[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.2.45 # Skandapurana 2.2.45 Skandapurāṇa 2.2.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.1) .. munaya ūcuḥ .. .. > The sages said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.2) mune vratamidaṃ puṇyaṃ śrutaṃ vai mūrtipaṃjaram .. > O sage, this sacred observance, the Mūrtipañjara, has been heard, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.3) antaḥpramodajananaṃ mahimnā ca mahattaram .. 1 .. > which generates inner joy and is exceedingly great in its majesty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.4) yātrā dvādaśa puṇyā yā uddiṣṭā bhagavatpriyāḥ .. > The twelve holy festivals that have been described, dear to the Lord— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.5) tāsāṃ dve avaśiṣṭe naḥ kathayasva mahāmune .. 2 .. > tell us of the two remaining of them, O great sage! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.6) .. jaiminiruvāca .. .. > Jaimini said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.7) vāsaṃtikāṃ samākhyāsye yātrāṃ damanabhaṃjikām.. > I shall describe the vernal festival, the Damanabhañjikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.8) yasyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ dṛṣṭāyāṃ prīṇāti puruṣottamaḥ .. 3 .. > by performing or beholding which Puruṣottama is pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.9) purā yatkathitaṃ viprāstṛṇaṃ damanakāhvayam .. > The herb named damanaka, which was mentioned of old, O brahmins— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.10) caitraśuklatrayodaśyāmāharettatsamūlakam .. 4 .. > on the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, one should gather it by the roots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.11) tanmadhye maṃḍalaṃ kuryātsuśubhaṃ padmasaṃjñitam .. > In the middle of it, one should make a very auspicious maṇḍala named padma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.12) tadaṃtarvāsayeddevapratyarcāṃ pratipūjitām .. 5 .. > Inside it, one should install the worshipped substitute image of the deity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.13) yuktāṃ śrīsatyabhāmābhyāṃ pūjayedvidhivacca tāḥ .. > accompanied by Śrī and Satyabhāmā, and worship them according to the rules. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.14) arddharātre tu karmedaṃ devadevasya kārayet .. 6 .. > At midnight, indeed, one should have this rite of the God of gods performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.15) purā niśīthe'pi vibhurbabhaṃja damanāsuram .. > Formerly, at midnight as well, the Lord crushed the asura Damana; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.16) bhaṃktvā lebhe parāṃ prītiṃ tadaṃgotthaṃ ca tattṛṇam ..7.. > having crushed him, he experienced supreme delight, and that herb arose from his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.17) tasyāmeva trayodaśyāṃ tṛṇaṃ daityaṃ vibhāvayet .. > On that very thirteenth day, one should meditate upon the herb as the demon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.18) kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā vākyaṃ cedamudāharet .. 8.. > Having folded his hands in reverence, he should utter this speech: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.19) avadhīrdamanaṃ daityaṃ purā trailokyakaṃṭakam .. > 'You slew the demon Damana of old, the thorn of the three worlds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.20) sa evetthaṃ pariṇataḥ puratastava tiṣṭhati .. 9 .. > he, transformed in this manner, stands before you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.21) asyotpattau tadā prītirāsīdyā tava mādhava .. > Whatever delight you had at his origin then, O Mādhava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.22) adhunāpi tathaivāstāṃ prītirdamanabhaṃjane .. 2.2.45.10 .. > let there be the very same delight now in the crushing of Damana.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.23) ityuktvā tṛṇameke tu kare devasya dāpayet .. > Having said this, one should place the herb in one hand of the deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.24) tato'vaśiṣṭāṃ rātriṃ ca nṛtyagītādibhirnayet .. 11 .. > Then one should pass the remainder of the night with dance, song, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.25) tataścābhyudite sūrye devaṃ tṛṇapuraḥsaram .. > Then, when the sun has risen, taking the deity preceded by the herb, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.26) nayecca jagadīśasya samīpaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 12 .. > one should convey him near the Lord of the Universe, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.27) upacārairjagannāthaṃ pūjayetpūrvavattataḥ .. > Then, one should worship Jagannātha with offerings as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.28) hiraṇyakaśipuṃ hatvā hyantramālāṃ tadaṃgajām .. 13 .. > Having slain Hiraṇyakaśipu, \[Viṣṇu wore\] the garland of entrails produced from his body— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.29) kṛtvā kaṇṭhe yathā'prīṇāstathedaṃ damanaṃ tṛṇam .. > Having placed \[it\] on your neck, just as you were pleased after slaying Hiraṇyakaśipu / and \[putting on\] the garland of entrails born of his body, so this damana grass > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.30) tava prītyai tu bhagavanmayā dattaṃ tavāṃgake .. 14 .. > has been offered by me upon your limbs, O Lord, for your pleasure.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.31) ityuccārya harermūrdhni dadyādgaṃdhatṛṇaṃ śubham .. > Having recited this, one should place the auspicious fragrant grass upon Hari's head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.32) tadā dṛṣṭvā harervaktrapadmaṃ prītikaraṃ mudā .. > Then, beholding with joy Hari's lotus-face that brings delight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.33) bhavaduḥkhaparikṣīṇaḥ sukhamāpnotyanuttamam .. 15 .. > freed from worldly sorrow, one attains unsurpassed happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.34) gṛhītvā mūrdhni tacchākhāṃ viṣṇumūrdhno'pakāṣatām .. > Taking a sprig of it on one's head as it falls from Viṣṇu's head, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.35) sarvapāpavinirmukto vasedviṣṇupure dhruvam .. 16 .. > freed from all sins, one shall dwell firmly in the city of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.45.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45.36) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye damanakabhaṃjanavidhivarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 45 .. > Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Rite of Breaking the Damana Plant', in the Puruṣottamakṣetra-māhātmya of the second \[part\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.45.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.5.p86.2) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.6.p29) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.6.p29) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.45) · Pramāṇa