Skandapurana 7.12.584_405

7.12.584_405

106 yājayanta - ka., yājayantaṃ - ravra. . 107 deveśe tryambakaḥ - ka. . 108 imaṃ - ka. kha. . 109 mahārthaṃ - ka. kha. . 110 mayā - vā. . 111 ādhyāyaḥ 172 - kha. .
1 saṃvīkṣya - gha. . 2 kṛṣṇī pakṣāṣṭamī - kha. . 3 hitam - ka. .
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atha tasmindine vyāsa ujjayinyāṃ4 mahāmune .
brāhmaṇasya suto bālaḥ śucirvidvānmamāra ha5 . .5. .
taṃ tebhisaṃskṛtya tadā alaṃkṛtya yathā8 vidhi .
krośantaśca rudantaśca śmaśānāyaiva ninyire . .6 . .
te śmaśānaṃ tadā nītvā7 bālaṃ taṃ raktapādakam .
snehād duḥkhaparītāśca8 rurudurbahudhā bhṛśam . .7. .
tathā tān rudato vīkṣya kraddho gṛdhraḥ kṣudhānvitaḥ .
prājñavat sa tu saṃdiśya9 tānuvāca dvijām̐stadā ..8 .

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Then on that day in Ujjayinī, O great sage Vyāsa,
the young son of a brahmin, pure and learned, died.
Having then performed his final rites and decorated him according to rule,
shouting and weeping, they carried him toward the cremation ground.
Having then brought that boy with red feet to the cremation ground,
overcome with grief out of affection, they wept exceedingly in many ways.
Seeing them weeping thus, a hungry vulture, perched nearby,
advising them like a wise man, then spoke to those twice-born: