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# Skandapurana 2.2.22

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.1)

.. .. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.2)

rājātha tamuvācedaṃ nirlakṣya gamanaṃ katham ..

> Then the king said to him: "How can you go without a destination?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.3)

ayaṃ puṣparatho'styeva manaso vegavānmune .. 1 ..

> Here is a flower-chariot, O sage, as swift as thought itself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.4)

enamāruhya yāsyāvaḥ kṣaṇaṃ tāvatpratīkṣyatām ..

> Having mounted this, we two will go; wait just for a moment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.5)

yāvadetānanujñāpya prāsāde hyadhikāriṇaḥ .. 2 ..

> while I take leave of these superintendents at the temple  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.6)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vibhumāyāmi munisattama ..

> and circumambulate the Lord; then I shall come, O best of sages!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.7)

nārado'pi vacaḥ śrutvā śraddadhāno nṛpoktiṣu .. 3 ..

> Hearing his word, Nārada too, trusting the king's words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.8)

kareṇa dhṛtvā rājānaṃ mahāvedīṃ praviśya ca ..

> took the king by the hand and entered the great altar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.9)

sahitaṃ rāmabhadrābhyāṃ natvā kṛṣṇaṃ muhurmuhuḥ ..

> Bowing again and again to Kṛṣṇa, who was accompanied by Rāma and Bhadrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.10)

anujñāṃ prārthayāmāsa brahmalokagatiṃ prati .. 4 ..

> he requested permission to depart for the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.11)

indradyumno'pi vacasā manasā vapuṣā harim ..

> Indradyumna also, with word, mind, and body, circumambulated Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.12)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya punarnatvā sāṣṭāṃgamunmanāḥ ..

> bowed again with prostrations of the eight limbs, and with an elevated mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.13)

brahmalokagatiṃ viprā yācate sma kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 5 ..

> O brahmins, begged with folded hands for departure to the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.14)

ubhau tau divyayānena jagmaturmunibhūbhṛtau ..

> Both of them, the sage and the king, departed in the celestial vehicle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.15)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya raviṃ vyomamaṇḍalamadhyagam ..

> Having circumambulated the sun stationed in the midst of the vault of the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.16)

uparyupari jagmāte vyatītya dhruvamaṃḍalam .. 6 ..

> they went higher and higher, having passed the realm of the Pole Star.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.17)

janalokagataiḥ siddhaiḥ satvarāvanatonmukhaiḥ ..

> Looked upon by the Siddhas in Janaloka, who quickly bowed with upturned faces,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.18)

vīkṣyamāṇau mudā yuktau saṃlapaṃtau parasparam .. 7 ..

> filled with joy, they were conversing with one another  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.19)

bhagavaccaritaṃ viprā manomalaviśodhanam ..

> about the deeds of the Lord, O brahmins, which purify the impurities of the mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.20)

jīvanmukto muniśreṣṭhaḥ sarvalokānbhramannayam ..

> "This best of sages, liberated while living, wanders through all the worlds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.21)

yathānupahatavrajyastathāyaṃ martyavāsyapi .. 8 ..

> with his course unimpeded; just so, this dweller on the mortal plane,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.22)

bhūpatiḥ prayayau śīghraṃ viṣṇubhaktiprasādataḥ ..

> the king, has gone swiftly through the grace of devotion to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.23)

brahmāṃḍaviṣaye naitadduṣprāpyaṃ vastu vidyate .. 9 ..

> In the realm of the cosmos there is no object difficult to obtain  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.24)

viṣṇubhaktena yallabhyamathavā muktimeti saḥ ..

> that cannot be gained by a devotee of Viṣṇu, or else he attains liberation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.25)

maharlokagataiḥ siddhaiḥ sādarābhyarcitau ca tau .. 2.2.22.10 ..

> And the two were respectfully worshiped by the Siddhas stationed in Maharloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.26)

indradyumno na sasmāra pārthivaṃ vāsamātmanaḥ ..

> Indradyumna did not remember his earthly dwelling  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.27)

kramādūrdhvagatirgacchanpaśyansaukhyaikabhājanān .. 11 ..

> as he went along, rising higher by degrees, seeing those who are receptacles solely of happiness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.28)

nirdvaṃdvānabhilāṣottha tatkṣaṇānekapauruṣān ..

> free from dualities, whose many achievements arise instantly without desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.29)

kevalaṃ bhagavatprītyai karmabhūmau cakāra yat .. 12 ..

> \[Remembering\] what he had done in the world of works solely for the pleasure of the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.30)

prāsādaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa saṃpūrṇo vā na vā bhavet ..

> he worried about the temple: "Will it be completed or not?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.31)

mayyāgate brahmalokaṃ śatrubhirvābhibhūyate .. 13 ..

> With me gone to the world of Brahmā, will it be overwhelmed by enemies?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.32)

ślathādarā vā bhūyāsuḥ sevakā dravyalobhataḥ ..

> Or will the servants become slack in their respect out of greed for wealth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.33)

gṛhītavetanāḥ śilpivṛṃdā maṃdakriyāstathā ..

> Likewise, will the crowds of artisans, having received their wages, become sluggish in their work  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.34)

na śīghraṃ ghaṭayiṣyaṃti mayi brahmakṣayāgate .. 14 ..

> and not construct it quickly, now that I have gone to the abode of Brahmā?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.35)

yāvadgamiṣye dhātāraṃ gṛhītvāhaṃ caturmukham ..

> Before I return, having fetched the four-faced Creator,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.36)

tāvanna punareva syātprāsādo mayi dūrage .. 15 ..

> may the temple not perish while I am far away?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.37)

ihāyātāstu ye pūrve na punaste kṣitiṃ gatāḥ ..

> Thinking, 'Those who came here before never returned to earth,'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.38)

manvānā mama sāmaṃtā itthaṃ vā duṣṭamānasāḥ ..

> will my feudatories, evil-minded in this way,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.39)

rājyaṃ mamāhariṣyaṃti dviṣataḥ kimu sāṃpratam .. 16 ..

> now seize my kingdom, since they are hostile?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.40)

itthaṃ suvignamanasā ciṃtayānaṃ mahīpatim ..

> To the king who was thus anxious and brooding with an agitated mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.41)

atītānāgatajñānanidhirmuniruvāca tam .. 17 ..

> the sage, a treasury of knowledge of the past and future, said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.42)

kiṃ ciṃtayasi rājeṃdra tvamevaṃ dīnamānasaḥ ..

> "Why are you anxious, O best of kings, with such a dejected mind?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.43)

yatra cābhyāgatāvāvāṃ na ciṃtāviṣayo hyayam ..18..

> where both of us have arrived; for this is no realm of anxiety.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.44)

nādhayo vyādhayaścātra prabhavaṃti kadācana ..

> Neither mental distress nor bodily diseases ever have power here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.45)

na jarā na ca vā mṛtyuḥ kimanyaduḥkhahetukam .. 19 ..

> there is no old age and no death. What else could cause sorrow?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.46)

kṛtārtho'si mahābhāga yanmānuṣavapuḥ svayam ..

> You have attained your goal, O fortunate one, in that in your very human body  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.47)

brahmalokamihāyātaḥ pratyakṣaṃ dṛṣṭavānharim .. 2.2.22.20 ..

> you have come here to the world of Brahmā and have beheld Hari face to face.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.48)

ihāyātā na śocaṃti heye saṃsārakalpake ..

> Those who have come here do not grieve over the worthless, fleeting worldly existence."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.49)

bruvāṇamitthaṃ bhūpālastamuvāca munīśvaram .. 21 ..

> To him speaking thus, the king replied to that lord of sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.50)

śocāmi bhagavanrājñaḥ svajanabandhuṣu..

> "O venerable one, I grieve on account of the king's kinsfolk and relatives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.51)

samārabdho bhagavataḥ prāsādo yo mayādhunā.. 22..

> The temple of the Lord which was begun by me just now—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.52)

atrāgataṃ māṃ te jñātvā nānutiṣṭhaṃti sevakāḥ..

> knowing that I have come here, my attendants will not carry it out.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.53)

ārabdhasya pratiṣṭhā hi kartavyā niścitā mune.. 23..

> The consecration of what has been begun must surely be performed, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.54)

tasyāṃtarāyaṃ saṃbhāvya duḥkhitaṃ me manaḥ prabho..

> Conceiving an obstacle to that, my mind is grieved, O lord."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.55)

tasya tadvacaṃ śrutvā prahasya munirabravīt.. 24..

> Hearing his words, the sage smiled and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.56)

prajāpatisamatvaṃ hi na tu sāmānyabhūpatiḥ..

> "Indeed, \[you have\] equality with Prajāpati; you are no ordinary king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.57)

kenāpyapakṛtaṃ naiva bhūmau pūrvairanuṣṭhitam.. 25..

> Never has what was undertaken by the ancients on earth been ruined by anyone;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.58)

kiṃ punastava kṛtyaṃ tu yaḥ sṛṣṭisthitihānikṛt ..

> how much less your deed, \[done by you\] who effect the creation, maintenance, and destruction \[of kingdoms\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.59)

brahmalokaṃ gatasyādya pratāpayaśasā tava .. 26 ..

> Though you have gone to the world of Brahmā today, through your majesty and renown,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.60)

trailokye bhramato nityaṃ yathā sūryaniśākarau ..

> which constantly wander through the three worlds like the sun and the moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.61)

yasya kāryeṣu bhagavānsahāyo'sau caturmukhaḥ .. 27 ..

> in whose deeds the four-faced Lord himself is a helper—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.62)

teṣu kiṃ rājaśārdūla vighnaśaṃkāpi jāyate ..

> in those deeds, O tiger among kings, can even a suspicion of an obstacle arise?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.63)

eṣa dūre'sti rājeṃdra pratyakṣaṃ yastava dviṣām .. 28 ..

> He who is before your enemies, O king of kings, stands afar \[from you\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.64)

sadomadhya gataḥ śakraḥ sākṣāttrijagatīpatiḥ ..

> Śakra himself, the lord of the three worlds, seated in the assembly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.65)

viśeṣato jagannāthaprāsāde kaḥ pumānnṛpa .. 29 ..

> Especially regarding the temple of Jagannātha, O king, what man  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.66)

nihaṃtuṃ manasāpīcchettatra śaṃkāstu mā tava ..

> would desire even in his mind to destroy it? Let there be no doubt of yours in this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.67)

tadagrataḥ paśya bhūpa caṃdrakoṭisamatviṣā .. 2.2.22.30 ..

> Look before you, O king: with a luster equal to ten million moons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.68)

parito hlādajanakaḥ sudhāsāgarakoṭivat ..

> producing delight all around like ten million oceans of nectar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.69)

yaścāyaṃ tejasāṃ rāśirjānīhi brahmasadmanaḥ .. 31 ..

> know this mass of splendors to be that of the abode of Brahmā."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.70)

itthamālapatastau tu brahmalokāṃtikaṃ gatau ..

> Conversing in this manner, the two reached the vicinity of the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.71)

śuśruvāte sudūrāttau brahmarṣīṇāṃ mukhodgatam .. 32 ..

> From far away, both heard emerging from the mouths of the brahmin-seers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.72)

svādhyāyaśabdaṃ supadaṃ spaṣṭavarṇakramasvaram ..

> the sound of Vedic recitation, with well-formed words and clear accents, letters, and order—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.73)

itihāsapurāṇāni cchaṃdaḥ kalpāni gāthikāḥ .. 33 ..

> the epics, the Purāṇas, the meters, the rituals, and the verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.74)

asaṃkīrṇojjvalapadaṃ śrūyate pravibhāgaśaḥ ..

> Unconfused, luminous speech was heard distinctly in its divisions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.75)

atraitadrājaśārdūla jānīhi brahmaṇaḥ puram .. 34 ..

> "Know this, O tiger among kings, to be the city of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.76)

sabhā hi dṛśyate caiṣā yatra lokapitāmahaḥ ..

> And here is seen the assembly where the Grandfather of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.77)

sārddhaṃ brahmarṣimukhyaiśca sukhāsīnaścaturmukhaḥ .. 35 ..

> the four-faced one, is comfortably seated together with the foremost brahmin-seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.78)

nānā caitanyaśabalairjīvanmuktairupāsitaḥ ..

> attended by those liberated while living, variegated by diverse consciousnesses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.79)

yatrāgatāni varttaṃte na saṃsārābdhisaṃkaṭe .. 36 ..

> those who have arrived here are not caught in the distress of the ocean of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.80)

saditi brahmaṇo nāma tasyāyaṃ bhuvanottamaḥ ..

> 'Sat' is the name of Brahmā; this highest of worlds belongs to him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.81)

satyaloka iti khyātastadūrdhvaṃ nāsti kiṃcana .. 38 ..

> known as Satyaloka; above it there is nothing at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.82)

asyaiva kiṃcidupari adhaścāṃḍakapālataḥ ..

> Just slightly above this, and below the cosmic egg's shell,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.83)

vaikuṇṭhabhuvanaṃ rājanmuktā yatra vasaṃti vai .. 38 ..

> is the realm of Vaikuṇṭha, O king, where the liberated dwell,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.84)

yatra yogīśvaraḥ sākṣādyogiciṃtyo janārdanaḥ ..

> where Janārdana, the lord of yogins directly contemplated by yogins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.85)

caitanyavapurāste vai sāṃdrānaṃdātmakaḥ prabhuḥ .. 39 ..

> the Lord whose body is consciousness and whose nature is dense bliss, abides,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.86)

yaṃ prāpya na nivarttaṃte mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani ..

> having attained whom they do not return to the path of mortal worldly existence;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.87)

yamupāste sadā brahmā jīvanmuktaiḥ svamuktaye .. 2.2.22.40 ..

> whom Brahmā constantly worships with those liberated while living for his own liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.88)

kalpitasyāyuṣonte'sāvebhiḥ sārddhaṃ prapadyate ..

> At the end of his allotted lifespan, he merges into him together with these \[beings\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.89)

sa eṣa sraṣṭā lokānāṃ matsyakūrmādirūpadhṛk .. 41 ..

> He is the creator of the worlds, who assumes forms such as the fish and the tortoise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.90)

rakṣitā raudrarūpeṇa saṃharttā lokabhāvanaḥ ..

> the protector, the destroyer in his terrible form, the creator of the universe."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.91)

indradyumnaṃ vadannitthaṃ prāpa brahmaniketanam .. 42 ..

> Speaking thus to Indradyumna, he reached the dwelling of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.92)

kṣaṇena ca sabhādvāri prakoṣṭhe sa nyavartata ..

> And in an instant he arrived at the forecourt at the door of the assembly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.93)

yatra tiṣṭhanti dikpālāḥ śakrādyāḥ paritastathā .. 43 ..

> where the guardians of the directions, Śakra and others, were standing all around,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.94)

cirakālaṃ dhyānaparāstathā manvaṃtarādhipāḥ ..

> engaged in meditation for a long time, and likewise the lords of the manvantaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.95)

pṛthagjananibhā dvāḥsthaniṣiddhāṃtaḥ praveśanāḥ ..44 ..

> resembling common men, forbidden entry inside by the doorkeeper.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.96)

indradyumnena sahitaṃ nāradaṃ pravilokya saḥ ..

> Beholding Nārada accompanied by Indradyumna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.97)

dvārapālaḥ savinayaṃ nanāmānatakandharaḥ .. 45 ..

> the doorkeeper bowed with humility, bending his neck:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.98)

caturdaśānāṃ lokānāṃ bhramaṇe rasika prabho ..

> "O lord, who delight in wandering through the fourteen worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.99)

tvayā vinā śobhate no svāmiṃstava pituḥ sabhā .. 46 ..

> without you, O master, your father's assembly does not shine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.100)

saṃtyeva munayaḥ śreṣṭhā brāhmaṇā brahmavidvarāḥ ..

> Though there are indeed excellent sages, brahmins, foremost among knowers of Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.101)

gautamādyāstathāpyeṣā na ramyā brahmaṇaḥ sabhā .. 47 ..

> Gautama and others, nevertheless this assembly of Brahmā is not delightful \[without you\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.102)

bahutārā surajanī caṃdreṇeva prakāśate ..

> A night of the gods, though having many stars, shines only by the moon."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.103)

iti stuvandadau tasya praveśaṃ vinayānvitaḥ .. 48 ..

> Praising him thus, filled with humility, he granted him entrance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.22.104)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 22 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-second chapter in the Puruṣottamakṣetra-māhātmya, in the second, Vaiṣṇava section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses, in the dialogue of the seer Jaimini. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.22.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śāktapramoda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.saktapramoda.7.144) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.9.3) — Sanskrit

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