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# Skandapurana 2.2.40

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.1)

.. .. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.2)

mārgaśīrṣe site pakṣe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ prāvaraṇotsavam ..

> On the sixth day of the bright half of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, having celebrated or witnessed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.3)

kṛtvā dṛṣṭvā naro bhaktyā vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāpnuyāt .. 1 ..

> the festival of covering (Prāvaraṇotsava) with devotion, a man attains the realm of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.4)

vidhānaṃ tasya vakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ munayo'dhunā ..

> I shall tell its procedure; listen now, O sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.5)

vāsodhivāsaṃ kurvīta paṃcamyāṃ niśi karmavit .. 2 ..

> One skilled in the rites should perform the preliminary consecration of the cloths on the night of the fifth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.6)

devāgre maṃḍape kuryātpadmamaṣṭadalānvitam ..

> In front of the deity, in a pavilion, he should make an eight-petalled lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.7)

dikpālānpūjayeddikṣu kṣetrapālaṃ gaṇādhipam .. 3 ..

> He should worship the regents of the quarters in their directions, and \[worship\] Kṣetrapāla and the lord of the Gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.8)

caṃḍapracaṃḍau ca bahiścaturdikṣu prapūjayet ..

> Outside, in the four directions, he should worship Caṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.9)

madhye pātraṃ samādhāya prokṣayedvastravāriṇā .. 4 ..

> Having placed a vessel in the center, he should sprinkle it with water through a cloth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.10)

dyutānastveti maṃtreṇacchādayeddivyavāsasā ..

> With the mantra “Dyutānastu…” he should cover it with a celestial garment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.11)

sudhūpitaṃ vastrajātamekaviṃśatisaṃkhyakam .. 5 ..

> A collection of cloths numbering twenty-one, well-perfumed with incense,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.12)

tanmadhye sthāpayenmaṃtraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca samuccaran ..

> he should place in the middle thereof, while reciting a Vaiṣṇava mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.13)

anyena vāsasā taddhi samācchādya prayatnataḥ ..6..

> Having covered that diligently with another cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.14)

spṛṣṭvā japenmaṃtramimaṃ saṃsmaranpuruṣottamam ..

> and touching it, he should repeat this mantra, meditating on Puruṣottama:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.15)

ācchādako yo jagatāṃ tejasā viṣṇuravyayaḥ .. 7 ..

> “Viṣṇu, who is imperishable, is the coverer of the worlds with his splendor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.16)

vasanāttasya vastra tvaṃ vasa vāse jagatpateḥ ..

> by his wearing, O cloth, do you abide in the garment of the Lord of the world!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.17)

indraghoṣastveti rakṣāṃ vidadhyāttasya sarvataḥ .. 8 ..

> With the mantra “Indraghoṣastu…” he should perform protection for it on all sides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.18)

pūjayedgaṃdhapuṣpābhyāṃ tato devaṃ prapūjayet ..

> He should worship with fragrant paste and flowers; then he should worship the deity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.19)

sarvalepaṃ prakurvīta nṛtyagītairnayenniśām .. 9 ..

> He should perform anointing with all \[fragrances\], and spend the night with dancing and singing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.20)

tato'ruṇodaye kāle prātaḥsaṃdhyāsamīpataḥ ..

> Then, at the time of dawn, near the morning twilight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.21)

punaḥ prapūjayeddevaṃ pūrvavatsusamāhitaḥ .. 2.2.40.10 ..

> he should again worship the deity, well-concentrated, as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.22)

tatastaṃ pūjitaṃ vastrasamūhaṃ bahirānayet ..

> Then he should bring out that worshiped collection of cloths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.23)

kārpāsapaṭṭakṣaumāḍhyaṃ tathaivācchāditaṃ dvijāḥ .. 11 ..

> rich in cotton, silk, and linen, and covered in that same way, O twice-born ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.24)

chatradhvajapatākābhiścāmarāṃdolanaistathā ..

> with umbrellas, banners, and flags, and with the waving of fly-whisks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.25)

gītavāditranṛtyaiśca prasūnotkiraṇena ca .. 12 ..

> with songs, instrumental music, and dances, and with scattering of flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.26)

prāsādaṃ triḥ paribhramya devaṃ trirbhrāmayettataḥ ..

> Having circumambulated the temple three times, he should then circumambulate the deity three times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.27)

ācchāditaṃ tadākṛṣya saṃskuyārdvīkṣaṇādibhiḥ .. 13 ..

> Taking off the covering, he should consecrate it with glances and other \[rites\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.28)

saptabhiḥ saptabhirdevānvāsobhiḥ pariveṣṭayet ..

> He should wrap the deities with seven cloths each;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.29)

mukhavarjaṃ tu sarvāṃgaṃ śītaprāvaraṇairdvijāḥ .. 14 ..

> excepting the face, all the limbs \[should be wrapped\] with winter coverings, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.30)

tāṃbūlaṃ ca nivedyātha karpūralatikāṃ tathā ..

> Then, having offered betel and camphor sprigs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.31)

dūrvākṣataiḥ prapūjyātha kuryānnīrājanaṃ vibhoḥ .. 15 ..

> and having worshiped with dūrvā grass and unbroken grains, he should perform the waving of lamps for the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.32)

himāgame nṛsiṃhaṃ ye prāvṛṇvaṃti sucelakaiḥ ..

> Those who cover Nṛsiṃha with fine garments at the arrival of winter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.33)

paśyaṃti prāvṛtiṃ ye vā na teṣāṃ mohasaṃvṛtiḥ .. 16 ..

> or those who behold the covering, have no covering of delusion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.34)

te dvaṃdvavātaśītotthabhayaṃ nāpnuvate kvacit ..

> they never experience the fear arising from the pairs of opposites, wind, and cold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.35)

viṣṇordevādhidevasya imaṃ prāvaraṇotsavam .. 17 ..

> Those who behold with devotion this festival of covering  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.36)

bhaktyā ye vai prapaśyaṃti sarvānkāmānavāpnuyuḥ ..

> of Viṣṇu, the supreme God of gods, obtain all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.37)

bhagavaṃtaṃ samuddiśya brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāpayet .. .. 18 ..

> In honor of the Lord, one should give to brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.38)

gurubhyaścānyadevebhyo dīnānāthebhya eva ca ..

> to gurus, to other deities, and also to the poor and helpless;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.39)

śītaprāvaraṇaṃ dadyātsatkṛtya parayā mudā ..

> one should give a winter covering, honoring \[them\] with supreme joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.40)

dadāti bhagavānprītastasmai varamanuttamam.. .. 19 ..

> The Lord, pleased, grants him an incomparable boon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.40.41)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye prāvaraṇotsavavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 40 ..

> Thus ends the fortieth chapter, entitled “Description of the Festival of Covering,” in the Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa, the great Purāṇa in eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.40.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Acintyaviśvasādākhyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.acintyavisvasadakhyatantra.8.1270) — Sanskrit

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