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# Skandapurana 1.2.14

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.1)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.2)

so'pi brahmāṇamudvīkṣya tāvatā dviguṇaṃ smayan ..

> He too, looking up at Brahmā and smiling twice as much at that,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.3)

nāgraṃ dṛṣṭamaneneti niścikāya vivekavān .. 1 ..

> being endowed with discernment, concluded: 'The tip was not seen by him.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.4)

anugrahītuṃ māṃ mugdhaṃ haṃtuṃ cāsya vidhermadam..

> "To show grace to me, the confused one, and to destroy the pride of this Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.5)

devadevaḥ sa evālaṃ bhūtabhartetyamanyata .. 2 ..

> that God of gods alone, the protector of beings, is sufficient," he thought.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.6)

mūlasaṃdarśanāśaktyā tejaḥstaṃmbhasya me madaḥ ..

> "Through the inability to see the base of the pillar of fire, my pride  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.7)

vyapeta eva manye'dya yadbhaktistryaṃbake'jani .. 3 ..

> has indeed vanished today, I think, since devotion to the three-eyed Lord has arisen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.8)

stūyate vītagarvatvātsa idānīṃ maheśvaraḥ ..

> Because my pride is gone, that Maheśvara is now praised,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.9)

yasya dakṣiṇavāmābhyāmaṃgābhyāṃ nau samudbhavau .. 4 ..

> from whose right and left limbs our origin took place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.10)

adyāpyavītagarvatvāllabdhvāsau kūṭasākṣiṇam ..

> Even today, because his pride has not vanished, having found a false witness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.11)

hiraṇyagarbho māmevamatisaṃdhātumicchati .. .. 5 ..

> Hiraṇyagarbha wishes to deceive me in this way.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.12)

tadadya sakalasyāpi duḥkhasyāpanaye kṣamaḥ ..

> Therefore today, capable of dispelling all suffering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.13)

sa eva śaraṇatvena prāptavyaḥ śaṃkaro mayā .. 6 ..

> that Śaṃkara alone must be approached by me as a refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.14)

tathā kṛtāparādhasya kṛtaghnasya gurudruhaḥ ..

> For one who has committed such an offense, ungrateful, treacherous to his teacher,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.15)

tamṛte rakṣitā ko'nyastameva staumi śaṃkaram .. 7 ..

> who else but him is the protector? I praise that very Śaṃkara."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.16)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.17)

jaya pṛdhvīmayākāra jaya cāpomayākṛte ..

> "Victory, O you whose form is made of earth! Victory, O you whose form is made of water!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.18)

jaya prabhākarākāra jayāmṛtakarākṛte .. 8 ..

> Victory, O you whose form is the sun! Victory, O you whose form is the moon!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.19)

jaya vaiśvānarākāra jaya gandhavahākṛte ..

> Victory to You whose form is fire! Victory to You whose form is wind!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.20)

jaya hotṛmayākāra jayākāśamayākṛte .. 9 ..

> Victory to You whose form is the sacrificer! Victory to You whose form is space! // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.21)

rakṣa māṃ triguṇātīta rakṣa māṃ kālavigraha ..

> Protect me, O You who transcend the three guṇas! Protect me, O embodiment of Time!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.22)

rakṣa māmakṣayaiśvarya rakṣa māṃ karuṇākara .. 1.3.2.14.10 ..

> Protect me, O You of imperishable sovereignty! Protect me, O ocean of compassion! // 1.3.2.14.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.23)

sraṣṭā tvaṃ sarvajagatāṃ rakṣitā sarvadehinām ..

> You are the creator of all the worlds, the protector of all embodied beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.24)

hartā ca sarvabhūtānāṃ tvāṃ vinaivāsti ko'paraḥ .. 11 ..

> and the destroyer of all creatures; who else is there without You? // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.25)

aṇūnāmapyaṇīyāṃstvaṃ mahāṃstvaṃ mahatāmapi ..

> You are more minute than the subtle, You are greater than the great;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.26)

antarbahistvamevaitajjagadākramya vartase .. 12 ..

> pervading this universe inside and out, You alone abide. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.27)

nigamāstava niśvāsā viśvaṃ te śilpavaibhavam ..

> The Vedas are Your exhalation; the universe is the splendor of Your craftsmanship;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.28)

sa tvaṃ tvadīya evāsi jñānamātmā tava prabho .. 13 ..

> You are indeed Your own, O Lord; knowledge is Your self. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.29)

amarā dānavā daityāḥ siddhā vidyādharā narāḥ ..

> The immortals, the Dānavas, the Daityas, the Siddhas, the Vidyādharas, humans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.30)

prāṇinaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ śailāḥ śikhino'pi tvameva hi .. 14 ..

> living beings, birds, mountains, and even fires—all are indeed You alone. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.31)

svargastvamapavargastvaṃ tvamoṃkārastvamadhvaraḥ ..

> You are heaven, You are liberation, You are the Omkāra, You are the sacrifice;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.32)

tvaṃ yogastvaṃ parā saṃvitkiṃ tvaṃ na bhavasīśvara .. 15 ..

> You are yoga, You are supreme consciousness—what are You not, O Īśvara? // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.33)

tvamādirmadhyamaṃtaśca tasthuṣāṃ jagmuṣāmapi ..

> You are the beginning, the middle, and the end of both moving and unmoving beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.34)

kālasvarūpatāṃ prāpya kalayasyakhilaṃ jagat .. 16 ..

> assuming the nature of Time, You govern the entire universe. // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.35)

pareśaḥ parataḥ śāstā sarvānugrāhakaḥ śivaḥ ..

> The Supreme Lord, the transcendent ruler, the gracious bestower of blessings to all, Śiva—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.36)

sa eṣa me kathaṃkāraṃ sākṣādbhavati dhūrjaṭiḥ .. 17 ..

> how might that very Dhūrjaṭi become directly manifest to me, // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.37)

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaraṇaṃ prāpto niḥśreyasamavāpnuyāt ..

> seeing whom and taking refuge in whom one attains the supreme good?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.38)

atha vā staumi taddhāma jātamātraṃ yathāmiti .. 18 ..

> Or rather, I shall praise that splendor according to my capacity as soon as it has appeared; // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.39)

tacchrutvaiṣa kṛpāṃ kuryādavaśyaṃ sarvataḥ śrutiḥ ..

> hearing that, He whose ears are everywhere will surely show mercy.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.40)

iti niścitya vaikuṃṭhaḥ stotuṃ samupacakrame .. 19 ..

> Having thus resolved, Vaikuṇṭha began to praise Him. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.41)

tameva taijasaṃ staṃbhaṃ praṇamya parameśvaram ..

> Bowing to that very pillar of fire, the Supreme Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.42)

ādimadhyāṃtarahitaṃ matvā taṃ jagadīśvaram ..

> recognizing that Lord of the universe to be devoid of beginning, middle, and end,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.43)

haṭhāttena viraṃcena vāryamāṇopi sasmitam .. 1.3.2.14.20 ..

> though forcibly restrained by that Viriñca, \[Viṣṇu\], smiling, \[spoke\]: // 1.3.2.14.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.44)

.. śrīviṣṇuruvāca .. ..

> Śrī Viṣṇu said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.45)

jaya deva mahādeva vāmadeva vṛṣadhvaja ..

> Victory, O God, Mahādeva, Vāmadeva, whose banner bears the bull,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.46)

kālāṃtaka kratudhvaṃsinnīlakaṃṭheṃduśekhara .. 21 ..

> destroyer of Time, destroyer of sacrifices, blue-throated one, crested with the moon! // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.47)

jaya śaṃbho śiveśāna śarva tryaṃbaka dhūrjaṭe ..

> Victory, O Śambhu, Śiva, Īśāna, Śarva, Tryambaka, Dhūrjaṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.48)

smaravairinpurārāte sthāṇo bhava maheśvara .. 22 ..

> enemy of Smara, foe of Tripura, Sthāṇu, Bhava, Maheśvara! // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.49)

jayeśa khaṃḍaparaśo śūlinpaśupate hara ..

> Victory, O Īśa, wielder of the hatchet, bearer of the trident, Paśupati, Hara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.50)

sarvajña bharga bhūteśa kapālinnīlalohita .. 23 ..

> all-knowing one, Bharga, lord of spirits, bearer of the skull, blue and red one! // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.51)

jaya rudra makhārāte pinākinpramathādhipa ..

> Victory, O Rudra, foe of the sacrifice, bearer of the Pināka, lord of the Pramathas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.52)

gaṃgādhara vyomakeśa girīśa parameśvara .. 24 ..

> bearer of Gaṅgā, whose hair is space, lord of the mountain, Parameśvara! // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.53)

jaya bhīma mṛgavyādha kṛttivāsaḥ kṛpānidhe ..

> Victory, O Bhīma, hunter of the deer, clad in animal skins, treasure of compassion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.54)

kṛśānuretaḥ kailāse nityameva hi vartase .. 25 ..

> O You whose seed is fire, You dwell eternally on Kailāsa. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.55)

tvadājñayā marudrāti phaṇī vahati bhūbharam ..

> By Your command the wind blows, the serpent bears the burden of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.56)

dīpyataḥ sūryaśaśinau brahmāṃḍaṃ plavateṃ'budhau .. 26 ..

> the sun and moon shine, and the cosmic egg floats upon the ocean. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.57)

jyotīṃṣi saṃcaraṃte khe sarvaṃ tvacchāsanātprabho ..

> The luminaries traverse the sky—all by Your decree, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.58)

ahaṃ brahmā ca jagatāṃ sargasaṃtrāṇayoralam .. 27 ..

> I and Brahmā are empowered to create and protect the worlds; // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.59)

vidhāya kalpase puṣṭyai sūte sasyāni medinī ..

> having appointed \[us\], You effect nourishment; the earth produces grains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.60)

nākrāmaṃtyavyayaḥ sīmāṃ yacca tvanmahireva saḥ .. 28 ..

> and the unswerving \[oceans\] do not transgress their boundary—that is indeed Your greatness. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.61)

aṇimādimahāsiddhiniḥsādhāraṇavaibhavaḥ ..

> Your power, comprising the great perfections such as anima, is matchless;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.62)

kathaṃ tvāmamarairanyairupekṣe samabhiṣṭutam .. 29 ..

> how could I neglect You, who are praised by other immortals? // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.63)

viśuktve vismarāmastvāṃ smarāmaḥ saṃkaṭepi ca ..

> In prosperity we forget You, yet in distress we remember You;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.64)

na roṣo jātu bhakteṣu prasādaḥ sarvadaiva te .. 1.3.2.14.30 ..

> You have no anger toward Your devotees; Your grace is ever present. // 1.3.2.14.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.65)

yadā vidhitserbhaktiṃ tvaṃ yadā ca prāvṛṇoṣi tām ..

> When You wish to inspire devotion, and when You conceal it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.66)

mohabodhau tadā puṃsāṃ kalpete baṃdhamokṣayoḥ .. 31 ..

> then delusion and enlightenment are brought about for men, leading to bondage and liberation. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.67)

iti stutassāṃjalibaddhapāṇinā patiḥ paśūnāmatha cakrapāṇinā ..

> Thus praised by the discus-wielder with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.68)

kṛtāpahāse ca sarojasaṃbhave madoddhate prādurabhūddayānidhiḥ .. 32..

> while the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], haughty with pride, mocked Him, the Lord of creatures, that treasure of mercy, manifested Himself. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.14.69)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe śaṃkaraprādurbhāvavarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Manifestation of Śaṃkara,' in the latter half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya in the first \[book\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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