Skanda Purana · Verses 5.1-3

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

oṃ namaḥ śrīpuruṣottamāya /
oṃ namaḥ śrīnarmadāyai /
oṃ namo hariharahiraṇyagarbhebhyo namo vyāsavālmīkiśukaparāśarebhyo namo gurugobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ /
oṃ majjanmātaṅgagaṇḍacyutamadamadirāmodamattālimālaṃ snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam /
sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kusumacayasamācchannatīrasthavṛkṣaṃ pāyādvo narmadāmbhaḥ karimakarakarākrāntarahaṃstaraṃgam

ubhayataṭapuṇyatīrthā prakṣālitasakalalalokaduritaughā /
devamunimanujavandyā haratu sadā narmadā duritam

nāśayatu duritamakhilaṃ bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavacca bhuvi bhavinām /
sakalapavitri tava sudhā puṇyajalā narmadā bhavati

taṭapulinaṃ śivadevā yasyā yatayo'pi kāmayante vā /
muninivahavihitasevā śivāya mama jāyatāṃ revā

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtvā naraṃ caiva narottamam /
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet

naimiṣe puṇyanilaye nānāṛṣiniṣevite /
śaunakaḥ satramāsīnaḥ sūta papraccha vistarāt

manye'haṃ dharmanaipuṇyaṃ tvayi sūta sadārcitam /
puṇyāmṛtakathāvaktā vyāsasaśiṣyastvameva hi

atastvāṃ paripṛcchāmi dharmatīrthāśrayaṃ kave /
bahūni santi tīrthāni bahuśo me śrutāni ca

śrutā divyanadī brāhmī tathā viṣṇunadī mayā /
tṛtīyā na mayā kvāpi śrutā raudrī saridvarā

tāṃ vedagarbhāṃ vikhyātāṃ vibudhaughābhivanditām /
vada me tvaṃ mahāprājña tīrthapūgapariṣkṛtām

kaṃ deśamāśritā revā kathaṃ śrīrudrasaṃbhavā /
tatsaṃśritāni tīrthāni yāni tāni vadasva me

sūta uvāca -
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ kulapate caritraṃ narmadāśritam /
citraṃ pavitraṃ doṣaghnaṃ śrutamuktaṃ ca sattama

vedopavedavedāṅgādīnyabhivyasya pūritaḥ /
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vaktā satyavatīsutaḥ

taṃ namaskṛtya vakṣyāmi purāṇāni yathākramam /
yeṣāmabhivyāharaṇādabhivṛddhirvṛṣāyuṣoḥ

śrutiḥ smṛtiśca viprāṇāṃ cakṣuṣī parikīrtite /
kāṇastatraikayā hīno dvābhyāmandhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

śrutismṛtipurāṇāni viduṣāṃ locanatrayam /
yastribhirnayanaiḥ paśyetso'ṃśo māheśvaro mataḥ

ātmano vedavidyā ca īśvareṇa vinirmitā /
śaunakīyā ca paurāṇī dharmaśāstrātmikā ca yā

tisro vidyā imā mukhyāḥ sarvaśāstravinirṇaye /
purāṇaṃ pañcamo veda iti brahmānuśāsanam

yo na veda purāṇaṃ hi na sa vedātra kiṃcana /
katamaḥ sa hi dharmo'sti kiṃ vā jñānaṃ tathāvidham

anyadvā tatkimatrāha purāṇe yanna dṛśyate /
vedāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ pūrvaṃ purāṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ

bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati /
itihāsapurāṇaiśca kṛto'yaṃ niścayaḥ purā

ātmā purāṇaṃ vedānāṃ pṛthagaṃgāni tāni ṣaṭ /
yacca dṛṣṭaṃ hi vedeṣu taddṛṣṭaṃ smṛtibhiḥ kila

ubhābhyāṃ yattu dṛṣṭaṃ hi tatpurāṇeṣu gīyate /
purāṇaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ prathamaṃ brahmaṇaḥ smṛtam

anantaraṃ ca vaktrebhyo vedāstasya vinirgatāḥ /
purāṇamekamevāsīdasmin kalpāntare mune

trivargasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram /
smṛtvā jagāda ca munīnprati devaścaturmukhaḥ

pravṛttiḥ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇasyābhavattataḥ /
kālenāgrahaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā purāṇasya tato muniḥ

vyāsarūpaṃ vibhuḥ kṛtvā saṃharetsa yuge yuge /
aṣṭalakṣapramāṇe tu dvāpare dvāpare sadā

tadaṣṭādaśadhā kṛtvā bhūloke'smin prabhāṣyate /
adyāpi devaloke tacchatakoṭipravistaram

tathātra caturlakṣaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa niveśitam /
purāṇāni daśāṣṭau ca sāmprataṃ tadihocyate /
nāmatastāni vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tvamṛṣisattama

sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca /
vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam

brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ tatrādyaṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vibhūṣitam /
ślokānāṃ daśasāhasraṃ nānāpuṇyakathāyutam

pādmaṃ ca pañcapañcāśatsahasrāṇi nigadyate /
tṛtīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃnāma trayoviṃśatisaṃkhyayā

caturthaṃ vāyunā proktaṃ vāyavīyamiti smṛtam /
śivabhaktisamāyogācchaivaṃ taccāparākhyayā

caturviṃśatisaṃkhyātaṃ sahasrāṇi tu śaunaka /
caturbhiḥ parvabhiḥ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ pañcamaṃ tathā

caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā pañca śatāni tat /
mārkaṇḍaṃ navasāhasraṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ tatparikīrtitam

āgneyaṃ saptamaṃ proktaṃ sahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa /
aṣṭamaṃ nāradīyaṃ tu proktaṃ vai pañcaviṃśatiḥ

navamaṃ bhagavannāma bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam /
tadaṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ procyate granthasaṃkhyayā

daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ tāvatsaṃkhyamihocyate /
laiṅgamekādaśaṃ jñeyaṃ tathaikādaśasaṃkhyayā

bhāgadvayaṃ viracitaṃ talliṅgamṛṣipuṃgava /
caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ vārāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ viduḥ

vibhaktaṃ saptabhiḥ khaṇḍaiḥ skāndaṃ bhāgyavatāṃ vara /
tadekāśītisāhasraṃ saṃkhyayā vai nirūpitam

tatastu vāmanaṃ nāma caturdaśatamaṃ smṛtam /
saṃkhyayā daśasāhasraṃ proktaṃ kulapate purā

kaurmaṃ pañcadaśaṃ prāhurbhāgadvayavibhūṣitam /
daśasaptasahasrāṇi purā sāṃkhyapate kalau

mātsyaṃ matsyena yatproktaṃ manave ṣoḍaśaṃ kramāt /
taccaturdaśasāhasraṃ saṃkhyayā vadatāṃ vara

gāruḍaṃ saptadaśamaṃ smṛtaṃ caikonaviṃśatiḥ /
aṣṭādaśaṃ tu brahmāṇḍaṃ bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam

tacca dvādaśasāhasraṃ śatamaṣṭasamanvitam /
tathaivopapurāṇāni yāni coktāni vedhasā

idaṃ brahmapurāṇasya sulabhaṃ sauramuttamam /
saṃhitādvayasaṃyuktaṃ puṇyaṃ śivakathāśrayam

ādyā sanatkumāroktā dvitīyā sūryabhāṣitā /
sanatkumāranāmnā hi tadvikhyātaṃ mahāmune

dvitīyaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca purāṇe pādmasaṃjñite /
śaukeyaṃ hi tṛtīyaṃ tu purāṇe vaiṣṇave matam

bārhaspatyaṃ caturthaṃ ca vāyavyaṃ saṃmataṃ sadā /
daurvāsasaṃ pañcamaṃ ca smṛtaṃ bhāgavate sadā

bhaviṣye nāradoktaṃ ca sūribhiḥ kathitaṃ purā /
kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritam

brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇaṃ cātha kālikādvayameva ca /
māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbaṃ sauraṃ sarvārthasaṃcayam

pārāśaraṃ bhāgavataṃ kaurmaṃ cāṣṭādaśaṃ kramāt /
etānyupapurāṇāni mayoktāni yathākramam

purāṇasaṃhitāmetāṃ yaḥ paṭhedvā śṛṇoti ca /
so'nantapuṇyabhāgī syānmṛto brahmapuraṃ vrajet

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe purāṇasaṃhitāvarṇanāṃ prathamo'dhyāyaḥ //