[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.2.6 # Skandapurana 1.2.6 Skandapurāṇa 1.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.1) .. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. .. > Nandikeśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.2) vistarātkathayāmyadya prāyaścittaṃ mahāṃhasām .. > "I will explain today in detail the expiation of great sins > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.3) sarveṣāmavadhatsva tvamavalaṃbyāstikīṃ dhiyam .. 1 .. > for all \[people\]; listen carefully, adopting a faithful mindset. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.4) brahmahā prāpya śoṇādriṃ nimagnaḥ khaḍgatīrthake .. > A killer of a brahmin, having reached the Crimson Mountain, bathed in the Khaḍgatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.5) japanpaṃcākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ bhasmarudrākṣadhārakaḥ .. 2 .. > reciting the five-syllable mantra, wearing holy ash and rudrākṣa beads, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.6) kṛtopavāsaḥ saṃpūjya prayataḥ parameśvaram .. > having fasted, and worshiping the Supreme Lord with purity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.7) brāhmaṇānbhojayedvarṣaṃ bhikṣāśī niyateṃdriyaḥ .. 3 .. > should feed brahmins for a year, eating alms, with his senses restrained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.8) viśeṣapūjāśuśrūṣāṃ kuryāddevasya bhaktitaḥ .. > He should perform special worship and service to the God with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.9) brahmahatyā vinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate .. 4 .. > Completely freed from \[the sin of\] killing a brahmin, he is glorified in the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.10) surāpo'pyaruṇakṣetre varṣamekaṃ vasanprati .. > Even a liquor drinker, residing for one year in the sacred field of Aruṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.11) prāgvatkṛtasamācāraḥ saṃpūjyaivaṃ maheśvaram .. 5 .. > having observed proper conduct as before and thus worshiping Maheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.12) kṣīreṇa snāpayeddevaṃ śatarudrīyamuccaran .. > should bathe the God with milk while reciting the Śatarudrīya." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.13) surāpānodbhavenāśu pāpena parimucyate .. 6 .. > he is swiftly freed from the sin born of drinking liquor. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.14) suvarṇasteyakṛcchoṇakṣetre bilvadalairharam .. > One who commits the theft of gold, \[if\] in the sacred field of Śoṇa, having worshipped Hara with bilva leaves > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.15) abhyarcya bhojayedviprānpāpānmucyeta duṣkarāt .. 7 .. > and fed the learned brahmins, is freed from that formidable sin. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.16) gurudāraratirgatvā kṛttikāsvaruṇācalam .. > One who has engaged in sexual relations with his guru's wife, going to Aruṇācala under \[the constellation\] Kṛttikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.17) yathāpūrvaṃ vratī bhūtvā sahasreṇa pradīpakaiḥ .. 8 .. > becoming an observer of vows as before, by means of a thousand lamps, (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.18) māsatrayaṃ samārādhya śrīśoṇācalaśaṃkaram .. > having worshipped Śrī Śoṇācalaśaṃkara for three months, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.19) pradadyādbhūṣitāṃ kanyāṃ brāhmaṇāya sudhīmate .. 9 .. > should bestow an adorned maiden upon a wise brahmin. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.20) ṣaḍakṣaraṃ japennityaṃ tena mucyeta pāpmanā .. > He should constantly repeat the six-syllabled mantra; thereby he is freed from sin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.21) śivaloke ca nivasedāsaṃsāraṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 1.3.2.6.10 .. > and he dwells in the world of Śiva until the dissolution of worldly existence, without a doubt. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.22) paradārāpaharttā ca kṣetresminniyateṃdriyaḥ .. > And one who violates another man's wife, with restrained senses in this sacred field, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.23) māsamekaṃ navaiḥ puṣpairabhyarcyāruṇaśaṃkaram .. 11 .. > worshipping Aruṇaśaṃkara with fresh flowers for one month, (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.24) māheśvarāya vitareddhanaṃ śaktyānuguṇyataḥ .. > should bestow wealth upon a devotee of Maheśvara according to his capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.25) tatkṣaṇena vinirmuktastasmātpāpādbhaviṣyati .. 12 .. > At that very moment, he will be thoroughly freed from that sin. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.26) garado'pyaruṇakṣetre vratī bhūtvā yathāpurā .. > Even a poisoner, having observed vows in the sacred field of Aruṇa as previously described, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.27) kṣīropahāraṃ devāya dattvā doṣeṇa mucyate .. .. 13 .. > offering a gift of milk to the god, is freed from fault. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.28) piśuno'pyaruṇakṣetre vratī vedarato naraḥ .. > Even a slanderer, observing vows in the sacred field of Aruṇa and devoted to the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.29) adhyāpayeddvijānmukhyāṃstato niṣkalmaṣo bhavet .. 14 .. > should instruct the foremost twice-born; then he becomes free of blemish. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.30) agnido'pyaruṇakṣetre trīnmāsānpūrvavadvratī .. > Even an arsonist, observing vows as before in the sacred field of Aruṇa for three months, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.31) dadyācchaivāya nirmāyya gṛhaṃ tatpāpaśāṃtaye .. 15 .. > should build and offer a house to a devotee of Śiva for the pacification of that sin. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.32) dharmaniṃdākaraḥ śoṇakṣetre varṣaṃ vratī vasan .. > One who reviles dharma, dwelling as a vrati in the sacred field of Śoṇa for a year, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.33) satrādikaṃ prakurvīta yathāśaktyaghaśāṃtaye .. 16 .. > should perform charitable distributions of food and the like to the best of his capacity for the pacification of sin. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.34) pitṛdrohyaruṇakṣetre tiṣṭhanmāsamataṃdritaḥ .. > One who is malicious towards his father, remaining unwearied in the sacred field of Aruṇa for a month, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.35) girīśāya dvijebhyopi pradadyādgāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 17 .. > should give cows by the thousands to the Lord of the Mountain and to the twice-born. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.36) grahoparāgakāleṣu bhojayitvā dvijānbahūn.. > Having fed many twice-born at the times of planetary eclipses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.37) vimuṃcedvṛṣabhaṃ nīlaṃ vimucyeta tatoṃ'hasaḥ .. 18 .. > he should release a dark-colored bull; thereby he is freed from that sin. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.38) strīghnaścāpi śiśughno'pi śoṇakṣetramupeyivān .. > Even a murderer of a woman or a murderer of a child, having arrived at the sacred field of Śoṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.39) vyatīpāte tilāndadyāddvijabhyo duritacchide .. 19 .. > should give sesame seeds to the twice-born on a vyatīpāta day for the destruction of wicked deeds. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.40) pracchannapāpakṛcchoṇakṣetre'sminniyateṃdriyaḥ .. > One who has committed secret sins, with restrained senses in this sacred field of Śoṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.41) guptadānāni kurvīta bhavedvai gatakalmaṣaḥ .. 1.3.2.6.20 .. > should make secret donations; he will indeed become cleansed of defilement. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.42) mṛṣābhāṣyaruṇakṣetre ṣaṇmāsānnivasanvratī .. > One who speaks falsehood, dwelling as a vrati in the sacred field of Aruṇa for six months, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.43) śoṇācaleśvarastotrapāṭhena syādakalmaṣaḥ .. 21 .. > becomes free of blemish through the recitation of the hymn to the Lord of Śoṇācala. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.44) kūpādibhedakṛcchoṇakṣetramāsādya bhaktitaḥ .. > One who damages wells and the like, having reached the sacred field of Śoṇa with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.45) taṭākānkhānayettatra dhruvaṃ nirvṛjino bhavet .. 22 .. > should dig reservoirs there; he will certainly become free from sin. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.46) kṣetrāpahārī devāya kṣetraṃ dadyānmahāphalam .. > One who usurps land should grant fertile land yielding great fruit to the god; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.47) ārāmakaṃṭakopyasmai dadyādudyānamuttamam .. 23 .. > one who ruins an orchard should offer an excellent garden to Him. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.48) gṛhāpahārī kurvīta devasyāyatanaṃ navam .. > One who usurps a house should construct a new temple for the god; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.49) aṃhasā tena nirmuktaḥ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt .. 24 .. > released from that sin, he attains intimate union with Śiva. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.50) paradrohī vasañchoṇakṣetre māheśvarāndhanaiḥ .. > One who is treacherous to others, dwelling in the sacred field of Śoṇa and gratifying > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.51) prīṇayitvā parām̐llokānniḥsaṃśayamavāpnuyāt .. 25 .. > the devotees of Maheśvara with riches, undoubtedly attains the higher worlds. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.52) paśvādimāṃsabhukchoṇakṣetre pakṣatrayaṃ vratī .. > One who eats the flesh of beasts and the like, observing vows in the sacred field of Śoṇa for three fortnights, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.53) prīṇayedaruṇeśānaṃ sopahārairmanoharaiḥ .. 26 .. > should delight the Lord of Aruṇa with charming offerings. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.54) triḥśoṇācalanātheti ninadannanagho bhavet.. > Resounding three times, 'O Lord of Śoṇācala!', he becomes sinless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.55) nivasannaruṇakṣetre pūjayedaruṇeśvaram ..27.. > Dwelling in the sacred field of Aruṇa, he should worship Aruṇeśvara. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.56) aruṇeśvaramaṃtraṃ ca japenmokṣecchurādarāt.. > One desiring liberation should devoutly recite the mantra of Aruṇeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.57) yadyasyābhihitaṃ tena padbhyāmeva pradakṣiṇām..28.. > Whatever \[desire\] is wished for by him, by circumambulating (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.58) kurvatāruṇaśailasya tatprāpyaṃ śubhamaṃjasā .. > the mountain of Aruṇa on foot, that auspicious thing is easily obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.59) śruteṣu skhaliteṣvatyāhite duḥsvapnadarśane .. 29 .. > Upon sneezing, slipping, in great peril, upon seeing bad dreams, (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.60) prītyutkarṣe'pi ca budhairuccāryo'ruṇaśaṃkaraḥ .. > and also in the height of joy, 'Aruṇaśaṃkara' should be uttered by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.61) api varṇāśramabhraṣṭaḥ śivadroharato'pi vā .. 1.3.2.6.30 .. > Even one fallen from their caste and stage of life, or even one intent on hostility to Śiva, (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.62) trīṇyahānyaruṇakṣetre vasanmucyeta pātakaiḥ .. > dwelling for three days in the sacred field of Aruṇa, is freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.63) pārthivaḥ śivaloko'yaṃ mūrttametattrayīśiraḥ ..31 .. > This earthly world of Śiva is the crown of the three Vedas embodied. (31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.64) eṣa dakṣiṇakailāso yosāvaruṇaparvataḥ .. > This mountain of Aruṇa is indeed the Kailāsa of the South. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.65) anyeṣu siddhakṣetreṣu tapobhiḥ siddhayo nṛṇām .. 32 .. > In other sacred fields of the perfected, accomplishments come to men through austerities; (32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.66) asminsmaraṇamātreṇa tāratamyaṃ viciṃtyatām .. > in this \[field\], through mere remembrance—consider the relative superiority! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.67) yadgaṃgāyāṃ prayāge yatkāśyāṃ vai puṣkareṣu yat .. 33 .. > Whatever \[merit of\] action men \[obtain\] at Gaṅgā, at Prayāga, at Kāśī, at Puṣkara, (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.68) karma setau ca yatpuṃsāṃ śoṇakṣetre tato'dhikam .. > and at the Bridge \[of Rāma\], greater than that is \[the merit\] in the sacred field of Śoṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.69) agniṣṭomaṃ vājapeyaṃ vairājaṃ sarvatomukham .. .. 34 .. > A wise man should perform the Agniṣṭoma, the Vājapeya, the Vairāja, the Sarvatomukha, (34) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.70) rājasūyāśvamedhau ca kuryācchoṇācale budhaḥ .. > the Rājasūya, and the Aśvamedha on Śoṇācala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.71) ekāhaṃ vāruṇakṣetre naro yatsyādupoṣitaḥ .. 35 .. > Whatever \[fasting\] a man fasts for a single day in the sacred field of Aruṇa, (35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.72) tasya cāṃdrāyaṇaśataṃ bhavetsāṃtapanāyutam .. > that becomes \[equal to\] a hundred Cāndrāyaṇa penances accompanied by ten thousand Sāṃtapanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.73) ṣoḍaśāpi mahādānānyaruṇakṣetrasaṃnidhau .. 36 .. > Even the sixteen great gifts, in the presence of the sacred field of Aruṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.74) anuṣṭhitāni kalpoktaṃ kurvaṃti dviguṇaṃ phalam .. 37 .. > when performed, yield twice the fruit taught in the scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.75) iti naṃdikeśvaramukhena śuśruvānmuninaṃdanotha nirayapratikriyām.. > Having thus heard from the mouth of Nandikeśvara the remedy for hell, the sage's son then praised him and requested: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.76) abhinaṃdya taṃ vada dinartuvatsarapramukhārhaṇakramamiti vyajijñapat .. 38 .. .. > "Speak of the order of worship according to days, seasons, years, and so forth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6.77) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe pāpāpanodakaprāyaścittavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ .. 6 .. .. cha .. .. .. > Thus ends the sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Atonement that Removes Sin', in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first \[part\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.2.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Sanatkumārasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.sanatkumara.2.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.6) · Pramāṇa