[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 15.2 # Skandapurana 15.2 Skandapurāṇa 15.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.1) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. sarveṣāmapi bhūtānāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām .. bhavanto vai pūjyatamā devādīnāṃ tathaiva ca ..1.. > Prahlāda said: / Among all living beings, Daityas, Dānavas, and Rākṣasas, / you are indeed most worthy of worship, and so too among the gods and others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.2) anujñayā tu yuṣmākaṃ prasādātkeśavasya hi .. adhiṣṭhānaṃ bhagavataḥ kathayāmi nibodhata .. 2 .. > By your permission, however, and indeed by the grace of Keśava, / I shall tell of the abode of the Lord; listen! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.3) paścimasya samudrasya tīramāśritya tiṣṭhati .. kuśasthalīti yā pūrvaṃ kuśena sthāpitā purī .. 3 .. > Resting on the shore of the western ocean, / there stands the city known formerly as Kuśasthalī, founded by Kuśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.4) vahate gomatī yatra sāgareṇa samaṃtataḥ .. dvārāvatīti sā viprā ānartteṣu prakīrttitā .. 4 .. > Where the Gomatī flows into the ocean on every side, / that \[city\] is renowned among the Ānartas as Dvārāvatī, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.5) tasyāṃ vasati viśvātmā sarvakāmaprado hariḥ .. kalā ṣoḍaśasaṃyukto mūrtiṃ dvādaśakānvitaḥ.. 5 .. > In it dwells Hari, the Self of all, the granter of all desires, / endowed with sixteen digits \[and\] having twelve forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.6) tadeva paramaṃ dhāma tadeva paramaṃ padam .. dvārakā sā ca vai dhanyā yatrā''ste madhusūdanaḥ .. 6 .. > That indeed is the supreme abode, that indeed is the supreme step. / Blessed indeed is that Dvārakā where Madhusūdana resides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.7) yatra kṛṣṇaścaturbāhuḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ .. narā muktiṃ prayāsyaṃti tatra gatvā kalau yuge .. 7 .. > where Kṛṣṇa is four-armed, holding the conch, discus, and mace. / Having gone there in the Kali age, men will attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.8) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya prahlādasya mahātmanaḥ .. vismayāviṣṭamanasasta- mūcurmunisattamāḥ .. 8 .. > Having heard those words of that great-souled Prahlāda, / the best of sages, their minds filled with wonder, said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.9) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kṣayaṃ yadukule yāte bhāre copahṛte bhuvaḥ .. prabhāse yādavaśreṣṭhaḥ svasthānamagamaddhariḥ .. 9 .. > The seers said: / When the Yadu lineage met its destruction and the burden of the earth was removed, / Hari, the best of the Yādavas, went to his own abode at Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.10) dvārāvatyā plāvitāyāṃ samaṃtātsāgareṇa hi .. kathaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatra kalau daitya prakīrtyate .. 7.4.2.10 .. > When Dvārāvatī was inundated on all sides by the ocean, / how is that Lord said to be there in the Kali age, O Daitya? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.11) kathayasva suraśreṣṭha kathaṃ viṣṇurmahītale .. sthitaścānarttaviṣaya etadvistarato vada.. 11.. > Tell \[us\], O best of gods, how Viṣṇu has remained on earth / in the territory of Ānarta; explain this in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.12) ugrasene narapatau praśāsati vasundharām .. kṛṣṇo yadupurīmetāṃ śobhayāmāsa sarvataḥ ..12.. > While King Ugrasena was ruling the earth, / Kṛṣṇa embellished this city of the Yadus in every way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.13) ramamāṇe ramānāthe rāmābhiramaṇe harau .. ekadā tu samāsīne sabhāyāṃ yadusattame 13 .. > While Hari, the Lord of Ramā, was sporting with women, / once, as that best of the Yadus was seated in the assembly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.14) kathābhiḥ kriyamāṇābhirvicitrābhiranekadhā .. uddhavaḥ kathayāmāsa pracāraṃ yadunaṃdanam .. 14 .. > as various wondrous tales were being related in many ways, / Uddhava reported the movement \[of a guest\] to the delighter of the Yadus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.15) yātrāyāmanusaṃprāptaṃ durvāsasamakalmaṣam .. sthitaṃ taṃ gomatītīre cakratīrthasamīpataḥ .. 15 .. > "The sinless Durvāsas, having arrived on a pilgrimage, / is staying on the bank of the Gomatī near the Cakra sacred ford." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.16) tacchrutvā sahasotthāya bhagavānrukmiṇīgṛham .. jagāma hṛṣṭamanasā viśvaśaktiradhokṣajaḥ .. 16 .. > Hearing that, the Lord Adhokṣaja, possessing the power of the universe, / rose up at once and went to Rukmiṇī's house with a glad mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.17) āgatyovāca vaidarbhīṃ saṃprāptamṛṣisattamam .. taponirdhūta pāpmā'yamatriputro mahātapāḥ .. 17 .. > Having arrived, he said to the princess of Vidarbha: "The best of seers has arrived. / This son of Atri, of great austerities, has his sins shaken off by austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.18) ātithyenārcito vipro dāsyate ca mahodayam.. gṛhiṇī na gṛhe yasya satpātrāgamanaṃ vṛthā .. 18 .. > Honored with hospitality, the brahmin will grant great prosperity. / In whose house there is no housewife, the arrival of a worthy recipient is in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.19) tasya devā na gṛhṇaṃti pitaraśca tathodakam.. tadāgacchasva gacchāmo nimaṃtrayitumatrijam .. 19 .. > The gods and the ancestors do not accept his water. / Therefore come, let us go to invite the son of Atri." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.20) tathetyuktvā tu sā devī rathamāruruhe satī .. rathamāruhya deveśo rukmiṇyā sahito hariḥ .. jagāma tatra yatrāste durvāsā munisattamaḥ .. 7.4.2.20 .. > Having said, "So be it," that virtuous queen mounted the chariot. / Having mounted the chariot, Hari, the Lord of gods, together with Rukmiṇī, / went to where the best of sages, Durvāsas, was residing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.21) dṛṣṭvā jvalaṃtaṃ tapasā kūle nadanadīpateḥ .. kāpālikasya purataḥ susnātaṃ varasīkaraiḥ .. 21 .. > Having seen him blazing with austerity on the shore of the lord of rivers, / in front of \[the shrine of\] Kāpālika, well bathed by the excellent spray, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.22) praṇamya bhagavānbhaktyā papracchā'nāmayaṃ tataḥ .. paścādvidarbhatanayā rukmiṇī praṇanāma tam .. 22 .. > the Lord bowed with devotion and then inquired after his health. / Afterwards Rukmiṇī, the daughter of Vidarbha, bowed to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.23) durvāsāścāpi tau dṛṣṭvā darśanārthamupāgatau .. papraccha kuśalaṃ tatra svāgatenābhinaṃdya ca ..23.. > And Durvāsas also, seeing the two arrived for darśana, / welcomed them with greetings and inquired about their welfare there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.24) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. kuśalaṃ kṛṣṇa sarvatra kutra vāsastavā'dhunā .. kati dārā dhanāpatyametadvistarato vada .. 24 .. > Durvāsas said: / Is all well with you everywhere, O Kṛṣṇa? Where is your residence now? / How many wives, how much wealth and offspring \[do you have\]? Tell this in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.25) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. samudreṇa pradattā me bhūbhirdvādaśayojanā .. tasyāṃ nivasato brahmanpurī hemamayī mama .. 25 .. > Glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / Twelve yojanas of land were given to me by the ocean. / In it, O brahmin, is my city made of gold, where I reside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.26) prāsādāstatra sauvarṇā navalakṣāṇi saṃkhyayā .. tasyāṃ vasāmi saṃhṛṣṭastvatprasādātsunirbhayaḥ .. 26 .. > There are nine hundred thousand golden palaces in number there; / I live in it rejoiced and completely fearless by your grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.27) tacchutvā vacanaṃ tasya vismayāviṣṭamānasaḥ .. pratyuvāca sa durvāsāḥ prahasya madhusūdanam..27.. > Hearing those words of his, his mind filled with wonder, / that Durvāsas smiled and replied to Madhusūdana: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.28) vasaṃti tāvakā ye ca teṣāṃ saṃkhyā vadasva bhoḥ .. yāvatyaśca mahiṣyaste putrāḥ parijanāstathā ..28.. > "Tell \[me\], good sir, the number of those people of yours who live there, / and how many wives, sons, and attendants you have." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.29) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. brahmanṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ bhāryyāścāṣṭādhikā mama.. tāsāṃ madhye'bhīṣṭatamā vidarbhādhipateḥ sutā .. 29 .. > Glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / O brahmin, I have sixteen thousand and eight wives. / Among them, the most beloved is the daughter of the king of Vidarbha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.30) ekaikasyā daśa sutāḥ kanyā caikā tathā mune .. ṣaṭpaṃcāśadyadūnāṃ tu koṭyaḥ parijano mama.. 7.4.2.30 .. > Each one has ten sons and one daughter, O sage. / Fifty-six crores of Yadus constitute my retinue, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.31) śeṣāḥ prakṛtayo brahmaṃsteṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate .. tacchrutvā ciṃtayāmāsa kimetaditi vismitaḥ .. 31 .. > and the remaining subjects, O brahmin—of them there is no reckoning. / Hearing that, he pondered, astonished, "What is this?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.32) aho hyanaṃtavīryasya māyāmāśritya tiṣṭhataḥ .. anaṃtā sarvakartṛtve pravṛttirdṛśyatāmiya m..32.. > "Ah, of him whose power is infinite, who abides relying on his māyā, / behold this infinite activity in his role as the doer of everything!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.33) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. svāgataṃ te mahābāho brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te .. darśanena tvadīyena prītimeti ca me manaḥ..33.. > Durvāsas said: / Welcome to you, O mighty-armed one! Tell me, what shall I do for you? / My mind attains delight by the darśana of you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.34) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca.. .. yadi prasanno bhagavāṃstadāgacchasva me gṛham.. śirasā dhāryya pādāṃbu prayāsyāmi pavitratām.. 34.. > Glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / If the lord is pleased, then come to my house; / bearing the water of your feet upon my head, I shall attain purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.35) durvāsā uvāca.. akṣamāsārasarvasvaṃ kiṃ māṃ nayasi mādhava.. naya māṃ yadi madvākyaṃ karoṣi saha bhāryayā..35.. > Durvāsas said: / Why do you lead me, whose very essence is impatience, O Mādhava? / Take me, if you will carry out my word together with your wife! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.36) prahlāda uvāca.. evamastviti coktvā sa prasthitaḥ svarathena hi. taṃ dṛṣṭvā prasthitaṃ viṣṇuṃ prahasyovāca bhartsayan.. 36 .. > Prahlāda said: / Having said, "So be it," he departed in his own chariot. / Seeing Viṣṇu departed, \[Durvāsas\] laughed and said reproachfully: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.37) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. durvāsasaṃ na jānāsi muñcemānhayasattamān .. tvaṃ ca bhāryā tathā ceyaṃ vahataṃ svarathena mām .. 37 .. > Durvāsas said: > “Do you not know Durvāsas? Release these finest horses; > and you and this wife of yours, carry me on your own chariot!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.38) ..śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. bhagavanyathā prabravīṣi vipra kartāsmi tattathā .. tvayā kṛpālunā brahmanpārito'haṃ sabāṃdhavaḥ.. 38 .. > The venerable Kṛṣṇa said: > “O holy one, just as you say, O brahmin, so will I do. > By you, who are compassionate, O brāhmaṇa, I along with my kinsmen have been preserved.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.39) .. prahlāda uvāca.. .. tau tathā ṛṣivaryyo'sau yuktāṃ devīṃ rathe svake .. tathaiva puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ yāhi yāhītyabhāṣata.. 39 .. > Prahlāda said: > Seeing the two of them so—the goddess yoked to her own chariot, > and likewise the lotus-eyed one—that best of seers said: “Go! Go!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.40) taṃ dṛṣṭvā devatāḥ sarvā vahamānaṃ rathaṃ harim .. sādhusādhviti bhāṣaṃta ūcuḥ sarve parasparam .. 7.4.2.40 .. > Seeing Hari bearing the chariot, > all the deities, saying “Well done! Well done!”, spoke to one another: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.41) aho brahmaṇyadevasya parāṃ bhaktiṃ prapaśyata .. skandhe kṛtvā dhuraṃ yo hi vahate bhāryyayā saha .. 41 .. > “Ah, behold the supreme devotion of the deity kind to brahmins, > who indeed, placing the yoke upon his shoulder, draws it along with his wife!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.42) vikīryamāṇaḥ kusumaiḥ surasaṃghairjanārdanaḥ .. jagāma sa rathaṃ gṛhya sabhāryo dvārakāṃ prati .. .. 42 .. > Strewed with flowers by the hosts of gods, Janārdana, > taking the chariot along with his wife, set out toward Dvārakā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.43) uhyamāne rathe tasminrukmiṇī tṛṣitā'bhavat .. uvāca kṛṣṇaṃ vaidarbhī śramavyākulalocanā .. 43 .. > As that chariot was being pulled along, Rukmiṇī became thirsty. > The daughter of Vidarbha, her eyes wild with exhaustion, spoke to Kṛṣṇa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.44) śrāntā bhāraparikliṣṭā vahatī kopanaṃ dvijam .. pāyayitvodakaṃ kānta naya māṃ mandiraṃ svakam .. 44 .. > “Fatigued, distressed by the burden of carrying the irascible twice-born one, > give me water to drink, beloved, and take me to your abode.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.45) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasyāḥ pādākrāntyā dharātalāt .. ānayāmāsa bhagavāngagāṃ tripathagāṃ śubhām .. 45 .. > Hearing her words, by striking the surface of the earth with his foot, > the Lord brought forth the auspicious Gaṅgā, the river of three courses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.46) taddṛṣṭvā nirmalaṃ śītaṃ sugaṃdhaṃ pāvanaṃ tathā .. papau pipāsitā devī rukmiṇī jāhnavījalam .. 46.. > Seeing that clear, cool, fragrant, and purifying water of the Jāhnavī, > the thirsty goddess Rukmiṇī drank \[it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.47) pītaṃ tayā jalaṃ dṛṣṭvā cukopa ṛṣisattamaḥ .. jajvāla jvalanaprakhyaḥ śaśāpa parameśvarīm .. 47 .. > Seeing that the water was drunk by her, the best of seers became enraged. > Blazing like fire, he cursed the supreme goddess: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.48) .. durvāsā uvāca .. māmapṛṣṭvā jalaṃ yasmātpītavatyasi rukmiṇī.. tasmātpānaratā nityaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ.. 48.. > Durvāsas said: > “Because you drank water without asking me, O Rukmiṇī, > therefore you will constantly be devoted to drinking \[intoxicants\]; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.49) aviyuktā rathādyasmānmāmapṛṣṭvā jalaṃ tvayā.. pītaṃ tasmācca kṛṣṇena viyuktā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 49 .. > Because water was drunk by you without being unhitched from the chariot and without asking me, > therefore you will become separated from Kṛṣṇa.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.50) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. parityajya rathaṃ vipro bhūmāvevāvatiṣṭhati .. 7.4.2.50 .. > Prahlāda said: > Having spoken just these words, his eyes reddened with fury, > the brahmin abandoned the chariot and stood upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.51) evaṃ śaptā tadā devī rudodātīva vihvalā .. uvāca kṛṣṇaṃ karuṇaṃ kathaṃ sthāsye tvayā vinā .. 51 .. > Thus cursed at that time, the goddess, exceedingly perturbed, wept, > and plaintively said to Kṛṣṇa: “How shall I stay without you?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.52) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. āyāsye pratyahaṃ devi dvikālaṃ bhavanaṃ tava .. yo māṃ paśyati cātrasthaṃ sa tvāmeva prapaśyati .. 52 .. > The venerable Kṛṣṇa said: > “I will come daily, O goddess, twice a day, to your abode. > Whoever sees me situated here, sees only you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.53) māṃ hi dṛṣṭvā naro yastu tvāṃ na paśyati bhaktitaḥ .. arddhṃ yātrā phalaṃ tasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 53 .. > For that person who, having seen me, does not behold you with devotion, > half the fruit of his pilgrimage will perish; of this there is no doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.54) āśvāsya ca priyāmevaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ yadunandanaḥ .. tataḥ prasādayāmāsa durvāsasamakalmaṣam .. 54 .. > Having thus comforted his beloved, the delight of the Yadus > then propitiated the sinless brahmin Durvāsas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.55) bāhyo pavanamadhye tu pūjayāmāsa taṃ tathā .. avanijya svayaṃ pādau viprapādāvanejanam .. dhārayāmāsa śirasā jagataḥ pāvano hariḥ .. 55 .. > Within the outer grove he worshipped him in like manner; > having personally washed his feet, Hari, the purifier of the universe, > placed upon his head the water from washing the brahmin’s feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.56) dattvārghyaṃ gāṃ ca viprāya madhuparkaṃ sa bhaktitaḥ .. vidhivadbhojayāmāsa ṣaḍrasena dvijottamam .. 56 .. > Having offered water of respect, a cow, and a honey-mixture to the brahmin with devotion, > he fed the best of the twice-born with six flavors according to the rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.2.56\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2.56_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturthe dvārakāmāhātmye durvāso dvārakānayana durvāsodatta rukmiṇīśāpavṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ..2.. > Thus ends the second chapter, titled “The Description of the Bringing of Durvāsas to Dvārakā and the Curse Bestowed on Rukmiṇī by Durvāsas”, in the Dvārakāmāhātmya, the fourth \[sub-section\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.15.2.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.2) · Pramāṇa