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# Skandapurana 2.1.31

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.1)

.. atha suvarṇamukharīprabhāvaśuśrūṣayā bharadvājaṃ pratyarjunapraśraḥ ..

> Now, the inquiry of Arjuna to Bharadvāja out of a desire to hear the majesty of Suvarṇamukharī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.2)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.3)

kṛtasāyantanavidhiṃ hutāśanasamadyutim ..

> Having performed his evening rites, blazing with the brilliance of fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.4)

sukhāsīnaṃ munipatiṃ praṇamya bharatarṣabhaḥ .. 1 ..

> the bull of the Bharatas bowed down to the comfortably seated lord of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.5)

tadīyaśītalāmodasudhāpūrānumoditaḥ ..

> Delighted by the flow of nectar-like, cool fragrance belonging to it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.6)

gambhīraṃ praśrayopetamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 2 .. ..

> he spoke these profound and humble words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.7)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.8)

munipuṃgava loke'smindhanya eko'hameva hi ..

> O eminent sage, in this world I alone am truly fortunate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.9)

putrāviśeṣaṃ bhavatā yadevaṃ samyagādṛtaḥ .. 3 ..

> since I am properly honored by you no differently than a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.10)

bhavadādarasañjātakautukaṃ mama mānasam ..

> My mind, filled with curiosity aroused by your hospitality,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.11)

bhavadvākyāmṛtaṃ divyaṃ pātuṃ tvarayatīva mām ..4..

> seems to hasten me to drink the divine nectar of your words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.12)

kasmācchailādiyaṃ jātā kenānītā mahānadī ..

> From what mountain was this great river born? By whom was she brought?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.13)

kiṃ puṇyaṃ snānadānādyaiḥ kṛtaistatropalabhyate ..5..

> What religious merit is obtained there through ritual ablutions, gifts, and the like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.14)

asyāḥ prabhāvaṃ prabhavaṃ prahvasya mama sanmune ..

> O noble sage, to me who am bowed before you, her power and origin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.15)

vaktumarhasi kāryo hi bhaktānugraha eva te ..6..

> you ought to tell, for grace toward devotees is indeed your duty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.16)

arjunasya vacaḥ śrutvā bharadvājo dvijottamaḥ ..

> Hearing Arjuna's speech, Bharadvāja, the best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.17)

tadānanaṃ samālokya vākyaṃ vākyavidabravīt .. 7 ..

> looked upon his face and, skilled in speech, spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.18)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.19)

tvamarjuna mahābāho kauravānvayapāvanaḥ ..

> You, O mighty-armed Arjuna, are the purifier of the Kuru lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.20)

viśeṣānmama mānyo'si dharmaputrānujo yataḥ .. 8 ..

> Especially are you worthy of my respect, because you are the younger brother of Dharmaputra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.21)

aneke bhūmipā dṛṣṭā na te tvamiva phālguna ..

> Many rulers of the earth have been seen, but they are not like you, O Phālguna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.22)

līlārjavadayaudāryadhairyagāmbhīryaśālinaḥ .. 9 ..

> endowed with grace, straightforwardness, compassion, generosity, steadfastness, and profundity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.23)

kulaṃ vidyā dhanaṃ caiva balināṃ madakāraṇam ..

> Noble birth, learning, and wealth indeed cause arrogance in the powerful;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.24)

bhavādṛśānāṃ bhavyānāṃ tāni praśrayakāraṇam .. 2.1.31.10 ..

> for virtuous men like you, they are a cause of modesty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.25)

prājyeṣu rājyabhogeṣu vidyamāneṣu kaurava ..

> While abundant royal pleasures are at hand, O Kaurava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.26)

ṛte bhavantaṃ ko vānyo nopaiti vikṛtervaśam .. 11 ..

> who else besides you does not succumb to perturbation?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.27)

paravānasmi kaunteya guṇailākottaraistava ..

> I have been won over, O son of Kuntī, by your pre-eminent virtues.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.28)

kimastyakathanīyaṃ te kautukopetamānasa .. 12 ..

> What is there that should not be told to you whose mind is filled with curiosity?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.29)

śṛṇu rājankathāṃ divyāṃ mayā munimukhācchutām ..

> Hear, O king, the divine story heard by me from the mouth of a sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.30)

yāṃ śrutvā pātakātaṅkānmucyante sarvajantavaḥ .. 13 ..

> upon hearing which all living beings are freed from the dread of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.31)

.. atha bharadvājakathita śaṃkaravivāhaprakriyā .. ..

> Now begins the narrative of the marriage of Śaṃkara, recounted by Bharadvāja:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.32)

pūrvaṃ dākṣāyaṇī devī janakenāvamānitā ..

> Formerly, the goddess Dākṣāyaṇī, having been insulted by her father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.33)

tyaktvā tanuṃ tāṃ nīhāragirerabhavadātmajā .. 14 ..

> abandoned that body and became the daughter of the Snow Mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.34)

saptarṣibhirupāgamya prārthito dharaṇīdharaḥ ..

> Approached and entreated by the seven seers, the Mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.35)

mṛtyuṃjayāya svāṃ putrīṃ vivāhe dātumudyataḥ .. 15 ..

> prepared to give his daughter in marriage to Mṛtyuṃjaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.36)

vṛṣabhāṃko jagatsvāmī vivoḍhuṃ sarvamaṃgalām ..

> He whose emblem is the bull, the Lord of the universe, in order to marry Sarvamaṅgalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.37)

prāpto himavadāvāsamoṣadhīprasthanāmakam .. 16 ..

> arrived at Himavat's dwelling named Oṣadhiprastha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.38)

tacchāsanātsamājagmuḥ sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca ..

> By his command, all immobile and mobile beings assembled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.39)

bhūtāni bhūtanāthasya kalyāṇamabhinaṃditum .. 17 ..

> in order to rejoice at the wedding of the Lord of creatures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.40)

tadbhūribhārasaṃbhagnā bhūmiruttarasaṃśrayā ..

> Crushed by their immense weight, the earth in the northern region  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.41)

nimnatāmāyayau tāvadyāvatpātālamāsthitā ..18..

> sank so deep that it reached down to Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.42)

nirbhāralāghavādasmādbhṛśaṃ dakṣiṇagāminī .  
ūrdhvaṃ gatā ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarveṣāmabhavadbhayam ..19..

> Relieved of weight and light, the southern part rose sharply upward;  
> and seeing that, everyone became frightened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.43)

jñātvā tāṃ vikṛtiṃ bhūmerdṛṣṭvāgastyaṃmaheśvaraḥ ..

> Perceiving that distortion of the earth and seeing Agastya, Maheśvara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.44)

ita ehi mahāprājñetyuktvā vacanamabravīt .. 2.1.31.20 ..

> said, "Come here, O sagacious one!" and spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.45)

āgateṣu samasteṣu bhūteṣvatra vasundharā ..

> "Since all creatures have assembled here, the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.46)

tadbhāreṇa samākrāntā vikṛtiṃ samupāgatā .. 21 ..

> oppressed by their weight, has undergone distortion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.47)

tadbhuvaḥ sāmyakaraṇe tvamarhasi mahāmate ..

> Therefore, you are capable of balancing the earth, O noble-minded one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.48)

ṛte tvāmatra hi tvattaḥ pareṇaitatkathaṃ bhavet .. 22 ..

> for, apart from you, how could this be accomplished by anyone else here?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.49)

mattejaḥsaṃbhavo hi tvaṃ lokasaṃrakṣaṇodyataḥ ..

> Indeed, you are born from my splendor, ever engaged in protecting the worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.50)

tasmānmadvacanādvatsa bhuvametāṃ samīkuru .. 23 ..

> therefore, by my word, dear child, restore balance to this earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.51)

matpāṇigrahaṇāllokakautukāyattabuddhiṣu ..

> When all the people, their minds absorbed in curiosity about my wedding,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.52)

āgateṣu samasteṣu sthātavyaṃ bhavatā'pi ca .. 24 ..

> have assembled, you too ought to have been present.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.53)

tvaṃ na tiṣṭhasi cedatra na kaścidvikṛtiṃ bhuvaḥ ..

> Yet if you do not depart from here, no one at all is able  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.54)

apanetuṃ hi śaknoti tadgantavyaṃ tvayānagha .. 25 ..

> to remove this distortion of the earth; therefore you must go, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.55)

imāṃ girisutāpāṇigrahakalyāṇabhāsurām ..

> This form of mine, radiant with the auspiciousness of taking the hand of the Mountain's daughter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.56)

mūrtiṃ pradarśayiṣyāmi yatra tiṣṭhasi tatra te .. 26 ..

> I shall display to you wherever you remain."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.57)

.. atha bhūsāmyakaraṇāyāgastyasya himādrerdakṣiṇadiggamanam .. ..

> Now begins Agastya's departure from the Himālayas to the southern direction for balancing the earth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.58)

ityuktvā taṃ pariṣvajya visasarja maheśvaraḥ ..

> Having spoken thus and embraced him, Maheśvara dismissed him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.59)

tatheti praṇamyāsau yayau yāmyāṃ diśaṃ muniḥ .. 27 ..

> Saying "So be it" and bowing, that sage departed toward the southern quarter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.60)

vindhyādriṃ samatikramya dakṣiṇāmāgate diśam ..

> When Agastya, that tiger among sages, crossed beyond the Vindhya mountain  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.61)

agastye muniśārdūle mahī sāmyamupāyayau .. 28 ..

> and reached the southern region, the earth attained balance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.62)

bhuvo'panīya vikṛtiṃ sthitaṃ kalaśajaṃ munim ..

> When the pot-born sage settled there, having removed the earth's tilt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.63)

tuṣṭuvurharṣataralāḥ suragandharvakinnarāḥ .. 29 ..

> the gods, gandharvas, and kinnaras praised him, trembling with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.64)

sa dadarśa tato gatvā kaścicchailaṃ samunnatam ..

> Going forth from there, he saw a lofty mountain  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.65)

vitatairdharaṇīṃ pādairdhṛtvā saṃsthitamagrataḥ .. 2.1.31.30 ..

> standing before him, holding up the earth with its sprawling feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.66)

mahauṣadhīnāṃ ratnānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ svayaṃbhuvā ..

> as though fashioned by the self-manifest \[creator\] as a mine  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.67)

akhaṇḍatejodīptānāṃ vinirmitamivākaram .. 31 ..

> of all great medicinal herbs and jewels glowing with undivided brilliance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.68)

samunnatairyaḥ śikharairnipatadvyomabhūtale ..

> which, with its lofty peaks rich in noble torrents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.69)

udāradhārāsaṃpannairdadhātīva nirantaram .. 32 ..

> seemed constantly to uphold the vault of heaven falling down to earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.70)

śanairāruhya taṃ śailamagastyo munipuṃgavaḥ ..

> Slowly climbing that mountain, Agastya, the eminent sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.71)

nivāsāya matiṃ cakre ramye tacchikharasthale .. 33 ..

> set his mind on dwelling on its charming summit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.72)

tasyāmṛtopameyasya padmotpalakulaśriyaḥ ..

> On the northern shore of a lake comparable to nectar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.73)

nānādrumaparītasya kāsārasyottare taṭe .. 34 ..

> possessing the splendor of lotus and blue-lotus blooms, and surrounded by various trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.74)

manohare mahībhāge vidhāyāśramamuttamam ..

> having constructed an excellent hermitage in a captivating spot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.75)

ārādhya pitṛdevarṣīnvidhivadvāstudevatām .. 35 ..

> and having duly worshipped the ancestors, gods, seers, and the site-deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.76)

uvāsa suciraṃ tatra munisaṅghasamanvitaḥ ..

> he lived there for a very long time accompanied by a multitude of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.77)

devatāsiddhagandharvāpsarojuṣṭamahīdhare .. 36 ..

> on that mountain frequented by deities, siddhas, gandharvas, and apsarases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.78)

tapaḥ samāveśitavittavṛttau tapovane tiṣṭhati kumbhajāte ..

> As the pot-born sage remained in the penance grove with his mental faculties absorbed in austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.79)

praśastasaubhāgyasamanvito'driragastyaśailāhvayamāsasāda .. 37 ..

> that mountain, endowed with celebrated good fortune, acquired the name of Mount Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.31.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.31.80)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe veṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmyapraśaṃsāyāmarjunabharadvājasaṃvāde śaṃkaravivāhāgastyadakṣiṇadiggamanavarṇananāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 31 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, entitled "The Description of the Marriage of Śaṃkara and Agastya's Departure to the Southern Region," in the Praise of the Glory of the Suvarṇamukharī, in the Glory of Veṅkaṭācala, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.31.1) — English, machine translation

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