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# Skandapurana 2.9.24

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.1)

.. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

> Glorious Nārāyaṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.2)

atha jñānasvarūpaṃ te vacmi sāṃkhyena niścitam ..

> Now I shall tell you the nature of knowledge, as ascertained through Sāṃkhya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.3)

kṣetrādi jñāyate yena tajjñānaṃ hi nirucyate .. 1 ..

> That by which the field and so forth are known is indeed declared to be knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.4)

vāsudevaḥ paraṃ brahma bṛhatyakṣaradhāmani ..

> Vāsudeva, the supreme Brahman in the vast imperishable abode,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.5)

ādāveko'dvitīyo'bhūnnirguṇo divyavigrahaḥ .. 2 ..

> was in the beginning one without a second, devoid of qualities, having a divine form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.6)

sa kāryamūlaprakṛtiḥ sakālā'kṣaratejasi ..

> Root-matter, the cause of effects, accompanied by time, in the light of the imperishable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.7)

prakāśe'rkasya rātrīva tirobhūtā tadā'bhavat .. 3 ..

> was then hidden, like the night in the radiance of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.8)

sisṛkṣāthābhavattasya brahmāṇḍānāṃ yadā tadā ..

> Then, when he had the desire to create the cosmic eggs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.9)

sakālāvirbabhūvādau mahāmāyā tato hi sā .. 4 ..

> she, the Great Māyā, first became manifest along with time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.10)

tāṃ kālaśaktimādāya vāsudevo'kṣarātmanā ..

> Taking up that power of time, through his imperishable nature,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.11)

sisṛkṣayaikṣata yadā sā cukṣobha tadaiva hi .. 5 ..

> when Vāsudeva glanced with the desire to create, she was agitated at that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.12)

tasyāḥ pradhānapuruṣakoṭayo jajñire mune ..

> From her, O sage, tens of millions of pradhānas and puruṣas were born;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.13)

yujyante sma pradhānaiste puruṣāścecchayā prabhoḥ .. 6 ..

> and by the will of the Lord, those puruṣas were joined with the pradhānas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.14)

pumāṃso nidadhurgarbhāṃsteṣu tebhyaśca jajñire ..

> The puruṣas deposited seeds in them, and from them were born  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.15)

brahmāṇḍāni hyasaṅkhyāni tatraikaṃ tu vivicyate .. 7 ..

> countless cosmic eggs; among them, however, one is now analyzed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.16)

ādau jajñe mahāṃstasmātpuṃso vīryāddhiraṇmayāt ..

> First the mahat arose from that golden virility of the puruṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.17)

ahaṅkārastatastasmādguṇāḥ sattvādayastrayaḥ .. 8 ..

> from it, the egoity; from that, the three qualities, sattva and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.18)

tamasaḥ pañca tanmātrā mahābhūtāni jajñire ..

> From tamas arose the five subtle elements and the gross elements;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.19)

daśendriyāṇi rajaso buddhyā saha mahānasuḥ ..9..

> the ten senses from rajas, along with the intellect and the vital breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.20)

sattvādindriyadevāśca jāyante sma manastathā ..

> From sattva arose the presiding deities of the senses, and likewise the mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.21)

sāmānyatastattvasaṃjñā ete devāḥ prakīrttitāḥ .. 2.9.24.10 ..

> Generally, these deities are proclaimed as principles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.22)

preritā vāsudevena svasvāṃśairaiśvaraṃ vapuḥ ..

> Impelled by Vāsudeva, with their respective portions, they brought forth  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.23)

ajījananvirāṭsañjñaṃ te carācarasaṃśrayam .. 11 ..

> the divine body named the cosmic form, the shelter of the moving and unmoving.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.24)

sa ca vairājapuruṣaḥ svasṛṣṭāsvapsvaśeta yat ..

> And since that Virāj person lay in the waters he himself created,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.25)

tena nārāyaṇa iti procyate nigamādibhiḥ .. .. 12 ..

> he is called 'Nārāyaṇa' by the Vedic scriptures and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.26)

tannābhipadmādbrahmāsīdrājaso'tha hṛdambujāt ..

> From his navel-lotus arose Brahmā endowed with rajas; from his heart-lotus  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.27)

jajñe viṣṇuḥ sattvaguṇo lalāṭāttāmaso haraḥ .. 13 ..

> was born Viṣṇu, endowed with sattva; and from his forehead, Hara, endowed with tamas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.28)

etebhya eva sthānebhyastisra āsaṃśca śaktayaḥ ..

> From these very places also arose the three powers:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.29)

tatrāsīttāmasī durgā sāvitrī rājasī tathā ..

> there arose Durgā of the nature of tamas, and Sāvitrī of the nature of rajas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.30)

sāttvikī śrīśceti sarvā vastrālaṃkāraśobhitāḥ .. 14 ..

> and Śrī of the nature of sattva—all adorned with garments and ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.31)

tā vairājājñayā trīṃśca brahmādīnpratipedire ..

> By command of the Virāj, they went to the three, Brahmā and the others:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.32)

durgā rudraṃ ca sāvitrī brahmāṇaṃ viṣṇumantimā .. 15 ..

> Durgā to Rudra, Sāvitrī to Brahmā, and the last one to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.33)

caṇḍikādyāśca durgāyā aṃśenāsansahasraśaḥ ..

> From Durgā's portion arose thousands of goddesses, Caṇḍikā and others;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.34)

trayīmukhyāśca sāvitryāḥ śaktayoṃśena jajñire ..

> from Sāvitrī's portion were born powers headed by the triple Veda;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.35)

dussahāpramukhāścāsannaṃśenaiva śriyo mune .. 16 ..

> and from Śrī's portion alone arose those headed by Dussahā, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.36)

tatrādito yo brahmāsīdvairājanābhipadmataḥ ..

> There, the Brahmā who had arisen first from the navel-lotus of the Virāj,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.37)

ekārṇave tadabjasthaḥ sa kaścidapi naikṣata .. 17 ..

> seated on that lotus in the single ocean, saw no one at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.38)

visargabuddhimaprāpto nātmānaṃ ca viveda saḥ ..

> Not having attained understanding of creation, nor knowing himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.39)

kohaṃ kuta iti dhyāyannadidṛkṣatkajāśrayam .. 18 ..

> contemplating, 'Who am I? Whence came I?', he wished to see the support of the lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.40)

nālaṃ praviśyā'dho yātustanmūlaṃ ca vicinvataḥ ..

> Entering the stalk and descending, searching for its base,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.41)

saṃvatsaraśataṃ yātaṃ tasya nāntaṃ tu solabhat .. 19 ..

> a hundred years passed for him, but he found no end to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.42)

ūrdhvaṃ punarupetyā'tha śrāntaśca niṣasāda saḥ ..

> Coming upward again, weary, he sat down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.43)

adṛśyamūrtirbhagavānūce tapatapeti tam .. 2.9.24.20 ..

> The Lord, having an invisible form, said to him: 'Perform austerity! Perform austerity!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.44)

tacchrutvā tatpravaktāramadṛṣṭvā ca sa sarvataḥ ..

> Having heard that, and not seeing its speaker anywhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.45)

gurūpadiṣṭavattepe divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam ..21..

> he performed austerity like one instructed by a guru for a divine thousand years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.46)

padme tapasyate tasmai tapaḥ śuddhātmane tataḥ ..

> Then, to him whose self was purified by austerity, performing austerity on the lotus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.47)

samādhau darśayāmāsa dhāma vaikuṇṭhamacyutaḥ .. 22 ..

> Acyuta revealed in deep concentration the abode of Vaikuṇṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.48)

prādhānikā guṇā yatra trayopi rajaādayaḥ ..

> where the three qualities belonging to pradhāna, rajas and the rest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.49)

na bhavantyalpamapi yatkālamāyābhayaṃ na ca..23..

> do not exist in the slightest, and where there is no fear of time or māyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.50)

sahoditārkāyutavadbhāsvare tatra tejasi ..

> In that radiance resplendent like ten thousand suns risen together,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.51)

vāsudevaṃ dadarśā'sau ramyadivyāsitākṛtim..24..

> he saw Vāsudeva, charming, of divine dark form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.52)

caturbhujaṃ gadāpadmaśaṃkhacakradharaṃ vibhum ..

> the four-armed, all-pervading Lord holding a mace, lotus, conch, and discus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.53)

pītāmbaraṃ mahāratnakirīṭādivibhūṣaṇam.. 25 ..

> clad in yellow garments, adorned with crowns and ornaments of precious gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.54)

nandatārkṣyādibhirjjuṣṭaṃ pārṣadaiśca caturbhujaiḥ ..

> attended by four-armed attendants, Nanda, Garuḍa, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.55)

siddhibhiścāṣṭabhiḥ ṣaḍbhirbaddhāñjalipuṭairbhagaiḥ ..26..

> and by the eight perfections and the six divine opulences with hands folded in reverence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.56)

siṃhāsane śriyā sākamupaviṣṭaṃ tamīśvaram ..

> that Lord seated upon a throne together with Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.57)

praṇamya prāñjalistasthau viriñco hṛṣṭamānasaḥ ..27..

> Bowing low with folded hands, Viriñca stood before him, delighted in heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.58)

taṃ prāha bhagavānbrahmaṃstuṣṭohaṃ tapasā tava ..

> The Blessed Lord said to him: 'O Brahmā, I am pleased with your austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.59)

varaṃ varaya mattastvaṃ svābhīṣṭaṃ yatpriyosi me .. 28 ..

> Choose a boon of your desire from me, since you are dear to me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.60)

ityuktastena taṃ jānaṃstapasi prerakaṃ prabhum ..

> Addressed thus by him, Brahmā, knowing that Lord to be the impeller of his austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.61)

svaṃ ca viśvasṛjaṃ brahmā yayāce'bhimataṃ varam .. 29 ..

> and himself to be the creator of the universe, asked for his desired boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.62)

prajāvisargaśaktiṃ me dehi tubhyaṃ namaḥ prabho ..

> 'Grant me the power to produce creatures. Homage to you, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.63)

tatrāpi ca na baddhyeyaṃ yathā kuru tathā kṛpām .. 2.9.24.30 ..

> And show such mercy that I may not be bound even in that \[task\].'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.64)

tatastaṃ bhagavānūce setsyate te manorathaḥ ..

> Then the Blessed Lord said to him: 'Your desire will be accomplished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.65)

vairājena mayātmaikyaṃ bhāvayitvā samādhinā ..

> Meditating through absorption on identity with me, the cosmic person (Virāj),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.66)

prajāḥ sṛjā'tha svāsādhye kārye smaryohamiṣṭadaḥ .. 31..

> create offspring. Then, whenever a task cannot be achieved by you, remember me, the giver of desires.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.67)

ityuktvāntardadhe viṣṇurbrahmāpyekasamādhinā ..

> Having spoken thus, Viṣṇu vanished. Brahmā too, through concentrated absorption,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.68)

vairājenā'tha lokānprāglīnānsarvānsva aikṣata .. 32 ..

> in his cosmic form beheld within himself all the worlds formerly dissolved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.69)

visargaśaktiṃ saṃprāpya sa sargāya mano dadhe ..

> Having obtained the power of creation, he set his mind upon creating.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.70)

brahmajyotirmayastāvadādityaḥ prādurāsa ha .. 33 ..

> Then the Sun, full of the light of the Absolute, indeed appeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.71)

sthāpayitvāṇḍamadhye taṃ tataḥ sa manasā'sṛjat ..

> Having placed him in the midst of the cosmic egg, he then created with his mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.72)

tapobhaktiviśuddhena munīnādyāṃścatuḥsanān .. 34 ..

> purified by austerity and devotion, the primordial sages, the four Sanas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.73)

prajāḥ sṛjata cetyūce tāṃstadā te tu tadvacaḥ ..

> He said to them, 'Create offspring,' but then they,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.74)

na jagṛhurnnaiṣṭhikendrāstebhyaścukrodha viśvasṛṭ .. 35 ..

> the foremost of lifelong celibates, did not accept his command; and the creator of the universe grew angry with them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.75)

kruddhasya tasya bhālācca rudra āsīttamomayaḥ ..

> From the brow of him who was angered, Rudra, full of darkness, came forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.76)

manyuṃ niyamya manasā prajeśānso'sṛjattataḥ .. 36 ..

> Restraining his wrath with his mind, he then created the lords of progeny:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.77)

marīcimatriṃ pulahaṃ pulastyaṃ ca bhṛguṃ kratum ..

> Marīci, Atri, Pulaha, Pulastya, Bhṛgu, Kratu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.78)

vasiṣṭhaṃ kardamaṃ caiva dakṣamaṃgirasaṃ tathā .. 37 ..

> Vasiṣṭha, Kardama, Dakṣa, and likewise Aṅgiras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.79)

dharmaṃ tataḥ sa hṛdayādadharmaṃ pṛṣṭhatastathā ..

> Then from his heart he created righteousness, and from his back unrighteousness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.80)

manasaḥ kāmamāsyācca vāṇīṃ krodhaṃ bhruvo'sṛjat .. 38 ..

> from his mind passion, speech from his mouth, and anger from his eyebrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.81)

śaucaṃ tapo dayā satyamiti dharmapadāni ca ..

> Purity, austerity, compassion, and truth: these four feet of righteousness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.82)

caturbhyo vadanebhyaśca catvāri sasṛje tataḥ .. 39 ..

> he then created from his four faces.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.83)

ṛgvedaṃ vadanātpūrvādyajurvedaṃ ca dakṣiṇāt ..

> He created the Ṛgveda from the eastern face, and the Yajurveda from the southern;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.84)

sasarja paścimātsāma saumyāccātharvasaṃjñitam..2.9.24.40..

> from the western face he created the Sāmaveda, and from the northern the one named Atharvan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.85)

itihāsapurāṇāni yajñānvipraśataṃ tathā ..

> The histories and Purāṇas, sacrifices, and a hundred brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.86)

vasvādityamarudviśvānsādhyāṃśca mukhato'sṛjat ..41..

> and the Vasus, Ādityas, Maruts, Viśvedevas, and Sādhyas, he created from his mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.87)

bāhubhyaḥ kṣatriyaśatamūrubhyāṃ ca viśāṃ śatam ..

> From his arms \[he created\] a hundred kṣatriyas, and from his thighs a hundred vaiśyas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.88)

padbhyāṃ śūdraśataṃ caitānsasarja saha vṛttibhiḥ .. 42 ..

> from his feet he created a hundred śūdras—these, along with their livelihoods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.89)

brahmacaryaṃ ca hṛdayādgārhasthyaṃ jaghanasthalāt ..

> He created studenthood from his heart, the householder's life from his loins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.90)

vanāśramaṃ tathorastaḥ saṃnyāsaṃ śiraso'sṛjat .. 43 ..

> likewise the forest hermitage from his chest, and renunciation from his head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.91)

vakṣaḥsthalātpitṛgaṇānasurāñjaghanasthalāt ..

> From his chest \[he created\] the hosts of ancestors, and the asuras from his loins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.92)

sasarja ca gudānmṛtyuṃ nirṛtiṃ nirayāṃśca saḥ .. 44 ..

> and from his anus he created death, Nirṛti, and the hells.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.93)

gandharvāṃścāraṇānsiddhānsarpānyakṣāṃśca rākṣasān ..

> Gandharvas, Cāraṇas, Siddhas, serpents, yakṣas, and rākṣasas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.94)

nagānmeghānvidyutaśca samudrānsaritastathā .. 45 ..

> mountains, clouds, lightnings, oceans, and rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.95)

vṛkṣānpaśūnpakṣiṇaśca sarvānsthāvarajaṅgamān ..

> trees, beasts, and birds—all things stationary and moving—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.96)

svāṅgebhya eva sosrākṣīdbrahmā nārāyaṇātmakaḥ .. 46 ..

> Brahmā, identical with Nārāyaṇa, created from his very limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.97)

sṛṣṭimetāṃ vilokyāpi nātiprīto yadā tadā ..

> When, even having beheld this creation, he was still not fully pleased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.98)

hariṃ dhyātvā sa sasṛje tapovidyāsamādhibhiḥ ..

> he meditated on Hari and created, through austerity, knowledge, and absorption,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.99)

ṛṣīnsvāyambhuvādīṃśca manūṃśca manujānapi .. 47 ..

> the seers, the Manus beginning with Svāyambhuva, and human beings as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.100)

tataḥ prītaḥ sa sarveṣāṃ nivāsāya yathocitam..

> Then, being pleased, for the dwelling of them all as appropriate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.101)

svarlokaṃ ca bhuvarlokaṃ bhūrlokaṃ samakalpayat .. 48 ..

> he fashioned the heavenly world, the intermediate world, and the earthly world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.102)

yeṣāṃ tu yādṛśaṃ karma prākkālīnaṃ hi tānvidhiḥ ..

> Establishing them in an appropriate place according to the kind of action  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.103)

saṃsthāpya tādṛśe sthāne vṛttīsteṣāmakalpayat .. 49 ..

> each had performed in previous times, the Creator fashioned their livelihoods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.104)

devānāmamṛtaṃ nṝṇāmṛṣīṇāṃ cānnamoṣadhīḥ ..

> Nectar \[he assigned\] to the gods; food and herbs to men and seers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.105)

yakṣarakṣosuravyāghrasarpādīnāṃ surāmiṣam ..

> liquor and meat to yakṣas, rākṣasas, asuras, tigers, serpents, and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.106)

caklṛpe gomṛgādīnāṃ vṛttiṃ sa yavasādi ca .. 2.9.24.50 ..

> and he established grass and the like as the sustenance of cattle, deer, and other beasts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.107)

sa devānāṃ tu viśveṣāṃ havyaṃ vṛttimakalpayat ..

> He assigned the sacrificial offering as livelihood to all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.108)

amūrtānāṃ ca mūrtānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ kavyameva ca .. 51 ..

> and the ancestral offering to the formless and embodied ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.109)

durgodbhavānāṃ śaktīnāṃ tadupāsanatatparaiḥ ..

> To the powers (śaktis) born of Durgā, \[he assigned\] the wine, meat, and the like  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.110)

daityarakṣaḥpiśācādyairdattaṃ madyāmiṣādi ca .. 52 ..

> offered by Daityas, rākṣasas, piśācas, and others intent on worshipping them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.111)

tathā sāvitryudbhavānāṃ śaktīnāṃ tadupāsakaiḥ ..

> Likewise, to the powers born of Sāvitrī, \[he assigned\] the wild food of sages, grain, and herbs  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.112)

dattamṛṣyādibhiryajñe munyannaṃ cānnamoṣadhīḥ .. 53 ..

> offered in sacrifice by seers and others who worship them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.113)

śrījātānāṃ ca śaktīnāṃ tadupāstiparāyaṇaiḥ ..

> And to the powers born of Śrī, \[he assigned\] milk-rice, clarified butter, sugar, and the like  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.114)

dattaṃ devāsuranaraiḥ pāyasājyasitādi ca .. 54 ..

> offered by gods, asuras, and men devoted to their worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.115)

prajāpatīnāṃ sa patistataḥ prāhā'khilāḥ prajāḥ ..

> Then that lord of the lords of progeny addressed all creatures:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.116)

ijyā devāśca pitaro havyakavyātmakairmakhaiḥ .. 55 ..

> 'The gods and the ancestors are to be worshipped with sacrifices consisting of divine and ancestral offerings.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.117)

iṣṭāḥ saṃpūrayiṣyanti hyete yuṣmanmanorathān ..

> When worshipped, these will indeed fulfill your desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.118)

etānye nārcayiṣyanti te vai nirayagāminaḥ .. 56 ..

> Those who do not worship them will surely go to hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.119)

itthaṃ kṛtā hi maryādā tena nārāyaṇātmanā ..

> In this way the boundary \[of conduct\] was established by that \[Lord\] whose self is Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.120)

daivaṃ pitryamato nityaṃ janaiḥ kāryaṃ yathāvidhi .. 57 ..

> Therefore, what is due to the gods and the ancestors must constantly be performed by people according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.121)

tato brahmā sa sarveṣāṃ dharmasetvavanāya ca ..

> Then Brahmā, for the protection of the barrier of dharma of all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.122)

tattajjātiṣu ye mukhyāstānmanūṃścāpyatiṣṭhipat .. 58 ..

> also established those Manus who were chief among the various classes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.123)

vāsudevecchayaivetthaṃ vairājādbrahmarūpiṇaḥ ..

> Thus, by the very will of Vāsudeva, from the Vairāja whose form is Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.124)

kalpekalpe bhavatyeva sṛṣṭirbahuvidhā mune..59..

> manifold creation takes place in every kalpa, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.125)

prākkalpe yādṛśī saṃjñā vedāḥ śāstrāṇi ca kriyāḥ..

> Whatever designations, Vedas, scriptures, and rituals existed in the previous kalpa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.126)

kalpe'nye tādṛśāḥ sarve dharmāḥ syuścā'dhikāriṇaḥ.. 2.9.24.60..

> the very same dharmas and authorized persons come to be in the next kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.127)

viṣṇuryaḥ kathitaḥ sopi vairājapuruṣātmakaḥ..

> That Viṣṇu who was mentioned, also having the nature of the Cosmic Person (Vairājapuruṣa),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.128)

poṣayatyakhilām̐llokānmaryādāḥ paripālayan.. 61..

> nourishes all the worlds, maintaining the established bounds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.129)

manvādibhiḥ pālyamānāḥ setavastvasurairyadā ..

> When the barriers protected by Manu and others are broken  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.130)

kāmarūpairvibhidyante vāsudevastadā svayam ..

> by asuras assuming shapes at will, then Vāsudeva himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.131)

brahmādibhiḥ prārthyamānaḥ prādurbhavati bhūtale .. 62 ..

> petitioned by Brahmā and others, manifests upon the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.132)

avatārā bhagavato bhūtā bhāvyāśca santi ye ..

> Whatever avatars of the Lord have been and are to be,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.133)

kartuṃ na śakyate teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ saṃkhyāviśāradaiḥ .. 63 ..

> it is not possible even for those skilled in counting to compute their number.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.134)

saddharmadevasādhūnāṃ guptyai taddrohimṛtyave ..

> For the protection of true dharma, the gods, and the virtuous, and for the destruction of their oppressors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.135)

śreyase sarvabhūtānāmāvirbhāvosti satpateḥ .. 64 ..

> and for the welfare of all beings, the manifestation of the Lord of the virtuous takes place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.136)

sa vāsudevaḥ prakṛtau puṃsi kāryeṣu caitayoḥ ..

> That Vāsudeva, immanent in material nature (prakṛti), in the spirit (puruṣa), and in their effects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.137)

anvitaśca pṛthakcāste sarvādhīśaḥ svadhāmani .. 65 ..

> also abides distinct, the supreme ruler of all, in his own abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.138)

vyāpya svāṃśairimām̐llokānyathāgnivaruṇādayaḥ ..

> Just as Agni, Varuṇa, and others, having pervaded these worlds by their portions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.139)

svastyāsate svasvaloke tathaiṣa bhagavānmune .. 66 ..

> abide in comfort each in their own world, so too does this Blessed Lord, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.140)

sargātprāksaccidānandaḥ śuddha ekaśca nirguṇaḥ ..

> Just as before creation he was existence, consciousness, and bliss, pure, one, and devoid of guṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.141)

yathāsīttādṛgevāsāvanvitopyasti nirmalaḥ .. 67 ..

> he remains just the same—taintless—even when immanent \[in creation\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.142)

vāyutejojalakṣmāsu tattatkāryeṣu khaṃ yathā ..

> Just as ether (kham), entering into wind, fire, water, earth, and their respective effects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.143)

anvīyāpyasti nirlepaṃ yathā pūrvaṃ tathaiṣa hi .. 68 ..

> remains untainted just as before, so indeed does he.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.144)

sarvopāsyo niyantā ca vyāpakaścaiṣa kīrtitaḥ ..

> He is proclaimed to be the object of worship for all, the inner controller, and all-pervading.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.145)

ātyantike laye'thaiṣa bhavatyeva yathā purā .. 69 ..

> Then, at the time of ultimate dissolution, he becomes just as he was formerly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.146)

vairājaḥ puruṣo yo'tra prokto'sāvīśvarābhidhaḥ ..

> The Cosmic Person (Vairājapuruṣa) who is mentioned here, called Īśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.147)

jñeyaḥ svatantraḥ sarvajño vaśyamāyaśca nārada .. 2.9.24.70 ..

> is to be known as independent, omniscient, and having māyā under his control, O Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.148)

etasyaiva svarūpāṇi brahmaviṣṇuśivāstrayaḥ ..

> His very manifestations are the three: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.149)

rajaādiguṇopetāḥ svaguṇānuguṇakriyāḥ .. 71 ..

> endowed with the guṇas such as rajas, their activities conforming to their respective guṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.150)

brahmaṇo ye samutpannā devāsuranarādayaḥ ..

> Those who have arisen from Brahmā—gods, asuras, humans, and others—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.151)

te jīvasaṃjñā hyalpajñāḥ paratantrā bhavanti ca .. 72 ..

> are called individual souls (jīvas), of limited knowledge and dependent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.152)

jīvānāmīśvarāṇāṃ ca tanavaḥ kṣetrasañjñakāḥ ..

> The bodies of individual souls and of rulers are termed 'fields' (kṣetra),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.153)

mahadāditattvamayyaḥ kṣetrajñākhyāstu tadvidaḥ .. 73 ..

> composed of principles beginning with the intellect (mahat); but those who know them are called 'knowers of the field' (kṣetrajña).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.154)

kṣetrāṇāṃ ca kṣetravidāṃ pradhānapuruṣasya ca ..

> Knowledge of the fields and of the knowers of the field, of the primordial nature (pradhāna) and the spirit (puruṣa),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.155)

māyāyāḥ kālaśakteścā'kṣarasya ca parātmanaḥ ..

> of māyā, of the power of Time, of the Imperishable (akṣara), and of the Supreme Self,  
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### [2.9.24.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.156)

pṛthakpṛthaglakṣaṇairyajjñānaṃ tajjñānamucyate .. 74 ..

> according to their distinct individual characteristics—that is called knowledge.  
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### [2.9.24.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.24.157)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye jñānasvarūpanirūpaṇaṃ nāma caturviśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 24 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter, titled 'Definition of the Nature of Knowledge', in the Śrīvāsudevamāhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.24.1) — English, machine translation

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