Skip to main content

Vāsudeva-māhātmya · Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Unit 202 of 221Vāsudeva-māhātmya · Chapter 13Vāsudeva-māhātmya · Chapter 131 source entries

Vāsudeva-māhātmya · Chapter 13

Source

।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। उत्प्रेक्षन्तो जायमानं मंथितारोऽथ तेऽखिलाः ।। आयांतं ददृशुर्द्दूरादन्ति धन्वन्तरिं श्रियः ।। १ ।। सुधाभृतं हेमकुम्भं दृष्ट्वा चाऽस्य करे धृतम् ।। असुराः सहसा ब्रह्मन्नुत्प्लुत्य जगृहुश्च तम् ।।२।। तत्रापि बलिनो ये ते गृहीत्वा दुद्रुवुस्ततः ।। तान्दुर्बला न्यषेधन्त नीतिवाक्यैरनुद्रुताः ।। ३ ।। अहो नैवमधर्मो वः कार्यो धर्मपरायणैः ।। समश्रमेभ्यो देवेभ्यो दत्त्वा पेयं न चान्यथा ।।४।। अनादृत्येति तद्वाक्यं ययुर्दूरं त्वरान्विताः ।। तत्रापि तेषामन्योन्यं कराकृष्टिर्महत्यभूत्।।५।। अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वं न त्वं न त्वं पिबाम्यहम् ।। इत्थं विवदमानास्ते नापुस्तत्प्राशनक्षणम् ।। ६ ।। अथ देवा म्लानवक्त्रा दृष्ट्वा दैत्यैर्हृता सुधाम् ।। अशक्तास्तत्प्रतीकारे शरणं प्रापुरच्युतम् ।। ७ ।। पाहिपाहि जगन्नाथ नष्टं सर्वस्वमेव नः ।। दैत्यैर्हृता सुधा सर्वा का गतिर्न्नो भविष्यति ।।८।। सुधापानादृतेप्येते हन्तुमस्मानलं क्षमाः ।। पीतेऽमृते तु तैरद्य किं करिष्यामहे वयम् ।। ९ ।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। निशम्य दैन्यं देवानां भगवान्भक्तकार्यकृत् ।। मा भैष्टेति सुरानुक्त्वा सुधामादित्सदासुरात् ।। 2.9.13.१० ।। स्त्रीरूपमद्भुतं धृत्वा सर्वलोकविमोहनम् ।। दैत्यान्तिकमुपागत्य चक्रे कन्दुकखेलनम् ।। ११ ।। ते तु तद्रूपमालोक्य मोहिताः कामविह्वलाः ।। त्यक्त्वा परस्परोन्मर्द्दं तामुपेत्याब्रुवन्वचः ।। १२ ।। सुधाकुम्भमिमं भद्रे गृहीत्वा त्वं विभज्य नः ।। सर्वान्पायय सुश्रोणि वयं कश्यपसूनवः ।। १३ ।। इत्युक्त्वा तं ददुस्तस्मै तेऽनिच्छन्त्या अपि स्त्रियै ।। सा प्राह मम विश्रम्भो न कार्यः स्वैरिणी ह्यहम् ।।१४।। अकार्यं वः कृतं ह्येतद्विभजिष्ये निजेच्छया।। इत्युक्ता अपि ते मूढा यथेष्टं कुर्विति ब्रुवन्।।१५।। ततस्तदाज्ञया सर्वे देवा दैत्याश्च वासुकिः ।। निषेदुः पंक्तिशस्तत्र स्वस्वमण्डलमाश्रिताः ।। १६ ।। पंक्तिबंधोद्यतेष्वेषु मोहिनी सा तु दूरतः ।। सम्मुखं देवपंक्तीनां हेमासन उपाविशत् ।।१७।। स्वांतिके चामृतघटं निधाय स्त्रैणलीलया ।। इतस्ततो वीक्षमाणा तस्थौ निःस्पृहवत्क्षणम् ।।१८।। विप्रचित्तिमुखास्तर्हि ये वै दानवयूथपाः ।। संदिग्धचित्ता मोहिन्यामासन्देवांतिकस्थितेः ।। १९ ।। शनैरुपेत्य तद्दृष्टिं वञ्चयित्वा सुधाघटम् ।। जह्रुः पुनर्दुरात्मानो रहो गत्वा पिपासवः ।। 2.9.13.२० ।। नरनारायणौ तत्र मुनिभिः सह चागतौ ।। आस्तां तौ ददृशाते तान्दानवान्हरतोऽमृतम् ।। २१ ।। नारायणेनेरितोऽथ नरस्तान्सहसारुणत् ।। बलादाच्छिद्य तत्कुम्भं मोहिन्यै स ददौ द्रुतम् ।। २२ ।। ततो नरं हन्तुकामा आत्तशस्त्रास्तु दानवाः ।। आपतन्पंक्तिविक्षेपो ह्यसुराणामभून्महान् ।। २३ ।। तदा नरोपि भगवान्देवदैत्यनरैरपि ।। अजेयो निर्भयो ह्येकः साकं तैर्युयुधे बली ।। २४ ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवान्पंक्तिस्थान्मोहिनीवपुः ।। अपाययत्सुधां विष्णुः सर्वशो लघुचङ्क्रमः ।। २५ ।। तत्रापि दानवो राहुः सूर्याचन्द्रमसान्तरे ।। प्रविश्य देवतापंक्तावुपाविशदलक्षितः ।। २६ ।। तत्रागतायां मोहिन्यां सिञ्चन्त्यां तन्मुखे सुधाम् ।। दृशाऽसूसुचतां तस्यै पुष्पवन्तावुभौ च तम् ।। २७ ।। स्मृत्यागतेन चक्रेण तर्ह्येवाऽस्य च सामृतम् ।। शिरश्चिच्छेदातिमहन्मायायोषिद्वपुः प्रभुः ।। २८ ।। तच्छैलशृङ्गप्रतिमं ग्रसल्लोकान्नदद्भृशम् ।। ग्रहत्वे स्थापयामास लोकानां शान्तये हरिः ।। २९ ।। देवान्सुधां पाययित्वा जगृहे पौरुषीं तनुम् ।। भगवानथ देवास्तु युयुधुः सह दानवैः ।। 2.9.13.३० ।। उदन्वतस्तटे युद्धं देवानामसुरैः सह ।। सुधापानातिबलिनामासीद्विष्णुसहायिनाम् ।। ३१ ।। तस्मिंस्तु तुमुले युद्धे नरेणेन्द्रादिभिश्च ते ।। निहन्यमाना असुराः पलाय्य विविशू रसाम् ।। ३२ ।। सूर्यश्चास्तं गतस्तावत्सर्वे देवगणास्ततः ।। श्रियोन्तिकमुपाजग्मुस्तद्दर्शनमहोत्सवाः ।। ३३ ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवासुदेवमाहात्म्ये देवतामृतपानवर्णनं नाम त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः ।।१३।।

|| skanda uvāca || utprekṣanto jāyamānaṃ maṃthitāro'tha te'khilāḥ || āyāṃtaṃ dadṛśurddūrādanti dhanvantariṃ śriyaḥ || 1 || sudhābhṛtaṃ hemakumbhaṃ dṛṣṭvā cā'sya kare dhṛtam || asurāḥ sahasā brahmannutplutya jagṛhuśca tam ||2|| tatrāpi balino ye te gṛhītvā dudruvustataḥ || tāndurbalā nyaṣedhanta nītivākyairanudrutāḥ || 3 || aho naivamadharmo vaḥ kāryo dharmaparāyaṇaiḥ || samaśramebhyo devebhyo dattvā peyaṃ na cānyathā ||4|| anādṛtyeti tadvākyaṃ yayurdūraṃ tvarānvitāḥ || tatrāpi teṣāmanyonyaṃ karākṛṣṭirmahatyabhūt||5|| ahaṃ pūrvamahaṃ pūrvaṃ na tvaṃ na tvaṃ pibāmyaham || itthaṃ vivadamānāste nāpustatprāśanakṣaṇam || 6 || atha devā mlānavaktrā dṛṣṭvā daityairhṛtā sudhām || aśaktāstatpratīkāre śaraṇaṃ prāpuracyutam || 7 || pāhipāhi jagannātha naṣṭaṃ sarvasvameva naḥ || daityairhṛtā sudhā sarvā kā gatirnno bhaviṣyati ||8|| sudhāpānādṛtepyete hantumasmānalaṃ kṣamāḥ || pīte'mṛte tu tairadya kiṃ kariṣyāmahe vayam || 9 || skanda uvāca || niśamya dainyaṃ devānāṃ bhagavānbhaktakāryakṛt || mā bhaiṣṭeti surānuktvā sudhāmāditsadāsurāt || 2.9.13.10 || strīrūpamadbhutaṃ dhṛtvā sarvalokavimohanam || daityāntikamupāgatya cakre kandukakhelanam || 11 || te tu tadrūpamālokya mohitāḥ kāmavihvalāḥ || tyaktvā parasparonmarddaṃ tāmupetyābruvanvacaḥ || 12 || sudhākumbhamimaṃ bhadre gṛhītvā tvaṃ vibhajya naḥ || sarvānpāyaya suśroṇi vayaṃ kaśyapasūnavaḥ || 13 || ityuktvā taṃ dadustasmai te'nicchantyā api striyai || sā prāha mama viśrambho na kāryaḥ svairiṇī hyaham ||14|| akāryaṃ vaḥ kṛtaṃ hyetadvibhajiṣye nijecchayā|| ityuktā api te mūḍhā yatheṣṭaṃ kurviti bruvan||15|| tatastadājñayā sarve devā daityāśca vāsukiḥ || niṣeduḥ paṃktiśastatra svasvamaṇḍalamāśritāḥ || 16 || paṃktibaṃdhodyateṣveṣu mohinī sā tu dūrataḥ || sammukhaṃ devapaṃktīnāṃ hemāsana upāviśat ||17|| svāṃtike cāmṛtaghaṭaṃ nidhāya straiṇalīlayā || itastato vīkṣamāṇā tasthau niḥspṛhavatkṣaṇam ||18|| vipracittimukhāstarhi ye vai dānavayūthapāḥ || saṃdigdhacittā mohinyāmāsandevāṃtikasthiteḥ || 19 || śanairupetya taddṛṣṭiṃ vañcayitvā sudhāghaṭam || jahruḥ punardurātmāno raho gatvā pipāsavaḥ || 2.9.13.20 || naranārāyaṇau tatra munibhiḥ saha cāgatau || āstāṃ tau dadṛśāte tāndānavānharato'mṛtam || 21 || nārāyaṇenerito'tha narastānsahasāruṇat || balādācchidya tatkumbhaṃ mohinyai sa dadau drutam || 22 || tato naraṃ hantukāmā āttaśastrāstu dānavāḥ || āpatanpaṃktivikṣepo hyasurāṇāmabhūnmahān || 23 || tadā naropi bhagavāndevadaityanarairapi || ajeyo nirbhayo hyekaḥ sākaṃ tairyuyudhe balī || 24 || etasminnantare devānpaṃktisthānmohinīvapuḥ || apāyayatsudhāṃ viṣṇuḥ sarvaśo laghucaṅkramaḥ || 25 || tatrāpi dānavo rāhuḥ sūryācandramasāntare || praviśya devatāpaṃktāvupāviśadalakṣitaḥ || 26 || tatrāgatāyāṃ mohinyāṃ siñcantyāṃ tanmukhe sudhām || dṛśā'sūsucatāṃ tasyai puṣpavantāvubhau ca tam || 27 || smṛtyāgatena cakreṇa tarhyevā'sya ca sāmṛtam || śiraścicchedātimahanmāyāyoṣidvapuḥ prabhuḥ || 28 || tacchailaśṛṅgapratimaṃ grasallokānnadadbhṛśam || grahatve sthāpayāmāsa lokānāṃ śāntaye hariḥ || 29 || devānsudhāṃ pāyayitvā jagṛhe pauruṣīṃ tanum || bhagavānatha devāstu yuyudhuḥ saha dānavaiḥ || 2.9.13.30 || udanvatastaṭe yuddhaṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha || sudhāpānātibalināmāsīdviṣṇusahāyinām || 31 || tasmiṃstu tumule yuddhe nareṇendrādibhiśca te || nihanyamānā asurāḥ palāyya viviśū rasām || 32 || sūryaścāstaṃ gatastāvatsarve devagaṇāstataḥ || śriyontikamupājagmustaddarśanamahotsavāḥ || 33 || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye devatāmṛtapānavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||13||

English translation

Skaṇḍa said :

1. All the participants in churning who were seeing the emergence of Dhanvantari (with the pitcher of Amṛta ), saw from a distance Dhanvantari coming near Śrī.

2. Seeing the gold pitcher containing Nectar being held in his hand, the Asuras suddenly pounced on it, and snatched it away, O Brāhmaṇa .

3. Out of them, those who were powerful (enough) seized it, and ran off with it. The weaker ones, running after them, protested in the name of decorum and manner of proper behaviours (as follows):

4. “Oh! Such unrighteous and wicked deed should not be committed by righteous-mided persons. It (the Nectar) should be drunk after giving it to Devas , the equal partners in the labour (of churning out Nectar) and not otherwise.”

5. Disregarding that speech (appeal), they quickly ran far away. Even there, they were forcibly pulling each other’s hands (for securing the Nectar).

6. While they were proclaiming and crying about “I am the first and not you”, “I am the first, not you”, “I shall drink it (first)”, they did not get the opportunity to drink.

7. Then, on seeing the Nectar snatched away by the Daityas , Devas became pale-faced. Being incapable of preventing them, they sought refuge in Acyuta .

8-9. “Protect us, O Lord of the world; do protect us. All our possessions are destroyed. AH the Nectar has been taken away by Daityas. What shall be our fate? Even without imbibing Nectar, they are sufficiently capable of killing us. If the Nectar is drunk by them today, what shall we do?”

Skanda said :

10. Having heard the pitiable condition of the Devas, the Lord who performs the tasks of his devotees, told the Suras , “Don’t be afraid” and was intent to take back the Nectar from Asuras.

11. After assuming a marvellously beautiful feminine form that enchanted all the world, he approached the Daityas and played with a ball. [1]

12. Seeing that beautiful form, they were fascinated and were overwhelmed with the passion of love. Giving up their mutual struggle, they approached and spoke:

13. “O blessed lady! Take this pitcher of Nectar and distribute it amongst us. We are the sons of Kaśyapa ; O lady with beautiful buttocks, make us all drink it (Nectar).”

14-15. Requesting her thus, they handed it over to the lady who was reluctant. She spoke, “No faith should be entertained in me, as I am a self-willed (i.e. wanton) woman. You have done an improper act. I shall, however, distribute it as per my will.” Though she told them so, those stupid ones said, “Do as you please”.

16. Then in compliance of her order, Devas, Daityas, Vāsuki sat there in rows, each keeping with his particular group.

17. While they were arranging themselves into groups, Mohinī sat on a golden seat at a distance, facing the rows of gods.

18. Keeping the pitcher of Nectar near her, she, casting her glances here and there in a woman’s sportive way, sat for a moment like an indifferent, impartial person.

19. The leaders of Dānava group, of whom Vipracitti was prominent, were suspicious in their minds about Mohinī and hence they seated themselves near the Devas.

20. Approaching quietly and evading deceitfully her glance, the wicked-souled ones carried away the pitcher of Nectar again and were desirous of drinking it in a secret place.

21. Nara and Nārāyaṇa came there accompanied by sages. Both of them saw the Dānavas stealing away the Nectar.

22. Instructed by Nārāyaṇa, Nara at once stopped them. [2] Snatching away per force that pitcher, he quickly handed it over to Mohinī.

23. Then with a desire to kill Nara, Dānavas took up their arms and attacked him. There was thus a great disorder in the ranks of Asuras.

24. Thereupon, the powerful Lord Nara, the fearless one, unconquerable by Devas, Daityas and human beings, single-handedly fought with them.

25. In the meanwhile Viṣṇu who had assumed the form of Mohinī went about quickly and made all the Devas who were sitting in rows, drink the Nectar.

26. Even then Rāhu , a Dānava, entered (the unoccupied place) in between the Sun and the Moon and sat in the row of the Devas, without being noticed by anyone.

27. When Mohinī came sprinkling the Nectar in his (Rāhu’s) mouth, both the Sun and the Moon indicated it to her by the glance of their eyes.

28. Therefore, the Lord who had assumed the highly illusory form of a woman, cut down his head containing Nectar (within his mouth) by his discus, which came there as soon as remembered.

29. Hari established it (Rāhu’s head) in the planetary position, for the peace of the people, as that mountain-like head was swallowing people while shouting loudly.

30. After having made Suras drink the Necṭar, he assumed his male body. The Lord and the Devas fought with Dānavas.

31. On the shore of the Ocean there took place the battle of Devas who grew extremely powerful by imbibing Nectar, and were helped by Viṣṇu, with Asuras.

32. In that tumultuous battle, the Asuras who were being killed by Nara, Indra and others, fled away and entered the earth (nether world).

33. When the Sun set, all the multitudes of Devas came near Śrī and had a great joy at her sight.

[1]: [1] : This is Mohinī, the 13th incarnation of Viṣṇu, who deluded the Asuras, refusing them their share in Amṛta and distributing it among Devas.

[2]: [2] : According to Mbh, Ādi 19.19-31, Nara helped Devas in fighting against Asuras after Devas drank Amṛta. Post-Amṛta-drinking fight by Nara is also mentioned in v 32 below.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 23184, revision 71862 (2016-06-24T10:13:35Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371752.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.