[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) › 6.3.18 # Skandapurana 6.3.18 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.p1) adhyāya 18 > Chapter 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - nirdagdhe'smiṃstato loke sūryairīśvarasambhavaiḥ . saptabhiścārṇavaiḥ śuṣkairdvīpaiḥ saptabhireva ca .. 18.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, when this world was burned by the suns originating from Īśvara, / and when the seven oceans were dried up along with the seven continents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.2) tato mukhāttasya ghanā maholbaṇā niścerurindrāyudhatulyarūpāḥ . ghorāḥ payodā jagadandhakāraṃ kurvanta īśānavaraprayuktāḥ .. 18.2 .. > then from his mouth extremely terrible clouds issued forth, resembling rainbows; / dreadful clouds, making the universe dark, dispatched by the supreme command of Īśāna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.3) nīlotpalābhāḥ kvacidaṃjanābhā gokṣīrakundendunibhāśca kecit . mayūracandrākṛtayastathā'nye kecidvidhūmānalasaprabhāśca .. 18.3 .. > some having the lustre of blue lotuses, some the lustre of collyrium, and some resembling cow's milk, kunda flowers, and the moon; / and others having the forms of peacock eyes, and some having the radiance of smokeless fire; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.4) kecinmahāparvatakalparūpāḥ kecinmahāmīnakulopamāśca . kecidgajendrākṛtayaḥ surūpāḥ kecinmahākūṭanibhāḥ payodāḥ .. 18.4 .. > some having forms like great mountains, and some resembling shoals of great fish; / some possessing the forms of lordly elephants of beautiful appearance, and some clouds resembling great peaks; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.5) calattaraṅgormisamānarūpā mahāpurodhānanibhāśca kecit . sagopurāṭṭālakasaṃnikāśāḥ savidyudulkāśanimaṇḍitāntāḥ .. 18.5 .. > having forms like moving waves and billows, and some resembling great cities, / appearing like city-gates and watchtowers, their edges adorned with lightning, meteors, and thunderbolts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.6) samāvṛtāṅgaḥ sa babhūva devaḥ saṃvartakonāma gaṇaḥ sa raudraḥ . pravarṣamāṇo jagadapramāṇamekārṇavaṃ sarvamidaṃ cakāra .. 18.6 .. > Covered over his body, that god became that dreadful host called Saṃvartaka. / Raining down, it made this entire measureless universe into a single ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.7) tato mahāmeghavivardhamānamīśānamindrāśanibhirvṛtāṅgam . dadarśa nāhaṃ bhayavihvalāṅgo gaṅgājalaughaiśca samāvṛtāṅgaḥ .. 18.7 .. > Then Īśāna, increasing by means of the great clouds, his limbs covered with Indra's thunderbolts, / I did not see, my limbs agitated with fear, my body submerged in masses of Gaṅgā-waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.8) gajāḥ punaścaiva punaḥ pibanto jagatsamantātparidahyamānam . āpūritaṃ caiva jagatsamantātsarvaiśca tairjagmuradarśanaṃ ca te .. 18.8 .. > And elephants, drinking repeatedly from the universe burning all around, / and the universe being flooded on every side by all of them, they vanished from sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.9) mahārṇavāḥ sapta sarāṃsi dvīpā nadyo'tha sarvā atha bhūrbhuvaśca . āpūryamāṇāḥ salilaughajālairekārṇavaṃ sarvamidaṃ babhūva .. 18.9 .. > The seven great oceans, the lakes, the continents, all the rivers, and the earth and the atmosphere, / being filled with masses of water, all this became a single ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.10) na dṛśyate kiṃcidaho carācaraṃ niragnicandrārkamaye'pi loke . praṇaṣṭanakṣatratamo'ndhakāre praśāntavātāstamitaikanīḍeḥ .. 18.10 .. > Nothing moving or stationary was seen, alas, in a world devoid of fire, moon, and sun, / in the darkness of the vanished stars, where the winds had calmed and all had merged into a single shelter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.11) mahājalaughe'sya viśuddhasattvā stutirmayā bhūpa kṛtā tadānīm . tato'hamityeva vicintayānaḥ śaraṇyamekaṃ kva nu yāmi śāntam .. 18.11 .. > In this great flood of water, O king, a hymn of pure reality was uttered by me then. / Then, reflecting thus: 'Where indeed shall I go to that one peaceful refuge?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.12) smarāmi devaṃ hṛdi cintayitvā prabhuṃ śaraṇyaṃ jalasaṃniviṣṭaḥ . namāmi devaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye dhyānaṃ ca tasyeti kṛtaṃ mayā ca .. 18.12 .. > I remember the god, having meditated on the Lord, the refuge, in my heart, settled in the water; / 'I bow to the god, I go for refuge,' and meditation upon him was performed by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.13) dhyātvā tato'haṃ salilaṃ tatāra tasya prasādādavimūḍhacetāḥ . glāniḥ śramaścaiva mama praṇaṣṭau devyāḥ prasādena narendraputra .. 18.13 .. > Having meditated, I then crossed the water by his grace, my mind unconfused; / my languor and fatigue were destroyed by the grace of the Goddess, O son of the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.18.13\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18.13_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of the Narmadā' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Śrīskandamahāpurāṇa 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.6.3.18.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.18.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.18) · Pramāṇa