[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) › 16.17 # Skandapurana 16.17 Skandapurāṇa 16.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. atha pūjāvidhānaṃ te kathayāmi yaśasvini .. arkasthalasya devasya yathā pūjyo narottamaiḥ ..1.. > Īśvara said: / Now I shall tell you the rule of worship, O glorious one, / of the god of Arkasthala, how he is to be worshipped by the best of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.2) sarveṣāmeva devānāmādirāditya ucyate .. ādikarttā tvasau yasmādādityastena cocyate..2.. > The Sun (Āditya) is said to be the first of all the gods; / and because he is the first maker, he is called Āditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.3) nādityena vinā rātrirna divā na ca tarpaṇam.. na dharmo vai na cādharmo na saṃtiṣṭheccarācaram .. 3 .. > Without the Sun there is neither night nor day, nor water offering, / neither virtue nor vice; nor could the moving and unmoving exist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.4) ādityaḥ pālayetsarvamādityaḥ sṛjate sadā .. ādityaḥ saṃharetsarvaṃ tasmādeṣa trayīmayaḥ ..4.. > The Sun preserves everything; the Sun always creates; / the Sun dissolves everything; therefore he is composed of the threefold Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.5) ārādhanavidhiṃ tasya bhāskarasya mahātmanaḥ .. kathayāmi mahādevi vedoktairmaṃtravistaraiḥ .. taṃ śṛṇuṣva varārohe sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 5 .. > I shall proclaim the rite of worship of that great-souled Sun, / O great goddess, through the extensive mantras declared in the Vedas; / listen to that which destroys all sins, O woman of beautiful hips. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.6) mūrttisthaḥ pūjyate yena vidhānena maheśvari .. dvādaśātmā yathā sūryastatte vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ .. 6 .. > The rule by which the twelvefold Sun, dwelling in his image, / is worshipped, O great goddess—that I will tell you in full. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.7) mukhaśuddhiṃ ca kṛtvā''dau snānaṃ kṛtvā viśeṣataḥ .. vastraśuddhiṃ deha śuddhiṃ kṛtvā sūryaṃ spṛśettataḥ .. 7 .. > First having purified the mouth, and especially having performed ritual ablution, / having purified one's garments and purified one's body, one should then touch the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.9) dantakāṣṭhavidhānaṃ tu prathamaṃ kathayāmi te .. madhūke putralābhaḥ syādarke netrasukhaṃ priye .. 9 .. > First, however, I shall describe to you the rule of the tooth-stick: / from the madhūka there is the gain of a son; from the arka, delight of the eyes, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.9_1) vaktṛtvaṃ vai badaryā ca bṛhatyā drurjjanāñjayet .. aiśvaryaṃ ca bhavedbilve khadire ca na saṃśayaḥ .. 9 .. > Eloquence \[comes\] from the jujube, and with the bṛhatī one conquers wicked people; / sovereignty arises from the bilva, and from the khadira, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.10) rogakṣayaḥ kadambe tu arthalābho'timuktake .. marutāṃ yāti sarvatra āṭarūṣakasaṃbhavaiḥ .. 7.1.17.10 .. > Destruction of disease \[comes\] from the kadamba; gain of wealth from the atimuktaka; / with sticks made of āṭarūṣaka, one goes everywhere among the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.11) jātipradhānatāṃ jātāvaśvattho yacchate yaśaḥ .. śriyaṃ prāpnoti nikhilāṃ śirīṣasya niṣevaṇāt .. 11 .. > Pre-eminence in one's caste \[comes from the jātī\]; the aśvattha grants fame; / one obtains complete fortune from the use of the śirīṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.12) priyaṃguṃ sevamānasya saubhāgyaṃ paramaṃ bhavet .. abhīpsitārthasiddhiḥ syānnityaṃ plakṣaniṣevaṇāt ..12.. > For one who uses the priyaṅgu, there will be supreme auspicious fortune; / the attainment of one's desired ends comes from the daily use of the plakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.13) na pāṭitaṃ samaśnīyāddaṃtakāṣṭhaṃ na savraṇam .. na corddhaśuṣkaṃ vakraṃ vā naiva ca tvagvivarjjitam .. 13 ... > One should not use a tooth-stick that is split, nor one that is blemished, / nor one that is dried at the top, or crooked, nor one devoid of bark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.14) vitastimātramaśnīyāddīrghaṃ hrasvaṃ ca varjayet .. udaṅmukho vā prāṅmukhaḥ sukhāsīno'tha vāgyataḥ .. .. 14 .. > One should use one that is only a span long, and avoid long or short ones, / facing north or facing east, seated comfortably and with speech restrained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.15) kāmaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā samabhimantrya ca .. maṃtreṇānena matimānaśnīyāddantadhāvanam .. 15 .. > Holding one's desired wish in heart, and consecrating it, / the wise person should use the tooth-cleanser with this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.16) varaṃ dattvā'bhijānāsi kāmaṃ caiva vanaspate .. siddhiṃ prayaccha me nityaṃ dantakāṣṭha namo'stu te .. 16 .. > 'Granting a boon, you recognize my desire, O lord of the forest; / grant me success always, O tooth-stick; salutations to you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.17) trīnvārānparijapyaivaṃ bhakṣayeddaṃtadhāvanam .. paścātprakṣālya tatkāṣṭhaṃ śucau deśe vinikṣipet .. 17 .. > Having recited this three times, one should chew the tooth-cleanser; / afterwards, having washed that stick, one should cast it in a clean place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.18) daṃtakāṣṭhena deveśi na jihvāṃ parimārjayet .. pṛthakpṛthaktadā kāryaṃ yadīcchedvipulaṃ yaśaḥ .. 18 .. > One should not scrape the tongue with the tooth-stick, O ruler of the gods; / that must be done separately if one desires abundant fame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.19) aṃgulyā daṃtakāṣṭhaṃ ca pratyakṣaṃ lavaṇaṃ ca yat .. mṛttikābhakṣaṇaṃ caiva tulyaṃ gomāṃsabhakṣaṇaiḥ .. 19 .. > \[Brushing with\] a tooth-stick using the finger, \[eating\] raw salt, / and eating earth are equal to eating beef. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.20) mukhe paryuṣite nityaṃ bhavatyaprayato dvijaḥ .. tasmācchuṣkamathārdraṃ vā bhakṣayeddaṃtadhāvanam .. 7.1.17.20 .. > When the mouth is stale \[upon waking\], a twice-born becomes constantly impure; / therefore, one should chew a tooth-cleanser, whether dry or moist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.21) varjite divase caiva gaḍūṣāṃścaiva ṣoḍaśa .. tattatpadmasugandhairvā mukhaśuddhiṃ ca kārayet .. 21 .. > And on forbidden days, \[one should perform\] sixteen mouthfuls of water, / or one should purify the mouth with fragrances of various lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.22) mukhaśuddhimakṛtvā yo bhāskaraṃ spṛśati dvijaḥ .. trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi sa kuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ .. 22 .. > The twice-born who touches the Sun without having purified his mouth / is born as a leper for three thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.23) evaṃ vastrādi saṃśodhya tataḥ snānaṃ samācaret .. śucau manorame sthāne saṃgṛhyāstreṇa mṛttikām.. 23 .. > Thus having purified one's clothes and the rest, one should then perform the ritual ablution: / in a clean, delightful place, taking clay with the astra-mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.24) sānusvārokārayuto hakāraḥ phaṭsamanvitaḥ .. anenāstreṇa saṃgṛhya snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. 24 .. > The letter 'ha' joined with an anusvāra and the vowel 'u', accompanied by 'phaṭ'— / taking \[clay\] with this weapon-mantra, one should perform the ritual ablution there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.25) bhāgatrayaṃ tu saṃśuddhaṃ tṛṇapāṣāṇavarjitam .. ekamastreṇa cālabhya tathānyaṃ bhāskareṇa tu .. 25 .. > Having made three portions, purified and free from grass and stones, / smearing one with the astra-mantra, and likewise another with the sun-mantra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.26) aṃgaiścaiva tṛtīyaṃ tu abhimaṃtrya sakṛtsakṛt .. japtvāstreṇa kṣipeddikṣu nirvighnaṃ tu jalaṃ bhavet .. 26 .. > and consecrating the third with the aṅga-mantras, each one at a time, / having recited the astra-mantra, one should throw it in the directions; then the water becomes free of obstacles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.27) sūryatīrtha dvitīyena tṛtīyena sakṛtsakṛt .. guṃṭhayitvā tataḥ snāyādravitīrthena mānavaḥ .. 27 .. > Covering \[oneself\] with the second in the Sūryatīrtha, and with the third once each time, / a man should then bathe in the sacred ford of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.28) tūryaśaṃkha ninādena dhyātvā devaṃ divākaram .. snātvā rājopacāreṇa punarācamya yatnataḥ .. 28 .. > To the sound of trumpets and conches, meditating on the god who makes the day, / having bathed with royal honors, and carefully sipping water again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.29) snānaṃ kṛtvā tato devi maṃtrarājena saṃyutam .. harephau biṃdu lakṣmīśca tathā'nyo dīrghayā saha .. 29 .. > and then having performed the ritual ablution, O goddess, joined with the king of mantras: / the 'ha' and 'ra', with a bindu and 'ī' (lakṣmī), and likewise another with a long > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.30) mātrayā rephasaṃyukto hakāro biṃdunā saha .. sakāraḥ savisargastu maṃtrarājo'yamucyate .. 7.1.17.30 .. > vowel mark, joined with 'ra', the letter 'ha' with a bindu, / and the letter 'sa' with a visarga—this is called the king of mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.31) tatastu tarppayenmaṃtrānsarvāṃstāṃstu karāgrajaiḥ .. tulanādūrdhvato devānsavyena ca munīṃstathā .. pitṝṃścaivāpasavyena hṛdbījena pratarpayet .. 31 .. > Then one should offer water to all those mantras with the tips of the fingers: / lifting upward to the gods, with the sacred thread on the right shoulder to the sages, / and with the sacred thread on the left shoulder to the ancestors, one should offer with the heart-bīja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.32) yadgītaṃ pravaraṃ loke akṣarāṇāṃ manīṣibhiḥ .. ekonaviṃśaṃ mātrāyā akṣaraṃ tatprakīrttitam .. 32 .. > That which is praised by the wise as the foremost among syllables in the world— / that is proclaimed as the nineteenth syllable of the vowels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.33) evaṃ snātvā vidhānena saṃdhyāṃ vaṃdedvidhānataḥ .. tato vidvānkṣipetpaścādbhāskarāyodakāṃjalim .. 33 .. > Having thus bathed according to rule, one should worship the twilight according to rule; / then the learned man should afterwards cast an offering of water to the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.34) japecca tryakṣaraṃ maṃtra ṣaṇmukhaṃ ca yadṛcchayā .. maṃtrarājeti yaḥ pūrvaṃ tavākhyāto mayā priye .. 34 .. > And one should recite the three-syllable mantra and the six-faced \[mantra\] at will, / which was previously declared to you by me, O beloved, as the king of mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.35) paścāttīrthena maṃtrāstu saṃhṛtya hṛdaye nyaset .. maṃtrairātmānamekatra kṛtvā cārghaṃ pradāpayet .. 35 .. > Then, drawing in the mantras by means of the sacred ford, one should place them in the heart; / uniting oneself with the mantras in one place, one should offer the argha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.36) raktacaṃdanagaṃdhaistu śuciḥsnāto mahītale .. kṛtvā maṃḍalakaṃ vṛttamekacitto vyavasthitaḥ .. 36 .. > Clean and bathed, with scents of red sandalwood on the surface of the earth, / having made a circular maṇḍala, steady with a one-pointed mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.37) gṛhītvā karavīrāṇi tāmre saṃsthāpya bhājane .. tilataṃdulasaṃyuktaṃ kuśagandhodakena tu ..37.. > Taking oleanders and placing them in a copper vessel, / mixed with sesamum and rice grains, along with kuśa grass and fragrant water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.38) raktacaṃdana dhūpena yuktama?rghyopasādhitam .. kṛtvā śirasi tatpātraṃ jānubhyāmavaniṃ gataḥ.. 38 .. > accompanied by red sandalwood and incense, properly arranged for the offering of arghya, / placing that vessel upon his head, having gone down upon his knees to the ground, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.39) mūlamaṃtreṇa saṃyuktamarghyaṃ dadyācca bhānave .. mucyate sarvapāpaistu yo hyevaṃ vinivedayet .. 39 .. > one should offer the arghya to the sun, accompanied by the root mantra. / For whoever presents it thus is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.40) yadyugādisahasreṇa vyatīpātaśatena ca .. ayanānāṃ sahasreṇa yatphalaṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkare .. tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti sūryāyārghya nivedane .. 7.1.17.40 .. > Whatever fruit is obtained in a thousand Yugādis and a hundred Vyatīpātas, / or in a thousand solstices at Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara, / that fruit one completely attains upon presenting an arghya to the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.41) dīkṣāmaṃtravihīno'pi bhaktyā saṃvatsareṇa tu .. phalamargheṇa vai devi labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 41 .. > Even one devoid of initiation and mantras, through devotion over the course of a year, / indeed obtains the fruit through this arghya, O goddess; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.42) yaḥ punardīkṣito vidvānvidhinārghyaṃ nivedayet .. nāsau saṃbhavate bhūmau pralayaṃ yāti bhāskare .. 42 .. > Moreover, the wise man who is initiated and presents the arghya according to rule / is not reborn on earth; he merges into the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.43) iha janmani saubhāgyamāyurārogyasaṃpadam .. acirāllabhate devi sabhāryaḥ sukhabhājanam .. 43 .. > In this birth he quickly attains good fortune, long life, health, and wealth; / together with his wife, O goddess, he becomes a vessel of happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.44) evaṃ snānavidhiḥ proktaḥ sauraḥ saṃkṣepatastava .. hitāya mānavendrāṇāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ .. 44 .. > Thus the solar rule of ritual ablution has been declared to you in brief, / destructive of all sins, for the benefit of the best among men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.45) athavā vedamārgeṇa kuryātsnānaṃ dvijottamaḥ .. yadyevaṃ mantravistāre hyaśakto dīkṣayā vinā .. 45 .. > Alternatively, the best of twice-borns may perform the ritual ablution according to the Vedic path, / if he is indeed unable to engage in the detailed mantras without initiation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.46) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. atha pūjāvidhānaṃ te kathayāmi yaśasvini .. vedamārgeṇa divyena brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya vai .. 46 .. > Īśvara said: / Now I shall tell you the rule of worship, O glorious one, / according to the divine Vedic path, truly for the benefit of the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.47) evaṃ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāraḥ puṣpādipraguṇīkṛtaḥ .. tata āvāhayedbhānuṃ sthāpayetkarṇikopari .. 47 .. > Having thus assembled the materials and made ready the flowers and other offerings, / one should then invoke the sun and install him upon the pericarp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.48) upasthānaṃ tu vai kṛtvā maṃtreṇānena suvrate .. udutyaṃ jātavedasamiti maṃtraḥ saṃparikīrtitaḥ .. 48 .. > Performing the adoration with this mantra, O lady of auspicious vows— / 'ud u tyaṃ jātavedasam' is the mantra proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.49) agniṃ dūteti maṃtreṇa anenāvāhya bhāmini .. ākṛṣṇena rajasā maṃtreṇānena vā'rcayet .. 49 .. > Having invoked \[him\] with this mantra, 'agniṃ dūtam', O lovely lady, / or with this mantra, 'ā kṛṣṇena rajasā', one should worship \[him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.50) haṃsaḥ śuciṣaditi maṃtreṇānena pūjayet .. apatyeteti mantreṇa sūryaṃ devi prapūjayet .. 7.1.17.50 .. > With this mantra, 'haṃsaḥ śuciṣat', one should worship; / with the mantra 'apatye taye', O goddess, one should worship the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.51) adṛśramasya caitena sūryaṃ devi samarccayet .. taraṇirviśvadarśeti anena satataṃ japam .. 51 .. > And with this \[mantra\], 'adṛśram asya', O goddess, one should worship the sun. / One should constantly chant with 'taraṇir viśvadarśataḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.52) citraṃ devānāmudeti bhadrāṃ devo sadārcayet .. vibhūtimarccayennityaṃ yenā pāvaka cakṣasā .. 52 .. > With 'citraṃ devānām udagāt', one should always worship the auspicious god; / one should daily worship Vibhūti with 'yena pāvaka cakṣasā'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.53) vidyāmepirajaspṛthvityanena vimalāṃ sadā .. amoghāṃ pūjayennityaṃ maṃtreṇānena suvrate.. 53 .. > One should always \[worship\] Vimalā with 'vidyām eṣi rajas pṛthu'; / one should daily worship Amoghā with this mantra, O lady of auspicious vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.54) sapta tvā harito'nena siddhidāṃ sarvakarmasu .. vidyutāmarcayeddevaṃ sapta tvā haritena ca .. 54 .. > With 'sapta tvā haritaḥ', \[one should worship\] the bestower of success in all undertakings; / and one should worship the god Vidyut with 'sapta tvā haritaḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.55) navamīṃ pūjayeddevīṃ satataṃ sarvatomukhīm .. mantreṇānena vai devi udvayantamitīha vai .. 55 .. > One should constantly worship the ninth goddess, Sarvatomukhī, / indeed with this mantra here, O goddess: 'ud vayaṃ tamasaḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.56) udyannadya mitramahaḥ prathamamakṣaraṃ japet .. dvitīyaṃ pūjayeddevi śukeṣu me harimeti vai .. 56 .. > With 'udyann adya mitramahaḥ', one should mutter the first syllable. / With 'śukeṣu me harimāṇam', O goddess, one should worship the second. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.57) udagādayamādityo hyanenāpi tṛtīyakam .. tatsaviturvareṇyeti caturthaṃ parikīrtitam .. 57 .. > With 'ud agād ayam ādityaḥ', the third is also \[worshipped\]. / With 'tat savitur vareṇyam', the fourth is proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.58) mahāhivo mahāyeti pañcamaṃ parikīrtitam .. hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartata ṣaṣṭhaṃ bījaṃ prakīrtitam .. 58 .. > 'mahāñ hi vaḥ' is proclaimed as the fifth. / 'hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartata' is proclaimed as the sixth seed-syllable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.59) savitā paścātātsavitā saptamaṃ varavarṇini .. evaṃ bījāni vinyasya ādityaṃ sthāpayecchubhe .. 59 .. > 'savitā paścātāt savitā' is the seventh, O lady of fair complexion. / Having thus installed the seed-syllables, one should establish the sun, O auspicious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.60) ādityaṃ sthāpayitvā tu paścādaṅgāni vinyaset .. 7.1.17.60 .. > Having installed the sun, one should then install the limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.61) āgneyyāṃ hṛdayaṃ nyasya aiśānyāṃ tu śiro nyaset .. nairṛtyāṃ tu śikhāṃ caiva kavacaṃ vāyugocare .. 61 .. > Placing the heart in the south-east, one should place the head in the north-east, / the topknot in the south-west, and the armor in the region of Vāyu (north-west). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.62) astraṃ diśāsu vinyasya svabījena tu karṇikām .. amosi prāṇiteneti anena hṛdayaṃ yajet .. 62 .. > Having placed the weapon in the \[cardinal\] directions, and the pericarp with its own seed-syllable, / one should worship the heart with this \[mantra\]: 'amo 'si prāṇite na'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.63) śirastu pūjayeddevi āyuṣyaṃ varcaseti vai .. gāyatryā tu śikhāṃ pūjya nairṛtyāṃ tu vyavasthitām .. 63 .. > One should worship the head, O goddess, with 'āyuṣyaṃ varcasyam'; / and having worshipped the topknot with the Gāyatrī, situated in the south-west, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.64) jīmūtasyeva bhavati pratyekaṃ kavacaṃ yajet .. dhanvannāgā dhanvaneti anenāstraṃ sadā'rcayet .. 64 .. > one should worship the armor separately with 'jīmūtasyeva bhavati'; / one should always worship the weapon with 'dhanvanā gā dhanvanā'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.65) netraṃ tu pūjayeddevi aśvinā tejaseti ca .. hyataḥ pūrvataḥ somaṃ dakṣiṇena budhaṃ tathā .. 65 .. > And one should worship the eye, O goddess, with 'aśvinā tejasā'. / Then on the east Soma, and on the south Budha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.66) paścimena guruṃ nyasya uttareṇa ca bhārgavam .. āgneyyāṃ maṅgalaṃ nyasya nairṛtyāṃ tu śanaiścaram .. 66 .. > having placed Guru on the west and Bhārgava on the north; / having placed Maṅgala in the south-east and Śanaiścara in the south-west; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.67) vāyavyāṃ tu nyasedrāhuṃ ketumīśānagocare .. āpyāyasveti mantreṇa devi somaṃ sadārcayet .. 67 .. > one should place Rāhu in the north-west and Ketu in the region of Īśāna (north-east). / One should constantly worship Soma, O goddess, with the mantra 'āpyāyasva'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.68) udbudhyadhvaṃ mahādevi budhaṃ tatra sadārcayet .. bṛhaspateti mantreṇa pūjayetsatataṃ gurum .. 68 .. > There one should constantly worship Budha with 'ud budhyadhvam', O great goddess; / one should constantly worship Guru with the mantra 'bṛhaspate'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.69) śukraḥ śuśukvāniti ca bhārgavaṃ devi pūjayet .. agnirmūrddheti mantreṇa sadā maṃgalamarcayet .. 69 .. > And one should worship Bhārgava, O goddess, with 'śukraḥ śuśukvān'; / one should always worship Maṅgala with the mantra 'agnir mūrdhā'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.70) śamagniritimantreṇa pūjayedbhāskarātmajam .. kayānaścitretimantreṇa devi rāhuṃ sadā'rcayet .. 7.1.17.70 .. > One should worship the son of the Sun with the mantra 'śaṃ agniḥ'; / one should always worship Rāhu, O goddess, with the mantra 'kayā naś citraḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.71) ketuṃ kṛṇveti ketuṃ vai satataṃ pūjayedbudhaḥ .. bāhyataḥ pūrvataḥ śukraṃ dakṣiṇena yamaṃ tathā .. 71 .. > The wise man should constantly worship Ketu indeed with 'ketuṃ kṛṇvan'. / On the outside, Śukra in the east, and Yama in the south; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.72) aiśānyāmīśvaraṃ viṃdyādāgneyyāmagnirucyate .. naiṛteti virūpākṣaṃ pavanaṃ vāyugocare .. 72 .. > one should recognize Īśvara in the north-east, and Agni is spoken of in the south-east; / Virūpākṣa in the south-west, and Pavana in the region of Vāyu (north-west). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.73) tamuṣṭavāma iti vai hyanenendramathārcayet .. udīratāmavareti sadā vaivasvataṃ yajet .. 73 .. > Then one should worship Indra with this: 'tam u ṣṭavāma'; / one should always worship Vaivasvata with 'udīratām avarāḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.74) tattvāyāmīti mantreṇa varuṇaṃ devi pūjayet .. indrāsomāvata iti mantreṇa dhanadaṃ yajet .. 74 .. > One should worship Varuṇa, O goddess, with the mantra 'tat tvā yāmi'; / one should worship the Bestower of Wealth with the mantra 'indrāsomāvatam'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.75) pāvakaṃ pūjayeddevi agnimīḻe purohitam .. rakṣohaṇaṃ vājineti virūpākṣaṃ sadārcayet .. 75 .. > One should worship Pāvaka, O goddess, with 'agnim īḷe purohitam'; / one should always worship Virūpākṣa with 'rakṣohaṇaṃ vājinam'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.76) vāyavāyāhi mantreṇa vāyuṃ devi sadārcayet .. yathākramamimāndevi sarvānvai pūjayedbudhaḥ .. 76 .. > One should always worship Vāyu, O goddess, with the mantra 'vāyav ā yāhi'. / The wise man should worship all these in due order, O goddess: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.77) bāhyataḥ pūrvato devi indrādīnāṃ samantataḥ .. raktavarṇaṃ mahātejaṃ sitapadmopari sthitam .. 77 .. > on the outside, on all sides beginning with Indra in the east, O goddess. / \[Him who is\] red in color, of great splendor, seated upon a white lotus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.78) sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam .. dvibhujaṃ caikavaktraṃ ca saumyapañcakadhṛkkaram .. 78 .. > endowed with all auspicious marks, adorned with all ornaments, / having two arms and one face, his hands holding five gentle \[objects\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.79) varttulaṃ tejabiṃbaṃ tu madhyasthaṃ raktavāsasam .. ādityasya tvidaṃ rūpaṃ sarvalokeṣu pūjitam .. dhyātvā saṃpūjayennityaṃ sthaṃḍilaṃ maṇḍalāśrayam .. 79 .. > standing in the center of a circular orb of light, wearing red garments— / having meditated upon this form of the sun, worshipped in all worlds, / one should daily venerate the raised altar situated in the maṇḍala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.80) .. devyuvāca .. .. maṇḍalasthaḥ suraśreṣṭha vidhinā yena bhāskaraḥ .. pūjyate mānavairbhaktyā sa vidhiḥ kathitastvayā .. 7.1.17.80 .. > The Goddess said: / The procedure by which the Sun residing in the maṇḍala is worshipped with devotion / by mortals, O best of the gods, has been declared by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.81) pūjayedvidhinā yena bhāskaraṃ padmasaṃbhavam .. mūrttisthaṃ sarvagaṃ devaṃ tanme kathaya śaṃkara .. 81 .. .. > Tell me, O Śaṃkara, the rite by which one should worship the Sun-god, born of the lotus, / the all-pervading god residing in an image. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.82) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sādhusādhu mahādevi sādhu pṛṣṭo'smi suvate .. śṛṇuṣvaikamanā devi mūrtithaṃ yena pūjayet .. 82 .. > Īśvara said: / Excellent, excellent, O great goddess! Well have I been asked, O virtuous lady. / Listen with a focused mind, O goddess, \[to the rite\] by which one should worship him residing in an image. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.83) iṣetveti ca mantreṇa uttamāṃgaṃ sadārcayet .. agnimīḻeti mantreṇa pūjayeddakṣiṇaṃ karam .. 83 .. > With the mantra 'iṣe tvā', one should always worship the head. / With the mantra 'agnim īḷe', one should worship the right hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.84) agna āyāhi mantreṇa pādau devasya pūjayet .. ājighreti ca mantreṇa pūjayetpuṣpamālayā .. 84 .. > With the mantra 'agna ā yāhi', one should worship the two feet of the god. / With the mantra 'ājighra', one should worship \[him\] with a flower garland. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.85) yogeyogeti mantreṇa muktapuṣpāṃjaliṃ kṣipet .. samudrāgaccha yatproktamanena snāpayedravim .. 85 .. > With the mantra 'yoge-yoge', one should throw an open handful of flowers. / With that which is stated as 'samudrād āgaccha', one should bathe the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.86) imaṃ me gaṃgeti yatproktamanenāpi ca bhāmini .. samudrajyeti mantreṇa kṣālayedvidhivadravim .. 86 .. > With that which is declared as 'imaṃ me gaṅge', O beautiful lady, / and with the mantra 'samudrajyāḥ', one should wash the Sun according to the rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.87) sinīvālīti mantreṇa snāpayecchaṃkhavāriṇā .. yajñaṃ yajñeti mantreṇa kaṣāyaiḥ parirakṣayet .. 87 .. > With the mantra 'sinīvālī', one should bathe him with conch-water. / With the mantra 'yajñaṃ yajñena', one should protect him with astringent decoctions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.88) snāpayetpayasā devi āpyāyasveti maṃtrataḥ .. dadhikrāvṇeti vai dadhnā snāpayedvidhivadravim .. 88 .. > One should bathe him with milk, O goddess, using the mantra 'āpyāyasva'. / With the mantra 'dadhikrāvṇaḥ', one should bathe the Sun with curd according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.89) imaṃ me gaṃgeti yatproktamanenāpi ca bhāmini .. samudrajyeti maṃtreṇa snānamauṣadhibhiḥ smṛtam .. 89 .. > With that which is proclaimed as 'imaṃ me gaṅge', and with the mantra 'samudrajyāḥ', / O passionate woman, bathing with medicinal herbs is traditionally taught. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.90) udvartayettato bhānuṃ dvipadābhirvarānane .. mānastoketi maṃtreṇa yugapatsnānamācaret .. 7.1.17.90 .. > Then one should rub the Sun with the dvipadā verses, O fair-faced lady. / With the mantra 'mā nastoke', one should perform a simultaneous bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.91) viṣṇorarāṭamantreṇa snāpayedgaṃdhavāriṇā .. sauvarṇena tu maṃtreṇa arghyaṃ pādyaṃ nivedayet .. 91 .. > With the mantra 'viṣṇor rarāṭam', one should bathe him with fragrant water. / With the mantra 'sauvarṇam', one should offer water for the arghya and pādya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.92) idaṃ viṣṇurvicakrame maṃtreṇārghyaṃ pradāpayet .. vedosīti ca maṃtreṇa upavītaṃ pradāpayet .. 92 .. > With the mantra 'idaṃ viṣṇur vicakrame', one should offer the arghya. / With the mantra 'vedo'si', one should present the sacred thread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.93) bṛhaspateti maṃtreṇa dadyādvastrāṇi bhānave .. yena śriyaṃ prakurvāṇaḥ puṣpamālāṃ prapūjayet .. 93 .. > With the mantra 'bṛhaspate', one should give garments to the Sun. / With 'yena śriyam prakurvāṇaḥ', one should worship him with a flower garland. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.94) dhūrasīti ca maṃtreṇa dhūpaṃ dadyātsaguggalam .. samiddhoṃjanamaṃtreṇa aṃjanaṃ tu pradāpayet .. 94 .. > With the mantra 'dhūr asi', one should offer incense accompanied with bdellium. / With the mantra 'samiddho'ñjana', one should apply collyrium. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.95) yuṃjāna iti maṃtreṇa bhānuṃ rocanamālabhet .. ārārttikaṃ ca vai kuryāddīrghāyutvāya vai punaḥ .. 95 .. > With the mantra 'yuñjānaḥ', one should smear the Sun with yellow orpiment. / And one should perform the waving of lamps for the sake of long life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.96) sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sūryaṃ śirasi pūjayet .. śaṃbhavāyeti maṃtreṇa ravernetre parāmṛśet .. 96 .. > With 'sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ', one should worship the Sun on the head. / With the mantra 'śaṃbhavāya', one should touch the two eyes of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.97) viśvataścakṣurityevaṃ bhānordehaṃ samālabhet .. śrīśca te lakṣmīśceti sarvāṃge pūjayedravim .. 97 .. > With 'viśvataścakṣuḥ', one should touch the body of the Sun. / With 'śrīś ca te lakṣmīś ca', one should worship the Sun on all his limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.98) .. īśvara uvāca . .. atha merormahādevi aṣṭaśṛṃgasya suvrate .. pūjāvidhānamaṃtrāṃste kathayāmi samāsataḥ ..98.. > Īśvara said: / Now, O great goddess, O virtuous lady, I shall tell you in brief / the rites and mantras for the worship of the eight-peaked Meru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.99) aṣṭaśṛṃgaṃ mahādevi anena vidhinā'rcayet .. prathamaṃ pūjayenmadhye maṃtreṇānena suvrate .. 99 .. > One should worship the eight peaks, O great goddess, by this rule: / First, one should worship in the center with this mantra, O virtuous lady: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.100) mahāhivomahāyeti nānāpuṣpakadaṃbakaiḥ .. trātāramiṃdramaṃtreṇa pūrvaśṛṃgaṃ sadārcayet .. 7.1.17.100 .. > With 'mahāhi vo mahāya', \[one should worship\] with clusters of various flowers. / With the mantra 'trātāram indram', one should always worship the eastern peak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.101) tamuṣṭavāmeti maṃtreṇa pūjayetsurasundari .. agnimīḻe purohitamāgneyaṃ śṛṃgamarcayet .. 101 .. > With the mantra 'tam uṣṭavāma', O celestial beauty, / \[or\] with 'agnim īḷe purohitam', one should worship the southeastern peak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.102) āgneyyā caiva gāyatryā athavānena pūjayet .. yamāya tvā makhāya tvā dakṣiṇaṃ śṛṃgamarca yet ..102.. > And with the Gāyatrī addressed to Agni, or one should worship with this: / 'yamāya tvā makhāya tvā', one should worship the southern peak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.103) udīratāmavarepyathavānena pūjayet .. āyaṃ gauriti maṃtreṇa nairṛtyaṃ śṛṅgamarcayet..103.. > Or one should worship with this: 'udīratām avare'. / With the mantra 'āyaṃ gauḥ', one should worship the southwestern peak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.104) rakṣohaṇaṃ vājinaṃ vā pūjayedasurāṃtikam.. iṃdrāsomā ca yo maṃtro hyathavā tena pūjayet .. 104 .. > One should worship the \[quarter\] near the asuras with 'rakṣohaṇaṃ vājinam', / or one should worship with the mantra that is 'indrāsomā'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.105) abhi tvā sūra nonviti caiśānaṃ śṛṃgamarcayet .. yenedaṃ bhūtamiti vā athavānena pūjayet .. 105 .. > With 'abhi tvā sūra nonumaḥ', one should worship the northeastern peak; / or with 'yenedam bhūtam', one may worship with that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.106) namostu sarpebhya iti merupīṭhaṃ sadā'rcayet .. hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavarttateti punarmadhye sadārcayet .. 106 .. > With 'namo 'stu sarpebhyaḥ', one should always worship the Meru pedestal. / With 'hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartata', one should worship again in the center. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.107) savitā paścātāditi vai pūjayetpuṣpa mālayā .. trikālamarcayeddevi pradadyādarghyamādarāt ..107.. > With 'savitā paścātāt', one should worship with a flower garland. / One should worship at the three junctures of the day, O goddess, offering arghya with reverence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.108) mātā rudrāṇāṃ duhitā vasūnāṃ pūrvāhne caiva pūjayet .. madhyāhne pūjayeddevi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam .. 108 .. > One should worship in the morning with 'mātā rudrāṇāṃ duhitā vasūnām'. / In the midday, O goddess, one should worship with 'tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.109) ham̐saḥ śuciṣaditi vā aparāhṇe sadārcayet .. evaṃ bhānuṃ grahaiḥ sārddha pūjayedvaravarṇini .. 109 .. > Or in the afternoon one should always worship with 'haṃsaḥ śuciṣat'. / Thus one should worship the Sun together with the planets, O woman of excellent complexion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.110) .. devyuvāca .. .. yāni puṣpāṇi ceṣṭāni sadā bhāskarapūjane .. kāni coktāni deveśa kathayasva prasādataḥ .. 7.1.17.110 .. > The goddess said: / Which flowers are beloved always in the worship of the Sun, / and which have been spoken of, O lord of gods? Tell me out of your grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.111) īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi puṣpā dhyāyamanuttamam .. yena cārkasthale devi śīghraṃ tuṣyati pūjitaḥ .. 111 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall speak of the supreme chapter on flowers, / by which, when worshipped at the place of the Sun, O goddess, he is quickly pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.112) mālatīkusumaiḥ pūjā bhavetsāṃnidhyakārikā .. mallikāyāśca kusumairbhogavāñjāyate naraḥ .. 112 .. > Worship with mālatī flowers brings about his presence. / And by means of mallikā flowers, a man comes to enjoy pleasures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.113) saubhāgyaṃ puṃḍarīkaistu bhavatyarthaśca śāśvataḥ .. kadaṃbapuṣpairdeveśi paramaiśvaryamaśnute .. 113 .. > With white lotuses comes good fortune and enduring wealth. / With kadamba flowers, O ruler of gods, one enjoys supreme sovereignty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.114) bhavatyakṣayamannaṃ ca bakulai rarcane raveḥ .. maṃdārapuṣpakaiḥ pūjā sarvakuṣṭhavināśinī .. 114 .. > Food becomes inexhaustible through the worship of the Sun with bakula flowers. / Worship with mandāra flowers destroys all leprosy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.115) bilvasya patrakusumaimahatīṃ śriyamaśnute .. arkasrajā bhavatyarthaḥ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ .. .. 115 .. > With the leaves and flowers of the bilva tree, one enjoys great prosperity. / A garland of arka flowers yields wealth that grants the fruits of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.116) pradadyādrūpiṇīṃ kanyāṃ pūjito bakulasrajā .. kiṃśukairarcito devi na pīḍayati bhāskaraḥ ..116.. > When worshipped with a garland of bakula flowers, he will bestow a shapely maiden. / When worshipped with kiṃśuka flowers, O goddess, the Sun causes no affliction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.117) agastikusumaistadvadānukūlyaṃ prayaccha ti .. karavīraistu deveśi sūryasyānucaro bhavet .. 117 .. > Likewise, with agasti flowers, he grants favor. / And with oleanders, O ruler of gods, one becomes an attendant of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.119) śatapatrasrajā devi sūryasālokyatāṃ vrajet .. bakapuṣpairmahādevi dāridyaṃ naiva jāyate ..119.. > With a garland of hundred-petaled lotuses, O goddess, one goes to the world of the Sun. / With baka flowers, O great goddess, poverty does not arise at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.119\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.119_2) ṛtukusumena gandhena samabhyarcya divākaram .. catuḥsamudramaryādāṃ sa bhuṃkte pṛthivīmimām .. 119 .. > Having worshipped the day-maker with seasonal flowers and perfume, / he enjoys this earth bounded by the four oceans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.120) yaḥ sūryāyatanaṃ bhaktyā gairikeṇopalepayet .. prāpnuyānmahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ rogaiścāpi pramucyate .. 7.1.17.120 .. > Whoever smears the shrine of the Sun with devotion using red chalk / shall attain great fortune and is freed from diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.121) aṣṭādaśeha kuṣṭhāni ye cānye vyādhayo nṛṇām .. pralayaṃ yāṃti te sarve mṛdā yadyupalepayet .. .. 121 .. > The eighteen types of leprosy here, and whatever other ailments of men exist, / all of them go to destruction if one smears \[it\] with clay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.122) vilepanānāṃ sarveṣāṃ kuṃkumaṃ raktacaṃdanam .. puṣpāṇāṃ karavīrāṇi praśastāni varānane ..122.. > Among all ungents, saffron and red sandalwood are praised, / and among flowers, oleanders are commended, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.123) nātaḥ parataraṃ kiṃcidbhāsvatastuṣṭikārakam .. yādṛśaṃ kuṅkumaṃ jātī śatapatraṃ tathā'guruḥ ..123.. > There is nothing superior to this for causing pleasure to the Sun / such as saffron, jasmine, the hundred-petaled lotus, and agarwood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.124) kiṃ tasya na bhavelloke yaścaibhiścārcayedravim .. upalipyālayaṃ yastu kuryānmaṃḍalakaṃ śubham ..124.. > What would not come to be in the world for him who worships the Sun with these, / and who, having smeared the temple, makes an auspicious circle? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.125) ekenāsya bhavedartho dvābhyāmārogyamaśnute .. tribhistu sarvavidyāvāṃścaturbhirbhogavānbhavet ..125.. > With one \[mandala\] one gains wealth, with two one attains health, / with three one possesses all knowledge, and with four one becomes an enjoyer of pleasures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.126) paṃcabhirvipulaṃ dhānyaṃ ṣaḍbhirāyurbalaṃ yaśaḥ.. saptamaṇḍalatārī syānmaṃḍalādhipatirnaraḥ .. 126 .. > With five \[one gains\] abundant grain; with six, longevity, strength, and renown; / with seven mandalas drawn, a man becomes the lord of a realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.127) ghṛtadīpapradānena cakṣuṣmāñjāyate naraḥ .. kaṭutailasya dīpena svaṃ śatruṃ jayate naraḥ .. 127 .. > By offering a lamp of clarified butter, a man becomes possessed of good sight; / by offering a lamp of pungent oil, a man conquers his own enemy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.129) tailadīpapradānena sūryaloke mahīyate .. madhūkatailadīpena saubhāgyaṃ paramaṃ labhet .. 128. .. puṣpāṇāṃ pravarā jātī dhūpānāṃ vijayaḥ paraḥ .. gandhānāṃ kuṃkumaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ lepānāṃ raktacaṃdanam .. 129 .. > By offering a lamp of \[sesame\] oil, one is glorified in the world of Sūrya; / by a lamp of madhūka oil, one obtains supreme good fortune. > Among flowers, jasmine is superior; among incenses, vijaya is foremost; / among fragrances, saffron is best; and among unguents, red sandalwood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.130) dīpadāne ghṛtaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ naivedye modakaḥ param .. etaistuṣyati deveśaḥ sāṃnidhyaṃ cādhigacchati .. 7.1.17.130 .. > In offering lamps, clarified butter is best; in food offerings, a sweetmeat is foremost; / with these the lord of gods is pleased and grants his presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.131) evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivatkṛtvā pitṛpradakṣiṇām .. praṇamya śirasā devaṃ tatra cārkasthalaṃ priye.. 131 .. > Having thus worshipped according to rule, and having made circumambulations for the ancestors, / having bowed with the head to the god at that Arkasthala, O beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.132) sukhāsīnastataḥ paśyedraverabhimukhe sthitaḥ .. ekaṃ siddhārthakaṃ kṛtvā haste pānīyasaṃyutam .. 132 .. > sitting comfortably, he should then look, remaining facing the sun, / having placed a single white mustard seed in his hand along with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.133) kāmaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ hṛdaye kṛtvārkasthalasannidhau .. pibetsatoyaṃ taddevi hyaspṛṣṭaṃ daśanaiḥ sakṛt .. 133 .. > Having formed whatever desire he wishes in his heart near Arkasthala, / he should drink it with the water, O goddess, untouched by his teeth, all at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.134) evaṃ kṛtvā naro devi koṭiyātrāphalaṃ labhet .. brahmā viṣṇurmahādevo jvalano dhanadastathā .. 134 .. > By doing thus, O goddess, a man obtains the fruit of ten million pilgrimages. / Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Mahādeva, the Fire-god, and likewise Kubera— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.135) bhānumāśritya sarve te modante divi suvrate .. tasmādbhānusamaṃ devaṃ nāhaṃ paśyāmi kañcana .. 135 .. > all of them rejoice in heaven relying upon the Sun, O lady of good vows; / therefore I see no god equal to the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.136) iti kṛtvā mahādevi punarbhānau pradakṣiṇam .. kuryānmantreṇa deveśi saptakṛtvo varānane .. 136 .. > Having done this, O great goddess, he should again perform circumambulation / around the Sun seven times with mantra\[s\], O goddess of gods, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.137) tamuṣṭavāma iti ṛkprathamā parikīrtitā .. etonvindraṃ stavāmeti dvitīyā parikīrtitā .. 137 .. > ‘Tam u ṣṭavāma’ is celebrated as the first ṛg-verse; / ‘Eta u nv indraṃ stavāma’ is celebrated as the second; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.138) iṃdra śuddho na āgahi tṛtīyā parikīrtitā .. indraṃ śuddho hi no rayiṃ caturthī parikīrtitā .. 138 .. > ‘Indra śuddho na ā gahi’ is celebrated as the third; / ‘Indraṃ śuddho hi no rayim’ is celebrated as the fourth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.139) asya vāmasyeti śubhe pañcamī parikīrtitā .. tribhiṣṭvaṃ deva iti vai ṣaṣṭhī ca parikīrtitā .. 139 .. > ‘Asya vāmasya’, O auspicious one, is celebrated as the fifth; / and ‘Tribhiṣ ṭvaṃ deva’ indeed is celebrated as the sixth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.139\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.139_3) daśa sāmāni vai yāni pravarāṇi manīṣibhiḥ .. gītāni sāmagairnityaṃ saptamīṃ taistu kārayet ..7.1.17.14... > Those ten superior Sāmans that are always sung by wise Sāman-chanters— / with them he should have the seventh \[circumambulation\] performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.141) tāni te kathayāmyadya daśa sāmāni sundari.. huṃkāraḥ praṇavodgīthaḥ prastāvaśca catuṣṭayam .. 141 .. > I tell those ten Sāmans to you today, O beautiful woman: / the huṃkāra, the praṇava, the udgītha, and the prastāva make four; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.142) pañcamaṃ praharo yatra ṣaṣṭhamāraṇyakaṃ tathā .. nidhanaṃ saptamaṃ sāmnāṃ saptasiddhimiti smṛtam .. 142 .. > the fifth is where the prahāra is, and likewise the sixth is the Āraṇyaka; / the seventh is the nidhana of the Sāmans, remembered as the saptasiddhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.143) pañcavidhyamiti proktaṃ hrīṃkārapraṇavena tu .. aṣṭamaṃ ca tathā sādhyaṃ navamaṃ vāmadevakam .. 143 .. > This is taught as fivefold; but with hrīṃkāra and the praṇava, / the eighth is Sādhya, and the ninth is Vāmadevaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.144) jyeṣṭhaṃ tu daśamaṃ sāma vedhase priyamuttamam .. eteṣāṃ devi sāmnāṃ vai jāpyaṃ kāryaṃ vidhānataḥ .. 144 .. > and the Jyeṣṭhasāman is the tenth Sāman, beloved of the Creator and supreme. / The recitation of these Sāmans, O goddess, must indeed be performed according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.145) jyeṣṭhasāmaparaṃ caiva dvitīyaṃ gadataḥ śṛṇu .. na ca śrāvyaṃ dvitīyaṃ tu japtavyaṃ muktimicchatā ..145... > Hear also from me as I speak of another that is beyond the Jyeṣṭhasāman; / that second one is not to be recited aloud, but murmured by one desiring liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.146) tajjāpyaṃ paramaṃ proktaṃ svayaṃ devena bhānunā .. jāpyasya viniyogo'sya lakṣaṇaṃ ca nibodha me .. stobhasāraṃ śvāsalīnamoṃkārādi smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ ..146.. > That supreme text to be muttered was proclaimed by the Sun God himself; / learn from me the ritual application and characteristics of this recitation: / the essence of stobhas, merging with the breath, beginning with the syllable Oṃ, is remembered by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.147) ūrbhānuśca tathā dharmaṃ dharmaḥ satyaṃ hyṛta tathā .. dharmaṃ ye dharmavaddharme dharme vai nidhanaṃ gatāḥ .. 147 .. > ‘Ūr, the sun, and likewise dharma; dharma is truth and indeed cosmic order; / dharma, those who are dharmic in dharma, have indeed attained the conclusion in dharma.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.148) yadebhiśca yajecchabdairucitaṃ sāmagairdvijaiḥ .. jāpyaṃ caitatparaṃ proktaṃ svayaṃ devena bhānunā .. 148 .. > When one worships with these words as appropriate for Sāma-singing twice-born \[brahmins\]— / this supreme recitation was taught by the Sun God himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.149) etadvai japyamānastu punarāvartate na tu .. sarvarogavinirmukto mucyate brahmahatyayā .. 149 .. > Being muttered, one does not return again \[to rebirth\]; / freed from all diseases, he is released from \[the sin of\] killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.150) ājyadohādyadoheti jyeṣṭhasāmno'pi lakṣaṇam ..7.1.17.150.. > ‘Ājyadohādyadohā’ is also the characteristic of the Jyeṣṭhasāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.151) iti saṃpūjya deveśaṃ tataḥ kuryātparāṃ stutim .. ṛgbhirve paṃcabhiścaiva śṛṇuṣvaikamanāstu tāḥ ..151.. > Having thus worshipped the lord of gods, he should then utter supreme praise / with five ṛg-verses; listen to them attentively: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.152) ukṣāṇaṃ pṛśnimiti vai prathamā parikīrtitā .. catvāri vākparīti vai dvitīyā parikīrtitā .. 152 .. > ‘Ukṣāṇaṃ pṛśnim’ is celebrated as the first; / ‘Catvāri vāk pari’ is celebrated as the second; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.153) iṃdraṃ mitraṃ tṛtīyā tu ṛkcaiva parikīrtitā .. kṛṣṇaṃ niyānaṃ hi tathā caturthī parikīrtitā .. 153 .. > and ‘Indraṃ mitraṃ’ is celebrated as the third ṛg-verse; / ‘Kṛṣṇaṃ niyānam’ indeed is celebrated as the fourth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.154) dvādaśaprathama iti paṃcamī parikīrtitā .. yo ratnavāhītyanayā kirīṭaṃ yojayedraveḥ ..154.. > ‘Dvādaśaprathamaḥ’ is celebrated as the fifth. / With ‘Yo ratnavāhī’, he should fasten the crown of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.155) gatehanāmityanayā avyaṃgaṃ bhāskaraṃ nyaset .. anena vidhinā devi pūjayedvidhivadravim .. 155 .. > With ‘Gatehanām’, he should place the avyaṅga belt on the Sun. / In this manner, O goddess, he should worship the Sun according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.156) ityeṣa te mayā khyātaḥ pratimāpūjane vidhiḥ .. .. 156 .. > Thus has the rule for worshipping the image been declared to you by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.157) anenavidhinā yastu satataṃ pūjayedravim .. sa prāpnotyadhikānkāmāniha loke paratra ca .. 157 .. > He who continually worships the Sun according to this rule / obtains superior desires in this world and in the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.158) putrārthī labhate putraṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam .. kanyārthī labhate kanyāṃ vidyārthī vedavidbhavet .. 158 .. > He who desires a son obtains a son; he who desires wealth obtains wealth; / he who desires a maiden obtains a maiden; he who desires knowledge becomes a knower of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.159) niṣkāmaḥ pūjayedyastu sa mokṣaṃ yāti vai dhruvam .. asya kṣetrasya māhātmyādarkasūryaprabhāvataḥ .. 159 .. > He who worships without desire goes surely to liberation / because of the māhātmya of this sacred field and by the power of the Sun of Arkasthala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.160) anyatra brāhmaṇānāṃ ca koṭinā yatphalaṃ labhet.. arkasthale tathaikena bhojitena tu tatphalam .. 7.1.17.160 .. > Whatever fruit one may obtain elsewhere by \[feeding\] ten million brahmins, / that same fruit is gained by feeding just one \[brahmin\] at Arkasthala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.161) snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ sūryaparvaṇi yatkṛtam.. tatsarvaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ sūryakoṭiprabhāvataḥ .. 161 .. > Whatever ritual ablution, gifting, recitation, and oblation is performed on a solar eclipse / is multiplied ten million times by the power of ten million suns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.162) māghamāse naro yastu saptamyāṃ ravivāsare .. kṛṣṇapakṣe mahādevi jāgaraṃ śraddhayā''caret .. arkasthalasamīpe tu sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 162 .. > Whatever man faithfully keeps a vigil on the seventh day \[of the lunar fortnight\] falling on a Sunday / in the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha, O great goddess, / near Arkasthala, he goes to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.163) gośatasya pradattasya kurukṣetre ca yatphalam .. tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tatrārkasthaladarśanāt .. 163 .. > Whatever fruit \[comes\] from giving a hundred cows in Kurukṣetra, / one obtains that same fruit from the darśana of Arkasthala there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.164) arkasthalaḥ pūjanīyastatra sthāne nivāsibhiḥ .. japāpuṣpairarkapuṣpai rogibhistu viśeṣataḥ .. 164 .. > Arkasthala should be worshipped by those dwelling in that place, / especially by the sick, with hibiscus flowers and arka flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.165) na ca patrorṇakusumairna caivonmattasaṃbhavaiḥ .. na cāmrātakajaiḥ puṣpairarcanīyo divākaraḥ .. 165 .. > The Sun should not be worshipped with patrorṇa flowers, / nor with those arising from dhattūra, nor with flowers produced from hog-plum. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.166) āmrātakasya kusumaṃ nirmālyamiva dṛśyate .. apratyagraṃ bahiryasmāttasmāttatparivarjayet .. 166 .. > The flower of the hog-plum appears like an already-used offering / because it is not fresh on the outside; therefore, one should avoid it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.167) nāvijñātaṃ pradātavyaṃ na mlānaṃ na ca dūṣitam .. na ca paryyuṣitaṃ mālyaṃ dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā .. 167 .. > One desiring prosperity should not offer an unknown garland, nor one that is withered, / nor one that is tainted, nor one that is stale. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.168) devamullocayedyastu tatkṣaṇātpuṣpalobhataḥ .. puṣpāṇi ca sugandhāni bhojakenetarāṇi ca .. 168 .. > Whoever strips the deity immediately out of greed for flowers— / \[whether\] fragrant flowers or others \[offered\] by a temple priest— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.169) brahmahatyāmavāpnoti bhojako lobhamohitaḥ .. mahārauravamāsādya pacyate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ .. 169 .. > The bhojaka, deluded by greed, incurs the sin of killing a brahmin; / having reached Mahāraurava, he is cooked for eternal years. // 169 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.170) hanta te kīrttayiṣyāmi dhūpadānavidhiṃ param .. pradānāddevadevasya yena dhūpena yatphalam .. 7.1.17.170 .. > Come, I shall declare to you the supreme rule for offering incense, / \[and\] which fruit comes from which incense by offering it to the God of gods: // 7.1.17.170 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.171) sadārcane ca dhūpena sāmīpyaṃ kurute raviḥ .. pradadyātsakalaṃ kāmaṃ yadyadicchati mānavaḥ .. 171 .. > With regular worship by means of incense, the Sun grants proximity; / he would grant every desired thing, whatever a mortal wishes. // 171 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.172) tathaivāgurudhūpena nidhiṃ dadyādabhīpsitam .. ārogyārthī dhanārthī ca nityadā guggalaṃ dahet .. 172 .. > Likewise, through aloe incense he would grant a desired treasure; / one who desires health and desires wealth should continually burn bdellium. // 172 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.173) piṃḍātadhūpadānena sadā tuṣyati bhānumān .. ārogyaṃ ca svayaṃ dadyātsaukhyaṃ ca paramaṃ bhavet..173.. > The Sun is ever pleased by offering piṇḍāta incense; / he would himself grant health, and supreme happiness would ensue. // 173 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.174) śrīvāsakasya dhūpena vāṇijyaṃ sakalaṃ labhet.. rasaṃ sarjarasaṃ caiva dahato'rthāgamo bhavet..174.. > Through incense of pine resin, one obtains complete \[success in\] trade; / and to one who burns the resin of the Sāla tree, influx of wealth will come. // 174 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.175) devadāruṃ ca dahato bhavatyannamathākṣayam.. vilepanaṃ kuṃkumena sarvakāmaphalapradam..175.. > And to one who burns deodar wood, food becomes inexhaustible; / anointment with saffron grants the fruit of all desires. // 175 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.176) iha loke sukhī bhūtvā akṣayaṃ svargamāpnuyāt.. caṃdanasya pralepena śriyamāyuśca viṃdati .. 176 .. > Having become happy in this world, he would attain imperishable heaven; / through anointment with sandalwood paste, he finds fortune and longevity. // 176 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.177) raktacandanalepena sarvaṃ dadyāddivākaraḥ .. api rogaśatairgrastaḥ kṣemamārogyamāpnuyāt .. 177 .. > Through anointment with red sandalwood, the Sun gives everything; / even if afflicted with hundreds of diseases, he would attain well-being and health. // 177 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.178) gatigaṃdhaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ paramaṃ viṃdate naraḥ .. kastūrikāmardanakairaiśvaryamatulaṃ labhet .. 178 .. > A man obtains pleasant fragrance and supreme good fortune; / through massage with musk, he will obtain peerless sovereignty. // 178 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.179) karpūrasaṃyutairgaṃdhaiḥ kṣmādhipādhipatibhavet .. catuḥsamena gaṃdhena sarvā nkāmānavāpnuyāt .. 179 .. > With perfumes combined with camphor, he becomes a sovereign of kings; / with fourfold perfume, he will attain all desires. // 179 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.180) etatte kathitaṃ devi sūryamāhātmyamuttamam .. savistaraṃ mayā khyātaṃ kimanyatparipṛcchasi ..7.1.17.180... > This excellent māhātmya of the Sun has been told to you, O Goddess; / it has been proclaimed in detail by me; what else do you ask? // 7.1.17.180 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.181) .. devyuvāca .. .. yadyevaṃ bhagavānsūryaḥ sarvatejasvināṃ varaḥ .. sa kathaṃ grasyate deva saiṃhikeyena rāhuṇā .. 181 .. > The Goddess said: / If the divine Sun is thus the foremost of all luminous beings, / how, O Lord, is he swallowed by Rāhu, the son of Siṃhikā? // 181 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.182) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu daivi pravakṣyāmi sarva pāpapraṇāśanam .. kāraṇaṃ grahaṇasyāpi bhrāṃtervicchedakārakam .. 182 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O Goddess, I will declare that which destroys all sins, / the cause of the eclipse, which destroys delusion. // 182 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.183) rāhurādityabiṃbasyādhastāttiṣṭhati bhāmini .. amṛtārthī vimānastho yāvatsaṃsravate'mṛtam .. 183 .. > Rāhu stands below the solar orb, O spirited lady, / seated in an aerial chariot, desiring nectar, as long as the nectar trickles. // 183 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.184) biṃbenāṃtarito devi ādityagrahaṇaṃ hi tat .. na kaścidgrasituṃ śakta ādityo dahati dhruvam .. 184 .. > It is screened by the orb, O Goddess; that is indeed the solar eclipse. / No one is able to swallow \[him\]; the Sun certainly burns. // 184 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.184\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.184_4) brahmādayastamarcaṃti sa ādiḥ sarvanākinām .1 > Brahmā and the others worship him; he is the origin of all denizens of heaven. // 185ab > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.185) ādityadehajāḥ sarve tathānye devadānavāḥ ..185.. > All gods and Dānavas and others were born from the body of the Sun. // 185cd > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.186) ādikarttā svayaṃ yasmādādityastena cocyate .. prabhāse saṃsthito devaḥ sarvapātakanāśanaḥ .. 186 .. > Because he is himself the original creator, he is called Āditya; / the god is situated at Prabhāsa, destroying all sins. // 186 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.187) bhuktimuktiprado devo vyādhiduṣkṛtanāśakṛt .. tatra siddhāḥ purā devi lokapālā maharṣayaḥ .. 187 .. > The god grants enjoyment and liberation, destroying diseases and wicked deeds; / there, in ancient times, O Goddess, the guardians of the worlds and great seers became perfected. // 187 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.188) siddhā vidyā dharā yakṣā gaṃdharvā munayastathā .. dhanado'pi tathā bhīṣmo yayātirgālavastathā .. 188 .. > Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and likewise sages; / Dhanada as well, and likewise Bhīṣma, Yayāti, and Gālava; // 188 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.189) sāṃbaścaiva tathā devi parāṃ siddhimito gatāḥ .. idaṃ rahasyaṃ deveśi sūryamāhātmyamuttamam .. 189 .. > and Sāmba as well, O Goddess, attained supreme perfection from here. / This secret, O ruler of the gods, is the supreme māhātmya of the Sun. // 189 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.190) na deyaṃ duṣṭabuddhīnāṃ pāpināṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. na nāstike'śraddadhāne na krūraṃ vā kathaṃcana .. 7.1.17.190 .. > It must not be given to evil-minded persons, and especially not to sinners; / not to an atheist, not to an unbeliever, nor ever to a cruel person. // 7.1.17.190 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.191) imāṃ kathāmanubrūyāttathā nā'sūyake śive . idaṃ putrāya śiṣyāya dharmiṇe nyāyavartine .. 191 .. > One may recite this narrative, O auspicious lady, to one who is not envious; / this should be told to a son, to a disciple who is righteous and righteous in conduct, // 191 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.192) kathanīyaṃ mahābrahma sūryabhaktāya suvrate .. arkasthalasya devasya māhātmyamidamuttamam .. 192 .. > O lady of noble vows, this great sacred lore \[should be told\] to a devotee of the Sun; / this is the supreme māhātmya of the god of Arkasthala. // 192 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.193) yaḥ śrāddhe śrāvayeddevi brāhmaṇānsaṃśitavratān .. tasyānaṃtaṃ bhaveddevi yaddānaṃ puruṣasya vai .. 193 .. > Whoever recites \[this\] at a śrāddha to brahmins of strict vows, O Goddess, / endless indeed becomes whatever gift that man gives, O Goddess. // 193 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.193\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.193_5) yatredaṃ kīrttyate puṇyaṃ saṃpadastatra vai sadā .1 > Where this sacred text is recited, prosperity is indeed ever present. // 194ab > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.194) yātudhānā na hiṃsaṃti tacchrāddhaṃ bhayavihvalāḥ .. 194 .. > Overcome with fear, the Yātudhānas do not disrupt that śrāddha. // 194cd > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.195) paṃktipāvanatāṃ yāṃti ye'pi vai paṃktidūṣakāḥ .. sutavāñjanmavāṃśca syātsarvakāmamanoramaḥ ..195 .. > Even those who defile the dining row attain the status of sanctifiers of the row; / he will have sons, have a noble birth, and be pleasing in all desires. // 195 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.196) pravāsibhirbaṃdhuvargaiḥ saṃyujyeta sadā naraḥ .. naṣṭaiḥ saṃyujyate cārthairaparaiścāpi ciṃtitaiḥ .. 196 .. > A man will always be reunited with his kinsmen living abroad; / he is reunited with lost wealth, and with other desired things as well. // 196 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.197) rakṣyate yāginībhiśca priyaiśca na viyujyate .. upaspṛśya śucirbhūtvā śṛṇuyādbrāhmaṇaḥ sadā .. sarvānkāmāṃśca labhate nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 197 .. > He is protected by Yoginīs, and is not separated from his beloved ones; / having touched water and become pure, a brahmin should always listen to it; / he obtains all desires, there is no doubt about this. // 197 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.198) vaiśyaḥ samṛddhimatulāṃ kṣatriyaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ.. vaṇijaścāpi vāṇijyamakhaṃḍaṃ śatasaṃkhyayā.. labheyuḥ kīrtanādasyāḥ sūryotpattervarānane..198.. > A vaiśya \[would obtain\] peerless prosperity, a kṣatriya would become a ruler of the earth, / and merchants would obtain undivided trade hundreds of times over, / from the recitation of this origin of the Sun, O fair-faced lady. // 198 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.17.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.199) śūdrāścaivābhilaṣitānkāmānprāpsyaṃti bhāmini.. apamṛtyubhayaṃ ghoraṃ mṛtyuto'pi mahābhayam..199. > And śūdras will obtain their cherished desires, O spirited lady; / the terrible fear of premature death, which is even a greater fear than death, // 199 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 205 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.17.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Mantrakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.mantrakosa.mantrakosa.4.24) — Āśādityatripāṭhin, Sanskrit - [Vrata(2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vrata-2.p303) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.20.p371) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Pūjāprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.pujaprakasa.8.p121) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Nāradīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.naradiya.15.77) — Sanskrit - [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p44) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17) · Pramāṇa