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# Skandapurana 2.2.41

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.2)

puṣyasnānotsavaṃ vakṣye yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā purā ..

> I shall explain the Puṣyasnāna festival as declared of old by Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.3)

puṣyarkṣeṇa ca saṃyuktā paurṇamāsī yadā bhavet .. 1 ..

> When the full moon day is conjoined with the constellation Puṣya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.4)

pauṣe māsi tathā kuryātpuṣyasnānotsavaṃ hareḥ ..

> in the month of Pauṣa, one should thus perform the Puṣyasnāna festival of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.5)

ekādaśyāṃ prakurvīta aiśānyāmaṃkurārpaṇam .. 2 ..

> On the eleventh day, one should perform the sowing of sprouts in the northeast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.6)

tataḥ pratidinaṃ kuryātpratimāyāṃ harergṛhe ..

> Then, every day in Hari’s shrine, one should perform \[rites\] before the image,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.7)

nṛtyagītopahāraiśca pratirātraṃ valiṃ haret .. 3 ..

> and offer oblations every night with dancing, singing, and offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.8)

caturdaśīniśāyāṃ tu kuṃbhānāmadhivāsanam ..

> On the night of the fourteenth day, however, the consecration of the water-pots \[is performed\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.9)

ekāśītipramāṇānāṃ tathā svarṇamayāñcchubhān .. 4 ..

> eighty-one in number, auspicious and made of gold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.10)

gavyasarpiḥprapūrṇāṃśca sthāpayedekaviṃśatim ..

> and he should set up twenty-one filled with cow’s ghee.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.11)

kārayetsarvatobhadraṃ maṃḍalaṃ purato hareḥ .. 5 ..

> One should have a sarvatobhadra maṇḍala made before Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.12)

tanmadhye bṛhadādhāraṃ sthāpayeddarpaṇaṃ śubham ..

> In its center, on a large base, one should place an auspicious mirror.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.13)

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādgītanṛtyādivistaraiḥ .. 6 ..

> At night, one should keep vigil with an abundance of songs, dances, and other festivities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.14)

prabhāte vahnikāryaṃ ca kuryāttaddaivataṃ dvijāḥ ..

> At dawn, O brahmins, one should perform the fire ritual dedicated to those deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.15)

pālāśībhiḥ samidbhistu caruṇā sarpiṣā tathā .. 7 ..

> with firewood sticks of palāśa, offering cooked oblation (caru) and clarified butter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.16)

brahmaviṣṇuśivebhyastu pratyekaṃ tu sahasrakam ..

> a thousand oblations for each of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.17)

svaliṃgamantrairjuhuyāttadaṃte puruṣottamam .. 8 ..

> offering into the fire with their characteristic mantras; and at the end of that, one should offer to Puruṣottama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.18)

pūjayedupacāraistairādarśaṃ pratibiṃbitam ..

> One should worship the reflected \[image\] in the mirror with those offerings of service.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.19)

tataḥ puruṣasūktena kumbhāṃstānabhimantrayet .. 9 ..

> Then, with the Puruṣasūkta, one should consecrate those jars with mantras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.20)

tenaivācchidradhāreṇa snāpayetpuruṣottamam..

> With that unbroken stream alone, one should bathe Puruṣottama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.21)

pāvamānīyakairdevāñchrīsūktena tataḥ param .. 2.2.41.10 ..

> and then the deities with the Pāvamānī verses, followed by the Śrīsūkta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.22)

sarpiḥ kuṃbhaiḥ snāpayecca gāyatryā ca tataḥ param ...

> One should bathe \[him\] with the jars of clarified butter, and after that with the Gāyatrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.23)

vaiṣṇavyā gandhatoyena śrīsūktena samarcayet .. 11 ..

> With scented water \[consecrated by\] the hymn of Viṣṇu, and with the Śrīsūkta, one should worship \[him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.24)

sahasradhārayā devaṃ tato nirmālyamutsṛjet ..

> With a shower of a thousand streams \[one should bathe\] the God; then one should remove the previous offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.25)

devāṃgaṃ lepayedgandhaiścaṃdanena ca vigrahe .. 12 ..

> One should smear the limbs of the God and his form with fragrant substances and sandalwood paste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.26)

yathāsthānaṃ yathāśobhamalaṃkārāṃśca yojayet ..

> One should apply the ornaments in their proper places and for proper splendor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.27)

sugandhasumanomālyairbhūṣayettadanaṃtaram .. 13 ..

> immediately after, one should adorn \[him\] with fragrant flower garlands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.28)

aṣṭāyudhāni devasya cakrādīni nyasetpuraḥ ..

> One should place the God's eight weapons, beginning with the discus, in front \[of him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.29)

ratnacchatraṃ samucchritya pūjayetpuruṣottamam .. 14 ..

> Holding up a jeweled umbrella, one should worship Puruṣottama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.30)

lakṣmyā yuktaṃ punarviprā upahāraiḥ samṛddhimat ..

> accompanied by Lakṣmī, again, O brahmins, splendidly with presentations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.31)

śaṃkheṣu pūryamāṇeṣu snigdhagaṃbhīranādiṣu .. 15 ..

> while conches are blown, resounding smoothly and deeply,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.32)

cāmarāṃdolavyagrāsu veśyāsu rucirāsu ca ..

> while beautiful courtesans are occupied in waving chowries,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.33)

māṃgalyagītanṛtyādyaiḥ stutipāṭheṣu bandinām .. 16 ..

> with auspicious songs, dances, and recitations of praises by bards,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.34)

jayaśabdaṃ prakurvatsu dvijātiṣu muhurmuhuḥ ..

> and while the twice-born repeatedly shout cries of victory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.35)

dūrvākṣatāṃjalibhistribhiḥ saṃpūjya keśavam .. 17 ..

> Having worshipped Keśava with three handfuls of dūrvā grass and unbroken grains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.36)

gosarpirdīpakaiḥ svarṇapātrakairatinirmalaiḥ ..

> with extremely pure golden vessels holding lamps of cow's clarified butter  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.37)

nīrājayejjagannāthaṃ karpūrayutavartibhiḥ .. 18 ..

> and wicks infused with camphor, one should wave lights before Jagannātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.38)

svarṇapātrasthitaṃ cāru tāṃbūlaṃ supariṣkṛtam ..

> Pleasing betel, well prepared and set in a golden vessel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.39)

śanaiḥśanairmukhābhyāśe pratyekaṃ vinivedayet .. .. 19 ..

> one should slowly present to each near the mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.40)

ācārye dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva pūjayet .. 2.2.41.20 ..

> One should give sacrificial fees to the preceptor and worship the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.41)

puṣyasnānotsavaṃ puṇyaṃ ye paśyaṃti mudānvitāḥ ..

> Those who, filled with joy, witness the sacred festival of the Puṣya ablution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.42)

saṃpūrṇasarvakāmāste vrajeyurvaiṣṇavaṃ padam .. 21 ..

> having all their desires fulfilled, go to the abode of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.43)

rājyabhraṣṭo labhedrājyaṃ sārvabhaumaṃ ca viṃdati ..

> One fallen from kingship regains his kingdom and obtains universal sovereignty;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.44)

aputrā mṛtavatsā vā putraṃ dīrghāyuṣaṃ labhet .. 22 ..

> a sonless woman or one whose children have died obtains a long-lived son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.45)

dāridryanāśanaṃ dhanyaṃ brahmavarcasakāraṇam ..

> Destroying poverty, conferring fortune, and causing brahminic splendor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.46)

puṣyasnānaṃ kīrtitaṃ vaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ cottarāyaṇam .. 23 ..

> the Puṣya ablution has been proclaimed to you. Hear now about the Uttarāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.41.47)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye puṣyābhiṣekavidhivarṇanaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 41 ..

> Thus ends the forty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Rule for the Puṣya Consecration,' in the Puruṣottamakṣetra-māhātmya, in the second, Vaiṣṇava section of the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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