[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) › 2.1.1.13 # Skandapurana 2.1.1.13 Skandapurāṇa 2.1.1.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13) veṅkaṭācalamāhātmyam nāradasya sumeruśikharasthayajñavarāhadarśanam pāvane naimiṣāraṇye śaunakādyā maharṣayaḥ .. cakrire lokarakṣārthaṃ satraṃ dvādaśavārṣikam ..1.. tānabhyagacchatkathako vyāsaśiṣyo mahāmatiḥ .. munirugraśravā nāma romaharṣaṇasambhavaḥ .. 2.. samyagabhyarcitastveṣāṃ sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ . kathayāmāsa taddivyaṃ purāṇaṃ skandanāmakam ..3 .. sṛṣṭisaṃhāravaṃśānāṃ vaṃśānucaritasya ca . kathāṃ manvantarāṇāṃ ca vistarātsa nyavedayat ..4.. kathāstīrthaprabhāvāṇāṃ śrutvā te munipuṅgavāḥ .. ūcire vaśinaṃ sūtaṃ kathāśravaṇakāṅkṣayā ..5.. ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. romaharṣaṇa sarvajña purāṇārthaviśārada .. māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmo girīndrāṇāṃ mahītale .. brūhi tvaṃ no mahābhāga ke pradhānā mahīdharāḥ .6... ..śrīsūta uvāca .. etameva purā praśnamapṛcchaṃ jāhnavītaṭe .. vyāsaṃ munivaraśreṣṭhaṃ so'bravīnme gurūttamaḥ .. 7 .. ..vyāsa uvāca.. purā devayuge sūta nārado munisattamaḥ . sumeruśikharaṃ gatvā nānāratnasuśobhinam ..8.. tanmadhye vipulaṃ dīptaṃ brahmaṇo divyamālayam . dṛṣṭvā tasyottare deśe pippaladrumamuttamam ..9.. sahasrayojanocchrāyaṃ vistīrṇaṃ dviguṇaṃ tathā . tanmūle maṇḍapaṃ divyaṃ nānāratnasamanvitam ..2.1.1.10.. padmarāgamaṇistambhaiḥ sahasraiḥ samalaṃkṛtam .. vaiḍūryamuktāmaṇibhiḥ kṛtasvastikamālikam ..11.. navaratnasamākīrṇaṃ divyatoraṇaśobhitam . mṛgapakṣibhirākīrṇaṃ navaratnamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 12.. puṣparāgamahādvāraṃ saptabhūmikagopuram .. sandīptavajrasukṛtakavāṭadvayaśobhitam .. 13. > Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya. > Nārada's vision of Yajñavarāha on the summit of Sumeru. > In the holy Naimiṣāraṇya, Śaunaka and the other great seers / performed a twelve-year sacrificial session for the protection of the world. // 1 > To them came the story-teller, the pupil of Vyāsa of great intellect, / the sage named Ugraśravas, born of Romaharṣaṇa. // 2 > Being duly worshipped by them, Sūta, the best of Purāṇa reciters, / narrated that divine Purāṇa named Skanda. // 3 > He related in detail the story of the creation, dissolution, and lineages, / of the deeds of the dynasties, and of the manvantaras. // 4 > Having heard the stories of the powers of the sacred fords, those foremost of sages / spoke to the self-controlled Sūta, eager to hear \[more\] stories. // 5 > The seers said: > "O Romaharṣaṇa, all-knowing one, skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas! / We wish to hear the māhātmya of the great mountains on earth. / Tell us, O fortunate one, which are the foremost mountains?" // 6 > Śrī Sūta said: > "Formerly, on the bank of the Ganges, I asked this very question / to Vyāsa, the foremost of great sages; that best of teachers spoke to me." // 7 > Vyāsa said: > "Formerly, in the age of the gods, O Sūta, Nārada, the best of sages, / having gone to the summit of Sumeru, shining with various jewels, // 8 > and having seen in its center the vast, radiant, divine abode of Brahmā, / saw to its north an excellent pippala tree, // 9 > a thousand yojanas high and twice as broad. / At its base was a divine pavilion, adorned with various gems, // 10 > adorned with thousands of ruby pillars, / with rows of auspicious emblems made of beryl and pearls, // 11 > strown with the nine jewels, beautified by divine archways, / filled with auspicious beasts and birds made of the nine jewels, // 12 > having a great gate of topaz, a gateway tower of seven storeys, / beautified by two doors well-fashioned from radiant diamonds. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.0.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.0.p43) - [Next: 2.1.1.13\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_1) - [Up: 2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13) · Pramāṇa