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# Skandapurana 2.6.4

Skandapurāṇa 2.6.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.1)

.. śrīṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The venerable seers said:  
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### [2.6.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.2)

sādhu sūta ciraṃ jīva ciramevaṃ praśādhi naḥ ..

> Well done, Sūta! Live long! Instruct us thus for a long time!  
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### [2.6.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.3)

śrībhāgavatamāhātmyamapūrvaṃ tvansukhācchrutam .. 1 ..

> From your mouth the unprecedented glorification of the Śrī Bhāgavata has been heard.  
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### [2.6.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.4)

tatsvarūpapramāṇaṃ ca vidhiṃ ca śravaṇe vada ..

> State its essential nature, its measure, and the rule for its hearing.  
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### [2.6.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.5)

tadvakturlakṣaṇaṃ sūta śrotuścāpi vadādhunā .. 2 ..

> Speak now, O Sūta, of the characteristics of its speaker and of its listener.  
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### [2.6.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.6)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
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### [2.6.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.7)

śrīmadbhāgavatasyātha śrīmadbhagavataḥ sadā ..

> The essential nature of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata and of the Blessed Lord  
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### [2.6.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.8)

svarūpamekamevāsti saccidānandalakṣaṇam .. 3 ..

> is always one and the same, characterized by being, consciousness, and bliss.  
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### [2.6.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.9)

śrīkṛṣṇāsaktabhaktānāṃ tanmādhuryyaprakāśakam ..

> Know indeed that to be the Bhāgavata: that speech which wells forth  
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### [2.6.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.10)

samujjṛmbhati yadvākyaṃ viddhi bhāgavataṃ hi tat .. 4 ..

> revealing his sweetness to devotees attached to Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  
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### [2.6.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.11)

jñānavijñānabhaktyaṅgacatuṣṭayaparaṃ vacaḥ ..

> and know that to be the Bhāgavata: speech intent upon the four limbs—knowledge, experiential wisdom, devotion, and the rest—  
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### [2.6.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.12)

māyāmardana dakṣaṃ ca viddhi bhāgavataṃ ca tat .. 5 ..

> and capable of crushing Māyā.  
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### [2.6.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.13)

pramāṇaṃ tasya ko veda hyanaṃtasyākṣarātmanaḥ ..

> Who indeed knows the measure of it, infinite and consisting of the Imperishable?  
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### [2.6.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.14)

brahmaṇe hariṇā taddikcatuḥślokyā pradarśitā .. 6 ..

> Its direction was shown to Brahmā by Hari through four verses.  
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### [2.6.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.15)

tadānaṃtyāvagāhena svepsitāvahanakṣamāḥ ..

> By plunging into its infinity, only those—  
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### [2.6.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.16)

ta eva saṃti bho viprā brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ .. 7 ..

> Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and the others, O brahmins—are capable of conveying what they themselves desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.17)

mitabuddhyādivṛttīnāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ hitāya ca ..

> And for the benefit of human beings whose mental faculties are limited,  
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### [2.6.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.18)

parīkṣicchukasaṃvādo yo'sau vyāsena kīrtitaḥ .. 8 ..

> there is this dialogue between Parīkṣit and Śuka, which was sung by Vyāsa,  
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### [2.6.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.19)

grantho'ṣṭādaśasāhasro yo'sau bhāgavatābhidhaḥ ..

> the text of eighteen thousand verses named the Bhāgavata;  
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### [2.6.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.20)

kaligrāhagṛhītānāṃ sa eva paramāśrayaḥ .. 9 ..

> it alone is the supreme refuge for those seized by the crocodile of Kali.  
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### [2.6.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.21)

śrotāro 'tha nirūpyante śrīmadviṣṇukathāśrayāḥ ..

> Now the listeners who take refuge in stories of Śrī Viṣṇu are described:  
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### [2.6.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.22)

pravarā avarāścati śrotāro dvividhā matāḥ .. 2.6.4.10 ..

> listeners are considered to be of two kinds: superior and inferior.  
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### [2.6.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.23)

pravarāścātako haṃsaḥ śuko mīnādayastathā ..

> The superior are celebrated as the cātaka bird, the swan, the parrot, the fish, and others;  
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### [2.6.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.24)

avarā vṛkabhūruṇḍavṛṣoṣṭrādyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ .. 11 ..

> the inferior are celebrated as the wolf, the bhūruṇḍa bird, the bull, the camel, and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.25)

akhilopekṣayā yastu kṛṣṇaśāstraśrutau vratī ..

> He who, disregarding everything else, is vowed to hearing the scripture of Kṛṣṇa,  
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### [2.6.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.26)

sa cātako yathāmbhodamukte pāthasi cātakaḥ .. 12 ..

> he is a cātaka, like the cātaka bird intent on the water released by a cloud.  
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### [2.6.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.27)

haṃsaḥ syātsāramādatte yaḥ śrotā vividhācchrutāt ..

> A listener who extracts the essence from diverse scriptures is \[like\] a swan,  
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### [2.6.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.28)

dugdhenaikyaṃ gatāttoyādyathā haṃso'malaṃ payaḥ .. 13 ..

> just as a swan \[takes\] pure milk from water that has blended with milk. // 13  
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### [2.6.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.29)

śukaḥ suṣṭu mitaṃ vakti vyāsaṃ śrotṛṃśca harṣayan ..

> A parrot speaks well and concisely, delighting both the narrator and the listeners,  
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### [2.6.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.30)

supāṭhitaḥ śuko yadvacchikṣakaṃ pārśvagānapi .. 14 ..

> just as a well-trained parrot delights its teacher and the bystanders. // 14  
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### [2.6.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.31)

śabdaṃ nānimiṣo jātu karotyāsvādayanrasam ..

> Tasting the aesthetic sentiment, an unblinking \[listener\] never makes a sound;  
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### [2.6.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.32)

śrotā snigdho bhavenmīno mīnaḥ kṣīranidhau yathā .. 15 ..

> the affectionate listener is a fish, just like a fish in the ocean of milk. // 15  
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### [2.6.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.33)

yastudanrasikāñcchrotṝnvirautyajño vṛko hi saḥ ..

> He who, an ignoramus, howls and torments the appreciative listeners is indeed a wolf,  
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### [2.6.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.34)

veṇusvanarasāsaktānvṛko'raṇye mṛgānyathā .. 16 ..

> just as a wolf \[harms\] deer in the forest who are engrossed in the sweet sound of a flute. // 16  
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### [2.6.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.35)

bhūruṇḍaḥ śikṣayedanyāñcchrutvā na svayamācaret ..

> A bhūruṇḍa instructs others after hearing, but does not practice it himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.36)

yathā himavataḥ śṛṃge bhūruṇḍākhyo vihaṃgamaḥ .. 17 .. (bhāruṇḍa)  
sarvaṃ śrutamupādatte sārāsārāndhadhīrvṛṣaḥ ..

> just like the bird named bhūruṇḍa on the peak of the Himālaya. // 17  
> A bull, whose mind is blind to the essential and non-essential, takes in all that is heard,  
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### [2.6.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.37)

svādu drākṣāṃ khaliṃ cāpi nirviśeṣaṃ yathā vṛṣaḥ .. 18 ..

> just as a bull \[eats\] sweet grapes and oil-cake without distinction. // 18  
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### [2.6.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.38)

sa uṣṭro madhuraṃ muñcanviparīte rameta yaḥ ..

> He who abandons what is sweet and delights in what is contrary is a camel,  
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### [2.6.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.39)

yathā nimbaṃ caratyuṣṭro hitvā''mramapi tadyutam .. 19 ..

> just as a camel feeds on neem, abandoning even a mango tree joined with it. // 19  
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### [2.6.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.40)

anye'pi bahavo bhedā dvayorbhṛṃgakharādayaḥ ..

> There are also many other varieties of both, such as bees, donkeys, and others,  
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### [2.6.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.41)

vijñeyāstattadācāraistattatprakṛtisaṃbhavaiḥ .. 2.6.4.20 ..

> which are to be recognized by their respective conducts arising from their respective natures. // 20  
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### [2.6.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.42)

yaḥ sthitvā'bhimukhaṃ praṇamya vidhivattyaktānyavādo harerlīlāḥ śrotumabhīpsate'tinipuṇo namro 'tha klṛptāñjaliḥ ..

> He who, having stood facing \[the speaker\] and bowed according to rule, leaving aside other discourse, desires to hear the playful deeds of Hari, highly skilled, humble, with folded hands;  
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### [2.6.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.43)

śiṣyo viśvasito'nucintanaparaḥ praśne'nuraktaḥ śucirnityaṃ kṛṣṇajanapriyo nigaditaḥ śrotā sa vai vaktṛbhiḥ .. 21 ..

> a disciple, trustworthy, devoted to contemplation, fond of questioning, pure, ever dear to the people of Kṛṣṇa—he indeed is declared by speakers to be \[the ideal\] listener. // 21  
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### [2.6.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.44)

bhagavanmatiranapekṣaḥ suhṛdo dīneṣu sānukampo yaḥ ..

> He whose mind is fixed on the Lord, who is free from expectation, a friend, compassionate toward the distressed,  
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### [2.6.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.45)

bahudhābodhanacaturo vaktā saṃmānito munibhiḥ .. 22 ..

> clever in explaining in many ways—such a speaker is honored by sages. // 22  
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### [2.6.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.46)

atha bhāratabhūsthāne śrībhāgavatasevane ..

> Now, concerning the service of the Śrībhāgavata in the land of Bhārata,  
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### [2.6.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.47)

vidhiṃ śṛṇuta bho viprā yena syātsukhasaṃtatiḥ .. 23 ..

> hear, O brahmins, the procedure by which a continuous succession of happiness may arise. // 23  
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### [2.6.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.48)

rājasaṃ sāttvikaṃ cāpi tāmasaṃ nirguṇaṃ tathā ..

> Rājasika, sāttvika, tāmasika, and likewise nirguṇa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.49)

caturvidhaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ śrībhāgavata sevanam .. 24 ..

> the service of the Śrībhāgavata is to be known as fourfold. // 24  
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### [2.6.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.50)

saptāhaṃ yajñavadyattu saśramaṃ satvaraṃ mudā ..

> That which is \[performed for\] seven days like a sacrifice, with effort, in haste, with joy,  
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### [2.6.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.51)

sevitaṃ rājasaṃ tattu bahupūjādiśobhanam ..25..

> attended upon with many worships and the like, is the rājasika one. // 25  
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### [2.6.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.52)

māsena ṛtunā vāpi śravaṇaṃ svādasaṃyutam..

> Hearing \[it\] over a month or a season, accompanied by relish,  
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### [2.6.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.53)

sāttvikaṃ yadanāyāsaṃ samastānandavarddhanam .. 26 ..

> effortless, increasing all bliss, is the sāttvika one. // 26  
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### [2.6.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.54)

tāmasaṃ yattu varṣeṇa sālasaṃ śraddhayā'yutam ..

> That which is performed over a year, lethargic, yet endowed with faith,  
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### [2.6.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.55)

vismṛtismṛtisaṃyuktaṃ sevanaṃ tacca saukhyadam .. 27 ..

> accompanied by forgetting and remembering—such service is tāmasika, and brings happiness. // 27  
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### [2.6.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.56)

varṣamāsadinānāṃ tu vimucya niyamāgraham ..

> Relinquishing the rigid adherence to rules of years, months, and days,  
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### [2.6.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.57)

sarvadā premabhaktyaiva sevanaṃ nirguṇaṃ matam .. 28 ..

> service performed solely through loving devotion at all times is considered nirguṇa. // 28  
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### [2.6.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.58)

pārīkṣite'pi saṃvāde nirguṇaṃ tatprakīrtitam..

> Even in the dialogue with Parīkṣit, it was proclaimed as nirguṇa;  
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### [2.6.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.59)

tatra saptadinākhyānaṃ tadāyurdinasaṃkhyayā .. 29 ..

> there, the seven-day narration was due to the count of the days of his life. // 29  
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### [2.6.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.60)

anyatra triguṇaṃ cāpi nirguṇaṃ ca yathecchayā ..

> Elsewhere, whether of the three guṇas or nirguṇa, according to one's wish,  
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### [2.6.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.61)

yathā kathaṃcitkartavyaṃ sevanaṃ bhagavacchruteḥ .. 2.6.4.30 ..

> service to the Lord's scripture is to be performed in whatever manner possible. // 30  
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### [2.6.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.62)

ye śrīkṛṣṇavihāraikabhajanāsvādalolupāḥ ..

> Those who are greedy to relish only the worship of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's sports,  
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### [2.6.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.63)

muktāvapi nirākāṃkṣāsteṣāṃ bhāgavataṃ dhanam .. 31 ..

> having no longing even for liberation—to them the Bhāgavata is their wealth. // 31  
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### [2.6.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.64)

ye'pi saṃsārasaṃtāpanirviṇṇā mokṣakāṃkṣiṇaḥ ..

> And those who are despondent from the torment of saṃsāra and long for liberation,  
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### [2.6.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.65)

teṣāṃ bhavauṣadhaṃ caitatkalau sevyaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 32 ..

> for them this medicine for worldly existence is to be served with effort in the Kali \[age\]. // 32  
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### [2.6.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.66)

ye cāpi viṣayārāmāḥ sāṃsārikasukhaspṛhāḥ ..

> And those who delight in sense objects, desiring worldly pleasures,  
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### [2.6.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.67)

teṣāṃ tu karmamārgeṇa yā siddhiḥ sā'dhunā kalau .. .. 33 ..

> for them, whatever perfection is attainable through the path of works is now, in the Kali \[age\],  
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### [2.6.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.68)

sāmarthyadhanavijñānābhāvādatyantadurllabhā ..

> extremely difficult to attain due to the lack of capacity, wealth, and specialized knowledge;  
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### [2.6.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.69)

tasmāttairapi saṃsevyā śrīmadbhāgavatī kathā .. 34 ..

> therefore, the sacred story of the Bhāgavata should be resorted to even by them. // 34  
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### [2.6.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.70)

dhanaṃ putrāṃstathā dārānvāhanādi yaśo gṛhān ..

> Wealth, sons, and wives, vehicles and the like, fame, houses,  
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### [2.6.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.71)

asāpatnyaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca dadyādbhāgavatī kathā .. 35 ..

> and rival-less sovereignty—the Bhāgavata story can bestow all this. // 35  
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### [2.6.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.72)

iha loke varānbhuktvā bhogānvai manasepsitān ..

> Having enjoyed excellent, mentally desired pleasures in this world,  
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### [2.6.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.73)

śrībhāgavatasaṃgena yātyante śrīhareḥ padam .. 36 ..

> at the end, through contact with the Śrībhāgavata, one goes to the abode of Śrī Hari. // 36  
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### [2.6.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.74)

yatra bhāgavatī vārtā ye ca tacchravaṇe ratāḥ ..

> Where the Bhāgavata discourse takes place and whoever is devoted to hearing it—  
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### [2.6.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.75)

teṣāṃ saṃsevanaṃ kuryāddehena ca dhanena ca .. 37 ..

> one should render service to them with one's body and with one's wealth. // 37  
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### [2.6.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.76)

tadanugrahato'syāpi śrībhāgavatasevanam ..

> By their grace, he too obtains the service of the Śrībhāgavata.  
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### [2.6.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.77)

śrīkṛṣṇavyatiriktaṃ yattatsarvaṃ dhanasaṃjñitam .. 38 ..

> Whatever is apart from Śrī Kṛṣṇa is all designated as 'wealth'. // 38  
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### [2.6.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.78)

kṛṣṇārthīti dhanārthīti śrotā vaktā dvidhā mataḥ ..

> A listener or speaker is considered two-fold: one seeking Kṛṣṇa, and one seeking wealth.  
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### [2.6.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.79)

yathā vaktā tathā śrotā tatra saukhyaṃ vivarddhate .. 39 ..

> As the speaker is, so is the listener; there happiness increases. // 39  
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### [2.6.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.80)

ubhayorvaiparītye tu rasābhāse phalacyutiḥ..

> When there is a discrepancy between the two, a semblance of sentiment results in the loss of the fruit;  
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### [2.6.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.81)

kintu kṛṣṇārthināṃ siddhirvilambenāpi jāyate .. 2.6.4.40 ..

> however, for those seeking Kṛṣṇa, perfection arises even after a delay. // 40  
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### [2.6.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.82)

dhanārthinastu saṃsiddhirvidhisaṃpūrṇatāvaśāt ..

> The perfection of one who seeks wealth depends upon the completeness of the ritual rule;  
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### [2.6.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.83)

kṛṣṇārthino'guṇasyāpi premaiva vidhiruttamaḥ .. 41 ..

> for one who seeks Kṛṣṇa, even if lacking merit, love alone is the supreme rule. // 41  
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### [2.6.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.84)

āsamāpti sakāmena kartavyo hi vidhiḥ svayam ..

> Until completion, the ritual rule must indeed be observed personally by one who has desires.  
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### [2.6.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.85)

snāto nitya kriyāṃ kṛtvā prāśya pādodakaṃ hareḥ .. 42 ..

> Having bathed, performed the daily rites, and tasted the foot-nectar of Hari, // 42  
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### [2.6.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.86)

pustakaṃ ca guruṃ caiva pūjayitvopacārataḥ ..

> and having worshipped both the book and the guru with the proper offerings,  
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### [2.6.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.87)

brūyādvā śṛṇuyādvāpi śrīmadbhāgavataṃ mudā .. 43 ..

> he should speak or listen to the Śrīmad Bhāgavata with joy. (43)  
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### [2.6.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.88)

payasā vā haviṣyeṇa maunaṃ bhojanamācaret ..

> He should eat in silence, either on milk or on sacrificial fare (haviṣya);  
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### [2.6.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.89)

brahmacaryyamadhaḥsuptiṃ krodhalobhādivarjjanam .. 44 ..

> he should observe celibacy, sleep on the ground, and avoid anger, greed, and the like. (44)  
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### [2.6.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.90)

kathānte kīrtanaṃ nityaṃ samāptau jāgaraṃ caret ..

> At the end of the recitation, he should always perform chanting (kīrtana); at its conclusion, he should keep a night-vigil.  
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### [2.6.4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.91)

brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā tu dakṣiṇābhiḥ pratoṣayet .. 45 ..

> Having fed the brahmins, he should please them with sacrificial gifts. (45)  
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### [2.6.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.92)

gurave vastrabhūṣādi dattvā gāṃ ca samarpayet ..

> Having given garments, ornaments, and the like to the guru, he should also offer a cow.  
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### [2.6.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.93)

evaṃ kṛte vidhāne tu labhate vāñchitaṃ phalam .. 46 ..

> When the procedure is thus performed, he obtains the desired fruit: (46)  
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### [2.6.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.94)

dārāgārasutānrājyaṃ dhanādi ca yadīpsitam ..

> a wife, a house, sons, kingship, wealth, and whatever else is desired.  
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### [2.6.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.95)

parantu śobhate nātra sakāmatvaṃ viḍambanam .. 47 ..

> However, acting with desire is not appropriate here; it is a mockery. (47)  
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### [2.6.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.96)

kṛṣṇaprāptikaraṃ śaśvatpremānandaphalapradam ..

> It brings about the attainment of Kṛṣṇa, bestowing the fruit of eternal bliss of divine love;  
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### [2.6.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.97)

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ kalau kīreṇa bhāṣitam .. 48 ..

> the scripture Śrīmad Bhāgavata was spoken in the Kali \[age\] by the parrot-like Śuka. (48)  
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### [2.6.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.98)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīmadbhāgavatamāhātmye caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 ..

> Thus ends the fourth chapter in the Śrīmadbhāgavatamāhātmya, in the second, Vaiṣṇava section of the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.6.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.6.4.99)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrībhāgavatamahāpurāṇamāhātmyaṃ samāptam .. 2-6..

> Thus ends the Śrībhāgavatamahāpurāṇamāhātmya in the second, Vaiṣṇava section of the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. (2.6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.6.4.1) — English, machine translation

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