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# Skandapurana 6.3.193

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.193

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.193.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.1)

adhyāya 193  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ityukte'psarasaḥ sarvāḥ praṇipatya punaḥ punaḥ .  
ūcurnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ taddarśanasamīhayā .. 193.1 ..

> Chapter 193  
> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> When this was said, all the apsarases bowed down again and again / and spoke to the god Nārāyaṇa, desiring to see him. // 193.1  
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### [6.3.193.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.2)

vasantakāmāpsarasa ūcuḥ .  
bhagavanbhavatā yo'yamupadeśo hitārthinā .  
proktaḥ sa sarvo vijñāto māhātmyaṃ viditaṃ ca te .. 193.2 ..

> Vasanta, Kāma, and the apsarases said:  
> O Lord, this instruction spoken by you, desiring our welfare, / has all been understood, and your glory is known. // 193.2  
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### [6.3.193.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.3)

yattvetadbhavatā proktaṃ prasannenāntarātmanā .  
darśiteyaṃ viśālākṣī darśayiṣyāmi vo jagat .. 193.3 ..

> Indeed, what was spoken by you with a pleased inner self— / "This large-eyed woman was shown \[to you\]; I shall show you the universe"— // 193.3  
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### [6.3.193.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.4)

tatrārthe sarvabhāvena prapannānāṃ jagatpate .  
darśayātmānamakhilaṃ darśiteyaṃ yathorvaśī .. 193.4 ..

> for that purpose, show your entire self to us who have surrendered with all our being, O Lord of the universe, / just as this Urvaśī was shown. // 193.4  
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### [6.3.193.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.5)

yadi devāparādhe'pi nāsmāsu kupitaṃ tava .  
namaste jagatāmīśa darśayātmānamātmanā .. 193.5 ..

> If, O Lord, despite our offense, you are not angry with us, / homage to you, O Lord of the worlds; show yourself through yourself! // 193.5  
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### [6.3.193.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.6)

nārāyaṇa uvāca -  
paśyatehākhilāṃllokānmama dehe surāṅganāḥ .  
madhuṃ madanamātmānaṃ yaccānyaddraṣṭumicchatha .. 193.6 ..

> Nārāyaṇa said:  
> Behold here all the worlds in my body, O celestial damsels: / Madhu, Madana, yourselves, and whatever else you wish to see! // 193.6  
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### [6.3.193.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.7)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ityuktvā bhagavāndevastadā nārāyaṇo nṛpa .  
uccairjahāsa svanavattatrābhūdakhilaṃ jagat .. 193.7 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Having spoken thus, the divine Lord Nārāyaṇa then, O king, / laughed aloud resoundingly; and right there appeared the entire universe: // 193.7  
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### [6.3.193.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.8)

brahmā prajāpatiḥ śakraḥ saha rudraiḥ pinākadhṛk .  
ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyā viśvedevā maharṣayaḥ .. 193.8 ..

> Brahmā the Prajāpati, Śakra, the wielder of the Pināka along with the Rudras, / the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the great seers, // 193.8  
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### [6.3.193.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.9)

nāsatyadasrāvanilaḥ sarvaśaśca tathāgnayaḥ .  
yakṣagandharvasiddhāśca piśācoragakinnarāḥ .. 193.9 ..

> Nāsatya and Dasra, the wind, and all the fires in every quarter, / the yakṣas, gandharvas, siddhas, piśācas, serpents, and kinnaras, // 193.9  
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### [6.3.193.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.10)

samastāpsaraso vidyāḥ sāṅgā vedāstaduktayaḥ .  
manuṣyāḥ paśavaḥ kīṭāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ pādapāstathā .. 193.10 ..

> all the apsarases, the sciences, the Vedas with their auxiliary limbs and their expositions, / human beings, animals, insects, birds, as well as trees, // 193.10  
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### [6.3.193.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.11)

sarīsṛpāścātha sūkṣmā yaccānyajjīvasaṃjñitam .  
samudrāḥ sakalāḥ śailāḥ saritaḥ kānanāni ca .. 193.11 ..

> reptiles and subtle \[creatures\], and whatever else is known as a living being, / all the oceans, mountains, rivers, and forests, // 193.11  
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### [6.3.193.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.12)

dvīpānyaśeṣāṇi tathā tathā sarvasarāṃsi ca .  
nagaragrāmapūrṇā ca medinī medinīpate .  
devāṅganābhirdevasya dehe dṛṣṭaṃ mahātmanaḥ .. 193.12 ..

> all the continents, and likewise all the lakes, / and the earth filled with cities and villages, O lord of the earth— / \[all this\] was seen by the celestial damsels in the body of the great-souled god. // 193.12  
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### [6.3.193.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.13)

nakṣatragrahatārābhiḥ susampūrṇaṃ nabhastalam .  
dadṛśustāḥ sucārvaṅgyastasyāntarviśvaṃ rūpiṇaḥ .. 193.13 ..

> The vault of heaven completely filled with constellations, planets, and stars— / those women of beautiful limbs beheld the universe within him, the cosmic-formed one. // 193.13  
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### [6.3.193.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.14)

ūrdhvaṃ na tiryaṅnādhastādyadāntastasya dṛśyate .  
tamanantamanādiṃ ca tatastāstuṣṭuvuḥ prabhum .. 193.14 ..

> When neither above, nor across, nor below an end of him was seen, / they then praised that endless and beginningless Lord. // 193.14  
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### [6.3.193.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.15)

madanena samaṃ sarvā madhunā ca varāṅganāḥ .  
sasādhvasā bhaktiparāḥ paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ .. 193.15 ..

> Together with Madana and Madhu, all the excellent women, / filled with trepidation, devoted to bhakti, attained supreme wonder. // 193.15  
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### [6.3.193.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.16)

vasantakāmāpsarasa ūcuḥ .  
paśyāma nādiṃ tava deva nāntaṃ na madhyamavyākṛtarūpapāram .  
parāyaṇaṃ tvāṃ jagatāmanantaṃ natāḥ sma nārāyaṇamātmabhūtam .. 193.16 ..

> Vasanta, Kāma, and the apsarases said:  
> We see no beginning, O Lord, no end, and no middle of you, whose unmanifest form is limitless; / we bow to you, Nārāyaṇa, the ultimate refuge of the worlds, the endless one who has become the Self! // 193.16  
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### [6.3.193.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.17)

mahīnabhovāyujalāgnayastvaṃ śabdādirūpastu parāparātman .  
tvatto bhavatyacyute sarvametadbhedādirūpo'si vibho tvamātman .. 193.17 ..

> You are earth, sky, wind, water, and fire, and the form of sound and the rest, O Self of higher and lower! / From you, O Acyuta, all this comes into being; you exist in forms of differentiation and the like, O omnipresent Self! // 193.17  
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### [6.3.193.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.18)

draṣṭāsi rūpasya parasya vettā śrotā ca śabdasya hare tvamekaḥ .  
sraṣṭā bhavān sarvagato'khilasya ghrātā ca gandhasya pṛthakśarīrī .. 193.18 ..

> You are the seer of highest form, the knower, and the sole hearer of sound, O Hari; / you are the omnipresent creator of all, the smeller of fragrance, embodied in distinct forms! // 193.18  
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### [6.3.193.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.19)

sureṣu sarveṣu na so'sti kaścinmanuṣyalokeṣu na so'sti kaścit .  
paśvādivargeṣu na so'sti kaścidyo nāṃśabhūtastava devadeva .. 193.19 ..

> Among all the gods there is no one, in the worlds of men there is no one, / and among the classes of animals and the rest there is no one who is not a portion of you, O God of gods! // 193.19  
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### [6.3.193.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.20)

brahmāmbudhīndupramukhāni saumya śakrādirūpāṇi tavottamāni .  
samudrarūpaṃ tava dhairyavatsu tejaḥ svarūpeṣu ravistathāgniḥ .. 193.20 ..

> Brahmā, the ocean, the moon, and the forms of Śakra and the rest, O gentle one, are your superior \[forms\]; / your form is that of the ocean among the resolute, and the sun and fire among forms of fiery brilliance! // 193.20  
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### [6.3.193.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.21)

kṣamādhaneṣu kṣitirūpamagryaṃ śīghro balavatsu vāyuḥ .  
manuṣyarūpaṃ tava rājaveṣo mūḍheṣu sarveśvara pādapo'si .. 193.21 ..

> You are the foremost form of the earth among those rich in forbearance, and the swift wind among the powerful; / the appearance of a king is your human form; among the foolish, O Lord of all, you are a tree! // 193.21  
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### [6.3.193.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.22)

sarvānayeṣvacyuta dānavastvaṃ sanatsajātaśca vivekavatsu .  
rasasvarūpeṇa jalasthito'si gandhasvarūpaṃ bhavato dharitryām .. 193.22 ..

> Among all unrighteous ones, O Acyuta, you are the Dānava, and Sanatsujāta among the discerning; / you reside in water in the form of taste, and your form is fragrance in the earth! // 193.22  
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### [6.3.193.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.23)

dṛśyasvarūpaśca hutāśanastvaṃ sparśasvarūpaṃ bhavataḥ samīre .  
śabdādikaṃ te nabhasi svarūpaṃ mantavyarūpo manasi prabho tvam .. 193.23 ..

> And you are the fire whose form is visible; your form is touch in the wind; / your form in the sky consists of sound and the rest; you are the object of thought in the mind, O Lord! // 193.23  
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### [6.3.193.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.24)

bodhasvarūpaśca matau tvamekaḥ sarvatra sarveśvara sarvabhūta .  
paśyāmi te nābhisarojamadhye brahmāṇamīśaṃ ca haraṃ bhṛkuṭyām .. 193.24 ..

> And you alone are the form of awareness in the intellect, omnipresent, Lord of all, who have become all beings! / We see Brahmā in the middle of your navel-lotus, and the Lord Hara on your eyebrow! // 193.24  
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### [6.3.193.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.25)

tavāśvinau karṇagatau samastāstavāsthitā bāhuṣu lokapālāḥ .  
ghrāṇo'nilo netragatau ravīndu jihvā ca te nātha sarasvatīyam .. 193.25 ..

> The two Aśvins are situated in your ears; all the world-protectors abide in your arms; / the wind is your breath, the sun and moon are in your eyes, and this Sarasvatī is your tongue, O Master! // 193.25  
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### [6.3.193.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.26)

pādau dharitrī jaṭharaṃ samastāṃllokān hṛṣīkeśa vilokayāmaḥ .  
jaṅghe vayaṃ pādatalāṅgulīṣu piśācayakṣoragasiddhasaṅghāḥ .. 193.26 ..

> Your feet are the earth, and in your belly we behold all the worlds, O Hṛṣīkeśa; / we are the shanks; and the hosts of piśācas, yakṣas, serpents, and siddhas are on the toes of your feet! // 193.26  
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### [6.3.193.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.27)

puṃstve prajānāṃ patiroṣṭhayugme pratiṣṭhitāste kratavaḥ samastāḥ .  
sarve vayaṃ te daśaneṣu deva daṃṣṭrāsu devā hyabhavaṃśca dantāḥ .. 193.27 ..

> The Lord of creatures resides in your manhood; all the sacrifices are established in your two lips; / we all are in your teeth, O Lord, and the gods are in your fangs and teeth! // 193.27  
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### [6.3.193.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.28)

romāṇyaśeṣāstava devasaṅghā vidyādharā nātha tavāṅghrirekhāḥ .  
sāṅgāḥ samastāstava deva vedāḥ samāsthitāḥ sandhiṣu bāhubhūtāḥ .. 193.28 ..

> Your hairs are the hosts of all gods; the vidyādharas, O Master, are the lines on your feet; / all the Vedas with their auxiliary limbs, O Lord, are stationed in your joints, having become your arms! // 193.28  
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### [6.3.193.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.29)

varāhabhūtaṃ dharaṇīdharaste nṛsiṃharūpaṃ ca sadā karālam .  
paśyāma te vājiśirastathoccaistrivikrame yacca tadāprameyam .. 193.29 ..

> We see the bearer of the earth who took the form of the Boar, and your Man-Lion form which is ever dreadful, / and likewise the horse-headed form high above, and that which was immeasurable in the Three Strides! // 193.29  
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### [6.3.193.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.30)

amī samudrāstava deva dehe maurvālayaḥ śailadharāstathāmī .  
imāśca gaṅgāpramukhāḥ sravantyo dvīpāṇyaśeṣāṇi vanādideśāḥ .. 193.30 ..

> These oceans, O Lord, are in your body, the abode of submarine fire, and so are these mountain-bearing \[regions\], / and these rivers headed by the Gaṅgā, all the continents, and tracts of forest and the like! // 193.30  
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### [6.3.193.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.31)

stuvanti ceme munayastaveśa dehe sthitāstvanmahimānamagryam .  
tvāmīśitāraṃ jagatāmanantaṃ yajanti yajñaiḥ kila yajñino'mī .. 193.31 ..

> And these sages situated in your body, O Lord, praise your supreme greatness; / indeed, these sacrificers worship you, the endless ruler of the worlds, with sacrifices! // 193.31  
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### [6.3.193.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.32)

tvattohi saumyaṃ jagatīha kiṃcittvatto na raudraṃ ca samastamūrte .  
tvatto na śītaṃ ca na keśavoṣṇaṃ sarvasvarūpātiśayī tvameva .. 193.32 ..

> For there is nothing gentler than you in this world, nor anything fiercer than you, O you whose form is everything! / There is nothing cooler than you, nor hotter, O Keśava; you alone surpass all forms! // 193.32  
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### [6.3.193.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.33)

prasīda sarveśvara sarvabhūta sanātanātmaparameśvareśa .  
tvanmāyayā mohitamānasābhiryatte'parāddhaṃ tadidaṃ kṣamasva .. 193.33 ..

> Be gracious, O Lord of all, you who have become all beings, eternal Self, Supreme Lord and Master! / Forgive this offense of ours whose minds were bewildered by your māyā! // 193.33  
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### [6.3.193.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.34)

kiṃ vāparāddhaṃ tava devadeva yanmāyayā no hṛdayaṃ tavāpi .  
māyābhiśaṅkipraṇatārtihantarmano hi no vihvalatāmupaiti .. 193.34 ..

> Or what offense could be done to you, O God of gods, when by your māyā our heart, and even your own, \[is veiled\]? / For our mind, suspicious of your māyā, goes into bewilderment, O destroyer of the distress of those who bow! // 193.34  
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### [6.3.193.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.35)

na te'parāddhaṃ yadi te'parāddhamasmābhirunmārgavivartinībhiḥ .  
tatkṣamyatāṃ sṛṣṭikṛtastavaiva devāparādhaḥ sṛjato vivekam .. 193.35 ..

> If we who strayed onto the wrong path committed an offense against you, it was no offense to you. / Therefore let it be forgiven; the offense belongs only to you, the creator, who produces discrimination, O God.  
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### [6.3.193.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.36)

namo namaste govinda nārāyaṇa janārdana .  
tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu .. 193.36 ..

> Obeisance, obeisance to you, Govinda, Nārāyaṇa, Janārdana! / By remembering your name, may our sin perish completely!  
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### [6.3.193.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.37)

namo'nanta namastubhyaṃ viśvātmanviśvabhāvana .  
tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu .. 193.37 ..

> Obeisance to the Infinite One, obeisance to you, Soul of the universe, Source of the universe! / By remembering your name, may our sin perish completely!  
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### [6.3.193.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.38)

vareṇya yajñapuruṣa prajāpālana vāmana .  
tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu .. 193.38 ..

> O Choicest One, Puruṣa of the sacrifice, Protector of creatures, Vāmana! / By remembering your name, may our sin perish completely!  
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### [6.3.193.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.39)

namo'stu te'bjanābhāya prajāpatikṛte hara .  
tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu .. 193.39 ..

> Obeisance be to you whose navel is a lotus, Maker of the Lord of Creatures, Hara! / By remembering your name, may our sin perish completely!  
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### [6.3.193.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.40)

saṃsārārṇavapotāya namastubhyamadhokṣaja .  
tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu .. 193.40 ..

> Obeisance to you, the ship upon the ocean of worldly existence, Adhokṣaja! / By remembering your name, may our sin perish completely!  
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### [6.3.193.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.41)

namaḥ parasmai śrīśāya vāsudevāya vedhase .  
svecchayā guṇayuktāya sargasthityantakāriṇe .. 193.41 ..

> Obeisance to the Supreme, the Lord of Śrī, Vāsudeva, the Creator, / who by his own will assumes the guṇas, who brings about creation, preservation, and dissolution.  
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### [6.3.193.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.42)

upasaṃhara viśvātmanrūpametatsanātanam .  
vardhamānaṃ na no draṣṭuṃ samarthaṃ cakṣurīśvara .. 193.42 ..

> Withdraw this eternal form, O Soul of the universe! / Our eye is not capable of beholding it as it grows, O Lord.  
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### [6.3.193.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.43)

pralayāgnisahasrasya samā dīptistavācyuta .  
pramāṇena diśo bhūmirgaganaṃ ca samāvṛtam .. 193.43 ..

> Your brilliance is equal to thousands of fires of dissolution, O Acyuta! / By its measure the directions, the earth, and the sky are enveloped.  
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### [6.3.193.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.44)

na vidmaḥ kutra vartāmo bhavānnāthopalakṣyate .  
sarvaṃ jagadiaikasthaṃ piṇḍitaṃ lakṣayāmahe .. 193.44 ..

> We do not know where we are; you alone are perceived as Lord. / We perceive the entire universe condensed and standing in one single place.  
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### [6.3.193.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.45)

kiṃ varṇayāmo rūpaṃ te kiṃ pramāṇamidaṃ hare .  
māhātmyaṃ kiṃ nu te deva yajjihvāyā na gocare .. 193.45 ..

> How can we describe your form, or what is this measure of it, O Hari? / Or what indeed is your greatness, O God, which is not within the range of the tongue?  
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### [6.3.193.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.46)

vaktāro vāyutenāpi buddhīnāmayutāyutaiḥ .  
guṇanirvarṇanaṃ nātha kartuṃ tava na śakyate .. 193.46 ..

> Even with ten thousand speakers or myriads of intellects, / it is impossible to describe your attributes, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.47)

tadetaddarśitaṃ rūpaṃ prasādaḥ paramaḥ kṛtaḥ .  
chandato jagatāmīśa tadetadupasaṃhara .. 193.47 ..

> Since this form has been shown, supreme grace has been granted. / By your will, O Lord of the worlds, withdraw it now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.48)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ityevaṃ saṃstutastābhirapsarobhirjanārdanaḥ .  
divyajñānopapannānāṃ tāsāṃ pratyakṣamīśvaraḥ .. 193.48 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Thus praised by those apsarases, Janārdana, the Lord, / directly visible to those who had attained divine knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.49)

viveśa sarvabhūtāni svairaṃśairbhūtabhāvanaḥ .  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūteṣu līyamānamadhokṣajam .. 193.49 ..

> the creator of beings entered all beings with portions of himself. / Seeing Adhokṣaja merging into all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.50)

vismayaṃ paramaṃ cakruḥ samastā devayoṣitaḥ .  
sa ca sarveśvaraḥ śailānpādapānsāgarānbhuvam .. 193.50 ..

> all the women of the gods felt supreme astonishment. / And that Lord of all entered the mountains, trees, oceans, and earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.51)

jalamagniṃ tathā vāyumākāśaṃ ca viveśa ha .  
kāle dikṣvatha sarvātma hyātmanaścānyathāpi ca .. 193.51 ..

> water, fire, and wind, and the sky. / In time, in the directions, as the Soul of all, in himself and also elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.52)

ātmarūpasthitaṃ svena mahimnā bhāvayañjagat .  
devadānavarakṣāṃsi yakṣīvidyādharoragāḥ .. 193.52 ..

> maintaining the universe situated in his own form by his own greatness— / gods, Dānavas, Rakṣases, Yakṣīs, Vidyādharas, and serpents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.53)

manuṣyapaśukīṭādimṛgapaśvantarikṣagāḥ .  
ye'ntarikṣe tathā bhūmau divi ye ca jalāśrayāḥ .. 193.53 ..

> humans, domestic animals, insects, and others, wild beasts, cattle, birds, / those that dwell in the atmosphere, on earth, in heaven, and in water—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.54)

tānviveśa sa viśvātmā punastadrūpamāsthitaḥ .  
nareṇa sārdhaṃ yattābhirdṛṣṭapūrvamarindama .. 193.54 ..

> that Soul of the universe entered them, and then assumed that form / together with Nara, which had been seen by them before, O vanquisher of foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.55)

tāḥ paraṃ vismayaṃ jagmuḥ sarvāstridaśayoṣitaḥ .  
praṇemuḥ sādhvasātpāṇḍuvadanā nṛpasattama .. 193.55 ..

> All those women of the gods were filled with supreme amazement; / their faces pale with awe, they bowed down, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.56)

nārāyaṇo'pi bhagavānāha tāstridaśāṅganāḥ .. 193.56 ..

> The blessed Nārāyaṇa also spoke to those women of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.57)

nārāyaṇa uvāca -  
nīyatāmurvaśī bhadrā yatrāsau tridaśeśvaraḥ .  
bhavatīnāṃ hitārthāya sarvabhūteṣvasāviti .. 193.57 ..

> Nārāyaṇa said: / Let the auspicious Urvaśī be taken to where the Lord of the thirty \[gods\] is. / For your benefit, \[it was shown\] that he exists within all beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.58)

jñānamutpāditaṃ bhūyo layaṃ bhūteṣu kurvatā .  
tadgacchadhvaṃ samasto'yaṃ bhūtagrāmo madaṃśakaḥ .. 193.58 ..

> knowledge was again produced by merging into beings. / Therefore go! This entire aggregate of beings is a part of me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.59)

ahamadyātmabhūtasya vāsudevasya yoginaḥ .  
asmātparataraṃ nāsti yo'nantaḥ paripathyate .. 193.59 ..

> I today belong to Vāsudeva, the yogin who has become the Self. / There is nothing higher than him who is recited as the Infinite One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.60)

tamajaṃ sarvabhūteśaṃ jānīta paramaṃ padam .  
ahaṃ bhavatyo devāśca manuṣyāḥ paśavaśca ye .  
etatsarvamanantasya vāsudevasya vai kṛtam .. 193.60 ..

> Know him, the unborn Lord of all beings, to be the supreme state. / I, you, the gods, humans, and domestic animals— / all this is indeed made by the infinite Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.61)

evaṃ jñātvā samaṃ sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam .  
sapaśvādiguṇaṃ caiva draṣṭavyaṃ tridaśāṅganāḥ .. 193.61 ..

> Knowing thus, everything, with gods, Asuras, and humans, / along with the attributes of beasts and others, is to be seen as equal, O women of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.62)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ityuktāstena devena samastāstāḥ surastriyaḥ .  
praṇamya tau samadanāḥ savasantāśca pārthiva .. 193.62 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Addressed thus by that God, all those women of the gods, / having bowed to the two, together with Madana and Vasanta, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.63)

ādāya corvaśīṃ bhūyo devarājamupāgatāḥ .  
ācakhyuśca yathāvṛttaṃ devarājāya tattathā .. 193.63 ..

> and taking Urvaśī, returned to the king of the gods. / And they reported to the king of the gods what had happened exactly as it was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.64)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tathā tvamapi rājendra sarvabhūteṣu keśavam .  
cintayansamatāṃ gaccha samataiva hi muktaye .. 193.64 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Likewise, O best of kings, contemplating Keśava in all beings, / attain equanimity, for equanimity leads to liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.65)

rājannevaṃ viśeṣeṇa bhūteṣu parameśvaram .  
vāsudeva kathaṃ doṣāṃllobhādīnna prahāsyasi .. 193.65 ..

> O King, seeing the Supreme Lord in beings in this specific manner, / as Vāsudeva, how will you not abandon faults such as greed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.66)

sarvabhūtāni govindādyadā nānyāni bhūpate .  
tadā vairādayo bhāvāḥ kriyatāṃ na tu putraka .. 193.66 ..

> When all beings are none other than Govinda, O ruler of the earth, / then, my son, let not feelings such as enmity be harbored.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.67)

iti paśya jagatsarvaṃ vāsudevātmakaṃ nṛpa .  
etadeva hi kṛṣṇena rūpamāviṣkṛtaṃ nṛpa .. 193.67 ..

> See the whole universe as made of Vāsudeva in this way, O king. / For this was the very form manifested by Kṛṣṇa, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.68)

parameśvareti yadrūpaṃ tadetatkathitaṃ tava .  
janmādibhāvarahitaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam .. 193.68 ..

> That form known as 'Supreme Lord'—this has been recounted to you. / Free from states such as birth, that is Viṣṇu's supreme abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.69)

saṃkṣepeṇātha bhūpāla śrūyatāṃ yadvadāmi te .  
yanmataṃ puruṣaḥ kṛtvā paraṃ nirvāṇamṛcchati .. 193.69 ..

> Now hear in brief, O protector of the earth, what I say to you, / which view having adopted, a person attains supreme nirvāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.70)

sarvo viṣṇusamāso hi bhāvābhāvau ca tanmayau .  
sadasatsarvamīśo'sau mahādevaḥ paraṃ padam .. 193.70 ..

> For everything is an aggregate of Viṣṇu, and existence and non-existence are composed of him. / He is the real and unreal, all, the Lord, the Great God, the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.71)

bhavajaladhigatānāṃ dvandvavātāhatānāṃ sutaduhitṛkalatratrāṇabhārārditānām .  
viṣamaviṣayatoye majjatāmaplavānāṃ bhavati śaraṇameko viṣṇupoto narāṇām .. 193.71 ..

> For men who have fallen into the ocean of worldly existence, beaten by the winds of the dualities, / afflicted by the burden of protecting sons, daughters, and wives, / sinking into the perilous waters of sense objects without a raft, / the single ship of Viṣṇu becomes their refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.193.71\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.193.71_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śrīpatimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trinavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-third chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of the Lord of Śrī,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.193.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.193.1) — Sanskrit

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