[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\_166 # Skandapurana 7.13.3\_166 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3\_166 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_166) 16 salilairyutaḥ - gha. . 17 kruddha - ka. kha . 18. prabhaḥ - ka. kha. . 19 samamehi - ka. . 20 viṣṇustutoṣa vijñāya - gha . 21 parandharmam̐ - kha. . 22 saṃsthitam - ka. . 23 vanaṃ - ka. kha. . 24 tāṃ - ka. . 25 satyavāñchūro - ka. kha. . 26 janmaprabhṛtyaiva - kha. . 27 prabhoḥ - kha. . 700 atha kālena mahatā kṛtvā sarvakriyāṃ nṛpaḥ . tapastatāpa sumahadyenātuṣyajjagatprabhuḥ28 . .26. . brahmā svayamathābhyetya tamuvāca yatavratam . brūhi kinte prayacchāni29 varān vṛṇu naradhipa . .27. . sanatkumāra uvāca tatassa rājā30 taṃ dṛṣṭvā31 praṇamya hṛṣitānanaḥ . uvāca dharmasyākṣayyaṃ svarge vāsaṃ tathākṣayam ..28 .. > Then, in the course of time, having performed all duties, the king / performed immense austerity, by which the Lord of the Universe was pleased. > Then Brahmā himself approached and said to him who observed strict vows: / “Speak! What shall I give you? Choose your boons, O lord of men!” > Sanatkumāra said: > Then the king, seeing him, bowed with a joyful face / and spoke of the imperishability of righteousness and an imperishable abode in heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.3\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_165) - [Next: 7.13.3\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_167) - [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_166) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_166) · Pramāṇa