[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.7 # Skandapurana 6.3.7 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.p1) adhyāya 7 > Chapter 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - punarekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame . salilenāplute loke nirāloke tamodbhave .. 7.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Once again, in the dreadful single cosmic ocean, when all mobile and immobile beings had vanished, / when the world was inundated with water, devoid of light, and enveloped in darkness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.2) brahmaiko vicaraṃstatra tamībhūte mahārṇave . divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu khadyota iva rūpavān .. 7.2 .. > Brahmā alone, wandering there in that ocean enveloped in darkness / for a thousand divine years, possessed of form like a firefly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.3) śete yojanasāhasramaprameyamanuttamam . dvādaśādityasaṃkāśaṃ sahasracaraṇekṣaṇam .. 7.3 .. > saw \[the Lord\] lying over a thousand yojanas, immeasurable, unsurpassable, / resembling twelve suns, having a thousand feet and eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.4) prasuptaṃ cārṇave ghore hyapaśyatkūrmarūpiṇam . taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāpanno brahmā bodhayate śanaiḥ .. 7.4 .. > fast asleep in the dreadful ocean in the form of a tortoise. / Seeing him, filled with astonishment, Brahmā gently awakened him > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.5) stutibhirmaṃgalaiścaiva vedavedāṃgasaṃbhavaiḥ . vācaspate vibudhyasva mahābhūta namo'stu te .. 7.5 .. > with auspicious praises arising from the Vedas and their auxiliary limbs: / 'O Lord of speech, awaken, O great being, obeisance to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.6) tavodare jagatsarvaṃ tiṣṭhate parameśvara . tadvimuñca mahāsattva yatpūrvaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ tvayā .. 7.6 .. > The entire universe resides in your belly, O supreme lord. / Release that, O being of great power, which was previously withdrawn by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.7) vyatītā rajanī brāhmī dinaṃ samanuvartate . nirīkṣya sarvalokeśa yena saṃbhavate jagat .. 7.7 .. > The night of Brahmā has passed; the day now follows. / Look forth, O Lord of all worlds, by whom the universe comes into being.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.8) sa niśamya vacastasya utthitaḥ parameśvaraḥ . samudgiran sa lokāṃstrīn grastān kalpakṣaye tadā .. 7.8 .. > Hearing his words, that supreme lord arose, / vomiting forth the three worlds swallowed at the end of the kalpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.9) devadānavagandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ . sacandrārkagrahāḥ sarve śarīrāttasya nirgatāḥ .. 7.9 .. > The gods, Dānavas, and Gandharvas, together with Yakṣas, serpents, and Rākṣasas, / along with the moon, sun, and planets, all came forth from his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.10) tato hyekārṇavaṃ sarvaṃ vibhajya parameśvaraḥ . vistīrṇopalatoyaughāṃ saritsaravivardhitām .. 7.10 .. > Then, having divided that entire single cosmic ocean, the supreme lord / saw the earth, with its expansive rock and torrents of water, magnified by rivers and lakes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.11) paśyate medinīṃ devaḥ savṛkṣauṣadhipalvalām . himavantaṃ giriśreṣṭhaṃ śvetaṃ parvatamuttamam .. 7.11 .. > the god \[saw\] the earth with its trees, medicinal herbs, and pools; / the Himavat, the best of mountains; Śveta, the supreme mountain; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.12) śṛṅgavantaṃ mahāśailaṃ ye cānye kulaparvatāḥ . jaṃbudvīpaṃ kuśaṃ krauñcaṃ sagomedaṃ saśālmalam .. 7.12 .. > the great mountain Śṛṅgavat, and whatever other principal mountain ranges \[there be\]; / Jambudvīpa, Kuśadvīpa, Krauñcadvīpa, along with Gomedadvīpa and Śālmaladvīpa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.13) puṣkarāntāśca ye dvīpā ye ca saptamahārṇavāḥ . lokālokaṃ mahāśailaṃ sarvaṃ ca purataḥ sthitam .. 7.13 .. > and the islands ending with Puṣkara, as well as the seven great oceans; / the great mountain Lokāloka—he saw all standing before him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.14) catuḥprakṛtisaṃyuktaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam . yugānte tu viniṣkrāntamapaśyatsa maheśvaraḥ .. 7.14 .. > the universe of mobile and immobile beings, endowed with the four kinds of creation. / That Maheśvara saw it emerged at the close of the yuga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.15) viprakīrṇaśilājālāmapaśyatsa vasuṃdharām . kūrmapṛṣṭhopagāṃ devīṃ mahārṇavagatāṃ prabhuḥ .. 7.15 .. > The Lord saw the earth, its masses of rocks scattered abroad, / the goddess resting upon the back of the tortoise, situated in the great ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.16) tasmin viśīrṇaśailāgre saritsarovivarjite . nānātaraṃgabhinnoda āvartodvartasaṃkule .. 7.16 .. > In that \[ocean\], where the peaks of mountains were shattered, devoid of rivers and lakes, / its waters broken by manifold waves, crowded with whirlpools and surges, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.17) nānauṣadhiprajvalite nānotpalaśilātale . nānāvihaṃgasaṃghuṣṭāṃ matsyakūrmasamākulām .. 7.17 .. > blazing with diverse medicinal plants, with rocky beds covered by manifold lotuses, / resounded by various birds, teeming with fish and tortoises, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.18) divyamāyāmayīṃ devīmutkṛṣṭāmbudasannibhām . nadīmapaśyaddeveśo hyanaupamyajalāśayām .. 7.18 .. > the Lord of the gods saw a river, the goddess fashioned of divine māyā, / resembling an excellent rain-cloud, her reservoir of water beyond compare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.19) madhye tasyāmbudaśyāmāṃ pīnorujaghanastanīm . vastrairanupamairdivyairnānābharaṇabhūṣitām .. 7.19 .. > In her midst \[he saw her\], dark as a rain-cloud, with swelling thighs, hips, and breasts, / adorned with incomparable, divine garments and diverse ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.20) sanūpuraravoddāmāṃ hārakeyūramaṇḍitām . tādṛśīṃ narmadāṃ devīṃ svayaṃ strīrūpadhāriṇīm .. 7.20 .. > resounding wildly with the sound of anklets, decorated with necklaces and armlets— / he saw such a goddess Narmadā, directly assuming the form of a woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.21) yogamāyāmayaiścitrairbhūṣaṇaiḥ svairvibhūṣitām . avyaktāṅgīṃ mahābhāgāmapaśyatsa tu narmadām .. 7.21 .. > adorned with her own wondrous ornaments fashioned of yogamāyā, / with unmanifest limbs, the highly fortunate Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.22) ardhodyatabhujāṃ bālāṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇām . stuvantīṃ devadeveśamutthitāṃ tu jalāttadā .. 7.22 .. > A maiden with half-raised arms, her eyes wide as lotus petals, / praising the god of gods, having arisen from the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.23) vismayāviṣṭahṛdayo hyahamudvīkṣya tāṃ śubhām . snātvā jale śubhe tasyāḥ stotumabhyudyatastataḥ .. 7.23 .. > Beholding that auspicious one, my heart filled with wonder, / having bathed in her auspicious water, I then prepared to praise her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.24) arcayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭo mantrairvedāṃgasaṃbhavaiḥ . sṛṣṭaṃ ca tatpurā rājanpaśyeyaṃ sacarācaram .. 7.24 .. > Full of joy, I worshipped her with mantras born from the Vedas and their auxiliary limbs. / 'May I see that which was created of old, O king, with all that moves and is still, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.25) sadevāsuragandharvaṃ sapannagamahoragam . paśyāmyeṣā mahābhāgā naiva yātā kṣayaṃ purā .. 7.25 .. > with gods, asuras, and Gandharvas, with serpents and great snakes!' / I see that this highly fortunate one never went to destruction in the past, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.26) mahādevaprasādācca taccharīrasamudbhavā . bhūyo bhūyo mayā dṛṣṭā kathitā te nṛpottama .. 7.26 .. > and by the grace of Mahādeva, she was born from his body. / Seen again and again by me, she has been described to you, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.27) prādurbhāvamimaṃ kaurmyaṃ ye'dhīyante dvijottamāḥ . ye'pi śṛṇvanti vidvāṃso mucyante te'pi kilbiṣaiḥ .. 7.27 .. > Those best of twice-born who study this manifestation relating to the tortoise, / and the wise who hear it, they too are freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.7.27\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7.27_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye kūrmakalpasamudbhavo nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the seventh chapter, named "Origin of the Tortoise Kalpa," in the Māhātmya of the Narmadā, in the Revākhaṇḍa, in the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of Skanda containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.7.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.7.1) — Sanskrit - [Acintyaviśvasādākhyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.acintyavisvasadakhyatantra.9.505) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.7) · Pramāṇa