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# Skandapurana 2.2.31

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.2)

kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadātmānaṃ manyamānastato vrajet ..

> Considering himself to have achieved his purpose, he should then proceed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.3)

aśvamedhāṃgasaṃbhūtamiṃdradyumnasaraḥ prati .. 1 ..

> to the Indradyumna Lake, which originated as part of the horse sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.4)

yasya tīre nivasati narasiṃhākṛtirhariḥ ..

> on whose bank resides Hari in the form of Narasiṃha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.5)

narasiṃhamanuprārthya tatra snāyādyathāvidhi .. 2 ..

> Having prayed to Narasiṃha, he should duly bathe there:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.6)

narasiṃha namastubhyaṃ yasya te kṣetra uttame ..

> “O Narasiṃha, salutations to you, in whose excellent sacred field  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.7)

sahasraṃ vājimedhasya kratoścakre nṛpottamaḥ .. 3 ..

> the best of kings performed a thousand horse sacrifices!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.8)

indradyumnaḥ prasādātte tasya kratvaṃgasaṃbhave ..

> By your grace, O Lord, I have come to bathe in the lake born from a part of that sacrifice  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.9)

sarasi snātumāyāto māmanujñāpaya prabho .. 4 ..

> of Indradyumna; please grant me permission, O Lord!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.10)

tatastīrthataṭaṃ gatvā kṛtaśaucācamakriyaḥ ..

> Then, having gone to the bank of the sacred ford and performed purification and sipping of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.11)

prārthayedaṃjaliṃ kṛtvā imaṃ maṃtramudīrayet .. 5 ..

> he should make anjali and pray, reciting this mantra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.12)

aśvamedhāṃgagokoṭikhurakṣuṇṇamahītalaḥ ..

> “O \[lake\] whose surface of the earth was trampled by the hooves of ten million cows belonging to the horse sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.13)

tanmūtraphenādānāṃbhaḥ pūritākhilapāvanaḥ ..6..

> purifier of all, filled with their urine, froth, and the water of donation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.14)

snātuṃ tavāgataḥ puṇye sarvatīrthamaye jale ..

> I have come to bathe in your auspicious water, which contains all sacred fords;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.15)

pūrvajanmasahasrotthaṃ pāpaṃ snānādvimocaya .. 7 ..

> free \[me\] through this bath from sin arisen across thousands of previous births!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.16)

antaḥ praviśya ca tato vāruṇaiḥ paṃcabhirdvijāḥ ..

> Then, having entered inside, O twice-born ones, with the five Vāruṇa \[mantras\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.17)

snāyādantarjale japyāttrirāvṛttyāghamarṣaṇam .. 8 ..

> he should bathe and, standing within the water, recite the Aghamarṣaṇa three times:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.18)

aśvamedhāṃgasaṃbhūta tīrtha sarvāghanāśana ..

> “O sacred ford born from an auxiliary of the horse sacrifice, destroyer of all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.19)

janmakoṭibhavaṃ pāpaṃ tvayi snānādvinaśyatu .. 9 ..

> may the sin born of ten million births perish through bathing in you!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.20)

imaṃ mantraṃ triruccārya triḥ snāyāttajjale dvijāḥ ..

> Having uttered this mantra three times, O twice-born ones, he should bathe three times in that water;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.21)

saṃsmaredviṣṇugāyatryā narasiṃhākṛtiṃ harim .. 2.2.31.10 ..

> with the Viṣṇugāyatrī, he should meditate upon Hari in the form of Narasiṃha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.22)

āpo nārā iti proktā yasmāttā narasūnavaḥ ..

> The waters are called \*nārāḥ\* because they are the offspring of Nara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.23)

ayanaṃ prathamaṃ cāsya tasmādapsu hariṃ smaret ..11..

> and they were his first resting place (\*ayana\*); therefore, one should remember Hari in the waters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.24)

devānṛṣīnpitṝṃścaiva tarpayedvidhivannaraḥ ..

> A person should duly offer libations to the gods, the seers, and the ancestors;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.25)

narasiṃhaṃ tato gacchetpaścimābhimukhaṃ sthitam .. 12 ..

> then he should go to Narasiṃha, who faces west.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.26)

siddhaṃ śaṃbhuṃ kṛtrimaṃ vā paścimābhimukhaṃ harim ..

> Having seen Śambhu, self-manifest or fashioned, or Hari facing west,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.27)

dṛṣṭvā vimucyate pāpairjanmakoṭisamudbhavaiḥ .. 13 ..

> one is freed from sins arising from ten million births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.28)

tamātharvaṇamaṃtreṇa yajecca narakesarim ..

> And he should worship that man-lion with the Atharvan mantra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.29)

nāradena purā hyeṣa maṃtrarājaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 14 ..

> for long ago this king of mantras was established by Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.30)

indradyumnena tenaiva cirādeṣa upāsitaḥ ..

> By that very \[mantra\] was he worshipped for a long time by Indradyumna;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.31)

narasiṃhākṛtau nānyo maṃtrastatsadṛśo dvijāḥ .. 15 ..

> for the form of Narasiṃha, O twice-born ones, there is no other mantra equal to it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.32)

yasyoccāraṇamātreṇa tuṣṭo bhavati kesarī ..

> by the mere utterance of which the Lion becomes pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.33)

anena dāruvarṣmāpi brahmaṇā saṃpratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 16 ..

> Even with a wooden body, he was consecrated by Brahmā with this \[mantra\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.34)

pūrvoktairupacāraistu pūjayennarakesarim ..

> With the previously mentioned articles of worship, one should worship the man-lion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.35)

japāprasūnairaruṇairanyaiścaiva sugaṃdhibhiḥ .. 17 ..

> with red China-rose blossoms and other fragrant flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.36)

caṃdanāgarukarpūrairlepayennarakesarim ..

> one should anoint the man-lion with sandalwood, aloe, and camphor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.37)

pāyasaṃ sitayā yuktaṃ saurabheyeṇa sarpiṣā .. 18 ..

> \[He should offer\] milk rice with white sugar and cow's ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.38)

karpūrakhaṇḍasaṃyuktānmodakānghṛtapācitān ..

> modakas containing camphor fragments, cooked in ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.39)

saṃyāvānghṛtapūpāṃśca phalaṃ nānāvidhaṃ tathā .. 19 ..

> saṃyāva sweets and cakes fried in ghee, as well as various kinds of fruits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.40)

śarkarādadhisaṃyuktaṃ śālyannaṃ vinivedayet ..

> He should offer śāli rice mixed with sugar and curd.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.41)

dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā namaskṛtvā saṃpūjya narakesarim .. 2.2.31.20 ..

> Having seen, touched, bowed down to, and properly worshipped the man-lion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.42)

svānsvānabhīṣṭānāpnoti naro vai nātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> a person obtains his various cherished desires; of this there is no doubt:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.43)

devatvamamareśatvaṃ gaṃdharvatvaṃ ca bho dvijāḥ ..21..

> godhead, sovereignty over the immortals, or the state of a gandharva, O brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.44)

īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca sārvabhaumatvameva vā ..

> lordship, subjugation \[of others\], or even universal sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.45)

yadyatkāmayate citte tattadāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 22 ..

> Whatever he desires in his mind, that he unfailingly obtains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.46)

paṃcatīrthīvidhānaṃ ca kathitaṃ pṛcchatāṃ dvijāḥ ..

> The ritual of the Five Sacred Fords has thus been told to you who asked, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.47)

dināni paṃca kṛtvaitāṃ pañcabhūtamaye punaḥ ..23..

> Having observed this \[rite\] for five days, never again into a body  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.48)

na dehe praviśenmartyo vratī viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ ..

> composed of the five elements does a mortal enter, who keeps the vow and is devoted to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.49)

paurṇamāsyāṃ pratyuṣasi tīrtharājajale punaḥ .. 24 ..

> At dawn on the full moon day, moreover, in the water of the king of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.50)

pūrvoktavidhinā snātvā śuddhāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ ..

> having bathed according to the previously stated rule, of pure diet, his senses mastered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.51)

ekabhaktavratenaiva varttate prītaye naraḥ ..

> a man lives by the vow of taking only one meal a day, for \[the Lord's\] pleasure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.52)

yāvatpaṃca dināni syustāvatkālaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 25 ..

> as long as five days elapse, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.53)

tataḥ praviśyaprāsādaṃ maṃcasthaṃ puruṣottamam ..

> Then, having entered the temple, seeing Puruṣottama upon the platform,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.54)

rāmaṃ subhadrāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca mucyate pāpakaṃcukaiḥ .. 26 ..

> as well as Rāma and Subhadrā, he is freed from the sloughs of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.55)

sarvatīrthamayātkūpāduddhṛtena sugandhinā ..

> With fragrant water drawn from the well  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.56)

vāriṇā snāpyamānaṃ tu yo jyaiṣṭhyāṃ paśyate harim .. 27 ..

> that contains all sacred fords, whoever sees Hari being bathed on the full moon of Jyaiṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.57)

na tasya pāpasaṃbaṃdha ātmani prabhaviṣyati ..

> no connection with sin shall take hold in his soul.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.58)

yātrākartṛvidhiṃ vakṣye śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ param .. 28 ..

> I shall tell the procedure for the performer of the festival; listen further, O sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.59)

caturdaśyāṃ dṛḍhaṃ maṃcaṃ kārayitvā suśobhanam ..

> Having had a sturdy and very beautiful platform constructed on the fourteenth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.60)

tṛṇakāṣṭhamayaṃ liptaṃ sudhayā bahulaṃ śubham .. 29 ..

> made of grass and wood, thickly coated with plaster, auspicious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.61)

athavā dārṣadaṃ kuryāccirasthāyi dvijottamāḥ ..

> or else he should make one of stone that will endure for a long time, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.62)

snānārthaṃ devadevasya vittaśāṭhyaṃ na kārayet .. 2.2.31.30 ..

> For the bath of the god of gods, he should not practice deceit in expenditure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.63)

nānādrumagaṇākīrṇaṃ dakṣiṇānilaśītalam ..

> It should be crowded with diverse kinds of trees, cooled by the southern wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.64)

ullasatsiṃdhukallolaśāḍvalopari saṃskṛtam .. 31 ..

> constructed upon a grassy lawn \[where\] the waves of the sea surge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.65)

samucchritamahāmūlyavitānavaraśobhitam ..

> adorned with an elevated canopy of great price and excellence;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.66)

viralācchādanaṃ kuryāddevānāṃ darśanāya vai .. 32 ..

> he should make a thin covering for the darśana of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.67)

āyāṃti brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ snapanāya jagatpateḥ ..

> They arrive together with Brahmā for the ceremonial bath of the Lord of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.68)

svargaṃgāṃbhaḥ samādāya pārijātavibhūṣitam .. 33 ..

> bringing the waters of the heavenly Gaṅgā adorned with pārijāta blossoms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.69)

brahmarṣayaśca tridaśā brahmaṇā sahitā vibhum ..

> The brahmin seers and the thirty \[gods\], along with Brahmā, the all-pervading Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.70)

maṃcasthaṃ snāpayantīha vacanātparameṣṭhinaḥ .. 34 ..

> bathe here \[the Lord\] stationed on the platform at the command of the Supreme Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.71)

jayaśabdaiśca stutibhirvaṃdyo'yaṃ tridivaukasām ..

> He is to be praised with shouts of 'Victory!' and with hymns of praise by the dwellers in heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.72)

tasmānmaṃcastu kartavyo maṃḍito mālyacāmaraiḥ .. 35 ..

> Therefore, the platform must be made adorned with garlands and chowries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.73)

nānāmaṇisrajā hāridukūlakṛtatoraṇam ..

> having arches made of charming silk cloths and garlands of various gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.74)

sugaṃdhadhūpasurabhicaṃdanābhaḥ samukṣitam .. 36 ..

> and sprinkled with fragrant incense, sweet-scented sandal-water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.75)

evaṃ maṃcaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tasya dakṣiṇato dvijāḥ ..

> Having thus established the platform, O brahmins, to its south,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.76)

kūpādvāri samuddhṛtya kalaśānsvarṇanirmitān .. 37 ..

> drawing water from the well into jars made of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.77)

śālāyāṃ śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā tvadhivāsayet.. 38 ..

> he should consecrate them in the pavilion according to the rule found in scripture.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.78)

suvāsitaṃ jalaṃ teṣu pāvamānyā prapūrayet ..

> He should fill them with perfumed water \[while reciting\] the Pāvamānī hymn;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.79)

caturdaśīniśāmadhye karmaitatsamudāhṛtam .. 39 ..

> this rite is declared to take place in the middle of the night of the fourteenth day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.80)

śanaiḥ śanaiśca nīyāsurhariṃ hali puraḥsaram ..

> Slowly, slowly they should carry Hari, preceded by Halin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.81)

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā rājñā saṃmānitādṛtāḥ .. 2.2.31.40 ..

> brahmins, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas, honored and respected by the king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.82)

cāmaraistālavṛntaiśca vījyamānaṃ niraṃtaram ..

> fanning \[them\] constantly with chowries and palm-leaf fans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.83)

purākṛtāmalepaṃ taṃ viṣṇoraṃgānna hāpayet .. 41 ..

> He should not remove that ointment applied earlier from the body of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.84)

yathā sugaṃdhalepena supuṣṭāṃgo dine dine ..

> so that his limbs may be well-nourished day after day by the fragrant paste;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.85)

tathā prayatnataḥ kāryaḥ kṛśāṃgo na hi puṣṭikṛt .. 42 ..

> thus it should be done with effort; an emaciated limb does not bestow nourishment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.86)

nayeyurapramādyaṃto bhagavaṃtamānaditāḥ ..

> Rejoicing, they should carry the Blessed One without negligence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.87)

pramādato yadi bhavetpatanaṃ muravairiṇaḥ .. 43 ..

> If through negligence there should be a fall of the enemy of Mura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.88)

balasya vā subhadrāyā rājño rājyasya bhītikṛt ..

> or of Bala, or of Subhadrā, it brings terror to the king and the realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.89)

api pātayatāṃ hāniḥ saṃtaterbahuduḥkhitā .. 44 ..

> Moreover, there is loss of progeny and great misery for those who drop \[them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.90)

narake niyataṃ vāso bhavetteṣāṃ durātmanām ..

> Certain residence in hell will befall those wicked souls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.91)

vimuhyaṃtaścirāddārumayīyaṃ pratimā katham .. 45 ..

> Deluded, \[they think\], 'How can this wooden image remain for long?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.92)

tiṣṭhedaviśvasaṃto ye bhagavaddrohiṇastu te ..

> Those who have no faith are indeed traitors to the Blessed One;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.93)

narakaṃ pratipadyaṃte sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtāḥ ..46..

> they go to hell, excluded from all religious acts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.94)

mūḍhānāṃ nāstikānāṃ ca kṛtaghnānāṃ hatātmanām ..

> In fools, atheists, ingrates, and ruined souls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.95)

dharmakṛtyeṣu jāyaṃte aviśvāsasya yuktayaḥ..47..

> arguments of disbelief arise regarding religious duties.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.96)

adṛṣṭaṃ yasya yāvaddhi sa tu tena vinirmitaḥ ..

> For according to how much unseen destiny each person has, by that is he shaped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.97)

tadaṃte tasya kṣīyaṃte prāsādapratimādayaḥ ..48..

> At the end of that \[destiny\], his temples, images, and other works decay.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.98)

na cāyaṃ nirmitaḥ kena drumaḥ so'pi pravarddhitaḥ ..

> And this tree was not fashioned by anyone; it too grew of itself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.99)

varaṃ dadāti yā nūnaṃ na cāsau pratimā matā .. 49 ..

> That which surely grants boons is not considered a mere fashioned image.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.100)

nirmitāyāṃ pratikṛtau purā manvaṃtarādiṣu ..

> When an image is fashioned, even in former times, in the Manvantaras and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.101)

vyatīteṣvapi varddhaṃte janānāṃ ca suparvaṇām .. 2.2.31.50 ..

> as they pass away, there still increases among human beings and the gods—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.102)

bhaktayastādṛśo viprāḥ sarveṣāṃ pṛthivīkṣitām ..

> O brahmins, among all the rulers of the earth—such devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.103)

svārociṣeṃ'tare caiva āvirbhūtaḥ kṛpānidhiḥ .. 51 ..

> Indeed, in the Svārociṣa Manvantara the treasury of compassion became manifest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.104)

vaivasvateṃ'tare saptaviṃśe caiva caturyuge ..

> And in the Vaivasvata Manvantara, in the twenty-seventh Caturyuga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.105)

dvāparāṃte samāyātau tadā kṛṣṇārjunāvubhau .. 52 ..

> at the close of the Dvāpara age, both Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna arrived then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.106)

tridināni sthitāvatra vratasthau madhusūdanam ..

> Remaining here for three days engaged in observance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.107)

bhaktyā saṃpūjya taṃ stutvā jagmaturdvārakāṃ punaḥ .. 53 ..

> having worshiped Madhusūdana with devotion and praised him, they went again to Dvārakā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.108)

na ke'pi tattvaṃ jānaṃti mānuṣīṃ tanumāsthitāḥ ..

> None know his true nature when they dwell in a human body;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.109)

avatārāḥ pravartaṃte viṣṇorasya yugeyuge .. 54 ..

> avatāras of this Viṣṇu proceed age after age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.110)

dharmasthāpanayā viprā līyaṃte svapade punaḥ ..

> Through establishing dharma, O brahmins, they dissolve again into their own abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.111)

pūrvaṃ ca brahmaṇā proktaḥ sa cānena parasparam .. 55 ..

> Formerly, Brahmā was addressed by him, and he by Brahmā mutually:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.112)

sthātā parārddhaparyaṃtaṃ bhagavāndārurūpadhṛk ..

> The Lord, assuming the form of wood, will remain until the end of a parārdha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.113)

sadāyaṃ varado viṣṇuḥ śuddhasattvena bhāvitaḥ .. 56 ..

> This Viṣṇu, contemplated in pure sattva, is always the giver of boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.114)

yasya yāvāṃstu viśvāsastasya siddhistu tāvatī ..

> In proportion to a person's faith is their attainment of perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.115)

pramādīkṛtaviśvāso bhakto dṛḍhamatiḥ pumān .. 57 ..

> A person of steady mind, a devotee whose faith is kept free from negligence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.116)

yatnānurūpaṃ labhate phalamasmātsudurlabham ..

> obtains from him a very rare fruit corresponding to their effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.117)

purā vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvamaṃbarīṣavimocanam .. 58 ..

> Formerly, the whole deliverance of Ambarīṣa was recounted to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.118)

tatastasmiñjagannāthe paramātmasvarūpiṇi ..

> Therefore, in that Jagannātha whose true nature is the Supreme Self,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.119)

vidhāya sudṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ vasadhvaṃ puruṣottame ..59 ..

> having established very firm devotion, dwell in Puruṣottama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.120)

ato'yaṃ bhaktito neyaḥ śrīkṛṣṇamaṃca uttamaḥ ..

> Therefore, with devotion this excellent platform of Śrī Kṛṣṇa must be reached,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.121)

subhadrābalabhadrau ca rājavatparicarya vai .. 2.2.31.60 ..

> and Subhadrā and Balabhadra too, attending upon them indeed like kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.122)

uttoliteṣu cchatreṣu cāmarairvījiteṣu ca ..

> As parasols are raised and they are fanned with chowries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.123)

kālāgurusudhūpāsu dikṣu gaṃbhīranādiṣu .. 61 ..

> with black agallochum incense filling the directions, which resound deeply,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.124)

nānāvidheṣu vādyeṣu tvagāre paripūrite ..

> with diverse musical instruments, when the hall is filled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.125)

tauryatrike sādhuvṛtte dīpikā śreṇirājite .. 62 ..

> with the triple symphony of music, dance, and song properly conducted, radiant with rows of lamps,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.126)

aṃdhakāre'tha sarveṣāṃ varddhamāne mahotsave ..

> when darkness has fallen, as the great festival swells for everyone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.127)

ācchanne śrīpateraṃge pramādapariśaṃkayā .. 63 ..

> the body of the Lord of Śrī being covered out of apprehension of mishap,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.128)

paṭupaṭṭadukūleṣu nīyamāneṣu dūrataḥ ..

> while strong silk and fine cloth are brought from afar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.129)

gatervegāttadottānīkṛtāsye jagatāṃ gurau .. 64 ..

> as the Teacher of the worlds has his face turned upward due to the speed of movement,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.130)

āvarttadṛṣṭayo devā divārohaṇaśaṃkinaḥ ..

> the gods, turning their gazes, fearing he might ascend to heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.131)

jayasva rāma kṛṣṇeti jaya bhadreti cocire .. 65 ..

> cried out: “Be victorious, Rāma! Kṛṣṇa! Victory, Bhadrā!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.132)

evaṃ salīlaṃ bhagavāñjanmajyaiṣṭhyābhiṣecane ..

> Thus playfully the Lord, for the ritual bathing on the full moon of Jyaiṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.133)

nīyate maṃcadeśaṃ tu niśīthe brāhmaṇādibhiḥ .. 66 ..

> is carried to the region of the platform at midnight by brahmins and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.134)

ahaṃpūrvikaśabdastu devānāṃ śrūyate divi ..

> The competitive cry of the gods, “I first!,” is heard in the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.135)

devaduṃdubhayaścaiva jayaśabdavimiśritāḥ .. 67 ..

> along with divine kettledrums mingled with shouts of victory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.136)

tato maṃcasthitaṃ brahmarūpaṃ pratyarcayā saha ..

> Then, having covered all the limbs of the manifestation of Brahman standing on the platform,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.137)

ācchādya sarvāṇyaṃgāni mukhavarjaṃ sucelakaiḥ .. 68 ..

> along with the secondary image, except for the face, with fine garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.138)

vinā nivedyaṃ saṃpūjya upacāraiḥ puroditaiḥ ..

> and having worshiped without an offering of food, using the articles of worship declared before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.139)

adhivāsitakuṃbhaiśca śāṃtighoṣapuraḥsaram .. 69 ..

> with consecrated pitchers, preceded by the chanting of peace-mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.140)

samudajyeṣṭhāmaṃtreṇa snāpayetsurapuṃgavān ..

> one should bathe the best of deities with the Samudrajyeṣṭhā mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.141)

paśyatāmabhiṣektṝṇāṃ kṛtakṛtyatvahetave .. 2.2.31.70 ..

> for the sake of accomplishing the purpose of those who watch and those who perform the bathing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.142)

snāpyamānaṃ tu paśyaṃti ye narāstatra saṃsthitāḥ ..

> The men standing there who see him being bathed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.143)

garbhodakena snapanaṃ na te punaravāpnuyuḥ .. 71 ..

> shall never again undergo ceremonial bathing in the fluid of the womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.144)

jyeṣṭhasnānaṃ bhagavato ye paśyaṃti mudānvitāḥ ..

> Those who, filled with joy, witness the Lord’s Jyeṣṭha ceremonial bath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.145)

na te bhavābdhau majjaṃti yātrāmutkaṃṭhamānasāḥ .. 72 ..

> with minds yearning for the sacred procession, do not sink in the ocean of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.146)

buddhyabuddhikṛtaḥ puṃsāmanādiḥ pāpasaṃcayaḥ ..

> The beginningless accumulation of sins of men, committed knowingly or unknowingly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.147)

tatkṣaṇānnāśamāyāti paśyatāṃ snapanaṃ hareḥ .. 73 ..

> goes to destruction that very moment for those witnessing Hari’s ceremonial bath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.148)

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi dvijapuṃgavāḥ ..

> Truly, truly, again I say truly, O best of the twice-born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.149)

sarvasaṃtāpaśamanamaśeṣamalanāśanam .. 74 ..

> It pacifies all torments and destroys every impurity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.150)

snapanaṃ śrīpaterjyaiṣṭhyāṃ yadi bhaktyā vilokanam ..

> if the ceremonial bath of the Lord of Śrī on the full moon of Jyaiṣṭha is viewed with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.151)

prāyaścittanimittāni yāni pāpāni saṃti vai .. 75 ..

> Whatever sins there are that require expiation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.152)

tāni sarvāṇi kṣīyaṃte paśyatāṃ snapanaṃ hareḥ ..

> all of them perish for those beholding the ceremonial bath of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.153)

nātaḥ parataraṃ karma hyanāyāsena mocanam .. 76 ..

> There is no action higher than this, providing liberation without effort:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.154)

jyeṣṭhajanmadine snānaṃ hareryadavalokitam ..

> namely, the ceremonial bath of Hari witnessed on the day of Jyeṣṭha's birth festival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.155)

snānadānatapaḥśrāddhajapayajñādayastu ye .. 77 ..

> Bathing, gift-giving, austerity, ancestral rites, silent recitation, sacrifice, and the like—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.156)

vidhayaḥ koṭiguṇitāḥ koṭijanmopapāditāḥ ..

> such rites multiplied a crore of times, performed over a crore of lifetimes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.157)

snānadarśanapuṇyasya hareste na tulāṃ gatāḥ .. 78 ..

> do not equal the merit of seeing the ceremonial bath of Hari. // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.158)

bhaktyā yaḥ snapanaṃ viṣṇorekasminvatsare'pi vā ..

> Whoever with devotion beholds Viṣṇu's ceremonial bath even in a single year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.159)

paśyenna śocate viprā iha saṃsāramocane .. 79 ..

> does not grieve, O brahmins, here in the liberation from worldly existence. // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.160)

teneṣṭaṃ kratubhiḥ puṇyaiḥ śraddhāvipuladakṣiṇaiḥ ..

> By him has sacrifice been offered with meritorious rites accompanied by abundant priestly fees given in faith;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.161)

mahādānāni dattāni bhojitāḥ koṭiśo dvijāḥ .. 2.2.31.80 ..

> great gifts have been given, and crores of twice-born \[brahmins\] have been fed. // 2.2.31.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.162)

śrāddhāni gayaśīrṣādau koṭiśaśca kṛtāni vai ..

> Indeed, śrāddhas have been performed by him crores of times at Gayāśīrṣa and other sacred places,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.163)

puṇyakāle ca tīthārdau tapāṃsi caritāni ca .. 81 ..

> and austerities have been practiced at auspicious times, at sacred fords, and the like. // 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.164)

ardhodayādiyogeṣu koṭitīrtheṣu koṭiśaḥ ..

> Ablutions have been performed by him during auspicious conjunctions such as the Ardhodaya, at crores of sacred fords crores of times,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.165)

snātāni tena bho viprā yaḥ paśyetsnapanaṃ hareḥ .. 82 ..

> O brahmins, whoever beholds Hari's ceremonial bath! // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.166)

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi dvijapuṃgavāḥ ..

> Truth, truth, and again truth I speak, O best of the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.167)

nātaḥ śreyaskaraṃ karma śāstradṛṣṭapathisthitam .. 83 ..

> there is no deed leading to higher good than this, established upon the path revealed by scripture. // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.168)

mañcasthaṃ snāpyamānaṃ hi yaḥ paśyetpuruṣottamam ..

> Indeed, whoever beholds Puruṣottama being bathed while standing on the dais  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.169)

snānācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate vai na saṃśayaḥ .. 84 ..

> attains a hundredfold the merit of a ritual ablution, of this there is no doubt. // 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.170)

mañcasthitaṃ jagannāthaṃ snānārdraṃ yastu paśyati ..

> And he who beholds Jagannātha standing on the dais, wet with bathing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.171)

sāṃdrānandārdracitto'sau na kiṃcitpāpamaśnute .. 85 ..

> his heart moist with dense bliss, incurs no sin whatsoever. // 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.172)

yadeva puṇyamuditaṃ snānadarśanakarmaṇi ..

> Whatever merit has been proclaimed in the act of beholding the ceremonial bath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.173)

tattatphalamavāpnoti dṛṣṭvā mañcasthamacyutam .. 86 ..

> he attains every such fruit having seen Acyuta standing on the dais. // 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.174)

eka eva jagannāthastridhā tatra sthito dvijāḥ ..

> Jagannātha alone stands there in three forms, O twice-born;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.175)

ekaikasyāpi snapanadarśanaṃ bhuktimuktidam .. 87 ..

> even the sight of the ceremonial bath of each one grants enjoyment and liberation. // 87  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.176)

jayasva rāmabhadreti jaya bhadreti yo vadet ..

> Whoever says, 'Be victorious, O Rāmabhadra! Be victorious, O Bhadrā!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.177)

jaya kṛṣṇa jagannātha jayetyuccārayenmudā .. 88 ..

> and utters with joy, 'Victory, O Kṛṣṇa, Jagannātha, victory!' // 88  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.178)

snānakāle sa vai muktiṃ prayāti dvijasattamāḥ ..

> at the time of the ablution, he indeed attains liberation, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.179)

adhivāsādikaṃ tatra yaiḥ kṛtaṃ snānakarmaṇi .. 89 ..

> To those by whom preliminary consecrations and other rites were performed in that bathing ceremony, // 89  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.180)

teṣāṃ śraddhāmudāyuktaḥ pradadyāddakṣiṇāḥ pṛthak ..

> filled with faith and joy, he should bestow individual priestly fees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.181)

brāhmaṇebhyaśca miṣṭānnaṃ vastrālaṃkaraṇāni ca .. 2.2.31.90 ..

> and \[offer\] sweet food, garments, and ornaments to the brahmins. // 2.2.31.90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.182)

pradadyācchraddhayā yukto dīnānāthāṃśca tarpayet ..

> Filled with faith, he should bestow \[gifts\] and gratify the poor and helpless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.183)

ye draṣṭumāgatāḥ snānaṃ jīvanmuktāstu te dhruvam .. 91 ..

> Those who have come to behold the ritual ablution are indeed liberated while living. // 91  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.184)

tānyathāśakti vai rājā mānayetprītaye hareḥ ..

> The king should certainly honor them to the best of his ability, for the pleasure of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.185)

snānāvaśeṣatoyena snāyādbhadrāsanasthitaḥ .. 92 ..

> Seated on an auspicious throne, one should bathe with the remaining water of the ceremonial bath. // 92  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.186)

nārī vā puruṣo vāpi tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmi vaḥ ..

> Whether woman or man, I declare to you the merit thereof:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.187)

kalpaḥ syāccirarogārto hyapamṛtyuṃ jayedasau .. 93 ..

> one afflicted by long-standing disease becomes sound in health, and he conquers untimely death. // 93  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.188)

aputrā mṛtavatsā vā vandhyā vāpi labhetsutam ..

> A sonless woman, one whose children have died, or even a barren woman obtains a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.189)

subhagaḥ sarvalokānāṃ nirdhano dhanavānbhavet .. 94 ..

> One becomes fortunate among all people, and a pauper becomes wealthy. // 94  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.190)

gurviṇī labhate putraṃ dīrghāyurguṇavattaram..

> A pregnant woman obtains a long-lived, highly virtuous son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.191)

gaṃgādisarvatīrthānāṃ snānajaṃ phalamucyate .. 95 ..

> The fruit born of ritual ablution in all sacred fords such as the Gaṅgā is spoken of \[thus\]: // 95  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.192)

snānadarśanajaṃ puṇyaṃ dharmātmā labhate dhruvam ..96..

> the righteous soul certainly obtains the merit born of beholding the ceremonial bath. // 96  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.31.193)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya ekatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 31 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-first chapter in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.31.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.7.57_163) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1587, Sanskrit
- [Devīmāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.devimahatmya.3.25) — Sanskrit
- [Vidhānamālā (Nṛsiṃha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.sarvaprayoga.vidhanamala.43.18) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit

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