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# Skandapurana 2.9.25

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.1)

.. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

> The venerable Nārāyaṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.2)

vairāgyasyātha te vacmi lakṣaṇaṃ munisattama ..

> Now I declare to you the definition of dispassion (vairāgya), O best of sages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.3)

kṣayiṣṇuvastuṣvaruciḥ sarvatheti tadīritam .. 1 ..

> it is described as an absence of relish everywhere for perishable things.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.4)

ārabhya māyāpuruṣātsarvā hyākṛtayastu yāḥ ..

> Indeed, all the bodily forms beginning from the Māyāpuruṣa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.5)

kālaśaktyā bhagavato nāśyante tāśca tadvaśāḥ .. 2 ..

> are destroyed by the power of Time of the Blessed Lord, subject to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.6)

pratyakṣeṇānumānena śābdena ca vivekibhiḥ ..

> Through direct perception, inference, and verbal testimony, discerning people  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.7)

asatyatā kṛtīnāṃ ca niścitā satyatātmanām .. 3 ..

> have ascertained the unreality of created things and the reality of the self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.8)

nityena pralayenaiṣa kālo naimittikena ca ..

> This Time operates in the form of the constant dissolution, the occasional dissolution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.9)

prākṛtikena rūpeṇa caratyātyantikena ca .. 4 ..

> the elemental dissolution, and the ultimate dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.10)

dehidehā ime nityaṃ kṣīyante pariṇāminaḥ ..

> These bodies of embodied beings, subject to transformation, constantly waste away,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.11)

krameṇa dṛśyate yatra bālyatāruṇyavārddhakam .. 5 ..

> wherein childhood, youth, and old age are seen in succession.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.12)

sūkṣmatvānnekṣyate tattu gatirdīpārciṣo yathā ..

> Yet because of its subtlety, it is not seen, just like the movement of a lamp's flame,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.13)

phalavṛddhirvā'nupadaṃ jāyamānā drume yathā .. 6 ..

> or like the continuous growth of fruit on a tree occurring at every moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.14)

tasyāṃtasyāmavasthāyāṃ duḥkhaṃ ca mahadīkṣyate ..

> In each and every stage, great suffering is observed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.15)

jāgradādiṣvavasthāsu duḥkhaṃ caiva punaḥpunaḥ .. 7 ..

> and in the waking and other states, suffering recurs again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.16)

duḥkhamādhyātmikaṃ bhūri dṛśyate cādhibhautikam ..

> Abundant suffering that is internal (ādhyātmika) and suffering caused by other beings (ādhibhautika) are seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.17)

ādhidaivikamapyatra duḥkhamevāsti dehinām .. 8 ..

> and suffering caused by fate or supernatural forces (ādhidaivika) here exists for embodied beings—only suffering!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.18)

hāhā mamāra matputro hā patnī mriyate mama ..

> "Alas, alas, my son has died! Alas, my wife is dying!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.19)

tātaṃ me'bhakṣayadvyāghro daṣṭā sarpeṇa me vadhūḥ .. 9 ..

> A tiger devoured my father! My daughter-in-law was bitten by a snake!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.20)

mahāsaudhogninā dagdho hāhā sopaskaro'dya me ..

> "Alas, alas! Today my great mansion, along with its furnishings, has been burned by fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.21)

svakuṭumbaṃ kathaṃ pokṣye nāvarṣatpākaśāsanaḥ .. 2.9.25.10 ..

> How shall I support my family? Indra has not rained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.22)

sasyaiḥ samṛddhaṃ matkṣetraṃ hāhā dagdhaṃ himāgninā ..

> Alas, alas! My field, rich with crops, has been ruined by frost.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.23)

hriyante taskarairgāvaḥ sarvasvaṃ mama luṇṭhitam .. 11 ..

> Cattle are being carried off by thieves; all my possessions have been plundered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.24)

nṛpeṇa daṇḍito'tyarthaṃ śatruṇā hā'titāḍitaḥ ..

> I was excessively fined by the king; alas, I was severely beaten by an enemy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.25)

kiṃ karomi ca kaṃ brūyāṃ mātā me vyabhicāriṇī .. 12 ..

> What shall I do, and to whom shall I speak? My mother is unfaithful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.26)

viṣaṃ pāsyāmi hāhā'dya matpatnīṃ śatrurākṛṣat ..

> I will drink poison! Alas, alas, today an enemy dragged away my wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.27)

hā svasā me hṛtā mlecchairhāhā'riḥ prāpa marmabhit .. 13 ..

> Alas, my sister has been abducted by barbarians! Alas, alas, an enemy has struck a vital spot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.28)

priye jvarātivyathayā yamadūtā ime hahā ..

> O beloved, from the intense pain of fever—alas, here are the messengers of Yama!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.29)

itthaṃ rorūyamāṇā hi dṛśyante sarvato janāḥ .. 14 ..

> Indeed, everywhere people are seen weeping aloud in this way.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.30)

avasthānāṃ śarīrasya janmamṛtyū pratikṣaṇam ..

> Because of the states of the body, birth and death \[occur\] at every moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.31)

kālena prāpnuvadbhiḥ svaṃ prārabdhaṃ duḥkhamaśyate .. 15 ..

> By those who experience their accumulated past karma in the course of time, suffering is endured.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.32)

prārabdhānte mṛtyuduḥkhaṃ bhavatyapratimaṃ hi tat ..

> At the end of accumulated past karma, the agony of death arrives, which is truly matchless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.33)

mṛtvāpi ca mahadduḥkhaṃ prāpyate yamayātanāḥ .. 16 ..

> And even having died, great suffering is experienced—the torments of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.34)

tato jarāyujodbhijjasvedajāṇḍajayoniṣu ..

> Then, in the wombs of viviparous, sprouting, sweat-born, and oviparous \[creatures\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.35)

bhūtvābhūtvā yathākarma mriyate duḥkhitaiḥ punaḥ .. 17 ..

> being born again and again in accordance with their karma, they die again in sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.36)

nityaḥ pralaya evaṃ te kīrttitaḥ sūkṣmayā dṛśā ..

> Thus the constant dissolution has been described to you from a subtle perspective.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.37)

sa jñeyo'tha mune vacmi layaṃ naimittikābhidham.. 18 ..

> That should be understood. Now, O sage, I will speak of the dissolution termed 'occasional'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.38)

nimittīkṛtya rajanīṃ bhavedviśvasṛjastu yaḥ ..

> That which takes place on the occasion of the night of the Creator of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.39)

naimittikaḥ sa kathito layo dainaṃdinaśca saḥ .. 19 ..

> is declared to be the occasional dissolution; it is also \[called\] diurnal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.40)

caturyugānāṃ sāhasraṃ dinaṃ viśvasṛjo mune ..

> A thousand cycles of four yugas is a day of the Creator of the universe, O sage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.41)

niśā ca tāvatī tasya taddvayaṃ kalpa ucyate .. 2.9.25.20 ..

> and his night is of equal length. That pair is called a kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.42)

ekaikasmindine tasya caturdaśa caturdaśa ..

> In each day of his, fourteen  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.43)

bhavanti manavo brahmandharmasetvabhirakṣakāḥ .. 21 ..

> Manus appear, O brahmin, who are guardians of the barrier of dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.44)

ādyaḥ svāyambhuvastatra manuḥ svārociṣastataḥ ..

> Among them, the first is Svāyambhuva Manu, then Svārociṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.45)

uttamastāmasaścā'tha raivataścākṣuṣastataḥ .. 22 ..

> Uttama, Tāmasa, and then Raivata and Cākṣuṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.46)

śrāddhadevaśca sāvarṇi bhautyo raucyastataḥ param ..

> Śrāddhadeva, Sāvarṇi, Bhautya, and after that Raucya;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.47)

brahmasāvarṇināmā ca rudrasāvarṇireva ca .. 23 ..

> one named Brahmasāvarṇi, and Rudrasāvarṇi;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.48)

merusāvarṇisaṃjño'tha dakṣasāvarṇirantimaḥ ..

> then the one named Merusāvarṇi, and Dakṣasāvarṇi is the last.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.49)

caturdaśaite manavaḥ proktā brahmaikavāsare .. 24 ..

> These fourteen Manus are proclaimed in a single day of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.50)

ekaikasya manoḥ kālo yugānāṃ caikasaptatiḥ ..

> The period of each Manu is seventy-one yugas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.51)

divyairdvādaśasāhasrairyugakālaśca vatsaraiḥ .. 25 ..

> and the duration of a \[set of four\] yugas is twelve thousand divine years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.52)

caturdaśasyaiva manorantarentamupeyuṣi ..

> When the very end of the fourteenth Manu has arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.53)

sāyaṃsaṃdhyā viśvasṛjo jāyate munisattama .. 26 ..

> the evening twilight of the Creator of the universe takes place, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.54)

dināvasāne vairājaḥ śaktīrākarṣati sthiteḥ ..

> At the close of the day, the cosmic soul withdraws the powers of preservation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.55)

vairājātmā tadā rudrastrilokīṃ hartumīhate .. 27 ..

> Then Rudra, whose self is the cosmic person, seeks to destroy the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.56)

ādau bhavatyanāvṛṣṭiratyugrā śatavārṣikī ..

> At first, a dreadful drought lasting a hundred years occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.57)

tadālpasārasattvāni kṣīyante sarvaśo bhuvi ..28..

> Then creatures of weak constitution perish completely on the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.58)

sāṃvarttakasya cārkasya raśmayo'tyulbaṇā rasam ..

> And the excessively fierce rays of the sun of the cosmic dissolution drink up  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.59)

āpātālātpibantyāśu dharaṇyāṃ sarvameva hi .. 29 ..

> all the moisture upon the earth, quickly reaching down to Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.60)

sārasaṃ caiva nādeyaṃ sāmudraṃ cāmbu sarvaśaḥ ..

> Having completely dried up the water of the lakes, rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.61)

śoṣayitvā'khilām̐llokānso'rko nayati saṃkṣayam .. 2.9.25.30 ..

> and oceans everywhere, that sun leads all the worlds to destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.62)

tato bhavati niḥsnehā naṣṭasthāvarajaṅgamā ..

> Then the earth becomes devoid of moisture, with all immobile and mobile beings destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.63)

kūrmapṛṣṭhopamā bhūmiḥ śuṣkā saṃkucitā bhṛśam .. 31 ..

> resembling the back of a tortoise, dried and severely shriveled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.64)

kālāgnirudraḥ śeṣasya mukhādutpadyate tataḥ ..

> Then Kālāgnirudra arises from the mouth of Śeṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.65)

adholokānsaptabhūmiṃ bhuvaḥ svaśca dahatyasau .. 32 ..

> he burns the seven lower worlds, the earth, the mid-region, and heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.66)

nirdagdhalokadaśako jvālāvarttabhayaṃkaraḥ ..

> Having incinerated ten worlds, terrifying with whorls of flame,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.67)

udvāsitamaharlokaḥ kālāgniḥ parivarttate .. 33 ..

> having depopulated Maharloka, the fire of cosmic dissolution turns round.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.68)

gatādhikārāstridaśā bhuvaḥsvarganivāsinaḥ ..

> The gods, their offices ended, dwelling in the atmosphere and heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.69)

maharlokājjanaṃ yānti vahnijvālābhṛśārditāḥ .. 34 ..

> severely tormented by the flames of fire, go from Maharloka to Janaloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.70)

nivṛttidharmā ṛṣayaḥ prāptāḥ siddhadaśāṃ tu ye ..

> The seers of renounced action who have attained the state of perfection,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.71)

bhūtalāttepi tarhyeva ṛṣilokaṃ prayānti ca .. 35 ..

> even they depart from the surface of the earth to Ṛṣiloka at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.72)

uttiṣṭhanti tato ghorā vyomni sāṃvarttakā ghanāḥ ..

> Then dreadful clouds of cosmic dissolution rise in the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.73)

mahāgajakulaprakhyāstaḍitvanto'tinādinaḥ .. 36 ..

> resembling herds of great elephants, flashing with lightning, roaring loudly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.74)

dhūmravarṇāḥ pītavarṇā kecitkumudasannibhāḥ ..

> Some are smoke-colored, some yellow, some resemble the white lotus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.75)

lākṣārasanibhāḥ keciccāṣapatranibhāstathā .. 37 ..

> some resemble the juice of lac, and some resemble the feather of a blue jay.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.76)

śamayitvā mahāvahniṃ śataṃ varṣāṇyaharnniśam ..

> Having extinguished the great fire, day and night for a hundred years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.77)

varṣamāṇāḥ sthūladhārāḥ stanantaste ghanā ghanāḥ ..

> raining thick streams, thundering, those dense clouds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.78)

brahmāṇḍasyāntarālaṃ ca pūrayanti dhruvāvadhi .. 38..

> fill the interior of the cosmic egg all the way to the Pole Star.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.79)

ekārṇavajale tasminvairājapuruṣaḥ sa tu..

> In the waters of that single vast ocean, that cosmic Person...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.80)

aniruddhātmakaḥ śete nāgendraśayane prabhuḥ ..39..

> The Lord, consisting of Aniruddha, lies upon the serpent-king as his bed. (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.81)

tadā devāśca ṛṣayo rajaḥsattvatamovaśāḥ ..

> Then the gods and seers under the sway of passion, purity, and darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.82)

ye te saha viriñcena svakīyaguṇakarṣitāḥ ..

> drawn by their own qualities along with Viriñca,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.83)

praviśya tasya jaṭhare śerate dīrghanidrayā .. 2.9.25.40 ..

> enter into his belly and sleep in a prolonged slumber. (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.84)

ye tu brahmātmaikyabhāvā vaśīkṛtaguṇatrayāḥ ..

> Those, however, who perceive the oneness of the Self with Brahman and have mastered the three qualities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.85)

nivṛttenaiva dharmeṇa vāsudevamupāsate .. 41 ..

> worship Vāsudeva solely through the path of cessation of worldly action. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.86)

maharādiṣu lokeṣu te caturṣu kṛtālayāḥ ..

> Having made their residence in the four worlds beginning with Mahar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.87)

taṃ vairājaṃ saṃstuvanto nivasanti yathāsukham .. 42 ..

> they dwell comfortably, praising that Virāj-person. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.88)

nārāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavānsvarūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ ..

> Lord Nārāyaṇa, meditating upon the Supreme Self's  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.89)

cintayanvāsudevākhyaṃ śete vai yoganidrayā .. 43 ..

> essential nature named Vāsudeva, indeed rests in yogic sleep. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.90)

niśānte brahmaṇā sākaṃ sarve te tasya jāṭharāḥ ..

> At the end of the night, all those who entered his belly, together with Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.91)

utpadyante yathāpūrvaṃ yathākarmādhikāriṇaḥ .. 44 ..

> are born again as before, qualified according to their past karma. (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.92)

evaṃ naimittiko nāma trilokīkṣayalakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Thus the occasional dissolution, marked by the destruction of the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.93)

pralayaḥ kathitastubhyaṃ prākṛtaṃ kīrttayāmyatha.. 45..

> has been described to you; now I proclaim the elemental dissolution. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.94)

ya eṣa kalpaḥ kathitastādṛśānāṃ śatatrayam ..

> Three hundred of such kalpas as described,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.95)

ṣaṣṭyādhikaṃ ca yaḥ kālo vedhasaḥ sa tu vatsaraḥ .. 46 ..

> along with sixty more, is the time of a year of the Creator. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.96)

pañcāśatā taiḥ parārddho brahmāyustaddvayaṃ matam ..

> Fifty of those is a parārdha; the lifespan of Brahmā is considered to be two of those. / When the period called para is completed, a great dissolution occurs. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.97)

parākhyakāle saṃpūrṇe mahānbhavati saṃkṣayaḥ .. 47 ..

> \[Translates the second half of 47: When the period called para is completed, a great dissolution occurs.\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.98)

saṃhārarudrarūpeṇa saṃhṛtya svaṃ virāḍvapuḥ ..

> Dissolving his own cosmic body in the form of Rudra the destroyer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.99)

svaparaṃ nirguṇaṃ rūpaṃ vairājo yātumicchati .. 48 ..

> the Virāj-puruṣa desires to return to his own supreme, attribute-free nature. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.100)

tadā bhavatyanāvṛṣṭiḥ pūrvavacchatavārṣikī ..

> Then, as before, a drought of a hundred years occurs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.101)

sāṅkarṣaṇaśca kālāgnirdahatyaṇḍamaśeṣataḥ .. 49 ..

> and the fire of time belonging to Saṅkarṣaṇa burns the cosmic egg completely. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.102)

sāṃvarttakāstato meghā varṣantyati bhayānakāḥ ..

> Then terrifying clouds of cosmic dissolution rain down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.103)

śataṃ varṣāṇi dhārābhirmusalākṛtibhirmune .. 2.9.25.50 ..

> O sage, for a hundred years with torrents thick as pestles. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.104)

mahadādervikārasya viśeṣāntasya saṃkṣayaḥ ..

> The dissolution of the modifications beginning with the Mahat and ending with the gross elements—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.105)

sarvasyāpi bhavatyeva vāsudevecchayā tataḥ .. 51 ..

> of everything indeed—then takes place by the will of Vāsudeva. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.106)

āpo grasanti vai pūrvaṃ bhūmergandhātmakaṃ guṇam ..

> The waters first devour the quality of earth, which is smell;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.107)

āttagandhā tato bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate .. 52 ..

> deprived of smell, the earth is then ready for dissolution. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.108)

grasatembuguṇaṃ tejo rasaṃ tallīyate tataḥ ..

> Fire devours the quality of water, taste; then that \[water\] dissolves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.109)

rūpaṃ tejoguṇaṃ vāyurgrasate līyate'tha tat .. 53 ..

> Wind devours form, the quality of fire; then that \[fire\] dissolves. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.110)

vāyorapi guṇaṃ sparśamākāśo grasate tataḥ ..

> Then space devours touch, the quality of wind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.111)

praśāmyati tadā vāyuḥ khaṃ tu tiṣṭhatyanāvṛtam .. 54 ..

> the wind then subsides, while space remains uncovered. (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.112)

bhūtādistadguṇaṃ śabdaṃ grasate līyate ca kham ..

> The origin of elements (tāmasa ahaṃkāra) devours its quality, sound, and space dissolves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.113)

indriyāṇi vilīyante taijasāhaṃkṛtau tataḥ .. 55 ..

> The senses then dissolve into the fiery ego (taijasa ahaṃkāra). (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.114)

ahaṅkāre vilīyante sāttvike devatā manaḥ ..

> The deities and the mind dissolve into the pure ego (sāttvika ahaṃkāra).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.115)

yadyadyasmātsamutpannaṃ tattattasminhi līyate .. 56 ..

> Whatever has arisen from something indeed dissolves back into that. (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.116)

ahaṃkāro mahattattve trividhopi pralīyate ..

> Even the threefold ego dissolves into the principle of Mahat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.117)

tatpradhāne ca tatpuṃsi sa mūlaprakṛtau tataḥ .. 57 ..

> that dissolves into Pradhāna, that into the Puruṣa, and he then into the root Nature. (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.118)

eṣa prākṛtiko nāma pralayaḥ parigīyate ..

> This is celebrated as the elemental dissolution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.119)

tirobhavanti jīveśā yatrā'vyakte harīcchayā .. 58 ..

> in which individual souls and their lords vanish into the Unmanifest by the will of Hari. (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.120)

yadā ca māyā puruṣau kālo'tyakṣaratejasi ..

> And when Māyā, Puruṣa, and Time, in the splendor of the Imperishable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.121)

tadicchayā tiro yānti sa tveko vartate prabhuḥ ..

> disappear by His will, and the one Lord alone remains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.122)

tadā sa pralayo jñeyo nāradātyantikābhidhaḥ .. 59 ..

> then, O Nārada, that dissolution is to be known as absolute. (59)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.123)

itthaṃ prabhoḥ kālaśaktyā layairetaiścaturvidhaiḥ ..

> Thus, realizing through these four kinds of dissolution by the Lord’s power of time that everything is unreal,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.124)

asadbaddhvā'khilaṃ tatrā'rucirvairāgyamucyate .. 2.9.25.60 ..

> disinterest towards it is called dispassion. (60)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.125)

vāsudevetarāndevānkālamāyāvaśīkṛtān ..

> Knowing the gods other than Vāsudeva to be subject to Time and Māyā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.126)

viditvā teṣu ca prītiṃ hitvā tasyaiva nityadā ..

> and relinquishing attachment to them, the constant service to Him alone  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.127)

gāḍhasnehena yā sevā sā bhaktiriti gīyate..61..

> with deep affection is sung as bhakti. (61)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.128)

śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ tasya smṛtiścaraṇasevanam ..

> Hearing, chanting about Him, remembering, serving the feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.129)

pūjā praṇāmo dāsyaṃ ca sakhyaṃ cātmanivedanam ..62..

> worship, bowing down, servitude, companionship, and self-offering— (62)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.130)

ityetairnnavabhirbhāvairyaḥ seveta tamādarāt..

> whoever serves Him with reverence through these nine dispositions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.131)

ananyayā dhiṣaṇayā sa hi bhakta itīryate ..63..

> with an undistracted mind, is indeed called a devotee. (63)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.132)

tribhiḥ svadharmapramukhairyuktābhaktiriyaṃ mune..

> This bhakti endowed with the three \[virtues\] headed by one's own duty, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.133)

dharma ekāntika iti prokto bhāgavataśca saḥ..64..

> is declared as exclusive duty, and is also called the Bhāgavata \[dharma\]. (64)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.134)

sākṣādbhagavataḥ saṅgāttadbhaktānāṃ ca vedṛśām ..

> Only from direct contact with the Lord and with such devotees of His  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.135)

dharmo hyekāntikaḥ pumbhiḥ prāpyate nānyathā kvacit .. 65 ..

> is this exclusive duty attained by mortals, never otherwise anywhere. (65)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.136)

naitādṛśaṃ paraṃ kiñcitsādhanaṃ hi mumukṣatām ..

> There is no other supreme means such as this for those seeking liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.137)

niḥśreyasakaraṃ puṃsāṃ sarvābhadravināśanam .. 66 ..

> bringing the highest good to men and destroying all inauspiciousness. (66)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.138)

ekāntadharmasiddhyarthaṃ kriyāyogaparo bhavet ..

> For the realization of this exclusive duty, one should be dedicated to practical yoga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.139)

pumānsyādyena naiṣkarmyaṃ karmaṇāṃ munisattama .. 67 ..

> by which, O best of sages, a person attains freedom from the bondage of actions. (67)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.140)

etanmayā vedapurāṇaguhyaṃ tattvaṃ paraṃ proktamaghaughanāśam ..

> This supreme truth, hidden in the Vedas and the Purāṇas, which destroys hosts of sins, has been proclaimed by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.141)

ekāgrayā śuddhadhiyāvadhārya sacchraddhayā cetasi te maharṣe .. 68 ..

> Having grasped it in your mind with a one-pointed, pure intellect and true faith, O great seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.142)

na vāsudevātparamasti pāvanaṃ na vāsudevātparamasti maṅgalam ..

> There is nothing purer than Vāsudeva; there is no greater auspiciousness than Vāsudeva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.143)

na vāsudevātparamasti daivataṃ na vāsudevātparamasti vāñchitam .. 69 ..

> There is no higher deity than Vāsudeva; there is no object of desire superior to Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.144)

yannāmadheyaṃ sakṛdapyabuddhyā dehāvasānepi gṛṇāti yo'tra ..

> Whoever here, even unknowingly, utters his name but once, even at the end of bodily life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.145)

sa puṣkasopyāśu bhavapravāhādvimucyate taṃ bhaja vāsudevam ..2.9.25.70 ..

> Even an outcaste is swiftly released from the stream of worldly existence. Worship that Vāsudeva!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.25.146)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye vairāgyabhaktinirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, named 'The Exposition of Dispassion and Devotion', in the Vāsudevamāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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