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# Skandapurana 2.2.43

Skandapurāṇa 2.2.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.1)

.. jaiminiruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.2.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.2)

phālgune māsi kurvīta dolārohaṇamuttamam ..

> In the month of Phālguna, one should perform the supreme swing festival,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.3)

yatra krīḍati goviṃdo lokānugrahaṇāya vai .. 1 ..

> Where Govinda sports indeed for the sake of bestowing grace upon the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.4)

pratyarcāṃ devadevasya goviṃdākhyāṃ tu kārayet ..

> One should make a secondary image of the God of Gods named Govinda;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.5)

prāsādapurataḥ kuryātṣoḍaśa staṃbhamucchritama.. 2 ..

> In front of the temple, one should make an elevated sixteen-pillared  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.6)

caturasraṃ caturdvāraṃ maṇḍapaṃ vedikānvitam ..

> Square pavilion with four doors, furnished with an altar platform,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.7)

cārucaṃdrātapaṃ mālyacāmaradhvajaśobhitam .. 3 ..

> With a beautiful canopy, adorned with garlands, chowries, and banners,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.8)

bhadrāsanaṃ vedikāyāṃ śrīparṇīkāṣṭhanirmitam ..

> And an auspicious seat upon the altar platform, made of śrīparṇī wood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.9)

phalgūtsavaṃ prakurvīta pañcāhāni tryahāṇi vā .. 4 ..

> One should celebrate the Phalgūtsava for five days or three days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.10)

phālgunyāṃ pūrvato viprāścaturdaśyāṃ niśāmukhe ..

> Prior to the full moon day of Phālguna, O brahmins, on the fourteenth day at nightfall,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.11)

vahnyutsavaṃ prakurvīta dolāmaṇḍapapūrvataḥ .. 5 ..

> One should celebrate the fire festival to the east of the swing pavilion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.12)

goviṃdānugṛhītaṃ tu yātrāṃgaṃ tatprakīrtitam..

> That is proclaimed as a constituent rite of the pilgrimage favoured by Govinda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.13)

ācāryavaraṇaṃ kṛtvā vahniṃ nirmathanodbhavam .. 6 ..

> Having chosen the preceptor, with fire produced from friction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.14)

bhūmiṃ saṃskṛtya vidhivattṛṇarāśiṃ mahocchrayam..

> Having prepared the ground according to the prescribed rules, \[he should gather\] a very high heap of straw;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.15)

susamaṃ kārayitvā tu vahniṃ tatra vinikṣipet.. 7 ..

> and having made it completely level, he should place the fire therein.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.16)

pūjayitvā vidhānena kūṣmāṃḍavidhinā hunet ..

> Having worshipped according to the rite, he should offer oblations with the Kūṣmāṇḍa rites;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.17)

goviṃdaṃ pūjayitvā tu bhrāmayetsa tata vibhum .. 8 ..

> and having worshipped Govinda, he should circumambulate that all-pervading Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.18)

yatnāttaṃ rakṣayedvahniṃ yāvadyātrā samāpyate ..

> He should diligently protect that fire as long as the festival lasts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.19)

prātaryāme caturdaśyāṃ goviṃdapratimāṃ śubhām .. 9 ..

> In the morning watch on the fourteenth lunar day, \[taking\] the auspicious image of Govinda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.20)

vāsayitvā hareragre pūjayetpuruṣottamam ..

> and seating it before Hari, he should worship Puruṣottama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.21)

upacārāvaśiṣṭaistu pratyarcāmapi pūjayet .. 2.2.43.10 ..

> With the remaining offerings of worship, he should also worship the secondary image.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.22)

tato'varopya vasanaṃ mālāṃ ca dvijasattamāḥ ..

> Then, having taken down the garment and garland, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.23)

arcāyāṃ vinyasenmaṃtrī paraṃ jyotirvibhāvayan .. 11 ..

> the master of mantras, contemplating the supreme light, should deposit \[it\] into the image.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.24)

tataḥ sā pratimā sākṣājjāyate puruṣottamaḥ ..

> Then that image directly becomes Puruṣottama \[himself\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.25)

ratnāṃdolikayā tāṃ vai nayetsnānasya maṃḍapam .. .. 12 ..

> He should convey it indeed to the pavilion for bathing on a palanquin of jewels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.26)

tatra nānā tūryanādaiḥ śaṃkhadhvanipuraḥsaram..

> amidst various sounds of musical instruments preceded by the sounding of conches,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.27)

jayaśabdaistathā stotraiḥ puṣpavṛṣṭibhireva ca .. 13 ..

> with shouts of victory, as well as hymns of praise, and showers of flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.28)

chatradhvajapatākābhiścāmarairvyajanaistathā ..

> with umbrellas, flags, banners, chowries, and fans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.29)

niraṃtaraṃ dīpikābhistadā kuryānmahotsavam .. 14 ..

> and with continuous lamps, he should then conduct a great festival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.30)

āgacchaṃti tadā devāḥ pitāmahapurogamāḥ ..

> At that time, the gods, headed by Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.31)

draṣṭuṃ carṣigaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ goviṃdasya mahotsavam .. .. 15 ..

> come along with the hosts of seers to witness the great festival of Govinda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.32)

bhadrāsane'dhivāsyaiva pūjayedupacārakaiḥ ..

> Having established \[the deity\] upon an auspicious seat, he should worship \[him\] with articles of homage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.33)

mahāsnānasya vidhinā snapanaṃ tasya kārayet .. 16 ..

> he should perform his ceremonial bath according to the rule of the great bath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.34)

paṃcāmṛtaiśca sarvaiśca teṣāmanyatamena vā ..

> with all the five nectars, or with any one of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.35)

snānāṃte gaṃdhatoyena śrīsūktenābhiṣecayet .. 17 ..

> At the conclusion of the bath, he should consecrate \[him\] with fragrant water according to the Śrīsūkta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.36)

saṃprokṣya bhūṣayeddevaṃ vastrālaṃkāramālyakaiḥ ..

> Having sprinkled the god, he should adorn him with garments, ornaments, and garlands;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.37)

nīrājayitvā saṃpūjya prāsādaṃ pariveṣṭayet .. 18 ..

> having waved lights before him and worshipped him, he should carry him around the temple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.38)

saptakṛtvastato devaṃ dolāmaṃḍapamānayet ..

> Seven times then he should lead the god to the swing-pavilion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.39)

susaṃskṛtāyāṃ rathyāyāṃ patākātoraṇādibhiḥ ..

> along the highway well-adorned with banners, ornamental arches, and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.40)

adhodeśe maṃḍapaṃ taṃ saptaśo bhrāmayetpunaḥ .. 19 ..

> in the lower area he should move that pavilion around seven times;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.41)

ūrddhvadeśe punaḥ sapta staṃbhavedyāṃ ca sapta vai ..

> in the upper area seven times, and on the pillared altar indeed seven times;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.42)

yātrāvasāne ca punarbhrāmayedekaviṃśatim .. 2.2.43.20 ..

> and at the end of the festival he should move it around twenty-one times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.43)

iyaṃ līlā bhagavataḥ pitāmahamukheritā ..

> This pastime of the Blessed Lord, declared from the mouth of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.44)

rājarṣiṇeṃdradyumnena kāritā pūrvameva hi .. 21 ..

> was performed long ago indeed by the royal sage Indradyumna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.45)

phalapuṣpopanamraiśca śākhibhiḥ parikalpite ..

> In a delightful spot in Vṛndāvana, arranged with trees  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.46)

vṛṃdāvanāṃtare ramye mattabhramararāviṇi .. 22 ..

> bowing down with fruits and flowers, buzzing with impassioned black bees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.47)

kokilārāvamadhure nānāpakṣigaṇākule ..

> sweet with the cooing of cuckoos, crowded with diverse flocks of birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.48)

nānopaśobhāracitanānāgurusudhūpite .. 23 ..

> fashioned with manifold adornments, perfumed with various aloes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.49)

praphullaketakīṣaṃḍagaṃdhāmodidigaṃtare ..

> its quarters scented with the fragrance of clumps of blooming screw-pine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.50)

mallikāśokapunnāgacaṃpakairupaśobhite .. 24 ..

> adorned with jasmine, aśoka, punnāga, and campaka trees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.51)

tatkānanāṃtarghaṭite maṃḍape cārutoraṇe ..

> in the pavilion erected inside that forest, having attractive ornamental arches,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.52)

bhūṣite mālyavasanacāmarairupaśobhite .. 25 ..

> decorated with garlands and garments, beautified with chowries;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.53)

ratnakhaṭvāṃdolikāyāṃ tanmadhye vāsayetprabhum ..

> upon a swing-bed of jewels, in the midst of it, he should seat the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.54)

sadratnamukuṭaṃ tārahāraśobhitavakṣasam .. 26 ..

> wearing a diadem of fine gems, his chest adorned with a necklace of pearls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.55)

anarghyaratnaghaṭitakuṃḍalodbhāsitaśrutim ..

> his ears illuminated by earrings fashioned of priceless gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.56)

yathāsthānaṃ yathāśobhaṃ divyālaṃkāramaṃjulam .. 27 ..

> charming with divine ornaments properly placed and appropriately radiant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.57)

vikacāṃbujamadhyasthaṃ viśvadhātryā śriyā yutam .. 28 ..

> seated in the centre of a blooming lotus, accompanied by Śrī, the bearer of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.58)

śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadhāriṇaṃ vanamālinam ..

> bearing the conch, discus, mace, and lotus, wearing a forest garland,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.59)

suprasannaṃ sunāsaṃ taṃ pīnavakṣaḥsthalojjvalam .. 29 ..

> very gracious, of handsome nose, radiant with a broad chest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.60)

puro vyomasthitairdevairbrahmādyairnatamastakaiḥ ..

> praised with shouts of victory, with hands folded in devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.61)

kṛtāṃjalipuṭairbhaktyā jayaśabdairabhiṣṭutam .. 2.2.43.30 ..

> with bowed heads, by the gods headed by Brahmā standing in the sky before him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.62)

gaṃdharvairapsarobhiśca kinnaraiḥ siddhacāraṇaiḥ ..

> by gandharvas, apsarases, kinnaras, siddhas, and cāraṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.63)

hāhāhūhūprabhṛtibhiḥ satvaraṃ divyagāyanaiḥ .. 31 ..

> by Hāhā, Hūhū, and other divine singers, swiftly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.64)

ahaṃpūrvikayā nṛtyagītavāditrakāribhiḥ ..

> performing dances, songs, and instrumental music, vying with each other,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.65)

netrāṃbujasahasraiśca pūjyamānaṃ mudānvitaiḥ .. 32 ..

> and worshipped with delight by thousands of lotus-eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.66)

kiradbhiḥ sarvatodikṣu gaṃdhacaṃdanajaṃ rajaḥ ..

> who scatter in all directions the powder born of fragrant sandalwood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.67)

upaveśyātha goviṃdaṃ pūjayedupacārakaiḥ .. 33 ..

> Having thus seated Govinda, he should worship him with articles of homage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.68)

ballavīvṛṃdamadhyasthaṃ kadaṃbatarumūlagam ..

> meditating on the Lord of the world stationed in the midst of a troop of cowherd women, at the foot of a kadamba tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.69)

hāvahāsyavilāsaiśca krīḍamānaṃ vanāṃtare .. 34 ..

> sporting with gestures, laughter, and amorous dalliance in the forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.70)

gopībhiścaiva gopālairlīlāṃdolitayānagam ..

> mounted upon a vehicle swung in playful sport by the gopīs and cowherds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.71)

ciṃtayitvā jagannāthaṃ vikiredgaṃdhacūrṇakaiḥ .. 35 ..

> and he should scatter fragrant powders,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.72)

sakarpūrai raktapītaśuklairdikṣu samaṃtataḥ ..

> with camphor, red, yellow, and white, all around in every direction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.73)

divyairvastrairdivyamālyairddivyairgaṃdhaiḥ sudhūpakaiḥ .. 36 ..

> along with divine garments, divine garlands, divine fragrances, and fine incenses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.74)

cāmarāṃdolanairgītaiḥ stutibhiśca samarcitam ..

> worshipped with the waving of chowries, songs, and hymns of praise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.75)

āṃdolayeddolikāsthaṃ saptavārāñchanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. ..37..

> One should gently swing \[the deity\] seated on the swing seven times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.76)

tadā paśyaṃti ye kṛṣṇaṃ muktisteṣāṃ na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Those who see Kṛṣṇa at that moment attain liberation; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.77)

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ paṃcakānāṃ kṣayo bhavet .. 38 ..

> The destruction of the group of five sins, beginning with the murder of a brahmin, shall take place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.78)

trirevaṃ dolayeddevaṃ sarvapāpāpanodanam ..

> Thus one should swing the God three times, he who removes all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.79)

bhaktyānugrāhakaṃ puṃsāṃ bhuktimuktyekakāraṇam .. 39 ..

> who shows grace to men through devotion, the sole cause of worldly enjoyment and liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.80)

līlāviceṣṭitaṃ yasya kṛtrimaṃ sahajaṃ tathā ..

> whose sportive activities, both artificial and natural,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.81)

aṃhaḥsaṃghakṣayakaraṃ mūlāvidyānivarttakam .. 2.2.43.40 ..

> destroy the multitude of sins and dispel primal ignorance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.82)

paśyandvitīyaṃ harati gohatyādyupapātakam ..

> Seeing him a second time destroys minor sins such as cow-slaughter;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.83)

haratyaśeṣapāpāni tṛtīye nātra saṃśayaḥ ..41..

> at the third time, it destroys all sins without remainder; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.84)

dṛṣṭvā dolāyitaṃ devaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..

> Having seen the God swinging, one is freed from all sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.85)

ādhyātmikairādhibhautairādhidaivairvimucyate .. 42 ..

> one is released from \[sufferings\] that are spiritual, material, and supernatural.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.86)

imāṃ yātrāṃ kārayitvā cakravartī bhavennṛpaḥ ..

> Having caused this festival to be performed, a king becomes a universal emperor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.87)

brāhmaṇastu caturvedī jñānavāñjāyate dhruvam ..43..

> a brahmin certainly becomes a master of the four Vedas and endowed with wisdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.43.88)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye dolārohaṇaṃnāma trayaścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..43..

> Thus ends the forty-third chapter, named 'Mounting the Swing', in the Puruṣottamakṣetra-māhātmya in the second Vaiṣṇava section of the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.43.1) — English, machine translation

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