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In the first chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.3) prayāge ṛṣīṇāṃ sūtena samāgamaḥ, ṛṣīṇāṃ skandajanmaviṣayakaḥ praśnaḥ . sūtasya byāsasanatkumārasaṃvādamukhena skandotpattikathāvataraṇopakramaḥ . > The meeting of the seers with Sūta at Prayāga; the seers' inquiry regarding the birth of Skanda; the beginning of Sūta's recitation of the story of the birth of Skanda through the dialogue between Vyāsa and Sanatkumāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.4) 2 dvitīye'dhyāye- > 2. In the second chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.5) sanatkumāreṇa vyāsāya skandotpattiviṣayakapurātanakathākhyānapratijñānam . prakṛtapurāṇagataviṣayoddeśasaṃkṣepaśca . > Sanatkumāra's promise to Vyāsa to narrate the ancient story concerning the birth of Skanda; and a brief summary of the topics contained in the Purāṇa itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.6) 3 tṛtīye'dhyāye- > 3. In the third chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.7) śambhuto brahmaṇa utpattiḥ, tapaścaryā, śarvadarśanam, varalābhaḥ, prājāpatye 'bhiṣekaśca . > The origin of Brahmā from Śambhu; the practice of austerity; the vision of Śarva; the obtaining of the boon; and the consecration to the office of lord of creatures (Prajāpati). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.8) 4 caturthe'dhyāye- > 4. In the fourth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.9) prajāsṛṣṭyarthaṃ brahmaṇaḥ punastapaścaraṇam . rudrādvaraprāptiḥ, putrakāmanayāgnau havirjuhvato brahmaṇo lalāṭajasvedasaṃsa- rgādagnito nīlalohitarudrasyotpattiḥ, dakṣadharmādīnāmutpattiḥ, krameṇa sakalaprajāsṛṣṭiḥ, kālāntare tasya (brahmaṇaḥ) visarjanam, prayāge yajato marīcyādiṣaṭkulīyānāmṛṣīṇāmāgamaḥ, samāgatānāṃ teṣāṃ sarvajaganniyantṛparamakāraṇa- jijñāsayā praśnaḥ, brahmaṇā rudrasyaiva sarvajaganniyantṛparamakāraṇatvakathanam, taddarśanārthaṃ ca mahāsatrānuṣṭhānopadeśaḥ, brahmaṇā cakrasya virjanam, naimiśotpattiḥ . > Brahmā's practicing of austerity once more for the sake of creating progeny; the obtaining of a boon from Rudra; the birth of the dark-red (Nīlalohita) Rudra from the fire due to contact with the sweat arising on Brahmā's forehead as he offered oblations into the fire desiring a son; the birth of Dakṣa, Dharma, and others; the gradual creation of all creatures; in the course of time, his (Brahmā's) departure; the arrival of the seers belonging to the six lineages, Marīci and others, who were sacrificing at Prayāga; the inquiry by those who had assembled out of a desire to know the supreme cause and controller of the entire world; Brahmā's declaration that Rudra alone is the supreme cause and controller of the entire world, and his instruction to perform a great sacrificial session in order to see him; Brahmā's release of the wheel; the origin of Naimiṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.10) 5 paṃcame'dhyāye- > 5. In the fifth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.11) naimiśe ṛṣīṇāṃ dīrghasatrārambhaḥ . tatra vāyorāgamanam, jagatsṛṣṭyādiviṣaye praśnaḥ, vāyunā tatsarvasyāśeṣatayā kathanam . satrasamāptau vedīmadhyāt sarasvatyāḥ prādurbhāvaḥ . nadīrūpeṇa pravṛttāyāṃ tasyāmṛṣīṇāmavabhṛthasnānam, brahmalokavibhūṣaṇāyāḥ sarasvatyā itthaṃ tatovatīrya bhūrloke pravṛttau kiṃ kāraṇamiti ṛṣīṇāṃ praśnaḥ, brahmayajña- vivādarūpapurātanetihāsavivaraṇamukhena vāyukṛtattatkathāvatāraḥ, svakṛtalokasṛṣṭidarśanād brahmaṇaḥ sarvaśreṣṭha- tvābhimānaḥ, brahmayajñayorvivādaḥ, rudrasya tatra prārdubhāvaḥ, kruddhasya brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaśīrṣotpattiḥ, rudrakṛtaṃ tatkṛntanam, brahmakṛtā rudrastutiḥ, kṛtasya śiraso dhāraṇārthaṃ prārthanā ca . > In Naimiṣa, the commencement of the long sacrificial session by the seers. The arrival of Vāyu there; the question regarding the creation of the universe and related matters; the complete narration of all that by Vāyu. At the completion of the sacrificial session, the appearance of Sarasvatī from the middle of the sacrificial altar. The final ritual ablution (avabhṛthasnāna) of the seers in her as she flows in the form of a river; the question of the seers as to what caused Sarasvatī, the ornament of the realm of Brahmā, to descend from there and flow in the mortal world; the introduction to that story given by Vāyu through recounting the ancient historical account of the dispute between Brahmā and Yajña; Brahmā's conceit of supremacy upon beholding his own creation of the worlds; the dispute between Brahmā and Yajña; the appearance of Rudra there; the sprouting of a fifth head of the enraged Brahmā; the cutting off of that \[head\] by Rudra; the hymn of praise to Rudra made by Brahmā, and the entreaty for carrying the severed head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.12) 6 ṣaṣṭhe'dhyāye- > 6. In the sixth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.13) brahmaṇo'nurodhāt tacchiraḥkapālamādāya vikṛtarūpaṃ dadhato rudrasya devaveśmasu bhikṣārthaṃ pracāraḥ, viṣṇoḥ sakāśād bhikṣāmādadānena rudreṇa kapālavartini bhaikṣarase viṣṇośchāyādarśanāttatsadṛśamūrtternarasya sarjanam . > At the request of Brahmā, Rudra, taking the skull of that head and assuming a deformed form, wanders about the dwellings of the gods for alms; while receiving alms from Viṣṇu, Rudra beholds the reflection of Viṣṇu in the alms-broth resting in the skull, and from that creates Nara whose form resembles him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.14) 7 saptame'dhyāye- > 7. In the seventh chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.15) dhṛtakapālamṛya bhairavarūpiṇo rudrasya bhaikṣārthaṃ tato brahālokagamanam, tatromiti vyāharatastasya vadanāt sarasvatyāḥ prādurbhāvaḥ, kapālasaṃsthāpanam, mahiṣarūpiṇo hālāhalāhvayasyāsurasya vināśaḥ, kapālamātṝṇāmutpattiḥ, mahākapālasarasastotrasya cotpattiḥ . > Rudra in the form of Bhairava, carrying the skull, goes from there to the realm of Brahmā for alms; while he utters 'Om' there, the manifestation of Sarasvatī from his mouth; the placing down of the skull; the destruction of the demon named Hālāhala who took the form of a buffalo; the origin of the skull-Mothers; and the origin of the praise of the Great Skull Lake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.16) 8 aṣṭamasdhyāye- > 8. In the eighth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.17) sarasvatīpravṛttikathosaṃhāraḥ . satrasamāptau brahmaṇastatrāgamaḥ, brahmaṇa upadeśād ṛṣibhiḥ śaṃkarārādhanoddeśena punarbahuvidhasatrānuṣṭhānasamārabhaṇam . satre svarbhānunā somasyāpaharaṇam, gāyatryā śyenībhūya tatpratyānayanam, satra- samāptiḥ . brahmādidevānāmṛṣibhiḥ saha maināke tapaścaryā, tapaso'nte tuṣṭena śaṃkareṇa tebhyo darśanadānam . > The conclusion of the story of the descent of Sarasvatī. At the completion of the sacrificial session, the arrival of Brahmā there; by the instruction of Brahmā, the seers commence once again the performance of various sacrificial sessions with the aim of propitiating Śaṃkara. In the sacrifice, the abduction of Soma by Svarbhānu; Gāyatrī becoming a female hawk and bringing it back; the conclusion of the sacrifice. The performance of austerity on Mount Maināka by Brahmā and the other gods together with the seers; at the end of the austerity, Śaṃkara, being pleased, grants them his darśana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.18) 9 navame'dhyāye > 9. In the ninth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.19) brahmādikṛtā rudrastutiḥ, teṣu rudrasyānugrahaḥ . rudreṇa svatejaso visarjanam . tejasordhāṃśena mukhata ulkāsarjanam . rudrādeśānnārībhūtāyāstasyā brahmaṇa arādhanāya tapaścaraṇam . svarṇākṣa-svarṇākṣīnāmasamākhyā . ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ tatraiva kṣetre nivasanārthamādeśaḥ, kṣetramahimā . > The hymn of praise to Rudra offered by Brahmā and the others; Rudra's grace upon them. Rudra's release of his own fiery splendor. The emission of a meteor from his mouth with half of that splendor. By Rudra's command, the practice of austerity by her who had become a woman, in order to propitiate Brahmā. The appellation of the names Svarṇākṣa and Svarṇākṣī. The command to the seers of the six lineages to dwell right in that sacred field; the greatness of the sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.20) 10 daśame'dhyāye- > 10. In the tenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.21) rudrājñayā tapaścarantyāstasyā devyā brahmaṇa upadeśāt tryambakapatiprāptaye dakṣaduhitṛtvena satīnāmnā śarīrāntara- (janma) grahaṇam, satyāstryambakabhāryātvam, rudrāṇāṃ sṛṣṭiḥ, sthāṇupadaniruktiḥ, dakṣakṛtaḥ satyā avamānaḥ, satyā yogadhāraṇayā dehatyāgaḥ, mahādevakṛto dakṣaśāpaḥ . > By the instruction of Brahmā, that goddess who was performing austerity by Rudra's command assumes another bodily birth under the name Satī as the daughter of Dakṣa in order to obtain Tryambaka as her husband; Satī becomes the wife of Tryambaka; the creation of the Rudras; the etymological explanation of the word Sthāṇu; the dishonor shown to Satī by Dakṣa; the abandonment of her body by Satī through the practice of yoga; the curse laid upon Dakṣa by Mahādeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.22) 11 ekādaśā'dhyāye- > 11. In the eleventh chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.23) kadācid himavato gṛhe kaśpasyāgamaḥ . loke khyātikaraṃ pūjyatvāpādakaṃ ca kiṃ, kena cākṣayā lokāḥ syuriti kaśyapa prati himavataḥ praśnaḥ, apatyena sarvamāpyata iti kaśyapakṛtamapatyamahimavarṇanam, dṛṣṭāntamukhena ca sukeśopākhyānakathanam . sukeśasya rudrārādhanayā gaṇapatvaprāptistatpitṝṇāṃ gartāduddharaṇaṃ ceti . kaśyapasya himavantaṃ prati guṇavadapatyotpādanopadeśaḥ, himavatastapaścaraṇam . brahmaṇo varaprāptiḥ . menāyāṃ kanyātrayotpādanam trikumārīṇāṃ duścaratapaścaraṇam, aparṇādi nāma-nirvacanam prasaṅgāt tāsāṃ patiputrādisamullekhaḥ . umāyā mahādeva-patiprāptaye tapaścaraṇam, brahmaṇā samāśvāsanaṃ varadānaṃ ca . > Once, the arrival of Kaśyapa at the abode of Himavat. Himavat's question to Kaśyapa: 'What brings renown in the world and confers worshipfulness, and by what may worlds become imperishable?'; Kaśyapa's description of the greatness of offspring, that everything is obtained through offspring, and the narration of the episode of Sukeśa by way of illustration. Sukeśa's attainment of the rank of gaṇa through the propitiation of Rudra, and the raising of his ancestors from the pit. Kaśyapa's advice to Himavat to produce virtuous offspring; Himavat's practice of austerity. The obtaining of a boon from Brahmā. The generation of three daughters upon Menā; the three maidens' practice of severe austerities; the etymological explanation of names such as Aparṇā; in this connection, the mention of their husbands, sons, and so forth. Umā's practice of austerity to obtain Mahādeva as her husband; Brahmā's consolation and granting of a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.24) 12 dvādaśe'dhyāye- > 12. In the twelfth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.25) brahmaṇaḥ samāśvāsanena devyāstapaso nivṛttiḥ . svāśramādvāri jātamaśokaṃ samāśritya saṃsthitāyāṃ devyāḥ samakṣaṃ śaśāṅkatilakasya śivasya vikṛtabrāhmaṇarūpeṇopasthitirvivāhārthaṃ prārthanā ca . devyāḥ svasyāsvatantratvajñāpanam . tadarthaṃ pinturantikaṃ gantumanurodhaḥ . śivasya tenaiva rūpeṇa himālayasamīpe gamanaṃ kanyāyācanaṃ ca . himālayena , tatra sā svecchayā yaṃ tasyā bharttā bhave'ditisvābhiprāyapraka- --- tataḥ pratyāgatya nairāśyaṃ prakaṭayataḥ śivasya skandhe 'śokastabakasaṃsthāpanena tadaiva devyā tasya svato varaṇam, tato'ntarhitasya śivasya punardevyā agrato grāhagrastadīnabrāhmaṇabaṭurūpeṇa narmalīlāpradarśanam . > The cessation of the goddess's austerity through the consolation of Brahmā. As the goddess stands leaning against an aśoka tree that grew by the door of her own hermitage, the appearance of Śiva, whose mark is the crescent moon, in the guise of a deformed brahmin before her, and his proposal for marriage. The goddess's declaration of her lack of independence. The request that he go to her father for that purpose. Śiva's going to the presence of Himālaya in that very guise and begging for the maiden. Himālaya's disclosure of his own view that 'there, he whom she chooses by her own free will shall be her husband'— / then, upon Śiva returning and displaying despair, the goddess immediately chooses him of her own accord by placing an aśoka blossom-cluster upon his shoulder; then, Śiva disappears and again displays playful sport before the goddess in the form of a miserable young brahmin seized by a crocodile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.26) 13 trayodaśe'dhyāye - > 13. In the thirteenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.27) himavatpṛṣṭhe devyāḥ svayaṃvaramahotsavaḥ . salokapālānāṃ sagaṇānāṃ tridivaukasāṃ gandharvayakṣoragakinnarādīnāṃ ca samakṣaṃ devyā mahādevapativaraṇam . udvāhārthaṃ tatra maṇḍapanirmāṇam . ṛtūnāṃ vicitra samāgamaḥ . sarvabhūtasamājo- pasthitiḥ brahmaṇa ārtvijye pārvatīparameśvarayorvevāhikavidhisamāpattiḥ . > The great festival of the goddess's svayaṃvara on the ridge of Himavat. In the presence of the guardians of the quarters, the celestial hosts, the dwellers of heaven, and the gandharvas, yakṣas, serpents, kinnaras, and others, the goddess chooses Mahādeva as her husband. The construction of a pavilion there for the wedding. The marvelous assembly of the seasons. The arrival of the gathering of all beings; with Brahmā acting as the officiating priest, the completion of the wedding rites of Pārvatī and Parameśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.28) 14 caturdaśe'dhyāye - > 14. In the fourteenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.29) udvāhānantaraṃ harṣātiśayena brahmādibhiḥ kṛtāḥ devadevastutiḥ . tuṣṭasya śambhordevānprati varaditsā . varasya samucitakālāvadhi tathaiva nyāsārthaṃ devānāmanurodhaḥ . śivena tasyānumodanam . > After the wedding, the praise of the God of gods offered by Brahmā and the others with supreme joy. The desire of the pleased Śambhu to grant boons to the gods. The gods' request to keep the boon as a deposit until the suitable time. The approval of that by Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.30) 15 paṃcadaśe'dhyāye - > 15. In the fifteenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.31) manmathasya durabhiprāyaḥ . devadevakṛto manmathadehadāhaḥ . devadevyo ratisamāśvāsanam . vasiṣṭhasya tapaścaryā . devadevadarśanam, vasiṣṭhakṛtā devadevastutiḥ . devadevasya tasminnanugrahaḥ, varadānam . > The evil intention of Manmatha. The burning of Manmatha's body by the God of gods. The consolation of Rati by the God and Goddess. The practice of austerity by Vasiṣṭha. The darśana of the God of gods; the praise of the God of gods made by Vasiṣṭha. The grace of the God of gods toward him, and the granting of a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.32) 16 ṣoḍaśe'dhyāye - > 16. In the sixteenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.33) vasiṣṭhāt śakterutpattiḥ . apatyārthaṃ śaktestapaścaryā . abhīṣṭavaralābhaḥ, śakteḥ patnyā adṛśyantyā garbhadhāraṇam . garbhavatyāṃ lasyāṃ kalmāṣapādena rājñā guruśāpādrakṣobhāvamāpannena śakterbhakṣaṇam . > The birth of Śakti from Vasiṣṭha. Śakti's practice of austerity for the sake of offspring. The attainment of the desired boon; the conception by Śakti's wife Adṛśyantī. While she was pregnant, the devouring of Śakti by King Kalmāṣapāda, who had fallen into the state of a rakṣas due to the curse of a guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.34) 17 saptadaśe'dhyāye - > 17. In the seventeenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.35) rājñā kalmāṣapādena śakterbhakṣaṇe kiṃ kāraṇaṃ kimarthaṃ ca rājā rakṣasāviṣṭa iti vyāsakṛtajijñāsāśamanārtha puna- rvistareṇa saudāsopākhyānārambhaḥ . tatra viśvāmitrapreritena rakṣasā hṛtacetanena rājñā māṃsabhojanārthine guruputrāya śaktaye manuṣyamāṃsapariveṣaṇam . tadvijñāya kruddhena muninā rājñe puruṣādo ( rākṣaso) bhaviṣyasīti śāpadānam . mohitena ca rājñā 'tvāmeva prathamaṃ sabhrātṛkaṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmī'ti pratijñānam . > To appease the inquiry made by Vyāsa as to what was the reason for Śakti being devoured by King Kalmāṣapāda and why the king was possessed by a demon, the beginning of the narrative of Saudāsa \[is recounted\] once more in detail: There, by the king whose senses were deranged by a demon dispatched by Viśvāmitra, human flesh was served to Śakti, the son of his guru, who had requested a meal of meat. Discovering this, the enraged sage gave a curse to the king: 'You shall become a man-eater (a rākṣasa).' And the deluded king made a vow: 'I will devour you first along with your brothers!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.36) 18 aṣṭādaśe'dhyāye - > 18. In the eighteenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.37) sabhāryasya saudāsasya vanapraveśaḥ . tatra rakṣobhāvamāpannena tena vasiṣṭhasya paśyataḥ sabhrātṛśatasya śakterbhakṣaṇam . putraśokānunaptasya vasiṣṭhapyātmahatyārthaṃ prayatnaḥ . (śatadru) vipāśādi - nāma - niruktiḥ . vasiṣṭhena rājño rakṣobhāvāt mocanam . rājñaḥkṣetre putrotpādanam . adṛśyantyā garbhataḥ parāśarasyotpattiḥ . parāśarakṛto rakṣaḥ- satrasamārambhaḥ . > The entry into the forest by Saudāsa together with his wife. There, having assumed the state of a demon, he devours Śakti along with his hundred brothers before the eyes of Vasiṣṭha. The attempt at suicide by Vasiṣṭha, tormented by grief for his sons. The etymological derivation of the names Śatadru, Vipāś, and others. The liberation of the king from the state of a demon by Vasiṣṭha. The procreation of a son upon the king's field \[his wife\]. The birth of Parāśara from the womb of Adṛśyantī. The commencement of the demon-sacrifice performed by Parāśara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.38) 19 ūnaviṃśe'dhyāye - > 19. In the nineteenth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.39) vasipṭhānurodhāt parāśarasyāpatyārthaṃ maināke tapaścaraṇam . parāśarāt kālyāṃ vyāsasyotpattiḥ . vyāsāt śukotpattiḥ, śukasya putracatuṣṭaya kanyā caiketyanvayoddeśaḥ, . putraśataghātānantaramapyapraśāntavaireṇa viśvāmitreṇa vasiṣṭhajighṛkṣayā sarasvatyāḥ sāhāyyābhyarthanā . sarasvatyāḥ srotovegena vasiṣṭhasyāśramādapavāhanam . viśvāmitra- śāpāt sarasvatyā asṛktoyatvam . viśvāmitrasya vasiṣṭhajighāṃsā . dvayoranyo'nyamugrasaṃmardaḥ . sarṣīṇāṃ devānāmabhyarthanayā dvayoḥ pravardhamānavairatyāgena parasparaṃ sakhyāṅgīkāraḥ . sarasvatyāḥ svacchajalatvam . > The performance of austerity by Parāśara on Mount Maināka for the sake of offspring at the behest of Vasiṣṭha. The birth of Vyāsa from Parāśara upon Kālī. The birth of Śuka from Vyāsa; an account of Śuka's lineage as four sons and one daughter. The request for assistance from Sarasvatī by Viśvāmitra desiring to seize Vasiṣṭha, his enmity remaining unabated even after the slaughter of the hundred sons. The carrying away of Vasiṣṭha from his hermitage by the force of Sarasvatī's current. The turning of Sarasvatī's water into blood due to Viśvāmitra's curse. Viśvāmitra's desire to slay Vasiṣṭha. A fierce clash between the two. The mutual acceptance of friendship through the abandonment of their growing enmity at the entreaty of the gods along with the seers. Sarasvatī's waters becoming clear again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.40) 20 viṃśe'dhyāye - > 20. In the twentieth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.41) nandyupākhyānārambhaḥ, śilādasya putrārthaṃ tapaścaryā . śilādakṛtā devadevastutiḥ, varalābhaḥ, nandina utpattiḥ . mahādevadarśanena tadanugrahalipsayā nandino gṛhānnirgamanam . > The beginning of the narrative of Nandin; the performance of austerity by Śilāda for the sake of a son. The praise of the God of gods performed by Śilāda; the attainment of a boon; the birth of Nandin. The departure of Nandin from home, desiring His grace through the darśana of Mahādeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.42) 21 ekaviṃśe'dhyāye - > 21. In the twenty-first chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.43) bhuvanāṃ praviśya tadantarjale nandino'nekakoṭirūdrajāpaḥ . devadevadarśanam . nandikṛtā devadevastutiḥ . > Nandin, having entered Bhuvanā, recites the Rudra-mantra many millions of times within its water. The darśana of the God of gods. The hymn of praise to the God of gods performed by Nandin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.44) 22 dvāviṃśe'dhyāye - > 22. In the twenty-second chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.45) nandinaṃ prati devadevasyānugrahaḥ . japyeśvarotpattiḥ . pañcanadasamākhyānam . > The grace of the God of gods towards Nandin. The origin of Japyeśvara. The narrative of Pañcanada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.46) 23 trayoviṃśe'dhyāye - > 23. In the twenty-third chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.47) nandinaḥ senāpatyābhiṣekopakramaḥ. tadarthaṃ gaṇānāmāhvānam . akhilagaṇapasamājopasthitiḥ . teṣāmaśeṣato nāmārūpa- saṃkhyādivivaraṇam . > The commencement of the consecration of Nandin as commander-in-chief. The summoning of the hosts for that purpose. The arrival of the entire assembly of host-leaders. The detailed description of their names, forms, numbers, and the like, without remainder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.48) 24 caturviṃśe'dhyāye - > 24. In the twenty-fourth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.49) devadevājñayā gaṇapānāṃ sarvasaṃbhāropasthāpanam . sarvadevānāṃ sarṣīṇāṃ tatrāgamaḥ . devadevyoḥ samakṣaṃ paryāyeṇa brahmādikṛto maharddhiyukto nandinaḥ senāpatyebhiṣekaḥ . brahmādikṛtā nandistutiḥ . sarvato jayakāraśca . > The bringing forth of all the provisions by the host-leaders at the command of the God of gods. The arrival there of all the gods along with the seers. The consecration of Nandin as commander-in-chief, accompanied by great splendor, performed in turn by Brahmā and the others in the presence of the God and the Goddess. The praise of Nandin performed by Brahmā and the others; and shouts of victory on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.50) 25 paṃcaviṃśe'dhyāye - > 25. In the twenty-fifth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.51) nandina kṛte mahādevena tatra marutāṃ sakāśe kanyāyācanam . marutkanyayā suyaśayā saha nandino vivāhaḥ . nikhilairgaṇairnandino'bhinandanama . nandikṛtā gaṇānāṃ stutiḥ . > The request for a maiden from the Maruts there by Mahādeva on behalf of Nandin. The marriage of Nandin with Suyaśā, the daughter of the Maruts. The congratulation of Nandin by all the hosts. The praise of the hosts performed by Nandin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.52) 26 ṣaḍviṃśe'dhyāye - > 26. In the twenty-sixth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.53) ekadā svecchayā pārvatyā mātṛgṛhagamanam . tatra māturmukhād bhartṛviṣayakāsaṃbhāvitāsaṃmatahīnavacanaśravaṇam . tato nātihṛṣṭamanasā nivṛtya bhartuḥ pārśve samāgatayā tayā parvataṃ vihāya nivāsārthaṃ sthalāntaragamanecchāprakaṭanam . tadarthaṃ śivena nikumbhanāmānaṃ gaṇeśvaramāhūya tasya divodāsādhyuṣitāyā vārāṇāsyāḥ śūnyīkaraṇārthamājñādānam . tadanusāraṃ nikumbhasya vārāṇāsīṃ gatvā nāpitasāhāyyena mandiraṃ nirmāya tatra nijapratimāyāḥ pratiṣṭhāpanam . tataśca tatra varadagaṇeśarūpeṇa nikumbhasyāvasthānam . svāvahelanaṃ vyājīkṛtya tena samahiṣīkasya divodāsasya tataḥ utsādanam . evaṃ śūnyīkṛtāyāṃ vārāṇasyāmāgatya somasya sagaṇasya devadevasya nivasanam . > Once Pārvatī goes of her own accord to her mother's house. There, from her mother's mouth, she hears impossible, disagreeable, and disparaging words concerning her husband. Then, returning to her husband's presence with a mind not very pleased, she reveals her desire to go to another place to reside, having abandoned the mountain. For that purpose, Śiva summons the host-lord named Nikumbha and issues an order to depopulate Vārāṇasī, which was inhabited by Divodāsa. In accordance with that, Nikumbha goes to Vārāṇasī, builds a temple with the help of a barber, and installs his own image there. Then Nikumbha remains there in the form of Gaṇeśa the granter of boons. Making an insult to himself a pretext, he drives Divodāsa along with his queen out of that place. Thus, the God of gods, accompanied by the Moon and attended by His hosts, comes and resides in the vacated Vārāṇasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.54) 27 saptaviṃśā'dhyāye - > 27. In the twenty-seventh chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.55) pārvatyā pṛṣṭena śambhunā bhaktānugrahārthaṃ svaprāsādanirmāṇa saṃmārjanopalepana śubhrīkaraṇa liṅgasthāpanapūjanasnapanā- bhigamanānuyānavividhadravyadānopacārasamarpaṇādiphalakathanam . > Questioned by Pārvatī, Śambhu relates the fruits of building, sweeping, smearing, and whitewashing His temple, installing, worshipping, bathing with a ceremonial bath, approaching, and following the liṅga, and offering various materials and services, for the sake of bestowing grace upon devotees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.56) 28 aṣṭāviṃśe'dhyāye - > 28. In the twenty-eighth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.57) śambhūddeśyakatattuṣṭikaravividhavratopavāsataponiyamadānajapanāmakīrtanādiphalakathanam . > The narration of the fruits of various vows, fasts, austerities, observances, gifts, recitations, and chanting of names dedicated to Śambhu and pleasing to Him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.58) 29 ūnatriṃśe'dhyāye - > 29. In the twenty-ninth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.59) somasya devadevasya vārāṇasīkṣetre svakṛtadivyodyānadarśanam . śambhukṛtaṃ goprekṣeśvarakapilāhradabhadradohopaśāntaśiva- hiraṇyagarbheśvara svalīneśvaravyāghreśvara jyeṣṭhasthānāvimuktaśaileśvarasaṃgameśvaramadhyameśvaraśukreśvarajambukeśvarāvimukteśvara- vārāṇasījāhnavyādīnāṃ puṇyakṣetrāṇāṃ nāmanirvacanapūrvaka māhātmyakathanam . tadaiva pārvatyā pāśupatavratināṃ yogināṃ jyotirmaye ṣaḍviṃśe parasmin puruṣe layadarśanam . evaṃ svapuṇyasthānānyākhyāya śambhunā punaravimuktakṣetrasya (kāśyā) bhāgīrathyāśca vistareṇa māhātmyakathanam . > The God of gods, accompanied by the Moon, beholds the divine garden created by Himself in the sacred field of Vārāṇasī. The narration by Śambhu, accompanied by etymological explanations of the names, of the māhātmya of the sacred fields such as Goprekṣeśvara, Kapilāhrada, Bhadradoha, Upaśāntaśiva, Hiraṇyagarbheśvara, Svalīneśvara, Vyāghreśvara, the Jyeṣṭhasthāna, Avimukta, Śaileśvara, Saṅgameśvara, Madhyameśvara, Śukreśvara, Jambukeśvara, Avimukteśvara, Vārāṇasī, and Jāhnavī. At that very time, Pārvatī beholds the dissolution of the yogins observing the Pāśupata vow into the twenty-sixth Supreme Person consisting of light. Having thus spoken of His sacred places, Śambhu again narrates in detail the māhātmya of the Avimukta sacred field (Kāśī) and of the Bhāgīrathī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.60) 30 triṃśā'dhyāye - > 30. In the thirtieth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.61) jaigīṣavyatapaścaryā, jaigīṣavyaṃ prati śivasyānugrahaḥ . jaigīṣavyakṛtā śivastutiḥ, varalābhaḥ . kuberatapaścaryā, tatsannidhau śivayorāgamanam, kubereṇa kaṭākṣadṛṣṭyā 'nimiṣeṇa pārvartāmukhanirīkṣaṇam . pārvatyāḥ kopaḥ . kuberasya piṅgākṣatvam, kuberakṛtā devadevastutiḥ . kuberaṃ prati śivasyānugrahaḥ . paṃcacūḍānāṃ tapaścaryā, śivayostāsāṃ darśanadā- nam . paṃcacūḍābhiḥ kṛtā pārvatīstutiḥ . tābhyaḥ pārvatyā varapradānam . > The performance of austerity by Jaigīṣavya; Śiva's grace toward Jaigīṣavya. The praise of Śiva performed by Jaigīṣavya; the attainment of a boon. The performance of austerity by Kubera; the arrival of Śiva and Pārvatī into his presence; Kubera gazing unblinkingly with a side-glance upon Pārvatī's face. The anger of Pārvatī. Kubera's eyes becoming yellowish-brown; the praise of the God of gods performed by Kubera. Śiva's grace toward Kubera. The performance of austerity by the Pañcacūḍās; the bestowing of darśana upon them by Śiva and Pārvatī. The praise of Pārvatī performed by the Pañcacūḍās. The granting of a boon to them by Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.62) 31 ekatriṃśe'dhyāye - > 31. In the thirty-first chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.63) harikeśāparanāmnaḥ piṅgalayakṣasya śivaparāyaṇasya gaṇatvaprāptiḥ . pārvatyāḥ punarudyānadidṛkṣā . kāśīkṣetra- māhātmyaśravaṇecchā ca . śambhunā pārvatyā udyānadarśanam . vistareṇodyānavarṇanam . avimuktāparanāmnaḥ kāśīkṣetrasya māhātmyavarṇanam . jaigīṣavyaguhāyā ullekhaḥ . piṅgalāya varadānam, mandaratapaścaryā . sagaṇasya somasya śambhostapasyantaṃ mandaraṃ prati gamanam . tasmin śambhoranugraho varadānañca . prāgyajñamūrtijaladavāhanasya rudrasya paścād vṛṣavāhanatve kāraṇamākhyātuṃ purātanakathāvatāraṇam . kṣuvato brahmaṇo vaktrāt kṣupasyotpattiḥ . kṣupadadhīcivivādaḥ . viṣṇudadhīciyuddham, sthāneśvarasthāṇutīrthasthāṇuvaṭādimāhātmyavarṇanam . > Attainment of gaṇahood by the yakṣa Piṅgala, also named Harikeśa, who was devoted to Śiva. Pārvatī’s desire to see the garden again, and her wish to hear the māhātmya of the Kāśī kṣetra. Śambhu’s viewing of the garden with Pārvatī. Detailed description of the garden. Description of the māhātmya of the Kāśī kṣetra, which is also named Avimukta. Mention of the cave of Jaigīṣavya. Granting of a boon to Piṅgala; the tapas of Mandara. The arrival of Śambhu along with Soma and his gaṇas before the ascetic Mandara. Śambhu’s grace upon him and granting of a boon. Introduction of an ancient story to explain the reason why Rudra, who formerly rode upon the cloud-embodiment of sacrifice, subsequently took the bull as his mount. The birth of Kṣupa from the mouth of sneezing Brahmā. The dispute between Kṣupa and Dadhīci. The battle between Viṣṇu and Dadhīci; description of the māhātmya of Sthāneśvara, Sthāṇutīrtha, Sthāṇuvaṭa, and other places. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.64) 32 dvātriṃśe'dhyāye - > 32. In the thirty-second chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.65) dakṣakṛtaḥ kratvanuṣṭhānārambhaḥ . tatra rudrāya yajñabhāgāpradānam. parvatīprakopaḥ . bhadrakālīharibhadra( vīrabhadra) - yorutpattiḥ . tatkṛtaṃ kratuvidhvaṃsanam . mṛgarūpeṇa palāyamānasya yajñasya vīrabhadrakṛtaḥ śīrṣacchedaḥ, devaiḥ kṛtā devadevastutiḥ . devānāṃ maheśvarodarapraviṣṭānāṃ vividhādbhutalokavicitrapuradarśanam . kālakarṇyā utpattiḥ tadbhayād devānāṃ bhasmakūṭe nilayanam . bhasmasaṃsargāt teṣāṃ pāśupatatvaprāptiḥ, devaiḥ kṛtā kālakarṇīstutiḥ, devānprati devadevasyānugrahaḥ . yajñasya mṛgaśīrṣatāsamāpattiḥ, bhadrakarṇahradabhadreśvarayormahimā haribhadrasya puṇyakṣetratvam, kubjāmrakabrahmāvarttayoḥ samākhyā . dakṣakṛtā pārvatīparameśvarayoḥ stutiḥ, dakṣaṃ prati śivayoranugrahaḥ . arjunānadī- kanakhalayornāmanirvacanaṃ samāhātmyam . > The commencement of the performance of the sacrificial rite undertaken by Dakṣa. The failure to offer a sacrificial share to Rudra therein. The anger of Pārvatī. The birth of Bhadrakālī and Haribhadra (Vīrabhadra). The destruction of the sacrificial rite wrought by them. The decapitation by Vīrabhadra of the sacrificial rite fleeing in the form of a deer; the praise of the God of Gods uttered by the gods. The sight of various wondrous worlds and extraordinary cities by the gods who had entered the belly of Maheśvara. The birth of Kālakarṇī; the hiding of the gods in a heap of ashes out of fear of her. Their attainment of the state of Pāśupatas through contact with the ashes; the praise of Kālakarṇī uttered by the gods; the grace of the God of Gods toward the gods. The assumption of the head of a deer by the sacrificial rite; the glory of the lake Bhadrakarṇahrada and Bhadreśvara; Haribhadra's status as a sacred kṣetra; the designation of Kubjāmraka and Brahmāvarta. The praise of Pārvatī and Parameśvara offered by Dakṣa; the grace of Śiva and Pārvatī toward Dakṣa. The etymology of the names of the river Arjunā and Kanakhala, along with their māhātmya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.66) 33 trayastriṃśe'dhyāye - > 33. In the thirty-third chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.67) rudravāhanatvakāmanayā dharmayajñayostapaścaryā, rudradarśanam. dharmayajñakṛtā rudrastutiḥ . janmāntarepi rudravāhanatvaprāptaye tayorabhyarthanā, yatheṣṭavarāvāptiḥ . atulaputraprāptyarthaṃ surabhyāstapaścaryā . surabhyā vṛṣabhotpattiḥ, ekādaśarūdrāṇā- mutpattiḥ, gokanyotpattiḥ (saptagavotpattiḥ) . vṛṣabhacaritākhyānam, caritatṛṇasya tṛṣārtasya vṛṣabhasya samudre jalapānārambhaḥ, samudraśoṣaṇāśaṅkayā vaḍavānalakṛto vṛṣabhanigrahaḥ . pītasya jalasyāśeṣataścharddanam, tathāvamānitasya vṛṣabhasya rudrārādhanam . tuṣṭasya rudrasya vṛṣabhaprārthanayā vaḍavānalanigrahaḥ paścāttadvisarjanaṃ ca . devatānāṃ prārthanayā rudreṇa vṛṣabhasya lokodvejakaraveganivāraṇāya prabhākaranāmno gaṇasya sarjanam . rudrasya vṛṣavāhanatvam, vṛṣabhasya sarvadevamayatvam, tadaṅgāvayaveṣu sarvabhūtasthitikathanam . > The practice of tapas by Dharma and Yajña wishing to become Rudra’s mount; the vision of Rudra. The praise of Rudra offered by Dharma and Yajña. Their supplication to attain the status of Rudra’s mount even in another birth, and the attainment of the desired boon. Surabhi’s practice of tapas to obtain an peerless son. The birth of the bull from Surabhi; the birth of the eleven Rudras; the birth of the cow-maidens (the birth of the seven cows). The narration of the deeds of the bull; the thirsty bull, having grazed on grass, beginning to drink water in the ocean; the subjugation of the bull by the submarine fire fearing the drying up of the ocean. The vomiting up of the drunk water without remainder; the worship of Rudra by the bull thus humiliated. The subjugation of the submarine fire by the pleased Rudra at the bull’s prayer, and its subsequent release. The creation by Rudra, at the prayer of the deities, of the gaṇa named Prabhākara to restrain the bull’s velocity that distressed the worlds. Rudra’s taking the bull as his mount; the bull’s embodiment of all the gods; the account of the presence of all beings in the parts of his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.68) 34 catustriṃśe'dhyāye - > 34. In the thirty-fourth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.69) devadevasya vṛṣavāhatvakathopasaṃhāraḥ . mahādevena kathāntare kṛṣṇetyuktāyāḥ pārvatyā gauravarṇatvaprāptaye putrasaṃjananārthaṃ ca himavacchikhare duścaratapaścaraṇam . pārvatyā alaṃkāratolaṃkāradhārākhyapuṇyasalilasaridutpattiḥ . pārvatyāṃ tapasi sthitāyāṃ tadbhakṣaṇoddeśena tatra samāgatasya śārdūlasya tatpratīkṣayā tasyāmanimeṣadṛṣṭestaddinātprabhṛti tatraiva niścalatayāvasthānam . upamanyūpākhyānam, upamanyoranāyāsopasthitakṣīrānnabhojanaprāptaye rudrārādhanam . yathepsita- varaprāptiḥ, upamanyukṛtā śivastutiḥ . > Conclusion of the story of the God of Gods taking the bull as his mount. The practice of severe tapas on the peak of Himavat by Pārvatī—who had been called ‘black’ by Mahādeva in another episode—in order to attain a fair complexion and to bring about the birth of a son. The emergence of the sacred river named Alaṅkāradhārā from Pārvatī’s ornaments. A tiger that arrived there with the intent to devour Pārvatī while she was engaged in tapas, remaining motionless right there from that day forward, waiting for her with unblinking gaze. The narrative of Upamanyu; Upamanyu’s worship of Rudra to obtain effortless meals of milk-rice. The attainment of the desired boon; the praise of Śiva uttered by Upamanyu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.70) 35 paṃcatriṃśe'dhyāye- > 35. In the thirty-fifth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [7.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.72) 36 ṣaṭtriṃśe'dhyāye- > 36. In the thirty-sixth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.73) sukeśatatpitṛsaṃvādaḥ, putrapraśaṃsā putrapadaniruktiśca . pitṛpadasamākhyānam . putrāṇāṃ pitṛtvaprāptyupākhyānam . nārakīyagatijijñāsayā pitṝnprati sukeśasya praśnaḥ . > Dialogue between Sukeśa and his ancestors; praise of the son and the etymological explanation of the word ‘putra’ (son). Explanation of the term ‘pitṛ’ (ancestor/father). The narrative of sons attaining the status of ancestors. Sukeśa’s question to the ancestors with the desire to know the fate of those in hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.74) 37 saptatriṃśe'dhyāye- > 37. In the thirty-seventh chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.75) suśarmakṛtaṃ narakavarṇanam, yamalācalāditrayodaśanarakāṇāṃ nāmakathanam . taducchrayāṇāṃ sakhyopakathanam . pāpināṃ nākoyagatikramamaṃkṣepaḥ, sāmānyena narakayātanāvarṇanam . yamalācalanarakatadgāmijīvatatkarmatadyātanādīnāṃ varṇanam . > Description of the hells given by Suśarman; the enumeration of the names of the thirteen hells beginning with Yamalācala. Mention of the measurement of their heights. A summary of the course of the hellish fate of sinners; general description of the torments of hell. Description of the Yamalācala hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.76) 38 aṣṭatriṃśe'dhyāye- > 38. In the thirty-eighth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.77) kūṭaśālmalinarakatadgāmijīvatatkarmatadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the Kūṭaśālmali hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.78) 39 ūnacatvāriṃśe'dhyāye- > 39. In the thirty-ninth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.79) kālasūtranarakatadgāmijīvatatkarmatadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the Kālasūtra hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.80) 40. catvāriṃśe'dhyāye- > 40. In the fortieth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.81) kumbhīpākanarakatadgāmijīvatatkarmatadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the Kumbhīpāka hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.82) 41 ekacatvāriṃśe'dhyāye- > 41. In the forty-first chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.83) asipatravanatadgāmijīvatatkarmatadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the Asipatravana hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.84) 42 dvicatvāriṃśe'dhyāye- > 42. In the forty-second chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.85) vaitaraṇīnadītadantaḥpātijīvatatkarmatadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the river Vaitaraṇī, the souls falling into it, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.86) 43 tricatvāriṃśe'dhyāye- > 43. In the forty-third chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.87) ayodhananarakatadgāmijīvatatkarmatadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the Ayodhana hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.88) 44 catuścatvāriṃśe'dhyāye- padmākhyanarakatadgāmijīva tatkarmatadyātanādivarṇanam . > 44. In the forty-fourth chapter: / Description of the hell named Padma, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.89) 45 paṃcacatvāriṃśedhyāye- > 45. In the forty-fifth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.90) mahāpadmākhyanaraka tadgāmijīva tatkarma tadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the hell named Mahāpadma, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.91) 46 ṣaṭcatvāriṃśedhyāye- > 46. In the forty-sixth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.92) rauravanaraka tadgāmijīva tatkarma tadyātanādi varṇanam . > Description of the Raurava hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.93) 47 saptacatvāriṃśedhyāye- > 47. In the forty-seventh chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.94) mahārauravanarakatadgāmijīva tatkarma tadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the Mahāraurava hell, the souls going thither, their actions, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.95) 48 aṣṭacatvāriṃśedhyāye- > 48. In the forty-eighth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.96) tamonāmanaraka tadgāmijīvatatkarma tadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the hell named Tamas, the souls destined for it, their deeds, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.97) 49 ūnapaṃcāśattamedhyāye- > In the forty-ninth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.98) tamastamataranaraka tadgāmijīva tatkarma tadyātanādivarṇanam . > Description of the hells Tamas and Tamatara, the souls destined for them, their deeds, their torments, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.99) 50 paṃcāśattamedhyāye - > In the fiftieth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.100) nārakīyāṇāṃ saṃsāraparivartāparanāma nānāyoniprāptikramavarṇanam . > Description of the order of obtaining various wombs, otherwise known as the cycle of transmigration, for the denizens of hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.101) 51 ekapaṃcāśattamedhyāye - > In the fifty-first chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.102) nārakīyāṇāṃ jīvānāmuddhārārthaṃ sukeśasya punarduścaratapaścaraṇena rudrārādhanam . rūdraprasādato'śeṣajīvānāṃ sadyo narakāduddhāraḥ . > Sukeśa's propitiation of Rudra through the practice of severe austerity once again for the purpose of redeeming the denizens of hell; the instantaneous deliverance of all living beings from hell by the grace of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.103) 52 dvipaṃcāśattamedhyāye - > In the fifty-second chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.104) narakagatinivārakāṇāṃ śubhakarmaṇāṃ kathanam, sukeśopākhyānopasaṃhāraḥ . kāṣṭhakūṭopākhyānam, bhūmanyunāmno gautamakulotpannasyāputrasya vṛddhabrāhmaṇasya rudrārādhanataḥ, suyaśānāmnyā patnyāṃ kāṣṭhakūṭanāmasutotpattiḥ . kāṣṭha- kūṭasya vipravaṭoḥ pitroranumatyā vidyādhyayanārthaṃ gṛhānnirgatya cyavanasavidhe gamanam . tadantare bhūmanyordiṣṭāntaprāptiḥ, kāṣṭhakūṭe ' dhyayanaṃ samāpya gṛhaṃ pratyāgate bhartṛśokākulāyāstanmāturapi prāṇatyāgaḥ . kāṣṭhakūṭasya rudrārādhanam rudrānugraheṇa kāṣṭhakūṭasya gāṇapatyaprāptiḥ . tatpitrorujjīvanam, teṣāṃ śvetaparvate nivasanam, kāṣṭhakūṭopākhyānaupa- saṃhāraḥ . upamanyusukeśakāṣṭhakūṭādiṣu mahādevasya yosāvanugrahaḥ sa devyāṃ tapasi sthitāyāṃ saṃvṛtta iti kathanam . > Account of auspicious deeds that avert going to hell; conclusion of the episode of Sukeśa. The episode of Kāṣṭhakūṭa: through propitiation of Rudra by an aged childless brahmin named Bhūmanyu, born of the Gautama family, the birth of a son named Kāṣṭhakūṭa to his wife named Suyaśā; departure of the young brahmin boy Kāṣṭhakūṭa from home with his parents' permission to study sacred lore in the presence of Cyavana; meanwhile, the death of Bhūmanyu; when Kāṣṭhakūṭa, having finished his studies, returned home, his mother also, overcome with grief for her husband, gave up her life; Kāṣṭhakūṭa's propitiation of Rudra; Kāṣṭhakūṭa's attainment of the status of a gaṇa-chief by Rudra's grace; the revival of his parents; their dwelling on the white mountain; conclusion of the episode of Kāṣṭhakūṭa. Statement that this grace shown by Mahādeva unto Upamanyu, Sukeśa, Kāṣṭhakūṭa, and others took place while the Goddess was engaged in austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.105) 53 tripaṃcāśattamedhyāye - > In the fifty-third chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.106) devyāstapaḥ prabhāveṇa lokānāṃ sthitiviparyayaṃ dṛṣṭavā bhītānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ śaṃkaradidṛkṣayā divyena vimānena mandārācalagamanam . > Seeing the overturning of the cosmic order caused by the power of the Goddess's austerity, Brahmā and the others, terrified, go by divine aerial chariot to Mount Mandara wishing to see Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.107) 54 catuṣpaṃcāśattamedhyāye - > In the fifty-fourth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.108) śivājñayā brahmādīnāṃ tataḥ parāvṛtya himavacchikhare tapaścarantyā devyāḥ samīpe gamanam . > By Śiva's command, Brahmā and the others return from there and go before the Goddess, who was practicing austerity on a peak of the Himālaya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.109) 55 paṃcapaṃcāśattamedhyāye- > In the fifty-fifth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.110) brahmaṇo'bhyarthanayā pārvatyāstapaso vinivṛttiḥ . brahmaṇā vareṇacchandanam . pārvatyā prathamaṃ vyāghrasya kṛte varayācanam. brahmaṇā vyāghrasya somanandināmanirdeśanapuraḥsaraṃ gaṇatvapradānam . brahmaṇaḥ sakāśe pārvatyāḥ svasya gauravarṇatvāya lokottaramahimaputraprāptaye ca prārthanā . brahmaṇā pārvatyā yathābhilaṣitavarapradānam . > Cessation of Pārvatī's austerity upon Brahmā's supplication; enticement \[of her\] by Brahmā with a boon; Pārvatī's requesting a boon first on behalf of the tiger; Brahmā's conferring the status of a gaṇa \[on the tiger\] while bestowing the name Somanandin; Pārvatī's prayer before Brahmā for obtaining a fair complexion for herself and a son of extraordinary greatness; Brahmā's granting of the desired boon to Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.111) 56 ṣaṭpaṃcāśattamedhyāye - > In the fifty-sixth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.112) duṣkṛtakarmaṇā durgatiṃ gatānāmapi pitṛbhaktivaśācchubhagatiprāpterudāharaṇāya somanandinaḥ pūrvavṛttamākhyātuṃ saptavyādhopākhyānam . saptānāṃ dvijaśiṣyāṇāṃ gurorvacanād gāmānetuṃ daśārṇato māhiṣmatīgamanam . gurvarthe gāmādāya pratinivartamānānāṃ teṣāṃ pathi durbhikṣavaśād nirāhāratayā mumūrṣūṇāṃ kṣudhāturāṇāṃ gatyantarābhāvāt- pitruddeśena tāmeva gāmālabhya tanmāṃsabhakṣaṇam . tadvijñāya kruddhena guruṇā teṣāṃ kaṣṭā gatirbhavitrīti śāpapradānam . guruśāpavaśānnaṣṭasaṃjñānāṃ teṣāṃ daśārṇātīravartini vane vyādhaputratvena janmagrahaṇam . vyādhavṛttyā vane vicaratāṃ teṣāṃ karuṇāviṣṭacetasopādhyāyena jātismaraṇayogyatāpādanenānugrahakaraṇam . tato gṛhaṃ pratyāgatānāṃ teṣāṃ tatpitrā vyādhena svapūrvavṛttakathanam . vyādhe pitari svaryāte mātari ca saṃsthitāyāṃ saptānāmapi teṣāṃ kālañjarādiṣu krameṇa mṛgādijanmaprāptiḥ . cakravākayonau vartamānānāṃ teṣāṃ saptānāṃ madhye prathameṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ kāmpilyādhipateraṇuhasya sāntaḥpurasya sarovare jalakrīḍādarśanājjātarāgāṇāṃ yathākramaṃ brahmadattabrahmadhanvapāñcālanāmnā rājapurohitamantri- putratvena janmagrahaṇam . > The tale of the seven hunters to narrate the past life of Somanandin, as an illustration of how even those who fall into an evil realm of existence on account of sinful deeds attain an auspicious realm through devotion to parents: the going of seven brahmin disciples from Daśārṇa to Māhiṣmatī to fetch a cow at the bidding of their guru; as they return with the cow for the guru's sake, being without food on the road due to famine, starving, on the verge of death, and having no other recourse, their slaughtering of that very cow dedicated to the ancestors and eating its flesh; the guru, upon learning this, angrily uttering a curse that they shall have a dreadful fate; losing their consciousness on account of the guru's curse, their taking birth as sons of a hunter in a forest on the banks of the Daśārṇā; as they wander in the forest living as hunters, the teacher, his heart filled with compassion, confers grace upon them by granting them the ability to remember their past births; then, after they return home, the narration of their past deeds by their father, the hunter; when their hunter father departed to heaven and their mother died, all seven sequentially obtain births as deer and so on on Kālañjara and elsewhere; among the seven living in the form of cakravāka birds, the first three, smitten with passion upon seeing the water sports of Aṇuha, the king of Kāmpilya, with his harem in a lake, take birth respectively as the sons of the king, the royal priest, and the minister under the names Brahmadatta, Brahmadhanvan, and Pāñcāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.113) 57 saptapaṃcāśattamedhyāye - > In the fifty-seventh chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.114) anyeṣāṃ caturṇāṃ cakravākānāṃ tatraiva kasyacidyāyāvarasya sutatvena janmagrahaṇam . brahmadattasya pañcālabrahmadhanvabhyāṃ saha bahukālaṃ kāmpilye rājyasukhabhogaḥ . tadanantaraṃ caturṇāṃ yāyāvarasutānāṃ yogeśvarāṇāṃ saṃketaślokadvayaśravaṇena jātasmṛterbrahmadattasya vane gatvā yogena tanutyāgaḥ . pañcālasya tapasā yakṣatvaprāptiḥ . brahmadhanvanaśca devadevyā ārādhanataḥ kāmarūpitvaprāptiḥ . hālopākhyānam, bhalandanopākhyānam . kāmavaśād vyāghrarūpeṇa ṛṣiṃ saṃtrāsya riraṃsayā ṛṣipatnīṃ dharṣayato brahmadhanvanastasyāḥ śāpavaśād vyāghrayoniṃ prāptiriti somanandinaḥ pūrvavṛttopasaṃhāraḥ . 58 aṣṭapaṃcāśattamedhyāye - brahmaṇo varalābhādanantaraṃ kṛṣṇavarṇāpahānāya pārvatyāḥ sarasi snānam . sarasi snātāyāḥ pārvatyāḥ śarīrakośataḥ kauśikyutpattiḥ . devyājñayā kauśikyā durgānāmnā vindhyaśikhare nivasanam . > The other four cakravākas taking birth in that very place as the sons of a wandering ascetic; Brahmadatta enjoying royal pleasures for a long time in Kāmpilya together with Pāñcāla and Brahmadhanvan; thereafter, upon hearing two cryptic verses from the four sons of the wandering ascetic who were masters of yoga, Brahmadatta, having regained memory \[of his past lives\], goes to the forest and casts off his body through yoga; Pāñcāla attains the status of a yakṣa through austerity; Brahmadhanvan attains the power of assuming forms at will through propitiation of the God and Goddess; the episode of Hāla, the episode of Bhalandana; Brahmadhanvan, overcome by passion, having frightened a seer in the form of a tiger and seeking to violate the seer's wife out of lust, obtains birth as a tiger on account of her curse—thus the conclusion of the past history of Somanandin. In the fifty-eighth chapter: Pārvatī's bathing in a lake after obtaining the boon from Brahmā in order to shed her dark complexion; the emergence of Kauśikī from the bodily sheath of Pārvatī who had bathed in the lake; Kauśikī's dwelling on the peak of the Vindhya under the name Durgā by command of the Goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.115) 59 ūnaṣaṣṭitamedhyāye > In the fifty-ninth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.116) pārvatyā giriśikharavṛkṣāgniparicārikādibhyo varadānam . tato vanadevatābhirvanditāyā devyā agniṃ pradakṣiṇī- kṛtya ṛṣīnabhivandya somanandinā sārdhaṃ viyatā jagatpaterdevadevasya patyuḥpārśvegamanam . > Pārvatī's bestowal of boons upon the mountain peak, the trees, the fire, the attendants, and others; then the Goddess, praised by the forest deities, having circumambulated the fire and bowed to the seers, goes through the sky alongside Somanandin to the side of her husband, the Lord of the Universe and God of Gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.117) 60 ṣaṣṭitamedhyāye- > In the sixtieth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.118) devyā kauśikī kimarthaṃ vindhyācale saṃpreṣiteti vyāsasya jijñāsā . prasaṃgād vindhyakṛtādityamārgāvarodhanāgastyakṛta tadavamānakathākhyānam. sundanisundopākhyāna prasaṃgena gokarṇakṣetrotpattyākhyānam . gokarṇe sundanisundayo- stapaścaryā, brahmaṇaḥ sakāśād varaprāptiḥ . > Vyāsa's inquiry as to why Kauśikī was sent to Mount Vindhya; in that connection, the story of the obstruction of the sun's path by the Vindhya and its subjugation by Agastya; the account of the origin of the sacred field of Gokarṇa in the context of the episode of Sunda and Upasunda; the practice of austerity by Sunda and Upasunda at Gokarṇa, and the attainment of a boon from Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.119) 61 ekaṣaṣṭitamedhyāye- > In the sixty-first chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.120) varadṛptayoḥ sundanisundayorlokanāśāya nirgamaḥ. atyācāraḥ, nandanavanāvamardanam . amarāvatīpraveśañca, devānāṃ tataḥ pūrvameva palāyanam . > Departure of Sunda and Upasunda, arrogant from their boons, to destroy the worlds; their outrage, the devastation of the Nandana grove, and their entry into Amarāvatī, the gods having already fled beforehand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.121) 62 dviṣaṣṭitamedhyāye > In the sixty-second chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.122) amarāvatīṃ vijitavatoḥ sundanisundayorvindhyācale nivasanam . tayoḥ saṃhārāya devānāṃ tilottamāsarjanam . tāṃ prati śivasyānugrahaḥ, maṇḍaleśvarasamākhyā . piṇḍāreśvarotpattiḥ, tilottamāyā vindhyācale gamanam . sunda- nisundayostilottamādarśanam . tilottamārthaṃ kalahāyamānayoḥ kāmasamūḍhacetasoḥ sundanindayoḥ parasparagadāprahāreṇa nidhanam . sundanisundayormṛtayorjīvataḥ śuṃbhaniśuṃbhotpattiḥ . tayostapaścarmā, varaprāptiḥ, devadānavasaṃgaraḥ, śuṃbha- niśuṃbhayorvijayaśrīprāptiḥ, devānāmantardhānam . > The dwelling on Mount Vindhya of Sunda and Upasunda after conquering Amarāvatī. The gods' creation of Tilottamā for their destruction. Śiva's grace toward her, \[and\] the appellation Maṇḍaleśvara. The origin of Piṇḍāreśvara; Tilottamā's journey to Mount Vindhya. Sunda and Upasunda's seeing of Tilottamā. The death of Sunda and Upasunda, whose minds were bewildered by desire, by striking each other with maces while fighting over Tilottamā. The birth of Śumbha and Niśumbha while the dead Sunda and Upasunda were yet alive. Their practice of austerities, attainment of boons, the battle between the gods and the Dānavas, Śumbha and Niśumbha's attainment of the splendor of victory, \[and\] the disappearance of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.123) 63 triṣaṣṭitamedhyāye > 63 In the sixty-third chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.124) devān vijitavatoḥ śuṃbhaniśuṃbhayorvindhyācale āgatya nivasanam . śuṃbhānucarasya mūkadānavasya vindhyaśikhare kauśikīdarśanam . mūkavacasā kāmāturasya śuṃbhasya devīsamīpe dūtapreṣaṇam . devyā svasya yuddhaśulkatvajñāpanam . daityānāmitikartavyatāviṣaye parāmarśaḥ . > The dwelling on Mount Vindhya of Śumbha and Niśumbha after conquering the gods. The sighting of Kauśikī on the peak of the Vindhya by the Dānava Mūka, an attendant of Śumbha. The sending of an envoy to the goddess by Śumbha, who was afflicted with desire upon Mūka's words. The goddess's announcement of herself as one whose bride-price is battle. The deliberation among the Daityas regarding what ought to be done. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.125) 64 catuḥṣaṣṭitamedhyāye - > 64 In the sixty-fourth chapter— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.126) daityānāṃ sainyasannāhaḥ, śuṃbhaniśuṃbhayormahatā sainyena kauśikīṃ prati prayāṇam . devyāḥśarīrād yoginīnāṃ prādurbhāvaḥ . devyāḥ sainyasajjā, yuddhāya niryāṇam . > The mobilization of the army of the Daityas; the march of Śumbha and Niśumbha toward Kauśikī with a great army. The manifestation of the Yoginīs from the body of the goddess. The equipping of the goddess's army, \[and\] their setting forth for battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.127) 65 pacaṃṣaṣṭitamedhyāye > 65 In the sixty-fifth chapter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.20.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.128) devīnāṃ daityānāṃ ca mithastumulaṃ yuddham . devīkṛtaṃ daityānāṃ kadanam . ṣaṣṭhīmeghasvanayoḥ mṛtyukārtasvarayorlakṣmīdrumayoḥ kāntimayayoḥ saramāmurayoścaṇḍāghanayorniyatikharayoḥ prabhāvatīdhundhvoḥ saṃsaktaṃ dvandvayuddham . yuddhe daityasainyānāṃ vināśaḥ . yudhi vihataparākramapauruṣāṇāṃ dānavayodhamukhyānāṃ dviradavarānadhiṣṭhāya punaryuddhāya prayatanam . > The tumultuous battle between the goddesses and the Daityas. The slaughter of the Daityas wrought by the goddess. The single combats joined between Ṣaṣṭhī and Meghasvana, Mṛtyu and Kārtasvara, Lakṣmī and Druma, Kāntimatī and Maya, Saramā and Mura, Caṇḍā and Ghana, Niyati and Khara, \[and\] Prabhāvatī and Dhundhu. The destruction of the Daitya armies in battle. The effort of the foremost Dānava warriors, whose valor and manly prowess had been shattered in battle, to fight once more after mounting excellent elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 128 of 365 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.20.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mokṣopāya (Kashmiri text, Śāradā transmission)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.moksopaya*kashmiri.6.46.32.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20) · Pramāṇa