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# Skandapurana 2.2.15

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.2)

tataste prasthitā viprā nīlakaṇṭhāṃtikaṃ mudā ..

> Then those \[people\] set out with joy towards the presence of Nīlakaṇṭha, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.3)

prapūjya taṃ mahādevaṃ śrīdurgāṃ praṇipatya ca .. 1 ..

> and having worshiped that Mahādeva and bowed down to holy Durgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.4)

vimucya syaṃdanavaraṃ pādacārāḥ sahānugāḥ ..

> leaving their excellent chariot, on foot together with their attendants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.5)

āroḍhuṃ nīlabhūmidhraṃ prayātāḥ saṃyatedriyāḥ .. 2 ..

> with senses subdued, they proceeded to climb the blue mountain \[Nīlācala\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.6)

nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāpakṣigaṇākulam ..

> covered with various trees and creepers, crowded with flocks of various birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.7)

śilāviṣamasaṃrodhamabhitaḥ pariveṣakam .. 3 ..

> hedged all around by an impassable barrier of rocks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.8)

bhramadbhramarasaṃbhūtabhramakṛdgaṃḍaśailakam..

> having massive boulders that induced dizziness caused by wandering bees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.9)

dakṣiṇāṃbhodhikallolajalāvṛtanitaṃbakam .. 4 ..

> its slopes enveloped by the surging waters of the southern ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.10)

apratarkyaṃ sadā martyairduṣpraveśyaṃ mahoragaiḥ ..

> ever inconceivable to mortals, difficult to enter for great serpents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.11)

mattamātaṃgakaghaṭābṛṃhitairbhīṣaṇāṃtaram .. 5 ..

> its interior made terrifying by the trumpetings of herds of rutting elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.12)

śvāpadaiścirasaṃvāsaiḥ śastrāghātamavedibhiḥ ..

> thronged with wild beasts that had dwelt there long and knew not the blow of weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.13)

nirbhayaiḥ paritaḥ kīrṇaṃ mṛgayūthairanekaśaḥ .. 6 ..

> filled all around with numerous herds of deer devoid of fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.14)

praveṣṭukāmā na prāpuryadā te mārgamaṃtaram..

> When they, wishing to enter, could find no path into its interior,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.15)

tadā nāradasaṃsargādviditvā tu gireḥ śiraḥ .. 7 ..

> then, having learned the summit of the mountain through the company of Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.16)

āseduryatra vasati kṛṣṇāgurutaroradhaḥ ..

> they reached where the all-pervading Lord dwells beneath a black agallochum tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.17)

sarvāpadbhayasaṃhartā divyasiṃhavapurvibhuḥ .. .. 8 ..

> possessing a celestial lion's body, the destroyer of all perils and fears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.18)

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmahatyāyā līyante koṭayo nṛṇām ..

> beholding whom, crores of sins of killing a brahmin dissolve away for men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.19)

vyāttāsyaṃ bhīmadaśanamāpiṃgalasaṭākulam .. 9 ..

> with open mouth, terrifying fangs, and thick reddish-brown mane,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.20)

ugraṃ trinetraṃ daityasya svorāvuttānaśāyinaḥ ..

> fierce, three-eyed, tearing the chest of the demon  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.21)

vakṣaḥsthalaṃ dārayaṃtaṃ nakharairvajradāruṇaiḥ .. 2.2.15.10 ..

> lying supine on His own lap, with claws terrible as thunderbolts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.22)

aruṇābhaṃ lasajjihvaṃ sāṭṭahāsamukhaṃ vibhum ..

> the all-pervading Lord, radiant as dawn, with flickering tongue and a face loud with boisterous laughter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.23)

śaṃkhacakralasadbāhuṃ kirīṭamukuṭojjvalam .... 11 ..

> whose arms shone with conch and discus, resplendent with a diademed crown,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.24)

netrocchaladvahnikaṇasaṃtrāsitadigantaram ..

> terrifying the quarters with sparks of fire flashing from His eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.25)

pracaṃḍāghātabhūmyaṃtapraviṣṭapadapaṃkajam .. 12 ..

> whose lotus feet had penetrated into the earth under violent impact.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.26)

tamādimṛrtiṃ te dṛṣṭvā nāradāgre tadā harim ..

> Then, seeing before Nārada that primal form, Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.27)

nirbhayā dadṛśurdūrātpraṇemurvigatajvarāḥ .. 13 ..

> they, free from fear, beheld Him from afar and bowed down, relieved of feverish anxiety.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.28)

indradyumno'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradoktau viśasvase ..

> Indradyumna too, having beheld Him, placed his faith in Nārada's words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.29)

bhāvikārye pratyayavānidamāha mahāmunim .. 14 ..

> Trusting in what was to come, he said this to the great sage:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.30)

maharṣe kṛtakṛtyo'smi tvaṃ hi jñānanidhiḥ param ..

> “O great seer, my purpose is fulfilled! You are indeed the supreme treasure of knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.31)

durārādhyo nṛsiho'yaṃ darśane'pi bhayāvahaḥ ..15..

> Difficult to worship is this Nṛsiṃha, terrifying even to look upon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.32)

bhavādṛśaiḥ susevyoyaṃ mādṛśairdūrato'pi saḥ ..

> He may well be served by people like you, but by people like me only from afar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.33)

darśanātkṛtakṛtyo'smi saṃlīnāśeṣapātakaḥ .. 16 ..

> From his darśana my purpose is fulfilled, all my sins dissolved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.34)

tvatsannidhānādevātra tiṣṭhāmo nirbhayā mune ..

> It is only through your presence, O sage, that we stand here without fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.35)

atyugra mūrtirbhagavānsvalpavīryairnaraiḥ katham .. 17 ..

> How can the Lord of exceedingly fierce form be worshipped  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.36)

ārādhyate daityarājaṃ trilokeśaṃ vidārayan ..

> by men of little power, tearing apart the king of daityas, the master of the three worlds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.37)

yasya nīlamayī mūrtiḥ kṛpāsiṃdhoḥ sthitā tu vai .. 18 ..

> In what place does the form made of sapphire of that ocean of mercy reside,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.38)

kasminsthale muniśreṣṭha darśanādyā vimuktidā ..

> O best of sages, which grants liberation merely upon darśana?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.39)

tanme darśaya vipreṃdra yanme muktipradaṃ matam .. 19 ..

> Show that to me, O best of brahmins, which is considered to grant me liberation.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.40)

ityukto nāradastasmai darśayāmāsa pāvanam ..

> Addressed thus, Nārada showed him the purifying  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.41)

sthānaṃ yatra sthito devaḥ svarṇasaikata saṃvṛtaḥ .. 2.2.15.20 ..

> place where the god stayed, covered with golden sand:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.42)

paśyaitaṃ yojanāyāmaṃ yojanadvayamucchritam ..

> “Behold this banyan tree, one yojana in breadth and two yojanas high,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.43)

kalpāṃtasthāyinaṃ bhūpa nyagrodhaṃ muktidaṃ nṛṇām .. 21 ..

> which lasts until the end of the kalpa, O king, granting liberation to men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.44)

chāyāyāḥ kramaṇādyasya mucyate pāpakaṃcukāt ..

> From stepping into its shade, one is freed from the slough of sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.45)

asya mūle naraḥ prāṇāṃstyajanmuktimavāpnuyāt ..22..

> a man giving up his life-breaths at its root would attain liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.46)

nyagrodharūpaṃ dṛṣṭvāpi nārāyaṇamakalmaṣam ..

> Even upon merely seeing spotless Nārāyaṇa in the form of a banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.47)

niṣpāpo jāyate martyaḥ kimuta pūjayanstuvan .. 23 ..

> a mortal becomes sinless—how much more so worshipping and praising him?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.48)

asya mūlātpratīcyāṃ hi nṛsiṃhasyottare nṛpa ..

> To the west of its root and to the north of Nṛsiṃha, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.49)

atiṣṭhanmādhavo yatra caturmūrtidharo vibhuḥ .. 24 ..

> where the all-pervading Mādhava, bearing four forms, once stood—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.50)

anugrahītuṃ tvāmeva punaratrodbhaviṣyati ..

> in order to favor you alone, he will manifest here again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.51)

śvetadvīpe yathā viṣṇurbhogabhūmau nijālayaḥ .. 25 ..

> Just as Viṣṇu has his own abode in Śvetadvīpa, the realm of enjoyment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.52)

jaṃbūdvīpe karmabhūmau nijaṃ sthānamidaṃ smṛtam ..

> so this is remembered as his own place in Jambudvīpa, the realm of action.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.53)

svasyaivātirahasyatvānna prakāśosya saṃmataḥ .. 26 ..

> Because it is supremely secret even to himself, its revelation is not widely granted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.54)

mokṣādhikārī jānāti sthalametanmahīpate ..

> Only one entitled to liberation knows this place, O king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.55)

aviśvāsapadaṃ nṛṇāṃ duṣkṛtāṃ hi viśeṣataḥ .. 27 ..

> it is an object of disbelief to men, especially to evildoers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.56)

atra yā'nyā pratikṛtiḥ paurairviṣṇoḥ pratiṣṭhitā ..

> Even another image of Viṣṇu consecrated here by citizens  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.57)

sāpi muktipradā bhūpa kiṃ punaḥ sā svayaṃbhuvā .. 28 ..

> grants liberation, O king—how much more one \[consecrated\] by the self-manifest \[Lord\]?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.58)

aṃtarddhānatirodhāne sunimitte jagatprabhoḥ..

> The disappearance and appearance of the Lord of the universe occur for an auspicious cause  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.59)

anugrahārthaṃ sādhūnāṃ jāyate ca yugeyuge .. 29 ..

> in each age, for the sake of favoring the virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.60)

nānāvatārairbhagavānmatsyakūrmādikairnṛpa ..

> The Lord \[appears\] in various incarnations, such as the fish and the tortoise, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.61)

nimittanāśe ca tirodadhāti parameśvaraḥ .. 2.2.15.30 ..

> and when the cause ceases, the Supreme Lord disappears.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.62)

nirnimittaṃ sthito nityamiha kāruṇyasāgaraḥ ..

> Without any cause, the ocean of compassion abides here eternally.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.63)

śvetadvīpādyathā viṣṇuranyatrāvataretprabhuḥ .. 31 ..

> Just as the Lord Viṣṇu descends elsewhere from Śvetadvīpa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.64)

atra sthito'pi sa dvārakākāṃcīpuṣkarādiṣu ..

> so, though remaining here, he becomes manifest out of compassion in Dvārakā, Kāñcī, Puṣkara, and other places,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.65)

prakāśaṃ yāti kṛpayā tarumūlaprarohavat .. 32 ..

> like shoots from the root of a tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.66)

nānātīrtheṣu deśeṣu kṣetreṣvāyataneṣu ca ..

> In various sacred fords, regions, sacred fields, and shrines,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.67)

aṃśāvatārāstasyaiva mā bhūtte saṃśayo nṛpa ..33..

> there are partial incarnations of him; let there be no doubt in you, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.68)

kṣaṇaṃ na tyajatīśānaḥ kṣetraṃ kṣetramiva svakam ..

> The Lord does not leave this sacred field for an instant, just as \[a husband does not leave\] his own wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.69)

tvadupajñastu bhūpāla prakāśo'nyo bhaviṣyati .. 34 ..

> Yet, initiated by you, O king, another manifestation will occur.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.70)

iti saṃdarśitaṃ sthānaṃ nāradena mahātmanā ..

> When the place was thus shown by the high-souled Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.71)

sāṣṭāṃgapātaṃ bhūmau tadiṃdradyumno nanāma ha .. 35 ..

> Indradyumna prostrated himself on the ground with all eight limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.72)

manvānastu sthitaṃ devaṃ prakāśamiva tuṣṭuve .. 36 ..

> Conceiving the god to be present before him, as if manifest, he praised him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.73)

.. iṃdradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.15.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.74)

devadeva jagannātha praṇatārtivināśana ..

> “O God of gods, Lord of the world, destroyer of the distress of those bowed down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.75)

trāhi māṃ puṃḍarīkākṣa patitaṃ bhavasāgare .. 37 ..

> save me, O lotus-eyed one, fallen into the ocean of worldly existence!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.76)

tvameka eva duḥkhaughadhvaṃsakaḥ parameśvara ..

> You alone are the destroyer of the flood of sorrows, O Supreme Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.77)

kṣudrāḥ kṣudrānhi sevaṃte sukhaleśasya lipsayā .. 38 ..

> The petty indeed serve the petty, desiring a tiny fraction of happiness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.78)

anāditrividhaughasya rāśeḥ svasya mahāṃhasaḥ ..

> of their own great sin, a beginningless three-fold flood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.79)

durucchedyasya satataṃ pūryamāṇasya janmanaḥ .. 39 ..

> a heap hard to cut off, constantly fulfilled through rebirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.80)

kiṃ punarbhaktibhāvena sākṣānmuktipradaṃ nṛṇām..

> How much more \[is it achieved\] by devotion to him who directly grants liberation to men?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.81)

karmādhīnaṃ tu ye mūḍhā vadaṃti tvāṃ krṛpānidhim .. 2.2.15.40 ..

> Those fools who describe you, the treasure of compassion, as subordinate to karma  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.82)

te na jānaṃti bhagavankarmaivaṃ preritaṃ tvayā ..

> do not know, O Lord, that karma itself is impelled by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.83)

ajāmilena vipreṇa tyaktvā varṇāśramoditam .. 41 ..

> By the brahmin Ajāmila, abandoning what is prescribed for class and life-stage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.84)

kiṃ na pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ svāminso'pi tvannāmakīrtanāt ..

> what sin was not committed, O Master? Yet even he, from reciting your name,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.85)

mukto'bhūtsmaraṇādeva pāśahastairvimocitaḥ .. 42 ..

> became liberated; merely by remembrance, he was freed by the snare-handed \[attendants of Yama\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.86)

sarve'pyupāyā deveśa kīrtitāstava darśane ..

> All spiritual means, O Lord of gods, are said to \[culminate in\] seeing you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.87)

tvayi dṛṣṭe hi bhidyaṃte saṃśayā hṛdi saṃsthitāḥ .. 43 ..

> for when you are seen, the doubts residing in the heart are shattered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.88)

niḥsaṃśayo bhavetsadyaḥ pāpapuṇyakṣayo dhuvam ..

> One becomes instantly free of doubt, and sin and merit are surely destroyed.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.89)

tvameva śaraṇaṃ dīnamanugṛhṇīṣva māṃ vibho .. 44 ..

> You alone are my refuge; have mercy on me, a miserable soul, O omnipresent Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.90)

niścitāni tvayā deva garbhasthasya ca yāni me ..

> Whatever \[circumstances\] were determined by you, O God, while I was in the womb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.91)

taireva me janirjātu yāce tvāṃ kevalaṃ tvidam .. 45 ..

> my birth is indeed through them alone; yet I beg this one thing of you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.92)

tiraśco muktidā mūrtiḥ sthitā te yā'tra tāṃ punaḥ ..

> that form of yours which grants liberation to animals, which stood here—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.93)

anena cakṣuṣā paśyāmīśa nānyatprayojanam ..46..

> may I behold it again with these eyes, O Lord; I have no other purpose!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.94)

kṛtāṃjalipuṭo rājā stutvaivaṃ madhusūdanam..

> Having thus praised Madhusūdana with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.95)

punarnanāma dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe sāśruvilocanaḥ .. 47 ..

> the king bowed down again to the surface of the earth, his eyes filled with tears.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.96)

tatoṃ'tarikṣagā vāṇī sāmasusvarabhāṣiṇī ..

> Then an incorporeal voice traveling through the sky, speaking in the sweet tones of the Sāmaveda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.97)

uccacāra nabhomadhye indradyumnasya śṛṇvataḥ .. 48 ..

> resounded in the midst of the heavens while Indradyumna listened:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.98)

mā ciṃtāṃ vraja bhūpāla vrajiṣye tvadṛśoḥ patham ..

> “Do not worry, O king; I shall come into the path of your sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.99)

paitāmahaṃ vacaḥ prāha nārado yatkuruṣva tat .. 49 ..

> Perform that which Nārada told you, the instruction of the Grandfather \[Brahmā\].”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.100)

tacchrutvā divyavacanaṃ nāradasya ca bhāṣitam ..

> Having heard that divine voice and the utterance of Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.101)

śraddadhe vājimedhāya bhagavatprītikārakaḥ .. 2.2.15.50 ..

> he placed his faith in the horse sacrifice, eager to please the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.102)

nāradaṃ ca punaḥ prāha harṣagadgadayā girā ..

> And he spoke again to Nārada with words choked with joy:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.103)

mune tvayā yadādiṣṭaṃ caturmukhanideśataḥ .. 51 ..

> “O sage, that which was commanded by you at the direction of the four-faced \[Brahmā\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.104)

aśarīrā tviyaṃ vāṇī anujajñe tadeva hi ..

> this bodiless voice has indeed confirmed precisely that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.105)

pitāmaho jagannātho bhedo vai nā'nayoḥ kvacit .. 52 ..

> Between the Grandfather and Jagannātha there is never any difference.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.106)

padmayoneḥ sutastvaṃ hi vacaste bhagavadvacaḥ ..

> You are indeed the son of the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]; your word is the Lord's word.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.107)

tatkartavyaṃ prayatnena yacchreyaupapādakam .. 53 ..

> That which brings about the highest good must be carried out with great effort.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.15.108)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 15 ..

> Thus ends the fifteenth chapter in the dialogue between the sage Jaimini in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.15.1) — English, machine translation

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