[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt) › 4.21 # Skandapurana 4.21 English (machine translation) 4.21 - **Language:** English ### [4.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.1) Dhruva said: ### [4.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.2) Obeisance to Hiraṇyagarbha, the creator of all creation, ### [4.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.3) to You whose seed is gold, who grant pure gold. (1) ### [4.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.4) Obeisance to the one whose form is Hara, the destroyer of creatures; ### [4.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.5) obeisance to the self of the great elements, the lord of creatures. (2) ### [4.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.6) Obeisance to You, the sustainer, Viṣṇu, all-powerful, ### [4.21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.7) the remover of thirst, Kṛṣṇa, the bearer of great burdens. (3) ### [4.21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.8) Obeisance to the one whose form is the forest fire to the great forest of Daityas, ### [4.21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.9) the axe to the trees that are Daityas; obeisance to You holding the Śārṅga bow in hand. (4) ### [4.21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.10) Obeisance to You whose hand is occupied with Kaumodakī, O bearer of the mace, ### [4.21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.11) destroyer of great Danujas; obeisance to the wielder of the Nandaka sword. (5) ### [4.21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.12) Obeisance to You, the lord of Śrī, and obeisance to the holder of the discus, ### [4.21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.13) the supporter of the earth, possessing the form of the Boar, the Supreme Self. (6) ### [4.21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.14) Obeisance to You who hold a lotus in hand, the beloved of Kamalā; ### [4.21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.15) obeisance to the one having forms beginning with the Fish, obeisance to the one with the Kaustubha on his chest. (7) ### [4.21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.16) Obeisance to the one to be known through the Vedānta, obeisance to the bearer of the Śrīvatsa; ### [4.21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.17) obeisance to the one whose form is the qualities, who possesses qualities, and is devoid of qualities. (8) ### [4.21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.18) Obeisance to You with a lotus in your navel, and holder of Pāñcajanya; ### [4.21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.19) O Vāsudeva, obeisance to You, and to the son of Devakī. (9) ### [4.21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.20) Obeisance to You, Pradyumna; obeisance to You, Aniruddha; ### [4.21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.21) obeisance to the destroyer of Kaṃsa, obeisance to the crusher of Cāṇūra. (10) ### [4.21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.22) O Dāmodara, Hṛṣīkeśa, Knower of the earth, Acyuta, Mādhava, ### [4.21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.23) Upendra, enemy of Kaiṭabha, slayer of Madhu, Adhokṣaja! (11) ### [4.21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.24) To Nārāyaṇa, the destroyer of Naraka, the remover of sins, ### [4.21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.25) to Vāmana, obeisance to You, to Hari, to Śauri; obeisance! (12) ### [4.21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.26) Obeisance to You, Ananta, and reclining on Ananta; ### [4.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.27) to You, the husband of Rukmiṇī, and the crusher of Rukmin. (13) ### [4.21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.28) Obeisance to You, slayer of the king of Cedi, foe of the Dānavas, enemy of the Asuras, ### [4.21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.29) Mukunda, supreme bliss, and dear one of the cowherd Nanda! (14) ### [4.21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.30) Obeisance to You, lotus-eyed one, slayer of the lords of Danujas; ### [4.21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.31) obeisance to the one having the form of a cowherd, player of the flute. (15) ### [4.21.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.32) To the beloved of the gopīs, slayer of Keśin, and uplifter of Govardhana, ### [4.21.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.33) to Rāma, lord of the Raghus, Rāghava, obeisance, obeisance! (16) ### [4.21.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.34) O foe of Rāvaṇa, obeisance to You, giver of refuge to Vibhīṣaṇa, ### [4.21.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.35) unborn one, whose form is victory, expert on the field of battle! (17) ### [4.21.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.36) To the one whose form is time beginning with moments, having multiform appearances, bearer of the Śārṅga bow, ### [4.21.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.37) wielder of the mace, wielder of the discus, to You, crusher of the host of Daityas! (18) ### [4.21.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.38) To Bala, Balabhadra, and the beloved of the enemy of Bala, ### [4.21.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.39) O disruptor of the sacrifice of Bali, obeisance, O granter of boons to devotees! (19) ### [4.21.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.40) O tearer of the chest of Hiraṇyakaśipu, lover of battle, ### [4.21.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.41) obeisance to the deity of the brahmins, and the benefactor of cows and brahmins! (20) ### [4.21.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.42) Obeisance to You whose form is dharma, and obeisance to the sattva quality; ### [4.21.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.43) obeisance to the thousand-headed one, the supreme Puruṣa. (21) ### [4.21.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.44) O thousand-eyed, thousand-footed one, and having a thousand rays, ### [4.21.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.45) of a thousand forms, beloved of Śrī, obeisance to You, O Cosmic Person of sacrifice! (22) ### [4.21.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.46) To the one whose nature is known through the Vedas, and obeisance to the lover of the Vedas, ### [4.21.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.47) to the Veda, the speaker of the Veda, the traveler on the path of good conduct. (23) ### [4.21.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.48) Obeisance to You, Vaikuṇṭha, obeisance to the dweller in Vaikuṇṭha; ### [4.21.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.49) to You, Viṣṭaraśravas, obeisance to the one who rides Garuḍa. (24) ### [4.21.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.50) O Viṣvaksena, obeisance to You, all-pervading, Janārdana, ### [4.21.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.51) to Trivikrama, Truth, and obeisance to the lover of truth! (25) ### [4.21.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.52) Obeisance to You, Keśava, master of māyā, praised by Brahmā, ### [4.21.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.53) whose form is austerity, obeisance to You, the giver of the fruits of austerities! (26) ### [4.21.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.54) To the one worthy of praise, whose form is praise, and delighting in the praise of devotees; ### [4.21.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.55) obeisance to You whose form is revelation, and fond of conduct taught by revelation. (27) ### [4.21.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.56) Obeisance to You born of an egg, obeisance be to You born of sweat; ### [4.21.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.57) to the one whose nature is born of a womb, obeisance to the one whose form is born of the earth. (28) ### [4.21.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.58) Among the gods, You are Indra; among the planets, You are the sun; ### [4.21.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.59) among the worlds, You are Satyaloka; among the seas, the Ocean of Milk; (29) ### [4.21.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.60) among rivers, You are the river of the gods; among lakes, Lake Mānasa; ### [4.21.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.61) You are Himavān among mountains; you are the wish-granting cow among milk cows. ### [4.21.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.62) You are gold among minerals, and you are crystal among stones. ### [4.21.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.63) You are the blue lotus among blossoms; you are tulasī among plants. ### [4.21.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.64) Among all stones worthy of worship, you indeed are the Śālagrāma stone. ### [4.21.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.65) Among sacred fields of liberation, you are Kāśī; you are Prayāga among lines of sacred fords. ### [4.21.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.66) You are the color white among colors; you are the brahmin among two-footed beings. ### [4.21.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.67) You are Garuḍa among the egg-born, O Lord; you are speech in transactions. ### [4.21.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.68) You are the form of the Upaniṣads among the Vedas; you are indeed the praṇava among mantras. ### [4.21.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.69) You are the syllable 'a' among letters; you bear the form of Soma among sacrificers. ### [4.21.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.70) You are fire among those with splendour; you are forbearance among the forbearing. ### [4.21.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.71) You are Parjanya among givers; you are the supreme among purifiers. ### [4.21.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.72) You are the bow among all weapons; you are the wind among the swift. ### [4.21.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.73) You are the mind among the faculties of sense; you are the hand among the fearless. ### [4.21.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.74) You indeed are the sky among all-pervading things, and you are the Supreme Self among selves. ### [4.21.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.75) You, O Lord, are the twilight worship among all regular duties. ### [4.21.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.76) You are the horse sacrifice among sacrifices; you are the gift of fearlessness among gifts. ### [4.21.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.77) You are the gain of a son among gains; O, you are spring among seasons! ### [4.21.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.78) You are the first among yugas; you indeed are the new-moon day among lunar days. ### [4.21.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.79) You are Puṣya in the host of asterisms, \[and\] the solar transit among all festival days. ### [4.21.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.80) You are the Vyatīpāta among planetary yogas; you are indeed the kuśa among grasses. ### [4.21.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.81) You are indeed the final emancipation of all striving efforts, O Lord! ### [4.21.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.82) Among all thoughts here, you are the righteous thought, O unborn one! ### [4.21.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.83) You are the sacred fig among all trees, and the soma vine among creepers. ### [4.21.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.84) O, you are breath control among all pure spiritual practices! ### [4.21.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.85) Among all liṅgas, you are the illustrious Viśveśvara, the bestower of all. ### [4.21.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.86) For you are the wife among friends, you are righteousness among all relatives. ### [4.21.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.87) Other than you there is nothing in this world of the moving and unmoving, O Nārāyaṇa! ### [4.21.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.88) You alone are mother, you are father, you are son, you are immense wealth; ### [4.21.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.89) you alone are the treasure of happiness, you are life-span, the Lord of life. ### [4.21.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.90) That \[alone\] is a true story wherein is your name; that is mind which is offered to you; ### [4.21.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.91) that is deed which is truly for your sake; that is austerity which is remembrance of you. ### [4.21.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.92) That wealth of the wealthy is pure which is spent for your sake. ### [4.21.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.93) That alone is fruitful time in which you are worshipped, O victorious one! ### [4.21.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.94) And life is auspicious only so long as you abide in the heart. ### [4.21.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.95) Diseases go to complete cessation by partaking of the water from your feet. ### [4.21.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.96) Even great sins, O Govinda, acquired across many births, ### [4.21.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.97) instantly go to dissolution through chanting 'Vāsudeva!' ### [4.21.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.98) Ah, what great delusion of men! Ah, what heedlessness of men! ### [4.21.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.99) That having disregarded Vāsudeva, they have exerted effort elsewhere! ### [4.21.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.100) This alone is auspiciousness; this alone is the acquisition of wealth; ### [4.21.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.101) and this is the fruit of life: chanting the name of Dāmodara. ### [4.21.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.102) There is no righteousness higher than Adhokṣaja; there is no goal higher than Nārāyaṇa; ### [4.21.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.103) there is no desire other than Keśava; there is no liberation without Hari. ### [4.21.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.104) This alone is the supreme loss, this indeed is a dire calamity, ### [4.21.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.105) and this is supreme misfortune: that one should not remember Vāsudeva. ### [4.21.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.106) What, alas, does worship of Hari not accomplish for men? ### [4.21.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.107) It bestows sons, friends, wives, wealth, kingdoms, heaven, and liberation. ### [4.21.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.108) It removes evil, destroys diseases, restrains anxieties, ### [4.21.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.109) swiftly increases righteousness, and grants every desire of the heart. ### [4.21.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.110) Free from dualities, supreme meditation upon the pair of the Lord's feet, ### [4.21.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.111) performed even inadvertently by a sinner, brings about supreme welfare for oneself. ### [4.21.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.112) Whatever sins sinners have, even those sharing the title of 'great'— ### [4.21.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.113) the utterance of Hari's name, accompanied by deeply absorbed contemplation, takes them all away. ### [4.21.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.114) Just as a spark of fire burns even if touched by accident, ### [4.21.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.115) so Hari's name, having touched the cavity of the lips, takes away evil. ### [4.21.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.116) Whoever, having made his mind completely calm in the beloved of Kamalā, ### [4.21.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.117) practices contemplation for a moment, Kamalā surely remains steadfast for him. ### [4.21.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.118) This alone is supreme righteousness; this alone is supreme austerity; ### [4.21.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.119) this alone is the supreme sacred ford: that one drinks water from Viṣṇu's feet. ### [4.21.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.120) He who partakes with devotion of your offering, O Person of sacrifice, ### [4.21.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.121) by that one of great intellect, the sacrificial cake has surely been enjoyed. ### [4.21.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.122) He has taken the final sacrificial bath, and he has been submerged in the water of the Gaṅgā, ### [4.21.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.123) that man who takes the water from Viṣṇu's feet into a conch and bathes \[with it\]. ### [4.21.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.124) By whomsoever the Śālagrāma stone has been worshipped with tulasī leaves, ### [4.21.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.125) he is worshipped with garlands of pārijāta flowers in the abode of the gods. ### [4.21.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.126) Be he a brahmin, a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, a śūdra, or even another, ### [4.21.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.127) if he is endowed with devotion to Viṣṇu, he should be known as the highest of all. ### [4.21.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.128) His body marked with the conch and disc, bearing flower-spikes on his head, ### [4.21.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.129) his limbs smeared with gopīcandana—if he is seen, whence could there be sin? ### [4.21.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.130) Whoever worships daily twelve Śālagrāma stones, ### [4.21.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.131) accompanied by a stone from Dvāravatī, is magnified in Vaikuṇṭha. ### [4.21.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.132) In whose house tulasī is worshipped every day, ### [4.21.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.133) to that house the servants of Yama never approach. ### [4.21.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.134) Whose mouth bears the syllables of Hari's name, whose forehead is marked with gopī clay, ### [4.21.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.135) whose chest is adorned with a tulasī garland—the followers of Yama cannot touch him. ### [4.21.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.136) Gopī clay, tulasī, a conch, a Śālagrāma along with a disc: ### [4.21.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.137) in whose house these five are present, whence could there be fear of sin for him? ### [4.21.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.138) Whatever muhūrtas, whatever moments, whatever kāṣṭhās, and whatever twinklings of an eye ### [4.21.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.139) have passed without the remembrance of Viṣṇu, in those he has been robbed by Yama. ### [4.21.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.140) Where is the two-syllabled name of Hari, blazing like a spark, ### [4.21.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.141) and where is the great heap of sins, comparable to cotton? ### [4.21.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.142) Govinda, Supreme Bliss, Mukunda, Madhusūdana— ### [4.21.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.143) leaving aside \[Him\], I know no other, worship no other, remember no other. ### [4.21.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.144) I bow to none, nor do I praise any, nor do I look upon any here with my eye; ### [4.21.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.145) I touch none, nor do I smell, nor do I sing of anyone except Hari. ### [4.21.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.146) In water, on land, and in Pātāla, in wind, in fire, on a mountain, ### [4.21.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.147) among vidyādharas, asuras, gods, kinnaras, monkeys, and men, ### [4.21.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.148) in grass, among women, in stone, in trees, shrubs, and creepers, ### [4.21.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.149) everywhere I behold the dark-complexioned body, the chest marked with the Śrīvatsa. ### [4.21.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.150) You alone are the resident within the hearts of all, the manifest witness; ### [4.21.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.151) without You, outside and inside, I indeed know no other all-pervading one." ### [4.21.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.152) Having spoken thus, O Śivaśarman, Dhruva then fell silent. ### [4.21.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.153) The god, Lord Viṣṇu, with a gracious look, spoke to him: ### [4.21.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.154) The Holy Lord said: ### [4.21.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.155) “O child, large-eyed Dhruva, of steadfast mind, sinless one, ### [4.21.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.156) the desire abiding in your heart has been fully understood by me. ### [4.21.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.157) From food beings arise; from rain is the production of food; ### [4.21.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.158) the cause of that rain is the sun. O Dhruva, become the support of the sun! ### [4.21.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.159) Of the entire circle of lights, the planets, constellations, and the rest on every side, ### [4.21.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.160) wandering constantly in the sky, you shall be the support. ### [4.21.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.161) Having become the central pivot \[holding\] all of them bound by cords of wind, ### [4.21.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.162) remain in that place until the end of the kalpa, turning the host of celestial lights. ### [4.21.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.163) Formerly, having worshipped the glorious Mahādeva, this position was obtained ### [4.21.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.164) by me; that very \[position\] has now been bestowed upon you by your austerity. ### [4.21.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.165) Some remain for four yugas, some for a manvantara, O Dhruva; ### [4.21.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.166) but you indeed shall rule over this place for a kalpa. ### [4.21.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.167) That which was not attained even by Manu, what to say of other men, O Dhruva? ### [4.21.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.168) That place, difficult to attain even for Śakra and others, has been made yours. ### [4.21.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.169) Pleased by this hymn of praise, I grant you other boons: ### [4.21.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.170) your mother Sunīti also will dwell near you. ### [4.21.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.171) Whosoever, concentrated in mind, recites this excellent hymn of praise ### [4.21.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.172) at the three junctures of the day, that man's sin will go to destruction. ### [4.21.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.173) Lakṣmī will not abandon his dwelling, beyond doubt, ### [4.21.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.174) nor will there be separation from a mother, nor the arising of quarrels with kinsmen. ### [4.21.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.175) This holy praise of Dhruva destroys great sins; ### [4.21.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.176) even the killer of a brahmin is purified—what need to speak of other sinners? ### [4.21.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.177) It is the mother of great merit, the bestower of great wealth, ### [4.21.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.178) the pacifier of great portents, the destroyer of serious diseases. / Whosoever has supreme devotion to me with a pure mind, ### [4.21.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.179) by him this praise of Dhruva, which brings about my pleasure, should be chanted. ### [4.21.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.180) Whatever fruit a man obtains by bathing in all the sacred fords, ### [4.21.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.181) he fully attains that fruit by chanting with joy this hymn of praise. ### [4.21.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.182) There are many hymns of praise that bring me pleasure, ### [4.21.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.183) yet they are not worth a sixteenth part of this hymn by Dhruva. ### [4.21.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.184) Even upon hearing this hymn of praise with supreme faith and joy, a mortal ### [4.21.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.185) is instantly freed from sins and would obtain great merit. ### [4.21.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.186) One without a son obtains a son; one without wealth would obtain wealth; ### [4.21.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.187) and one lacking devotion obtains devotion from reciting Dhruva's hymn. ### [4.21.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.188) The gains a man obtains by giving numerous gifts ### [4.21.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.189) and performing diverse vows, he obtains just so through this hymn. ### [4.21.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.190) Setting aside all tasks and abandoning numerous mantras to be recited, ### [4.21.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.191) this hymn of Dhruva should be recited, which grants all desires." ### [4.21.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.192) The Blessed Lord said: ### [4.21.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.193) "Dhruva, pay attention; I shall tell you what is beneficial, O large-minded one, ### [4.21.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.194) whereby this position of yours shall become completely immovable. ### [4.21.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.195) I was indeed desirous of going to the auspicious city of Vārāṇasī, ### [4.21.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.196) where Viśveśvara himself dwells, the cause of liberation, ### [4.21.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.197) and where Viśveśvara himself into the ear of dying creatures ### [4.21.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.198) performs the recitation capable of uprooting all karma. ### [4.21.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.199) For this suffering of saṃsāra, which brings about every affliction, ### [4.21.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21.200) there is only one remedy: the ground of joy that is Kāśī. _First 200 of 265 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21)_ ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.21.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.21) · Pramāṇa