Skandapurāṇa Adhyāya 24 E-text generated on February 22, 2017 from the original TeX files of: Adriaensen, R., H.T. Bakker and H. Isaacson, eds. The Skandapurāṇa. Vol. I. Adhyāyas 1-25. Critically Edited with Prolegomena and English Synopsis. Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 1998. SP0240010: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0240011: te gaṇeśā mahāsattvāḥ sarve deveśvareśvarāḥ| SP0240012: praṇamya devaṃ devīṃ ca idaṃ vacanamabruvan|| 1|| SP0240021: bhagavandevatārighna devadevāmbikāpate| SP0240022: kimarthaṃ vayamāhūtā ājñāpaya kṛtaṃ hi tat|| 2|| SP0240031: kiṃ sāgarāñchoṣayāmo yamaṃ vā saha kiṃkaraiḥ| SP0240032: hanmo mṛtyumutāmṛtyurna bhavatvadya padmajaḥ|| 3|| SP0240041: baddhvendraṃ saha devaiśca saviṣṇuṃ saha vāyunā| SP0240042: ānayāmaḥ susaṃkruddhā daityānvā saha dānavaiḥ|| 4|| SP0240051: kasyādya vyasanaṃ ghoraṃ kariṣyāmastavājñayā| SP0240052: kasya vādyotsavaṃ deva sarvakāmasamṛddhimat|| 5|| SP0240061: tāṃstathāvādinaḥ sarvānnamato bhaktavatsalaḥ| SP0240062: uvāca devaḥ sampūjya gaṇāngaṇapatirbhavaḥ|| 6|| SP0240070: deva uvāca| SP0240071: śṛṇudhvaṃ yatkṛte yūyamihāhūtā jagaddhitāḥ| SP0240072: śrutvā ca prayatātmānaḥ kurudhvaṃ tadaśaṅkitāḥ|| 7|| SP0240081: nandīśvaro 'yaṃ putro naḥ sarveṣāmīśvareśvaraḥ| SP0240082: priyo 'granāyakaścaiva senānīrvaḥ samāhitaḥ|| 8|| SP0240091: tamimaṃ mama saṃdeśādyūyaṃ sarve 'bhisaṃmatāḥ| SP0240092: senānyamabhiṣiñcadhvaṃ mahāyogapatiṃ patim|| 9|| SP0240101: adyaprabhṛti yuṣmākamayaṃ nandīśvaraḥ śubhaḥ| SP0240102: priyo gauravayuktaśca senānīramaraḥ prabhuḥ|| 10|| SP0240110: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0240111: evamukte bhagavatā gaṇapāḥ sarva eva te| SP0240112: evamastviti saṃmantrya sambhārānāharaṃstataḥ|| 11|| SP0240121: tasya rūpāśrayaṃ divyaṃ jāmbūnadamayaṃ śubham| SP0240122: āsanaṃ merusaṃkāśaṃ manoramamathāharan|| 12|| SP0240131: śātakumbhamayaṃ cāpi cārucāmīkaraprabham| SP0240132: muktādāmāvalambaṃ ca maṇiratnāvabhāsitam|| 13|| SP0240141: stambhaiśca vaiḍūryamayaiḥ kiṅkiṇījālasaṃvṛtam| SP0240142: cāruratnakasaṃyuktaṃ maṇḍapaṃ viśvatomukham| SP0240143: kṛtvā cakruśca tanmadhye tadāsanavaraṃ śubham|| 14|| SP0240151: tasyāgrataḥ pādapīṭhaṃ nīlaṃ vajrāvabhāsitam| SP0240152: cakruḥ pādapratiṣṭhārthaṃ kalaśau cāsya pārśvagau| SP0240153: sampūrṇau paramāmbhobhiraravindāvṛtānanau|| 15|| SP0240161: agrato 'gniṃ samādhāya vṛṣabhaṃ cāpi pārśvataḥ| SP0240162: savatsāṃ surabhiṃ cāpi tasya pārśve 'tha dakṣiṇe|| 16|| SP0240171: chattraṃ śataśalākaṃ ca jāmbūnadamayaṃ śubham| SP0240172: śaṅkhahārāmbugaureṇa pṛṣṭhenābhivirājitam|| 17|| SP0240181: vyajanaṃ candraśubhraṃ ca hemadaṇḍaṃ sucārumat| SP0240182: mālāṃ kuśeśayānāṃ ca bhramarāvalisevitām|| 18|| SP0240191: āninyustatra gaṇapā nandyāvartāṃśca kāñcanān| SP0240192: punarvasuṃ ca puṣyaṃ ca dvau matsyau varuṇālayau|| 19|| SP0240201: svastikaṃ vardhamānaṃ ca śrīvatsaṃ caiva kāñcanam| SP0240202: kīcakā veṇavaścaiva kanyā caivābhipūjitā|| 20|| SP0240211: airāvataṃ supratīkaṃ gajāvetau ca pūjitau| SP0240212: dhvajaṃ ca pūjitaṃ divyaṃ śaṅkhaṃ caivenduvarcasam|| 21|| SP0240221: kalaśānāṃ sahasraṃ ca kāñcanānāṃ suvarcasām| SP0240222: rājatānāṃ sahasraṃ ca pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca|| 22|| SP0240231: tāmrāṇāmatha divyānāṃ sahasramanalatviṣām| SP0240232: vāsoyugaṃ vṛkṣajaṃ ca virajaḥ sūkṣmameva ca|| 23|| SP0240241: mukuṭaṃ kāñcanaṃ caiva sukṛtaṃ viśvakarmaṇā| SP0240242: kuṇḍale cāmale divye vajraṃ caiva varāyudham|| 24|| SP0240251: paṭṭisaṃ ca mahaddivyaṃ śūlaṃ cāśanimeva ca| SP0240252: jāmbūnadamayaṃ sūtraṃ keyūradvayameva ca|| 25|| SP0240261: hāraṃ ca maṇicitrāṅgaṃ rocanārucakaṃ tathā| SP0240262: †nalabhāṃ pāriyātraṃ ca varṣaṃ kaṅkaṇimeva ca†|| 26|| SP0240271: darbhāṃśca divyāṃ samidhamājyaṃ dhūpamathāpi ca| SP0240272: samantānninyuravyagrā gaṇapā devasaṃmatāḥ|| 27|| SP0240281: tato diśaḥ samudrāśca varuṇaḥ sadhaneśvaraḥ| SP0240282: yamo 'gnirvasavaścaiva candrādityau grahaiḥ saha|| 28|| SP0240291: tārārūpāṇi sarvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi dhruvastathā| SP0240292: rudrā rakṣāṃsi yakṣāśca aśvinau daityadānavāḥ|| 29|| SP0240301: gandharvāpsarasaścaiva nāradaḥ parvatastathā| SP0240302: pṛthivī ca samudrāśca varṣāṇi girayastathā|| 30|| SP0240311: vṛkṣāśca vīrudhaścaiva oṣadhyaśca mahābalāḥ| SP0240312: nadyaḥ sarvāḥ samājagmuḥ paśavaścaiva sarvaśaḥ|| 31|| SP0240321: lokasya mātaraścaiva pṛthivī svarga eva ca| SP0240322: bhūtāni prakṛtiścaiva indriyāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ|| 32|| SP0240331: tīrthāni caiva sarvāṇi dānāni vividhāni ca| SP0240332: ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni atharvāṅgirasāvapi|| 33|| SP0240341: yajñāśca kratavaścaiva iṣṭayo niyamāstathā| SP0240342: chandāṃsi caiva sarvāṇi piśācā devayonayaḥ| SP0240343: brahmā ca ṛṣayaścaiva viṣṇuḥ sānucarastathā|| 34|| SP0240351: teṣvāgateṣu sarveṣu bhagavāngovṛṣadhvajaḥ| SP0240352: sarvakāryavidhiṃ kartumādideśa pitāmaham|| 35|| SP0240361: ekaikaṃ kalaśaṃ tatra sarvauṣadhisamanvitam| SP0240362: kṛtvādbhiḥ pūrayitvā ca kuśeśayamukhāvṛtam|| 36|| SP0240371: jayāṃ ca vijayāṃ caiva siṃhīṃ vyāghrīṃ tathaiva ca| SP0240372: suvarcalāṃ śaṅkhapuṣpīṃ viṣṇukrāntāṃ punarnavām|| 37|| SP0240381: kumārīṃ candrakāntāṃ ca mṛtasaṃjīvanīmapi| SP0240382: ādityavarcasaṃ caiva amṛtāṃ śrīniketanām|| 38|| SP0240391: tathā kumudvatīṃ caiva prākṣipaṃsteṣvathauṣadhīḥ| SP0240392: pārthiveṣu tadā vyāsa sarveṣveva gaṇeśvarāḥ|| 39|| SP0240401: sauvarṇeṣu tu sarveṣu tīrthāni vividhāni ca| SP0240402: dānāni caiva sarvāṇi bhagavānsaṃnyaveśayat|| 40|| SP0240411: rājateṣu ca kumbheṣu mantrāṃśchandāṃsi caiva ha| SP0240412: kratūnanyāṃśca vividhā iṣṭīḥ kāmyāṃstathetarān|| 41|| SP0240421: audumbareṣu sarveṣu saritaḥ sāgarāṃstathā| SP0240422: tapāṃsi niyamāṃścaiva bhagavānabhyavinyasat|| 42|| SP0240431: ekaikaṃ kalaśaṃ tatra abhipūryābhimantrya ca| SP0240432: veṣṭayitvā ca sūtreṇa devebhyaḥ pradadau vibhuḥ|| 43|| SP0240441: sa jagrāha tadā brahmā ekaṃ kalaśamātmanā| SP0240442: viṣṇave ca dadāvekamekamindrāya dhīmate| SP0240443: gaṇapebhyastathā cānyānṛṣibhyaśca pitāmahaḥ|| 44|| SP0240451: tatastamāsane tasminnupaveśya mahāmanāḥ| SP0240452: arcayitvā tato brahmā svayamevābhyaṣiñcata|| 45|| SP0240461: tato viṣṇustataḥ śakro ṛṣayaśca sahāmaraiḥ| SP0240462: gaṇādhipāśca sarve te abhyaṣiñcanta nandinam|| 46|| SP0240471: vāsoyugaṃ ca taddivyaṃ gandhāndivyāṃstathaiva ca| SP0240472: keyūre kuṇḍale caiva mukuṭaṃ hārameva ca| SP0240473: paṭṭisaṃ śūlavajre ca aśanīṃ ca dadau svayam|| 47|| SP0240481: chattraṃ jagrāha devendro vāyurvyajanameva ca| SP0240482: ṛṣayastuṣṭuvuścaiva pitāmahapurogamāḥ|| 48|| SP0240490: viṣṇuruvāca| SP0240491: namaḥ kuṣmāṇḍarājāya vajrodyatakarāya ca| SP0240492: śālaṅkāyanapautrāya halamārgotthitāya ca|| 49|| SP0240501: śilādasya ca putrāya rudrajapyakarāya ca| SP0240502: rudrabhaktāya devāya namo 'ntarjalaśāyine|| 50|| SP0240511: gaṇānāṃ pataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ| SP0240512: umāputrāya devāya paṭṭisāyudhadhāriṇe|| 51|| SP0240521: namo daṃṣṭrākarālāya lalāṭanayanāya ca| SP0240522: pramathāya vareṇyāya īśānāyārpitāya ca|| 52|| SP0240531: dvārādhyakṣāya śūrāya suyaśāpataye namaḥ| SP0240532: namaḥ pravaramālāya kṣīrodanilayāya ca|| 53|| SP0240541: mahāgaṇādhipataye mahāyogeśvarāya ca| SP0240542: diṇḍimuṇḍāya caṇḍāya ekākṣararatāya ca|| 54|| SP0240551: akṣayāyāmṛtāyaiva ajarāyāmarāya ca| SP0240552: paśūnāṃ pataye caiva jetre mṛtyostathaiva ca|| 55|| SP0240561: namaḥ pavanavegāya sarvajñāyājitāya ca| SP0240562: anekaśirase caiva anekacaraṇāya ca|| 56|| SP0240571: kirīṭine kuṇḍaline mahāparighabāhave| SP0240572: sarvāndevāngaṇāṃścaiva pāhi deva namo 'stu te|| 57|| SP0240580: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0240581: evaṃ stutvā tato devastasmai vyāsa mahātmane| SP0240582: prāñjaliḥ prayato bhūtvā jayaśabdaṃ cakāra ha|| 58|| SP0240591: tato gaṇā jayetyūcustato devāstato 'surāḥ| SP0240592: tataḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni brahmā śakrastathaiva ca|| 59|| SP0240601: tataḥ śaṅkhāṃśca bherīṃśca paṭahāḍambarāṃstathā| SP0240602: vaṃśāṃśca paṇavāṃścaiva kṛkavāngoviṣāṇikān|| 60|| SP0240611: diṇḍimānveṇukāṃścaiva mardalāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ| SP0240612: avādayanta gaṇapā harṣayanto mudā yutāḥ|| 61|| SP0240620: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0240621: nandīśvarasya ya imaṃ stavaṃ devābhinirmitam| SP0240622: paṭheta satataṃ martyaḥ sa gacchenmama lokatām|| 62|| SP0240631: namo nandīśvarāyeti kṛtvā yaḥ svapnamācaret| SP0240632: tasya kuṣmāṇḍarājebhyo na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit|| 63|| SP0240641: yatrāyaṃ sthāpyate nityaṃ stavaḥ paramapūjitaḥ| SP0240642: na bhayaṃ tatra bhavati grahebhyo vyāsa sarvadā|| 64|| SP0240651: nandīśvaraṃ ye praṇamanti martyā nityaṃ prasannendriyaśuddhasattvāḥ| SP0240652: te devadevasya sahādriputryā iṣṭā variṣṭhāśca gaṇā bhavanti|| 65|| SP0249999: iti skandapurāṇe caturviṃśatimo 'dhyāyaḥ||