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# Skandapurana 1.2.3

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.1)

.. mārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.2)

bhagavanvaṃcanenālaṃ tvadekapravaṇe mayi ..

> O lord, enough of evasiveness, when I am solely devoted to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.3)

kiṃ mādṛśo'sti te śiṣyastvatkṛpaivātra sākṣiṇī .. 1 ..

> Is there any disciple like me? Your own grace here is the witness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.4)

sthāneṣu prāktvadukteṣu phalāni ca pṛthakpṛthak ..

> In the places previously spoken of by you, the fruits are different for each.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.5)

yatra sarvaphalaprāptiḥ sthānaṃ tadvada me vibho .. 2 ..

> Tell me, O all-pervading lord, that place where all fruits are obtained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.6)

carācarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ jānatāmapyajānatām ..

> by the mere recollection of which there is liberation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.7)

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa muktistadvada deśika .. 3 ..

> for moving and unmoving beings, whether knowing or unknowing; tell \[me\] that, O teacher!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.8)

paśyaitena mayaikena bhagavānnānurādhyase ..

> Look, the lord is not being propitiated by me alone;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.9)

sarvairapyetadarthaṃ hi munibhiḥ parivāryase .. 4 ..

> indeed, you are surrounded by all the sages for this very purpose:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.10)

pulahena pulastyena vaśiṣṭhena marīcinā ..

> by Pulaha, Pulastya, Vasiṣṭha, Marīci,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.11)

agastyena dadhīcena nakruṇā bhṛguṇātriṇā .. 5 ..

> by Agastya, Dadhīca, Nakru, Bhṛgu, Atri,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.12)

jābālinā jaimininā dhaumyena jamadagninā ..

> by Jābāli, Jaimini, Dhaumya, Jamadagni,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.13)

upayājena yājena bharatenārvarīvatā .. 6 ..

> by Upayāja, Yāja, Bharata, Arvarīvat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.14)

pippalādena kaṇṭhena kumudenopamanyunā ..

> by Pippalāda, Kaṇṭha, Kumuda, Upamanyu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.15)

kumudākṣeṇa kutsena vatsena varataṃtunā .. 7 ..

> by Kumudākṣa, Kutsa, Vatsa, Varatantu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.16)

vibhāṃḍakena vyāsena kaṇvarīṣeṇa kaṃḍunā ..

> by Vibhāṇḍaka, Vyāsa, Kaṇva, Ṛṣi Kaṇḍu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.17)

māṃḍavyena mataṃgena kukṣiṇā māṃḍakarṇinā .. 8 ..

> by Māṇḍavya, Mataṅga, Kukṣi, Māṇḍakarṇi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.18)

caṃḍakauśikaśāṃḍilyaśākaṭāyanakauśikaiḥ ..

> by Caṇḍakauśika, Śāṇḍilya, Śākaṭāyana, Kauśika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.19)

śātātapamadhucchandogargasaubhariromaśaiḥ .. 9 ..

> by Śātātapa, Madhucchandas, Garga, Saubhari, Lomaśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.20)

āpastaṃbapṛthustaṃbabhārgavodaṃkaparvataiḥ ..

> by Āpastamba, Pṛthustamba, Bhārgava, Udaṅka, Parvata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.21)

bhāradvājena dālbhyena dāṃtena śvetaketunā .. 1.3.2.3.10 ..

> by Bhāradvāja, Dālbhya, Dānta, Śvetaketu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.22)

kauṃḍinyapuṇḍarīkābhyāṃ raibhyeṇa tṛṇabindunā ..

> by Kauṇḍinya and Puṇḍarīka, by Raibhya, Tṛṇabindu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.23)

vālmīkinā nāradena vahninā dṛḍhamanyunā .. 11 ..

> by Vālmīki, Nārada, Vahni, Dṛḍhamanyu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.24)

bodhāyanasubodhābhyāṃ hārītena mṛkaṇḍunā ..

> by Bodhāyana and Subodha, by Hārīta, Mṛkaṇḍu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.25)

durvāsasātitīkṣṇena jālapādena śaktinā .. 12 ..

> by the intensely fierce Durvāsas, by Jālapāda, Śakti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.26)

kāṃkvāryeṇa nadantena devadattena nyaṃkunā ..

> by Kāṅkvārya, Nadanta, Devadatta, Nyaṅku,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.27)

suśrutā cāgniveśyena gālavena marutvatā .. 13 ..

> by Suśruta, and Agniveśya, Gālava, Marutvat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.28)

lokākṣiṇā viśravasā saiṃdhavena sumaṃtunā ..

> by Lokākṣi, Viśravas, Saiṃdhava, Sumantu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.29)

śiśupāyanamaudgalyapathyacāvanamāturaiḥ .. 14 ..

> by Śiśupāyana, Maudgalya, Pathya, Cyavana, Mātura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.30)

ṛṣyaśṛṅgaikapātkrauṃcadṛḍhagomukhadevalaiḥ ..

> by Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Ekapād, Krauñca, Dṛḍhagomukha, Devala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.31)

aṃgirovāmadevaurvapataṃjalikapiṃjalaiḥ .. 15 ..

> by Aṅgiras, Vāmadeva, Aurva, Patañjali, Kapiñjala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.32)

sanatkumārasanakasanaṃdanasanātanaiḥ ..

> by Sanatkumāra, Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.33)

hiraṇyanābhasatyākhyavātāśanasuhotṛbhiḥ .. 16 ..

> by Hiraṇyanābha, the one called Satya, Vātāśana, Suhotra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.34)

maitreyapuṣpajitsatyatapaḥśālīṣyaśaiśiraiḥ ..

> by Maitreya, Puṣpajit, Satyatapas, Śālīṣya, Śaiśira,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.35)

nidāghotathyasaṃvarttaśaulkāyaniparāśaraiḥ .. 17 ..

> by Nidāgha, Utathya, Saṃvarta, Śaulkāyani, Parāśara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.36)

vaiśaṃpāyanakauśalyaśāradvatakapidhvajaiḥ ..

> by Vaiśampāyana, Kauśalya, Śāradvata, Kapidhvaja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.37)

kuśasvārcikakaivalyayājñavalkyāśvalāyanaiḥ .. 18 ..

> by Kuśasvārcika, Kaivalya, Yājñavalkya, Āśvalāyana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.38)

kṛṣṇātapottamānaṃtakaruṇāmalakapriyaiḥ ..

> by Kṛṣṇātapa, Uttama, Ānanda, Karuṇa, Āmalakapriya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.39)

carakeṇa pavitreṇa kapilena kaṇāśinā .. 19 ..

> by Caraka, Pavitra, Kapila, Kaṇāśin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.40)

naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca divyaiścānyairmaharṣibhiḥ ..

> and by Nara and Nārāyaṇa, and by other divine great seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.41)

matpraśnottaraśuśrūṣātatparaiḥ pratyavekṣyase .. 1.3.2.3.20 ..

> eager to hear the answer to my question, you are closely watched.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.42)

māheśvarāgragaṇyastvaṃ samastāgamapāragaḥ ..

> You are the foremost among devotees of Maheśvara, fully versed in all the Āgamas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.43)

vyāptaśca sarvalokeṣu yasmāttadanusādhi naḥ .. 21 ..

> and pervading all the worlds; therefore, instruct us!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.44)

tvanmukhādeva bhagavanvayamete suśikṣitāḥ ..

> From your mouth alone, O lord, we have been well taught  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.45)

pūrvameva tvayā deva kiṃ vānyadupapadyate .. 22 ..

> previously, O god; what else indeed could be proper?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.46)

divyāgamapurāṇāni draṣṭavyaḥ parameśvaraḥ ..

> The divine Āgamas and the Purāṇas, Parameśvara who is to be seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.47)

kātyāyanī vā skando vā bhagavānvātha vā bhavān .. 23 ..

> or Kātyāyanī, or Skanda, or the Lord, or else yourself \[know this\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.48)

tvayi yadyasti no bhaktirdayā cāsmāsu te yadi ..

> If we have devotion to you, and if you have compassion for us,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.49)

rahasyamidamudghāṭya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 24 ..

> you should grant the favor of disclosing this secret.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.50)

itthaṃ mṛkaṇḍutanayena sa naṃdikeśo vijñāpitaḥ savinayaṃ smayamānavaktram ..

> Thus modestly addressed by the son of Mṛkaṇḍu, Nandikeśa, with a smiling face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.51)

taṃ prāha connatataraṃ śivabhaktimastu prāgbhaktitoṣitaśivāptaśarīrasiddhim .. 25 ..

> spoke to him who possessed superior devotion to Śiva, and who had attained perfection of the body from Śiva, pleased by his prior devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.3.52)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe'ruṇācalākhyarahasyasthānapraśnavarṇanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 .. .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the third chapter, named “Description of the Inquiry regarding the Secret Place Named Aruṇācala,” in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first \[section, the\] Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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