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# Skandapurana 2.3.5

Skandapurāṇa 2.3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.1)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.2)

kimarthaṃ bhagavāṃstatra vasati śraddhayā punaḥ ..

> For what reason does the Lord reside there again with faith?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.3)

kiṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tasya darśanasparśanādibhiḥ .. 1 ..

> What is the merit, and what is the fruit of seeing him, touching him, and so forth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.4)

naivedyabhakṣaṇaṃ cāpi mahāpūjākṛtestathā ..

> And also the eating of food offerings, and likewise of performing a great worship;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.5)

pradakṣiṇasya ca phalaṃ brūhi me kṛpayā pitaḥ .. 2 ..

> and the fruit of circumambulation—tell me out of compassion, O Father!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.6)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.7)

purā kṛtayugasyādau sarvabhūtahitāya ca ..

> Formerly, in the beginning of the Kṛta Yuga, for the welfare of all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.8)

mūrtimānbhagavāṃstatra tapoyogasamāśritaḥ .. 3 ..

> the Lord \[dwelt\] there embodied, devoted to yoga and austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.9)

tretāyuge hyṛṣigaṇairyogābhyāsaikatatparaḥ ..

> In the Tretā Yuga indeed, he was wholly intent on the practice of yoga with the hosts of ṛṣis;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.10)

dvāpare samanuprāpte jñānaniṣṭho hi durlabhaḥ .. 4 ..

> and when the Dvāpara arrived, one steadfast in knowledge was indeed hard to find.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.11)

ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca durdarśo bhagavānabhūt ..

> The Lord became difficult to see for both ṛṣis and deities;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.12)

tato hyṛṣigaṇā devā alabhya bhagavadgatim .. 5 ..

> therefore, the hosts of ṛṣis and the gods, failing to attain the presence of the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.13)

svāyaṃbhuvaṃ padaṃ yātā vismayākulacetasaḥ ..

> went to the realm of the Self-born \[Brahmā\], their minds agitated with wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.14)

tatra gatvā namaskṛtya ūcurlokeśvaraṃ mudā ..

> Having gone there and paid homage, they gladly addressed the Lord of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.15)

bṛhaspatiṃ puraskṛtya ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ .. 6 ..

> placing Bṛhaspati at their head, both the gods and the ṛṣis rich in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.16)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

> The gods said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.17)

namaste sarvalokānāmāśrayaḥ śaraṇārtihā ..

> Homage to you, the refuge of all the worlds, who removes the distress of those who seek shelter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.18)

vṛttidaḥ karuṇāpūrṇaḥ pitāmaha sureśvara ..

> bestower of livelihood, full of compassion, grandfather, lord of the gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.19)

nivedanīyā vipadaḥ samuddhartā pitāsi naḥ .. 7 ..

> Our misfortunes must be reported \[to you\]; you are our father and deliverer. (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.20)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.21)

kimarthamāgatā yūyaṃ vismayākulamānasāḥ ..

> For what reason have you come, your minds bewildered by wonder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.22)

militā ṛṣibhiḥ sākaṃ brūtāgamanakāraṇam .. 8 ..

> assembled together with the seers? State the cause of your arrival. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.23)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

> The gods said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.24)

dvāpare samanuprāpte viśālāyāṃ viśāladhīḥ ..

> Now that Dvāpara has arrived, the broad-minded  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.25)

bhagavāndṛśyate naiva tatra kiṃ kāraṇaṃ vada .. 9 ..

> Lord is no longer seen at Viśālā. Tell us the reason for that! (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.26)

viśālā kiṃ parityaktā tato vā kva gataḥ svayam ..

> Has Viśālā been abandoned \[by him\], or where has he gone himself from there?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.27)

aparādhādutāsmākaṃ kathaṃ cāsau prasīdati .. 2.3.5.10 ..

> Or is it because of our transgression? And how may he be pleased? (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.28)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.29)

nāhametadvijānāmi śrutaṃ cādya mukhāddhi vaḥ ..

> I do not know this; indeed, it is only today that I hear it from your mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.30)

ko heturdṛkpathātīto bhagavānbhavatāṃ surāḥ ..

> What is the reason that the Lord has gone beyond your range of sight, O gods?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.31)

āgacchata vayaṃ yāmastīraṃ kṣīrapayonidheḥ ..11..

> Come, let us go to the shore of the ocean of milk! (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.32)

ityuktāste purodhāya brahmāṇaṃ tridivaukasaḥ ..

> Having been spoken to thus, the denizens of heaven, placing Brahmā at their head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.33)

yayuḥ kṣīrāṃbudhestīramṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ..12..

> went, along with the seers rich in austerity, to the shore of the ocean of milk. (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.34)

tatra gatvā jagannāthaṃ devadevaṃ vṛṣākapim ..

> Having gone there, to the lord of the universe, god of gods, Vṛṣākapi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.35)

gīrbhiścitrapadārthābhistuṣṭuvurjagadīśvaram .. 13 ..

> they praised the lord of the world with words of wondrous sense. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.36)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.37)

namaste puruṣādhyakṣa sarvabhūtaguhāśaya ..

> Homage to you, overseer of the Spirit, dwelling in the cave \[of the heart\] of all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.38)

vāsudevākhilādhāra jagaddheto jaganmaya .. 14 ..

> Vāsudeva, support of all, cause of the world, composed of the universe! (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.39)

tvameva sarvabhūtānāṃ hetuḥ patirutāśrayaḥ ..

> You alone are the cause, the lord, and indeed the refuge of all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.40)

māyāśaktimupāśritya vicarasyekasundara .. 15 ..

> Resorting to the power of māyā, you move about, you who alone are beautiful. (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.41)

eko nānāyate yo'sau naṭavajjāyate'vyayaḥ ..

> He who, being one, appears manifold, the imperishable one who appears like an actor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.42)

vyāpako'pi kṛpālutvādbhaktahṛtpadmaṣaṭpada ..

> though all-pervading, out of compassion a bee to the lotus of his devotees' hearts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.43)

dadāti vividhānaṃdaṃ taṃ vaṃde jagatāṃ patim .. 16 .. ..

> bestows manifold bliss: to that lord of the worlds I bow! (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.44)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

> The gods said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.45)

vipadvanāṃte hutabhugjanānāṃ gṛhītasattvastridaśāvanīśaḥ ..

> Fire to the forest of people's misfortunes, who assumed goodness, lord of heaven and earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.46)

carācarātmā bhagavānanaṃtaḥ kṛpākaṭākṣairavalokatāṃ naḥ .. 17 ..

> the self of the moving and unmoving, the infinite Lord—may he look upon us with side-glances of compassion! (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.47)

sakṛdyannāmapīyūṣarasapānaparaḥ pumān ..

> A man who even once is devoted to drinking the nectar-essence of whose name  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.48)

niḥśreyasaṃ tṛṇamiva manyate taṃ hariṃ bhaje.. 18 ..

> regards the supreme good as mere grass: to that Hari I pay homage! (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.49)

avidyāpratibiṃbatvājjīvabhāvamupāgataḥ ..

> Reflected in ignorance, he has attained the condition of the individual soul;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.50)

vijñatvādupaśāṃtātmā sa punātu jagattrayam ..19..

> due to true knowledge, his self is tranquilized—may he purify the three worlds! (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.51)

.. gaṃdharvā ūcuḥ .. ..

> The Gandharvas said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.52)

pibaṃti ye hareḥ padāṃbusaṃgaleśataḥ payaḥ payo na te punaḥpunaḥ pibaṃti māturaṃkataḥ ..

> Those who drink water with even a drop of contact with the water of Hari's feet never drink milk again and again from a mother's lap.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.53)

prasaṃgato yadā bhidhāsudhāṃ nipīya mānavā mṛtā'mṛtaṃ vrajaṃtyadho na jātu yāṃtyaśaṃkitāḥ .. 2.3.5.20 ..

> When men, even incidentally, drink the nectar of his name, dying they go to immortality and never fall below, free from fear. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.54)

tataḥ stuto hariḥ sākṣātsiṃdhorutthāya cābravīt ..

> Then, having been praised, Hari visibly arose from the ocean and spoke.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.55)

alakṣito'parairbrahmā paraṃ tadveda nāparaḥ .. 21 ..

> Unperceived by others, Brahmā alone knew that; no one else. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.56)

brahmā tadupadhāryātha natvā tasmai divaukasa ..

> Then Brahmā, having understood that and bowed to him, O denizens of heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.57)

bodhayāmāsa sakalaṃ surāḥ śṛṇuta sādaram .. 22 ..

> explained everything: 'O gods, listen respectfully!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.58)

aṃtarhito'sau bhagavāndṛṣṭvā lokānkumedhasaḥ ..

> The Lord disappeared on seeing that the people have evil intellects.' / Hearing these words of his, all the gods went to heaven. (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.59)

śrutvetthaṃ vacanaṃ tasya sarve devā divaṃ yayuḥ ..23..

> Having heard his words thus, all the gods went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.60)

tato'haṃ yatirūpeṇa tīrthānnāradasaṃjñakāt ..

> 'Then I, in the form of an ascetic, having lifted Hari out from the sacred ford named Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.61)

uddhṛtya sthāpayiṣyāmi hariṃ lokahitecchayā .. 24 ..

> shall install him, desiring the welfare of the world, (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.62)

yasya darśanamātreṇa pātakāni mahāntyapi ..

> by whose mere darśana even great sins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.63)

vilīyaṃte kṣaṇādeva siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛgā iva .. 25 ..

> dissolve in an instant, like deer upon seeing a lion. (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.64)

dharmādharmānvijityātha badarīśaṃ vibhuṃ harim ..

> Having overcome righteousness and unrighteousness, having seen the all-pervading Hari, the lord of Badarī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.65)

dṛṣṭvā muktimupāyāṃti vinā''yāsaṃ ṣaḍānana .. 26 ..

> they attain liberation without effort, O six-faced one! (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.66)

tyaktaprāyāṇi tīrthāni hariṇā kalikālataḥ ..

> The sacred fords have mostly been abandoned by Hari on account of the Kali age;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.67)

badarīṃ samanuprāpya sākṣādevāvatiṣṭhate .. 27 ..

> having reached Badarī, he abides visibly indeed. (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.68)

kalikālamanuprāpya muktiryeṣāmabhīpsitā ..

> Now that the Kali age has arrived, by those who desire liberation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.69)

draṣṭavyā badarī taistu hitvā tīrthānyaśeṣataḥ .. 28 ..

> Badarī should be visited, leaving aside all the other sacred fords. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.70)

vinā jñānena yogena tīrthāṭanapariśramaiḥ ..

> Without knowledge, without yoga, without the hardships of wandering to sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.71)

ekena janmanā jaṃtuḥ kaivalyaṃ padamaśnute .. 29 ..

> a living being attains the state of absolute liberation in a single birth. (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.72)

janmāṃtarasahasraistu yena cārādhito hariḥ ..

> He by whom Hari has been worshipped through thousands of other births  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.73)

sa gacchedbadarīṃ draṣṭuṃ yatra jaṃturna śocati .. 2.3.5.30 ..

> may go to see Badarī, where a living being does not grieve. (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.74)

badarībadarītyuktvā prasaṃgānmanujottamaḥ ..

> The best of men who utters, even incidentally, "Badarī, Badarī",  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.75)

saṃsāratimirābādhe dīpamujvālayatyasau .. 31 ..

> kindles a lamp against the affliction of worldly darkness. (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.76)

yathā dīpāvalokena tamobādhā na jāyate ..

> Just as no trouble from darkness arises through the sight of a lamp,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.77)

tathaiva badarīṃ dṛṣṭvā puṃso mṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ ..32..

> Even so, upon seeing Badarī, whence could fear of death arise for a person?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.78)

darśanādyasya pāpāni rudaṃtyavyāhatāni ca ..

> Beholding whom, sins, though unimpeded, weep,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.79)

muktimārgamupālakṣya taṃ vaṃde badarīpatim .. ..33..

> Perceiving the path of liberation, I bow to that Lord of Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.80)

saśailakānanā bhūmirdaśadhā dakṣiṇīkṛtā ..

> The earth with its mountains and forests circumambulated ten times—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.81)

hareḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ tadvadbadaryāṃ tatpadepade .. 34 ..

> Such is the circumambulation of Hari, at every single step in Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.82)

aśvamedhe tu yatpuṇyaṃ vājapeyaśatena ca ..

> Whatever merit is obtained in a horse-sacrifice, and through a hundred Vājapeyas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.83)

hareḥ pradakṣiṇāttadvadbadaryāṃ tatpadepade .. 35 ..

> Such is \[obtained\] from circumambulating Hari, at every single step in Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.84)

caturmāse tu yatpuṇyaṃ brahmāṃḍadānatastathā ..

> Whatever merit is in Cāturmāsya, and likewise from the gift of a cosmic egg,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.85)

hareḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ tadvadbadaryāṃ tatpadepade .. 36 ..

> Such is the circumambulation of Hari, at every single step in Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.86)

atikṛcchrairmahākṛcchraiśchāṃdasaiḥ sukṛtaṃ bhavet ..

> The good deed that arises through atikṛcchras, mahākṛcchras, and Vedic penances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.87)

hareḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ tadvadbadaryāṃ tatpadepade .. 37 ..

> Such is the circumambulation of Hari, at every single step in Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.88)

badaryāṃ viṣṇunaivedyaṃ sikthamātraṃ ṣaḍānana ..

> Even a mere grain of boiled rice of Viṣṇu's food offering in Badarī, O Six-faced One,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.89)

aśanācchodhayetpāpaṃ tuṣāgniriva kāṃcanam .. 38 ..

> Purifies sin through its eating, just as a chaff-fire purifies gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.90)

yadannaṃ bhagavānatti ṛṣibhirnnāradādibhiḥ ..

> The food that the Blessed One eats along with seers such as Nārada—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.91)

tatsattvaśuddhaye sarvairbhoktavyamavicāritam .. 39 ..

> That must be eaten without hesitation by everyone for the purification of being.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.92)

amarā api yannūnaṃ vyājenecchanti sarvataḥ ..

> That which even the immortals surely desire on every side under various pretexts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.93)

bhoktuṃ badarikāṃ viṣṇornaivedyaṃ yāṃti tatparāḥ .. 2.3.5.40 ..

> Devoted to that, they go to Badarikā to consume Viṣṇu's food offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.94)

bhojanānaṃtaraṃ viṣṇoḥ pragacchanti svamālayam ..

> After the meal of Viṣṇu, they depart to their own abode;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.95)

prahlādapramukhā bhaktāḥ praviśaṃti hareḥ padam .. 41 ..

> Devotees headed by Prahlāda enter the realm of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.96)

bālyayauvanavārddhakye yatpāpaṃ jñānataḥ kṛtam ..

> Whatever sin has been knowingly committed in childhood, youth, or old age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.97)

naivedyabhakṣaṇādviṣṇorbadaryāṃ tadvilīyate .. 42 ..

> Dissolves through eating Viṣṇu's food offering in Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.98)

prāṇāṃtaṃ yasya pāpasya prāyaścittaṃ prakīrtitam ..

> A sin for which an expiation ending only with death is prescribed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.99)

viṣṇorniveditaṃ bhuktvā badaryyāṃ tannivarttate ..46..

> Departs upon eating what has been offered to Viṣṇu in Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.100)

tīrthāṃtareṣu yatnena muktiṃ gacchati mānavaḥ ..

> At other sacred fords, a mortal attains liberation through exertion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.101)

naivedyabhakṣaṇādviṣṇoḥ sālokyaṃ labhate naraḥ ..44..

> From eating the food offering of Viṣṇu, a man attains residence in his realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.102)

hṛdi rūpaṃ mukhe nāma naivedyamudare hareḥ ..

> He whose heart holds \[Hari's\] form, whose mouth \[his\] name, whose belly the food offering of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.103)

pādodakaṃ sanirmālyaṃ mastake yasya so'cyutaḥ..45..

> And on whose head is the foot-washing water together with the sanctified remnants, is himself Acyuta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.104)

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ ..

> Brahmin-murder, drinking liquor, theft, intercourse with a guru's wife—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.105)

naivedyabhakṣaṇādviṣṇorbadaryāṃ yāṃti saṃkṣayam .. 46 ..

> These go to complete destruction from eating the food offering of Viṣṇu in Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.106)

badarīsadṛśaṃ kṣetraṃ naivedyasadṛśaṃ vasu ..

> There is no sacred field equal to Badarī; there is no wealth equal to the food offering;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.107)

nāradīyasamaṃ kṣetraṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati ..47..

> A sacred field equal to the one belonging to Nārada has never existed, nor will it ever exist.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.108)

badarī yatnato gamyā bhoktavyaṃ tanniveditam ..

> Badarī should be visited with effort; that which is offered should be eaten;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.109)

draṣṭavyo bhagavānvahnitīrthe snānaṃ sudurlabham .. 48 ..

> The Blessed One should be seen; a ritual ablution in the Vahnitīrtha is very difficult to obtain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.110)

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni vratāni niyamāstathā ..

> Whatever sacred fords, observances, and restraints exist on earth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.111)

pādodakaṃ viśālāyāṃ pāvanaṃ purato bhavet .. 49 ..

> The foot-washing water in Viśālā is purifying beyond them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.112)

kiṃ tasya dānaistapasā tīrthāṭanapariśramaiḥ ..

> What need has he of gifts, austerity, or the fatigue of wandering to sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.113)

badaryāṃ viṣṇupādodabiṃdumātraṃ labhedyadi .. 2.3.5.50 ..

> If he should obtain even a mere drop of Viṣṇu's foot-washing water in Badarī?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.114)

prāyaścittāni jalpaṃti tāvadeva ṣaḍānana ..

> They talk of expiations only so long, O Six-faced One,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.115)

yāvanna labhyate viṣṇorbadaryāṃ caraṇodakam .. 51 ..

> As long as the foot-washing water of Viṣṇu in Badarī is not obtained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.116)

anāyāsena yeṣāṃ vā icchā muktipathe nṛṇām ..

> Or, for those men who desire the path to liberation without exertion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.117)

karttavyaṃ taiḥ prayatnena viṣṇornaivedyabhakṣaṇam .. 52 ..

> The eating of Viṣṇu's food offering must be performed by them with diligence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.118)

ye narāḥ pratigṛhṇaṃti pāpāḥ saṃsārabhāginaḥ ..

> Those men who accept gifts, sinful and bound to transmigration,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.119)

yātrākṛtaṃ phalaṃ teṣāṃ na kadācitprajāyate .. .. 53 ..

> For them the fruit produced by the pilgrimage never arises at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.120)

naivedyaniṃdanādviṣṇorniṃdyaṃte te tamogatāḥ ..

> From reviling Viṣṇu's food offering, they are condemned, having fallen into darkness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.121)

naivedyabhakṣaṇātsattvaśuddhireva na saṃśayaḥ .. 54 ..

> From eating the food offering, there is indeed purification of being, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.122)

naivedyaṃ svayamānīya brāhmaṇānbhojayaṃti ye ..

> Those who, personally bringing the food offering, feed brahmins—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.123)

tulāpuruṣadānena kiṃ phalaṃ te kṛtārthinaḥ .. 55 ..

> What need have they of the fruit of the gift of a man's weight in gold? Their purpose is achieved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.124)

kurukṣetre samāsādya rāhugraste divākare ..

> Having arrived at Kurukṣetra when the sun is seized by Rāhu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.125)

mahādānena yatpuṇyaṃ badaryyāṃ grāsamātrataḥ .. 56 ..

> The merit from a great gift is obtained in Badarī from a mere mouthful \[of the food offering\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.126)

badarīkṣetramāsādya grāsamātraṃ prayatnataḥ ..

> Having reached the sacred field of Badarī, even a mere mouthful with effort \[pleases Hari\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.127)

upāyo'yaṃ mahāṃstatra badaryāṃ haritoṣaṇe ..

> This is the great means for pleasing Hari there in Badarī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.128)

yatibhyo bhojanādviṣṇoraparādhyapi vallabhaḥ .. 57 ..

> By feeding ascetics Viṣṇu's \[food\], even an offender becomes beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.129)

na viṣṇoḥ sadṛśo devo na viśālā samā purī ..

> There is no deity equal to Viṣṇu; there is no city equal to Viśālā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.130)

na bhikṣusadṛśaṃ pātramṛṣitīrthasamaṃ na hi .. 58 ..

> There is no recipient equal to an ascetic; there is certainly none equal to the sacred ford of the seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.131)

cāturmāsyaṃ prakurvaṃti ye narāḥ puṇyaśālinaḥ..

> Those meritorious men who observe Cāturmāsya \[there\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.132)

teṣāṃ puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ brahmaṇāpi na śakyate .. 59 ..

> The fruit of their merit cannot be stated even by Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.133)

bhikṣukāṇāṃ phalāvāptirviśeṣādiha kīrtyate ..

> The attainment of fruit for mendicants is proclaimed here especially:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.134)

vedāṃtaśravaṇātpuṇyaṃ daśadhā yatprakīrtitam .. 2.3.5.60 ..

> The tenfold merit that is proclaimed from hearing the Vedānta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.135)

badarī dṛṣṭimātreṇa bhikṣukāṇāṃ tadiṣyate ..

> That is granted to mendicants by the mere sight of Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.136)

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa kaivalyaphalabhāginaḥ .. 61 ..

> Especially in Cāturmāsya, they become partake of the fruit of absolute liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.137)

nyāsino badarīsthāne vināyāsena putraka ..

> For renunciants at the abode of Badarī \[liberation is attained\] without effort, my son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.138)

ye mūrkhā jāḍyamāpannā dambhakāṣāyavāsasaḥ ..

> Even those who are foolish, sunken in dullness, or wearing ochre robes out of deceit—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.139)

badarīdarśanātteṣāṃ muktiḥ karatale sthitā .. 62 ..

> from the darśana of Badarī, liberation lies in the palm of their hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.140)

jñānino'jñānino vāpi nyāsino niyatavratā ..

> Whether learned or ignorant, renunciants of strict vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.141)

draṣṭavyā badarī taistu phalāni samabhīpsubhiḥ .. 63 ..

> wishing to attain its fruits, must behold Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.142)

śrutvā'dhyāyamimaṃ puṇyaṃ prasaṃgenāpi mānavaḥ ..

> Having heard this sacred chapter, even in passing, a man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.143)

sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 64 ..

> freed from all sins, is glorified in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.5.144)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe badarikāśramamāhātmye śivakārttikeyasaṃvāde paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 ..

> Thus ends the fifth chapter, in the dialogue between Śiva and Kārttikeya in the Māhātmya of Badarikāśrama, in the Vaiṣṇava Section of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.3.5.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.8.70_148.1) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1587, Sanskrit

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