Skandapurana 4

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We venerate that great lord, the beloved child of Maheśāna,

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Gaṇeśa, whose face is like the leader of elephants, free from all affliction. (1)

Though standing on earth, it is not part of this world; though situated below, it is higher than heaven; / though bound to the earth, it grants liberation; and creatures who die in it become immortal.

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It is constantly served by the gods on the bank of the river that purifies the three worlds: / may that Kāśī, the royal city of Tripura's foe, protect the universe from calamity! (2)

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Homage to that Maheśa, on the pretext of the three twilights,

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before whom the lords of the three worlds constantly come and go. (3)

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The author of the eighteen Purāṇas, the son of Satyavatī,

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narrated this tale that removes sin before Sūta. (4)

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Glorious Vyāsa said:

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Once the illustrious Nārada, having bathed in the waters of the glorious Narmadā

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and worshiped the glorious Oṃkāra, who gives everything to all embodied beings, (5)

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as he walked, beheld before him the Vindhya mountain,

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which removes the distress of worldly existence and is adorned by the waters of the Revā, (6)

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making this earth—both in its stationary form and its moving form—

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truly merit its name of 'possessor of wealth' (vasumatī) by virtue of its abundant splendor: (7)

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an abode of sweetness with mango trees, dispelling sorrow with aśoka trees,

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adorned everywhere with palmyra, tamāla, hintāla, and sāla trees; (8)

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resembling an aerial city with its betel-nut trees, truly blessed with bilva fruits,

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endowed with great beauty by its agallochum trees, tawny like monkeys with monkey-fruit trees; (9)

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charming with lakuca fruits resembling the breasts of the forest's beauty,

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illuminated by plantain trees providing fruits sweet as nectar; (10)

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displaying beauty like a courtly pavilion with vibrant orange trees,

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abundantly filled with reeds, lemons, and pomegranates; (11)

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where the wind-swayed kaṅkola vines seemed to dance a hallīsaka dance,

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a veritable abode of playful dancing with the delicate grace of lavalī creepers; (12)

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as if beckoning weary travelers to rest

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by gestures of gently swaying leaves of camphor-banana plants; (13)

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as if, like an eminent man, with sprout-like fingers of punnāga branches

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gently touching the breast-like cluster of trembling jasmine flowers; (14)

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revealing its impassioned heart with split pomegranates,

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as if embracing the mādhavī creeper in the form of a husband in the woods; (15)

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with sky-reaching cluster fig trees garlanded with countless fruits,

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resembling the serpent Ananta bearing millions of cosmic eggs on every side; (16)

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covered with jackfruit trees resembling forest snouts, parrot-beaked trees, and palāśa trees,

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as if shedding their leaves out of sympathy for separated lovers starved of food; (17)

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as if bristling with goosebumps upon seeing the nīpa trees that rival the kadamba...

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shining on all sides with clusters of kadamba trees,

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adorned with nameru trees like the high peaks of Meru,

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and with rājādana and madana trees, as if with the dwellings of lovers,

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covered on every slope with lofty cloth-like tents formed by dense banyan trees,

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resplendent with clusters of kuṭaja blossoms, as if occupied by herons,

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with karamarda, karīra, karaja, and karambaka plants,

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shining like the thousand-rayed [sun] with its hands extended toward suppliants,

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as if lustrated with lamps by blazing campaka buds,

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and surpassing the beauty of lotus ponds with flowering silk-cotton trees,

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in some places with tall pīpal trees, in others with golden ketaka blossoms,

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and adorned here and there with kṛtamāla and naktamāla trees,

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beautified with karkandhu, bandhujīva, and putrajīva trees,

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with tinduka, ingudī, and karuṇa trees—an abode of compassion— / as if constantly worshipping Hara, who bears the form of the earth,

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with pearls dropped from his own hands in the form of falling madhūka blossoms,

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as if fanned by fans with sarja, arjuna, añjana, and bījaka trees,

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as if holding up an umbrella in the sky with coconut and date palms,

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with abundant neem trees, with mandāras and kovidāras,

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with pāṭalā, tamarind, ghoṇṭā, śākhoṭa, and karahāṭaka trees,

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with tall śehuṇḍas, castors, and guḍapuṣpas,

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and with bakula and tilaka trees, its summit marked as if with a sectarian mark,

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with akṣa, plakṣa, and śallakī trees, and with deodar and pine trees,

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resplendent with trees and creepers that are ever fruit-bearing and ever flowering,

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covered with groves of cardamom, cloves, black pepper, and kulañjana,

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extolled for its rose-apples, hog-plums, marking-nuts, śelu, and śrīparṇī trees,

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delightful with woods of teak and sandalwood, with white sandalwood and red sandalwood,

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adorned with groves of myrobalan, karṇikāra, and āmlakī,

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overspread with hundreds of grapevines, betel vines, and long-pepper creepers,

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fragrant with jasmine, yūthikā, kunda, and madayantī,

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adorned with mālatī flowers having swarms of bees hovering about,

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like Kṛṣṇa who came under the guise of a black bee to sport many times with the gopīs,

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crowded with various herds of wild beasts, resonant with diverse birds,

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surrounded everywhere by varied rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds,

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inhabited by hosts of various gods who, having abandoned the celestial realms of meager splendour,

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had come, as it were, out of a desire for all-around enjoyment,

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as if offering water of welcome on all sides with leaves and flowers,

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and greeting him from afar, as it were, with the cries of peacocks.

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Then, having seen Nārada, who possessed the splendor of a hundred suns / and illuminated the sky in the firmament,

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the mountain went forward from afar to meet him.

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The darkness in his caves was dispelled by the radiance of the son of Brahmā's body;

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seeing him approach, he cast away the darkness of his mind.

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His trepidation was born from Brahmā's radiance; he offered virtuous hospitality:

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though hard, he cast off [hardness] and truly assumed softness.

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Seeing his softness, despite his double nature, Nārada

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rejoiced exceedingly; the minds of the virtuous are won over by humble deference.

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Seeing one come to his home, whether a venerable elder or not an elder,

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he who, not being heavy, displays humility is truly great; the heavy one is not great.

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Toward him, though his peak was high, he lowered his neck,

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and the mountain, touching the earth with his head, bowed to the great sage.

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Raising him up with both hands and greeting him with blessings,

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[Nārada] sat upon the seat indicated by him, exalted even beyond the mind.

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With curd, honey, clarified butter, water, unbroken wet barley grains, and dūrvā grass,

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with sesamum, kuśa grass, and blossoms, he worshipped him with the eightfold offering of water.

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Having received the offering of water, seeing that he was tired, [and making him] relieved of fatigue / by massaging his feet and other services,

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the mountain, bowing low, then spoke:

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“Today, in an instant, the dust [of my passion] has been removed by the dust of your feet,

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and internal darkness too has been swiftly removed by the splendor clinging to your body.

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Today my prosperity has borne fruit, and today is an auspicious day for me, O sage;

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today fruit has been borne by the meritorious deeds performed and accumulated by me long ago.

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Today my status as a mountain will become respected by the wielder of the thunderbolt.”

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Hearing this, the sage then paused a little, drawing a deep breath.

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

Skandapurana 4

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