[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 # Skandapurana 4 English (machine translation) 4 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [4.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0) — 56 parts - [4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.57) — 1 part - [4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.58) — 471 parts - [4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.59) — 300 parts - [4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.60) — 102 parts - [4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.61) — 511 parts - [4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.62) — 242 parts - [4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.63) — 191 parts - [4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.64) — 248 parts - [4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.65) — 177 parts - [4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.66) — 4 parts - [4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.67) — 70 parts - [4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.68) — 180 parts - [4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.69) — 369 parts - [4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.70) — 197 parts - [4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.71) — 243 parts - [4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.72) — 230 parts - [4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.73) — 378 parts - [4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.74) — 250 parts - [4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.75) — 100 parts - [4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.76) — 344 parts - 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[4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.90) — 53 parts - [4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.91) — 1 part - [4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.92) — 64 parts - [4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.93) — 76 parts - [4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.94) — 116 parts - [4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.95) — 153 parts - [4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.96) — 429 parts - [4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.97) — 562 parts - [4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.98) — 200 parts - [4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.99) — 150 parts - [4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.100) — 278 parts - [4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.101) — 106 parts - [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1) — 175 parts - [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.2) — 232 parts - [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.3) — 83 parts - [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.4) — 2 parts - [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.5) — 222 parts - [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6) — 151 parts - [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.7) — 120 parts - [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.8) — 237 parts - [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.9) — 197 parts - [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.10) — 302 parts - [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.11) — 334 parts - [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.12) — 208 parts - [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.13) — 345 parts - [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.14) — 159 parts - 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[4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.54) — 175 parts - [4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.55) — 126 parts - [4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.56) — 177 parts ### [4.0.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p1) Chapter 1 ### [4.0.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p2) Chapter 2 ### [4.0.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p3) Chapter 3 ### [4.0.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p4) Chapter 4 ### [4.0.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p5) Chapter 5 ### [4.0.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p6) Chapter 6 ### [4.0.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p7) Chapter 7 ### [4.0.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p8) Chapter 8 ### [4.0.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p9) Chapter 9 ### [4.0.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p10) Chapter 10 ### [4.0.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p11) Chapter 11 ### [4.0.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p12) Chapter 12 ### [4.0.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p13) Chapter 13 ### [4.0.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p14) Chapter 14 ### [4.0.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p15) Chapter 15 ### [4.0.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p16) Chapter 16 ### [4.0.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p17) Chapter 17 ### [4.0.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p18) Chapter 18 ### [4.0.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p19) Chapter 19 ### [4.0.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p20) Chapter 20 ### [4.0.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p21) Chapter 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Chapter 33 ### [4.0.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p34) Chapter 34 ### [4.0.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p35) Chapter 35 ### [4.0.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p36) Chapter 36 ### [4.0.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p37) Chapter 37 ### [4.0.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p38) Chapter 38 ### [4.0.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p39) Chapter 39 ### [4.0.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p40) Chapter 40 ### [4.0.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p41) Chapter 41 ### [4.0.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p42) Chapter 42 ### [4.0.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p43) Chapter 43 ### [4.0.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p44) Chapter 44 ### [4.0.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p45) Chapter 45 ### [4.0.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p46) Chapter 46 ### [4.0.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p47) Chapter 47 ### [4.0.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p48) Chapter 48 ### [4.0.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p49) Chapter 49 ### [4.0.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p50) Chapter 50 ### [4.0.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p51) Chapter 51 ### [4.0.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p52) Chapter 52 ### [4.0.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p53) Chapter 53 ### [4.0.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p54) Chapter 54 ### [4.0.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p55) Chapter 55 ### [4.0.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.0.p56) Chapter 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[4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.69) Chapter 69 ### [4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.70) Chapter 70 ### [4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.71) Chapter 71 ### [4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.72) Chapter 72 ### [4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.73) Chapter 73 ### [4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.74) Chapter 74 ### [4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.75) Chapter 75 ### [4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.76) Chapter 76 ### [4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.77) Chapter 77 ### [4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.78) Chapter 78 ### [4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.79) Chapter 79 ### [4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.80) Chapter 80 ### [4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.81) Chapter 81 ### [4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.82) Chapter 82 ### [4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.83) Chapter 83 ### [4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.84) Chapter 84 ### [4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.85) Chapter 85 ### [4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.86) Chapter 86 ### [4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.87) Chapter 87 ### [4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.88) Chapter 88 ### [4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.89) Chapter 89 ### [4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.90) Chapter 90 ### [4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.91) Chapter 91 ### [4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.92) Chapter 92 ### [4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.93) Chapter 93 ### [4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.94) Chapter 94 ### [4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.95) Chapter 95 ### [4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.96) Chapter 96 ### [4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.97) Chapter 97 ### [4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.98) Chapter 98 ### [4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.99) Chapter 99 ### [4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.100) Chapter 100 ### [4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.101) Table of Contents ### [4.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.102) Note on Kāśī ### [4.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.103) Single file source of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa ### [4.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.1) Homage to glorious Gaṇeśa. ### [4.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.2) We venerate that great lord, the beloved child of Maheśāna, ### [4.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.3) Gaṇeśa, whose face is like the leader of elephants, free from all affliction. (1) ### [4.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.4) Though standing on earth, it is not part of this world; though situated below, it is higher than heaven; / though bound to the earth, it grants liberation; and creatures who die in it become immortal. ### [4.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.5) It is constantly served by the gods on the bank of the river that purifies the three worlds: / may that Kāśī, the royal city of Tripura's foe, protect the universe from calamity! (2) ### [4.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.6) Homage to that Maheśa, on the pretext of the three twilights, ### [4.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.7) before whom the lords of the three worlds constantly come and go. (3) ### [4.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.8) The author of the eighteen Purāṇas, the son of Satyavatī, ### [4.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.9) narrated this tale that removes sin before Sūta. (4) ### [4.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.10) Glorious Vyāsa said: ### [4.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.11) Once the illustrious Nārada, having bathed in the waters of the glorious Narmadā ### [4.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.12) and worshiped the glorious Oṃkāra, who gives everything to all embodied beings, (5) ### [4.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.13) as he walked, beheld before him the Vindhya mountain, ### [4.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.14) which removes the distress of worldly existence and is adorned by the waters of the Revā, (6) ### [4.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.15) making this earth—both in its stationary form and its moving form— ### [4.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.16) truly merit its name of 'possessor of wealth' (vasumatī) by virtue of its abundant splendor: (7) ### [4.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.17) an abode of sweetness with mango trees, dispelling sorrow with aśoka trees, ### [4.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.18) adorned everywhere with palmyra, tamāla, hintāla, and sāla trees; (8) ### [4.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.19) resembling an aerial city with its betel-nut trees, truly blessed with bilva fruits, ### [4.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.20) endowed with great beauty by its agallochum trees, tawny like monkeys with monkey-fruit trees; (9) ### [4.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.21) charming with lakuca fruits resembling the breasts of the forest's beauty, ### [4.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.22) illuminated by plantain trees providing fruits sweet as nectar; (10) ### [4.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.23) displaying beauty like a courtly pavilion with vibrant orange trees, ### [4.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.24) abundantly filled with reeds, lemons, and pomegranates; (11) ### [4.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.25) where the wind-swayed kaṅkola vines seemed to dance a hallīsaka dance, ### [4.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.26) a veritable abode of playful dancing with the delicate grace of lavalī creepers; (12) ### [4.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.27) as if beckoning weary travelers to rest ### [4.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.28) by gestures of gently swaying leaves of camphor-banana plants; (13) ### [4.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.29) as if, like an eminent man, with sprout-like fingers of punnāga branches ### [4.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.30) gently touching the breast-like cluster of trembling jasmine flowers; (14) ### [4.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.31) revealing its impassioned heart with split pomegranates, ### [4.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.32) as if embracing the mādhavī creeper in the form of a husband in the woods; (15) ### [4.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.33) with sky-reaching cluster fig trees garlanded with countless fruits, ### [4.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.34) resembling the serpent Ananta bearing millions of cosmic eggs on every side; (16) ### [4.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.35) covered with jackfruit trees resembling forest snouts, parrot-beaked trees, and palāśa trees, ### [4.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.36) as if shedding their leaves out of sympathy for separated lovers starved of food; (17) ### [4.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.37) as if bristling with goosebumps upon seeing the nīpa trees that rival the kadamba... ### [4.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.38) shining on all sides with clusters of kadamba trees, ### [4.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.39) adorned with nameru trees like the high peaks of Meru, ### [4.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.40) and with rājādana and madana trees, as if with the dwellings of lovers, ### [4.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.41) covered on every slope with lofty cloth-like tents formed by dense banyan trees, ### [4.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.42) resplendent with clusters of kuṭaja blossoms, as if occupied by herons, ### [4.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.43) with karamarda, karīra, karaja, and karambaka plants, ### [4.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.44) shining like the thousand-rayed \[sun\] with its hands extended toward suppliants, ### [4.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.45) as if lustrated with lamps by blazing campaka buds, ### [4.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.46) and surpassing the beauty of lotus ponds with flowering silk-cotton trees, ### [4.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.47) in some places with tall pīpal trees, in others with golden ketaka blossoms, ### [4.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.48) and adorned here and there with kṛtamāla and naktamāla trees, ### [4.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.49) beautified with karkandhu, bandhujīva, and putrajīva trees, ### [4.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.50) with tinduka, ingudī, and karuṇa trees—an abode of compassion— / as if constantly worshipping Hara, who bears the form of the earth, ### [4.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.51) with pearls dropped from his own hands in the form of falling madhūka blossoms, ### [4.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.52) as if fanned by fans with sarja, arjuna, añjana, and bījaka trees, ### [4.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.53) as if holding up an umbrella in the sky with coconut and date palms, ### [4.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.54) with abundant neem trees, with mandāras and kovidāras, ### [4.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.55) with pāṭalā, tamarind, ghoṇṭā, śākhoṭa, and karahāṭaka trees, ### [4.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.56) with tall śehuṇḍas, castors, and guḍapuṣpas, ### [4.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.57) and with bakula and tilaka trees, its summit marked as if with a sectarian mark, ### [4.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.58) with akṣa, plakṣa, and śallakī trees, and with deodar and pine trees, ### [4.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.59) resplendent with trees and creepers that are ever fruit-bearing and ever flowering, ### [4.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.60) covered with groves of cardamom, cloves, black pepper, and kulañjana, ### [4.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.61) extolled for its rose-apples, hog-plums, marking-nuts, śelu, and śrīparṇī trees, ### [4.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.62) delightful with woods of teak and sandalwood, with white sandalwood and red sandalwood, ### [4.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.63) adorned with groves of myrobalan, karṇikāra, and āmlakī, ### [4.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.64) overspread with hundreds of grapevines, betel vines, and long-pepper creepers, ### [4.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.65) fragrant with jasmine, yūthikā, kunda, and madayantī, ### [4.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.66) adorned with mālatī flowers having swarms of bees hovering about, ### [4.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.67) like Kṛṣṇa who came under the guise of a black bee to sport many times with the gopīs, ### [4.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.68) crowded with various herds of wild beasts, resonant with diverse birds, ### [4.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.69) surrounded everywhere by varied rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds, ### [4.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.70) inhabited by hosts of various gods who, having abandoned the celestial realms of meager splendour, ### [4.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.71) had come, as it were, out of a desire for all-around enjoyment, ### [4.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.72) as if offering water of welcome on all sides with leaves and flowers, ### [4.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.73) and greeting him from afar, as it were, with the cries of peacocks. ### [4.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.74) Then, having seen Nārada, who possessed the splendor of a hundred suns / and illuminated the sky in the firmament, ### [4.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.75) the mountain went forward from afar to meet him. ### [4.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.76) The darkness in his caves was dispelled by the radiance of the son of Brahmā's body; ### [4.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.77) seeing him approach, he cast away the darkness of his mind. ### [4.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.78) His trepidation was born from Brahmā's radiance; he offered virtuous hospitality: ### [4.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.79) though hard, he cast off \[hardness\] and truly assumed softness. ### [4.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.80) Seeing his softness, despite his double nature, Nārada ### [4.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.81) rejoiced exceedingly; the minds of the virtuous are won over by humble deference. ### [4.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.82) Seeing one come to his home, whether a venerable elder or not an elder, ### [4.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.83) he who, not being heavy, displays humility is truly great; the heavy one is not great. ### [4.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.84) Toward him, though his peak was high, he lowered his neck, ### [4.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.85) and the mountain, touching the earth with his head, bowed to the great sage. ### [4.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.86) Raising him up with both hands and greeting him with blessings, ### [4.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.87) \[Nārada\] sat upon the seat indicated by him, exalted even beyond the mind. ### [4.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.88) With curd, honey, clarified butter, water, unbroken wet barley grains, and dūrvā grass, ### [4.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.89) with sesamum, kuśa grass, and blossoms, he worshipped him with the eightfold offering of water. ### [4.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.90) Having received the offering of water, seeing that he was tired, \[and making him\] relieved of fatigue / by massaging his feet and other services, ### [4.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.91) the mountain, bowing low, then spoke: ### [4.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.92) “Today, in an instant, the dust \[of my passion\] has been removed by the dust of your feet, ### [4.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.93) and internal darkness too has been swiftly removed by the splendor clinging to your body. ### [4.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.94) Today my prosperity has borne fruit, and today is an auspicious day for me, O sage; ### [4.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.95) today fruit has been borne by the meritorious deeds performed and accumulated by me long ago. ### [4.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.96) Today my status as a mountain will become respected by the wielder of the thunderbolt.” ### [4.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.1.97) Hearing this, the sage then paused a little, drawing a deep breath. _First 200 of 11,185 passages. 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