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# Skandapurana 2.2.34

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.2)

aśvamedhāṃgasaraso nṛsiṃhasya ca dakṣiṇe ..

> To the south of the pool that was a limb of the horse sacrifice and south of Nṛsiṃha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.3)

tatrāsīnaśca bhagavānpunaścāvataranniva .. 1 ..

> seated there, the Blessed Lord, as if descending once again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.4)

babhāse divyarūpo'sau durvibhāvyaḥ surāsuraiḥ ..

> shone in that divine form, unfathomable to gods and asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.5)

tadā pūjopahāraiśca bhakṣyabhojyādikaistathā .. .. 2 ..

> Then, having worshipped Jagannātha with offerings of worship  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.6)

pūjayitvā jagannāthaṃ toṣayedgītanṛtyakaiḥ ..

> and with foods to be chewed and eaten and the like, one should gratify \[him\] with songs and dances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.7)

puṣpopahārairvividhaiḥ sugaṃdhairanulepanaiḥ .. 3 ..

> with diverse floral offerings and fragrant unguents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.8)

kṛṣṇāgurujadhūpaiśca gaṃdhatailapradīpakaiḥ ..

> with incense made from black agallochum, and with lamps of fragrant oil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.9)

toṣayejjagatāṃ nāthamanekairupahārakaiḥ .. 4 ..

> one should gratify the Lord of the worlds with numerous offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.10)

bindutīrthataṭe tasminsaptāhāni janārdanaḥ ..

> Janārdana remains for seven days on the bank of that Bindutīrtha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.11)

tiṣṭhetpurā svayaṃ rājñe varametatsamādiśat .. 5 ..

> formerly, he himself granted this boon to the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.12)

tvattīrthatīre rājeṃdra sthāsyāmi prativatsaram ..

> "O king of kings, I shall dwell on the bank of your sacred ford every year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.13)

sarvatīrthāni tasmiṃśca sthāsyaṃti mayi tiṣṭhati .. 6 ..

> and while I remain, all sacred fords will abide in it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.14)

tatra snātvā vidhānena tīrthe tīrthoghapāvane ..

> Having bathed according to rule in that sacred ford, which purifies the multitude of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.15)

saptāhaṃ ye prapaśyaṃti guṃḍicāmaṇḍape sthitam .. 7 ..

> those who gaze for seven days upon \[me\] seated in the Guṇḍicā pavilion—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.16)

māṃ ca rāmaṃ subhadrāṃ ca matsāyujyamavāpnuyuḥ ..

> upon me, Rāma, and Subhadrā—shall attain union with me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.17)

tatastasminmahāpuṇye sarvapāpapraṇāśane .. 8 ..

> Therefore, in that exceedingly holy \[place\] that destroys all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.18)

sarvatīrthaikaphalade viṣṇu prītikare śubhe ..

> which yields the singular fruit of all sacred fords, is auspicious, and pleases Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.19)

snātvā saṃtarpya vidhivatpitṝndevānataṃdritaḥ .. 9 ..

> one who has bathed, offering water to the ancestors and gods according to rule without negligence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.20)

taṭasthaṃ narasiṃhaṃ taṃ pūjayitvā praṇamya ca ..

> having worshipped and bowed to that Narasiṃha standing on the bank,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.21)

mahāvedīṃ naro gatvā kṛtaśaucācamakriyaḥ .. 2.2.34.10 ..

> a man should go to the great altar, having performed the rites of purification and sipping water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.22)

pūjayetpūrvavadviprāḥ praṇamedvāpi bhaktitaḥ ..

> O brahmins, he should worship as before, or bow with devotion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.23)

saptāhaṃ yo naro nārī na sā prākṛtamānuṣī .. 11 ..

> any man or woman \[who does so\] for seven days is no ordinary human:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.24)

viṣṇusāyujyamāpnoti śāsanānmuravairiṇaḥ ..

> by the command of the Enemy of Mura, such a person attains union with Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.25)

divā tadṛrśanaṃ puṇyaṃ rātrau daśaguṇaṃ bhavet .. 12 ..

> The darśana of him by day is meritorious; by night it is tenfold \[so\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.26)

yatkiṃcitkriyate karma saṃnidhau jagadīśituḥ ..

> Whatever rite is performed in the presence of the Lord of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.27)

svalpaṃ vāpyathavā bhūri koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet.. 13 ..

> whether very small or abundant, becomes multiplied millions of millions of times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.28)

tulāpuruṣadānāni mahādānāni yo dadet ..

> Whosoever gives great gifts, such as the gift of a man's weight in gold \[or other valuables\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.29)

eke pradatte dānepi sarvaṃ dattaṃ bhaveddvijāḥ .. 14 ..

> even if only a single gift is bestowed, O twice-born, everything becomes given.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.30)

sarvaṃ merusamaṃ dānaṃ sarve vyāsasamā dvijāḥ ..

> Every gift is equal to Mount Meru; all brahmins are equal to Vyāsa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.31)

mahāvedyāṃ gate kṛṣṇe yogo'yaṃ khalu durlabhaḥ .. 15 ..

> when Kṛṣṇa has gone to the great altar, this conjunction is indeed very difficult to obtain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.32)

arddhodayādikā yogāḥ skandena paribhāṣitāḥ ..

> The auspicious conjunctions such as Ardhodaya, described by Skanda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.33)

mahāvedyākhyayogasya kalā nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm .. 16 ..

> do not equal a sixteenth part of the conjunction known as Mahāvedī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.34)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi pitṝṇāṃ kāryamuttamam ..

> Hereafter I shall explain the supreme duty towards the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.35)

yāvajjīvaṃ gayāśrāddhairalabhyaṃ bhuvi yatphalam .. 17 ..

> a fruit which cannot be obtained on earth even by life-long śrāddhas at Gayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.36)

divisthā narakasthā vā tiryagyonigatāstathā ..

> Whether dwelling in heaven, in hell, or having entered an animal womb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.37)

tathā manuṣyajātisthāḥ sarve pitṛpitāmahāḥ .. 18 ..

> or standing in the human species—all fathers and grandfathers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.38)

śataṃ puruṣavikhyātā yaṃ vāṃchaṃti sutaiḥ kṛtam..

> renowned through a hundred generations, desire that \[rite\] performed by their sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.39)

taṃ vo vidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ munayo varam .. 19 ..

> I shall explain that excellent procedure to you; listen, O sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.40)

maghā vai pitṛnakṣatraṃ pitṝṇā prītidaṃ param ..

> Maghā is indeed the lunar mansion of the ancestors, granting supreme delight to them;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.41)

tatra śrāddhaṃ tu prīṇāti dattaṃ putrairmudānvitaiḥ .. 2.2.34.20 ..

> a śrāddha offered there by joyous sons delights \[them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.42)

paṃcamī ca tithiḥ śreṣṭhā śrāddhebhyudayakāriṇī ..

> The fifth lunar day is also excellent, causing prosperity through śrāddha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.43)

ubhayoryadi saṃyogo mahāpuṇyatamā tithiḥ .. 21 ..

> if there is a conjunction of both, that lunar day is exceedingly meritorious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.44)

yasyāṃ śrāddhe kṛte putraiḥ pitṝṇāmuddhṛtirbhavet ..

> on which, when a śrāddha is performed by sons, the deliverance of the ancestors takes place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.45)

sarvatīrthamaye tasminsaṃnidhau muravairiṇaḥ ..22..

> In that \[place\] containing all sacred fords, in the presence of the Enemy of Mura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.46)

śrāddhaṃ cecchraddhayā kuryānnīlakaṇṭhanṛsiṃhayoḥ ..

> if one performs a śrāddha with faith between Nīlakaṇṭha and Nṛsiṃha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.47)

madhye medhyatame deśe yoge paramadurlabhe .. 23 ..

> in that most pure region, during this supremely rare conjunction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.48)

puruṣāñchatamuddhṛtya brahmaloke mahīyate ..

> having delivered a hundred generations, he is honored in the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.49)

praśasyaḥ kutapaḥ kālo mandībhūtadivākaraḥ .. 24 ..

> The kutapa period, when the sun has diminished in intensity, is recommended.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.50)

pitṝnuddiśya vā dadyādaśaktaḥ kanakaṃ śuciḥ ..

> Or, if unable, a pure person should give gold dedicated to the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.51)

tarpayitvā tilaiḥ samyakpaitṛkīṃ prītimuttamām .. 25 ..

> having properly gratified them with sesame seeds for their supreme ancestral delight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.52)

athavā bhojayaidviprānbhojyamūlyāni vā dadet ..

> Alternatively, he should feed brahmins or give the value of the food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.53)

ekasmai vā guṇavate sahasraṃ bhojanaṃ dadet .. 26 ..

> or he may give food for a thousand to a single virtuous man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.54)

guṇāguṇavivekastu nātra yoge vidhīyate ..

> However, during this conjunction, no discrimination between virtue and lack of virtue is prescribed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.55)

tasminsudurlabhe yoge sarve munisamā dvijāḥ .. 27 ..

> During that exceedingly rare conjunction, all brahmins are equal to sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.56)

āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe paṃcamī pitṛdaivatam ..

> On the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha, when the constellation belonging to the ancestors \[Maghā\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.57)

nakṣatraṃ jagadīśasya mahāvedīsamāgamaḥ .. 28 ..

> joins the Lord of the World's arrival at the Great Altar (mahāvedī),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.58)

ete yadā trayaḥ syuścediṃdradyumnasarovare ..

> if these three occur together at the Indradyumna lake,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.59)

catuṣpādaḥ smṛto yogaḥ pitṝṇāmakṣayapradaḥ ..29..

> the conjunction is known as 'four-footed' (catuṣpāda), granting inexhaustible benefit to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.60)

pitṛkārye na sīdaṃti nirūpya śrāddhamatra vai ..

> Men do not languish in ancestral duties after performing śrāddha here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.61)

śṛṇudhvamanyadviprā vai prasaṃgācca bravīmi vaḥ .. 2.2.34.30 ..

> Hear another thing, O brahmins; in this connection I tell you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.62)

nabhasya darśe yaḥ kuryāccaturṣvapi yugādiṣu ..

> Whoever performs \[a śrāddha\] on the new moon of Nabhas (Bhādrapada), or on any of the four Yuga-beginnings (yugādis),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.63)

śrāddhaṃ pitṝnsamuddiśyā'śvamedhāṃgasaṃbhave .. 31 ..

> offering śrāddha dedicated to the ancestors at \[the lake\] born as part of the horse-sacrifice—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.64)

gayāśrāddhasahasrasya śraddhayā vihitasya vai ..

> the fruit of a thousand Gayā-śrāddhas performed with faith  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.65)

phalaṃ yaddhi samaṃ tvasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 32 ..

> is indeed equal to this; there should be no doubt here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.66)

dānaṃ homo japaścāpi sarvapāpāpanodanaḥ..

> Giving gifts, offering oblations, and chanting mantras also dispel all sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.67)

dināni sapta yānyatra kṛṣṇe vasati maṃḍape .. 33 ..

> During the seven days that Kṛṣṇa resides in the pavilion here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.68)

ekasmāduttaraṃ śreyo yattasmāduttarottaram ..

> each successive \[day's\] merit is higher than the preceding one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.69)

āṣāḍhaśukla tṛtīyāyāṃ prātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret .. 34 ..

> On the third day of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha, one should perform morning ablution  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.70)

iṃdradyumnataṭe deśe nṛsiṃhakṣetra uttame ..

> on the bank of Indradyumna lake, in the supreme sacred field of Nṛsiṃha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.71)

vratametattu gṛhṇīyātsaṃkalpya vidhivannaraḥ .. 35 ..

> A person should undertake this vow, having formed the resolve according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.72)

vanajāgaraṇaṃ nāma bhagavatprītivarddhanam ..

> It is named the 'forest-vigil' (vanajāgaraṇa), increasing the Lord's delight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.73)

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvavrataphalapradam .. 36 ..

> quelling all sins, and bestowing the fruit of all vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.74)

dināni sapta maunī syātkṛtatriṣavaṇakriyaḥ ..

> For seven days, he should observe silence, having performed ablutions at the three junctures of the day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.75)

kuṃbhe ca pūjayeddevaṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ .. 37 ..

> And he should worship the god in a water-jar at the three sandhyās, filled with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.76)

goghṛtenātha tailena tilajena pradīpayet ..

> He should kindle \[a lamp\] with cow's ghee or with sesame oil;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.77)

aharniśaṃ hareragre rakṣettaṃ yatnato vratī .. .. 38 ..

> day and night, the observer of the vow should diligently tend it before Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.78)

divā divā vasenmaunī rātrau rātrau ca jāgṛyāt ..

> Day after day he should dwell in silence, and night after night he should keep vigil;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.79)

maṃtraṃ bhāgavataṃ japyānnityakṛtyāṃtare vratī .. 39 ..

> the vow-holder should chant the Bhāgavata-mantra in intervals between daily duties.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.80)

upavāsaparo bhūtvā saptāhāni nayedvratī ..

> Devoted to fasting, the observer of the vow should spend seven days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.81)

aṣṭame prātarutthāya pratiṣṭhāṃ kārayeddine .. 2.2.34.40 ..

> On the eighth day, rising in the morning, he should perform the consecration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.82)

tasminneva tīrthavare snātvāgatya gṛhaṃ punaḥ ..

> Having bathed at that very best of sacred fords and returned home again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.83)

maṃḍale sarvatobhadre pūrve kuṃbhaṃ niveśayeta .. 41 ..

> he should place the water-jar on a sarvatobhadra mandala in the east.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.84)

tatrāvāhya hṛṣīkeśaṃ pūjayedupacārakaiḥ ..

> Invoking Hṛṣīkeśa there, he should worship Him with offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.85)

tasya paścimadeśe ca sthaṃḍile vidhisaṃskṛte .. 42 ..

> And to the west of it, upon an earthen altar prepared according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.86)

agniṃ praṇīya gṛhyoktavidhinā brāhmaṇāvṛtaḥ ..

> having brought the fire according to the domestic ritual rule, surrounded by brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.87)

agnikāryaṃ prakurvīta samidājyacarūṃstathā .. 43 ..

> he should perform the fire ritual with kindling-sticks, ghee, and sacrificial cooked grains (caru).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.88)

sahasraṃ juhuyādagnau pratyekaṃ vā śataṃ śatam ..

> He should offer a thousand oblations into the fire, or one hundred of each;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.89)

gāyatrī vaiṣṇavī yā vai tayā homavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ .. .. 44 ..

> the ritual of oblations is prescribed using the Vaiṣṇava Gāyatrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.90)

saṃprāśya dakṣiṇāṃ dayāddhenuṃ vastraṃ hiraṇyakam ..

> Having tasted the remains, he should give a sacrificial fee: a cow, cloth, and gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.91)

viprāṃśca bhojayedaṃte prītaye viśvasākṣiṇaḥ .. 45 ..

> And at the end he should feed brahmins for the gratification of the Witness of the Universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.92)

vratarājamimaṃ kṛtvā vidhinānena bho dvijāḥ ..

> Having performed this king of vows according to this rule, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.93)

caturvargānavāpnoti yo yaḥ kāmānabhīpsati .. 46 ..

> whichever desires one wishes for, one attains the four aims of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.94)

nārī vā śraddhayā yuktā kuryādvedīmahotsavam ..

> Even a woman endowed with faith who observes the Great Altar Festival,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.95)

sāpi tatphalamāpnoti yā kuryādvratamuttamam .. 47 ..

> who performs this excellent vow, attains that same fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.96)

yātrākartuḥ phalaṃ yādṛgvratakartuśca tatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit belongs to the performer of the pilgrimage belongs to the performer of the vow as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.97)

bhavate vai dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kathitaṃ vo mudānvitāḥ .. 48 ..

> This has been told to you, O best of brahmins, as you are filled with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.34.98)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 34 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter in the conversation of the sage Jaimini, in the Glorification of the Puruṣottama Field, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse compendium.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.34.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Sanatkumārasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.sanatkumara.3.81) — Sanskrit

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