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# Skandapurana 2.4.26

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.2)

itthaṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dharmadattaḥ savismayaḥ ..

> Hearing their words thus, Dharmadatta, filled with wonder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.3)

praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūmau vākyametaduvāca ha .. 1 .. ..

> bowed down on the ground like a rod and spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.4)

.. dharmadatta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.5)

ārādhayaṃti sarve'pi viṣṇuṃ bhaktā'rtināśanam ..

> All people worship Viṣṇu, who destroys the distress of devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.6)

yajñairdānairvrataistīrthaistapobhiśca yathāvidhi..2..

> with sacrifices, gifts, vows, sacred fords, and austerities according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.7)

viṣṇuprītikaraṃ teṣāṃ kiṃcitsānnidhyakārakam ..

> Among these, \[tell me of\] something that pleases Viṣṇu, bestows his presence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.8)

yatkṛtvā tāni cīrṇāni sarvāṇyapi bhavaṃti hi .. 3 ..

> by performing which all of those \[practices\] indeed become fully accomplished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.9)

.. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. ..

> The two attendants said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.10)

sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vipra śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ ..

> "Well asked by you, O brahmin! Listen with a single-pointed mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.11)

setihāsakathāṃ puṇyāṃ kathyamānāṃ purābhavām .. 4 ..

> to the sacred legendary story of ancient events being told. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.12)

kāṃcipuryāṃ purā colaścakravartī nṛpo'bhavat ..

> Formerly in Kāñcīpurī there was a universal monarch, King Cola,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.13)

yasyākhyayaiva te deśāścolā iti prathāṃ gatāḥ .. 5 ..

> by whose very name those territories became renowned as the Colas. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.14)

yasmiñchāsati bhūcakraṃ daridro vā'pi duḥkhitaḥ..

> While he ruled the circle of the earth, poor or miserable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.15)

pāpabuddhiḥ sarugvāpi naiva kaścidabhūnnaraḥ ..6..

> evil-minded, or diseased—there was no such person at all. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.16)

yasyāpyunnatayajñasya tāmraparṇyāstaṭāvubhau ..

> When he performed exalted sacrifices, both banks of the Tāmraparṇī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.17)

suvarṇayūpaiḥ śobhāḍhyāvāstāṃ caitrarathopamau .. 7 ..

> were rich in splendor with golden sacrificial posts, resembling the Caitraratha grove. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.18)

sa kadācidagādrājā hyanaṃtaśayanaṃ dvija ..

> Once that king went to Anantaśayana, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.19)

yatrā'sau jagatāṃ nātho yoganidrāmupāśritaḥ.. 6 ..

> where that Lord of the worlds has resorted to yogic sleep. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.20)

tatra śrīramaṇaṃ devaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivannṛpaḥ ..

> Having duly worshipped the god, the beloved of Śrī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.21)

maṇimuktāphalairdivyaiḥ svarṇapuṣpaiśca śobhanaiḥ .. 9 ..

> with divine jewels, pearls, and splendid golden flowers, // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.22)

praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūmāvupaviṣṭaḥ sa tatra vai ..

> having bowed down upon the ground like a staff, the king sat down there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.23)

tāvadbrāhmaṇamāyāṃtamapaśyaddevasannidhau .. 2.4.26.10 ..

> Just then, he saw a brahmin coming into the presence of the god, // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.24)

devārcanārthaṃ pāṇau tu tulasyudakadhāriṇam..

> carrying water and tulasī in his hand for the worship of the god,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.25)

svapurīvāsinaṃ tatra viṣṇudāsāhvayaṃ dvijam .. 11 ..

> a twice-born residing in his own city, named Viṣṇudāsa. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.26)

sa tatrābhyetya viprarṣirdevadevamapūjayat ..

> Approaching there, that brahmin-seer worshipped the God of gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.27)

viṣṇusūktena saṃsnāpya tulasīmaṃjarīdalaiḥ .. 12 ..

> having bathed \[the deity\] with the Viṣṇusūkta, \[he worshipped him\] with tulasī blossoms and leaves. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.28)

tulasīpūjayā tasya ratnapūjāṃ purā kṛtām ..

> Beholding his own previously performed worship with gems  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.29)

ācchāditāṃ samālokya rājā kuddho'bravīdidam.. 13 ..

> covered over by that worship with tulasī, the king angrily said this: // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.30)

.. cola uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.31)

māṇikyasvarṇapūjā'tra śobhāḍhyā yā kṛtā mayā ..

> "The worship with rubies and gold, rich in splendor, which was performed by me here—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.32)

viṣṇudāsa kathaṃ seyamācchannā tulasīdalaiḥ .. 14 ..

> Viṣṇudāsa, how is it now covered over with tulasī leaves? // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.33)

viṣṇubhaktiṃ na jānāsi varāko'si mato mama ..

> You do not know devotion to Viṣṇu; you are considered by me to be a wretch,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.34)

yastvimāmatiśobhāḍhyāṃ pūjāmācchādayasyaho .. .. 15 ..

> since, alas, you cover over this extremely splendid worship!" // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.35)

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sakrodhaḥ sa dvijottamaḥ ..

> Hearing those words of his, that best of the twice-born, filled with anger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.36)

rājño gauravamullaṃghya jagāda vacanaṃ tadā .. 16 ..

> disregarded the dignity of the king and spoke these words: // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.37)

.. viṣṇudāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.38)

rājanbhaktiṃ na jānāsi garvito'si nṛpaśriyā ..

> "O King, you do not know devotion; you are arrogant through royal fortune!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.39)

kiyadviṣṇuvrataṃ pūrvaṃ tvayā cīrṇaṃ vadasva tat .. 17 ..

> Tell me, how much of Viṣṇu's vow was previously observed by you?" // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.40)

..gaṇāvūcatuḥ..

> The two attendants said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.41)

tadbrāhmaṇavacaḥ śrutvā prahasya sa nṛpottamaḥ..

> Hearing the words of that brahmin, that best of kings laughed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.42)

viṣṇudāsaṃ tadā garvāduvāca vacanaṃ dvijam.. 18..

> and out of pride then addressed these words to the twice-born Viṣṇudāsa: // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.43)

..rājovāca..

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

### [2.4.26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.44)

itthaṃ cedvadase vipra viṣṇubhaktyā'tigarvitaḥ..

> "If you speak thus, O brahmin, exceedingly arrogant about devotion to Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.45)

bhaktiste kiyatī viṣṇordaridrasyā'dhanasya ca ..19..

> how great can your devotion to Viṣṇu be, since you are destitute and penniless? // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.46)

yajñadānādikaṃ naiva viṣṇostuṣṭikaraṃ kṛtam ..

> No sacrifices, gifts, and the like pleasing to Viṣṇu have been performed by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.47)

nā'pi devālayaṃ pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ vipra tvayā kvacit .. 2.4.26.20 ..

> nor was a temple ever built by you before anywhere, O brahmin! // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.48)

īdṛśasyā'pi te garva eṣa tiṣṭhati bhaktitaḥ ..

> Yet such pride of yours persists on account of devotion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.49)

tacchṛṇvaṃtu vaco me'dya sarve'pyete dvijātayaḥ .. 21 ..

> Therefore, let all these twice-born men hear my declaration today: // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.50)

sākṣātkāramahaṃ viṣṇoreṣa vādo gamiṣyati ..

> This dispute will proceed unto a direct vision of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.51)

paśyaṃtu sarve'pi tato bhaktiṃ jñāsyaṃti cāvayoḥ .. 22 ..

> Let all behold, and from that they will know the devotion of us both!" // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.52)

.. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. ..

> The two attendants said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.53)

ityuktvā sa nṛpo'gacchannijarājagṛhaṃ tadā ..

> Having spoken thus, that king then went to his royal palace;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.54)

ārabhadvaiṣṇavaṃ satraṃ kṛtvā''cāryaṃ tu mudgalam .. 23 ..

> he commenced a Vaiṣṇava sacrificial session, appointing Mudgala as the officiating priest, // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.55)

ṛṣisaṃghasamājuṣṭaṃ bahvannaṃ bahudakṣiṇam ..

> frequented by hosts of seers, with abundant food and plentiful sacrificial fees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.56)

yacca brahmakṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ gayākṣetre samṛddhimat .. 24 ..

> rich like that which was performed formerly by Brahmā in Gayākṣetra. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.57)

viṣṇudāso'pi tatraiva tasthau devālaye vratī ..

> Viṣṇudāsa also remained right there in the temple, observant of vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.58)

yathoktaniyamānkurvanviṣṇostuṣṭikarānsadā .. 25 ..

> always performing the prescribed observances that bring satisfaction to Viṣṇu: // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.59)

māghorjayorvrataṃ samyaktulasīvanapālanam ..

> the vow of Māgha and Ūrja properly; tending groves of tulasī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.60)

ekādaśyāṃ harerjāpyaṃ dvādaśākṣaravidyayā .. 26 ..

> recitation \[of the name\] of Hari on the eleventh day with the twelve-syllable mantra; // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.61)

upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirnṛtyagītādimaṃgalaiḥ ..

> with the sixteen ritual services, and auspicious rites such as dance and song,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.62)

nityaṃ viṣṇostathā pūjāṃ vratānyetāni so'karot .. 27 ..

> he daily performed the worship of Viṣṇu and these vows. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.63)

nityaṃ saṃsmaraṇaṃ viṣṇorgacchanbhuvi svapannapi ..

> Constantly remembering Viṣṇu while walking on the ground or even sleeping,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.64)

sarvabhūtasthitaṃ viṣṇumapaśyatsamadarśanaḥ .. .. 28 ..

> he, of equal vision, beheld Viṣṇu abiding in all beings. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.65)

māghakārtikayornityaṃ viśeṣaniyamānapi ..

> In Māgha and Kārtika he also performed special observances daily  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.66)

akarodviṣṇutuṣṭyarthaṃ sodyāpanavidhiṃ tathā .. 29 ..

> for the gratification of Viṣṇu, together with the concluding concluding rites. // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.67)

evaṃ samārādhayatoḥ śriyaḥ patiṃ tayośca coleśvaraviṣṇudāsayoḥ ..

> As both of them—the lord of the Colas and Viṣṇudāsa—were thus propitiating the consort of Śrī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.68)

agāddhi kālaḥ sumahānvratasthayostanniṣṭhasarveṃdriyakarmaṇostadā .. 2.4.26.30 ..

> a great span of time passed while they remained steadfast in vows, with all the actions of their senses dedicated to Him. // 30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.26.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.26.69)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye colarājaviṣṇudāsabrāhmaṇavivādakathanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 26 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter, named 'The Account of the Dispute between King Cola and the Brahmin Viṣṇudāsa,' in the Kārtikamāsamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.26.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kriyāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasara.2.1.1513) — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit
- [Kriyāsāraḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasarah.2.203_1026) — Sanskrit

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