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।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। ब्रह्मरुद्रौ महेन्द्रादीन्संधानायाऽसुरैः सह।। आज्ञाप्य जग्मतुः स्वंस्वं धाम देवा रसां मुने ।। १ ।। समयोचितभाषाविद्वासवो नीतियुक्तिभिः ।। प्रलोभ्य फलभागेन सन्धिं चक्रेऽसुरैः सह ।। ।। २ ।। ततो देवासुरगणा मिलिता वारिधेस्तटे ।। महौषधीरुपानीय बहुशो निदधुर्द्रुतम् ।। ३ ।। मन्दराद्रिमुपेत्याऽथ नानौषधिविराजितम् ।। मूलादुत्पाट्य ते सर्वे नेतुमब्धिं समुद्यताः ।। ४ ।। एकादशसहस्राणि योजनानां भुवि स्थितम् ।। नोद्धर्तुमशकंस्ते तं तदानीं तुष्टुवुर्हरिम् ।। ५ ।। एतद्विदित्वा भगवान्संकर्षणमहीश्वरम् ।। अजिज्ञपत्तमुद्धर्तुं बद्धमूलं महीधरम् ।। ६ ।। फूत्कारमात्रेणैकेन स तु सद्यस्तमीश्वरः ।। बहिश्चिक्षेप तत्स्थानाद्योजनद्वितयान्तरे ।। ७ ।। अत्याश्चर्यं तदालोक्य हृष्टाः सर्वे सुरासुराः ।। तदन्तिकमुपाजग्मुर्द्धावन्तश्च कृतारवाः ।। ८ ।। बलिनो यत्नवन्तोपि परिघोपमबाहवः ।। उद्धृत्य नेतुं नो शेकुर्विषण्णा विफलश्रमाः ।। ९ ।। ज्ञात्वा सुरगणान्खिन्नान्भगवान्सर्वदर्शनः ।। तार्क्ष्यमाज्ञापयामास नेतुं तमुदधिं द्रुतम् ।। 2.9.11.१० ।। सहावरणमप्यण्डं लीलया धर्त्तुमीश्वरः ।। मनोवेगः स तत्रेत्य निजत्रोट्यैव तं गिरिम् ।। उत्पाट्य सागरतटे निधाय हरिमाययौ ।। ११ ।। ततः संहृष्टमनसः सर्वे कश्यपनन्दनाः ।। वासुकिं चाह्वयामासुः सुधाभागप्रतिज्ञया ।। १२ ।। स तत्रागादथो सर्वे तेऽब्धिं मन्थितुमुद्यताः ।। तानपान्निधिरागत्य मूर्त्तिमानब्रवीद्वचः ।। १३ ।। यदि दास्यथ मे यूयममृतांशं सुरासुराः ।। सोढास्मि विपुलं तर्हि मन्दरभ्रमणार्द्दनम् ।। १४ ।। तथेति ते प्रतिज्ञाय क्षिप्त्वादावोषधीलताः ।। परिविव्युर्न्नागराजं तस्मिन्काञ्चनपर्वते ।। १५ ।। ततो देवा हृदि हरिं सस्मरुः कार्यसिद्धये ।। स्मृतमात्रः स तत्राऽगादच्युतः सर्वदर्शनः ।। १६ ।। तमालोक्यामरगणा मुदिताः फणिनां पतेः ।। पुरोभागं गृहीत्वैव तस्थुस्तेनानुमोदिताः ।। १७ ।। देवतापक्षपातित्वं सूचयन्स्वस्य च प्रभुः ।। यत्र देवास्तत्र तस्थौ ततो दैत्यास्तु चुक्रुधुः ।। १८ ।। तपोविद्यावयोज्येष्ठा अधोभागममङ्गलम् ।। कथं तिरश्चो गृह्णीमो नेदृङ्मूर्खा वयं त्विति ।। १९ ।। सह देवैस्ततो विष्णुः स्वयं तान्मानयन्निव ।। प्रहस्य दत्त्वा प्राग्भागं सुरान्पुच्छमजिग्रहत् ।। 2.9.11.२० ।। महाहिविषफूत्कारदाहादमररक्षणम् ।। चरित्रमेतच्छ्रीभर्तुरिति दैत्या न ते विदुः ।। २१ ।। तत उत्तोलयामासुः स्वर्णसान्वालिभास्वरम् ।। मन्दरं काश्यपेयास्ते चर्मिकाबद्धकच्छकाः ।। २२ ।। द्वाविंशतिसहस्राणि योजनानां तमुच्छ्रितम् ।। अम्भोनिधौ निदधिरे क्रोशन्तोत्यर्थमुत्सुकाः ।। २३ ।। धार्यमाणोप्यनाधारस्तैरद्रिरतिगौरवात् ।। ययावधस्तलं सद्यस्तदासंस्तेऽतिविह्वलाः ।। २४ ।। तदा स भगवान्साक्षात्सर्वथा भक्तकार्यकृत् ।। स्तूयमानोमरैरद्रिमुद्दघ्रे कमठाकृतिः ।। २५ ।। उत्थितं तमवेक्ष्याशु सर्वे फुल्लहृदाननाः ।। बभूवुश्च स्थिरः सोऽभूत्कूर्मपृष्ठेतिविस्तृते ।। २६ ।। ततो ममन्थुस्तरसा यावद्बलमपांनिधिम् ।। श्रमफूत्कारवदना देवादयोऽदयम् ।। २७ ।। भ्राम्यमाणात्ततस्त्वद्रेर्बहवोन्यपतन्दुमाः ।। ऊर्द्ध्वद्रुघर्षजो वह्निस्तत्स्थ सिंहादिमादहत् ।। २८ ।। तत्र नाना जलचरा विनिपिष्टा महाद्रिणा ।। विलयं समुपाजग्मुः शतशः क्षीरवारिधौ ।। २९ ।। सांवर्त्तकमहामेघसङ्घगर्ज्जितवन्महान् ।। आसीन्मंथननादश्च प्रतिध्वनिविवर्द्धितः ।। 2.9.11.३० ।। अत्याकर्षणखिन्नाङ्गवासुकर्म्मुखकृत्कृतैः ।। हतौजसोऽतिखिन्नाश्च दैत्या निङ्गालवद्बभुः ।। ३१ ।। अविषह्यं विषाग्निं च मर्षन्ति बहुधा मुहुः ।। लम्बन्ते स्माहिराजस्य सहस्रं वदनान्यधः ।। ३२ ।। दधार सहसा तानि भगवन्प्रेरितो विभुः ।। संकर्षणो महातेजाः सहमानो विषानलम् ।। ३३ ।। सहस्रमेकं वर्षाणां मथ्यमानात्पयोनिधेः ।। हालाहलं विषमभूदुत्सर्पद्विदिशो दिशः ।। ३४ ।। यदाहुः कालकूटाख्यं सर्वलोकातिदाहकम् ।। तेन दन्दह्यमानाङ्गास्ते तु चक्रुः पलायनम् ।। ३५ ।। ततो ब्रह्मा प्रजेशाश्च देवाः सर्वेप्युमापतिम् ।। प्रार्थयंस्तस्य पानार्थं स्तुवन्तः स्तुतिभिर्मुने ।।३६।। भगवानथ तं प्राह सुराणामग्रजो भवान् ।। भवतीत्यग्रजं वार्द्धेर्गृहाणेदं विषं शिव ।। ३७ ।। देवानां स भयं दृष्ट्वा करुणश्चाज्ञया हरेः ।। आकर्षद्योगकलया विषं पाणितलेऽखिलम् ।। ३८ ।। पपौ तत्कण्ठमध्ये च शोषयामास तत्क्षणम् ।। नीलकण्ठ इति ख्यातः शंकराख्यश्च पऽभवत्।। ३९ ।। पास्यतस्तस्य पाणेर्ये पतिता भुविबिन्दवः ।। तान्नागा वृश्चिकाद्याश्च जगृहुः काश्चनौषधीः ।। 2.9.11.४० ।। ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवासुदेवमाहात्म्येऽमृतमन्थने विषोत्पत्तिर्नामैकादशोऽध्यायः ।। ११ ।।

|| skanda uvāca || brahmarudrau mahendrādīnsaṃdhānāyā'suraiḥ saha|| ājñāpya jagmatuḥ svaṃsvaṃ dhāma devā rasāṃ mune || 1 || samayocitabhāṣāvidvāsavo nītiyuktibhiḥ || pralobhya phalabhāgena sandhiṃ cakre'suraiḥ saha || || 2 || tato devāsuragaṇā militā vāridhestaṭe || mahauṣadhīrupānīya bahuśo nidadhurdrutam || 3 || mandarādrimupetyā'tha nānauṣadhivirājitam || mūlādutpāṭya te sarve netumabdhiṃ samudyatāḥ || 4 || ekādaśasahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ bhuvi sthitam || noddhartumaśakaṃste taṃ tadānīṃ tuṣṭuvurharim || 5 || etadviditvā bhagavānsaṃkarṣaṇamahīśvaram || ajijñapattamuddhartuṃ baddhamūlaṃ mahīdharam || 6 || phūtkāramātreṇaikena sa tu sadyastamīśvaraḥ || bahiścikṣepa tatsthānādyojanadvitayāntare || 7 || atyāścaryaṃ tadālokya hṛṣṭāḥ sarve surāsurāḥ || tadantikamupājagmurddhāvantaśca kṛtāravāḥ || 8 || balino yatnavantopi parighopamabāhavaḥ || uddhṛtya netuṃ no śekurviṣaṇṇā viphalaśramāḥ || 9 || jñātvā suragaṇānkhinnānbhagavānsarvadarśanaḥ || tārkṣyamājñāpayāmāsa netuṃ tamudadhiṃ drutam || 2.9.11.10 || sahāvaraṇamapyaṇḍaṃ līlayā dharttumīśvaraḥ || manovegaḥ sa tatretya nijatroṭyaiva taṃ girim || utpāṭya sāgarataṭe nidhāya harimāyayau || 11 || tataḥ saṃhṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve kaśyapanandanāḥ || vāsukiṃ cāhvayāmāsuḥ sudhābhāgapratijñayā || 12 || sa tatrāgādatho sarve te'bdhiṃ manthitumudyatāḥ || tānapānnidhirāgatya mūrttimānabravīdvacaḥ || 13 || yadi dāsyatha me yūyamamṛtāṃśaṃ surāsurāḥ || soḍhāsmi vipulaṃ tarhi mandarabhramaṇārddanam || 14 || tatheti te pratijñāya kṣiptvādāvoṣadhīlatāḥ || parivivyurnnāgarājaṃ tasminkāñcanaparvate || 15 || tato devā hṛdi hariṃ sasmaruḥ kāryasiddhaye || smṛtamātraḥ sa tatrā'gādacyutaḥ sarvadarśanaḥ || 16 || tamālokyāmaragaṇā muditāḥ phaṇināṃ pateḥ || purobhāgaṃ gṛhītvaiva tasthustenānumoditāḥ || 17 || devatāpakṣapātitvaṃ sūcayansvasya ca prabhuḥ || yatra devāstatra tasthau tato daityāstu cukrudhuḥ || 18 || tapovidyāvayojyeṣṭhā adhobhāgamamaṅgalam || kathaṃ tiraśco gṛhṇīmo nedṛṅmūrkhā vayaṃ tviti || 19 || saha devaistato viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ tānmānayanniva || prahasya dattvā prāgbhāgaṃ surānpucchamajigrahat || 2.9.11.20 || mahāhiviṣaphūtkāradāhādamararakṣaṇam || caritrametacchrībharturiti daityā na te viduḥ || 21 || tata uttolayāmāsuḥ svarṇasānvālibhāsvaram || mandaraṃ kāśyapeyāste carmikābaddhakacchakāḥ || 22 || dvāviṃśatisahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ tamucchritam || ambhonidhau nidadhire krośantotyarthamutsukāḥ || 23 || dhāryamāṇopyanādhārastairadriratigauravāt || yayāvadhastalaṃ sadyastadāsaṃste'tivihvalāḥ || 24 || tadā sa bhagavānsākṣātsarvathā bhaktakāryakṛt || stūyamānomarairadrimuddaghre kamaṭhākṛtiḥ || 25 || utthitaṃ tamavekṣyāśu sarve phullahṛdānanāḥ || babhūvuśca sthiraḥ so'bhūtkūrmapṛṣṭhetivistṛte || 26 || tato mamanthustarasā yāvadbalamapāṃnidhim || śramaphūtkāravadanā devādayo'dayam || 27 || bhrāmyamāṇāttatastvadrerbahavonyapatandumāḥ || ūrddhvadrugharṣajo vahnistatstha siṃhādimādahat || 28 || tatra nānā jalacarā vinipiṣṭā mahādriṇā || vilayaṃ samupājagmuḥ śataśaḥ kṣīravāridhau || 29 || sāṃvarttakamahāmeghasaṅghagarjjitavanmahān || āsīnmaṃthananādaśca pratidhvanivivarddhitaḥ || 2.9.11.30 || atyākarṣaṇakhinnāṅgavāsukarmmukhakṛtkṛtaiḥ || hataujaso'tikhinnāśca daityā niṅgālavadbabhuḥ || 31 || aviṣahyaṃ viṣāgniṃ ca marṣanti bahudhā muhuḥ || lambante smāhirājasya sahasraṃ vadanānyadhaḥ || 32 || dadhāra sahasā tāni bhagavanprerito vibhuḥ || saṃkarṣaṇo mahātejāḥ sahamāno viṣānalam || 33 || sahasramekaṃ varṣāṇāṃ mathyamānātpayonidheḥ || hālāhalaṃ viṣamabhūdutsarpadvidiśo diśaḥ || 34 || yadāhuḥ kālakūṭākhyaṃ sarvalokātidāhakam || tena dandahyamānāṅgāste tu cakruḥ palāyanam || 35 || tato brahmā prajeśāśca devāḥ sarvepyumāpatim || prārthayaṃstasya pānārthaṃ stuvantaḥ stutibhirmune ||36|| bhagavānatha taṃ prāha surāṇāmagrajo bhavān || bhavatītyagrajaṃ vārddhergṛhāṇedaṃ viṣaṃ śiva || 37 || devānāṃ sa bhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā karuṇaścājñayā hareḥ || ākarṣadyogakalayā viṣaṃ pāṇitale'khilam || 38 || papau tatkaṇṭhamadhye ca śoṣayāmāsa tatkṣaṇam || nīlakaṇṭha iti khyātaḥ śaṃkarākhyaśca pa'bhavat|| 39 || pāsyatastasya pāṇerye patitā bhuvibindavaḥ || tānnāgā vṛścikādyāśca jagṛhuḥ kāścanauṣadhīḥ || 2.9.11.40 || || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye'mṛtamanthane viṣotpattirnāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 11 ||

English translation

Note: The belief in the existence of an immortality-giving liquid medicine and how it was churned out of the sea by Devas and Asuras and how the Asuras were cheated by Viṣṇu in a female form is found in most Purāṇas and Mbh.

Skanda said :

1. Having ordered Mahendra and others ot have consultation with Asuras, Gods Brahmā and Rudra went to their respective residence. And Devas went to the earth.

2. Indra who was expert in making speech suitable for bringing about an understanding, tempted them (i.e. Asuras) with the offer of a share in the fruit (of the joint effort) with (arguments of) skilful stratagems of policy and entered into an agreement with the Asuras.

3. Then multitudes of Devas and Asuras gathered on the shore of the sea. Bringing huge quantities of medicinal plants of great potency they quickly deposited them in the sea.

4. Then they approached Mount Mandara [1] which looked splendid with various kinds of medicinal plants. All of them got eagerly engaged in uprooting it from its bottom.

5. As they could not uproot it, since it had roots eleven thousand Yojanas deep in the earth, they praised Hari .

6. Knowing it, the Lord ordered Saṅkarṣaṇa , the Lord of the earth, to extract the mountain which was firmly rooted.

7. Immediately with one hissing only, the Lord hurled it from that place to a distance of two Yojanas.

8. Seeing the extremely wonderous feat, all Suras and Asuras were highly delighted. Shouting loudly, they went a-running and reached near it.

9. Powerful and endowed with arms like iron bars for locking doors, they could not lift it up to carry, though they tried their best. Due to the fruitlessness of their labour, they became sad.

10. The Lord who sees everything, knew that all the multitudes of Devas were dejected. He ordered Garuḍa to take it immediately to the sea.

11. He (Garuḍa) who was powerful enough to hold (lift) the Cosmic Egg along with its sheaths, and whose speed was like that of mind, came there and with his beak he lifted the mountain, deposited it near the sea and returned to Hari.

12. Then all the sons of Kaśyapa (i.e. Suras and Asuras) with delighted minds visited Vāsuki with a solemn promise to give share in the Nectar.

13. Then all of them went to the sea. They became ready to churn it, when the sea presented himself in person and spoke as follows:

14. “O Suras and Asuras! If you will give me some share of the Nectar I shall bear the torments of the churning with Mandara.”

15. Promising him to do so, they first ṃrew in it medicinal plants and creepers, and wound the king of Nāgas (Cobras) round that golden mountain.

16. Then Devas remembered Hari in their hearts for (getting) success in the undertaking. Acyuta who sees everything came there the moment they remembered him.

17. The multitude of Devas became glad at his sight. They stood there holding the front part (i.e. mouth) of the Lord of snakes, with the Lord’s approval.

18-19. Showing his partiality to Devas, the Lord stood where the Devas were standing. But then the Daityas became enraged. “We are senior in penance, learning and age (to Devas). How should we hold the inauspicious (dirty) lower part of this (i.e. serpent)? We are not such fools.”

20. (As if) showing respect to them, Viṣṇu, along with Devas laughed loudly and giving the front part (mouṃ, to Asuras), made Suras hold the tail (of Vāsuki).

21. The Daityas did not know that his act of the Lord of Śrī was (for) the protection of the immortal ones (Devas) from the heat of the poisonous hissing of the great snake.

22. Then, the sons of Kaśyapa (Devas and Asuras) with their ends of lower garments tucked into the waistband and fastened with leather straps, raised up the golden-peaked Mandara resplendently dark like a big black bee.

23. Shouting loudly and extremely eager, they placed that mountain of twenty-two thousand Yojanas in height, into the sea.

24. The mountain, though held up by them, had no support below. Due to its extremely heavy weight, it went down to the bottom (of the sea). And they were greatly agitated.

25. Then the Lord himself who always carries out the tasks of his devotees, was praised by Devas. The Lord in the form of a tortoise lifted it (the mountain) from below.

26. As soon as they saw it lifted up, the hearts and faces of them all bloomed with joy. The mountain became stable on the very extensive back of the tortoise.

27. Then the Devas and others with all their power, churned the ocean very fast with incessant hissing sound of exhaustion coming out of their mouth.

28. While the mountain was being whirled (round and round), many trees fell down and the fire generated from their friction burnt down lions and oṃers.

29. Many aquatic animals were pounded down by the great mountain and met death by hundreds in the Milk-Ocean.

30. The roaring sound of the churning was loud like deep ṃunder-ing sound of a multitude of Saṃvartaka clouds (appearing at the destruction of the world). And it (i.e. roaring sound) was intensified with its echo.

31. By hissing and puffing out of the mouth of Vāsuki, whose body was distressed and exhausted by powerful pulling, the Daityas became bereft of power and extremely exhausted and shone like burning coals.

32. They constantly suffered (from) the unbearable poisonous fire. The thousand mouths of the king of serpents dropped down through fatigue.

33. Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa ( Śeṣa ) of great lustre bore the poisonous fire and at once held them (i.e. the mouths of Vāsuki) up as directed by the Lord (Viṣṇu).

34. From the ocean that was being churned for one thousand years, there came out the poison Halāhala [2] spreading to all the quarters and sub-quarters.

35. They (Suras and Asuras) whose bodies were constantly scorched by the poison called Kālakūṭa which burns down the three worlds , ran, away.

36. Then God Brahmā, Devas, Protectors of Prajās , all of them praised Śiva , the consort of Umā, praying to him for drinking up the poison.

37. The Lord told him, “you were born first and are the senior-most of the Devas. This poison is born first out of the ocean. Hence you take it.”

38. The merciful Śiva, seeing the fright of Devas and due to the order of Hari, sucked up, by his yogic power, the whole of the poison on his palm.

39. He drank it up and absorbed it in his throat. Hence he became known as blue-throated and a beneficent god.

40. The drops that fell from his hand while drinking the poison, were taken up by serpents, scorpions and some medicinal plants.

[1]: [1] : A hill in the Banka sub-division of Bhagalpur District, two or three miles from Bamsi and thirty miles south of Bhagalpur. It is an isolated hill about seven hundred feet high with a groove all around in the middle to indicate the impression of the coil of Vāsuki around it while churning the ocean. But the marks of chiselling show the artificiality (De 124) Mbh, Vana 139.5-6, Droṇa 87.33 locates it near Kailāsa.

[2]: [2] : Also known as Kālakūṭa, the creation of this deadly poison while chuming the ocean and its subsequent swallowing by Śiva is described in many Purāṇas and Mbh.

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