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# Skandapurana 2.9.31

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.1)

.. skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.2)

śrutvaitatsakalaṃ dharmyaṃ yathāvadbhagavadvacaḥ ..

> Having heard all these righteous words of the Lord as they were,  
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### [2.9.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.3)

niḥsaṃśayo muniḥ prāha taṃ praṇamya kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 1 ..

> the sage, free of doubt, bowed to him with folded hands and spoke: // 1  
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### [2.9.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.4)

nārada uvāca ..

> Nārada said:  
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### [2.9.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.5)

naṣṭā me saṃśayāḥ sarve prasādādbhagavaṃstava ..

> All my doubts have been destroyed by your grace, O Lord.  
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### [2.9.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.6)

vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ mayādhigatamañjasā .. 2 ..

> The māhātmya of Vāsudeva has been fully understood by me. // 2  
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### [2.9.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.7)

kaṃcitkālamihaivāhaṃ tapaḥ kurvaṃstvayā saha ..

> Performing tapas right here together with you for some time,  
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### [2.9.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.8)

śṛṇvaṃśca nityaṃ jñānādi kariṣye pakvamātmanaḥ .. 3 ..

> and constantly listening to knowledge and the rest, I shall bring my soul to maturity. // 3  
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### [2.9.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.9)

skanda uvāca ..

> Skanda said:  
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### [2.9.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.10)

ityuktvā nāradastatra tena cāpyanumoditaḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, Nārada, permitted also by him,  
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### [2.9.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.11)

uvāsa divyavarṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ sa tapaścaran .. 4 ..

> dwelt there performing tapas for a thousand divine years. // 4  
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### [2.9.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.12)

śuśrāva cānudivasaṃ yathākālaṃ harermukhāt ..

> And every day, at the appropriate time, he heard from Hari's mouth  
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### [2.9.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.13)

dharmajñānādyatha prāpa pakvatāṃ tatra yogirāṭ .. 5 ..

> dharma, knowledge, and the rest; thus the king of yogins attained maturity there. // 5  
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### [2.9.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.14)

snehaṃ ca paramaṃ prāpa sa śrīkṛṣṇe'khilātmani ..

> And he attained supreme affection for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Soul of all;  
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### [2.9.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.15)

guṇagānaparo nityamāsa bhāgavatāgraṇīḥ .. 6 ..

> intent constantly on singing \[his\] virtues, he became foremost among devotees of the Lord. // 6  
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### [2.9.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.16)

bhaktiniṣṭhāṃ parāṃ prāptamatha taṃ siddhayoginam ..

> Then, to that perfected yogin who had attained supreme steadfastness in devotion,  
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### [2.9.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.17)

uvāca bhagavatprītaḥ śreyaskṛtsarvadehinām .. 7 ..

> the Lord, pleased, the creator of welfare for all embodied beings, spoke: // 7  
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### [2.9.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.18)

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

> Śrī Nārāyaṇa said:  
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### [2.9.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.19)

siddhosi tvaṃ maharṣe'dya gaccha lokahitaṃ kuru ..

> You have attained perfection today, O great seer; go, work for the benefit of the world.  
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### [2.9.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.20)

ekāntadharmaṃ sarvatra pravarttayitumarhasi .. 8 ..

> You ought to propagate the exclusive dharma everywhere. // 8  
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### [2.9.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.21)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.22)

ityājñāṃ śirasā tasya sa ādāya jagadguroḥ ..

> Placing on his head that command of the teacher of the world,  
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### [2.9.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.23)

gacchaṃstatastamastauṣītpraṇamya prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ .. 9 ..

> as he was departing, he then praised him, bowing down and standing with folded hands: // 9  
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### [2.9.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.24)

nārada uvāca ..

> Nārada said:  
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### [2.9.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.25)

namonamaste bhagavañjagadguro nārāyaṇā'prākṛta divyamūrte ..

> Salutations, salutations to you, O Lord, teacher of the world, O Nārāyaṇa, of uncreated, divine form!  
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### [2.9.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.26)

anantakalyāṇaguṇākarastvaṃ dāse mayi prītataraḥ madā syāḥ .. 2.9.31.10 ..

> You are a mine of boundless auspicious qualities; may you ever be most pleased with me, your servant! // 10  
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### [2.9.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.27)

tvaṃ vāsudevosi jagannivāsaḥ kṣemāya lokasya tapaḥ karoṣi ..

> You are Vāsudeva, the abode of the world; you perform tapas for the welfare of the world.  
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### [2.9.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.28)

yogeśvareśopaśamastha ātmārāmādhipastvaṃ parahaṃsasadguruḥ .. 11 ..

> O Master of the lords of yoga, established in tranquillity, sovereign of those delighted in the Self, you are the true guru of the paramahaṃsas! // 11  
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### [2.9.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.29)

vibhurṛṣīṇāmṛṣabho'kṣarātmā jīveśvarāṇāṃ ca niyāmakosi ..

> You are the all-pervading lord, the foremost of seers, the imperishable self, and the regulator of the souls and their rulers.  
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### [2.9.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.30)

sākṣī mahāpūruṣa ātmatantraḥ kālo'bhavadyadbhrukuṭermahāṃśca .. 12 ..

> The witness, the supreme Person, self-dependent, from whose knit brow great Time arose! // 12  
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### [2.9.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.31)

sargādilīlā jagatāṃ tvamīśa karoṣi māyāpuruṣātmanaiva ..

> O Lord, through your self alone, the cosmic Puruṣa with his Māyā, you perform the play of creating and \[sustaining\] the worlds;  
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### [2.9.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.32)

tathāpyakarttā nanu nirguṇosi bhūmā parabrahma parātparaśca.. 13 ..

> yet indeed you are the non-agent, devoid of guṇas, the Infinite, the supreme Brahman, and higher than the highest! // 13  
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### [2.9.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.33)

satyaḥ svayaṃjyotiratarkyaśaktistvaṃ brahmabhūtātmavicintyamūrttiḥ ..

> True, self-luminous, of inconceivable power, your form is to be contemplated by those whose self has become Brahman,  
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### [2.9.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.34)

bṛhadvratācārya mahāmunīndra kandarpadarpāpaharapratāpa ..14..

> O teacher of the great vow \[of celibacy\], O sovereign among great sages, O you whose splendour strips away the pride of the god of love! // 14  
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### [2.9.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.35)

tapasvināṃ ye ripavaḥ prasiddhāḥ krodho raso matsaralobhamukhyāḥ ..

> Those well-known enemies of ascetics—anger, passion, malice, and greed foremost among them—  
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### [2.9.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.36)

apyāśramaṃ tepi kadāpi veṣṭuṃ nemaṃ kṣamā hyeṣa tava pratāpaḥ .. 15 ..

> are not able even to encompass this hermitage at any time; such is your power! // 15  
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### [2.9.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.37)

chandomayo jñānamayo'mṛtādhvā dharmātmako dharmasargābhipoṣṭā..

> Formed of the Vedic metres, formed of knowledge, the immortal path, the embodiment of dharma, the nourisher of the creation of dharma,  
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### [2.9.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.38)

unmūlitādharmasargo mahātmā tvamavyayaścākṣayo'vyaktabandhuḥ..16..

> uprooter of the creation of adharma, great-souled, you are imperishable, undecaying, the kinsman of the unmanifest! // 16  
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### [2.9.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.39)

nirdoṣarūpasya tavā'khilāḥ kriyā bhavanti vai nirguṇā nirguṇasya..

> For you whose form is faultless, all your actions are free from guṇas, for you are devoid of guṇas.  
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### [2.9.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.40)

dharmārthakāmepsubhirarcanīyastvamīśvaro nātha mumukṣubhiśca ..

> You, the Lord and Master, are to be worshipped by those seeking dharma, wealth, and pleasure, and by those who desire liberation. // 17  
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### [2.9.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.41)

tvaṃ kālamāyāyamasaṃsṛtibhyo mahābhayātpātumekaḥ samarthaḥ ..

> You alone are capable of protecting from great danger—from time, māyā, Yama, and the cycles of rebirth.  
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### [2.9.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.42)

bhaktāparādhānanavekṣamāṇo mahādayāluḥ kila bhaktavatsalaḥ ..18..

> Overlooking the faults of your devotees, you are greatly compassionate, truly affectionate to your devotees. // 18  
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### [2.9.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.43)

dhṛtāvatārasya hi nāmamātraṃ rūpaṃ ca vā yaḥ smaredantakāle ..

> Whoever, at the time of death, remembers merely the name or the form of you who have assumed an avatar—  
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### [2.9.31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.44)

sopi prabho ghoramahāghasaṃghātsadyo vimukto divamāśu yāti .. 19 ..

> even he, O Lord, freed at once from the terrifying mass of sins, goes swiftly to heaven. // 19  
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### [2.9.31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.45)

taṃ tvāṃ vihāyā'tra tu yo manuṣyo dehe tridhātāvapi dehikeṣu ..

> Abandoning such a one as you, that man here who becomes attached to the body made of three humours and to bodily things,  
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### [2.9.31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.46)

jāyātmajajñātidhaneṣu sajjate sa māyayā vañcita eva mūḍhaḥ .. 2.9.31.20 ..

> to wife, children, kin, and wealth—he is a fool, utterly deceived by māyā. // 20  
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### [2.9.31.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.47)

tvadbhaktiyogyo naradeha eva yaṃ kāmayante'pi ca nākasaṃsthāḥ ..

> The human body alone is fit for devotion to you, which even those residing in heaven desire.  
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### [2.9.31.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.48)

tvadbhaktihīnaṃ hi divopi saukhyamahaṃ tu jāne narakeṇa tulyam .. 21 ..

> For I consider even the happiness of heaven, devoid of devotion to you, to be equal to hell. // 21  
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### [2.9.31.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.49)

tapastrilokyāḥ kuruṣe sukhāya tatrāpi te bhāratavāsipuṃsu ..

> You perform tapas for the happiness of the three worlds; even so, your grace toward men residing in the land of Bhārata  
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### [2.9.31.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.50)

anugraho bhūritaro yadatra kṛtāvatāro vicaranvirājase .. .. 22 ..

> is far greater, since having taken an avatar here, you shine forth wandering \[among them\]. // 22  
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### [2.9.31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.51)

tasyāśrayaṃ ye tava nātra kurvate ta eva śāstreṣu matāḥ kṛtaghnāḥ ..

> Those who do not take refuge in you here are considered in the scriptures to be ungrateful indeed.  
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### [2.9.31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.52)

atastavaikāśrayameva bāḍhaṃ kurvatyajasraṃ mayi te'stu tuṣṭiḥ..23..

> Therefore, may you be pleased with me who constantly and firmly take refuge in you alone. // 23  
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### [2.9.31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.31.53)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye śrīnaranārāyaṇastutinirūpaṇaṃnāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..31..

> Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, named “Exposition of the Praise of Śrī Nara and Nārāyaṇa,” in the Vāsudevamāhātmya of the second \[part\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 31  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.31.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Viṣṇusaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.visnusamhita.1.42) — Sanskrit

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