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 23
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śivaśarmovāca |
satyalokeśvara vidhe sarveṣāṃ prapitāmaha |
kiṃcidvijñaptukāmosmi na bhayādvaktumutsahe || 1 ||
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brahmovāca |
yattvaṃ praṣṭumanā vipra jñātaṃ te tanmanogatam |
pipṛcchiṣustvaṃ nirvāṇaṃ gaṇau tatkathayiṣyataḥ || 2 ||
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netayorviṣṇugaṇayoragocaramihāsti hi |
sarvametau vijānīto yatkiṃcidbrahmago lake || 3 ||
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ityuktvā satkṛtāste vai brahmaṇā bhagavadgaṇāḥ |
praṇamya lokakartāraṃ te'pi hṛṣṭāḥ pratasthire || 4 ||
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punaḥ svayānamāruhya vaikuṃṭhamabhito yayuḥ |
gacchatāpi punastatra dvijenāpṛcchitau gaṇau || 5 ||
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śivaśarmovāca |
kiyaddūre vayaṃ prāptā gaṃtavyaṃ ca kiyatpunaḥ |
pṛcchāmyanyacca vāṃ bhadrau brūtaṃ prītyā tadapyaho || 6 ||
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kāṃcyavaṃtī dvāravatī kāśyayodhyā ca paṃcamī |
māyāpurī ca mathurā puryaḥ sapta vimuktidāḥ || 7 ||
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vihāya ṣaṭpurīścānyāḥ kāśyāmevapratiṣṭhitā |
muktirviśvasṛjā tatkiṃ mama muktirna saṃprati || 8 ||
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iti sarvaṃ mama puraḥ prasādādvaktumarhatam |
iti tadvākyamākarṇya gaṇāvūcaturādarāt || 9 ||
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gaṇāvūcatuḥ |
yathārthaṃ kathayāvaste yatpṛṣṭaṃ bhavatānagha |
viṣṇuprasādājjānīvo bhūtaṃbhāvibhavattathā || 10 ||
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viprāvabhāsate yāvatkiraṇaiḥ puṣpavaṃtayoḥ |
tāvatībhūḥ samuddiṣṭā sasamudrādri kānanā || 11 ||
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viyacca tāvadupari vistāraparimaṃḍalam |
yojanānāṃ ca niyute bhūmerbhānurvyavasthitaḥ || 12 ||
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bhānoḥ sakāśādupari lakṣe lakṣyaḥ kṣapākaraḥ |
nakṣatradhaṃ ḍalaṃ somāllakṣayojanamucchritam || 13 ||
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uḍumaṃḍalataḥ saumya upariṣṭāddvilakṣataḥ |
dvilakṣe tu budhācchukraḥ śukrādbhaumo dvilakṣake || 14 ||
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māheyādupariṣṭācca surejyo niyutadvaye |
dvilakṣayojanotsedhaḥ saurirdevapurohitāt || 15 ||
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daśāyutasamucchrāyaṃ saureḥ saptarṣimaṃḍalam |
saptarṣibhyaḥ sahasrāṇāṃ śatādūrdhvaṃ dhruvasthitaḥ || 16 ||
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pādagamyaṃ hi yatkiṃcidvastvasti dharaṇītale |
tadbhūrloka iti khyātaḥ sābdhidvīpādrikānanam || 17 ||
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bhūrlokācca bhuvarloko bradhnāvadhirudāhṛtaḥ |
ādityādādhruvaṃ vipra svarloka iti gīyate || 18 ||
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maharlokaḥ kṣiterūrdhvamekakoṭipramāṇataḥ |
koṭidvaye tu saṃkhyāto jano bhūrlokato janaiḥ || 19 ||
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catuṣkoṭipramāṇastu tapoloko'sti bhūtalāt |
upariṣṭātkṣiteraṣṭau koṭayaḥ satyamīritam || 20 ||
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satyādupari vaikuṃṭho yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ |
bhūrlokātparisaṃkhyātaḥ koṭiṣoḍaśasaṃmitaḥ || 21 ||
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yatrāste śrīpatiḥ sākṣātsarveṣāmabhayapradaḥ |
tatastu ṣoḍaśaguṇaḥ kailāso'sti śivālayaḥ || 22 ||
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pārvatyā sahitaḥ śaṃbhurgajāsya skaṃda naṃdibhiḥ |
yatra tiṣṭhati viśveśaḥ sakalaḥ sa paraḥ smūtaḥ || 23 ||
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tasya devasya khelo'yaṃ svalīlā mūrtidhāriṇaḥ |
sa viśveśa iti khyāta stasyājñākṛdidaṃ jagat || 24 ||
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sarveṣāṃ śāsakaścāsau tasya śāstā na cāparaḥ |
svayaṃ sṛjati bhūtāni svayaṃ pāti tathātti ca || 25 ||
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sarvajña ekaḥ sa proktaḥ svecchādhīna viceṣṭitaḥ |
tasya pravatarkaḥ kopi nahi naiva nivartakaḥ || 26 ||
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amūrtaṃ yatparaṃ brahma samūrtaṃ śruticoditam |
sarvavyāpi sadā nityaṃ satyaṃ dvaitavivarjitam || 27 ||
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sarvebhyaḥ kāraṇebhyaśca parātparataraṃ param |
ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śrutayo yatpracakṣate || 28 ||
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saṃvidaṃ tena yaṃ vedā viṣṇurveda na vai vidhiḥ |
yato vāco nivartaṃte hyaprāpya manasā saha || 29 ||
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svayaṃvedyaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ sarvasya hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ |
yogigamyastvanākhyeyo yaḥ pramāṇaikagocaraḥ || 30 ||
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nānārūpopyarūpo yaḥ sarvagopi na gocaraḥ |
anaṃtopyaṃtaka vapuḥ sarvavitkarmavarjitaḥ || 31 ||
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tasyedamaiśvaraṃ rūpaṃ khaṃḍacaṃdrāvataṃsakam |
tamālaśyāmalagalaṃ sphuradbhālavilocanam || 32 ||
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lasadvāmārdhanārīkaṃ kṛtaśeṣaśubhāṃgadam |
gaṃgātaraṃgasatsaṃga sadādhautajaṭātaṭam || 33 ||
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smarāṃgarajaḥpuṃja pūjitāvayavojjvalam |
vicitragātravidhṛtamahāvyālavibhūṣaṇam || 34 ||
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mahokṣasyaṃdanagamaṃ virutājagavāyudham |
gajājinottarāsaṃgaṃ daśārdhavadanaṃ śubham || 35 ||
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uttrāsita mahāmṛtyu mahābalagaṇāvṛtam |
śaraṇārthikṛtatrāṇaṃ nata nirvāṇakāraṇam |
manorathapathātītaṃ varadānaparāyaṇam || 36 ||
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tasya tattvasvarūpasya rūpātītasya bho dvija |
parāvare rudrarūpe sarvevyāpyāvatiṣṭhata || 37 ||
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nirākāropi sākāraḥ śiva eva hi kāraṇama |
muktaye bhuktaye vāpi na śivānmokṣado paraḥ || 38 ||
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yathā tenākhilaṃ hyetatpārvatīpatisātkṛtama |
idaṃ carācaraṃ sarvaṃ dṛśyādṛśyamarūpiṇā || 39 ||
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tathā mṛḍānīkāṃtena viṣṇusādakhilaṃjagata |
vidhāya krīḍyate vipra nityaṃ svacchaṃda līlayā || 40 ||
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yathāśivastathā viṣṇuryathāviṣṇustathā śivaḥ |
aṃtaraṃ śivaviṣṇvośca manāgapi na vidyate || 41 ||
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āhūya pūrvaṃ brahmādīnsamastāndevatāgaṇān |
vidyādharoragādīṃśca siddhagaṃdharvacāraṇān || 42 ||
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nijasiṃhāsanasamaṃ kṛtvā siṃhāsanaṃ śubham |
upaveśya hariṃ tatra cchatraṃ kṛtvā manoharam || 43 ||
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ślakṣṇaṃ koṭiśalākaṃ ca viśvakarmavinirmitam |
pāṃḍuraṃ ratnadaṃḍaṃ ca sthūlamuktāvalaṃbitam || 44 ||
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kalaśena vicitreṇa hyupariṣṭādvirājitam |
sahasrayojanāyāmaṃ sarvaratnamayaṃ śubham || 45 ||
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paṭṭasūtramayairamyaiścāmaraiśca pariṣkṛtam |
rājābhiṣekayogyaiśca dravyaiḥ sarvauṣadhādibhiḥ || 46 ||
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pratyakṣatīrthapāthobhiḥ paṃcakuṃbhairmanoharaiḥ |
siddhārthākṣatadūrvābhirmaṃtraiḥ svayamupasthitaiḥ || 47 ||
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devānāṃ ca tatharṣīṇāṃ siddhānāṃ phaṇināmapi |
ānīya maṃgalakarāḥ kanyāḥ ṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa || 48 ||
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vīṇāmṛdaṃgābjabherī maru ḍiṃḍimajharjharaiḥ |
ānakaiḥ kāṃsyatālādyai rvādyairlalitagāyanaiḥ || 49 ||
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brahmaghoṣamahārāvairāpūritanabhoṃgaṇe |
śubhe tithau śubhe lagne tārācaṃdrabalānvite || 50 ||
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ābaddhamukuṭaṃ ramyaṃ kṛtakautukamaṃgalam |
mṛḍānīkṛtaśṛṃgāraṃ suśriyā suśriyāyutam || 51 ||
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abhiṣicya maheśena svayaṃ brahmāṃḍamaṃḍape |
dattaṃ samastamaiśvaryaṃ yannijaṃ nānyagāmi ca || 52 ||
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tatastuṣṭāva deveśaḥ pramathaiḥ saha śārṅgiṇam |
brahmāṇaṃ lokakartāramuvāca ca vacastvidam || 53 ||
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mama vaṃdyastvayaṃ viṣṇuḥ praṇamatvamamuṃ harim |
ityuktvātha svayaṃ rudro nanāma garuḍadhvajam || 54 ||
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tato gaṇeśvaraiḥ sarvaiṃrbrahmaṇā ca marudgaṇaiḥ |
yogibhiḥ sanakādyaiśca siddhairdevarṣibhistathā || 55 ||
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vidyādharaiḥ sagaṃdharvairyakṣarakṣopsarogaṇaiḥ |
guhyakaiścāraṇairbhūtaiḥ śeṣa vāsuki takṣakaiḥ || 56 ||
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patatribhiḥ kiṃnaraiśca sarvaiḥ sthāvarajaṃgamaiḥ |
tato jayajayetyuktvā namostviti namostviti || 57 ||
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tatoharirmaheśena saṃsadi dyusadāṃ tadā |
etairmahāravai ramyaiścānarci paramārciṣā || 58 ||
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tvaṃ kartā sarvabhūtānāṃ pātā hartā tvameva ca |
tvameva jagatāṃ pūjyastvameva jagadīśvaraḥ || 59 ||
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dātā dharmārthakāmānāṃ śāstā durnayakāriṇām |
ajeyastvaṃ ca saṃgrāme mamāpi hi bhaviṣyasi || 60 ||
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icchāśaktiḥ kriyāśaktirjñānaśaktistathottamā |
śaktitrayamidaṃ viṣṇo gṛhāṇa prāpitaṃ mayā || 61 ||
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tvaddveṣṭāro hare nūnaṃ mayā śāsyāḥ prayatnataḥ |
tvadbhaktānāṃ mayā viṣṇo deyaṃ nirvāṇamuttamam || 62 ||
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māyāṃ cāpi gṛhāṇemāṃ duṣpraṇodyāṃ surāsuraiḥ |
yayā saṃmohitaṃ viśvamakiṃcijjñaṃ bhaviṣyati || 63 ||
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vāmabāhurmadīyastvaṃ dakṣiṇosau pitāmahaḥ |
asyāpi hi vidheḥ pātā janitāpi bhaviṣyasi || 64 ||
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vaikuṃṭhaiśvaryamāsādya hareritthaṃ haraḥ svayam |
kailāse pramathaiḥ sārdhaṃ svairaṃ krīḍatyumāpatiḥ || 65 ||
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tadā prabhṛti devosau śārṅgadhanvā gadādharaḥ |
trailokyamakhilaṃ śāsti dānavāṃtakaro hariḥ || 66 ||
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iti te kathitā vipra lokānāṃ ca paristhitiḥ |
idānīṃ kathayiṣyāvastavanirvāṇa kāraṇam || 67 ||
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idaṃ tu paramākhyānaṃ śṛṇuyādyaḥ samāhitaḥ |
svarlokamabhigamyātha kāśyāṃ nirvāṇamāpnuyāt || 68 ||
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yajñotsave vivāhe ca maṃgaleṣvakhileṣvapi |
rājyābhiṣeka samaye devasthāpanakarmaṇi || 69 ||
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sarvādhikāradāneṣu navaveśmapraveśane |
paṭhitavyaṃ prayatnena tatkārya parisiddhaye || 70 ||
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aputro labhate putramadhano dhanavānbhavet |
vyādhito mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta baṃdhanāt || 71 ||
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japyametatprayatnena satataṃ maṃgalārthinā |
amaṃgalānāṃ śamanaṃ haranārāyaṇapriyama || 72 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe caturbhujābhiṣeko nāma trayoviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 23 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 23
The Skanda-Purana
by G. V. Tagare (2007)
(23 Volumes) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)
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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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