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# Skandapurana 2.9.28

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.1)

.. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.2)

ācamya prāṇānāyamya tatosau svasthamānasaḥ ..

> Having sipped water and controlled his breaths, then, composed in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.3)

namaskṛtyeṣṭadevādīndeśakālau ca kīrtayet .. 1 ..

> having bowed to the chosen deity and others, he should mention the place and time:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.4)

ekāntadharmasidyarthaṃ vāsudevasya pūjanam ..

> “For the accomplishment of unswerving devotion, the worship of Vāsudeva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.5)

kariṣya iti saṃkalpya kuryānnyāsavidhiṃ tataḥ .. 2 ..

> I shall perform”—having thus formed the intention, he should then perform the rite of nyāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.6)

nyāse mantrā dvādaśārṇo gāyatrī vaiṣṇavī tathā..

> The mantras for nyāsa are the twelve-syllabled, the Vaiṣṇava Gāyatrī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.7)

nārāyaṇāṣṭākṣaraśca jñeyā viṣṇuṣaḍakṣaraḥ .. 3 ..

> the eight-syllabled mantra of Nārāyaṇa, and the six-syllabled mantra of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.8)

ete dvijānāṃ vihitāstadanyeṣāṃ tviha trayaḥ ..

> These are prescribed for twice-born men, but for others here three \[are prescribed\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.9)

vāsudevāṣṭākṣaraśca haripañcākṣarastathā ..

> the eight-syllabled mantra of Vāsudeva, the five-syllabled mantra of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.10)

ṣaḍarṇaḥ keśavasyeti nyāse home ca saṃmatāḥ .. 4 ..

> and the six-syllabled mantra of Keśava are approved for nyāsa and for oblations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.11)

śrīviṣṇupratimāṃgeṣu svāṃgeṣviva tato'khilān ..

> Then, on the limbs of the image of Śrī Viṣṇu just as on one's own limbs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.12)

kuryānyāsāṃśca tairmantraistatorcāṃ vāsasā''mṛjet..5..

> he should perform all the nyāsas with those mantras, and then wipe the image with a cloth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.13)

kalaśaṃ vāmabhāge sve saṃsthāpyāvāhya tatra ca..

> Placing a water-jar on his left side and invoking into it  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.14)

tīrthāni gandhapuṣpādyairupacāraistamarcayet..6..

> the sacred fords, he should worship it with offerings such as perfume and flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.15)

pūjādravyāṇi cātmānaṃ prokṣayitvā tadambunā..

> Sprinkling the worship materials and himself with that water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.16)

śaṃkhaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ ca saṃpūjya bhūtaśuddhiṃ samācaret..7..

> worshiping the conch and the bell, he should perform the purification of the elements.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.17)

ābhyantarāgnivāyubhyāṃ dagdhvā pāpātmakaṃ vapuḥ ..

> Having burned the body consisting of sin with the internal fire and wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.18)

śuddhasya svātmanastvaikyaṃ bhāvayedbrahmaṇā sthiraḥ..8..

> firmly concentrated, he should contemplate the identity of his purified self with Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.19)

tato'kṣarabrahmarūpo rādhākṛṣṇaṃ hṛdi prabhum ..

> Then, having assumed the nature of imperishable Brahman, he should meditate in his heart on Lord Rādhākṛṣṇa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.20)

dhyāyedavyagramanasā prāṇāyāmaṃ samācaran..9..

> with an undistracted mind, while performing breath control.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.21)

adhomukhaṃ nābhipadmaṃ kadalīpuṣpavatsthitam..

> Having visualized the downward-facing navel-lotus, resembling a plantain flower,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.22)

vibhāvyāpānapavanaṃ prāṇenaikyamupānayet..2.9.28.10..

> he should unite the downward apāna breath with the upward prāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.23)

padmanāle tamānīya saha tena tadambujam..

> Bringing that \[breath\] into the lotus stalk, together with it he should draw  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.24)

ākarṣedūrdhvamatha tannadattīvramupaiti hṛt ..

> that lotus upward; then, sounding loudly, it reaches the heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.25)

praphullati ca tatraitaddhṛdayākāśa ullasat .. 11 ..

> and blossoming there, shining in the space of the heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.26)

tejorāśimaye tatra tatopyadhikatejasā ..

> There, in that mass of splendour, he should meditate on the husband of Śrī Rādhikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.27)

darśanīyatamaṃ śāntaṃ dhyāyecchrīrādhikāpatim .. 12 ..

> who possesses splendour surpassing even that, who is exceedingly delightful to behold and tranquil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.28)

upaviṣṭaṃ sthitaṃ vā taṃ divyacinmayavigraham ..

> seated or standing, whose divine form is composed of pure consciousness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.29)

dhyāyetkiśoravayasaṃ koṭikandarpasundaram .. 13 ..

> adolescent in age, more handsome than ten million gods of love,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.30)

rūpānurūpasaṃpūrṇadivyāvayavalakṣitam ..

> distinguished by divine limbs that are fully symmetrical with his beauty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.31)

śaraccandrāvadātāṃgaṃ dīrghacārubhujadvayam .. 14 ..

> with a body radiant as the autumn moon, with two long and handsome arms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.32)

āraktakomalatalaramyāṃgulipadāmbujam ..

> with lotus feet having reddish, soft soles and lovely toes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.33)

tuṃgāruṇasnigdhanakhadyutilajjāyitoḍupam .. 15 ..

> putting the moon to shame with the brilliance of his raised, red, and glossy nails,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.34)

śiñjatkiṃkiṇimañjīrahaṃsakāṃghriyugaśriyam ..

> with the beauty of a pair of feet wearing tinkling small bells, anklets, and ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.35)

suvṛttajaṃghāyugalaṃ samajānūruśobhanam .. 16 ..

> with well-rounded calves and splendid symmetrical knees and thighs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.36)

sadratnaraśanābaddhapītāmbarakaṭiśriyam ..

> with hips beautified by yellow garments fastened by a girdle of fine gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.37)

uttuṃgakukṣinābhyantarnimnanābhivalitrayam .. 17..

> with three folds above an elevated belly and a deep navel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.38)

vitatottuṃgahṛdayaṃ śrīvatsāvarttaśobhitam ..

> with a broad and raised chest adorned with the Śrīvatsa curl,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.39)

lalantīgucchagucchārddhadevacchandādibhūṣitam .. 18 ..

> ornamented with hanging necklaces of various strands such as the devacchanda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.40)

nānāsugandhipuṣpasraksvarṇayajñopavītinam ..

> wearing garlands of various fragrant flowers and a golden sacred thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.41)

unnidraśoṇapadmābhakarakaṃkaṇabhūṣaṇam .. 19 ..

> adorned with bracelets on hands resembling blossoming red lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.42)

sūkṣmaparvāṃgulidyotannaikasadratnamudrikam ..

> with several rings of fine gems shining on his fingers of delicate joints,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.43)

ninādayantaṃ madhuraṃ veṇuṃ sarvamanoharam .. 2.9.28.20 ..

> sounding a flute that is sweet and charms everyone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.44)

vipulāṃsaṃ gūḍhajatruṃ mahābāhvaṃgadadyutim ..

> with broad shoulders, hidden collarbones, and armlets shining on his mighty arms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.45)

bhramatsugandhalubdhālijhaṃkāritavanasrajam .. 21 ..

> with a forest garland humming with swarms of bees drawn by wandering fragrances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.46)

kambūpamagalabhrājatsadgraiveyakakaustubham ..

> with a neck resembling a conch, shining with an exquisite necklace and the Kaustubha gem,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.47)

śobhamānahanuṃ bimbīphalaśoṇādharadyutim .. 22 ..

> with a beautiful chin and the lustre of lower lips red as bimba fruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.48)

sitasmitakalārājatpūrṇacandranibhānanam ..

> with a face resembling the full moon shining with the grace of a bright smile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.49)

tilapuṣpasamākāradarśanīyasunāsikam .. 23 ..

> with an attractive, handsome nose shaped like a sesame flower,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.50)

samānakarṇavibhrājanmakarākṛtikuṇḍalam ..

> with makara-shaped earrings shining on symmetrical ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.51)

karṇoparilasaccitrapuṣpagucchāvataṃsakam .. 24 ..

> with ear-ornaments consisting of bunches of varied flowers sparkling above the ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.52)

samasūkṣmaradajyotsnollasadgaṇḍasthalaśriyam ..

> with cheeks splendid with the moonlight radiance of even and delicate teeth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.53)

padmapatrāyatāraktaprāntaramyavilocanam .. 25 ..

> with delightful eyes broad as lotus petals and red at the corners,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.54)

pṛthutuṃgalalāṭaṃ ca kāmacāpāyitabhruvam ..

> with a broad, high forehead and eyebrows acting like the bow of the god of love,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.55)

vakrasūkṣmāsitasnigdhamanoharaśiroruham .. 26 ..

> with curly, fine, black, glossy, and enchanting hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.56)

nānāsadratnakhacitakirīṭadhṛtaśekharam ..

> bearing a crest on a diadem inlaid with various fine gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.57)

premṇā nijaṃ vīkṣamāṇaṃ prasannaṃ snigdhayā dṛśā .. 27 ..

> graciously looking upon his devotee with love and an affectionate gaze.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.58)

dhyātvetthaṃ kṛṣṇamatha tadvāme rādhāṃ vicintayet ..

> Having meditated thus on Kṛṣṇa, he should then reflect upon Rādhā at his left side:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.59)

dvibhujāṃ svarṇagaurāṃgīṃ kausumbhāmalavāsasam .. 28 ..

> two-armed, with limbs radiant like gold, wearing an immaculate safflower garment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.60)

samakarṇollasadratnabhūṣaṇāṃśukanāsikām ..

> with a nose-ring made of jewels gleaming beside symmetrical ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.61)

kiśorīṃ mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ pīnonnataghanastanīm .. 29 ..

> a youthful maiden, with eyes like a fawn's, with full, elevated, and firm breasts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.62)

kṛśamadhyāṃ pṛthuśroṇiṃ ratnakāñcīvibhūṣitām ..

> slender-waisted, broad-hipped, adorned with a jeweled girdle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.63)

anekadivyābharaṇāṃ vikacābjānanasmitām .. 2.9.28.30 ..

> having manifold divine ornaments, smiling with a face like a blooming lotus, // 2.9.28.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.64)

ratnāṃgulīyakeyūrakaṅkaṇādilasatkarām ..

> her hands shining with jeweled rings, armlets, bracelets, and other ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.65)

śiñjaddhaṃsakamañjīraśobhamānāṃghripaṅkajām .. 31 ..

> her lotus feet radiant with tinkling swan-like anklets, // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.66)

viśālabhālavilasatsatkāśmīralalāṭikām ..

> bearing an auspicious mark of fine Kashmir saffron shining upon her broad forehead,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.67)

bimboṣṭhīṃ sukapolāṃ ca veṇīgrathitamālatīm .. 32 ..

> with lips red like bimba fruit, lovely cheeks, and mālatī blossoms woven into her braided hair, // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.68)

prekṣamāṇāṃ prabhuṃ premṇā dadhānāmambujaṃ kare ..

> gazing upon the Lord with love, holding a lotus in her hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.69)

dhyātvaivaṃ rādhikāṃ tatra prabhumarcettayā saha .. 33 ..

> Having thus meditated upon Rādhikā there, he should worship the Lord together with her. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.28.70)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye kriyāyoge śrīrādhākṛṣṇasvarūpadhyānanirūpaṇaṃ nāmā'ṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 28 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, entitled "Delineation of the Meditation on the Form of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa" in the \[section on\] ritual yoga of the glorious Vāsudevamāhātmya, in the second, Vaiṣṇava Section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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