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# Skandapurana 2.1.22

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.1)

.. atha dānārhasatpātranirṇayaḥ ..

> Now begins the determination of a worthy recipient deserving gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.2)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.3)

bhagavansūta sarvajña vedavedāntakovida ..

> "O venerable Sūta, omniscient one, skilled in the Vedas and Vedānta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.4)

dānāni kasmai deyāni dānakālaśca kīdṛśaḥ .. 1 ..

> to whom should gifts be given, and what is the proper time for giving?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.5)

kaśca tatpratigṛhṇīyātsarvaṃ no vaktumarhasi .. 2 ..

> And who should accept them? You ought to tell us everything."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.6)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.7)

mahāpuṇyaprade kṣetre veṃkaṭākhye dvijottamāḥ ..

> "In the sacred field named Veṅkaṭa, which bestows great religious merit, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.8)

sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ paramo guruḥ .. 3 ..

> a brahmin is the supreme guru of all castes whatsoever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.9)

tasmai dānāni deyāni sa tārayati paṃḍitaḥ ..

> Gifts should be given to him; as a learned man, he delivers \[the giver\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.10)

brāhmaṇaḥ pratigṛhṇīyādvarjayitvā tvavarṇakam .. 4 ..

> A brahmin should accept \[gifts\], excluding, however, an outcaste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.11)

ṣaṇḍasya putrahīnasya daṃbhācāraratasya ca ..

> To a eunuch, to one without a son, to one devoted to hypocritical conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.12)

vedavidveṣiṇaścaiva dvijavidveṣiṇastathā .. 5 ..

> to a hater of the Vedas, and likewise to a hater of twice-born men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.13)

svakarmatyāginaścāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam ..

> and to one who has abandoned his proper duties—what is given becomes fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.14)

paradāraratasyāpi paradravyaratasya ca .. 6 ..

> To one devoted to another's wife, and to one coveting another's wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.15)

gāyakasyāpi viprasya dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam ..

> even if he is a brahmin, \[and\] to a \[mere professional\] singer—what is given becomes fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.16)

asūyāviṣṭamanasaḥ kṛtaghnasya ca māyinaḥ .. 7 ..

> To one whose mind is overcome by malice, to an ungrateful person, to a deceiver,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.17)

jñānaśūnyasya viprasya dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam ..

> and to a brahmin devoid of knowledge—what is given becomes fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.18)

nityaṃ yāñcāparasyāpi hiṃsakasyābalasya ca .. 8 ..

> To one constantly intent on begging, to a violent person, and to an impotent man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.19)

nāmavikrayiṇaścaiva vedavikrayiṇastathā ..

> to a seller of the \[holy\] Name, and likewise to a seller of the Veda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.20)

smṛtivikrayiṇaścaiva dharmavikrayiṇastathā .. 9 ..

> to a seller of Smṛti, and likewise to a seller of dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.21)

paropatāpaśīlasya dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam ..

> and to one whose nature is to torment others—what is given becomes fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.22)

ye kecitpāpaniratā ninditāḥ sukṛtaistathā .. 2.1.22.10 ..

> Whatever persons are intent upon sin and censured by the virtuous—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.23)

na tebhyaḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna deyaṃ vāpi kiñcana ..

> One should not accept anything from them, nor should anything be given to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.24)

satkarmaniratāyaiva śrotriyāyāhitāgnaye .. 11 ..

> Only to one devoted to good works, learned in the Veda, who maintains the sacred fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.25)

vṛttihīnāya vai deyaṃ daridrāya kuṭumbine ..

> lacking a livelihood, poor, and burdened with a household should gifts indeed be given;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.26)

devapūjāsu saktāya purāṇakathakāya ca .. 12 ..

> and to one dedicated to the worship of the gods, and to a narrator of the Purāṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.27)

deyaṃ prayatnato viprā daridrasya viśeṣataḥ ..

> O brahmins, gifts should diligently be given, especially to one who is poor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.28)

bahunā kimihoktena śṛṇudhvaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 13 ..

> What is the use of speaking much on this point? Listen, O best of the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.29)

sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca pradātuṃ śakyate sadā ..

> It is always possible to give to all brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.30)

vandhyābhartre pradattañcedrāsabho jāyate naraḥ .. 14 ..

> yet if a gift is given to the husband of a barren woman, that man is born as an ass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.31)

nāstikaṃ bhinnamaryādaṃ putrahīnaṃ jaḍaṃ khalam ..

> An atheist, one who transgresses propriety, one without sons, a fool, a wicked man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.32)

steyinaṃ kitavaṃ caiva kadācinnābhivādayet .. 15 ..

> a thief, and a gambler—one should never salute \[them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.33)

pāṣaṇḍaṃ patitaṃ vrātyaṃ vedavikrayiṇaṃ tathā ..

> A heretic, an outcaste, an apostate, and a seller of the Veda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.34)

kṛtaghnaṃ pāpanirataṃ kadācinnābhivādayet .. 16 ..

> an ungrateful person, and one intent on sin—one should never salute \[them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.35)

tathā snānaṃ prakurvantaṃ samitpuṣpakaraṃ tathā ..

> Likewise, one who is performing ritual ablution, one holding firewood and flowers in hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.36)

udapātradharañcaiva bhuṃjantaṃ nābhivādayet .. 17 ..

> one holding a water vessel, and one who is eating—one should not salute.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.37)

vivādaśālinaṃ caṇḍaṃ vamantaṃ janamadhyagam ..

> A contentious man, a fierce man, one vomiting, one who is in the midst of a crowd,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.38)

bhikṣānnadhāriṇaṃ caiva śayānaṃ nābhivādayet .. 18 ..

> one carrying alms-food, and one lying down—one should not salute.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.39)

vandhyāñca puṣpiṇīṃ jārāṃ sūtikāṃ garbhapātinīm ..

> A barren woman, a menstruating woman, an adulteress, a woman recently delivered of a child, one who procures abortion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.40)

vrataghnīñca tathā caṇḍīṃ kadācinnābhivādayet .. 19 ..

> one who breaks her vows, and a wrathful woman—one should never salute.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.41)

sabhāyāṃ yajñaśālāyāṃ devatāyataneṣvapi ..

> In an assembly, in a sacrificial hall, and in temples of the deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.42)

pratyekaṃ tu namaskāro hanti puṇyaṃ purātanam .. .. 2.1.22.20 ..

> paying individual obeisance destroys past merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.43)

śrāddhavrate niyuktañca devatābhyarcakaṃ tathā ..

> One engaged in a śrāddha observance, one worshipping deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.44)

yajñaṃ ca tarpaṇañcaiva kurvantaṃ nābhivādayet .. 21 ..

> and one performing sacrifice or water libation—one should not salute.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.45)

kurvate vandanaṃ yastu na kuryātprativandanam ..

> He who does not return a salutation to one who salutes him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.46)

nābhivādyaḥ sa vijñeyo yathā śūdrastathaiva ca .. 22 ..

> is to be known as not fit to be saluted, just like a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.47)

tasmātsarvepu kāleṣu buddhimānbrāhmaṇottamaḥ ..

> Therefore, at all times, an intelligent, best of brahmins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.48)

vandhyāpatiṃ dvijaṃ krūraṃ kadācinnābhivādayet .. .. 23 ..

> should never salute a cruel twice-born who is the husband of a barren woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.49)

.. athākāśagaṃgāmāhātmyam..

> Now begins the māhātmya of Ākāśagaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.50)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> The venerable Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.51)

atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi puṇyaśīlasya dhīmataḥ ..

> In this regard, I will narrate an ancient story concerning the wise Puṇyaśīla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.52)

sanatkumāramunaye nāradena prabhāṣitam .. 24 ..

> which was spoken by Nārada to the sage Sanatkumāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.53)

tadvakṣyāmi muniśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ ..

> I shall relate that, O best of sages; listen with attentive minds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.54)

purā godāvarītīre sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ .. 25 ..

> Formerly on the bank of the Godāvarī, devoted to all duties,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.55)

puṇyaśīlo dvijavaraḥ satyavādī jitendriyaḥ ..

> there lived the excellent twice-born Puṇyaśīla, truthful of speech, master of his senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.56)

dayāvānsarvabhūteṣu devāgnidvijapūjakaḥ ..26..

> compassionate toward all beings, a worshipper of gods, fire, and brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.57)

karmaṇā janmaśuddhaśca mātāpitṛhite rataḥ ..

> pure by birth and action, devoted to the welfare of his mother and father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.58)

gurubhaktiḥ sadākṣiṇyo brahmaṇyaḥ sādhusaṃmataḥ .. 27 ..

> devoted to gurus, ever polite, friendly to brahmins, and respected by the virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.59)

etādṛśaguṇairyuktaḥ puṇyaśīlasya dhīmataḥ .. 28 ..

> Endowed with such virtues, to the wise Puṇyaśīla's  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.60)

.. atha puṇyaśīlasya vandhyāpatinimantraṇena gardabhamukhatvaprāptiḥ .. ..

> Now the acquisition of an ass-face by Puṇyaśīla on account of inviting the husband of a barren woman:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.61)

gṛhaṃ samprāptavānvipro vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ ..

> house came a brahmin who had crossed to the end of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.62)

prārthitaḥ puṇyaśīlena pitṛśrāddhe'tivegataḥ .. 29 ..

> He was invited with great eagerness by Puṇyaśīla for his father's śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.63)

taṃ vipraṃ śrotriyaṃ śāntaṃ pitṛśrāddhe niyojya vai ..

> Having appointed that calm brahmin learned in the Veda for the ancestral śrāddha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.64)

śrāddhaṃ cakāra dharmātmā pratyābdikamanuttamam.. 2.1.22.30 ..

> the righteous man performed the excellent annual śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.65)

tataḥ kālāntare tasya puṇyaśīlasya cānane ..

> Then, after some time, upon Puṇyaśīla's face  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.66)

vairūpyaṃ prāptamatyugraṃ rāsabhānanavattadā .. 31 ..

> came an exceedingly terrible deformity, resembling the face of an ass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.67)

tataḥ khinnamanā bhūtvā puṇyaśīlo'tidhārmikaḥ ..

> Thereupon, sorrow-minded, the exceedingly righteous Puṇyaśīla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.68)

niḥśvasya bahudhā khinnaḥ prapede'gastyayoginaḥ .. 32 ..

> sighing deeply, distressed, approached the yogin Agastya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.69)

suvarṇamukharītīre ṛṣisaṃghaniṣevite ..

> on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī, frequented by hosts of seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.70)

āśramaṃ paramaṃ divyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam.. 33 ..

> at his supreme, divine hermitage that bestows the fruits of all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.71)

tatrāśrame munivaraiḥ sevyamānamaharniśam ..

> Seeing in that hermitage the great-souled Agastya, served day and night by excellent sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.72)

dṛṣṭvāgastyaṃ mahātmānaṃ sarvalokahitaiṣiṇam .. 34 ..

> who wishes the welfare of all the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.73)

praṇāmamakarottasmai gārdabhāsyo'tiduḥkhitaḥ .. 35 ..

> he, bearing an ass-face and exceedingly grieved, bowed down to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.74)

.. puṇyaśīla uvāca .. ..

> Puṇyaśīla said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.75)

taponidhe namastubhyamagastya munisevita ..

> O treasure of austerity, served by sages, obeisance to you, O Agastya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.76)

kutsitāsyaṃ mahāpāpaṃ rakṣarakṣa dayānidhe .. 36 ..

> Protect me, protect me, a great sinner with a repulsive face, O ocean of mercy!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.77)

kena doṣeṇa me cātra mukhasyāsītkurūpatā .. 37 ..

> By what fault has this deformity of my face occurred?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.78)

mayi prītyā mahābhāga vadasva munisattama .. 38 ..

> Out of affection for me, O fortunate one, speak, O best of sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.79)

agastya uvāca .. ..

> Agastya said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.80)

vipravarya mahābhāga puṇyaśīla mahāmate ..

> O best of brahmins, O highly fortunate Puṇyaśīla, O man of great intellect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.81)

ānanasya virūpaṃ vai śṛṇu nānyamanā dvija ..39.. ..

> listen with an undivided mind, O twice-born, to \[the cause of\] the deformity of your face:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.82)

atha vandhyāpateḥ śrāddhanimantraṇānarhatvakathanam .. ..

> Now the narration of the unfitness of the husband of a barren woman to be invited to a śrāddha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.83)

kañcidvipraṃ guṇanidhiṃ vedavedāṃgapāragam ..

> A certain brahmin, a treasure of virtues, who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.84)

śrotriyaṃ putrarahitaṃ śrāddhe tvaṃ viniyuktavān .. 2.1.22.40 ..

> a learned scholar of the Veda, but devoid of a son, you appointed at a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.85)

tena doṣeṇa mahatā mukhe tava virūpatā ..

> Because of that great fault, your face became disfigured.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.86)

ye loke havyakavyādau vandhyāyāḥ svāminaṃ dvijam.. 41 ..

> Those in the world who, in offerings to gods and ancestors and the like, \[appoint\] a brahmin who is the husband of a barren woman—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.87)

niyojayanti te yānti mukhe gardabharūpatām ..

> those who appoint \[such a one\] attain the form of a donkey's face.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.88)

śubhakarmaṇi vā vipra paitṛke vāpi karmaṇi .. .. 42 ..

> Either in an auspicious rite, O brahmin, or in an ancestral rite,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.89)

vandhyāpatiṃ mahāpāpaṃ kadācinna nimantrayet ..

> one should never invite the husband of a barren woman, \[who is\] a great sinner.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.90)

vandhyāpatiṃ mahākrūraṃ vṛṣalīpatimeva vā .. 43 ..

> The husband of a barren woman, or one exceedingly cruel, or the husband of a Śūdra woman—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.91)

śreyaskāmī hi vipreṃdra śrāddhe tu na nimantrayet ..

> one who desires his own welfare, O best of brahmins, should never invite \[them\] to a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.92)

vedaśāstrādiyukto'pi kulīnaḥ karmaṭho'pi vā .. 44 ..

> Even if he is endowed with the Veda, scriptures, and the like, of noble birth, or dedicated to rituals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.93)

vandhyābhartā dvijaśreṣṭha śrāddhe tyājyaḥ kathañcana ..

> the husband of a barren woman, O best of brahmins, must by all means be avoided at a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.94)

jyotiṣṭomādiyajñeṣu vrateṣu ca tapaḥsu ca .. 45 ..

> In sacrifices such as the Jyotiṣṭoma, in vows, and in austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.95)

samartho'pi dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ śrāddhe vandhyāpatiṃ tyajet ..

> even if he is competent, O best of brahmins, one should avoid the husband of a barren woman at a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.96)

alabhye tu dvije pātre tantumātropajīvinam .. 46 ..

> If a worthy brahmin cannot be found, one who lives merely by spinning thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.97)

putravantaṃ sadācāraṃ śrāddhārthaṃ tu nimantrayet ..

> having a son and good conduct, should be invited for the purpose of the śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.98)

tadabhāve dvijaśreṣṭha putraṃ vā'nujameva vā .. 47 ..

> In his absence, O best of brahmins, one's son or younger brother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.99)

ātmānaṃ vā niyuñjīta śrāddhe vandhyāpatiṃ tyajet ..

> or even oneself, one may appoint; but one should avoid the husband of a barren woman at a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.100)

puṇyaśīla mahābhāga coddhṛtya bhujamucyate .. 48 ..

> O highly fortunate Puṇyaśīla, raising my arm it is proclaimed:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.101)

sarvathā putrahīnaṃ tu śrāddhārthaṃ na niyojayet ..

> By no means should one appoint one who is destitute of a son for the purpose of a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.102)

vandhyāpatiṃ dvijaṃ yastu śrāddhakartā niyokṣyati .. 49 ..

> The performer of a śrāddha who appoints a brahmin who is the husband of a barren woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.103)

tacchrāddhamāsuraṃ jñeyaṃ kartā ca narakaṃ vrajet .. 2.1.22.50 ..

> his śrāddha is to be known as demonic, and the performer goes to hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.104)

.. athākāśagaṃgāsnānena puṇyaśīlasya tadvikṛtinivṛttiḥ .. ..

> Now, the removal of that deformity of Puṇyaśīla by bathing in the Ākāśagaṅgā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.105)

bahunātra kimuktena taddoṣavinivṛttaye ..

> What is the use of speaking much here? For the removal of that fault,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.106)

upāyaṃ te pravakṣyāmi svarṇamukhyāstaṭe śubhe .. 51 ..

> I will tell you an expedient. On the auspicious bank of the Svarṇamukhī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.107)

vartate devasaṃghaiśca sevito veṃkaṭācalaḥ ..

> Mount Veṅkaṭa stands, frequented by hosts of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.108)

meruputro mahāpuṇyaḥ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ .. .. 52 ..

> the son of Meru, greatly sacred, bestowing the fruit of all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.109)

tasminveṃkaṭaśailendre surāsuranamaskṛte ..

> On that lord of mountains, Veṅkaṭa, bowed to by gods and asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.110)

viyadgaṃgeti nāmnā vai tīrthamasti mahattaram .. 53 ..

> there is indeed a very great sacred ford named Viyadgaṅgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.111)

sarvapāpapraśamanamāyurārogyavardhanam ..

> which calms all sins and increases life and health.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.112)

tvaṃ gatvā veṃkaṭaṃ śailaṃ svāmipuṣkariṇījale .. 54 ..

> Going to Mount Veṅkaṭa, in the water of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.113)

snātvā saṃkalpapūrvaṃ tu gaṃgātīrthamanantaram ..

> having bathed with a prior vow of intention, and immediately thereafter \[going\] to the sacred ford of Gaṅgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.114)

gatvā tīrthavidhānena snānaṃ kuru mahāmate .. 55 ..

> having gone, perform the ritual ablution according to the rules of the sacred ford, O noble-minded one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.115)

snānamātrāttataḥ sadyo mukhasyāsya mahāmate ..

> From that ritual ablution alone, instantly, O noble-minded one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.116)

vairūpyaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naṃkṣyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ ..56..

> the disfigurement of this face will surely vanish that very moment; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.117)

evamuktaḥ puṇyaśīlo hyagastyena mahātmanā ..

> Thus addressed by the great-souled Agastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.118)

taṃ praṇamya mahātmānaṃ veṃkaṭādriṃ tato yayau ..57 ..

> having bowed to that great soul, Puṇyaśīla then went to Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.119)

tatra gatvā mahābhāgaḥ svāmipuṣkariṇījale ..

> Having gone there, the highly fortunate one, in the water of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.120)

snātvā niyamapūrvaṃ tu viyadgaṃgāsamīpagaḥ .. 58 ..

> having bathed with due observance, approached the Viyadgaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.121)

tatra snānena dharmātmā kāmavakropamaṃ mukham ..

> By the ritual ablution there, the righteous-minded Puṇyaśīla  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.122)

prāptavānpuṇyaśīlastu aho tīrthasya vaibhavam .. 59 ..

> obtained a face resembling the face of Kāma. Ah, the glory of the sacred ford!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.123)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.124)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā nāradena prabhāṣitam ..

> Thus has been narrated to you, O brahmins, what was spoken by Nārada  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.125)

sanatkumāramunaye śaunakādyā mahaujasaḥ .. 2.1.22.60 ..

> to the sage Sanatkumāra, O Śaunaka and other \[sages\] of great splendour.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.22.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.22.126)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmya ākāśagaṃgāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 22 ..

> Thus, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses, in the second Vaiṣṇava section, in the Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya, the twenty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Ākāśagaṅgā'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.22.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.12.1) — Sanskrit
- [Tantrādhikārinirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sampradaya.tantradhikarinirnaya.1.p210) — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit

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