[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) › 7.20.71 # Skandapurana 7.20.71 Skandapurāṇa 7.20.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.71) sukeśopākhyānam,- sukeśasya pathi gacchato vane gartāntarvīraṇastambāśrita lambanānādhomukhasvapūrvajapitrādidarśanam . sukeśasya taduddharaṇopāyajijñāsā . sukeśāya pitṛkṛto'patyotpādanopadeśaḥ, ūrdhvaretasaḥ sataḥ sukeśasyāpatyo- tpādanamantareṇaiva pitṝṇāmuddhārārthaṃ rudrārādhanā, tuṣṭena rudreṇa sukeśapitṝṇāṃ narakāduddharaṇaṃ, tasya gāṇapatya- pradānaṃ ca . > The narrative of Sukeśa: Sukeśa, traveling on a path in the forest, sees his ancestors—his father and others—hanging upside down suspended from a clump of vīraṇa grass inside a pit. Sukeśa’s inquiry into the means of their deliverance. The father’s instruction to Sukeśa to beget offspring; Sukeśa, being of chaste life (ūrdhvaretas), worships Rudra for the deliverance of his ancestors without begetting offspring; the deliverance of Sukeśa’s ancestors from hell by the pleased Rudra, and his bestowal of leadership of the gaṇas upon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.70) - [Next: 7.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.72) - [Up: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.20.71) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.71) · Pramāṇa