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# Skandapurana 2.9.13

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.1)

.. skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.2)

utprekṣanto jāyamānaṃ maṃthitāro'tha te'khilāḥ ..

> Watching him being born, all those churners  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.3)

āyāṃtaṃ dadṛśurddūrādanti dhanvantariṃ śriyaḥ .. 1 ..

> saw from afar Dhanvantari approaching near Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.4)

sudhābhṛtaṃ hemakumbhaṃ dṛṣṭvā cā'sya kare dhṛtam ..

> Seeing the golden jar filled with nectar held in his hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.5)

asurāḥ sahasā brahmannutplutya jagṛhuśca tam ..2..

> the asuras leaped up suddenly, O brāhmaṇa, and seized it. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.6)

tatrāpi balino ye te gṛhītvā dudruvustataḥ ..

> Even among them, those who were strong took it and ran away from there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.7)

tāndurbalā nyaṣedhanta nītivākyairanudrutāḥ .. 3 ..

> the weak ones, running after them, tried to restrain them with words of righteous conduct: // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.8)

aho naivamadharmo vaḥ kāryo dharmaparāyaṇaiḥ ..

> 'Ah, you who are devoted to dharma must not commit such unrighteousness!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.9)

samaśramebhyo devebhyo dattvā peyaṃ na cānyathā ..4..

> It must be drunk only after giving \[a share\] to the gods who exerted equal effort, and not otherwise.' // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.10)

anādṛtyeti tadvākyaṃ yayurdūraṃ tvarānvitāḥ ..

> Disregarding that statement, they went far away in haste;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.11)

tatrāpi teṣāmanyonyaṃ karākṛṣṭirmahatyabhūt..5..

> even there, a great tug-of-war broke out among them: // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.12)

ahaṃ pūrvamahaṃ pūrvaṃ na tvaṃ na tvaṃ pibāmyaham ..

> 'I first! I first! Not you! Not you! I shall drink!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.13)

itthaṃ vivadamānāste nāpustatprāśanakṣaṇam .. 6 ..

> Quarreling thus, they did not obtain a moment to consume it. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.14)

atha devā mlānavaktrā dṛṣṭvā daityairhṛtā sudhām ..

> Then the gods, their faces withered upon seeing the nectar stolen by the daityas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.15)

aśaktāstatpratīkāre śaraṇaṃ prāpuracyutam .. 7 ..

> being unable to counter it, sought refuge with Acyuta: // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.16)

pāhipāhi jagannātha naṣṭaṃ sarvasvameva naḥ ..

> 'Protect us, protect us, O Lord of the Universe! Our all has been lost!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.17)

daityairhṛtā sudhā sarvā kā gatirnno bhaviṣyati ..8..

> All the nectar has been seized by the daityas; what will become of our fate? // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.18)

sudhāpānādṛtepyete hantumasmānalaṃ kṣamāḥ ..

> Even without drinking the nectar, they are fully capable of slaying us;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.19)

pīte'mṛte tu tairadya kiṃ kariṣyāmahe vayam .. 9 ..

> if the nectar is drunk by them today, what shall we do?' // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.20)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.21)

niśamya dainyaṃ devānāṃ bhagavānbhaktakāryakṛt ..

> Hearing the distress of the gods, the Blessed Lord, who accomplishes the welfare of his devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.22)

mā bhaiṣṭeti surānuktvā sudhāmāditsadāsurāt .. 2.9.13.10 ..

> said to the gods, 'Do not fear,' and desired to recover the nectar from the asuras. // 13.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.23)

strīrūpamadbhutaṃ dhṛtvā sarvalokavimohanam ..

> Assuming a wondrous female form that bewitched all the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.24)

daityāntikamupāgatya cakre kandukakhelanam .. 11 ..

> he approached the daityas and played with a ball. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.25)

te tu tadrūpamālokya mohitāḥ kāmavihvalāḥ ..

> Beholding that form, captivated and overcome with desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.26)

tyaktvā parasparonmarddaṃ tāmupetyābruvanvacaḥ .. 12 ..

> they ceased their mutual scuffle, approached her, and said these words: // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.27)

sudhākumbhamimaṃ bhadre gṛhītvā tvaṃ vibhajya naḥ ..

> 'Take this jar of nectar, fair lady, and divide it among us;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.28)

sarvānpāyaya suśroṇi vayaṃ kaśyapasūnavaḥ .. 13 ..

> make all of us drink, O shapely-hipped woman; we are the sons of Kaśyapa.' // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.29)

ityuktvā taṃ dadustasmai te'nicchantyā api striyai ..

> Having spoken thus, they gave it to her, even though the woman was unwilling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.30)

sā prāha mama viśrambho na kāryaḥ svairiṇī hyaham ..14..

> She said: 'You should not place trust in me, for I am a wanton woman. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.31)

akāryaṃ vaḥ kṛtaṃ hyetadvibhajiṣye nijecchayā..

> You have indeed acted improperly; I will divide it according to my own wish.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.32)

ityuktā api te mūḍhā yatheṣṭaṃ kurviti bruvan..15..

> Even when spoken to thus, those fools said, 'Do as you please.' // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.33)

tatastadājñayā sarve devā daityāśca vāsukiḥ ..

> Then, by her command, all the gods, the daityas, and Vāsuki  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.34)

niṣeduḥ paṃktiśastatra svasvamaṇḍalamāśritāḥ .. 16 ..

> sat down there in rows, each resorting to their own group. // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.35)

paṃktibaṃdhodyateṣveṣu mohinī sā tu dūrataḥ ..

> While they were engaged in forming rows, Mohinī, from a distance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.36)

sammukhaṃ devapaṃktīnāṃ hemāsana upāviśat ..17..

> sat down upon a golden seat facing the rows of the gods. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.37)

svāṃtike cāmṛtaghaṭaṃ nidhāya straiṇalīlayā ..

> Placing the jar of nectar beside herself, with feminine grace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.38)

itastato vīkṣamāṇā tasthau niḥspṛhavatkṣaṇam ..18..

> looking here and there, she sat for a moment as if indifferent. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.39)

vipracittimukhāstarhi ye vai dānavayūthapāḥ ..

> Then the dānava troop-commanders, Vipracitti and the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.40)

saṃdigdhacittā mohinyāmāsandevāṃtikasthiteḥ .. 19 ..

> became suspicious of Mohinī because of her being near the gods. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.41)

śanairupetya taddṛṣṭiṃ vañcayitvā sudhāghaṭam ..

> Approaching stealthily and deceiving her gaze, the evil-minded ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.42)

jahruḥ punardurātmāno raho gatvā pipāsavaḥ .. 2.9.13.20 ..

> desiring to drink, stole the nectar jar again and went away in secret. // 13.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.43)

naranārāyaṇau tatra munibhiḥ saha cāgatau ..

> Nara and Nārāyaṇa, who had arrived there along with the munis,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.44)

āstāṃ tau dadṛśāte tāndānavānharato'mṛtam .. 21 ..

> were present; the two saw those dānavas carrying off the nectar. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.45)

nārāyaṇenerito'tha narastānsahasāruṇat ..

> Prompted then by Nārāyaṇa, Nara suddenly blocked them;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.46)

balādācchidya tatkumbhaṃ mohinyai sa dadau drutam .. 22 ..

> wresting that jar by force, he quickly gave it to Mohinī. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.47)

tato naraṃ hantukāmā āttaśastrāstu dānavāḥ ..

> Then, desiring to kill Nara, the dānavas took up their weapons  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.48)

āpatanpaṃktivikṣepo hyasurāṇāmabhūnmahān .. 23 ..

> and rushed forward, and a great disruption of the rows occurred among the asuras. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.49)

tadā naropi bhagavāndevadaityanarairapi ..

> Then the lord Nara, unconquerable even by gods, daityas, and men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.50)

ajeyo nirbhayo hyekaḥ sākaṃ tairyuyudhe balī .. 24 ..

> fearless and mighty, fought alone against them. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.51)

etasminnantare devānpaṃktisthānmohinīvapuḥ ..

> Meanwhile Viṣṇu, in the form of Mohinī, moving swiftly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.52)

apāyayatsudhāṃ viṣṇuḥ sarvaśo laghucaṅkramaḥ .. 25 ..

> made the gods seated in their rows drink the nectar on all sides. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.53)

tatrāpi dānavo rāhuḥ sūryācandramasāntare ..

> Even then, the dānava Rāhu, entering between the sun and the moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.54)

praviśya devatāpaṃktāvupāviśadalakṣitaḥ .. 26 ..

> sat unnoticed in the row of the deities. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.55)

tatrāgatāyāṃ mohinyāṃ siñcantyāṃ tanmukhe sudhām ..

> When Mohinī came there and was pouring nectar into his mouth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.56)

dṛśā'sūsucatāṃ tasyai puṣpavantāvubhau ca tam .. 27 ..

> both the sun and the moon indicated him to her with their gaze.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.57)

smṛtyāgatena cakreṇa tarhyevā'sya ca sāmṛtam ..

> With the discus that arrived upon His thought, right then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.58)

śiraścicchedātimahanmāyāyoṣidvapuḥ prabhuḥ .. 28 ..

> the Lord, in the form of the illusory woman, cut off his very large head along with the nectar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.59)

tacchailaśṛṅgapratimaṃ grasallokānnadadbhṛśam ..

> Resembling a mountain peak, swallowing the worlds, and roaring loudly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.60)

grahatve sthāpayāmāsa lokānāṃ śāntaye hariḥ .. 29 ..

> Hari placed it as a planet for the peace of the worlds.  
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### [2.9.13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.61)

devānsudhāṃ pāyayitvā jagṛhe pauruṣīṃ tanum ..

> Having made the gods drink the nectar, the Lord  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.62)

bhagavānatha devāstu yuyudhuḥ saha dānavaiḥ .. 2.9.13.30 ..

> assumed His male form; and then the gods fought with the Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.63)

udanvatastaṭe yuddhaṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha ..

> On the shore of the ocean, a battle \[took place\] between the gods and the Asuras,  
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### [2.9.13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.64)

sudhāpānātibalināmāsīdviṣṇusahāyinām .. 31 ..

> \[the gods\] being exceedingly strong from drinking the nectar and aided by Viṣṇu.  
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### [2.9.13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.65)

tasmiṃstu tumule yuddhe nareṇendrādibhiśca te ..

> Being struck down in that tumultuous battle by Nara, Indra, and the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.66)

nihanyamānā asurāḥ palāyya viviśū rasām .. 32 ..

> the Asuras fled and entered Rasātala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.67)

sūryaścāstaṃ gatastāvatsarve devagaṇāstataḥ ..

> Meanwhile, the sun set; then all the hosts of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.68)

śriyontikamupājagmustaddarśanamahotsavāḥ .. 33 ..

> celebrating the great festival of her darśana, approached Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.13.69)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye devatāmṛtapānavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ ..13..

> Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Gods Drinking the Nectar', in the glorious Vāsudevamāhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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