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# Skandapurana 2.1.27

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.1)

atha śrīveṃkaṭācalasya sarvapuṇyatīrthādhāratvavarṇanam ..

> Now, the description of Śrī Veṅkaṭācala as the receptacle of all holy sacred fords:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.2)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.1.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.3)

veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye sarvasaṃkaṭanāśane ..

> On the most holy Veṅkaṭa mountain, which destroys all distress,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.4)

santi vai kati tīrthāni sūta paurāṇikottama .. 1 ..

> how many sacred fords are there indeed, O Sūta, best of Purāṇa reciters?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.5)

teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ ca me brūhi kati mukhyāni tatra vai ..

> Tell me their number, and how many are the foremost there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.6)

tatrāpyatyantamukhyāni vada me munisattama .. 2 ..

> and tell me which among them are the most foremost, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.7)

saddharmaratidānyatra kati mukhyāni tāni ca ..

> And how many foremost ones are there here that bestow delight in true righteousness?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.8)

kāni jñānapradānyatra bhaktiverāgyadāni ca .. 3 ..

> Which ones here bestow knowledge, and bestow devotion and dispassion?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.9)

muktipradāni kānyatra tāni me vada suvrata .. 4 .. ..

> Which ones here bestow liberation? Tell these to me, O you of good vows!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.10)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.11)

ṣaṭṣaṣṭikoṭitīrthāni puṇyānyatra nagottame ..

> There are sixty-six crores of holy sacred fords here on this best of mountains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.12)

aṣṭottarasahasrāṇi teṣu mukhyāni suvrata .. 5 ..

> one thousand and eight among them are foremost, O you of good vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.13)

saddharmaratidānyatra santi cāṣṭottaraṃ śatam ..

> There are one hundred and eight here that bestow delight in true righteousness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.14)

sahasrebhyaśca mukhyāni pṛthaktebhyaśca tāni ca ..6..

> and they are distinct from, and foremost among, the thousands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.15)

bhaktivairāgyadānyatra ṣaṣṭiraṣṭottare śate .. 7 ..

> Among those one hundred and eight, sixty bestow devotion and dispassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.16)

.. atha svāmipuṣkariṇyādiṣaṭtīrthasnānakālanirṇayaḥ .. ..

> Now, the determination of the times for bathing in the six sacred fords beginning with Svāmipuṣkariṇī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.17)

muktidānyatra ṣaṭ caiva veṃkaṭācalamūrdhani ..

> Here, on the crest of the Veṅkaṭa mountain, precisely six bestow liberation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.18)

svāmipuṣkariṇī caiva viyadgaṅgā tataḥ param .. 8 ..

> Svāmipuṣkariṇī, and after that Viyadgaṅgā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.19)

paścātpāpavināśaṃ ca pāṇḍutīrthamataḥparam ..

> then Pāpavināśa, and next Pāṇḍutīrtha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.20)

kumāradhārikātīrthaṃ tumbostīrthamataḥ param .. 9 ..

> the Kumāradhārikātīrtha, and after that the sacred ford of Tumburu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.21)

kumbhamāse paurṇamāsyāṃ maghāyogo yadā bhavet ..

> In the month of Kumbha, on the full moon, when there is conjunction with the Maghā asterism,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.22)

kumāradhārikāṃ yānti sarvatīrthāni he dvijāḥ .. 2.1.27.10 ..

> all sacred fords go to Kumāradhārikā, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.23)

tatra yaḥ snāti viprendrā rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet ..

> He who bathes there, O chiefs of brahmins, obtains the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.24)

muktiśca bhavitā tatra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 11..

> And liberation will occur there; there should be no doubt in this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.25)

annadānavidhistatra sārdhaṃ dakṣiṇayā' dvijāḥ ..

> There is a rite of gifting food there, along with a sacrificial fee, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.26)

uttarāphalgunīyuktaśuklapakṣīyaparvaṇi .. 12 ..

> on the full moon day of the bright fortnight conjoined with Uttarāphalgunī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.27)

tumbostīrthaṃ mīnasaṃsthe ravau tīrthāni sarvaśaḥ ..

> When the sun stands in Pisces, all the sacred fords everywhere come to Tumbutīrtha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.28)

aparāhṇe samāyānti tatra snāto na jāyate..13..

> in the afternoon; one who has bathed there is not born again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.29)

mauñjībandhaṃ vivāhaṃ ca kārayeddravyadānataḥ ..

> One should cause the investiture of the sacred thread and marriage to be performed through the gift of wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.30)

meṣasaṃkramaṇe bhānau citrānakṣatrasaṃyute .. .. 14 ..

> When the sun enters Aries, conjoined with the asterism Citrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.31)

paurṇamāsyāṃ samāyānti viyadgaṅgāṃ tathaiva ca ..

> on the full moon day, they likewise come to Viyadgaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.32)

tatra snātvā naraḥ sadyaḥ śatakratuphalaṃ labhet .. 15..

> Having bathed there, a man immediately obtains the fruit of a hundred sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.33)

suvarṇaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ kanyādānaṃ viśeṣataḥ ..

> Gold should be given there, and especially the gift of a bride in marriage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.34)

vṛṣabhasthe ravau viprā dvādaśyāṃ harivāsare .. 16 ..

> When the sun is in Taurus, O brahmins, on the twelfth day, the day of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.35)

śukle vāpyatha kṛṣṇe vā bhaumenāpi samanvite ..

> whether in the bright or the dark fortnight, even when conjoined with Tuesday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.36)

pāṇḍutīrthaṃ samāyānti gaṅgādīni jagattraye .. 17 ..

> the Gaṅgā and other waters in the three worlds come to Pāṇḍutīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.37)

tatra snātvā ca gāṃ dattvā mucyate pratibandhakāt ..

> Having bathed there and given a cow, one is freed from all impediment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.38)

āśvayukchuklapakṣe ca saptamyāṃ bhānuvāsare .. 18 ..

> And in the bright fortnight of Āśvina, on the seventh day, a Sunday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.39)

uttarāṣāḍhayuktāyāṃ tathā pāpavināśanam ..

> conjoined with Uttarāṣāḍhā, there is likewise the destruction of sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.40)

uttarābhādrayuktāyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ vā samāgataḥ .. 19 ..

> or coming on the twelfth day conjoined with Uttarābhādrapadā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.41)

śālagrāmaśilāṃ dattvā snātvā ca vidhipūrvakam ..

> having given a Śālagrāma stone and bathed in accordance with the rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.42)

mucyate sarvapāpaiśca janma koṭiśatodbhavaiḥ .. 2.1.27.20 ..

> one is freed from all sins born of hundreds of millions of births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.43)

dhanurmāse site pakṣe dvādaśyāmaruṇodaye ..

> In the month of Dhanus, in the bright fortnight, on the twelfth day at dawn,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.44)

āyānti sarvatīrthāni svāmipuṣkariṇījale .. 21 ..

> all sacred fords come into the water of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.45)

tatra snātvā naraḥ sadyo muktimeti na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Having bathed there, a man instantly attains liberation; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.46)

yasya janmasahasreṣu puṇyamevārjitaṃ purā .. 22 ..

> Only he by whom religious merit alone was earned previously in thousands of births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.47)

tasya snānaṃ bhavedviprā nānyasya tvakṛtātmanaḥ ..

> will obtain that ritual ablution, O brahmins, not any other whose soul is unrefined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.48)

vibhavānuguṇaṃ dānaṃ kāryaṃ tatra yathāvidhi.. 23..

> A gift should be made there according to one's wealth, in accordance with the rule;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.49)

śāligrāmaśilādānaṃ gāṃ dadyācca viśeṣataḥ.. 24..

> one should make a gift of a Śāligrāma stone, and give a cow especially.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.50)

.. atha purāṇaśravaṇasya viśeṣataḥ prāśastyavarṇanam.. ..

> Now begins the description of the special excellence of hearing the Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.51)

ye śṛṇvaṃti kathāṃ viṣṇoḥ sadā bhuvanapāvanīm ..

> Those who constantly listen to the world-purifying narrative of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.52)

te vai manuṣyaloke'sminviṣṇubhaktā bhavanti hi..25..

> they indeed become devotees of Viṣṇu in this mortal realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.53)

yadyaśaktaḥ sadā śrotuṃ kathāṃ bhuvanapāvanīm..

> If one is unable constantly to hear the world-purifying narrative,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.54)

muhūrtaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā kṣaṇaṃ vā viṣṇusatkathām..

> for an hour, or half of that, or for a moment, the true narrative of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.55)

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā durgatirnāsti tasya hi.. 26..

> the man who hears it with devotion indeed has no misfortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.56)

yatphalaṃ sarvayajñeṣu sarvadāneṣu yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit is in all sacrifices, whatever fruit is in all gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.57)

sakṛtapurāṇaśravaṇāttatphalaṃ vindate naraḥ.. 27..

> a man attains that fruit by hearing the Purāṇa even once.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.58)

kalau yuge viśeṣeṇa purāṇaśravaṇādṛte..

> In the Kali age especially, apart from hearing the Purāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.59)

nāsti dharmaḥ paraḥ puṃsāṃ nāsti muktipradaṃ param..28 ..

> there is no higher duty for men; there is nothing greater that grants liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.60)

purāṇaśravaṇaṃ viṣṇornāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ param..

> Hearing the Purāṇa and chanting the name of Viṣṇu are supreme;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.61)

ubhe eva manuṣyāṇāṃ puṇyadrumamahāphale.. 29..

> both indeed are the two great fruits on the tree of merit for men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.62)

pibannevāmṛtaṃ yatnādekaḥ syādajarāmaraḥ..

> Drinking nectar with effort, one alone may become free from old age and death;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.63)

viṇṇoḥ kathāmṛtaṃ kuryātkulamevājarāmaram .. 2.1.27.30 ..

> the nectar of the narrative of Viṣṇu makes one's entire family free from old age and death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.64)

.. atha purāṇavaktuḥ sarvapūjanīyatvavarṇanam .. ..

> Now begins the description of the reciter of the Purāṇa being worthy of worship by all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.65)

bālo yuvātha vṛddho vā daridro durbhago'pi vā ..

> Whether a boy, a young man, or an old man, whether poor or even unfortunate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.66)

purāṇajñaḥ sadā vandyaḥ sa pūjyaḥ sukṛtātmabhiḥ .. 31 ..

> the knower of the Purāṇa is always to be saluted; he is to be honored by those of good deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.67)

nīcabuddhiṃ na kurvīta purāṇajñe kadācana ..

> One should never form a low opinion of a knower of the Purāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.68)

yasya vaktrodgatā vāṇī kāmadhenuḥ śarīriṇām .. 32 ..

> from whose mouth the uttered speech is a wish-fulfilling cow for embodied beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.69)

bhavakoṭisahasreṣu bhūtvā bhūtvāvasīdatām ..

> To those who sink down having been born again and again in thousands of crores of existences,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.70)

yo dadātyapunarvṛttiṃ ko'nyastasmātparo guruḥ .. 33 ..

> he gives non-return; who else is a higher guru than him?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.71)

vyāsāsanasamārūḍho yadā paurāṇiko dvijaḥ ..

> When the Purāṇa-reciting brahmin has mounted the seat of Vyāsa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.72)

ā samāpteḥ prasaṃgasya namaskuryānna kasyacit .. 34 ..

> he should not bow to anyone until the conclusion of the discourse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.73)

na durjanasamākīrṇe na śūdraśvāpadāvṛte ..

> Not in a place crowded with wicked people, not in one surrounded by Śūdras and beasts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.74)

deśe na dyūtasadane vadetpuṇyakathāṃ sudhīḥ .. 35 ..

> not in a gambling hall, should the wise man speak the meritorious narrative.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.75)

sugrāme sujanākīrṇe sukṣetre devatālaye ..

> In a good village crowded with good people, in a good sacred field, in a temple of a deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.76)

puṇye vātha nadītīre vadetpuṇyakathāṃ sudhīḥ ..36..

> or on a holy riverbank, the wise man should speak the meritorious narrative.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.77)

śraddhābhaktisamāyuktā nānyakāryeṣu lālasā ..

> Endowed with faith and devotion, having no longing for other matters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.78)

vāgyatāḥ śucayo'vyagrāḥ śrotāraḥ puṇyabhāginaḥ .. 37 ..

> restraining their speech, pure, and undistracted, the listeners partake of merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.79)

abhaktyā ye kathāṃ puṇyāṃ śṛṇvaṃti manujādhamāḥ ..

> The lowest of men who listen to the holy narrative without devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.80)

teṣāṃ puṇyaphalaṃ nāsti duḥkhaṃ janmani janmani .. 38 ..

> they have no fruit of merit, but sorrow in birth after birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.81)

purāṇaṃ ye tu saṃpūjya tāmbūlādyairupāyanaiḥ ..

> Those, however, who worship the Purāṇa with offerings such as betel  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.82)

śṛṇvaṃti ca kathāṃ bhaktyā na daridrā na pāpinaḥ .. 39 ..

> and hear the narrative with devotion are neither poor nor sinners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.83)

kathāyāṃ kathyamānāyāṃ ye gacchantyanyato narāḥ..

> Those men who go elsewhere while the narrative is being recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.84)

bhogāntare praṇaśyanti teṣāṃ dārāśca saṃpadaḥ ..2.1.27.40..

> In another birth, their wives and riches are destroyed. (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.85)

soṣṇīṣamastakā ye ca kathāṃ śṛṇvaṃti pāvanīm ..

> And those who listen to the purifying narration with their heads covered by turbans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.86)

te bālakāḥ prajāyante pāpino manujādhamāḥ..41..

> are born as children, sinful and lowest among men. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.87)

tāṃbūlaṃ bhakṣayanto ye kathāṃ śṛṇvaṃti pāvanīm ..

> Those who listen to the purifying narration while chewing betel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.88)

śvaviṣṭhāṃ bhakṣayantyete narake ca pataṃti hi..42..

> eat the excrement of dogs and fall indeed into hell. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.89)

ye ca tuṃgāsanārūḍhāḥ kathāṃ śṛṇvanti dāṃbhikāḥ ..

> And the hypocrites who listen to the narration seated upon an elevated seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.90)

akṣayyānnarakānbhuktvā te bhavantyeva vāyasāḥ ..43..

> after suffering endless hells, indeed become crows. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.91)

ye ca vīrāsanārūḍhā ye ca siṃhāsanasthitā..

> And those who, seated in the vīrāsana posture or seated upon a throne,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.92)

śṛṇvanti satkathāṃ te vai bhavantyarjunapādapāḥ ..44..

> listen to the noble narration, they indeed become arjuna trees. (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.93)

asaṃpraṇamya śṛṇvanto viṣavṛkṣā bhavanti hi ..

> Those who listen without bowing down indeed become poison-trees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.94)

tathā śayānāḥ śṛṇvanto bhavantyajagarā hi te .. 45 ..

> likewise, those who listen lying down become pythons. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.95)

yaḥ śṛṇoti kathāṃ vaktuḥ samānāsanasaṃsthitaḥ..

> He who listens to the narration seated on a level equal to the speaker's seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.96)

gurutalpasamaṃ pāpaṃ saṃprāpya narakaṃ vrajet .. 46 ..

> incurs a sin equal to defiling the Guru's bed and goes to hell. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.97)

ye nindaṃti purāṇajñaṃ satkathāṃ pāpahāriṇīm ..

> Those mortals who revile one learned in the Purāṇas and the noble narration that removes sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.98)

te vai janmaśataṃ martyāḥ śunakāśca bhavaṃti hi .. 47 ..

> indeed become dogs for a hundred births. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.99)

kathāyāṃ kīrtyamānāyāṃ ye vadaṃti duruttaram ..

> Those who speak insolently while the narration is being recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.100)

te gardabhāḥ prajāyante kṛkalāsāstataḥparam .. 48 ..

> are born as donkeys, and after that, as chameleons. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.101)

kadācidapi ye puṇyāṃ na śṛṇvaṃti kathāṃ narāḥ ..

> Men who never listen to the meritorious narration,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.102)

te bhuktvā narakānghorānbhavanti vanasūkarāḥ .. 49 ..

> after suffering terrible hells, become wild boars. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.103)

kathāyāṃ kīrtyamānāyāṃ vighnaṃ kurvaṃti ye narāḥ ..

> Those men who cause an obstruction while the narration is being recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.104)

koṭyabdaṃ narakānbhuktvā bhavaṃti grāmasūkarāḥ .. 2.1.27.50 ..

> after suffering hells for a crore of years, become village swine. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.105)

ye kathāmanumodante kīrtyamānāṃ narottamāḥ ..

> Those best of men who applaud the narration being recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.106)

aśṛṇvanto'pi te yānti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam.. .. 51 ..

> even without hearing \[every word\], attain the eternal, imperishable state. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.107)

ye śrāvayanti manujāḥ puṇyāṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām ..

> Those mortals who cause the meritorious Purāṇic narration to be heard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.108)

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tiṣṭhanti brahmaṇaḥ pade .. 52 ..

> remain in the realm of Brahmā for more than a hundred crores of kalpas. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.109)

āsanārthaṃ prayacchanti purāṇajñasya ye narāḥ ..

> Those men who offer for the seat of the one learned in the Purāṇas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.110)

kambalājinavāsāṃsi tathā maṃcakameva vā .. 53 ..

> blankets, deerskins, garments, or even a couch, (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.111)

svargalokaṃ samāsādya bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān ..

> having reached the heavenly world and enjoyed desires as wished,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.112)

sthitvā brahmādilokeṣu padaṃ yāṃti nirāmayam .. 54 ..

> having dwelt in the worlds of Brahmā and others, attain the disease-free realm. (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.113)

purāṇasya prayacchanti ye ca sūtraṃ navaṃ varam ..

> And those who present a new, excellent thread for the Purāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.114)

bhogino jñānasaṃpannāste bhavaṃti bhave bhave .. 55 ..

> become possessors of enjoyment and endowed with knowledge birth after birth. (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.115)

ye mahāpātakairyuktā hyupapātakinaśca ye ..

> Those afflicted with major sins and those with minor sins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.116)

purāṇaśravaṇādeva te yāṃti paramaṃ padam .. 56 ..

> attain the supreme realm through merely listening to the Purāṇa. (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.117)

veṃkaṭādrestu māhātmyaṃ śrutvā ta ṛṣayastataḥ ..

> Then, having heard the māhātmya of the Veṅkaṭa mountain, those seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.118)

vyāsaprasādasaṃpannaṃ sūtaṃ paurāṇikottamam ..

> having worshipped Sūta, the best of Purāṇa reciters, endowed with the favor of Vyāsa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.119)

pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ praharṣamatulaṃ gatāḥ .. 57 ..

> in the proper manner, attained incomparable joy. (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.27.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.27.120)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye sarvatīrthamahimopasaṃhārapūrvakapurāṇaśravaṇaprakriyādyanuvarṇanaṃnāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 27 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Description of the Procedure for Listening to the Purāṇa Following the Conclusion of the Greatness of All Tīrthas, in the Śrīveṅkaṭācalamāhātmya, in the Second Vaiṣṇava Section, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of Eighty-One Thousand Verses.' (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.27.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Devībhāgavatamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.devibhagavatamahatmya.5.75) — Sanskrit

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