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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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi ādinārāyaṇaṃ harim |
tasyāśca pūrvadigbhāge sarvapātakanāśanam || 1 ||
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pādukāsanasaṃyuktaṃ sarvadaityāṃtakāriṇam |
ādau kṛtayuge devi daityo'bhūnmeghavāhanaḥ || 2 ||
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mahābalo mahākāyo yojanāyutavistaraḥ |
ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ trailokyakṣayakārakaḥ |
brahmaṇā tasya tuṣṭena varo datto varānane || 3 ||
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yadā pādukayā viṣṇustvāṃ haniṣyati saṃyuge |
tadaiva mṛtyurbhavitā nānyathā maraṇaṃ tava || 4 ||
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iti labdhavaro daityaḥ saṃtāpayati bhūtalam |
yugānāṃ koṭimekāṃ tu sadevāsuramānuṣam || 5 ||
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saṃtapya bahudhā devi dakṣiṇo dadhimāgataḥ |
tatra vidhvaṃsayāmāsa ṛṣīṇāmāśramāṇi vai || 6 ||
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tatasta ṛṣayaḥ sarve vidhvastāśramamaṇḍalāḥ |
śaraṇaṃ caiva saṃprāptā devadevaṃ tu keśavam |
ajeyaṃ taṃ tu saṃjñātvā tuṣṭuvurgaruḍadhvajam || 7 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
namaḥ paramakalyāṇakalyāṇāyātmayogine |
janārddanāya devāya śrīdharāya ca vedhase || 8 ||
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namaḥ kamalakiṃjalkasuvarṇamukuṭāya ca |
keśavāyātisūkṣmāya bṛhanmūrte namonamaḥ || 9 ||
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mahātmane vareṇyāya namaḥ paṃkajanābhaye |
namo'stu māyāharaye haraye harivedhase || 10 ||
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hiraṇyagarbhagarbhāya jagataḥ kāraṇātmane |
acyutāya namo nityamanantāya namonamaḥ || 11 ||
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namo māyāpaṭacchanna jagaddhātre mahātmane |
saṃsārasāgarottāra jñānapotapradāyine |
akuṃṭhamataye dhātre sargasthityaṃta karmaṇe || 12 ||
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yathā hi vāsudeveti prokte naśyati pātakam |
tathā vilayamabhyetu daityo'yaṃ meghavāhanaḥ || 13 ||
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yathā viṣṇuḥ svabhakteṣu pāpamāpnoti saṃsthitam |
tathā vināśamāyātu daityo'yaṃ pāpakarmakṛt || 14 ||
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smṛtamātro yathā viṣṇuḥ sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vyapohati |
tathā praṇāśamabhyetu daityo'yaṃ meghavāhanaḥ || 15 ||
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bhavaṃtu bhadrāṇi samastadoṣāḥ prayāṃtu nāśaṃ jagato'khilasya |
abhedyabhaktyā parameśvareśe smṛte jagaddhātari vāsudeve || 16 ||
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ye bhūtale ye divi ye'ntarikṣe rasātale prāṇigaṇāśca kecit |
bhavantu te siddhiyutā narottamāḥ smṛte jagaddhātari vāsudeve || 17 ||
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ye prāṇinaḥ kutracidatra saṃti brahmāṇḍamadhye parataśca kecit |
teṣāṃ tu siddhiḥ paramāstvaniṃdyā stute jagaddhātari vāsudeve || 18 ||
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īśvara uvāca || |
iti stutastadā devi ādinārāyaṇo hariḥ |
jñātvā sa bhāvi kāryaṃ tatsamāruhya ca pādukām || 19 ||
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babhūva teṣāṃ pratyakṣa ṛṣīṇāṃ pāpanāśanaḥ |
uvāca praṇatānsarvānkiṃ vā kāryaṃ hṛdi sthitam || 20 ||
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kathyatāṃ tatkariṣyāmi yuṣmatstotreṇa tarpitaḥ || 21 ||
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ityuktā ṛṣayaḥ sarve kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ sthitāḥ |
ādidevaṃ hariṃ procuḥ sarve nataśirodharāḥ || 22 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
jānāsi sarvaṃ tvaṃ deva na cāstyaviditaṃ tava |
imaṃ daityaṃ mahādeva saṃharasva mahābalam |
yathedaṃ sakalaṃ viśvaṃ nirātaṃkaṃ bhavetprabho || 23 ||
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ityuktastaistadā viṣṇurdaityamāhūya saṃyuge |
tāḍayāmāsa taṃ daityaṃ hṛdi pādukayā śubhe || 24 ||
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sa hataḥ patito daityo vigatāsurmahodadhau |
hatvā daityavaraṃ devastatra sthāne sthito'bhavat |
pādukāsanasaṃsthastu tatrādyāpi varānane || 25 ||
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yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā ekādaśyāṃ narottamaḥ |
sośvavamedhaphalaṃ prāpya modate divi devavat || 26 ||
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golakṣaṃ brāhmaṇe dattvā yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ |
tadādideve govinde dṛṣṭe bhaktyā phalaṃ labhet || 27 ||
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kalau kṛtayugaṃ teṣāṃ kleśasteṣāṃ sukhādhikaḥ |
ādinārāyaṇo devo yeṣāṃ hṛdayasaṃsthitaḥ || 28 ||
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ekādaśyāṃ ravidine snātvā saṃnihitā jale |
ādinārāyaṇaṃ pūjya mucyate bhavabandhanāt || 29 ||
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iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ viṣṇudaivatam |
śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ dāridyaughavināśanam || 30 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ādinārāyaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītitamodhyāyaḥ || 84 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 84

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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