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# Skandapurana 1.2.24

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.1)

.. mārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.2)

bhagavanbhavamāhātmyaratnākarasudhākaram ..

> “O Lord, moon to the ocean of the māhātmya of the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.3)

naṃdīśa citraṃ cāritraṃ śrutaṃ vidyābhṛtordvayoḥ .. 1 ..

> O Nandīśa, the wonderful conduct of the two Vidyādharas has been heard. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.4)

kadā vajrāṃgadaḥ siddhaḥ kathaṃ devamapūjayat ..

> When did Vajrāṅgada attain perfection? How did he worship the God?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.5)

kathaṃ cānvagrahītprahvaṃ devastamaruṇeśvaraḥ .. 2 ..

> And how did the God, the Lord of Aruṇa, favor him who was bowed \[in reverence\]?” // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.6)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.7)

nivarttanecchāṃ hitvātha nṛpo nijapuraṃ prati ..

> Then, abandoning the desire to return towards his own city,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.8)

tasyaiva pādaparyaṃte svasya vāsamarocayat .. 3 ..

> the king chose to dwell right at the foot of that \[mountain\]. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.9)

athāsya mahatī senā vāhamārgānusāriṇī ..

> Then his vast army, following the track of the mount,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.10)

prāptā śatāṃgamātaṃgaturaṃgabhaṭasaṃkulā .. 4 ..

> crowded with chariots, elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers, arrived. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.11)

samadṛśyata bhūpālastādṛśo dhairyasāgaraḥ ..

> The ruler of the earth, such an ocean of fortitude, was seen  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.12)

purodhomaṃtrisāmaṃtasenāpatisuhṛttamaiḥ .. 5 ..

> by his royal chaplain, ministers, vassals, army commanders, and best of friends. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.13)

tatastāmāgatāṃ senāmavanīpatirādṛtaḥ ..

> Then, having honored that army which had arrived, the protector of the earth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.14)

aruṇādreśca sīmāyā bahireva nyaveśayat .. 6 ..

> stationed it entirely outside the boundary of Aruṇādri. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.15)

svakīyamakhilaṃ kośaṃ deśānapi mahāphalān ..

> His entire treasury, and also regions bearing great fruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.16)

śoṇādrināthapūjāyai kalpayāmāsa bhaktimān .. 7 ..

> the devoted king dedicated for the worship of the Lord of the Crimson Mountain. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.17)

gautamasyāśramābhyāśe svayaṃ kṛtatapovanaḥ ..

> Having himself made a penance grove near the hermitage of Gautama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.18)

purodhoktaḥ sasacivaḥ śivārcanarato'bhavat .. 8 ..

> instructed by his royal priest, together with his ministers, he became dedicated to the worship of Śiva. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.19)

ratnāṃgadākhyaṃ tanayaṃ sthāpayitvā nije pade ..

> Having installed his son named Ratnāṅgada in his own post,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.20)

tatpreṣitairaparyāptaiḥ śoṇeśaṃ paryatarpayat .. 9 ..

> he propitiated the Lord of the Crimson \[Mountain\] with inexhaustible \[tributes\] sent by him. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.21)

paritaḥ śoṇaśailasya paripūrṇajalāśayān ..

> All around the Crimson Mountain, \[endowed with\] filled reservoirs of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.22)

agrahārānbahuphalānbrāhmaṇebhyo'tisṛṣṭavān .. 1.3.2.24.10 ..

> he granted many fruitful agrahāras to the brahmins. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.23)

tejasāruṇanāthasya jvalanastaṃbharūpiṇaḥ ..

> By the power of the Lord of Aruṇa, who has the form of a pillar of fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.24)

dhanvaprāye'pi deśe'smindīrghikāḥ śataśo vyadhāt .. 11 ..

> in this land, though mostly arid, he constructed hundreds of oblong ponds. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.25)

sauṃdaryaśālinīrātmaparivāravarāṃganāḥ ..

> The far-sighted king offered the choice women of his own retinue,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.26)

sevārthaṃ śoṇanāthasya dattavāndīrghadarśanaḥ .. 12 ..

> endowed with beauty, for the service of the Lord of the Crimson \[Mountain\]. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.27)

athāgatenāgastyena lopāmudrāsakhena saḥ ..

> Then, by Agastya, who had arrived together with his companion Lopāmudrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.28)

abhyanaṃdyata śoṇādrināthapūjāparāyaṇaḥ .. 13 ..

> he who was devoted to the worship of the Lord of the Crimson Mountain was praised. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.29)

pratyahaṃ navatīrthākhye sarasi snānamācaran ..

> Every day performing ritual ablution in the lake named Navatīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.30)

pāpanāśapravāleśau prayataḥ paryapūjayat .. 14 ..

> he, self-restrained, worshipped Pāpanāśa and Pravāleśa. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.31)

mahiṣāsurasaṃhārakāriṇī mānaveśvaraḥ ..

> The ruler of men daily propitiated Durgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.32)

nityamārādhayāmāsa durgāṃ durggārtihāriṇīm .. .. 15 ..

> the slayer of the demon Mahiṣa, who removes afflictions from fortresses and difficulties. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.33)

pratikṣaṇaṃ brahmaviṣṇupūjyasya liṃgarūpiṇaḥ ..

> At every moment, of the one worthy of worship by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, who has the form of a liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.34)

ādidevasya vividhāḥ saparyāḥ paryakalpayat .. 16 ..

> he arranged various forms of worship for the primordial God.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.35)

pratyuṣasyutthitaḥ snātaḥ pādābhyāmeva pārthivaḥ ..

> Rising at dawn and having bathed, on foot alone the king  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.36)

japanpaṃcākṣarīmaṃtramakārṣīttriḥ pradakṣiṇām .. 17 ..

> circumambulated three times, reciting the five-syllabled mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.37)

paurṇamāsyāṃ sa kārttikyāṃ pārvatīvallabhapriyam ..

> On the full-moon day of Kārttika, pleasing to the beloved of Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.38)

mahādīpotsavaṃ cakre mahitaṃ bhuvanatraye .. 18 ..

> he celebrated the Great Festival of Lamps, honoured throughout the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.39)

sugaṃdhasārakahlārakarpūrajalapūritaḥ ..

> Filled with water of sandalwood, white water-lilies, and camphor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.40)

sahasraiḥ svarṇakuṃbhānāmabhyaṣiṃcattriyaṃtrakam .. 19 ..

> with thousands of golden vessels he bathed the Lord of the three yantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.41)

pratimāsadhvajārohapūrvaṃ tīrthotsavādikam ..

> Preceded by the monthly raising of the flag and other festival rites at the sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.42)

trailokyābhyarhitaṃ cakre rathārohaṃ mahotsavam.. 1.3.2.24.20..

> he conducted the grand chariot procession, revered across the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.43)

aṃgaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ cāsya vidadhe viśadāśayaḥ..

> With a pure heart, he also made a full bodily circumambulation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.44)

yojanatritayāyāmavyāpinaḥ śoṇabhūbhṛtaḥ..21..

> of the Crimson Mountain, which spans three yojanas in length.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.45)

aruṇācalanātheti karuṇāmṛtasāgaraḥ..

> Calling out, “O Lord of Aruṇācala! Ocean of the nectar of compassion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.46)

aruṇāṃvāsanātheti tuṣṭāva ca muhurmuhuḥ..22..

> O Lord who dwells with Aruṇā!” he praised him again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.47)

saṃlipya vividhairdravyairnityaṃ paṃcāmṛtādibhiḥ..

> Having smeared \[him\] daily with various substances such as the five nectars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.48)

ācarca yadgaṃdhasārapaṃkaiḥ karpūrapāṃḍuraiḥ .. 23 ..

> he anointed \[him\] with sandalwood paste pale with camphor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.49)

apūjayata kalhāraiḥ sravanmṛgamadadravaiḥ .. prā  
tarārabhya śoṇādrināyakaṃ gaṇarūpiṇam .. 24 ..

> From morning onward, he worshipped with white water-lilies and flowing musk / the Lord of the Crimson Mountain who embodies the hosts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.50)

iti varṣatrayaṃ tasya vaśino varivasyayā ..

> Thus, through the worship of that self-controlled king for three years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.51)

aruṇādrīśvarastuṣṭaḥ pratyakṣatvamagāhata ..25..

> the Lord of Aruṇādri was pleased and became visible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.52)

nīhārācalasaṃkāśamārūḍho vṛṣapuṃgavam..

> Mounted upon the bull resembling the snowy mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.53)

anvagāsīnayā devyā kṛtagāḍhopagūhanaḥ.. 26..

> he was tightly embraced by the Goddess seated behind him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.54)

brahmarṣibhirvasiṣṭhādyairnāradādyairmaharṣibhiḥ..

> Praise of victory was offered to him by brahmin seers such as Vasiṣṭha, by great seers such as Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.55)

gaṇairnikuṃbhakuṃbhādyaiḥ kriyamāṇajayastutiḥ .. 27..

> and by the hosts \[of attendants\] led by Nikuṃbha and Kuṃbha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.56)

karuṇāsiṃdhukallolaiḥ kamalāvāsaveśmabhiḥ ..

> With glances that were like the rolling waves of an ocean of compassion, like dwelling-places of Lakṣmī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.57)

kaṭākṣapātairjagatāṃ kāluṣyamiva vārayan .. 28 ..

> he seemed to dispel the impurity of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.58)

dṛṣṭvā ca devadevaṃ tamaṣṭāṃgaṃ nyasya bhūtale ..

> And beholding that God of gods, casting himself eight-limbed upon the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.59)

praṇanāma paraṃ hṛṣṭo vajrāṃgadamahīpatiḥ .. 29 ..

> King Vajrāṅgada bowed down, exceedingly joyful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.60)

vyajñāpayacca bhūpālo maulīkṛtaśatāṃjaliḥ ..

> And the king addressed him with his joined palms placed upon his head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.61)

kṣālayanniva daṃtāṃśujālaistatpādapaṃkaje .. 1.3.2.24.30 ..

> as if washing his lotus feet with the beams radiating from his teeth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.62)

.. vajrāṃgada uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.24.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.63)

deveśa yadahaṃ mohādbahupātakasaṃcayam ..

> “O Lord of gods! Forgive this one transgression of mine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.64)

acāriṣaṃ sa eko'yaṃ kṣamyatāṃ me vyatikramaḥ .. 31 ..

> in that through delusion I committed an accumulation of many sins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.65)

itivādinamatyaṃtaṃ dīnameva dayānidhiḥ ..

> To him who spoke thus, utterly wretched, that treasure of mercy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.66)

jagāda jagatīnātho devaḥ śoṇācaleśvaraḥ .. 32 ..

> the Lord of the earth, the God who is the Lord of Śoṇācala, spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.67)

.. śrīmaheśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.24.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.68)

mā bhaiṣīrvatsa bhadraṃ te saṃtyaṣṭau mama mūrttayaḥ ..

> “Fear not, my child! Good fortune to you. I possess eight forms;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.69)

tāḥ sarvāḥ sarvajaṃtūnāmatyarthaṃ parikalpitāḥ .. 33 ..

> they have all been fashioned for the highest welfare of all living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.70)

purā puraṃdarastvaṃ hi kailāsaśikhare sthitam ..

> Formerly, as Indra, you stood on the peak of Kailāsa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.71)

garvito māmavāmaṃsthāḥ staṃbhitaśca tadā mayā .. 34 ..

> and full of pride, you slighted me; then you were paralyzed by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.72)

kṣaṇaṃ galitagarvastvaṃ staṃbhanā vrīḍitastadā ..

> Your pride melted away in an instant; ashamed of being paralyzed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.73)

ayāciṣṭhāḥ śivajñānamakhilaiśvaryakāraṇam .. 35 ..

> you then begged for the knowledge of Śiva, the cause of all sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.74)

ādiṣṭastvaṃ mayā vajrinnavatīryāvaniṃ bhavān..

> You were instructed by me: ‘O wielder of the thunderbolt, descending to the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.75)

rājā vajrāṃgado bhūtvā lapsyase matkṛpāmiti.. 36..

> you shall become King Vajrāṅgada and attain my grace.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.76)

jātaṃ tataḥ prabhāveṇa kṣetrametanmadāspadam..

> By that power, this sacred field which is my abode was reached.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.77)

śikṣitotīva mugdhastvaṃ bhaktosi ca paraṃ mayi .. 37 ..

> You have been thoroughly disciplined; you are innocent and supremely devoted to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.78)

adhunātisaparyābhistvatkṛtābhiraharniśam ..

> Now, by these services performed by you day and night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.79)

parituṣṭosmyahaṃ rājannatastvāṃ bodhayāmyaham .. 38 ..

> I am well pleased, O King! Therefore, I enlighten you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.80)

khaṃ vāyuranalo vāri bhūḥ sūrya śaśinau pumān ..

> Ether, wind, fire, water, earth, the sun, the moon, and the individual soul—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.81)

iti manmūrttibhirviśvaṃ bhāsate sacarācaram .. 39 ..

> through these forms of mine the whole universe of moving and unmoving things shines forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.82)

kālo hi kālayāmyarthānsattvānadhvana eva ca ..

> Indeed, as Time I impel all objects, living beings, and cosmic paths;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.83)

tattvātītaḥ śivaścāhaṃ na mattostīha kiṃcana .. 1.3.2.24.40 ..

> beyond the principles, I am Śiva; nothing here exists apart from me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.84)

aparyaṃtacidānaṃdasiṃdhorme kecidūrmayaḥ ..

> Certain waves rising up from me, the boundless ocean of consciousness and bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.85)

vedhomukundarudreṃdramukhānāhuruditvarāḥ .. 41 ..

> are called Brahmā, Mukunda, Rudra, Indra, and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.86)

vāṇīlakṣmīkṣamāśraddhāprajñāsvāhāsvadhādayaḥ ..

> Speech, Lakṣmī, Patience, Faith, Wisdom, Svāhā, Svadhā, and others  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.87)

asaṃkhyeyamahāśaktermama visṛṣṭiśaktayaḥ .. 42 ..

> are the powers of creation belonging to my immeasurable great power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.88)

iyaṃ mama mahāśaktirgaurī māyā jagatprasūḥ ..

> This Gaurī is my great power, Māyā, the mother of the universe;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.89)

anayācchādyate viśvaṃ śaśvadvistāryate'pi ca .. 43 ..

> by her the universe is constantly veiled, and it is also expanded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.90)

śaktyānayānvitaḥ sargarakṣāsaṃhṛtivibhramaḥ ..

> Endowed with this power, performing the sport of creation, preservation, and dissolution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.91)

vicitrametatpaśyāmi jagaccitraṃ nijecchayā ..44..

> by my own will I behold this multifaceted picture of the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.92)

apavāhitamohastvaṃ mahimā me vicāraya ..

> Free from delusion, contemplate my greatness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.93)

ātmānamavibhinnaṃ me taraṃgamiva vāridheḥ .. 45 ..

> and realize yourself as non-different from me, like a wave from the ocean.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.94)

tato madrūpaśālinyā ādhipatyaṃ kṣitergataḥ ..

> Then, having attained sovereignty over the earth, full of my form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.95)

matprasādena rājeṃdra bhuṃkṣva bhogānyathāsukham .. 46 ..

> by my grace, O king of kings, enjoy pleasures as you wish. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.96)

punaḥ puraṃdaratvena bhuktadivyasukhaściram..

> Then, having long enjoyed divine happiness as Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.97)

madekarūpatāṃ rājanniścayāttvamavāpsyasi .. 47 ..

> you shall assuredly attain oneness of form with me, O king. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.98)

naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.24.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.99)

ityuktvāṃtarhite deve rājā vajrāṃgadaḥ kṛtī ..

> Having spoken thus, when the god vanished, King Vajrāṅgada, successful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.100)

śoṇeśaṃ pūjayanneva sarvānbhogānavāptavān .. 48 ..

> worshipping Śoṇeśa alone, attained all pleasures. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.101)

itthaṃ te kathitaṃ sādho śivabhaktavijṛṃbhaṇam ..

> Thus has been recounted to you, O virtuous one, the glory of Śiva's devotee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.102)

pradakṣiṇāphalaṃ caiva śoṇaśailasya śāśvatam .. 49 ..

> and the eternal fruit of circumambulating Śoṇa Mountain. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.103)

kiṃ vācāṃ vistareṇātra śoṇaśailapradakṣiṇā ..

> What need of many words here? Circumambulation of Śoṇa Mountain  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.104)

mahatāmaśvamedhānāṃ śatādapi viśiṣyate .. 1.3.2.24.50 ..

> is superior even to a hundred great horse sacrifices. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.105)

viṣuvāyanasaṃkrāti vyatīpātādiparvasu ..

> On the equinoxes, solstices, and conjunctions, at Vyatīpāta and other sacred occasions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.106)

pradakṣiṇācchoṇagirerasaṃkhyeyaṃ phalaṃ labhet .. 51 ..

> from circumambulating Śoṇa Mountain one obtains incalculable reward. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.107)

na kṣetramaruṇādasti nāsti devo'ruṇeśvarāt ..

> There is no sacred field like Aruṇa; there is no deity like Aruṇeśvara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.108)

nāpi pradakṣiṇādanyadvipadyate'bhyadhikaṃ tapaḥ .. 52 ..

> nor is there found any austerity superior to circumambulation. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.109)

iti kathayati naṃdikeśvaresminpulakitasarvavapurmṛkaṇḍuputraḥ ..

> While Nandikeśvara was speaking thus, the son of Mṛkaṇḍu, his whole body bristling with joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.110)

muhuradhigataharṣavāṣpavṛṣṭirmahati nimagna ivābhavatsudhābdhau .. 53 .. ..

> again and again weeping showers of tears of joy, seemed immersed in a great ocean of nectar. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.24.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.24.111)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe vajrāṃgadasadgativarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 24 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter, entitled "Description of the Good Destiny of Vajrāṅgada," in the latter half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya in the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.2.24.1) — English, machine translation

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