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# Skandapurana 2.2.19

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.2)

tataḥ sa pṛthivīpālastathā kṛtvāṃ'tarikṣagā ..

> Then that protector of the earth, having acted in that way, \[attended upon Him\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.3)

yaduvāca girāṃ devī tadvatparicacāra ha .. 1 ..

> just as the goddess of speech moving in the sky had spoken, so indeed he attended \[upon Him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.4)

evaṃ dinedine yāte divyagaṃdho'nubhūyate ..

> As day after day passed in this manner, a celestial fragrance was experienced,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.5)

pārijātaprasūnānāṃ vṛṣṭirmartyeṣu durlabhā .. 2 ..

> and a shower of pārijāta blossoms, hard to find among mortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.6)

divyasaṃgītanādaśca gītāni rucirāṇi ca ..

> and the sound of celestial music, and charming songs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.7)

svargaṃgājalavṛṣṭiśca sūkṣmabiṃdusuśobhanā .. 3 ..

> and a shower of the celestial Gaṅgā's water, very beautiful with minute drops.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.8)

airāvatādināgānāṃ madagaṃdho vanadvipaiḥ ..

> The fragrance of the rut of the elephants beginning with Airāvata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.9)

duḥsahaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sukhakāryanubhūyate .. 4 ..

> which is intolerable to wild elephants, was experienced by all creatures as bringing pleasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.10)

yajñārthamāgatā devāste sarve vigatajvarāḥ ..

> The gods who had arrived for the sacrifice were all relieved of distress;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.11)

āvirbhūtaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā upāsāṃcakrire dvijāḥ .. 5 ..

> seeing Hari manifest, the brahmins performed worship, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.12)

yathā hi mādhavaṃ pūrvaṃ tathā taṃ viṣṇuśākhinam ..

> Just as they had previously \[worshiped\] Mādhava, so they worshiped that branch of Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.13)

upāsanāsu devānāṃ divyacihnāni jajñire .. 6 ..

> during the worships offered to the gods, divine signs appeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.14)

nirvavāha svayaṃ devaḥ kramātpaṃcadaśe dine ..

> The God Himself completed \[the work\] in due course on the fifteenth day:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.15)

caturmūrtiḥ sa bhagavānyathā pūrvaṃ mayoditaḥ .. 7 ..

> that Lord manifested in four forms, just as I described earlier.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.16)

tādṛgāvirbabhūvāsau yuṣmākaṃ varṇitaḥ purā ..

> Such as He was described to you formerly, so He appeared,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.17)

divyasiṃhāsanagato balabhadrāsudarśanaiḥ .. 8 ..

> seated on a celestial throne together with Balabhadra and Sudarśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.18)

śaṃkhacakragadāpadmalasadbāhurjanārdanaḥ ..

> Janārdana had arms radiant with the conch, discus, mace, and lotus;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.19)

gadāmusalacakrābjaṃ dhārayanpannagākṛtiḥ .. 9 ..

> holding a mace, pestle, discus, and lotus, \[the other had\] the form of a serpent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.20)

chatrākṛtiphaṇāsaptamukuṭojjvalakuṃḍalaḥ ..

> with seven umbrella-shaped hoods, a crown, and bright earrings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.21)

subhadrā cāruvadanā varābjābhayadhāriṇī .. 2.2.19.10 ..

> and Subhadrā was charming-faced, holding the gesture of boon-granting, a lotus, and the gesture of fearlessness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.22)

lakṣmīḥ prādurbabhūveyaṃ sarvacaitanyarūpiṇī ..

> This Lakṣmī manifested embodying all consciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.23)

iyaṃ kṛṣṇāvatāre hi rohiṇīgarbhasaṃbhavā .. 11 ..

> For she, born from the womb of Rohiṇī in the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.24)

balabhadrākṛtirjātā balarūpasya ciṃtanāt ..

> assumed the form of Balabhadra from meditating upon the form of Bala;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.25)

kṣaṇaṃ na sahate sā hi moktuṃ līlāvatāriṇam.. 12 ..

> for she cannot bear to leave Him who descends in sport even for a moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.26)

na bhedo'stīha ko viprāḥ kṛṣṇasya ca balasya ca ..

> There is no difference here, O brahmins, between Kṛṣṇa and Bala;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.27)

ekagarbhaprasūtatvādvyavahāro'tha laukikaḥ .. 13 ..

> from being born from the same womb, this worldly convention arose:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.28)

bhaginī baladevasyetyeṣā paurāṇikī kathā ..

> this purāṇic tale that she is the sister of Baladeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.29)

puṃrūpe strīsvarūpeṇa lakṣmīḥ sarvatra tiṣṭhati .. 14 ..

> In male form and as female nature, Lakṣmī abides everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.30)

puṃnāmnā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ strīnāmnā kamalālayā ..

> By male name is Lord Viṣṇu \[known\], and by female name is Kamalālayā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.31)

devatiryaṅmanuṣyādau vidyate na tayoḥ param.. 15..

> among gods, animals, humans, and others, there is nothing beyond the two of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.32)

ko hyanyaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣādbhuvanāni caturdaśa ..

> For who else but the lotus-eyed Lord could uphold  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.33)

dhārayettu phaṇāgreṇa so'naṃto balasaṃjñitaḥ .. 16 ..

> the fourteen worlds with the tip of his hood? He is Ananta, named Bala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.34)

tasya śaktisvarūpeyaṃ bhaginī śrīḥ prakīrtitā ..

> His very power is celebrated as this sister, Śrī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.35)

sudarśanaṃ tu yaccakraṃ sadā viṣṇoḥ kare sthitam .. 17 ..

> and that discus, Sudarśana, which is always in Viṣṇu's hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.36)

śākhāgrastaṃbhamadhyasthaṃ tadrūpaṃ tatturīyakam ..

> stood in the middle of a pillar-like branch—that was the fourth form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.37)

evaṃ tu mūrttayastena catasro vai prakāśitāḥ ..18..

> Thus indeed were the four forms manifested by Him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.38)

nirvṛtte bhagavadrūpe caturddhā divyarūpiṇi ..

> When the divine form of the Lord was completed in four ways,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.39)

lokānāmupakārāya punarāhāṃtarikṣagā .. 19 ..

> for the benefit of the worlds the voice moving in the sky spoke again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.40)

paṭairācchādya sudṛḍhaṃ nṛpate pratimāstvimāḥ ..

> “Covering these images very firmly with cloths, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.41)

svaṃ svaṃ varṇaṃ prāpayāśu varṇakaiścitrakarmaṇā .. 2.2.19.20 ..

> bring each quickly to its own color through painter’s work with pigments:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.42)

nīlābhraśyāmalaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaṃkheṃdudhavalaṃ balam ..

> Viṣṇu dark as a blue cloud, Bala white as a conch and the moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.43)

raktaṃ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ subhadrāṃ kuṃkumāruṇām .. 21 ..

> the Sudarśana discus red, and Subhadrā saffron-red,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.44)

nānālaṃkārarucirāṃ nānābhaṃgivibhāgaśaḥ ..

> splendid with various ornaments, section by section in diverse postures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.45)

amī dārusvarūpeṇa dṛṣṭāḥ pāpāya hetave .. 22 ..

> These, if seen in their wooden nature, become a cause of sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.46)

gopanīyā prayatnena paṭaniryāsavalkalaiḥ ..

> they must be concealed with effort using cloths, resin, and bark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.47)

tasmātprathamamevaitāṃstarorevāsya valkalaiḥ .. 23 ..

> Therefore, first of all, cover these firmly in front  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.48)

śilpibhiḥ karmakuśalairdṛḍhamācchādayāgrataḥ ..

> with the bark of that very tree, through artisans skilled in their craft.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.49)

varṣe varṣe ca saṃskāryāḥ pūrvasaṃskāra mocanāt .. 24 ..

> And year after year they are to be consecrated anew by removing the earlier consecration,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.50)

ṛte valkalalepaṃ tu sa tu divyaściraṃtanaḥ ..

> except for the paste of bark; for that is divine and eternal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.51)

pramādādya imaṃ lepamapanīyeta kaścana .. 25 ..

> If anyone should inadvertently remove this paste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.52)

durbhikṣaṃ marakaṃ rāṣṭre saṃtatiścāsya hīyate ..

> there will be famine and pestilence in the realm, and his lineage will perish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.53)

nekṣitavyāstvayā rājankadācidapavāraṇāḥ .. 26 ..

> They must never be looked upon by you, O king, when uncovered;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.54)

manuṣyaiścāpi rājeṃdra dṛṣṭāḥ syurbhayahetavaḥ ..

> and if seen by mortals, O king of kings, they would become causes of fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.55)

tasmātsacitrā draṣṭavyā bahulepavilepitāḥ .. 27 ..

> Therefore they should be seen painted, smeared with a thick coating.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.56)

sucitraṃ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ savilāsaṃ savibhramam ..

> Beholding the beautifully painted, lotus-eyed Lord, full of grace and charm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.57)

dṛṣṭvā vimucyate pāpaiḥ kalpakoṭisamudbhavaiḥ .. 28 ..

> one is freed from sins accumulated over ten million kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.58)

sucitrānkuru rājeṃdra citrānkāmānavāpsyati ..

> Make them beautifully painted, O king of kings; you shall obtain wonderful desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.59)

āvirbabhūva bhagavāṃstavānugrahakāmyayā .. 29 ..

> The Lord has manifested out of a desire to show you favor.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.60)

tava prasādājjaṃtūnāṃ caturvargaṃ pradāsyati ..

> Through your grace, he will grant the fourfold aim of life to living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.61)

nīlādrau kalpavṛkṣasya vāyavyāṃ śatahastataḥ .. 2.2.19.30 ..

> On Nīlādri, one hundred cubits northwest of the wish-fulfilling tree, // 2.2.19.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.62)

pradeśe sumahatsthāne prāsādaṃ sudṛḍhāyatam ..

> in that region, at a very great place, \[build\] a temple, very firm and vast,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.63)

uttare narasiṃhasya sahasrakaramucchritam .. 31 ..

> north of Narasiṃha, rising a thousand cubits high. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.64)

kārayitvā pratiṣṭhāpya tatrainaṃ viniveśaya ..

> Having caused it to be built and consecrated, install him there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.65)

purā sthitaṃ parvate'sminyo'bhyarcayati mādhavam .. 32 ..

> He who previously worshipped Mādhava who stayed on this mountain, // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.66)

nāmnā viśvāvasurnāma śabaro vaiṣṇavottamaḥ ..

> a Śabara named Viśvāvasu, best of Vaiṣṇavas—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.67)

purodhasaḥ sakhyamāsīttena sārddhaṃ purā ca te .. 33 ..

> and previously your priest had friendship with him— // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.68)

tayoḥ saṃtatirevāsya lepasaṃskārakarmaṇi ..

> the lineage of those two alone  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.69)

niyujyatāṃ mahārāja bhaviṣyatsūtsaveṣu ca .. 34 ..

> should be engaged, O great king, in the work of coating and decorating him, and in future festivals.” // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.70)

virarāmaitadābhāṣya sā tu divyā sarasvatī ..

> Having spoken this, that divine voice fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.71)

tayopadiṣṭamākarṇya prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 39 ..

> Hearing what was instructed by her, with an overjoyed inner self, // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.72)

veṣṭanaṃ mocayāmāsa mahāvedyā nṛpottamaḥ ..

> the best of kings caused the covering of the great altar to be removed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.73)

dadṛśuste tadā sarve ratnasiṃhāsane sthitam .. 36 ..

> Then they all beheld, seated on a jewel-throne, // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.74)

rāmaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca vāsudevaṃ sudarśanam ..

> Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Subhadrā, and Vāsudeva's Sudarśana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.75)

yathopadiṣṭalepyādisaṃskāre rucirākṛtim .. 37 ..

> of lovely appearance, with the ornamentation such as coating applied as instructed: // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.76)

kṛpayā smeravadanamunnatāyatavakṣasam ..

> with a smiling face out of compassion, with a broad and elevated chest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.77)

dīnānāmuddhṛtau nāthaṃ pralaṃbabhujapaṃjaram .. 38 ..

> the lord in lifting up the distressed, whose arms hang long down like a cage, // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.78)

prabuddhapuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ hāsaśoṇāyatādharam ..

> with eyes like blooming white lotuses, with a broad lower lip red with a smile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.79)

paśyatāṃ dṛṣṭimātreṇa hartāraṃ pāpasaṃcayam .. 39 ..

> destroying the heap of sins of onlookers at mere sight, // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.80)

padmāsanasthitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ divyālaṃkārabhūṣitam..

> Kṛṣṇa, seated in the lotus posture, adorned with celestial ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.81)

svatejasā parivṛtaṃ dārudehe'pi nirmalam .. 2.2.19.40 ..

> surrounded by his own splendor, pure even though in a wooden body, // 2.2.19.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.82)

nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśaṃ sarvasaṃtāpanāśanam ..

> resembling a dark cloud, the destroyer of all distress.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.83)

dadarśa baladevaṃ ca sāṭṭahāsamukhāṃbujam .. 41 ..

> And he beheld Baladeva, whose lotus face had a loud laugh, // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.84)

phaṇāmaṇḍalavistīrṇaṃ vāruṇīghūrṇitekṣaṇam ..

> with an expansive canopy of hoods, his eyes rolling from Vāruṇī wine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.85)

protthitaṃ nāgarājānaṃ pīnonnatasuvakṣasam .. 42 ..

> risen as the king of serpents, with a plump, elevated, beautiful chest, // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.86)

kiṃcinnataṃ pṛṣṭhadeśe kuṇḍalīkṛtavigraham ..

> slightly bent at the back, his body coiled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.87)

agrasaṃphullakakubhaṃ kailāsaśikharaṃ yathā .. 43 ..

> like the peak of Mount Kailāsa, with blooming Kakubha trees in front, // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.88)

halacakrābjamusaladhāriṇaṃ vanamālinam ..

> bearing the plow, discus, lotus, and pestle, wearing a forest garland,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.89)

hārakuṇḍalakeyūrakirīṭamukuṭojjvalam .. 44 ..

> brilliant with necklaces, earrings, armlets, diadem, and crown. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.90)

tayormadhye sthitāṃ lakṣmīṃ subhadrāṃ bhadrarūpiṇīm .. 45 ..

> Between the two he beheld Subhadrā, Lakṣmī incarnate, embodying auspiciousness, // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.91)

sarvadevāraṇīṃ pāpasāgarottārakāriṇīm ..

> the fire-drill \[that brings forth\] all gods, who carries \[one\] across the ocean of sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.92)

vikacāṃbhojavadanāṃ varābjābhayadhāriṇīm .. 46 ..

> with a face like a blooming lotus, holding the boon, lotus, and fearlessness gestures, // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.93)

rūpalāvaṇyavasatiṃ śobhamānāṃ prasādhanaiḥ ..

> the abode of beauty and grace, resplendent with ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.94)

kuṃkumāruṇadehāṃ tāṃ sākṣāllakṣmīmivāparām .. 47 ..

> her body reddish with saffron, like a second Lakṣmī in person. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.95)

dadarśa viṣṇorvāmasthāṃ cakraśākhāgranirmitām ..

> And he beheld, stationed to the left of Viṣṇu, formed from the tip of the discus-branch,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.96)

bālārkasadṛśīṃ tīkṣṇadhārāṃ tejomayīṃ dvijāḥ .. 48 ..

> resembling the morning sun, with a sharp edge, made of splendor, O twice-born ones. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.97)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvānandapāthodhi nimagnaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ ..

> Seeing her, the king, submerged in the ocean of bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.98)

kartavyamūḍhaḥ svatanau svayaṃ na prababhūva ha .. 49 ..

> bewildered about what should be done, was not master over his own body. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.99)

daramīlitanetraḥ sansṛjanbāṣpāṃbu kevalam ..

> With eyes slightly closed, merely shedding tears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.100)

kṛtāṃjalipuṭastasthau sthūṇākāro nṛpottamaḥ .. 2.2.19.50 ..

> with folded hands, the best of kings stood motionless like a pillar. // 2.2.19.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.101)

uvāca taṃ munivaraḥ smitavaktraḥ kṣitīśvaram ..

> The best of sages, with a smiling face, said to that lord of the earth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.102)

yadarthaṃ śramamāpannastatsāṃpratamabhūttava .. 51 ..

> “That for the sake of which you underwent hardship has now come to you // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.103)

pratyakṣaṃ nṛpaśārdūla ekastvaṃ bhāgyavānbhuvi ..

> in visible form, O tiger among kings! You alone are fortunate on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.104)

amuṃ paśya jagannāthaṃ puṇḍarīkāyatekṣaṇam .. 52 ..

> Behold this Jagannātha, with eyes broad as white lotuses, // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.105)

bhaktānugrahapāthodhiṃ sarvajñānanidhiṃ harim ..

> an ocean of grace toward devotees, Hari, the treasury of all knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.106)

yaṃ draṣṭuṃ yogino nityaṃ yataṃti yatamānasāḥ .. 53 ..

> whom yogins constantly strive to see with disciplined minds, // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.107)

avadhānena mahatā kṣaṇaṃ paśyanti mānavāḥ ..

> and whom men behold for a moment only through great concentration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.108)

so'yaṃ dārumayaṃ dehaṃ samāsthāya janārdanaḥ .. 54 ..

> That very Janārdana, having assumed a wooden body // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.109)

anugrahītuṃ tvāṃ bhūpa pratyakṣatvamupāgataḥ ..

> in order to show grace to you, O king, has become visible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.110)

bhajainaṃ dharaṇīnāthaṃ stuhi kāruṇyasāgaram .. 55 ..

> Worship this Lord of the Earth, praise the ocean of compassion! // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.111)

dadāti saṃstutaḥ kāmānsarvānnṛpa manogatān .. 56 ..

> When praised, O king, he grants all desires residing in the heart.” // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.19.112)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāda ekonaviśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 19 ..

> Thus ends the nineteenth chapter in the dialogue between the sage Jaimini and \[the king\], in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya of the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the second \[part of\] the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.19.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.10.p113) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit

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