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# Skandapurana 2.2.32

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.2)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtidarśanam ..

> Henceforth I shall describe the vision of the south-facing image,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.3)

padepadeśvamedhasya phalaṃ yatropalabhyate .. 1 ..

> wherein the fruit of the horse-sacrifice is obtained at every step. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.4)

tato nānāvidhairdivyairbhakṣyabhojyādikaistathā ..

> Then, with various divine food items to be chewed and eaten,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.5)

yathāśaktyupacāraistu gaṃdhairmālyaiśca pūjayet .. 2 ..

> and with offerings to the best of one's ability, with perfumes and garlands, one should worship // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.6)

rāmaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca gītanṛtyādikaistathā ..

> Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Subhadrā, as well as with singing, dancing, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.7)

prekṣaṇīyaiśca vividhaiḥ śraddhayā copapāditaiḥ .. 3 ..

> and with diverse spectacles presented with faith. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.8)

vastracaṃdanamālyādyaiḥ pūjayitvā dvijottamān ..

> Having honored the best of the twice-born with garments, sandalwood, garlands, and so forth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.9)

bhagavadbrāhmaṇāṃścaitānmahābhāgavatāṃstathā .. 4 ..

> and \[honored\] these devotees of the Lord, the brahmins who are great Bhagavatas, // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.10)

tato nayeddakṣiṇābhimukhāṃstāṃstridaśeśvarān ..

> he should then lead those lords of the gods facing southward,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.11)

utsavaṃ ca mahatkṛtvā pūrvānayanavaddhareḥ .. 5 ..

> having celebrated a great festival, just as in the previous bringing of Hari. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.12)

tasminkāle hariṃ paśyedvrajaṃtaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham ..

> The mortal who at that time beholds Hari moving southward,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.13)

samaṃ subhadrāṃ yo martyo na sa prākṛtamānuṣaḥ .. 6 ..

> together with Subhadrā, is no ordinary human being. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.14)

snānārthamāgatā devāḥ snāpayitvā jagadgurum ..

> The gods, having arrived for the ablution and having bathed the Teacher of the World,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.15)

ākāśe'pi sasaṃbādhāstāvatkālaṃ sthitā harim ..

> crowded even in the sky, stood for that long to behold Hari  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.16)

draṣṭuṃ vrajaṃtaṃ yāmyāśāvadanaṃ bhavanāśanam .. 7 ..

> moving with His face towards the southern quarter, the destroyer of mundane existence. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.17)

dharmaśāstreṣu yāvaṃti dharmakarmāṇi saṃti vai ..

> As many righteous deeds as there are in the scriptures on Dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.18)

tāni sarvāṇi saṃdraṣṭuṃ vrajaṃtaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham .. 8 ..

> \[one attains them\] all by beholding Him moving facing south. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.19)

snānadarśanajaṃ puṇyaṃ samagraṃ labhate tu saḥ ..

> He indeed obtains the entire merit born of seeing the ceremonial bath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.20)

snātaṃ murāriṃ yaḥ paśyedvrajaṃtaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham.. 9 ..

> who beholds Murāri bathed and proceeding facing southward. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.21)

nīrājayitvā deveśaṃ rāmeṇa saha bhadrayā ..

> Having performed the waving of lights before the Lord of the gods along with Rāma and Bhadrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.22)

prāsādāṃtaḥ praveśyātha na paśyedvai kathaṃcana .. 2.2.32.10 ..

> and having made Him enter within the temple, one must not look upon Him by any means. // 2.2.32.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.23)

etattu vistareṇoktaṃ pūrvameva mayā dvijāḥ .. 11 .. ..

> This has indeed been described in detail by me previously, O twice-born! // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.24)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.2.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.25)

bhagavanyattvayā proktaṃ jyeṣṭhāsnānapradarśanāt ..

> O venerable one, tell us of the fruit that one unfailingly obtains  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.26)

phalaṃ prāpnoti niyataṃ tanno būhi vidāṃvara..12..

> from witnessing the ritual ablution in Jyeṣṭha, O best of the wise! 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.27)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.28)

haṃta vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi tadvrataṃ jyeṣṭhapaṃcakam ..

> Ah, I shall describe to you that observance, the Jyeṣṭhapañcaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.29)

nātaḥ parataraṃ proktamṛṣibhiḥ śāstrapāragaiḥ ..13..

> nothing higher than this has been declared by the seers who have crossed to the further shore of the scriptures. 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.30)

śrautasmārtapurāṇokta vratānāmidamuttamam..

> This is the foremost of the observances taught in the Śruti, Smṛti, and Purāṇas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.31)

idaṃ prathamataḥ proktaṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā .. 14 ..

> this was first proclaimed by Brahmā, the Supreme Lord. 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.32)

jyeṣṭhatvādvratamukhyānāṃ khyātaṃ tajjayeṣṭhapaṃcakam ..

> Because it is the eldest among the principal observances, it is known as the Jyeṣṭhapañcaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.33)

samudro jyeṣṭhaphaladaḥ prabhurjyeṣṭhaphalapradaḥ .. 15 ..

> The ocean grants the greatest fruit, and the Lord grants the greatest fruit. 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.34)

varṣasaṃdarśanātpuṇyaṃ mañcakenaiva labhyate ..

> The merit from seeing \[Him\] for an entire year is obtained merely on the platform;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.35)

maṃcakena tu yallabhyaṃ mahājyaiṣṭhyāṃ tu tallabhet .. 16 ..

> and whatever is obtainable on the platform, one obtains that indeed on the Mahājyaiṣṭhī. 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.36)

yanmayoktaṃ purā viprāḥ snānadarśanajaṃ phalam ..

> O brahmins, the fruit arising from witnessing the ritual ablution that was declared by me before—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.37)

samagraṃ tadavāpnoti mahājyaiṣṭhyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 17 ..

> one attains all of it on the Mahājyaiṣṭhī; there is no doubt. 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.38)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.2.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.39)

mahājyaiṣṭhīṃ samācakṣva yatra snānaṃ mahāphalam ..

> Describe the Mahājyaiṣṭhī, where ritual ablution bears great fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.40)

tatra naḥ kautukaṃ brahmanmahadvai saṃpravarttate .. 18 .. ..

> our curiosity in that matter, O brahmin, is indeed great. 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.41)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.42)

jyeṣṭhasya vimale pakṣe yā vai paṃcadaśī bhavet ..

> That which is the fifteenth day in the bright fortnight of Jyeṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.43)

śakrarkṣaikāṃśagau candragurū ca guruvāsare .. 19 ..

> when the Moon and Jupiter occupy the same degree of Jyeṣṭhā on a Thursday, 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.44)

śubhe yoge mahājyaiṣṭhī sarvapāpapraṇāśinī ..

> in an auspicious conjunction, is the Mahājyaiṣṭhī, which destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.45)

sarvakṣetraṃ sarvatīrthaṃ sapta vai sāgarāstathā .. 2.2.32.20 ..

> Every sacred field, every sacred ford, and likewise the seven oceans, 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.46)

kratavaśca mahādānasamūhaśca tapāṃsi ca ..

> sacrifices, the collection of great gifts, austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.47)

vidyāścāṣṭādaśavidhā vratāni vividhāni ca .. 21 ..

> the eighteen branches of learning, and various observances, 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.48)

śāṃtipauṣṭikakarmāṇi sāṃkhyayogastathaiva ca ..

> rites for peace and prosperity, as well as Sāṃkhya and Yoga—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.49)

sarve saṃbhūya gacchaṃti kṣetraṃ śrīpuruṣottamam.. 22 ..

> all these together go to the sacred field of Śrī Puruṣottama. 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.50)

vṛndaśaḥ pravibhaktāsta ekaikaṃ kṣetragaṃ prati ..

> Divided into groups, they turn toward each resident of the sacred field, \[wondering:\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.51)

kasmai vayaṃ bhāgyavate jyeṣṭhasnānāvalokane .. 23 ..

> ‘Into which fortunate person, as he watches the ritual ablution in Jyeṣṭha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.52)

mahājyaiṣṭhyāṃ pravekṣyāmaḥ parasparamahaṃmayā ..

> on the Mahājyaiṣṭhī, shall we enter?’ full of mutual pride,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.53)

tatra yāṃti mahāyoge bhagavatkṣetramuttamam .. 24 ..

> they go during that great conjunction to that supreme sacred field of the Lord. 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.54)

mahājyaiṣṭhī mahāpuṇyā bhagavatprītivarddhanī ..

> The Mahājyaiṣṭhī is exceedingly holy, increasing the delight of the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.55)

tasyāṃ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ jagannāthaṃ kṛpārṇavam ..

> Having worshipped the God of gods, Jagannātha, an ocean of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.56)

dṛṣṭvā ca snāpyamānaṃ taṃ pāpakośādvimucyate .. 25 ..

> and having seen Him being bathed on that \[day\], one is freed from the sheath of sins. 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.57)

ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi vrataṃ tajjyeṣṭhapañcakam ..

> Hereafter I shall describe that observance, the Jyeṣṭhapañcaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.58)

vratenānena labhyaṃ yattattadeva bravīmi vaḥ .. 26 ..

> I tell you exactly that which is obtained by this observance. 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.59)

daśamyāṃ niyamaṃ kuryātprātaḥ snātvā yathāvidhi ..

> Having bathed according to rule in the morning on the tenth day, one should undertake the vow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.60)

ācāryaṃ vṛṇuyāttatra vaiṣṇavaṃ dvijapuṃgavam .. 27 ..

> there one should choose as preceptor an eminent Vaiṣṇava brahmin. 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.61)

itthaṃ saṃkalpamamalaṃ gṛhṇīyādvratamuttamam .. 28 ..

> Thus one should make the pure resolve and undertake the supreme observance: 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.62)

devadevajagannātha saṃsārārṇavatāraka ..

> ‘O God of gods, Jagannātha, deliverer across the ocean of worldly existence!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.63)

adyārabhya vrataṃ deva yāvajjyaiṣṭhī ca sā tithiḥ ..

> Starting today, O God, until that lunar day which is Jyaiṣṭhī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.64)

tāvadvrataṃ kariṣyāmi prītaye tava keśava ..29..

> so long shall I perform the observance for Your pleasure, O Keśava. 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.65)

sarvatīrthābhiṣekaṃ ca pratyahaṃ vratabhojanam ..

> Ablution in all sacred fords, food suitable for the vow every day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.66)

mūrtīnāṃ tava paṃcānāmekasyāpi prapūjanam .. 2.2.32.30 ..

> and the worship of even one of Your five images  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.67)

ekasmindivase deva trisaṃdhyaṃ tvatprasādataḥ ..

> on each single day, at the three junctures of the day, by Your grace, O God—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.68)

samāpyatāṃ vratamidaṃ saphalaṃ cāstu te prabho .... 31 ..

> let this observance be brought to completion, and let it be fruitful through You, O Lord!’ 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.69)

tataḥ paṃcasu tīrtheṣu snātvā ca gṛhametya ca ..

> Then, having bathed in the five sacred fords and returned home,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.70)

sthaṃḍile vilikhetpadmamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam .. 32 ..

> one should draw an eight-petaled lotus with a pericarp on a cleared ground. 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.71)

tanmadhye sthāpayetkuṃbhaṃ tīrthāṃbhobhiḥ prapūritam ..

> In its center one should set up a pot filled with water from sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.72)

sacaṃdanaphalairyuktaṃ tanmukhe tāmrabhājanam .. 33 ..

> provided with sandalwood and fruits; and on its mouth, a copper vessel 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.73)

vāsasā veṣṭitaṃ kaṇṭhe pātraṃ cākṣatapūritam ..

> wrapped at the neck with a cloth, and a vessel filled with unbroken grains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.74)

tanmadhye sthāpayeddevaṃ sauvarṇaṃ madhusūdanam .. .. 34 ..

> In its middle one should place the golden Lord Madhusūdana, 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.75)

śubhāṃgāvayavaṃ śāṃtaṃ vāme śrīyutamīśvaram .. 35 ..

> peaceful, with auspicious limbs and parts, the Lord accompanied by Śrī on His left, 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.76)

dakṣiṇe ca garutmaṃtaṃ spṛśaṃtaṃ pṛṣṭhadeśataḥ ..

> and on the right Garuḍa touching His rear side,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.77)

śaṃkhacakradharaṃ cordhve padmāsanagataṃ vibhum .. .. 36 ..

> bearing the conch and the discus aloft, the all-pervading Lord seated upon a lotus seat. 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.78)

pūjayedupacāraistamācāryo vāpi bho dvijāḥ ..

> O brahmins, he or the preceptor should worship Him with offerings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.79)

nīlotpalānāṃ mālāṃ tu bhaktyā devāya dāpayet .. 37 ..

> and with devotion one should offer a garland of blue water-lilies to the God. 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.80)

daśamyāṃ pūjayitvaivaṃ daśakoṭyaghanāśanam ..

> Having thus worshipped on the tenth day the Destroyer of hundreds of millions of sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.81)

prārthayetprāṃjalirbhūtvā mantrametaṃ samuccaran .. 38 .. ..

> one should pray with folded hands, uttering this mantra: 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.82)

madhusūdana deveśa namaste mādhavīpriya ..

> ‘O Madhusūdana, God of gods, salutations to You, beloved of Mādhavī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.83)

kṛpāvārāṃnidhe pāhi patitaṃ māṃ bhavārṇave .. 39 ..

> O ocean of compassion, protect me who have fallen into the ocean of worldly existence!’ 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.84)

ekādaśyāṃ caturbāhuṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam ..

> On the eleventh day, one should worship the four-armed one, holding a conch, discus, and mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.85)

nārāyaṇaṃ padmasaṃsthaṃ paṃcaniṣkavinirmitam ..

> Nārāyaṇa seated on a lotus, fashioned from five niṣkas \[of gold\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.86)

tadarddhaṃ nirmitaṃ vāpi pūjayetpadmamālayā .. 2.2.32.40 ..

> or fashioned from half of that, with a garland of lotuses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.87)

naivedyaṃ pāyasaṃ dadyātsitāṃ raṃbhāphalāni ca ..

> One should offer milk-rice as an offering, and white sugar and plantain fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.88)

nānāvidhaṃ ca naivedyaṃ dattvā saṃprārthayenmudā .. 41 ..

> and having offered various kinds of food-offerings, one should pray with joy:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.89)

nārāyaṇa namaste'stu bhavasāgaratāraṇa ..

> "O Nārāyaṇa, homage to you, O savior from the ocean of worldly existence!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.90)

trāhi māṃ puṃḍarīkākṣa śaraṇāgatavatsala .. 42 ..

> Protect me, O lotus-eyed one, O you who are affectionate to those who take refuge!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.91)

ekādaśeṃdriyakṛtaṃ pāparāśimanuttamam ..

> When worshipped, the Lord destroys the immense mass of sins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.92)

anādibhavanirvyūḍhaṃ nāśayetpūjitaḥ prabhuḥ .. 43 ..

> committed by the eleven senses, accumulated through beginningless existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.93)

dvādaśyāṃ yajñavārāhaṃ pūjayetsvarṇanirmitam ..

> On the twelfth day, one should worship the Sacrificial Boar fashioned from gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.94)

caṃdanāgurukarpūralepanaiścaṃpakasrajā .. 44 ..

> with ointments of sandalwood, agallochum, and camphor, and with a garland of campaka flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.95)

nānāvidhāpūpasārā bhakṣyabhojyaphalānvitāḥ ..

> Having offered various kinds of choice cakes, along with edible dishes, foods, and fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.96)

nivedya prārthayeddevaṃ stutimetāṃ samuccaran .. 45 ..

> one should pray to the Lord, reciting this praise:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.97)

pralayārṇavasaṃmagnāṃ dharaṇīṃ dhṛtavānasi ..

> "You bore up the earth submerged in the ocean of dissolution;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.98)

kinna śakto mamoddhāre patitasyāṃghripaṃkaje ..

> are you not able to deliver me, who have fallen at your lotus feet?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.99)

tanmāmuddhara goviṃda nimagnaṃ śokasāgare .. 46 ..

> Therefore, O Govinda, deliver me who am drowned in an ocean of sorrow!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.100)

abdo dvādaśamāso vai yāvadabdakṛtāni tu ..

> A year indeed has twelve months; whatever sins—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.101)

pāpāni mahadalpāni itaḥ pūrveṣu janmasu ..

> great or small—have been committed throughout the years in previous births up to this one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.102)

tadvināśayate devo dvādaśyāmarcito nṛṇām .. 47 ..

> all that the Lord destroys for people when worshipped on the twelfth day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.103)

trayodaśyāṃ tu pradyumnaṃ śaṃkhacakravarābhayān ..

> On the thirteenth day, however, one should worship Pradyumna holding conch, discus, boon, and fearlessness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.104)

dhārayantaṃ padmagataṃ caturniṣkavinirmitam .. 48 ..

> seated upon a lotus, fashioned from four niṣkas \[of gold\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.105)

upacārairyathāproktaiḥ pūjayedbhaktito naraḥ ..

> A man should worship him with devotion using the rituals as prescribed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.106)

aśokapāṭalīmālāṃ caṃdrapūrṇāṃ samujjvalām .. 49 ..

> \[offering\] an intensely radiant garland of aśoka and trumpet-flowers, filled with moon-\[white blossoms\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.107)

naivedyaṃ caiva pakvānnaṃ phalaṃ pakvaṃ manoharam ..

> And having offered cooked food as an offering and charming ripe fruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.108)

dattvā namaskṛtiṃ kurvanprārthayetprāṃjaliḥ śuciḥ .. 2.2.32.50 ..

> making obeisance, pure, with folded hands, he should pray:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.109)

deva pradyumna kāmānāṃ pūraka kāmarūpadhṛk ..

> "O God Pradyumna, fulfiller of desires, assuming any form at will,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.110)

kāmāśca saphalāḥ saṃtu kāmapāla namo'stu te .. 51 ..

> may my desires be fruitful! O protector of desires, homage to you!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.111)

caturdaśyāṃ narahariṃ pūjayetkanakākṛtim ..

> On the fourteenth day, one should worship Narahari whose form is of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.112)

vakṣaḥsthalasthayā lakṣmyā prīyamāṇaṃ saṭojjvalam .. 52 ..

> delighted by Lakṣmī resting upon his chest, radiant with his mane,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.113)

vyāttānanaṃ sāṭṭahāsaṃ yogapaṭṭābjasaṃsthitam ..

> with an open mouth, laughing loudly, seated upon a lotus with a meditation-band,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.114)

sutīkṣṇanakharaṃ devaṃ sarvāpadvinivāraṇam .. 53 ..

> the god with exceedingly sharp claws, the remover of all misfortunes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.115)

caturbhirhemaniṣkaiśca ghaṭitaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam ..

> fashioned from four gold niṣkas, possessing auspicious marks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.116)

pūjayetpūrvavaddevaṃ sopahāraṃ subhaktitaḥ .. 54 ..

> One should worship the god as before with devotion, together with offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.117)

japākusumamālāṃ ca jātīpuṣpasrajaṃ tathā ..

> and having offered a garland of hibiscus flowers and a garland of jasmine flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.118)

dattvā puṣpāṃjalīnpāde praṇamya sapradakṣiṇam .. 55 ..

> and handfuls of flowers at his feet, bowing low and circumambulating \[him\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.119)

yathā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ..

> "Just as you tore apart Hiraṇyakaśipu out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.120)

vyadārayastathā pāpasaṃghaṃ nāśaya pūjitaḥ .. 56 ..

> so, being worshipped, destroy the multitude of \[my\] sins!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.121)

evaṃ saṃprārthya nṛhariṃ praṇamya daṇḍavatkṣitau ..

> Having prayed thus to Nṛhari, bowing like a staff upon the ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.122)

nirvartya vratamevaṃ tadvratī paṃcadinātmakam ..

> having thus carried out that five-day vow, the observer of the vow  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.123)

paṃca paṃca pradīpāṃstu divārātrau pradāpayet .. 57 ..

> should present five lamps each during day and night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.124)

vastrayugmānpaṃca pañca cchatropānadyugaṃ tathā ..

> Five pairs of garments, five umbrellas, and five pairs of sandals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.125)

sayajñasūtrānkalaśānpañca pañca phalānvitān .. 58 ..

> and five water-pots accompanied by sacred threads and endowed with fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.126)

bhojanāṃte dvijebhyaśca pradadyācchraddhayānvitaḥ .. 59 ..

> he should bestow with faith upon brahmins at the conclusion of the meal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.127)

rātrau jāgaragītādyaistathā nānopahārakaiḥ ..

> At night, through vigils, songs, and the like, and also through various offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.128)

toṣayedvāsudevaṃ tu purāṇapaṭhanena tu .. 2.2.32.60 ..

> and by the recitation of the Purāṇa, he should propitiate Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.129)

paurṇamāsyuṣasi snātvā śrīkṛṣṇasyāṃtikaṃ vrajet .. 61 ..

> Having bathed at dawn on the full moon day, he should approach the presence of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.130)

rāmaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca pūjayitvā yathāvidhi ..

> Having duly worshipped Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Subhadrā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.131)

snapanaṃ kārayitvātha dṛṣṭvā vā śāstracoditam .. 62 ..

> and having caused the ceremonial bath prescribed by scripture to be performed, or having watched it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.132)

snānaṃ kṛtvā punaḥ siṃdhau gṛhamāgatya tatra vai ..

> having bathed again in the ocean, and having returned home there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.133)

yatra viṣṇormūrttayastāḥ kumbhasthā mantrapūjitāḥ .. 63 ..

> where those images of Viṣṇu are stationed on jars, worshipped with mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.134)

tāsāṃ paścimato vahniṃ samādhāya yathāvidhi ..

> having properly established a fire to the west of them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.135)

agnikāryaṃ prakurvīta svaiḥ svairmaṃtraiḥ purohitaḥ ..64..

> the family priest should perform the fire-rite with their respective mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.136)

praṇavādicaturthyaṃtaṃ namoṃtaṃ nāma īrayet ..

> He should utter the name beginning with the syllable Oṃ, ending in the dative case, and ending with "namaḥ".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.137)

devānāṃ mūlamaṃtrastu svāhāṃto homakarmaṇi .. .. 65 ..

> The basic mantra of the deities, however, ends with "svāhā" in the rite of oblation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.138)

carorājyasya samidhāṃ palāśānāṃ pṛthakpṛthak ..

> Of sacrificial boiled rice, clarified butter, and kindling sticks of palāśa wood, severally,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.139)

ekaikaṃ devamuddiśya juhuyācca śataṃ śatam .. 66 ..

> he should offer one hundred oblations for each single deity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.140)

tasya puṣpaśataṃ caiva juhuyāttadanaṃtaram ..

> Immediately afterwards, he should also offer a hundred flowers to each \[deity\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.141)

pūrṇāhutiṃ tato hutvā brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ dadet .. 67 ..

> Then, having offered the final oblation, he should give a sacrificial fee to the supervising priest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.142)

ācārye dakṣiṇāṃ dadyātsuvarṇaṃ dhenumeva ca ..

> He should give a sacrificial fee to the master: gold and a cow—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.143)

svarṇaśṛṃgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ nānopakaraṇairyutām .. .. 68 ..

> a cow with golden horns and silver hooves, furnished with various articles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.144)

mahārghyavastradānāni yena tuṣyati vā guruḥ ..

> \[and\] gifts of costly garments by which the preceptor is pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.145)

sarvopakaraṇairyuktāḥ pratimāśca nivedayet .. 69 ..

> And he should present the idols furnished with all implements.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.146)

brāhmaṇānbhojayetsarpiḥ khaṇḍayuktaiśca pāyasaiḥ ..

> He should feed the brahmins with pāyasa mixed with clarified butter and sugar candy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.147)

etadvrataṃ samākhyātaṃ jyeṣṭhapaṃcakamuttamam .. 2.2.32.70 ..

> This has been declared as the supreme Jyeṣṭhapañcaka vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.148)

anuṣṭhāya naro bhaktyā snānadarśanajaṃ phalam ..

> Having observed \[it\] with devotion, a man \[attains\] the fruit born of the ritual ablution and darśana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.149)

samagraṃ labhate viprāstadā naivātra saṃśayaḥ .. 71 ..

> in its entirety, O brahmins; then there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.150)

ekādaśī yā tu madhye nirjalā sā prakīrtitā ..

> The ekādaśī that \[falls\] in the middle is known as Nirjalā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.151)

ekāṃ tāṃ bhaktiyuktā ye yathāvidhi upāsate .. 72 ..

> Those who, endowed with devotion, observe that single one according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.152)

yāvajjīvakṛtāḥ sarvā ekādaśyo na saṃśayaḥ ..

> \[attain the fruit of\] all ekādaśīs performed throughout one's life, no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.153)

vratarājamimaṃ kṛtvā sarvavrataphalaṃ labhet .. 73 ..

> Having performed this king of vows, one attains the fruit of all vows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.154)

yānyānsamīhate kāmāṃstāṃstānāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ .. 74 ..

> whatever desires he longs for, he attains them without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.32.155)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jyeṣṭhapaṃcakavratavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 32 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Jyeṣṭhapañcaka Vow,' in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya of the second \[part\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.32.1) — English, machine translation

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