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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śrībhagavānuvāca |
śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi jāgarasya ca lakṣaṇam |
yena vijñātamātreṇa sulabho'haṃ sadā kalau || 1 ||
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gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca purāṇapaṭhanaṃ tathā |
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ puṣpaṃ gandhānulepanam || 2 ||
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phalārpaṇaṃ ca śraddhāṃ ca dānamiṃdriyasaṃyamam |
satyānvitaṃ vinidraṃ ca mudā madyajanānvitam || 3 ||
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sāścaryaṃ caiva sotsāhaṃ pāpālasyādivarjanam |
pradakṣiṇāsamāyuktaṃ namaskārapuraḥsaram || 4 ||
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nīrājanasamāyuktamatihṛṣṭena cetasā |
yāmeyāme mahābhāga kuryādārārtikaṃ mama || 5 ||
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ṣaḍviṃśadguṇasaṃyuktamekādaśyāṃ ca jāgaram |
yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā na punarjāyate bhuvi || 6 ||
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ya evaṃ kurute bhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ |
jāgaraṃ parayā bhaktyā sa līno jāyate mayi || 7 ||
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daṣṭāḥ kalibhujaṃgena svapante ye dine mama |
kurvaṃti jāgaraṃ naiva māyāpāśavimohitāḥ || 8 ||
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prāptāpyekādaśī yeṣāṃ kalau jāgaraṇaṃ vinā |
te vinaṣṭā na saṃdeho yasmājjīvitamadhruvam || 9 ||
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uddhṛtaṃ netrayugmaṃ ca dattvā vai hṛdaye padam |
kṛtaṃ ye naiva paśyaṃti pāpino mama jāgaram || 10 ||
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abhāve vācakasyā'tha gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca kārayet |
vācake sati deveśa purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ paṭhet || 11 ||
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aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca |
puṇyaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ putra mama jāgaraṇe kṛte || 12 ||
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pitṛpakṣe mātṛpakṣe bhāryāpakṣe ca mānada |
kulānyuddharate caitanmama jāgaraṇe kṛte || 13 ||
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upoṣaṇadine vighne prārabdhe jāgare sati |
vihāya sthānaṃ tatrāhaṃ śāpaṃ dattvā vrajāmyaham || 14 ||
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aviddhavāsare ye me prakurvaṃti hi jāgaram |
teṣāṃ madhye prahṛṣṭaḥ sannṛtyaṃ vai prakaromyaham || 15 ||
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yāvaddināni kurute jāgaraṃ mama sannidhau |
yugā'yutāni tāvaṃti vasate mama veśmani || 16 ||
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na gayāpiṃḍadānena na tīrthairbahubhirmakhaiḥ |
pūrvajā muktimāyāṃti vinaikādaśijāgarāt || 17 ||
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yaḥ kuryājjāgare pūjāṃ kusumairmama vāsare |
puṣpepuṣpe'śvamedhasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ || 1 ||
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yaḥ kuryāddīpadānaṃ ca rātrau jāgaraṇe mama |
nimiṣe nimiṣe putra labhate go'yutaṃ phalam || 19 ||
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yo dadyājjāgare putra haviṣyānnasamudbhavam |
naivedyaṃ labhate puṇyaṃ śāliśailasamudbhavam || 20 ||
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pakvānnāni ca yo dadyātphalāni vividhani ca |
jāgare me caturvaktra labhate gośataṃ phalam || 21 ||
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karpūreṇa ca tāṃbūlaṃ dadāti mama jāgare |
madbhakto matprasādena saptadvīpā'dhipo bhavet || 22 ||
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jāgare mama deveśa yaḥ kuryātpuṣpamaṇḍapam |
sa puṣpakavimānena krīḍate mama sadmani || 23 ||
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jāgare me tu yo dhūpaṃ sakarpūraṃ saguggulam |
dadāti dahate pāpaṃ janmalakṣasamudbhavam || 24 ||
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snāpayejjāgare yo māṃ dadhikṣīraghṛtāṃbukaiḥ |
bhogāniha labhedvai sa hyante ca paramāṃ gatim || 25 ||
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divyāṃ'barāṇi yo dadyātphalāni vividhāni ca |
sa ciraṃ vasate svarge taṃ tu saṃkhyāsamāni vai || 26 ||
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dadyādābharaṇaṃ yo me hemajaṃ ratnasaṃbhavam |
saptakalpāni vasate sotsaṃge matpriyo mama || 27 ||
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ghṛtena dīpakaṃ yo me gavyena ca viśeṣataḥ |
jvālayejjāgare rātrau nimiṣe goyutaṃ phalam || 28 ||
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jāgare me caturvaktra karpūreṇa ca dīpakam |
yo jvālayeta nīrājaṃ kapilādānajaṃ phalam || 29 ||
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yaḥ punaḥ kurute dīpaṃ gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca pūjanam |
śatakratusamaṃ puṇyaṃ vratairdānaśatairapi || 30 ||
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svayaṃ yaḥ kurute gītaṃ vilajjo nṛtyate yadi |
sa labhennimiṣārdhena koṭiyajñakṛtaṃ phalam || 31 ||
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nivārayati yo gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ jāgaraṇe mama |
ṣaṣṭiyugasahasrāṇi pacyate rauravādiṣu || 32 ||
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nṛtyamānasya martyasya ye kecinnikaṭe gatāḥ |
vimuktā dharmarājena muktā yāṃti ca matpadam || 33 ||
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nṛtyamānasya martyasya upahāsaṃ karoti yaḥ |
jāgare yāṃti nirayaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa || 34 ||
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jāgare mama yaḥ kuryādbhaktyā pustakavācanam |
ślokasaṃkhyāyugānyeva sa vasenmama sannidhau || 35 ||
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pradakṣiṇāpradānena yatphalaṃ kathitaṃ budhaiḥ |
na tatkoṭimakhaiḥ puṇyaṃ yugasaṃkhyairavāpyate || 36 ||
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dīpamālā mamāgre vai yaḥ kuryājjāgare suta |
vimānakoṭisaṃyukta ākalpaṃ vasate divi || 37 ||
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mama bālacaritrāṇi jāgare paṭhate hi yaḥ |
yugakoṭisahasrāṇi śvetadvīpe vasennaraḥ || 38 ||
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tasmājjāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ || 39 ||
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yo gītāṃ paṭhate rātrau mama nāmasahasrakam |
vedoktānāṃ purāṇānāṃ jāgarātpuṇyamāpnuyāt || 40 ||
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dhenudānaṃ tu yaḥ kuryājjāgare mama pu्traka |
labhate nātra saṃdehaḥ saptadvīpavatīphalam || 41 ||
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sarveṣāmeva puṇyānāṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ mahītale |
dvādaśījāgaraṃ putra prasiddhaṃ bhuvanatraye || 42 ||
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jāgaraṃ ye ca kurvaṃti karmaṇā manasā girā |
na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttirmama lokātkathaṃcana || 43 ||
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protsāhayitvā lokānyaḥ kurute jāgaraṃ niśi |
prāpnoti cakravartitvaṃ satyaṃ me vyāhṛtaṃ suta || 44 ||
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saṃmānitāḥ kakutsthena rātrau jāgarakāriṇaḥ |
svaśaktyā caiva dānena prāptaṃ rājyaṃ sudurlabham || 45 ||
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ye kecidgāyakā viprā vādakā nartakāśca ye |
nartakīsahitā yāṃti mama loke sanātane || 46 ||
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duryoniṣu gataiḥ sarvaiḥ kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ mama |
saṃprāptaṃ pṛthivīśatvaṃ kāmukairmunisattama || 47 ||
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niṣkāmā muktimāpannāḥ śvapacādyāśca jāgarāt |
viveko nāsti varṇānāṃ mama jāgarakāriṇām || 48 ||
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na kalau pāvanaṃ dhyānaṃ na kalau jāhnavījalam |
na kalau pāvanaṃ jāpyaṃ muktvaikaṃ jāgaraṃ mama || 49 ||
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dvādaśīdivase prāpte ye kurvaṃti hi jāgaram |
te dhanyāste kṛtārthā vai kalikāle na saṃśayaḥ || 50 ||
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na bhūyānmānuṣe loke dvādaśīvimukho naraḥ |
atītānāgatānvā'pi pātayennarake hi saḥ || 51 ||
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varameko guṇairyuktaḥ kiṃ jātairbahubhiḥ sutaiḥ |
dvādaśījāgarātsarvāṃstārayedyo hi pūrvajān || 52 ||
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māhātmyaṃ paṭhate bhaktyā mayoktaṃ jāgarodbhavam |
dvādaśīsaṃbhavaḥ putraḥ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam || 53 ||
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agamyāgamane pāpamabhakṣyasyāpi bhakṣaṇe |
pāpaṃ vilayamāyāti kṛte jāgaraṇe suta || 54 ||
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ajñānādyatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ jñātvā yatpātakaṃ kṛtam |
pūrvajanmārjitaṃ pāpamiha janmani yatkṛtam || 55 ||
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siddhyaṃti sarvakāryāṇi manasā ciṃtitānyapi |
dvādaśyāṃ vai caturvaktra rātrau jāgaraṇe kṛte || 56 ||
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dvādaśījāgareṇaiva muktiṃ gacchaṃti mānavāḥ || 57 ||
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na tatpuṇyaṃ kurukṣetre prayāge vasatāṃ kalau |
māhātmyaṃ vasatāṃ puṃsāṃ yatphalaṃ dvādaśīṣu ca || 58 ||
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nā'śvamedhasahasraistu tīrthakoṭyavagāhanāt |
tatphalaṃ prāpyate putra dvādaśījāgare kṛte || 59 ||
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paṭhedvā śṛṇuyādvā'pi māhātmyaṃ dvādaśībhavam |
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā sa labhecchāśvatīṃ gatim || 60 ||
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sarve duṣṭāḥ samastāśca saumyāstasya sadā grahāḥ |
saṃtaterna viyogastu dvādaśī yasya kāraṇam || 61 ||
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mama kīrtirucirnityaṃ na vipadyeta karhicit |
raṇe rājakule caiva sarvadā vijayī bhavet || 62 ||
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dharmopari matirnityaṃ bhaktirmayi sunirmalā |
pātakaṃ naiva lipyeta dvādaśībhaktito naram || 63 ||
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pretatvaṃ naiva tasyā'sti kṛte jāgaraṇe mama |
ekādaśyā vihīnasya paralokagatirnahi |
tasmātsarvaprayatnena kalau kāryaṃ hi taddinam || 64 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇu saṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmya ekādaśīvratajāgaraṇaphalakathanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 13 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 13

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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