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# Skandapurana 2.2.16

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.2)

nṛpaṃ sumanasaṃ dṛṣṭvā śraddadhānaṃ mahākratau ..

> Seeing the king cheerful and placing his faith in the great sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.3)

uvāca paramaprītyā nārado lokaharṣaṇaḥ .. 1 ..

> Nārada, who brings joy to the worlds, spoke with supreme delight:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.4)

vyavasāye sukṛtināṃ devā yāṃti sahāyatām ..

> “In the undertaking of the virtuous, the gods come to render assistance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.5)

tatrodāharaṇaṃ tvaṃ hi yatsahāyaścaturmukhaḥ .. 2 ..

> You are indeed an example of that, whose helper is the four-faced \[Brahmā\] himself!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.6)

tadehi yāmastatraiva nīlakaṃṭhasya sannidhau ..

> Therefore, come, let us go right there into the presence of Nīlakaṇṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.7)

sarvarākṣasasaṃhāraṃ sarvavighnanivāraṇam ..3..

> Before him, who destroys all rākṣasas and averts all obstacles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.8)

sthāpayāmyagrato rājannṛsiṃhaṃ vāruṇīmukham ..

> I shall install Nṛsiṃha facing west, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.9)

aṃtarhito hi bhagavānpratyakṣo'sau nṛkesarī ..4..

> For though the Lord has vanished, this man-lion will be visibly present.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.10)

sannidhāvasya yāgastu phalātiśayavānbhavet ..

> A sacrifice in his presence will yield an abundance of fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.11)

tvamagrato gaccha śīghraṃ prāsādaṃ tatra kāraya .. 5 ..

> Go ahead quickly and have a temple built there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.12)

smaraṇānmama cāgatya suto vai viśvakarmaṇaḥ ..

> And coming at my remembrance, the son of Viśvakarman  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.13)

pratyaṅmukhaṃ tu prāsādaṃ sa tūrṇaṃ ghaṭayiṣyati .. 6 ..

> will swiftly construct a temple facing west.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.14)

dakṣiṇe nīlakaṃṭhasya yo mahāṃścaṃdanadrumaḥ ..

> To the south of Nīlakaṇṭha, there is a great sandalwood tree  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.15)

dhanuḥśatāṃtare rājaṃścirarūḍhastu tiṣṭhati .. 7 ..

> standing a hundred bows away, O king, grown long ago.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.16)

tasya paścimadeśasthaṃ kṣetraṃ rājanbhaviṣyati ..

> The sacred field situated in the western quarter from it, O king, will be \[the site\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.17)

vājimedhasahasreṇa tasyāgre yajatāṃ bhavān .. 8 ..

> Offer sacrifices in front of it with a thousand horse sacrifices!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.18)

gaccha tvamahamatraiva sthāsyāmi dinapañcakam ..

> You go ahead; I shall remain right here for five days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.19)

ārādhyainaṃ divyasiṃhaṃ jyotīrūpamanantakam .. 9 ..

> Having worshiped this divine lion, infinite and of the nature of light,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.20)

pratyarcāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya prāṇeṃdriyamanoyutam ..

> and having established him in an image endowed with vital breaths, senses, and mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.21)

dīpāddīpaṃ yathā rājannayiṣye śobhanākṛtim .. 2.2.16.10 ..

> just like a lamp \[kindled\] from a lamp, O king, I will bring that beautiful form.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.22)

nāradasyeti vacanaṃ pratiśrutya nṛpottamaḥ ..

> Having agreed to this word of Nārada, that best of kings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.23)

jagāma tatra vegena candanadrumasaṃnidhim .. 11 ..

> went swiftly to the vicinity of the sandalwood tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.24)

tatrāpaśyatsughaṭakaṃ śilpaśāstraviśāradam ..

> There he saw an excellent builder, skilled in the architectural treatises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.25)

nāradasyājñayā prāptaṃ putraṃ vai devaśilpinaḥ .. 12 ..

> the son of the divine artisan who had arrived by Nārada's command.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.26)

manuṣyarūpamāsthāya śastrasūtradharaṃ sthitam ..

> Assuming a human form, he stood holding weapons and a measuring cord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.27)

rājānaṃ sa tu dṛṣṭvā vai cikīrṣaṃtaṃ surālayam .. 13 ..

> Seeing the king who wished to build a dwelling for the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.28)

kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ proce devāhaṃ śilpaśāstravit ..

> with folded hands he said: “O king, I am an expert in the architectural treatises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.29)

narasiṃhālayaṃ te'dya ghaṭayiṣyāmi śobhanam ..

> Today I will fashion a beautiful abode of Narasiṃha for you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.30)

rājāpi tamuvācedaṃ prahasanbho dvijottamāḥ .. 14 ..

> The king also, smiling, said this to him, O best of twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.31)

.. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.32)

na śilpī tvaṃ hi sāmānyaḥ śilpaśāstrapraṇetṛkaḥ ..

> “You are no ordinary artisan, but the author of the architectural treatises!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.33)

kathito nāradenaiva tvaṣṭuḥ putro mahāyaśāḥ .. 15 ..

> You were proclaimed by Nārada as the highly renowned son of Tvaṣṭṛ.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.34)

nirjane'sminmahāraṇye netaḥ pūrvaṃ janāśrayaḥ ..

> In this solitary great forest, there was no human habitation before this;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.35)

vayamadyāgatāḥ śilpinsambandhaḥ kiṃnimittakaḥ .. 16 ..

> we have arrived only today, O artisan—for what reason is our connection?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.36)

devaśilpī bhavāneva viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ ..

> You are indeed the divine architect of Viṣṇu of immeasurable splendor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.37)

sadānudhyāyinastasya nideśavaśavartinaḥ .. 17 ..

> who constantly meditate on him and remain obedient to his instruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.38)

yena smṛtastvaṃ muninā sa evātrāgamiṣyati ..

> The sage by whom you were remembered will himself come here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.39)

pratyarcāṃ narasiṃhasya gṛhītvā tu dināṃtare .. 18 ..

> bringing the replica image of Narasiṃha in a few days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.40)

tadāśu ghaṭayasvādya saprākāraṃ satoraṇam ..

> Therefore, fashion quickly today \[a temple\] with an enclosure wall and an arched gateway.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.41)

prāsādaṃ narasiṃhasya pratīcīvadanaṃ śubham .. 19 ..

> the auspicious temple of Narasiṃha facing west. (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.42)

taṃ pūjayitvā vidhivanniyojya ghaṭane nṛpaḥ ..

> Having worshipped him duly and engaged \[him\] in construction, the king  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.43)

śilāsaṃcayakānbhṛtyānbahuvittairayojayat .. 2.2.16.20 ..

> supplied the servants who were gathering stones with abundant wealth. (2.2.16.20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.44)

caturthe divase viprāḥ prāsādo'bhūdanuttamaḥ ..

> On the fourth day, O brahmins, the unsurpassed temple was complete,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.45)

bahukālaprasādhyo'pi mahimnā devaśilpinaḥ .. 21 ..

> which, though requiring a long time to achieve, \[was finished\] through the power of the divine architect. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.46)

tataḥ prabhāte vimale nityakarmāvasānataḥ ..

> Then, at clear dawn, following the conclusion of his daily rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.47)

pratiṣṭhāvidhisaṃbhāraṃ gṛhītvā saparicchadaḥ .. 22 ..

> the king, together with his retinue, taking the provisions for the consecration rite, (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.48)

nāradāgamanaṃ prekṣya yāvattiṣṭhati bhūpatiḥ ..

> stood waiting for the arrival of Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.49)

tāvacchuśruvire śaṅkhā mṛdaṅgā murajāstathā .. 23 ..

> when conches, mṛdaṅgas, and murajas were heard, (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.50)

gītamaṅgalavādyāni ghaṃṭānāṃ kariṇāṃ svanāḥ ..

> along with songs, auspicious musical instruments, bells, and the trumpeting of elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.51)

tathā jaya jayetyuccaiḥ śabdā ākāśamaṇḍale .. 24 ..

> as well as loud cries of “Victory, victory!” in the sphere of the sky. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.52)

tāñchrutvā vismayāpannā iṃdradyumnapurogamāḥ ..

> Hearing these, filled with wonder, Indradyumna and the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.53)

rājānaḥ śrotriyā viprā vaiṣṇavāśca sahasraśaḥ .. 25 ..

> the kings, the learned Vedic brahmins, and the Vaiṣṇavas in their thousands, \[thought:\] (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.54)

nirādhārāstvime śabdā adbhutāni na saṃśayaḥ ..

> “These sounds have no visible source; they are wonders, without doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.55)

vicārayaṃtaste yāvattāvaddakṣiṇato marut .. 26 ..

> Even as they were wondering, a breeze from the south \[arrived\], (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.56)

gandhānvitadvirephaughaśabditāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ ..

> and showers of flowers resounded with swarms of bees drawn by fragrance;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.57)

āvirbhūtāstripathagā vāriṇārdrīkṛtā dvijāḥ .. 27 ..

> moistened with the water of the river of the three worlds that appeared, O twice-born ones, (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.58)

tadanaṃtaramevāsau nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ ..

> immediately thereafter came that Nārada, the son of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.59)

tapaḥprabhāvanirvyūḍha vimānavaraśāyinīm .. 28 ..

> resting on an excellent aerial chariot brought forth by the power of his austerity; (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.60)

ratnacāmarahastābhirdivyastrībhiḥ suśobhitām ..

> richly adorned by celestial women holding jewelled chowries in their hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.61)

alaṃkṛtāṃ vahuvidhairmaṇiratnaprasādhanaiḥ .. 29 ..

> bedecked with varied ornaments of gems and jewels, (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.62)

divyamālyāṃbaradharāṃ divyagandhānulepanām ..

> wearing celestial garlands and garments, anointed with celestial fragrant paste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.63)

ramyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaprāṇāṃ ghaṭitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā .. 2.2.16.30 ..

> delightful, infused with life, fashioned by Viśvakarman, (2.2.16.30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.64)

tejomaṇḍalasaṃvītāṃ parito harṣadāmapi ..

> enveloped by an orb of light, and bestowing joy all around,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.65)

ādāya narasiṃhasya pratyarcāṃ pratyupasthitaḥ .. 31 ..

> bringing the replica image of Narasiṃha, he arrived. (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.66)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣitāḥ sarve rājā rājānuyāyinaḥ ..

> Seeing it, all were overjoyed, the king and his attendants \[wondering\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.67)

antarddhānaṃ gato devo nāradenoddhṛtaḥ kimu .. 32 ..

> “Has the Lord who had vanished been brought back by Nārada?” (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.68)

menire harṣitātmānaḥ praśaśaṃsuśca taṃ munim ..

> Rejoicing in heart, they praised that sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.69)

nirūpya saṃnidhisthāṃ tu narasiṃhākṛtiṃ dvijāḥ ..

> Discerning the form of Narasiṃha present there, O twice-born ones, (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.70)

ādyamūrternṛsiṃhasya pratimāmatha menire .. 33 ..

> they considered it the replica image of the primordial form of Nṛsiṃha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.71)

pratyutthāya tato rājā prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā ..

> Then, rising up, the king, with an inner self overjoyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.72)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya hariṃ jagāma śirasā mahīm .. 34 ..

> circumambulated Hari and went to the ground with his head. (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.73)

śraddhāsaṃpattiyogyena saṃbhāreṇa nṛpājñayā ..

> With provisions suited to an abundance of faith, by order of the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.74)

prasthāpayāmāsa muniḥ prāsādaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam .. 35 ..

> the sage had \[the image\] brought into the temple endowed with auspicious marks. (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.75)

pratimāṃ devadevasya sumuhūrte dvijottamāḥ ..

> At an auspicious hour, O best of brahmins, the king praised  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.76)

dharāramābhyāṃ sahitāṃ ratnavedyāṃ pratiṣṭhitām..

> the image of the God of gods, accompanied by Dharā and Ramā, installed upon a jewelled altar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.77)

yogārūḍhatanuṃ rājā indradyumno'tha tuṣṭuve .. 36 ..

> its body fixed in yogic posture; Indradyumna then praised \[him\], (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.78)

vaiṣṇavairbrāhmaṇairbhūpairnāradena ca dhīmatā..

> together with Vaiṣṇavas, brahmins, kings, and the wise Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.79)

guhyopaniṣadaiḥ smārtaiḥ stotraiḥ śāstrairmudānvitaiḥ .. 37 ..

> joyfully with secret Upaniṣads, traditional hymns, and scriptures: (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.80)

.. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.81)

ekānekasthūlasūkṣmāṇumūrte vyomātīta vyomarūpaikarūpa ..

> “O you whose form is one and many, gross, subtle, and atomic; O beyond space, whose form is space, whose form is one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.82)

vyomākāra vyāpaka vyomasaṃstha vyomārūḍha vyomakeśābjayone .. 38 ..

> having the form of space, all-pervading, dwelling in space, mounted on space, origin of the space-haired \[Śiva\] and lotus-born \[Brahmā\]! (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.83)

duḥkhāṃbhodhestrāhi māṃ divyasiṃha prādurbhūtānekakoṭyarkadhāman ..

> Save me from the ocean of suffering, O divine Lion, whose radiance is that of countless millions of risen suns!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.84)

nityāsanno dūrasaṃstho na dūro nāsanno vā bodhyabodhātmabhāva .. 39 ..

> Eternally near, dwelling afar, neither distant nor near, the true nature of both the knower and the known! (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.85)

jñeyajñeyo jñānagamyo'pyagamyo māyātīto mānameyo'numānāt ..

> The object to be known among knowables, attainable through knowledge yet unattainable, beyond illusion, measurable by proof and inference,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.86)

kṛtsnasyādiḥ kṛtsnakarttānumaṃtā pātā harttā viśvasākṣinnamaste .. 2.2.16.40 ..

> the beginning of all, maker of all, approver, protector, destroyer, witness of the universe, homage to you! (2.2.16.40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.87)

duḥkhadhvaṃsasyaikahetuṃ na hetuṃ bhettuṃ chettuṃ saṃśayānagrajātam ..

> The sole cause of the destruction of suffering, causeless, breaker and cutter of the doubts born first \[in mind\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.88)

jyotīrūpa jñānarūpa prakāśa stomavyūhākāra nirmāṇaheto .. 41 ..

> O form of light, form of knowledge, radiance, cause of the creation of the array of forms! (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.89)

tvatpādabje bhaktimagryāṃ sadā me dehi svāminmūlabhūtāṃ caturṇām ..

> Grant me forever foremost devotion to your lotus feet, O Lord, which is the root cause of the four \[aims of life\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.90)

śrautaiḥ smārtairnityayuktā janāste dīnāstiṣṭhantyatra baddhā bhavābdhau .. 42 ..

> These your wretched people, though constantly engaged in Vedic and traditional duties, remain bound here in the ocean of worldly existence. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.91)

anantapādaṃ bahuhastanetramanaṃtakarṇaṃ kakubhaughavastram ..

> Whose feet are infinite, who have many hands and eyes, infinite ears, whose garment is the expanse of the directions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.92)

divāniśānāthasukuṇḍalāḍhyaṃ nakṣatramālā kṛtacāruhāram .. 43 ..

> adorned with the lords of day and night as beautiful ear-rings, whose lovely necklace is formed by the garland of constellations, (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.93)

tvāmadbhutaṃ divyanṛsiṃhamūrtiṃ bhakteṣṭapūrtiṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ..

> to you, the wondrous, divine form of Nṛsiṃha, fulfiller of the devotees' desires, I fly for refuge!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.94)

yatpādapadma hi pitāmahasya kirīṭaratnairvikacatvameti..44..

> Whose lotus foot blossoms through the jewels of the diadem of the Grandfather \[Brahmā\]; (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.95)

yadīyapādābjayugāṃtabhūmau luṭhecchiro yasya hi pāṃcabhautam ..

> he whose material head rolls on the ground near whose pair of lotus feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.96)

taddivyapādaṃ śirasā vahaṃti surendranāryaḥ khalu taṃ namāmi .. 45 ..

> that divine foot the women of the king of gods carry on their heads; truly, I bow to him! (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.97)

taddivyasiṃhaṃ hatapāpasaṃghaṃ pādāśritānāṃ karuṇābdhisiṃham ..

> To that divine Lion by whom multitudes of sins are destroyed, an ocean of compassion to those who seek refuge at his feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.98)

pādā'bjasaṃghaṭṭavighaṭṭamānabrahmāṃḍabhāṃḍaṃ praṇamāmi caṇḍam .. 46 ..

> the fierce one against whom the vessel of the cosmic egg shatters by the clash of his lotus feet, I bow! (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.99)

saṭācchaṭākaṃpanaśīryamāṇaghanaughavidrāvitapāpasaṃgham ..

> By the shaking of the mass of whose mane dense clouds are torn and multitudes of sins are routed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.100)

caṃḍāṭṭahāsāṃtaritābdaśabdaṃ trilokagarbhaṃ nṛhariṃ namāmi .. 47 ..

> who drowns the sound of clouds with his fierce, loud laughter, who holds the three worlds within, to Nṛhari I bow!” (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.101)

namaste namaste namaste'dya viṣṇo paritrāhi dīnānukaṃpinnanātham ..

> Homage to you, homage to you, homage to you today, O Viṣṇu! Protect \[me\], who am destitute, O compassionate lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.102)

bhavaṃtaṃ samāsādya me dehabandho murāre na saṃsārakārāgṛhe'stu .. 48 ..

> Having reached you, O Murāri, let there be no bondage of a body for me in the prison-house of saṃsāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.103)

hayamedhasahasrāṃte yathā tvāṃ carmacakṣuṣā ..

> At the conclusion of the thousand horse-sacrifices, just as with physical eyes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.104)

divyarūpaṃ prapaśyāmi tathānukrośaya prabho .. 49 ..

> I may behold your divine form, so have compassion, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.105)

yathā cejyāsahasraṃ me nirvighnaṃ tatsamāpyate ..

> And so that my thousand sacrifices may be completed without obstacle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.106)

yajñeśa tvatprasādānme tathā sānnidhyamastu te .. 2.2.16.50 ..

> O Lord of sacrifice, through your grace, let your presence be with me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.107)

koṭayaḥ pāparāśīnāṃ kṣayaṃ yāṃti yathā prabho ..

> Just as crores of heaps of sins go to destruction, O Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.108)

dharmārthakāmā hastasthā naiṣāṃ citraṃ stuvaṃti ye ..

> duty, wealth, and desire rest in their hand—it is no wonder for those who praise \[you\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.109)

mokṣasya bhājanaṃ viṣṇo te narā ye tavāśrayāḥ .. 51 ..

> those men are recipients of liberation, O Viṣṇu, who take refuge in you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.110)

stutvetthaṃ divya siṃhaṃ taṃ bhūpatirhaṣṭamānasaḥ ..

> Having thus praised that divine lion, the king, his mind joyful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.111)

daṇḍapātapraṇāmena jagāma dharaṇīṃ muhuḥ .. 52 ..

> fell repeatedly to the earth in prostration like a staff.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.112)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.16.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.113)

kṣetraṃ tannarasiṃhasya brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ purā ..

> That sacred field of Narasiṃha was created formerly by Brahmā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.114)

indradyumnānugrahāya sarvalokahitāya ca .. 53 ..

> for the favor of Indradyumna and for the benefit of all worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.115)

paśyaṃti ye nṛsiṃhaṃ taṃ śaṃbhunā saha saṃsthitam ..

> Those who see that Nṛsiṃha situated together with Śambhu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.116)

na dehabandhaṃ te viprāḥ prāpnuvaṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. .. 54 ..

> do not obtain bodily bondage, O brahmins; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.117)

manasā vāṃchitaṃ yadyatprāpnuvaṃti tato'dhikam ..

> Whatever is desired by the mind, they obtain even more than that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.118)

stotreṇānena ye divyasiṃharūpaṃ stuvaṃti vai .. 55 ..

> Those who praise that divine lion form with this hymn—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.119)

sarvakāmaprado devastasya muktiṃ prayacchati ..

> the god who grants all desires bestows liberation upon them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.120)

jyeṣṭhaśukladvādaśī yā svātīnakṣatrasaṃyutā .. 56 ..

> On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of Jyeṣṭha combined with the Svātī constellation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.121)

tasyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ kṣetre divyasiṃho maharṣiṇā ..

> on that \[day\] the divine lion was consecrated in the sacred field by the great seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.122)

sutena brahmaṇaḥ sākṣāttatra paśyaṃti taṃ ca ye .. 57 ..

> the son of Brahmā in person; and those who behold him there  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.123)

vājimedhasahasrasya phalaṃ sāgraṃ labhaṃti te ..

> obtain the full fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.124)

pañcāmṛtairvā kṣīreṇa nārikelarasena vā .. 58 ..

> Or with the five nectars, with milk, or with coconut water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.125)

snāpayaṃti narā ye vai athavā gandhavāriṇā ..

> those men who bathe \[him\], or with scented water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.126)

pūjayitvā mahāsiṃhamupacāraiḥ sapāyasaiḥ .. 59 ..

> having worshiped the great lion with offerings accompanied by milk-rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.127)

japākusumamālyaiśca gandhamālyaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ ..

> and with garlands of Chinese rose flowers, and with very lovely scented garlands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.128)

dhūpadīpaiḥ sakarpūraistāṃbūlairatiśobhanaiḥ .. 2.2.16.60 ..

> with incenses, lamps with camphor, and extremely lovely betel leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.129)

sugīrbhiḥ stutipāṭhaiśca jayaśabdaistathoccakai ..

> with beautiful songs, recitations of praise, and likewise with loud cries of victory,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.130)

pradakṣiṇapraṇāmaiśca dānairbrāhmaṇatarpaṇaiḥ ..

> with circumambulations, prostrations, gifts, and pleasing of brahmins—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.131)

santoṣya narasiṃhaṃ taṃ brahmalokamavāpnuyāt .. 61 ..

> pleasing that Narasiṃha, one reaches the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.132)

vaiśākhasya caturdaśyāṃ saurivāre'nilarkṣake ..

> On the fourteenth day of Vaiśākha, on Saturday, under the constellation of Anila,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.133)

ādyāvatāraḥ siṃhasya pradoṣasamaye dvijāḥ ..62..

> at the evening twilight was the primeval incarnation of the Lion, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.134)

tasyāṃ saṃpūjya vidhivannarasiṃhaṃ samāhitaḥ ..

> Having worshiped Narasiṃha properly on that \[day\] with concentrated mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.135)

janmakoṭisahasraistu pāparāśiḥ susaṃcitaḥ ..

> the heap of sins accumulated throughout thousands of crores of births  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.136)

dahyate tatkṣaṇādeva tūlarāśirivāgninā .. 63 ..

> is burned away that very instant, like a pile of cotton by fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.137)

dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā namaskṛtvā praṇipatya ca bhaktitaḥ ..

> Seeing, touching, bowing, prostrating with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.138)

stutvā vimucyate pāpairnirmokena bhujaṃgavat .. 64 ..

> and praising, one is freed from sins like a snake from its slough.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.139)

na tasya vyādhayaḥ saṃti na śokā nādhayastathā ..

> He has no diseases, nor griefs, nor mental afflictions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.140)

sarvānkāmānavāpnoti hayamedhaphalaṃ tathā .. 65 ..

> he obtains all desires and likewise the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.141)

samīpe tasya bho viprā yajanaṃ dānameva ca ..

> Near him, O brahmins, sacrifice and giving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.142)

anyāni puṇyakarmāṇi kṛtāni ca sakṛnnaraiḥ ..

> and other meritorious deeds performed even once by men  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.143)

koṭikoṭiguṇāni syurnarasiṃhaprasādataḥ .. 66 ..

> become crores and crores of times multiplied through the grace of Narasiṃha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.16.144)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 16 ..

> Thus ends the sixteenth chapter in the conversation of the seer Jaimini, in the Glorification of the Sacred Field of Puruṣottama, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.16.1) — English, machine translation

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