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# Skandapurana 2.1.24

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.1)

atha sundarākhyagandharvasya rākṣasatvaprāptinivṛttyorupodghātaḥ ..

> Now begins the account of the attainment and cessation of the state of a rākṣasa by the gandharva named Sundara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.2)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.1.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.3)

bhagavanrākṣasaḥ ko'sau sūta paurāṇikottama ..

> O venerable Sūta, foremost of Purāṇa reciters, who was that rākṣasa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.4)

viṣṇubhaktaṃ mahātmānaṃ yo brāhmaṇamabādhata .. 1 ..

> Who oppressed that high-souled brahmin devotee of Viṣṇu? // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.5)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.6)

vakṣyāmi rākṣasaṃ krūraṃ taṃ viprāḥ śṛṇutādarāt ..

> I shall tell of that cruel rākṣasa; listen attentively, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.7)

yathā ca rākṣaso jāto munīnāṃ śāpavaibhavāt .. 2 ..

> And how he was born a rākṣasa by the power of the sages' curse. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.8)

purā vaikuṇṭhasadṛśe śrīraṅge viṣṇumaṃdire ..

> Formerly, in Śrīraṅga, the abode of Viṣṇu that resembles Vaikuṇṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.9)

vasiṣṭhātrimukhāḥ sarve viṣṇubhaktā mahaujasaḥ .. .. 3 ..

> All the devotees of Viṣṇu of great splendor, headed by Vasiṣṭha and Atri, // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.10)

śrīraṅganāthaṃ deveśaṃ bhaktānāmabhayapradam ..

> Dwelling in the city of Śrīraṅga, for the sake of liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.11)

upāsāṃcakrire muktyai śrīraṅgapuravāsinaḥ .. 4 ..

> Worshiped Śrīraṅganātha, the lord of gods, who grants fearlessness to his devotees. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.12)

kadācittatra gandharvo vīrabāhusuto balī ..

> Once, a powerful gandharva there, the son of Vīrabāhu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.13)

sundaro nāma vipreṃdrā viṭagoṣṭhīparāyaṇaḥ .. 5 ..

> Named Sundara, O foremost brahmins, devoted to the company of rakes, // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.14)

lalanāśatasaṃyukto vivastraḥ salilāśaye ..

> Accompanied by a hundred women, naked in a pool of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.15)

cikrīḍa sa vivastrābhiḥ sākaṃ yuvatibhirmudā .. 6 ..

> Sported joyfully together with those naked young women. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.16)

kaverajāyāstīrthe tu vasiṣṭho munibhiḥ saha ..

> At the sacred ford of the daughter of Kavera, Vasiṣṭha, along with the sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.17)

mādhyāhnikaṃ kartumanā yayau śrīraṃgamaṃdirāt .. 7 ..

> Intending to perform the midday rites, went out from the Śrīraṅga temple. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.18)

tānṛṣīnavalokyātha rāmāstā bhayakātarāḥ ..

> Then, seeing those seers, those women, distressed by fear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.19)

vāsāṃsyācchādayāmāsuḥ sundaro na tu sāhasī .. 8 ..

> Covered themselves with garments; but not the reckless Sundara. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.20)

tato vasiṣṭhaḥ kupitaḥ śaśāpainaṃ gatatrapam .. 9 ..

> Thereupon Vasiṣṭha, enraged, cursed that shameless one: // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.21)

.. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.22)

yasmātsundara gandharva dṛṣṭvā'smām̐llajjayā tvayā ..

> “Since, O Gandharva Sundara, on seeing us, you did not, out of shame,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.23)

vāso nācchāditaṃ śīghraṃ yāhi rākṣasatāṃ tataḥ .. 2.1.24.10 ..

> cover yourself with a garment, quickly attain the state of a rākṣasa on that account!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.24)

evamukte vasiṣṭhena rāmāḥ prāñjalayastadā ..

> When this was spoken by Vasiṣṭha, the women, with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.25)

praṇipatya vasiṣṭhaṃ taṃ bhaktinamreṇa cetasā ..11..

> bowing down to Vasiṣṭha with hearts humbled by devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.26)

munimaṇḍalamadhye tu vasiṣṭhamidamabruvan .. 12 ..

> said this to Vasiṣṭha in the midst of the circle of sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.27)

.. rāmā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.1.24.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.28)

bhagavansarvadharmajña caturānananandana ..

> “O blessed one, knower of all righteousness, son of the four-faced \[Brahmā\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.29)

dayāsindho'valokyāsmānna kopaṃ kartumarhasi .. 13 ..

> O ocean of compassion, looking upon us, you ought not to be angry.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.30)

patireva hi nārīṇāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ paramucyate ..

> For a husband alone is said to be the supreme ornament of women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.31)

patihīnā tu yā nārī śataputrāpi sā mune .. .. 14 ..

> Even a woman with a hundred sons, O sage, if bereft of a husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.32)

vidhavetyucyate loke tāsāṃ janma nirarthakam ..

> is called a widow in the world; their life is utterly in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.33)

tatprasādaṃ kuru mune patyāvasmākamādarāt .. 15 ..

> Therefore, show grace, O sage, out of respect, toward our husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.34)

eko'parādhaḥ kṣaṃtavyo munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ ..

> A single offense should be forgiven by sages who see the truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.35)

kṣamāṃ kuru dayāsindho yuṣmacchiṣye'tra sundare .. 16 ..

> Extend forgiveness, O ocean of compassion, to Sundara here, who is your pupil.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.36)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.37)

vasiṣṭhaḥ prārthitastvevaṃ sundarasyāṃganājanaiḥ ..

> Vasiṣṭha, being thus implored by the women of Sundara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.38)

provāca vacanaṃ bhūyaḥ prasannaḥ sa dvijottamaḥ .. 17 ..

> spoke these words once more, pleased, that best of the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.39)

.. atha sundarākhyasya vasiṣṭhoktarākṣatvanivṛttyupāyaḥ ..

> Now the means spoken by Vasiṣṭha for the end of the state of a rākṣasa of the one named Sundara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.40)

.. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.41)

na me syādvacanaṃ mithyā kadācidapi subhruvaḥ ..

> “My word can never be false, O fair-browed ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.42)

upāyaṃ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ śraddhayā saha .. 18 ..

> I shall tell you a remedy; listen with faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.43)

ṣoḍaśābdāvadhiḥ śāpo bharturvai bhavitā dhruvam ..

> The curse on your husband will certainly have a duration of sixteen years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.44)

ṣoḍaśābdāvadhau caiva sundaro rākṣasākṛtiḥ .. 19 ..

> And at the end of the sixteen-year limit, Sundara, possessing the form of a rākṣasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.45)

yadṛcchayā veṃkaṭādriṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham ..

> by chance \[reaching\] the auspicious Veṅkaṭa mountain that removes all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.46)

gatvāsau cakratīrthaṃ tadgamiṣyati surāṃganāḥ .. 2.1.24.20 ..

> having gone \[there\], O celestial women, will reach that Cakratīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.47)

āste tatra mahāyogī padmanābho munīśvaraḥ ..

> There dwells Padmanābha, a great yogin and lord of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.48)

bhakṣārthaṃ taṃ muniṃ so'yaṃ rākṣaso'bhigamiṣyati .. 21 ..

> This rākṣasa will approach that sage in order to devour him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.49)

tato brāhmaṇarakṣārtha preritaṃ cakramuttamam ..

> Then, dispatched for the protection of the brahmin, the excellent discus  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.50)

viṣṇunāsya śiraḥ kāyāddhariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 22 ..

> will sever his head from his body by Viṣṇu, no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.51)

tataḥ svaṃ rūpamāsādya śāpānmuktaḥ sa sundaraḥ ..

> Then, having regained his own form and being freed from the curse, that Sundara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.52)

patirvastridivaṃ bhūyo gantā nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ .. 23 ..

> your husband, will go to heaven once more; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.53)

tatastridivamāsādya sundaro'yaṃ patirhi vaḥ ..

> Then, having reached heaven, this Sundara, your husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.54)

ramayiṣyati sundaryo yuṣmānsundaraveṣabhṛt .. 24 ..

> wearing a beautiful attire, will delight you, O beautiful ones!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.55)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.56)

ityuktvā tu vasiṣṭhastāḥ sundarasya varāṃganāḥ ..

> Having spoken thus to those excellent women of Sundara, Vasiṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.57)

svāśramaṃ prayayau tūrṇaṃ śrīraṃgeśvarabhaktimān .. 25 ..

> devoted to the lord Śrīraṅga, quickly departed to his own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.58)

atha rāmāstamāliṃgya sundaraṃ patimātmanaḥ ..

> Then the women, embracing him, Sundara, their husband,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.59)

ruruduḥ śokasantaptā duḥkhasāgaramadhyagāḥ .. 26 ..

> wept, tormented by grief, plunged into the midst of an ocean of sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.60)

dṛśyamānāsu tāsvevaṃ sundaro rākṣaso'bhavat ..

> While they were thus watching, Sundara became a rākṣasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.61)

mahādaṃṣṭro mahākāyo raktaśmaśruśiroruhaḥ .. 27 ..

> with huge fangs, a massive body, and red beard and hair on his head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.62)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayasaṃvignā jagmū rāmāstriviṣṭapam ..

> Seeing him, agitated with fear, the women went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.63)

tato rākṣasaveṣo'yaṃ suṃdarī bhairavākṛtiḥ .. 28 ..

> Then this one disguised as a rākṣasa, \[formerly\] Sundara, terrifying in appearance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.64)

bhakṣayanprāṇinaḥ sarvāndeśāddeśaṃ vanādvanam..

> devouring all living beings, from region to region, from forest to forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.65)

bhramannanilavego'yaṃ veṃkaṭādriṃ nagottamam .. 29 ..

> wandering with the speed of the wind, \[arrived at\] the excellent mountain, Veṅkaṭādri.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.66)

praviśyāsau mahāpāpī cakratīrthaṃ tato yayau ..

> Having entered it, that great sinner then went to Cakratīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.67)

evaṃ ṣoḍaśavarṣāṇi bhramato'sya yayustadā .. 2.1.24.30 ..

> In this way sixteen years passed for him as he wandered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.68)

tatastu ṣoḍaśābdānte rākṣaso'yaṃ munīśvarāḥ ..

> Then, at the end of the sixteen years, O lords of sages, this rākṣasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.69)

bhakṣituṃ padmanābhaṃ taṃ cakratīrthanivāsinam .. 31 ..

> in order to devour that Padmanābha, the dweller at Cakratīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.70)

upādravadvāyuvegaḥ sacāstauṣījjanārdanam ..

> rushed with the speed of the wind; and he \[the sage\] praised Janārdana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.71)

yoginā ca stuto viṣṇustadā cakramacodayat .. 32 ..

> And Viṣṇu, praised by the yogin, then dispatched his discus  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.72)

rakṣituṃ padmanābhaṃ taṃ rākṣasena prapīḍitam ..

> to protect that Padmanābha who was oppressed by the rākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.73)

athāgatya hareścakraṃ rākṣasasya śiro'harat .. .. 33 ..

> Then, arriving, Hari's discus severed the head of the rākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.74)

.. atha sundarākhyasya rākṣasatvavimuktipūrvakaṃ svasvarūpaprāptiḥ .. ..

> Now the attainment of his own true form preceded by the release from the state of a rākṣasa of the one named Sundara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.75)

tato'yaṃ rākṣasaṃ dehaṃ tyaktvā divyakalevaraḥ ..

> Then he, abandoning the rākṣasa body, having an ethereal form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.76)

vimānavaramāruhya sundaraḥ puṣpavarṣitaḥ .. 34 ..

> mounting an excellent vimāna, Sundara, showered with flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.77)

prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā vavaṃde tatsudarśanam ..

> having folded his hands and bowed down, paid homage to that Sudarśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.78)

tuṣṭāva śrutiramyābhirvāgbhiragryābhirādarāt .. 35 ..

> He praised it with foremost words, pleasing to the ear, with reverence:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.79)

.. sundara uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.24.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.80)

sudarśana namaste'stu viṣṇuhastaikabhūṣaṇa ..

> “O Sudarśana, salutations unto you, sole ornament of Viṣṇu’s hand!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.81)

namaste'surasaṃhartre sahasrādityatejase .. 36 ..

> Homage to you, destroyer of the asuras, possessed of the radiance of a thousand suns!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.82)

kṛpāveśena bhavatastyakvāhaṃ rākṣasīṃ tanum ..

> Through an influx of your grace, casting off my rākṣasa body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.83)

svaṃ rūpamabhajaṃ viṣṇoścakrāyudha namo'stu te .. 37 ..

> I have attained my own form. O discus weapon of Viṣṇu, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.84)

anujānīhi māṃ gaṃtuṃ tridivaṃ viṣṇuvallabha ..

> Permit me to go to heaven, O beloved of Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.85)

bhāryā me pariśocanti virahāturacetasaḥ .. 38 ..

> My wives are grieving, their hearts anguished by separation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.86)

tvanmanasko bhaviṣyāmi yāvajjīvaṃ yathā hyaham ..

> As long as I live, may my mind remain fixed on you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.87)

tathā rūpaṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ mayi cakra namo'stu te .. 39 ..

> Grant such a state to me, O discus! Homage to you!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.88)

evaṃ stutaṃ viṣṇucakraṃ sundareṇa sabhaktikam ..

> Thus praised with devotion by Sundara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.89)

anujagrāha sahasā tathāstviti munīśvarāḥ .. 2.1.24.40 ..

> Viṣṇu's discus at once granted him \[his prayer\], saying, "May it be so," O lords of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.90)

cakrāyudhābhyanujñātaḥ sundaro brāhmaṇottamam ..

> Having received permission from the discus weapon, Sundara bowed down to the best of brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.91)

praṇamya tenānujñāto gandharvastridivaṃ yayau .. 41 ..

> Permitted by him, the gandharva went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.92)

sundare tu gate svargaṃ padmanābho munīśvaraḥ ..

> And when Sundara had gone to heaven, Padmanābha, the lord among sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.93)

taccakraṃ prārthayāmāsa viṣṇvāyudha namo'stu te .. .. 42 ..

> Prayed to that discus: "O weapon of Viṣṇu, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.94)

cakrāyudha namāmi tvāṃ mahāsuravimardana ..

> O discus weapon, crusher of great asuras, I bow to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.95)

sannidhānaṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ cakratīrthe'male śubhe ..43..

> Establish your presence in this pure, auspicious Cakra tīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.96)

tvatsannidhānātsarveṣāṃ snātānāṃ pāpināmiha ..

> Through your presence, for all sinners who bathe here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.97)

pāpanāśaṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ mokṣaṃ ca kuru śāśvatam .. 44 ..

> Bring about the destruction of sin, and grant eternal liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.98)

cakratīrthamiti khyātiṃ loke'sya parikalpaya ..

> Establish its renown in the world as 'Cakratīrtha.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.99)

tvatsannidhānādatratyamunīnāṃ bhayanāśanam .. 45 ..

> Through your presence, may the destruction of fear for the sages residing here  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.100)

itaḥ paraṃ bhavatvārya cakrāyudha namo'stu te ..

> Be effected henceforth, O noble one! O discus weapon, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.101)

bhūtapretapiśācebhyo bhayaṃ mā bhavatu prabho .. 46 ..

> Let there be no fear of bhūtas, pretas, and piśācas, O Lord!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.102)

iti samprārthitaṃ cakraṃ padmanābhena yoginā ..

> When prayed to in this manner by the yogin Padmanābha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.103)

tathaivāstviti sambhāṣya tasmiṃstīrthe tirohitam .. 47 ..

> The discus replied, "May it indeed be so," and vanished into that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.104)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.105)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā rākṣasasyodbhave mayā ..

> Thus, O brahmins, on the occasion of the rākṣasa's origin, has been told to you by me  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.106)

māhātmyaṃ cakratīrthasya kathitaṃ ca malāpaham .. 48 ..

> The māhātmya of Cakratīrtha, which removes impurity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.107)

yacchutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate mānavo bhuvi .. 49 ..

> Hearing which a mortal is freed from all sins on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.24.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.24.108)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye cakratīrthamahimānuvarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 24 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter, titled "Description of the Greatness of Cakratīrtha," in the Śrīveṅkaṭācalamāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.24.1) — English, machine translation

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