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# Skandapurana 2.4.22

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.2)

tato jalaṃdharo dṛṣṭvā rudramadbhutavikramam ..

> Then Jalandhara, seeing Rudra of wonderful valor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.3)

cakāra māyayā gaurīṃ tryaṃbakaṃ mohayanniva .. 1 ..

> created Gaurī by illusion, as if deluding Tryambaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.4)

rathopari ca tāṃ baddhāṃ rudantīṃ pārvatīṃ śivaḥ ..

> Bound upon a chariot and weeping, Śiva saw Pārvatī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.5)

niśuṃbhapramukhādyaiśca vadhyamānāṃ dadarśa saḥ .. 2 ..

> being beaten by Niśumbha and other leaders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.6)

gaurīṃ tathāvidhāṃ dṛṣṭvā śivo'pyudvignamānasaḥ ..

> Seeing Gaurī in such a state, Śiva too became agitated in mind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.7)

avāṅmukhaḥ sthitastūṣṇīṃ vismṛtya svaparākramam .. 3 ..

> he stood silent with his face cast down, forgetting his own valor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.8)

tato jalaṃdharo vegāttribhirvivyādha sāyakaiḥ ..

> Then Jalandhara swiftly pierced him with three arrows  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.9)

āpuṃkhamagraistaṃ rudraṃ śirasyurasi codare .. 4 ..

> up to their feathered shafts—Rudra—in the head, chest, and belly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.10)

tato jajñe sa tāṃ māyāṃ viṣṇunā ca prabodhitaḥ ..

> Then he recognized that illusion and, awakened by Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.11)

raudrarūpadharo jāto jvālāmālā'tibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 5 ..

> he assumed a terrible form, utterly terrifying with garlands of flames.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.12)

tasyā'tīva mahāraudraṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāsurāḥ ..

> Seeing his exceedingly terrible form, the great asuras  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.13)

na śekuḥ saṃmukhe sthātuṃ bhejire te diśo daśa ..6..

> could not stand before him; they fled in the ten directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.14)

tataḥ śāpaṃ dadau rudrastayoḥ śuṃbhaniśuṃbhayoḥ ..

> Then Rudra pronounced a curse on both of them, Śumbha and Niśumbha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.15)

mama yuddhādapakrāṃtau gauryā badhyau bhaviṣyathaḥ .. 7 ..

> "Having fled from my battle, you two shall be slain by Gaurī!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.16)

punarjalaṃdharo vegādvavarṣa niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ..

> Again Jalandhara swiftly rained sharp arrows \[upon him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.17)

bāṇāṃdhakāraiḥ saṃchannaṃ tadā bhūmitalaṃ mahat .. 8 ..

> Then the vast surface of the earth was covered by the darkness of arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.18)

yāvadrudraśca ciccheda tasya bāṇagaṇaṃ javāt ..

> And while Rudra swiftly severed his host of arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.19)

tāvatsa parigheṇā''śu jaghāna vṛṣabhaṃ balī .. 9 ..

> meanwhile that powerful one quickly struck the bull with an iron club.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.20)

vṛṣastena prahāreṇa parāvṛtto raṇāṃgaṇāt ..

> Turned back from the battlefield by that blow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.21)

rudreṇā''kṛṣyamāṇo'pi na tasthau raṇabhūmiṣu .. 2.4.22.10 ..

> the bull did not remain on the field of battle, even though pulled back by Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.22)

tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho rudro raudravapurdharaḥ ..

> Then Rudra, exceedingly enraged, assuming a terrifying form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.23)

cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ vegāccikṣepā''dityavarcasam .. 11 ..

> swiftly hurled the Sudarśana discus possessing the radiance of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.24)

pradahadrodasī vegātpapāta vasudhātale ..

> Burning heaven and earth, it fell with speed upon the surface of the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.25)

jahāra tacchiraḥ kāyānmahadāyatalocanam .. 12 ..

> it severed his head, large and wide-eyed, from his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.26)

rathātkāyaḥ papātā'sya nādayanvasudhātalam ..

> His body fell from the chariot, making the earth's surface resound,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.27)

tejaśca nirgataṃ dehāttadrudre layamāgamat .. 13 ..

> and the fiery splendor that emerged from his body merged into Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.28)

vṛndādehodbhavaṃ tejastadgauryāṃ vilayaṃ gatam ..

> The fiery splendor arisen from Vṛndā's body dissolved into Gaurī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.29)

atha brahmādayo devā harṣādutphullalocanāḥ .. 14 ..

> Then the gods, led by Brahmā, their eyes wide with joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.30)

praṇamya śirasā rudraṃ śaśaṃsurviṣṇuceṣṭitam ..

> bowed their heads to Rudra and recounted Viṣṇu's conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.31)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.32)

mahādeva tvayā devā rakṣitāḥ śatrujādbhayāt .. 15 ..

> “O Mahādeva, the gods have been protected by you from fear born of the enemy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.33)

kiṃcidanyatsamudbhūtaṃ tatra kiṃ karavāmahe ..

> Something else has arisen; what shall we do about that?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.34)

vṛndālāvaṇyasaṃbhrāṃto viṣṇustiṣṭhati mohitaḥ .. 16 ..

> Bewildered by Vṛndā's loveliness, Viṣṇu remains deluded.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.35)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.36)

gacchadhvaṃ śaraṇaṃ devā viṣṇormohāpanuttaye ..

> “O gods, go for refuge, for the removal of Viṣṇu's delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.37)

śaraṇyāṃ mohinīṃ māyāṃ sā vaḥ kāryaṃ kariṣyati .. 17 ..

> to the refuge-granting, enchanting Māyā; she will accomplish your task.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.38)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.39)

ityuktvāṃtardadhe devaḥ sarvabhūtagaṇaistadā ..

> Having spoken thus, the god then disappeared along with all the hosts of beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.40)

devāśca tuṣṭuvurmūlaprakṛtiṃ bhaktavatsalām .. 18 ..

> and the gods praised Mūlaprakṛti, who is affectionate to devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.41)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.42)

yadudbhavāḥ sattvarajastamoguṇāḥ sargasthitidhvaṃsanidānakāriṇaḥ ..

> “She from whom originate the qualities of sattva, rajas, and tamas, the causal agents of creation, maintenance, and destruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.43)

yadicchayā viśvamidaṃ bhavā'bhavau tanoti mūlaprakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām .. 19 ..

> by whose will this universe unfolds its existence and nonexistence—to that Mūlaprakṛti we bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.44)

yā hi trayoviṃśatibhedaśabditā jagatyaśeṣe samadhiṣṭhitā parā ..

> She who is designated as having twenty-three distinctions, presiding supreme over the entire universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.45)

yadrūpakarmāṇi jaḍāstrayo'pi devā na vidyuḥ prakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām .. 2.4.22.20 ..

> whose form and deeds even the three inert gods do not know—to that Prakṛti we bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.46)

yadbhaktiyuktāḥ puruṣāstu nityaṃ dāridryabhīmohaparābhavādīn ..

> Men endowed with devotion to whom never indeed encounter  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.47)

na prāpnuvaṃtyeva hi bhaktavatsalāṃ sadaiva mūlaprakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām .. 21 ..

> poverty, fear, delusion, defeat, and the like—to that Mūlaprakṛti, always affectionate to devotees, we bow.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.48)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.49)

stotrametattrisaṃdhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhedekāgramānasaḥ ..

> Whoever recites this hymn with a one-pointed mind at the three twilights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.50)

dāridyamohaduḥkhāni na kadācitspṛśaṃti tam ..22..

> poverty, delusion, and miseries never touch him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.51)

itthaṃ stuvaṃtaste devāstejomaṇḍalamāsthitam ..

> While praising in this manner, those gods beheld  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.52)

dadṛśurgaganaṃ tatra jvālāvyāptadigaṃtaram .. 23 ..

> a sphere of light situated in the sky there, the quarters of space pervaded by flames.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.53)

tanmadhyādbhāratīṃ sarve śuśruvurvyomacāriṇīm ..

> From the middle of it, all heard a voice moving through the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.54)

.. śaktiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.55)

ahameva tridhā bhinnā tiṣṭhāmi trividhairguṇaiḥ .. .. 24 ..

> “I alone abide divided into three by the three qualities:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.56)

gaurī lakṣmī svarā ceti rajaḥsattvatamoguṇaiḥ ..

> as Gaurī, Lakṣmī, and Svarā, through the qualities of rajas, sattva, and tamas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.57)

tatra gacchata tāḥ kāryaṃ vidhāsyati ca vaḥ surāḥ .. 25 ..

> Go there; they will accomplish your purpose, O gods.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.58)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.59)

śṛṇvatāmiti tāṃ vācamaṃtardhānamagānmahaḥ ..

> As the gods were hearing that speech, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.60)

devānāṃ vismayotphullanetrāṇāṃ tattadā nṛpa .. 26 ..

> that splendor disappeared, while their eyes expanded with astonishment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.61)

tataḥ sarve'pi te devā gatvā tadvākyanoditāḥ ..

> Then all those gods, impelled by her words, went  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.62)

gaurīṃ lakṣmīṃ svarāṃ caiva praṇemurbhaktitatparāḥ .. 27 ..

> and bowed to Gaurī, Lakṣmī, and Svarā, intent on devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.63)

tatastāstānsurāndṛṣṭvā praṇatānbhaktavatsalāḥ ..

> Then, seeing those bowed gods, those goddesses, affectionate to devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.64)

bījāni pradadustebhyo vākyānyūcuśca bhūmipa .. 28 ..

> gave them seeds and spoke these words, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.65)

.. devya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.66)

imāni tatra bījāni viṣṇuryatrā'vatiṣṭhate ..

> “Scatter these seeds there where Viṣṇu stays;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.67)

nirvapadhvaṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ bhavatāṃ siddhimeṣyati .. 29 .. ..

> thereupon your purpose will attain fulfillment.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.68)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.69)

tatastu hṛṣṭāḥ surasiddhasaṃghāḥ pragṛhya bījāni vicikṣipuste ..

> Then the delighted hosts of gods and siddhas, taking the seeds, scattered them  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.70)

vṛṃdānvito bhūmitale sa yatra viṣṇuḥ sadā tiṣṭhati saukhyahīnaḥ .. 2.4.22.30 ..

> on the surface of the earth where Viṣṇu, joined with Vṛndā, constantly remains devoid of happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.22.71)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharamuktikathanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 22 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, titled “The Description of the Liberation of Jalandhara,” in the Kārttikamāsamāhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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