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# Skandapurana 2.2.20

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.2)

itthaṃ prabodhitastena nāradena kṣitīśvaraḥ ..

> Thus awakened by that Nārada, the lord of the earth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.3)

tuṣṭāva jagatāṃ nāthaṃ vacobhiḥ karuṇānvitam .. 1 ..

> praised the Lord of the worlds with words full of compassion: // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.4)

.. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.5)

tvadaṃghripāthojayugaṃ murāre nopāsitaṃ janmasu pūrvajeṣu ..

> “The pair of your lotus-feet, O Murāri, was not worshipped \[by me\] in previous lives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.6)

tatkarmaṇāṃ dāruṇapākabhājaṃ dīnaṃ paritrāhi kṛpāṃbudhe mām .. 2 ..

> Save me, miserable and experiencing the harsh ripening of those actions, O ocean of mercy! // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.7)

kva nirmalaṃ tvaccaraṇābjayugmaṃ viriṃcirudreṃdrakirīṭamagnam ..

> Where is the spotless pair of your lotus feet, submerged in the diadems of Viriñci, Rudra, and Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.8)

kvāhaṃ kudīnaḥ śakṛdasramāṃsamūtrāsthisaṃghaiḥ pihitastvacā vai .. 3 ..

> Where am I, wretched and base, covered indeed with skin over masses of feces, blood, flesh, urine, and bones? .. 3 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.9)

asārasaṃsāraparibhrameṇa śramāturastvāṃ kathamīśa jāne ..

> Tormented by fatigue through wandering in the worthless saṃsāra, how can I know you, O Lord?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.10)

jānaṃti te tvāṃ khalu devadeva yeṣāṃ bhavo duḥkhabhavaprakāśaḥ .. 4 ..

> They alone know you, O God of gods, for whom worldly existence is seen as a source of sorrow. .. 4 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.11)

prabho mayā duḥkhamanekajanmapāpārjitaṃ bhuktamanekabhāvam ..

> O Lord, I have suffered many kinds of sorrow earned by the sins of many births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.12)

śubhārjito yaḥ sukhaleśabhāvo nidarśanaṃ yanmadhupṛktatikte .. 5 ..

> Whatever particle of happiness is earned through good deeds is illustrated by bitter \[medicine\] mixed with honey. .. 5 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.13)

yadeva saukhyānubhavāya deva karmārjito me viṣayopabhogaḥ ..

> The enjoyment of sense objects acquired through deeds for the experience of pleasure, O God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.14)

sa eva duḥkhaṃ pariṇāmato me na madvidho duḥkhijano'sti cānyaḥ .. 6 ..

> that very thing turns into sorrow in the end for me, and there is no other suffering person like me. .. 6 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.15)

vibho yadi tvāṃ manasāpi pūrvamupāstamanyadviṣamekṣaṇo'ham..

> O all-pervading Lord, if I had worshiped you formerly even in thought, I who had a fragmented vision of other things,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.16)

kathaṃ tadālapsyamanekajanma punaḥ punarbhogyamaśeṣaduḥkham .. 7 ..

> how then would I have obtained endless sorrow, to be experienced again and again across many births? .. 7 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.17)

vibhutvadāsatvapitṛtvaputrapriyatvamātṛtvadhanitvabhāvaiḥ ..

> Through states of lordship, servility, fatherhood, sonship, love, motherhood, and wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.18)

vadhyatvahiṃsratvapatitvajāyābhāvaiśca tiryaktvasurādibhāvaiḥ .. 8 ..

> and through states of being executed, cruelty, husbandhood, wifehood, the state of animals, gods, and others, .. 8 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.19)

nīcorddhabhāvaṃ bahuśaḥ sakṛdvā bhavāṃgaṇe'smim̐nluṭhatānubhūtam ..

> low and high states have been experienced repeatedly or once, rolling about in this courtyard of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.20)

na vā murāre tava pādapadmadūrībhavasyeṣṭaphalaṃ hi caitat ..9..

> Or is this not indeed the desired fruit of being far from your lotus feet, O Murāri? .. 9 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.21)

kośaṃ balaṃ caitadaśeṣapṛthivīdhanairvṛtaṃ yauvanarūparūpyaḥ..

> This treasury and army, surrounded by the wealth of the entire earth, youth, beauty, silver,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.22)

mano'nukūlāḥ śataśaḥ striyaśca niṣkaṃṭakaṃ me nṛpamaṃḍalaṃ ca.. 2.2.20.10..

> hundreds of women pleasing to the mind, and my circle of kings free from thorns, .. 10 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.23)

sāmrājyatā cāpi bharo mahānme tvajjñānahīsya paśorivāyam..

> even the sovereignty is a great burden for me, who am devoid of knowledge of you, like a beast of burden.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.24)

bhārāvatāraṃ kuru me kṛpābdhe sadaiva tatrodita khedayogaḥ..11..

> Relieve my burden, O ocean of mercy, I who am constantly afflicted by grief arising therein. .. 11 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.25)

dīnānukaṃpinkariṇo vimuktiḥ kṛtā vibho tvatsmṛtimātrakeṇa..

> O all-pervading Lord, who show compassion to the wretched, liberation was granted to the elephant merely by remembering you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.26)

bhrāṃtaṃ ghaṭīyaṃtravadatra nātha māṃ trātumarhasyanukaṃpibhāvāt..12..

> you ought to protect me, wandering here like a waterwheel, O Lord, out of your compassionate nature. .. 12 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.27)

na me tvadanyaḥ khalu bandhuratra pravāhavibhraṣṭatarusvabhāve ..

> I truly have no other kinsman here, where my nature is like that of a tree carried away by a torrent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.28)

pāpīyasī buddhirupetabhāvā snehānubandhā viṣaye'bhibhedyā .. 13 ..

> My intellect is most sinful, filled with passions, bound by affection, and deeply engaged in sense objects. .. 13 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.29)

aharniśaṃ me tava pādapadmānnāpaitu matprārthitametadeva ..

> Day and night let it not wander away from your lotus feet; this alone is my prayer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.30)

tvāṃ saccidānaṃdasupūrṇasiṃdhuṃ prāptāstu ye janmasahasrabhāgyaiḥ .. 14 ..

> Those who, by the fortune of a thousand births, have reached you, the overflowing ocean of being, consciousness, and bliss, .. 14 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.31)

kiṃ te hi paśyaṃti lavaikasaukhyamanekaduḥkhaṃ viṣayendrajālam ..

> do they see the illusion of sense objects, with its fraction of pleasure and manifold sorrows?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.32)

kva bandhanaṃ karmabhiriṣṭaleśaduḥkhākaragraṃthiśatairabhedyam .. 15 ..

> Where is the bondage through actions, unbreakable with its hundreds of knots that are mines of sorrow for a fraction of desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.33)

anaṃtamādyaṃtavihīnamekamānaṃdadaṃ tvatpadapaṃkajaṃ kva ..

> and where is your single lotus foot, endless, without beginning or end, and bestowing bliss? .. 16 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.34)

māyāṃbudhau te mamatā bhramau ca kukarmanakrāyitagartamadhye .. 16 ..

> In the ocean of your māyā, my sense of 'mine' and delusion are within the pit where evil deeds act as crocodiles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.35)

nirāśrayaṃ me patitaṃ vilāsakaṭākṣapātena nayādya tīram ..

> Bring me, fallen without support, to the shore today by a playful glance of your eye.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.36)

svakāryasaṃsādhanayāśritānāṃ saṃpādanāyeṣṭavidherajasram.. 17 ..

> To accomplish the cherished goals of those who take refuge in you for the fulfillment of their own duties,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.37)

bhrāmyaṃtamātmīyahitaṃ visṛjya māṃ trāhi mūḍhaṃ sahajānukaṃpin ..

> save me, a fool wandering about, having cast aside his own welfare, O you who are inherently compassionate, .. 18 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.38)

kṣudrāya kāryāya bahu bhramaṃtamaprāpya mūlaṃ parameśvaraṃ tvām.. 18 ..

> wandering greatly for a petty purpose, not having reached you, the root, the Supreme Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.39)

oṃ āyāsapātraṃ paramaṃ sudīnaṃ māṃ trāhi viṣṇo jagadekavaṃdya ..

> Oṃ! Save me, an extreme vessel of toil, deeply wretched, O Viṣṇu, the sole adorable one of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.40)

vedāṃtavedyāvyaya viśvanātha tatvamīśiṣe haṃtumaghaugharāśīn .. 19..

> O imperishable Lord of the universe, knowable through Vedānta, you are indeed able to destroy the heaps of accumulated sins. .. 19 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.41)

taṃ tvāṃ parityajya sukhaikahetuṃ kṣudrāśayaṃ māṃ paripāhi viṣṇo..

> Protect me, who am of petty resolve, having abandoned you, the sole cause of happiness, O Viṣṇu!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.42)

prasupta eṣo'khilabhūtasaṃghaścaturvidho yatkṛtamoharātrau..2.2.20.20..

> All this fourfold multitude of beings is asleep in the night of delusion created by you; .. 20 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.43)

tvajñānabhānūdayametya cāṃte prabodhyate tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye..

> and upon the rising of the sun of knowledge of you, it is awakened in the end. I take refuge in you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.44)

tvameka evākhilalokakarttā phaṇāsahasraiḥ parivītamūrtiḥ..21 ..

> You alone are the creator of all the worlds, your form surrounded by thousands of hoods. .. 21 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.45)

paryāyavṛttyā balināṃ variṣṭha tvāmiśitāraṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye..

> Supreme among the strong through your rotating course, I take refuge in you, the ruler!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.46)

yayā sṛjasyatsi jagaṃti nātha vakṣaḥsarojāsanayā svaśaktyā .. 22 !.  
tāṃ bhadrarūpāṃ jagadāśrayāṃ te devāraṇiṃ pādayuge nato'smi ..

> By which innate power you create and consume the worlds, O Lord, seated on the lotus of your chest, / to that auspicious form of yours, the refuge of the universe, the kindling-stick of the gods, I bow at her two feet. ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.47)

yadaṃśujālapratisṛṣṭametadbrahmāṃḍajālaṃ karasaṃgi nātha..23..

> By whose mass of rays this network of universes is fashioned, held in your hand, O Lord, .. 23 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.48)

sudarśanaṃ daityabalasya haṃtṛ cakrābhidhaṃ tvāṃ praṇataḥ sudarśanam..

> Sudarśana, the slayer of the demon army, named Cakra: I bow to you, Sudarśana!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.49)

stutvetthaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭhaḥ sāṣṭāṃga praṇanāma saḥ.. 24..

> Having thus praised \[him\], that best of kings prostrated with all eight limbs. .. 24 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.50)

paritrāhi jagannātha magnaṃ saṃsārasāgare..

> \[Saying:\] 'Rescue \[me\], O Lord of the universe, drowned in the ocean of saṃsāra!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.51)

anāthabandho kṛpayā dīnaṃ māṃ tamasākulam..25..

> O friend of the helpless, through mercy \[rescue\] me, wretched and overwhelmed by darkness!' .. 25 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.52)

nārada uvāca..

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

### [2.2.20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.53)

jaya jaya nārāyaṇa apārabhavasāgarottāraparāyaṇa sanakasanaṃdanasanātanaprabhṛti yogivaraviciṃtyamānadivyatattva svamāyāvilasitādhyāsapariṇa mitāśeṣabhūtatattva  
tritattva tridaṇḍadhara triṇāciketatrimadhutrisuparṇopagīyamānadivyajñāna cchandomaya svāsanasuparṇapriya bhaktapriya bhaktajanaikavatsala svamāyājālavyavahitasvarūpa viśvarūpa viśvaprakāśa viśvatomukha viśvatokṣi viśvataḥśravaṇa viśvataḥpādaśirogrīva viśvahastanāsārasanātvakkeśalomaliṃga sarvalokātmaka sarvalokasukhāvaha sarvalokopakāraka sarvalokanamaskṛta līlāvilasitakoṭipadmodbhava rudreṃdramarudaśvisādhyasiddhagaṇapraṇatāśeṣasurāsuratribhuvanaguro na kasyāpi jñānagocara namaste namaste .. 26 ..

> Victory, victory, O Nārāyaṇa, devoted to carrying \[souls\] across the boundless ocean of existence; whose divine reality is meditated upon by the foremost yogins such as Sanaka, Sanandana, and Sanātana; by whom all elemental principles have been transformed through the superimposition displayed by your own māyā; / O you who embody the three realities, bearer of the triple staff, whose divine knowledge is sung by the Triṇāciketa, Trimadhu, and Trisuparṇa hymns; composed of Vedic meters, fond of Suparṇa, your own seat; dear to devotees, singularly affectionate to devout people; whose true nature is hidden by the veil of your own māyā; universal-formed, illuminator of the universe, facing all directions, with eyes everywhere, with ears everywhere, with feet, heads, and necks everywhere, with hands, noses, tongues, skin, hair, body hair, and liṅga everywhere; soul of all worlds, bringing happiness to all worlds, benefactor of all worlds, saluted by all worlds; from whose lotus of play millions of lotus-born \[Brahmās\] arise; to whom all gods and demons of the three worlds bow down, along with Rudra, Indra, the Maruts, the Aśvins, the Sādhyas, and hosts of Siddhas; teacher of the three worlds; ungraspable by anyone's intellect: obeisance to you, obeisance! .. 26 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.54)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.55)

anye ca ye nṛpatayaḥ śrotriyā vedapāragāḥ ..

> And the other kings, learned scholars who have mastered the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.56)

munayo dvijāḥ kṣatriyāśca vidvāṃso vaiśyajātayaḥ .. 27 ..

> sages, twice-born, kṣatriyas, learned men, and vaiśyas .. 27 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.57)

astuvanpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ balinaṃ bhadrayā saha ..

> praised the lotus-eyed, the strong one together with Bhadrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.58)

sūktaiḥ stotraiḥ purāṇaiśca kavitābhiryathā tathā .. 28 ..

> with Vedic hymns, praises, purāṇas, and poetic verses as best they could. .. 28 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.59)

atheṃdradyumnaḥ provāca purodhasamakalmaṣam ..

> Then Indradyumna addressed the sinless family priest  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.60)

pūjārthaṃ vāsudevasya upacāropasaṃskṛtam .. 29 ..

> to perform the worship of Vāsudeva prepared with ceremonial offerings. .. 29 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.61)

svayaṃ sa nṛpatiśreṣṭhaḥ pūjayāmāsa tānkramāt ..

> That best of kings himself worshiped them in proper sequence  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.62)

nāradasyopadeśena vidhinā maṃtratastathā .. 2.2.20.30 ..

> according to the instruction of Nārada, following the rules and through mantras. .. 30 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.63)

dvādaśākṣaramaṃtreṇa balabhadramapūjayat ..

> With the twelve-syllable mantra he worshiped Balabhadra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.64)

yamupāsya dhruvaḥ sthānaṃ prāptavānuttamottamam .. 31 ..

> by worshiping whom Dhruva attained the supreme state. .. 31 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.65)

trayīprasiddhaṃ yatsūktaṃ pāvanaṃ pauruṣaṃ mahat ..

> With the great, purifying Puruṣasūkta celebrated in the three Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.66)

tena nārāyaṇaṃ bhūpaḥ pūjayāmāsa śaktitaḥ .. 32 ..

> the king worshiped Nārāyaṇa according to his ability; .. 32 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.67)

devyāḥ sūktena bhadrāṃ tāṃ saudarśanyā sudarśanam ..

> with the Devīsūkta \[he worshiped\] that Bhadrā, and with the Saudarśanī \[hymn he worshiped\] Sudarśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.68)

yathāsamṛddhi bhaktyā tānpūjayitvā nṛpottamaḥ .. 33 ..

> Having worshipped them with devotion according to his wealth, that best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.69)

tatprītyai dvijamukhyebhyo dadau dānāni bhaktitaḥ ..

> for their pleasure, bestowed gifts with devotion upon the foremost brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.70)

tulāpuruṣadānāni mahādānāni pārthivaḥ .. 34 ..

> great gifts, gifts of gold measured against one's weight, the king \[gave\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.71)

aśvamedhāṃgabhūtāśca koṭiśo gā dadau tadā ..

> And as ancillary elements of the horse sacrifice, he then gave crores of cows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.72)

alaṃkṛtāstathānyāśca dadau gā bahudakṣiṇāḥ .. 35 ..

> he likewise gave other adorned cows accompanied by abundant priestly fees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.73)

tāsāṃ khuroddhṛteryogādgartobhūddvijasattamāḥ ..

> From the digging up of the earth by their hooves, O best of brahmins, a ditch arose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.74)

dānāṃbunā sa pūrṇo vai tīrthamāsīnmahāphalam .. 36 ..

> Filled indeed with the water poured in gift-giving, it became a sacred ford yielding great fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.75)

tasminsnātvā pitṝndevānsaṃtarpya vidhivannaraḥ ..

> Having bathed in it and properly gratified the ancestors and the gods, a man  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.76)

aśvamedhasahasrasya phalamāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ .. 37 ..

> attains the fruit of a thousand horse sacrifices; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.77)

nāmnā khyātaṃ sarastasya indradyumnasya bhūpateḥ ..

> That lake became renowned by the name of King Indradyumna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.78)

nirvapatyatra piṃḍāṃśca pitṝnuddiśya mānavaḥ .. 38 ..

> If a mortal offers balls of rice here dedicated to the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.79)

kulaikaviṃśamuddhatya brahmaloke mahīyate ..

> he delivers twenty-one generations of his family and is honored in the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.80)

nātaḥ parataraṃ tīrthaṃ hayamedhāṃgasaṃbhavāt .. 39 ..

> No sacred ford is superior to this, since it arose as a part of the horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.81)

indradyumnasya sarasaḥ syādvā tripathagā samā ..

> Or perhaps the lake of Indradyumna is equal to the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.82)

tataḥ prāsādaghaṭanāmupacakrāma bhūpatiḥ .. 2.2.20.40 ..

> Thereupon the king set about the construction of the temple,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.83)

śubhe kāle sunakṣatre daivajñavidhicodite ..

> at an auspicious time, under a favorable lunar mansion prescribed by astrological rules,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.84)

samuhūrte nāradādīnbrāhmaṇāgryānprapūjya ca .. 41 ..

> at an auspicious hour, having worshipped the foremost brahmins headed by Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.85)

svastivācaṃ ca karmarddhiṃ vācayitvā nṛpottamaḥ ..

> Having had words of blessing and the success of the undertaking recited, that best of kings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.86)

arghyaṃ dadau jagannāthaṃ smaranprāsādaveśmani .. 42 ..

> offered arghya at the site of the temple, remembering the Lord of the Universe (Jagannātha).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.87)

vasudhāṃ prārthayitvā tu sthānamācaṃdratārakam ..

> And having prayed to the Earth for a place to last as long as the moon and stars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.88)

śilpinaḥ pūjayāmāsa vāstuyāgapuraḥsaram .. 43 ..

> he honored the artisans, preceding it with the sacrifice to the deity of the site.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.89)

mahotsavaṃ tathā cakre gītavādyaiḥ prabhūtakaiḥ ..

> He also arranged a great festival with abundant singing and musical instruments;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.90)

dīnānāthavipannebhyo dadau vastu yathepsitam .. 44 ..

> he gave desired objects to the poor, the helpless, and the distressed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.91)

rājño visarjayāmāsa bahumānapuraḥsaram ..

> He dismissed the kings with great respect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.92)

kṛtārthānavatāraṃ taṃ harerdṛṣṭvā hatāṃhasaḥ .. 45 ..

> who had accomplished their purpose and had their sins destroyed upon seeing that incarnation of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.93)

tataḥ sa koṭiśo vittaṃ dadau pāṣāṇadārake ..

> Then that best of kings gave wealth by the crores for stone-cutting  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.94)

āhṛtau bahudeśebhyo dṛṣadāṃ pārthivottamaḥ .. 46 ..

> and for fetching stones from many lands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.95)

uvācedaṃ mudā yuktaḥ sabhāyāṃ pṛthivīdharaḥ ..

> Filled with joy, the ruler of the earth said this in the assembly:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.96)

aṣṭādaśabhyo dvīpebhyo yanmayā pauruṣārjitam .. 47 ..

> "Whatever was acquired by my prowess from the eighteen continents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.97)

tatsarvaṃ jagadīśasya prāsādāyāpavarjitam ..

> all of that has been dedicated to the temple of the Lord of the Universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.98)

jaitrayātrāprasaṃgena śramo labdhastu yo mayā .. 48 ..

> Whatever toil was endured by me in the course of victory expeditions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.99)

saphalo'stu sa me viṣṇoḥ prāsādāyārthayogataḥ ..

> may that become fruitful for me through the expenditure of wealth for the temple of Viṣṇu!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.100)

ataḥ paraṃ me kiṃ bhāgyaṃ carācaraguruṃ harim .. 49 ..

> What fortune for me could be higher than this, that Hari, the teacher of moving and unmoving beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.101)

prasādayiṣye saṃpattyā bhujadvaṃdvārjitaśriyā ..

> I shall propitiate with the wealth and prosperity acquired by the pair of my arms?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.102)

śrīḥ sadā puṇḍarīkākṣe śriyonugrahajā mama .. 2.2.20.50 ..

> Prosperity is ever in the lotus-eyed one; my prosperity was born of her favor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.103)

kiṃ kartumīśastasyāṃ vai devadevasya cakriṇaḥ ..

> What indeed could one do without her favor toward the God of gods, the disc-bearer?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.104)

kaṭākṣapāto yasya syāttasya śrīḥ sarvatomukhī .. 51 ..

> He upon whom his sidelong glance falls has all-pervading prosperity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.105)

aṣṭādaśātmikā devī jihvāgre cāsya nṛtyati ..

> and the goddess consisting of the eighteen \[sciences\] dances at the tip of his tongue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.106)

yamārādhya jagannāthaṃ brahmatvaṃ prāptavānvidhiḥ .. 52 ..

> By worshipping whom, the Lord of the Universe, Brahmā attained the state of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.107)

rudro maheśvaratvaṃ ca śakrastridivarājatām ..

> Rudra \[attained\] the status of Maheśvara, and Indra the kingship of the heavenly world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.108)

lebhe tamarcya jagatāmarcayiṣyāmi śāśvatam.. 53 ..

> having worshipped him who is worshipped by the world, I shall worship the Eternal One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.109)

jitaṃ tena tridhā rāśībhūtamaṃho mahātmanā ..

> By that great-souled one the threefold accumulation of sins is conquered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.110)

sāṃgopāṃgena vidhinā yena kṛṣṇaḥ samarcitaḥ .. 54 ..

> by whom Kṛṣṇa has been worshipped according to the rule, with all his ancillaries and secondary parts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.111)

kalevaramidaṃ kṣetraṃ yatrāhaṃkāravānvibhuḥ ..

> This sacred field is the body, wherein the all-pervading Lord assumes identity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.112)

āvirbhāvatirobhāvau sthitirnityā hi yatprabhuḥ .. 55 ..

> for appearance, disappearance, and permanent abiding are of the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.113)

atra sākṣādvapuṣmantaṃ saṃpūjya jagatāṃ gurum ..

> Here, having directly worshipped in bodily form the teacher of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.114)

sākṣātkṛtārtho bhavati caturvargasya bhājanam .. 56 ..

> one directly attains one's goal, becoming a recipient of the four aims of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.115)

bahuvyayā''yāsato yā rājyaṛddhirmayārjitā ..

> Whatever royal prosperity has been acquired by me through great expenditure and exertion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.116)

asyaivānugrahātsā tu saphalāstu padāṃbuje .. 57 ..

> may that become fruitful at his lotus feet through his very grace!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.117)

sarvopacāraiḥ paripūjya devaṃ dravyairhṛtaiḥ sāgaramekhalāyāḥ ..

> Having fully worshipped the God with all offerings, with materials brought from the sea-girdled earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.118)

yāvatsamāpnoti hi karmapākaḥ sāmrājyayātrā saphalā hi māstu .. 58 ..

> until the ripening of my deeds is complete, may the undertaking of my sovereignty not be in vain!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.119)

kiṃ dravyajātaṃ khalu yena viṣṇuṃ nopāharetsāṃgamapetakalmaṣaḥ ..

> What is the use of an abundance of wealth by which, free from taint, one does not offer everything to Viṣṇu?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.120)

kiṃ pauruṣeyaṃ yadi vāsudevaparicchado yena na sādhito me .. 59 ..

> What is the use of manly prowess if by it the worshipful service of Vāsudeva has not been accomplished by me?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.20.121)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaimini ṛṣisaṃvāde viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 20 ..

> Thus ends the twentieth chapter in the Praise of the Sacred Field of Puruṣottama, in the Vaiṣṇava Section, in the compilation of eighty-one thousand verses, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the dialogue of the sage Jaimini.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.20.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kapilapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.kapila.3.39) — Sanskrit

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