Skandapurana 4.4.16_1

4.4.16_1

"A certain mountain named Vindhya has blocked the path of the sun. / It has grown out of rivalry with Meru; please check its growth! / Those who are hard by nature, those who obstruct the path, / and those who grow out of rivalry—their heightened growth brings misfortune." / Hearing these words of the preceptor, without deliberating, the great sage / collected himself for a moment and replied, "So be it." / "I shall accomplish your purpose," [said Agastya,] sending away the gods. / Then, falling into deep thought once more, Agastya turned his mind to meditation. / Vedavyāsa said: / Hearing this chapter on the devoted wife, a woman or a man, / casting off the slough of sin, shall go to the world of Indra. / Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'The Narrative of the Devoted Wife,' in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.