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# Skandapurana 2.9.18

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.1)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca ..

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

### [2.9.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.2)

darśanaṃ mama yajjātaṃ tava tattu mahāmune ..

> This vision of me that has occurred for you, O great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.3)

nityaikāntikabhaktatvānnirdambhatvānmadicchayā .. 1 ..

> is due to your constant, exclusive devotion, your freedom from deceit, and by my own wish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.4)

ahiṃsā brahmacaryaṃ ca tvayi nityaṃ ca taddvayam ..

> Non-violence and celibacy are ever present in you, both of these,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.5)

svadharmopaśamau caiva vairāgyaṃ cātmavedanam .. 2 ..

> along with adherence to one's own duty, tranquility, dispassion, and knowledge of the Self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.6)

satsaṅgo'ṣṭāṅgayogaśca sarvathendriyanigrahaḥ ..

> association with the virtuous, the eightfold yoga, control of the senses in every way,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.7)

munyannavṛttiśca tapaḥ sarvavyasanahīnatā .. 3 ..

> living on the food of sages, austerity, and freedom from all vices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.8)

madekāntikabhaktiśca mahātmyajñānapūrvikā ..

> and single-minded devotion to me preceded by knowledge of my majesty—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.9)

varttate tena māmatra paśyasi tvaṃ hi suvrata .. 4 ..

> exist \[in you\]; therefore, O you of noble vows, you see me here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.10)

īdṛglakṣaṇasaṃpannā ye syuranyepi mānavāḥ ..

> Whatever other human beings, too, are endowed with such characteristics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.11)

tepi māmīdṛśaṃ vipra paśyantyekāntikapriyam .. 5 ..

> they too, O brahmin, see me, such as I am, who am dear to the single-minded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.12)

asāvahamiha brahmannasminnakṣaradhāmani ..

> I, this very one here, O brahmin, in this imperishable abode,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.13)

rādhālakṣmīyuto nityaṃ vasāmi svāśritaiḥ saha .. 6 ..

> united with Rādhā and Lakṣmī, dwell eternally together with those who have taken refuge in me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.14)

vāsudevasvarūpohaṃ sarvakarmaphalapradaḥ ..

> Having the nature of Vāsudeva, bestower of the fruits of all actions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.15)

antaryāmitayā vartte svatantraḥ sarvadehinām .. 7 ..

> I exist as the inner controller of all embodied beings, entirely independent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.16)

vaikuṇṭhākhyaṃ mahādhāmni lakṣmyā saha caturbhujaḥ ..

> In the great abode named Vaikuṇṭha, four-armed, along with Lakṣmī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.17)

vasāmi nandagaruḍamukhyaiḥ sākaṃ ca pārṣadaiḥ .. 8 ..

> I dwell together with attendants headed by Nanda and Garuḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.18)

dhāmni tejomaye divye śvetadvīpe'nvahaṃ bhuvi ..

> In the divine abode full of radiance, on the earth in Śvetadvīpa, daily  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.19)

dadāmi śvetamuktebhyaḥ pañcakālaṃ svadarśanam .. 9..

> I grant my darśana at the five prescribed times to the liberated souls of Śveta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.20)

kurve'niruddhapradyumnasaṃkarṣaṇasamāhvayaiḥ ..

> Through my forms named Aniruddha, Pradyumna, and Saṃkarṣaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.21)

svarūpairnaikakoṭyaṇḍasargasthityapyayānaham ..2.9.18.10..

> I effect the creation, preservation, and dissolution of many tens of millions of cosmic eggs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.22)

sargārambhe mayā brahmā sṛṣṭo nābhisaroruhāt ..

> At the beginning of creation, Brahmā was created by me from the lotus of my navel;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.23)

tapasārādhayāmāsa sa māṃ yajñaiśca nārada ..11..

> he propitiated me with austerity and with sacrifices, O Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.24)

tatastasmai prasanno'haṃ prādadāmīpsitānvarān ..

> Then, pleased with him, I granted him the boons he desired:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.25)

brahmanprāsyasi sāmarthyaṃ prajānāṃ tvaṃ visarjane .. 12 ..

> ‘O Brahmā, you shall obtain the capacity for creating living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.26)

ājñāyāmeva tāḥ sarvāstava sthāsyanti madvarāt ..

> By my boon, they shall all abide strictly under your command.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.27)

vedāścāpi sphuriṣyanti tava buddhau sanātanāḥ .. 13 ..

> And the eternal Vedas shall flash forth in your intellect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.28)

jñānaṃ ca matsvarūpasya yathāvatte bhaviṣyati ..

> And you shall have knowledge of my true nature just as it is,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.29)

tvayā kṛtāṃ ca maryādāṃ nātikraṃsyati kaścana .. 14 ..

> and no one shall transgress the boundary established by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.30)

surāsuragaṇānāṃ ca munīnāṃ ca mahātmanām ..

> To the hosts of gods and demons, and to the great-souled sages  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.31)

tvameva varado brahmanvarepsūnāṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 15..

> who desire boons, O Brahmā, you alone shall be the grantor of boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.32)

asādhye yatra kārye ca mohameṣyasi tattvaham..

> And in whichever impossible task you fall into perplexity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.33)

prādurbhūya kariṣyami smṛtamātrastvayā vidhe .. 16 ..

> I myself, manifesting as soon as remembered by you, will accomplish it, O Creator.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.34)

sṛjyamāne tvayā viśve naṣṭāṃ pṛthvīṃ mahārṇave ..

> When the universe is being created by you, and the earth is lost in the great ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.35)

ānayiṣyāmi svaṃ sthānaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ ..

> I will assume the form of a boar and bring it to its proper place,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.36)

hiraṇyākṣaṃ nihatyaiva daiteyaṃ balagarvitam .. 17 ..

> having slain the demon Hiraṇyākṣa, who is puffed up with power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.37)

dinānte tava matsyohaṃ bhūtvā kṣoṇīṃ tarīmiva ..

> At the end of your day, having become a fish, I shall uphold the earth like a boat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.38)

sahauṣadhiṃ dhārayiṣye manvādīṃśca niśāvadhi .. 18 ..

> along with the medicinal herbs, Manu, and the others, until nightfall.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.39)

sudhāyai mathnatāmabdhiṃ kāśyapānāṃ nirāśrayam ..

> When the descendants of Kaśyapa churn the ocean for nectar, I, having the form of a tortoise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.40)

manthānaṃ kūrmarūpohaṃ dhāsye pṛṣṭhe ca mandaram .. 19 ..

> shall support on my back Mount Mandara, the churning-rod that lacks a base.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.41)

nārasiṃhaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ vidhe ..

> Assuming the body of a man-lion, O Creator, for the sake of the gods  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.42)

surakārye haniṣyāmi yajñaghnaṃ ditinandanam .. 2.9.18.20 ..

> I will slay the son of Diti, Hiraṇyakaśipu, the destroyer of sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.43)

virocanasya balavānbaliḥ putro mahāsuraḥ ..

> The mighty Bali, a great demon, will be born as the son of Virocana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.44)

bhaviṣyati sa śakraṃ ca svārājyāccyāvayiṣyati .. 21 ..

> he will dethrone Śakra from his sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.45)

trailokye'pahṛte tena vimukhe ca śacīpatau ..

> When the three worlds have been seized by him and the lord of Śacī is dejected,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.46)

adityāṃ dvādaśaḥ putraḥ saṃbhaviṣyāmi kaśyapāt .. 22 ..

> I will be born as the twelfth son from Kaśyapa in Aditi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.47)

tato rājyaṃ pradāsyāmi devendrāya divaḥ punaḥ ..

> Then I will give the sovereignty of heaven back to the lord of the gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.48)

devatāḥ sthāpayiṣyāmi sveṣu sthāneṣvahaṃ vidhe ..

> I will establish the gods in their own places, O Creator,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.49)

baliṃ caiva kariṣyāmi pātālatalavāsinam ..23..

> and I will make Bali an inhabitant of the realm of Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.50)

kardamāddevahūtyāṃ ca bhūtvā'tha kapilābhidhaḥ ..

> Then, having been born from Kardama in Devahūti under the name of Kapila,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.51)

pravartayiṣye kālena naṣṭaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ virāgayuk ..24..

> endowed with detachment, I will set in motion Sāṃkhya, which had been lost in time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.52)

datto bhūtyā'nasūyayāmatrerānvikṣikīṃ tataḥ ..

> Having become Datta born of Atri in Anasūyā, I will then teach logic  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.53)

prahlādāyopadekṣyāmi vidyāṃ ca yadave vidhe .. 25 ..

> and spiritual knowledge to Prahlāda and Yadu, O Creator.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.54)

merudevyāṃ suto nābherbhūtvāhamṛṣabho bhuvi ..

> Having become Ṛṣabha, the son of Nābhi in Merudevī on earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.55)

dharmaṃ pāramahaṃsyākhyaṃ vartayiṣye sanātanam .. 26 ..

> I will promulgate the eternal dharma known as the state of the supreme swan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.56)

tretāyuge bhaviṣyāmi rāmo bhṛgukulodvahaḥ ..

> In the Tretā yuga, I will be Rāma, the upholder of the lineage of Bhṛgu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.57)

kṣatraṃ cotsādayiṣyāmi bhagnasetukadadhvagam.. .. 27 ..

> and I will eradicate the warrior class who break moral bounds and tread evil paths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.58)

sandhau tu samanuprāpte tretāyā dvāparasya ca ..

> When the twilight between the Tretā and Dvāpara \[yugas\] has arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.59)

kauśalyāyāṃ bhaviṣyāmi rāmo daśarathādaham .. 28 ..

> I will be born as Rāma from Daśaratha in Kauśalyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.60)

sītābhidhānā lakṣmīśca bhavitrī janakātmajā ..

> Lakṣmī shall be born as the daughter of Janaka named Sītā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.61)

udvahiṣyāmi tāmaiśaṃ bhaṃktvā dhanurahaṃ mahat ..29..

> having broken the great bow of Īśa, I shall take her in marriage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.62)

tato rakṣaḥpatiṃ ghoraṃ devarṣidrohakāriṇam ..

> Then in battle I will slay the terrifying lord of rākṣasas, who harms the divine seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.63)

sītāpahāriṇaṃ saṃkhye haniṣyāmi sahānujam .. 2.9.18.30 ..

> the abductor of Sītā, along with his younger brother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.64)

tasya me tu caritrāṇi vālmīkyādyā maharṣayaḥ ..

> The great seers headed by Vālmīki will then sing in many ways  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.65)

tadā gāsyanti bahudhā yacchruteḥ syādaghakṣayaḥ .. 31 ..

> the exploits of mine, through the hearing of which sin is destroyed.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.66)

dvāparasya kaleścaiva sandhau paryavasānike ..

> At the concluding junction of Dvāpara and Kali,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.67)

bhūbhārāsuranāśārthaṃ pātuṃ dharmaṃ ca dhārmikān ..

> to destroy the demons who are a burden to the earth, and to protect dharma and the righteous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.68)

vasudevādbhaviṣyāmi devakyāṃ mathurāpure .. 32 ..

> I shall be born from Vasudeva through Devakī in the city of Mathurā. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.69)

kṛṣṇohaṃ vāsudevākhyastathā saṃkarṣaṇo balaḥ ..

> I, Kṛṣṇa, named Vāsudeva, as well as Saṃkarṣaṇa Bala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.70)

pradyumnaścā'niruddhaśca bhaviṣyanti yadoḥ kule .. 33 ..

> and Pradyumna and Aniruddha will appear in the lineage of Yadu. (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.71)

gopasya vṛṣabhānostu sutā rādhā bhaviṣyati ..

> The daughter of the cowherd Vṛṣabhānu will be Rādhā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.72)

vṛndāvane tayā sākaṃ vihariṣyāmi padmaja .. 34 ..

> in Vṛndāvana I shall sport with her, O lotus-born \[Brahmā\]! (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.73)

lakṣmīśca bhīṣmakasutā rukmiṇyākhyā bhaviṣyati ..

> And Lakṣmī will be the daughter of Bhīṣmaka, named Rukmiṇī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.74)

udvahiṣyāmi rājanyānyuddhe nirjitya tāmaham .. 35 ..

> having conquered the kings in battle, I shall marry her. (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.75)

dharmadruho'surānhatvā tadāviṣṭāṃśca bhūpatīn ..

> Having slain the demons who harm dharma and the kings possessed by them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.76)

dharmaṃ saṃsthāpayanneva kariṣye nirbharāṃ bhuvam .. 36 ..

> firmly establishing dharma, I shall rid the earth of her burden. (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.77)

yena kenāpi bhāvena yasya kasyāpi mānasam ..

> Whosoever's mind in whatever way  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.78)

mayi saṃyokṣyate taṃtaṃ neṣye brahmagatiṃ parām .. 37 ..

> shall be joined to me, to them all I will grant the supreme state of Brahman. (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.79)

dharmaṃ bhuvi sthāpayitvā kṛtvā yadukulakṣayam ..

> Having established dharma on earth and caused the destruction of the Yadu lineage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.80)

paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāmantarddhāsye bhuvastataḥ .. .. 38 ..

> while all the gods look on, I shall then vanish from the earth. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.81)

kṛṣṇasya mama vīryāṇi kṛṣṇadvaipāyanādayaḥ ..

> The heroic deeds of me, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana and others  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.82)

gāsyanti bahudhā brahmansadyaḥ pāpaharāṇi hi .. 39 ..

> will sing in many ways, O brahmin, for they instantly remove sin. (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.83)

kṛṣṇadvaipāyano bhūtvā parāśaramuneḥ sutaḥ ..

> Becoming Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana, the son of the sage Parāśara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.84)

śākhāvibhāgaṃ vedasya kariṣyāmi taroriva .. 2.9.18.40 ..

> I shall divide the branches of the Veda like \[those of\] a tree. (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.85)

vaidikaṃ vidhimāśritya trilokīparipīḍakān ..

> Relying on Vedic rites, those who torment the three worlds—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.86)

chalena mohayiṣyāmi bhūtvā buddho'surānaham.. 41 ..

> those demons I shall delude through guile, having become Buddha. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.87)

mayā kṛṣṇena nihatāḥ sārjunena raṇeṣu ye ..

> Those who are slain in battles by me, Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Arjuna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.88)

pravartayiṣyantyasurāste tvadharmaṃ yadā kṣitau ..42..

> when those demons promote adharma on the earth, (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.89)

dharmadevāttadā bhaktādahaṃ nārāyaṇo muniḥ..

> then I, the sage Nārāyaṇa, born from the devotee Dharmadeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.90)

janiṣye kośale deśe bhūmau hi sāmago dvijaḥ..43..

> shall be born on earth in the Kosala country as a twice-born singer of the Sāmaveda. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.91)

muniśāpānnṛtāṃ prāptānṛṣīṃstāta tathoddhavam..

> O dear one, to the seers and Uddhava who have attained human form through a sage's curse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.92)

tato'vitāsurebhyo'haṃ saddharmaṃ sthāpayannaja..44..

> I, protecting them from demons, shall then establish true dharma, O unborn one! (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.93)

janānmlecchamayānbhūmau kalerante mahainasaḥ ..

> At the end of Kali, the people on earth turned to mlecchas of great wickedness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.94)

kalkī bhūtvā haniṣyāmi vicarandivyavājinā.. 45..

> I shall slay, having become Kalki, roaming upon a divine steed. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.95)

yadā yadā ca vedokto dharmo nāśiṣyate'suraiḥ..

> And whenever the dharma spoken of in the Vedas is ruined by demons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.96)

prādurbhāvo bhaviṣyo me tadrakṣāyai tadā tadā .. 46 ..

> then and then my manifestation shall take place for its protection. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.97)

tasmāccintāṃ vihāyaiva prajāḥ sṛja yathā purā ..

> Therefore, having cast aside anxiety, create living beings as before.' / Having granted these boons to him, I vanished. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.98)

etāndattvā varāṃstasmā ahamantarhito'bhavam .. 47 ..

> \[…\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.99)

yathā tasmai varā dattāstathaiva ca mayā kṛtam ..

> Just as boons were given to him, in that very manner it was done by me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.100)

kurve kariṣye ca mune nijaśaktibhirañjasā .. 48 ..

> I do and shall do \[so\], O sage, swiftly through my own powers. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.101)

evaṃvidhasya me brahmannīśituḥ sarvadehinām ..

> Of me, such as I am, O brahmin, the ruler of all embodied beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.102)

darśanaṃ durlabhaṃ jātaṃ tavaikāntikabhaktitaḥ .. 49 ..

> a vision, difficult to attain, has arisen on account of your undivided devotion. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.103)

varaṃ varaya mattastvaṃ svābhīṣṭaṃ munisattama ..

> Choose a boon from me as you desire, O best of sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.104)

prasannosmi bhṛśaṃ tubhyaṃ nāphalaṃ mama darśanam..2.9.18.50..

> I am exceedingly pleased with you; vision of me is never fruitless. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.105)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.18.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.106)

śrutveti bhagavadvākyaṃ nārado munisattamaḥ ..

> Having heard these words of the Lord, Nārada, the best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.107)

manyamāno nijaṃ dhanyaṃ tamuvāca prabhuṃ mune..51..

> considering himself blessed, spoke to that Lord, O sage: (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.108)

darśanādeva te svāminsaṃpūrṇo me manorathaḥ ..

> 'From the mere vision of you, O Master, my heart's desire is fulfilled;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.109)

idaṃ hi durlabhaṃ manye sarveṣāmapi dehinām .. 52 ..

> for I consider this difficult to attain even for all embodied beings. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.110)

ataste ca tvadīyānāṃ tvaddhāmnosyā'mṛtasya ca ..

> Therefore, other than the direct beholding of you, of your devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.111)

sākṣātsamīkṣaṇādanyatprāpyaṃ me nāsti vāṃchitam .. 53 ..

> and of your immortal abode, there is nothing desired to be attained by me. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.112)

itonyaddurlabhaṃ kvāpi nāsti brahmāṇḍagolake ..

> There is nothing else more difficult to attain anywhere in the sphere of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.113)

yadahaṃ parituṣṭātte prārthayeyamihācyuta .. 54 ..

> which I, from you who are pleased, might ask here, O Acyuta! (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.114)

lokāntarasukhaṃ yattadvaidikaireva karmabhiḥ ..

> Whatever happiness there is in the other world, which may be attained through Vedic deeds alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.115)

daivaiḥ pitryaiśca labhyeta taccāpyasti hi naśvaram .. 55 ..

> both divine and ancestral—that too is indeed perishable. (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.116)

necchāmi tadahaṃ kiñcitsukhaṃ tvattaḥ paraṃ prabho ..

> I do not desire any happiness beyond you, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.117)

varamekaṃ tu yāce tvatsvepsitaṃ varadarṣabhāt .. 56 ..

> Yet I ask one desired boon from you, the best of boon-givers: (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.118)

tavā'tha tava bhaktānāṃ sadaiva guṇagāyane ..

> may my intellect be ever intensely eager to sing of your virtues  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.119)

atyutsukāstu me buddhistvayi prītivivarddhinī .. 57 ..

> or those of your devotees, increasing my love for you.' (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.120)

.. skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.18.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.121)

tathāstviti pratiśrutya kṛṣṇasteneti yācitam ..

> Having promised 'So be it' to what was thus asked by him, Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.122)

gānopayuktāṃ mahatīṃ vīṇāṃ dattvā'bravītpunaḥ .. 58 ..

> having given \[him\] the Mahatī vīṇā suitable for singing, spoke again: (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.123)

śrībhagavānuvāca ..

> The Holy One said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.124)

adhunā gaccha devarṣe viśālāṃ badarīmitaḥ ..

> 'Go now from here, O divine seer, to the spacious Badarī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.125)

tatra dharmātmajaṃ bhaktyā māmārādhaya suvrata .. 59 ..

> there, with devotion, worship me, the son of Dharma, O you of noble vows!' (59)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.126)

tvaṃ hyekāntikabhaktosi mama niṣkapaṭāntaraḥ ..

> For you are my exclusive devotee, guileless at heart;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.127)

tena tvāmadhikaṃ manye vidherapi pitustava .. 2.9.18.60 ..

> therefore, I consider you superior even to your father Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.128)

yādṛśo'haṃ ca yadrūpo yāvāṃśca mahimā mama ..

> Of what nature I am, of what form, and how great is my majesty—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.129)

vidustatsarvamapi me bhaktā ekāntikā mune .... 61 ..

> my exclusive devotees, O sage, know all of that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.130)

hṛdi cintyohamevāsmi satāṃ teṣāṃ ca te mama ..

> I alone am to be contemplated in the heart of those virtuous ones, and they are mine in my heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.131)

teṣāmiṣṭaṃ na matto'nyanmama tebhyo na kiñcana .. 62 ..

> They desire nothing other than me, and I desire nothing other than them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.132)

yathā pativratā nāryo vaśīkurvanti satpatim ..

> Just as devoted wives bring a noble husband under their sway  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.133)

nijairguṇaistathā bhaktā vaśīkurvanti māmapi .. 63 ..

> by their own virtues, so do devotees bring even me under their sway.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.134)

anuyāmi śriyā sākaṃ tānahaṃ paravāniva ..

> Together with Śrī, I follow them as if under their control;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.135)

yatrayatra ca te santi tatratatrāhamasmi hi .. 64 ..

> and wherever they are, there indeed am I.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.136)

satsaṃgādeva matprāptirbhavedbhuvi mumukṣatām ..

> Only through the company of the good can seekers of liberation attain me in this world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.137)

nānyopāyena devarṣe satyamityavadhāraya .. 65 ..

> by no other means, O celestial seer—know this to be true.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.138)

māmeva yarhi śaraṇaṃ mānuṣāḥ prāpnuvanti ye ..

> Whenever human beings take refuge in me alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.139)

tarhyeva te vimucyante māyāyā jīvabandhanāt .. 66 ..

> only then are they released from Māyā, the bondage of the soul.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.140)

māṃ prapannastu puruṣo yena kenāpi bhāvataḥ ..

> A person who has surrendered to me through any disposition whatsoever  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.141)

yatheṣṭaṃ sukhamāpnoti na tu saṃsṛtimanyavat .. 67 ..

> attains happiness as desired, and does not go to worldly transmigration like others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.142)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.18.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.143)

evamukto bhagavatā prāpto'nugrahamīpsitam ..

> Addressed thus by the Blessed Lord and having attained the desired grace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.144)

praṇamya sāśrunayanaḥ paryāvartata nāradaḥ .. 68 ..

> Nārada bowed down with tearful eyes and turned back.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.145)

tameva vīṇayā gāyañchvetamuktamapaśyata ..

> Singing of Him alone with his lute, he saw a liberated white being \[Śveta-mukta\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.146)

prāgvatsvāgre calantaṃ tamanvagacchad dvijarṣabha .. 69 ..

> as before, he followed him as he walked ahead, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.147)

sadyaḥ śvetaṃ mahādvīpaṃ prāpya śvetānpraṇamya tān ..

> Quickly reaching the great Śvetadvīpa and bowing down to those white beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.148)

nivṛtto nārado brahmaṃstarasā merumāgamat .. 2.9.18.70 ..

> Nārada turned back, O brahmin, and swiftly went to Meru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.149)

tato meroḥ pracakrāma parvataṃ gandhamādanam ..

> From Meru he then proceeded to the Gandhamādana mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.150)

nipapāta ca khāttūrṇaṃ viśālāṃ badarīmanu ..71..

> and swiftly descended from the sky toward the spacious Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.18.151)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye śrīvāsudevāvatārādikathanaṃnāmā'ṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ..18..

> Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, entitled 'Narration of the Incarnations of Blessed Vāsudeva,' in the Vāsudeva-māhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.18.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.326.74) — Sanskrit
- [Nārāyaṇīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.narayaniya.12.326.74) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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