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 |
tatastrayodaśe varṣe vyatīte samaye tadā |
upaplave saṃgateṣu sarvarājasu pāṃḍavāḥ || 1 ||
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yoddhumāgatya saṃtasthuḥ kurukṣetraṃ mahārathāḥ |
kauravāścāpi saṃtasdhurduryodhanapurogamāḥ || 2 ||
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tato bhīṣmeṇa proktāṃ ca naraiḥ śrutvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
rathātirathasaṃkhyāṃ tu rājñāṃ madhye vaco'bravīt || 3 ||
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bhīṣmeṇa vihitā kṛṣṇa rathātirathavarṇanā |
tato duryodhano'pṛcchadidaṃ svīyānmahārathān || 4 ||
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sasainyānpāṃḍavānetānhanyātkālena kena kaḥ |
māsena tu pratijñātaṃ bhīṣmeṇa ca kṛpeṇa ca || 5 ||
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pakṣaṃ droṇena cāhnāṃ ca daśabhirdrauṇinā raṇe |
ṣaḍbhiḥ karṇena ca tathā sadā mamabhayaṃkṛtā || 6 ||
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tadahaṃ svāṃśca pṛcchāmi kena kālena haṃti kaḥ |
etacchrutvā vaco rājñaḥ phālguno vākyamabravīt || 7 ||
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ayuktametadbhīṣmādyaiḥ pratijñātaṃ yudhiṣṭhira |
tato jaye ca vijaye niścayo hi mṛṣaiva tat || 8 ||
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tavāpi ye saṃti nṛpāḥ sannaddhā raṇasaṃsthitāḥ |
paśyaitānpuruṣavyāghrānkālakalpāndurāsadān || 9 ||
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drupadaṃ ca virāṭaṃ ca dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca kaikayam |
sahadevaṃ sātyakiṃ ca cekitānaṃ ca durjayam || 10 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ saputraṃ ca mahāvīryaṃ ghaṭotkacam |
bhīmādīṃśca maheṣvāsānkeśavaṃ cāparājitam || 11 ||
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manyehamekastveteṣāṃ hanyātkauravavāhinīm |
sannaddhāḥ pratidṛśyaṃte bhīṣmādyā bahavo rathāḥ || 12 ||
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tebhyo bhayaṃ na kāryaṃ te phalgavo'mī mṛgā iva || 13 ||
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asmākaṃ dhanuṣāṃ ghoṣairidānīmeva bhārata |
kauravā vidraviṣyaṃti siṃhatrastā mṛgā iva || 14 ||
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vṛddhādbhīṣmāddvijādvṛddhāddroṇādapi kṛpādapi |
bāliśātkiṃ bhayaṃ drauṇeḥ sūtaputrācca durmateḥ || 15 ||
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athavā cittanirvṛtyai jñātumicchasi bhārata |
śatrūṇāṃ pratyanīkeṣu saṃdhāvacchṛṇu me vacaḥ || 16 ||
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eko'hameva saṃgrāme sarve tiṣṭhaṃtu te rathāḥ |
ekāhnā kṣapaye sarvānkauravānsainyasaṃyutān || 17 ||
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ityarjunavacaḥ śrutvā smayandāmodaro'bravīt |
evametadyathā prāha phālguno'yaṃ mṛṣā na tat || 18 ||
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tataśca śaṃkhānbherīśca śataśaścaiva puṣkarān |
nivārya rājamadhyastho barbarīko vaco'bravīt || 19 ||
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yena taptaṃ guptakṣetre yena devyaḥ sutoṣitāḥ |
yasyātulaṃ bāhubalaṃ tena coktaṃ niśamyatām || 20 ||
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yadbravīmi vacaḥ satyaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ tannarādhipāḥ |
ātmano vīryasadṛśaṃ kevalaṃ na tu darpataḥ || 21 ||
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yadāryeṇa pratijñātamarjunena mahātmanā |
na marṣayāmi tadvākyaṃ kālakṣepo mahānayam || 22 ||
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sarve bhavaṃtastiṣṭhaṃtu sārjunāḥ sahakeśavāḥ |
eko muhūrtādbhīṣmādīnsarvānneṣye yamakṣayam || 23 ||
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mayi tiṣṭhati kenāpi śastragrāhyaṃ na kṣatriyaiḥ |
svadharmaśapatho vo'stu mṛte grāhyaṃ tato mayi || 24 ||
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paśyadhvaṃ me balaṃ bāhvordevyārādhanasaṃbhavam |
māhātmyaṃ guptakṣetrasya tathā bhaktiṃ ca pāṃḍuṣu || 25 ||
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paśyadhvaṃ me dhanurghoraṃ tūṇīrāvakṣayau tathā |
khaḍgaṃ ca devyā yaddattaṃ tato vacmi vacastvidam || 26 ||
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iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kṣatriyā vismayaṃ yayuḥ |
arjunaśca kaṭākṣepe lajjitaḥ kṛṣṇamaikṣata || 27 ||
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tamāha lalitaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ phālgunaṃ paramaṃ vacaḥ |
ātmaupayikamevedaṃ bhaimi putro'bhyabhāṣata || 28 ||
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navakoṭiyuto'nena palāśī nihataḥ purā |
kṣaṇādeva ca pātāle śrūyate mahadadbhutam || 29 ||
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punaḥ prakṣyāmade tvenaṃ kvenopāyena kauravān |
muhūrtāddhaṃsi brūhīti pṛcchayatāṃ cāha taṃ jayaḥ || 30 ||
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tataḥ smaranyādaveṃdro bhaimiputramabhāṣata || 31 ||
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bhīpmadroṇakṛpadrauṇikarṇaduryodhanādibhiḥ |
guptāṃ tryaṃbakadurjeyāṃ senāṃ haṃsi kathaṃ kṣaṇāt || 32 ||
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ayaṃ mahānvismayaste vacaso bhaiminaṃdana |
saṃbhūtaḥ sarvarājñāṃ ca phālgunasya ca dhīmataḥ || 33 ||
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tadbrūhi kenopāyena muhūrtāddhaṃsi kauravān |
upāyavīryaṃ te jñātvā maṃsyāmo vayamapyuta || 34 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityukto vāsudevena sarvabhūteśvareṇa ca |
siṃhavakṣāḥ parvatābho nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ || 35 ||
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ghaṭāsyo ghaṭahāsaśca ūrdhvakeśo'tidīpti mān |
vidyudakṣo vāyujavo yaścecchennāśayejjagat || 36 ||
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devīdattātulabalo barbarīko'bhyabhāṣata |
yadi vo mānasaṃ vīrā upāyasya pradarśane || 37 ||
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tadahaṃ darśayāmyeṣa paśyadhvaṃ sahakeśavāḥ |
ityuktvā dhanurāropya saṃdadhe viśikhaṃ tvaran |
niḥśalyaṃ cāpi saṃpūrṇaṃ siṃdūrābheṇa bhasmanā || 38 ||
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ākarṇamākṛpya ca taṃ mumoca mukhādathodbhūtamabhūcca bhasma || 39 ||
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senādvaye tacca papāta śīghraṃ yasyaiva yatrāsti ca mṛtyumarma |
sarvaromasu bhīṣmasya kaṃṭhe rādheyadroṇayoḥ || 40 ||
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ūrau duryodhanasyāpi śalyasyāpi ca vakṣasi |
kaṃṭhe ca śakunerdīptaṃ bhagadattasya cāpatat || 41 ||
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kṛṣṇasya pādatala lake kaṃṭhe drupadamatsyayoḥ |
śikhaṃḍinastathā kaṭyāṃ kaṃṭhe senāpatestathā || 42 ||
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papāta raktaṃ tadbhasma yatra yeṣāṃ ca marma ca |
kevalaṃ caiva pāṃḍūnāṃ kṛpadroṇyośca nāspṛśata || 43 ||
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iti kṛtvā tato bhūyo barbarīko'bhyabhāṣata |
dṛṣṭaṃ bhavadbhirevaṃ yanmayā marma nirīkṣitam || 44 ||
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adhunā pātayiṣyāmi marmasveṣāṃ śitāñcharān |
devīdattānamoghākhyānyairmariṣyaṃtyamī kṣaṇāt || 45 ||
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śapathā vaḥ svadharmasya śastraṃ grāhyaṃ na vaḥ kvacit |
muhūrtātpātayiṣyāmi śatrūnetāñchitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 46 ||
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tato vismitacittānāṃ yudhiṣṭhirapurogiṇām |
āsīnninādaḥ sumahānsādhusādhviti śaṃsa tām || 47 ||
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vāsudevaśca saṃkruddhaścakreṇa niśitena ca |
evaṃ bruvata evāsya śiraśchittvā nyapātayat || 48 ||
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tataḥ kṣaṇātsarvamāsīdāvigraṃ rājamaṃ ḍalam |
vyalokayankeśavaṃ te vismitāścābhavanbhṛśam || 49 ||
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kimetaditi prāhuśca barbarīkaḥ kuto hataḥ |
pāṃḍavāścāpi mumucuraśrūṇi sahapārthivāḥ || 50 ||
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hāhā putreti ca gṛṇanpraskhalaṃśca padepade |
ghaṭotkaco'pataddīnaḥ putropari vimūrchitaḥ || 51 ||
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etasminnaṃtare devyaścaturdaśa samāyayuḥ || 52 ||
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siddhāṃbikā kroḍamātā kapālī tārā suvarṇā ca trilokajetrī |
bhāṇeśvarī carcikā caikavīrā yogeśvarī caṃḍikā traipurā ca || 53 ||
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bhūtāṃbikā harasiddhistathāmūḥ saṃprāpya tasthurnṛpavismayaṃkarāḥ |
śrīcaṃḍikā'śvāsya tatau ghaṭotkacaṃ provāca vākyaṃ mahatā svareṇa || 54 ||
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śṛṇudhvaṃ pārthivāḥ sarve kṛṣṇena viditātmanā |
hetunā yena nihato barbarīko mahābalaḥ || 55 ||
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merumūrdhni purā pṛthvī samavetāndivaukasaḥ |
bhārākrāṃtā jagādaitānbhāro'pa hriyatāṃ hi me || 56 ||
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tato brahmā prāha viṣṇuṃ bhagavaṃstvamidaṃ śṛṇu |
devāstvānugamiṣyaṃti bhāraṃ hara bhuvaḥ prabho || 57 ||
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tatastatheti tanmene vacanaṃ viṣṇuravyayaḥ |
etasminnaṃtare bāhumuddhṛtyoccairabhāṣata || 58 ||
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sūryavarceti yakṣeṃdraścaturāśītikoṭipaḥ |
kimarthaṃ mānuṣe loke bhavadbhirjanma kāryate || 59 ||
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mayi tiṣṭhati doṣāṇāmanekānāṃ mahāspade |
sarve bhavaṃto modaṃtu svargeṣu saha viṣṇunā || 60 ||
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ahameko'vatīryaitānhaniṣyāmi bhuvo bharān |
svadharmaśapathā vo vai saṃti cejjanma prāpsyatha || 61 ||
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ityuktavacane brahmā kruddhastaṃ samabhāṣata |
durmate sarvadevānāmaviṣahyaṃ mahābharam || 62 ||
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svasādhyaṃ brūṣe mohāttvaṃ śāpayogyo'si bāliśa |
deśakālocitaṃ svīyaṃ parasya ca balaṃ hṛdā || 63 ||
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avicāryaiva prabhuṣu vakti so'rhati daṃḍanam |
tasmādbhūbhāraharaṇe yuddhasyopakrame sati || 64 ||
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śarīranāśaṃ kṛṣṇāttvamavāpsyasi na saṃśayaḥ |
evaṃ śapto brahmaṇā'sau viṣṇumetadayācata || 65 ||
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yadyevaṃ bhavitā nāśastadekaṃ deva prārthaye |
janmaprabhṛti me dehi matiṃ sarvārthasādhanīm || 66 ||
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tatastatheti taṃ prāha keśavo devasaṃsadi |
śiraste pūjayiṣyaṃti devyāḥ pūjyo bhaviṣyasi || 67 ||
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ityuktvā cāvatīrṇo'sau saha devairharistadā |
harirnāma sa kṛṣṇo'sau bhavaṃtaste tathā surāḥ || 68 ||
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sūryavarcāḥ sa cāyaṃ hi nihato bhaimiputrakaḥ |
prākchāpaṃ brahmaṇaḥ smṛtvā hatonena mahātmanā |
tasmāddoṣo na kṛṣṇe'smindraṣṭavyaḥ sarvabhū mipaiḥ || 69 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
yaduktaṃ bhūmipā devyā tattathaiva na saṃśayaḥ || 70 ||
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yadyenamadhunā naiva hanyāṃ brahmavaco'nyathā |
tato bhavediti smṛtvā mayāsau vinipātitaḥ || 71 ||
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guptakṣetre mayaivā'sau niyukto devyanusmṛtau |
pūrvaṃ dattaṃ varaṃ svīyaṃ smaratā devasaṃsadi || 72 ||
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ityukte caṃḍikā devī tadā bhaktaśirastvidam |
abhyukṣya sudhayā śīghramajaraṃ cāmaraṃ vyadhāt || 73 ||
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yathā rāhuśirastadvattacchiraḥ praṇanāma tān |
uvāca ca didṛkṣāmi yuddhaṃ tadanumanyatām || 74 ||
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tataḥ kṛṣṇo vacaḥ prāha meghagaṃbhīravākprabhuḥ |
yāvanmahī sanakṣatrā yāvaccaṃdradivākarau || 75 ||
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tāvattvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ vatsa pūjyo bhaviṣyasi |
devīlokeṣu sarveṣu devīvadvicariṣyasi || 76 ||
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svabhaktānāṃ ca lokeṣu devīnāṃ dāsyase sthitim |
bālānāṃ ye bhaviṣyaṃti vātapittakaphodbhavāḥ |
piṭakāstāḥ sukhenaiva śāmayiṣyasi pūjanāt || 77 ||
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idaṃ ca śṛṃgamāruhya paśya yuddhaṃ yathā bhavet || 78 ||
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dhāvaṃtaḥ kauravāstvasmānvayaṃ yāmastvamūniti |
ityukte vāsudevena devyo'thāṃbaramāviśan || 79 ||
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barbarīkaśiraścaiva giriśṛṃgamavāpya tat |
dehasya bhūmisaṃskārāścābhavacchiraso nahi |
tato yuddhaṃ mahadabhūtkurupāṃḍavasenayoḥ || 80 ||
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aṣṭādaśāhena hatā ye ca droṇavṛṣādayaḥ |
duryodhane hate krūre aṣṭādaśadinātyaye || 81 ||
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yudhiṣṭhiro jñātimadhye goviṃdaṃ samabhāṣata |
puruṣottama saṃgrāmamamuṃ saṃtāritā vayam || 82 ||
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tvayaiva nāthena hare namaste puruṣottama |
śrutvā tasyāpi sāsūyamidaṃ bhīmo vaco'bravīt || 83 ||
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yena dhvastā dhārtarāṣṭrāstaṃ nirākṛtya māṃ nṛpa |
puruṣottamaṃ kṛṣṇamiti bravīṣi kimu mūḍhavat || 84 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ phālgunaṃ ca sātyakiṃ māṃ ca pāṃḍava |
nirākṛtya bravīṣyeva sūtaṃ dhiktvā yudhiṣṭhira || 85 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
maivaṃ maivaṃ brūhi bhīma na tvaṃ vetsi janārdanam |
na mayā na tvayā pārtha nānyenāpyarayo hatāḥ || 86 ||
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ahaṃ hi sarvadāgrasthaṃ naraṃ paśyāmi saṃyuge |
nighnaṃtaṃ śātravāṃstatra na jāne ko'pyasāviti || 87 ||
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bhīma uvāca |
vibhrāṃto'si dhruvaṃ pārtha nātra haṃtā naro'paraḥ |
atha cedasti tvatpautramuccasthaṃ vacmi haṃta kaḥ || 88 ||
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upasṛtya tato bhīmo barbarīkamapṛcchata |
brūhyete kena nihatā dhārtarāṣṭrā hi śatravaḥ || 89 ||
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barbarīka uvāca |
eko mayā pumāndṛṣṭo yudhyamānaḥ paraiḥ saha |
savyataḥ paṃcavaktraḥ sa dakṣiṇe caikavaktrataḥ || 90 ||
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savyato daśahastaśca dhṛtaśūlādyudāyudhaḥ |
dakṣiṇe ca caturhasto dhṛtacakrādyudāyudhaḥ || 91 ||
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savyataśca jaṭādhārī dakṣiṇe mukuṭoccayaḥ |
savyato bhasmadhārī ca dakṣiṇe dhṛtacaṃdanaḥ || 92 ||
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savyataścaṃdradhārī ca dakṣiṇe kaustubhadyutiḥ |
mamāpi taddarśanato mahadbhayamajāyata || 93 ||
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īdṛśo me naro dṛṣṭo na cānyo yo jaghāna tān |
ityukte puṣpavarṣaṃ tu khādāsītsumahāprabham || 94 ||
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sasvanurdevavādyāni sādhusādhviti vai jaguḥ |
vismitāḥ pāṃḍavāścāsanpraṇemuḥ puruṣottamam || 95 ||
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vilakṣaścābhavadbhīmo niśvāsāṃścāpyamuṃcata |
taṃ tataḥ keśavaḥ svāmī samādāya kare dṛḍhe || 96 ||
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kuruśārdūla ehīti procya sasmāra kāśyapim |
āruhya garuḍaṃ paścātsmṛtamātramupasthitam || 97 ||
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bhīmena sahito vyomni prayāto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam |
tato'rṇavamatītyaiva suvelaṃ ca mahāgirim || 98 ||
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laṃkāsamīpe dṛṣṭvaiva saraḥ kṛṣṇo'bravīdvacaḥ |
kuruśārdūla paśyedaṃ saro dvādaśayojanam || 99 ||
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yadi śūro'si tacchīghramānayāsyatalānmṛdam |
ityukto garuḍācchīghraṃ nyapatattajjale balī || 100 ||
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yojanaṃ vāyujavādgacchannadho nāṃtamapaśyata |
tato bhīmo viniḥsṛtya bhagnavīryo'bhyabhāṣata || 101 ||
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agādhametatsumahatsaraḥ kaiścinmahābalaiḥ |
ahaṃ khāditumārabdhaḥ kathaṃciccāpi nirgataḥ || 102 ||
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evamukto hasankṛṣṇa uccikṣepa mahatsaraḥ |
svenāṃguṣṭhena tejasvī tadardhārdhamajāyata || 103 ||
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tadṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ prāha kimidaṃ kṛṣṇa brūhi me || 104 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
kumbhakarṇa iti khyātaḥ pūrvamāsīnniśācaraḥ |
rāmabāṇahatasyābhūcchiraśchinnaṃ sudurmateḥ || 105 ||
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śirasastasya tālukyakhaṃḍametadvṛkodara |
yojanadvādaśāyāmaṃ mṛdu kṣiptaṃ vicūrṇitam || 106 ||
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vidhṛtastvaṃ ca yaiste tu sarogeyābhidhāḥ surāḥ |
trikūṭasya śilā bhiśca cūrṇitā ye ca koṭiśaḥ || 107 ||
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ete hi viśvaripavo nihatāḥ syurupāyataḥ |
gacchāmaḥ pāṃḍavānbhīma drauṇirhi tvarate dṛḍham || 108 ||
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tato bhīmaḥ praṇamyāha manovākkāyavṛddhibhiḥ |
kṛtamājanmataḥ sava kukṛtaṃ kṣama keśava || 109 ||
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puruṣottama bhavānnātha bāliśasya prasīda me |
tataḥ kṣāṃtamiti procya bhīmena sahito hariḥ || 110 ||
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raṇājiraṃ bhūya etya barbarīkaṃ vaco'bravīt |
carannevaṃ suhṛdaya sarvalokeṣu nityaśaḥ || 111 ||
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pūjitaḥ sarvalokaistvaṃ yacchaṃsteṣāṃ varānvṛtān |
guptakṣetraṃ ca na tyājyaṃ sarvakṣetrottamottamam || 112 ||
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dehisthalyāṃ tathā vāsī kṣamasva duṣkṛtaṃ ca yat |
ityuktastānnamatkṛtya bhaimiḥ svairaṃ yayau mudā || 113 ||
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vāsudevo'pi kāryāṇi sarvāṇyūrdhvamakārayat |
iti vo varṇitotpattirbarbarīkasya vāḍavāḥ |
stavaṃ cāsya pravakṣyāmi yena tuṣyati yakṣarāṭ || 114 ||
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jayajaya caturaśītikoṭiparivāra sūryavarcābhidhāna yakṣarāja jaya bhūbhāraharaṇapravṛtta laghuśāpaprāptanairṛtiyonisaṃbhava jaya kāmakaṭaṃkaṭākukṣirājahaṃsa jaya ghaṭotkacānaṃdavardhana barbarīkābhidhāna jaya kṛṣṇopadiṣṭaśrīguptakṣetrade vīsamārādhanaprāptātulavīrya jaya vijayasiddhidāyaka jaya piṃgalārepalendraduhadruhānavakoṭīśvara palāśanadāvānala jaya bhūpātālāṃtarāle nāgakanyāpari hāraka jaya bhīmamānamardana jaya sakalakauravasenāvadhamuhūrtapravṛtta jaya śrīkṛṣṇavaralabdhasarvavarapradānasāmarthya jayajaya kalikālavaṃditanamonamaste pā hipāhīti || 115 ||
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anena yaḥ suhṛdayaṃ śrāvaṇe'bhyarcya darśake |
vaiśākhe ca trayodaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe dvijottamāḥ |
śatadīpaiḥ pūrikābhiḥ saṃstavettasya tuṣyati || 116 ||
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tato viprā nāradaśca samārādhya maheśvaram |
mahīnagarake puṇye sthāpayāmāsa śaṃkaram || 117 ||
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lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya kedāraṃ liṅgamuttamam |
atrīśāduttare bhāge mahāpāpapraṇāśanam || 118 ||
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atra kuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi |
atrīśaṃ ca namaskṛtya kedāraṃ ca prapaśyati || 119 ||
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mātuḥ stanyaṃ punarnaiva sa pibenmuktibhāgbhavet |
tato rudro nīlakaṇṭho nāradāya mahātmane || 120 ||
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varaṃ dattvā svayaṃ tasthau mahīnagarake śubhe |
koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā nīlakaṇṭhaṃ prapaśyati || 121 ||
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jayādityaṃ namaskṛtya rudralokamavāpnuyāt |
jayādityaṃ pūjayaṃti kūpe snātvā narottamāḥ || 112 ||
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na teṣāṃ vaṃśanāśo'sti jayādityaprasādataḥ |
teṣāṃ kule na rogaḥ syānna dāridryaṃ na lāñchanam || 123 ||
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putrapautrasamāyuktā dhanadhānyasamāyutāḥ |
bhuktvā bhogāniha bahūnsūryaloke vasanti te || 124 ||
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iti proktaṃ mayā viprā guptakṣetraṃ samāsataḥ |
saptakrośapramāṇaṃ ca kṣetrasyāsya purā dvijāḥ |
svayaṃbhuvā proktamidaṃ sarvakāmārthasiddhidam || 125 ||
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iti vo varṇitaḥ puṇyo mahīsāgarasambhavaḥ |
śṛṇvansaṃkīrtayaṃścaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 126 ||
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ya idaṃ śrāvayedvidvānmahāmāhātmyamuttamam |
sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokaṃ sa gacchati || 127 ||
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guptakṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ sakalaṃ śrāvayedyadi |
sarvaiśvaryamavāpnoti brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati || 128 ||
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koṭitīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mahīnagarakasya ca |
śṛṇoti śrāvayedyastu brahmabhūyāya kalpate || 129 ||
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koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ |
dānaṃ dadyādyathāśaktyā śṛṇudhvaṃ tatphalaṃ hi me || 130 ||
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svargapātālamartyeṣu yāni tīrthāni santi vai |
teṣu dāneṣu yatpuṇyaṃ tatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ || 131 ||
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aśvamedhādibhiryajñairiṣṭaiścaivāptadakṣiṇaiḥ |
sarvavratatapobhiśca kṛtairyatpuṇyamāpyate || 132 ||
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tatpuṇyaṃ prāpyate viprāḥ koṭitīrthe na saṃśayaḥ || 133 ||
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idaṃ pavitraṃ khalu puṇyadaṃ sadā yaśaskaraṃ pāpaharaṃ parātparam |
śṛṇoti bhaktyā puruṣaḥ sa puṇyabhāgasukṣaye rudrasalokatāṃ vrajet || 134 ||
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dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ niyataṃ supuṇyaṃ svarmokṣadaṃ pāpaharaṃ narāṇām |
śṛṇoti nityaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ pumānbhittvā raviṃ viṣṇu padaṃ prayāti || 135 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe guptakṣetramāhātmyapari samāptivarṇanaṃnāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 63 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 66

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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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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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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