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# Skandapurana 2.3.2

Skandapurāṇa 2.3.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.1)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.2)

kathametatsamutpannaṃ kairvā kṣetraṃ niṣevitam ..

> How did this arise, and by whom was this sacred field frequented? (1ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.3)

ko vā tasyāpyadhīśaḥ syādetadvistarato vada .. 1 ..

> Or who is its presiding lord? Tell this in detail. (1cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.4)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.5)

anādisiddhametattu yathā vedā harestanūḥ ..

> This is established from beginninglessness, just like the Vedas, the body of Hari. (2ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.6)

adhiṣṭhātā hariḥ sākṣānnāradādyairniṣevitam .. 2 ..

> Hari is directly its presiding deity, and it is frequented by Nārada and others. (2cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.7)

purā kṛtayugasyādau svīyāṃ duhitaraṃ vidhiḥ ..

> Long ago, at the beginning of the Kṛta age, the Creator \[desired\] his own daughter; (3ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.8)

rūpayauvanasaṃpannāṃ sa tāṃ yabhitumudyataḥ .. 3 ..

> endowed with beauty and youth, he prepared to violate her. (3cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.9)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ roṣācchiraḥ khaḍgena pañcadhā ..

> Seeing him like that, out of fury, with a sword, in five parts (4ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.10)

cicchedā'haṃ kapālaṃ tadbrahmahatyāsamudyate .. 4 ..

> I cut off that head. As the murder of a brahmin arose, that skull— (4cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.11)

haste kṛtvā jagāmāśu tatra tīrthāni sevitum ..

> taking it in hand, I went swiftly there to frequent the sacred fords, (5ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.12)

divi bhūmau ca pātāle tapaścaraṇapūrvakam .. 5 ..

> in heaven, on earth, and in Pātāla, preceded by the practice of austerities. (5cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.13)

na gatā brahmahatyā me kapālaṃ tādṛśaṃ kare ..

> The murder of a brahmin did not leave me, and the skull remained like that in my hand. (6ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.14)

tadā vaikuṇṭhamagamaṃ draṣṭuṃ lakṣmīpatiṃ harim .. 6 ..

> Then I went to Vaikuṇṭha to see Hari, the lord of Lakṣmī. (6cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.15)

vinayāvanato bhūtvā namaskṛtya punaḥ punaḥ ..

> Having bowed low with humility, bowing down again and again, (7ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.16)

sarvamākhyātavāṃstasmai vyasanaṃ karuṇātmane .. 7 ..

> I related that entire calamity to him, the compassionate one. (7cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.17)

tasyopadiṣṭamādāya badarīṃ samupāgataḥ ..

> Taking the instruction he gave, I arrived at Badarī. (8ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.18)

tatkṣaṇādbrahmahatyā me vepamānā muhurmuhuḥ .. 8 ..

> At that moment, the murder of a brahmin trembling repeatedly before me, (8cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.19)

aṃtarhitaṃ kapālaṃ tatkarādvigalitaṃ mama ..

> disappeared, and that skull fell away from my hand. (9ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.20)

tataḥprabhṛti tatkṣetraṃ pārvatyā saha sādaram ..9..

> From then on, at that sacred field, respectfully together with Pārvatī, (9cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.21)

tiṣṭhāmi tapa āsthāya ṛṣīṇāṃ prītimāvahan ..

> having undertaken austerity, I abide, bringing delight to the seers. (10ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.22)

vārāṇasyāṃ yathā prītiḥ śrīśailaśikhare tathā .. 2.3.2.10 ..

> Just as \[my\] delight is in Vārāṇasī, and likewise on the peak of Śrīśaila,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.23)

kailāse śivayā sārddhaṃ tatonaṃtaguṇādhikā ..

> so on Kailāsa, together with Śivā, it is infinitely greater.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.24)

anyatra bharaṇānmuktiḥ svadharmavidhipūrvakāta .. 11 ..

> Elsewhere liberation comes from maintenance \[of rites\] preceded by the rule of one’s own duty;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.25)

badarī darśanādeva muktiḥ puṃsāṃ kare sthitā ..

> from the mere darśana of Badarī, liberation rests in the hand of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.26)

hareścaraṇasānnidhyaṃ yatra vaiśvānaraḥ svayam .. 12..

> Where there is the presence of the feet of Hari, there Vaiśvānara himself \[abides\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.27)

tatra kedārarūpeṇa mama liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam ..

> there my liṅga is established in the form of Kedāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.28)

kedāradarśanātsparśādarccanādbhaktibhāvataḥ.. 1 3..

> From the darśana, touch, and worship of Kedāra, through the disposition of devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.29)

koṭijanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bhasmībhavati tatkṣaṇāt ..

> the sin accumulated in ten million births turns to ashes in that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.30)

kalāmātreṇa tiṣṭhāmi tatra kṣetre viśeṣataḥ .. 1 4..

> I dwell especially in that sacred field with only a single part;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.31)

kalā paṃcadaśaivātra mūrtimadhye hyavasthitam .. 15..

> here indeed, fifteen parts abide within the bodily form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.32)

jitakṛtāṃtabhayāḥ śivayoginaḥ kṛtamṛgājinakṛttisuvāsasaḥ ..

> The Śiva-yogins, having conquered the fear of the bringer of death, wearing splendid garments made from the skins of deer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.33)

varavibhūtijaṭānvitabhūṣaṇāḥ svayamupāsata eva jaṭādharam .. 1 6..

> adorned with excellent sacred ashes and matted locks, themselves worship the wearer of matted locks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.34)

phaladalāṃbusamīraṇatoṣitāḥ śivamanojitamṛtyupariśramāḥ ..

> Content with fruits, leaves, water, and air, their fatigue from death overcome by minds fixed on Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.35)

girivarasthitanirjitamānasāḥ prasaranirmmalabuddhimahodayāḥ .. 17 ..

> subduing their minds while dwelling on the best of mountains, possessing a great dawn of expanding, pure intellect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.36)

kamalakomalakāṃtimukhāṃbujāḥ śivakṛpājitanirbharavairiṇaḥ ..

> their lotus-faces possessing the gentle radiance of lotuses, their overwhelming enemies vanquished by the grace of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.37)

karadhṛtāṃjalimauliśivekṣaṇāḥ śivamupāsata eva niśāmukhe .. 18 ..

> with folded hands held at the crest and their gaze on Śiva, they worship Śiva at dusk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.38)

karadhṛtajapamālāḥ śāṃtisaṃtoṣabhājaḥ kṛtanatiparanityaprārthanāścandramaulau ..

> Holding rosaries in their hands, partaking of peace and contentment, offering salutations, with constant, supreme prayers to the Moon-crested God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.39)

haracaraṇasarojadhyānavijñānamūrtivyathitajanamanojāḥ sarvabhāvānnitāṃtam .. 19 ..

> their minds turned away from passion which afflicts people, their forms made of discerning knowledge through meditation on the lotus-feet of Hara, \[they worship him\] entirely through every state of being.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.40)

vārāṇasyāṃ mṛtānāṃ ca tārakaṃ brahmasaṃjñakam ..

> For those who die in Vārāṇasī, that which is named the saving Brahman arises;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.41)

janānāṃ pūjanāttatra mama liṃgasya jāyate .. 2.3.2.20 ..

> there, for people, it arises from the worship of my liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.42)

vahnitīrthaṃ paribhrājadbhagavaccaraṇāṃtike ..

> The fiery sacred ford shines brightly near the feet of the Lord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.43)

kedārākhyaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā no janmabhāgbhavet .. 21 ..

> having seen the great liṅga called Kedāra, one will not partake of \[another\] birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.44)

.. skanda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.45)

kathaṃ vaiśvānaraḥ śrīmānsarvalokaikakāraṇam ..

> How did the glorious Vaiśvānara, the sole cause of all the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.46)

badarīmanusaṃtasthau tanme vada mahāmate .. 22 .. ..

> come to settle at Badarī? Tell me that, O noble-minded one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.47)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.48)

purā samājaḥ samabhūdṛṣīṇāmūrdhvaretasām ..

> Formerly, an assembly of celibate seers took place,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.49)

gaṃgā bhagavatī yatra kāliṃdyā saha saṃgatā ..23..

> where the divine Gaṅgā unites with the Kālindī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.50)

daśāśvamedhikaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam ..

> at the sacred ford named Daśāśvamedhika, renowned in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.51)

babhūva tatra bhagavānhutabhukpraśrayānataḥ ..

> There the lord Fire-eater, bowed down with modesty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.52)

ṛṣīṇāmagrataḥ sthitvā praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame .. 24 ..

> stood before the seers and began to ask:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.53)

.. vaiśvānara uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.54)

dṛṣṭvā ihaikadṛgjñānā bhavanto brahmavittamāḥ ..

> Having seen \[all things\], you best knowers of Brahman here possess single-sighted knowledge;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.55)

dīnārthe karuṇāpūrṇā hṛdayārdrā dayālavaḥ .. 25 ..

> full of compassion for the wretched, moist of heart, merciful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.56)

sarvadurlakṣaṇodbhūtapātakāliptacetasaḥ ..

> how can there be liberation from hell for me, O best of the knowers of Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.57)

kathaṃ syānnirayānmuktirmama brahmaviduttamāḥ .. 26 ..

> whose mind is smeared with the sins born of all inauspicious signs?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.58)

sarveṣāmṛṣivaryyāṇāmājagāma munīśvaraḥ ..

> The lord of munis came to all those excellent seers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.59)

gaṃgāṃbhasi samāplutya vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha .. 27 ..

> having bathed in the water of the Gaṅgā, he spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.60)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.61)

astyekaḥ paramopāyo bhavataḥ pāpaniṣkṛtau ..

> There is one supreme means for your expiation of sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.62)

sarvabhakṣākhyadoṣasya badarīṃ śaraṇaṃ śraya .. 28 ..

> for the fault called the eating of everything: seek refuge in Badarī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.63)

yatrāste bhagavānsākṣāddevadevo janārddanaḥ ..

> where the divine Lord Janārdana, the God of gods, is present in person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.64)

bhaktānāmapyabhaktānāmaghahā madhusūdanaḥ .. 29 ..

> Madhusūdana, the destroyer of the sins of both devotees and non-devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.65)

tatra gaṃgāṃbhasi snātvā kṛtvā pradakṣiṇāṃ hareḥ ..

> Having bathed there in the waters of the Gaṅgā and performed circumambulation of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.66)

daṃḍavatpraṇipātena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 2.3.2.30 ..

> by falling prostrate like a stick, the destruction of all sins shall take place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.67)

tato vyāsamukhācchrutvā ṛṣīṇāmanuvādataḥ ..

> Then, having heard from the mouth of Vyāsa and through the endorsement of the seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.68)

uttarābhimukho vahnirgaṃdhamādanamāyayau .. 31 ..

> Fire, facing the north, went to Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.69)

tato badarikāṃ prāpya snātvā gaṃgāṃbhasi svayam..

> Then, having reached Badarikā and bathed in the waters of the Gaṅgā himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.70)

nārāyaṇāśramaṃ gatvā natvā provāca bhaktimān .. 32 ..

> having gone to the hermitage of Nārāyaṇa, the devout one bowed down and spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.71)

.. agniruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.72)

viśudavijñānaghanaṃ purāṇaṃ sanātanaṃ viśvasṛjāṃ patiṃ gurum ..

> The mass of pure consciousness, ancient, eternal, the Lord and Guru of the creators of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.73)

anekamekaṃ jagadekanāthaṃ namāmyanaṃtāśritaśuddhabuddhim .. 33 ..

> manifold and one, the sole protector of the world, whose pure intellect shelters the Infinite—him I revere;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.74)

māyāmayīṃ śaktimupetya viśvakarttāramuddiśya rajopayuktam ..

> who, resorting to illusory power, is called the creator of the universe through the employment of passion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.75)

sattvena cāsya sthitihetumugramatho tamobhigrasitāramīḍe ..34..

> the cause of its maintenance through goodness, and the fierce swallower of it through darkness—him I praise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.76)

avidyayā viśvavimohitātmā vidyaikarūpaṃ vitataṃ trilokyām ..

> I, whose soul is deluded by ignorance regarding the universe, take refuge through ignorance in the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.77)

vidyāśritatvātsakalajñamīśaṃ tvavidyayā jīvamahaṃ prapadye .. 35 ..

> the soul, who is of the sole form of knowledge, extended across the three worlds, all-knowing because he rests on knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.78)

bhaktecchayāviṣkṛtadehayogamābhogabhogārpitayogayogam ..

> To him who reveals bodily union through the desire of his devotees, whose union of yoga is offered for extensive enjoyment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.79)

kauśeyapītāmbarajuṣṭaśaktiṃ vicitraśaktyaṣṭamayeṣṭamīḍe .. 36 ..

> whose power is served by yellow silk garments, the beloved one composed of the eight manifold powers—him I praise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.80)

atha prasanno bhagavānstutaḥ sarvairhṛdi sthitaḥ ..

> Then the Lord, dwelling in the hearts of all, pleased by the hymn of praise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.81)

provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ pāvakaṃ pāvanārthinam .. 37 ..

> spoke sweet words to the Fire, who was seeking purification:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.82)

.. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

> Glorious Nārāyaṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.83)

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te varado'hamupāgataḥ ..

> Choose a boon, fortune attend you; I have come as the granter of boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.84)

stavenānena tuṣṭo'smi vinayena tavānadha .. 38 ..

> I am pleased by this hymn and by your humility, O sinless one. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.85)

.. agniruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.86)

jñātaṃ bhagavatā sarvaṃ yadarthamahamāgataḥ ..

> The Lord already knows everything, the purpose for which I have come;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.87)

tathāpi kathayāmyetadīśvarājñānupālanam .. 39 ..

> nevertheless, obeying the command of the Lord, I shall state it: (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.88)

sarvabhakṣo bhavāmyeva niṣkṛtistu kathaṃ bhavet ..

> I am indeed an all-devourer; how, then, can there be expiation?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.89)

atyantabhayasaṃpattiretasmājjāyate mama .. 2.3.2.40 ..

> From this an exceedingly great fear arises within me. (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.90)

.. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca .. ..

> Glorious Nārāyaṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.91)

kṣetradarśanamātreṇa prāṇināṃ nāsti pātakam ..

> By mere darśana of the sacred field, living beings incur no sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.92)

matprasādātpātakaṃ tu tvayi māstu kadācana .. 41 ..

> By my grace, moreover, may no sin ever attach to you. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.93)

tataḥ prabhṛti bhūtātmā pāvakaḥ sarvato bhṛśam ..

> From that time forth, the Fire-god, the self of beings, everywhere intensely,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.94)

kalayāvasthitaścātra sarvadoṣavivarjitaḥ .. 42 ..

> remained here through a portion \[of himself\], freed from all defilements. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.95)

ya etatprātarutthāya śṛṇoti śrāvayecchuciḥ ..

> Whoever, having risen at dawn, pure, hears this or causes it to be heard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.96)

agnitīrthakṛtasnānaṃ phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 43 ..

> attains without doubt the fruit of a ritual ablution performed at Agnitīrtha. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.2.97)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrībadarikāśramamāhātmye'gnikṛtabhagavatstutivarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 2 ..

> Thus ends the second chapter, entitled "Description of the Hymn to the Lord Composed by Agni," in the Badarikāśrama-māhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.3.2.1) — English, machine translation

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