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# Skandapurana 6.3.194

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.194

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.194.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.1)

adhyāya 194  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tacchrutvānāntadevena viśvarūpamudāhṛtam .  
devarājastathā devāḥ paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ .. 194.1 ..

> Chapter 194. / Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having heard that universal form described by the infinite God, / the king of the gods and the gods were filled with supreme wonder.  
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### [6.3.194.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.2)

dṛṣṭvā cāpsarasaṃ puṇyāmurvaśīṃ kamalānanām .  
saṃtrasto vismitaścābhūdindro rājaśriyā vṛtaḥ .. 194.2 ..

> And seeing the holy apsaras Urvaśī, whose face was like a lotus, / Indra, surrounded by royal splendor, became terrified and astonished.  
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### [6.3.194.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.3)

na kiṃciduttaraṃ vākyamuktavāñjoṣamāsthitaḥ .  
iti vṛttāntabhūtaṃ hi nārāyaṇaviceṣṭitam .. 194.3 ..

> He did not speak a single word in reply, remaining silent. / For such was the event, the deed of Nārāyaṇa.  
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### [6.3.194.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.4)

bhṛgoḥ khātyāṃ(?) samutpannā lakṣmīḥ śrutvā tu vai nṛpa .  
vaiśvarūpaṃ paraṃ rūpaṃ vismitācintayattadā .. 194.4 ..

> Hearing of that supreme universal form, Lakṣmī, born from Khyāti and Bhṛgu, / was astonished, O king, and reflected at that time.  
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### [6.3.194.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.5)

kenopāyena sa syānme bhartā nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ .  
vratena tapasā vāpi dānena niyamena ca .. 194.5 ..

> "By what means can that Lord Nārāyaṇa become my husband? / By vow, or by austerity, by gift, or by discipline, // 194.5  
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### [6.3.194.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.6)

vṛddhānāṃ sevanenātha devatārādhanena vā .  
iti cintāparāṃ kanyāṃ satī jñātvā yudhiṣṭhira .. 194.6 ..

> by serving elders, or by worshipping deities?" / Knowing the maiden to be devoted to such thoughts, O Yudhiṣṭhira, Satī // 194.6  
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### [6.3.194.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.7)

prāha prāpto mayā bhartā śaṅkarastapasā kila .  
prajāpatiśca gāyatryā hyanyābhirabhivāñchitāḥ .. 194.7 ..

> said: "Indeed, through austerity Śaṅkara was obtained by me as husband, / and Prajāpati by Gāyatrī, and \[other lords\] by other \[women\] who desired them. // 194.7  
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### [6.3.194.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.8)

tapasaiva hi te prāpyastasmāttaccara suvrate .  
tapastvaṃ hi mahaccograṃ sarvavāñchitadāyakam .. 194.8 ..

> He can only be obtained by you through austerity; therefore perform it, O lady of good vows! / For austere, fierce austerity bestows all desired things." // 194.8  
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### [6.3.194.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.9)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sāgarāntaṃ samāsādya lakṣmīḥ parapuraṃjaya .  
cacāra vipulaṃ kālaṃ tapaḥ paramaduścaram .. 194.9 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having gone to the seashore, O conqueror of enemy cities, / Lakṣmī practiced most difficult austerity for a vast period of time. // 194.9  
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### [6.3.194.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.10)

sthāṇuvatsaṃsthitā sābhūddivyaṃ varṣasahasrakam .  
tata indrādayo devāḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharāḥ .. 194.10 ..

> She remained motionless like a pillar for a thousand divine years. / Then the gods, Indra and others, bearing the conch, discus, and mace, // 194.10  
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### [6.3.194.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.11)

bhūtvā jagmustadarthaṃ te sā tu pṛṣṭavatī surān .  
viśvarūpaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yattaddarśayata māciram .. 194.11 ..

> went for that purpose having assumed \[Viṣṇu's form\]. But she asked the gods: / "Show me without delay the universal form belonging to Viṣṇu!" // 194.11  
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### [6.3.194.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.12)

vilakṣā vrīḍitā devā gatvā nārāyaṇaṃ tadā .  
abruvan vaiśvarūpaṃ no śaktā darśayituṃ vayam .. 194.12 ..

> Discomfited and ashamed, the gods went then to Nārāyaṇa / and said: "We are unable to show the universal form." // 194.12  
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### [6.3.194.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.13)

tato yatheṣṭaṃ te jagmuḥ sa ca viṣṇuracintayat .  
ugrarūpā sthitā devī dehaṃ dahati bhārgavī .. 194.13 ..

> Then they departed wherever they wished, and Viṣṇu reflected: / "The goddess, the daughter of Bhṛgu, assuming a fierce form, is burning her body \[with austerities\]. // 194.13  
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### [6.3.194.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.14)

tāṃ tasmāttatra gatvāhaṃ varaṃ dattvā tu vāñchitam .  
punastapaḥ kariṣyāmi darśayiṣyāmi vā punaḥ .  
vaiṣṇavaṃ viśvarūpaṃ yaddurdaśyaṃ devadānavaiḥ .. 194.14 ..

> Therefore, having gone there and granted her the desired boon, / I shall practice austerity again, or I shall show again / that universal form belonging to Viṣṇu, difficult to see for gods and demons." // 194.14  
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### [6.3.194.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.15)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gatvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ sāgarāntasthitāṃ śriyam .  
prāha tuṣṭo'smi te devi varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam .. 194.15 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, having gone, Hṛṣīkeśa spoke to Śrī stationed at the edge of the sea: / "I am pleased with you, O goddess; choose a boon as you desire!" // 194.15  
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### [6.3.194.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.16)

śrīruvāca -  
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva prapannāyā janārdana .  
tadā darśaya yaddṛṣṭamapsarobhistavānagha .. 194.16 ..

> Śrī said: / "If you are pleased with me, O god Janārdana, who have sought refuge, / then show \[me\], O sinless one, what was seen by your apsarases— // 194.16  
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### [6.3.194.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.17)

viśvarūpamanantaṃ ca bhūtabhāvana keśava .  
gandhamādanamāsādya kṛtaṃ yacca tapastvayā .. 194.17 ..

> the boundless universal form, O Keśava, source of beings, / and the austerity that was performed by you after reaching Gandhamādana. // 194.17  
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### [6.3.194.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.18)

tadvadasva vibho viṣṇo na mithyā yadi keśava .  
śraddadhāmi na caivāhaṃ rūpasyāsya kathaṃcana .. 194.18 ..

> Tell me of that, O all-pervading Viṣṇu, if it is not false, O Keśava! / For I do not put my faith in this form in any way. // 194.18  
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### [6.3.194.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.19)

bahubhiryakṣarakṣobhirmāyācāripracāribhiḥ .  
chanditā mama jānadbhirbhāvamantargataṃ harau .. 194.19 ..

> I was courted by many Yakṣas and Rākṣasas who move by magical illusions, / who knew my inner sentiment directed toward Hari. // 194.19  
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### [6.3.194.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.20)

bhūtvā viṣṇusvarūpāste cakriṇaśca caturbhujāḥ .  
suvrīḍitā gatāḥ sarve viśvarūpo sahāyataḥ .. 194.20 ..

> Assuming the form of Viṣṇu, four-armed and holding the discus, / they all went away deeply ashamed, because of the help of \[your\] universal form." // 194.20  
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### [6.3.194.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.21)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
nārāyaṇo'tha bhagavāñchaṅkhacakragadābhṛtam .  
tayā tathoktastadrūpaṃ muktvā vai surapūjitam .. 194.21 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then Lord Nārāyaṇa, having been addressed thus by her, / set aside that form bearing the conch, discus, and mace, which is worshipped by the gods, // 194.21  
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### [6.3.194.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.22)

rūpaṃ paraṃ yathoktaṃ vai viśvarūpamadarśayat .  
darśayitvā vacaḥ prāha pañcarātravidhānataḥ .. 194.22 ..

> and displayed his supreme universal form as described. / Having shown it, he spoke these words according to the rite of the Pañcarātra: // 194.22  
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### [6.3.194.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.23)

yo'rcayiṣyati māṃ nityaṃ sa pūjyaḥ sa ca pūjitaḥ .  
dhanadhānyasamāyuktaḥ sarvabhogasamanvitaḥ .. 194.23 ..

> "Whoever worships me daily, he is worthy of worship and is worshipped, / endowed with wealth and grain, and provided with all enjoyments. // 194.23  
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### [6.3.194.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.24)

mūlaṃ hi sarvadharmāṇāṃ brahmacaryaṃ paraṃ tapaḥ .  
tenāhaṃ tatra sthāsyāmi mūlaśrīpatisaṃjñitaḥ .. 194.24 ..

> Celibacy is the supreme austerity, the root indeed of all virtues; / therefore I will dwell there under the name Mūlaśrīpati. // 194.24  
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### [6.3.194.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.25)

mūlaśrīḥ procyate brāhmī brahmacaryasvarūpiṇī .  
sarvayogamayī puṇyā sarvapāpaharī śubhā .. 194.25 ..

> The primordial Fortune (Mūlaśrī) is declared to be the Brāhmī power, having the nature of celibacy, / consisting of all yogas, meritorious, dispelling all sin, and auspicious. // 194.25  
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### [6.3.194.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.26)

patistasyāḥ prabhurahaṃ varadaḥ prāṇināṃ priye .  
revājale naraḥ snātvā yo'rcayenmāṃ yatavrataḥ .. 194.26 ..

> I am her lord and master, granting boons to living beings, O beloved! / That man who, having bathed in the waters of the Revā and restrained his vows, worships me // 194.26  
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### [6.3.194.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.27)

mūlaśrīpatināmānaṃ vāñchite prāpnuyātphalam .  
dānāni tatra yo dadyānmahādānāni ca priye .. 194.27 ..

> named Mūlaśrīpati, shall obtain his desired fruit. / Whoever gives gifts there, and Great Gifts, O beloved, // 194.27  
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### [6.3.194.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.28)

sahasraguṇitaṃ puṇyamanyasthānādavāpyate .  
dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā tatra deśe samyakcaivāvadhāritam .  
tadarcitvā parān kāmānāpsyasi tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 194.28 ..

> a thousandfold merit is attained beyond any other place. / It has been seen by you in that region and understood properly; / having worshipped it, you will obtain the highest desires, without a doubt. // 194.28  
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### [6.3.194.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.29)

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva deveśi vāñchitaṃ durlabhaṃ suraiḥ .  
durgasaṃsārakāntārapatitaiḥ parameśvari .. 194.29 ..

> Choose a boon, O queen of gods, your desire which is difficult for gods to attain / who have fallen into the impenetrable wilderness of saṃsāra, O supreme goddess!" // 194.29  
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### [6.3.194.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.30)

śrīruvāca -  
nārāyaṇa jagaddhātarnārāyaṇa jagatpate .  
nārāyaṇa parabrahma nārāyaṇaparāyaṇa .. 194.30 ..

> Śrī said: / "O Nārāyaṇa, creator of the universe! O Nārāyaṇa, lord of the world! / O Nārāyaṇa, Supreme Brahman! O refuge of Nārāyaṇa! // 194.30  
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### [6.3.194.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.31)

prasīda pāhi māṃ bhaktyā samyaksarge niyojaya .  
priyo hyasi priyāhaṃ te yathā syāṃ tattathā kuru .. 194.31 ..

> Be gracious! Protect me through devotion, \[and\] engage me properly in creation. / You are dear to me, and I am dear to you; make it so that it will be thus! // 194.31  
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### [6.3.194.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.32)

gṛhaṃ dharmārthakāmānāṃ kāraṇaṃ deva saṃmatam .  
tadāsthāyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ māṃ śreyasi niyojaya .. 194.32 ..

> The household is regarded by the wise, O god, as the cause of dharma, wealth, and pleasure. / Having established yourself in that sacred stage of life, appoint me to the highest good!" // 194.32  
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### [6.3.194.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.33)

nārāyaṇa uvāca -  
nārāyaṇagirā devi vijñapto'smi yatastvayā .  
nārāyaṇagirirnāma tena me'tra bhaviṣyati .. 194.33 ..

> Nārāyaṇa said: / "O goddess, since I was petitioned by you with the speech (gir) of Nārāyaṇa, / therefore my name here shall be Nārāyaṇagiri. // 194.33  
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### [6.3.194.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.34)

nārāyaṇasmṛtau yāti duritaṃ janmakoṭijam .  
yasmādgirati tasmācca girirityeva śabditam .. 194.34 ..

> At the remembrance of Nārāyaṇa, sin born of ten million births disappears; / and because it swallows (girati) \[sin\], it is named giri. // 194.34  
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### [6.3.194.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.35)

tasmātsarvāśrayo devi giriḥ parvatarāṅbhavet .  
surāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ yathāhamapi cāśrayaḥ .. 194.35 ..

> Therefore, O goddess, the hill (giri) shall become the king of mountains, a refuge for all, / just as I too am a refuge for gods, demons, and mortals. // 194.35  
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### [6.3.194.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.36)

ya etatpūjayiṣyanti maṇḍalasthaṃ paraṃ mama .  
nārāyaṇagirirnāma devarūpaṃ śubhekṣaṇe .. 194.36 ..

> Those who will worship this supreme divine form of mine / standing in the maṇḍala, named Nārāyaṇagiri, O auspicious-eyed one, // 194.36  
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### [6.3.194.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.37)

te divyajñānasampannā divyadehaviceṣṭitāḥ .  
divyaṃ lokamavāpsyanti divyabhogasamanvitāḥ .. 194.37 ..

> endowed with divine knowledge, behaving with divine bodies, / will attain the divine realm, accompanied by divine pleasures." // 194.37  
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### [6.3.194.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.38)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tayorevaṃ saṃvadatordevā indrapurogamāḥ .  
samāgatā vanoddeśaṃ sāgarānte maharṣayaḥ .. 194.38 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / While the two were conversing in this manner, the gods led by Indra / and the great seers arrived at that forest region on the seashore. // 194.38  
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### [6.3.194.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.39)

tato bhṛguṃ devarājo nārāyaṇavicintitam .  
vavre jñātvā tu tatkanyāṃ dharmātmā sa dadau ca tām .. 194.39 ..

> Then the king of gods, having understood what was intended by Nārāyaṇa, / chose his daughter from Bhṛgu, and that righteous-minded \[sage\] gave her away. // 194.39  
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### [6.3.194.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.40)

dharmo'pi vidhivadvatsa vivāhaṃ samakārayat .  
devadevasya rājarṣe devatārthe samāhitaḥ .. 194.40 ..

> Dharma too, O child, duly performed the wedding / of the God of gods, O royal seer, intent upon the sake of the deities. // 194.40  
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### [6.3.194.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.41)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
dharmo vivāhamakarodvidhivadyattvayoditam .  
ko vidhistatra kā dattā dakṣiṇā bhṛguṇāpi ca .. 194.41 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Since it was spoken by you that Dharma duly performed the marriage, / what was the ritual there, and what sacrificial fee (dakṣiṇā) was given by Bhṛgu? // 194.41  
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### [6.3.194.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.42)

vivāhayajñe samabhūtsruksruvagrahaṇe ca kaḥ .  
ṛtvijaḥ ke sadasyāśca tasyāsan dvijasattama .. 194.42 ..

> Who took hold of the sruc and sruva ladles at that marriage-sacrifice? / Who were the priests and who were the spectators there, O best of twice-borns? // 194.42  
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### [6.3.194.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.43)

kiṃ tasyāvabhṛthaṃ tvāsīttatsarvaṃ vada vistarāt .  
tvadvākyāmṛtapānena tṛptirmama na vidyate .. 194.43 ..

> What was its concluding purificatory bath (avabhṛtha)? Tell all that in detail! / There is no satiety for me from drinking the nectar of your speech. // 194.43  
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### [6.3.194.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.44)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
nārāyaṇavivāhasya yajñasya ca yudhiṣṭhira .  
tapasastasya devasya samyagācaraṇasya ca .. 194.44 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Of the marriage-sacrifice of Nārāyaṇa, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / of that god's austerity, and of his proper conduct, // 194.44  
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### [6.3.194.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.45)

vaktuṃ samartho na guṇānbrahmāpi parameśvaraḥ .  
tathāpyuddeśato vacmi śṛṇu bhūtvā samāhitaḥ .. 194.45 ..

> even Brahmā, the supreme lord, is not capable of reciting the virtues. / Nevertheless, I shall tell it in summary; listen, becoming focused! // 194.45  
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### [6.3.194.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.46)

brahmā saptarṣayastatra sruksruvagrahaṇe ratāḥ .  
agnīñjuhuvire rājanvedirdhātrī sasāgarā .. 194.46 ..

> Brahmā and the seven seers were engaged there in taking up the sruk and sruva ladles; / they offered oblations into the fires, O king, while the earth together with the oceans served as the altar.  
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### [6.3.194.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.47)

daduḥ samudrā ratnāni brahmarṣibhyo nṛpottama .  
dhanado'pi dadau vittaṃ sarvabrāhmaṇavāñchitam .. 194.47 ..

> The oceans presented gems to the brahmin-seers, O best of kings, / and Kubera, too, gave wealth desired by all the brahmins.  
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### [6.3.194.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.48)

viśvakarmā'pi devānāṃ brahmarṣīṇāṃ paraṃtapa .  
veśmāni suvicitrāṇi sarvaratnamayāni ca .. 194.48 ..

> Viśvakarman also, O scorcher of foes, \[constructed\] for the gods and brahmin-seers / wondrous mansions made entirely of jewels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.49)

kṛtvā pradarśayāmāsa devendrāya yaśasvine .  
śatakratustato viprānkāpiṣṭhalapurogamān .. 194.49 ..

> and having made them, displayed them to the renowned lord of the gods. / Then Indra asked the brahmins headed by Kāpiṣṭhala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.50)

śaunakādīṃśca papraccha baṣkalāñchāgalānapi .  
ātreyānapi rājendra vṛṇudhvamabhivāñchitam .. 194.50 ..

> as well as Śaunaka and others, the Bāṣkalas, the Chāgalas, / and the Ātreyas, O lord of kings: “Choose what you desire!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.51)

dṛṣṭvā te citraratnāni prāhuḥ sarveśvareśvaram .  
devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca saṅgamo'yaṃ supuṇyakṛt .. 194.51 ..

> Beholding those wonderful jewels, they spoke to the lord of all lords: / “This gathering of gods and seers brings great merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.52)

asminpuṇye sureśāna vastuṃ vāñchāmahe sadā .  
śatakratuḥ prāha punarvāso vātra bhaviṣyati .  
satyadharmaratā yūyaṃ yāvatkālaṃ bhaviṣyatha .. 194.52 ..

> O lord of gods, we wish to dwell always in this sacred place.” / Indra replied again: “Your residence will be here / as long as you remain devoted to truth and righteousness.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.53)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
pṛṣṭaṃ yadrājaśārdūla ke makhe hotriṇo'bhavan .  
tatprocyamānamadhunā śṛṇu bhūtvā samāhitaḥ .. 194.53 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / As to what you asked, O tiger among kings, regarding who were the priests at the sacrifice, / listen with concentrated mind as that is now told.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.54)

sanatkumārapramukhāḥ sadasyāstasya cābhavan .  
audgātramatryaṅgirasau marīciśca cakāra ha .. 194.54 ..

> Sanatkumāra and others were its attendants; / Atri, Aṅgiras, and Marīci performed the role of the Udgātṛ priests;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.55)

hautraṃ dharmavasiṣṭhau ca brahmatvaṃ sanako muniḥ .  
ṣaṭtriṃśadgrāmasāhasraṃ prādāttebhyaḥ śatakratuḥ .. 194.55 ..

> Dharma and Vasiṣṭha acted as the Hotṛs, and sage Sanaka as the Brahmā priest. / Indra gave them thirty-six thousand villages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.56)

lakṣmīrbhartrā ca saṃyuktābhavattatkṛtavānprabhuḥ .  
brahmaṇo juhvato vahniṃ yāvaddeśasthitaiḥ suraiḥ .. 194.56 ..

> Lakṣmī was united with her husband, and the Lord brought it to completion. / While Brahmā was making oblations into the fire, from as far as the gods were standing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.57)

dṛṣṭaṃ lalāṭaṃ deśo'sau lalāṭa iti saṃjñitaḥ .  
sa deśaḥ śrīpateḥ kṣetrapuṇyaṃ devarṣisevitam .. 194.57 ..

> his forehead was seen; hence that region is known as Lalāṭa. / That region is the sacred field of the Lord of Śrī, meritorious and frequented by celestial seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.58)

sarvāścaryamayaṃ divyaṃ divyasiddhisamanvitam .  
brāhmaṇānāṃ tataḥ paṅktiṃ niveśayitumudyatā .. 194.58 ..

> filled with every wonder, celestial, and endowed with divine perfections. / Then, preparing to settle the line of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.59)

lakṣmīḥ śrīpatināmānamāha devaṃ vacastadā .  
śrīruvāca -  
ya ete brāhmaṇāḥ śiṣyā bhṛgvādīnāṃ yatavratāḥ .. 194.59 ..

> Lakṣmī then spoke words to the god named Śrīpati. / Śrī said: / These brahmins who are pupils of Bhṛgu and others, strict in their vows...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.60)

tānniveśayitumicchāmi tvatprasādādadhokṣaja .  
marīcyādayaḥ surendreṇa sthāpitā garuḍadhvaja .. 194.60 ..

> I wish to settle them through your grace, O Adhokṣaja! / Marīci and others were established by the lord of the gods, O Garuḍa-bannered one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.61)

naiṣṭhikavratino viprā bahavo'tra yatavratāḥ .  
prājāpatye vrate brāhme kecidatra vyavasthitāḥ .  
tānahaṃ sthāpayiṣyāmi tvatprasādādadhokṣaja .. 194.61 ..

> here are many brahmins observing lifelong vows, firm in their vows, / and some here are established in the vow of Prajāpati pertaining to Brahmā. / I will settle them through your grace, O Adhokṣaja!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.62)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tataḥ kautūhaladharo bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .  
papraccha vratinaḥ sarvānvṛttibhede vyavasthitān .. 194.62 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, filled with curiosity, the blessed Bull-bannered god / questioned all the vow-holders established in various modes of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.63)

nārado'pi mahādevamupetya ca satīpatim .  
prāha kṛṣṇājinadharo naiṣṭhikā brāhmaṇā hyamī .. 194.63 ..

> Nārada too, clad in a black antelope skin, approached Mahādeva, the lord of Satī, / and said: “These brahmins indeed are lifelong celibates;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.64)

amī kāryāḥ suvastreṇa channaguhyā dvijottamāḥ .  
prājāpatyāścaturviṃśasahasrāṇi nareśvara .. 194.64 ..

> these best of twice-born are to be covered with fine cloth over their private parts. / The householders \[observing the vow of Prajāpati\] are twenty-four thousand, O lord of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.65)

brahmacaryavratasthānāṃ vratabrahmavicāriṇām .  
dvādaśaiṣāṃ sahasrāṇi santi vai vṛṣabhadhvaja .. 194.65 ..

> and of those established in the vow of celibacy, contemplating the vow of Brahman, / there are indeed twelve thousand, O Bull-bannered god.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.66)

nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā devā devarṣayo'pi ca .  
sādhu sādhvityamanyanta nocuḥ kecana kiṃcana .. 194.66 ..

> Hearing Nārada’s words, the gods and celestial seers / thought, ‘Excellent, excellent!’, and none spoke anything against it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.67)

samāhvayattato lakṣmīstān viprān bhaktisaṃyutā .  
uvāca caraṇāngṛhya prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mayi .. 194.67 ..

> Then Lakṣmī, filled with devotion, summoned those brahmins; / grasping their feet, she said: “Show your grace to me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.68)

ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi veśmanāmatra saṃsthitiḥ .  
viśvakarmakṛtānāṃ tu teṣu tiṣṭhantu vo'khilāḥ .. 194.68 ..

> Here is the establishment of thirty-six thousand houses / built by Viśvakarman; let all of you reside in them.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.69)

te tatheti pratijñāya sthitāḥ saṃprītamānasāḥ .  
dhanadhānyasamṛddhāśca vāñchitaprāptilakṣaṇāḥ .  
sarvakāmasamṛddhāśca hyanārambheṣu karmaṇām .. 194.69 ..

> Agreeing with “So be it,” they remained with delighted minds, / affluent with wealth and grain, possessing marks of obtaining all desires, / and endowed with all objects of desire even without undertaking worldly labor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.70)

iti saṃsthāpya tān viprān sā sthitā paryapālayat .  
caturdhā tu sthito viṣṇuḥ śriyā devyāḥ priye rataḥ .. 194.70 ..

> Having thus settled those brahmins, she remained and protected them. / And Viṣṇu, devoted to the pleasure of Goddess Śrī, remained in four forms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.71)

evaṃ vaivāhikamakhe nivṛtte ṛṣayastu tam .  
ūcuścāvabhṛthasnānaṃ kutra kurmo janārdana .. 194.71 ..

> When the wedding sacrifice had ended thus, the seers / said to him: “Janārdana, where shall we take the concluding ceremonial bath?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.72)

iti śrutvā tu vacanaṃ śrīpatiḥ pādapaṅkajāt .  
mumoca jāhnavītoyaṃ revāmadhyagamaṃ śuci .. 194.72 ..

> Hearing their words, the Lord of Śrī released from his lotus foot / the pure waters of the Gaṅgā, which flowed into the midst of the Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.73)

hareḥ pādodakaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥsṛtaṃ munayastu te .  
vismitāḥ samapadyanta jānantastasya gauravam .. 194.73 ..

> Seeing the water from Hari’s foot flow forth, those sages / were filled with wonder, knowing its greatness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.74)

rudreṇa sahitāḥ sarve devatā ṛṣayastathā .  
saṃkathā vismitāścakrurvidhunvantaḥ śirāṃsi ca .. 194.74 ..

> Together with Rudra, all the deities and seers / conversed in amazement, shaking their heads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.75)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .  
brūhi śambho kimatrāyaṃ akasmādvārisambhavaḥ .  
viṣṇoḥ pādāmbujotthaśca sammohakaraṇaḥ paraḥ .. 194.75 ..

> The seers said: / “Tell us, O Śambhu, why has this water suddenly appeared here, / arising from the lotus foot of Viṣṇu, causing extreme wonder?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.76)

īśvara uvāca -  
pādodakamidaṃ viṣṇorahaṃ jānāmi vai surāḥ .  
daśāśvamedhāvabhṛthaiḥ snānamatrātiricyate .. 194.76 ..

> Īśvara said: / “I indeed know this water from the foot of Viṣṇu, O gods! / A ritual ablution here surpasses the concluding ceremonial baths of ten horse sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.77)

yuṣmābhiḥ śrīpatiḥ pūjyaḥ snānaṃ cāvabhṛthaṃ kutaḥ .  
bhaviṣyatīti tenāśu idaṃ vo'rthe vinirmitam .. 194.77 ..

> You had to worship the Lord of Śrī, and \[wondered\] whence the concluding bath / would be had; therefore, this has been immediately produced for your sake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.78)

snātvātra tridaśeśānā yatphalaṃ samprapadyate .  
vaktuṃ na kenacidyāti tataḥ kimuttaraṃ vacaḥ .. 194.78 ..

> Whatever fruit is attained by bathing here, O lords of the thirty gods, / cannot be described by anyone; what further words can there be?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.79)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
evamuktvā tu te sarve snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāgatam .  
jagmurdevā maheśānapurogā bharatarṣabha .. 194.79 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having spoken thus and performed their ritual ablution, all those gods, / led by the Great Lord, departed the way they had come, O bull of the Bharatas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.80)

brāhmaṇāśca tataḥ sarve svaveśmānyeva bhejire .  
devatīrthe mahārāja sarvapāpapraṇāśane .. 194.80 ..

> And then all the brahmins retired to their own houses / at Devatīrtha, O great king, which destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.194.80\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.194.80_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śrīpativivāhavarṇanaṃ nāma caturnavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Marriage of Śrīpati', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.194.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.194.1) — Sanskrit

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