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# Skandapurana 2.9.2

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.1)

.. skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.2)

mahāntaṃ praśnavitpraśnaṃ pṛcchasi tvami hā'nagha ..

> You, who understand inquiries, ask a great question here, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.3)

nāsyottaraṃ varṣaśatairvaktuṃ śakyaṃ svatarkataḥ ..

> The answer to this cannot be stated in hundreds of years by one's own reasoning  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.4)

ṛte devaprasādādvai brahmañjñānivarairapi .. 1 ..

> without the grace of God, O brahmin, even by the best of the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.5)

vāsudevaprasādāttu mayā jñātaṃ vadāmi te ..

> However, by the grace of Vāsudeva, what is known by me I shall declare to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.6)

anākhyeyaṃ na te kiñciddharmaniṣṭhāya sanmate .. 2 ..

> Nothing is unmentionable to you, devoted to duty, O noble-minded one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.7)

evameva hi papraccha nivṛtte bhārate raṇe ..

> In this very manner, when the Bhārata war had ceased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.8)

ajātaśatrurnṛpatirbhīṣmaṃ dharmmavidāṃvaram .. 3 ..

> King Ajātaśatru questioned Bhīṣma, the best of knowers of dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.9)

śayitaṃ śaraśayyāyāṃ dhyānaprāptācyutena ca ..

> who was lying upon the bed of arrows, who had attained Acyuta through meditation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.10)

prāptamaikātmyamavyagraṃ nigamāgamapāragam .. 4 ..

> who had attained undisturbed oneness of soul, and had crossed to the far shore of the Vedas and Āgamas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.11)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.12)

caturṣu tāta varṇeṣu caturṣvapyāśrameṣu yaḥ ..

> O father, among the four classes and among the four stages of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.13)

iccheccaturvargasiddhiṃ devatāṃ kāṃ yajeta saḥ..5..

> whoever should desire the attainment of the fourfold aim of life, which deity should he worship?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.14)

nirvighrena ca kā siddhiḥ kathaṃ syādalpakālataḥ ..

> And what success would arise without obstacles in a short time?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.15)

kathaṃ cāpyalpasukṛtī padavīṃ mahatīmiyāt..

> And how may one of little virtue attain an exalted state?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.16)

etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ chindhi sarvajñastvaṃ pitāmaha..6..

> Sever this doubt of mine, for you are omniscient, O grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.17)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.18)

evaṃ dharmmātmanā tena pṛṣṭaḥ śāntanavo mune..

> When questioned thus by that righteous soul, O sage, the son of Śaṃtanu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.19)

kiñcijjahāsa vīkṣyaiva śrīkṛṣṇa mukhapaṅkajam .. 7 ..

> glanced at the lotus-face of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and smiled slightly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.20)

dṛśā sa preritastena naranārāyaṇoditam ..

> Impelled by his gaze, he spoke to him of what was proclaimed by Nara and Nārāyaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.21)

śrīvāsudevamāhātmyaṃ pituḥ śrutamuvāca tam .. 8 ..

> the māhātmya of Śrī Vāsudeva which he had heard from his father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.22)

tataḥ śrutvā nāradopi kurukṣetraṃ gataḥ punaḥ ..

> Then, having heard it, Nārada also went back to Kurukṣetra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.23)

kailāsa etya tatprāha pitaraṃ me sa cāpi mām .. 9 ..

> and having arrived at Kailāsa, he told it to my father, and he in turn to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.24)

tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi niśchadma paripṛcchate ..

> I shall relate that to you who question me without deceit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.25)

mahāsadasi nirṇītaṃ munivaryā'pasaṃśayam..2.9.2.10..

> which was determined in the great assembly, free of doubt, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.26)

vāsudevaḥ paraṃ brahma śrīkṛṣṇaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ..

> Vāsudeva is the supreme Brahman; Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Puruṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.27)

devo'kāmaiḥ sakāmaiśca pūjyo muktairnarairapi .. 11 ..

> He is the God to be worshipped by the desireless and by those with desires, and even by liberated men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.28)

dvijātīnāṃ cāśramāṇāṃ strīśūdrādeśca sarvathā ..

> By the twice-born, by the āśramas, and in every way by women, Śūdras, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.29)

svasvadharmaireṣa eva toṣaṇīyosti bhaktitaḥ .. 12 ..

> he alone is to be pleased through their respective duties with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.30)

tasmātkarmākhilamapi daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca sarvadā ..

> Therefore, all action—pertaining to the gods and pertaining to the ancestors—at all times,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.31)

tatprītyā eva karttavyaṃ vedoktaṃ ca yathocitam .. 13 ..

> and whatever is prescribed in the Veda, must be performed properly only for his pleasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.32)

sukhāptaye nṛbhiyadyatkarmā'tra kriyate śubham ..

> Whatever auspicious action is performed here by men for the sake of attaining happiness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.33)

api svanuṣṭhitaṃ taccetkṛṣṇasaṃbandhavarjitam ..

> even if well performed, if devoid of connection to Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.34)

tadā kṣayiṣṇvalpaphalaṃ jñeyaṃ tacca guṇātmakam.. 14 ..

> then it is to be known as perishable, yielding little fruit, and of the nature of the guṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.35)

phalavaiguṇyakṛttaccā'śubhadeśādiyogataḥ ..

> From the conjunction of an inauspicious place and the like, it produces defect in the fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.36)

bahuvighnaṃ ca tannṝṇāṃ naiva vāñchitasiddhidam .. 15 ..

> and beset with many obstacles, it does not at all grant men the attainment of their desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.37)

karmaitadeva śrīkṛṣṇaprīṇanāya kriyeta cet ..

> If this very action is performed for the satisfaction of Śrī Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.38)

tatsaṃbandhena tarhyetadbhavetsarvaṃ hi nirguṇam .. 16 ..

> then, through connection with him, all of it becomes indeed beyond the guṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.39)

svavāñchitādapyadhikaṃ dadāti phalamakṣayam ..

> It yields imperishable fruit, even greater than what was desired by oneself;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.40)

asaddeśādisaṃbandhāttadvaiguṇyabhavenna ca ..17..

> and no defect arises in it from association with an improper place or the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.41)

vighnastu kopi brahmarṣe pratāpāccakrapāṇinaḥ ..

> Moreover, O brahmin seer, by the majesty of the Discus-bearer, no obstacle  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.42)

tasminna prabhavetkvāpi tatsyādīpsitasiddhidam ..18..

> can ever prevail against it; it grants the attainment of desired ends.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.43)

yadyapyalpaṃ svasukṛtaṃ tathāpi paramātmanaḥ ..

> Even if one’s own meritorious deed is small, nonetheless, O brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.44)

sākṣātsaṃbandhato brahmanbhavatyeva mahattaram .. 19 ..

> through direct connection with the Supreme Self, it becomes truly exceedingly great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.45)

yathā sphuliṅgamātropi vanyakāṣṭhaughayogataḥ ..

> Just as even a mere spark, through conjunction with a heap of forest wood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.46)

anivāryo bhaveddāvastathaitaddhariyogataḥ .. 2.9.2.20 ..

> becomes an irresistible conflagration, so does this through connection with Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.47)

pravṛtte vā nivṛtte vā tasmāddharme sthitairnnaraiḥ ..

> Therefore, by men abiding in the path of active engagement or of cessation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.48)

upāstavyo vāsudevastatsamyaksiddhimīpsubhiḥ .. 21 ..

> desiring the full accomplishment thereof, Vāsudeva must be worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.49)

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam..

> In this regard also they cite this ancient history:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.50)

nāradasya ca saṃvādamṛṣernārāyaṇasya ca .. 22 ..

> the conversation between Nārada and the seer Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.51)

yo vāsudevo bhagavānnityaṃ brahmapure sthitaḥ ..

> The Blessed One, Vāsudeva, who dwells eternally in the city of Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.52)

dākṣāyaṇyāmāvirāsīddharmāllokahitāya saḥ .. 23 ..

> manifested from Dharma through the daughter of Dakṣa for the welfare of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.53)

kṛte yuge dvijavara purā svāyambhuvāntare ..

> In the Kṛta Yuga of old, during the Svāyambhuva period, O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.54)

naro nārāyaṇaśceti dvirūpaḥ prādurāsa saḥ .. 24 ..

> he appeared in two forms: Nara and Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.55)

dharmāśramāttapastaptuṃ kṣemāyaiva nṛṇāṃ bhuvi ..

> From the hermitage of Dharma, in order to perform austerity solely for the welfare of men on earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.56)

naranārāyaṇau tau ca badaryāśramamīyatuḥ ..25..

> those two, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, went to the hermitage of Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.57)

tatrādyau lokanāthau tau kṛśau dhamanisaṃtatau ..

> There, the two primordial lords of the world, emaciated and covered in veins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.58)

tepāte tejasā svena durnirīkṣyau surairapi .. 26 ..

> performed austerity with their own splendor, difficult to behold even by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.59)

yasya prasādaṃ kurvāte sa vai tau draṣṭumarhati ..

> Only he upon whom they bestow grace is truly able to see them;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.60)

śakyate nānyathā draṣṭumapi taddhāmavāsibhiḥ .. 27 ..

> they cannot be seen otherwise, even by the dwellers of that realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.61)

ekadā nārado yogī tābhyāmeva didṛkṣitaḥ ..

> Once the yogin Nārada, being wished to be seen by the two of them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.62)

antarātmatayā cāntarhṛdayepi pracoditaḥ .. 28 ..

> was also impelled within his heart by the Inner Self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.63)

merormahāgireḥ śṛṅgātsadyo gaganavartmanā ..

> From the peak of the great mountain Meru, swiftly by way of the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.64)

taṃ deśamāgamadbrahmanbadaryāśramasaṃjñitam .. 29 ..

> he came, O brahmin, to that place called the hermitage of Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.65)

tayorāhnikavelāyāmāgatastatra sa drutam ..

> Having arrived there quickly at the time of their daily rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.66)

ādyāśramakriyāsaktau tau dadarśa ca dūrataḥ .. 2.9.2.30 ..

> he saw from afar the two absorbed in the rituals of the foremost hermitage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.67)

dṛṣṭvaiveśvaracaryāṃ tā tasya kautūhalaṃ tvabhūt ..

> Having observed that conduct of the two lords, curiosity arose in him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.68)

aho etau jagatpūjyāvīśvarau sarvadehinām ..

> “Ah, these two are worshipped by the universe, the lords of all embodied beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.69)

etau hi paramaṃ brahma kā'nayorāhnikī kriyā .. 31 ..

> they are indeed the supreme Brahman. What is their daily ritual?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.70)

pitarau sarvabhūtānāṃ devatānāṃ ca daivatam ..

> They are the parents of all beings, and the divinity of the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.71)

kāṃ devatāṃ tu yajataḥ pitṝnvaitau mahāmatī .. 32 ..

> To what deity or ancestors do these two of great intellect offer sacrifice?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.72)

iti saṃcintya manasā bhakto nārāyaṇasya saḥ ..

> Pondering thus in his mind, that devotee of Nārāyaṇa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.73)

tatsamīpamupetyā'tha tasthau natvā kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 33 ..

> approached them, bowed, and stood with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.74)

kṛte daive ca pitrye ca tatastābhyāṃ nirīkṣitaḥ ..

> When the rites to the gods and ancestors were finished, he was then noticed by the two,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.75)

pūjitaścaiva vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena so'nagha .. 34 ..

> and worshipped in accordance with the rule observed in the scriptures, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.76)

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryyamapūrvaṃ vidhivistaram..

> Seeing that great wonder, an unprecedented elaboration of the ritual rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.77)

upopaviṣṭaḥ suprīto nāradobhūcca vismitaḥ .. 35 ..

> Nārada sat down beside them, highly pleased and filled with amazement.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.78)

nārāyaṇaṃ saṃnirīkṣya prayatenāntarātmanā ..

> Looking upon Nārāyaṇa with a concentrated inner self,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.79)

namaskṛtya ca taṃ devamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 36 ..

> and bowing to that god, he spoke these words: // 36  
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### [2.9.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2.80)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmya ātyantikaśreyaḥsādhananirūpaṇe nārāyaṇanāradasamāgamo nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 2 ..

> Thus ends the second chapter, named 'The Meeting of Nārāyaṇa and Nārada', in the exposition of the means to ultimate welfare, in the Vāsudeva-māhātmya, in the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 2  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.2.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.321.1) — Sanskrit
- [Nārāyaṇīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.narayaniya.12.321.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.2) · Pramāṇa