[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) › 17.11 # Skandapurana 17.11 Skandapurāṇa 17.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sārasvatasya viprasya śrutvā bhojanṛpo vacaḥ .. vivarṇavadano bhūtvā pragṛhyāṃghrī vaco'bravīt .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Hearing the words of the brahmin Sārasvata, King Bhoja, / his face losing its color, grasped his feet and spoke these words: 1 . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.2) mune naivaṃ tvayā vācyaṃ gaṃtavyaṃ niścitaṃ mayā .. narāṇāṃ puṇyadā yātrā kathayasva kathaṃ bhavet .. 2 .. > O sage, you must not speak like this; I have resolved that I must go. / Tell me how the pilgrimage that grants merit to mortals is performed. 2 . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.3) kiṃ grāhyaṃ kiṃ ca moktavyaṃ kiṃ deyaṃ kiṃ na dīyate .. tīrthopavāsaḥ snānaṃ ca saṃdhyāsnānavidhikramaḥ .. pūjā nidrā japo rātrau sarvaṃ saṃkṣepato vada .. 3 .. > What is to be taken and what is to be discarded? What is to be given and what is not given? / Fasting at the sacred ford, ritual ablution, the proper order for twilight ritual ablutions, / worship, sleeping, and recitation at night—tell me all this in brief. 3 . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.4) .. sārasvata uvāca .. .. surāṣṭradeśe gantavyaṃ girau raivatake yadi .. nṛpa yātrāvidhiṃ vakṣye tvamekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu .. .. 4 .. > Sārasvata said: / If you must go to the land of Surāṣṭra and to Mount Raivataka, / O king, I shall declare the rules of pilgrimage; listen with a focused mind. 4 . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.5) bṛhaspatibalaṃ gṛhya sūryaṃ saṃtarpya cottamam .. vāmataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ sarvaṃ vṛtvā saṃśodhya vāsaram .. 5 .. > Having obtained the strength of Bṛhaspati, and having properly gratified the sun, / having placed all \[auspicious things\] to the left and back, and having purified the day; 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.6) caṃdralagnaṃ grahājjñātvā baliṣṭhājjanmarāśitaḥ.. śakunaṃ ca śubhaṃ labdhvā prasthātavyaṃ nṛpairnṛpa .. 6 .. > having determined the lunar ascendant from the planets, and from the strongest birth sign, / and having obtained an auspicious omen, kings should set forth, O king. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.7) tīrthe sadaiva gaṃtavyaṃ sarve māsāśca śobhanāḥ .. tithayaścottamāḥ sarvāḥ snānadānārcanādiṣu .. 7 .. > One may go to a sacred ford at any time; indeed, all months are auspicious, / and all lunar days are excellent for ritual ablution, giving gifts, worship, and the like. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.8) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ māsāṃte pūrṇimādine .. saṃkrāṃtau grahaṇe kālā ete proktā bhavārcane ..8.. > On the eighth and fourteenth \[lunar days\], at the month’s end, on the full moon day, / at a solar transit, and during an eclipse—these times are declared \[best\] for worshipping Bhava. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.9) kailāsaṃ parvataṃ tyaktvā devīṃ devāṃśca saṃgatān.. vaiśākhe paṃcadaśyāṃ tu bhūmiṃ bhittvā bhavo'bhavat .. 9 .. > Leaving Mount Kailāsa, the Goddess, and the assembled gods, / Bhava broke through the earth and emerged on the fifteenth \[day\] of Vaiśākha. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.10) tasminneva dine devī svarṇarekhā nadī talāt .. paṃthānaṃ vāsukiṃ prāpya sarvapāpapraṇāśanī .. 7.2.11.10 .. . > On that very day, the divine river Svarṇarekhā, destroying all sins, / rose from the subterranean realm, having reached the path of Vāsuki. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.11) airāvatapadākrāṃta ujjayanto mahāgiriḥ .. susrāva toyaṃ bahudhā gajapādodbhavaṃ śuci .. 11 .. > The great mountain Ujjayanta, trodden by the feet of Airāvata, / poured forth abundant pure water born from the elephant's feet. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.12) devā brahmādayaḥ sarve gaṃgādyāḥ saritastathā .. vastrāpathe mahākṣetre bhavabhāvena saṃgatāḥ .. 12 .. > All the gods, beginning with Brahmā, and likewise the rivers, beginning with the Gaṅgā, / gathered in the great sacred field of Vastrāpatha with devotion to Bhava. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.13) vastrāpathasya kṣetrasya pramāṇaṃ śṛṇu bhūpate .. harasya tyajato bhūmau patitaṃ vastrabhūṣaṇam .. 13 .. > Hear, O king, the extent of the sacred field of Vastrāpatha: / As Hara abandoned his vestment and ornament, it fell upon the earth; 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.14) tāvanmātraṃ smṛtaṃ kṣetraṃ devairvastrāpathaṃ kṛtam .. uttareṇa nadī bhadrā pūrvasyāṃ yojanadvayam .. 14 .. > that extent is recorded as the sacred field, designated Vastrāpatha by the gods. / To the north is the river Bhadrā, and to the east it extends two yojanas; 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.15) dakṣiṇena baleḥ sthānamujjayanto nadīmanu .. aparasyāṃ paraṃ nadyo saṃgamaṃ vāmanātpurāt .. 15 .. > to the south lies the place of Bali, and Ujjayanta along the river; / to the west, beyond the city of Vāmana, is the confluence of the rivers. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.16) etadvastrāpathaṃ kṣetraṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam .. kṣetrasya vistaro jñeyo yojanānāṃ catuṣṭayam .. 16 .. > This sacred field of Vastrāpatha bestows enjoyment and liberation; / the extent of the sacred field is known to be four yojanas. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.17) vaiśākhapaṃcadaśyāṃ tu bhavo bhāvena bhūpate .. pūjyate śivaloke tu sthīyate brahmavāsaram .. 17 .. > On the fifteenth \[day\] of Vaiśākha, O king, Bhava is worshipped with devotion; / he \[who does so\] dwells in the world of Śiva for a day of Brahmā. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.18) ato vasaṃte saṃprāpte prayāṇaṃ kuru bhūpate .. nigṛhya niyamānbhūtvā śuciḥ snāto jitendriyaḥ .. 18 .. > Therefore, when spring has arrived, make the journey, O king, / observing restraints, pure, bathed, and with senses subdued. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.19) gajavājirathāṃstyaktā padābhyāṃ yāti yo naraḥ .. puṣpakeṇa vimānena sa yāti śivamaṃdiram .. 19 .. > The person who abandons elephants, horses, and chariots, and walks on foot, / goes to the abode of Śiva in the Puṣpaka aerial chariot. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.20) ekabhaktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca .. bhikṣāhāreṇa toyena phalāhāreṇa vā yadi .. 7.2.11.20 .. > \[Living\] on a single meal, on an evening meal, or on unasked-for food, / or if \[living\] on food obtained by begging, on water, or on fruits; 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.21) upavāsena kṛcchreṇa śākāhāreṇa yāti yaḥ .. sa yāti sundarīvṛndairvījyamāno gaṇairdivi .. 21 .. > whoever goes fasting, performing kṛcchra penance, or subsisting on vegetables, / he goes to heaven fanned by celestial women and attendants. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.22) malasnānaṃ vinā mārge pādābhyaṃgavivarjitaḥ .. maladhārī kṣīṇatanuryaṣṭihasto jitendriyaḥ .. 22 .. > Without a cleansing bath on the way, devoid of foot-anointment, / bearing dust, his body emaciated, a staff in hand, with senses subdued; 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.23) śītātapajalakliṣṭaḥ śivasmaraṇatatparaḥ .. yadi yāti naro yāti sa bhittvā sūryamaṃḍalam .. 23 .. > afflicted by cold, heat, and rain, devoted to remembering Śiva— / if a man journeys thus, he pierces the solar orb and ascends. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.24) narakasthānapi pitṝnmātṛtaḥ pitṛto nṛpa .. akṣayaṃ sapta saptaiva nayedevaṃ śivālaye .. 24 .. > Even if the ancestors are in hell, O king, / he leads seven on the mother's side and seven on the father's to the imperishable abode of Śiva. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.25) luṇṭhanbhūmau yadā yāti mṛgacarmāvaguṃṭhitaḥ .. daṇḍapramāṇabhūmervā saṃkhyāṃ kurvannaro yadi .. 25 .. > If a man goes rolling on the ground, clad in a deer skin, / or measuring the ground by the length of a staff; 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.26) araṇye nirjale sthāne jalāṃtaḥparipīḍitaḥ .. śaraṇyaṃ śaṃkaraṃ kṛtvā mano niścalamātmanaḥ .. 26 .. > in a forest, in a waterless place, distressed by lack of water, / making Śaṃkara his refuge, with his mind steady; 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.27) saptadvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ samudravasanāṃ nṛpa .. sa labdhvā bahubhiryajñairyajñe dattvā ca medinīm .. 27 .. > having gained the earth possessing seven continents, girdled by the ocean, O king, / through many sacrifices, and having given away the earth in sacrifice; 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.28) saptabhaumavimānastho divyadeho harākṛtiḥ .. nirīkṣya medinīṃ maṃdaṃ kṛta maṃgalamaṇḍanam .. 28 .. > seated in a seven-storeyed aerial chariot, possessing a divine body, bearing the form of Hara, / looking down gently upon the earth, adorned with auspicious ornaments; 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.29) mṛganetrābhujasparśalagnapīnapayodharaḥ .. gītavādyavinodena satyalokaṃ vrajennaraḥ .. 29 .. > with swollen breasts pressed against him in the embrace of deer-eyed women, / entertained by song and instrumental music, such a man goes to Satyaloka. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.30) vidhāya bhujavegaṃ vā pādau baddhvā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. maunena mānuṣo māyāṃ tyaktvā yāti śivālaye .. 7.2.11.30 .. > Or walking slowly, pacing out his steps with speed of arms, / in silence, shedding delusion, a human being goes to the abode of Śiva. 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.31) brahmaghno vā surāpo vā steyī vā gurutalpagaḥ .. kṛtaghno mucyate pāpairmṛto muktimavāpnuyāt .. 31 .. > Whether a killer of a brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief, or one who violates the teacher’s bed, / or an ungrateful person, he is freed from sins, and dying, he attains liberation. 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.32) mātaraṃ pitaraṃ deśaṃ bhrātaraṃ svajanabāṃdhavān .. grāmaṃ bhūmiṃ gṛhaṃ tyaktvā kṛtvā ceṃdriyasaṃyamam .. 32 .. > Leaving mother, father, country, brothers, kinsmen, and relations, / village, land, and home, and exercising restraint of the senses; 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.33) gṛhītvā śivasaṃskāraṃ naro bhrāmyati bhūtale .. draṣṭuṃ tīrthānyanekāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .. 33 .. > having received the rites of Śiva, a man wanders upon the earth / to see many sacred fords and holy shrines. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.34) kasmiṃstīrthe śubhe sthāne chittvā saṃsārabandhanam .. abhayāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā śivaśiveti bhāṣakaḥ .. 34 .. > At some auspicious sacred ford, cutting the bondage of cyclic existence, / giving the gift of fearlessness, repeatedly uttering 'Śiva, Śiva'; 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.35) ekāṃte nirjane sthāne śivasmaraṇatatparaḥ .. yadi tiṣṭhati taṃ yānti namaskartuṃ narādhipa .. 35 .. > if he stays in a secluded, deserted place, devoted to remembering Śiva, / they come to bow to him, O lord of men. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.36) āyāṃti devatāḥ sarve cihnaṃ tasya nirīkṣitum .. vimānavṛndairnetavyaḥ kadāsau puruṣottamaḥ .. 36 .. > All the deities come to see his mark, \[wondering:\] / 'When is this best of men to be borne away in hosts of aerial chariots?' 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.37) yadā tu pañcatvamupaiti kāle kalevaraṃ skandhakṛtaṃ naraiśca .. nirīkṣyamāṇaḥ surasundarībhiḥ sa nīyamāno madavihvalābhiḥ .. 37 .. > When in time he meets with death and his body is borne on the shoulders of men, / he is watched by celestial beauties languid with passion as he is carried off. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.38) surendrasūryāgnidhaneśarudraiḥ saṃpūjyamānaḥ śivarūpadhārī .. surādilokānpravimucya vegācchivālaye tiṣṭhati rudrabhaktaḥ .. 38 .. > Worshipped by the lord of the gods, the Sun, Fire, the Lord of Wealth, and the Rudras, assuming the form of Śiva, / that devotee of Rudra swiftly leaves the worlds of the gods and remains in the abode of Śiva. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.11.38\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11.38_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetra māhātmye vastrāpathayātrāvidhānavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 11 .. > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, titled 'Description of the Rules for Pilgrimage to Vastrāpatha', in the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, the second \[part\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[book\] of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.11.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.11) · Pramāṇa