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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jaiminiruvāca |
iti bruvāṇaṃ rājarṣiṃ kaścidṛgvedapāragaḥ |
vedāṃtavijjñānaśīlo dvijo vākyaṃ mudā jagau || 1 ||
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aho tavāyaṃ khalu bhāgyarāśiryenāvirāsīdbhuvi dārumūrtiḥ |
yasyātyupāstiṃ śrutirāha muktipradāmanātmajñavimohitānām || 2 ||
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ya eṣa plavate dāruḥ siṃdhoḥ pāre hyapauruṣam |
tamupāsya durārādhyaṃ muktiṃ yāṃti sudurlabhām || 3 ||
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brahmajñānanidhiḥ sākṣānnāradaḥ pratyuvāca yat |
na hi vedāṃtavacaso'parasmājjñānamasya vai || 4 ||
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na hi pravṛttirviṣṇostu vinā vedaṃ pravartate |
pareṣāṃ svasya vā sṛṣṭau śrutiprāmāṇyavānprabhuḥ || 5 ||
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vinā śrutiṃ pravarteccetkastatprāmāṇyamṛcchati |
tasmācchrutiprasiddho'yamavatāro'tra bhūpate || 6 ||
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vedāṃtavedyaṃ puruṣaṃ gītaṃ taṃ sāmagītiṣu |
pratimāṃ na tu jānīhi niḥśreyasakaraṃ nṛṇām || 7 ||
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darśanādeva naḥ śāṃtaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ tama uttamam |
saṃtyeva śrutayaḥ pūrvametadarcāprakāśikāḥ || 8 ||
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etadarcā praśastā vai sadarthe viniyojitā |
aho bhāratavarṣasthā manuṣyāḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ || 9 ||
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apavargaprado yeṣāmāvirāsījjanārdanaḥ |
tatrāpyayaṃ coḍhradeśaḥ sarveṣāmuttamottamaḥ || 10 ||
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yatrasthāścarmanetreṇa paśyaṃti brahmarūpiṇam |
śrutismṛtīnāṃ gahanaḥ paṃthā karmabhirākulaḥ || 11 ||
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yena yātā bhramaṃtīha ghaṭīyaṃtravadākulāḥ |
nirvyalīkapadaprāptihetureṣa sa cinmayaḥ || 12 ||
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śrutyādibhirvinopāyaiḥ paramānaṃdamuktidaḥ |
niraṃtaragatāyātaduḥsthitānāṃ durātmanām || 13 ||
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eṣa dāruvapurviṣṇuḥ sukhadātā subāṃdhavaḥ |
śrutismṛtyuktaniyamā vartaṃte neha pārthiva || 14 ||
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yathā tathā dṛṣṭipathamācāṃḍālādvimuktidaḥ |
abhaktaścedamuṃ paśyedgatānugatiko naraḥ || 15 ||
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aśvamedhasahasrāṇāṃ phalaṃ hyavikalaṃ labhet |
bhajeccenniyamastho hi bhaktimāndṛḍhamānasaḥ || 16 ||
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asaṃśayaṃ sa sāyujyaṃ brahmaṇā labhate naraḥ |
kva duḥkhāyāsabahulamanāyāsavinaśvaram || 17 ||
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acirasthaṃ kṣudraphalaṃ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇam |
kvedaṃ dārumayaṃ brahma pāparāśidavānalam || 18 ||
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saccidānaṃdakaivalyamuktidaṃ darśanādapi |
vedānuvacanādīni duṣkarāṇi durātmanām || 19 ||
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mahātmabhistairyatprāpyaṃ tadavyagramayaṃ dadet |
anyakṣetreṣu bhagavānsudūro martyavāsinām || 20 ||
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svakṣetre'sminnivasati nityaṃ muktiprado vibhuḥ |
asmādatra mahābhāga tiṣṭha svabalapauruṣaḥ || 21 ||
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vidvattamo'si bhaktaśca sāṃgopāṃgamamuṃ bhaja || 22 ||
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jaiminiruvāca |
dvijasya tadvacaḥ śrutvā nārado hṛṣṭamānasaḥ |
sādhūktaṃ dvijavaryeṇa śrautamārgānusāriṇā || 23 ||
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sṛṣṭyādau brahmaniśvāsairabhavadvedasaṃhatiḥ |
tatropaniṣadartho'yaṃ sāṃprataṃ vyaktimāgataḥ || 24 ||
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vettyetadarthaṃ bhagavānpadmayoniḥ prajāpatiḥ |
ajñāsiṣaṃ ca bhūpāla sāṃprataṃ tanmukhādaham || 25 ||
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tasyājñayā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yathābhilaṣitaṃ tava |
enamārādhya tiṣṭhātra yāmyahaṃ brahmaṇoṃ'tikam || 26 ||
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kṛtaṃ nivedayiṣyāmi prakāśaṃ ca muradviṣaḥ |
prāsādaṃ kuru bhūpāla dhanena mahatā tathā || 27 ||
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prāsāde narasiṃhaṃ tu pratiṣṭhāpya vimucyase || 28 ||
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jaiminiruvāca |
tacchrutvā sa tu bhūmīṃdraḥ pratyuvāca muniṃ tadā |
maharṣe'haṃ tvayā sārddhaṃ yiyāsurbrahmaṇoṃ'tikam || 29 ||
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yatprasādājjagannāthaścake'yaṃ locanātithiḥ |
nivedya taṃ ca prāsādaṃ pratiṣṭhārthaṃ muradviṣaḥ || 30 ||
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vijñāpayiṣye sānnidhye prāsādasthāpanotsavam |
yathā svayaṃ samāgamya brahmalokātpitāmahaḥ || 31 ||
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mahotsavaṃ bhagavataḥ prāsāde'tra kariṣyati |
tanmune māmapi vidheḥ saṃnidhiṃ prāpayasva ca || 32 ||
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garbhapratiṣṭhāṃ prāsāde samāpyeha sthito mune |
paścādāvāṃ gamiṣyāvaḥ kaṃcitkālaṃ pratīkṣa me || 33 ||
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tataḥ sa nṛpatiḥ sarvāñchilpaśāstraviśāradān |
pāṣāṇakhaṃḍaghaṭanākarmaṇyekaikayogataḥ || 34 ||
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satkārairdānamānaiśca yojayāmāsa sādaram |
dine dine sughaṭitaḥ prāsādo vavṛdhe dvijāḥ || 35 ||
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paritaḥ pūryamāṇastu śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī |
evaṃ saṃvardhyamāno'pi prāsādaḥ parivarddhitaḥ || 36 ||
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mahocchrayatvādalpena na kālenābhilakṣyate |
pāṣāṇasaṃkhyā śakyā vā kathaṃcidghaṭanākramāt || 37 ||
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vittavyayastu koṭīnāṃ na saṃkhyātuṃ ca śakyate |
yāvanto bhārate varṣe lokāḥ samayavartinaḥ || 38 ||
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indradyumnasya nṛpaterniyuktāste mahībhṛtaḥ |
ekaikaśo niyuktā ye parasparasamanvitāḥ || 39 ||
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te'pi cānyairniyuktāste sarve tatra pravartitāḥ |
ajasraṃ tanniyuktānāṃ yo harṣottho mahāravaḥ || 40 ||
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ākāśamaśnuvāno'sau diśāṃ bhāgānapūrayat |
nṛpateḥ śraddhayā bhaktyā sāttvikena prasāditā || 41 ||
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śrīḥ samṛddhābhavadviprāḥ kīrtyā saha mahīpateḥ |
kvacitkāṃcanavinyastanānāratnamahojjvalaḥ || 42 ||
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kvacitsphaṭikabhāgāṃtaśāradābhranibhacchaviḥ |
kvacinnīlāśmaghaṭitā bhittiḥ kālābhramedurā || 43 ||
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evaṃ sughaṭite viṣṇoḥ prāsāde sumanohare |
garbhapratiṣṭhāṃ vidhivatkṛtvā sa nṛpasattamaḥ || 44 ||
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vajrapātādibhaṃgādivāraṇārthaṃ yathocitam |
śilpaśāstreṣu maṇyādi vinyasya pauruṣāhṛtam || 45 ||
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punaḥ prāsādaghaṭanāsaṃbhārocitameva vai |
bahumūlyaṃ vastujātaṃ yatnāttatra nyaveśayat || 46 ||
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tato viracyamāne'sminprāsāde kīrtivarddhane |
manasāpi na saṃbhāvye triṣu lokeṣu bhūbhujām || 47 ||
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devānāmapi no lakṣye dvijāḥ kalpāṃtavāsinām |
prāsāda īdṛśo bhūmau kvacicca ghaṭito na hi || 48 ||
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svarge vā itthamādityā ālapaṃti parasparam |
aho subuddhirasyoccairyeyamīdṛkparīṇatā || 49 ||
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śraddhayā bhagavatpādapadmayoḥ sābhilāṣiṇī |
alaukikāni karmāṇi paśyaṃti hi racaṃtyapi || 50 ||
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ke vātra bhūmau rājāno babhūvurnītiśālinaḥ || |
sārvabhaumāstu sāmrājyajetāraḥ sarvavidviṣām || 51 ||
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vittāni yaiḥ saṃcitāni subahūni ca koṭiśaḥ |
aśvamedhasahasraṃ tu yatkṛtaṃ tridiveśituḥ || 52 ||
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śakyaṃ vā syādbhūbhujāṃ tu nātaḥ pūrvamanuṣṭhitam |
na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ vāpi vājimedhasahasrakam || 53 ||
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mahīkṣitānuṣṭhitaṃ vai yatra trailokya vāsinaḥ |
pṛthivyāmasya nṛpateḥ sahasthā bhogabhoginaḥ || 54 ||
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brahmaloka ivābhāti sabha yasya ca yajvinaḥ |
mūrtimaṃtastrayo vedāścatuṣpādo vṛṣastathā || 55 ||
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surāḥ saṃkalpakāmāstu yatrādbhutadhiyo'bhavan |
ayaṃ prāsādavaryo vai buddherviṣayatāṃ gataḥ || 56 ||
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mano'pi yatra bhavati na vā trailokyavāsinām |
bhūpaterdurlabhaṃ kiṃ syātsahāyo yasya nāradaḥ || 57 ||
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pitāmahaśca jagatāṃ sraṣṭā sarvāmareśvaraḥ |
athavā viṣṇubhaktasya nātidūraṃ cikīrṣitam || 58 ||
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viṣṇostadbhaktalokasya nāṃtaraṃ vidyate dvijaḥ |
tataḥ sa nāradaṃ prāha prāsādāṃte munīśvaram || 59 ||
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sarvaṃ sapannamāsīnme yadaśakyaṃ surāsuraiḥ |
sākṣādbhagavato viṣṇoradvaitopāsanārataḥ || 60 ||
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bhagavadvapurābhāṣi prāsādastu ciraṃ mayi |
ityuktvā pādayormūrdhnā praṇanāma sa nāradam || 61 ||
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nārado'pi tamutthāpya paripūjya nṛpottamam |
tvatto na bhedo nṛpate mamāsti khalu tattvataḥ || 63 ||
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yastu sākṣājjagannātha āvirbhūtaḥ kṛtena vā |
avaśyamarcayasvainaṃ jīvanmukto'si sāṃpratam || 63 ||
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tatpādapadme yādṛkte cetaḥ pra pravaṇatānvitam |
bhaktyā hyananyayā puṃsaḥ kimataḥ paramasti vai || 64 ||
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tīrthairmaṃtrairjapairdānaiḥ kratubhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ |
vratairadhyayanairbhūpa tapobhiśca yadarjitum || 65 ||
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na śakyaṃ tava rājendra bhaktyā tatkaramāgatam |
ataḥ paraṃ na śocasva bhaktiyoge namo'stu te || 66 ||
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prakarṣaṃ bahurājeṃdra sthitvā cāsmiṃściraṃ bhuvi |
ārādhaya jagannāthamupacārairmahotsavaiḥ || 67 ||
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pitāmahaṃ draṣṭukāmo gaṃtā cedaṃtikaṃ vibhoḥ |
upadekṣyati so'pyasya yātrāstāstā mahotsavāḥ || 68 ||
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svayaṃ ca bhagavāneva varaṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyati |
pratiṣṭhāpite prāsāde tasminkāle svayaṃbhuvā || 69 ||
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ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi tadā saptarṣibhiḥ saha |
tadāvāṃ tatra gacchāvo brahmalokamakalmaṣam || 70 ||
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tvāṃ vinā bhuvi kaḥ śakto brahmalokagatiṃ prati |
ityuktvā nārado bhūpaṃ samuttasthau nabhastalam || 70 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāda ekaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 21 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 21

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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