[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt) › 4.18 # Skandapurana 4.18 English (machine translation) 4.18 - **Language:** English ### [4.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.1) Agasti said: ### [4.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.2) Hearing this delightful story, Śivaśarman, a native of Mathurā, ### [4.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.3) having bathed well in Muktipurī and breathed his last in Māyāpurī, ### [4.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.4) then made the sphere of the Seven Seers a guest to his eyes, ### [4.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.5) as he traveled to the world of Viṣṇu, because in the end he had beheld the city of Viṣṇu. ### [4.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.6) And he spoke, serene at heart, praised by bards and panegyrists, ### [4.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.7) entreated by divine maidens: “Stay, do stay for a moment!” ### [4.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.8) \[The maidens\], standing among the daughters \[of the gods\], sighed: “Ah, we are unfortunate, ### [4.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.9) since he, the most virtuous of men, has departed to the most sacred worlds.” ### [4.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.10) Hearing these words from their mouths, he, seated on the aerial chariot, \[asked\]: ### [4.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.11) “O two divine beings, whose is this peerless, auspicious world full of light?” ### [4.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.12) Hearing the brahmin's words, the two best of gaṇas replied: ### [4.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.13) “O Śivaśarman of Śaiva resolve, the pure Seven Seers always ### [4.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.14) dwell here, appointed by the Creator of creatures to generate offspring: ### [4.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.15) Marīci, Atri, Pulaha, Pulastya, Kratu, Aṅgiras, ### [4.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.16) and the exalted Vasiṣṭha—the mind-born sons of Brahmā. ### [4.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.17) These are determined in the Purāṇa as the seven Brahmās. ### [4.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.18) Saṃbhūti, Anasūyā, Kṣamā, Prīti, Sannati, ### [4.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.19) Smṛti, and Ūrjā are, in order, their wives, the mothers of the world. ### [4.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.20) And by their austerity this threefold world is sustained. ### [4.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.21) Having brought them forth formerly, Brahmā said to these great seers: ### [4.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.22) ‘O sons, diligently generate progeny of manifold forms!’ ### [4.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.23) Then, having bowed to Brahmā, resolved upon austerity, ### [4.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.24) they reached Avimukta, the sacred field presided over by the Knower of the Field, ### [4.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.25) which was never forsaken by Śiva for the liberation of all creatures. ### [4.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.26) And having installed liṅgas marked with their own names, ### [4.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.27) they performed intense, fierce austerity with supreme devotion to Śiva. ### [4.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.28) Pleased by their austerity, Śambhu granted them the rank of Prajāpatis. ### [4.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.29) Having diligently beheld the liṅgas beginning with Atrīśvara in Kāśī, ### [4.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.30) they dwell here in the world of the Prajāpatis, blazing with brilliant radiance. ### [4.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.31) Installed on the western bank of the lake of Gokarṇeśa, ### [4.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.32) beholding the Atrīśvara liṅga, one's brahminical splendor increases. ### [4.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.33) To the northeast of the Karkoṭa well is the excellent pool of Marīci; ### [4.18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.34) bathing there with devotion, a man shines like the sun. ### [4.18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.35) Moreover, the liṅga named Marīcīśvara is installed there; ### [4.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.36) from the sight of that liṅga, O brahmin, one attains the world of Marīci. ### [4.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.37) In radiance like the sun, that bull among men shines resplendent. ### [4.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.38) Pulaheśa and Pulastyeśa are to the west of Svargadvāra; ### [4.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.39) having seen them, a person is glorified in the world of the Prajāpatis. ### [4.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.40) Having beheld Āṅgiraseśvara in the delightful Harikeśa forest, ### [4.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.41) a man dwells in this world, O brahmin, endowed with blazing splendor. ### [4.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.42) Having seen Vāsiṣṭheśvara on the charming bank of the Varaṇā, ### [4.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.43) and Kratvīśvara right there, one obtains residence here. ### [4.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.44) These liṅgas in Kāśī, honored by those desiring welfare, ### [4.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.45) grant what is wished for in the heart, both in this world and the next.” ### [4.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.46) The two gaṇas said: ### [4.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.47) “O highly fortunate Śivaśarman, here abides that beautiful woman, ### [4.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.48) the exceedingly holy Arundhatī, devoted to wifely fidelity, ### [4.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.49) by merely remembering whom one obtains the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā. ### [4.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.50) Accompanied by two or three pure female attendants of the inner chambers, the all-pervading Lord, ### [4.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.51) the god Nārāyaṇa, ever joyfully conversed of her ### [4.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.52) in front of Kamalā, deeply pleased by her wifely fidelity: ### [4.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.53) ‘O Kamalā, pure-hearted one! Among devoted wives, such as Arundhatī is, ### [4.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.54) none other is anywhere, O lovely woman! ### [4.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.55) There is no such beauty, no such character, no such noble pedigree, ### [4.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.56) no such skill in the arts, no such attendance upon the husband, ### [4.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.57) no sweetness, no profundity, nor pleasing of elders, ### [4.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.58) such as Arundhatī possesses, O goddess, in any other woman anywhere, O dear one! ### [4.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.59) Blessed are those women in the world, fortunate and pure of intellect, ### [4.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.60) who utter even the name of Arundhatī on any occasion. ### [4.18.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.61) Whenever talk of devoted wives takes place in our abode, ### [4.18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.62) then this chaste woman adorns the first rank.” / As the two attendants of Viṣṇu were thus holding their delightful conversation, ### [4.18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.63) the realm of Dhruva then presented itself as a guest to the eyes, unmistakably real. // 31 ### [4.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18.64) Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, named “The Description of the Realm of the Seven Seers,” in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 18 ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.18.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.18) · Pramāṇa