Skandapurana 2.9.32
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Skanda said:
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Having thus praised that Lord, Nārada then departed from there
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to the original hermitage of Vyāsa, named Śamyāprāsa, O brahmin. // 1
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Respectfully honored by him with rising to greet him, offering a seat, and other courtesies,
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he declared the singular dharma to him, who was eager to know.
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Then, having gone to the assembly of Brahmā while Brahmā was listening, the sage
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instructed the gods, ancestors, and great seers present there in that [dharma].
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And the sun-god, stationed there, again heard this dharma, O sage,
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in its entirety from Nārada, which had formerly been heard from Nārāyaṇa.
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He respectfully spoke it to the Vālakhilyas who move in front of him;
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and on Mount Meru they imparted it to the assembled gods headed by Indra.
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Having heard this dharma from them, the sage Asita, O best of brahmins,
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having once gone to the world of the ancestors, recited it to the ancestors.
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Those ancestors, headed by Aryaman, spoke it to King Śaṃtanu;
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and he narrated it in truth to Bhīṣma, his own son.
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He too, at the end of the Bhārata war, when asked by the King of Dharma,
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spoke it while lying upon the bed of arrows in that great assembly.
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Having heard it there, Nārada also, present respectfully in that assembly,
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spoke it on Kailāsa to Śaṃkara, and he [spoke it] to me, O best of sages.
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It has been related by me to you, O brahmin, as you asked and are devoted to dharma;
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for my father indeed said to me: 'This must be given to a worthy recipient.'
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By whomever this māhātmya of the Lord of the Sātvatas was heard,
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that person developed supreme devotion to him for their own liberation.
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The royal seer Yudhiṣṭhira as well, having heard the māhātmya of Devakī's son
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proclaimed by Bhīṣma, rejoiced together with his brothers.
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Hearing that his own maternal cousin was the cause of all causes,
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that great-minded king plunged into an ocean of wonder.
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The king recognized the vyūha manifestations beginning with Vāsudeva
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and all the incarnations beginning with the Boar as belonging to this very husband of Ramā.
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Then the king, along with his younger brothers, became exceedingly devoted
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to Kṛṣṇa in his divine human form, O best of brahmins.
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And having heard this account, all the divine, royal, and brahmin seers,
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whoever was present there in that assembly, were also filled with wonder.
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Knowing Kṛṣṇa in human form to be none other than the supreme Brahman,
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they attained devotion to him, bowing down to him with reverence.
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Such is his greatness; therefore you too, O wise one,
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worship that very Vāsudeva with wholehearted devotion.
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This greatness of the venerable Vāsudeva has been narrated to you by me;
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it pacifies evil desires and increases devotion to the Blessed One.
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Whatever narratives have been related to you by me in this Purāṇa,
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this, O brahmin, is their essence, extracted by churning alone.
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This is the essence of the Vedas and Upaniṣads, of Sāṃkhya and Yoga,
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of the entire Pāñcarātra and the legal codes, O sinless one.
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This brings fortune, fame, and longevity; it is supremely auspicious,
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sung directly by the Blessed One, and the destroyer of all misfortunes.
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Whoever hears this sacred text, recites it, or reads it,
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their intellect will become unwavering and spotless toward Vāsudeva.
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And those people will become his single-minded devotees;
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possessing the nature of Brahman, they go at last to the realm of Brahman, beyond darkness.
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One who desires dharma obtains dharma through this; a passionate person obtains desire;
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one who desires wealth gains wealth; one who desires liberation attains supreme liberation.
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A seeker of learning obtains learning, and a sick person is freed from disease;
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by merely listening to this, the destruction of all sins takes place.
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A brahmin attains Vedic splendor, and a kṣatriya attains lordship over men;
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a vaiśya attains wealth, and a śūdra attains happiness from hearing this.
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Hearing this before going into battle, a king achieves victory;
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a woman attains good fortune, and an unmarried maiden attains the husband of her choice.
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From hearing and reciting this crest-jewel of all sacred treatises,
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whatever desire a person may desire, that very desire they obtain.
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Therefore, O best of brahmins, always reciting this with devotion,
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you should worship him who is affectionate to his devotees with body, speech, and mind.
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Sauti said:
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Having drunk this nectar of words issuing from the lotus face of Mahāsena, that Sāvarṇi
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he devoted himself to the son of Vasudeva, the supreme Brahman in human form, the all-auspicious. (31)
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And you all, knowers of the Vedas and Āgamas, remaining steadfast in your own duties,
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worship him alone, the adorable Lord, God of the Brahmins, of exalted renown, the blessed Vāsudeva! (32)
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Homage be to Vāsudeva, the master of the abode of Goloka, whose form is a mass of light, for the increase of the bliss of devotion! (33)
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Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, titled "Account of the Transmission of the Tradition of the Text," in the Śrīvāsudevamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the great Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (32)
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Thus the Vāsudevamāhātmya in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the great Skandapurāṇa is complete. (2.9)
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Thus the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the great Skandapurāṇa is complete. (2)
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- Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit