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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 273
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sūta uvāca |
eteṣāṃ tu sahasreṇa bhavedgrāhyaṃ dinaṃ dvijāḥ |
caturdaśa sahasrākṣā jāyaṃte tatra vāsare || 1 ||
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saptamastu sahasrākṣaḥ sāṃprataṃ vartate'tra yaḥ |
ekasaptatisaṃvartacaturdaśadine vidheḥ || 2 ||
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yugānāṃ kurute rājyaṃ manavaśca tathā pare |
svāyaṃbhuvaprabhṛtayo yathā śakrāstathā sthitāḥ || 3 ||
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jāyanto nāma śakro'yaṃ sāṃprataṃ vartate tu yaḥ |
vaivasvato manuścaiva aṣṭāviṃśatpramāṇakaḥ || 4 ||
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caturyugasya saṃjāto gatesmiñcheṣamātrake |
bhaviṣyati baliḥ śakro vāsudevaprasādataḥ || 5 ||
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tena tasya pratijñātaṃ rājyaṃ caivāṣṭame manau || 6 ||
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evaṃ sarve surāścānye trayastriṃśatpramāṇataḥ || |
koṭayaḥ prabhaviṣyaṃti yathā caiva tathā purā || 7 ||
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yo'yaṃ brahmā sthito viprāḥ sāṃprataṃ sṛṣṭikārakaḥ |
tasyānena pramāṇena jātaṃ saṃvatsarāṣṭakam || 8 ||
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ṣaṇmāsāśca dinārdhaṃ ca prathamaṃ śuklapūrvakam |
saurasāvanacaṃdrārkṣairmānairebhiścaturvidhaiḥ || 9 ||
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kalau niryāti sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ kṣitimaṇḍale |
paṃcaṣaṣṭyā'dhikaiścaiva dinānāṃ ca śataistribhiḥ |
bhavetsaṃvatsaraṃ sauraṃ pañconaistaiśca sāvanam || 10 ||
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cāṃdra ekādaśonastu triṃśaddhīna uḍūdbhavaḥ |
śītātapau tathā vṛṣṭiḥ sauramānena jāyate || 11 ||
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vṛkṣāṇāṃ phalaniṣpattiḥ sasyānāṃ ca tathā parā |
agniṣṭomādayo yajñā vartaṃte ye dharātale || 12 ||
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utsāhāśca vivāhāśca sāvanena bhavaṃti ca |
kusīdādyāśca ye kecidvyavahārāśca vṛttijāḥ || 13 ||
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adhimāsaprayuktena te syuścāṃdreṇa nirmitāḥ |
nākṣatreṇa tu mānena sidhyaṃte grahacārikāḥ || 14 ||
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nānyatkiṃciddharāpṛṣṭha etanmānacatuṣṭayāt |
etena tu pramāṇena devadaityāśca mānavāḥ || 15 ||
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varttaṃte brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ śrutireṣā purātanī |
etadyugapramāṇaṃ tu yaḥ paṭhedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ || 16 ||
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eteṣāmeva liṃgānāṃ saptānāṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ |
nāpamṛtyu bhayaṃ tasya kathaṃcitsaṃbhaviṣyati || 17 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye yugapramāṇavarṇanaṃnāma trisaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 273 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 273
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)
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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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