[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.7.20.59 # Skandapurana 2.7.20.59 Skandapurāṇa 2.7.20.59 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.20.59) caturvyūhaiḥ pūrṇaguṇairvāsudevādikaiḥ kramāt.. tābhiryukto mahāviṣṇuścaturvyūhātmako vibhuḥ..49.. bhinnakarmāśayaṃ lokaṃ pūrṇakāmo vyajījanat.. unmeṣāṃte punarviṣṇuryogamāyāṃ samāśritaḥ .. 2.7.20.50.. saṃkarṣaṇādvyūhagācca haratyetaccarācaram .. tadetatsarvamākhyātaṃ kāryaṃ ciṃtyaṃ mahātmanaḥ..51.. yadaciṃtyaṃ durvibhāvyaṃ brahmādyairapi yogibhiḥ.. "vyādha uvāca.. ke vā bhāgavatā dharmāḥ kairviṣṇuśca prasīdati..52.. tānahaṃ śrotumicchāmi sāṃprataṃ vada no mune.. ..śaṃkha uvāca.. yena cittaviśuddhiḥ syādyaḥ satāmupakārakaḥ..53.. taṃ viddhi sāttvikaṃ dharmaṃ yaśca kenāpya niṃditaḥ.. śrutismṛtyudito yastu yadi niṣkāmiko bhavet.. 54 .. yastu lokā'viruddho'pi taṃ dharmaṃ sāttvikaṃviduḥ.. caturvidhā hi te dharmā varṇāśramavibhāgataḥ..55.. nityanaimittikāḥ kāmyā iti te ca tridhā matāḥ. te sarve svasvadharmāśca yadā viṣṇoḥ samarpitāḥ.. 56.. tadā vai sāttvikā jñeyā dharmā bhāgavatāḥ śubhāḥ.. devatāṃtaradaivatyāḥ sakāmā rājasā matāḥ..57.. yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācādidaivatyā lokaniṣṭhurāḥ.. hiṃsātmakā niṃditāśca dharmāste tāmasāḥ smṛtāḥ.. 58.. sattvasthāḥ sāttvikāndharmānviṣṇuprītikarāñcchubhān. kurvaṃtyanīhayā nityaṃ te vai bhāgavatāḥ smṛtāḥ..59. > Through the four emanations, Vāsudeva and the rest, possessing complete qualities in succession, / united with them, the great Viṣṇu, the all-pervading lord composed of the four emanations, / his desires fulfilled, brought forth the world with its diverse receptacles of action. / At the end of the eye-opening, Viṣṇu, resorting again to Yogamāyā, / through Saṃkarṣaṇa belonging to the emanation, withdraws this universe of moving and unmoving beings. / All this has been declared: the work of the Great Soul to be meditated upon, / which is unthinkable and difficult to comprehend even by yogins such as Brahmā. > The hunter said: / What are the duties of the Bhāgavatas, by which Viṣṇu is pleased? / I wish to hear them now; speak to us, O sage. > Śaṅkha said: / That by which there is purity of mind, which is beneficial to the good, / know that to be sattvic duty, and that which is blameless by anyone. / That which is enjoined by Śruti and Smṛti, if it is free from desire, / and that which is not opposed to the world, they know that to be sattvic duty. / For these duties are fourfold according to the division of classes and stages of life. / Regular, occasional, and optional: thus they are considered threefold. / When all those duties of one's own are surrendered to Viṣṇu, / then indeed they should be known as sattvic, auspicious Bhāgavata duties. / Duties having other deities as their divinity, accompanied by desire, are considered rajasic. / Having yakṣas, rakṣasas, piśācas, and the like as deities, cruel to the world, / consisting of violence and censured: those duties are recorded as tamasic. / Situated in sattva, people perform sattvic duties, pleasing to Viṣṇu and auspicious, / constantly without selfish longing; they indeed are recorded as Bhāgavatas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.20.48) - [Next: 2.7.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.20.64) - [Up: 2.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.7.20.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.20.59) · Pramāṇa