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Skandapurana (Adhyayas 1 - 31.14; to be continued)
Based on the edition by Rob Adriaensen, Hans T. Bakker and Harunaga Isaacson,
Groningen : Egbert Forsten 1998-
(Groningen Oriental Studies)
Input by R. Adriaensen, H.T. Bakker and H. Isaacson
The transliteration emulates the conventions of Nagari script.
Therefore, many word boundaries are not marked by blanks.
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namaḥ paramadevāya traiguṇyāvijitātmane
sarvato yogarūpāya saṃsārābhāvahetave //
SkP_1.1
sthitisaṃrodhasargāṇāṃ hetave 'ntaḥprasāriṇe
ṣaḍviṃśāya pradhānāya mahādevāya dhīmate //
SkP_1.2
prajāpatermahākṣetre gaṅgākālindisaṃgame
prayāge parame puṇye brahmaṇo lokavartmani //
SkP_1.3
munayaḥ saṃśitātmānas tapasā kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ
tīrthasaṃplavanārthāya paurṇamāsyāṃ kṛtāhnikāḥ //
SkP_1.4
paurāṇikamapaśyanta sūtaṃ satyaparāyaṇam
snātvā tasminmahātīrthe praṇāmārthamupāgatam //
SkP_1.5
dṛṣṭvā te sūtamāyāntam ṛṣayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
āśāsyāsanasaṃveśaṃ tadyogyaṃ samakalpayan //
SkP_1.6
sa praṇamya ca tānsarvān sūtastānmunipuṃgavān
pradattamāsanaṃ bheje sarvadharmasamanvitaḥ //
SkP_1.7
tamāsīnamapṛcchanta munayastapasaidhitāḥ
brahmasattre purā sādho naimiśāraṇyavāsinām //
SkP_1.8
kathitaṃ bhāratākhyānaṃ purāṇaṃ ca paraṃ tvayā
tena naḥ pratibhāsi tvaṃ sākṣātsatyavatīsutaḥ //
SkP_1.9
sarvāgamaparārthajñaḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
dvijapūjārato nityaṃ tena pṛcchāṃ tvamarhasi //
SkP_1.10
bhāratākhyānasadṛśaṃ purāṇādyadviśiṣyate
tattvā pṛcchāma vai janma kārttikeyasya dhīmataḥ //
SkP_1.11
ime hi munayaḥ sarve tvadupāstiparāyaṇāḥ
skandasaṃbhavaśuśrūṣāsaṃjātautsukyamānasāḥ //
SkP_1.12
evamuktastadā sūtaḥ saṃsiddhairmunipuṃgavaiḥ
provācedaṃ munīnsarvān vaco bhūtārthavācakam //
SkP_1.13
śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve kārttikeyasya sambhavam
brahmaṇyatvaṃ samāhātmyaṃ vīryaṃ ca tridaśādhikam //
SkP_1.14
mumukṣayā paraṃ sthānaṃ yāte śukamahātmani
sutaśokābhisaṃtapto vyāsastryambakamaikṣata //
SkP_1.15
dṛṣṭvaiva sa maheśānaṃ vyāso 'bhūdvigatavyathaḥ
vicaransa tadā lokān muniḥ satyavatīsutaḥ //
SkP_1.16
meruśṛṅge 'tha dadṛśe brahmaṇaḥ sutamagrajam
sanatkumāraṃ varadaṃ yogaiśvaryasamanvitam //
SkP_1.17
vimāne ravisaṃkāśe tiṣṭhantamanalaprabham
munibhiryogasaṃsiddhais tapoyuktairmahātmabhiḥ //
SkP_1.18
vedavedāṅgatattvajñaiḥ sarvadharmāgamānvitaiḥ
sakalāvāptavidyaistu caturvaktramivāvṛtam //
SkP_1.19
dṛṣṭvā taṃ sumahātmānaṃ vyāso munimathāsthitam
vavande parayā bhaktyā sākṣādiva pitāmaham //
SkP_1.20
brahmasūnuratha vyāsaṃ samāyātaṃ mahaujasam
pariṣvajya paraṃ premṇā provāca vacanaṃ śubham //
SkP_1.21
diṣṭyā tvamasi dharmajña prasādātpārameśvarāt
apetaśokaḥ samprāptaḥ pṛcchasva pravadāmyaham //
SkP_1.22
śrutvātha vacanaṃ sūnor brahmaṇo munipuṃgavaḥ
idamāha vaco viprāś ciraṃ yaddhṛdaye sthitam //
SkP_1.23
kumārasya kathaṃ janma kārttikeyasya dhīmataḥ
kiṃnimittaṃ kuto vāsya icchāmyetaddhi veditum //
SkP_1.24
kathaṃ rudrasutaścāsau vahnigaṅgāsutaḥ katham
umāyāstanayaścaiva svāhāyāśca kathaṃ punaḥ
suparṇyāścātha mātṝṇāṃ kṛttikānāṃ kathaṃ ca saḥ //
SkP_1.25
kaścāsau pūrvamutpannaḥ kiṃtapāḥ kaśca vikramaḥ
bhūtasaṃmohanaṃ hyetat kathayasva yathātatham //
SkP_1.26
evaṃ sa pṛṣṭastejasvī brahmaṇaḥ putrasattamaḥ
uvāca sarvaṃ sarvajño vyāsāyākliṣṭakāriṇe
tacchṛṇudhvaṃ yathātattvaṃ kīrtyamānaṃ mayānaghāḥ //
SkP_1.27
iti skandapurāṇe prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ
prapadye devamīśānaṃ sarvajñamaparājitam
mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvasya jagataḥ patim //
SkP_2.1
śaktirapratighā yasya aiśvaryaṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
svāmitvaṃ ca vibhutvaṃ ca svakṛtāni pracakṣate //
SkP_2.2
tasmai devāya somāya praṇamya prayataḥ śuciḥ
purāṇākhyānajijñāsor vakṣye skandodbhavaṃ śubham //
SkP_2.3
dehāvatāro devasya rudrasya paramātmanaḥ
prājāpatyābhiṣekaśca haraṇaṃ śirasastathā //
SkP_2.4
darśanaṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ cakrasya ca visarjanam
naimiśasyodbhavaścaiva sattrasya ca samāpanam //
SkP_2.5
brahmaṇaścāgamastatra tapasaścaraṇaṃ tathā
śarvasya darśanaṃ caiva devyāścaiva samudbhavaḥ //
SkP_2.6
satyā vivādaśca tathā dakṣaśāpastathaiva ca
menāyāṃ ca yathotpattir yathā devyāḥ svayaṃvaram //
SkP_2.7
devānāṃ varadānaṃ ca vasiṣṭhasya ca dhīmataḥ
parāśarasya cotpattir vyāsasya ca mahātmanaḥ //
SkP_2.8
vasiṣṭhakauśikābhyāṃ ca vairodbhavasamāpanam
vārāṇasyāśca śūnyatvaṃ kṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam //
SkP_2.9
rudrasya cātra sāṃnidhyaṃ nandinaścāpyanugrahaḥ
gaṇānāṃ darśanaṃ caiva kathanaṃ cāpyaśeṣataḥ //
SkP_2.10
kālīvyāharaṇaṃ caiva tapaścaraṇameva ca
somanandisamākhyānaṃ varadānaṃ tathaiva ca //
SkP_2.11
gaurītvaṃ putralambhaśca devyā utpattireva ca
kauśikyā bhūtamātṛtvaṃ siṃhāśca rathinastathā //
SkP_2.12
gauryāśca nilayo vindhye vindhyasūryasamāgamaḥ
agastyasya ca māhātmyaṃ vadhaḥ sundanisundayoḥ //
SkP_2.13
nisumbhasumbhaniryāṇaṃ mahiṣasya vadhastathā
abhiṣekaśca kauśikyā varadānamathāpi ca //
SkP_2.14
andhakasya tathotpattiḥ pṛthivyāścaiva bandhanam
hiraṇyākṣavadhaścaiva hiraṇyakaśipostathā //
SkP_2.15
balisaṃyamanaṃ caiva devyāḥ samaya eva ca
devānāṃ gamanaṃ caiva agnerdūtatvameva ca //
SkP_2.16
devānāṃ varadānaṃ ca śukrasya ca visarjanam
sutasya ca tathotpattir devyāścāndhakadarśanam //
SkP_2.17
śailādidaityasaṃmardo devyāśca śatarūpatā
āryāvarapradānaṃ ca śailādistava eva ca //
SkP_2.18
devasyāgamanaṃ caiva vṛttasya kathanaṃ tathā
pativratāyāścākhyānaṃ guruśuśrūṣaṇasya ca //
SkP_2.19
ākhyānaṃ pañcacūḍāyās tejasaścāpyadhṛṣyatā
dūtasyāgamanaṃ caiva saṃvādo 'tha visarjanam //
SkP_2.20
andhakāsurasaṃvādo mandarāgamanaṃ tathā
gaṇānāmāgamaścaiva saṃkhyānaśravaṇaṃ tathā //
SkP_2.21
nigrahaścāndhakasyātha yuddhena mahatā tathā
śarīrārdhapradānaṃ ca aśokasutasaṃgrahaḥ //
SkP_2.22
bhasmasomodbhavaścaiva śmaśānavasatistathā
rudrasya nīlakaṇṭhatvaṃ tathāyatanavarṇanam //
SkP_2.23
utpattiryakṣarājasya kuberasya ca dhīmataḥ
nigraho bhujagendrāṇāṃ śikharasya ca pātanam //
SkP_2.24
trailokyasya saśakrasya vaśīkaraṇameva ca
devasenāpradānaṃ ca senāpatyābhiṣecanam //
SkP_2.25
nāradasyāgamaścaiva tārakapreṣitasya ha
vadhaśca tārakasyogro yātrā bhadravaṭasya ca //
SkP_2.26
mahiṣasya vadhaścaiva krauñcasya ca nibarhaṇam
śakteruddharaṇaṃ caiva tārakasya vadhaḥ śubhaḥ //
SkP_2.27
devāsurabhayotpattis traipuraṃ yuddhameva ca
prahlādavigrahaścaiva kṛtaghnākhyānameva ca
mahābhāgyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ vistareṇa prakīrtyate //
SkP_2.28
etajjñātvā yathāvaddhi kumārānucaro bhavet
balavānmatisampannaḥ putraṃ cāpnoti saṃmatam //
SkP_2.29
iti skandapurāṇe dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
śṛṇuṣvemāṃ kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanīm
kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutisaṃmitām
yāṃ śrutvā pāpakarmāpi gacchecca paramāṃ gatim //
SkP_3.1
na nāstikāśraddadhāne śaṭhe cāpi kathaṃcana
imāṃ kathāmanubrūyāt tathā cāsūyake nare //
SkP_3.2
idaṃ putrāya śiṣyāya dhārmikāyānasūyave
kathanīyaṃ mahābrahman devabhaktāya vā bhavet
kumārabhaktāya tathā śraddadhānāya caiva hi //
SkP_3.3
purā brahmā prajādhyakṣaḥ aṇḍe 'sminsamprasūyate
so 'jñānātpitaraṃ brahmā na veda tamasāvṛtaḥ //
SkP_3.4
ahameka iti jñātvā sarvāṃl lokānavaikṣata
na cāpaśyata tatrānyaṃ tapoyogabalānvitaḥ //
SkP_3.5
putra putreti cāpyukto brahmā śarveṇa dhīmatā
praṇataḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā tameva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //
SkP_3.6
sa dattvā brahmaṇe śambhuḥ sraṣṭṛtvaṃ jñānasaṃhitam
vibhutvaṃ caiva lokānām antardhe parameśvaraḥ //
SkP_3.7
tadeṣopaniṣatproktā mayā vyāsa sanātanā
yāṃ śrutvā yogino dhyānāt prapadyante maheśvaram //
SkP_3.8
brahmaṃ ca yo vidadhe putramagre jñānaṃ ca yaḥ prahiṇoti sma tasmai
tamātmasthaṃ ye 'nupaśyanti dhīrās teṣāṃ śāntiḥ śāśvatī netareṣām //
SkP_3.9
sa vyāsa pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā svadīptyā parayā yutam
putrakāmaḥ prajāhetos tapastīvraṃ cakāra ha //
SkP_3.10
mahatā yogatapasā yuktasya sumahātmanaḥ
acireṇaiva kālena pitā sampratutoṣa ha //
SkP_3.11
darśanaṃ cāgamattasya varado 'smītyuvāca ha
sa tuṣṭāva nato bhūtvā kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim //
SkP_3.12
namaḥ paramadevāya devānāmapi vedhase
sraṣṭre vai lokatantrāya brahmaṇaḥ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_3.13
ekasmai śaktiyuktāya aśaktirahitāya ca
anantāyāprameyāya indriyāviṣayāya ca //
SkP_3.14
vyāpine vyāptapūrvāya adhiṣṭhātre pracodine
kṛtapracetanāyaiva tattvavinyāsakāriṇe //
SkP_3.15
pradhānacodakāyaiva guṇināṃ śāntidāya ca
dṛṣṭidāya ca sarveṣāṃ svayaṃ vai darśanāya ca //
SkP_3.16
viṣayagrāhiṇe caiva niyamasya ca kāriṇe
manasaḥ karaṇānāṃ ca tatraiva niyamasya ca //
SkP_3.17
bhūtānāṃ guṇakartre ca śaktidāya tathaiva ca
kartre hyaṇḍasya mahyaṃ ca acintyāyāgrajāya ca
aprameya pitarnityaṃ prīto no diśa śakvarīm //
SkP_3.18
tasyaivaṃ stuvato vyāsa devadevo maheśvaraḥ
tuṣṭo 'bravītsvayaṃ putraṃ brahmāṇaṃ praṇataṃ tathā //
SkP_3.19
yasmātte viditaṃ vatsa sūkṣmametanmahādyute
tasmādbrahmeti lokeṣu nāmnā khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi //
SkP_3.20
yasmāccāhaṃ pitetyuktas tvayā buddhimatāṃ vara
tasmātpitāmahatvaṃ te loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati //
SkP_3.21
prajārthaṃ yacca te taptaṃ tapa ugraṃ suduścaram
tasmātprajāpatitvaṃ te dadāni prayatātmane //
SkP_3.22
evamuktvā sa deveśo mūrtimatyo 'sṛjatstriyaḥ
yāstāḥ prakṛtayastvaṣṭau viśeṣāścendriyaiḥ saha
bhāvāśca sarve te devam upatasthuḥ svarūpiṇaḥ //
SkP_3.23
tānuvāca tato devaḥ patiryuktaḥ svatejasā
etamadyābhiṣekeṇa sampādayata mā ciram //
SkP_3.24
tābhiḥ svaṃ svaṃ samādāya bhāvaṃ divyamatarkitam
abhiṣikto babhūveti prajāpatiratidyutiḥ //
SkP_3.25
tatraivaṃ yoginaḥ sūkṣmaṃ dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā
purāṇaṃ yogatattvajñā gāyanti triguṇānvitam //
SkP_3.26
rudraḥ sraṣṭā hi sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ tava ca prabho
asmābhiśca bhavānsārdhaṃ jagataḥ sampravartakaḥ //
SkP_3.27
sa devastoṣitaḥ samyak paramaiśvaryayogadhṛk
brahmāṇamagrajaṃ putraṃ prājāpatye 'bhyaṣecayat //
SkP_3.28
yaḥ kṛtvā bahuvidhamārgayogayuktaṃ tattvākhyaṃ jagadidamādarādyuyoja
devānāṃ paramamanantayogayuktaṃ māyābhistribhuvanamandhamaprasādam //
SkP_3.29
sarveṣāṃ manasi sadāvatiṣṭhamāno jānānaḥ śubhamaśubhaṃ ca bhūtanāthaḥ
taṃ devaṃ pramathapatiṃ praṇamya bhaktyā nityaṃ vai śaraṇamupaimi sūkṣmasūkṣmam //
SkP_3.30
iti skandapurāṇe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
prājāpatyaṃ tato labdhvā prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ pracakrame
prajāstāḥ sṛjyamānāśca na vivardhanti tasya ha //
SkP_4.1
sa kurvāṇastathā sṛṣṭiṃ śaktihīnaḥ pitāmahaḥ
sṛṣṭyarthaṃ bhūya evātha tapaścartuṃ pracakrame //
SkP_4.2
sṛṣṭihetostapastasya jñātvā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ
tejasā jagadāviśya ājagāma tadantikam
sraṣṭā tasya jagannātho 'darśayatsvatanau jagat //
SkP_4.3
svayamāgatya deveśo mahābhūtapatirharaḥ
vyāpyeva hi jagatkṛtsnaṃ parameṇa svatejasā
śambhuḥ prāha varaṃ vatsa yācasveti pitāmaham //
SkP_4.4
taṃ brahmā lokasṛṣṭyarthaṃ putrastvaṃ manasābravīt
sa jñātvā tasya saṃkalpaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameśvaraḥ
mūḍho 'yamiti saṃcintya provāca varadaḥ svayam //
SkP_4.5
āgataṃ pitaraṃ mā tvaṃ yasmātputraṃ samīhase
manmūrtistanayastasmād bhaviṣyati mamājñayā //
SkP_4.6
sa ca te putratāṃ yātvā madīyo gaṇanāyakaḥ
rudro vigrahavānbhūtvā mūḍha tvāṃ vinayiṣyati //
SkP_4.7
sarvavidyādhipatyaṃ ca yogānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
balasyādhipatitvaṃ ca astrāṇāṃ ca prayoktṛtā //
SkP_4.8
mayā dattāni tasyāśu upasthāsyanti sarvaśaḥ
dhanuḥ pinākaṃ śūlaṃ ca khaḍgaṃ paraśureva ca //
SkP_4.9
kamaṇḍalustathā daṇḍaḥ astraṃ pāśupataṃ tathā
saṃvartakāśaniścaiva cakraṃ ca pratisargikam
evaṃ sarvarddhisampannaḥ sutaste sa bhaviṣyati //
SkP_4.10
evamuktvā gate tasminn antardhānaṃ mahātmani
brahmā cakre tadā ceṣṭiṃ putrakāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ //
SkP_4.11
sa juhvañchramasaṃyuktaḥ pratighātasamanvitaḥ
samidyuktena hastena lalāṭaṃ pramamārja ha //
SkP_4.12
samitsaṃyogajastasya svedabindurlalāṭajaḥ
papāta jvalane tasmin dviguṇaṃ tasya tejasā //
SkP_4.13
taddhi māheśvaraṃ tejaḥ saṃdhitaṃ brahmaṇi srutam
preritaṃ devadevena nipapāta havirbhuji //
SkP_4.14
kṣaṇe tasminmaheśena smṛtvā taṃ varamuttamam
preṣito gaṇapo rudraḥ sadya evābhavattadā //
SkP_4.15
tacca saṃsvedajaṃ tejaḥ pūrvaṃ jvalanayojitam
bhūtvā lohitamāśveva punarnīlamabhūttadā //
SkP_4.16
nīlalohita ityeva tenāsāvabhavatprabhuḥ
tryakṣo daśabhujaḥ śrīmān brahmāṇaṃ chādayanniva //
SkP_4.17
śarvādyairnāmabhirbrahmā tanūbhiśca jalādibhiḥ
stutvā taṃ sarvagaṃ devaṃ nīlalohitamavyayam //
SkP_4.18
jñātvā sarvasṛjaṃ paścān mahābhūtapratiṣṭhitam
asṛjadvividhāstvanyāḥ prajāḥ sa jagati prabhuḥ //
SkP_4.19
so 'pi yogaṃ samāsthāya aiśvaryeṇa samanvitaḥ
lokānsarvānsamāviśya dhārayāmāsa sarvadā //
SkP_4.20
brahmaṇo 'pi tataḥ putrā dakṣadharmādayaḥ śubhāḥ
asṛjanta prajāḥ sarvā devamānuṣasaṃkulāḥ //
SkP_4.21
atha kālena mahatā kalpe 'tīte punaḥ punaḥ
prajā dhārayato yogād asminkalpa upasthite //
SkP_4.22
pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārttāyāṃ pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjane
prajāsu ca vivṛddhāsu prayāge yajataśca ha //
SkP_4.23
brahmaṇaḥ ṣaṭkulīyāste ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
marīcayo 'trayaścaiva vasiṣṭhāḥ kratavastathā //
SkP_4.24
bhṛgavo 'ṅgirasaścaiva tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ
ūcurbrahmāṇamabhyetya sahitāḥ karmaṇo 'ntare //
SkP_4.25
bhagavannandhakāreṇa mahatā smaḥ samāvṛtāḥ
khinnā vivadamānāśca na ca paśyāma yatparam //
SkP_4.26
etaṃ naḥ saṃśayaṃ deva ciraṃ hṛdi samāsthitam
tvaṃ hi vettha yathātattvaṃ kāraṇaṃ paramaṃ hi naḥ //
SkP_4.27
kiṃ paraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ balīyaścāpi sarvataḥ
kena cādhiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ ko nityaḥ kaśca śāśvataḥ //
SkP_4.28
kaḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ prakṛteśca pravartakaḥ
ko 'smānsarveṣu kāryeṣu prayunakti mahāmanāḥ //
SkP_4.29
kasya bhūtāni vaśyāni kaḥ sarvaviniyojakaḥ
kathaṃ paśyema taṃ caiva etannaḥ śaṃsa sarvaśaḥ //
SkP_4.30
evamuktastato brahmā sarveṣāmeva saṃnidhau
devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām //
SkP_4.31
yakṣāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca ye ca kutra pravartakāḥ
pakṣiṇāṃ sapiśācānāṃ ye cānye tatsamīpagāḥ
utthāya prāñjaliḥ prāha rudreti triḥ plutaṃ vacaḥ //
SkP_4.32
sa cāpi tapasā śakyo draṣṭuṃ nānyena kenacit
sa sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ balavāṃstanmayaṃ jagat
tasya vaśyāni bhūtāni tenedaṃ dhāryate jagat //
SkP_4.33
tataste sarvalokeśā namaścakrurmahātmane // SkP_4.34
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
kiṃ tanmahattapo deva yena dṛśyeta sa prabhuḥ
tanno vadasva deveśa varadaṃ cābhidhatsva naḥ //
SkP_4.35
sattraṃ mahatsamāsadhvaṃ vāṅmanodoṣavarjitāḥ
deśaṃ ca vaḥ pravakṣyāmi yasmindeśe cariṣyatha //
SkP_4.36
tato manomayaṃ cakraṃ sa sṛṣṭvā tānuvāca ha
kṣiptametanmayā cakram anuvrajata mā ciram //
SkP_4.37
yatrāsya nemiḥ śīryeta sa deśastapasaḥ śubhaḥ
tato mumoca taccakraṃ te ca tatsamanuvrajan //
SkP_4.38
tasya vai vrajataḥ kṣipraṃ yatra nemiraśīryata
naimiśaṃ tatsmṛtaṃ nāmnā puṇyaṃ sarvatra pūjitam //
SkP_4.39
tatpūjitaṃ devamanuṣyasiddhai rakṣobhirugrairuragaiśca divyaiḥ
yakṣaiḥ sagandharvapiśācasaṃghaiḥ sarvāpsarobhiśca diteḥ sutaiśca //
SkP_4.40
vipraiśca dāntaiḥ śamayogayuktais tīrthaiśca sarvairapi cāvanīdhraiḥ
gandharvavidyādharacāraṇaiśca sādhyaiśca viśvaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ stutaṃ ca //
SkP_4.41
iti skandapurāṇe caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ
tannaimiśaṃ samāsādya ṛṣayo dīptatejasaḥ
divyaṃ sattraṃ samāsanta mahadvarṣasahasrikam //
SkP_5.1
ekāgramanasaḥ sarve nirmamā hyanahaṃkṛtāḥ
dhyāyanto nityamīśeśaṃ sadāratanayāgnayaḥ //
SkP_5.2
tanniṣṭhāstatparāḥ sarve tadyuktāstadapāśrayāḥ
sarvakriyāḥ prakurvāṇās tameva manasā gatāḥ //
SkP_5.3
teṣāṃ taṃ bhāvamālakṣya mātariśvā mahātapāḥ
sarvaprāṇicaraḥ śrīmān sarvabhūtapravartakaḥ
dadau sa rūpī bhagavān darśanaṃ sattriṇāṃ śubhaḥ //
SkP_5.4
taṃ te dṛṣṭvārcayitvā ca mātariśvānamavyayam
āsīnamāsane puṇye ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
papracchurudbhavaṃ kṛtsnaṃ jagataḥ pralayaṃ tathā //
SkP_5.5
sthitiṃ ca kṛtsnāṃ vaṃśāṃśca yugamanvantarāṇi ca
vaṃśānucaritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ divyamānaṃ tathaiva ca //
SkP_5.6
aṣṭānāṃ devayonīnām utpattiṃ pralayaṃ tathā
pitṛsargaṃ tathāśeṣaṃ brahmaṇo mānameva ca //
SkP_5.7
candrādityagatiṃ sarvāṃ tārāgrahagatiṃ tathā
sthitiṃ sarveśvarāṇāṃ ca dvīpadharmamaśeṣataḥ
varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ yajñānāṃ ca pravartanam //
SkP_5.8
etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa kathayāmāsa sa prabhuḥ
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca teṣāṃ tadabhiyāttathā //
SkP_5.9
atha divyena rūpeṇa sāmavāgdiṅnirīkṣaṇā
yajurghrāṇātharvaśirāḥ śabdajihvā śubhā satī //
SkP_5.10
nyāyaśrotrā niruktatvagṛkpādapadagāminī
kālabāhūrvarṣakarā divasāṅgulidhāriṇī //
SkP_5.11
kalādibhiḥ parvabhiśca māsaiḥ kararuhaistathā
kalpasādhāraṇā divyā śikṣāvidyonnatastanī //
SkP_5.12
chandovicitimadhyā ca mīmāṃsānābhireva ca
purāṇavistīrṇakaṭir dharmaśāstramanorathā //
SkP_5.13
āśramorūrvarṇajānur yajñagulphā phalāṅguliḥ
lokavedaśarīrā ca romabhiśchāndasaiḥ śubhaiḥ //
SkP_5.14
śraddhāśubhācāravastrā yogadharmābhibhāṣiṇī
vedīmadhyādviniḥsṛtya pravṛttā paramāmbhasā //
SkP_5.15
tasyānte 'vabhṛthe plutya vāyunā saha saṃgatāḥ
tāmapṛcchanta kā nveṣā vāyuṃ devaṃ mahādhiyam //
SkP_5.16
uvāca sa mahātejā ṛṣīndharmānubhāvitān
śuddhāḥ stha tapasā sarve mahāndharmaśca vaḥ kṛtaḥ //
SkP_5.17
yasmādiyaṃ nadī puṇyā brahmalokādihāgatā
iyaṃ sarasvatī nāma brahmalokavibhūṣaṇā //
SkP_5.18
prathamaṃ martyaloke 'smin yuṣmatsiddhyarthamāgatā
nāsyāḥ puṇyatamā kācit triṣu lokeṣu vidyate //
SkP_5.19
kathameṣā mahāpuṇyā pravṛttā brahmalokagā
kāraṇaṃ kiṃ ca tatrāsīd etadicchāma veditum //
SkP_5.20
atra vo vartayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam
brahmaṇaścaiva saṃvādaṃ purā yajñasya caiva ha //
SkP_5.21
yajñairiṣṭvā purā devo brahmā dīptena tejasā
asṛjatsarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca //
SkP_5.22
sa dṛṣṭvā dīptimāndevo dīptyā paramayā yutaḥ
avekṣamāṇaḥ svāṃl lokāṃś caturbhirmukhapaṅkajaiḥ //
SkP_5.23
devādīnmanuṣyādīṃśca dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā mahāmanāḥ
amanyata na me 'nyo 'sti samo loke na cādhikaḥ //
SkP_5.24
yo 'hametāḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ saptalokapratiṣṭhitāḥ
devamānuṣatiryakṣu grasāmi visṛjāmi ca //
SkP_5.25
ahaṃ sraṣṭā hi bhūtānāṃ nānyaḥ kaścana vidyate
niyantā lokakartā ca na mayāsti samaḥ kvacit //
SkP_5.26
tasyaivaṃ manyamānasya yajña āgānmahāmanāḥ
uvāca cainaṃ dīptātmā maivaṃ maṃsthā mahāmate
ayaṃ hi tava saṃmoho vināśāya bhaviṣyati //
SkP_5.27
na yuktamīdṛśaṃ te 'dya sattvasthasyātmayoninaḥ
sraṣṭā tvaṃ caiva nānyo 'sti tathāpi na yaśaskaram //
SkP_5.28
ahaṃ kartā hi bhūtānāṃ bhuvanasya tathaiva ca
karomi na ca saṃmohaṃ yathā tvaṃ deva katthase //
SkP_5.29
tamuvāca tadā brahmā na tvaṃ dhārayitā vibho
ahameva hi bhūtānāṃ dhartā bhartā tathaiva ca
mayā sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni tvamevātra vimuhyase //
SkP_5.30
athāgāttatra saṃvigno vedaḥ paramadīptimān
uvāca caiva tau vedo naitadevamiti prabhuḥ //
SkP_5.31
ahaṃ śreṣṭho mahābhāgau na vadāmyanṛtaṃ kvacit
śṛṇudhvaṃ mama yaḥ kartā bhūtānāṃ yuvayośca ha //
SkP_5.32
parameśo mahādevo rudraḥ sarvagataḥ prabhuḥ
yenāhaṃ tava dattaśca kṛtastvaṃ ca prajāpatiḥ //
SkP_5.33
yajño 'yaṃ yatprasūtiśca aṇḍaṃ yatrāsti saṃsthitam
sarvaṃ tasmātprasūtaṃ vai nānyaḥ kartāsti naḥ kvacit //
SkP_5.34
tamevaṃvādinaṃ devo brahmā vedamabhāṣata
ahaṃ śrutīnāṃ sarvāsāṃ netā sraṣṭā tathaiva ca //
SkP_5.35
matprasādāddhi vedastvaṃ yajñaścāyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
mūḍhau yuvāmadharmo vā bhavadbhyāmanyathā kṛtaḥ
prāyaścittaṃ caradhvaṃ vaḥ kilbiṣānmokṣyathastataḥ //
SkP_5.36
evamukte tadā tena mahāñchabdo babhūva ha
ādityamaṇḍalākāram adṛśyata ca maṇḍalam
mahacchabdena mahatā upariṣṭādviyatsthitam //
SkP_5.37
sa cāpi tasmādvibhraṣṭo bhūtalaṃ samupāśritaḥ
himavatkuñjamāsādya nānāvihaganāditam
vyomagaśca ciraṃ bhūtvā bhūmigaḥ sambabhūva ha //
SkP_5.38
tato brahmā diśaḥ sarvā nirīkṣya mukhapaṅkajaiḥ
caturbhirna viyatsthaṃ tam apaśyatsa pitāmahaḥ //
SkP_5.39
sa mukhaṃ pañcamaṃ dīptam asṛjanmūrdhni saṃsthitam
tenāpaśyadviyatsthaṃ taṃ sūryāyutasamaprabham
ādityamaṇḍalākāraṃ śabdavadghoradarśanam //
SkP_5.40
taṃ dṛṣṭvā pañcamaṃ tasya śiro vai krodhajaṃ mahat
saṃvartakāgnisadṛśaṃ grasiṣyattamavardhata //
SkP_5.41
vardhamānaṃ tadā tattu vaḍavāmukhasaṃnibham
dīptimacchabdavaccaiva devo 'sau dīptamaṇḍalaḥ //
SkP_5.42
hastāṅguṣṭhanakhenāśu vāmenāvajñayaiva hi
cakarta tanmahadghoraṃ brahmaṇaḥ pañcamaṃ śiraḥ //
SkP_5.43
dīptikṛttaśirāḥ so 'tha duḥkhenosreṇa cārditaḥ
papāta mūḍhacetā vai yogadharmavivarjitaḥ //
SkP_5.44
tataḥ suptotthita iva saṃjñāṃ labdhvā mahātapāḥ
maṇḍalasthaṃ mahādevam astauṣīddīnayā girā //
SkP_5.45
namaḥ sahasranetrāya śatanetrāya vai namaḥ
namo vivṛtavaktrāya śatavaktrāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_5.46
namaḥ sahasravaktrāya sarvavaktrāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ sahasrapādāya sarvapādāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_5.47
sahasrapāṇaye caiva sarvataḥpāṇaye namaḥ
namaḥ sarvasya sraṣṭre ca draṣṭre sarvasya te namaḥ //
SkP_5.48
ādityavarṇāya namaḥ śirasaśchedanāya ca
sṛṣṭipralayakartre ca sthitikartre tathā namaḥ //
SkP_5.49
namaḥ sahasraliṅgāya sahasracaraṇāya ca
saṃhāraliṅgine caiva jalaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_5.50
antaścarāya sarvāya prakṛteḥ preraṇāya ca
vyāpine sarvasattvānāṃ puruṣaprerakāya ca //
SkP_5.51
indriyārthaviśeṣāya tathā niyamakāriṇe
bhūtabhavyāya śarvāya nityaṃ sattvavadāya ca //
SkP_5.52
tvameva sraṣṭā lokānāṃ mantā dātā tathā vibho
śaraṇāgatāya dāntāya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi //
SkP_5.53
tasyaivaṃ stuvataḥ samyag bhāvena parameṇa ha
sa tasmai devadeveśo divyaṃ cakṣuradāttadā //
SkP_5.54
cakṣuṣā tena sa tadā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
vimāne sūryasaṃkāśe tejorāśimapaśyata //
SkP_5.55
tasya madhyāttato vācaṃ mahatīṃ samaśṛṇvata
gambhīrāṃ madhurāṃ yuktām atha sampannalakṣaṇām
viśadāṃ putra putreti pūrvaṃ devena coditām //
SkP_5.56
saṃsvedātputra utpanno yattubhyaṃ nīlalohitaḥ
yacca pūrvaṃ mayā proktas tvaṃ tadā sutamārgaṇe //
SkP_5.57
madīyo gaṇapo yaste manmūrtiśca bhaviṣyati
sa prāpya paramaṃ jñānaṃ mūḍha tvā vinayiṣyati //
SkP_5.58
tasyeyaṃ phalaniṣpattiḥ śirasaśchedanaṃ tava
mayaiva kāritā tena nirvṛtaścādhunā bhava //
SkP_5.59
tasya caivotpathasthasya yajñasya tu mahāmate
śiraśchetsyatyasāveva kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare
stavenānena tuṣṭo 'smi kiṃ dadāni ca te 'nagha //
SkP_5.60
tataḥ sa bhagavānhṛṣṭaḥ praṇamya śubhayā girā
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā lakṣyālakṣyaṃ tamīśvaram //
SkP_5.61
bhagavannaiva me duḥkhaṃ darśanātte prabādhate
icchāmi śiraso hyasya dhāraṇaṃ sarvadā tvayā
nanu smareyametacca śirasaśchedanaṃ vibho //
SkP_5.62
bhūyaścādharmakāryebhyas tvayaivecche nivāraṇam
tathā ca kṛtyamuddiśya paśyeyaṃ tvā yathāsukham //
SkP_5.63
vijñaptiṃ brahmaṇaḥ śrutvā provāca bhuvaneśvaraḥ
sa eva sutasaṃjñaste manmūrtirnīlalohitaḥ
śiraśchetsyati yajñasya bibhartsyati śiraśca te //
SkP_5.64
ityuktvā devadeveśas tatraivāntaradhīyata
gate tasminmahādeve brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
sayajñaḥ sahavedaśca svaṃ lokaṃ pratyapadyata //
SkP_5.65
ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānmartyo guhyaṃ vedārthasaṃmitam
sa dehabhedamāsādya sāyujyaṃ brahmaṇo vrajet //
SkP_5.66
yaścemaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ samīpataḥ
sa sarvapāpanirmukto rudraloke mahīyate //
SkP_5.67
nāputraśiṣyayogibhya idamākhyānamaiśvaram
ākhyeyaṃ nāpi cājñāya na śaṭhāya na mānine //
SkP_5.68
idaṃ mahaddivyamadharmaśāsanaṃ paṭhetsadā brāhmaṇavaidyasaṃsadi
kṛtāvakāśo bhavatīha mānavaḥ śarīrabhede praviśetpitāmaham //
SkP_5.69
iti skandapurāṇe pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevaḥ kapardī nīlalohitaḥ
ājñayā parameśasya jagrāha brahmaṇaḥ śiraḥ //
SkP_6.1
tadgṛhītvā śiro dīptaṃ rūpaṃ vikṛtamāsthitaḥ
yogakrīḍāṃ samāsthāya bhaikṣāya pracacāra ha //
SkP_6.2
sa devaveśmani tadā bhikṣārthamagamaddvijāḥ
na cāsya kaścittāṃ bhikṣām anurūpāmadādvibhoḥ //
SkP_6.3
abhyagātsaṃkrameṇaiva veśma viṣṇormahātmanaḥ
tasyātiṣṭhata sa dvāri bhikṣāmuccārayañchubhām //
SkP_6.4
sa dṛṣṭvā tadupasthaṃ tu viṣṇurvai yogacakṣuṣā
śirāṃ lalāṭātsambhidya raktadhārāmapātayat
papāta sā ca vistīrṇā yojanārdhaśataṃ tadā //
SkP_6.5
tayā patantyā viprendrā bahūnyabdāni dhārayā
pitāmahakapālasya nārdhamapyabhipūritam
tamuvāca tato devaḥ prahasya vacanaṃ śubham //
SkP_6.6
sakṛtkanyāḥ pradīyante sakṛdagniśca jāyate
sakṛdrājāno bruvate sakṛdbhikṣā pradīyate //
SkP_6.7
tuṣṭo 'smi tava dānena yuktenānena mānada
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te varado 'smi tavādya vai //
SkP_6.8
eṣa eva varaḥ ślāghyo yadahaṃ devatādhipam
paśyāmi śaṃkaraṃ devam ugraṃ śarvaṃ kapardinam //
SkP_6.9
devaśchāyāṃ tato vīkṣya kapālasthe tadā rase
sasarja puruṣaṃ dīptaṃ viṣṇoḥ sadṛśamūrjitam //
SkP_6.10
tamāhāthākṣayaścāsi ajarāmara eva ca
yuddheṣu cāpratidvandvī sakhā viṣṇoranuttamaḥ
devakāryakaraḥ śrīmān sahānena carasva ca //
SkP_6.11
nārāsu janma yasmātte viṣṇudehodbhavāsu ca
narastasmāddhi nāmnā tvaṃ priyaścāsya bhaviṣyasi //
SkP_6.12
taṃ tadāśvāsya nikṣipya naraṃ viṣṇoḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ
agamadbrahmasadanaṃ tau cāviviśaturgṛham //
SkP_6.13
ya idaṃ narajanmeha śṛṇuyādvā paṭheta vā
sa kīrtyā parayā yukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate //
SkP_6.14
iti skandapurāṇe ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ
brahmalokaṃ samāsādya bhagavānsarvalokapaḥ
bhaikṣyaṃ bhaikṣyamiti procya dvāre samavatiṣṭhata //
SkP_7.1
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vikṛtaṃ brahmā kapālakarabhūṣaṇam
jñātvā yogena mahatā tuṣṭāva bhuvaneśvaram //
SkP_7.2
tasya tuṣṭastadā devo varado 'smītyabhāṣata
vṛṇīṣva varamavyagro yaste manasi vartate //
SkP_7.3
icchāmi devadeveśa tvayā cihnamidaṃ kṛtam
yena cihnena loko 'yaṃ cihnitaḥ syājjagatpate //
SkP_7.4
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānvadatāṃ varaḥ
sarvaśrutimayaṃ brahma omiti vyājahāra ha //
SkP_7.5
śambhorvyāhāramātreṇa vāgiyaṃ divyarūpiṇī
niḥsṛtā vadanāddevī prahvā samavatiṣṭhata //
SkP_7.6
tāmuvāca tadā devo vācā saṃjīvayanniva
yasmāttvamakṣaro bhūtvā mama vāco viniḥsṛtā
sarvavidyādhidevī tvaṃ tasmāddevi bhaviṣyasi //
SkP_7.7
yasmādbrahmasaraścedaṃ mukhaṃ mama samāśritā
tasmātsarasvatītyeva loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi //
SkP_7.8
imaṃ lokaṃ varāmbhobhiḥ pāvayitvā ca suprabhe
sarvāṃl lokāṃstārayitrī punastvaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_7.9
yajñabhāgaṃ ca devāste dāsyanti sapitāmahāḥ
puṇyā ca sarvasaritāṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_7.10
tataḥ sā samanujñātā śaṃkareṇa vibhāvinī
cakre brahmasaraḥ puṇyaṃ brahmaloke 'tipāvanam //
SkP_7.11
toyāmṛtasusampūrṇaṃ svarṇapadmopaśobhitam
nānāpakṣigaṇākīrṇaṃ mīnasaṃkṣobhitodakam
tato viniḥsṛtā bhūyaḥ semaṃ lokamapāvayat //
SkP_7.12
taṃ gṛhītvā mahādevaḥ kapālamamitaujasam
imaṃ lokamanuprāpya deśe śreṣṭhe 'vatiṣṭhata //
SkP_7.13
tatra tacca mahaddivyaṃ kapālaṃ devatādhipaḥ
sthāpayāmāsa dīptārcir gaṇānāmagrataḥ prabhuḥ //
SkP_7.14
tatsthāpitamatho dṛṣṭvā gaṇāḥ sarve mahātmanaḥ
anadansumahānādaṃ nādayanto diśo daśa
kṣubdhārṇavāśaniprakhyaṃ nabho yena vyaśīryata //
SkP_7.15
tena śabdena ghoreṇa asuro devakaṇṭakaḥ
hālāhala iti khyātas taṃ deśaṃ so 'bhyagacchata //
SkP_7.16
amṛṣyamāṇaḥ krodhāndho durātmā yajñanāśakaḥ
brahmadattavaraścaiva avadhyaḥ sarvajantubhiḥ
mahiṣaśchannarūpāṇām asurāṇāṃ śatairvṛtaḥ //
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tamāpatantaṃ sakrodhaṃ mahiṣaṃ devakaṇṭakam
samprekṣyāha gaṇādhyakṣo gaṇānsarvānpinākinaḥ //
SkP_7.18
daityo 'yaṃ gaṇapā duṣṭas trailokyasurakaṇṭakaḥ
āyāti tvarito yūyaṃ tasmādenaṃ nihanyatha //
SkP_7.19
tataste gaṇapāḥ sarve samāyāntaṃ suradviṣam
bhittvā śūlena saṃkruddhā vigatāsuṃ ca cakrire //
SkP_7.20
hate tasmiṃstadā devo diśaḥ sarvā avaikṣata
tābhyaḥ piśācā vṛttāsyāḥ piśācyaśca mahābalāḥ
abhyagacchanta deveśaṃ tābhyastaṃ vinivedayat //
SkP_7.21
sa tābhirupayuktaśca viniyuktaśca sarvaśaḥ
tameva cāpyathāvāsaṃ devādiṣṭaṃ prapedire //
SkP_7.22
bhakṣayanti sma mahiṣaṃ mitvā mitvā yatastu tāḥ
kapālamātaraḥ proktās tasmāddevena dhīmatā //
SkP_7.23
kapālaṃ sthāpitaṃ yasmāt tasmindeśe pinākinā
mahākapālaṃ tattasmāt triṣu lokeṣu gadyate //
SkP_7.24
sthāpitasya kapālasya yathoktamabhavattadā
khyātaṃ śivataḍāgaṃ tat sarvapāpapramocanam //
SkP_7.25
āgatyātha tato brahmā devatānāṃ gaṇairvṛtaḥ
kapardinamupāmantrya taṃ deśaṃ so 'nvagṛhṇata //
SkP_7.26
ardhayojanavistīrṇaṃ kṣetrametatsamantataḥ
bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ siddhakṣetraṃ mahātmanaḥ //
SkP_7.27
śmeti hi procyate pāpaṃ kṣayaṃ śānaṃ vidurbudhāḥ
dhyānena niyamaiścaiva śmaśānaṃ tena saṃjñitam
guhyaṃ devātidevasya paraṃ priyamanuttamam //
SkP_7.28
evaṃ tatra naraḥ pāpaṃ sarvameva prahāsyati
trirātropoṣitaścaiva arcayitvā vṛṣadhvajam
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalaṃ yattadavāpsyati //
SkP_7.29
yaśca prāṇānpriyāṃstatra parityakṣyati mānavaḥ
sa guhyagaṇadevānāṃ samatāṃ samavāpsyati //
SkP_7.30
tataḥ sa tatra saṃsthāpya devasyārcādvayaṃ śubham
śūleśvaraṃ mahākāyaṃ rudrasyāyatanaṃ śubham //
SkP_7.31
tatrābhigamanādeva kṛtvā pāpasya saṃkṣayam
rudralokamavāpnoti sa prāhaivaṃ pitāmahaḥ //
SkP_7.32
yatra cāpi śirastasya ciccheda bhuvaneśvaraḥ
kaśmīraḥ so 'bhavannāmnā deśaḥ puṇyatamaḥ sadā //
SkP_7.33
tato devaḥ saha gaṇai rūpaṃ vikṛtamāsthitaḥ
paśyatāṃ sarvadevānām antardhānamagātprabhuḥ //
SkP_7.34
gate ca devanāthe 'tha kapālasthānamavyayam
sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya phalena samayojayat //
SkP_7.35
tadadyāpi mahaddivyaṃ sarastatra pradṛśyate
mahākapālaṃ viprendrāḥ svargāstatrākṣayāḥ smṛtāḥ //
SkP_7.36
idaṃ śubhaṃ divyamadharmanāśanaṃ mahāphalaṃ sendrasurāsurārcitam
mahākapālaṃ prakṛtopadarśanaṃ sureśalokādivigāhane hitam //
SkP_7.37
tapodhanaiḥ siddhagaṇaiśca saṃstutaṃ diviṣṭhatulyadvijarājamaṇḍale
paṭhennaro yaḥ śṛṇuyācca sarvadā tripiṣṭapaṃ gacchati so 'bhinanditaḥ //
SkP_7.38
iti skandapurāṇe saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ
evameṣā bhagavatī brahmalokānusāriṇī
yuṣmākaṃ dharmasiddhyarthaṃ vedīmadhyādvyavartata //
SkP_8.1
evaṃ teṣāṃ samāpte 'tha sattre varṣasahasrike
pravṛttāyāṃ sarasvatyām agāttatra pitāmahaḥ //
SkP_8.2
bhūyo 'nyena ha sattreṇa yajadhvaṃ devamīśvaram
yadā vo bhavitā vighnaṃ tadā niṣkalmaṣaṃ tapaḥ //
SkP_8.3
vighnaṃ taccaiva saṃtīrya tapastaptvā ca bhāsvaram
yogaṃ prāpya mahadyuktās tato drakṣyatha śaṃkaram //
SkP_8.4
tathetyuktvā gate tasmin sattrāṇyājahrire tadā
bahūni vividhākārāṇy abhiyuktā mahāvratāḥ //
SkP_8.5
niḥsomāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā kṛtsnāmetāṃ tato dvijāḥ
rājānaṃ somamānāyya abhiṣektumiyeṣire //
SkP_8.6
atha so 'pi kṛtātithyaḥ adṛśyena durātmanā
svarbhānunā hṛtaḥ somas tataste duḥkhitābhavan //
SkP_8.7
te gatvā munayaḥ sarve kalāpagrāmavāsinaḥ
purūravasamānīya rājānaṃ te 'bhyaṣecayan //
SkP_8.8
ūcuścainaṃ mahābhāgā hṛtaḥ somo hi naḥ prabho
kenāpi tadbhavānkṣipram ihānayatu mā ciram //
SkP_8.9
sa evamukto mṛgayan natamāsādayatprabhuḥ
uvāca sa tadā viprān praṇamya bhayapīḍitaḥ //
SkP_8.10
paramaṃ yatnamāsthāya mayā somo 'bhimārgitaḥ
na ca taṃ vedmi kenāsau kva vā nīta iti prabhuḥ //
SkP_8.11
tamevaṃvādinaṃ kruddhā ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
ūcuḥ sarve susaṃrabdhā ilāputraṃ mahāmatim //
SkP_8.12
bhavānrājā kutastrātā kṛto 'smābhirbhayārditaiḥ
na ca nastadbhayaṃ śakto vināśayitumāśvapi //
SkP_8.13
viṣayeṣvatisaktātmā yogāttaṃ nānupaśyasi
tasmādvirodhamāsthāya dvijebhyo vadhamāpsyasi //
SkP_8.14
vayameva hi rājānam ānayiṣyāma durvidam
tapasā svena rājendra paśya no balamuttamam //
SkP_8.15
tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ
astuvanvāgbhiriṣṭābhir gāyatrīṃ vedabhāvinīm //
SkP_8.16
stuvatāṃ tu tatasteṣāṃ gāyatrī vedabhāvinī
rūpiṇī darśanaṃ prādād uvācedaṃ ca tāndvijān //
SkP_8.17
tuṣṭāsmi vatsāḥ kiṃ vo 'dya karomi varadāsmi vaḥ
brūta tatkṛtameveha bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_8.18
somo no 'pahṛto devi kenāpi sudurātmanā
tamānaya namaste 'stu eṣa no vara uttamaḥ //
SkP_8.19
sā tathoktā viniścitya dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā
śyenībhūtā jagāmāśu svarbhānumasuraṃ prati //
SkP_8.20
vyagrāṇāmasurāṇāṃ sā gṛhītvā somamāgatā
āgamya tānṛṣīnprāha ayaṃ somo 'bhiṣūyatām //
SkP_8.21
te tamāsādya ṛṣayaḥ prāpya yajñaphalaṃ mahat
amanyanta tapo 'smākaṃ niṣkalmaṣamiti dvijāḥ //
SkP_8.22
tatastatra svayaṃ brahmā saha devoragādibhiḥ
āgatya tānṛṣīnprāha tapaḥ kuruta mā ciram //
SkP_8.23
te saha brahmaṇā gatvā mainākaṃ parvatottamam
sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ tapaśceruḥ samāhitāḥ //
SkP_8.24
teṣāṃ kālena mahatā tapasā bhāvitātmanām
yogapravṛttirabhavat sūkṣmayuktāstatastu te //
SkP_8.25
te yuktā brahmaṇā sārdham ṛṣayaḥ saha devataiḥ
maheśvare manaḥ sthāpya niścalopalavatsthitāḥ //
SkP_8.26
atha teṣāṃ mahādevaḥ pinākī nīlalohitaḥ
abhyagacchata taṃ deśaṃ vimānenārkatejasā //
SkP_8.27
tadbhāvabhāvitāñ{}jñātvā sadbhāvena pareṇa ha
uvāca meghanirhrādaḥ śatadundubhinisvanaḥ //
SkP_8.28
bho bho sabrahmakā devāḥ saviṣṇuṛṣicāraṇāḥ
divyaṃ cakṣuḥ prayacchāmi paśyadhvaṃ māṃ yathepsitam //
SkP_8.29
apaśyanta tataḥ sarve sūryāyutasamaprabham
vimānaṃ merusaṃkāśaṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitaṃ //
SkP_8.30
tasya madhye 'gnikūṭaṃ ca sumahaddīptimāsthitam
jvālāmālāparikṣiptam arcibhirupaśobhitam //
SkP_8.31
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ pradīptānalalocanam
tretāgnipiṅgalajaṭaṃ bhujagābaddhamekhalam //
SkP_8.32
mṛṣṭakuṇḍalinaṃ caiva śūlāsaktamahākaram
pinākinaṃ daṇḍahastaṃ mudgarāśanipāṇinam //
SkP_8.33
asipaṭṭisahastaṃ ca cakriṇaṃ cordhvamehanam
akṣasūtrakaraṃ caiva duṣprekṣyamakṛtātmabhiḥ
candrādityagrahaiścaiva kṛtasragupabhūṣaṇam //
SkP_8.34
tamapaśyanta te sarve devā divyena cakṣuṣā
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā na bhavenmṛtyur martyasyāpi kadācana //
SkP_8.35
tapasā viniyogayoginaḥ praṇamanto bhavamindunirmalam
viyatīśvaradattacakṣuṣaḥ saha devairmunayo mudānvitāḥ //
SkP_8.36
prasamīkṣya mahāsureśakālaṃ manasā cāpi vicārya durvisahyam
praṇamanti gatātmabhāvacintāḥ saha devairjagadudbhavaṃ stuvantaḥ //
SkP_8.37
iti skandapurāṇe aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ
te dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṃ sarve sabrahmakāḥ surāḥ
astuvanvāgbhiriṣṭābhiḥ praṇamya vṛṣavāhanam //
SkP_9.1
namaḥ śivāya somāya bhaktānāṃ bhayahāriṇe
namaḥ śūlāgrahastāya kamaṇḍaludharāya ca //
SkP_9.2
daṇḍine nīlakaṇṭhāya karāladaśanāya ca
tretāgnidīptanetrāya trinetrāya harāya ca //
SkP_9.3
namaḥ pinākine caiva namo 'stvaśanidhāriṇe
vyālayajñopavītāya kuṇḍalābharaṇāya ca //
SkP_9.4
namaścakradharāyaiva vyāghracarmadharāya ca
kṛṣṇājinottarīyāya sarpamekhaline tathā //
SkP_9.5
varadātre ca rudrāya sarasvatīsṛje tathā
somasūryarkṣamālāya akṣasūtrakarāya ca //
SkP_9.6
jvālāmālāsahasrāya ūrdhvaliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ parvatavāsāya śirohartre ca me purā //
SkP_9.7
hālāhalavināśāya kapālavaradhāriṇe
vimānavaravāhāya janakāya mamaiva ca
varadāya variṣṭhāya śmaśānarataye namaḥ //
SkP_9.8
namo narasya kartre ca sthitikartre namaḥ sadā
utpattipralayānāṃ ca kartre sarvasahāya ca //
SkP_9.9
ṛṣidaivatanāthāya sarvabhūtādhipāya ca
śivaḥ saumyaśca deveśa bhava no bhaktavatsala //
SkP_9.10
brahmaṇyathaivaṃ stuvati devadevaḥ sa lokapaḥ
uvāca tuṣṭastāndevān ṛṣīṃśca tapasaidhitān //
SkP_9.11
tuṣṭo 'smyanena vaḥ samyak tapasā ṛṣidevatāḥ
varaṃ brūta pradāsyāmi suniścintya sa ucyatām //
SkP_9.12
atha sarvānabhiprekṣya saṃtuṣṭāṃstapasaidhitān
darśanenaiva viprendra brahmā vacanamabravīt //
SkP_9.13
yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa yadi deyo varaśca naḥ
tasmācchivaśca saumyaśca dṛśyaścaiva bhavasva naḥ //
SkP_9.14
sukhasaṃvyavahāryaśca nityaṃ tuṣṭamanāstathā
sarvakāryeṣu ca sadā hitaḥ pathyaśca śaṃkaraḥ //
SkP_9.15
saha devyā sasūnuśca saha devagaṇairapi
eṣa no dīyatāṃ deva varo varasahasrada //
SkP_9.16
evamuktaḥ sa bhagavān brahmaṇā devasattamaḥ
svakaṃ tejo mahaddivyaṃ vyasṛjatsarvayogavit //
SkP_9.17
ardhena tejasaḥ svasya mukhādulkāṃ sasarja ha
tāmāha bhava nārīti bhagavānviśvarūpadhṛk //
SkP_9.18
sākāśaṃ dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca mahimnā vyāpya viṣṭhitā
upatasthe ca deveśaṃ dīpyamānā yathā taḍit //
SkP_9.19
tāmāha prahasandevo devīṃ kamalalocanām
brahmāṇaṃ devi varadam ārādhaya śucismite //
SkP_9.20
sā tatheti pratijñāya tapastaptuṃ pracakrame
rudraśca tānṛṣīnāha śṛṇudhvaṃ mama toṣaṇe
phalaṃ phalavatāṃ śreṣṭhā yadbravīmi tapodhanāḥ //
SkP_9.21
amarā jarayā tyaktā arogā janmavarjitāḥ
madbhaktāstapasā yuktā ihaiva ca nivatsyatha //
SkP_9.22
ayaṃ caivāśramaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ svarṇaśṛṅgo 'calottamaḥ
puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ sthānaṃ vai bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_9.23
maināke parvate śreṣṭhe svarṇo 'hamabhavaṃ yataḥ
svarṇākṣīṃ cāsṛjaṃ devīṃ svarṇākṣaṃ tena tatsmṛtam //
SkP_9.24
svarṇākṣe ṛṣayo yūyaṃ ṣaṭkulīyāstapodhanāḥ
nivatsyatha mayājñaptāḥ svarṇākṣaṃ vai tataśca ha
samantādyojanaṃ kṣetraṃ pavitraṃ tanna saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_9.25
devagandharvacaritam apsarogaṇasevitam
siṃhebhaśarabhākīrṇaṃ śārdūlarkṣamṛgākulam
anekavihagākīrṇaṃ latāvṛkṣakṣupākulam //
SkP_9.26
brahmacārī niyamavāñ jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ
upoṣya triguṇāṃ rātriṃ caruṃ kṛtvā nivedya ca
yatra tatra mṛtaḥ so 'pi brahmaloke nivatsyati //
SkP_9.27
yo 'pyevameva kāmātmā paśyettatra vṛṣadhvajam
gosahasraphalaṃ so 'pi matprasādādavāpsyati
niyamena mṛtaścātra mayā saha cariṣyati //
SkP_9.28
yāvatsthāsyanti lokāśca mainākaścāpyayaṃ giriḥ
tāvatsaha mayā devā matprasādāccariṣyatha //
SkP_9.29
evaṃ sa tānṛṣīnuktvā dṛṣṭvā saumyena cakṣuṣā
paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata //
SkP_9.30
ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānmartyo dvijātīñchrāvayeta vā
so 'pi tatphalamāsādya carenmṛtyuvivarjitaḥ //
SkP_9.31
jayati jaladavāhaḥ sarvabhūtāntakālaḥ śamadamaniyatānāṃ kleśahartā yatīnām
jananamaraṇahartā ceṣṭatāṃ dhārmikāṇāṃ vividhakaraṇayuktaḥ khecaraḥ pādacārī //
SkP_9.32
madanapuravidārī netradantāvapātī vigatabhayaviṣādaḥ sarvabhūtapracetāḥ
satatamabhidadhānaścekitānātmacittaḥ karacaraṇalalāmaḥ sarvadṛgdevadevaḥ //
SkP_9.33
iti skandapurāṇe navamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sā devī tryambakaproktā tatāpa suciraṃ tapaḥ
nirāhārā kadācicca ekaparṇāśanā punaḥ
vāyvāhārā punaścāpi abbhakṣā bhūya eva ca //
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tāṃ tapaścaraṇe yuktāṃ brahmā jñātvātibhāsvarām
uvāca brūhi tuṣṭo 'smi devi kiṃ karavāṇi te //
SkP_10.2
sābravīt tryambakaṃ devaṃ patiṃ prāpyenduvarcasam
vicareyaṃ sukhaṃ deva sarvāṃl lokānnamastava //
SkP_10.3
na hi yena śarīreṇa kriyate paramaṃ tapaḥ
tenaiva parameśo 'sau patiḥ śambhuravāpyate //
SkP_10.4
tasmāddhi yogādbhavatī dakṣasyeha prajāpateḥ
jāyasva duhitā bhūtvā patiṃ rudramavāpsyasi //
SkP_10.5
tataḥ sā tadvacaḥ śrutvā yogāddevī manasvinī
dakṣasya duhitā jajñe satī nāmātiyoginī //
SkP_10.6
tāṃ dakṣastryambakāyaiva dadau bhāryāmaninditām
brahmaṇo vacanādyasyāṃ mānasānasṛjatsutān //
SkP_10.7
ātmatulyabalāndīptāñ jarāmaraṇavarjitān
anekāni sahasrāṇi rudrāṇāmamitaujasām //
SkP_10.8
tāndṛṣṭvā sṛjyamānāṃśca brahmā taṃ pratyaṣedhayat
mā srākṣīrdevadeveśa prajā mṛtyuvivarjitāḥ //
SkP_10.9
anyāḥ sṛjasva bhadraṃ te prajā mṛtyusamanvitāḥ
tena coktaṃ sthito 'smīti sthāṇustena tataḥ smṛtaḥ //
SkP_10.10
na srakṣye mṛtyusaṃyuktāḥ prajā brahmankathaṃcana
sthito 'smi vacanātte 'dya vaktavyo nāsmi te punaḥ //
SkP_10.11
ye tvime mānasāḥ sṛṣṭā mahātmāno mahābalāḥ
cariṣyanti mayā sārdhaṃ sarva ete hi yājñikāḥ //
SkP_10.12
atha kāle gate vyāsa sa dakṣaḥ śāpakāraṇāt
anyānāhūya jāmātṝn sadārānarcayadgṛhe //
SkP_10.13
satīṃ saha tryambakena nājuhāva ruṣānvitaḥ
satī jñātvā tu tatsarvaṃ gatvā pitaramabravīt //
SkP_10.14
ahaṃ jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhā ca jāmātrā saha suvrata
māṃ hitvā nārhase hyetāḥ saha bhartṛbhirarcitum //
SkP_10.15
krodhenātha samāviṣṭaḥ sa krodhopahatendriyaḥ
nirīkṣya prābravīddakṣaś cakṣuṣā nirdahanniva //
SkP_10.16
māmetāḥ sati sasnehāḥ pūjayanti sabhartṛkāḥ
na tvaṃ tathā pūjayase saha bhartrā mahāvrate //
SkP_10.17
gṛhāṃśca me sapatnīkāḥ praviśanti tapodhanāḥ
śreṣṭhāṃstasmātsadā manye tatastānarcayāmyaham //
SkP_10.18
tasmādyatte karomyadya śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham
pūjāṃ gṛhāṇa tāṃ putri gaccha vā yatra rocate //
SkP_10.19
tataḥ sā krodhadīptāsyā na jagrāhātikopitā
pūjāmasaṃmatāṃ hīnām idaṃ covāca taṃ śubhā //
SkP_10.20
yasmādasaṃmatāmetāṃ pūjāṃ tvaṃ kuruṣe mayi
ślāghyāṃ caivāpyaduṣṭāṃ ca śreṣṭhāṃ māṃ garhase pitaḥ //
SkP_10.21
tasmādimaṃ svakaṃ dehaṃ tyajāmyeṣā tavātmajā
asatkṛtāyāḥ kiṃ me 'dya jīvitenāśubhena ha //
SkP_10.22
tataḥ kṛtvā namaskāraṃ manasā tryambakāya ha
uvācedaṃ susaṃrabdhā vacanaṃ vacanāraṇiḥ //
SkP_10.23
yatrāhamupapadyeyaṃ punardehe svayecchayā
evaṃ tatrāpyasaṃmūḍhā sambhūtā dhārmikā satī
gaccheyaṃ dharmapatnītvaṃ tryambakasyaiva dhīmataḥ //
SkP_10.24
tataḥ sā dhāraṇāṃ kṛtvā āgneyīṃ sahasā satī
dadāha vai svakaṃ dehaṃ svasamutthena vahninā //
SkP_10.25
tāṃ jñātvā tryambako devīṃ tathābhūtāṃ mahāyaśāḥ
uvāca dakṣaṃ saṃgamya idaṃ vacanakovidaḥ //
SkP_10.26
yasmātte ninditaścāhaṃ praśastāścetare pṛthak
jāmātaraḥ sapatnīkās tasmādvaivasvate 'ntare
utpatsyante punaryajñe tava jāmātarastvime //
SkP_10.27
tvaṃ caiva mama śāpena kṣatriyo bhavitā nṛpaḥ
pracetasāṃ sutaścaiva kanyāyāṃ śākhināṃ punaḥ
dharmavighnaṃ ca te tatra kariṣye krūrakarmaṇaḥ //
SkP_10.28
tamuvāca tadā dakṣo dūyatā hṛdayena vai
mayā yadi sutā svā vai proktā tyaktāpi vā punaḥ
kiṃ tavātra kṛtaṃ deva ahaṃ tasyāḥ prabhuḥ sadā //
SkP_10.29
yasmāttvaṃ māmabhyaśapas tasmāttvamapi śaṃkara
bhūrloke vatsyase nityaṃ na svarloke kadācana //
SkP_10.30
bhāgaṃ ca tava yajñeṣu dattvā sarve dvijātayaḥ
apaḥ sprakṣyanti sarvatra mahādeva mahādyute //
SkP_10.31
tataḥ sa devaḥ prahasaṃs tamuvāca trilocanaḥ
sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ mūlaṃ bhūrloka ucyate //
SkP_10.32
tamahaṃ dhārayāmyeko lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
bhūrloke hi dhṛte lokāḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti śāśvatāḥ
tasmāttiṣṭhāmyahaṃ nityam ihaiva na tavājñayā //
SkP_10.33
bhāgāndattvā tathānyebhyo ditsavo me dvijātayaḥ
apaḥ spṛśanti śuddhyarthaṃ bhāgaṃ yacchanti me tataḥ
dattvā spṛśanti bhūyaśca dharmasyaivābhivṛddhaye //
SkP_10.34
yathā hi devanirmālyaṃ śucayo dhārayantyuta
aśuciṃ spraṣṭukāmāśca tyaktvāpaḥ saṃspṛśanti ca //
SkP_10.35
devānāmevamanyeṣāṃ ditsavo brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ
bhāgānapaḥ spṛśanti sma tatra kā paridevanā //
SkP_10.36
tvaṃ tu macchāpanirdagdho viparīto narādhamaḥ
svasyāṃ sutāyāṃ mūḍhātmā putramutpādayiṣyasi //
SkP_10.37
evaṃ sa bhagavāñchaptvā dakṣaṃ devo jagatpatiḥ
virarāma mahātejā jagāma ca yathāgatam //
SkP_10.38
candradivākaravahnisamākṣaṃ candranibhānanapadmadalākṣam
govṛṣavāhamameyaguṇaughaṃ satatamihenduvahaṃ praṇatāḥ smaḥ //
SkP_10.39
ya imaṃ dakṣaśāpāṅkaṃ devyāścaivāśarīratām
śṛṇuyādvātha viprānvā śrāvayīta yatavrataḥ
sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokamavāpnuyāt //
SkP_10.40
iti skandapurāṇe daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
kadācitsvagṛhaṃ prāptaṃ kaśyapaṃ dvipadāṃ varam
apṛcchaddhimavānpraśnaṃ loke khyātikaraṃ nu kim //
SkP_11.1
kenākṣayāśca lokāḥ syuḥ khyātiśca paramā mune
tathaiva cārcanīyatvaṃ satsu taṃ kathayasva me //
SkP_11.2
apatyena mahābāho sarvametadavāpyate
mama khyātirapatyena brahmaṇo ṛṣibhiśca ha //
SkP_11.3
kiṃ na paśyasi śailendra yato māṃ paripṛcchasi
vartayiṣyāmi taccāpi yanme dṛṣṭaṃ purācala //
SkP_11.4
vārāṇasīmahaṃ gacchann apaśyaṃ saṃsthitaṃ divi
vimānaṃ svanavaddivyam anaupamyamaninditam //
SkP_11.5
tasyādhastādārtanādaṃ gartāsthāne śṛṇomyaham
tānahaṃ tapasā jñātvā tatraivāntarhitaḥ sthitaḥ //
SkP_11.6
athāgāttatra śailendra vipro niyamavāñchuciḥ
tīrthābhiṣekapūtātmā pare tapasi saṃsthitaḥ //
SkP_11.7
atha sa vrajamānastu vyāghreṇābhīṣito dvijaḥ
viveśa taṃ tadā deśaṃ sā gartā yatra bhūdhara //
SkP_11.8
gartāyāṃ vīraṇastambe lambamānāṃstadā munīn
apaśyadārto duḥkhārtān apṛcchattāṃśca sa dvijaḥ //
SkP_11.9
ke yūyaṃ vīraṇastambe lambamānā hyadhomukhāḥ
duḥkhitāḥ kena mokṣaśca yuṣmākaṃ bhavitānaghāḥ //
SkP_11.10
vayaṃ te 'kṛtapuṇyasya pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ
prapitāmahāśca kliśyāmas tava duṣṭena karmaṇā //
SkP_11.11
narako 'yaṃ mahābhāga gartārūpaṃ samāsthitaḥ
tvaṃ cāpi vīraṇastambas tvayi lambāmahe vayam //
SkP_11.12
yāvattvaṃ jīvase vipra tāvadeva vayaṃ sthitāḥ
mṛte tvayi gamiṣyāmo narakaṃ pāpacetasaḥ //
SkP_11.13
yadi tvaṃ dārasaṃyogaṃ kṛtvāpatyaṃ guṇottaram
utpādayasi tenāsmān mucyema vayamekaśaḥ //
SkP_11.14
nānyena tapasā putra na tīrthānāṃ phalena ca
tatkuruṣva mahābuddhe tārayasva pitṝnbhayāt //
SkP_11.15
sa tatheti pratijñāya ārādhya ca vṛṣadhvajam
pitṝngartātsamuddhṛtya gaṇapānpracakāra ha //
SkP_11.16
svayaṃ ca rudradayitaḥ sukeśo nāma nāmataḥ
saṃmato balavāṃścaiva rudrasya gaṇapo 'bhavat //
SkP_11.17
tasmātkṛtvā tapo ghoram apatyaṃ guṇavattaram
utpādayasva śailendra tataḥ kīrtimavāpsyasi //
SkP_11.18
sa evamukto ṛṣiṇā śailendro niyame sthitaḥ
tapaścakāra vipulaṃ yena brahmā tutoṣa ha //
SkP_11.19
tamāgatya tadā brahmā varado 'smītyabhāṣata
brūhi tuṣṭo 'smi te śaila tapasānena suvrata //
SkP_11.20
bhagavanputramicchāmi guṇaiḥ sarvairalaṃkṛtam
etadvaraṃ prayacchasva yadi tuṣṭo 'si naḥ prabho //
SkP_11.21
kanyā bhavitrī śailendra sutā te varavarṇinī
yasyāḥ prabhāvātsarvatra kīrtimāpsyasi puṣkalām //
SkP_11.22
arcitaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tīrthakoṭīsamāvṛtaḥ
pāvanaścaiva puṇyaśca devānāmapi sarvataḥ
jyeṣṭhā ca sā bhavitrī te anye cānu tataḥ śubhe //
SkP_11.23
evamuktvā tato brahmā tatraivāntaradhīyata
so 'pi kālena śailendro menāyāmupapādayat
aparṇāmekaparṇāṃ ca tathā cāpyekapāṭalām //
SkP_11.24
nyagrodhamekaparṇā tu pāṭalaṃ caikapāṭalā
āśrite dve aparṇā tu aniketā tapo 'carat
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ //
SkP_11.25
āhāramekaparṇena saikaparṇā samācarat
pāṭalena tathaikena vidadhātyekapāṭalā //
SkP_11.26
pūrṇe pūrṇe sahasre tu āhāraṃ tena cakratuḥ
aparṇā tu nirāhārā tāṃ mātā pratyabhāṣata
niṣedhayantī hyu meti mātṛsnehena duḥkhitā //
SkP_11.27
sā tathoktā tadā mātrā devī duścaracāriṇī
tenaiva nāmnā lokeṣu vikhyātā surapūjitā //
SkP_11.28
etattattrikumārīṇāṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
etāsāṃ tapasā labdhaṃ yāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati //
SkP_11.29
tapaḥśarīrāstāḥ sarvās tisro yogabalānvitāḥ
sarvāścaiva mahābhāgāḥ sarvāśca sthirayauvanāḥ //
SkP_11.30
tā lokamātaraścaiva brahmacāriṇya eva ca
anugṛhṇanti lokāṃśca tapasā svena sarvadā //
SkP_11.31
umā tāsāṃ variṣṭhā ca śreṣṭhā ca varavarṇinī
mahāyogabalopetā mahādevamupasthitā //
SkP_11.32
dattakaścośanā tasyāḥ putraḥ sa bhṛgunandanaḥ
asitasyaikaparṇā tu devalaṃ suṣuve sutam //
SkP_11.33
yā tu tāsāṃ kumārīṇāṃ tṛtīyā hyekapāṭalā
putraṃ śataśalākasya jaigīṣavyamupasthitā
tasyāpi śaṅkhalikhitau smṛtau putrāvayonijau //
SkP_11.34
umā tu yā mayā tubhyaṃ kīrtitā varavarṇinī
atha tasyāstapoyogāt trailokyamakhilaṃ tadā
pradhūpitaṃ samālakṣya brahmā vacanamabravīt //
SkP_11.35
devi kiṃ tapasā lokāṃs tāpayasyatiśobhane
tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ viśvaṃ mā kṛtvā tadvināśaya //
SkP_11.36
tvaṃ hi dhārayase lokān imānsarvānsvatejasā
brūhi kiṃ te jaganmātaḥ prārthitaṃ samprasīda naḥ //
SkP_11.37
yadarthaṃ tapaso hyasya caraṇaṃ me pitāmaha
jānīṣe tattvametanme tataḥ pṛcchasi kiṃ punaḥ //
SkP_11.38
yadarthaṃ devi tapasā śrāmyase lokabhāvani
sa tvāṃ svayaṃ samāgamya ihaiva varayiṣyati //
SkP_11.39
sarvadevapatiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ
vayaṃ sadevā yasyeśe vaśyāḥ kiṃkaravādinaḥ //
SkP_11.40
sa devadevaḥ parameśvareśvaraḥ svayaṃ tavāyāsyati lokapo 'ntikam
udārarūpo vikṛtābhirūpavān samānarūpo na hi yasya kasyacit //
SkP_11.41
maheśvaraḥ parvatalokavāsī carācareśaḥ prathamo 'prameyaḥ
vinendunā indusamānavaktro vibhīṣaṇaṃ rūpamihāsthito 'gram //
SkP_11.42
iti skandapurāṇe ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevo brahmā tāmāha susvaram
devi yenaiva sṛṣṭāsi manasā yastvayā vṛtaḥ
sa bhartā tava deveśo bhavitā mā tapaḥ kṛthāḥ //
SkP_12.1
tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā brahmā vyāsa gireḥ sutām
jagāmādarśanaṃ tasyāḥ sā cāpi virarāma ha //
SkP_12.2
sā devī yuktamityevam uktvā svasyāśramasya ha
dvāri jātamaśokaṃ vai samupāśritya saṃsthitā //
SkP_12.3
athāgāccandratilakas tridaśārtiharo haraḥ
vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthāya hrasvo bāhuka eva ca //
SkP_12.4
vibhugnanāsiko bhūtvā kubjaḥ keśāntapiṅgalaḥ
uvāca vikṛtāsyaśca devi tvāṃ varayāmyaham //
SkP_12.5
athomā yogasaṃsiddhā jñātvā śaṃkaramāgatam
antarbhāvaviśuddhā sā kriyānuṣṭhānalipsayā //
SkP_12.6
tamuvācārghyamānāyya madhuparkeṇa caiva hi
sampūjya sasukhāsīnaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ brāhmaṇapriyā //
SkP_12.7
bhagavannasvatantrāsmi pitā me 'styaraṇī tathā
tau prabhū mama dāne vai kanyāhaṃ dvijapuṃgava //
SkP_12.8
gatvā yācasva pitaraṃ mama śailendramavyayam
sa ceddadāti māṃ vipra tubhyaṃ tadrucitaṃ mama //
SkP_12.9
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevas tathaiva vikṛtaḥ prabhuḥ
uvāca śailarājaṃ tam umāṃ me yaccha śailarāṭ //
SkP_12.10
sa taṃ vikṛtarūpeṇa jñātvā rudramathāvyayam
bhītaḥ śāpācca vimanā idaṃ vacanamabravīt //
SkP_12.11
bhagavannāvamanyāmi brāhmaṇānbhūmidaivatān
manīṣitaṃ tu yatpūrvaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahātapaḥ //
SkP_12.12
svayaṃvaro me duhitur bhavitā viprapūjitaḥ
varayedyaṃ svayaṃ tatra sa bhartāsyā bhavediti //
SkP_12.13
tacchrutvā śailavacanaṃ bhagavāngovṛṣadhvajaḥ
devyāḥ samīpamāgatya idamāha mahāmanāḥ //
SkP_12.14
devi pitrā tavājñaptaḥ svayaṃvara iti śrutam
tatra tvaṃ varayitrī yaṃ sa te bhartā kilānaghe //
SkP_12.15
tadāpṛcche gamiṣyāmi durlabhā tvaṃ varānane
rūpavantaṃ samutsṛjya vṛṇīthā mādṛśaṃ katham //
SkP_12.16
tenoktā sā tadā tatra bhāvayantī tadīritam
bhāvaṃ ca rudranihitaṃ prasādaṃ manasastathā //
SkP_12.17
samprāpyovāca deveśaṃ mā te bhūdbuddhiranyathā
ahaṃ tvāṃ varayiṣyāmi nānyadbhūtaṃ kathaṃcana //
SkP_12.18
atha vā te 'sti saṃdeho mayi vipra kathaṃcana
ihaiva tvāṃ mahābhāga varayāmi manoratham //
SkP_12.19
gṛhītvā stabakaṃ sā tu hastābhyāṃ tatra saṃsthitam
skandhe śambhoḥ samādāya devī prāha vṛto 'si me //
SkP_12.20
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevas tathā devyā vṛtastadā
uvāca tamaśokaṃ vai vācā saṃjīvayanniva //
SkP_12.21
yasmāttava supuṣpeṇa stabakena vṛto hyaham
tasmāttvaṃ jarayā tyaktaḥ amaraḥ sambhaviṣyasi //
SkP_12.22
kāmarūpaḥ kāmapuṣpaḥ kāmago dayito mama
sarvābharaṇapuṣpāḍhyaḥ sarvavṛkṣaphalopagaḥ //
SkP_12.23
sarvānnabhakṣadaścaiva amṛtasrava eva ca
sarvagandhaśca devyāstvaṃ bhaviṣyasi dṛḍhaṃ priyaḥ
nirbhayaḥ sarvalokeṣu cariṣyasi sunirvṛtaḥ //
SkP_12.24
āśramaṃ caivamatyarthaṃ citrakūṭeti viśrutam
yo 'bhiyāsyati puṇyārthī so 'śvamedhamavāpsyati
yatra tatra mṛtaścāpi brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati //
SkP_12.25
yaścātra niyamairyuktaḥ prāṇānsamyakparityajet
sa devyāstapasā yukto mahāgaṇapatirbhavet //
SkP_12.26
evamuktvā tadā deva āpṛcchya himavatsutām
antardadhe jagatsraṣṭā sarvabhūtapa īśvaraḥ //
SkP_12.27
sāpi devī gate tasmin bhagavatyamitātmani
tata evonmukhī sthitvā śilāyāṃ saṃviveśa ha //
SkP_12.28
unmukhī sā gate tasmin maheṣvāse prajāpatau
niśeva candrarahitā sā babhau vimanāstadā //
SkP_12.29
atha śuśrāva sā śabdaṃ bālasyārtasya śailajā
sarasyudakasampūrṇe samīpe cāśramasya ha //
SkP_12.30
sa kṛtvā bālarūpaṃ tu devadevaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ
krīḍāhetoḥ saromadhye grāhagrasto 'bhavattadā //
SkP_12.31
yogamāyāmathāsthāya prapañcodbhavakāraṇam
tadrūpaṃ saraso madhye kṛtvedaṃ samabhāṣata
trātu māṃ kaścidetyeha grāheṇa hṛtacetasam //
SkP_12.32
dhikkaṣṭaṃ bāla evāham aprāptārthamanorathaḥ
yāsyāmi nidhanaṃ vaktre grāhasyāsya durātmanaḥ //
SkP_12.33
śocāmi na svakaṃ dehaṃ grāhagrasto 'pi duḥkhitaḥ
yathā śocāmi pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca tapasvinīm //
SkP_12.34
māṃ śrutvā grāhavadane prāptaṃ nidhanamutsukau
priyaputrāvekaputrau prāṇānnūnaṃ vihāsyataḥ //
SkP_12.35
śrutvā tu devī taṃ nādaṃ viprasyārtasya śobhanā
utthāya pradrutā tatra yatra tiṣṭhatyasau dvijaḥ //
SkP_12.36
sāpaśyadinduvadanā bālakaṃ cārurūpiṇam
grāheṇa grasyamānaṃ taṃ vepamānamavasthitam //
SkP_12.37
so 'pi grāhavaraḥ śrīmān dṛṣṭvā devīmupāgatām
taṃ gṛhītvā drutaṃ yāto madhyaṃ sarasa eva ha //
SkP_12.38
sa kṛṣyamāṇastejasvī nādamārtaṃ tadākarot
athāha devī duḥkhārtā bālaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāvratā //
SkP_12.39
grāharāja mahāsattva bālakaṃ hyekaputrakam
visṛjainaṃ mahādaṃṣṭra kṣipraṃ bhīmaparākrama //
SkP_12.40
yo devi divase ṣaṣṭhe prathamaṃ samupaiti mām
sa āhāro mama purā vihito lokakartṛbhiḥ //
SkP_12.41
so 'yaṃ mama mahābhāge ṣaṣṭhe 'hani girīndraje
brahmaṇā vihito nūnaṃ nainaṃ mokṣye kathaṃcana //
SkP_12.42
yanmayā himavacchṛṅge caritaṃ tapa uttamam
tena bālamimaṃ muñca grāharāja namo 'stu te //
SkP_12.43
mā vyayaṃ tapaso devi kārṣīḥ śailendranandane
nainaṃ mocayituṃ śakto devarājo 'pi sa svayam //
SkP_12.44
mahyamīśena tuṣṭena śarveṇogreṇa śūlinā
amaratvamavadhyatvam akṣayaṃ balameva ca //
SkP_12.45
svayaṃgrahaṇamokṣaśca jñānaṃ caivāvyayaṃ punaḥ
dattaṃ tato bravīmi tvāṃ nāyaṃ mokṣamavāpsyati //
SkP_12.46
atha vā te kṛpā devi bhṛśaṃ bāle śubhānane
bravīmi yatkuru tathā tato mokṣamavāpsyati //
SkP_12.47
grāhādhipa vadasvāśu yatsatāmavigarhitam
tatkṛtaṃ nātra saṃdeho mānyā me brāhmaṇā dṛḍham //
SkP_12.48
yatkṛtaṃ vai tapaḥ kiṃcid bhavatyā svalpamantaśaḥ
tatsarvaṃ me prayacchasva tato mokṣamavāpsyati //
SkP_12.49
janmaprabhṛti yatpuṇyaṃ mahāgrāha kṛtaṃ mayā
tatte sarvaṃ mayā dattaṃ bālaṃ muñca mamāgrataḥ //
SkP_12.50
prajajvāla tato grāhas tapasā tena bṛṃhitaḥ
āditya iva madhyāhne durnirīkṣyastadābhavat //
SkP_12.51
uvāca cedaṃ tuṣṭātmā devīṃ lokasya dhāriṇīm
devi kiṃ kṛtametatte aniścitya mahāvrate
tapaso hyarjanaṃ duḥkhaṃ tasya tyāgo na śasyate //
SkP_12.52
gṛhāṇa tapa etacca bālaṃ cemaṃ śucismite
tuṣṭo 'smi te viprabhaktyā varaṃ tasmāddadāmi te //
SkP_12.53
sā tvevamuktā grāheṇa uvācedaṃ mahāvratā
suniścitya mahāgrāha kṛtaṃ bālasya mokṣaṇam
na viprebhyastapaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhā me brāhmaṇā matāḥ //
SkP_12.54
dattvā cāhaṃ na gṛhṇāmi grāhendra viditaṃ hi te
na hi kaścinnaro grāha pradattaṃ punarāharet //
SkP_12.55
dattametanmayā tubhyaṃ nādadāni hi tatpunaḥ
tvayyeva ramatāmetad bālaścāyaṃ vimucyatām //
SkP_12.56
tathoktastāṃ praśasyātha muktvā bālaṃ namasya ca
devīmādityasadbhāsaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata //
SkP_12.57
bālo 'pi sarasastīre mukto grāheṇa vai tadā
svapnalabdha ivārthaughas tatraivāntaradhīyata //
SkP_12.58
tapaso 'tha vyayaṃ matvā devī himagirīndrajā
bhūya eva tapaḥ kartum ārebhe yatnamāsthitā //
SkP_12.59
kartukāmāṃ tapo bhūyo jñātvā tāṃ śaṃkaraḥ svayam
provāca vacanaṃ vyāsa mā kṛthāstapa ityuta //
SkP_12.60
mahyametattapo devi tvayā dattaṃ mahāvrate
tenaivamakṣayaṃ tubhyaṃ bhaviṣyati sahasradhā //
SkP_12.61
iti labdhvā varaṃ devī tapaso 'kṣayyamuttamam
svayaṃvaramudīkṣantī tasthau prītimudāyutā //
SkP_12.62
idaṃ paṭhedyo hi naraḥ sadaiva bālānubhāvācaraṇaṃ hi śambhoḥ
sa dehabhedaṃ samavāpya pūto bhavedgaṇastasya kumāratulyaḥ //
SkP_12.63
iti skandapurāṇe dvādaśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
vistṛte himavatpṛṣṭhe vimānaśatasaṃkule
abhavatsa tu kālena śailaputryāḥ svayaṃvaraḥ //
SkP_13.1
atha parvatarājo 'sau himavāndhyānakovidaḥ
duhiturdevadevena jñātvā tadabhimantritam //
SkP_13.2
jānannapi mahāśailaḥ samācārakriyepsayā
svayaṃvaraṃ tato devyāḥ sarvalokeṣvaghoṣayat //
SkP_13.3
devadānavasiddhānāṃ sarvalokanivāsinām
vṛṇuyātparameśānaṃ samakṣaṃ yena me sutā //
SkP_13.4
tadeva sukṛtaṃ ślāghyaṃ mamābhyudayasaṃmatam
iti saṃcintya śailendraḥ kṛtvā hṛdi maheśvaram //
SkP_13.5
ābrahmakeṣu lokeṣu devyāḥ śailendrasattamaḥ
kṛtvā ratnākulaṃ deśaṃ svayaṃvaramacīkarat //
SkP_13.6
athaivamāghoṣitamātra eva svayaṃvare vyāsa mahīdhraputryāḥ
devādayaḥ sarvajagannivāsāḥ samāyayurdivyagṛhītaveṣāḥ //
SkP_13.7
praphullapadmāsanasaṃniviṣṭaḥ siddhairvṛto yogibhiraprameyaiḥ
vijñāpitastena mahīdhrarājñā pitāmahastatra samājagāma //
SkP_13.8
akṣṇāṃ sahasraṃ surarāṭ sa bibhrad divyāṅgahārasragudāttarūpaḥ
airāvataṃ sarvagajendramukhyaṃ sravanmadāsārakṛtapravāham
āruhya sarvāmararāṭ sa vajraṃ bibhratsamāgātpurataḥ surāṇām //
SkP_13.9
tejaḥpratāpādhikadivyarūpaḥ prodbhāsayansarvadiśo vivasvān
haimaṃ vimānaṃ sacalatpatākam āruhya āgāttvaritaṃ javena //
SkP_13.10
maṇipradīptojjvalakuṇḍalaśca vahnyarkatejaḥpratime vimāne
samabhyagātkaśyapaviprasūnur āditya āgādbhaganāmadhārī //
SkP_13.11
pīnāṅgayaṣṭiḥ sukṛtāṅgahāras tejobalājñāsadṛśaprabhāvaḥ
daṇḍaṃ samādāya kṛtānta āgād āruhya bhīmaṃ mahiṣaṃ javena //
SkP_13.12
mahāmahīdhrocchrayapīnagātraḥ svarṇādiratnācitacāruveṣaḥ
samīraṇaḥ sarvajagadvibhartā vimānamāruhya samabhyagāddhi //
SkP_13.13
saṃtāpayansarvasurāsureśāṃs tejodhikastejasi saṃniviśya
vahniḥ samabhyetya surendramadhye jvalanpratasthau varaveṣadhārī //
SkP_13.14
nānāmaṇiprajvalitāṅgayaṣṭir jagaccarandivyavimānamagryam
āruhya sarvadraviṇādhipeśaḥ sa rājarājastvarito 'bhyagācca //
SkP_13.15
āpyāyayansarvasurāsureśān kāntyā ca veṣeṇa ca cārurūpaḥ
jvalanmahāratnavicitrarūpaṃ vimānamāruhya śaśī samāgāt //
SkP_13.16
śyāmāṅgayaṣṭiḥ suvicitraveṣaḥ sarvasragābaddhasugandhamālī
tārkṣyaṃ samāruhya mahīdhrakalpaṃ gadādharo 'sau tvaritaṃ sametaḥ //
SkP_13.17
tathāśvinau devabhiṣagvarau tu ekaṃ vimānaṃ tvarayābhiruhya
manoharāvujjvalacāruveṣāv ājagmaturdevasadaḥ suvīrau //
SkP_13.18
śeṣaḥ sahasraṃ sphuradagnivarṇaṃ bibhratsphaṭānāṃ jvalanārkatejāḥ
sārdhaṃ sa nāgairaparairmahātmā vimānamāruhya samabhyagācca //
SkP_13.19
diteḥ sutānāṃ ca mahāsurāṇāṃ vahnyarkaśakrānilatulyabhāsām
varānurūpaṃ pravidhāya veṣaṃ vṛndaṃ samāgātpurataḥ surāṇām //
SkP_13.20
gandharvarājaḥ sa ca cārurūpī divyaṅgamo divyavimānacārī
gandharvasaṃghaiḥ sahito 'psarobhiḥ śakrājñayā tatra samājagāma //
SkP_13.21
anye ca devāstridivaukaseśāḥ pṛthakpṛthakcārugṛhītaveṣāḥ
ājagmurāruhya vimānapṛṣṭhaṃ gandharvayakṣoragakiṃnarāśca //
SkP_13.22
śacīpatistatra surendramadhye rājādhikārādhikalakṣyamūrtiḥ
ājñābalaiśvaryakṛtapramoho vṛthādhikaṃ yatnamupācakāra //
SkP_13.23
hetustrilokasya jagatprasūter mātā ca teṣāṃ sasurāsurāṇām
patnī ca śambhoḥ puruṣasya dhāmno gītā purāṇe prakṛtiḥ parārthā
dakṣasya kopāddhimavadgṛhaṃ sā kāryārthamāgātparameśapatnī //
SkP_13.24
evaṃ yatastāṃ na viduḥ sureśā mohastatastānpara āviveśa
varārthamājagmurato vimūḍhā īśena yasmādvṛḍitāḥ kṛtāste //
SkP_13.25
tataḥ pranṛttābhirathāpsarobhir gandharvasaṃghaiśca sugītaśabdaiḥ
sthitaiśca nānāvidharūpaveṣair devāsurāditridivaukasaṃghaiḥ //
SkP_13.26
vimānapṛṣṭhe maṇihemacitre sthitā calaccāmaravījitāṅgī
sarvartupuṣpāṃ susugandhamālāṃ pragṛhya devī prasabhaṃ pratasthe //
SkP_13.27
mālāṃ pragṛhya devyāṃ tu sthitāyāṃ devasaṃsadi
śakrādyairāgatairdevaiḥ svayaṃvaramupāgataiḥ //
SkP_13.28
devyā jijñāsayā śambhur bhūtvā pañcaśikhaḥ śiśuḥ
utsaṅgatalasaṃsupto babhūva sahasā vibhuḥ //
SkP_13.29
akasmādatha taṃ devī śiśuṃ pañcaśikhaṃ sthitam
jñātvā yogasamādhānāj jahṛṣe prītisaṃyutā //
SkP_13.30
atha sā śuddhasaṃkalpā kāṅkṣitaprāptasatphalā
nirvṛteva tadā tasthau kṛtvā hṛdi tameva tu //
SkP_13.31
tato dṛṣṭvā śiśuṃ devā devyā utsaṅgavartinam
ko 'yamatreti saṃmantrya cukrudhurbhṛśamārditāḥ //
SkP_13.32
vajramākārayattasya bāhumutkṣipya vṛtrahā
sa bāhurutthitastasya tathaiva samatiṣṭhata //
SkP_13.33
stambhitaḥ śiśurūpeṇa devadevena śambhunā
vajraṃ kṣeptuṃ na śaśāka bāhuṃ cālayituṃ na ca //
SkP_13.34
bhago nāma tato deva ādityaḥ kāśyapo balī
utkṣipya muśalaṃ dīptaṃ kṣeptumaicchadvimohitaḥ
tasyāpi bhagavānbāhuṃ tathaivāstambhayattadā //
SkP_13.35
śiraḥ prakampayanviṣṇuḥ sakrodhastamavaikṣata
tasyāpi śiraso devaḥ khālityaṃ pracakāra ha //
SkP_13.36
pūṣā dantāndaśandantaiḥ śarvamaikṣata mohitaḥ
tasyāpi daśanāḥ petur dṛṣṭamātrasya śambhunā //
SkP_13.37
yamasya stambhito daṇḍas tejo vahneḥ śaśeḥ prabhā
balaṃ vāyostathānyeṣāṃ tasminsarvadivaukasām
balaṃ tejaśca yogaṃ ca tathaivāstambhayadvibhuḥ //
SkP_13.38
atha teṣu sthiteṣvevaṃ manyumatsu sureṣu tu
brahmā paramasaṃvigno dhyānamāsthāya sādaram
bubudhe devadeveśam umotsaṅgasamāsthitam //
SkP_13.39
sa buddhvā parameśānaṃ śīghramutthāya sādaram
vavande caraṇau śambhor astuvacca pitāmahaḥ
paurāṇaiḥ sāmasaṃgītaiḥ puṇyākhyairguhyanāmabhiḥ //
SkP_13.40
ajastvamamaro deva sraṣṭā hartā vibhuḥ paraḥ
pradhānapuruṣastattvaṃ brahma dhyeyaṃ tadakṣayam //
SkP_13.41
amṛtaṃ paramātmā ca īśvaraḥ kāraṇaṃ mahat
brahmakṛtprakṛteḥ sraṣṭā sarvasṛkparameśvaraḥ //
SkP_13.42
iyaṃ ca prakṛtirdevī sadā te sṛṣṭikāraṇam
patnīrūpaṃ samāsthāya jagatkāraṇamāgatā //
SkP_13.43
namastubhyaṃ sadeśāna devyāścaiva sadā namaḥ
prasādāttava deveśa niyogācca mayā prajāḥ //
SkP_13.44
devādyāsta ime sṛṣṭā mūḍhāstvadyogamohitāḥ
kuru prasādameteṣāṃ yathāpūrvaṃ bhavantvime //
SkP_13.45
tata evaṃ tadā brahmā vijñāpya parameśvaram
stambhitānsarvadevāṃstān idamāha mahādyutiḥ //
SkP_13.46
mūḍhāḥ stha devatāḥ sarve nainaṃ budhyata śaṃkaram
devadevamihāyātaṃ mamaivotpattikāraṇam //
SkP_13.47
ayaṃ rudro mahādevaḥ śarvo bhīmaḥ kapardimān
ugra īśāna ātmā ca ajaḥ śaṃkara eva ca //
SkP_13.48
devadevaḥ paraṃ dhāma īśaḥ paśupatiḥ patiḥ
jagatsraṣṭā jagaddhartā jagatsaṃsthitikāraṇam //
SkP_13.49
gacchadhvaṃ śaraṇaṃ śīghram evamevāmareśvarāḥ
sārdhaṃ mayaiva deveśaṃ paramātmānamavyayam //
SkP_13.50
tataste stambhitāḥ sarve tathaiva tridivaukasaḥ
praṇemurmanasā śarvaṃ bhāvaśuddhena cetasā //
SkP_13.51
atha teṣāṃ prasanno 'bhūd devadevo maheśvaraḥ
yathāpūrvaṃ cakārāśu devatānāṃ tanūstadā //
SkP_13.52
tata evaṃ pravṛtte tu sarvadevanivāraṇe
vapuścakāra deveśas tryakṣaṃ paramamadbhutam
tejasā yasya devāste cakṣuraprārthayanvibhum //
SkP_13.53
tebhyaḥ paramakaṃ cakṣuḥ svavapurdṛṣṭiśaktimat
prādātparamadeveśaḥ apaśyaṃste tadā prabhum //
SkP_13.54
te dṛṣṭvā parameśānaṃ tṛtīyekṣaṇadhāriṇam
brahmādyā nemire tūrṇaṃ sarva eva sureśvarāḥ //
SkP_13.55
tasya devī tadā hṛṣṭā samakṣaṃ tridivaukasām
pādayoḥ sthāpayāmāsa sragmālāmamitadyuteḥ //
SkP_13.56
sādhu sādhviti samprocya devatāste punarvibhum
saha devyā namaścakruḥ śirobhirbhūtalāśritaiḥ //
SkP_13.57
athāsminnantare vyāsa brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
himavantaṃ mahāśailam idamāha mahādyutiḥ //
SkP_13.58
ślāghyaḥ pūjyaśca vandyaśca sarveṣāṃ nastvamadya hi
śarveṇa saha sambandho yasya te 'bhūdayaṃ mahān
kriyatāṃ cāśu udvāhaḥ kimarthaṃ sthīyate param //
SkP_13.59
tataḥ praṇamya himavāṃs taṃ devaṃ pratyabhāṣata
tvameva kāraṇaṃ deva yena śarvādayaṃ mama //
SkP_13.60
prasādaḥ sahasotpanno hetuścāpi tvameva hi
udvāhaṃ tu yathā yādṛk tadvidhatsva pitāmaha //
SkP_13.61
tata evaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā girirājñaḥ pitāmahaḥ
udvāhaḥ kriyatāṃ deva iti devamuvāca ha
tamāha śaṃkaro devaṃ yatheṣṭamiti lokapaḥ //
SkP_13.62
tatkṣaṇācca tato vyāsa brahmaṇā kalpitaṃ puram
udvāhārthaṃ maheśasya nānāratnopaśobhitam //
SkP_13.63
ratnāni maṇayaścitrā hema mauktikameva ca
mūrtimanta upāgamya alaṃcakruḥ purottamam //
SkP_13.64
citrā mārakatī bhūmiḥ sauvarṇastambhaśobhitā
bhāsvatsphaṭikabhittībhir muktāhārapralambitā //
SkP_13.65
tasmiñchivapure ramye udvāhārthaṃ vinirmite
śuśubhe devadevasya maheśasya mahātmanaḥ //
SkP_13.66
somādityau samaṃ tatra bhāsayantau mahāmaṇī
saurabheyaṃ manoramyaṃ gandhamāghrāya mārutaḥ
pravavau sukhasaṃsparśa īśe bhaktiṃ prasādayan //
SkP_13.67
samudrāstatra catvāraḥ śakrādyāśca surottamāḥ
devanadyo mahānadyaḥ siddhā munaya eva ca //
SkP_13.68
gandharvāpsarasaḥ sarve nāgā yakṣāḥ sarākṣasāḥ
guhyakāḥ khecarāścānye kiṃnarā devacāraṇāḥ //
SkP_13.69
tumbururnārado hāhā hūhū caiva tu sāmagāḥ
ratnānyādāya vādyāṃśca tatrājagmustadā puram //
SkP_13.70
ṛṣayaḥ kṛtsnaśastatra vedagītāṃstapodhanāḥ
puṇyānvaivāhikānmantrāñ jepuḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasāḥ //
SkP_13.71
jagato mātaraḥ sarvā devakanyāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ
gāyanti hṛṣitāḥ sarvā udvāhe parameṣṭhinaḥ //
SkP_13.72
ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ samaṃ tatra nānāgandhasukhāvahāḥ
udvāhaḥ śaṃkarasyeti mūrtimanta upasthitāḥ //
SkP_13.73
nīlajīmūtasaṃghātam andradhvānapraharṣitaiḥ
kekāyamānaiḥ śikhibhir nṛtyamānaiśca sarvaśaḥ //
SkP_13.74
vilolapiṅgalaspaṣṭavidyullekhāvabhāsitā
kumudāpītaśuklābhir balākābhiśca śobhitā //
SkP_13.75
pratyagrasaṃjātaśilīndhrakandalā latādrumābhyudgatacārupallavā
śubhāmbudhārāpraṇayaprabodhitair madālasairbhekagaṇaiśca nāditā //
SkP_13.76
priyeṣu mānonnatamānasānāṃ suniścitānāmapi kāminīnām
mayūrakekābhirutaiḥ kṣaṇena manoharairmānavibhaṅgakartrī //
SkP_13.77
tathā trivarṇojjvalacārumūrtinā śaśāṅkalekhākuṭilena sarvataḥ
payodasaṃghātasamīpavartinā mahendracāpena bhṛśaṃ virājitā //
SkP_13.78
vicitrapuṣpasparśātsugandhibhir ghanāmbusamparkatayā suśītalaiḥ
vikampayantī pavanairmanoharaiḥ surāṅganānāmalakāvalīḥ śubhāḥ //
SkP_13.79
garjatpayodasthagitendubimbā navāmbusekodgatacārudūrvā
nirīkṣitā sādaramutsukābhir niśvāsadhūmraṃ pathikāṅganābhiḥ //
SkP_13.80
haṃsanūpuraśabdāḍhyā samunnatapayodharā
caladvidyullatākāñcī spaṣṭapadmavilocanā //
SkP_13.81
asitajaladavṛndadh vānavitrastahaṃsā vimalasaliladhārāpātanamrotpalāgrā
surabhikusumareṇukḷptasarvāṅgaśobhā giriduhitṛvivāhe prāvṛḍāgādvibhūtyai //
SkP_13.82
meghakañcukanirmuktā padmakośodgatastanī
haṃsanūpuranirhrādā sarvaramyadigantarā //
SkP_13.83
vistīrṇapulinaśroṇī kūjatsārasamekhalā
praphullendīvarābhogavilocanamanoharā //
SkP_13.84
pakvabimbādharapuṭā kundadantaprahāsinī
navaśyāmālatāśyāmaromarājīpariṣkṛtā //
SkP_13.85
candrāṃśuhāravaryeṇa saudhoraḥsthalasarpiṇā
prahlādayantī cetāṃsi sarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām //
SkP_13.86
samadālikulodgītamadhurasvarabhāṣiṇī
calatkumudasaṃghātacārukuṇḍalaśobhinī //
SkP_13.87
raktāśokāgraśākhotthapallavāṅgulidhāriṇī
tatpuṣpasaṃcayamayair vāsobhiḥ samalaṃkṛtā //
SkP_13.88
raktotpalāgracaraṇā jātīpuṣpanakhāvalī
kadalīstambhacārūruḥ śaśāṅkavadanā tathā //
SkP_13.89
padmakiñjalkasampṛktapavanāgrakaraiḥ surān
premṇā spṛśantī kānteva śaradāgānmanoramā //
SkP_13.90
nirmuktāsitameghakañcukapuṭā pūrṇendubimbānanā nīlāmbhojavilocanāravindamukulaprodbhinnacārustanī
nānāpuṣparajaḥsugandhipavanaprahlādanī cetasāṃ tatrāgātkalahaṃsanūpuraravā devyā vivāhe śarat //
SkP_13.91
atyarthaśītalāmbhobhiḥ plāvayantau gireḥ śilāḥ
ṛtū śiśirahemantāv ājagmaturatidyutī //
SkP_13.92
tābhyāmṛtubhyāṃ prāptābhyāṃ himavānsa nagottamaḥ
prāleyacūrṇavarṣibhyāṃ kṣipraṃ raupya ivābabhau //
SkP_13.93
tena prāleyavarṣeṇa ghanena sa himācalaḥ
agādhena tadā reje kṣīroda iva sāgaraḥ //
SkP_13.94
himasthāneṣu himavān nāśayāmāsa pādapān
sādhūpacārānsahasā kṛtārtha iva durjanaḥ //
SkP_13.95
prāleyapaṭalacchannaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ sa śuśubhe nagaḥ
chatrairiva mahābhogaiḥ pāṇḍaraiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ //
SkP_13.96
pāṇḍarāṇi viśālāni śrīmanti subhagāni ca
tuṅgāni cādriśṛṅgāṇi saudhānīva cakāśire //
SkP_13.97
tasyācalendrasya darīṣvatīva vicitrasāraṅgakulākulāsu
prāleyadhārāḥ śaśipādagaurā gokṣīradhārā iva saṃnipetuḥ //
SkP_13.98
bahukusumarajobhirutkarāṅgā himakaṇasaṅgasuśītalāḥ samīrāḥ
vavuramaragaṇeśvarāmbarāṇi pratanutamāni śanairvikampayantaḥ //
SkP_13.99
nirdhūtarūkṣānilaśītadoṣaḥ prodbhinnacūtāṅkurakarṇapūraḥ
vasantakālaśca tamadriputrīsevārthamāgāddhimavantamāśu //
SkP_13.100
tasminnṛtāvadrisutāvivāhasiṣevayā taṃ girimabhyupete
prādurbabhūvuḥ kusumāvataṃsāḥ samantataḥ pādapagulmaṣaṇḍāḥ //
SkP_13.101
vavuḥ sugandhāḥ subhagāḥ suśītā vicitrapuṣpāgrarajotkarāṅgāḥ
manobhavodrekakarāḥ surāṇāṃ surāṅganānāṃ ca muhuḥ samīrāḥ //
SkP_13.102
svacchāmbupūrṇāśca tathā nalinyaḥ padmotpalānāṃ mukulairupetāḥ
īṣatsamudbhinnapayodharāgrā nāryo yathā ramyatamā babhūvuḥ //
SkP_13.103
ṛtoḥ svabhāvācca madodbhavācca phullāsu śākhāsu nilīnapakṣāḥ
cetobhirāmaṃ tridaśāṅganānāṃ puṃskokilāścātikalaṃ vineduḥ //
SkP_13.104
nātyuṣṇaśītāni saraḥpayāṃsi kiñjalkacūrṇaiḥ kapilīkṛtāni
cakrāhvayugmairupanāditāni papuḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ suradantimukhyāḥ //
SkP_13.105
priyaṅgūścūtataravaś cūtāṃścāpi priyaṅgavaḥ
tarjayanta ivānyonyaṃ mañjarībhiścakāśire //
SkP_13.106
himaśukleṣu śṛṅgeṣu tilakāḥ kusumotkarāḥ
śuśubhuḥ kāryamuddiśya vṛddhā iva samāgatāḥ //
SkP_13.107
phullāśokalatāstatra rejire śālasaṃśritāḥ
kāminya iva kāntānāṃ kaṇṭhālambitamūrtayaḥ //
SkP_13.108
samadālikulodgītalatākusumasaṃcayāḥ
parasparaṃ hi mālatyo bhāṣantya iva rejire //
SkP_13.109
nīlāni nīlāmburuhaiḥ payāṃsi gaurāṇi gauraiśca sanāladaṇḍaiḥ
raktaiśca raktāni bhṛśaṃ kṛtāni mattadvirephārdhavidaṣṭapatraiḥ //
SkP_13.110
haimāni vistīrṇajaleṣu keṣucin nirantaraṃ mārakatāni keṣucit
vaidūryanālāni saraḥsu keṣucit prajajñire padmavanāni sarvataḥ //
SkP_13.111
vāpyastatrābhavanramyāḥ kamalotpalabhūṣitāḥ
nānāvihagasaṃghuṣṭā hemasopānapaṅktayaḥ //
SkP_13.112
śṛṅgāṇi tasya tu gireḥ karṇikāraiḥ supuṣpitaiḥ
samucchritānyaviralair haimānīva babhurmune //
SkP_13.113
īṣadudbhinnakusumaiḥ pāṭalaiścāpi pāṭalāḥ
sambabhūvurdiśaḥ sarvāḥ pavanākampimūrtibhiḥ //
SkP_13.114
kṛṣṇāñjanādriśṛṅgābhā nīlāśokamahīruhāḥ
girau vavṛdhire phullāḥ spardhayeva parasparam //
SkP_13.115
cīruvākavighuṣṭāni kiṃśukānāṃ vanāni ca
parvatasya nitambeṣu sarveṣvevābhijajñire //
SkP_13.116
tamālagulmaistasyāsīc chobhā himavatastadā
nīlajīmūtasaṃghātair nilīnairiva sandhiṣu //
SkP_13.117
nikāmapuṣpaiḥ suviśālaśākhaiḥ samucchritaiścampakapādapaiśca
pramattapuṃskokilasampralāpair himācalo 'tīva tadā rarāja //
SkP_13.118
śrutvā śabdaṃ ṛtumadakalaṃ sarvataḥ kokilānāṃ cañcatpakṣāḥ sumadhurarutaṃ nīlakaṇṭhā vineduḥ
teṣāṃ śabdairupacitabalaḥ puṣpacāpeṣuhastaḥ sajjībhūtastridaśavanitā veddhumaṅgeṣvanaṅgaḥ //
SkP_13.119
paṭusūryātapaścāpi prāyaḥ soṣṇajalāśayaḥ
devīvivāhasevārthaṃ grīṣma āgāddhimācalam //
SkP_13.120
sa cāpi tarubhistatra bahubhiḥ kusumotkaraiḥ
śobhayāmāsa śṛṅgāṇi prāleyādreḥ samantataḥ //
SkP_13.121
tasyāpi ca ṛtostatra vāyavaḥ sumanoharāḥ
vavuḥ pāṭalavistīrṇakadambārjunagandhinaḥ //
SkP_13.122
vāpyaḥ praphullapadmaughāḥ kesarāruṇamūrtayaḥ
abhavaṃstaṭasaṃghuṣṭakalahaṃsakadambakāḥ //
SkP_13.123
tathā kuravakāścāpi kusumāpāṇḍumūrtayaḥ
sarveṣu jajñuḥ śṛṅgeṣu bhramarāvalisevitāḥ //
SkP_13.124
bakulāśca nitambeṣu viśāleṣu mahībhṛtaḥ
utsasarjurmanojñāni kusumāni samantataḥ //
SkP_13.125
iti kusumavicitrasarvavṛkṣā vividhavihaṃgamanādaramyadeśāḥ
himagiritanayāvivāhabhūtyai ṣaḍupayayurṛtavo munipravīra //
SkP_13.126
tata evaṃ pravṛtte tu sarvabhūtasamāgame
nānāvādyaśatākīrṇe brahmā mama pitā svayam //
SkP_13.127
śailaputrīmalaṃkṛtya yogyābharaṇasampadā
puraṃ praveśayāmāsa svayamādāya lokadhṛk //
SkP_13.128
tatastu punareveśaṃ brahmā vyajñāpayadvibhum
havirjuhomi vahnau tu upādhyāyapade sthitaḥ
dadāsi mahyaṃ yadyājñāṃ kartavyo 'yaṃ kriyāvidhiḥ //
SkP_13.129
tamāha śaṃkaro devaṃ devadevo jagatpatiḥ
yadyadiṣṭaṃ sureśāna tatkuruṣva yathepsitam
kartāsmi vacanaṃ sarvaṃ brahmaṃstava jagadvibho //
SkP_13.130
tataḥ praṇamya hṛṣṭātmā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
hastaṃ devasya devyāśca yogabandhe yuyoja ha //
SkP_13.131
jvalanaṃ ca svayaṃ kṛtvā kṛtāñjalimupasthitaṃ
śrutigītairmahāmantrair mūrtimadbhirupasthitaiḥ //
SkP_13.132
yathoktavidhinā hutvā sarpistadamṛtaṃ ca hi
triśca taṃ jvalanaṃ devaṃ kārayitvā pradakṣiṇam //
SkP_13.133
muktvā hastasamāyogaṃ sahitaḥ sarvadevataiḥ
sutaiśca mānasaiḥ sarvaiḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
vṛtte udvāhakāle tu praṇanāma vṛṣadhvajam //
SkP_13.134
yogenaiva tayorvyāsa tadomāparameśayoḥ
udvāhaḥ sa paro vṛtto yaṃ devā na viduḥ kvacit //
SkP_13.135
iti te sarvamākhyātaṃ svayaṃvaramidaṃ śubham
udvāhaścaiva devasya śṛṇvataḥ paramādbhutam //
SkP_13.136
iti skandapurāṇe nāma trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
atha vṛtte vivāhe tu bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ
praharṣamatulaṃ gatvā devāḥ sahapitāmahāḥ
tuṣṭuvurvāgbhiriṣṭābhiḥ praṇamanto maheśvaram //
SkP_14.1
namaḥ parvataliṅgāya parvateśāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ pavanavegāya virūpāyājitāya ca //
SkP_14.2
namaḥ kleśavināśāya dātre ca śubhasampadām
namo nīlaśikhaṇḍāya ambikāpataye namaḥ //
SkP_14.3
namaḥ pavanarūpāya śatarūpāya vai namaḥ
namo bhairavarūpāya virūpanayanāya ca //
SkP_14.4
namaḥ sahasranetrāya sahasracaraṇāya ca
namo vedarahasyāya vedāṅgāya namo namaḥ //
SkP_14.5
viṣṭambhanāya śakrasya bāhorvedāṅkurāya ca
carācarādhipataye śamanāya namo namaḥ //
SkP_14.6
salileśayaliṅgāya yugāntāyataliṅgine
namaḥ kapālamālāya kapālasragmiṇe namaḥ //
SkP_14.7
namaḥ kapālahastāya daṃṣṭriṇe gadine namaḥ
namastrailokyavāhāya saptalokarathāya ca //
SkP_14.8
namaḥ khaṭvāṅgahastāya pramathārtiharāya ca
namo yajñaśirohartre kṛṣṇakeśāpahāriṇe //
SkP_14.9
bhaganetranipātāya pūṣṇo dantaharāya ca
namaḥ pinākaśūlāsikhaḍgamudgaradhāriṇe //
SkP_14.10
namo 'stu kālakālāya tṛtīyanayanāya ca
antakāntakṛte caiva namaḥ parvatavāsine //
SkP_14.11
suvarṇaretase caiva sarpakuṇḍaladhāriṇe
vāḍvaleryoganāśāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ //
SkP_14.12
śaśāṅkādityanetrāya lalāṭanayanāya ca
namaḥ śmaśānarataye śmaśānavaradāya ca //
SkP_14.13
namo daivatanāthāya tryambakāya namo namaḥ
aśanīśatahāsāya brahmaṇyāyājitāya ca //
SkP_14.14
gṛhasthasādhave nityaṃ jaṭine brahmacāriṇe
namo muṇḍārdhamuṇḍāya paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_14.15
salile tapyamānāya yogaiśvaryapradāya ca
namaḥ śāntāya dāntāya pralayotpattikāriṇe //
SkP_14.16
namo 'nugrahakartre ca sthitikartre namo namaḥ
namo rudrāya vasave ādityāyāśvine namaḥ //
SkP_14.17
namaḥ pitre 'tha sādhyāya viśvedevāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ śarvāya sarvāya ugrāya varadāya ca //
SkP_14.18
namo bhīmāya senānye paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ
śucaye rerihāṇāya sadyojātāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_14.19
mahādevāya citrāya namaścitrarathāya ca
pradhānāya prameyāya kāryāya karaṇāya ca //
SkP_14.20
puruṣāya namaste 'stu puruṣecchākarāya ca
namaḥ puruṣasaṃyogapradhānaguṇakāriṇe //
SkP_14.21
pravartakāya prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca sarvaśaḥ
kṛtākṛtasya saṃvettre phalasaṃyogadāya ca //
SkP_14.22
kālajñāya ca sarvatra namo niyamakāriṇe
namo vaiṣamyakartre ca guṇānāṃ vṛttidāya ca //
SkP_14.23
namaste devadeveśa namaste bhūtabhāvana
śivaḥ saumyaḥ sukho draṣṭuṃ bhava somo hi naḥ prabho //
SkP_14.24
evaṃ sa bhagavāndevo jagatpatirumāpatiḥ
stūyamānaḥ suraiḥ sarvair amarānidamabravīt //
SkP_14.25
draṣṭuṃ sukhaśca saumyaśca devānāmasmi bho surāḥ
varaṃ brūta yatheṣṭaṃ ca dātāsmi vadatānaghāḥ //
SkP_14.26
tataste praṇatāḥ sarve ūcuḥ sabrahmakāḥ surāḥ
tavaiva bhagavanhaste vara eṣo 'vatiṣṭhatām
yadā kāryaṃ tadā nastvaṃ dāsyase varamīpsitam //
SkP_14.27
evamastviti tānuktvā visṛjya ca surānharaḥ
lokāṃśca pramathaiḥ sārdhaṃ viveśa bhavanaṃ tataḥ //
SkP_14.28
yastu harotsavamadbhutametaṃ gāyati daivataviprasamakṣam
so 'pratirūpagaṇeśasamāno dehaviparyayametya sukhī syāt //
SkP_14.29
pārāśarya stavaṃ hīdaṃ śṛṇuyādyaḥ paṭheta vā
sa svargalokago devaiḥ pūjyate 'mararāḍiva //
SkP_14.30
iti skandapurāṇe caturdaśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
praviṣṭe bhavanaṃ deve sūpaviṣṭe varāsane
sa bahirmanmathaḥ krūro devaṃ veddhumanābhavat //
SkP_15.1
tamanācārasaṃyuktaṃ durātmānaṃ kulādhamam
lokānsarvāṃstāpayānaṃ sarveṣvakaruṇātmakam //
SkP_15.2
ṛṣīṇāṃ vighnakartāraṃ niyamānāṃ vrataiḥ saha
cakrāhvayasya rūpeṇa ratyā saha tamāgatam //
SkP_15.3
athātatāyinaṃ vyāsa veddhukāmaṃ sureśvaram
nayanena tṛtīyena sāvajñaṃ tamavaikṣata //
SkP_15.4
tato 'sya netrajo vahnir jvālāmālāsahasravān
saṃvṛtya ratibhartāram adahatsaparicchadam //
SkP_15.5
sa dahyamānaḥ karuṇam ārto 'krośata visvaram
prasādayaṃśca taṃ devaṃ papāta sa mahītale //
SkP_15.6
āśu so 'gniparītāṅgo manmatho lokatāpanaḥ
papāta bhasmasāccaiva kṣaṇena samapadyata //
SkP_15.7
patnī tu karuṇaṃ tasya vilalāpa suduḥkhitā
devaṃ devīṃ ca duḥkhārtā ayācatkaruṇāyatī //
SkP_15.8
tasyāśca karuṇāṃ śrutvā devau tau karuṇātmakau
ūcatustāṃ samālokya samāśvāsya ca duḥkhitām //
SkP_15.9
dagdha eṣa dhruvaṃ bhadre nāsyotpattiriheṣyate
aśarīro 'pi te kāle kāryaṃ sarvaṃ kariṣyati //
SkP_15.10
yadā tu viṣṇurbhavitā vasudevasutaḥ śubhe
tadā tasya suto 'yaṃ syāt patiste sa bhaviṣyati //
SkP_15.11
tataḥ sā taṃ varaṃ labdhvā kāmapatnī śubhānanā
jagāmeṣṭaṃ tadā deśaṃ prītiyuktā gataklamā //
SkP_15.12
evaṃ dagdhvā sa kāmaṃ tu śaṃkaro mūḍhacetasam
provāca himavatputrīṃ bhaktyā munivarasya ha //
SkP_15.13
vasiṣṭho nāma viprendro māṃ kṛtvā hṛdi tapyate
tasyāhaṃ varadānāya prayāsyāmi mahāvrate //
SkP_15.14
evamuktvā sa devīṃ tu bhaktiprītyā tadā vibhuḥ
jagāma tapyato 'bhyāśaṃ vasiṣṭhasya munervibhuḥ //
SkP_15.15
tato munivaraśreṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaṃ tapatāṃ varam
vasiṣṭhamṛṣiśārdūlaṃ tapyamānaṃ paraṃ tapaḥ //
SkP_15.16
pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu jvalamānamivānalam
uvāca bhagavāngatvā brūhi kiṃ te dadāni te
dadāmi divyaṃ cakṣuste paśya māṃ sagaṇaṃ dvija //
SkP_15.17
dṛṣṭvā sa tu tamīśānaṃ praṇamya śirasā prabhum
śirasyañjalimādhāya tuṣṭāva hṛṣitānanaḥ //
SkP_15.18
namaḥ kanakaliṅgāya vedaliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ sahasraliṅgāya vahniliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.19
namaḥ purāṇaliṅgāya śrutiliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ pavanaliṅgāya brahmaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.20
namastrailokyaliṅgāya dāhaliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ parvataliṅgāya sthitiliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.21
namo rahasyaliṅgāya saptadvīpordhvaliṅgine
namaḥ sarvārthaliṅgāya sarvalokāṅgaliṅgine //
SkP_15.22
namo 'stvavyaktaliṅgāya buddhiliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namo 'haṃkāraliṅgāya bhūtaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.23
nama indriyaliṅgāya namastanmātraliṅgine
namaḥ puruṣaliṅgāya bhāvaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.24
namaḥ sarvārthaliṅgāya tamoliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namo rajordhvaliṅgāya sattvaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.25
namo gaganaliṅgāya tejoliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namo vāyūrdhvaliṅgāya śabdaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.26
namo ṛkstutaliṅgāya yajurliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namaste 'tharvaliṅgāya sāmaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_15.27
namo yajñāṅgaliṅgāya yajñaliṅgāya vai namaḥ
namaste 'nantaliṅgāya devānugataliṅgine //
SkP_15.28
diśa naḥ paramaṃ yogam apatyaṃ matsamaṃ tathā
brahma caivākṣayaṃ deva śamaṃ caiva paraṃ vibho
akṣayatvaṃ ca vaṃśasya dharme ca matimakṣayām //
SkP_15.29
evaṃ sa bhagavānvyāsa vasiṣṭhenāmitātmanā
stūyamānastutoṣātha tuṣṭaścedaṃ tamabravīt //
SkP_15.30
tuṣṭaste 'haṃ dadānyetat tava sarvaṃ manogatam
yogaṃ ca paramaṃ sūkṣmam akṣayaṃ sarvakāmikam //
SkP_15.31
pautraṃ ca tvatsamaṃ divyaṃ tapoyogabalānvitam
dadāni te ṛṣiśreṣṭha pratibhāsyanti caiva te //
SkP_15.32
damaḥ śamastathā kīrtis tuṣṭirakrodha eva ca
nityaṃ tava bhaviṣyanti amaratvaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ //
SkP_15.33
avadhyatvamasahyatvam akṣayatvaṃ ca sarvadā
vaṃśasya cākṣatirvipra dharme ca ratiravyayā
brūhi cānyānapi varān dadāmi ṛṣisattama //
SkP_15.34
bhagavanviditaṃ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ devasattama
na syāddhi tattathā deva yathā vā manyase prabho //
SkP_15.35
bhaviṣyaṃ nānyathā kuryād iti me niścitā matiḥ
ahaṃ kartā bhaviṣyasya kathaṃ kuryāttadanyathā //
SkP_15.36
tathā tannātra saṃdeho vihitaṃ yadyathā mayā
tasmātte 'nugrahaṃ kartā bhūyaḥ putrastavāvyayaḥ //
SkP_15.37
evamuktvā tato devaḥ kapardī nīlalohitaḥ
paśyatastasya viprarṣeḥ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata //
SkP_15.38
iti skandapurāṇe pañcadaśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
varānsa labdhvā bhagavān vasiṣṭho 'smatpitāmahaḥ
kaṃ putraṃ janayāmāsa ātmanaḥ sadṛśadyutim //
SkP_16.1
tenāsau varadānena devadevasya śūlinaḥ
arundhatyāmajanayat tapoyogabalānvitam
brahmiṣṭhaṃ śaktināmānaṃ putraṃ putraśatāgrajam //
SkP_16.2
tasya bālyātprabhṛtyeva vāsiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
pareṇa cetasā bhaktir abhavadgovṛṣadhvaje //
SkP_16.3
sa kadācidapatyārtham ārādhayadumāpatim
tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo varado 'smītyabhāṣata //
SkP_16.4
atha dṛṣṭvā tamīśānam idamāhānatānanaḥ
kena stoṣyāmi te deva yastvaṃ sarvajagatpatiḥ
sarvāndhārayase lokān ātmanā samayādvibho //
SkP_16.5
tvameva bhoktā bhojyaṃ ca kartā kāryaṃ tathā kriyā
utpādakastathotpādya utpattiścaiva sarvaśaḥ //
SkP_16.6
ātmānaṃ putranāmānaṃ mama tulyaṃ guṇairvibho
icchāmi dattaṃ deveśa eṣa me dīyatāṃ varaḥ //
SkP_16.7
tamevaṃvādinaṃ devaḥ prahasya vadatāṃ varaḥ
uvāca vacasā vyāsa diśaḥ sarvā vinādayan //
SkP_16.8
tvayāhaṃ yācitaḥ śakte sa ca te saṃbhaviṣyati
tvatsamaḥ sarvavedajñas tvadīyo munipuṃgava //
SkP_16.9
bījātmā ca tathodbhūtaḥ svayamevāṅkurātmanā
bījātmanā na bhavati pariṇāmāntaraṃ gataḥ //
SkP_16.10
evaṃ sa ātmanātmā vaḥ saṃbhūto 'patyasaṃjñitaḥ
svenātmanā na bhavitā pariṇāmāntaraṃ gataḥ //
SkP_16.11
evamuktvā tu taṃ devaḥ prahasya ca nirīkṣya ca
jagāma sahasā yogī adṛśyatvamatidyutiḥ //
SkP_16.12
tasmingate mahādeve śaktistava pitāmahaḥ
vacastatpariniścintya evamevetyamanyata //
SkP_16.13
atha kāle 'timahati samatīte śubhavrate
tapasā bhāvitaścāpi mahatāgnisamaprabhaḥ
adṛśyantyāṃ mahāprajña ādadhe garbhamuttamam //
SkP_16.14
tasyāmāpannasattvāyāṃ rājā kalmāṣapādṛṣim
bhakṣayāmāsa saṃrabdho rakṣasā hṛtacetanaḥ //
SkP_16.15
iti skandapurāṇe ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
kasmātsa rājā tamṛṣiṃ cakhāda tapasānvitam
rakṣasā sa kimarthaṃ ca hṛtacetābhavannṛpaḥ //
SkP_17.1
vasiṣṭhayājyo rājāsīn nāmnā mitrasahaḥ prabhuḥ
sudāsaputro balavān indracandrasamadyutiḥ //
SkP_17.2
tamāgamyocivāñchaktiś cariṣye dīkṣito vratam
tatra me niśi rājendra sadaiva piśitāśanam //
SkP_17.3
ihāgatasya yacchasva śuci sarvaguṇānvitam
apratīkārasaṃyuktam ekadaikānta eva ca //
SkP_17.4
evamastviti tenokto jagāma sa mahāmanāḥ
athāsyāntarhitaṃ rakṣo nṛpaterabhavattadā
nājñāpayattadā sūdaṃ tasyārthe munisattama //
SkP_17.5
gate 'tha divase tāta saṃsmṛtya prayatātmavān
sūdamāhūya covāca ārtavatsa narādhipaḥ //
SkP_17.6
mayāmṛtavaso prātar guruputrasya dhīmataḥ
piśitaṃ sampratijñātaṃ bhojanaṃ niśi saṃskṛtam
tatkuruṣva tathā kṣipraṃ kālo no nātyagādyathā //
SkP_17.7
sa evamuktaḥ provāca sūdo 'mṛtavasustadā
rājaṃstvayā no nākhyātaṃ prāgeva narapuṃgava
sāmprataṃ nāsti piśitaṃ stokamapyabhikāṅkṣitam //
SkP_17.8
piśitasyaiva cālpatvād bahūnāṃ caiva tadbhujām
amitasya pradānācca na kiṃcidavaśiṣyate //
SkP_17.9
jāne sarvopayogaṃ ca jāne cāduṣṭatāṃ tava
jāne stokaṃ ca piśitaṃ kāryaṃ cedaṃ tathāvidham
mṛgyatāṃ piśitaṃ kṣipraṃ labdhavyaṃ yatra manyase //
SkP_17.10
evamukto 'mṛtavasuḥ prayatnaṃ mahadāsthitaḥ
piśitaṃ mṛgayansamyaṅ nāpyavindata karhicit //
SkP_17.11
yadā na labdhavānmāṃsaṃ tadovāca narādhipam
gatvā niśi mahārājam idaṃ vacanamarthavat //
SkP_17.12
rājanna piśitaṃ tvasti pure 'smiñchuci karhicit
mṛgayanparikhinno 'smi śādhi kiṃ karavāṇi te //
SkP_17.13
sa evamuktaḥ sūdena tasminkāle narādhipaḥ
novāca kiṃcittaṃ sūdaṃ tūṣṇīmeva babhūva ha //
SkP_17.14
tadantaramabhiprekṣya viśvāmitrasamīritaḥ
rākṣaso rudhiro nāma saṃviveśa narādhipam //
SkP_17.15
rakṣasā sa tadāviṣṭo rudhireṇa durātmanā
uvāca sūdaṃ śanakaiḥ karṇamūle mahādyutiḥ //
SkP_17.16
gaccha yatkiṃcidānīya māṃsaṃ mānuṣamantataḥ
gārdabhaṃ vāpyathauṣṭraṃ vā sarvaṃ saṃskartumarhasi //
SkP_17.17
kimasau jñāsyate rātrau tvayā bhūyaśca saṃskṛtam
rasavadgandhavaccaiva kṣiprameva samācara //
SkP_17.18
sa evamuktastenātha mānuṣaṃ māṃsamādade
rājāpakāriṇo vyāsa mṛtotsṛṣṭasya kasyacit //
SkP_17.19
athārdharātrasamaye bhāskarākāravarcasam
śatānalasamaprakhyam apaśyanmunisattamam //
SkP_17.20
sa tamarghyeṇa pādyena āsanāgryavareṇa ca
samarcayitvā vidhivad annamasyopapādayat //
SkP_17.21
sa tadannaṃ samānītaṃ samālabhya mahātapāḥ
cukopa kupitaścāha pārthivaṃ pradahanniva //
SkP_17.22
pārthivādhama viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ rākṣasocitam
na dīyate vidhijñena tvaṃ tu māmavamanyase //
SkP_17.23
yasmāttvaṃ rākṣasamidaṃ mahyaṃ ditsasi bhojanam
tasmāttvaṃ karmaṇā tena puruṣādo bhaviṣyasi //
SkP_17.24
evamuktastu tejasvī rājā saṃcintya tattadā
uvāca krodharaktākṣo rākṣasāviṣṭacetanaḥ //
SkP_17.25
puruṣādo bhavetyevaṃ māmavocadbhavānyataḥ
tatastvāṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaṃ dvija //
SkP_17.26
bhakṣayitvā viśuddhyarthaṃ muktaśāpastataḥ param
cariṣyāmi tapaḥ śuddhaṃ saṃyamyendriyasaṃhatim
pitrā tavābhyanujñātaḥ svarge vatsye yathepsitam //
SkP_17.27
iti skandapurāṇe saptadaśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
tataḥ sa rājā svaṃ rājyam utsṛjya saha bhāryayā
vanaṃ viveśa tatrābhūt puruṣādo mahābalaḥ //
SkP_18.1
so 'bhakṣayata tatrāgre śaktimeva mahāmunim
tato bhrātṛśataṃ tasya vasiṣṭhasyaiva paśyataḥ //
SkP_18.2
tataḥ putravadhaṃ ghoraṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmasutaḥ prabhuḥ
notsasarja tadā krodhaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ kauśikaṃ prati
putraśokena mahatā bhṛśamevānvakīryata //
SkP_18.3
sa baddhvā mahatīṃ kaṇṭhe śilāṃ brahmasutaḥ prabhuḥ
nadyāmātmānamutsṛjya śatadhā sādravadbhayāt
śatadrūriti tāṃ prāhur munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ //
SkP_18.4
punaḥ pāśairdṛḍhairbaddhvā anyasyāmasṛjadvaśī
tasyāṃ vipāśaḥ saṃvṛtto vipāśā sābhavattataḥ //
SkP_18.5
tato 'ṭavīṃ samāsādya nirāhāro jitendriyaḥ
vāyubhakṣastadā tasthau svaṃ dehaṃ paritāpayan //
SkP_18.6
atha śuśrāva vedānāṃ dhvanimekasya susvaram
adhīyānasya tatrāśu dhyānamevānvapadyata //
SkP_18.7
athainaṃ cārusarvāṅgī pīnonnatapayodharā
upatasthe 'grataḥ patnī śakterdīnānanekṣaṇā //
SkP_18.8
tāmuvāca kutastvaṃ vai kasyaiṣa śrūyate dhvaniḥ
sovāca dīnayā vācā rudatī śvaśuraṃ tadā //
SkP_18.9
yadaiva sutaduḥkhena nirgato 'syāśramādguro
tadāprabhṛtyevādṛśyā bhagavantamanuvratā //
SkP_18.10
adhīyānasya caivāyaṃ dhvaniḥ putrasya te vibho
udarasthasya te sūnor mā duḥkhe tvaṃ manaḥ kṛthāḥ //
SkP_18.11
idānīmasti me vatse jīvitāśeti so 'bravīt
kṣāntiṃ dhṛtiṃ ca saṃsthitya prayayāvāśramaṃ muniḥ //
SkP_18.12
tadāśramapadaṃ gacchan pathi rājānamaikṣata
vasārudhiradigdhāṅgaṃ saudāsaṃ raktalocanam //
SkP_18.13
abhidravantaṃ vegena mantrairastambhayanmuniḥ
tato 'sya nirgataḥ kāyād rakṣaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ //
SkP_18.14
uvāca cainaṃ duṣṭātman daheyaṃ tvāṃ sabāndhavam
dagdhena ca tvayā kiṃ me gaccha mukto 'si durmate //
SkP_18.15
tataḥ sa mukto dīnātmā rākṣasaḥ krūrakarmakṛt
praṇamya śirasā bhīto jagāma kuśikāntikam //
SkP_18.16
gate niśācare rājā praṇamya śirasā munim
prasādayāmāsa tadā sa covācedamarthavat //
SkP_18.17
na doṣastava rājendra rakṣasādhiṣṭhitasya vai
kṛtāntena hatāḥ putrā nimittaṃ tatra rākṣasaḥ //
SkP_18.18
praśādhi rājyaṃ rājendra pitṛpaitāmahaṃ vibho
brūhi kiṃ vā priyaṃ te 'dya karomi narapuṃgava //
SkP_18.19
icchāmi bhagavanputraṃ tvayotpāditamacyuta
devyāmasyāṃ mahāsattvaṃ tatkuruṣva mama priyam //
SkP_18.20
evamastvityathoktvāsau tasyāṃ patnyāṃ mahāvrataḥ
putraṃ ca śoṇakaṃ nāma janayāmāsa nirvṛtaḥ //
SkP_18.21
taṃ śoṇakaṃ tato rājye svaṃ putramabhiṣicya saḥ
jagāma vanamevāśu sabhāryastapasi sthitaḥ //
SkP_18.22
vasiṣṭhasyāpi kālena śakteḥ putraḥ pratāpavān
adṛśyantyāṃ samabhavat putro nāmnā parāśaraḥ //
SkP_18.23
vasiṣṭhaṃ tu tadā dhīmāṃs tātamevābhyamanyata
tāta tāteti ca muhur vyājahāra piturgurum //
SkP_18.24
tataḥ kadācidvijñāya bhakṣitaṃ rakṣasā śucim
pitaraṃ tapasā mantrair īje rakṣaḥkratau tadā //
SkP_18.25
tatra koṭīḥ sa pañcāśad rakṣasāṃ krūrakarmaṇām
juhāvāgnau mahātejās tato brahmābhyagāddrutam //
SkP_18.26
sutamabhyetya sampūjya vasiṣṭhasahitaḥ prabhuḥ
ṛṣibhirdaivataiścaiva idamāha parāśaram //
SkP_18.27
devatāste patanti sma yajñairmantrapuraskṛtaiḥ
aṣṭamaṃ sthānametaddhi devānāmādyamīdṛśam //
SkP_18.28
saha devairahaṃ sarvāṃl lokāndhakṣyāmi pāvakaiḥ
dagdhvānyānprathayiṣyāmi tatra lokānna saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_18.29
tasyaivaṃ garvitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā devaḥ pitāmahaḥ
uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā sāntvayaṃstamidaṃ vacaḥ //
SkP_18.30
kṛtametanna saṃdeho yathā brūṣe mahāmate
kṣantavyaṃ sarvametattu asmatpriyacikīrṣayā //
SkP_18.31
yaiste pitā mahābhāga bhakṣitaḥ saha sodaraiḥ
ta evāgnau ca hotavyā viśvāmitrasya paśyataḥ
anyeṣāṃ svasti sarvatra devānāṃ saha rākṣasaiḥ //
SkP_18.32
tasya saṃkalpasaṃtapto manyumūlamudāharat
vasiṣṭhasya mahābhāga tvaṃ nivāraya putraka //
SkP_18.33
devāḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve praṇemuste mahāmunim
ṛṣayaścaiva te sarve vāgbhistuṣṭuvire tadā //
SkP_18.34
tatasteṣāṃ mahātejā vacāṃsi pratyapūjayat
viśvāmitrasya miṣata idaṃ provāca susvaram //
SkP_18.35
ya eṣāṃ brāhmaṇo vāpi kṣatriyo vā durātmavān
rakṣasāṃ pakṣamāsthāya pratīkāraṃ kariṣyati //
SkP_18.36
tamapyatrāpi saṃkruddhas tapoyogabalānvitaḥ
vihatya tapaso yogād dhoṣye dīpte vibhāvasau //
SkP_18.37
tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ pitāmahapuraḥsarāḥ
prabhāvaṃ tasya taṃ jñātvā parāśaramapūjayan //
SkP_18.38
huteṣu ca tatasteṣu rākṣaseṣu durātmasu
saṃjahāra tataḥ sattraṃ brahmaṇo 'numate tadā //
SkP_18.39
ya imaṃ śrāddhakāle vā daive karmaṇi vā dvijān
śrāvayīta śucirbhūtvā na taṃ hiṃsanti rākṣasāḥ //
SkP_18.40
parāśarasyedamadīnasambhavaṃ viśuddhavākkarmavidhānasambhavam
niśāmya vipraḥ kulasiddhisambhavaṃ na rākṣasaṃ gacchati yonisambhavam //
SkP_18.41
iti skandapurāṇe 'ṣṭādaśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
evaṃ tava pitā vyāsa rakṣaḥsattraṃ samāharat
samāpayitvā ca punas tapastepe ca bhāsvaram //
SkP_19.1
tamāgatya vasiṣṭhastu tapasā bhāskaradyutim
uvāca prītisampannam idamarthavadavyayaḥ //
SkP_19.2
pitaraḥ putrakāmā vai tapaḥ kṛtvātiduścaram
putramutpādayanti sma tapojñānasamanvitam //
SkP_19.3
ayaṃ naḥ saṃtatiṃ caiva jñānavāṃstapasānvitaḥ
kariṣyati gatiṃ caiva iti vedavido viduḥ //
SkP_19.4
sa tvaṃ taponvitaścaiva jñānavānyaśasānvitaḥ
putraḥ putravatāṃ śreṣṭho vihīnaḥ prajayā vibho //
SkP_19.5
tasmātpitṝṇāmānṛṇyaṃ gaccha vratavatāṃ vara
sutamutpādaya kṣipram adhikaṃ samameva vā //
SkP_19.6
sa evamuktastejasvī vasiṣṭhenāmitātmanā
mainākaṃ parvataṃ prāpya tapastepe suduścaram //
SkP_19.7
tasya kālena mahatā tapasā bhāvitasya tu
umāpatirvaraṃ prādāt sa ca vavre sutaṃ śubham //
SkP_19.8
sa labdhavara āgamya yayāce putrakāraṇāt
kṣetraṃ supariśuddhaṃ ca svaputro yatra sambhavet //
SkP_19.9
sambhramandāśarājasya duhitṛtvamupāgatām
pitṛkanyāṃ tataḥ kālīm apaśyaddivyarūpiṇīm //
SkP_19.10
matsīgarbhasamutpannāṃ vasorbījāśanātpurā
adrikāmapsaraḥśreṣṭhāṃ brahmatejomayīṃ śubhām //
SkP_19.11
tasyāṃ sa janayāmāsa varaṃ dattvā mahātapāḥ
bhavantaṃ tapasāṃ yoniṃ śrautasmārtapravartakam //
SkP_19.12
tava putro 'bhavaccāpi śuko yogavidāṃ varaḥ
tasya putrāśca catvāraḥ kanyā caikā sumadhyamā //
SkP_19.13
kathaṃ vairaṃ samabhavad viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ
kathaṃ cāpagataṃ bhūya etadicchāmi veditum //
SkP_19.14
parāśare tu garbhasthe vipratvaṃ gādhije gate
sarasvatyāṃ kurukṣetre dvayorapyāśramau tayoḥ //
SkP_19.15
tatra vairamanusmṛtya viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā
miṣatastu vasiṣṭhasya hataṃ putraśataṃ ruṣā //
SkP_19.16
munirapyāha tatrāsau viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān
sarasvatīmathaikānte vasiṣṭhaṃ me mahāpage
srotasā mahatākṣipya snāyamānamihānaya //
SkP_19.17
saivamuktā tu taṃ gatvā vasiṣṭhaṃ prāha duḥkhitā
yaduktavāṃstu gādheyaḥ sa covāca mahānadīm //
SkP_19.18
evaṃ kuru mahābhāge māṃ nayasva yathepsitam
mā te krūraḥ sa gādheyaḥ śāpaṃ dadyātsudustaram //
SkP_19.19
gādheyasya tataḥ sā tu juhvato 'gniṃ divākare
madhyaṃ prāpte 'nayadvegād vasiṣṭhaṃ srotasā śubhā //
SkP_19.20
taṃ dṛṣṭvāpahṛtaṃ vyāsa srotasā munisattamam
uvāca cchadmanā yasmād vegenāpahṛtastvayā
tasmāttvaṃ karmaṇānena sāsṛktoyā bhaviṣyasi //
SkP_19.21
viśvāmitreṇa sā śaptā nadī lokasukhapradā
avahadrudhiraṃ caiva māṃsamedastathaiva ca //
SkP_19.22
atha tīrthaprasaṅgena munibhiḥ samupāgataiḥ
anugrahaḥ kṛtastasyā yena svacchajalābhavat //
SkP_19.23
mahatastapasaḥ śaktyā kālena mahatā tadā
vasiṣṭhasya ca tāṃ kṣāntiṃ jñātvā sa ṛṣipuṃgavaḥ //
SkP_19.24
viśvāmitro mahātejā vasiṣṭhe vairamatyajat
evaṃ tau vairamanyonyaṃ jahaturmunisattamau //
SkP_19.25
ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ brāhmaṇāñchrāvayīta vā
sa dustarāṇi durgāṇi taratyaśrāntapauruṣaḥ //
SkP_19.26
hrīpauruṣaudāryavihārasattvaiḥ samanvitaḥ sojjvalacāruveṣaḥ
bhavecca sarvāmararājatulyas tripiṣṭape krīḍati cecchayā svayam //
SkP_19.27
evaṃ tadabhavadvyāsa viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ
vairaṃ samāptaṃ lokānāṃ hitārthaṃ punareva ca //
SkP_19.28
iti skandapurāṇe ūnaviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
umāharau tu deveśau cakraturyacca saṃgatau
tanme sarvamaśeṣeṇa kathayasva mahāmune //
SkP_20.1
umāharau tu saṃgamya parasparamaninditau
śālaṅkasyānvaye vipraṃ yuyujāte vareṇa ha //
SkP_20.2
sa cāpyayonijaḥ putra ārādhya parameśvaram
rudreṇa samatāṃ labdhvā mahāgaṇapatirbabhau //
SkP_20.3
kathaṃ nandī samutpannaḥ kathaṃ cārādhya śaṃkaram
samānatvamagācchambhoḥ pratīhāratvameva ca //
SkP_20.4
abhūdṛṣiḥ sa dharmātmā śilādo nāma vīryavān
tasyābhūcchilakairvṛttiḥ śilādastena so 'bhavat //
SkP_20.5
apaśyallambamānāṃstu gartāyāṃ sa pitṝndvijaḥ
vicchinnasaṃtatīnghoraṃ nirayaṃ vai prapetuṣaḥ //
SkP_20.6
tairukto 'patyakāmaistu devaṃ lokeśamavyayam
ārādhaya mahādevaṃ sutārthaṃ dvijasattama //
SkP_20.7
tasya varṣasahasreṇa tapyamānasya śūladhṛk
śarvaḥ somo gaṇavṛto varado 'smītyabhāṣata //
SkP_20.8
taṃ dṛṣṭvā somamīśeśaṃ praṇataḥ pādayorvibhoḥ
harṣagadgadayā vācā tuṣṭāva vibudheśvaram //
SkP_20.9
namaḥ paramadevāya maheśāya mahātmane
sraṣṭre sarvasureśānāṃ brahmaṇaḥ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_20.10
namaḥ kāmāṅganāśāya yogasambhavahetave
namaḥ parvatavāsāya dhyānagamyāya vedhase //
SkP_20.11
ṛṣīṇāṃ pataye nityaṃ devānāṃ pataye namaḥ
vedānāṃ pataye caiva yogināṃ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_20.12
pradhānāya namo nityaṃ tattvāyāmarasaṃjñiṇe
varadāya ca bhaktānāṃ namaḥ sarvagatāya ca //
SkP_20.13
tanmātrendriyabhūtānāṃ vikārāṇāṃ guṇaiḥ saha
sraṣṭre ca pataye caiva namaśca prabhaviṣṇave //
SkP_20.14
jagataḥ pataye caiva jagatsraṣṭre namaḥ sadā
prakṛteḥ pataye nityaṃ puruṣātparagāmine //
SkP_20.15
īśvarāya namo nityaṃ yogagamyāya raṃhase
saṃsārotpattināśāya sarvakāmapradāya ca //
SkP_20.16
śaraṇyāya namo nityaṃ namo bhasmāṅgarāgiṇe
namaste 'yograhastāya tejasāṃ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_20.17
sūryānilahutāśāmbucandrākāśadharāya ca
sthitāya sarvadā nityaṃ namastrailokavedhase //
SkP_20.18
stotavyasya kuto deva viśrāmastava vidyate
yadā hetustvamevāsya jagataḥ sthitināśayoḥ //
SkP_20.19
aśaraṇyasya deveśa tvattaśca śaraṇārthinaḥ
prasādaṃ paramālambya varado bhava viśvakṛt //
SkP_20.20
yaḥ stotrametadakhilaṃ paṭhate dvijanmā prātaḥ śucirniyamavānpurato dvijānām
taṃ brahmarākṣasaniśācarabhūtayakṣā hiṃsanti no dvipadapannagapūtanāśca //
SkP_20.21
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevaḥ stūyamānaḥ sahomayā
uvāca varado 'smīti brūhi yatte manogatam //
SkP_20.22
tamevaṃvādinaṃ devaṃ śilādo 'bhyarcayattadā
uvāca cedaṃ deveśaṃ sa vācā sajjamānayā //
SkP_20.23
bhagavanyadi tuṣṭo 'si yadi deyo varaśca me
icchāmyātmasamaṃ putraṃ mṛtyuhīnamayonijam //
SkP_20.24
evamuktastato devaḥ prīyamāṇastrilocanaḥ
evamastviti taṃ procya tatraivāntaradhīyata //
SkP_20.25
gate tasminmaheṣvāse ṛṣiḥ paramapūjitaḥ
svamāśramamupāgamya ṛṣibhyo 'kathayattataḥ //
SkP_20.26
taiḥ praśastastataścaiva kālena munisattama
yiyakṣuryajñabhūmiṃ svāṃ lāṅgalena cakarṣa tām //
SkP_20.27
tasyāṃ tu kṛṣyamāṇāyāṃ sītāyāṃ tatsamutthitaḥ
saṃvartakānalaprakhyaḥ kumāraḥ pratyadṛśyata //
SkP_20.28
sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā tathodbhūtaṃ kumāraṃ dīptatejasam
rākṣaso 'yamiti jñātvā bhayānnopasasāra tam //
SkP_20.29
kumāro 'pi tathodbhūtaḥ pitaraṃ dīptatejasam
upāsarpata dīnātmā tāta tāteti cābravīt //
SkP_20.30
sa tātetyucyamāno 'pi yadā taṃ nābhyanandata
tato vāyustamākāśe śilādaṃ prāha susvaram //
SkP_20.31
śālaṅkāyana putraste yo 'sau devena śambhunā
ayonijaḥ purā dattaḥ sa eṣa pratinandaya //
SkP_20.32
yasmānnandīkaraste 'yaṃ sadaiva dvijasattama
tasmānnandīti nāmnāyaṃ bhaviṣyati sutastava //
SkP_20.33
tataḥ sa vāyuvacanān nandinaṃ pariṣasvaje
gṛhītvā cāśramaṃ svena so 'nayattuṣṭivardhanam
cūḍopanayanādīni karmāṇyasya cakāra saḥ //
SkP_20.34
kṛtvā cādhyāpayāmāsa vedānsāṅgānaśeṣataḥ
āyurvedaṃ dhanurvedaṃ gāndharvaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam //
SkP_20.35
hastināṃ caritaṃ yacca naranāryośca lakṣaṇam
śilpāni caiva sarvāṇi nimittajñānameva ca //
SkP_20.36
bhūtagrāmacikitsāṃ ca mātṝṇāṃ caritaṃ ca yat
bhujaṃgānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yacca kiṃcidviceṣṭitam
abdairadhītavānsarvaṃ vyāsa pañcabhireva ca //
SkP_20.37
dakṣaḥ śuciradīnātmā priyavāganasūyakaḥ
sarvalokapriyo nityaṃ manonayananandanaḥ //
SkP_20.38
tasyātha saptame varṣe ṛṣī divyau tapodhanau
āśramaṃ samanuprāptau śilādasya mahaujasau //
SkP_20.39
tāvabhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ śilādaḥ sumahātapāḥ
sukhāsīnau samālakṣya āsane paramārcitau //
SkP_20.40
mitrāvaruṇanāmānau tapoyogabalānvitau
abhijñau sarvabhūtānāṃ trailokye sacarācare //
SkP_20.41
tābhyāmanujñātaścaiva niṣasāda varāsane
upaviṣṭastataḥ prīta iṣṭābhirvāgbhirastuvat //
SkP_20.42
tābhyāṃ pṛṣṭaśca kaccitte putrastuṣṭipradaḥ śubhaḥ
svādhyāyaniyataḥ kaccit kacciddharmasya saṃtatiḥ //
SkP_20.43
kaccinna vṛddhānbālo na gurūnvāpyavamanyate
kaccinniyamavāṃścaiva kaccittuṣṭipradaḥ satām //
SkP_20.44
sa evamuktastejasvī śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ
uvāca guṇavānsamyak kulavaṃśavivardhanaḥ //
SkP_20.45
tamāhūya sa tuṣṭyā tu putraṃ nandinamacyutam
tayoḥ pādeṣu śirasā apātayata nandinam //
SkP_20.46
tau tu tasyāśiṣaṃ devau prayuṅkto dharmanityatām
guruśuśrūṣaṇe bhāvaṃ lokāṃścaiva tathākṣayān //
SkP_20.47
śilādastāmathālakṣya āśiṣaṃ devayostadā
visṛjya nandinaṃ bhītaḥ so 'pṛcchadṛṣisattamau //
SkP_20.48
bhagavantāvṛṣī satyau gatijñau sarvadehinām
kimarthaṃ mama putrasya dīrghamāyurubhāvapi
prayuktavantau samyaktu nāśiṣaṃ munisattamau //
SkP_20.49
tavaiṣa tanayastāta alpāyuḥ sarvasaṃmataḥ
ato 'nyadvarṣamekaṃ vai jīvitaṃ dhārayiṣyati //
SkP_20.50
tataḥ sa śokasaṃtapto nyapatadbhuvi duḥkhitaḥ
visṛjya ṛṣiśārdūlāv ekākī vilalāpa ca //
SkP_20.51
tasya śokādvilapataḥ svaraṃ śrutvā sutaḥ śubhaḥ
nandyāgāttamathāpaśyat pitaraṃ duḥkhitaṃ bhṛśam //
SkP_20.52
kena tvaṃ tāta duḥkhena dūyamānaḥ prarodiṣi
duḥkhaṃ te kuta udbhūtaṃ jñātumicchāmyahaṃ pitaḥ //
SkP_20.53
putra tvaṃ kila varṣeṇa jīvitaṃ samprahāsyasi
ūcatustāvṛṣītyevaṃ tato māṃ kṛcchramāviśat //
SkP_20.54
satyaṃ devaṛṣī tāta na tāvanṛtamūcatuḥ
tathāpi tu na mṛtyurme prabhaviṣyati mā śucaḥ //
SkP_20.55
kiṃ tapaḥ kiṃ parijñānaṃ ko yogaḥ kaḥ śramaśca te
yena tvaṃ mṛtyumudyuktaṃ vañcayiṣyasi kathyatām //
SkP_20.56
na tāta tapasā mṛtyuṃ vañcayiṣye na vidyayā
mahādevaprasādena mṛtyuṃ jeṣyāmi nānyathā //
SkP_20.57
drakṣyāmi śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ tato mṛtyurna me bhavet
naṣṭe mṛtyau tvayā sārdhaṃ ciraṃ vatsyāmi nirvṛtaḥ //
SkP_20.58
mayā varṣasahasreṇa tapastaptvā suduścaram
mahādevaḥ purā dṛṣṭo labdhastvaṃ me yataḥ sutaḥ //
SkP_20.59
bhavāṃstu varṣeṇaikena tapasā nātibhāvitaḥ
kathaṃ draṣṭā mahādevam etadicchāmi veditum //
SkP_20.60
na tāta tapasā devo dṛśyate na ca vidyayā
śuddhena manasā bhaktyā dṛśyate parameśvaraḥ //
SkP_20.61
tvayā visṛṣṭo gatvāham acireṇa trilocanam
draṣṭā tāta na saṃdeho visṛjāśu tatastu mām //
SkP_20.62
tiṣṭhantaṃ māṃ yamo 'bhyetya paśyataste 'bhisaṃmatam
na hiṃsati tathā tasmād itastāta vrajāmyaham //
SkP_20.63
tiṣṭhantaṃ vā śayānaṃ vā dhāvantaṃ patitaṃ tathā
na pratīkṣati vai mṛtyur iti buddhvā śamaṃ vraja //
SkP_20.64
avatīrya jalaṃ divyaṃ bhāvaṃ śuddhaṃ samāsthitaḥ
abhyasya raudramadhyāyaṃ tato drakṣyāmi śaṃkaram //
SkP_20.65
japataścāpi yuktasya rudrabhāvārpitasya ca
na mṛtyukālā bahavaḥ kariṣyanti mama vyathām //
SkP_20.66
tamevaṃvādinaṃ matvā bruvāṇaṃ śuddhayā girā
vyasarjayadadīnātmā kṛcchrātputraṃ mahātapāḥ //
SkP_20.67
abhivandya pituḥ pādau śirasā sa mahāyaśāḥ
pradakṣiṇaṃ samāvṛtya sampratasthe 'tiniścitaḥ //
SkP_20.68
abhivādya ṛṣīnsarvān sa didṛkṣurudāradhīḥ
muniḥ sa devamagamat praṇatārtiharaṃ haram //
SkP_20.69
iti skandapurāṇe viṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
nirgato 'tha tato nandī jagāma saritāṃ varām
bhuvanāmiti vikhyātāṃ sarvalokasukhāvahām //
SkP_21.1
tāṃ praviśya tato dhīmān ekāgro hradamāsthitaḥ
sa jajāpa tadā rudrān mṛtyorbhītaḥ samāhitaḥ //
SkP_21.2
japatā tena tatraiva tatpareṇa tadāśiṣā
koṭirekā yadā japtā tadā devastutoṣa ha //
SkP_21.3
tamāgatyāha bhagavāñ charva ugraḥ kapardimān
nandiṃstuṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam //
SkP_21.4
uvāca praṇato bhūtvā praṇatārtiharaṃ haram
dvitīyāṃ japtumicchāmi koṭiṃ bhagavatāṃ vibho
evamastviti devo 'pi procyāgacchadyathāgatam //
SkP_21.5
so 'vatīrya tato bhūyaḥ prayatātmā tathaiva ha
jajāpa koṭimanyāṃ tu rudramevānucintayan //
SkP_21.6
dvitīyāyāṃ tataḥ koṭyāṃ sampūrṇāyāṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ
abhyājagāma taṃ caiva varado 'smītyabhāṣata //
SkP_21.7
sa prāha bhagavankoṭiṃ tṛtīyāmapi kālahan
japtumicchāmi deveśa tvatprasādādahaṃ vibho //
SkP_21.8
evamastviti bhūyo 'pi bhagavānpratyuvāca ha
uktvā jagāma svaṃ veśma devyā saha mahādyutiḥ //
SkP_21.9
tatastṛtīyāṃ rudrāṇāṃ koṭimanyāṃ jajāpa ha
yugāntādityasaṃkāśas tataḥ samabhavaddvijaḥ //
SkP_21.10
tasya koṭītraye vyāsa samāpte jvalanatviṣaḥ
somaḥ saha gaṇairdevas taṃ deśamupacakrame //
SkP_21.11
sa taṃ kareṇa saṃgṛhya uddhṛtya salilācca ha
saṃmṛjāno 'grahastena nandinaṃ kālahābravīt //
SkP_21.12
śailāde varado 'haṃ te tapasānena toṣitaḥ
sādhu japtaṃ tvayā dhīman brūhi yatte manogatam //
SkP_21.13
japeyaṃ koṭimanyāṃ tu bhūyo 'pi tava tejasā
varametaṃ vṛṇe deva yadi tuṣṭo 'si me vibho //
SkP_21.14
kiṃ te japtena bhūyo 'pi tuṣṭo 'smi tava sarvathā
yadyattvaṃ vṛṇuṣe kāmaṃ sarvaṃ tatpradadāni te //
SkP_21.15
brahmatvamatha viṣṇutvam indratvamatha vāyutām
ādityo bhava rudro vā brūhi kiṃ vā dadāni te //
SkP_21.16
sa evamukto devena śirasā pādayornataḥ
tuṣṭāva purakāmāṅgakratuparvatanāśanam //
SkP_21.17
namo devātidevāya mahādevāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ kāmāṅganāśāya nīlakaṇṭhāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_21.18
namastuṣitanāśāya trailokyadahanāya ca
namaḥ kālogradaṇḍāya ugradaṇḍāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_21.19
namo nīlaśikhaṇḍāya sahasraśirase namaḥ
sahasrapāṇaye caiva sahasracaraṇāya ca //
SkP_21.20
sarvataḥpāṇipādāya sarvatokṣimukhāya ca
sarvataḥśrutaye caiva sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhate //
SkP_21.21
namaste rukmavarṇāya tathaivātīndriyāya ca
namaḥ kanakaliṅgāya sarvaliṅgāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_21.22
namaścandrārkavarṇāya yogeśāyājitāya ca
pinākapāṇaye caiva śūlamudgarapāṇaye //
SkP_21.23
gadine khaḍgine caiva paraśvadhadharāya ca
rathine varmiṇe caiva maheṣvāsāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_21.24
namastriśūlahastāya ugradaṇḍadharāya ca
namo gaṇādhipataye rudrāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_21.25
namaḥ sahasranetrāya śatanetrāya vai namaḥ
ādityānāṃ ca pataye vasūnāṃ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_21.26
namaḥ pṛthivyāḥ pataye ākāśapataye namaḥ
namaḥ svarlokapataye umāyāḥ pataye namaḥ //
SkP_21.27
namo yogādhipataye sarvayogapradāya ca
dhyānine dhyāyamānāya dhyānibhiḥ saṃstutāya ca //
SkP_21.28
mṛtyave kāladaṇḍāya yamāya ca mahātmane
devādhipataye caiva divyasaṃhananāya ca //
SkP_21.29
yajñāya vasudānāya svargāyājanmadāya ca
savitre sarvadevānāṃ dharmāyānekarūpiṇe //
SkP_21.30
amṛtāya vareṇyāya sarvadevastutāya ca
brahmaṇaśca śirohartre yajñasya ca mahātmanaḥ //
SkP_21.31
tripuraghnāya cogrāya sarvāśubhaharāya ca
umādehārdharūpāya lalāṭanayanāya ca //
SkP_21.32
mahiṣāndhakabhettāya sraṣṭre vai parameṣṭhine
brahmaṇo gurave caiva brahmaṇo janakāya ca //
SkP_21.33
kumāragurave caiva kumāravaradāya ca
haline muṣalaghnāya mahāhāsāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_21.34
mṛtyupāśograhastāya takṣakabrahmasūtriṇe
savidyudghanavāhāya tathaiva vṛṣayāyine //
SkP_21.35
himavadvindhyavāsāya meruparvatavāsine
kailāsavāsine caiva dhaneśvarasakhāya ca //
SkP_21.36
viṣṇordehārdhadattāya tasyaiva varadāya ca
sarvabhūtāsamajñāya sarvabhūtānukampine //
SkP_21.37
antarbhūtādhibhūtāya prāṇināṃ jīvadāya ca
manase manyamānāya atimānāya caiva hi //
SkP_21.38
budhyamānāya buddhāya draṣṭre vai cakṣuṣe namaḥ
namaste sparśayitre ca tathaiva sparśanāya ca //
SkP_21.39
namaste rasayitre ca tathaiva rasanāya ca
namo ghrāṇāya ghrātre ca śrotre śrotrāya caiva hi
hastine caiva hastāya tathā pādāya pādine //
SkP_21.40
namo 'stvānandakartre ca ānandāya ca vai namaḥ
vāce 'tha vāgmine caiva tanmātrāya mahātmane //
SkP_21.41
sūkṣmāya caiva sthūlāya sattvāya rajase namaḥ
namaśca tamase nityaṃ kṣetrajñāyājitāya ca //
SkP_21.42
viṣṇave lokatantrāya prajānāṃ pataye namaḥ
manave saptaṛṣaye tapyamānāya tāpine //
SkP_21.43
brahmaṇyāyātha śuddhāya tathā durvāsase namaḥ
śilpine śilpanāthāya viduṣe viśvakarmaṇe //
SkP_21.44
atraye bhṛgave caiva tathaivāṅgirase namaḥ
pulahāya pulastyāya kratudakṣānalāya ca //
SkP_21.45
dharmāya rucaye caiva vasiṣṭhāya namo 'stu te
bhūtāya bhūtanāthāya kuṣmāṇḍapataye namaḥ //
SkP_21.46
tiṣṭhate dravate caiva gāyate nṛtyate 'pi ca
avaśyāyāpyavadhyāya ajarāyāmarāya ca //
SkP_21.47
akṣayāyāvyayāyaiva tathāpratihatāya ca
anāveśyāya sarveṣāṃ dṛśyāyādṛśyarūpiṇe //
SkP_21.48
sūkṣmebhyaścāpi sūkṣmāya sarvagāya mahātmane
namaste bhagavaṃstryakṣa namaste bhagavañchiva
namaste sarvalokeśa namaste lokabhāvana //
SkP_21.49
na me devādhipatyena brahmatvenāthavā punaḥ
na viṣṇutvena deveśa nāpīndratvena bhūtapa
icchāmyahaṃ taveśāna gaṇatvaṃ nityamavyayam //
SkP_21.50
nityaṃ tvāṃ sagaṇaṃ sāmbaṃ prasannaṃ saparicchadam
draṣṭumicchāmi deveśa eṣa me dīyatāṃ varaḥ //
SkP_21.51
tvaṃ no gatiḥ purā deva tvaṃ caivārtāyanaṃ prabhuḥ
śaraṇaṃ ca tvamevātha nānyaṃ paśyāmi karhicit //
SkP_21.52
tvayā tyaktasya caivāśu vināśo nātra saṃśayaḥ
anyāṃ gatiṃ na paśyāmi yasyā ātyantikaṃ śubham //
SkP_21.53
anuraktaṃ ca bhaktaṃ ca tvatparaṃ tvadapāśrayam
pratīccha māṃ sadā deva eṣa me dīyatāṃ varaḥ //
SkP_21.54
ya imaṃ prātarutthāya paṭhedavimanā naraḥ
sa dehabhedamāsādya nandīśvarasamo bhavet //
SkP_21.55
yaścemaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvā dvijātiṣu
so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya rudraloke mahīyate //
SkP_21.56
śrutvā sakṛdapi hyetaṃ stavaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam
yatra tatra mṛto vyāsa na durgatimavāpnuyāt //
SkP_21.57
yo 'dhītya nityaṃ stavametamagryaṃ devaṃ sadābhyarcayate yatātmā
kiṃ tasya yajñairvividhaiśca dānais tīrthaiḥ sutaptaiśca tathā tapobhiḥ //
SkP_21.58
iti skandapurāṇa ekaviṃśatimo 'dhyāyaḥ
tatastu devadeveśo bhaktyā paramayā yutam
aśrupūrṇekṣaṇaṃ dīnaṃ pādayoḥ śirasā natam //
SkP_22.1
karābhyāṃ susukhābhyāṃ tu saṃgṛhya paramārtihā
utthāpya nayane somaḥ aśrupūrṇe mamārja ha //
SkP_22.2
uvāca cainaṃ tuṣṭātmā vacasāpyāyayanniva
nirīkṣya gaṇapānsarvān devyā saha tadā prabhuḥ //
SkP_22.3
jāne bhaktiṃ tava mayi jāne cārtiṃ tavānagha
tasya sarvasya śailāde udarkaṃ saṃniśāmaya //
SkP_22.4
amaro jarayā tyakto nityaṃ duḥkhavivarjitaḥ
akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva sapitā sasuhṛjjanaḥ //
SkP_22.5
mameṣṭo gaṇapaścaiva madvīryo matparākramaḥ
iṣṭo mama sadā caiva mama pārśvagataḥ sadā
madrūpaścaiva bhavitā mahāyogabalānvitaḥ //
SkP_22.6
ṛddhimaccaiva te dvīpaṃ kṣīrodamamṛtākaram
saṃvāsaṃ samprayacchāmi tatra raṃsyasi sarvadā //
SkP_22.7
kuśeśayamayīṃ mālām avamucyātmanastataḥ
ābabandha mahātejā nandine divyarūpiṇīm //
SkP_22.8
sa tayā mālayā nandī babhau kaṇṭhāvasaktayā
tryakṣo daśabhujaḥ śrīmān dvitīya iva śaṃkaraḥ //
SkP_22.9
tatastaṃ vai samādāya hastena bhagavānharaḥ
uvāca brūhi kiṃ te 'dya dadāni varamuttamam //
SkP_22.10
āśramaścāyamatyarthaṃ tapasā tava bhāvitaḥ
japyeśvara iti khyāto mama guhyo bhaviṣyati //
SkP_22.11
samantādyojanaṃ kṣetraṃ divyaṃ devagaṇairvṛtam
siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇam apsarogaṇasevitam
siddhikṣetraṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_22.12
karmaṇā manasā vācā yatkiṃcitkurute naraḥ
śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vātra sarvaṃ bhavitṛ tacchubham //
SkP_22.13
jāpyaṃ mānasaṃ tulyaṃ vai rudrāṇāṃ tadbhaviṣyati
yatra tatra mṛtā martyā yāsyanti tava lokatām //
SkP_22.14
tato jaṭāsrutaṃ vāri gṛhītvā hāranirmalam
uktvā nadī bhavasveti visasarja mahātapāḥ //
SkP_22.15
sā tato divyatoyā ca puṇyā maṇijalā śubhā
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā cakravākopaśobhitā
padmotpalavanopetā prāvartata mahānadī //
SkP_22.16
strīrūpadhāriṇī caiva prāñjaliḥ śirasā natā
padmotpaladalābhākṣī mahādevamupasthitā //
SkP_22.17
tāmuvāca tato devo nadīṃ svayamupasthitām
yasmājjaṭodakāddevi pravṛttā tvaṃ śubhānane
tasmājjaṭodā nāmnā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi saridvarā //
SkP_22.18
tvayi snānaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāc chuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ
so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya rudraloke mahīyate //
SkP_22.19
tato devyā mahādevo nandīśvaramatiprabham
putraste 'yamiti procya pādayostaṃ vyanāmayat //
SkP_22.20
sā tamāghrāya śirasi pāṇibhyāṃ parimārjatī
putrapremṇābhyaṣiñcattaṃ srotobhiḥ stanajaistribhiḥ
payasā śaṅkhagaureṇa devī devaṃ nirīkṣatī //
SkP_22.21
tāni srotāṃsi trīṇyasyāḥ srutānyoghavatī nadī
nadīṃ trisrotasīṃ puṇyāṃ tatastāmavadaddharaḥ //
SkP_22.22
trisrotasaṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ
nanarda nādāttasmācca saridanyā tato 'bhavat //
SkP_22.23
yasmādvṛṣabhanādena pravṛttā sā mahānadī
tasmāḍḍhitkirikāṃ tāṃ vai uvāca vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ //
SkP_22.24
jāmbūnadamayaṃ citraṃ svaṃ devaḥ paramādbhutam
mukuṭaṃ cābabandhāsmai kuṇḍale cāmṛtodbhave //
SkP_22.25
taṃ tathābhyarcitaṃ vyomni dṛṣṭvā meghaḥ prabhākaraḥ
devopavāhyaḥ siṣice sanādaḥ sataḍidguṇaḥ //
SkP_22.26
tasyābhiṣiktasya tadā pravṛtte srotasī bhṛśam
yasmātsuvarṇānniḥsṛtya nadyekā sampravartata
svarṇodaketi nāmnā tāṃ mahādevo 'bhyabhāṣata //
SkP_22.27
jāmbūnadamayādyasmād dvitīyā mukuṭācchubhāt
prāvartata nadī puṇyā ūcurjambūnadīti tām //
SkP_22.28
etatpañcanadaṃ nāma japyeśvarasamīpagam
vyākhyātaṃ phalametāsāṃ jaṭodāyāṃ mahātmanā //
SkP_22.29
tacca pañcanadaṃ divyaṃ devaṃ japyeśvaraṃ ca tam
trirātropoṣito gatvā snātvābhyarcya ca śūlinam //
SkP_22.30
nandīśvarasyānucaraḥ kṣīrodanilayo bhavet // SkP_22.31
yastu japyeśvare prāṇān parityajati dustyajān
niyamenānyathā vāpi sa me gaṇapatirbhavet //
SkP_22.32
nandīśvarasamo nityaḥ śāśvataḥ akṣayo 'vyayaḥ
mama pārśvādanapagaḥ priyaḥ saṃmata eva ca //
SkP_22.33
japyeśvaraṃ pañcanadaṃ ca tadvai yo mānavo 'bhyetya jahāti deham
sa me sadā syādgaṇapo variṣṭhas tvayā samaḥ kāntivapuśca nityam //
SkP_22.34
iti skandapurāṇe dvāviṃśatimo 'dhyāyaḥ
bhagavāndevadeveśaḥ sarvabhūtapatirharaḥ
devīmuvāca vāgīśa umāṃ girivarātmajām //
SkP_23.1
devi nandīśvaraṃ devam abhiṣekṣyāmi bhūtapam
gaṇānāvāhayiṣyāmi kiṃ vā tvaṃ manyase 'vyaye //
SkP_23.2
saptalokādhipatyaṃ ca gaṇeśānāṃ tathaiva ca
sarvamarhati deveśa nandī putro mamāgrajaḥ //
SkP_23.3
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevaḥ suraśatruniṣūdanaḥ
prāṅmukhaḥ sa gaṇeśānām āhvānamakarottadā //
SkP_23.4
tataḥ sahasraśastatra gaṇādhyakṣā mudā yutāḥ
samprāptāḥ sarvalokeśās tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmune //
SkP_23.5
tataḥ karāladaśano bhṛkuṭībhūṣitānanaḥ
śaṅkhahārāmbugauraśca daṃṣṭrī sragmī trilocanaḥ //
SkP_23.6
jaṭāsahasrordhvaśirā jvālākeśo mahāhanuḥ
agnyaṅgārakanetraśca bhujagābaddhamekhalaḥ //
SkP_23.7
vidyujjihvo mahākāyas tathā caivordhvamehanaḥ
sarpayajñopavītī ca paraśvadhadharastathā //
SkP_23.8
bhujagābaddhamauñjiśca bhujagaireva kaṅkaṇaiḥ
aṭṭahāsānsṛjānaśca aśanīpātasaṃnibhān
diṇḍirityeva vikhyāto gaṇapaḥ samadṛśyata //
SkP_23.9
ātmanaḥ sadṛśānāṃ ca koṭībhirdaśabhirvṛtaḥ
gaṇapānāṃ sureśānāṃ yogināṃ dīptatejasām //
SkP_23.10
tato 'paro mahākeśo mahākāyordhvamehanaḥ
tryakṣo 'nalaśataprakhyaḥ aśanīpātanardanaḥ //
SkP_23.11
nṛtyangāyaṃśca citrāṇi kurvannāṭyānyanekaśaḥ
jvaladaṃṣṭro mahāhāso bṛhatskandhaḥ pinākadhṛk //
SkP_23.12
koṭībhirdaśabhiḥ sārdhaṃ dviguṇābhirmahātmanām
gaṇānāṃ citrarūpāṇāṃ yugapatsampradṛśyata //
SkP_23.13
siṃhāsyagajakokāsyair dvīpiśārdūlakānanaiḥ
so 'ṣāḍhirnāma gaṇapo vyāsa tatra samāgataḥ //
SkP_23.14
athānyo vyāsa samprāpto yugāntādityasaprabhaḥ
śatayojanabāhuśca digvāsāścordhvamehanaḥ //
SkP_23.15
atidīrgho 'timeḍhraśca lambabhrūḥ sthūlanāsikaḥ
vṛttāsyaśca mahākṣaśca bhṛkuṭīsaṃhatānanaḥ //
SkP_23.16
pañcayojanavistīrṇo dīrgho vai tāvadeva ca
daṃṣṭrāścatasro vaktreṇa bibhracchaṅkhendupāṇḍarāḥ //
SkP_23.17
pañcajihvordhvakarṇaśca pāśahasto manojavaḥ
vṛtaḥ koṭīśatenaiva sadṛśānāmadṛśyata //
SkP_23.18
bhārabhūtīti vikhyāto mahāyogabalānvitaḥ
gaṇapo devadevasya samīpaṃ so 'bhyagacchata //
SkP_23.19
tataḥ kundenduśaṅkhābhaṃ himarāśyambusaṃnibham
mṛṇālasphaṭikābhaṃ ca bhasmakakṣāvalambanam //
SkP_23.20
gṛhītvā cāśanīhāsaṃ tripādaṃ cīravāsasam
śatodaraṃ triśirasaṃ trinetraṃ cordhvamūrdhajam //
SkP_23.21
jvālāmālāgrakeśaṃ ca vyāghracarmājināmbaram
vāyuvegaṃ mahāhāsaṃ bhujagābaddhamekhalam //
SkP_23.22
mahoragakṛtāpīḍaṃ śaṅkukarṇordhvamehanam
bhasmapraharaṇaṃ caiva mahādaṃṣṭraṃ mahāhanum //
SkP_23.23
mahāgaṇapatiṃ vīraṃ jvara ityeva viśrutam
koṭīśatavṛtaṃ taṃ ca gaṇapaṃ so 'nvapaśyata //
SkP_23.24
tato 'paraḥ saumyarūpo bhasmadigdhāṅga eva ca
triśūlapāṇirdigvāsā mahāyogabalānvitaḥ //
SkP_23.25
bahuveṣadharaścaiva dhyānayogaparāyaṇaḥ
somavarṇa iti khyātaḥ koṭīśatavṛtaḥ prabhuḥ
tādṛśānāṃ gaṇādhyakṣo devenāhūta āgataḥ //
SkP_23.26
athāparo mahākāyaḥ śūlapāṇirmahābalaḥ
yugāntānalasaṃkāśaḥ sthiraḥ sthirayaśobalaḥ //
SkP_23.27
candramaulirmahākeśaś caturbāhurvilohitaḥ
ekapādairmahākāyais tryakṣaistaiḥ śūlapāṇibhiḥ //
SkP_23.28
vṛtaḥ koṭīśatenaiva sthāṇustatrābhyavartata
samahāpārṣado rudraḥ sarvāsuranibarhaṇaḥ //
SkP_23.29
tato 'paraḥ paṭṭisena hrasvapādodaraḥ śuciḥ
sahasrabāhucaraṇaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ pratāpavān //
SkP_23.30
karāladaśanaścaiva kṛṣṇasarpāmbaracchadaḥ
tryakṣaścandrakṛtāpīḍaḥ kaṇṭhamālāvibhūṣitaḥ //
SkP_23.31
ugrasena iti khyātaḥ koṭīśatavṛtaḥ sa ca
āgātsamīpaṃ devasya āhūtaḥ svayamīśvaraḥ //
SkP_23.32
tato 'paraḥ samāpede devaṃ candrārdhadhāriṇam
caturvaktro mahātejāś caturviṃśekṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ //
SkP_23.33
sahasrabāhurjvālāsyo mahānetrordhvamehanaḥ
karāladaśanaścaiva śaṅkukarṇo mahānakhaḥ //
SkP_23.34
asipāṇirmahātejāḥ śatapādaḥ śatodaraḥ
vidyutkeśo 'tihāsaśca tathaivobhayatogatiḥ //
SkP_23.35
ajaikapāditi khyāto vṛtaḥ koṭīśatena saḥ
kāñcanopalavṛkṣāḍhyaḥ samegha iva parvataḥ //
SkP_23.36
āgāttato 'paro vyāsa gaṇapaḥ sumahābalaḥ
sarvatovadanaḥ śrīmān sarvataḥpāṇipādadhṛk //
SkP_23.37
hrasvabāhūrupādaśca aśaniṃ dhārayañchubham
śatairvṛtaśca koṭīnām aṣṭābhistvātmanaḥ samaiḥ
nikumbha iti vikhyātaḥ śatapādodarānanaḥ //
SkP_23.38
āgāttato 'paraścāpi vidyutkeśo mahābalaḥ
candramālādharo ghoraḥ prahasanpravicālayan //
SkP_23.39
daṇḍadhārī mahāvaktraḥ śaṅkhakundendusaprabhaḥ
gaṇakoṭīśatavṛtaḥ paramaṃ paratāpanaḥ //
SkP_23.40
tato 'paraḥ sahasreṇa koṭīnāṃ gaṇapo vṛtaḥ
sūryamālāsrajaṃ bibhrad ājagāma mahātapāḥ //
SkP_23.41
sa sūryāpyāyano nāma devasya paramapriyaḥ
dhanuṣpāṇirmahātejā viśrutaḥ samahādyutiḥ //
SkP_23.42
tathānyaḥ sarpamālaśca cakrābharaṇa eva ca
cakrāyudho mahātejā hrasvapādakaṭīkaraḥ //
SkP_23.43
sa nāmnā viśruto loke grahāpyāyana ityuta
gaṇakoṭiśataiḥ ṣaḍbhir vṛtaḥ samanudhāvata //
SkP_23.44
śaṅkukarṇo 'bhyayāccaiva gaṇakoṭyā mahābalaḥ
nandikaścāpi daśabhiḥ piṅgākṣo 'ṣṭābhireva ca
vināyakaścatuḥṣaṣṭyā kuṣmāṇḍo nāma viśrutaḥ //
SkP_23.45
hiraṇyavarṇaḥ ṣaḍbhiśca ekapādastathaiva ca
dhūmrakeśo dvādaśabhiḥ patākī daśabhistathā //
SkP_23.46
sahasraghaṇṭo 'ṣṭādaśabhis tapaḥ pañcabhireva ca
sahasraśīrṣaḥ ṣaḍbhiśca bhavaḥ koṭiśatāvṛtaḥ //
SkP_23.47
varo daśabhirabhyāgāt kumbhakarṇastathāṣṭabhiḥ
viṣvaksenaḥ sahasreṇa annadastu śatena vai //
SkP_23.48
āveśanī tathāṣṭābhiḥ saptabhiśca pravartanaḥ
mahāravaḥ sahasreṇa koṭīnāṃ gaṇapo vṛtaḥ //
SkP_23.49
caturmukho dvādaśabhis tathā bāhūpahārakaḥ
mahākālaḥ śatenaiva tathāgniśikharo gaṇaḥ //
SkP_23.50
ādityamūrdhā koṭyā ca tathā caiva dhanāvahaḥ
saṃnāmaśca śatenaiva kukkuṭo 'ṣṭābhireva ca //
SkP_23.51
kundaśca pañcadaśabhis tathā saṃkoṭako 'paraḥ
amoghabhūtiḥ koṭyā ca tathā dvau meghabhūtikau //
SkP_23.52
ekapādo 'paraḥ ṣaṣṭyā tathā saptaśirā gaṇaḥ
mahābalaśca navabhir apasmāraśca viśrutaḥ //
SkP_23.53
nīlo navatyā deveśaḥ pūrṇabhadrastathaiva ca
nirṛtiścaiva saptatyā koṭīnāmabhyagātsaha //
SkP_23.54
koṭīkoṭīsahasrāṇāṃ śatairviṃśatibhirvṛtāḥ
ītayastatra cājagmur mahāyogabalānvitāḥ //
SkP_23.55
bhūtāḥ koṭisahasreṇa pramathāḥ koṭibhistribhiḥ
vīrabhadraścatuḥṣaṣṭyā vṛṣabhaśca mahābalaḥ //
SkP_23.56
meghaḥ saudāmanīmālo navatyā saṃvṛto 'bhyagāt
prabhākaraśca viṃśatyā viṭpatiśca mahābalaḥ //
SkP_23.57
giriko meghanādaśca udaro maṇireva ca
kāṣṭhakarṇaśca divyātmā bilvarūpaśca viśrutaḥ //
SkP_23.58
śatamanyustathā caiva pañcākṣaścaiva vīryavān
tālaketuśca ṣaṇḍaśca kāpālī gajanāśanaḥ //
SkP_23.59
saṃvartakastathā caitras trailokyadahanastathā
lokāntakaśca dīptātmā hemakuṇḍala eva ca //
SkP_23.60
mṛtyuścaiva yamaścaiva kālo viṣaharastathā
śatamāyo mahāmāyaḥ sarvatrāśaraṇastathā
ekaśṛṅgī ca vikhyātas tathā bhṛṅgiriṭiśca yaḥ //
SkP_23.61
ete cānye ca gaṇapā guhyā ye ca mahābalāḥ
tatrājagmurmudā yuktāḥ sarve citrāstrayodhinaḥ //
SkP_23.62
gāyantaśca dravantaśca nṛtyantaśca mahābalāḥ
mukhāḍambaravādyāni nādayantastathaiva ca //
SkP_23.63
rathairnāgairhayaiścaiva vāyumarkaṭavāhanāḥ
vyāghrasiṃhabiḍālaiśca sarpaiḥ pakṣibhireva ca //
SkP_23.64
śvāpadaiśca tathānekair anyaiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ
vimāneṣu tathārūḍhā manuṣyeṣu tathāpare //
SkP_23.65
bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgaiśca paṇavānakagomukhaiḥ
vāditrairvividhaiścaiva paṭahairekapuṣkaraiḥ //
SkP_23.66
bherījharjharasaṃnādair āḍambarakaḍiṇḍimaiḥ
maḍḍukairveṇuvīṇābhir vivṛṣaistuṇavairapi //
SkP_23.67
darduraistālaghātaiśca kacchapaiḥ paṇavairapi
vādyamānairmahāyogā ājagmurdevasaṃsadam //
SkP_23.68
te viśvakarmāṇamamitrasāhā viśveśamekākṣaramavyayaṃ ca
sahasranetrapratimātibhāsvarāḥ praṇemuruccairapi cābhineduḥ //
SkP_23.69
iti skandapurāṇe trayoviṃśatimo 'dhyāyaḥ
te gaṇeśā mahāsattvāḥ sarve deveśvareśvarāḥ
praṇamya devaṃ devīṃ ca idaṃ vacanamabruvan //
SkP_24.1
bhagavandevatārighna devadevāmbikāpate
kimarthaṃ vayamāhūtā ājñāpaya kṛtaṃ hi tat //
SkP_24.2
kiṃ sāgarāñchoṣayāmo yamaṃ vā saha kiṃkaraiḥ
hanmo mṛtyumutāmṛtyur na bhavatvadya padmajaḥ //
SkP_24.3
baddhvendraṃ saha devaiśca saviṣṇuṃ saha vāyunā
ānayāmaḥ susaṃkruddhā daityānvā saha dānavaiḥ //
SkP_24.4
kasyādya vyasanaṃ ghoraṃ kariṣyāmastavājñayā
kasya vādyotsavaṃ deva sarvakāmasamṛddhimat //
SkP_24.5
tāṃstathāvādinaḥ sarvān namato bhaktavatsalaḥ
uvāca devaḥ sampūjya gaṇāngaṇapatirbhavaḥ //
SkP_24.6
śṛṇudhvaṃ yatkṛte yūyam ihāhūtā jagaddhitāḥ
śrutvā ca prayatātmānaḥ kurudhvaṃ tadaśaṅkitāḥ //
SkP_24.7
nandīśvaro 'yaṃ putro naḥ sarveṣāmīśvareśvaraḥ
priyo 'granāyakaścaiva senānīrvaḥ samāhitaḥ //
SkP_24.8
tamimaṃ mama saṃdeśād yūyaṃ sarve 'bhisaṃmatāḥ
senānyamabhiṣiñcadhvaṃ mahāyogapatiṃ patim //
SkP_24.9
adyaprabhṛti yuṣmākam ayaṃ nandīśvaraḥ śubhaḥ
priyo gauravayuktaśca senānīramaraḥ prabhuḥ //
SkP_24.10
evamukte bhagavatā gaṇapāḥ sarva eva te
evamastviti saṃmantrya sambhārānāharaṃstataḥ //
SkP_24.11
tasya rūpāśrayaṃ divyaṃ jāmbūnadamayaṃ śubham
āsanaṃ merusaṃkāśaṃ manoramamathāharan //
SkP_24.12
śātakumbhamayaṃ cāpi cārucāmīkaraprabham
muktādāmāvalambaṃ ca maṇiratnāvabhāsitam //
SkP_24.13
stambhaiśca vaiḍūryamayaiḥ kiṅkiṇījālasaṃvṛtam
cāruratnakasaṃyuktaṃ maṇḍapaṃ viśvatomukham
kṛtvā cakruśca tanmadhye tadāsanavaraṃ śubham //
SkP_24.14
tasyāgrataḥ pādapīṭhaṃ nīlaṃ vajrāvabhāsitam
cakruḥ pādapratiṣṭhārthaṃ kalaśau cāsya pārśvagau
sampūrṇau paramāmbhobhir aravindāvṛtānanau //
SkP_24.15
agrato 'gniṃ samādhāya vṛṣabhaṃ cāpi pārśvataḥ
savatsāṃ surabhiṃ cāpi tasya pārśve 'tha dakṣiṇe //
SkP_24.16
chattraṃ śataśalākaṃ ca jāmbūnadamayaṃ śubham
śaṅkhahārāmbugaureṇa pṛṣṭhenābhivirājitam //
SkP_24.17
vyajanaṃ candraśubhraṃ ca hemadaṇḍaṃ sucārumat
mālāṃ kuśeśayānāṃ ca bhramarāvalisevitām //
SkP_24.18
āninyustatra gaṇapā nandyāvartāṃśca kāñcanān
punarvasuṃ ca puṣyaṃ ca dvau matsyau varuṇālayau //
SkP_24.19
svastikaṃ vardhamānaṃ ca śrīvatsaṃ caiva kāñcanam
kīcakā veṇavaścaiva kanyā caivābhipūjitā //
SkP_24.20
airāvataṃ supratīkaṃ gajāvetau ca pūjitau
dhvajaṃ ca pūjitaṃ divyaṃ śaṅkhaṃ caivenduvarcasam //
SkP_24.21
kalaśānāṃ sahasraṃ ca kāñcanānāṃ suvarcasām
rājatānāṃ sahasraṃ ca pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca //
SkP_24.22
tāmrāṇāmatha divyānāṃ sahasramanalatviṣām
vāsoyugaṃ vṛkṣajaṃ ca virajaḥ sūkṣmameva ca //
SkP_24.23
mukuṭaṃ kāñcanaṃ caiva sukṛtaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
kuṇḍale cāmale divye vajraṃ caiva varāyudham //
SkP_24.24
paṭṭisaṃ ca mahaddivyaṃ śūlaṃ cāśanimeva ca
jāmbūnadamayaṃ sūtraṃ keyūradvayameva ca //
SkP_24.25
hāraṃ ca maṇicitrāṅgaṃ rocanārucakaṃ tathā
{}nalabhāṃ pāriyātraṃ ca varṣaṃ kaṅkaṇimeva ca{} //
SkP_24.26
darbhāṃśca divyāṃ samidham ājyaṃ dhūpamathāpi ca
samantānninyuravyagrā gaṇapā devasaṃmatāḥ //
SkP_24.27
tato diśaḥ samudrāśca varuṇaḥ sadhaneśvaraḥ
yamo 'gnirvasavaścaiva candrādityau grahaiḥ saha //
SkP_24.28
tārārūpāṇi sarvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi dhruvastathā
rudrā rakṣāṃsi yakṣāśca aśvinau daityadānavāḥ //
SkP_24.29
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva nāradaḥ parvatastathā
pṛthivī ca samudrāśca varṣāṇi girayastathā //
SkP_24.30
vṛkṣāśca vīrudhaścaiva oṣadhyaśca mahābalāḥ
nadyaḥ sarvāḥ samājagmuḥ paśavaścaiva sarvaśaḥ //
SkP_24.31
lokasya mātaraścaiva pṛthivī svarga eva ca
bhūtāni prakṛtiścaiva indriyāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ //
SkP_24.32
tīrthāni caiva sarvāṇi dānāni vividhāni ca
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni atharvāṅgirasāvapi //
SkP_24.33
yajñāśca kratavaścaiva iṣṭayo niyamāstathā
chandāṃsi caiva sarvāṇi piśācā devayonayaḥ
brahmā ca ṛṣayaścaiva viṣṇuḥ sānucarastathā //
SkP_24.34
teṣvāgateṣu sarveṣu bhagavāngovṛṣadhvajaḥ
sarvakāryavidhiṃ kartum ādideśa pitāmaham //
SkP_24.35
ekaikaṃ kalaśaṃ tatra sarvauṣadhisamanvitam
kṛtvādbhiḥ pūrayitvā ca kuśeśayamukhāvṛtam //
SkP_24.36
jayāṃ ca vijayāṃ caiva siṃhīṃ vyāghrīṃ tathaiva ca
suvarcalāṃ śaṅkhapuṣpīṃ viṣṇukrāntāṃ punarnavām //
SkP_24.37
kumārīṃ candrakāntāṃ ca mṛtasaṃjīvanīmapi
ādityavarcasaṃ caiva amṛtāṃ śrīniketanām //
SkP_24.38
tathā kumudvatīṃ caiva prākṣipaṃsteṣvathauṣadhīḥ
pārthiveṣu tadā vyāsa sarveṣveva gaṇeśvarāḥ //
SkP_24.39
sauvarṇeṣu tu sarveṣu tīrthāni vividhāni ca
dānāni caiva sarvāṇi bhagavānsaṃnyaveśayat //
SkP_24.40
rājateṣu ca kumbheṣu mantrāṃśchandāṃsi caiva ha
kratūnanyāṃśca vividhā iṣṭīḥ kāmyāṃstathetarān //
SkP_24.41
audumbareṣu sarveṣu saritaḥ sāgarāṃstathā
tapāṃsi niyamāṃścaiva bhagavānabhyavinyasat //
SkP_24.42
ekaikaṃ kalaśaṃ tatra abhipūryābhimantrya ca
veṣṭayitvā ca sūtreṇa devebhyaḥ pradadau vibhuḥ //
SkP_24.43
sa jagrāha tadā brahmā ekaṃ kalaśamātmanā
viṣṇave ca dadāvekam ekamindrāya dhīmate
gaṇapebhyastathā cānyān ṛṣibhyaśca pitāmahaḥ //
SkP_24.44
tatastamāsane tasminn upaveśya mahāmanāḥ
arcayitvā tato brahmā svayamevābhyaṣiñcata //
SkP_24.45
tato viṣṇustataḥ śakro ṛṣayaśca sahāmaraiḥ
gaṇādhipāśca sarve te abhyaṣiñcanta nandinam //
SkP_24.46
vāsoyugaṃ ca taddivyaṃ gandhāndivyāṃstathaiva ca
keyūre kuṇḍale caiva mukuṭaṃ hārameva ca
paṭṭisaṃ śūlavajre ca aśanīṃ ca dadau svayam //
SkP_24.47
chattraṃ jagrāha devendro vāyurvyajanameva ca
ṛṣayastuṣṭuvuścaiva pitāmahapurogamāḥ //
SkP_24.48
namaḥ kuṣmāṇḍarājāya vajrodyatakarāya ca
śālaṅkāyanapautrāya halamārgotthitāya ca //
SkP_24.49
śilādasya ca putrāya rudrajapyakarāya ca
rudrabhaktāya devāya namo 'ntarjalaśāyine //
SkP_24.50
gaṇānāṃ pataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ
umāputrāya devāya paṭṭisāyudhadhāriṇe //
SkP_24.51
namo daṃṣṭrākarālāya lalāṭanayanāya ca
pramathāya vareṇyāya īśānāyārpitāya ca //
SkP_24.52
dvārādhyakṣāya śūrāya suyaśāpataye namaḥ
namaḥ pravaramālāya kṣīrodanilayāya ca //
SkP_24.53
mahāgaṇādhipataye mahāyogeśvarāya ca
diṇḍimuṇḍāya caṇḍāya ekākṣararatāya ca //
SkP_24.54
akṣayāyāmṛtāyaiva ajarāyāmarāya ca
paśūnāṃ pataye caiva jetre mṛtyostathaiva ca //
SkP_24.55
namaḥ pavanavegāya sarvajñāyājitāya ca
anekaśirase caiva anekacaraṇāya ca //
SkP_24.56
kirīṭine kuṇḍaline mahāparighabāhave
sarvāndevāngaṇāṃścaiva pāhi deva namo 'stu te //
SkP_24.57
evaṃ stutvā tato devas tasmai vyāsa mahātmane
prāñjaliḥ prayato bhūtvā jayaśabdaṃ cakāra ha //
SkP_24.58
tato gaṇā jayetyūcus tato devāstato 'surāḥ
tataḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni brahmā śakrastathaiva ca //
SkP_24.59
tataḥ śaṅkhāṃśca bherīṃśca paṭahāḍambarāṃstathā
vaṃśāṃśca paṇavāṃścaiva kṛkavāngoviṣāṇikān //
SkP_24.60
diṇḍimānveṇukāṃścaiva mardalāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ
avādayanta gaṇapā harṣayanto mudā yutāḥ //
SkP_24.61
nandīśvarasya ya imaṃ stavaṃ devābhinirmitam
paṭheta satataṃ martyaḥ sa gacchenmama lokatām //
SkP_24.62
namo nandīśvarāyeti kṛtvā yaḥ svapnamācaret
tasya kuṣmāṇḍarājebhyo na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit //
SkP_24.63
yatrāyaṃ sthāpyate nityaṃ stavaḥ paramapūjitaḥ
na bhayaṃ tatra bhavati grahebhyo vyāsa sarvadā //
SkP_24.64
nandīśvaraṃ ye praṇamanti martyā nityaṃ prasannendriyaśuddhasattvāḥ
te devadevasya sahādriputryā iṣṭā variṣṭhāśca gaṇā bhavanti //
SkP_24.65
iti skandapurāṇe caturviṃśatimo 'dhyāyaḥ
tatastatrāgatāndevān devatādhipatirbhavaḥ
marutaḥ prāha sampūjya kanyārthaṃ sadasatpatiḥ //
SkP_25.1
maruto ye mahāvegā mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ
āmantrya nāmnā tānīśaḥ saśakraḥ sapitāmahaḥ //
SkP_25.2
yuṣmākaṃ suyaśā kanyā subhagā divyarūpiṇī
dātumarhatha tāṃ subhrūṃ snuṣāṃ mahyaṃ mahābalāḥ //
SkP_25.3
tvamasmākaṃ ca tasyāśca sarvasya jagatastathā
prabhaviṣṇustrilokeśa na tu yācitumarhasi //
SkP_25.4
tvayaiva deyā grāhyā ca tvaṃ no gatiranuttamā
mā naḥ parāniveśāna yācanena vibhāvaya //
SkP_25.5
pitā naḥ kaśyapaḥ śrīmān marīciśca pitāmahaḥ
pitāmahapitā brahmā tasyāpi tvaṃ pitāmahaḥ
sa tvaṃ pitāmaho 'smākaṃ na parānkartumarhasi //
SkP_25.6
sa evamukto deveśo marudbhirdevasattamaiḥ
suyaśāṃ marutāṃ kanyām ānayāmāsa tatkṣaṇāt //
SkP_25.7
svayaṃ hotāsya tatrāsīd brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
kaśyapaśca tathodgātā atriḥ sāma svayaṃ jagau
atharvāṅgirasau devau brahmatvamapi cakratuḥ //
SkP_25.8
nāradaḥ parvataścaiva citrasenaśca gāyanaḥ
viśvāvasū ruciścaiva hāhā hūhū tathaiva ca //
SkP_25.9
tathā śāliśirā yaśca viśruto gaṇḍamaṇḍakaḥ
ītiścaivendravāhaśca yajñavāho 'tha dakṣiṇaḥ
ete cānye ca gandharvā jagurmadhurakaṇṭhinaḥ //
SkP_25.10
urvaśī caiva rambhā ca ghṛtācī pūrvacittyapi
tilottamā ca viśvācī anyāścāpsarasaḥ śubhāḥ
anṛtyanta mahābhāgā nṛttaṃ suramanoharam //
SkP_25.11
sa evamabhavadvyāsa vivāhastasya dhīmataḥ
nandino gaṇamukhyasya anaupamyo hyaninditaḥ //
SkP_25.12
tataḥ sa tu kṛtodvāho nandī gatvā mahāmanāḥ
pādānvavande devasya devyā brahmaṇa eva ca
śilādasya ca lokeśaḥ śriyā paramayā yutaḥ //
SkP_25.13
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva putra tvaṃ snuṣā ceyaṃ tava priyā
varaṃ dadāmi te vatsa anayā sahamīpsitam //
SkP_25.14
bhagavanyadi tuṣṭo 'si tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhāstu me
sadā ca tuṣṭo bhava me sāmbaḥ saha gaṇeśvaraiḥ //
SkP_25.15
pitaraṃ caiva me deva utpādakamimaṃ prabho
anugraheṇa yuktena yoktumarhasi kāmada //
SkP_25.16
sadāhaṃ tava nandīśa sutuṣṭaḥ sagaṇeśvaraḥ
pārvatyā sahito dhīmann idaṃ ca śṛṇu me vacaḥ //
SkP_25.17
sadeṣṭaśca variṣṭhaśca paramaiśvaryasaṃyutaḥ
mahāyogī maheṣvāso mahābalaparākramaḥ //
SkP_25.18
ajayyaścaiva jetā ca pūjyejyaśca sadā bhava
ahaṃ yatra bhavāṃstatra yatra tvaṃ tatra cāpyaham //
SkP_25.19
ayaṃ ca te pitā vipraḥ paramaiśvaryasaṃyutaḥ
bhaviṣyati gaṇādhyakṣo mahāgaṇapatirmama //
SkP_25.20
parvataṃ cāsya vaibhrājaṃ kāmagaṃ sarvakāñcanam
upetaṃ bhavanairdivyaiḥ prayacchāmi janāvṛtam
tenāyaṃ sarvalokeṣu cariṣyati yathepsitam //
SkP_25.21
sthānaṃ śrīparvate cāsya bhaviṣyati supūjitam
bhṛgau tasmiṃśca yaḥ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyate vai sudhārmikaḥ
sa kāmacārī vaibhrāje gaṇapo 'sya bhaviṣyati //
SkP_25.22
tato devī mahābhāgā śailāderadadadvaram
so 'bravīttvayi bhaktirme sadaivānapagā bhavet //
SkP_25.23
tato marutsutā caiva ubhābhyāmapi coditā
varaṃ vṛṇu yatheṣṭaṃ vai tāvidaṃ pratyuvāca ha //
SkP_25.24
yuvayorastu bhaktirme tathā bhartari caiva hi
nityaṃ cānapagā syānme dharme ca matiruttamā
etadicchāmi deveśau varaṃ varasahasradau //
SkP_25.25
tatastāvevametatte bhaviteti śucismite
ūcaturmuditau devau snuṣāṃ tāṃ varavarṇinīm //
SkP_25.26
gaṇāścāsya tato 'bhyetya sarve devapriyepsayā
varaṃ dadurmahāsattvāḥ sa vavre kāñcanaprabhaḥ //
SkP_25.27
yuṣmāsu mama bhaktiśca aiśvaryaṃ cāpi saṃmatam
vaśyāśca yūyaṃ sarve me priyo yuṣmākameva ca //
SkP_25.28
bhavānmantānumantā ca gatirāgatireva ca
asmākamīśaḥ sarveṣāṃ devānāmapi ceśvaraḥ //
SkP_25.29
kuṣmāṇḍānāṃ variṣṭhaśca rudrāṇāṃ tvaṃ mahābalaḥ
ītīnāṃ dvārapālaśca pramathānāṃ tathaiva ca //
SkP_25.30
mahābalo mahāyogī senānīstvaṃ hi no mataḥ
tvaṃ bhūto bhūtanetā ca nāyako 'tha vināyakaḥ //
SkP_25.31
grahāṇāmadhipaścaiva ugradaṇḍadharastathā
tvamagrayodhī śatrughnas tvaṃ vīrastvaṃ divaspatiḥ //
SkP_25.32
mahānubhāvastvaṃ caiva kṣīrodanilayaśca ha
japyeśvaraniketaśca japyeśvaravibhāvitaḥ //
SkP_25.33
bhāvanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ varado varadārcitaḥ
asmākaṃ varadaścaiva bhava bhūteśvara prabho //
SkP_25.34
sa evaṃ gaṇapaiḥ sarvaiḥ stuto nandīśvaro vibhuḥ
uvāca praṇataḥ sarvān brūta kiṃ karavāṇi vaḥ //
SkP_25.35
ta evamuktā gaṇapāḥ sarva eva mahābalāḥ
ūcustaṃ divyabhāvajñā devadevasya saṃnidhau //
SkP_25.36
tvamasmākaṃ gaṇādhyakṣaḥ kṛto devena śambhunā
asmābhiścābhiṣiktastvaṃ nāyako dharmadāyakaḥ //
SkP_25.37
sa tvaṃ śivaśca saumyaśca guṇavānaguṇeṣvapi
kṣamāśaucadamopeto bhava naḥ priyakṛtsadā //
SkP_25.38
evamuktastadā sarvān praṇamya bahumānataḥ
śirasyañjalimādhāya gaṇapānastuvattadā //
SkP_25.39
namo vaḥ sarvabhūtebhyo namo yogibhya eva ca
namaścāpyaniketebhyo yogīśebhyo namastathā //
SkP_25.40
namaḥ kāmacarebhyaśca nama ugrebhya eva ca
mṛtyubhyaśca yamebhyaśca kālebhyaśca namo namaḥ //
SkP_25.41
namaḥ kāñcanamālebhyaḥ sarvadharmibhya eva ca
namo vo vadhakebhyaśca avadhyebhyastathaiva ca //
SkP_25.42
namaḥ paramayogibhyo jaṭibhyaśca namo namaḥ
namo vo 'dṛśyarūpebhyo vikṛtebhyastathaiva ca //
SkP_25.43
namo valkalavāsebhyaḥ kṛttivāsebhya eva ca
namaḥ śvetāmbarasragbhyaś citrasragbhyo namo namaḥ //
SkP_25.44
dhāvadbhyaśca dravadbhyaśca prasthitebhyo namo namaḥ
namo munibhyo gāyadbhyo japadbhyaśca namo namaḥ //
SkP_25.45
namaḥ śarabharūpebhyaḥ śatarūpebhya eva ca
namaḥ parvatavāsebhyo vyāghrarūpebhya eva ca //
SkP_25.46
namo mārjārarūpebhyaḥ kākakokebhya eva ca
namo daivatarūpebhyaḥ pavanebhyastathaiva ca //
SkP_25.47
namo 'gnibhyastathādbhyaśca varuṇebhyastathaiva ca
namo dhaneśarūpebhyaḥ sarvarūpibhya eva ca //
SkP_25.48
namaścodaravaktrebhyaḥ sarvavaktrebhya eva ca
namo vāmanarūpebhyo vāmarūpebhya eva ca //
SkP_25.49
devāsuramanuṣyāṇām āpyāyibhyo namo namaḥ
namo vaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ namo vaḥ sarvataḥ śubhāḥ //
SkP_25.50
grahebhyaśca namo vo 'stu mokṣebhyaśca namastathā
śubhebhyaśca namo vo 'stu aśubhebhyastathaiva ca
mama saumyāḥ śivāścaiva bhavantu gaṇanāyakāḥ //
SkP_25.51
iti stutā gaṇapatayo mahābalāḥ śubhairvacobhiḥ suraśatrunāśanāḥ
diśantu me sukhamatulaṃ sukhapradā balaṃ ca vīryaṃ sthiratāṃ ca saṃyuge //
SkP_25.52
tapo 'kṣayaṃ sthānamathātulāṃ gatiṃ yaśastathāgryaṃ bahu dharmanityatām
diśantu sarvaṃ manasepsitaṃ ca me sureśvarāḥ puṣṭimanuttamāṃ tathā //
SkP_25.53
imau nandigaṇendrāṇāṃ stavau yo 'dhyeti nityaśaḥ
so 'śvamedhāvabhṛthavat sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //
SkP_25.54
sandhyāyāmaparasyāṃ tu japanpāpaṃ divākṛtam
pūrvasyāṃ saṃtyajedvāpi sarvarātrikṛtaṃ japan //
SkP_25.55
tataste gaṇapāḥ sarve saṃstutāstena dhīmatā
nisṛṣṭāśca tadā jagmuḥ praṇipatya vṛṣadhvajam //
SkP_25.56
devāśca sarvalokāśca tato devaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ
sṛṣṭvā nandīśvaragṛhaṃ pradāya ca mahāmanāḥ
īpsitaṃ saha devyā vai jagāma sthānamavyayam //
SkP_25.57
ya imaṃ nandino janma varadānaṃ tathaiva ca
abhiṣekaṃ vivāhaṃ ca paṭhedvā śrāvayīta vā
brāhmaṇaḥ sa mṛto yāti nandīśvarasalokatām //
SkP_25.58
yo niyatastu paṭhetprayatātmā sarvamimaṃ praṇato bhavabhaktyā
so 'pi gataḥ paralokavicārī nandisamo 'nucaro hi mama syāt //
SkP_25.59
iti skandapurāṇe pañcaviṃśatimo 'dhyāyaḥ
evaṃ nandīśvaro vyāsa utpanno 'nucaraśca ha
abhavaddevadevasya senāpatye 'bhiṣecitaḥ //
SkP_26.1
devyā sahātha bhagavān āsīnastatra kāmadaḥ
akarotkiṃ mahādeva etadicchāmi veditum //
SkP_26.2
bhagavānhimavacchṛṅge śarvo devyāḥ priyepsayā
gaṇeśairvividhākārair hāsaṃ saṃjanayanmuhuḥ //
SkP_26.3
devīṃ bālendutilako rāmayacca rarāma ca
mahānubhāvaiḥ sarvajñaiḥ kāmarūpadharaiḥ śubhaiḥ //
SkP_26.4
atha devyāsasādaikā mātaraṃ parameśvarī
āsīnāṃ kāñcane śubhre āsane paramārcite //
SkP_26.5
atha dṛṣṭvā satīṃ devīm āgatāṃ tu surūpiṇīm
āsanena mahārheṇa sampādayadaninditām //
SkP_26.6
āsīnāṃ tāṃ ca sovāca menā himavataḥ priyā
cirasyāgamanaṃ hyadya tava putri śubhekṣaṇe
daridrakrīḍanaistvaṃ hi bhartrā krīḍasi saṃgatā //
SkP_26.7
ye daridrā bhavanti sma tathaiva ca nirāśrayāḥ
ume ta evaṃ krīḍanti yathā tava patiḥ śubhe //
SkP_26.8
saivamuktā tu mātrātha nātihṛṣṭamanābhavat
mahatyākṣamayā yuktā na kiṃcittāmuvāca ha //
SkP_26.9
visṛṣṭā sā tadā mātrā gatvā devamuvāca ha
bhagavandevadeveśa neha vatsyāmi bhūdhare
anyaṃ vṛṇu mamāvāsaṃ bhuvaneśa mahādyute //
SkP_26.10
sadā tvamucyamānā vai mayā vāsārthamīśvari
anyatra rocitavatī nāvāsaṃ devi karhicit //
SkP_26.11
idānīṃ svayameva tvaṃ vāsamanyatra śobhane
kasmānmṛgayase devi brūhi tanme śucismite //
SkP_26.12
gṛhaṃ gatāhaṃ deveśa pituradya mahātmanaḥ
dṛṣṭvā ca me tatra mātā vijane lokabhāvanī //
SkP_26.13
āsanādibhirabhyarcya sā māmevamabhāṣata
ume tava sadā bhartā daridrakrīḍanaiḥ śubhe
krīḍate na hi devānāṃ krīḍā bhavati tādṛśī //
SkP_26.14
yatkila tvaṃ mahādeva gaṇeśairvividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ
ramase tadaniṣṭaṃ hi mama māturvṛṣadhvaja //
SkP_26.15
tato devaḥ prahasyāha devīṃ hāsayituṃ prabhuḥ
evametanna saṃdehaḥ kasmānmanyurabhūttava //
SkP_26.16
kṛttivāsā hyavāsā vā śmaśānanilayaśca ha
aniketo hyaraṇyeṣu parvatānāṃ guhāsu ca
vicarāmi gaṇairnagnair vṛto 'mbhojavilocane //
SkP_26.17
mā krudho devi mātustvaṃ tathyaṃ mātāvadattava
na hi mātṛsamo bandhur jantūnāmasti śobhane //
SkP_26.18
na me 'sti bandhubhiḥ kiṃcit kṛtyaṃ suravareśvara
tathā kuru mahādeva yathānyatra vasāmahe //
SkP_26.19
sa evamukto deveśo devyā deveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
pārśvasthaṃ gaṇapaṃ prāha nikumbhaṃ nāma viśrutam //
SkP_26.20
gaṇeśvara nikumbha tvaṃ gatvā vārāṇasīṃ śubhām
śūnyāṃ kuru mahābāho upāyenaiva mā balāt //
SkP_26.21
tatra rājā nivasati divodāsaḥ pratāpavān
dhārmiko mama bhaktaśca mahāyogī mahābalaḥ //
SkP_26.22
sa tvaṃ tathā gataḥ kuryā yathāsmai nāparādhyase
tasyaiva cāparādhena śūnyāṃ vārāṇasīṃ kuru //
SkP_26.23
sa evamuktastejasvī nikumbho gaṇasattamaḥ
uvāca devaṃ praṇataḥ prāñjalirhṛṣitānanaḥ //
SkP_26.24
tathā kariṣye deveśa yathā sa hi narādhipaḥ
bhaviṣyatyaparādhīśa tvaṃ ca tuṣṭo bhaviṣyasi
śūnyā vārāṇasī caiva bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_26.25
evamuktvā nikumbho 'sau praṇamya śirasā haram
jagāma puṇyāṃ lokeṣu purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ prabhuḥ //
SkP_26.26
tatrāsau darśanaṃ svapne nāpitāya dadau gaṇaḥ
maṇḍūkākṣāya rūpaṃ ca svaṃ tasyādarśayattadā //
SkP_26.27
maṇḍūkākṣa nikumbho 'haṃ gaṇapaḥ śokanāśanaḥ
tavānugrahakṛtprāpto yadbravīmi kuruṣva tat //
SkP_26.28
divodāsagṛhadvāri kuruṣva tvaṃ mamālayam
sthāpayasva ca tatrārcāṃ madrūpasadṛśīṃ śubhām //
SkP_26.29
vittaṃ ca te pradāsyāmi putrānsaubhāgyameva ca
priyatvaṃ caiva sarvatra gatiṃ cānuttamāṃ punaḥ //
SkP_26.30
evamukto nikumbhena nāpito nṛpatiṃ tadā
gatvāvadaddivodāsam indravaivasvatopamam //
SkP_26.31
svāmiṃstava gṛhadvāri kariṣye gaṇapālayam
sthāpayiṣye gaṇeśaṃ ca tanme 'nujñātumarhasi //
SkP_26.32
tatheti so 'pyanujñātaś cakre tatra tadālayam
pratyasthāpayadarcāṃ ca yādṛśīṃ dṛṣṭavānasau //
SkP_26.33
tasya pūjāṃ ca mahatīṃ prāvartayata śobhanām
gaṇeśasya mahāsattvaḥ sa ca tāṃ pratyagṛhṇata //
SkP_26.34
sa tasmai karmaṇā tena vittaṃ yadyatsamīhitam
paśūṃścaiva hi putrāṃśca saubhāgyaṃ cādadatprabhuḥ //
SkP_26.35
tasya tāṃ vṛddhimatulāṃ nāpitasyābhivīkṣya tu
ārirādhayiṣurlokast asya pūjāṃ cakāra ha //
SkP_26.36
cakruryātrāstathā kecid upavāsāṃstathāpare
homaṃ japyaṃ tathaivānye pūjāṃ cānye varārthinaḥ
upahārāṃstathaivānye gītanṛttaṃ tathāpare //
SkP_26.37
tebhyastathābhyupetebhyo nikumbhaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ
dadau sarvānabhiprāyān ye ye teṣāmabhīpsitāḥ //
SkP_26.38
evaṃ taṃ kāmadaṃ jñātvā divodāso nṛpastadā
uvāca mahiṣīṃ vyāsa kadācitputralipsayā //
SkP_26.39
devi sarvānabhiprāyāñ janebhyo 'yaṃ prayacchati
gaṇeśvaraṃ tvamapyenam apatyārthaṃ prasādaya //
SkP_26.40
saivamuktā tadā gatvā gaṇeśaṃ prāpya śobhanā
uvāca bhagavandeva anapatyāhamīśvara //
SkP_26.41
upavāsaṃ kariṣyāmi tava devābhirādhane
tāvanna bhokṣye yāvanme varo 'dattastvayā prabho //
SkP_26.42
jāte ca putre dāsyāmi śatānāṃ daśatīrdaśa
tvāmuddiśya dvijātibhyo godhenūnāṃ gaṇeśvara //
SkP_26.43
tathā ghaṭasahasreṇa dadhnaścaiva ghṛtasya ca
kṣīrasya pañcagavyasya kariṣye snapanaṃ ca te //
SkP_26.44
brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ cāpi supūjitam
purastādbhojayiṣye te putre jāte na saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_26.45
bahūndāsyati rājā ca grāmāndāsyastathaiva ca
sadā sattraṃ ca pūjāṃ ca kariṣyati tava prabho //
SkP_26.46
sā tamuktvā tathā vyāsa tasthau niyamamāsthitā
sopavāsā tadā pūjāṃ mahatīṃ tasya kurvatī //
SkP_26.47
tāṃ tathā tiṣṭhatīṃ devaḥ provāca sa gaṇeśvaraḥ
uttiṣṭha nāsti te putro mā khedaṃ tvaṃ vṛthā kṛthāḥ //
SkP_26.48
evaṃ tena gaṇeśena nikumbhena mahātmanā
asakṛtprocyamānā sā niyamādvirarāma ha //
SkP_26.49
tato narādhipaṃ devī provāca vimanā tadā
āryaputra na me putraṃ gaṇapo 'sau prayacchati
bravīti nāsti te putro mā vṛthā niyamaṃ kṛthāḥ //
SkP_26.50
evaṃ mahiṣyā sa proktaḥ svayameva narādhipaḥ
sadā saniyamastasthau gaṇeśasyāgrato nṛpaḥ //
SkP_26.51
tamapyuvāca nṛpatiṃ nikumbho niyamasthitam
mā sthā vṛtheha nṛpate na te putraṃ dadāmyaham //
SkP_26.52
evamuktaḥ sa rājendro nikumbhena mahābalaḥ
krodharaktekṣaṇaḥ prāha tamutthāya gaṇeśvaram //
SkP_26.53
gaṇo vā tvaṃ piśāco vā bhūto vā rākṣaso 'pi vā
kṛtaghnastvaṃ na saṃdeho na tvaṃ pūjāmihārhasi //
SkP_26.54
mama caiva gṛhadvāri pauraiścaiva samarcitaḥ
viṣaye mama vāsī ca na ca putraṃ prayacchasi //
SkP_26.55
pūjārho na bhavāṃstasmān matto daṇḍaṃ tvamarhasi
nṛśaṃsaścāvaliptaśca niṣṭhuro matsarānvitaḥ //
SkP_26.56
tato 'sya bhedayāmāsa nilayaṃ gajayūthapaiḥ
sthaṇḍilaṃ ca babhañjāśu dadāhārcāṃ ca suprabhām //
SkP_26.57
nikumbho 'pi kṛtārthaḥ sann ākāśe saṃsthitaḥ prabhuḥ
uvāca taṃ divodāsaṃ pradahanniva tejasā //
SkP_26.58
yatheṣṭaṃ samprayacchanti devā varamabhīpsitam
na datto yadyasau kopaḥ kastatra bhavato 'bhavat //
SkP_26.59
yasmānmamālayo bhagnas tvayā nirapakāriṇaḥ
tasmādvarṣasahasraṃ te purī śūnyā bhaviṣyati //
SkP_26.60
sa evamuktvā rājānaṃ nikumbhaḥ paramātmavān
deveśāya nivedyaivaṃ tasthau pārśvagataḥ prabhoḥ //
SkP_26.61
rājāpi tasya vākyena tathyenārthena caiva hi
vrīḍāṃ parāṃ samāsādya gṛhānabhyāgamattadā //
SkP_26.62
atha sā tena śāpena purī vārāṇasī tadā
śūnyā samabhavatkṣipraṃ viśuddhā mṛgasevitā //
SkP_26.63
tāṃ tu śūnyāṃ sa vijñāya devyā saha pinākadhṛk
sagaṇo nandinā sārdham ājagāma mahādyutiḥ //
SkP_26.64
sa tatra mānasaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ sūryavarcasam
anaupamyaguṇaṃ devo manasaivābhinirmime //
SkP_26.65
na me prabhavati prajñā kṛtsnaśastannirūpaṇe
etāvacchakyate vaktum anaupamyaguṇaṃ hi tat //
SkP_26.66
devodyānāni ramyāṇi nandanādyāni yāni tu
tebhyaḥ śreṣṭhatamaṃ śrīmad udyānamasṛjatprabhuḥ //
SkP_26.67
tasminvimāne girirājaputrī sarvarddhiyukte vacasāmagamye
reme navendīvaraphullanetrā devī na sasmāra vacaśca mātuḥ //
SkP_26.68
iti skandapurāṇe ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
atha tasminsukhāsīnau śailajāvṛṣabhadhvajau
āsane kāñcane divye nānāratnopaśobhite //
SkP_27.1
athācalasutā devī sukhāsīnā vibhāvarī
sarvalokapatiṃ prāha girīndratanayā patim //
SkP_27.2
bhagavandevatārighna candrāvayavabhūṣaṇa
kathayaitanmama vibho yattvāṃ pṛcchāmi mānada //
SkP_27.3
kiṃ phalaṃ tava deveśa labhante bhaktavatsala
bhaktā ye phalamuddiśya kurvate tava kiṃcana //
SkP_27.4
sa evamumayā proktaḥ śūlapāṇirvṛṣadhvajaḥ
avocatsarvamavyagro devadevaḥ śubhāśubham //
SkP_27.5
kiṃ tatsa bhagavāndevaḥ prīyamāṇo mahātapāḥ
praṇayātsa tadā devyā pṛṣṭo 'kathayadavyayaḥ //
SkP_27.6
mayāpyetatpurā vyāsa pṛṣṭo nandīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
yathoktavānmayi brahmaṃs tathā tatkathayāmi te //
SkP_27.7
gaṇeśānaṃ mahābhāgaṃ sūryāyutasamaprabham
apṛcchamahamavyagro nandīśvaraṃ mahādyutim //
SkP_27.8
īśena yatpurā devyāḥ kathitaṃ gaṇasattama
tanme brūhi yathātattvaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me //
SkP_27.9
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi pṛcchataste mahāmune
devadevena pārvatyā yatpurā kathitaṃ hitam //
SkP_27.10
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi yanmāṃ pṛcchasi suvrate
hitāya devi bhaktānāṃ pṛṣṭaste kathayāmi te //
SkP_27.11
prāsādaṃ yastu me devi śubhraṃ kuryādanindite
vidadhāmyarjunaṃ tasya gṛhaṃ śivapure 'kṣayam //
SkP_27.12
vidhānena yathoktena liṅgaṃ me sthāpayecca yaḥ
carate sa mayā sārdhaṃ nityamaṣṭaguṇānvitaḥ //
SkP_27.13
kāñcanaṃ tuṭimātraṃ vā yo dadyādbahu vā mama
tasya haimavate śṛṅge dadāni gṛhamuttamam //
SkP_27.14
yo me gāstu hiraṇyaṃ vā dadyādavimanāḥ priye
lokāndadānyahaṃ tasmai sarvakāmasamanvitān //
SkP_27.15
vṛṣabhaṃ yaḥ prayaccheta śvetaṃ nīlamathāpi vā
sa kulānāmubhayatas tārayedekaviṃśatim //
SkP_27.16
gocarmadvayasāṃ vāpi yo me dadyādvasundharām
sa me puraṃ samāsādya gaṇeśaiḥ saha modate //
SkP_27.17
yo me puṇyaphalaṃ dadyād ātmanā pūrvamārjitam
so 'nantaphalamāpnoti modate ca triviṣṭape //
SkP_27.18
yo 'nuyānaṃ caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇasya kurute mama
rathena vṛṣayuktena mama loke sa modate //
SkP_27.19
mahimānopacāraiśca yo māṃ japyaiśca pūjayet
dadāni brahmaṇo loke vāsaṃ tasya supūjitam //
SkP_27.20
manasā cintayedyaśca pūjayeyamahaṃ haram
aśakto nāsti ca dravyaṃ yasya nityaṃ sumadhyame //
SkP_27.21
sa tayā śraddhayā pūto vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ
mama lokamavāpnoti bhinne dehe na saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_27.22
snātvā yaḥ pūrvasaṃdhyāyāṃ sadā māmupagacchati
sa mitraṃ yakṣarājasya yakṣo bhavati vīryavān //
SkP_27.23
saṃmārjanaṃ pañcaśataṃ sahasramupalepanam
gandhāśca daśasāhasrā ānantyaṃ cārcanaṃ smṛtam //
SkP_27.24
abhyaṅgo 'ṣṭaśataṃ caiva snapanaṃ triśataṃ bhavet
gandhodakaṃ pañcaśataṃ pañcagavyaṃ tathaiva ca //
SkP_27.25
kṣīraṃ pañcaguṇaṃ devi tasmādbhūyaśca kāpilam
tasmācca sarpiṣā snānaṃ bhūyaḥ pañcaguṇaṃ tathā //
SkP_27.26
kṣamāmi devi cāsyeha aparādhānbahūnapi
bhasmābhiṣekamānantyaṃ guhyaṃ caitanmamepsitam //
SkP_27.27
agaruṃ daśasāhasraṃ ṣaṭsahasraṃ tu candanam
caturdaśasahasrāṇi dhūpaḥ kālāgaruḥ smṛtaḥ //
SkP_27.28
akṣatāstaṇḍulayavāḥ śālayo dviśatāḥ smṛtāḥ
ānantyo gugguluścaiva sahājyena sudhūpitaḥ //
SkP_27.29
dve sahasre palānāṃ tu mahiṣākṣasya yo dahet
devi saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ sa me nandisamo bhavet //
SkP_27.30
dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu yo mūrtau pāyasaṃ saghṛtaṃ śubhe
nivedayedvarṣamekaṃ sa ca nandisamo bhavet //
SkP_27.31
caravo daśasāhasrā yāvakaśca caturguṇaḥ
śeṣāśca caravaḥ sarve yāvakārdhena saṃmitāḥ //
SkP_27.32
ghṛtapātramasaṃkhyeyam iha pretya ca śāśvatam
prīṇāti ca pitṝnsarvān vimāne caiva modate
chattraṃ dadyācca yaḥ so 'pi dīpyate tejasā divi //
SkP_27.33
ubhe pakṣe trayodaśyām aṣṭamyāṃ copavāsikaḥ
upatiṣṭheta māṃ bhaktyā sopahāramanindite
dadānyasya svakaṃ lokaṃ tuṣṭo 'haṃ devi śāśvatam //
SkP_27.34
raktapītakavāsobhiḥ puṣpaiśca vividhairapi
pūjito 'haṃ sadā bhaktyā putratve kalpayāmi tam //
SkP_27.35
ekarātraṃ ca yo martyo dīpaṃ dhārayati sthitaḥ
sarvayajñaphalaṃ tasya dadāni śriyameva ca //
SkP_27.36
mayaiva mohitāḥ sarve lokāḥ sajaḍapaṇḍitāḥ
na māṃ paśyanti rāgāndhās tamasā bahulīkṛtāḥ //
SkP_27.37
dhyānino nityayuktā ye satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ
ekāgramanaso dāntās te māṃ paśyanti nityadā //
SkP_27.38
ye me bhaktāḥ sadā caiva sāṃkhyayogaviśāradāḥ
sarvaṃ paśyanti ca mayi māṃ ca sarvatra yogataḥ //
SkP_27.39
trīṃllokānsamatikramya brahmalokaṃ tathaiva ca
gacchanti mama te lokaṃ tamo bhittvā sudurbhidam //
SkP_27.40
na śakyo 'smi tapoyuktair draṣṭuṃ munigaṇairapi
dhyānino nityayuktāśca devi paśyanti māṃ budhāḥ //
SkP_27.41
yāni lokeṣu tīrthāni devatāyatanāni ca
pādayostāni suśroṇi sadā saṃnihitāni me //
SkP_27.42
mayyarpitamanā nityaṃ tathā madbhāvabhāvitaḥ
mamaiva sa prabhāvena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //
SkP_27.43
sarvathā vartamāno 'pi devi yo māṃ sadā smaret
kalmaṣeṇa na yujyeta naraḥ kartā kadācana //
SkP_27.44
sarvāvastho 'pi pāpātmā jñānaniṣṭhena cetasā
yo 'bhyarcayati māṃ nityaṃ sa mamātmasamo bhavet //
SkP_27.45
ṣaḍaṅgena ca yogena yo māmarcayate sadā
praviśeta sa māṃ kṣipram atra nāsti vicāraṇā //
SkP_27.46
yo 'pyasajjanarato viyonijaḥ pātakairapi samanvitaḥ sadā
so 'pi madgatamanā madarpaṇo yāti devi gatimapratarkitām //
SkP_27.47
iti skandapurāṇe saptaviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
tato vyāsa punardevī patiṃ vratapatiṃ śubhā
apṛcchadvratasambaddhaṃ phalaṃ phalaśatārcitā //
SkP_28.1
vratānāṃ phalamalpaṃ vā mahadvā yattrilokapa
vrataṃ bhavati yādṛgvā tatprabrūhi maheśvara //
SkP_28.2
mahāphalaṃ yadbhavati yaccāpyalpaphalaṃ śubhe
vrataṃ yādṛkca yatproktaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva-m-anindite //
SkP_28.3
caturdaśyāṃ tathāṣṭamyām ubhayoḥ pakṣayoḥ śuciḥ
saṃvatsaramabhuñjānaḥ śānto dānto jitendriyaḥ //
SkP_28.4
sattrayājiphalaṃ yacca satyavāgṛtugāminām
taccaiva phalamāpnoti yamaṃ caiva na paśyati //
SkP_28.5
śayyāsanasthaḥ strīmadhye ratiraktaḥ sukhe rataḥ
sa tapyatyā nakhāgrebhyo nityaṃ yo māṃ samāśritaḥ //
SkP_28.6
madbhaktastapasā yukto māmeva pratipadyate
lokāstasyākṣayā devi yadyapi syātsupāpakṛt //
SkP_28.7
pṛthivībhājane bhuṅkte nityaṃ parvasu yo naraḥ
sa trirātraphalaṃ devi ahorātreṇa vindati //
SkP_28.8
saṃvatsaraṃ tu yo bhuṅkte nityameva hyatandritaḥ
nivedya pitṛdevebhyaḥ pṛthivyāmekarāḍbhavet //
SkP_28.9
navamī aṣṭamī caiva paurṇamāsī trayodaśī
yo bhuṅkte devi naiteṣu saṃyatastu naraḥ samām //
SkP_28.10
gāṇapatyaṃ sa labhate niḥsapatnamanindite
bhūtānāṃ dayitaścaiva divyaṃ rūpaṃ bibharti ca //
SkP_28.11
śrīvatsaṃ yaśca piṣṭena dadyāddhemaphalaṃ śubham
kiretkṛṣṇatilāṃścātra taṇḍulākṣatameva ca
phalaiśca vividhākārair yathālabdhai rasānvitaiḥ //
SkP_28.12
sa vai varṣasahasrāṇi dviṣaṣṭiṃ divi modate
divyarūpadharaḥ śrīmān devataiḥ saha nityaśaḥ //
SkP_28.13
hariberamayīṃ yo me dadyātpratikṛtiṃ svakām
sarvagandharasairyuktāṃ niryāsaiśca susaṃskṛtām //
SkP_28.14
bhakṣyabhojyaiśca vividhaiḥ kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm
pūrvadakṣiṇayoścātra paścimottarayostathā //
SkP_28.15
pārśveṣu haritālaṃ ca kṛṣṇāgarumanaḥśilām
candanaṃ caiva dadyādvai yathāsaṃkhyena pūjitam //
SkP_28.16
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ devi śṛṇu yanmattakāśini
sarvavyādhivinirmuktas tathā niṣkalmaṣaśca ha //
SkP_28.17
varṣakoṭiśatānyaṣṭau divi bhuktvā mahatsukham
iha loke sukhī jāto māmeva pratipadyate //
SkP_28.18
ratnāvaliṃ tu yo dadyād brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo 'tha viṭ
śūdraḥ strī vā sa me loke matsaukhyaṃ prāpnute param //
SkP_28.19
siddhārthakairathārghārthe daive pitrye 'thavā punaḥ
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi tarpayetsa pitṝnapi //
SkP_28.20
ṛṣīṃśca sarvadevāṃśca rūpaṃ cāpnoti puṣkalam
manvantaraṃ ca goloke gokanyābhiḥ sa pūjyate //
SkP_28.21
sarve devāstathā viṣṇur brahmā ṛṣaya eva ca
kurvantyarghe hi sāṃnidhyaṃ tebhyastadviddhi niḥsṛtam //
SkP_28.22
guhyametatparaṃ devi yo vetti sa mahātapāḥ
tasya prabhāvājjāyeta dhanavānpriyadarśanaḥ
prajñārūpaguṇairyuktaḥ saṃvatsaraśatāyutam //
SkP_28.23
kṣīreṇa yo māṃ satataṃ snāpayeta trirudyataḥ
aparādhasahasraṃ tu kṣame tasyāhamantaśaḥ //
SkP_28.24
yaśca tatsnapanaṃ paśyet sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
mānasasya ca jāpyasya sahasrasya phalaṃ labhet //
SkP_28.25
saṃvatsaraṃ tu yaḥ kuryāt kṣīreṇa snapanaṃ śuciḥ
gāṇapatyaṃ sa labhate vallabhatvaṃ ca nityaśaḥ //
SkP_28.26
sarpiṣā yo mamābhyaṅgaṃ karotyavimanā naraḥ
dvisāhasrasya jāpyasya mānasasya phalaṃ labhet //
SkP_28.27
abhigamyaśca devānāṃ sa bhaveta narottamaḥ
niṣkāṇāṃ ca suvarṇasya sahasrasya phalaṃ labhet //
SkP_28.28
saṃmārjanaṃ ca yaḥ kuryāt saṃvatsaramanuvrataḥ
vitarāmi śubhaṃ lokaṃ nityaṃ tasya dhruvaṃ śivam
sarvalokakṣaye tasya na kṣayo bhavatīśvari //
SkP_28.29
liṅgapūjāṃ tu yaḥ kuryān mama devi dṛḍhavrataḥ
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi divyāni divi modate //
SkP_28.30
caturṇāṃ puṣpajātīnāṃ gandhamāghrāti śaṃkaraḥ
arkasya karavīrasya bilvasya ca bukasya ca
suvarṇaniṣkaṃ puṣpe tu sarvasminneva kathyate //
SkP_28.31
sahasre tvarkapuṣpāṇāṃ datte yatkathyate phalam
ekasminkaravīrasya datte puṣpe hi tatphalam //
SkP_28.32
karavīrasahasrasya bhaveddattasya yatphalam
tadekasya tu padmasya dattasya phalamucyate //
SkP_28.33
padmānāṃ tu sahasrasya mama dattasya yatphalam
tatphalaṃ labhate pattre datte bilvasya śobhane //
SkP_28.34
bilvapattrasahasre tu datte me yatphalaṃ smṛtam
bukapuṣpe tadekasmin mama datte labhetphalam //
SkP_28.35
bukapuṣpasahasrasya mama dattasya yatphalam
puṣpe datte tadekasmiṃl labheddhuttūrakasya tu //
SkP_28.36
nirmālyaṃ yo hi me nityaṃ śirasā dhārayiṣyati
aśucirbhinnamaryādo naraḥ pāpasamanvitaḥ //
SkP_28.37
svairī caiva tathāyukto niyamaiśca bahiṣkṛtaḥ
narake sa patedghore tiryagyonau ca sambhavet //
SkP_28.38
brahmacārī śucirbhūtvā nirmālyaṃ yastu dhārayet
tasya pāpamahaṃ śīghraṃ nāśayāmi mahāvrate //
SkP_28.39
dīpamālāṃ tu yaḥ kuryāt kārttike māsi vai mama
avasāne ca dīpānāṃ brāhmaṇāṃstarpayecchuciḥ
gāṇapatyaṃ sa labhate dīpyate ca raviryathā //
SkP_28.40
dadyātkṛṣṇatilāṃścaiva saha siddhārthakāṃśca ha
yo me devi sadā mūrdhni sa me nandisamo bhavet //
SkP_28.41
ye hi siddhārthakāḥ proktās tathā kṛṣṇatilāśca ye
sarve te tvanmayā devi guhyametanmayeritam //
SkP_28.42
citro nāma gaṇo mahyaṃ tena sārdhaṃ sa modate
sarvasampralaye caiva prāpte trailokyasaṃkṣaye
tyaktvā sarvāṇi duḥkhāni māmeva pratipadyate //
SkP_28.43
na tuṣyāmyarcito 'rcāyāṃ tathā devi nagātmaje
liṅge 'rcite yathātyarthaṃ parituṣyāmi pārvati //
SkP_28.44
sarvendriyaprasakto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ
sa prayāti divaṃ devi liṅgaṃ yo 'rcayatīha me //
SkP_28.45
tyaktvā sarvāṇi pāpāni nirdvandvo dagdhakilbiṣaḥ
madāśīrmannamaskāro māmeva pratipadyate //
SkP_28.46
tato bhagavatī bhūyaḥ patiṃ sarvajagatpatim
apṛcchatpuṣpyamāṇāsyā kena tvaṃ deva tuṣyasi //
SkP_28.47
tataḥ prahasamānāsyaḥ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ
vacaḥ provāca bhagavāṃl lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā //
SkP_28.48
śṛṇu devi yathātattvaṃ yena yānti śubhāṃ gatim
trailokye jantavaḥ sarve madbhaktā ye śubhānane //
SkP_28.49
yattatparataraṃ guhyaṃ tatsarvaṃ tvayi tiṣṭhati
yo hi tattvena tadveda saṃsārādvipramucyate //
SkP_28.50
na ca prakāśayedguhyaṃ nāma te kīrtayennaraḥ
sadā sarvasahetyevaṃ prātaḥ prāñjalirutthitaḥ //
SkP_28.51
tasmācca kīrtanātpāpaṃ sarvameva vinirdahet
yaśaḥ kīrtiṃ ca samprāpya rudraloke mahīyate //
SkP_28.52
sarvamālyāni yo dadyāt sarvamūrtiṣu nityaśaḥ
mantreṇa vidhivaccaiva tasya puṇyaphalaṃ mahat //
SkP_28.53
mantraḥ
sarvagāya sureśāya sarvadevamayāya ca
namo bhagavate caiva guhyāguhyāya vai sadā //
SkP_28.54
somāya bhūtanāthāya bhāvanāya bhavāya ca
sarvaguhyāya vai svāhā devaguhyamayāya ca //
SkP_28.55
sarvaguhyamayo mantraḥ svāhā somāya caiva ha
kaṭaṃkaṭāya vai svāhā svāhā devāya śuṣmiṇe //
SkP_28.56
puṣpāṇyetena mantreṇa yo me nityaṃ nivedayet
sahasraṃ tena jāpyasya mānasasya kṛtaṃ bhavet //
SkP_28.57
athāñjalimamāvāsyāṃ susampūrṇāṃ samāhitaḥ
tilānāṃ caiva kṛṣṇānāṃ sarṣapāṇāṃ ca pārvati
arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ yathālābhaṃ prayacchati //
SkP_28.58
idaṃ ca vacanaṃ brūyāt sūryeti ca mameti ca
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ svargalokaṃ vrajennaraḥ //
SkP_28.59
arcayitvā ca māṃ devi yo me nāmāni kīrtayet
caturdaśyāmathāṣṭamyāṃ pakṣayorubhayorapi
so 'pi devi prapaśyenmāṃ viyoniṃ na sa gacchati //
SkP_28.60
vāmadeva sudeveti hara gupteti vā punaḥ
umāpate nīlakaṇṭha śānta śrīkaṇṭha gopate //
SkP_28.61
śarva bhīma paśupate śaṃkarogra bhaveti ca
mahādeveti cāpyanyan nāma guhyaṃ prakīrtayet
sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyeta divi devaiśca pūjyate //
SkP_28.62
eteṣāmekamapi yaḥ kathayedvā paṭheta vā
sa dehapaddhatiṃ bhittvā māmeva pratipadyate
evaṃ sarvapraṇāmena yanmayā parikīrtitam //
SkP_28.63
amāvāsyāṃ tu yo nityaṃ saghṛtaṃ gugguluṃ dahet
kṣīreṇa caiva saṃmiśraṃ guhyametanmama priye
so 'cyutaṃ sthānamāpnoti matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ //
SkP_28.64
idaṃ ca paramaṃ guhyaṃ yo me devi nivedayet
arkaparṇapuṭaṃ pūrṇaṃ ghṛtasya madhunā saha
nivedya vidhivadbhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //
SkP_28.65
imāni ca mahābhāge yo me nāmāni kīrtayet
śmaśānanilayo nagno bhasmaśāyī yatavrataḥ //
SkP_28.66
vāmadevaḥ praśāntaśca stabdhaśephastrilocanaḥ
avasavyapriyaḥ savyo bahurūpo 'ntakāntakṛt //
SkP_28.67
purāṇaḥ puruhūtaśca mṛtyormṛtyurjitendriyaḥ
anindriyo 'tīndriyaśca sarvabhūtahṛdi sthitaḥ //
SkP_28.68
saṃsāracakrī yogātmā kāpālī diṇḍireva ca
mahādevo mahādevo mahādeveti caiva hi //
SkP_28.69
japedetanniyamavān śṛṇuyādvāpi nityaśaḥ
sa dehabhedamāsādya yogātmā gaṇapo bhavet //
SkP_28.70
nāśubhāya na pāpāya nānṛtāya kadācana
śrāvayedbhaktimānpuṇyaṃ nāvratāya kadācana //
SkP_28.71
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ śāntivṛddhikaraṃ śubham
pūtaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam
śrotavyaṃ na ca sarveṇa tathā deyaṃ na kasyacit //
SkP_28.72
iti skandapurāṇe 'ṣṭāviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
evaṃ kālena samprāpya vārāṇasyāṃ niketanam
jagataḥ pitarau devau cakratuḥ kimataḥ param //
SkP_29.1
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevo devīṃ himavataḥ sutām
uvāca devi paśyāma udyānaṃ yadi rocate //
SkP_29.2
evaṃ bhavatu deveśa yathāttha tvaṃ vṛṣadhvaja
na hi me 'nyatra gantavyam udyānātparato hara //
SkP_29.3
saha devyā tato vyāsa vārāṇasyāṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ
devodyānadidṛkṣārthaṃ vicacāra samantataḥ //
SkP_29.4
pūrvasminsa diśābhāge devyā devaḥ pinākadhṛk
udyānaṃ darśayāmāsa nānākusumaśobhitam //
SkP_29.5
campakāśokapuṃnāgapriyaṅgūcūtasaṃkulam
bilvārjunakadambaiśca nyagrodhodumbarairapi //
SkP_29.6
gandhavadbhiśca kusumair jātīkesaraketakaiḥ
ramyaiḥ surabhipuṣpaiśca ṣaṭpadavrātasevitaiḥ
saṃyuktaṃ sarvataḥ śrīmad vanaṃ vaibhrājasaṃnibham //
SkP_29.7
sa tadudyānamāsādya devīmāha jagatpatiḥ
asmindeśe purā devi tiṣṭhato mama śobhane //
SkP_29.8
ūrdhvaṃ golokasaṃsthānāṃ gavāṃ vatsaiḥ svayaṃbhuvaiḥ
pīyatīnāṃ payo vegāt phenaṃ mūrdhni samāpatat //
SkP_29.9
tato mayordhvaṃ dṛṣṭāstu gāvastāḥ somapārśvagāḥ
tatastāḥ prekṣitāstatra mayā gāvastadābhavan
tejasā dahyamānāstu naikavarṇā bhṛśārditāḥ //
SkP_29.10
gāvaḥ pūrvamimā devi āsankapilavarṇajāḥ
naikavarṇāstadābhūvan yadā samprekṣitā mayā //
SkP_29.11
tāsāṃ śaraṇyatāṃ yātvā tābhirmāmeva śailaje
āśritaḥ soma āgatya saha gobhirna tāstyajat //
SkP_29.12
arditābhistadā gobhir brahmā māmabravīttataḥ
prasādaṃ kuru deveśa surabhīstejasā tava
na naśyanti yathā sadyas tathā sarvasurārcita //
SkP_29.13
tato 'hamāsthito devi sthāne 'sminsvayameva tu
goprekṣaka iti khyātaḥ saṃstutaḥ sarvadevataiḥ //
SkP_29.14
goprekṣeśvaramāgatya dṛṣṭvā cārcya ca mānavaḥ
na durgatimavāpnoti kalmaṣaiśca vimucyate //
SkP_29.15
tatastā dahyamānāstu prasanne surabhīrmayi
hrade 'sminpeturabhyetya śāntāstā vibabhustadā
kapilāhrada ityevaṃ tadāprabhṛti kathyate //
SkP_29.16
atrāpi svayamevāhaṃ vṛṣadhvaja iti śrutaḥ
sāṃnidhyaṃ kṛtavāndevi sa cāyaṃ dṛśyatāṃ sthitaḥ //
SkP_29.17
kapilāhradatīrthe 'smin snātvā nānyamanā naraḥ
vṛṣadhvajamimaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvayajñaphalaṃ labhet //
SkP_29.18
salokatāṃ mṛtaścāpi arcayitvā tu māmiha
labhate dehabhede tu gaṇatvaṃ cātidurlabham //
SkP_29.19
asminnapi pradeśe tu tā gāvo brahmaṇā svayam
śāntyarthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ sarvā dugdhāḥ payomṛtam //
SkP_29.20
tāsāṃ kṣīreṇa saṃjātaṃ hradametanmanoharam
bhadradohamiti khyātaṃ puṇyaṃ devavanaṃ śubham //
SkP_29.21
sarvairdevairahaṃ devi asmindeśe prasāditaḥ
gacchopaśamamīśeti upaśāntaśivastataḥ //
SkP_29.22
sthito bhūtvāhamatrasthaḥ puṇyamasyāpi darśanam
dṛṣṭvainaṃ prayato martyaḥ svargalokamavāpnuyāt //
SkP_29.23
atrāhaṃ brahmaṇānīya sthāpitaḥ parameṣṭhinā
brahmaṇaścāpi saṃgṛhya viṣṇunā sthāpitaḥ punaḥ //
SkP_29.24
brahmaṇā sa tato viṣṇuḥ proktaḥ saṃvignacetasā
mayānītamidaṃ liṅgaṃ kasmātsthāpitavānasi //
SkP_29.25
tamuvāca punarviṣṇur brahmāṇaṃ kupitānanam
rudradeve mamātyantaṃ purā bhaktirmahattarā //
SkP_29.26
mayaiṣa sthāpitastena nāmnā tava bhaviṣyati
hiraṇyagarbha ityevaṃ tato 'trāhaṃ samāsthitaḥ
dṛṣṭvainamapi deveśaṃ mama lokaṃ vrajennaraḥ //
SkP_29.27
punaścāpi tato brahmā mama liṅgamimaṃ śubhe
sthāpayāmāsa vidhivad bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
svarlīneśvara ityevam atrāhaṃ svayamāsthitaḥ //
SkP_29.28
svasminparatare līnaḥ pradhāne mama kāraṇe
tasmātsvarlīna ityevaṃ guhyaṃ kṣetraṃ mama smṛtam //
SkP_29.29
prāṇāniha narastyaktvā na punarjāyate kvacit
ānantyā sā gatistasya yogināṃ caiva sā smṛtā //
SkP_29.30
asminnapi mayā deśe daityo devatakaṇṭakaḥ
vyāghrarūpaṃ samāsthāya nihato darpito balī //
SkP_29.31
vyāghreśvarastataḥ khyāto nityamatrāhamāsthitaḥ
na punardurgatiṃ yāti dṛṣṭvainamamareśvaram //
SkP_29.32
utpalo vidalaścaiva yau daityau brahmaṇā purā
strīvadhyau darpitau sṛṣṭau tvayaiva nihatau śubhe
sāvajñaṃ gendukenātra tasyedaṃ cihnamāsthitam //
SkP_29.33
ādāvatrāhamāgatya āsthito gaṇapaiḥ saha
jyeṣṭhaṃ sthānamidaṃ tasmād etanme puṇyadarśanam //
SkP_29.34
dṛṣṭvemaṃ mama liṅgaṃ tu jyeṣṭhasthānasamāśritam
na śocati punarmartyaḥ saṃsiddho mṛtyujanmanī //
SkP_29.35
samantāddevataiḥ sarvair liṅgāni sthāpitāni ha
dṛṣṭvā tu niyato martyo dehabhede gaṇo bhavet //
SkP_29.36
idānīmahamāgatya svayamasminvyavasthitaḥ
na ca muktaṃ mayā yasmād avimuktamidaṃ tataḥ
kṣetraṃ vārāṇasī puṇyā muktidaṃ sambhaviṣyati //
SkP_29.37
avimukteśvaraṃ māṃ vai yo 'tra drakṣyati mānavaḥ
gāṇapatyā gatistasya yatra tatra mṛtasya ha
prāṇāniha tu saṃnyasya yāsyate muktimuttamām //
SkP_29.38
pitrā te girirājena purā himavatā svayam
mama priyamidaṃ sthānaṃ jñātvā liṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam //
SkP_29.39
śaileśvaramiti khyātaṃ dṛśyatāmidamāsthitam
dṛṣṭvedaṃ manujo devi na durgatimanuvrajet //
SkP_29.40
nadī vārāṇasī ceyaṃ puṇyā pāpapramocanī
kṣetrametadalaṃkṛtya jāhnavyā saha saṃgatā //
SkP_29.41
sthāpitaṃ saṃgame cāsmin brahmaṇā liṅgamuttamam
saṃgameśvaramityevaṃ khyātaṃ jagati dṛśyatām //
SkP_29.42
saṃgame devanadyostu yaḥ snātvā manujaḥ śuciḥ
arcayetsaṃgameśānaṃ tasya janmabhayaṃ kutaḥ //
SkP_29.43
idamanyanmahatkṣetraṃ nivāsaṃ yogināṃ param
kṣetramadhye ca yatrāhaṃ svayaṃ bhūtvā samāsthitaḥ
madhyameśvara ityevaṃ khyātaḥ sarvasurāsuraiḥ //
SkP_29.44
siddhānāṃ sthānametaddhi madīyavratacāriṇām
yogināṃ mokṣalipsūnāṃ janmamṛtyujitātmanām
dṛṣṭvedaṃ madhyameśānaṃ janma prati na śocati //
SkP_29.45
sthāpitaṃ liṅgametacca śukreṇa tava sūnunā
nāmnā śukreśvaraṃ nāma sarvasiddhāmarārcitam //
SkP_29.46
dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānavaḥ sadyo muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ
mṛtaśca na punarjanma saṃsāre tu labhennaraḥ //
SkP_29.47
purā jambukarūpeṇa asurā devakaṇṭakāḥ
brahmaṇo 'tha varaṃ labdhvā gomāyuvadhaśaṅkitāḥ //
SkP_29.48
nihatā himavatputri jambukeśastato hyaham
abhavaṃ jagati khyātaḥ surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ
dṛṣṭvainamapi deveśaṃ sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt //
SkP_29.49
grahaiḥ śukrapurogaiśca etāni sthāpitāni hi
paśya liṅgāni puṇyāni sarvakāmapradāni tu //
SkP_29.50
evametāni puṇyāni mannivāsāni pārvati
kathitāni tava kṣetre guhyaṃ cānyadidaṃ śṛṇu //
SkP_29.51
krośaṃ krośaṃ caturdikṣu kṣetrametatprakīrtitam
yojanaṃ viddhi cārvaṅgi mṛtyukāle 'mṛtapradam //
SkP_29.52
mahālayagiristhāne kedāre ca vyavasthitam
gaṇatvaṃ labhate dṛṣṭvā kṣetre 'sminmokṣa-m-āpyate //
SkP_29.53
gāṇapatyapadāttasmād yataḥ sā muktiruttamā
tato mahālayāttasmāt kedārānmadhyamādapi
smṛtaṃ puṇyatamaṃ kṣetram avimuktamidaṃ śubhe //
SkP_29.54
kedāramadhyame sthāne sthānaṃ caiva mahālayam
mama puṇyāni bhūrloke tebhyaḥ śreṣṭhatamaṃ tvidam //
SkP_29.55
yataḥ sṛṣṭāni lokāni tataḥ kṣetramidaṃ śubham
kadācinna mayā muktam avimuktaṃ tato 'bhavat //
SkP_29.56
avimukteśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ mama dṛṣṭveha mānavaḥ
sadyaḥ pāpavinirmuktaḥ paśupāśairvimucyate //
SkP_29.57
śaileśaṃ saṃgameśaṃ ca svarlīnaṃ madhyameśvaram
hiraṇyagarbhamīśānaṃ goprekṣaṃ savṛṣadhvajam //
SkP_29.58
upaśāntaśivaṃ caiva jyeṣṭhasthānanivāsinam
śukreśvaraṃ ca vikhyātaṃ vyāghreśaṃ jambukeśvaram
dṛṣṭvā na jāyate martyaḥ saṃsāre duḥkhasāgare //
SkP_29.59
evamuktvā mahādevo diśaḥ sarvā vyalokayat
vilokya saṃsthite paścād devadeve maheśvare //
SkP_29.60
akasmādabhavatsarvaṃ taddeśaṃ jvalitaṃ yathā
savidyutstanitāghoṣaṃ sūryāyutaśatoditam
tejobhirekataḥ pūrṇaṃ vahnibhāskarayoriva //
SkP_29.61
tataḥ pāśupatāḥ siddhā bhasmābhyaṅgasitaprabhāḥ
yogīśvarā mahātmānas tathā vaitānikavratāḥ //
SkP_29.62
avyaktaliṅginaścaiva śivayogojjvalaprabhāḥ
bahavaḥ śataśo 'bhyetya namaścakrurmaheśvaram //
SkP_29.63
punarnirīkṣya deveśaṃ dhyānayogaṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
tasthurātmānamādhāya līyamānā iveśvare //
SkP_29.64
sthitānāṃ sa tathā teṣāṃ devadeva umāpatiḥ
saṃcintya paramāṃ mūrtiṃ babhūva puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ //
SkP_29.65
ṣaḍviṃśa īśvaro 'vyaktaḥ sūryāyutasamaprabhaḥ
kṛtsnaṃ jagadivaikasthaṃ kartumanta ivāsthitaḥ //
SkP_29.66
tasya tāṃ paramāṃ mūrtim āsthitasya jagatprabhoḥ
na śaśāka vapurdraṣṭuṃ hṛṣṭaromā girīndrajā //
SkP_29.67
tatastatsṛṣṭamātmānaṃ buddhvā sā prakṛtisthitam
prakṛtermūrtimāsthāya yogena paramātmikā
taṃ śaśāka vapurdraṣṭuṃ puruṣasya parātmanaḥ //
SkP_29.68
tataste layamādhāya yoginaḥ puruṣasya tu
viviśurhṛdayaṃ sarve dagdhasaṃsārabījinaḥ //
SkP_29.69
anugṛhya tataḥ sarvāṃs tānsiddhānyatipuṃgavān
nīlalohitamūrtisthaṃ punaścakre vapuḥ śubham //
SkP_29.70
taṃ dṛṣṭvā śailajā prāha hṛṣṭasarvatanūruhā
stunvantī caraṇau gatvā ka ime bhagavanniti //
SkP_29.71
tāmuvāca suraśreṣṭhas tadā devīṃ girīndrajām
madīyaṃ vratamāśritya bhaktimadbhirdvijottamaiḥ
yairyairyoga ihābhyastas teṣāmekena janmanā //
SkP_29.72
kṣetrasyāsya prabhāvena bhaktyā ca mama bhāvataḥ
anugraho mayā hyevaṃ kriyate muktidaḥ sadā //
SkP_29.73
tasmādidaṃ mahatkṣetraṃ brahmādyaiḥ sevyate mama
śrutimadbhiśca viprendraiḥ saṃsiddhaiśca tapasvibhiḥ //
SkP_29.74
pratimāsamathāṣṭamyāṃ pratimāsaṃ caturdaśīm
ubhayoḥ pakṣayordevi vārāṇasyāṃ mamāspade //
SkP_29.75
śaśibhānūparāge ca kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ
sarvaparvasu puṇyeṣu viṣuveṣvayaneṣu ca //
SkP_29.76
pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrthāni vārāṇasyāṃ tu jāhnavīm
uttarapravahāṃ puṇyāṃ mama maulivinirgatām //
SkP_29.77
pituste girirājācca srutāṃ himavataḥ śubhām
bhajante sarvato 'bhyetya tāñchṛṇuṣva varānane //
SkP_29.78
saṃnihityā kurukṣetraṃ sārdhaṃ tīrthaśataistathā
puṣkaraṃ naimiśaṃ caiva prayāgaṃ sapṛthūdakam //
SkP_29.79
sandhyā saptaṛcaṃ caiva sarvānadyaḥ sarāṃsi ca
samudrāḥ sapta caivātra devatīrthāni kṛtsnaśaḥ
bhāgīrathīṃ sameṣyanti sarvaparvasu kāśigām //
SkP_29.80
avimukteśvaraṃ māṃ ca kāśīsthamacalātmaje
pṛthivyāṃ yāni puṇyāni mahyamāyatanāni ca
praviśanti sadābhyetya puṇyaṃ parvasu parvasu //
SkP_29.81
kedāre caiva yalliṅgaṃ yacca liṅgaṃ mahālaye
madhyameśvarasaṃsthaṃ ca tathā paśupatīśvaram //
SkP_29.82
śaṅkukarṇeśvaraṃ caiva gokarṇe ca tathā hyubhau
drimicaṇḍeśvaraṃ caiva bhadreśvara tathaiva ca //
SkP_29.83
sthāneśvaramathaikāmraṃ kāleśvaramajeśvaram
bhairaveśvaramīśānaṃ tathā kārohaṇāsthitam //
SkP_29.84
yāni cānyāni puṇyāni sthānāni mama bhūtale
tāni sarvāṇyaśeṣeṇa kāśipuryāṃ viśanti mām //
SkP_29.85
sarvaparvasu puṇyeṣu guhyaṃ caitadudāhṛtam
teneha labhyate jantor vipannasyāmṛtaṃ padam //
SkP_29.86
snātasya caiva gaṅgāyāṃ dṛṣṭena ca mayā śubhe
sarvayajñaphalaistulyam iṣṭaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
sadya eva-m-avāpnoti kiṃ nvataḥ paramasti vai //
SkP_29.87
sarvāyatanamukhyānāṃ divi bhūmau giriṣvapi
nātaḥ parataraṃ devi budhyasvāstīti kṛtsnaśaḥ //
SkP_29.88
brahmārkavaiśvānaraśakracandrair jaleśavittādhipavāyubhiśca
gandharvayakṣoragasiddhasaṃghaiḥ sārdhaṃ sadā sevitametadagryam //
SkP_29.89
sthānaṃ mamedaṃ himaśailaputri guhyaṃ sadā kṣetramidaṃ supuṇyam
vimokṣasaṃsiddhiphalapradaṃ hi tattvaprabuddhā yatayo vadanti //
SkP_29.90
kṣetre 'sminnivasanti ye sukṛtino bhaktāḥ sadā māṃ narāḥ paśyanto 'nvahamādareṇa śucayaḥ snātāḥ sadā matparāḥ
te martyā bhayapāpaduḥkharahitāḥ saṃśuddhakarmakriyā bhittvā sambhavabandhajālagahanaṃ vindanti mokṣaṃ param //
SkP_29.91
evametatsaraḥkīrṇaṃ nānādrumalatākulam
jāhnavyālaṃkṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ kṣetraṃ guhyatamaṃ mama //
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bhāgīrathīmihāsādya vārāṇasyāṃ mamāspade
aśvamedhaśataṃ prāpya brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati //
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nātaḥ puṇyatamaṃ devi nāto guhyatamaṃ kvacit
nātaḥ śubhataraṃ kiṃcin nātaḥ priyataraṃ mama //
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kṣetraṃ mamedaṃ surasiddhajuṣṭaṃ samprāpya martyaḥ sukṛtaprabhāvāt
khyāto bhavetsarvasurāsurāṇāṃ mṛtaśca yāyātparamaṃ padaṃ tam //
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udyānāni tato devaḥ sthānāni ca tathātmanaḥ
ākhyāya himavatputryā vicacāra tadā punaḥ //
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so 'paśyata tadā vipraṃ tapyamānaṃ paraṃ tapaḥ
putraṃ śataśalākasya jaigīṣavyaṃ tapodhanam //
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sa liṅgaṃ devadevasya pratiṣṭhāpyārcayatsadā
bhasmaśāyī bhasmadigdho nṛttagītairatoṣayat
japyena vṛṣanādaiśca tapasā bhāvitaḥ śuciḥ //
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tamevaṃ vartamānaṃ tu bhaktyā paramayā yutam
bhagavānsahasābhyetya idaṃ vacanamabravīt //
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jaigīṣavya mahābuddhe paśya māṃ divyacakṣuṣā
tuṣṭo 'smi varadaścaiva brūhi yatte manogatam //
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sa evamukto devena somaṃ dṛṣṭvā trilocanam
praṇamya śirasā pādāv avandatparayā mudā //
SkP_29.101
namaḥ sarvārthasiddhāya yogasiddhāya vai namaḥ
namaḥ pinākahastāya himavannilayāya ca //
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namaḥ pavanavegāya dhyeyāya dhyāyibhiḥ sadā
namaḥ somāya hemne ca hemamālādharāya ca //
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namo gaṇādhipataye namaḥ śāntendriyāya ca
yogasāhāyyakartre ca sāhasopaśamāya ca //
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namo mṛtyuharāyaiva namaḥ śokaharāya ca
namaḥ siddhipradātre ca siddhisiddhāya vai namaḥ //
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dhāriṇe sarvalokānāṃ sarvalokeśvarāya ca
namo daśārdhavarṇāya saṃsārāpanudāya ca //
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namaḥ saṃsārapārāya apāraparamāya ca
svayaṃmantre ca manase durvijñeyāya vai namaḥ //
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namaḥ kālakalājñāya sakalāyākalāya ca
namastattvādhivāsāya pretādhipataye namaḥ //
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namaḥ krodhavihīnāya krodhādhipataye namaḥ
namaḥ śramāyāśramiṇe śramāpanayanāya ca //
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namo jñānarasajñāya jñānine 'jñānahāriṇe
saktāya caiva tapasi aiśvaryaniratāya ca //
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namo jñānāya bandhāya ajñānavinivartine
namaḥ sarvānubhāvāya bhāvānugatacetase //
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namaḥ śamadamāḍhyāya mṛtyudūtāpahāriṇe
namaḥ śailādināthāya śailādigaṇapāya ca //
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namo yogarahasyāya yogadāya namo namaḥ
mahyaṃ sarvātmanā kāmān prayaccha bhagavanprabho //
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sa evaṃ stūyamānaśca bhaktyā paramayāpi ca
tuṣṭastutoṣa bhūyo 'sya idaṃ cainamuvāca ha //
SkP_29.114
ajaraścāmaraścaiva sarvaśokavivarjitaḥ
mahāyogī mahāvīryo yogaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ //
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prabhāvāccāsya guhyasya kṣetrasya mama śāśvatam
yoge 'ṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ prāpsyase paramaṃ mahat
bhaviṣyasi dvijaśreṣṭha yogācāryaśca viśrutaḥ //
SkP_29.116
yaścemaṃ tvatkṛtaṃ liṅgaṃ niyamenārcayiṣyati
yonayaḥ sapta gatvā tu yogaṃ sa samavāpsyati //
SkP_29.117
jaigīṣavyaguhāṃ cemāṃ prāpya yo yokṣyate dvijaḥ
sa saptarātraṃ yuktātmā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //
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māsena pūrvāṃ jātiṃ ca pūrvādhītaṃ ca vetsyati
ekarātraṃ gatiṃ śuddhāṃ dvābhyāṃ tārayate pitṝn //
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trirātreṇa vyatītāṃśca parānsapta ca tārayet
ato bhūyaśca kiṃ te 'dya jaigīṣavya dadānyaham //
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bhagavandevadeveśa yaccha yanme manogatam
ato 'haṃ nānyadicchāmi yogākṣayyātparaṃ hitam //
SkP_29.121
tvayi bhaktiśca nityaṃ syāt some sagaṇapeśvare
anutsekaṃ tathā kṣāntiṃ śamaṃ damamathāpi ca //
SkP_29.122
na cāpyabhibhavaṃ kuryān na ca tejovamānanām
etānvarānahaṃ deva sadecchāmi mahādyute //
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ete tava bhaviṣyanti ajayyatvaṃ ca yogibhiḥ
icchato darśanaṃ caiva bhaviṣyati ca te mama //
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tataḥ sa bhagavāndevaḥ pārāśaryomayā saha
sanandī sagaṇaścaiva bhaktānugrahalipsayā //
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tapyato yakṣarājasya kṛtvā hṛdi maheśvaram
varadānāya deveśo jagāma puratastadā //
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atha dṛṣṭvā tripādaṃ ca hrasvabāhūrupādakam
tapyamānaṃ tapo ghoraṃ sutaṃ viśravasastadā //
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dṛṣṭvovāca tato devaḥ kuberaṃ dīptatejasam
tapasā bhāvitaṃ vyāsa tvagasthiparisaṃsthitam //
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bho bho viśravasaḥ putra cakṣurdivyaṃ dadāni te
somaṃ paśya mahāsattva māṃ tvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā //
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tataḥ sa dṛṣṭvā deveśaṃ sāmbaṃ nandipuraḥsaram
praṇamya karṣitaḥ samyag utthātuṃ na śaśāka ha //
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abalaṃ taṃ samālakṣya utthāne 'śaktamīśvaraḥ
uvācottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te balaṃ paurāṇamastu te //
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tata utthāya jānubhyāṃ kubero hyavatiṣṭhata
pārśvagāṃ caiva netreṇa devīmālokayansthitaḥ //
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iyaṃ sā parvatasutā sarvalokanamaskṛtā
mātā lokatrayasyāsya mahāyogabalānvitā //
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aho 'syāstapaso vīryam aho dīptiraho balam
yā prabhoḥ sarvalokasya patnītvaṃ prajagāma ha //
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tamevaṃbhūtamanasam īkṣamāṇaṃ ca pārvatīm
bubodha devī buddhvā ca cukopa parameśvarī //
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sā kruddhā tu kuberasya vāmamakṣi sudīptimat
viśuṣkaṃ kakṣamādīptā dadāhāgneḥ śikhā yathā //
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punaścāsya vināśāya kuberasya śubhānanā
matiṃ dadhre tapoyonir athaināmavadaddharaḥ //
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mā krudho devi yakṣasya bhaktasyāsya tapasvinaḥ
yaśasvī dhārmikaścāyaṃ bhaktastvāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ //
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kutūhalatayā hyeṣa tvāṃ nirīkṣitavāñchubhe
prasādaṃ kuru bālasya dhanadasya maheśvari //
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eṣo 'sakṛnmāṃ deveśa vīkṣate 'vinayātprabho
minoti na guṇāndeva kasmānmama puraḥ sthitaḥ //
SkP_29.140
tejasāṃ yo 'prameyānāṃ kuryānmohena laṅghanam
so 'lpavīryo vinaśyeta pataṅgo 'gnimivāgataḥ //
SkP_29.141
tāmevaṃ krodhatāmrākṣīṃ kruddhāṃ samprekṣya śaṃkaraḥ
uvāca madhuraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ girīndratanayāṃ vacaḥ //
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bravīmi tvāṃ mahābhāge mā krudho jagato 'raṇi
tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagatsarvaṃ prakṛtistvaṃ sureśvari
putraste 'yaṃ yato devi tasmānna kroddhumarhasi //
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mātaraṃ caiva putrasya vīkṣamāṇasya śobhane
na doṣo 'sti na caivāsya tvayi ceto vimohitam //
SkP_29.144
tasmāttvameva devyasya prasannasya natasya ca
prasādaṃ kuru deveśe kuberasya yathepsitam //
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sā tathā devadevena proktā girivarātmajā
prasādamakarottasya prasannā cedamabravīt //
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kubera yatte duritaṃ kṣāntaṃ tatte mayānagha
tuṣṭāsmi mā kṛthāścaiva punastejasvilaṅghanam //
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yattvidaṃ te mayā dagdham īkṣamāṇasya locanam
vāmaṃ tathaiva bhavatu piṅgalaṃ dīptimacca ha //
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anena cāṅkito loke bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ
ekākṣipiṅgalo nāmnā khyātaḥ sarvatra pūjitaḥ //
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caritaṃ yattapaścedam akṣayaṃ tacca te 'vyayam
saubhāgyamuttamaṃ caiva matprasādādbhaviṣyati //
SkP_29.150
evamuktvā tato devī virarāma śubhānanā
bhagavānvarado 'smīti kuberamavadattataḥ //
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athaivamukto devena kubero hṛṣṭamānasaḥ
tuṣṭāva devaṃ devīṃ ca śirasā prāñjalirnataḥ //
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namaḥ paṭṭisahastāya kirīṭavaradhāriṇe
namo valayadhāriṇyai dhāriṇyai darpaṇasya ca //
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namaḥ sarvāṅgakeśāya dīrghakeśyai namo namaḥ
namo mekhaladhāriṇyai namo mauñjīdharāya ca //
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namo nīlaśikhaṇḍinyai namaḥ piṅgajaṭābhṛte
namo jñānāya tanave bhūtādhipataye namaḥ //
SkP_29.155
namastārābhidhāriṇyai siṃhoraskāya vai namaḥ
namo ratnāgryadhāriṇyai namaścandrārdhamaulaye //
SkP_29.156
namaḥ prakṛtaye caiva namo 'stu puruṣāya ca
namo 'stu buddhaye caiva ahaṃkārāya vai namaḥ //
SkP_29.157
namo 'stu rataye caiva sukhāya ca namo namaḥ
namaḥ kīrtyai karmaṇe ca ārambhāya samāptaye //
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namo yajñāya mantrāya dakṣiṇāyai ṛce namaḥ
namaḥ sāmne 'tha yajuṣe chandase ceṣṭaye namaḥ //
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namo 'gnaye ca vedyai ca svāhāyai haviṣe namaḥ
namo lakṣmyai śriyai caiva namo dharmāya vedhase //
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icchāyai rataye caiva namaḥ sampadvirāgiṇe
namaḥ siddhyai tathā puṣṭyai tuṣṭyai kṣāntyai namo namaḥ //
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namaḥ svadhāyai kavyāya havyāya ca namo namaḥ
namo vedyāya vidyāyai namaḥ śarvāya bhaktaye //
SkP_29.162
pralayotpattaye caiva sthityai saṃsāraṇāya ca
mokṣāya muktaye caiva namaḥ kālāya mṛtyave //
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namaste bhagavandeva saha devyā jagatpate
diśa no bhūtabhavyeśa yanme manasi saṃsthitam //
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ya imaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ stavaṃ prātaḥ samutthitaḥ
japaṃśca vipro vaiśyo vā śūdraḥ kṣatriya eva vā //
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tasya tuṣṭo dhaneśastu prayacchati mahaddhanam
somaśca bhagavāṃstuṣṭo gatimiṣṭāṃ prayacchati //
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evaṃ sa saṃstutastena kubereṇa jagatpatiḥ
uvāca varado 'smīti brūhi viśravasaḥ suta //
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tvattaḥ prasādaḥ satataṃ bhaktiśca tvayi śāśvatī
bhagavaṃstvāṃ ca paśyeyaṃ vara eṣo 'stu me vibho //
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evamastviti tatsarvaṃ pradāya bhagavāñchivaḥ
ātmanā saha sakhyaṃ ca dadāvātyantikaṃ tadā //
SkP_29.169
gṛhāṇa cemāṃ śibikāṃ narayuktāmasaṅginīm
lokānyatheṣṭaṃ lokeśa yāmāruhya cariṣyasi //
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imāṃ caivāśaniṃ divyām apratīghātalakṣaṇām
gṛhāṇāyudhametatte bhaviṣyatyariduḥsaham //
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astraṃ ca te prayacchāmi tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati
kauberamiti vikhyātaṃ mohanaṃ sarvadehinām //
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tataḥ sa devastuṣṭātmā mālāṃ svayamaninditām
ābabaddhāsya śirasi bhāskarākāravarcasam //
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kuśeśayānāṃ phullānāṃ sragdāmaṃ ca manoramam
ābabaddhāsya kaṇṭhe vai prīyamāṇa umāpatiḥ //
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prakāmaṃ darśanaṃ cāsya dattvā caiva dhaneśatām
jagāma bhagavānsomas tato 'nyaṃ deśamīpsitam //
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ya imaṃ tu kuberasya varadānamaśeṣataḥ
śṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi nityaṃ viprānsamāhitaḥ //
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dhanavānrūpasampannaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ
kulajñānabalopeto jāyate sa mṛto naraḥ //
SkP_29.177
atha devī mahābhāgā sahitā śambhunā tadā
saṃcintya pañcacūḍāstu tapantyo 'psarasaḥ śubhāḥ //
SkP_29.178
kṛśāṅgyo bhaktimatyaśca tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ
kāruṇyāhṛtacetaskā devaṃ vacanamabravīt //
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etāsāṃ tapyamānānāṃ yoṣitāṃ varamuttamam
dadānīpsitamīśāna tanme 'nujñātumarhasi
tasyā vijñaptimākarṇya bhagavānidamabravīt //
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evaṃ kuru mahābhāge bhaktānugrahamīpsitam
vaidikyo 'psaraso hyetāḥ pañcacūḍā iti smṛtāḥ
tvāṃ kṛtvā hṛdi tapyante vara ābhyaḥ pradīyatām //
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tataḥ sā devadevena tathā samanucoditā
pañcacūḍāḥ samāgamya vaca etaduvāca ha //
SkP_29.182
tuṣṭāsmyapsarasaḥ sākṣāt paśyadhvaṃ māṃ śucismitāḥ
dadāni vo varāniṣṭāny evo hṛdayasaṃsthitāḥ //
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tā evamuktāḥ pārvatyā vaidikyo 'psarasaḥ śubhāḥ
devīṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamyaiva śirasā pādayornatāḥ //
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aśrupūrṇekṣaṇā dīnāḥ saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā
śirasyañjalimādhāya tuṣṭuvuḥ sahitāḥ samam //
SkP_29.185
namaḥ siddhyai namastuṣṭyai kriyāyai buddhaye namaḥ
namaḥ kīrtyai namaḥ satyai ulkajāyai tatheṣṭaye //
SkP_29.186
namaḥ pṛthivyai kalyāṇyai śriyai lakṣmyai namo namaḥ
namaḥ sudhāyai svāhāyai svadhāyai ditaye namaḥ //
SkP_29.187
namo 'stu taḍite caiva saudāmanyai namo namaḥ
sāvitryai cātha gāyatryai vedamātre namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.188
namaḥ parvatakanyāyai mataye smṛtaye namaḥ
namaḥ parvatavāsinyai rudrāṇyai ca namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.189
namaḥ prakṛtaye caiva jyotsnāyai ṛddhaye namaḥ
śobhāyai dīptaye caiva bhāskaragraharaśmaye //
SkP_29.190
gatyāyai gataye caiva indrāṇyai muktaye namaḥ
niyatyai sarite caiva gaṅgāyai sūtaye namaḥ //
SkP_29.191
hetaye prītaye caiva namaḥ karaṇavṛttaye
namaḥ saṃnataye caiva irāyai vṛttaye namaḥ //
SkP_29.192
vāruṇyai ca śaraṇyāyai gauryai kālyai namo namaḥ
kauśikyai ca namaste 'stu kātyāyanyai namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.193
namaḥ saṃnataye caiva mahimne ca namo namaḥ
aṇimāyai namaste 'stu laghimāyai namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.194
pūjāyai te namaste 'stu śitibāhve ca sṛptaye
saṃjñāyai ca namaste 'stu gire 'tha smṛtaye namaḥ //
SkP_29.195
namaste 'stu sarasvatyai jihvāyai dṛṣṭaye namaḥ
namo mahiṣaghātinyai tathā sumbhanisumbhayoḥ //
SkP_29.196
namaḥ siṃharathinyai ca śūlinyai ca namo namaḥ
namo mudgaradhāriṇyai kavacinyai namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.197
namastūṇīradhāriṇyai dhāriṇyai jagato namaḥ
namo dhanurdharāyai ca khaḍginyai ca namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.198
namaḥ piñcchadhvajinyai ca dhāriṇyai paṭṭisasya ca
namo 'stu bhūtamātre ca skandasya ca namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.199
viśākhaśākhayoścaiva naigameṣasya caiva hi
jātyai sarvarasānāṃ ca devatāyai vanasya ca //
SkP_29.200
āryāyai ca namo nityaṃ śikhaṇḍinyai namo namaḥ
namo nīlaśikhaṇḍinyai dīrghaveṇyai namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.201
namo 'stu tanumadhyāyai devatāyai dhanasya ca
namo dhṛtyai namaścityai kīrtaye ca namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.202
strīṇāṃ saubhāgyadāyinyai dhāriṇyai ca namo namaḥ
rākānumataye caiva sinīvālyai namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.203
namaḥ kriyāyai śraddhāyai medhāyai ca namo namaḥ
namo 'stu dhāraṇāyai ca ūhāyai ca namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.204
apohāyai namaste 'stu vaṣaṭprakṛtaye namaḥ
namaḥ samādhaye caiva spṛhāyai vittaye namaḥ //
SkP_29.205
vedanāyai namaste 'stu bṛhadukṣyai namo namaḥ
namaḥ prabhāyai śuddhāyai śuddhaye śucaye namaḥ //
SkP_29.206
namastryambakabhāryāyai vidyāyai ca namo namaḥ
dīkṣāyai dakṣiṇāyai ca jvālāyai ca namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.207
indriyāṇāṃ pravṛttyai ca nivṛttyai caiva karmaṇām
śrutaye sarvavedānāṃ bhavānyai ca namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.208
durgāyai durgatāriṇyai dhāriṇyai sarvadehinām
namaste sarvadevatyai namaste lokabhāvani //
SkP_29.209
namaḥ śāntyai namaḥ kāntyai namaḥ patnyai harasya ca
namo 'stvadityai dānavyai vinatāyai namo namaḥ //
SkP_29.210
namaḥ śivāyai kartryai ca prabhāvāyai namo namaḥ
mṛkaṇḍvai mārdabāhvai ca tathā surataye namaḥ //
SkP_29.211
vinatāyai tathā lakṣmyai surasāyai namo namaḥ
namaste śitikaṇṭhinyai namaste sarvataḥ sadā
diśa naḥ sumanāḥ sarvaṃ yatkiṃciddhṛdaye sthitam //
SkP_29.212
ya idaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ naraḥ strī vā samāhitaḥ
sa rātriṣu kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tyajetsarvamaśeṣataḥ //
SkP_29.213
śayāno japate yaśca prayato vyāsa nityaśaḥ
divākṛtaṃ sa jahyāttu mṛtaśca sugatiṃ vrajet //
SkP_29.214
yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ dvijānvā śrāvayetsadā
sa dehabhedamāsādya pañcacūḍāpriyo bhavet //
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yaścainaṃ prajahanprāṇāñ japenmartyaḥ sudustyajān
vimāne sūryasaṃkāśe apsarogaṇasevite
sarvapāpavinirmukto ramedvarṣāyutaṃ samam //
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yaśca bhaktyā paramayā tithau niyamavānnaraḥ
devīmabhyarcya japate sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //
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japanāddehatapanād dehe bhinne ca bhaktimān
sa bhūtvānucaro devyāḥ puṇye loke mahīyate //
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tābhirevaṃ stutā devī sthitā devasya saṃnidhau
uvāca harṣamāṇāsyā pañcacūḍāstadā vacaḥ //
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śṛṇutāpsarasaḥ sarvās tapaso 'sya mahatphalam
yaccāpi parayā bhaktyā māṃ prapannāḥ stha śobhanāḥ //
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ajarāśca viśokāśca nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ
priyāśca sarvalokasya bhaviṣyatha mamājñayā //
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brūta yaccāpi kiṃcidvo hṛdi sthitamaśaṅkitāḥ
sarvaṃ dāsyāmi tadvo 'haṃ mā cirāya taducyatām //
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devi puṃsāṃ striyaḥ sarvāḥ kāryārthaṃ viditaṃ ca te
arthinaste ca nastāvad yāvatkāryaṃ samāpyate
samāpte caiva tatkārye parā iva bhavanti naḥ //
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taddevi yadi tuṣṭāsi yadi deyo varaśca naḥ
sarvastrīṇāṃ mahādevi bhavantu puruṣā vaśāḥ //
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adyaprabhṛti lokeṣu sarvastrīṇāṃ narāḥ sadā
sarve vaśyā bhaviṣyanti sarvakāryakarāśca ha //
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ādau paścācca sarvābhyo hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ
sarvabhogāṃśca dāsyantu vaśagāḥ sarvathāpi ca //
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vyalīkānyapi kurvantyo bahūni vividhāni ca
priyā eva bhaviṣyanti pāpaṃ na ca bhavetsadā //
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mātaraṃ pitaraṃ bhrātṝn suhṛdo 'tha sutānapi
akāryāṇi kariṣyantu strīṇāṃ vaśyatvamāgatāḥ //
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paśyanto 'pi vyalīkāni doṣānvaikṛtyameva ca
naiva drakṣyanti te puṃso madvarānmohitendriyāḥ //
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tataḥ sā devadevasya patnī himavataḥ sutā
mālyadāmaṃ gṛhītvā tu bhrāmayantī śubhānanā
bhava nārya iti prāha hasantī priyamavyayā //
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bhrāmyatastasya dāmnastu yānyaśīryanta bhūtale
kusumānyabhavaṃstāni nāryaḥ kamalalocanāḥ //
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tā uvācāmarā yūyaṃ jarākṣayavivarjitāḥ
jaganmohakarā yūyaṃ puṃsāṃ hṛdayabandhanāḥ //
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dṛṣṭisparśavilāseṣu āviśya jagati striyaḥ
saṃmohayiṣyatha narān strīvaśāṃśca kariṣyatha
narāḥ sarve ca yuṣmāsu bhaviṣyanti sadā ratāḥ //
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vṛttiḥ śubhā bhavitrī ca sarvāsāṃ mama tejasā
puṃsāṃ strībhogasiddhyarthaṃ strīṇāṃ ratyarthameva ca //
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kriyāḥ śubhāṅgasaṃskārā divyā ye mānuṣāśca ha
bahurūpāśca tā bhūtvā viviśuḥ sarvadāṅganāḥ //
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evaṃ devī tadā vyāsa sṛṣṭvā tā vai visṛjya ca
uvācāpsaraso brūta kiṃ vo bhūyaḥ karomyaham //
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tāstuṣṭamanasaścāpi ūcurvyāsa bhavemahi
devānāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca avadhyāścaiva rakṣasām
tā uvāca tato devī evaṃ loke bhaviṣyatu //
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tataḥ sa sahito devyā sanandī parameśvaraḥ
gaṇaiḥ sarvaiśca sahito gṛhānsvānāviśatprabhuḥ //
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bhaganayananipātī daityadarpāpahārī purakamalahimaughaḥ kāmayajñendhanāgniḥ
jaladavṛṣabhayāyī sarvaduḥkhāntakārī samaravṛṣabhaketuścandramaulirjagāma //
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iti skandapurāṇe ūnatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
bhagavanpiṅgalaḥ kena gaṇatvaṃ samupāgataḥ
annadatvaṃ ca samprāpto vārāṇasyāṃ mahādyutiḥ //
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kṣetrapālaḥ kathaṃ jātaḥ priyatvaṃ ca kathaṃ gataḥ
etadicchāmi kathitaṃ śrotuṃ brahmasuta tvayā //
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śṛṇu vyāsa yathā lebhe gaṇeśatvaṃ sa piṅgalaḥ
annadatvaṃ ca lokānāṃ sthānaṃ vārāṇasīṃ ca hi //
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pūrṇabhadrasutaḥ śrīmān āsīdyakṣaḥ pratāpavān
harikeśa iti khyāto brahmaṇyo dhārmikaśca ha //
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tasya janmaprabhṛtyeva śarve bhaktiranuttamā
tadāśīstannamaskāras tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ //
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āsīnaśca śayānaśca gacchaṃstiṣṭhannanuvrajan
bhuñjāno 'tha pibanvāpi rudramevānucintayat //
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tamevaṃ yuktamanasaṃ pūrṇabhadraḥ pitābravīt
na tvā putramahaṃ manye durjāto yastvamanyathā //
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na hi yakṣakulīnānām etadvṛttaṃ bhavatyuta
guhyakā vata yūyaṃ vai svabhāvātkrūracetasaḥ
kravyādāścaiva kiṃbhakṣā hiṃsāśīlāśca putraka //
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maivaṃ kārṣīrna no vṛttir evaṃ dṛṣṭā mahātmanām
svayambhuvā yathā sṛṣṭā saiva vṛttiḥ praśasyate //
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duṣṭā caivāpraśastā ca garhitā sādhubhiḥ sadā
vṛttiḥ svayambhuvā sṛṣṭā tyaktavyā yadi no bhavet
āśramāntarajaṃ karma na kuryurgṛhiṇastataḥ //
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hitvā manuṣyabhāvaṃ ca karmabhirvividhaiśca ha
devatvaṃ no vimārgeyur mānuṣyāṃ jātimeva ca //
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atha cedvihitaṃ teṣāṃ karma tatprāptisaṃśritam
mamāpi vihitaṃ paśya karmaitannātra saṃśayaḥ //
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sa evamuktaḥ putreṇa pūrṇabhadraḥ pratāpavān
uvāca niṣkrama kṣipraṃ gaccha tvaṃ yatra rocate //
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tataḥ sa nirgatastyaktvā gṛhasambandhibāndhavān
vārāṇasīṃ samāsādya tapastepe suduścaram //
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sthāṇubhūto hyanimiṣaḥ śuṣkakāṣṭhopalopamaḥ
saṃniyamyendriyagrāmam avātiṣṭhata niścalaḥ //
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atha tasyaivamaniśaṃ tatparasya tadāśiṣaḥ
sahasramekaṃ varṣāṇāṃ divyamabhyativartata //
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valmīkena samākrānto bhakṣyamāṇaḥ pipīlikaiḥ
vajrasūcīmukhairvyāsa vidhyamānastathaiva ca //
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nirmāṃsarudhiratvakca kundaśaṅkhendusaprabhaḥ
asthiśeṣo 'bhavatsarvo devaścainamamanyata //
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etasminnantare devī vyajñāpayata śaṃkaram
udyānaṃ punarevedaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi sarvada //
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kṣetrasya caiva māhātmyaṃ śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
yataśca priyametatte yaccāsya phalamuttamam //
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iti vijñāpito devaḥ pārvatyā bhuvaneśvaraḥ
sarvaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ yathānyāyam ākhyātumupacakrame //
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nirjagāma ca deveśaḥ pārvatyā saha śaṃkaraḥ
udyānaṃ darśayāmāsa devyā devaḥ pinākadhṛk //
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praphullanānāvidhagulmaśobhitaṃ latāpratānāvanataṃ manoharam
virūḍhapuṣpaiḥ paritaḥ priyaṅgubhiḥ supuṣpitaiḥ kaṇṭakitaiśca ketakaiḥ //
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tamālagulmairnicitaṃ sugandhibhir nikāmapuṣpairbakulaiśca sarvaśaḥ
aśokapuṃnāgavanaiḥ supuṣpitair dvirephamālākulapuṣpasaṃcayaiḥ //
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kvacitpraphullāmbujareṇurūṣitair vihaṃgamaiścārukalapraṇādibhiḥ
vināditaṃ sārasahaṃsanādibhiḥ pramattadātyūharutaiśca valgubhiḥ //
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kvacicca cakrāhvarutopanāditaṃ kvacicca kādambakadambakāyutam
kvacicca kāraṇḍavanādanāditaṃ kvacicca mattālikulākulīkṛtam //
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madākulābhirbhramarāṅganābhir niṣevitaṃ cārusugandhipuṣpam
kvacitsupuṣpaiḥ sahakāravṛkṣair latopagūḍhaistilakaiśca gūḍham //
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pragītavidyādharasiddhacāraṇaṃ pranṛttanityānugatāpsarogaṇam
prahṛṣṭanānāvidhapakṣisevitaṃ pramattahārītakulopanāditam //
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mṛgendranādākulasannamānasaiḥ kvacitkvacidbaddhakadambakaṃ mṛgaiḥ
praphullanānāvidhacārupaṅkajaiḥ sarastaḍāgairupaśobhitaṃ kvacit //
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niviḍaniculanīlaṃ nīlakaṇṭhābhirāmaṃ madamuditavihaṃgavrātanādābhirāmam
kusumitataruśākhālīnamattadvirephaṃ navakisalayaśobhāśobhitaprāntaśākham //
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kvacicca dantikṣatacāruvīrutkvacillatāliṅgitacāruvṛkṣam
kvacidvilāsālasagāminībhir niṣevitaṃ kiṃpuruṣāṅganābhiḥ //
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pārāvatadhvaninikūjitacāruśṛṅgair abhraṃkaṣaiḥ sitamanoharacārurūpaiḥ
ākīrṇapuṣpanikarapraviviktahāsair vibhrājitaṃ tridaśadevakulairanekaiḥ //
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phullotpalāgarusahasravitānayuktais toyāśayaiḥ samanuśobhitadevamārgam
mārgāntarāgalitapuṣpavicitrabhakti sambaddhagulmaviṭapairvihagairupetam //
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tuṅgāgrairnīlapuṣpastabakabharanataprāntaśākhairaśokair mattālivrātagītaśrutisukhajananairbhāsitāntaṃ manojñaiḥ
rātrau candrasya bhāsā kusumitatilakairekatāṃ samprayātaṃ chāyāsuptaprabuddhasthitahariṇakulāluptadarbhāṅkurāgram //
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haṃsānāṃ pakṣavātapracalitakamalasvacchavistīrṇatoyaṃ toyānāṃ tīrajātapravikacakadalīvāṭanṛtyanmayūram
māyūraiḥ pakṣacandraiḥ kvacidapi patitai rañjitakṣmāpradeśaṃ deśe deśe nilīnapramuditavilasanmattahārītavṛndam //
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sāraṅgaiḥ kvacidupasevitapradeśaṃ saṃchannaṃ kusumacayaiḥ kvacidvicitraiḥ
hṛṣṭābhiḥ kvacidapi kiṃnarāṅganābhiḥ kṣīvābhiḥ sumadhuragītavṛkṣaṣaṇḍam //
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saṃsṛṣṭaiḥ kvacidupaliptakīrṇapuṣpair āvāsaiḥ parivṛtapādapaṃ munīnām
ā mūlātphalanicitaiḥ kvacidviśālair uttuṅgaiḥ panasamahīruhairupetam //
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phullātimuktakalatāgṛhalīnasiddhaṃ siddhāṅganākanakanūpurarāvaramyam
ramyapriyaṅgutarumañjarisaktabhṛṅgaṃ bhṛṅgāvalīśabalitāmrakadambapuṣpam //
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puṣpotkarānilavighūrṇitapādapāgram agre surebhavinipātitavaṃśagulmam
gulmāntaraprasṛtabhītamṛgīsamūham ūhāvatāṃ tanubhṛtāmapavargadātṛ //
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candrāṃśujāladhavalaistilakairmanojñaiḥ sindūrakuṅkumakusumbhanibhairaśokaiḥ
cāmīkarapratisamairatha karṇikāraiḥ puṣpotkarairupacitaṃ suviśālaśākhaiḥ //
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kvacidañjanacūrṇābhaiḥ kvacidvidrumasaṃnibhaiḥ
kvacitkāñcanasaṃkāśaiḥ puṣpairācitabhūtalam //
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puṃnāgeṣu dvijaśatavirutaṃ raktāśokastabakabharanatam
ramyopāntaṃ klamaharapavanaṃ phullābjeṣu bhramaravilasitam //
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sakalabhuvanabhartā lokanāthastadānīṃ tuhinaśikhariputryā sārdhamiṣṭairgaṇeśaiḥ
vividhataruviśālaṃ mattahṛṣṭānyapuṣṭam upavanamatiramyaṃ darśayāmāsa devyāḥ //
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udyānaṃ darśitaṃ deva śobhayā parayā yutam
kṣetrasya tu guṇānsarvān punarvaktumihārhasi //
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asya kṣetrasya māhātmyam avimuktasya tattadā
śrutvāpi na hi me tṛptir ato bhūyo vadasva me //
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idaṃ guhyatamaṃ kṣetraṃ sadā vārāṇasī mama
sarveṣāmeva jantūnāṃ heturmokṣasya sarvadā //
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asminsiddhāḥ sadā devi madīyaṃ vratamāśritāḥ
nānāliṅgadharā nityaṃ mama lokābhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ
abhyasyanti paraṃ yogaṃ yuktātmāno jitendriyāḥ //
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nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇe nānāvihagasevite
kamalotpalapuṣpāḍhyaiḥ sarobhiḥ samalaṃkṛte //
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apsarogaṇagandharvaiḥ sadā saṃsevite śubhe
rocate me sadāvāso yena kāryeṇa tacchṛṇu //
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manmanā mama bhaktaśca mayi sarvārpitakriyaḥ
yathā mokṣamihāpnoti anyatra na tathā kvacit //
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etanmama puraṃ divyaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mahat
brahmādayo vijānanti ye ca siddhā mumukṣavaḥ
ataḥ priyamidaṃ kṣetram asmācceha ratirmama //
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vimuktaṃ na mayā yasmān mokṣyate vā kadācana
mama kṣetramidaṃ tasmād avimuktamiti smṛtam //
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naimiśe 'tha kurukṣetre gaṅgādvāre 'tha puṣkare
snānātsaṃsevanādvāpi na mokṣaḥ prāpyate yataḥ
iha samprāpyate yena tata etadviśiṣyate //
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prayāge vā bhavenmokṣa iha vā matparigrahāt
prayāgādapi tīrthāgryād idameva mahatsmṛtam //
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jaigīṣavyaḥ parāṃ siddhiṃ yo gataḥ sa mahātapāḥ
asya kṣetrasya māhātmyād bhaktyā ca mama bhāvataḥ //
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jaigīṣavyaguhā śreṣṭhā yogināṃ sthānamiṣyate
dhyāyatastatra māṃ nityaṃ yogāgnirdīpyate bhṛśam
kaivalyaṃ paramaṃ yāti devānāmapi durlabham //
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avyaktaliṅgairmunibhiḥ sarvasiddhāntavedibhiḥ
iha samprāpyate mokṣo durlabho 'nyatra karhicit //
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tebhyaścāhaṃ prayacchāmi yogaiśvaryamanuttamam
ātmanaścaiva sāyujyam īpsitaṃ sthānameva ca //
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kuberaḥ sa mahāyakṣas tathā sarvārpitakriyaḥ
kṣetrasaṃsevanāddevi gaṇeśatvamavāpa ha //
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saṃvarto bhavitā yaśca so 'pi bhaktyā mamaiva tu
ihaivārādhya māṃ devi siddhiṃ yāsyatyanuttamām //
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parāśarasuto yogī ṛṣirvyāso mahātapāḥ
dharmavaktā bhaviṣyaśca vedasaṃsthāpravartakaḥ
raṃsyate so 'pi padmākṣi kṣetre 'sminmunipuṃgavaḥ //
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brahmā devarṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ viṣṇurvāyurdivākaraḥ
devarājastathā śakro ye 'pi cānye divaukasaḥ
upāsate mahātmānaḥ sarve māmiha suvrate //
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anye ca yoginaḥ siddhāś channarūpā mahāvrate
ananyamanaso bhūtvā māmihopāsate sadā //
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alarkaśca purīmetāṃ matprasādādavāpsyati
sa caināṃ pūrvavatkṛtvā caturvarṇasamākulām //
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sphītāṃ janapadākīrṇāṃ bhuktvā ca suciraṃ nṛpaḥ
mayi sarvārpitaprāṇo māmeva pratipatsyate //
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tataḥ prabhṛti cārvaṅgi ye 'pi kṣetranivāsinaḥ
gṛhiṇo liṅgino vāpi madbhaktā matparāyaṇāḥ
matprasādādgamiṣyanti mokṣaṃ paramadurgamam //
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viṣayāsaktacitto 'pi tyaktadharmaratirnaraḥ
iha kṣetre mṛtaḥ so 'pi saṃsāraṃ na punarviśet //
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ye punarnirmamā dhīrāḥ sattvasthā vijitendriyāḥ
vratinaśca nirārambhāḥ sarvato mayi bhāvitāḥ //
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dehabhedaṃ samāsādya dhīmantaḥ saṅgavarjitāḥ
gatā eva paraṃ mokṣaṃ prasādānmama suvrate //
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janmāntarasahasreṣu yuñjanyogī yamāpnuyāt
tamihaiva paraṃ mokṣaṃ maraṇādadhigacchati //
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etatsaṃkṣepato devi kṣetrasyāsya mahatphalam
avimuktasya kathitaṃ mayā te guhyamuttamam //
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ataḥ parataraṃ nāsti kṣetraṃ guhyamitīśvari
etadbudhyanti yogajñā ye ca yogīśvarā bhuvi //
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etadeva paraṃ jñānam etadeva paraṃ śivam
etadeva paraṃ brahma etadeva paraṃ padam //
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vārāṇasīti bhuvanatrayasārabhūtā ramyā purī mama sadā girirājaputri
atrāgatā vividhaduṣkṛtakāriṇo 'pi pāpakṣayādvirajasaḥ pratibhānti martyāḥ //
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etatsmṛtaṃ priyatamaṃ mama devi nityaṃ kṣetraṃ vicitratarugulmanikāmapuṣpam
asminmṛtāstanubhṛtaḥ padamāpnuvanti mokṣākhyamenasi ratāpi na saṃśayo 'tra //
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iti skandapurāṇe triṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
etasminnantare devo devīṃ prāha girīndrajām
prayāma dātuṃ yakṣāya varaṃ bhaktāya bhāvini //
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bhakto mama varārohe tapasā hatakilbiṣaḥ
arho varamasau labdham asmatto bhuvaneśvari //
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evamuktvā tato devaḥ saha devyā jagatpatiḥ
jagāma yakṣo yatrāste kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ //
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇataṃ bhaktyā harikeśaṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ
divyaṃ cakṣuradāttasmai yenāpaśyatsa śaṃkaram //
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atha yakṣastadā vyāsa śanairunmīlya locane
apaśyatsagaṇaṃ devaṃ vṛṣaṃ caiva-m-upāśritam //
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balaṃ dadāni te pūrvaṃ traikālyaṃ darśanaṃ tathā
sāvarṇyaṃ ca śarīrasya paśya māṃ vigatajvaraḥ //
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tataḥ sa labdhvā tu varaṃ śarīreṇākṣatena ca
pādayoḥ praṇatastasthau kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim //
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uvāca sa tadā yakṣo varado 'smīti coditaḥ
bhagavanbhaktimagryāṃ tu tvayyananyāṃ vidhatsva me //
SkP_31.8
annadatvaṃ ca lokānāṃ gāṇapatyaṃ tathākṣayam
avimukte ca te sthāne paśyeyaṃ sarvadā yathā
etadicchāmi deveśa dattaṃ varamanuttamam //
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jarāmaraṇasaṃtyaktaḥ sarvaśokavivarjitaḥ
bhaviṣyasi gaṇādhyakṣo varadaḥ sarvapūjitaḥ //
SkP_31.10
ajayyaścāpi sarveṣāṃ yogaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ
annadaścāpi lokebhyaḥ kṣetrapālo bhaviṣyasi //
SkP_31.11
mahābalo mahāsattvo brahmaṇyo 'tha mama priyaḥ
tryakṣaśca daṇḍapāṇiśca mahāyogī tathaiva ca //
SkP_31.12
udbhramaḥ sambhramaścaiva gaṇau te paricārakau
tavājñayā kariṣyete lokasyodbhramasambhramau //
SkP_31.13
evaṃ sa bhagavānvyāsa yakṣaṃ kṛtvā gaṇeśvaram
jagāma dhāma deveśaḥ saha tena sureśvaraḥ //
SkP_31.14