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 8
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lopāmudrovāca |
jīviteśa kathāmetāṃ puṇyāṃ puṇyapurīśritām |
na tṛptimadhigacchāmi śrutvā tvacchrīmukheritām || 1 ||
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māyāpuryāṃ muktipuryāṃ śivaśarmā dvijottamaḥ |
mṛtopi mokṣaṃ naivāpa brūhi tatkāraṇaṃ vibho || 2 ||
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agastya uvāca |
sākṣanmokṣo na caitāsu purīṣu priyabhāṣiṇi |
puroddiśyāmumevārthamitihāso mayāśrutaḥ || 3 ||
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śṛṇu kāṃte vicitrārthāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm |
puṇyaśīlasuśīlābhyāṃ kathitāṃ śivaśarmaṇe || 4 ||
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śivaśarmovāca |
ayi viṣṇugaṇau puṇyau puṃḍarīkadalekṣaṇau |
kiṃcidvijñaptukāmohaṃ pravṛddhakarasaṃpuṭaḥ || 5 ||
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na nāma yuvayorvedmi vedmyākṛtyā ca kiṃcana |
puṇyaśīlasuśīlākhyau yuvāṃ bhavitumarhathaḥ || 6 ||
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gaṇā vūcatuḥ |
bhagavadbhaktiyuktānāṃ kimajñātaṃ bhavādṛśām |
etadeva hi nau nāma yaduktaṃ śrīmatā tvayā || 7 ||
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yadanyadapi te citte praṣṭavyaṃ tadaśaṃkitam |
saṃpṛcchasva mahāprājña prītyā tatprabravāvahe || 8 ||
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iti śrutvā sa vacanaṃ bhagavadgaṇabhāṣitam |
atiprītikaraṃ hṛdyaṃ tatastau pratyuvāca ha || 9 ||
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divya dvija uvāca |
ka eṣa loko 'lpaśrīkaḥ svalpapuṇyajanākṛtiḥ |
ka ime vikṛtākārā brūtametanmamāgrataḥ || 10 ||
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gaṇāvūcatuḥ |
ayaṃ piśācalokotra vasaṃti piśitāśanāḥ |
dattvānutāpabhājo ye nono kṛtvā dadatyapi || 11 ||
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śivaṃ prasaṃgatobhyarcya sakṛttvaśucicetasaḥ |
alpapuṇyālpalakṣmī kāḥ piśācāsta ime sakhe || 12 ||
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tato gacchandadarśāgre hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtam |
picaṃḍilaiḥ sthūlavaktrairmeghagaṃbhīraniḥsvanaiḥ || 13 ||
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lokairapyuṣitaṃ lokaṃ śyāmalāṃgaiśca lomaśaiḥ |
gaṇau kathayatāṃ kemī ko lokaḥ puṇyataḥ kutaḥ || 14 ||
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gaṇāvūcatuḥ |
guhyakānāmayaṃ lokastvete vai guhyakāḥ smṛtāḥ |
nyāyenopārjya vittāni gūhayaṃti ca ye bhuvi || 15 ||
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svamārgagādhanāḍhyāśca śūdraprāyāḥ kuṭuṃbinaḥ |
saṃvibhajya ca bhoktāraḥ krodhāsūyāvivarjitāḥ || 16 ||
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na tithiṃ naiva vāraṃ ca saṃkrātyādi na parva ca |
nādharmaṃ na ca dharmaṃ ca vidaṃtyete sadā sukhāḥ || 17 ||
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ekameva hi jānaṃti kulapūjyo hi yo dvijaḥ |
tasmai gāḥ saṃprayacchaṃti manyaṃte tadvacaḥsphuṭam || 18 ||
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samṛddhibhājohyatrāpi tena puṇyena guhyakāḥ |
bhuṃjate svargasaukhyāni devavaccākutobhayāḥ || 19 ||
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tato vilokayāmāsa lokaṃ locanaśarmadam |
ke'mī janāstvasau lokaḥ kiṃnāmā vadatāṃ gaṇau || 20 ||
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gaṇāvūcatuḥ |
gāṃdharvastveṣaloko'mī gaṃdharvāśca śubhavratāḥ |
devānāṃ gāyanādyete cāraṇāḥ stutipāṭhakāḥ || 21 ||
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gītajñā atigītena toṣayaṃti narādhipān |
stuvaṃti ca dhanāḍhyāṃśca dhanalobhena mohitā || 22 ||
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rājñāṃ prasādalabdhāni suvāsāṃsi dhanānyapi |
dravyāṇyapi sugaṃdhīni karpūrādīnyanekaśaḥ || 23 ||
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brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchaṃti gītaṃ gāyaṃtyaharniśam |
śrutāveva manasteṣāṃ nāṭyaśāstrakṛtaśramāḥ || 24 ||
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tena puṇyena gāṃdharvo lokastveṣāṃ viśiṣyate |
brāhmaṇāstoṣitā yadvai gītavidyārjitairdhanaiḥ || 25 ||
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gītavidyāprabhāvena devarṣirnārado mahān |
mānyo vaiṣṇavaloke vai śrīśaṃbhoścātivallabhaḥ || 26 ||
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tuṃbururnā radaścobhau devānāmatidurlabhau |
nādarūpī śivaḥ sākṣānnādatattvavidau hi tau || 27 ||
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yadi gītaṃ kvacidgītaṃ śrīmaddhariharāṃtike |
mokṣastu tatphalaṃ prāhuḥ sā nnidhyamathavā tayoḥ || 28 ||
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gītajño yadi gītena nāpnoti paramaṃ padam |
rudrasyānucaro bhūtvā tenaiva saha modate || 29 ||
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asmiṃlloke sadā kālaṃ smṛtire ṣā pragīyate |
tadgītamālayā pūjyau devau hariharau sadā || 30 ||
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iti śṛṇvankṣaṇātprāpa punaranyanmanoharam |
śivaśarmātha papraccha kiṃ saṃjñaṃ nagaraṃ tvidam || 31 ||
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gaṇāvūcatuḥ |
asau vaidyādharo loko nānā vidyā viśāradāḥ |
ete vidyārthināmannamupānadvastrakaṃbalam || 32 ||
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auṣadhānyapi yacchaṃ ti tatpīḍāśamanāni hi |
nānākalāḥ śikṣayaṃti vidyāgarvavivarjitāḥ || 33 ||
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śiṣyaṃ putreṇa paśyaṃti vastra tāṃbūla bhojanaiḥ |
alaṃkṛtāśca satkanyā dharmā dudvāhayaṃti ca || 34 ||
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abhilāṣadhiyā nityaṃ pūjayaṃtīṣṭadevatāḥ |
etaḥ puṇyairvasaṃtīha vidyādhara varā ime || 35 ||
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yāvaditthaṃ kathāṃ cakrustāvatsaṃyaminīpatiḥ |
dharmarājobhisaṃprāpto devaduṃdubhi niḥsvanaiḥ || 36 ||
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somyamūrtirvimānastho dharmajñaiḥ parivāritaḥ |
sevākarmasu caturairbhṛtyaistricaturaiḥ saha || 37 ||
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dharmarāja uvāca |
sādhusādhu mahābuddhe śivaśarmandvijottama |
kulocitaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ bhavatā pratipāditam || 38 ||
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vedābhyāsaḥ kṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ guravaścāpi toṣitāḥ |
dharmaśāstrapurāṇe ṣu dṛṣṭo dharmastvayā'dṛtaḥ || 39 ||
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kṣālitaṃ muktipuryadbhirāśugaṃtṛśarīrakam |
kovido'sti bhavāneva jīvite jīvitetare || 40 ||
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kalevaraṃ pūtigaṃdhi sadaivāśucibhājanam |
sutīrthapuṇya paṇyena samyagvinimitaṃ tvayā || 41 ||
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ataevāhi pāṃḍityamādriṃyate vicakṣaṇāḥ |
ahaḥkṣepaṃ na kṣipaṃti kṣaṇamekaṃ hi te budhāḥ || 42 ||
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nimeṣānpaṃcapānmartye prāṇaṃti prāṇino dhruvam |
tatrāpi na pravarteyuraghakarmaṇi garhite || 43 ||
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sthirāpāyaḥ sadā kāyo na dhanaṃ nidhane'vati |
tanmūḍhaḥ prauḍhakārye kiṃ na yateta bhavāniva || 44 ||
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satvaraṃ gatvaraṃ cāyurlokaḥ śokasamākulaḥ |
tasmāddharme matiḥ kāryā bhavateva sudhārmikaiḥ || 45 ||
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satkarmaṇo vipāko'yaṃ tava vaṃdyau mamāpyaho |
yadetau bhagavadbhaktau sakhitvaṃ bhavato gatau || 46 ||
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mamājñā dīyatāṃ tasmātsāhāyyaṃ karavāṇi kim |
yatkartavyaṃ mādṛśaiste tatkṛtaṃ bhavataivahi || 47 ||
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adya dhanyatarosmīha yaddṛṣṭau bhagavadgaṇau |
sevā sadaiva me jñāpyā śrīmaccaraṇasannidhau || 48 ||
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tataḥ prasthāpitastābhyāṃ prāviśatsvapurīṃ yamaḥ |
aprākṣīcca tato viprastau gaṇau prasthite yame || 49 ||
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śivaśarmovāca |
sākṣādayaṃ dharmarājo nanu saumyatarākṛtiḥ |
dharmyāṇyeva vacāṃsyasya manaḥ prītikarāṇi ca || 50 ||
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purī saṃyamanī seyamatīva śubhalakṣaṇā |
ākarṇya yasya nāmāpi pāpino'tīva bibhyati || 51 ||
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yamarūpaṃ varṇa yaṃti martyaloke'nyathā janāḥ |
anyathā'yaṃ mayā dṛṣṭo brūtaṃ tatkāraṇaṃ gaṇau || 52 ||
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kena paśyaṃtyamuṃ lokaṃ nivasaṃti tathātra ke |
idamevāsya kiṃ rūpaṃ kiṃ cānyacca nivedyatām || 53 ||
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gaṇāvūcatuḥ |
śṛṇu saumya susaumyo'sau dṛśyatetra bhavādṛśaiḥ |
dharmamūrtiḥ prakṛtyaiva niḥśaṃkaiḥ puṇyarāśibhiḥ || 54 ||
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ayameva hi piṃgākṣaḥ krodharaktāṃtalocanaḥ |
daṃṣṭrākarālavadano vidyullalanabhīṣaṇaḥ || 55 ||
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ūrdhvakeśo'tikṛṣṇāṃgaḥ pralayāṃbudaniḥsvanaḥ |
kāladaṃḍodyatakaro bhukuṭī kuṭilānanaḥ || 56 ||
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ānayainaṃ pātayainaṃ badhānāmuṃca durdama |
ghātayainaṃ sudurvṛttaṃ mūrdhni tīvramayoghanaiḥ || 57 ||
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ātāḍayainaṃ durvṛttaṃ dhṛtvā pādau śilātale |
utpāṭayāsya netre tvaṃ nidhāya caraṇaṃ gale || 58 ||
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etasya gallāvutphullau kṣureṇāśuvi pāṭaya |
pāśena kaṃṭhaṃ baddhāsya samullaṃbaya bhūruhe || 59 ||
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vidārayāsya mūrdhānaṃ karapatreṇa dāruvat |
pārṣṇighātairghnatāsyāsyaṃ samuccūrṇaya dāruṇaiḥ || 60 ||
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paradāraprasṛmaraṃ karaṃ chiṃdhyasya pāpinaḥ |
paradāragṛhaṃ yātuḥ pādau cāsya vikhaṃḍaya || 61 ||
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sūcībhī romakūpeṣu tanuṃ vyadhihi sarvataḥ |
dātuḥ parakalatrāṃge nakhapaṃktī durātmanaḥ || 62 ||
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paradāramukhāghrāturmukhe niṣṭhīvayāsya hi |
vaktuḥ parāpavādasya kīlaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ mukhe kṣipa || 63 ||
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bharjayainaṃ caṇakavattaptavāluka karparaiḥ |
bhrāṣṭre vikaṭavaktratvaṃ parasaṃtāpakāriṇam || 64 ||
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doṣāropaṃ sadākarturadoṣe krūralocana |
nimajjayāsya vadanaṃ pūyaśoṇitakardame || 65 ||
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adattaparavastūnāṃ gṛhṇataḥ karapallavam |
āplutyāplutya tailena taptāṃgāre pacotkaṭa || 66 ||
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apavādaṃ gurorvakturniṃdākartuḥ suparvaṇām |
taptalohaśalākāśca mukhe bhīṣaṇa nikṣipa || 67 ||
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paramarma spṛśaścāsya paracchidraprakāśituḥ |
sutaptāyomayāñcchaṃkūnsarvasaṃdhiṣu ropaya || 68 ||
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anye na dīyamāne sve niṣeddhuḥpāpakāriṇaḥ |
ācchettuḥ paravṛttīnāṃ jihvāṃ chiṃdhyasya durmukha || 69 ||
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devasvabhoktuḥ kroḍāsya brāhmaṇasvasyabhojinaḥ |
vidāryodaramasyāśu viṭkīṭaiḥ paripūraya || 70 ||
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na devārthe na viprārthe nātithyarthe pacetkvacit |
tamamuṃ svārthapaktāraṃ kuṃbhīpāke pacāṃdhaka || 71 ||
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ugrāsya śiśuhaṃtāramamuṃ viśraṃbhaghātinam |
kṛtaghnaṃ naya vegena mahāraurava rauravam || 72 ||
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brahmaghnaṃ cāṃdhatāmisre surāpaṃ pūyaśoṇite |
kālasūtre hemacauramavīcau gurutalpagam || 73 ||
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tatsaṃsargiṇamāvarṣamasipatravane tathā |
etānmahāpātakinastaptatailakaṭāhake || 74 ||
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āplutyāplutya durdaṃṣṭrakākolairlohatuṃḍakaiḥ |
saṃtodyamānānpāpiṣṭhānnityaṃ kalpaṃ nivāsaya || 75 ||
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strīghnaṃ goghnaṃ ca mitraghnaṃ kūṭaśālmalipādape |
ullaṃbaya ciraṃkālamūrdhvapādamadhomukham || 76 ||
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tvacamasya ca saṃdaṃśaistroṭaya tvaṃ mahābhuja |
āśleṣiturmitrapatnyā bhujāvutpāṭayā śuca || 77 ||
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jvālākīle mahāghore narake'muṃ ni pātaya |
yo vahninā dāhayati parakṣetraṃ parālayam || 78 ||
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kālakūṭe ca garadaṃ kūṭasākṣyābhivādinam |
mānakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ kaṃṭhamoṭe nipātaya || 79 ||
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lālāpibeca duṣprekṣya tīrthāsuṣṭhīvinaṃ naya |
āmapāke ca garbhaghnaṃ śūlapāke'nyatāpinam || 80 ||
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rasavikrayiṇaṃ vipramikṣuyaṃtre prapīḍaya |
prajāpīḍākaraṃ bhūpamaṃdhakūpe nipātaya || 81 ||
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gotilāṃśca turaṃgāṃśca vikretāraṃ dvijādhamam |
mātulānyāḥ surāyāśca vikretāraṃ halāyudha || 82 ||
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musalolūkhale vaiśyaṃ kaṃḍayainaṃ punaḥpunaḥ |
śūdraṃ dvijāvamaṃtāraṃ dvijāgre maṃcasevinam || 83 ||
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adhomukhe ca narake dīrghagrīvaprapīḍya || 84 ||
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śūdraṃ brāhmaṇajetāraṃ vaiśyaṃ bāhmaṇamāninam |
kṣatriyaṃ yājakaṃ cāpi vipraṃ vedavivarjitam || 85 ||
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lākṣālavaṇamāṃsānāṃ satailaviṣasarpiṣām |
āyudhekṣuvikārāṇāṃ vikretāraṃ dvijādhamam || 86 ||
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pāśapāṇekaśāpāṇe baddhvaitāṃścaraṇedṛḍham |
ghātayaṃtau kaśāghātairnayataṃ taptakardame || 87 ||
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imāṃ striyaṃ śleṣayāśu puṃścalīṃ kulakalmaṣām |
tenopapatinā sārdhaṃ taptāyasamayena ca || 88 ||
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svayaṃ gṛhītvā niyamaṃ yastyajedajiteṃdriyaḥ |
taṃ prāpaya durādharṣaṃ bahubhramaradaṃśake || 89 ||
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ityādijalpandurvṛttaiḥ śrūyate dūrato yamaḥ |
svakarmaśaṃkitaiḥ pāpai rdṛśyateti bhayaṃkaraḥ || 90 ||
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ye prajāḥ pālayaṃtīha putrāneva nijaurasān |
daṃḍayaṃti ca dharmeṇa bhūpāste'sya sabhāsadaḥ || 91 ||
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varṇāśramāśca yadrāṣṭre 'nutiṣṭhaṃti nijāṃ kriyām |
kālenāpannanidhanā bhūpāste'sya sabhāsadaḥ || 92 ||
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naiva dīno na durvṛtto nāpadgrasto na śokabhāk |
yeṣāṃ rāṣṭre pradṛśyaṃte bhūpāste'sya sabhāsadaḥ || 93 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ svadharma niratāḥ sadā |
anyepi ye saṃyaminaḥ saṃyaminyāṃ vasaṃti te || 94 ||
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uśīnaraḥ sudhanvā ca vṛṣaparvā jayadrathaḥ |
rajiḥ sahasrajitkukṣirdṛḍhadhanvā ripuṃjayaḥ || 95 ||
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yuvanāśvo daṃtavaktro nābhāgo ripumaṃgalaḥ |
karaṃdhamo dharmasenaḥ paramardaḥ parāṃtakaḥ || 96 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavo rājāno nītivartinaḥ |
dharmādharmavicārajñāḥ sudharmāyāṃ samāsate || 97 ||
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anyacca te pravakṣyāvo yena paśyaṃti bhāskarim |
daṃḍapāśodyatakarāndūtānugrānanānkvacit || 9 ||
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goviṃdamādhavamukuṃda haremurāre śaṃbho śiveśa śaśiśekhara śūlapāṇe |
dāmodarācyuta janārdana vāsudeva tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 99 ||
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gaṃgādharāṃdhakaripo haranīlakaṃṭha vaikuṃṭha kaiṭabharipo kamaṭhābjapāṇe |
bhūteśakhaṃḍaparaśomṛḍacaṃḍikeśa tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 100 ||
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viṣṇonṛsiṃhamadhusūdanacakrapāṇe gaurīpate giriśa śaṃkara caṃdracūḍa |
nārāyaṇāsuranibarhaṇaśārṅgapāṇe tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 1 ||
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mṛtyuṃjayograviṣamekṣaṇakāmaśatro śrīkāṃtapītavasanāṃbuda nīlaśaure |
īśānakṛttivasanatridaśaikanātha tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 2 ||
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lakṣmīpate madhuripo puruṣottamādyaśrīkaṃṭhadigvasana śāṃtapinākapāṇe |
ānaṃdakaṃda dharaṇīdhara padmanābha tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanati || 3 ||
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sarveśvara tripurasūdana devadeva brahmaṇyadevagaruḍadhvaja śaṃkhapāṇe |
tryakṣoragābharaṇabālamṛgāṃkamaule tyajyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 4 ||
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śrīrāmarāghavarameśvararāvaṇāre bhūteśamanmatharipo pramathādhinātha |
cāṇūramardanahṛṣīkapatemurāre tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanati || 5 ||
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śūlingirīśa rajanīśa kalāvataṃ sakaṃsapraṇāśana sanātanakeśināśa |
bhargatrinetrabhavabhūtapate purāre tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 6 ||
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gopīpate yadupate vasudevasūno karpūragauravṛṣabhadhvajabhālanetra |
govardhanoddharaṇadharmadhurīṇagopa tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 7 ||
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sthāṇo trilocana pinākadharasmarāre kṛṣṇāniruddhakamalākarakalmaṣāre |
viśveśvara tripathagārdrajaṭākalāpa tyājyā bhaṭāya iti saṃtatamāmanaṃti || 8 ||
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aṣṭottarādhikaśatenasucārunāmnāṃ saṃdarbhitāṃ lalitaratnakadaṃbakena |
sannāyakāṃ dṛḍhaguṇāṃ ddhijakaṃṭhagāṃ yaḥ kuryādimāṃ srajamaho sa yamaṃ na paśyet || 9 ||
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itthaṃ dvijeṃdra nijabhṛtyagaṇānsadaiva saṃśikṣayedavanigānsa hi dharmarājaḥ |
anyepi ye hariharāṃkadharā dharāyāṃ te dūrataḥ punaraho parivarjanīyāḥ || 110 ||
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agastiruvāca |
yo dharmarājaracitāṃ lalitaprabaṃdhāṃ nāmāvaliṃ sakalakalmaṣabījahaṃtrīm |
dhīrotra kaustubhabhṛtaḥ śaśibhūṣaṇasya nityaṃ japetstanarasaṃ sa pibenna mātuḥ || 11 ||
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iti śṛṇvankathāṃ ramyāṃ śivaśarmāpriye'naghāma |
prahṛṣṭavaktraḥ purato dadarśāpsarasāpurīm || 112 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasyā saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe yamalokavarṇanaṃnāmā'ṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ || 8 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 8
The Skanda-Purana
by G. V. Tagare (2007)
(23 Volumes) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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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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Skanda Mahapurana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)
સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)
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Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)
(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur
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