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[2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.4) munīnāmapi cetāṃsi tīrthayātrāsu pāṃḍava || khidyaṃti parikupyaṃti śreyasāṃ vighnamūlataḥ ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.5) kaccinnaitena doṣeṇa samāśliṣṭo'si pāṃḍava || atra cāṃgirasā gītāṃ gāthāmetāṃ hi śuśruma ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.6) yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam || nirvikārāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ sa tīrthaphalamaśnute ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.7) tadidaṃ hṛdi dhāryaṃ te kiṃ vā tvaṃ tāta manyase || bhrātā yudhiṣṭhiro yasya sakhā yasya sa keśavaḥ ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.8) punaretatsamucitaṃ yadvipraiḥ śikṣaṇaṃ nṛṇām || vayaṃ hi dharmaguravaḥ sthāpitāstena viṣṇunā ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.9) viṣṇu nā cātra śṛṇumo gītāṃ gāthāṃ dvijānprati ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.10) yasyāmalāmṛtayaśaḥśravaṇāvagāhaḥ sadyaḥ punāti jagadā śvapacādvikuṃṭhaḥ || sohaṃ bhavadbhirupalabdha sutīrthakīrtiśchidyāṃ svabāhumapi yaḥ pratikūlavartī ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.11) priyaṃ ca pārtha te brūmo yeṣāṃ kuśalakāmukaḥ || sarve kuśalinaste ca yādavāḥ pāṃḍavāstathā ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.12) adhunā bhīmasenena kurūṇāmupatāpakaḥ || śāsanāddhṛtarāṣṭrasya vīravarmā nṛpo hataḥ ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.13) sa hi rājñāmajeyo'bhūdyathāpūrvaṃ balivalī kaṃṭakaṃ kaṃṭakeneva dhṛtarāṣṭro jigāya tam ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.14) ityādi nāradaproktāṃ vācamākarṇya phālgunaḥ || atīva muditaḥ prāha teṣāmakuśalaṃ kutaḥ ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.15) ye brāhmaṇamate nityaṃ ye ca brāhmaṇapūjakāḥ || ahaṃ ca śaktyā niyatastīrthāni vicarannanu ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.16) āgatastīrthametaddhi pramodo'tīva me hṛdi tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ dhanyamavagāhastato'dhikaḥ ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.17) māhātmyaśravaṇaṃ tasmāddaivopi munirabravīt || tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi tīrthasyāsya guṇānmune ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.18) etenaiva śrāvyametadyattvayāṃgīkṛtaṃ mune || tvaṃ hi trilokīṃ vicaranvetsi sarvāṃ hi sāratām ### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.19) tadetatsarvatīrthebhyo'dhikaṃ manye tvadā hṛtam ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.20) nārada uvāca || || ucitaṃ tava pārthaitatpṛcchasi guṇinyuṇān || guṇināmeva yujyante śrotuṃ dharmodbhavā guṇāḥ || sādhūnāṃ dharmaśravaṇaiḥ kīrtanairyāti cānvaham ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.21) pāpānāmasadālāpairāyuryāti yathānvaham || tadahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi tīrthasyāsya guṇānbahūn ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.22) yathā śrutvā vijānāsi yuktamaṃgīkṛtaṃ mayā || purāhaṃ vicaranpārtha trilokīṃ kapilānugaḥ ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.23) gatavānbrahmaṇo lokaṃ tatrāpaśyaṃ pitāmaham || sa hi rājarṣidevarṣimūrtāmūrtaḥ susaṃvṛtaḥ ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.24) vibhāti vimalo brahmā nakṣatrairuḍurāḍiva || tamahaṃ praṇipatyātha cakṣuṣā kṛtasvāgataḥ ### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.25) upaviṣṭaḥ pramuditaḥ kapilena sahaiva ca || etasminnaṃtare tatra vārtikāḥ samupāgatāḥ ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.26) prahīyaṃte hi te nityaṃ jagaddṛṣṭaṃ hi brahmaṇā || kṛtapraṇāmānātha tānsa māsīnānpitāmahaḥ ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.27) cakṣuṣāmṛtakalpena plāvayanniva cābravīt || kutra kutra vicīrṇaṃ vo dṛṣṭaṃ śrutamathāpi vā ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.28) kiṃcidevādbhutaṃ brūta śravaṇādyena puṇyatā || evamukte bhagavatā teṣāṃ yaḥ pravaro mataḥ ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.29) suśravānām brahmāṇaṃ praṇipatyedamūcivān || prabhoragre ca vijñaptiryathā dīpo rakhe stathā ### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.30) tathāpi khalu vācyaṃ me parārthaṃ preritena te || muniḥ kātyāyanonāma śrutvā dharmānpunarbahūn ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.31) sārajijñāsayā tasthāvekāṃṅguṣṭhaḥ śataṃ samāḥ || tataḥ provāca taṃ divyā vāṇī kātyāyana śrṛṇu ### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.32) puṇye sarasvatītīre pṛccha sārasvataṃ munim || sa te sāraṃ dharmasādhyaṃ dharmajño' bhirvadiṣyati ### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.33) iti śrutvā munivaro muniśreṣṭhamupetya tam || praṇamya śirasā bhūmau papracchedaṃ hṛdi sthitam ### [2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.34) satyaṃ kecitpraśaṃsaṃti tapaḥ śaucaṃ tathā pare || sāṃkhyaṃ kecitpraśaṃsaṃti yogamanye pracakṣate ### [2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.35) kṣamāṃ kecitpraśaṃsaṃti tathaiva bhṛśamārjavam || kecinmaunaṃ praśaṃsaṃti keci dāhuḥ paraṃ śrutam ### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.36) samyagjñānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti kecidvairāgyamuttamam || agniṣṭomādikarmāṇi tathā kecitparaṃ viduḥ ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.37) ātmajñānaṃ paraṃ keci tsamaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanam || itthaṃ vyavasthite loke kṛtyākṛtyavidhau janāḥ ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.38) vyāmohameva gacchaṃti kiṃ śreya iti vādinaḥ || yadeteṣu paraṃ kṛtyama nuṣṭheyaṃ mahātmabhiḥ ### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.39) vaktumarhasi dharmajña mama sarvārthasādhakam ### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.40) sārasvata uvāca || || yanmāṃ sarasvatī prāha sāraṃ vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu || chāyākāraṃ jagatsarvamutpattikṣayadharmi ca || vārāṃganānetrabhaṃgasvapnadvadbhaṃgurameva tat ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.41) dhanāyuryauvanaṃ bhogāścalacaṃdravadasthirān buddhvā samyakparāmṛśya sthāṇudānaṃ samāśrayet ### [2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.42) dānavānpuruṣaḥ pāpaṃ nālaṃ kartumiti śrutiḥ || sthāṇubhakto janmamṛtyū nāpnotīti śruti stathā ### [2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.43) sāvaṇinā ca gāthe dve kīrtite śṛṇu ye purā || vṛṣo hi bhagavāndharmo vṛṣabho yasya vāhanam ### [2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.44) pūjyate sa mahādevaḥ saṃ dharmaḥ para ucyate || duḥkhāvarte tamodhore dharmādharmajale tathā ### [2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.45) krodhapaṃke maṃdagrāhe lobhabudbudasaṃkaṭe || mānagaṃbhīrapātāle sattvayānavibhūṣite ### [2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.46) majjaṃtaṃ tārayatyeko haraḥ saṃsārasāgarāt || dānaṃ vṛttaṃ vrataṃ rvācaḥ kīrtidharmo tathāyuṣaḥ ### [2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.47) paropakaraṇaṃ kāyādasārātsāramuddharet || dharme rāgaḥ śrutau ciṃtā dāne vyasanamuttamam ### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.48) iṃdriyārtheṣu vairāgyaṃ saṃprāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam || deśe'sminbhārate janma prāpya mānuṣyamadhruvam ### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.49) na kuryādātmanaḥ śreyastenātmā vaṃcitaściram || devāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ mānuṣyamatidurlabham ### [2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.50) tatsaṃprāpya tathā kuryānna gacchennarakaṃ yathā || sarvasya mūlaṃ mānuṣyaṃ tathā sarvārthasādhakam ### [2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.51) yadi lābhe na yatnaste mūlaṃ rakṣa prayatnataḥ || mahatā puṇyamūlyena krīyate kāyanaustvayā ### [2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.52) gaṃtuṃ duḥkhodadheḥ pāraṃ tara yāvanna bhidyate || avikāriśarīratvaṃ duṣprāpyaṃ prāpya vai tataḥ ### [2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.53) nāpakrāmati saṃsārādātmahā sa narādhamaḥ || tapastapyanti yatayo juhvate cātra yajvinaḥ || dānāni cātra dīyaṃte paralokārthamādarāt ### [2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.54) kātyāyana uvāca || || dānasya tapaso vāpi bhagavaṃnkiṃ ca duṣkaram || kiṃ vā mahatphalaṃ pretya sārasvata bravīhi tat ### [2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.55) sārasvata uvāca || || na dānādduṣkarataraṃ pṛthivyāmasti kiṃcana || mune pratyakṣamavaitaddṛśyate lokasaukṣikam ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.56) parityajya priyānprāṇāndhanārthe hi mahābhayam || praviśaṃti mahālobhātsamudramaṭavīṃ girim ### [2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.57) sevāmanye prapadyaṃte śvavṛttiriti yā smṛtā || hiṃsāprāyāṃ bahukleśāṃ kṛṣiṃ caiva tathā pare ### [2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.58) tasya duḥkhārjitasyeha prāṇebhyopi garīyasaḥ || āyāsaśatalabdhasya parityāgaḥ suduṣkaraḥ ### [2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.59) yaddadāti yadaśnāti tadeva dhanino dhanam || anye mṛtasya krīḍaṃti dārairapi dhanairapi ### [2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.60) ahūnyahani yācaṃtamahaṃ manye guruṃ yathā || mārjanaṃ darpaṇasyeva yaḥ karoti dinedine ### [2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.61) dīyamā naṃ hi nāpaiti bhūya evābhivardhate || kūpa utsicyamāno hi bhavecchuddho bahūdakaḥ ### [2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.62) ekajanmasukhasyārthe sahasrāṇi vilāpayet || prājño janmasahasreṣu saṃcinotyekajanmani ### [2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.63) mūrkho hi na dadātyarthāniha dāridyraśaṃkayā || prājñastu visṛjatyarthānnimutra tasya śaṃkayā ### [2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.64) kiṃ dhanena kariṣyaṃti dehino bhaṃgurāśrayāḥ || yadarthaṃ dhanamicchaṃti taccharīramaśāśvatam ### [2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.65) akṣaradvayamabhyastaṃ nāstināstīti yatpurā || tadidaṃ dehidehīti viparītamupasthitam ### [2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.66) bodhayaṃti ca yāvaṃto dehīti kṛpaṇaṃ janāḥ || avastheyamadānasya mā bhūdevaṃ bhavānapi ### [2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.67) dāturevopakārāya vadatyarthīti dehi me || yasmāddātā prayātyūrdhvamadhastiṣṭhetpratigrahī ### [2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.68) daridrā vyādhitā mūrkhāḥ parapreṣyakarāḥ sadā || adatta dānājjāyaṃte duḥkhasyaiva hi bhājanāḥ ### [2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.69) dhanavaṃtamadātāraṃ daridraṃ vā'tapasvinam || ubhāvaṃbhasi moktavyau kaṃṭhe baddhvā mahāśilām ### [2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.70) śateṣu jāyate śūraḥ sahasreṣu ca paṃḍitaḥ || vaktā śatasahasreṣu dātā jāyeta vā na vā ### [2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.71) gobhirvipraiśca vedaiśca satībhiḥ satyavādibhiḥ || alabdhai rdānaśīlaiśca saptabhirdhāryate mahī ### [2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.72) śibirauśīnaro'ṅgāni sutaṃ ca priyamaurasam || brāhmaṇārthamupākṛtya nākapṛṣṭhamito gataḥ ### [2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.73) pratarddanaḥ kāśipatiḥ pradāya nayane svake || brāhmaṇāyātulāṃ kīrtimiha cāmutra cāśnute ### [2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.74) nimī rāṣṭraṃ ca vaideho jāmadagnyo vasuṃdharām || brāhmaṇebhyo dadau cāpi gayaścorvī sapattanām ### [2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.75) avarṣati ca parjanye sarvabhūtanivāsakṛt || vasiṣṭho jīvayāmāsa prajāpatiriva prajāḥ ### [2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.76) brahmadattaśca pāṃcālyo rājā buddhimatāṃ varaḥ || nidhiṃ śaṃkhaṃ dvijāgryebhyo dattvā svargamavāptavān ### [2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.77) sahasrajicca rājarṣiḥ prāṇāniṣṭānmahāyaśāḥ brāhmaṇārthe parityajya gato lokānanuttamān ### [2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.78) ete cānye ca bahavaḥ sthāṇordānena bhaktitaḥ || rudralokaṃ gatā nityaṃ śāntātmāno jite ndriyāḥ ### [2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.79) eṣāṃ pratiṣṭhitā kīrttiryāvatsthāsyati medinī || iti saṃciṃtya sārārthī sthāṇudānaparo bhava ### [2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.80) so'pi mohaṃ parityajya tathā kātyāyano'bhavat ### [2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.81) nārada uvāca || || evaṃ suśravasā proktāṃ kathamākarṇya padmabhūḥ || harṣāśrusaṃyukto'tīva praśaśaṃsa muhurmuhuḥ ### [2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.82) sādhu te vyāhṛtaṃ vatsa evametanna cānyathā || satyaṃ sārasvataḥ prāha saṃtyā caivaṃ tathā śrutiḥ ### [2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.83) dānaṃ yajñānāṃ varūthaṃ dakṣiṇā loke dātāram̐sarvabhūtānyupajīvaṃti dānenārātauram̐pānudaṃta dānena dviṣaṃto mitrā bhavaṃti dāne sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ tasmāddānaṃ paramaṃ vadaṃtīti ### [2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.84) saṃsārasāgare ghore dharmādharmormisaṃkule || dānaṃ tatra niṣeveta tacca nauriva nirmitam ### [2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.85) iti saṃciṃtya cai mayā puṣkare sthāpitā dvijāḥ gaṅgāyamunayormadhye madhyadeśe dvijāḥ kṛte ### [2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.86) sthāpitāḥ śrīharibhyāṃ tu śrīgauryā vedavittamāḥ || rudreṇa nāgarāścaiva pārvatyā śaktipūrvavāḥ ### [2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.87) śrīmāle ca tathā lakṣmyā hyevamādisurottamaiḥ || nānāgrahārāḥ saṃdattā lokoddharaṇakāṃkṣayā ### [2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.88) na hi dānaphale kāṃkṣā kācinno'sti surottamāḥ sādhusaṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ hi dānaṃ naḥ parikīrtitam ### [2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.89) brāhmaṇāśca kṛtasthānā nānādharmopadeśanaiḥ || samuddharaṃti varṇāstrīṃstataḥ pūjyatamā dvijāḥ ### [2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.90) dānaṃ caturvidhaṃ dānamutsargaḥ kalpitaṃ tathā || saṃśrutaṃ ceti vividhaṃ tatkramātparikīrtitam ### [2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.91) vāpīkūpataḍāgānāṃ vṛkṣavidyāsuraukasām || maṭha prapāgṛhakṣetradānamutsarga ityasau ### [2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.92) upajīvantrimānyaśca puṇyaṃ ko'pi carennaraḥ || ṣaṣṭhamaṃśaṃ sa labhate yāvadyo visṛjedvijaḥ ### [2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.93) tadeṣā meva sarveṣāṃ viprasaṃsthāpanaṃ param || devasaṃsthāpanaṃ caiva dharmastanmūla eva yat ### [2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.94) devatāyatanaṃ yāvadyāvacca brāhmaṇagṛham || tāvaddhātuḥ pūrvajānāṃ puṇyāṃśaścopatiṣṭhati ### [2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.95) etatsvalpaṃ hi vāṇijyaṃ punarbahuphalapradam || jīrṇoddhāre ca dviguṇametadeva prakīrtitam ### [2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.96) tasmādidaṃ tvahamapi bravīmi surasattamāḥ || nāsti dānasamaṃ kiṃcitsatyaṃ sārasvato jagau ### [2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.97) nārada uvāca || || iti sārasvataproktāṃ tathā padmabhuveritām sādhusādhvityamodaṃta surāścāhaṃ suvismitāḥ ### [2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.98) tataḥ sabhāvisargāṃte suramye merumūrdhani || upaviśya śilāpṛṣṭhe ahametadaciṃtayam ### [2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.99) satyamāha viraṃcistu sa kimarthaṃ tu jīvati || yenaikapi taddhvṛttaṃ naiva yena kṛtārthatā ### [2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.100) tadahaṃ dānapuṇyaṃ hi kariṣyāmi kathaṃ sphuṭam || kaupī nadaṇḍātmadhano dhanaṃ svalpaṃ hi nāsti me ### [2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.101) anarhate yahadāti na dadāti tathārhate || arhānarhaparijñānāddānadharmo hi duṣkaraḥ ### [2.1102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.1102) deśe kāle ca pātre ca śuddhena manasā tathā || nyāyārjitaṃ ca yo dadyādyauvane sa tadaśnute ### [2.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.3-2) tamovṛtastu yo dadyādbhayātkrodhāttathaiva ca || bhuṃkte dānaphalaṃ taddhi garbhastho nātra saṃśayaḥ ### [2.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.4-2) bālatve'pi ca so'śnāti yaddattaṃ dambhakāraṇāt || dattamanvāyato vittaṃ tathā vai cārthakāraṇam ### [2.5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.5-2) vṛddhatve hi samaśnāti naro vai nātra saṃśayaḥ || tasmāddeśe ca kāle ca supātre vidhinā naraḥ || śubhārjitaṃ prayuñjīta śraddhayā śāṭhyavarjitaḥ ### [2.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.6-2) tadetannirdhanatvācca kathaṃ nāma bhaviṣyati || satyamāhuḥ purā vākyaṃ purāṇamunayo'malāḥ ### [2.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.7-2) nādhanasyāstyayaṃ loko na paraśca kathaṃcana || abhiśastaṃ prapaśyaṃti daridraṃ pārśvataḥ sthitam ### [2.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.8-2) dāridryaṃ pātakaṃ loke kastacchaṃsitumarhati || patitaḥ śocyate sarvairnirdhanaścāpi śocyate ### [2.9-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.9-2) yaḥ kṛśāśvaḥ kṛśadhanaḥ kṛśabhṛtyaḥ kṛśātithiḥ || sa vai proktaḥ kṛśonāma na śarīrakṛśaḥ kṛśaḥ ### [2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.110) arthavānduṣkulīno'pi loke pūjyatamo naraḥ śaśinastulyavaṃśo'pi nirdhanaḥ paribhūyate ### [2.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.11-2) jñānavṛddhāstapovṛddhā ye ca vṛddhā bahuśrutāḥ || te sarve dhanavṛddhasya dvāri tiṣṭhanti kiṃkarāḥ ### [2.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.12-2) yadyapyayaṃ tribhuvane artho'smākaṃ parāgmahi || tathāpyanyaprārthito hi tasyaiva phalado bhavet ### [2.13-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.13-2) athavaitatpurā sarvaṃ ciṃtayiṣyāmi susphuṭam || vilo kayāmi pūrvaṃ tu kiṃcidyogyaṃ hi sthānakam ### [2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.114) saṃ ciṃtayitveti bahuprakāraṃ deśāṃśca grāmānnagarāṇi cāśramān || bahūnāhaṃ paryaṭanāṃvām̐nhi sthānaṃ hitaṃ sthāpaye yatra viprān ### [2.114.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2.114.p1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe nāradārjunasaṃvāde dānapraśaṃsāvarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (15) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.8.15) — Sanskrit - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya.3.189.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.16.5.p1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.19.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.vaisnavakhanda.41.1) — Sanskrit - [Kumārikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.mahesvarakhanda.kumarikakhanda.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.506) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.gujarat-malava.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.218.13) — Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.1.p9) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.1.p4) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.7.p85) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Kāśīpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.kasi.kasipurana.2.62) — Sanskrit - [Śivadharmottara (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmottara*alt.1.4.68) — Sanskrit - [Dānakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.nibandha.danakalpataru.2.p122) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Dānavivekoddyota](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.nibandha.danavivekoddyota.1.p21) — Madanasīṅhadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.2) · Pramāṇa