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# Skandapurana 1.2.16

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.1)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.2)

devadeva tavaiśvaryaṃ kena śakyeta veditum ..

> “O God of gods, by whom could your majesty be known,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.3)

vinā bhāyaikyasulabhaṃ bhavadīyamanugraham .. 1 ..

> except through your grace, which is easily attained only through single-minded devotion? (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.4)

akartṛkāṇi vākyāni aiśvaryaṃ te niratyayam ..

> The authorless words \[of the Veda\] cannot praise your unfailing majesty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.5)

na stotuṃ śakyate kiṃ tu namaskurvaṃti dūrataḥ .. 2 ..

> but merely offer bowings from afar. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.6)

ko viṣṇuḥ ko'hamete vā dikpālā vāsavādayaḥ ..

> Who is Viṣṇu? Who am I? Or who are these guardians of the directions, Indra and the others?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.7)

tvameva deva karttāsi jagatsṛjanarakṣayoḥ .. 3 ..

> You alone, O God, are the creator in the creation and preservation of the world! (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.8)

patistvaṃ pārvatīnātha paśavo vayamapyamī ..

> You are the Lord (Pati), O consort of Pārvatī, and we here are beasts (paśu).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.9)

baddhaṃ pāśena moktuṃ vā tvamevāsmānpragalbhase .. 4 ..

> You alone are capable of freeing us who are bound with the snare (pāśa). (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.10)

ṣaḍviṃśattattvarūpastvamabhitaścābhivarttase ..

> You exist in the form of the twenty-sixth principle, and you encompass everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.11)

kovidaḥ ko vinirṇetuṃ tava yāthātmyamīśvaraḥ ..5..

> Who is wise enough or able, O Īśvara, to determine your true nature? (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.12)

kirātaḥ kila devastvaṃ sārameyaiḥ kilāgamaiḥ ..

> Indeed, you, O God, became a Kirāta hunter with the Āgamas as your hounds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.13)

ṣaḍvargahiṃsrānsaṃhartuṃ karoṣyākheṭakautukam ..6..

> making hunting your sport to destroy the harmful group of six \[internal foes\]. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.14)

deva dakṣādhvare pūrvaṃ varibhadrastvadājñayā ..

> O God, in the sacrifice of Dakṣa long ago, by your command Vīrabhadra—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.15)

kāṃkāṃ śikṣāmakārṣīnna iti kāpi viḍambanā .. 7 ..

> what punishment did he not inflict? How inexplicable was that sport! (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.16)

tava kālāgnirūpasya sarvabrahmāṃḍadāhinaḥ ..

> For you, whose form is the fire of doom that consumes the entire egg of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.17)

poṣaṇātpuṣpacāpasya prāyo jihveti śemuṣī .. 8 ..

> the intellect of the flower-bowed \[Kāma\] was mere fuel to feed a tongue \[of flame\]. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.18)

kṛtāparādhaḥ śūlena tvayā dīrṇo jalaṃdharaḥ ..

> Jalandhara, having committed an offense, was torn apart by your trident;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.19)

antakoṃdhakadaityaśca prativīraśca ko'sti te ..9..

> Death and the demon Andhaka \[were slain\]—who can be an opposing hero to you? (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.20)

adhārayiṣyatkaṇṭhena kālakūṭaṃ na cedbhavān ..

> If you had not held the kālakūṭa poison in your throat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.21)

kathaṃ ca dhārayiṣyāmo vayaṃ sarve'pi jīvitam .. 1.3.2.16.10 ..

> how could all of us have retained our lives? (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.22)

devadāruvane pūrvaṃ munīnkevalakarmaṭhān ..

> In the Deodar Forest long ago, you disturbed the sages who were devoted only to rituals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.23)

prakṣobhya dhūrtaveṣastvaṃ dayayānvagrahīstathā .. 11 ..

> disguised as an ascetic trickster, and then out of compassion bestowed your grace. (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.24)

aṃghriṇākrāṃtavānno cedatyugrāṃ tvamapasmṛtim ..

> If you had not trodden down terrible Apasmāra with your foot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.25)

tayākrāṃtamidaṃ kṛtsnamaṃdhakārāyate jagat .. 12 ..

> this whole world, overcome by it, would have been turned into darkness. (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.26)

ardhanārīśvaraṃ rūpaṃ tvayā cenna prakāśitam ..

> If the Ardhanārīśvara form had not been revealed by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.27)

prabhavāmi kathaṃ sraṣṭuṃ jagadetaccarācaram .. 13 ..

> how would I have been able to create this universe of moving and unmoving beings? (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.28)

bhavatā staṃbhitaḥ śambho saṃraṃbhājjaṃbhajidbhujaḥ..

> By you, O Śambhu, the arm of Indra, poised in fury, was paralyzed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.29)

kiyaṃtaṃ haṃta kālaṃ te jayastaṃbha iva sthitaḥ..14..

> for how long, alas, did it remain standing like a pillar of victory for you! (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.30)

bhikṣoḥ kapālamāpūrya rudhireṇātmano hariḥ..

> Having filled the beggar’s skull-bowl with his own blood, Hari  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.31)

śūlenotkṣipya mumuhe hyetattvamavadhāraya.. 15..

> was lifted up on your trident and lost consciousness; truly, remember this! (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.32)

na cedaśikṣayaḥ sarvaśastrāstrāṇyanukaṃpayā ..

> If you had not taught him all weapons and missiles out of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.33)

nirvāpayetkathaṃ vairaṃ kruddhopi jamadagnibhūḥ .. 16 ..

> how could Jamadagni's son, enraged as he was, have extinguished his enmity? (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.34)

nṛhariṃ śarabhākāraḥ samahārṣīnna cedbhavān ..

> If you had not, in the form of Śarabha, destroyed Nṛhari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.35)

sa eva saṃharedviśvaṃ hiraṇyakaśiporapi .. 17 ..

> he himself, having \[slain\] Hiraṇyakaśipu, would have destroyed the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.36)

tvamācakṛkṣaḥ kalpābdhau kaivartto matsyakacchapau ..

> In the ocean of the kalpa, you wished to catch, like a fisherman, the Fish and the Tortoise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.37)

hariṃ baddhvāhirāṭsūtrairnṛsiṃhamatha sūkaram .. 18 ..

> binding Hari with the cords of the king of serpents, and then the Man-lion and the Boar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.38)

ekone padmasāhasre svanetreṇa kṛtārcanam ..

> When a thousand lotuses lacked one, he worshipped with his own eye;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.39)

śūlinsudarśanaṃ dattvā daityadviṣamatūtupaḥ .. 19 ..

> O bearer of the trident, by granting the Sudarśana you satisfied the enemy of the Daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.40)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.41)

stutyaivamasya viṣṇośca prārthanena prasedivān ..

> Having thus been pleased by his praise and Viṣṇu's prayer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.42)

dhūrjaṭiḥ sṛṣṭikartṛtvaṃ punarasyābhyamanyata .. 1.3.2.16.20 ..

> Dhūrjaṭi again approved his role as the creator of creation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.43)

samam̐jyāsu dvijānāṃ ca pūjanaṃ cānuśiṣṭavān ..

> and instructed that the worship of brahmins should take place in sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.44)

ubhāvapyabravīdetau vātsalyāccadraśekharaḥ.. 21 ..

> Out of affection, Candraśekhara said to both of them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.45)

.. śrīśiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.46)

vatsau yuvāṃ na jñātvaivaṃ bhūyo bhavatamuddhatau ..

> "Dear ones, knowing this, do not become arrogant again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.47)

guruṃ smarato māmeva jāgrataṃ sṛṣṭirakṣayoḥ .. 22 ..

> Remember me alone as the guru, watchful over creation and preservation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.48)

iha pradeśe yuvayoryanmayānugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ ..

> Because grace was bestowed by me upon both of you in this region,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.49)

puṇyakṣetramidaṃ puṃsāṃ tato mokṣāya kalpatām .. 23 ..

> therefore let this sacred field bring about liberation for human beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.50)

yojanatrayamātre'sminkṣetre nivasatāṃ nṛṇām ..

> For men residing in this sacred field measuring just three yojanas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.51)

dīkṣādikaṃ vināpyastu matsāyujyaṃ mamājñayā .. 24 ..

> by my command let there be union with me, even without initiation and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.52)

yadvā tiraścāmapyatra sthāvarāṇāṃ ca dehinām ..

> Moreover, even for beasts and stationary beings living here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.53)

abuddhipūrvikā buddhirapavargasya jāyatām .. 25 ..

> let there arise an unconscious inclination toward final liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.54)

nṛṇāṃ ca darśanāddūre kaivalyaṃ smaraṇena vā ..

> For men, let there be emancipation from darśana, or from remembering \[it\] from afar;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.55)

astu vedāṃtavijñānaṃ na sādhyaṃ niṣprayāsataḥ .. 26 ..

> the direct knowledge of the Vedānta cannot be achieved without effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.56)

śubhāya taijasī mūrtiḥ sthāvarā mama śāśvatī ..

> For the good of all, let my eternal, motionless form made of fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.57)

aruṇādririti khyātā nityamevātra varttatām .. 27 ..

> renowned as Aruṇādri, remain here forever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.58)

yugātyayepi nainaṃ tu majjayeyurmahābdhayaḥ ..

> Even at the end of a yuga, the great oceans shall not submerge it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.59)

na cālayeyurmaruto na daheyuśca vahnayaḥ .. 28 ..

> the winds shall not shake it, and fires shall not burn it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.60)

jyotirmayamidaṃ liṃgaṃ jyotiḥṣvapi na jātucit..

> Even among luminaries, never may  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.61)

kramaṃtā nirgamāgatyā khecarāṇi samaṃtataḥ.. 29..

> heavenly bodies traverse this liṅga made of light by moving around it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.62)

yasyānugrahamicchāmi jaṃtotasyātra saṃbhavaḥ..

> Whichever creature I wish to bestow grace upon is born here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.63)

dehāṃte kalpatāṃ muktyai vinaupaniṣadīrgiraḥ.. 1.3.2.16.30..

> at the end of the body, let it attain liberation, even without the words of the Upaniṣads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.64)

eṣa dūrātpraṇāmena nikarṣācca pradakṣiṇāt..

> By salutation from afar and by circumambulation close by,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.65)

api pāpātmanāṃ puṃsāmastu niśreyasapradaḥ .. 31 ..

> let this bestow the highest good even upon sinful men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.66)

atraiva niyataṃ vāsāḥ saṃbhavaṃti mahātmanām ..

> Here alone is the appointed dwelling of great souls;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.67)

tasmātsthalamidaṃ hitvā na gaṃtavyaṃ kadācana .. 32 ..

> therefore, having abandoned this place, one should never depart \[elsewhere\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.68)

śoṇācalamanādṛtya kvacitsthitvāpi muktaye ..

> Disregarding Śoṇācala, even if one stays somewhere for the sake of liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.69)

tasmādyuvāṃ vidhiharī vasataṃ cātra nityaśaḥ .. 33 ..

> therefore, O Vidhi and Hari, both of you reside here continually."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.70)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.71)

ityuktavaṃtaṃ kāmāriṃ praṇamya vidhimādhavau ..

> Having bowed to the enemy of Kāma who had spoken thus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.72)

tau vyajñāpayatāṃ devaṃ dūrībhavadahaṃkriyau .. 34 ..

> Vidhi and Mādhava, their egoism having departed, addressed the god:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.73)

.. vidhimādhavāvūcatuḥ .. ..

> Vidhi and Mādhava said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.74)

evametajjagadādhāra jagadādhāratāṃ gataḥ ..

> "So be it, O support of the world; having become the support of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.75)

āstāṃ girirasau kiṃ tu tejo hyasya sudussaham .. 35 ..

> let this mountain remain; however, its fiery splendor is very difficult to endure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.76)

atoyamuttamo rudra tejaḥ sāmānyaśailavat ..

> Therefore, O supreme Rudra, like an ordinary mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.77)

tiṣṭhatvabhedyamahimā niśreyasamahākhaniḥ .. 36 ..

> let this great mine of the highest good, of unassailable greatness, abide \[with its splendor concealed\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.78)

vivṛṇoti nijaṃ jyotirviśvasyāsya samṛddhaye ..

> Reveal your own light for the prosperity of this universe  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.79)

pratyabdaṃ kārttike māsi kṛttikāsu dinātyaye .. 37 ..

> every year in the month of Kārttika, under the constellation Kṛttikā, at the close of day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.80)

śarmadopi nṛṇāṃ deva śoṇādristava śāsanāt ..

> O god, although Śoṇādri brings joy to men by your command,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.81)

mahattvādarcituṃ śakyo na syādbhaktasya kasyacit..38..

> because of its vastness it cannot be worshipped by any devotee.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.82)

etasyopatyakāyāṃ tadadyārabhyāsmadarthanāt..

> Therefore, beginning from today, at our request, at the foot of this \[mountain\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.83)

devena sannidhātavyamavanyāṃ liṃgarūpiṇā..39..

> the god should be present upon the earth in the form of a liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.84)

taccāruṇagirīśānamāvāmārādhayāvahe..

> And we two will worship that Lord of Aruṇagiri  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.85)

abhiṣekānulepādyairupacārairyathāvidhi ..1.3.2.16.40..

> with anointing, unction, and other offerings according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.86)

saṃtyatra keśarāścūtā nāgapuṃnāgakesarāḥ..

> Here there are keśara, mango, nāgakesara, puṃnāga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.87)

āragvadhāḥ kurabakā mālūrāḥ pāṭalā api .. 41 ..

> āragvadha, kurabaka, mālūra, and pāṭalā trees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.88)

atraiva sannidhātavyaṃ devadeva dayānidhe ..

> Be present here alone, O god of gods, ocean of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.89)

yatastvadbhaktidārḍhyaṃ nau bhavatāttvadupāsanāt..42..

> so that steadfast devotion to you may arise in us through worship of you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.90)

nānyathā cittaśuddhirnnau deve'pyevaṃ praseduṣi ..

> Otherwise, there is no purification of mind for us, even when the god is thus pleased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.91)

anādyavidyāvṛtaye yo bhaviṣyati nityaśaḥ .. 43 ..

> which will always serve to veil beginningless ignorance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.92)

śoṇādreḥ pūrvadigbhāge sa eṣa bhṛśamunnataḥ ..

> In the eastern quarter of Śoṇādri, this very elevated \[spot\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.93)

sa evālaṃ nivāsāya devasya hṛdayaṃgamaḥ ....44..

> is quite suitable as a delightful dwelling for the god."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.94)

sāṃgavedā dharmaśāstraṃ purāṇāni śivāgamāḥ ..

> The Vedas along with their auxiliary limbs, the dharma treatises, the Purāṇas, and the Śaiva treatises—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.95)

kṛtvā ca sakalāḥ proktā bhavataiva bhavāvayoḥ ..45..

> having created all of them, they were revealed by you alone to both of us, O Bhava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.96)

niśreyasāya bhaktānāṃ tvayaiva gururūpiṇā..

> For the ultimate beatitude of devotees, by you alone in the form of a teacher  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.97)

aṣṭāviṃśatirākhyātā āgamāḥ śaivasaṃjñitāḥ .. 46 ..

> were twenty-eight Āgamas called Śaiva taught.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.98)

teṣu kasya prakāreṇa kurvāṇau tvadupāsanām ..

> According to which among them, performing worship to you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.99)

kadāpyajñānajāmārtiṃ nādhigacchāva śaṃkara .. 47 ..

> may we never fall into distress born of ignorance, O Śaṃkara?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.100)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.101)

iti tau dhātṛgoviṃdau pādapadmāvalaṃbinau ..

> To those two, Dhātṛ and Govinda, clinging to his lotus feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.102)

jagāda karuṇāmūrttirjagatībhṛtsutāpatiḥ .. 48 ..

> the husband of the mountain's daughter, the embodiment of compassion, spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.103)

.. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. ..

> The venerable Mahādeva said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.104)

yuktamuktamidaṃ bhadrau mayāpyevaṃ manīṣitam ..

> Well spoken is this, O blessed ones! I too have thought the same.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.105)

kāmikoktena mārgeṇa māmarcayitumarhathaḥ .. 49 ..

> You ought to worship me by the path taught in the Kāmika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.106)

mohato vismṛtā manye bhavadbhyāṃ śaivasaṃhitā ..

> Out of delusion, I suppose, the Śaiva tradition has been forgotten by you both.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.107)

adhunā matprasādena punarudbhāsatāṃ hṛdi .. 1.3.2.16.50 ..

> Now, by my grace, let it shine forth again in your hearts!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.108)

.. nandīśa uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.16.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.109)

ityuktvā śrīśavāgīśau giriśo'ntaradhādatha ..

> Having spoken thus to the lord of Śrī and the lord of speech, the dweller on the mountain then disappeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.110)

tadā prādurabhūttatra liṃgaṃ kimapi maṃgalam .. 51 ..

> Then there appeared in that place a wondrous, auspicious liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.111)

taccāvalokya sāścaryyau mukundakamalāsanau ..

> Seeing it with wonder, Mukunda and the lotus-seated Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.112)

muhuḥ praṇamya sānaṃdaṃ prārcya tuṣṭuvatuściram .. 52 ..

> bowing down repeatedly with joy and reverently worshipping, praised it for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.113)

tāvakārayatāṃ śoṇagirināthasya cālayam ..

> They two caused an abode to be built for the lord of Śoṇagiri,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.114)

nānāśilpādbhutaṃ viśvakarmaṇā pracayena ca .. 53 ..

> wondrous with various arts and in great abundance, through Viśvakarman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.115)

khānayāmāsatustatra saraḥ kimapi pāvanam ..

> They caused to be dug there an extraordinary, purifying lake,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.116)

abhiṣekāya devasya sarvatīrthamayaṃ navam .. 54 ..

> a new one composed of all sacred fords, for the ceremonial bath of the god.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.117)

aruṇākhyaṃ puraṃ cārātkalpayāmāsatuściram ..

> And nearby they founded for eternity the city named Aruṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.118)

siddhyai notkaṃṭhate labdhvā kailāsāyāpi dhūrjaṭiḥ ..55..

> Having obtained it for his abode, Dhūrjaṭi does not long even for Kailāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.119)

tasyāṃ brahmarṣayo devā gaṃdharvā divyayoṣitaḥ ..

> In that city, brahmin seers, gods, gandharvas, celestial maidens,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.120)

siddhavidyādharā yakṣāḥ pauratvaṃ samupāyayuḥ .. 56 ..

> siddhas, vidyādharas, and yakṣas became citizens.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.121)

tīrthāni dhārya kūpatvaṃ gaṃgādyāḥ saritastathā ..

> The sacred fords took the form of wells, and likewise rivers such as the Gaṅgā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.122)

naṃdanādīni ca vanānyabhavanniṣkuṭatvataḥ ..57..

> and groves such as Nandana became pleasure-gardens.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.123)

goloko gogoṣṭhatayā naigamatvaṃ kilāgamāḥ ..

> Goloka took the form of cow-pens; the Āgamas, indeed, became Vedic traditions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.124)

śailāśca gopurāditvaṃ smṛtayo vidhitāṃ yayuḥ ..58..

> mountains became city-gates and the like, and the smṛtis became ordinances.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.125)

bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca vetālāḥ kaṭapūtanāḥ ..

> Bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, vetālas, and kaṭapūtanas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.126)

prapannā mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ tasyāṃ kila pṛthagjanāḥ .. 59 ..

> even common people, entered human bodies in that \[city\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.127)

devopi dhūrjaṭistasyāṃ kautukī siddharūpadhṛk ..

> Even the god Dhūrjaṭi, full of sport, assumed the form of a siddha in that \[city\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.128)

yogitvaṃ samupāsthāya mātrākaupīnamuṇḍadhṛk ..1.3.2.16.60..

> taking to the state of a yogin, wearing a simple cloth, a loincloth, and shaving his head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.129)

na kenacidavijñātaḥ sadā sarvatra dīpyati ..

> unknown to anyone, he shines everywhere, always.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.130)

tau ca keśavalokeśau jaṭilau bhasmaguṇṭhitau ..61..

> And those two, Keśava and the lord of the worlds, having matted locks and smeared with ashes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.131)

dāṃtau śoṇādrināthaṃ tamarcayāmāsatuściram ..

> self-controlled, worshipped that lord of the red mountain for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.132)

tatratyānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ varṇānāmānuguṇyataḥ .. 62 ..

> And according to the suitability of all the classes residing there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.133)

dīkṣādikāni cakrāte svayamācāryatāṃ gatau ..

> they themselves, having assumed the role of preceptors, administered initiations and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.134)

krameṇa hṛtanirmālyau sarvāgamarahovidau .. 63 ..

> Regularly removing the previous offerings, knowing the secrets of all Āgamas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.135)

prātaḥ snātvā samāhṛtya puṣpapatrādikaṃ phalam ..

> bathing in the morning, gathering flowers, leaves, and fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.136)

maṃtraṃ cāruṇanāthasya tata eva rahaḥ śrutam .. 64 ..

> and the mantra of the lord of Aruṇa heard in secret from him alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.137)

jaṃjalpākau jajapatuḥ sarvamaṃtrādhikaṃ sadā ..

> continually uttering it, they chanted that \[mantra\] superior to all mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.138)

dhūpapradīpanaivedyairgītavāditranartanaiḥ .. 65 ..

> With incense, lights, and food offerings, with songs, instruments, and dances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.139)

pradakṣiṇānamaskārairmudrābaṃdhairnavairnavaiḥ ..

> with circumambulations, prostrations, and constantly new mudrās,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.140)

āsanena ca mūrttyā ca mūlena ca yathāvidhi .. 66 ..

> with seat, image, and the root mantra according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.141)

paṃcabrahmaṣaḍaṃgādyairarcayāmāsatuḥ śivam ..

> with the five Brahmamantras and the six limbs, they worshipped Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.142)

evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣoḍaśāruṇaśaṃkaram .. 67 ..

> Thus, for sixteen thousand years, worshipping the red Śaṃkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.143)

vedhoviṣṇū samārādhya śivajñānamavāpatuḥ .. 68 ..

> the Creator and Viṣṇu attained the knowledge of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.144)

itīdamaśrāvi mayā rahasyaṃ pituḥ śilādasya mukhātpurā yat ..

> Thus was this secret heard by me formerly from the mouth of my father, Śilāda's son; / and that very thing has been related to you today. What else is there a desire to hear?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.145)

niveditaṃ cādya tadeva tubhyaṃ kimanyadākarṇayituṃ manīṣā .. 69 .. ..

> And today that very thing has been related to you; what else is your desire to hear?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.16.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.16.146)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe brahmaviṣṇukṛtāruṇācaleśa maṃdiravarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 16 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, entitled “Description of the Temple of the Lord of Aruṇācala Built by Brahmā and Viṣṇu”, in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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