Skanda Purana [sanskrit]
876,996 words | ISBN-10: 8170800978 | ISBN-13: 9788170800972
This Sanskrit edition of the Skandapurana. It is one of the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, covering over 80,000 shlokas (verses). It is divided into seven large section each covering holy regions detailing their background and legends.
Chapter 29
[English text for this chapter is available]
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nārada uvāca |
vrajaṃtī girijā'paśyatsakhīṃ māturmahāprabhām |
kusumāmodinīṃnāma tasya śailasya devatām || 1 ||
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sāpi dṛṣṭvā girisutāṃ snehaviklavamānasā |
kvapunargacchasītyuccairāliṃgyovāca devatā || 2 ||
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sā cāsyai sarvamācakhyau śaṃkarātkopakāraṇam |
punaścovāca girijā devatāṃ mātṛsaṃmatām || 3 ||
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nityaṃ śailādhirājasya devatā tvamaniṃdite |
sarvaṃ ca sannidhānaṃ ca mayi cātīva vatsalā || 4 ||
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tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yadvidheyaṃ tavādhunā |
athānya strīpraveśe tu samīpe tu pinākinaḥ || 5 ||
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tvayākhyeyaṃ mama śubhe yuktaṃ paścātkaromyaham |
tathetyukte tayā devyā yayau devī giriṃ prati || 6 ||
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ramye tatra mahāśṛṃge nānāścaryopaśobhite |
vibhūṣaṇādi saṃnyasya vṛkṣavalkaladhāriṇī || 7 ||
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tapastepe girisutā putreṇa paripālitā |
grīṣme paṃcāgnisaṃtaptā varṣāsu ca jaloṣitā || 8 ||
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sthaṃḍilasthā ca hemaṃte nirāhārā tatāpa sā |
etasminnaṃtare daityo hyaṃdhakasya suto balī || 9 ||
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jñātvā gatāṃ girisutāṃ piturvairamanusmaran |
āḍirnāma bakabhrātā rahasyāṃtaraprekṣakaḥ || 10 ||
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jite kilāṃdhake daitye giriśenāmaradviṣi |
āḍiścakāra vipulaṃ tapo harajigīṣayā || 11 ||
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tamāgatyābravīdbrahmā tapasā paritoṣitaḥ |
brūhi kiṃ vāsuraśreṣṭha tapasā prāptumicchasi || 12 ||
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brahmāṇamāha daityastu nirmṛtyutvamahaṃ vṛṇe |
brahmovāca |
na kaścicca vinā mṛtyuṃ jaṃturāsura vidyate || 13 ||
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yatastato'pi daityeṃdra mṛtyuḥ prāpyaḥ śarīriṇā |
ityuktastaṃ tathetyāha tuṣṭaḥ kamalasaṃbhavam || 14 ||
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rūpasya parivarto me yadā syātpadmasaṃbhava |
tadā mṛtyurmama bhavedanyathā tvamaro hyaham || 15 ||
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ityuktastaṃ tathetyāha tuṣṭaḥ kamalasaṃbhavaḥ |
ityukto'maratāṃ mene daityarājyasthito'suraḥ || 16 ||
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ājagāma sa ca sthānaṃ tadā tripuraghātinaḥ |
āgato dadṛśe taṃ ca vīrakaṃ dvāryavasthitam || 17 ||
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taṃ cāsau vaṃcayitvā ca āḍiḥ sarpaśarīrabhṛt |
avārito vīrakeṇa praviveśa harāṃtikam || 18 ||
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bhujaṃgarūpaṃ saṃtyajya babhūvātha mahāsuraḥ |
umārūpī chalayituṃ giriśaṃ mūḍhacetanaḥ || 19 ||
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kṛtvomāyāstato rūpamapratarkyamanoharam |
sarvāvayavasaṃpūrṇaṃ sarvābhijñānasaṃvṛtam || 20 ||
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cakre bhagāṃtare daityo daṃtānvajropamāndṛḍhān |
tīkṣṇāgrānbuddhimohena giriśaṃ haṃtumudyataḥ || 21 ||
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kṛtvomārūpamevaṃ sa sthito daityo harāṃtike |
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā giriśastuṣuṭaḥ samāliṃgya mahāsuram || 22 ||
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manyamāno girisutāṃ sarvai ravayavāṃtaraiḥ |
apṛcchatsādhu te bhāvo giriputrī hyakṛtrimā || 23 ||
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yā tvaṃ madaśayaṃ jñātvā prāpteha varavarṇini |
tvayā virahitaḥ śūnyaṃ manyosminbhuvanatraye || 24 ||
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prāptā prasannā yā tvaṃ māṃ yuktamevaṃvidhaṃ tvayi |
ityukte gūhayaṃśceṣṭāmumārūpyasuro'bravīt || 25 ||
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yātāsmi tapasaścartuṃ kālīvākyāttavātulam |
ratiśca tatra me nābhūttataḥ prāptā tavāṃtikam || 26 ||
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ityuktaḥ śaṃkaraḥ śaṃkāṃ kiṃcitprāpyavadhārayat |
kupitā mayi tanvaṃgī pratyakṣā ca dṛḍhavratā || 27 ||
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aprāptakāmā saṃprāptā kimetatsaṃśayo mama |
rahasīti viciṃtyātha abhijñānādvicārayan || 28 ||
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nāpaśyadvāmapārśve tu tasyāṃkaṃ padmalakṣaṇam |
lomnāmāvartacaritaṃ tato devaḥ pinākadhṛk || 29 ||
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buddhā tāṃ dānavīṃ māyāṃ kiṃcitprahasitānanaḥ |
meḍhre raudrāstramādhāya cakre daityamanoratham || 30 ||
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sa rudanbhairavājrāvānavasādaṃ gato'suraḥ |
abudhyadvīrako naitadasureṃdraniṣūdanam || 31 ||
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hate ca mārutenāśugāminā nagadevatā |
aparicchinnatattvārthā śailaputryāṃ nyavedayat || 32 ||
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śrutvā vāyumukhāddevī krodharaktātilocanā |
apasyadvīrakaṃ putraṃ hṛdayena vidūyatā || 33 ||
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mātaraṃ māṃ parityajya yasmāttvaṃ snehavihvalām |
vihitāvasaraḥ strīṇāṃ śaṃkarasya rahovidhau || 34 ||
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tasmātte paruṣā rūkṣā jaḍā hṛdaya varjitā |
gaṇeśākṣarasadṛśā śilā mātā bhaviṣyati || 35 ||
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evamutsṛṣṭaśāpāyā giriputryāstvanaṃtaram |
nirjagāma mukhātkrodhaḥ siṃharūpī mahābalaḥ || 36 ||
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paścāttāpaṃ samaśritya tayā devyā visarjitaḥ |
sa tu siṃhaḥ karālāsyo mahākesarakaṃdharaḥ || 37 ||
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proddhūtabalalāṃgūladaṃṣṭrotkaṭa guhāmukhaḥ |
vyāvṛtāsyo lalajjihvaḥ kṣāmakukṣiścikhādiṣuḥ || 38 ||
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tasyāsye vartituṃ devī vyavasyata satī tadā |
jñātvā manogataṃ tasyā bhagavāṃścaturānanaḥ || 39 ||
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ājagāmāśramapaṃda saṃpadāmāśrayaṃ tataḥ |
āgamyovāca tāṃ brahmā girijāṃ mṛṣṭayā girā || 40 ||
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kiṃ devī prāptukāmāsi kimalabhyaṃ dadāmi te |
tacchrutvovāca girijā gurugauravagarbhitam || 41 ||
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tapasā duṣkareṇāptaḥ patitve śaṃkaro mayā |
sa māṃ śyāmalavarṇeti bahuśaḥ proktavānbhavaḥ || 42 ||
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syāmahaṃ kāṃcanākārā vāllabhyena ca saṃyutā |
bharturbhūtapateraṃge hyekato nirviśaṃkitā || 43 ||
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tasyāstadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā provāca jalajāsanaḥ |
evaṃ bhavatu bhūyastvaṃ bharturdehārdhadhāriṇī || 44 ||
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tatastasyāḥ śarīrāttu strī sunīlāṃbujatviṣā |
nirgatā sābhavadbhīmā ghaṃṭāhastā trilocanā || 45 ||
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nānābharaṇapūrṇāṃgī pītakauśeyavāsinī |
tāmabravīttato brahmā devīṃ nīlāṃbujatviṣam || 46 ||
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asmādbhūdharajā radehasaṃparkāttvaṃ mamājñayā |
saṃprāptā kṛtakṛtyatvamekānaṃśā purākṛtiḥ || 47 ||
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ya eṣa siṃhaḥ prodbhūto devyāḥ krodhādvarānane |
sa testu vāhano devī ketau cāstu mahābalaḥ || 48 ||
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gaccha viṃdhyācale tatra surakāryaṃ kariṣyati |
atra śuṃbhaniśuṃbhau ca hatvā tārakasainyapau || 49 ||
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pāṃcālonāma yakṣo'yaṃ yakṣalakṣapadānugaḥ |
dattaste kiṃkaro devī mahāmāyāśatairyutaḥ || 50 ||
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ityuktā kauśikī devī tatetyāha pitāmaham |
nirgatāyāṃ ca kauśikyāṃ jātā svairāśritā guṇaiḥ || 51 ||
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sarvaiḥ pūrvabhavopāttaistadā svayamupastitaiḥ |
umāpi prāptasaṃkalpā paścāttāpaparāyaṇā || 52 ||
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muhuḥ svaṃ pariniṃdaṃtī jagāma giriśāṃtikam |
saṃprayāṃtīṃ ca tāṃ dvārī apavārya samāhitaḥ || 53 ||
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rurodha vīrako devīṃ hemavetralatādharaḥ |
tāmuvāca ca kopena tiṣṭha tiṣṭha kva yāsi ca || 54 ||
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prayojanaṃ na te'stīha gaccha yāvanna bhartsyase |
devyā rūpadharo daityo devaṃ vaṃcayituṃ tviha || 55 ||
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praviṣṭo na ca dṛṣṭo'sau sa ca devena ghātitaḥ |
ghātite cāhamākṣipto nīlakaṇṭhena dhīmatā || 56 ||
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kāpi strī nāpi moktavyā tvayā putreti sādaram |
tasmāttvamatra dvāristhā varṣapūgānyanekaśaḥ || 57 ||
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bhaviṣyasi na cāpyatra praveśaṃ lapsyase vraja |
ekā me praviśedatra mātā yā snehavatsalā || 58 ||
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nagādhirājatanayā pārvatī rudravallabhā |
ityuktā tu tato devī ciṃtayāmāsa cetasā || 59 ||
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na sā nārī tu daityo'sau vāyornaivāvabāsata |
vṛthaiva vīrakaḥ śapto mayā krodhaparītayā || 60 ||
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akāryaṃ kriyate mūḍhaiḥ prāyaḥ krodhasamanvitaiḥ |
krodhena naśyate kīrtiḥ krodho haṃti sthirāṃ śriyam || 61 ||
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aparicchinnasarvārthā putraṃ śāpitavatyaham |
viparītārthaboddhṝṇāṃ sulabhā vipado yataḥ || 62 ||
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saṃciṃtyaivamuvācedaṃ vīrakaṃ prati śailajā |
adho lajjāvikāreṇa vadanenāṃbujatviṣā || 63 ||
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ahaṃ vīraka te mātā mā te'stu manaso bhramaḥ |
śaṃkarasyāsmi dayitā sutā tu himabhūbhṛtaḥ || 64 ||
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mama gātrasthitibhrāṃtyā mā śaṃkāṃ putra bhāvaya |
tuṣṭena gauratā dattā mameyaṃ padmayoninā || 65 ||
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mayā śapto'syavidite vṛttāṃte daityanirmite |
jñātvā nārīpraveśaṃ tu śaṃkare rahasi stite || 66 ||
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na nivartayituṃ śakyaḥ śāpaḥ kiṃ tu bravīmi te |
mānuṣyāṃ tu śilāyāṃ tvaṃ śilādātsaṃbhaviṣyasi || 67 ||
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puṇye cāpyarbudāraṇye svargamokṣaprade nṛṇām |
acaleśvaraliṃgaṃ tu vartate yatra vīraka || 68 ||
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vārāṇasyāṃ viśvanāthasamaṃ tatphaladaṃ nṛṇām |
prabhāsasya ca yātrābhirdaśabhiryatphalaṃ nṛṇām || 69 ||
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tadekayātrayā proktamarbudasya mahāgireḥ |
yatra taptvā tapo martyā dehadhātūnvihāya ca || 70 ||
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saṃsārī na punarbhūyānmaheśvaravaco yathā |
arbudo yadi labhyeta sevituṃ janmaduḥkhitaiḥ || 71 ||
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vārāṇasīṃ ca kedāraṃ kiṃ smaraṃti vṛthaiva te |
tatrārādhya bhavaṃ devaṃ bhavānnandīti nāmabhṛt || 72 ||
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śīghrameṣyasi cātraiva pratīhāratvamāpsyasi |
evamukte hṛṣṭaromā vīrakaḥ praṇipatya tām || 73 ||
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saṃstūya vividhairvākyairmātaraṃ samabhāṣata |
dhanyo'haṃ devi yo lapsye mānuṣyamatidurlabham || 74 ||
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śāpo'nugraharūpo'yaṃ viśeṣādarbudācale |
samīpe yasya puṇyo'sti mahīsāgarasaṃgamaḥ || 75 ||
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ūdhaḥ pṛthivyā deśo'yaṃ yo gireścārṇavāṃtare |
tatra gatvā mahatpuṇyamavāpya bhavabhaktitaḥ || 76 ||
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punareṣyāmi bho mātarityuktvābhūcchilāsutaḥ |
devī ca praviveśātha bhavanaṃ śaśimaulinaḥ || 77 ||
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ityārbudākhyānam |
tato dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ prāha dhignārya iti tryaṃbakaḥ || 78 ||
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sā ca praṇmya taṃ prāha satyametanna mithyayā |
jaḍaḥ prakṛtibhāgoyaṃ nāryaścārhaṃti nindanām || 79 ||
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puruṣāṇāṃ prasādena mucyaṃte bhavasāgarāt |
tataḥ prahṛṣṭastāmāha haro yogyā'dhunā śubhe || 80 ||
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putraṃ dāsyāmi yena tvaṃ khyātimāpsyasi śobhane |
tato rema hi devyā sa nānāścaryālayo haraḥ || 81 ||
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tato varṣasahasreṣu devāstvaritamānasāḥ |
jvalanaṃ nodayāmāsurjñātuṃ śaṃkaraceṣṭitam || 82 ||
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dvāri sthitaṃ pratihāraṃ vaṃcayitvā ca pāvakaḥ |
pārāvatasya rūpeṇa praviveśa harāṃtikam || 83 ||
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dadṛśe taṃ ca deveśo vinatāṃ prekṣya pārvatīm |
tatastāṃ jvalanaṃ prāha naitadyogyaṃ tvayā kṛtam || 84 ||
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yadidaṃ bhukṣutaṃ sthānānmama tejo hyanuttamam |
gṛhāṇa tvaṃ sudurbuddhe no vā dhakṣyāmi tvāṃ ruṣā || 85 ||
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bhītastato'sau jagrāha sarvadevamukhaṃ ca saḥ |
tena te vahnisahitā vihvalāśca surāḥ kṛtāḥ || 86 ||
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vipāṭya jaṭharāṇyeṣāṃ vīryaṃ māheśvaraṃ tataḥ |
niṣkrāṃtaṃ tatsaro jātaṃ pāradaṃ śatayojanam || 87 ||
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vahniśca vyākulībhūto gaṃgāyāṃ mumuce sakṛt |
dahyamānā ca sā devī taraṃgairvahirutsṛjat || 88 ||
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jātastribhuvanakyātastena ca śvetaparvataḥ |
etasminnaṃtare vahnirāhūtaśca himālaye || 89 ||
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saptarṣibhirvahnihomaṃ kurvadbhirmaṃtravīryataḥ |
āgatya tatra jagrāha vahnirbhāgaṃ ca taṃ hutam || 90 ||
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gate'hnyatvasmiṃśca tatrasthaḥ patnī steṣāmapaśyata |
suvarṇakadalīstaṃbhanibhāstāścaṃdralekhayā || 91 ||
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paśyamānaḥ praphullākṣo vahniḥ kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ |
sa bhūyaściṃtayāmāsa na nyāyyaṃ kṣubhito'smi yat || 92 ||
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sādhvīḥ patnīrdvijeṃdrāṇāmakāmāḥ kāmayāmyaham |
pāpametatkarma cograṃ naśyāmi tṛmavatsphuṭam || 93 ||
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kṛtvaitannaśyate kīrtiryāvadācaṃdratārakam |
evaṃ saṃciṃtya bahudhā gatvā caiva vanāṃtaram || 94 ||
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saṃyantuṃ nābhavacchakta upāyairbahubhirmanaḥ |
tataḥ sa kāmasaṃtapto mūrchitaḥ samapadyata || 95 ||
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tataḥ svāhā ca bhāryāsya bubudhe tadviceṣṭitam |
jñātvā ca ciṃtayāmāsa prahṛṣṭā manasi svayam || 96 ||
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svāṃ bhāryāmatha māṃ tyaktvā bahuvāsādavajñayā |
bhāryāḥ kāmayate nūnaṃ saptarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām || 97 ||
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tadāsāṃ rūpamāśritya ramiṣye tena cāpyaham |
tatastvaṃgiraso bhāryā śivānāmeti śobhanā || 98 ||
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tasyā rūpaṃ samādhāya pāvakaṃ prāpya sābravīt |
māmagne kāmasaṃtaptāṃ tvaṃ kāmayitumarhasi || 99 ||
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na cetkariṣyase deva mṛtāṃ māmupadhāraya |
ahamaṃgiraso bhāryā śivānāma hutāśana || 100 ||
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sarvābhiḥ sahitā prāptā tāśca yāsyaṃtyanukramāt |
asmākaṃ tvaṃ priyo nityaṃ tvaccittāśca vayaṃ tathā || 101 ||
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tataḥ sa kāmasaṃtaptaḥ saṃbabhūva tayā saha |
prīte prītā ca sā devī nirjagāma vanāṃtarāt || 102 ||
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ciṃtayaṃtī mamedaṃ cedrūpaṃ drakṣyaṃti kānane |
te brāhmaṇīnāmanṛtaṃ doṣaṃ vakṣyaṃti pāvakāt || 103 ||
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tasmādetadrakṣamāṇā garuḍī saṃbhavāmyaham |
suparṇā sā tato bhūtvā dadṛśe śvetaparvatam || 104 ||
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śarastaṃbaiḥ susaṃpṛktaṃ rakṣobhiśca piśācakaiḥ |
sā tatra sahasā gatvā śailapūṣṭhaṃ sudurgamam || 105 ||
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prākṣipatkāṃcane kuṃḍe śukraṃ taddhāraṇe'kṣamā |
śiṣṭānāmapi devīnāṃ saptarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām || 106 ||
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patnīsarūpatāṃ kṛtvā kāmayāmāsa pāvakam |
divyaṃ rūpamarūṃdhatyāḥ kartuṃ na śakitaṃ tayā || 107 ||
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tasyāstapaḥprabhāveṇa bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇena ca |
ṣaṭkṛtvastattu nikṣiptamagniretaḥ kurudvaha || 108 ||
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kuṃḍe'smiṃścaitrabahule pratipadyeva svāhayā |
tataśca pāvako duḥkhācchuśoca ca mumoha ca || 109 ||
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āḥ pāpaṃ kṛtamityeva dehanyāse'karonmatim |
tatastaṃ khecarī vāṇī prāha mā maraṇaṃ kuru || 110 ||
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bhāvyametacca bhāvyarthātko hi pāvaka mucyate |
bhāvyarthenāpi yatte ca paradāropa sevanam || 111 ||
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kṛtaṃ taccetasā tena tvāmajīrṇaṃ pravekṣyati |
śvetaketormahāyajñe ghṛtadhārābhitarpitam || 112 ||
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śokaṃ ca tyaja naitāstāḥ svāhai veyaṃ tava priyā |
śvetaparvatakuṃḍasthaṃ putraṃ tvaṃ draṣṭumarhasi |
tato vahnistatra gatvā dadṛśe tanayaṃ prabhum || 113 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
kasmātsvāhā karodrūpaṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ tāsāṃ mahāmune || 114 ||
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yattā bhartṛparāḥ sādhvyastapasvinyognisaṃnibhāḥ |
na bibheti ca kiṃ tābhyaḥ ṣaḍbhyaḥ svāhā'parādhinī |
bhartṛbhaktyā jagaddagdhuṃ yataḥ śaktāśca tā mune || 115 ||
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nārada uvāca |
satyametatkuruśreṣṭha śrṛṇu taccāpi kāraṇam |
yena tāsāṃ kṛtaṃ rūpaṃ na vā śāpaṃ daduśca tāḥ || 116 ||
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yatra tadvahninā kṣiptaṃ rudratejaḥ sakṛtpurā |
gaṃgāyāṃ tatra sasnustāḥ ṣaṭatnyo'jñanābhāvataḥ || 117 ||
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tatastā vihvalībhūtāstejasā tena mohitāḥ |
lajjayā ca svabhartṝṇāṃ gaṃgātīrasthitā rahaḥ || 118 ||
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etadaṃtamālokya cikīrṣaṃtī manīṣitam |
svāhā śarīramāviśyatāsāṃ tejo jahāra tat || 119 ||
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cikrīḍa vahnijāyāpi yathā te kathitaṃ mayā || 120 ||
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upakāramimaṃ tābhiḥ smaraṃtībhiśca bhārata |
na śaptā sā yataḥ śāpo na deyaścopakāriṇi || 121 ||
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tataḥ saptarṣayo jñātvā jñānenāsucitāṃ gatāḥ |
tatyajuḥ ṣaṭ tadā patnīrvinā devīmaruṃdhatīm || 122 ||
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viśvāmitrastu bhagavānkumāraṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
stavaṃ divyaṃ saṃpracakre mahāsenasya cāpi saḥ || 123 ||
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aṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmnāṃ śrṛṇu tvaṃ tāni phālguna |
japena yeṣāṃ pāpāni yāṃti jñānamavāpnuyāt || 124 ||
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tvaṃ brahmavādī tvaṃ brahmā brāhmaṇavatsalaḥ |
brahmaṇyo brahmadevaśca brahmado brahmasaṃgrahaḥ || 125 ||
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tvaṃ paraṃ paramaṃ tejo maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgalam |
aprameyaguṇaścaiva maṃtrāṇāṃ maṃtrago bhavān || 126 ||
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tvaṃ sāvitrīmayo deva sarvatraivāparājitaḥ |
maṃtra śarvātmako devaḥ ṣaḍakṣaravatāṃ varaḥ || 127 ||
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mālī maulī patākī ca jaṭī muṃḍī śikhaṃḍyapi |
kuṇḍalī lāṃgalī bālaḥ kumāraḥ pravaro varaḥ || 128 ||
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gavāṃputraḥ surārighnaḥ saṃbhavo bhavabhāvanaḥ |
pinākī śatruhā śveto gūḍhaḥ skandaḥ karāgraṇīḥ || 129 ||
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dvādaśo bhūrbhuvo bhāvī bhuvaḥ putro namaskṛtaḥ |
nāgarājaḥ sudharmātmā nākapṛṣṭhaḥ sanātanaḥ || 130 ||
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tvaṃ bhartā sarvabhūtātmā tvaṃ trātā tvaṃ sukhāvahaḥ |
śaradakṣaḥ śikhī jetā ṣaḍvaktro bhayanāśanaḥ || 131 ||
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hemagarbho mahāgarbho jayaśca vijayeśvaraḥ |
tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ vidhātā ca nityo nityārimardanaḥ || 132 ||
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mahāseno mahāteja vīrasenaśca bhūpatiḥ |
siddhāsanaḥ surādhyakṣo bhīmaseno nirāmayaḥ || 133 ||
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śauriryadurmahātejā vīryavānsatyavikramaḥ |
tejogarbho'suraripuḥ suramūrtiḥ surorjjitaḥ || 134 ||
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kṛtajño varadaḥ satyaḥ śaraṇyaḥ sādhuvatsalaḥ |
suvrataḥ sūryasaṃkāśo vahnigarbhaḥ kaṇo bhuvaḥ || 135 ||
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pippalī śīghrago raudrī gāṃgeyo ripudāraṇaḥ |
kārttikeyaḥ prabhuḥ kṣaṃtā nīladaṃṣṭro mahāmanāḥ || 136 ||
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nigraho nigrahāṇāṃ ca netā tvaṃ suranaṃdanaḥ |
pragrahaḥ paramānaṃdaḥ krodhaghnastāra ucchritaḥ || 137 ||
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kukkuṭī bahulī divyaḥ kāmado bhūrivardhanaḥ |
amogho'mṛtado hyagniḥ śatrughnaḥ sarvamodanaḥ || 138 ||
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avyayo hyamaraḥ śrīmānunnato hyagnisaṃbhavaḥ |
piśācarājaḥ sūryābhaḥ śivātmā śivanaṃdanaḥ || 139 ||
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apārapāro durjñeyaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ |
agrāhyaḥ kāraṇaṃ kartā parameṣṭhī paraṃ padam || 140 ||
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aciṃtyaḥ sarvabhūtātmā sarvātmā tvaṃ sanātanaḥ |
evaṃ sa sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃstutaḥ parameśvaraḥ || 141 ||
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nāmnāmaṣṭaśatenāyaṃ viśvāmitramaharṣiṇā |
prasannamūrtirāhedaṃ munīṃdraṃ vriyatāmiti || 142 ||
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mama tvayā dvijaśreṣṭha stutireṣā nirūpitā |
bhaviṣyati mano'bhīṣṭaprāptaye prāṇināṃ bhuvi || 143 ||
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vivardhate kule lakṣmīstasya yaḥ prapaṭhedimam |
na rākṣasāḥ piśācā vā na bhūtāni na cāpadaḥ || 144 ||
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vighnakārīṇi tadgehe yatraiva saṃstuvaṃti mām |
duḥsvapnaṃ ca na paśyetsa baddho mucyate baṃdhanāt || 145 ||
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stavasyāsya prabhāveṇa divyabhāvaḥ pumānbhavet |
tvaṃ ca māṃ śrutisaṃskāraiḥ sarvaiḥ saṃskartumarhasi || 146 ||
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saṃskārarahitaṃ janma yataśca paśuvatsmṛtam |
tvaṃ ca madvaradānena brahmarṣiśca bhaviṣyasi || 147 ||
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tato munistasya cakre jātakarmādikāḥ kriyāḥ |
paurohityaṃ tathā bheje skaṃdasyaivājñayā prabhuḥ || 148 ||
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tatastaṃ vahnirabhyāgāddadarśa ca sutaṃ guham |
ṣaṭchīrṣaṃ dviguṇaśrotraṃ dvādaśākṣibhujakramam || 149 ||
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ekagrīvaṃ caikakāyaṃ kumāraṃ sa vyalokayat |
kalilaṃ prathame cāhni dvitīye vyaktitāṃ gatam || 150 ||
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dṛtīyāyāṃ śiśurjātaścaturthyāṃ pūrṇa evaca |
paṃcamyāṃ saṃskṛtaḥ so'bhūtpāvakaṃ cāpyapaśyata || 151 ||
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tatastaṃ pāvakaḥ pārtha āliliṃga cucuṃba ca |
putreti coktvā tasmai sa śaktyastrama dadātsvayam || 152 ||
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sa ca śaktiṃ samādāya namaskṛtya ca pāvakam |
śvetaśrṛṃgaṃ samārūḍho mukhaiḥ paśyandiśo daśa || 153 ||
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vyanadadbhairavaṃ nādaṃ trāsa yansāsuraṃ jagat |
tataḥ śvetagireḥ śrṛṃgaṃ rakṣaḥ padmadaśāvṛtam || 154 ||
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bibheda tarasā śaktyā śatayojanavistṛtam |
tadekena prahāreṇa khaṃḍaśaḥ patitaṃ bhuvi || 155 ||
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cūrṇīkṛtā rākṣasāste satataṃ dharmaśatravaḥ |
tataḥ pravyathitā bhūmirvyaśīryata samaṃtataḥ || 156 ||
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bhītāśca parvatāḥ sarve cukruśuḥ pralayādyathā |
bhūtāni tatra subhṛśaṃ trāhitrāhīti cojjaguḥ || 157 ||
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evaṃ śrutvā tato devā vāsavaṃ saha te'bruvan |
yenaikena prahāreṇa trailokyaṃ vyākulī kṛtam || 158 ||
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sa saṃkruddhaḥ kṣaṇādviśvaṃ saṃhariṣyati vāsava |
vayaṃ ca pālanārthāya sṛṣṭā devena vedhasā || 159 ||
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tacca trāṇaṃ sadā kāryaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṃṭhagatairapi |
asmākaṃ paśyatāmevaṃ yadi saṃkṣobhyate jagat || 160 ||
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dhiktato janma vīrāṇāṃ ślāghyaṃ hi maraṇaṃ kṣaṇāt |
tadasmābhiḥ sahainaṃ tvaṃ kṣatumarhasi vāsava || 161 ||
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evamuktastathetyuktvā devaiḥ sārdhaṃ tamabhyayāt |
vidhitsustasya vīryaṃ sa śakrastūrṇataraṃ tadā || 162 ||
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ugraṃ tacca mahāvegaṃ devānīkaṃ durāsadam |
nardamānaṃ guhaṛ prekṣya nanāda jaladhiryathā || 163 ||
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tasya nādena mahatā samuddhūtodadhiprabham |
babhrāma tatratatraiva deva sainyamacetanam || 164 ||
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jighāṃsūnupasaṃprāptāndevāndṛṣṭvā sa pāvakiḥ |
visasarjja mukhāttatra pravṛddhāḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ || 165 ||
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adahaddevasainyāni ceṣṭa mānāni bhūtale |
te pradīptaśirodehāḥ pradīptāyudhavāhanāḥ || 166 ||
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pracyutāḥ sahasā bhāṃti divastārāgaṇā iva |
dahyamānāḥ prapannāste śaraṇaṃ pāvakātmajam || 167 ||
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devā vajradharaṃ procustyaja vajraṃ śatakrato |
ukto devaistadā śakraḥ skaṃde vajravāsṛjat || 168 ||
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tadvisṛṣṭaṃ jaghānāśu pārśva skaṃdasya dakṣiṇam |
bibheda ca kuruśreṣṭha tadā tasya mahātmanaḥ || 169 ||
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vajraprahārātskaṃdasya saṃjātaḥ puruṣo'paraḥ |
yuvā kāṃcanasannāhaḥ śaktidhṛgdivya kuṃḍalaḥ || 170 ||
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śākha ityabhivikhyātaḥ sopi vyanadadadbhutam |
tataśceṃdraḥ punaḥ kruddho hṛdi skaṃdaṃ vyadārayat || 171 ||
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tatrāpi tādṛśo jajñe naigameya iti śrutaḥ |
tato vinadya skaṃdādyāścatvārastaṃ tadābhyayuḥ || 172 ||
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tadeṃdro vajramutsṛjya prāṃjaliḥ śaraṇaṃ yayau |
tasyābhayaṃ dadau skaṃdaḥ sahasainyasya sattamaḥ || 173 ||
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tataḥ prahṛṣṭāstrabhidaśā vāditrāṇyabhyavādayan |
vajraprahārātkanyāśca jajñire'sya mahābalāḥ || 174 ||
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yā haraṃ ti śiśūñjātāngarbhasthāṃścaiva dāruṇāḥ |
kākī ca hilimā caiva rudrā ca vṛṣabhā tathā || 175 ||
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āyā palālā mitrā ca saptaitāḥ śiśumātaraḥ |
etāsāṃvīryasaṃpannaḥ śiśuścābhūtsudāruṇaḥ || 176 ||
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skaṃdaprasādajaḥ putro lohitākṣo bhayaṃkaraḥ |
eṣa vīrāṣṭakaḥ proktaḥ skaṃdamātṛgaṇo'dbhutaḥ || 177 ||
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pūjanīyaḥ sadā bhaktyā sarvāpasmāraśāṃtidaḥ |
upātiṣṭhattataḥ skaṃdaṃ hiraṇyakavacasrajam || 178 ||
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lohitāṃbarasaṃvītaṃ trailokyasyāpi suprabham |
yuvānaṃ śrīḥ svayaṃ bheje taṃ praṇamya śarīriṇī || 179 ||
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śriyā juṣṭaṃ ca taṃ prāhuḥ sarve devāḥ praṇamya vai |
hiraṇyavarṇṇa bhadraṃ te lokānāṃ śaṃkaro bhava || 180 ||
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bhavāniṃdro'stu no nātha trailokyasya hitāya vai || 181 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
kimiṃdraḥ sarvalokānāṃ karotīha surottamāḥ |
kathaṃ devagaṇāṃścaiva pāti nityaṃ sureśvaraḥ || 182 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
iṃdro diśati bhūtānāṃ balaṃ tejaḥ prajāḥ sukham |
prajñāṃ prayacchati tathā sarvāndāyānsureśvaraḥ || 183 ||
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durvṛttānāṃ sa harati vṛttasthānāṃ prayacchati |
anuśāsti ca bhūtāni kāryeṣu balavattaraḥ || 184 ||
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asūrye ca bhavetsūryastathā'caṃdre ca caṃdramāḥ |
bhavatyagniśca vāyuśca pṛthivyāṃ jīvakāraṇam || 185 ||
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etadiṃdreṇa kartavyamiṃdro hi vipulaṃ balam |
tvaṃ ceṃdro bhava no vīra tārakaṃ jahi te namaḥ || 186 ||
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iṃdra uvāca |
tvaṃ bhaveṃdro mahābāho sarveṣāṃ naḥ sukhāvahaḥ |
praṇamya prārthaye skaṃda tārakaṃ jahi rakṣa naḥ || 187 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
śādhi tvameva trailokyaṃ bhavāniṃdrostu sarvadā |
kariṣye ceṃdrakarmāṇi na mameṃdratvamīpsitam || 188 ||
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tvameva rājā bhadraṃ te trailokyasya mamaiva ca |
karomi kiṃ ca te śakraśāsanaṃ brūhi tanmama || 189 ||
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iṃdra uvāca |
yadi satyamidaṃ vākyaṃ niścayādbhāṣitaṃ tvayā |
abhiṣicchasva devānāṃ saināpatye mahābala |
ahamiṃdro bhaviṣyāmi tava vākyādyaśo'stu te || 190 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
dānavānāṃ vināśāya devānāmarthasiddhaye |
gobrāhmaṇasya cārthāya evamastu vacastava || 191 ||
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ityukte sumahānādaḥ surāṇāmabhyajāyata |
bhūtānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ trailokyāṃkapakārakaḥ || 192 ||
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jayeti tuṣṭuvuścainaṃ vāditrāṇyabhyavādayan |
nanṛstaṣṭuvuścaivaṃ karāghātāṃśca cakrire || 193 ||
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tena śabdena mahatā vismitā naganaṃdinī |
śaṃkaraṃ prāha ko deva nādo'yamativartate || 194 ||
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rudra uvāca |
adya nunaṃ prahṛṣṭānāṃ surāṇāṃ vividhā giraḥ |
śrūyaṃte ca tathā devī yathā jātaḥ sutastava || 195 ||
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gavāṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sādhvīnāṃ ca divaukasām |
mārjayiṣyati cāśrūṇi putraste puṇyavatyapi || 196 ||
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evaṃ vadati sā devī draṣṭuṃ tamutsukā'bhavat |
śaṃkaraśca mahātejāḥ putrasnehādhiko yataḥ || 197 ||
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vṛṣabhaṃ tata āruhya devyā saha samutsukaḥ |
sagaṇo bhava āgacchatputra darśanalālasaḥ || 198 ||
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tato brahmā mahāsenaṃ prajāpatirathābravīt |
abhigaccha mahādevaṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ prabho || 199 ||
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anayorvīryasaṃyogāttavotpattistu prāthamī |
evamastviti cāpyuktvā mahāseno maheśvaram || 200 ||
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apūjayadameyātmā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca tām |
tatastamāliṃgya sutaṃ ciraṃ saṃyojya cāśiṣaḥ || 201 ||
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ciraṃ jahṛṣatuścobhau pārvatīparameśvarau |
siddhasārasya tattvaṃ ca dadau tuṣṭo'sya śaṃkaraḥ || 202 ||
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devī prakṛtimokṣaṃ ca tuṣṭā harṣapariplutā |
etasminneva kāle tu ṣaḍdevyastaṃ samāgaman || 203 ||
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ṛṣibhistāḥ parityaktāstaṃ putreti jagustadā |
pārvatī ca tataḥ prāha mama putro na vastvayam || 204 ||
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svāhā mameti ca prāha pāvakaśca mameti ca |
rudro mameti ca prāha mama devanadīti ca || 205 ||
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cakruste kalahaṃ ghoraṃ vivadaṃtaḥ parasparam |
putrasneho hi balavānpārtha kiṃkiṃ na kārayet || 206 ||
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tatastānprahasannāha vivādo yujyate na ca |
sarveṣāṃ vo guhaḥ putro matto vai vriyatāṃ varaḥ || 207 ||
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tataḥ prāhuśca ṣaḍdevyaḥ svargo no hyakṣayo bhavet |
tatheti tā gṛhaḥ prāha śakrastatrāṃtare'bravīt || 208 ||
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rohiṇyāścānujā skaṃda spardhamānābhijitkhalā |
itchaṃtī jyeṣṭhatāṃ devī pṛthatkvaṃ ca taporatā || 209 ||
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tataḥ prabhṛti mūḍho'smi tatsthāne sthāpayaprabho |
tatastatheti ca prokte kṛttikāstā divaṃ gatāḥ || 210 ||
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nakṣatraṃ saptaśīrṣābhaṃ bhāti tadvahnidaivatam |
athainamabravītsvāhā priyā nāhaṃ mahārciṣaḥ |
tadagneḥ priyatāṃ dehi sahavāsaṃ sadaiva ca || 211 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca yatkiṃciddvijā hoṣyaṃti pāvake || 212 ||
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tatte nāmnā pradāsyaṃti vāsaḥ sārdhaṃ bhavettava |
pāvakaḥ prārthayāmāsa yajñabhāgānpunaḥ sutān || 213 ||
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sa cāpyāhādyaprabhṛti yajñabhāgānavāpnuhi |
itare prārthayāmāsuḥ khyāto nastvaṃ suto bhava || 214 ||
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evameveti tānāha skaṃdastaddhi sudurlabham |
tatastaṃ yoginaḥ sarve saṃbhūya sanakādayaḥ |
abhyaṣiṃcangirau tasminyogināmādipatyake || 215 ||
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yogīśvaramiti prāhustatastaṃ yoginastathā |
jahṛpurdevatāścaiva nānāvādyanyavādayan || 216 ||
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abhiṣiktena tenāsau śuśubhe śvetaparvataḥ |
ādityenevāṃśumatā suramya udayācalaḥ || 217 ||
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tato devāḥ sagandharvā nṛtyaṃtyapsarasastathā |
hṛṣṭānāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śrūyate ninado mahān || 218 ||
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evaṃ sendraṃ jagatsarvaṃ śvetaparvatasaṃsthitam |
prahṛṣṭaṃ prekṣya taṃ skandaṃ na ca tṛpyati darśanāt || 219 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 29
The Skanda-Purana
by G. V. Tagare (2007)
(23 Volumes) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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Skanda Purana (Hindi Translation)
by S. N. Khandelwal (2016)
(Set of 10 Books) - Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office
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Skanda Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)
স্কন্ধ পুরাণম: - (Set of 7 Volumes)
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Skanda Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)
ಶ್ರೀ ಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಣಂ: (Set of 25 Volumes)
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Skanda Mahapurana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)
સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)
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Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)
(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur
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