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# Skandapurana 2.9.10

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.1)

sāvarṇiruvāca ..

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

### [2.9.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.2)

kathaṃ prāptā punaḥ skanda śrīrindreṇa gatāmbudhim .. etāṃ kathaya me sarvāṃ kathāṃ nārāyaṇāśrayām .. 1 ..

> How was Fortune, which had gone to the ocean, obtained again by Indra, O Skanda? / Tell me all of this story that rests on Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.3)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.4)

śriyā vihīno devendraḥ śrīhīnairapi dānavaiḥ ..

> Deprived of Fortune, the king of the gods, even by the Dānavas who were \[likewise\] deprived of fortune,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.5)

parājito hṛtasthāno naṣṭāśeṣaparicchadaḥ .. 2 ..

> was defeated, stripped of his abode, and had all his possessions lost.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.6)

girigahvarakuñjeṣu kānaneṣu tatastataḥ ..

> In mountain caves and thickets, and here and there in forests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.7)

paribabhrāma sahito digīśairvaruṇādibhiḥ .. 3 ..

> he wandered together with the guardians of the directions, Varuṇa and the others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.8)

valkalājina vastrāśca paśupakṣyāmiṣāśanāḥ ..

> Clothed in garments of bark and antelope skins, feeding on the flesh of beasts and birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.9)

devā daityā narā nāgāstulyācāraparicchadāḥ ..4..

> the gods, Daityas, humans, and Nāgas had identical conduct and accoutrements.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.10)

pātrāṇi mṛnmayānyeva sarveṣāmapi veśmasu ..

> The vessels in the dwellings of everyone were only earthen;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.11)

āsanvarākāḥ sarvepi piśācya iva ca striyaḥ .. 5 ..

> all the people were wretched, and the women were like goblin-witches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.12)

ādāvabhūdanāvṛṣṭirbhuvi dvādaśavārṣikī ..

> In the beginning there was a drought of twelve years upon the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.13)

tato varṣe kvacidvṛṣṭirāsītsvalpā kvacinna ca .. 6 ..

> afterwards, rain fell in some places in small amounts, and in some places not at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.14)

itthaṃ dāridryaduḥkhānāṃ teṣāṃ varṣaśataṃ gatam ..

> Thus a hundred years passed for them amidst the miseries of poverty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.15)

baliṣṭhārabdhakarmāṇaste'tiduḥkhepi no mṛtāḥ .. 7 ..

> Having powerful past karma already begun, they did not die even in the midst of extreme misery.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.16)

ajīvanta mṛtaprāyā narakeṣviva nārakāḥ ..

> They lived like the almost dead, like dwellers in hell within the hells.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.17)

yatantopi śriyaḥ prāptyai yajñādyairnnā'labhanta tām .. 8 ..

> Even while striving to obtain Fortune through sacrifices and other means, they did not obtain her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.18)

tataḥ sahasravarṣānte merau śaraṇamāyayuḥ ..

> Then, at the end of a thousand years, they went for refuge to Mount Meru;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.19)

śāpāddurvāsaso devāḥ sarve durvāsaso vidhim .. 9 ..

> because of the curse of Durvāsas, all the gods, \[now\] ill-clad, went to Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.20)

praṇamya tasmai duḥkhaṃ svaṃ vāsavādyā nyavedayan ..

> Bowing to him, Indra and the others reported their misery;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.21)

ādāveva hi so'jñāsītsarvajñatvātsurāpadam .. 2.9.10.10 ..

> for right from the beginning he knew the misfortune of the gods due to his omniscience.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.22)

upālabhya tataścendraṃ viriñcaḥ sahaśaṃkaraḥ ..

> Then, having rebuked Indra, Brahmā, together with Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.23)

tadduḥkhavāraṇā kalpo viṣṇumaicchatprasāditum .. 11 ..

> unable to avert that misery, wished to propitiate Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.24)

ārādhayiṣyaṃstapasā tato'sau taṃ tapaḥpriyam ..

> Then, intending to worship with austerity him who is fond of austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.25)

sarvadevagaṇopeta upāyātkṣīrasāgaram .. 12 ..

> he approached the Ocean of Milk, accompanied by the host of all the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.26)

tasyottare taṭe ramye sarve te'naśanavratāḥ ..

> On its delightful northern shore, they all, observing a vow of fasting,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.27)

ekapādasthitā ūrddhvabāhavaścakrire tapaḥ .. 13 ..

> standing on one foot with upraised arms, performed austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.28)

keśavaṃ hṛdi te dadhyuḥ sarvakleśavināśanam ..

> In their hearts they meditated upon Keśava, the destroyer of all distress,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.29)

lakṣmīpatiṃ vāsudevamekāgrakṛtamānasāḥ .. 14 ..

> upon Vāsudeva, the husband of Lakṣmī, with their minds made one-pointed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.30)

śatābdānte tato viṣṇuḥ śrīkṛṣṇo bhagavānsvayam ..

> Then, at the end of a hundred years, Lord Viṣṇu, glorious Kṛṣṇa himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.31)

atyāpanneṣu dīneṣu kṛpāṃ deveṣu so'karot.. .. 15 ..

> showed compassion to the wretched gods who had fallen into extreme peril.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.32)

adṛśyamūrtirātmajñairapi bhūritapasvibhiḥ ..

> He whose form is invisible even to knowers of the self through abundant austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.33)

tatrāvirāsītkṛpayā niyutāhaskaradyutiḥ .. 16 ..

> manifested there through grace, possessing the radiance of a million suns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.34)

tejomaṇḍalamevādau sahasā sphuritaṃ mahat ..

> First, suddenly flashing forth, only a great orb of light,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.35)

dadṛśurvibudhāḥ sarve sitaṃ ghanamanaupamam .. 17 ..

> white, dense, and peerless, did all the gods see.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.36)

brahmā śivaśca tanmadhye dadṛśāte ramāpatim ..

> In the middle of it, Brahmā and Śiva saw the husband of Ramā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.37)

ghanaśyāmaṃ caturbāhuṃ gadābjābjāridhāriṇam .. 18 ..

> dark as a rain-cloud, four-armed, holding a mace, a lotus, and the discus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.38)

kirīṭakāñcīkaṭakakuṇḍalādivibhūṣitam ..

> adorned with a diadem, girdle, bracelets, earrings, and other ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.39)

pītakauśeyavasanaṃ divyasundaravigraham .. 19 ..

> clothed in yellow silk, possessing a divine and beautiful form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.40)

harṣavihvalitānmānau daṇḍavattau praṇematuḥ ..

> Their minds overcome with joy, the two bowed down like a staff;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.41)

tadicchayā'tha devāśca dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca mudā''naman .. 2.9.10.20 ..

> and then, by his will, the gods also, seeing him, bowed with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.42)

babhūvuratihṛṣṭāste nidhiṃ prāpyā'dhanā iva ..

> They became exceedingly joyful, like the penniless upon finding a treasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.43)

baddhāñjalipuṭāḥ sarve bhaktyā taṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ surāḥ .. 21 ..

> All the gods, joining their palms in reverence, praised him with devotion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.44)

devā ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.45)

oṃnamo bhagavate tubhyaṃ vāsudevāya dhīmahi ..

> Oṃ! Homage to the Blessed One, to you, Vāsudeva; we meditate upon \[you\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.46)

pradyumnāyāniruddhāya namaḥ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca .. 22 ..

> To Pradyumna and Aniruddha, and homage to Saṃkarṣaṇa. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.47)

oṃkārabrahmarūpāya tredhāviṣkṛtamūrtaye ..

> To the one whose form is the syllable Oṃ and Brahman, whose form is manifested in three ways,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.48)

brahmāṇḍasargasthityantahetave nirguṇāya ca .. 23 ..

> to the cause of the creation, sustenance, and dissolution of the cosmic egg, and to the one devoid of qualities. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.49)

nayanānandarūpāya praṇatakleśanāśine ..

> To the one whose form brings delight to the eyes, who destroys the suffering of those who bow down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.50)

keśavāya namastubhyaṃ svataṃtreśvaramūrtaye .. 24 ..

> homage to you, Keśava, whose form is the independent sovereign Lord! // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.51)

moditāśeṣabhaktāya kālamāyādimohine ..

> To the one who brings joy to all his devotees, who deludes time, māyā, and the rest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.52)

sadānaṃdāya kṛṣṇāya namaḥ saddharmavarttine.. .. 25 ..

> to Kṛṣṇa, eternal bliss, homage to the one abiding in true righteousness! // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.53)

bhavāmbudhinimagrānāmuddhṛtikṣamakīrtaye ..

> To the one whose renown is able to deliver those submerged in the ocean of worldly existence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.54)

darśanīyasvarūpāya ghanaśyāmāya te namaḥ .. 26 ..

> to you of wondrous form, dark as a rain-cloud, homage! // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.55)

gadābjadaracakrāṇi bibhrate dīrghabāhubhiḥ ..

> Bearing mace, lotus, conch, and discus with long arms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.56)

suragovipradharmāṇāṃ goptre tubhyaṃ namonamaḥ .. 27 ..

> to you, protector of the gods, cows, brahmins, and righteousness, homage, homage! // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.57)

vareṇyāya prapannānāmabhīṣṭavaradāyine ..

> To the most excellent, bestower of desired boons to those who surrender,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.58)

nigamāgamavedyāya vedagarbhāya te namaḥ ..28 ..

> to you, known through the Vedas and scriptures, the womb of the Vedas, homage! // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.59)

tejomaṇḍalamadhyastha divyasundaramūrtaye ..

> To the one seated in the midst of the orb of light, whose divine form is beautiful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.60)

namāmo viṣṇave tubhyaṃ parātparatarāya ca..29..

> we bow to you, Viṣṇu, who are higher than the highest! // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.61)

vāṇīmanoviprakṛṣṭamahimne'kṣararūpiṇe..

> To the one whose greatness lies far beyond speech and mind, whose form is the imperishable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.62)

sarvāntaryāmiṇe tubhyaṃ bṛhate ca namonamaḥ .. 2.9.10.30 ..

> to the inner controller of all, and to the immense one, homage, homage! // 2.9.10.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.63)

sukhadosi tvamevaikaḥ svāśritānāmato vayam ..

> You alone are the giver of happiness to those who have taken refuge in you; therefore we,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.64)

mahāpadadhikakliṣṭāḥ śaraṇaṃ tvāmupāgatāḥ .. 31 ..

> exceedingly afflicted by a great calamity, have approached you for refuge. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.65)

devādhidevabhaktasya tava durvāsaso vayam ..

> Because of our offense toward Durvāsas, your devotee and a devotee of the God of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.66)

atikramācchriyā hīnāḥ prāptāḥ smo durdaśāmimām .. 32 ..

> we have been deprived of fortune and have fallen into this miserable plight. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.67)

vāsonnapānasthānādihīnāndharmopi naḥ prabho ..

> When we were deprived of clothing, food, drink, abode, and other things, O Lord, even dharma  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.68)

tyaktvā saha śriyā yātastānpātuṃ tvamasīśvaraḥ .. 33 ..

> abandoned us and departed along with Fortune; you are the Lord capable of protecting them. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.69)

yato vayaṃ ca dharmaśca tvadīyā iti viśrutāḥ ..

> For we and dharma are known to be yours;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.70)

yathāpūrvaṃ sukhīkarttuṃ tvamevārhasyato hi naḥ .. 34 ..

> therefore, you alone ought to make us happy as before. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.71)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.72)

iti saṃprārthito devairbhagavānsa dayānidhiḥ ..

> Thus entreated by the gods, the Blessed One, that ocean of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.73)

uvācānandayanvācā meghagambhīrayā surān .. 35 ..

> spoke, delighting the gods with a voice deep as a thundercloud. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.74)

śrībhagavānuvāca ..

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

### [2.9.10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.75)

viditaṃ me surāḥ sarvaṃ kaṣṭaṃ vaḥ sadatikramāt ..

> O gods, I know all your distress arising from your offense against a virtuous one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.76)

upāyaṃ kurutādyaiva vacmi yattannivṛttaye .. 36 ..

> This very day apply the means that I tell you for its cessation. // 36  
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### [2.9.10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.77)

oṣadhīrambudhau sarvāḥ kṣiptvā mandarabhūbhṛtā ..

> Having cast all medicinal herbs into the ocean, using Mount Mandara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.78)

nāgarājavaratreṇa maṃthadhvamasuraiḥ saha .. 37 ..

> with the king of serpents as the churning-rope, churn it together with the asuras. // 37  
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### [2.9.10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.79)

ādau saṃdhāya danujaiḥ kurutāmbudhimanthanam ..

> First making peace with the Danujas, carry out the churning of the ocean.  
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### [2.9.10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.80)

sāhāyaṃ vaḥ kariṣyāmi khedaḥ kāryo na tatra vaḥ .. 38 ..

> I will give you assistance; you need have no distress in that regard. // 38  
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### [2.9.10.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.81)

amṛtaṃ ca śriyo dṛṣṭiṃ prāpya pūrvādhikaujasaḥ ..

> Having obtained the nectar and the glance of Fortune, with your vigor greater than before,  
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### [2.9.10.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.82)

bhavitāro madvimukhā daityāstu kleśabhāginaḥ .. 39 ..

> you shall be \[victorious\]; but the Daityas, being averse to me, shall partake only of misery. // 39  
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### [2.9.10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.83)

skanda uvāca ..

> Skanda said:  
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### [2.9.10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.84)

ityuktvāṃtardadhe viṣṇurbhaktasaṅkaṭanāśanaḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, Viṣṇu, who destroys the distress of devotees, vanished.  
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### [2.9.10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.85)

devāstasmai namaskṛtya taduktaṃ kartumārabhan .. 2.9.10.40 ..

> The gods, having bowed to him, began to do what he had told them. // 2.9.10.40  
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### [2.9.10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.10.86)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇava khaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye śrīvāsudevaprasādanirūpaṇaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ ..10..

> Thus ends the tenth chapter, titled “Setting Forth the Grace of Śrī Vāsudeva,” in the Śrīvāsudevamāhātmya in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the venerable Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. // 10  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.10.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Adbhutarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.adbhuta.7.55) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit

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