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# Skandapurana 6.3.19

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.1)

adhyāya 19  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tatastvekārṇave tasminmumūrṣurahamāturaḥ .  
kākūcchvāsastaraṃstoyaṃ bāhubhyāṃ nṛpasattama .. 19.1 ..

> Chapter 19 / The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, in that single ocean, distressed, on the verge of death, / gasping for breath, swimming the water with my arms, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.2)

śṛṇomyarṇavamadhyastho niḥśabdastimite tadā .  
ambhoravamanaupamyaṃ diśo daśa vinādinam .. 19.2 ..

> standing in the middle of the ocean, in the noiseless calm then / I heard an incomparable roaring of waters that made the ten directions resound.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.3)

haṃsakudendusaṃkāśāṃ hāragokṣīrapāṇḍurām .  
nānāratnavicitrāṅgīṃ svarṇaśṛṅgāṃ manoramām .. 19.3 ..

> Resembling a swan, a kunda flower, or the moon, pale as a pearl necklace or cow's milk, / her limbs variegated with diverse jewels, possessing golden horns, delightful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.4)

suraiḥ pravālakamayairlāṅguladhvajaśobhitām .  
pralambaghoṇāṃ nardantīṃ khurairarṇavagāhinīm .. 19.4 ..

> adorned with a tail-banner made of coral, / with an elongated snout, lowing, wading into the ocean with her hooves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.5)

gāṃ dadarśāhamudvigno māmevābhimukhīṃ sthitām .  
kiṃkiṇījālamuktābhiḥ svarṇaghaṇṭāsamāvṛtām .. 19.5 ..

> distressed, I beheld a cow standing directly facing me, / covered with nets of tinkling ornaments, pearls, and golden bells.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.6)

tasyāścaraṇavikṣepaiḥ sarvamekārṇavaṃ jalam .  
vikṣiptaphenapuñjaughairnṛtyantīva samaṃ tataḥ .. 19.6 ..

> By the strides of her feet all the waters of the single ocean, / with masses of scattered foam-heaps, were as if dancing all at once.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.7)

rarāsa salilotkṣepaiḥ kṣobhayantī mahārṇavam .  
sā māmāha mahābhāga ślakṣṇagambhīrayā girā .. 19.7 ..

> Agitating the great ocean with the splash of waters, she bellowed. / She said to me, O highly blessed one, in a smooth and deep voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.8)

mā bhaiṣīrvatsa vatseti mṛtyustava na vidyate .  
mahādevaprasādena na mṛtyuste mamāpi ca .. 19.8 ..

> 'Do not fear, child, my child! There is no death for you. / By the grace of Mahādeva, there is no death for you, nor for me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.9)

mamāśrayasva lāṅgūlaṃ tvāmatastārayāmyaham .  
ghorādasmādbhayādvipra yāvatsaṃplavate jagat .. 19.9 ..

> "Take hold of my tail; from this I shall convey you across,  
> O brahmin, from this dreadful terror, as long as the world is flooded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.10)

kṣuttṛṣāpratighātārthaṃ stanau me tvaṃ pibasva ha .  
payo'mṛtāśrayaṃ divyaṃ tatpītvā nirvṛto bhava .. 19.10 ..

> To overcome your hunger and thirst, drink from my two udders;  
> \[drink\] the celestial milk that holds ambrosia, and having drunk it, find peace."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.11)

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā harṣātpīto mayā stanaḥ .  
na kṣuttṛṣā pītamātre stane mahyaṃ tadābhavat .. 19.11 ..

> Hearing those words of hers, in joy I drank from her udder.  
> As soon as the udder was sucked, neither hunger nor thirst remained in me then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.12)

divyaṃ prāṇabalaṃ jajñe samudraplavanakṣamam .  
tatastāṃ pratyuvācedaṃ kā tvamekārṇavīkṛte .. 19.12 ..

> A divine bodily strength arose \[in me\], capable of swimming across the sea.  
> Then I spoke back to her: "Who are you, wandering in the cosmic ocean?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.13)

bhramase brūhi tattvena vismayo me mahānhṛdi .  
bhramato'tra mamārtasya mumūrṣoḥ prahatasya .. 19.13 ..

> Tell me the truth, for great wonder is in my heart!  
> While I was wandering here, afflicted, wishing to die, struck down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.14)

tvaṃ hi me śaraṇaṃ jātā bhāgyaśeṣeṇa suvrate .. 19.14 ..

> you indeed became my refuge through the remnant of my good fortune, O virtuous one!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.15)

gauruvāca -  
kimahaṃ vismṛtā tubhyaṃ viśvarūpā maheśvarī .  
narmadā dharmadā nḥṇāṃ svargaśarmabalapradā .. 19.15 ..

> The cow said:  
> "Have you forgotten me, the universal-formed sovereign goddess,  
> the Narmadā who grants righteousness to men, conferring heaven, happiness, and strength?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.16)

dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ sīdamānaṃ tu rudreṇāhaṃ visarjitā .  
taṃ dvijaṃ tārayasvārye mā prāṇāṃstyajatāṃ jale .. 19.16 ..

> Seeing you sinking, however, I was dispatched by Rudra:  
> 'Noble lady, rescue that twice-born man; let him not lose his life in the water!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.17)

gorūpeṇa vibhorvākyāttvatsakāśamihāgatā .  
mā mṛṣāvacanaḥ śambhurbhavediti ca satvarā .. 19.17 ..

> In the form of a cow, by the word of the Lord, I came here into your presence,  
> hastening so that Śambhu might not become one whose word is false."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.18)

evamuktastayāhaṃ tu indrāyudhanibhaṃ śubham .  
lāṅgūlamavyayaṃ jñātvā bhujābhyāmavalambitaḥ .. 19.18 ..

> Thus addressed by her, knowing her tail, splendid like Indra's bow, to be imperishable,  
> I clung to it with both my arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.19)

tato'taraṃ taṃ jaladhiṃ lāṅgūladhvajamāśritaḥ .  
asau devo mahādeva iti māṃ pratyabhāṣata .. 19.19 ..

> Then I crossed that ocean, relying on the tail as my banner.  
> She spoke back to me: "This god is Mahādeva."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.20)

tato yugasahasrāntamahaṃ kālaṃ tayā saha .  
vyacaraṃ vai tamobhūte sarvataḥ salilāvṛte .. 19.20 ..

> Then for the span of a thousand yugas I roved with her  
> in that world turned into darkness, covered on all sides by water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.21)

mahārṇave tatastasmin bhramangoḥ pucchamāśritaḥ .  
nirvāte cāndhakāre ca nirāloke nirāmaye .. 19.21 ..

> Then, wandering in that great ocean, holding on to the cow's tail,  
> in the windless and dark, devoid of light and free from ailment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.22)

akasmātsalile tasminnatasīpuṣpasannibham .  
vibhinnāṃjanasaṅkāśamākāśamiva nirmalam .. 19.22 ..

> suddenly in that water \[I saw the Lord\], resembling the flax flower,  
> like crushed collyrium, stainless like the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.23)

nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ pītavāsasamavyayam .  
kirīṭenārkavarṇena vidyudvidyotakāriṇā .. 19.23 ..

> dark as the petal of a blue lotus, clad in yellow garments, imperishable,  
> with a diadem the colour of the sun, flashing like lightning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.24)

bhrājamānena śirasā khamivātyantarūpiṇam .  
kuṇḍaloddhaṣṭagallaṃ tu hāroddyotitavakṣasam .. 19.24 ..

> with a head shining like the sky, having endless forms,  
> his cheeks brushed by his earrings, his chest illumined by a necklace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.25)

jāmbūnadamayairdivyairbhūṣaṇairupaśobhitam .  
nāgopadhānaśayanaṃ sahasrādityavarcasam .. 19.25 ..

> adorned with divine ornaments made of Jāmbūnada gold,  
> lying on the serpent as his bolster, having the splendour of a thousand suns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.26)

anekabāhūrudharaṃ naikavaktraṃ manoramam .  
suptamekārṇave vīraṃ sahasrākṣaśirodharam .. 19.26 ..

> possessing many arms and thighs, having more than one face, charming,  
> the hero sleeping in the cosmic ocean, endowed with a thousand eyes and necks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.27)

jaṭājūṭena mahatā sphuradvidyutsamārciṣā .  
ekārṇavaṃ jagatsarvaṃ vyāpya devaṃ vyavasthitam .. 19.27 ..

> having a great mass of matted hair with rays like flashing lightning,  
> the god stationed there, pervading the whole world turned into a cosmic ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.28)

grasitvā śaṅkaraḥ sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānavam .  
prapaśyāmyahamīśānaṃ suptamekārṇave prabhum .. 19.28 ..

> Having swallowed everything along with gods, asuras, and humans, Śaṃkara,  
> the sovereign Īśāna, the Lord, I behold sleeping in the single ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.29)

sarvavyāpinamavyaktamanantaṃ viśvatomukham .  
tasya pādatalābhyāśe svarṇakeyūramaṇḍitām .. 19.29 ..

> all-pervading, unmanifest, infinite, facing all directions.  
> Near the soles of his feet, \[I beheld the Goddess\] adorned with golden armlets,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.30)

viśvarūpāṃ mahābhāgāṃ viśvamāyāvadhāriṇīm .  
śrīmayīṃ hrīmayīṃ devīṃ dhīmayīṃ vāṅmayīṃ śivām .. 19.30 ..

> universal-formed, highly fortunate, bearing the cosmic illusion,  
> consisting of fortune, modesty, intellect, and speech, the auspicious Śivā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.31)

siddhiṃ kīrtiṃ ratiṃ brāhmīṃ kālarātrimayonijām .  
tāmevāhaṃ tadātyantamīśvarāntikamāsthitām .. 19.31 ..

> perfection, fame, delight, the consort of Brahmā, the night of cosmic dissolution, not born from a womb;  
> her alone I then beheld, stationed very near to the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.32)

adrākṣaṃ candravadanāṃ dhṛtiṃ sarveśvarīmumām .. 19.32 ..

> moon-faced, constancy, Umā, the ruler of all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.33)

śāntaṃ prasuptaṃ navahemavarṇamumāsahāyaṃ bhagavantamīśam .  
tamovṛtaṃ puṇyatamaṃ variṣṭhaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya namaskaromi .. 19.33 ..

> The peaceful, sleeping, fresh-gold-coloured Lord, God accompanied by Umā,  
> enveloped in darkness, most sacred, the highest—circumambulating him, I bow down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.34)

tataḥ prasuptaḥ sahasā vibuddho rātrikṣaye devavaraḥ svabhāvāt .  
vikṣobhayan bāhubhirarṇavāmbho jagatpraṇaṣṭaṃ salile vimṛśya .. 19.34 ..

> Then, having been asleep, the best of gods suddenly awoke by his own nature at the end of the night,  
> agitating the waters of the ocean with his arms, having reflected on the world lost in the flood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.35)

kiṃ kāryamityeva vicintayitvā vārāharūpo'bhavadadbhutāṅgaḥ .  
mahāghanāmbhodharatulyavarcāḥ pralambamālāmbaraniṣkamālī .. 19.35 ..

> Reflecting, 'What is to be done?', he assumed the form of a boar, wondrous of limb,  
> with a brilliance equal to massive clouds laden with water, wearing a long garland, garments, and a gold-coin necklace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.36)

saśaṅkhacakrāsidharaḥ kirīṭī savedavedāṅgamayo mahātmā .  
trailokyanirmāṇakaraḥ purāṇo devatrayīrūpadharaśca kārye .. 19.36 ..

> bearing the conch, discus, and sword, wearing a diadem, embodied with the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, the Great Soul,  
> the creator of the three worlds, ancient, and bearing the form of the triad of gods in action.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.37)

sa eva rudraḥ sa jagajjahāra sṛṣṭyarthamīśaḥ prapitāmaho'bhūt .  
saṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ jagataḥ sa eva hariḥ sucakrāsigadābjapāṇiḥ .. 19.37 ..

> He alone is Rudra; he destroyed the world. For the purpose of creation, the Lord became the Grandfather \[Brahmā\].  
> For the protection of the world, he alone is Hari, bearing the auspicious discus, sword, mace, and lotus in his hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.38)

teṣāṃ vibhāgo na hi kartumarho mahātmanāmekaśarīrabhājām .  
mīmāṃsāhetvarthaviśeṣatarkairyasteṣu kuryātpravibhedamajñaḥ .. 19.38 ..

> Indeed, no division ought to be made among these great souls sharing a single body.  
> The ignorant person who would make a division among them with arguments based on Mīmāṃsā reasons and meanings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.39)

sa yāti ghoraṃ narakaṃ krameṇa vibhāgakṛddveṣamatirdurātmā .  
yā yasya bhaktiḥ sa tayaiva nūnaṃ dehaṃ tyajan svaṃ hyamṛtatvameti .. 19.39 ..

> that evil-minded one, a maker of division whose mind is full of hatred, goes gradually to a dreadful hell.  
> Whichever deity one has devotion to, through that very \[devotion\], upon abandoning his body, one surely attains immortality.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.40)

saṃmohayanmūrtibhiratra lokaṃ sraṣṭā ca goptā kṣayakṛtsa devaḥ .  
tasmānna mohātmakamāviśeta dveṣaṃ na kuryātpravibhinnamūrtiḥ .. 19.40 ..

> Deluding the world here through his forms, that god is the creator, the protector, and the destroyer.  
> Therefore, one should not enter into delusion, nor harbor hatred, seeing the forms as divided.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.41)

vārāhamīśānavaro'pyato'sau rūpaṃ samāsthāya jagadvidhātā .  
naṣṭe triloke'rṇavatoyamagne vimārgitoyaughamaye'ntarātmā .. 19.41 ..

> Assuming the form of a boar, therefore, that best sovereign, the creator of the world,  
> when the three worlds were lost, submerged in ocean waters, the inner Self searched in the flood of waters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.42)

bhittvārṇavaṃ toyamathāntarasthaṃ viveśa pātālatalaṃ kṣaṇena .  
jale nimagnāṃ dharaṇīṃ samastāṃ samaspṛśatpaṅkajapatranetrām .. 19.42 ..

> Having cleaved the ocean water, he entered the depth of Pātāla in an instant;  
> he touched the entire earth sunk in the water, her eyes like lotus petals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.43)

viśīrṇaśailopalaśṛṅgakūṭāṃ vasuṃdharāṃ tāṃ pralaye pralīnām .  
daṃṣṭraikayā viṣṇuratulyasāhasaḥ samuddadhāra svayameva devaḥ .. 19.43 ..

> the earth with shattered rocks and mountain peaks, dissolved in the cosmic dissolution;  
> Viṣṇu, the god of incomparable valor, lifted her up himself with a single tusk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.44)

sā tasya daṃṣṭrāgravilambitāṅgī kailāsaśṛṅgāgragateva jyotsnā .  
vibhrājate sāpyasamānamūrtiḥ śaśāṅkaśṛṅge ca taḍidvilagnā .. 19.44 ..

> Her limbs hanging from the tip of his tusk, she shone like moonlight on the peak of Mount Kailāsa,  
> and of incomparable form, she shone like lightning clinging to the crescent of the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.45)

tāmujjahārārṇavatoyamagnāṃ karī nimagnāmiva hastinīṃ haṭhāt .  
nāvaṃ viśīrṇāmiva toyamadhyādudīrṇasattvo'nupamaprabhāvaḥ .. 19.45 ..

> He hauled her up, sunk in the ocean water, as an elephant violently hauls up a submerged female elephant,  
> or like a shattered boat from the midst of the water, he of aroused vitality and matchless power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.46)

sa tāṃ samuttārya mahājalaughātsamudramāryo vyabhajatsamastam .  
mahārṇaveṣveva mahārṇavāmbho nikṣepayāmāsa punarnadīṣu .. 19.46 ..

> Having raised her from the great flood of water, the noble one divided the entire ocean;  
> he poured back the water of the great ocean into the oceans and into the rivers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.47)

śīrṇāṃśca śailānsa cakāra bhūyo dvīpānsamastāṃśca tathārṇavāṃśca .  
śailopalairye vicitāḥ samantācchiloccayāṃstānsa cakāra kalpe .. 19.47 ..

> And he made anew the broken mountains, all the islands, and the oceans;  
> he made the mountain ranges that are piled up everywhere with rocks and stones in the kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.48)

anekarūpaṃ pravibhajya dehaṃ cakāra devendragaṇānsamastān .  
mukhācca vahnirmanasaśca candraścakṣośca sūryaḥ sahasā babhūva .. 19.48 ..

> Dividing his body of manifold forms, he produced all the hosts of the lords of gods.  
> From his mouth fire arose, from his mind the moon, and from his eye the sun suddenly came to be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.49)

jajñe'tha tasyeśvarayogamūrteḥ pradhyāyamānasya surendrasaṅghaḥ .  
vedāśca yajñāśca tathaiva varṇāstathā hi sarvauṣadhayo rasāśca .. 19.49 ..

> Then, as that \[Lord\] whose form is the yoga of Īśvara meditated, the host of the chiefs of the gods was born, / as well as the Vedas, sacrifices, and likewise the castes, and indeed all medicinal herbs and juices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.50)

jagatsamastaṃ manasā babhūva yatsthāvaraṃ kiṃcidihāṇḍajaṃ vā .  
jarāyujaṃ svedajamudbhijjaṃ vā yatkiṃcidā kīṭapipīlakādyam .. 19.50 ..

> The entire universe came into being from his mind: whatever is stationary here or egg-born, / or born from a womb, sweat-born, or shoot-born—whatever exists, down to insects and ants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.51)

tato vijajñe manasā kṣaṇena anekarūpāḥ sahasā maheśā .  
cakāra yanmūrtibhiravyayātmā aṣṭābhirāviśya punaḥ sa tatra .. 19.51 ..

> Then in an instant, through his mind, the great lords of various forms were suddenly born; / and the imperishable Self, having pervaded there again with his eight forms, brought it about.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.52)

līlāṃ cakārātha samṛddhatejā ato'tra me paśyata eva viprāḥ .  
teṣāṃ mayā darśanameva sarvaṃ yāvanmuhūrtātsamakāri bhūpa .. 19.52 ..

> Then he of abundant splendor engaged in sport; hence, right as I was watching, O brahmins, / my vision of all those \[creations\] took place within an instant, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.53)

kṛtvā tvaśeṣaṃ kila līlayaiva sa devadevo jagatāṃ vidhātā .  
sarvatradṛksarvaga eva devo jagāma cādarśanamādikartā .. 19.53 ..

> Having indeed accomplished everything in mere sport, that god of gods, the creator of the worlds, / the all-seeing, omnipresent god, the primeval maker, vanished from sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.54)

yattanmuhūrtādiha nāmarūpaṃ tāvatprapaśyāmi jagattathaiva .  
dvīpaiḥ samudrairabhisaṃvṛtaṃ hi nakṣatratārādivimānakīrṇam .. 19.54 ..

> Just as from that moment name and form \[arose\] here, so too did I behold the universe: / surrounded by continents and oceans, crowded with the aerial chariots of constellations, stars, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.55)

viyatpayodagrahacakracitraṃ nānāvidhaiḥ prāṇigaṇairvṛtaṃ ca .  
tāṃ vai na paśyāmi mahānubhāvāṃ gorūpiṇīṃ sarvasureśvarīṃ ca .. 19.55 ..

> variegated with the sky, clouds, and the circle of planets, and filled with various kinds of living creatures. / Yet I did not see her, the noble lady in the form of a cow, the sovereign of all the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.56)

kva sāṃprataṃ seti vicintya rājanvibhrāntacittastvabhavaṃ tadaiva .  
diśo vibhāgānavalokayānṛte punastāṃ kathamīśvarāṅgīm .. 19.56 ..

> "Where is she now?"—reflecting thus, O king, my mind became bewildered at that very moment. / Looking around at the quarters of space without seeing her whose body is of the Lord, how  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.57)

paśyāmi tāmatra punaśca śubhrāṃ mahābhranīlāṃ śuciśubhratoyām .  
vṛkṣairanekairupaśobhitāṅgīṃ gajaisturaṅgairvihagairvṛtāṃ ca .. 19.57 ..

> could I see her again here—the bright one, dark as a great cloud, of pure and white waters, / her body adorned with numerous trees, and surrounded by elephants, horses, and birds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.58)

yathā purātīramupetya devyāḥ samāsthitaścāpyamarakaṇṭake tu .  
tathaiva paśyāmi sukhopaviṣṭa ātmānamavyagramavāptasaukhyam .. 19.58 ..

> Just as previously, having approached the bank of the goddess, I remained stationed at Amarakaṇṭaka, / in that very same way, seated at ease, unperturbed, and having attained bliss, I beheld myself  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.59)

tathaiva puṇyā malatoyavāhāṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ kalpaparikṣaye'pi .  
ambāmivāryāmanukampamānāmakṣīṇatoyāṃ virujāṃ viśokaḥ .. 19.59 ..

> having seen again—even at the end of the kalpa—the holy one, carrier of pure waters, / who is like a compassionate mother, noble, of undiminished waters, free from disease, and I was free from sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.60)

evaṃ mahatpuṇyatamaṃ ca kalpaṃ paṭhanti śṛṇvanti ca ye dvijendrāḥ .  
mahāvarāhasya maheśvarasya dine dine te vimalā bhavanti .. 19.60 ..

> The best among the twice-born who recite and listen to this most sacred kalpa / of the Great Boar and the Great Lord become pure day by day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.61)

aśubhaśatasahasraṃ te vidhūya prapannāstridivamamarajuṣṭaṃ siddhagandharvayuktam .  
vimalaśaśinibhābhiḥ sarva evāpsarobhiḥ saha vividhavilāsaiḥ svargasaukhyaṃ labhante .. 19.61 ..

> Shaking off hundreds of thousands of evils, they reach the heaven frequented by the immortals and accompanied by siddhas and gandharvas; / together with all the apsarases, resplendent like the spotless moon, they attain heavenly happiness with diverse pleasures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.19.61\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.61_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śrīnarmadāmāhātmye vārāhakalpavṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the nineteenth chapter, entitled "Description of the Account of the Vārāha Kalpa," in the Narmadāmāhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa in the fifth Āvantyakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa 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.6.3.19.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.19.1) — Sanskrit
- [Nīlādrimahodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.odia.purana.niladrimahodaya.67.12) — Mahādeva Dāsa, Sanskrit

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