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# Skandapurana 2.7.16

Skandapurāṇa 2.7.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.1)

.. .. śrutadeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.2)

taddarśanāhlādapariplutāśayaḥ sadyaḥ samutthāya nanāma mūrdhnā ..

> His heart flooded with joy at that darśana, he quickly rose and bowed with his head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.3)

ciraṃ nirīkṣyā''kulalocano hyamuṃ viśvātmadevaṃ jagatāmadhīśam .. 1 ..

> having long gazed with agitated eyes upon this god who is the Self of all, the Lord of the worlds. 1.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.4)

dadhāra pādāvavanijya tajjalaṃ yatpādajā''brahma jagatpunāti ..

> Having washed his feet, he took that water, the river born from whose feet purifies the world up to Brahmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.5)

samarcayāmāsa mahāvibhūtibhirmahārhavastrābharaṇānulepanaiḥ .. 2 ..

> he worshiped \[him\] with great opulences—with precious garments, ornaments, and unguents, 2.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.6)

sragdhūpadīpāmṛtabhakṣaṇādibhistvaggātravittātmasamarpaṇena ..

> with garlands, incense, lamps, nectarous food, and the like, through the surrender of skin, body, wealth, and self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.7)

tuṣṭāva viṣṇuṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nirguṇamadvitīyam .. 3 ..

> He praised Viṣṇu, the primordial Person, Nārāyaṇa, devoid of qualities, without a second: 3.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.8)

niraṃjanaṃ viśvasṛjāmadhīśaṃ vande paraṃ padmabhavādivaṃditam ..

> 'I bow to the untainted supreme Lord of the creators of the universe, praised by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.9)

yanmāyayā tattvaviduttamā janā vimohitā viśvasṛjāmadhīśvaram .. .. 4 ..

> by whose māyā even men supreme among the knowers of truth are deluded regarding the sovereign Lord of the universe's creators. 4.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.10)

muhyaṃti māyācariteṣu mūḍhā guṇeṣu citraṃ bhagavadviceṣṭitam ..

> Fools are bewildered by the acts of māyā, by the qualities—wondrous is the activity of the Blessed Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.11)

anīha etadbahudhaika ātmanā sṛjatyavatyatti na sajjate'pyatha .. 5 ..

> Desireless, as the one Self, he creates, protects, and consumes this \[universe\] in many ways, yet is not attached. 5.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.12)

samastadevāsurasaukhyaduḥkhaprāptyai bhavānpūrṇamanoratho'pi ..

> Although your desires are fulfilled, \[you act\] for the acquisition of pleasure and pain by all gods and asuras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.13)

tatrā'pi kāle svajanābhiguptyai bibharṣi sattvaṃ khalanigrahāya .. 6 ..

> even then, at proper time, for the protection of your own people and the restraint of the wicked, you assume sattva. 6.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.14)

tamoguṇaṃ rākṣasa bandhanāya rajoguṇaṃ nirguṇa viśvamūrte ..

> You assume the quality of tamas to bind the rākṣasas, and the quality of rajas, O quality-less one, whose form is the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.15)

diṣṭyā tvadaṃghriḥ praṇatāghanāśanastīrthāspadaṃ hṛdi dhṛtaḥ suvipakvayogaiḥ .. 7 ..

> By good fortune, your foot, destroying the sins of those bowed down and the abode of sacred fords, is held in the heart by those of fully matured yoga. 7.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.16)

utsiktabhaktyupahṛtāśaya jīvabhāvāḥ prāpurgatiṃ tava padasmṛtimātrato ye ..

> Those whose sense of individual soul and desires are surrendered through overflowing devotion attained the supreme goal merely by the remembrance of your feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.17)

bhavākhyakāloragapāśabandhaḥ punaḥpunarjanmajarādiduḥkhaiḥ .. 8 ..

> Bound by the noose-like serpent of Time called worldly existence, by the sufferings of repeated birth, old age, and the rest, 8.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.18)

bhramāmi yoniṣvahamākhubhakṣyavatpravṛddhatarṣastava pādavismṛteḥ ..

> I wander among wombs like mouse food, with increased craving, because of forgetting your feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.19)

nūnaṃ na dattaṃ na ca te kathā śrutā na sādhavo jātu mayā'pi sevitāḥ .. 9 ..

> Surely, I gave no gift, nor heard your story, nor were virtuous people ever served by me. 9.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.20)

tenāribhirdhvastaparārdhyalakṣmīrvanaṃ praviṣṭaḥ svaguruhyaghaṃ smaran ..

> Therefore, my supreme fortune destroyed by enemies, I entered the forest, remembering my own heavy sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.21)

smṛtau ca tau māṃ samupetya duḥkhātsaṃbodhayāṃcakraturārtabaṃdhū .. 2.7.16.10 ..

> and when remembered, those two kinsmen of the afflicted approached me and awakened me from sorrow, 10.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.22)

vaiśākhadharmaiḥ śruticoditaiḥ śubhaiḥ svargāpavargādi pumarthahetubhiḥ ..

> by means of the auspicious duties of Vaiśākha ordained by the Vedas, which are the causes of the human aims such as heaven and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.23)

tadbodhato'haṃ kṛtavānsamastāñcchubhāvahānmādhavamāsadharmān .. 11 ..

> From their instruction, I performed all those auspicious duties of the month of Mādhava; 11.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.24)

tasmādabhūnme paramaḥ prasādastenākhilāḥ saṃpada ūrjitā imāḥ ..

> therefore, your supreme grace was granted to me, and through it, all these abundant fortunes \[were attained\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.25)

nāgnirna sūryo na ca candratārakā na bhūrjalaṃ khaṃ śvasano'tha vāṅmanaḥ .. 12 ..

> Neither fire, nor the sun, nor the moon and stars, nor earth, water, space, wind, or speech and mind, 12.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.26)

upāsitāste'pi haratyaghaṃ cirādvipaścito ghnanti muhūrtasevayā ..

> even when worshiped, remove sin except after a long time; \[yet\] the wise destroy it through service for a single moment—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.27)

yānmanyase tvaṃ bhavino'pi bhūriśastyakteṣaṇāṃstvatpadanyastacittān.. 13 ..

> those whom you regard as worldly beings, but who have renounced desires, their minds fixed upon your feet. 13.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.28)

namaḥ svataṃtrāya vicitrakarmaṇe namaḥ parasmai sadanugrahāya ..

> Homage to the independent one of wondrous deeds! Homage to the supreme one of true compassion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.29)

tvanmāyayā mohito'haṃ guṇeṣu dārārtharūpeṣu bhramāmyanarthadṛk .. 14 ..

> Deluded by your māyā among the qualities in the forms of wife and wealth, I wander, perceiving what is worthless.' 14.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.30)

tvatpādapadme sati mūlanāśane samastapāpāpaharaṃ sunirmalam ..

> Even while your lotus foot exists, which destroys the root \[of ignorance\] and takes away all sin, extremely pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.31)

sukhecchayānarthanidānabhūtaiḥ sutātmadārairmamatābhiyuktaḥ .. 15..

> bound by a sense of mineness to children, self, and wife—the very sources of calamity—out of desire for pleasure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.32)

na kvāpi nidrāṃ labhate na śarma pravṛddhatarṣaḥ punareva tasmin ..

> one finds no sleep anywhere, nor peace; with thirst grown ever greater, toward that very thing again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.33)

labdhvā durāpaṃ naradevajanma tvaṃ yatnataḥ sarvapumarthahetuḥ ..16..

> having attained this human and royal birth, so difficult to obtain, which with effort is the cause of all human goals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.34)

padāravindaṃ na bhajāmi deva saṃmūḍhacetā viṣayeṣu lālasaḥ ..

> I do not worship your lotus foot, O God, my mind completely deluded, greedy for sense-objects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.35)

karomi karmāṇi suniṣṭhitaḥ sanpravṛddhatarṣastadapekṣayā dadat .. 17 ..

> I perform actions firmly established \[in desire\], my thirst grown strong, giving \[gifts only\] with expectation of reward,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.36)

punaśca bhūyāmahamadya bhūyāmityeva cintāśatalolamānasaḥ..

> with my mind agitated by hundreds of anxieties: 'Let me be \[prosperous\] again! Let me be \[rich\] today!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.37)

tadaiva jīvasya bhavetkṛpā vibho duraṃtaśaktestava viśvamūrte .. 18 ..

> Only then does the living being receive your grace, O omnipresent Lord of endless power, whose form is the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.38)

samāgamaḥ syānmahatāṃ hi puṃsāṃ bhavāṃbudhiryena hi goṣpadāyate ..

> when there is the association of great men, by which the ocean of worldly existence becomes like a puddle in a cow's footprint.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.39)

satsaṃgamo deva yadaiva bhūyāttarhīśa deve tvayi jāyate matiḥ ..19..

> O God, only whenever there is the company of the virtuous, then, O Lord, does the mind turn toward you, the Lord of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.40)

samastarājyāpagamaṃ hi manye hyanugrahaṃ te mayi jātamañjasā ..

> Truly I consider the loss of my entire kingdom to be your grace directly manifested upon me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.41)

yathārya te brahmasurāsurādyairnivṛttatarṣairapi haṃsayūthaiḥ .. 2.7.16.20 ..

> just as \[it was shown\], O noble one, to flocks of ascetics, who have turned away their thirst, along with Brahmā, the gods, the asuras, and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.42)

itaḥ smarāmyacyutameva sādaraṃ bhavāpahaṃ pādasaroruhaṃ vibho ..

> Henceforth I remember with reverence only Acyuta, the lotus foot that removes worldly existence, O Lord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.43)

akiṃcanaprārthyamamandabhāgyadaṃ na kāmaye'nyattava pādapadmāt .. .. 21 ..

> sought by the possessionless, conferring immense good fortune, I desire nothing other than your lotus foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.44)

ato na rājyaṃ na sutādikośaṃ dehena śaśvatpatatā rajobhuvā ..

> Therefore \[I desire\] neither kingship, nor the treasury of sons and the rest; with this body born of rajas, constantly falling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.45)

bhajāmi nityaṃ tadupāsitavyaṃ pādāraviṃdaṃ munibhirvicintyam .. 22 ..

> I constantly worship that which is to be served, the lotus foot to be contemplated by sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.46)

prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa smṛtiryathā syāttava pādapadme ..

> Be gracious, O Lord of gods, dwelling place of the universe, so that my remembrance may rest upon your lotus foot!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.47)

saktiḥ sadā gacchatu dārakośaputrātmacihneṣu gaṇeṣu me prabho.. 23 ..

> May my attachment always depart from wife, treasury, sons, body, status, and retinue, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.48)

bhūyānmanaḥ kṛṣṇapadāravindayorvacāṃsi te divyakathānuvarṇane ..

> May my mind abide in the two lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, and my words in describing your divine narrative;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.49)

netre mameme tava vigrahekṣaṇe śrotre kathāyāṃ rasanā tadarpite .. 24 ..

> may these two eyes of mine be \[fixed\] on seeing your form, my two ears on your narrative, and my tongue on what is offered to you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.50)

ghrāṇaṃ ca tvapādasarojasaurabhe tvadbhaktagandhādivilepane sakṛt ..

> and my sense of smell on the fragrance of your lotus feet and, constantly, on the anointing perfumes of your devotees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.51)

syātāṃ ca hastau tava mandire vibho saṃmārjjanādau mama nityadaiva .. 25 ..

> and may my two hands always be engaged in sweeping and other services in your temple, O Lord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.52)

pādau vibho kṣetrakathā'nusarpaṇe mūrdhā ca me syāttava vandane'niśam ..

> my two feet, O Lord, in wandering to your sacred fields and listening to your stories; and my head continuously in bowing to you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.53)

kāmaśca me syāttava satkathāyāṃ buddhiśca me syāttava ciṃtane'niśam .. 26 ..

> and may my desire be for your holy narrative, and my intellect continuously in meditating upon you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.54)

dināni me syustava satkathodayairudgīyamānairmunibhirgṛhāgataiḥ ..

> may my days be spent listening to the rising of your holy narratives sung by sages who have come to my home;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.55)

hīnaḥ prasaṃgastava me na bhūyātkṣaṇaṃ nimeṣārddhamathā'pi viṣṇo .. 27 ..

> and may my discourse never be devoid of you for even a moment or half the blink of an eye, O Viṣṇu!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.56)

na pārameṣṭhyaṃ na ca sārvabhaumaṃ na cāpavargaṃ spṛhayāmi viṣṇo ..

> I do not desire the station of Brahmā, nor universal sovereignty, nor even liberation, O Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.57)

tvatpādasevāṃ ca sadaiva kāmaye prārthyāṃ śriyā brahmabhavādibhiḥ suraiḥ .. 28 ..

> I only ever desire service to your feet, which is prayed for by Lakṣmī, and by gods such as Brahmā and Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.58)

iti rājñā stuto viṣṇuḥ prasannaḥ kamalekṣaṇaḥ ..

> Praised thus by the king, the lotus-eyed Viṣṇu was pleased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.59)

meghagambhīrayā vācā tamuvāca kṣitīśvaram .. 29 ..

> and spoke to that lord of the earth with a voice deep as thunder:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.60)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.61)

jāne tvāṃ dāsavaryaṃ me niṣkāmukamakalmaṣam ..

> I know you to be the best of my servants, free from desire and without blemish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.62)

athā'pi te pradāsyāmi varaṃ daivatadurlabham .. 2.7.16.30 ..

> Even so, I will grant you a boon difficult for deities to obtain:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.63)

āyuṣyaṃ cāyutaṃ divyaṃ saṃpadaśca nareśvara ..

> A lifespan of ten thousand celestial \[years\], and riches, O ruler of men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.64)

bhaktirmayi dṛḍhā bhūyādante sāyujyameva ca .. 31 ..

> may your devotion to me be firm, and in the end, complete union \[with me\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.65)

tvayā kṛtena stotreṇa māṃ stuvanti ca ye bhuvi ..

> And those on earth who praise me with the hymn composed by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.66)

teṣāṃ tuṣṭaḥ pradāsyāmi bhuktiṃ muktiṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 32 ..

> to them, being pleased, I will bestow enjoyment and liberation, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.67)

tṛtīyaiṣā'kṣayānāma bhuvi khyātā bhaviṣyati ..

> This third lunar day will be renowned on earth by the name Akṣayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.68)

yasyāṃ tava prasanno'haṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ .. 33 ..

> upon which, pleased with you, I bestow the fruit of enjoyment and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.69)

ye kurvaṃti narā mūḍhāḥ snānadānādikāḥ kriyā ..

> Those men, even if foolish, who perform rites such as ritual ablution and gift-giving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.70)

vyājenā'pi svabhāvādvā yāṃti matpadamavyayam .. 34 ..

> even under a pretext or by natural inclination, go to my imperishable abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.71)

ye cā'kṣayatṛtīyāyāṃ pitṝnuddiśya mānavāḥ ..

> And those humans who, on Akṣayatṛtīyā, for the sake of the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.72)

śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃti teṣāṃ vai tadānaṃtyāya kalpate .. 35 ..

> perform a śrāddha, for them indeed it becomes inexhaustible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.73)

na cānayā tithirloke samā vā nādhikā bhuvi..

> There is no lunar day in the world equal to or superior to this on earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.74)

asyāṃ kṛtaṃ svalpamapi tadakṣayyaphalaṃ bhavet .. 36 ..

> even a very small \[act\] performed on this day yields an imperishable fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.75)

yo gāṃ dadyānnṛpaśreṣṭha brāhmaṇāya kuṭuṃbine ..

> Whoever gives a cow, O best of kings, to a householder brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.76)

sarvasaṃpatpravarṣākhyā bhuktimuktiḥ kare sthitā .. 37 ..

> enjoyment and liberation, called the downpour of all prosperity, are held in his hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.77)

yo hi dadyādanaḍvāhaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam ..

> Whoever gives a bull that destroys all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.78)

kālamṛtyuvimuktaḥ sandīrghāyuṣyamavāpnuyāt .. 38 ..

> being freed from untimely death, attains a long life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.79)

vaiśākhamāse yo dharmānkurute matpriyāvahān ..

> Whoever performs the religious duties pleasing to me in the month of Vaiśākha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.80)

teṣāṃ mṛtyujarājanmabhayaṃ pāpaṃ harāmyaham .. 39 ..

> their sin and their fear of death, old age, and birth, I take away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.81)

yathā vaiśākhadharmaistu tuṣṭaḥ syāṃ sakalairapi ..

> Just as I am pleased by all the duties of Vaiśākha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.82)

māsadharmairna tuṣṭaḥ syāṃ māso me mādhavaḥ priyaḥ .. .. 2.7.16.40 ..

> I am not pleased by the duties of any \[other\] month; the month of Mādhava is dear to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.83)

sarvadhamojjhitā vāpi brahmacaryavivarjitāḥ..

> Even if abandoned by all duties, or devoid of celibacy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.84)

vaiśākhamāsaniratā yāṃti matpadamavyayam ..41..

> those devoted to the month of Vaiśākha go to my imperishable abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.85)

yaddurāpaṃ tapobhiśca sāṃkhyayogairmakhairapi ..

> That which is hard to obtain through austerities, Sāṃkhya, Yoga, or even sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.86)

taddhāma paramaṃ yāṃti vaiśākhaniratā narāḥ .. 42 ..

> to that supreme abode go the men devoted to Vaiśākha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.87)

api pāpasahasraṃ vā māso'yaṃ harate'nagha ..

> Even a thousand sins this month removes, O sinless one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.88)

prāyaścittavihīnaṃ vā matpādasmaraṇaṃ yathā ..43..

> even without expiation, just like the remembrance of my feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.89)

gurūpadiṣṭaḥ kāṃtāre vaiśākhe nirato bhavān ..

> Instructed by your guru in the forest, you have become devoted to Vaiśākha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.90)

samārādhya jagannāthaṃ tenāptamakhilaṃ nṛpa .. 44 ..

> Having worshiped the Lord of the Universe, everything was obtained by you through that, O king!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.91)

dharmeṇānena saṃprītaḥ pratyakṣo'haṃ bhavāmi te ..

> Pleased by this practice, I have become visible to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.92)

bhuktvā bhogānyathākāmāndevairapisudurlabhān .. 45 ..

> Having enjoyed desires at will, difficult to attain even for the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.93)

iti tasmai varaṃ dattvā devadevo janārdanaḥ ..

> Having thus granted a boon to him, Janārdana, the god of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.94)

paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ tatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. 46 ..

> vanished right there, even while everyone was watching.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.95)

tato bhūpālavaryo'sau babhūvātyaṃtavismitaḥ ..

> Then that best of kings was filled with great astonishment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.96)

hṛṣṭapuṣṭatanurbhūpa labdhanaṣṭadhano yathā .. 47 ..

> His body cheerful and thriving, O king, like one who has regained lost wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.97)

tataḥ śaśāsa pṛthivīṃ taccittastatparāyaṇaḥ ..

> then he ruled the earth, his mind fixed on him, wholly devoted to him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.98)

mahadbhirbodhito nityaṃ gurubhiśca niraṃtaram .. 48 ..

> constantly instructed by the great ones and perpetually by his teachers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.99)

nānyaṃ priyatamaṃ mene vāsudevamṛte nṛpaḥ ..

> The king considered none dearer than Vāsudeva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.100)

yatsaṃparkātpriyā āsandārāmātyasutādayaḥ .. 49 ..

> wife, ministers, sons, and others were dear only through connection with him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.101)

sarvāndharmāṃścakārā'sau vaiśākhoktānpunaḥpunaḥ ..

> He repeatedly performed all the religious duties enjoined for Vaiśākha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.102)

tena puṇyaprabhāvena putrapautrādibhirvṛtaḥ .. 2.7.16.50 ..

> by the power of that merit, surrounded by sons, grandsons, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.103)

bhuktvā manorathānsarvāndevānāmapi durlabhān ..

> having enjoyed all desires, difficult to attain even for the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.104)

aṃte jagāma sāyujyaṃ viṣṇordevasya cakriṇaḥ .. 51 ..

> he attained in the end union with God Viṣṇu, wielder of the discus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.105)

ya idaṃ paramākhyānaṃ śṛṇvanti śrāvayaṃti ca ..

> Those who hear and cause this supreme narrative to be heard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.106)

te sarve pāpanirmuktā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam ..52..

> they all, freed from sin, go to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.16.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.16.107)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye nāradāmvarīṣasaṃvāde pāṃcālādhipateḥ sāyujyaprāptirnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 16 ..

> Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, entitled “Attainment of Union by the Ruler of Pañcāla,” in the dialogue between Nārada and Ambarīṣa, in the glorification of the month of Vaiśākha, in the Vaiṣṇava section, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse compendium of the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.7.16.1) — English, machine translation

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