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.

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sūta uvāca |
uṣitvā saptarātrāṇi tīrthesminbhrātṛbhiḥ saha |
yudhiṣṭhiro mahātejā gamanāyopacakrame || 1 ||
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prabhāte vimale snātvā devīrliṃgānyathārcya ca |
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ kṣetraṃ devīstotraṃ jajāpa saḥ |
prayāṇakāleṣu sadā japyaṃ kṛṣṇena kīrtitam || 2 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
devi pūjye mahāśakte kṛṣṇasya bhagini priye |
natvā tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmi manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ || 3 ||
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saṃkarṣaṇābhayadāne kṛṣṇacchavisamaprabhe |
ekānaṃśe mahādevi putravattrāhi māṃ śiva || 4 ||
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tvayā tatamidaṃ viśvaṃ jagadavyaktarūpayā |
iti matvā tvāṃ gato'smi śaraṇaṃ trāhi māṃ śubhe || 5 ||
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kāryārambheṣu sarveṣu sānugena mayā tava |
sva ātmā kalpito bhadre jñātvaitadanukaṃpyatāma || 6 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti bruvāṇaṃ rājānaṃ śirobaddhājaliṃ tadā |
vāyuputraḥ prahasyaiva sāsūyamidamabravīt || 7 ||
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ye tvāṃ rājanvadaṃtyevaṃ sarvajño'yaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
vṛthaiva vacanaṃ teṣāṃ yatastvaṃ vetsi nāṇvapi || 8 ||
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ko hi prajñāvatāṃ mukhyaḥ sarvaśāstravidāṃvaraḥ |
strīṇāṃ śaraṇamāpadyedṛjurbuddhiryathā bhavān || 9 ||
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yatastvameva vetsīdaṃ sarvaśāstreṣu kīrtyate |
jaḍeyaṃ prakṛtirmūḍhā yayā saṃmohyate jagat || 10 ||
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sacetanaṃ ca puruṣaṃ prakṛtiṃ ca vicetanām |
prāhurbudhā narādhyakṣa puṃsaścaprakṛtiḥ priyā || 11 ||
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tatsvayaṃ puruṣo bhūtvā yudhiṣṭhira vṛthāmate |
prakṛtiṃ nauṣi natvā tāṃ hāso me'tīva jāyate || 12 ||
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ārohayecchiro naiva kvaciddhitvā upānahau |
yathā sa mūḍho bhavati devībhaktiratastathā || 13 ||
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yadi te bandivatpārtha tiṣṭhedvāṇyanivāritā |
tatkimarthaṃ mahādevaṃ na stauṣi tripurāntakam || 14 ||
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alakṣyamiti vā matvā maheśānaṃ mahāmate |
tataḥ kimartha dāśārhaṃ na stauṣi puruṣottamam || 15 ||
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yasya prasādādasmābhiḥ prāptā drupadanaṃdinī |
indraprasthe tathā rājyaṃ rājasūyastvayā kṛtaḥ || 16 ||
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vijayena dhanurlabdhaṃ jarāsandho mayā hataḥ |
pratyāhartuṃ tathecchāmaḥ kauravebhyaḥ svakāṃ śriyam || 17 ||
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yasya prasādāttaṃ muktvā kṛṣṇaṃ hā stauṣi yajjayī |
atha svayaṃ kauravāṇāmutpannaṃ kulasattame || 18 ||
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jānannātmānamalpatvādbuddherna stauṣi yādavam |
tatkimarthaṃ mahāvīryaṃ na stauṣyarjunamuttamam || 19 ||
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yena viddhaṃ purā lakṣyaṃ yena karṇādayo jitāḥ |
yena tatkhāṃḍavaṃ dagdhaṃ yajñe yena nṛpā jitāḥ || 20 ||
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śrūyate yena vikramya maheśāno'pi nirjitaḥ |
svarlokasaṃsthitasyāsya śaraṇaṃ yāhi stauṣi ca || 21 ||
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athavā tena śakreṇa rājyaṃ me nārpitaṃ kutaḥ |
iti matvā vṛthaiva tvaṃ na stauṣi bhrātaraṃ mama || 22 ||
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tato māṃ vā kathaṃ vīraṃ na stauṣi tvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira |
yena tvaṃ rakṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ lākṣāgehāgnimadhyataḥ || 23 ||
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vṛkṣeṇāhatya madreśo nadīṃ śuṣkāṃ prasāritaḥ |
rājarājastathā yena jarāsaṃdho nipātitaḥ || 24 ||
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pūrvā diṅnirjitā yena yena pūrvaṃ bako hataḥ |
hiḍambaśca mahāvīraḥ kirmīraścādhunā vane || 25 ||
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kālekāle ca rakṣāmi tvāmevāhaṃ sadānugaḥ |
na tāṃ paśyāmi rakṣaṃtīṃ natvā yāṃ stauṣi bhārata || 26 ||
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atha kṣudhābalaṃ jñātvā māmaudarikasattamam |
krūraṃ sāhasikaṃ caiva na stauṣi kṣamiṇāṃ varaḥ || 27 ||
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tataḥ susaṃyato bhūtvā praṇavaṃ samudīrayan |
kathaṃ na yāsi mārge tvaṃ vṛthālāpo hi doṣabhāk || 28 ||
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pretāḥ piśācā rakṣāṃsi vṛthālāparataṃ naram |
āviśaṃti tadāviṣṭo vaktābaddhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ || 29 ||
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vṛthālāpī yadaśnāti yatkaroti śubhaṃ kvacit |
pretāditṛptaye sarvamiti śāstraviniścayaḥ || 30 ||
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nāyaṃ tasyāsti vai lokaḥ kuta eva paro bhavet |
tasmādvijānatā yatnāttyājyameva vṛthā vacaḥ || 31 ||
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evaṃ saṃsmārito'pi tvaṃ yadi bhūyaḥ pravartase |
bhūtāviṣṭaścikitsyo no vividhairauṣadhairbhavān || 32 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti pravarṇitāṃ śrutvā bhīmasenena bhāratīm |
paṭīmiva pravitatāṃ vihasyāha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 33 ||
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nūnaṃ tvamalpavijñāno vedādhītāstvayā vṛthā |
mātaraṃ sarvabhūtānāmaṃbikāṃ yanna manyase || 34 ||
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strīpakṣa iti matvā tāmavajānāsi bhoḥ katham |
strī satī na praṇamyā kiṃ tvayā kuntī vṛkodara || 35 ||
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yadi na syānmahāmāyā brahmaviṣṇuśivārcitā |
tava dehodbhavaḥ pārtha kathaṃ syāttattvato vada || 36 ||
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īśvaraḥ paramātmā tāṃ tyaktuṃ śaktaḥ kathaṃ na hi |
punarbheje yato devīṃ tena manye mahorjitām || 37 ||
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vāsudevo'pi nityaṃ tāṃ stauti śaktiṃ parātparām |
ahaṃ yadi cikitsyaḥ syāṃ cikitsyaḥ so'pi kiṃ bhavān || 38 ||
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naivaṃ bhūyaḥ pravaktavyaṃ maurkhyātprati maheśvarīm |
bhūmau nipatya śaraṇaṃ yāhi cetsukhamicchasi || 39 ||
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bhīma uvāca |
sarvopāyairbodhayaṃti cāṭā hastagataṃ naram |
idamevauṣadhaṃ tatra taiḥ sārdhaṃ jalpanaṃ na hi || 40 ||
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muṇḍe muṇḍe matirbhinnā satyametannṛpa sphuṭam |
svābhīṣṭaṃ kurute sarvaḥ kurmo'bhīṣṭaṃ vayaṃ tathā || 41 ||
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nāgāyutasamaprāṇo vāyuputro vṛkodaraḥ |
na striyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchedvāṅmātreṇa kathaṃcana || 42 ||
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ityuktvā vacanaṃ bhīmo hyanuvavrāja taṃ nṛpam |
rājāpi sānugo yāto na sādhviti muhurbruvan || 43 ||
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tataḥ kṣaṇena vikalastvitaścetaśca praskhalat |
uvāca vacanaṃ bhīmaḥ susaṃbhrāṃto nṛpaṃ prati || 44 ||
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dharmarāja mahābuddhe paśya māṃ nṛpasattama |
cakṣurbhyāṃ naiva paśyāmi vaikalyaṃ kimidaṃ mama || 45 ||
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rājovāca |
bhīmabhīma dhruvaṃ devī kupitā te maheśvarī |
tena naṣṭe cakṣuṣī te mahāsāhasavallabha || 46 ||
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tatsāṃpratamabhipraihi śaraṇaṃ parameśvarīm |
punaḥ prasannā te dadyātkadācinnayane punaḥ || 47 ||
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bhīma uvāca |
ahamapyaṃga jānāmi samo devyā na kaścana |
prabhāvapratyayārthaṃ hi sadā nindāmi tāṃ punaḥ || 48 ||
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tasmātprabhāvaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ nipatya vasudhātale |
manovāgbuddhibhirnatvā śaraṇaṃ staumi mātaram || 49 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityuktvā bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipatya ca |
gatvaiva devyāḥ śaraṇaṃ bhīmastuṣṭāva mātaram || 50 ||
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bhīma uvāca |
sarvabhūtāṃbike devi brahmāṃḍaśatapūrake |
bāliśaṃ bālakaṃ svīyaṃ trāhitrāhi namo'stu te || 51 ||
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tvaṃ brāhmī brahmaṇaḥ śaktirvaiṣṇavī tvaṃ ca śāṃbhavī |
trimūrtiḥ śaktirūpā tvaṃ rakṣarakṣa namo'stu te || 52 ||
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tvamaindrī ca tvamāgneyī tvaṃ yāmyā tvaṃ ca nairṛtī |
tvaṃ vāruṇī tvaṃ vāyavyā tvaṃ kauberī namo'stu te || 53 ||
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aiśāni devi vārāhi nārasiṃhi jayaprade |
kaumāri kulakalyāṇi kṛpeśvari namo'stu te || 54 ||
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tvaṃ sūrye tvaṃ tathā some tvaṃ bhaume tvaṃ budhe gurau |
tvaṃ śukre tvaṃ sthitā rāhau tvaṃ ketuṣu namo'stu te || 55 ||
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vasasi dhruvacakre tvaṃ municakre ca te sthitiḥ |
bhacakreṣu khacakreṣu bhūcakre ca namo'stu te || 56 ||
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saptadvīpeṣu tvaṃ devi samudreṣu ca saptasu |
saptasvapi ca pātāleṣvavasaṃsthe namo'stu te || 57 ||
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tvaṃ devi cāvatāreṣu viṣṇoḥ sāhāyyakāriṇī |
viṣṇunābhyarthyase tasmāttrāhi mātarnamo'stu te || 58 ||
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caturbhuje caturvaktre phalade catvarapriye |
carācarastute devi caraṇau praṇamāmi te || 59 ||
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mahāghore kālarātri ghaṃṭāli vikaṭojvale |
satataṃ saptamīpūjye netrade śaraṇaṃ bhava || 60 ||
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meruvāsini piṃgākṣi netratrāṇaikakāriṇi |
huṃhuṃkāradhvastadaitye śaraṇye śaraṇaṃ bhava || 61 ||
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mahānāde mahāvīrye mahā mohavināśini |
mahābandhāpahe devi dehi netratrayaṃ mama || 62 ||
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sarvamaṃgalamaṃgalyā yadi tvaṃ satyatoṃbike |
tato me maṃgalaṃ dehi netradānānnamostu te || 63 ||
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yadi sarvakṛpālubhyaḥ satyatastvaṃ kṛpāvatī |
tataḥ kṛpāṃ kuru mayi dehi netre namo'stu te || 64 ||
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pāpoyamiti yaddevi prakupyasi vṛthaiva tat |
tvaṃ māṃ mohayasi tvevaṃ na te tatkiṃ namo'stu te || 65 ||
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svayamutpādya yo reṇuṃ veṣṭitastena kupyati |
tathā kupyasi me mātaranāthasyāsya darśaya || 66 ||
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iti stutā pāṃḍavena devī kṛṣṇacchavicchaviḥ |
rāmā rāmābhivadanā pratyakṣā samajāyata || 67 ||
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vidyutkoṭisamābhāsa mukuṭenātiśobhitā |
sūryabiṃbaprabhābhyāṃ ca kuṇḍalābhyāṃ vibhūṣitā || 68 ||
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pravāheneva hāreṇa suranadyā virājitā |
kalpadrumaprasūnaiśca pūrṇāvataṃsamaṃḍitā || 69 ||
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dantendukāṃtividhvastabhaktamohamahābhayā |
khaḍgacarmaśūlapātracaturbhujavirājitā || 70 ||
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vāsasā taḍidābhena meghalekheva veṣṭitā |
mālayā sumamālinyā bhrājitā sālimālayā || 71 ||
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satāṃ śaraṇadābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ nūpurarājitā |
jayeti puṣpavarṣaiśca śakrādyairabhipūjitā || 72 ||
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gaṇairdevībhirākīrṇā śatapadmairmahāmalaiḥ |
tāṃ tādṛśīṃ vyomni dṛṣṭvā mātaraṃ vyomavāhinīm || 73 ||
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bhūmau nipatya rājeṃdro namonama iti sthitaḥ |
bhīmopi mātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā bālo'bhidhāvati || 74 ||
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tathā sammukhamādhāvajjaya mātariti bruvan |
darśanenaiva devyāśca śubhanetratrayastadā || 79 ||
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praṇipatya namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ muhurjagau |
prasīda devi padmākṣi punarmātaḥ prasīda me || 76 ||
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punaḥ prasīda pāpasya kṣamāthīle prasīda me || 77 ||
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evaṃ stutā bhagavatī svayamutthāya pārthivam |
bhīmaṃ cotsaṃgamāropya kṛpayedaṃ vaco'bravīt || 78 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
yattvayābhihitaṃ stotraṃ tena tuṣṭā tavopari |
ato netratrayaṃ dattaṃ dve bāhye cāṃtaraṃ param || 79 ||
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nāhaṃ kopaṃ yatra tatra darśayāmi vṛkodara |
tvaṃ tu pramāṇapuruṣastvattaḥ krodhamadarśayam || 80 ||
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naitatpriyaṃ ca kṛṣṇasya bhrāturme krodhamācaram |
bhavanto vāsudevasya yatra prāṇā bahiścarāḥ || 81 ||
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tvaṃ ca nindasi māṃ nityaṃ tacca jāne vṛkodara |
matprabhāvaparijñānahetave kīdṛśastviti || 83 ||
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tadevaṃ naiva bhūyaste prakartavyaṃ kathaṃcana |
akṣikṣepo hi pūjyānāmāvahatyadhikaṃ rujam || 84 ||
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tadidānīṃ sarvamevaṃ kṣantavyaṃ ca parasparam |
yacca bravīmi tvāṃ vīra tanniśāmaya bhārata || 85 ||
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yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirāvirbhaveddhariḥ |
tadātadāvatīryāhaṃ viṣṇorasya sahāyinī || 86 ||
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idānīṃ ca harirjāto vasudevasuto bhuvi |
ahaṃ ca gopanandasya ekānaṃśābhidhā sutā || 87 ||
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tadyathā bhagavānkṛṣṇo mama bhrātābhipūjitaḥ |
bhavanto'pi tathā mahyaṃ bhrātaraḥ pāṃḍavā sadā || 88 ||
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ye bhīmabhaginītyevaṃ māṃ stoṣyaṃti narottamāḥ |
ābādhā nāśayiṣyāmi teṣāṃ harṣasamanvitā || 89 ||
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tvaṃ ca bhrāturjayaṃ vīra pradāsyasi mahāraṇe |
bhujayoste vasiṣyāmi dhārtarāṣṭranipātane || 90 ||
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kṛtvā rājyaṃ ca varṣāṇi ṣaṭtriṃśattadanantaram |
mahāprasthānadharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ paricariṣyatha || 91 ||
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asminneva tato deśe lohonāma mahāsuraḥ |
bhavatāṃ nyastaśastrāṇāṃ vadhārthaṃ prakramiṣyati || 92 ||
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tatastaṃ sarvabhūtānāmavadhyaṃ bhavatāṃ kṛte |
andhaṃ kṛtvā pātayiṣye tato yūyaṃ prayāsyatha || 93 ||
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nistīrya ca himaṃ sarvaṃ nimagnāḥ bālukārṇave |
svargaṃ yāsyati rājaikaḥ saśarīro gamiṣyati || 94 ||
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andho yatra kṛto loho lohāṇābhidhayā puram |
bhaviṣyati ca tatraiva sthāsye'haṃ kalayā sadā || 95 ||
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tataḥ kaliyuge prāpte kelo nāma bhaviṣyati |
mama bhaktastasya nāmnā bhāvyā keleśvarītyaham || 96 ||
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vailākaścāparo bhakto bhaviṣyati mamottamaḥ |
tasyārādhanataḥ khyātiṃ prayāsyāmi kalau yuge || 97 ||
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lohāṇāsaṃsthitāṃ caiva yercayiṣyaṃti māṃ janāḥ |
śraddhayā sitasaptamyāṃ taiśca sarvatra pūjitā || 98 ||
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aṃdhānāṃ ca pradāsyāmi bhāvīni nayanānyaham |
tasmindine tarpitāhaṃ bhaktibhāvena pāṃḍava || 99 ||
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pādāṃguṣṭhena ca bhavāṃstatra kuṃḍaṃ vidhāsyati |
sarvatīrthasnāna tulyaṃ tatra snānaṃ ca taddine || 100 ||
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matsyānāṃ netranetrasthatejastanmātramuttamam |
uddhṛtya yojayiṣyāmi pratyakṣaṃ tadbhaviṣyati || 101 ||
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evaṃ mama mahāsthānaṃ kalau khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati || 102 ||
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lohāṇākhyaṃ mahābāho nāma keleśvarīti ca |
durgamākhyaṃ tato hatvā asminkṣetre ca bhārata || 103 ||
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durgā nāma bhaviṣyāmi mahīsāgarapūrvataḥ |
dharmāraṇye vasiṣyāmi bhavatāṃ trāṇakāraṇāt || 104 ||
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dharmāraṇye sthitāṃ caiva ye'rcayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ |
āśvine māsi caitre vā navamyāṃ śuklapakṣake ' || 105 ||
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snātvā mahīsāgare ca teṣāṃ dāsyāmi vāṃchitam |
vidhinā ye'rcayiṣyaṃti māṃ ca śraddhāsa manvitāḥ || 106 ||
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putrapautrānpradāsyāmi svargaṃ mokṣaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
praveśe ca kaleḥ kāle bhavatāṃ vaṃśasaṃbhavaḥ |
vatsarājaḥ pāṃḍavānāṃ toṣayiṣyati yatnataḥ || 107 ||
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yasya nāmnā tataḥ khyātā bhaviṣyāmi kalau yuge |
vatseśvarīti vatsasya rājñaḥ sarvārthadāyinī || 108 ||
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matprasādātsa rājā vai bhavanottāpakāriṇīm |
aṭṭālayāṃnāma tadā rākṣasīṃ nihaniṣyati || 109 ||
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tasyāścāpi vadhasthānamaṭṭālajamiti sthitam |
bhaviṣyati puraṃ tatra māṃ ca saṃsthāpayiṣyati || 110 ||
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aṭṭālayājagrāme māmarcayiṣyaṃti ye janāḥ |
vatseśvarīṃ sitāṣṭamyāmāśvine taiḥ sadārcitā || 111 ||
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vatseśvarīṃ ca ye devīṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ |
teṣāṃ sarvaphalāvāptirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 112 ||
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itthamaṭṭālaye vāso lohāṇe ca bhaviṣyati |
dharmāraṇye mahākṣetre mahīsāgarasaṃnidhau || 113 ||
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mama lokahitārthāya lohasya ca niśamyatām |
adhīkṛto mayā loho bahvīstaptāṃ tapaḥ samāḥ || 114 ||
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vṛtrāsura ivājeyo lokānutsādayiṣyati |
taṃ ca viśvapatirdhīmānavatīrya budho hariḥ || 115 ||
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yatra haṃtā tatra grāmaṃ lohāṭīti bhaviṣyati |
gayonāma mahādaityo bhavatāṃ vighnakṛttadā || 116 ||
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prasthāne lohavadbhāvī kariṣye taṃ napuṃsakam |
gayatrāḍeti māṃ tatra pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ || 117 ||
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grāmaṃ cāpi gayatrāḍaṃ tatra khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati |
gayatrāḍe gayatrāḍāṃ ye'rcayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ || 118 ||
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māghāṣṭamyāṃ na śiṣyaṃti tasya sarve'pyupadravāḥ |
ye ca māṃ kopayiṣyaṃti pāṃḍavārādhitāṃ sadā || 119 ||
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teṣāṃ puṃstvaṃ hariṣyāmi mahāraudrādhitiṣṭhati |
parivāraśca me cātra ṣaṇḍhaḥ sarvo bhaviṣyati || 120 ||
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tasminkaliyuge ghore raudre rudre'tinirghṛṇe |
evaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tanmahyaṃ sthānamatra bhaviṣyati || 121 ||
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bhavatsu ca svargateṣu gayo'pi sumahattapaḥ |
taptvā prāpya punaḥ puṃstvaṃ lokānsaṃpīḍayiṣyati || 122 ||
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gayātīrthaṃ gataṃ taṃ ca gayādhvaṃsanakāmyayā |
budha eva jagatsvāmī tatra taṃ sūdayiṣyati || 123 ||
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itthaṃ śrīmānpītavāsā avatīrya budhaḥ prabhuḥ |
bahūni kṛtvā karmāṇi svasthānaṃ pratipatsyate || 124 ||
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iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ pāṃḍavā mayā |
bhavatāṃ cittanirvṛtyai śrūyatāṃ bhūya eva ca || 125 ||
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idaṃ tīrthavaraṃ mahyaṃ saṃsevyaṃ sarvadā priyam |
kṛtaṃ yadatrāgamanaṃ tena prītiḥ parā mama || 126 ||
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bhīmasya cāpi pautreṇa dṛḍhaṃ saṃtoṣitā'smi ca |
devyaḥ sarvāśca madrūpaṃ naitajjñeyama to'nyathā || 127 ||
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vrajadhvaṃ cāpi tīrthāni yāni vo na kṛtāni ca |
ābādhāsvasmi sarvāsu smaraṇīyā svaseva ca || 128 ||
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āpṛcche cāpi vaḥ sarvānyūyaṃ kṛṣṇasamā mama || 129 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti devyā vacaḥ śrutvā vismayotphullalocanāḥ |
punaḥpunaḥ praṇamyaināṃ nāpaśyandīpavadgatām || 130 ||
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tataste barbarīkaṃ ca saṃsthāpyātraiva niṣṭhitam |
āgaccha yoge coktvedaṃ cakrustīrthāni mukhyaśaḥ || 131 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe barbarīkopākhyāne keleśvarī vatseśvarīdurgādevīgayatrāḍāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 65 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 65

Cover of edition (2007)

The Skanda-Purana
by G. V. Tagare (2007)

(23 Volumes) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

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Cover of edition (2016)

Skanda Purana (Hindi Translation)
by S. N. Khandelwal (2016)

(Set of 10 Books) - Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office

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Cover of Bengali edition

Skanda Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

স্কন্ধ পুরাণম: - (Set of 7 Volumes)

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Cover of edition (0)

Skanda Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

ಶ್ರೀ ಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಣಂ: (Set of 25 Volumes)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Skanda Mahapurana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Cover of edition (2015)

Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)

(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur

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