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# Skandapurana 6.3.192

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.192

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.192.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.1)

adhyāya 192  
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tasyaivānantaraṃ tāta devatīrthamanuttamam .  
dṛṣṭvā tu śrīpatiṃ pāpairmucyate mānavo bhuvi .. 192.1 ..

> Chapter 192  
> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Immediately next to it, my dear, is Devatīrtha, second to none. / Having seen the Lord of Śrī, a mortal on earth is freed from sins. 192.1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.2)

maharṣestasya jāmātā bhṛgordevo janārdanaḥ .. 192.2 ..

> The god Janārdana is the son-in-law of that great seer Bhṛgu. 192.2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.3)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
ko'yaṃ śriyaḥ patirdevo devānāmadhipo vibhuḥ .  
kathaṃ janmābhavattasya deveṣu triṣu vā mune .. 192.3 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> Who is this god, the Lord of Śrī, sovereign ruler of the gods, the all-pervading lord? / How did his birth come about among the three gods, O sage? 192.3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.4)

sambandhī ca kathaṃ jāto bhṛguṇā saha keśavaḥ .  
etadvistarato brahman vaktumarhasi bhārgava .. 192.4 ..

> And how did Keśava become a relation of Bhṛgu? / You ought to tell this in detail, O holy descendant of Bhṛgu. 192.4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.5)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
saṃkṣepātkathayiṣyāmi sādhyasya caritaṃ mahat .  
na hi vistarato vaktuṃ śaktāḥ sarve maharṣayaḥ .. 192.5 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> I shall tell briefly the great life of the Sādhya; / for not all the great seers together are capable of narrating it in full detail. 192.5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.6)

nārāyaṇasya nābhyabjājjāto devaścaturmukhaḥ .  
tasya dakṣo'ṅgajo rājan dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhasambhavaḥ .. 192.6 ..

> From the navel-lotus of Nārāyaṇa was born the four-faced god \[Brahmā\]. / Born of his limb was Dakṣa, O king, originating from the right thumb. 192.6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.7)

dharmaḥ stanāntātsaṃjātastasya putro'bhavatkila .  
nārāyaṇasahāyo'sāvajo'pi bharatarṣabha .. 192.7 ..

> From the area of his chest Dharma was born, who became his son. / He is the companion of Nārāyaṇa, though unborn, O bull of the Bharatas. 192.7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.8)

marutvatī vasurjñānā lambā bhānumatī satī .  
saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca sādhyā viśvāvatī kakup .. 192.8 ..

> Marutvatī, Vasu, Jñānā, Lambā, Bhānumatī, Satī, / Saṃkalpā, and Muhūrtā, Sādhyā, Viśvāvatī, \[and\] Kakubh— 192.8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.9)

dharmapatnyo daśaivaitā dākṣāyaṇyo mahāprabhāḥ .  
tāsāṃ sādhyā mahābhāgā putrānajanayannṛpa .. 192.9 ..

> these ten daughters of Dakṣa of great splendour were the wives of Dharma. / Among them, the highly blessed Sādhyā gave birth to sons, O king. 192.9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.10)

naro nārāyaṇaścaiva hariḥ kṛṣṇastathaiva ca .  
viṣṇoraṃśāṃśakā hyete catvāro dharmasūnavaḥ .. 192.10 ..

> Nara, Nārāyaṇa, Hari, and likewise Kṛṣṇa: / these are the four sons of Dharma, portions of a portion of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.11)

tathā nārāyaṇanarau gandhamādanaparvate .  
ātmanyātmānamādhāya tepatuḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ .. 192.11 ..

> Then Nārāyaṇa and Nara, on Mount Gandhamādana, / fixing the self upon the Self, performed supreme austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.12)

dhyāyamānāvanaupamyaṃ svaṃ kāraṇamakāraṇam .  
vāsudevamanirdeśyamapratarkyamanantaram .. 192.12 ..

> Meditating on their own uncaused cause, incomparable, / Vāsudeva, undefinable, unthinkable, without boundary,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.13)

yogayuktau mahātmānāvāsthitāvurutāpasau .  
tayostapaḥprabhāveṇa na tatāpa divākaraḥ .. 192.13 ..

> Engaged in yoga, the two great souls stood firm in intense austerity. / Through the power of their austerity, the sun did not burn hot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.14)

vavāha śaṅkito vāyuḥ sukhasparśo hyaśaṅkitaḥ .  
śiśiro'bhavadatyarthaṃ jvalannapi vibhāvasuḥ .. 192.14 ..

> The wind blew timidly, yet felt pleasant to the touch when untroubled; / and fire, though blazing, became exceedingly cool.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.15)

siṃhavyāghrādayaḥ saumyāśceruḥ saha mṛgairgirau .  
tayorgauriva bhārārtā pṛthivī pṛthivīpate .. 192.15 ..

> Lions, tigers, and other beasts roamed peacefully together with deer on the mountain. / Oppressed by their weight, O lord of the earth, the earth \[groaned\] like a cow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.16)

ceruśca bhūdharāścaiva cukṣubhe ca mahodadhiḥ .  
devāśca sveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣu niṣprabheṣu hataprabhāḥ .  
babhūvuravanīpāla paramaṃ kṣobhamāgatāḥ .. 192.16 ..

> The mountains trembled, and the great ocean was agitated. / The gods in their abodes, robbed of their luster and grown dim, / fell into great agitation, O protector of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.17)

devarājastathā śakraḥ saṃtaptastapasā tayoḥ .  
yuyojāpsarasastatra tayorvighnacikīrṣayā .. 192.17 ..

> Then Śakra, king of the gods, tormented by their austerity, / dispatched the apsarases there, wishing to cause an obstacle to them both.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.18)

indra uvāca -  
rambhe tilottame kubje ghṛtāci lalite śubhe .  
pramloce subhru sumloce saurabheyi mahoddhate .. 192.18 ..

> Indra said: / 'O Rambhā, Tilottamā, Kubjā, Ghṛtācī, Lalitā, Śubhā, / Pramlocā, O fair-browed Sumlocā, Saurabheyī, highly proud one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.19)

alambuṣe miśrakeśi puṇḍarīke varūthini .  
vilokanīyaṃ bibhrāṇā vapurmanmathabodhanam .. 192.19 ..

> Alambuṣā, Miśrakeśī, Puṇḍarīkā, Varūthinī! / Displaying a lovely form that awakens love,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.20)

gandhamādanamāsādya kurudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama .  
naranārāyaṇau tatra tapodīkṣānvitau dvijau .. 192.20 ..

> Go to Gandhamādana and do my bidding. / There Nara and Nārāyaṇa, two twice-born consecrated to austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.21)

tepāte dharmatanayau tapaḥ paramaduścaram .  
tāvasmākaṃ varārohāḥ kurvāṇau paramaṃ tapaḥ .. 192.21 ..

> The two sons of Dharma, are performing austerity exceedingly difficult to practice. / For us, O fair-hipped women, they, practicing supreme austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.22)

karmātiśayaduḥkhārtipradāvāyatināśanau .  
tadgacchata na bhīḥ kāryā bhavatībhiridaṃ vacaḥ .. 192.22 ..

> Inflict suffering and anguish through the excess of their rites, destroying our future. / Therefore go; you should feel no fear. \[Hear\] this word:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.23)

smaraḥ sahāyo bhavitā vasantaśca varāṅganāḥ .  
rūpaṃ vayaḥ samālokya madanoddīpanaṃ param .  
kandarpavaśamabhyeti vivaśaḥ ko na mānavaḥ .. 192.23 ..

> Smara will be your ally, and the spring season too, O lovely women! / Seeing your beauty and youth, which supremely kindle passion, / what man does not succumb helplessly to the power of Kandarpa?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.24)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ityuktvā devarājena madanena samaṃ tadā .  
jagmurapsarasaḥ sarvā vasantaśca mahīpate .. 192.24 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having been thus addressed by the king of the gods, along with Madana, / all the apsarases and Spring went forth at that time, O lord of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.25)

gandhamādanamāsādya puṃskokilakulākulam .  
cacāra mādhavo ramyaṃ protphullavanapādapam .. 192.25 ..

> Arriving at Gandhamādana, teeming with flocks of male cuckoos, / Spring ranged through the lovely \[mountain\] whose forest trees were in full bloom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.26)

pravavau dakṣiṇāśāyāṃ malayānugato'nilaḥ .  
bhṛṅgamālārutaravai ramaṇīyamabhūdvanam .. 192.26 ..

> In the southern quarter, a breeze blew from the Malaya hills; / the forest became delightful with the buzzing sounds of swarms of bees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.27)

gandhaśca surabhiḥ sadyo vanarājisamudbhavaḥ .  
kinnaroragayakṣāṇāṃ babhūva ghrāṇatarpaṇaḥ .. 192.27 ..

> And a fragrant scent, rising freshly from the forest groves, / brought delight to the nostrils of Kinnaras, Uragas, and Yakṣas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.28)

varāṅganāśca tāḥ sarvā naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī .  
vilobhayitumārabdhā vāgaṅgalalitasmitaiḥ .. 192.28 ..

> And all those lovely women began to entice / the two seers, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, with words, bodily charms, and graceful smiles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.29)

jagau manoharaṃ kācinnanarta tatra cāpsarāḥ .  
avādayattathaivānyā manoharataraṃ nṛpa .. 192.29 ..

> One sang charmingly, and an apsaras danced there; / another played \[instruments\] still more delightfully, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.30)

hāvairbhāvaiḥ sṛtairhāsyaistathānyā valgubhāṣitaiḥ .  
tayoḥ kṣobhāya tanvaṅgyaścakrurudyamamaṅganāḥ .. 192.30 ..

> With coquettish gestures, emotional expressions, flowing smiles, and sweet speech, / the slender-limbed women made an effort to agitate them both.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.31)

tathāpi na tayoḥ kaścinmanasaḥ pṛthivīpate .  
vikāro'bhavadadhyātmapārasamprāptacetasoḥ .. 192.31 ..

> Even so, no perturbation arose in the minds of the two, / O lord of the earth, their consciousness having reached the far shore of the Self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.32)

nivātasthau yathā dīpāvakampau nṛpa tiṣṭhataḥ .  
vāsudevārpaṇasvasthe tathaiva manasī tayoḥ .. 192.32 ..

> Just as two lamps standing in a windless place remain steady, O king, / so the minds of both remained at peace, surrendered to Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.33)

pūryamāṇo'pi cāmbhobhirbhuvamanyāṃ mahodadhiḥ .  
yathā na yāti saṃkṣobhaṃ tathā tanmānasaṃ kvacit .. 192.33 ..

> And as the great ocean, though filled by waters, does not overflow into other land, / so their mind was nowhere agitated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.34)

sarvabhūtahitaṃ brahma vāsudevamayaṃ param .  
manyamānau na rāgasya dveṣasya ca vaśaṃgatau .. 192.34 ..

> Regarding supreme Brahman, beneficent to all beings, as consisting of Vāsudeva, / they fell under the sway of neither passion nor hatred.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.35)

smaro'pi na śaśākātha praveṣṭuṃ hṛdayaṃ tayoḥ .  
vidyāmayaṃ dīpayutamandhakāra ivālayam .. 192.35 ..

> Smara could not enter their hearts, / just as darkness cannot enter an abode full of lights and radiant with knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.36)

puṣpojjvalāṃstaruvarān vasantaṃ dakṣiṇānilam .  
tāścaivāpsarasaḥ sarvāḥ kandarpaṃ ca mahāmunī .. 192.36 ..

> The excellent trees glowing with blossoms, Spring, the southern breeze, / all those apsarases, and Kandarpa—the two great sages  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.37)

yaccārabdhaṃ tapastābhyāmātmānaṃ gandhamādanam .  
dadarśāte'khilaṃ rūpaṃ brahmaṇaḥ puruṣarṣabha .. 192.37 ..

> And the austerity begun by them, themselves, and Gandhamādana— / beheld it all as the form of Brahman, O bull among men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.38)

dāhāya nāmalo vahnernāpaḥ kledāya cāmbhasaḥ .  
taddravyameva taddravyavikārāya na vai yataḥ .. 192.38 ..

> The blaze of fire is not for burning \[fire\], nor is water for moistening water; / for a substance itself cannot cause a change in that very substance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.39)

tato vijñāya vijñāya paraṃ brahma svarūpataḥ .  
madhukandarpayoṣitsu vikāro nābhavattayoḥ .. 192.39 ..

> Therefore, repeatedly recognizing supreme Brahman in its essential nature, / no disturbance arose in them on account of Spring, Kandarpa, or the women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.40)

tato gurutaraṃ yatnaṃ vasantamadanau nṛpa .  
cakrāte tāśca tanvaṅgyastatkṣobhāya punaḥpunaḥ .. 192.40 ..

> Then Spring and Madana made an even greater effort, O king, / and those slender-limbed women \[did likewise\] again and again to agitate them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.41)

atha nārāyaṇo dhairyaṃ saṃdhāyodīrṇamānasaḥ .  
ūrorutpādayāmāsa varāṅgīmabalāṃ tadā .. 192.41 ..

> Then Nārāyaṇa, having composed his fortitude with an exalted mind, / created from his thigh a woman of beautiful limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.42)

trailokyasundarīratnamaśeṣamavanīpate .  
guṇairlāghavamabhyeti yasyāḥ saṃdarśanādanu .. 192.42 ..

> Every jewel among beauties in the three worlds, O protector of the earth, / fell into insignificance beside her qualities upon seeing her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.43)

tāṃ vilokya mahīpāla cakampe manasānilaḥ .  
vasanto vismayaṃ yātaḥ smaraḥ sasmāra kiṃcana .. 192.43 ..

> Beholding her, O king, the wind trembled in its heart, / Spring was struck with wonder, and Smara became bewildered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.44)

rambhātilottamādyāśca vailakṣyaṃ devayoṣitaḥ .  
na rejuravanīpāla tallakṣyahṛdayekṣaṇāḥ .. 192.44 ..

> Rambhā, Tilottamā, and the other celestial women were embarrassed; / they lost their radiance, O lord of the earth, their hearts and eyes fixed on her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.45)

tataḥ kāmo vasantaśca pārthivāpsarasaśca tāḥ .  
praṇamya bhagavantau tau tuṣṭuvurmunisattamau .. 192.45 ..

> Then Kāma, Spring, and those celestial apsarases, O king, / bowed down to the two blessed ones, the best of sages, and praised them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.46)

vasantakāmāpsarasa ūcuḥ .  
prasīdatu jagaddhātā yasya devasya māyayā .  
mohitāḥ sma vijānīmo nāntaraṃ vidyate dvayoḥ .. 192.46 ..

> Spring, Kāma, and the apsarases said: / 'May the creator of the world be pleased, by whose divine māyā / we have been deluded; we know that there is no difference between you two.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.47)

prasīdatu sa vāṃ devo yasya rūpamidaṃ dvidhā .  
dhāmabhūtasya lokānāmanāderapratiṣṭhataḥ .. 192.47 ..

> May that god be pleased with you both, whose twofold form this is, / who is the abode of the worlds, beginningless, and self-supported.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.48)

naranārāyaṇau devau śaṅkhacakrāyudhāvubhau .  
āstāṃ prasādasumukhāvasmākamaparādhinām .. 192.48 ..

> May the two gods, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, both bearing the conch and discus as weapons, / show gracious faces unto us who have transgressed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.49)

nidhānaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ sarvapāpavanānalaḥ .  
nārāyaṇo'to bhagavān sarvapāpaṃ vyapohatu .. 192.49 ..

> The treasury of all knowledge, a fire to the forest of all sins, / may Lord Nārāyaṇa therefore remove all our sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.50)

śārṅgacihnāyudhaḥ śrīmānātmajñānamayo'naghaḥ .  
naraḥ samastapāpāni hatātmā sarvadehinām .. 192.50 ..

> Bearing the bow Śārṅga as his emblem and weapon, glorious, consisting of self-knowledge, sinless, / may Nara destroy all sins of all embodied souls!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.51)

jaṭākalāpabaddho'yamanayornaḥ kṣamāvatoḥ .  
saumyāsyadṛṣṭiḥ pāpāni hantuṃ janmārjitāni vai .. 192.51 ..

> May this \[pair\] bound with matted hair, patient, / with gentle faces and looks, destroy our sins accumulated through lifetimes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.52)

tathātmavidyādoṣeṇa yo'parādhaḥ kṛto mahān .  
trailokyavandyau yau nāthau vilobhayitumāgatāḥ .. 192.52 ..

> And likewise the great transgression committed through the defect of self-conceit, / since we came to entice the two lords worshipped by the three worlds.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.53)

prasīda deva vijñānadhana mūḍhadṛśāmiva .  
bhavanti santaḥ satataṃ svadharmaparipālakāḥ .. 192.53 ..

> Be gracious, O Lord rich in wisdom! As towards those of dull vision, / the virtuous are ever the upholders of their own duty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.54)

dṛṣṭvaitannaḥ samutpannaṃ yathā strīratnamuttamam .  
tvayi nārāyaṇotpannā śreṣṭhā pāravatī matiḥ .. 192.54 ..

> Having seen this best jewel of women produced by us, / \[yet\] the highest, transcendent mind arose in you, O Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.55)

tena satyena satyātmanparamātmansanātana .  
nārāyaṇa prasīdeśa sarvalokaparāyaṇa .. 192.55 ..

> By that truth, O eternal Supreme Soul, whose self is truth, / O Nārāyaṇa, Lord, refuge of all the worlds, be gracious!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.56)

prasannabuddhe śāntātmanprasannavadanekṣaṇa .  
prasīda yogināmīśa nara sarvagatācyuta .. 192.56 ..

> O one of clear intellect, of peaceful soul, with gracious face and eyes, / be gracious, O Lord of yogins, Nara, all-pervading and infallible!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.57)

namasyāmo naraṃ devaṃ tathā nārāyaṇaṃ harim .  
namo narāya namyāya namo nārāyaṇāya ca .. 192.57 ..

> We bow down to the god Nara, and likewise to Hari, Nārāyaṇa; / salutations to Nara who is worthy of homage, and salutations to Nārāyaṇa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.58)

prasannānāmanāthānāṃ tathā nāthavatāṃ prabho .  
śaṃ karotu naro'smākaṃ śaṃ nārāyaṇa dehi naḥ .. 192.58 ..

> To those who are well-disposed, helpless, or have protectors, O Lord: / may Nara bring well-being to us; O Nārāyaṇa, grant us peace!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.59)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
evamabhyarcitaḥ stutyā rāgadveṣādivarjitaḥ .  
prāheśaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ madhye nārāyaṇo nṛpa .. 192.59 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Thus praised with a hymn, free from attachment and aversion, / Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of all beings, spoke in their midst, O king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.60)

nārāyaṇa uvāca -  
svāgataṃ mādhave kāme bhavatvapsarasāmapi .  
yatkāryamāgatānāṃ ca ihāsmābhistaducyatām .. 192.60 ..

> Nārāyaṇa said: / Welcome to Spring, to Love, and to the apsarases as well! / Whatever business you have come for here, let it be stated to us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.61)

yūyaṃ saṃsiddhaye nūnamasmākaṃ balaśatruṇā .  
saṃpreṣitāstato'smākaṃ nṛtyayogādidarśanam .. 192.61 ..

> Surely you have been sent by the enemy of Bala to test our success; / hence our witnessing of your dance-performance and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.62)

na vayaṃ gītanṛtyena nāṅgaceṣṭādibhāṣitaiḥ .  
lubdhā vai viṣayairmanye viṣayā dāruṇātmakāḥ .. 192.62 ..

> We are not enticed by song or dance, nor by gestures and words of the limbs, / nor indeed by sensory objects; I deem sensory objects to be terrible by nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.63)

śabdādisaṅgaduṣṭāni yadā nākṣāṇi naḥ śubhāḥ .  
tadā nṛtyādayo bhāvāḥ kathaṃ lobhapradāyinaḥ .. 192.63 ..

> When our senses are not corrupted by contact with sound and the like, O auspicious ones, / then how could dancing and other emotional states cause desire?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.64)

te siddhāḥ sma na vai sādhyā bhavatīnāṃ smarasya ca .  
mādhavasya ca śākro'pi svāsthyaṃ yātvaviśaṅkitāḥ .. 192.64 ..

> We have attained perfection; we cannot be subdued by you, or Love, / or Spring. Let Indra also regain his composure, free from anxiety.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.65)

yo'sau paraśca paramaḥ puruṣaḥ parameśvaraḥ .  
paramātmā samastasya sthāvarasya carasya ca .. 192.65 ..

> That highest, supreme Person, the Supreme Lord, / the Supreme Soul of everything unmoving and moving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.66)

utpattiheturete ca yasminsarvaṃ pralīyate .  
sarvāvāsīti devatvādvāsudevetyudāhṛtaḥ .. 192.66 ..

> the cause of origin of these, in whom everything dissolves, / because as a divinity he abides in all, he is called Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.67)

vayamaṃśāṃśakāstasya caturvyūhasya māninaḥ .  
tadādeśitavārtmānau jagadbodhāya dehinām .. 192.67 ..

> We are portions of portions of him, holding the dignity of the fourfold emanation, / walking on the path directed by him for the awakening of embodied beings in the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.68)

tatsarvabhūtaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvatra samadarśinam .  
kutaḥ paśyantau rāgādīnkariṣyāmo vibhedinaḥ .. 192.68 ..

> Seeing that Lord of all, identical with all beings, looking equally everywhere, / how could the two of us form divisive passions and hatreds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.69)

vasante mayi cendre ca bhavatīṣu tathā smare .  
yadā sa eva bhūtātmā tadā dveṣādayaḥ katham .. 192.69 ..

> When in Spring, in me, in Indra, in you, and likewise in Love / there is only that Soul of all beings, how then could there be hatred and the like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.70)

tanmayānyavibhaktāni yadā sarveṣu jantuṣu .  
sarveśvareśvaro viṣṇuḥ kuto rāgādayastataḥ .. 192.70 ..

> When all living beings are composed of him and undivided, / and Viṣṇu is the Lord of all lords, whence then could come passion and the rest?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.71)

brahmāṇamindramīśānamādityamaruto'khilān .  
viśvedevānṛṣīn sādhyānvasūnpitṛgaṇāṃstathā .. 192.71 ..

> Brahmā, Indra, Īśāna, all the Ādityas and Maruts, / the Viśvedevas, seers, Sādhyas, Vasus, and the hosts of ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.72)

yakṣarākṣasabhūtādīnnāgānsarpānsarīsṛpān .  
manuṣyapakṣigorūpagajasiṃhajalecarān .. 192.72 ..

> yakṣas, rākṣasas, bhūtas and others, nāgas, serpents, reptiles, / humans, birds, forms of cattle, elephants, lions, aquatic animals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.73)

makṣikāmaśakāndaṃśāñchalabhāñjalajān kṛmīn .  
gulmavṛkṣalatāvallītvaksāratṛṇajātiṣu .. 192.73 ..

> flies, mosquitoes, gnats, locusts, water-born worms, / among clumps, trees, creepers, spreading plants, bamboos, and species of grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.74)

yacca kiṃcidadṛśyaṃ vā dṛśyaṃ vā tridaśāṅganāḥ .  
manyadhvaṃ jātamekasya tatsarvaṃ paramātmanaḥ .. 192.74 ..

> and whatever is invisible or visible, O women of the gods: / understand all that to be born of the one Supreme Soul!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.75)

jāyamānaḥ kathaṃ viṣṇumātmānaṃ paramaṃ ca yat .  
rāgadveṣau tathā lobhaṃ kaḥ kuryādamarāṅganāḥ .. 192.75 ..

> Being born, who would feel passion, hatred, or greed / toward Viṣṇu, who is also the supreme self, O women of the gods?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.76)

sarvabhūtamaye viṣṇau sarvage sarvadhātari .  
nipātya taṃ pṛthagbhūte kuto rāgādiko guṇaḥ .. 192.76 ..

> Viṣṇu being identical with all beings, all-pervading, the supporter of all— / having placed him into something separate, whence could any quality like passion arise?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.77)

evamasmāsu yuṣmāsu sarvabhūteṣu cābalāḥ .  
tanmathaikatvabhūteṣu rāgādyavasaraḥ kutaḥ .. 192.77 ..

> Thus in us, in you, and in all beings, O women, / who are united in his oneness, what room is there for passion and the like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.78)

samyagdṛṣṭiriyaṃ proktā samastaikyāvalokinī .  
pṛthagvijñānamātraiva lokasaṃvyavahāravat .. 192.78 ..

> This is declared to be the right vision, beholding unity in all; / cognition of separateness is only like worldly transaction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.79)

bhūtendriyāntaḥ karaṇapradhānapuruṣātmakam .  
jagadvai hyetadakhilaṃ tadā bhedaḥ kimātmakaḥ .. 192.79 ..

> Composed of elements, sense-organs, the inner faculty, primordial nature, and the soul, / this entire world exists; then what is the nature of distinction?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.80)

bhavanti layamāyānti samudrasalilormayaḥ .  
na vāribhedato bhinnāstathaivaikyādidaṃ jagat .. 192.80 ..

> The waves of ocean water arise and dissolve; / they are not separate through difference of water; just so is this world due to unity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.81)

yathāgnerarciṣaḥ pītāḥ piṅgalāruṇadhūsarāḥ .  
tathāpi nāgnito bhinnāstathaitadbrahmaṇo jagat .. 192.81 ..

> Just as the flames of a fire may be yellow, reddish-brown, red, or grey, / yet are not separate from the fire, so is this world from Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.82)

bhavatībhiśca yatkṣobhamasmākaṃ sa puraṃdaraḥ .  
kārayatyasadetacca vivekācāracetasām .. 192.82 ..

> And that Purandara seeks to cause agitation in us through you— / that is unworthy of those whose minds possess discernment and good conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.83)

bhavantyaḥ sa ca devendro lokāśca sasurāsurāḥ .  
samudrādrivanopetā maddehāntaragocarāḥ .. 192.83 ..

> You, and that king of gods, and the worlds with the suras and asuras, / endowed with oceans, mountains, and forests, exist within the scope of my body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.84)

yatheyaṃ cārusarvāṅgī bhavatīnāṃ mayāgrataḥ .  
darśitā darśayiṣyāmi tathā caivākhilaṃ jagat .. 192.84 ..

> Just as this woman, beautiful in all her limbs, has been shown / by me before you, in the same way I can show the entire universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.85)

prayātu śakro mā garvamindratvaṃ kasya susthiram .  
yūyaṃ ca mā smayaṃ yāta santi rūpānvitāḥ striyaḥ .. 192.85 ..

> Let Indra not fall into pride; for whom is the status of Indra ever stable? / And you must not feel haughty; there are women possessed of beauty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.86)

kiṃ surūpaṃ kurūpaṃ vā yadā bhedo na dṛśyate .  
tāratamyaṃ surūpatve satataṃ bhinnadarśanāt .. 192.86 ..

> What is handsome or ugly, when no difference is seen? / A gradation in beauty arises constantly from seeing difference.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.87)

bhavatīnāṃ smayaṃ matvā rūpaudāryaguṇodbhavam .  
mayeyaṃ darśitā tanvī tatastu śamameṣyatha .. 192.87 ..

> Thinking of your pride born of the qualities of beauty and magnanimity, / this slender woman was shown by me, so that you may attain tranquility.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.88)

yasmānmadūrorniṣpannā tviyamindīvarekṣaṇā .  
urvaśī nāma kalyāṇī bhaviṣyati varāpsarāḥ .. 192.88 ..

> Since this blue-lotus-eyed woman was produced from my thigh, / she shall be an auspicious, excellent apsaras named Urvaśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.89)

tadiyaṃ devarājasya nīyatāṃ varavarṇinī .  
bhavatyastena cāsmākaṃ preṣitāḥ prītimicchatā .. 192.89 ..

> Therefore, let this fair-complexioned woman be taken to the king of gods; / and you were sent by him because he desired \[our\] favour.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.90)

vaktavyaśca sahasrākṣo nāsmākaṃ bhogakāraṇāt .  
tapaścaryā na vāprāpyaphalaṃ prāptumabhīpsatā .. 192.90 ..

> And the thousand-eyed one must be told: 'Our practice of austerity / is not for the sake of enjoyment, nor from a desire to obtain unattainable fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.91)

sanmārgamasya jagato darśayiṣye karomyaham .  
tathā nareṇa sahito jagataḥ pālanodyataḥ .. 192.91 ..

> I shall show and prepare the good path of this world, / and together with Nara, I am engaged in the protection of the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.92)

yadi kaścittavābādhāṃ karoti tridaśeśvara .  
tamahaṃ vārayiṣyāmi nivṛtto bhava vāsava .. 192.92 ..

> If anyone causes trouble to you, O Lord of the gods, / I shall check him; be at ease, O Vāsava!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.93)

kartāsi cettvamābādhāṃ na duṣṭasyeha kasyacit .  
taṃ cāpi śāstā tadahaṃ pravartiṣyāmyasaṃśayam .. 192.93 ..

> If you do not cause trouble to anyone who is wicked here, / then I, as the chastiser, shall take action against him without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.94)

etajjñātvā na santāpastvayā kāryo hi māṃ prati .  
upakārāya jagatāmavatīrṇo'smi vāsava .. 192.94 ..

> Knowing this, you should feel no anguish towards me; / I have descended for the benefit of the worlds, O Vāsava!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.95)

yā ceyamurvaśī mattaḥ samudbhūtā puraṃdara tretāgnihetubhūteyaṃ evaṃ prāpya bhaviṣyati .. 192.95 ..

> And this Urvaśī who has sprung from me, O Purandara, / having been obtained in this manner, shall become the cause of the threefold sacrificial fire.'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.192.95\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.192.95_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye śrīpatyutpattivarṇanaṃ nāma dvinavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-second chapter, titled "Description of the Origin of the Lord of Śrī," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, within the Narmadāmāhātmya of 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.6.3.192.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.192.1) — Sanskrit
- [Mahābhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.mahabhagavata.63.44) — Sanskrit

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