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# Skandapurana 2.2.8

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.2)

ityuktastena vipreṇa śabaraściṃtayākulaḥ ..

> Addressed in this manner by that brahmin, the Śabara became distressed with anxiety:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.3)

asmākamupajīvyo'sau rahasyastho janārdanaḥ .. 1 ..

> “This Janārdana residing in secret is the source of our livelihood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.4)

upasthitaṃ no durdaivaṃ yena syātsārvalaukikaḥ ..

> Misfortune has befallen us, through which he may become accessible to all the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.5)

na darśayāmi cedvipraṃ śāpaṃ me'sau pradāsyati .. 2 ..

> If I do not show \[him\] to the brahmin, he will utter a curse upon me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.6)

sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇo mānyo viśeṣādatithistvayam ..

> A brahmin is to be revered by all, and especially this guest;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.7)

yasminviphalakāme tu dvau lokau viphalau mama .. 3 ..

> if his desire remains unfulfilled, both worlds will be lost to me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.8)

evaṃ vicārayanviśvāvasuḥ śabarapuṃgavaḥ ..

> Reflecting thus, Viśvāvasu, the foremost of the Śabaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.9)

janapravādaṃ sasmāra purāṇaṃ śabarālaye .. 4 ..

> remembered the ancient tradition current in the settlement of the Śabaras:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.10)

asminnaṃtarhite deve bhūmyaṃtarlīnamādhave ..

> “When this god has disappeared, when Mādhava is concealed within the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.11)

indradyumno narapatiḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ .. 5 ..

> King Indradyumna, possessing valor equal to Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.12)

manuṣyavapuṣā yo vai brahmalokaṃ vrajedapi ..

> who will even go to Brahmaloka in a human body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.13)

so'sminprajābhirāgatya vājimedhaśatena ca .. 6 ..

> will arrive here with his subjects, and having sacrificed with a hundred horse-sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.14)

iṣṭvā dārumayaṃ viṣṇuṃ caturddhā sthāpayiṣyati ..

> will establish Viṣṇu made of wood in a fourfold form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.15)

asya cedbhāgyamutpannaṃ brāhmaṇasyātitherbhṛśam .. 7 ..

> If great good fortune has arisen for this brahmin guest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.16)

aṃtarddhānaṃ bhagavataḥ sannidhānamatho bhavet ..

> then the disappearance of the Lord, or his presence, must come to pass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.17)

tadenaṃ darśayiṣyāmi nīleṃdramaṇimacyutam .. 8 ..

> Therefore, I shall show him Acyuta, who is of sapphire blue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.18)

na pauruṣeyaṃ kasyāpi kartavye devanirmite ..

> Human effort has no power when a task has been ordained by the divine.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.19)

itthaṃ vicārya manasā śabaraśca punaḥpunaḥ .. 9 ..

> Having reflected thus in his mind again and again, the Śabara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.20)

uvāca vipraṃ purato dhyāyaṃtaṃ viṣṇumavyayam .. 2.2.8.10 ..

> spoke to the brahmin who stood before him, meditating upon the imperishable Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.21)

.. śabara uvāca .. ..

> The Śabara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.22)

asmābhiḥ pūrvato'pyeṣa udaṃtaḥ śruta eva hi ..

> “Indeed, even previously this report was heard by us:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.23)

iṃdradyumno narapatiratra vāsaṃ kariṣyati .. 11 ..

> King Indradyumna will take up residence here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.24)

tato'pi bhāgyavāṃstvaṃ hi yadagre nīlamādhavam ..

> You are even more fortunate than he, since you will see Nīlamādhava  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.25)

cakṣuṣā paśyase brahmannehi yāmo hyadhityakām .. 12 ..

> with your own eyes first, O brahmin! Come, let us go up to the plateau.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.26)

ityuktvā taṃ kare dhṛtvā vartmanā gahanaṃ yayau ..

> Having spoken thus and taking him by the hand, he went into the dense path,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.27)

uparyuparyupāruhya śilāviṣamavartmani .. 13 ..

> climbing higher and higher along the path rough with stones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.28)

ekaikanaragamye ca kaṃṭakācitadurgame ..

> passable only by one man at a time, impassable and filled with thorns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.29)

tamaḥprāye pathi gataṃ bodhayanvacasā dvijam .. 14 ..

> guiding with words the brahmin walking upon the dark-filled path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.30)

muhūrtābhyāṃ rauhiṇasya kuṃḍasyāviśatāṃ taṭe ..

> Within two muhūrtas, the two reached the bank of the Rauhiṇa pool.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.31)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā so'bravīdvipraṃ kuṃḍametaddvijottama .. 15 ..

> Beholding it, he said to the brahmin: "This pool, O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.32)

rauhiṇākhyaṃ mahattīrthaṃ kāraṇaṃ sarvapāthasām ..

> is the great sacred ford called Rauhiṇa, the source of all waters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.33)

atra snātvā naro yāti vaikuṃṭhabhavanaṃ dvija .. 16 ..

> Bathing here, a mortal goes to the abode of Vaikuṇṭha, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.34)

etasya pūrvabhāge'so kalpacchāyāvaṭo mahān ..

> To the east of this is that great banyan tree, the Kalpacchāya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.35)

chāyāṃ yasya samākramya brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati .. 17 ..

> stepping into whose shade one wipes away \[the sin of\] murdering a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.36)

etayoraṃtare brahmannikuṃjābhyaṃtare sthitam ..

> Between these two, O brahmin, standing inside the arbor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.37)

paśya sākṣājagannāthaṃ vedāṃtapratipāditam .. 18 ..

> behold directly Jagannātha, taught by the Vedānta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.38)

dṛṣṭvā jahīhi sakalaṃ vividhaṃ pāpasaṃcayam ..

> Having seen \[Him\], abandon the entire manifold accumulation of sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.39)

ita ūrdhvaṃ na śocasva patito bhavasāgare .. 19 .. ..

> henceforth, though fallen into the ocean of worldly existence, grieve no more."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.40)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.41)

sa tu kuṃḍe dvijaḥ snātvā saṃpradṛṣṭamanāḥ sudhī ..

> Having bathed in the pool, the wise brahmin, his mind exceedingly delighted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.42)

dūrātpraṇamya śirasā manasā vacasā harim .. 2.2.8.20 ..

> bowing from afar with his head, mind, and speech to Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.43)

tuṣṭāva caikāgramanā harṣagadgadayā girā .. 21 ..

> praised \[Him\] with a one-pointed mind and a voice choked with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.44)

.. vidyāpatiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.45)

pradhānapuruṣātīta sarvavyāpinparātpara ..

> "O You who transcend Pradhāna and Puruṣa, all-pervading one, higher than the highest!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.46)

carācaraparīṇāma paramārtha namo'stu te .. .. 22 ..

> O transformation into the moving and the unmoving, O supreme truth, homage be to You!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.47)

śrutismṛtipurāṇetihāsa saṃpratipāditaiḥ ..

> By rites taught by the Śrutis, Smṛtis, Purāṇas, and Itihāsas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.48)

karmabhistvaṃ samārādhya eka eva jagatpate .. 23 ..

> You alone are to be propitiated, O Lord of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.49)

tvatta etajjagatsarvaṃ sṛṣṭau saṃpadyate vibho ..

> From You all this universe arises at creation, O all-pervading Lord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.50)

tvadādhāramidaṃ deva tvayaiva paripālyate .. 24 ..

> having You as its foundation, O God, it is maintained by You alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.51)

kalpāṃte saṃhṛtaṃ sarvaṃ tvatkukṣau sāvakāśakam ..

> At the end of a kalpa, everything is withdrawn and resides with ample space  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.52)

sukhaṃ vasati sarvātmannaṃtaryāminnamo'stu te .. 25 ..

> at ease within Your belly, O Self of all! Homage be to You, the Inner Ruler!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.53)

namaste devadevāya trayīrūpāya te namaḥ ..

> Homage to You, God of gods! Homage to You whose form is the three Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.54)

caṃdrasūryādirupeṇa jagadbhāsayate sadā .. 26 ..

> who constantly illuminate the world in the form of the moon, sun, and others!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.55)

sarvatīrthamayī gaṃgā yasya pādābjasaṃgamāt ..

> The Gaṅgā, embodying all sacred fords, by contact with whose lotus foot  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.56)

punāti sakalām̐llokāṃstasmai pāvayate namaḥ .. 27 ..

> purifies all the worlds—homage to Him, the Purifier!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.57)

havīṃṣi maṃtrapūtāni samyagdattāni vahniṣu ..

> The oblations purified by mantras duly offered into the fires  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.58)

pariṇāmakṛte tubhyaṃ .jagajjīvayate namaḥ .. 28 ..

> You transform \[into food\]; homage to You who make the world live!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.59)

yadaṃśamupajīvaṃti jagaṃtyānaṃdarūpiṇaḥ ..

> Living on a portion of whom, whose nature is bliss, the worlds subsist,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.60)

sarvakalmaṣahīnāya tasmai brahmātmane namaḥ .. 29 ..

> homage to that Brahman-Self, devoid of all impurities!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.61)

nirmalāya svarūpāya śubharūpāya māyine ..

> To the spotless one, whose form is auspicious, the wielder of māyā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.62)

sarvasaṃgavihīnāya namaste viśvasākṣiṇe .. 2.2.8.30 ..

> devoid of all attachment, homage to You, the witness of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.63)

bahupādākṣiśīrṣāsyabāhave sarvajiṣṇave ..

> To the one with many feet, eyes, heads, mouths, and arms, victorious over all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.64)

sarvajīvasvarūpāya namaste sarvarūpiṇe .. 31 ..

> whose essence is all living beings, homage to You who possess all forms!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.65)

namaste kamalākāṃta namaste kamalāsana ..

> Homage to You, beloved of Kamalā! Homage to You who sit on a lotus!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.66)

namaḥ kamalapatrākṣa trāhi māṃ puruṣottama .. 32 ..

> Homage, O lotus-petal-eyed one! Protect me, O Puruṣottama!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.67)

asārasaṃsāraparibhrameṇa nipīḍyamānaṃ khalu rogaśokaiḥ ..

> Afflicted by roaming in worthless worldly existence, truly by diseases and grief,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.68)

māmuddharāsmādbhavaduḥkhajātātpādābjayoste śaraṇaṃ prapannam .. 33 ..

> deliver me from this mass of worldly sorrow, who have taken refuge at Your lotus feet!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.69)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.70)

iti stutvā sureśānaṃ devaṃ praṇavarūpiṇam ..

> Having thus praised the ruler of the gods, the God whose form is the Praṇava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.71)

praṇataḥ praṇavaṃ maṃtraṃ jajāpa purato hareḥ .. 34 ..

> he bowed and chanted the Praṇava mantra before Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.72)

japāṃte śāṃtamanasaṃ kṛtāṃjalimupasthitam ..

> At the end of the recitation, seeing the brahmin standing with peaceful mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.73)

manyamānaṃ kṛtārthaṃ svaṃ provāca śabaro dvijam .. 35 ..

> hands folded in reverence, and considering himself fulfilled, the Śabara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.74)

.. viśvāvasuruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.75)

kṛtārthastvaṃ prabhuṃ dṛṣṭvā sāṃprataṃ dvijapuṃgava ..

> "You have accomplished your purpose by beholding the Lord now, O bull among the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.76)

dināṃto'bhūdgṛhaṃ yāvaḥ kṣudhito'si śramānvitaḥ .. 36 ..

> The day has ended; let us go home. You are hungry and filled with fatigue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.77)

vāso'pyaraṇye hiṃsrāṇāṃ nāsmākamucitā sthitiḥ ..

> This forest is the dwelling of ferocious beasts; staying here is not suitable for us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.78)

yāvadbhānorbhāti bhāsastāvadyāmo nijālayam .. 37 ..

> As long as the sun's light shines, let us go to our home."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.79)

ityuktvā brāhmaṇaṃ pāṇau gṛhītvā śabaraḥ punaḥ ..

> Having spoken thus and taking the brahmin by the hand once more,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.80)

ājagāma dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ svāśramaṃ tvarayānvitaḥ .. 38 ..

> the Śabara, O best of the twice-born, swiftly came to his hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.81)

brāhmaṇo'pi jagannāthaṃ dhyāyannānaṃdasāgaram ..

> The brahmin, too, meditating on Jagannātha, the ocean of bliss,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.82)

kṣuttṛṣāśramajātāni duḥkhāni bubudhe na hi .. 39 ..

> did not feel the pains arising from hunger, thirst, and weariness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.83)

śilāviṣamamārge'pi kaṃṭakotkaradurgame ..

> Even upon the road rough with stones and impassable with heaps of thorns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.84)

vrajanna duḥkhaṃ lebhe'sau śarīrānāsthayā mudā .. 2.2.8.40 ..

> walking along, he felt no pain because of his joy and disregard for the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.85)

evaṃ vrajaṃtau tau vipra śabarau śabarālayam ..

> As the two, the brahmin and the Śabara, were thus walking toward the Śabara's home,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.86)

sāyāhne tamanuprāptau vaiṣṇavāgryau tu bho dvijāḥ .. 41 ..

> reached it in the evening, O twice-born, the foremost of Vaiṣṇavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.87)

tatrātithimanuprāptaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śabarottamaḥ ..

> There, to the guest who had arrived, the brahmin, the best of Śabaras  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.88)

bhakṣyabhojya vidhānaiśca vividhaiḥ samapūjayat .. 42 ..

> honored him with various arrangements of food to chew and to eat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.89)

tato'bhitṛptastaddattairupacārairnṛpocitaiḥ ..

> Then, fully satisfied by the royal offerings presented by him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.90)

vismayaṃ paramaṃ lebhe śabarasya sudurlabhaiḥ .. 43 ..

> he felt great astonishment at what was exceedingly difficult to obtain for a Śabara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.91)

śabaro'yaṃ nivasati viṣame kānanāṃtare ..

> "This Śabara dwells in the middle of a rugged forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.92)

āraṇyakairvarttamānaḥ kathamasya gṛhāṃtare .. 44 ..

> living on forest produce. How within his house  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.93)

rājārhabhakṣyabhojyāni sulabhānyadbhutaṃ mahat ..

> are foods fit for a king easily available? This is a great wonder!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.94)

iti vismayamāpannaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śabarastadā .. 45 ..

> To the brahmin who had thus fallen into wonder, the Śabara then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.95)

provāca snigdhavacasā vinayāvanato bhṛśam .. 46 ..

> spoke with affectionate words, bowing low in deep humility:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.96)

.. śabara uvāca .. ..

> The Śabara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.97)

bho vipra śramahīno'si kaccitkṣuttṛḍvivarjitaḥ ..

> "O brahmin, are you free from fatigue? Are you free from hunger and thirst?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.98)

āraṇyakānāṃ bhavane nāgarāṇāṃ kutaḥ sukham .. 47 ..

> Whence can there be comfort for city dwellers in the house of forest dwellers?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.99)

ajñātā nāgarī vṛttiḥ śabaraistu viśeṣataḥ ..

> Urban ways are unknown, especially to Śabaras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.100)

rājopajīvināṃ śreṣṭhau rājāmātyapurohitau .. 48 ..

> Among those who serve the king, the king's minister and the domestic priest are the foremost.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.101)

tayo rājasamaḥ pūjyaḥ purodhāḥ śāstrasaṃmataḥ ..

> Between them, the priest is to be honored as equal to the king, in accordance with the scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.102)

indradyumno narapatiḥ sārvabhaumaḥ pratāpavān .. 49 ..

> King Indradyumna is an emperor of great majesty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.103)

tvayi tuṣṭe sa saṃtuṣṭo dhruvaṃ vipra bhaviṣyati ..

> If you are pleased, O brahmin, he will surely be pleased."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.104)

ityuktavatyaraṇyasthe sa tu prītataro dvijaḥ ..

> When the forest dweller had spoken thus, that twice-born man, greatly pleased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.105)

uvāca śabaraṃ prītyā vinayādbhutavādinam .. 2.2.8.50 ..

> spoke with affection to the Śabara, who spoke with such wondrous humility:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.106)

.. vidyāpatiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.8.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.107)

sādho madupacārāya hṛtānyetāni yāni te ..

> "O virtuous one, these things brought by you for my entertainment  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.108)

vastunyamānuṣāṇīha yānyadṛṣṭāni rājabhiḥ .. 51 ..

> are superhuman, unseen here even by kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.109)

citrametaddivyavastusaṃcayaḥ śabarālaye ..

> It is marvelous: such an accumulation of divine items in the house of a Śabara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.110)

etatkhyātuṃ kautukaṃ me sādho saṃvarddhate mahat .. 52 ..

> My curiosity to have this explained grows very great, O virtuous one."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.111)

.. śabara uvāca .. ..

> The Śabara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.112)

etatprakāśituṃ vipra matirnotsahate mama ..

> "O brahmin, my mind is not inclined to disclose this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.113)

tathāpi te dvijaśreṣṭhā'tithibhaktyā vadāmyaham .. 53 ..

> Even so, O best of the twice-born, out of devotion to a guest, I shall tell you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.114)

śakrādayo devagaṇāḥ samāyāntyanvahaṃ dvija ..

> The hosts of gods, led by Śakra, arrive every day, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.115)

divyopacārānādāya pūjanāya jagatpateḥ .. 54 ..

> bringing divine offerings to worship the Lord of the World.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.116)

pūjayitvā jagannāthaṃ stutvā natvā ca bhaktitaḥ ..

> Having worshipped Jagannātha, having praised and bowed down to him with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.117)

gītaśavāditranṛtyaiśca saṃtoṣya puruṣottamam .. 55 ..

> and having delighted Puruṣottama with songs, musical instruments, and dances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.118)

punaḥ prayāṃti satataṃ tridivaṃ surasattamāḥ ..

> the foremost of the gods always return to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.119)

divyānyetāni vastūni nirmālyāni jagatpateḥ .. 56 ..

> These divine articles are the nirmālya of the Lord of the World;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.120)

dattāni tubhyaṃ viduṣe kathaṃ vismayate bhavān ..

> they have been given to you, a learned man. Why do you marvel?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.121)

viṣṇornirmālyabhogena kṣīṇarogajarā vayam .. 57 ..

> By partaking of Viṣṇu's nirmālya, we are free from disease and old age;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.122)

saputrabāṃdhavāḥ sarve nivasāmo'yutāyuṣaḥ ..

> with our sons and relatives, we all live having a lifespan of ten thousand years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.123)

viṣṇunirmālyabhogena kṣīyate pāpasaṃhatiḥ .. 58 ..

> By partaking of Viṣṇu's nirmālya, the heap of sins is destroyed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.124)

na taccitraṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yena syānmuktibhājanam ..

> it is no wonder, O best of the twice-born, that one may become a recipient of liberation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.125)

śrutvaitaddurlabhaṃ karma brāhmaṇo romaharṣaṇaḥ .. 59 ..

> Hearing of this rare deed, the brahmin, his hair standing on end,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.126)

ānaṃdāśruviluptākṣaḥ svaṃ kṛtārthamamanyata ..

> his eyes filled with tears of joy, considered himself fulfilled:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.127)

aho śabarajanmāsau paśyatyavyayamīśvaram .. 2.2.8.60 ..

> "Ah! Though born a Śabara, he beholds the imperishable Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.128)

taducchiṣṭaṃ divyabhogamupabhuṃkte divāniśam ..

> He enjoys His divine remnants of food day and night!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.129)

nānyo'sya sadṛśo loke pṛthivyāṃ sacarācare .. 61 ..

> There is no other equal to him in the world, on the earth with all that moves and is still,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.130)

yādṛśo viṣṇubhakto'yaṃ śabaro nīlaparvate ..

> as is this devotee of Viṣṇu, the Śabara on the Blue Mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.131)

kiṃ gatvā svagṛhe me'dya kuṭuṃbenā'sukhātmanā .. 62 ..

> What is the use of going to my own home today, to a family of unhappy mind?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.132)

anena sakhyaṃ niṣpādya sthāsyāmyatra vanāṃtare ..

> Forming a friendship with him, I will stay here within the forest."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.133)

cintayitvā ciraṃ vipraḥ śrīkṛṣṇāsaktamānasaḥ .. 63 ..

> Having reflected for a long time, the brahmin, his mind attached to Śrī Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.134)

punaḥ provāca śabaraṃ mayi te cedanugrahaḥ ..

> again said to the Śabara: "If you have favor toward me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.135)

sādho sakhyaṃ tvayā kāryamiti me niścayo mahān .. 64 ..

> O virtuous one, friendship must be made with you; this is my firm resolve.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.136)

kiṃ gatvā sevayā rājñaḥ paratrāsukhahetunā ..

> What is the use of returning and serving the king, a cause of unhappiness in the hereafter?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.137)

atra sthitvā tvayā sārdhamupāsya madhusūdanam .. 65 ..

> Staying here with you, worshipping Madhusūdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.138)

yathā punardehabaṃdho yatiṣye na bhavenmama ..

> I will strive so that the bondage of a body may not happen to me again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.139)

sādhu mitra tvayā sārddhaṃ bhāgyānme saṃgamo'bhavat .. 66 ..

> O good friend, by good fortune my meeting with you has taken place;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.140)

dustāraṃ bhavasaṃsāraṃ tariṣye tvatprasādataḥ ..

> by your grace I will cross the ocean of existence, hard to cross.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.141)

sārametatpraśaṃsaṃti saṃsāre bhavasāgare .. 67 ..

> They praise this as the essence in this world, in the ocean of worldly existence:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.142)

yadvaiṣṇavena mitratvaṃ duḥkhasaṃsārapāradam ..

> friendship with a Vaiṣṇava, which carries one across the sorrowful cycle of birth and death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.143)

mitrasya sahavāsena punaḥ pratyakṣameṣyati .. 68 ..

> By living together with a friend, before my very eyes again  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.144)

bhagavānpuṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ ..

> will come the Lord, the lotus-eyed one, bearing the conch, discus, and mace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.145)

iṃdradyumno narapatirmayi pratyāgate sakhe .. 69 ..

> If I return, friend, King Indradyumna  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.146)

bhagavaṃtaṃ samārāddhumihaiva sa nivatsyati ..

> he will reside right here to worship the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.147)

prāsādaṃ vipulaṃ cātra cikīrṣurbhagavatpriyam .. 2.2.8.70 ..

> And he wishes to build a vast temple here, dear to the Lord. (70)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.148)

sahasramupacārāṇāṃ pūjanāya jagatpateḥ ..

> ‘I will arrange a thousand services  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.149)

racayiṣyāmīti mahatpratijñāsīnmahīpateḥ .. 71 ..

> for worshiping the Lord of the world’—such was the king’s great vow. (71)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.150)

pratiśrutaṃ tatpurataḥ prītastanme'numanyatām .. 72 .. ..

> I promised \[this\] before him; please be pleased and agree to it.” (72)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.151)

.. śabara uvāca .. ..

> The Śabara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.152)

sakhe purātanī vārttā prasiddhaivātra tādṛśī .. 73 ..

> “Friend, there is well known here just such an ancient account. (73)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.153)

tvayā yathaiva kathitaṃ indradyumnasamāgamaḥ ..

> Indradyumna’s coming will happen just as you have told.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.154)

kevalaṃ mādhavaṃ tatra na drakṣyati mahīpatiḥ .. 74 ..

> Only, the king will not see Mādhava there. (74)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.155)

acirādeva bhagavānsvarṇavālukayāvṛtaḥ ..

> Very soon the Lord, covered with golden sand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.156)

pratijajñe yamāyaitadantarddhānaṃ gamiṣyati .. 75 ..

> will disappear; this was promised to Yama. (75)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.157)

mahābhāgyaparīpākātpratyakṣo'yaṃ tvayā kṛtaḥ ..

> Through the ripening of great good fortune, you have perceived Him directly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.158)

indradyumnāgamābhyāse dhruvaṃ sa vyavadhāsyati .. 76 ..

> when Indradyumna approaches, He will certainly conceal Himself. (76)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.159)

eṣo'rthastu tvayā mitra na vaktavyo nṛpāgrataḥ ..

> Yet this matter must not be told by you, friend, before the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.160)

āgatya so'tra nṛpatiradṛṣṭvā parameśvaram .. 77 ..

> Coming here and not seeing the Supreme Lord, (77)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.161)

prāyopaveśavratavānsvapne dṛṣṭvā gadādharam ..

> that king, undertaking the vow of fasting unto death, will see the Holder of the Mace in a dream.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.162)

tadādeśāddārumayaṃ prabhorliṃgacatuṣṭayam .. 78 ..

> By His command, the fourfold wooden forms of the Lord (78)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.163)

pūjayiṣyati bhaktyā ca pratiṣṭhāya svayaṃbhuvā ..

> he will worship with devotion, having \[them\] consecrated by the Self-manifest \[Brahmā\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.164)

sthitiratra hareryāvadāvayorvaṃśasaṃsthitiḥ .. 79 ..

> Hari’s presence here will endure as long as our lineages last. (79)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.165)

anugrahādbhagavato nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ..

> Through the Lord’s grace, no doubt should be entertained in this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.166)

tadatrārthe sakhe khedaṃ mā vraja kṣiprameva hi .. 2.2.8.80 ..

> Therefore, friend, do not be sorrowful about this; very quickly indeed (80)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.167)

nirvartsyate'cirādeva mitredānīṃ sukhaṃ svapa ..

> it will be accomplished before long. Friend, now sleep peacefully.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.168)

prātardṛṣṭvā punardevaṃ nīlendrāśmamayaṃ vibhum .. 81 ..

> In the morning, after seeing the all-pervading God of sapphire again, (81)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.169)

siṃdhau snātvā tasya taṭe nivāsāya mahīpateḥ ..

> bathing in the ocean, we shall look for a good site on its shore (82)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.170)

drakṣyāmaḥ sādhu saṃsthānaṃ yathābhilaṣitaṃ sakhe .. 82 ..

> for the king’s dwelling, according to his desire, my friend.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.171)

ityanyāśca kathāḥ puṇyāḥ kṛtvā tau ca parasparam ..

> Having exchanged these and other holy stories with one another,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.172)

śubhasthāne cāsvapatāṃ śayane pallavāstṛte .. 83 ..

> the two of them slept in an auspicious place on a bed spread with leaves. (83)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.173)

prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ tīrtharājodakena tau ..

> When night had dawned, the two, with the water of the king of sacred fords \[the ocean\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.174)

snānaṃ nirvartya vidhivanmādhavaṃ praṇipatya ca .. 84 ..

> performed their ritual ablution according to rule, bowed to Mādhava, (84)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.175)

rājārhasthānaṃ nirṇīya nivāsāya gatau punaḥ ..

> and after deciding upon a place fit for the king to reside, they went back.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.176)

tatra mitreṇābhimantrya rājño nirdeśakāraṇāt .. 85 ..

> Then, having taken leave of his friend, to carry out the king’s instruction, (85)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.177)

rathamāruhya vipraḥ sa tvavaṃtīpuramāyayau .. 86 ..

> mounting his chariot, that brahmin returned to the city of Avantī. (86)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.8.178)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde'ṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 ..

> Thus ends the eighth chapter in the dialogue with the sage Jaimini, in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.8.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Aniruddhasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.aniruddhasamhita.1.37) — Sanskrit

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