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# Skandapurana 7.4.52.4

Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.4.52.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52.4)

pavitrīkṛtamātmānaṃ somena sagaṇena ca .. 8.31.30 ..  
nānyaṃ varamihecchāmi38 tvatto deva jagadguro .  
eṣa eva varo mahyaṃ dīyatāṃ bhuvaneśvara . . 31 . .  
sanatkumāra uvāca39  
evamastviti taṃ40 prāha mandaraṃ varadastadā41 .  
sanandī saha devyā ca nivatsyāmi sadā tvayi . .3 2 . .  
tvaṃ cāpi bhūbhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ .  
abhedyaścaiva vajreṇa matprasādād bhaviṣyasi ..3 3 ..  
ramyaśca sarvabhūtānāṃ hemaratnavibhūṣitaḥ .  
apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇaḥ surasiddhaniṣevitaḥ42 . .34..  
sanatkumāra uvāca  
tatosṛjad gṛhaṃ43 tatra jāmbūnadamayaṃ mahat .  
manasātiguṇaṃ vyāsa44 na tenāsti45 samaṃ kvacit ..35. .  
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34.. gaṇānāṃ ca - kha. . 15 gaṇeśvaraṃ - kha. . 36.,. ṇaṃ - ka. kha. . 37 tejasā - gha. . 38 nacānyaṃ varacchāmi - kha. . 39 devadeva - gha. . 40 ta ? - gha . 1 cārukandaram - ka. . 42 siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ - kha. . 43 sadma cāpyamṛjat - ka, svayamevāsṛjatsadma - kha . 4 guṇairyuktaṃ - kha. . 45 na te tena - kha. .  
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na tādṛg brahmaṇopyasti46 kimutānyasya kasya47cit .  
tejasā varṣmaṇā kāntyā vṛṣanāmnātiviśrutam48 ..3 6 ..  
vyāsa uvāca  
bhagavan brahmaṇaḥ sūno sarvayogeśvareśvara .  
na me tṛpti49stvayākhyāte50 devadevasya51 ca ceṣṭite52 .. 37..  
sa vṛṣo dayitaścaiva vāhanattvaṃ53 mahābalaḥ .  
kenāgamanmahāśabdo maheśasya mahātmanaḥ ..38..  
kasya putraḥ kasya naptā kathaṃ jajñe 54 tathaiva ca .  
kiṃ tapaḥ kiṃ phalaṃ tasya etadicchāmi veditum ..39..  
abhavajjaladaḥ pūrvaṃ vāhanaṃ rudravallabham .

> that myself be purified together with Umā and along with your retinue.  
> I desire no other boon from you here, O God, teacher of the universe!  
> Let this very boon be granted to me, O Lord of the universe!"  
> Sanatkumāra said:  
> "May it be so," the giver of boons then said to Mandara.  
> "With Nandī and together with the Goddess, I shall dwell always upon you.  
> And you, best of mountains, free from old age and death,  
> and impenetrable even to the thunderbolt, shall become so by my grace;  
> and charming to all living beings, adorned with gold and jewels,  
> thronged with hosts of apsarases, frequented by gods and siddhas."  
> Sanatkumāra said:  
> Then he created a great mansion there, made of Jāmbūnada gold,  
> surpassing thought in excellence, O Vyāsa; nowhere is there anything equal to it.  
> Even Brahmā has nothing like it, how much less anyone else!  
> Renowned by the name of Vṛṣa for its splendor, stature, and beauty.  
> Vyāsa said:  
> "O Blessed One, son of Brahmā, lord of all masters of yoga,  
> there is no satiety in me as the deeds of the God of gods are recounted by you.  
> How did that mighty bull, so beloved of great-souled Maheśa,  
> resounding loudly, attain the status of his mount?  
> Whose son was he? Whose grandson? And how was he born?  
> What was his tapas, and what its fruit? This I desire to know.  
> Formerly, a cloud was the mount beloved of Rudra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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