Skandapurāṇa Adhyāya 96 E-text generated on July 20, 2022 from the original TeX files of: Bisschop, Peter C. and Yuko Yokochi, eds. The Skandapurāṇa. Vol. V. Adhyāyas 96-112. The Varāha Cycle and the Andhaka Cycle Continued. Critical Edition with an Introduction & Annotated English Synopsis, in cooperation with Sanne Dokter-Mersch and Judit Törzsök. Leiden: Brill, 2021. (SP V) https://brill.com/view/title/59532 SP0960010: vyāsa uvāca| SP0960011: tathā rājani daityendre trailokyādhipatau śubhe| SP0960012: dharaṇyāṃ caiva baddhāyāṃ sukhitāsu prajāsu ca|| 1|| SP0960021: sthānebhyaścyāvitā devā hyapratiṣṭhā mahābalāḥ| SP0960022: kimakurvanta duḥkhārtā etannaḥ śaṃsa sarvaśaḥ|| 2|| SP0960030: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0960031: śṛṇu dharmajña devānāmavasthā yā babhūva ha| SP0960032: yadakurvanta duḥkhārtāstacca sarvaṃ yathātatham|| 3|| SP0960041: havyavāho 'gnirabhavaddevānāṃ bhāgavardhanaḥ| SP0960042: taṃ nirasya tadā daityo vahnimanyaṃ cakāra ha|| 4|| SP0960051: tasminkarmaṇi viprendra mantrāstadanugābhavan| SP0960052: daityadānavabhāgānāṃ vaktāraḥ śubhasādhakāḥ|| 5|| SP0960061: tato yajñaḥ svayaṃ daityānupatasthe mahātmanaḥ| SP0960062: yajñe gate ca daityendrāndevāḥ sarve mṛtā iva|| 6|| SP0960071: abhavannaṣṭasaṃjñāśca mandavīryaparākramāḥ| SP0960072: niḥśrīkāśca nirudyogā nirānandā nirutsukāḥ|| 7|| SP0960081: mantradagdhā yathā sarpā vajrapiṣṭā ivācalāḥ| SP0960082: garutmatābhisaṃdaṣṭā bhujagā iva nirviṣāḥ| SP0960083: vihīnādbhiryathā vṛkṣā bāndhavairvāpi yoṣitaḥ|| 8|| SP0960091: tathā te devatā vyāsa hṛtarājyā hṛtaśriyaḥ| SP0960092: cintayanti hṛdā caiva śuṣyanti vilapanti ca|| 9|| SP0960101: atha devaḥ svayaṃbhūstāñjñātvā devāṃstathāvidhān| SP0960102: vimānenārkavarṇena provācedaṃ pitāmahaḥ|| 10|| SP0960111: bho devā naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ stha kimarthaṃ duḥkhitā bhṛśam| SP0960112: tapoyogabalaṃ vo 'dya dadāni surapuṃgavāḥ|| 11|| SP0960121: yūyaṃ lokasya kartāro hartāraścaiva sarvaśaḥ| SP0960122: na yuktaṃ bhavatāmetatklīvavatsthātumadya vai|| 12|| SP0960131: svaṃ ca yogaṃ madīyaṃ ca tyaktvā duḥkhaṃ mahābalāḥ| SP0960132: pratipadyata mā śoke svayaṃ devāḥ pravartata|| 13|| SP0960141: na tamo bhāskarādyuktaṃ na somāduṣṇatā yathā| SP0960142: nāgnestuṣāraśca yathā nāmṛtaṃ bhujagādapi|| 14|| SP0960151: nāsādhoḥ sādhubhāvaśca na kulīnādaśobhanam| SP0960152: nādharmo niyamebhyaśca na vedebhyaśca durmatiḥ|| 15|| SP0960161: tathā na yuktaṃ yuṣmākamidaṃ devā mahātmanām| SP0960162: āpatsu na viṣīdanti ye kecittejasi sthitāḥ|| 16|| SP0960171: te yūyamāpadaṃ prāpya na śokaṃ kartumarhatha| SP0960172: mā bhavanto 'vasīdantu rājyaṃ bhūyo bhaviṣyati|| 17|| SP0960181: mahāyogabalopeto hiraṇyākṣo 'dya devatāḥ| SP0960182: aśakyo hantumalpena tejasā ditinandanaḥ|| 18|| SP0960191: pratīkṣantu bhavanto 'sya tapasaḥ kṣayamavyayāḥ| SP0960192: kṣīṇe tapasi daityendraṃ yuddhe viṣṇurvadhiṣyati|| 19|| SP0960200: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0960201: ta evaṃ brahmaṇā proktā labdhayogāḥ sureśvarāḥ| SP0960202: praṇamya sarvabhūtānāṃ sraṣṭāramidamabruvan|| 20|| SP0960211: hṛtāni no mahāyoga sthānāni ditinandanaiḥ| SP0960212: kva tiṣṭhāma vayaṃ brūhi diśa naḥ sthānamavyayam|| 21|| SP0960220: pitāmaha uvāca| SP0960221: hṛtāni sarvasthānāni yuṣmākaṃ viditaṃ mayā| SP0960222: śṛṇudhvaṃ yatra vastavyaṃ yuṣmābhiryogamāyayā|| 22|| SP0960231: yūyaṃ sarvaśarīreṣu yogādvasata sattamāḥ| SP0960232: prajānāṃ sarvato devāstato vṛttimavāpsyatha|| 23|| SP0960241: teṣāmaśitapītaiśca saṃskāraiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ| SP0960242: pṛthivī nāgabaddhāpi yuṣmānāpyāyayiṣyati|| 24|| SP0960250: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0960251: ta evamuktā devena devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ| SP0960252: tathā cakruryathovāca brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ|| 25|| SP0960261: te 'vartayanta satataṃ tatrasthāḥ surasattamāḥ| SP0960262: caturyugamupāsanta lokadhāturmate sthitāḥ|| 26|| SP0960271: atha yogāddhiraṇyākṣaḥ prajāsu samavasthitān| SP0960272: surānapaśyadyogātmā cukopa sa ca tānprati|| 27|| SP0960281: yasminyasminnapaśyacca suraṃ sa samavasthitam| SP0960282: avadhīttaṃ tamabhyetya tadā dānavasattamaḥ|| 28|| SP0960291: ahaṃ prajāḥ sadodyukto rakṣāmi satataṃ bhayāt| SP0960292: mamaiva tā durācārā vidviṣo vardhayantyuta|| 29|| SP0960301: kṛtaghnāḥ svāmighātinyo duṣpūrā duṣṭacetasāḥ| SP0960302: mama śatrūnimānduṣṭānannapānādibhiḥ sadā| SP0960303: āpyāyayanti durvṛttā daṇḍārhā me matāstataḥ|| 30|| SP0960311: evaṃ niścintya daityendro nairghṛṇyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ| SP0960312: yatra tatra gatāḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ sarvatra so 'vadhīt|| 31|| SP0960321: palvalāni taḍāgāni nadīprasravaṇāni ca| SP0960322: sarvāṇyeva tadā yogādaśoṣayata dānavaḥ|| 32|| SP0960331: auṣadhyo 'kṛṣṭapacyāśca yā hyāsaṃstasya suvrata| SP0960332: vyanāśayatsa tāścāpi vṛkṣavallīraśoṣayat|| 33|| SP0960341: tannaṣṭavṛkṣakṣupavallipallavaṃ tathauṣadhīprasravaṇodakāśayam| SP0960342: sarittaḍāgāvaṭaśuṣkapalvalaṃ jagadbabhau kacchapapṛṣṭhasaṃnibham|| 34|| SP0960351: pranaṣṭavarṇāśramadharmasaṃyamaṃ vinaṣṭaghoṣavrajapakṣimānuṣam| SP0960352: dvipāśvapaśvādigaṇairvināditaṃ yugāntakālāgnisudagdhavajjagat|| 35|| SP0969999: iti skandapurāṇe ṣaṇnavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ||