[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) › 7.10.29\_72 # Skandapurana 7.10.29\_72 Skandapurāṇa 7.10.29\_72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.10.29\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_72) sanatkumāra uvāca ta evaṃ brahmaṇā proktā labdhayogāḥ18 sureśvarāḥ . praṇamya sarvabhūtānāṃ sraṣṭāramidamabruvan19 . .8.96.20 . . hṛtāni no mahāyogasthānāni ditinandanaiḥ . kva tiṣṭhāma vayaṃ brūhi diśa naḥ sthānamavyayam ..21 .. brahmovāca hṛtāni sarvasthānāni yuṣmākaṃ viditañca20 me . śṛṇudhvaṃ yatra vastavyaṃ21 yuṣmābhiryogamāyayā ..22.. yūyaṃ sarve śarīreṣu22 yogād viśata23 sattamāḥ . prajānāṃ sarvato devāstato vṛttimavāpsyatha ..23.. teṣā24maśitapītaiśca saṃskāraiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ . pṛthivī nāgabaddhāpi25 yuṣmānāpyāyayiṣyati ..24.. sanatkumāra uvāca ta evamuktā26 devena devāḥ sarve27 savāsavāḥ . tathā cakruryathovāca brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ..25.. tevartayanta satataṃ tatrasthāḥ surasattamāḥ . caturyugamupāsanto28 lokadhāturmate sthitāḥ . .26.. atha yogād hiraṇyākṣaḥ prajāsu samavāsthitān29 . surānapaśyadyogātmā cukrodha30 ca sa31 tānprati ..27.. yasminyasminnapaśyacca suraṃ sa samavasthitam32 . avadhīttaṃ tamabhyetya tadā dānavasattamaḥ .. 28.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Addressed thus by Brahmā, the lords of the gods, having obtained yoga, / bowed to the creator of all beings and spoke this: / "Our places of great yoga have been seized by the sons of Diti. / Tell us where we are to stay; direct us to an imperishable abode." / Brahmā said: > "All your abodes have been seized, and this is known to me. / Listen to where you must dwell by means of your power of yoga: / enter with yoga into the bodies of all the creatures, / everywhere, O best of gods; from that you will obtain sustenance. / By their food and drink, and by various bodily rites, / the earth, even though held by the Nāga, will nourish you." / Sanatkumāra said: > Addressed in this way by the god, all the gods, along with Indra, / did just as Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, had said. / Staying there, the best of gods maintained themselves continually, / serving through the four ages, abiding by the design of the Creator of the world. / Then, through yoga, Hiraṇyākṣa saw the gods stationed within creatures; / possessed of yoga, he grew furious with them. / Wherever he saw a god abiding, / the best of the Dānavas approached and struck down that very one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.10.29\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_71) - [Next: 7.10.29\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_73) - [Up: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.10.29_72) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Toḍararāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.sangraha.todararaja.6.28) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.6.28) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_72) · Pramāṇa