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# Skandapurana 2.3.8

Skandapurāṇa 2.3.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.1)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.2)

brahmakuṇḍāddakṣiṇato narāvāsagirirmahān ..

> To the south of Brahmakuṇḍa is the great mountain where Nara dwells,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.3)

yatra bhagavatā meruḥ sthāpito lokasundaraḥ .. 1 ..

> where Meru, beautiful to the world, was placed by the Blessed One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.4)

.. skanda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.5)

kathaṃ bhagavatā meruḥ sthāpito narasannidhau ..

> How was Meru placed in the vicinity of Nara by the Blessed One?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.6)

mahatkautūhalaṃ tāta kathyatāṃ yadi rocate .. 2 ..

> My curiosity is great, O father; tell me if it pleases you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.7)

.. mahādeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.8)

yadā bhagavato vāso viśālāyāṃ samāgataḥ ..

> When the Blessed One came to dwell in Viśālā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.9)

devā maharṣayaḥ siddhāḥ savidyādharacāraṇāḥ ..3..

> the gods, great seers, and siddhas, along with vidyādharas and cāraṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.10)

vihāya meruśṛṃgāṇi bhagavaddarśanotsukāḥ ..

> abandoned the peaks of Meru, eager for the darśana of the Blessed One,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.11)

bhagavaddarśanāhlādatiraskṛtasurālayāḥ .. 4 ..

> their celestial abode disregarded due to the joy of the darśana of the Blessed One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.12)

tadā tu bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ sukhahetoḥ ṣaḍānana ..

> Then, for their happiness, O Six-faced One,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.13)

utpādya meruśṛṃgāṇi kareṇaikena līlayā ..

> having uprooted the peaks of Meru with a single hand in sport,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.14)

sthāpayāmāsa sarveṣāṃ bhagavānprītivarddhanaḥ ..5..

> the Blessed One, who increases the joy of all, set them down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.15)

tataḥ sarve samālokya giriṃ kāṃcananirmitam ..

> Then, all beholding that mountain made of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.16)

prasannāstuṣṭuvuḥ sarve nārāyaṇamanāmayam..6..

> delighted, praised the flawless Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.17)

..devā ūcuḥ.. ..

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

### [2.3.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.18)

yosmatsukhāya bhavaviśramaṇāya bibhrallīlātanūḥ kanakaśailamihānināya ..

> He who, assuming playful bodies for our delight and for the cessation of worldly existence, brought the golden mountain here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.19)

jetā surārddanaśataṃ tridaśaikapakṣastasmai vidhema nama ugratapaḥśriyāya..7..

> the conqueror of hundreds of tormentors of the gods, the sole partisan of the thirty \[gods\]—to him, whose glory is fierce austerity, we offer our bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.20)

yadyatkaroti kṛpayā kṛpaṇārtitūlaśailāgnirāśritakṛdekavidāṃ variṣṭhaḥ..

> Whatever he does out of compassion, being a fire to the mountain-like cotton of the distress of the wretched, the foremost of those who know how to protect their dependents—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.21)

svenaiva tena karaṇena sa tuṣyatāṃ no yasyānvakāri puruṣeṇa na kenacidvai ..8..

> may he be pleased with us by that very action of his, which has indeed never been imitated by any person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.22)

asmākamunnatadhiyāṃ vidadhāti samyakchikṣāṃ piteva karuṇo nijalābhapūrṇaḥ..

> He properly bestows instruction upon us of noble minds, like a compassionate father, fully satisfied in his own attainments;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.23)

trailokyarakṣaṇavicakṣaṇadṛṣṭipātapūrṇāmṛtāṃbudhirasau vipadaḥ prapāyāt .. 9 ..

> may this full ocean of nectar, whose glance is adept in protecting the three worlds, protect \[us\] from calamity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.24)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.25)

yenādhyastaṃ bhāti samastaṃ jagadekaṃ krīḍābhāṃḍaṃ satyatayā'jasya vibhūmnaḥ ..

> To him upon whom superimposition makes this entire single universe, a vessel for play, appear real, unborn and of infinite majesty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.26)

bhānāṃ vṛdaṃ yadvadanepyāśritamūrtistasmai nityaṃ śāśvata tubhyaṃ praṇamāma .. 2.3.8.10 ..

> and upon whose mouth the host of luminaries has taken recourse as its form—to you, the eternal one, we bow forever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.27)

.. siddhā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.28)

yatkṛpālavata eva mahāṃtaḥ siddhimīyuritare bhavabhājaḥ ..

> By just a particle of whose grace great souls and other beings bound to worldly existence attained perfection—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.29)

te'cireṇa bhavabhīmapayodhiṃ tīrṇavaṃta iti naḥ sumanīṣā ..11..

> that they have crossed the dreadful ocean of existence in no time is our conviction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.30)

.. vidyādharā ūcuḥ.. ..

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

### [2.3.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.31)

vibho sadguṇagrāma kalyāṇamūrte pareśāna saṃmānasaṃtānaheto ..

> O all-pervading Lord, abode of good qualities, of auspicious form, supreme ruler, source of continuous honor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.32)

bhavatpādapadmāsavasvādamattāḥ kṛtārthā na citraṃ bhavatyatra kiṃcit ..12..

> intoxicated by the taste of the nectar of your lotus feet, we have attained our purpose; in this there is no wonder at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.33)

tatastuṣṭo'tha bhagavāṃsteṣāmāsīddivaukasām ..

> Then the Blessed Lord was pleased with those heaven-dwellers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.34)

varaṃ vṛṇudhvamityuktāste procurvaradarṣabham..13..

> Told, “Choose a boon,” they spoke to the best among boon-givers:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.35)

parituṣṭo bhavānsākṣāddevadevo ramāpatiḥ..

> “Since you, the God of gods, husband of Ramā, are directly pleased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.36)

badarī na tvayā tyājyā na ca meruḥ kadācana..14..

> neither Badarī nor Meru should ever be abandoned by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.37)

meruśṛṃgaṃ prapaśyaṃti ye janāḥ puṇyabhāginaḥ ..

> Those meritorious people who gaze upon the peak of Meru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.38)

teṣāṃ vai tvatprasādena merau vāsaḥ prajāyatām..15..

> may their dwelling indeed come to be upon Meru through your grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.39)

tatra bhuktvā cirādbhogānbhūyādante layastvayi..

> Having enjoyed pleasures there for a long time, may absorption into you take place at the end.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.40)

evamastviti cābhāṣya tatraivāṃtarhito hariḥ .. 16 ..

> Having said, “So be it,” Hari vanished right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.41)

tataḥ prabhṛti te sarve meruśṛṃgavihāriṇaḥ ..

> From that time forward, all those roaming upon the peak of Meru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.42)

naranārāyaṇasyāṃte pālyamānā muhurmuhuḥ..17..

> protected constantly in the presence of Nara and Nārāyaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.43)

kadāciddivi tiṣṭhaṃti kadācinmerumadhyataḥ..

> dwell sometimes in heaven and sometimes in the middle of Meru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.44)

nirviśaṃkā nirudvegā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ..18..

> free from doubt and agitation—both seers and those rich in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.45)

bhagavānapi tatraiva nararūpeṇa tiṣṭhati..

> The Blessed Lord also remains right there in the form of Nara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.46)

dhanurbāṇadharaḥ śrīmāṃstapasā pāvakopamaḥ..

> bearing bow and arrows, glorious, resembling fire through austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.47)

ānaṃdamṛṣivṛṃdasya janayaṃstapa āsthitaḥ .. 19 ..

> bringing joy to the assembly of seers, steadfast in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.48)

tatastu paramaṃ tīrthaṃ lokapālābhivaṃditam ..

> After that, there is a supreme sacred ford praised by the world guardians,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.49)

yatra saṃsthāpayāmāsa lokapālānhariḥ svayam ..2.3.8.20..

> where Hari himself established the world guardians.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.50)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.51)

kathaṃ bhagavatā tatra lokapālāśca sthāpitāḥ ..

> How were the world guardians established there by the Blessed Lord?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.52)

mahatkautūhalaṃ tāta kathayasva mahāmate .. 21 ..

> Great is my curiosity, father; tell me, O noble-minded one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.53)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.54)

ekadā merumadhyasthāśrayāniha haranhariḥ..

> Once Hari, dispelling the afflictions of those dwelling in the middle of Meru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.55)

devānāmṛṣimukhyānāṃ caritaṃ draṣṭumudyataḥ ..21..

> set out to see the conduct of the gods and the foremost seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.56)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya namaskṛtya divaukasaḥ ..

> Seeing him, the heaven-dwellers stood up at once, bowed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.57)

ūcuste vinayātsarve prasīda bhagavanvibho .. 23 ..

> and all said with humility: “Be gracious, O Blessed Lord, O all-pervading one!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.58)

kṣaṇaṃ viśrāmya vidhivaddṛṣṭvā tāṃ viralāṃ bhuvam ..

> Resting for a moment, having properly looked at that secluded spot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.59)

sānnidhyamṛṣidevānāmayuktaṃ bhāvayanmithaḥ .. 24 ..

> and judging the mutual proximity of the seers and gods to be inappropriate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.60)

tataḥ prahasya bhagavānuvāca madhusūdanaḥ ..

> the Blessed Lord Madhusūdana then smiled and said,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.61)

lokapālānsamāhūya nātra stheyaṃ bhavadvidhaiḥ .. 25 ..

> having summoned the world guardians: “Those like you must not dwell here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.62)

ṛṣayastāpasāḥ siddhāḥ sastrīkā nivasaṃti hi ..

> For seers, ascetics, and siddhas dwell here with their wives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.63)

bhavadvidhānāmāsthānaṃ pureva kalpitaṃ mayā ..26..

> A place of assembly for those like you was already prepared by me in the past.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.64)

tataḥ sa tvarito gatvā ramye girivare hariḥ ..

> Then Hari, having gone swiftly to the delightful foremost mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.65)

lokapālānsamāhūya sthāpayāmāsa tānguha .. 27 ..

> summoned the world guardians and established them there, O Guha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.66)

tatraiva śailadaṃḍena hatvāgniṃ jalakāṃkṣayā ..

> Right there, striking the fire with a stone staff out of desire for water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.67)

krīḍāpuṣkaraṇīṃ teṣāṃ nirmame sumanoharāma .. 28 ..

> he fashioned a very charming lotus pool for their sport,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.68)

sastrīkā yatra gīrvāṇā vicaraṃti nijecchayā ..

> where the gods, accompanied by their wives, roam according to their own desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.69)

gāyaṃti svanumodaṃti gaṃdharvāstridivaukasām .. 29 ..

> and the gandharvas of the heaven-dwellers sing and applaud.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.70)

vanāni kusumāmodaramyāṇi paritoṣataḥ ..

> Delightful with the fragrance of flowers, through contentment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.71)

dināni yatra gacchaṃti kṣaṇaprāyāṇi dehinām .. 2.3.8.30 ..

> the days of embodied beings pass there almost like moments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.72)

bhagavānapi tatraiva teṣāmānaṃdamāvahan..

> The Blessed Lord also, bringing joy to them right there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.73)

dvādaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ ca svayamāyāti majjane .. 31 ..

> comes in person for ritual bathing on the twelfth lunar day and on the full-moon day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.74)

tatpaścādṛṣayaḥ sarve munayaśca tapodhanāḥ ..

> After him, all the seers, sages, and those rich in austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.75)

yatra snātvā vidhānena guha madhyāhnakālataḥ ..

> having bathed there according to rule, O Guha, at midday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.76)

asaṃgaṃ paramaṃ jyotirjale paśyaṃti cakṣuṣā .. 32 ..

> behold with their own eyes the unattached, supreme light in the water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.77)

sarvatīrthāvagāhena yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam ..

> Whatever fruit is proclaimed by plunging into all the sacred fords—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.78)

tatphalaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva daṇḍapuṣkariṇīkṣaṇāt .. .. 33 ..

> that fruit \[is attained\] in that very moment, by beholding the Daṇḍapuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.79)

yatra kāmyāni karmāṇi saphalāni manīṣiṇām ..

> Where rites performed with desire bear fruit for the wise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.80)

yatra piṃḍapradānena gayāto'ṣṭaguṇaṃ phalam ..34..

> where, by offering funeral cakes, the fruit is eight times that of Gayā; // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.81)

yajño dānaṃ tapaḥ karma sarvamakṣayamucyate..

> Sacrifice, gift, austerity, and ritual action are all declared inexhaustible \[there\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.82)

dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya jyeṣṭhe māsi ṣaḍānana .. 35 ..

> On the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha, O six-faced one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.83)

tatra snātvā vidhānena kṛtakṛtyo bhavedyataḥ ..

> having bathed there according to the rules, one achieves one's purpose; because  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.84)

badarītīrthamadhye tu guptametatsurottamaiḥ ..

> within the Badarī sacred ford this is kept secret by the foremost of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.85)

na vācyaṃ yatra kutrāpi tava prītyā mayoditam ..36..

> It should not be spoken anywhere; I have told it out of love for you. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.86)

vaktavyaṃ kimiha bahu prabhūtapuṇyāḥ paśyaṃti prathitamidaṃ suraikaguptam ..

> What much need be said here? Those of abundant merit behold this renowned \[pool\], guarded exclusively by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.87)

nānyeṣāṃ kathamapi cetasi prasaṃgāddevaiḥ syādanudinaciṃtitaṃ guhaitat .. 37 ..

> It could not enter the mind of others by any association; this secret is daily meditated upon by the gods. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.88)

yeṣāṃ vai bhagavati cetsamagrakarma svādhyāyābhyasanavidhikrameṇa jātam ..

> Those whose minds and complete actions are dedicated to the Lord according to the rules of study and practice  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.89)

paśyaṃti tribhuvanadurllabhaṃ sutīrthaṃ daṃḍodaṃ na bhavati cānyathā sudṛṣṭam ..38..

> behold this excellent sacred ford, Daṇḍoda, hard to obtain in the three worlds; and it cannot be truly perceived otherwise. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.90)

daṃḍodakātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na viṣṇoḥ sadṛśo'maraḥ ..

> There is no sacred ford higher than Daṇḍodaka; there is no immortal equal to Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.91)

viśālāsadṛśaṃ kṣetraṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati ..39..

> there has never been, nor will there ever be, a sacred field equal to Viśālā. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.92)

sevanīyā prayatnena viśālā ca vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..

> Viśālā should be resorted to with effort by the discerning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.93)

ya icchetsatataṃ dhāma bhagavatpārśvavarti vai .. 2.3.8.40 ..

> whoever constantly desires the realm near to the Lord. // 2.3.8.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.94)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.95)

gaṃgāmāśritya tīrthāni kāni saṃtīha satpade ..

> What sacred fords are there depending upon the Gaṅgā here in this true abode,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.96)

śreyaskarāṇi bhūrīṇi saṃkṣepāttāni me vada .. 41 ..

> which bestow great welfare? Tell them to me in brief. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.97)

.. mahādeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.98)

gaṃgāyāṃ yatra saṃyogo mānasodbhedasannidhau ..

> Where there is a confluence with the Gaṅgā near the breaking out of the Mānasa lake,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.99)

tattīrthaṃ vimalaṃ puṇyaṃ prayāgādadhikaṃ mahat .. 42 ..

> that sacred ford is pure, holy, greater than Prayāga, and eminent. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.100)

triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi vāyubhojanato bhavet ..

> The fruit which would be obtained from subsisting on air for thirty thousand years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.101)

tatphalaṃ snānamātreṇa gaṃgāyāḥ saṃgame nṛṇām .. 43 ..

> that fruit is attained by men merely by bathing at the confluence of the Gaṅgā. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.102)

saṃgamāddakṣiṇe bhāge dharmakṣetraṃ prakīrtitam ..

> South of the confluence is celebrated the Dharmakṣetra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.103)

yatra mūrtyā śrutau jātau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī ..44..

> where the seers Nara and Nārāyaṇa were born incarnate, as heard in tradition. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.104)

tatkṣetraṃ pāvanaṃ martye sarveṣāmuttamottamam ..

> That sacred field in the mortal world is purifying, the highest of all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.105)

dharmastatraiva bhagavāṃścatuṣpādavatiṣṭhati .. 45 ..

> Lord Dharma stands right there on four legs. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.106)

yatra yajñāstapo dānaṃ yatkiṃcitkriyate nṛbhiḥ ..

> Whatever sacrifice, austerity, or gift is performed there by men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.107)

tatpuṇyasya kṣayo nāsti kalpakoṭiśatairapi .. 46 ..

> there is no loss of that merit even through hundreds of millions of kalpas. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.108)

tato dakṣiṇadigbhāga urvaśī saṃgamābhidham ..

> South of that is the region named Urvaśī-saṃgama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.109)

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṃsāṃ snānamātreṇa dehinām .. 47 ..

> which removes all sins of embodied beings merely by bathing. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.110)

kūrmoddhārastataḥ sākṣāddharibhaktyekasādhanam ..

> After that is Kūrmoddhāra, the direct and sole means for devotion to Hari;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.111)

snānamātreṇa bhūtānāṃ sattvaśuddhiḥ prajāyate .. 48 ..

> merely by bathing, purification of the mind of living beings is produced. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.112)

brahmāvarttastataḥ sākṣādbrahmalokaikakāraṇam ..

> After that is Brahmāvarta, the direct and sole cause for \[reaching\] the world of Brahmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.113)

darśanādeva tīrthasya sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 49 ..

> merely from darśana of this sacred ford, the destruction of all sins occurs. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.114)

bahūni saṃti tīrthāni durgamyānīha dehinām ..

> There are many sacred fords here that are difficult of access for embodied beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.115)

saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ vatsa tavādaravaśādidam .. 2.3.8.50 ..

> this has been told in brief, O child, out of regard for you. // 2.3.8.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.116)

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ ..

> Whoever constantly listens to this or recites it with a collected mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.117)

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ padaṃ viṣṇoḥ prapadyate .... 51 ..

> freed from all sins, attains the state of Viṣṇu. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.118)

rājā vijayamāpnoti sutārthī labhate sutam ..

> A king attains victory; one desiring a son obtains a son;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.119)

kanyārthī labhate kanyāṃ kanyā viṃdati satpatim .. 52 ..

> one desiring a daughter obtains a daughter; a maiden finds a good husband; // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.120)

dhanārthī dhanamāpnoti sarvakāmaikasādhanam .. 53 ..

> one desiring wealth attains wealth, the sole instrument of all desires. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.121)

māsamātraṃ naro bhaktyā śṛṇuyādyaḥ samāhitaḥ ..

> A man who listens with devotion and an attentive mind for just one month,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.122)

tasyābhīṣṭasamāvāptirdurlabhopi na saṃśayaḥ .. 54 ..

> his attainment of desire, even though difficult to attain, is without doubt. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.123)

ādhivyādhibhayaṃ ghoraṃ dāridrya kalahaṃ tathā ..

> Mental affliction, bodily disease, terrible danger, poverty, and discord—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.124)

yasya geheṣu māhātmyaṃ tatraitāni na karhicit .. 55 ..

> in whose houses this māhātmya is present, these never occur there. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.125)

nāpamṛtyurna sarpādi daurbhāgyaṃ cāpi vartate ..

> Neither untimely death nor snakes and the like, nor misfortune exists;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.126)

duḥsvapnagrahapīḍā ca pararāṣṭrabhayaṃ tathā .. 56 ..

> nor bad dreams, affliction by planetary spirits, nor danger from an enemy kingdom. // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.127)

yuddhe yātrāprayāṇe ca paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ ..

> In battle and when embarking on a journey it should be read with care;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.128)

vivāhe ca vivāde ca śubhakarmaṇi yatnataḥ .. 57 ..

> and in marriage, in disputes, and in auspicious rites, diligently  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.129)

pūrṇaṃ vā'dhyāyamātraṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..

> by the discerning—either completely, or just a single chapter, or half of it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.130)

sarvakāryaprasiddhiḥ syānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 58 ..

> Success in all undertakings will occur; no hesitation should be entertained here. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.131)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe badarikāśramamāhātmye śivakārttikeyasaṃvāde badarikāśrame merusaṃsthāpanatīrthalokapālatīrthadaṃḍapuṣkariṇītīrthadharmakṣetrādivividhatīrthakṣetramāhātmya varṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the eighth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Various Sacred Fords and Sacred Fields, Such as the Placement of Meru Sacred Ford, Lokapāla Sacred Ford, Daṇḍapuṣkariṇī Sacred Ford, and Dharmakṣetra at Badarikāśrama, in the Dialogue Between Śiva and Kārttikeya,' in the Badarikāśramamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.8.132)

iti śrīskāṃde dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe tṛtīyaṃ badarikāśramamāhātmyaṃ samāptam .. 2-3) .. ..

> Thus ends the third Badarikāśramamāhātmya in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa. (2-3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.3.8.1) — English, machine translation

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