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# Skandapurana 2.1.3

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.1)

atha agastyaprārthanayā bhagavataḥ sarvajanadṛggocaratvavarṇanam ..

> Now begins the description of the Lord becoming visible to all people at the prayer of Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.2)

.. śrīvarāha uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.3)

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ varānane ..

> "Well, I shall tell you what happened in the past, O fair-faced one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.4)

śṛṇu puṇyaṃ mahādevi sabhaviṣyaṃ sahottaram .. 1 ..

> Listen, O great goddess, to the holy \[account\], including what will be and what follows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.5)

vaivasvate'ntare devi pūrve kṛtayugeṃ'tare ..

> In the Vaivasvata interval, O goddess, during the former Kṛta age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.6)

vāyostapo mahaddṛṣṭvā śrībhūmisahito'nagha ..

> having seen the great austerity of Vāyu, O sinless one, accompanied by Śrī and Bhūmi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.7)

āgacchacchrīnivāsaśca svāmipuṣkariṇītaṭe .. 2 ..

> Śrīnivāsa came to the bank of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.8)

dakṣiṇe'sminpuṇyatama ānandākhyavimānake ..

> In this most sacred aerial chariot named Ānanda, on the southern side,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.9)

vasiṣyati ca śrīkāṃto vāyoḥ priyakaro hariḥ .. 3 ..

> Hari, the beloved of Śrī, doing what pleases Vāyu, will dwell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.10)

tadārabhya hṛṣīkeśaḥ senānyārādhito'niśam ..

> From then on, worshipped unceasingly by the commander of the army, Hṛṣīkeśa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.11)

ākalpāṃtamadṛśyo'sminvimāne'sau vasiṣyati .. 4 ..

> will dwell in this aerial chariot invisible until the end of the kalpa."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.12)

.. dharaṇyuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.13)

adṛśyo bhagavānmartyaiḥ katha dṛśyo bhaviṣyati .. 5 ..

> "Being invisible, how will the Blessed One become visible to mortals?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.14)

śrīnivāso'pi deveśo bhavaddakṣiṇapārśvagaḥ ..

> And Śrīnivāsa, the lord of gods, situated on your right side—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.15)

etadvada surādhīśa janairārādhyate katham .. 6 .. ..

> tell this, O lord of the suras: how will he be worshipped by people?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.16)

.. śrīvarāha uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.17)

agastyo'sminsamāsādya dṛṣṭvā devaṃ sanātanam ..

> "Agastya, having arrived here and seen the eternal God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.18)

ārādhya dvādaśābdaṃ taṃ prīṇayitvā punaḥpunaḥ .. 7 ..

> having worshipped him for twelve years and gratified him again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.19)

yayāce tatra sānnidhyaṃ bhavāndṛśyo bhavatviti ..

> begged for his presence there, saying: 'May you become visible!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.20)

evamukto hṛṣīkeśaḥ śrībhūmisahito dhare .. 8 ..

> Thus addressed, Hṛṣīkeśa, accompanied by Śrī and Bhūmi, O Earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.21)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> the Blessed Lord spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.22)

ahaṃ dṛśyo bhaviṣyāmi tvatkṛte sarvadehinām ..

> 'For your sake, I shall become visible to all embodied beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.23)

etadvimānaṃ devarṣe na dṛśyaṃ syātkadācana .. 9 ..

> This aerial chariot, O celestial seer, will never be visible;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.24)

ākalpāntaṃ munīndrāsmindṛśyo'haṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> until the end of the kalpa, O chief of sages, I shall be visible in this; of this there is no doubt.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.25)

munistadvacanaṃ śrutvā prītaḥ prāyātsvamāśramam .. 2.1.3.10 ..

> Having heard his words, the sage, delighted, went to his own hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.26)

tataścaturbhujo devaḥ sa dṛśyo'bhūnnarādibhiḥ ..

> Then that four-armed God became visible to human beings and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.27)

vimāne municintye'sminnāsitā ca tathottaram .. 11 ..

> seated in this aerial chariot conceived by sages, facing the north. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.28)

ārādhyamānaḥ skaṃdena vāyunā sevitaḥ sadā ..

> Being worshipped by Skanda, constantly attended by Vāyu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.29)

evaṃ gate mahākāle caturyugasamanvite .. 12 ..

> in this way a great age consisting of four yugas passed away. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.30)

..atha mitravarmaṇa ākāśarājākhyasutotpattivarṇanam ..

> Now begins the description of the birth of the son named Ākāśarāja to Mitravarmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.31)

aṣṭāviṃśe tu saṃjāte dvāparānte vasundhare ..

> O Earth, when the twenty-eighth \[Dvāpara\] occurred, at the end of the Dvāpara \[yuga\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.32)

yuddhe ca bhārate'tīte tiṣye sati yuge tathā .. 13 ..

> when the Bhārata war had passed, and when the Kali yuga had likewise arrived, // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.33)

vikramārkādayo bhūpāḥ śakāḥ śūdrādayastathā ..

> kings such as Vikramārka, Śakas, Śūdras, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.34)

gamiṣyaṃti svargalokaṃ māmajñātvā varānane .. 14 ..

> will go to heaven without knowing Me, O fair-faced one. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.35)

tataḥ somakulodbhūto mitravarmā mahārathaḥ ..

> Then Mitravarmā, born in the Lunar dynasty, a great car-warrior,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.36)

tuṇḍīramaṇḍale rājā nārāyaṇapuraṃ vasan .. 15 ..

> a king in the Tuṇḍīra realm residing in Nārāyaṇapura, // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.37)

bhaviṣyati varārohe mahābhāgyodayo mahān ..

> great and blessed with great fortune, will arise, O woman of shapely hips.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.38)

tasmiñchāsati bhūlokaṃ dharmeṇa pṛthivīpatau .. 16 ..

> While that lord of the earth governs the world of mortals with righteousness, // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.39)

akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī sarvasasyavibhūṣaṇā ..

> the earth, bearing crops without ploughing, adorned with all grains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.40)

nirītiko'bhavatsarvo jano dharmasamanvitaḥ .. 17 ..

> and all the people became free from plagues and devoted to righteousness. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.41)

tasya patnī samabhavatpāṃḍyakanyā manoramā ..

> His wife was a charming Pāṇḍya princess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.42)

tasya jajñe kulottaṃso viyannāmā suto'sya vai .. 18 ..

> To him was born a son, the crest-jewel of his family, indeed named Viyat. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.43)

tasya patnī tu dharaṇī nāmnāsīcchakavaṃśajā ..

> His wife was named Dharaṇī, born of the Śaka race.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.44)

tasminrājyaṃ vinikṣipya mitravarmā nṛpottamaḥ .. 19 ..

> Having entrusted the kingdom to him, Mitravarmā, the best of kings, // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.45)

yayau tapovanaṃ puṇyaṃ veṃkaṭādreḥ samīpataḥ .. 2.1.3.20 ..

> went to the holy penance-grove near Mount Veṅkaṭa. // 2.1.3.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.46)

.. atha dharaṇītalātpadmāvatyutpattikramaḥ .. ..

> Now begins the account of the emergence of Padmāvatī from the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.47)

ākāśanāmā tu mahānrājābhūtsārvabhaumakaḥ ..

> The one named Ākāśa became a great universal monarch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.48)

ekadāravrato rājā dharaṇīsaktacetanaḥ .. 21 ..

> A king committed to the vow of monogamy, his heart was devoted to Dharaṇī. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.49)

yajñārthaṃ śodhayāmāsa bhuvamāraṇitīrataḥ ..

> For a sacrifice, he cleared the ground on the bank of the Araṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.50)

kāṃcanena halenaiva kṛṣyamāṇe dharātale .. 22 ..

> While the surface of the earth was being ploughed with a golden plough, // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.51)

bījamuṣṭiṃ vikiratā dṛṣṭā kanyā dharodgatā ..

> as he scattered a handful of seeds, a maiden was seen arisen from the ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.52)

padmaśayyāgatā ramyā sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā .. 23 ..

> lying on a bed of lotuses, lovely, endowed with all auspicious marks, // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.53)

taptajāṃbūnadamayī putrikeva virājatī ..

> shining like a doll made of refined gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.54)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa mahīpālo vismayotphullalocanaḥ .. 24 ..

> Seeing her, the king, his eyes wide with astonishment, // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.55)

ādāya tanayā ceyaṃ mamaiveti punaḥpunaḥ ..

> taking \[her, thought,\] “This is indeed my daughter!” again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.56)

jaharṣa maṃtribhiścainaṃ prāha vāgaśarīriṇī .. 25 ..

> He rejoiced with his ministers, and an incorporeal voice said to him: // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.57)

satyaṃ tavaiva tanayā vardhayasva sulocanām ..

> “Truly she is your own daughter; raise this fair-eyed one.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.58)

tataḥ prītamanā rājā svapuraṃ praviveśa ha .. 26 ..

> Then, delighted in mind, the king entered his own city. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.59)

āhūya dharaṇīṃ devīmidamāha mahīpatiḥ ..

> Summoning Queen Dharaṇī, the ruler of the earth said this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.60)

devadattāmimāṃ paśya bhūtalādutthitāṃ mama .. 27 ..

> “Behold this \[child\], given by the gods to me, risen from the surface of the earth. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.61)

āvābhyāṃ tadaputrābhyāṃ putrīyaṃ bhavitā dhruvam ..

> She will surely be the daughter for both of us who are childless.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.62)

ityuktvā pradadau devyā haste prītyā viyannṛpaḥ .. 28 ..

> Having spoken thus, King Viyat gladly placed \[her\] in the hand of the queen. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.63)

.. atha ākāśarājasya dharaṇyākhyapatnyāṃ vasudānākhyasutotpattiḥ .. ..

> Now begins the birth of the son named Vasudāna to Ākāśarāja through his wife named Dharaṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.64)

tasyāṃ gṛhaṃ praviṣṭāyāṃ dharaṇī garbhamādadhau ..

> When she entered the house, Dharaṇī conceived a pregnancy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.65)

viyannṛpaśca suprīto vīkṣya snigdhavilocanām .. 29 ..

> And King Viyat, delighted upon seeing her with affectionate eyes, // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.66)

uvāca phalitā subhrurlatā sāntānikī ca me .. 2.1.3.30 ..

> said, “O woman of lovely eyebrows, my wish-fulfilling creeper of offspring has borne fruit.” // 2.1.3.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.67)

atha sā dharaṇī devī kāle kamalalocanā ..

> Then Queen Dharaṇī, lotus-eyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.68)

supraśaste muhūrte ca svoccasaṃstheṣu pañcasu ..

> at the proper time, at a highly auspicious hour, when five planets were in their exaltation, // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.69)

graheṣu suṣuve putraṃ meṣasthe ca divākare .. 31 ..

> and when the sun was in Aries, gave birth to a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.70)

devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭirgṛhe'patat ..

> Divine kettle-drums sounded; a rain of flowers fell upon the house;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.71)

vavau vāyuḥ sukhasparśastajjanmadivase tadā .. 32 ..

> a wind pleasant to the touch blew then on the day of his birth. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.72)

putrasūtipravaktṝṇāṃ suprītaḥ putrajanmani ..

> Highly delighted at the birth of a son, to those who announced the birth of the son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.73)

sarvasvadānamakarocchatracāmara varjitam .. 33 ..

> he made a gift of all his possessions, with the exception of the royal parasol and fly-whisks. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.74)

kapilākoṭidānaṃ ca vṛṣabhāṇāṃ śatādhikam ..

> He also made a gift of ten million tawny cows and more than a hundred bulls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.75)

divase dvādaśe puṇye jātakarmādikāḥ kriyā ..

> On the twelfth auspicious day, he performed the birth-rites and other ceremonies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.76)

cakāra nāmadheyaṃ ca vasudāna iti svayam .. 34 ..

> and himself gave \[him\] the name Vasudāna. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.77)

.. śrīvarāha uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.78)

ākāśatanayo devi vasudāno manoramaḥ ..

> O goddess, Vasudāna, the delightful son of Ākāśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.79)

vavṛdhe divasairbālaḥ śuklapakṣa ivoḍurāṭ .. 35 ..

> grew day by day, like the moon, the king of stars, in the bright fortnight. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.80)

upanīto vinīto'sau gurubhirbrahmapāragaiḥ ..

> Invested with the sacred thread, he was disciplined by preceptors who had mastered the Veda;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.81)

piturastrāṇi śastrāṇi mantravatso'pyaśikṣata .. 36 ..

> he also learned from his father missiles and weapons along with their mantras. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.82)

catuṣpādaṃ dhanurvedaṃ sāṃgopāṃgamadhītavān ..

> He studied the four-limbed science of archery along with its auxiliary branches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.83)

pitā tenātibalinā durādharṣaḥ parairabhūt .. 37 ..

> Through him, who was exceedingly mighty, the father became invincible to enemies, // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.84)

ākāśa iva niṣpaṃko grīṣme bhānumatā yutaḥ ..

> like the clear sky joined with the radiant sun in summer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.85)

vaiśākha iva madhyāhne duḥsaho durnirīkṣakaḥ .. 38 ..

> like \[the sun\] at midday in Vaiśākha, unbearable and difficult to gaze upon. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.3.86)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye dharaṇīvarāhasaṃvāde'gastyaprārthanayābhagavataḥ sarvajanadṛggocaratvādivarṇanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Description of the Lord Becoming Visible to All People by the Request of Agastya,' in the conversation between the Earth and Varāha, in the glorification of Śrī Veṅkaṭācala, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.3.1) — English, machine translation

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