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# Skandapurana 2.1.1

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.1

- **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)

### [2.1.1.13\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_1)

praviśyā'sau dadarśāntardivyamauktikamaṇḍapam ..

> Having entered, he saw within a divine pavilion of pearls;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_2)

vaiḍūryavedikaṃ tuṅgamāruroha mahāmuniḥ ..14..

> the great sage ascended a lofty platform of beryl. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_3)

tanmadhye tuṅgamatulaṃ vasupādavirājitam ..

> In its center, lofty, peerless, adorned with eight legs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_4)

dadarśa muktāsaṅkīrṇaṃ siṃhāsanaṃ mahādyuti.. 15..

> he saw a throne covered with pearls, of great splendor. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_5)

tanmadhye puṣkaraṃ divyaṃ sahasradalaśobhitam ..

> In its center was a divine lotus, adorned with a thousand petals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_6)

śvetaṃ candrasahasrābhaṃ karṇikākesarojjvalam.. 16..

> white, lustrous as a thousand moons, bright with pericarp and filaments. // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_7)

tasya madhye samāsīnaṃ pūrṇacandrāyutaprabham..

> Seated in its center, with the brilliance of ten thousand full moons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_8)

kailāsaparvatākāraṃ sundaraṃ puruṣākṛtim.. 17...

> having the form of Mount Kailāsa, handsome, having a human form, // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_9)

caturbāhumudārāṃgaṃ varāhavadanaṃ śubham..

> four-armed, with noble limbs, an auspicious boar-face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_10)

śaṃkhacakrābhayavarānbibhrāṇaṃ puruṣottamam..18..

> bearing the conch, discus, and gestures of granting safety and boons, the Supreme Person, // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_11)

pītāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ puṃḍarīkāyatekṣaṇam..

> the god wearing yellow garments, with eyes long like lotus petals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_12)

pūrṇeṃdusaumyavadanaṃ dhūpagaṃdhimukhāṃbujam.. 19..

> with a gentle face like the full moon, his lotus mouth fragrant with incense, // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_13)

sāmadhvaniṃ yajñamūrtiṃ sruktuṇḍaṃ sruvanāsikam..

> sounding with the Sāma Veda, the embodiment of sacrifice, with a snout like a offering ladle and a nose like a sacrificial spoon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_14)

kṣīrasāgarasaṃkāśaṃ kirīṭojjvalitānanam..2.1.1.20..

> resembling the ocean of milk, with his face radiant with a diadem, // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_15)

śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ śubhrayajñasūtravirājitam..

> with the śrīvatsa mark on his chest, adorned with a bright sacred thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_16)

kaustubhaśrīsamuddyotaṃ samunnatamahorasam.. 21..

> blazing with the splendor of the Kaustubha gem, having an elevated, broad chest, // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_17)

jāṃbūnadamayairdivyaiḥ suratnābharaṇairyutam..

> endowed with divine ornaments of excellent jewels made of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_18)

vidyunmālāparikṣiptaśaranmeghamivojjvalam.. 22..

> radiant like an autumn cloud encircled by garlands of lightning, // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_19)

vāmapādatalākrāṃtapādapīṭhavirājitam..

> splendid on a footstool pressed by the sole of his left foot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_20)

kaṭakāṃgadakeyūrakuṇḍalojjvalitaṃ sadā..23..

> ever brilliant with bracelets, armlets, upper-arm bands, and earrings, // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_21)

caturmukhavasiṣṭhātrimārkaṇḍeyairmunīśvaraiḥ..

> by the four-faced \[Brahmā\], Vasiṣṭha, Atri, Mārkaṇḍeya, and other lords of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_22)

bhṛgvādibhiranekaiśca sevyamānamaharniśam .. 24 ..

> and by Bhṛgu and many others, served day and night, // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_23)

indrādilokapālaiśca gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ ..

> and by the world-guardians headed by Indra, and hosts of gandharvas and apsarases—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_24)

sevitaṃ devadeveśaṃ praṇipatyābhigamya ca .. 25 ..

> having approached and bowed down to that God of gods thus served, // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_25)

divyairupaniṣadbhāgairabhiṣṭūya dharādharam ..

> and having praised the Supporter of the Earth with divine passages from the Upaniṣads,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_26)

nāradaḥ paramaprītaḥ sthito devasya sannidhau .. 26 .. ..

> Nārada, exceedingly pleased, stood in the presence of the god. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_27)

atha varāhasannidhiṃ prati dharaṇyāgamanam .. ..

> Now the arrival of Dharaṇī before Varāha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_28)

etasminnaṃtare cābhūddivyadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ .. 27 ..

> In the meantime, there arose the sound of divine kettledrums. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_29)

tatastamāgatā devī dharaṇī sakhisaṃyutā ..

> Then goddess Dharaṇī came there together with her companions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_30)

suratnasāgarākāradivyāṃbarasamujjvalā .. 28 ..

> radiant in divine garments resembling an ocean of excellent jewels, // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_31)

sumerumandarākārastanabhārāvanāmitā ..

> bent low under the weight of breasts shaped like Sumeru and Mandara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_32)

navadūrvādalaśyāmā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā .. 29 ..

> dark as fresh dūrvā grass blades, adorned with all ornaments, // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_33)

ilayā vai piṃgalayā sakhībhyāṃ ca samanvitā ..

> accompanied indeed by her two friends Ilā and Piṅgalā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_34)

tatastābhyāṃ samānītaṃ puṣpāṇāṃ nicayaṃ mahī .. 2.1.1.30 ..

> Then, scattering at the feet of the glorious god Varāha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_35)

śrīmadvarāhadevasya pādamūle vikīrya ca ..

> the heap of flowers brought by those two, the Earth, // 30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_36)

praṇamya devadeveśaṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭā sthitā .. 31 ..

> having bowed to the God of gods, stood with joined palms. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_37)

tāṃ devīṃ śrīvarāho'pi hyāliṃgyāṃke nidhāya ca .. 32 ..

> Then the glorious Varāha, having embraced that goddess and placed her on his lap, // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_38)

.. atha dharaṇivarāhasaṃvādaḥ .. ..

> Now the dialogue of Dharaṇī and Varāha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_39)

papraccha kuśalaṃ pṛthvīṃ prītipravaṇamānasaḥ .. 33 ..

> asked the Earth about her welfare, his mind disposed to affection. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_40)

.. śrīvarāha uvāca .. ..

> Glorious Varāha said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_41)

tvāṃ niveśya mahīdevi śeṣaśīrṣe sukhāvahe ..

> "Having placed you, O goddess Earth, upon the comfortable head of Śeṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_42)

lokaṃ tvayi niveśyaiva tvatsahāyāndharādharān ..

> and having established the world upon you, and mountains as your helpers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_43)

hahāgato'smyahaṃ devi kimarthaṃ tvamihāgatā .. 34 ..

> I have come here, O goddess. For what purpose have you come here?" // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_44)

.. pṛthivyuvāca .. ..

> The Earth said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_45)

māṃ samuddhṛtya pātālātsahasraphaṇaśobhite ..

> "Having lifted me up from Pātāla onto the lofty, jeweled head of Ananta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_46)

ratnapīṭha ivottuṃge saratne'nantamūrdhani ..

> adorned with a thousand hoods, as if onto a jewel-seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_47)

kṛtvā māṃ susthirāṃ deva bhūdharānsaṃniveśya ca .. 35 ..

> and having made me firmly fixed, O god, and having established the mountains // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_48)

maddhāraṇakṣamānpuṇyāṃstvanmayānpuruṣottama ..

> capable of bearing me, holy, identical with you, O Supreme Person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_49)

teṣu mukhyānmahābāho madādhārānvadasva me .. 36 .. ..

> tell me of the foremost among them, O mighty-armed one, that are my supports." // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_50)

atha śeṣācalasyasarvaparvatātiśāyitvavarṇanam ..

> Now the description of Śeṣācala surpassing all mountains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_51)

.. śrīvarāha uvāca .. ..

> Glorious Varāha said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_52)

sumerurhimavānviṃdhyo mandaro gaṃdhamādanaḥ ..

> "Sumeru, Himavat, Vindhya, Mandara, Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_53)

sālagrāmaścitrakūṭo mālyavānpāriyātrakaḥ .. 37 ..

> Sālagrāma, Citrakūṭa, Mālyavat, Pāriyātra, // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_54)

maheṃdro malayaḥ sahyaḥ siṃhādrirapi raivataḥ ..

> Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Siṃhādri, and Raivata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_55)

meruputro'ñjano nāma śailaḥ svarṇamayo mahān .. 38 ..

> and the great golden mountain named Añjana, the son of Meru— // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_56)

ete śailavarāḥ sarve tvadādhārā vasundhare ..

> all these excellent mountains are your supports, O Vasundharā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_57)

ye mayā devasaṃghaiśca ṛṣisaṃghaiśca sevitāḥ ..39..

> which are frequented by me, and by hosts of gods, and by hosts of seers. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_58)

eteṣu pravarānvakṣye tattvataḥ śṛṇu mādhavi ..

> Among these I will declare the foremost in truth; listen, O Mādhavī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_59)

sālagrāmaśca siṃhādriśśaileṃdro gandhamādanaḥ.. ..2.1.1.40..

> Sālagrāma, Siṃhādri, and Gandhamādana, the king of mountains..." // 40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_60)

ete śailavarā devi diśaṃ haimavatīṃ śritāḥ ..

> These best of mountains, O goddess, are situated in the northern direction;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_61)

dakṣiṇasyāṃ pratītāṃstu vakṣye śailānvasundhare ..41..

> now I shall describe the famous mountains in the south, O Vasundharā: // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_62)

aruṇādrirhastiśailo gṛdhrādrirghaṭikācalaḥ ..

> Aruṇādri, Hastiśaila, Gṛdhrādri, Ghaṭikācala—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_63)

ete śailavarāḥ sarve kṣīranadyāssamīpagāḥ .. 42..

> all these best of mountains stand near the Kṣīranadī. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_64)

hastiśailāduttarataḥ paṃcayojanamātrataḥ ..

> To the north of Hastiśaila, at a distance of five yojanas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_65)

suvarṇamukharīnāma nadīnāṃ pravarā nadī .. 43 ..

> flows the foremost of rivers, named Suvarṇamukharī. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_66)

tasyā evottare tīre kamalākhyaṃ sarovaram ..

> On its northern bank is a lake called Kamala;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_67)

tattīre bhagavānāste śukasya varado hariḥ..44..

> on its shore dwells the blessed lord Hari, granter of boons to Śuka, // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_68)

balabhadreṇa saṃyuktaḥ kṛṣṇo bhaktārtināśanaḥ..

> joined by Balabhadra—Kṛṣṇa, who destroys the distress of his devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_69)

vaikhānasairmunigaṇairnityamārādhito'malaiḥ .45..

> perpetually worshipped by the immaculate hosts of Vaikhānasa sages. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_70)

kamalākhyasya sarasa uttare kānanottame ..

> To the north of Lake Kamala, in an excellent forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_71)

krośadvayārdhamātre tu haricaṃdanaśobhite ..

> at a distance of just two and a half krośas, adorned with yellow-sandal trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_72)

śrīveṃkaṭācalonāma vāsudevālayo mahān ...46..

> is the great abode of Vāsudeva named Śrīveṅkaṭācala. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_73)

saptayojanavistīrṇaḥ śailendro yojanocchritaḥ ..

> Seven yojanas in breadth, one yojana high,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_74)

asti svarṇamayo devi ratnasānubhṛdāyataḥ ..47..

> this lord of mountains is golden, O goddess, possessing peaks of jewels and extending far. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_75)

indrādyā daivatagaṇā vasiṣṭhādyā munīśvarāḥ..

> Hosts of gods beginning with Indra, lords of sages beginning with Vasiṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_76)

siddhāḥ sādhyāśca maruto dānavā daityarākṣasāḥ ..

> Siddhas, Sādhyas, and Maruts, Dānavas, Daityas, and Rākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_77)

rambhādyā apsaraḥsaṃghā vasanti niyataṃ dhare .. 40 ..

> and troops of apsarases beginning with Rambhā dwell there constantly, O earth; // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_78)

tapaścaraṃti nāgāśca garuḍāḥ kinnarāstathā ..

> Nāgas, Garuḍas, and Kinnaras perform austerity there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_79)

etairadhiṣṭhitāstatra saritaḥ puṇyadarśanāḥ ..

> Occupied by these, sacred-looking rivers are there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_80)

sarāṃsi vividhānyatra saṃti divyāni mādhavi .. 49 ..

> and various divine lakes exist here, O Mādhavī. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_81)

.. atha svāmipuṣkariṇyāḥ sarvatīrthātiśāyitvavarṇanam .. ..

> Now the description of the superiority of Svāmipuṣkariṇī over all sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_82)

tīrthānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śṛṇuṣva pravarāṇi vai ..2.1.1.50..

> Hear indeed the foremost among all the sacred fords: // 50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_83)

cakratīrthaṃ daivatīrthaṃ viyadgaṃgā tathaiva ca ..

> Cakratīrtha, Daivatīrtha, and likewise Viyadgaṅgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_84)

kumāradhārikātīrthaṃ pāpanāśanameva ca ..

> Kumāradhārikātīrtha, and Pāpanāśana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_85)

pāṇḍavaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ ca svāmipuṣkariṇī tathā .. 51 ..

> the sacred ford named Pāṇḍava, and likewise Svāmipuṣkariṇī— // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_86)

saptaitāni varāṇyāhurnārāyaṇagirau śubhe ..

> these seven, they say, are the best on the auspicious Nārāyaṇagiri.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_87)

eteṣu pravarā devi svāmipuṣkariṇī śubhā .. 52 ..

> Foremost among these, O goddess, is the auspicious Svāmipuṣkariṇī. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_88)

asyāstu paścime tīraṃ nivasāmi tvayā saha ..

> On its western bank I reside together with you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_89)

āste'syā dakṣiṇe tīraṃ śrīnivāso jagatpatiḥ .. 53 ..

> on its southern bank dwells Śrīnivāsa, the lord of the world. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_90)

gaṃgādyaiḥ sakalaistīrthaiḥ samā sā sāgarāmbare ..

> Equal to all sacred fords including the Gaṅgā is that lake, O earth ocean-clad;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_91)

trailokye yāni tīrthāni sarāṃsi saritastathā ..

> whatever sacred fords, lakes, and rivers there are in the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_92)

teṣāṃ svāmitvamāpannaṃ dhare svāmisarovare .. 54 ..

> lordship over them has accrued to the Svāmisarovara, O earth. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_93)

svāmipuṣkariṇīṃ puṇyāṃ sevituṃ divyabhūdhare ..

> To serve the holy Svāmipuṣkariṇī on this divine mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_94)

vasanti sarvatīrthāni teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ vadāmi te .. 55 ..

> all the sacred fords reside; I shall tell you their number: // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_95)

ṣaṭṣaṣṭikoṭitīrthāni puṇye'sminbhūdharottame ..

> there are sixty-six crores of sacred fords on this sacred, best of mountains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_96)

teṣu cātyaṃtamukhyāni ṣaṭ tīrthāni vasundhare .. 56 ..

> and among them, six sacred fords are paramount, O Vasundharā. // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_97)

pañcānāṃ tīrtharājānāṃ tumbo garbhasamo mahān ..

> Among five kingly fords, the great Tumba is like a womb;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_98)

garbhavāsabhayadhvaṃsī snātānāṃ bhūdharottame .. 57 ..

> it destroys the fear of entering the womb for those who bathe \[there\] on this best of mountains. // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_99)

.. dharaṇyuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.1.13\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_100)

ṣaṭ tīrthāni mahābāho tvayoktāni mahīdhare ..

> Six sacred fords on the mountain have been mentioned by you, O mighty-armed one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_101)

māhātmyaṃ vada teṣāṃ me yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi ..

> tell me their māhātmya, along with the proper time and the proper injunction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_102)

phalāni teṣu snātānāṃ narāṇāṃ vada bhūdhara .. 58 .. ..

> and tell \[me\] the fruits for men who bathe in them, O maintainer of the earth. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_103)

.. śrīvarāha uvāca .. ..

> The glorious Varāha said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_104)

nārāyaṇādrimāhātmyaṃ vadāmi śṛṇu mādhavi .. 59 ..

> I shall tell the māhātmya of Nārāyaṇādri; hear, O Mādhavī: // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_105)

devāśca ṛṣayaścaiva yoginaḥ sanakādayaḥ ..

> gods, seers, and yogins beginning with Sanaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_106)

kṛteṃ'janādriṃ tretāyāṃ nārāyaṇagiriṃ tathā .. 2.1.1.60 ..

> and wise men declare this mountain to be the abode of the Supreme Self—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_107)

dvāpare siṃhaśailaṃ ca kalau śrīveṅkaṭācalam ..

> as Añjanādri in the Kṛta age, Nārāyaṇagiri in the Tretā age, / Siṃhaśaila in the Dvāpara, and Śrīveṅkaṭācala in the Kali age. // 60–61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_108)

pravadantīha vidvāṃsaḥ paramātmālayaṃ girim .. 61 ..

> The wise here declare that mountain to be the abode of the Supreme Self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_109)

yojanānāṃ sahasrānte dvīpāṃtaragato'pi vā ..

> Even one stationed at the end of a thousand yojanas or gone to another continent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_110)

yo namedbhūdharendraṃ taddiśamuddiśya bhaktitaḥ ..

> who bows in devotion facing in the direction of this lord of mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_111)

sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati .. 62 ..

> is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu. // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_112)

tasminṣaṭtīrthamāhātmyaṃ yathākālaṃ vadāmi te .. 63 ..

> I will describe to you the māhātmya of the six sacred fords there, according to the proper time. // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_113)

.. atha kumāradhārāmāhātmyam .. ..

> Now the māhātmya of Kumāradhārā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_114)

śṛṇuṣvāvahitā bhadre sarvapāpapraṇāśanam ..

> Listen attentively, O auspicious one, \[to what\] destroys all sins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_115)

kubhasaṃsthe ravau māghe paurṇamāsyāṃ mahātithau .. 64 ..

> when the sun resides in Aquarius, in the month of Māgha, on the great lunar day of the full moon, // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_116)

maghānakṣatrayuktāyāṃ bhūdharendre vasundhare ..

> joined with the Maghā asterism, on this lord of mountains, O Vasundharā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_117)

kumāradhārikānāma sarasī lokapāvanī .. 65 ..

> there is a pool named Kumāradhārikā that purifies the world, // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_118)

yatrāste pārvatīsūnuḥ kārtikeyo'gnisaṃbhavaḥ ..

> where dwells Pārvatī's son, Kārttikeya, who was born from fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_119)

devasenāsamāyuktaḥ śrīnivāsārcako'male .. 66 ..

> joined with Devasenā, worshipping Śrīnivāsa, O pure one. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_120)

tasyāṃ yaḥ snāti madhyāhne tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu ..

> Hear the fruit of merit of one who bathes in it at midday:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_121)

gaṃgādisarvatīrtheṣu yaḥ snāti niyamāddharaṃ ..

> One who bathes with regularity in all sacred fords such as the Gaṅgā, O Earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_122)

dvādaśābdaṃ jagaddhātri tatphalaṃ samavāpnuyāt .. 67 ..

> for twelve years, O supporter of the world, obtains that very fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_123)

yo'nnaṃ dadāti tattīrthe śaktyā dakṣiṇayānvitam ..

> One who gives food at that sacred ford according to one's capacity, accompanied by a fee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_124)

sa tāvatphalamāpnoti snāne tūktaṃ phalaṃ yathā .. 68 ..

> reaps that same fruit, just as the fruit has been described for the ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_125)

.. atha tuṃbatīrthamāhātmyam .. ..

> Now, the māhātmya of the Tumba sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_126)

mānasaṃsthe savitari paurṇamāsītithau dhare ..

> When the sun is stationed in the Mānasa, on the full moon day, O Earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_127)

uttarāphālgunīyukte caturthe kāla uttame .. 69 ..

> conjoined with Uttarāphālgunī, at the fourth auspicious period,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_128)

paṃcānāmapi tīrthānāṃ tuṃbe'tha girigahvare ..

> among the five sacred fords, then at Tumba in the mountain cave,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_129)

yaḥ snāti manujo devi punargarbhe na jāyate .. 2.1.1.70 ..

> the person who bathes, O goddess, is not born into a womb again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_130)

atha ākāśagaṃgāmāhātmyam ..

> Now, the māhātmya of Ākāśagaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_131)

agnivāhasthite bhānau citrānakṣatrasaṃyute ..

> When the sun is in the constellation of Agnivāha, conjoined with the Citrā nakṣatra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_132)

pūrṇimākhye tithau puṇye prātaḥkāle tathaiva ca ..

> on the holy lunar day called the full moon, and likewise at dawn,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_133)

ākāśagaṃgāsariti snāto mokṣamavāpnuyāt .. 71 ..

> having bathed in the river Ākāśagaṅgā, one attains liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_134)

.. atha pāṇḍavatīrthamāhātmyam .. ..

> Now, the māhātmya of the Pāṇḍava sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_135)

vṛṣabhasthe ravau rādhe dvādaśyāṃ ravivāsare ..

> When the sun is in Taurus, in the month of Vaiśākha, on the twelfth lunar day, on a Sunday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_136)

śukle vāpyatha vā kṛṣṇe pakṣe bhaumasamanvite .. 72 ..

> whether in the bright or dark fortnight, conjoined with Tuesday;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_137)

śukle vāpyathavā kṛṣṇe bhānuvāreṇa saṃyute ..

> or in the bright or dark \[fortnight\] conjoined with Sunday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_138)

puṣyanakṣatrasaṃyukta hastarkṣeṇa yute'pi vā .. 73 ..

> or conjoined with the Puṣya nakṣatra or conjoined with the Hasta constellation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_139)

tīrthe pāṃḍavanāmnyatra saṃgave snāti yo naraḥ ..

> the person who bathes here at the sacred ford named Pāṇḍava at morning-time  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_140)

neha duḥkhamavāpnoti paratra sukhamaśnute .. 74 ..

> incurs no suffering in this world, and enjoys happiness in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_141)

atha pāpanāśanatīrthamāhātmyam ..

> Now, the māhātmya of the Pāpanāśana sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_142)

śukle pakṣe'tha vā kṛṣṇe yārkavāreṇa saptamī ..

> In the bright or dark fortnight, a seventh lunar day falling on Sunday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_143)

puṣyanakṣatrasaṃyuktā hastarkṣeṇa yutāpi vā .. 75 ..

> conjoined with the Puṣya nakṣatra or conjoined with the Hasta constellation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_144)

tasyāṃ tithau mahābhāge pāpanāśanasaṃjñake ..

> on that lunar day, O fortunate one, in the one named Pāpanāśana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_145)

tīrthe yaḥ snāti niyamādbhūdharendrasya mastake .. 76 ..

> the sacred ford on the summit of the king of mountains, one who bathes with regularity  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_146)

koṭijanmārjitaiḥ pāpairmucyate sa narottamaḥ .. 77 ..

> —that best of men is released from sins accumulated over ten million births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_147)

.. atha devatīrthamāhātmyam .. ..

> Now, the māhātmya of the Deva sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_148)

śṛṇu devi paraṃ guhyamanantākhye mahāgirau ..

> Hear the supreme secret, O goddess, on the great mountain named Ananta:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_149)

maddivyālayavāyavye śikhare girigahvare ..

> to the northwest of my divine abode, on the peak, in a mountain cave,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_150)

devatīrthamiti khyātaṃ taṭākamatiśobhanam .. 78 ..

> is an exceedingly beautiful pool known as the Deva sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_151)

tasminpuṇyatame devi snānakālaṃ vadāmi te .. 79 ..

> I shall tell you the time for ritual ablution in that most holy \[place\], O goddess:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_152)

gurupuṣye vyatīpāte somaśravaṇake tathā ..

> when Puṣya falls on a Thursday, at a Vyatīpāta, and likewise when Śravaṇa falls on a Monday—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_153)

dineṣveteṣu yaḥ snāti tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 2.1.1.80 ..

> hear the fruit of merit of one who bathes on these days:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_154)

yāni kānīha pāpāni jñānājñānakṛtāni ca ..

> Whatever sins are committed here through knowledge or ignorance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_155)

tāni sarvāṇi naśyaṃti devatīrthe'tipāvane .. 81 ..

> all of them are destroyed at the exceedingly purifying Deva sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_156)

puṇyānyapi ca vardhaṃte devatīrthanimajjanāta ..

> Merits also increase from bathing in the Deva sacred ford;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_157)

dīrghamāyuravāpnoti putrapautrasamanvitaḥ ..

> one attains a long life, accompanied by sons and grandsons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_158)

ante svargaṃ samāsādya candraloke mahīyate .. 82 ..

> and at the end, having reached heaven, is exalted in Candraloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_159)

taddineṣvannado devi yāvajjīvānnado bhavet ..

> The giver of food on those days, O goddess, becomes \[equivalent to\] a giver of food for life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_160)

atiguhyatamaṃ devi proktaṃ tubhyaṃ vasundhare .. .. 83 ..

> This most secret \[truth\], O goddess, has been declared to you, O Earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_161)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.1.13\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_162)

śrutvātha pṛthivī devī prītipravaṇamānasā ..

> Having heard, the goddess Earth, her mind inclined with joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_163)

iṣṭābhirvāgbhiratulaṃ tuṣṭāva dharaṇīdharam .. 84 ..

> praised the supporter of the earth with pleasing words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_164)

.. atha dharaṇīkṛta varāhastutiḥ ..

> Now, the praise of Varāha by Earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_165)

.. dharaṇyuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.1.13\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_166)

namaste devadeveśa varāhavadanācyuta ..

> Obeisance to you, O Lord of the gods of gods, O boar-faced, unswerving one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_167)

kṣīrasāgarasaṃkāśa vajraśṛṃga mahābhuja .. 85 ..

> resembling the ocean of milk, diamond-tusked, mighty-armed!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_168)

uddhṛtāsmi tvayā deva kalpādau sāgarāṃbhasaḥ ..

> I was lifted up by you, O God, from the waters of the ocean at the beginning of the kalpa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_169)

sahasrabāhunā viṣṇo dhārayāmi jagantyaham .. 86 ..

> by you of a thousand arms, O Viṣṇu, I uphold the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_170)

anekadivyābharaṇayajñasūtravirājita ..

> You who are adorned with various divine ornaments and the sacred thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_171)

aruṇāruṇāṃbaradhara divyaratnavibhūṣita .. 87 ..

> wearing deep red garments, embellished with divine gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_172)

udyadbhānupratīkāśapādapadma namonamaḥ ..

> whose lotus feet resemble the rising sun, obeisance, obeisance \[to you\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_173)

bālacaṃdrābhadaṃṣṭrāgramahābalaparākrama .. 88 ..

> The tip of whose tusks gleams like the crescent moon, O you of great power and valor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_174)

divyacandanaliptāṃga taptakāṃcanakuṇḍala ..

> whose limbs are anointed with divine sandalwood, wearing earrings of refined gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_175)

indranīlamaṇidyotihemāṃgadavibhūṣita .. 89 ..

> adorned with golden armlets gleaming with sapphire gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_176)

vajradaṃṣṭrāgranirbhinnahiṇayākṣa mahābala ..

> who tore asunder Hiraṇyākṣa with the tip of your diamond tusk, O mighty one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_177)

puṇḍarīkābhirāmākṣa sāmasvanamanohara .. 2.1.1.90 ..

> whose eyes are charming like lotus blossoms, captivating with the sound of the Sāmas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_178)

śrutisīmantabhūṣātmansarvātmaścāruvikrama ..

> whose self is the parting ornament of the Vedic texts, the soul of all, of beautiful strides,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_179)

caturānanaśaṃbhubhyāṃ vanditā''yatalocana .. 91 ..

> praised by the four-faced Brahmā and Śaṃbhu, O wide-eyed one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_180)

sarvavidyāmayākāra śabdātīta namo namaḥ ..

> O you whose form is made of all knowledge, beyond the spoken word, salutations, salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_181)

ānaṃdavigrahā'nanta kālakāla namonamaḥ .. 92 ..

> O infinite one whose form is bliss, the death of Death, salutations, salutations to you!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_182)

iti stutvā'calā devī vavande pādayorvibhum ..

> Having thus praised him, the immovable goddess bowed at the feet of the lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_183)

vandamānā samudvīkṣya devaḥ phullavilocanaḥ .. 93 ..

> Seeing her bowing, the god, his eyes blossoming wide,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_184)

uddhṛtya dharaṇīṃ devīmāliliṃge'tha bāhubhiḥ ..

> lifted up the goddess Earth and embraced her with his arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_185)

āghrāya dharaṇīvaktraṃ vāmāṃke sanniveśya ca .. 94 ..

> Having smelled Earth's face and seated her on his left lap,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_186)

atha varāhasya bhagavato dharaṇyā sākaṃ śeṣācalāgamanam .. ..

> Now, the arrival of the lord Varāha along with Earth at Śeṣācala:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_187)

āruhya garuḍeśānaṃ jagāma vṛṣabhācalam ..

> Mounting Garuda, the lord of birds, he went to Vṛṣabhācala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_188)

munīṃdrairnāradādyaiśca stūyamāno mahīpatiḥ .. 95 ..

> the lord of the earth being praised by the lords of sages headed by Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_189)

svāmipuṣkariṇītīre paścime lokapūjite ..

> On the western bank of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī, revered by the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_190)

āste varāhavadano munīndraistatra pūjitaḥ ..

> the boar-faced one sits, worshipped there by lords of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_191)

vaikhānasairmahābhāgairbrahmatulyairmahātmabhiḥ .. 96 ..

> by the highly fortunate Vaikhānasa sages, equal to Brahmā, great souls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_192)

.. atha veṃkaṭācalamāhātmyaśravaṇāvasaraḥ ..

> Now, the occasion of hearing the māhātmya of Veṅkaṭācala:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_193)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.1.13\_194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_194)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradaḥ sūta munīnāmuktavānpurā ..

> "Having seen him, O Sūta, Nārada spoke in ancient times to the sages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_195)

tadetadahamaśrauṣaṃ tatra vai munisaṃsadi .. 97 ..

> that very teaching I heard right there in the assembly of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_196)

yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ tvayā sūta māhātmyaṃ dharaṇībhṛtām ..

> Since I was asked by you, O Sūta, about the māhātmya of the mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_197)

mayā tūktaṃ yathāvaddhi nāradācca purā śrutam .. 98 ..

> I have told it properly just as it was heard in ancient times from Nārada."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_198)

.. athādhyāyaphalaśrutiḥ .. ..

> Now, the fruit of hearing this chapter:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.1.13\_199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.1.13_199)

ya idaṃ dharmasaṃvādamāvayoḥ sūta pāvanam ..

> "Whoever reads this purifying, righteous dialogue of us two, O Sūta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

_First 200 of 216 passages. [Read on](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

## Linked texts (1)

- [Viṣvaksenasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.visvaksena.19.2) — Sanskrit

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