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# Skandapurana 2.2.46

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.2)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi yātrāmakṣayamokṣadām ..

> Hereafter I shall declare the pilgrimage that grants imperishable liberation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.3)

anāyāsena mūḍhānāṃ vāsanābaddhacetasām .. 1 ..

> without effort to the foolish whose minds are bound by latent desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.4)

vaiśākhasyāmale pakṣe dvitīyārātrimadhyataḥ ..

> In the bright fortnight of the month of Vaiśākha, in the middle of the night of the second \[lunar day\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.5)

maṇḍapaṃ ca catuṣkoṇaṃ sudhāliptaṃ savedikam .. 2 ..

> one should make a four-cornered pavilion, smeared with plaster and furnished with an altar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.6)

sudhautavāsasā kuryātpratisīrāsamaṃ tataḥ ..

> and then enclose it with clean, well-washed cloth like a curtain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.7)

sādhusopānasaṃyuktaṃ cārucaṃdrātapānvitam.. 3 ..

> provided with good steps and fitted with a beautiful canopy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.8)

tanmadhye vinyasennūnaṃ sādhu bhadrāsanottamam ..

> In its middle one should firmly set down an excellent, auspicious seat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.9)

tasminnicolasaṃchanne vinyasetsvarṇabhājanam .. 4 ..

> On it, covered with a robe, one should place a golden vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.10)

tasya paścimabhāge vai svāsīno brāhmaṇaḥ śuciḥ ..

> On the western side of it, indeed, a pure brahmin should seat himself comfortably.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.11)

pātrāṃtare tu gṛhṇīyāccaṃdanaṃ pacaviṃśatim .. 5 ..

> In another vessel he should take twenty-five \[palas\] of sandalwood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.12)

supiṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇasnehasya gṛhṇīyācca palādhikam ..

> finely ground, and take more than a pala of black oil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.13)

agurvarddhaṃ kuṃkumaṃ syātkuṃkumārddhaṃ ca sihlakam .. 6 ..

> There should be half as much agallochum as saffron, and half as much incense-resin as saffron;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.14)

kastūrikākarpurayoḥ pramāṇaṃ sihlasaṃmitam ..

> the measure of musk and camphor should equal the incense-resin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.15)

sarvamekatra saṃpiṣyātpāṭalodbhavavāriṇā .. 7 ..

> He should grind all this together with water derived from trumpet flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.16)

paladvayaṃ tato dadyādagurusnehamuttamam ..

> Then he should add two palas of excellent oil of agallochum;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.17)

ekatra loḍitāṃ kṛtvā pūrvapātre nidhāpayet .. 8 ..

> having stirred it together, he should deposit it in the previous vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.18)

ācchādya ketakīpatrairveṣṭayeccīnavāsasā ..

> Covering it with ketakī leaves, he should wrap it in Chinese silk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.19)

gandhaste somamaṃtreṇa rakṣedgaruḍamudrayā .. 9 ..

> He should protect it with the mantra 'Gandhas te soma' and the Garuḍamudrā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.20)

evaṃ tu maṇḍape tasminsādhivāsaṃ nidhāpayet ..

> Thus he should deposit the preparatory offering in that pavilion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.21)

aruṇodayakāle'tha nayetkṛṣṇasya sannidhim .. 2.2.46.10 ..

> Then, at the time of dawn, he should take it into the presence of Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.22)

śaṃkhacāmarachatrādyairbhrāmayitvā surālayam ..

> Having circumambulated the temple with conches, fly-whisks, umbrellas, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.23)

devāgre sthāpayitvā ca pūjayetpuruṣottamam.. 11 ..

> and placing it before the Lord, he should worship Puruṣottama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.24)

uddhāṭayettato vastre divyadṛṣṭyāvalokayet ..

> He should then uncover the cloths and gaze with a divine vision;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.25)

prokṣitaṃ maṃtrarājena saṃkuryāttāḍanādibhiḥ .. 12 ..

> he should consecrate what was sprinkled with the king of mantras by snapping fingers and other \[protective rites\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.26)

gaṃdhapuṣpākṣataiḥ pūjyaḥ śriyaḥ sūktena lepayet ..

> Having worshipped \[him\] with perfume, flowers, and unbroken grains, he should anoint \[him\] with the hymn of Śrī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.27)

śrīśasya sarvagātreṣu mṛdusparśaṃ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. 13 ..

> with a soft touch, slowly, slowly on all the limbs of the Lord of Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.28)

vaiṣṇavā jayaśabdaistaṃ varddhayaṃti tadā harim ..

> The Vaiṣṇavas then praise Hari with cries of victory;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.29)

nānāsūktopaniṣadairvidvāṃsastaṃ stuvaṃti vai .. 14 ..

> the learned praise him with various hymns and Upaniṣads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.30)

veṇuvīṇādikairnṛtyagītavādyairanekaśaḥ ..

> With flutes, lutes, and various dances, songs, and instrumental music,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.31)

vyajanaiścāmaraicchatrairanyairnānopahārakaiḥ .. 15 ..

> with fans, fly-whisks, umbrellas, and diverse other offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.32)

saṃtoṣayañjagannāthaṃ tṛtīyādau vilepayet ..

> pleasing Jagannātha, he should anoint him at the start of the third \[lunar day\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.33)

yasya ciṃtanamātreṇa tāpā naśyaṃti dehinām .. .. 16 ..

> He, by the mere thought of whom the torments of embodied beings are destroyed—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.34)

so'sau saṃdarśanāttāpānnṛṇāṃ haṃti tadā dvijāḥ ..

> he indeed removes the torments of men by his darśana then, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.35)

acintyo mahimā viṣṇorīdṛktādṛktayā sadā .. 17 ..

> Inconceivable is the majesty of Viṣṇu, ever beyond 'it is such or such'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.36)

tataḥ sūkṣmāṃbarairmālyairbhakṣyabhojyādipānakaiḥ ..

> Then, with fine garments, garlands, chewable and solid foods, beverages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.37)

dravyairnānāvidhairhṛdyairgavyairāvartitaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 18 ..

> and various agreeable items, boiled and auspicious cow products,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.38)

tataḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ tāṃbūlaiśca susaṃskṛtaiḥ ..

> and with well-prepared betel, he should then worship the God.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.39)

tasminkāle tu ye kṛṣṇaṃ bhaktyā paśyaṃti mānavāḥ .. 19 ..

> At that time, those men who behold Kṛṣṇa with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.40)

na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi ..

> have no return, even in hundreds of millions of kalpas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.41)

viṣṇoḥ svarūpamāsādya viṣṇuloke vasaṃti vai .. 2.2.46.20 ..

> attaining the form of Viṣṇu, they indeed dwell in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.42)

purā kaliyuge viprā dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ ..

> Formerly in the Kali age, O brahmins, the progenitor named Dakṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.43)

ādhyātmikādisaṃtāpaiḥ sudīnānvīkṣya mānavān .. 21 ..

> seeing human beings deeply miserable with internal and other afflictions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.44)

tatra gatvā kṛpāyukto mahimānaṃ cakāra vai ..

> went there, moved by compassion, and celebrated \[his\] glory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.45)

yathāvidhi mayā proktaṃ sa eva prathamaṃ dvijāḥ .. 22 ..

> He indeed was the first, O twice-born ones, to do so according to the injunction spoken by me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.46)

pralipya candanenāṃge mādhavāmalapakṣake ..

> having smeared sandalwood on the limbs \[of the Lord\] in the bright fortnight of the month of Mādhava  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.47)

tṛtīyāyāṃ jagannāthaṃ stutimetāṃ mudā jagau ..23..

> on the third \[lunar day\], he joyfully sang this praise to Jagannātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.48)

.. dakṣa uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.46.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.49)

devadeva jagannātha sahajānaṃdanirmala ..

> 'O God of gods, O Lord of the world, spotless with innate bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.50)

saṃsārārṇavasaṃmagnāṃstrāhi naḥ parameśvara .. 24 ..

> save us who are immersed in the ocean of worldly existence, O Supreme Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.51)

nānāvidhaiśca saṃtāpaiḥ saṃtaptānmānavānimān ..

> Tormented by varied afflictions are these human beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.52)

mamānukrośabuddhyā vai śubhadṛṣṭyā'mṛtena ca ..25..

> by your thought of pity for me, and with your auspicious, nectar-like glance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.53)

saṃtarpaya tṛṇāñchuṣkānkṛṣṇa me'gha namo'stute ..

> Nourish \[these men\], who are dried up like withered grass, O Kṛṣṇa, \[rain-\]cloud! Homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.54)

kalikalmaṣasaṃmūḍhānuddhartuṃ jagatāṃ pate .. 26 ..

> In order to deliver those confounded by the impurities of the Kali \[age\], O Lord of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.55)

avatāro'yametasminnīlācalaguhāṃtare ..

> This incarnation has taken place within the cavern of the Nīlācala mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.56)

cirakālaprarūḍhānāṃ dustyajānāṃ mahāṃhasām ..27..

> Of immense sins grown over a long time, difficult to abandon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.57)

rāśiṃ dagdhuṃ tvameveśo dīnānāthakṛpākara ..

> You alone are capable of burning the heap, O compassionate one towards the miserable and helpless!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.58)

tvaddarśanamahāyoge yamādyaṣṭāṃgavarjite .. 28 ..

> In this great yoga consisting of your darśana, free of the eight limbs beginning with restraint,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.59)

yeṣāṃ matiḥ samutpannā caturvargaikasādhane ..

> Those whose mind is resolved on the sole attainment of the four aims of life  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.60)

na te śocaṃti duṣpāre bhavāraṇye mahābhaye .. 29 ..

> Do not grieve in the boundless, terrifying wilderness of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.61)

karmānapekṣaṃ deveśa nātmajñānaṃ vimocakam ..

> Knowledge of the Self independent of rites, O Lord of gods, does not liberate;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.62)

idaṃ te darśanaṃ nātha vinā karmāpi mocayet .. 2.2.46.30 ..

> This darśana of yours, O Lord, would liberate even without rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.63)

jaya kṛṣṇa jayeśāna jayākṣara jayāvyaya ..

> Victory, O Kṛṣṇa! Victory, O Lord! Victory, O imperishable one! Victory, O unalterable one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.64)

prasīdānugṛhāṇemāndīnānmūḍhānvicetasaḥ .. 31 ..

> Be pleased! Show grace to these miserable, foolish, and mindless people!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.65)

iti stutvā daṃḍapātaṃ papāta caraṇāṃbuje ..

> Having praised him thus, he fell like a rod before his lotus-feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.66)

prasīdeśa prasīdeśa prasīdeśeti ghoṣayan .. 32 ..

> Proclaiming: “Be pleased, O Lord! Be pleased, O Lord! Be pleased, O Lord!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.67)

tato jagāda bhagavānsusvareṇa prajāpatim ..

> Then the Blessed One spoke to the Prajāpati in a sweet voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.68)

uttiṣṭha vatsa te dattaṃ durlabhaṃ yadvaraṃ tvayā .. 33 ..

> “Arise, my child! The rare boon that you have desired  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.69)

kāṃkṣitaṃ matprasādena bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Is granted to you: by my grace it will be so, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.70)

madanugraho'lpapuṇyānāṃ durlabho viditastava .. .. 34 ..

> My grace is hard to attain for those of little merit, as you well know.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.71)

madaṃgajāto'sti bhavānmāṃ tvaṃ prārthitavānasi ..

> You are born from my limb, and you have petitioned me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.72)

mamotsavena santoṣya tataste pradadāmyaham .. 35 ..

> Having pleased me with my festival, I therefore grant it to you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.73)

imāmakṣayayātrāṃ ye bhaktyā paśyaṃti harṣitāḥ ..

> Those who with devotion and joy behold this inexhaustible festival procession  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.74)

tasminkāle yadicchaṃti manasā tadavāpnuyuḥ .. 36 ..

> Shall obtain at that time whatever they desire in their mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.75)

yathā saṃtāpaharaṇaṃ candanenānulepanam ..

> Just as anointing with sandalwood paste removes burning heat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.76)

tathotsavo'yaṃ me dakṣa saṃtāpatrayanāśanaḥ .. 37 ..

> So this festival of mine, O Dakṣa, destroys the threefold affliction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.77)

matpreritamatistvaṃ hi utsavaṃ kṛtavānasi ..

> Your intellect was impelled by me, and so you performed the festival;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.78)

saṃkalpito'yaṃ manasā dīnoddhṛtyai mayā dhruvam .. 38 ..

> Indeed, this was conceived by me in mind for the deliverance of the wretched.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.79)

tvayābhikākṣitaṃ sarvaṃ dāsyāmyeva prajāpate ..

> I shall give you all that was desired by you, O Prajāpati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.80)

dvādaśaitā mahāyātrā guṇḍicādyāstu pāvanāḥ .. 39 ..

> These twelve great festival processions, beginning with Guṇḍicā, are purifying;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.81)

ekaikā muktidā sarvā dharmakāmārthavarddhanāḥ .. 2.2.46.40 ..

> Each one bestows liberation; all promote virtue, love, and wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.82)

tāsāmekatamāṃ vāpi yo bhaktyā cāvalokayet ..

> Whoever beholds with devotion even one among them  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.83)

ekayāpi bhavābdhiṃ sa tīrtvā viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet .. 41 ..

> Crosses the ocean of worldly existence by that one alone and goes to the realm of Viṣṇu.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.84)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.46.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.85)

ityudīrya prajānāthaṃ bhagavānsa tirodadhe .. 42 ..

> Having spoken thus to the lord of creatures, the Blessed One vanished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.86)

dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ so'pi śraddadhānastadājñayā ..

> Dakṣa Prajāpati too, being full of faith, by his command,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.87)

saṃvatsaraṃ girau sthitvā saṃdadarśa mahotsavān .. 43 ..

> Dwelt on the mountain for a year and witnessed the great festivals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.88)

sarvajño brāhmaṇo bhūtvā kauśikasya kulottame ..

> Becoming an omniscient brahmin in the best lineage of Kauśika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.89)

lokānpravartayāmāsa yathāvidhi maheṣu saḥ .. 44 ..

> He engaged the people according to rule in the great sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.90)

viśvāsāyālpabuddhīnāṃ yātrā vai parikīrtitāḥ ..

> The festival processions are proclaimed for the faith of those of small intellect;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.91)

ayaṃ ca sākṣātparamabrahmarūpī jagadguruḥ ..

> And he, the guru of the world, whose form is the Supreme Brahman manifest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.92)

prasāditaḥ sureśena lokānugrahaṇāya vai .. 45 ..

> Was propitiated by the lord of the gods for the grace of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.93)

yathā tathā dṛṣṭipathaṃ yāto muktiprado dhuvam ..

> In whatever way he enters one’s range of vision, he certainly bestows liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.94)

sarvānkāmāndadātyeva nārīṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 46 ..

> He indeed fulfills all desires of women, there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.95)

satyapratijño bhagavāṃstatrāste madhusūdanaḥ ..

> The Blessed One Madhusūdana, true to his promise, resides there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.96)

śokaṃ tarati yaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhavapāthodhisaṃbhavam ..

> Seeing whom, one overcomes the sorrow arising from the ocean of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.97)

kiṃ vrataiḥ kiṃ tapodānaiḥ kiṃ kṛcchraiḥ kratubhistathā .. 47 ..

> What use are vows? What use are austerities and gifts? What use are penances and sacrifices?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.98)

kimaṣṭāṃgena yogena kiṃ sāṃkhyena pareṇa ca .. 48 ..

> What use is eight-limbed yoga? What use is the ultimate Sāṃkhya?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.99)

tīrtharājajale snātvā kṣetre śrīpuruṣottame ..

> Having bathed in the waters of the king of sacred fords in the sacred field of holy Puruṣottama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.100)

nyagrodhamūlavasatau vasantaṃ carmacakṣuṣā ..

> And seeing with physical eyes the wooden Brahman  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.101)

dṛṣṭvā dārumayaṃ brahma dehabaṃdhātpramucyate .. 49 ..

> Dwelling in his abode at the base of the banyan tree, one is freed from the bondage of the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.46.102)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 46 ..

> Thus ends the forty-sixth chapter in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.46.1) — English, machine translation

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