[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) › 2.9.9 # Skandapurana 2.9.9 Skandapurāṇa 2.9.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.1) skanda uvāca .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.2) bhāvidharmaviparyāsakālavegavaśo'tha saḥ .. > Then he, overcome by the force of time that brought about the future subversion of dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.3) nāhaṃ kṣamiṣya ityuktvā kailāsaṃ prayayau mune .. 1 .. > saying 'I will not forgive,' went to Kailāsa, O sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.4) trailokyācchrīrapi tadā samudrentarddhimāyayau .. > Then Śrī also disappeared from the three worlds into the ocean; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.5) indraṃ vihāyāpsarasaḥ sarvaśaḥ śriyamanvayuḥ .. 2 .. > leaving Indra, the apsarases followed Śrī everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.6) tapaḥ śaucaṃ dayā satyaṃ pādaḥ saddharmaṛddhayaḥ .. > Austerity, purity, compassion, truth, the quarter \[of dharma\], the riches of true dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.7) siddhayaśca balaṃ sattvaṃ sarvataḥ śriyamanvayuḥ .. 3 .. > the perfections, strength, and goodness followed Śrī on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.8) gajādīni ca yānāni svarṇādyābhūṣaṇāni ca .. > Vehicles such as elephants, ornaments made of gold and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.9) cikṣipurmaṇiratnāni dhātūpakaraṇāni ca .. 4 .. > gems, jewels, and metallic utensils were cast away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.10) annānyauṣadhayaḥ snehāḥ kālenālpena cikṣiyuḥ .. > Food grains, medicinal plants, and oils diminished in a short time; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.11) na kṣīraṃ dhenumahiṣīpramukhānāṃ staneṣva'bhūt .. 5 .. > no milk remained in the udders of cows, buffaloes, and other animals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.12) navāpi nidhayo naṣṭāḥ kuberasyāpi mandirāta .. > Even the nine treasures were lost from Kubera's abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.13) indraḥ sahāmaragaṇairāsīttāpasasannibhaḥ .. 6 .. > Indra, together with the hosts of immortals, came to resemble ascetics performing austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.14) sarvāṇi bhogadravyāṇi nāśamīyustrilokataḥ .. > All objects of enjoyment were lost from the three worlds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.15) devā daityā manuṣyāśca sarve dāridyapīḍitāḥ .. 7 .. > gods, daityas, and mortals were all afflicted with poverty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.16) kāntyā hīnastataścandraḥ prāpāmbutvaṃ mahodadhau.. > Then the moon, bereft of splendor, dissolved into water in the great ocean; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.17) anāvṛṣṭirmahatyāsīddhānyabījakṣayaṃkarī .. 8 .. > a great drought occurred that destroyed grain and seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.18) kvānnaṃ kvānneti jalpantaḥ kṣutkṣāmāśca nirojasaḥ .. > Crying out 'Where is food? Where is food?', emaciated with hunger and lacking vigor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.19) tyaktvā grāmānpuraścoṣurvaneṣu ca nageṣu ca ..9.. > abandoning villages and towns, they dwelt in forests and mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.20) kṣudhārttāste paśūnhatvā grāmyānāraṇyakāṃstathā .. > Afflicted by hunger, killing domestic as well as wild beasts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.21) paktvā'paktvāpi vā kecitteṣāṃ māṃsānyabhuñjata .. 2.9.9.10 .. > some ate their flesh, cooked or even raw. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.22) vidvāṃso munayaścā'tha ye vai saddharmacāriṇaḥ .. > The learned sages, however, who walked the path of true dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.23) mriyamāṇāḥ kṣudhā'thāpi nāśnanta palalāni tu .. 11 .. > though dying of hunger, did not eat flesh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.24) tadā tu vṛddhā ṛṣayastāndṛṣṭvā'naśanādṛtān .. > Then the elder seers, seeing them dedicated to fasting, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.25) manubhiḥ saha vedoktamāpaddharmamabodhayan .. 12 .. > instructed them, along with the Manus, in the duties during times of distress taught in the Vedas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.26) munayaḥ prāyaśastatra kṣudhā vyākulitendriyāḥ .. > "The sages there, whose senses were mostly agitated by hunger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.27) parokṣavādavedārthānviparītānprapedire .. 13 .. > grasped the reverse meanings of the esoteric statements of the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.28) arthaṃ cājādiśabdānāṃ mukhyaṃ chāgādimeva te .. > and understood the primary meaning of words such as aja ('unborn', 'goat') to be goats and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.29) bubudhuścā'tha te prāhuryajñān kuruta bho dvijāḥ .. 14 .. > Then they said: 'Perform sacrifices, O twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.30) yā vedavihitā hiṃsā na sā hiṃsāsti doṣadā .. > The violence ordained by the Veda is not violence that brings guilt; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.31) uddiśya devānpitṝṃśca tato ghnata paśūñchubhān.. 15 .. > therefore, slay auspicious beasts intended for the gods and the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.32) prokṣitaṃ devatābhyaśca pitṛbhyaśca niveditam .. > Sprinkled \[with consecrated water\] for the deities and offered to the ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.33) bhuñjata svepsitaṃ māṃsaṃ svārthaṃ tu ghnata mā paśūn ..16.. > eat the desired meat; but do not slaughter beasts for your own sake.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.34) tato devarṣibhūpālā narāśca svasvaśaktitaḥ .. > Instructed by them, the royal sages, divine sages, and men according to their individual capacity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.35) cakrustairbodhitā yajñānṛte hyekāntikānhareḥ..17.. > performed sacrifices, except for the single-minded devotees of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.36) gomedhamaśvamedhaṃ ca naramedhamukhānmakhān .. > They performed sacrifices such as the cow sacrifice, the horse sacrifice, and the human sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.37) cakruryajñāvaśiṣṭāni māṃsāni bubhujuśca te..18.. > and they ate the meat left over from the sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.38) vinaṣṭāyāḥ śriyaḥ prāptyai kecidyajñāṃśca cakrire .. > Some performed sacrifices to regain lost fortune, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.39) strīputramaṃdirādyarthaṃ kecicca svīyavṛttaye .. 19.. > and some for the sake of wives, sons, houses, and the like, or for their own livelihood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.40) mahāyajñeṣvaśaktāstu pitṝnudiśya bhūriśaḥ .. > Those incapable of great sacrifices, however, intending them for the ancestors abundantly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.41) nihatya śrāddheṣu paśūnmāṃsānyādaṃstathā''dayan .. 2.9.9.20 .. > slaughtered animals in ancestral rites and ate and fed others with the meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.42) kecitsaritsamudrāṇāṃ tīreṣvevāvasañjanāḥ .. > Some people lived on the banks of rivers and the sea; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.43) matsyāñjālairupādāya tadāhārā babhūvire ..21.. > catching fish with nets, they became nourished by them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.44) svagṛhāgataśiṣṭebhyaḥ paśūneva nihatya ca .. > Having slaughtered beasts—cows, goats, and the like— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.45) nivedayāmāsurete gochāgapramukhānmune .. 22 .. > they offered them to worthy guests who arrived at their homes, O sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.46) sajātīyavivāhānāṃ niyamaśca tadā kvacit .. > Then, anywhere, the rule of endogamous marriages > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.47) nābhavaddharmasāṃkaryādvittaveśmādyabhāvataḥ ..23.... > no longer held, due to the confusion of duties and the lack of wealth, houses, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.48) brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyādīnāṃ kṣatrādyā brahmaṇāṃ sutāḥ .. > Brahmins married daughters of kṣatriyas and others, and kṣatriyas and others married daughters of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.49) upayemire kālagatyā svasvavaṃśavivṛddhaye .. 24 .. > due to the course of time, for the propagation of their respective lineages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.50) itthaṃ hiṃsāmayā yajñāḥ saṃpravṛttā mahāpadi .. > Thus, sacrifices filled with violence were initiated in this great calamity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.51) dharmastvābhāsamātro'sthātsvayaṃ tu śriyamanvagāt .. 25 .. > dharma remained merely a semblance, while \[true dharma\] itself followed Śrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.52) adharmaḥ sānvayo lokāṃstrīnapi vyāpya sarvataḥ .. > Adharma, with its offspring, pervaded all three worlds completely > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.53) avarddhatā'lpakālena durnivāryo budhairapi .. 26 .. > and grew rapidly, irresistible even to the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.54) daridrāṇāmathaiteṣāmapatyāni tu bhūriśaḥ .. > And the offspring of these poor people were numerous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.55) teṣāṃ ca vaṃśavistāro mahām̐llokeṣvavarddhata .. 27 .. > and the expansion of their lineage grew immense in the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.56) vidvāṃsastatra ye jātāste tu dharmaṃ tameva hi .. > Those among them who were born learned considered that very \[practice\] to be dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.57) menire mukhyamevā'tha granthāṃścakruśca tādṛśān .. 28 .. > regarding it as primary, and composed treatises of that kind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.58) te paramparayā granthāḥ prāmāṇyaṃ pratipedire .. > Through tradition, those treatises attained authority. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.59) ādye tretāyuge hītthamāsīddharmasya viplavaḥ .. 29 .. > In this way, indeed, the corruption of dharma occurred in the first Tretāyuga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.60) tataḥprabhṛti lokeṣu yajñādau paśuhiṃsanam .. > From that time forward, the killing of animals in sacrifices and other rites > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.61) babhūva satye tu yuge dharma āsītsanātanaḥ .. 2.9.9.30 .. > arose among people; but in the Satyayuga dharma was eternal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.62) kālena mahatā sopi saha devaiḥ surādhipaḥ .. > After a great period of time, even that king of the gods, together with the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.63) ārādhya saṃpadaṃ prāpa vāsudevaṃ prabhuṃ mune .. 31 .. > having worshipped the Lord Vāsudeva, regained prosperity, O sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.64) tato dharmaniketasya śrīpateḥ kṛpayā hareḥ .. > Then, through the grace of Hari, the husband of Śrī and the abode of dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.65) yathāpūrvaṃ ca saddharmastrilokyāṃ saṃpravarttata .. 32 .. > true dharma was established throughout the three worlds just as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.66) tatrāpi kecinmunayo nṛpā devāśca mānuṣāḥ .. > Even then, certain sages, kings, gods, and human beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.67) kāmakrodharasāsvādalobhopahatasaddhiyaḥ .. > their good intellects ruined by greed and the tasting of the flavors of desire and wrath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.68) tamāpaddharmamadyāpi prādhānyenaiva manvate .. 33 .. > regard that duty of times of distress as primary even today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.69) ekāntino bhāgavatā jitakāmādayastu ye .. > But those single-minded devotees of the Blessed One who have conquered desire and other vices > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.70) āpadyapi na te'gṛhṇaṃstaṃ tadā kimutā'nyadā .. 34 .. > did not adopt it even in times of distress, let alone at other times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.71) itthaṃ brahmannādikalpe hiṃsrayajñapravarttanam .. > Thus, O brahmin, how the introduction of animal sacrifice took place in the first kalpa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.72) yathāsīttanmayākhyātamāpatkālavaśādbhuvi .. 35 .. .. > due to the exigency of a time of distress upon the earth, has been told by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9.73) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye hiṃsrayajñapravṛttihetunirūpaṇaṃ nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 9 .. > Thus ends the ninth chapter, titled “Setting Forth the Cause of the Origin of Sacrifices Involving Injury,” in the Śrīvāsudevamāhātmya 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.2.9.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.9) · Pramāṇa