[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) › 7.1 # Skandapurana 7.1 Skandapurāṇa 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p1) āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 11 - 20) > Next page (chapters 11–20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p2) adhyāyāḥ 1 - 10 > Chapters 1–10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p3) 3 > 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p4) oṃ namaḥ śivāya > Oṃ, homage to Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p5) namaḥ paramadevāya traiguṇyavijitātmane . śāśvate1 yogarūpāya saṃsārābhāvahetave2 . . 1 . . sthitisaṃrodhasargāṇāṃ3 hetaventa (?) prasāriṇe4 . > Homage to the supreme deity whose self has conquered the three qualities, > to the eternal one whose form is yoga, the cause of the cessation of worldly existence, > the cause of preservation, dissolution, and creation, who extends \[everywhere\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p6) ṣaḍviṃśāya pradhānāya mahādevāya dhīmate . . 2 . . prajāṣatermahākṣetre5 gaṅgākālindisaṅgame . prayāge parame puṇye brahmaṇo lokavartmani . . 3 . . munayaḥ śaṃśitātmānastapasā kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ . > the twenty-sixth \[principle\], Pradhāna, the wise Mahādeva. > In the great sacred field of Prajāpati, at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Kālindī, > at supremely holy Prayāga, the pathway to Brahmā's world, > sages of disciplined mind, their sins destroyed through austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p7) tīrthasaṃplavanārthāya6 paurṇamāsyāṃ kṛtāhnikāḥ . .4. . paurāṇikamapaśyanta7 sūtaṃ satyaparāyaṇam . snātvā tasminmahātīrthe praṇāmārthamupāgatam . . 5. . dṛṣṭavā te sūtamāyāntamṛṣayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ8 . > having completed their daily rites on the full-moon day to bathe in the sacred ford, > saw Sūta, who is devoted to truth and versed in the Purāṇas, > who had bathed in that great sacred ford and approached to offer salutations. > Seeing Sūta coming, the seers, gladdened in mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.p8) āśāsyā9 sanasaṃveśaṃ10 tadyogaṃ11 samakalpayan12 . . 6 . . sa praṇamya tataḥ13 sarvān sūtastānmunipuṅgavān . pradattamāsanaṃ bheje sarvadharmasamanvitaḥ 14 . .7 . . tamāsīnamapṛcchante 15 munayastapasaidhitāḥ16 . > invited him, arranged a seat, and prepared for his reception. > Then, having saluted all those foremost of sages, > Sūta, endowed with all virtue, occupied the seat that was offered. > As he was seated, the sages, flourishing through austerity, questioned him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11) brahmasatre purā sādho17 naimiśāraṇyavāsinām18. .8 . . 1 śāśvato - kha., sarvato - gha. . 2 sasārabhāra - gha, saṃsārodbhāva - - kha. . 3 sthitisaṃ bodha ... - gha . 4 kartre irtre purāriṇe - ca. . 5 purā hutavahakṣetre,. mahakṣetre - kha. . 6. saplāvanārthāya - gha . 7 - -. nte - kha, -rata - ca . 8 .. ntaṃ sarvepyā kṛṣṭamānasāḥ - ya . 9 āścaryā - dha. . 10 sena - ṣa. . 11 > “Formerly, O virtuous one, at the sacrificial session of Brahmā of those dwelling in Naimiṣāraṇya... > \[Notes on variants\]” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_9) gyaṃ - va. ( 12 yet - ya. . 13 ca tān - ba. . 14 dharmāgamā .. - va. . 15 apṛcchanta - gha. . 16 - staṃ samāhitāḥ -ye. .? tapasedhitā - .kha . 17 purāsīnā - gha. . 18 vāsina. - gha . > \[Notes on variants\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_10) 4 > 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_11) kathitaṃ bhāratākhyānaṃ purāṇaṃ ca paraṃ tvayā. tena naḥ pratibhāsi tvaṃ sākṣātsatyavatīsutaḥ ..6 .. > ...the narrative of the Bhārata and the supreme Purāṇa were narrated by you; > therefore you appear to us as the son of Satyavatī in person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_12) sarvāgamaparārthajñaḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ.. > \[You are\] a knower of the highest purpose of all traditional scriptures, dedicated to truth and righteousness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_13) dvijapūjārato nityaṃ tena pṛcchāṃ tvamarhasi ..8.1.10.. > ever devoted to worshipping the twice-born; therefore you deserve our questioning: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_14) bhāratākhyānasadṛśaṃ purāṇādyadviśiṣyate.. > \[Tell of that\] which, like the narrative of the Bhārata, is superior to the Purāṇas and the rest.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_15) tattvā pṛcchāma vai janma kārttikeyasya dhīmataḥ ..11.. > Therefore we ask you about the birth of the wise Kārttikeya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.11_16) ime hi munayaḥ sarve tvadupāstiparāyaṇāḥ.. > for all these sages are devoted to attending upon you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.12) skandasaṃbhavaśuśrūṣā saṃjātautsukyamānasāḥ ..12.. > their minds filled with eager desire to hear of the origin of Skanda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.12\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.12_17) evamuktastadā sūtaḥ saṃsiddhairmunipuṃgavaiḥ.. > Thus addressed at that time by the perfected, foremost sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.13) provācedaṃ munīnsarvānvaco bhūtārthavācakam ..13.. > Sūta spoke this speech expressing the reality of things to all the sages: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.13\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.13_18) śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve kārttikeyasya sambhavam .. > “Listen, all you sages, to the origin of Kārttikeya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.14) brahmaṇyatvaṃ samāhātmyaṃ vīryaṃ ca tridaśādhikam ..14.. > his devotion to brahmins, his greatness, and his valor exceeding that of the thirty \[gods\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.14\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.14_19) mumukṣayā paraṃ sthānaṃ yāte śukamahātmani.. > When the great-souled Śuka had departed to the supreme state through desire for liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.15) sutaśokābhisaṃtapto vyāsastryambakamaikṣata ..15 .. > Vyāsa, tormented by grief for his son, beheld Tryambaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.15\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.15_20) dṛṣṭvaiva sa maheśānaṃ vyāso'bhūdvigatavyathaḥ.. > Having merely seen Maheśāna, Vyāsa became free from anguish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.16) vicaransa tadā lokānmuni satyavatīsutaḥ ..16.. > Wandering then through the worlds, that sage, the son of Satyavatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.16\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.16_21) meruśṛṅge'tha dadṛśe brahmaṇaḥ sutamagrajam.. > then beheld upon the peak of Meru the eldest son of Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.17) sanatkumāraṃ varadaṃ yogaiśvaryasamanvitam ..17.. > Sanatkumāra, bestower of boons, endowed with the sovereign power of yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.17\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.17_22) vimāne ravisaṃkāśe tiṣṭhantamanalaprabham.. > standing in an aerial chariot resembling the sun, shining like fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.18) munibhiryogasaṃsiddhaistapoyuktairmahātmabhiḥ ..18.. > surrounded by sages perfected in yoga, great-souled \[ascetics\] endowed with austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.18\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.18_23) vedavedāṅgatattvajñaiḥ sarvadharmāgamānvitaiḥ.. > knowers of the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, conversant with all the sacred traditions of dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.19) sakalāvāptavidyaistu caturvaktramivāvṛtam ..19 .. > who had attained all lore, as if he were the Four-faced \[Brahmā\] himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.19\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.19_24) dṛṣṭvā taṃ sumahātmānaṃ vyāso munimathāsthitam.. > Having seen that exceedingly great-souled sage seated there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.20) vavande parayā bhaktyā sākṣādiva pitāmaham ..8.1.20.. > Vyāsa bowed with supreme devotion as if to the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] in person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.20\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.20_25) brahmasūnuratha vyāsaṃ samāyātaṃ mahaujasam.. > Then the son of Brahmā, having approached the greatly energetic Vyāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.20\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.20_26) 5 > 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.21) pariṣvajya paraṃ premṇā provāca vacanaṃ śubham ..21 .. > embraced him with supreme affection and spoke these auspicious words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.21\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.21_27) diṣṭyā tvamasi dharmajña prasādātpārameśvarāt .. > ‘By good fortune, O knower of dharma, through the grace of the Supreme Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.22) apetaśokaḥ samprāptaḥ pṛcchasva pravadāmyaham ..22 .. > you have arrived with your grief dispelled. Ask, and I shall tell \[you\].’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.22\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.22_28) śrutvātha vacanaṃ sūnorbrahmaṇo munipuṃgavaḥ.. > Having heard the words of the son of Brahmā, that foremost among sages > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.23) idamāha vaco viprāściraṃ yaddhṛdaye sthitam ..23 .. > spoke these words, O brahmins, which had long remained in his heart: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.23\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.23_29) kumārasya kathaṃ janma kārttikeyasya dhīmataḥ .. > ‘How was the birth of Kumāra, the wise Kārttikeya? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.24) kiṃnimittaṃ kuto vāsya icchāmyetaddhi veditum ..24.. > For what reason, or whence was he \[born\]? This I truly wish to know. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.24\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.24_30) kathaṃ rudrasutaścāsau vahnigaṅgāsutaḥ katham.. > How is he the son of Rudra, and how is he the son of Fire and the Gaṅgā? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.24\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.24_31) umāyāstanayaścaiva svāhāyāśca kathaṃ punaḥ.. > And how is he the son of Umā, and how again of Svāhā? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.25) suparṇyāścātha mātṝṇāṃ kṛttikānāṃ kathaṃ ca saḥ ..25 .. > And how of Suparṇī, and then of the Mothers, and of the Kṛttikās? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.25\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.25_32) kaścāsau pūrvamatpannaḥ kiṃtapāḥ kaśca vikramaḥ.. > And who was he previously born? What was his austerity, and what his prowess? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.26) bhūtasaṃmohanaṃ hyetatkathayasva yathātatham ..26 .. > For this is bewildering to living beings; tell it truly!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.26\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.26_33) sūta uvāca > Sūta said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.26\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.26_34) evaṃ sa pṛṣṭastejasvī brahmaṇaḥ putrasattamaḥ.. > Thus questioned, that radiant, best son of Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.26\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.26_35) uvāca sarvaṃ sarvajño vyāsāyākliṣṭakāriṇe .. > all-knowing, spoke everything to Vyāsa of unwearied deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27) tacchṛṇudhvaṃ yathātattvaṃ kīrtyamānaṃ mayānaghāḥ ..27 .. > Listen to that as it truly is, being proclaimed by me, O sinless ones.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_36) iti skandapurāṇe prathamo'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the first chapter in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_37) 6 > 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_38) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_39) prapadye devamīśānaṃ sarvajñamaparājitam . mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvasya jagataḥ patim ..1 .. > “I take refuge in the god Īśāna, the all-knowing, unconquered / Mahādeva, the great-souled lord of the entire universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_40) śaktirapratighā yasya ii aiśvaryañcaiva sarvaśaḥ . svāmitvañca vibhutvañca svakṛtāni pracakṣate ..2.. > whose power is unimpeded, and sovereignty in every respect, / whose mastery and omnipresence they declare to be self-accomplished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_41) tasmai devāya somāya praṇamya prayataḥ śuciḥ . purāṇākhyānajijñāsorvakṣye skandodbhavaṃ śubham ..3 . . dehāvatāro devasya rudrasya paramātmanaḥ . prājāpatyābhiṣekaśca haraṇaṃ śirasastathā ..4. . > Having bowed to that god, accompanied by Umā, self-restrained and pure, / I shall tell the auspicious origin of Skanda to \[you who\] wish to know the Purāṇic narrative: / the bodily descent of the god Rudra, the Supreme Self; / the consecration of the Prajāpati, and likewise the taking of the head; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_42) darśanaṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ cakrasya ca visarjanam . naimiśasyodbhavaścaiva satrasya ca samāpanam . .5.. > the vision of the members of the six lineages, and the releasing of the wheel; / the origin of Naimiṣa, and the completion of the sacrificial session; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_43) brahmaṇaścāgamastatra tapasaścaraṇantathā . śarvasya darśanañcaiva devyāścaiva samudbhavaḥ . .6.. > and the arrival of Brahmā there, and the practicing of austerity; / the vision of Śarva, and the birth of the Goddess; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_44) satyā vivādaśca tathā dakṣaśāpastathaiva ca . senāyāśca samutpattiryathā devyāḥ svayaṃvaraḥ ..7.. > and the dispute with Satī, and likewise the curse of Dakṣa; / the birth of Senā, and how the self-choice \[marriage\] of the Goddess took place; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_45) devānāṃ varadānañca vasiṣṭhasya ca dhīmataḥ . parāśarasya cotpattirvyāsasya ca mahātmanaḥ ..8 .. > the granting of boons to the gods, and of the wise Vasiṣṭha; / the birth of Parāśara, and of the great-souled Vyāsa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_46) vasiṣṭhakauśikābhyāñca vairodbhavasamāpanam . vārāṇasyāśca śūnyatvaṃ kṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam ..9. . rudrasya cātra sānnidhyaṃ nandinaścāpyanugrahaḥ . > the ending of the arising of enmity between Vasiṣṭha and Kauśika; / the desolation of Vārāṇasī, the description of the māhātmya of the sacred field, / and the presence of Rudra there, and the blessing of Nandin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_47) gaṇānāṃ darśanañcaiva kathanañcāpyaśeṣataḥ ..8.2.1 0 . . kālīvyāharaṇañcaiva tapaścaraṇameva ca . somanandisamutpattirvaradānaṃ tathaiva ca . .1 1 . . > and the sight of the Gaṇas, and the recounting \[of them\] in entirety; / the addressing of Kālī, and the practicing of austerity; / the origin of Somanandin, and likewise the granting of boons; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_48) 7 > 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_49) gaurītvaṃ putralambhaśca devyā utpattireva ca . kauśikyā bhūtamātṛtvaṃ siṃhasya rathatā tathā ..12.. > the becoming Gaurī, the obtaining of a son, and the birth of the Goddess; / Kauśikī’s becoming the mother of spirits, and the lion’s becoming her chariot; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_50) gauryāśca nilayo vindhye vindhyasūryasamāgamaḥ . agastyasya ca māhātmyaṃ vadhaḥ sundanisundayoḥ ..13 .. > Gaurī’s abode on the Vindhya, the encounter of the Vindhya and the sun; / the greatness of Agastya, the slaying of Sunda and Upasunda; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_51) niśumbhaśumbhanirṇāśo mahiṣasya vadhastayā . abhiṣekaśca kauśikyā - - - - - - - - ..14.. > the destruction of Niśumbha and Śumbha, the slaying of Mahiṣa by her; / and the consecration of Kauśikī \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_52) - - - - - - - - varadānamathāpi ca . andhakasya tathotpattiḥ pṛthivyāścaiva bandhanam ..15.. > \[…\] and then the granting of boons; / likewise the birth of Andhaka, and the binding of the earth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_53) hiraṇyākṣavadhaścaiva hiraṇyakaśipostathā . balaśaṃśamanaṃ caiva devyāḥ samaya eva ca ..16.. > and the slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa, and likewise of Hiraṇyakaśipu; / the subduing of the Daitya army, and the vow of the Goddess; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_54) devānāṃ gamanaṃ caivaṃ agnerdūtatvameva ca . devānāṃ varadānaṃ ca śukrasya ca visarjanam ..17.. > and the departure of the gods, and Agni’s becoming the messenger; / the granting of boons to the gods, and the dismissal of Śukra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_55) dūtasya ca tathotpattirdevyāścāndhakadarśanam . śailādidainyasammarddo devyāśca śatarūpatā ..18.. > and the origin of the messenger, and the Goddess’s sighting of Andhaka; / the crushing of the wretchedness of Śilāda’s son, and the Goddess’s hundred forms; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_56) āryāvarapradānaṃ ca śaivādistava eva ca . devasyāgamanaṃ caiva vṛttasya kathanaṃ tathā ..19.. > the granting of boons by Āryā, and the praise by Śiva and others; / the arrival of the God, and the narration of what transpired; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_57) pativratāyāścākhyānaṃ guruśuśraṣaṇasya ca . ākhyānaṃ pañcacūḍāyāstaijasaścāpyadhṛṣyatā ..8.2.20.. > the story of the devoted wife, and of attendance upon the guru; / the story of Pañcacūḍā, and the unassailability of the fiery one; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_58) dūtasyāgamanaṃ caiva saṃvādotha visarjanam . andhakāsurasaṃvādo mandarāgamanaṃ tathā ..21.. > the arrival of the messenger, the conversation, then his dismissal; / the conversation with the demon Andhaka, and the arrival at Mandara;” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_59) gaṇānāmāgamaścaiva saṃkhyānaśravaṇaṃ tathā . vigrahaścāndhakasyātha yuddhe (?)naṃ - mahatā tathā ..22.. > And the arrival of the gaṇas, as well as the hearing of their enumeration, / and the conflict of Andhaka then in the great battle \[…\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_60) śarīrārdhapradānaṃ ca aśokasutasaṃgrahaḥ . bhammasomodbhavaścaiva śmaśānavasatistathā ..23 .. > the granting of half of the body, and the acceptance of the son of Aśoka, / and the origin of Bhasmasoma, as well as the dwelling in the cremation ground, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_61) 8 > 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_62) utpattiryakṣarājasya kuberasya ca dhīmataḥ. nigraho bhujagendrāṇāṃ śikharasya ca pātanam ..24.. > the origin of Kubera, the wise king of the yakṣas, / the subduing of the serpent kings, and the casting down of the peak, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_63) trailokyasya saśakrasya vaśīkaraṇameva ca.. > and the subjugation of the three worlds along with Indra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_64) devasenāpradānaṃ ca senāpatyābhiṣecanam .. 25.. > the giving of Devasenā, and the consecration to generalship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_65) nāradakhyāgamaścaiva tārakapreṣitasya ha .. > and the arrival of Nārada, dispatched by Tāraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_66) vadhaśca tārakasyogro yātrā bhadravaṭasya ca ..26.. > and the fierce slaying of Tāraka, and the pilgrimage to Bhadravaṭa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_67) mahiṣasya vadhaścaiva krauñcasya ca nibarhaṇam.. > and the slaying of Mahiṣa, and the destruction of Krauñca, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_68) śakteruddharaṇaṃ caiva tārakasya vadhaḥ śubhaḥ ..27.. > and the lifting of the spear, \[and\] the auspicious slaying of Tāraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_69) devāsurabhayotpattistraipuraṃ yuddhameva ca .. > the arising of fear between gods and asuras, and the battle over Tripura, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_70) prahlādavigrahaścaiva kṛtaghnākhyānameva ca.. > and the conflict of Prahlāda, and the story of the ungrateful one; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_71) mahābhāgyaṃ bāhmaṇānāṃ vistareṇa prakīrtyate ..28.. > the great fortune of the brahmins is proclaimed at length. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_72) etajjñātvā yathāvaddhi kumārānucaro bhavet.. > Knowing this properly, one would become an attendant of Kumāra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_73) balavānmatisampannaḥ putraṃ cāpnoti saṃmatam ..29.. > strong, endowed with intellect, one also obtains an esteemed son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_74) iti skandapurāṇe dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the second chapter in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_75) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_76) śṛṇuṣvemāṃ kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanīm.. > Listen to this divine narrative, which destroys all sin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_77) kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutisaṃmitām.. > being spoken by me, wonderful, possessing many meanings, conforming to the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_78) yāṃ śrutvā pāpakarmāpi gacchecca paramāṃ gatim ..1.. > hearing which even an evildoer would go to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_79) na nāstikāśraddadhāne śaṭhe cāpi kathaṃcana.. > Never to an atheist, to one devoid of faith, or to a deceiver, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_80) imāṃ kathāmanubrūyāttathā cāsūyake nare ..2.. > should one relate this narrative, nor to an envious person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_81) idaṃ putrāya śiṣyāya dhārmikāyānasūyave.. > This may be told to a son, to a disciple, to one who is righteous, free from envy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_82) kathanīyaṃ mahābrahmandevabhaktāya vā bhavet..3.. > or to a devotee of the gods, O great brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_83) 9 > 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_84) kathanīyaṃ5 sadā brahman devabhaktāya vā bhavet . kumārabhaktāya tathā śraddadhānāya caiva hi . .4.. > It may always be told, O brahmin, to a devotee of the gods, / and likewise indeed to a devotee of Kumāra, and to one who has faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_85) sadā vācyamidaṃ6 guhyaṃ yatīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām . tataḥ provāca - - - prapa-nnenāntarātmanā . .5. . purā brahmā prajā7 tvaṣṭuraṇḍesmin8 saṃprasūyata . > This secret must always be spoken to ascetics whose selves are purified. / Then he spoke \[…\] with an inner self that had taken refuge: / Formerly Brahmā, \[born as\] the offspring of the Creator, was born in this egg. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_86) sojñānāt pitaraṃ brahmā na veda tamasāvṛtaḥ . .6 . . ahameka9 iti jñātvā sarvvāṃllokānavaikṣata10 . na cāpaśyata tatrānyaṃ11 tapoyogabalānvitaḥ . .7. . > Because of ignorance, Brahmā, enveloped in darkness, did not know his father. / Knowing, 'I am alone,' he looked upon all the worlds; / endowed with the power of austerity and yoga, he did not see any other there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_87) putraputreti cā12pyukto13 brahmā śarveṇa dhīmatā . praṇataḥ14 prāñjalirbhūtvā tameva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ ..8 . . sa dattvā brahmaṇe śambhuḥ sraṣṭṛtvaṃ15 jñānasaṃhitam . vibhutvaṃ16 caiva lokānāmantardhāt17 parameśvaraḥ . .9 . . > And addressed as 'Son, son!' by the wise Śarva, / Brahmā bowed with folded hands and went to him alone for refuge. / Bestowing upon Brahmā the role of creator together with knowledge, / and the sovereignty of the worlds, the Supreme Lord disappeared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_88) tadeṣopaniṣat proktā mayā vyāsa sanātanī18 . yāṃ śrutvā yogino dhyānāt prapadyante19 maheśvaram . .8.3.1 0 . . > Therefore this eternal Upaniṣad has been spoken by me, O Vyāsa, / hearing which yogins, through meditation, take refuge in Maheśvara: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_89) yo brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe putramagre jñānañca yaḥ prahiṇoti sma20 tasmai . tamātmasthaṃ yenu22 paśyanti dhīrāsteṣāṃ śāntiḥ śāśvatī23 netareṣām. .1 1 . . sa vyāsa pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā dīptyā23 paramayā24 yutam . > 'He who appointed Brahmā as son in the beginning, and who sent knowledge to him— / the wise who see Him abiding in the self, theirs is eternal peace, not others'.' / Having seen his father endowed with supreme radiance, O Vyāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_90) putrakāmaḥ prajāhetostapastīvraṃ cacāra25 ha . .12 . . tasyograyogatapasā26 yuktasya27 sumahātmanaḥ . acireṇaiva kālena pitā saṃpratutoṣa ha28 . . 13 . . darśanaṃ cāgamattasya varadosmī tyuvāca ca29 . > desiring a son, for the sake of offspring he performed fierce austerity. / To him, the great-souled one endowed with fierce yoga and austerity, / in a short time indeed his father became well pleased. / And he came into his view and said, 'I grant a boon.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_91) sa 30 tuṣṭāvā 31 nato bhūtvā kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim . .14. . 5 ... yā - gha. . 6 > Bowing and placing his folded hands on his head, he praised him: / 5 … yā – manuscript gha. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_92) vākya?.. - gha. . 7... dhyakṣo - gha. . 8 > vākya?.. – manuscript gha. 7 … dhyakṣo – manuscript gha. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_93) brahmāṇḍe - gha.... maṇḍe (?) . 9... va - kha . 10.. vekṣata ka. kha. . 11 kaścāpi - gha. . 12 sa pro, - gha. . 13... ktau - kha . 14 prāñjaliḥ... praṇatobhū. .. gha. . 15 suhṛtvaṃ - kha . 16 cāpi- dha. . 17... ḥrddha - ka. . 18... nā - ka. . 19 ... nti - ka. . 20 smeti padaṃ gha. pustake na vidyate . 21 > brahmāṇḍe – manuscript gha. … maṇḍe (?). 9 … va – manuscript kha. 10 … vekṣata manuscripts ka, kha. 11 kaścāpi – manuscript gha. 12 sa pro, – manuscript gha. 13 … ktau – manuscript kha. 14 prāñjaliḥ … praṇatobhū. … manuscript gha. 15 suhṛtvaṃ – manuscript kha. 16 cāpi – manuscript dha. 17 … ḥrddha – manuscript ka. 18 … nā – manuscript ka. 19 … nti – manuscript ka. 20 the word sma is not found in book gha. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_94) na - kha. . 22.. tā - ka. . 23 > na – manuscript kha. 22 … tā – manuscript ka. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_95) svadīptyā - ka. kha., pradīptyā - gha- . 24 parayā - ka. kha. gha . paramayā - ka. ṭī. . 25 cakāra - gha. . 26 mahatā yogatapasā - kha. . 27 ca ... - pa. 28 pitaraṃ pratyatoṣayat - kha. . 29 ha - kha. . 30 tamuvācā... - kha. . 31... va - ka . > svadīptyā – manuscripts ka, kha; pradīptyā – manuscript gha. 24 parayā – manuscripts ka, kha, gha; paramayā – commentary of manuscript ka. 25 cakāra – manuscript gha. 26 mahatā yogatapasā – manuscript kha. 27 ca … – manuscript pa. 28 pitaraṃ pratyatoṣayat – manuscript kha. 29 ha – manuscript kha. 30 tamuvācā … – manuscript kha. 31 … va – manuscript ka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_96) 10 > 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_97) namaḥ paramadevāya devānāmapi vedhase . sraṣṭre vai lokatantrāya32 brahmaṇaḥ pataye namaḥ . .1 5 . . ekasmai33 śaktiyuktāya āsaktirahitāya34 ca . anantāyāprameyāya indriyāviṣayāya 35 ca . .1 6 . . > 'Homage to the supreme deity, the dispenser even of the gods, / to the creator, the system of the worlds, homage to the master of sacred knowledge! / To the one endowed with power, yet devoid of attachment, / to the endless, immeasurable one, beyond the reach of the senses; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_98) vyāpine vyāptapūrvāya adhiṣṭhātre pracodine . kṛtapracodanāyaiva tattvavinyāsakāriṇe 36 . .17. . pradhānacodakāyaiva guṇānāṃ 37 śaktidāya ca . dṛṣṭidāya ca sarveṣāṃ svayaṃ vai darśanāya ca . .18 . . > to the all-pervading, who has pervaded before, the supervisor, the impeller, / who has effected impulsion, who arranges the principles; / to the stimulator of primordial matter, the giver of power to the qualities, / the giver of vision to all, and himself vision indeed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_99) viṣayagrāhiṇe caiva niyamasya ca kāriṇe . manasaḥ karaṇānāṃ38 ca kartre vai39 nigamasya40 ca ..1 9 . . bhūtānāṃ guṇakartre ca śaktidāya tathaiva ca . kartre hyaṇḍasya mahyañca41 acintyāyāgrajāya ca . .8.3.2 0 . . > to the grasper of sense objects, the maker of order, / the maker of the mind and the organs of sense, and indeed of the sacred transmission, / the maker of the qualities of the elements, and likewise the giver of power, / the maker of the egg and of me, the inconceivable first-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_100) aprameya pitarnityaṃ42 prīto43 no diśa44 śakvarīm . aprameyaguṇaiśvaryaśaktayevyāhatāya vai . .21 . . tasyaivaṃ stuvato45 vyāsa devadevo maheśvaraḥ46 . tuṣṭovravīt svayaṃ putraṃ brahmāṇaṃ praṇataṃ tadā47 . .22. . > O immeasurable Father, always pleased, grant us power, / O you whose power is unimpeded, whose majesty and qualities are immeasurable!' / As he was praising him thus, O Vyāsa, the god of gods, Maheśvara, / pleased, spoke in person to his son, Brahmā, who was then bowed down: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.27\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.27_101) yasmātte viditaṃ vatsa sūkṣmametanmahādyute . tasmād brahmeti lokeṣu nāmnā khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi . .23 . . yasmāccāhaṃ pitetyuktastvayā buddhimatāṃ vara . tasmāt pitāmahatvaṃ te loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati48 . .24. . > 'Since this subtle \[truth\] has been known by you, my child of great splendor, / therefore you will become famous by the name "Brahmā" in the worlds. / And since I was called "Father" by you, O best among the intelligent, / therefore your status as grandfather will become famous in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.41) prajārthaṃ yacca te taptaṃ tapa ugraṃ suduścaram . tasmātprajāpatitvaṃ te dadāmi49 prayatātmane . .25 . . 32... sya (?) . 33.?. eta... - kaḥ . 34.,. aśakti... - ka. kha. . 35... pāya- ka. . 36... dhā-kha . 37 guṇināṃ-kha . 38 kā... - gha. . 39 tatraiva - kha . 40 niya... - ka. kha. gha. . 41 > And because fierce austerity, exceedingly difficult to perform, was practiced by you for the sake of offspring, / therefore I grant you, who are self-restrained, the status of lord of creatures.' / 32 … sya (?). 33 .?. eta … – manuscript kaḥ. 34 .,. aśakti … – manuscripts ka, kha. 35 … pāya – manuscript ka. 36 … dhā – manuscript kha. 37 guṇināṃ – manuscript kha. 38 kā … – manuscript gha. 39 tatraiva – manuscript kha. 40 niya … – manuscripts ka, kha, gha. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42) ... gu - kha. . 42 > … gu – manuscript kha. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_102) .. yāmitāyaiva - kha . 43 prīti kha . 44 sarvaga - kha gha. . 45 stuto - kha. . 46 devaḥ sa parameśvaraḥ - ka. sa devaḥ ... para. - gha. . 47 tathā - kha . 48... si kha. . 49 ... ti kha. gha . > \[…\] praised \[…\] that Lord, the Supreme Lord \[…\] thus \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_103) 11 > 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_104) ( 11) evamuktvā sa deveśo sṛjanmūrttimatīḥ50 striyaḥ 51 . yāstāḥ52 prakṛtayastvaṣṭau vikārā 53 indriyaiḥ saha . . 26 . . > Having spoken thus, the Lord of Gods / created embodied women. / Those eight primordial matters and the transformations together with the senses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_105) bhāvāśca sarve te devamupatasthuḥ svarūpiṇaḥ . tānuvāca tato devaḥ patiṃ yukttaḥ 54 svatejasā . .27 . . etamadyābhiṣekeṇa sampādayata mā ciram . tābhiḥ svaṃ svaṃ samādāya bhāvaṃ divyamatarkitam . .28 . . > and all the states of being, having taken their own forms, attended upon the God. / Then the God, endowed with his own radiance, spoke to them \[and to their\] lord: / "Anoint this one today without delay!" / Bringing each her own divine, inconceivable essence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_106) abhiṣikto babhūveha55 prajāpatiratidyutiḥ . tatremaṃ56 yoginaḥ 57 sūkṣmaṃ dṛṣṭavā divyena cakṣuṣā . .29 . . purāṇaṃ 58 yogatattvajñā gāyanti triguṇānvitam 59 . rūdraḥ sraṣṭā hi sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ tava ca prabho60 . .8.3.3 0 . . > the exceedingly radiant Prajāpati was then consecrated here. / There the yogins, seeing this subtle, / ancient \[truth\] endowed with the three qualities with divine vision, those who know the truth of yoga sing: / "Indeed, Rudra is the creator of all beings and of you, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_107) asmābhiśca bhavān sārddhaṃ jagataḥ saṃpravarttakaḥ . sa devastoṣitaḥ samyak paramaiśvaryayogadhṛk61 . brahmāṇamagrajaṃ 62 putraṃ prājāpatyebhyaṣecayat . .3 1 . . > And together with us, you set the world in motion." / Well-pleased, that God, the possessor of the yoga of supreme sovereignty, / consecrated his first-born son Brahmā to the office of Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_108) yaḥ kṛtvā bahuvidhamārgayogayuktaṃ63 tanvākhyaṃ64 jagadidamādarādyuyoja . taṃ devaṃ65 paramamanantayogayuktaṃ māyābhiḥ tribhuvanabandhumapramādam 66 . .3 2.. > He who, having fashioned this world named the body endowed with various paths and yoga, joined it with reverence— / to that supreme God endowed with infinite yoga through his illusory powers, the friend of the three worlds, free from negligence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_109) sarveṣāṃ manasi sadāvatiṣṭhamānaṃ67 paśyantaṃ 68 śubhamaśubhaṃ ca bhūtanātham . taṃ devaṃ praṇatagatiṃ69 praṇamya bhaktyā nityaṃ vai śaraṇamupaimi70 sūkṣmasūkṣmam . .3 > who resides always in the mind of everyone, beholding good and evil, the Lord of beings— / bowing with devotion to that God, the refuge of those who bow down, the subtlest of the subtle, I continually take refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_110) 3 .. > 33. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_111) iti skandapurāṇe brahmaṇaḥ prājāpatyābhiṣecano71 nāma tṛtīyoghyāyaḥ 72 > Thus ends the third chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, named "The Consecration of Brahmā to the Office of Prajāpati." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_112) 50... mūtimatyosṛjat - ka. . 51 stra... - gha- . 52 yasmāt - kha. yāstadā - gha- . 53 viśeṣā - kha. gha . 54... tiryukta ka.,... tirbhuktaḥ - gha . 55 thabhūtve... -ka. > \[Variant readings: 50–55\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_113) . 56 tatrasthā - ka., atre maṃ - gha . 57... naṃ - kha . 58... ṇa .. gha. . 59 ... tmakaṃ - gha. . 60... bhoḥ - kha.,.. bhuḥ - gha. . 61... gaiśvaryaparayoga - ka. gha. > \[Variant readings: 56–61\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_114) . 62 brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ - kha. . 63 yogamārgaṃ - gha. . 64 tattvā - kha. gha. . 65 devānāmya... - khaḥ . 66.. .maprasādam - kha. . 67... no - kha. . 68 lokānāṃ - ka., jānānaḥ - kha. > \[Variant readings: 62–68\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_115) . 69 pramathapatiṃ.. - kha. . 70... ti - ka. kha.,... ṇi - gha. 71... ṣekonāma - kha. . 72 caturthodhyāya iti gha. . > \[Variant readings: 69–72\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_116) 12 > 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_117) sanatkumāra1 uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_118) prājāpatyaṃ tato labdhvā prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ pracakrame . prajāstāḥ sṛjyamānāśca na vivardhanti2 tasya ha . . 1 . . sa kurvāṇastathā sṛṣṭiṃ śaktihīnaḥ pitāmahaḥ . sṛṣṭyarthaṃ bhūya evātha tapaścartuṃ pracakrame . .2 . . > Having obtained the office of Prajāpati, he then set about creating creatures. / Yet the creatures being created by him did not multiply. / Producing creation in that manner, the grandfather, devoid of power, / then set about once again to perform austerity for the sake of creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_119) sṛṣṭihetostapa3 stasya jñātvā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ . tejasā jagadāviśya ājagāma tadantikam4 . .3 . . sraṣṭā tasya jagannātho darśayatsvatanau jagat . mahāyogabalaiśvaryo5 jñānasiddhagaṇāvṛtaḥ . .4. . > Knowing his austerity for the purpose of creation, the Lord of the three worlds, / pervading the universe with his radiance, came to his presence. / Showing the world within his own body, the Lord of the world, the creator, / endowed with the sovereignty of great yoga power, surrounded by hosts of perfected masters of knowledge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_120) svayamāgatya deveśo mahābhūtapatirharaḥ . vyāpyeva6 hi jagat kṛtsnaṃ parameṇa svatejasā . . 5. . śambhuḥ prāha varaṃ vatsa yācasveti pitāmaham . taṃ brahmā lokasṛṣṭyarthaṃ putratve7 manasā varīt8 . .6 . . > the Lord of Gods, Hara, the master of the great elements, came himself, / as if pervading the entire world with his supreme radiance. / Śambhu said to the grandfather: "Ask a boon, my child!" / Brahmā mentally chose him as a son for the sake of creating the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_121) sa jñātvā tasya saṃkalpaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameśvaraḥ . mūḍhoyamiti sañcintya provāca varadaḥ svayam . .7 . . āgataṃ pitaraṃ mā tvaṃ yasmāt putraṃ9 samīhase . manmūrttistanayastasmād bhaviṣyati mamājñayā . .8 . . > Knowing that intention of Brahmā, the Supreme Lord, / reflecting, "He is foolish," the giver of boons himself spoke: / "Since you desire me, your father who has come, to be your son, / therefore by my command a son who is my own form will come into being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_122) sa ca te putratāṃ yātvā10 madīyo gaṇanāyakaḥ . rudro vigrahavān bhūtvā11 mūḍha12 tvāṃ vinayiṣyati . .9 . . sarvavidyādhipatyaṃ13 ca yogānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ . balasyādhipatitvaṃ14 ca astrāṇāṃ ca prayoktṛtā15 . .8.4.1 0 . . > And he, having become your son, my commander of hosts, / Rudra embodied, will instruct you, O foolish one! / Sovereignty over all sciences and over yogas everywhere, / sovereignty over power, and mastery in employing weapons > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_123) 1 ṛṣi kha. . 2 pra.... - kha . 3 stata - gha . 4 ca ta.. - gha . 5... yaṃ - ka. . 6 > \[Variant readings: 1–6\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_124) vyāpyaiva - gha. . 7.. .tvaṃ - ka. kha gha . 8 vadīt - ka., bravīt - kha. gha. . 9 putratva.. - gha? . 10 ga.. gha. 11 dṛṣṭvā - gha. . 12... ḍaṃ - gha 13 tvaṃ - ka 14 vacanasyādhipatyatvaṃ - gha. . 15... gatā - gha . > \[Variant readings: 7–15\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_125) 13 > 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_126) mayā dattāni tasyāśu upasthāsyanti sarvaśaḥ . dhanuḥ pinākaḥ16 śūlaṃ ca khaṅgaḥ17 paraśureva ca . .1 1 . . kamaṇḍalustathā daṇḍa astraṃ18 pāśupataṃ tathā . > granted by me, will quickly attend upon him on every side: / the Pināka bow, the trident, the sword, and the axe, / the water-pot, the staff, and the Pāśupata weapon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_127) saṃvarttakāśaniścaiva cakraṃ ca pratisargikam19 . . 12 . . evaṃ sarvaddhisaṃpannaḥ sutaste sa20 bhaviṣyati . evamuktvā gate tasminnantardhānaṃ mahātmani . .1 3 . . brahmā cakre tadā ceṣṭiṃ putrakāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ . > the lightning of cosmic dissolution, and the discus that dissolves creation. / Thus, endowed with all prosperity, he shall be your son." / Having spoken thus, when that great-souled one disappeared, / Brahmā, the Prajāpati, desirous of a son, then performed a sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_128) sa juhvañchramasaṃyuktaḥ pratighātasamanvitaḥ . . 14.. > Offering oblations, filled with fatigue and afflicted with frustration, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_129) samidyuktena hastena lalāṭaṃ pramamārja ha . samitsaṃyogajastasya svedabindurlalāṭajaḥ . .15. . papāta jvalane tasmin dviguṇaṃ21 tasya tejasā . taddhi māheśvaraṃ tejaḥ sandhitaṃ22 brahmaṇi23 srutam24. . 16 .. > he wiped his forehead with his hand holding the sacrificial wood. / A drop of sweat born of his forehead from contact with the firewood / fell into that fire, doubled by his radiance. / For that radiance of Maheśvara, joined in Brahmā, flowed forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_130) preritaṃ devadevena nipapāta havirbhuji . kṣaṇe tasminmaheśena smṛtvā taṃ varamuttamam . 17. . preṣito gaṇapo25 rudraḥ sadya26 evābhavat27 tadā . tacca saṃsvedajaṃ tejaḥ pūrvaṃ jvalanayojitam . .18 . . > Impelled by the God of gods, it fell into the fire. / At that moment, Maheśa, remembering that supreme boon, / dispatched Rudra, the commander of hosts, who then instantly came into being. / And that radiance born of sweat, earlier joined with the fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_131) bhūtvā lohitamāśveva28 punarnīlamabhūttadā . nīlalohita itveva tenāsāvabhavat29 prabhuḥ . . 19. . tryakṣo daśabhujaḥ śrīmān brahmāṇaṃ chādayanniva . > having quickly become red, then became blue again. / By that he became the Lord, named Nīlalohita, / three-eyed, ten-armed, glorious, as if overshadowing Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_132) śarvādyairnnāmabhirbrahmā tanūbhiśca jalādibhiḥ . .8.4.2 0 .. > Brahmā \[honored him\] with names beginning with Śarva and with bodies beginning with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_133) stutvā30 taṃ sarvagaṃ devaṃ nīlalohitamavyayam . jñātvā sarvasṛjaṃ31 paścānmahābhūtapratiṣṭhatam . .21 . . asṛjadvividhāstvanyāḥ prajāḥ sa jagati prabhuḥ . sopi yogaṃ samāsthāya aiśvaryeṇa samanvitaḥ . .22 . . > Having praised that omnipresent, imperishable god Nīlalohita, / and knowing him who creates all, established in the great elements, / that lord then created manifold other creatures in the world. / He too, having resorted to yoga and endowed with sovereignty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_134) 16... kaṃ - ka. gha . 17... ṅgaṃ - ka. gha . 18 > 16 \[...\] / kaṃ — ka, gha. 17 \[...\] / ṅgaṃ — ka, gha. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_135) mantra - gha . 19 pratimādikaṃ - gha . 20 saṃ... - gha. . 21.. .ṇe - gha- . 22 sannibhaṃ - gha. . 23... ṇaḥ - gha . 24 śuciḥ - gha. . 25 gaganād - va. . 26 satya - dha. . 27 śatastadā - gha. . 28 varṇañca - gha. . 29.. tannāmāvā-..? gha . 30 stutvāntaḥ gha . stauti smeti syāt . 31... jatvaṃ ca - gha. . > mantra — gha. 19 pratimādikaṃ — gha. / 20 saṃ... — gha. 21 ...ṇe / — gha. 22 sannibhaṃ — / gha. 23 ...ṇaḥ / — gha. 24 śuciḥ — gha. / 25 gaganād — va. / 26 satya — dha. 27 śatastadā — / gha. 28 varṇañca — / gha. 29 ...tannāmāvā... / gha. 30 stutvāntaḥ — gha; perhaps stauti sma. 31 \[...\] / jatvaṃ ca — gha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_136) 14 > 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_137) lokānsarvānsamāviśya dhārayāmāsa sarvadā . brahmaṇopi tataḥ putrā dakṣadharmādayaḥ śubhāḥ32 . .2 3 . . asṛjyanta prajāssarvā devamānuṣasaṃkulāḥ . atha kālena mahatā kalpetīte punaḥ punaḥ . . .24 . . > pervaded all the worlds and sustained them always. / Then from Brahmā too auspicious sons, Dakṣa, Dharma, and others, / were created, along with all offspring filled with gods and mortals. / Then after a long time, as aeons passed again and again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_138) prajā dhārayato yogādasminkalpa upasthite > as he was maintaining the subjects through yoga, when this aeon arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_139) pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārtāyāṃ pravṛtte sṛṣṭisarjane33 . . .25. . prajāsu ca vivṛddhāsu prayāge yajataśca ha . brahmaṇaḥ ṣaṭkulīyāste ṛṣayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ34 . ..26 .. > when livelihood was established and creation was set in motion, / and when the subjects had multiplied, while Brahmā was sacrificing at Prayāga, / those seers of the six lineages, firm in their vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_140) marīcayotrayaścaiva vasiṣṭhāḥ kratavastathā . bhṛgavoṅgirasaścaiva tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ ..27.. > the Marīcis, the Atris, the Vasiṣṭhas, the Kratus, / the Bhṛgus, and the Aṅgirases, whose sins were consumed by austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_141) ūcurbrahmāṇamabhyetya sahitāḥ karmaṇontare . bhagavannandhakāreṇa mahatā smaḥ samāvṛtāḥ ..28.. > approached Brahmā together in the midst of the sacrificial rite and said: / 'O Lord, we are enveloped by great darkness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_142) khinnā vivadamānāśca na35 ca paśyāma yatparam . . etannaḥ saṃśayaṃ deva ciraṃ hṛdi samāsthitam ..29.. > Afflicted and debating, we do not perceive what is supreme. / This doubt, O god, has long remained in our hearts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_143) tvaṃ hi vettha yathātattvaṃ kāraṇaṃ paramaṃ hi naḥ36 . kiṃ paraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ balīyām̐37 ścāpi sarvataḥ38 ..8.4.3 0 .. > For you know in truth our ultimate cause. / What is supreme over all beings, and most powerful in all respects? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_144) kena cādhiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ ko nityaḥ kaśca śāśvataḥ . kaḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ prakṛteśca pravartakaḥ ..3 1 .. > By whom is the universe presided over? Who is eternal, and who is everlasting? / Who is the creator of all beings, and the impeller of primordial nature? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_145) kosmān sarveṣu kāryeṣu39 prayunakti mahāmanāḥ40 . kasya bhūtāni vaśyāni kaḥ sarvaviniyojakaḥ ..3 2 .. > Who is that magnanimous one who employs us in all duties? / To whom are beings subject, and who is the director of all? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_146) kathaṃ paśyema tañcaiva etannaḥ śaṃsa sarvaśaḥ . evamuktastato brahmā sarveṣāmeva sannidhau ..3 3 . . devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām41 . yakṣāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca ye ca bhūta42 pravarttakāḥ . . 34. . > And how might we behold him? Tell us this fully.' / Thus addressed, Brahmā, then in the presence of all / the gods, the seers, the gandharvas, serpents, rakṣasas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_147) 32... yastathā - gha. . 33 > 32 \[...\] / yastathā — gha. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_148) vṛ.. - ka. . 34 saṃśita... - ka. . 35 tu - gha . 36 vaḥ - dha. . 37... yaḥ - gha. . 38 śaḥ - gha. . 39 bhūteṣu - gha. . 40. tmanā - ka,... tmanaḥ - dha. . 41... rā -., ka. . rākṣasaiḥ - dha. . 42 kutra - ka. . > vṛ... — ka. 34 saṃśita... — / ka. 35 tu — gha. / 36 vaḥ — dha. 37 \[...\] / yaḥ — gha. 38 śaḥ / — gha. 39 bhūteṣu — / gha. 40 ...tmanā — / ka, ...tmanaḥ — dha. / 41 ...rā — ka; rākṣasaiḥ — dha. / 42 kutra — ka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_149) 15 > 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_150) - - -kṣāṇāṃ sapiśācānāṃ ye cānye tatsamīpagāḥ . utthāya prāñjaliḥ prāha rudreti43 triḥplutaṃ vacaḥ ..3 5.. > yakṣas, asuras, those who set living beings in motion, / \[...\] yakṣas, along with piśācas, and whoever else was near him, / rose, joined his palms, and spoke the word 'Rudra' with a threefold prolated vowel: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_151) sa cāpi tapasā śakyo draṣṭuṃ nānyena kenacit > 'He can be seen only through austerity, and by nothing else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_152) saḥ44 sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ balavāṃścāpi45 sa smṛtaḥ ..36.. > He is the creator of all beings, and he is remembered as the mighty one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_153) tasya vaśyāni bhūtāni tenedaṃ dhāryate jagat . - - - rva46 - - - - - te namaścakrurmahātmane .. 37.. > Beings are subject to him; by him this world is sustained.' / \[...\] / they bowed to that great soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_154) ṛṣaya47 ūcuḥ > The seers said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_155) kiṃ tanmahattapo deva yena dṛśyeta sa prabhuḥ . tanno vadasva deveśa varadaṃ cābhidhatsva naḥ ..38.. > 'What is that great austerity, O god, by which that lord may be seen? / Tell us that, O lord of gods, and proclaim him who grants boons to us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_156) pitāmaha uvāca > The Grandfather said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_157) satraṃ mahatsamāsadhvaṃ vāṅmanodoṣavarjitāḥ . deśaṃ48 ca vaḥ pravakṣyāmi yasmindeśe cariṣyatha .. 39 .. > 'Undertake a great sacrificial session, free from faults of speech and mind. / And I will tell you of the region in which you shall perform it.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_158) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_159) tato manomayaṃ cakraṃ sa sṛṣṭvā49 tānuvāca ha . kṣiptametanmayā cakramanuvrajata mā ciram . .8.4.40 . . yatrāsya nemiḥ śīryeta sa deśastapasaḥ śubhaḥ . > Then, having created a wheel made of mind, he spoke to them: / 'This wheel has been cast by me; follow it without delay. / Where its rim shatters, that region is auspicious for austerity.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_160) tato mumoca taccakraṃ te ca tatsamanuvrajan .41 . . tasya vai vrajataḥ kṣipraṃ yatra nemiraśīryata . naimiśantat smṛtaṃ nāmnā puṇyaṃ sarvatra pūjitam . .42.. > Then he released that wheel, and they followed it. / As it rolled swiftly, the place where its rim shattered / is known by the name Naimiṣa, holy and worshipped everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_161) tatpūjitandevamanuṣyasiddhai rakṣobhirugrairuragaiśca divyaiḥ . yakṣaiḥ sagandharvapiśācasaṃghaiḥ sarvāpsarobhiśca diteḥ sutaiśca ..43 .. > It is revered by gods, mortals, and siddhas, by fierce rakṣasas and celestial serpents, / by yakṣas, hosts of gandharvas and piśācas, by all apsarases and sons of Diti, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_162) vipraiśca dāntaiḥ śamayogayuktaistīrthaiśca sarvairapi cāvanīdhraiḥ50 . gandharvavidyādharacāraṇaṃśca sādhyaiśca viśvaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ stutañca ..44.. > by restrained brahmins endowed with tranquility and yoga, by all holy fords and mountains, / and praised by gandharvas, vidyādharas, cāraṇas, sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, and the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_163) iti skandapurāṇe ṣaṭkulīyotpatti51rnāma caturthodhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'The Origin of the Six Lineages', in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_164) 43 vidrutaṃ - gha. . 44 yaḥ - gha. . 15 stena - ka. . tanmayaṃ jagat - gha. . 46 ataste sarvalokeśo - gha. . 47 ṣaṭkulīyā - gha. . 48 varaṃ - gha. . 49 ha kṛ?) tvā - gha. . 50 vāraṇasthaiḥ dha. . 51 naimiśotpati riti pāmḥ sādhīyān . > 43 vidrutaṃ / — gha. 44 yaḥ — gha. / 45 stena — ka; / tanmayaṃ jagat — gha. 46 ataste / sarvalokeśo — gha. 47 ṣaṭkulīyā / — gha. 48 varaṃ — gha. / 49 ha kṛ(?)tvā / — gha. 50 vāraṇasthaiḥ — dha. / 51 'Naimiśotpattiḥ' is the better reading. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_165) 16 > 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_166) sanatkumāra uvāca1 > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_167) tannaimiśaṃ samāsādya ṛṣayo dīptatejasaḥ . divyaṃ satraṃ samāsanta mahadvarṣasahasrikam .. 1 . . ekāgramanasaḥ sarve nirmamā2 nirahaṃkṛtāḥ3 . dhyāyanto nityamīśeśaṃ sadāratanayāgnayaḥ .. 2 . > Having reached that Naimiṣa, the seers of blazing radiance / sat for a great divine sacrificial session lasting a thousand years, / all single-minded, free from possessiveness, without egotism, / meditating constantly on the lord of lords, their sacred fires attended with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_168) tanniṣṭhāstatparāḥ sarve tadyuktāstadupāśrayāḥ4 . sarvakriyāḥ5 prakurvāṇāstameva manasā gatāḥ .. 3 .. > Intent on him, devoted to him, united with him, taking refuge in him, / performing all actions, they went to him alone in mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_169) teṣāṃ taṃ6 bhāvamālakṣya mātariśvā mahātapāḥ . sarvaprāṇi7 caraḥ śrīmān8 sarvabhūtapravartakaḥ9 . .4.. > Perceiving that disposition of theirs, the wind-god Mātariśvan of great austerity, / who moves within all living creatures, glorious, the impeller of all beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_170) dadau sa rūpī bhagavān darśanaṃ satriṇāṃ śubhaḥ10 . tante dṛṣṭvārcayitvā ca mātariśvānamavyam ..5.. > that auspicious, embodied lord granted a vision of himself to the sacrificers. / Having seen him and worshipped that imperishable Mātariśvan, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_171) āsīnamāsane puṇye ṛṣayaḥ saṃśritavratāḥ11 . papracchu12rudbhavaṃ kṛtsnaṃ13 jagataḥ pralayantathā ..6. . sthitiñca kṛtsnāṃ14 vaṃśāṃśca yugamanvantarāṇi ca . vaṃśānucaritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ divyamānaṃ tathaiva ca . .7 .. > seated on a holy seat, the seers, committed to their vows, / questioned him about the entire origin of the world and its dissolution, / its entire maintenance, the lineages, the ages and manvantaras, / the whole history of genealogies, and the divine measure of time; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_172) aṣṭānāṃ devayonīnāmutpattiṃ pralayantathā . pitṛsargaṃ tathā śeṣaṃ brahmaṇo mānameva ca . .8. . candrādityagatiṃ sarvāṃ tārāgrahagatiṃ tathā . sthitiṃ sarveśvarāṇāṃ ca dvīpadharmamaśeṣataḥ ..9.. > the origin and dissolution of the eight classes of divine beings, / the creation of the ancestors, the rest, and the measure of Brahmā's \[life\], / the entire course of the moon and sun, the course of stars and planets, / the duration of all lords, and the laws of the continents in their entirety, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_173) varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ15 yajñānāṃ ca pravartanam . etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa kathayāmāsa sa prabhuḥ16 ..8.5.1 0 .. > the arrangement of classes and life-stages, and the performance of sacrifices. / That lord recounted all this without remainder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_174) 1 sana u - ka. . 2 nirmalā - gha. . 3 hyanahaṃkṛtāḥ - ka- . 4 stadapā... - ka., statparāyaṇāḥ - gha. . 5... yāṃ - gha. . 6 sa - dha. . 7... dharo - gha. . 8 devaḥ gha . 9 loka.. - gha. . 10 tataḥ - gha. . 11 saṃśita... - gha. . 12 saṃbhavaṃ - gha . 13 puṇyaṃ - dha. . 14 kṛtsnaṃ - ka. . 15 nāṃ - ka. . 16 sarvaśaḥ - gha. . > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_175) 17 > 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_176) divyavarṣasahasraṃ ca17 teṣāṃ tadabhiyāttathā . atha divyena rūpeṇa sāmavāg diṅnirīkṣaṇā . .1 1 . . yajurghrāṇātharvaśirā śabdajihvā śubhā sato . nyāyaśrotrā niruktatvagṛkpādapada18 gāminī . .1 2 . . > And thus a thousand celestial years passed for them. / Then, endowed with a divine form, having the Sāmaveda as her speech, looking in all directions, / having the Yajurveda as her nose, the Atharvaveda as her head, sound as her tongue, auspicious and good, / having logic as her ears, Nirukta as her skin, and moving with the meters and lines of the Ṛgveda as her feet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_177) kālabāhūrvarṣakarā divasāṅgulidhāriṇī . kalādibhiḥ parvabhiśca māsaiḥ kararuhaistathā . . 13 . . kalpena corasā19 divyā śikṣāvidyonnatastanī20 . chandovijitamadhyā ca mīmāṃsānābhireva ca . . 14. . > having Time as her arms, years as her hands, bearing the days as fingers, / with the kalās and other divisions as the finger-joints, and months as her fingernails, / divine, with the Kalpasūtra as her chest, having the science of phonetics as her high breasts, / with meters as her slender waist, and Mīmāṃsā as her navel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_178) purāṇavistīrṇakaṭirdharmaśāstramanorathā21 . āśramorurvarṇajānuryajñagulphā phalāṅguliḥ22 . . 1 5. . lokavedaśarīrā ca romabhiśchāndasaiḥ23 śubhaiḥ . śraddhā24 śubhācāravastrā25 yogadharmābhibhāṣiṇī . .1 6 . . > with the Purāṇas as her broad hips, Dharmaśāstra as her purpose, / the āśramas as her thighs, the varṇas as her knees, sacrifice as her ankles, and fruit \[of rituals\] as her toes, / with her body constituted of worldly custom and the Veda, with auspicious hairs that are the Vedic meters, / full of faith, clad in the garments of virtuous conduct, expounding yoga and dharma— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_179) vedīmadhyādviniḥsṛtya pravṛttā paramāmbhasā . tasyānte26 vabhṛthe plutya vāyunā saha saṃgatāḥ . . 17. . tāmapṛcchanta kānveṣā vāyuṃ devaṃ mahādhiyam27 . uvāca sa mahātejā ṛṣīndharmānubhāvitān28 . . 18 .. > having emerged from the middle of the sacrificial altar, she flowed forth with supreme waters. / At the end of that, having bathed at the concluding bath, uniting with Vāyu, / they asked him, the god Vāyu of great intellect, who she might be. / That god of great splendor addressed the seers who were deeply imbued with righteousness: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_180) śuddhāḥ stha tapasā sarve mahāndharmaśca baḥ kṛtaḥ . yasmādiyaṃ nadī puṇyā brahmalokādihāgatā . .19. . iyaṃ29 sarasvatī nāma brahmalokavibhūṣaṇā . prathamaṃ marttyalokesmin yuṣmatsiddhyarthamāgatā . > "You are all purified by austerity, and great righteousness has been performed by you, / since this sacred river has come here from Brahmaloka. / She is named Sarasvatī, the adornment of Brahmaloka; / she has descended first into this mortal world for your spiritual attainment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.42\_181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1.42_181) nāsyāḥ puṇyatamā loke triṣu lokeṣu vidyate . .8.5.20 .. > There is none more sacred than she in the three worlds." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 496 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.1.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.7.187) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.1) · Pramāṇa