[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) › 7.18 # Skandapurana 7.18 Skandapurāṇa 7.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.p1) pūrva pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 161 - 170) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 181 - 184) > Previous page (chapters 161–170) | Next page (chapters 181–184) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2) 916 vyāsa uvāca śrutaṃ mayaitad bhagavan dahanaṃ tripurasya tu . vicitrārthaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ ka evamabhidhāsyati .. 1 . . kasmāt kruddho nagendraṃ taṃ krauñcaṃ dāritavān guhaḥ . pakṣān sarvagirīndrāṇāṃ1 kasmācciccheda vāsavaḥ . .2 . > Vyāsa said: / “Lord, this burning of Tripura has been heard by me, / wondrous in meaning, just as it occurred. Who could narrate it in such a way? > Why did Guha, becoming enraged, split that Krauñca, the king of mountains? / And why did Vāsava sever the wings of all the monarchs of mountains?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_2) sanatkumāra uvāca śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi2 . kumāreṇa yathā bhinno mainākiḥ3 krauñcaparvataḥ ..3 .. girirājamathābhyetya meruṃ sarvasurālayam . apaśyadvāsavaḥ skandaṃ saṃghātaṃ tejasāmiva . .4. . śarastambavane dṛṣṭvā kumāramanalaprabham4 . surarājyamadāviṣṭaḥ śakraḥ papraccha ṣaṇmukham . .5.. kastvaṃ divyavapurbāla meruparvatamāśritaḥ . na māṃ pūjayase dṛṣṭvā devarājamihāgatam . .6. . tamevaṃ vādinaṃ śakraṃ prāha śūladharātmajaḥ . brahmādyā māṃ vijānanti siddhā vedavidaśca ye . .7.. tapasā labdharājyena na cirādastameṣyatā5 . kiṃ tvayā jānatā śakra kāryaṃ kiṃ pūjitena vā . .8 . . athovāca punaḥ śakrastaṃ deva6manalātmajam7 . mattaḥ parataro8 nāsti muktvā śarvapitāmahau ..9. . kathamevamavocastvaṃ9 vibudhādhipamāgatam . yadi mattastvamātmānaṃ mahāntaṃ manyasenagha . . 8.171.10 .. mainākatanayo hyeṣa krauñcasiddhaniṣevitaḥ10 . suvistīrṇo mahāśailo naikanirjharanisravaḥ . . 11 . . ehyehi11 tvaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ kuru śīghra pradakṣiṇam . ya enamāvayorekaḥ pūrvameva kramiṣyati . . 12 . . - - - - - - - - -- - - 1 sarvagirīṇāṃ ca - kha. . 2 pṛṣṭavānasi - ka . 3 mainākaḥ - kha. . 4 kumāraṃ hyanalaprabham - kha. . 5.. to - ka. kha. 6 śakrastadeva - ka. . 7.. manalātmajaḥ - ka. . 8 parataraṃ - kha. . 9 kathaṃ mithya(ā)- mavocastvaṃ - kha. . 10 siddharṣisevitaḥ - kha. . 11 ehyevaṃ - kha . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Sanatkumāra said: / “Listen, O Vyāsa of great intellect, to what you ask me: / how Mount Krauñca, son of Maināka, was split by Kumāra. > Then Vāsava, having approached Mount Meru, the king of mountains and the abode of all gods, / beheld Skanda as if a mass of fires. > Seeing Kumāra in a grove of reeds, shining like fire, / Śakra, overwhelmed with pride in his sovereignty over the gods, questioned the six-faced one: > ‘Who are you, a child of divine form dwelling on Mount Meru, / that seeing me, the king of gods, arrived here, you do not worship me?’ > To Śakra speaking thus, the son of the spear-wielder said: / ‘Brahmā and the others know me, as do the Siddhas and those who know the Vedas. > What need is there of knowing me or being worshipped by you, O Śakra, / whose kingdom, gained by austerity, will before long come to an end?’ > Then Śakra spoke again to that divine son of Fire: / ‘None is superior to me, except Śarva and the Grandfather. > How can you speak thus to the sovereign of the gods who has arrived? / If you consider yourself greater than me, sinless one— > this is Krauñca, son of Maināka, frequented by Siddhas, / a vast great mountain flowing with many torrents. > Come, come, make a quick pradakṣiṇa \[around it\] along with me. / Whichever one of us traverses it first— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_3) 917 prabhāvāttejasā caiva sa mahānnau bhaviṣyati . bāḍhamityevamuktvātha kumāraḥ12 ṣaṇmukhastadā . . pa 3 . . śakreṇa saha saṃgatya mayūravaramāsthitaḥ . mahendrasyāgrato gacchan cakre krauñcaṃ pradakṣiṇam13 . . 14. . atha buddhvā mahendrastu nyūnamātmānamānalāt . kumāramabhisandhitsurmanasaiva pradakṣiṇam . . 1 5. . kṛtvā sunirvṛtastasthau upaviṣṭaḥ4 śilātale . > he shall be the greater of us two through his might and fiery energy.’ / Saying, ‘So be it,’ Kumāra, the six-faced one, then, > having joined with Śakra, mounted on the excellent peacock, / went ahead of Mahendra and circumambulated Krauñca. > Then Mahendra, realising that he was inferior to the son of Fire, / wishing to deceive Kumāra, made a circumambulation only in his mind, / and remained quite at ease, seated on a stone slab. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_4) javenātha kumārastaṃ krauñcaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam . .1 6. . provācendraṃ15 tadā dṛṣṭvā jetāhamiti satvaraḥ16 . ahameva hi jeteti śakrastamavadad guham . . 17. . asakṛd bruvatorevaṃ tayoḥ śakrakumārayoḥ . krauñcobhyetya vacaḥ prāha kimetaditi bhūcaraḥ . . 1 8. . tataḥ śakra uvācedaṃ kumāraṃ vacanaṃ tadā . eṣa evāvayoḥ krauñco jayasākṣī17 mahābalaḥ . . 1 9. . nānṛtaṃ vakṣyati hyeṣa pautro himagirervaraḥ18 . > Then Kumāra, swiftly circumambulating that Krauñca, / quickly spoke upon seeing Indra, ‘I am the victor!’ / ‘I alone am the victor!’ Śakra said to Guha. > As they were speaking thus repeatedly, Śakra and Kumāra, / Krauñca, that earth-dweller, approached and said words: ‘What is this?’ > Then Śakra addressed this speech to Kumāra at that time: / ‘This Krauñca of great strength is the witness of our victory. > For he, the noble grandson of the snow-mountain, will not speak an untruth.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_5) pṛcchyatāṃ śakra ko doṣa ityāha jvalanātmajaḥ . .8.171.2 0 . . taṃ śakraḥ sādaraṃ prāha kena tvamacalāgrataḥ . kṛtapradakṣiṇo19 brūhi pramāṇaṃ hi tvamāvayoḥ . . 21 . . tataḥ krauñco vimūḍhātmā saṃcintya suciraṃ nagaḥ . ayaṃ śacīpatiścakre māmihāgre pradakṣiṇam .. 2 2. . - -20 ryaṃ prahasan21 devānityuvāca nagādhipaḥ . athaivaṃ bruvatastasya satyahīnaṃ tadā gireḥ . .2 3 . . papāta śikharaṃ tūrṇaṃ kuliśena yathā hatam22 . > ‘Let him be asked, Śakra; what harm is there?’ said the son of Fire. > Śakra said to him respectfully: ‘O mountain, by whom was the circumambulation performed first? / Speak, for you are our authority.’ > Then the mountain Krauñca, confused in mind, having reflected for a long time \[said\]: / ‘This lord of Śacī made the circumambulation around me here first.’ > \[…\] laughing at the gods, the king of mountains spoke thus. / Then, as that mountain was speaking this untruth, > its peak swiftly fell, as if struck by a thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_6) tatrāsan yāni bhūtāni surādyāni girīśvare . tāni saṃtyajya śīghra taṃ prayayuḥ sarvato diśam . .24.. - - - - - - - - -- - - 12 mayūre - kha. . 13 krauñcapradakṣiṇama, pradakṣiṇām (?) . 14 tasthāvupaviṣṭaḥ (?) ' 15 provācedaṃ - ka kha. . 16 sadvacaḥ - kha. . 17 jaye sākṣī - kha . 18... rvaca - kha . 19 kṛta pradakṣiṇaṃ - ka. kha . 20 āhāṣṭraṃ - ka. . 21 saṃśaya - ka- . 22 hataḥ - ka kha . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Whatever beings, starting with the gods, were present upon that lord of mountains, / leaving him quickly, fled in all directions. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_7) 918 jahṛṣe vāsavaścāpi manasā pūjayan girim . tataścukrodha rudrātmā gireḥ krauñcasya ṣaṇmukhaḥ . .25. . - - - - guhaṃ draṣṭuṃ23 saṃkruddhaṃ vāsavastadā . ekasthe tejasī pūrṇe vahnibhāskarayoriva . . (?) 26 .. > Vāsava too rejoiced, honoring the mountain in his mind. / Then the six-faced \[Skanda\], whose nature is Rudra, grew enraged at Mount Krauñca. // 25 // / \[…\] then Vāsava \[saw\] Guha enraged, / like the full splendors of fire and the sun standing together in one place. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_8) atha śaktiṃ samutkṣipya yamānalasamaprabhām . cikṣepa bhagavān skandaḥ kruddhaḥ krauñcajighāṃsayā ..27.. > Then, raising his spear, which blazed like the fire of Yama, / the blessed Skanda, enraged, hurled it to slay Krauñca. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_9) sā papāta girermūrdhni śaktiḥ krauñcasya satvaram . kṣīṇāyuṣo yathā puṃso mṛtyupāśa - - - - ..28.. > Swiftly that spear fell upon the summit of Mount Krauñca, / just as the noose of death falls upon a man whose life-span is exhausted. \[…\] // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_10) sa tayā bhinnamarmā tu śaktyā krauñco nagottamaḥ24 . sarvataśchinnasarvāṅgaḥ sravadrudhiranirjharaḥ ..29 . . mūrttimānapatad bhūmau saṃjñāprāṇavivarjitaḥ . patiṃ vinihataṃ dṛṣṭvā patnyastasya suduḥkhitāḥ . .8.171.3 0 .. > With his vital parts pierced by that spear, Krauñca, the best of mountains, / all his limbs severed on every side, with torrents of blood flowing forth, // 29 // / fell embodied to the earth, deprived of consciousness and breath. / Seeing their husband struck down, his wives were deeply aggrieved. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_11) vilapantyastadā dīnaṃ25 petuḥ krauñcācalopari . merurhimācalo vindhyaḥ kailāso gandhamādanaḥ ..3 1 . . pāriyātraśca sahyaśca niṣadhodayavāmanāḥ26 . krauñcasya janakaścāpi mainākaḥ parvatottamaḥ ..3 2 .. > Lamenting wretchedly, they then fell upon Mount Krauñca. / Meru, Himācala, Vindhya, Kailāsa, Gandhamādana, // 31 // / Pāriyātra, Sahya, Niṣadha, Udaya, and Vāmana, / and Krauñca's father, Maināka, the best of mountains, // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_12) sarve parvatarājāna27 ājagmuḥ śokapīḍitāḥ . parivārya giriṃ krauñcaṃ rurudurduḥkhitā bhṛśam . . 33 .. > all the kings of mountains, afflicted with grief, arrived. / Surrounding Mount Krauñca, they wept in intense sorrow. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_13) bhrātṛputra hataṃ jñātvā devadevī girīndrajā . śarveṇa sahitā krauñcamājagāma mahāvratā . . 34. . kumāreṇa hataṃ dṛṣṭvā krauñcaṃ bāndhavamātmanaḥ . pīḍitābhūttadā devī dṛṣṭvā pitaramarditam28 . .35.. > Knowing her brother's son to be killed, the goddess of gods, the daughter of the king of mountains, / of great vows, came to Krauñca together with Śarva. // 34 // / Seeing Krauñca, her own kinsman, slain by Kumāra, / the goddess was then tormented, seeing her father afflicted. // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_14) himavantaṃ mahāśailaṃ vadhāt pautrasya duḥkhitam . śuśoca girijā dṛṣṭvā muhurvīkṣya sureśvaram .. 36 .. > Seeing the great mountain Himavat grieving over the slaying of his grandson, / the daughter of the mountain grieved, gazing repeatedly at the lord of the gods. // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_15) bhagavantamathāyātaṃ devyā saha pinākinam . śokenāpi susantaptā namaścakrurmahābalāḥ29 . .37. . - - - - - - - - -- - - 23 taṃ kruddhaṃ - ka. . 24 krauñcanagottamaḥ - ka. . 25 dīnāḥ (?) . 26 niṣadhodayavāmanaḥ - ka. . 27 sarvaparvatarājāna - ka. . 28 ... marditum ka. . 29 manaścakrurmahamābalāḥ - ka . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Then, as the blessed wielder of Pināka arrived along with the goddess, / those mighty ones, though deeply scorched by sorrow, made obeisance. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_16) 919 atha praṇamya deveśaṃ himavānacalottamaḥ . vyajñāpayata dīnātmā duḥkhaśokapariplutaḥ .. 38 .. > Then, having bowed to the lord of gods, Himavat, the best of mountains, / downcast and flooded with pain and grief, submitted: // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_17) śakreṇānena bhagavannātmānaṃ30 bahumanyatā . nidhanaṃ nāyitaḥ pautro mamāyaṃ krauñcaparvataḥ ..3 9. . spardhā kāsya kumāreṇa tava deva sutena hi . nāntaraṃ veda yo31 darpāt kumārasyātmanaśca ha . .8.171.40 .. > “O Blessed One, by this Śakra, who considers himself so great, / this grandson of mine, Mount Krauñca, has been brought to destruction! // 39 // / What rivalry could he have with Kumāra, indeed your son, O Lord? / Out of pride, he truly saw no difference between Kumāra and himself! // 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_18) spardhāṃ kṛtvā kumāreṇa hate pautre mamādhunā . nirvṛto gatadarpoyaṃ sukhaṃ tiṣṭhatu vāsavaḥ . .41 . . hate pautre mahādeva nimagnaḥ śokasāgare . na jīvitumahaṃ śakto yāsye pautragatiṃ tvaham . .42 .. > Having engaged in rivalry with Kumāra, now that my grandson is killed, / let this Vāsava dwell happily, untroubled and freed of his pride! // 41 // / With my grandson killed, O Mahādeva, I am plunged into an ocean of sorrow. / I cannot go on living; I shall follow the path of my grandson!” // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_19) evaṃ vilapatastasya meruvindhyapurogamāḥ . vinedurduḥkhasaṃtaptā bāndhavābhāvapīḍitāḥ ..43 .. > As he was thus lamenting, \[the mountains\] led by Meru and Vindhya, / tormented with sorrow and pained by the loss of their kinsman, cried aloud. // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_20) pitaraṃ duḥkhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathānyān bāndhavān girīn . abhavacchokasantaptā girijāpi jagaddharā ..44.. > Seeing her father aggrieved, and likewise the other kinsmen mountains, / the mountain-born goddess who upholds the world also became consumed with grief. // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_21) atha tān duḥkhitān dṛṣṭvā sarvān govṛṣavāhanaḥ . mā kārṣṭa śokamityuktvā tanayaṃ prāha ṣaṇmukham ..45. . mahāntastvadvidhāḥ putra sāparādhepi bāndhave . nāśubhaṃ kurvate kasmāt krauñcaṃ nihatavānasi ..46.. > Then, seeing them all sorrowful, he whose mount is the bull / said, “Do not grieve!” and spoke to his son, the six-faced \[Skanda\]: // 45 // / “Great beings like you, my son, even when a kinsman is at fault, / do no harm. Why did you slay Krauñca? // 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_22) bhrātṛsūnurbhavanmātureṣa krauñco mahāgiriḥ . kathaṃ bhrātaramenaṃ svaṃ32 hatavānasi ṣaṇmukha ..47.. > This great mountain Krauñca is your mother's brother's son. / Why did you strike down your own brother, O six-faced one? // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_23) sadṛśaṃ karma naitatte33 manmayasya sutasya te34 . brūhi vā sāmprataṃ karma kimatra bahu manyase ..48. . tamevaṃ vādinaṃ devaṃ35 ṣaṇmukhaḥ pitaraṃ tadā . idaṃ provāca savrīḍaṃ vacanaṃ paramādbhutam . .49.. > This action does not befit you, my son, who are composed of myself. / Or tell me now: what action do you value so much in this?” // 48 // / When the god had spoken thus to him, the six-faced one then / addressed this shy and truly astonishing word to his father: // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_24) śakrasyāpanayāddeva krauñca eṣa hato mayā . asanmantritavān yasmād vijñaptimaparāṃ śṛṇu ..8.171.50 . . - - - - - - - - -- - - 30 bhagavān ātmāna - ka. . 31 vedayan - ka. . 32 bhrātaramevaṃ tvaṃ (?) . 33 nainatte - ka. . 34 sutastava -ka . - - - - - - - - -- - - > “O Lord, by Śakra's misconduct this Krauñca was slain by me, / because he gave false counsel. Hear my further petition! // 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_25) 920 tvatprasādādahaṃ krauñcaṃ jīvayāmi nagottamam . duṣkaraṃ nahi me ciñcit tava deva sutasya hi .51 . . uttiṣṭheti tataḥ krauñcaṃ bhrātaraṃ prāha ṣaṇmukhaḥ . sa bibhrat pūrvavaddehaṃ krauñco nagapatiḥ kṣaṇāt ..52.. > By your grace, I shall revive Krauñca, the best of mountains; / for nothing is difficult for me, indeed your son, O Lord!” // 51 // / The six-faced one then said to his brother Krauñca, “Arise!” / Assuming his former body in an instant, Krauñca, the lord of mountains, // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_26) uttasthau nīrujo36 vyāsa āścaryaṃ tadabhūttadā . jīvitenācalenaivaṃ ṣaṇmukho vahnisaprabhaḥ . . 53 .. > stood up free from sickness, O Vyāsa; that was a wonder then! / When the mountain was thus revived, the six-faced one, radiant as fire, // 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_27) smaran rudrādadhikṣepaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ . samakṣaṃ sarvadevānāṃ śakrasya ca mahābalaḥ . .54. . vāyuviṣṇuyamānāṃ ca brahmaṇaśca mahātmanaḥ . devadevaṃ37 praṇamyeśaṃ pitaraṃ hyumayā saha . . 55.. > remembering the reproof from Rudra, his eyes reddened with rage, / in the presence of all the gods, of Śakra, and of the mighty // 54 // / Vāyu, Viṣṇu, and Yama, and the great-souled Brahmā, / bowing to the god of gods, the Lord, his father, along with Umā, // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_28) babhāṣe vacanaṃ devaḥ kumāravararūpadhṛk . śakreṇānena devendrā matsamakṣaṃ prabhāṣitam . . 56. . mahāṃstvattohamityeva tatra māṃ manyurāviśat . tanmayaiṣā mahāśaktirnikhātā vasudhātale ..57 . . uddharttuṃ yomaraḥ śakto muktvā devaṃ pinākinam . utpāṭayatu sa hyetāṃ38 mahānmattastato hi saḥ . .58. . evamuktvā tato devo bālārkasadṛśaprabhaḥ . tūṣṇīṃ babhūva hṛṣṭātmā tasthau ca pitṛpārśvataḥ .59. . athendro devatāmadhye rājyadarpānvitomaraḥ39 . utpāṭayitumutsehe tāṃ śaktiṃ vasudhāṃ gatām . .8.171.60 .. > the god who bears the form of the foremost youth spoke these words: / “O lord of gods, it was spoken by this Śakra in my presence, // 56 // / ‘I am greater than you!’ Thus anger entered into me. / Therefore, this great spear has been driven by me into the surface of the earth. // 57 // / Whichever immortal is capable of lifting it—apart from the god, the wielder of Pināka— / let him pull it out! For then he is greater than I!” // 58 // / Having spoken thus, the god, radiant as the morning sun, / became silent, glad at heart, and stood at his father's side. // 59 // / Then Indra, among the deities, filled with the pride of sovereignty, that immortal / strove to pull out that spear that had penetrated the earth. // 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_29) na ca cālayituṃ śakto yatnādapi surādhipaḥ . atha lajjānvitotyarthaṃ tasmāddeśādapākramat . .61 .. > And even with effort, the lord of the gods could not move it; > then, exceedingly abashed, he withdrew from that place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_30) tatonye daivataśreṣṭhā40 ye yamānilapurassarāḥ . matiṃ cakruḥ samuddhartuṃ yatnaṃ śaktyāśca daṃśitāḥ (?) .. 62 .. > Then the other foremost gods, led by Yama and Anila, > resolved to lift it up and made effort, clad in armor \[with all their\] might. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_31) na ca cālayituṃ śekustāṃ śaktimamarottamāḥ . tato viṣṇurameyātmā devān dṛṣṭvā hataujasaḥ . .63 .. > Yet the best among immortals could not move that spear. > Then Viṣṇu of immeasurable soul, seeing the gods deprived of their vigor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_32) - - - - - - - - -- - - 36 nirujo - ka. . 37 devī - ka. . 38 so hyetā - ka. . 39 rājadarpānvitomaraḥ - ka. . 40 devateṣṭhāḥ - ka. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > - - - - - - - - -- - - > 36 nirujo - ka. . 37 devī - ka. . 38 so hyetā - ka. . 39 rājadarpānvitomaraḥ - ka. . 40 devateṣṭhāḥ - ka. . > - - - - - - - - -- - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_33) 921 śaktimuddhartumutsehe samakṣaṃ tridivaukasām . tenāsau cālyamānāpi yasmācchaktirdharātale . . 64. . na cacāla mahāvīryā skandatejobalānvitā . tato viṣṇurameyātmā jñātvā tattvārthamādṛtaḥ41 . . 65 .. > 921 > attempted to lift the spear before the eyes of the heaven-dwellers. > Even when moved by him, because that spear in the earth / did not stir, exceedingly heroic and endowed with Skanda's fiery energy and strength, / then Viṣṇu of immeasurable soul, respectfully acknowledging the real truth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_34) kumāraṃ pūjayan bhaktyā śaktyutkṣepānnyavartata . atha sarvemarā vyāsa viṣṇuśca surasattamaḥ . .66 . . saṃstutya ṣaḍmukha devamidamāhurmahaujasaḥ . - - - - - devānāṃ mahādevasutaḥprabhuḥ . . 67. . nāthaḥ pālayitā sraṣṭā ārtighnaḥ pravaro mahān . tvayā nāthena deveśa vayaṃ sarve sunirvṛtāḥ . . 68. . tiṣṭhāmaḥ sahitāḥ sarve tvamasmān42 pāhi sarvataḥ . śakravyatikramaṃ caiva bāliśyānmohakāritam . .69. . praṇayādyācitosmābhiḥ kṣantumarhasi sarvadā . evaṃ sa bhagavān sarvaiḥ kumāraḥ saṃstutomaraiḥ . .8.171.70 .. > worshiping Kumāra with devotion, ceased from lifting the spear. > Then all the immortals, O Vyāsa, and Viṣṇu, the best of the gods, / of great splendor, having praised the six-faced god, spoke thus: > '\[…\] of the gods, the Lord, son of Mahādeva, / protector, guardian, creator, remover of distress, preeminent, great! > With you as our lord, O Lord of gods, we all remain / completely content together; protect us on all sides! > And the transgression of Śakra, caused by foolish delusion— / since we implore you with affection, please forgive it forever.' > Thus praised by all the immortals, the blessed Kumāra > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_35) krodhaṃ tatyāja śakre tu tutoṣa ca divaukasām . tataste girayaḥ sarve devī ca himavatsutā . .7 1 . . devarājastathā śakro hṛṣṭā guhamapūjayan . bhagavānapi saṃtuṣṭastanayāya varān dadau . .72 . . yayau cāpi gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ divyaṃ himavataḥ śubham . sārdhaṃ guhena devyā ca mātṝṇāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ ..73 . . krauñcena sahitāścāpi meruvindhyādayocalāḥ . śakraśca surarāṭ devaḥ svāni sadmāni bhejire . .74. . evametadyathā43 krauñcaḥ krauñcasārasavāsinaḥ . guhena dāritaḥ śaktyā paścāccaiva44 kṛtomaraḥ 3175. . dṛśyate cāpi45 tat krauñce kṣataṃ śaktyācalottame . naikadaivatasaṃvāsaṃ yadabhūdvistṛtaṃ46 mahat ..76 .. > relinquished his anger against Śakra and was pleased with the heaven-dwellers. > Then all those mountains, the goddess daughter of Himavat, / and Śakra the king of gods, rejoiced and worshiped Guha. > The Blessed One too was delighted and granted boons to his son, / and the leader of the host of Mothers went with Guha and the goddess / to the divine, auspicious peak of Mount Himavat. > And the mountains, Meru, Vindhya, and the others, along with Krauñca, / and Śakra the king of gods, the god, repaired to their own abodes. > Thus it was that Krauñca, who dwelt in the Krauñcasārasa, / was split with the spear by Guha and was afterwards made immortal. > And that cleft made by the spear is still seen in Krauñca, the foremost of mountains, / which became wide and vast, an abode of many deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_36) - - - - - - - - -- - - 41. māditaḥ (?) . 42 tathāsmān - ka . 43 etasminnantare - gha . 44 paścādubhābhyāṃ ca - gha. . 45 dṛśyatedyāpi (?) . 46 tadabhūdvistṛtaṃ - ka. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > - - - - - - - - -- - - > 41. māditaḥ (?) . 42 tathāsmān - ka . 43 etasminnantare - gha . 44 paścādubhābhyāṃ ca - gha. . 45 dṛśyatedyāpi (?) . 46 tadabhūdvistṛtaṃ - ka. . > - - - - - - - - -- - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_37) 922 etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ krauñcadāraṇamadbhutam . ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānmarttyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ sa mucyate47 . .77. . vyāsa uvāca bhagavan48 parameśāno mātṝṇāṃ nāyakaḥ katham . kā etā mātaraścāpi śaṃsaitat pṛcchato mama . .78.. > 922 > All this marvelous splitting of Krauñca has been recounted to you; > any mortal who hears this is freed from all sins. > Vyāsa said: > O blessed one, how is the Supreme Lord the leader of the Mothers? > And who are these Mothers? Tell this to me who am asking: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_38) kathaṃ mātṛgaṇā jātāḥ kinnimittamathāpi ca . kiṃvīryā kiṃprabhāvāśca saṃbhūtāste gaṇāḥ prabho ..79.. > How were the hosts of Mothers born, and for what purpose? > Of what prowess and of what power are those hosts that came into being, O Lord? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_39) kaścāsāmāśrayo yena vartante tadgaṇāḥ śubhāḥ . kena mṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃ vāpi etadicchāmi veditum . .8.171.80 . . sanatkumāra uvāca atra49 te varttayiṣyāmi mātṝṇāmudbhavaṃ śubham50 . purā hi bhagavān brahmā sṛṣṭvemā vividhāḥ prajāḥ . .81 . . avekṣamāṇaḥ kāleya cacāra vibudheśvaraḥ . sa kadācit prajādhyakṣaḥ saṃdhyākāla upāgate . .82.. > And what is their support by which those auspicious hosts abide? > By whom were they sustained or produced? I wish to know this. > Sanatkumāra said: > Here I shall relate to you the auspicious origin of the Mothers. > Long ago indeed, the blessed Brahmā, having created these diverse creatures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_40) deśaṃ ramyaṃ samāsādya tīre pūrvamahodadheḥ . ramye cakāra saṃdhyāṃ hi varṣakoṭimatandritaḥ . .83 .. > the lord of the wise ones, wandered about observing them, O Kāleya. > Once that overseer of creatures, when the evening twilight arrived, / reaching a delightful place on the shore of the eastern ocean, / unweariedly performed his twilight devotion for ten million years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_41) kṛtasaṃdhyastato devaḥ kamalāsanasaṃsthitaḥ . cintayāmāsa ramyoyaṃ deśo dṛṣṭimanoharaḥ ..84. . karomyatra51 puraṃ ramyaṃ sarvakāmasamanvitam . iti saṃcintya sa vyāsa bhagavān sarvasṛk prabhuḥ . .8 5.. > Having performed his twilight devotion, the god seated upon the lotus seat / pondered: 'This delightful place is pleasing to the sight; > here I shall make a delightful city endowed with all desires.' > Reflecting thus, O Vyāsa, the blessed Lord, creator of all, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_42) tasmin ramye pradeśe tu cakre puramanuttamam . lohitāsitasauvarṇaiḥ prastaraiścāmitaprabham ..86.. > built an unsurpassed city in that charming region, > of boundless splendor, with red, dark, and golden stones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_43) aṭṭāṭṭahāsakaiścaiva khātakaiśca samanvitam . śṛṅgāṭakacatuṣkeṇa catuṣpādamiva sthitam . .87.. > furnished with towers, palaces, and moats, > standing as though on four feet with its crossroads. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.2\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_44) - - - - - - - - -- - - 47 pramucyate -ka, atrāntaredhyāyasamāptipuṣpikāvākyaṃ dṛśyate gha pustake . 48 bhagavān - ka kha. . 49 hanta(?) . 50 itihāsaṃ purātanaṃ - gha. . 51 ākrāmyātra - gha, . - - - - - - - - -- - - > - - - - - - - - -- - - > 47 pramucyate -ka, atrāntaredhyāyasamāptipuṣpikāvākyaṃ dṛśyate gha pustake . 48 bhagavān - ka kha. . 49 hanta(?) . 50 itihāsaṃ purātanaṃ - gha. . 51 ākrāmyātra - gha, . > - - - - - - - - -- - - > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89) 923 vaprakhātakasaṃyuktairgṛhaiścāpi52 mahādhanaiḥ53 . madhye mandākinī vāpī sariddivyā manoharā ..88 . . nalinīvanasaṃchannā prahṛṣṭakhaganāditā54 . tat sṛṣṭvā tu puraṃ brahmā sauvarṇaṃ maṇibhūṣitam . .89 . > 923 > with houses endowed with ramparts and moats, rich in wealth; > in its center was the Mandākinī, a pond, a divine and enchanting river, / covered with clusters of lotuses and resounding with joyful birds. > Having created that golden city adorned with jewels, Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_45) provāca vacanaṃ vyāsa paramādbhutamarthavat . ramye puravare yesmin vatsyanti sukṛtāśinaḥ . .8.171.90 . . avadhyāste jarāhīnāstejobalasamanvitāḥ . bhaviṣyanti mahābhāgā matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ ..91 .. > spoke, O Vyāsa, a most wondrous and meaningful statement: > 'In this delightful, best of cities, those who live eating the fruits of good deeds / shall be invulnerable, free from old age, endowed with fiery energy and strength, > and fortunate, by my grace, without doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_46) tataḥ sa bhagavāndeva uvāca punareva ha . asmina sadaiva kāmānāmiṣṭānāṃ surasattamaḥ . .9 2. . devo varṣati koṭiṃ vai tenāsmin55 sukhino janāḥ . evaṃ sa bhagavānuktvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ . agacchat svasabhāṃ divyāṃ naikasiddhaniṣevitām ..93 . . tasmin gate tato vyāsa asurairdaityabhāṣitaiḥ (?) . adhiṣṭhitaṃ puraṃ tadvai sarvairbrāhmaṇakaṃṭakaiḥ . .94. . yeṣāṃ patirasukrodhaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ . brahmahā yajñahā vipra devāntakasurāntakaḥ56 ..95.. > Then that blessed god spoke once again: > 'Here, the best of the gods always showers a myriad of desired wishes; / therefore people are happy in it.' > Having spoken thus, the blessed Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / went to his divine assembly hall frequented by many siddhas. > When he had gone, O Vyāsa, that city was occupied / by asuras, called Daityas, who were thorns to all brahmins, / whose leader was Asukrodha, the best of all wielders of weapons, / a slayer of brahmins, a destroyer of sacrifices, O brahmin, a slayer of gods and asuras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_47) siṃhanādo bhīmanādo mada ityevamādayaḥ . atha daityāḥ samāgamya haimakuṇḍapurassarāḥ . tasminpuravare sthitvā pīḍāṃ57 cakruranekaśaḥ58 . .96. . dveṣṭāro jagataste hi jaghnurviprān sahasraśaḥ . yajñahomādikāśchinnāḥ kriyāstairasurādhamaiḥ ..97 .. > along with Siṃhanāda, Bhīmanāda, Mada, and others. > Then the Daityas, led by Haimakuṇḍa, assembled together, / and staying in that foremost of cities, inflicted multiple harassments. > Hating the world, they slaughtered brahmins by the thousands; > the rites of sacrifice, oblation, and the like were interrupted by those vilest of asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_48) tānevaṃkāriṇo jñātvā sarva eva divaukasaḥ . brahmalokamathābhyetya sarvamaśrāvayan vibhoḥ .98. . vaco divaukasāṃ śrutvā jñātvā daityaviceṣṭitam . naitacchakyaṃ mayetyuktvā brahmā sārdhaṃ surottamaiḥ ..99. . - - - - - - - - -- - - 52 grahaiścāpi - gha. . 53 ..varai - gha. . 54 prakṛṣṭakhagananditā - kha. . 55 tenāsmi - gha. . 56 surāntakau (?) . 57 krīḍā (?) . 58 ... ścakruranekaśaḥ - ka. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Learning that they were doing this, all the gods > went to Brahmaloka and related everything to the Lord. > Hearing the words of the gods and learning the demon's deeds, > saying "I cannot do this," Brahmā, along with the foremost gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_49) 924 ājagāma bhavaṃ draṣṭuṃ ramyaṃ himagirervanam59 . yatra gaurī tapastepe bhartuṃ dehārdhadhāriṇī . . 8.171.100 . . praviṣṭāstatra te devā brahmādyāḥ sarva eva hi . striya evābhavan tūrṇaṃ pārvatyāstapaso balāt . .1 01 .. > went to see Bhava in the delightful forest of the Himalaya mountain, > where Gaurī performed austerity in order to bear half her husband's body. > Entering there, all those gods, Brahmā and the others, > immediately became women by the power of Pārvatī's austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_50) tatastān devadeveśaḥ strībhūtān hi surottamān . kimarthamāgatā yūyamiti papraccha śūladhṛk . .1 02 . . tataste sahitāḥ sarve pūrvaṃ daityavimardanam . nivedya śambhave paścāt kṛcchraṃ strībhāvamātmanaḥ . . 103 .. > Then the trident-bearing Lord of the gods of gods > asked those foremost of gods turned into women, "For what purpose have you come?" > Then, gathered together, they first reported the devastation by the demons > to Śambhu, and then their own miserable condition as women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_51) yathaivaṃ puruṣāḥ pūrva bhavāma iti tebruvan . tānuvācātha deveśaḥ surān strībhāvamāgatāna . . 1 04.. > They said, "May we become men again as we were before." > Then the Lord of gods spoke to the gods who had become women: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_52) yāta yūyaṃ surāḥ sarve striyo bhūtvāsurāntikam . strīṇāmeva hi te vadhyā dānavā baladarpitāḥ . . 10 5.. > "Go, all you gods, having become women, into the presence of the demons. > For those Dānavas, arrogant with strength, are to be slain only by women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_53) tanūrmūrttimatīḥ kṛtvā parato mātaraḥ śubhāḥ . yai60 ya eva yathā pūrvaṃ bhaviṣyatha surottamāḥ . . 106 .. > Having produced embodied forms, auspicious Mothers, from yourselves, > you shall afterward become just as you were before, O best of gods." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_54) atha bhūyaḥ praṇamyeśaṃ devatā idamabruvan . ātmanopi tanuṃ deva kuru mūrttimatīṃ striyam . . 1 07. . yayā sārdhaṃ balād daityān haṃsyāmaḥ parameśvara . tato devosṛjaddevīṃ rūdrāṇīṃ mātaraṃ śubhām ..1 08. . vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthāya dvitīyāmapi mātaram . nāmnā tu bahumāṃsāntāṃ jagatsaṃhārarūpiṇīm .. 10 9. . niyogād devadevasya tato viṣṇurapi prabhuḥ . mātarāvasṛjad dve tu vārāhīṃ vaiṣṇavīmapi . abhūt pitāmahād brāhmī śarvāṇī śaṅkarādapi . . 8.171.110 . . kaumārī ṣaḍmukhāccāpi viṣṇorapi ca vaiṣṇavī . vārāhī mādhavād devī māhendrī ca purandarāt . . 111 . . - - - - - - - - -- - - 59 rvaram - ka. . 60 ya - ka. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Then, having bowed again to the Lord, the deities said this: > "O God, make an embodied woman from your own body as well, > with whom we shall forcefully slay the demons, O Supreme Lord!" > Then the God created an auspicious Mother, the goddess Rudrāṇī, > and, assuming a deformed appearance, created a second Mother as well, > named Bahumāṃsā, who embodies the destruction of the universe. > Then, by the command of the God of gods, Lord Viṣṇu as well > created two Mothers: Vārāhī and Vaiṣṇavī. > Brāhmī emerged from the Grandfather, and Śarvāṇī from Śaṅkara; > Kaumārī from the six-faced \[god\], and Vaiṣṇavī from Viṣṇu; > Vārāhī the goddess from Mādhava, and Māhendrī from Purandara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_55) 925 sarvatejomayo devī mātṝṇāṃ pravarā śubhā . bahumāṃsā mahāvidyā babhūva vṛṣabhadhvajāt . . 112 . . sarvāsāṃ61 devatānāṃ ca dehebhyo mātaraḥ śubhāḥ . svarūpabaladhāriṇyo nirjagmurdaityanāśanāḥ . . 1 ro 3 . . vāyavyā62 vāruṇī yāmyā kauberī ca mahābalāḥ . mahākālī tathāgneyī anyāścaiva sahasraśaḥ . . 114 . . tā gatvā tatpuraṃ ramyaṃ daityān bhīmaparākramān . > Consisting of all light, the auspicious foremost of Mothers, > Bahumāṃsā the Great Knowledge, arose from the bull-bannered \[god\]. > And from the bodies of all the deities emerged auspicious Mothers, > bearing their own forms and powers, destroyers of the demons: > Vāyavyā, Vāruṇī, Yāmyā, and Kauberī, full of great might, > as well as Mahākālī, Āgneyī, and thousands of others. > Having gone to that delightful city, the goddesses > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_56) jaghnurbahuvidhaṃ devyo ghoranādairvibhīṣaṇaiḥ . . 11 5. . daityahīnaṃ ca taccakruḥ purāgryaṃ hemabhūṣitam . atha daityairhataissavairdevadeva umāpatiḥ63 . . 116 . . ājagāma pradeśaṃ taṃ mātṝṇāṃ varaditsayā . tān dṛṣṭavā nihatānsarvān daityānamaravidviṣaḥ64 . . 1 17. . parituṣṭastadā tāsāṃ varānprādād vṛṣadhvajaḥ . jagato mātaro yūyaṃ mātṛbhūtā bhaviṣyathaḥ . . 118 . . yuṣmākaṃ ye bhaviṣyanti bhaktāḥ puruṣapuṃgavāḥ . > slew the demons of terrible prowess in many ways with terrible, frightful roars, > and made that foremost city adorned with gold destitute of demons. > Then, all the demons being slain, the God of gods, Umā's lord, > came to that place, wishing to grant a boon to the Mothers. > Seeing all those demons, enemies of the immortals, slain, > the bull-bannered \[god\], thoroughly delighted, then granted boons to them: > "You shall be the Mothers of the world, become Mother-goddesses. > Those who shall be your devotees, whether foremost of men > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_57) striyau vāpi mahābhāgā na tān hiṃsanti hiṃsakāḥ . . 11 9. . mṛtā mama gaṇāścāpi bhaviṣyantyajarāmarāḥ . bhavatīnāmidaṃ sthānaṃ koṭīvarṣamiti śrutam . . 8.171.120 . . bhaviṣyati jagatkhyātaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam . ahaṃ heturhi yuṣmākaṃ yasmāt sṛṣṭā mayaiva ca . . 121 . . hetukeśvaranāmnāhaṃ65 sthāsyāmyatra varapradaḥ . yuṣmābhiḥ saha vatsyāmi nāyakatvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ . . 122 . . yastu yuṣmānmayā sārdhaṃ vidhivat pūjayiṣyati . > or women, O fortunate ones, no harmful beings shall harm them. > And when dead, they shall become my attendants, free from old age and death. > This place of yours, known as Koṭīvarṣa, > shall become renowned in the world, freeing from all sins. > Since I am indeed your cause, and you were created by me alone, > I shall abide here under the name Hetukeśvara, granting boons. > I will dwell together with you, established as your leader. > And whoever worships you along with me according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_58) sarvapāpavimuktātmā sa parāṃ gatimāpsyati . . 123 . . dānavā nihatā yasmācchūlena bahumāṃsayā . śūlakuṇḍamidaṃ nāmnā khyātaṃ tīrthaṃ bhaviṣyati . . 1 24. . - - - - - - - - -- - - 61-. sarveṣāṃ ka kha .. 62 vāthavā (?) . 63 devadevamumāpatim - ka . 64 ... vidviṣān - ka. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > his soul freed from all sins, shall attain the supreme state. > Since the Dānavas were slain with a trident by Bahumāṃsā, > this sacred ford shall become known by the name Śūlakuṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_59) 926 iha śūlodakaṃ pītvā bahumāṃsāṃ praṇamya ca . adhṛṣyaḥ sarvahiṃsrāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati narottamaḥ .. 1 25.. > Drinking the water of the Śūla \[tīrtha\] here and bowing to Bahumāṃsā, > the best of men will become unassailable by all harmful beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_60) pratikūleti vikhyātā ramyā mandākinī nadī . rudhiraughavatī seha bhavatīnāṃ bhaviṣyati . . 1 26.. > The lovely Mandākinī river, famous as the Pratikūlā, > flowing with floods of blood, shall belong to you here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_61) ahaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuśca ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ . mātṛtantrāṇi divyāni mātṛyajñavidhiṃ param . . 1 27.. > I, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and the seers rich in austerity > shall compose divine Mother-tantras, the supreme rite of the Mother-sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_62) puṇyāni prakariṣyāmo yajanaṃ yairavāpsyatha . brāhmaṃ (?) svāyaṃbhuvaṃ caiva kaumāraṃ yāmalaṃ tathā 1 28.. > meritorious rituals by which you will receive worship: > the Brāhma, Svāyambhuva, Kaumāra, and Yāmala; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_63) sārasvataṃ sa gāndhāramaiśānaṃ nandiyāmalam . tantrāṇyetāni yuṣmākaṃ tathānyāni sahasraśaḥ . . 129 . . bhaviṣyanti narā yaistu yuṣmān yakṣyanti bhaktitaḥ . narāṇāṃ yajamānānāṃ varān yūyaṃ pradāsyatha . .8.171.1 30 .. > the Sārasvata, with the Gāndhāra, the Aiśāna, and the Nandiyāmala— > these tantras of yours, as well as thousands of others, > shall exist, by means of which men will worship you with devotion; > and you shall grant boons to men who offer sacrifice." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_64) divyasiddhipradā devyo divyayogā bhaviṣyatha . yāśca nāryaḥ sadā yuṣmān yakṣyante sarahasyataḥ . . 131 . . yogeśvaryo bhaviṣyanti rāmā divyaparākramāḥ . chagalaḥ kumbhakarṇaśca madīyau gaṇanāyakau . . 13 2. . yuṣmākaṃ dvārapālatve sthāsyatastau mamājñayā . koṭīvarṣamidaṃ sthānaṃ mātṝṇāṃ priyamuttamam .. 133 . . śmaśānaṃ pravaraṃ divyaṃ bhaviṣyati sukhapradam . varānevaṃ hi tām̐llabdhvā mātaro lokamātaraḥ .. 1 34. . bhaktyā praṇamya deveśaṃ mumudurbhṛśamardditāḥ . tataḥprabhṛti tāḥ sarvāḥ sahitāḥ śaśimaulinā . . 13 5. . koṭīvarṣe66 vasanti sma sarvalokābhayapradāḥ67 . evaṃ sa bhagavān devo mātṝṇāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ . abhavacchaṅkaro vyāsa yanmāṃ tvaṃ pṛṣṭavānasi . . 13 6. . - - - - - - - - -- - - 66 kauṭīvarṣaṃ - ka. kha. . 67 sarvalokabhayapradāḥ - ka . - - - - - - - - -- - - > "Bestowing celestial perfections, O goddesses, endowed with celestial yoga you shall be. / And the women who shall constantly worship you according to the secret rites, > charming women endowed with celestial valor, shall become mistresses of yoga. / Chagala and Kumbhakarṇa, my two leaders of the gaṇas, > shall stand as your doorkeepers by my command. / This place, Koṭīvarṣa, the best and beloved of the Mothers, > shall be an eminent celestial cremation ground, bringing happiness." / Having thus obtained these boons, the Mothers, the Mothers of the World, > having bowed down to the lord of gods with devotion, rejoiced, \[though\] severely tormented. / Thenceforth they all, along with the moon-crested \[Śiva\], > dwelt in Koṭīvarṣa, granting fearlessness to all the worlds. / In this way the blessed god, the leader of the gaṇas of the Mothers, > was Śaṅkara, O Vyāsa, about which you asked me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_65) 927 utpattimetāṃ jagatīśvarīṇāṃ68 brahmendraśakrānilavanditānām . paṭhenmanuṣyaḥ śṛṇuyācca nityaṃ yaḥ svargalokaṃ sa mṛto labheta .. 1 37. . iti skandapurāṇe ekasaptatyadhikaśatatamodhyāyaḥ > Whoever should recite or constantly hear this origin of the mistresses of the world, / praised by Brahmā, Indra, Śakra, and the Wind, he, on dying, obtains the realm of heaven. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-first chapter in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_66) sanatkumāra uvāca śakreṇa girayaḥ pūrvaṃ chinnapakṣā yathā kṛtāḥ . tat pravakṣyāmi te vyāsa śṛṇu sarvamaśeṣataḥ . .1 . . purā siṃhavapuḥ kṛtvā viṣṇunā paramaujasā . daityadānavanāthe tu hiraṇyakaśipau hate . .2 .. prahrādastatsuto daityo viṣṇuṃ prati cukopa ha . hate pitari sa śrīmān mahādaityapatīśvaraḥ ..3 .. bahūnyabdasahasrāṇi cakārograṃ mahātapaḥ . atha devaścaturvaktrastuṣṭastamasurādhipam . .4. . provāca svayamāgatya varadosmīti sādaram . praṇamyovāca varadamidaṃ brahmāṇamāgatam1 . .5 . . prahlādo manyutaptāṅgaḥ piturvadhamanusmaran . bhagavan yadi tuṣṭosi varadaśca samāgataḥ . .6.. rājānaṃ hatavān viṣṇuḥ pitaraṃ mama māyayā . saṃgrāme tamahaṃ viṣṇuṃ yathā hanyāṃ tathā kuru . .7.. tamuvāca tato brahmā prahlādamasurottamam . ajayyaḥ samare viṣṇuravadhyaśca surāsuraiḥ ..8.. prasādāddevadevasya jagatsraṣṭurumāpateḥ . naiṣa śakyo mayā dātuṃ varastubhyaṃ mahāsura . .9 .. - - - - - - - - -- - - 68 jagatīśvarāṇāṃ ka . 1 praṇamya tamuvācedaṃ varadaṃ brahmamāgamatam - ka. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Sanatkumāra said: / How the mountains previously had their wings severed by Śakra, / that I shall tell you, O Vyāsa; listen to it all in full. > Formerly, when Hiraṇyakaśipu, the lord of the Daityas and Dānavas, / had been slain by Viṣṇu of supreme splendor, who had assumed the body of a lion, > his son, the Daitya Prahrāda, became enraged against Viṣṇu. / His father being killed, that glorious sovereign lord of the great Daityas > performed fierce, great austerity for many thousands of years. / Then the four-faced god \[Brahmā\], pleased, approached that sovereign of the asuras himself > and said with respect, "I am the granter of boons." / Having bowed, Prahlāda, his limbs burning with rage, remembering the murder of his father, > spoke this to Brahmā who had arrived to grant a boon: / "Lord, if you are pleased and have come granting a boon: > Viṣṇu killed my father, the king, through delusion. / Act so that I may kill that Viṣṇu in battle." > Then Brahmā said to him, Prahlāda, the foremost of asuras: / "Viṣṇu is unconquerable in battle, and immune to being killed by gods and asuras, > by the grace of the god of gods, the creator of the world, Umā's lord \[Śiva\]. / This boon cannot be granted by me to you, O great asura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_67) 928 anyaṃ vṛṇu2 yatheṣṭaṃ tvaṃ varaṃ yāvaddadāmi3 te . cintayitvā tato bhūyo mahābuddhirmahāsuraḥ . . 8.172.10 . . provāca4 vacanaṃ devaṃ kamalāsanasaṃsthitam . ajayyo yadyavadhyaśca sa viṣṇurdevasattamaḥ5 . . 11 . . tasya viṣṇostato deva śakrasyānyasya vā ripoḥ . avadhyohamajayyaśca saṃbhaveyaṃ tavājñayā . . 12 .. > Choose another boon as you wish, so that I may give it to you." / Having reflected then again, the great asura of great intelligence > spoke a word to the god seated on the lotus: / "If that Viṣṇu, the best of the gods, is unconquerable and unslayable, > then, O god, by your command, may I be unslayable and unconquerable / by that Viṣṇu, or by Śakra, or by any other enemy." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_68) evastviti taṃ brahmā procya dānavasattama . divyapadmāsano devastatraivāntaradhīyata . . 13 . . prahlādopi varaṃ7 labdhvā brahmaṇaḥ paramādbhutam . paścimasyodadhestīre tasthau cintākulendriyaḥ . .14.. > Saying to him, "So be it," O best of Dānavas, / the god seated on the divine lotus vanished right there. > Prahlāda too, having obtained the exceedingly wonderful boon from Brahmā, / stood on the shore of the western ocean, his senses bewildered with care. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_69) kathaṃ hanyāmahaṃ viṣṇuṃ śakraṃ caiva śatakratum . evaṃ cintayatastasya prahlādasya suradviṣaḥ .. 1 5.. > "How shall I kill Viṣṇu, and Śakra, the performer of a hundred sacrifices?" / As he, Prahlāda, the enemy of the gods, was pondering thus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_70) sarvaśailādhipaḥ śrīmām̐ścakraman himavān giriḥ . dvābhyāmutpatya pakṣābhyāmājagāma viyaccaraḥ .. 1 6. . purā hi girayo vyāsa āsan pakṣasamanvitāḥ . divyā viyadgamāḥ sarve sarvalokacarāstathā . . 17.. > the glorious mountain Himavat, sovereign of all mountains, strode out; / flying up on his two wings, moving through the sky, he arrived. > For in ancient times, O Vyāsa, mountains were endowed with wings, / celestial, all traveling in the sky, and roaming in all worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_71) tamāgatamatho dṛṣṭvā prahrādo himavadgirim . prāhedaṃ vacanaṃ prītaḥ kṛtvā svāgatamāditaḥ .. 18 .. > Then, seeing that mountain Himavat arrive, / Prahrāda, pleased, having first offered a welcome, spoke this word: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_72) kaśyapasya9 vayaṃ pautrā daityā girivarādhipa . bhavantopi10 sutāstasya devā api mahāgire11 ..1 9. . asmākaṃ bhavatāṃ caiva ekasmāt saṃbhavo gire12 . devatā bhrātaro13 bhūtvā asmākaṃ devatāśca14 hi . .8.172.20 .. > "We Daityas are grandsons of Kaśyapa, O lordly best of mountains; / you too are his sons, and the gods as well, O great mountain. > Our origin and yours, O mountain, is from the single one. / The deities, being our brothers, and our deities indeed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_73) avamanyāsurānasmān rājyaṃ kurvanti darpitāḥ . vayaṃ yūyaṃ ca saṃgatya jitvā devānaśeṣataḥ . trailokyaṃ sarvamākramya rājyaṃ kurmo15 mahāgire ..21 . . - - - - - - - - -- - - 2 anyad vṛṇu - ka. . 3 varaṃ daitya dadāmi - kha, dadāni - ka. . 4 uvāca - kha . 5 devasattama - kha. . 6 dānavasattamaḥ - ka.,. ma - kha. . 7 varān - kha. . 8 prīto dattvā - ka. . 9 kāsyapasya - ka . 10 bhavatopi - ka kha. . 11 mahāmune - ka. . 12 mune - ka. . 13 bhrātaro devatā - ka. kha. . 14 devatāñca - ka. kha. . 15 kurma - kha. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > having despised us asuras, rule in arrogance. / Let us and you, joining together, having completely conquered the gods, / and having overrun the entire three worlds, rule, O great mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_74) 929 devānāṃ16 yajanaṃ yeṣu hūyante yeṣu cāgnayaḥ . prīyante devatā yeṣu deśām̐stānacaleśvara . .2 2.. > Those lands in which worship of the gods takes place, in which fires are offered into, / and in which the deities are pleased, O lord of mountains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_75) sahitaḥ sarvaśailaistvamākramya tvaritaṃ jahi . ijyāhīnān tato devān sukhaṃ haṃsyāma nirvṛtāḥ .. 23 . . ityukto daityarājena himavānacalottamaḥ . naitadyuktamiti prāha sāśaṅko dānavādhipam . .24. . punareva tataḥ prāha himavantaṃ mahāsuraḥ . matto yuktaṃ paraṃ17 tvaṃ cedyadi vetsi nagādhipa .. 25 .. > together with all the mountains, overrunning them quickly, destroy them! / Then, deprived of offerings, we shall kill the gods easily and at peace." / Thus addressed by the king of the Daityas, Himavat, the best of mountains, / apprehensive, said to the lord of the Dānavas: "This is not proper." > Then again the great asura said to Himavant: / "If you consider something else more proper than what I say, O sovereign of mountains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_76) eṣa tvāṃ sahitaṃ śailerneṣyāmi nidhanaṃ samam . apramattastadā tiṣṭha18 yāvattvāṃ hanmi parvata . .26 . . daityarājaṃ tataḥ kruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā parvatasattamaḥ . karomyevamiti prāha tato daityastutoṣa saḥ19 . . 27.. > then I shall bring you, together with the mountains, to total destruction! / Therefore stand vigilant while I strike you, O mountain!" / Then, seeing the king of the Daityas enraged, the best of mountains / said, "I shall do it," and thereupon that Daitya was satisfied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_77) atha śailaistadā sārdhaṃ himavānacalottamaḥ . prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā20 cakre deśopamardanam . .28. . pitṛdevātmikāḥ sarvā yajñahomādikāḥ kriyāḥ21 . vartante yeṣu deśeṣu girayastān samākramana . .29 .. > Then, together with the mountains, Himavat, the best of mountains, / having heard the command of Prahlāda, undertook the devastation of the lands. > In whichever lands all the rites consisting of offerings to the ancestors and gods, / such as sacrifices and oblations, take place, the mountains overran them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_78) athotsanneṣu deśeṣu nārado munisattamaḥ . śakrāyāśrāvayat22 sarvaṃ parvatānāṃ vyatikramam ..8.172.3 0 . . tacchrutvā krodhasantapto devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ . samāgamyācalān prāha kimetaditi manyumān 31 . athocurgirayo vyāsa kruddhaṃ devagaṇādhipam . prahlādasya bhayāddeva mahādaityapatervayam . . 32 . . imaṃ vyatikramaṃ prāptā na23 doṣo naḥ kathañcana . atha cenmanyase doṣamasmākamamarādhipa . .3 3 .. > Then, when the lands were laid waste, Nārada, best among sages, / informed Śakra of the whole transgression committed by the mountains. > Hearing that, the king of the gods, Śatakratu, inflamed with anger, / approached the mountains and said in wrath, "What is this?" > Then the mountains said, O Vyāsa, to the enraged lord of the hosts of gods: / "O god, out of fear of Prahlāda, the lord of the great Daityas, > we have fallen into this transgression; there is no fault in us in any way. / If you nonetheless consider it our fault, O lord of the immortals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_79) - - - - - - - - -- - - 16 devatāṃ - ka. . 17 varaṃ - ka., yuktavaraṃ - kha. . 18 tatastiṣṭha - kha. . 19 ha - kha. . 20 sarvaṃ - kha. . 21 yajñahomādikakriyāḥ - ka. . 22 śakramaśrāvayat - ka. . 23 ha - kha. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_80) 930 prahrādāntikramāgaccha prayāma sahitā drutam . tenedaṃ kāritaṃ sarvaṃ yajñadeśopamardanam24 . daityarājena balinā yuṣmadapriyalipsayā . .3 4. . nāparādhoyamasmākaṃ25 tathā tvaṃ viddhi devapa . tāneva bruvataḥ śakraḥ sutarāṃ manyumān girīn . . 35. . pakṣahīnān tadā cakre kṣiptvā vajraṃ punaḥpunaḥ . hīnapakṣāstataste tu sarva evācaleśvarāḥ . . 36 . . peturmahītale vyāsa chinnapakṣāḥ khagā iva . atha daityapatiḥ śrutvā prahrādosurapuṅgavaḥ . .37.. > come to Prahrāda; let us go quickly together. / By him, that mighty king of the Daityas, wishing to cause you displeasure, / was all this destruction of the sacrificial regions brought about. > This is not our offence; know it to be so, O protector of the gods!" / While those mountains were still speaking, Śakra, utterly enraged, > stripped them of their wings, hurling his thunderbolt again and again. / Deprived of their wings, all those lords of mountains, > fell upon the earth's surface, O Vyāsa, like birds with clipped wings. / Then the king of the Daityas, Prahrāda, foremost of the Asuras, hearing > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_81) pakṣacchedaṃ nagendrāṇāṃ bhṛśaṃ cukrodha pīḍitaḥ26 . kiṅkaromīti saṃcintya ciraṃ daityagaṇādhipaḥ . .38. . vadaryāśramamāgatya dadarśa27 viṣṇumāsthitam . tasyāsīt sumahadyuddhaṃ viṣṇunā sārdhamadbhutam ..3 9.. > of the clipping of the wings of the noble mountains, was deeply distressed and enraged. / Pondering for a long time, "What shall I do?", that lord of the Daitya host > went to Badaryāśrama and saw Viṣṇu situated there. / A tremendous and wondrous battle ensued between him and Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_82) na śaśāka ca taṃ28 viṣṇurjetuṃ prahlādamojasā . tayoryuddhamabhūd ghoraṃ divyamabdaśataṃ purā ..8.172.40 .. > And Viṣṇu could not defeat that Prahlāda by his might. / A terrible battle took place between them in ancient times, lasting for a hundred divine years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_83) ātmānaṃ veda hīnaṃ ca viṣṇuḥ prahlādadānavāt . sobhiyuktastadā yuddhe viṣṇuḥ paramadharmavit ..41 .. > And Viṣṇu found himself inferior to the Dānava Prahlāda. / Engaged in battle then, Viṣṇu, knower of highest righteousness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_84) aśakto dānavaṃ jetuṃ manyumānabhavat prabhuḥ . atha dhyātvā mahādevaṃ praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ . .42. . sasmāra para - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - pinākinaḥ . .43 . . avadhyatvamajayyatvaṃ sarvalokanivāsibhiḥ . prasādaṃ tamanusmṛtya śaivaṃ viṣṇuḥ surottamaḥ . .44.. > unable to conquer the Dānava, the lord became filled with distress. / Then, meditating upon Mahādeva and bowing down again and again, > he remembered the supreme \[…\] / \[…\] of the wielder of the Pināka: > invulnerability and unconquerability by all the inhabitants of the worlds. / Remembering that grace of Śiva, Viṣṇu, best of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_85) mahāsatvabalo bhūtvā daityamabhyadravad balī . hīyamānamathātmānaṃ hiṇyakaśipoḥ sutaḥ . .45. . - - - - - - - - -- - - 24 deśayajñopamardanam - ka. kha . 25 yathāsmākaṃ - ka kha . 26 pi(pa)ṇḍitaḥ - ka. . 27 dadṛśe - kha. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > became full of great strength and courage, and the mighty one charged at the Daitya. / Then, realizing himself to be losing strength, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_86) 931 jñātvā ca balinaṃ viṣṇuṃ yuddhadeśādapākramat . ajitaṃ viṣṇunātmānaṃ śivatejovimohitaḥ . .46 . . prahrādo jitamātmānaṃ29 bubudhe dānaveśvaraḥ . brahmaṇopi varaṃ labdhvā ajayayyatvamathātmanaḥ . .47.. > and knowing Viṣṇu to be powerful, withdrew from the battlefield. / Bewildered by the radiance of Śiva, Prahrāda, lord of the Dānavas, > believed himself to be conquered, though he was not conquered by Viṣṇu. / Even after obtaining a boon from Brahmā granting invincibility to himself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_87) jitameva tadātmānamamanyata mahāsuraḥ . prahrādāsurasaṃgrāmaṃ ghoraṃ devabhayaṃkaram . .48. . abhūdabdaśataṃ divyaṃ viṣṇunā sārdhamadbhutam . na śrutena na vīryeṇa na śauryeṇa na tejasā . .49.. > the great Asura then considered himself truly defeated. / The battle between Prahrāda and the Asuras, dreadful and terrifying to the gods, / with Viṣṇu was an astonishing affair lasting a hundred divine years. / Neither in sacred learning, nor in prowess, nor in valor, nor in brilliance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_88) na buddhyā na ca dharmeṇa prahrādasadṛśosuraḥ . hiraṇyakaśipurnāsīdrājā tatsadṛśo mahān . .8.172.50 . . nāndhako na hiraṇyākṣaḥ prahlādasadṛśo bale . bhṛguśāpāt kilāyāto daityatvaṃ viṣṇureva saḥ ..51 . . śauryeṇa spṛhayanti sma śrutena vinayena ca . divaukasopi saṃsiddhāḥ prahrādasya mahātmanaḥ . .52. . nābhavaṃstasya rājye tu duḥkhaśokānvitāḥ prajāḥ . evaṃ sa dānavaśreṣṭhaḥ kṛtvā yuddhaṃ tu viṣṇunā . .53 .. > nor in intellect, nor in righteousness was there any Asura equal to Prahrāda. / Even King Hiraṇyakaśipu was not equal to him in greatness; > neither Andhaka nor Hiraṇyākṣa was equal to Prahlāda in strength. / Indeed, it is said that it was Viṣṇu himself who became a Daitya due to the curse of Bhṛgu. > Even the perfected sky-dwellers envied the valor, / sacred learning, and modesty of the great-souled Prahrāda. > During his reign the subjects were never afflicted with misery or grief. / Thus that best of Dānavas, having fought with Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_89) paścāttāpopataptāṅgo viṣayebhyo gataspṛhaḥ . varadānamanityaṃ taj jñātvā ca tapasaḥ phalam ..54. . niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāryeṣu viṣayepsāvivarjitaḥ . sarvasannyastakarmā tu30 dhyānābhyāsaparāyaṇaḥ . .56 .. > with his body consumed by remorse, lost all longing for sensual pleasures. / Recognizing the bestowal of boons to be transient, as well as the fruit of austerity, > indifferent toward all undertakings, freed from the craving for objects of sense, / having renounced all actions, he became devoted to the practice of meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.18.89\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_90) pravavrāja mahādaityaḥ śamepsurmokṣasiddhaye . punarāvartakaṃ janma buddhvā cānityatā parām ..57. . kaṣṭaṃ rājyamiti jñātvā prahrādaḥ paramārthavit . abhiṣicya sutaṃ rājye ditijānāṃ31 virocanam ..5 8 .. > Desiring tranquility for the attainment of liberation, the great Daitya renounced worldly life, / understanding that rebirth brings sorrow and that supreme impermanence rules all. > Realizing kingship to be painful, Prahrāda, knower of the highest reality, / consecrated his son Virocana to the kingship of the Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 92 of 291 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Mokṣopāya (Kashmiri text, Śāradā transmission)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.moksopaya*kashmiri.6.43.17) — Sanskrit - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.2) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) · Pramāṇa