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# Skandapurana 2.2.35

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.2)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi ratharakṣākaraṃ vidhim..

> Beyond this, I shall declare the rite that ensures the protection of the chariots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.3)

bhūtapretādayo ghorā dāruṇānyadbhutāni ca .. 1 ..

> by which terrible spirits, ghosts, and dire portents  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.4)

na bādhaṃte rathānyena munayo vaśca yanmatam ..

> do not afflict the chariots, O sages, as is approved by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.5)

pratyahaṃ pūjayeddevānkṛṣṇādīndhvajasaṃsthitān .. 2 ..

> Every day one should worship the deities, Kṛṣṇa and the others, stationed on the banners,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.6)

gaṃdhapuṣpākṣatairmālyairupahārairanuttamaiḥ ..

> with perfumes, flowers, unbroken rice grains, garlands, and peerless offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.7)

gītanṛttādikaiścaiva dhūpadīpanivedanaiḥ .. .. 3 ..

> and with songs, dances, and presentations of incense and lamps.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.8)

dikpālebhyo baliṃ dadyātpāyasānnena cānvaham ..

> One should offer an oblation of milk-rice to the guardians of the directions daily,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.9)

bhūtapretapiśācebhyo dadyācca balimuttamam .. 4 ..

> and one should give an excellent offering to spirits, ghosts, and goblins (piśācas).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.10)

rakṣecca yatnatastānvai rathānārohaṇocitān ..

> And one should zealously guard those chariots suitable for boarding,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.11)

yathā na kaścidārohennaro grāmyapaśustathā ..

> so that no person climbs upon them, nor domestic animal,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.12)

pakṣiṇaśca viśeṣeṇa yeṣāṃ vāso na śobhanaḥ .. 5 ..

> and especially birds whose dwelling is not auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.13)

aṣṭame'hni punaḥ kṛtvā dakṣiṇābhimukhānrathān..

> On the eighth day, having turned the chariots southward again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.14)

vibhūṣayedvastramālyapatākaiścāmarādibhiḥ .. 6 ..

> one should decorate them with cloth, garlands, banners, fly-whisks, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.15)

navamyāṃ vāsayeddevāṃsteṣu prātaḥ samṛddhimat .. 7 ..

> On the ninth day, in the morning, one should install the gods in them with great magnificence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.16)

dakṣiṇābhimukhā yātrā viṣṇoreṣā sudurlabhā ..

> This southward journey of Viṣṇu is exceedingly rare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.17)

yātrā prayatnataḥ sā hi bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaiḥ .. 8 ..

> That procession \[should be undertaken\] with effort by those endowed with devotion and faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.18)

yathā pūrvā tathā ceyaṃ dve ca muktipradāyike ..

> Just as the former, so is this \[latter one\]; and both grant liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.19)

yātrāpraveśau devasya eka evotsavo mataḥ .. 9 ..

> The departure and the entry of the Lord are considered to be a single festival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.20)

purāvido vadaṃtyetāṃ yātrāṃ navadinātmikām ..

> Those who know the past say that this festival lasts for nine days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.21)

eṣā tryavayavā yātrā saṃpūrṇā yairupāsitā .. 2.2.35.10 ..

> Those by whom this complete procession of three parts is celebrated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.22)

susaṃpūrṇaphalasteṣāṃ mahāvedīmahotsavaḥ .. 11 ..

> for them the great festival of the Mahāvedī bears its full fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.23)

guṃḍicāmaṃḍapātkṛṣṇamāyāṃtaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham ..

> Beholding Kṛṣṇa coming from the Guṇḍicā pavilion facing south,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.24)

rathasthaṃ balinaṃ bhadrāṃ paśyaṃto muktibhāginaḥ . 12 ..

> along with mighty \[Balarāma\] and Bhadrā standing on their chariots, they become share-holders in liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.25)

uttarābhimukhāndṛdṛṣṭvā labhaṃte yādṛśa phalam ..

> Whatever fruit they obtain from seeing them facing north,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.26)

rāmādīnsyaṃdanasthānye paśyaṃtyevaṃ mahodayān ..

> those who thus behold the exalted ones—Rāma and the others—stationed on the chariots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.27)

yādṛśaṃ phalamāpnuyustādṛśaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhān .. .. 13 ..

> that same fruit they would attain when \[they see them\] facing south.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.28)

padā yāṃtaṃ rathe yāṃtaṃ yaḥ paśyeddakṣiṇāmukham ..

> Whoever sees \[Him\] facing south, whether moving on foot or riding in the chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.29)

tasya janma kṛtārthaṃ syādvājimedhaḥ pade pade .. 14 ..

> his birth becomes fulfilled, and at every step \[he gains the fruit of\] a horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.30)

stutibhiḥ praṇipātaiśca puṣpavṛṣṭibhireva ca ..

> With hymns of praise, prostrations, and showers of flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.31)

nānānṛttopahāraiśca vyajanacchatracāmaraiḥ ..

> with presentations of various dances, and with fans, umbrellas, and chowries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.32)

upāyanairbahuvidhairupatiṣṭhedrathāgrataḥ .. 15 ..

> and with offerings of many kinds, one should attend in front of the chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.33)

nīlācalaṃ samāyāṃtaṃ rathasthaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham.  
ye paśyaṃti hṛṣīkeśaṃ subhadrāṃ lāṃgalāyudham .. 16 ..

> Those who behold Hṛṣīkeśa, Subhadrā, and the plow-armed one \[Balarāma\], / standing in the chariot facing south and arriving at Nīlācala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.34)

kāmakalpataruṃ puṃsāṃ darśanādeva muktidam ..

> the wish-fulfilling tree of desires for men, granting liberation through mere darśana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.35)

te vrajaṃti mahātmāno vaikuṇṭha bhavanaṃ hareḥ .. 17 ..

> those great souls go to Vaikuṇṭha, the abode of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.36)

rathena vicaraṃtaṃ taṃ sindhutīre janārdanam ..

> \[Beholding\] that Janārdana moving along the seashore in His chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.37)

paśyantaṃ karuṇāpāṃgaiḥ praṇatānpurato narān .. 18 ..

> looking with compassionate side-glances upon the men bowed before Him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.38)

dakṣiṇābhimukhaṃ yāṃtaṃ prāsādaṃ nīlabhūdhare ..

> journeying south toward His palace on the blue mountain \[Nīlācala\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.39)

sarvatīrthanidhiṃ sarvadānakalpataruṃ harim .. 19 ..

> Hari, the treasure-store of all sacred fords and the wish-fulfilling tree of all gifts—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.40)

stuvaṃtaḥ praṇamaṃtaśca śraddadhānāśca ye narāḥ ..

> those men who praise Him, bow to Him, and have faith,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.41)

na te punarihāyāṃti brahmalokasthitā dhruvam.. 2.2.35.20 ..

> they do not return here again; they dwell firmly in the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.42)

munayaḥ kathito vo'yaṃ mahāvedīmahotsavaḥ ..

> O sages, this great festival of the Mahāvedī has been recounted to you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.43)

yasya saṃkīrttanādeva nirmalo jāyate naraḥ .. 21 ..

> by the mere recitation of which a man becomes purified.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.44)

yaścedaṃ kīrtayennityaṃ prātarutthāya mānavaḥ ..

> And the man who recites this daily upon rising in the morning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.45)

śṛṇuyādapi buddhisthaḥ śakralokaṃ vrajedasau .. 22 ..

> or hears it with focused mind, goes to the realm of Śakra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.46)

pratyarcārūpamapi vā rathamāsthāpya yo hareḥ ..

> Or whatever man, having installed even a secondary image of Hari on a chariot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.47)

kuryādyātrāmimāṃ śraddhābhaktibhāvena mānavaḥ .. 23 ..

> performs this procession with a disposition of faith and devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.48)

so'pi viṣṇoḥ prasādena guṃḍicotsavajaṃ phalam..

> he too, by the grace of Viṣṇu, having obtained the fruit born of the Guṇḍicā festival,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.49)

prāpya vaikuṇṭhabhavanaṃ yāti nātra vicāraṇā .. 24 ..

> goes to the abode of Vaikuṇṭha; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.50)

paśya śrīryāvatī viprā bhaktirvā śraddhayānvitā ..

> Behold, O brahmins, according to one's wealth, or according to devotion conjoined with faith,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.51)

tāvatīyaṃ mahāyātrā yo yathā kartumicchati .. 25 ..

> to that extent this great procession is performed, however one wishes to do it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.52)

idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ rahasyaṃ vedhasoditam ..

> This supreme, pure secret was spoken by Brahmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.53)

kārayitvāthavā dṛṣṭvā yannaro nāvasīdati .. 26 .. ..

> having caused it to be performed or having seen it, a man never comes to grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.35.54)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 35 ..

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

## Translations (1)

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