Skandapurana 15.41
Skandapurāṇa 15.41
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15.41.1
.. śrīprahlāda uvāca .. ..
dhanyāstu naralokāste gomatyāṃ tu kṛtodakāḥ ..
pūjayiṣyaṃti ye kṛṣṇaṃ ketakītulasīdalaiḥ .. 1 ..
Śrī Prahlāda said: / Fortunate are those mortals who have offered libations in the Gomatī / and who worship Kṛṣṇa with ketakī flowers and tulasī leaves.
15.41.2
na teṣāṃ saṃbhavo'stīha ghorasaṃsā ragahvare ..
teṣāṃ mṛtyuḥ punarnāsti hyamaratvaṃ hi te gatāḥ .. 2 ..
There is no rebirth for them here in the terrible abyss of saṃsāra; / there is no death for them again, for they have attained immortality.
15.41.3
anyatra vai yatīnāṃ tu koṭīnāṃ yatphalaṃ bhavet ..
dvārakāyāṃ tu caikena bhojitena tato'dhikam .. 3 ..
Whatever reward there may be elsewhere from feeding crores of ascetics, / that and more is gained in Dvārakā by feeding just one.
15.41.4
atītaṃ varttamānaṃ ca bhaviṣyadyacca pātakam ..
nirddahennāsti saṃdeho dvārakā manasā smṛtā .. 4 ..
Dvārakā, when remembered with the mind, burns away sin— / past, present, and future; of this there is no doubt.
15.41.5
jñātvā kaliyuge ghore hāhābhūtamacetanam..
dvārakāṃ ye na muñcanti kṛtārthāste narottamāḥ .. 5 ..
Knowing that in the terrible Kali age the world has become lifeless and filled with lamentation, / those best of men who do not leave Dvārakā have attained their life's purpose.
15.41.6
mṛtānāṃ yatra jaṃtūnāṃ śvetadvīpe sthitiḥ sadā .. 6 ..
For creatures who die there, residence is always in Śvetadvīpa.
15.41.7
agniṣvāttā barhiṣada ājyapāḥ somapāśca ye ..
ekaviṃśatiḥ pitṛgaṇā dvārakāyāṃ vasaṃti te.. 7 ..
The Agniṣvāttas, Barhiṣads, Ājyapas, and Somapas— / the twenty-one classes of ancestors, they dwell in Dvārakā.
15.41.8
puṣkarādīni tīrthāni gaṃgādyāḥ saritastathā ..
kurukṣetrādi kṣetrāṇi kāśyādīnyūṣarāṇi ca .. 8 ..
Tīrthas such as Puṣkara, rivers such as the Gaṅgā, / sacred fields such as Kurukṣetra, and saline grounds such as Kāśī,
15.41.9
gayādipitṛtīrthāni prabhāsādyāni yāni ca ..
sthānāni yāni puṇyāni grāmāśca nivasaṃti vai .. 9 ..
ancestral tīrthas such as Gayā, and whatever ones such as Prabhāsa, / and whatever sacred places and villages exist, they indeed dwell [there].
15.41.10
kāśyādipuryo yā nityaṃ nivasaṃti kalau yuge ..
nityaṃ kṛṣṇasya sadane pāpināṃ muktide sadā .. 7.4.41.10 ..
The cities such as Kāśī that continually dwell in the Kali age, / constantly reside in the abode of Kṛṣṇa, which always grants liberation to sinners.
15.41.11
vaiśākhaśukladvādaśyāṃ prabodhinyāṃ śeṣataḥ ..
vaiśākhyāṃ daityaśārdūla kalpādiṣu yugādiṣu .. 11 ..
Especially on the bright Dvādaśī of Vaiśākha, on the Prabodhinī, / on the full moon of Vaiśākha, O tiger among Daityas, on the beginnings of kalpas and yugas,
15.41.12
caṃdrasūryoparāgeṣu manvādiṣu na saṃśayaḥ ..
vyatīpāteṣu saṃkrāṃtau vaidhṛtau daityanāyaka .. 12 ..
during eclipses of the moon and sun, and on the beginnings of manvantaras—without a doubt— / on Vyatīpātas, at a saṃkrānti, and on Vaidhṛti, O lord of the Daityas,
15.41.13
tilodakaṃ ca yaddatta tatsthale pitṛbhaktitaḥ ..
tatsarvamakṣayaṃ proktaṃ gomatyāṃ snānapūrvakam ..13 ..
whatever water with sesame seeds is offered in that place out of devotion to ancestors / preceded by a bath in the Gomatī, all of that is declared to be imperishable.
15.41.14
ye'tra śrāddhaṃ prakurvaṃti piṃḍadānapuraḥsaram ..
teṣāmatrākṣayā tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāmupajāyate .. 14 ..
For those who perform a śrāddha here preceded by offering balls of rice, / everlasting satisfaction of their ancestors arises here.
15.41.41
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturtha dvārakāmāhātmye gomatīsnāna kṛṣṇapūjana yatibhojana dāna śrāddhādisatphalavarṇanaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 41 ..
Thus ends the forty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Virtuous Fruits of Bathing in the Gomatī, Worshiping Kṛṣṇa, Feeding Ascetics, Giving Gifts, Śrāddha, and the Like', in the fourth [sub-section], the Dvārakāmāhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.
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