[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) › 2.2.50.19 # Skandapurana 2.2.50.19 Skandapurāṇa 2.2.50.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.50.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.19) 18 atha bilveśvarāsannapradeśe samudrasya taṭānte'kasmādāgatya prādurbhūtaṃ kaṃcidvṛkṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpannaistadrakṣakai rājānaṃ prati vṛkṣadarśanavṛttāntanivedanam, tato'vabhṛthasnānena yajñaparisamāptiḥ, bhagavadromabhirnirmito'yamiti nāradena tadvṛkṣamāhātmyavarṇanam, . vṛkṣasthāpanam, tataḥ kasmiṃścitsamaye pūjāṃ kartuṃ sthitenendradyumnena kīdṛśī viṣṇumūrtirvidhayetyevaṃ nāradaṃ prati praśnaḥ, ko vā cedṛśīṃ mūrtiṃ vidhāsyatīti cintayatastasya rājño'gre bhagavadbhṛtavṛddhavarddhakisvarūpadarśanam, ahaṃ tāṃ mūrtiṃ vidhāsyāmīti kathayitvā tasya tasyāṃ paṭācchāditāyāṃ vedyāmevāntardhānama. ... 82 2 > 18. Then, in the vicinity of Bilveśvara, at the edge of the seashore, seeing a certain tree that had suddenly appeared and manifested, its guards, filled with wonder, reported the occurrence of seeing the tree to the king; then, with the avabhṛtha ritual ablution, the sacrifice was concluded; Nārada's explanation of the māhātmya of that tree, saying, "This has been created from the hairs of the Lord"; the installation of the tree; then, when Indradyumna stood at a certain time to perform worship, his question to Nārada as to what sort of image of Viṣṇu should be made; while that king was wondering who indeed would make such an image, the Lord's manifestation before him in the form of an old carpenter; having declared, "I shall make that image," his disappearance within that very altar-platform covered with a cloth. ... 82 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.2.50.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.18) - [Next: 2.2.50.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.20) - [Up: 2.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.50.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.19) · Pramāṇa