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# Skandapurana 2.2.38

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.2)

iti dattvā varaṃ tasmai śvetarājāya vai purā ..

> "Having thus granted that boon to King Śveta in ancient times, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.3)

jagāmāṃtarhito viprāḥ prāsādāṃtaḥ sthito hariḥ..1..

> Hari, remaining inside the temple, disappeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.4)

samastajagatāṃ yā śrīḥ sṛṣṭisthitivināśakṛt ..

> She who is Śrī of all the worlds, the cause of creation, maintenance, and destruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.5)

vaiṣṇavīśaktiratulā pariveṣaṇakāriṇī .. 2 ..

> the matchless power of Viṣṇu, is the one who serves the food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.6)

sudhopamaṃ supakvānnaṃ bhuṃkte nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ ..

> Lord Nārāyaṇa eats the well-cooked food that is like nectar;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.7)

taducchiṣṭopabhogo hi sarvāghakṣayakārakaḥ .. 3 ..

> the consumption of the remnants of His food indeed brings about the destruction of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.8)

na tādṛśasamaṃ puṇyaṃ vastvasti pṛthivītale ..

> There is no holy object equal to that on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.9)

pāpasaṃskārakartṝṇāṃ saṃparkāttu na duṣyati .. 4 ..

> It is not defiled by contact with those who perform the rites of sinners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.10)

padmāyāḥ sannidhānena sarve te śucayaḥ smṛtāḥ ..

> By the presence of Padmā, all those are held to be pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.11)

viṣṇvālayagataṃ taddhi nirmālyaṃ patitādayaḥ .. 5 ..

> Even if fallen outcasts and others touch that nirmālya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.12)

spṛśaṃti cenna duṣṭaṃ tadyathā viṣṇustathaiva tat ..

> situated in the temple of Viṣṇu, it is not corrupted; it is just as Viṣṇu Himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.13)

vratasthā vidhavāścaiva sarve varṇāśramāstathā .. 6 ..

> Those observing vows, widows, and all classes and stages of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.14)

tatprāśanena pūyante dīkṣitāścāgnihotriṇaḥ ..

> consecrated priests and Agnihotrins, are purified by eating it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.15)

daridraḥ kṛpaṇo vāpi gṛhasthaḥ prabhureva vā ..7..

> Whether poor or miserly, a householder or a ruler,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.16)

svadeśyāḥ paradeśyā vā sarve tatra samāgatāḥ ..

> Whether locals or foreigners, all who have arrived there  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.17)

nābhimānaṃ prakurvīranviṣṇornirmālyabhakṣaṇe .. 8 ..

> should not entertain pride regarding eating the offerings made to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.18)

bhaktyā lobhātkautukādvā kṣudhāsaṃśamanena vā ..

> Whether out of devotion, greed, curiosity, or to appease hunger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.19)

ākaṃṭhabhakṣitaṃ taddhi punāti sakalāṃhasaḥ .. 9 ..

> eaten even up to the throat, it indeed purifies from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.20)

sarvarogopaśamanaṃ putrapautrapravarddhanam ..

> It alleviates all diseases, increases sons and grandsons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.21)

dāridryaharaṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vidyāyuḥśrīpradaṃ śubham .. 2.2.38.10 ..

> removes poverty, is supreme, bestows learning, longevity, and prosperity, and brings auspiciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.22)

pakṣapāto mahāṃstatra viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ ..

> Great is the partiality there of Viṣṇu of boundless splendour:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.23)

nindanti ye tadamṛtaṃ mūḍhāḥ paṃḍitamāninaḥ .. 11 ..

> those fools, fancying themselves learned, who revile that nectar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.24)

svayaṃ daṃḍadharasteṣu sahate nāparādhinaḥ ..

> upon them he himself wields punishment; he tolerates no transgressors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.25)

yeṣāmatra sa daṇḍaśceddhruvā teṣāṃ hi durgatiḥ .. 12 ..

> If his punishment falls upon them here, their ruin is indeed certain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.26)

kumbhīpāke mahāghore pacyante te'tidāruṇe  
taṃ na vikrayaḥ krayo vāpi praśastastasya bho dvijāḥ .. 13 ..

> They are cooked in the dreadful, exceedingly terrible Kumbhīpāka hell. / Its selling or purchasing is not praised, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.27)

nirmālyaṃ jagadīśasya nāśitvāśnāmi kiñcana ..

> “Without eating the offerings of the Lord of the World, I shall eat nothing”:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.28)

iti satyapratijño yaḥ pratyahaṃ tacca bhakṣayet .. 14 ..

> the person who makes this solemn vow and eats it every day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.29)

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śuddhāṃtaḥkaraṇo naraḥ ..

> freed from all sins, his inner faculty purified,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.30)

sa śuddhaṃ vaiṣṇava sthānaṃ kramādyāti na saṃśayaḥ .. 15 ..

> gradually attains the pure realm of Viṣṇu, no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.31)

cirasthamapi saṃśuṣkaṃ nītaṃ vā dūradeśataḥ ..

> Even if kept for a long time, completely dried, or brought from a distant land,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.32)

yathātathopayuktaṃ tatsarvaṃ pāpāpanodanam .. 16 ..

> consumed in whatever manner, it expels all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.33)

kukkurasya mukhādbhraṣṭaṃ tadannaṃ patitaṃ yadi ..

> If that food falls down, dropped from the mouth of a dog,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.34)

brāhmaṇenāpi bhoktavyamitareṣāṃ tu kā kathā .. 17 ..

> it should be eaten even by a brahmin; what need to speak of others?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.35)

upoṣya tiṣṭhatā vāpi nopavāsaṃ ca kurvatā ..

> Whether one is observing a fast or not fasting,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.36)

aśucirvāpyanācāro manasā pāpamācaran ..

> whether impure, devoid of good conduct, or committing sins in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.37)

prāptamātreṇa bhoktavyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 18 ..

> as soon as it is obtained it must be eaten; no hesitation should be made in this regard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.38)

naivedyānnaṃ jagadbhartturgāṃgaṃ vāri samaṃ dvayam ..

> The offered food of the Sustainer of the World and the water of the Gaṅgā—both are equal:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.39)

dṛṣṭeḥ svargādi saṃprāptirbhakṣaṇāccāghanāśanam .. 19 ..

> from sight comes attainment of heaven and other realms, and from eating comes destruction of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.40)

jagaddhātryā hi yatpakvaṃ vaiṣṇave'gnau susaṃskṛte ..

> For whatever is cooked by the Bearer of the World in the well-consecrated Vaiṣṇava fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.41)

bhukte'nvahaṃ cakrapāṇiryugamanvaṃtarādiṣu .. 2.2.38.20 ..

> is eaten daily by the Discus-Holder throughout the yugas, manvantaras, and other ages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.42)

saptadvīpa dharāmadhye sānnidhyaṃ nedṛśaṃ hareḥ ..

> In all the earth of seven continents, there is no such presence of Hari  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.43)

yādṛśaṃ nīlagotre'sminvyājamānuṣaceṣṭitam .. 21 ..

> as there is in this Nīlagiri, where he acts under the guise of a human.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.44)

dārurūpaṃ paraṃ brahma sarvacākṣuṣagocaram ..

> The supreme Brahman in wooden form, visible to the eyes of all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.45)

prakāśate bho munayo na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ kvacit .. 22 ..

> shines forth, O sages, neither seen nor heard of anywhere else.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.46)

tasmai pravṛttirūpāya brahmaṇe paramātmane ..

> To him, the supreme Self, Brahman embodied as active worldly manifestation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.47)

pravṛttirūpā śaktiḥ śrīḥ pravartayati yaddhaviḥ .. 23 ..

> Śrī, the power embodied as active manifestation, offers the oblatory food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.48)

tadaśnāti jagannāthastaccheṣaṃ duritāpaham ..

> Jagannātha eats that, and his remnant removes all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.49)

kimatra citraṃ bho viprā yaduktaṃ muktikāraṇam .. 24 ..

> What wonder is there here, O brahmins, that it is called the cause of liberation?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.50)

nālpapuṇyavatāṃ tatra viśvāsaśca prajāyate ..

> Faith in this does not arise in those with little merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.51)

vedācārapradhāneṣu yuge hyetatprakīrtitam .. 25 ..

> Indeed, this was proclaimed for the ages dominated by Vedic conduct;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.52)

mahimānaṃ na vedāsya viśeṣācchrūyatāṃ kalau ..

> the Veda does not know its greatness, especially—hear this—in the Kali \[age\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.53)

ghore kaliyuge tasmiṃstripādo dharmaviplavaḥ .. 26 ..

> In that dreadful Kaliyuga, three-quarters of dharma is ruined;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.54)

dharmaḥ syādekapādastu kvacittasya bhayāccaret ..

> dharma exists on only one foot, and out of fear of that \[age\] it moves about only in some places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.55)

sarvenṛtapradhānā hi dāṃbhikāḥ śabdavṛttayaḥ .. 27 ..

> All are intent on untruth, hypocritical, subsisting on mere words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.56)

prāyaśca dharmavimukhā jihvopasthaparāyaṇāḥ ..

> mostly averse to dharma, devoted to the tongue and the genitals;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.57)

na dhyāyaṃti tapasyanti vratayaṃti kadācana .. 28 ..

> they never meditate, perform austerity, or keep vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.58)

adharmabahulāḥ sarve hiṃsakā lolupāḥ param ..

> Full of adharma, all are violent and exceedingly greedy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.59)

pareṣāṃ parivādena tuṣyanti svakṛtaṃ vinā .. 29 ..

> they rejoice in censuring others, without doing anything virtuous of their own.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.60)

prasaṃgātkautukādvāpi nighnaṃti parakarma vai ..

> Through association or in sport they ruin another’s work;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.61)

kṣudrakāryāśayātsvasya parakāryaprabādhakāḥ .. 2.2.38.30 ..

> out of desire for their own petty aims, they obstruct the tasks of others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.62)

dharmalabdhāṃ striyaṃ ramyāmavajñāya svaveśmani ..

> Despising a charming wife obtained according to dharma in their own house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.63)

parayoṣiti niṃdyāyāṃ prasaktāḥ paśuceṣṭitāḥ .. 31 ..

> they cling to reprehensible women of others, behaving like beasts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.64)

agnihotrādikaṃ vāpi vrataṃ nānyatkvacitkvacit ..

> The agnihotra and other rites, or other vows, are rarely found anywhere;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.65)

jīvikā taddvijātīnāṃ yeṣāṃ vā pāralaukikam..32..

> it is merely a livelihood for the twice-born, or else \[a rare act\] for those concerned with the other world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.66)

avratādhītavedena anyāyāptadhanena ca ..

> By one who has studied the Vedas without observing vows, with wealth acquired unjustly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.67)

vittaśāṭhyena ca kṛtaṃ na tathā phaladāyi tat .. 33 ..

> and performed with deceitful miserliness, it does not yield fruit in that manner.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.68)

prāyaḥ kaliyuge bhūpāḥ prajāvanaparāṅmukhāḥ ..

> In the Kaliyuga, kings are mostly averse to protecting their subjects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.69)

karādānaparā nityaṃ pāpiṣṭhāścauryavṛttayaḥ .. 34 ..

> always intent on levying taxes, exceedingly wicked, and thievish in conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.70)

varṇasaṃkariṇaḥ sarve śūdraprāyāḥ kalau yuge ..

> All are born of intermixed classes, almost like śūdras, in the Kali age;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.71)

hartāraḥ pārthivā eva śūdrāśca nṛpasevakāḥ .. 35 ..

> the kings themselves are plunderers, and śūdras are the king’s ministers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.72)

śrautasmārtādikaṃ karma na tathā sadanuṣṭhitam ..

> Vedic and traditional rituals are not properly observed in that way  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.73)

yuge caturthe bho viprāḥ paralokāya kalpite .. 36 ..

> in the fourth age, O brahmins, which was intended for the other world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.74)

dānadharmaḥ paro hyeṣa nānyo dharmaḥ praśasyate ..

> Indeed, this duty of giving is supreme; no other duty is praised.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.75)

karmaṇā manasā vācā hitamiccheddvijanmanām .. 37 ..

> By deed, mind, and speech, one should desire the welfare of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.76)

iti hovāca bhagavānbrāhmaṇo māmakī tanuḥ ..

> For thus spoke the Lord: 'The brahmin is my body;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.77)

brāhmaṇā yasya saṃtuṣṭāḥ santuṣṭastasya cāpyaham .. 38 ..

> with whomsoever the brahmins are pleased, with him am I also pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.78)

ubhayatra samo bhūyādbrāhmaṇe ca janārdane ..

> One should regard both alike: the brahmin and Janārdana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.79)

yadvadaṃti dvijā vākyaṃ tatsvayaṃ bhagavānvadet .. 39 ..

> Whatever word the twice-born speak, the Lord himself speaks that.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.80)

yathātathā vartamāno varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ ..

> In whatever manner he conducts himself, the brahmin is the guru of the castes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.81)

bhagavānapi deveśaḥ sa sākṣādbrāhmaṇapriyaḥ .. 2.2.38.40 ..

> even the Lord, ruler of the gods, is visibly fond of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.82)

sadāvatāraṃ kurute brāhmaṇārthaṃ janārdanaḥ ..

> Janārdana always manifests an incarnation for the sake of brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.83)

tatpālanārthaṃ duṣṭānvai nigṛhṇāti yuge yuge .. 41 ..

> for their protection he surely restrains the wicked age after age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.84)

sasarja brāhmaṇānagre sṛṣṭyādau sa caturmukhaḥ ..

> The Four-faced \[Brahmā\] created brahmins first, at the beginning of creation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.85)

sarve varṇāḥ pṛthakpaścātteṣāṃ vaṃśeṣu jajñire .. 42 ..

> afterward, all the other castes were born separately in their lineages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.86)

tasmātkaliyuge tasminbrāhmaṇo viṣṇureva ca ..

> Therefore in that Kali age the brahmin and Viṣṇu indeed—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.87)

ubhau gatiśca sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ harirgatiḥ .. 43 ..

> both are the refuge of all; and Hari is the refuge of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.88)

harirevātra sarveṣāṃ gatiḥ prāpte kalau yuge ..

> Hari alone is the refuge of all here once the Kali age has arrived;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.89)

śālagrāmādike kṣetre smaryate kīrtyate'pi ca .. .. 44 ..

> in sacred fields such as Śālagrāma he is remembered and also praised.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.90)

tasminnīlācale puṇye kṣetre kṣetrajñavarṣmaṇi ..

> In that holy sacred field, Nīlācala, which has the body of the Knower of the Field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.91)

jīvabhūtaḥ sa sarveṣāṃ dāruvyājaśarīrabhṛt .. 45 ..

> he exists as the life-breath of all, bearing a body under the guise of wood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.92)

kalikalmaṣanāśāya prāyo duṣkṛtakarmaṇām ..

> To destroy the taint of the Kali age mostly for those who have committed evil deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.93)

darśanastavanocchiṣṭabhojanairmuktidāyakaḥ .. 46 ..

> he grants liberation through darśana, praise, and the eating of his food offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.94)

ucchiṣṭena sureśasya vyāptaṃ yasya kalevaram ..

> He whose body is suffused with the remnant of the Lord of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.95)

tadāhārastadātmā hi lipyate na sa pātakaiḥ .. 47 ..

> having that as food and having that as self, is never stained by sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.96)

nivedanīyamanyāsu mūrtiṣvīśasya vartate ..

> In other images of the Lord, an offering is made;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.97)

pāvanaṃ tadapi proktamucchiṣṭaṃ tu vimocakam .. 48 ..

> even that is declared purifying, but \[here\] the remnant is liberating.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.98)

bhuṃkte tvatraiva bhagavānpaśyatyanyatra cakṣuṣā ..

> Here alone the Lord actually eats; elsewhere he beholds with his eye.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.99)

purāyaṃ prārthito devo yogibhiḥ pariveṣṭitaiḥ .. 49 ..

> Formerly, this god was petitioned by surrounding yogins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.100)

nirmālyocchiṣṭabhogena tava māyāṃ jayemahi ..

> 'Through enjoying your flower offerings and remnants may we conquer your māyā!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.101)

atyaṃtastimitākṣāṇāmanāyāsena muktidaḥ .. 2.2.38.50 ..

> He gives liberation effortlessly to those whose eyes are completely fixed \[in meditation\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.102)

śayanāsanabhogādyai ramate ca śriyā saha ..

> He takes delight with Śrī through lying down, sitting, eating, and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.103)

atra ceṣṭā bhagavato vedārtha iti dhāryatām .. 51 ..

> let it be held that the activity of the Lord here is the meaning of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.104)

samatikrāṃtavedo hi na kadācitpravartate ..

> For he never acts transgressing the Veda;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.105)

vedarakṣārthamevāsya saṃbhavo hi yuge yuge .. 52 ..

> his descent age after age is indeed for the purpose of protecting the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.106)

pramāṇabhūto bhagavānviruddhaṃ kathamācaret ..

> The Lord being an authority, how could he act contrarily?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.107)

tasminviruddhaṃ carati jagadeva tathā bhavet .. 53 ..

> If he were to act contrarily, the entire world would become likewise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.108)

ācāreṇa hi vedārtho niyato dhāmatāṃ gataḥ ..

> For by proper conduct the meaning of the Veda is fixed and has attained its station.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.109)

madhyadeśabhavaḥ pūrvamatrāgacchaddvijottamaḥ .. 54 ..

> Formerly, an excellent brahmin born in Madhyadeśa came here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.110)

śiṣṭācāraiḥ suvimalaḥ śāstrārthapariniṣṭhitaḥ ..

> exceptionally pure through orthodox conduct, thoroughly versed in the meaning of the scriptures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.111)

sadā śāṃtaḥ sadā dāṃtaḥ kāyavāṅmanasairgṛhī .. 55 ..

> always calm, always restrained in body, speech, and mind, a householder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.112)

sa tīrthavidhinā devaṃ samabhyarcya ca sāgnikaḥ ..

> Having worshipped the god according to the rule of the sacred ford, maintaining his sacred fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.113)

trirātramatroṣitavānviṣṇvarcanaparaḥ śuciḥ .. .. 56 ..

> he stayed here for three nights, devoted to the worship of Viṣṇu, pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.114)

yajñaśeṣaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ bhoktavyamiti śāstrataḥ ..

> \[Thinking,\] 'According to scripture, householders must eat the remainder of sacrifice,'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.115)

devocchiṣṭaṃ na jagrāha anyapākābhiśaṃkayā .. 57 ..

> he did not accept the god's remnant out of suspicion of another's cooking:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.116)

daivatairatra saṃskāryo devayogyaḥ kathaṃ bhavet ..

> 'How can that which is to be prepared by deities here become fit for God?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.117)

ayogyatvācca naivedyamagrāhyaṃ ca bhaveddhruvam ..58..

> And because of unfitness, the food offering must surely not be accepted.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.118)

agṛhīte ca naivedye śrotriyeṇa tadā dvijāḥ ..

> And when the food offering was not accepted by that learned brahmin, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.119)

sarve ca tasyānucarā nābhuṃjaṃta niveditam .. .. 59 ..

> all his attendants also did not eat what had been offered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.120)

tataḥ sa vyādhisaṃmagno vihvalībhūtavigrahaḥ ..

> Then, overwhelmed by disease, with his body trembling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.121)

sakuṭuṃbo'bhavanmūko bhagavaddrohasaṃyutaḥ .. 2.2.38.60 ..

> he along with his family became mute, afflicted by offense against the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.122)

manasā cintayatyevaṃ nirnimittaṃ kathaṃ nu me ..

> He reflected thus in his mind: 'How indeed without cause has there been for me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.123)

kuṭumbasahitasyābhūtpīḍā sarvāṃgabhaṃjinī .. 61 ..

> along with my family, an affliction breaking every limb?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.124)

evaṃ cintayamānasya trirātrāṃte'bhavanmatiḥ ..

> As he was thinking thus, at the end of three nights the thought occurred:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.125)

nedṛśī vyādhipīḍā ca sarveṣāmekadā bhavet .. .. 62 ..

> 'Such affliction of disease would not happen to all at once!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.126)

ko vā drohaḥ kṛto'smābhiretasminpuruṣottame ..

> What offense has been committed by us against this Puruṣottama?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.127)

na buddhipūrvakaḥ kiṃ syāttato me vyādhikāraṇam .. 63 ..

> Could there be an unwitting \[fault\] that is the cause of disease for me?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.128)

muhuritthaṃ cintayitvā dadhyau nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum ..

> Having reflected thus repeatedly, he meditated on Lord Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.129)

dhyānāvasāne tuṣṭāva śāstratattvārthadarśakaḥ .. 64 ..

> At the conclusion of his meditation, he, who revealed the true meaning of the scriptures, offered praise:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.130)

.. śāṃḍilya uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.38.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.131)

caturdaśāpi yā vidyā dharmanirṇayahetavaḥ ..

> 'Even the fourteen branches of learning, which are the means for determining dharma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.132)

tāḥ sarvāstava vākyāni mukhapadmavinirgatāḥ .. 65 ..

> are all your words, issued from your lotus mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.133)

tābhirevācareddharmamiti śāstrārthaniścayaḥ ..

> One should practice dharma only through them—such is the conclusion of the scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.134)

tasya dharmasya rakṣārthamavatāro yuge yuge .. 66 ..

> Incarnation after incarnation is indeed for the purpose of protecting that dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.135)

tamullaṃghya varttamāno bhavaddrohakaro dhruvam ..

> He who lives transgressing it is surely one who commits an offense against you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.136)

ahaṃ te devadeveśa karmaṇā manasā girā .. 67 ..

> I, O Lord of the gods of gods, in deed, mind, and speech,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.137)

dharmaśāstramatikramya na vartte'pyarthakāmayoḥ ..

> do not act by transgressing the Dharmaśāstra even for wealth and desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.138)

aneka janmasāhasraiḥ saṃcitaṃ pāpasaṃcayam .. 68 ..

> The heap of sin accumulated through many thousands of births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.139)

dagdhumatrāgato deva tvaddarśanadavāgninā ..

> I have come here to burn, O Lord, with the forest-fire of your darśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.140)

ko'parādhaḥ kṛto deva tvacchāstrapathi vartinā ..

> What offense was committed, O Lord, by one following the path of your scriptures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.141)

sarvāṃgaṃ vādhate yasmādugro vyādhirahetukaḥ .. 69 ..

> that a fierce disease torments all my limbs without cause?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.142)

jñānato'jñānato vāpi tvatpādasarasīruhe ..

> Knowingly or unknowingly, at your lotus feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.143)

kṛto'parādho yo deva taṃ kṣamasva kṛpāṃbudhe ..

> whatever offense was committed, O Lord, forgive it, O ocean of mercy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.144)

bhūmau skhalitapādānāṃ bhūmirevāvalaṃbanam .. 2.2.38.70 ..

> For those whose feet slip on the ground, the ground itself is the support.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.145)

tvayi jātāparādhānāṃ tvameva śaraṇaṃ prabho ..

> For those who have committed offenses against you, you alone are the refuge, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.146)

tavāparādhajaṃ pāpaṃ tvameva ca kṣamasva me .. 71 ..

> And do you yourself forgive my sin born of an offense toward you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.147)

vahnisaṃtāpato naśyedvahnisaṃtāpajo vraṇa ..

> A burn born of the intense heat of fire is cured by the heat of fire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.148)

tadimāṃ durdaśāṃ deva prārabdhāṃ pāpabījajām .. 72 ..

> so then, this miserable state that has begun, born from the seed of sin, O God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.149)

līlāpāṃgena śamaya apavargaikahetunā ..

> allay with your playful side-glance, the sole cause of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.150)

māmuddhara jagannātha patitaṃ śokasāgare .. 73 ..

> Deliver me, O Lord of the World, fallen into the ocean of sorrow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.151)

tvaddarśanapathaṃ yātaḥ kiṃ nu śocyo bhavennaraḥ ..

> Can a man who has entered the path of your darśana truly grieve?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.152)

nisargakaruṇāṃbhodhe yastvaddṛṣṭipathaṃ gataḥ .. 74 ..

> O ocean of natural compassion, one who has come within the range of your sight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.153)

sadānandābdhisaṃmagno na śocati na kāṃkṣati ..

> immersed in the ocean of eternal bliss, neither grieves nor longs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.154)

nālpabhāgyo hyahaṃ deva tvāmadrākṣaṃ svacakṣuṣā .. 75 ..

> I am not of small fortune, O Lord, for I have seen you with my own eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.155)

apavargāṃtarāyo me dhruvameṣā vibhīṣikā ..

> This terrifying thing is surely an obstacle to my liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.156)

tatprasīda jagannātha sevakaṃ drohiṇaṃ sadā .. 76 ..

> Therefore be gracious, O Lord of the World, toward your servant who always offends;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.157)

sevyasevakasaṃbaṃdhādaparādhaṃ kṣamasva me ..

> out of the relationship of master and servant, forgive my offense.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.158)

iti stavāṃte tasyāśu dehapīḍāgamattadā .. 77 ..

> At the end of this praise, his bodily pain quickly departed then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.159)

dadarśa sotha govindaṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ bhaktavatsalam ..

> Then he saw Govinda, Nṛsiṃha, fond of his devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.160)

divyasiṃhāsanārūḍhaṃ divyālaṃkārabhūṣitam .. 78 ..

> mounted upon a divine throne, adorned with divine ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.161)

ādadānaṃ śriyā dattaṃ paramānnaṃ karāṃbuje ..

> taking in his lotus hand the sweet rice offered by Śrī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.162)

grāsāvaśeṣaṃ pātreṣu kṣipaṃtaṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 79..

> and dropping the remnants of each mouthful back into the vessels again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.163)

yāvaddattaṃ vastujātaṃ tāvadaśnaṃtamatvaram ..

> unhurriedly eating whatever collection of food was offered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.164)

vilāsasasmitāpāṃgaṃ haste lakṣmyāpavarjitam .. 2.2.38.80 ..

> with playful, smiling side-glances, \[food\] placed into his hand by Lakṣmī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.165)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭaḥ śāṃḍilyaḥ sa dvijottamaḥ ..

> Beholding him, filled with astonishment, that Śāṇḍilya, the best of twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.166)

sasmārātmakṛtaṃ drohaṃ naivedyāgrahaṇe sthitam .. 81 ..

> remembered the transgression committed by himself, consisting of not accepting the naivedya:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.167)

kvāhaṃ prādeśikaḥ prājñaḥ sarvajñānanidhirbhavān ..

> "Where am I, of limited wisdom, and where are you, the treasury of all knowledge?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.168)

kva tvaṃ mahadahaṃkārabhūtatattva visarjakaḥ .. 82 ..

> Where are you, the emitter of the cosmic intellect, ego, and the material elements?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.169)

tvanmāyāmūḍhamanaso jānīyuḥ kathamīśa te ..

> How can those whose minds are bewildered by your māyā know, O Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.170)

niraṃkuśāmanirvācyāmicchāṃ sṛṣṭilayātmikām .. 83 ..

> your unbridled, indescribable will consisting of creation and dissolution?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.171)

iti stuvaṃtaṃ nṛharistenaivocchiṣṭapāṇinā ..

> While he was thus praising, Nṛhari, with that very hand smeared with food remnants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.172)

siṣeca grāsaśiṣṭāṃśca sarvāṃge dvijasattamam .. 84 ..

> sprinkled the best of the twice-born over all his limbs with the leavings of his morsels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.173)

taiḥ siktairbrāhmaṇaḥ sadyaḥ sudhāsekopamairmudā ..

> Sprinkled with those, which were like a sprinkling of nectar, the brahmin instantly with joy  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.174)

babhau divyavapuḥ śrīmāṃñjīvanmukto yathā muniḥ .. 85 ..

> shone with a divine body, radiant like a sage liberated while living.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.175)

mahimānaṃ hi bhaktestu bhaktā eva vijānate ..

> Devotees alone indeed know the greatness of devotion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.176)

mahatīṃ sūtipīḍāṃ tu vandhyā nānubhavetkvacit.. 86 ..

> a barren woman can never experience the great pain of childbirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.177)

ityudīrya svayaṃ gātrāducchiṣṭaṃ paramātmanaḥ ..

> Having said this, himself eating the leftover food of the Supreme Self from his body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.178)

bhuktvā kṛtārthamātmānaṃ mene śrotriyapuṃgavaḥ .. 87 ..

> the eminent scholar of the Vedas deemed himself fulfilled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.179)

sādhāraṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ kṣetre'sminna vicāryate ..

> "The ordinary Dharmaśāstra is not considered in this sacred field;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.180)

ayaṃ tu paramo dharmo yo devena prakīrtitaḥ .. 88 ..

> rather, this is the supreme dharma, which is proclaimed by the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.181)

ācāraprabhavo dharmo dharmasya prabhuracyutaḥ ..

> Dharma arises from conduct, and Acyuta is the master of dharma."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.182)

itthaṃ saṃcitayanvipraḥ kuṭumbārthe'vaśeṣitam .. 89 ..

> Pondering thus, the brahmin, for the sake of his family, the remainder  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.183)

ājahāra svayaṃ muṣṭyā dhyānabhaṅgamavāpa ca ..

> gathered up himself with his fist, and his meditation was broken.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.184)

prabuddhaściṃtayāmāsa svapnaṃ taṃ vismitāśayaḥ .. 2.2.38.90 ..

> Awakening, he contemplated that dream, his mind filled with wonder:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.185)

ayameva mama droho hyavajñāsiṣamīśvaram ..

> "This indeed was my offense: I disrespected the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.186)

naivedyāśana māhātmyamajānanparamādbhutam .. 91 ..

> not knowing the supremely wonderful māhātmya of eating the naivedya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.187)

aṣṭādaśa caturdaśa brahmāṃḍaṃ yatpadāṃbujam ..

> The cosmos of eighteen \[and\] fourteen \[worlds\], washing whose lotus feet  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.188)

dharmadraveṇa prakṣālya apunātsvaṃ tadaṃbunā .. 92 ..

> with liquid dharma, purified itself with that water—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.189)

yamarcayaṃti śakrādyā divyabhogairanuttamaiḥ ..

> he whom Śakra and the others worship with supreme divine enjoyments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.190)

sa mānuṣyakṛtaṃ bhuṃkte kṣetresminmahadadbhutam .. 93 ..

> eats \[food\] made by mortals in this sacred field: a great wonder!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.191)

ityāścaryaparastena svapnalabdhena vai dvijāḥ ..

> Filled with wonder in this way, O twice-born ones, with that \[food\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.192)

naivedyena kuṭumbaṃ svaṃ mārjayāmāsa sādaram .. 94 ..

> obtained in the dream, the naivedya, he respectfully anointed his own family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.193)

tataḥ sarve nīrujāste suvākyāhṛṣṭamānasāḥ ..

> Then, all of them became free of disease, their minds delighted by good speech;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.194)

punarjanma manyamānāḥ śaśaṃsuḥ kṣetramuttamam .. 95 ..

> considering \[it\] a rebirth, they praised the excellent sacred field:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.195)

nāstyasya sadṛśaṃ kṣetraṃ saptadvīpāvanītale ..

> "There is no sacred field equal to this on the earth of seven continents."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.196)

yatra svocchiṣṭadānena pāpānmocayate narān .. 96 ..

> where, by giving his own leftover food, he frees human beings from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.197)

puruṣottamamāhātmyaṃ kṣetraṃ paramadurlabham ..

> The sacred field having the greatness of Puruṣottama is exceedingly difficult to attain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.198)

yataḥ svargaśca bhogaśca muktiścaiva kare sthitā ..97 ..

> since heaven, enjoyment, and liberation indeed rest in one's hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.199)

ārtānāṃ bhavakāṃtāre bhāgyādatra samīyuṣām ..

> For those afflicted in the wilderness of worldly existence who have reached here by good fortune,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.38.200)

nānābhogopatṛptānāṃ muktimārgaḥ sukhaṃ bhavet .. 98 ..

> satisfied by various enjoyments, the path of liberation becomes easy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.38.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Ācāraratna (Maṇirāma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.bhatta.acararatna.15.168) — Maṇirāma 1630, Sanskrit
- [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.15.168) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit

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