[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.9.5 # Skandapurana 2.9.5 Skandapurāṇa 2.9.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.1) .. skanda uvāca .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.2) āsīdrājoparicaro vasunāmā purā mune .. > Anciently, O sage, there was a king named Uparicara Vasu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.3) bhūbhartturāyostanayaḥ khyātaścāsāvamāvasuḥ .. > the son of Āyu, the ruler of the earth, celebrated as Amāvasu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.4) ākhaṇḍalasakho bhaktiṃ prāpto nārāyaṇe prabhau .. 1 .. > a friend of Indra, who attained devotion to the Lord Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.5) dhārmikaḥ pitṛbhaktaśca pitṝndevāṃśca tarpayan .. > Righteous, devoted to the ancestors, propitiating ancestors and gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.6) sadācārarato dakṣaḥ kṣamāvānanasūyakaḥ .. 2 .. > devoted to good conduct, capable, forbearing, free from malice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.7) sarvopakārakaḥ śānto brahmacaryarataḥ śuciḥ .. > benefactor to all, tranquil, devoted to celibacy, pure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.8) akrodhanaśca mitabhuṅmṛdurnirvyasano muniḥ .. 3 .. > free from anger, moderate in eating, gentle, devoid of vices, a sage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.9) nirdvandvo nirvikāraśca nirmāno dhīra ātmavit .. > free from dualities, free from modifications, devoid of pride, resolute, knower of the Self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.10) nirddambho mānado yogī tapasvī vijitendriyaḥ .. 4 .. > free from deceit, respectful to others, a yogin, ascetic, who had conquered his senses; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.11) dhanaputrakalatreṣu viraktaḥ svajanādiṣu .. > detached from wealth, sons, wife, kinsmen, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.12) nārāyaṇamanuṃ bhaktyā sa jajāpānvahaṃ nṛpaḥ .. 5 .. > that king chanted the Nārāyaṇa-mantra daily with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.13) tasmai tuṣṭo'tha bhagavānvāsudevaḥ svayaṃ dadau .. > Then, pleased with him, the Blessed Lord Vāsudeva himself gave him > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.14) sāmrājyaṃ so'tha nāsaktastatra bheje tamādarāt .. 6 .. > an empire; he, unattached to it, worshiped Him with reverence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.15) tatroktena vidhānena pañcakālasamāhitaḥ .. > Concentrated during the five times \[of day\] according to the prescribed rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.16) pūjayāmāsa deveśaṃ taccheṣeṇa surānpitṝn..7.. > he worshiped the Lord of gods, and with the remnants of that \[offering\], the gods and ancestors; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.17) teṣāṃ śeṣeṇa viprāśca saṃvibhajyāśritāṃśca saḥ .. > with the remnants of theirs, having distributed to the brahmins and dependents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.18) śeṣānnabhuksatyaparaḥ sarvabhūteṣvahiṃsakaḥ.. .. 8 .. > he ate the food remnants, devoted to truth, non-violent toward all living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.19) bhakṣaṇe doṣamavidatprāṇimātrāmiṣasya tu .. > The king recognized the fault in eating the meat of any living being > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.20) mahāpātakavadrājā svaprajāśca tathā'vadat .. 9.. > as equal to a great sin, and he spoke accordingly to his subjects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.21) sarvabhāvena bheje'sau devadevaṃ janārdanam .. > With his whole being he worshiped Janārdana, the God of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.22) anādimadhyanidhanaṃ lokakarttāramavyayam..2.9.5.10.. > without beginning, middle, or end, the maker of the worlds, imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.23) śrīvāsudevapadayoḥ sa cakāra manaḥ sthiram .. > He made his mind firm upon the feet of glorious Vāsudeva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.24) śrotre ca nityaṃ bhagavatkathāyāḥ śravaṇe nṛpaḥ ..1 1.. > and the king constantly applied his two ears to hearing the story of the Blessed Lord; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.25) nayane sve mukundasya tadbhaktānāṃ ca darśane.. > his two eyes to the darśana of Mukunda and of His devotees; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.26) guṇagāne harervāṇīṃ cakre bhūmipatiḥ sa tu..12.. > the lord of the earth set his speech to singing the virtues of Hari; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.27) nārāyaṇāṃghrisaṃspṛṣṭa tulasīpuṣpasaurabhe.. > upon the fragrance of tulasī flowers that touched Nārāyaṇa's feet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.28) prāṇaṃ cakāra ca nṛpo nānyagandheṣu karhicit.. 13 .. > the king set his breath, and never upon other fragrances; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.29) śrīśopabhuktavastrādi sparśane ca tvacaṃ nijām.. > his own skin to the touch of garments and other things enjoyed by the Lord of Śrī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.30) cakāra rasanāmanne nārāyaṇanivedite.. 14 .. > he applied his tongue to food offered to Nārāyaṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.31) bhagavanmandirakṣetrasadantikagatautathā.. > likewise, the king directed his two feet to going into the immediate vicinity of the Lord's temple and sacred field, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.32) cakāra caraṇau rājā sevāyāṃ ca karau hareḥ..15.. > and his two hands to the service of Hari; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.33) uttamāṃgaṃ ca cakre'sau viṣṇupādābhivandane.. > he placed his head in bowing to the feet of Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.34) sakhyaṃ cakāra paramaṃ mahābhāgavateṣu saḥ..16.. > and he formed supreme friendship with the great devotees of the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.35) ekopi na kṣaṇastasya vinā bhaktiṃ ramāpateḥ .. > Not even a single moment of that royal sage passed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.36) jagāma kila rājarṣestadīya vratacāriṇaḥ ..17 .. > without devotion to the Lord of Ramā, as he observed his vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.37) mahadbhireva saṃbhārairviṣṇorjjanmadinotsavān .. > With great provisions indeed, he celebrated Viṣṇu's birthday festivals; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.38) cakre tadarthamudyānamaṃdiropavanāni ca .. 18 .. > for that purpose he constructed gardens, temples, and pleasure groves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.39) itthaṃ nārāyaṇe bhaktiṃ vahato brāhmaṇottama .. > To him who bore such devotion to Nārāyaṇa, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.40) ekaśayyāsanaṃ tasya dattavāndevarāṭ svayam .. 19 .. > the king of gods himself offered a seat on his own couch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.41) vaijayantīṃ dadau mālāṃ tasmā indro'tiśobhanām .. > Indra gave him the extremely beautiful Vaijayantī garland, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.42) amlānapaṅkajamayīṃ tathā ratnāni bhūriśaḥ .. 2.9.5.20 .. > made of unfading lotuses, and also abundant jewels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.43) ātmā rājyaṃ dhanaṃ caiva kalatraṃ vāhanādi ca .. > "One's self, kingdom, wealth, wife, vehicles, and the like— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.44) yattadbhagavataḥ sarvamiti tatprekṣitaṃ sadā .. 21 .. > all that belongs to the Lord": thus he always regarded them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.45) kāmyā naimittikājasraṃ yajñiyāḥ paramāḥ kriyāḥ .. > Desire-prompted, occasional, and perpetual supreme sacrificial rites— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.46) sarvāḥ sātvatamāsthāya vidhiṃ cakre samāhitaḥ .. 22 .. > he performed them all with concentrated mind, following the Sātvata injunctions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.47) pañcarātravido mukhyāstasya gehe mahātmanaḥ .. > Chief brahmins knowledgeable in the Pañcarātra, in the house of that great-souled one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.48) prāyaṇaṃ bhagavatprattaṃ bhuñjatesmāgrato dvijāḥ .. 23 .. > regularly ate first what was offered to the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.49) tasya praśāsato rājyaṃ dharmeṇā'mitraghātinaḥ .. > While he, the slayer of his foes, was ruling the kingdom righteously, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.50) nānṛtā vāksamabhavanmano duṣṭaṃ na cā'bhavat .. > no untruthful speech arose, nor did his mind turn wicked, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.51) na ca kāyena kṛtavānsa pāpaṃ paramaṇvapi .. 24 .. > nor did he commit even an atom of sin with his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.52) pañcarātraṃ mahātantraṃ bhagavadbhaktipuṣṭaye .. > For the nourishment of devotion to the Lord, the great treatise Pañcarātra > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.53) śuśrāvānudinaṃ rājā bhagavadbhaktavaktrataḥ .. 25 .. > the king listened to daily from the mouth of a devotee of the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.54) dharmaṃ saṃsthāpayañchuddhaṃ rañjayansakalāḥ prajāḥ .. > Establishing pure righteousness and gladdening all his subjects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.55) pālayāmāsa pṛthivīṃ divamākhaṇḍalo yathā .. 26 .. > he protected the earth just as Indra protects heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.56) api saptavidhastasya rājye palalabhakṣakaḥ .. > Even among the seven kinds of meat-eaters, in his kingdom > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.57) pumānkopyabhavannaiva na ca pāṣaṇḍaveṣiṇaḥ .. 27 .. > there was not a single person, nor were there any wearing the guise of heretics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.58) asādhyo yoṣitaścaiva puruṣāḥ pāradārikāḥ .. > Intractable women, adulterous men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.59) na śrutāstasya rājye ca dharmasaṃkarakāriṇaḥ .. 28 .. > and those who cause confusion of caste duties were unheard of in his kingdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.60) ekādaśavidhaṃ madyaṃ trividhāṃ ca surāmapi .. > Of the eleven kinds of liquor and the three kinds of surā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.61) nājighradapi kopīha tasminrājyaṃ praśāsati .. 29 .. > no one in this realm even smelled any while he ruled the kingdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.62) evaṃguṇaḥ sa tu kvāpi pakṣapātāddivaukasām .. > Yet, though possessing such virtues, on one occasion out of partiality for the celestials, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.63) mithyālāpāddivo bhraṣṭaḥ praviveśa mahītalam .. 2.9.5.30 .. > due to a false statement he fell from heaven and entered the bowels of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.64) antarbhūmigataścāsau satataṃ dharmavatsalaḥ .. > Having gone underground, he, ever fond of righteousness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.65) nārāyaṇaparo bhūtvā tanmaṃtramajapatsthiraḥ .. 31 .. > became devoted to Nārāyaṇa and chanted his mantra with steady mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.66) tasyaiva ca prasādena punarevotthitastu saḥ .. > By his grace alone, he rose up once again; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.67) divaṃ prāpya sukhaṃ tatra manobhīṣṭaṃ samanvabhūt .. 32 .. > having attained heaven, he enjoyed there the happiness desired by his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.68) punaścedipatirbhūtvā bhuvyasau pitṛśāpataḥ .. > Becoming the lord of Cedi once again on earth due to a curse of the ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.69) pañcarātroktavidhinā bheje harimatandritaḥ .. 33 .. > he unweariedly worshipped Hari according to the rites enjoined in the Pañcarātra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.70) svargalokaṃ tataḥ prāpaddivyadehena bhūpatiḥ .. > Then the king attained the heavenly world in a divine body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.71) upāsanāṃ ca tatratyaiḥ paramarṣigaṇaiḥ saha .. 34.. > and together with the hosts of supreme seers residing there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.72) dṛḍhīkurvanbhagavataḥ kañcitkālamuvāsa tat .. > confirming his worship of the Lord, he dwelt there for some time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.73) paraṃ padamatha prāpadvāsudevasya nirbhayam..35.. > Then he attained the supreme, fearless abode of Vāsudeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5.74) .. .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmya uparicaravasusadguṇavarṇanaṃ nāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 .. > Thus ends the fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Virtues of Uparicara Vasu," in the Vāsudeva-māhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.322.23) — Sanskrit - [Nārāyaṇīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.narayaniya.12.322.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.5) · Pramāṇa