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# Skandapurana 1.2.8

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.1)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.2)

aruṇācalamāhātmyaṃ vistarātparipṛcchatā ..

> "By asking about the Aruṇācalamāhātmya in detail,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.3)

mārkaṃḍeya tvayā manye mayi nyasto mahānbharaḥ .. 1 ..

> O Mārkaṇḍeya, I think a great burden has been placed upon me by you. / 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.4)

sthāne kutūhalākṣiptaṃ manastava mahāmate ..

> Fittingly has your mind been drawn by curiosity, O highly intelligent one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.5)

yaḥ śoṇādrīśacaritaṃ na vetti sa naraḥ paśuḥ .. 2 ..

> That man who does not know the acts of the Lord of the Crimson Mountain is an animal. / 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.6)

kathaṃ vā śakyate vaktuṃ jānānarapi kārtsnyataḥ ..

> Or how is it possible to tell completely, even if one knows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.7)

śoṇācalajuṣaḥ śaṃbhormāhātmyaṃ mahitodayam ..3..

> The glorious māhātmya of Śambhu who frequents the Crimson Mountain? / 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.8)

kathaṃ vā śrutamapyetadāścaryarasabhāvitaiḥ ..

> Or how could this, even when heard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.9)

aśeṣamavadhāryeta prajñāvatpravarairapi ..4..

> Be fully retained in mind by those filled with wonder, even the foremost of the wise? / 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.10)

idānīṃ smara citraṃ tu caritraṃ smaravairiṇaḥ ..

> Now remember the wondrous deed of the enemy of Smara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.11)

parāmṛtānubhūtyeva satyaṃ nṛtyati me manaḥ .. 5 ..

> my mind truly dances, as if experiencing the supreme nectar. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.12)

adbhutaṃ śivacāritramāskaṃditamanoharam ..

> The wondrous acts of Śiva captivate the mind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.13)

mama varṇayituṃ kārtsnyānnaiva śaknoti śemuṣī .. 6 ..

> my intellect is altogether incapable of describing them completely. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.14)

tathāpyeṣa pravakṣye'hamaṃśāṃśena yathāmati ..

> Even so, I shall proclaim them part by part according to my capacity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.15)

puṇyaṃ śoṇādrināthasya māhātmyaṃ śrūyatāṃ mune .. 7 ..

> hear, O sage, the holy māhātmya of the Lord of Śoṇādri. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.16)

purādidevakalpādau nirvikalpo maheśvaraḥ ..

> Formerly, at the beginning of the primeval aeon, Maheśvara, free from conceptual distinction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.17)

svecchayā sakalaṃ viśvaṃ punarapyudabhāvayat .. 8 ..

> by his own will brought forth the entire universe once again. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.18)

udbhāvitaṃ ca tadviśvaṃ sraṣṭuṃ pātuṃ ca sarvadā ..

> And desiring ever to create and protect that manifested universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.19)

anvicchannādidevo'sau brahmaviṣṇū vinirmame .. 9 ..

> that primal god fashioned Brahmā and Viṣṇu. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.20)

asṛjaddakṣiṇāṃgena tryaṃbakaḥ parameṣṭhinam ..

> From his right side the three-eyed Lord created Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.21)

viṣṭaraśravasaṃ devo vāmāṃgena ca sṛṣṭavān .. 1.3.2.8.10 ..

> and from his left side the god created Viṣṇu. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.22)

brahmāṇaṃ rajasā viṣṇuṃ sattvena samayūyujat ..

> He joined Brahmā with rajas, and Viṣṇu with sattva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.23)

niyuktau devadevena tau viraṃcyacyutāvubhau .. 11 ..

> both Brahmā and Acyuta, appointed by the God of gods, // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.24)

īśāte sarvajagatāṃ sṛṣṭirakṣāvidhānayoḥ ..

> ruled over the performance of creation and protection of all the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.25)

manasaiva marīcyādīnsasarja brāhmaṇāndaśa .. 12 ..

> Merely with his mind, \[Brahmā\] created the ten brahmins beginning with Marīci; // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.26)

dakṣaṃ ca dakṣiṇāṃguṣṭhātsṛṣṭyai prāvartayadvidhiḥ ..

> and from his right thumb the Creator brought forth Dakṣa for the work of creation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.27)

mukhena brāhmaṇāndorbhyāṃ kṣatriyānūruto viśaḥ .. 13 ..

> From his mouth \[he created\] the brahmins, from his arms the kṣatriyas, from his thighs the vaiśyas, // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.28)

śūdrāṃśca padbhyāṃ niramātsvayaṃ ca kamalāsanaḥ ..

> and from his feet the lotus-seated one himself fashioned the śūdras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.29)

marīcitanayājjajñuḥ kaśyapādasurāssurāḥ .. 14 ..

> From Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci, the gods and asuras were born, // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.30)

marutaḥ phaṇino gṛdhrā gaṃdharvāsaraso'pi ca ..

> as well as the Maruts, serpents, vultures, gandharvas, and apsarases,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.31)

manuśca yasya saṃtāno mānavo'yaṃ pravarttate .. 15 ..

> and Manu, whose lineage this human race carries on. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.32)

nānājñātitvamāpādya nānākarmapravartakāḥ ..

> Assuming diverse kinships, initiating diverse activities;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.33)

atreśca samabhūdārṣaṃ kṣātraṃ ca dvividhaṃ kulam .. 16 ..

> and from Atri arose a twofold lineage: of seers and of warriors. // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.34)

pulastyapulahābhyāṃ ca jajñire yakṣarākṣasāḥ ..

> And from Pulastya and Pulaha were born yakṣas and rākṣasas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.35)

utathyagīṣpatimukhā jajñireṃ'giriso muneḥ .. 17 ..

> from the sage Aṅgiras were born sons headed by Utathya and Bṛhaspati. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.36)

bhṛgoragniḥ samudabhūccyavanādyāstatharṣayaḥ ..

> From Bhṛgu arose Agni, and seers beginning with Cyavana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.37)

vasiṣṭhapramukhebhyaśca saṃbabhūburmaharṣayaḥ ..

> and from Vasiṣṭha and the other \[sages\] were born great seers, // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.38)

yatputrapautrairbhuvanamidamāpūryate'khilam .. 18 ..

> by whose sons and grandsons this entire world is filled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.39)

evaṃ brahmā''tmajaiḥ svīyairidamāpūrayajjagat ..

> Thus Brahmā filled this world with his offspring;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.40)

kālena vaibhavenāpi visasmāra maheśvaram .. 19 ..

> yet through time and also through splendour he forgot Maheśvara. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.41)

acyuto'pi bhṛgoḥ putrīmudvāhya kamalālayām ..

> Acyuta, too, having married the daughter of Bhṛgu who abides in the lotus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.42)

matsyādirūpo jagati bhavannāsmaradīśvaram .. 1.3.2.8.20 ..

> and assuming forms such as the Fish in the world, did not remember Īśvara. // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.43)

sṛṣṭisthitibhyāṃ druhiṇābjanābhau svādhīnatāṃ nūnamupāgatābhyām ..

> Having indeed acquired autonomy through creation and preservation, Brahmā and Viṣṇu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.44)

atīva garvaṃ dadhaturna kasya mado'dhikāreṇa bhavennarasya .. 21 ..

> bore immense pride; what mortal would not become intoxicated by power? // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.8.45)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṃḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe sṛṣṭivaṇarnaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the eighth chapter, named 'Description of Creation', in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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