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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 12
[English text for this chapter is available]
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ sa vasudhāpālo brāhmaṇebhyaḥ svaśaktitaḥ |
dadau tu nagaraṃ kṛtvā puraṃdarapuropamam || 1 ||
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muktāpravālavaiḍūryaratnahemavicitritaiḥ |
bhrājamānaṃ gṛhaśreṣṭhairdyaurnakṣatragaṇairiva || 2 ||
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prāsādaiḥ sphāṭikaiścaiva kailāsaśikharopamaiḥ |
patākāśobhitairdivyaiḥ samaṃtātparivāritam || 3 ||
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kāṃcanaiḥ suvicitraiśca pronnatairamalaiḥ śubhaiḥ |
toraṇānāṃ sahasraiśca śobhitaṃ sumanoharam || 4 ||
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maṇisopānaśobhābhirdīrghikābhiḥ samaṃtataḥ |
ārāmakūpayaṃtrādyaiḥ sarvopakaraṇairyutam |
nivedya brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ kṛtakṛtyo babhūva saḥ || 5 ||
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śaṃkhatīrthe sthito nityaṃ samāhūya tataḥ sutān |
putrānpautrāṃstathā bhṛtyānvākyametaduvāca ha || 6 ||
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etatpuraṃ mayā kṛtvā brāhmaṇebhyo niveditam |
bhavadbhirmama vākyena rakṣaṇīyaṃ prayatnataḥ || 7 ||
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yathā syurbrāhmaṇāḥ sarve sukhino hṛṣṭamānasāḥ |
yuṣmābhiḥ pālanaṃ kāryaṃ tathā sarvaiḥ samāhitaiḥ |
yaścaitānbhaktisaṃyuktaḥ pālayiṣyati bhūmipaḥ |
anyo'pi paramaṃ tejaḥ sa saṃprāpsyati bhūtale || 9 ||
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ajeyaḥ sarvaśatrūṇāṃ pratāpī sphī tisaṃyutaḥ |
bhaviṣyati na sandeho brāhmaṇānāṃ sa pālanāt || 10 ||
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putrapautrasubhṛtyāḍhyo dīrghāyū rogavarjitaḥ |
brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādena mama vākyādbhaviṣyati || 11 ||
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yaḥ punardveṣasaṃyuktaḥ saṃtāpaṃ caiva neṣyati |
etānbrāhmaṇaśārdūlānnarakaṃ sa prayāsyati || 12 ||
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tathā duḥkhāni saṃprāpya dṛṣṭvā naikānparābhavān |
viyogāniṣṭabandhūnāṃ vyādhigrasto vigarhitaḥ || 13 ||
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vaṃśocchedaṃ samāsādya gamiṣyati yamālayam |
tasmātsarvaprayatnena rakṣaṇīyamidaṃ puram |
mama vākyādviśeṣeṇa hitamicchadbhirātmanaḥ || 14 ||
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evaṃ sa bhūpatiḥ sarvāṃstā nuktvā tapasi sthitaḥ |
te'pi sarve tathā cakruryathā tena ca śikṣitāḥ || 15 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye camatkārabhūpena purasthityarthaṃ nijaputrādīnāmupadeśakaraṇavarṇanaṃnāma dvādaśo'dhyāya || 12 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 12
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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