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# Skandapurana 2.1.38

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.1)

.. athā'gastyaśaṅkhāditapastuṣṭasya bhagavata āvirbhāvaḥ ..

> Now, the manifestation of the Lord, pleased with the austerity of Agastya, Śaṅkha, and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.2)

.. bharadvāja uvāca ..

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

### [2.1.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.3)

teṣāṃ harau jagannāthe samāveśitacetasām ..

> For them whose minds were fixed upon Hari, the Lord of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.4)

dinatrayaṃ gataṃ tatra pūjāstotraparātmanām .. 1 ..

> devoted wholly to worship and praise, three days passed there. / (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.5)

tṛtīye divase prāpte te sarve nidritā niśi ..

> When the third day arrived, they all fell asleep at night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.6)

ante caturthayāmasya dadṛśuḥ svapnamuttamam .. 2 ..

> and at the end of the fourth watch they saw an excellent dream. / (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.7)

śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ prasannaṃ puruṣottamam ..

> Puruṣottama, holding conch, discus, and mace in hand, gracious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.8)

varadānāya saṃprāptamapaśyansmeralocanam .. 3 ..

> arrived to grant a boon, with smiling eyes, they beheld. / (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.9)

utthāya muditātmāno gṛhānnirgatya pāvane ..

> Rising with joyful hearts and coming forth from their dwelling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.10)

svāmipuṣkariṇītoye sasnurvidhivadādarāt .. 4 ..

> they bathed duly and with devotion in the pure waters of Svāmipuṣkariṇī. / (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.11)

vidhāya vidhivatkarma sarve dinamukhocitam ..

> Having duly performed every rite appropriate for daybreak,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.12)

gṛhānpratyāyayurdevamārādhayitumacyutam .. 5 ..

> they returned to their dwelling to worship the god Acyuta. / (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.13)

sadyaḥ śreyaskaraṃ mārge nimittaṃ pakṣisṛcitam ..

> On the way, an omen indicated by birds that brought immediate blessing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.14)

dṛṣṭvā prasādaṃ devasya karasthaṃ menire tadā .. 6 ..

> they saw, and considered the grace of the god already within their hands. / (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.15)

tatastrilokakartāraṃ pūjayitvā janārdanam ..

> Then, having worshipped Janārdana, the maker of the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.16)

tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotraiḥ pavitrairvedavarṇitaiḥ .. 7 ..

> they praised him with various holy hymns proclaimed in the Vedas. / (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.17)

stotrāvasāne kaunteya munīndraḥ kumbhasaṃbhavaḥ ..

> At the conclusion of the praise, O son of Kuntī, the chief of sages born from a pot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.18)

jajāpa śaṃkhasahito mantramaṣṭākṣaraṃ hareḥ .. 8 ..

> together with Śaṅkha, chanted the eight-syllabled mantra of Hari. / (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.19)

itthaṃ teṣāṃ jagatsvāminyacyute'rpitacetasām ..

> While their minds were thus offered to Acyuta, the Lord of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.20)

agrabhāge prādurabhūdekaṃ tejo mahādbhutam .. 9 ..

> before them appeared a single, wondrously great light, / (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.21)

anekakoṭisaṃkhyānāmādityendu havirbhujām ..

> as if a mass of radiance of many crores of suns, moons, and fires  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.22)

ekībhūyāmbaratale jyotirjālamiva sthitam .. 2.1.38.10 ..

> had united and stood in the vault of heaven. / (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.23)

tattejo vīkṣya te sarve'mitāntāścaryagocarāḥ ..

> Beholding that light, all of them, moved by boundless wonder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.24)

dadhyurnārāyaṇaṃ divyaṃ paramānandavigraham .. 11 ..

> meditated on divine Nārāyaṇa, whose form is supreme bliss, / (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.25)

vāṅmānasapathātītaṃ viśrutaiśvaryabhāsuram ..

> beyond the path of speech and mind, radiant with renowned sovereign power,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.26)

sahasranetraṃ sāhasrabāhupādaiḥ samanvitam .. 12 ..

> having a thousand eyes, endowed with thousands of arms and feet, / (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.27)

taptakārtasvaranibhasphuratkāṃtimanoharama ..

> delightful with flashing splendour like molten gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.28)

daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ durdarśaṃ vamantaṃ dahanacchaṭāḥ .. 13 ..

> terrifying with fangs, difficult to look upon, spewing masses of fire, / (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.29)

kaustubhena virājantaṃ dadhānamurasi śriyam ..

> resplendent with the Kaustubha jewel, bearing Śrī upon his chest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.30)

avicintyamanādyantamatyantabhayadāyakam .. .. 14 ..

> inconceivable, without beginning or end, inspiring immense terror, / (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.31)

prakāśayantaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ sarvamātmani sarvagam ..

> illuminating the entire universe within himself, all-pervading.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.32)

agastyaśaṃkhapramukhāste sarve hṛṣṭacetasaḥ .. 15 ..

> Those \[sages\] headed by Agastya and Śaṅkha, with joyful hearts, / (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.33)

tamālokya jagannāthaṃ bhūyobhūyo vavandire ..

> seeing that Lord of the universe, bowed down again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.34)

bhramanti lokarakṣārthamāyudhāni tadā hareḥ .. 16 ..

> Then the weapons of Hari, roaming for the protection of the worlds, / (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.35)

nijatejobalopetānyājagmustaṃ niṣevitum ..

> endowed with their own brilliance and strength, came to attend upon him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.36)

cakramarkaprabhaṃ divyā gadā khaṅgaśca nandakaḥ .. .. 17 ..

> the discus shining like the sun, the divine mace, the sword Nandaka, / (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.37)

puṇḍarīkaṃ cograravaḥ pāñcajanyaḥ śaśiprabhaḥ ..

> the lotus, and Pāñcajanya of terrible sound, lustrous like the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.38)

tadā brahmāṇḍamakhilaṃ pūrayāmāsa nirbharaḥ .. 18 ..

> Then, overwhelmingly, it filled the entire cosmic egg— / (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.39)

pāñcajanyasya ninadaḥ sarvāsurabhayaṃkaraḥ ..

> the roar of Pāñcajanya, terrifying to all asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.40)

pāñcajanyadhvaniṃ śrutvā nitāntāścaryabhīṣaṇam .. 19 ..

> Hearing the sound of Pāñcajanya, exceedingly wondrous and dreadful, / (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.41)

āyayurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ svaṃsvaṃ vāhanamāsthitāḥ ..

> All the deities arrived, each mounted upon their own vehicle:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.42)

brahmā rudraḥ śatamakhaḥ sanakādyāśca yoginaḥ.. .. 2.1.38.20 ..

> Brahmā, Rudra, Śatamakha, and Sanaka and the other yogins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.43)

vasiṣṭhamukhyā munayo gandharvoragakinnarāḥ ..

> the sages headed by Vasiṣṭha, gandharvas, uragas, and kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.44)

viṣvakseno garutmāṃśca viṣṇubhṛtyā jayādayaḥ .. 21 ..

> Viṣvaksena, Garuḍa, and Viṣṇu's attendants headed by Jaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.45)

sarūpāścaiva ye nityāḥ śvetadvīpanivāsinaḥ ..

> and those eternal beings of equal form who dwell in Śvetadvīpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.46)

sumanodrumasaṃbhūtā sumanovṛṣṭiradbhutā ..22..

> A wondrous rain of blossoms, born from celestial trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.47)

papāta medurāmodamoditāśeṣamānasā ..

> fell, delighting all minds with its dense fragrance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.48)

nanṛturdivyasudṛśo jaguḥ kinnarapuṅgavāḥ .. 23 ..

> Celestial fair-eyed women danced, foremost kinnaras sang,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.49)

tuṣṭuvurharṣataralāḥ suragandharvacāraṇāḥ ..

> and gods, gandharvas, and cāraṇas, trembling with joy, sang praises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.50)

dṛṣṭvā te puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ prasannaṃ bhaktavatsalam .. 24 ..

> Seeing the lotus-eyed Lord gracious and affectionate to his devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.51)

praṇamya toṣayāmāsuḥ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ vividhaistavaiḥ .. 25 ..

> they bowed down with eight-limbed prostrations and gratified him with various hymns of praise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.52)

.. brahmādaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> Brahmā and the others said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.53)

jaya viṣṇo kṛpāsindho jaya tāmarasekṣaṇa ..

> Victory to you, Viṣṇu, ocean of mercy! Victory, O lotus-eyed one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.54)

jaya lokaikavarada jaya bhaktārtibhañjana .. 26 ..

> Victory, sole granter of boons to the worlds! Victory, destroyer of the distress of devotees!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.55)

anantamakṣaraṃ śāntamavāṅmanasagocaram ..

> Endless, imperishable, tranquil, beyond the range of speech and mind—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.56)

ko vā bhavantaṃ jānāti cidānandamayātmakam .. 27 ..

> who indeed knows you, whose nature consists of consciousness and bliss?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.57)

aṇoraṇutaraṃ sthūlātsthūlaṃ sarvāntarasthitam ..

> Subtler than the subtle, grosser than the gross, dwelling within all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.58)

tvāmāmananti puruṣaṃ prakṛteḥ paramacyutam .. .. 28 ..

> they declare you to be the infallible Person beyond material nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.59)

vedāntasārarūpaṃ tvāṃ sarvāntarbāhyavartinam ..

> You whose nature is the essence of Vedānta, who exist inside and outside everything—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.60)

ko hi varṇayituṃ śakto māyāyatteṣu dehiṣu .. 29 ..

> who indeed among embodied beings subjected to illusion is capable of describing you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.61)

bhavadīyamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvātibhayadāyakam ..

> Having seen this form of yours that strikes great terror,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.62)

bhayodvignā vayaṃ sarve śāntaṃ rūpaṃ bhajasva ha .. 2.1.38.30 ..

> we are all agitated with fear; please assume a peaceful form!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.63)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.38.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.64)

iti stuto viriñcādyaiḥ prasanno garuḍadhvajaḥ ..

> Thus praised by Viriñci and the others, the Garuḍa-bannered Lord was pleased  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.65)

meghaghoṣapratimayā vācā sādaramabravīta .. 31 ..

> and with a voice like the rumbling of a cloud respectfully said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.66)

.. atha brahmādiprārthanayā bhagavadgṛhītasaumyarūpaprakāraḥ ..

> Now, the manner in which the Lord assumed a gentle form at the request of Brahmā and the others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.67)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.68)

bhayāvahāmimāṃ mūrtimutsṛjyāhaṃ priyāvaham ..

> Relinquishing this terrifying form, I shall assume  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.69)

śāntaṃ rūpaṃ bhajiṣyāmi māṃ paśyata nirākulāḥ .. 32 ..

> a peaceful form that brings delight; look upon me, free from agitation!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.70)

ityuktvāntarhito bhūtvā tasminneva kṣaṇāṃtare ..

> Having spoken thus, having disappeared at that very moment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.71)

vimāne ratnakhacite babhūva sukhadarśanaḥ .. 33 ..

> he became pleasant to behold within an aerial chariot inlaid with gems.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.72)

candrabimbānanaḥ śānto nīlotpaladaladyutiḥ ..

> His face like the orb of the moon, tranquil, with the luster of a blue lotus petal,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.73)

suvarṇavarṇavasano ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ .. 34 ..

> clad in golden-hued garments, adorned with jeweled ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.74)

śaṃkhacakragadāpadmalasatkaracatuṣṭayaḥ ..

> his four hands shining with the conch, discus, mace, and lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.75)

tamālokya ramākāntaṃ bhūyo bhūyo vavaṃdire .. 35 ..

> Beholding him, the beloved of Ramā, they bowed again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.76)

santoṣayitvā brahmādīnabhīṣṭapratipādanaiḥ ..

> Having satisfied Brahmā and the others by granting their desired wishes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.77)

avocadvinayānamramagastyaṃ munipuṃgavam .. 36 ..

> he spoke to Agastya, the foremost among sages, who was bowed with modesty:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.78)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.79)

tvaṃ munīndra vratairghoraiścīrṇairmāṃ prati saṃprati ..

> O best of sages, through severe vows performed toward me just now,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.80)

parikliṣṭo'si dāsyāmi varāṃste'bhīpsitānvada .. 37 ..

> you are exhausted; I will grant you your desired boons, speak!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.81)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.38.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.82)

niśamya vākyaṃ śrībhartuḥ praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ ..

> Hearing the words of Śrī's husband and bowing again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.83)

sa romāñcitasarvāṃgaḥ kumbhajanmā vaco'bravīt .. 38 ..

> the pot-born sage, with all his limbs thrilled with horripilation, spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.84)

.. athāgastyaprārthanayā svarṇamukharīnadyā bhagavadvattasarvādhikatvaprāptiḥ ..

> Now, the river Svarṇamukharī's attainment of supremacy over all, like the Lord himself, at the request of Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.85)

.. agastya uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.38.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.86)

yaddhutaṃ yattapastaptaṃ yadadhītaṃ śrutaṃ mayā ..

> Whatever has been offered in sacrifice, whatever austerity performed, whatever studied, whatever heard by me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.87)

tatsarvaṃ saphalaṃ jātamādṛto'smi yatastvayā .. 39 ..

> all that has borne fruit, since I have been honored by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.88)

eṣo'hameva dharmātmā triṣu lokeṣvapi prabho ..

> I alone am truly righteous in all the three worlds, O Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.89)

tvāṃ vicinvantamadhunā māmanviṣyāgato'si yat .. 2.1.38.40 ..

> in that you have come in search of me who was now searching for you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.90)

tvatprasādātpuraivāhaṃ prāptākhilamanorathaḥ ..

> By your grace, all my desires were attained long ago;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.91)

na paśyāmi vicintyāpi prāpyaṃ saṃprati mādhava .. 41 ..

> even upon reflection, I see nothing to be attained now, O Mādhava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.92)

tathāpi cāpalādetattava vijñāpyate prabho ..

> Nevertheless, out of fickleness, this is petitioned of you, O Lord:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.93)

tvatpādāmbujayorbhaktimevaṃ kuru nirantaram .. 42 ..

> make my devotion to your lotus feet constantly like this!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.94)

avadhāraya caitattvaṃ suraprārthanayā mayā ..

> And consider this: at the request of the gods, by me  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.95)

nadī suvarṇamukharī snātāghaughavināśinī .. 43 ..

> the river Suvarṇamukharī, which destroys a multitude of sins of those who bathe in it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.96)

sā bhavacchailakaṭakasamāsannā samāgatā ..

> has arrived near the slopes of your mountain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.97)

tāṃ kṛtārthaya lokeśa tvadanugrahavṛttibhiḥ .. 44 ..

> make her fulfilled, O Lord of the worlds, by your gracious favors!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.98)

suvarṇamukharītoye snātvā ye veṃkaṭe sthitam ..

> Having bathed in the waters of the Suvarṇamukharī, those who behold \[you\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.99)

paśyaṃti bhuktimuktyostu bhūyāsurbhājanāni te .. 45 ..

> standing on Veṅkaṭa—may they become vessels of enjoyment and liberation!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.100)

alpāyuṣo narā mūḍhā jñānayogaparicyutāḥ ..

> Short-lived men are foolish and fallen away from the yoga of knowledge;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.101)

na śaknuvaṃti tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ vratādhyayanakarmabhiḥ .. 46 ..

> \[Short-lived, foolish men, fallen away from knowledge and yoga,\] / cannot see you by rites of vows and study. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.102)

sadāsminnāsthitaḥ śaile sarveṣāṃ ca jagadguro ..

> Always abiding on this mountain, O Teacher of the Universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.103)

prasādasumukho deva kāṃkṣitārthaprado bhava .. .. 47 ..

> graciously disposed to all, O God, become the granter of desired ends! (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.104)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.105)

yatprārthitaṃ tvayā vipra tattathaiva bhaviṣyati ..

> What has been prayed for by you, O brahmin, that shall indeed be so;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.106)

nūnamapratimā loke mayi bhaktiḥ kṛtā tvayā .. 48 ..

> truly, incomparable devotion to me has been offered by you in this world. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.107)

jāhnavīva nadī seyaṃ suvarṇamukharī mune ..

> Like the Jāhnavī, this river Suvarṇamukharī, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.108)

syādāśāsyā surāṇāṃ ca vāṃchitaśrīvidhāyinī .. 49 ..

> shall be longed for by the gods, bestowing desired fortune. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.109)

svāmipuṣkariṇī ceyaṃ nadī mūrtyā samanvitā ..

> And this Svāmipuṣkariṇī, endowed with bodily form as a river,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.110)

saṃkramiṣyati tāṃ divyāṃ nadīṃ tīrthaughasaṃśrayām .. 2.1.38.50 ..

> shall enter into that divine river, the resort of a multitude of tīrthas. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.111)

vaikuṇṭhanāmni śaile'sminnadyaprabhṛti sarvadā ..

> On this mountain named Vaikuṇṭha, from this day forth, forever,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.112)

kṛtāvāso bhaviṣyāmi mune prārthanayā tava .. .. 51 ..

> I shall dwell, O sage, by your prayer. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.113)

suvarṇamukharīsnānakṣālitāghaughakardamāḥ ..

> Those who have washed away the mire of masses of sins by bathing in the Suvarṇamukharī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.114)

asminvaikuṇṭhaśaile māṃ ye paśyaṃti samāhitāḥ .. 52 ..

> and with composed minds behold me on this Vaikuṇṭha mountain— (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.115)

bhuvi putrādisaṃpannāḥ sarvaiśvaryasamanvitāḥ ..

> endowed with sons and other blessings on earth, possessing all sovereign power,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.116)

mṛtāstriviṣṭape bhogānākalpamanubhūya ca .. 53 ..

> and after dying and enjoying pleasures in heaven until the end of the kalpa, (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.117)

punarāvṛttirahitaṃ kevalānandabhāsuram ..

> free from rebirth, shining with pure bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.118)

matpadaṃ samavāpsyanti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. .. 54 ..

> they shall reach my abode; no doubt should be entertained here. (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.119)

māṃ draṣṭumāgatānsarvānpratīkṣyābhīpsitaiḥ śubhaiḥ ..

> Welcoming all who come to see me with auspicious desires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.120)

yojayiṣyāmi satataṃ tvadvacogauravānmune .. 55 ..

> I shall constantly fulfill them, O sage, out of respect for your word. (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.121)

putrārthināṃ bahūnputrāndhanāni ca dhanārthinām ..

> To those desiring sons, \[I shall give\] many sons; and wealth to those desiring wealth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.122)

tathaivārogyakāmānāṃ rogaśāṃtiṃ garīyasīm .. 56 ..

> likewise, to those desiring health, a great relief from disease; (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.123)

tīvrāpatparibhūtānāṃ tathaivāpannivāraṇam ..

> likewise, the warding off of calamity for those overwhelmed by fierce misfortunes:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.124)

dāsyāmyabhīpsitānbhogāndurlabhānapi sarvadā .. 57 ..

> I will always bestow desired pleasures, even those difficult to attain. (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.125)

ye yānkāmānapekṣyeha prekṣante māṃ samāgatāḥ ..

> Whatever desires people hope for as they come here and behold me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.126)

avāpnuvanti te sarve tāṃstānkāmānna saṃśayaḥ .. 58 ..

> all of them obtain those very desires; of this there is no doubt. (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.127)

sthitā vā yatra kutrāpi māṃ smaranti narottamāḥ ..

> Or stationed wherever they may be, the best of men who remember me—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.128)

te sarve vāñchitāṃ siddhiṃ labhante matprasādataḥ .. 59 ..

> they all attain their desired perfection through my grace. (59)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.129)

.. atha śaṅkhanṛpavarapradānapūrvakaṃ bhagavadantardhānam ..

> Now, the disappearance of the Blessed Lord after granting a boon to King Śaṅkha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.130)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.38.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.131)

ityuktvā taṃ muniṃ devaḥ śaṃkhamālokya bhūpatim ..

> Having spoken thus to that sage, the God, looking at King Śaṅkha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.132)

śṛṇvatāṃ brahmamukhyānāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 2.1.38.60 ..

> spoke this word while Brahmā and the foremost \[gods\] listened: (60)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.133)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.134)

prīto'smi śaṃkha bhaktyā te vṛṇīṣvābhīpsitaṃ varam ..

> I am pleased by your devotion, O Śaṅkha! Choose a desired boon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.135)

dadāmi varado'haṃ te kraśiṣṭhasya tapasyataḥ .. 61 ..

> I, the giver of boons, give \[it\] to you who are emaciated and performing tapas. (61)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.136)

.. śaṃkha uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.38.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.137)

na yāce'nyanmahābāho tvatpādāmbujasevanāt ..

> I ask for nothing else, O mighty-armed one, than service to your lotus feet;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.138)

yāṃ prāpnuvaṃti tvadbhaktāstāṃ yāce gatimuttamām .. 62 ..

> the supreme state which your devotees attain, that I ask for! (62)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.139)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.140)

yatprārthitaṃ tvayā śaṃkha tattathaiva bhaviṣyati ..

> What has been prayed for by you, O Śaṅkha, that shall indeed be so;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.141)

matsevāyogabhavyānāmalabhyaṃ kimu vidyate .. 63 ..

> what is unobtainable for those suited to the practice of my service? (63)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.142)

ākalpamindralokastho hyapsarogaṇasevitaḥ ..

> Staying in Indra's world until the end of the kalpa, served by hosts of apsarases,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.143)

bhuktvā bahuvidhānbhogāṃstato mallokameṣyasi .. 64 ..

> and enjoying various pleasures, you shall then go to my realm. (64)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.144)

evaṃ dadau varāniṣṭāñchaṅkhāya pṛthivīpate ..

> Thus he granted desired boons to Śaṅkha, O lord of the earth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.145)

nārāyaṇo jagadyonirbhajatāṃ kalpabhūruhaḥ .. 65 ..

> Nārāyaṇa, the origin of the universe, a wish-fulfilling tree to those who worship him. (65)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.146)

tato brahmādikānsarvānvisṛjya kamalekṣaṇaḥ ..

> Then, dismissing all \[the deities\] headed by Brahmā, the lotus-eyed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.147)

saṃstūya mānasairbhaktyā tatraivāṃtardadhe prabhuḥ .. 66 ..

> Lord, praised with devotion by those who meditate on him, vanished right there. (66)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.148)

.. atha bharadvājavarṇitaśrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmyanigamanam .. .. ..

> Now, the conclusion of the māhātmya of sacred Veṅkaṭācala as described by Bharadvāja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.149)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.38.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.150)

veṃkaṭādreḥ prabhāvo'yamākhyāto bhavate'rjuna ..

> This greatness of Mount Veṅkaṭa has been told to you, O Arjuna;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.151)

narāḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyaṃte śrutvemāṃ pāvanīṃ kathām ..67..

> men are freed from sins having heard this purifying story. (67)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.152)

vārāhaṃ rūpamutsṛjya brahmaṇābhyarthito hariḥ ..

> Relinquishing the form of the Boar when requested by Brahmā, Hari  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.153)

mumodātrādbhutākāro māyayā mohayañjagat .. 68 ..

> rejoiced here in a wondrous form, deluding the world with his māyā. (68)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.154)

paścādagastyaśaṃkhābhyāṃ prārthitaḥ sukhadarśanam ..

> Afterward, petitioned by Agastya and Śaṅkha, he whose sight brings joy  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.155)

dadau nitāntasubhagaṃ śāntaṃ bhogātmakaṃ vapuḥ .. 69 ..

> granted his exceedingly handsome, tranquil body of delight. (69)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.156)

nārāyaṇaṃ veṃkaṭādriṃ svāmipuṣkariṇīṃ tathā ..

> Remembering Nārāyaṇa, Mount Veṅkaṭa, and the Svāmipuṣkariṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.157)

imāmākhyāṃ ca saṃsmṛtya mucyaṃte pātakairjanāḥ .. 2.1.38.70 ..

> and this narration, people are freed from grave sins. (70)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.158)

veṃkaṭādrisamaṃ sthānaṃ brahmāṇḍe nāsti kiñcana ..

> There is no place in the universe equal to Mount Veṅkaṭa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.159)

veṃkaṭeśasamo devo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati .. 71 ..

> no god equal to the Lord of Veṅkaṭa has existed or ever will exist. (71)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.160)

veṃkaṭādrisamaṃ sthānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati ..

> A place equal to Mount Veṅkaṭa has not existed, nor ever will exist.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.161)

svāmitīrthasarastulyaṃ na kutrāpi ca vidyate .. 72 ..

> And there is nowhere anything equal to the pool of the Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.162)

prātarutthāya ye nityaṃ veṃkaṭeśaṃ smaraṃti vai ..

> Those who, having risen in the morning, constantly remember Veṅkaṭeśa—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.163)

teṣāṃ karasthā mokṣaśrīrnātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 73..

> the fortune of liberation is placed in their hands; no doubt should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.164)

svāmipuṣkariṇītīrthe snātvā sarvātmakaṃ harim ..

> Or those self-controlled ones who, having bathed in the sacred ford of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.165)

ye vā paśyaṃti niyatā varāhācalavāsinam ..74..

> behold Hari, the soul of all, dwelling on Mount Varāha—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.166)

te'śvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca ..

> they obtain the complete fruit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.167)

prāpnuvaṃti phalaṃ pūrṇaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 75 ..

> of a thousand Aśvamedhas and a hundred Vājapeyas; no doubt should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.168)

veṃkaṭācalamāhātmyaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti narottamāḥ ..

> Those best of men who hear the Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.169)

teṣāṃ muktiśca bhuktiśca iha loke paratra ca .. 76 ..

> attain liberation and worldly enjoyment, both in this world and in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.170)

veṃkaṭācalamāhātmyaṃ saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ tava ..

> The Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya has been related in brief to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.171)

ataḥ paraṃ mahānadyāḥ prabhāvaḥ kathyate'rjuna ..77..

> Next, O Arjuna, the power of the great river is related.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.38.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.38.172)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmyapraśaṃsāyāmagastyaśaṅkhāditapastuṣṭaśrīveṃkaṭeśāvirbhāvādimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 38 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of the Manifestation of Śrī Veṅkaṭeśa Pleased by the Austerity of Agastya, Śaṅkha, and Others, in the Praise of the Greatness of the Suvarṇamukharī,” in the Śrīveṅkaṭācalamāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.38.1) — English, machine translation

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