[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) › 4.23 # Skandapurana 4.23 Skandapurāṇa 4.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.1) śivaśarmovāca .. .. > Śivaśarman said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.2) satyalokeśvara vidhe sarveṣāṃ prapitāmaha .. > “O Lord of Satyaloka, O Ordainer, great-grandfather of all! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.3) kiṃcidvijñaptukāmosmi na bhayādvaktumutsahe .. 1 .. > I wish to make a request, \[yet\] out of fear I dare not speak.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.4) .. brahmovāca .. .. > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.5) yattvaṃ praṣṭumanā vipra jñātaṃ te tanmanogatam .. > “What you intend to ask, O brahmin, that thought in your mind is known \[to me\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.6) pipṛcchiṣustvaṃ nirvāṇaṃ gaṇau tatkathayiṣyataḥ ..2.. > You desire to ask about liberation; these two attendants will explain that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.7) netayorviṣṇugaṇayoragocaramihāsti hi .. > For nothing here is beyond the reach of these two attendants of Viṣṇu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.8) sarvametau vijānīto yatkiṃcidbrahmago lake .. 3 .. > These two know everything, whatever exists in Brahmā’s universe.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.9) ityuktvā satkṛtāste vai brahmaṇā bhagavadgaṇāḥ .. > Having been spoken to thus and honored by Brahmā, the Lord’s attendants > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.10) praṇamya lokakartāraṃ te'pi hṛṣṭāḥ pratasthire .. 4 .. > Bowed to the creator of the world and departed, filled with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.11) punaḥ svayānamāruhya vaikuṃṭhamabhito yayuḥ .. > Mounting their vehicle again, they went towards Vaikuṇṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.12) gacchatāpi punastatra dvijenāpṛcchitau gaṇau .. 5 .. > As they were going, the two attendants were questioned again by the brahmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.13) .. śivaśarmovāca .. .. > Śivaśarman said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.14) kiyaddūre vayaṃ prāptā gaṃtavyaṃ ca kiyatpunaḥ .. > “How far have we reached, and how far is yet to be traversed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.15) pṛcchāmyanyacca vāṃ bhadrau brūtaṃ prītyā tadapyaho .. .. 6 .. > And another \[question\] I ask you both, O auspicious ones: speak that too with kindness! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.16) kāṃcyavaṃtī dvāravatī kāśyayodhyā ca paṃcamī .. > Kāñcī, Avantī, Dvāravatī, Kāśī, and Ayodhyā the fifth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.17) māyāpurī ca mathurā puryaḥ sapta vimuktidāḥ .. 7 .. > Māyāpurī, and Mathurā—these are the seven cities that bestow liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.18) vihāya ṣaṭpurīścānyāḥ kāśyāmevapratiṣṭhitā .. > Leaving aside the other six cities, liberation was established > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.19) muktirviśvasṛjā tatkiṃ mama muktirna saṃprati .. 8 .. > In Kāśī alone by the Creator of the universe. Why then is liberation not mine now? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.20) iti sarvaṃ mama puraḥ prasādādvaktumarhatam .. > You ought, out of grace, to tell all this before me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.21) iti tadvākyamākarṇya gaṇāvūcaturādarāt .. 9 .. > Hearing his words, the two attendants spoke with respect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.22) .. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. > The two attendants said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.23) yathārthaṃ kathayāvaste yatpṛṣṭaṃ bhavatānagha .. > “We shall relate accurately to you what has been asked by your sinless self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.24) viṣṇuprasādājjānīvo bhūtaṃbhāvibhavattathā .. 4.1.23.10 .. > By the grace of Viṣṇu we know the past, the future, and the present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.25) viprāvabhāsate yāvatkiraṇaiḥ puṣpavaṃtayoḥ .. > As far, O brahmin, as is illuminated by the rays of the sun and moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.26) tāvatībhūḥ samuddiṣṭā sasamudrādri kānanā .. 11 .. > So extensive is declared the earth, with its oceans, mountains, and forests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.27) viyacca tāvadupari vistāraparimaṃḍalam .. > And just as much above is the circular expanse of the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.28) yojanānāṃ ca niyute bhūmerbhānurvyavasthitaḥ .. 12 .. > At \[a distance of\] one hundred thousand yojanas from the earth stands the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.29) bhānoḥ sakāśādupari lakṣe lakṣyaḥ kṣapākaraḥ .. > A hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above the sun, the moon is visible; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.30) nakṣatradhaṃ(maṃ?)ḍalaṃ somāllakṣayojanamucchritam .. 13.. > One hundred thousand yojanas elevated from the moon is the sphere of the asterisms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.31) uḍumaṃḍalataḥ saumya upariṣṭāddvilakṣataḥ .. > Two hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above the sphere of the stars is Mercury (Saumya); > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.32) dvilakṣe tu budhācchukraḥ śukrādbhaumo dvilakṣake .. 14 .. > Two hundred thousand \[yojanas\] from Mercury is Venus; two hundred thousand from Venus is Mars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.33) māheyādupariṣṭācca surejyo niyutadvaye .. > Two hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above Mars is the preceptor of the gods (Jupiter); > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.34) dvilakṣayojanotsedhaḥ saurirdevapurohitāt .. 15 .. > The height of Saturn is two hundred thousand yojanas from the priest of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.35) daśāyutasamucchrāyaṃ saureḥ saptarṣimaṃḍalam .. > Elevated by one hundred thousand \[yojanas\] above Saturn is the sphere of the Seven Seers; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.36) saptarṣibhyaḥ sahasrāṇāṃ śatādūrdhvaṃ dhruvasthitaḥ .. .. 16 .. > One hundred thousand above the Seven Seers stands Dhruva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.37) pādagamyaṃ hi yatkiṃcidvastvasti dharaṇītale .. > Whatever realm can be traversed on foot on the surface of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.38) tadbhūrloka iti khyātaḥ sābdhidvīpādrikānanam .. 17 .. > That is known as Bhūrloka, along with oceans, continents, mountains, and forests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.39) bhūrlokācca bhuvarloko bradhnāvadhirudāhṛtaḥ .. > Bhuvarloka is declared to extend from Bhūrloka up to the sun; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.40) ādityādādhruvaṃ vipra svarloka iti gīyate .. .18 .. > From the sun up to Dhruva, O brahmin, is sung as Svarloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.41) maharlokaḥ kṣiterūrdhvamekakoṭipramāṇataḥ .. > Maharloka is measured at one crore \[yojanas\] above the earth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.42) koṭidvaye tu saṃkhyāto jano bhūrlokato janaiḥ .. 19 .. > Janaloka is reckoned by men at two crores \[of yojanas\] from Bhūrloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.43) catuṣkoṭipramāṇastu tapoloko'sti bhūtalāt .. > Tapoloka is measured at four crores \[of yojanas\] from the earth's surface; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.44) upariṣṭātkṣiteraṣṭau koṭayaḥ satyamīritam .. 4.1.23.20 .. > Eight crores above the earth is declared to be Satyaloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.45) satyādupari vaikuṃṭho yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ .. > Above Satya\[loka\] is Vaikuṇṭha in measure of yojanas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.46) bhūrlokātparisaṃkhyātaḥ koṭiṣoḍaśasaṃmitaḥ .. 21 .. > reckoned from the terrestrial world, it measures sixteen crores \[of yojanas\], // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.47) yatrāste śrīpatiḥ sākṣātsarveṣāmabhayapradaḥ .. > where Śrī's husband dwells visibly, granting fearlessness to all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.48) tatastu ṣoḍaśaguṇaḥ kailāso'sti śivālayaḥ .. 22 .. > Sixteen times beyond that is Kailāsa, the abode of Śiva, // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.49) pārvatyā sahitaḥ śaṃbhurgajāsya skaṃda naṃdibhiḥ .. > where Śambhu, accompanied by Pārvatī, the elephant-faced one, Skanda, and the Nandis, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.50) yatra tiṣṭhati viśveśaḥ sakalaḥ sa paraḥ smūtaḥ .. 23 .. > dwells as the lord of the universe; he is considered both with parts and supreme. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.51) tasya devasya khelo'yaṃ svalīlā mūrtidhāriṇaḥ .. > This \[universe\] is the play of that God who assumes forms for his own sport. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.52) sa viśveśa iti khyāta stasyājñākṛdidaṃ jagat .. 24 .. > He is known as the Lord of the Universe, and this world carries out his command. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.53) sarveṣāṃ śāsakaścāsau tasya śāstā na cāparaḥ .. > He is the ruler of all, and there is no other ruler above him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.54) svayaṃ sṛjati bhūtāni svayaṃ pāti tathātti ca .. 25 .. > He himself creates the beings; he himself protects and also consumes \[them\]. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.55) sarvajña ekaḥ sa proktaḥ svecchādhīna viceṣṭitaḥ .. > He is declared the sole omniscient one, whose actions are subject to his own will; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.56) tasya pravatarkaḥ kopi nahi naiva nivartakaḥ .. 26 .. > there is no instigator of his whatsoever, nor anyone to check him. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.57) amūrtaṃ yatparaṃ brahma samūrtaṃ śruticoditam .. > That supreme Brahman which is formless, and that which has form as proclaimed by the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.58) sarvavyāpi sadā nityaṃ satyaṃ dvaitavivarjitam .. 27 .. > all-pervading, ever eternal, real, devoid of duality, // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.59) sarvebhyaḥ kāraṇebhyaśca parātparataraṃ param .. > higher than the highest of all causes, supreme, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.60) ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śrutayo yatpracakṣate .. 28 .. > which the Vedas declare to be the form of Brahman consisting of bliss, // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.61) saṃvidaṃ tena yaṃ vedā viṣṇurveda na vai vidhiḥ .. > that consciousness, by which the Vedas know, but which neither Viṣṇu nor Brahmā knows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.62) yato vāco nivartaṃte hyaprāpya manasā saha .. 29 .. > from which words turn back, along with the mind, without reaching it, // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.63) svayaṃvedyaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ sarvasya hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ .. > knowable by oneself, the supreme light seated in the heart of all, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.64) yogigamyastvanākhyeyo yaḥ pramāṇaikagocaraḥ .. 4.1.23.30 .. > attainable by yogins, indescribable, having the means of knowledge alone as its range— // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.65) nānārūpopyarūpo yaḥ sarvagopi na gocaraḥ .. > he who, though having diverse forms, is formless; though going everywhere, is beyond sensory perception; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.66) anaṃtopyaṃtaka vapuḥ sarvavitkarmavarjitaḥ ..31.. > though infinite, has the form of Death; knowing all, yet free from action: // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.67) tasyedamaiśvaraṃ rūpaṃ khaṃḍacaṃdrāvataṃsakam .. > this is his sovereign form, adorned with the crescent moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.68) tamālaśyāmalagalaṃ sphuradbhālavilocanam .. 32 .. > his throat dark as the tamāla tree, an eye flashing on his forehead, // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.69) lasadvāmārdhanārīkaṃ kṛtaśeṣaśubhāṃgadam .. > radiant with the female half on his left, with the auspicious Śeṣa made into his armlet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.70) gaṃgātaraṃgasatsaṃga sadādhautajaṭātaṭam .. 33 .. > the slope of his matted hair continually washed by noble contact with the waves of the Gaṅgā, // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.71) smarāṃgarajaḥpuṃja pūjitāvayavojjvalam .. > resplendent with limbs honoured with heaps of ash from the body of the god of love, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.72) vicitragātravidhṛtamahāvyālavibhūṣaṇam .. 34 .. > bearing the ornament of great serpents fastened on his varied body, // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.73) mahokṣasyaṃdanagamaṃ virutājagavāyudham.. > mounted upon a chariot of a great bull, his weapon the twanging Ajagava bow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.74) gajājinottarāsaṃgaṃ daśārdhavadanaṃ śubham .. 35 .. > his upper garment an elephant's hide, auspicious, with five faces, // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.75) uttrāsita mahāmṛtyu mahābalagaṇāvṛtam .. > terrifier of great Death, surrounded by mighty hosts of gaṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.76) śaraṇārthikṛtatrāṇaṃ nata nirvāṇakāraṇam .. > protector of those who seek refuge, the cause of nirvāṇa for those who bow down, // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.77) manorathapathātītaṃ varadānaparāyaṇam .. 36 .. > beyond the path of desires, devoted to granting boons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.78) tasya tattvasvarūpasya rūpātītasya bho dvija .. > O twice-born one, of him whose nature is reality, who is beyond form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.79) parāvare rudrarūpe sarvevyāpyāvatiṣṭhata .. 37 .. > all things stand pervaded by his higher and lower Rudra forms. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.80) nirākāropi sākāraḥ śiva eva hi kāraṇama .. > Though formless, Śiva alone, possessing form, is indeed the cause. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.81) muktaye bhuktaye vāpi na śivānmokṣado paraḥ .. 38 .. > Whether for liberation or for enjoyment, there is no giver of liberation other than Śiva. // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.82) yathā tenākhilaṃ hyetatpārvatīpatisātkṛtama .. > Just as all this was entrusted to Pārvatī's husband by him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.83) idaṃ carācaraṃ sarvaṃ dṛśyādṛśyamarūpiṇā .. 39 .. > all this moving and unmoving, visible and invisible, by the formless one, // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.84) tathā mṛḍānīkāṃtena viṣṇusādakhilaṃjagata .. > so the entire world was made over to Viṣṇu by Mṛḍānī's beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.85) vidhāya krīḍyate vipra nityaṃ svacchaṃda līlayā .. 4.1.23.40 .. > and he sports eternally, O brahmin, through his willful play. // 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.86) yathāśivastathā viṣṇuryathāviṣṇustathā śivaḥ .. > As is Śiva, so is Viṣṇu; as is Viṣṇu, so is Śiva; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.87) aṃtaraṃ śivaviṣṇvośca manāgapi na vidyate .. 41 .. > and between Śiva and Viṣṇu there is not the slightest difference. // 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.88) āhūya pūrvaṃ brahmādīnsamastāndevatāgaṇān .. > Having summoned first Brahmā and all the other hosts of deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.89) vidyādharoragādīṃśca siddhagaṃdharvacāraṇān .. 42 .. > and the vidyādharas, serpents, siddhas, gandharvas, and cāraṇas, // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.90) nijasiṃhāsanasamaṃ kṛtvā siṃhāsanaṃ śubham .. > having fashioned an auspicious throne equal to his own throne, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.91) upaveśya hariṃ tatra cchatraṃ kṛtvā manoharam ..43.. > seating Hari upon it, and fashioning a charming parasol // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.92) ślakṣṇaṃ koṭiśalākaṃ ca viśvakarmavinirmitam .. > that was smooth, with a crore of ribs, crafted by Viśvakarman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.93) pāṃḍuraṃ ratnadaṃḍaṃ ca sthūlamuktāvalaṃbitam .. 44 .. > white, with a gem-encrusted handle, draped with large pearls, // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.94) kalaśena vicitreṇa hyupariṣṭādvirājitam .. > adorned above with a wonderful jar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.95) sahasrayojanāyāmaṃ sarvaratnamayaṃ śubham ..45.. > a thousand yojanas in extent, made of all kinds of gems, auspicious, // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.96) paṭṭasūtramayairamyaiścāmaraiśca pariṣkṛtam .. > embellished with delightful chowries made of silk threads; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.97) rājābhiṣekayogyaiśca dravyaiḥ sarvauṣadhādibhiḥ .. 46 .. > and with materials suitable for a royal consecration, all the medicinal herbs and the rest, // 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.98) pratyakṣatīrthapāthobhiḥ paṃcakuṃbhairmanoharaiḥ .. > with the visible waters of sacred fords, with five charming pitchers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.99) siddhārthākṣatadūrvābhirmaṃtraiḥ svayamupasthitaiḥ .. 47 .. > with white mustard, unbroken grains, and dūrvā grass, and with mantras appearing of their own accord; // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.100) devānāṃ ca tatharṣīṇāṃ siddhānāṃ phaṇināmapi .. > and having brought from the gods, the seers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.101) ānīya maṃgalakarāḥ kanyāḥ ṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa .. 48 .. > the siddhas, and the serpents, sixteen auspicious maidens from each; // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.102) vīṇāmṛdaṃgābjabherī maru ḍiṃḍimajharjharaiḥ .. > with vīṇās, mṛdaṅgas, lotuses, kettledrums, marus, ḍiṇḍimas, and jharjharas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.103) ānakaiḥ kāṃsyatālādyai rvādyairlalitagāyanaiḥ ..49.. > with drums, bronze cymbals, and other instruments, with melodious singers, // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.104) brahmaghoṣamahārāvairāpūritanabhoṃgaṇe .. > while the courtyard of the sky was filled with the great roar of Vedic chanting— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.105) śubhe tithau śubhe lagne tārācaṃdrabalānvite ..4.1.23.50 .. > On an auspicious lunar day, under an auspicious astrological lagna, endowed with the strength of the moon and stars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.106) ābaddhamukuṭaṃ ramyaṃ kṛtakautukamaṃgalam .. > \[him\] whose delightful crown was bound on, for whom the auspicious marriage-thread rite was performed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.107) mṛḍānīkṛtaśṛṃgāraṃ suśriyā suśriyāyutam ..51.. > adorned by Mṛḍānī, endowed with noble splendour by the noble Lakṣmī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.108) abhiṣicya maheśena svayaṃ brahmāṃḍamaṃḍape .. > having consecrated \[him\] in the pavilion of the cosmic egg, Maheśa himself > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.109) dattaṃ samastamaiśvaryaṃ yannijaṃ nānyagāmi ca .. 52 .. > gave him all his own supreme sovereignty, which belongs to no other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.110) tatastuṣṭāva deveśaḥ pramathaiḥ saha śārṅgiṇam .. > Then the lord of gods, together with his attendants, praised the wielder of the Śārṅga bow, / and spoke these words to Brahmā, the creator of the worlds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.111) brahmāṇaṃ lokakartāramuvāca ca vacastvidam .. 53 .. > "This Viṣṇu is worthy of my worship; you, too, must bow to this Hari." / Having spoken thus, Rudra himself bowed to the one whose banner is Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.112) mama vaṃdyastvayaṃ viṣṇuḥ praṇamatvamamuṃ harim .. > "This Viṣṇu is worthy of my worship; you, too, must bow to this Hari." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.113) ityuktvātha svayaṃ rudro nanāma garuḍadhvajam .. 54 .. > Having spoken thus, Rudra himself bowed to the one whose banner is Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.114) tato gaṇeśvaraiḥ sarvaiṃrbrahmaṇā ca marudgaṇaiḥ .. > Then by all the lords of the Gaṇas, by Brahmā, and by the hosts of the Maruts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.115) yogibhiḥ sanakādyaiśca siddhairdevarṣibhistathā .. 55 .. > by yogins such as Sanaka and others, by the siddhas, and likewise by the divine seers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.116) vidyādharaiḥ sagaṃdharvairyakṣarakṣopsarogaṇaiḥ .. > by the vidyādharas along with the gandharvas, by the hosts of yakṣas, rākṣasas, and apsarases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.117) guhyakaiścāraṇairbhūtaiḥ śeṣa vāsuki takṣakaiḥ .. 56 .. > by the guhyakas, cāraṇas, and bhūtas, by Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.118) patatribhiḥ kiṃnaraiśca sarvaiḥ sthāvarajaṃgamaiḥ .. > by the birds and the kinnaras, and by all things mobile and immobile— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.119) tato jayajayetyuktvā namostviti namostviti .. 57 .. > then, shouting "Victory, victory!", and "Homage, homage be \[to you\]!", > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.120) tatoharirmaheśena saṃsadi dyusadāṃ tadā .. > then Hari, by Maheśa in the assembly of the heaven-dwellers at that time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.121) etairmahāravai ramyaiścānarci paramārciṣā .. 58 .. > and by these delightful great shouts, was worshipped with supreme splendour: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.122) tvaṃ kartā sarvabhūtānāṃ pātā hartā tvameva ca .. > "You are the creator of all beings, their protector, and you alone are their destroyer; / you alone are worthy of worship by the worlds, you alone are the sovereign of the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.123) tvameva jagatāṃ pūjyastvameva jagadīśvaraḥ .. 59 .. > the giver of righteousness, wealth, and pleasure, the chastiser of those who act unjustly. / And in battle, you shall be invincible even to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.124) dātā dharmārthakāmānāṃ śāstā durnayakāriṇām .. > The giver of righteousness, wealth, and pleasure, the chastiser of those who act unjustly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.125) ajeyastvaṃ ca saṃgrāme mamāpi hi bhaviṣyasi .. 4.1.23.60 .. > and in battle, you shall be invincible even to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.126) icchāśaktiḥ kriyāśaktirjñānaśaktistathottamā .. > The power of will, the power of action, and likewise the supreme power of knowledge— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.127) śaktitrayamidaṃ viṣṇo gṛhāṇa prāpitaṃ mayā .. 61 .. > receive this triad of powers, O Viṣṇu, bestowed by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.128) tvaddveṣṭāro hare nūnaṃ mayā śāsyāḥ prayatnataḥ .. > Those who hate you, O Hari, must surely be chastised by me with care; / to your devotees, O Viṣṇu, the highest nirvāṇa must be granted by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.129) tvadbhaktānāṃ mayā viṣṇo deyaṃ nirvāṇamuttamam .. 62 .. > To your devotees, O Viṣṇu, the highest nirvāṇa must be granted by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.130) māyāṃ cāpi gṛhāṇemāṃ duṣpraṇodyāṃ surāsuraiḥ .. > Take also this māyā, difficult to dispel by gods and asuras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.131) yayā saṃmohitaṃ viśvamakiṃcijjñaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 63 .. > by which the universe, utterly deluded, will know nothing at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.132) vāmabāhurmadīyastvaṃ dakṣiṇosau pitāmahaḥ .. > You are my left arm, and that Grandfather \[Brahmā\] is my right; / indeed, you shall be the protector and also the progenitor of even this Creator." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.133) asyāpi hi vidheḥ pātā janitāpi bhaviṣyasi .. 64 .. > Indeed, you shall be the protector and also the progenitor of even this Creator." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.134) vaikuṃṭhaiśvaryamāsādya hareritthaṃ haraḥ svayam .. > Having thus established Hari in the sovereignty of Vaikuṇṭha, Hara himself, / the lord of Umā, sports at will on Kailāsa along with his attendants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.135) kailāse pramathaiḥ sārdhaṃ svairaṃ krīḍatyumāpatiḥ .. 65 .. > on Kailāsa along with his attendants the lord of Umā sports at will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.136) tadā prabhṛti devosau śārṅgadhanvā gadādharaḥ .. > From that time forward, this god who wields the Śārṅga bow and bears the mace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.137) trailokyamakhilaṃ śāsti dānavāṃtakaro hariḥ ..66.. > Hari, the destroyer of the dānavas, rules over the entire three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.138) iti te kathitā vipra lokānāṃ ca paristhitiḥ .. > "Thus the state of the worlds has been related to you, O brahmin; / now we two shall tell you the cause of your own nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.139) idānīṃ kathayiṣyāvastavanirvāṇa kāraṇam .. 67 .. > now we two shall tell you the cause of your own nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.140) idaṃ tu paramākhyānaṃ śṛṇuyādyaḥ samāhitaḥ .. > Whoever listens with focused mind to this supreme narrative, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.141) svarlokamabhigamyātha kāśyāṃ nirvāṇamāpnuyāt .. 68 .. > having gone to heaven, will then attain nirvāṇa in Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.142) yajñotsave vivāhe ca maṃgaleṣvakhileṣvapi .. > At sacrificial festivals and at weddings, and in all auspicious rites, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.143) rājyābhiṣeka samaye devasthāpanakarmaṇi .. 69 .. > at the time of a royal consecration, in the rite of installing a deity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.144) sarvādhikāradāneṣu navaveśmapraveśane .. > at conferrals of all offices, and upon entering a new home, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.145) paṭhitavyaṃ prayatnena tatkārya parisiddhaye ..4.1.23.70.. > it must be recited with care for the complete success of that undertaking. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.146) aputro labhate putramadhano dhanavānbhavet .. > A childless man obtains a son, an impoverished man becomes wealthy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.147) vyādhito mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta baṃdhanāt..71.. > the sick man is freed from illness, and the bound man is freed from bondage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.148) japyametatprayatnena satataṃ maṃgalārthinā .. > This must be recited constantly with care by one desiring good fortune; / it is the dispeller of inauspicious things, dear to Hara and Nārāyaṇa." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.149) amaṃgalānāṃ śamanaṃ haranārāyaṇapriyama ..72.. .. > it is the dispeller of inauspicious things, dear to Hara and Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.23.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23.150) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe caturbhujābhiṣeko nāma trayoviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 23 .. > Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, named 'The Consecration of the Four-Armed \[Viṣṇu\]', in the first half of the fourth section, the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, 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.4.23.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Śivadharma (Nandiprokta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmanandiprokta.1.123) — Sanskrit - [Tantrasāra (Kṛṣṇānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.tantrasara.2.40_2420) — Kṛṣṇānanda Āgamavāgīśa 1550, Sanskrit - [Bṛhattantrasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.brhattantrasara.8.2) — Sanskrit - [Hālāsyamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.halasya.3.200) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.23) · Pramāṇa