgatāntikam .. 83.53 ..

> Śikhaṇḍin said: / "Tell me, blessed one; you have spoken wondrously." / At her father's words, that excellent girl came near,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.54)

kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ hanūmanteśvare nṛpa .  
kalāpinī hyahaṃ tāta yutā bhartrāvasaṃ tadā .. 83.54 ..

> and told what had happened at Hanūmanteśvara, O king: / "Father, I was a peahen, and I lived then united with my mate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.55)

revaurvyāsaṅgamantisthā revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe .  
hanūmantavane puṇye cikrīḍāhaṃ yadṛcchayā .. 83.55 ..

> Dwelling near the confluence of the Revā and the Uru, on the southern bank of the Revā, / I disported at will in the sacred forest of Hanūmat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.56)

bhartṛyuktā ca saṃsuptā rajanyāṃ sarale nage .  
āgatā lubdhakāstatra kṣudhārtā vanamuttamam .. 83.56 ..

> Having fallen asleep with my mate at night on an upright tree, / hunters, afflicted with hunger, arrived there in that excellent forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.57)

bhartṛyogayutā pāpairdṛṣṭāhaṃ vadhacintakaiḥ .  
pāśabandhaṃ samādāya baddhāhaṃ svāminā saha .. 83.57 ..

> United with my mate, I was seen by those wicked men intent on slaughter. / Taking a snare, I was captured together with my husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.58)

grīvāṃ te moṭayāmāsuḥ picchāchoṭanakaṃ kṛtam .  
hutāśanamukhe taistu saha kāntena lubdhakaiḥ .. 83.58 ..

> They twisted \[our\] necks, plucked off our plumes; / and into the fire's mouth, together with my beloved, \[we were thrown\] by those hunters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.59)

paribharjyāvayormāṃsaṃ bhakṣayitvā yatheṣṭataḥ .  
suptāḥ svasthendriyā rātrau sā gatā śarvarī kṣayam .. 83.59 ..

> Roasting the flesh of us two, eating as much as they wished, / they slept at night, their senses at ease, until that night came to an end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.60)

prabhāte māṃsaśeṣaṃ ca jambukairgṛdhraghātibhiḥ .  
maccharīrodbhavaṃ cāsthi snāyumāṃsena cāvṛtam .. 83.60 ..

> In the morning, the remainder of the meat \[was taken\] by jackals and scavenging vultures; / and a bone produced from my body, covered with sinew and flesh,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.61)

gṛhītaṃ ghātinaikena cākāśātpatitaṃ tadā .  
taṃ māṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā pare pakṣiṇa āgatāḥ .. 83.61 ..

> was seized by a predatory bird, and then dropped from the sky. / Seeing him eating flesh, other birds arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.62)

dṛṣṭvā pakṣisamūhaṃ tu asthikhaṇḍaṃ vyasarjayat .  
vihagānāṃ samastānāṃ dhāvatāṃ caiva paśyatām .. 83.62 ..

> Seeing that flock of birds, he released the piece of bone, / while all the birds chased and watched.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.63)

patitaṃ narmadātoye hanūmanteśvare nṛpa .  
madīyamasthikhaṇḍaṃ ca patitaṃ narmadājale .. 83.63 ..

> It fell into the waters of the Narmadā at Hanūmanteśvara, O king; / that piece of bone of mine fell into the water of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.64)

tasya tīrthasya puṇyena jātāhaṃ putrikā tava .  
bhūpakanyā tvahaṃ jātā pūrṇacandranibhānanā .. 83.64 ..

> By the merit of that sacred ford, I was born as your daughter; / I was born a king's daughter, with a face like the full moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.65)

jātismarā narendrasya saṃjātā bhavataḥ kule .  
tasmādvivāhaṃ necchāmi mama bhartā nṛpottama .. 83.65 ..

> Remembering my past lives, I was born into your royal lineage; / therefore I do not desire marriage. My husband, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.66)

viṣame vartate'dyāpi śakuntamṛgajātiṣu .  
tasyāsthiśeṣaṃ rājendra tasmiṃstīrthe bhaviṣyati .. 83.66 ..

> still remains in a wretched condition among the species of birds and beasts. / The remainder of his bones will be at that sacred ford, O king of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.67)

tatkṣepaṇārthaṃ vai tāta preṣayādya dvijottamam .  
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kāraṇaṃ nṛpasattama .. 83.67 ..

> For the sake of casting them \[into the river\], O father, send an excellent brahmin today. / This entire reason has been told to you, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.68)

madbhartā viṣame sthāne śakuntamṛgajātiṣu .  
yadi preṣayase tāta kaṃcittvaṃ narmadātaṭe .. 83.68 ..

> My husband is in a wretched place among the species of birds and beasts. / If you send someone, father, to the bank of the Narmadā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.69)

tasyāhaṃ kathayiṣyāmi sthānaiścihnaiśca lakṣitam .  
śikhaṇḍināpyahaṃ tatra hyāhūto hyavanīpate .. 83.69 ..

> I will tell him \[the place\], marked by locations and signs." / And there I was summoned by Śikhaṇḍin, O lord of the earth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.70)

dāsyāmi viṃśatigrāmāngaccha tvaṃ narmadātaṭe .  
preṣaṇaṃ me pratijñātamalakṣmyā pīḍitena tu .. 83.70 ..

> "I will give twenty villages; go to the bank of the Narmadā." / The mission was agreed to by me, who was afflicted by poverty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.71)

kanyovāca -  
gaccha tvaṃ narmadāṃ puṇyāṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarīm .  
āgneyyāṃ somanāthasya hanūmanteśvaraḥ paraḥ .. 83.71 ..

> The maiden said: / "Go to the holy Narmadā, destroyer of all sins. / To the south-east of Somanātha is the supreme Hanūmanteśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.72)

ardhakrośena revāyā vistīrṇo vaṭapādapaḥ .  
karaṃjaḥ kaṭahaścaiva sannidhāne vaṭasya ca .. 83.72 ..

> Half a krośa from the Revā is a sprawling banyan tree, / and a karañja and a kaṭaha near that banyan tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.73)

nyagrodhamūlasāṃnidhye sūkṣmānyasthīni drakṣyasi .  
samūhya tāni saṃgṛhya gaccha revāṃ dvijottama .. 83.73 ..

> Near the root of the banyan you will see small bones; / gathering them and collecting them, go to the Revā, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.74)

āśvinasyāsite pakṣe tripurāristu vai tithau .  
snāpya triśūlinaṃ bhaktyā rātrau tvaṃ kuru jāgaram .. 83.74 ..

> In the dark fortnight of Āśvina, on the fourteenth day sacred to the foe of Tripura, / bathe the trident-bearing Lord with devotion, and keep a vigil through the night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.75)

kṣipeḥ prabhāte tāni tvaṃ nābhimātrajalasthitaḥ .  
ityuccārya dvijaśreṣṭha vimuktistasya jāyatām .. 83.75 ..

> At dawn you should cast them, standing in navel-deep water, / pronouncing: 'O best of brahmins, let liberation arise for him!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.76)

kṣiptvāsthīni punaḥ snānaṃ kartavyaṃ tvaghanāśanam .  
evaṃ kṛte tu rājendra gatistasya bhaviṣyati .. 83.76 ..

> Having cast the bones, another ritual ablution must be performed that destroys sin. / When this is done, O king of kings, higher state will be his."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.77)

kathitaṃ kanyayā yacca tatsarvaṃ pustikākṛtam .  
āgato'haṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthe'tra duritāpahe .. 83.77 ..

> And whatever was told by the maiden, all that was recorded in a booklet. / I have arrived, O best of kings, at this sin-destroying sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.78)

so'bhijñānaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā nītvāsthīni nareśvara .  
pūrvoktena vidhānena prākṣipaṃ nārmadā masipuṣpavṛṣṭiḥ'śu sādhu sādhviti pāṇḍava .  
vimānaṃ ca tato divyamāgataṃ barhiṇastadā .. 83.78 ..

> Seeing that mark, bringing the bones, O lord of men, / by the method previously stated I cast \[them\] into the waters of the Narmadā, O Pāṇḍava, \[amid\] a rain of flowers and cries of "Well done! Well done!"; / and then a celestial aerial chariot arrived for that peacock.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.79)

divyarūpadharo bhūtvā gato nāke kalāpavān .  
evaṃ tu pratyayaṃ dṛṣṭvā hanūmanteśvare nṛpa .. 83.79 ..

> Taking on a celestial form, the peacock went to heaven. / Having witnessed such confirmation at Hanūmanteśvara, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.80)

cakārānaśanaṃ vipraḥ śatabāhuśca bhūpatiḥ .  
śoṣayāmāsatustau svamīśvarārādhane ratau .. 83.80 ..

> the brahmin and King Śatabāhu undertook fasting; / devoted to the worship of Īśvara, both of them emaciated themselves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.81)

dhyāyantau tasthaturdevaṃ śatabāhudvijottamau .  
māsārdhena mṛto rājā śatabāhurmahāmanāḥ .. 83.81 ..

> Meditating on the God, the best of brahmins and Śatabāhu remained; / after half a month, the noble King Śatabāhu died.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.82)

kiṅkaṇījālaśobhāḍhyaṃ vimānaṃ tatra cāgatam .  
sādhu sādhu nṛpaśreṣṭha vimānārohaṇaṃ kuru .. 83.82 ..

> And an aerial chariot arrived there, splendid with a network of tiny bells: / "Well done, well done, O best of kings! Ascend the aerial chariot!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.83)

śatabāhuruvāca -  
nāyāmi svargamārgāgraṃ vipro yāvanna saṃsthitaḥ .  
upadeśaprado mahyaṃ gururūpī dvijottamaḥ .. 83.83 ..

> Śatabāhu said: / "I will not proceed on the path to heaven as long as the brahmin has not died; / the best of brahmins gave me instruction, taking the role of a guru."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.84)

apsarasa ūcuḥ .  
lobhāvṛto hyayaṃ vipro lobhātpāpasya saṃgrahaḥ .  
hanūmanteśvare rājanye mṛtāḥ sattvamāsthitāḥ .. 83.84 ..

> The apsarases said: / "This brahmin was overcome with greed, and from greed comes the accumulation of sin; / those who die at Hanūmanteśvara, O king, established in purity, \[attain heaven\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.85)

te yānti śāṃkare loke sarvapāpakṣayaṃkare .  
naiva pāpakṣayaścāsya brāhmaṇasya nareśvara .. 83.85 ..

> They go to Śaṃkara's realm, which brings destruction to all sins; / but this brahmin’s sins are not destroyed at all, O king of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.86)

gṛhaṃ ca gṛhiṇī citte brāhmaṇasya pravartate .  
śatabāhustato vipramuvāca vinayānvitaḥ .. 83.86 ..

> His home and his wife are active in the brahmin's mind.' / Then Śatabāhu, full of humility, addressed the brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.87)

tyaja mūlamanarthasya lobhamenaṃ dvijottama .  
ityuktvā svaryayau rājā svargakanyāsamāvṛtaḥ .. 83.87 ..

> 'Renounce this greed, the root of ruin, O best among the twice-born.' / Having said this, the king went to heaven, surrounded by celestial maidens.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.88)

dinaiḥ kaiścidgato vipraḥ svargaṃ vaitālikairvṛtaḥ .  
barhī ca kāśīrājasya putrastīrthaprabhāvataḥ .. 83.88 ..

> After some days the brahmin went to heaven, surrounded by heralds, / as did the peacock, the son of the king of Kāśī, by the power of the sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.89)

ātmānaṃ kanyayā dattaṃ pūrvajanma vyacintayan .  
sā ca taṃ prauḍhamālokya piturājñāmavāpya ca .  
svayaṃvare svabhartāraṃ lebhe sādhvī nṛpātmajam .. 83.89 ..

> Remembering his past birth and himself having been given by the maiden, / and she, seeing that he had grown up, and having obtained her father's permission, / that virtuous woman gained the prince as her husband at a svayaṃvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.90)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
etadvṛttāntamabhavattasmiṃstīrthe nṛpottama .  
etasmātkāraṇānmedhyaṃ tīrthametatsadā nṛpa .. 83.90 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / This incident took place at that sacred ford, O best of kings; / for this reason, O king, this sacred ford is forever pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.91)

aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ sarvakālaṃ nareśvara .  
viśeṣāccāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm .. 83.91 ..

> On the eighth or fourteenth \[lunar day\], at all times, O lord of men, / and especially on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Āśvina,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.92)

snāpayedīśvaraṃ bhaktyā kṣaudrakṣīreṇa sarpiṣā .  
dadhnā ca khaṇḍayuktena kuśatoyena vai punaḥ .. 83.92 ..

> one should bathe Īśvara with devotion using honey, milk, ghee, / curd mixed with sugar, and again with kuśa-water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.93)

śrīkhaṇḍena sugandhena guṇṭhayecca maheśvaram .  
tataḥ sugandhapuṣpaiśca bilvapatraiśca pūjayet .. 83.93 ..

> One should smear Maheśvara with fragrant sandalwood paste; / then one should worship him with fragrant flowers and bilva leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.94)

mucakundena kadena jātīkāśakuśodbhavaiḥ .  
unmattamunipuṣpaughaiḥ puṣpaistatkālasambhavaiḥ .. 83.94 ..

> with mucakunda, kada, and blossoms of jātī, kāśa, and kuśa, / with clusters of unmattaka flowers and flowers of the sage, and with seasonal flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.95)

arcayetparayā bhaktyā hanūmanteśvaraṃ śivam .  
ghṛtena dāpayeddīpaṃ tailena tadabhāvataḥ .. 83.95 ..

> With supreme devotion one should worship Śiva, Hanūmanteśvara; / one should offer a lamp with ghee, or with oil in its absence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.96)

śrāddhaṃ ca kārayettatra brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ .  
sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇaiḥ kulīnairgṛhapālakaiḥ .. 83.96 ..

> One should have a śrāddha performed there by brahmins who have mastered the Vedas, / endowed with all auspicious marks, of noble birth, and maintainers of households.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.97)

tarpayedbrāhmaṇān bhaktyā vasanānnahiraṇyataḥ .  
narakasthā divaṃ yāntu procyeti praṇameddvijān .. 83.97 ..

> With devotion one should gratify the brahmins with garments, food, and gold, / and, declaring, 'May those dwelling in hell go to heaven,' bow to the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.98)

patitān varjayedviprān vṛṣalī yasya gehinī .  
svavṛṣaṃ cāparityajya vṛṣairanyairvṛṣāyate .. 83.98 ..

> One should shun fallen brahmins whose housewife is an unchaste woman, / who, abandoning her own bull, acts like a cow in heat with other bulls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.99)

vṛṣalīṃ tāṃ vidurdevā na śūdrī vṛṣalī bhavet .  
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ gurudāraniṣevaṇam .. 83.99 ..

> The gods know such a one to be a vṛṣalī; a śūdra woman is not \[thereby\] a vṛṣalī. / The murder of a brahmin, the drinking of liquor, intercourse with the guru's wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.100)

suvarṇaharaṇanyāsamitradrohodbhavaṃ tathā .  
naśyate pātakaṃ sarvamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 83.100 ..

> the theft of gold, and sins arising from betrayal of a deposit or a friend: / all such sin is destroyed—thus Śaṅkara has spoken.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.101)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
vākpralāpena bho vatsa bahunoktena kiṃ mayā .  
sarvapātakasaṃyukto dadyāddānaṃ dvijanmane .. 83.101 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / What use is my much speaking with rambling words, my child? / Even one weighed down with every sin should make a gift to a twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.102)

godānaṃ ca prakartavyamasmiṃstīrthe viśeṣataḥ .  
godānaṃ hi yataḥ pārtha sarvadānādhikaṃ smṛtam .. 83.102 ..

> A gift of a cow should especially be made at this sacred ford; / for a gift of a cow, O Pārtha, is considered superior to all gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.103)

sarvadevamayā gāvaḥ sarve devāstadātmakāḥ .  
śṛṅgāgreṣu mahīpāla śakro vasati nityaśaḥ .. 83.103 ..

> Cows comprise all gods; all gods have their self in them. / Upon the tips of her horns, O protector of the earth, Indra continually dwells.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.104)

uraḥ skandaḥ śiro brahmā lalāṭe vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .  
candrārkau locane devau jihvāyāṃ ca sarasvatī .. 83.104 ..

> Her chest is Skanda; her head, Brahmā; on her forehead is the Bull-bannered \[Śiva\]; / the Moon and Sun deities are her eyes, and Sarasvatī is upon her tongue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.105)

marudgaṇāḥ sadā sādhyā yasyā dantā nareśvara .  
huṅkāre caturo vedān vidyātsāṅgapadakramān .. 83.105 ..

> The host of the Maruts and the Sādhyas are always her teeth, O king of men; / in her lowing sound one should know the four Vedas with their aṅgas, padas, and kramas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.106)

ṛṣayo romakūpeṣu hyasaṃkhyātāstapasvinaḥ .  
daṇḍahasto mahākāyaḥ kṛṣṇo mahiṣavāhanaḥ .. 83.106 ..

> Countless ascetic seers dwell in her hair follicles. / Holding a staff in hand, of huge body, dark-complexioned, mounted on a buffalo,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.107)

yamaḥ pṛṣṭhasthito nityaṃ śubhāśubhaparīkṣakaḥ .  
catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ puṇyāḥ kṣīradhārāḥ staneṣu ca .. 83.107 ..

> Yama continually abides on her back, assessing good and evil; / the four holy oceans and streams of milk are in her teats.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.108)

viṣṇupādodbhavā gaṅgā darśanātpāpanāśanī .  
prasrāve saṃsthitā yasmāttasmādvandyā sadā budhaiḥ .. 83.108 ..

> The Gaṅgā, arisen from Viṣṇu's foot and destroying sins by its very sight, / resides in her urine; therefore it is always worshipped by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.109)

lakṣmīśca gomaye nityaṃ pavitrā sarvamaṅgalā .  
gomayālepanaṃ tasmātkartavyaṃ pāṇḍunandana .. 83.109 ..

> And Lakṣmī, pure and all-auspicious, is always in cow dung; / therefore anointing with cow dung must be performed, O son of Pāṇḍu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.110)

gandharvāpsaraso nāgāḥ khurāgreṣu vyavasthitāḥ .  
pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ yāni tīrthāni bhārata .  
tāni sarvāṇi jānīyādgaurgavyaṃ tena pāvanam .. 83.110 ..

> Gandharvas, apsarases, and nāgas reside on the tips of her hooves. / Whatever sacred fords there are on the earth bounded by the oceans, O Bhārata, / one should know all of them \[to be in the cow\]; therefore cow products are purifying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.111)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
sarvadevamayī dhenurgīrvāṇādyairalaṃkṛtā .  
etatkathaya me tāta kasmādgoṣu samāśritāḥ .. 83.111 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / The cow consists of all gods and is adorned by the immortals and others. / Tell me this, father: why have they taken refuge in cows?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.112)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sarvadevamayo viṣṇurgāvo viṣṇuśarīrajāḥ .  
devāstadubhayāttasmātkalpitā vividhā janaiḥ .. 83.112 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Viṣṇu consists of all gods; cows are born from Viṣṇu's body; / therefore, from both of these, the various gods have been formed by people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.113)

śvetā vā kapilā vāpi kṣīriṇī pāṇḍunandana .  
savatsā ca suśīlā ca sitavastrāvaguṇṭhitā .. 83.113 ..

> Whether white or tawny, giving milk, O son of Pāṇḍu, / with her calf, of good disposition, covered with a white cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.114)

kāṃsyadohanikā deyā svarṇaśṛṅgī subhūṣitā .  
hanūmanteśvarasyāgre bhaktyā viprāya dāpayet .. 83.114 ..

> a bronze milking pail should be given, with gold on her horns, well-adorned; / one should offer it with devotion to a brahmin before Hanūmanteśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.115)

niyamasthena sā deyā svargamānantyamicchatā .  
asamarthāya ye dadyurviṣṇuloke prayānti te .. 83.115 ..

> It should be given by one abiding by vows, desiring endless heaven; / those who give it to one who is destitute proceed to Viṣṇu's realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.116)

asau loke cyuto rājanbhūtale dvijamandire .  
kuśalo jāyate putro guṇavidyādhanarddhimān .. 83.116 ..

> When he falls from that realm, O king, to the earth into a twice-born's household, / a son is born skillful, endowed with virtues, learning, and abundance of wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.117)

sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ hanūmanteśvaraṃ nṛpa .  
śṛṇvanvimucyate pāpādvarṇasaṃkarasaṃbhavāt .. 83.117 ..

> Hanūmanteśvara is a sacred ford that removes all sins, O king; / hearing \[of it\], one is freed from the sin arising from intermixture of castes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.118)

dūrasthaścintayan paśyanmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 83.118 ..

> Even staying far away, remembering or seeing it, one is liberated; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.83.118\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.83.118_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe hanūmanteśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tryaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the eighty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Hanūmanteśvara Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Āvantyakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.83.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.83.1) — Sanskrit
- [Nepālamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.nepalamahatmya.13.28) — Sanskrit

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