[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) › 7.17.p15 # Skandapurana 7.17.p15 Skandapurāṇa 7.17.p15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.17.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p15) 830 sa bālakhilyaiḥ praṇatobhipūjito nimantrya27 sarvān tripade dvijottamān . punarnivṛtobhijagāma mandaraṃ sa yatra devyā sahitovatiṣṭhate . .27. . atha bhuvanapatiṃ patiṃ surāṇāṃ giritanayāmukhapaṅkajadvirepham . dhanadavaradametya bhūtanāthaṃ gaṇapatinātha idaṃ tadāvabhāṣe . .28 . . divi ca bhuvi ca ye caranti viprāḥ śamadamasaṃyamaśaucasatvayuktāḥ28 . tripuradamana kālanāśa sarve tava vacanādvinimantritā mayā te29 . . 29.. iti skandapurāṇe taruputragrahaṇe viprāmantraṇaṃ nāma ekaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > 830 / Bowed to and worshipped by the Bālakhilyas, having invited all the best of brahmins across the three worlds, he returned once more and went to Mandara, where \[the Lord\] was staying together with the Goddess. / Then, approaching the Lord of the world, the Lord of the gods, the bee to the lotus-face of the Daughter of the Mountain, the bestower of boons upon Kubera, the Lord of spirits, the Lord of the attendants' hosts spoke this: / 'The brahmins who move in heaven and on earth, endowed with tranquility, self-restraint, discipline, purity, and truthfulness— / O crusher of Tripura, O destroyer of Death, all of them have been invited by me at your command.' / Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-first chapter, named 'The Inviting of the Brahmins,' in the context of adopting the tree-son, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.17.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p14) - [Next: 7.17.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p16) - [Up: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.17.p15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p15) · Pramāṇa