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# Skandapurana 2.4.16

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.1)

.. .. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.2)

punardaityaṃ samāyāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ savāsavāḥ ..

> Seeing the Daitya approaching again, all the gods along with Vāsava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.3)

bhayaprakaṃpitāḥ sarve viṣṇuṃ stotuṃ pracakramuḥ .. 1 ..

> trembling with fear, began to praise Viṣṇu:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.4)

namo matsyakūrmādinānāsvarūpaiḥ sadābhaktakāryodyatāyā'rtihaṃtre ..

> “Obeisance to you, who by manifold forms such as the Fish and Tortoise are ever engaged in the welfare of devotees, the destroyer of distress,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.5)

vidhātrādisargasthitidhvaṃsakartre gadāśaṃkhapadmārihastāya testu .. 2 ..

> the maker of creation, preservation, and destruction through the Creator and others, having a mace, conch, lotus, and discus in hand!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.6)

ramā vallabhāyā'surāṇāṃ nihaṃtre bhujaṃgāriyānāya pītāṃbarāya ..

> To the beloved of Ramā, the slayer of Asuras, whose mount is the enemy of serpents, who wears yellow garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.7)

makhādikriyāpākakartre vikartre śaraṇyāya tasmai natāḥ smo natāḥ smaḥ .. 3 ..

> the accomplisher and transformer of sacrificial rites and the like, the refuge—to him we bow, we bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.8)

namo daityasaṃtāpitāmartyaduḥkhācaladhvaṃsadaṃbholaye viṣṇave te ..

> Obeisance to you, Viṣṇu, the thunderbolt that shatters the mountain of grief of the immortals afflicted by the Daitya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.9)

bhujaṃgeśatalpeśayāyārkacaṃdradvinetrāya tasmai natāḥ smo natāḥ smaḥ .. 4 ..

> To him who lies upon the bed of the lord of serpents, whose two eyes are the sun and the moon—to him we bow, we bow!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.10)

.. .. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.11)

saṃkaṣṭanāśanaṃnāma stotrametatpaṭhennaraḥ ..

> If a man recites this hymn named “Destroyer of Calamity,”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.12)

sa kadācinna saṃkaṣṭaiḥ pīḍyate kṛpayā hareḥ .. 5 ..

> he is never afflicted by calamities, by the grace of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.13)

iti devāḥ stutiṃ yāvatkurvaṃti danujadviṣaḥ ..

> While the gods were thus offering praise to the enemy of the Danujas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.14)

tāvatsurāṇāmāpattirvijñātā viṣṇunā tadā .. 6 ..

> the distress of the gods was understood by Viṣṇu at that moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.15)

sahasotthāya daityāriḥ sakrodhaḥ khinnamānasaḥ ..

> Rising abruptly, the enemy of Daityas, enraged and sorrowful at heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.16)

ārūḍho garuḍaṃ vegāllakṣmīṃ vacanamabravīt .. 7 ..

> swiftly mounted Garuḍa and spoke these words to Lakṣmī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.17)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.18)

jalaṃdhareṇa te bhrātrā devānāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtam ..

> “Destruction has been wrought upon the gods by your brother Jalaṃdhara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.19)

tairāhūto gamiṣyāmi yuddhāyādya tvarānvitaḥ .. 8 ..

> Summoned by them, I will go today in haste for battle.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.20)

.. śrīruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.21)

ahaṃ te vallabhā nātha bhaktyā ca yadi sarvadā ..

> “If I am dear to you, O Lord, and always possessed of devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.22)

tatkathaṃ te mama bhrātā yuddhe vadhyaḥ kṛpānidhe .. 9 ..

> then how can my brother be slain by you in battle, O treasure of compassion?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.23)

śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.24)

rudrāṃśasaṃbhavatvācca brahmaṇo vacanādapi ..

> “Because he was born of a portion of Rudra, and also on Brahmā's word,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.25)

prītyā ca tava naivāyaṃ mama vadhyo jalaṃdharaḥ .. 2.4.16.10 ..

> and out of love for you, this Jalaṃdhara shall certainly not be slain by me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.26)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.27)

ityuktvā garuḍārūḍhaḥ śaṃkhacakragadāsibhṛt ..

> Having spoken thus, mounted upon Garuḍa, bearing conch, discus, mace, and sword,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.28)

viṣṇurvegādyayau yoddhuṃ yatra devāḥ stuvaṃti te .. 11 ..

> Viṣṇu went swiftly to fight where those gods were praising him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.29)

athā'ruṇānujātyugrapakṣavātaprapīḍitāḥ ..

> Then, distressed by the very fierce wind from the wings of the younger brother of Aruṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.30)

vātyā vimarditā daityā babhramuḥ khe yathā ghanāḥ .. 12..

> buffeted by a whirlwind, the Daityas whirled in the sky like clouds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.31)

tato jalaṃdharo dṛṣṭvā daityānvātyāprapīḍitān ..

> Then Jalaṃdhara, seeing the Daityas tormented by the windstorm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.32)

udvṛttanayanaḥ krodhāttatoviṣṇuṃ samabhyayāt.. 13 ..

> with eyes rolling in fury, then charged at Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.33)

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ viṣṇudaityeṃdrayormahat ..

> Then a great battle took place between Viṣṇu and the king of the Daityas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.34)

ākāśaṃ kurvatorbāṇaistadā niravakāśavat ..14..

> as with their arrows they made the sky seem void of space.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.35)

viṣṇurdaityasya bāṇaughairdhvajaṃ chatraṃ dhanurhayān ..

> With streams of arrows Viṣṇu cut down the banner, parasol, bow, and horses of the Daitya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.36)

ciccheda taṃ ca hṛdaye bāṇenaikena tāḍayat .. 15 ..

> and struck him in the chest with a single arrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.37)

tato daityaḥ samutpatya gadāpāṇistvarānvitaḥ ..

> Then the Daitya, springing up swiftly with mace in hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.38)

āhatya garuḍaṃ mūrdhni pātayāmāsa bhūtale .. 16 ..

> struck Garuḍa on the head and felled him to the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.39)

viṣṇurgadāṃ svakhaṅgena ciccheda prahasanniva ..

> Viṣṇu cut the mace with his sword, as if laughing;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.40)

tāvatsa hṛdaye viṣṇuṃ jaghāna dṛḍhamuṣṭinā .. 17 ..

> meanwhile, he struck Viṣṇu in the chest with a solid fist.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.41)

tatastau bāhuyuddhena yuyudhāte mahābalau ..

> Then those two of great strength fought in hand-to-hand combat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.42)

bāhubhirmuṣṭibhiścaiva jānubhirnādayanmahīm .. 18 ..

> making the earth resound with their arms, fists, and knees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.43)

evaṃ tau suciraṃ yuddhaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇuḥ pratāpavān ..

> Having fought thus for a very long time, the powerful Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.44)

uvāca daityarājānaṃ meghagaṃbhīranisvanaḥ .. 19 ..

> sounding deep like a raincloud, spoke to the king of the Daityas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.45)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.46)

varaṃ varaya daityeṃdra prīto'smi tava vikramāt ..

> “Choose a boon, O lord of Daityas! I am pleased with your prowess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.47)

adeyamapi te dadmi yatte manasi vartate .. 2.4.16.20 .. ..

> Even that which should not be given, I will give you—whatever is in your heart.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.48)

.. jalaṃdhara uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.49)

yadi bhāvuka tuṣṭo'si varamenaṃ dadasva me ..

> “If you are pleased, O gracious one, grant me this boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.50)

madbhaginyā sahā'dya tvaṃ madgṛhe sagaṇo vasa .. 21 ..

> dwell today in my house along with my sister, together with your host.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.51)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.52)

tathetyuktā sa bhagavānsarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha ..

> Saying “So be it,” the Blessed Lord, together with all the hosts of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.53)

tadā jalaṃdharapuramagamadramayā saha .. 22 ..

> then went to the city of Jalaṃdhara along with Ramā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.54)

jalaṃdharastu devānāmadhikāreṣu dānavān ..

> Jalaṃdhara, having installed Dānavas in the offices of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.55)

sthāpayitvā mahābāhuḥ punarāgānmahītalam .. 23 ..

> the mighty-armed one returned once more to the earth's surface.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.56)

devagaṃdharvasiddheṣu yatkiṃcidratnasaṃyutam ..

> Whatever precious objects were among the gods, Gandharvas, and Siddhas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.57)

tadātmavaśagaṃ kṛtvā'tiṣṭhatsāgaranaṃdanaḥ .. 24 ..

> bringing all that under his control, the son of the ocean remained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.58)

pātālabhuvane daityaṃ niśuṃbhaṃ sa mahābalam ..

> Having stationed the mighty Daitya Niśumbha in the realm of Pātāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.59)

sthāpayitvā sa śeṣādīnānayadbhūtalaṃ balī .. 25 ..

> that powerful one brought Śeṣa and others to the earth's surface.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.60)

devagaṃdharvasiddhā''dyānsarparākṣasamānuṣān..

> Having made gods, Gandharvas, Siddhas, serpents, Rākṣasas, and humans  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.61)

svapure nāgarānkṛtvā śaśāsa bhuvanatrayam .. 26 ..

> citizens in his own city, he ruled the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.62)

evaṃ jalaṃdharaḥ kṛtvā devānsvavaśavartinaḥ ..

> Having thus brought the gods under his control, Jalaṃdhara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.63)

dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa prajāḥ putrānivaurasān..27..

> protected the subjects righteously, like his own born sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.64)

na kaścidvyādhito naiva duḥkhī naiva kṛtastathā ..

> None was diseased, none in sorrow, nor anyone ruined;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.65)

na dīno dṛśyate tasmindharmādrājyaṃ praśāsati ..28..

> none was seen to be wretched while he ruled the kingdom according to dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.66)

evaṃ mahīṃ śāsati dānaveṃdre dharmeṇa samyakca didṛkṣayā'ham ..

> While the lord of Dānavas was thus ruling the earth righteously, I once came with a desire to see,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.67)

kadācidāgāmatha tasya lakṣmīṃ vilokituṃ śrīramaṇaṃ ca sevitum .. 29 ..

> in order to look upon his splendor and to attend upon the lover of Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.16.68)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharasabhāyāṃ nāradāgamanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 16 ..

> Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, entitled “The Arrival of Nārada at the Assembly of Jalaṃdhara,” in the Kārtikamāsamāhātmya, in the second Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.16.1) — English, machine translation

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