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# Skandapurana 2.2.33

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.1)

.. .. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.2)

ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi mahāvedīmahotsavam ..

> Henceforth I shall describe the great festival of the Mahāvedī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.3)

ajñānatimirāṃdho'pi yena bhāsvatpadaṃ vrajet ..1..

> by which even one blinded by the darkness of ignorance may go to the radiant abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.4)

vaiśākhasyāmale pakṣe tṛtīyā pāpanāśinī ..

> In the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha, the third day, which destroys sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.5)

svayamāviṣkṛtā caiṣā prājāpatyarkṣasaṃyutā .. 2 ..

> and is conjoined with the constellation of Prajāpati, revealed itself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.6)

tasyāṃ saṃkalpya nṛpatirācāryaṃ varayecchuciḥ ..

> On that \[day\], having made a resolve, the king, pure, should choose the preceptor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.7)

ekaṃ trīnatha takṣāṇaṃ dṛṣṭakarmāṇamādarāt..3..

> and, with respect, one or three carpenters of proven skill.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.8)

vṛṇuyādvanayāgāya vastrālaṃkaraṇādibhiḥ ..

> He should choose \[them\] for the forest sacrifice with garments, ornaments, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.9)

takṣṇā sārddhaṃ vanaṃ gatvā sādhuvṛkṣagaṇākulam ..4..

> Having gone with the carpenter to the forest filled with fine trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.10)

tanmadhye vahnimādhāya maṃtrarājena maṃtravit..

> having placed the fire in the midst of it, one knowing the mantras, with the king of mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.11)

aṣṭottaraśataṃ hutvā saṃpātājyavimiśritam .. 5 ..

> having offered a hundred and eight oblations mixed with clarified butter collected from offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.12)

ājyaṃ tarūṇāṃ mūle tu pratyekamabhighārayet ..

> should sprinkle clarified butter at the root of each tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.13)

dikpālebhyo baliṃ dattvā kṣetrapālapaśūṃstathā .. 6 ..

> Having given an offering to the guardians of the directions, as well as animal offerings to the guardian of the field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.14)

vanaspataye juhuyātkṣīrodanaśatāhutim ..

> he should offer an oblation of a hundred \[portions of\] rice cooked in milk to the lord of the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.15)

tataḥ paraśumādāya vṛkṣamūleṣu dikṣu vai .. 7 ..

> Then, taking an axe, at the roots of the trees in the various directions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.16)

ājyasaṃskṛtideśeṣu ācāryo maṃtramuccaran ..

> at the spots consecrated with clarified butter, the preceptor, uttering the mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.17)

kiṃcitkiṃcicchedayedvai ciṃtayangaruḍadhvajam .. 8 ..

> should make small cuts, meditating on the one whose banner is Garuḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.18)

nadatsu tūryaghoṣeṣu gītamaṃgalavādiṣu ..

> While musical instruments resound with trumpeting noises, and auspicious songs are sung,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.19)

niyojya varddhakiṃ tatra ācāryaḥ svagṛhaṃ vrajet .. 9 ..

> having engaged the carpenter there, the preceptor should go to his own home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.20)

athavā sthāna labdhāni dārūṇi rathakarmaṇi ..

> Alternatively, with the logs obtained at the site for the work on the chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.21)

uktasaṃskāravidhinā saṃskuryātkalpitenale .. 2.2.33.10 ..

> he should consecrate \[them\] in the prepared fire according to the prescribed rule of consecration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.22)

ārabheta rathaṃ kṛtvā vighrarājamahotsavam ..

> Having fashioned the chariot, he should begin the great festival of the king of obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.23)

ṣoḍaśāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiścakrairlohamayairdṛḍhaiḥ .. 11 ..

> With sixteen spokes, with sixteen firm wheels made of iron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.24)

yuktaṃ viṣṇo rathaṃ kuryāddṛḍhākṣaṃ dṛḍhakūbaram ..

> he should construct Viṣṇu's chariot, furnished with a firm axle and a firm pole,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.25)

vicitraghaṭanākakṣaputtalīpariveṣṭitam .. 12 ..

> surrounded by dolls in various artistic compartments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.26)

nānāvicitrabahulamikṣukhaṇḍavirājitam..

> rich in various multicolored designs, adorned with pieces of sugarcane,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.27)

catustoraṇasaṃyuktaṃ caturdvāraṃ suśobhanam .. 13 ..

> provided with four archways, four doors, and very beautiful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.28)

nānāvicitrabahulaṃ hemapaṭṭavirājitam ..

> rich in various multicolored designs, adorned with bands of gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.29)

dvāviṃśatikarocchrāyaṃ patākābhiralaṃkṛtam .. 14 ..

> twenty-two cubits in height, adorned with banners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.30)

gāruḍaṃ ca dhvajaṃ kuryādraktacaṃdananirmitam ..

> And he should make a Garuḍa banner crafted from red sandalwood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.31)

dīrghanāsaṃ sthūladehaṃ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ vibhūṣitam .. 15 ..

> with a long beak, a stout body, adorned with a pair of earrings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.32)

caṃcvagradaṣṭabhujagaṃ sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitam ..

> holding a snake bitten in the tip of his beak, decorated with all ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.33)

vitatya pakṣatī vyomni uḍḍīyaṃtamivoditam .. 16 ..

> extending both wings in the sky as if about to take flight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.34)

daityadānavasaṃghasya baladarpavināśanam ..

> destroying the strength and arrogance of the host of Daityas and Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.35)

sarvāṃgaṃ tasya kanakairācchādya pariśobhayet .. 17 ..

> Having covered his entire body with gold, one should make him splendid.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.36)

rathameva hareḥ kuryātsvāsanaṃ supariṣkṛtam ..

> One should make Hari's chariot furnished with a fine seat and well embellished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.37)

caturdaśarathāṃgaistaṃ rathaṃ kuryācca sīriṇaḥ .. 18 ..

> And one should make the chariot of the plow-holder with fourteen wheels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.38)

cakrairdvādaśabhiḥ kuryātsubhadrāyā rathottamam ..

> One should make Subhadrā's excellent chariot with twelve wheels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.39)

saptacchadamayaṃ kuryātsīriṇo lāṃgaladhvajam .. 19 ..

> One should make the plow banner of the plow-holder out of saptacchada wood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.40)

devyāḥ padmadhvajaṃ kuryātpadmakāṣṭhavinirmitam ..

> One should make the goddess's lotus banner crafted from padma wood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.41)

viracayya rathānrājā pratiṣṭhāṃ pūrvavaccaret .. 2.2.33.20 ..

> Having constructed the chariots, the king should perform the consecration as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.42)

yathāmantraṃ yathāśāstraṃ viśvasedbrāhmaṇeṣu ca ..

> According to the mantra, according to the scripture, he should place his trust in brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.43)

brāhmaṇā jagadīśasya jaṃgamāstanavaḥ smṛtāḥ .. 21 ..

> Brahmins are traditionally considered the mobile bodies of the Lord of the Universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.44)

itthaṃ sughaṭitaṃ cakritrayaṃ devatrayasya vai ..

> Thus the triad of chariots, well-fashioned for the three deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.45)

āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe dine viṣṇoḥ śubhaprade .. 22 ..

> in the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha, on the auspicious day of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.46)

pratiṣṭhāpya samṛddhena vidhinā pūrvavadvijāḥ ..

> having been consecrated through the elaborate rite as before, O twice-born ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.47)

rakṣaṇīyaṃ tathā tatra nārohetkaścanāśubhaḥ .. 23 ..

> must be guarded there in such a way that nothing inauspicious climbs upon it—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.48)

pakṣī vā mānuṣo vāpi mārjāranakulādayaḥ ..

> neither a bird, nor a human, nor cats, mongooses, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.49)

tato dinatrayādarvāgrathānāmuttare kṛte .. 24 ..

> Then, within three days prior, when \[the construction of\] the chariots is completed in the north,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.50)

maṇḍape utsavāṃge vā prakuryādaṃkurārpaṇam ..

> one should perform the sowing of sacred sprouts in the pavilion or as part of the festival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.51)

adbhuteṣvatha jāteṣu śāṃtiṃ kuryātpuroditām .. 25 ..

> If portents occur, one should perform the rites of pacification spoken of before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.52)

rathyā susaṃskṛtā kāryā mahāvedīṃ yathā vrajet ..

> The chariot road should be properly prepared so that it leads to the great altar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.53)

pārśvayormaṃḍalaṃ kuryātpathi gulmādibhiḥ phalaiḥ .. 26 ..

> Along both sides of the path, one should create an arrangement with shrubs, fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.54)

sumanastabakairmālyairdukūlaiścāmaraistathā ..

> clusters of blossoms, garlands, fine silks, and chowries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.55)

yathā supuṣpitāraṇyarājī tatra virājate .. 27 ..

> so that it shines there like a row of forest trees in full bloom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.56)

bhūmiḥ samā ca kāryā vai niṣpaṃkā sukhacāraṇā ..

> The ground should indeed be made level, free of mud, and easy to traverse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.57)

nirmalā ca sugandhā ca sudūrādvarjitotkarā .. 28 ..

> spotless, fragrant, with refuse cleared away from afar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.58)

dhūpapātrāṇyanupadaṃ digāmodakarāṇi ca ..

> At every step there should be incense-burners perfuming the quarters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.59)

caṃdanāṃbhaḥ parikṣepo yaṃtrapātotkarastathā .. 29 ..

> sprinkling of sandalwood water, and bursts from water-spraying devices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.60)

bahūni ṛtupuṣpāṇi puṣpavṛṣṭyarthameva hi ..

> and indeed abundant seasonal flowers for showers of blossoms;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.61)

naṭanarttakamukhyāśca gāyanā bahavastathā .. 2.2.33.30 ..

> as well as chief actors and dancers, and numerous singers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.62)

veśyā yauvanagarvāḍhyāḥ rūpālaṃkārabhūṣitāḥ ..

> courtesans full of the pride of youth, adorned with beauty and ornaments;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.63)

mṛdaṃgā paṇavāścaiva bherīḍhakkādayastathā .. 31 ..

> and mṛdaṅga drums, paṇava drums, bherī drums, and ḍhakkā drums;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.64)

bahavo bahudhā tatra patākāścitritāṃtarāḥ ..

> many colorful banners patterned in various ways,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.65)

dhvajāśca bahavastatra svarṇarājatanirmitāḥ .. .. 32 ..

> and many flags made of gold and silver;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.66)

vaijayaṃtyo bahuvidhā bhūmigā vāhanāstathā ..

> pennants of many kinds, carried on foot and on vehicles;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.67)

hastinaśca hayāścaiva susannaddhāḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ .. 33 ..

> and elephants and horses, well-equipped and finely adorned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.68)

evaṃ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāraḥ kṣitipālaḥ śucivrataḥ ..

> Having thus gathered the provisions, the protector of the earth, observing pure vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.69)

mudā bhaktyā ca parayā yuktaḥ kuryānmahotsavam .. 34 ..

> endowed with joy and supreme devotion, should celebrate the great festival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.70)

āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe dvitīyā puṣyasaṃyutā ..

> In the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha, on the second lunar day conjoined with the Puṣya constellation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.71)

aruṇodayavelāyāṃ tasyāṃ devaṃ prapūjayet .. 35 ..

> at the time of dawn, he should worship the God.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.72)

brāhmaṇairvaiṣṇavaiḥ sārddhaṃ yatibhiśca tapasvibhiḥ ..

> Together with brahmins, Vaiṣṇavas, ascetics, and practitioners of austerities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.73)

vijñāpayeddevadevaṃ yātrāyai saṃskṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 36 ..

> with hands folded in reverence, he should address the God of gods for the journey:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.74)

indradyumnaṃ kṣitibhujaṃ yathājñāsīḥ purā vibho ..

> “O Lord, just as you commanded the king Indradyumna in former times,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.75)

vijayasva rathe nātha guṃḍicāmaṇḍapaṃ prati .. 37 ..

> proceed triumphantly upon your chariot, O Master, toward the Guṇḍicā pavilion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.76)

tavāpāṃgavilokena prapunaṃtu diśo daśa ..

> May the ten directions be purified by the glance of your eye!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.77)

niḥśreyasapadaṃ yāṃtu sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca .. 38 ..

> May all stationary and moving beings attain the state of highest bliss!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.78)

avatāraḥ kṛto hyeṣa lokānugrahakāmyayā ..

> This descent has indeed been taken out of a desire to show grace to the world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.79)

tadehi bhagavanprītyā caraṇaṃ nyasya bhūtale .. 39 ..

> therefore come, O Blessed One, out of love, placing your foot upon the earth!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.80)

tataḥ karpūracūrṇaiśca sumanobhiravākiret ..

> Then one should scatter camphor powder and blossoms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.81)

pathi śākunasūktāni prapaṭhaṃti dvijātayaḥ .. 2.2.33.40 ..

> On the path, the twice-born recite the hymns of auspicious omens;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.82)

kecinmaṃgalagāthāśca kecijjaya jayeti ca ..

> some chant auspicious songs, others cry ‘Victory, victory!’,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.83)

jitaṃ ta iti mantraṃ vai keciduccairjapaṃti ca .. 41 ..

> and some loudly recite the mantra beginning with ‘Conquered is by thee...’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.84)

sūtamāgadhamukhyāśca kīrtiṃ puṇyāṃ mudā jaguḥ ..

> The chief bards and heralds joyfully sang his holy renown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.85)

svarṇadaṃḍaprakīrṇānāṃ śreṇī cobhayapārśvayoḥ .. 42 ..

> Rows of gold-handled chowries on both sides  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.86)

līlayāṃdolayaṃti sma raṇatkaṃkaṇamaṃjulam ..

> were gracefully waved, charming with jingling bracelets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.87)

svarṇapātraparikṣiptakṛṣṇāgurusudhūpitaiḥ .. 43 ..

> With rich fumigations of black agallochum scattered in golden vessels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.88)

surabhīkṛtasarvāśā mukhe vyomāṃgaṇe tathā ..

> perfuming all the directions, in front and in the open expanse of the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.89)

carcarījharjharīveṇuvīṇāmādhurikādayaḥ ..

> musical instruments such as carcarīs, jharjharīs, flutes, vīṇās, and mādhurikās  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.90)

śabdāyaṃte sumadhuraṃ goviṃdavijayāṃtare .. 44 ..

> resounded most sweetly during Govinda’s procession of victory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.91)

evaṃ pravṛtte samaye kṛṣṇaṃ rāmapuraḥsaram..

> While such a moment was underway, with Rāma in the lead,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.92)

nayaṃti viprā bhadrāṃ ca kṣatriyāśca viśastathā .. 45 ..

> the brahmins, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas carried Kṛṣṇa and Bhadrā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.93)

chatramālā samuditā muktāsrakcīnatoraṇā ..

> A multitude of parasols rose up, with pearl strings and Chinese silks as archways,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.94)

ratnadhvajā hemadaṃḍāḥ pārśvayormuravairiṇaḥ .. 46 ..

> and jeweled banners on golden staffs stood at the sides of the Enemy of Mura.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.95)

rājā caturvidhā varṇā anye ye ca pṛthagjanāḥ ..

> The king, the four social classes, and whatever other ordinary folk were present,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.96)

dīnā mahāṃtaśca tadā samānāstatra bhāṃti vai .. 47 ..

> the lowly and the great, all appeared equal there at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.97)

salīlacaraṇanyāsaṃ tūlikāstaraṇeṣu tān ..

> Setting their graceful feet down upon mattresses of cotton,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.98)

vāsayaṃtaḥ kvacitchāṃtā devāṃste rathamanviyuḥ .. 48 ..

> resting the gods whenever tired, they followed them to the chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.99)

mahotsavaṃ samāsādya gītakolāhalāni ca ..

> Having arrived at the great festival amid songs and loud rejoicing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.100)

kare kṛtvā jagannāthaṃ bhrāmayitvā rathottamam .. 49 ..

> holding Jagannātha in their hands and circumambulating the excellent chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.101)

rāmaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca rathamadhye niveśayet ..

> one should seat Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Subhadrā inside the chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.102)

cārucaṃdrātapāḍhyena maṃḍapena virājite .. 2.2.33.50 ..

> In the pavilion resplendent with an attractive moonlit canopy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.103)

kiṃkiṇīmālikābhiśca mālyacāmarabhūṣite ..

> adorned with strings of small bells, garlands, and chowries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.104)

sasārakṛṣṇāgurujadhūpapūritagarbhake .. 51 ..

> its interior filled with incense of rich black agallochum,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.105)

tatastānvāsayitvā tu tūlikāsu surottamān ..

> having seated those supreme gods upon the cotton cushions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.106)

bhūṣayedvividhairbhaktyā vastrālaṃkāra mālyakaiḥ .. 52 ..

> one should adorn them with devotion using various garments, ornaments, and garlands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.107)

pūjayedupacāraistaiḥ samṛddhairbhaktibhāvitaiḥ ..

> One should worship them with those abundant offerings imbued with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.108)

nātaḥ parataraṃ viṣṇoryātrāṃtaramavekṣyate .. 53 ..

> No festival journey of Viṣṇu is considered superior to this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.109)

yatra svayaṃ trilokeśaḥ syaṃdanena kutūhalāt ..

> Where the Lord of the Three Worlds himself, out of delight, on a chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.110)

mānayanpūrvamājñāṃ tāṃ varṣe varṣe vrajedasau .. 54 ..

> honoring that former command, goes year after year. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.111)

rathasthitaṃ vrajaṃtaṃ taṃ mahāvedīmahotsave ..

> Those who see him going, seated upon the chariot, at the great festival of the Mahāvedī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.112)

ye paśyaṃti mudā bhaktyā vāsasteṣāṃ hareḥ pade .. .. 55 ..

> with joy and devotion, dwell in the abode of Hari. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.113)

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ pratijāne dvijottamāḥ ..

> Truly, truly, again truly do I promise, O best among the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.114)

nātaḥ śreyaḥ paraṃ viṣṇorutsavaḥ śāstrasaṃmataḥ .. 56 ..

> there is no festival of Viṣṇu higher or more auspicious, sanctioned by the scriptures, // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.115)

yathā rathavihāro'yaṃ mahāvedīmahotsavaḥ ..

> than this pleasure-ride on the chariot, the great festival of the Mahāvedī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.116)

yatrāgatya divo devāḥ svargaṃ yāṃtyadhikāriṇaḥ .. 57 ..

> where the gods coming from heaven, being qualified, attain heaven. // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.117)

kiṃ vacmi tasya māhātmyamutsavasya muradviṣaḥ ..

> What can I say of the greatness of that festival of the enemy of Mura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.118)

yasya saṃkīrtanātpāpaṃ naśyejjanma śatodbhavam .. 58 ..

> by the celebration of which sin arisen in a hundred births is destroyed? // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.119)

mahāvedīṃ vrajaṃtaṃ taṃ rathasthaṃ puruṣottamam ..

> Seeing Puruṣottama, seated upon the chariot, proceeding to the Mahāvedī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.120)

balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca janmakoṭisamudbhavam .. 59 ..

> as well as Balabhadra and Subhadrā, \[one\] destroys the sin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.121)

dṛṣṭvā pāpaṃ nāśayati nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ..

> arisen from ten million births; no doubt should be entertained here. // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.122)

rathacchāyāṃ samākramya brahmahatyā vyapohati .. 2.2.33.60 ..

> By stepping into the chariot’s shadow, one wipes away the murder of a brahmin. // 60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.123)

tadreṇusaṃsaktavapustrividhāṃ pāpasaṃhatim ..

> One whose body is covered with its dust destroys the threefold mass of sin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.124)

nāśayetsvargagaṃgāyāḥ snānajaṃ phalamāpnuyāt .. 61 ..

> and obtains the fruit arising from a ritual ablution in the heavenly Gaṅgā. // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.125)

ghanāṃbuvṛṣṭiyogena rathamārge tu paṃkile ..

> On the chariot path made muddy by a shower of thick rain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.126)

divyadṛṣṭyā ca kṛṣṇasya samastamalahāriṇi .. 62 ..

> and \[yet\] clearing all impurities through the divine glance of Kṛṣṇa, // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.127)

tatra ye praṇipātāṃstu kurvate vaiṣṇavottamāḥ ..

> the best of Vaiṣṇavas who make prostrations there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.128)

anādivyūḍhapaṃkāṃste hitvā mokṣamavāpnuyuḥ .. 63 ..

> abandoning the mud accumulated since beginningless time, attain liberation. // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.129)

gavāṃ koṭipradānasya kanyānāmayutasya ca ..

> The fruit of gifting ten million cows and ten thousand maidens,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.130)

vājimedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ .. 64 ..

> and of a thousand horse-sacrifices, one obtains without doubt. // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.131)

anugacchaṃti kṛṣṇaṃ ye yātrākautūhalādapi ..

> Those who follow Kṛṣṇa even out of curiosity about the procession,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.132)

anuvrajaṃti nityaṃ vai devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ .. 65 ..

> indeed follow him constantly, as do the gods headed by Śakra. // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.133)

paśyaṃti ye rathaṃ yāṃtaṃ dārubrahma sanātanam ..

> Those who behold the chariot moving, the eternal wooden Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.134)

pade pade'śvamedhasya phalaṃ teṣāṃ prakīrtitam .. 66 ..

> the fruit of an horse sacrifice at every step is proclaimed for them. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.135)

vedaiḥ stuvaṃti vedānāṃ vaktāro mokṣadāyinam..

> The speakers of the Vedas praise with the Vedas the giver of liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.136)

itihāsapurāṇādyaiḥ stotrairvāpi svayaṃkṛtaiḥ .. 67 ..

> others with histories, purāṇas, or hymns composed by themselves. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.137)

stuvaṃti puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ ye vai vigatakalmaṣāḥ ..

> Those who, cleansed of impurity, praise the lotus-eyed one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.138)

vaiṣṇavaṃ yogamāsthāya modaṃte nāradādibhiḥ .. 68 ..

> relying upon Vaiṣṇava yoga, rejoice along with Nārada and others. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.139)

kurvaṃti vāsudevāgre jayaśabdena vā stutim ..

> Those who utter praise before Vāsudeva with the shout of ‘Victory!’,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.140)

te vai jayaṃti pāpāni vividhāni na saṃśayaḥ .. 69 ..

> they indeed conquer diverse sins; there is no doubt. // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.141)

layatālānabhijñopi gītamādhuryavarjitaḥ ..

> Even if unacquainted with rhythm and tempo, devoid of sweetness in song,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.142)

narttanaṃ kurute vāpi gāyatyatha narottamaḥ..

> if the best of men dances or sings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.143)

vaiṣṇavottamasaṃsargānmuktiṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ ..2.2.33.70..

> from contact with the best of Vaiṣṇavas he attains liberation without doubt. // 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.144)

nāmāni kīrtayannasya tena yāti sahaiva yaḥ ..

> He who chants his names and walks along with him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.145)

anuvrajyāttatphalaṃ vai prāpnotyatra na saṃśayaḥ .. 71 ..

> verily obtains that fruit from following him; of this there is no doubt. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.146)

jaya kṛṣṇa jaya kṛṣṇa jaya kṛṣṇeti yo vadet ..

> He who endowed with devotion says, ‘Victory to Kṛṣṇa, victory to Kṛṣṇa, victory to Kṛṣṇa!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.147)

guṃḍicānagaraṃ yāṃtaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ ..

> to Kṛṣṇa going to the city of Guṇḍicā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.148)

na mātṛgarbhavāsasya sa ca duḥkhamavāpnuyāt ..72..

> he does not suffer the pain of dwelling in a mother's womb. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.149)

cāmarairvyajanaiḥ puṣpastabakairnīlacolakaiḥ..

> With chowries, fans, bunches of flowers, and dark blue bodices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.150)

rathasyāgrasthito yo vai vījayetpuruṣottamam..73..

> he who, standing before the chariot, fans Puruṣottama, // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.151)

sa vījyamānopsarobhirgaṃdharvairupaśobhitaḥ..

> himself being fanned by apsarases, adorned by gandharvas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.152)

anuvrajadbhistridaśairmaheṃdrāsanasaṃsthitaḥ .. 74 ..

> with the thirty \[gods\] following behind, seated upon Mahendra's throne, // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.153)

bhunakti bhogānatulānyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam ..

> enjoys incomparable pleasures until the deluge of all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.154)

tadaṃte ca brahmalokaṃ prāpya muktimavāpnuyāt ..75 ..

> and at the end of that, having reached the world of Brahmā, attains liberation. // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.155)

kṛṣṇasya purato ye vai puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ prakurvate ..

> Those who shower flowers in front of Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.156)

te vai manogatānsarvānprāpnuvaṃti manorathān .. 76 ..

> they indeed obtain all the desires in their hearts. // 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.157)

sahasranāmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ paryaṭaṃti rathaṃ tu ye ..

> Those who circumambulate the chariot with the sacred thousand names,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.158)

teṣāṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kuryustridaśānatakaṃdharāḥ .. 77 ..

> the thirty \[gods\] bow their necks and make circumambulation around them. // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.159)

vasaṃti vaikuṇṭhagṛhe viṣṇutulyaparākramāḥ .. 78 ..

> They dwell in the home of Vaikuṇṭha, equal in valor to Viṣṇu. // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.160)

tasminkāle mahāpuṇye devarṣipitṛsevite ..

> At that most auspicious time, served by divine seers and ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.161)

ekaṃ brahma tridhābhūtaṃ māyayānugataṃ svayā .. 79 ..

> the one Brahman, having become threefold, accompanied by his own māyā, // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.162)

sākṣāddārusvarūpeṇa mahāvedīmahotsavam..2.2.33.80..

> in the direct form of wood, to the great festival of the Mahāvedī—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.163)

rathārūḍhaḥ kautukavānyatrayāti jagatprabhuḥ..

> where the Lord of the Universe, eager, ascends the chariot and goes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.164)

tasminkāle pṛthivyāṃ tu carettatra mahotsavam .. 81 ..

> at that time on earth, one should take part in the great festival there. // 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.165)

devā apyutsave tasminpuruhūtapurogamāḥ ..

> Even the gods at that festival, headed by Puruhūta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.166)

abhimānaṃ parityajya śreṇībhūtā hi pārśvayoḥ .. 82 ..

> having abandoned pride and forming rows on both sides, // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.167)

prakurvate mahāyātrāṃ taistairdivyaiḥ paricchadaiḥ .. 83 ..

> perform the great procession with various divine accoutrements. // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.168)

teṣāmagresarastatra devopi prapitāmahaḥ ..

> In the forefront of them there is even the god, the Great-Grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.169)

caturdaśānāṃ jagatāṃ karttā yaḥ parameśvaraḥ .. 84 ..

> the supreme lord who is the creator of the fourteen worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.170)

so'pi tatra jagannāthaṃ rathe yāṃtaṃ mahotsave ..

> Even he, returning from the world of Brahmā during that great festival,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.171)

brahmalokātparāvṛtya stuvanvedamayaiḥ stavaiḥ ..

> praises Jagannātha who is proceeding on the chariot with hymns composed of the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.172)

pade pade praṇamati bhagavaṃtaṃ sanātanam .. 85 ..

> and bows down at every step to the eternal Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.173)

yadyapyabjanidheḥ kṛṣṇānna bhedo'sti tathāpyayam ..

> Although there is no distinction between the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] and Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.174)

mahotsavasya mahimā yatra sarve'nuyāyinaḥ .. 86 ..

> yet such is the greatness of this festival, in which all are his followers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.175)

nātaḥ parataro loke mahāvedīmahotsavāt ..

> There is no junction in the world higher than the great festival of the Mahāvedī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.176)

sarvapāpaharo yogaḥ sarvatīrthaphalapradaḥ .. 87 ..

> which removes all sins and bestows the fruit of all sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.177)

kṛṣṇamuddiśya yastatra dānaṃ dadāti vai naraḥ ..

> Whatever man gives a gift there dedicated to Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.178)

yatkiṃcidakṣayaphalaṃ merudānena tatsamam ..88..

> whatever little it may be, its fruit is imperishable, equal to giving Mount Meru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.179)

tasyāgre devadevasya vrajato guṃḍicālayam ..

> Before that God of gods as he proceeds to the Guṇḍicā abode,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.180)

yatkiṃcitkurute karma tattadakṣayamaśnute .. 89 ..

> whatever deed one performs, one enjoys its imperishable \[reward\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.181)

upāyanāni nānā vai bhakṣyabhojyāni caiva hi ..

> Indeed, various offerings, foods to chew and foods to eat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.182)

samarpayaṃti devāya tatprītyai vā dvijanmane ..

> they offer to the God, or to a twice-born for his pleasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.183)

teṣāmakṣayapuṇyāni sarvakāmapradāni ca .. 2.2.33.90 ..

> Theirs are imperishable merits, granting all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.184)

hareragresarā ye vai paśyaṃtastanmukhāṃbujam ..

> Those who walk ahead of Hari, beholding his lotus face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.185)

pade pade namaṃtaśca paṃkadhūlipariplutāḥ .. 91 ..

> and bowing at every step, covered with mud and dust,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.186)

vihāya pāpa kavacamabhedyaṃ koṭijanmabhiḥ ..

> casting off the armor of sin impenetrable through tens of millions of births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.187)

kṣaṇānmuktiphalaṃ prāpya yāṃti viṣṇoḥ śubhālayam .. 92 ..

> attain the fruit of liberation in an instant and go to the auspicious abode of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.188)

sarvakratūnāṃ tīrthānāṃ dānānāṃ yāṃti te phalam ..

> They obtain the fruit of all sacrifices, sacred fords, and gifts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.189)

bhagavadbhaktibhāvānāṃ nātaḥ puṇyatamo mahaḥ .. 93 ..

> for those endowed with devotion to the Lord, there is no festival more meritorious than this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.190)

evaṃ sa bhagavānkṛṣṇaḥ subhadrārāmasaṃgataḥ ..

> Thus the blessed Kṛṣṇa, united with Subhadrā and Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.191)

vrajansyaṃdanaśreṣṭhastho dyotayaṃśca caturdiśaḥ .. 94 ..

> proceeding while mounted on the best of chariots and illuminating the four quarters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.192)

śrīmadaṃgopasṛṣṭena marutā sarvadehinām ..

> destroying the sins of all embodied beings through the breeze  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.193)

pāpāni nāśayañchrīmāndayālurbhaktabhāvanaḥ .. 95 ..

> that has touched his glorious body, the gracious one who cares for his devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.194)

ajñānāmapyaviśvāsabhājāṃ viśvāsahetave ..

> for the sake of instilling faith even in the ignorant and faithless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.195)

nisargamuktido'pyeṣa yātrāraṃbhānkaroti vai .. 96 ..

> though by his very nature the giver of liberation, he undertakes these chariot journeys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.196)

vrajansamṛddhyā devānāṃ martyānāṃ ca janārdanaḥ ..

> As Janārdana was proceeding along with the abundance of the gods and mortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.197)

sūrye lalāṭaṃ tapati madhyāhne mārgamadhyataḥ .. 97 ..

> at midday in the middle of the road, when the sun burned the forehead,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.198)

śrāṃtā karṣajanastasthau mlāyanvai tadrajovṛtaḥ ..

> the fatigued people pulling \[the chariot\] stood still, wilting and covered with its dust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.199)

tatrātapasya śāṃtyarthaṃ darpaṇeṣvabhiṣecayet .. 98 ..

> There, to relieve the heat, one should perform the bathing on the mirrors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.33.200)

paṃcāmṛtaiḥ śītatoyaiḥ puṣpakarpūravāsitaiḥ ..

> with the five nectars, with cool waters scented with flowers and camphor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.33.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kapilapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.kapila.13.43) — Sanskrit
- [Rājadharmakaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajadharmakaustubha.54.37) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit

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