[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.13.3\_112 # Skandapurana 7.13.3\_112 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3\_112 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_112) 59 kāśyapaṃ - ka. . 60 dhatsva - ka., dada - kha. . 61 mama - ka. kha. gha. . 4 vaḥ - ka., vai - gha., tvam - kha. . 63 evamastviti taṃ - ka. gha. . 64 cāpi - ka. kha. . 65 pradakṣiṇaṃ - ka. . 66 sa - gha. . 67 tāvadevāntaṃ - kha. . 68 damaratandritaḥ - ka., devamataṃ tribhiḥ - gha. . 69 mumoca - ka. kha. . 70... mabhyamantrayat (?) . 689 sāgareṇa tadā śambhuḥ stutastadupaśāntaye . surāṇāṃ hitakāmārthaṃ sāgarāśoṣaṇāya ca . .57. . taṃ71 kṣiptaṃ jāmadagnyena rurodhāpratimaṃ śaram . sa ruddho yojanānyetya72 nyapatad dvādaśaiva tu . .58.. tāvacca73 deśamudadhirvisasarja hasanniva . āvasacca74 mahātejā jāmadagnyopi taṃ tathā75 . . 59. . taṃ deśaṃ bhṛgutanayaḥ surendrakalpo hṛṣṭātmā mṛgagaṇapakṣisaṃghajuṣṭam76 . siṃhendradvipaśarabharkṣaghoranādaṃ śrīmantaṃ puramiva devatā cakāra .. 8.123.60 .. iti skandapurāṇe rāmamāhātmye trayoviṃśottaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ77 sanatkumāra uvāca jāmadagnyena sā dattā tathā pṛthvī mahātmane . giriśṛṅgaṃ ivāpātādadhastāt sā tadāvrajat . . 1 . . tāmuvāca muniḥkruddhastiṣṭhatiṣṭha vasundhare . kimarthaṃ māṃ parityajya adhastād vrajase śubhe .. 2. . pṛthivyuvāca jāmadagnyaṃ1 vinā rāmaṃ priyaṃ patimatidyutima . na śaknomi mune sthātuṃ tadguṇāhṛtacetanā . .3 . . yadi mā yacchasedya tvaṃ2 rāmāya munipuṅgava3 . yāsyāmyahamadho4 nātha na tiṣṭheyamatonyathā5 ..4.. sanatkumāra uvāca tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā kaśyapa6stapyatāṃ varaḥ . uvāca vasudhāṃ kruddho dahanniva tadaujasā8 . .5. . > Then Śambhu was praised by the ocean to avert that, > for the welfare of the gods and to prevent the drying up of the ocean. > He arrested that matchless arrow released by the son of Jamadagni; > checked, having traversed only twelve yojanas, it fell down. > And as if laughing, the ocean ceded that much land, > and the son of Jamadagni of great splendor dwelt there accordingly. > The son of Bhṛgu, equal to the king of the gods, his soul rejoiced, made that region, > which was frequented by herds of deer and flocks of birds, > and resounded with the terrible roars of lions, mighty elephants, śarabhas, and bears, as prosperous as the city of the gods. > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-third chapter in the Rāmamāhātmya of the Skandapurāṇa. > Sanatkumāra said: > When the earth was thus given by the son of Jamadagni to the great-souled one, > she then sank downwards as if from the collapse of a mountain peak. > The sage angrily said to her: “Stay, stay, O bearer of wealth! > Why, having abandoned me, are you sinking downwards, O auspicious one?” > The earth said: > “Without Rāma, the son of Jamadagni, my dear husband of boundless splendor, > I cannot stay, O sage, my heart being captivated by his virtues. > If you do not grant me today to Rāma, O bull among sages, > I shall go down, O lord; I will not remain otherwise.” > Sanatkumāra said: > Hearing those words of hers, Kaśyapa, best of ascetics, > spoke angrily to the earth, as if burning \[her\] with his splendor: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.3\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_111) - [Next: 7.13.3\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_113) - [Up: 7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.13.3_112) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_112) · Pramāṇa