[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) › 7.4.52\_11 # Skandapurana 7.4.52\_11 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_11) varadosmīti tuṣṭena117 viṣṇunā sa ca118 coditaḥ . provāca praṇato viṣṇumidaṃ vyāsa mahāmanāḥ119 . .73 . . kṣupa uvāca dadhīco nāma viprarṣiravadhyokṣaya eva ca . sakhā mama hṛṣīkeśa sa ca māmāha nityadā120 . .74. . bibhemyahaṃ na devasya rākṣasasyāsurasya vā . piśācasyātha yakṣasya vayaso mānuṣasya vā121 . .75 . . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 101 vakreṇā tāḍayat - ka. . 102 tadā - gha. . 103... ttaṃ - gha. . 104 mahāyogaṃ - gha. . 105 śakraḥ - gha. . 106 mahātmanaḥ - ka. . 107 svadehaṃ - kha., sa - gha . 108 tyaktā - ka.. bhūtvā - kha., śrutvā - gha. . 109 sāṃtvayāmāsa - gha. . 110 taṃ vareśvaramārādhya saṃprāpya varamuttamam - gha. . 111 saṃkhyamabhūt - gha. . 1\] 2 saṃ - ka. gha. . 1 . 3 samabhitāḍayata - kha. . 114 cāsya - kha. . 115 mayaṃ - kha. . 116 varārthamatapattapaḥ - kha., samavārayat - gha. . 117 tuṣṭosmi - kha. . 118 sa tu - gha., sama... - kha. . 119 mahātapāḥ - gha. . 120. nāmahanatsadā - gha. . 121 ca - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- bibhemīti yathā brūyāt tathā tvaṃ122 kartumarhasi123 . evamukto nareśena124 sa viṣṇurlokabhāvanaḥ ..76 . . tathāstviti ca taṃ procya dadhīcasyāśramaṃ yayau . sa125 praviśyāśramaṃ vyāsa dadhīcenābhipūjitaḥ ..77.. > Addressed by the pleased Viṣṇu, who said, “I grant boons,” / that high-minded king bowed to Viṣṇu and spoke these words, O Vyāsa: / Kṣupa said: / “The brahmin seer named Dadhīca is invulnerable and imperishable. / He is my friend, O Hṛṣīkeśa, and he always says to me: / ‘I do not fear any god, rākṣasa, or asura, / piśāca, yakṣa, bird, or mortal.’ / You should act in such a way that he might say, ‘I am afraid.’ ” / Addressed in this way by the ruler of men, Viṣṇu, the creator of the worlds, / said to him, “So be it,” and went to Dadhīca's hermitage. / Having entered the hermitage, O Vyāsa, being honoured by Dadhīca, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.4.52\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_10) - [Next: 7.4.52\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_12) - [Up: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.4.52_11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_11) · Pramāṇa