[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.4.14 # Skandapurana 2.4.14 Skandapurāṇa 2.4.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.1) .. pṛthuruvāca .. .. > Pṛthu said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.2) yattvayā kathitaṃ brahmanvratamūrjasya vistarāt .. > O brahmin, the vow of the month of Ūrja that was described in detail by you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.3) tatra yā tulasīmūle viṣṇoḥ pūjā tvayoditā .. 1 .. > and the worship of Viṣṇu at the root of a tulasī plant that was declared by you therein— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.4) tenā'haṃ praṣṭumicchāmi māhātmyaṃ tulasībhavam .. > on account of that, I wish to ask about the māhātmya arising from tulasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.5) kathaṃ sā'tipriyā tasya devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ .. 2 .. > How is she so exceedingly dear to that God of gods who bears the Śārṅga bow? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.6) kathameṣā samutpannā kasminsthāne ca nārada .. > How was she born, and in what place, O Nārada? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.7) evaṃ brūhi samāsena sarvajño'si mato mama .. 3 .. > Tell this briefly; you are considered by me to be omniscient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.8) .. nārada uvāca .. .. > Nārada said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.9) śṛṇu rājannavahito māhātmyaṃ tulasībhavam .. > Listen attentively, O king, to the māhātmya arising from tulasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.10) setihāsaṃ purāvṛttaṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi te .. 4 .. > I shall tell you all of that ancient event, together with its legend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.11) purā śakraḥ śivaṃ draṣṭumagātkailāsaparvatam .. > In ancient times, Śakra went to Mount Kailāsa to see Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.12) sarvadevaiḥ parivṛto hyapsarogaṇasevitaḥ .. 5 .. > surrounded by all the gods and attended by crowds of apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.13) yāvadgataḥ śivagṛhaṃ tāvattatra sa dṛṣṭavān .. > As soon as he reached Śiva's abode, he saw there > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.14) puruṣaṃ bhīmakarmāṇaṃ daṃṣṭrā''nanavibhīṣaṇam .. 6 .. > a man of terrible deeds, fearsome with a fanged face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.15) sa pṛṣṭastena kastvaṃ bhoḥ kva gato jagadīśvaraḥ .. > He was asked by him: “Who are you, sir? Where has the Lord of the universe gone?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.16) evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa tadā noktavānnṛpa .. 7 .. > Though asked thus again and again, O king, he did not speak at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.17) tataḥ kuddho vajrapāṇistaṃ nirbhartsya vaco'bravīt .. > Then, enraged, the wielder of the thunderbolt reproached him and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.18) re mayā pṛcchayamāno'pi nottaraṃ dattavānasi .. 8 .. > “Hey! Even though being questioned by me, you have not given an answer! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.19) atastvāṃ hanmi vajreṇa kaste trātā'sti durmate .. > Therefore I will strike you with my thunderbolt. Who is your protector, O evil-minded one?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.20) ityudīrya tato vajrī vajreṇā'bhyahanaddṛḍham .. 9 .. > Having said this, the wielder of the thunderbolt then struck him hard with the thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.21) tenāsya kaṇṭho nīlatvamagādvajraṃ ca bhasmatām .. > By that, his throat turned blue, and the thunderbolt turned to ashes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.22) tato rudraḥ prajajvāla tejasā pradahanniva .. 2.4.14.10 .. > Then Rudra blazed up with fiery brilliance as if burning \[the world\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.23) dṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatistūrṇaṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo'bhavat .. > Seeing \[this\], Bṛhaspati quickly folded his hands in reverence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.24) indraṃ ca daṃḍavadbhūmau kṛtvā stotuṃ pracakrame .. 11 .. > and, casting Indra like a staff upon the ground, began to praise \[him\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.25) .. bṛhaspatiruvāca .. .. > Bṛhaspati said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.26) namo devādhipataye tryaṃbakāya kapardine .. > Homage to the sovereign of the gods, the three-eyed one, the one with matted locks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.27) tripuraghnāya śarvāya namo'dhaṃkaniṣūdine .. 12 .. > the slayer of Tripura, Śarva; homage to the destroyer of Andhaka! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.28) virūpāyā'tirūpāya bahurūpāya śaṃbhave .. > To the multiform one, of supreme form, manifold in forms, to Śambhu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.29) yajñavidhvaṃsakartre ca yajñānāṃ phaladāyine .. 13 .. > to the destroyer of the sacrifice and the bestower of the fruits of sacrifices! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.30) kālāṃtakāya kālāya kālabhogidharāya ca .. > To the ender of death, to Time, and to the bearer of the serpent of death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.31) namo brahmaśirohaṃtre brāhmaṇāya namo namaḥ .. 14 .. > homage to the cutter of Brahmā's head, to the brahmin, homage, homage! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.32) .. nārada uvāca .. .. > Nārada said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.33) evaṃ stutastadā śaṃbhurdhiṣaṇena jagāda tam .. > Praised in this way then by Dhiṣaṇa, Śambhu spoke to him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.34) saṃharannayanajvālāṃ trilokīdahana kṣamām.. 15 .. > withdrawing the flame of his eye capable of burning the three worlds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.35) varaṃ varaya bho brahmanprītaḥ stutyā'nayā tava .. > "Choose a boon, O brahmin! I am pleased with this praise of yours. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.36) indrasya jīvadānena jīveti tvaṃ prathāṃ vajra .. 16 .. > By giving life to Indra, you have won renown: 'Live!'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.37) .. bṛhaspatiruvāca .. .. > Bṛhaspati said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.38) yadi tuṣṭo'si deva tvaṃ pāhīṃdraṃ śaraṇāgatam .. > "If you are pleased, O God, protect Indra who has sought refuge \[with you\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.39) agnireṣa śamaṃ yātu bhālanetrasamudbhavaḥ .. 17 .. > May this fire arisen from the eye of your forehead be pacified." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.40) .. .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.41) punaḥ praveśamāyāti bhālanetre kathaṃ śikhī .. > "How can the fire re-enter the eye on my forehead? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.42) enaṃ tyakṣyāmyahaṃ dūre yatheṃdraṃ naiva pīḍayet .. 18 .. > I will cast it far away so that it does not torment Indra." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.43) .. nārada uvāca .. .. > Nārada said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.44) ityuktvā taṃ kare dhṛtvā prākṣipallavaṇārṇave .. > Having said this and holding it in his hand, he hurled it into the salt sea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.45) so'patatsiṃdhugaṃgāyāḥ sāgarasya ca saṃgame .. 19 .. > It fell at the confluence of the ocean and the Sindhu-Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.46) tāvatsa bālarūpatvamagāttatra ruroda ca .. > Instantly it assumed the form of a child there and wept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.47) rudatastasya śabdena prākaṃpaddharaṇī muhuḥ .. 2.4.14.20 .. > By the sound of him crying, the earth trembled repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.48) svargādyāḥ satyalokāṃtāstatsvanādbadhirīkṛtāḥ .. > \[All worlds\] beginning with heaven up to Satyaloka were deafened by that sound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.49) śrutvā brahmā yayau tatra kimetaditi vismitaḥ .. .. 21 .. > Hearing it, Brahmā went there, wondering, 'What is this?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.50) tāvatsamudrasyotsaṃge taṃ bālaṃ sa dadarśa ha .. > Thereupon he saw that child in the lap of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.51) dṛṣṭvā brahmāṇamāyātaṃ samudro'pi kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 22 .. > Seeing Brahmā arrive, the ocean too, with palms joined, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.52) praṇamya śirasā bālaṃ tasyotsaṃge nyaveśayat .. > bowed down his head and placed the child in his lap: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.53) bho brahmansiṃdhugaṃgāyāṃ jāto'yaṃ mama putrakaḥ .. > "O Brahmā, this little son of mine was born at the Sindhu-Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.54) jātakarmā''disaṃskārānkuruṣvā'dya jagadguro .. 23 .. > Perform the birth-rites and other sacraments today, O Guru of the Universe!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.55) .. nārada uvāca .. .. > Nārada said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.56) itthaṃ vadati pāthodhau sa bālaḥ sāgarātmajaḥ ..24 .. > As the ocean was speaking thus, that child, the ocean's son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.57) brahmāṇamagrahītkūrce vidhunvaṃstaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. > seized Brahmā by the beard, shaking him again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.58) dhunvatastasya kūrce tu netrābhyāmagamajjalam .. > As he shook his beard, water flowed from \[Brahmā's\] eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.59) kathaṃcinmuktakūrco'tha brahmā provāca sāgaram .. 25 .. > Somehow freeing his beard, Brahmā then said to the ocean: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.60) .. brahmovāca .. .. > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.61) netrābhyāṃ vidhṛtaṃ yasmādanenaitajjalaṃ mama .. > "Because this water of mine was drawn out from my eyes by him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.62) tasmājjalaṃdhara iti khyāto nāmnā bhaviṣyati .. 26 .. > therefore he shall be celebrated by the name Jalandhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.63) anenaivaiṣa taruṇaḥ sarvaśastrāstrapāragaḥ .. > Right now he shall become a youth, master of all weapons and missiles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.64) avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vinā rudraṃ bhaviṣyati .. 27 .. > He will be invulnerable to all living beings except Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.65) yata eṣa samudbhūtastatraivāṃtaṃ gamiṣyati .. 28 .. > Where he arose, there alone he will meet his end." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.66) .. nārada uvāca .. .. > Nārada said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.67) ityuktvā śukramāhūya rājye taṃ cābhyaṣecayat .. > Having said this, he summoned Śukra and consecrated him to the kingdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.68) āmaṃtrya saritāṃ nāthaṃ brahmāṃtardhānamāgamat .. 29 .. > Taking leave of the lord of rivers, Brahmā disappeared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.69) atha taddarśanotphullanayanaḥ sāgarastadā .. > Then, his eyes blossoming with joy at seeing him, the ocean > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.70) kālanemisutāṃ vṛṃdāṃ tadbhāryārthamayācata .. 2.4.14.30 .. > asked for Vṛndā, the daughter of Kālanemi, to be his wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.71) te kālanemipramukhāstato'surāstasmai sutāṃ tāṃ pradaduḥ praharṣitāḥ.. > Those asuras, headed by Kālanemi, then gladly gave that daughter to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.72) sa cā'pi tāṃ prāpya suhṛdvarāṃ vaśāṃ śaśāsa gāṃ śukrasahāyavānbalī .. 31 .. > And obtaining her, the foremost of friends, the mighty one, assisted by Śukra, ruled the obedient earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14.73) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharotpattivarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 .. > Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Birth of Jalandhara', in the Māhātmya of the Month of Kārttika, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.14.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Pāṇḍavacaritra (Devavijayagaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.epic.harivamsa.pandavacaritra-devavijayagani.19.1-15.2) — Devavijayagaṇi 1578, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.14) · Pramāṇa