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# Skandapurana 2.2.42

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.2)

mṛgarāśiṃ saṃkramati yadā bhāsvāndvijottamāḥ ..

> When the sun enters the sign of the deer (Makara), O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.3)

uttarāśāṃ jigamiṣustadā syāduttarāyaṇam .. 1 ..

> desiring to move toward the northern direction, that is the Uttarāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.4)

tasya saṃkramaṇārddhaṃ ca yāvatsyurviṃśatiḥ kalāḥ ..

> Half of its ingress, lasting twenty kalās,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.5)

mahāpuṇyatamaḥ kālaḥ pitṛdevadvijapriyaḥ .. 2 ..

> is an exceedingly auspicious time, dear to ancestors, deities, and the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.6)

tatra snātvā vidhānena rtārtharājajale naraḥ ..

> A man, having bathed there properly in the waters of the king of sacred fords (Tīrtharāja),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.7)

nārāyaṇaṃ samabhyarcya kalpavṛkṣaṃ praṇamya ca .. 3 ..

> having worshipped Nārāyaṇa and bowed to the wishing tree (kalpavṛkṣa),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.8)

praviśya devatāgāraṃ kṛtvā taṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇām..

> and having entered the abode of the deity and circumambulated it three times,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.9)

mantrarājena saṃpūjya devaṃ śrīpuruṣottamam .. 4 ..

> worshipping the divine Śrī Puruṣottama with the king of mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.10)

tathā balaṃ subhadrāṃ ca svamantreṇa prapūjayet ..

> should likewise worship Bala and Subhadrā each with their own mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.11)

dṛṣṭvottarāyaṇe devaṃ mucyate dehabandhanāt .. 5 ..

> Beholding the God at the Uttarāyaṇa, one is released from the bondage of the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.12)

vidhānaṃ tasya vakṣyābhi śṛṇudhvaṃ pāvanaṃ mahat ..

> I shall declare its procedure, which is great and purifying; listen!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.13)

saṃkrāṃteḥ pūrvadivase navāṃ śāliṃ sukuṭṭitām .. 6 ..

> On the day prior to the transit (saṅkrānti), having well pounded new rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.14)

prāsādapūrvadeśe ca sthāpayitvādhivāsayet ..

> and having placed it in the eastern part of the temple, one should consecrate it with preliminary rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.15)

navena vāsasāveṣṭya dūrvāsarṣapapuṣpakaiḥ .. 7 ..

> Covering it with a new cloth, with dūrvā grass, mustard seeds, and flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.16)

pūjayitvā mantrayedvai kṛṣṇastvāmabhirakṣatu ..

> having worshipped it, one should consecrate it with the mantra: 'May Kṛṣṇa protect you.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.17)

tasminneva niśāyāme vyatīte jagadīśituḥ .. 8 ..

> When that very night watch has passed, of the Lord of the world  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.18)

pratyarcāṃ sannidhau nītvā bhāvayedekatādhiye ..

> one should bring the representative image into his presence, focusing with a mind on oneness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.19)

upacārāvaśiṣṭābhyāṃ pūjayedvai samāhitaḥ .. 9 ..

> With collected mind, one should worship \[it\] with the remaining services of honor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.20)

tato nirmālyavasanamālāmasyāṃ nidhāpayet ..

> Then one should place the garments and garland of cast-off offerings upon it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.21)

mahāsamṛddhyā tāmarcāṃ trirdevānbhrāmayettataḥ .. 2.2.42.10 ..

> With great splendor, one should then carry that image around the deities three times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.22)

āṃdolikāyāmāropya prāsādadvāramānayet ..

> Having placed \[the image\] upon a palanquin, one should bring it to the temple door,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.23)

trivikramaṃ trikrameṇa trailokyakramaṇaṃ vibhum .. 11 ..

> the all-pervading Trivikrama, who traverses the three worlds in three strides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.24)

viḍaṃbayaṃtaṃ tāṃ līlāṃ prāsādaṃ bhrāmayecca tam ..

> Imitating that divine play, one should circumambulate him around the temple,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.25)

triraṃte punaraṃke ca susamṛddhyā śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. 12 ..

> Three times at the end, and again in the courtyard, with great opulence, very slowly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.26)

dīpikāśatasaṃruddhatamasovaraṇāṃtare ..

> Amid the veil of darkness held back by hundreds of torches,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.27)

chatradhvajapatākābhirnṛtyavāditragītakaiḥ .. 13 ..

> With parasols, banners, and flags, with dances, musical instruments, and songs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.28)

taddarśanaparikṣīṇapātakānāṃ mahātmanām ..

> For the great-souled whose sins are destroyed by the sight of him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.29)

na ca cihnaṃ śarīre'sya navāṃge bhramaṇaṃ tataḥ .. 14 ..

> There is no mark \[of sin\] on the body; then \[takes place\] the circumambulation around the nine parts \[of the temple\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.30)

anuyāṃti tadā ye taṃ mahe yāṃtaṃ trivikramam ..

> Those who then follow him, Trivikrama, as he proceeds in the festival,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.31)

labhaṃte vājimedhasya phalaṃ te vai pade pade .. 15 ..

> They indeed obtain at every step the fruit of a horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.32)

prathamabhramaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate pañcapātakaiḥ ..

> By seeing the first circumambulation, one is freed from the five major sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.33)

malinīkaraṇairmucyeddvitīyaṃ bhramaṇaṃ dvijāḥ .. 16 ..

> By the second circumambulation, O brahmins, one is freed from defiling sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.34)

apātrīkaraṇairdṛṣṭvā tṛtīyaṃ bhramaṇaṃ dhruvam ..

> By seeing the third circumambulation, surely \[freed\] from sins causing degradation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.35)

upapātakapāpaiśca caturthaṃ mucyate tataḥ .. 17 ..

> And by the fourth, one is then freed from the sins of minor offences.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.36)

punaḥ prabhāte deveśaṃ praliṃpedgandhacandanaiḥ ..

> Again at dawn, one should smear the Lord of Gods with fragrant sandalpaste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.37)

vastrālaṃkāramālyaiśca bhūṣayitvā yathāvidhi .. 18 ..

> And having adorned \[him\] according to rule with garments, ornaments, and garlands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.38)

pūjayedupacāraistaṃ yathāśakti samṛddhimat ..

> One should worship him richly with offerings according to one's ability.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.39)

nīrājayitvā deveśaṃ taṃdulānadhivāsitān . 19 ..

> Having waved lights before the Lord of Gods, consecrated rice grains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.40)

sthālīṣu śātakuṃbhāsu dadhikhaṃḍājyamiśritān ..

> Mixed with curd, sugar candy, and clarified butter in golden cooking-pots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.41)

sanārikelaśakalācchṛṃgavera dalānvitān .. 2.2.42.20 ..

> Together with pieces of coconut and ginger shreds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.42)

prāsādaṃ triḥ paribhramya nayeddevasamīpataḥ ..

> Having carried \[them\] three times around the temple, one should bring them near the deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.43)

paṃktiśaḥ sthāpayedagre gandhapuṣpākṣatānvitān .. 21 ..

> And set them down in rows before \[him\], provided with perfumes, flowers, and unbroken rice grains:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.44)

jīvanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ janakastvaṃ jagatprabho ..

> "You are the sustenance of all beings, the progenitor, O Lord of the universe;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.45)

tvanmayāḥ śālayo hyete tvayaiva janitāḥ prabho .. 22 ..

> These rice grains are indeed full of you, engendered by you alone, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.46)

lokānugrahaṇārthāya gṛhītocitavigraha ..

> O you who assumed an appropriate form to show grace to the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.47)

tava prītyai kṛtānetāngṛhāṇa parameśvara .. 23 ..

> Accept these that are prepared for your delight, O Supreme Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.48)

tvayi tuṣṭe jagatsarvamanena prabhaviṣyati ..

> When you are pleased, the whole world will thrive through this;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.49)

svāhākārasvadhākāravaṣaṭkārā divaukasām .. 24 ..

> The svāhā, svadhā, and vaṣaṭ utterances of the gods  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.50)

āpyāyanā bhaviṣyaṃti tairevāpyāyitaṃ jagat ..

> Will become nourishing, and by them alone the world is nourished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.51)

rakṣa sarvaṃ jagannātha tvanmayaṃ sacarācaram .. 25 ..

> Protect all the world, O Jagannātha, which consists of you, moving and unmoving!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.52)

iti saṃprārthya deveśaṃ śālistaṃbānnivedayet ..

> Having thus prayed to the Lord of Gods, one should offer the sheaves of rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.53)

tanmayānbhakṣabhojyāṃśca dadhikuṃbhānsugaṃdhinaḥ .. 26 ..

> And confectionery and foods made from them, and fragrant pots of curd  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.54)

karpūrakhaṃḍamaricacūrṇayuktānnivedayet ..

> Endowed with camphor, sugar candy, and black-pepper powder, one should offer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.55)

brāhmaṇānpūjayedbhaktyā devadevapuraḥsthitān .. 27 ..

> One should worship with devotion the brahmins standing before the God of Gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.56)

tebhyaḥ pradadyādbhaktyā tāñchālyādīnbhagavaddhiyā ..

> One should give to them with devotion that rice and other things, regarding them as the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.57)

imaṃ mahotsavaṃ viprāḥ purā kalpe ca kaśyapaḥ .. 28 ..

> In a previous kalpa, O brahmins, Kaśyapa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.58)

sa ca sṛṣṭiṃ vinirmāya bhagavatprītaye'karot ..

> Having created creation, celebrated this great festival for the pleasure of the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.59)

ye paśyantyutsavaṃ cainaṃ kaśyapena vinirmitam .. 29 ..

> Those who behold this festival instituted by Kaśyapa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.60)

sarvadā sarvakāmaiste pūrṇāḥ śocaṃti na dvijāḥ ..

> Fulfilled in all desires at all times, O brahmins, do not grieve;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.61)

uṣitvā tridaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ kalpāṃte mokṣamāpnuyuḥ .. 2.2.42.30 ..

> Dwelling together with the gods, they attain liberation at the end of the kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.62)

mahānasasya saṃskāraṃ vahneḥ saṃskārameva ca ..

> The consecration of the kitchen and the consecration of the fire—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.63)

atrāpi kuryānmunayo vaiśvadevaṃ dinedine .. 31 ..

> Here too, O sages, one should perform the vaiśvadeva day by day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.64)

ādhānasaṃskṛte vahnau bhagavadbhuktaye ramā ..

> In the fire consecrated by ritual establishment, for the Lord's consumption, Ramā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.65)

pratyahaṃ pākamādhatte divyarūpā tirohitā .. 32 ..

> Assuming a divine form while remaining invisible, prepares the cooking every day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.66)

asminmahāpuṇyatama utsave paramātmanaḥ ..

> In this most sacred festival of the Supreme Self,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.67)

tulāpuruṣadānādi koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet.. 33 ..

> Gifts such as the tulāpuruṣa become multiplied ten million upon ten million times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.68)

snānaṃ dānaṃ tapo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam ..

> Bathing, giving, austerity, oblation, scriptural recitation, and water-offering to the ancestors—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.69)

sarvamakṣayatāṃ yāti hyutsave cottarāyaṇe .. 34 ..

> Everything indeed attains imperishability during the festival of the northern solstice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.42.70)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye makarasaṃkramavidhivarṇanaṃnāma dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 42 ..

> Thus ends the forty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Rule for the Capricorn Transit', in the Glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses, in the Second, the Vaiṣṇava Section, in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Puruṣottama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.42.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.1.p173) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit

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