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# Skandapurana 2.2.29

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.2)

ityuktvā nṛpaśārdūlaṃ lokasaṃgrahaṇāya vai ..

> Having spoken thus to the tiger among kings, for the sake of sustaining the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.3)

siṃhākṛti sa hṛdaye udvāsya kamalāsanaḥ ..1..

> the lotus-seated one (Brahmā), having invoked in his heart the lion-shaped \[Lord\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.4)

pūrvaṃ prakāśarūpaṃ yadviṣṇostu prakaṭīkṛtam ..

> that form of light belonging to Viṣṇu which had been manifested earlier—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.5)

rathāvarohaṇe dṛṣṭāścatasro mūrttayaḥ purā .. 2 ..

> the four forms that were seen formerly at the stepping down from the chariot—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.6)

tā eva siṃhāsanagāḥ sarve te dadṛśuḥ punaḥ ..

> all of them saw those very same forms seated on the throne once again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.7)

dviṣaḍakṣaramantreṇa balabhadramapūjayat .. 3 ..

> With the twelve-syllable mantra he worshipped Balabhadra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.8)

sūktena pauruṣeṇainaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam ..

> with the Puruṣasūkta, this untainted Nārāyaṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.9)

devīsūktena cakraṃ ca dvādaśākṣarakeṇa ca ..

> with the Devīsūkta and with the twelve-syllable \[mantra\], the discus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.10)

pūjayitvānugrahāya pārthivasya nyavedayat .. 4 .. ..

> Having worshipped \[them\], he represented \[this\] to favor the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.11)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.12)

bhagavandevadeveśa bhaktānugrahakāraka ..

> O Blessed Lord, Lord of the chiefs of the gods, granter of grace to devotees!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.13)

indradyumnasya janmāni tvayi bhaktiṃ prakurvataḥ ..

> A thousand lifetimes of Indradyumna practicing devotion to you  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.14)

sahasraṃ samatītāni tadante tvāmalokayat .. 5 ..

> have passed; at the end of them he has beheld you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.15)

tvaddarśanaṃ hi bhagavaṃstvayi sāyujyakāraṇam ..

> For the darśana of you, O Blessed Lord, is the cause of union with you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.16)

yadyapyayaṃ bhaktiyogenecchati tvāṃ samarcitum .. 6 ..

> Although he desires to worship you by the discipline of devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.17)

tadājñāpaya yena tvāṃ bhaktiyogena bhāvayet ..

> order that discipline of devotion by which he may meditate on you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.18)

deśakālavratādyaistu tathā nānopacārakaiḥ .. 7 ..

> with place, time, vows, and likewise with various offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.19)

tvanmukhāṃbhojagalitamājñāmṛtarasaṃ nṛpaḥ ..

> Desirous of drinking the sweet nectar of your command fallen from your lotus face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.20)

pipāsustvāṃ jagannātha paśyatyeṣo'nimeṣakam..8 ..

> this king, O Jagannātha, looks upon you without blinking.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.21)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.22)

iti vijñāpito devaḥ sākṣātkamalayoninā ..

> Thus petitioned by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] in person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.23)

dārudeho'pi vihasanprāha gaṃbhīrayā girā .. 9 ..

> the Lord, though having a wooden body, smiled and spoke with a deep voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.24)

.. śrīpratimovāca .. ..

> The sacred idol said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.25)

indradyumna prasannaste bhaktyā niṣkāmakarmabhiḥ ..

> Indradyumna, I am pleased with you because of your devotion and desireless deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.26)

tvadanyenedṛśī saṃpanna kenāpyapavarjitā .. 2.2.29.10 ..

> Such wealth has not been expended by anyone other than you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.27)

varaṃ dadāmi te bhūpa mayi bhaktiḥ sthirā'stu te ..

> I grant you a boon, O king: may your devotion to me remain steadfast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.28)

utsṛjya vittakoṭīstu yanmamāyatanaṃ kṛtam .. 11 ..

> Because my abode has been built by you, casting away tens of millions in wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.29)

bhaṃgepyetasya rājeṃdra sthānaṃ na tyajyate mayā ..

> even upon its destruction, O best of kings, this place will not be abandoned by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.30)

kālāṃtare'pi yo'pyanyaḥ prāsādaṃ kārayiṣyati .. 12 ..

> Even at another time, whoever else shall cause a palace to be built,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.31)

tavaiva kīrttiḥ sā nūnaṃ tvatprītyā tatra me sthitiḥ ..

> that renown will surely be yours alone; out of affection for you, my presence will abide there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.32)

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ satyameva bravīmi te .. 13 ..

> Truly, truly, once again truly, only the truth do I tell you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.33)

prāsāda bhaṃge tatsthānaṃ na tyakṣyāmi kadācana ..

> Even upon the destruction of the temple, I shall never abandon that place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.34)

anena dāruvapuṣā sthāsyāmyatra parārddhakam .. 14 ..

> With this wooden form I will abide here for the second half of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.35)

dvitīyaṃ padmayonestu yāvatparisamāpyate ..

> until the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]'s second half of cosmic life is completed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.36)

manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasyāsya dvitīye ca caturyuge .. 15 ..

> In the second four-age cycle of this Manu Svāyambhuva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.37)

kṛtasya prathame jyeṣṭhe daśeti kratusaṃsthitiḥ ..

> in the first Kṛtayuga, in \[the month of\] Jyeṣṭha—such was the performance of the sacrifice—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.38)

jyaiṣṭhyāmahaṃ cāvatīrṇastatpuṇyajanmavāsaram .. 16 ..

> on the full moon of Jyeṣṭha I descended; that is the holy day of my birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.39)

tasyāṃ me snapanaṃ kuryānmahāsnānavidhānataḥ ..

> On that \[day\] one should perform my ceremonial bath according to the rite of the great bath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.40)

pratyarcāyāṃ mahārāja sādhivāsaṃ samṛddhimat ..17..

> on each image, O great king, together with preliminary consecration, in an opulent manner.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.41)

pāpaṃ vināśayiṣyāmi koṭijanmabhirarjitam ..

> I shall destroy the sin accumulated through millions of births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.42)

sarvatīrthakratuphalaṃ sarvadānaphalaṃ tathā .. 18 ..

> and the fruit of all sacred fords and sacrifices, as well as the fruit of all gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.43)

paśyatāṃ cāpi rājeṃdra phalaṃ tāvatprapadyate ..

> reaches also those who behold it, O king of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.44)

nyagrodhāduttare kūpaḥ sarvatīrthamayo'sti hi .. 19 ..

> North of the banyan tree there is indeed a well composed of all sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.45)

snānāya pūrvaṃ nirmāya kiṃcidācchāditaṃ bhuvā ..

> Having created it beforehand for ablution, it was slightly covered with earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.46)

avatīrṇastvahaṃ paścāttaṃ vivicya prakāśaya .. 2.2.29.20 ..

> I descended afterward. Uncover and reveal it!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.47)

saṃskāryaḥ sa caturdaśyāṃ baliṃ dattvā vidhānataḥ ..

> It should be purified on the fourteenth \[day\], after offering an oblation according to rule  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.48)

rakṣakakṣetrapālāya diśāṃpālebhya eva ca .. 21 ..

> to the protective guardian of the sacred field and to the guardians of the directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.49)

kambukāhālamurajadhvaniṣu susvareṣu ca ..

> Amid the melodious sounds of conches, kāhalā horns, and muraja drums,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.50)

dvijātayaḥ svarṇakumbhairuddhareyustato jalam ..22..

> the twice-born should draw the water from there with golden jars.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.51)

jyaiṣṭhyāṃ prātastane kāle brahmaṇā sahitaṃ ca mām ..

> On the full moon of Jyeṣṭha, in the morning, having bathed me together with Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.52)

rāmaṃ subhadrāṃ saṃsnāpya mama lokamavāpnuyāt .. 23 ..

> as well as Rāma and Subhadrā, one will attain my world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.53)

snāpyamānaṃ tu yaḥ paśyenmāṃ tadā nṛpasattama ..

> Moreover, whatever man beholds me being bathed at that time, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.54)

dehabandhaṃ ca nāpnoti sa punarna tu pūruṣaḥ .. 24 ..

> he never again incurs the bondage of a body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.55)

kārayitvā dṛḍhaṃ maṃcamaiśānyāṃ diśi maṃḍitam ..

> Having had a sturdy platform erected and decorated in the northeastern direction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.56)

vitānaśobhāracitaṃ caṃdanāṃbhaḥ samukṣitam .. 25 ..

> adorned with the beauty of canopies and sprinkled with sandalwood water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.57)

tatra māṃ rāmabhadrābhyāṃ snāpayitvā punarnayet .. 26 ..

> having bathed me there with Rāma and Bhadrā, one should lead \[us\] back.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.58)

dakṣiṇābhimukhaṃ yāṃtaṃ yo māṃ paśyati bhaktitaḥ ..

> He who with devotion gazes upon me proceeding southward,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.59)

tattaddhruvamavāpnoti manasā yadyadicchati .. 27 ..

> certainly obtains whatever he desires in his mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.60)

tataḥ paṃcadaśāhāni sthāpayitvā tu māṃ nṛpa ..

> Then, having kept me \[secluded\] for fifteen days, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.61)

virūpamabhirūpaṃ vā na paśyettu kadācana .. 28 ..

> one should never look upon \[me\], whether shapeless or handsome.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.62)

jyeṣṭhasnānamidaṃ kṛtvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 29 ..

> Having performed this bath of Jyeṣṭha, one is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.63)

guṃḍicākhyāṃ mahāyātrāṃ prakurvīthāḥ kṣitīśvara ..

> You should celebrate the great festival called Guṇḍicā, O ruler of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.64)

yasyāḥ saṃkīrtanādeva naraḥ pāpādvimucyate .. 2.2.29.30 ..

> by the mere celebration of which a person is freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.65)

māghamāsasya paṃcamyāmaṣṭamyāṃ caitraśuklake ..

> On the fifth of the month of Māgha, and on the eighth of the bright fortnight of Caitra—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.66)

ete kālāḥ praśastā hi guṃḍicākhyamahotsave .. 31 ..

> these times are indeed praised for the great festival called Guṇḍicā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.67)

viśeṣānmokṣadāṣāḍhadvitīyā puṣyasaṃyutā ..

> Especially the second \[lunar day\] of Āṣāḍha conjoined with Puṣya grants liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.68)

ṛkṣābhāve tithau kāryā sadā sā prītaye mama .. 32 ..

> in the absence of the asterism, it should be observed simply on that lunar day for my perpetual delight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.69)

āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe dvitīyā puṣyasaṃyutā ..

> On the second \[day\] of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha, conjoined with Puṣya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.70)

tasyāṃ rathe samāropya rāmaṃ māṃ bhadrayā saha .. 33 ..

> having mounted me, Rāma, along with Bhadrā, upon a chariot on that \[day\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.71)

mahotsavapravṛttyarthaṃ prīṇayitvā dvijānbahūn ..

> and having gratified numerous twice-born to set the great festival in motion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.72)

guṃḍicāmaṇḍapaṃnāma yatrāhamajanaṃ purā .. 34 ..

> \[one should go to\] the pavilion named Guṇḍicā, where I was born in ancient times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.73)

aśvamedhasahasrasya mahāvedī tadābhavat ..

> At that time it was the great altar of the thousand horse sacrifices;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.74)

tasyāḥ puṇyatamaṃ sthānaṃ pṛthivyāṃ neha vidyate .. 35 ..

> no place holier than it exists here on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.75)

yatrājuhoḥ paṃcaśatavarṣāṇi prītaye mama ..

> Where you made offerings for five hundred years for my pleasure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.76)

mama prītikaraṃ sthānaṃ tasmānnānyaddharāgatam .. 36 ..

> therefore no other earthly place brings greater delight to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.77)

yatheyaṃ nīlaśikharā prāsādena tavādhunā ..

> Just as this \[mountain\] with its blue peak, now adorned with your temple,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.78)

caturmukhānurodhena mahāprītikarī mama .. 37 ..

> brings great delight to me through the request of the four-faced \[Brahmā\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.79)

tathā nṛsiṃhakṣetre vai mahāvedī tava kratoḥ ..

> even so the great altar of your sacrifice in the sacred field of Nṛsiṃha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.80)

mamotpatteśca nilayaṃ prītikṛnmama śāśvatam .. 35 ..

> the abode of my birth, brings me everlasting joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.81)

bahukālaṃ sthitaścāhaṃ tasyāṃ me prītiruttamā ..

> I remained there for a long time, and I have the utmost fondness for it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.82)

ātmā me padmabhūreṣa prāsāde sthāpito'munā .. 39 ..

> This lotus-born \[Brahmā\], my very self, has installed \[me\] in the temple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.83)

asyānurodhāttvadbhaktyā hyavatiṣṭhe'tra nityadā ..

> Through his pleading and by your devotion, I constantly remain here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.84)

dināni nava yāsyāmi tathā tasmādihāgataḥ .. 2.2.29.40 ..

> Likewise, having gone from here, I shall spend nine days there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.85)

tatrāsti te mahārāja sarvatīrthamayaṃ saraḥ ..

> There is your lake containing all sacred fords, O great king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.86)

tattīre saptadivasānsthāsyāmyanujighṛkṣayā .. 41 ..

> on its shore I shall dwell for seven days out of a desire to show grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.87)

tatra sthitaṃ māṃ paśyaṃto yāṃti martyā mamālayam ..

> Mortals who behold me residing there go to my abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.88)

tisraḥ koṭyo'rddhakoṭī ca tīrthānāṃ bhuvanatraye .. 42 ..

> Thirty-five million sacred fords exist in the three worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.89)

tāni sarvāṇi sarasi matsānnidhyādvrajaṃti te ..

> they all come to your lake due to my presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.90)

tatra snātvā ca vidhivaddṛṣṭvā māṃ bhaktibhāvataḥ .. 43 ..

> Having bathed there according to rule and having beheld me with a devout disposition,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.91)

jananījaṭhare kleśaṃ punarnānubhavaṃti hi ..

> they surely never again experience suffering in a mother's womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.92)

navame'hni samāyātaṃ dakṣiṇāśāmukhaṃ tadā .. 44 ..

> Those who see \[me\] having returned on the ninth day, facing the southern quarter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.93)

ye paśyanti pratipadamaśvamedhakratoḥ phalam ..

> at every step obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.94)

prāpya bhogāniṃdrasamānbhuktvānte māṃ viśaṃti te .. 45..

> having attained and enjoyed pleasures equal to Indra's, in the end they enter into me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.95)

mamotthānaṃ mama svāpaṃ matpārśvaparivarttanam ..

> My awakening, my sleep, my turning onto my side,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.96)

mārgaprāvaraṇaṃ caiva puṣyasnānamahotsavam ..46 ..

> the covering in Mārgaśīrṣa, and the great festival of the Puṣya ritual ablution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.97)

phālgunyāṃ krīḍanaṃ kuryāddolāyāṃ mama bhūmipa ..

> O king, one should perform my play upon the swing during the full moon of Phālguna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.98)

dolāyāṃ ye'pi paśyaṃti dakṣiṇāmukhapūjitam .. 47 ..

> Those who see me on the swing, worshipped while facing south,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.99)

brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 48 ..

> are freed from sins such as the killing of a brahmin; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.100)

anayormāṃ samabhyarcya dṛṣṭvā māṃ praṇipatya ca ..

> Having worshipped me on these two \[occasions\], having seen me, and having bowed down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.101)

pratyekamaṣṭasāhasraṃ vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 49 ..

> one obtains the fruit of eight thousand horse sacrifices for each.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.102)

caitre sitatrayodaśyāṃ kuryātkarmaprapūraṇam ..

> In Caitra, on the bright thirteenth, one should perform the completion of the rite;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.103)

caitre māsi caturdaśyāṃ damanairme prapūjanam ..

> in the month of Caitra, on the fourteenth, worship of me with damana flowers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.104)

śuklapakṣe tu ye lokāḥ sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 2.2.29.50 ..

> for people who \[do this\] in the bright fortnight, all sins are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.105)

vaiśākhasya site pakṣe tṛtīyā'kṣayasaṃjñitā ..

> In the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha, there is the third \[day\] known as Akṣayā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.106)

tatra māṃ lepayedgandhalepanairatiśobhanaiḥ .. 51 ..

> on that day, one should smear me with most splendid fragrant unguents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.107)

prītaye mama ye kuryurutsavānmama śāśvatān ..

> Those who perform my eternal festivals for my delight—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.108)

caturvargapradā hyete pratyekaṃ parikīrtitāḥ .. 52 ..

> each of these is proclaimed to bestow the four aims of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.109)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.29.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.110)

iti dattvā varaṃ tasmā indradyumnāya bho dvijāḥ ..

> Having thus granted a boon to Indradyumna, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.111)

brahmāṇamāha bhagavānsmerāṃbhoruhasanmukhaḥ.. 53 ..

> the Lord, his auspicious face smiling like a lotus, spoke to Brahmā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.112)

caturmukha tava prītyai sarvaṃ saṃpāditaṃ mayā ..

> "O four-faced one, everything has been accomplished by me for your delight;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.113)

tvadicchā hi mamaivecchā na bhedo hyāvayordhruvam .. 54 ..

> indeed, your will is my own will; surely there is no difference between the two of us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.114)

yanmāṃ mādhavamūrtiṃ tvaṃ purā prārthitavānasi ..

> As for your praying to me in ancient times in the form of Mādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.115)

tasyaiva paripāko'yamavatāraḥ kṛto mayā .. 55 ..

> this incarnation has been undertaken by me as the fruition of that very prayer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.116)

māmatra dṛṣṭvā tvabhyarcya prāṇānsaṃtyajya mucyate ..

> Having seen me here, worshipped me, and abandoned one's vital breaths, one is liberated;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.117)

kramātsarve tvayā sārddhaṃ bhūyaḥ sāyujyameva ca .. 56 ..

> in due course, all \[will attain\] communion with me together with you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.118)

yadvācābhilapanmartyo māmatra hi niṣevate ..

> Whatever a mortal utters with his speech while serving me here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.119)

avaśyaṃ tadavāpnoti saṃgatyā cātra bhūpatiḥ .. 57 ..

> he surely attains that; and by staying here, the king \[too will attain it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.120)

vrajedānīṃ satyalokaṃ tridivaṃ yāṃtu devatāḥ..

> Go now to Satyaloka! Let the deities go to heaven!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.121)

tavāyuḥpūrṇiparyaṃtamahamatra sthito dhruvam .. 58 ..

> I remain here firmly established until the completion of your lifespan."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.122)

tataste harṣitāḥ sarve brahmarṣisurasattamāḥ ..

> Then all those delighted divine seers and foremost of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.123)

praṇamya śirasā devaṃ jagmuste nilayaṃ svakam .. 59 ..

> having bowed to the God with their heads, went to their own abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.124)

devo'pi ca jagannāthaḥ pratimārūpadhṛktadā ..

> And the Lord God Jagannātha, assuming the form of the image,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.125)

tūṣṇīṃ tiṣṭhati sarveṣāṃ harṣamāpādayannṛṇām.. 2.2.29.60 ..

> remained silent, bringing joy to all people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.126)

indradyumno'pi dharmātmā viṣṇubhakto dṛḍhavrataḥ ..

> Righteous Indradyumna too, devoted to Viṣṇu and firm in vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.127)

anuvrajanpadmayoniṃ tenādiṣṭo nyavartata .. 61 ..

> accompanied the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] and turned back at his command:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.128)

yātrāḥ sarvā bhagavatā ājñaptāḥ sādhu kāraya ..

> "Duly arrange all the festivals and processions commanded by the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.129)

asmiṃstuṣṭe jagannāthe santuṣṭaṃ vai carācaram..62..

> When Jagannātha is pleased, all the moving and unmoving world is pleased."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.130)

ityājñāṃ padmayonestu mūrdhnyādhāya kṣitīśvaraḥ ..

> Placing the command of the lotus-born upon his head, the lord of the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.131)

nāradena saha śrīmānnidhinā ca samṛddhimat ..

> prosperous and rich with abundant treasures, together with Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.132)

jyeṣṭhasnānādikaṃ sarvamutsavaṃ niravartayat .. 63 ..

> carried out all the festivals, beginning with the ablution in Jyeṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.29.133)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya ekonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 29 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.29.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Smṛtitattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p1.35) — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit
- [Kāladīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.utkala.kaladipa.p51) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit
- [Dharmapradīpa (Bhairavadatta Dvivedin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalajyotisa.dharmapradipa.14.p4.7) — Bhairavadatta Dvivedin, Sanskrit
- [Dharmapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.14.p4.7) — Bhoja, Sanskrit

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