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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 2 Ch. 1
(At this point), Bhagavan Gautama paid his homage and obeisance to Śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvīra, and having done so, he made the following submission :
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-Bhante! Thy disciple, monk, Skandaka by name, beloved of the gods, who has passed away on the completion of his time here (on this earth)-whither is he gone, and where is he born?
Addressing Gautama and others,
Mahāvīra ordained:
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-And, Bhante ! existence therein,
birth ?
Śramana Bhagavān
--Indeed, Gautama, my disciple, monk, Skandaka by name, gentle by nature,...till having been permitted by me, planted on self by self the five Great Vows,...till passed away after discussing, and after saying pratikramaṇa, and has acquired a celestial life in the Acyuta-kalpa. Therein some of the inmates spend a span of 22 sāgaropamas, as per which Skandaka too will spend a span of 22 sāgaropamas there.
Having exhausted his span, stay and where will he go and where will he take
-Gautama! In Mahāvideha will he (take birth and) be perfected, enlightened and liberated, and (then) enter into liberation and terminate all misery. Skandaka story1 ends
पढमो उद्देसो सम्मत्तो | Chapter one ends
