The Vision of Narasimha and the Mystery of the Lord's Concealment

Verse 1 (skanda.2.55.1)

जैमिनिरुवाच । ततस्ते प्रस्थिता विप्रा नीलकण्ठांतिकं मुदा । प्रपूज्य तं महादेवं श्रीदुर्गां प्रणिपत्य च

jaiminiruvāca tataste prasthitā viprā nīlakaṇṭhāṁtikaṁ mudā prapūjya taṁ mahādevaṁ śrīdurgāṁ praṇipatya ca

Jaimini said: Then they, O Brahmins, set out joyfully from the presence of Nilakantha; having duly worshipped that great god and bowed to Shri Durga,

Verse 2 (skanda.2.55.2)

विमुच्य स्यंदनवरं पादचाराः सहानुगाः । आरोढुं नीलभूमिध्रं प्रयाताः संयतेद्रियाः

vimucya syaṁdanavaraṁ pādacārāḥ sahānugāḥ āroḍhuṁ nīlabhūmidhraṁ prayātāḥ saṁyatedriyāḥ

leaving their excellent chariot behind, going on foot with their attendants, their senses restrained, they set out to climb the Nila mountain,

Verse 3 (skanda.2.55.3)

नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णं नानापक्षिगणाकुलम् । शिलाविषमसंरोधमभितः परिवेषकम्

nānādrumalatākīrṇaṁ nānāpakṣigaṇākulam śilāviṣamasaṁrodhamabhitaḥ pariveṣakam

thick with manifold trees and creepers, filled with flocks of various birds, hemmed in on every side by rugged rocks,

Verse 4 (skanda.2.55.4)

भ्रमद्भ्रमरसंभूतभ्रमकृद्गंडशैलकम् । दक्षिणांभोधिकल्लोलजलावृतनितंबकम्

bhramadbhramarasaṁbhūtabhramakṛdgaṁḍaśailakam dakṣiṇāṁbhodhikallolajalāvṛtanitaṁbakam

whose rocky slopes were made dizzying by the wheeling of swarming bees, whose flank was covered by the surging waves of the southern sea,

Verse 5 (skanda.2.55.5)

अप्रतर्क्यं सदा मर्त्यैर्दुष्प्रवेश्यं महोरगैः । मत्तमातंगकघटाबृंहितैर्भीषणांतरम्

apratarkyaṁ sadā martyairduṣpraveśyaṁ mahoragaiḥ mattamātaṁgakaghaṭābṛṁhitairbhīṣaṇāṁtaram

ever unthinkable for mortals, hard to enter because of great serpents, its interior made fearsome by the trumpeting of herds of maddened elephants,

Verse 6 (skanda.2.55.6)

श्वापदैश्चिरसंवासैः शस्त्राघातमवेदिभिः । निर्भयैः परितः कीर्णं मृगयूथैरनेकशः

śvāpadaiścirasaṁvāsaiḥ śastrāghātamavedibhiḥ nirbhayaiḥ paritaḥ kīrṇaṁ mṛgayūthairanekaśaḥ

thronged all around by numerous herds of beasts of prey, long-time dwellers there, unacquainted with the blow of weapons, and fearless —

Verse 7 (skanda.2.55.7)

प्रवेष्टुकामा न प्रापुर्यदा ते मार्गमंतरम् । तदा नारदसंसर्गाद्विदित्वा तु गिरेः शिरः

praveṣṭukāmā na prāpuryadā te mārgamaṁtaram tadā nāradasaṁsargādviditvā tu gireḥ śiraḥ

when, though eager to enter, they could find no way within, then, through Narada's guidance, having learned the way to the mountain's summit,

Verse 8 (skanda.2.55.8)

आसेदुर्यत्र वसति कृष्णागुरुतरोरधः । सर्वापद्भयसंहर्ता दिव्यसिंहवपुर्विभुः

āseduryatra vasati kṛṣṇāgurutaroradhaḥ sarvāpadbhayasaṁhartā divyasiṁhavapurvibhuḥ

they arrived where, beneath a dark aguru tree, dwells the Lord of divine lion-form, remover of the fear of every calamity,

Verse 9 (skanda.2.55.9)

यं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्महत्याया लीयन्ते कोटयो नृणाम् । व्यात्तास्यं भीमदशनमापिंगलसटाकुलम्

yaṁ dṛṣṭvā brahmahatyāyā līyante koṭayo nṛṇām vyāttāsyaṁ bhīmadaśanamāpiṁgalasaṭākulam

seeing whom, crores of men's sins of brahmin-slaying dissolve — his mouth agape, his teeth terrible, covered in tawny mane,

Verse 10 (skanda.2.55.10)

उग्रं त्रिनेत्रं दैत्यस्य स्वोरावुत्तानशायिनः । वक्षःस्थलं दारयंतं नखरैर्वज्रदारुणैः

ugraṁ trinetraṁ daityasya svorāvuttānaśāyinaḥ vakṣaḥsthalaṁ dārayaṁtaṁ nakharairvajradāruṇaiḥ

fierce, three-eyed, tearing open with claws terrible as thunderbolts the chest of the Daitya lying outstretched upon his own thigh,

Verse 11 (skanda.2.55.11)

अरुणाभं लसज्जिह्वं साट्टहासमुखं विभुम् । शंखचक्रलसद्बाहुं किरीटमुकुटोज्ज्वलम्

aruṇābhaṁ lasajjihvaṁ sāṭṭahāsamukhaṁ vibhum śaṁkhacakralasadbāhuṁ kirīṭamukuṭojjvalam

red as the dawn, his tongue flashing, his face filled with loud laughter, the Lord, his arms bright with conch and discus, radiant with diadem and crown,

Verse 12 (skanda.2.55.12)

नेत्रोच्छलद्वह्निकणसंत्रासितदिगन्तरम् । प्रचंडाघातभूम्यंतप्रविष्टपदपंकजम्

netrocchaladvahnikaṇasaṁtrāsitadigantaram pracaṁḍāghātabhūmyaṁtapraviṣṭapadapaṁkajam

the quarters of the sky made to tremble by the sparks leaping from his eyes, his lotus feet sunk deep into the earth by the force of his fierce tread —

Verse 13 (skanda.2.55.13)

तमादिमृर्तिं ते दृष्ट्वा नारदाग्रे तदा हरिम् । निर्भया ददृशुर्दूरात्प्रणेमुर्विगतज्वराः

tamādimṛrtiṁ te dṛṣṭvā nāradāgre tadā harim nirbhayā dadṛśurdūrātpraṇemurvigatajvarāḥ

beholding that primal form of Hari, with Narada before them, fearless, they gazed from afar and bowed; their dread departed.

Verse 14 (skanda.2.55.14)

इन्द्रद्युम्नोऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा नारदोक्तौ विशस्वसे । भाविकार्ये प्रत्ययवानिदमाह महामुनिम्

indradyumno'pi taṁ dṛṣṭvā nāradoktau viśasvase bhāvikārye pratyayavānidamāha mahāmunim

Indradyumna too, having beheld him, put his trust in Narada's word; assured of the outcome to come, he said this to the great sage —

Verse 15 (skanda.2.55.15)

महर्षे कृतकृत्योऽस्मि त्वं हि ज्ञाननिधिः परम् । दुराराध्यो नृसिहोऽयं दर्शनेऽपि भयावहः

maharṣe kṛtakṛtyo'smi tvaṁ hi jñānanidhiḥ param durārādhyo nṛsiho'yaṁ darśane'pi bhayāvahaḥ

'O great sage, I am fulfilled — you alone are the supreme treasury of knowledge; this Narasimha is hard to propitiate, terrifying even to behold;

Verse 16 (skanda.2.55.16)

भवादृशैः सुसेव्योयं मादृशैर्दूरतोऽपि सः । दर्शनात्कृतकृत्योऽस्मि संलीनाशेषपातकः

bhavādṛśaiḥ susevyoyaṁ mādṛśairdūrato'pi saḥ darśanātkṛtakṛtyo'smi saṁlīnāśeṣapātakaḥ

'by ones such as you he is well served, but by ones such as me, only from afar; yet by sight alone I am fulfilled — all my sins have dissolved.'

Verse 17 (skanda.2.55.17)

त्वत्सन्निधानादेवात्र तिष्ठामो निर्भया मुने । अत्युग्र मूर्तिर्भगवान्स्वल्पवीर्यैर्नरैः कथम्

tvatsannidhānādevātra tiṣṭhāmo nirbhayā mune atyugra mūrtirbhagavānsvalpavīryairnaraiḥ katham

'By your presence alone, O sage, we stand here without fear; how can men of so little power approach this Lord of such fierce form,

Verse 18 (skanda.2.55.18)

आराध्यते दैत्यराजं त्रिलोकेशं विदारयन् । यस्य नीलमयी मूर्तिः कृपासिंधोः स्थिता तु वै

ārādhyate daityarājaṁ trilokeśaṁ vidārayan yasya nīlamayī mūrtiḥ kṛpāsiṁdhoḥ sthitā tu vai

'who tore apart the king of the Daityas, lord of the three worlds? And yet that sapphire form of the ocean of compassion is also present here —

Verse 19 (skanda.2.55.19)

कस्मिन्स्थले मुनिश्रेष्ठ दर्शनाद्या विमुक्तिदा । तन्मे दर्शय विप्रेंद्र यन्मे मुक्तिप्रदं मतम्

kasminsthale muniśreṣṭha darśanādyā vimuktidā tanme darśaya vipreṁdra yanme muktipradaṁ matam

'— at what place is it, O foremost of sages, which grants liberation by mere sight? Show it to me, O foremost of Brahmins, the one you deem will grant me liberation.'

Verse 20 (skanda.2.55.20)

इत्युक्तो नारदस्तस्मै दर्शयामास पावनम् । स्थानं यत्र स्थितो देवः स्वर्णसैकत संवृतः

ityukto nāradastasmai darśayāmāsa pāvanam sthānaṁ yatra sthito devaḥ svarṇasaikata saṁvṛtaḥ

Thus addressed, Narada showed him that holy place where the god stood, covered over with golden sand —

Verse 21 (skanda.2.55.21)

पश्यैतं योजनायामं योजनद्वयमुच्छ्रितम् । कल्पांतस्थायिनं भूप न्यग्रोधं मुक्तिदं नृणाम्

paśyaitaṁ yojanāyāmaṁ yojanadvayamucchritam kalpāṁtasthāyinaṁ bhūpa nyagrodhaṁ muktidaṁ nṛṇām

'Behold this banyan tree, a yojana in length, two yojanas in height, enduring until the end of the kalpa, O king — the bestower of liberation on men;

Verse 22 (skanda.2.55.22)

छायायाः क्रमणाद्यस्य मुच्यते पापकंचुकात् । अस्य मूले नरः प्राणांस्त्यजन्मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्

chāyāyāḥ kramaṇādyasya mucyate pāpakaṁcukāt asya mūle naraḥ prāṇāṁstyajanmuktimavāpnuyāt

'by merely walking beneath its shade the husk of sin falls away; a man who gives up his life at its root obtains liberation.'

Verse 23 (skanda.2.55.23)

न्यग्रोधरूपं दृष्ट्वापि नारायणमकल्मषम् । निष्पापो जायते मर्त्यः किमुत पूजयन्स्तुवन्

nyagrodharūpaṁ dṛṣṭvāpi nārāyaṇamakalmaṣam niṣpāpo jāyate martyaḥ kimuta pūjayanstuvan

'Merely by seeing this banyan-form of the stainless Narayana a mortal becomes free of sin — how much more so through worship and praise!'

Verse 24 (skanda.2.55.24)

अस्य मूलात्प्रतीच्यां हि नृसिंहस्योत्तरे नृप । अतिष्ठन्माधवो यत्र चतुर्मूर्तिधरो विभुः

asya mūlātpratīcyāṁ hi nṛsiṁhasyottare nṛpa atiṣṭhanmādhavo yatra caturmūrtidharo vibhuḥ

'To the west of its root, and to the north of Narasimha, O king, is where Madhava, the Lord bearing a fourfold form, once stood.'

Verse 25 (skanda.2.55.25)

अनुग्रहीतुं त्वामेव पुनरत्रोद्भविष्यति । श्वेतद्वीपे यथा विष्णुर्भोगभूमौ निजालयः

anugrahītuṁ tvāmeva punaratrodbhaviṣyati śvetadvīpe yathā viṣṇurbhogabhūmau nijālayaḥ

'To favour you alone, he shall arise here again — just as Vishnu abides in his own dwelling in the land of enjoyment, Shvetadvipa,

Verse 26 (skanda.2.55.26)

जंबूद्वीपे कर्मभूमौ निजं स्थानमिदं स्मृतम् । स्वस्यैवातिरहस्यत्वान्न प्रकाशोस्य संमतः

jaṁbūdvīpe karmabhūmau nijaṁ sthānamidaṁ smṛtam svasyaivātirahasyatvānna prakāśosya saṁmataḥ

'so in Jambudvipa, the land of action, this is remembered as his own place; because of its extreme secrecy, its disclosure is not sanctioned.'

Verse 27 (skanda.2.55.27)

मोक्षाधिकारी जानाति स्थलमेतन्महीपते । अविश्वासपदं नृणां दुष्कृतां हि विशेषतः

mokṣādhikārī jānāti sthalametanmahīpate aviśvāsapadaṁ nṛṇāṁ duṣkṛtāṁ hi viśeṣataḥ

'O king, only one entitled to liberation knows this place; it does not fall within the path of trust of men, especially of evildoers.'

Verse 28 (skanda.2.55.28)

अत्र याऽन्या प्रतिकृतिः पौरैर्विष्णोः प्रतिष्ठिता । सापि मुक्तिप्रदा भूप किं पुनः सा स्वयंभुवा

atra yā'nyā pratikṛtiḥ paurairviṣṇoḥ pratiṣṭhitā sāpi muktipradā bhūpa kiṁ punaḥ sā svayaṁbhuvā

'Even that other image of Vishnu here, established by the townsfolk, is itself liberation-granting, O king — how much more, then, the one established by the Self-existent!'

Verse 29 (skanda.2.55.29)

अंतर्द्धानतिरोधाने सुनिमित्ते जगत्प्रभोः । अनुग्रहार्थं साधूनां जायते च युगेयुगे

aṁtarddhānatirodhāne sunimitte jagatprabhoḥ anugrahārthaṁ sādhūnāṁ jāyate ca yugeyuge

'For the sake of grace toward the virtuous, the concealment and withdrawal of the Lord of the world, for some good reason, occurs age after age;

Verse 30 (skanda.2.55.30)

नानावतारैर्भगवान्मत्स्यकूर्मादिकैर्नृप । निमित्तनाशे च तिरोदधाति परमेश्वरः

nānāvatārairbhagavānmatsyakūrmādikairnṛpa nimittanāśe ca tirodadhāti parameśvaraḥ

'through manifold incarnations, Fish, Tortoise and the rest, O king, when the occasion for that form ends, the Supreme Lord withdraws from view.'

Verse 31 (skanda.2.55.31)

निर्निमित्तं स्थितो नित्यमिह कारुण्यसागरः । श्वेतद्वीपाद्यथा विष्णुरन्यत्रावतरेत्प्रभुः

nirnimittaṁ sthito nityamiha kāruṇyasāgaraḥ śvetadvīpādyathā viṣṇuranyatrāvataretprabhuḥ

'Yet without any external cause that ocean of compassion abides here eternally; just as from Shvetadvipa the Lord Vishnu descends elsewhere,

Verse 32 (skanda.2.55.32)

अत्र स्थितोऽपि स द्वारकाकांचीपुष्करादिषु । प्रकाशं याति कृपया तरुमूलप्ररोहवत्

atra sthito'pi sa dvārakākāṁcīpuṣkarādiṣu prakāśaṁ yāti kṛpayā tarumūlaprarohavat

'so too, while abiding here, by his grace he becomes manifest at Dvaraka, Kanchi, Pushkara and the rest, like a shoot springing from a tree's root.'

Verse 33 (skanda.2.55.33)

नानातीर्थेषु देशेषु क्षेत्रेष्वायतनेषु च । अंशावतारास्तस्यैव मा भूत्ते संशयो नृप

nānātīrtheṣu deśeṣu kṣetreṣvāyataneṣu ca aṁśāvatārāstasyaiva mā bhūtte saṁśayo nṛpa

'In manifold sacred fords, lands, fields and shrines, the partial incarnations found there are his alone — let there be no doubt in you about this, O king.'

Verse 34 (skanda.2.55.34)

क्षणं न त्यजतीशानः क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रमिव स्वकम् । त्वदुपज्ञस्तु भूपाल प्रकाशोऽन्यो भविष्यति

kṣaṇaṁ na tyajatīśānaḥ kṣetraṁ kṣetramiva svakam tvadupajñastu bhūpāla prakāśo'nyo bhaviṣyati

'The Lord does not forsake this field for even an instant, treating it as his own body; but, O king, a new manifestation, discovered through you, shall come to be.'

Verse 35 (skanda.2.55.35)

इति संदर्शितं स्थानं नारदेन महात्मना । साष्टांगपातं भूमौ तदिंद्रद्युम्नो ननाम ह

iti saṁdarśitaṁ sthānaṁ nāradena mahātmanā sāṣṭāṁgapātaṁ bhūmau tadiṁdradyumno nanāma ha

Thus, when the great-souled Narada had shown him that place, Indradyumna bowed to the ground in full eightfold prostration.

Verse 36 (skanda.2.55.36)

मन्वानस्तु स्थितं देवं प्रकाशमिव तुष्टुवे

manvānastu sthitaṁ devaṁ prakāśamiva tuṣṭuve

Regarding the god as if truly present, he praised him thus —

Verse 37 (skanda.2.55.37)

इंद्रद्युम्न उवाच । देवदेव जगन्नाथ प्रणतार्तिविनाशन । त्राहि मां पुंडरीकाक्ष पतितं भवसागरे

iṁdradyumna uvāca devadeva jagannātha praṇatārtivināśana trāhi māṁ puṁḍarīkākṣa patitaṁ bhavasāgare

Indradyumna said: 'O God of gods, O Lord of the world, destroyer of the suffering of the surrendered, O lotus-eyed one — save me, fallen as I am in the ocean of worldly existence.'

Verse 38 (skanda.2.55.38)

त्वमेक एव दुःखौघध्वंसकः परमेश्वर । क्षुद्राः क्षुद्रान्हि सेवंते सुखलेशस्य लिप्सया

tvameka eva duḥkhaughadhvaṁsakaḥ parameśvara kṣudrāḥ kṣudrānhi sevaṁte sukhaleśasya lipsayā

'You alone, O Supreme Lord, are the destroyer of the flood of sorrows; the petty serve only the petty, out of desire for a mere fragment of happiness.'

Verse 39 (skanda.2.55.39)

अनादित्रिविधौघस्य राशेः स्वस्य महांहसः । दुरुच्छेद्यस्य सततं पूर्यमाणस्य जन्मनः

anāditrividhaughasya rāśeḥ svasya mahāṁhasaḥ durucchedyasya satataṁ pūryamāṇasya janmanaḥ

'This heap of my own beginningless, threefold, unremovable great mass of sin, ever swelling with each new birth —'

Verse 40 (skanda.2.55.40)

किं पुनर्भक्तिभावेन साक्षान्मुक्तिप्रदं नृणाम् । कर्माधीनं तु ये मूढा वदंति त्वां क्रृपानिधिम्

kiṁ punarbhaktibhāvena sākṣānmuktipradaṁ nṛṇām karmādhīnaṁ tu ye mūḍhā vadaṁti tvāṁ krṛpānidhim

'— what then of the state of devotion, which directly grants men liberation! Those fools who say that you, the treasury of compassion, are subject merely to karma,'

Verse 41 (skanda.2.55.41)

ते न जानंति भगवन्कर्मैवं प्रेरितं त्वया । अजामिलेन विप्रेण त्यक्त्वा वर्णाश्रमोदितम्

te na jānaṁti bhagavankarmaivaṁ preritaṁ tvayā ajāmilena vipreṇa tyaktvā varṇāśramoditam

'— they do not know, O Lord, that karma too is set in motion by you alone. The Brahmin Ajamila, having abandoned the duties of caste and life-stage,'

Verse 42 (skanda.2.55.42)

किं न पापं कृतं स्वामिन्सोऽपि त्वन्नामकीर्तनात् । मुक्तोऽभूत्स्मरणादेव पाशहस्तैर्विमोचितः

kiṁ na pāpaṁ kṛtaṁ svāminso'pi tvannāmakīrtanāt mukto'bhūtsmaraṇādeva pāśahastairvimocitaḥ

'— what sin had he not committed, my Lord? Yet by mere utterance of your name he became free — by mere remembrance he was released from the noose of Yama's messengers.'

Verse 43 (skanda.2.55.43)

सर्वेऽप्युपाया देवेश कीर्तितास्तव दर्शने । त्वयि दृष्टे हि भिद्यंते संशया हृदि संस्थिताः

sarve'pyupāyā deveśa kīrtitāstava darśane tvayi dṛṣṭe hi bhidyaṁte saṁśayā hṛdi saṁsthitāḥ

'O Lord of gods, all the means are said to culminate in the sight of you; only when you are seen do the doubts lodged in the heart shatter.'

Verse 44 (skanda.2.55.44)

निःसंशयो भवेत्सद्यः पापपुण्यक्षयो धुवम् । त्वमेव शरणं दीनमनुगृह्णीष्व मां विभो

niḥsaṁśayo bhavetsadyaḥ pāpapuṇyakṣayo dhuvam tvameva śaraṇaṁ dīnamanugṛhṇīṣva māṁ vibho

'One becomes free of doubt at once, and the destruction of both sin and merit becomes certain. You alone are my refuge — show grace on me, the wretched one, O Lord.'

Verse 45 (skanda.2.55.45)

निश्चितानि त्वया देव गर्भस्थस्य च यानि मे । तैरेव मे जनिर्जातु याचे त्वां केवलं त्विदम्

niścitāni tvayā deva garbhasthasya ca yāni me taireva me janirjātu yāce tvāṁ kevalaṁ tvidam

'O God, whatever you have already ordained for me while I lay in the womb — by that alone let my birth proceed; this alone do I ask of you.'

Verse 46 (skanda.2.55.46)

तिरश्चो मुक्तिदा मूर्तिः स्थिता ते याऽत्र तां पुनः । अनेन चक्षुषा पश्यामीश नान्यत्प्रयोजनम्

tiraśco muktidā mūrtiḥ sthitā te yā'tra tāṁ punaḥ anena cakṣuṣā paśyāmīśa nānyatprayojanam

'That liberation-granting form of yours which stands here concealed — may I behold it with these very eyes, O Lord; I have no other purpose than this.'

Verse 47 (skanda.2.55.47)

कृतांजलिपुटो राजा स्तुत्वैवं मधुसूदनम् । पुनर्ननाम धरणीपृष्ठे साश्रुविलोचनः

kṛtāṁjalipuṭo rājā stutvaivaṁ madhusūdanam punarnanāma dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe sāśruvilocanaḥ

The king, with folded hands, having thus praised Madhusudana, bowed again upon the ground, his eyes filled with tears.

Verse 48 (skanda.2.55.48)

ततोंऽतरिक्षगा वाणी सामसुस्वरभाषिणी । उच्चचार नभोमध्ये इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य शृण्वतः

tatoṁ'tarikṣagā vāṇī sāmasusvarabhāṣiṇī uccacāra nabhomadhye indradyumnasya śṛṇvataḥ

Then a voice moving through the sky, sweet-toned as the Sama chant, resounded in the midst of the heavens, as Indradyumna listened —

Verse 49 (skanda.2.55.49)

मा चिंतां व्रज भूपाल व्रजिष्ये त्वदृशोः पथम् । पैतामहं वचः प्राह नारदो यत्कुरुष्व तत्

mā ciṁtāṁ vraja bhūpāla vrajiṣye tvadṛśoḥ patham paitāmahaṁ vacaḥ prāha nārado yatkuruṣva tat

'O king, have no anxiety — I shall come within the path of your sight. Do that which Narada declares as the word of the Grandsire.'

Verse 50 (skanda.2.55.50)

तच्छ्रुत्वा दिव्यवचनं नारदस्य च भाषितम् । श्रद्दधे वाजिमेधाय भगवत्प्रीतिकारकः

tacchrutvā divyavacanaṁ nāradasya ca bhāṣitam śraddadhe vājimedhāya bhagavatprītikārakaḥ

Having heard that divine utterance and Narada's words, desiring to please the Lord, he placed his faith firmly in the horse-sacrifice.

Verse 51 (skanda.2.55.51)

नारदं च पुनः प्राह हर्षगद्गदया गिरा । मुने त्वया यदादिष्टं चतुर्मुखनिदेशतः

nāradaṁ ca punaḥ prāha harṣagadgadayā girā mune tvayā yadādiṣṭaṁ caturmukhanideśataḥ

And again, with a voice choked with joy, he said to Narada: 'O sage, what you have declared by the instruction of the four-faced Brahma,'

Verse 52 (skanda.2.55.52)

अशरीरा त्वियं वाणी अनुजज्ञे तदेव हि । पितामहो जगन्नाथो भेदो वै नाऽनयोः क्वचित्

aśarīrā tviyaṁ vāṇī anujajñe tadeva hi pitāmaho jagannātho bhedo vai nā'nayoḥ kvacit

'— that very thing has this bodiless voice also sanctioned; the Grandsire and the Lord of the world are, in truth, nowhere different from one another.'

Verse 53 (skanda.2.55.53)

पद्मयोनेः सुतस्त्वं हि वचस्ते भगवद्वचः । तत्कर्तव्यं प्रयत्नेन यच्छ्रेयउपपादकम्

padmayoneḥ sutastvaṁ hi vacaste bhagavadvacaḥ tatkartavyaṁ prayatnena yacchreyaupapādakam

'You indeed are the son of the Lotus-born; your word is itself the Lord's word. Therefore that which brings about welfare must be done with the utmost effort.'