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# Skandapurana 2.2.23

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.2)

dauvārikāya rājarṣiriṃdradyumno mahāyaśāḥ ..

> To the gatekeeper, \[Nārada said\]: “The royal seer Indradyumna of great renown,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.3)

sārvabhaumo vaiṣṇavāgryo dhātāraṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ .. 1 ..

> a universal monarch and foremost of Vaiṣṇavas, has arrived to see the Creator.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.4)

yātvayaṃ puratastasya yadi tvamanumanyase ..

> Let him go before him, if you consent.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.5)

ityuktastaṃ punaḥ prāha nāradaṃ maṇikodaraḥ .. 2 ..

> Addressed thus, Maṇikodara spoke again to Nārada:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.6)

svāmiṃstvayāgato yo'sau na sāmānyo hi budhyate ..

> “Master, this one who has arrived with you is indeed not understood to be an ordinary person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.7)

yatra paśyasi dikpālānpitṝnmanvaṃtarādhipān .. 3 ..

> Where you see the guardians of the directions, the ancestors, and the lords of the manvantaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.8)

tatrāyaṃ marttyanilayastiṣṭhedapi hi pauruṣam ..

> there this mortal dweller might indeed take his stand; such is his valour!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.9)

bhavāngatvā padmayoniṃ vijñāpyainaṃ praveśaya .. 4 ..

> Go yourself to the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], inform him, and then bring him in.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.10)

sabhādvāragato yo'sau dikpālaiḥ saha yāsyati ..

> He who stands at the entrance of the assembly hall shall enter along with the guardians of the directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.11)

ekāgracitto bhagavāngāyane caturānanaḥ .. 5 ..

> The four-faced Lord is one-pointed in mind toward the singer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.12)

asmākaṃ dvāri yuktānāṃ pratīkṣyo'vasaro dhruvam ..

> We who are stationed at the door must certainly wait for the right moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.13)

na krodho mayi karttavyo dāse tava pituśca te ..6..

> No anger should be directed toward me, a servant of yours and of your father.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.14)

ityukto nārado gatvā brahmāṇaṃ jagatāṃ patim ..

> Thus spoken to, Nārada went to Brahmā, the lord of the worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.15)

natvā sāṣṭāṃgapatanaṃ vijñapto vasudhādhipaḥ .. 7 ..

> bowing down with an eight-limbed prostration, he reported the lord of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.16)

kaṭākṣeṇādiśatso'tha indradyumnapraveśanam ..

> Then, with a side glance, he indicated the admission of Indradyumna;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.17)

novāca kiṃcidbhagavāngāne dattāvadhānataḥ .. 8 ..

> the Lord did not say anything, because his attention was fixed on the singing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.18)

divyagāyanasaṃgīte kautukāviṣṭamānasaḥ ..

> His mind was captivated with delight by the music of the celestial singer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.19)

jñātveṃgitaṃ nārado'tha iṃdradyumnaṃ nṛpottamam ..

> Understanding the gesture, Nārada then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.20)

praveśayāmāsa tataḥ śakrādyaiḥ sunirīkṣitaḥ .. 9 ..

> brought in the best of kings, Indradyumna, who was closely observed by Śakra and the others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.21)

dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaṃ dūrātsraṣṭāraṃ jagatāṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> Seeing from afar the Grandfather, the creator of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.22)

amanyata dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sākṣāddārumayaṃ harim .. 2.2.23.10 ..

> the king considered him, O best of the twice-born, to be Hari in wooden form visibly manifest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.23)

śanaiḥ śanairyayau bhūpaḥ praṇamaṃśca kṛtāṃjaliḥ ..

> Very slowly the king advanced, bowing down with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.24)

stuvannamanpraṇipatansādhvasaskhalitaṃ vrajan ..

> praising, bending low, prostrating, walking with steps faltering from awe;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.25)

kiṃciddūre sthito bhūpo nāradasya nideśataḥ .. 11 ..

> at a little distance the king stood, by Nārada's direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.26)

tataḥ puṇyaṃ gīyamānaṃ caritaṃ siṃdhujāpateḥ ..

> Then, listening to the holy deed of the lord of the ocean's daughter being sung,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.27)

śṛṇvaṃścaturmukhastasthau muhūrttaṃ dvijapuṃgavāḥ .. 12 ..

> the four-faced one remained for a moment, O bulls among the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.28)

sāvitrīśāradābhyāṃ ca vījyamānastu pārśvayoḥ ..

> being fanned on both flanks by Sāvitrī and Śāradā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.29)

śuddhadehadharairvedaiḥ stūyamānaḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ .. 13 ..

> and praised by the Vedas who bore pure bodies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.30)

kalākāṣṭhānimeṣādi kalpayanyugaparyayam ..

> Arranging the cycle of the yugas through kalās, kāṣṭhās, blinks of an eye, and the rest—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.31)

na jarājanmamaraṇaṃ rūpādipariṇāmanam .. 14 ..

> for those who have reached whose world there is neither old age, birth, nor death, nor alteration of form and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.32)

yasya lokagatānāṃ vai nādhayo vyādhayastathā ..

> nor indeed mental anguishes and physical illnesses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.33)

manvatarādayo yatra yugāvarttādayastathā .. 15 ..

> where there are no manvantaras, nor cycles of yugas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.34)

kalpāṃtādyā na vidyaṃte sa sākṣātparameśvaraḥ ..

> nor ends of kalpas—he, the Supreme Lord visibly manifest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.35)

gītāvasāne taṃ bhūpamuvāca prahasanniva .. 16 ..

> spoke to that king at the conclusion of the song, as though smiling:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.36)

iṃdradyumna mahāsattva sākṣāttvaṃ bhagavatpriyaḥ ..

> “O Indradyumna of great courage, you are visibly dear to the Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.37)

anyasya durlabho lokaḥ satyākhyo viditastava .. 17 ..

> The world named Satya, difficult for others to attain, is known to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.38)

atrāgatiṃ hi vāṃchaṃto munayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ ..

> Desiring arrival here, sages whose sins have vanished  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.39)

taponiṣṭhāśca tiṣṭhaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 18 ..

> and who are steadfast in austerity remain until the dissolution of all elements.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.40)

caturdaśasu lokeṣu sṛṣṭānāṃ prāṇināṃ hi yat ..

> For among creatures created in the fourteen worlds, whatever  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.41)

caitanyādivicitrāṇi sarveṣāmāśrayo hyasau .. 19 ..

> wondrous things exist such as consciousness—he indeed is the refuge of all of them.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.42)

jānannapi hi tatkāryaṃ mānayannṛpasattamam ..

> Although knowing his business, honoring the best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.43)

uvāca paramaprīta iṃdradyumnaṃ pitāmahaḥ .. 2.2.23.20 ..

> the Grandfather, supremely pleased, said to Indradyumna:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.44)

kimarthamāgatosyatra tadbrūhi hṛdayasthitam ..

> “For what purpose have you come here? Speak that which is in your heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.45)

mayi dṛṣṭe na duṣprāpamamṛtaṃ kinnu vāṃchitam .. 21 ..

> When I am seen, immortality is not difficult to attain; what is it that is desired?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.46)

.. indradyumna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.47)

aṃtaryāminhi bhagavaṃstvadajñātaṃ kuto bhavet..

> “O Inner Ruler, Lord, whence could there be anything unknown to you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.48)

tathāpi praśno yo nātha mayyanukrośa eva saḥ .. 22 ..

> Nevertheless, Master, the question you ask is compassion itself toward me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.49)

mūrdhnyādhāya tavānujñāṃ kathitaṃ tava sūnunā ..

> Placing your command upon my head, as spoken by your son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.50)

iṣṭāḥ sahasraṃ kratavastadaṃte dārudehabhṛt.. 23 ..

> a thousand sacrifices were offered by me; at the end of them, bearing a wooden body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.51)

āvirbabhūva bhagavānbhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ ..

> the Lord, ruler of the past, future, and present, manifested himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.52)

tvadanugrahasaṃpattivaśādevāvalokayan .. 24 ..

> Looking upon me solely through the power of the wealth of your grace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.53)

tādṛśaṃ puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ yena tvallokamāgataḥ ..

> the lotus-eyed one was of such a nature; because of which I have come to your world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.54)

yasyārabdho mayā deva prāsādastatra cetsvayam .. 25 ..

> For whom a temple has been begun by me, O god—if you yourself  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.55)

gatvā devaṃ jagannāthaṃ sthāpayiṣyasi cetprabho ..

> go there, O Lord, and install the divine Jagannātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.56)

tvadanugrahastu saphalo bhavenme lokabhāvana ... .. 26 ..

> your grace toward me will indeed bear fruit, O Creator of the world!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.57)

etadarthaṃ jagatsvāminnāradena sahādhunā ..

> For this purpose, O Master of the universe, now along with Nārada  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.58)

tvatpādapadmayugalaṃ draṣṭuṃ tvallokamāgataḥ .. 27 ..

> I have come to your world to see the pair of your lotus feet.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.59)

prasīda māṃ kuruṣvedaṃ jagannāthastvameva hi ..

> Be gracious to me and do this, for you alone are the Lord of the Universe (Jagannātha).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.60)

tvameva sa jagannātho na bhedo yuvayorvibho ..28 ..

> You alone are that Lord of the Universe; there is no distinction between the two of you, O all-pervading Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.61)

sthāpyaḥ sthāpayitā cāsi vedyo vedayitā bhavān .. 29 ..

> You are the one to be consecrated and the consecrator; you are the one to be known and the one who makes known.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.62)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.23.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.63)

evaṃ vijñāpanāṃte tu durvāsā sa mahāmuniḥ ..

> At the conclusion of this entreaty, the great sage Durvāsas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.64)

praṇamya sāṣṭāṃgapātaṃ kṛtāṃjalirupasthitaḥ ..

> having bowed down with a prostration of all eight limbs, stood with joined palms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.65)

provāca vinayānnīco dhātāraṃ jagatāṃ gurum .. 2.2.23.30 ..

> and, humble through modesty, spoke to the Creator, the teacher of the worlds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.66)

vibho dvārapraveśe'tra dauvārikanivāritāḥ ..

> “O all-pervading Lord, held back at the entrance of the gate by the doorkeeper,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.67)

lokapālāḥ sapitarastathā manvaṃtarādhipāḥ .. 31 ..

> the guardians of the quarters, along with the ancestors, and likewise the lords of the manvantaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.68)

tiṣṭhaṃti dīnajanavatsucirāllokabhāvana ..

> have been waiting for a long time like wretched folk, O source of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.69)

tadājñāpaya paśyaṃtu tava pādasaroruham .. 32 ..

> Therefore give the command, so that they may behold your lotus-like feet.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.70)

tacchrutvā devadevastu tadā durvāsaso vacaḥ ..

> Hearing that speech of Durvāsas, the god of gods then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.71)

prahasya vacanaṃ prāha naiṣāṃ prastāva eva hi .. 33 ..

> laughing aloud, uttered these words: “This is not their occasion at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.72)

iṃdradyumnena sparddhaṃte kiṃ tu mohavaśānugāḥ ..

> Do they vie with Indradyumna, succumbing to the sway of delusion?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.73)

jīvanmukto'yaṃ nṛpatiḥ kṣīṇakarmāghasaṃhatiḥ . 34 ..

> This king is liberated while living, his heap of karmic sins destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.74)

matsaṃtateḥ paṃcamo'yaṃ vaiṣṇavo viṣṇutatparaḥ ..

> He is the fifth in descent from my lineage, a Vaiṣṇava devoted to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.75)

ete hi sukhabhogāya karmaṇā prāptapauruṣāḥ .. 35 ..

> For these \[gods\] attained their status through action for the sake of enjoying pleasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.76)

atrāgatiṃ prārthayaṃtastapastaptvā hi devatāḥ ..

> These deities, performing austerity while praying for arrival here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.77)

mamānugrahata ete āyātā madupāsane .. 36 ..

> have come by my grace into my worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.78)

tathāpi tvadanujñātā āyāṃtu mama darśane ..

> Even so, permitted by you, let them come to have my darśana.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.79)

tataḥ praviṣṭāste devā durvāsovacanena vai .. 37 ..

> Then those gods entered at the word of Durvāsas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.80)

dūrātpraṇemurbrahmāṇaṃ gāyanānāṃ samīpataḥ ..

> From afar they bowed to Brahmā, near the singers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.81)

iṃdradyumnaṃ narapatiṃ saṃlapaṃtaṃ kṛtāṃjalim.. 38 ..

> \[and to\] King Indradyumna who was conversing with joined palms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.82)

tām̐llokapālānpraṇatānkaṭākṣeṇa jagatprabhuḥ ..

> Looking with a side-glance upon those bowed guardians of the quarters, the Lord of the Universe  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.83)

anujagrāha kathayanniṃdradyumnaṃ sasādaram .. 39 ..

> favored them, speaking respectfully to Indradyumna:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.84)

rājankṛtastvayā satyaṃ prāsādo bhagavatsthitau ..

> “O King, truly a temple was built by you for the presence of the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.85)

nāyaṃ kālastathā rājyaṃ na vā tvatsaṃtatirnṛpa .. 2.2.23.40 ..

> Neither that time, nor that kingdom, nor your lineage remains now, O King.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.86)

gītagānāvasarato bhūyānkālo gatastava ..

> During this interval of musical singing, a great amount of time of yours has elapsed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.87)

manvaṃtaro hi divyānāṃ yugānāmekasaptatiḥ .. 41 ..

> For a manvantara consists of seventy-one divine yugas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.88)

tava vaṃśo'pi vicchinnaḥ koṭiśaḥ kṣitipā gatāḥ ..

> Your lineage has also been cut off; crores of rulers of the earth have passed away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.89)

devoṃ'timaśca prāsādo dvayamatrāvaśiṣyate .. 42 ..

> The final deity and the temple—these two alone remain here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.90)

dvitīyasya manorādiyugaṃ svārociṣasya tu ..

> It is now the first yuga of the second Manu, Svārociṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.91)

mamāṃtike'tra vasatomṛtyurvā na jarā tathā .. 43 ..

> For one dwelling here in my presence, there is neither death nor old age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.92)

viparyayamṛtūnāṃ vā na kālapariṇāmatā ..

> nor change of the seasons, nor the maturing effects of time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.93)

tadgaccha bhūmau rājeṃdra devaṃ prāsādameva ca .. 44 ..

> Therefore go to the earth, O king of kings, and to the deity and the temple,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.94)

ātmasaṃbaṃdhinaṃ kṛtvā punarāyāhi vegavān ..

> establish your connection with it, and return swiftly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.95)

athavāhaṃ prayāsyāmi tavānupadameva hi .. 45 ..

> Or rather, I shall set out right on your heels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.96)

tvamagrato dharāṃ gatvā yāvatsaṃbhāramṛddhimat ..

> Having gone to the earth ahead of me, while you make ready  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.97)

kariṣyasi mahābhāga tāvadeva vrajāmyaham .. 46 ..

> the abundant provisions, O fortunate one, in that very time I will come.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.98)

ityājñāpyeṃdradyumnaṃ taṃ bhagavānsa pitāmahaḥ ..

> Having thus instructed Indradyumna, the blessed Grandfather  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.99)

devānpuraḥsthitānāha vinayānatakaṃdharān .. 47 ..

> spoke to the gods standing before him with their necks bowed in humility,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.100)

baddhāṃjalīnsādhvasāṃstāṃstatpādanyastavīkṣaṇān ..

> with hands joined in reverence, filled with awe, their gazes fixed on his feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.101)

uvāca bhagavānsnigdhagaṃbhīravacasā dvijāḥ .. 48 ..

> The Blessed One spoke with an affectionate, deep voice, O twice-born ones:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.102)

kimarthamāgatāḥ sarve yugapattu divaukasaḥ ..

> “For what reason have all you dwellers of heaven arrived simultaneously?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.103)

yatkāryaṃ vo mayā kāryaṃ vijñāpayata mā ciram .. 49 ..

> State what business of yours is to be performed by me, without delay.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.104)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.23.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.105)

iti śrutvā vaco dhātustridaśā vigatajvarāḥ ..

> Having heard the words of the Creator, the gods, free from agitation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.106)

pratyūcurharṣitāḥ sarve bhagavaṃtaṃ pitāmaham .. 2.2.23.50 ..

> all rejoiced and replied to the blessed Grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.107)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.2.23.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.108)

upāsitaḥ purāsmābhiryo nīlādrau maṇīmayaḥ ..

> “The one who was previously worshipped by us on the Blue Mountain, made of sapphire—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.109)

antarhitaḥ kathaṃ deva idānīṃ dārudehadhṛk .. 51 ..

> how has he disappeared, O God, and now, bearing a wooden body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.110)

āvirbhūtaḥ kratoraṃta indradyumnasya bhūpateḥ ..

> appeared at the conclusion of King Indradyumna's sacrifice?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.111)

etasya kāraṇaṃ jñātuṃ bhavataḥ pādapaṃkajam .. 52 ..

> To learn the reason for this, to your lotus feet  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.112)

ārādhitumihāyātāḥ prasīda kathayasva tat ..

> we have come here to worship; be gracious and tell us that.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.113)

ityukte tridaśairdevo bhagavānpaṃkajāsanaḥ .. 53 ..

> When this was said by the gods, the blessed lotus-seated deity \[said\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.114)

rahasyametadbho devāḥ kasyacinnoditaṃ purā ..

> “This is a secret, O gods, which was not declared to anyone previously.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.115)

sarve samuditā yasmādapṛcchata cirāgatāḥ .. 54 ..

> Since you have all come together after a long time and asked,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.116)

tato vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi surāṇāṃ guhyamuttamam ..

> therefore I shall tell you the supreme secret of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.117)

pūrve parārddhe bho devāḥ kṣetraṃ śrīpuruṣottamam .. 55 ..

> In the previous parārdha, O gods, Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.118)

nīlāśmavapurāsthāya na tatyāja janārdanaḥ ..

> taking a body made of sapphire, did not abandon the sacred field of glorious Puruṣottama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.119)

sāṃprataṃ me dvitīyaṃ tu parārddhaṃ samupasthitam .. 56 ..

> Now, however, the second half of my life has arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.120)

manuḥ svāyambhuvo nāma śvetavārāhakalpake ..

> in the Śvetavārāha Kalpa, during the time of the Manu named Svāyambhuva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.121)

pravarttate'yaṃ kālo vai prātarādyadinasya ca .. 57 ..

> This period is indeed current, the morning of the very first day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.122)

dārumūrtirayaṃ devo bhuvanānāṃ hi madhyame ..

> This god, in a wooden form in the middle of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.123)

mamāyuṣaḥ pramāṇaṃ tu sthāsyate mānayanprabhuḥ .. 58 ..

> the Lord, will remain, honouring the measure of my lifespan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.124)

mamātmā eṣa bhagavānahametanmayaḥ surāḥ ..

> This Blessed One is my own self; I am made of him, O gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.125)

nāvayorvidyate kiṃcidasminsthāvarajaṃgame .. 59 ..

> There is nothing between the two of us in this world of moving and unmoving things.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.126)

kṣīrodārṇavamadhye hi śvetadvīpe hi talpake ..

> He who in the middle of the Milk Ocean, on Śvetadvīpa, upon a couch,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.127)

yaḥ śete yoganidrāṃ tāṃ mānayanpuruṣottamaḥ .. 2.2.23.60 ..

> lies observing that yogic sleep, Puruṣottama—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.128)

sa mūlaṃ jagatāmādistasya romāṇi yāni vai .. tāni kalpadrumākhyāni śaṃkhacakrāṃkitāni vai .. 61 ..

> he is the root, the origin of the worlds. His hairs, indeed, / are named the wish-fulfilling trees, marked with the conch and the discus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.129)

tanmadhyastho hyayaṃ vṛkṣaścaitanyādhiṣṭhitaḥ surāḥ ..

> This tree, situated in their midst, is presided over by consciousness, O gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.130)

svayamutpatitaḥ siṃdhoḥ salile satyapūruṣaḥ .. 62 ..

> the True Person has arisen of himself in the water of the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.131)

bhogānbhoktuṃ trilokasthāndāruvarṣmā janārdanaḥ ..

> Janārdana, having a wooden body, in order to enjoy the pleasures of the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.132)

anekajanmasāhasrairbhaktiyogena bhāvitaḥ .. 63 ..

> cultivated through the yoga of devotion across many thousands of births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.133)

ghorasaṃsāranāśāya mayā pūrvaṃ prayācitaḥ ..

> was prayed to by me formerly for the destruction of dreadful worldly existence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.134)

punaḥ punaḥ sṛṣṭilīnapālanodvignacetasā .. 64 ..

> with a mind distressed by repeated creation, dissolution, and maintenance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.135)

aśeṣakarmanāśāya jagatāṃ sarvamuktaye ..

> For the destruction of all karmas, for the total liberation of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.136)

dhāraṇādhyānayogānāṃ duṣkarāṇāṃ vināpi saḥ .. 65 ..

> even without the difficult yogas of concentration and meditation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.137)

mokṣāya bhagavānāvirbabhūva puruṣottamaḥ ..

> the Blessed One, Puruṣottama, became manifest for the sake of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.138)

pracchannaṃ vapuretasya kṣetraṃ nāsya vicārayet .. 66 ..

> His body is concealed; one should not scrutinize his sacred field.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.139)

dharmigrāhapramāṇena yādṛgdṛṣṭaḥ sa eva saḥ ..

> According to the measure of the subject's perception, as he is seen, just so is he;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.140)

caturvargaprado devo yo yathā taṃ vibhāvayet .. 67 ..

> the god grants the four aims of life according to however one conceives of him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.141)

taddarśanaparikṣīṇapāpasaṃghāḥ kramādbhuvi ..

> With the mass of their sins destroyed by his darśana, by degrees on earth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.142)

bhavanti nirmalātmānaḥ puruṣā muktibhājanam .. 68 ..

> men become pure-souled and recipients of liberation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.143)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.23.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.144)

etacchrutvā tu te devāḥ padmayonervacomṛtam ..

> Hearing this nectar of words from the Lotus-Born \[Brahmā\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.145)

hṛṣṭāḥ saṃciṃtayāmāsuḥ prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 69 ..

> the delighted gods reflected with overjoyed inner selves:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.146)

acirasthāyi devatvaṃ vihāyaitadbhuvaṃ gatāḥ ..

> "Leaving behind this fleeting divinity and going to the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.147)

asminkṣetravare devamārādhyāmaḥ susaṃyatāḥ .. 2.2.23.70 ..

> let us worship the god in this excellent sacred field, fully self-controlled."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.148)

harṣapraphullavadanānsurāndṛṣṭvā pitāmaha ..

> Seeing the gods with faces blooming with joy, the Grandfather \[said\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.149)

indradyumnānugrahāya yaḥ prakāśaṃ gataḥ prabhuḥ .. 71 ..

> "The Lord who has become visible to bestow grace on Indradyumna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.150)

yātā'tra pratimā tvasya svayameva vadiṣyati ..

> the image of his that has arrived here, will speak of his own accord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.151)

varānpradāsyati bahūnbhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ .. 72 ..

> the Blessed One, fond of his devotees, will grant many boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.152)

prāsādamindradyumnasya pratiṣṭhāpayituṃ vibhum ..

> In order to consecrate the All-Pervading One in the temple of Indradyumna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.153)

ahaṃ cāpi gamiṣyāmi yūyaṃ tatra prayāta vai .. 73 ..

> I too will go; you must go there indeed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.154)

indradyumno'grato yātu pratiṣṭhāvastusaṃbhṛtau ..

> Let Indradyumna go ahead to gather the materials for the consecration;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.155)

sahāyāstatra bhavata yūyaṃ kṣīṇādhikāriṇaḥ .. 74 ..

> you, whose terms of office are expired, be his assistants there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.156)

manvantaraṃ vyatītaṃ vai prathamaṃ sāṃprataṃ surāḥ ..

> The first manvantara has indeed passed now, O gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.157)

indradyumnena sahitāstatra gatvā surottamāḥ .. 75 ..

> going there together with Indradyumna, O best of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.158)

prāsādapratimānāṃ ca vidhartā svāmyamasya vai ..

> he shall maintain ownership of the temple and the images.  
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### [2.2.23.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.159)

tasmātsaṃbhṛtasaṃbhāraḥ sasahāyo'dhunā hyasau .. 76 ..

> Therefore, having collected the provisions, accompanied by helpers, he now  
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### [2.2.23.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.160)

asya saṃtatisaṃbandhasmaraṇādapi bhūtale ..

> on the earth, even from the remembrance of his lineage and connections—  
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### [2.2.23.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.161)

madājñayā padmanidhiḥ saha yāsyati bhūtalam .. 77 ..

> by my command, the Padmanidhi will go with \[him\] to the earth  
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### [2.2.23.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.162)

pratiṣṭhāyai bhagavataḥ saṃyatau sarvavastunaḥ ..

> in preparation for all the items for the consecration of the Blessed One."  
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### [2.2.23.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.163)

indradyumno'pi hṛṣṭātmā dṛṣṭvā brāhmīṃ śriyaṃ dvijāḥ .. 78 ..

> Indradyumna too, his soul delighted upon seeing the glory of Brahmā, O twice-born,  
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### [2.2.23.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.164)

mahadāścaryasaṃpannaḥ praṇipatya jagadgurum ..

> filled with great wonder, bowed down to the Teacher of the World;  
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### [2.2.23.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.165)

tadājñāṃ śirasā dhṛtvā devaiḥ kṣīṇādhikāribhiḥ .. 79 ..

> placing his command upon his head, along with the gods whose offices had expired,  
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### [2.2.23.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.166)

ājagāma bhuvaṃ viprā vidhinā cānumoditāḥ .. 2.2.23.80 ..

> approved by the Ordainer, he came to the earth, O brahmins.  
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### [2.2.23.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.23.167)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 23 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-third chapter in the Puruṣottamakṣetra-māhātmya, in the second Vaiṣṇava Section of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the dialogue of the sage Jaimini. (23)  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.23.1) — English, machine translation

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