[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) › 8.9 # Skandapurana 8.9: 09 Skandapurāṇa 8.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### 09 ### [8.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 211 - 280) > Previous page (Chapters 211–280) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p2) adhyāyāḥ 281 - 365 > Chapters 281–365 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p4) kasyacittvatha kālasya tridaśāvaśvinau priye ..kṛtābhiṣekāṃ vivṛtāṃ sukanyāṃ tāmapaśyatām .. 1 .. > Then, at a certain time, O dear one, the two divine Aśvins / saw that Sukanyā, who had performed her ablutions and was unclothed. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p5) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā darśanīyāṃgīṃ devarājasutāmiva .. ūcatuḥ samabhi drutya nāsatyāvaśvināvatha .. 2 .. > Seeing her of handsome limbs, like the daughter of the king of gods, / the two Nāsatya-Aśvins then ran toward her and said: 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p6) kasya tvamasi vāmoru kiṃ vane'smiṃścikīrṣasi.. icchāvastvāṃ ca vijñātuṃ tattvamākhyāhi śobhane .. 3 .. > "Whose \[daughter\] are you, O fair-thighed one? What do you wish to do in this forest? / We two wish to know you; tell us the truth, O fair lady!" 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p7) tataḥ sukanyā saṃvītā tāvuvāca surottamau .. śaryātitanayāṃ vittaṃ bhāryāṃ ca cyavanasya mām .. 4 .. > Then Sukanyā, having covered herself, said to those two best of gods: / "Know me to be the daughter of Śaryāti and the wife of Cyavana." 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p8) tato'śvinau prahasyaināmabrūtāṃ punareva tu .. kathaṃ tvaṃ ca viditvā tu pitrā dattā''gatā vane .. 5 .. > Then the two Aśvins laughed and spoke to her yet again: / "How is it that, having understood, you were given away by your father and came into the forest? 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p9) bhrājase gaganoddeśe vidyutsaudāmanī yathā .. na deveṣvapi tulyāṃ hi tava paśyāva bhāmini .. 6 .. > You shine in the region of the sky like a flash of lightning; / indeed, we see no one equal to you even among the gods, O radiant woman! 6" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p10) sarvābharaṇasaṃpannā paramāṃbaradhāriṇī .. māmaivamanavadyāṃgi tyajainamavivekinam .. 7 .. > "Endowed with all ornaments, wearing splendid garments, / do not \[act\] thus, O faultless-limbed woman! Abandon this senseless one! / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p11) kasmādevaṃvidhā bhūtvā jarājarjaritaṃ bhuvi .. tvamu pāsye hi kalyāṇi kāmabhāvabahiṣkṛtam .. 8 .. > Why, being such a woman, do you serve on earth / one worn out by old age, O auspicious one, devoid of erotic passion, / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p12) asamarthaṃ paritrāṇe poṣaṇe vā śucismite .. sā tvaṃ cyavanamutsṛjya varayasvaikamāvayoḥ .. 9 .. > incapable of protection or nourishment, O sweet-smiling one? / Therefore, leaving Cyavana aside, choose one of us two! / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p13) patyarthaṃ devagarbhābhe mā vṛthā yauvanaṃ kṛthāḥ .. evamuktā sukanyā sā surau tāvidamabravīt ..7.1.281.10 .. > Do not waste your youth for the sake of a husband, O woman shining like a divine child!" / Thus addressed, that Sukanyā said this to the two gods: / 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p14) ratā'haṃ cyavane patyau na caivaṃ pariśaṃkatam .. tāvabrūtāṃ punaścaitāmāvāṃ devabhiṣagvarau .. 11 .. > "I am devoted to my husband Cyavana; do not doubt thus!" / The two spoke to her again: "We both are the best physicians of the gods. / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p15) 166b > 166b > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p16) yuvānaṃ rūpasaṃpannaṃ kariṣyāvaḥ patiṃ tava .. tatastasyāvayoścaiva patimekatamaṃ vṛṇu .. 12 .. > We will make your husband young and endowed with beauty. / Then choose one of him and us two as your husband. / 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p17) etena samayenāvāṃ śamaṃ naya sumadhyame .. sā tayorvacanāddevi upasaṃgamya bhārgavam .. > On this condition bring calm to us two, O slender-waisted lady!" / At their words, O goddess, she approached the descendant of Bhṛgu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p18) uvāca vākyaṃ yattābhyāmuktaṃ bhṛgusutaṃ prati .. 13 .. > and spoke to the son of Bhṛgu the words that were spoken by the two. / 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p19) tadvākyaṃ cyavano bhāryāmuvācādriyatāmiti .. ityuktā cyavanenātha sukanyā tāvuvāca vai .. 14 .. > Cyavana said that statement to his wife: "Let it be respected!" / Thus addressed by Cyavana, Sukanyā then indeed said to the two: / 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p20) evaṃ devau bhavadbhyāṃ yatproktaṃ tatkiyatāṃ laghu .. ityuktau bhiṣajau tatra tayā caiva sukanyayā .. > "O gods, what has been spoken by you two, let that be done quickly!" / Addressed thus there by that Sukanyā, the two physicians > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p21) ūcatū rājaputrīṃ tāṃ patistava viśatvapaḥ .. 15 .. > spoke to that princess: "Let your husband enter the waters!" / 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p22) tato'paścyavanaḥ śīghraṃ rūpārthī praviveśa ha .. aśvināvapi taddevi tataḥ prāviśatāṃ jalam .. 16 .. > Then Cyavana quickly entered the water, desirous of beauty; / the Aśvins also, O goddess, then entered the water. / 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p23) tato muhūrttāduttīrṇāḥ sarve te sarasastataḥ .. divyarūpadharāḥ sarve yuvāno mṛṣṭakuṇḍalāḥ .. 17 .. > Then, after a moment, they all emerged from that lake, / all bearing divine forms, youthful, wearing polished earrings, / 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p24) divyaveṣadharāścaiva manasaḥ prītivarddhanāḥ .. te'bruvansahitāḥ sarve vṛṇīṣvānyatamaṃ śubhe .. 18 .. > and wearing divine attire, increasing the delight of the mind. / They all together said: "Choose any one of us, O auspicious one! / 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p25) asmākamīpsitaṃ bhadre yatastvaṃ varavarṇinī .. yatra vāpyabhi kāmāsi taṃ vṛṇīṣva suśobhane .. 19 .. > You are desired by us, O blessed one, since you are a fair-complexioned woman; / or whomever you desire, choose him, O very beautiful lady!" / 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p26) sā samīkṣya tu tānsarvāṃstulyarūpadharānsthitān .. niścitya manasā buddhyā devi vavre patiṃ svakam .. 7.1.281.20 .. > Having observed all of them standing with identical forms, / and having resolved in her mind by her intellect, O goddess, she chose her own husband. / 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p27) labdhvā tu cyavano bhāryāṃ vayorūpamavasthitaḥ .. hṛṣṭo'bravīnmahātejāstau nāsatyāvidaṃ vacaḥ .. 21 .. > Having obtained his wife and established in youth and beauty, / Cyavana of great splendour, delighted, spoke this word to the two Nāsatyas: / 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p28) yadahaṃ rūpasaṃpanno vayasā ca samanvitaḥ .. kṛto bhavadbhyāṃ vṛddhaḥ sanbhāryāṃ ca prāptavānnijām .. > "Since, though old, I have been made endowed with beauty and youth by you two, / and have regained my own wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p29) tadbrūtaṃ vai vidhāsyāmi bhavatoryadabhīpsitam .. 22 .. > therefore speak: I shall accomplish whatever is desired by you two." / 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p30) .. aśvināvūcatuḥ .. .. > The Aśvins said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p31) āvāṃ tu devabhiṣajau na ca śakraḥ karoti nau .. somapānārhatāṃ tasmātkuru nau somapāyinau .. 23 .. > "We two are physicians of the gods, and Indra does not make us / worthy of drinking soma. Therefore make us two soma-drinkers." / 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p32) .. cyavana uvāca .. .. > Cyavana said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p33) ahaṃ vāṃ yajñabhāgārhau kariṣye somapāyinau .. 24 .. > "I will make you two worthy of a sacrificial share, drinkers of soma." / 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p34) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p35) tatastau hṛṣṭamanasau nāsatyau divi jagmatuḥ .. cyavano'pi sukanyā ca surāviva vijahratuḥ .. 25 .. > Then, with delighted minds, the two Nāsatyas went to heaven. / Cyavana and Sukanyā also sported like two gods. / 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p36) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvara māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 281 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-first chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Greatness of Cyavaneśvara,' in the first \[part\], the Greatness of the Sacred Field of Prabhāsa, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p37) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p38) tataḥ śrutvā ca śaryātirvalabhīsthāna saṃsthitaḥ .. vayasthaṃ cyavanaṃ śrutvā ānandodgatamānasaḥ .. 1 .. > Then, having heard—Śaryāti, stationed in the Valabhī region, / having heard that Cyavana was endowed with youth, his mind overwhelmed with joy, / 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p39) prahṛṣṭaḥ senayā sārddhaṃ sa prāyādbhārgavāśramam .. cyavanaṃ ca sukanyāṃ ca hṛṣṭāṃ deva sutāmiva .. 2 .. > greatly delighted, went with his army to the hermitage of the descendant of Bhṛgu; / and \[he saw\] Cyavana and Sukanyā, delighted like a daughter of the gods. / 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p40) gato mahīpaḥ śaryātiḥ kṛtsnānaṃdamahodadhiḥ .. ṛṣiṇā satkṛtastena sabhāryaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. > King Śaryāti, a great ocean of complete bliss, having arrived, / that ruler of the earth, along with his wife, was honoured by the seer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p41) tatropaviṣṭaḥ kalyāṇīḥ kathāścakre mahāmanāḥ .. 3 .. > Seated there, the noble-minded one engaged in auspicious conversations. / 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p42) athainaṃ bhārgavo devi hyuvāca parisāṃtvayan .. yājayiṣyāmi rājaṃstvāṃ saṃbhārānupakalpaya .. 4 .. > Then the descendant of Bhṛgu, O goddess, spoke to him consolingly: / "O king, I will officiate at a sacrifice for you; prepare the materials!" / 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p43) tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. cyavanasya mahādevi tadvākyaṃ pratyapūjayat .. 5 .. > Then, extremely delighted, king Śaryāti, the ruler of the earth, / worshipped that word of Cyavana, O great goddess. / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p44) praśaste'hani yājñīye sarvakāmasamṛddhimat .. kārayāmāsa śaryātiryajñāyatana muttamam .. 6 .. > On an auspicious day fit for sacrifice, full of abundance of all desires, / Śaryāti caused an excellent sacrificial hall to be built. / 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p45) tatraiva cyavano devi yājayāmāsa bhārgavam .. adbhutāni ca tatrāsanyāni tāni maheśvari .. 7 .. > There indeed, O goddess, Cyavana, the descendant of Bhṛgu, officiated at the sacrifice; / and wonders occurred there, whatever they were, O great goddess. / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p46) 167a > 167a > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p47) agṛhṇāccyavanaḥ somamaśvinordevayostadā .. tamindro vārayāmāsa mā gṛhāṇa tayorgraham .. 8... > Then Cyavana took the soma for the two divine Aśvins. / Indra stopped him: "Do not take the libation-cup for the two!" / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p48) .. indra uvāca .. .. > Indra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p49) ubhāvetau na somārhau nāsatyāviti me matiḥ .. bhiṣa jau devatānāṃ hi karmaṇā tena garhitau .. 9 .. > "These two Nāsatyas are not worthy of soma—such is my opinion. / For they are physicians of the gods, condemned because of that profession." / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p50) .. cyavana uvāca .. .. > Cyavana said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p51) mā'vamaṃsthā mahātmānau rūpadraviṇavarcasau .. yau cakratuśca māmadya vṛṃdā rakamivājaram .. 7.1.282.10 .. > "Do not despise the two great-souled ones, endowed with beauty, wealth, and splendour, / who today made me ageless like a god! / 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p52) samatvenānyadevānāṃ kathaṃ vai nekṣate bhavān.. aśvināvapi devendra devau viddhi paraṃtapa .. 11 .. > Why do you not look upon them as equal to the other gods? / Know the two Aśvins also to be gods, O lord of the gods, O scorcher of foes!" / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.p53) .. indra uvāca .. .. > Indra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.12) cikitsakau karmakarau kāmarūpasamanvitau .. loke caraṃtau martyānāṃ kathaṃ somamihārhataḥ .. 12 > "Healers, manual labourers, able to assume any form at will, / wandering in the world of mortals—how are they worthy of soma here?" / 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.12\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.12_54) .. > .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.12\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.12_55) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13) etadeva yadā vākyamāmreḍayati vāsavaḥ .. anādṛtya tataḥ śakraṃ grahaṃ jagrāha bhārgavaḥ .. 13 > When Indra repeated this very same statement, / disregarding Indra, the descendant of Bhṛgu took the libation-cup. / 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_56) .. > .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_57) grahīṣyaṃtaṃ tataḥ somamaśvinoḥ sattamaṃ tadā .. samīkṣya balabhiddeva idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 14 .. > Seeing that best of beings then about to take the soma for the Aśvins, / the god Indra, slayer of Bala, said this word: / 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_58) ābhyāmarthāya somaṃ tvaṃ grahīṣyasi yadi svayam .. vajraṃ te prahariṣyāmi ghorarūpamanuttamam .. 15 .. > "If you yourself will take the soma for the sake of these two, / I will strike you with the thunderbolt, terrible and unsurpassed." / 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_59) evamuktaḥ svayamindra mabhivīkṣya sa bhārgavaḥ .. jagrāha vidhivatsomamaśvibhyāmuttamaṃ graham .. 16 .. > Being thus addressed, that descendant of Bhṛgu, looking directly at Indra, / took the excellent soma libation-cup for the two Aśvins according to rule. / 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_60) tato'smai prāharatkopādvajramiṃdraḥ śacīpatiḥ .. tasya praharato bāhuṃ staṃbhayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ .. 17 .. > Then in anger Indra, lord of Śacī, hurled his thunderbolt at him; / as he was hurling it, the descendant of Bhṛgu paralysed his arm. / 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_61) staṃbhayitvātha cyavano juhuve mantrato'nalam .. kṛtyārthī sumahātejā devaṃ hiṃsitumudyataḥ .. 18 .. > Having paralysed it, Cyavana of great splendour then offered into the fire with mantras, / seeking to create an evil spirit, intent on destroying the god. / 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_62) tatra kṛtyodbhavo yajñe munestasya tapobalāt .. madonāma mahāvīryo mahākāyo mahāsuraḥ .. 19 .. > Then from the power of that sage's austerity in the sacrifice, a spirit arose, / a great Asura named Mada, of mighty valour and gigantic body, / 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_63) śarīraṃ yasya nirdeṣṭumaśakyaṃ ca surāsuraiḥ .. tasya pramāṇaṃ vapuṣā na tulyamiha vidyate .. 7.1.282.20 .. > whose body could not be described by gods or Asuras; / no equal to the measure of his body exists here. / 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_64) tasyāsyaṃcābhavedghoraṃ daṃṣṭrā durdarśanaṃ mahat .. hanurekaḥ sthitastasya bhūmāveko divaṃ gataḥ .. 21 .. > And his mouth was terrible, dreadful to behold with tusks, and huge: / one jaw rested on the earth, and one reached the sky. / 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.13\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.13_65) catasraścāpi tā daṃṣṭrā yojanānāṃ śataṃśatam .. itare tvasya daśanā babhūburdaśayojanāḥ ..22 .. > And his four curved tusks measured a hundred yojanas each; / but his other teeth were ten yojanas long. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23) prākārasadṛśākārā mūlāgrasamadarśanāḥ .. nāmnā parvatasaṃkāśā ścāyutāyutayojanāḥ .. 23 > Resembling ramparts in appearance, look identical from root to tip, / like mountains by repute, and ten thousand yojanas \[in extent\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_66) .. > .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_67) netre raviśaśiprakhye bhruvāvaṃtakasannibhe .. lelihajjihvayā vaktraṃ vidyuccalitalolayā .. > His two eyes resembled the sun and moon; his eyebrows resembled the god of death; / he repeatedly licked his mouth with a tongue fluttering like lightning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_68) vyāttānano ghoradṛṣṭirgrasanniva jagadbalāt .. 24 .. > mouth agape, terrible in gaze, as though forcefully swallowing the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_69) sa bhakṣayiṣyansaṃkruddhaḥ śatakratumupādravat .. mahatā ghoranādena lokāñchabdena chādayan .. 25 .. > Intending to devour him, enraged, he rushed against Śatakratu, / covering the worlds with his sound through a terrible roar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_70) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmye cyavanena nāsatyayajñabhāgapratirodhakavajra mocanodyataśakranāśāya kṛtyodbhavamadanāmakamahā'surotpādanavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma dvyaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 282 .. .. cha .. .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-second chapter, titled 'The Account of the Creation of the Great Asura Named Mada through Kṛtyā for the Destruction of Śakra Ready to Hurl the Thunderbolt Obstructing the Sacrificial Share of the Nāsatyas by Cyavana,' in the Cyavaneśvara-māhātmya, in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_71) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_72) taṃ dṛṣṭvā ghoravadanaṃ madaṃ devaḥ śatakratuḥ .. āyāṃtaṃ bhakṣayiṣyantaṃ vyāttānanamivāntakam .. 1 .. > Seeing that terrible-faced Mada, the god Śatakratu, / \[seeing him\] coming, about to devour him, with mouth agape like Antaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_73) bhayātstaṃbhitarūpeṇa lelihānaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. praṇato'bravīnmahādevi cyavanaṃ bhayapīḍitaḥ .. 2 .. > paralysed in form with fear, repeatedly licking his lips, / bowed down, O great goddess, and afflicted with terror, said to Cyavana: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_74) somārhāvaśvināvetāvadyaprabhṛti bhārgava .. bhaviṣyataḥ sarvametadvacaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi te .. 3 .. > 'From this day forward, O descendant of Bhṛgu, these two Aśvins shall be worthy of soma; / all this will come to pass; I tell you true words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_75) 167b > \[167b\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_76) mā te mithyā samārambho bhavatvatha tapodhana .. jānāmi cāhaṃ viprarṣe na mithyā tvaṃ kariṣyasi .. 4 .. > Let your undertaking not be in vain, O rich in austerity; / and I know, O brahmin-seer, that you will not act in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_77) somārhāvaśvināvetau yathaivādya tvayā kṛtau .. bhūya eva tu te vīryaṃ prakāśediti bhārgava .. 5 .. > Just as these two Aśvins have today been made worthy of soma by you, / so indeed may your prowess be revealed yet further, O descendant of Bhṛgu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_78) sukanyāyāḥ pituścāsya loke kīrtirbhavediti .. ato mayaitadvihitaṃ tadvīryasya prakāśanam .. > and may there be fame in the world for the father of Sukanyā. / Therefore, this revelation of your prowess was brought about by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_79) tasmātprasādaṃ kuru me bhavatvetadyathecchasi .. 6 .. > Therefore, show me grace; let this be as you desire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_80) evamuktasya śakreṇa cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ .. manyurvyupāramacchīghraṃ mānaścaiva sureśituḥ .. 7 .. > When addressed thus by Śakra, the wrath of high-souled Cyavana / quickly subsided, as did the pride of the lord of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_81) madaṃ ca vyabhajaddevi pāne strīṣu ca vīryavān .. akṣeṣu mṛgayāyāṃ ca pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. > And the mighty \[Cyavana\], O goddess, divided Mada, who was previously created, again and again / into drink, women, dice, and hunting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_82) tathā madaṃ vinikṣipya śakraṃ saṃtarpya ceṃdunā .. 8 .. > Having thus distributed Mada and satisfied Śakra with soma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_83) aśvibhyāṃ sahitānsarvānyājayitvā ca taṃ nṛpam .. vikhyāpya vīryaṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu varavarṇini .. 9 .. > and having caused that king to sacrifice together with all accompanied by the two Aśvins, / having proclaimed his power in all worlds, O lady of fair complexion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_84) sukanyayā mahāraṇye kṣetre'sminvijahāra saḥ .. tasyaitaddevi saṃyuktaṃ cyavaneśvaranāmabhṛt .. 7.1.283.10 .. > he sported with Sukanyā in this sacred field in the great forest. / Linked with him, O goddess, bearing the name Cyavaneśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_85) liṃgaṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ cyava nena pratiṣṭhitam .. pūjayettaṃ vidhānena so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet ..11.. > is the liṅga installed by Cyavana, which removes great sins. / Whoever worships it according to rule obtains the fruit of an Aśvamedha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_86) tasmāccandramasastīrthamṛṣayaḥ paryupāsate .. vaikhānasākhyā ṛṣayo vālakhilyāsta thaiva ca .. 12 .. > Therefore seers wait upon Candramasastīrtha, / seers named Vaikhānasa and likewise Vālakhilyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_87) atrāśvine māsi naraḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. śrāddhaṃ kuryādvidhānena brāhmaṇānbhojayetpṛthak .. > A man who performs a śrāddha here according to rule, particularly on the full moon in the month of Āśvina, / and feeds brahmins separately, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_88) koṭitīrthaphalaṃ tasya bhavennai'vātra saṃśayaḥ .. 13 .. > shall obtain the fruit of ten million tīrthas; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_89) ya imāṃ śṛṇuyāddevi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm .. samastajanmasaṃbhūtātpāpānmukto bhavennaraḥ .. 14 .. > A person who listens to this story which destroys sins, O goddess, / will be liberated from sin generated in all births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_90) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..283 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-third chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Cyavaneśvara,' in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_91) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_92) tato gacchenmahādevi sukanyāsara utamam .. yatrāśvinau nimagnau tau cyavanena sahāṃbike .. > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent pool of Sukanyā, / where the two Aśvins submerged themselves along with Cyavana, O Ambikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_93) samānarūpo hyabhavaccyavano yatra so'śvinā .. 1 .. > where Cyavana became equal in form to the Aśvins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_94) yatra prāptavatī kāmaṃ sukanyā varavarṇinī .. saraḥsnānaprabhāvena tena kanyāsaraḥ smṛtam .. > Where Sukanyā of fair complexion obtained her desire / through the power of bathing in the pool; hence it is called Kanyāsaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_95) tatra snātā śubhā nārī tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 2 .. > An auspicious woman who bathes there, especially on the third lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_96) saptajanmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṃgaṃ na cāpnuyāt .. daridro vikalo dīno nāṃdhastasyā bhavetpatiḥ .. 3 .. > shall not suffer the ruin of her household for seven thousand births, / nor will her husband become poor, deformed, miserable, or blind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_97) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmye sukanyāsaromāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītyuttara dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 284 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Sukanyāsaras,' in the Cyavaneśvara-māhātmya, in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_98) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_99) tato gacchenmahādevi punarnyaṃkumatīṃ nadīm .. tatra kṛtvā gayāśrāddhaṃ goṣpade tīrtha uttame .. 1 .. > Then, O great goddess, one should go again to the Nyaṅkumatī river; / having performed the Gayā-śrāddha there at the excellent Goṣpada tīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_100) tataḥ paśyedvarāhaṃ tu tasmāddharigṛhaṃ vrajet .. tatra mātṛstu saṃpūjya snātvā sāgarasaṃgame .. 2 .. > one should then view Varāha, and from there go to the abode of Hari. / Having worshipped the Mothers there and bathed at the confluence with the ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_101) nyaṃkumatyarṇavopete tataḥ pūrvamanu vrajet .. agasterāśramaṃ divyaṃ kṣudhāharamitismṛtam .. 3 .. > where the Nyaṅkumatī meets the sea, one should then proceed towards the east / to the divine hermitage of Agastya, known as that which removes hunger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_102) yatrelvalaṃ ca vātāpiṃ saṃhṛtya bhagavānmuniḥ .. muktvā''padbhyo brāhmaṇāṃśca tebhyaḥ sthānaṃ tato dadau .. 4 .. > where the venerable sage, having slain Ilvala and Vātāpi, / and having freed the brahmins from dangers, then gave them that place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_103) 168a > \[168a\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_104) agastyāśramametaddhi agastipriyamuttamam .. nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe ramye sarvapātakanāśane .. 5 .. > This is indeed the hermitage of Agastya, beloved of Agasti and most excellent, / on the delightful bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_105) .. devyuvāca .. .. > The goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_106) agastineha vātāpiḥ kimarthamupaśāmitaḥ .. atra vai kiṃprabhāvaśca sa daityo brāhmaṇāṃtakaḥ .. > Why was Vātāpi destroyed here by Agastya? / What was the power of that Daitya who was the destroyer of brahmins here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_107) kimarthaṃ codgato manyuragastestu mahātmanaḥ ..6.. > And for what reason did the anger of high-souled Agasti arise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_108) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_109) ilvalo nāma daityendra āsīdvai varavarṇini .. maṇimatyāṃ purā puryāṃ vātāpistasya cānujaḥ .. 7 .. > Formerly, in the city of Maṇimatī, O lady of fair complexion, there was a lord of Daityas named Ilvala, / and Vātāpi was his younger brother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_110) sa brāhmaṇaṃ tapoyuktamuvāca ditinaṃdanaḥ .. putra me bhagavannekamiṃdratulyaṃ prayacchatu ..8.. > That son of Diti said to a brahmin endowed with austerity: / 'O venerable one, grant me a son equal to Indra.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_111) tasminsa brāhmaṇo naicchatputraṃ dātuṃ tathāvidham .. cukrodha ditijastasya brāhmaṇasya tato bhṛśam .. 9 .. > When that brahmin did not wish to give such a son to him, / the son of Diti became intensely angry with that brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_112) prabhāsakṣetramāsādya sa daityaḥ pāpabuddhimān .. meṣarūpī ca vātāpiḥ kāmarūpo'bhavatkṣaṇāt .. 7.1.285.10 .. > Having arrived at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, that evil-minded Daitya— / and Vātāpi took the form of a ram, capable of assuming any form at will in an instant— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_113) saṃskṛtya bhojayettatra viprānsa ca jighāṃsati .. samā hvayati taṃ vācā gataṃ caiva tataḥ kṣayam .. 11 .. > wishing to kill brahmins there, he would cook \[him\] and feed them; / and then he would summon by speech the one who had met destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_114) sa punardehamāsthāya jīvansma pratyadṛśyata .. tato vātāpirapi taṃ chāgaṃ kṛtvā susaṃskṛtam .. > Assuming his body again, he would appear alive. / Then Vātāpi, having turned himself into a well-cooked goat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_115) brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayitvā tu punareva samāhvayat .. 12 .. > after feeding the brahmin, \[Ilvala\] would summon him again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_116) sa tasya pārśvaṃ nirbhidya brāhmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ .. vātāpiḥ prahasaṃstatra niścakrāma dvijodarāt .. 13 .. > Tearing open the side of that great-souled brahmin, / laughing aloud, Vātāpi came forth there from the twice-born's belly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_117) evaṃ sa brāhmaṇāndevi bhojayitvā punaḥpunaḥ .. vinirbhidyodaraṃ teṣāmevaṃ haṃti dvijānbahūn ..14.. > Thus feeding the brahmins again and again, O goddess, / and bursting open their bellies, he would slay many twice-borns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_118) tato vai brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhayabhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ .. agaste rāśramaṃ jagmuḥ kathayāmāsuragrataḥ .. 15 .. > Then indeed, terrified with fear, all the brahmins fled. / They went to the hermitage of Agastya and spoke before \[him\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_119) bhagavañchṛṇu no vākyamasmākaṃ tu bhayāvaham .. nimaṃtritāḥ sma sarve vā ilvalena vayaṃ prabho .. 16 .. > “O lord, hear our words, bringing terror to us! / We have all been invited, O master, by Ilvala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_120) asmākaṃ mṛtyurūpaṃ tadbhojanaṃ nāsti saṃśayaḥ .. tadasmānrakṣa bhagavanviṣaṇṇāgatacetasaḥ .. 17 .. > That meal is the form of death for us; there is no doubt. / Therefore protect us, O lord, whose minds are dejected and despairing!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_121) tataḥ prabhāsamāsādya yatra tau daityapuṃgavau .. brahmaghrau pāpaniratau dadarśa sa mahāmuniḥ .. 18 .. > Then having arrived at Prabhāsa, where those two foremost daityas were, / killers of brahmins and delighting in sin, that great sage beheld them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_122) vātāpiṃ saṃskṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā meṣarūpaṃ mahāsuram .. uvāca dehi me bhojyaṃ bubhukṣā mama vartate .. 19 .. > Having seen that great asura Vātāpi prepared in the form of a ram, / he said: “Give me food; hunger has come upon me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_123) ityuktau svāgataṃ tatra cakrāte munaye tadā .. bhagavanbhojanaṃ tubhyaṃ dāsye'haṃ bahuvistaram .. > Being thus spoken to, the two then bid welcome to the sage there: / “O lord, I shall give you food in great abundance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_124) kiyanmānastavāhārastāvanmānaṃ pacāmyaham .. 7.1.285.20 .. > Of what measure is your food? So much measure shall I cook.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_125) .. agastya uvāca .. .. > Agastya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_126) annaṃ pacasva daityendra kiṃcittṛptirbhaviṣyati .. evamastviti daityendraḥ pakvamāha mahāmune ..21.. > “Cook the food, O king of daityas; there will be some satisfaction.” / Saying “So be it,” the king of daityas said it was cooked, O great sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_127) āsyatāmāsanamidaṃ bhujyatāṃ svecchayā mune .. ityukto'ghoramaṃtraṃ sa japankalpāṃtakārakam .. > “Let this seat be taken; eat according to your wish, O sage!” / Being thus spoken to, muttering the Aghora mantra that brings about the end of an aeon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_128) dhuryāsanamathāsādya niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ .. 22 .. > and then taking a prominent seat, the great sage sat down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_129) taṃ paryaveṣaddaityeṃdra ilvalaḥ prahasanniva .. śataha stapramāṇena rāśimannasya so'karot .. 23 .. > Ilvala, the king of daityas, served him as if laughing. / He made a heap of food a hundred cubits in measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_130) tato haṣṭamanā'gastyaḥ prāgrasatkavaladvayam .. rūpaṃ kṛtvā mahattadvadyadvatsāgaraśoṣaṇe .. 24 .. > Then, delighted in mind, Agastya swallowed two mouthfuls, / having assumed a vast form just as in the drying up of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_131) samastameva tadbhojyaṃ vātāpiṃ bubhuje tataḥ .. bhuktavatyasuro hvānamakarottasya ilvalaḥ .. 25 .. > Then he consumed the whole of that food, \[namely\] Vātāpi. / When he had eaten, the asura Ilvala called out to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_132) tato'sau dattavānannamagastyasya mahātmanaḥ .. bhasmīcakāra sarvaṃ sa tadannaṃ ca sadānavam ..26.. > Then he who had given the food to the great-souled Agastya— / he reduced to ashes all that food together with the dānava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_133) ilvalaṃ krodhamuṣṭyā tu bhasmīcakre mahāmuniḥ .. tato hāhāravaṃ kṛtvā sarve daityā nanaṃśire .. 27 .. > With a fist of wrath, the great sage reduced Ilvala to ashes. / Then, raising a cry of lamentation, all the daityas perished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_134) 168b > \[Folio\] 168b > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_135) tato'gastyo mahātejā āhūya dvijapuṃgavān .. tatsthānaṃ ca dadau tebhyo daityrānāṃ dravyapūritam.. 28 .. > Then Agastya of great splendor summoned the foremost of the twice-born / and gave them that place, filled with the wealth of the daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_136) kṣudhā hṛtā tato devi tatrāgastyasya dānavaiḥ .. tena kṣudhā haraṃnāma sthānamāsīdvijanmanām .. 29 .. > Because the hunger of Agastya was removed there by the dānavas, O goddess, / therefore there arose the place of the twice-born named Kṣudhāhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_137) tasya paścimabhāge tu nātidūre vyavasthitam .. gaṃgeśvaramiti khyātaṃ gaṃgayā yatpratiṣṭhitam .. 7.1.285.30 .. vātāpibhakṣaṇepūrvamagastyena mahātmanā .. daityasaṃbhakṣaṇotpannasarvapātakaśuddhaye .. > On the western side of it, situated not very far away, / is that known as Gaṅgeśvara, which was established by Gaṅgā. / Formerly, at the eating of Vātāpi, by the great-souled Agastya, / for the purification of all sin born of consuming the daitya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_138) samāhūtā mahādevi gaṃgāpātakanāśinī .. 31 .. > Gaṅgā, the destroyer of sin, was summoned, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_139) tato devi samā yātā gaṃgā pātakanāśinī .. śuddhiṃ cakāra tasyarṣestatra sthāne sthitā'bhavat ..32.. > Then, O goddess, Gaṅgā, the destroyer of sin, arrived. / She effected the purification of that ṛṣi and remained standing in that place, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_140) agastyasyā''śrame ramye nṛṇāṃ pāpabhayāpahe .. tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā abhakṣyodbhavapātakāt.. > in the charming hermitage of Agastya, which removes the fear of sin for men. / Having seen Gaṅgeśvara there, from the sin arising from eating the uneatable > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_141) mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ snānadānajapādinā .. 33 .. > one is freed through ritual ablution, giving of gifts, muttering of mantras, and the like; there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_142) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathameprabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nyaṃkumatīmāhātmye'gastyāśramagaṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 285 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-fifth chapter, titled “Description of the Māhātmya of Agastya's Hermitage and Gaṅgeśvara,” in the Māhātmya of Nyaṅkumatī, in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_143) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_144) tato gacchenmahādevi bālārkaṃ pāpanāśanam .. agastyāśramato devi uttare nātidūrataḥ .. 1 .. > Then one should go, O great goddess, to Bālārka, which destroys sins, / not very far to the north from the hermitage of Agastya, O goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_145) bāla eva tu yatrārkastapastepe purā priye .. tena bālārka ityetannāma khyātaṃ dharātale .. 2 .. > where the sun, while still a boy, formerly performed austerity, O dear one; / therefore this name “Bālārka” became famous on the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_146) taṃ dṛṣṭvā ravivāreṇa na kuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ .. bālānāṃ rogajā pīḍā na saṃbhūyātkadācana .. 3 .. > Beholding him on a Sunday, a man does not become afflicted with leprosy; / the suffering born of disease among children shall never occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_147) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 286 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-sixth chapter, titled “Description of the Māhātmya of Bālārka,” in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_148) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_149) tato gacchenmahādevi ajāpāleśvarīṃ śubhām .. agastyasthānapūrveṇa nātidūre vyavasthitām .. 1 .. > Then one should go, O great goddess, to auspicious Ajāpāleśvarī, / situated not very far to the east of the site of Agastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_150) raghuvaṃśasamudbhūto hyajāpālo nṛpottamaḥ .. sa tatra devī mārādhya pāparogavaśaṃkarīm .. 2 > Ajāpāla, the best of kings, was born in the lineage of Raghu; / he, having worshipped the goddess there, who subjugates sins and diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_151) .. ### [8.9.23\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_152) ajārūpāṃśca rogānvai cārayāmāsa bhūmipaḥ .. tatra tāṃ sthāpayāmāsa svanāmnā pāpanāśinīm ... .. 3 .. > the king indeed grazed the diseases that had assumed the form of goats. / There he installed that destroyer of sin under his own name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_153) yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā tṛtīyāyāṃ vidhānataḥ .. bala burddhiyaśo vidyāṃ saubhāgyaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ .. 4 .. > A man who worships her with devotion according to the rite on the third lunar day / shall attain strength, intellect, fame, learning, and good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_154) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'jāpāleśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ta. 287 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-seventh chapter, titled “Description of the Māhātmya of Ajāpāleśvarī,” in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_155) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_156) tato gacchenmahādevi bālādityamiti śrutam .. agatsyasthānataḥ pūrve gavyūtidvitayena tu.. 1 .. > Then one should go, O great goddess, to that known as Bālāditya, / two gavyūtis to the east of the site of Agastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_157) sthānaṃ sapāṭikānāma tasyadakṣiṇataḥ sthitam .. gavyūtimātraṃ deveśi bālārka iti viśrutam .. 2 .. > To the south of that place named Sapāṭikā is situated, / at a distance of a single gavyūti, O ruler of the gods, the one well known as Bālārka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_158) yatra cārādhitā vidyā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā .. saṃsthāpya liṃgatritayaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tathā ravim .. 3 .. > where learning was worshipped by the wise Viśvāmitra; / having set up a triad of liṅgas and having likewise installed the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_159) vidyāyāḥ sādhanaṃ cakre siddhiṃ sūryādavāptavān . bālādityeti tenāsau tataḥ khyātimagātprabhuḥ .. 4 .. > he performed the accomplishment of the lore and attained perfection from the sun. / Therefore that lord attained renown as “Bālāditya” from that time on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_160) 169a > \[Folio\] 169a > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_161) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi bhāskarapāpataskaram.. na dāridryamavāpnoti yāvajjīvati mānavaḥ .. 5 .. > Beholding him, O goddess, the sun that steals away sins, / a man does not suffer poverty as long as he lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_162) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 288 .. .. .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-eighth chapter, titled “Description of the Māhātmya of Bālārka,” in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_163) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_164) tasyaiva dakṣiṇe devi tasmādgavyūtimātrataḥ .. pātālagāminī gaṃgā saṃsthitā pāpanāśinī .. 1 .. > To the south of that very place, O goddess, just a gavyūti away from it, / the Gaṅgā flowing to Pātāla is situated, destroying sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_165) viśvāmitreṇa cāhūtā snānārthaṃ varavarṇini .. tatra snātvā mahādevi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 2 .. > And it was invoked by Viśvāmitra for bathing, O lady of fair complexion! / Having bathed there, O great goddess, one is freed from all sins. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_166) tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitreśvaraṃ tathā .. bāleśvaraṃ ca saṃprekṣya sarvānkāmāna vāpnuyāt .. 3 .. > Seeing Gaṅgeśvara there, and likewise Viśvāmitreśvara, / and beholding Bāleśvara, one obtains all desires. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_167) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bālārkamāhātmye pātāla gaṃgeśvaraviśvāmitreśvarabāleśvarābhidhaliṃgatrayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonanavatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 289 .. cha .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-ninth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of the Three Liṅgas Named Pātālagaṅgeśvara, Viśvāmitreśvara, and Bāleśvara" in the Greatness of Bālārka in the Greatness of Prabhāsakṣetra, the first \[part\] in the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[book\] in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 289 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_168) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_169) tato gacchenmahādevi kuberasthānamuttamam .. yatra siddhaḥ purā devi kubero dhanado'bhavat .. 1 .. > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme abode of Kubera, / where of old, O goddess, Kubera became perfected as Dhanada. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_170) brāhmaṇaścaurarūpeṇa tatra sthāne'vasatpurā .. sa ca me bhaktiyogena purā vai dhanadaḥ kṛtaḥ.. 2 .. > Of old, a brahmin in the form of a thief dwelt in that place; / and by devotion to me he was indeed made Dhanada of old. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_171) .. devyuvāca .. .. > The goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_172) kathaṃ sa brāhmaṇo bhūtvā caurarūpo narādhamaḥ .. tanme kathaya deveśa dhanadaḥ sa yathā'bhavat .. 3 .. > How did he, having been a brahmin, become a thief, the lowest of men? / Tell me that, O Lord of the gods, how he became Dhanada. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_173) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_174) tasminnarthe mahādevi yadvṛttaṃ cauttameṃ'tare .. kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ śivamāhātmyasūcakam .. 4 .. > Regarding that matter, O great goddess, what happened in the reign of Uttama \[Manu\], / I will narrate all that, indicating the greatness of Śiva. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_175) kaścidāsīddvijo devi devaśarmeti viśrutaḥ .. prabhāsakṣetranilayo nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe'vasat .. 5 .. > There was a certain twice-born, O goddess, renowned by the name Devaśarman; / residing in the Prabhāsakṣetra, he dwelt on the bank of the Nyaṅkumatī. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_176) putrakṣetrakalatrādivyāpāraikarataḥ sadā .. vihāyātha sa gārhasthyaṃ dhanārthaṃ lobha mohitaḥ .. > Ever devoted solely to business concerning his sons, fields, wife, and the like, / he then abandoned householdership, deluded by greed for wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_177) pracacāra mahīmetāṃ sagrāmanagarāṃtarām .. 6 .. > he wandered through this earth along with its villages and towns. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_178) bhāryā tasya vilolākṣī tasya gehādvinirgatā .. svacchaṃdacāriṇī nityaṃ nityaṃ cānaṃgamo hitā .. 7 .. > His wife, having tremulous eyes, went out from his house; / always wandering at her own will, she was continually infatuated by love. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_179) tasyāṃ kadācitputrastu śūdrājjāto vidhervaśāt .. duṣṭātmā'tīva nirmukto nāmnā duḥsaha ityataḥ .. 8 .. > From her, by the power of destiny, a son was once born from a śūdra; / extremely wicked-minded, unrestrained, he was therefore named Duḥsaha. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_180) so'tha kālena mahatā nāmakarmapra vartitaḥ .. vyasanopahataḥ pāpastyakto bandhujanaistathā .. 9 > Then, with the passage of much time, he engaged in deeds fitting his name; / stricken by vices, sinful, he was abandoned likewise by his kinsfolk. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_181) .. > .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_182) pūjopakaraṇaṃ dravyaṃ sa kasmiṃścicchivālaye .. bahudoṣāmukhe dṛṣṭvā hartukāmo'viśattataḥ... .. 7.1.290.10.. > Seeing in a certain temple of Śiva wealth serving as articles of worship, / at the beginning of the thick of night, desiring to steal it, he entered then. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_183) yāvaddīpo gataprāyo vartticchedo'bhavatkila .. tāvattena daśā dattā dravyānveṣaṇakāraṇāt .. 11 .. > As the lamp was almost extinguished, its wick about to be cut, / a wick was offered by him for the sake of searching for the wealth. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_184) prabuddhaścotthitastatra devapūjākaro naraḥ .. ko'yaṃ koyamiti proccairvyāharatparighāyudhaḥ ..12.. > Awakened, the man performing the worship of the deity rose there; / holding an iron bar as a weapon, he cried out loudly: "Who is this? Who is this?" // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_185) sa ca prāṇabhayānnaṣṭaḥ śūdrajaścāpi mūḍhadhīḥ .. vinindannātmano janma karma cāpi suduḥkhita..13.. > And he, born of a śūdra, fled out of fear for his life, dull-witted, / reviling his own birth and deeds, exceedingly sorrowful. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_186) purapālairhato'vanyāṃ mṛtaḥ kālādabhūcca saḥ.. gaṃdhāraviṣaye rājā khyāto nāmnā sudurmukhaḥ..14.. > Struck down on the earth by the city guards, he died from the passage of time. / He became a king in the region of Gandhāra, celebrated by the name Sudurmukha. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_187) gītavādyaratastatra veśyāsu nirato bhṛśam.. prajopadravakṛnmūrkhaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ .. 15 .. > There, fond of singing and instrumental music, he was exceedingly attached to courtesans; / causing distress to his subjects, foolish, he was excluded from all dharma. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_188) 169b > 169b > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_189) kintvarcayansadaivāsau liṃgaṃ rājyakramāgatam .. puṣpasragdhūpanaivedyagaṃdhādibhiramantravat ..16 .. > Nevertheless, he constantly worshipped the liṅga inherited through his royal lineage / without mantras, using flower garlands, incense, food offerings, perfumes, and the like. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_190) mukhyeṣu ca sadā kāle devatāyataneṣu ca .. dadyātsa bahulāndīpānvartibhiśca samujjvalān .. 17 .. > And at principal times, in the temples of the deities, / he would always offer abundant lamps, blazing with wicks. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_191) kadācinmṛgayāsakto babhrāma sa ca vīryavān.. prabhāsa kṣetramāgātya pūrvasaṃskārabhāvitaḥ .. 18 > Once, intent on hunting, that powerful man roamed about; / coming to Prabhāsakṣetra, influenced by former impressions, // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_192) .. > .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_193) parairabhihato yuddhe nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe .. śivapūjāvidhānena vidhvastāśeṣapātakaḥ .. 19 > struck down in battle by enemies on the auspicious bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, / his entire sins destroyed by the performance of Śiva's worship, // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_194) .. > .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_195) tato viśra vasaścāsau putro'bhūdbhuvi viśrutaḥ .. yaḥ sa eva mahātejāḥ sarvayajñādhipo balī .. 7.1.290.20 .. > he then became the son of Viśravas, renowned upon the earth; / he who was that very one of great splendour, the powerful lord of all sacrifices, // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_196) kubera iti dharmātmā śrutaśīlasamanvitaḥ .. liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayā māsa nyaṃkumatyāśca pūrvataḥ .. 21 .. > righteous, endowed with learning and good conduct, named Kubera; / he installed a liṅga to the east of the Nyaṅkumatī, // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.9.23\_197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9.23_197) kauberātpaścime bhāge somanātheti viśrutam .. saṃpūjya ca yatheśānaṃ nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe .. > to the west of the sanctuary of Kubera, renowned as Somanātha; / and having properly worshipped Īśāna on the auspicious bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 1,856 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.8.9.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.124.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.8.9) · Pramāṇa