[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) › 7.18.2\_2 # Skandapurana 7.18.2\_2 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.2\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_2) sanatkumāra uvāca śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi2 . kumāreṇa yathā bhinno mainākiḥ3 krauñcaparvataḥ ..3 .. girirājamathābhyetya meruṃ sarvasurālayam . apaśyadvāsavaḥ skandaṃ saṃghātaṃ tejasāmiva . .4. . śarastambavane dṛṣṭvā kumāramanalaprabham4 . surarājyamadāviṣṭaḥ śakraḥ papraccha ṣaṇmukham . .5.. kastvaṃ divyavapurbāla meruparvatamāśritaḥ . na māṃ pūjayase dṛṣṭvā devarājamihāgatam . .6. . tamevaṃ vādinaṃ śakraṃ prāha śūladharātmajaḥ . brahmādyā māṃ vijānanti siddhā vedavidaśca ye . .7.. tapasā labdharājyena na cirādastameṣyatā5 . kiṃ tvayā jānatā śakra kāryaṃ kiṃ pūjitena vā . .8 . . athovāca punaḥ śakrastaṃ deva6manalātmajam7 . mattaḥ parataro8 nāsti muktvā śarvapitāmahau ..9. . kathamevamavocastvaṃ9 vibudhādhipamāgatam . yadi mattastvamātmānaṃ mahāntaṃ manyasenagha . . 8.171.10 .. mainākatanayo hyeṣa krauñcasiddhaniṣevitaḥ10 . suvistīrṇo mahāśailo naikanirjharanisravaḥ . . 11 . . ehyehi11 tvaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ kuru śīghra pradakṣiṇam . ya enamāvayorekaḥ pūrvameva kramiṣyati . . 12 . . - - - - - - - - -- - - 1 sarvagirīṇāṃ ca - kha. . 2 pṛṣṭavānasi - ka . 3 mainākaḥ - kha. . 4 kumāraṃ hyanalaprabham - kha. . 5.. to - ka. kha. 6 śakrastadeva - ka. . 7.. manalātmajaḥ - ka. . 8 parataraṃ - kha. . 9 kathaṃ mithya(ā)- mavocastvaṃ - kha. . 10 siddharṣisevitaḥ - kha. . 11 ehyevaṃ - kha . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Sanatkumāra said: / “Listen, O Vyāsa of great intellect, to what you ask me: / how Mount Krauñca, son of Maināka, was split by Kumāra. > Then Vāsava, having approached Mount Meru, the king of mountains and the abode of all gods, / beheld Skanda as if a mass of fires. > Seeing Kumāra in a grove of reeds, shining like fire, / Śakra, overwhelmed with pride in his sovereignty over the gods, questioned the six-faced one: > ‘Who are you, a child of divine form dwelling on Mount Meru, / that seeing me, the king of gods, arrived here, you do not worship me?’ > To Śakra speaking thus, the son of the spear-wielder said: / ‘Brahmā and the others know me, as do the Siddhas and those who know the Vedas. > What need is there of knowing me or being worshipped by you, O Śakra, / whose kingdom, gained by austerity, will before long come to an end?’ > Then Śakra spoke again to that divine son of Fire: / ‘None is superior to me, except Śarva and the Grandfather. > How can you speak thus to the sovereign of the gods who has arrived? / If you consider yourself greater than me, sinless one— > this is Krauñca, son of Maināka, frequented by Siddhas, / a vast great mountain flowing with many torrents. > Come, come, make a quick pradakṣiṇa \[around it\] along with me. / Whichever one of us traverses it first— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2) - [Next: 7.18.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_3) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.2_2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_2) · Pramāṇa