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# Skandapurana 1.1.2

Skandapurāṇa 1.1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.1)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

> Brahmā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.2)

athāhamuccaranvedānaśeṣairvadanaiḥ śivam ..

> Then I, chanting the Vedas with all my mouths, praised Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.3)

astauṣaṃ bhaktisaṃpūrṇaṃ kṛtvā mānasamarcanam .. 1 ..

> having performed mental worship filled with devotion: 1.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.4)

namaḥ śivāya mahate sarvalokaikahetave ..

> “Homage to the great Śiva, the sole cause of all worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.5)

yena prakāśyate sarvaṃ dhriyate satataṃ namaḥ .. 2 ..

> by whom everything is illuminated, and by whom everything is sustained; homage constantly! 2.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.6)

viśvavyāptamidaṃ tejaḥ prakāśayati saṃtatam ..

> This splendor pervading the universe shines perpetually;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.7)

nekṣaṃte tvaddayāhīnā jātyaṃdhā bhāskaraṃ yathā .. 3 ..

> those bereft of your grace do not see it, like those blind from birth do not see the sun. 3.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.8)

bhūliṃgamamalaṃ hyetaddṛśyamadhyātmacakṣuṣā ..

> Indeed, this spotless earthly liṅga is visible to the spiritual eye;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.9)

aṃtassthaṃ vā bahissthaṃ vā tvadbhaktairanubhūyate .. 4 ..

> whether situated within or situated without, it is experienced by your devotees. 4.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.10)

aparicchedyamākāramaṃtarātmani yoginaḥ ..

> In the inner self, yogins \[see\] an indefinable form;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.11)

tadetattava deveśa jvalitaṃ darpaṇo yathā .. 5 ..

> O Lord of the gods, this \[form\] of yours shines like a mirror. 5.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.12)

athavā śāṃkarī śaktiḥ satyā'ṇorapyaṇīyasī ..

> Or rather, the true Śaivite power is subtler even than an atom;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.13)

matto nānyataraḥ kaścidyanmayyapi vilīyate .. 6 ..

> there is no other apart from me, who also dissolves in what consists of you. 6.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.14)

aṇuste karuṇāpātraṃ mahattvaṃ dhruvamaśnute ..

> An atom, if it is the recipient of your compassion, surely attains greatness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.15)

nādhiko'sti parastvatto na matto'pi tadāśrayāt .. 7 ..

> there is none higher beyond you, nor beyond me, because of relying upon that. 7.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.16)

tvayyarpitaṃ manastvato na viyogamapekṣate ..

> The mind dedicated to you expects no separation from you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.17)

vācaḥ kathaṃ pravṛttiḥ syāttava vaibhavakīrttane .. 6 ..

> How could speech proceed in singing your glory? 8.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.18)

svayamīśa mahādeva prasīda bhuvanādhika ..

> You yourself, O Lord, Great God, who transcend the worlds, be gracious;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.19)

ādiśa prayataṃ bhaktamapekṣitaniyuktiṣu .. 9 ..

> direct this devoted worshipper to the required duties.” 9.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.20)

idaṃ vijñāpya vinayānnamaskṛtvā punaḥpunaḥ ..

> Having addressed this with humility, bowing again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.21)

prāṃjalirdevadeveśaṃ nyaṣīdaṃ savidhe vibho ..1.3.1.2.10..

> with folded hands I sat down near the Lord, the God of gods, O pervasive one. 10.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.22)

atha viṣṇurnavāṃbhodagaṃbhīradhvanirabhyadhāt ..

> Then Viṣṇu, whose voice was deep like a fresh raincloud,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.23)

vācaḥ kṛtārthanbhūyaḥ śuklāḥ śaṃkarakīrttanaiḥ .. 11 ..

> spoke words made pure and fulfilled through praises of Śaṃkara: 11.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.24)

jaya tribhuvanādhīśa jaya gaṃgādhara prabho ..

> “Victory, O Lord of the three worlds! Victory, O bearer of the Gaṅgā, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.25)

jaya nātha virūpākṣa jaya caṃdrārddhaśekhara .. 12 ..

> Victory, O Master, odd-eyed one! Victory, O crescent-crested Lord! 12.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.26)

avyājamamitaṃ śaṃbho kāruṇyaṃ tava varddhate ..

> O Śambhu, your spontaneous and boundless compassion grows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.27)

yena nirdhūtamakhilaṃ bhakteṣu jñānamāhitam .. 13 ..

> by which, \[delusion\] having been completely shaken off, knowledge has been established in your devotees. 13.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.28)

pālanaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ prāpaṇaṃ bhūtisaṃcayaiḥ ..

> The protection of all branches of knowledge, the attainment \[of goals\] through accumulations of glory,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.29)

purāṇaṃ ca saputrāṇāṃ pitureva pravardhanam .. .. 14 ..

> and the ancient flourishing of the father himself belongs to the sons. 14.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.30)

śatānāmapi mūrtīnāmekāmapi navaiḥ stavaiḥ ..

> We are not able to praise even one among your hundreds of forms  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.31)

stotuṃ na śaknumeśāna samavāyastu ki punaḥ .. 15 ..

> with new hymns, O Īśāna; how much less their combination? 15.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.32)

tvameva tvāmalaṃ vettuṃ yadi vā tvatprasādataḥ ..

> You alone are capable of knowing yourself, or else by your grace \[one may know you\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.33)

bhramaraḥ kīṭamākṛṣya svātmānaṃ kiṃ na cānayet .. 16 ..

> would a wasp, having seized an insect, not transform it into its own self? 16.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.34)

devāstvadaṃśasaṃbhūtiprabhavo na bhavanti kim ..

> Do the gods not arise from parts born of you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.35)

apyāyasyāgnikīlasya dāhe śaktirna kiṃ bhavet .. 17 ..

> Would not even an iron spike have the power of burning \[when heated by fire\]? 17.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.36)

deśakālakriyāyogādyathāgnerbhedasambhavaḥ ..

> Just as the appearance of difference in fire occurs through association with place, time, and action,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.37)

tathā viṣayabhedena tvameko'pi vibhidyase .. 18 ..

> even so you, though one, appear divided through the differentiation of objects. 18.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.38)

anugrahaparo deva mūrtiṃ darśaya śaṃkara ..

> O God intent on grace, O Śaṃkara, show your form  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.39)

āvayorakhilādhāra nayanānaṃdadāyinīm .. 19 ..

> to both of us, O support of all, which bestows joy upon the eyes!” 19.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.40)

evaṃ praṇamatordevaḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitam ..

> To the two of us who were thus bowing down, endowed with faith and devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.41)

prasasāda paraṃ śaṃbhuḥ stuvatorāvayordvayoḥ .. 1.3.1.2.20 ..

> and praising him, the supreme God Śambhu became gracious. 20.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.42)

tejaḥstaṃbhātpunastasmāddevaścandrārddhaśekharaḥ ..

> Then, from that pillar of fire, the God who wears the half-moon as his crest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.43)

āvirbabhūva puruṣaḥ kapilaḥ kālakandharaḥ .. 21 ..

> manifested as a Person, tawny and dark-necked, 21.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.44)

paraśuṃ bālahariṇaṃ karairabhayaviśramau ..

> bearing an axe and a young deer, with hands granting fearlessness and repose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.45)

dadhānaḥ puruṣo'vādītputrāvāvāmiti prabhuḥ.. 22 ..

> The Person, the Lord, said to both of us, “O sons! 22.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.46)

parituṣṭo'smi yuvayorbhaktyā yuktātmanormayi..

> I am pleased with the devotion of both of you, whose minds are focused on me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.47)

bhavataṃ sarvalokānāṃ sṛṣṭirakṣādhipau yuvām .. 23 ..

> may you two become the lords of the creation and preservation of all the worlds! 23.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.48)

yuvayoriṣṭasiddhyarthamāvirbhūto'smyahaṃ yataḥ ..

> Since I have appeared for the accomplishment of your desired purpose,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.49)

varaṃ vṛṇutamanyaṃ ca varado'hamupāgataḥ .. 24 ..

> choose another boon as well; as the giver of boons I have approached.” 24.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.50)

iti devasya vacanātsaprītau ca kṛtāṃjalī ..

> From the word of the God, both of them, joyful and with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.51)

vijñāpayāmāsivatau svaṃ svamarthaṃ pṛthakpṛthak .. 25 ..

> expressed their respective desires separately. 25.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.52)

ahaṃ mantraiḥ śiśuprāyajagattrayavidhāyakaḥ ..

> “I, the creator of the three worlds which are like an infant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.53)

saṃstuvanvaidikairmaṃtrairīśānamaparājitam .. .. 26 ..

> praising the unconquered Īśāna with Vedic mantras, 26.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.54)

namasyehamidaṃ rūpaṃ śaśvadvaradamīśvaram ..

> bow to this form, the Lord who constantly bestows boons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.55)

tejomayaṃ mahādevaṃ yogidhyeyaṃ niraṃjanam .. 27 ..

> the Great God composed of light, taintless, to be meditated upon by yogins. 27.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.56)

āpūryamāṇaṃ bhavatā tejasā gaganāṃtaram ..

> The celestial region, being filled with your splendor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.57)

paripṛcchyaḥ surāvāsaḥ kṣaṇāddeva bhaviṣyati .. 28 ..

> will in an instant become an abode of the gods that must be questioned \[in dread\], O God. 28.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.58)

siddhacāraṇagandharvā devāśca paramarṣayaḥ ..

> The siddhas, cāraṇas, gandharvas, gods, and supreme seers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.59)

nāvasandivi saṃcāraṃ labheraṃstejasā tava .. 29 ..

> would not dwell or obtain movement in heaven on account of your brilliance.” 29.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.60)

pṛthvī ca sakalā caiva tapyamānā tavaujasā ..

> And the entire earth, scorched by your brilliance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.61)

carācarasamutpattikṣamā naiva bhavipyati .. 1.3.1.2.30 ..

> will indeed be unable to give birth to moving and unmoving beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.62)

upasaṃhṛtya tejaḥ svamaruṇācalasaṃjñayā ..

> Withdrawing your fiery brilliance, under the name Aruṇācala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.63)

bhava sthāvaraliṃgaṃ tvaṃ lokānugrahakāraṇāt .. 31 ..

> become an immovable liṅga for the sake of grace to the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.64)

jyotirmayamidaṃ rūpamaruṇācalasaṃjñitam ..

> Those men who bow with devotion to this luminous form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.65)

ye namanti narā bhaktyā te bhavantyamarādhikāḥ .. 32 ..

> known by the name Aruṇācala, become superior to the immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.66)

sevaṃtāṃ sakalā lokāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ ..

> May all the worlds, the siddhas and the supreme seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.67)

gaṇāśca vividhā bhūmau mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāsthitāḥ .. 33 ..

> and the various gaṇas, having assumed human form on earth, serve \[you\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.68)

divyārāma samudbhūtakalpakādyāḥ suradrumāḥ ..

> May the trees of the gods, beginning with the wish-fulfilling tree that grew in divine groves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.69)

sevinastvāṃ prarohaṃtu bharitā vividhaiḥ phalaiḥ .. 34 ..

> serve you and sprout up, laden with diverse fruits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.70)

divyauṣadhigaṇāssarve siṃhādyā mṛgajātayaḥ ..

> May all classes of divine medicinal herbs, and species of beasts beginning with lions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.71)

praśāṃtāḥ parivarttaṃtā pāpakalmaṣanāśanam .. 35 ..

> dwell peacefully \[here\], destroying sins and impurities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.72)

ayanadvayabhinnena gamanenāpi saṃyutaḥ ..

> Though endowed with motion divided between the two solstices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.73)

na laṃghayiṣyati raviḥ śṛṃgaṃ liṃgatanostava .. 36 ..

> the sun shall not transgress the peak of your liṅga-form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.74)

divya duṃdubhiśaṃkhānāṃ ghoṣaiḥ puṣpaughavṛṣṭibhiḥ ..

> With sounds of divine kettle-drums and conches, with showers of masses of flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.75)

sevito bhava deva tvamapsaronṛtyagītibhiḥ .. 37 ..

> and with the dances and songs of apsarases, O god, be worshipped!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.76)

amaratvaṃ ca siddhatvaṃ rasasiddhīśca nirvṛtim ..

> Immortality, perfection, the perfections of alchemy, and liberation—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.77)

labhaṃtāṃ mānuṣā nityaṃ tvatsaṃnidhimupāgatāḥ .. 38 ..

> may mortals continually obtain these upon entering your presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.78)

īśatvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ kālavaṃcanam ..

> Sovereignty, mastery, good fortune, and the deception of death—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.79)

tvāmāśritya narāssarve labhaṃtāmaruṇācala .. 39 ..

> taking refuge in you, may all men obtain these, O Aruṇācala!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.80)

sarvāvayavadānena sarvavyādhivināśanāt ..

> By granting all bodily limbs, by destroying all diseases,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.81)

sarvābhīṣṭapradānena dṛśyo bhava mahītale ..1.3.1.2.40..

> and by bestowing all desires, be visible on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.82)

tatheti varadaṃ devamaruṇādripatiṃ śivam..

> Saying, ‘So be it,’ to the boon-granting god, Śiva, the lord of Aruṇādri,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.83)

praṇamya kamalānāthaḥ prārthayannidamabravīt .. 41 ..

> the Lord of Kamalā bowed down and prayed, speaking thus:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.84)

prasīda karuṇāpūrṇa śoṇaśaileśvara prabho ..

> ‘Be gracious, O Lord full of compassion, Lord of the Crimson Mountain!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.85)

maheśa sarvalokānāṃ hitāya prakaṭodaya .. 42 ..

> O Maheśa whose rise is manifest for the welfare of all worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.86)

yadāhaṃ tvāmupāśritya jagadrakṣaṇadakṣiṇaḥ ..

> Since, taking refuge in you, I am capable of protecting the world  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.87)

śrīpatitvamanuprāptastadā bhaktā bhavaṃtu te .. 43 ..

> and have attained the status of Lord of Śrī, therefore may they become your devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.88)

nālpapuṇyairupāsyeta tvadrūpaṃ mahadadbhutam ..

> This great and wondrous form of yours cannot be worshipped by those of little merit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.89)

mayā ca brahmaṇā caivamadṛṣṭapadaśekharaḥ .. 44 ..

> whose foot and crown could not be seen by me or by Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.90)

pradakṣiṇānamaskārairnṛtyagītaiśca pūjanaiḥ ..

> Those mortals who worship you with circumambulations, prostrations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.91)

tvāmarcayaṃti ye martyāḥ kṛtārthāste gatāṃhasaḥ .. 45 ..

> dances, songs, and acts of veneration, have attained their goal, freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.92)

upavāsairvrataiḥ satrairupahāraistathārcanaiḥ ..

> Those men who worship you with fasts, observances, sacrificial sessions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.93)

tvāmarcayaṃti manujāḥ sārvabhaumā bhavaṃtu te .. 46 ..

> offerings, and rituals—may they become universal monarchs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.94)

ārāmaṃ maṃḍapaṃ cāpi kūpaṃ vidhiviśodhanam ..

> For those making a grove, a pavilion, and a well purified according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.95)

kurvatāmaruṇādrīśa saṃnidhāne punarbhava .. 47 ..

> in your presence, O Lord of Aruṇādri, may there be no rebirth!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.96)

aṃgapradakṣiṇaṃ kurvannaṣṭaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ ..

> One who circumambulates by prostrating bodily, endowed with the eight supernatural powers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.97)

aśeṣapātakaiḥ sadyo vimukto nirmalāśayaḥ .. 48 ..

> is instantly freed from all sins, with a purified mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.98)

āvāmapyavimuṃcaṃtau sadā tvatpādapaṃkajam ..

> We two also never abandon your lotus feet;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.99)

dhyātavyaṃ manujaiḥ sarvaistava saṃnidhimāgataiḥ .. 49 ..

> \[you\] are to be meditated upon by all men who have come into your presence.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.100)

tathāstviti varaṃ dattvā viṣṇave caṃdraśekharaḥ ..

> Granting the boon, ‘So be it,’ to Viṣṇu, the moon-crested god,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.101)

bharuṇācalarūpeṇa prāptaḥ sthāvaraliṃgatām .. 1.3.1.2.50 ..

> in the form of Aruṇācala, assumed the state of an immovable liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.102)

taijasaṃ liṃgametaddhi sarvalokaikakāraṇam ..

> This liṅga made of fire, the sole cause of all the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.103)

aruṇādririti khyātaṃ dṛśyate vasudhātale .. 51 ..

> famed as Aruṇādri, is seen on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.104)

yugāṃtasamaye kṣubdhaiścaturbhirapi sāgaraiḥ ..

> Even at the time of the dissolution of the world, when the four oceans are agitated  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.105)

api nirmagnalokāṃtairaspṛṣṭāṃtikabhūtalam .. 52 ..

> and the ends of the worlds are submerged, the nearby ground around it remains untouched.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.106)

gajapramāṇaiḥ pṛṣataiḥ pūrayaṃto jagattrayam ..

> Filling the three worlds with raindrops as massive as elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.107)

puṣkarādyā mahāmeghā viśrāṃtā yasya sānuni .. 53 ..

> the great clouds such as Puṣkara rest upon its peak.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.108)

pravṛtte bhūtasaṃhāre prakṛtau pratisaṃcare ..

> When the dissolution of the elements begins, in the involution of primal nature,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.109)

bhaviṣyatsarvabījāni niṣeduryatra niścayam .. 54 ..

> all the seeds of the future remain securely preserved in this place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.110)

mayā cāhūyamānebhyaḥ pralayānaṃtaraṃ punaḥ ..

> And from the brahmins serving its feet, summoned by me  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.111)

yatpādaseviviprebhyo vedādhyayanasaṃgrahaḥ .. 55 ..

> again after the dissolution, the collection of Vedic study is recovered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.112)

sarvāsāmapi vidyānāṃ kalānāṃ śāstrasaṃpadām ..

> Of all the sciences, arts, treasures of scriptures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.113)

āgamānāṃ ca vedānāṃ yatra satyavyavasthitiḥ .. 56 ..

> āgamas, and Vedas, the true preservation is found here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.114)

yadguhāgahvarāṃtassthā munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ ..

> Sages of praiseworthy vows, dwelling within its caves and caverns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.115)

jaṭinaḥ saṃprakāśaṃte koṭisūryāgnitejasaḥ .. 57 ..

> with matted hair, shine with the brilliance of ten million suns and fires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.116)

paṃcabrahmamayairmaṃtraiḥ paṃcākṣaravapurdharaiḥ ..

> With mantras composed of the five Brahmans, having bodies made of five syllables,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.117)

akārapīṭhikārūḍho nādātmā yaḥ sadāśivaḥ .. 58 ..

> Sadāśiva, whose nature is primordial sound, is mounted on the pedestal of the letter ‘A’.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.118)

aṣṭabhiśca sadā liṃgairaṣṭadikpālapūjitaḥ ..

> He who is ever worshipped by the guardians of the eight directions through eight liṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.119)

aṣṭamūrttitayā yo'yamaṣṭasiddhipradāyakaḥ .. 59 ..

> as the Eight-formed Lord, is the bestower of the eight supernatural powers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.120)

yatra siddhāstathā lokānsvānsvānmuktvā sureśvarāḥ..

> Where siddhas and the lords of the gods, having left their own realms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.121)

apekṣaṃte sthitā muktiṃ vihāya kanakācalam ..1.3.1.2.60..

> and having abandoned the golden mountain \[Meru\], dwell expecting liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.122)

evaṃ vasuṃdharāpuṇyaparipākasamuccayaḥ ..

> Thus the fruition of the collected merits of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.123)

aruṇādririti khyāto bhaktabhaktivarapradaḥ ..61..

> famed as the red mountain \[Aruṇādri\], grants boons to the devotees of his devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.124)

kailāsānmeruśikharādāgatairdevasaṃcayaiḥ ..

> By hosts of gods arrived from Kailāsa and the peak of Meru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.125)

pūjyate śoṇaśailātmā śaṃbhuḥ sarvavarapradaḥ ..62..

> Śambhu, in the form of the Crimson Mountain, giver of all boons, is worshipped."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.126)

iti kamalajavaktrapadmajāṃ taṃ muditamanāḥ sanako niśamya bhaktyā ..

> Having heard this \[discourse\] born from the lotus mouth of the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], with a joyful mind, through devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.127)

viracitavinayaḥ praṇamya putraḥ pitaramapṛcchadaśeṣavedasāram .. 63 ..

> and showing humility, the son bowed and asked his father the essence of all the Vedas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.1.2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.1.2.128)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmye pūrvārdhe brahmaviṣṇustutipūrvakaṃ śaṃkarasya sthāvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 2 ..

> Thus ends the second chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of the Immovable Liṅga of Śaṃkara, Preceded by the Praise of Brahmā and Viṣṇu,” in the first part of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya of the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the Great Purāṇa in eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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