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# Skandapurana 2.9.6

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.1)

.. sāvarṇiruvāca ..

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

### [2.9.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.2)

sa hi bhakto bhagavata āsīdrājā mahānvasuḥ ..

> "Indeed, the great king Vasu was a devotee of the Lord.  
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### [2.9.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.3)

kiṃ mithyā'bhyavadadyena divo bhūvivaraṃ gataḥ .. 1 ..

> What untruth did he speak, on account of which he fell from heaven into a hole in the earth?  
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### [2.9.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.4)

kenoddhṛtaḥ punarbhūmeḥ śapto'sau pitṛbhiḥ kutaḥ ..

> By whom was he raised up from the earth again? Why was he cursed by the ancestors?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.5)

kathaṃ muktastato bhūpa ityetatskanda me vad .. 2 ..

> How was the king freed from that? Tell me this, O Skanda!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.6)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.7)

śṛṇu brahmankathāmetāṃ vasorvāsa varociṣaḥ ..

> "Hear, O brahmin, this story of Vasu, who possessed the splendor of Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.8)

yasyāḥ śravaṇataḥ sadyaḥ sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 3 ..

> from the hearing of which instantaneous destruction of all sins occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.9)

svāyambhuvāntare pūrvamindro viśvajidāhvayaḥ ..

> Formerly, in the Svāyambhuva manvantara, the Indra named Viśvajit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.10)

ārarambhe mahāyajñamaśvamedhābhidhaṃ mune .. 4 ..

> began a great sacrifice called the horse sacrifice, O sage.  
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### [2.9.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.11)

nibaddhāḥ paśavo'jādyāḥ krośantastatra bhūriśaḥ ..

> Sacrificial beasts, goats and others, were bound there in large numbers, bleating aloud;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.12)

sarve devagaṇāścāpi rasalubdhāstadāsata .. 5 ..

> and all the hosts of gods, greedy for the offerings, were seated there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.13)

kṣemāya sarvalokānāṃ vicaranto yadṛcchayā ..

> Wandering at will for the welfare of all worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.14)

maharṣaya upājagmustatra bhāskaravarccasaḥ .. 6..

> great seers possessing the brilliance of the sun arrived there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.15)

saṃmānitā suragaṇaiḥ pādyārghyasvāgatādibhiḥ ..

> Honored by the host of gods with water for feet, water for hospitality, welcome, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.16)

te bṛhanmunayo'paśyanmedhyāṃstānkrośataḥ paśūn .. 7 ..

> those great sages saw the animals suitable for sacrifice crying out.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.17)

sāttvikānāmapi ca taṃ devānāṃ yajñavistaram ..

> Beholding that elaborate sacrifice, filled with violence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.18)

hiṃsāmayaṃ samālokya te'tyāścaryaṃ hi lebhire .. 8 ..

> even of the gods who are of a sattvic nature, they felt great astonishment indeed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.19)

dharmavyatikramaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayā te dvijottamāḥ ..

> Seeing that violation of dharma, out of compassion those best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.20)

mahendrapramukhānūcurdevāndharmadhiyastataḥ .. 9 ..

> endowed with righteous minds, spoke then to the gods headed by Mahendra:"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.21)

maharṣaya ūcuḥ ..

> The great seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.22)

devaiśca ṛṣibhiḥ sākaṃ mahendrā'smadvacaḥ śṛṇu ..

> Together with the gods and seers, O Mahendra, listen to our words!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.23)

yathāsthitaṃ dharmatattvaṃ vadāmo hi sanātanam .. 2.9.6.10 ..

> Indeed, we proclaim the eternal essence of dharma as it truly is. // 2.9.6.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.24)

yūyaṃ jagatsargakāle brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā ..

> At the time of world creation, by Brahmā the supreme lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.25)

sattvena nirmitāḥ stho vai catuṣpāddharmadhārakāḥ .. 11 ..

> you were created from sattva, upholders of four-footed dharma. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.26)

rajasā tamasā cāsau manūṃścaiva narādhipān ..

> From rajas and tamas, he \[created\] Manus and rulers of men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.27)

asurāṇāṃ cādhipatīnasṛjaddharmadhāriṇaḥ .. 12 ..

> and he created lords of the asuras as upholders of dharma. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.28)

sarveṣāmatha yuṣmākaṃ yajñādividhibodhakam ..

> Then, for all of you, teaching the rites of sacrifice and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.29)

sasarja śreyase vedaṃ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradam .. 13 ..

> he created the Veda for your welfare, granting the fruits of all desires. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.30)

ahiṃsaiva paro dharmastatra vede'sti kīrttitaḥ ..

> Indeed, non-violence alone is praised in that Veda as the supreme dharma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.31)

sākṣātpaśuvadho yajñe nahi vedasya saṃmataḥ .. 14 ..

> the direct slaughter of animals in sacrifice is not approved by the Veda. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.32)

catuṣpādasya dharmasya sthāpane hyeva sarvathā ..

> For the intent of the Veda is entirely in establishing  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.33)

tātparyamasti vedasya na tu nāśe'sya hiṃsayā .. 15 ..

> the four-footed dharma, and not in its destruction through violence. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.34)

rajastamodoṣavaśāttathāpyasurapā nṛpāḥ ..

> Even so, kings who are rulers of asuras, under the influence of the flaws of rajas and tamas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.35)

medhyenājena yaṣṭavyamityādau matijāḍyataḥ ..

> due to dullness of mind regarding statements such as ‘one should sacrifice with a fit goat (aja),’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.36)

chāgādimarthaṃ bubudhurvrīhyādiṃ tu na te viduḥ .. 16 ..

> understood the meaning to be a he-goat and the like; but they did not know \[it means\] rice grains and the like. // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.37)

sāttvikānāṃ tu yuṣmākaṃ vedasyārtho yathā sthitaḥ ..

> However, for you who are sāttvika, the meaning of the Veda as it truly stands  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.38)

grahītavyonyathā naiva tādṛśī ca kriyocitā .. 17 ..

> must be grasped, and not otherwise; and action of that kind is proper. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.39)

yādṛśo hi guṇo yasya svabhāvastasya tādṛśaḥ ..

> Whatever quality one has, such is one's nature;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.40)

svasvabhāvānusāreṇa pravṛttiḥ syācca karmaṇi .. 18 ..

> and engaging in action should be according to one's own nature. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.41)

sāttvikānāṃ hi vo devaḥ sākṣādviṣṇū ramāpatiḥ ..

> For your deity, being sāttvika, is Viṣṇu himself, the lord of Ramā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.42)

ahiṃsayajñe'sti tato'dhikārastasya tuṣṭaye .. 19 ..

> therefore, qualification belongs to the non-violent sacrifice for his pleasure. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.43)

pratyakṣapaśumālabhya yajñasyācaraṇaṃ tu yat ..

> Performing a sacrifice by actually slaughtering a visible animal,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.44)

dharmaḥ sa viparīto vai yuṣmākaṃ surasattamāḥ .. 2.9.6.20 ..

> that, O best of gods, is truly an inverted dharma for you. // 2.9.6.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.45)

rajastamoguṇavaśādāsurīṃ saṃpadaṃ śritāḥ ..

> Under the influence of the qualities of rajas and tamas, having resorted to demonic wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.46)

yuṣmākaṃ yājakā hyete santyavedavido yathā .. 21..

> these sacrificers of yours are like those who do not know the Veda. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.47)

tatsaṅgādeva yuṣmākaṃ sāmprataṃ vyatyayo mateḥ ..

> From association with them alone has this perversion of mind now arisen  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.48)

jātastenedṛśaṃ karma prārabdhamiti niścitam .. 22 ..

> in you; thus has such an action been commenced: this is certain. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.49)

rājasānāṃ tāmasānāmāsurāṇāṃ tathā nṛṇām ..

> For rājasika, tāmasika, and demonic men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.50)

yathāguṇaṃ bhairavādyā upāsyāḥ santi devatāḥ .. 23 ..

> deities such as Bhairava are to be worshipped according to their qualities. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.51)

svaguṇānuguṇātmīyadevatātuṣṭaye bhuvi ..

> For the pleasure of their own deity, corresponding to their own quality,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.52)

hiṃsrayajñavidhānaṃ yatteṣāmevocitaṃ hi tat .. 24 ..

> the rule of violent sacrifice on earth is indeed proper only for them. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.53)

tatrāpi viṣṇubhaktā ye daityarakṣonarādayaḥ ..

> Even among them, those Daityas, Rākṣasas, men, and others who are devoted to Viṣṇu—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.54)

teṣāmapyucito nāsti hiṃsrayajñaḥ kutastu vaḥ .. 25 ..

> even for them a violent sacrifice is not proper; how much less then for you? // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.55)

yajñaśeṣo hi sarveṣāṃ yajñakarmānutiṣṭhatām ..

> For the remnant of the sacrifice for all who perform sacrificial action  
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### [2.9.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.56)

anujñāto bhakṣaṇārthaṃ nigamenaiva vartate .. 26 ..

> is permitted by the scripture itself for eating. // 26  
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### [2.9.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.57)

sāttvikānāṃ devatānāṃ surāmāṃsāśanaṃ kvacit ..

> The consumption of liquor and meat by sāttvika deities anywhere  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.58)

asmābhistvīkṣitaṃ naiva na śrutaṃ ca satāṃ mukhāt .. 27 ..

> has never been seen by us, nor heard from the mouth of the virtuous. // 27  
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### [2.9.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.59)

tasmādvrīhibhirevāsau yajñaḥ kṣīreṇa sarpiṣā ..

> Therefore, this sacrifice must be performed with rice grains, milk, clarified butter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.60)

medhyairannarasaiścā'nyaiḥ kāryo na paśuhiṃsayā .. 28 ..

> and other fit food essences, and not by violence to animals. // 28  
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### [2.9.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.61)

tatrāpi bījairyaṣṭavyamajasaṃjñāmupāgataiḥ ..

> Even there, one should sacrifice with seeds known by the name aja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.62)

trivarṣakālamuṣitairnna yeṣāṃ punarudgamaḥ .. 29 ..

> which have remained for a period of three years and do not sprout again. // 29  
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### [2.9.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.63)

adrohaścāyalobhaśca damo bhūtadayā tapaḥ ..

> Absence of malice, non-greed, self-restraint, compassion toward living beings, austerity,  
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### [2.9.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.64)

brahmacaryaṃ tathā satyamadambhaśca kṣamā dhṛtiḥ .. 2.9.6.30 ..

> celibacy, truthfulness, absence of deceit, forbearance, and fortitude— // 2.9.6.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.65)

sanātanasya dharmasya rūpametadudīritam ..

> this has been proclaimed as the form of the eternal dharma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.66)

tadatikramya yo varteddharmaghnaḥ sa patatyadhaḥ .. 31 ..

> he who acts transgressing that, a destroyer of dharma, falls down. // 31  
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### [2.9.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.67)

.. skanda uvāca ..

> Skanda said:  
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### [2.9.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.68)

itthaṃ vedarahasyajñairmahāmunibhirādarāt ..

> Though thus instructed respectfully by the great sages who knew the secret of the Veda  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.69)

bodhitā api sannītyā svapratijñāvighātataḥ ..

> with correct reasoning, because it would disrupt their own pledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.70)

tadvākyaṃ jagṛhurnaiva tatprāmāṇyavidopi te .. 32 ..

> they did not accept their word at all, even though they knew its authoritative nature. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.71)

mahadvyatikramāttarhi mānakrodhamadādayaḥ ..

> Then, because of transgressing the great, pride, anger, arrogance, and the rest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.72)

viviśusteṣvadharmasya vaṃśyāśchidragaveṣiṇaḥ .. 33 ..

> the descendants of adharma who seek out weaknesses, entered into them. // 33  
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### [2.9.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.73)

ajaśchāgo na bījānītyādi vādiṣu teṣvatha ..

> While they argued, ‘An aja is a goat, not seeds,’ and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.74)

vimanassvṛṣivaryeṣu punastānbodhayatsu ca .. 34 ..

> and the best of seers, dejected in mind, were instructing them again, // 34  
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### [2.9.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.75)

rājoparicaraḥ śrīmāṃstatraivāgādyadṛcchayā ..

> the glorious king Uparicara arrived there by chance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.76)

tejasā dyotayannāśā indrasya paramaḥ sakhā .. 35 ..

> illuminating the quarters with his brilliance, the foremost friend of Indra. // 35  
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### [2.9.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.77)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasāyāntaṃ vasuṃ te tvantarikṣagam ..

> Seeing that Vasu suddenly arriving, traveling through the atmosphere,  
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### [2.9.6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.78)

ūcurdvijātayo devāneṣa cchetsyati saṃśayam .. 36 ..

> the brahmins said to the gods: ‘He will dispel your doubt. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.79)

eṣa bhūmipatiḥ pūrvaṃ mahāyajñānsahasraśaḥ ..

> Formerly, this lord of the earth performed great sacrifices by the thousands  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.80)

cakre sātvatatantroktavidhināraṇyakena ca .. 37 ..

> according to the rule stated in the Sātvata Tantra and by the Āraṇyaka.’ // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.81)

yeṣu sākṣātpaśuvadhaḥ kasmiṃścidapi nā'bhavat ..

> In which no actual slaughter of animals ever took place in any \[rite\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.82)

na dakṣiṇānukalpaśca nāpratyakṣasurārccanam .. 38 ..

> nor was there any substitute for sacrificial gifts, nor worship of gods who were not directly present. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.83)

ahiṃsādharmarakṣābhyāṃ khyātosau sarvato nṛpaḥ ..

> Famous everywhere through non-violence and the protection of righteousness was that king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.84)

agraṇīrviṣṇubhaktānāmekapatnīmahāvrataḥ .. 39 ..

> the foremost among the devotees of Viṣṇu, observing the great vow of having only one wife. (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.85)

īdṛśo dhārmikavaraḥ satyasandhaśca vedavit ..

> Such a best of the righteous, true to his word and knower of the Veda—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.86)

kathaṃcinnānyathā brūyādvākyameṣa mahānvasuḥ .. 2.9.6.40 ..

> this great Vasu would by no means speak a contrary word.” (2.9.6.40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.87)

evaṃ te saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā vibudhā ṛṣayastathā ..

> Having thus made an agreement, the gods and the seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.88)

apṛcchansahasā'bhyetya vasuṃ rājānamutsukāḥ .. 41 ..

> eagerly coming at once, questioned King Vasu. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.89)

devamaharṣaya ūcuḥ ..

> The gods and great seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.90)

bho rājankena yaṣṭavyaṃ paśunā hosvidauṣadhaiḥ ..

> “O King! With what should one sacrifice? With an animal, or indeed with herbs?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.91)

etaṃ naḥ saṃśayaṃ chindhi pramāṇaṃ no bhavānmataḥ .. 42 ..

> Sever this doubt of ours; you are considered our authority.” (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.92)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.93)

sa tānkṛtāñjalirbhūtvā paripapraccha vai vasuḥ ..

> Joining his palms, that Vasu inquired of them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.94)

kasya vaḥ ko mataḥ pakṣo brūta satyaṃ samāhitāḥ .. 43 ..

> “Whose view is what among you? Speak the truth attentively.” (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.95)

maharṣaya ūcuḥ ..

> The great seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.96)

dhānyairyaṣṭavyamityeva pakṣo'smākaṃ narādhipa ..

> “‘One must sacrifice with grains’—this alone is our view, O ruler of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.97)

devānāṃ tu paśuḥ pakṣo mataṃ rājanvadātmanaḥ .. 44 ..

> The view of the gods, however, is an animal. Speak your own opinion, O King.” (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.98)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.6.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.99)

devānāṃ tu mataṃ jñātvā vasustatpakṣasaṃśrayāt ..

> Knowing the opinion of the gods, Vasu, by resorting to their side,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.100)

chāgādipaśunaivejyamityuvāca vacastadā .. 45 ..

> then spoke these words: “One should sacrifice with an animal such as a goat.” (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.101)

evaṃ hi mānināṃ pakṣamasantaṃ sa upāśritaḥ ..

> Having thus resorted to the untrue side of the proud \[gods\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.102)

dharmajñopyavadanmithyā vedaṃ hiṃsāparaṃ nṛpaḥ ..46..

> the king, though a knower of righteousness, falsely pronounced the Veda to be intent on violence. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.103)

tasminnaiva kṣaṇe rājā vāgdoṣādantarikṣataḥ ..

> At that very moment, due to the fault of his speech, the king \[fell\] from the sky;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.104)

adhaḥ papāta sahasā bhūmiṃ ca praviveśa saḥ..

> he suddenly fell downwards and entered into the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.105)

mahatīṃ vipadaṃ prāpa bhūmimadhyagato nṛpaḥ..

> Gone into the midst of the earth, the king met with a great calamity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.106)

smṛtistvenaṃ na prajahau tadā nārāyaṇāśrayāt..48..

> yet memory did not abandon him then, because of his taking refuge in Nārāyaṇa. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.107)

mocayitvā paśūntsarvāṃstataste tridivaukasaḥ ..

> Having released all the animals, those dwellers of heaven then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.108)

hiṃsābhītā divaṃ jagmuḥ svāśramāṃśca maharṣayaḥ..49..

> fearing violence, went to heaven, and the great seers to their own hermitages. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.6.109)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇava khaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye vedasyahiṃsāparatvoktyā uparicaravasoradhaḥpātavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ ..6..

> Thus ends the sixth chapter, entitled “The Description of the Downward Fall of Uparicara Vasu Due to Stating that the Veda is Intent on Violence,” in the Śrī Vāsudeva-māhātmya in the second Vaiṣṇava Section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse compendium. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.6.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.324.10) — Sanskrit
- [Nārāyaṇīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.narayaniya.12.324.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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