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# Skandapurana 2.6.2

Skandapurāṇa 2.6.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.1)

.. śrīṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.6.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.2)

śāṃḍilye tau samādiśya parāvṛtte svamāśramam ..

> "When Śāṇḍilya had instructed the two of them and returned to his hermitage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.3)

ki kathaṃ cakratustau tu rājānau sūta tadvada .. 1 .. ..

> what did those two kings do, and how? Tell that, O Sūta." // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.4)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.6.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.5)

tatastu viṣṇurātena śreṇīmukhvāḥ sahasraśaḥ ..

> "Then, by Viṣṇurāta, thousands of heads of guilds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.6)

indraprasthātsamānāyya mathurāsthānamāpitāḥ .. 2 ..

> were brought from Indraprastha and settled in the area of Mathurā. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.7)

māthurānbrāhmaṇāṃstatra vānarāṃśca purātanān ..

> Having recognized that the local brahmins of Mathurā and the ancient monkeys there  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.8)

vijñāya mānanīyatvaṃ teṣu sthāpitavānsvarādaṭ .. 3 ..

> were worthy of honor, the sovereign king established respect toward them. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.9)

vajrastu tatsahāyena śāṇḍilyasyā'pyanugrahāt ..

> And Vajra, with his assistance and by the grace of Śāṇḍilya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.10)

govindagopagopīnāṃ līlāsthānānyanukramāt .. 4 ..

> gradually identified the places of pastime of Govinda, the cowherds, and the gopīs; // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.11)

vijñāyā'bhidhayā''sthāpya grāmānāvāsayadbahūn ..

> designating them by name, he settled many villages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.12)

kuṇḍakūpādipūrtena śivādisthāpanena ca .. 5 ..

> Through charitable works such as ponds and wells, by consecrating Śiva and other \[deities\], // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.13)

govindaharidevādisvarūpā''ropaṇena ca ..

> and by installing images of Govinda, Harideva, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.14)

kṛṣṇaikabhaktiṃ sve rājyaṃ tatāna ca mumoda ha .. 6 ..

> he spread single-minded devotion to Kṛṣṇa in his kingdom and rejoiced. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.15)

prajāstu muditāstasya kṛṣṇakīrtanatatparāḥ..

> His subjects were delighted, dedicated to chanting the praises of Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.16)

paramānandasampannā rājyaṃ tasyaiva tuṣṭuvuḥ .. 7 ..

> and endowed with supreme bliss, they praised his very rule. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.17)

ekadā kṛṣṇapatnyastu śrīkṛṣṇavirahāturāḥ ..

> Once, Kṛṣṇa's wives, afflicted with the pain of separation from Śrī Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.18)

kālindīṃ muditā vīkṣya papracchurgatamatsarāḥ .. 8 ....

> seeing Kālindī joyful, freed from jealousy, asked her: // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.19)

.. śrīkṛṣṇapatnya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The wives of Śrī Kṛṣṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.20)

yathā vayaṃ kṛṣṇapatnyastathā tvamapi śobhane ..

> "Just as we are Kṛṣṇa's wives, so are you also, O fair one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.21)

vayaṃ virahaduḥkhārtāstvaṃ na kālindi tadvada .. 9 ..

> we are afflicted by the sorrow of separation, but you are not, O Kālindī; explain that!" // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.22)

tacchrutvā smayamānā sā kālindī vākyamabravīt ..

> Hearing that, smiling, Kālindī spoke these words;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.23)

sāpatnyaṃ vīkṣya tattāsāṃ karuṇāparamānasā .. 2.6.2.10 .. ..

> seeing that they were co-wives, her mind was filled with the utmost compassion. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.24)

śrīkālindyuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.6.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.25)

ātmārāmasya kṛṣṇasya dhruvamātmāsti rādhikā ..

> "Of Kṛṣṇa, who delights in the self, Rādhikā is surely the self;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.26)

tasyā dāsyaprabhāveṇa viraho'smānna saṃspṛśet .. 11 ..

> through the power of servitude to her, separation cannot touch us. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.27)

tasyā evāṃśavistārāḥ sarvāḥ śrīkṛṣṇanāyikāḥ ..

> All the heroines of Śrī Kṛṣṇa are expansions of portions of her alone;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.28)

nityasaṃbhoga evāsti tasyāḥ sāmmukhyayogataḥ .. 12 ..

> there is eternal enjoyment indeed through being turned toward her. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.29)

sa eva sā sa saivāsti vaṃśī tatpremarūpikā ..

> He is she, and she is he; the flute is the embodiment of their love;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.30)

śrīkṛṣṇanakhacandrālisaṃgāccandrāvalī smṛtā .. 13 ..

> from contact with the array of moons of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's nails, Candrāvalī is remembered. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.31)

rūpāntaraṃ ca gṛhṇānā tayoḥ sevātilālasā ..

> Assuming another form out of intense longing for the service of the two,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.32)

rukmiṇyādisamāveśo mayātraiva vilokitaḥ .. 14 ..

> the absorption of Rukmiṇī and others has been seen right here by me. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.33)

yuṣmākamapi kṛṣṇena viraho naiva sarvataḥ ..

> For you as well, there is never any separation from Kṛṣṇa at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.34)

kintu evaṃ na jānītha tasmādvyākulatāmitāḥ .. 15 ..

> “However, you do not know this; therefore you have fallen into distress. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.35)

evamevātra gopīnāmakrūrāvasare purā ..

> In this very way, in the past, at the time of Akrūra, for the milkmaids here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.36)

virahābhāsa evāsīduddhavena samāhitaḥ .. 16 ..

> the mere semblance of separation was resolved by Uddhava. // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.37)

tenaiva bhavatīnāṃ cedbhavedatra samāgamaḥ ..

> If your meeting should take place right here through him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.38)

tarhi nityaṃ svakāntena vihāramapi lapsyatha .. 17 ..

> then you will obtain eternal pastimes with your beloved.” // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.39)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.6.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.40)

evamuktāstu tāḥ patnyaḥ prasannāṃ punarabruvan ..

> Addressed thus, those wives, longing to meet their beloved through the sight of Uddhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.41)

uddhavālokanenātmapreṣṭhasaṃgamalālasāḥ .. 18 ..

> spoke again to the delighted \[Kālindī\]: // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.42)

.. śrīkṛṣṇapatnya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The wives of Śrī Kṛṣṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.43)

dhanyāsi sakhi kāntena yasyā naivāsti vicyutiḥ ..

> “You are fortunate, O friend, who have no separation from your beloved!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.44)

yataste svārthasaṃsiddhistasyā dāsyo babhūvima .. 19 ..

> Since your own purpose has been accomplished, we have become your servants. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.45)

parantūddhavalābhe syādasmatsarvārthasādhanam ..

> However, by attaining Uddhava, the accomplishment of all our goals would come about.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.46)

tathā vadasva kālindi tallābho'pi yathā bhavet .. 2.6.2.20 ..

> Therefore tell us, Kālindī, how finding him may also happen.” // 2.6.2.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.47)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.6.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.48)

evamuktā tu kālindī pratyuvācātha tāstathā ..

> Addressed thus, Kālindī, embodying the sixteen digits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.49)

smarantī kṛṣṇacandrasya kalāṣoḍaśarūpiṇī .. 21 ..

> remembering moon-like Kṛṣṇa, then replied to them in that way: // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.50)

sādhanabhūmirbadarī vrajatā kṛṣṇena maṃtriṇe proktā ..

> “The realm of practice, Badarī, was designated to his counselor by Kṛṣṇa as he was departing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.51)

tatrāste sa tu sākṣāttadvayunaṃ grāhayam̐llokān .. 22 ..

> There he dwells in visible form, imparting that knowledge to the people. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.52)

phalabhūmirvrajabhūmirdattā tasmai puraiva sarahasyam ..

> The land of Vraja, the realm of the fruit \[of practice\], was given to him beforehand along with its secret.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.53)

phalamiha tirohitaṃ sattadihedānīṃ sa uddhavo'lakṣyaḥ .. 23 ..

> The fruit having become concealed here, that Uddhava is now invisible in this place. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.54)

govarddhanagirinikaṭe sakhīsthale tadrajaḥkāmaḥ ..

> Desiring the dust of that place, near Mount Govardhana in Sakhīsthala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.55)

tatratyāṅkuravallīrūpeṇāste sa uddhavo nūnam .. 24 ..

> that Uddhava truly remains in the form of sprouts and creepers growing there. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.56)

ātmotsavarūpatvaṃ hariṇā tasmai samarpitaṃ niyatam ..

> The nature of his own festival was surely conferred on him by Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.57)

tasmāttatra sthitvā kusumasaraḥparisare savajrābhiḥ .. 25 ..

> Therefore, staying there on the bank of the Kusumasaras lake with Vajra, // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.58)

vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgaiḥ kīrtanakāvyādisarasasaṃgītaiḥ ..

> a festival must be commenced with lutes, flutes, and mṛdaṅga drums,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.59)

utsava ārabdhavyo hariratalokānsamānāyya .. 26 ..

> with delightful music, songs of praise, poems, and the like, having gathered the people devoted to Hari. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.60)

tatroddhavāvaloko bhavitā niyataṃ mahotsave vitate ..

> There, when the great festival is spread out, the sight of Uddhava will surely take place;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.61)

yauṣmākīṇāmabhimatasiddhiṃ savitā sa eva savitānām .. 27 ..

> he alone, the producer of ceremonies, will bring about the fulfillment of your desires.” // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.62)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.6.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.63)

iti śrutvā prasannāstāḥ kālindīmabhivandya tat ..

> Having heard this, pleased, they bowed to Kālindī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.64)

kathayāmāsurāgatya vajraṃ prati parīkṣitam .. 28 ..

> and, returning, related that to Vajra and Parīkṣit. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.65)

viṣṇurātastu tacchrutvā prasannastadyutastadā ..

> Hearing that, Viṣṇurāta, pleased, together with them then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.66)

tatraivāgatya tatsarvaṃ kārayāmāsa satvaram .. 29 ..

> went right there and quickly had all of it done. // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.67)

govardhanādadūreṇa vṛndāraṇye sakhīsthale ..

> Not far from Govardhana, in the Vṛnda forest at Sakhīsthala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.68)

pravṛttaḥ kusumāmbhodhau kṛṣṇasaṃkīrtanotsavaḥ .. 2.6.2.30 ..

> at Kusumasaras, the festival of the chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s names commenced. // 2.6.2.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.69)

vṛṣabhānusutākāntavihāre kīrtanaśriyā ..

> As the pastimes of the beloved of Vṛṣabhānu's daughter were, as it were, visibly manifested  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.70)

sākṣādiva samāvṛtte sarve'nanyadṛśo'bhavan .. 31 ..

> through the splendor of the kīrtana, everyone looked at nothing else. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.71)

tataḥ paśyatsu sarveṣu tṛṇagulmalatācayāt ..

> Then, while all were watching, out of the thicket of grass, shrubs, and creepers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.72)

ājagāmoddhavaḥ sragvī śyāmaḥ pītāmbarāvṛtaḥ .. 32 ..

> came Uddhava, wearing a garland, dark-complexioned, clad in yellow garments, // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.73)

guñjāmālādharo gāyanballavīvallabhaṃ muhuḥ ..

> bearing a necklace of guñjā beads, singing repeatedly of the lover of the cowherd maidens.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.74)

tadāgamanato reje bhṛśaṃ saṃkīrtanotsavaḥ .. 33 ..

> By his arrival, the festival of kīrtana shone brilliantly, // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.75)

candrikāgamato yadvatsphāṭikāṭṭālabhūmaṇiḥ ..

> just as the gem in an upper turret of crystal \[shines\] with the arrival of moonlight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.76)

atha sarve sukhāmbhodhau magnāḥ sarvaṃ visasmaruḥ .. 34 ..

> Then, submerged in an ocean of joy, everyone forgot everything. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.77)

kṣaṇenāgatavijñānā dṛṣṭvā śrīkṛṣṇarūpiṇam ..

> Regaining their senses after a moment, having seen him who bore the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.78)

uddhavaṃ pūjayāṃcakruḥ pratilabdhamanorathāḥ .. 35 ..

> they worshipped Uddhava, their desires attained. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.2.79)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīmadbhāgavatamāhātmye govarddhanaparvatasamīpe parīkṣidādīnāmuddhavadarśanavarṇanonāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 2 ..

> Thus ends the second chapter, titled “The Description of the Vision of Uddhava by Parīkṣit and Others near Mount Govardhana,” in the Śrīmadbhāgavatamāhātmya in the second Vaiṣṇava section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.6.2.1) — English, machine translation

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