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# Skandapurana 2.2.28

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.2)

tataḥ sa bhagavānmantramahimnā narakesarī ..

> Then, by the majesty of the mantra, the Man-Lion, the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.3)

indradyumnādibhiḥ sarvaidadṛśe'dbhutadarśanaḥ .. 1 ..

> was seen by Indradyumna and all the others in a wondrous form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.4)

lelihāno jagatsarvaṃ samaṃtājjvalajihvayā ..

> licking the entire universe all around with his blazing tongue,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.5)

kālāgnirudraṃ sakalaṃ grasaṃtamiva cotthitam .. 2 ..

> as if risen to swallow the entire Rudra of cosmic fire at the end of time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.6)

rodasīkaṃdaraṃ vyāpya tejasā tapatā bhṛśam ..

> pervading the vault of heaven and earth with his fiercely scorching splendour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.7)

anekākṣimukhagrīvākarapādaśrutirvibhuḥ .. 3 ..

> the all-pervading Lord possessing manifold eyes, faces, necks, hands, feet, and ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.8)

sarvāścaryamayo devaḥ kevalaṃ tejaso nidhiḥ ..

> a deity full of all wonders, a sheer repository of fiery energy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.9)

bhayatrastāḥ samudvignā neśāḥ stotumapi prabhum .. 4 ..

> Terrified with fear and agitated, they were not even able to praise the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.10)

taṃ tathāvidhamālokya nāradaḥ pitaraṃ tadā ..

> Seeing him of such a form, Nārada then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.11)

papraccha bhagavannitthaṃ kathameṣa prakāśate .. 5 ..

> asked his father: “O blessed one, why does he appear thus?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.12)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.13)

anugrahāyāvataratpratyutaiṣa bhayapradaḥ ..

> He descended for blessing, yet he inspires fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.14)

sarve bhayātsthiratarāḥ pralayāśaṃkino'dhunā .. 6 ..

> All are now petrified with fear, suspecting the cosmic dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.15)

tvameva bhagavallīlāṃ jānāsi jagatāṃ pate .. 7 ..

> You alone, O blessed one, know his divine sport, O Lord of the worlds.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.16)

tacchrutvā nāradavacaḥ padmayoniḥ smitānanaḥ ..

> Hearing those words of Nārada, the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], smiling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.17)

uvāca kautukaṃ vākyaṃ sarveṣāmupakārakam .. 8 ..

> spoke curious words beneficial to all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.18)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.19)

avatīrṇaṃ jagannāthaṃ dṛṣṭvā dāruvapurdharam .. 9 ..

> “Seeing Jagannātha descended and bearing a wooden body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.20)

avajñāsyaṃti vai lokāḥ sākṣādbrahmasvarūpiṇam ..

> the worlds will disregard him, though he is directly of the nature of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.21)

atattvavedino mūḍhā mahimānaṃ vidaṃtviti .. 2.2.28.10 ..

> Foolish people who do not know the truth must know his greatness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.22)

maṃtrito mantrarājena yenāsau parameṣṭhinā ..

> He has been addressed with the king of mantras by which Parameṣṭhin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.23)

purābhimaṃtrito yena vidadāra mahāsuram .. 11 ..

> invoked by which formerly, tore apart the great asura.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.24)

tādṛgrūpaṃ sudurdarśaṃ prāpyameti bhayapradam ..

> Having assumed such a form exceedingly difficult to behold and terrifying,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.25)

mūrtireṣā parā kāṣṭhā viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ .. .. 12 ..

> this form is the highest culmination of Viṣṇu of immeasurable fiery energy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.26)

yāmabhyarcya gatiṃ yāṃti punarāvṛttidurlabhām ..

> by worshipping which people attain the state from which rebirth is hard to encounter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.27)

nṛsiṃhābhimukhaḥ stotramidamāha mudānvitaḥ .. 13 ..

> Facing Nṛsiṃha, he, filled with joy, spoke this praise:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.28)

namo'stu te devavaraikasiṃha namo'stu pāpaughagajaikasiṃha ..

> “Obeisance to you, peerless lion among the foremost gods! Obeisance to you, sole lion to the elephants of masses of sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.29)

namo'stu duḥkhārṇavapārasiṃha namo'stu tejomaya divyasiṃha .. 14 ..

> Obeisance to you, lion on the farther shore of the ocean of sorrow! Obeisance to you, divine lion made of light!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.30)

namo'stu sarvākṛticitrasiṃha namo'stu te kleśavimuktisiṃha ..

> Obeisance to you, wondrous lion embodying all forms! Obeisance to you, lion who liberates from afflictions!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.31)

namo'stu te divyavapurnṛsiṃha namo'stu te vīravaraikasiṃha .. 15 ..

> Obeisance to you, Nṛsiṃha of divine form! Obeisance to you, sole lion among the best of heroes!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.32)

namo'stu te daityavidārasiṃha namo'stu deveṣvadhi devasiṃha ..

> Obeisance to you, lion who tears asunder the Daityas! Obeisance to you, supreme lion of the gods among the gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.33)

namo'stu vedāṃtavanaikasiṃha namo'stu te yogiguhaikasiṃha .. 16 ..

> Obeisance to you, sole lion in the forest of Vedānta! Obeisance to you, sole lion in the cave of the yogins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.34)

namo'stu te siṃha vṛṣaikasiṃha namo'stu nīlācalaśṛṃgasiṃha .. 17 ..

> Obeisance to you, lion, peerless lion of righteousness! Obeisance to you, lion on the peak of the Nīla mountain!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.35)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.36)

stutvetthaṃ divyasiṃhaṃ tamiṃdradyumnaṃ prajāpatiḥ ..

> Having thus praised that divine lion, the lord of creatures \[Brahmā\] drew a lion-yantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.37)

siṃhayaṃtraṃ samālekhya tasyopari niveśya ca .. 18 ..

> seated Indradyumna upon it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.38)

dīkṣayitvā mantrarājaṃ sākṣādātharvaṇoditam ..

> and initiated him into the king of mantras proclaimed directly in the Atharvaveda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.39)

āhurvaiṣṇavanirvāṇaṃ yaṃ vedāṃtaparāyaṇāḥ .. 19 ..

> which those devoted to Vedānta call the Vaiṣṇava liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.40)

yatra vedāśca catvāraḥ sākṣānnityaṃ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ..

> wherein the four Vedas are directly and eternally established,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.41)

yamadhītya mahāmantraṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvaḥ purā .. 2.2.28.20 ..

> reciting which great mantra the lord Svāyambhuva Manu formerly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.42)

sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra bhagavānprāptamasmāccaturmukhāt ..

> performed creation after receiving it from this four-faced \[Brahmā\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.43)

aṇimādiguṇā yasya phalaṃ syādānuṣaṃgikam .. 21 ..

> whose secondary fruit are the powers such as atomicity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.44)

eka eva mahāmantraḥ puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam ..

> This single great mantra is the very cause  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.45)

prāptuṃ kāraṇabhūto hi kiṃ punaḥ kṣudrakāmanām .. 22 ..

> for obtaining the four aims of human life; what need to speak of trivial desires?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.46)

eka eva mahāmaṃtraḥ sarvakratuphalapradaḥ ..

> This single great mantra grants the fruit of all sacrifices;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.47)

sarvatīrthapradaḥ sarvadānavrataphalapradaḥ .. 23 ..

> it grants \[the merit of\] all sacred fords; it grants the fruit of all gifts and vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.48)

yathāyaṃ sarvapāpaughatūlarāśerdavānalaḥ ..

> Just as this god in the form of a divine lion is a forest fire  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.49)

divyasiṃhākṛtirdevo maṃtrarājñastathā hyayam .. 24 ..

> to the heap of cotton that is all heaps of sin, so too is this king of mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.50)

enamabhyasya yatayo bhavaroga tyajaṃti hi ..

> Practicing this, ascetics indeed cast off the disease of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.51)

yasya grahaṇamātreṇa grahāpasmārarākṣasāḥ .. 25 ..

> By merely receiving it, seizing spirits, epilepsy, Rākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.52)

ḍākinyo bhūtavetālapiśācā uragā grahāḥ ..

> Ḍākinīs, Bhūtas, Vetālas, Piśācas, serpents, and malevolent planets  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.53)

dūrādeva palāyaṃte neśate vīkṣituṃ ca tam .. 26 ..

> flee from afar, nor are they able even to look upon him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.54)

maṃtrarājaṃ tato labdhvā indradyumnaścaturmukhāt ..

> Then, having obtained the king of mantras from the four-faced one, Indradyumna saw  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.55)

nṛsiṃhaṃ śātavapuṣaṃ lakṣmīsaṃśritavakṣasam .. 27 ..

> Nṛsiṃha, whose body was radiant, whose chest was embraced by Lakṣmī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.56)

cakraṃ pinākaṃ dadhataṃ caṃdrasūryāgnicakṣuṣam ..

> holding the discus and the bow, whose eyes were the moon, sun, and fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.57)

jānuprasāritakarasarojadvaṃdvamunnasam .. 28 ..

> whose pair of lotus hands were extended over his knees, having an elevated nose,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.58)

yogapaṭṭāsanārūḍhadvātriṃśaddalapadmake ..

> seated comfortably in the yogapaṭṭa posture upon a thirty-two-petalled lotus  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.59)

maṃtravarṇamaye madhye karṇikāpraṇavojjvale .. 29 ..

> composed of the letters of the mantra, in the center shining with the praṇava on the pericarp,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.60)

sukhāsīnaṃ sāṭṭahāsaṃ vīkṣaṃtaṃ śrīmukhāṃbujam ..

> laughing heartily, gazing at his auspicious lotus face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.61)

saṭāmaṃḍitavaktrābjaṃ divyaratnojjvalākṛti .. 2.2.28.30 ..

> his lotus face adorned with a mane, his form gleaming with divine jewels;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.62)

phaṇāsahasraṃ vistārya paścācchatrākṛtiṃ vibhoḥ ..

> and behind the all-pervading lord, spreading a thousand hoods in the form of an umbrella,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.63)

dadarśa balabhadraṃ taṃ halalāṃgaladhāriṇam .. 31 ..

> he saw Balabhadra, who wields the ploughshare and plough.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.64)

prajaharṣa nṛpo dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ puruṣottamam ..

> Having seen Puruṣottama of such a kind, the king rejoiced;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.65)

vismayāviṣṭacetāśca papraccha kamalāsanam .. 32 ..

> and, his mind filled with wonder, he asked the lotus-seated one:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.66)

bhagavaṃścitrametadvai caritaṃ madhughātinaḥ ..

> “O Lord, wondrous indeed is this deed of the slayer of Madhu!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.67)

vijñātuṃ kathamasmābhiḥ śakyaḥ syāllokabhāvana .. 33 ..

> How could it be possible for us to comprehend it, O creator of the worlds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.68)

yajñāṃte tādṛśaṃ rūpaṃ babhāra dārunirmitam ..

> At the conclusion of the sacrifice, he assumed such a form made of wood;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.69)

rathasthaṃ bhagavāneva prāsādāṃtarnyaveśayat .. 34 ..

> and the Lord himself, mounted on a chariot, entered inside the temple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.70)

māmāha pūrvaṃ vāṇī sā gaganāṃtaritā tadā ..

> That voice concealed in the sky previously said to me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.71)

apauruṣeyataruṇā caturmūrtirbhaviṣyati .. 35 ..

> ‘By means of the super-human tree, there will be four forms.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.72)

idānīmeka evāsau dṛśyate supratiṣṭhitaḥ ..

> Now he is seen well-established as one alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.73)

māyā vā tattvamatha vā tattvato me vada prabho .. 36 ..

> Is this māyā, or is it reality? Tell me according to reality, O Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.74)

śravaṇe yadi māṃ vetsi bhājanaṃ bhavabhāvana ..

> if you consider me a worthy vessel to hear it, O creator of existence!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.75)

śrutvaitatpratyuvācātha saṃśayānaṃ nṛpottamam .. 37 ..

> Hearing this, \[Brahmā\] then replied to that best of kings who was filled with doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.76)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.77)

ādyā mūrtirbhagavato nārasiṃhākṛtirnṛpa ..

> “The primordial form of the Lord has the appearance of Nārasiṃha, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.78)

nārāyaṇena prathitā madanugrahatastvayi .. 38 ..

> revealed to you by Nārāyaṇa out of grace toward me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.79)

dāravī mūrtireṣeti pratimābuddhiratra vai ..

> ‘This is a wooden form’—such a notion that it is merely an image  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.80)

mā bhūtte nṛpaśārdūla paraṃ brahmākṛtistviyam .. 39 ..

> should not be yours, O tiger among kings! For this is the form of the supreme Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.81)

khaṃḍanātsarvaduḥkhānāmakhaṃḍānaṃdadānataḥ ..

> Because it cuts through (khaṇḍanāt) all sufferings and because it bestows unbroken (akhaṇḍa) bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.82)

svabhāvāddārureṣo hi paraṃ brahmābhidhīyate .. 2.2.28.40 ..

> this wood (dāru) by its very nature is called the supreme Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.83)

itthaṃ dārumayo devaścaturvedānusārataḥ ..

> Thus the god made of wood, in accordance with the four Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.84)

sraṣṭā sa jagatāṃ tasmādātmānaṃ cāpi sṛṣṭavān .. 41 ..

> is the creator of the worlds, and from that he also created himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.85)

śabdabrahma paraṃbrahma nānayorbheda iṣyate ..

> Between the Brahman as sound (śabdabrahman) and the supreme Brahman, no difference is admitted;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.86)

laye tu ekamevedaṃ sṛṣṭau bhedaḥ pravarttate .. 42 ..

> in dissolution this is only one, but in creation difference operates.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.87)

anyonyāpekṣiṇau bhūpa śabdārthau hi parasparam..

> Word and meaning are mutually interdependent, O king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.88)

arthābhāvena śabdo'sti śabdābhāvena buddhyate .. 43 ..

> a word exists for the purpose of meaning, and through a word \[meaning\] is understood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.89)

arthastasmāccaturvedāḥ śabdā hyarthāśca tādṛśāḥ ..

> Therefore, the four Vedas are the meaning; the words and meanings are of such nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.90)

ṛgvedarūpī haladhṛksāmavedo nṛkesarī .. 44 ..

> The plough-bearer (Balarāma) has the form of the Ṛgveda; the man-lion (Nṛsiṃha) is the Sāmaveda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.91)

yajurmūrttistviyaṃ bhadrā cakramātharvaṇaṃ smṛtam ..

> This Subhadrā is the form of the Yajurveda; the discus is considered to be the Atharvaveda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.92)

vedaścaturddhā bhedo'yamekarāśirabhedataḥ .. 45 ..

> The Veda is fourfold; this division forms a single mass through non-difference.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.93)

ataste saṃśayo mā bhūdekastu bahudhā vibhuḥ ..

> Therefore let there be no doubt in you: the all-pervading Lord is one, yet manifold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.94)

avatāreṣu cānyeṣu nyāyenaitena varttate .. 46 ..

> And in his other incarnations he operates according to this same rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.95)

bhedābhedau tathā khyātau jagannāthasya te nṛpa ..

> Thus both difference and non-difference of Jagannātha have been declared to you, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.96)

yena te manasastuṣṭistena bhaktyā samācara .. 47 ..

> Practice \[worship\] with devotion according to whatever pleases your mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.97)

sarvarūpamayo hyeṣa sarvamaṃtramayaḥ prabhuḥ ..

> For this Lord consists of all forms and consists of all mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.98)

ārādhyate yathā yena tathā tasya phalapradaḥ .. 48 ..

> Just as and by whomsoever he is worshipped, in that very manner he bestows fruits upon him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.99)

yathā suśuddhaṃ kanakaṃ svecchayā ghaṭitaṃ nṛpa ..

> Just as purely refined gold, fashioned according to one's desire, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.100)

tattatsaṃjñāmavāpyeha tattatsaṃtoṣakārakam .. 49 ..

> obtaining various designations in this world, produces various kinds of satisfaction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.101)

evaṃ mahimnā bhagavānatrāvirabhavannṛpa ..

> even so the Blessed Lord has manifested here by his majesty, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.102)

yasya yāvāṃstu viśvāsastasya siddhistu tāvatī .. 2.2.28.50 ..

> Whatever trust a person has, so great is his attainment of perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.103)

karmaṇā manasā vācā viśuddhenāṃtarātmanā ..

> With an inner self purified by action, mind, and speech,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.104)

samārādhaya goviṃdamatra dāruvapurddharam .. 51 ..

> worship Govinda here, who bears a wooden body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.105)

caturvargaphalāvāptyai yathābhilaṣitaṃ tava ..

> in order to attain the fruit of the four goals of life as desired by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.106)

anena maṃtrarājena viṣṇumenaṃ samarcaya .. 52 ..

> Worship this Viṣṇu with this king of mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.107)

nātaḥ parataro maṃtro na bhūto na bhaviṣyati ..

> There is no mantra superior to this, nor has there been, nor will there be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.108)

anenābhyarcito viṣṇuḥ prīto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. 53 ..

> Worshipped with this, Viṣṇu becomes pleased that very moment;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.109)

dadāti svapuraṃ cāpi bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ ..

> the Blessed Lord, who is affectionate to his devotees, grants even his own abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.110)

yajñaistīrthairvratairdānaistapobhiścāpi tasya kim .. 54 ..

> What need has he of sacrifices, sacred fords, observances, gifts, and austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.111)

nīlācalasthaṃ yo viṣṇuṃ dārumūrtimupāsti vai ..

> who worships Viṣṇu in wooden form stationed on Nīlācala?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.112)

tattvaṃ bravīmi te bhūpa śrutvaitadavadhāraya .. 55 ..

> I tell you the truth, O king; having heard it, keep it in mind:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.113)

nyagrodhamūle kūle'sya siṃdhornīlācale sthitam ..

> stationed on Nīlācala at the base of the banyan tree on the shore of this ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.114)

dāruvyājāmṛtaṃ brahma dṛṣṭvā mucyenna saṃśaya .. 56 ..

> having seen Brahman disguised as wood, which is immortal, one is liberated; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.28.115)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde'ṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 28 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, in the dialogue of the sage Jaimini, in the Glorification of the Puruṣottama-kṣetra, in the second Vaiṣṇava Section, in the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.28.1) — English, machine translation

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