Om! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both together;
May we work conjointly with great energy,
May our study be vigorous and effective;
May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).
Om! Let there be Peace in me!
Let there be Peace in my environment!
Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me!
1-5.
(Skanda says): Great god ! Owing to an iota of your compassion I am the
lapseless being (not lapsing from the identity). I am a mass of knowledge !
I am also the Good - what more (can I need) ?
Owing to the waxing of the Internal organ, what is not spiritual appears as
such; by its warning, this is nothing but pure knowledge or Hari. I am
knowledge alone, unborn - what more ? All that is other (than) It is inert
and perishes like a dream.
He
who discerns the consciousness as distinct from the inert is the unswerving
mass of knowledge. Only he is Shiva, Hari, luminary of luminaries, the
supreme god, the Brahman - I am that Brahman surely.
6-7.
Jiva is Shiva and Shiva is Jiva; when bound by husk it is paddy, unbound of
is rice. Thus the bound one is Jiva, released from karma he is eternal
Shiva. Bound by ropes, he is Jiva, unbound, Shiva.
8-9.
(I bow) to Shiva of the form of Vishnu and Vishnu who is Shiva; Vishnu is
Shiva's heart and Shiva, Vishnu's. Just as Vishnu is full of Shiva, so is
Shiva full of Vishnu. As I see no difference, I am well all my life.
10-15.
The body is said to be the temple, the deity Shiva is Jiva; one should throw
away the flowers after worship and worship with the sense of identity.
Perception of non-difference is knowledge, meditation the objectless mind. The
bath is removal of mental impurity; cleanliness is control of the senses. One
should drink the nectar of Brahma, take alms for sustenance, live by oneself
devoid of duality. Such a person of wisdom will get liberation.
I bow
to the supreme, sacred seat of power, to secure well-being and long life. They
know themselves to be Brahman, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, beyond thought, unmanifest,
endless, undecaying, by your grace, Nrisimha.
That
high place of Vishnu the wise ones always behold like an eye extended in heaven.
The sages, praising and awake exalt that supreme status of Vishnu.
This is the doctrine of liberation according to the Vedas.
Om! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both
together;
May we work conjointly with great energy,
May our study be vigorous and effective;
May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).
Om! Let there be Peace in me!
Let there be Peace in my environment!
Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me!
Here ends the Skandopanishad belonging to the
Krishna-Yajur-Veda.
Reference
Dr. A. G.
Krishna Warrier. The Theosophical Publishing House, Chennai. "Skanda
Upanishad."
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