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# Skandapurana 2.2.30

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.1)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.2.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.2)

cakāra kena vidhinā janmasnānaṃ śriyaḥ pateḥ ..

> By what rite did he perform the birth-ablution of the husband of Śrī?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.3)

anyānapyutsavānsarvānvidhivadbrūhi no mune .. 1 ..

> Tell us duly about all the other festivals as well, O sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.4)

nāradena purā proktaṃ sarvaṃ te munisattama ..

> Everything was told to you long ago by Nārada, O best of sages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.5)

sa hi veda tamaḥpāre brahma brahmasuto muniḥ .. 2 ..

> for he, the sage born of Brahmā, knows Brahman beyond the darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.6)

tatsarvaṃ brūhi tattvena mune krautūhalaṃ hi naḥ ..

> Tell all that in truth, O sage; great indeed is our curiosity!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.7)

aho bhāgyaṃ narapateriṃdradyumnasya bho mune .. 3 ..

> Oh, how fortunate is King Indradyumna, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.8)

tasya tāvati karmāṃte atyadbhutamidaṃ mahat ..

> that at the end of such an undertaking of his, this great marvel occurred!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.9)

na śrutā hi na dṛṣṭā hi pratimā dārunirmitā .. 4 ..

> Never has an image fashioned of wood been heard of or seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.10)

sajīvatanuvatsākṣādvāraṃ dadyānmanuṣyavat ..

> which, like a living body in person, would grant boons like a human being!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.11)

smāraṃsmāraṃ bhagavataścaritaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 5 ..

> Remembering and remembering the sin-destroying deeds of the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.12)

caritaṃ tasya nṛpaterdurlabhaṃ martyavāsinām ..

> and the deed of that king, which is difficult to attain for mortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.13)

na santoṣo'sti bhagavañśṛṇvatāṃ no mahāmune .. 6 ..

> there is no satiation for us who listen, O divine, great sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.14)

tadvadānukrameṇāsmānyātrāḥ sarvāghanāśanāḥ ..

> Therefore, recount in sequence to us the processions that destroy all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.15)

yāsāṃ saṃdarśanādvāso vaikuṇṭha iti niścitam .. 7 ..

> by the sight of which dwelling in Vaikuṇṭha is certain!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.16)

yātrāmāhātmyavaktāsau yatsākṣānmadhusūdanaḥ ..

> Since Madhusūdana in person was the speaker of the māhātmya of the processions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.17)

tanno vada mahābhāga jagatāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 8 .. ..

> tell that to us, O fortunate one, out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.18)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.19)

jyeṣṭhasnānaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ munayo'dhunā ..

> I shall explain the ritual ablution of Jyeṣṭha; listen now, O sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.20)

jyeṣṭhaśukladaśamyāṃ tu vrataṃ saṃkalpya vāgyataḥ .. 9 ..

> On the tenth day of the bright fortnight of Jyeṣṭha, having resolved upon the vow, restraining one's speech,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.21)

prātarutthāya kurvīta paṃcatīrthavidhānataḥ ..

> Rising at dawn, one should perform \[the rites\] according to the procedure of the five sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.22)

mārkaṃḍeya vaṭaṃ gatvā ācamya prayataḥ pumān .. 2.2.30.10 ..

> Having gone to the Mārkaṇḍeya banyan tree, having sipped water, restrained, a man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.23)

prārthayecchaṃkaraṃ natvā kṛtāṃjalipuṭo'grataḥ .. 11 ..

> Having bowed to Śaṃkara, with folded hands before him, should pray:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.24)

atitīkṣṇa mahākāya kalpāṃtadahanopama ..

> “O exceedingly fierce one of immense form, resembling the fire of cosmic dissolution!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.25)

bhairavāya namastubhyamanujñāṃ dātumarhasi .. 12 ..

> Homage to you, O Bhairava! You ought to grant permission.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.26)

tataḥ praviśya tīrthaṃ tu vaidikaiḥ paṃca vāruṇaiḥ ..

> Then, having entered the sacred ford, with the five Vedic Vāruṇa \[hymns\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.27)

aghamarṣaṇasūktena trirāvṛttena vā dvijāḥ ..

> Or with the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn repeated thrice, O twice-born ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.28)

snātvā yathāvatsnāyīta mantreṇānena cāṃtataḥ .. 13 ..

> Having bathed properly, he should bathe in the end with this mantra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.29)

namaḥ śivāya śāṃtāya sarvapāpaharāya ca ..

> “Homage to Śiva, peaceful and the remover of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.30)

snānaṃ karomi deveśa mama naśyatu pātakam .. 14 ..

> I perform the ritual ablution, O Lord of gods; let my sin perish!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.31)

saṃsārasāgare magnaṃ pāpagrastamacetanam ..

> Drowned in the ocean of worldly existence, seized by sin, mindless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.32)

trāhi māṃ bhaganetraghna tripurāre namo'stu te .. 15 ..

> Save me, O crusher of Bhaga’s eyes, O enemy of Tripura! Homage be to you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.33)

evaṃ snātvā bahirgatvā dhautavāsā sapuṇḍrakaḥ ..

> Having thus bathed and gone outside, wearing clean garments, adorned with sectarian marks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.34)

devānṛṣīnpitṝṃścaiva tarpayitvā yathāvidhi .. 16 ..

> And having offered libations to the gods, seers, and ancestors according to the rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.35)

praviśya śaṃkarāgāraṃ spṛṣṭvā vṛṣaṇayorvṛṣam ..

> Entering the abode of Śaṃkara, touching the bull on its testicles  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.36)

mantreṇānena bho viprāḥ sarvakratuphalaṃ labhet .. 17 ..

> With this mantra, O brahmins, one obtains the fruit of all sacrifices:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.37)

dharmaścatuṣpādyajñastvaṃ svarṇaśṛṃgastrayīvapuḥ ..

> “You are four-footed Dharma, you are sacrifice, with golden horns, having the three Vedas as your body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.38)

gopate vāharūpastvaṃ śūlinaṃ tvāṃ namāmyaham .. 18 ..

> O lord of cattle, whose form is the mount, I bow to you, who bear the trident-bearer.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.39)

aghoramantreṇa tataḥ pūjayedvṛṣavāhanam ..

> Then he should worship the one whose mount is the bull with the Aghora mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.40)

pañcabrahmabhirṛgbhistu saṃspṛśelliṃgamuttamam .. 19 ..

> And with the five Brahmā verses he should touch the supreme liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.41)

aṃguṣṭhena spṛśelligaṃ muṣṭinā śaktimeva ca ..

> He should touch the liṅga with his thumb and the Śakti \[pedestal\] with his fist;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.42)

pūjayitvā tu vidhivatstutvā devaṃ puradviṣam .. 2.2.30.20 ..

> Having worshipped according to the rule and praised the god who is the enemy of the cities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.43)

daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam ..

> He attains the unsurpassed fruit of ten horse-sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.44)

mārkaṃḍeyavaṭe snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ tu śaṃkaram .. 21 ..

> Having bathed at the Mārkaṇḍeya banyan tree and seen the god Śaṃkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.45)

phalaṃ prāpnotyavikalaṃ rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ ..

> He obtains the complete fruit of the royal consecration and horse-sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.46)

ante śivasya sālokyaṃ prāpya jñānaṃ tato naraḥ .. 22 ..

> In the end, attaining the world of Śiva, and having acquired knowledge, a mortal  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.47)

kramācca labhate muktiṃ jagannāthaprasādataḥ ..

> Gradually obtains liberation by the grace of Jagannātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.48)

tato maunī vrajeddevaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam .. 23 ..

> Then, maintaining silence, he should go to the flawless god Nārāyaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.49)

taddakṣiṇasthitaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ nyagrodhamuttamam ..

> \[And to\] the excellent banyan tree situated to his south, having the form of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.50)

darśanādapi pāpānāṃ pāpasaṃhatināśanam .. 24 ..

> Which destroys the accumulation of sins even upon seeing it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.51)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇameddūrādbhāvayanpuruṣottamam ..

> Having seen it, he should bow from afar, meditating on Puruṣottama;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.52)

pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kuryādimaṃ mantramudīrayan .. 25 ..

> Then he should perform circumambulation, uttering this mantra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.53)

amarastvaṃ sadā kalpa viṣṇorāyatanaṃ mahat ..

> “You are immortal, lasting for an aeon, the great dwelling of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.54)

nyagrodha hara me pāpaṃ viṣṇurūpa namo'stu te .. 26 ..

> O banyan tree, remove my sin; O you whose form is Viṣṇu, homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.55)

namo'stvavyaktarūpāya mahāpralayasthāyine ..

> Homage to the unmanifest form, remaining through the great dissolution;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.56)

ekāśrayāya jagatāṃ kalpavṛkṣāya te namaḥ .. 27 ..

> To the sole refuge of the worlds, to the wish-fulfilling tree, homage to you!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.57)

stuvañjapettu tadbhaktyā mūle tasya janārdanam ..

> Praising and reciting \[prayers\] with devotion to Janārdana at its base,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.58)

koṭijanmaśatodbhūtapāpādeva vimucyate .. 28 ..

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

### [2.2.30.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.59)

tacchāyākramaṇenāpi niṣpāpo jāyate naraḥ ..

> Even by traversing its shadow, a man becomes free from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.60)

tataḥ suparṇaṃ praṇamedyānarūpaṃ hareḥ puraḥ .. 29 ..

> Then he should bow to Suparṇa, who is the mount, in front of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.61)

sthito bhaktinato viṣṇoḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo mudā ..

> Standing before Viṣṇu, bowed in devotion, with folded hands in joy:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.62)

chandomaya jagaddhāmanyānarūpa trivṛdvapuḥ .. 2.2.30.30 ..

> “O composed of Vedic metres, O abode of the world, whose form is the mount, whose body is the threefold \[Veda\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.63)

yajñarūpa jagadvyāpinprīyamāṇāya te namaḥ ..

> Whose form is sacrifice, all-pervading one of the universe, homage to you who are pleased!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.64)

stutvetthaṃ garuḍaṃ pāpānmucyate'nekajanmajāt .. 31 ..

> Having thus praised Garuḍa, he is freed from sins born of many births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.65)

vāṅmanaḥkarmaniyato gacchedevaṃ viciṃtayan ..

> Restrained in speech, mind, and action, reflecting thus, he should go;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.66)

praviśya devatāgāraṃ kṛtvā taṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇam .. 32 ..

> Having entered the temple of the deity and circumambulated it thrice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.67)

pūjayenmantrarājena sūktena puruṣasya vā ..

> He should worship with the king of mantras, or with the Puruṣasūkta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.68)

dvādaśākṣaramaṃtreṇa yatra vā jāyate ruciḥ .. 33 ..

> Or with the twelve-syllable mantra, or wherever his inclination lies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.69)

pūjādhikāriṇaḥ sarve brahmakṣatraviśastataḥ ..

> All brahmins, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas are qualified to perform worship;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.70)

anyeṣāṃ darśana bhaktyā tayornāmānukīrtanāt .. 34 ..

> For others, \[it is performed\] through darśana with devotion and from chanting their names.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.71)

paṃcopacāravidhinā pūjayetparameśvaram ..

> He should worship the Supreme Lord by means of the fivefold offerings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.72)

kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā idaṃ stotramudīrayet .. 35 ..

> Having folded his hands, he should recite this hymn:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.73)

devadeva jagannātha saṃsārārṇavatāraka ..

> “O God of gods, O Jagannātha, O saviour from the ocean of worldly existence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.74)

bhaktānugrāhaka sadā rakṣa māṃ pādayornatam .. 36 ..

> Always gracious to devotees, protect me who am bowed at your feet!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.75)

jaya kṛṣṇa jagannātha jaya sarvāghanāśana ..

> Victory, O Kṛṣṇa, O Jagannātha! Victory, O destroyer of all sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.76)

jayāśeṣajagadvaṃdya pādāṃbhoja namo'stu te .. 37 ..

> Victory, O one whose lotus-feet are adored by the entire universe! Homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.77)

jaya brahmāṃḍakoṭīśa vedaniḥśvāsavātaka ..

> Victory, O Lord of millions of cosmic eggs, whose breath is the wind of the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.78)

aśeṣajagadādhāra paramātmannamo'stu te ..38..

> Support of the entire universe, O Supreme Self, homage be to you!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.79)

jaya brahmeṃdrarudrādi devaughapraṇatārtinut ..

> Victory to you who dispel the distress of the bowing host of gods headed by Brahmā, Indra, and Rudra!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.80)

jayākhilajagaddhāmannaṃtaryāminnamo'stu te .. 39 ..

> Victory, O abode of the entire universe, O inner controller, obeisance unto you! (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.81)

jaya nirvyājakaruṇāpāthodhe dīnavatsala ..

> Victory, O ocean of unmotivated compassion, affectionate to the destitute,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.82)

dīnānāthaikaśaraṇa viśvasākṣinnamo'stu te .. 2.2.30.40 ..

> O sole refuge of the poor and helpless, witness of the universe, obeisance unto you! (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.83)

saṃsārasiṃdhusalile mohāvartte sudustare ..

> In the water of the ocean of worldly existence, in the whirlpool of delusion that is very difficult to cross,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.84)

ṣaḍūrmikuladuṣpāre kukarmagrāhadāruṇe .. 41 ..

> impassable with the host of six waves, fearful with the sea-monsters of evil deeds, (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.85)

nirāśraye nirālaṃbe niḥsāre duḥkhaphenile ..

> without shelter, without support, unsubstantial, frothy with suffering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.86)

tava māyāguṇairbaddhamavaśaṃ patitaṃ tataḥ .. 42 ..

> bound by the strands of your māyā, helpless, and fallen therein, (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.87)

māṃ samuddhara deveśa kṛpāpāṃgavilokanaiḥ ..

> lift me up, O Lord of gods, with looks from the corners of your merciful eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.88)

tatra magnaṃ suraśreṣṭha suprasādaprakāśaka .. 43 ..

> sunk as I am there, O best of gods, revealer of sublime grace! (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.89)

eka eva jagannātha bandhustvaṃ bhavabhīruṇām ..

> You alone, O Lord of the world, are the friend of those afraid of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.90)

bubhukṣā ca pipāsā ca prāṇasya manasaḥ smṛtau .. 44 ..

> Hunger and thirst belong to vital breath; in traditional teaching, grief and delusion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.91)

śokamohau śarīrasya jarā mṛtyurvapurbhavaḥ ..

> belong to the mind; old age, death, and birth of a body belong to the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.92)

tvatsṛṣṭau tādṛśo nāsti yo dīnaparipālakaḥ .. 45 ..

> In your creation there is no one else who protects the destitute such as this. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.93)

avatīrṇosi lokānāmanugrahadhiyā vibho ..

> You have descended, O Lord, with the intent of bestowing grace upon the worlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.94)

pūrṇakāmasya te nātha kimanyatkāraṇaṃ kṣitau .. 46 ..

> for you whose desires are fulfilled, O Master, what other reason could there be on earth? (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.95)

tvatpādapadmamāsādya na ciṃtāsti jagatpate ..

> Having attained your lotus feet, there is no anxiety, O Lord of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.96)

yataste caraṇāṃbhojaṃ caturvargekasādhanam .. 47 ..

> since your lotus feet are the sole means for the four ends of life, (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.97)

darśanātsarvalokānāṃ sarvavāṃchā phalapradam ..

> granting the fruit of all desires to all people through darśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.98)

tataḥ sīradhvajaṃ śeṣamantreṇa paripūjayet .. 48 ..

> Then one should worship him who has the plough as his emblem with the Śeṣa mantra, (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.99)

dvādaśākṣaramantreṇa nāmnā vā praṇavādinā ..

> or with the twelve-syllable mantra, or by his name preceded by the syllable Om.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.100)

ekāgramānaso bhūtvā praṇipatya prasādayet .. 49 ..

> Becoming single-minded, bowing down, one should propitiate him: (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.101)

jaya rāma sadārāma saccidānadavigraha ..

> "Victory, O Rāma, who always takes delight, whose form is being, consciousness, and bliss!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.102)

avidyāpaṃkarahita nirmalākṛtaye namaḥ .. 2.2.30.50 ..

> Obeisance to you whose form is pure, free from the mud of ignorance! (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.103)

jayākhilajagadbhāradhāraṇaśramavarjita ..

> Victory to you who are free from the fatigue of bearing the weight of the entire world!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.104)

tāpatrayavikarṣāya halaṃ kalayase sadā .. 51 ..

> You ever brandish the plough to tear away the three afflictions. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.105)

prapannadīnatrāṇāya sphuṭanetrasaroruha ..

> With open lotus eyes to protect the destitute who take refuge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.106)

tvameveśa parāśeṣakaluṣakṣālanaprabhuḥ .. 52 ..

> you alone, O Lord, are able to wash away the entire mass of highest sins. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.107)

prasannakaruṇāsiṃdho dīnabandho namo'stu te ..

> O ocean of gracious mercy, friend of the destitute, obeisance unto you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.108)

carācarāphaṇāgreṇa dhṛtā yena vasundharā .. 53 ..

> By whom the earth, together with mobile and immobile beings, is borne upon the tip of his hood; (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.109)

māmuddharāsmādduṣpārādbhavāṃbhodherapārataḥ ..

> deliver me from this impassable, boundless ocean of worldly existence!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.110)

parāparāṇāṃ paramaparameśa namo'stu te .. 54 ..

> O Supreme Lord higher than the high and the low, obeisance unto you!" (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.111)

stutvaivaṃ nāgarājānaṃ balaṃ musaladhāriṇam ..

> Having thus praised the king of serpents, Bala, bearer of the pestle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.112)

pūjayejjagatāmādikāraṇāṃ bhadralocanām .. 55 ..

> one should worship the prime cause of the worlds, whose eyes are auspicious. (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.113)

stutvā jayāṃ tāṃ bho viprāḥ praṇipatya prasādayet ..

> Having praised that victorious one, O brahmins, one should bow down and propitiate her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.114)

jaya devi mahādevi prasīda bhavatāriṇi .. 56 ..

> "Victory, O goddess, great goddess! Be gracious, O deliverer from worldly existence! (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.115)

sukhāraṇi śritavatāṃ jaya saṃtuṣṭikāriṇi..

> O firestick that produces happiness for those who take refuge, victory, O bringer of contentment!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.116)

kāryaṃ kāryasvarūpāṇāṃ kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam .. 97 ..

> The effect among embodied effects, and the cause among causes, (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.117)

dhāraṇāṃ dhāryamāṇānāṃ tvāmādiṃ praṇamāmyaham ..

> the support among things supported—I bow down to you, the primordial one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.118)

vakṣaḥsthalasthitāṃ viṣṇoḥ śaṃbhorarddhāṃgadhāriṇīm.. 58 ..

> resting on the chest of Viṣṇu, bearing half the body of Śambhu, (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.119)

padmayoni mukhābjasthāṃ praṇamāmi jagatpriyām ..

> seated on the lotus mouth of Brahmā, dear to the world, I bow to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.120)

sṛṣṭisthitivināśādikarmaṇāṃ paramātmanaḥ .. 59 ..

> For the Supreme Self's acts of creation, maintenance, destruction, and the rest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.121)

tvamekā śaktiratulā tvāṃ vinā so'pi neśvaraḥ ..

> you are the one incomparable power; without you, even he is powerless. (59)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.122)

tvāṃ sarvalokajananīṃ viṣṇumāyāṃ tapasvinīm .. 2.2.30.60 ..

> You, the mother of all worlds, the māyā of Viṣṇu, practicing austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.123)

subhadrāṃ bhadrarūpāṃ tāṃ mūlabhūtāṃ namāmyaham ..

> Subhadrā, whose form is auspicious, who is the root cause—to her I bow." (60)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.124)

tataḥ sāgarasnānāya prārthayetpuruṣottamam .. 61 ..

> Then, for bathing in the ocean, one should pray to Puruṣottama: (61)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.125)

namaste bhagavanviṣṇo jagadvyāpiṃścarācara ..

> "Obeisance to you, O Lord Viṣṇu, pervading the moving and unmoving universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.126)

nirvighnaṃ siddhimāyātu siṃdhusnānaṃ mama prabho .. 62 ..

> May my bath in the ocean reach completion without obstacles, O Lord! (62)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.127)

namaste jagatāmīśa śaṃkhacakragadādhara ..

> Obeisance to you, O Lord of the worlds, holding the conch, discus, and mace!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.128)

dehi deva mamānujñāṃ tava tīrthaniṣevaṇāt .. 63 ..

> Give me, O God, permission to resort to your sacred ford." (63)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.129)

tato maunaṃ vrajedviṣṇuṃ ciṃtayansaritāṃ patim ..

> Then, observing silence, meditating on Viṣṇu, \[and on\] the lord of rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.130)

ugrasenaṃ sthitaṃ mārge anujñāpya samāhitaḥ .. 64 ..

> having asked permission from Ugrasena situated on the path, composed in mind: (64)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.131)

ugrasena mahābāho valavannugravikrama ..

> "O mighty-armed Ugrasena, powerful one of fierce valor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.132)

labdhvā varaṃ suprasannātsamudrataṭamāsthitaḥ .. 65 ..

> having received a boon from the well-pleased \[Lord\], you stay on the shore of the ocean; (65)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.133)

tīrtharājakṛtasnānasusaṃpūrṇaphalaprada ..

> O bestower of the fully complete fruit of the ritual ablution performed in the king of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.134)

siṃdhusnānaṃ kariṣyāmi anujñāṃ dātumarhasi .. 66 ..

> I shall perform my ocean ritual ablution; please grant me permission." (66)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.135)

tato gaccheddvijaśreṣṭhāḥ svargadvāraṃ tataḥ param ..

> Then one should proceed further, O best of twice-born, to Svargadvāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.136)

yena devāḥ samāyāṃti kṣetre'sminpuruṣottame .. 67 ..

> by which the gods come to this sacred field of Puruṣottama, (67)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.137)

bhūsvarge jagadīśasya darśanāya dinedine ..

> this heaven on earth, day after day to have darśana of the Lord of the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.138)

svargāvatāramārgeṇa tatrasthau vāṃ namāmyaham .. 68 ..

> "By the path of the descent from heaven, I bow to both of you standing there." (68)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.139)

māmapyūrdhvaṃ nayetāṃ vai sākṣiṇau karmaṇāṃ satām ..

> May you two indeed lead me upward, you witnesses of the deeds of the virtuous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.140)

sāgarāṃbhaḥ samutpannau śreṣṭhau sarvaguṇānvitau .. 69 ..

> born from the ocean's waters, supreme and endowed with all virtues.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.141)

madhyena yuvayoryāmi svargadvāramapāvṛtam ..

> Between the two of you I go to the opened gate of heaven."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.142)

prārthayitvā tato gacchettīrtharājasya saṃnidhim .. 2.2.30.70 ..

> Having prayed thus, one should then go into the presence of the king of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.143)

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrataḥ pāpānmucyate mahato dhuvam ..

> seeing whom from afar one is surely released from great sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.144)

prakṣālitakarāṃghrika ācāṃtaḥ śuciviṣṭare .. 71 ..

> Having washed one's hands and feet, having sipped water, on a pure seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.145)

āsīnaḥ prāṅmukhobhūtvā likhenmaṃḍalamagrataḥ ..

> seated facing east, one should draw a mandala in front:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.146)

caturasraṃ caturdvāraṃ catuḥsvastikakoṇakam..72..

> four-cornered, with four gates and svastikas at the four corners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.147)

tanmadhye vilikhetpadmamaṣṭapatraṃ suśobhanam..

> In its center one should draw a very beautiful eight-petaled lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.148)

tato'ṣṭākṣaramaṃtraṃ tu karayośca tanau nyaset..73..

> Then one should place the eight-syllable mantra upon the hands and upon the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.149)

ṣaḍbhirvarṇaiḥ ṣaḍaṃgānāṃ nyāsaḥ prokto manīṣibhiḥ..

> The placement on the six limbs with six syllables has been declared by the wise;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.150)

śeṣau kukṣau ca pṛṣṭhe ca nyastavyau ca tataḥ punaḥ ..74..

> the remaining two should then be placed on the belly and on the back.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.151)

pādayorjaṃghayorūrvoḥ sphicośca pārśvayoḥ punaḥ ..

> On the feet, the shanks, the thighs, the buttocks, and the sides;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.152)

nābhau pṛṣṭhe bāhuyugme hṛdi kaṇṭhe ca kakṣayoḥ .. 75 ..

> on the navel, the back, the pair of arms, the heart, the throat, and the armpits;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.153)

oṣṭhayoḥ karṇayorakṣṇorgaṃḍayornāsayostathā ..

> on the lips, the ears, the eyes, the cheeks, and the nostrils;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.154)

bhruvorlalāṭe śirasi maṃtravarṇānyathākramam.. 76 ..

> on the eyebrows, the forehead, and the head, \[placing\] the mantra syllables in proper order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.155)

vinyasya vyāpakaṃ sarvairnyāsaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ ..

> having placed \[them\], concentrated in mind, one should perform the pervasive placement with all \[the syllables\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.156)

prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kuryānmūlena paṃcaviṃśatim.. 77..

> One should perform three breath-controls, twenty-five times with the root \[mantra\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.157)

badhnīyātkavacaṃ divyaṃ sarvapāpāpanodanam ..

> One should put on the divine armor that dispels all sins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.158)

pūrve māṃ pātu goviṃdo vārijākṣastu dakṣiṇe .. 78 ..

> "May Govinda protect me in the east, and the Lotus-Eyed One in the south;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.159)

pradyumnaḥ paścime pātu hṛṣīkeśastathottare ..

> may Pradyumna protect me in the west, and likewise Hṛṣīkeśa in the north;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.160)

āgneyyāṃ narasiṃhastu nairṛtyāṃ madhusūdanaḥ .. 79 ..

> Narasiṃha in the southeast, and Madhusūdana in the southwest;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.161)

vāyavyāṃ śrīdharaḥ pātu aiśānyāṃ ca gadādharaḥ ..

> may Śrīdhara protect in the northwest, and the Mace-Bearer in the northeast;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.162)

ūrdhvaṃ trivikramaḥ pātu adho vārāharūpadhṛk .. 2.2.30.80 ..

> may Trivikrama protect above, and below the Holder of the Boar's Form;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.163)

sarvatra pātu māṃ devaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ ..

> may the god bearing the conch, discus, and mace protect me everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.164)

nārāyaṇo manaḥ pātu caitanyaṃ garuḍadhvajaḥ .. 81 ..

> May Nārāyaṇa protect the mind, and the One whose emblem is Garuḍa protect consciousness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.165)

pātu me buddhyahaṃkārau triguṇātmā janārdanaḥ ..

> may Janārdana, whose self is the three qualities, protect my intellect and ego;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.166)

iṃdriyāṇi sadā pātu daityavarganikṛntanaḥ .. 82 ..

> may the Destroyer of the Daitya host always protect the senses."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.167)

evaṃ baddhvā ca kavacaṃ niṣpāpo jāyate pumān ..

> Having put on this armor, a person becomes freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.168)

ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca manasā kalpitairnaraḥ .. 83 ..

> With the sixteen services conceived in the mind, a person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.169)

puruṣottamaṃ pūjayitvā yathāvadvidhito dvijāḥ ..

> having duly worshipped Puruṣottama according to rule, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.170)

āvāhya maṇḍale tasmindevadevamanāmayam.. 84 ..

> having invoked the disease-free God of gods in that mandala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.171)

pūjayitvā vidhānena yathāśaktyupabṛṃhitaiḥ ..

> having worshipped according to the rite with \[offerings\] augmented according to one's means,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.172)

ātmānaṃ tīrtharājasya devadevasya ciṃtayan .. 85 ..

> meditating upon oneself \[as one with\] the king of sacred fords, the God of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.173)

evaṃ baddhāṃjalipuṭamimaṃ mantramudīrayet ..

> having folded one's hands in reverence, one should utter this mantra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.174)

sudarśana namaste'stu koṭisūryasamaprabha .. 86 ..

> "O Sudarśana, praise be to you, of brilliance equal to ten million suns!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.175)

ajñānatimirāṃdhasya viṣṇormārgaṃ pradarśaya ..

> Show the path of Viṣṇu to one blinded by the darkness of ignorance."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.176)

evaṃ saṃprārthya bho viprāstīrtharājajalāṃtike .. 87 ..

> Having prayed thus, O brahmins, near the water of the king of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.177)

jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā praṇamedbhaktibhāvitaḥ ..

> going down on the earth with both knees, filled with devotion, one should bow:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.178)

tīrtharāja namastubhyaṃ jalarūpāya viṣṇave .. 88 ..

> "Praise be to you, king of sacred fords, to Viṣṇu who has the form of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.179)

jīvanāya ca jaṃtūnāṃ paraṃ nirvāṇahetave .. 89 ..

> the sustenance of living beings, the cause of supreme liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.180)

agniśca te yonirilā ca dehe retodhā viṣṇoramṛtasya nābhiḥ ..

> Agni is your womb, and the earth is in your body; you are the seed-placer of Viṣṇu, the navel of nectar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.181)

upaimi te rūpamananyahetumānaṃdasaṃpannamapranupraviśya .. 2.2.30.90 ..

> I approach your form, which has no other cause, full of bliss, having entered into the waters."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.182)

iti mantraṃ paṭhanviprāḥ praviśejjalamadhyataḥ ..

> Reciting this mantra, O brahmins, one should enter into the midst of the water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.183)

āvāhayettīrtharājaṃ bhāvayañjagatāṃpatim .. 91 ..

> One should invoke the king of sacred fords, meditating on the Lord of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.184)

jalādhīśaṃ kṛtasnānaphaladāne'taḥ sthitam ..

> the Lord of the waters, abiding therein to grant the fruit of the bath performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.185)

aghamarṣaṇasūktena nārāyaṇayutena ca .. 92 ..

> With the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn, accompanied by the Nārāyaṇa \[hymn\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.186)

trirāvṛttena kurvīta pañcavāruṇakena ca ..

> repeated three times, and with the fivefold Vāruṇa hymn,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.187)

sakṛdāvāhanādīni ṣaḍaṃgānyabhiṣecane .... 93 ..

> \[one should perform\] once the invocation and the other six ancillary rites during the ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.188)

āvāhanaṃ pura proktaṃ sannidhānamathocyate ..

> The invocation was spoken of before; now the manifestation is described:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.189)

snāturiṣṭaphalaprāptau sānnidhyaparikalpanam .. 94 ..

> the visualization of presence for the attainment of the desired fruit by the bather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.190)

antaḥśuddhyarthamācāmetpītvā tadabhimaṃtritam..

> For internal purification, one should sip \[water\] after drinking that which is consecrated with mantras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.191)

bāhyāvayavaśuddhyarthaṃ mārjayetkuśavāriṇā .. 95 ..

> for external bodily purification, one should sprinkle oneself with kuśa grass water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.192)

aṃtarbahirviśuddhyarthaṃ mantrapūtena vāriṇā ..

> For inner and outer purity, with water consecrated by mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.193)

trīnaṃjalīnmūrdhni siṃcetsiṃdhau nāṃtarjale japaḥ .. 96 ..

> one should sprinkle three handfuls onto one's head; in the ocean there is no muttering underwater.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.194)

triḥ snānāyātsvakṛtāghāni koṭijanmakṛtāni ca ..

> Through three immersions, one's sins committed over ten million births  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.195)

plāvitāni jale tasminbhāvayannaghanāśanam .. 97 ..

> are washed away in that water, while meditating on the destroyer of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.196)

utthāyācamya vidhivatprārthayenmantramuccaran ..

> Having risen and sipped water according to rule, one should pray, uttering the mantra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.197)

tvamagnirjagatāṃ nātha retodhāḥ kāmadīpanaḥ .. 98 ..

> "You are Agni, O Lord of the worlds, the placer of seed, the kindler of desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.198)

pradhānaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jīvānāṃ prabhuravyaya ..

> the primary source of all elements, the imperishable master of living beings."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.199)

amṛtasyāraṇistvaṃ hi devayonirapāṃpate .. 99 ..

> You are indeed the fire-drill of nectar, the source of the gods, O lord of waters!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.30.200)

vṛjinaṃ hara me sarvaṃ tīrtharāja namostu te ..

> Take away all my wickedness, O king of sacred fords! Salutation to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.30.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Kāmikāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.kamika.2.29.127) — Sanskrit
- [Ajitāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.ajita.5.22) — Sanskrit
- [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.1.p169) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit
- [Tīrthacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tirthacintamani.4.p59) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit
- [Śrāddhamañjarī (Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhamanjari.1.1-2.2) — Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra 1785, Sanskrit

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