[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) › 15.43 # Skandapurana 15.43 Skandapurāṇa 15.43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.1) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. sāvitrīṃ ca bhavānīṃ ca durgāṃ caiva sarasvatīm .. yo'rcayettulasīpatraiḥ sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ .. 1 .. > Prahlāda said: / Sāvitrī, Bhavānī, Durgā, and Sarasvatī: / whoever, possessed of all desires, worships them with tulasī leaves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.2) gṛhītvā tulasīpatraṃ bhaktyā viṣṇuṃ samarcayet .. arcitaṃ tena sakalaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam.. 2 .. > or having taken a tulasī leaf worships Viṣṇu with devotion— / everything has been worshiped by him, including gods, asuras, and humans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.3) caturddaśyāṃ maheśānaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ pitāmaham .. ye'rcayanti ca saptamyāṃ tulasyā ca gaṇādhipam ..3 .. > \[And those\] who worship the Great Lord on the fourteenth day, the Grandfather on the full moon day, / and Gaṇādhipa with tulasī on the seventh day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.4) śaṃkhodakaṃ tīrthavarādvariṣṭhaṃ pādodakaṃ tīrthavarādvariṣṭham.. naivedyaśeṣaṃ kratukoṭitulyaṃ nirmālyaśeṣaṃ vratadānatulyam .. 4 .. > Water from a conch is superior even to the best of sacred fords; water from \[the Lord's\] feet is superior even to the best of sacred fords; / the remnant of food offering equals ten million sacrifices; the remnant of floral offering equals vows and donations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.5) mukundāśanaśeṣaṃ tu yo bhunakti dinedine .. sikthesikthe bhavetpuṇyaṃ cāndrāyaṇaśatādhikam .. 5 .. > The man who eats day by day the remnant of Mukunda's meal / gains, with every mouthful of boiled rice, merit exceeding a hundred Cāndrāyaṇa penances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.6) naivedyaśeṣaṃ tulasīvimiśraṃ viśeṣataḥ pādajalena viṣṇoḥ .. yo'śnāti nityaṃ puruṣo murāreḥ prāpnoti yajñāyutakoṭipuṇyam .. 6 .. > The man who constantly eats Murāri's food offering mixed with tulasī, / especially with the water from Viṣṇu's feet, obtains the merit of ten thousand million sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.7) yaḥ śrāddhakāle haribhuktaśeṣaṃ dadāti bhaktyā pitṛdevatānām .. tenaiva piṃḍātsutilairvimiśrādākalpakoṭiṃ pitaraḥ sutṛptāḥ .. 7 .. > He who at the time of ancestral rites devotedly gives to the ancestors what was left over from Hari's meal, / by that alone, from the ball mixed with good sesame seeds, the ancestors remain well satisfied for ten million kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.8) snānārcanakriyākāle ghaṃṭāvādyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. purato vāsudevasya gavāṃ koṭiphalaṃ labhet .. 8 .. > He who rings a bell at the time of the ritual of bathing and worshipping / before Vāsudeva obtains the fruit of \[donating\] ten million cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.9) sarvavādyamayī ghaṃṭā keśavasya sadā priyā .. vādanāllabhate puṇyaṃ yajñakoṭiphalaṃ naraḥ .. 9 .. > The bell embodies all musical instruments, and is always dear to Keśava; / from ringing it, a man gains the meritorious fruit of ten million sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.10) vāditrāṇāmabhāve tu pūjākāle ca sarvadā .. ghaṃṭāvādyaṃ naraiḥ kāryyaṃ sarvavādyamayī yataḥ .. 7.4.43.10 .. > In the absence of musical instruments, at the time of worship, / men should always ring a bell, since it embodies all instruments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.11) tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhūtaṃ candanaṃ yacchate hareḥ .. nirddahetpātakaṃ sarvaṃ pūrvajanmaśatārjitam .. 11 .. > He who offers to Hari sandalwood paste produced from tulasī wood / burns away all sin accumulated across hundreds of previous lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.12) dadāti pitṛ piṃḍeṣu tulasīkāṣṭhacandanam .. pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptirgayāśrāddhena vai tathā .. 12 .. > \[If\] he places sandalwood paste from tulasī wood upon the ancestral balls, / satisfaction arises for the ancestors just as through an ancestral rite at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.13) sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ tulasīkāṣṭhacandanam .. pitṝṇāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa sadā'bhīṣṭaṃ hareḥ kalau .. 13 .. > Sandalwood paste from tulasī wood is desired by all the gods, / and especially by the ancestors; in the Kali age, it is always dear to Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.14) harerbhāgavatā bhūtvā tulasīkāṣṭhacandanam .. nārpayati sadā viṣṇorna te bhāgavatāḥ kalau .. 14 .. > Those who, having become devotees of Hari, do not always offer to Viṣṇu / sandalwood paste from tulasī wood, are not \[true\] devotees in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.15) śarīraṃ dahyate yasya tulasīkāṣṭhavahninā .. nīyamāno yamenāpi viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati .. 15 .. > He whose body is cremated by a fire of tulasī wood, / even though seized by Yama, goes to the realm of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.16) yadyekaṃ tulasīkāṣṭhaṃ madhye kāṣṭhasya yasya hi .. dāhakāle bhavenmuktaḥ pāpakoṭiśatāyutaiḥ .. 16 .. > If indeed there is a single piece of tulasī wood amidst the \[funeral\] wood, / at the time of cremation he becomes freed from tens of billions of sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.17) dahyamānaṃ naraṃ dṛṣṭvā tulasīkāṣṭhavahninā .. janmakoṭisahasraistu toṣitastairjanārdanaḥ .. 17 .. > Seeing a man being cremated by a fire of tulasī wood, / Janārdana is pleased by them as if through a thousand tens of millions of births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.18) dahyamānaṃ naraṃ sarve tulasīkāṣṭhavahninā .. vimānasthāḥ suragaṇāḥ kṣipaṃti kusumāṃjalīn .. 18 .. > \[Seeing\] a man being cremated by a fire of tulasī wood, / all the hosts of gods standing in aerial chariots shower handfuls of flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.19) nṛtyaṃtyo'psaraso hṛṣṭā gītaṃ gāyanti susvaram .. jvalate yatra daityendra tulasīkāṣṭhapāvakaḥ .. 19 .. > Delighted apsarases dance and sing with sweet voices / wherever, O lord of the daityas, a fire of tulasī wood burns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.20) kurute vīkṣaṇaṃ viṣṇuḥ santuṣṭaḥ saha śaṃbhunā .. 7.4.43.20 .. > Content, Viṣṇu gazes \[upon him\] together with Śambhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.21) gṛhītvā taṃ kare śauriḥ puruṣaṃ svayamagrataḥ.. mārjate tasya pāpāni paśyatāṃ tridivaukasām .. mahotsavaṃ ca kṛtvā tu jayaśabdapuraḥsaram .. 21 .. > Taking that man by the hand himself before \[them\], Śauri / wipes away his sins while the denizens of heaven look on, / and makes a great festival accompanied by shouts of 'Victory!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.22) .. sūta uvāca .. .. prahlādenoditaṃ śrutvā māhātmyaṃ dvārakābhavam .. prahṛṣṭā ṛṣayaḥ sarve tathā daityeśvaro baliḥ .. 22 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing the māhātmya pertaining to Dvārakā spoken by Prahlāda, / all the seers were exceedingly delighted, and likewise Bali, the lord of the daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.23) tataḥ sarve'bhinandyainaṃ prahlādaṃ daityapuṅgavam .. udyuktā dvārakāṃ gatvā draṣṭuṃ kṛṣṇamukhāmbujam .. 23 .. > Then, having all praised him, Prahlāda, the foremost of daityas, / they set out to go to Dvārakā to see Kṛṣṇa's lotus-face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.24) tataste balinā sārdhaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ .. āgatya dvārakāṃ snātvā gomatyāṃ vidhipūrvakam .. 24 .. > Then the sages of strict vows, together with Bali, / having arrived at Dvārakā and bathed in the Gomatī according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.25) kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā samabhyarcya kṛtvā yātrāṃ yathāvidhi .. dattvā dānāni bahuśaḥ kṛtakṛtyāstato'bhavan .. 25 .. > having seen and worshipped Kṛṣṇa, having performed the pilgrimage according to rule, / and having given gifts in abundance, became accomplished in their purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.26) jagmuḥ svīyāni sthānāni baliḥ pātālamāyayau .. prahlādaṃ ca praṇamyāśu mene svasya kṛtārthatām .. 26 .. > They went to their own places, and Bali returned to Pātāla; / and having bowed swiftly to Prahlāda, he considered himself fulfilled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43.43) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturthe dvārakāmāhātmye dvārakāmāhātmyaśravaṇādiphalaśrutivarṇanapuraḥsaratulasīpatrakāṣṭhamahimavarṇanapūrvakaṃ prahlādadvijasaṃvāda samāptyanaṃtaraṃ balinā saha dvijakṛtadvārakāyātrāvidhivarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 43 .. > Thus ends the forty-third chapter, named 'The description of the procedure of the pilgrimage to Dvārakā undertaken by the twice-born with Bali, following the conclusion of the dialogue between Prahlāda and the twice-born, preceded by the description of the greatness of tulasī leaves and wood along with the declaration of fruits from hearing the Dvārakā-māhātmya and so on', in the Dvārakāmāhātmya, the fourth \[sub-section\] in the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[section\] of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.15.43.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Kṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.madhva.krsnamrtamaharnava.214) — Madhva, Sanskrit - [Dvārakāmāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.dvarakamahatmya.43.1) — Sanskrit - [Prabhāsakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakhanda.41.19-2) — Sanskrit - [Prabhasakhanda (ed1909)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prabhasakhanda*ed1909.41.19-2) — Sanskrit - [Śaivaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sampradaya.saivaratnakara.18.98) — Jyotirnātha, Sanskrit - [Puṣpacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.puspacintamani.5.61) — Sanskrit - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.4.p25) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.43) · Pramāṇa