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# Skandapurana 2.2.1

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.1)

.. atha śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṃḍe puruṣottama (jagannātha) kṣetra- māhātmya prāraṃbhaḥ .. ( 2-2) ..

> Now begins the Puruṣottama- (Jagannātha-) kṣetramāhātmya in the second, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. (2-2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.2)

.. .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..

> Obeisance to the glorious Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.3)

atha puruṣottama (jagannātha) kṣetramāhātmya prārambhaḥ ..

> Now begins the Puruṣottama- (Jagannātha-) kṣetramāhātmya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.4)

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam ..

> Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and Nara, the best of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.5)

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet .. 1 ..

> and the goddess Sarasvatī, and Vyāsa, one should then recite the victory. 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.6)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.7)

bhagavansarvaśāstrajña sarvatīrthamahattvavit ..

> O venerable one, knower of all scriptures, knower of the greatness of all sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.8)

kathitaṃ yattvayā pūrvaṃ prastute tīrthakīrtane ..

> that which was previously spoken of by you when beginning the recitation of sacred fords—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.9)

puruṣottamākhyaṃ sumahatkṣetraṃ paramapāvanam ..2..

> the exceedingly great, supremely purifying sacred field called Puruṣottama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.10)

yatrāste dāravatanuḥ śrīśo mānuṣalīlayā ..

> wherein the Lord of Śrī abides in a wooden form in human play,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.11)

darśanānmuktidaḥ sākṣātsarvatīrthaphalapradaḥ ..3..

> granting liberation merely upon darśana, bestowing the fruit of all sacred fords in visible presence—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.12)

tanno vistarato brūhi tatkṣetraṃ kena nirmitam ..

> tell us that in detail: by whom was that sacred field fashioned?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.13)

jyotiḥprakāśo bhagavānsākṣānnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ .. 4 ..

> The venerable Lord Nārāyaṇa, the master, in his own visible person is the manifestation of light;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.14)

kathaṃ dārumayastasminnāste paramapūruṣaḥ ..

> how does the supreme Puruṣa abide in it, made of wood?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.15)

vada tvaṃ vadatāṃ śreṣṭha sarvalokaguro mune .. 5 ..

> Speak, O best among the eloquent, O guru of all the worlds, O sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.16)

śrotumicchāmahe brahmanparaṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ ..

> We wish to hear, O brahmin; indeed, our curiosity is supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.17)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.18)

śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve rahasyaṃ paramaṃ hi tat .. 6 ..

> Listen, all you sages; that is indeed a supreme secret.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.19)

avaiṣṇavānāṃ śravaṇe bhaktistava na jāyate ..

> To non-Vaiṣṇavas, devotion does not arise upon hearing it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.20)

yasya saṃkīrtanādeva sakalaṃ līyate tamaḥ .. 7 ..

> by the mere recitation of which all darkness is dissolved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.21)

yadyapyeṣa jagannāthaḥ sarvagaḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ ..

> Although this Jagannātha is omnipresent and the creator of all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.22)

skandena kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ śrutvā śaṃbhormukhāmbujāt ..

> it was previously narrated by Skanda, having heard it from the lotus-mouth of Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.23)

saṃti kṣetrāṇi cānyāni sarvapāpaharāṇi vai .. 8 ..

> There are indeed other sacred fields that destroy all sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.24)

etatkṣetraṃ paraṃ cāsya vapurbhūtaṃ mahātmanaḥ ..

> yet this supreme sacred field has become the body of that Great-souled One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.25)

svayaṃ vapuṣmāṃstatrāste svanāmnā khyāpitaṃ hi tat ..9..

> Embodied in person, he abides there; it is celebrated indeed by his own name.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.26)

tatra ye sthātumicchaṃti tepi sarve hatāṃhasaḥ ..

> Those who even desire to stay there have all their sins destroyed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.27)

kiṃ punastava tiṣṭhaṃto ye paśyanti gadādharam ..2.2.1.10..

> what then of those who, dwelling there, behold the Wielder of the Mace?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.28)

aho tatparamaṃ kṣetraṃ vistṛtaṃ daśayojanam ..

> Oh, that supreme sacred field, extending ten yojanas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.29)

tīrtharājasya salilādutthitaṃ vālukācitam .. 11 ..

> has risen from the waters of the king of sacred fords, covered in sand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.30)

nīlācalena mahatā madhyasthena virājitam ..

> resplendent with the great Nīlācala situated in its center,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.31)

ekastanamiva pṛthvyāḥ sudūrātparibhāvitam .. 12 ..

> perceived from afar like a single breast of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.32)

varāharūpiṇā pūrvaṃ samuddhṛtya vasundharām ..

> Previously, \[the Lord\] in the form of the Boar, having lifted up the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.33)

sarvataḥ susamāṃ kṛtvā parvataiḥ susthirīkṛtām .. 13 ..

> making it level on all sides and stabilizing it firmly with mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.34)

sṛṣṭvā carācaraṃ sarvaṃ tīrthāni saridabdhikān ..

> having created all the moving and unmoving, the sacred fords, the rivers and the oceans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.35)

kṣetrāṇi ca yathāsthānaṃ saṃniveśya yathā purā . 14 ..

> and having established the sacred fields in their proper places as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.36)

brahmā vicintayāmāsa sṛṣṭibhāranipīḍitaḥ ..

> Brahmā, oppressed by the burden of creation, pondered:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.37)

punaretāṃ kriyāṃ gurvīṃ nārabheya kathaṃ tviti .. 15 ..

> “How indeed might I not undertake this heavy task again?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.38)

tāpatrayābhibhūtā hi mucyaṃte jaṃtavaḥ katham ..

> How are creatures overcome by the three afflictions to be liberated?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.39)

evaṃ cintayamānasya matirāsītprajāpateḥ ..16..

> To Prajāpati, pondering thus, came this thought:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.40)

muktyekakāraṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ stoṣye 'haṃ parameśvaram ..

> “I shall praise Viṣṇu, the supreme Lord, the sole cause of liberation.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.41)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.42)

namaste jagadādhāra śaṅkhacakragadādhara .. 17 ..

> Salutations to you, O support of the universe, O bearer of the conch, discus, and mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.43)

yannābhipaṃkajādeva jāto'haṃ viśvasṛṣṭikṛt ..

> from whose navel-lotus alone I was born as the creator of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.44)

paramārthasvarūpaṃ te tvaṃ vai vetsi jaganmaya .. 18 ..

> You alone know your true essential nature, O you who comprise the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.45)

yanmāyayā jagatsarvaṃ nirmitaṃ mahadādikam ..

> By whose māyā the entire world, beginning with the intellect, was produced;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.46)

yanniḥśvāsasamudbhūtaṃ śabdabrahma tridhā'bhavat .. 19..

> from whose exhalation the verbal absolute arose in threefold form;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.47)

upajīvya tadevāhamasṛjaṃ bhuvanāni vai ..

> taking recourse to that very \[source\], I created the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.48)

tvatto nānyaḥ sthūlasūkṣmadīrghahrasvādi kiṃcana .. 2.2.1.20 ..

> Nothing whatsoever—gross, subtle, long, short, and the like—is other than you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.49)

vikārabhedairbhagavaṃstvamevedaṃ carācaram ..

> Through various modifications, O Lord, you alone are this moving and unmoving \[universe\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.50)

kaṭakādi yathā svarṇaṃ guṇatrayavibhāgaśaḥ ..21..

> just as gold \[becomes\] bracelets and the like, according to the division of the three guṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.51)

sraṣṭā sṛjyaṃ tvamevātra poṣṭā poṣyaṃ jagatprabho ..

> You alone here are the creator and that which is to be created, the nourisher and the nourished, O Lord of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.52)

ādhāro dhriyamāṇaṃ ca dharttā tvaṃ parameśvara ..22 ..

> You are the foundation, that which is held, and the holder, O supreme Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.53)

tvatpreritamatiḥ sarvaścarate ca śubhā'śubham ..

> Every mind, impelled by you, performs good and evil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.54)

tataḥ prāpnoti sadṛśīṃ tvayaiva vihitāṃ gatim .. 23 ..

> and then attains a corresponding destiny ordained by you alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.55)

jagato'sya gatirbharttā sākṣī tvaṃ parameśvara ..

> You are the path of this universe, its maintainer, and its witness, O supreme Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.56)

carācaraguro sarvajīvabhūta kṛpāmaya ..

> O guru of the moving and unmoving, O soul of all living beings, O merciful one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.57)

prasīdādya jagannātha nityaṃ tvaccharaṇyasya me ..24..

> Be gracious today, O Jagannātha, unto me who ever take refuge in you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.58)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.59)

evaṃ saṃstūyamānaśca brahmaṇā garuḍadhvajaḥ ..

> Thus being praised by Brahmā, the one whose banner bears Garuḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.60)

nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśaḥ śaṃkhacakrādicihnitaḥ .. 25 ..

> resembling a dark-blue raincloud, marked with the conch, discus, and other emblems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.61)

patageṃdrasamārūḍhaḥ sphuradvadanapaṃkajaḥ ..

> mounted upon the lord of birds, with his lotus-face beaming,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.62)

āvirāsīddvijaśreṣṭhā vivakṣuḥ sphuritādharaḥ .. 26 ..

> appeared, O best of the twice-born, his lips quivering as he was about to speak.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.63)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.64)

yadarthaṃ māṃ stuṣe brahmanna śakyaḥ pratibhāti saḥ .. 27 ..

> That for the sake of which you praise me, O Brahmā, does not appear possible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.65)

anādyavidyā sudṛḍhā suśchedyā karmabaṃdhanaiḥ ..

> Beginningless ignorance is very firmly fixed, difficult to sever through the bonds of karma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.66)

prabhavaṃtyāṃ kathaṃ tasyāṃ hrīyete mṛtijanmanī ..28..

> While it prevails, how can death and birth be removed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.67)

tathāpi cedatra kṛte vyavasāyastavānagha ..

> Nevertheless, sinless one, if your resolve is made regarding this matter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.68)

krameṇa yena hi bhavettatte vakṣyāmi kāraṇam .. 29 ..

> I will tell you the means by which it will surely come about in due course.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.69)

ahaṃ tvaṃ tvamahaṃ brahmanmanmayaṃ cākhilaṃ jagat ..

> I am you, and you are I, O Brahmā; and the entire universe is made of me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.70)

ciste yatra me tatra nānyatheti vicāraya .. 2.2.1.30 ..

> Where my mind rests, there it is; reflect that it is not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.71)

sāgarasyottare tīre mahānadyāstu dakṣiṇe ..

> On the northern shore of the ocean, but to the south of the Mahānadī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.72)

sa pradeśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ hi sarvatīrthaphalapradaḥ ..31..

> that region on earth indeed yields the fruits of all sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.73)

tatra ye manujā brahmannivasaṃti subuddhayaḥ ..

> The wise men who dwell there, O Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.74)

janmāṃtarakṛtānāṃ ca puṇyānāṃ phalabhāginaḥ .. 32 ..

> partake of the fruits of merits accumulated across previous births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.75)

nālpapuṇyāḥ prajāyaṃte nābhaktā mayi padmaja ..

> Neither people of little merit nor those lacking devotion to me are born there, O lotus-born one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.76)

ekāmrakānanādyāvaddakṣiṇodadhitīrabhūḥ .. 33 ..

> From the Ekāmraka forest up to the shore of the southern ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.77)

padātpadācchreṣṭhatamaḥ kramātparamapāvanaḥ ..

> step by step, it is most excellent and progressively supreme in purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.78)

sindhutīraṃ tu yo bahmanrājate nīlaparvataḥ ..34..

> The Nīla mountain, O Brahmā, which shines on the shore of the sea,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.79)

pṛthivyāṃ gopitaṃ sthānaṃ tava cāpi sudurlabham ..

> is a hidden place on earth, very difficult even for you to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.80)

surāsurāṇāṃ durjñeyaṃ māyayāchāditaṃ mama .. 35 ..

> It is hard for gods and asuras to know, concealed by my māyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.81)

sarvasaṃgaparityaktastatra tiṣṭhāmi dehabhṛt ..

> Relinquishing all attachment, I abide there bearing a bodily form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.82)

kṣarākṣarāvatikramya vartte'haṃ puruṣottame ..36..

> Transcending the perishable and the imperishable, I dwell in Puruṣottama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.83)

sṛṣṭyā layena nākrāntaṃ kṣetraṃ me puruṣottamam ..

> My sacred field Puruṣottama is overcome neither by creation nor by dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.84)

yathā māṃ paśyasi brahmanrūpaṃ cakrādicihnitam .. 37 ..

> Just as you see me, O Brahmā, in a form marked with the discus and other attributes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.85)

īdṛśaṃ tatra gatvaiva drakṣyase māṃ pitāmaha ..

> so having gone there you shall see me, O grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.86)

nīlādreraṃtarabhuvi kalpanyagrodhamūlataḥ .. 38 ..

> Within the interior region of the Nīla mountain, at the foot of the wish-fulfilling banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.87)

vāruṇyāṃ diśi yatkuṇḍaṃ rauhiṇaṃ nāma viśrutam ..

> in the western direction, is the pool celebrated by the name Rauhiṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.88)

tattīre nivasantaṃ māṃ paśyantaścarmacakṣuṣā .. 39 ..

> Those who see me dwelling on its bank with their physical eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.89)

tadambhasā kṣīṇapāpā mama sāyujyamāpnuyuḥ ..

> their sins destroyed by its water, shall attain union with me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.90)

tatra vraja mahābhāga dṛṣṭvā māṃ dhyāyatastava .. 2.2.1.40 ..

> Go there, O highly fortunate one; as you meditate upon me after seeing me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.91)

prakāśaṃ yāsyate tasya kṣetrasya mahimā'paraḥ ..

> another majesty of that sacred field will become revealed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.92)

āścaryabhūtaḥ paramastavāpi ca bhaviṣyati .. 41 ..

> and it will also be a supreme wonder for you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.93)

śrutismṛtīhāsapurāṇagopitaṃ manmāyayā tanna hi kasya gocaram ..

> Concealed from the Vedas, smṛtis, itihāsas, and purāṇas by my māyā, it was within the range of no one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.94)

prasādato me stuvatastavādhunā prakāśamāyāsyati sarvagocaram .. 42 ..

> By my grace, now as you praise me, it will be manifested, visible to all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.95)

vrateṣu tīrtheṣu ca yajñadānayoḥ puṇyaṃ yaduktaṃ vimalātmanāṃ hi tat ..

> Whatever merit has been stated for pure souls in vows, sacred fords, sacrifices, and gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.96)

aharnivāsāllabhate'tra sarvaṃ niḥśvāsa vāsātkhalu cāśvamedhikam .. 43 ..

> all that one obtains by residing here for a single day, and indeed the fruit of a horse-sacrifice by residing for the span of a breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.97)

ityādiśya vidhiṃ viprāstadāsau puruṣottamaḥ ..

> Having thus instructed Brahmā, O brahmins, the Lord Puruṣottama  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.98)

paśyatastasya tatraiva prabhurantaradhīyata .. 44 .. ..

> vanished right there while he was looking on.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.1.99)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 ..

> Thus ends the first chapter in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya, in the dialogue between the seer Jaimini and others, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the 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.2.2.1.1) — English, machine translation

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