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# Skandapurana 2.1.35

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.1)

.. atha suvarṇamukharyā kalyānadīsaṃgamaḥ ..

> Now, the confluence of the Suvarṇamukharī and the Kalyā river.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.2)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.3)

suvarṇamukharī tatra saṃgatā maṃgalapradā ..

> There the auspicious Suvarṇamukharī was joined by  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.4)

kalyānāma nadī puṇyā kālindī jāhnavīmiva .. 1 ..

> the holy river named Kalyā, as the Kālindī \[is joined\] by the Jāhnavī. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.5)

vṛṣabhācalasaṃbhūtā tīrtharājavirājitā ..

> Arising from Mount Vṛṣabhācala, adorned with sovereign sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.6)

nadīnāmuttamā kalyā kaluṣaughavināśinī .. 2 ..

> the Kalyā is the best of rivers, destroying hosts of taints, // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.7)

nānātarulatāvrātavibhūṣitataṭadvayā ..

> with both banks adorned with clusters of various trees and creepers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.8)

munisaṃghasukhāvāsā puṇyāśramasamutkaṭā .. 3 ..

> a comfortable dwelling for hosts of sages, abundant in holy hermitages, // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.9)

dvijadattārdhyavilasatkuśākṣatalasattaṭā ..

> its banks shining with kuśa grass and unbroken grains glistening from water-oblations given by the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.10)

apsaraḥkucakastūrīpaṃkakṣālanapaṃkilā .. 4 ..

> muddy from washing away the musk-paste on the breasts of apsarases, // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.11)

dantāvalakaṭacyotanmadāmbusurabhīkṛtā ..

> made fragrant by the rut-water trickling from elephants' temples,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.12)

viprabhūpālavitatamakhayūpa śatāvṛtā .. 5 ..

> surrounded by hundreds of sacrificial posts set up for rites by brahmins and kings, // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.13)

anāvilajalāpūratoṣitāśeṣamānavā ..

> gratifying all men with its flood of clear water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.14)

ekaivālaṃ parā kartuṃ mahānadyostu pātakam .. 6 ..

> Even alone, one of the two great rivers is fully capable of destroying sin; // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.15)

tayoḥ saṃgatayoḥ stotuṃ mahimānaṃ ka īśate ..

> who is able to extol their greatness when they are conjoined?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.16)

yatra brahmaśilānāma sarinmadhye ca vartate .. 7 ..

> Where, in the midst of the river, stands the stone known as the Brahmaśilā, // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.17)

agastyatapasā paścādgayā sāṃnidhyameti ca ..

> and, by Agastya's austerity, Gayā later manifests her presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.18)

nadīdvayajale tatra snātāḥ puṇye kurūdvaha ..8..

> Those who have bathed there in the holy water of the two rivers, O best of Kurus, // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.19)

makhānāṃ pauṇḍarīkāṇāṃ śatasya phalamāpnuyuḥ ..

> obtain the fruit of a hundred pauṇḍarīka sacrifices;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.20)

brahmahatyādipāpāni samāyāṃti parikṣayam .. 9 ..

> sins such as the killing of a brahmin are completely destroyed // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.21)

tatrābhiṣekapūtānāṃ nadīdvitayasaṃgame ..

> for those purified by ablution there at the confluence of the two rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.22)

saṅgatā bhavanāśinyā kṛṣṇaveṇīva pāvanī .. 2.1.35.10 ..

> purifying like the Kṛṣṇaveṇī joined with the Bhavanāśinī. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.23)

.. atha suvarṇamukharītīrasthitaśrīveṃkaṭācalavarṇanam .. ..

> Now, the description of glorious Mount Veṅkaṭācala situated on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.24)

rājate svarṇamukharī kalyayā saṃgatā tadā .. 11 ..

> The Suvarṇamukharī shone, joined then with the Kalyā. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.25)

athodīcyāṃ mahānadyā yojanārddhe virājate ..

> Now, half a yojana to the north of the great river shines  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.26)

yojanotsedhasahito vikhyāto veṃkaṭācalaḥ .. 12 ..

> the renowned Mount Veṅkaṭācala, having an elevation of a yojana. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.27)

sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāmāśrayo'yaṃ nagottamaḥ ..

> This best of mountains is the refuge of all sacred fords:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.28)

añjanānantavṛṣabhanīlakesaripotriṇaḥ .. 13 ..

> Añjanā, Ananta, Vṛṣabha, Nīla, Kesarin, and Potrin— // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.29)

etānyupavanānyadreḥ syurnārāyaṇaveṃkaṭau..

> these are the groves of the mountain, as are Nārāyaṇa and Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.30)

varāhavapuṣā pūrvaṃ svīkṛtatvānmadhudviṣā .... 14 ..

> Because it was previously claimed by the Enemy of Madhu in the form of a boar, // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.31)

varāhakṣetramityāryaiḥ kīrtito'yaṃ mahīdharaḥ ..

> this mountain is celebrated by noble people as Varāhakṣetra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.32)

suvarṇamukharītīre vikhyāte veṃkaṭācale .. 15 ..

> On the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī, on the celebrated Veṅkaṭācala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.33)

nivasatyacyuto nityamabdhīndratanayānvitaḥ..

> Acyuta dwells eternally, accompanied by the daughter of the king of the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.34)

tasmingirau śriyā sārddhaṃ vasante veṃkaṭādhipam.. 16..

> While he dwells on that mountain together with Śrī as the Lord of Veṅkaṭa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.35)

sevante siddhagandharvamunimānavadānavāḥ..

> Siddhas, gandharvas, sages, humans, and dānavas revere him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.36)

tasminvinyastacittānāṃ bhaktānāṃ puruṣottame.. 17..

> For the devotees whose minds are fixed upon that Highest Person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.37)

vāṃchitānyāśu sidhyaṃti naśyaṃti vipado'rjuna ..

> wishes are swiftly fulfilled, O Arjuna, and misfortunes are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.38)

ye smaraṃti jagannāthaṃ veṃkaṭādrinivāsinam ..18..

> Those who remember the Lord of the World residing on Mount Veṅkaṭa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.39)

nirastadoṣāste yāṃti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam ..19..

> with their faults cast aside, reach the eternal, imperishable state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.40)

.. .. arjuna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.35.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.41)

veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ ..

> On Mount Veṅkaṭa, which is exceedingly sacred and bowed to by gods and asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.42)

kathaṃ prādurabhūddevo bhagavānkamalāpatiḥ .. 2.1.35.20 ..

> how did the divine Lord, the husband of Kamalā, manifest himself?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.43)

kasya vā kṛtinastatra prasanno nijamadbhutam ..

> Or to which virtuous person there, being pleased, did he reveal his wondrous form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.44)

rūpaṃ prakāśayāṃcakre bhuktimuktiphalapradam .. 21 ..

> which grants the fruits of worldly enjoyment and liberation?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.45)

viṣṇordevādidevasya mahimānaṃ mahāmune ..

> The greatness of Viṣṇu, the primordial god of gods, O great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.46)

śrotumicchāmi tattvena tanme kathaya vistarāt .. 22 ..

> I wish to hear in truth; tell it to me in detail.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.47)

.. atha śrīveṃkaṭācalavāsibhagavadvaibhavavarṇanam ..

> Now begins the description of the majesty of the Lord residing on the holy Veṅkaṭācala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.48)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.49)

śṛṇu veṃkaṭanāthasya mahimānaṃ samāhitaḥ ..

> Listen attentively to the greatness of the Lord of Veṅkaṭa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.50)

vistareṇa samākhyātuṃ brahmaṇāpi na śakyate .. 23 ..

> it cannot be narrated in full even by Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.51)

dhanyo'si devadevasya māhātmyaṃ madhuvidviṣaḥ ..

> Blessed are you, for your mind has become devoted to hearing  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.52)

yadbhaktiyuktābhūttāta śrotuṃ matirarindama .. 24 ..

> the māhātmya of the god of gods, the enemy of Madhu, O tamer of foes, dear friend.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.53)

kṛtapuṇyo'smyahaṃ pārtha sarvabhūtapaterhareḥ ..

> I have acquired merit, O son of Pṛthā, because the purifying deeds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.54)

pavitrāṇi caritrāṇi stoṣyante yanmayā'dhunā .. 25 ..

> of Hari, the lord of all beings, will now be praised by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.55)

purā bhāgīrathītīre janakāya mahātmane ..

> Formerly, on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī, to the great-souled Janaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.56)

kratudīkṣāprasaktāya viśuddhajñānaśāline .. 26 ..

> who was engaged in the consecration for a sacrifice and possessed of pure knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.57)

vāmadevena kathitāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm ..

> a tale was told by Vāmadeva that destroys sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.58)

kathayiṣyāmi te pārtha viṣṇukīrtanapāvanīm .. 27 ..

> I shall narrate that purifying tale to you, O son of Pṛthā, celebrating Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.59)

sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāmādyo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ ..

> Nārāyaṇa is the first Lord of all beings whatsoever,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.60)

jaganmayo jagatkartā citsvarūpo niraṃjanaḥ .. .. 28 ..

> composed of the universe, creator of the universe, the taintless nature of consciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.61)

sahasraśīrṣā bhagavānsahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt ..

> The Lord has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.62)

yasya bhāsā jagadidaṃ vibhāti sacarācaram .. 29 ..

> by whose light this universe, with the moving and unmoving, shines forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.63)

tasmātparataraṃ tejastasmātparataraṃ tapaḥ ..

> Splendor higher than he, austerity higher than he,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.64)

tasmātparataraṃ jñānaṃ yogastasmātparo na ca .. 2.1.35.30 ..

> knowledge higher than he, or yoga higher than he does not exist.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.65)

vidyā tasmādapi parā nāsti pārtha nararṣabha ..

> Nor is there any wisdom higher than he, O son of Pṛthā, bull among men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.66)

sarveṣvapi ca bhūteṣu sadā sannihitaḥ prabhuḥ .. 31 ..

> The Lord is always present in all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.67)

sarvāṇyapi ca bhūtāni tasminnevāsate sukham ..

> and all beings abide comfortably within him alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.68)

sa eva yajño yajvā ca sādhanaṃ sruksruvādikam .. 32 ..

> He alone is the sacrifice, the sacrificer, and the implements such as the sruc and sruva spoons;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.69)

phalaṃ phalapradātā ca tatsaṃprāpyā gatistathā ..

> he is the fruit, the giver of the fruit, and likewise the destination to be reached through it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.70)

vahnau praṇīte paśunā prokṣitena prajuhvati ..

> When the fire is brought forth, with the sprinkled sacrificial animal they offer oblations;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.71)

ye taṃ prayāṃti te yāṃti gatiṃ tatpratipāditām .. 33 ..

> those who approach him go to the state established by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.72)

karmabandhaṃ paśuṃ kṛtvā jñānāgnau saṃpravartite ..

> Having made the bond of action the sacrificial animal, when the fire of knowledge is kindled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.73)

ye juhvate tamuddiśya te tatsāyujyabhāginaḥ .. 34 ..

> those who offer oblations directed to him share in union with him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.74)

hariḥ sadāśivo brahmā mahendraḥ paramaḥ svarāṭ ..

> Hari, Sadāśiva, Brahmā, Mahendra, the Supreme, the Sovereign—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.75)

sarveśvarasya tasyaite paryāyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ .. 35 ..

> these are declared to be synonymous terms for that Lord of All.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.76)

mamāhito'nusaṃdhatte ya idaṃ paramātmanaḥ ..

> He who with collected mind meditates upon this māhātmya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.77)

nārāyaṇasya māhātmyaṃ sa na yāti punarbhavam .. 36 ..

> of the Supreme Self, Nārāyaṇa, does not undergo rebirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.78)

cidānandamayaḥ sākṣī nirguṇo nirupādhikaḥ ..

> Consisting of consciousness and bliss, the witness, free from gunas, devoid of limiting conditions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.79)

nityo'pi bhajate tāṃtāmavasthāṃ sa yadṛcchayā .. 37 ..

> though eternal, he assumes this or that state at will.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.80)

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ yo hyagatīnāṃ parā gatiḥ ..

> He who is the purest of the pure and the supreme refuge of the refugeless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.81)

daivataṃ devatānāṃ ca śreyasāṃ śreya uttamam .. 38 ..

> the deity of deities, and the highest good among good things,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.82)

bodhyānāṃ bodhya eko'sau dhyeyānāṃ dhyeya uttamaḥ ..

> he alone is the one to be known among things to be known, the highest to be meditated upon among things to be meditated upon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.83)

vinayānāṃ samadhiko vinayo nayasaṃyutaḥ .. 39 ..

> the supreme humility endowed with wisdom among humilities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.84)

tejasāṃ janakaṃ tejaḥ prakṛṣṭaṃ tapasāṃ tapaḥ ..

> the splendor that generates splendors, the foremost austerity of austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.85)

ādhāraḥ sarvabhūtānāmanādyanto janārdanaḥ .. 2.1.35.40 ..

> the support of all beings, without beginning or end, is Janārdana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.86)

tasyedaṃ bhāvavijñāne mūḍhā brahmādayo'pi ca ..

> Even Brahmā and the others are bewildered in understanding his true nature;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.87)

ajo gṛhṇāti jananaṃ sarvātmā hanti vidviṣaḥ .. 41 ..

> unborn, he assumes birth; being the Self of all, he slays enemies;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.88)

svatantro'pi svabhaktānāṃ paratantraḥ pravartate ..

> though independent, he behaves as dependent upon his devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.89)

sa sākṣī karmaṇāṃ devaḥ sarvajño garuḍadhvajaḥ .. 42 ..

> He is the witness of actions, the omniscient god whose banner is Garuḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.90)

tasya svarūpaṃ munayo mṛgayante samāhitāḥ ..

> His true nature sages seek with collected minds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.91)

saṅkarṣaṇo vāsudevaḥ pradyumnaśca tathā punaḥ .. 43 ..

> Saṅkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, and likewise Pradyumna...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.92)

aniruddha iti khyātaṃ tanmūrtīnāṃ catuṣṭayam ..

> and Aniruddha: this is the renowned group of four forms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.93)

kīrtitaḥ praṇavaḥ paścāddhṛdayaṃ tasya bhāsvaram .. 44 ..

> The praṇava (Om) is praised, then his luminous heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.94)

bhagavānvāsudevaśca mantro'yaṃ tatprakāśakaḥ .. 45 ..

> and ‘Bhagavān Vāsudeva’: this mantra reveals him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.95)

mantrarājamimaṃ nityaṃ prajapedyaḥ samāhitaḥ ..

> Whoever constantly recites this king of mantras with composed mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.96)

sa viṣṇoḥ karuṇāyogātsiddhīnāṃ bhājanaṃ bhavet .. 46 ..

> shall become a vessel of perfections through the grace of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.97)

.. atha bhagavatkṛtabhūtasṛṣṭyādivarṇanam .. ..

> Now follows the description of the creation of beings and so forth made by the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.98)

āpannivārakaḥ saṃpatprāpako bhuktimuktidaḥ ..

> Which removes distress, brings prosperity, and bestows enjoyment and liberation—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.99)

yathā sasarja bhūtāni kalpādāveva mādhavaḥ .. 47 ..

> how Mādhava created beings at the very beginning of the kalpa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.100)

tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi samāhitamanāḥ śṛṇu ..

> all that I shall relate. Listen with an attentive mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.101)

tasya cintayataḥ sargaṃ tejorūpaṃ paraṃ hareḥ .. 48 ..

> As he contemplated creation, from that supreme, fiery form of Hari  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.102)

viriṃca iti vikhyātaṃ rājasaṃ guṇamāśritam ..

> \[appeared\] he who is renowned as Viriñca, resorting to the quality of passion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.103)

tasya devasya vadanācchakro devaḥ sapāvakaḥ ..

> From the mouth of that god was born Indra, the god along with fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.104)

jajñe yaśca trilokeśaḥ pākakarmaṇi yaḥ prabhuḥ .. 49 ..

> who is lord of the three worlds and the master of acts of cooking.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.105)

manasaścābhavaccandraḥ karuṇānityaśītalāt ..

> And from his mind, ever cool with compassion, arose the moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.106)

apāṃ sarvauṣadhīnāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ rakṣakaḥ sadā .. .. 2.1.35.50 ..

> the constant protector of the waters, of all medicinal plants, and of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.107)

netrābhyāmudabhūtsūryastasya viśvaprakāśakaḥ ..

> From his two eyes arose the sun, the illuminator of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.108)

śītoṣṇavarṣakṛtkālakāraṇaṃ tejasāṃ nidhiḥ .. 51 ..

> the maker of cold, heat, and rain, the cause of time, and the treasury of splendours.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.109)

prāṇebhyo'sya jagatprāṇaḥ samīraḥ samajāyata ..

> From his life-breaths was born the wind, the life-breath of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.110)

dhartā graharkṣasvargaṃgā vimānānāṃ mahābalaḥ .. 52 ..

> possessing great strength, the upholder of planets, constellations, the celestial Gaṅgā, and aerial chariots.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.111)

nābhideśātsamutpannamantarikṣaṃ mahātmanaḥ ..

> From the navel region of the Great-Souled One the atmosphere arose;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.112)

tasyāsīcchiraso vyoma bhūtasaṃbhavakāraṇam .. 53 ..

> from his head was the sky, the cause of the appearance of living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.113)

pādāmbujābhyāmudabhūdbhūmirbhūtagaṇāśrayā ..

> From his two lotus feet arose the earth, the shelter of the multitude of beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.114)

viniḥsṛtā diśaḥ sarvāḥ śrotrābhyāṃ paramātmanaḥ .. 54 ..

> from the two ears of the Supreme Self all the cardinal directions went forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.115)

bhūrbhuvādyāstathā lokāḥ smaraṇāttasya jajñire ..

> So too, the worlds beginning with Bhūr and Bhuvas arose from his thought,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.116)

rasātalādilokāśca yakṣarakṣogaṇādayaḥ .. 55 ..

> as well as the worlds beginning with Rasātala, and the hosts of yakṣas, rākṣasas, and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.117)

mukhabāhūrupādebhyo janayāmāsa sa kramāt ..

> From his mouth, arms, thighs, and feet he brought forth in order  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.118)

brāhmaṇānkṣattriyānvaiśyāñchūdrādīṃśca kurūdvaha .. 56 ..

> the brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, O bearer of the Kuru lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.119)

chandāṃsi yajñasturagā gāvo meṣāvikādayaḥ ..

> The Vedic metres, sacrifice, horses, cattle, sheep, and goats  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.120)

atarkyaprabhavāṃ tasmādutpattiṃ pratipedire .. 57 ..

> obtained their origin of unfathomable source from him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.121)

saṃkalpāddevadevasya tasya sthāvarajaṃgamam ..

> By the intention of that god of gods, all that is immobile and mobile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.122)

bhūtajātamabhūtkālo bhūto bhāvī bhavaṃstathā .. 58 ..

> the whole host of beings, came to be, as well as time—past, future, and present.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.123)

pibatyambu samudrāṇāṃ baḍavānalarūpadhṛka ..

> Assuming the form of the submarine fire, he drinks the water of the oceans;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.124)

kalpāntakāle tatsarvaṃ visṛjatyātmani sthitam .. 59 ..

> at the end of a kalpa, he emits all that is contained within himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.125)

sañcārayati bhūtānāṃ vṛttiṃ sūryendurūpadhṛk ..

> Assuming the forms of the sun and moon, he sets in motion the livelihood of living beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.126)

tamonirasanāccāpi kāladharmapravartanāt .. 2.1.35.60 ..

> both by dispelling darkness and by setting in motion the duties of time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.127)

jaganti kalpavirame vinyasya svodarāntare ..

> Placing the worlds inside his belly at the close of a kalpa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.128)

līlābālākṛtiḥ śete vaṭapatre mahāmbudhau .. 61 ..

> he rests on a banyan leaf upon the great ocean, having sportively assumed the form of an infant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.129)

atha codagrabhogīndrabhogatalpe sukhocite ..

> And then, upon the bed of coils of the mighty king of serpents, fit for his comfort,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.130)

yoganidrāmavāpnoti sadvitīyo'bjavāsayā .. 62 ..

> he enters into yogic sleep, accompanied by her whose abode is the lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.131)

nābhikāsārasaṃbhūtājjanayāmāsa paṃkajāt .. 63 ..

> From the lotus born of the lake of his navel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.132)

sarveṣāṃ jagatāṃ nātho vidhātāraṃ caturmukham .. 64 ..

> the lord of all worlds generated the four-faced Creator.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.133)

līlā hyeṣā mukundasya svecchāyogapravartinaḥ ..

> For this is the sport of Mukunda, who acts by the yoga of his own will;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.134)

vijñāyate na kenā'pi yāthārthyena sa īśvaraḥ .. 64 ..

> no one can know that Lord in truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.135)

yadā dharmasya hāniḥ syādadharmo vardhate yadā ..

> Whenever there is decline of righteousness and unrighteousness increases,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.136)

yadā vā mahatīṃ pīḍāṃ bhajante devatāgaṇāḥ .. 65 ..

> or whenever the hosts of gods suffer great affliction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.137)

yadāvalepadurvārā yāṃti vṛddhiṃ suradruhaḥ ..

> whenever the enemies of the gods, irresistible in their arrogance, wax strong,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.138)

bhūmerbhūmijanānāṃ ca yadodeti mahadbhayam .. 66 ..

> and when great terror arises for the earth and for the inhabitants of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.139)

yadā vā nijabhaktānāṃ sādhūnāmanivāritā ..

> or whenever for his own devotees, the virtuous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.140)

durantātaṃkajananī vipatsamupajāyate .. 67 ..

> an unchecked calamity arises, producing endless torment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.141)

tadā tadanurūpāṇi rūpāṇyāsthāya kautukāt ..

> then, assuming corresponding forms out of sport,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.142)

adharmamavadhūyāśu kurute jagato hitam .. 68 ..

> and swiftly shaking off unrighteousness, he brings about the welfare of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.143)

sṛjati vidhisamākhyo rājasenātmanā'sau vahati harisamākhyaḥ sattvaniṣṭhaḥ prapañcam ..

> Named Vidhi, he creates through his passionate self; named Hari, steadfast in goodness, he sustains the universe;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.144)

harati harasamākhyastāmasīmetya vṛttiṃ madhumathanamahimnāmasti vettā na ko'pi .. 69 ..

> named Hara, entering upon the quality of darkness, he destroys. There is no one who knows the glories of the slayer of Madhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.145)

yajñāṃgaiḥ kṛtasakalāṃgasaṃdhibaṃdhaṃ vārāhaṃ vapuradhigamya lokanāthaḥ ..

> Assuming the form of the Boar, all the joints and ligaments of whose body were formed by the parts of sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.146)

śaile'sminnabhajadasau yathā nivāsaṃ tadvakṣye śṛṇu vibudhādhināthasūno .. 2.1.35.70 ..

> the lord of the world took up his dwelling upon this mountain. How that happened I shall relate; listen, O son of the sovereign of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.35.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.35.147)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmye viṣṇumāhātmyaprastāve sṛṣṭyādivarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 35 .. ..

> Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, named ‘Description of Creation and so forth,’ in the context of the Viṣṇumīhātmya, within the Suvarṇamukharīmāhātmya of the Śrīveṅkaṭācalamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.35.1) — English, machine translation

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