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# Skandapurana 2.9.12

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.1)

.. skanda uvāca ..

> Skanda said:  
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### [2.9.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.2)

tato hṛṣṭāḥ kāśyapeyā manthasthānamupetya te ..

> Then, delighted, those sons of Kaśyapa approached the place of churning,  
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### [2.9.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.3)

punarvarṣasahasraṃ ca manthanti sma payonidhim .. 1 ..

> and again for a thousand years they churned the ocean of milk.  
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### [2.9.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.4)

mathyamānāttathā sindhoḥ sarvestairapi kiñcana ..

> Even though the ocean was being churned by all of them in that manner, nothing  
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### [2.9.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.5)

nāsīcca śithilā āsanmaṃthitāraḥ śvasanmukhāḥ .. 2 ..

> came forth; and the churners became weary, with panting mouths.  
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### [2.9.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.6)

vāsukiśca mahāsarpaḥ prāṇavaiklavyamāptavān ..

> And the great serpent Vāsuki fell into exhaustion of his vital breath;  
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### [2.9.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.7)

manthakāle mandaropi naikatrāsītsthirasthitiḥ .. 3..

> even Mount Mandara did not remain steadily fixed in one place during the churning.  
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### [2.9.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.8)

sarvāndṛṣṭvā nirutsāhānpradyumno viṇvanujñayā ..

> Seeing them all dispirited, Pradyumna, by Viṣṇu's command,  
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### [2.9.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.9)

devāsurāhirājeṣu praviśya balamādadhau .. 4 ..

> entered into the gods, the asuras, and the king of serpents, and infused them with strength.  
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### [2.9.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.10)

aniruddhopi tarhyeva tamākramya nagādhipam..

> Aniruddha too at that very moment mounted that lord of mountains  
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### [2.9.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.11)

sahasrabāhubhistasthau mahācala ivā'paraḥ .. 5 ..

> and stood with a thousand arms like another great mountain.  
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### [2.9.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.12)

tato mamanthustarasā saṃprāptaparamojasaḥ ..

> Then, having obtained supreme vigor, they churned with speed,  
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### [2.9.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.13)

savismayā mahābdhiṃ te surāsuragaṇā mudā .. 6 ..

> filled with wonder, those hosts of suras and asuras gladly churning the great ocean.  
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### [2.9.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.14)

nārāyaṇānubhāvena nāpurddevādayaḥ śramam ..

> By the power of Nārāyaṇa, the gods and others felt no exhaustion;  
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### [2.9.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.15)

śuśubhe manthanaṃ tacca samamākarṣaṇāttadā .. 7 ..

> and that churning shone brilliantly then, through their pulling equally together.  
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### [2.9.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.16)

mathyamāne mahāmbhodhau susruvuḥ paritastadā ..

> As the great ocean was churned, there flowed from all around it then  
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### [2.9.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.17)

mahādrumāṇāṃ niryāsā bahavaścauṣadhīrasāḥ .. 8 ..

> the saps of great trees and juices of many herbs.  
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### [2.9.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.18)

tathābhūtādambunidherāvirāsītkalānidhiḥ ..

> From the ocean thus transformed arose the moon, the repository of the digits,  
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### [2.9.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.19)

kāntyauṣadhīnāmadhyakṣaḥ sarvāsāṃ ya udīryate .. 9 ..

> who is spoken of as the presiding lord of the beauty of all medicinal herbs.  
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### [2.9.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.20)

tato gavāmadhiṣṭhātrī sarvāsāmapi kāmadhuk ..

> Then the wish-granting cow, the presiding deity of cattle,  
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### [2.9.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.21)

havirddhānyabhavaddhenuḥ śītāṃśusadṛśadyutiḥ .. 2.9.12.10 ..

> the cow providing sacrificial offerings, appeared, possessing a luster like that of the cool-rayed moon.  
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### [2.9.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.22)

aśvaḥ śveto'thāvirāsīddhayānāmadhidevatā ..

> Then a white horse appeared, the presiding deity of horses;  
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### [2.9.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.23)

airāvataśca nāgendraścaturddantaḥ śaśiprabhaḥ .. 11 ..

> and Airāvata, the lord of elephants, four-tusked and shining like the moon.  
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### [2.9.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.24)

pārijāto divyatarustarurājastato'bhavat ..

> Then came the Pārijāta, the divine tree, the king of trees;  
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### [2.9.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.25)

maṇiratnaṃ kaustubhākhyaṃ padmarāgamabhūttataḥ .. 12 ..

> then arose the gem of jewels named Kaustubha, resembling a ruby.  
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### [2.9.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.26)

tato'bhavannapsaraso rūpalāvaṇyabhūmayaḥ ..

> Then arose the apsarases, the abodes of beauty and grace;  
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### [2.9.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.27)

surā devī tato jajñe sarvamādakadevatā .. 13 ..

> then the goddess Surā was born, the presiding deity of all intoxicants.  
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### [2.9.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.28)

āsīdatha dhanuḥ śārṅgaṃ sarvaśastrādhidaivatam ..

> Next came the bow Śārṅga, the presiding deity over all weapons,  
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### [2.9.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.29)

vādyādhidaivataṃ śaṃkhaḥ pāñcajanyastato'bhavat .. 14 ..

> and then arose Pāñcajanya, the conch, the presiding deity of musical instruments.  
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### [2.9.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.30)

tatra candraḥ pārijātastathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇaḥ ..

> Thereupon the moon, the Pārijāta, and likewise the host of apsarases  
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### [2.9.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.31)

ādityapathamāśritya tasthurete tu tatkṣaṇam .. 15 ..

> at that moment went to the path of the sun and remained there.  
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### [2.9.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.32)

vāruṇīmaśvarājaṃ ca daityeśā jagṛhurdrutam ..

> The leaders of the daityas quickly seized the intoxicating wine and the king of horses;  
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### [2.9.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.33)

airāvataṃ devarājo jagrāhānumatāddhareḥ .. 16 ..

> the king of gods took Airāvata with the consent of Hari.  
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### [2.9.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.34)

kaustubhaśca dhanuḥ śaṃkho viṣṇumeva prapedire ..

> The Kaustubha, the bow, and the conch went straight to Viṣṇu,  
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### [2.9.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.35)

havirddhānīṃ tu te sarve tāpasebhyo dadustadā .. 17 ..

> while they all gave the cow yielding oblations to the ascetics.  
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### [2.9.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.36)

mathyamānātpunaḥ sindhoḥ sākṣācchrīrabhavatsvayam ..

> As the ocean was churned further, Śrī herself appeared directly,  
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### [2.9.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.37)

ānandayantī svadṛśā trilokīṃ hatavarcasam .. 18 ..

> delighting the three worlds, whose brilliance had been lost, with her glance.  
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### [2.9.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.38)

tāṃ grahītuṃ tu sarvepi surāsuranarādayaḥ ..

> All indeed—gods, asuras, humans, and others—desired to take her;  
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### [2.9.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.39)

aicchaṃstasyāḥ pratāpāttu śekentyetuṃ na kaścana .. 19 ..

> yet because of her majesty none could approach her.  
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### [2.9.12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.40)

tatastāṃ padmahastatvācchrīṃ viditvaiva vāsavaḥ ..

> Then Indra, having recognized her as Śrī by the lotus in her hand,  
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### [2.9.12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.41)

ānandaṃ paramaṃ prāpa brahmādyā ye ca tadvidaḥ ..2.9.12.20..

> attained supreme joy, as did Brahmā and others who knew her nature.  
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### [2.9.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.42)

tāvattatrāmbudhiḥ sākṣādetya tāṃ haima āsane..

> Meanwhile the ocean came in person, \[set\] her on a golden seat,  
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### [2.9.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.43)

kanyā mameyamityuktvā gṛhītvāṅka upāviśat..21..

> saying 'This is my daughter,' and taking her, sat down with her on his lap.  
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### [2.9.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.44)

punarabdhermathyamānādadhikaṃ balibhiśca taiḥ ..

> Though the ocean was churned yet more vigorously by those mighty ones,  
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### [2.9.12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.45)

sudhārthibhirddhairyavadbhirapi naivābhavatsudhā .. 22 ..

> who were patient and desirous of the nectar, no nectar appeared at all.  
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### [2.9.12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.46)

tadā śithilayatnāste nirāśā amṛtodbhave ..

> Then, slackening their efforts, hopeless of the nectar's emergence,  
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### [2.9.12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.47)

pramlānavaktrāḥ khinnāśca babhūvuḥ kāśyapā mune .. 23 ..

> the sons of Kaśyapa, O sage, became despondent with withered faces.  
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### [2.9.12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.48)

dṛṣṭvā tathāvidhāṃstāṃśca bhagavānkaruṇānidhiḥ ..

> Seeing them in that state, the blessed Lord, the ocean of compassion,  
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### [2.9.12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.49)

udyuktobhūtsvayaṃ brahmanmanthanāya hasanvibhuḥ .. 24 ..

> the all-pervading one, laughing, prepared himself to churn, O brahmin.  
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### [2.9.12.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.50)

ratnakāñcīdṛḍhābaddhakakṣapītāmbaradyutiḥ ..

> Shining with yellow garments, his loin-cloth securely bound by a jeweled girdle,  
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### [2.9.12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.51)

dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmahiṃ madhye dorbhyāmubhayatograhīt .. 25 ..

> he grasped the serpent in the middle with two arms on either side.  
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### [2.9.12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.52)

dhṛtāhivadanā daityāstasthurekata eva te ..

> The daityas, holding the serpent's head, stood on one side;  
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### [2.9.12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.53)

ekato dhṛtatatpucchā devāstasthustadākhilāḥ .. 26 ..

> all the gods, holding its tail, stood on the other.  
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### [2.9.12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.54)

tanmadhyagaśca bhagavānmamanthābdhiṃ sa līlayā ..

> And standing between them, the Lord churned the ocean with ease,  
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### [2.9.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.55)

dadāno nayanānanda cañcatkaravibhūṣaṇaḥ .. 27 ..

> giving joy to the eyes, his bracelets glittering on his moving hands.  
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### [2.9.12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.56)

brahmā saharṣipravarairantarikṣasthitastadā ..

> Then Brahmā, standing in the firmament with the foremost seers,  
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### [2.9.12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.57)

avākirattaṃ kusumaiḥ kurvañjayajayadhvanim .. 28 ..

> he showered him with flowers, making shouts of victory.  
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### [2.9.12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.58)

mathyamānāttataḥ sindhorjjajñe dhanvantariḥ pumān ..

> Then, from the churned ocean, the male Dhanvantari was born,  
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### [2.9.12.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.59)

viṣṇoraṃśena gaurāṃgaḥ sudhākumbhaṃ kare dadhat .. 29 ..

> fair-limbed, from a portion of Viṣṇu, holding a jar of nectar in his hand.  
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### [2.9.12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.60)

ghṛtādīnāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ rasānāṃ sāramuttamam ..

> Taking that nectar, which is indeed the highest essence  
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### [2.9.12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.61)

amṛtaṃ tadgṛhītvā'sau śriyontikamupāyayau .. 2.9.12.30 ..

> of all liquids such as clarified butter, he approached the presence of Śrī. // 12.30  
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### [2.9.12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.12.62)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye'mṛtamanthane caturdaśaratnotpattirnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 12 ..

> Thus ends the twelfth chapter, named 'The Origin of the Fourteen Jewels during the Churning for Nectar,' in the Vāsudeva Māhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 12  
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## Translations (1)

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