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# Skandapurana 2.2.14

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.1)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The sages said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.2)

rathamāruhya tau yātau yadā nāradapārthivau ..

> When those two, Nārada and the king, mounted the chariot and departed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.3)

kva yātau cakratuḥ kiṃ vā tanno vada mahāmune ..1..

> where did they go, or what did they do? Tell us that, O great sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.4)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.5)

sārddhaṃ ca vidyāpatinā purohitakanīyasā ..

> Along with Vidyāpati, the younger brother of the royal priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.6)

kṣetrāṃte nīlakaṇṭhasya samīpamupajagmatuḥ .. 2 ..

> at the boundary of the sacred field they approached the vicinity of Nīlakaṇṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.7)

durnimittamabhūnmārge vrajato'sya mahīkṣitaḥ ..

> As this ruler of the earth proceeded on the path, an ill omen occurred:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.8)

vāmākṣibhujayoḥ spandaḥ sphuraṇaṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 3 ..

> a repeated twitching and throbbing of the left eye and arm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.9)

taddṛṣṭvā nṛpaśārdūlo viṣādamupasedivān ..

> Seeing that, the tiger among kings fell into dejection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.10)

papraccha kāraṇaṃ cāsya sarvajñānanidhiṃ munim .. 4 ..

> And he asked the reason for this of the sage, a treasury of all knowledge:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.11)

avyāhataṃ me sāmrājyaṃ prāptaṃ kṣetrottamaṃ tvidam ..

> “My sovereignty is unimpeded; this best of sacred fields has been reached;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.12)

darśanārthaṃ mādhavasya yātreyaṃ tu śubhāvahā .. 5 ..

> and this journey for the darśana of Mādhava brings good fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.13)

akāryaṃ me bhavedadya kiṃ mune brūhi tattvataḥ ..

> What misfortune might befall me today, O sage? Tell me truthfully.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.14)

spandate vāmanetraṃ tu sphurate ca bhujo'sakṛt .. 6 ..

> For the left eye twitches and the arm throbs repeatedly.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.15)

tacchrutvā nāradaḥ prāha bhāvi kāryaṃ ca sūcayan ..

> Hearing that, Nārada spoke, indicating what was to happen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.16)

śrāvayankuśalaṃ vākyaṃ yaduktaṃ padmayoninā .. 7 ..

> causing him to hear the auspicious statement that had been uttered by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.17)

nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.18)

mā bhūdviṣādaste bhūpa savighnaṃ prāyaśaḥ śubham ..

> “Let there be no dejection for you, O king! Good fortune is mostly accompanied by obstacles;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.19)

vighnāṃte ca śubhaṃ puṃsāṃ punarbhāgyavatāṃ nṛpa .. 8 ..

> and at the end of obstacles, good fortune comes once more to fortunate men, O king.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.20)

satyaṃ tvaṃ sārvabhaumo'si kṣetraṃ viṣṇorvapustvidam ..

> "Truly you are an emperor, but this sacred field is Viṣṇu's very body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.21)

yātrā te'tra yadartheyaṃ soz'tarddhānamupāgamat .. 9 ..

> He, for whose sake this journey of yours was made, has disappeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.22)

eṣa vidyāpatirvipro dine yasmindadarśa tam ..

> On the day this brahmin Vidyāpati saw him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.23)

sāyaṃkāle tato'nyedyuḥ svarṇavālukayā vṛtaḥ ..

> covered in golden sand on the next day at evening-time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.24)

yayau pātālanilayaṃ martyaloke sudurlabhaḥ .. 2.2.14.10 ..

> he, so difficult to attain in the mortal world, went to his abode in Pātāla."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.25)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.26)

tacchrutvā ghoravacanaṃ vavrapātasamaṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> Hearing that dreadful word, equal to the stroke of a thunderbolt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.27)

papāta dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe niḥsaṃjñaḥ sa dvijottamāḥ .. 11 ..

> the king fell unconscious upon the ground, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.28)

taṃ tathā patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā purohitapurogamāḥ ..

> Seeing him fallen thus, led by the family priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.29)

snigdhāḥ sakhāyaḥ sarve te hāhākāramupādravan ..12..

> all his affectionate companions rushed forward wailing in distress.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.30)

karpūraśītalaṃ vāri mukhe siktvā punaḥpunaḥ ..

> Sprinkling water cooled with camphor repeatedly upon his face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.31)

candanāgurukarpūraiḥ sarvāṃgaṃ lilipuśca te .. 13 ..

> they smeared all his limbs with sandalwood, aloe, and camphor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.32)

cāmaraistālavṛṃtaiśca vījayāmāsurāśu tam ..

> They quickly fanned him with chowries and palm fans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.33)

nārado'pi ca saṃbhrāṃto dhārayanyogadhāraṇām .. 14 ..

> Even Nārada, agitated, concentrated with yogic meditation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.34)

prāṇānararakṣannarapaterjānaṃstatra śubhāyatim ..

> knowing the auspicious future there, he protected the king's vital breaths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.35)

so'pi rājā cirātsaṃjñāṃ lebhe yatnairanuttamaiḥ .. 15 ..

> By these supreme efforts, the king at last regained consciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.36)

utthāya pādayorviprā nāradasyāpatatpunaḥ ..

> Rising, O brahmins, he fell again at Nārada's feet:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.37)

kimakārṣaṃ mune pāpaṃ kasmiñjanmāṃtare dṛḍham .. 16 ..

> "O sage, what severe sin did I commit in some other lifetime,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.38)

yasya pākadaśāyāṃ vai duḥkhamāsītsudāruṇam ..

> at whose fruition there has arisen such terrible sorrow?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.39)

karmaṇā manasā vācā no dvijānāṃ gavāmapi ..

> In action, thought, or word, no offense toward brahmins or cows  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.40)

aparādhaḥ kṛtaḥ kaścitsvapne'pi munipuṃgava .. 17 ..

> was committed by me even in a dream, O eminent sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.41)

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ karma yatparikīrtitam ..

> Whatever obligatory, occasional, and desire-prompted rites are prescribed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.42)

rājñastanmuniśārdūla na tyaktaṃ vai mayā kvacit .. 18 ..

> for a king, O tiger among sages, have never been neglected by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.43)

devatātithibhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mahāmune ..

> Toward the gods, guests, servants, and ancestors, O great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.44)

tathāśritānāṃ baṃdhūnāṃ nāpamānaḥ kṛto mayā .. 19 ..

> as well as toward dependents and kin, no disrespect was shown by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.45)

paṃcāśadaparādhā ye viṣṇorvaiṣṇavapuṃgava ..

> The fifty transgressions against Viṣṇu, O best of Vaiṣṇavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.46)

tyaktāḥ prayatnātte sarve kruddhā iva mahoragāḥ .. 2.2.14.20 ..

> were all carefully avoided by me like enraged great serpents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.47)

kiṃ bhāgyaṃ caritaṃ tena purohitakanīyasā ..

> What good fortune was practiced by that younger brother of the priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.48)

yaccarmacakṣuṣā dṛṣṭo bhagavānnīlamādhavaḥ .. 21 ..

> by which the Blessed Lord Nīlamādhava was seen with mortal eyes?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.49)

kimarthaṃ rājyavibhraṃśo jānataiṣa nvayā kṛtaḥ ..

> Why was this loss of kingdom caused by you who knew it?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.50)

yātrāsamaya evaitatkathaṃ vā na prakīrtitam .. 22 ..

> Or why was this not proclaimed at the very time of the journey?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.51)

kimarthaṃ vā śrotriyāṇāṃ sthānabhraṃśo mayā kṛtaḥ ..

> Or why was the displacement from their home caused by me for Vedic scholars?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.52)

kathametaiḥ parityaktāścirātsaṃskṛtabhūmayaḥ .. 23 ..

> Why have lands consecrated for so long been abandoned by them?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.53)

āvaṃśabhūtervṛttiryā prajābhiḥ paripālitā ..

> The livelihood maintained by the subjects from the time of their ancestors' rise  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.54)

madarthaṃ sā parityaktā jīviṣyaṃti kathaṃ nu tāḥ .. 24 ..

> has been abandoned for my sake; how indeed will they live?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.55)

prāṇānna dhārayiṣyāmi na drakṣyāmi yadā harim ..

> I shall not maintain my vital breaths if I do not behold Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.56)

eṣa me niścayo brahmanmayi naṣṭe kutaḥ prajāḥ .. .. 25 ..

> This is my resolve, O brahmin; when I am perished, what will become of my subjects?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.57)

mune sadā sakaruṇastvaṃ māṃ śāsti śubhāśubham ..

> O sage, you are ever compassionate; teach me what is auspicious and inauspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.58)

sāṃprataṃ matsutaṃ nītvā mālaveṣvabhiṣecaya .. 26 ..

> Now take my son and consecrate him in Mālava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.59)

sa pālayatu nyāyena na śocaṃtu imāḥ prajāḥ ..

> Let him rule righteously; let these subjects not grieve.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.60)

rājāno ye samāyātāste sarvaṃ mannideśataḥ .. 27 ..

> All the kings who have come here, under my command,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.61)

matsūnormālaveśasya prayāṃtu vacane sthitāḥ ..

> let them depart, obeying the word of my son, the lord of Mālava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.62)

prāyopaveśavidhinā ciṃtayannīlamādhavam .. 28 ..

> By the rite of fasting unto death, meditating on Nīlamādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.63)

āyuḥśeṣaṃ kariṣyāmi saphalaṃ kṣetrasaṃsthitaḥ .. 29 ..

> remaining in the sacred field, I shall make fruitful the remainder of my life."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.64)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.65)

vilapaṃtamindrumnaṃ rājānaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ ..

> Raising the king Indradyumna as he wept, the son of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.66)

utthāpya praśrayagirā sāṃtvayannidamabravīt .. 2.2.14.30 ..

> consoling him with gentle words, spoke this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.67)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.68)

rājanpaṃḍitamūrddhanyo vaiṣṇavo dhaiyasāgaraḥ ..

> "O King, foremost of the learned, a Vaiṣṇava, an ocean of fortitude,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.69)

śreyaḥ savighnaṃ satataṃ kathaṃ vā nāvadhārayeḥ .. 31 ..

> how can you not realize that good fortune is constantly accompanied by obstacles?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.70)

idaṃ tu paramaṃ śreyaḥ puṃso janmaśatārjitam ..

> For this is the ultimate good of a man, earned through a hundred lifetimes:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.71)

śarīradhāriṇaṃ paśyeccarmacakṣurgadādharam .. 32 ..

> that with mortal eyes one might behold Gadādhara endowed with a physical form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.72)

niraṃkuśā harerlīlā kena vāpyavadhāryate ..

> The play of Hari is uncurbed; by whom can it be comprehended?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.73)

jīvanmukto'pyahaṃ rājaṃstallīlāṃ nātivartaye .. 33 ..

> Even I, though liberated while alive, O King, cannot surpass his play.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.74)

kiyatā vaṃcito nāhaṃ dṛḍhabhakto'ntikasthitaḥ ..

> How much have I not been deceived, though standing near as a steadfast devotee?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.75)

duratyayā tasya māyā bahujanmaśatairapi .. 34 ..

> His māyā is difficult to cross, even over many hundreds of births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.76)

anantā tasya māyeyaṃ durjñeyā padmayoninā ..

> This endless māyā of his is difficult to comprehend even by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.77)

nābhipadmāsthitenāpi nityaṃ ca stutiśālinā .. 35 ..

> though seated upon the navel lotus and constantly offering praises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.78)

svabhāva evaṃ kathitastasya māyāvino nṛpa ..

> Thus the nature of that master of māyā has been described, O King.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.79)

viśeṣaṃ kathayāmyevaṃ tvaṃ tu bhāgyavatāṃ varaḥ .. 36 ..

> Now I shall tell you the specific truth; for you are the best among the fortunate."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.80)

tisro'pi mūrtayastasya tvadanugrahabuddhayaḥ ..

> His three forms, too, are disposed to bestow grace upon you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.81)

carācarāṇāṃ sraṣṭā yaḥ sākṣāllokapitāmahaḥ ..

> He who is the creator of the moving and unmoving, the Grandfather of the worlds in visible form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.82)

māmuvāca vrajāśu tvamiṃdradyumnasya cāṃtikam .. 37 ..

> spoke to me: ‘Go swiftly to the presence of Indradyumna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.83)

nīlācalaṃ prayātyeṣa didṛkṣurnīlamādhavam ..

> He is going to Nīlācala, wishing to behold Nīlamādhava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.84)

antarddhānaṃ gato hyeṣa yamena prārthito vibhuḥ .. 38 ..

> For that all-pervading Lord has disappeared, being petitioned by Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.85)

na tatra śokaḥ kartavyaḥ śakyate tatra nānyathā ..

> Grief should not be felt there; it cannot be otherwise in this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.86)

vācyo madvacanādrājā paṃcamī mama saṃtatiḥ .. 39 ..

> The king, my fifth descendant, should be addressed in my words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.87)

tatkṛte paramātmānaṃ prasādya puruṣottamam ..

> “For his sake, having propitiated Puruṣottama, the Supreme Self,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.88)

śvetadvīpānnayiṣyāmi sahasrāṃte mahākratoḥ .. 2.2.14.40 ..

> I will bring Him from Śvetadvīpa at the conclusion of a thousand great sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.89)

indradyumnaḥ sa idānīṃ kṣetre śrīpuruṣottame ..

> Let that Indradyumna now remain in the sacred field of holy Puruṣottama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.90)

aśvamedhasahasraistu yajanviṣṇuṃ sa tiṣṭhatu .. 41 ..

> worshiping Viṣṇu with a thousand horse-sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.91)

tadaṃte dāravatanuṃ viṣṇuṃ drakṣyati cakṣuṣā ..

> At the conclusion thereof, he will behold with his own eyes Viṣṇu in a wooden body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.92)

so'vatāro hareḥ khyātiṃ tasya dvārā gamiṣyati .. 42 ..

> Through him, that incarnation of Hari will attain renown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.93)

tadā tu tanavo viṣṇoḥ pratiṣṭhapyā mayā dhuvam ..

> Then indeed the forms of Viṣṇu must certainly be installed by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.94)

purā sma maṇimūrtistu caturddhāvasthito hariḥ ..43..

> Formerly, Hari existed fourfold in a jewel form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.95)

dṛṣṭvā purodhasā tasya sākṣādagre niveditaḥ ..

> Having been seen by his family priest, He was made known directly before him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.96)

divyadāruvapurbhūyaścaturddhāvatariṣyati .. 44 ..

> Again, with a celestial wooden body, He will descend fourfold.”’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.97)

tasmānmā vyatha rājeṃdra vāṃchā te saphalā dhruvam ..

> Therefore do not grieve, O king of kings; your desire will surely bear fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.98)

bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho nirvyalīko vaseha vai .. 45 ..

> It will come to pass without doubt; live here free from deceit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.99)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.100)

sāṃtvayitvā nināyetthaṃ rājānaṃ nāradastadā ..

> Having consoled the king in this manner, Nārada then brought him  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.101)

viśvāsapadavīṃ viprāḥ punarvākyamuvāca ha .. 46 ..

> to the path of trust, O brahmins, and spoke these words again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.102)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.14.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.103)

śaṃkhākṛteḥ kṣetravarasya cāgre yo nīlakaṇṭhaḥ khalu durgayā''ste ..

> ‘Where Nīlakaṇṭha indeed dwells with Durgā at the front of the foremost sacred field shaped like a conch,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.104)

yāmo vayaṃ tatra ca vājimedhakratūpayogyā susamā sthalī sā .. 47 ..

> there let us go; that ground is very level and suitable for the horse-sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.105)

tasyāṃ vinirmāya sahasravarṣasthirāṃ suśālāṃ hayamedhanāya ..

> Having constructed upon it an excellent sacrificial hall that will endure for a thousand years for the horse-sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.106)

nīlādrivāsasya nṛsiṃhamūrtiṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtārthaṃ viracayya janma .. 48 ..

> and having beheld the form of Nṛsiṃha residing on Nīlādri, making our birth fulfilled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.107)

tasyaiva mūrtiṃ pratiyātanāṃ te nityārcanīyāṃ tava pūjanīyām ..

> and having installed an image facing west of Him alone, to be constantly worshiped and honored by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.108)

pratyakpratiṣṭhāpya samastavighnavināśahetoḥ phalabṛṃhaṇāya .. 49 ..

> for the sake of destroying all obstacles and augmenting the fruit \[of the sacrifice\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.109)

ārapsyāmaḥ kratuvaraṃ munivaryairyathocitam ..

> we shall begin the supreme sacrifice with the foremost sages in the proper manner.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.110)

vilambo'tra na hi śreyāniti paitāmahaṃ vacaḥ .. 2.2.14.50 ..

> Delay is certainly not auspicious here—such is the word of the Grandfather.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.14.111)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter in the dialogue between the sage Jaimini and others, in the Māhātmya of the Puruṣottama Field, in the second Vaiṣṇava Section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.14.1) — English, machine translation

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