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# Skandapurana 2.2.3

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.1)

.. śrīruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.2)

sādhu te buddhirutpannā viṣṇoḥ saṃnidhimāśritā ..

> "Noble is the thought arisen in you, having taken refuge in the presence of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.3)

adbhutaṃ kathayāmyetatkṣetrasya ravinaṃdana .. 1 ..

> I shall tell of this wonder of the sacred field, O son of the Sun, / 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.4)

yathāhaṃ bhagavadvakṣaḥ sthalasthā dadṛśe purā ..

> just as I, resting on the chest of the Blessed One, saw long ago,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.5)

carācare jagatyasminpralīne pralaye yama .. 2 ..

> when this world of moving and unmoving beings was dissolved in the cosmic dissolution, O Yama. / 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.6)

etatkṣetramahaṃ caiva dve evopasthite tadā..

> This sacred field and I alone—only these two were present then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.7)

sa tadā saptakalpāyurmṛkaṃḍorātmajo muniḥ..3..

> Then the sage, the son of Mṛkaṇḍu, endowed with a life of seven kalpas, / 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.8)

praṇaṣṭe sthāvaracare nimagnaḥ pralayārṇave..

> when the moving and unmoving had perished, submerged in the ocean of cosmic dissolution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.9)

nāvasthānamavāpyaiva śarma lebhe na kutracit..4..

> finding no resting place at all, obtained no relief anywhere. / 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.10)

jalārṇave bhrāmyamāṇaḥ pralaye sa itastataḥ..

> Wandering here and there in the ocean of water at the cosmic dissolution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.11)

puruṣottamasādṛśye kṣetre sa vaṭamaikṣata.. 5..

> he saw a banyan tree in the sacred field resembling Puruṣottama. / 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.12)

utplutyotplutya mūlaṃ tu nyagrodhasya samīpataḥ..

> Leaping again and again near the root of the banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.13)

śuśrāva bāla vacanaṃ mārkaṇḍeya mamāṃtikam .. 6 ..

> he heard a child's voice: 'O Mārkaṇḍeya, come to my side! / 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.14)

praviśya duḥkhamatulaṃ jahīhi khalu mā śucaḥ ..

> Entering, abandon this incomparable sorrow; do not grieve!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.15)

tacchrutvā citravacanamapratarkyaṃ tadā muniḥ .. 7 ..

> Hearing that wonderful and unfathomable voice then, the sage / 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.16)

vismayaṃ paramaṃ lebhe svaduḥkhaṃ nāpyacintayat ..

> experienced supreme wonder, and did not even think of his own sorrow:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.17)

vāribhiḥ śīryate naitaddahyate kālavahninā .. 8 ..

> 'This is not shattered by waters, nor burned by the fire of Time; / 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.18)

saṃvartakādibhirnaitacchoṣyate nāpi cālyate ..

> it is not dried up by the Saṃvartaka and other \[clouds\], nor is it shaken.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.19)

ekārṇave mahāghore nauriva kṣetramīkṣyate .. 9 ..

> In the dreadful single ocean, the sacred field is seen like a boat. / 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.20)

tatrāyaṃ yūpasadṛśo nyagrodhastiṣṭhate mahān ..

> There stands this great banyan tree, resembling a sacrificial post,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.21)

yaṃ gṛhītvā kṣetramidaṃ nyagrodha īśitustanuḥ .. 2.2.3.10 ..

> holding which, this sacred field—the banyan tree is the body of the Sovereign. / 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.22)

mahāpralaya vātena śākhā nāsya hi kampate ..

> Its branch is not shaken even by the wind of the great cosmic dissolution.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.23)

tasyādhastātsa hi muniḥ sthitvā caitadaciṃtayat .. 11 ..

> Standing beneath it, that sage reflected thus: / 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.24)

ekārṇave'sminpralaye naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame ..

> 'In this single ocean at the cosmic dissolution, when the moving and unmoving have perished,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.25)

bhūpradeśaḥ sthirataraḥ kathameṣa vibhāvyate .. 12 ..

> how is this most stable region of earth perceived, / 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.26)

yatrāyaṃ śākhipravaraḥ komalaḥ paridṛśyate ..

> where this foremost of trees is seen tender and fresh?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.27)

mārkaṃḍeyāgaccha muhuriti sapraśrayaṃ vacaḥ .. 13 ..

> And where does this supportless voice, courteous, saying repeatedly: / 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.28)

kuto nirāśramiyadaṃ cintayanniti sa plavan ..

> "Mārkaṇḍeya, come!", come from?' Thinking thus as he floated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.29)

śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ nārāyaṇamalokayat .. 14 ..

> he beheld Nārāyaṇa holding the conch, discus, and mace in his hands. / 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.30)

tadaṃgapadmāsanagāṃ māṃ ca vaivasvataikṣata ..

> And he saw me seated on the lotus of his lap, O son of Vivasvat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.31)

vivaśo jalavātābhyāṃ tadā sustho vyavasthitaḥ .. 15 ..

> Helpless from the water and wind, he then became comfortable and composed. / 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.32)

hṛṣṭāṃtarātmā sa munirāvāṃ sāṣṭāṃgamānataḥ ..

> Delighted in his inner self, that sage bowed with all eight limbs to the two of us,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.33)

prasādanāya devasya stotrametadudāharat .. 16 ..

> and uttered this hymn of praise to propitiate the god. / 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.34)

.. mārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.35)

tvatpādapadmānusarānuṣaṃgaṃ rudreṃdrapadmāsanasampadāḍhyam ..

> "Rich with the fortune of Rudra, Indra, and the lotus-seated \[Brahmā\] who cling closely in pursuit of your lotus feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.36)

tvadbhaktihīnaṃ paritaḥ prataptaṃ dīnaṃ paritrāhi kṛpāṃbudhe mām .. 17 ..

> devoid of devotion to you, burning on all sides, wretched—save me, O ocean of compassion! / 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.37)

brahmādibhiryatparicaryamāṇaṃ padāmbujadvandvamaciṃtyaśakti ..

> Whose pair of lotus feet, attended by Brahmā and the others, is of inconceivable power,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.38)

śvaḥ śreyasaprāptinidānatattvaṃ dīnaṃ paritrāhi kṛpāmbudhe mām .. 18 ..

> the essential cause for attaining supreme bliss—save me, wretched, O ocean of compassion! / 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.39)

yadaṃgabhūtaṃ jagadaṇḍametadanekakoṭi praguṇaṃ vibhāti ..

> This cosmic egg, which has become a part of you, shines forth multiplied many millions of times,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.40)

līlāvilāsasthitisṛṣṭilīnaṃ tanmāṃ sudīnaṃ parirakṣa viṣṇo .. 19 ..

> dissolved, sustained, and created by the sport of your play—protect me, who am so wretched, O Viṣṇu! / 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.41)

ekaṃ suvarṇaṃ kaṭakādibhedairnānā yathā vā nabhasodito'rkaḥ ..

> Just as gold is one, yet differentiated by bracelets and the like, or as the sun risen in the sky is one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.42)

ādhāravaiṣamyajaleṣu tādṛgvibhāvyase nirguṇa eka eva .. 2.2.3.20 ..

> Just as \[the sun appears varied\] in water due to the differences of the receptacles, so are you perceived, though you are one and devoid of qualities. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.43)

aśeṣasaṃpūrṇaruciprahīṇopādānasaṃkalpavivarjito'pi ..

> Though free from all desires, completely full, / and devoid of material causes and deliberate resolve,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.44)

dīnānukaṃpānuguṇaṃ bibharṣi yuge yuge dehamapāraśakte .. 21 ..

> you assume in every age, O Lord of boundless power, / a body suited to show compassion to the distressed. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.45)

tvatpādapadmaṃ jagadīśa pūrvamasevyatānātmadhiyā mayā yat ..

> Because earlier your lotus foot was not served by me, O Lord of the universe, / due to an ignorant mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.46)

tatkarmaṇā dāruṇapākabhājaṃ dīnaṃ paritrāhi kṛpāṃbudhe mām .. 22 ..

> now experiencing the severe fruit of that deed, / protect me, miserable, O ocean of mercy! (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.47)

aśeṣalokasthitisṛṣṭilīnavilāsi yatte triguṇaṃ vibhāti ..

> Your form endowed with the three guṇas shines forth, / sporting in the preservation, creation, and dissolution of all worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.48)

vapurmahātmanmahadādiheturhetornamaste prakṛteḥ parasya .. .. 23 ..

> O Great Self, the cause of the great \[principle\] and the rest, / homage to you, the supreme cause beyond primordial nature! (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.49)

sarvatra gatvā bṛhadaprameyaṃ pravarddhamānaṃ tvayi bṛṃhitaṃ ca ..

> Having pervaded everywhere, immense, immeasurable, / expanding, and strengthened within you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.50)

tadbahmarūpaṃ pariṇāmahetuṃ svādhyātmaviśvātmakamāśrayāmi .. 24 ..

> I take refuge in that form of Brahman, the cause of transformation, / which consists of the inner self and all the universe. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.51)

ekārṇave mahāghore nāvasthātuṃ pradeśabhūḥ ..

> In this terrifying single ocean, there is no place on earth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.52)

asti lakṣmīpate meghavārivātaprakaṃpanāt .. 25 ..

> to stand, O Lord of Lakṣmī, / because of the trembling from the clouds, rain, and wind. (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.53)

trāhi viṣṇo jagannātha magnaṃ saṃsārasāgare ..

> Protect me, O Viṣṇu, Lord of the universe, drowned in the ocean of worldly existence!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.54)

māmuddharāsmādgoviṃda kṛpāpāṃgavilokanāta .. 26 ..

> Deliver me from this, O Govinda, by a compassionate sidelong glance! (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.55)

.. śrīruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.56)

stuvaṃtamevaṃ brahmarṣi sākṣānnārāyaṇo vibhuḥ ..

> To the brahmin-seer who was praising him in this way, / the all-pervading Nārāyaṇa in person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.57)

vilokyānugrahadṛśā vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha .. 27 ..

> looking with a glance of grace, spoke these words: (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.58)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.59)

mārkaṃḍeya sudīno'si māmajñāya dvijottama ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya, you are very miserable, not knowing me, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.60)

duścaraṃ tu tapastaptaṃ dīrghāyustena kevalam .. 28 ..

> Severe austerity was performed \[by you\]; only a long life was \[obtained\] by that. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.61)

śayānaṃ patrapuṭake paśya kalpavaṭordhvagama ..

> Behold \[me\] lying on a leaf-cup above the Kalpa-banyan tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.62)

bālasvarūpaṃ sarveṣāṃ kālātmānaṃ mahāmune ..

> having the form of an infant, the soul of time for all beings, O great sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.63)

praviśya vistṛtaṃ vaktraṃ tatrāvasthātumarhasi .. 29 ..

> Entering my wide-open mouth, you ought to remain inside. (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.64)

.. .. śrīruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.65)

evamukto bhagavatā sa munirvismitānanaḥ .. 2.2.3.30 ..

> Thus addressed by the Blessed Lord, that sage, his face filled with wonder, (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.66)

āruhya dadṛśe bālarūpaṃ tasyāviśanmukhe ..

> climbed up and saw the form of the infant, and entered into his mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.67)

praviṣṭaḥ kaṃṭhamārgeṇa mahāyāmaṃ mahodaram .. 31 ..

> Having entered by way of the throat into the vast, great belly, (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.68)

tatrāsau dadṛśe vipro bhuvanāni caturdaśa ..

> there that brahmin saw the fourteen worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.69)

brahmādidikpālasurānsiddhagaṃdharvarākṣasān .. 32 ..

> Brahmā and the other gods who guard the quarters, siddhas, gandharvas, rākṣasas, (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.70)

ṛṣīndivyaṛṣīṃścaiva bhūtalaṃ sāgarāṃkitam ..

> seers and divine seers, the surface of the earth marked by oceans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.71)

nānātīrthairnadībhiśca parvataiḥ kānanaistathā .. 33 ..

> with diverse sacred fords, rivers, mountains, and forests, (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.72)

lakṣitaṃ pattanapuraṃ grāmakharvaṭakairyutam ..

> marked with cities, towns, villages, and hamlets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.73)

pātālāni tathā sapta nāgakanyāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 34 ..

> Likewise, \[he saw\] the seven netherworlds, thousands of serpent-maidens, (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.74)

mahārghyamaṇisaudhaiśca sudhāpātraiḥ samujjvalaiḥ ..

> and with mansions of priceless gems, and brilliant vessels of nectar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.75)

anarghyamaṇibhirnāgaiḥ sevitaṃ paramādbhutam .. .. 35 ..

> served by serpents with priceless jewels—most wonderful! (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.76)

jagatāṃ dhāriṇaṃ śeṣaṃ sahasraphaṇamaṃḍitam ..

> He saw Śeṣa, the upholder of the worlds, adorned with a thousand hoods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.77)

vyākartāramaśeṣāṇāṃ śāstrāṇāṃ śiṣyamadhyagam .. 36 ..

> the expositor of all sacred treatises, seated amidst his disciples. (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.78)

brahmāṃḍodaragaṃ vastu yatkiṃcitparameṣṭhinā ..

> Whatever entity exists within the cosmic egg, created  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.79)

sṛṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ dadṛśe'sau tatkukṣau sa mahāmuniḥ .. 37 ..

> by the Supreme Lord, all that the great sage saw inside that belly. (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.80)

nāpaśyadaṃtaṃ kukṣestu bhramamāṇa itastataḥ ..

> Wandering here and there, he did not see the end of the belly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.81)

tato viniṣkramya punardadṛśe ca mayā saha .. 38 ..

> Then, coming out again, he saw, together with me, (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.82)

pūrvamālakṣitaṃ yadvadāsthitaṃ puruṣottamam ..

> Puruṣottama seated just as he had been perceived before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.83)

vismayotphullanayanaḥ praṇipatyedamabravīt .. 39 ..

> With eyes wide open in astonishment, he prostrated himself and said this: (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.84)

.. mārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.85)

bhagavandevadeveśa kimadbhutamidaṃ prabho ..

> O Blessed One, Lord of the gods of gods! What is this wonder, O Lord?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.86)

mahāpralayasaṃrodhe sṛṣṭiratra vibhāvyate .. 2.2.3.40 ..

> In the confinement of the great dissolution, creation is perceived here! (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.87)

tvanmāyā duravacchedyā kathaṃ vai jñāyate mayā .. .. 41 ..

> Your māyā is difficult to fathom; how indeed can it be understood by me? (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.88)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.89)

mune kṣetramidaṃ citraṃ śāśvataṃ me vibhāvaya ..

> O sage, understand this sacred field to be wonderful and eternal to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.90)

na sṛṣṭipralayāvatra vidyete na ca saṃsṛtiḥ .. 42 ..

> Neither creation nor dissolution exist here, nor does worldly transmigration. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.91)

sadaikarūpaṃ puruṣottamākhyaṃ muktipradaṃ māmiha saṃprabudhya ..

> Fully realizing me here as Puruṣottama, ever of one form and bestower of liberation, / one who enters here, becoming of the nature of concentrated bliss, does not enter a womb again. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.92)

atra praviṣṭo na punaḥ prayāti garbhasthitiṃ sāṃdrasukhasvarūpaḥ .. 43 ..

> Thus instructed by the Blessed Lord, the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.93)

ityājñapto bhagavatā mārkaṃḍeyo mahāmuniḥ ..

> thinking, “I shall dwell here,” and turning his back on other sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.94)

atra vāsaṃ kariṣyāmītyanyatīrthaparāṅmukhaḥ ..

> with a delighted face prostrated himself before the Guru of the universe and said: (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.95)

prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ prāha praṇipatya jagadgurum .. 44 ..

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

### [2.2.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.96)

.. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .. ..

> He spoke thus to Viṣṇu, endowed with devotion and faith:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.97)

uvāca sa tathā viṣṇuṃ bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ ..

> “Bestow your grace, O Blessed One, in this sacred field of Puruṣottama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.98)

anugṛhṇīṣva bhagavankṣetresminpuruṣottame ..

> so that, residing \[here\], I may not fall under the power of death, O Puruṣottama!” (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.99)

yathā sthito mṛtyuvaśaṃ na vraje puruṣottama .. 45 ..

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

### [2.2.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.100)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> O brahmin-seer, in this sacred field that brings about liberation, my presence \[dwells\]. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.101)

atra sthitiṃ me viprarṣe kṣetre mokṣaprasādhake .. 46 ..

> My stay is here, O brahmin-seer, in the sacred field that brings about liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.102)

kariṣyāmi na saṃdeho yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam ..

> I will remain here, beyond any doubt, until the universal dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.103)

pralayāvasāne tīrthaṃ te racayiṣyāmi śāśvatam .. 47 ..

> At the conclusion of the deluge, I shall create an eternal sacred ford for you, // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.104)

yattīre tapa āsthāya maddvitīyatanuṃ śivam ..

> On whose bank, undertaking austerity and worshipping Śiva, / who is my second form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.105)

ārādhya madanukrośānmṛtyuṃ jeṣyasi niścitam .. 48 ..

> you shall assuredly conquer death through my grace.” // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.106)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.107)

evaṃ purā dattavaro mārkaṃḍeyo mahāmuniḥ ..

> Having thus received the boon in ancient times, the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.108)

nyagrodhavāyavyakoṇe khātaṃ cakreṇa vai hareḥ .. 49 ..

> resorted to the northwest corner of the banyan tree, to the pit dug by Hari’s discus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.109)

pāvanaṃ gartamāsthāya pūjayitvā maheśvaram ..

> a holy hollow; and having worshipped the Great Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.110)

mahatā tapasā vipro jitavānmṛtyumaṃjasā .. 2.2.3.50 ..

> the brahmin easily conquered death through great austerity. // 50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.111)

munestasyaiva nāmnāyaṃ prakhyāto garta uttamaḥ ..

> By the name of that very sage, this supreme pit is renowned;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.112)

yatra snātvā śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 51 .. ..

> bathing in which and seeing Śiva, one obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.113)

.. śrīruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.3.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.114)

pañcakrośamidaṃ kṣetraṃ samudrāṃtarvyavasthitam ..

> This sacred field extends for five krośas, situated within the sea;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.115)

dvikrośaṃ tīrtharājasya taṭabhūmau sunirmalam .. 52 ..

> two krośas of it lie on the shore of the king of sacred fords, exceedingly pure, // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.116)

suvarṇavālukākīrṇaṃ nīlaparvataśobhitam ..

> strewn with golden sand and graced by the Blue Mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.117)

yo'sau viśveśvaro devaḥ sākṣānnārāyaṇātmakaḥ .. 53 ..

> That Lord of All, the god whose nature is Nārāyaṇa in visible form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.118)

saṃyamya viṣayagrāmaṃ samudrataṭamāsthitaḥ ..

> restraining the assembly of sense objects, established himself upon the seashore  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.119)

upāsituṃ jagannāthaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭitamaḥ prabhuḥ .. 54 ..

> to worship Jagannātha, becoming the sixty-fourth lord. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.120)

yameśvara iti khyāto yamasaṃyamanāśanaḥ ..

> He is renowned as Yameśvara, destroyer of Yama’s restraint;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.121)

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā tu koṭiliṃgaphalaṃ labhet .. 55 ..

> having seen and worshipped him, one obtains the fruit of ten million liṅgas. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.3.122)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 ..

> Thus ends the third chapter in the dialogue between the sage Jaimini and the ṛṣis, in the glorification of Puruṣottama-kṣetra, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.3.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śivarahasyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.sivarahasyapurana.1.50) — Sanskrit
- [Tīrthacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tirthacintamani.4.p14) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit

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