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# Skandapurana 1.2.20

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.1)

.. mārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.2)

aho mahiṣadaityasya durācāratvamīdṛśam ..

> Oh, such was the wickedness of the Mahiṣa Daitya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.3)

aho duritahāriṇyā durgāyāśca parākramaḥ .. 1 ..

> Oh, and the prowess of Durgā, who takes away sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.4)

evaṃ tayā bhadrakālyā nihate mahiṣāsure ..

> When Mahiṣāsura was thus slain by that Bhadrakālī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.5)

kiṃ cakāra girīṃdrasya naṃdinī tapasi sthitā.. 2 ..

> what did the daughter of the king of mountains do, engaged in tapas?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.6)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.7)

anaṃtaraṃ sā hastena dadhatī daityamastakam ..

> Thereupon, holding the Daitya's head in her hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.8)

nanāma gaurīmanyena pāṇinā khaṅgadhāriṇā .. 3 ..

> she bowed to Gaurī with her other hand that held a sword.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.9)

atha harṣeṇa nṛtyaṃtīṃ tāmālokya dayārdrayā ..

> Then, seeing her dancing in joy, with a gaze  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.10)

dṛṣṭyā devī jagādaināṃ daṃtāṃśudyotitāṃbarā .. 4 ..

> tender with compassion, illuminating the sky with the rays of her teeth, the Goddess addressed her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.11)

tvayātiduṣkaraṃ karma nirmitaṃ viṃdhyavāsini ..

> "A deed most difficult to accomplish has been performed by you, O Vindhyavāsinī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.12)

jātaṃ tava prabhāvena niṣpratyūhaṃ ca me tapaḥ .. 5 ..

> And by your power, my tapas has become free from obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.13)

athaitanmāhiṣaṃ śīrṣamapavitra bhayaṃkaram ..

> Now this buffalo head, impure and terrifying,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.14)

jagatpavitracāritre tyaktumarhasi hastataḥ .. 6 ..

> you ought to release from your hand, O you whose conduct purifies the world!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.15)

iti gauryoditā durgā jugupsākulamānasā ..

> Thus addressed by Gaurī, Durgā, her mind troubled by disgust,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.16)

mūrdhnastasya nipātāya vyadhunodbahuśaḥ karam .. 7 ..

> shook her hand repeatedly in order to drop that head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.17)

tīrthamutpādyatāṃ devi navaṃ pāpavināśanam ..

> "Let a new sacred ford be created, O goddess, that destroys sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.18)

tasminnimajjanāddurge prāyaścittaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 8 ..

> from plunging into it, O Durgā, expiation will take place."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.19)

itīritā gautamena durgā duritaśaṃkinī ..

> Thus told by Gautama, Durgā, fearful of sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.20)

pāṭayāmāsa khaṅgena śilāpaṭṭaṃ paṭīyasā .. 9 ..

> split the stone slab with her exceedingly sharp sword.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.21)

pātālāvadhi nirbhinnātpāṣāṇatalatastataḥ ..

> From that rocky ground cleft down to Pātāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.22)

udajṛṃbhattaraṃgāṃbhaḥ saccittamiva nirmalam .. 1.3.2.20.10 ..

> surging water welled forth, pure like the mind of a good person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.23)

mamajja sāpi gaṃbhīre tasminnaṃbhasi pāvane ..

> She too plunged into that deep, purifying water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.24)

namaḥ śoṇādrināthāyetyuktvā maṃtramanuttamam .. 11 ..

> uttering the unsurpassed mantra: 'Salutations to the Lord of the Red Mountain!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.25)

tāvanmahiṣakaṃṭhasthaṃ liṃgaṃ tadgalitaṃ tale ..

> At that moment, that liṅga which was on Mahiṣa's neck dropped to the bottom;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.26)

taṭe pratiṣṭhitaṃ jātaṃ pāpanāśanasaṃjñayā .. 12 ..

> it became established on the bank under the name Pāpanāśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.27)

unmamajja tato durgā tīrthāṃbhodhūtakalmaṣā ..

> Then Durgā emerged, her impurity washed away by the water of the sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.28)

nipapātātha tatpāṇermahiṣāsuramastakam .. 13 ..

> and the head of Mahiṣāsura fell from her hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.29)

kṛtapradakṣiṇā natvā pāpanāśanamīśvaram ..

> Having circumambulated and bowed to the Lord Pāpanāśana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.30)

purastādasti sā gauryā gautamenābhinaṃditā..14..

> she stood before Gaurī, praised by Gautama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.31)

evaṃ pratyakṣaniratapāpāṃ tāṃ vīkṣya pārvatī..

> Seeing her whose sin was thus visibly dispelled, Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.32)

jagāda dīrghatapasaṃ jagatīdharanaṃdinī..15..

> the daughter of the mountain, engaged in long tapas, said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.33)

mahiṣāsurasaṃhāreṃ'jasā svanumatiḥ kṛtā ..

> "Consent was readily given by myself to the slaughter of Mahiṣāsura.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.34)

viṃdhyavāsinīyamaho duṣṭamāhiṣavigraham .. 16 ..

> Ah, this Vindhyavāsinī, taking hold of the evil buffalo form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.35)

gṛhītvā bhakṣayāmāsa tasya liṃgamidaṃ śivam ..

> devoured \[it\], and this is his auspicious liṅga."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.36)

prāyaścittaṃ tato brūhi mamāpi munisattama ..17 ..

> "Therefore, O best of sages, tell me too of an expiation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.37)

.. gautama uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.38)

devi sarvajagatsargasthitisaṃhārakāriṇi ..

> "O goddess, who bring about the creation, maintenance, and destruction of all the worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.39)

tvaddhyānameva jagatāṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. .. 18 ..

> Meditation upon you alone destroys all sins of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.40)

athāpi laukikaṃ vṛttamavalaṃbya tvayeritam ..

> Nevertheless, adopting worldly conduct, you have spoken thus;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.41)

svakṛtāpi hi maryādā na mahadbhirvilaṃghyate .. 19 ..

> for the boundary established by themselves is never transgressed by the great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.42)

antaḥkaraṇakāluṣyakṣālinī kācana kriyā ..

> A certain rite that washes away the impurity of the inner mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.43)

kathyate'dya mayā mātaravadhānaṃ vidhīyatām .. 1.3.2.20.20 ..

> is told by me today, O Mother; please pay attention.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.44)

aruṇādrirayaṃ sākṣādanalādristirohitaḥ ..

> This mountain Aruṇa, directly a mountain of fire hidden from view,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.45)

jvalatijyotiṣā svena kṛttikāpūrṇimā niśi .. 21 ..

> blazes with its own light on the night of the full moon with Kṛttikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.46)

tatsaparyātapaścaryā kāryā kātyāyani tvayā ..

> Its worship and the practice of austerity must be performed by you, O Kātyāyanī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.47)

tajjyotirdarśanātsarvamabhīṣṭaṃ tava sidhyati .. 22 ..

> from the darśana of that light, every desired thing of yours is accomplished."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.48)

ityuktā gautamenāṃbā tadāprabhṛti dāruṇā ..

> Thus addressed by Gautama, the Mother from then on, formidable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.49)

iyaṃ ca śivabhaktā hi śivapūjāratā tadā .. 23 ..

> devoted to Śiva, intent then upon the worship of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.50)

tapaścacāra paṃcānāmagnīnāṃ madhyamāśritā ..

> performed austerity, abiding in the midst of five fires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.51)

caturṇāṃ śikhināṃ madhye sthitā sūryaniviṣṭadṛk .. 24 ..

> Standing in the midst of four flames, her gaze fixed upon the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.52)

reje haimī śalākeva dyotamānā girīṃdrajā ..

> the daughter of the king of mountains shone radiant like a golden needle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.53)

athākṛṣṭevapārvatyāḥ premapāśairnirāyataiḥ .. 25 ..

> Then, as if drawn by the long-extended cords of Pārvatī’s love,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.54)

sā kārttikī paurṇamāsī samāpede śubhā tithiḥ ..

> that auspicious lunar day arrived: the full moon of Kārttika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.55)

tatastasya dinasyāṃte śṛṃge śoṇamahībhṛtaḥ .. 26 ..

> Then, at the end of that day, on the peak of the red mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.56)

adarśi kimapi jyotiranupādhikavaibhavam ..

> a certain light of unconditioned majesty was seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.57)

tadarthopagatairbrahmamadhubhidvāsavādibhiḥ .. 27 ..

> worshipped on all sides by Brahmā, the slayer of Madhu, Indra, and the rest  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.58)

upāsyamānamabhito devairdivyarṣisaṃgataiḥ ..

> who had approached for that purpose, gods accompanied by celestial seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.59)

tadaniṃdhanamasnehamadaśāvartisaṃbhavam .. 28 ..

> Seeing that great lamp without fuel, without oil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.60)

mahāpradīpamālokya vismayaṃ prāpa pārvatī ..

> and born without a wick of cloth, Pārvatī was struck with wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.61)

kṛtapradakṣiṇā sātha praṇamaṃtī padepade ..

> Then, having circumambulated it, bowing at every step,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.62)

aruṇādrīśvaraṃ nāthaṃ tuṣṭā tuṣṭāva śailajā .. 29 ..

> rejoicing, the daughter of the mountain praised the Lord, the Sovereign of Aruṇādri:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.63)

namaste merucāpāya kailāsācalavāsine ..

> "Salutations to you whose bow is Meru, who dwell on Mount Kailāsa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.64)

nīhāraśailajāmātre śoṇakṣmādhararūpiṇe .. 1.3.2.20.30 ..

> son-in-law of the snow mountain, who have the form of the red mountain!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.65)

varuṇādisurārcyāya taruṇādityavarcase ..

> Worshipped by Varuṇa and other gods, possessing the radiance of the morning sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.66)

aruṇācalanāthāya karuṇāmūrttaye namaḥ .. .. 31 ..

> Lord of Aruṇācala, embodiment of compassion, salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.67)

jaya jahnusutācandra lekhālaṃkṛtaśekhara ..

> Victory to you whose crest is adorned by the daughter of Jahnu and the crescent moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.68)

sauṃdaryamohitāśeṣamunipatnījanāśaya .. 32 ..

> who enchanted the minds of all the sages' wives by your beauty!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.69)

jaya śailasutāsaṃgasaṃbhṛtānaṃgavaibhava ..

> Victory to you who accumulate the glory of love through union with the mountain's daughter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.70)

māyā nārāyaṇābhogakrīḍāmreḍanapaṃḍita .. 33 ..

> expert in repeating the play of the expanse of Nārāyaṇa's Māyā!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.71)

jaya saṃdhyāsamopetasaṃbhṛtānaṃdatāṃḍava ..

> Victory to you who perform the joyful tāṇḍava dance joined with the twilight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.72)

jaya gīrvāṇagaṃdharvasiddhavidyādharārcita .. 34 ..

> victory to you worshipped by the gods, gandharvas, siddhas, and vidyādharas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.73)

jaya heraṃbajanaka jaya ṣaṇmukhavatsala ..

> Victory to the father of Heramba, victory to the one who is fond of the six-faced one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.74)

jaya haimavatīprārthya jaya pārthivadurlabha .. 35 ..

> victory to the one sought by Haimavatī, victory to the one unattainable by kings of the earth!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.75)

iti stutvā muhustasmiñjyotiṣi nyastalocanām ..

> Having thus praised him, seeing the goddess whose eyes were repeatedly fixed upon that light,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.76)

dṛṣṭvā devīṃ dayāvyājādvililye vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. 36 ..

> he whose emblem is the bull vanished under the guise of compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.77)

layitvā nijamāsthāya rūpamutkaṭasundaram ..

> Having vanished, assuming his own exceedingly handsome form  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.78)

āsthāya vṛṣabhaṃ divyamamūṃ dṛṣṭvā śivāṃ śubhām .. 37 ..

> and mounting his divine bull, seeing that auspicious Śivā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.79)

mānātirekādapahāya sarvamaiśvaryamevaṃ tapasi pravṛttām ..

> who out of excess of pride had abandoned all sovereign power and thus engaged in austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.80)

mugdhāṃ punaḥ sāṃtvayituṃ girīśaḥ pracakrame parvatarājaputrīm .. 38 ..

> the Lord of the mountain set about comforting the lovely daughter of the mountain king once again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.20.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.20.81)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe pārvatīkṛtāruṇācaleśvarastutivarṇanaṃnāma viṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..20..cha.. ..

> Thus ends the twentieth chapter, named "Description of the Praise of the Lord of Aruṇācala by Pārvatī," in the latter half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.2.20.1) — English, machine translation

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