Matsyapurana 56

English (machine translation) 56

Language: English

56.1

The Holy Lord said: / Now I shall declare the Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī, the destroyer of all sins; / peace, liberation, and especially victory accrue to men.

56.2

One should worship Śaṃkara in Mārgaśiras, Śambhu in Pauṣa, / the god Maheśvara in Māgha, and Mahādeva in Phālguna;

56.3

a man should likewise worship Sthāṇu in Caitra, and Śiva in Vaiśākha; / in Jyeṣṭha he should worship Paśupati, and in Āṣāḍha he should worship Ugra;

56.4

in Śrāvaṇa he should worship Śarva, and likewise Tryambaka in Nabhasya; / Hara in the month of Āśvayuja, and likewise Īśāna in Kārttika.

56.5

On all eighth days of the dark fortnight, if capable, having fasted, / one should honour twice-born devotees of Śiva with cattle, land, gold, and garments.

Having consumed cow's urine, ghee, cow's milk, sesame, barley-water, and kuśa-grass water, / water from a cow's horn, śirīṣa, arka, bilva leaves, curd, and pañcagavya, one should worship Śaṃkara at night.

56.7

The aśvattha, the vaṭa, the udumbara, the plakṣa, / the palāśa, and the rose-apple tree—great sages know [these] six.

56.8

Beginning with the months of Mārgaśīrṣa and Āṣāḍha, two months by two months in succession, / one should chew one tooth-cleansing stick from each of these trees.

56.9

One should offer an arghya offering to the god, a black cow, and black cloth; / at the conclusion, one should give curd-rice, a canopy, banners, and chowries;

56.10

and to the twice-born, water-pitchers supplied with the five gems, / black cows, gold, and various garments; / but if incapable, one should give even a single cow according to one's capacity.

56.11

One must not practice deceit with wealth; doing so, one incurs guilt. / Having fasted on Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī, a man, worshipped by the gods, / is exalted in the realm of Śiva for three hundred and seven kalpas.

Translations (1)

The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English

Linked texts (1)

Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit