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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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kṛpāsiṃdho mahābhāga sarvavyāpinsureśvara |
kadā hyatra tapastaptaṃ viṣṇunāmitatejasā || 1 ||
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skaṃdāya kathitaṃ caiva śarveṇa ca mahātmanā |
ānupūrvyeṇa sarvaṃ hi kathayasva tvameva hi || 2 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi dharmmāraṇye nṛpottama |
ekadātra tapastaptaṃ viṣṇunā'mitatejasā || 3 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
kathaṃ devasaronāma paṃpā caṃpā gayā tathā |
vārāṇasyadhikā caiva kathamaśvamukho hariḥ || 4 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
atra nārāyaṇo devastapastepe suduṣkaram |
divyavarṣaśataṃ trīṇi jātaḥ suṣṭhvānanaśca saḥ || 5 ||
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tapastepe mahāviṣṇuḥ surūpārthaṃ ca putraka |
vājimukho haristatra siddhasthāne mahādyute || 6 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
kāraṇaṃ brūhi nodya tvamaśvānanaḥ kathaṃ hariḥ |
mahāripośca haṃtā ca devadevo jagatpatiḥ || 7 ||
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yasya nāmnā mahābhāga pātakāni bahūnyapi |
vilīyaṃte tu vegena tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā || 8 ||
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śrūyaṃte yasya karmāṇi adbhutānyadbhutāni vai |
sarveṣāmeva jīvānāṃ kāraṇaṃ parameśvaraḥ || 9 ||
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prāṇarūpeṇa yo devo hayarūpaḥ kadhaṃ bhavet |
sarveṣāmapi taṃtrāṇāmekarūpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 10 ||
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bhaktigamyo dharmabhājāṃ sukharūpaḥ sadā śuciḥ |
guṇātīto'pi nityo'sau sarvago nirguṇastathā || 11 ||
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sraṣṭāsau pālako haṃtā avyaktaḥ sarvadehinām |
anukūlo mahātejāḥ kasmādaśvamukho'bhavat || 12 ||
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yasya romodbhavā devā vṛkṣādyāḥ pannagā nagāḥ |
kalpekalpe jagatsarvaṃ jāyate yasya dehataḥ || 13 ||
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sa eva viśvaprabhavaḥ sa evātyaṃtakāraṇam |
yenānītāḥ punarvidyā yajñāśca pralayaṃ gatāḥ || 14 ||
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ghātito duṣṭadaityo'sau vedārthaṃ kṛta udyamaḥ |
evamāsīnmahāviṣṇuḥ kathamaśvamukho'bhavat || 15 ||
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ratnagarbhā dhṛtā yena pṛṣṭhadeśe ca līlayā |
kṛtyā vyavasthitaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam || 16 ||
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sa devo viśvarūpo vai kathaṃ vājimukho'bhavat |
hiraṇyākṣasya haṃtā yo rūpaṃ kṛtvā varāhajam || 17 ||
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supavitraṃ mahātejāḥ praviśya jalasā gare |
uddhṛtā ca mahī sarvā sasāgaramahīdharā || 18 ||
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uddhṛtā ca mahī nūnaṃ daṃṣṭrāgre yena līlayā |
kṛtvā rūpaṃ varāhaṃ ca kapilaṃ śokanāśanam || 19 ||
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sa devaḥ kathamīśāno hayagrīvatvamāgataḥ |
prahlādārthe sa ceśāno rūpaṃ kṛtvā bhayāvaham || 20 ||
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nārasiṃhaṃ mahādevaṃ sarvaduṣṭanivāraṇam |
parvatāgnisamudrasthaṃ rarakṣa bhaktasattamam || 21 ||
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hiraṇyakaśipuṃ duṣṭaṃ jaghāna rajanīmukhe |
iṃdrāsane ca saṃsthāpya prahlādasya sukhapradam || 22 ||
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prahlādārthe ca vai nūnaṃ nṛsiṃhatvamupāgataḥ |
virocanasutasyāgre yācako'sau bhavettadā || 23 ||
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yajñe caivāśvamedhe vai balinā yaḥ samarcitaḥ |
hṛtā vasumatī tasya tripadīkṛtarodasī || 24 ||
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viśvarūpeṇa vai yena pātāle kṣapito baliḥ |
triḥsaptavāraṃ yenaiva kṣatriyānavanītale || 25 ||
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hatvā'dadācca viprebhyo mahīmatimahaujasā |
ghātito haihayo rājā yenaiva jananī hatā || 26 ||
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yena vai śiśunorvyāṃ hi ghātitā duṣṭacāriṇī |
rākṣasī tāḍakā nāmnī kauśikasya prasādataḥ || 27 ||
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viśvāmitrasya yajñe tu yena līlānṛdehinā |
caturdaśasahasrāṇi ghātitā rākṣasā valāt || 28 ||
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hatā śūrpaṇakhā yena triśirāśca nipātitaḥ |
sugrīvaṃ vālinaṃ hatvā sugrīveṇa sahāyavān || 29 ||
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kṛtvā setuṃ samudrasya raṇe hatvā daśānanam |
dharmmāraṇyaṃ samāsādya brāhmaṇānanvapūjayat || 30 ||
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śāsanaṃ dvijavaryebhyo dattvā grāmānbahūṃstathā |
snātvā caiva dharmmavāpyāṃ sudānānyadadādgavām || 31 ||
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sādhūnāṃ pālanaṃ kṛtvā nigrahāya durātmanām |
evamanyāni karmmāṇi śrutāni ca dharātale || 32 ||
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sa devo līlayā kṛtvā kathaṃ cāśvamukho'bhavat |
yo jāto yādave vaṃśe pūtanāśakaṭādikam || 33 ||
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ariṣṭadaityaḥ keśī ca vṛkāsurabakāsurau |
śakaṭāsuro mahāsura stṛṇāvartaśca dhenukaḥ || 34 ||
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mallaścaiva tathā kaṃso jarāsaṃdhastathaiva ca |
kālayavanasya haṃtā ca kathaṃ vai sa hayānanaḥ |
tārakāsuraṃ raṇe jitvā ayutaṣaṭpuraṃ tathā || 35 ||
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kanyāścodvāhitā yena sahasrāṇi ca ṣaḍ daśa |
amānuṣāṇi kṛtvetthaṃ kathaṃ so'śvamukho'bhavat || 36 ||
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trātā yaḥ sarvabhaktānāṃ haṃtā sarvadurātmanām |
dharmasthāpanakṛtso'pi kalkirviṣṇupade sthitaḥ || 37 ||
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etadvai mahadāścaryyaṃ bhavatā yatprakāśitam |
etadācakṣva me sarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ tripurāṃtaka || 38 ||
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śrīrudra uvāca |
sādhupṛṣṭaṃ mahābāho kāraṇaṃ tasya vacmyaham |
hayagrīvasya kṛṣṇasya śṛṇuṣve kāgramānasaḥ || 39 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
purā devaiḥ samārabdho yajño nūnaṃ dharātale |
vedamaṃtrairāhvayituṃ sarve rudrapurogamāḥ || 40 ||
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vaikuṇṭhe ca gatāḥ sarve kṣīrābdhau ca nijālaye |
pātāle'pi punargatvā na viduḥ kṛṣṇadarśanam || 41 ||
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mohāviṣṭāstataḥ sarve itaścetaśca dhāvitāḥ |
naiva dṛṣṭastadā taistu brahmarūpo janārdanaḥ || 42 ||
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vicārayaṃti te sarve devā indrapurogamāḥ |
kva gato'sau mahāviṣṇuḥ kenopāyena dṛśyate || 43 ||
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praṇamya śirasā devaṃ vāgīśaṃ procurādarāt |
devadeva mahāviṣṇuṃ kathayasva prasādataḥ || 44 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
na jāne kena kāryeṇa yogārūḍho mahātmavān |
yogarūpo'bhavadviṣṇuryogīśo hariracyutaḥ || 45 ||
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kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā svamātmānaṃ dhiṣaṇena khyāpito hariḥ |
tatra sarve gatā devā yatra devo jagatpatiḥ || 46 ||
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tadā dṛṣṭo mahāviṣṇurdhyānastho'sau janārdanaḥ |
dhyātvā kṛtyasamākāraṃ saśaraṃ daityasūdanam || 47 ||
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samāsthānaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā bodhopāyaṃ pracakrame |
āha tāṃśca tadā vamryo dhanurguṇaṃ prayatnataḥ |
chetsyaṃti cettacchabdena prabudhyeta hariḥ svayam || 48 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
guṇabhakṣaṃ kurudhvaṃ vai yenāsau budhyate hariḥ |
kratvarthino vayaṃ vamryaḥ prabhuṃ vijñāpayāmahe || 49 ||
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vamryaḥ ūcuḥ |
nidrābhaṃgaṃ kathācchedaṃ dampatyormaitrabhedanam |
śiśumātṛvibhedaṃ vā kurvāṇo narakaṃ vrajet || 50 ||
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yogārūḍho jagannāthaḥ samādhistho mahābalaḥ |
tasya śrījagadīśasya vighnaṃ naiva tu kurmahe || 51 ||
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brahmovāca |
bhavatāṃ sarvabhakṣatvaṃ devakāryaṃ kriyeta cet |
karttavyaṃ ca tato vamryo yajñasiddhiryathā bhavet |
vamrīśā sā tadā vatsa punarevamuvāca ha || 52 ||
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vamryuvāca |
duḥkhasādhyo jagannātho malayānilasaṃnibhaḥ |
kathaṃ vā bodhyatāṃ bahmannasmābhiḥ surapūjitaḥ || 53 ||
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naiva yajñena me kāryaṃ suraiścaiva tathaiva ca |
sarveṣu yajñakāryeṣu bhāgaṃ dadatu me surāḥ || 54 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
pradāsyāmo vayaṃ vamryai bhāgaṃ yajñeṣu sarvadā |
yajñāya dattamasmābhiḥ kuruṣvaivaṃ vaco hi naḥ || 55 ||
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tatheti vidhināpyuktaṃ vamrī codyamamāśritā |
guṇabhakṣādikaṃ karma tayā sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ nṛpa || 56 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
asya vā bodhane devā guṇabhaṃge samādhiṣu |
etadāścaryaṃ viprarṣe satyaṃ satyavatīsuta || 57 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
vyagracittāḥ surāḥ sarve ākṛṣṭaṃ harikārmu kam |
na jāne kena kāryeṇa viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ || 58 ||
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muditāstāḥ pramuñcaṃti valmīkaṃ cāgrato hareḥ |
koṭipārśve tato nītaṃ valmīkaṃ parvatopamam || 59 ||
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guṇe ca bhakṣite tasmiṃstakṣaṇādeva dūṣite |
jyāghātakoṭibhiḥ sārddhaṃ śīrṣaṃ chittvā divaṃ gatam || 60 ||
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gate śīrṣe ca te devā bhṛśamu dvignamānasāḥ |
dhāvaṃti sarvataḥ sarve śiraālokanāya te || 61 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 14

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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