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# Skandapurana 2.2.11

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.2)

nāradādbrahmaṇaḥ putrādbhagavadbhaktimuttamām ..

> Having thus heard about supreme devotion to the Lord from Nārada, the son of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.3)

śrutvetthaṃ paramaprīta iṃdradyumno'pyuvāca tam .. 1 .. ..

> Indradyumna too, filled with supreme joy, spoke to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.4)

iṃdradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.5)

sādhusaṃgastu vidvadbhirbhavavyādhivināśanaḥ ..

> "Association with the virtuous has been taught to me by the wise as that which destroys the disease of worldly existence;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.6)

mamopadiṣṭo bhagavanso'bhūtsāṃpratameva me .. .. 2 ..

> O venerable one, that has now been realized for me right at this moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.7)

yena sākṣātkṛto viṣṇuḥ paramātmā parātparaḥ ..

> You by whom Viṣṇu, the supreme Self beyond the highest, has been directly perceived—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.8)

sa tvaṃ yanmaṃdirāyātastvadanyaḥ sādhuratra kaḥ .. 3 ..

> since you have come to my palace, what other virtuous man is there here \[equal to you\]?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.9)

tvatsaṃnidhānādbhagavastamo me nāśamabhyagāt ..

> O venerable one, through your presence my darkness has gone to destruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.10)

yanme tvarayate cittamarcituṃ nīlamādhavam .. 4 ..

> in that my mind is urged to worship Nīlamādhava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.11)

vetsi brahmāṃḍavṛttāṃtaṃ paryaṭansārvalaukikaḥ ..

> You know all the occurrences of the universe, wandering through all the worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.12)

tadāvāṃ rathamāsthāya paśyāvo nīlamādhavam .. .. 5 ..

> therefore let us both mount a chariot and behold Nīlamādhava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.13)

puruṣottamasaṃjñasya kṣetrasyālaṃkṛtaṃ śubham ..

> The auspicious and decorated \[abode\] of the sacred field named Puruṣottama—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.14)

tatra tīrthāni saṃtīti bahubhiḥ kathitāni me ..

> that there are sacred fords there has been told to me by many;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.15)

tvadvākyādyadi jānāmi bhaveyuḥ saphalāni me ..6.. ..

> if I learn it from your words, they will become fruitful for me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.16)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.17)

haṃta te darśayiṣyāmi kṣetraṃ kṣetrasthitāni ca ..

> "Ah, I shall show you the sacred field and the things situated in the sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.18)

tīrthāni śaktiśaṃbhūṃśca kṣetramāhātmyameva ca .. 7 ..

> the sacred fords, the forms of Śakti and Śambhu, and the māhātmya of the sacred field itself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.19)

sākṣāddrakṣyasi deveśaṃ bhaktasyātmasamarpakam ..

> Directly you shall behold the Lord of gods, who gives himself to his devotee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.20)

tavānugrahataḥ śīghraṃ caturddhā saṃvyavasthitam..8..

> manifested into four forms soon out of grace toward you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.21)

yasya saṃdarśanānmartyo jāyate bhaktibhājanam ..

> upon seeing whom a mortal becomes a vessel of devotion."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.22)

evaṃ kathāṃte tau prītāvahaḥkṛtyaṃ samāpya ca .. 9 ..

> Thus, at the conclusion of their conversation, both being pleased, they completed their daily duties, and  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.23)

yātrānukūlaṃ nirṇīya paṃcamyāṃ budhavāsare ..

> having determined on the journey favorable \[for departure\] on the fifth lunar day, a Wednesday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.24)

jyeṣṭhakṛṣṇetare pakṣe puṣyarkṣe lagna uttame ..

> in the bright fortnight of the month of Jyeṣṭha, under the Puṣya constellation, at an auspicious rising-sign,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.25)

ekatra śayitau rātriṃ ninyaturnṛpanāradau ..2.2.11.10..

> the king and Nārada passed the night sleeping in the same place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.26)

tataḥ prabhāte vimala iṃdradyumno nṛpottamaḥ ..

> Then at bright dawn, Indradyumna, the best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.27)

ghoṣaṇāṃ kārayāmāsa rājyasya saha baṃdhubhiḥ .. 11 ..

> caused a proclamation to be made throughout the kingdom, together with his relatives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.28)

yathāvibhavataḥ sainyairnīlādrigamanaṃ prati ..

> concerning the march to the Blue Mountain according to one's resources, with armies:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.29)

yāvajjīvaṃ tatra vāsaṃ kariṣyāmo viniścitam ..12..

> "We shall dwell there for the duration of our lives—this is firmly resolved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.30)

yā vṛttiḥ kalpitā yasya sa tayā tatra jīvatu ..

> Whatever livelihood has been allotted to each, let him live there by that means:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.31)

rājānaḥ sāvarodhāśca sāmātyāḥ saparicchadāḥ .. 13 ..

> the kings together with their harems, ministers, and retinues,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.32)

rathairgajaisturagaiśca koṣaiḥ saha padātibhiḥ ..14..

> with chariots, elephants, horses, treasuries, and foot-soldiers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.33)

vrajaṃtu sajjitāstatra brāhmaṇāḥ sāgnihotriṇaḥ ..

> let the brahmins equipped with their Agnihotra fires depart thither,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.34)

vaṇijaḥ saha bhāṃḍaiśca sapaṇyāḥ paṇyajīvinaḥ.. 15 ..

> merchants with their goods and wares, who live by trade;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.35)

rāṣṭrakarmaṇi niṣṇātā kuśalā rājavartmasu ..

> those skilled in state affairs, expert in royal policies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.36)

jyotirvido nṛtyavido daṃḍanītau pravīṇakāḥ .. 16 ..

> astronomers, masters of dance, and those proficient in the science of polity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.37)

nṛtyagāyanavāditracaturvidhasubuddhayaḥ ..

> those of sharp intellect in the four arts of dance, song, and instrumental music;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.38)

gajavājinarāṇāṃ ca bhaiṣajye śāstra uttame .. 17 ..

> and those versed in the excellent science of medicine for elephants, horses, and men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.39)

kuśalā dṛṣṭakarmāṇo vidyāsvaṣṭādaśasvapi ..

> those skilled and of proven practice in all the eighteen sciences,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.40)

upāṃgavidyāsu tathā kuhakārthakutūhalāḥ .. 18 ..

> and likewise in the subsidiary sciences, jugglers and curious entertainers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.41)

vāṭasāhasikāścorāstathānye paśyatoharāḥ ..

> highwaymen, thieves, and other pickpockets;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.42)

vicitrakathanājīvāścāṭukārāśca māgadhāḥ .. 19 ..

> those who live by telling wondrous tales, flatterers, and court bards;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.43)

śāstropajīvinaścaiva tathānye śalyahārakāḥ ..

> those who live by arms, and likewise surgical extractors of arrows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.44)

dyūtakārāśca puṃścalyo veśyā veśānugā viṭāḥ.. 2.2.11.20 ..

> gamblers, loose women, courtesans, and courtiers who follow prostitutes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.45)

kṛṣīvalāśca gomepacchāgoṣṭrakhararakṣakāḥ ..

> cultivators, keepers of cows, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.46)

śakuṃtapālāśca kapivyāghraśārdūlarakṣakāḥ ..21..

> bird-tamers, and keepers of monkeys, tigers, and leopards;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.47)

āhituṃḍikagorakṣya śabarā mlecchajātayaḥ ..22..

> snake-charmers, cowherds, Śabaras, and barbarian tribes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.48)

anye ca ye mālavadeśajātā ājñāṃ madīyāmanupālayaṃti ..

> and all others born in the land of Mālava who follow my command—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.49)

te yāṃtu sarve vasatau hi nīlācale yathāsvaṃ kṛtavāstubhāgāḥ .. 23 ..

> let them all go to reside on the Blue Mountain, having their house-plots marked out each for himself."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.50)

evamājñāpya nṛpatiryātrāyāṃ ca kṛtakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Having thus given the command, the king, being resolved upon the journey,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.51)

nāradena samāgamya daivajñamidamāha saḥ .. 24 ..

> came together with Nārada and spoke this to the astrologer:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.52)

sāṃvatsara muhūrttaṃ me nirṇītaṃ te yathā purā ..

> "O astrologer, as the auspicious moment was determined by you earlier,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.53)

tāvanmāṃgalikaṃ vastujātaṃ samyagupānaya .. 25 ..

> bring together properly all the auspicious articles for it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.54)

purohitamatenāsminkṣaṇe yāvadvimṛgyate ..

> while in this moment what is needed according to the view of the family priest is sought."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.55)

tenādiṣṭaḥ sa gaṇakaḥ purohitasahāyavān .. .. 26 ..

> Commanded by him, the astrologer, assisted by the family priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.56)

ājahāra samastāni māṃgalyāni dvijottamāḥ ..

> brought together all the auspicious articles, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.57)

atrāṃtare sa rājarṣirdivyasiṃhāsanasthitaḥ .. 27 ..

> Meanwhile, the royal sage, seated upon a celestial throne,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.58)

yātrābhiṣekamāṃgalyaṃ vipraiḥ prāganubhāvitam ..

> underwent the auspicious bath for departure, previously directed by the brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.59)

śrīsūktavahnisūktābhyāṃ sūktenābdaivatena ca .. 28 ..

> with the Śrīsūkta and the Vahnisūkta, and with the hymn to the water-deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.60)

pāvamānyābdhisūktena pṛthaṅmāṃgalyavarddhakaiḥ ..

> with the Pāvamānī and the Abdhisūkta, which distinctly promote good fortune,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.61)

tīrthādbhirauṣadhībhiśca sarvagandhaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 29 ..

> with waters from sacred fords, herbs, and all kinds of perfumes, each separately.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.62)

abhiṣiktastato rājā cīnāṃśukahṛtāṃbhasā ..

> Then the king, consecrated and having the water removed with a Chinese silk cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.63)

rarāja vapuṣā dīpto nirdhūmaḥ pāvako yathā .. 2.2.11.30 ..

> shone brightly with his radiant body like a smokeless fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.64)

āmuktaśuklavasanaḥ svācāṃtaḥ sapavitrakaḥ ..

> Clad in white garments, having sipped water according to rule and wearing a pavitraka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.65)

nāṃdīmukhānpitṛgaṇānpūjayitvā yathāvidhi .. 31 ..

> having worshiped the classes of ancestors facing the Nāndī according to injunctions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.66)

jayārāṣṭrabhṛto hutvā gaṇahomāṃśca yatnataḥ ..

> having carefully offered the Jayā and Rāṣṭrabhṛt oblations and the Gaṇahoma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.67)

śaṃkhadhvanisugaṃdhāḍhayaṃ śvetavarṇaṃ vidhūmakam .. 32 ..

> he \[approached\] the fire filled with the sound of conches and fragrant scents, white-colored and devoid of smoke,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.68)

vahniṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ cakre dakṣiṇāvarttagārciṣā ..

> and circumambulated the fire with flames turning clockwise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.69)

sākṣātkāreṇa dadataṃ jayaṃ rājñe jayārthine .. 33 ..

> which was visibly granting victory to the king who sought victory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.70)

navagrahamakhāṃte ca grahakuṃbhena sevitaḥ .. gra  
hāṇāṃ dauṣṭyanāśāya sausthyasyāpi vivṛddhaye .. 34 ..

> At the conclusion of the sacrifice to the nine planets, attended by the planetary water-pot, for the destruction of the malice of the planets and the increase of prosperity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.71)

jyotiḥśāstroditairmaṃtrairdaivajñavidhicoditaiḥ ..

> with mantras proclaimed in astronomical treatises and directed by the astrologer's rules,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.72)

tato māṃgalyanepathyavidhānamupacakrame ..35..

> he then proceeded to the donning of auspicious attire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.73)

cīnāṃśukaprāvaraṇe vidhāya kavacaṃ nijam ..

> Having put on his armor over a cloak of Chinese silk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.74)

śiroveṣṭanakaṃ śubhraṃ suratnamukuṭojjvalam.. 36 ..

> \[he wore\] a bright turban radiant with an excellent jeweled crown,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.75)

sāvataṃse śrutiyuge ratnakuṃḍalabhūṣite ..

> with ear-ornaments on both ears adorned with jeweled earrings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.76)

graiveyakaṃ mahārghaṃ tu hāraṃ taralabhūṣitam .. 37 ..

> a priceless necklace and a string of pearls adorned with a central gem.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.77)

dadhārātha nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ keyūrāṃgadamudrikāḥ ..

> Then that best of kings wore armlets, bracelets, and signet rings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.78)

madhyena trivalīsaktaṃ svarṇasūtraṃ trivṛddadhau .. 38 ..

> around his waist, touching the three folds, he wore a threefold golden cord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.79)

hiraṇyakiṃkiṇīyukta muktātoraṇamālikam ..

> endowed with golden bells and festoons of pearl garlands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.80)

nānāratnaiḥ sughaṭitāṃ dadhārātha sumekhalām .. 39 ..

> he then wore a beautiful girdle well-crafted with various gems.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.81)

anarghye pādakaṭake pādayoḥ saṃnyaveśayat ..

> He placed priceless anklets upon his two feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.82)

sammukhādarśitādarśe dadṛśe svaṃ vibhūṣitam .. 2.2.11.40 ..

> In a mirror held before him, he looked upon himself thus adorned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.83)

maṃgalāropaṇārthāya haimapīṭhamupāviśat ..

> In order to perform the auspicious ceremony, he sat upon a golden stool,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.84)

prāṅmukhaḥ śrīdharaṃ devaṃ saṃsmaranmadhusūdanam .. 41 ..

> facing east, meditating upon Lord Śrīdhara, the slayer of Madhu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.85)

magalāyatanaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvamāṃgalyakāraṇama ..

> Viṣṇu, the abode of auspiciousness, the cause of all good fortune,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.86)

smaraṇādasya naśyaṃti pātakāni bahūnyapi .. 42 ..

> by whose remembrance even manifold sins are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.87)

saumanasyāmatho mālāmārttavīṃ gaṃdhavarṇitām ..

> Then a delightful seasonal garland, renowned for its fragrance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.88)

dadhāra prathamaṃ rājā maṃtritāṃ svapurodhasā .. 43 ..

> consecrated with mantras by his priest, the king first put on.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.89)

mṛdaṃ dīpaṃ phalaṃ dūrvā dadhi gorocanāṃ tataḥ ..

> Then earth, a lamp, fruit, dūrvā grass, curd, and yellow orpiment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.90)

mantrābhimaṃtritānsarvānsiddhārthairabhirakṣitaḥ ..44..

> all consecrated with mantras, protected with white mustard seeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.91)

ātmānaṃ dadṛśe rājā saurabheye haviṣyatha ..

> \[he looked upon\], and the king saw his reflection in cow's clarified butter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.92)

mukure maṃtrite paścātsvaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpakesarī .. 45 ..

> Then, having seen himself in the consecrated mirror, that lion of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.93)

bahvṛcaiḥ śāṃtighoṣeṇa samudīrṇaśubhāyatiḥ ..

> whose auspicious future was elevated by the chanting of peace-mantras by the Ṛgvedic priests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.94)

yājuṣkaiḥ pathisūktena vrajanmārge'bhirakṣitaḥ .. 46 ..

> protected on his way by the Yajurvedic priests with the hymn for the path,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.95)

paurāṇairmaṃgalairvākyaiḥ kṛtavīryadhṛtirnṛpaḥ ..

> with his valour and firmness bolstered by the king through auspicious Puranic words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.96)

māgadhaiḥ stutipāṭhena prādurbhūtaparākramaḥ .. 47 ..

> his prowess manifest through the recitation of praises by the bards,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.97)

pārijātaharaṃ satyāsahitaṃ garuḍadhvajam..

> holding in the lotus of his heart the bird-bannered \[Viṣṇu\], the taker of the Pārijāta flower, accompanied by Satyā—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.98)

dhyāyanhṛtpaṃkaje rājā dakṣiṇaṃ pādamuddadhau .. 48 ..

> meditating thus, the king put forward his right foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.99)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya muniṃ nāradaṃ purataḥ sthitam ..

> Having circumambulated the sage Nārada who stood before him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.100)

madhyadvāramupāgacchadvetrapāṇibhirāvṛtaḥ .. .. 49 ..

> he approached the central gateway, surrounded by mace-bearers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.101)

ādiṣṭapadamārgo'sāvagnihotrapuraḥsaraḥ ..

> Shown the pathway, preceded by the agnihotra fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.102)

tatrāpaśyatsthitānviprānātmano dakṣiṇena vai .. 2.2.11.50 ..

> there he saw brahmins standing to his right,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.103)

māṃgalyasūktaṃ' paṭhataḥ śubhrābhānpāṃḍurāṃśukān..

> reciting auspicious hymns, shining white and clad in pale garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.104)

lājāḥ sapuṣpā rājāgre kṣipataḥ śaṃsataḥ śubham .. 51 ..

> scattering puffed grain with flowers before the king and pronouncing blessings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.105)

vāmapārśvasthitā veśyāścāmaravyagrapāṇayaḥ ..

> Standing on the left side were courtesans with hands busy holding flywhisks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.106)

śubhrālaṃkāravasanāḥ smerapadmānanā śubhāḥ .. 52 ..

> wearing bright ornaments and garments, with auspicious smiling lotus-faces.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.107)

brāhmaṇānpūjayāmāsa bhaktinamro dvijottamāḥ ..

> Bowing with devotion, O best of brahmins, he honored the brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.108)

vastrālaṃkāramālyaiśca sugandhairanulepanaiḥ .. 53 ..

> with garments, ornaments, garlands, and fragrant ointments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.109)

toṣayāmāsa tānviprānbhagavadbuddhi bhāvitān ..

> he gratified those brahmins who were absorbed in contemplation of the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.110)

veśyābhyo māgadhebhyaśca dīnānāthebhya eva ca .. 84 ..

> To the courtesans, bards, the poor, and the destitute,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.111)

rājānumatyā sacivo yathārhaṃ pradadau dhanam ..

> the minister distributed wealth appropriately according to the king's command.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.112)

śvetānpārāvatānhaṃsāñchvetāśvaṃ śvetakuṃjaram .. 55 ..

> White pigeons, swans, a white horse, and a white elephant  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.113)

sacūtapallavaṃ śvetamālāphalavibhūṣitam ..

> adorned with mango sprouts, white garlands, and fruits  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.114)

kadalīkāṃḍasannaddhatoraṇādhaḥ sthitaṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> stood beneath an archway bound with plantain trunks; \[these\] the king \[beheld\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.115)

pūrṇakuṃbhaṃ sa paśyanvai maṃgalāni bahūnyapi..

> The king, seeing full pitchers and many auspicious things,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.116)

sitātapatreṇa śiraḥpradeśe vāritātapaḥ ..56..

> his head shielded from the heat by a white parasol, / 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.117)

yugapatpūryamāṇaistu kaṃbubhiḥ śatasaṃkhyakeḥ..

> heard, accompanied by the blowing of hundreds / of conches all at once,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.118)

saṃmiśritāni śuśrāva vāditrāṇi bahūni saḥ..57..

> many kinds of musical instruments joined together, / 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.119)

tathā maṃgalagītāni jayaśabdāṃśca bhūpatiḥ ..

> as well as auspicious songs and cries of victory. / Then the king entered the temple to behold Nṛsiṃha, / 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.120)

tato viveśa prāsādaṃ nṛsiṃhamavalokitum..58..

> Then he entered the temple to behold Nṛsiṃha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.121)

yaṃ smṛtvā jāyate martyaḥ sarvakalyāṇabhājanam ..

> remembering whom a mortal becomes a vessel of all blessings. / Seeing Nṛhari from afar, seated upon a celestial lion-throne, / 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.122)

dṛṣṭvā sa dūrānnṛhariṃ divyasiṃhāsanasthitam .. 59 ..

> Having seen Nṛhari from afar seated upon a divine lion-throne,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.123)

praṇamya sāṣṭāvayavaṃ santoṣyopaniṣadgirā ..

> bowing down with his eight limbs, pleasing \[him\] with the words of the Upaniṣads,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.124)

dakṣapārśvasthitāṃ durgāṃ sarvadurgatimocinīm .. 2.2.11.60 ..

> and \[seeing\] Durgā standing at \[his\] right side, who frees \[beings\] from all distress, / 2.2.11.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.125)

vavaṃde caraṇābhyāśe paśyatīṃ kṛpayā nṛpaḥ ..

> the king paid homage at \[her\] feet as she looked on with compassion. / Then the royal priest took down an auspicious garland from the god's limb / 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.126)

tataḥ purodhā devāṃgādavaropya śubhā srajam .. 61 ..

> then the family priest, taking down the auspicious garland from the body of the deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.127)

āsañjayāmāma gale sugaṃdhenānvalepayat ..

> and placed it around \[the king's\] neck, anointed him with fragrant unguent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.128)

nīrājayāmāsa rājñaḥ śiraścāveṣṭayanmudā .. 52 ..

> performed the lustration ritual, and gladly bound a turban upon the king's head. / 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.129)

punaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tau devau nṛpasattamaḥ ..

> Circumambulating the two deities once more, that best of kings / placed them upon a palanquin and set forth, having honored them. / 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.130)

śibikāyāṃ samāropya pratasthe ca puraskṛtau .. 63 ..

> placed \[it\] upon a palanquin and set out at the head \[of the procession\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.131)

prādurbhūya bahirdvāre rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā susajjitam ..

> Coming out to the outer gate and seeing the chariot well equipped,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.132)

turaṃgamairvātajavairdaśabhiḥ parayojitam .. 64 ..

> yoked with ten horses swift as the wind, / 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.133)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya nṛpo nāradena samāviśat ..

> the king circumambulated it and mounted it along with Nārada. / Ḍhakkā drums, mṛdaṅgas, kettle-drums, bherīs, paṇavas, gomukha horns, / 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.134)

ḍhakkāmṛdaṃganiḥsāṇabherīpaṇava gomukhāḥ .. 65 ..

> Ḍhakkās, mṛdaṅgas, niḥsāṇas, bherīs, paṇavas, and gomukhas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.135)

madhurīcarcarīśaṃkhā avādyaṃta sahasraśaḥ ..

> madhurīs, carcarīs, and conches were sounded by the thousands. / Millions of chariots belonging to dependent kings / 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.136)

syandanāḥ koṭiśastatra nṛpāṇāmanujīvinām .. 66 ..

> chariots by the crores there belonging to the dependent kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.137)

cakāśire śreṇikṛtā indradyumnarathābhitaḥ ..

> shone, drawn up in ranks on all sides of Indradyumna's chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.138)

nānāpraharaṇopetāḥ patākābhiralaṃkṛtāḥ .. 67 ..

> equipped with various weapons, adorned with banners, / 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.139)

dhvajocchritāḥ svarṇaraupyaiḥ kiṃkiṇījāladarpaṇaiḥ ..

> with high flagstaffs, with gold, silver, nets of jingling bells, and mirrors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.140)

yantrairnānāvidhairyuktā gaṃbhīra snigdhaniḥsvanāḥ .. 68 ..

> fitted with various mechanisms, producing deep, resonant sounds. / 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.141)

padātīnāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ hayānāṃ vātaraṃhasām ..

> Of infantry, elephants, and wind-swift horses—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.142)

pattisaṃsphoṭanairhastibṛṃhitairhayaheṣitaiḥ .. 69 ..

> by the clappings of the foot soldiers, the trumpeting of elephants, and the neighing of horses, / 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.143)

bahulai rathanirghoṣairmiśritā vādyaniḥsvanāḥ ..

> mingled with the great rumble of chariots, the sounds of musical instruments / were heard by the people like the roar of the ocean at the end of an aeon. / 2.2.11.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.144)

yugāṃtārṇavanisvānatulyāḥ śuśruvire janaiḥ .. 2.2.11.70 ..

> equal to the roaring of the ocean at the end of an aeon, were heard by the people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.145)

tasminkṣaṇe paurajanāḥ svasvasaṃbhārasajjitāḥ ..

> At that moment the citizens, prepared with their respective provisions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.146)

aśvakai rāsabhairuṣṭrairvāhakaiḥ pratitasthire .. 71 ..

> set out with small horses, donkeys, camels, and draught animals. / 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.147)

āṃdolikāśca palyaṃkāḥ koṭiśaśca turaṃgakāḥ ..

> Litters and palanquins, and millions of horses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.148)

śreṇībhūtāśca dṛśyaṃte rāṣṭraprasthānasaṃkule .. 72 ..

> were seen formed in ranks amidst the bustling departure of the realm. / 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.149)

rājāvarodhāḥ śataśo vṛtā varṣavaraistataḥ ..

> The hundreds of royal harem ladies, accompanied by chamberlains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.150)

nānāyānasamārūḍhāḥ pālitāścādhikāribhiḥ .. 73 ..

> mounted upon various conveyances and guarded by officials, / 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.151)

mahāsainyaiśca saṃruddhā rājāgārādviniryayuḥ ..

> encompassed by large armies, came forth from the royal palace. / The sacrificers, having placed their sacrificial fires, kept in śamī wood, / 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.152)

yajvānaścāgnihotrāṇi śamyārūḍhāni vṛndaśaḥ .. 74 ..

> And the sacrificers \[carried\] the agnihotra fires mounted upon wooden carts in crowds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.153)

śakaṭeṣu samāropya sapatnīkāḥ pratasthire ..

> in wagons in crowds, set forth together with their wives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.154)

tathā pustakabhārāṃśca devatārcākaraṃḍakān .. 75 ..

> as well as loads of books and baskets for deity worship. / 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.155)

idhmabarhikuśānpātrīḥ saṃbhārānhomasaṃbhṛtān ..

> Fuel sticks, barhis grass, kuśa grass, vessels, and provisions collected for the oblation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.156)

vāhayāmāsuranyaiśca śakaṭāvāhakadvijaiḥ .. 76 ..

> they had transported by wagons, porters, and brahmins. / 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.157)

sāmantāmātyabhṛtyāśca purodhā ṛtvijaśca ye ..

> Tributary kings, ministers, servants, the royal priest, and officiating priests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.158)

rājñaḥ prakṛtada(?)sāśca upacāraniyoginaḥ .. 77..

> the king's retainers, and those appointed to royal services / 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.159)

sarvopacārasaṃbhārānāsate'nye prayāyinaḥ ..

> were seated with all the provisions for service, while others marched on. / Those appointed to the treasury took the entire store of wealth, / 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.160)

koṣāgāraniyuktāśca koṣajātamaśeṣataḥ .. 78 ..

> and those appointed over the treasury \[carried\] the entire collection of treasures;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.161)

samādāya yayustūrṇaṃ rājño'vasarasevakāḥ ..

> and the king's personal attendants departed quickly. / All the garland-makers and the merchants, / 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.162)

mālākārādayaḥ sarve paṇyajīvādayastathā .. 79 ..

> all the garland-makers and others, and likewise the merchants and traders,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.163)

svaṃ svaṃ paṇyaṃ samādāya yayū rājaniyoginaḥ ..

> taking their respective wares, departed as royal servants. / Heads of guilds and others, along with the inhabitants of towns and villages, / 2.2.11.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.164)

śreṣṭhaśreṇyādayaḥ sarve purakharvaṭavāsibhiḥ .. 2.2.11.80 ..

> all the eminent guilds and others, along with the inhabitants of cities and market towns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.165)

samaṃ viniryayuḥ svasvavyavahāravilāsakāḥ ..

> came forth together, conducting their respective trades and pleasures. / Sounded at the time of King Indradyumna's march, / 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.166)

indradyumnasya nṛpateryātrāsamayavāditān .. 81 ..

> \[heard the instruments\] sounded at the time of King Indradyumna’s departure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.167)

bherīmṛdaṃgapaṭahānvyaśnuvānāndigaṃtaram ..

> filling all directions of the compass—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.168)

śrutvā janapadāvāsijanāḥ sarve sasaṃbhramāḥ .. 82 ..

> hearing the bherī drums, mṛdaṅgas, and paṭaha drums, all the people dwelling in the country, in great haste, / 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.169)

rājājñāṃ mūrdhni saṃmānya nirgatā nīlaparvatam ..

> placed the king's command upon their heads and set out for Nīlaparvata. / Whoever had a direct path went by that very way; / 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.170)

yasya yaśca ṛjuḥ paṃthāḥ sa ca tenaiva jagmivān .. 83 ..

> And whichever path was direct for each, by that very one he went.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.171)

na rājamārgaṃ prajavādvyamṛgyaṃta nṛpājñayā ..

> by the king's command, they did not look for the royal highway in their haste. / Even by a difficult path leading to Nīlādri, they proceeded. / 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.172)

nīlādriprāptimārgeṇa durgameṇāpi te yayuḥ .. 84 ..

> They departed even by the difficult route leading to the Nīla Mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.173)

indradyumno'pi rājendraḥ samastapuravāsibhiḥ ..

> King Indradyumna too, surrounded by all the city dwellers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.174)

caturaṃgānīkinībhiḥ saharṣābhiśca veṣṭitaḥ .. 85 ..

> and by joyful fourfold armies, \[set forth\]. / 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.175)

śreṇībhūtakṣitipatisyandanāvalimadhyage ..

> In a chariot positioned amidst a line of chariots belonging to rows of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.176)

rathe rarāja rājarṣiḥ śakratulya paricchadaḥ .. 86 ..

> the royal sage shone forth, his retinue equal to Śakra's.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.177)

purastrīmaṅgalācāragītalājaprasūnakaiḥ ..

> With songs of auspicious rites, parched grain, and flowers \[scattered\] by city women,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.178)

maṅgalācāraśobhābhiḥ prasannaśubhacetanaḥ .. 87 ..

> and with the splendours of auspicious rituals, his pure mind was joyful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.179)

vātaraṃhairhayairyuktarathena prayayau mudā ..

> He set out joyfully in a chariot yoked to horses swift as the wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.180)

anukūlānilaprodyadghanacchāyasuśītale .. 88 ..

> over the ground, pleasant and cool with the dense shade cast by a favourable breeze,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.181)

nīrajaske mahīpṛṣṭhe samīkṛtacatuṣpathe ..

> free from dust, with its crossroads leveled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.182)

deśādhvanīnaiḥ puruṣaiḥ kānanāṃtaravedibhiḥ .. 89 ..

> Shown the way by men familiar with the region's routes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.183)

ādiṣṭavartmā nṛpatirmārgasyobhayapārśvagān ..

> and knowing the interior of the forests, the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.184)

deśānaraṇyāni muhuḥpaśyannānandalocanaḥ .. 2.2.11.90 ..

> his eyes filled with delight, looked repeatedly upon the regions and forests lining both sides of the path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.185)

sīmāmutkaladeśasya vibhajaṃtīṃ vanāṃtare ..

> In the middle of the forest, dividing the border of the Utkala country,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.186)

mārgasthāṃ carcikāṃ prāpa carcitāṃ muṃḍamālayā .. 91 ..

> he reached \[the goddess\] Carcikā stationed by the road, adorned with a garland of severed heads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.187)

avatīrya rathādrājā vinato nāradājñayā ..

> Descending from his chariot, bowing at Nārada's command,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.188)

sāṣṭāṃgapātaṃ tāṃ natvā tuṣṭāvānaṃdacetanaḥ ..92 ..

> the king prostrated himself before her with an eight-limbed obeisance and, joyful in mind, praised her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.189)

.. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.11.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.190)

namaste tridaśeśāni sarvāpadvinivāriṇi ..

> Salutations to you, O ruler of the gods, remover of all calamities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.191)

brahmaviṣṇuśivādyābhiḥ kalpanābhirudīrite ..93..

> who are proclaimed under forms beginning with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.192)

kāraṇaṃ jagatāmādye prasīda parameśvari ..

> O primeval cause of the worlds, be gracious, O supreme goddess!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.193)

tvayā vinā jagannaitatkṣaṇamutsahate śive .. 94 ..

> Without you, O Śivā, this universe cannot endure for an instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.194)

siddhayaḥ sarvakāryāṇāṃ maṃgalāni ca śāśvate ..

> The accomplishments of all enterprises and blessings, O eternal one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.195)

tvatpādārādhanaphalaṃ martyaloke hi nānyathā ..95 ..

> are indeed the fruit of worshipping your feet in the world of mortals, not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.196)

carācarapaterviṣṇoḥ śaktistvaṃ parameśvari ..

> You are the power of Viṣṇu, the lord of the moving and unmoving, O supreme goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.197)

yayā sṛjatyavati ca jagatsaṃharate vibhuḥ .. 96 ..

> by which the all-pervading lord creates, protects, and dissolves the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.198)

carācaraguruṃ devaṃ nīlācalanivāsinam ..

> Bestow your grace upon me, O goddess, so that with my own eyes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.199)

anugṛhṇīṣva māṃ devi yathā paśye svacakṣuṣā .. 97 ..

> I may behold the god, the guru of the moving and unmoving, who dwells upon the Blue Mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.11.200)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

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