[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Minor Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa) › [Of Sūrya and Gaṇeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya) › [Mudgalapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala) › 3.32 # Mudgalapurana 3.32: dhanakasya vratopadeśo nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ Mudgalapurāṇa 3.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.7) — 1 part - [3.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.33) — 1 part - [3.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.57) — 2 parts ### dhanakasya vratopadeśo nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ### [3.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.p1) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || > Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.1) mudgala uvāca | yadorapyabhavan putrāścatvāro devasannibhāḥ | sahastrajittathā jyeṣṭhastasya putro babhūva ha || > Mudgala said: / Yadu also had four sons resembling gods; / Sahasrajit was his eldest son, indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.2) śatajinnāma vikhyātastasya putrāstrayo'bhavan | hihayaśca hayaścaiva vapurhaya udāhṛtaḥ || > He had a son celebrated by the name Śatajit, who had three sons: / Haihaya, Haya, and Vapurhaya is declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.3) hihayasyā'bhavat putro dharma ityabhiviśrutaḥ | tasya netrastasya kuntiḥ sohañjistatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ || > Haihaya had a son well known as Dharma; / his \[son\] was Netra; his was Kunti; Sohañji is recorded as his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.4) so hañjerabhavat putro mahiṣmānnāma pārthivaḥ | māhiṣmatī ca nagarī vāsitā yena bhūbhujā || > Sohañji had a son, the ruler of the earth named Mahiṣmant, / by which king the city of Māhiṣmatī was founded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.5) tasya putro bhadraseno durmadastatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ | dhanakaścā'paro dhīmān mukhyo'bhūttatra pārthivaḥ || > His son was Bhadrasena; Durmada is recorded as his son; / and another was the wise Dhanaka, who became the chief king there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.6) dhanakādabhavan putrāścatvāro lokaviśrutāḥ | kṛtavīryaḥ kṛtāgniśca kṛtavarmā tataḥ smṛtaḥ || > From Dhanaka were born four sons world-renowned: / Kṛtavīrya, Kṛtāgni, and next is remembered Kṛtavarman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.7) kṛtaujāśca tathā dakṣa tatra jyeṣṭhaḥ pratāpavān | babhūva dānaśīlaśca kṛtavīryo mahīpatiḥ || > and likewise Kṛtaujas, O Dakṣa. Among them the eldest, majestic / and given to generosity, was King Kṛtavīrya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.7.p1) tena vai pṛthivīmadhye caturthī kṛṣṇagā'parā | ( > By him on the earth, the other, dark-fortnight fourth \[lunar day\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.8) khaṃ. 3 a. 32 pāna 71) prakāśitā prajāpāla svargāt sarvaśubhapradā || > \[khaṇḍa 3, adhyāya 32, page 71\] which grants all auspicious things, O protector of creatures, was made known from heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.9) dakṣa uvāca | kathaṃ tena nṛpālena caturthī bhūmimaṇḍale | samānītā mahāyogin vada tasya caritrakam || > Dakṣa said: / How was that fourth \[lunar day\] brought to the circle of the earth / by that king, O great yogin? Tell of his deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.10) śrutvā kathāmṛtaṃ svāmin harṣaścetasi vardhate | ato vistarabhāvena kathayasva kathānakam || > Hearing the nectar of the tale, O lord, joy increases in my heart; / therefore tell the story at great length. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.11) mudgala uvāca | māhiṣmatyāṃ mahāpuryāṃ bhīmanāmā'bhavat purā | antyajo dravyalubdhaśca pāpakarmaparāyaṇaḥ || > Mudgala said: / Long ago in the great city of Māhiṣmatī there was \[a man\] named Bhīma, / an outcaste, greedy for wealth and devoted to sinful deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.12) sa tu mārge janān vīkṣyā'mārayattān dine dine | māṃsavikrayakārī ca paśun hatvā nirantaram || > Seeing people on the road, he would kill them day after day, / and he was a seller of meat, constantly slaughtering beasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.13) ekadā māghamāsasya caturthī kṛṣṇapakṣagā | samāgatā ca tatrā'sau vicacāra vanāntare || > Once, when the fourth \[lunar day\] belonging to the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha / had arrived, he wandered into the forest > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.14) mahāparvatadeśe sa janānāṃ pravadhāya ca | daivayogena tasyā'pi militaṃ naiva kiñcana || > in a region of great mountains, in order to slaughter men; / yet by the turn of fate he did not encounter anything at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.15) ayaṃ babhrāmānnajalavihīno lobhasaṃyutaḥ | militaṃ tatra no kiñcittathābhūtaścacāra ha || > Deprived of food and water, seized with greed, he wandered; / nothing was found there, and in such a state he roved on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.16) tato'stamagamat sūryastaṃ dṛṣṭvā svagṛhe matim | gamanāya tathā cakre mārgasaṃstho babhūva ha || > Then the sun set. Seeing that, he resolved / to return to his home and set out upon the road. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.17) mārge duṣṭo dvijāstatra dṛṣṭvā dvādaśasaṅkhyakān | tān hatvā sa tadīyaṃ vai gṛhītvā svagṛhaṃ yayau || > On the road, seeing twelve twice-born \[brahmins\] there, the villain / killed them, took their belongings, and went to his home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.18) candrodaye tataḥ prāpte bubhuje bhojanākulaḥ | putraṃ gaṇeśanāmānamāhvayāmāsa tena saḥ || > Then, when moonrise occurred, he ate, troubled with hunger; / and at that time he called his son, whose name was Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.19) punaścakāra tadvat sa kadācit pāpamulbaṇam | kṛṣṇapakṣe caturthyāṃ ca sa mamārodaye vidhoḥ || > Later on, in the same way, he once committed a terrible sin; / and on the fourth \[lunar day\] in the dark fortnight, at the rise of the moon, he died. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.20) gaṇeśadūtāstaṃ tatra samānetuṃ samāyayuḥ | kailāse gaṇapasthāne ninyustaṃ te vimānagam || > The messengers of Gaṇeśa arrived there to bring him; / mounting him on an aerial chariot, they brought him to Kailāsa, the abode of Gaṇapa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.21) svargamārgeṣu devaiśca brahmaviṣṇvādibhistutaḥ | vimānagaiḥ stūyamānaḥ praviveśa śivāspadam || > Praised by the gods on the heavenly paths, by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and others, / praised by those riding in aerial chariots, he entered the dwelling of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.22) tatra bhuktvā prabhogān sa papāta pṛthivītale | māhiṣmatyāṃ suto jajñe dhanakasya mahābalaḥ || > Having enjoyed pleasures there, he fell to the surface of the earth; / in Māhiṣmatī he was born as the mighty son of Dhanaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.23) kṛtavīrya iti khyāto nānādharmaparāyaṇaḥ | devaviprātithiprepsurbabhūve yajñakārakaḥ || > renowned as Kṛtavīrya, devoted to various dharmas, / desirous of gods, brahmins, and guests, and a performer of sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.24) aputraḥ smā'bhavadrājā kṛtavīryaḥ pratāpavān | putrārthaṃ yatate smātinānādharmaparāyaṇaḥ || > King Kṛtavīrya, though majestic, was sonless; / devoted to various dharmas, he strived exceedingly for the sake of a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.25) na lebhe santatiṃ rājā tato'sau duḥkhasaṃyutaḥ | pradhāneṣu samākṣipya rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam || > The king did not obtain offspring; therefore, filled with sorrow, / he entrusted his kingdom, rid of all thorns, to his ministers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.26) sapatnīko vanaṃ rājā yayau tapasi saṃsthitaḥ | pūrvasaṃskārayogena gaṇeśe prītimānabhūt || > and, together with his wife, the king went to the forest, engaged in austerity; / by virtue of his past impressions, he had love for Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.27) nānātapaścakārā'sau santatiṃ na tathā'pi ca | lebhe nṛpaḥ prajānātha netraprāṇāvaśeṣitaḥ || > He performed various austerities, yet even so, O lord of creatures, / the king did not obtain offspring, reduced to only eyes and life-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.28) asthitvacāsamāyuktaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ nārado muniḥ | svargasthaṃ dhanakaṃ tatra vṛttāntamavadannṛpam || > Seeing him reduced to skin and bones, the sage Nārada / went to heaven and reported the king's state to Dhanaka: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.29) tava putro vane saṃsthaḥ putrārthaṃ yatate nṛpa | nānāyatnasamāyukto'sthitvacāprayuto'sti vai || > “Your son stays in the forest striving for the sake of a son, O king; / engaged in various strivings, he is reduced to skin and bones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.30) na lebhe santatiṃ rājā svalpakāle mariṣyati | putrahīnasya bho rājan kā gatiḥ prabhavedvada || > The king has not obtained offspring; in a short time he will die. / O king, tell me: what destiny can there be for a man who is sonless?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.31) ityukvā taṃ munīndraḥ sa yayau kailāsamādarāt | dhanako manasā'tyantaṃ vicāramakarottataḥ || > Having spoken thus to him, that lord of sages went to Kailāsa with reverence. / Then Dhanaka deliberated deeply in his mind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.32) brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmi sarvajñaṃ tena cepsitam | bhaviṣyati na sandehastataḥ so'pi yayau vidhim || > “I shall go for refuge to Brahmā, who knows all; through him what is desired / will come to pass, no doubt.” Then he too went to the Creator. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.33) praṇipatya pratuṣṭāva nānāstotraiḥ prajāpatim | uvāca taṃ mahābhāgaṃ vinayena samanvitaḥ || > Bowing low, he praised Prajāpati with various hymns of praise, / and, endowed with humility, spoke to that illustrious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.33.p1) dhanaka uvāca | ( > Dhanaka said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.34) khaṃ. 3 a. 32 pāna 72) dharmaśīlaśca me putraḥ putrahīno babhūva hi | putrārthaṃ yatate brahmannānāvrataparāyaṇaḥ || > \[khaṇḍa 3, adhyāya 32, page 72\] “My son, though virtuous in dharma, has indeed become sonless; / devoted to various vows, O Brahmā, he strived for the sake of a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.35) rājyādikaṃ samutsṛjya vane tapati saṃsthitaḥ | tapastenā'vaśeṣo'sāvasthicarmavṛto babhau || > Renouncing his kingdom and everything, he stays in the forest performing austerity; / reduced by that austerity, he appears covered only in skin and bone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.36) kenopāyena putraśca bhavitā taṃ vadasva me | prāpayiṣyāmyahaṃ tatra svavaṃśasya vivṛddhaye || > By what means will a son be born \[to him\]? Tell me that; / I shall cause him to achieve it there, for the continuation of my lineage.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.37) tatastaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ vacanaṃ caturānanaḥ | pūrvajanmani sambhūtaṃ dvijahatyāyutaṃ vratam || > Then the Four-faced One spoke these words to him: / “A vow joined with the murder of twice-born \[brahmins\] was performed in his previous life.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.38) punaḥ provāca taṃ devo vidhiḥ sarvārthakovidaḥ | putraprāptyarthamevaikamupāyaṃ sarvasiddhidam || > The god Vidhi, skilled in all purposes, spoke to him again: / “Only for the sake of obtaining a son is there a single means that grants all perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.39) ajñānena vrataṃ tena kṛtaṃ saṅkaṣṭahārakam | caturthīprabhavaṃ tena pāpaṃ sarvaṃ layaṃ gatam || > Unknowingly, he performed the vow that removes distress, / arising on the fourth \[lunar day\]; through that, all his sin dissolved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.40) mahāpāpāni naśyanti saṅkaṣṭīvratasādhanāt | saṅkaṣṭīvratasambandhidivase yat kṛtaṃ bhavet || > Great sins are destroyed by performing the Saṅkaṣṭī vow. / Whatever is done on the day connected with the Saṅkaṣṭī vow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.41) tadevākṣayabhāvena tiṣṭhatyatra na saṃśayaḥ | caturthyāṃ bhūpa kṛṣṇāyāṃ puṇyameva samācaret || > remains precisely as inexhaustible; of this there is no doubt. / On the dark fourth \[lunar day\], O king, one should perform only merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.42) tava putreṇa rājendra dvādaśa brāhmaṇā hatāḥ | caturthyāṃ pūrvajanmasthena pāpaṃ tatsthitaṃ mahat || > By your son, O king of kings, twelve brahmins were slain / on the fourth \[lunar day\] in his previous life; that great sin remains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.43) nānātapaḥprabhāveṇa vratatīrthādikena ca | yajñādibhiśca tatpāpaṃ layaṃ naiva gamiṣyati || > Through the power of various austerities, vows, sacred places, and the like, / or through sacrifices and the like, that sin will not dissolve at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.44) saṅkaṣṭyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vajralepaṃ ca tatsmṛtam | tatra kaścidupāyo na tathā'pi śṛṇu me vacaḥ || > The sin that is committed on Saṅkaṣṭī is remembered as an adamantine plaster; / in that regard there is no remedy, yet listen to my words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.45) yena saṅkaṣṭikā puṇyā caturthī sādhitā nṛpa | tasya janmādikaṃ naiva bhaviṣyati kadā punaḥ || > By whomsoever the meritorious Saṅkaṣṭikā Caturthī is observed, O king, / for him rebirth and the like will never occur again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.46) caturvidhaṃ prajānīhi sarvaṃ māyāmayaṃ jagat | saṅkaṣṭaṃ caiva jīvānāṃ tena yuktā bhramanti te || > Know the entire world of illusory nature to be fourfold, / and likewise distress belongs to living beings; bound by it, they wander. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.47) caturthī gaṇanāthasya saṅkaṣṭī sādhitā yadā | caturvidhaṃ tasya kaṣṭaṃ na bhavedvai kadācana || > When the Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī of the lord of the gaṇas is observed, / the fourfold misery will never befall him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.48) brahmaṇi brahmabhūtoṃ'te svānande vartate naraḥ | vratasyaiva prabhāveṇehaloke sukhamāpnuyāt || > At the end, a man becomes one with Brahman and abides in Brahman, in Svānanda; / by the power of the vow alone he finds happiness in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.49) caturthyāṃ pāpakārā ye teṣāṃ muktirna vidyate | pāpayuktatayā rājan svargasthāste bhavanti ca || > For those who do sinful deeds on the fourth \[lunar day\], there is no liberation; / because they are joined with sin, O king, they dwell in heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.50) punarjanmadharā bhūmau tatra pāpaphalaṃ svakam | bhuñjanti ca punaḥ sarve gāṇapatyā bhavanti te || > and then they take rebirth on earth; there they enjoy the fruit of their own sins, / and then all of them become Gāṇapatyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.51) ato gaṇeśadūtaiḥ sa kailāse sthāpitoṃ'tyajaḥ | pāpabhogārthamevaṃ ca tava putro'dhunā'bhavat || > Therefore that outcaste was placed in Kailāsa by the messengers of Gaṇeśa, / and solely to experience that sin has he now become your son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.52) caturthyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ caturthī hanti tat sadā | tadarthaṃ te suto rājaṃścaturthīmācariṣyati || > Whatever sin is committed on the fourth \[lunar day\], the fourth \[lunar day\] always destroys it; / for that purpose, O king, your son shall observe the fourth \[lunar day\].” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.53) tadā pāpavihīno'yaṃ bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ | putrayuktaśca te putro bhaviṣyati mahāmate || > Then, free from sin he shall become, of this there is no doubt; / and endowed with a son your son shall be, O great-minded one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.54) aparādhayutaṃ karma kṛtaṃ nāśārthamādarāt | tasya puṇyaṃ prakartavyaṃ duritaṃ tena naśyati || > An action fraught with offense was done; for its destruction, / merit must diligently be performed—by that, misfortune is destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.55) caturthī mahimā'nanto bhūtaṃ yadapi taddine | pāpaṃ krodhasamāyuktā mahākṛcchreṇa hanti sā || > Infinite is the glory of the Caturthī, yet whatever sin occurred on that day, / filled with wrath, she destroys \[only\] with great difficulty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.56) atastatpāpanāśārthaṃ saṅkaṣṭīrdvādaśā''caret | tadā dvādaśaviprāntabhavaṃ pāpaṃ gamiṣyati || > Therefore, for the destruction of that sin, let him perform twelve Saṅkaṣṭī \[observances\]; / then the sin originating from the death of twelve Brahmins will depart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.57) tatastaṃ karuṇāyuktaḥ sa vidhi vratamādarāt | kathayāmāsa vai brahmā yayau rājā praṇamya tam || > Then the creator, Brahmā, filled with compassion, / reverently explained the observance to him; having bowed to him, the king departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.57.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.57.c1) oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye khaṇḍe mahodaracarite dhanakasya vratopadeśo nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || > Om Tat Sat. Thus, in the glorious final Upaniṣad of the Purāṇas, in the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, in the third section, in the exploits of Mahodara, the thirty-second chapter, named "Instruction on the Observance to Dhanaka." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.32.57.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32.57.p2) khaṃ. 3 a. 33 pāna 73) > Section 3, Chapter 33, Page 73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.3.32.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.69.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.68.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.32) · Pramāṇa