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# Skandapurana 2.2.10

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.1)

.. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.2)

janmaprabhṛti tatra tvaṃ na prayāto dvijottama ..

> "You had never traveled there since your birth, O best of the twice-born;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.3)

kathaṃ vidyādbhavāndivyavṛttāṃtaṃ puruṣottame .. 1 ..

> how could you know the divine account at Puruṣottama?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.4)

.. vidyāpatiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.5)

tatra sthito'haṃ sāyāhne bhagavaṃtamupāgamam ..

> "Remaining there in the evening, I approached the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.6)

tasminkāle divyagandho vavau ca śiśiro marut .. 2 ..

> At that time, a cool breeze carrying a divine fragrance blew,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.7)

udyataḥ saṃkulaḥ śabdaḥ śrūyate sma viyatpathe ..

> and a rising, confused sound was heard in the path of the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.8)

kramādyāhi prayāhīti sa tu varṇamayaḥ svanaḥ .. 3 ..

> a sound made of distinct syllables, crying repeatedly: “Step forth! Advance!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.9)

diviṣṭhānāṃ patatpuṣpavṛṣṭyācchāditaparvataḥ ..

> The mountain was covered by a shower of falling flowers from the sky-dwellers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.10)

samāgamo'bhūtsānnidhye vaikuṃṭhasya mahīpate .. 4 ..

> an assembly took place in the presence of Vaikuṇṭha, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.11)

vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgānāṃ carcarīṇāṃ ca niḥsvanaḥ ..

> The sound of vīṇās, flutes, mṛdaṅgas, and carcari drums,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.12)

abhūtapūrvastatrāsīddivyagānavimiśritaḥ .. 5 ..

> blended with divine singing such as had never existed before, arose there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.13)

sahasramupacārāṇāṃ prītaye parameśituḥ ..

> A thousand articles of worship for the delight of the Supreme Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.14)

devaiḥ samarpitaṃ tatra manuṣyādṛṣṭapūrvakam .. 6 ..

> never before seen by mortal men, were offered there by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.15)

saṃpūjya vidhivaddevaṃ karamātropalakṣitāḥ ..

> Having duly worshipped the God, discerned only by their hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.16)

jayapūrvaiśca taṃ stotraiḥ saṃtoṣya madhusūdanam .. 7 ..

> and having pleased Madhusūdana with hymns of praise beginning with “Victory!”,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.17)

yathāgataṃ te tridaśāḥ prayayustridaśālayam ..

> those thirty gods departed to the abode of the gods as they had come.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.18)

teṣu yāteṣu śabaraḥ sakhā viśvāvasurmama .. 8 ..

> When they had gone, my friend, the Śabara Viśvāvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.19)

divyopahārabhojyāni mālyaṃ cedaṃ dadau mama ..

> gave me these divine offerings of food and this garland,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.20)

anarghyametadamlānaṃ śrīrājyasukhadāyakam .. 9 ..

> priceless, unfading, bestowing royal fortune and joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.21)

alakṣmīpāparakṣoghnaṃ yogyaṃ tenāhṛtaṃ mayā ..

> destroying misfortune, sin, and demons; it was fittingly brought by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.22)

śṛṇuṣva tasya saṃsthānaṃ viṣṇoryatkṣetramuttamam .. 2.2.10.10 ..

> Listen to the location of that supreme sacred field of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.23)

apūrvaśilpanaipuṇyaṃ rūpaṃ cāsya manoharam ..

> and his enchanting form of unprecedented sculptural mastery;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.24)

na bhūmijanmanā puṃsā śakyate gadituṃ hi tat ..1 1..

> indeed, that cannot be described by any earth-born mortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.25)

tadbhāgyapauruṣābhyāṃ tallakṣitaṃ kathayāmi te ..

> I tell you of what was seen through your good fortune and prowess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.26)

samaṃtādgahanākīrṇaṃ kṣetraṃ nīlādrinābhikam .. 12 ..

> Dense on all sides, the sacred field has the Blue Mountain at its navel;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.27)

āyāmavistṛtibhyāṃ ca vikhyātaṃ krośapaṃcakam ..

> it is renowned as five krośas in length and breadth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.28)

tīrtharājasya velāyāṃ svarṇavālukayāvṛtam .. 13 ..

> covered with golden sand along the shore of the king of sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.29)

adreḥ śṛṃge mahānuccaḥ kalpasthāyī vaṭo mahān ..

> On the mountain’s summit stands an exceedingly tall, vast banyan tree lasting until the end of the kalpa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.30)

krośāyataḥ puṣpaphalavarjitaḥ pallavojjvalaḥ .. 14 ..

> a krośa wide, devoid of flowers and fruits, yet radiant with tender shoots.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.31)

sūryāpakramaṇe tasya chāyāṃ nāpakrameta vai ..

> Even as the sun moves across, its shade does not depart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.32)

tasya paścātpradeśe hi kuṃḍaṃ rohiṇasaṃjñakam .. 15 ..

> Behind it lies a pool named Rohiṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.33)

jalodgamānnīladṛṣadārohaṇavibhūṣitam ..

> from its spring of water it is adorned with steps of sapphire stone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.34)

bahiḥ sphaṭikavedībhiścaturdikṣu parīvṛtam .. 16 ..

> surrounded on all four sides by outer crystal platforms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.35)

aghasaṃghātahārībhiradbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ manoramam ..

> charming, filled with waters that remove masses of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.36)

tatpūrvavedikāmadhye nyagrodhacchāyaśītale .. 17 ..

> In the middle of its eastern platform, cooled by the shade of the banyan,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.37)

indranīlamayo deva āste cakragadādharaḥ ..

> resides the God made of sapphire, bearing the discus and mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.38)

ekāśītyaṃgulamitaḥ svarṇapadmopari sthitaḥ .. 18 ..

> measuring eighty-one aṅgulas, standing upon a golden lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.39)

aṣṭamīcandraśakalaśobhāvijayibhālabhūḥ ..

> His forehead surpasses the beauty of a crescent moon of the eighth lunar day;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.40)

smereṃdīvarayugmaśrīdhikkārodyatalocanaḥ .. 19 ..

> his eyes seem intent on disdaining the splendour of a pair of smiling blue lotuses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.41)

ānanāmṛtabhānūdyatsaṃtāpatrayamocanaḥ ..

> The rising nectar-moon of his face releases one from the three afflictions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.42)

nāsāpuṭadvayodbhāsitilapuṣpapraśobhanaḥ .. 2.2.10.20 ..

> he is made lovely by the sesamum flower shone upon by his two nostrils.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.43)

vapuṣo'śmamayatve'pi susmitasrapitādharaḥ ..

> Though his body is of stone, his lower lip is bathed in a gentle smile;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.44)

hāsasaṃphullagaṃḍābhyāṃ ruciraṃ cibukaṃ hanuḥ .. 21 ..

> charming are his chin and jaw, with cheeks blossoming in laughter;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.45)

ananyapūrvaghaṭitaṃ sṛkkiṇīyugamaṃjasā..

> the two corners of his mouth are truly fashioned like no others before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.46)

hāsanimnādharau gaṃḍau cibukaṃ sṛkkiṇī śubhe .. 22 ..

> Bearing auspicious lower lip, cheeks, chin, and corners of the mouth recessed in laughter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.47)

vahannidarśanaṃ devo viśvakarmādiśilpinām ..

> the God serves as a model for artisans like Viśvakarman and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.48)

makarāsyakarṇabhūṣāśobhiśrutiyugena saḥ .. 23 ..

> With his pair of ears adorned with ear-ornaments shaped like makara mouths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.49)

gurubhārgavayormadhye pūrṇacaṃdropahāsakaḥ ..

> he derides the full moon between Jupiter and Venus;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.50)

graivayaśobhājanakakaṃṭhadeśena paśyatām .. 24 ..

> by the region of his neck producing the beauty of a necklace for onlookers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.51)

dakṣiṇāvarttaśaṃkhasya muktājanmābhiśaṃkakṛt ..

> he causes suspicion that the pearl originated from a right-coiled conch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.52)

pīnāyataskaṃdhayugajānudīrghacaturbhujaḥ .. 25 ..

> He has a pair of stout, broad shoulders, and four arms reaching down to his knees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.53)

svacchanirmalahāropaśobhakoraḥsthalo vibhuḥ ..

> the all-pervading Lord's chest is adorned with a pure, clear necklace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.54)

dhatte caturdaśajagaddivyakaustubhabiṃbitam .. 26 ..

> He bears the divine Kaustubha reflecting the fourteen worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.55)

nimnanābhihradāviṣṭatanuromālimaṃjulaḥ ..

> he is charming with the fine line of body-hair entering the deep pool of his navel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.56)

hāraṃ trivalimadhyena sthāṇutvapariṇāmakaḥ .. 27 ..

> and the necklace descending through the three folds \[of his belly\], appearing motionless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.57)

suratnamekhalādāmnā kiṃkiṇīmauktikasrajā ..

> With a girdle-band of fine gems and a string of tinkling pearls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.58)

jagallāvaṇyapuṭake sphicau devasya śobhataḥ .. 28 ..

> the God's hips shine as vessels of the world’s loveliness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.59)

jaghanālaṃvimuktāsrakpītacailopaśobhitam ..

> Adorned with yellow garments and a long-hanging pearl garland around his waist,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.60)

jaṃghāstaṃbhayugaṃ mokṣamāṃgalyatoraṇāśrayam .. 29 ..

> his two pillar-like shanks serve as an auspicious gateway to liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.61)

vṛttānupūrvajānubhyāṃ mālayā prapadīnayā ..

> With rounded, symmetrical knees, a garland reaching to the forefeet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.62)

ratnāḍhyavalayābhyāṃ ca śobhete caraṇau vibhoḥ .. 2.2.10.30 ..

> and two anklets rich in gems, the feet of the Lord shine resplendent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.63)

hārakaṃkaṇakeyūra mukuṭādyairalaṃkṛtam ..

> Adorned with necklaces, bracelets, armlets, crowns, and other ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.64)

jñānāhaṃkārakaiśvaryaśabdabrahmaṇi keśavaḥ .. 31 ..

> Keśava, who embodies knowledge, self-hood, sovereignty, and the Sound-Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.65)

cakrapadmagadāśaṃkhapariṇāmāni dhārayan ..

> bears these very principles transformed into his discus, lotus, mace, and conch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.66)

sarvāśādyotako devo nīlādrerupari sthitaḥ .. 32 ..

> The god illuminating all quarters stands atop the blue mountain (Nīlādri),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.67)

bhaktyā praṇamya dṛṣṭvā yaṃ dehabaṃdhātpramucyate ..

> beholding whom and bowing with devotion, one is freed from the bondage of the body. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.68)

vāmapārśvagatā lakṣmīrāśliṣṭā padmapāṇinā .. 33 ..

> Lakṣmī stands at his left side, embraced by the lotus-handed one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.69)

vallakīvādanaparā bhagavanmukhalocanā ..

> intent on playing the lute, her eyes fixed upon the Lord's face, // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.70)

sarvalāvaṇyavasatiḥ sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitā .. 34 ..

> the dwelling-place of all beauty, adorned with all ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.71)

tāvapaśyaṃ hi jagataḥ pitarāvacalasthitau ..

> Indeed, I saw those two parents of the world standing on the mountain, // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.72)

tūṣṇīṃbhūtau smeradṛśā'nugṛhṇaṃtau ca paśyataḥ .. 35 ..

> silent, yet bestowing grace with smiling eyes upon those who look upon them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.73)

sajīvau tāvabudhaṃ bho dīnānugrahakāraṇāt ..

> I understood them to be alive, O king, for the sake of granting grace to the wretched. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.74)

chatrībhūtaphaṇāvṛṃdaḥ śeṣaḥ paścādavasthitaḥ .. 36 ..

> Śeṣa stood behind, his multitude of hoods serving as an umbrella;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.75)

agre vyavasthitaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ vapurbibhratsudarśanam ..

> in front was seen Sudarśana, endowed with form, // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.76)

kṛtāṃjalipuṭaṃ tasya paścādgaruḍamāsthitam .. 37 ..

> and behind him was Garuḍa standing with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.77)

evamadbhutarūpaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sākṣācchriyaḥ patim ..

> Having thus seen that wonderful form of the Lord of Śrī in person, // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.78)

cetorajjubhirākṛṣṭamiva tatraiva dhāvati .. 38 ..

> the mind, as if pulled by cords, runs straight to that very place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.79)

anekajanmasāhasraiḥ sukarmāṇyarjitāni cet ..

> If good deeds earned through many thousands of births // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.80)

yugapatparipakvāni yasyāsau taṃ hi paśyati .. 39 ..

> have ripened all at once for someone, he indeed sees Him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.81)

tīrthasnānatapodānadevayajñavratairapi ..

> Even by baths at sacred fords, austerities, gifts, sacrifices to the gods, and vows, // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.82)

nālamālokituṃ martyastādṛśaṃ puruṣottamam .. 2.2.10.40 ..

> a mortal is not able to behold such a Puruṣottama. // 2.2.10.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.83)

ye nīlamūrtiṃ vimalāṃbarābhaṃ dhyāyaṃti viṣṇuṃ puruṣottamastham ..

> Those who meditate on Viṣṇu situated at Puruṣottama, of blue form and radiant like a spotless sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.84)

te kṣīṇabaṃdhāḥ praviśaṃti viṣṇoḥ puraṃ hi yatprāpya na śocatīha .. 41 ..

> their bonds destroyed, enter the city of Viṣṇu, reaching which one grieves no more here. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.85)

vidyābhiraṣṭādaśabhiḥ praṇītaṃ nānāvidhaṃ karmaphalaṃ nṛṇāṃ yat ..

> Whatever manifold fruits of action are taught for men through the eighteen branches of knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.86)

ekatra tatsarvamamuṣya viṣṇoḥ saṃdarśanasyaiti śatāṃśamānam .. 42 ..

> all of that taken together amounts to but a hundredth part of the vision of this Viṣṇu. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.87)

kimatra vācyaṃ tvadhikaṃ kṣitīṃdra puṃso matiryāvadupaiti kāmān ..

> What more need be said in this regard, O king? As far as a man’s mind conceives of desires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.88)

labheta nīlādripatiṃ praṇamya tato'dhikaṃkṣetrabhuvo mahimnā .. 43 ..

> he will obtain far more than that by bowing to the Lord of Nīlādri, through the greatness of that sacred land. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.89)

sa eva dātā kratubhiḥ sa yaṣṭā satyapravaktā sa tu dharmaśīlaḥ ..

> He alone is the true giver, he the sacrificer in rites, the speaker of truth, and he indeed of righteous conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.90)

sarvairguṇaiḥ sarvabhavairvariṣṭho nīlādrināthaḥ khalu yena dṛṣṭaḥ .. 44 ..

> highest in all virtues through all existences, by whom the Lord of Nīlādri has indeed been seen. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.91)

tatra ye sevakāḥ saṃti mādhavasya jagatpateḥ ..

> Those servants who are there of Mādhava, the Lord of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.92)

tebhyaḥ sakāśānmāhātmyamidaṃ jñātaṃ mayā nṛpa .. 45 ..

> from them this māhātmya was learned by me, O king. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.93)

tasminparaṃparāyātamādisṛṣṭeḥ purātanam ..

> Handed down by tradition concerning that \[place\] since the beginning of creation, ancient  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.94)

prasiddhamidamākhyānaṃ śrutvā tatrāgato hyaham .. 46 ..

> and renowned is this narrative; hearing it, I indeed went there. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.95)

tvadājñayā tatra gatvā dṛṣṭvā śrīpuruṣottamam ..

> Having gone there by your command and having seen the glorious Puruṣottama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.96)

niveditaṃ te rājeṃdra yathecchasi tathā kuru .. 47 ..

> I have reported \[it\] to you, O king of kings; do as you wish.” // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.97)

.. iṃdradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.98)

āptavākyādbhagavataḥ śrutvā rūpamaghāpaham ..

> “Having heard of the sin-destroying form of the Lord from an authoritative word,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.99)

kṛtakṛtyo'smi bhagavandivyanirmālyasaṃgamāt .. 48 ..

> and by the reception of the divine floral offering, I have achieved my purpose, O holy one! // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.100)

bahujanmasvarjitāni kṣīṇāni duritāni me ..

> My sins accumulated through many births have been destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.101)

adhikārī tvahaṃ jāto darśane śrīpateriha .. 49 ..

> and I have become qualified for the darśana of the Lord of Śrī here. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.102)

sarvātmanāhaṃ yāsyāmi rājyena susamṛddhinā ..

> With all my heart I shall go with my most prosperous kingdom;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.103)

tatrāvāsaṃ kariṣyāmi puradurgāṇi caiva hi .. 2.2.10.50 ..

> I will make my dwelling there, and establish city and fortresses. // 2.2.10.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.104)

kratunā hayamedhena yakṣye prītyai muradviṣaḥ ..

> I will sacrifice with the horse-sacrifice ritual for the delight of the foe of Mura;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.105)

śatopacāraiḥ śrīnāthaṃ pūjayiṣye dinedine .. 51 ..

> with a hundred offerings I will worship the Lord of Śrī day after day. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.106)

vratopavāsaniyamaiḥ prīṇayiṣye jagadgurum ..

> I will please the Teacher of the World through vows, fasts, and observances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.107)

vākyāmṛtena saṃtaptaṃ yathā māmabhiṣekṣyati .. 52 ..

> so that he will sprinkle me, who am tormented, with the nectar of his words. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.108)

dīnānukaṃpī bhagavānsākṣānnārāyaṇo vibhuḥ ..

> The Lord, directly Nārāyaṇa, the all-pervading, is compassionate to the wretched.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.109)

evaṃ sa śraddhayā bhaktyā saṃstute yāvadīśvaram .. 53 ..

> While he was thus praising the Lord with faith and devotion, // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.110)

nāradastatra saṃprāpto bhuvanālokakautukī ..

> Nārada arrived there, curious to view the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.111)

tamāyāṃtamṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā vaiṣṇavāgryaṃ vidheḥ sutam .. 54 ..

> Seeing that seer coming, the foremost of Vaiṣṇavas, the son of Brahmā, // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.112)

āśaśaṃsa svakāryasya siddhiṃ narapatistadā ..

> the king then anticipated the fulfillment of his purpose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.113)

utthāya sahasā viprāḥ pādyārghyācamanīyakaiḥ ..

> Rising hastily, O brahmins, with water for the feet, arghya, and sipping-water, // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.114)

varāsanasthaṃ praṇataḥ provācedaṃ kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 55 ..

> bowing down to him seated on an excellent seat, he spoke this with folded hands:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.115)

.. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.116)

adya me saphalā yajñā dānamadhyayanaṃ tapaḥ .. 56 ..

> “Today my sacrifices, gifts, study, and austerities have borne fruit, // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.117)

yanme gṛhaṃ samāgacchaddvitīyā brahmaṇastanuḥ ..

> since the second form of Brahmā has come to my house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.118)

kṛtārtho yadyapi mune āgamānugrahāttava .. 57 ..

> Although, O sage, I have attained my purpose through the favor of your arrival, // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.119)

tathāpi tvatprasādāya kimājñāṃ karavāṇi te ..

> still, to please you, what command of yours may I carry out?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.120)

kiṃ prayojanamuddiśya bhavanaṃ me pavitritam .. 58 ..

> For what purpose has my dwelling been purified \[by your visit\]?” // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.121)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.122)

tacchrutvā nṛpatervākyaṃ bhaktipraśrayakomalam ..

> Hearing that speech of the king, soft with devotion and humility,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.123)

uvāca brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ smitapūrvaṃ mahīpatim .. 59 ..

> the son of Brahmā, smiling, spoke to the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.124)

.. .. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.125)

iṃdradyumna nṛpaśreṣṭha vimalaistvadguṇotkaraiḥ ..

> “O Indradyumna, best of kings, by the pure multitude of your virtues,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.126)

prīṇitā devatāḥ siddhā munayo brahmaṇā saha .. 2.2.10.60 ..

> The gods, the perfected beings, and the sages together with Brahmā are delighted \[by you\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.127)

svapratiṣṭhā pṛthagyogyā guṇā ekaikaśastava ..

> Each one of your virtues, worthy on its own to establish you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.128)

brahmaṇaḥ sadane sthityai paryāptāstu samīhitāḥ .. 61 ..

> is desired \[by them and\] sufficient for residing in Brahmā's abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.129)

avatīrṇo naraṃ draṣṭuṃ tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ badarāśrame ..

> I descended to see Nara, who resides at Badarāśrama;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.130)

taddhyānāvasare jñāto vyavasāyastavedṛśaḥ .. 62 ..

> at the time of meditating upon him, such an endeavor of yours came to be known \[to me\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.131)

sādhu vyavasitaṃ rājanyābhūtte buddhirīdṛśī ..

> Well resolved, O king! Since such an understanding arose in you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.132)

sahasrajanmasvabhyāsādbhaktirbhavati bhūpate .. 63 ..

> for devotion arises from repeated practice throughout a thousand births, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.133)

nīlācalaguhāvāse mādhave jagatāṃ dhave ..

> toward Mādhava, the Lord of the worlds, whose abode is in the cave of Nīlācala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.134)

pitāmaho mahāprājño yamārādhya jagatpatim .. 64 ..

> Worshiping this very Lord of the universe, the exceedingly wise Grandfather \[Brahmā\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.135)

vinirmame sṛṣṭimimāṃ lebhe paitāmahaṃ padam ..

> fashioned this creation and attained the status of Grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.136)

tadanvayaprasūto'si yuktā te bhaktirīdṛśī .. ..65..

> You are born in his lineage; such devotion is indeed appropriate for you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.137)

caturvargaphalā bhaktirviṣṇau nālpatapaḥphalam ..

> Devotion to Viṣṇu yields the fruit of the four aims of life; it is no fruit of slight austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.138)

anādyavidyā sudṛḍhapañcakleśavivarddhinī ..66..

> Beginningless ignorance, which greatly strengthens the five afflictions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.139)

ekaiveyaṃ viṣṇubhaktistaducchedāya jāyate ..

> is destroyed by this singular devotion to Viṣṇu that arises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.140)

bhavāraṇye pratipadaṃ duḥkhasaṃkaṭasaṃkule . 67 ..

> In the forest of worldly existence, which is crowded at every step with distress and peril,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.141)

narāṇāṃ bhramatāṃ viṣṇubhaktirekā sukhapradā ..

> devotion to Viṣṇu alone bestows happiness upon wandering men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.142)

nirālaye dvaṃdvavātaprodyatesminsudustare ..68..

> In this ocean of worldly existence, shelterless, surging with the winds of dualities, and very difficult to cross,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.143)

nimagnānāṃ bhavāṃbhodhau viṣṇubhaktistariḥ smṛtā ..

> devotion to Viṣṇu is remembered as the boat for those who have sunk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.144)

āśrityaikāṃ bhagavatīṃ viṣṇubhaktiṃ tu mātaram .. 69 ..

> Taking refuge only in Mother Devotion to Viṣṇu, the divine lady,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.145)

santaḥ santuṣṭamanaso na tu śocanti jātucit ..

> the righteous, with contented minds, never grieve at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.146)

viṣṇubhaktisudhāpānasaṃhṛṣṭānāṃ mahātmanām ..2.2.10.70..

> For high-souled men who rejoice in drinking the nectar of devotion to Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.147)

brāhmyaṃ padaṃ svalpalābho bhājanānāṃ vimuktaye ..

> who are vessels for liberation, the status of Brahmā is an insignificant gain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.148)

trividho yoṃ'hasā rāśiḥ sumahāñjanmināṃ nṛpa .. 71 ..

> The threefold mass of sins belonging to living beings, which is exceedingly great, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.149)

viṣṇubhaktimahādāvavahnau sa śalabhāyate ..

> acts like a moth in the great forest fire of devotion to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.150)

prayāgagaṃgāpramukhatīrthāni ca tapāṃsi ca .. 72 ..

> Sacred fords headed by Prayāga and the Gaṅgā, and austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.151)

aśvamedhaḥ kratuvaro dānāni sumahāṃti ca ..

> the horse sacrifice, the best of sacrifices, and exceedingly great gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.152)

vratopavāsaniyamāḥ sahasrāṇyarjitā api .. 73 ..

> vows, fasts, and observances, even when thousands of them have been accumulated—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.153)

samūha eṣāmekatra guṇitaḥ koṭikoṭibhiḥ ..

> the sum of these gathered together and multiplied millions of times  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.154)

viṣṇubhakteḥ sahasrāṃśasamo'sau na hi kīrtitaḥ .. .. 74 ..

> is not proclaimed to equal even a thousandth part of devotion to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.155)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.156)

viṣṇubhaktestu māhātmyaṃ śrutvā brahmarṣiṇoditam ..

> Having heard the māhātmya of devotion to Viṣṇu declared by the divine seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.157)

viṣṇubhakteḥ svarūpaṃ hi jñātukāmaḥ kṣitīśvaraḥ .. 75 ..

> the king, desiring to know the essential nature of devotion to Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.158)

nāradaṃ punarāhedaṃ vākyaṃ satkārayuktimān .. 76 ..

> spoke this word again to Nārada, accompanied by due reverence:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.159)

. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.160)

mahimā viṣṇubhaktestu sādhu prokto mahāmune ..

> The greatness of devotion to Viṣṇu has been well explained, O great sage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.161)

tasyāḥ svarūpa jijñāsā cirānme hṛdi varttate .. 77 ..

> the desire to know its essential nature has been in my heart for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.162)

lakṣaṇaṃ varṇayedānīṃ bhaktervaiṣṇavapuṃgava ..

> Describe now the defining characteristic of devotion, O best of Vaiṣṇavas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.163)

tvadanyo na hi vaktā syādvijñāto me mahītale .. 78 ..

> No other speaker is known to me on the face of the earth than you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.164)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.10.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.165)

sādhu rājaṃstvayā pṛṣṭaṃ bhaktilakṣaṇamuttamam ..

> Well asked, O king, concerning the supreme characteristic of devotion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.166)

kathayiṣye yathārthaṃ tvāṃ bhaktibhājanamuttamam .. 79 ..

> I shall explain it truly to you, who are an excellent vessel of devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.167)

apātre na hi vācyeyaṃ nareṃ'dhe malināṃtare ..

> This is not to be spoken to an unworthy person, to a man who is blind \[with ignorance\] and whose inner self is impure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.168)

śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājanprocyamānāṃ mayānagha .. 2.2.10.80 ..

> Listen attentively, O sinless king, as it is declared by me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.169)

sāmānyato viśeṣācca viṣṇorbhaktiṃ sanātanīm ..

> Devotion to Viṣṇu is eternal, \[to be understood\] both generally and specifically.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.170)

atyantasukhasaṃprāptau vicchede duḥkhasaṃtateḥ .. 81 ..

> It is said to be devotion because of taking refuge \[in him\], \[concluding\] that this is the sole cause  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.171)

hetureko'yameveti saṃśrayādbhaktirucyate ..

> for obtaining absolute bliss and ending the continuous series of sorrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.172)

tridhā sā guṇabhedena turīyā nirguṇā matā .. 82 ..

> It is considered threefold according to the division of the guṇas, and a fourth beyond the guṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.173)

kāmakrodhābhibhūtānāṃ dṛṣṭvā yānyaṃ na paśyatām ..

> For those overwhelmed by desire and anger, who, seeing \[something\], do not see anything else,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.174)

labdhaye cābhicārāya bhaktiḥ syānnṛpa tāmasī .. 83 ..

> devotion practiced for gain and for harmful sorcery, O king, is tāmasic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.175)

yaśase cātiriktāya parasya sparddhayāpi vā ..

> For the sake of superior renown, or out of rivalry with another,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.176)

prasaṃgātparalokāya bhaktiḥ sā rājasī smṛtā .. 84 ..

> or aiming at the other world by association, that devotion is recorded as rājasic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.177)

āmuṣmikaṃ sthirataraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhāvānvinaśvarān ..

> Observing that the other world is more enduring, seeing transient worldly phenomena \[as perishable\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.178)

paśyatāśramavarṇoktāndharmānnaiva jihāsatā .. 85 ..

> and not at all abandoning the duties prescribed for one's stage of life and caste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.179)

ātmajñānāya yā bhaktiḥ kriyate sā tu sāttvikī ..

> the devotion that is performed for knowledge of the Self is sāttvic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.180)

jagaccedaṃ jagannātho nānyaṃ cāpi ca kāraṇam .. 86 ..

> \[Conceiving that\] 'This universe is the Lord of the universe, and there is no other cause;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.181)

ahaṃ ca na tato bhinno mattosau na pṛthaksthitaḥ ..

> I am not different from him, nor does he exist apart from me'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.182)

hīnaṃ bahirupādhīnāṃ premotkarṣeṇa bhāvanam .. 87 ..

> such meditation devoid of external limiting adjuncts, through the excellence of divine love,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.183)

durlabhā bhaktiraiṣā hi muktaye'dvaitasaṃjñitā ..

> is the hard-to-attain devotion called 'non-dual', leading to liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.184)

sāttvikyā brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ rājasyā śakralokatām .. 88 ..

> Through sāttvic devotion they attain the abode of Brahmā; through rājasic devotion, the realm of Indra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.185)

prayāṃti bhuktvā bhogānhi tāmasyā pitṛlokatām ..

> and having enjoyed pleasures through tāmasic devotion, they go to the world of the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.186)

punarāgatya bhūrlokaṃ bhaktiṃ tāṃ vaiparītyataḥ .. 89 ..

> Returning again to the mortal world, \[they reverse\] that devotion by contrary progression:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.187)

tāmaso rājasīṃ kuryādrājasaḥ sāttvikīṃ tathā ..

> One of tamas should cultivate rājasika \[devotion\], and one of rajas likewise sāttvika \[devotion\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.188)

sāttviko muktimāpnoti kṛtvā cādvaitabhāvanām .. 2.2.10.90 ..

> Cultivating non-dual contemplation, the sāttvika \[devotee\] attains liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.189)

ekāmapi samāśritya kramānmuktipathaṃ vrajet ..

> Having resorted even to a single \[type\], one proceeds by degrees along the path of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.190)

viṣṇubhaktivihīnasya śrautasmārtāśca yāḥ kriyāḥ .. 91 ..

> For one devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu, whatever Vedic and traditional rites \[there are\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.191)

prāyaścittādikaṃ tīrthaṃ yātrā kṛcchrādikaṃ tapaḥ ..

> Atonements and the like, sacred fords, pilgrimages, mortifications and similar austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.192)

kule prasūtiḥ śilpāni sarvaṃ laukikabhūṣaṇam .. 92 ..

> High birth in a family, crafts, and all worldly ornament—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.193)

kāyakleśaḥ phalaṃ teṣāṃ svairiṇī vyabhicāravat ..

> Their only fruit is bodily affliction, like the adultery of an unchaste woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.194)

kulācāravihīno'pi dṛḍhabhaktirjiteṃdriyaḥ .. .. 93 ..

> Even one devoid of family conduct, if firm in devotion and having conquered the senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.195)

praśasyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ na tvaṣṭādaśavidyakaḥ ..

> Is praiseworthy among all people, but not so a scholar of the eighteen sciences  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.196)

bhaktihīno nṛpaśreṣṭha sajjātirddhārmikastathā .. 94 ..

> Who is bereft of devotion, O best of kings, even if of good birth and righteous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.197)

nālpabhāgyasya puṃso hi viṣṇau bhaktiḥ prajāyate ..

> Devotion to Viṣṇu certainly does not arise in a man of small fortune;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.198)

yāṃ tu saṃpādya yatnena kṛtakṛtyo na sīdati .. 95 ..

> Having acquired which with effort, a fulfilled person does not suffer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.199)

yayā vetti jagannāthaṃ sā vidyā parikīrtitā ..

> That by which one knows the Lord of the Universe is celebrated as knowledge;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.10.200)

yena prīṇāti bhagavāṃstatkarmāśubhanāśanam .. 96 ..

> That action by which the Blessed Lord is pleased is the destroyer of inauspiciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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