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(kha) . . 54 dvijāpūrvaṃ - ga. . 55 manandayan - ga. . 56 tsavam - ka. ga . 57 deveśa - ka. . 1 mahāmatiḥ - kha. . 2 muhurttaṃ sa mahāvego - ga, . 6 ivānalaḥ - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > Sanatkumāra said: > Permitted by Śakra, Nandī, the leader of the Pramathas, / of great splendor, set his mind on going to the abode of Brahmā. / In an instant, endowed with great speed like the wind of immense velocity, / the attendant \[of Śiva\] reached the Vairāja abode of the Four-faced One. / Nandī, radiant as a ray of the sun, entered that assembly, / which dispels fatigue, resembling the assembly on Mount Meru. / - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - > 49 prabhu - ravra. . 50 mandarāvāsamavyagra - ga., mandarāvāsinavyagraḥ - gha . 51 dhara? . 52 grahiṣyati - ka kha. . 53 bhūmipaḥ (pa) - ka. ga. (kha) . . 54 dvijāpūrvaṃ - ga. . 55 manandayan - ga. . 56 tsavam - ka. ga . 57 deveśa - ka. . > 1 mahāmatiḥ - kha. . 2 muhurttaṃ sa mahāvego - ga, . 6 ivānalaḥ - ka. . > - - - -- - - - - - - - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p3) 828 tāṃ kathāmiva citrārthāṃ citrārthairbahubhiryutām . dadarśa4 sa sabhāṃ nandī bahvāścaryasamākulām5 . .4. . tasyāṃ sabhāyāmālīnaṃ yatibhissaha sodbhutam . apaśyadabjajaṃ nandī devaiḥ pañcabhirāvṛtam . .5. . vedārthaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ6 yatīnāṃ paripṛcchatām . tām̐śca bhāṣyavidaḥ sarvān śrutvā sādhviti vādinaḥ . .6. . nandī pitāmahaṃ samyak pūjayāmāsa satvaram . tataḥ pitāmahaḥ prāha nandinaṃ gaṇanāyakam . .7. . kiṃ cirādāgatosīti sa ca taṃ pratyabhāṣata . aśokatarukaṃ putraṃ giriputrī grahīṣyati ..8 . . bhagavam̐statra7 devastvāṃ nimantrayati śaṅkaraḥ . imāṃśca tapasāgnyābhān8 savedān vedavādinaḥ . .9.. > 828 / Nandī beheld that assembly, filled with many wonders, / like a narrative of wonderful contents, endowed with numerous marvelous objects. / In that assembly, Nandī saw the Lotus-born \[Brahmā\] seated with ascetics, / wondrous, surrounded by the five gods, / expounding the meaning of the Veda to the inquiring ascetics, / and, hearing them all, who knew the commentaries, say, "Excellent!" / Nandī properly and promptly paid homage to the Grandfather. / Then the Grandfather said to Nandī, the leader of the Gaṇas: / "Why have you come after so long?" And he replied to him: / "The daughter of the mountain is going to accept the Aśoka tree as her son. / There, O Lord, God Śaṅkara invites you, / along with these \[sages\] who resemble fire through their austerity, possessing the Vedas and proclaiming the Veda." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p4) nimantrayati deveśo yajñakoṭīnimantritaḥ9 . yatibhissaha sarvastvaṃ mandaraṃ citrakandaram . . 8.161.10 . . vraja mānada devānāmevamājñāpayatyajaḥ . ityevaṃ vacasāṃ kartā vacaḥ śrutvā sa nandinaḥ . .1 1 . . japyapriyamuvācedaṃ hṛṣṭarūpaḥ10 pitāmahaḥ . nandīśvara vrajasva tvamavighnena śivena ca . .1 2. . ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi ebhissaha śivāntikam . mokṣyate cāpyaśokosau dakṣaśāpakṛtaṃ tamaḥ .. 13 .. > "The Lord of gods, who is invited by ten million sacrifices, invites you: / 'Go, O giver of honor, with all the ascetics to Mandara of wondrous caves; / so the Unborn One commands the gods.' / Having thus heard the speech of Nandī, that creator of speech, / the Grandfather, who delights in silent prayer, delighted in appearance, said this: / 'O Nandīśvara, go safely and auspiciously. / I too shall come together with these \[sages\] into the presence of Śiva. / And this Aśoka tree will be released from the darkness caused by Dakṣa's curse— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p5) putrī himavato devī yaṃ grahīṣyati putrakam . ityuktaḥ pratimānyeśa11mīśasya12 dayitograṇīḥ . .14.. > the little son whom the goddess, the daughter of Himavat, will accept.' / Thus addressed, that leader, beloved of the Lord, having honored the Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p6) brahmaṇo bhavanāttūrṇaṃ kṣīrodamudadhiṃ yayau . mālāmiva samudrasya sa tu velāmamālinīm . . 1 5. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - 4 dadṛśe - ka. . 5 aścarya bahusaṃkulām - ka kha. . 6 sa vibhāṣantaṃ - ka. kha. . 7 bhagavāṃstatra - ka. . 8 tapanābhāsān - dha. . 9 koṭinimantritaḥ - kha ga. . 10 dṛṣṭarūpaḥ - ka. . 11 ityuktastu praṇamyātha - gha. . 12.. .mīśeśa - ka. kha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > swiftly departed from the abode of Brahmā for the ocean of milk. / He approached the seashore, flawless like a garland of the ocean, / difficult to endure, he who was chief in the assembly of the lords of Gaṇas. / - - - -- - - - - - - - - > 4 dadṛśe - ka. . 5 aścarya bahusaṃkulām - ka kha. . 6 sa vibhāṣantaṃ - ka. kha. . 7 bhagavāṃstatra - ka. . 8 tapanābhāsān - dha. . 9 koṭinimantritaḥ - kha ga. . 10 dṛṣṭarūpaḥ - ka. . 11 ityuktastu praṇamyātha - gha. . 12.. .mīśeśa - ka. kha. . > - - - -- - - - - - - - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p7) 829 gaṇeśvarasadomukhya āsasāda durutsahām . sa velānilayān viprān vālakhilyām̐13 stapodhanān ..1 6. . nānāniyamasaṃyuktānapaśyad14 gaṇanāyakaḥ vandamānaṃ15 tamālokya gaṇeśaṃ suyaśāpatim ..17' . āśībhiranukūlābhirnananduste16 tapodhanāḥ . tapodhanānāṃ hṛṣṭānāṃ nandī madhyagato babhau . . 18.. > 829 / The leader of the Gaṇas saw the brahmins residing on the shore, / the Vālakhilyas whose wealth is austerity, observant of various disciplines. / Seeing that leader of Gaṇas, the master of fair renown, offering salutations, / those whose wealth is austerity rejoiced with favorable blessings. / Standing in the midst of those joyful ascetics, Nandī shone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p8) grahāṇāṃ saumyarūpāṇāṃ yathā17 madhyagatoḍupaḥ18 . atha pādyārghyadānena phaladānena vaiva hi . .19. . saṃpūjya nandinaṃ devaṃ bālakhilyāstamabruvan . kutaścirasyāgamanamiha te pramathādhipa . kaccid drakṣyāma deveśaṃ sāmbamambāpatiṃ bhavam ..8.161.2 0 .. > just like the moon situated amidst the gentle planets. / Then, having honored the divine Nandī with water for feet, arghya offerings, / or with fruits, the Bālakhilyas addressed him: / 'From where and why is your arrival here after so long, O lord of the Pramathas? / Shall we perchance see the Lord of gods, Bhava, who is with Ambā and is Ambā's husband?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p9) tato nandī dvijaśreṣṭhān19 śreṣṭho vai pramathādhipaḥ . sālāṅkāramidaṃ vākyamabravīd dvijasaṃsadi . .2 1 .. > Then Nandī, the best and lord of the Pramathas, / spoke these ornate words to the best of brahmins in the assembly of brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p10) mandare sāmbiko devo nehāgacchati śaṅkaraḥ . iha cāgamanaṃ20 yanme tacchṛṇudhvaṃ tapodhanāḥ ..22 .. > 'God Śaṅkara is on Mandara with Ambikā; he does not come here. / And hear, O you whose wealth is austerity, the purpose of my coming here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p11) aśokatarukaṃ putraṃ giriputrī grahīṣyati . tatra vo gopatirdevo nimantrayati śaṅkaraḥ .. 23 .. > The daughter of the mountain will accept the Aśoka tree as her son. / There the god Śaṅkara, the lord of cows, invites you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p12) śvaḥ sarve dārasahitāḥ saśiṣyatanayāgnayaḥ . mandaraṃ yāta viprāgryā māmambāṃ21 cānugṛhaṇata22 ..24.. > Tomorrow, all of you, together with your wives, disciples, sons, and sacred fires, / go to Mandara, O foremost brahmins, and show grace to me and to the Mother.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p13) ityevaṃ nandinā proktā bālakhilyā23 maharṣayaḥ24 . deve bhakti25 prakarṣeṇa26 gaṇeśamidamabruvan .. 25.. > Thus addressed by Nandī, the great seers, the Bālakhilyas, / said this to the leader of Gaṇas out of intense devotion to the God: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p14) bho nandinnāgamiṣyāmaḥ śvaḥ prabhāte vayaṃ prabho . parvataṃ yāhyavighnena mandaraṃ cārukandaram . .26. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - 13 bālikhilyām̐ - ka kha. . 14 līlāniyamasaṃyuktānapaśyad.15 vandyamāna-ka. 16 staṃ-gha kha. 17 sthito - ka. kha. . 18 ivoḍupaḥ ( ?) - gha . . 19 nandirdvijaśreṣṭhān - kha. . 20 tvāgamanaṃ - gha. . 21. māmbāṃ - ka kha . 22 ca nugṛhaṇatha - ka kha., gṛhya ca - gha . 23 bālikhilyā - ka. kha. . 24 mahābalāḥ kha. . 25 devabhakti ka . 26 praharṣeṇa - ka kha. . 27 deveśa - gha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > 'O Nandī, O lord, we will certainly come tomorrow morning. / Go without hindrance to the mountain, to Mandara with its lovely caves.' / - - - -- - - - - - - - - > 13 bālikhilyām̐ - ka kha. . 14 līlāniyamasaṃyuktānapaśyad.15 vandyamāna-ka. 16 staṃ-gha kha. 17 sthito - ka. kha. . 18 ivoḍupaḥ ( ?) - gha . . 19 nandirdvijaśreṣṭhān - kha. . 20 tvāgamanaṃ - gha. . 21. māmbāṃ - ka kha . 22 ca nugṛhaṇatha - ka kha., gṛhya ca - gha . 23 bālikhilyā - ka. kha. . 24 mahābalāḥ kha. . 25 devabhakti ka . 26 praharṣeṇa - ka kha. . 27 deveśa - gha. . > - - - -- - - - - - - - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [7.17.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p16) sanatkumāra uvāca āmantriteṣu vipreṣu nārāyaṇapadatraye1 . nandinyatha nivṛtte ca gaṇayūthapayūthape . . 1 . . bhagavān kratukāmaghnaḥ pūṣṇo dantanipātanaḥ . mālī maulī balī kālaḥ kāle vacanamavravīt . . 2. . ambike jagataḥ2 sarve brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaḥ2 samāḥ . āmantritā varārohe kuru yatte manogatam . . 3 . . sa yatrāśokatarukaḥ putrakaste bhaviṣyati . tatra sajjīkaropyanna4mannadaḥ piṅgalaḥ5 priye . .4.. - - - -- - - - - - - - - 28... bhimantrya - ka . 29 damayamamaṃyanaśaucasatvayuktāḥ - ka, damaśama - kha. gha. . 30 mayeti - kha. . 1 trilokapuravāsiṣu - gha . 2... dhyāgatā - gha. . 3 brahmaṇā (?) . 4 karotvannaṃ - ka, karod devi - gha . 2.., tva - ka., piñjalaḥ - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > Sanatkumāra said: / When the brahmins had been invited throughout the three strides of Nārāyaṇa, and Nandin, the leader of the hosts of attendants, had returned, / the blessed Lord, the destroyer of the sacrifice and of Kāma, the knocker-out of Pūṣan's teeth, wearing a garland, bearing a diadem, mighty, the Embodiment of Time, spoke these words at that time: / 'O Ambikā, all the brahmins of the world are like Brahmā. / They have been invited, O fair-hipped lady; do what you desire in your mind. / Where that small aśoka tree is, which will become your son, / let Piṅgala, the giver of food, prepare the food there, O beloved.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p17) 831 śvaḥ prabhāte yathā devi nandinā saha nandini . yāmośokataroḥ6 pārśvaṃ tathā kuru girīndraje ..5.. > 831 / 'So that tomorrow morning, O joyful Goddess, we may go together with Nandin to the side of the aśoka tree, arrange it thus, O Daughter of the Mountain King.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p18) sākāśajalapātālaṃ7 jagajjanani tatra hi8 . piṇḍīkṛtaṃ tvaddhitārthe9 bhaviṣyati gireḥ sute .. 6.. > 'For there the entire world, together with the sky, waters, and Pātāla, O Mother of the universe, will be assembled for your welfare, O Daughter of the Mountain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p19) anena cāmantrayatā nandinā vai dvijottamān . krāntaṃ trivikramākrāntaṃ10 nārāyaṇapadatrayam ..7.. > 'And by this Nandin, inviting the foremost of brahmins, the three strides of Nārāyaṇa, traversed by Trivikrama, were traversed.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p20) sohamasya varārohe vareṇye11 varadāyini . varaṃ dāsyāmi varade yadi te rucitaṃ priye ..8. . atha devī divonāthaṃ ḍiṇḍimuṇḍeśvaraṃ12 haram . avadadvaradaṃ kāntaṃ kāntaṃ candrārdhabhūṣaṇam13 . .9.. > 'Therefore, O fair-hipped lady, O choicest one, O giver of boons, I shall grant him a boon, O gracious one, if it pleases you, my beloved.' / Then the Goddess spoke to the Lord of heaven, Ḍiṇḍimuṇḍeśvara, Hara, the giver of boons, the beloved, adorned with the crescent moon: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p21) ayannandīśvaro deva āvayoḥ paramo hitaḥ . varakoṭīsahasrāṇi tvattorhati na saṃśayaḥ . .8.162.1 0 .. > 'This Lord Nandin, O God, is our supreme benefactor. / He deserves thousands of crores of boons from you, without a doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p22) varado hyasi lokānāṃ lokānāmapi ceśvaraḥ . yadi tuṣṭosi śailāderdiśasva pravaraṃ varam . . 11 . . kṛttivāsāstato devo mūrdhnyupāghrāya nandinam . uvāca pramatheśānaṃ15 vriyatāmīpsito16 varaḥ . .1 2 .. > 'For you are the giver of boons to the worlds, and the Lord of the worlds as well. / If you are pleased, grant an excellent boon to the son of Śilāda.' / Then the God clad in animal hides, smelling Nandin on the crown of his head, / said to the Lord of the Pramathas: 'Choose a desired boon!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p23) tataḥ kapīndravadanaḥ sureśasadṛśadyutiḥ . praṇamya śirasā prāha nandī śaṅkaravallabhaḥ17 ..1 3. . prabhāvāttava deveśa varadāsmyajarāmaraḥ18 . bhogavān pūjitaḥ pūjyairdevadānavakinnaraiḥ ..14. . kiṃ me vareṇa yohaṃ te varakoṭiprapūjitau19 . paśyāmi caraṇau śarva sāmbasya pramathārcitau .. 15.. > Then, having the face of the king of monkeys, resplendent like the Lord of the gods, bowing with his head, Nandin, beloved of Śaṅkara, spoke: / 'By your power, O Lord of gods, I am already immortal and ageless, a giver of boons, full of enjoyment, worshipped by those worthy of worship—gods, Dānavas, and Kinnaras. / What need have I of a boon, when I behold your feet, O Śarva, worshipped by crores of boons, worshipped by the Pramathas, together with the Mother?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p24) - - - -- - - - - - - - - 6 māyā... - ka, yāmī ( mya śokataroḥ - kha., yāhyaśokataro - gha. . 7 sakālajalapātālaṃ - gha. . 8 jagatsarvaṃ nimantritaṃ - gha,... mantra(tra - ka. . 9 tvaddhitārthaṃ - kha. ga . 10 trivikramam - gha., ...mākrānta - ka. ga. . 15 varado - gha . 12 caṇḍāṇḍeśvara - gha . 13 kāntacandrārdhabhūṣaṇam - ka. ga. . 14 sarveṣāṃ - gha . 15 pramatheśāna - ka. . 16 vṛyatāmīpsito - ka. ga. . 17 nandīśo haravallabhaḥ - gha. . 18 varadāsmyajarāmaraḥ - ka. ga. . 19 prapūjitaiḥ - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p25) 832 vareṇa tu mamānena gopate yadi tuṣyasi20 . nityā bhavatu me bhaktistvayi sāmbe maheśvara21 .. 1 6. śiṣṭānāṃ madviśiṣṭānāṃ gaṇānāṃ gaṇapādhipaḥ22 . tvayā kṛto devavara kimatonyat kariṣyasi . . 17. . ityevaṃ nandinaṃ devo bhāṣamāṇaṃ tadā natam23 . prītyāpaśyad24 virūpākṣaḥ śaśāṅkakṛtaśekharaḥ .. 18 .. > 832 / 'If you are pleased with me, O Lord of the earth, grant this boon: let my devotion to you along with Ambā be eternal, O Maheśvara! / You have already made me the sovereign of the hosts, of those distinguished and more distinguished than me, O best of gods! What else can you do beyond this?' / Seeing Nandin thus speaking and bowing down, the three-eyed God, whose crest is the moon, looked upon him with affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p26) tatotpalanikāśena kareṇa bhagavān haraḥ . pramṛjya prāha harṣeṇa harṣayan nandinaṃ bhṛśam . . 1 9. . bhaktimānasi me25 nandin sadāraṃ sagaṇāśrayam . tāṃ ca bhaktiṃ puraskṛtya pārśvasthosi mayā kṛtaḥ .. 8.162.20 .. > Then, wiping \[him\] with his hand that resembled a blue lotus, the blessed Lord Hara spoke with joy, delighting Nandin greatly: / 'You are devoted to me, O Nandin, together with your wife, an asylum for my hosts; and placing that devotion foremost, you have been kept at my side by me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p27) satyāddharmāttapodānād gobhyo vedebhya eva ca . ebhyo me tvaṃ priyataraḥ sarvebhyo gaṇapeśvara . . 21 . . prabhāte26 yaśca te nāma kīrtayiṣyati lokapa27 . sośvamedhasya ca phalaṃ samyagiṣṭasya lapsyate28 ..22. . yaśca tvāṃ dveṣṭi vidviṣṭaḥ29 sa me dharmaratopi hi . yasya tvaṃ dayitosau30 me dayitastu bhavet sadā . .23 . . namo nandīśvarāyeti procya yaḥ svapsyate naraḥ . tasya kuṣmāṇḍarājebhyo31 na bhaviṣyati vai bhayam .. 24. . ityevaṃ bruvatastasya nandīśvaraguṇastavam . brahmaṇastanuratyugrā32 sandhyā samabhivartata . . 25 .. > 'More than truth, righteousness, austerity, gift-giving, cows, and the Vedas themselves—dearer than all these are you to me, O sovereign of the hosts! / And whoever recites your name at dawn, O guardian of the world, shall obtain the full fruit of a well-performed horse sacrifice. / And whoever hates you is hateful to me, even if devoted to righteousness; while whoever is dear to you shall always be dear to me. / The person who goes to sleep saying, "Salutations to Lord Nandin!" shall have no fear of the Kuṣmāṇḍa kings.' / While he was thus reciting the praise of Lord Nandin's virtues, the twilight, the extremely fierce body of Brahmā, arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p28) saṃdhyākālantu33 kālajñaḥ kālaḥ kālanihā34 haraḥ . upoḍhaṃ vīkṣya nṛttasya devaḥ kālamamanyata35 . . 26. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - 20. tuṣyati - ka., tuṣyase - gha . 21 sāmba maheśvara - ga., gaṇeśvara - ka. . 22 gaṇapādhipa - ka. . 23 nutaṃ - kha. . 24 pṛtyāpaśyad - ka. . 25 māṃ (?) . 26 prayataḥ - kha . 27 lokapaḥ - ka. . 28 lakṣyate - kha. . 29 vai dveṣṭi - ka . 30 dayitaḥ so - ka. ga. . 31 kuṣmāṇḍarājabhyo - ka. . 32. ravyagrā - kha, ga. . 33 saṃndhyākālantu - ka. ga. . 34 kālāvaho - gha. . 35 yaṃ raktaṃ vīkṣya saṃsāraṃ kālaṃ matvetyajovyayaḥ - gha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > Hara, knowing the right time, being Time itself, the destroyer of Death, seeing the time of twilight arrive, the God considered it the time for dancing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27) 833 upaspṛśya tataḥ sodbhirapāṃ sraṣṭā trilokapaḥ . anvāsta46 bhagavāni sandhyāṃ lokasaṃsthāṃ nu pālayan47 ..27 > Then, having touched water \[in sipping\], that creator of waters, the guardian of the three worlds, / the Lord engaged in the twilight prayer, observing the established order of the world. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_29) prasāritakaro devo nyastajānukamaṇḍalaḥ38 . prasaritakaro vyomni divākara ivābhavat . .28. . japtvā tu paramaṃ japyaṃ trivedarasasaṃbhavama . bhavaḥ pranṛttya39ccatura40ścaturaṃ caturānana41 . .29. . bharttāraṃ vīkṣya nṛtyantaṃ42 viṣaktakarapallavam . sahadharmacarī devī bharttāraṃ sānvanṛtyata43 . .8.162.3 0 . . dampatī vīkṣya nṛtyantau sāṭṭahāsaṃ gaṇāgraṇīḥ . prānṛtyata44 tato nandī devayoḥ prītimāvahan . .3 1 . . devamambāñca nṛtyantau nandinañca samīkṣya tu . pramathā nīlameghābhāḥ45 pranṛttāstūryanisvanaiḥ ..3 2. . tato bheryo jharjharāśca46 kikhirānakamaṇḍukāḥ47 . āḍambarā ḍiṇḍimāśca śaṃkhāścaiva prasasvanuḥ . . 33 .. muhurmuhuḥ sādhayate nṛttaṃ caturamambikā . nandī visṛjate48 hāsaṃ pramathā nedurulbaṇāḥ . . 34. . tattūryavaraśabdāḍhyaṃ49 śivāśaniravākulam . sandhyāmukhaṃ babhau raudraṃ vaḍavāmukhasannibham . .35.. nanṛturjahasuścānye50 jajapuśca tathāpare . jaguścānyetimadhuraṃ gandharvā iva pārṣadāḥ . .3 6 . . tatombaratalāpīḍe pūrṇavimbetinirmale . mṛgāṅke hyudite candre candrāvayavabhūṣaṇaḥ51 ..37.. - - - -- - - - - - - - - 36 anvāste - ka. . 37 lokasaṃsthāntu pālayan - gha . . . . bhipālanā (nī m (nāt) -kaḥ. 38 jānunyasta(?), kamaṇḍaluḥ - ka kha. . 39 prahṛṣṭa - ka. . 40 catura - kha. . 41 ... ñcaturānanaḥ - ka. kha., pranṛtyac caturaḥ (?) . 42 nṛttantaṃ - ka. ga. . 43... sata - kha. . 44 pranṛtyata - gha. . 45 nilameghābhaḥ - ka. . 46 marmarāśca - kha. . 47 kikharānaka - ka. kha., meṇḍukā - ga. . 48 visasṛje - kha. . 49 kharaśabdāḍhya - ka. kha. ga. gha . 50 narnaturjahasuścānye - ka. kha. ga. . 51... bhūṣaṇe - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > The god stretched out his hands, having rested his knees and his water-pot; / with extended rays he became like the sun shining in the sky. (28) / Having recited the supreme prayer born of the essence of the three Vedas, / Bhava, skillful \[and\] with his four faces, began to dance dexterously. (29) / Seeing her husband dancing with tender sprout-like hands swaying, / the goddess, his companion in sacred duty, danced along with her husband. (30) / Seeing the couple dancing with loud bursts of laughter, the leader of the gaṇas, / Nandī, then danced, bringing delight to both deities. (31) / Seeing the god and the Mother dancing, and Nandī as well, / the pramathas, resembling dark blue clouds, danced to the sounds of musical instruments. (32) / Then kettledrums and jharjharas, kikhiras, ānakas, and maṇḍukas, / āḍambaras, small drums, and conchs sounded forth. (33) / Again and again Ambikā accomplished a skillful dance; / Nandī gave vent to laughter, and the fierce pramathas roared aloud. (34) / Filled with the sounds of those excellent musical instruments, tumultuous with the noise of Śiva's thunderbolt, / the onset of twilight blazed terribly like the mouth of the submarine fire. (35) / Some danced, others laughed, and others muttered prayers; / yet others among the attendants sang very sweetly, like gandharvas. (36) / Then, as the moon, the crest of the vault of the sky, with full disk and exceedingly clear, / the deer-marked one, had risen, \[he who is\] adorned with the crescent moon (37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_30) 834 samāpya niyamaṃ devaḥ sāmbanandīśapārṣadaḥ52 . virarāmotsavāttasmāt pārvatīṃ cedamabravīt ..3 8.. > concluded his observance, accompanied by Ambā, Nandīśa, and his attendants. / The god ceased from that festivity and addressed Pārvatī thus: (38) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_31) uṣitvā śarvarīmetāṃ śarvaryamitavikrame . aśokatarukaṃ putraṃ tataḥ śvastvaṃ grahīṣyasi . .3 9. . dhāreyī sā sadarbhāyāṃ dharāyāṃ53 dhāraṇīdharā54 . suṣvāpa devavacanādekāṃ55 rātriṃ yatavratā . .8.162.40 . . tataḥ śatasahasrāṃśāvuditerkerkabhāvanaḥ . umāmāha prayāmeti56 yatrāśokaḥ sutaḥ57 sa te58 ..41 .. > "Having spent this night, O night of immeasurable prowess, / tomorrow you shall then receive that son, the little Aśoka tree." (39) / Holding to the earth covered with darbha grass, that supporter of the earth, / following the god's command, slept for one night, keeping her vow. (40) / Then, when the hundred-thousand-rayed sun arose, \[Śiva,\] creator of the sun, / said to Umā: "Let us go to where that Aśoka, your son, is." (41) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_32) tato bhagavatī dhanyā dhanadā dhanadārcitā . bhavamāha prayāmeti siñjamānavibhūṣaṇā59 ..42. . pādacāreṇa bhagavān pādapaṃ pādapālayaḥ . tamaśokataru prāpa sanandī sāmbiko haraḥ ..43 . . sa tatra piṅgalaṃ yakṣaṃ60 piṅgalānalasannibham . sādhayānaṃ dadarśānnamannadaṃ pramathaiḥ saha ..44.. > Then the blessed one, fortunate, bestower of wealth, worshipped by the lord of wealth, / whose ornaments tinkled, said to Bhava: "Let us go." (42) / On foot, the blessed Hara, whose abode is at the foot of trees, / accompanied by Nandī and Ambikā, approached that Aśoka tree. (43) / There he saw the tawny yakṣa, who was like a reddish-yellow fire, / preparing food along with the pramathas, the provider of food. (44) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_33) athātra bhakṣyabhojyasya coṣyalehyasya ca prabhuḥ . sopaśyat parvataprakhyān rāśīn rāśividāṃ varaḥ . .45.. > Then the lord, the best among those who know heaps, saw there / mountain-like heaps of food to be chewed, swallowed, sucked, and licked. (45) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_34) sa sādhitaṃ61 tato dṛṣṭvā yakṣeṇānnaṃ pinākadhṛk . praharṣamatulaṃ62 lebhe sāmbikaḥ saha nandinā ..46. . tataḥ pitāmaho devaḥ saha devāpsaroragaiḥ63 . tatrāgānmudito bhūtvā64 yatra sāmbombikāpatiḥ ..47.. > Then, seeing the food prepared by the yakṣa, the wielder of the Pināka, / together with Ambikā and Nandī, felt peerless joy. (46) / Then the grandfather, the god \[Brahmā\], together with gods, apsarases, and uragas, / came there rejoicing, where the husband of Ambikā was with Ambikā. (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_35) te praṇamya mahādevaṃ65 devāstenābhipūjitāḥ . parivārya tadāśokamidamūcurharāgrataḥ66 . .48. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - 52 sapārṣada - kha . 53 dhārayā - ka . 54 dharaṇīdharā - kha. . 55 devā (tāṃ) - ka. . 56 vrajāmyeti - gha. . 57 yatrāśokasutaḥ - ka., yatrāśokataruḥ - kha. . 58 sutaḥ - kha., śubhe - ga. . 59 siñjanmaṇi vabhūṣaṇā (?) . . 60 piṅgalādhyaśa - ka. . 61 saṃsādhitam (?) . 62 saharṣamatulaṃ - kha. . 63 devasuroragai - ka kha.. 64 buddhvā - gha. . 65 praṇemurmahādeva - kha. . 66 mahāsurāḥ - gha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > Bowing to Mahādeva, and honored in turn by him, / the gods then surrounded that Aśoka tree and said before Hara: (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_36) 835 adyaprabhṛti vṛkṣoyaṃ sarvataḥ67 sukhasaṃyutaḥ . dakṣaśāpatamonmukto bhaviṣyati divaukasaḥ68 . .49. . amaro jarayā tyaktaḥ sarvaduḥkhavivarjitaḥ . sarvābharaṇapuṣpāḍhyaḥ sarvagandharasānvitaḥ ..8.162.50 .. > "From this day forth, this tree shall everywhere be endowed with happiness, / freed from the darkness of Dakṣa's curse, O sky-dwellers! (49) / Immortal, free from old age, rid of all sorrow, / rich in blossoms that are all ornaments, endowed with every fragrance and sap, (50) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_37) sarvakāmapradaścaiva icchāpuṣpaphalastathā69 . bhaviṣyati na sandeho devyāśca sudṛḍhaṃ priyaḥ .51 .. > granting all desires, yielding flowers and fruits at will, / it will become—there is no doubt—exceedingly dear to the goddess." (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_38) sanatkumāra uvāca tato girīndratanayāṃ girīśaḥ praṇatārtihā . paśyānnaparvatānetāniti provāca kāmadaḥ70 . .52 . . sā vīkṣya bhakṣyabhojyasya ucchrayān parvatopamān . dṛḍhaṃ tutoṣa deveśā piṅgalasya guhāraṇiḥ . .53 . . sumālinaṃ yakṣavaraṃ piṅgalaṃ parvatātmajā . yuyoja varadānena tāmāha ca maheśvaraḥ . .54. . devi sarvamidaṃ sajjaṃ bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ71 tavottamam . yatte manīṣitaṃ kāryaṃ tatkuruṣva kimāsyate . .55. . tataḥ sātipramuditā divyāmbaranivāsinī . manojavamanujñāpya śaṅkaraṃ bhuvaneśvaram . .56 . . daityaśokapradā devī tamaśokaṃ72 vibhāvarī . alañcakāra sasnehā alaṅkāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ . .57 . . ātapatraṃ ca tasyāgre muktādāmāvabhāsitam73 . ucchrayāmāsa girijā mayūrāṅgaruhaiḥ saha . .58. . nānāvarṇena cāpyasya candanena sugandhinā . āmūlādakaroddevī varapaṅkāṅkitāṃ74 tanum . .59.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Then the lord of the mountain, the remover of the distress of those bowed before him, granting desires, / said to the daughter of the king of mountains: "Look upon these mountains of food!" (52) / Seeing those mountain-like elevations of food to be chewed and swallowed, / the queen of the gods, the fire-stick that produced Guha, was deeply pleased with Piṅgala. (53) / The daughter of the mountain favored Sumālin, that best of yakṣas, Piṅgala, / by granting a boon; and Maheśvara spoke to her: (54) / "O goddess, all this excellent food to be chewed and swallowed is prepared for you; / do that task which you desire. Why do you sit idle?" (55) / Then she, exceedingly delighted, clothed in celestial garments, / taking leave of Śaṅkara, the lord of the universe, swift as thought, (56) / that night-like goddess who brings grief to the Daityas, / decorated that Aśoka tree with affection, using various kinds of ornaments. (57) / And before it the daughter of the mountain raised a parasol / shining with strings of pearls, along with peacock feathers. (58) / And with fragrant sandalwood of various colors, / the goddess marked its trunk from the very root with an excellent paste. (59) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_39) - - - -- - - - - - - - - 67 sarvagaḥ - gha. . 68 viniścayam (?) . 69 svecchāpuppaphalastathā - ga . 70 kāmahā - gha. . 71 bhakṣyabhojyaṃ - ka. kha. . 72 tadaśokaṃ - ka, tapaśokaṃ. - kha. . 73 vibhūṣitaṃ - ka. . 74 karapaṅkāṅkitā - ka., karapaṭṭāṅkitāṃ - kha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - - - - > 67 sarvagaḥ - ms. gha. 68 viniścayam (?) . 69 svecchāpuppaphalastathā - ms. ga. 70 kāmahā - ms. gha. 71 bhakṣyabhojyaṃ - mss. ka, kha. 72 tadaśokaṃ - ms. ka; tapaśokaṃ - ms. kha. 73 vibhūṣitaṃ - ms. ka. 74 karapaṅkāṅkitā - ms. ka; karapaṭṭāṅkitāṃ - ms. kha. > - - - - - - - - - - - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_40) 836 jāmbūnadamayaścāpi paṭṭairmaṇivirājitaiḥ . sarvato bhūṣayāmāsa aśokatarukaṃ priyam . .8.162.60 . . tasya śākhāpraśākhāsu muktādāmāni75 pārvatī . ābabandha76 sa tairbhāti nakṣatrairiva candramāḥ ..61 .. > 836 > And with cloths of gold adorned with jewels, > she decorated the beloved aśoka sapling on all sides. > On its branches and twigs Pārvatī > bound strings of pearls; with them it shone like the moon with the constellations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_41) atha vāsoyugaiḥ śvetaistamaśokaṃ guhāraṇiḥ . vāsayāmāsa lokānāṃ jananī putralālasā . .62.. > Then with pairs of white garments the mother of the worlds, > the mother of Guha, longing for a son, clothed that aśoka tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_42) śrīveṣṭakaṃ nameruñca guggulaṃ ghṛtameva ca . samavetaṃ tato dhūpaṃ dadau devavarapradā . .63 . . tataḥ śaṃkhaninādena devatūryaraveṇa ca . baliṃ balavato bhāryā cakāra caratī tapaḥ ..64.. > Then the granter of boons to the gods offered blended incense: > turpentine resin, nameru, bdellium, and clarified butter. > Then, with the sounding of conches and the fanfare of divine musical instruments, > the wife of the mighty one, performing her austerity, offered an oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_43) tathārcayantyāstaṃ77 vṛkṣaṃ candrahārāmṛtaprabham . stanābhyāmasravat kṣīraṃ78 putrasnehābhisaṃgamāt79 ..65. . umayā80 sorcito vṛkṣaḥ aśoko vanadīpakaḥ81 . atīva śuśubhe tatra vasanta iva rūpavān .. 66.. > As she thus worshiped that tree, which had the luster of nectar and a necklace of moons, > milk flowed from both her breasts because of her maternal affection. > Worshiped by Umā, that aśoka tree illuminating the forest > shone exceedingly there, like Spring personified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_44) nandinātha samānītān brāhmaṇān brahmaṇaḥ samān . vācayāmāsa puṇyāhaṃ dattvā teṣāṃ yathepsitam82 ..67. . tataḥ puṇyāhaghoṣānte āśīrvādasya cobhayoḥ . anumānya patiṃ devī ṛṣīm̐stānabravīttu sā83 ..68. . aputrā bhagavantohamaśokatarukaṃ84 sutam . imamadya85 grahīṣyāmi samanujñātumarhatha86 ..69. . ityevaṃ bruvatīṃ devīṃ pārvatīṃ putralālasām . samamūcurdvijāḥ sarve iṣṭato gṛhyatāmiti . .8.162.70 .. > Then, having given what they desired to the brahmins brought by Nandin, > who were equal to Brahmā, she had them pronounce the blessing of an auspicious day. > Then, at the conclusion of the proclamation of the auspicious day and of the benediction of both, > having obtained her husband's consent, the goddess said to those seers: > “Venerable ones, I who am childless will adopt this aśoka sapling > as a son today; you ought to grant your permission.” > To the goddess Pārvatī who was speaking thus, yearning for a son, > all the twice-born said with one voice: “Let him be taken as you desire!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_45) tataḥ śaṃkharavo87 divyaḥ sarvatūryaravānvitaḥ88 . prababhau pūrayan sarvaṃ nārāyaṇapadatrayam ..71 .. > Then a celestial sounding of conches, accompanied by the blare of all musical instruments, > rang out, filling all three steps of Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_46) - - - -- - - - - - - - - 75 muktāmālā (lyā) ni - kha. . 76 ābabaddha - kha. . 77.. rcayatyāstaṃ - ka. . 78. mabhavat kṣīraṃ (?), kṣīramabhacat - ka. . 79 saṃgatam (?) . 80 umāyāḥ - ka. . 81 aśokavanadīpakam - ka. kha. . 82 godhanameva ca - gha... tām - ka.,. tān - kha. . 83 brāhmaṇānbravīt (?), biprām̐stānabravīt - ka., ṛṣīnvamabravīt - gha. . 84 aputrāha hi bhagavannaśokataruka - ka.,... haṃ dvijāḥ svāmī - gha. . 85 idamadya - ka iyamadya - kha . 86 māmanujñātumarhatha (?) . 87 varo - gha. . 88 āḍaṃbaravarānvitaḥ - gha . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - - - - > 75 muktāmālā(lyā)ni - ms. kha. 76 ābabaddha - ms. kha. 77 ..rcayatyāstaṃ - ms. ka. 78 .mabhavat kṣīraṃ (?), kṣīramabhacat - ms. ka. 79 saṃgatam (?) . 80 umāyāḥ - ms. ka. 81 aśokavanadīpakam - mss. ka, kha. 82 godhanameva ca - ms. gha... tām - ms. ka; .tān - ms. kha. 83 brāhmaṇānbravīt (?), biprām̐stānabravīt - ms. ka; ṛṣīnvamabravīt - ms. gha. 84 aputrāha hi bhagavannaśokataruka - ms. ka; ...haṃ dvijāḥ svāmī - ms. gha. 85 idamadya - ms. ka; iyamadya - ms. kha. 86 māmanujñātumarhatha (?) . 87 varo - ms. gha. 88 āḍaṃbaravarānvitaḥ - ms. gha. > - - - - - - - - - - - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_47) 837 vedānuccārayan89 viprā nṛtyantyapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ . neduśca pramathāssarve sagandharvamahoragāḥ . .72 .. > 837 > The brahmins chanted the Vedas, troops of apsarases danced, > and all the pramathas roared along with the gandharvas and great serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_48) ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ ca saṃhṛṣṭāḥ svaiḥ svaiḥ kusumasaṃcayaiḥ . alañcakruraśokañca tacca daivatamaṇḍalam . .73 .. > And the six seasons, delighted, adorned the aśoka > and that circle of deities with their respective heaps of flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_49) tatpravāditagāndharvaṃ pranṛttāpsarasāṃ gaṇam . paśyanti hṛṣitā devā aśokatarukotsavama90 ..74.. > The overjoyed gods watched that festival of the aśoka sapling, > where the music of the gandharvas sounded and troops of apsarases danced vigorously. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_50) vādayan kacchapīṃ vīṇāṃ vīṇāvādayatāṃ varaḥ91 . nārado nṛtyate harṣād vātanunna ivānalaḥ92 ..75.. > Playing the Kacchapī lute, the foremost of lute-players, > Nārada danced out of joy, like a fire driven by the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_51) tapodhanaiśca dhanino devaiśca dhanadārcitā . pūjyamānā babhau tatra raveriva yathā prabhā . .76. . samāpya niyamaṃ sātha gṛhītvāśokaputrakam93 . girīndratanayā94 bhāti dharā iva jalokṣitā ..77.. > Worshiped there by the rich in austerity, by the gods, and by Kubera, > \[the goddess\] shone like the radiance of the sun. > Then, having completed her vow and taken the aśoka sapling as a son, > the daughter of the lord of mountains shone like the earth sprinkled with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_52) atha nandīśvarādiṣṭāḥ pramathāste sahasraśaḥ . adadan svāsanānyāśu viprāṇāṃ vipravatsalāḥ ..78.. > Then, instructed by Nandīśvara, those pramathas by the thousands, > affectionate toward brahmins, quickly brought their seats for the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_53) svarṇānāṃ rājatānāṃ ca sphaṭikānāṃ95 prabhāvatām . pramathaiḥ kīryamāṇānā96 māsanānāmabhūt svanaḥ . .79.. > As the seats made of gold, silver, and radiant crystal > were spread out by the pramathas, a great noise arose, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_54) meroḥ śikharavarṣāṇāṃ mahatī kuśajairiva (? tathāsanānyudvahatāṃ pramathānāṃ babhau ravaḥ97 . .8.162.80 . . varṣānnamṛṣṭākāmānāṃ (?) meghānāṃ stanatāmiva . skandhasthaiśca karasthaiśca uttamāṃgasthitairapi98 . .8 1 . . āsanaiḥ pramathā rejuḥ sārkāgnaya ivācalāḥ . ānayantyapare tūrṇamapare dhārayantyuta . .82 . . pramathāste99 hṛṣṭarūpā hyāsanāni mahāsanāḥ . ekaikayojanaśataṃ vistṛtāyojanāntaram ..83 . . - - - -- - - - - - - - - 89 sāmānyuccārayan - gha . 9 0 śakrabrahma purogamāḥ purogamā - - gha . 91 vīṇā vādayitāṃ - ka. kha . 92 gandha- nunna ivācalaḥ - gha. . 93 kaṃ sa (su) ta - gha. . 94 vavarṣa harṣitā - gha . sphāṭikānāṃ - gha. . ' 1 krīyamāṇānāṃ - gha., sīrya (?) . 97 pramathānāmabhūd (?) . 98 śatairapi - gha. . 99 prakṛtāste - gha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > like the great \[sound\] of rains upon the peaks of Meru \[…\], > just so the noise of the pramathas carrying seats resounded, > like the rumbling of clouds full of rain \[…\]. > With seats resting on their shoulders, in their hands, and upon their heads, > the pramathas shone like mountains endowed with suns and fires. > Some brought them swiftly, while others held them; > those pramathas, of joyful appearance and possessing great seats, > spread out each one hundred yojanas wide, separated by a yojana. > - - - - - - - - - - - - > 89 sāmānyuccārayan - ms. gha. 90 śakrabrahma purogamāḥ purogamā - ms. gha. 91 vīṇā vādayitāṃ - mss. ka, kha. 92 gandhanunna ivācalaḥ - ms. gha. 93 kaṃ sa (su) ta - ms. gha. 94 vavarṣa harṣitā - ms. gha; sphāṭikānāṃ - ms. gha. 96 krīyamāṇānāṃ - ms. gha; sīrya (?) . 97 pramathānāmabhūd (?) . 98 śatairapi - ms. gha. 99 prakṛtāste - ms. gha. > - - - - - - - - - - - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_55) 838 asaṃsaktāsanā paṃktirnirmitā viśvakarmaṇā . mandarasya śubhe100 pṛṣṭhe viprapaṃktyo viniḥsṛtāḥ . .84.. > 838 > A continuous row of seats was fashioned by Viśvakarman; > on the auspicious ridge of Mount Mandara, rows of brahmins extended forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_56) tapanairnirgataiḥ sarvaiḥ samāmeghāsvasecatān? . .85 . . snāte patha iva dṛṣṭavā rejurāsanabhūṣaṇāḥ .? sahasrapaṃktayastāstu maṃdare vistṛte101 girau . .86 .. > \[…\] all risen like suns \[…\]. > Those adornments of seats shone like \[…\] when bathed; > those thousands of rows \[spread\] on the vast Mount Mandara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_57) dvijātīnanuliptām̐stu yakṣajambālamiśrakān .? saśekharān sasragdāmānanuhūya samodyatān? . .87. . maṃdāraistu102 sasaṃtānaiḥ pāribhadraistathaiva ca . anilaiḥ sāṃganādāśca (?) rejurdevā iva dvijāḥ ..88 .. > Having summoned the twice-born who were anointed with a mixture of yakṣa-paste, > adorned with crest-jewels and wearing garlands of flowers, and eager \[…\], > with mandāra, saṃtāna, and pāribhadra blossoms, > and \[cooled\] by breezes \[…\], the twice-born shone like gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_58) suślakṣṇaiśca sugandhaiśca gandhacūrṇaiḥ sapiñjaraiḥ . avakīrṇāstato devairbhūmidevāḥ samaṃtataḥ . .89. . divyacandanapaṅkāṅkā divyacūrṇāvacūrṇitāḥ . brāhmaṇā rejurekasthā ekasthā iva pāvakāḥ . . 8.162.90 .. > Then, strewn all around by the gods with very smooth, fragrant, > and yellowish scented powders, > marked with paste of celestial sandalwood and sprinkled with celestial powders, > the brahmins assembled together shone like fires gathered together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_59) divyaṃ dhūpaṃ cārayitvā māmājñā (?) sarvaśaśca ha . tataḥ sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ padmareṇurivārjitāḥ (1) ..91 . . hastaśaucaṃ muhūrtena dattaṃ śaṃkarakiṃkaraiḥ . baddhakakṣāstataḥ śūrā baddhakakṣā iva dvipāḥ . pariveṣṭumupakrāntāḥ pramathā brāhmaṇarṣabhān . .9 2. . bhājanānyatha svarṇāni rājatasphāṭikāni ca . muhūrtena dvijātīnāṃ dadurdevā103 vinītavat . .93 .. > Having spread divine incense everywhere on my command, / then \[water\] resembling crystal was gathered like lotus pollen; / in a moment, water for washing the hands was given by Śaṃkara's servants. / Then, with girded loins, like brave elephants with girded girths, / the Pramathas began to serve the foremost of brahmins. / Then the gods, acting humbly, in a moment gave / gold, silver, and crystal vessels to the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_60) hṛtvā hṛtvā babhūrekhaṃ daṃḍe vāri samaṃḍalam (?) . bhakṣyabhojyānnapānāni104 daduḥ samyak samantataḥ . . 94. . arthavadyo haripurāsarāṭapurakānyapi105 . netrasthaṃ hṛdayasthaṃ ca mukhasthaṃ hastasūcitam . .95. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - 100 śubhāḥ - va. . 101 visṛte - gha- . 102 maṃdaraistu - gha. . 103 dadhurdevā (?) . 104 bhokṣya- bhojyāni pānāni - gha. . 105... tyapi - gha . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > Drawing and carrying water in vessels \[…\], / they duly offered foods to chew and eat, along with drinks, on all sides. / Rich in substance \[…\] / what was in their eyes, what was in their hearts, what was in their mouths, and what was signaled by their hands— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_61) 839 brāhmaṇānāṃ viduścaiva daduśca pramathādhipāḥ . bhṛṅgāraiḥ kāñcanaiḥ kecit106 pānīyaṃ guṇavardhanam107. .96 .. > —the leaders of the Pramathas understood, and gave \[it\] to the brahmins. / Some \[gave\] water that increases health using golden ewers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_62) diśaṃtopi caraṃtyete pānīyamitivādinaḥ . apare candraraśmyābhaiścāmaraiḥ satsugandhibhiḥ ..97. . ābījurbrāhmaṇān108 hṛṣṭāḥ pramathāḥ tapasonilaḥ (?) . divyā devastriyaścaiva lokatrayanivāsinaḥ . .98 . . ekaikaṃ brāhmaṇāṃstatra sevante vāsavaṃ yathā . apsarovārasaṃghāśca sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitāḥ ..99.. > Offering \[it\], they walked about, saying, "Water!" / Others, delighted, with fragrant chowries shining like moonbeams, / the Pramathas fanned the brahmins with a breeze of austerity. / Divine wives of gods, inhabitants of the three worlds, / there attended upon each of the brahmins like upon Indra, / as well as groups of apsarases adorned with all ornaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_63) nanṛturdevacetāṃsi muṣṇantyaḥ sarvatodiśam . viśvāvasurnāradaśca tumburuḥ parvatastathā . .8.162.1 00 .. > They danced, captivating the minds of the gods in every direction. / Viśvāvasu, Nārada, Tumburu, and Parvata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_64) kustumburuḥ śāliśirāḥ parjanyo gaṇḍamaṇḍakaḥ . citrāṅgadaścitrasenaścitraścitrarathastathā .. 101 . . ete daivatagandharvā raktātodyā harapriyāḥ . divyatāneṣu gāyanti geyaṃ manmathadīpanam . .1 0 2. . namerurguggulūnmiśro ghṛtadhārāvasecitaḥ109 . dhūpaḥ sañcāryate tatra pratīhārībhiruttamaḥ110 .. 103 .. > Kustumburu, Śāliśiras, Parjanya, Gaṇḍamaṇḍaka, / Citrāṅgada, Citrasena, Citra, and Citraratha— / these celestial gandharvas, who had struck their instruments and were dear to Hara, / sang in divine notes a song awakening love. / Nameru mixed with bdellium, sprinkled with streams of ghee— / that supreme incense was spread there by the doorkeepers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_65) yadarthameṣa bhramati nārāyaṇapadatraye . pūjyamānaḥ suraiḥ sendraiḥ śloko dhūpatrayāṅkanaḥ111 . . 1 04. . guggulośca namerośca ājyadhūpasya caiva ha . tṛptiṃ na devā gacchanti priyāṇāmiva darśanāt . . 1 05.. > for whose sake this verse, marked with the three incenses, wanders / in the three steps of Nārāyaṇa, worshipped by the gods along with Indra. / Of bdellium, of nameru, and indeed of ghee-incense, / the gods could not get enough, as from the sight of their beloveds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_66) trayāṇāmeva dhūpānāṃ jahurna pavanā gatim112 . guggulośca namerośca ājyadhūpasya caiva ha . . 10 6.. > The winds did not abandon their movement / amidst the three incenses: / of bdellium, of nameru, and of ghee-incense. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_67) taṃ dṛṣṭavā candramaulistu113 tarukotsavamīśvaraḥ . pārvatīharṣado harṣaṃ pupoṣānuttamaṃ muhuḥ114 . .1 07.. > Seeing that festival of the tree, the moon-crested Lord, / who brings joy to Pārvatī, cherished supreme joy again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_68) - - - -- - - - - - - - - 106 kaścit - gha. . 107 varddhata. - gha . 108 avidurbrāhmaṇān - gha. . 109... vasecitaṃ - ka. . 110 pratīhāribhiruttamaḥ (?) . 111 ṅkaraḥ - ka., kaṅkaṇaḥ - kha. . 112 na jahad gandhamāgataṃ - gha. . 113 tataḥ sa kṛtātulāla ( ?) - gha. . 114 bahu - gha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_69) 840 hṛṣyamāṇe paśupatau muhurvratapatau hare . carācaraṃ paśupatau trailokyaṃ115 harṣaṇāyate116 . . 108 . . pranṛttāpsarasovāraṃ117 divyadhūpādhivāsitam . ṛtubhiḥ118 kusumaiḥ kīrṇaṃ tatsado gaganāyate . . 10 9. . tataḥ śālyodanaṃ tūrṇaṃ - - - - - - - - 119 . tena temṛtakalpena sarva eva dvijottamāḥ . bhakṣyabhojyānnapānena tatṛpurlokapūjitāḥ120 . .8.162.1 10 .. > When Paśupati rejoiced, Hara, the lord of vows, again and again, / the three worlds, both moving and unmoving, rejoiced in Paśupati. / Filled with dancing troupes of apsarases, perfumed with divine incense, / strewn with the flowers of the seasons, that assembly resembled the sky. / Then quickly \[they served\] boiled rice of white grain \[…\]. / With that \[food\] like ambrosia, all the best of the twice-born, / honoured by the world, were satisfied with food to chew and eat, and with drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_70) tataḥ śrutisukhaḥ puṇyo rākṣasāsuravejanaḥ . puṇyāhaśabdaḥ prakṛto vipraistrailokyapūraṇaḥ . . 111 .. > Then the holy, pleasant-sounding proclamation of "An Auspicious Day!", / which frightens rākṣasas and asuras, was uttered by the brahmins, filling the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_71) tataḥ sāmbamaśokaṃ taṃ saharaṃ saha nandinā . kusumākṣatasaṃyuktamāśīrbhirabhinandya ca . .1 1 2. . mahāntaḥ susvanāḥ sarve brahmasūtrajaṭādharāḥ . praṇamanto virūpākṣaṃ yayurviprā yathāgatam .. 113 . . surāśca pūjitā dānairvākpradānaiśca śūlinā . yathāgataṃ121 gatāḥ sarve parivārya śatakratum122 . . 1 14.. > Then, having greeted with blessings accompanied by flowers and unbroken grains / him, together with Ambā, free from sorrow, with Hara, and with Nandin, / all the great brahmins, pleasant-voiced, wearing the sacred thread and matted locks, / bowed to Virūpākṣa and departed as they had come. / And the gods, honoured by the Trident-holder with gifts and words of welcome, / departed as they had come, surrounding Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_72) gaṇāśca gaṇapālena123 pūjitāḥ sagaṇādhipāḥ . yathāvāsaṃ yayuḥ sarve harṣāduddhūtavāsasaḥ . . 11 5. . aho devyā hi saubhāgyamahosyā124 vallabho haraḥ . aho devasya devyarthaṃ saṃbhramo lakṣito hi naḥ . .1 16 .. > The gaṇas, honoured by the guardian of the gaṇas together with the gaṇa leaders, / all went to their respective abodes, shaking their garments in delight: / "Ah, the good fortune of the goddess! Ah, Hara is her beloved! / Ah, we have observed the zeal of the god for the sake of the goddess! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_73) yā naivaṃ125 dayitā bhartturyatheśasya gireḥ sutā126 . kathaṃ sā subhagā nāma strītvaṃ cāpi bibhartti kim . . 117 .. > If a woman is not dear to her husband as the daughter of the mountain is to the Lord, / how can she be called fortunate, and why does she even bear womanhood? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_74) - - - -- - - - - - - - - 115 paśupātestrailokyaṃ - kha. . 116 harṣaṃ jāyate - ka. ga . 117 vārī - gha. . 118 dhātubhiḥ - gha. . 119 itaḥ paraṃ katipayoṃśaḥ khaṇḍitaḥ . 120 tatṛpurlokapūjitāḥ - ka. kha. ga. . 121 pitāmahaṃ - ka. ga. . 122 śatakratu - ka.,... tu - ga. . 123 gaṇapāḥ sarve - kaḥ ga. . 124.. tisaubhāgyamahosyā - ka., bhi... - kha. . 125 naiva - ga. . 126 sutāṃ - ka. ga. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_75) 841 giriputryā kṛtaṃ manye tapaḥ paramabhāsvaram . tapasābhijito127 yasyā varado128 vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ . . 11 8. . aho strīṇāṃ balaṃ sūkṣmaṃ devairapi sudurjayam . yena rudrasamā īśāḥ strīṇāṃ vaśyatvamāgatāḥ . . 119 .. anye tānabruvam̐statra mahātmāno gaṇādhipāḥ . deva evaiṣa rūpeṇa bhāryā bhūtvāvatiṣṭhate129 . . 8.162.120 . . māvamanyata devīṃ tāṃ yogāt kiṃ nāvabudhyatha . > I think an extremely brilliant austerity was performed by the daughter of the mountain, / through whose austerity the boon-giver whose banner is the bull was won over. / Ah, the subtle power of women, very hard to conquer even by gods, / by which lords equal to Rudra have come under the control of women!" / Other great-souled leaders of the gaṇas said to them: / "It is the God himself who stands in the form of his wife. / Do not disrespect the goddess! Through yoga, do you not understand this?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_76) ityevaṃ jalpamānāste anyonyena130 gaṇottamāḥ131 . jagmuḥ svabhavanānyeva dīpyamānā yathāgnayaḥ . . 121 . . devopi nandinā sārdhaṃ sombayā132 cābhirūpayā . aśokatarukasyādha upaviṣṭombikārcitaḥ133 . . 122 . . tataḥ praṇamya134 varadaṃ135 somā136 somavibhūṣaṇam . uvāca vacasāṃ yonirbhūtasaṃghapatiṃ patim . . 123 . . sunirvṛtāsmi saṃvṛttā tripurāndhakasūdana137 . yanmayāśokatarukaḥ putraḥ138 prakṛtakaḥ kṛtaḥ . .1 24. . > Talking thus among themselves, the best of the Gaṇas > went to their own abodes, blazing like fires. // 121 > The Lord too, along with Nandin and beautiful Ambā, > sat under the Aśoka tree, worshipped by Ambikā. // 122 > Then, having bowed to the giver of boons, the moon-adorned lord, Umā, > the source of speech, said to her husband, the master of the host of beings: // 123 > “I have become deeply content, O slayer of Tripura and Andhaka, > since I have adopted an Aśoka tree as a son. // 124 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_77) samastavyastamakhilaṃ trailokyaṃ lokabhāvana . samāgataṃ tvatprabhāvāt mama putratarūtsave139 . 1 25. . nūnaṃ me sukṛtaṃ deva tapaḥ paramabhāsvaram . labdhosi yanmayā deva sarvabhūtapatiḥ patiḥ .. 126 . . devairyaccāpi140 muṣitamiṣṭaputraphalaṃ purā141 . tanme sarvaṃ142 vyapagataṃ prāpyāśokataruṃ sutam . .1 27. . matto143 dhanyatarā deva144 nāstyanyā tridive145 ṅganā146 . patirvratapatirvīra147 yasyā me tvaṃ maheśvara148 . . 1 28. . > The entire three worlds, collectively and individually, O creator of the world, > assembled by your power at the celebration for my tree-son. // 125 > Surely it is my good deed, O Lord, my supreme and radiant austerity, > that you, O God, the lord of all beings, have been obtained by me as husband. // 126 > And whatever fruit of a wished-for son was previously stolen by the gods, > all of that \[loss\] has departed from me, having obtained the Aśoka tree as a son. // 127 > There is no woman in heaven more blessed than me, O God, > I whose husband is the lord of vows, a hero, \[namely\] you, O Maheśvara.” // 128 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_78) - - - -- - - - - - - - - 127 nirjito - gha. . 128 vaśago - gha. . 129 bhūtāvatiṣṭhate - ka ga, bhāryābhūto.. (?) . 130 anyonyaṃ tu - gha. . 131 divaukasaḥ - gha. . 132 sāmbayā - ka., somayā - gha. . 133.. mbikāśritaḥ - gha. . 134 tato- bhipūjya - gha. . 135 varadāṃ - gha. . 136 somaṃ - ka. gha. . 137 tripurāntaka - gha. . 138 putra - ka. . 139 taruputramahotsave (?) . 140 devairyaccātra - gha. . 141... miṣṭaṃ putraphalaṃ - gha. . 142 savyaṃ (tyaṃ) - ka. . 143 mayā - gha. . 144 devi - ka. . 145 tridivo - kha., tridivā - gha. . 146 tridivāṅganā - kha. .' 147 patitā pativīrasya - gha. . 148 maheśvaraḥ - ka. kha. . - - - -- - - - - - - - - > - - - -- - - - - - - - - > 127 nirjito - gha. . 128 vaśago - gha. . 129 bhūtāvatiṣṭhate - ka ga, bhāryābhūto.. (?) . 130 anyonyaṃ tu - gha. . 131 divaukasaḥ - gha. . 132 sāmbayā - ka., somayā - gha. . 133.. mbikāśritaḥ - gha. . 134 tato- bhipūjya - gha. . 135 varadāṃ - gha. . 136 somaṃ - ka. gha. . 137 tripurāntaka - gha. . 138 putra - ka. . 139 taruputramahotsave (?) . 140 devairyaccātra - gha. . 141... miṣṭaṃ putraphalaṃ - gha. . 142 savyaṃ (tyaṃ) - ka. . 143 mayā - gha. . 144 devi - ka. . 145 tridivo - kha., tridivā - gha. . 146 tridivāṅganā - kha. .' 147 patitā pativīrasya - gha. . 148 maheśvaraḥ - ka. kha. . > - - - -- - - - - - - - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_79) 842 bhavaṃ bhavānī prītyaivamuktvā muktāvalīdharā . papāta padbhyāṃ devasya netrāsrāpūritekṣaṇā . . 129. . tāmutthāpya girīśastu pariṣvajya ca pīḍitam149 . niveśya - - - rumūrūbhyāṃ150 sasnehamidamabravīt151 . . 8.162.130 .. > 842 > Having spoken thus with love to Bhava, Bhavānī, wearing a string of pearls, > fell at the Lord’s feet, her eyes filled with tears. // 129 > Raising her up and embracing her closely, > placing \[...\] upon his thighs, the Lord of the Mountain spoke this with affection: // 8.162.130 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_80) devī satī ca sādhvī ca sahadharmacarī ca me . brahmaṇyā ca śaraṇyā ca tvaṃ me nityaṃ priyā priye .. 131 . . akāryamapi kāryaṃ hi ato152 devi mayā tava . kiṃ punaryadyaśonmiśramīdṛśaṃ153 dharmasaṃyutam . . 13 2. . tarpitā brāhmaṇā devi devāśca sagaṇāstvayā . gṛhītaḥ putrakaścāyaṃ tvayāśokataruḥ priye .. 133 .. > “O Goddess, faithful, virtuous, and companion in my sacred duties, > pious towards brahmins and offering refuge, you are ever dear to me, O beloved! // 131 > Even what should not be done must certainly be done by me for your sake, O Goddess; > how much more that which is combined with glory and endowed with righteousness? // 132 > The brahmins have been gratified by you, O Goddess, and so too the gods along with the Gaṇas; > and this little son, the Aśoka tree, has been adopted by you, O beloved. // 133 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.17.27\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_81) ehi devi gṛhān yāma saṃpūrṇaste manorathaḥ . bhūyaḥ sutaṃ154 taṃ drakṣyāmaḥ stabakaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam .. 1 34. . ityuktā patinā sādhvī harṣapūrṇamukhekṣaṇā . prāhedaṃ vacanaṃ tatra haritaṃ hariṇekṣaṇā155 . . 13 5. . hariṇākṣa sthitamiha156 amuṃ157 putra suputrakam . gopāyasva hare yatnād gajāśvāccāṇḍajāṇḍapāt . .1 3 6. . yadi vāpi bhavedeṣa stabakaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ . aśokaputrako mahyaṃ tadā māṃ draṣṭumarhasi .. 1 37. . iti saṃdiśya haritamudbhrāntahariṇekṣaṇā . sāpāṅgacakṣurvikṣepaṃ kṛtvomā patinā saha . viveśa sadanaṃ devī prabhevādityamaṇḍalam . . 1 38. . iti paśupatinā sahaiva devī sutamupagṛhya taruṃ hyaśokapotam158 . pramuditagaṇamadhyagā viveśa svabhavanameva tadā prahṛṣṭacittā . . 1 39.. > Come, Goddess, let us go home; your desire is fulfilled. > We shall see that son again, adorned with clusters of flowers.” // 134 > Addressed thus by her husband, the virtuous lady, her face and eyes filled with joy, > she of fawn-like eyes spoke these words there to Harita: // 135 > “O fawn-eyed one, protect with care this little son standing here, > this good son, O Hari, from elephants, horses, and birds! // 136 > And when this little Aśoka son > becomes adorned with clusters of flowers, then you must come see me.” // 137 > Having thus instructed Harita, she of startled fawn-like eyes, > casting a sidelong glance, entered her abode > with her husband, as radiance enters the solar disc. // 138 > Thus, together with the Lord of Beings, having adopted the sapling Aśoka tree as her son, > the Goddess, standing amid the delighted Gaṇas, then entered her own home with a joyful heart. // 139 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 82 of 535 passages. [Read on](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.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.9.45.35) — Sanskrit - [Adbhutarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.adbhuta.24.44) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17) · Pramāṇa