[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.2.47 # Skandapurana 2.2.47 Skandapurāṇa 2.2.47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.47.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.1) .. munaya ūcuḥ .. .. > The sages said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.2) bhagavansarvaśāstrajña śrutaṃ paramamadbhutam .. > “O Blessed One, knower of all scriptures, the supreme marvel has been heard: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.3) yātrārūpaṃ bhagavato māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 1 .. > The sin-destroying greatness of the Blessed One consisting of festival processions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.4) yathāhaṃ pūjito devaḥ kāmibhiḥ sarvakāmadaḥ .. > Tell us, then, how the god is worshipped by seekers of desires as the bestower of all desires, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.5) bhūtyupāsanayā bhūtiprado brūhi tathā hi naḥ ..2.. > And how he bestows prosperity through the worship of prosperity.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.6) ..jaiminiruvāca.. > Jaimini said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.7) sarvā vibhūtayo viṣṇorjagatyasmiṃścarācarāḥ.. > “All manifestations in this moving and unmoving world belong to Viṣṇu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.8) bhūtiprado vibhūtiśca sa ekaḥ parameśvaraḥ..3.. > He alone is the Supreme Lord, both the giver of prosperity and prosperity itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.9) yathāyathopa carati tathā vai jāyate naraḥ.. > In whatever manner a man serves him, he becomes accordingly; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.10) etāvadasya mahimā parimātuṃ na śakyate..4.. > The extent of his majesty cannot be measured. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.11) yo yathā samupāste taṃ tathā vai phalamāpnuyāt.. > In whatever manner one worships him, accordingly indeed one obtains the fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.12) ekaḥ paṃthāścaturṇāṃ vai dharmādīnāṃ sa dāravaḥ .. 5 .. > That wooden \[form\] is indeed the single path to the four \[aims of life\], dharma and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.13) dharmasya pathā gahanaḥ saṃkīrṇo vahuśāsanaiḥ .. > The path of dharma is dense, obstructed by numerous scriptures; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.14) tattvāvadhāraṇe nāsya kṣamaḥ ko'pi dvijottamāḥ .. 6 .. > no one at all is capable of determining its truth, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.15) arthakāmau hi tanmūlāvitthaṃ sthūlagatī sadā .. > Wealth and pleasure, having their root in it, thus always have coarse courses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.16) teṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ bhagavānanāyāsena vṛddhikṛt .. 7 .. > The Lord effortlessly causes these three to prosper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.17) dharmo hi bhagavānviṣṇurdharmamūlamidaṃ jagat .. > For dharma is the Lord Viṣṇu, and this world is rooted in dharma; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.18) dharmasya jagataścāpi prabhureṣa janārdanaḥ .. 8 .. > and Janārdana is the sovereign lord of both dharma and the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.19) puruṣārthamaye tasminbhaktiryasya pratiṣṭhitā .. > He whose devotion is firmly established in him who consists of the aims of life, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.20) sa sarvakāmatṛptātmā na śocati na kāṃkṣati .. 9 .. > his soul contented with all desires, neither grieves nor craves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.21) trailokyaiśvaryadātāsau śakrarūpo hyupāsitaḥ .. > When worshipped in the form of Indra, he gives sovereignty over the three worlds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.22) bhāvito dhātṛrūpeṇa vaṃśavṛddhikaro hariḥ .. 2.2.47.10 .. > meditated upon in the form of Dhātṛ, Hari increases one's lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.23) sanatkumārarūpeṇa dīrghamāyuḥ prayacchati .. > In the form of Sanatkumāra, he bestows a long life; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.24) vṛttisaṃpatprado hyeṣa pṛthurūpeṇa bhāvitaḥ .. 11 .. > meditated upon in the form of Pṛthu, he indeed grants abundance of livelihood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.25) gaṅgāditīrthaphalado vācaspatirupāsitaḥ .. > Worshipped as Bṛhaspati, he grants the fruit of the Gaṅgā and other sacred fords; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.26) aṃtastamaḥ praṇudati bhāsvadrūpeṇa bhāvitaḥ .. 12 .. > meditated upon in the form of the Sun, he dispels inner darkness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.27) saubhāgyamatulaṃ dadyādamṛtāṃśurupāsitaḥ .. > Worshipped as the Moon, he would grant incomparable good fortune; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.28) vidyāṣṭādaśatattvajño vākpatitvena bhāvayan .. 13 .. > \[one becomes\] a knower of the truth of the eighteen sciences, meditating \[on him\] as the Lord of Speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.29) vājimedhādiyajñānāṃ phalado'yaṃ sanātanaḥ .. > He, the eternal one, gives the fruit of the horse sacrifice and other rites; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.30) yajñeśvarasvarūpeṇa bhāvito'yaṃ jaganmayaḥ .. 14 .. > this deity composed of the universe, meditated upon in the form of the Lord of Sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.31) dhyātaḥ kuberarūpeṇa samṛddhimatulāṃ dadet .. 15 .. > \[and\] contemplated in the form of Kubera, would grant matchless prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.32) evaṃ dayāṃbudhirasau tasminnīlācale vasan .. > Thus this ocean of compassion, dwelling on that Nīlācala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.33) dīnānāthānugrahāya dāruvyājaśarīravān .. 16 .. > has an illusory wooden body in order to show grace to the wretched and the helpless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.34) prayāta tatra bho viprā vasadhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. > Go there, O brahmins, and dwell \[there\] with concentrated minds! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.35) śrīśapādābjayugalaṃ śaraṇaṃ tatprapadyata .. 17 .. > Take refuge in that pair of lotus feet of the Lord of Śrī! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.36) aihikāmuṣmikānbhogānvāñchadhvaṃ yadi śāśvatān .. > If you desire eternal enjoyments of this world and the next, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.37) ante muktiṃ ca kaivalyāṃ yathecchaṃ tatra prāpnuta .. 18 .. > and liberation \[consisting of\] absolute solitude at the end, obtain it there as you wish! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.47.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47.38) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 47 .. > Thus ends the forty-seventh chapter in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.47.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.47) · Pramāṇa