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# Skandapurana 2.4.31

Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 2.4.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.1)

.. vālakhilyā ūcuḥ .. ..

> The Vālakhilyas said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.2)

kārtike śuklanavamī tatrā'bhūddvāparaṃ yugam ..

> The bright ninth of Kārtika: on that day the Dvāpara Yuga began.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.3)

pūrvā'parāhṇagā grāhyā kramāddānopavāsayoḥ .. 1 ..

> It is to be adopted when it falls in the forenoon or afternoon, respectively, for giving and fasting. .. 1 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.4)

atra kūṣmāṃḍakonāma hato daityastu viṣṇunā ..

> Here, indeed, the demon named Kūṣmāṇḍaka was slain by Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.5)

tadromabhiḥ samudbhūtā vallyaḥ kūṣmāṃḍasaṃbhavāḥ ..2 ..

> from his bodily hairs arose the creepers that produce the pumpkin gourd. .. 2 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.6)

tasmātkūṣmāṃḍadānena phalamāpnoti niścitam ..

> Therefore, by donating a winter melon (kūṣmāṇḍa), one definitely attains the fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.7)

asyāmeva navamyāṃ tu kuryātkṛṣṇotsavaṃ naraḥ .. 3 ..

> On this very ninth \[tithi\], a person should celebrate the festival of Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.8)

svaśākhoktena vidhinā tulasyāḥ karapīḍanam ..

> \[He should perform\] the marriage of Tulasī according to the rite prescribed in his own Vedic branch (śākhā).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.9)

kanyādānaphalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 4 ..

> The fruit of gifting a maiden (kanyādāna) accrues to him; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.10)

kārtike śuklanavamīmavāpya vijiteṃdriyaḥ..

> Having reached the bright ninth day in Kārtika, with senses subdued,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.11)

hariṃ vidhāya sauvarṇaṃ tulasyā sahitaṃ śubham .. 5..

> having fashioned an auspicious Hari out of gold along with Tulasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.12)

pūjayedvidhivadbhaktyā vratī tatra dinatrayam ..

> the observer of the vow should worship them there for three days with devotion in accordance with the rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.13)

evaṃ yathoktavidhinā kuryādvaivāhikaṃ vidhim .. 6 ..

> In this manner, by the prescribed rule, he should perform the nuptial rite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.14)

grāhyaṃ trirātramatraiva navamyādyanurodhataḥ ..

> Here, a period of three nights should be observed, following the ninth day onwards.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.15)

madhyāhnavyāpinī grāhyā navamī pūrvavedhitā .. 7 ..

> The ninth \[tithi\] that extends through midday, touched by the preceding one, is to be observed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.16)

dhātryaśvatthau ya ekatra pālayitvā samudvahet..

> He who nurtures together and weds an āmalakī and a sacred fig (aśvattha) tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.17)

na naśyate tasya puṇyaṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi ..8..

> his religious merit is not destroyed even in hundreds of millions of kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.18)

kanakasya sutā pūrvamekādaśyāṃ kiśorikā ..

> Formerly, the youthful daughter of Kanaka, on the eleventh \[day\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.19)

cakāra bhaktitaḥ sāyaṃ tulasyudvāhajaṃ vidhim..9..

> performed with devotion the rite of Tulasī's wedding in the evening.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.20)

tena vaidhavyadoṣeṇa nirmuktā''sītsulocanā..

> By virtue of that, that fair-eyed maiden became freed from the blemish of widowhood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.21)

tasmātsāyaṃ prakartavyastulastudvāhajo vidhiḥ ..2.4.31.10..

> Therefore, the rite born of Tulasī's marriage should be performed in the evening.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.22)

avaśyameva kartavyaḥ prativarṣaṃ tu vaiṣṇavaiḥ..

> It should certainly be performed every year by Vaiṣṇavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.23)

vidhiṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi yathā sāṃgā kriyā bhaveta.11..

> I shall proclaim its rite, so that the ritual may be complete with all its limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.24)

viṣṇostu pratimāṃ kuryātpalasya svarṇajāṃ śubhām..

> One should fashion an auspicious image of Viṣṇu made of a pala of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.25)

tadarddhārddhaṃ tadarddhārddhaṃ yathāśaktyā prakalpayet .. 12 ..

> or half of that, or half of half of that, according to one's capacity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.26)

prāṇapratiṣṭhāṃ kṛtvaiva tulasīviṣṇurūpayoḥ ..

> Having performed the consecration of the life-breath (prāṇapratiṣṭhā) in the two forms of Tulasī and Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.27)

tata utthāpayeddevaṃ pūrvoktaiśca stavādibhiḥ ..13..

> he should then awaken the God with the previously mentioned hymns and praises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.28)

upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayetpuruṣoktibhiḥ ..

> He should worship with sixteen services (upacāras) and with the Puruṣa\[sūkta\] mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.29)

deśakālau tataḥ smṛtvā gaṇeśaṃ tatra pūjayet .. 14 ..

> Then, having remembered the place and time, he should worship Gaṇeśa there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.30)

puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvātha nāṃdīśrāddhaṃ samācaret ..

> Then, having had the benediction (puṇyāha) recited, he should perform the ancestral offering (nāndīśrāddha).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.31)

vedavādyādinirghoṣairviṣṇumūrtiṃ samānayet .. 15 ..

> He should bring the image of Viṣṇu amidst the sounds of Vedic recitations, musical instruments, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.32)

tulasīnikaṭe sā tu sthāpyā cāṃ'tarhitā paṭaiḥ ..

> It should be placed near Tulasī and screened by cloths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.33)

āgaccha bhagavandeva arcayiṣyāmi keśava .. ..16..

> "Come, O Blessed Lord, O Keśava, I shall worship \[You\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.34)

tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi tulasīṃ sarvakāmaprado bhava..

> I will give You Tulasī; be the bestower of all desires."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.35)

dadyāttrivāramarghyaṃ ca pādyaṃ viṣṭarameva ca..17..

> He should offer the guest-offering (arghya) three times, the water for washing feet (pādya), and the seat (viṣṭara).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.36)

tata ācamanīyaṃ ca triruktvā ca pradāpayet..

> Then, having spoken thrice, he should offer water for sipping (ācamanīya).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.37)

tato dadhi ghṛtaṃ kṣīraṃ kāṃsyapātrapuṭīkṛtam .. 18 ..

> Then curd, clarified butter, and milk placed in a bell-metal vessel—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.38)

madhuparkaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ vāsudeva namostu te..

> "Accept the madhuparka, O Vāsudeva; homage unto You!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.39)

haridrālepānābhyaṃgakāryaṃ sarvaṃ vidhāya ca .. 19 ..

> Having performed all the acts of smearing with turmeric and anointing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.40)

godhūlisamaye pūjyau tulasīkeśavau punaḥ..

> Tulasī and Keśava should again be worshipped at the time of cow-dust (godhūli).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.41)

pṛthakpṛthaktathā kāryau saṃmukhau maṃgalaṃ paṭhet .. 2.4.31.20 ..

> Placed separately facing each other, he should recite the auspicious verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.42)

īṣaddṛśye bhāskare tu saṃkalpaṃ tu samuccaret ..

> When the sun is slightly visible, he should utter the declaration of intent (saṃkalpa),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.43)

svagotrapravarānuktvā tathā tripuruṣādikam .. 21 ..

> having spoken his lineage, ancestral seers (pravaras), and the three paternal ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.44)

anādimadhyanidhana trailokyapratipālaka ..

> "O You without beginning, middle, or end! O Protector of the three worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.45)

imāṃ gṛhāṇa tulasīṃ vivāhavidhineśvara .. 22 ..

> Accept this Tulasī according to the marriage rite, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.46)

pārvatībījasaṃbhūtāṃ vṛṃdābhasmani saṃsthitām ..

> Sprung from the seed of Pārvatī, residing in the ashes of Vṛndā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.47)

anādimadhyanidhanāṃ vallabhāṃ te dadāmyaham ..23..

> having no beginning, middle, or end, I give You Your beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.48)

payoghaṭaiśca sevābhiḥ kanyāvadvardhitā mayā ..

> With pots of water and with services, she was reared by me like a daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.49)

tvatpriyāṃ tulasīṃ tubhyaṃ dadāmi tvaṃ gṛhāṇa bhoḥ .. 24 ..

> I give You Tulasī, who is dear to You; O Lord, please accept her."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.50)

evaṃ dattvā ca tulasīṃ paścāttau pūjayettataḥ..

> Having thus given Tulasī, he should then worship them both afterwards.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.51)

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādvivāhotsavapūrvakam ..25..

> At night, he should keep a vigil accompanied by the wedding celebration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.52)

tataḥ prabhātasamaye tulasīṃ viṣṇumarcayet ..

> Then, at daybreak, he should worship Tulasī and Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.53)

vahnisaṃsthāpanaṃ kṛtvā dvādaśākṣaravidyayā .. 26 ..

> Having established the fire, with the twelve-syllable formula (mantra),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.54)

pāyasā''jyakṣaudratilairjuhyādaṣṭottaraṃśatam ..

> he should offer one hundred and eight oblations with milk-rice, ghee, honey, and sesame seeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.55)

tataḥ sviṣṭakṛtaṃ hutvā dadyātpūrṇāhutiṃ tataḥ ..

> Then, having offered the sviṣṭakṛt oblation, he should make the final oblation (pūrṇāhuti).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.56)

ācāryaṃ ca samabhyarcya homaśeṣaṃ samāpayet .. 27 ..

> And having worshipped the preceptor (ācārya), he should complete the remainder of the fire offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.57)

caturo vārṣikānmāsānniyamo yena yaḥ kṛtaḥ ..

> Whatever observance was undertaken by anyone for the four months of the rainy season,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.58)

kathayitvā dvijebhyastattathā'nyatparipūrayet .. 28 ..

> having related that to the twice-born, he should thus complete it and the other \[observances\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.59)

idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva kṛtaṃ prītyai tava prabho ..

> "This vow was performed by me, O God, for Your pleasure, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.60)

nyūnaṃ saṃpūrṇatāṃ yātu tvatprasādājjanārdana .. 29 ..

> May whatever is deficient attain completeness through Your grace, O Janārdana!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.61)

revatīturyacaraṇe dvādaśīsaṃyute naraḥ ..

> During the fourth quarter of Revatī joined with the twelfth \[lunar day\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.62)

na kuryātpāraṇaṃ kurvanvrataṃ niṣphalatāṃ nayet .. 2.4.31.30 ..

> a person should not break his fast (pāraṇa); doing so, he would make his vow fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.63)

tato yeṣāṃ padārthānāṃ varjanaṃ tu kṛtaṃ bhavet ..

> Then, whatever items were abstained from  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.64)

cāturmāsye'thavā corje brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samarpayet ..

> during Cāturmāsya or in Ūrja (Kārtika), he should present to the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.65)

tataḥ sarvaṃ samaśnīyādyadyattyaktaṃ vrate sthitam .. 31 ..

> Then he may eat all of whatever had been renounced while abiding in the vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.66)

daṃpatibhyāṃ sahaivā'tra bhoktavyaṃ ca dvijaiḥ saha ..32..

> In this rite, one should eat together with the married couple and with the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.67)

tato bhuktyuttaraṃ yāni galitāni dalāni ca ..

> Then, after eating, whatever leaves have fallen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.68)

tāni bhuktvā tulasyāśca svayaṃ pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 33 ..

> having eaten those \[leaves\] of Tulasī, one is personally freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.69)

ikṣudaṇḍaṃ tathā dhātrīphalaṃ koliphalaṃ tathā ..

> Likewise, a stalk of sugarcane, a myrobalan fruit, and a jujube fruit—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.70)

bhuktvā tu bhojanasyāṃ'te tasyocchiṣṭaṃ vinaśyati .. 34 ..

> by eating \[these\] at the end of the meal, one's state of food-impurity is removed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.71)

eṣu triṣu na bhuktaṃ cedekaikamapi yena tu ..

> If among these three, not even one is eaten by someone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.72)

jñeya ucchiṣṭa āvarṣaṃ naro'sau nā'tra saṃśayaḥ .. 35 ..

> that person is to be known as impure for a full year; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.73)

tataḥ sāyaṃ punaḥ pūjyāvikṣudaṇḍaiśca śobhitaiḥ ..

> Then in the evening, they should again be worshipped with lovely stalks of sugarcane,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.74)

tulasīvāsudevau ca kṛtakṛtyo bhavettataḥ .. 36 ..

> namely, Tulasī and Vāsudeva; thereupon, one achieves one's purpose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.75)

tato visarjanaṃ kṛtvā dattvā dāyādikaṃ hareḥ ..

> Then, having performed the formal dismissal and having given the inheritance and other gifts to Hari:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.76)

vaikuṇṭhaṃ gaccha bhagavam̐stulasīsahitaḥ prabho ..

> "Go to Vaikuṇṭha, O Lord, together with Tulasī, O Master!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.77)

matkṛtaṃ pūjanaṃ gṛhya saṃtuṣṭo bhava sarvadā .. 37 ..

> Having accepted the worship performed by me, be ever pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.78)

gacchagaccha suraśreṣṭha svasthāne parameśvara ..

> Depart, depart, O best of the gods, to your own abode, O Parameśvara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.79)

yatra brahmādayo devāstatra gaccha janārdana .. 38 ..

> Where the gods headed by Brahmā reside, go there, O Janārdana!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.80)

evaṃ visṛjya deveśamācāryāya pradāpayet ..

> Having thus dismissed the Lord of gods, one should present to the preceptor  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.81)

mūrtyādikaṃ sarvameva kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ .. 39 ..

> the icon and everything else; \[then\] a person achieves their purpose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.82)

prativarṣaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttulasīkarapīḍanam ..

> Indeed, whoever performs the marriage of Tulasī every year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.83)

bhaktimāndhanadhānyaiḥ sa yukto bhavati niścitam ..

> being full of devotion, certainly becomes endowed with wealth and grain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.84)

ihaloke paratrā'pi vipulaṃ ca yaśo labhet .. 2.4.31.40 ..

> In this world and also in the next, he attains vast renown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.31.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.31.85)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye kūṣmāṃḍanavamītulasīvivāhavidhivarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 31 .. ..

> Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Rules for Kūṣmāṇḍanavamī and the Marriage of Tulasī,' in the Kārtikamāsamāhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.31.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.12.11.17) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit
- [Saṃvatsaradīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.samvatsaradidhiti.9.11.17) — Anantadeva 1650, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.25.2-4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit
- [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.4.p52) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit

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