[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 # Skandapurana 7.13 Skandapurāṇa 7.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 111 - 120) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ ( adhyāyāḥ 131 - 140) > Previous page (Chapters 111–120) | Next page (Chapters 131–140) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p2) sanatkumāra uvāca tetha1 dṛṣṭavā mahādevaṃ saptalokaikabāndhavam . ūcuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve jānubhyāṃ śirasā natāḥ2 ..1 .. bhagavam̐llokakāmena hariṇā devasattama . kṛtaḥ pratigrahaḥ pūrvaṃ yena pāpmā tamarcchata3 ..2.. tadasya jagato nātha bhaktasya praṇatasya ca . asmābhiryācyamānastvaṃ kuru śreyaḥ4 sureśvaraḥ ..3.. samāpyatāmayaṃ yajñaḥ pāpmanā mucyatāṃ hariḥ . svāmūrjāṃ pratipadyantāṃ5 devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ ..4.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, having seen Mahādeva, the sole kinsman of the seven worlds, / with folded hands, bowing with their knees and head, they all said: // 1 > "O Lord, best of the gods, for the sake of the world, / a gift was formerly accepted by Hari, through which evil seized him. // 2 > Therefore, O Lord of this universe, being implored by us, / bring welfare to your devoted and bowed servant, O Lord of Gods! // 3 > Let this sacrifice be completed; let Hari be freed from evil; / let all the gods, along with Indra, recover their own vigor!" // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p3) 20 śiśuṃ sutam - kha . 21 śatāni saṃprāpya - ka, sa tāni saṃprāpya - (?) . 22 tattvaṃ - kha., tato (?) . 23 tridivaukasaṃśrayāḥ - ka. kha.,... saṃśrayāditi - kha. . 1 te taṃ - gha. . 2 ca śironatāḥ - ka. kha. . 3 pāpmānamarcchata - ka. kha. . 4 śreṣṭhāḥ - kha. . 5 pratipadyantu - ka. kha. . 667 sanatkumāra uvāca teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavān hṛṣitānanaḥ . samāpya yajñaṃ śūlena giriṃ taṃ samavārayat ..5. . tasmād bhedāttato hyāpaḥ sudhāśaṃkhendupāṇḍarāḥ . niḥsṛtāstatra te6 viṣṇuṃ snapayāñcakrire tadā . .6.. > 20. infant son – ms. kha. 21. having reached hundreds – ms. ka; he, having reached those – (?). 22. reality – ms. kha; then (?) 23. dwelling in the heavenly realm – mss. ka, kha; ... because of dwelling – ms. kha. > 1. they him – ms. gha. 2. and with bowed heads – mss. ka, kha. 3. to the evil one – mss. ka, kha. 4. foremost – ms. kha. 5. let them attain – mss. ka, kha. > 667 > Sanatkumāra said: > Having heard their words, the Lord, with a joyful face, / completing the sacrifice, pierced that mountain with his trident. // 5 > From that fissure then, waters white as nectar, conch, and the moon / flowed forth; then they gave a ceremonial bath to Viṣṇu there. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p4) tasyātha snātamātrasya śarīrādabhiniḥsṛtā . pāpmāsurī mahāghorā vikṛtā vikṛtānanā . .7. . devānabhidrutā hantuṃ niruddhā devabandhunā . -. ........ . .. . . . - - . uvāca tāṃ na hantavyā devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ . .8 . . ihaiva ca tava sthānaṃ bhaviṣyati supūjitam . puṇyā ca7 sarvatīrthebhyaḥ sarvapātakanāśanī ..9. . sapta pūrvān parāṃścaiva tārayiṣyasi9 nityaśaḥ . > Then, as soon as he had bathed, there emerged from his body / a demonic evil, exceedingly dreadful, deformed, with a distorted face. // 7 > She rushed to slay the gods, \[but\] was restrained by the friend of the gods; / \[…\] / he said to her: "The gods, along with Indra, must not be slain by you. // 8 > Right here your well-worshiped place shall be, / holy above all sacred fords, destroying all sins. // 9 > You will constantly deliver seven \[generations\] before and after. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p5) saṃdhyeti jagati khyātā sarvatīrthavarā śubhā .. 8.121.10 . . vāridhārā śubhā divyā sarvayajñaphalapradā . tvāmupāsya10 kulān sapta11 tārayiṣyanti mānavāḥ . . 11 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tataste daivatāḥ12 sarve rudrasya vacanāttadā13 . arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ devadevamumāpatim .. 12 .. devasyāyatanaṃ kṛtvā jagmustridivameva ca14 . gateṣu devasaṃgheṣu śivakūṭe15 tadā hariḥ . . 13 . . > Known in the world as Saṃdhyā, auspicious, best of all sacred fords, // 8.121.10 > an auspicious divine stream of water that bestows the fruits of all sacrifices; / having worshiped you, mortals will deliver seven families." // 11 > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, by Rudra's command, all those deities, / having duly worshiped the God of Gods, the husband of Umā, // 12 > and having established a sanctuary for the god, departed to heaven itself; / and when the hosts of gods had left, Hari, then on Śiva's peak, // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p6) aśvamedhaṃ tadā yaṣṭvā devamārādhayat sthitaḥ . tasyātha varṣaiḥ ṣaḍbhistu sahasreṇa ca tanyataḥ . māsaiḥ ṣaḍbhiśca deveśastutoṣa vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ . . 14. . somaḥ sanandiḥ sagaṇa idaṃ provāca taṃ punaḥ . hṛṣyamāṇaḥ sutuṣṭātmā16 brūhi kiṃ pradadāni te . . 1 5. . > having then performed the horse sacrifice, remained worshiping the god. / Then, as he performed it for six thousand years / and six months, the Lord of Gods, whose emblem is the bull, was pleased. // 14 > Śiva, with Nandi and with his attendants, rejoiced and, extremely pleased in spirit, / spoke to him again: "Speak, what shall I give you?" // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p7) 6 taṃ - ka. kha. gha. . 7 puṇyaṃ ca - kha . 8 nāśanā - ka. . 9 tārayiṣyati - kha . 10 tāmupāsya - ka. . 11 saptakulaṃ (?), kulānyupāsya tvāṃ sapta (?) . 12 devatāḥ - ka kha. . 13 vacanantadā - ka. . 14 ha - kha. . 15 śivakūṭaṃ - ka. kha. - . 16 suhṛṣṭātmā - ka . 668 viṣṇuruvāca bhagavan pāpmanā17 vāpi tapasā vāpi lokapa . lopo na me yathā syādvai tanmamācakṣva kālahan . . 1 6.. > 6. him – mss. ka, kha, gha. 7. and holy – ms. kha. 8. destroying – ms. ka. 9. will deliver – ms. kha. 10. having worshiped her – ms. ka. 11. seven families (?), having worshiped seven families you (?) 12. deities – mss. ka, kha. 13. words then – ms. ka. 14. indeed – ms. kha. 15. to Śiva's peak – mss. ka, kha. 16. having a very joyful mind – ms. ka. > 668 > Viṣṇu said: > "O Lord, O protector of the world, slayer of Kāla, tell me that / whereby no diminution will come upon me, either through evil or through austerity." // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p8) sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ prahasya deveśaḥ prīyamāṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ . uvāca viṣṇumāmantrya guhyaṃ cara mahāvratam . . 17.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, laughing, the pleased Lord of Gods, the lord of creatures, / having addressed Viṣṇu, said: "Practice the secret Great Vow!" // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p9) sa cātha18 kṛtarakṣastaṃ19 sarvadharmāvahaṃ śubham . yogaṃ yantraṃ vrataṃ caiva paramaiśvaryasādhanama20 .. 18 .. > And he, having provided protection, \[taught\] him that auspicious \[way\], bearing all virtues: / yoga, yantra, and observance, which accomplishes supreme sovereignty, // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p10) yattatpāśupataṃ divyaṃ vidhānaṃ sārvakāmikam . taccīrtvā dvādaśa samāḥ paramaiśvaryamāptavān . . 19 . . tasya devaḥ svayaṃ śūlī tuṣṭaḥ prekṣya tathāvidham . śarīrārdhaṃ dadau tasmai21 tadabhūdviṣṇuśaṅkaram . .8.121.20 .. > which is the divine Pāśupata rite that fulfills all desires; / having practiced it for twelve years, he attained supreme sovereignty. // 19 > The trident-bearing God himself, being pleased upon seeing him thus, / gave him half of his body; that became Viṣṇu-Śaṅkara. // 8.121.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p11) ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānmarttyaḥ sadā parvasu parvasu . arcayecchivaviṣṇuṃ ca sa gacchet paramāṃ gatim22 .. 21 . . evaṃ sa viṣṇurjitvā tu vāmanaḥ sumahābalaḥ24 . trailokyaṃ sarvadevebhyaḥ sarvaṃ25 prati samarpayat26 ..22 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tato devaiḥ samākrānte trailokye munipuṅgava . yesurā hataśeṣāstu te samāśritya dānavau . . 23 .. > Whatever mortal listens to this regularly on every junction-day / and worships Śiva-Viṣṇu, he will attain the supreme goal. // 21 > Thus that Viṣṇu, Vāmana of immense might, having conquered \[the demons\], / handed over the entire threefold world to all the gods. // 22 > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, when the threefold world was occupied by the gods, O best of sages, / those asuras who remained from the slain took refuge with two Dānavas. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p12) tārakaṃ ca mayaṃ caiva cakruryuddhaṃ sahāmaraiḥ27 . mayaśca tārakaścaiva putrapautrasamāvṛtau . . 24. . vipracittiśca danujo28 ye ca tasya sutāḥ smṛtāḥ . nivātakavacāḥ sarve paulomāḥ kālakāsutāḥ . saiṃhikeyāśca vikrāntā bāleyaśca29 tathā30 gaṇaḥ . .25 . . > \[Taking refuge in\] both Tāraka and Maya, they waged war alongside the immortals. / Maya and Tāraka, surrounded by sons and grandsons, / and the Dānava Vipracitti, and those who are remembered as his sons, / all the Nivātakavacas, the Paulomas, the sons of Kālakā, / and the valiant Saiṃhikeyas, and likewise the host of Bali's descendants— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p13) 17 karmaṇā - ka. . 18 pañcārthaṃ - ka . 19 rakṣantaṃ - ka. . 20. sādhakam - kha. . 21 dadāvasmai - ka. . 22 ña vādhyāyasamāptipuṣpikā gha pustake . 23 evañjitvā - kha . 24 vāmanañca mahābalaḥ - ka kha, mahābala - kha, eva viṣṇuḥ sa jitvā tu vāmanatve mahābala - gha . 25 sarvān - ka. . 26 pratisamarpaṇa - kha . 27 mahāmunaiḥ (ne?) - kha. . 28 stadanujo - gha. . 29 jāne yaśca - kha . 30 yathā - ka, . 669 ete cānye ca bahavo dānavā baladarpitāḥ . sannaddhāḥ samabhikruddhā āhvayanta tadā surān . .26. . saṃprekṣya tānāhvayato31 devā api sudaṃśitāḥ . taissahaitya tadā cakruḥ samaraṃ samaraiṣiṇaḥ32 . .27.. > \[Apparatus readings\] / 669 / these and many other Dānavas, arrogant with power, / armored and enraged, then challenged the gods. / Seeing them calling them out, the gods also, fully mailed, / uniting with them then, waged battle, eager for combat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p14) teṣāṃ tadabhavad yuddha tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam . varṣāṇāntu33 śatānyaṣṭau sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa . . 28. . divyāni na ca saṃgrāme34 ekapakṣe35 jayobhavat . atha devāstadā36 yuddhe saiṃhikeyairdurāsadaiḥ . .29.. > Between them took place that tumultuous battle, hair-raising, / for eight hundred and sixteen thousand / divine years; and victory in that conflict did not fall to either side. / Then the gods in that battle, by the unassailable Saiṃhikeyas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p15) parājitā mahāsatvāḥ siṃhaiḥ paśugaṇā iva . teṣāṃ tadbalamālakṣya sahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ . .8.121.3 0 . . jagāma devadeveśaṃ śaraṇaṃ rudramavyayam . sa gatvā svarṇacūḍasya37 gireḥ śṛṅge kṛtālayam . .3 1 . . devyā saha mahādevamapaśyad gaṇasaṃvṛtam . dīpyamānaṃ yathā vahniṃ durdṛśya38makṛtātmabhiḥ . .3 2. . tamasau nandinā pūrvamākhyāto39 devasattamaḥ40 . dṛṣṭavā praṇamya śirasā idaṃ vacanamūcivān ..3 3 .. > mighty beings though they were, were defeated like herds of beasts by lions. / Discerning their strength, thousand-eyed Purandara / went for refuge to Rudra, the imperishable lord of the gods of gods. / Having gone, he saw Mahādeva, who had made his abode upon the peak of the mountain Svarṇacūḍa, / together with the Goddess, surrounded by his Gaṇas, / blazing like fire, difficult to behold for the undisciplined. / Announced beforehand to him by Nandin, that best of gods, / having seen \[him\] and bowed with his head, spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p16) deva varṣaśatānyaṣṭau sahastrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa . divyāni samatītāni saṃgrāmasya divaukasām ..34. . tārakaśca mayaścaiva dānavau yuddhadurmadau . tāvāśrityāsurāḥ41 sarve devān ghnanti yathā paśūn42 ..35.. > "O God, eight hundred and sixteen thousand / divine years of the battle of the gods have elapsed. / Both Tāraka and Maya, Dānavas maddened by war— / taking refuge in them both, all the Asuras are slaughtering the gods like beasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p17) teṣāṃ tu vadhyamānānāṃ devānāṃ devasattama . jīvitaṃ saṃprayacchasva yathā vā deva yujyate . . 36 .. > To those gods who are being slain, O best of gods, / grant life, or whatever, O God, is fitting." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p18) sanatkumāra uvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ . cintayitvā tatastatra rāmarāmetyathābravīt . . 37. . > Sanatkumāra said: / Having heard his words, the blessed Lord whose banner bears a bull, / having reflected thereupon, then said: "Rāma, Rāma!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p19) 30 tānāhvayata saṃprekṣya - ka. . 32 divyamāne ca saṃgrāme naikapakṣa - gha. . 33 varṣāṇāñca - kha. . 34 tato daityā - gha. . 35 ekapakṣo - ka. . 36 ssadā - kha . 37 gatvā suvarṇacūḍasya - ka . 38 durdarśa (?) . 39.. mākhyātaṃ (?) . 40 devasattamaṃ ( ?) . 41 tāvāśritvāsurā. - ka. . 42. paśum - ka, . 670 bhagavānuvāca rāma rāma mahābāho cīrṇaṃ te sumahattapaḥ . gaccha devān suyuddhena kuru sarvān gatajvarān43 ..38. . sanatkumāra uvāca evamuktastadā rāmo jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān . uvāca dīnayā vācā praṇamya bahumānataḥ . .3 9.. > \[Apparatus readings\] / 670 / The blessed Lord said: / "Rāma, Rāma, O mighty-armed one! You have performed very great austerity. / Go, and by good combat make all the gods free from anguish!" / Sanatkumāra said: / Addressed thus then, glorious Rāma Jāmadagnya / spoke in a humble voice, bowing down with deep reverence: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p20) rāma uvāca44 bhagavannalpavīryosmi tapasā karṣito bhṛśam . anastravicca deveśa na śakṣye saṃyugaṃ45 vibho . .8.121.40 .. > Rāma said: / "O Blessed One, I am of little strength, severely emaciated by austerity. / Knowing nothing of divine weapons, O Lord of gods, I shall not be able to fight, O Omnipresent One!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p21) devavava? uvāca gaccha śakṣyasi viprādya yoddhuṃ tvaṃ tvadya mā śucaḥ . ahaṃ tvāpyāyayiṣyāmi mā vyathāṃ46 kuru bhārgava . .41 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ sa bhagavānindraṃ prāha devapatiṃ haraḥ . eṣa haṃsyati te śatrūn rathamasmai prayaccha ca47 . .42. . sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ praṇamya śakropi rāmamādāya caiva ha . jagāma taṃ tadoddeśaṃ48 saṃgrāmo yatra sobhavat . .43 . . tataḥ sa rathamukhyena saṃpādya tu purandaraḥ . rāmamāha svayaṃ śakraḥ saiṃhikeyānupāhvaya . .44.. > The God said: / "Go, O best of brahmins! Today you will be able to fight; do not grieve today. / I shall reinvigorate you; do not worry, O Bhārgava!" / Sanatkumāra said: / Then the blessed Lord Hara said to Indra, the lord of gods: / "He will slay your enemies; provide him with a chariot!" / Sanatkumāra said: / Then Śakra also, having bowed down and taken Rāma with him, / went to that place where that battle was happening. / Then Purandara, having equipped him with an excellent chariot, / Śakra himself said to Rāma: "Challenge the Saiṃhikeyas!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p22) sa tena rathamukhyena rāmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ . kavacī baddhatūṇīraḥ śarī khaṅgī śarāsanī . .45. . baddhagodhāṃgulitraśca baddhadhvajapatākavān48 . abhidudrāva vegena saiṃhikeyān durāsadān ..46 . . > He, in that excellent chariot, Rāma, best among strikers, / wearing armor, quivers fastened, holding arrows, sword, and bow, / with arm-guard and finger-guards fastened, bearing fixed flags and banners, / rushed with speed against the unassailable Saiṃhikeyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p23) 43 kuruṣvoddhāritajvarāna - kha. . 44 sa na. u - ka. . 45 nakṣye saṃyugatāṃ - ka. . 46 mānyathāṃ - ka. . 47 pradhatsva ca - kha., prayacchata - ka. . 48 tato deśaṃ - kha. . 49 bahudhvajapatākavān - kha. . 671 teṣāṃ tasya ca saṃgrāmaḥ sughorassamapadyata . śārdūlānāṃ yathāraṇye siṃhena saha bhīṣaṇaḥ . .47. . tatrādbhutamapaśyanta50 siddhagandharvacāraṇāḥ . yedekopi tadā raṅge dṛśyatenekarūpavān51 . .48. . nādadānaḥ śarām̐ścitrān sandadhānastathaiva ca . dhanurvikarṣamāṇo52 vā dṛśyate bhārgavastadā . .49 . . maṇḍalīkṛtamevāsya kārmukaṃ sumahattadā . dṛśyate śatrubhiścaiva durnirīkṣyaśca sobhavat ..8.121.5 0 .. > \[Apparatus readings\] / 671 / Between them and him a most terrible battle took place, / like a dreadful one between tigers and a lion in the forest. / There the Siddhas, Gandharvas, and Cāraṇas saw a marvel: / that though he was but one on the battlefield, he appeared in manifold forms. / Neither taking out diverse arrows nor drawing them on the string, / nor bending his bow, was Bhārgava seen then. / His very great bow was seen by the enemies / only as bent into a complete circle, and he became difficult to look upon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p24) teṣāṃ sa bhārgavaḥ kruddhaḥ parāvṛtya mahābalaḥ . cikṣepaikaikaśo vyāsa mukhe tīkṣṇāñcharān daśa ..51 . . tatrādbhutamapaśyanta lāghavaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ . sādhu sādhviti bhūtānāṃ tatra śabdo mahānabhūt . .52 .. > Enraged, that mighty Bhārgava, wheeling around, / shot ten sharp arrows into each of their faces, O Vyāsa. / There they witnessed the wondrous dexterity of that wise one; / a great cry of 'Well done! Well done!' arose there among the living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p25) sanatkumāra uvāca taiḥ śarairbhinnavadanāḥ saiṃhikeyā mahābalāḥ . sagandhā53 nipatantyurvyāṃ tālā vāyvāhatā iva . .5 3 . . sa tadā54 daśasāhasrasteṣāṃ vai devavidviṣām55 . bhārgaveṇa gaṇo dagdhaḥ kāleneva56 yathā jagat57 . .54. . tato devāḥ saṛṣayo gandharvāśca sacāraṇāḥ . sādhu sādhviti taṃ procya58 tuṣṭuvurhṛṣitānanāḥ ..55. . sanatkumāra uvāca tasya tatkarma saṃvīkṣya bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ . bahumānena saṃpūjya bhārgavaṃ saha daivataiḥ59 ..56.. > Sanatkumāra said: / Their faces pierced by those arrows, the mighty Saiṃhikeyas, / though prideful, fell onto the earth like palm trees struck by the wind. / Then that troop of ten thousand enemies of the gods / was consumed by Bhārgava, just as the universe \[is consumed\] by Time. / Then the gods together with the ṛṣis, Gandharvas, and Cāraṇas, / crying 'Well done! Well done!' to him, praised him with joyful faces. / Sanatkumāra said: / Having witnessed that deed of his, the blessed Pākaśāsana, / having honored Bhārgava with great reverence along with the gods— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p26) idamāha mahātejāḥ pariṣvajya60 punaḥ punaḥ . tavaitatkarma nānyasya61 sadṛśaṃ divi vidyate . .57. . > The one of great splendor embraced him again and again and spoke this: > “This deed is yours alone; no one else in heaven possesses its equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p27) 50 tatrārpitamapaśyanta - ka. . 51 kena rūpavān - kha. . 52 dhanurvidāryamāṇo - kha. . 53 sa gatvā (rvā) - ka kha. . 54 tathā - kha. . 55 devatāriṇām - ka. kha. . 56 kālenaiva - ka. kha. . 57 gajam - ka. . 58 saṃprocya - ka. . 59... devataiḥ - ka. . 60 paripūjya - ka. . 61 vānyasya - ka . 672 yadi te siṃhikāputrāḥ sahasaiva hatāstvayā . tava vai tan mahatkarma62 tripure tryambakasya vā . na tvayāsti samo loke satyametad bravīmyaham . .58 . . ete na tulyā devena mānuṣeṇa na kenacit . avadhyāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvayaikena niṣūditāḥ63 . . 59. . tasmāttava vayaṃ tuṣṭāḥ prayacchāmo hyavadhyatām . akṣayaṃ ca balaṃ yuddhe yaśañca paramaṃ bhuvi . . 8.121.60 . . tryambakaśca varairdivyai64 riṣṭaistvāṃ pratipatsyate . yathākāmañca yuddheṣu samūhaṃ tvaṃ vijeṣyasi65 . .6 1 . . sanatkumāra uvāca sa evamuktastairvyāsa devaistuṣṭairmahātapāḥ . jagāma tryambakaṃ devaṃ hṛṣṭatuṣṭamanā yatiḥ . . 62 . . devā api susaṃyattāstārakaṃ yuddhadurmadam . avākiranta vegena mayena sahitaṃ tadā . . 63 . . te daityavegapratiruddhavegā mahābalāḥ sindhusamānavegāḥ . jaghnurbhṛśaṃ daityagaṇānnipatya siṃhā yathāraṇyacarā mataṅgān66 . . 64. . iti skandapurāṇe jāmadagnyavarapradāno nāma ekaviṃśottaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > Since those sons of Siṃhikā have suddenly been slain by you, > that great deed belongs only to you, or to Tryambaka at Tripura. > There is no one equal to you in the world; I speak this truly. > They could not be equaled by any god or by any mortal; > though invulnerable to all living beings, they were slaughtered by you alone. > Therefore, pleased with you, we grant you invulnerability, > inexhaustible strength in battle, and supreme fame on earth. > And Tryambaka will approach you with desired divine boons, > and you shall conquer the host in battles as you desire.” > Sanatkumāra said: > Thus spoken to by those pleased gods, O Vyāsa, that ascetic of great austerities, > the renunciant with a gladdened and delighted mind, went to the god Tryambaka. > The gods, too, well-prepared, then swiftly rushed upon > Tāraka, who was maddened by war, together with Maya. > Those mighty ones, their fury held back by the onslaught of the Daityas, yet rushing with the speed of an ocean, > fell upon the hordes of Daityas and struck them violently, as forest lions strike elephants. > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-first chapter, named “The Bestowal of Boons on the Son of Jamadagni,” in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p28) sanatkumāra uvāca saihikeyavadhaṃ dṛṣṭavā surāṇāṃ ca jayaṃ tathā . sahasā daityasainyāni prabhagnāni samantataḥ . . 1 . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . .. . .. . .. . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . anyena pracyutastāro1 mayo vīro virocanaḥ . . 2 . . > Sanatkumāra said: > Seeing the slaying of the sons of Siṃhikā and the victory of the gods, > the Daitya armies suddenly broke on all sides. > \[… / …\] > Driven back on another side was Tāra, the heroic Maya, Virocana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p29) 62 tavai vaitadbhavetkarma... - kha., baddhavai.. - kha . 63 nisūditāḥ - kha. . 64 śarairdivyai - ka. . 65 vijahi ( yi?) ṣyasi - ka., vijayiṣyasi - kha. . 66 nmataṅgān - ka. . 1 praśrutastāro - ka. . 673 vipracittiśca ṣaṇḍaśca prahlādaśca mahāsuraḥ . kālanemistataḥ kruddhaḥ keśavaṃ prati saṃyuge .. 3 . . sarathaṃ mahadāsthāya śatanalvordhvaketumat . abhidudrāva vegena keśavaṃ prati dānavaḥ . .4. . tasyāpatata evātha cakramapratighaṃ mahat . sasarja keśavo vyāsa sa tad vyaṣṭambhayattadā . .5 . . tad viṣṭabdhaṃ tadālakṣya sarve devāḥ pramanyavaḥ . parājitā2 babhūvurhi3 viśastrāḥ kālaneminā . .6. . . . . . ... . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . sa tānvidrāvya daityendro vimukhān pracakāra ha . kṛtvā cakāra ca tadā lokapālatvamavyayaḥ . .7. . bhuvaṃ dyāñca tadā vyāpya vartamāno mahābalaḥ . svayambhū4riva lokām̐strīnacarallokamāyayā ..8. . sanatkumāra uvāca taṃ tathāvasthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā daityaṃ devāḥ savāsavāḥ . bhayatrastāstadā jagmuḥ śaraṇaṃ harimavyayam . .9 . . śaraṇyaḥ sa ca deveśo haristrailokyabāndhavaḥ . teṣāṃ prādād bhayatrāṇaṃ dānavasya vadhepsayā . . 8.122.10 .. > Vipracitti, Ṣaṇḍa, and the great Asura Prahlāda. > Then, enraged, Kālanemi advanced against Keśava in battle. > Mounting a great chariot equipped with a raised banner a hundred nalvas high, > the Dānava rushed with speed against Keśava. > Even as he charged, Keśava loosed his great, unhindered discus, O Vyāsa; > he then obstructed it. > Seeing it obstructed, all the gods became enraged; > disarmed, they were indeed defeated by Kālanemi. > \[…\] > Having routed them, the lord of Daityas turned them away, > and having done so, the imperishable one then assumed the status of World-Protector. > Pervading the earth and heaven at that time, existing as one of great power, > like the Self-manifest one, he wandered through the three worlds by worldly illusion. > Sanatkumāra said: > Seeing that Daitya established in such a state, the gods along with Indra, > terrified with fear, then took refuge with the imperishable Hari. > And Hari, the refuge, the lord of the gods and friend of the three worlds, > granted them freedom from fear, desiring the death of the Dānava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p30) sa tadā dyāṃ bhuvañcaiva vyāpya rūpeṇa sarvaśaḥ . cakraṃ tadabjaṃ sasmāra yattad rudreṇa nirmitam . . 11 .. > Pervading heaven and earth in every way with his cosmic form at that time, > he remembered that lotus-marked discus which had been fashioned by Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p31) tatastena tadā vyāsa dānavasya śiro mahat . jahāra pakvaṃ tālāgrāt5 phalaṃ vāyurivoddhataḥ . . 1 2. . tasmin vinihate daitye tārakaśca mayaśca ha . vinivṛttau mahāyodhau pātālaṃ prativegitau6 . . 13 .. > Then with it, O Vyāsa, he struck off the great head of the Dānava, > as a violent wind knocks down a ripe fruit from the top of a palmyra palm. > When that Daitya was slain, both Tāraka and Maya, > the great warriors, retreated and rushed swiftly toward Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p32) sanatkumāra uvāca evaṃ vyāsābhavadyuddhamugraṃ tattārakāmayam . kālanemirhato7 yatra viśrutaśca virocanaḥ . . 14. . > Sanatkumāra said: > Thus, O Vyāsa, took place that fierce battle \[against the sickness\] caused by Tāraka, > in which Kālanemi was slain, along with the renowned Virocana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p33) 2 palāyitā (?) . 3 babhūva te (ste) - kha . 4 svayambhūriva - ka. kha . 5 tālāgryāt - ka, kha, . 6 veśitau - ka. . 7 jalanemirhato - kha. . 674 saiṃhikeyāśca vikrāntāstuhuṇḍaśca mahāsuraḥ . surocanaḥ8 śatāvarto hālo gārgyaśirāstathā .. 15.. > the valiant sons of Siṃhikā, the great Asura Tuhuṇḍa, > Surocana, Śatāvarta, Hāla, and Gārgyaśiras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p34) vipākaḥ saha pākena caṇḍaḥ kārtasvanaḥ kubhaḥ . ete cānye ca daityendrā nihatāstārakāmaye . dhvaje punarhataḥ krūro vipracittiḥ sahānujaḥ .. 16.. > Vipāka along with Pāka, Caṇḍa, Kārtasvana, and Kubha. > These and other lords of Daityas were slain in \[that war against\] Tāraka’s sickness. > And at the battle of the banner, the cruel Vipracitti was slain with his younger brother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p35) vyāsa uvāca kathaṃ tadabhavadyuddhaṃ9 devānāmasuraiḥ saha . kathañca dhvaja ityevaṃ10 tasya nāma babhūva ha . .17.. > Vyāsa said: > How did that battle take place between the gods and the Asuras, > and how did its name come to be “Dhvaja” (Banner)? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p36) jāmadagnyaśca tatkarma kṛtvā bhṛgukulodvahaḥ . duṣkaraṃ sarvabhūtānāmāgata11stryambakāntikam . kimukto devadevena etadicchāmi veditum . .18 .. > And after performing that deed difficult for all beings, > the descendant of Bhrgu’s line, the son of Jamadagni, came into the presence of Tryambaka. > What was he told by the god of gods? This I wish to know. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p37) sanatkumāra uvāca jamadagnestadā12 sūnuramaraiḥ preṣitaḥ svayam . jagāma guhyaṃ devasya puriścandraṃ niveśanam ..19.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Sent by the immortals themselves at that time, Jamadagni’s son > went to Puriścandra, the secret dwelling of the god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p38) vyāsa uvāca kathaṃ tadabhavaddivyaṃ puriścandraṃ niveśanam . sthānaṃ guhyaṃ maheśasya kathayasva dṛḍhavrata ..8.122.20 . . sanatkumāra uvāca atra13 te saṃpravakṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ mahāmate . yacchrutvā pāpakarmāpi gaccheta paramāṃ gatim . .21 . . purābhūtāṃ mahātmānau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī . tābhyāṃ kāryeṇa devānāṃ brahmavadhyā kṛtā kila ..22.. > Vyāsa said: > How did that celestial dwelling, Puriścandra, > become the secret abode of the Great Lord? Relate that, O one of steadfast vows. > Sanatkumāra said: > Here I shall relate to you an ancient event, O wise one, > hearing which even an evildoer may attain the supreme destination. > Formerly there were two seers of great soul, Nara and Nārāyaṇa; > for the sake of the gods' purpose, it is said, they committed the slaying of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p39) tayābhibhūtau tau devau pāpmayātimahābalau . abhūtānnaṣṭasaṃjñau tau tiryagyonigatau bhṛśam . .23 . . atha saṃvatsare divye samatītemitātmavān . āgād brahmā svayaṃ tatra daivatairṛṣibhiḥ14 saha . .24.. > Overcome by that evil deed, those two extraordinarily powerful gods > lost their senses and fell severely into animal wombs. > Then, when a divine year had elapsed, the boundless-minded > Brahmā himself arrived there along with the gods and the seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p40) 8 prarocanaḥ - kha., murobalaḥ (?) . 9 samabhavadyuddhaṃ - ka. kha. . 10 ityeva - ka. kha. . 11... māmantrya - ka. . 12 jamadagnistadā - ka .. 13 hanta (?) . 14 devatairṛṣibhiḥ - ka. kha. . 675 sa taṃ saṃbodhayāmāsa sanaraṃ devapastadā . tathāpi hi na tau buddhau karmaṇā saṃvṛtau bhṛśam . .25. . tān brahmā sa tadā prāha sarvāneva divaukasaḥ . yūyaṃ nārāyaṇasyārthe caradhvaṃ dharmamuttamam15 ..26.. > \[Variant readings\] > 675 > Then the lord of the gods awakened him along with Nara; > yet the two were not awakened, entirely enveloped by \[their past\] karma. // 25 > Then Brahmā spoke to all those dwellers of heaven: > "For the sake of Nārāyaṇa, perform the supreme duty. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p41) tato vimokṣyate devaḥ16 sanaro brahmavadhyayā . tamevaṃvādinaṃ devāḥ praṇamya śirasā tadā . ūcuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve kintapaḥ karma śādhi naḥ . .27. . brahmovāca japadhvaṃ prayatāḥ sarve vāyubhakṣā jitendriyāḥ . rudrāṇāṃ hṛdayaṃ samyak tato yogamavāpsyatha . .28 .. > Then the god, along with Nara, will be freed from the \[sin of\] brahmin-slaughter." > Bowing their heads to him as he spoke thus, > all the gods, with folded hands, said: > "Instruct us: what austerity, what rite \[should we perform\]?" // 27 > Brahmā said: > "Disciplined, feeding on air, with senses conquered, > all of you properly chant the Rudrahṛdaya; thence you will attain yoga." // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p42) sanatkumāra uvāca ta evamastviti procya jajapuḥ salileśayāḥ . ṛṣibhissaha deveśā varṣāyutaśatāni ṣaṭ ..29. . atha kālena mahatā teṣāṃ yuktātmanāṃ tadā . yogaḥ17 prādurabhūt18 sūkṣmo19 yatognirabhavacchubhaḥ . .8.122.3 0 . . tenāgninā brahmavadhyā naranārāyaṇau tadā . sā20 dagdhā saṃparityajya udakaṃ praviveśa ha . .3 1 .. > Sanatkumāra said: > Saying, "So be it," the lords of the gods, lying in the water > together with the seers, chanted for six million years. // 29 > Then, after a great span of time, for those of composed self, > subtle yoga appeared, from which an auspicious fire arose. // 30 > Burned by that fire, the sin of brahmin-slaughter then completely abandoned > Nara and Nārāyaṇa and entered into the water. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p43) nāstayāpaḥ21 samāviṣṭā rasavatyo na jajñire . agandhāśca vivarṇāśca prabhāvatyo na caiva ha . pṛthivī cālpavīryābhūttejastigmaṃ ca nābhavat . .3 2 .. > The waters, entered by it, did not remain sapid; they lost their taste, > they became devoid of fragrance, discolored, and bereft of luster; > the earth became devoid of strength, and heat lost its sharpness. // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p44) sanatkumāra uvāca tataste tantathā22 dṛṣṭvā yuyujurbhūya eva ca . hṛdayaṃ jajapuścaiva rudrāṇāṃ yuktamānasāḥ . .3 3 . . athāgād bhagavāndevaḥ śūlapāṇirvṛṣadhvajaḥ . uvāca devān tuṣṭosmi brūta yadvobhikāṃkṣitam23 . .34. . > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, seeing it thus, they again applied themselves \[in yoga\] > and chanted the Rudrahṛdaya with concentrated minds. // 33 > Then the blessed god, trident in hand, whose emblem is the bull, arrived > and said to the gods: "I am pleased; speak of what you desire." // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p45) 15 tapa uttamam (?), vratamuttamaṃ (?) . 16 devāḥ - ka. kha. . 17 yogaṃ - ka. kha . 18 prādurbabhau - ka. kha. . 19 sūkṣmaṃ - ka. kha. . 20 sa - ka. . 21 tāstadāpaḥ - kha. . 22 tattathā - (?) . 23 vāñchitaṃ - kha. . 676 sanatkumāra uvāca tatastā devatāḥ samyag rudraṃ dṛṣṭvābhiremire24 . tuṣṭuvuścānatā bhūtvā yajñajīmūtavāhanam ..3 5. . devā ūcuḥ namaḥ paramadevāya yugāntānalavarccase . saline tapyamānāya rudrāṇāṃ hṛdayāya ca . . 36 . . > \[Variant readings\] > 676 > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, properly beholding Rudra, those deities rejoiced; > and bowing low, they praised the bearer of Indra's vehicle of sacrifice. // 35 > The gods said: > "Salutations to the supreme deity, possessing the splendor of the fire at the end of an eon, > to the one in the water undergoing austerity, and to the heart of the Rudras! // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p46) mahāparaśuhastāya hiraṇyāyatanāya25 ca . vasūnāṃ pataye caiva devānāṃ pataye namaḥ ..37. . śucaye rerihāṇāya sadyojātāya manyave . grahāṇāṃ pataye caiva grahāṇāṃ hṛdayāya ca ..38 .. mahāgrahānuyātāya graharājāya vai namaḥ . namaḥ śamadamogrāya ugradaṇḍadharāya ca . .3 9. . yamāya yamanāthāya yamadaṇḍadharāya ca . namaḥ paramadevāya parāṇāṃ paramāya ca . .8.122.40 . . > Salutations to the one who holds a great axe in hand, whose dwelling is golden, > to the lord of the Vasus, and to the lord of the gods! // 37 > Salutations to the pure, to the licking fire, to Sadyojāta, to wrath, > to the lord of the planets, and to the heart of the planets! // 38 > Salutations to the king of planets, who is followed by the great planets! > Salutations to the one fierce in peace and self-restraint, who bears a fierce staff! // 39 > Salutations to Yama, to the protector of Yama, who holds Yama's staff! > Salutations to the supreme deity, and to the highest of the high! // 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p47) mahatāṃ pataye caiva kamaṇḍaludharāya ca . vāmadevāya jyeṣṭhāya paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ . .41 . . pradhānapataye caiva pradhānasya pravartine . namaḥ sahasravaktrāya gadine śūline namaḥ . .42 . . namaḥ pavanarūpāya bahurūpāya vedhase26 . namaḥ kratuvihantre27 ca kāmānalavighātine . .43 . . namaśchandoṅgarūpāya virūpanayanāya ca . indriyagrāmaghātāya namo vedāntagāya28 ca . .44.. > Salutations to the lord of the great, and to the bearer of the water-pot, > to Vāmadeva, to the eldest, and to the lord of animals! // 41 > To the lord of Pradhāna, and to the impeller of Pradhāna; > salutations to the thousand-faced one, to the bearer of the mace, to the bearer of the trident! // 42 > Salutations to the creator who has the form of the wind, who possesses manifold forms! > Salutations to the destroyer of the sacrifice, and to the slayer of the fire of desire! // 43 > Salutations to the one whose limbs are the Vedic meters, whose eyes are irregular, > to the destroyer of the aggregate of senses, and to the knower of the end of the Veda! // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p48) namostvaśanighātāya manasāmunmanāya ca . vedavedāṅgamālāya namaste padmamāline . .45 . . > May there be salutations to the slayer with the thunderbolt, and to the one ecstatic in mind, > to the one garlanded with the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; salutations to you who wear a garland of lotuses! // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p49) 24 dhinemire - ka. . 25 hiraṇyatanayāya - ka, hiraṇyanayanāya (?) . 26 vedhaye - kha . 27 kratu- ( tva) hantre - kha. . 28 vedāntakāya - ka. , vedāntatāya - kha . 677 namaḥ śailapradāhāya29 śailajātodbhavāya ca . mahate viśvarūpāya mahadbhirmahitāya ca . .46 . . sahasraśatanetrāya lalāṭanayanāya ca . mahāyogapraṇetre ca tathā tatpuruṣāya ca ..47. . namo vedarahasyāya devavedastutāya30 ca . yogine dhyāyamānāya aśanīpātahāsine . .48.. > \[Variant readings\] > 677 > Salutations to the burner of mountains, and to the one born from the Mountain's daughter, > to the great, universal-formed one, revered by the great! // 46 > To the one with hundred thousands of eyes, with an eye upon the forehead, > to the author of great yoga, and likewise to Tatpuruṣa! // 47 > Salutations to the secret of the Vedas, praised by the gods and the Vedas, > to the yogin who is meditated upon, who laughs like the falling of a thunderbolt! // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p50) hṛcchayāya namastestu namaḥ sarvagatāya ca . kumāravaranāthāya kumārajanakāya ca ..49. . daṇḍahastāya carate antakāyājitāya ca . śubhāya śubharūpāya śubhasarvapravartine . .8.122.50 . . śivāya śivanāthāya sadā sarvaśivāya ca . dhanurvedarahasyāya dhanurvedapravartine .51 . . sarvapāpāpahantre31 ca sarvapāpmavighātine32 . śivaḥ saumyaśca deveśa diśa no yanmanogatam . .52. . yadapavyāhṛtaṃ kiñcidasmābhirbhagavan33 vibho . tatsarvaṃ34 bhaktavātsalyādasmākaṃ kṣantumarhasi . .53 . . pāpmayābhiparītātmā devabandhurayaṃ vibho35 . nareṇa saha deveśa36 sa bhaveccandranirmalaḥ ..54. . sanatkumāra uvāca ya imaṃ tryambakastotraṃ bhaktimān satataṃ naraḥ . paṭhati prayato37 vyāsa pāpmayā38 sa vimucyate . .55.. > Salutations to you who dwell in the heart; salutations to the all-pervading one, > to the lord of Kumāra's boons, and to the father of Kumāra! // 49 > To the one who wanders with a staff in hand, to the end-maker, to the undefeated one, > to the auspicious, the auspicious-formed, the promoter of all that is auspicious! // 50 > To Śiva, to the lord of Śivā, to the ever all-auspicious one, > to the secret of the archery Veda, and to the propagator of the archery Veda! // 51 > To the destroyer of all sins, and to the slayer of all evil; > O lord of the gods, be benevolent and gentle, and grant us what is in our hearts. // 52 > Whatever improper word has been uttered by us, O blessed one, O all-pervading lord, > all that you ought to forgive out of affection for your devotees. // 53 > This friend of the gods, whose self is overcome by evil, O all-pervading lord, > together with Nara, O lord of the gods, may he become pure as the moon!" // 54 > Sanatkumāra said: > Whatever person, endowed with devotion, regularly and attentively recites > this hymn to Tryambaka, O Vyāsa, is freed from evil. // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p51) sarvapāpaiśca mucyeta naṣṭañca labhate punaḥ . na ca durgatimāpnoti yadi syādvai supāpakṛt . .56. . sanatkumāra uvāca evaṃ sa bhagavān devaiḥ stutastuṣṭaśca lokapaḥ . uvāca devāndeveśaḥ39 sarvān satyavatīsuta . .57.. > He would also be released from all sins, and he regains what was lost; > and he meets with no bad state of existence, even if he were a great doer of sin. // 56 > Sanatkumāra said: > Thus praised and pleased by the gods, the blessed lord of the world, > the lord of the gods, spoke to all the gods, O son of Satyavatī. // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p52) 29.. pravāhāya - ka. kha . 30 devadevastutāya - ka. 31 sarvapāpaprahartre - kha . 2 sarvapāpmāvighātine - kha. . 33 bhagavān - ka, . 34 tatsarvāṃ - ka. . 35 vibhuḥ - ka. kha . 36 sarvadeveśa - kha . 37 prayataḥ paṭhate - ka kha. . 38 pāpmāyāḥ - kha. . 39 devadeveśaḥ - kha. . 678 devadeva uvāca bho devāḥ parituṣṭosmi varaṃ vṛṇuta kāṃkṣitam dāsyehaṃ tanmahāprajñā mā tūṣṇīṃ brūta sarvaśaḥ . .58. . devā ūcuḥ harireṣa mahādeva pāpmayā hatamānasaḥ40 . tāmasya41 nirṇuda kṣipraṃ nīhāramiva bhāskaraḥ ..59 . . eṣa lokahitārthāya devānāñca42 mahābalaḥ . kurute karma deveśa pāpmānaṃ hyasya nāśaya .. 8.122.60 .. > \[Various readings\] > 678 > The God of gods said: > “O gods, I am well pleased; choose the boon you desire! > I shall grant it, O greatly wise ones; do not remain silent, speak out in full!” > The gods said: > “This Hari, O Mahādeva, has his mind afflicted by sin. > Dispel it swiftly from him, like the sun \[dispelling\] mist! > For the benefit of the world and for the sake of the gods, this mighty one > performs deeds, O Lord of gods; destroy, therefore, his sin!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p53) vayaṃ ca samatāṃ tubhyaṃ43 gaṇatāṃ gaṇamadhyagāḥ . labhema sarvadaiveśa44 yadi tvaṃ manyase vibho . .61 . . sanatkumāra uvāca teṣāmevaṃ tu vadatāṃ devānāmṛṣisattama45 . uvāca bhagavāñcharvaḥ prahasan prītamānasaḥ .. 62. . viṣṇureṣa surāḥ sadyo mokṣyate pāpmayānayā46 . pāpmā ceyaṃ mahābhāgā47 ūṣare saṃbhaviṣyati .. 63 . . niryāsaścaiva vṛkṣāṇāmapāṃ phenastathaiva ca . mahoragāṇāṃ gandhaśca strīṇāṃ nindā tathaiva ca . . 64.. > “And may we, dwelling among the attendants, attain equality with you, > the status of attendants, O Lord of all gods, if you deem it proper, O All-pervading One!” > Sanatkumāra said: > While those gods were speaking thus, O best of seers, > the blessed Śarva, laughing with a delighted heart, spoke: > “This Viṣṇu, O gods, shall immediately be released from this sin, > and this sin, O blessed ones, shall come into existence in saline soil, > and in the sap of trees, and in the foam of waters, > and in the smell of great serpents, and likewise in the reviling of women, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p54) dīkṣitasya ca48 viprasya aśubhasyāvakīrtanam . brāhmaṇānāṃ parīvādo gavāmaparikīrtanam49 . .6 5 .. > and in proclaiming the inauspicious misfortune of an initiated brahmin, > in slander of brahmins, and in failing to praise cows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p55) agnerajvalanañcaiva nadīnāṃ bandha eva ca . ya etāni naraḥ kuryādrāgamohasamanvitaḥ sa etāṃ prāpnuyālloke svayaṃbhūrapi50 lokapaḥ . .66 .. > and in not kindling the fire, and in the damming of rivers. > Whatever man, filled with passion and delusion, should do these things, > he would incur this \[sin\] in the world, even if he were a self-manifest guardian of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p56) yadā tu vasudevasya suto viṣṇurbhaviṣyati . tadā sa rūpiṇīmenāṃ nara eṣopabhokṣyate . .67. . > When, however, Viṣṇu becomes the son of Vasudeva, > then this Nara shall enjoy her in bodily form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p57) 40 hṛtamānasaḥ - ka. kha. . 41 tāmasmai - ka. kha. . 42 devārthañca - kha. . 43 tulyaṃ - kha . 44 deveśa - ka. kha. . 45 sattamāḥ - kha. . 46 tayā - ka. . 77 mahābhāga - ka. . 48 dīkṣitastasya - ka. . 49 gavāñca parikīrtitama - kha. . 50 svayambhurapi - ka. kha,,.. rasi - ka . 679 tatropabhujya varado harerjātāṃ svasāntadā . vimuktaḥ pāpmayā bhūya51 imaṃ lokaṃ cariṣyati . .68.. > \[Various readings\] > 679 > Having enjoyed there the boon-giver who was born as Hari’s sister, > he, completely freed from sin, shall then walk this world again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p58) yathā tvasya svasāpīyaṃ naiva52 bādhāṃ53 kariṣyati . tathā caratvayaṃ ghoraṃ tapaḥ paramaduścaram ..69. . yūyaṃ ca ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhamihaiva susamāhitāḥ . puraścaraṇamavyagrāḥ kurudhvaṃ madanujñayā . .8.122.70 .. > Yet, so that this sister of his does not cause any affliction, > let him perform severe austerity, exceedingly hard to practice. > And you, together with the seers, right here, deeply concentrated, > perform the preparatory rite untroubled, by my command.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p59) sanatkumāra uvāca ta evamuktā devena devāssarve tadā harim . ūcuḥ kuru tapo ghoraṃ tataḥ śreyo hyavāpsyasi . .71 . . tataḥ sa candraṃ śailendramāruhya susamāhitaḥ . tapaścacāra sumahadindriyagrāmatāpanam . .72. . devā api mahātmāna54 ṛṣibhissaha suvrataiḥ . hiraṇyavarṇaṃ śailendre55 tapastepussamāhitāḥ ..73 .. > Sanatkumāra said: > Having been addressed thus by the God, all the gods then said to Hari: > “Perform severe austerity; from that you will indeed attain the highest good.” > Then he, ascending Candra, king of mountains, deeply concentrated, > performed immense austerity, mortifying the host of senses. > The noble gods also, together with the seers of noble vows, > deeply concentrated, performed austerity on Hiraṇyavarṇa, king of mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p60) atha teṣāṃ samāpte tu vrate tasmin pinākadhṛk . ādideśa vrataṃ dīptaṃ yattat pāśupataṃ mahat . .74.. > Then, when their observance was concluded, the wielder of the Pināka > enjoined that blazing, great Pāśupata observance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p61) uvāca sa tu tuṣṭātmā ābhāṣya su?rapuṃgavān . meghadundubhinirghoṣaṃ dhīrambhīraśabdavat . .75. . devadeva uvāca puraścaraṇametaddhi sucīrṇaṃ lokapāḥ svayam . idaṃ56 pāśupataṃ cīrtvā nirvṛtā yāta57 nirbhayāḥ ..76.. > With a pleased heart, having addressed the bulls among gods, > he spoke in a voice deep and grave like the sound of clouds and kettledrums. > The God of gods said: > “This preparatory rite has been well performed by you yourself, O world-guardians; > having observed this Pāśupata \[vow\], go, untroubled and free from fear! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p62) etat paraṃ pavitrañca sāṃkhyayogādhikaṃ vratam . nāsmātparataraṃ kiñcit sūkṣmaṃ vā vidyate kvacit ..77.. > This supreme and purifying observance is superior to Sāṃkhya and Yoga; > nothing higher than this, nor more subtle, exists anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p63) bhasmanā digdhasarvāṅgo58 digvāsāḥ śucireva ca . śarīrasthairyajan rudraṃ59 sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate . .78. . > With all his limbs smeared with ashes, sky-clad and pure, > worshipping Rudra with steadfastness of body, one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3) 51 bhūyo - ka. kha . 52 naivā. - ka. kha. . 53 bādhaṃ - kha. . 54 mahātmāno - ka kha. . 55 hiraṇyavaṇa- śailendre - kha. . 56 ima - ka. kha. . 57 yaśa - kha. . 58 sarvadigdhāṅgo - ka. kha. . 59 rudraṃ yajat - śarīrasthaiḥ (?) . 680 ārdra snānāt paraṃ bhasma ārdre jantuvadho dhruvam60 . ārdrantu prakṛtiṃ vidyāt prakṛtiṃ cāpi bandhanam . .79 . . prakṛtestu prahāṇārthaṃ61 bhasmanā snānamiṣyate . digvāsastvaṃ ca śaucañca yena jāyenna62 karhicit . .8.122.80 .. yantrāṇāṃ63 paramaṃ yantra64manyadyasmānna vidyate . ṣaḍaṅga sarvakāmīyaṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam .. 81 . . śuci sarvapavitraṃ65 ca sarvapāpāpahaṃ śubham . tapaso vardhanaṃ caiva te carantu66 samāhitāḥ67 . yantraṃ tvapāpaṃ68 vijñeyaṃ prakṛtissā ca saṃsmṛtā69 . .82 . . bandhaśca trividhaḥ proktaḥ sanyāsaphalameva ca . tasmāt sarvaprahāṇārthaṃ yantrametat samācaret ..03 . > \[Various readings\] > 680 > Ashes are superior to wet bathing; in wet \[bathing\], the destruction of living beings is certain. > One should know wetness as Prakṛti, and Prakṛti as bondage. > For the abandoning of Prakṛti, bathing with ashes is prescribed, > as well as being sky-clad and pure, so that one may never be reborn. > Among yantras, it is the supreme yantra, other than which none exists; > six-limbed, granting all desires, revered by all the worlds, > pure, all-purifying, removing all sins, auspicious, > and increasing austerity—let them practice it with focused minds. > The yantra should be understood as sinless, and that is considered Prakṛti. > Bondage is declared to be threefold, and renunciation itself has its fruit; > therefore, for the abandoning of everything, one should practice this yantra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_64) asammataḥ sadā loke yena jīryenna70 karhicit . yogañca paramaṃ prāpya yogānāṃ yatparaṃ71 mahat . .84.. yasmāt72 parataraṃ nāsti ṣaḍaṅgaṃ sarvakāmikam . yena muktaḥ pated bhūyo na yogī73 maraṇādiṣu ..85.. taṃ yogaṃ samanuprāpya siddho divyena karmaṇā . na lipyate74 mahāyogī karmabhistu kṛtākṛtaiḥ ..86. . sanatkumāra uvāca evaṃ te devadevena samājñaptā divaukasaḥ . samāpya tadvrataṃ ghoraṃ śaṃkarasya gaṇā babhuḥ . .87.. te gaṇatvamanuprāpya tasya devasya śūlinaḥ . anvagṛhaṇanta taṃ deśaṃ tapasā bhāvitā bhṛśam . .88 . . devā ūcuḥ yasmādiha sucīrṇaṃ naḥ puraścaraṇamantaśaḥ75 . tasmādidaṃ76 maheśasya guhyamāyatanaṃ smṛtam . .89.. > always unregarded in the world, so that one may never decay; > and attaining the supreme yoga, which is the highest among yogas, > than which there is nothing greater, six-limbed, fulfilling all desires, > liberated by which a yogin falls no more into death and the like. > Attaining that yoga, perfected by divine action, > the great yogin is not smeared by deeds done or undone.” > Sanatkumāra said: > Thus commanded by the God of gods, the heaven-dwellers, > having completed that severe observance, became attendants of Śaṃkara. > Attaining the status of attendants of that trident-bearing God, > deeply suffused with austerity, they favored that region. > The gods said: > “Because our preparatory rite was well practiced here to its completion, > therefore this is known as the secret sanctuary of Maheśa.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_65) 60 dhruvaḥ - va. . 61 prahārārthaṃ - kha. . 62 jāyeta - kha. . 63 mantrāṇāṃ - gha. . 64 paramaṃ mantra - kha. . 65. .. ssarvapavitra - ka. kha. . 66 carantaḥ - ka. kha. . 67 samāhitaḥ - ka. . 68 tu pāpaṃ - gha. . 69 saṃsthitā - gha. . 70 jīryeta - kha . 71 paramaṃ - kha. . 72 tasmāt - kha. . 73 niyogī - kha. . 74 lipyeta - kha. . 75 punaścaraṇamantaśaḥ - ka. . 76.. dimaṃ - ka. kha. . 681 puriścandramiti khyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu dīptimat . pañcayojanavistīrṇaṃ tāvadevāyataṃ śubham ..8.122.90 .. > \[60-76 Apparatus variants\] > \[681\] > ‘\[This sacred place\] shall be renowned in the three worlds as Puriścandra, radiant, > five yojanas broad, and just as long, auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_66) siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇamapsarogaṇanāditam . bahupakṣininādañca nadīprasravaṇākulam . bhaviṣyati mahāpuṇyaṃ tapodhanatapovanam77 . .91 .. > thronged with siddhas and cāraṇas, echoing with flocks of apsarases, > resounding with many birds, filled with rivers and waterfalls, > a holy, great penance-grove for ascetic sages.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_67) yotrāgatya caruṃ kṛtvā bhojayitvā ca78 brāhmaṇam . arcayeddevadeveśaṃ rudraloke sa modate79 ..92.. > Whoever comes here, prepares a caru offering and feeds a brahmin, > and worships the Lord of the god of gods, rejoices in Rudra’s world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_68) yaścātra niyamaṃ kṛtvā bhasmasnāyī yatavrataḥ . muhūrtamapi tiṣṭheta sa gacched gaṇamadhyatām ..93. . akṣayaścāmaraścaiva jarārogavivarjitaḥ80 . rudrasya gaṇapo bhūtvā yogaiśvaryamavāpsyati ..94.. > And whoever, observing restraints here, bathes in ashes with vows subdued, > should stay even for a single muhūrta, shall go to the midst of the gaṇas. > Imperishable, immortal, freed from old age and disease, > he becomes a leader of Rudra's gaṇas and attains the sovereign power of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_69) kāmacārī81 supāpātmā yopyatra divasaṃ vaset . sośvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..95.. > Even a person of willful conduct, exceedingly wicked in soul, who dwells here for a single day, > attains the fruit of an horse sacrifice and is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_70) sakāmopi durācāro yotra prāṇān parityajet . sopi devasadaḥ82 prāpya devaiḥ saha cariṣyati ..96.. > Even a person of evil conduct, full of desire, who abandons his life-breaths here, > reaches the assembly of the gods and shall move among the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_71) sanatkumāra uvāca tataste daivatāḥ83 sarve prāpya tatparamaṃ tapaḥ . ijyāsnānaṃ tadā cakrurīśasya paramātmanaḥ ..97.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Then all those deities, having attained that supreme austerity, > performed the sacrificial ablution to Īśa, the Supreme Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_72) atha te kṛtakṛtyāśca mahāyogabalānvitāḥ . hariṃ prati manaścakrurgantuṃ sarve divaukasaḥ ..98.. > Then, having accomplished their purpose, endowed with the power of great yoga, > all those celestials set their minds on going to Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_73) taṃ jvalantamivādityamāgacchanto84 mahābalāḥ . hariścandragirau85 vyāsa hariṃ dadṛśuravyayam ..99.. > Approaching him who was blazing like the sun, O Vyāsa, > those mighty ones saw the imperishable Hari on Mount Hariścandra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_74) sopi kālena mahatā dhūtapāpmā86 mahātapāḥ . tadaiva87 labdhvā devānāṃ samatāṃ muditātmavān ..8.122.1 00 .. > He too, with his sins shaken off after a long time, performing great austerities, > having then attained equality with the gods, was joyful in soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_75) 77 tapodhanaṃ - kha . 78 tu - kha . 79 modati - ka. kha. . 80 mṛtyurogavivarjitaḥ - ka. kha. . 81 kāmakārī - ka. . 82 devasama. - ka., sadā - kha. . 83 devatāḥ - ka. kha . 84 gacchantaṃ (?) . 85 hareḥ - ka., hariścacandre girau - kha. . 86 dhautapāpmā - kha. . 87 tameva ka kha . 682 - - 88 prati tadā vegādutthāya89 ṛṣisattama90 . śikharāt sannipatyāśu teṣāṃ madhyevatiṣṭhata91 .. 101 .. tataste muditāḥ samyagghariṇā saha saṃgatāḥ . śikharaṃ tad girestasya phalena92 samayojayan . .1 02 .. yasmāddharirayaṃ93 hyatra candravannirmalo babhau . tapasā mahatā caiva tasmādeṣocaleśvaraḥ ..1 03 .. hariścandra iti khyāto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ . yasmādaprakṛtenaiva prapātotra kṛtaḥ punaḥ . tasmād bhṛgurayaṃ loke puṇyo bhavatu sarvaśaḥ . .1 04.. atra94 yobhyetya deveśā bhṛguprapatanaṃ naraḥ . sādhayeta sa gaccheta harerlokamatiprabham . .1 05. . mahāpātakasaṃyukto vyādhinā samupadrutaḥ . yotra sādhayate prāṇān sopi mucyenmahābhayāt .. 1 06.. yadvā prārthayate95 nityaṃ prapāte cātra96 kiṃcana . tatprāpnuyānnaraḥ sarvamacirāttacca97 vai smṛtam ..1 07.. sanatkumāra uvāca hariścandramimaṃ98 yastu puriścandrantu99 dharmavit . paṭheta śṛṇuyādvāpi sa pāpmānaṃ viśasyati . .1 08.. idaṃ tu yaḥ śuciranasūyavān100 sadā naraḥ paṭhed dvijagaṇadevasaṃsadi . sa nirmalo raviriva tejasā jvalan triviṣṭape vasati yathāmarovaraḥ101 ..1 0 9.. iti skandapurāṇe hariścandragirivarṇano nāma dvāviṃśottaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ102 > \[77-87 Apparatus variants\] > \[682\] > Rising up with speed towards them, O best of seers, > he swiftly descended from the peak and stood among them. > Then, delighted, meeting together fully with Hari, > they endowed that peak of the mountain with a reward: > ‘Because Hari shone here as stainless as the moon > by means of great austerity, therefore this Lord of Mountains > shall be known as Hariścandra; of this there is no doubt. > And because a descent was made here by one who is not ordinary, > therefore let this precipice become holy in the world in every way.’ > O lords of gods, whichever man, coming here, casts himself from this cliff, > shall go to Hari's exceedingly radiant world. > A person afflicted with disease, \[even if\] tainted by the great sins, > who gives up his life-breaths here, is also freed from great terror. > Whatever a man continually prays for here at the precipice, > all that he swiftly obtains—so it is declared. > Sanatkumāra said: > The knower of dharma who reads or listens to this \[account of\] Hariścandra and Puriścandra > destroys all his sin. > And whatever man, pure and free from malice, always reads this in an assembly of twice-born and gods, > he, stainless, blazing with brilliance like the sun, dwells in heaven like an immortal, foremost among them. > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-second chapter, titled ‘Description of Mount Hariścandra’, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.13.3\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_76) 88 ta dāt (?) - kha . 89 dutthito - ka. kha. . 90 munisattama - gha., ṛṣisattamaḥ - ka. kha. . 91 vyavasthitaḥ - kha. . 92 vareṇa - gha. . 93 tasmāddharirayaṃ - ka. . 94 yatra - ka. . 95 prārthayantu - kha. . 96 nātra - ka . 97 sarvānacirāttacca - ka. kha. . 98 idaṃ - ka. kha. . 99 puriścandrañca - kha. . 100.. ranusūyavān - ka, śucitanu.. - kha, . 101. paraḥ (?) . 102 175 - kha. . 683 sanatkumāra uvāca taṃ puriścandramāsādya1 sa rāmaḥ śaktinanda . apaśyat parameśānamasuraiḥ kliṣṭamānasaḥ . . 1 . . sa dṛṣṭavā tu2 mahādevaṃ sāmbaṃ sagaṇamavyayam . praṇataḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā tasthau prahvastadāgrataḥ3 . .2.. > \[88-102 Apparatus variants\] > \[683\] > Sanatkumāra said: > Having reached that Puriścandra, Rāma, son of Śakti, > his mind tormented by the asuras, saw the Supreme Lord. > Beholding Mahādeva, imperishable, together with Ambā and his attendants, > he bowed, joined his palms in reverence, and stood humbly before him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 77 of 296 passages. [Read on](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.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.sriprasna.49.270) — Sanskrit - [Puruṣārthasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.daksinatya.purusarthasudhanidhi.85.6) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13) · Pramāṇa