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।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। श्रुत्वैतत्सकलं धर्म्यं यथावद्भगवद्वचः ।। निःसंशयो मुनिः प्राह तं प्रणम्य कृताञ्जलिः ।। १ ।। नारद उवाच ।। नष्टा मे संशयाः सर्वे प्रसादाद्भगवंस्तव ।। वासुदेवस्य माहात्म्यं मयाधिगतमञ्जसा ।। २ ।। कंचित्कालमिहैवाहं तपः कुर्वंस्त्वया सह ।। शृण्वंश्च नित्यं ज्ञानादि करिष्ये पक्वमात्मनः ।। ३ ।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा नारदस्तत्र तेन चाप्यनुमोदितः ।। उवास दिव्यवर्षाणां सहस्रं स तपश्चरन् ।। ४ ।। शुश्राव चानुदिवसं यथाकालं हरेर्मुखात् ।। धर्मज्ञानाद्यथ प्राप पक्वतां तत्र योगिराट् ।। ५ ।। स्नेहं च परमं प्राप स श्रीकृष्णेऽखिलात्मनि ।। गुणगानपरो नित्यमास भागवताग्रणीः ।। ६ ।। भक्तिनिष्ठां परां प्राप्तमथ तं सिद्धयोगिनम् ।। उवाच भगवत्प्रीतः श्रेयस्कृत्सर्वदेहिनाम् ।। ७ ।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। सिद्धोसि त्वं महर्षेऽद्य गच्छ लोकहितं कुरु ।। एकान्तधर्मं सर्वत्र प्रवर्त्तयितुमर्हसि ।। ८ ।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। इत्याज्ञां शिरसा तस्य स आदाय जगद्गुरोः ।। गच्छंस्ततस्तमस्तौषीत्प्रणम्य प्राञ्जलिः स्थितः ।। ९ ।। नारद उवाच ।। नमोनमस्ते भगवञ्जगद्गुरो नारायणाऽप्राकृत दिव्यमूर्ते ।। अनन्तकल्याणगुणाकरस्त्वं दासे मयि प्रीततरः मदा स्याः ।। 2.9.31.१० ।। त्वं वासुदेवोसि जगन्निवासः क्षेमाय लोकस्य तपः करोषि ।। योगेश्वरेशोपशमस्थ आत्मारामाधिपस्त्वं परहंससद्गुरुः ।। ११ ।। विभुर्ऋषीणामृषभोऽक्षरात्मा जीवेश्वराणां च नियामकोसि ।। साक्षी महापूरुष आत्मतन्त्रः कालोऽभवद्यद्भ्रुकुटेर्महांश्च ।। १२ ।। सर्गादिलीला जगतां त्वमीश करोषि मायापुरुषात्मनैव ।। तथाप्यकर्त्ता ननु निर्गुणोसि भूमा परब्रह्म परात्परश्च।। १३ ।। सत्यः स्वयंज्योतिरतर्क्यशक्तिस्त्वं ब्रह्मभूतात्मविचिन्त्यमूर्त्तिः ।। बृहद्व्रताचार्य महामुनीन्द्र कन्दर्पदर्पापहरप्रताप ।।१४।। तपस्विनां ये रिपवः प्रसिद्धाः क्रोधो रसो मत्सरलोभमुख्याः ।। अप्याश्रमं तेपि कदापि वेष्टुं नेमं क्षमा ह्येष तव प्रतापः ।। १५ ।। छन्दोमयो ज्ञानमयोऽमृताध्वा धर्मात्मको धर्मसर्गाभिपोष्टा।। उन्मूलिताधर्मसर्गो महात्मा त्वमव्ययश्चाक्षयोऽव्यक्तबन्धुः।।१६।। निर्दोषरूपस्य तवाऽखिलाः क्रिया भवन्ति वै निर्गुणा निर्गुणस्य।। धर्मार्थकामेप्सुभिरर्चनीयस्त्वमीश्वरो नाथ मुमुक्षुभिश्च ।। त्वं कालमायायमसंसृतिभ्यो महाभयात्पातुमेकः समर्थः ।। भक्तापराधाननवेक्षमाणो महादयालुः किल भक्तवत्सलः ।।१८।। धृतावतारस्य हि नाममात्रं रूपं च वा यः स्मरेदन्तकाले ।। सोपि प्रभो घोरमहाघसंघात्सद्यो विमुक्तो दिवमाशु याति ।। १९ ।। तं त्वां विहायाऽत्र तु यो मनुष्यो देहे त्रिधातावपि देहिकेषु ।। जायात्मजज्ञातिधनेषु सज्जते स मायया वञ्चित एव मूढः ।। 2.9.31.२० ।। त्वद्भक्तियोग्यो नरदेह एव यं कामयन्तेऽपि च नाकसंस्थाः ।। त्वद्भक्तिहीनं हि दिवोपि सौख्यमहं तु जाने नरकेण तुल्यम् ।। २१ ।। तपस्त्रिलोक्याः कुरुषे सुखाय तत्रापि ते भारतवासिपुंसु ।। अनुग्रहो भूरितरो यदत्र कृतावतारो विचरन्विराजसे ।। ।। २२ ।। तस्याश्रयं ये तव नात्र कुर्वते त एव शास्त्रेषु मताः कृतघ्नाः ।। अतस्तवैकाश्रयमेव बाढं कुर्वत्यजस्रं मयि तेऽस्तु तुष्टिः।।२३।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवासुदेवमाहात्म्ये श्रीनरनारायणस्तुतिनिरूपणंनामैकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।।३१।।

|| skanda uvāca || śrutvaitatsakalaṃ dharmyaṃ yathāvadbhagavadvacaḥ || niḥsaṃśayo muniḥ prāha taṃ praṇamya kṛtāñjaliḥ || 1 || nārada uvāca || naṣṭā me saṃśayāḥ sarve prasādādbhagavaṃstava || vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ mayādhigatamañjasā || 2 || kaṃcitkālamihaivāhaṃ tapaḥ kurvaṃstvayā saha || śṛṇvaṃśca nityaṃ jñānādi kariṣye pakvamātmanaḥ || 3 || skanda uvāca || ityuktvā nāradastatra tena cāpyanumoditaḥ || uvāsa divyavarṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ sa tapaścaran || 4 || śuśrāva cānudivasaṃ yathākālaṃ harermukhāt || dharmajñānādyatha prāpa pakvatāṃ tatra yogirāṭ || 5 || snehaṃ ca paramaṃ prāpa sa śrīkṛṣṇe'khilātmani || guṇagānaparo nityamāsa bhāgavatāgraṇīḥ || 6 || bhaktiniṣṭhāṃ parāṃ prāptamatha taṃ siddhayoginam || uvāca bhagavatprītaḥ śreyaskṛtsarvadehinām || 7 || śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || siddhosi tvaṃ maharṣe'dya gaccha lokahitaṃ kuru || ekāntadharmaṃ sarvatra pravarttayitumarhasi || 8 || skanda uvāca || ityājñāṃ śirasā tasya sa ādāya jagadguroḥ || gacchaṃstatastamastauṣītpraṇamya prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ || 9 || nārada uvāca || namonamaste bhagavañjagadguro nārāyaṇā'prākṛta divyamūrte || anantakalyāṇaguṇākarastvaṃ dāse mayi prītataraḥ madā syāḥ || 2.9.31.10 || tvaṃ vāsudevosi jagannivāsaḥ kṣemāya lokasya tapaḥ karoṣi || yogeśvareśopaśamastha ātmārāmādhipastvaṃ parahaṃsasadguruḥ || 11 || vibhurṛṣīṇāmṛṣabho'kṣarātmā jīveśvarāṇāṃ ca niyāmakosi || sākṣī mahāpūruṣa ātmatantraḥ kālo'bhavadyadbhrukuṭermahāṃśca || 12 || sargādilīlā jagatāṃ tvamīśa karoṣi māyāpuruṣātmanaiva || tathāpyakarttā nanu nirguṇosi bhūmā parabrahma parātparaśca|| 13 || satyaḥ svayaṃjyotiratarkyaśaktistvaṃ brahmabhūtātmavicintyamūrttiḥ || bṛhadvratācārya mahāmunīndra kandarpadarpāpaharapratāpa ||14|| tapasvināṃ ye ripavaḥ prasiddhāḥ krodho raso matsaralobhamukhyāḥ || apyāśramaṃ tepi kadāpi veṣṭuṃ nemaṃ kṣamā hyeṣa tava pratāpaḥ || 15 || chandomayo jñānamayo'mṛtādhvā dharmātmako dharmasargābhipoṣṭā|| unmūlitādharmasargo mahātmā tvamavyayaścākṣayo'vyaktabandhuḥ||16|| nirdoṣarūpasya tavā'khilāḥ kriyā bhavanti vai nirguṇā nirguṇasya|| dharmārthakāmepsubhirarcanīyastvamīśvaro nātha mumukṣubhiśca || tvaṃ kālamāyāyamasaṃsṛtibhyo mahābhayātpātumekaḥ samarthaḥ || bhaktāparādhānanavekṣamāṇo mahādayāluḥ kila bhaktavatsalaḥ ||18|| dhṛtāvatārasya hi nāmamātraṃ rūpaṃ ca vā yaḥ smaredantakāle || sopi prabho ghoramahāghasaṃghātsadyo vimukto divamāśu yāti || 19 || taṃ tvāṃ vihāyā'tra tu yo manuṣyo dehe tridhātāvapi dehikeṣu || jāyātmajajñātidhaneṣu sajjate sa māyayā vañcita eva mūḍhaḥ || 2.9.31.20 || tvadbhaktiyogyo naradeha eva yaṃ kāmayante'pi ca nākasaṃsthāḥ || tvadbhaktihīnaṃ hi divopi saukhyamahaṃ tu jāne narakeṇa tulyam || 21 || tapastrilokyāḥ kuruṣe sukhāya tatrāpi te bhāratavāsipuṃsu || anugraho bhūritaro yadatra kṛtāvatāro vicaranvirājase || || 22 || tasyāśrayaṃ ye tava nātra kurvate ta eva śāstreṣu matāḥ kṛtaghnāḥ || atastavaikāśrayameva bāḍhaṃ kurvatyajasraṃ mayi te'stu tuṣṭiḥ||23|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye śrīnaranārāyaṇastutinirūpaṇaṃnāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||31||

English translation

Skanda said :

1. Having heard properly (and faithfully) all this sacred (consistent with the sacred Law) speech of the Lord ( Nārāyaṇa ), the sage, all whose doubts were resolved, spoke to him with his palms folded in reverence.

Nārada said :

2. All my doubts have been cleared with your favour, O revered Sir. The greatness of Vāsudeva has been easily grasped by me.

3. For some time, I shall perform penance here along with you, and always hear (discourses on) knowledge. Thereby I shall make myself mature.

Skanda said :

4. After saying this and having been permitted by him (Nārāyaṇa), Nārada stayed there for one ṃousand celestial years, performing penance.

5. Everyday, as permitted by time, he heard from Hari ’ s (Nārāyaṇa’s) mouth (discourses on) Dharma , knowledge etc. The king of Yogīs attained maturity there.

6. He developed extreme affection for Śrīkṛṣṇa , the soul abiding in all. That leader of Bhāgavatas became always engaged in singing (in praise of) the good qualities of the Lord.

7. The Lord (Nārāyaṇa) being pleased (with Nārada) spoke to the accomplished Yogin who had attained the deepest faith and highest proficiency in devotion ( Bhakti ), words which were conducive to the (spiritual) welfare of all.

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said :

8. O great sage! You have now become a Siddha (i.e. a perfect or accomplished one). Go and work for the welfare of the people. It behoves you to propagate Ekānta Dharma everywhere.

Skanda said :

9. Obeying this order of the preceptor of the world with (i.e. bowing down) his head, while (i.e. before) departing from that place, he stood there eulogizing him (Nārāyaṇa), paying obeisance to him with hands folded in reverence.

Nārada said :

10. Repeated obeisance to you, O Lord, the preceptor of the world, O Nārāyaṇa of supernatural divine form. You are the mine of infinite beneficent and auspicious qualities. Be always specially affectionate to me, your slave.

11. You are Vāsudeva, the Abode (Bearer) of the universe; you perform penance for the welfare of the world. You are the Lord of the masters of Yoga , stabilized in quiescence. You are the Lord of those who seek pleasure in spiritual pursuits. You are the great preceptor of Paramahaṃsas (ascetics of the highest order).

12. You are all-pervading, the most prominent one among sages; you are the imperishable soul, the controller of Jīvas (living beings) and gods; you are the witness (of everything), the great Person, the self-dependent one (not controlled by others). Kāla (Time, the destroyer of all) became great by (a mere gesture of) your eyebrow.

13. O Lord, you indulge in the sport of creation etc. of the world as the soul of Māyā-Puruṣa but still you are not the doer; you are devoid of attributes, aggregate of all beings, Supreme Brahman , greater than the great.

14. You are the Truth. You are self-luminous; your power is beyond comprehension or reasoning capacity; your form is worthy of being contemplated by those whose selves are identified with Brahman. You are the preceptor of Bṛhadvrata (i.e. Mahāvrata ). You are the chief of great sages, O subduer of the pride of the god of Love by your prowess.

15. It is because of your brilliance and prowess that anger, addiction, envy, greed which are the chief enemies of performers of penance, are never capable of even entering your hermitage.

16. You are constituted of the Vedas , of knowledge; you are the path of immortality; you consist of Dharma; you are the support of the creation of Dharma; you have uprooted the source (or creation) of Adharma (sinfulness); you are immutable, imperishable, invisible kinsman.

17. You are attributeless and of flawless form. All your acts become attributeless. You are worthy of being adored by those who are desirous of achieving (the objectives in life, viz.) Dharma (Virtue), Wealth and Love as well as by those who aspire after Mokṣa . You are the sovereign ruler (of the universe), O Lord.

18. You are the only one capable of protecting from the great fear arising from Kāla, Māyā , Yama (god of Death) and Saṃsāra . You are extremely compassionate and ignore the faults (and sins) committed by your devotees. You are verily affectionate to your devotees.

19. He who remembers simply the name or form of your incarnations at the time of death, instantly becomes completely absolved of the great flood of sins and goes quickly to heaven.

20. Abandoning you, a deluded man who becomes attached to his body constituted of three constituent substances, things connected with the body, to wife, children, kinsmen and wealth is deceived by Māyā.

21. The human body is proper (medium) for performing your devotion which even the residents of heaven seek. I know, the pleasures of heaven devoid of devotion to you are comparable to hell.

22. You perform penance for the happiness of the three worlds . Still it is a much greater favour done to the residents of Bhārata that you have taken incarnation here and shine here by your movements.

23. Those who do not resort here to you, who are of the above description, are regarded as ungrateful ones in the Śāstras . Hence may you show favour unto me who firmly resort to you exclusively.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 23202, revision 71880 (2016-06-24T10:27:30Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371770.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.