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# Skandapurana 2.9.32

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.1)

.. skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.2)

iti stutvā tamīśānaṃ nāradaḥ sa yayau tataḥ ..

> Having thus praised that Lord, Nārada then departed from there  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.3)

śamyāprāsābhidhaṃ brahmanvyāsasyāśramamāditaḥ ..1..

> to the original hermitage of Vyāsa, named Śamyāprāsa, O brahmin. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.4)

sādaraṃ mānitastena pratyutthānāsanādibhiḥ ..

> Respectfully honored by him with rising to greet him, offering a seat, and other courtesies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.5)

tasmā ekāntikaṃ dharmmaṃ prāha jijñāsave sa ca ..2..

> he declared the singular dharma to him, who was eager to know.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.6)

tato brahmasabhāṃ gatvā brahmaṇaḥ śṛṇvato muniḥ ..

> Then, having gone to the assembly of Brahmā while Brahmā was listening, the sage  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.7)

devānpitṝnmaharṣīṃśca tatrasthāṃstamupādiśat .. 3 ..

> instructed the gods, ancestors, and great seers present there in that \[dharma\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.8)

tatrasthito bhāskaraśca dharmmametaṃ punarmmune ..

> And the sun-god, stationed there, again heard this dharma, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.9)

śuśrāva nāradātsarvaṃ śrutaṃ nārāyaṇātpurā .. 4 ..

> in its entirety from Nārada, which had formerly been heard from Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.10)

sa prāhātmāgrayāyibhyo vālakhilyebhya ādarāt ..

> He respectfully spoke it to the Vālakhilyas who move in front of him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.11)

merau te saṃgatāndevānindrādīṃśca nyaśāmayan .. 5 ..

> and on Mount Meru they imparted it to the assembled gods headed by Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.12)

tebhyo'sito muniḥ śrutvā dharmametaṃ dvijottama ..

> Having heard this dharma from them, the sage Asita, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.13)

pitṛbhyaḥ kathayāmāsa pitṛlokaṃ gataḥ kvacit .. 6 ..

> having once gone to the world of the ancestors, recited it to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.14)

pitaraste tvaryamādyā ūcire śaṃtanuṃ nṛpam ..

> Those ancestors, headed by Aryaman, spoke it to King Śaṃtanu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.15)

sa bhīṣmāya svaputrāya kathayāmāsa tattvataḥ .. 7 ..

> and he narrated it in truth to Bhīṣma, his own son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.16)

sopi bhāratayuddhānte dharmmarājāya pṛcchate ..

> He too, at the end of the Bhārata war, when asked by the King of Dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.17)

śayānaḥ śaraśayyāyāṃ prāha saṃsadi bhūyasi .. 8 ..

> spoke it while lying upon the bed of arrows in that great assembly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.18)

tatra śrutvā nāradopi sthitaḥ sadasi sādaram ..

> Having heard it there, Nārada also, present respectfully in that assembly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.19)

kailāse śaṃkaraṃ prāha sa ca māṃ munisattama .. 9 ..

> spoke it on Kailāsa to Śaṃkara, and he \[spoke it\] to me, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.20)

mayā te kathitaṃ brahmanpṛcchate dharmmavarttine ..

> It has been related by me to you, O brahmin, as you asked and are devoted to dharma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.21)

pātrāyaitatpradātavyamiti māṃ hi pitābravīt .. 2.9.32.10 ..

> for my father indeed said to me: 'This must be given to a worthy recipient.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.22)

yenayena śrutaṃ hyetanmāhātmyaṃ sātvatāṃpateḥ ..

> By whomever this māhātmya of the Lord of the Sātvatas was heard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.23)

sa sa tasminparāṃ bhaktiṃ cakāra svavimuktaye .. 11 ..

> that person developed supreme devotion to him for their own liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.24)

yudhiṣṭhiropi rājarṣiḥ śrutvā bhīṣmeṇa kīrttitam ..

> The royal seer Yudhiṣṭhira as well, having heard the māhātmya of Devakī's son  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.25)

māhātmyaṃ devakīsūnormmumude bhrātṛbhiḥ saha .. 12 ..

> proclaimed by Bhīṣma, rejoiced together with his brothers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.26)

tamātmano mātuleyaṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam ..

> Hearing that his own maternal cousin was the cause of all causes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.27)

niśamyāścaryyajaladhau nimamajja mahāmatiḥ .. 13 ..

> that great-minded king plunged into an ocean of wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.28)

vāsudevādikaṃ vyūha vārāhādīṃśca sarvvaśaḥ ..

> The king recognized the vyūha manifestations beginning with Vāsudeva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.29)

avatārānapi nṛpo mene'syaiva ramāpateḥ .. 14 ..

> and all the incarnations beginning with the Boar as belonging to this very husband of Ramā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.30)

tataḥ sahānujo rājā divyamānuṣavigrahe ..

> Then the king, along with his younger brothers, became exceedingly devoted  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.31)

atyantaṃ bhaktimānkṛṣṇe babhūva dvijasattama .. 15 ..

> to Kṛṣṇa in his divine human form, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.32)

śrutvemāṃ ca kathāṃ sarvve brahmarājasurarṣayaḥ ..

> And having heard this account, all the divine, royal, and brahmin seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.33)

sabhāyāṃ tatra ye cāsaṃstepyabhūvansavismayāḥ .. 16 ..

> whoever was present there in that assembly, were also filled with wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.34)

kṛṣṇameva paraṃ brahma viditvā te narākṛti ..

> Knowing Kṛṣṇa in human form to be none other than the supreme Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.35)

bhaktiṃ prapedire tasminpraṇamantastamādarāt .. 17 ..

> they attained devotion to him, bowing down to him with reverence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.36)

itthaṃ tasyāsti māhātmyamatastvamapi sanmate ..

> Such is his greatness; therefore you too, O wise one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.37)

sarvātmanā vāsudevaṃ tameva bhaja bhaktitaḥ .. 18 ..

> worship that very Vāsudeva with wholehearted devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.38)

śrīvāsudevamāhātmyametatte kathitaṃ mayā ..

> This greatness of the venerable Vāsudeva has been narrated to you by me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.39)

durvāsanopaśamanaṃ bhagavadbhaktivarddhanam .. 19 ..

> it pacifies evil desires and increases devotion to the Blessed One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.40)

kathitāni purāṇe'tra mayākhyānāni yāni te ..

> Whatever narratives have been related to you by me in this Purāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.41)

teṣāṃ sāra idaṃ brahmannirmmathyaiva samuddhṛtaḥ .. 2.9.32.20 ..

> this, O brahmin, is their essence, extracted by churning alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.42)

vedopaniṣadāṃ caitadraso vai sāṃkhyayogayoḥ ..

> This is the essence of the Vedas and Upaniṣads, of Sāṃkhya and Yoga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.43)

pañcarātrasya kṛtsnasya dharmaśāstrasya cānagha .. 21 ..

> of the entire Pāñcarātra and the legal codes, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.44)

dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ cāyuṣyametatparamamaṅgalam ..

> This brings fortune, fame, and longevity; it is supremely auspicious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.45)

sākṣādbhagavatā gītaṃ sarvābhadravināśanam .. 22 ..

> sung directly by the Blessed One, and the destroyer of all misfortunes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.46)

ya etacchṛṇuyātpuṇyaṃ kīrttayedatha yaḥ paṭhet ..

> Whoever hears this sacred text, recites it, or reads it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.47)

vāsudeve bhavetteṣāmacalā nirmalā matiḥ .. 23 ..

> their intellect will become unwavering and spotless toward Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.48)

bhaktā ekāntikāste ca bhaveyustasya mānavāḥ ..

> And those people will become his single-minded devotees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.49)

brahmarūpā vrajantyante brahmadhāma tamaḥparam .. 24 ..

> possessing the nature of Brahman, they go at last to the realm of Brahman, beyond darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.50)

dharmārthī labhate'nena dharmaṃ kāmaṃ ca kāmukaḥ ..

> One who desires dharma obtains dharma through this; a passionate person obtains desire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.51)

dhanārthī dhanamāpnoti mokṣārthī mokṣamuttamam .. 25 ..

> one who desires wealth gains wealth; one who desires liberation attains supreme liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.52)

labheta vidyāṃ vidyārthī mucyedrugṇaśca rogataḥ ..

> A seeker of learning obtains learning, and a sick person is freed from disease;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.53)

etacchravaṇamātreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet ..26..

> by merely listening to this, the destruction of all sins takes place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.54)

brāhmaṃ tejo labhedvipraḥ kṣatriyaśca nareśatām..

> A brahmin attains Vedic splendor, and a kṣatriya attains lordship over men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.55)

dhanaṃ vaiśyaḥ sukhaṃ śūdraḥ śravaṇādasya cāpnuyāt..27..

> a vaiśya attains wealth, and a śūdra attains happiness from hearing this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.56)

etacchrutvā raṇaṃ gacchanvijayaṃ cāpnuyānnṛpaḥ..

> Hearing this before going into battle, a king achieves victory;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.57)

prāpnuyātstrī ca saubhāgyaṃ kanyā ca svepsitaṃ varam ..28..

> a woman attains good fortune, and an unmarried maiden attains the husband of her choice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.58)

etasya śrutikīrttibhyaḥ śāstrajātaśiromaṇeḥ ..

> From hearing and reciting this crest-jewel of all sacred treatises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.59)

yaṃ yaṃ yaḥ kāmayetkāmaṃ taṃtaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. ..29..

> whatever desire a person may desire, that very desire they obtain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.60)

tasmāttvaṃ sarvadā bhaktyā paṭhannetaddvijottama..

> Therefore, O best of brahmins, always reciting this with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.61)

kāyavāṇīmanobhistaṃ bhajethā bhaktavatsalam ..2.9.32.30..

> you should worship him who is affectionate to his devotees with body, speech, and mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.62)

sautiruvāca..

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

### [2.9.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.63)

etanmahāsenamukhābjaniḥsṛtaṃ sāvarṇirāpīya vacomṛtaṃ saḥ ..

> Having drunk this nectar of words issuing from the lotus face of Mahāsena, that Sāvarṇi  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.64)

cakāra bhaktiṃ vasudevanandane narākṛtibrahmaṇi sarvamaṅgale .. 31 ..

> he devoted himself to the son of Vasudeva, the supreme Brahman in human form, the all-auspicious. (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.65)

yūyaṃ ca sarve nigamāgamajñā brahmaṇyadevaṃ bhajanīyamīśam ..

> And you all, knowers of the Vedas and Āgamas, remaining steadfast in your own duties,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.66)

bhajadhvamekaṃ tamudārakīrttiṃ śrīvāsudevaṃ nijadharmasaṃsthāḥ .. 32 ..

> worship him alone, the adorable Lord, God of the Brahmins, of exalted renown, the blessed Vāsudeva! (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.67)

golokadhāmapataye prakāśacayamūrttaye .. namostu vāsudevāya bhaktyānandavivṛddhaye .. 33 ..

> Homage be to Vāsudeva, the master of the abode of Goloka, whose form is a mass of light, for the increase of the bliss of devotion! (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.68)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye granthasaṃpradāyapravṛttinirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 32 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, titled "Account of the Transmission of the Tradition of the Text," in the Śrīvāsudevamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the great Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.69)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vāsudevamāhātmyaṃ sampūrṇam.. 2-9 ..

> Thus the Vāsudevamāhātmya in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the great Skandapurāṇa is complete. (2.9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.32.70)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe dvitīyaṃ vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍaṃ sampūrṇam .. 2 ..

> Thus the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the great Skandapurāṇa is complete. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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