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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| sanatkumāra uvāca |
praviśyātha vanaṃ devāḥ sarvapuṣpopaśobhitam |
iha devo 'tra devo'tra viviśuste didṛkṣavaḥ || 1 ||
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adbhutasya vanasyāṃte na te dadṛśire surāḥ |
vicinvaṃto mahādevaṃ devairbahuvilokitaḥ || 2 ||
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tamuvāca sa bhadraṃ vai drakṣyadhvaṃ na tapo vinā |
vicinvanto virūpākṣaṃ nainaṃ paśyata śaṃkaram || 3 ||
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sa yuktaṃ hṛdaye smṛtvā brahmā devāṃstato'bravīt |
trividho darśanopāyastasya devasya sarvadā || 4 ||
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śraddhājñānena tapasā yogenaiva nigadyate |
sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ cāpi devāḥ paśyaṃti yoginaḥ || 5 ||
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tapasvinastu sakalaṃ jñānino niṣkalaṃ param |
samutpanne'pi vijñāne maṃdaśraddho na paśyati || 6 ||
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bhaktyā paramayopetāḥ paraṃ paśyaṃti yoginaḥ |
draṣṭavyo nirvikāro'sau pradhānapuruṣeśvaraḥ || 7 ||
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nādīkṣitairato devāḥ śaivīṃ dīkṣāṃ prapadyata |
karmaṇā manasā vācā nityayuktā maheśvare || 8 ||
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tapaścarata bhadraṃ vo rudrārādha natatparāḥ |
śivadīkṣāṃ prapannānāṃ bhaktānāṃ ca tapasvinām || 9 ||
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sarvakālaṃ vijānāti dātavyaṃ darśanaṃ mayā |
brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā hitameva yadu ktavān || 10 ||
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śivekṣāviṣṭamatayo brahmāṇamidamabuvan |
mārgeṇa vidhinā caiva śivadīkṣāsu tatparāḥ || 11 ||
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prayaccha brahmansarveṣāṃ dīkṣāṃ naḥ śivatoṣadām |
śrutveti vacanaṃ brahmā pratyuvāca vicāritam || 12 ||
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saṃdidīkṣayiṣuḥ kṣipramamarāñchivadīkṣayā |
śivayajñārthasaṃbhārānānayadhvamalaṃ surāḥ || 13 ||
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vedī prakalpyatāmatra yaṣṭavyo'ṣṭatanuḥ śivaḥ |
padmayonervacaḥ śrutvā cakruḥ sarvamataḥ surāḥ || 14 ||
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vinītaveṣāḥ praṇatā anena sastamanvaguḥ |
śivaprasādasaṃprāptyai puṣkarajñānamīritam || 15 ||
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yajñaṃ cakāra vidhinā vedhāścandrārdhadhāriṇaḥ |
padmayoniḥ puraskṛtya tadā dīkṣāṃ pra yogataḥ || 16 ||
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anugraheṇa devāṃstānakārayata bhāvataḥ |
tato vratānāṃ pravaraṃ vrataṃ divyaṃ mahāprabhuḥ || 17 ||
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tebhyo dadau devatābhyaḥ sa tadapyavirodhavit |
paṭhyate śivaśālāyāṃ mahāpāśupataṃ vratam || 18 ||
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śaivaṃ yathoditaṃ yacca āgamācāraceṣṭitam |
śivārādhanamukhyānāṃ munīnāṃ tīvratejasām || 19 ||
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sarvānugrāhakaḥ śaṃbhuḥ sarvadevaiḥ prakalpitam |
tadevaṃ prārthitaṃ buddhyā vrataṃ raudraṃ śivaṃ samam || 20 ||
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tattebhyo vismayaṃ tyaktvā prāyacchatkanakāṃḍajaḥ |
kāmikaṃ bhasmanāmāḍhyaṃ sarvadā kīrtitaṃ śubham || 21 ||
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pāpaghraṃ duḥkhaśamanaṃ puṣṭiśrībalavardhanam |
siddhidaṃ kīrtikṛtkāṃtaṃ kalikalmaṣamokṣaṇam || 22 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhasmasnānaṃ samāhitāḥ |
kurvaṃto mānavā dāṃtā dīkṣitāḥ saṃyateṃdriyāḥ || 23 ||
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sarve kamaṃḍaludharāḥ sarve rudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ |
aniṣṭadarśanālāpa saṃgatyā parivarjitāḥ || 24 ||
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evaṃ vratadharāḥ sarve vane tasminmaheśvaram |
ārādhayaṃstamīśānaṃ vratenaiva umādhavam || 25 ||
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bhaktyā paramayā yuktā vidhinā parameṇa ca |
kālena mahatā dhyānādevaṃ jñātvā manogatam || 26 ||
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rudradhyānāgninirdagdhakalmaṣāśca śriyānvitāḥ |
tadā hatvā'suraṃ śaṃbhuḥ pratyakṣo bhagavānabhūt || 27 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
brahmadattaṃ varaṃ devāḥ sarve śarvānubhāvitāḥ |
samacīkaranpratyuktā brahmāpīśānabhāvitaḥ || 28 ||
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gate varṣasahasre sa divye deveśvareśvaraḥ |
jātānukaṃpo devānāṃ dīpo darśanameyivān || 29 ||
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gaṇairnānāvidhaiḥ sārdhaṃ nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitaiḥ |
sudarpodbhūtadarpaghraighorairghoravighātibhiḥ || 30 ||
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kāmarūpairakāmaiśca sarvakāmasamanvitaiḥ |
karīṃdrakaraṭāṭopapāṭanaiḥ siṃhadehibhiḥ || 31 ||
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aṇimādi guṇairdivyairyogaiśvaryādināmabhiḥ |
vyālolakeśaraśanādaṃṣṭrākaṭakaṭodbhavaiḥ || 32 ||
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vyāghravyālānanai raudraiḥ kākakaṃkavaṭaistathā || 33 ||
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arūpaiḥ samarūpaiśca surūpairbahurūpakaiḥ |
ekadvitriśirobhiśca bahuśīrṣairaśīrṣakaiḥ || 34 ||
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ekadvitriśikhaiścaiva nānārūpavirājitaiḥ |
bahunetrairanetraiśca ekadvitrivilo canaiḥ || 35 ||
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ekakarṇairdvikarṇaiśca bahukarṇairvikarṇakaiḥ |
ekadvitrisunāsaiśca bahunāsairanāsikaiḥ || 36 ||
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ekajaṃghairdvijaṃghaiśca bahujaṃghairajaṃghakaiḥ |
eka pādairdvipādaiśca bahupādairapādakaiḥ || 37 ||
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gauraśyāmaiḥ śyāmagaurairasitaiḥ karburaistathā |
bhujaṃgahāravalayaiḥ kṛtayajñopavītakaiḥ || 38 ||
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śūlāsipaṭṭiśa dharairbhuśuṃḍīpīraghāyudhaiḥ |
cakrakrakacakodaṃḍakāṃḍadaṃḍāstrapāṇibhiḥ || 39 ||
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gadāmudgarapāṣāṇamuśalāyudhahastakaiḥ |
vajraśaktyaśaniprāsakuṃtakartṛka dhāribhiḥ || 40 ||
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bhaṃbhābherīrvādayadbhirvīṇāpaṇavaveṇukān |
mṛdaṃgavimalāḍhakkākāhalānakaduṃdubhīn || 41 ||
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huḍaṃkāśṛṃgikādyāni nānāvādyāni vādakaiḥ |
evaṃ nānāvidhai raudrairbhīmairbhīmaparākramaiḥ || 42 ||
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gaṇeśvaraiḥ sudurddharṣairvṛtaḥ sūryo grahairiva |
āvirbhūto mahādevaḥ svagaṇaiḥ parivāritaḥ |
taṃ paśya tāṃ tadā vyāsa brahmādīnāṃ divaukasām || 43 ||
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atha brahmādayo devā dṛṣṭvāgre gaṇanāyakam |
tejasādhyāsitāstasya babhūvurbhrāṃtacetasaḥ || 44 ||
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tato 'valaṃbya te dhairyaṃ dṛṣṭvā devaṃ yathāvidhi |
ṣaḍaṃgavedayogena hṛṣṭacittavapurdharāḥ || 45 ||
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śirogatairaṃjalibhiḥ pādebhyaśca mahīṃ gataiḥ |
tuṣṭuvuḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhāra sthitikartāramīśvaram || 46 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
namaḥ śivāya śāṃtāya sagaṇāya sanaṃdine |
vṛṣāsanāya saumyāya śūlaśaktidharāya te || 47 ||
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namo dikcarmavastrāya śucaye tīvratejase |
brahmaṇe brahmadehāya brahmaṇā yojitāya ca || 48 ||
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namoṃdhakavināśāya pareśāya namonamaḥ |
rudrāya paṃca vaktrāya sarvarogāpahāriṇe || 49 ||
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giriśāya sureśāya īśānāya namonamaḥ |
bhīmogrādisvarūpāya vijayāya namonamaḥ || 50 ||
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surāsurādhipataye yatīnāṃ pataye namaḥ |
caṃḍāya caṃḍadaṃḍāya varakhaṭvāṃgadaṃḍine || 51 ||
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virūpākṣaśubhākhyāya viśvarūpāya vai namaḥ |
śāṃtāya ca manojñāya trinetrāya namonamaḥ || 52 ||
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vedhase viśvarūpāya daityasaṃhāriṇe namaḥ |
bhaktānukaṃpine'tyarthaṃ rudrajñānaparāya ca || 53 ||
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virūpāya surūpāya rūpāṇāṃ śatadhāriṇe |
paṃcāsyāya śubhāsyāya candrāsyāya namonamaḥ || 54 ||
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varadāya varāhāya sukūrmāya namonamaḥ || 55 ||
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trinetra trāṇamasmākaṃ tripuraghna vidhīyatām |
vāṅmanaḥkāyabhāvaistvāṃ prapannānāṃ maheśvara || 56 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
evaṃ stutastadā devairviriṃcyādyaistathā haraḥ |
śarīrāṇi vilokyeśaḥ kṛśānyatha divaukasām || 57 ||
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divyapratāpadhāreṇa trivedhenāṃtarātmanā || 58 ||
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ārādhanaṃ samīkṣyāha brahmādīnāṃ sureśvaraḥ |
sādhusādhu mahābhāgāḥ śaśvadvratamupāsitam || 59 ||
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divyenānena vidhinā bhṛśamārādhito hyaham |
bhavadbhiḥ śra ddhayātyarthaṃ mama darśanakāṃkṣayā || 60 ||
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vratasthā māṃ hi paśyaṃti mānuṣā devatā api |
yadi yacca prayacchāmi kāṃścidvo hi varāñchubhān || 61 ||
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ekaikaśo dvitriśo vā samastebhyaḥ samena vaḥ |
sarvakāmaprasiddhyarthaṃ dāsyāmyenaṃ varaṃ hi vaḥ || 62 ||
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hitāya bhavatāṃ cāhamāgāmujjayinīṃ prati |
kṣiptaṃ kapālaṃ ca mayā kiṃ punarbhadramastu vaḥ || 63 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
kiṃ kṛtaṃ hitamasmākaṃ kapālaṃ kṣipatā tvayā || 64 ||
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kimarthaṃ kaṃpitā bhūmistrailokyaṃ vyākulīkṛtam |
naitannirarthakaṃ deva kathyatāmatra kāraṇam || 65 ||
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mahādeva uvāca |
yuṣmaddhitārthametadvai bhayaṃ vinihitaṃ kṛtam |
devatānāṃ tu rakṣārthaṃ śrūyatāmatra kāraṇam || 66 ||
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asuro drohaṇonāma balavānyogamāyikaḥ |
avasthitastvavaṣṭabhya rasātalatalā śrayam || 67 ||
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tasya daityasya balino daityāḥ parapuraṃjayāḥ |
yuṣmāñjñātvā tapasthāṃścāpyabhyagurbahavo hi te || 68 ||
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seṃdrānnihaṃtumicchaṃto māyā pracchannacārakāḥ |
purīṃ kanakaśṛṃgāḍhyāmenāmadhi kuśasthalīm |
samudyayuḥ surānhaṃtumudyatā udyatāyudhāḥ || 69 ||
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teṣāṃ kapālapātena bhūminiṣkaṃ panena ca |
śabdena cātighoreṇa dehātprāṇā viniryayuḥ || 70 ||
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lokasthitivināśātha teṣāmāsītsamudyamaḥ |
rājyaiśvaryeṇa darpiṣṭhāstena te nihatā mayā || 71 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
viśvastānāṃ punaścaivameva cānugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ |
devānugrahakartā tvaṃ guṇasmṛtiniṣevitaḥ || 72 ||
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divyadṛṣṭibhiratyarthaṃ yaśo'rthaṃ bhīma naṃditāḥ |
ityuktvā praṇatāndevānutthāpyoce punarbhavaḥ || 73 ||
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śiva uvāca |
paricaryābhisaṃyuktaṃ nityamugraniṣevitam |
dhyānasādhananiṣpannaṃ yadanyeṣāṃ na vidyate || 74 ||
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manovākkāyabhāvena duṣkaraṃ duścaraṃ tapaḥ |
anena tapasā yuktāḥ kaṣṭena duḥsahena ca || 75 ||
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mahatā tanusādhyena bahukālārjitena vaḥ |
samaṃtādabhivardhetāṃ yuṣmattejastapo'pi ca || 76 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityuktā devadevena devā brahmapurogamāḥ |
ūcurunnāmya vaktrāṇi sthitā jānubhirīśvaram || 77 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
prāṇadastvaṃ kāraṇastvaṃ tapasāṃ deva dṛśyase |
tadasmākaṃ pravṛttānāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ varaprada || 78 ||
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rakṣāṃ kuruṣva deveśa bhaktānāmabhayaṃkara || 79 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
yatnena vidhinā dattaṃ suvyaktaṃ darśanaṃ hi vaḥ |
sudurlabhānyapi punardāsyāmi vo varānbahūn || 80 ||
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evamukte bhagavatā brahmā vacanamabravīt |
devānāmagrataḥ sthitvā śrutaśabdodbhavaṃ bhavam || 81 ||
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prāptā vayaṃ ca bhagavansuparyāpto mahāvaraḥ |
jāyatāṃ naḥ sadaiśvaryaṃ vāsasthānamathākṣayam || 82 ||
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śiva uvāca |
loke'sminmama ye bhaktā mayā vinihatāśca ye |
naivaṃ te durgatiṃ yāṃti labhaṃte sumatiṃ parām || 83 ||
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sārdhaṃ tatra jaṭājūṭaiḥ śirobhiḥ śūlapāṇayaḥ |
bhāṃti madvāmapārśvasthā ime te dāruṇā gaṇāḥ || 84 ||
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yeṣāṃ vinigrahārthāya yuṣmatsaṃbodhanāya ca |
savikāraṃ mayā kṣiptaṃ kapālaṃ dharaṇītale || 85 ||
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kṛto me'nugrahasteṣāṃ bhaktānāṃ bhaktimicchatām |
vane'sminnityavāso me vṛkṣairabhyarthitasya ca || 86 ||
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mahākālavane devā āgatasya mamānaghāḥ |
tapasyatāṃ ca bhavatāṃ mahākālavanaṃ tataḥ || 87 ||
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nāmadvayayutaṃ guhyaṃ loke khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati |
guhyaṃ vanaṃ śmaśānaṃ ca kṣetrāṇāṃ pravaraṃ mahat || 88 ||
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kapālavratacaryā ca mayā hyeṣā prakīrtitā |
kapālapātre bhuṃjānaḥ kapālavratabhūṣaṇaḥ || 89 ||
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kapālapāṇiḥ saṃtuṣṭo bhikṣā vratasamanvitaḥ |
śmaśānanilayo raudro vratonmattavimūḍhadhīḥ || 90 ||
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naṃditaḥ sarvabhūteṣu priyāpriyasamaḥ sadā |
bhasmabhūṣitasarvāṃgo jñānī caiva viśeṣataḥ || 91 ||
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jiteṃdriyo'sarvasaṃgo mṛdbhasmodakasaṃgrahī |
nityayuktaḥ sadāvyāpī jāpī jitavarāsanaḥ || 92 ||
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puṇyatīrthāśramopetaḥ svare deve samāhitaḥ |
lokātītaṃ paraṃ jñānaṃ mahāpāśupataṃ vratam || 93 ||
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kapālavratamāsthāya purā cīrṇaṃ mayā svayam |
kapālaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam || 94 ||
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kapālavratametaddhi durdharaṃ paramādbhutam |
atyaṃtamutkaṭaṃ raudramaghoraṃ lomaharṣaṇam || 95 ||
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mahāvrataṃ dviṣanmohātpāpenaiva sthito naraḥ |
na mucyate sa pāpena janmakoṭiśatairapi || 96 ||
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mahāpāśupataṃ tasmānna hanyānna ca dūṣayet |
etasminnihate tasmātkoṭirbhavati ghātitā || 97 ||
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evaṃ mahāvrataṃ yastu bhojayecchraddhayānvitaḥ |
tasya bhuktā bhavetkoṭirviprāṇāṃ vedapāṭhinām || 98 ||
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kapālapūraṇīṃ bhikṣāṃ yatīnāṃ yaḥ prayacchati |
vimuktaḥ sarva pāpebhyo nāsau durgatimāpnuyāt || 99 ||
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kapāle bhojanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mārgo'yaṃ brahmasaṃbhavaḥ |
vadaṃti loke vedeṣu pūjitaṃ devadānavaiḥ || 100 ||
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dhārayiṣyaṃti ye viprāḥ kapālaṃ bhūtamohanam |
mama tulyāstu te brahmanvicaraṃti mahītale || 1 ||
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japaikaniratā dhīrāḥ kapālakṛtabhūṣaṇāḥ |
mahāpāśupatā loke rudrāḥ saṃsāratārakāḥ || 2 ||
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dharmādharmavimuktāśca kṛtyākṛtyavivarjitāḥ |
dīkṣayā jñānayogena prāṇinastārayaṃti te || 3 ||
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yāni tīrthāni loke'sminyajñakoṭiśatāni ca |
viśuddhasya vijñānasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm || 4 ||
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yathāhaṃ sarvadevānāṃ saṃpūjyo vai pitāmaha |
tathaiva sarvayogebhyaḥ saṃpūjyo'yaṃ mahāvratī || 5 ||
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saṃsārabandhamokṣārthaṃ śivaguhyamidaṃ vratam |
yadetatsarvadharmeṇa apunarbhavakāraṇam || 6 ||
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kapālavratamādāya yastyajedajite ndriyaḥ |
rauravaṃ sa prayātyāśu praṇīto yamakiṃkaraiḥ || 7 ||
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ālāpayati bhāvena na tu karma karoti yaḥ |
sarāgacittaḥ śṛṃgārī na ca dharmapriyaṃkaraḥ || 8 ||
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ekatra bhojī miṣṭāśी kaitavena priyastathā |
kugrāmanagare vāsī kṛṣivāṇijyasevakaḥ || 9 ||
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ityādiduṣṭadoṣaśca tasya saṃbhāṣaṇādapi |
naro narakagāmī syādyato madvratadūṣakaḥ || 110 ||
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dṛṣṭvā ca śiṣṭamatha 3 mahāvratadharo naraḥ |
na spṛśedaṃgamaṃgena spṛṣṭvā snāyāttu cāṃbubhiḥ || 11 ||
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evaṃ ca sarvamākhyātaṃ kapālasya ca mokṣaṇam |
yathā mayātra nikṣiptamajñānena hataṃ svayam || 12 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
evamuktvā sa bhagavānbrahmādyairamaraiḥ saha |
kṣetraṃ nivāsayāmāsa yathāvatkathayāmi te || 13 ||
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ādyametatatsmaśānaṃ ca paṭhyate munisattamaiḥ |
mahākālavanaṃ vyāsa yatra sanni hito haraḥ || 14 ||
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anugrahasya bhuvanaṃ bhūmibhāgo na saṃśayaḥ |
anugrahārthaṃ bhūtānāṃ kṣetrāṃtarmṛtyudharmiṇām || 15 ||
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suvarṇavajraparyaṃkavedikā ca mahīkṛtā |
vicitrakusumāratnaiḥ kāritā sarvaśobhanā || 16 ||
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svarṇavajrāṃkitatalā śreṣṭhā haritaśādvalā |
triṃśaccatvāriṃśapūrṇāḥ kalaśāḥ koṇasaṃsthitāḥ || 17 ||
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dvārāṇi tatra catvāri pravarṇāni tapaṃti ca |
kumbhāḥ śobhaṃti tatrasthāḥ uditā bhāskarā iva || 18 ||
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ramate tatra bhagavānvanānāmuttame vane |
sanaṃdidevagaṇapaḥ kāladaṃḍādisaṃyutaḥ || 19 ||
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etatkṛtayuge sarvaṃ pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate vane |
tretāyāṃ dharmaniratāstāpasā brahmacāriṇaḥ || 120 ||
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dvāpare dharmaśīlā ye śrutavi jñānaśālinaḥ |
kalau tu śuddhavijñānaśālinaḥ śaṃkaraṃ haram || 21 ||
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tapodhikāḥ prapaśyaṃti devadevaṃ maheśvaram |
mahākālavane nityaṃ śūlapaṭṭiśadhāriṇam || 22 ||
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etatte tathyamākhyātaṃ lokānugrahakārakam |
sahitānukrameṇātra mantraiśca vidhipūrvakam || 23 ||
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samarcayaṃti ye viprā bhaktyā śaṃbhumahāpadam || |
vasaṃtīha samīpaṃ te mahākālānubhāvitāḥ || 24 ||
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paṭhati ya iha loke tasya saṃsthānametatprathitaguṇagaṇaughairarcitaṃ doṣahaṃ tat |
śubhamatirabhiṣiktaḥ so'marairarcyamāno vrajati harapuraṃ yaḥ saṃśṛṇotyekacittaḥ || 125 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 6

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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