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# Skandapurana 1.4.52: adhyāyaḥ 54

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 54

### [1.4.52.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.52.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.2)

mamāpi pārtha tatrāsti mūrtirbrāhmaṇakāmyayā ..

> There is also an image of mine there, O son of Pṛthā, out of desire to favor the brahmins;  
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### [1.4.52.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.3)

tatra nāhaṃ tyajāmyaṃga cchatradaṇḍavibhūṣitām .. 1 ..

> there, O dear one, I never abandon \[that form\] adorned with an umbrella and a staff. // 1  
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### [1.4.52.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.4)

kārtikasya tu yā śuklā bhavatyekādaśī śubhā ..

> And whatever auspicious bright eleventh day there is of Kārtika,  
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### [1.4.52.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.5)

tasyāṃ madarcanaṃ kṛtvā kalidoṣairvimucyate .. 2 ..

> having performed my worship on that day, one is freed from the faults of the Kali age. // 2  
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### [1.4.52.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.6)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

> Arjuna said:  
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### [1.4.52.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.7)

bālyātprabhṛti saṃdeho mamāyaṃ hṛdi vartate ..

> Ever since childhood this doubt has existed in my heart,  
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### [1.4.52.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.8)

pṛcchatastaṃ ca me vipra na krodhaṃ kartumarhasi .. 3 ..

> and you ought not to become angry with me, O brahmin, as I ask about it. // 3  
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### [1.4.52.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.9)

sadā tvaṃ mokṣadharmeṣu pariniṣṭhāṃ parāṃ gataḥ ..

> You have attained the highest proficiency always in the duties leading to liberation;  
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### [1.4.52.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.10)

sarvabhūtasamo dāṃto rāgadveṣavivarjitaḥ .. 4 ..

> equal to all beings, self-controlled, devoid of passion and hatred, // 4  
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### [1.4.52.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.11)

tyaktaniṃdāstutirmaunī mokṣasthaḥ parikīrtyase ..

> free from censure and praise, observing silence, established in liberation—thus are you extolled.  
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### [1.4.52.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.12)

tvaṃ ca nārada lokeṣu vāyuvaccapalo mune .. 5 ..

> Yet you, O sage Nārada, are restless among the worlds like the wind! // 5  
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### [1.4.52.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.13)

saudāminīva vicarandṛśyase prājñasaṃmataḥ ..

> You are seen wandering like lightning, approved by the wise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.14)

sadā kalikaro loke nirdayaḥ sarvaprāṇiṣu .. 6 ..

> yet always stirring up strife in the world, merciless toward all living beings. // 6  
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### [1.4.52.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.15)

bahūnāṃ hi sahasrāṇi devagaṃdharvarakṣasām ..

> Indeed, thousands of many gods, Gandharvas, and Rākṣasas,  
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### [1.4.52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.16)

rājñāṃ munīndradaityānāṃ kalernaṣṭāni te'bhavan .. 7 ..

> of kings, lordly sages, and Daityas have been destroyed through your quarrels! // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.17)

kasmāttadeṣā ceṣṭā te saṃdehaṃ me hara dvija ..

> Why is this behavior of yours? Remove my doubt, O twice-born one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.18)

saṃdehānna sukhaṃ śete bāṇaviddho mṛgo yathā .. 8 ..

> Because of doubt, one does not sleep comfortably, like a deer pierced by an arrow. // 8  
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### [1.4.52.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.19)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

> Sūta said:  
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### [1.4.52.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.20)

śaunakedaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā phālgunānnārado muniḥ ..

> O Śaunaka, hearing these words from Phālguna, the sage Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.21)

prahasanniva bābhravyavadanaṃ sa niraikṣata .. 9 ..

> as if smiling, looked at the face of Bābhravya. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.22)

sa ca bābhravyanāmā vai hārītasyānvayodbhavaḥ ..

> And that brahmin named Bābhravya, born in the lineage of Hārīta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.23)

brāhmaṇo nāradamuneḥ samīpe vartate sadā .. 1.2.54.10 ..

> always remains in the presence of the sage Nārada. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.24)

sa ca jñātvā mahābuddhirnāradasya manīṣitam ..

> And he of great intellect, having understood the intention of Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.25)

prahasanniva provāca phālgunaṃ snigdhayā girā .. 11 ..

> spoke, as if smiling, to Phālguna in affectionate words: // 11  
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### [1.4.52.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.26)

.. bābhravya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.52.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.27)

satyametadyathāttha tvaṃ nāradaṃ prati pāṃḍava ..

> This is true, just as you have spoken concerning Nārada, O Pāṇḍava.  
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### [1.4.52.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.28)

sarvo'pi cātra vṛttāṃte saṃśayaṃ yāti mānavaḥ .. 12 ..

> Every man also feels doubt regarding this matter. // 12  
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### [1.4.52.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.29)

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi yathā kṛṣṇānmayā śrutam ..

> Therefore, I will explain it to you just as I heard it from Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.30)

stokakālāṃtare pūrvaṃ sarvaṃ yādavanaṃdanaḥ .. 13 ..

> all of it, when formerly, after a short time, the joy of the Yadus— // 13  
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### [1.4.52.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.31)

mahīsāgarayātrāyāṃ kṛṣṇastatrāyayau prabhuḥ ..

> the Lord Kṛṣṇa arrived there on the pilgrimage to Mahīsāgara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.32)

ugrasenena sahito vasudevena babhruṇā .. 14 ..

> along with Ugrasena, Vasudeva, and Babhru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.33)

rāmeṇa raukmiṇeyena yuyudhānādibhistadā ..

> with Rāma, Pradyumna, Yuyudhāna, and others at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.34)

sa ca jñātvā jñātisamaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgame .. 15 ..

> And he, having met with his kinsmen at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean,  
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### [1.4.52.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.35)

piṃḍadānādikaṃ kṛtvā dattvā dānāni bhūriśaḥ ..

> having offered balls of rice and other funeral rites, having bestowed gifts abundantly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.36)

guheśvarādiliṃgāni yatnataḥ pratipūjya ca .. 16 ..

> and having worshipped with care the liṅgas beginning with Guheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.37)

snānaṃ kṛtvā koṭitīrthe jayādityaṃ samarcya ca ..

> having bathed at Koṭitīrtha, and having worshipped Jayāditya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.38)

pūjayannāradamuniṃ yuktaḥ kṛṣṇo mahāmanāḥ .. 17 ..

> worshipping sage Nārada, the high-minded Kṛṣṇa remained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.39)

ugrasenena rājñā vai pūrvajena jaṭāyunā ..

> Together with King Ugrasena, his elder, and Jaṭāyu,  
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### [1.4.52.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.40)

madādivipramukhyānāṃ bahūnāṃ copaśṛṇvatām ..

> and while many chief brahmins headed by Mada were listening,  
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### [1.4.52.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.41)

ugraseno mahārājaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ provāca saṃsadi .. 18 ..

> the great king Ugrasena spoke to Kṛṣṇa in the assembly:  
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### [1.4.52.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.42)

.. ugrasena uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.52.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.43)

kṛṣṇa prakṣyāmi tvāmekaṃ saṃśayaṃ vada taṃ mama .. 19 ..

> O Kṛṣṇa, I will ask you one doubt; tell it to me.  
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### [1.4.52.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.44)

yo'yaṃ nāma mahābuddhirnārado viśvavaṃditaḥ ..

> This Nārada, indeed of great intellect, who is praised by the whole universe—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.45)

kasmādeṣo'ticapalo vāyuvadbhramate jagat ..

> why does he, extremely restless, roam the world like the wind?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.46)

kalipriyaśca kasmādvā kasmāttvayyatiprītimān .. 1.2.54.20 ..

> And why is he fond of strife? And why is he exceedingly affectionate towards you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.47)

.. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.52.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.48)

satyaṃ rājaṃstvayā pṛṣṭametatsarvaṃ vadāmi te ..

> Truly, O king, you have asked this; I will tell you everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.49)

dakṣeṇa tu purā śapto nārado munisattamaḥ .. 21 ..

> In the past, Nārada, the best of sages, was cursed by Dakṣa.  
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### [1.4.52.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.50)

sṛṣṭimārgāṃstu tānvīkṣya nāradena vicālitān ..

> Seeing that those paths of creation were turned away by Nārada,  
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### [1.4.52.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.51)

nāvasthānaṃ ca lokeṣu bhramataste bhaviṣyati .. 22 ..

> “There will be no stay in the worlds for you as you wander!”  
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### [1.4.52.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.52)

paiśunya vaktā ca tathā dvitīyānāṃ pracālanāt ..

> And likewise: “You shall speak backbiting words,” because he led the second \[sons\] away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.53)

iti śāpadvayaṃ prāpya dvividhātmajacālanāt .. 23 ..

> Having thus received two curses for having diverted his two sets of sons,  
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### [1.4.52.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.54)

nirākartuṃ samartho'pi munirmene tathaiva tat ..

> even though able to revoke them, the sage accepted it just as it was.  
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### [1.4.52.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.55)

etāvānsādhuvādo hi yataśca kṣamate svayam .. 24 ..

> For such is the praise of a good man, because he pardons on his own.  
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### [1.4.52.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.56)

vināśakālaṃ cāvekṣya kaliṃ vardhayate yataḥ ..

> And seeing the time of destruction, because he promotes strife,  
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### [1.4.52.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.57)

satyaṃ ca vakti tasmātsa na ca pāpena lipyate ..25..

> and speaks the truth, therefore he is not smeared by sin.  
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### [1.4.52.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.58)

bhramato'pi ca sarvatra nāsya yasmātpṛthaṅmanaḥ ..

> And because, even though wandering everywhere, his mind is not separate  
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### [1.4.52.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.59)

dhyeyādbhavati naiva syādbhramadoṣastatosya ca ..

> from the object of meditation, therefore there is no fault of wandering for him.  
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### [1.4.52.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.60)

yacca prītirmayi tasya paramā tacchṛṇuṣva ca .. 26 ..

> And as for his supreme affection towards me, hear that:  
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### [1.4.52.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.61)

ahaṃ hi sarvadā staumi nāradaṃ devadarśanam ..

> For I constantly praise Nārada, whose vision is godly,  
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### [1.4.52.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.62)

maheṃdragaditenaiva stotreṇa śṛṇu tannṛpa .. 27 ..

> with the hymn spoken by Mahendra himself; hear it, O king:  
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### [1.4.52.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.63)

śrutacāritrayorjātā yasyāhaṃtā na vidyate ..

> I bow to that Nārada in whom there is no egoism / arisen regarding his learning or conduct,  
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### [1.4.52.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.64)

aguptaśruta cāritraṃ nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. 28 ..

> whose learning and conduct are unconcealed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.65)

aratikrodhacāpalye bhayaṃ naitāni yasya ca ..

> In whom there is no discontent, anger, fickleness, or fear;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.66)

adīrghasūtraṃ dhīraṃ ca nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. 29..

> who is not dilatory, who is steadfast—to that Nārada I bow.  
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### [1.4.52.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.67)

kāmādvā yadi vā lobhādvācaṃ yo nānyathā vadet ..

> Who does not speak falsely out of desire or out of greed,  
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### [1.4.52.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.68)

upāsyaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. 1.2.54.30 ..

> who is worthy of adoration by all living beings—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.69)

adhyātmagatitattvajñaṃ kṣāṃtaṃ śaktaṃ jiteṃdriyam ..

> Knower of the reality of the self's state, patient, capable, with senses conquered,  
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### [1.4.52.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.70)

ṛjuṃ yathārtha vaktāraṃ nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham ..31..

> straightforward, speaker of what is true—to that Nārada I bow.  
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### [1.4.52.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.71)

tejasā yaśasā buddhyā nayena vinayena ca ..

> Exalted by radiance, renown, intellect, policy, and discipline,  
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### [1.4.52.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.72)

janmanā tapasā vṛddhaṃ nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham ..32..

> by birth, and by austerity—to that Nārada I bow.  
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### [1.4.52.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.73)

sukhaśīlaṃ sukhaṃ veṣaṃ subhojaṃ svācaraṃ śubham ..

> Pleasant in disposition, pleasant in dress, pleasant in food, well-conducted, auspicious,  
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### [1.4.52.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.74)

sucakṣuṣaṃ suvākyaṃ ca nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. 33 ..

> gracious of eye, gracious of speech—to that Nārada I bow.  
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### [1.4.52.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.75)

kalyāṇaṃ kurute gāḍhaṃ pāpaṃ yasya na vidyate ..

> He brings about deep welfare; in him no sin exists;  
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### [1.4.52.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.76)

na prīyate parānarthe yo 'sau taṃ naumi nāradam .. 34 ..

> he does not take pleasure in another's misfortune—to that Nārada I bow.  
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### [1.4.52.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.77)

vedasmṛtipurāṇoktadharme yo nityamāsthitaḥ ..

> Who is ever established in the dharma declared by the Vedas, Smṛtis, and Purāṇas,  
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### [1.4.52.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.78)

priyāpriyavimuktaṃ taṃ nāradaṃ praṇamāmyaham .. 35 ..

> freed from liking and disliking—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.79)

aśanādiṣvaliptaṃ ca paṃḍitaṃ nālasaṃ dvijam ..

> Unattached in eating and the like, learned, not idle, a twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.80)

bahuśrutaṃ citrakathaṃ nāradaṃ praṇamāmyaham .. 36 ..

> deeply learned, of fascinating tales—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.81)

nārthe krodhe ca kāme ca bhūtapūrvo'sya vibhramaḥ ..

> Never before has there been error in him regarding wealth, anger, or desire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.82)

yenaite nāśitā doṣā nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. 37 ..

> by whom these faults have been destroyed—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.83)

vītasaṃmohadoṣo yo dṛḍhabhaktiśca śreyasi ..

> Free from the fault of delusion, of firm devotion to the highest good,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.84)

sunayaṃ satrapaṃ taṃ ca nāradaṃ praṇamāmyaham .. 38 ..

> well-guided and modest—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.85)

asaktaḥ sarvasaṃgeṣu yaḥ saktātmeti lakṣyate ..

> Unattached in all attachments, who yet appears attached in soul,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.86)

adīrghasaṃśaṃyo vāggmī nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. 39 ..

> free from long hesitation, eloquent—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.87)

na tyajatyāgamaṃ kiṃcidyastapo nopajīvati ..

> Who abandons nothing of scripture, who does not make a livelihood of austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.88)

avaṃdhyakālo yasyātmā tamahaṃ naumi nāradam .. 1.2.54.40 ..

> whose soul never spends time in vain—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.89)

kṛtaśramaṃ kṛtaprajñaṃ na ca tṛptaṃ samādhitaḥ ..

> Who has labored, who has gained wisdom, yet is never sated with concentration of mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.90)

nityaṃ yatnātpramattaṃ ca nāradaṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. .. 41 ..

> and ever vigilant in exertion—to that Nārada I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.91)

na hṛṣyatyarthalābhena yo'lābhe na vyathatyapi ..

> Who does not rejoice at the gain of wealth, nor grieves at its loss;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.92)

sthirabuddhirasaktātmā tamahaṃ naumi nāradam .. 42 ..

> Whose intellect is steady, whose self is unattached—to that Nārada I bow. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.93)

taṃ sarvaguṇasaṃpannaṃ dakṣaṃ śucimakātaram ..

> Endowed with all virtues, capable, pure, undaunted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.94)

kālajñaṃ ca nayajñaṃ ca śaraṇaṃ yāmi nāradam ..43..

> knowing the right time and knowing policy—to Nārada I go for refuge. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.95)

imaṃ stavaṃ nāradasya nityaṃ rājanpaṭhāmyaham ..

> O king, I constantly recite this praise of Nārada;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.96)

tena me paramā prītiṃ karoti munisattamaḥ .. 44 ..

> thereby the best of sages shows me supreme affection. (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.97)

anyopi yaḥ śucirbhūtvā nityametāṃ stutiṃ japet ..

> Whoever else, having become pure, constantly chants this hymn of praise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.98)

acirāttasya devarṣiḥ prasādaṃ kurute param .. 45 ..

> to him the divine seer before long grants supreme favor. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.99)

etānguṇānnāradasya tvamathākarṇya pārthiva ..

> Having heard these virtues of Nārada, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.100)

japa nityaṃ stavaṃ puṇyaṃ prītaste bhavitā muniḥ .. 46 ..

> constantly chant this sacred hymn of praise; the sage will be pleased with you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.101)

.. bābhravya uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.52.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.102)

iti kṛṣṇamukhācchrutvā nāradasya guṇānnṛpaḥ ..

> Having heard the virtues of Nārada from the mouth of Kṛṣṇa, the king  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.103)

babhūva paramaprī taścakre tacca tathā vacaḥ .. 47 ..

> became exceedingly pleased and carried out that word accordingly. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.104)

tato nāradamānarca dattvā dānaṃ ca puṣkalam ..

> Then, having given abundant gifts, he worshiped Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.105)

nāradīyadvijāgryāṇāṃ nāradaḥ prīyatāmiti .. 48 ..

> \[giving\] to the foremost brahmins devoted to Nārada, saying: 'May Nārada be pleased!' (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.106)

yayau dvāravatīṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sabhrātṛjātibāṃdhavaḥ ..

> Kṛṣṇa went to Dvāravatī accompanied by his brothers, kinsmen, and relatives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.107)

tīrthayātrāmimāṃ kṛtvā vidhivatpuruṣottamaḥ .. 49 ..

> having properly performed this pilgrimage to sacred fords, the Supreme Spirit. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.108)

tathā tvamapi kauravya nāradasya guṇānimān ..

> Likewise, you too, O descendant of Kuru, having heard these virtues of Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.109)

śrutvā śraddhāmayo bhūtvā śṛṇu kṛtyaṃ yadatra ca .. 1.2.54.50 ..

> become filled with faith, and listen to the duty that is to be done here. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.110)

kārtike śukladvādaśyāṃ prabodhinyāmasau muniḥ ..

> In the month of Kārtika, on the bright twelfth day known as Prabodhinī, that sage  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.111)

viṣṇordhyānasamādheśca prabuddho jāyate sadā .. 51 ..

> always becomes awakened from his meditative absorption in Viṣṇu. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.112)

tasmindine nāradena nirmite'traiva kūpake ..

> On that day, having performed ritual ablution with effort in the well fashioned here by Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.113)

snānaṃ kṛtvā prayatnena śrāddhaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ .. 52 ..

> one should attentively perform an ancestral rite (śrāddha). (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.114)

tapo dānaṃ japaścātra kūpe bhavati cākṣayam .. 53 ..

> Austerity, gifts, and recitation performed here at this well become inexhaustible. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.115)

idaṃ viṣṇviti maṃtreṇa tato viṣṇuṃ prabodhayet ..

> Then one should awaken Viṣṇu with the mantra beginning with 'idam viṣṇuḥ',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.116)

nāradaṃ ca muniṃ paścānmantreṇānena pāṃḍava .. 54 ..

> and afterwards the sage Nārada with this mantra, O son of Pāṇḍu: (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.117)

yoganidrā yathā tyaktā hariṇā munisattama ..

> 'Just as yogic sleep has been abandoned by Hari, O best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.118)

tathā lokopakārāya bhavānapi parityaja .. 55 ..

> so also do you abandon \[it\] for the benefit of the world.' (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.119)

iti maṃtreṇa cotthāpya nāradaṃ paripūjayet ..

> Having awakened Nārada with this mantra, one should worship him fully  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.120)

kṛṣṇaproditayā stutyā chatradhotrārcanaiḥ śubhaiḥ ..56..

> with the hymn spoken by Kṛṣṇa and with auspicious offerings of an umbrella and dhoti. (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.121)

śaktyā dvijānāṃ deyaṃ ca chatraṃ dhotraṃ kamaṃḍalum ..

> An umbrella, a dhoti, and a water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) should be given to brahmins according to one's ability,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.122)

praṇamya brāhmaṇānbhaktyā nāradaḥ prīyatāmiti .. 57 ..

> bowing down to the brahmins with devotion, saying: 'May Nārada be pleased!' (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.123)

evaṃ kṛte prasādātsa muneḥ pāpena mucyate ..

> When this is done, one is freed from sin by the favor of the sage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.124)

jāyate na kalistasya na cāsaukhyaṃ bhavediha.. 58 .. ..

> no strife arises for him, nor does unhappiness occur here \[in this world\]. (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.52.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.52.125)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe nāradamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 54 ..

> Thus ends the fifty-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Nārada', in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.52.1) — English, machine translation

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