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# Skandapurana 6.3.90

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.90

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.90.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.p1)

adhyāya 90

> Chapter 90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
revāyā uttare kūle vaiṣṇavaṃ tīrthamuttamam .  
jalaśāyīti vai nāma vikhyātaṃ vasudhātale .. 90.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the northern bank of the Revā is an excellent Vaiṣṇava sacred ford / known on the earth's surface by the name Jalaśāyin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.2)

dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā suptastatra janārdanaḥ .  
cakraṃ prakṣālitaṃ tatra devadevena cakriṇā .  
sudarśanaṃ ca niṣpāpaṃ revājalasamāśrayāt .. 90.2 ..

> Having slain the Dānavas, Janārdana slept there. / The discus was washed there by the god of gods, the discus-bearer, / and Sudarśana became sinless through resorting to the water of the Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.3)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
cakratīrthaṃ samācakṣva munisaṃghaiśca vanditam .  
viṣṇoḥ prabhāvamatulaṃ revāyāścaiva yatphalam .. 90.3 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell of Cakra-tīrtha, worshipped by hosts of sages, / the incomparable power of Viṣṇu, and the fruit of the Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.4)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhu sādhu mahāprājña viraktastvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira .  
guhyādguhyataraṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ cakriṇā svayam .. 90.4 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Well done, well done, O wise Yudhiṣṭhira, you who are dispassionate! / The sacred ford, more secret than the secret, was fashioned by the discus-bearer himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.5)

tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm .  
āsītpurā mahādaityastālamegha iti śrutaḥ .. 90.5 ..

> I shall relate to you that story which destroys sin. / Long ago there was a great Daitya famed as Tālamegha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.6)

tena devā jitāḥ sarve hṛtarājyā narādhipa .  
yajñabhāgān svayaṃ bhuṅkte ahaṃ viṣṇurna saṃśayaḥ .. 90.6 ..

> By him all the gods were conquered and stripped of their kingdom, O ruler of men. / He himself consumed the sacrificial shares, \[thinking,\] 'I am Viṣṇu, without a doubt.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.7)

dhanadasya hṛtaṃ cittaṃ hṛtaḥ śakrasya vāraṇaḥ .  
indrāṇīṃ vāñchate pāpo hayaratnaṃ raverapi .. 90.7 ..

> The heart of the giver of wealth was plundered; Śakra's elephant was seized. / The wicked one desired Indrāṇī and the jewel among horses belonging to the Sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.8)

tālameghabhayātpārtha ravirudrāḥ savāsavāḥ .  
yamaḥ skando jaleśo'gnirvāyurdevo dhaneśvaraḥ .. 90.8 ..

> Out of fear of Tālamegha, O son of Pṛthā, the sun, the Rudras along with Indra, / Yama, Skanda, the lord of waters, Agni, the wind-god, the lord of wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.9)

savākpatimaheśāśca naṣṭacittāḥ pitāmaham .  
gatā devā brahmalokaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā pitāmaham .. 90.9 ..

> along with the lord of speech and the Great Lord, distraught in mind, / went to the Brahmaloka to the Grandfather. Having seen the Grandfather there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.10)

tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotrairvāgīśapramukhāḥ surāḥ .  
guṇatrayavibhāgāya paścādbhedamupeyuṣe .. 90.10 ..

> the gods, led by the lord of speech, praised \[him\] with various hymns: / '\[Praise be to you\] who distribute the three guṇas and afterwards undergo distinction!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.11)

dṛṣṭvā devānnirutsāhān vivarṇānavanīpate .  
prasādābhimukho devaḥ pratyuvāca divaukasaḥ .. 90.11 ..

> Seeing the gods dispirited and pale, O ruler of the earth, / the god, disposed to favour, spoke in return to the dwellers of heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.12)

brahmovāca -  
svāgataṃ surasaṅghasya kāntirnaṣṭā purātanī .  
himakliṣṭaprabhāveṇa jyotīṃṣīva mukhāni vaḥ .. 90.12 ..

> Brahmā said: / Welcome to the host of gods! Your former lustre is lost; / your faces are like celestial bodies afflicted by snow's power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.13)

praśamādarciṣāmetadanudgīrṇaṃ surāyudham .  
vṛtrasya hantuḥ kuliśaṃ kuṇṭhitaśrīva lakṣyate .. 90.13 ..

> Through the subsiding of its flames, this weapon of the gods is unblazing; / the thunderbolt of the slayer of Vṛtra appears to have its brilliance blunted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.14)

kiṃ cāyamaridurvāraḥ pāṇau pāśaḥ pracetasaḥ .  
mantreṇa hatavīryasya phaṇino dainyamāśritaḥ .. 90.14 ..

> And why does this noose of Pracetas, irresistible to foes, / in his hand take on the wretchedness of a serpent whose vigour is destroyed by a mantra?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.15)

kuberasya manaḥśalyaṃ śaṃsatīva parābhavam .  
apaviddhagato vāyurbhagnaśākha iva drumaḥ .. 90.15 ..

> Kubera's dart in the heart seems to proclaim his defeat. / Vāyu has his motion checked, like a tree with broken branches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.16)

yamo'pi vilikhanbhūmiṃ daṇḍenāstamitatviṣā .  
kurute'sminnamogho'pi nirvāṇālātalāghavam .. 90.16 ..

> Even Yama, scratching the earth with his staff whose lustre is set, / though unfailing, displays the weakness of an extinguished firebrand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.17)

amī ca kathamādityāḥ pratāpakṣatiśītalāḥ .  
citranyastā iva gatāḥ prakāmālokanīyatām .. 90.17 ..

> And how is it that these Ādityas, cooled by the loss of their scorching heat, / have become fully visible to the gaze, as if painted in a picture?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.18)

tadbrūta vatsāḥ kimitaḥ prārthayadhvaṃ samāgatāḥ .  
kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ vo brūta niḥsaṃśayaṃ surāḥ .. 90.18 ..

> Therefore speak, children: what do you seek, having gathered here? / What is the purpose of your coming? Tell without hesitation, O gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.19)

mayi sṛṣṭirhi lokānāṃ rakṣā yuṣmāsvavasthitā .  
tato mandānilodbhūtakamalākaraśobhinā .. 90.19 ..

> For the creation of the worlds rests in me, and their protection in you. / Then, with \[a glance\] resembling a bed of lotuses stirred by a gentle breeze,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.20)

guruṃ netrasahasreṇa prerayāmāsa vṛtrahā .  
sa dvinetraṃ hareścakṣuḥ sahasranayanādhikam .. 90.20 ..

> the slayer of Vṛtra urged his teacher with his thousand eyes. / Having two eyes, he \[looked at\] Hari's eye which was greater than a thousand eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.21)

vācaspatiruvācedaṃ prāñjalirjalajāsanam .  
yuṣmadvaṃśodbhavastāta tālamegho mahābalaḥ .. 90.21 ..

> With folded hands, Vācaspati spoke thus to the lotus-seated one: / 'Father, born of your lineage is the mighty Tālamegha.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.22)

upatāpayate devāndhūmaketurivocchritaḥ .  
tena devagaṇāḥ sarve duḥkhitā dānavena ca .. 90.22 ..

> Rising like a comet, he torments the gods; / and because of that Dānava all the hosts of gods are afflicted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.23)

tālamegho daityapatiḥ sarvānno bādhate balī .  
tasmāttvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptāḥ śaraṇaṃ no vidhe bhava .. 90.23 ..

> Tālamegha, the mighty lord of the Daityas, harasses us all. / Therefore we have sought refuge with you; O Creator, be our refuge!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.24)

tataḥ prasanno bhagavān vedhāstānabravīdvacaḥ .. 90.24 ..

> Then the blessed Creator, pleased, spoke these words to them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.25)

brahmovāca -  
tālameghena vo madhye balī tena samaḥ surāḥ .  
vinā mādhavadevena sādhyo me naiva dānavaḥ .. 90.25 ..

> Brahmā said: / 'O gods, among you he is powerful, and equal \[to the greatest\]; / without Lord Mādhava, that Dānava cannot be subdued by me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.26)

tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve viriñcipramukhā nṛpa .  
kṣīrodaṃ prasthitāḥ sarve duḥkhitāstena vairiṇā .. 90.26 ..

> Then all the hosts of gods, headed by Brahmā, O king, / departed for the Milk Ocean, all distressed by that enemy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.27)

tvaritāḥ prasthitā devāḥ keśavaṃ draṣṭukāmyayā .  
kṣīrodaṃ sāgaraṃ gatvāstuvaṃste jalaśāyinam .. 90.27 ..

> The gods set out swiftly, desiring to see Keśava. / Having gone to the Milk Ocean, they praised the one who lies upon the waters:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.28)

devā ūcuḥ .  
jagadādiranādistvaṃ jagadanto'pyanantakaḥ .  
jaganmūrtiramūrtistvaṃ jaya gīrvāṇapūjita .. 90.28 ..

> The gods said: / 'You are the origin of the universe, yet without origin; the end of the universe, yet endless. / You possess the cosmic form, yet are formless. Victory to you, worshipped by the gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.29)

jaya kṣīrodaśayana jaya lakṣmyā sadā vṛta .  
jaya dānavanāśāya jaya devakinandana .. 90.29 ..

> Victory to you who recline upon the Milk Ocean! Victory to you who are ever attended by Lakṣmī! / Victory to you for the destruction of the Dānavas! Victory, O son of Devakī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.30)

jaya śaṅkhagadāpāṇe jaya cakradhara prabho .  
iti devastutiṃ śrutvā prabuddho jalaśāyyatha .. 90.30 ..

> Victory, O Lord who hold the conch and mace in hand, bearer of the discus!' / Hearing this hymn of the gods, the one who lies upon the waters awakened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.31)

uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ meghagambhīranisvanām .  
kimarthaṃ bodhito brahman samarthairvaḥ surāsuraiḥ .. 90.31 ..

> He spoke in sweet words resonant like the deep rumbling of clouds: / 'For what purpose have I been awakened, O Brahmā, by you capable gods and asuras?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.32)

brahmovāca -  
tālameghabhayātkṛṣṇa samprāptāstava mandiram .  
na vadhyaḥ kasyacitpāpastālamegho janārdana .. 90.32 ..

> Brahmā said: / 'Out of fear of Tālamegha, O Kṛṣṇa, we have come to your abode. / That sinful Tālamegha cannot be slain by anyone else, O Janārdana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.33)

tvameva jahi taṃ duṣṭaṃ mṛtyuṃ yāsyati nānyathā .. 90.33 ..

> You alone must slay that wicked one; in no other way will he meet death.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.34)

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca -  
svasthānaṃ gamyatāṃ devāḥ svakīyāṃ labhata prajām .  
duṣṭātmānaṃ haniṣyāmi tālameghaṃ mahābalam .. 90.34 ..

> The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / 'Go to your own abodes, O gods; take charge of your own subjects. / I shall slay the wicked-minded, mighty Tālamegha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.35)

sthānaṃ bruvantu me devā vasedyatra sa dānavaḥ .. 90.35 ..

> Let the gods tell me the place where that Dānava dwells.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.36)

devā ūcuḥ .  
himācalaguhāyāṃ sa vasate dānaveśvaraḥ .  
caturviṃśatisāhasraiḥ kanyābhiḥ parivāritaḥ .. 90.36 ..

> The gods said: / 'That lord of the Dānavas dwells in a cave of the Himālaya, / surrounded by twenty-four thousand maidens.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.37)

turaṅgaiḥ syandanaiḥ kṛṣṇa saṃkhyā tasya na vidyate .  
naṭā nānāvidhāstatra asaṃkhyātaguṇā hare .. 90.37 ..

> His horses and chariots, O Kṛṣṇa, are beyond count. / Dancers of various kinds are there, countless in number, O Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.38)

dviradāḥ parvatākārā hayāśca dviradopamāḥ .  
mahābalo vasettatra gīrvāṇabhayadāyakaḥ .. 90.38 ..

> Elephants like mountains and horses resembling elephants are his. / There dwells that mighty one, who strikes terror into the gods.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.39)

śrutvā devo vacasteṣāṃ devānāmāturātmanām .  
acintayadgarutmantaṃ śatrusaṅghavināśanam .. 90.39 ..

> Hearing the words of those afflicted gods, the Lord / thought of Garuḍa, the destroyer of hosts of foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.40)

cakraṃ kareṇa saṃgṛhya gadācakradharaḥ prabhuḥ .  
śārṅgaṃ ca muśalaṃ sīraṃ karairgṛhya janārdanaḥ .. 90.40 ..

> Taking the discus in his hand, the Lord, bearer of the mace and discus, / taking up with his hands the Śārṅga bow, the pestle, and the plough, Janārdana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.41)

ārūḍhaḥ pakṣirājendraṃ vadhārthaṃ dānavasya ca .  
dānavasya pure peturutpātā ghorarūpiṇaḥ .. 90.41 ..

> mounted the king of birds to slay the Dānava. / And in the city of the Dānava, portents of dreadful form descended:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.42)

gomāyurgṛdhramadhye tu kapotaiḥ samamāviśat .  
vinā vātena tasyaiva dhvajadaṇḍaḥ papāta ha .. 90.42 ..

> A jackal entered among vultures together with pigeons; / and without any wind, his flagstaff fell down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.43)

sarpasūṣakayoryuddhaṃ tathā kesarināgayoḥ .  
unmārgāḥ saritastatrāvahanraktavimiśritāḥ .  
akālatarupuṣpāṇi dṛśyante sma samantataḥ .. 90.43 ..

> There was fighting between a snake and a mouse, and likewise between a lion and an elephant; / rivers there flowed backward, mingled with blood; / and unseasonal tree flowers were seen everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.44)

tataḥ prāpto jagannātho himavantaṃ nageśvaram .  
pāñcajanyaśvasahasā pūritaḥ purasannidhau .. 90.44 ..

> Then the Lord of the Universe arrived at the Himālaya, the king of mountains; / near the city, he suddenly blew the Pāñcajanya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.45)

tena śabdena mahatā hyārūḍho dānaveśvaraḥ .  
uvāca ca tadā vākyaṃ tālamegho mahābalaḥ .. 90.45 ..

> At that tremendous sound, the lord of the Dānavas mounted \[his chariot\]; / and then the mighty Tālamegha spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.46)

tālamegha uvāca -  
ko'yaṃ mṛtyuvaśaṃ prāpto hyajñātvā mama vikramam .  
dhundhumārājñayā hyāśu svasainyaparivāritaḥ .. 90.46 ..

> Tālamegha said: / 'Who is this that has fallen into the grasp of death, unaware of my prowess? / Dhundhumāra, by my command, swiftly surrounded by your army,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.47)

balādānaya taṃ baddhvā mamāgre bahuśālinam .. 90.47 ..

> bind by force and bring before me that one who boasts of great strength!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.48)

dhundhumāra uvāca -  
ānayāmi na sandehaḥ suro yakṣo'tha kinnaraḥ .  
syandanaughaiḥ samāyukto gajavājibhaṭaiḥ saha .. 90.48 ..

> Dhundhumāra said: / 'I shall bring him, no doubt, whether he be a god, a yakṣa, or a kinnara!' / Accompanied by hosts of chariots, along with elephants, horses, and warriors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.49)

hṛṣṭastato jagadyoniḥ suparṇastho mahābalaḥ .  
gṛhyatāṃ gṛhyatāmeṣa ityuktāstena kiṃkarāḥ .. 90.49 ..

> the mighty source of the universe, seated upon Garuḍa, rejoiced. / 'Seize him! Seize him!' thus his servants were ordered by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.50)

caturdikṣu pradhāvanta itaścetaśca sarvataḥ .  
suparṇenāgnirūpeṇa dagdhāste śalabhā yathā .. 90.50 ..

> They ran in the four directions, hither and thither on all sides. / But by Garuḍa, who had assumed the form of fire, they were burned like moths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.51)

dhundhumāro'pi kṛṣṇena śaraghātena tāḍitaḥ .  
hato vakṣaḥsthale pāpo mṛtāvastho rathopari .. 90.51 ..

> Dhundhumāra too was struck down by Kṛṣṇa with a volley of arrows; / struck in the chest, the sinner lay dying upon his chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.52)

hāhākāraṃ tataḥ sarve dānavāścakrurāturāḥ .  
tālameghastataḥ kruddho rathārūḍho vinirgataḥ .  
dadṛśe keśavaṃ pārtha śaṅkhacakragadādharam .. 90.52 ..

> Then all the Dānavas raised a lamentation in distress. / Thereupon Tālamegha, enraged, set forth mounted upon his chariot. / He saw Keśava, O Pārtha, bearing the conch, discus, and mace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.53)

tālamegha uvāca -  
anye te dānavāḥ kṛṣṇa ye hatāḥ samare tvayā .  
hiraṇyakaśipuprakhyānapumāṃso hi te'cyuta .. 90.53 ..

> Tālamegha said: / 'Other were those Dānavas, O Kṛṣṇa, who were slain by you in battle! / Those men like Hiraṇyakaśipu were unmanly, O Acyuta!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.54)

ityuktvā dānavaḥ pārtha varṣayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ .  
dānavasya śarānmuktān chedayāmāsa keśavaḥ .. 90.54 ..

> Having spoken thus, O Pārtha, the Dānava showered him with arrows; / but Keśava cut down the arrows discharged by the Dānava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.55)

garutmānavadhītsainyamavadhyaṃ yatsurāsuraiḥ .  
kṛṣṇena dviguṇāstasya preṣitāḥ svaśilīmukhāḥ .. 90.55 ..

> Garuḍa slew the army that could not be slain by gods and asuras. / By Kṛṣṇa, twice as many arrows of his own were shot against him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.56)

dviguṇaṃ dviguṇīkṛtya preṣayāmāsa dānavaḥ .  
tānapyaṣṭaguṇaiḥ kṛṣṇaśchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ .. 90.56 ..

> Doubling that double number, the Dānava shot back; / and Kṛṣṇa covered even those with eightfold arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.57)

tataḥ kruddhena daityena hyāgneyaṃ bāṇamuttamam .. 90.57 ..

> Then by the enraged Daitya, an excellent fiery missile \[was discharged\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.58)

vāruṇaṃ preṣayāmāsa tvāgneyaṃ śamitaṃ tataḥ .  
vāruṇenaiva vāyavyaṃ tālamegho vyasarjayat .. 90.58 ..

> He \[Kṛṣṇa\] sent a watery missile, and then the fiery one was extinguished. / Countering the watery missile, Tālamegha launched a windy missile.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.59)

sārpaṃ caiva hṛṣīkeśo vāyavyasya praśāntaye .  
nārasiṃhaṃ nṛsiṃho'pi preṣayāmāsa pāṇḍava .. 90.59 ..

> Hṛṣīkeśa \[sent\] a serpentine missile to quell the windy one. / The man-lion also sent forth the Nārasiṃha missile, O Pāṇḍava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.60)

nārasiṃhaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā tālamegho mahābalaḥ .  
uttīrya syandanācchīghraṃ gṛhītvā khaḍgacarmaṇī .. 90.60 ..

> Then seeing the Nārasiṃha missile, the mighty Tālamegha, / descending swiftly from his chariot and grasping sword and shield, \[shouted:\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.61)

kṛṣṇa tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi yamamārgaṃ sudāruṇam .  
ityuktvā dānavaḥ pārtha āgataḥ keśavaṃ prati .. 90.61 ..

> 'Kṛṣṇa, I will send you onto the dreadful path of Yama!' / Having spoken thus, O Pārtha, the Dānava charged toward Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.62)

khaḍgenātāḍayaddaityo gadāpāṇiṃ janārdanam .  
maṇḍalāgraṃ tato gṛhya keśavo hṛṣṭamānasaḥ .. 90.62 ..

> The Daitya struck with his sword Janārdana, who held the mace in his hand. / Then seizing a curved sword, Keśava, delighted in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.63)

jaghanoraḥsthale pārtha tālameghaṃ mahāhave .  
janārdanastadā daityaṃ daityo harimahanmṛdhe .. 90.63 ..

> struck Tālamegha in the chest in that great battle, O Pārtha. / Then Janārdana struck the Daitya, and the Daitya struck Hari in the fray.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.64)

janārdanastataḥ kruddhastālameghāya bhārata .  
amoghaṃ cakramādāya muktaṃ tasya ca mūrdhani .. 90.64 ..

> Then Janārdana, enraged, took up the infallible discus against Tālamegha, O Bhārata, / and hurled it at his head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.65)

nipapāta śirastasya parvatāśca cakampire .  
samudrāḥ kṣubhitāḥ pārtha nadya unmārgagāminīḥ .. 90.65 ..

> His head fell down, and the mountains trembled; / the oceans were agitated, O Pārtha, and rivers ran off their courses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.66)

puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ tato devā mumucuḥ keśavopari .  
avadhyaḥ surasaṅghānāṃ sūditaḥ keśava tvayā .. 90.66 ..

> Then the gods showered blossoms upon Keśava: / "He who was unslayable by the hosts of gods has been slain, O Keśava, by you!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.67)

svasthāścaiva tato devāstālameghe nipātite .  
janārdano'pi kaunteya narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ .. 90.67 ..

> The gods were relieved once Tālamegha was brought down; / and Janārdana, too, O son of Kuntī, took resort on the bank of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.68)

kṣīrodāṃ narmadāṃ matvā anantabhujagopari .  
lakṣmyā samanvitaḥ kṛṣṇo nilīnaścottare taṭe .. 90.68 ..

> Considering the Narmadā as the Milk Ocean, Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmī, / reclined upon the serpent Ananta on the northern bank.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.69)

cakraṃ vibhīṣaṇaṃ martye jvālāmālāsamanvitam .  
patitaṃ narmadātoye jalaśāyisamīpataḥ .. 90.69 ..

> His terrifying discus, blazing with wreaths of flames, / fell into the waters of the Narmadā near the Lord sleeping on the water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.70)

nirdhūtakalmaṣaṃ jātaṃ narmadātoyayogataḥ .  
tālameghavadhotpannaṃ yatpāpaṃ nṛpanandana .. 90.70 ..

> Through contact with the waters of the Narmadā, it became cleansed of stain; / whatever sin had arisen from the slaying of Tālamegha, O son of the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.71)

tatsravaṃ kṣālitaṃ sadyo narmadāṃbhasi bhārata .  
tadāprabhṛti loke'smiñjalaśāyī mahīpate .. 90.71 ..

> that effusion was instantly washed away in the water of the Narmadā, O descendant of Bharata. / Since that time, O king, in this world \[He has been known as\] Jalaśāyin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.72)

cakratīrthaṃ vadantyanye kecitkālāghanāśanam .  
vikhyātaṃ bhārate varṣe narmadāyāṃ mahīpate .. 90.72 ..

> Others call it Cakratīrtha, and some \[call it\] Kālāghanāśana, / famous in the realm of Bhārata on the Narmadā, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.73)

tattīrthasya prabhāvo'yaṃ śrūyatāmavanīpate .  
yathā'nanto hi nāgānāṃ devānāṃ ca janārdanaḥ .. 90.73 ..

> Hear now the power of that sacred ford, O lord of the earth: / Just as Ananta is supreme among the serpents, and Janārdana among the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.74)

māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'sti nadīnāṃ narmadā yathā .  
māsi mārgaśire pārtha hyekādaśyāṃ site'hani .. 90.74 ..

> just as Mārgaśīrṣa is among the months, and the Narmadā among the rivers, / \[so it is with this tīrtha\]. In the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, O son of Pṛthā, on the eleventh day of the bright fortnight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.75)

gatvā yo manujo bhaktyā kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ .  
vaiṣṇavīṃ bhāvanāṃ kṛtvā jaleśaṃ tu vrajeta vai .. 90.75 ..

> whichever human goes there with devotion, free from desire and anger, / adopting a Vaiṣṇava disposition, and approaches the Lord of the Waters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.76)

ekabhuktaṃ ca naktaṃ ca tathaivāyācitaṃ nṛpa .  
upavāsaṃ tathā dānaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanam .. 90.76 ..

> and observes eating only once a day, or eating only at night, or living on unbegged food, O king, / or fasting, and makes gifts and feeds brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.77)

karoti ca kuruśreṣṭha na sa yāti yamālayam .  
yamalokabhayādbhītā ye lokāḥ pāṇḍunandana .. 90.77 ..

> he does so, O best of the Kurus, and does not go to the abode of Yama. / Those people who are terrified of the realm of Yama, O joy of the Pāṇḍus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.78)

te paśyantu śriyaḥ kāntaṃ nāgaparyaṅkaśāyinam .  
gopījanasamāvṛttaṃ yoganidrāṃ samāśritam .  
viśvarūpaṃ jagannāthaṃ saṃsārabhayanāśanam .. 90.78 ..

> let them behold the beloved of Śrī lying on the serpent-couch, / surrounded by the cowherd women, resting in yogic sleep, / the Lord of the Universe, universal in form, the destroyer of the fear of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.79)

snāpayetparayā bhaktyā kṣaudrakṣīreṇa sarpiṣā .  
khaṇḍena toyamiśreṇa jagadyoniṃ janārdanam .. 90.79 ..

> With supreme devotion one should bathe Janārdana, the source of the universe, / with honey, milk, and clarified butter, and with candy mixed with water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.80)

snāpyamānaṃ ca paśyanti ye lokā gatamatsarāḥ .  
te yānti paramaṃ lokaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam .. 90.80 ..

> And those people, free from malice, who behold him being bathed, / go to the supreme realm, venerated by gods and asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.81)

ghṛtena bodhayeddīpamathavā tailapūritam .  
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā daivasyāgre vimatsarāḥ .. 90.81 ..

> One should kindle a lamp with clarified butter, or filled with oil, / and having kept a night vigil before the deity, free from envy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.82)

ye kathāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ bhaktyā śṛṇvanti ca nṛpottama .  
brahmahatyādipāpāni naśyante nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 90.82 ..

> those who listen with devotion to the Vaiṣṇava narrative, O best of kings, / their sins such as the murder of a brahmin are destroyed; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.83)

pradakṣiṇanti ye martyā jalaśāyijagadgurum .  
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā taistu saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā .. 90.83 ..

> Those mortals who circumambulate Jalaśāyin, the teacher of the universe, / have indeed circumambulated the earth with its seven continents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.84)

tataḥ prabhāte vimale pitḥn saṃtarpayejjalaiḥ .  
śrāddhaṃ ca brāhmaṇaistatra yogyaiḥ pāṇḍava mānavāḥ .. 90.84 ..

> Then, at clear dawn, one should offer libations of water to the ancestors; / and there, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, men \[should perform\] a śrāddha through worthy brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.85)

svadāranirataiḥ śāntaiḥ paradāravivarjakaiḥ .  
vedābhyasanaśīlaiśca svakarmanirataiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 90.85 ..

> those devoted to their own wives, tranquil, avoiding other men's wives, / habituated to the recitation of the Veda, devoted to their own duties, auspicious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.86)

nityaṃ yajanaśīlaiśca trisandhyāparipālakaiḥ .  
śraddhayā kārayecchrāddhaṃ yadīcchecchreya ātmanaḥ .. 90.86 ..

> always prone to sacrifice, observing the three twilight prayers— / with faith one should have a śrāddha performed \[by them\] if one desires one's own welfare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.87)

te dhanyā mānuṣe loke vandyā hi bhuvi mānavāḥ .  
ye vasanti sadākālaṃ pādapadmāśrayā hareḥ .. 90.87 ..

> Blessed are those in the world of men, praiseworthy indeed are mortals on earth, / who dwell at all times taking refuge at the lotus feet of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.88)

jalaśāyaṃ prapaśyanti pratyakṣaṃ suranāyakam .  
pakṣopavāsaṃ pārākaṃ vrataṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ śubham .. 90.88 ..

> and behold Jalaśāya, the leader of the gods, visibly manifest. / A fast for a fortnight, the Parāka penance, the auspicious Cāndrāyaṇa vow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.89)

māsopavāsamugraṃ ca ṣaṣṭhānnaṃ pañcamaṃ vratam .  
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kuryātso'kṣayāṃ gatimāpnuyāt .. 90.89 ..

> a severe fast for a month, or the vow of eating only at the sixth mealtime— / whoever performs these at that sacred ford attains an imperishable destiny.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.90)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi tiladhenośca yatphalam .  
yathā yasminyadā deyā dāne tasyāḥ śubhaṃ phalam .. 90.90 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hereafter I shall declare the fruit of the sesamum-cow: / how, to whom, and when it should be given, and the auspicious fruit of gifting it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.91)

etatkathāntaraṃ puṇyamṛṣerdvaipāyanātpurā .  
śrutaṃ hi naimiṣe puṇye nāradādyairanekadhā .. 90.91 ..

> This holy narrative was formerly heard in various ways / from the seer Dvaipāyana by Nārada and others in the holy Naimiṣa \[forest\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.92)

idaṃ paramamāyuṣyaṃ maṅgalyaṃ kīrtivardhanam .  
viprāṇāṃ śrāvayanvidvānphalānantyaṃsamaśnute .. 90.92 ..

> This \[narrative\] yields supreme longevity, is auspicious, and enhances fame; / a wise man who recites it to brahmins obtains endless fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.93)

bahubhyo na pradeyāni gaurgṛhaṃ śayanaṃ striyaḥ .  
vibhaktadakṣiṇā hyetā dātāraṃ nāpnuvanti ca .. 90.93 ..

> A cow, a house, a bed, and women must not be given to many \[recipients\]; / for when divided, these sacrificial gifts do not benefit the giver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.94)

ekametatpradātavyaṃ na bahūnāṃ yudhiṣṭhira .  
sā ca vikrayamāpannā dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam .. 90.94 ..

> This \[gift\] should be given to one, not to many, O Yudhiṣṭhira; / if she is sold, she burns the family up to the seventh generation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.95)

yathālābhā tu sarveṣāṃ caturdroṇā tu gauḥ smṛtā .  
droṇasya vatsakaḥ kāryo bahūnāṃ vāpi kāmataḥ .. 90.95 ..

> According to one's means, a cow is traditionally made of four droṇas \[of sesamum\]; / the calf should be made of one droṇa, or \[of more\] according to desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.96)

yasmindeśe tu yanmānaṃ viṣaye vā vicāritam .  
tena mānena tāṃ kurvannakṣayaṃ phalamaśnute .. 90.96 ..

> Whatever measure is considered authoritative in a particular land or region, / by fashioning her according to that measure, one enjoys an imperishable fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.97)

sukhapūrvaṃ śucau bhūmau puṣpadhūpākṣataistathā .  
karṇābhyāṃ ratne dātavye dīpau netradvaye tathā .. 90.97 ..

> Comfortably on clean ground, with flowers, incense, and unhusked rice grains, / two jewels are to be placed for the ears, and two lamps for the pair of eyes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.98)

śrīkhaṇḍamurasi sthāpyaṃ tābhyāṃ caiva tu kāñcanam .  
ūrdhve madhu ghṛtaṃ deyaṃ kuryātsarṣaparomakam .. 90.98 ..

> sandalwood paste is to be placed on the chest, and gold for the two \[horns\]; / honey and clarified butter should be placed above; one should make the body hairs out of mustard seeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.99)

kambale kambalaṃ dadyācchroṇyāṃ madhu ghṛtaṃ tathā .  
yavasaṃ pāyasaṃ dadyādghṛtaṃ kṣaudrasamanvitam .. 90.99 ..

> One should place a woollen blanket upon the blanket; similarly, honey and clarified butter on the hips; / one should offer fodder, milk-rice, and clarified butter combined with honey.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.90.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.100)

svarṇaśṛṅgī rūpyaśiphārukmalāṅgūlasaṃyutā .  
ratnapṛṣṭhī tu dātavyā kāṃsyapātrāvadohinī .. 90.100 ..

> With gold horns, silver hooves, furnished with a gold tail, / having a jewelled back, and a bronze vessel for milking, she should be given.  
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### [6.3.90.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.101)

yatsyādbālyakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yadvā kṛtamajānatā .  
vācā kṛtaṃ karmakṛtaṃ manasā yadvicintitam .. 90.101 ..

> Whatever sin was committed in childhood, or committed through ignorance, / committed by speech, committed by deed, or conceived in the mind;  
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### [6.3.90.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.102)

jale niṣṭhīvitaṃ caiva muśalaṃ vāpi laṅghitam .  
vṛṣalīgamanaṃ caiva gurudāraniṣevaṇam .. 90.102 ..

> spitting into water, or stepping across a pestle, / having relations with an outcaste woman, intercourse with the teacher's wife,  
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### [6.3.90.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.103)

kanyāyā gamanaṃ caiva suvarṇasteyameva ca .  
surāpānaṃ tathā cānyattiladhenuḥ punāti hi .. 90.103 ..

> intercourse with an unmarried maiden, the theft of gold, / and the drinking of liquor, as well as other \[sins\]—the sesamum-cow purifies indeed.  
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### [6.3.90.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.104)

ahorātropavāsena vidhivattāṃ visarjayet .  
yā sā yamapure ghore nadī vaitaraṇī smṛtā .. 90.104 ..

> Fasting for a day and night, one should ritualistically dedicate her. / That which is known as the dreadful river Vaitaraṇī in the city of Yama,  
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### [6.3.90.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.105)

vālukāyo'śmasthalā ca pacyate yatra duṣkṛtī .  
avīcirnarako yatra yatra yāmalaparvatau .. 90.105 ..

> where the evil-doer is boiled on fiery sands and rocks, / where is the hell Avīci, and where are the Twin Mountains,  
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### [6.3.90.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.106)

yatra lohamukhāḥ kākā yatra śvāno bhayaṃkarāḥ .  
asipattravanaṃ caiva yatra sā kūṭaśālmalī .. 90.106 ..

> where there are iron-beaked crows, where there are terrifying dogs, / and the forest of sword-like leaves, and where the Kūṭaśālmalī tree stands—  
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### [6.3.90.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.107)

tānsukhena vyatikramya dharmarājālayaṃ vrajet .  
dharmarājastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā sūnṛtaṃ vakti bhārata .. 90.107 ..

> having crossed beyond those with ease, he goes to the abode of the King of Dharma; / and the King of Dharma, seeing him, speaks gentle and truthful words, O descendant of Bharata:  
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### [6.3.90.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.108)

vimānamuttamaṃ yogyaṃ maṇiratnavibhūṣitam .  
atrāruhya naraśreṣṭha prayāhi paramāṃ gatim .. 90.108 ..

> "An excellent, worthy aerial chariot adorned with gems and jewels \[awaits\]; / mount this, O best of men, and go to the supreme state!"  
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### [6.3.90.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.109)

mā ca cāṭu bhaṭe dehi maiva dehi purohite .  
mā ca kāṇe virūpe ca nyūnāṅge na ca devale .. 90.109 ..

> Do not give it to a flatterer or a soldier, nor give it to a domestic priest; / nor to a one-eyed man, an ugly man, one with deficient limbs, or a temple priest.  
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### [6.3.90.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.110)

avedaviduṣe naiva brāhmaṇe sarvavikraye .  
mitraghne ca kṛtaghne ca mantrahīne tathaiva ca .. 90.110 ..

> Never to a brahmin ignorant of the Veda, nor to one who sells everything, / nor to a betrayer of friends, an ungrateful person, or one devoid of mantras.  
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### [6.3.90.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.111)

vedāntagāya dātavyā śrotriyāya kuṭumbine .  
vedāntagasute deyā śrotriye gṛhapālake .. 90.111 ..

> It should be given to one versed in Vedānta, a learned Vedic scholar with a family; / it should be given to the son of one versed in Vedānta, a learned Vedic scholar who maintains a household;  
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### [6.3.90.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.112)

sarvāṅgarucire vipre sadvṛtte ca priyaṃvade .  
pūrṇimāyāṃ tu māghasya kārttikyāmatha bhārata .. 90.112 ..

> to a brahmin handsome in all limbs, of good conduct, and speaking pleasant words, / on the full moon of Māgha or on Kārttikī, O Bhārata,  
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### [6.3.90.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.113)

vaiśākhyāṃ mārgaśīrṣyāṃ vāṣāḍhyāṃ caitryāmathāpi vā .  
ayane viṣuve caiva vyatīpāte ca sarvadā .. 90.113 ..

> or on Vaiśākhī, Mārgaśīrṣī, Āṣāḍhī, or Caitrī, / or on a solstice, an equinox, and always at a vyatīpāta;  
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### [6.3.90.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.114)

ṣaḍaśītimukhe puṇye chāyāyāṃ kuṃjarasya vā .  
eṣa te kathitaḥ kalpastiladhenormayānagha .. 90.114 ..

> at the auspicious saḍaśītimukha, or during the shadow of an elephant. / This ritual procedure for the sesamum-cow has been told to you by me, O sinless one.  
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### [6.3.90.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.115)

vrajanti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ dattvā pādaṃ yamopari .  
prāṇatyāgātparaṃ lokaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .  
bhittvāśu bhāskaraṃ yānti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 90.115 ..

> Setting their foot upon Yama, they go to the world of Viṣṇu; / after casting off their life-breaths they attain the supreme world of Viṣṇu, without doubt; / piercing through the sun, they go straightaway; no doubt should be entertained here.  
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### [6.3.90.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.116)

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ cakratīrthaphalaṃ nṛpa .  
yacchrutvā mānavo bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 90.116 ..

> This whole fruit of Cakratīrtha has been related to you, O king, / hearing which with devotion, a mortal is freed from all sins.  
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### [6.3.90.116\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.90.116_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe jalaśāyitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma navatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the ninetieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Jalaśāyitīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.90.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.90.1) — Sanskrit
- [Kumārasaṃbhava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.2.20) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit
- [Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.9.3.5) — Sanskrit

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