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# Skandapurana 2.1.36

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.1)

.. atha varāhakṛtadharaṇyuddharaṇakramaḥ..

> Now follows the manner of the lifting of the earth by the Boar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.2)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.3)

purā niśātyaye dhātuḥ prabuddho madhusūdanaḥ ..

> Formerly, at the end of the Creator's night, awakened, the slayer of Madhu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.4)

punaḥ pravṛttiṃ bhūtānāmanviyeṣa dhiyā bhṛśam ..1..

> carefully considered in his intellect the renewed activity of living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.5)

vinā vasumatīmanye bhūtaughadharaṇakṣamāḥ ..

> "Except for the earth, none others are capable  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.6)

na bhavantīti hṛdaye tarkastasyājaniṣṭa ca .. 2 ..

> of bearing the multitude of beings"—such reasoning arose in his heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.7)

apaśyatpraṇidhānena mahīṃ pātālagocarām..

> By deep meditation he saw the earth abiding in Pātāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.8)

atimātrabhayodvignāṃ parītāṃ mahatāmbunā .. 3 ..

> shaken by extreme fear and surrounded by vast waters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.9)

pratipede tadā rūpaṃ bhūsamuddharaṇocitam ..

> He then assumed a form suited for lifting up the earth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.10)

upakarmoṣṭhamanalajihvaṃ praṇavaghoṣaṇam ..4..

> having the preparatory rites as his lips, fire as his tongue, and the roaring of the praṇava;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.11)

caturāmnāyacaraṇaṃ prāyaścittakhurāṃcitam ..

> having the four Vedas as his legs, and expiations adorning his hooves;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.12)

prāgvaṃśakāyaṃ vilasaddarbharomāvalīyutam .. 5 ..

> having the prāgvaṃśa hall as his body, accompanied by a row of shining darbha grass as his hair;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.13)

pravargyāvartasaṃpannaṃ dakṣiṇāgnyudarānvitam ..

> endowed with the pravargya ceremony as his whorls, possessing the southern fire as his belly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.14)

sruktuṇḍamakhilaiḥ sarvaiḥ saṃvibhaktāṃgasandhikam .. 6 ..

> having the sacrificial ladle as his snout, with the joints of his limbs fully divided by all \[sacrificial elements\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.15)

divyasūktasaṭājālaṃ paratrahmaśirastathā ..

> having the collection of divine hymns as his mane, and the Supreme Brahman as his head;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.16)

havyakavyarayopetaṃ viśuddhapaśujānukam .. 7 ..

> endowed with the speed of oblations to gods and ancestors, with pure sacrificial beasts as his knees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.17)

uktātyuktādikacchandomārgamaṃtra balānvitam ..

> endowed with the strength of the mantras and paths of metres such as uktā and atyuktā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.18)

sarvayajñamayaṃ divyaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ .. 8 ..

> assuming the divine boar form, consisting of all sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.19)

anveṣṭuṃ dharaṇīmabdherviveśa salilāṃtaram ..

> he entered into the waters of the ocean to search for the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.20)

daṃṣṭrābālaśaśāṃkotthalasatkāṃticayairhaṭhāt.. .. 9 ..

> Forcibly dispelling with the mass of gleaming radiance arising from his tusk-crescent moon  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.21)

kalpāṃtasamayasphītaṃ tamisramapasārayan ..

> the darkness that had swelled at the time of the end of the kalpa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.22)

abhibhūtāṃbubhṛdghoṣairmuhurbrahmāṇḍakandarām .. 2.1.36.10 ..

> making the cave of the cosmic egg resound constantly with roars  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.23)

ninādamukharāṃ kurvangāḍhairghurughurusvanaiḥ ..

> surpassing the thunder of clouds, through his deep grunting sounds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.24)

khuraprakhuravinyāsairjarjarīkṛtavigraham .. 11 ..

> his body lacerated by the movements of the tips of his hooves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.25)

itastato viluṭhayannuragāṇāmadhīśvaram ..

> tossing about here and there the sovereign of the serpents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.26)

tīvrairniḥśvāsapavanairāpātālaṃ saritpateḥ .. 12 ..

> with the violent winds of his breath making visible the bottomless interior  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.27)

prāpayannatalasparśamantaraṃ darśanīyatām ..

> of the lord of rivers down to Pātāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.28)

atidīrgheṇa pātreṇa magnonmagnena vāridheḥ .. 13 ..

> with his exceedingly long vessel sinking and emerging from the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.29)

saṃkṣobhitāni pāthāṃsi kurvannantaryayau tadā ..

> agitating the waters, he then went within.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.30)

saptapātālamūlādhaḥ sthitāṃ toye bhayākulām .. 14 ..

> Seeing the earth situated beneath the base of the seven Pātālas in the water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.31)

vepamānāṃ samālokya dharaṇīṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ ..

> trembling and overcome with fear, his heart was delighted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.32)

tāmāropya svadaṃṣṭrāgramunmamajja saritpateḥ .. 15 ..

> Placing her upon the tip of his tusk, he emerged from the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.33)

saṃstūyamāno munibhirjanalokanivāsibhiḥ ..

> being praised by the sages residing in Janaloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.34)

tasminnudvahati premṇā deve vasumatīṃ kṣaṇam .. 16 ..

> As the god affectionately carried the earth for a moment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.35)

pratisārā babhūvādho vāridhemarṅgalocitā ..

> the ocean below became an auspicious bridal ornament.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.36)

taduttāraṇavelāyāṃ varāhavapuṣo'rjuna .. 17 ..

> At the moment of her lifting up by him who had the boar's body, O Arjuna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.37)

gambhīraghoṣairambhodhiḥ prāpa maṃgalatūryatām ..

> the ocean, with its deep roar, became an auspicious drum;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.38)

udvṛttavīcivikṣiptaśīkarāsārasaṃgataḥ .. 18 ..

> joined by showers of spray cast up by rolling waves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.39)

bheje muktāphalacayo maṃgalākṣatavibhramam..

> the heap of pearls took on the appearance of auspicious consecrated rice grains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.40)

udūḍhā tena devena sā babhau salilāplutā .. 19 ..

> Held up by that god and flooded with water, she shone  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.41)

gāḍharāgasamutpannasvedaklinnatanūriva ..

> as though her body were moistened by sweat produced by intense passion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.42)

itthamuddhṛtya bhagavānmahīṃ pātālamūlataḥ .. 2.1.36.20 ..

> Having thus lifted the earth from the base of Pātāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.43)

sudṛḍhaṃ sthāpayāmāsa madhye'mbunidhipāthasām ..

> the Lord firmly established it amid the waters of the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.44)

tenoddhṛtāyāṃ medinyāṃ pūrṇaṃ tadbhūnabhontare .. 21 ..

> When the earth was lifted up by him, the water that filled the space between earth and sky  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.45)

jalaṃ tatkṛtamaryādā'vyavacchinnamabhūttadā ..

> then became bounded by the limits set by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.46)

saṃsthāpya pṛthivīmitthaṃ tadīyādhārasiddhaye .. 22 ..

> Having thus established the earth, for the sake of securing her support  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.47)

diggajānahirājaṃ ca kamaṭhaṃ ca nyaveśayat ..

> he stationed the directional elephants, the serpent king, and the tortoise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.48)

teṣāmapi ca sarveṣāmādhāratvena sādaram .. 23 ..

> And as the support for all of them as well, respectfully  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.49)

avyaktarūpāṃ svāṃ śaktiṃ yuyoja ca dayānidhiḥ ..

> the ocean of compassion joined his own power of unmanifest form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.50)

tato dharāṃ samuddhṛtya sthitaṃ kiṭitanuṃ harim .. 24 ..

> Then, to Hari standing in the boar form after lifting up the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.51)

tuṣṭuvuḥ sanakādyāstaṃ janalokanivāsinaḥ ..

> Sanaka and the others residing in Janaloka offered praise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.52)

tadā varāhavapuṣamārādhya puruṣottamam .. 25 ..

> Then, having worshipped the Supreme Person in the form of the boar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.53)

tadājñayā jagadbrahmā yathāpūrvamakalpayat .. 26 ..

> by his command Brahmā fashioned the world as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.54)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.55)

kalpāntasalile magnā kathaṃ tiṣṭhati bhūriyam ..

> "How does this earth remain submerged in the water at the end of the kalpa?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.56)

saptapātālalokādhaḥ kimādhārā mahāmune .. 27 ..

> Beneath the seven worlds of Pātāla, what is its support, O great sage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.57)

kalpakālaḥ kiyāneṣa syāttadvṛttiśca kīdṛśī .. 28 ..

> How long is this period of a kalpa, and what is its course?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.58)

.. atha kalpavṛttāṃtavarṇanapūrvakaṃ śvetavarāhāvatāravarṇanam .. ..

> Now, the description of the advent of the white boar preceded by the description of the events of the kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.59)

etadvistārya sakalaṃ mama brahmanmune vada .. 29 ..

> "Explain all this in detail to me, O brahmin sage!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.60)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.36.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.61)

vināḍikānāṃ ṣaṣṭyā syānnāḍikaikā dinaṃ bhavet ..

> "From sixty vināḍikās there is one nāḍikā. A day consists  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.62)

tatṣaṣṭyā divasāstriṃśanmāsaḥ pakṣadvayātmakaḥ .. 2.1.36.30 ..

> of sixty of them. Thirty days make a month consisting of two fortnights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.63)

māsau dvāvṛturityuktastaiḥ ṣaṅbhirvatsaro bhavet ..

> Two months are called a season; from six of them there is a year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.64)

ayanadvitayākāraḥ śītavarṣoṣṇasaṃśrayaḥ .. 31 ..

> having the form of two solstices, embracing cold, rain, and heat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.65)

devāsurāṇāmanyoyamahorātraṃ viparyayāt ..

> For the gods and the asuras, this \[year\] is one day and night, by inversion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.66)

uttaraṃ dakṣiṇe bhānorayane te yathākramam .. 32 ..

> the sun's northern course and southern course are \[their day and night\] respectively.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.67)

mānuṣābdaiḥ khakhavyomakhākṣipāvakasāgaraiḥ ..

> By four million, three hundred and twenty thousand human years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.68)

mahāyugaṃ bhavetpārtha kṛtādyākārasaṃyutam .. .. 33 ..

> a Mahāyuga is formed, O son of Pṛthā, consisting of the Kṛta and the other \[yugas\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.69)

saptatyā saikayā kālo yugānāmantaraṃ manoḥ ..

> The period of seventy-one yugas is an interval of a Manu (manvantara).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.70)

asmiñchvetavarāhākhye kalpe jātānmanūñchṛṇu .. 34 ..

> Hear of the Manus born in this \[kalpa\] called the Śvetavarāha kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.71)

svāyaṃbhuvaḥ syātprathamastataḥ svārociṣo manuḥ ..

> The first is Svāyambhuva; after him, the Manu Svārociṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.72)

uttamastāmasākhyaśca raivataścākṣuṣāhvayaḥ .. 35 ..

> then Uttama, the one called Tāmasa, Raivata, and the one named Cākṣuṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.73)

ete gatāḥ prāṅmanavaḥ ṣaṭsendrasuratāpasāḥ ..

> These six past Manus were accompanied by their Indras, gods, and ascetics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.74)

vaivasvato vartate'dya saptamo manurarjuna .. 36 ..

> The seventh Manu, Vaivasvata, is current now, O Arjuna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.75)

ādityavasurudrādyāstatkāle devatāgaṇāḥ ..

> The hosts of gods at his time are the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.76)

iṣṭvāśvamedhaśatakaṃ tejasvī prāpa śakratām .. 37 ..

> Having performed a hundred horse sacrifices, the radiant \[Purandara\] attained the status of Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.77)

viśvāmitro'hamatriśca jamadagniśca kaśyapaḥ ..

> Viśvāmitra, myself, Atri, Jamadagni, Kaśyapa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.78)

vasiṣṭho gautamaścaiva te vai saptarṣayo'rjuna .. 38 ..

> Vasiṣṭha, and Gautama—these indeed are the seven seers, O Arjuna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.79)

ikṣvākupramukhāḥ śūrā manuputrā mahābalāḥ ..

> The sons of the Manu, heroic and mighty, led by Ikṣvāku,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.80)

avaniṃ pālayāmāsurnityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇāḥ .. 39 ..

> ruled the earth, ever devoted to righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.81)

sūryadakṣabrahmadharmarudrāṇāṃ pañca sūnavaḥ ..

> The five sons of Sūrya, Dakṣa, Brahmā, Dharma, and Rudra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.82)

sāvarṇiraucyabhaumādyā bhaviṣyanmanusaptakam .. 2.1.36.40 ..

> beginning with Sāvarṇi, Raucya, and Bhauma, will be the future seven Manus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.83)

caturdaśa vidhātuste bhavanti manavo'hani ..

> Fourteen Manus exist in a single day of the Creator.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.84)

tatkalpasaṃjñaṃ tasyānte niśā syāttatsamā śṛṇu .. 41 ..

> That is known as a kalpa; at its end, a night of equal duration occurs. Listen:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.85)

dināvasānasamaye brahmaṇaḥ pāṇḍunandana ..

> At the close of Brahmā's day, O son of Pāṇḍu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.86)

jāyate'vagraho ghoraḥ pṛthivyāṃ śatavārṣikaḥ .. 42..

> a dreadful drought lasting a hundred years occurs on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.87)

tasminnavagrahe pṛthvyāṃ nīrasāyāṃ dhanañjaya ..

> During that drought, when the earth is depleted of moisture, O Dhanañjaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.88)

caturvidhāni bhūtāni samāyānti parikṣayam .. 43 ..

> the four kinds of living beings meet complete destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.89)

tadā taptaśikhākārairupeto gharmadīdhitiḥ ..

> Then, having rays shaped like blazing flames, the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.90)

mayūkhairagnisadṛśairvamadbhiḥ pāvakacchaṭāḥ .. 44 ..

> with beams like fire, vomits showers of sparks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.91)

vinaṣṭagrāmanagaraśailavṛkṣādikānanā ..

> With its villages, cities, mountains, trees, and forests destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.92)

kūrmapṛṣṭhopamorvī syāttaptāyaḥpiṇḍasannibhā .. 45 ..

> the earth resembles the back of a tortoise, looking like a red-hot lump of iron.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.93)

tato vidhāturgātrebhyaḥ samutpannā mahāghanāḥ ..

> Then, vast clouds arise from the limbs of the Creator,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.94)

ācchādayanto gaganaṃ garjitadhvānabandhurāḥ .. 46 ..

> covering the sky, resounding with thunder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.95)

sitapītāruṇaśyāmāścitravarṇāśca bhīṣaṇāḥ ..

> White, yellow, crimson, dark, and of diverse colors, terrifying,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.96)

śailebhasaudhavṛkṣādinānārūpasamanvitāḥ .. 47 ..

> taking on various shapes such as mountains, elephants, palaces, and trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.97)

te śatābdamitaṃ kālaṃ mahāvṛṣṭiṃ vitanvate ..

> they unleash a torrential downpour for a period of a hundred years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.98)

tenāmbhasā śamaṃ yāti sūryodbhūto mahānalaḥ .. 48 ..

> By that water, the great fire born from the sun is extinguished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.99)

bhūyaśca śatavarṣāṇi varṣantyugraṃ mahāghanāḥ ..

> And the great clouds fiercely rain for yet another hundred years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.100)

tadambhasā samudvelā vikṛtiṃ yānti vārddhayaḥ .. 49 ..

> Swollen with that water, overflowing their shores, the oceans become agitated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.101)

kalpāntāmbudanirmuktaṃ lokānvyāpnoti tajjalam ..

> That water discharged by the clouds of the cosmic dissolution encompasses the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.102)

bhūrbhuvaḥsvarmaharlokānāvṛṇoti tamo mahat ..

> A great darkness envelops the Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, Svarloka, and Maharloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.103)

tadā nimagnā salile mahī pātālamūlagā .. 2.1.36.50 ..

> Then, submerged in water, sunk down to the base of Pātāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.104)

anaṣṭā kathamapyāste brahmaśaktyavalambitā ..

> the earth remains somehow undestroyed, supported by the power of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.105)

atha niḥśvāsasaṃbhūto māruto brahmaṇo'rjuna .. 51 ..

> Then, O Arjuna, the wind born from the breath of Brahmā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.106)

utsārayati tānsarvānkalpāntotthānmahāghanān ..

> disperses all those great clouds that arose at the end of the kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.107)

evaṃ pravṛddhaḥ pavanaḥ śatasaṃvatsarātmakam .. 52 ..

> Thus intensified, the wind blows continuously for a period of a hundred years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.108)

kālaṃ nirantaraṃ vāti durnivārarayotthitaḥ ..

> arisen with an irresistible velocity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.109)

tamugramanilaṃ hitvā harernābhisaroruhe .. 53 ..

> Escaping that fierce wind, upon the navel-lotus of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.110)

yoganidrāmavāpnoti tasminpāthasi padmabhūḥ ..

> the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] enters yogic sleep upon that water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.111)

yoganidrānuṣaktasya yāti tasya jagadvibhoḥ .. 54 ..

> While that sovereign of the world is engaged in yogic sleep,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.112)

tāvatī śarvarī pārtha dinaṃ yāvatpramāṇakam ..

> the night lasts for as long as the duration of the day, O son of Pṛthā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.113)

niśāyāṃ samatītāyāmutthito vegavānpunaḥ .. 55 ..

> When the night has passed, awakened once again with vigor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.114)

sṛjapyakhilajantūnvai pūrvavacchāsanāddhareḥ ..

> he creates all creatures as before, by the command of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.115)

kalpekalpe samucitai rūpaiḥ pāti jagaddhariḥ . 56 ..

> Kalpa after kalpa, Hari protects the universe through appropriate forms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.116)

asminkalpe śvetavarṇāṃ prāptavānyajñapotritām..

> In this kalpa, he assumed the white form of the sacrificial boar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.117)

varāhavapuṣā devo viharannavanītale ..57..

> Roaming upon the surface of the earth in the body of a boar, the god  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.118)

svapūrvaniyatāvāsaṃ prapede veṃkaṭācalam ..

> resorted to Mount Veṅkaṭa, his own previously designated dwelling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.119)

svāmipuṣkariṇītīre caraṃściramadhokṣajaḥ..58..

> Wandering for a long time on the bank of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī lake, Adhokṣaja  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.120)

bhaktyā paramayā yuktamapaśyajjalajāsanam ..

> saw Brahmā, endowed with supreme devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.121)

saṃpūjya prārthayāmāsa brahmā taṃ bhūtabhāvanam .. 59 ..

> Having worshipped him, Brahmā prayed to that source of all beings:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.122)

purātanīṃ nijāṃ svāminbhaja divyāṃ tanūmiti ..

> "O Lord, assume your ancient, divine body."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.123)

gṛhītvānunayaṃ tasya tyaktvā tāṃ sūkarākṛtim .. 2.1.36.60 ..

> Accepting his entreaty, he abandoned that boar form  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.124)

ananyabhajanīyāṃ svāṃ prāpa viśvātmikāṃ tanum ..

> and assumed his own cosmic body, worthy of exclusive worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.125)

tathāsthitaṃ girau tatra kṛtvāpyutsāhamūrjitam .... 61 ..

> Even after putting forth powerful exertion, \[though he\] stayed thus on that mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.126)

draṣṭuṃ na śekuḥ sarve'pi kālena bahunāpi ca .. 62 ..

> all \[beings\] were not able to see him, even after a long time. // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.127)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.36.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.128)

darśanasmaraṇādīnāṃ hariritthamagocaraḥ ..

> Hari is thus beyond the reach of sight, remembrance, and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.129)

kathaṃ pratyakṣatāṃ prāpa mānuṣāṇāṃ mahāmune .. 63 ..

> How did he become visible to human beings, O great sage? // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.130)

bhāgyabhūto'tha jagatāṃ yaḥ ko vā''rādhya taṃ vibhum ..

> Or who, having become a blessing to the worlds, worshiped that omnipresent Lord  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.131)

iha prakāśayāmāsa kathāmetāṃ nivedaya .. 64 ..

> and revealed him here? Tell me this story! // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.132)

harikathāśravaṇaṃ duritāpahaṃ kathayatāṃ sakalāgamavidbhavān ..

> Hearing the narrative of Hari destroys sins; may you, who know all sacred traditions, narrate it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.133)

sukṛtināṃ nanu saṃprati dhuryatā munivareṇya mamādya samāgatā .. 65 ..

> Surely, today the preeminence among the meritorious has come to me, O best of sages! // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.36.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.36.134)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmyapraśaṃsāyāṃ varāhāvatārakīrtanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 36 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-sixth chapter, named 'The Proclamation of the Boar Incarnation' in the Praise of the Glory of the Suvarṇamukharī, within the Glory of Mount Veṅkaṭa in the second \[book\], the Vaiṣṇava Section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.36.1) — English, machine translation

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