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 mahādevīṃ mahāprabhām |
balātibaladaityaghnīṃ nāmneti prathitāṃ kṣitau || 1 ||
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anādinidhanāṃ devīṃ tatra kṣetre vyavasthitām |
koṭibhūtaparīvārāṃ sarvadaityanibarhiṇīm || 2 ||
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devyuvāca |
balātibaladaityaghnī kathamuktā tvayā prabho |
balātibalanāmānau kathaṃ daityau nipātitau || 3 ||
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kutra tiṣṭhati sā devī kiṃprabhāvā maheśvara |
māhātmyamakhilaṃ tasyāḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada || 4 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm |
yāṃ śrutvā mānavo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ || 5 ||
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āsīdraktāsuronāma mahiṣasya suto balī |
mahākāyo mahābāhurhiraṇyākṣa ivāparaḥ || 6 ||
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balātibala nāmānau tasya putrau babhūvatuḥ |
tau vijitya surānsarvāndevendrāgnipurogamān || 7 ||
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trailokye'sminnirātaṃkau cakratū rājyamañjasā |
tayoḥ senā mukhe vīrāstrayastriṃśatprakīrtitāḥ || 8 ||
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raudrātmāno mahāyodhāḥ sahasrākṣauhiṇīmukhāḥ |
siṃhaskandhā mahākāyā durātmāno mahābalāḥ || 9 ||
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dhūmrākṣo bhīmadaṃṣṭraśca kālavaśyo mahāhanuḥ |
brahmaghno yajñakopaśca strīghnaḥ pāpaniketanaḥ || 10 ||
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vidyunmālī ca bandhūkaḥ śaṃkukarṇo vibhāvasuḥ |
devāṃtako vikarmā ca durbhikṣa krūra eva ca || 11 ||
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hayagrīvo'śvakarṇaśca ketumānvṛṣabho dvijaḥ |
śarabhaḥ śalabho vyāghro nikuṃbho maṇiko bakaḥ || 12 ||
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śūrpako vikṣaro mālī kālo daṇḍakakeralaḥ |
ete daityā mahākāyāstayoḥ senādhikāriṇaḥ || 13 ||
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evaṃ taiḥ pṛthivī vyāptā pañcāśatkoṭi vistarā |
evaṃ jñātvā tadā devā bhayenodvignamānasāḥ || 14 ||
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sarvairdevarṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ jagmuste himavadvanam |
stotreṇānena tāṃ devīṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ prayatāstadā || 15 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
jayākṣare jayā'naṃte jayā'vyakte nirāmaye |
jaya devi mahāmāye jaya devarṣivaṃdite || 16 ||
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jaya viśveśvare gaṃge jaya sarvārthasiddhide |
jaya brahmāṇi kaumāri jaya nārāyaṇīśvari || 17 ||
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jaya brahmāṇi cāmuṃḍe jayendrāṇi maheśvari |
jaya mātarmahālakṣmi jaya pārvati sarvage || 18 ||
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jaya devi jagatsṛṣṭe jayairāvati bhārati |
jayānaṃte jaya jaye jaya devi jalāvile || 19 ||
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jayeśāni śive śarve jaya nityaṃ jayārcite |
mokṣade jaya sarvajñe jaya dharmārthakāmade || 20 ||
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jaya gāyatri kalyāṇi jaya sahye vibhāvari |
jaya durge mahākāli śiva dūti jayā'jaye || 21 ||
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jaya caṇḍe mahāmuṇḍe jaya nande śivapriye |
jaya kṣemaṃkari śive jaya kalyāṇi revati || 22 ||
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jayome siddhimāṃgalye harasiddhe namostu te |
jayāparṇe jayānande mahiṣā'suraghātini || 23 ||
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jaya medhe viśālākṣi jayānaṃge sarasvati |
jayāśeṣaguṇāvāse jayāvarte surāntake || 24 ||
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jaya saṃkalpasaṃsiddhe jaya trailokyasuṃdari |
jaya śuṃbhaniśuṃbhaghne jaya padme'drisaṃbhave || 25 ||
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jaya kauśiki kaumāri jaya vāruṇi kāmade |
namonamaste śarvāṇi bhūyobhūyo jayāmbike || 26 ||
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trāhi nastrāhi no devi śaraṇye śaraṇāgatān || 27 ||
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saivaṃ stutā bhagavatī devaiḥ sarvairvarānane |
ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa bhābhāsitadigantaram || 28 ||
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namaskṛtya tu tāmūcuḥ surāste bhayanāśanīm |
balātibalanāmānau hatvā daityau mahābalau |
teṣāṃ caiva mahatsainyaṃ pāhyato mahato bhayāt || 29 ||
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teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dattvā tebhyo'bhayaṃ tataḥ |
babhūvādbhutarūpā sā trinetrā cenduśekharā || 30 ||
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siṃhārūḍhā mahādevi nānāśastrāstradhāriṇī |
suvaktrā viṃśatibhujā sphūrjadvidyullatopamā || 31 ||
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tatoṃ 'bikā ninādoccaiḥ sāṭṭahāsaṃ muhurmuhuḥ || 32 ||
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tasyā nādena ghoreṇa kṛtsnamāpūritaṃ nabhaḥ |
prakaṃpitākhilā corvī saridvāridhimekhalā || 33 ||
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śailatuṃgastanī ramyā pramadeva bhayāturā |
te'pi tatrāsurāḥ prāptāścaturaṃgabalānvitāḥ || 34 ||
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samyagviditavikrāntāḥ kālāntakayamopamāḥ |
rakṣo dānavadaityāśca pātāle ye'pi saṃsthitāḥ || 35 ||
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te sarva eva daityendrāḥ koṭiśaḥ samupāgatāḥ |
tato'bhavanmahāyuddhaṃ devyāstatrāsuraiḥ saha || 36 ||
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babhūva sarvabrahmāṇḍe hyakāṇḍakṣayakāraṇam |
akṣauhiṇīsahasrāṇi trayastriṃśatsureśvari || 37 ||
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ekaviṃśatsahasrāṇi śatānyaṣṭau ca saptatiḥ |
sānugānāṃ sayodhānāṃ rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām || 38 ||
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hatvā sā līlayā devī ninye kṣayamanākulā || 39 ||
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tato devyā hatānāṃ ca dānavānāṃ mahaujasām |
gajavājirathānāṃ ca śarīrairāvṛtā mahī || 40 ||
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kabaṃdhanṛtyasaṃkule sravadvasāsthikarddame |
raṇājire niśācarāstato vicerurūrjitāḥ || 41 ||
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śṛgāla gṛdhavāyasāḥ paraṃ prapātamādadhuḥ |
kvacitpare niśācarāḥ prapītaśoṇitotkaṭāḥ |
pratarpya cātmanaḥ pitṝnsamarcayaṃstathā ṛṣīn || 42 ||
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gajānnarāṃsturaṃgamānbabhakṣire sunirghṛṇāḥ |
rathoḍupaistathā pare taraṃti śoṇitārṇavam || 43 ||
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iti pragāḍhasaṃgare surārisaṃghasaṃkule |
virājate'mbikā dhanuḥ śarā'siśūladhāriṇī || 44 ||
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gajendradarpamarddanī turaṃgayūthapothinī |
surārisainyanāśinī itastataḥ prapaśyatī || 45 ||
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siṃhāṣṭakayukte mahā pretake bhūdharahaṃsaśubhrojjaladbhāsvarābhe vṛṣabhasamāne māninīmatho te daityendravīrāḥ paśyaṃtaḥ samudbhūtaroṣāstato'pi jagmurnadanto ravanto ravaṃ meghanādāḥ || 46 ||
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hāhākāraṃ vikurvāṇā hanyamānāstato'surāḥ |
kecitsamudraṃ viviśuradrīnkecicca dānavāḥ || 47 ||
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kecilluñcitamūrdhāno jālmā bhūtvā vane'vasan |
dayādharmaṃ bruvāṇāśca nirgraṃthavratamāsthitāḥ || 48 ||
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kecitprāṇaparā bhītāḥ pākhaṇḍāśramamāsthitāḥ |
hetuvādaparā mūḍhā niḥśaucā nirapekṣakāḥ || 49 ||
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te cādyāpīha dṛśyante loke kṣapaṇakāḥ kila |
tathaiva bhindakāścānye śivaśāstrabahiṣkṛtāḥ || 50 ||
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kecitkaulavratā hyasmindṛśyante sakalairjanaiḥ |
surāstrīmāṃsabhūyiṣṭhā vikarmasthāśca liṅginaḥ || 51 ||
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prāyo naiṣkṛtikāḥ pāpā jihvopasthaparāyaṇā |
evaṃ devyā hatāḥ sarve balātibalasaṃyutāḥ || 52 ||
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prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya saṃsthitā sā tadāmbikā |
yoginīnāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā saṃyutā pāpanāśinī |
balātibalanāśīti prabhāse prathitā kṣitau || 53 ||
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devyuvāca |
catuḥṣaṣṭistvayā proktā yoginyo yāḥ sureśvara |
tāsāṃ nāmāni me brūhi sarvapāpaharāṇi ca || 54 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yoginīnāṃ mahodayam |
sarvarakṣākaraṃ divyaṃ mahābhayavināśanam || 55 ||
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ādau tatra mahālakṣmīrnaṃdā kṣemaṃkarī tathā |
śivadūtī mahābhadrā bhrāmarī candramaṇḍalā || 56 ||
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revatī harasiddhiśca durgā viṣamalocanā |
sahajā kulajā kubjā māyāvī śāṃbhavī kriyā || 57 ||
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ādyā sarvagatā śuddhā bhāvagamyā manotigā |
vidyāvidyā mahāmāyā suṣumnā sarvamaṃgalā || 58 ||
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oṃkārātmā mahādevi vedārthajananī śivā |
purāṇānvīkṣikī dīkṣā cāmuṇḍā śaṃkarapriyā || 59 ||
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brāhmī śāṃtikarī gaurī brahmaṇyā brāhmaṇapriyā |
bhadrā bhagavatī kṛṣṇā grahanakṣatramālinī || 60 ||
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tripurā tvaritā nityā sāṃkhyā kuṃḍalinī dhruvā |
kalyāṇī śobhanā nirayā niṣkalā paramā kalā || 61 ||
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yoginī yogasadbhāvā yogagamyā guhāśayā |
kātyāyanī umā śarvā hyaparṇeti prakīrtitā || 62 ||
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catuḥṣaṣṭirmahādevi evaṃ te parikīrtitāḥ |
stotreṇānena divyena bhaktyā yaḥ stauti caṃḍikām || 63 ||
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taṃ putramiva śarvāṇī sarvāpatsvabhirakṣati |
caturdaśyāmathāṣṭamyāṃ navamyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ || 64 ||
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upavāsaikabhaktena tathaivāyācitena ca |
gṛhītaniyamā devi ye japaṃti ca caṃḍikām || 65 ||
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varṣārdhaṃ varṣamekaṃ vā siddhāste tattvacāriṇaḥ |
āśvayukchuklapakṣe ca manvādiṣvaṣṭakāsu ca || 66 ||
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kṛtvā mahotsavaṃ devīṃ yajecchreyo'bhivṛddhaye |
pāduke dhārayeddevyā durgābhakto hiraṇmaye || 67 ||
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pramādavighnaśāṃtyarthaṃ kṣurikāṃ ca sadā pumān |
paśumāṃsāsavaiścaivamāsuraṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ || 68 ||
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ye yajantyambikāṃ te syurdaityā aiśvaryabhoginaḥ |
devatvaṃ sāttvikā yāṃti sāttvikīṃ bhaktimāsthitāḥ || 69 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam |
 balātibalanāśinyā devyā sarvārthasādhakam |
prabhāsakṣetrasaṃsthāyāḥ saṃkṣepātkīrtivardhanam || 70 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye balātibaladaityaghnīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 119 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 119

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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