[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.9.19 # Skandapurana 2.9.19 Skandapurāṇa 2.9.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.1) .. skanda uvāca .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.2) tataḥ sa dadṛśe devau purāṇāvṛṣisattamau .. > Then he saw the two ancient deities, the best of seers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.3) tapaścarantau sumahadātmaniṣṭhau mahāvratau ..1.. > performing great austerity, firmly rooted in the Self, observant of great vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.4) tejasāpyadhikau sūryātsarvalokavirocanāt .. > surpassing even the sun that illuminates all worlds in splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.5) śrīvatsalakṣaṇau pūjyau jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau ..2.. > bearing the mark of Śrīvatsa, venerable, wearing matted hair, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.6) padmacihnabhujau tau ca pādayoścakralakṣaṇau.. > with hands bearing the lotus sign and feet marked with the discus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.7) vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau sitasūkṣmaghanāṃśukau .. 3 .. > broad-chested, long-armed, wearing white, fine, dense garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.8) svāsyau pṛthulalāṭau ca subhruvau śubhanāsikau .. > with handsome faces, broad foreheads, beautiful eyebrows, and auspicious noses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.9) śubhalakṣaṇasaṃpannau divyamūrttī ghanaprabhau .. 4 .. > endowed with auspicious marks, of divine forms, and of intense radiance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.10) vinayenāntikaṃ prāpya tayoḥ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇām .. > Approaching them with humility and circumambulating them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.11) bhaktyā praṇamya sāṣṭāṅgaṃ tasthau prāñjaliragrataḥ .. 5 .. > he prostrated himself with eight limbs in devotion and stood before them with folded hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.12) tatastau tapasāṃ vāsau yaśasāṃ tejasāmapi .. > Then those two seers, the abodes of austerities, of renown, and of splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.13) ṛṣī paurvāhṇikasyānte vidhermaunaṃ vihāya ca .. 6 .. > abandoned their silence at the conclusion of their morning rite > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.14) prītyā nāradamavyagrau pādyārghyābhyāṃ samārcatām .. > and, being composed, worshiped Nārada with affection with foot-water and water offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.15) pīṭhayorupaviṣṭau tau kauśayornāradaśca saḥ.. ..7.. > They sat on two seats of kuśa grass, and Nārada also \[sat down\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.16) teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu sa deśobhivyarājata .. > When they had sat down there, that place shone forth > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.17) ājyāhutimahājvālairyajñavāṭognibhiryathā .. 8 .. > as an enclosure of sacrificial fires does with great flames fed by oblations of ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.18) atha nārāyaṇastatra nāradaṃ vākyamabravīt .. > Then Nārāyaṇa spoke words there to Nārada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.19) sukhopaviṣṭaṃ viśrāntaṃ kṛtātithyaṃ susatkṛtam .. 9 .. > who was comfortably seated, rested, and given hospitable and respectful reception. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.20) śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca .. > The venerable Nārāyaṇa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.21) api brahmansa bhagavānparamātmā sanātanaḥ .. > O brahmin, was that Blessed Lord, the eternal Supreme Self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.22) brahmadhāmni tvayā dṛṣṭa āvayo kāraṇaṃ param .. 2.9.19.10 .. > the ultimate cause of us both, seen by you in the supreme realm of Brahman? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.23) nārada uvāca .. > Nārada said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.24) bhagavaṃstvatprasādena tamahaṃ parameśvaram .. > O Lord, by your grace, that Supreme Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.25) vāsudevaṃ samāloke sthitamakṣaradhāmani .. 11 .. > Vāsudeva, abiding in the imperishable abode, was seen by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.26) iha caivāgatastena visṛṣṭo vāṃ niṣevitum .. > And dismissed by him, I have arrived here to attend upon you both. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.27) āsiṣye tatparo bhūtvā yuvābhyāṃ saha nityaśaḥ .. 12 .. > Dedicated to that, I shall abide with you two always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.28) śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca .. > The venerable Nārāyaṇa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.29) dhanyosyanugṛhītosi yatte dṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ .. > Blessed are you, favored are you, that the Lord Himself was seen by you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.30) nahi taṃ dṛṣṭavānbrahmankaściddevopi vā ṛṣiḥ ..13.. > For no god or seer whatsoever has seen him, O brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.31) bhaktyaikāntikayā tasya prāptā akṣarasāmyatām.. > Only those devotees who have attained similarity with the Imperishable through exclusive devotion > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.32) ye hi bhaktāsta evainaṃ paśyantyakhilakāraṇam..14.. > behold him, the cause of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.33) sa divyamūrttirbhagavāndurddarśaḥ puruṣottamaḥ .. > That Blessed Lord of divine form is the Supreme Person, difficult to behold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.34) nāradaitaddhi me satyaṃ vacanaṃ samudāhṛtam .. 15.. > O Nārada, this statement spoken by me is indeed the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.35) nānyo bhaktātpriyataro loke tasyāsti kaścana .. > No one in the world is dearer to him than a devotee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.36) tataḥ svayaṃ darśitavāṃstavātmānaṃ dvijottama .. 16 .. > Therefore, O best of brahmins, he revealed himself to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.37) tejaḥpuñjābhiruddhāṃgo guṇātītādbhutākṛtiḥ .. > His limbs are enveloped in a mass of radiance; his wondrous form transcends the qualities \[of material nature\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.38) akhaṇḍānandarūpaśca sadā śuddho'cyutosti saḥ .. 17 .. > His nature is unbroken bliss; he is ever pure and imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.39) rūpavarṇavayovasthāḥ prākṛtā naiva tasya hi .. > Indeed, his form, complexion, and stage of life are not material at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.40) sarvaṃ tasyāsti taddivyaṃ sarvopakaraṇāni ca .. > Everything belonging to him is divine, as are all his accoutrements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.41) ekāntikānāṃ bhaktānāṃ sa eva paramā gatiḥ .. 18 .. > He alone is the supreme goal of single-minded devotees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.42) ātmabrahmaikyasaṃpannairvinivṛttaguṇairapi .. > Even by those who have attained the oneness of the Self with Brahman and who have turned away from the gunas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.43) kriyate vāsudevasya bhaktiritthaṃguṇo hi saḥ .. 19.. > devotion is paid to Vāsudeva—such indeed are his qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.44) māhātmyamasya ko vaktuṃ śaknuyātparamātmanaḥ .. > Who could declare the majesty of this Supreme Self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.45) acintyānantaśaktīnāmadhipasya mahāmune .. 2.9.19.20 .. > the master of inconceivable, infinite powers, O great sage? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.46) ātmātmā cākṣarātmā ca hyeṣa ākāśanirmalaḥ .. > He is the Self of the self, and the Self of the imperishable, spotless as space; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.47) divyadṛgīkṣyaḥ sanmātraḥ puruṣo vasudevajaḥ .. 21 .. > perceivable by divine vision, pure existence, the Person, the son of Vasudeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.48) samastakalyāṇaguṇo nirguṇaśceśvareśvaraḥ .. > He possesses all auspicious qualities, yet is free from the gunas, the Lord of lords, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.49) parayā vidyayā vedya upāsyo brahmavitprabhuḥ .. 22 .. > to be known through supreme knowledge, to be worshipped, the master who knows Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.50) divyamūrttiṃ tamīśānaṃ tapasaikāntikena ca .. > That Lord of divine form—whoever pleases him > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.51) yaḥ prīṇayati dharmeṇa sa dhanyatama ucyate .. 23 .. > through single-minded austerity and righteousness is said to be the most blessed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.52) tasmāttvamapi devarṣe dharmeṇaikāntikena tam .. > Therefore, O divine seer, worshipping him with single-minded righteousness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.53) ārādhayannihaivāṃga kaṃcitkālaṃ tapaḥ kuru .. 24 .. > perform austerity right here, my dear, for some time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.54) tapasaivā'tiśuddhātmā māhātmyaṃ tasya satpateḥ .. > Purified in self through austerity alone, the majesty of that Lord of the virtuous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.55) yathāvajjñāsyati bhavānprocyamānaṃ mayā'khilam .. 25 .. > as it is being declared in full by me, you shall properly comprehend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.56) sarvārthasādhanaṃ viddhi tapastaddhṛdayaṃ mune .. > Know austerity to be the means of accomplishing all goals, O sage; it is his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.57) nātaptabhūritapasā sa vaśīkriyate prabhuḥ .. 26 .. > By one who has not performed abundant austerity, that Lord is not brought under control. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.58) .. skanda uvāca .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.59) evamukto bhagavatā naranārāyaṇena saḥ .. > Thus addressed by the blessed Nara-Nārāyaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.60) prītastapaḥ karttumiccham̐stamuvāca mahāmatiḥ ..27.. > he was delighted, and desiring to perform austerity, the wise one said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.19.61) iti śrīskande mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsu'devamāhātmye nāradanaranārāyaṇasamāgamo nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..19.. > Thus ends the nineteenth chapter, named 'The Meeting of Nārada and Nara-Nārāyaṇa,' in the 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) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.19.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.331.23) — Sanskrit - [Nārāyaṇīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.narayaniya.12.331.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: 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