[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) › 7.3 # Skandapurana 7.3 Skandapurāṇa 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 11- 20) āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 31 - 40) > Previous page (chapters 11–20) Next page (chapters 31–40) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p2) adhyāyāḥ 21 - 30 > Chapters 21–30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p3) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p4) nirgatotha tato nandī jagāma saritāṃ varām 1 . bhuvanāmiti vikhyātāṃ sarvalokahitāvahām .. 1.. > Having gone forth then, Nandin went to the best of rivers, / known as Bhuvanā, which brings welfare to all worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p5) tāṃ praviśya tato dhīmānekāgro dyutimām̐sthitaḥ . sa jajāpa tato rudraṃ mṛtyorbhītaḥ samāhitaḥ . . 2.. > Entering it, the wise, radiant one stood one-pointed. / Afraid of death, collected in mind, he then murmured prayers to Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p6) japatā tena tatraiva tatpareṇa tadāśiṣā . koṭirekā yadā japtā tadā devastutoṣa ha . .3 .. > As he was murmuring prayers right there, intent on that, desiring that blessing, / when one ten-million had been recited, then the god was pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p7) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p8) sovatīrya tato bhūyaḥ prayatātmā tathaiva ca . jajāpa koṭimanyāṃ tu rudramevānucintayan ..4.. > Having immersed himself again, self-restrained in the very same way, / he murmured another ten-million \[recitations\], contemplating only Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p9) 51 adyasya - gha . 52 jagata - gha. . 53 bhāvayita - gha. . 54 tadevaṃ - gha. . 55 kriyā - gha. . 56 kṛtvā - gha., . dhṛtvā? . 57.. .nandya - gha . 58 sa prabhaste - gha. . 59 samadṛkṣu - gha . > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p10) 1 varam - ṣa. . 94 > 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p11) dvitīyāyāṃ tataḥ koṭyāṃ saṃvṛtāyāṃ2 vṛṣadhvajaḥ . abhyājagāma taṃ caiva varadosmītyabhāṣata ..5.. > Then, when the second ten-million was completed, the bull-bannered \[god\] / approached him and said: "I am a granter of boons!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p12) sa prāha bhagavan koṭiṃ tṛtīyāmadhikāmaham . japtumicchāmi deveśa tvatprasādāttvahaṃ vibho ..6.. > He said: "O Blessed One, Lord of Gods, I wish to recite / an additional third ten-million by your grace, O omnipresent one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p13) evamastviti bhūyopi bhagavān pratyuvāca ha . - - jagāma svaṃ veśma devyā saha mahāmatiḥ ..7.. > "So be it," the Blessed One replied once more. / \[...\] with the goddess, the high-minded one went to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p14) tatastṛtīyāṃ rudrāṇāṃ koṭimanyāṃ jajāpa ha . yugāntādityasaṃkāśaḥ tataḥ samabhavad dvijaḥ . .8 .. > Then he recited another third ten-million of the Rudra prayers; / thereupon the twice-born became radiant like the sun at the end of the world-age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p15) tasya koṭitraye vyāsa samāpte jvalanatviṣaḥ . somaḥ saha gaṇairdevastaṃ3 deśamupacakrame ..9.. > When his three ten-millions were completed, O Vyāsa, the god of flaming splendor, / Śiva together with his gaṇas, approached that region. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p16) sa taṃ kareṇa saṃgṛhya tadvṛttasalilācca ha . saṃsṛja4nnagrahastena nandinaṃ kālahābravīt ..8.21.1 0.. > Taking him with his hand, from the water surrounding him, / and touching Nandin with the tips of his fingers, the slayer of Time said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p17) devadeva uvāca > The God of Gods said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p18) śailāde varadohaṃ te tapasānena toṣitaḥ . sādhu japtaṃ tvayā dhīman brūhi yatte5 manogatam ..11.. > "O son of Śilāda, I am a granter of boons to you, pleased by this austerity. / Well has it been recited by you, wise one! Tell what is in your heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p19) śailādiruvāca > The son of Śilāda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p20) japeyaṃ koṭimanyāṃ vai bhūyopi tava tejasā . varametaṃ vṛṇe deva yadi tuṣṭosi me vibho ..12.. > "May I recite yet another ten-million through your fiery power! / I choose this boon, O God, if you are pleased with me, O omnipresent one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p21) bhagavānuvāca > The Blessed One said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p22) śailāde - - - - 6- tava tuṣṭosmi sāmbikaḥ . yaṃ tvadya vṛṇuṣe kāmaṃ sarvaṃ taṃ pradadāmi te ..13 .. > "O son of Śilāda, \[...\] I, together with Ambikā, am pleased with you. / Whatever desire you choose today, all that I grant to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p23) brahmatvamatha7 viṣṇutvamindratvamathavānyatām8 . ādityo bhava rudrau vā brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te ..14.. > The state of Brahmā, or the state of Viṣṇu, or the state of Indra, or any other state— / become the sun or Rudra! Tell me, what shall I do for you?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p24) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.p25) sa evamukto devena śirasā pādayornataḥ . tuṣṭāva purakāmāṃgakratuparvatanāśanama ..15.. > He, thus addressed by the god, bowed his head at \[his\] feet / and praised the destroyer of the cities, of the body of Kāma, of the sacrifice, and of the mountain: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.3) 2 saṃsmṛtā - gha, samāptā? . 3 > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.6) rvyāsaṃ devastaṃ vasa - gha., stamupa? . 4 saṃmṛja? . 5 yā (jā?) tu - gha. . 6 > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7) karmaṇānena?, karmaṇanena śailāde? . 7 > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_26) magha ( a. ) - gha. . 8 nṛtāṃ - gha. . 95 > 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_27) namo devādhidevāya9 mahādevāya vai namaḥ . namaḥ kāmāṃganāśāya nīlakaṃṭhāya vai namaḥ ..1 6. . namastuṣitanāśāya trailokyadamanāya ca . namaḥ kālāgradaṇḍāya ugradaṇḍāya vai namaḥ . . 1 7. . > "Homage to the supreme God of gods! Homage indeed to Mahādeva! / Homage to the destroyer of the limbs of Kāma! Homage indeed to the blue-throated one! / Homage to the destroyer of Tuṣita, and to the subduer of the three worlds! / Homage to the foremost staff of Time, homage indeed to the terrible staff!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_28) sarvataḥ pāṇipādāya sarvatokṣimukhāya10 ca . sarvataḥ prabhave caiva11 sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhate12 .. 18. . namaste rukmavarṇāya tathaivātīndriyāya ca . namaḥ kanakaliṃgāya sarvaliṃgāya vai namaḥ .. 1 9. . > To him whose hands and feet are everywhere, whose eyes and faces are everywhere, / to him who rules over all, who abides encompassing everything. > Homage to you who are gold-hued and beyond the senses; / homage to the golden liṅga, homage indeed to the universal liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_29) namaścandrārkavarṇāya yogeśāyājitāya ca . pinākapāṇaye caiva śūlamudgarapāṇaye ..8.21.20 .. > Homage to him whose color is like the moon and sun, to the lord of yoga, the unconquered one, / to him whose hand holds the Pināka bow, and whose hands bear the trident and the club. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_30) niṣaṅgiṇe13 khaḍgine ca14 paraśvadhadharāya ca . rathine carmiṇe caiva maheśāya ca vai namaḥ . . 21 . . namastriśūlahastāya ugradaṇḍadharāya ca . namo gaṇādhipataye rudrāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ . . 2 2. . > To the quiver-bearer, the sword-bearer, and the bearer of the battle-axe, / to the charioteer, the shield-bearer, and indeed homage to Maheśa. > Homage to him whose hand holds the three-pronged spear, the bearer of the fierce staff; / homage to the lord of the gaṇas, homage to the lord of the Rudras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_31) namaḥ sahasranetrāya śatanetrāya vai namaḥ . ādityānāṃ 15 pataye vasūnāṃ pataye namaḥ . .23 . . namaḥ pṛthivyāḥ pataye ākāśapataye namaḥ . > Homage to him with a thousand eyes, homage indeed to him with a hundred eyes; / to the lord of the Ādityas, homage to the lord of the Vasus. > Homage to the lord of the earth, homage to the lord of space; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_32) namaḥ svarlokapataye umāyāḥ pataye namaḥ ..24. . namo yogādhigamyāya sarvayogapradāya ca . dhyānināṃ dhyāyamānāya (?) dhyānibhiḥ saṃstutāya ca .. 25.. > homage to the lord of the heavenly world, homage to the husband of Umā. > Homage to him who is reachable through yoga, the granter of all yoga, / who is meditated upon by meditators and praised by meditators. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_33) mṛtyave kāladaṇḍāya yamāya ca mahātmane . devādhipataye caiva divyasaṃhananāya ca ..26.. > To Death, the staff of Time, to Yama, and to the Great Soul; / to the overlord of the gods, and to him of divine form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.7_34) yajñāya vasudānāya svargadāya jayāya ca . savitre sarvadevānāṃ dharmāyānekarūpiṇe . .27. . amṛtāya vareṇyāya sarvadevastutāya ca . brahmaṇaśca śirohartre16 yajñasya ca mahātmanaḥ . .8. . > To the sacrifice, the giver of wealth, the bestower of heaven, and to victory; / to the sun among all the gods, to Dharma of multiform shapes; > to the immortal, the choice one, praised by all deities, / who severed the head of Brahmā and the head of the great sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.10) 9. tidevāya - gha. . 10 > \[Critical notes:\] 9. tidevāya - ms. gha. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15) sukhāya - gha. . 11 prasavitre ca? 12 syānave gha, sthāsnave.. 13 vaṅgine - gha. . 14 caiva - gha. . 15 > \[Critical notes:\] sukhāya - ms. gha. 11 prasavitre ca? 12 syānave gha, sthāsnave.. 13 vaṅgine - ms. gha. 14 caiva - ms. gha. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_35) ādityānaṣṭa... gha, . ādityapataye cāṣṭa? . 16 haṃtre - gha. . 96 > \[Critical notes:\] ādityānaṣṭa... gha, . ādityapataye cāṣṭa? . 16 haṃtre - ms. gha. / 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_36) tripuraghnāya cogrāya sarvāśubhaharāya ca . umādehārdharūpāya lalāṭanayanāya ca ..29.. > To the destroyer of Tripura, the fierce one, the remover of all inauspiciousness; / to him whose half-body is the form of Umā, whose eye is on the forehead. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_37) mahiṣāndhakabhartre ca draṣṭre17 ca parameṣṭhine . brahmaṇe gurave caiva brahmaṇe janakāya ca . .8.21.3 0 . . kumāragurave caiva kumāravaradāya ca . > To the slayer of Mahiṣa and Andhaka, the seer, Parameṣṭhin; / to the holy teacher, the generator of Brahmā; > to the teacher of Kumāra, the granter of boons to Kumāra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_38) haline muśalaghnāya mahāhāsāya vai namaḥ .. 31 .. > to the bearer of the plow, the crusher with the pestle, homage to him of great laughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_39) mṛtyupāśāgrahastāya takṣakabrahmasūtriṇe . savidyudghanavātāya tathaiva vṛṣayāyine . .3 2 . . himavadvindhyavāsāya meroḥ pṛṣṭhanivāsine . kailāsavāsine caiva dhaneśvarasakhāya ca ..3 3 . . > To him in whose hands is the snare of Death, whose sacred thread is Takṣaka; / to him accompanied by lightning, clouds, and wind, who likewise rides upon a bull. > To the dweller on the Himavat and the Vindhya, the dweller on the back of Meru, / the dweller on Kailāsa, and the companion of the Lord of Wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_40) viṣṇudehārdhadattāya tasyaiva varadāya ca . sarvabhūtā18 dhiyajñāya sarvabhūtānukampine ..34.. > To him who yielded half his body to Viṣṇu, who gave boons to him; / to the lord of sacrifice of all beings, compassionate to all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_41) antarbhūtādibhūtāya prāṇināṃ jīvadāya ca . namaste manyamānāya abhimānāya caiva hi ..3 5. . budhyamānāya19 bodhyāya20 draṣṭre21 vai cakṣuṣe namaḥ . namaste sparśayitre ca tathaiva rasanāya ca . .3 6 . . > To the primeval being within all beings, the giver of life to living creatures; / homage to you who think, and indeed to consciousness itself. > To the one who is known, the object of knowledge, the seer, homage to the eye; / homage to you who cause perception by touch, and likewise to taste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_42) namo ghrāṇāya ghrātre ca śrotre śrotrāya caiva hi . hastine caiva hastāya tathā pādāya pādine ..37. . namostvānandakartre ca ānandāya ca te namaḥ . vācetha vāgmine caiva tanmātrāya mahātmane ..38. . > Homage to smell and the smeller, to the ear and the hearer; / to the hand-possessor and the hand, and likewise to the foot-possessor and the foot. > Homage to the maker of joy, and homage to you who are joy; / to speech and to the eloquent speaker, to the Great Soul who is the subtle elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_43) sūkṣmāya caiva sthūlāya satvāya rajase namaḥ . namaśca tapase nityaṃ kṣetrajñāyā22jitāya ca . . 3 9. . viṣṇave lokakartre ca prajānāṃ pataye namaḥ . namaḥ saptarṣaye caiva tapyamānāya tāpine ..8.21.40 .. > Homage to the subtle and to the gross, to sattva and to rajas; / homage continually to austerity, to the knower of the field, the unconquered one. > To Viṣṇu, the creator of the world, homage to the lord of creatures; / homage to the seven sages, to the one who is tormented and to the ascetic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_44) 17 dṛṣṭe - gha. . 18 sarvabhūtāya - gha. . 19 ?tṛdvamānāya - gha. . 20 buddhyāya - gha. . 21 duṣṭo - gha. . 22 kṣetrajñāya - gha. . > \[Critical notes:\] 17 dṛṣṭe - ms. gha. 18 sarvabhūtāya - ms. gha. 19 ?tṛdvamānāya - ms. gha. 20 buddhyāya - ms. gha. 21 duṣṭo - ms. gha. 22 kṣetrajñāya - ms. gha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_45) 97 > 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_46) brahmaṇyāya23 ca - - -2 4 tathā durvāsase namaḥ . śilpine śilpanāthāya viduṣe viśvakarmaṇe ..41 .. > To him who is gracious to brahmins and \[…\], homage likewise to Durvāsas; / to the craftsman, the lord of crafts, the wise Viśvakarman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_47) atraye bhṛgave caiva vasiṣṭhāya namostu te . bhūtāya bhūtanāthāya - - - 25 pataye namaḥ ..42 .. > Homage to you who are Atri, Bhṛgu, and Vasiṣṭha; / to the existent one, the lord of beings, homage to the lord of \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_48) tiṣṭhate dravate caiva gāyate nṛtyatepi ca . avaśyāyāpyavadhyāya ajarāyāmarāya ca ..43.. > To him who stands, who runs, who sings, and who dances; / to the unrestrainable, the invulnerable, the ageless, and the immortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_49) akṣayāyāpyayāyaiva tathāpratihatāya ca . anāveśyāya sarveṣāṃ dṛśyādṛśya26 svarūpiṇe ..44.. > To the imperishable, to the one into whom all dissolves, and to the unimpeded; / who cannot be possessed by anyone, whose nature is both the visible and the invisible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_50) sūkṣmebhyaścātisūkṣmāya sarveśāya mahātmane . namaste bhagavan vyakṣa namaste bhagavan śiva ..45.. > To the subtlest of the subtle, the lord of all, the Great Soul; / homage to you, O Lord, who are without eyes, homage to you, O Lord Śiva! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_51) namaste sarvalokeśa namaste lokabhāvana . na me devādhipatyena brahmatvenāpi vā punaḥ ..46.. > Homage to you, O Lord of all the worlds, homage to the creator of the worlds! / I do not desire dominion over the gods, nor the status of Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_52) na viṣṇutvena deveśa na indratvena bhūtapa . icchāmyahaṃ taveśāna gaṇatvaṃ nityamavyayam ..47. . nityaṃ27 tvāṃ sagaṇaṃ sāmbaṃ prasannaṃ saparicchadam . draṣṭumicchāmi deveśa eṣa me dīyatāṃ varaḥ ..48.. > nor the status of Viṣṇu, O Lord of gods, nor the status of Indra, O protector of beings! / I desire, O Īśāna, to be your attendant eternally and imperishably. > I desire always to see you, O Lord of gods, together with your attendants, with the Mother, gracious and accompanied by your retinue; / let this boon be granted to me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_53) dattvā gatiṃ purā deva tvaṃ vairāvarttanaṃ punaḥ (?) . śaraṇaṃ tvañca28 me nātha nānyaṃ paśyāmi karhicit ..49.. > Having formerly granted me a refuge, O God, you \[prevent\] rebirth; / and you, O Lord, are my refuge; I see no other anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_54) tvayā tyaktasya caivāśu vināśo29 nātra saṃśayaḥ . anyāṃ gatiṃ na paśyāmi yosyānyaṃ tentakaṃ30 śubham ..8.21.50.. > For one abandoned by you, there is swift destruction; of this there is no doubt. / I see no other refuge; I will go near you who are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_55) anuraktaṃ ca bhaktaṃ ca tvatparaṃ tvadupāśrayam . pratīccha māṃ sadā deva eṣa me dīyatāṃ varaḥ ..51 .. > Devoted and loving, dedicated to you and taking refuge in you, / accept me always, O God; let this boon be granted to me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.15_56) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.26) ya idaṃ prātarutthāya paṭhedavimanā31 naraḥ . sa dehabhedamāsādya nandīśvarasamo bhavet ..52. . 23 brahmaṇā - gha. . 24 takrāya (bhaktāya? tarkāya?) - gha. . 25... svāṃta - gha. . 26 > A person who rises in the morning and recites this with an undisturbed mind, / upon shedding his body, becomes equal to Nandīśvara. > \[Critical notes:\] 23 brahmaṇā - ms. gha. 24 takrāya (bhaktāya? tarkāya?) - ms. gha. 25... svāṃta - ms. gha. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30) dṛśyadṛśyāya - gha. . 27 tena - gha. . 28 tvaṃ ca - gha. . 29.. śaṃ - gha, vi . śān? . 30 > \[Critical notes:\] dṛśyadṛśyāya - ms. gha. 27 tena - ms. gha. 28 tvaṃ ca - ms. gha. 29.. śaṃ - ms. gha, vi . śān? . 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_57) yāsyāmyantikaṃ - gha, . 31 laṃ - gha. . 98 > \[Critical notes:\] yāsyāmyantikaṃ - ms. gha. 31 laṃ - ms. gha. / 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_58) yaścemaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvā dvijātiṣu . sośvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya rudraloke mahīyate ..53 .. > And whoever hears this constantly, or causes it to be heard among the twice-born, / attains the fruit of an aśvamedha and is honored in the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_59) śrutvā sakṛdapi32 rhyetaṃ stavaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam . yatra tatra mṛto33 vyāsa na durgatimavāpnuyāt ..54. . yodhītya nityaṃ stavametamagryaṃ34 devaṃ sadābhyarcayate yatātmā . kiṃ tasya yajñairvividhaiśca dānaistīrthaiḥ sutaptaiśca tathā tapobhiḥ . .55 .. > Having heard even once this hymn that destroys sins, / wherever he may die, O Vyāsa, he will not come to a bad state. > He who, with restrained self, continually recites this foremost hymn and worships the deity— / what need has he of various sacrifices, gifts, sacred fords, or well-performed austerities? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_60) iti skandapurāṇe ekaviṃśo35 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the twenty-first chapter in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_61) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_62) tatastu devadeveśo bhaktyā paramayā yutam . aśrupūrṇekṣaṇaṃ dīnaṃ pādayoḥ śirasā natam .. 1 .. > Then the lord of the gods, \[seeing him\] filled with supreme devotion, / eyes full of tears, distressed, bowing with his head at his feet... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_63) karābhyāṃ susukhābhyāṃ taṃ1 saṃgṛhya2 paramāttihā . utthāpya nayane soma aśrupūrṇe3 mamārja ha4 ..2 .. > Taking him up with both gentle hands, the dispeller of supreme sorrow / raised him up, and Soma wiped his tear-filled eyes. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_64) uvāca5 cainaṃ6 tuṣṭātmā vacasāpyāyayanniva . nirīkṣya gaṇapān sarvān devyā saha tadā7 prabhuḥ ..3 .. > And pleased at heart, the Lord addressed him as if gratifying him with speech, / having looked at all the leaders of the gaṇas together with the Goddess. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_65) devadeva uvāca > The god of gods said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_66) jāne bhaktiṃ tava mayi jāne cārttiṃ tavā8nagha . tasya sarvasya śailāde udarka sanniśāmaya ..4. . amaro jarayā tyakto nityaṃ duḥkhavivarjitaḥ . akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva9 sapitā sasuhṛjjanaḥ10 ..5 .. > "I know your devotion to me, and I know your distress, O sinless one. / Hear the future outcome of all that, O son of Śilāda: // 4 // / You will be immortal, freed from old age, ever devoid of sorrow, / imperishable and undecaying, along with your father and friends. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_67) mameṣṭo gaṇapaścaiva madvīryo matparākramaḥ . iṣṭo mama sadā caiva mama pārśvagatassadā . . 6.. > You will be dear to me, a leader of the gaṇas, possessing my prowess and my valor, / ever beloved by me, and always remaining at my side. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_68) 32 śivasya dayitaṃ - gha. . 33 paṭhato mānase - gha. . 34 dagyaṃ... - ka . 35 .. śati (ta) mo - ka. (gha) . 1 tu - ka. . 2 > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_69) saṃpūjya - gha. . 3... rṇo - ka. . 4 saḥ (tam?) - ka., hyamārjata . 5 utthāya - ka. . 6 cedaṃ - gha. . 7 tayā - gha. . 8 tathā - ka . 9 ścaiva madvīryo - gha. . 10. mattulyo matparākramaḥ - gha. . > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_70) 99 > 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_71) madrūpaścaiva bhavitā mahāyogabalānvitaḥ . ṛddhimaccaiva te dvīpaṃ kṣīrodamamṛtākaram ..7. . saṃvāsaṃ ca11 prayacchāmi tatra raṃsyasi12 sarvadā . kuśeśayamayīṃ mālāmavamucyātmanastataḥ . .8.. > You shall have a form like mine, endowed with the power of great yoga. / And I grant you residence upon the prosperous island in the Milk Ocean, a mine of nectar, / where you shall rejoice forever." / Then, taking off a garland of lotus flowers from himself, // 7–8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_72) ābabandha mahātejā nandine divyarūpiṇīm . sa tayā mālayā nandī babhau kaṇṭhāvasaktayā . . 9.. > the one of great splendor fastened it, of celestial form, upon Nandin. / Adorned with that garland clinging to his neck, Nandin shone forth // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_73) tryakṣo daśabhujaḥ śrīmān dvitīya iva śaṅkaraḥ . tato haste13 samādāya hastena bhagavān haraḥ .. > with three eyes and ten arms, glorious, like a second Śaṅkara. / Then, taking \[his\] hand with his own hand, the Blessed Lord Hara // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_74) 8.22.10 . . uvāca brūhi kiṃ14 tedya dadāni15 varamuttamam . āśramaścāyamatyartha tapasā tava bhāvitaḥ .. 11 .. > said: "Speak, what excellent boon may I grant you today? / Furthermore, this hermitage has been exceedingly sanctified by your austerity. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_75) japyeśvara iti khyāto mama guhyo bhaviṣyati . samantād yojanaṃ kṣetraṃ divyaṃ devagaṇairvṛtam .. 12 .. > It will be celebrated as Japyeśvara, my secret place; / an area of a yojana all around, celestial, surrounded by hosts of gods, // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_76) siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇamapsarogaṇasevitam . siddhikṣetraṃ16 paraṃ guhyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 13 . . karmaṇā manasā vācā yatkiñcit kurute naraḥ . śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vātra17 sarvaṃ bhavitṛ18 tacchubham . . 14.. > thronged with siddhas and cāraṇas, and attended by hosts of apsarases; / it will be a supreme, secret sacred field of perfections, without a doubt. // 13 // / Whatever a man does here in deed, mind, or speech, / whether auspicious or inauspicious, all that will turn out auspicious. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_77) japyamānaḥ sa19 tulyo20 vai rudrāṇāṃ tu21 bhaviṣyati . yatra tatra mṛtā martyā yāsyanti tvat22 salokatām . .1 5. . tato jaṭāplutaṃ vāri23 gṛhītvā hāranirmalam . uktvā24 nadī bhavasveti visasarja mahātapāḥ ..1 6.. > While muttering prayers here, he shall indeed become equal to the Rudras; / dying wherever, mortals will attain the same world as you." / Then, taking the water flowing over his matted hair, pure as a pearl necklace, / having said, "Become a river!", the one of great austerity released it. // 15–16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_78) sā tato divyatoyā ca25 puṇyā maṇijalā śubhā . haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā cakravākopaśobhitā . .17.. > Then that great river began to flow, with celestial waters, / sacred, with crystalline waters, auspicious, crowded with swans and kāraṇḍavas, adorned with cakravākas, // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_79) padmotpalavanopetā26 prārvatata mahānadī . strīrūpadhāriṇī caiva prāñjaliḥ śirasānatā . .1 8. . 11 saṃ - gha. . 12 vatsyasi - gha. . 13 tata enaṃ - dha. . 14 kaṃ.? . 15.. .mi - dha. . 16 siddhakṣetraṃ - dha. . 17 vāpi - gha. . 18 bhavati - gha. . 19 tapyamānasya - gha. . 20 tulyaṃ - ka. gha. . 21 tad - ka., ca - gha. . 22 tava - ka, deva - gha. . 23 jaṭāmbū svakare? . 24 śuddhā - gha. . 25 tu - gha, . 26 dalopetā - gha . > endowed with forests of lotuses and water lilies. / And having assumed the form of a woman, with folded hands, bowing her head, // 18 > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_80) 100 > 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_81) padmotladalābhākṣī27 tadā devamupasthitā . tāmuvāca tato devo28 nadīṃ svaya29mupasthitām . . 19.. > with eyes resembling the petals of a lotus, she approached the god. / Then the god spoke to that river who had approached in person: // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_82) yasmājjaṭodakād devi pravṛttā tvaṃ śubhānane30 . tasmājjaṭodā nāmnā31 tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi saridvarā . .8.22.20 . . tvayi snānaṃ tu yaḥ kuryācchucciḥ prayatamānasaḥ . > "Because you have sprung from the water of my matted hair, O goddess, O fair-faced one, / therefore you shall be the best of rivers, named Jaṭodā. // 20 // / But whoever performs ritual ablution in you, purified and with restrained mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_83) sośvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya rudraloke mahīyate . . 21 . . sanatkumāra uvāca > having attained the fruit of an horse sacrifice, is glorified in the realm of Rudra." // 21 // / Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_84) tato devyā - - - - nandīśvaramatiprabham . putrasteyamiti procya pādayostaṃ vyanāmayat . . 22.. > Then \[the god\] said to the Goddess \[...\] regarding the exceedingly radiant Nandīśvara: / "This is your son," and made him bow at her feet. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_85) sā tamāghrāya32 śirasi pāṇibhyāṃ parimārjatī . putrapremṇābhyaṣiñcattaṃ srotobhiḥ stanajai33 -stribhiḥ .23.. > Smelling him upon his head and stroking him with her hands, / she bathed him out of maternal love with three streams born from her breasts. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_86) payasā śaṃkhagaureṇa devī devaṃ nirīkṣatī . tāni srotāṃsi34 trīṇyasyāḥ srutānyodhavatī nadī . .24.. > With milk fair as a conch, as the Goddess gazed upon the God, / those three streams flowed from her, becoming the river Odhavatī. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_87) nadīṃ trisrotasīṃ35 puṇyāṃ tatastā36mavadaddharaḥ . trisrotasāṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣa paramaharṣitaḥ . .25. . nanarda nādāt38 tasmācca saridanyā tatobhavat . > Then Hara addressed that sacred, three-streamed river. / Having seen that three-streamed river, the bull was filled with supreme joy // 25 // / and roared; and from that roar, another river arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_88) yasmād vṛṣabhanādena pravṛttā sā mahānadī . .26.. > Because that great river had issued forth from the roar of the bull, // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.30\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.30_89) tasmāḍ ḍhitkirikāntāṃ39 vai uvāca vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ . jāmbūnadamayaṃ citraṃ svaṃ devaḥ paramādbhutam . .27. . mukuṭañcābabandhāsya kuṇḍale cāmṛtodbhave . taṃ tathābhyarcitaṃ vyomni dṛṣṭavā meghaḥ prabhākaraḥ . .28 . . > therefore the one whose banner bears a bull addressed her as Ḍhiṅkārikā. / The god fastened on him his own wonderful, exceedingly marvelous crown / made of gold, and two ear-rings born of nectar. / Having seen him thus honored in the sky, a sun-like cloud, // 27–28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38) devopavāhyaḥ siṣive sanādaḥ sataḍidguṇaḥ . tasyābhiṣiktasya40 tadā pravṛtte srotasī bhṛśam41 . .29. . 27 bhāsā?, mahā - gha. . 28 devī - ka . 29 naṃdīśvara - gha . 30 bhūtale - gha . 31 devī tasmā- jjaṭā nāmnā - gha. . 32 pya - ka. . 33 tanujai - gha . 34 srotāṃsi - ka . 35 sāṃ - gha. . 36 tatrasthā - gha. . 37 mavahaddharaḥ - ka., magamadvaraḥ - gha,.. rā - ka . 38 > the divine vehicle, showered down, roaring and accompanied by a multitude of lightnings. / As he was being anointed then, two streams flowed forth abundantly. // 29 > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_90) nādaṃ - gha, nādā (n) - ka . 39 dikārikāṃ tāṃ - gha. . 40 bhiṣaktasya - gha. . 41 srotasāṃ nadīm - gha . > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_91) 101 > 101 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_92) yasmācca kuṇḍalāt svarṇāt42 nadyekā saṃpravartata43 . svarṇodaketi nāmnā tāṃ mahādevobhyabhāṣata . . 8.22.30 . . jambūnadamayā44 dyasmād dvitīyā mukuṭā45 cchubhāt46 . > And because one river issued forth from the golden ear-ring, / Mahādeva addressed her by the name Svarṇodakā. // 30 // / And because a second sacred river issued forth from the auspicious crown made of Jambū gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_93) prāvartata nadī puṇyā prāha47 jāmbūnadīti48 tām49 ..3 1 .. > he called her the river Jāmbūnadī. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_94) etatpañcanadaṃ nām japyeśvarasamīpagam . vyākhyātaṃ phalametāsāṃ50 jaṭodayā51 mahātmanā ..3 2 . . tacca52 pañcanadaṃ divyaṃ devaṃ japyeśvaraṃ ca tam . trirātropoṣito gatvā snātvābhyarcya ca53 śūlinam . .3 3 .. > This is known as the Pañcanada ('Five Rivers'), located near Japyeśvara; / the fruit of these, beginning with Jaṭodā, has been explained by the great-souled one. // 32 // / Having gone to that divine Pañcanada and to that god Japyeśvara, / fasting for three nights, having bathed and worshipped the wielder of the trident, // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_95) brāhmaṇām̐starpayitvā ca yatra tatra mṛto naraḥ . nandīśvarasyānucaraḥ kṣīrodanilayo bhavet ..34.. > and having gratified the brahmins, a man dying wherever / shall become a follower of Nandīśvara and dwell in the Ocean of Milk. // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_96) yastu japyeśvare prāṇān54 parityajati55 dustyajān . niyamenānyathā vāpi sa me gaṇapatirbhavet . .35.. > And he who casts away his hard-to-abandon life-breaths at Japyeśvara, / whether by vow or otherwise, shall become my Gaṇa-leader. (35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_97) nandīśvarasamo nityaṃ śāśvato hya56 kṣayovyayaḥ . mama pārśvepyanucaraḥ priyaḥ sanmata eva ca57 . .3 6.. > Equal to Nandīśvara, eternal indeed, indestructible, imperishable, / and a companion by my side, beloved and truly esteemed. (36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.38\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.38_98) japyeśvaraṃ paṃcanadaṃ ca tadvai yo mānavobhyetya jahāti deham . sa me sadā syād gaṇapo variṣṭhastvaṣṭrā samaḥ58 kāntavapuśca59 nityam60 ..37. . iti skandapurāṇe dvāviṃśodhyāyaḥ61 > Whatever human being arrives at Japyeśvara and that Pañcanada and gives up his body / shall always be my foremost Gaṇa-leader, equal to Tvaṣṭṛ, and constantly having a lovely form. (37) / Thus ends the twenty-second chapter in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51) 42 yasmāt suvarṇānniḥ sṛtya - ka-, takuṇḍalādeko - gha. . 43 yataḥ sākṣātpravartita.. - gha . 44 jāmbūnadamayād gha? . 45 nmu.. - ka, ta t mū.?.. - gha. . 46 bhā ( t) - ka . 47 ūcuḥ - ka. . 48 jambū... - ka. . 49 nadīṃ ca tām - gha. . 50 meteṣāṃ - gha, metasya? . 51 > 42 yasmāt suvarṇānniḥ sṛtya - ka-, takuṇḍalādeko - gha. . 43 yataḥ sākṣātpravartita.. - gha . 44 jāmbūnadamayād gha? . 45 nmu.. - ka, ta t mū.?.. - gha. . 46 bhā ( t) - ka . 47 ūcuḥ - ka. . 48 jambū... - ka. . 49 nadīṃ ca tām - gha. . 50 meteṣāṃ - gha, metasya? . 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_99) jaṭodayān - ka ., ?jaṭāvana - gha. . 52 tañca - gha. . 53 bhyarcaya - ka. . 54 januḥ - gha. . 55 prāṇān - gha . 56... thā - gha . 57 tiṣṭhate matpuredāra puradvāri?) yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam - gha. . 58 tvaṣṭā... - ka . 59 kānti.. - ka. . 60 yo māṃ naraḥ snāpayati paṃcanadyāṃ jahāti dehaṃ vidhivacca tāsu . ityuttarārdhatvena dattaḥ pāṭho ghapustake . 61.. .śatimo - ka. . > jaṭodayān - ka ., ?jaṭāvana - gha. . 52 tañca - gha. . 53 bhyarcaya - ka. . 54 januḥ - gha. . 55 prāṇān - gha . 56... thā - gha . 57 tiṣṭhate matpuredāra puradvāri?) yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam - gha. . 58 tvaṣṭā... - ka . 59 kānti.. - ka. . 60 yo māṃ naraḥ snāpayati paṃcanadyāṃ jahāti dehaṃ vidhivacca tāsu . ityuttarārdhatvena dattaḥ pāṭho ghapustake . 61.. .śatimo - ka. . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_100) 102 > 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_101) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_102) bhagavān devadeveśaḥ sarvabhūtapatirharaḥ . devīmuvāca vāgīśa umāṃ girivarātmajām .. 1 .. > The Blessed One, the Lord of the lords of gods, the protector of all beings, Hara, / the master of speech, said to the goddess Umā, the daughter of the foremost mountain: (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_103) devi1 nandīśvaraṃ devamabhiṣekṣyāmi bhūtapam . gaṇānā2vāhayiṣyāmi kiṃ vā tvaṃ3 manyasevyaye4 . .2.. > “O goddess, I shall consecrate the god Nandīśvara as the protector of beings; / I shall summon the Gaṇas. What do you think, O imperishable one?” (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_104) devyuvāca > The goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_105) saptalokādhipatyaṃ ca gaṇeśānāṃ tathaiva ca . sarvamarhati deveśa nandī putro mamāgrajaḥ5 ..3 .. > “The sovereignty over the seven worlds, and likewise over the Gaṇa-chiefs— / he deserves all, O Lord of gods; Nandī is my eldest son.” (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_106) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_107) tataḥ sa bhagavān devaḥ suraśatruniṣūdanaḥ . prāṅmukhaḥ sa gaṇeśānāmāhvānamakarottadā6 ..4. . tatassahasraśastatra gaṇādhyakṣā mudā yutāḥ . saṃprāptāḥ sarvalokeśāstatkṣaṇācca7 mahāmune8 ..5. . > Then that blessed god, the slayer of the foes of the gods, / facing the east, called upon the chiefs of the Gaṇas then. (4) / Thereupon, in thousands, the superintendents of the Gaṇas, endowed with joy, / the lords of all worlds, arrived in that very instant, O great sage. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_108) saṃprāptāḥ sarvalokeśā ye rudrāḥ svargavāsinaḥ . anye rudravarā vyāsa yeṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate . .6. . brahmāṇḍāvaraṇā ye ca ahirbudhnyādayo9 mune . kapālāṃśiviśokāśca śatanetrāḥ śatānanāḥ10 ..7. . > The lords of all the worlds who arrived are the Rudras dwelling in heaven; / and there were other foremost Rudras, O Vyāsa, of whom there is no counting. (6) / And those who are the coverings of the cosmic egg, Ahirbudhnya and the rest, O sage, / Kapālins, Viśokas, having a hundred eyes, having a hundred faces, (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_109) anantarudrā ye cānye śatavaktrāḥ śatodarāḥ . sarvataḥ pāṇipādāśca sarvadikṣu samāśritāḥ ..8 . . aṇimādiguṇairyuktā brahmasaṃbhūtihetavaḥ . saṃprāptāḥ sarvalokeśāstāñchṛṇuṣva11 mahāmune . .9.. > and the other infinite Rudras with a hundred mouths and a hundred bellies, / with hands and feet everywhere, resting in all directions, (8) / endowed with virtues such as the ability to become minute, the causes of the manifestation of Brahmā— / all these lords of the worlds arrived; listen to them, O great sage! (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_110) tataḥ karālavadano12 bhṛkuṭībhūṣitānanaḥ13 . śaṃkhahārāmbugauraśca daṃṣṭrī sragvī trilocanaḥ .. > Then \[came one\] with a dreadful mouth, his face adorned with a frown, / white as a conch, pearl garland, or water, with fangs, garlanded, three-eyed, (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_111) 8.23.10 . . 1 devī - ka . 2 nāṃ - ka . 3 tra gha . 4 ume - gha . 5 mahā.. - ka. . 6 ttataḥ - gha. . 7 tacchṛṇuṣva - ka . 8 mahātmane - ka. . 9 ajabradhna - gha. . 10 sanātanāḥ - gha. . 11 ye śṛ... - gha. . 12 daśano - gha. . 13 bhrukuṭībhīṣaṇānanaḥ - gha. . > 8.23.10 . . 1 devī - ka . 2 nāṃ - ka . 3 tra gha . 4 ume - gha . 5 mahā.. - ka. . 6 ttataḥ - gha. . 7 tacchṛṇuṣva - ka . 8 mahātmane - ka. . 9 ajabradhna - gha. . 10 sanātanāḥ - gha. . 11 ye śṛ... - gha. . 12 daśano - gha. . 13 bhrukuṭībhīṣaṇānanaḥ - gha. . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_112) 103 > 103 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_113) jaṭāsahasrordhva14 śikho15 jvālākeśo mahāhanuḥ16 . agnyaṃgārakanetraśca bhujagābaddhamekhalaḥ . . 11 .. > with a thousand topknots of matted locks raised high, hair of flames, large jaws, / eyes like burning embers, girded with a girdle of serpents, (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_114) vidyujjihvo mahākāyastathā caivordhvamehanaḥ . sarpayajñopavītī ca paraśvadhadharastathā . . 1 2.. > with a tongue of lightning, a gigantic body, and likewise an erect phallus, / with a serpent as sacred thread, and holding a battle-axe, (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_115) bhujagābaddhamauñjiśca bhujagaireva kaṅkaṇaiḥ . ninādān saṃsṛjānaśca17 aśanīpātasannibhān .. 13 . . ḍiṇḍi18 rityeva vikhyāto gaṇapaḥ samadṛśyata . ātmanaḥ sadṛśānāñca koṭibhirdaśabhirvṛtaḥ ..1 4. . > with a waist-cord bound of snakes, and bracelets of serpents alone, / uttering roars resembling thunderclaps; (13) / known as Ḍiṇḍi, this Gaṇa-leader appeared, / surrounded by a hundred million of those resembling himself. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_116) gaṇapānāṃ sureśānāṃ yogināṃ dīptatejasām . tatoparo mahākeśo mahākāyordhvamehanaḥ .. 1 5. . tryakṣonalaśataprakhyaḥ aśanīpātanardanaḥ . nṛtyan gāyam̐śca citrāṇi kurvannāṭyā20 nyanekaśaḥ . . 16 . . > Among the Gaṇa-leaders, the rulers of gods, yogins of blazing splendour, / then another \[appeared\], having abundant hair, a gigantic body, an erect phallus, (15) / three-eyed, resembling a hundred fires, roaring like the crash of a thunderbolt, / dancing and singing, performing manifold theatrical dances, (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_117) jvaladdaṃṣṭro mahāhāso bṛhatskandhaḥ pinākadhṛk . koṭibhirdaśabhissārdhaṃ dviguṇābhirmahātmanām . . 17. . gaṇānāṃ citrarūpāṇāṃ yugapat saṃpradṛśyata . siṃhāsyagajakeśāsyai21 dvīṃpiśārdūlakānanaiḥ22 . > with blazing fangs, a loud laugh, broad shoulders, holding a bow; / accompanied by twice a hundred million of noble-minded (17) / Gaṇas of varied forms, he appeared simultaneously, / having faces of lions, elephants, monkeys, leopards, and tigers. (18ab) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_118) soṣāḍhirnāma23 gaṇapo vyāsa tatra samāgataḥ . . 18. . sanatkumāra uvāca > A Gaṇa-leader named Oṣāḍhi arrived there, O Vyāsa. (18cd) / Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_119) athānyo vyāsa saṃprāpto yugāntādityasaprabhaḥ . śatayojanabāhuśca digvāsāścordhvamehanaḥ . . 1 9. . atidīrghotimeḍhraśca lambabhrūḥ sthūlanāsikaḥ . vṛttāsyaśca24 mahākṣaśca bhṛkuṭīsaṃhatānanaḥ . .8.23.20 . . > Then another \[arrived\], O Vyāsa, radiant as the sun at the end of the yuga, / with arms a hundred yojanas long, sky-clad, with an erect phallus, (19) / very tall, with an enormous penis, drooping brows, and a thick nose, / with a round mouth, huge eyes, and a face furrowed by a frown, (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_120) paṃcayojanavistīrṇo dīrgho vai tāvadeva ca . daṃṣṭrāścatasro vaktreṇa bibhracchaṃkhendupāṇḍarāḥ . .21 .. > five yojanas wide and just as long, / bearing in his mouth four fangs white as a conch and the moon, (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_121) 14 srār?dha - gha. . 15.. .śirā ka gha . 16 manā... - gha. . 17 > 14 srār?dha - gha. . 15.. .śirā ka gha . 16 manā... - gha. . 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_122) aṭṭahāsānasṛjam̐śca - gha. . 18 daṇḍi - gha. . 19 gaṇānāṃ ca - gha. . 20... ndyā - ka., dāna - gha. . 21... nāṃ śarabhānāṃ ca - gha. . 22 rakṣasām - gha. . 23 sasobhīnā... - gha. . 24... kṣaśca - gha. . > aṭṭahāsānasṛjam̐śca - gha. . 18 daṇḍi - gha. . 19 gaṇānāṃ ca - gha. . 20... ndyā - ka., dāna - gha. . 21... nāṃ śarabhānāṃ ca - gha. . 22 rakṣasām - gha. . 23 sasobhīnā... - gha. . 24... kṣaśca - gha. . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_123) 104 > 104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_124) paṃcāgniko25 rdhvakarṇaśca pāśahasto manojavaḥ26 . vṛtaḥ koṭiśatenaiva sadṛśānā27madṛśyata . . 22. . bhāra28bhūtīti vikhyāto mahāyogabalānvitaḥ . gaṇapo devadevasya samīpaṃ sobhyagacchata . .23 . . > performing the five-fire penance, with ears pointing upward, a noose in his hand, swift as thought; / he appeared surrounded by a thousand million of those like himself. (22) / Known as Bhārabhūti, endowed with the power of great yoga, / that Gaṇa-leader approached the Lord of gods. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_125) tataḥ kundenduśaṃkhābhaṃ himarāśyambusannibham . mṛṇālasphaṭiskābhaṃ ca bhasmakakṣā29valambanam ..24. . gṛhītvā cāśanīhāsaṃ30 tripādaṃ cīravāsasam . śatodaraṃ31 triśirasaṃ trinetraṃ cordhvamūrdhajam ..25. . > Then \[came one\] shining like jasmine, the moon, and a conch, resembling a mass of snow or water, / shining like a lotus stalk or crystal, with ashes clinging to his armpits, (24) / having taken up thunderous laughter, three-legged, clad in rags, / with a hundred bellies, three heads, three eyes, and hair standing upright, (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_126) jvālāmālogra32 keśañca vyāghracarmājināmbaram33 . vāyuvegaṃ mahāhāsaṃ bhujagābaddhamekhalam . .26.. > with fierce hair like a garland of flames, dressed in a tiger skin and black buckskin, / having the speed of the wind, a great laugh, and a girdle bound with serpents, (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_127) mahoragakṛtāpīḍaṃ śaṃku - 34 rdhvamehanam . bhasmapraharaṇaṃ caiva mahādaṃṣṭraṃ mahāhanum35 .. 27. . mahāgaṇapatiṃ vīraṃ jvara ityeva viśrutam . > with a crest-ornament made of a great serpent, \[with a phallus like a\] peg, an erect phallus, / with ashes as his weapon, huge fangs, and huge jaws— (27) / that hero, the great Gaṇapati known as Jvara. (28ab) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_128) koṭīśatavṛtaṃ tañca gaṇapaṃ sonvapaśyata ..28. . tatoparaḥ saumyarūpo bhasmadigdhāṅga eva ca . triśūlapāṇidigvāsā mahāyogabalānvitaḥ . .29.. > Surrounded by a hundred crores, he then saw that leader of the gaṇas. / Then another, of gentle form, with limbs smeared with ash, / carrying a trident in hand, sky-clad, endowed with the power of great yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_129) bahuveṣadharaścaiva dhyānayogaparāyaṇaḥ . somavarṇa iti khyātaḥ koṭīśatavṛtaḥ prabhuḥ . .8.23.3 0 . . tādṛśānāṃ gaṇādhyakṣo devenāhūta āgataḥ . > assuming many guises, devoted to the yoga of meditation, / known as Somavarṇa, surrounded by a hundred crores, a lord, / the commander of such \[beings\], arrived when summoned by the god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_130) sahasrajvālabhasmāṃgo mahānetrordhvamehanaḥ . .3 1 .. > His limbs covered with ashes from a thousand flames, having large eyes and an erect phallus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_131) athāparo mahākāyaḥ śūlapāṇirmahābalaḥ . yugāntānalasaṃkāśaḥ sthiraḥ sthirayaśobalaḥ . .3 2 . . candramaulirmahākeśaścaturbāhurvilohitaḥ . ekapādairmahākāyaistryakṣaistaiḥ śūlapāṇibhiḥ . .3 3 .. > Then another, of huge body, trident in hand, exceedingly powerful, / resembling the fire at the end of the cosmic age, firm, endowed with enduring fame and strength, / with the moon on his crest, great hair, four arms, dark red, / accompanied by one-footed, huge-bodied, three-eyed trident-bearers > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_132) 25 paṃcāṅgi.. - ka, paṃcajihvo - gha. . 26 yaḥ - dha. . 27 > \[25. paṃcāṅgi- in ka, paṃcajihvo in gha. 26. yaḥ in dha. 27\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_133) sadṛśāṃ sa - ca. . 28 tāvad - gha. . 29 dharmakarmā gha. . 30 sāśanipāśaṃ - gha. . 31 samodaraṃ - gha. . 32 mālyagra - gha. . 33 cinā. ( citā?) - gha. . 34 karṇo - ka., kānto - gha. . 35.. nanam - gha. . > \[sadṛśāṃ sa- in ca. 28. tāvad- in gha. 29. dharmakarmā in gha. 30. sāśanipāśaṃ- in gha. 31. samodaraṃ- in gha. 32. mālyagra- in gha. 33. cinā (citā?) in gha. 34. karṇo in ka, kānto in gha. 35. -nanam in gha.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_134) 105 > 105 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_135) vṛtaḥ koṭīśatenaiva sthāṇustatrābhthavartata . sa mahāpārṣado rudraḥ36 sarvāsuranibarhaṇaḥ . .34.. > surrounded by a hundred crores, Sthāṇu was present there. / He was a great attendant, Rudra, the destroyer of all asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_136) tatoparaḥ paṭṭaseno37 hrasvapādodaraḥ śuciḥ . sahasrabāhucaraṇaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ pratāpavān . .3 5.. > Then another, Paṭṭasena, with short feet and belly, pure, / with a thousand arms and feet, thousand-eyed, splendid, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_137) karāladaśanaścaiva kṛṣṇasarpāmbaracchadaḥ . tryakṣa38 ścandrakṛtāpīḍaḥ kaṇṭhamālāvibhūṣitaḥ ..3 6 .. > with formidable teeth, clad in a black serpent garment, / three-eyed, with the moon as his crest, adorned with a necklace around his neck, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_138) ugrasena iti khyātaḥ koṭīśatavṛtaḥ sa ca39 . āgātsamīpaṃ devasya āhūtaḥ svayamīśvaraḥ . .37. . tatoparaḥ samāvede devaṃ candrārdhadhāriṇam . caturvaktro mahātejāścaturviṃśekṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ . . 38.. > known as Ugrasena, surrounded by a hundred crores; / summoned himself by the god, the lord came near. / Then another approached the god who bears the crescent moon: / four-faced, of great splendor, possessing twenty-four eyes, a master, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_139) sahasrabāhurjvālāsyo mahānetrordhvamehana . karāladaśana40 ścaiva śaṃkukarṇo41 mahānakhaḥ ..39.. > thousand-armed, with blazing mouth, great eyes, erect phallus, / dreadful teeth, peg-shaped ears, and huge claws, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_140) asipāṇirmahātejāḥ śatapādaśśatodaraḥ . vidyutkeśotihāsaśca tathaivobhayato gatiḥ ..8.23.40 . . ajaikapāditi khyāto vṛtaḥ koṭiśatena saḥ . > sword in hand, of great majesty, with a hundred feet and a hundred bellies, / with lightning hair, loud laughter, moving both forward and backward, / known as Aja Ekapād, surrounded by a hundred crores, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_141) kāñcanopalavṛkṣāḍhyaḥ samegha iva parvataḥ . .41 .. > rich in gold, gems, and trees, like a mountain with clouds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_142) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_143) āgāttatoparo vyāsa gaṇapaḥ sumahābalaḥ . sarvato vadanaḥ42 dhīmān sarvataḥ pāṇipādabhṛt43 . .42 .. > Then came another exceedingly mighty gaṇa-leader, O Vyāsa, / with faces on all sides, wise, having hands and feet everywhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_144) hrasvabāhūru44 pādaśca aśaniṃ dhārayañchubham45 . śatairvṛta46śca koṭīnāmaṣṭābhiścātmanaḥ samaiḥ ..43 .. > with short arms, thighs, and feet, brandishing an auspicious thunderbolt, / surrounded by eight hundred crores of beings like himself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_145) nikumbha iti vikhyātaḥ śatapādodarānanaḥ . āgāttatoparaścāpi vidyutkeśo mahābalaḥ ..44. . candamālādharo ghoraḥ prahasan47 pravicālayan48 . daṇḍadhārī mahāvaktraḥ śaṃkhakundendusaprabhaḥ ..45.. > renowned as Nikumbha, with a hundred feet, bellies, and faces. / Then another also arrived, with lightning hair, of great strength, / wearing a fierce garland, laughing aloud and brandishing \[weapons\], / staff in hand, having a huge face, shining like a conch, kunda flower, or moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_146) 36 raudraḥ - gha. . 37 paṭṭiśeno - gha. . 38 stryakṣa - ka. . 39 prabhuḥ - gha . 40 vadana - gha. . 41 kāntākarṇo - gha. . 42 varadaḥ - gha . 43. dhṛk - ka. . 44 bāhuka - gha. . 45... bhām - gha. . 46 vṛttyai - ka. . 47 sahasraṃ - gha. . 48 praticārayan - gha. . > \[36. raudraḥ in gha. 37. paṭṭiśeno in gha. 38. stryakṣa in ka. 39. prabhuḥ in gha. 40. vadana in gha. 41. kāntākarṇo in gha. 42. varadaḥ in gha. 43. dhṛk in ka. 44. bāhuka in gha. 45. -bhām in gha. 46. vṛttyai in ka. 47. sahasraṃ in gha. 48. praticārayan in gha.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_147) 106 > 106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_148) gaṇakoṭīśatavṛtaḥ paramamparatāpanaḥ . tatoparaḥ sahasreṇa koṭīnāṃ gaṇapo vṛtaḥ . .46. . sūryamālāsrajaṃ bibhradājagāma mahātapāḥ . sa sūryāpyāyano nāma devasya paramapriyaḥ . .47. . > surrounded by a hundred crores of gaṇas, the tormentor of supreme enemies. / Then another gaṇa-leader, surrounded by a thousand crores, / carrying a garland like an array of suns, arrived, performer of great austerities; / he was named Sūryāpyāyana, exceedingly dear to the god, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_149) dhanuṣpāṇirmahātejā viśrutaḥ sa49 mahādyutiḥ . tathānyaḥ50 sarpamālaśca51 cakrābharaṇa eva ca . .48.. > bow in hand, of great majesty, renowned, of great splendor. / Likewise another, adorned with serpent-garlands, ornamented with discs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_150) cakrāyudho mahātejā hrasvapāda52 kaṭīkaraḥ53 . sa nāmnā viśruto loke grahāpyāyana ityuta . .49.. > with the disc as weapon, of great splendor, with short feet, hips, and hands; / he was renowned in the world by name as Grahāpyāyana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_151) gaṇakoṭiśataiḥ ṣaḍbhirvṛtassamanudhāvata . śaṃkukarṇobhyayāccaiva gaṇakoṭyā mahābalaḥ ..8.23.50 . . nandikaścāpi daśabhiḥ piṅgākṣoṣṭābhireva ca . > He ran forth surrounded by six hundred crores of gaṇas. / And Śaṅkukarṇa, of great strength, approached with a crore of gaṇas; / and Nandika with ten \[crores\], and Piṅgākṣa with eight; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_152) vināyakaścatuḥṣaṣṭyā kuṣmāṇḍo nāma viśrutaḥ ..51 .. > Vināyaka, renowned by the name Kuṣmāṇḍa, with sixty-four \[crores\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_153) hiraṇyavarṇaḥ ṣaḍbhiśca ekapādastathaiva ca . dhūmrakeśo dvādaśabhiḥ patākī daśabhistathā ..52 .. > Hiraṇyavarṇa with six, and Ekapād likewise; / Dhūmrakeśa with twelve, and Patākī with ten; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_154) sahasraghaṃṭoṣṭādaśabhistapaḥ paṃcabhireva ca . sahasraśīrṣaḥ ṣaḍbhiśca bhavaḥ koṭisamāvṛtaḥ ..53 .. > Sahasraghaṇṭa with eighteen, and Tapas with five; / Sahasraśīrṣa with six, and Bhava surrounded by a crore; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_155) varo daśabhirabhyāgāt kumbhakarṇastathāṣṭabhiḥ . viṣvaksenaḥ sahasreṇa anadastu śatena vai ..54.. > Vara arrived with ten, and Kumbhakarṇa with eight; / Viṣvaksena with a thousand, and Anada with a hundred; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_156) āveśano54 tathāṣṭābhiḥ saptabhiśca pravartanaḥ55 . mahāravaḥ sahasreṇa gaṇānāṃ gaṇapo vṛtaḥ ..55. . caturmukho dvādaśabhistathā bāhuprahārakaḥ56 . mahākālaḥ śatenaiva tathāgniśikharo gaṇaḥ ..56.. > Āveśana likewise with eight, and Pravartana with seven; / Mahārava, leader of gaṇas, surrounded by a thousand gaṇas; / Caturmukha with twelve, and Bāhuprahāraka; / Mahākāla with a hundred, and the gaṇa Agniśikhara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_157) ādityamūrdhā koṭyā ca tathā caiva dhanāvahaḥ . sannābha57śca śatenaiva kukkuṭoṣṭābhireva ca . .57. . 49 su - gha. . 50 athānyaḥ - gha. . 51 śapamānaśca - gha. . 52 kramupāda - gha .. 53 kaṭaḥ - ka, gha. . 54 naḥ? . 55 pratardanaḥ? . 56 vāhūpakārakaḥ? - gha. . 57. ma - ka. . > Ādityamūrdhan with a crore, and Dhanāvaha likewise; / Sannābha with a hundred, and Kukkuṭa with eight; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_158) 107 > 107 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_159) kundaśca pañcadaśabhistathā saṃkoṭakoparaḥ . amoghabhūtiḥ koṭyā58 ca tathā caivāghabhūtikaḥ59 . .58 .. > Kunda with fifteen, and Saṅkoṭaka as another; / Amoghabhūti with a crore, and likewise Aghabhūtika; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_160) ekapādoparaḥ ṣaṣṭyā tathā saptabhirāraṇaḥ60 . mahābalaśca61 navabhi62rapasmāraśca viśrutaḥ ..59.. > another, Ekapād, with sixty, and Āraṇa with seven; / Mahābala with nine, and renowned Apasmāra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_161) nīlo navatyā deveśaḥ pūrṇabhadrastathaiva ca . nirṛti63 ścaiva saptatyā koṭīnāmabhyagāt saha ..8.23.60 . . koṭīkoṭīsahasrāṇāṃ śatairviṃśatirbhivṛtāḥ . > lord of gods Nīla with ninety, and Pūrṇabhadra likewise; / and Nirṛti came along with seventy crores; / surrounded by twenty hundreds of thousands of crores, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_162) ītaya64 statra cājagmurmahāyogabalānvitāḥ ..6 1 . . bhūtāḥ koṭisahasreṇa pramathāḥ koṭibhistrabhiḥ . vīrabhadraścatuḥṣaṣṭyā vṛṣabhaśca mahābalaḥ .. 62.. > the afflicting plagues arrived there, endowed with the power of great yoga; / bhūtas by a thousand crores, pramathas by three crores; / Vīrabhadra with sixty-four, and Vṛṣabha of great strength; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_163) meghaḥ saudāminīmālo65 navatyā saṃvṛto66 bhyagāt . prabhākaraśca viṃśatyā viṭpati67 śca mahābalaḥ ..63 . . giriko68 meghanādaśca udaro maṇireva ca . > Megha, garlanded with lightning, arrived surrounded by ninety; / and Prabhākara with twenty, and Viṭpati of great strength; / Girika, Meghanāda, Udara, and Maṇi; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_164) kāṣṭhakarṇaśca divyātmā viśvarūpa69śca viśrutaḥ . . 64. . śatamanyustathā caiva pañcākṣaścaiva vīryavān . tālaketuśca70 ṣaṃḍaśca kapālī gajanāśanaḥ71 ..65. . saṃvartakastathā caitrastrailokyadahana72 stathā . > divine-souled Kāṣṭhakarṇa, and renowned Viśvarūpa; / Śatamanyu likewise, and powerful Pañcākṣa; / Tālaketu, Shaṇḍa, Kapālī, Gajanāśana; / Saṃvartaka, Caitra, Trailokyadahana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_165) lokāntakaśca dīptātmā hemakuṇḍala eva ca . .6 6.. > Lokāntaka of blazing spirit, and Hemakuṇḍala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_166) mṛtyuścaiva yamaścaiva kālo viṣaharastathā . śatamāyo mahāmāyaḥ sarvatrāśaraṇa73 stathā . .67.. > And Mṛtyu, and Yama, and Kāla, and Viṣahara, > Śatamāya, Mahāmāya, and Sarvatrāśaraṇa; (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.51\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.51_167) ekaśṛṅgo ca vikhyātastathā bhṛṅgiriṭiśca yaḥ . ete cānye ca gaṇapā guhyā ye ca mahābalāḥ ..68.. > and the renowned Ekaśṛṅga, and also Bhṛṅgiriṭi— > these and other leaders of the gaṇas, the secret ones possessing great might. (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.63) tatrājagmurmudā yuktāḥ sarve citrāstrayodhinaḥ74 . gāyantaśca dravantaśca nṛtyantaśca mahābalāḥ . .69 . . 58 ṭyo? - gha. . 59 rauaghabhūtikaḥ - gha, cānagha? . 60.?. ṇāḥ - ka. . 61.. raśca - gha. . 62. ti - ka. . 63 > All of them, wonder-working and thrice-battling, arrived there filled with joy, > singing, running, and dancing, endowed with great strength, (69) > \[variants: 58 ṭyo? — gha; 59 rauaghabhūtikaḥ — gha, cānagha? ; 60.?.; ṇāḥ — ka; 61..; raśca — gha; 62.; ti — ka; 63\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.63\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.63_168) nivṛtti - gha. . 64 dūtaya - gha. . 65 manīmāno - gha., mālā - ka. . 66 saṃbhṛto - gha . 67 vidyuti - gha . 68 viveko - gha. . 69 vilvarūpaṃ - ka. . 70 alaketuśca - gha. . 71 kapālajagadāsanaḥ - gha. . 72 sahana - gha. . 73 pūrvanābharaṇa? - gha. . 74 divyāstrayodhinaḥ - gha. .. > \[variants: nivṛtti — gha; 64 dūtaya — gha; 65 manīmāno — gha, mālā — ka; 66 saṃbhṛto — gha; 67 vidyuti — gha; 68 viveko — gha; 69 vilvarūpaṃ — ka; 70 alaketuśca — gha; 71 kapālajagadāsanaḥ — gha; 72 sahana — gha; 73 pūrvanābharaṇa? — gha; 74 divyāstrayodhinaḥ — gha\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.63\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.63_169) 108 > 108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.63\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.63_170) mukhāḍambaravādyāni vādayantastathaiva ca . rathairnāgairhayaiścaiva75 yayurmarkaṭavāhanāḥ76 . .8.23.70 .. > sounding musical instruments made of hollow mouths, > and went on chariots, elephants, horses, and riding monkeys. (70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.63\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.63_171) vyāghrasiṃhaviḍālaiśca sarpaiḥ pakṣibhireva ca . śvāpadaiśca tathānekai77 ralpaiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ . .71 . . vimāneṣu tathārūḍhā mānuṣeṣu78 tathāpare . puṣpakena vimānena tathā mattadvipena ca . .72 . . > With tigers, lions, wildcats, serpents, and birds, > and with many various small and auspicious wild beasts; (71) > mounted upon aerial chariots, and others upon men, > upon the Puṣpaka aerial chariot, and upon an elephant in rut; (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.63\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.63_172) chaṃdaṃ kṛtvā tathā śaṃ - kinnaroragacāraṇaiḥ79 . (?) > pleasing in this way Śambhu, \[…\] with kinnaras, serpents, and cāraṇas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.63\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.63_173) uttamāyudhayuktena haṃsayuktena cāpare . .73 . . nānāvimānamārūḍhāḥ koṭiśastatra cāpare . bherīśṛṃga80 mṛdaṃṅgaiśca paṇavānakagomukhaiḥ . .74. . vāditrairvividhaiścaiva paṭahairekapuṣkaraiḥ81 . > and others equipped with supreme weapons, and yoked with swans; (73) > and there, millions of others mounted on various aerial chariots, > with kettledrums, horns, mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas, ānaka drums, and gomukha horns, (74) > with diverse instruments, drums, and single-faced drums, (75a) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75) bherīkarkara82 sannādairāḍambarakaḍiṇḍimaiḥ ..75 > with the resonant sounds of kettledrums and karkaras, and with āḍambaras and ḍiṇḍimas, (75b) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_174) ' . maḍḍūkai83 rveṇuvīṇābhirvivṛṣaistuṇavairapi84 . dardarai85 stalaghātaiśca86 kacchapai paṇavairapi ..76 .. > with maḍḍukas, flutes, and vīṇās, and with vivṛṣas and tuṇavas, > with dardaras, handclaps, kacchapas, and paṇavas; (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_175) vādyamānairmahāyogā ājagmurdevasaṃsadam . haṃsajālena divyena padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ . .77 . . munibhiryogasaṃsiddhairvṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ samantataḥ . ṛgvedo dakṣiṇe bhāge divyakuṃḍalabhūṣita . .78. . > while these were sounded, the great yogins approached the assembly of gods. > With a divine flock of swans, the lotus-born Grandfather \[Brahmā\], (77) > surrounded completely by all the sages perfected in yoga— > with the Ṛgveda on the right side, adorned with divine earrings; (78) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_176) paścime sāmavedaśca nānā (?) rūpadharaḥ śubhaḥ . atharvā cottare caiva vahninetradharaḥ prabhuḥ . .79 . . yajurvedastu pūrveṇa vidyudrūpadharastathā . > and on the west the Sāmaveda, auspicious, assuming manifold forms; > and on the north the lordly Atharva, bearing eyes of fire; (79) > and to the east the Yajurveda, assuming the form of lightning; (80a) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_177) itihāsapurāṇāni nānārūpadharāṇi ca . .8.23.8 0 .. > and the Itihāsas and Purāṇas, assuming various forms. (80b) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_178) agrato dīpayānena tepi tatra prajagmire . śivabhakto mahāyogī87 garuḍastho janārdanaḥ . .8 1 . . 75 ścaivā - ka., ścāpi - gha. . 76 vāyuma.. - gha. . 77 nathīnakai - gha . 78 manuṣyeṣu - ka. . 79... ṇāḥ - gha . 80 śaṃkha - gha. . 81 puṣpakaiḥ - gha . 82 muraja - gha . 83 maṃḍūkaiḥ - gha . 84 vividhaiḥ paṭahai. - gha. . 85 darśa? gha. . 86 nasanści? - ka gha. . 87 mahābhogī - gha . > They too proceeded there in front with blazing vehicles. > Janārdana, the devotee of Śiva, the great yogin, mounted upon Garuḍa, (81) > \[variants: 75 ścaivā — ka, ścāpi — gha; 76 vāyuma.. — gha; 77 nathīnakai — gha; 78 manuṣyeṣu — ka; 79... ṇāḥ — gha; 80 śaṃkha — gha; 81 puṣpakaiḥ — gha; 82 muraja — gha; 83 maṃḍūkaiḥ — gha; 84 vividhaiḥ paṭahai. — gha; 85 darśa? — gha; 86 nasanści? — ka, gha; 87 mahābhogī — gha\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_179) 109 > 109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_180) sarvaiḥ svīyaiḥ parivṛtastatrāgāt pārṣadaiḥ87 saha . vṛta ātmasamairdivyairviṣṇurūpadharaiḥ śubhaiḥ . .82 . . dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṃ prāptaṃ mahādevobravīdidama . vācā gaṃbhīrayā śaṃbhustadevaṃ lokabhāvanam . .83 . . > surrounded by all his own attendants, came there together with his companions, > surrounded by his peers, divine and auspicious, who bore the form of Viṣṇu. (82) > Seeing Nārāyaṇa arrived, Mahādeva spoke this; > Śambhu, with a deep voice, thus addressed the creator of the worlds: (83) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.75\_181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3.75_181) śṛṇu viṣṇo vaco mahyaṃ tadvakṣyāmi janārdana . abhiṣekaṃ prayacchasva nandini mama supriye ..84. . prahasya śaṃkaraṃ89 devo bhūyo nārāyaṇobravīt . yathā vadasi deveśa kariṣyehaṃ vṛṣadhvaja . .85. . > “Hear my word, Viṣṇu; I will tell it, Janārdana: > bestow consecration upon Nandī, who is so dear to me.” (84) > Smiling at Śaṃkara, the god Nārāyaṇa replied again: > “Just as you say, O lord of gods, I shall do, O bull-bannered one! (85) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 192 of 991 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.3.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.38.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāratamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bharatamanjari.19.400) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.61.8) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.3) · Pramāṇa