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 20
[English text for this chapter is available]
atha pāpavināśanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam |
śrīsūta uvāca |
punaścāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi pāpanāśanavaibhavam |
bhagavadbhaktibhāvena śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ || 1 ||
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itihāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapāpavināśanam |
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 2 ||
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atha bhadramatyākhyadaridradvijavṛttāntaḥ |
āsītpurā dvijavaro vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ |
daridro vṛttihīnaśca nāmnā bhadramatirdvijaḥ || 3 ||
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śrutāni sarvaśāstrāṇi tena vipreṇa dhīmatā |
śrutāni ca purāṇāni dharmaśāstrāṇi sarvaśaḥ || 4 ||
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abhavaṃstasya ṣaṭ patnyaḥ kṛtā siṃdhuryaśovatī |
kāminī mālinī caiva śobhā caiva prakīrtitāḥ || 5 ||
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tāsu patnīṣu tasyāsītputrāṇāṃ ca śatadvayam |
te sarve tasya putrādyāḥ kṣudhayā paripīḍitāḥ || 6 ||
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akiñcano bhadramatiḥ kṣudhārtānātmajānpriyān |
paśyanpriyāḥ kṣudhārtāśca vilalāpākulendriyaḥ || 7 ||
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dhigjanma bhāgyarahitaṃ dhigjanma dhanavarjitam |
dhigjanma kīrtirahitaṃ dhigjanmātithyavarjitam || 8 ||
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dhigjanmācārarahitaṃ dhigjanma jñānavarjitam |
dhigjanma yatnarahitaṃ dhigjanma sukhavarjitam || 9 ||
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dhigjanma bandhurahitaṃ dhigjanma khyātivarjitam |
narasya bahvapatyasya dhigjanmaiśvaryavarjitam || 10 ||
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aho guṇāḥ saumyatā ca vidvattā janma satkule |
dāridryāmbudhimagnasya sarvametanna śobhate || 11 ||
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viprāḥ putrāśca pautrāśca bāndhavā bhrātarastathā |
śiṣyāśca sarve manujāstyajantyaiśvaryavarjitam || 12 ||
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iti niścitya matimāndhīro bhadramatirdvijaḥ |
caṇḍālo vā dvijo vāpi bhāgyavāneva pūjyate || 13 ||
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daridraḥ puruṣo loke śavavallokaninditaḥ |
aho sampatsamāyukto niṣṭhuro vāpyaniṣṭhuraḥ || 14 ||
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guṇahīno'pi guṇavānmūrkho vāpi sa paṇḍitaḥ |
niṣṭhuro vā guṇī vāpi dharmahīno'tha vā naraḥ || 15 ||
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aiśvaryaguṇayuktaścetpūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ |
aho daridratā duḥkhaṃ tatrāpyāśātiduḥkhadā || 16 ||
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āśābhibhūtāḥ puruṣā duḥkhamaśnuvate kṣaṇāt || 17 ||
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āśāyā ye dāsā dāsāste sarvalokasya |
āśā dāsī yeṣāṃ teṣāṃ dāsāyate lokaḥ || 18 ||
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sarvaśāstrārthavettāpi daridro bhāti mūrkhavat |
ākiñcanyamahāgrāhagrastānāṃ nāsti mocakaḥ || 19 ||
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aho duḥkhamaho duḥkhamaho duḥkhaṃ daridratā |
tatrāpi putradārāṇāṃ bāhulyamatiduḥkhadam || 20 ||
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evamuktvā bhadramatiḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ |
atyaiśvaryapradaṃ dharmaṃ manasā cintayaṃstadā |
tūṣṇīṃ sthito bhadramatimahākleśasamanvitaḥ || 21 ||
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atha bhadramateḥ kāminīkṛtaveṃkaṭādrigamanaprotsāhanam |
tadānīṃ tāsu bhāryāsu kāminī patidevatā || 22 ||
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bhāryā sādhuguṇairyuktā patiṃ taṃ pratyabhāṣata || 23 ||
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kāminyuvāca |
bhagavansarvadharmajña sarvaśāstrārthapāraga |
mama nātha mahābhāga vākyaṃ śṛṇu mahāmate || 24 ||
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suvarṇamukharītīre ṛṣisaṃghaniṣevite |
vartate daivataiḥ sevyaḥ pāvano veṃkaṭācalaḥ || 25 ||
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tasminveṃkaṭaśailendre surāsuranamaskṛte |
vartate pāvanaṃ tīrthaṃ pāpānāṃ dāhakaṃ śubham || 26 ||
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tatra gatvā mahābhāga pāpanāśe mahāmate |
kuru snānaṃ prayatnena bhāryāputrasamanvitaḥ || 27 ||
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tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ nāradācca śrutaṃ mayā |
bālabhāve mama pituraṃtike proktavānmuniḥ || 28 ||
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veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane |
sarvaduḥkhapraśamane sarvasaṃpatpradāyake || 29 ||
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pāpanāśe mahātīrthe snātvā saṃkalpapūrvakam |
atyaiśvaryapradaṃ dharmaṃ manasā cintayaṃstadā || 30 ||
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bhūmidānaṃ viniścitya sarvadānottamottamam |
prāpakaṃ paralokasya sarvakāmaphalapradam || 31 ||
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dānānāmuttamaṃ dānaṃ bhūdānaṃ parikīrtitam |
taddattvā samavāpnoti yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ naraḥ || 32 ||
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ityevaṃ nāradenoktaṃ śrutvā me janako dvijaḥ |
saṃprahṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā śeṣādriṃ prāptavāṃstadā || 33 ||
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tatra gatvā mahābhāgaḥ sarvasaṃpatpradāyakam |
bhūdānaṃ vipravaryāya śrotriyāya pradattavān || 34 ||
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tato me janako vidvansarvabhāgyasamanvitaḥ |
ihaloke sukhaṃ prāpya cānte viṣṇupuraṃ yayau || 35 ||
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tvaṃ ca gatvā mahābhāga veṃkaṭādriṃ nagottamam |
kuru dānaṃ prayatnena bhūdānaṃ sarvakāmadam || 36 ||
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atha kāminīkathitabhūdānapraśaṃsā |
bhūmidānasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ |
na ko'pi gadituṃ śakto loke'sminbhagavanprabho || 37 ||
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bhūmidānātparaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati |
paraṃ nirvāṇamāpnoti bhūmido nātra saṃśayaḥ || 38 ||
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svalpāmapi mahīṃ dattvā śrotriyāyāhitāgnaye |
brahmalokamavāpnoti punarāvṛttivarjitam || 39 ||
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bhūmidaḥ sarvadaḥ prokto bhūmido mokṣabhāgbhavet |
bhūbhidānaṃ vṛṣādrau ca sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || 40 ||
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mahāpātakayukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ |
daśahastāṃ mahīṃ dattvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 41 ||
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satpātre bhūmidātā yaḥ sarvadānaphalaṃ labhet |
bhūmidasya samo nānyastriṣu lokeṣu vidyate || 42 ||
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dvijasya vṛttihīnasya yaḥ pradadyānmahīṃ śubhām |
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ śeṣo nārhaḥ kadācana || 43 ||
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viprasya vṛttihīnasya sadācārasya kasyacit |
yo 'lpāmapi mahīṃ dadyātsa viṣṇurnātra saṃśayaḥ || 44 ||
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ikṣugodhūmakedārapūgadṛkṣādisaṃyutā |
pṛthvī pradīyate yena sa viṣṇurnātra saṃśayaḥ || 45 ||
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vṛttihīnasya viprasya daridrasya kuṭumbinaḥ |
svalpāmapi mahīṃ dattvā viṣṇusāyujyamaśnute || 46 ||
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saktasya devapūjāsu viprasyāṭavikā mahī |
dattā bhavati gaṃgāyāṃ trirātrasnānajaṃ phalam || 47 ||
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viprasya vṛttihīnasya sadācāraratasya ca |
droṇikāṃ pṛthivīṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ labhate śṛṇu || 48 ||
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gaṃgātīre'śvamedhānāṃ śatāni vidhivannaraḥ |
kṛtvā yatphalamāpnoti tadāpnoti mahatphalam || 49 ||
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dadāti bhārikāṃ bhūmiṃ daridrāya dvijātaye |
tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi mannātha bhagavanprabho || 50 ||
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aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca |
vidhāya jāhnavītīre yatphalaṃ tallabheta saḥ || 51 ||
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bhūmidānaṃ mahādānamatidānaṃ prakīrtitam |
sarvapāpapraśamanamapavargaphalapradam || 52 ||
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yacchrutvā śraddhayā yukto bhūmidānaphalaṃ labhet |
bhāryāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā tvitihāsasamanvitam || 53 ||
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santuṣṭo manasi dhyātvā śeṣācalanivāsinam || 54 ||
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atha bhadramataye bhūpradānātsughoṣasya sadgatiḥ |
gantuṃ pracakrame buddhyā krīḍācalamanuttamam |
tato bhadramatiḥ saumyaḥ sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ || 55 ||
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suśāliṃnāma nagarīṃ kalatrasahito yayau |
sughoṣaṃ nāma viprendraṃ sarvaiśvaryasamanvitam || 56 ||
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gatvā yācitavānbhūmiṃ pañcahastāyatāṃ dvijaḥ |
sughoṣo dharmaniratastaṃ nirīkṣya kuṭumbinam || 57 ||
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manasā prītimāpannaṃ samabhyarcyainamabravīt |
kṛtārtho'haṃ bhadramate saphalaṃ mama janma ca |
matkulaṃ cānaghaṃ jātaṃ tvaṃ hi grāhyo'si me yataḥ || 58 ||
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ityuktvā taṃ samabhyarcya sughoṣo dharmatatparaḥ |
pañcahastapramāṇāṃ tāṃ dadau tasmai mahāmatiḥ || 59 ||
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pṛthivī vaiṣṇavī puṇyā pṛthivī viṣṇupālitā |
pṛthivyāstu pradānena prīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ || 60 ||
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mantreṇānena viprendrāḥ sughoṣastaṃ dvijeśvaram |
viṣṇubuddhyā samabhyarcya tāvatīṃ pṛthivīṃ dadau || 61 ||
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sa bhadramataye viprā dhīmāṃstāṃ yācitāṃ bhuvam |
dattavānharibhaktāya śrotriyāya kuṭuṃbine || 62 ||
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sughoṣo bhūmidānena koṭivaṃśasamanvitaḥ |
prapede viṣṇubhavanaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati || 63 ||
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atha bhadramateḥ pāpanāśanatīre bhūdānārthaṃ veṃkaṭādrigamanam |
vipro bhadramatiścāpi putradārasamanvitaḥ |
gato veṃkaṭaśailendraṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam || 64 ||
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gandharvayakṣaśailādisevitaṃ meruputrakam |
vaikuṇṭhādāgataṃ divyaṃ krīḍācalamanuttamam || 65 ||
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tatra svāmisarastoye nirmale pāvane śubhe |
dāraputrādisaṃyuktaḥ snātvā saṃkalpapūrvakam || 66 ||
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tatpaścimataṭe śvetasūkaraṃ vasudhādharam |
natvā tatra vidhānena śrīnivāsālayaṃ gataḥ || 67 ||
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tatra brahmādidevaiśca sevitaṃ veṃkaṭeśvaram |
dṛṣṭavānsaha putrādyairviṣṇubhakto mahāmatiḥ || 68 ||
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bhaktyā praṇamya deveśaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ kṛpānidhim |
putradārādisaṃyuktaḥ pāpanāśanamāyayau || 69 ||
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tatra snātvā vidhānena kṛtadharmādisatkriyaḥ |
kasmaicidviṣṇubhaktāya śrotriyāya mahāmatiḥ || 70 ||
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viṣṇubuddhyā sa pradadau bhūdānaṃ mokṣadaṃ śubham || 71 ||
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atha bhūdānaprabhāveṇa bhadramaterbhagavatsākṣātkāraḥ |
tadā prādurabhūddevaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ || 72 ||
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vinatānandanārūḍho vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ |
pāpanāśasya tīre tu bhūdānasya prabhāvataḥ || 73 ||
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tadā bhadramatiḥ saumyaḥ stotuṃ samupacakrame || 74 ||
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namonamaste'khilakāraṇāya namonamaste'khilapālakāya |
namonamaste'maranāyakāya namonamo daityavimardanāya || 75 ||
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namonamo bhaktajanapriyāya namonamaḥ pāpavidāraṇāya |
namonamo durjananāśakāya namo'stu tasmai jagadīśvarāya || 76 ||
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namo namaḥ kāraṇavāmanāya nārāyaṇāyāmitavikramāya |
śrīśārṅgacakrāsigadādharāya namo'stu tasmai puruṣottamāya || 77 ||
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namaḥ payorāśinivāsakāya namo'stu lakṣmīpataye'vyayāya |
namo'stu sūryādyamitaprabhāya namonamaḥ puṇyagatāgatāya || 78 ||
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namonamo'rkenduvilocanāya namo'stu te yajñaphalapradāya |
namostu yajñāṃgavirājitāya namo'stu te sajjanavallabhāya || 79 ||
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namonamaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāya namo'stu śabdādivivarjitāya |
namo'stu te'bhīṣṭasukhapradāya namonamo bhaktamanoramāya || 80 ||
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namonamaste'dbhutakāraṇāya namo'stu te mandaradhārakāya |
namo'stu te yajñavarāhanāmne namo hiraṇyākṣavidārakāya || 81 ||
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namo'stu te vāmanarūpabhāje namo'stu te kṣatrakulāntakāya |
namo'stu te rāvaṇamardanāya namo'stu te nandasutāgrajāya || 82 ||
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namaste kamalākānta namaste sukhadāyine |
śritārtināśine tubhyaṃ bhūyobhūyo namonamaḥ || 83 ||
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vipreṇa saṃstuto devo bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ |
vātsalyenābravīdvākyaṃ śrīnivāso dayānidhiḥ || 84 ||
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tāta tuṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te stotreṇa mahatā dvija |
sarvabhogasamāyuktaḥ putrapautrādibhiryutaḥ || 85 ||
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iha loke sukhaṃ prāpya dehānte muktimāpnuhi |
ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇustatraivāntaradhīyata || 86 ||
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evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ pāpanāśanavaibhavam |
tattīre bhūpradānasya māhātmyaṃ cāpi varṇitam || 87 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye pāpavināśanatīrthe bhūdānaphalānuvarṇanaṃnāma viṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 20
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by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)
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