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# Skandapurana 2.9.15

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.1)

.. brahmovāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.2)

vicāryyā'haṃ vedānmuhurupagato niścayamimaṃ ramārāme bhaktistvayi dṛḍhatarā yarhyasubhṛtām ..

> "Having repeatedly reflected upon the Vedas, I have arrived at this conclusion: O delight of Ramā, when living beings have very firm devotion to you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.3)

bhavettarhyevaiṣāṃ kṣayavirahitā bhoganikarāstathā syurlokā vai paramapuruṣātyaṃtikagatiḥ .. .. 1 ..

> only then do imperishable masses of pleasures, the eternal worlds, and the ultimate goal, the Supreme Person, belong to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.4)

ajānantastvitthaṃ bhṛtarajatamaskānapi hare bhajantyasmāndevānbahuvidhataporccāsaraṇibhiḥ ..

> Not knowing this, however, people filled with passion and darkness worship even us gods, O Hari, through various paths of austerity and rites;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.5)

ta evoktā mūḍhāḥ kṣayarahitasaukhyaṃ na kuhacillabhante'tastvāṃ vai nijahṛdi dadhe keśavamaham ..2..

> they are called fools; nowhere do they obtain imperishable happiness. Therefore, I hold you alone, Keśava, in my heart."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.6)

śaṃkara uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.7)

trayī sāṃkhyavedāṃtayogāḥ purāṇaṃ tathā pañcarātraṃ prabho dharmaśāstram ..

> "The three Vedas, Sāṃkhya, Vedānta, Yoga, the Purāṇa, and likewise the Pañcarātra, O Lord, and the treatises on dharma—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.8)

tavaivātimāhātmyamekasya nityaṃ prakārairanekairhi gāyaṃti bhaktyā ..3..

> they constantly sing with devotion only your supreme majesty, who are one, in manifold ways.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.9)

tvadeveśa śāstrāṇi caitāni bhūmno babhūvustvadekāśrayāṇyādikalpe..

> From you alone, O Lord, the Infinite One, did these scriptures arise in the primeval kalpa, having you as their sole foundation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.10)

ramāsevyapādāmbujaṃ śāstrayoniṃ tamādyaṃ bhavantaṃ bhaje vāsudevam .. 4 ..

> I worship you, the primeval Vāsudeva, whose lotus feet are served by Ramā, who are the source of scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.11)

dharma uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.12)

kathā tvadīyā bhavapāśamocanī sudhaiva tāpatrayataptadehinām ..

> "Your tale, liberating from the bonds of worldly existence, is indeed nectar to embodied souls scorched by the threefold miseries;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.13)

anekajanmāghacayāpahāriṇī tanoti bhaktiṃ vayunaṃ tavāñjasā .. 5 ..

> destroying the heap of sins of many births, it quickly expands devotion and knowledge of you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.14)

sadaiva sā karṇapathena hṛddarī viśatvanantābhidha sammukhodgatā ..

> May it, issuing from the mouth of your devotees, always enter the cave of my heart through the path of the ears, O You whose name is Infinite;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.15)

mama tvadanyā haratācca vāsanā dayābdhaye te prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ .. 6 ..

> and may it dispel desires other than for you. Homage to you, the ocean of compassion, the all-powerful Lord."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.16)

prajāpataya ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.17)

dhanyā ete kalpavṛkṣā yadīyāṃ chāyāmetāmāśritastvaṃ sahaśrīḥ ..

> "Blessed are these wish-fulfilling trees, whose shade you have resorted to along with Śrī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.18)

dhanyaḥ kartā maṇḍapasyāsya te vai dhanyaiṣā bhūryatra pīṭhaṃ taveśa .. 7 ..

> blessed indeed is the maker of this pavilion for you, and blessed is this ground where your throne is placed, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.19)

dhanyo loke nūnameṣomburāśiḥ sākṣāttubhyaṃ yena dattā svakanyā ..

> Blessed indeed in this world is this ocean, by whom his own daughter was given directly to you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.20)

dhanyāścaite tvāṃ vayaṃ vīkṣamāṇā dhanyeśānaṃ śrīpatiṃ tvāṃ natāḥ smaḥ .. 8 ..

> and blessed are we who behold you; we bow to you, the blessed Lord, the husband of Śrī."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.21)

manava ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.22)

dharmaḥ khalu sa hi paramo dharmebhyo mādhava sakalebhyopi ..

> "That indeed is the highest duty among all duties, O Mādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.23)

bhaktirbhavati yato vai dharmabhuvi tvayi hi niravadyā .. 9 ..

> from which unblemished devotion to you arises on the field of dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.24)

dharmātmānaṃ bhagavandharmadhurīṇaṃ ca dharmapātāram ..

> O Blessed One, the soul of dharma, the bearer of dharma's burden, and the protector of dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.25)

sarvātipriyadharmaṃ numastvāṃ dharmasaṃbhūtim .. 2.9.15.10 ..

> to whom dharma is exceedingly dear beyond all, we praise you, the source of dharma."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.26)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.27)

bhaktyā hīnastvadvimukho vayunārthī śrāmyanbhūyopyasya na siddhiṃ samupaiti ..

> "One who is devoid of devotion, turned away from you, yet seeking knowledge, though toiling repeatedly, does not attain success in it;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.28)

tarhyāsaktaḥ karmaṇi kāmye tu kutosau saukhyaṃ yāyādakṣayamānandamahābdhe .. 11 ..

> how then could one attached to desire-prompted action attain imperishable happiness, O great ocean of bliss?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.29)

bhaktyā nityaṃ tvāmata eva vayaṃ vai śraddhāyuktā dharmataponigamādyaiḥ ..

> Therefore, through dharma, austerity, the Vedas, and the like, endowed with faith, we constantly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.30)

māyātītaṃ kālaniyantāramudāraṃ dhyāyāmaḥ śrīkāntaparātparamekam .. 12 ..

> meditate with devotion on you alone—beyond māyā, the controller of time, the noble Lord, the beloved of Śrī, higher than the highest."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.31)

indra uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.32)

bhagavannuruduḥkhitā vayaṃ nanu durvāsasa eva helanāt ..

> "O Blessed One, we were deeply afflicted indeed due to our slighting of Durvāsas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.33)

na bhavantamṛte'vituṃ hi no vidhirudrapramukhā ime'śakan .. 13 ..

> Without you, these \[gods\] headed by Brahmā and Rudra were truly unable to protect us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.34)

vigatākhilasaṃpado nirannāḥ samabhāvaṃ bhuvi pāmarairupetāḥ ..

> Bereft of all wealth, devoid of food, reduced to the level of low wretches on earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.35)

bhavataiva vayaṃ hṛtāpadaḥ smaḥ sapadi śrīharaye namostu tubhyam .. 14 ..

> we have instantly had our misfortune removed by you alone. Praise be to you, O Śrī Hari!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.36)

agniruvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.37)

gīrvāṇadānavanarādyupajīvanānnaṃ yannirmitaṃ hi bhavataiva tato budhāstu ..

> Since food, the sustenance of gods, dānavas, humans, and others, was created by you alone, the wise  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.38)

yajñeṣu tena yajanaṃ tava kurvate'tho tvaccheṣamanyadiviṣadbhya upānayanti .. 15 ..

> perform worship of you with it in sacrifices, and then offer your remnants to the other gods of heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.39)

kāmyeṣu karmasu ratā api yājñikāste tatkarmabandhanata āśu vimucya yānti ..

> Even those sacrificers engaged in desire-prompted rites are quickly freed from the bondage of those actions and attain  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.40)

brāhmīṃ gatiṃ taditare tu bhavanti caurāḥ śrīyajñapūruṣamahaṃ praṇamāmi taṃ tvām .. 16 ..

> the state of Brahman; but those other than them are thieves. I bow down to that you, the auspicious Spirit of sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.41)

maruta ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.42)

bhaktā ekāntikāste'kṣaraparamapade sevayā te tu hīnaṃ vāsaiśvaryādi necchantyatiśayitasukhaṃ nāpi kaivalyamokṣam ..

> Your exclusive devotees in the imperishable supreme abode do not desire residence, sovereignty, and the like, nor exalted pleasure devoid of service to you, nor even the liberation of isolation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.43)

tadyuktaṃ tvātmanopi śvapacakulajanurmānayantyuttamaṃ vai taṃ tvāmekāntadharmāśrayaṇamupagatāḥ śrīmahāpūruṣaṃ smaḥ .. 17 ..

> Connected with that \[service\], they consider even birth in an outcaste dog-cooker's family to be truly superior for themselves; we have approached that you, the auspicious Great Person, the refuge of exclusive duty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.44)

siddhā ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.45)

naikabrahmāṇḍasargādikāraṇaṃ tvāmakāraṇam ..

> To you, the uncaused cause of the creation and other states of multiple universes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.46)

tatsthaṃ tadvyatiriktaṃ ca niyantāraṃ namāmahe.. .. 18 ..

> abiding within them and distinct from them, the controller, we bow down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.47)

rudrā ūcuḥ .. māyāyāḥ sarvamohinyā mohanaṃ mohavarjitam ..

> The Rudras said: / We bow to you, the infatuator of Māyā who deludes all, yet free from delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.48)

mahākālasyāpi kālaṃ tvāṃ namaḥ puruṣottamam .. 19 ..

> the Death of even Mahākāla, the Supreme Person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.49)

ādityā ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.50)

prakāśitā yena vayaṃ jaganti prakāśayāmo bhavatā rameśa ..

> Illuminated by whom we illuminate the worlds, by you, O Lord of Ramā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.51)

svayaṃprakāśaṃ tamuruprakāśaṃ prakāśamūrttiṃ praṇatā bhavantam .. 2.9.15.20 ..

> we bow down to you, self-luminous, of vast brilliance, whose form is light.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.52)

sādhyā ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.53)

śāstā nṛpāṇāṃ ca mahoragāṇāṃ daityādhipānāṃ ca surādhipānām ..

> The ruler of kings, of great serpents, of the lords of Daityas, and of the lords of gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.54)

tvaṃ vai manūnāṃ ca prajāpatīnāṃ rājādhirājāya namostu tubhyam .. .. 21 ..

> indeed, of Manus and of Prajāpatis: homage be to you, King of kings!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.55)

vasava ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.56)

bhavati bhuvi yadāyadā'surāṃśaiḥ prathitasanātanadharmadhārmikāṇām ..

> Whenever on earth a great slaughter of the righteous keepers of the celebrated eternal duty is caused by fractions of asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.57)

kadanamuru tadātadā svayaṃ te hyavatarate praṇamāma dharmagoptre .. 22 ..

> then and then you yourself descend. We bow to the protector of dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.58)

cāraṇā ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.59)

caritraṃ śubhaṃ te dhṛtānekamūrtteḥ prabandhairanekairhi gāyanti bhaktāḥ ..

> Devotees sing in various compositions the auspicious deeds of you, who have assumed manifold forms;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.60)

yadu śrotṛvaktṝnpunātyeva sadyo vayaṃ taṃ natāḥ puṇyakīrttiṃ bhavantam .. 23 ..

> which immediately purifies listeners and speakers alike, to that you of virtuous renown we bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.61)

gandharvāpsarasa ūcuḥ ..

> The Gandharvas and Apsarases said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.62)

ye kathāste vihāyānyagāthāḥ prabho kīrttayante'tha śṛṇvanti vā te janāḥ ..

> Those people, O Lord, who abandon stories of you and praise or listen to other songs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.63)

duḥkhitāḥ syuśca saṃsārapāśaiḥ sitāstaṃ natāḥ smaḥ śaraṇyaṃ bhavantaṃ vayam .. 24 ..

> become miserable, bound by the fetters of saṃsāra. We have bowed down to you, the refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.64)

samudra uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.65)

ajita tavā'tha tāvakajanasya mudā'lpamapi draviṇa jalānnavastranamanānyatamena sakṛt ..

> O Unconquered One, if a person gladly performs even slight service to you or to your devotee, even once, by means of wealth, water, food, clothing, or bowing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.66)

carati ha sevanaṃ sa padavīṃ mahatīṃ mahatāṃ vrajati janolpakopi tamahaṃ praṇataḥ karuṇam .. 25 ..

> even if he is insignificant, he attains the exalted status of the great; I bow to that compassionate one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.67)

pārṣadā ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.68)

pitaro tvamasi svajanastvamasi tvamasīṣṭaguruḥ suhṛdātmapatiḥ ..

> You are our ancestors, you are our kinsman, you are our revered teacher, friend, and master of our soul;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.69)

tvamasīśvara eva ca naḥ paramastvamasi draviṇaṃ sakalaṃ tvamasi .. .. 26 ..

> you are our supreme Lord, you are our wealth, you are our everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.70)

mūrttiruvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.71)

yatsaṃbandhata eva yānti padavīmuccāṃ mahadbhirnnutāṃ strīśūdrāsuranīcapakṣipaśavaḥ pāpātmajīvā api ..

> By connection with whom even women, śūdras, asuras, low birds and beasts, and beings born of sin attain an exalted station praised by the great;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.72)

yaddhīnā vibudheśvarā api bhavantyarccojjhitāstatkṣaṇaṃ golokādhipatiṃ tameva hṛdaye nityaṃ bhaje tvāmaham .. 27 ..

> deprived of whom even the lords of the gods become immediately abandoned by worship: I continually worship in my heart that very Lord of Goloka, you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.73)

sāvitryuvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.74)

tvaṃ sargakāle prakṛtiṃ ca pūruṣaṃ dṛṣṭyā svayotthāpya tatastadātmanā ..

> At the time of creation, having awakened prakṛti and puruṣa by your glance, then, through them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.75)

tattvāni sṛṣṭvā mahadādimānitairnnaikānvirājo bahudhā sasarjitha .. 28 ..

> having created the principles beginning with mahat, you created multiple cosmic beings in many ways through those presiding deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.76)

vairājarūpeṇa jagadvidhātṛtāṃ svīkṛtya devāsuramānuṣoragān ..

> Assuming the role of the creator of the world in the form of the Virāj, \[creating\] gods, asuras, humans, and serpents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.77)

tvaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamamīśa nirmame tvāmādikartāramupāśritāsmyaham .. .. 29 ..

> you made the motionless and moving, O Lord. I have taken refuge in you, the primal creator.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.78)

durgovāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.79)

priyatayā'dhikayā hṛdi cintanaṃ vidadhate tava ye bhuvi te vibho ..

> Those on earth who perform contemplation of you in their heart with supreme love, O All-pervading One,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.80)

na parameṣṭhisukhaṃ na divaḥ sukhaṃ na kamayanti dharaikanareśatām .. 2.9.15.30 ..

> do not desire the bliss of Brahmā, nor the bliss of heaven, nor sole kingship over the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.81)

prasabhamarpitamapyatulaṃ tvayā sukhamidaṃ samavāpya ca tatra te ..

> Even when this peerless bliss is forcibly granted by you and attained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.82)

tadapahāya na śaktikṛtaḥ kṣaṇaṃ tamu namāmi ca sātvatanāyakam .. 31 ..

> they are unable to abandon that \[contemplation\] even for a moment; I bow to that leader of the Sātvatas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.83)

nadya ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.9.15.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.84)

varada namanamātraṃ nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ vā vidadhati tava ye vai jñānato'jñānato vā ..

> O Granter of boons, those who perform mere bowing or chanting of your name, whether knowingly or unknowingly—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.85)

janimṛtiyamabhītestānapi trāyamāṇaṃ narasakhamupayātāḥ smo'dya nārāyaṇaṃ tvām .. 32 ..

> we have today approached you, Nārāyaṇa, the companion of Nara, who protects even them from the fear of birth, death, and Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.86)

devapatnya ūcuḥ ..

> The Wives of the Gods said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.87)

bhuvi dhṛtākṛterjanma maṅgalaṃ caritamadbhutaṃ lokapāvanam ..

> The birth of you who have assumed a form on earth is auspicious, and your conduct is marvelous and purifying to the world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.88)

bhavati nirguṇaṃ sarvameva te bhavasi nirguṇabrahma yatparam .. 33 ..

> all of yours is free from the guṇas, because you are the supreme Brahman beyond the guṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.89)

tava samāśrayāttāmasā janā api ca rājasāḥ sāttvikāśca ye ..

> Through refuge in you, people who are tāmasic, rājasic, or sāttvic  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.90)

nanu bhavanti te nirguṇāstato vayamupāsmahe tvāṃ hi nirguṇam .. 34 ..

> indeed become beyond the guṇas; therefore, we worship you who are transcending the guṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.91)

ṛṣipatnya ūcuḥ ..

> The Wives of the Seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.92)

ārtānāmuruvṛjinaistridhā ca tāpaiḥ sarvāpatpraśamanamekameva viṣṇoḥ ..

> Of Viṣṇu alone is the pacification of all afflictions for those distressed by great sins and the three kinds of suffering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.93)

pādābjaṃ tava bhavatīti tadvayaṃ vai prāptāḥ smaḥ śaraṇamananta devadeva .. 35 ..

> Your lotus foot, O infinite God of gods, is that \[refuge\]! / Therefore, we have indeed sought refuge in it. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.94)

pṛthivyuvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.95)

pūrṇaśāradasudhākarānanaṃ śāradābjadaladīrghalocanam ..

> Whose face is like the full autumn moon, whose eyes are long like the petals of an autumn lotus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.96)

śrīviyogabahudhārtimocanaṃ vā'sudevamahamekamāśraye .. 36 ..

> Who delivers from manifold distress born of separation from Śrī—to that sole Vāsudeva I take refuge. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.97)

sarasvatyuvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.98)

nayane mamācyuta tavātisundare mukhaśītarociṣi cakoratāṃ gate ..

> O Acyuta, my two eyes have become cakora birds upon your exceedingly beautiful face, the cool-rayed moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.99)

na hi gacchato'nyata itīyameva me hṛdi mūrtirastu satataṃ nahītarā .. 37 ..

> They do not go elsewhere; therefore, let only this form remain always in my heart, and never any other! // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.100)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.15.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.101)

iti stuto'khilairdevaiḥ sobhinandya dṛśaiva tān ..

> Praised thus by all the gods, he delighted them with his glance alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.102)

prāha śriyaṃ śubhe paśya devādīṃstvamimāniti .. 38 ..

> and said to Śrī: “O auspicious one, look upon these gods and the rest.” // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.103)

tataḥ samīkṣitāḥ prītyā tayā madhurayā dṛśā ..

> Then, looked upon affectionately by her with a sweet glance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.104)

trilokīvāsinaḥ sarve ṛddhā āsanyathā purā .. 39 ..

> all the inhabitants of the three worlds became prosperous, just as before. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.105)

lebhire svasvaṛddhiṃ te gṛhiṇastyāginopi ca ..

> Householders and renunciants alike attained their respective prosperity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.106)

dharmādayaśca sānandaṃ pracaranti sma pūrvavat .. 2.9.15.40 ..

> and Dharma and the other \[virtues\] moved about joyfully, as formerly. // 2.9.15.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.107)

tasyāḥ śriyaśca bhagavāndadau sthānamuraḥ svakam ..

> And the Lord gave his own chest as an abode for that Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.108)

tatra sthitvaiva sā vyāpattrailokyaṃ saṃpadātmanā .. 41 ..

> Abiding right there, she pervaded the three worlds with her own prosperity. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.109)

tato ratnākaraḥ svasmācchrījaneranubhāvataḥ ..

> Then, by the majesty of the birth of Śrī from himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.110)

babhūvānvarthasaṃjño vai saṃpūrṇakṣayaratnavān .. 42 ..

> the ocean (Ratnākara) truly became true to its name, possessing inexhaustible gems in abundance. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.111)

caturvidhairbahurasaiḥ sadannairamṛtopamaiḥ ..

> With excellent foods of four kinds, possessing many flavors and resembling nectar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.112)

sarvānsamāgatāṃstatra tarpayāmāsa sādaram .. 43 ..

> he respectfully satisfied all who had assembled there. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.113)

anarghyāṇi ca vastrāṇi ratnabhūṣāḥ paricchadān ..

> Priceless garments, jeweled ornaments, and household furnishings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.114)

devādibhyo dadau prītyā sarvebhyopi pṛthakpṛthak .. 44 ..

> he lovingly gave to the gods and others, individually to each and every one. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.115)

jāmātustuṣṭaye svasya tadīyebhyastadāmbudheḥ ..

> For the ocean, raining wealth like a cloud,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.116)

nāsītkimapyadeyaṃ vai ghanavaddhanavarṣiṇaḥ .. 45 ..

> there was nothing at all that could not be given to his dependents for the satisfaction of his son-in-law. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.117)

bhagavānapi taddattaṃ yautakaṃ ca dhanaṃ bahu ..

> The Lord too, having given to the brahmins the vast wealth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.118)

brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāyaiva śriyā saha tirodadhe .. 46 ..

> and dowry given by him, vanished along with Śrī. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.119)

lakṣmīnārāyaṇābhyāṃ te bhṛśamānanditāḥ surāḥ ..

> Exceedingly delighted by Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa, the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.120)

indrādayo divaṃ jagmuḥ svaṃsvaṃ dhāmā'pare yayuḥ .. 47 ..

> Indra and the others, went to heaven, and the others departed to their respective abodes. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.121)

adhikāraṃ ca saṃprāpya yathāpūrvaṃ nijaṃnijam ..

> And having attained their respective offices, just as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.122)

sarvepi sukhino jātāḥ prasādātkamalāpateḥ .. 48 ..

> all became happy through the grace of the Lord of Kamalā. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.123)

mandaraṃ ca giriṃ tārkṣyaḥ punarbhagavadājñayā ..

> And Garuḍa, by the command of the Lord, playfully carried Mount Mandara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.124)

svasthānaṃ samupānīya sthāpayāmāsa līlayā .. 49 ..

> back to its own place and set it down. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.125)

evamindreṇa brahmarṣe naṣṭā brāhmaṇaśāpataḥ ..

> In this way, O brahmin-seer, the fortune that had been lost by Indra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.126)

upalabdhā punaḥ saṃpannārāyaṇaprasādataḥ .. 2.9.15.50 ..

> due to the brahmin’s curse was regained through the grace of Nārāyaṇa. // 2.9.15.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.127)

ya etāṃ śṛṇuyātpuṇyāṃ kathāṃ bhagavato mune ..

> Whoever hears this sacred story of the Lord, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.128)

kīrtayetprayato vāpi saṃpadaṃ prāpnuto hi tau .. 51 ..

> or recites it with a disciplined mind, both attain prosperity. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.129)

gṛhiṇāṃ dhanasiddhiḥ syāttyāgināṃ ca yathepsitā ..

> For householders there will be attainment of wealth, and for renunciants, as they desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.130)

bhaktijñānavirāgāderbhavetsiddhiranena vai .. 52 ..

> there will surely be the attainment of devotion, knowledge, dispassion, and the rest through this. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.131)

iti te kathitaṃ brahmanyathendraḥ prāpa saṃpadam ..

> Thus it has been related to you, O brahmin, how Indra regained his fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.132)

nāradopi yathā śvetaṃ dvīpaṃ sa gatavānṛṣiḥ ..

> How the seer Nārada also went to Śvetadvīpa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.133)

tatte sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikena caitasā .. 53 ..

> all that I shall tell you; listen with an attentive mind. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.15.134)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye lakṣmīnārāyaṇastutinirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 15 ..

> Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, named “The Exposition of the Hymn of Praise to Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa,” in the Vāsudevamāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.15.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.324.39) — Sanskrit
- [Nārāyaṇīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.narayaniya.12.324.39) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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