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# Skandapurana 2.4.10

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.1)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.2)

pratipadyatha cā'bhyaṃgaṃ kṛtvā nīrājanaṃ tataḥ ..

> Then, having performed an oil-massage on the first lunar day, followed by the waving of lamps,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.3)

suveṣaḥ satkathāgītairdānaiśca divasaṃ nayet .. 1 ..

> well-dressed, one should spend the day with noble stories, songs, and gifts. 1.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.4)

śaṃkarastu purā dyūtaṃ sasarja sumanoharam ..

> Formerly, Śaṃkara initiated a delightful game of dice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.5)

kārtike śuklapakṣe tu prathame'hani satyavat .. 2 ..

> truly on the first day in the bright fortnight of Kārttika. 2.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.6)

balirājyadinasyā'pi māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu tattvataḥ ..

> Listen also to the māhātmya of the day of Bali's reign, in truth:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.7)

snātavyaṃ tilatailena narairnārībhireva ca .. 3 ..

> a bath with sesame oil must be taken by both men and women. 3.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.8)

yadi mohānna kurvīta sa yāti yamasādanam ..

> If out of delusion one does not do so, he goes to the abode of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.9)

purā kṛtayugasyādau dānaveṃdro balirmahān .. 4 ..

> Formerly, at the beginning of the Kṛta age, the great Daitya king Bali— 4.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.10)

tena dattā vāmanāya bhūmiḥ svamastakānvitā ..

> by him the earth along with his own head was given to Vāmana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.11)

tadānīṃ bhagavānsākṣāttuṣṭo balimuvāca ha .. 5..

> Then the Lord, appearing visibly and pleased, spoke to Bali: 5.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.12)

kārtike māsi śuklāyāṃ pratipadyāṃ yato bhavān ..

> "Since you, on the first day of the bright fortnight in the month of Kārttika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.13)

bhūmiṃ me dattavānbhaktyā tena tuṣṭo'smi te'nagha .. 6 ..

> gave the earth to me with devotion, I am pleased with you because of that, O sinless one! 6.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.14)

varaṃ dadāmi te rājannityuktvā'dādvaraṃ tadā ..

> I grant you a boon, O king!" Having spoken thus, he then gave a boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.15)

tvannāmnaiva bhavedrājankārtikī pratipattithiḥ.. 7 ..

> "O king, the first tithi of Kārttika shall be known by your name alone. 7.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.16)

etasyāṃ ye kariṣyaṃti tailasnānādikārcanam ..

> Whatever worship beginning with an oil-bath they perform on this day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.17)

tadakṣayaṃ bhavedrājannātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 8 ..

> that shall become imperishable, O king; there should be no doubt in this regard." 8.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.18)

tadāprabhṛti loke'sminprasiddhā pratipattithiḥ ..

> From then on, this first tithi has been celebrated in this world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.19)

pratipatpūrvaviddhā no kartavyā tu kathaṃcana .. 9 ..

> However, a first tithi that is overlapped by the previous day must never be observed. 9.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.20)

tatrābhyaṃgaṃ na kurvīta anyathā mṛtimāpnuyāt ..

> One should not perform an oil-massage on that day; otherwise, one might meet with death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.21)

pratipadyāṃ yadā darśo muhūrtapramito bhavet .. . . 2.4.10.10 ..

> When the new moon extends for the measure of a muhūrta into the first tithi, 2.4.10.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.22)

māṃgalyaṃ taddine cetsyādvittādistasya naśyati ..

> if an auspicious rite is performed on that day, one's wealth and so forth is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.23)

baleśca pratipaddarśādyadi viddhaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 11 ..

> If Bali's first tithi happens to be overlapped by the new moon, 11.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.24)

tasyāṃ yadyatha cā''rtikyaṃ nārī mohātkariṣyati ..

> and if on it a woman should perform the waving of lamps out of delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.25)

nārīṇāṃ tatra vaidhavyaṃ prajānāṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvam .. 12 ..

> widowhood of women and certain death of the subjects occurs there. 12.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.26)

aviddhā pratipaccetsyānmuhūrtamapare'hani ..

> If the un-overlapped first tithi should last even for a muhūrta on the following day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.27)

utsavādikakṛtyeṣu saiva proktā manīṣibhiḥ .. 13 ..

> it alone has been prescribed by the wise for festivities and similar observances. 13.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.28)

pratipatsvalpamātrā'pi yadi na syātpare'hani ..

> If the first tithi does not exist even for a slight measure on the next day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.29)

pūrvaviddhā tadā kāryā kṛtā no doṣabhāgbhavet .. 14 ..

> then the one overlapped by the previous day should be observed; when so performed, it incurs no fault. 14.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.30)

taddine gṛhamadhye tu kuryānmūrtiṃ tadāṃgaṇe ..

> On that day, inside the house or in its courtyard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.31)

gomayena ca tatrā'pi dadhi tatpurataḥ kṣipet .. 15 ..

> one should make an image with cow dung, and also place curd in front of it. 15.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.32)

ārtikyaṃ tatra saṃsthāpya evaṃ kuryādvidhānataḥ ..

> Placing a lamp for waving there, one should perform \[the rite\] thus according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.33)

abhyaṃgaṃ ye na kurvaṃti tasyāṃ tu munipuṃgava .. 16 ..

> Those who do not perform an oil-massage on that day, O foremost of sages, 16.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.34)

na māṃgalyaṃ bhavetteṣāṃ yāvatsyādvatsaraṃ dhruvam ..

> auspiciousness will surely not be theirs for the duration of a year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.35)

yo yādṛśena rūpeṇa tasyāṃ tiṣṭhecchubhe dine .. 17 ..

> In whatever condition one remains on that auspicious day, 17.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.36)

āvarṣaṃ tadbhavettasya tasmānmaṃgalamācaret ..

> that will be his state for the whole year; therefore, one should practice what is auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.37)

yadīcchetsvaśubhānbhogānbhoktuṃ divyānmanoharān .. 18 ..

> If one desires to enjoy divine, charming, and self-auspicious pleasures, 18.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.38)

kuru dīpotsavaṃ ramyaṃ trayodaśyādikeṣu ca ..

> celebrate the delightful festival of lights on the thirteenth and following days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.39)

śaṃkaraśca bhavānī ca krīḍayā dyūtamāsthite .. 19 ..

> Śaṃkara and Bhavānī engaged in a game of dice for sport. 19.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.40)

gauryā jitvā purā śaṃbhurnagno dyūte visarjitaḥ ..

> Formerly, having been defeated in dice by Gaurī, Śambhu was stripped naked.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.41)

ato'rthaṃ śaṃkaro duḥkhī gaurī nityaṃ sukhasthitā .. 2.4.10.20 ..

> For this reason, Śaṃkara became unhappy, while Gaurī has always remained happy. 2.4.10.20.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.42)

dyūtaṃ niṣiddhaṃ sarvatra hitvā pratipadaṃ budhāḥ ..

> Wise men know that gambling is forbidden everywhere, except on the first tithi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.43)

prathamaṃ vijayo yasya tasya saṃvatsaraṃ sukham .. 21 ..

> Whoever achieves initial victory will have happiness for an entire year. 21.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.44)

bhavānyā'bhyarthitā lakṣmīrdhenurūpeṇa saṃsthitā ..

> Lakṣmī, propitiated by Bhavānī, took the form of a cow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.45)

prātargovarddhanaḥ pūjyo dyūtaṃ rātrau samācaret .. 22 ..

> Govardhana is to be worshipped in the morning, and one should practice gambling at night. 22.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.46)

bhūṣaṇīyāstadā gāvo varjyā vahanadohanāt .. 23 ..

> Cows should then be adorned and spared from carrying burdens and milking. 23.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.47)

govarddhana dharā''dhāra gokulatrāṇakāraka ..

> "O Govardhana, support of the earth, protector of Gokula,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.48)

viṣṇubāhukṛtocchrāya gavāṃ koṭiprado bhava .. 24 ..

> uplifted by Viṣṇu's arm, grant me ten million cows!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.49)

yā lakṣmīrlokapālānāṃ dhenurūpeṇa saṃsthitā ..

> May that Lakṣmī who abides in the form of a cow among the world-protectors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.50)

ghṛtaṃ vahati yajñārthe mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu .. 25 ..

> bearing clarified butter for the sacrifice, remove my sin! 25.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.51)

agrataḥ saṃtu me gāvo gāvo me saṃtu pṛṣṭhataḥ ..

> May cows be in front of me; may cows be behind me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.52)

gāvo me hṛdayaṃ saṃtu gavāṃ madhye vasāmyaham .. 26 ..

> May cows be in my heart; may I dwell in the midst of cows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.53)

.. iti govarddhanapūjā .. ..

> Thus ends the worship of Govardhana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.54)

sadbhāvenaiva saṃtoṣya devānsatpuruṣānnarān ..

> Having satisfied the gods, noble men, and humans with true sincerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.55)

itareṣāmannapānairvākyadānena paṃḍitān .. 27 ..

> others with food and drink, and the learned with gifts of speech;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.56)

vastraistāṃbūladhūpaiśca puṣpakarpūrakuṃkumaiḥ ..

> the dwellers of the inner apartments with garments, betel, and incense, / with flowers, camphor, and saffron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.57)

bhakṣyairuccāvacairbhojyairaṃtaḥpuranivāsinaḥ ..28..

> and with diverse delicacies and foods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.58)

grāmyānvṛṣabhadānaiśca sāmaṃtānnṛpatirdhanaiḥ ..

> the villagers with gifts of bulls, and feudatories with wealth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.59)

padātijanasaṃghāṃśca graiveyaiḥ kaṭakaiḥ śubhaiḥ ..

> and the troops of infantry with necklets and auspicious bracelets,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.60)

svanāmāṃkaiśca tānrājā toṣayetsajjanānpṛthak .. 29 ..

> inscribed with his own name—the king should individually please the good people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.61)

yathārthaṃ toṣayitvā tu tato mallānnarāṃstathā ..

> Having appropriately gratified \[them\], then \[he should watch\] wrestlers, men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.62)

vṛṣabhānmahiṣāṃścaiva yudhyamānānparaiḥ saha .. 2.4.10.30 ..

> and bulls and buffaloes fighting with others;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.63)

rājñastathaiva yodhāṃśca padātīnsamalaṃkṛtān ..

> and likewise the king’s warriors and well-adorned foot soldiers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.64)

maṃcā''rūḍhaḥ svayaṃ paśyennaṭanartakacāraṇān .. 31 ..

> mounted upon a dais, he should himself watch actors, dancers, and bards.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.65)

yuddhāpayedvāsayecca gomahiṣyādikaṃ ca yat ..

> He should cause cows, female buffaloes, and other \[beasts\] to fight and to dwell \[together\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.66)

vatsānākarṣayedgobhiruktipratyuktivādanāt .. 32 ..

> he should draw calves towards cows by calling out and answering them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.67)

tato'parāhnasamaye pūrvasyāṃ diśi suvrata ..

> Then, in the afternoon, in the eastern direction, O you of noble vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.68)

mārgapālīṃ prabadhnāti durgastaṃbhe'tha pādape ..33..

> he fastens the Mārgapālī either to a pillar of a fortress or to a tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.69)

kuśakāśamayīṃ divyāṃ laṃbakairbahubhiḥ priye ..

> divine, made of Kuśa and Kāśa grass, with many pendents, O dear one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.70)

vīkṣayitvā gajānaśvānmārgapālyāstale nayet .. 34 ..

> having had them inspected, he should lead elephants and horses beneath the Mārgapālī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.71)

gāvo vṛṣāṃśca mahiṣānmahiṣīrghaṭakotkaṭān ..

> as well as cows, bulls, buffaloes, female buffaloes, and strong horses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.72)

kṛtahomairdvijeṃdraistu badhnīyānmārgapālikām .. 35 ..

> He should tie the Mārgapālikā through eminent brahmins who have performed the fire offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.73)

namaskāraṃ tataḥ kuryānmantreṇānena suvrata ..

> Then he should make salutation with this mantra, O you of noble vows:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.74)

mārgapāli namastubhyaṃ sarvalokasukhaprade ..

> ‘O Mārgapāli, salutations to you, who bestow happiness on all the world!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.75)

tale tava sukhenāśvā gajā gāvaśca saṃtu me .. 36 ..

> May my horses, elephants, and cows be in happiness beneath you.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.76)

mārgapālītale putra yāṃti gāvo mahāvṛṣāḥ ..

> Beneath the Mārgapālī, O son, go cows, great bulls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.77)

rājāno rājaputrāśca brāhmaṇāśca viśeṣataḥ .. 37 ..

> kings, princes, and especially brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.78)

mārgapālī samullaṃghya nīrujaḥ sukhino hi te ..

> having passed under the Mārgapālī, they indeed become free from disease and happy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.79)

kṛtvaitatsarvameveha rātrau daityapaterbaleḥ .. 38 ..

> Having performed all this in this world, then at night, for Bali, lord of the Daityas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.80)

pūjāṃ kuryāttataḥ sākṣādbhūmau maṃḍalake kṛte ..

> he should perform worship visibly, when a mandala has been made upon the ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.81)

balimālikhya daityeṃdraṃ varṇakaiḥ paṃcaraṃgakaiḥ .. 39 ..

> drawing Bali, the Indra of the Daityas, with pigments of five colors:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.82)

sarvābharaṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ viṃdhyāvalisamanvitam ..

> complete with all ornaments, accompanied by Vindhyāvali,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.83)

kūṣmāṃḍamayajaṃbhorumadhudānavasaṃvṛtam .. 2.4.10.40 ..

> surrounded by the Dānavas Kūṣmāṇḍa, Maya, Jambha, Ūrumadhu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.84)

saṃpūrṇaṃ kṛṣṭavadanaṃ kirīṭotkaṭakuṇḍalam ..

> full-limbed, with an attractive face, wearing a diadem and prominent earrings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.85)

dvibhujaṃ daityarājānaṃ kārayitvā svake punaḥ .. 41 ..

> having thus had the two-armed king of the Daityas depicted, then in his own  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.86)

gṛhasya madhye śālāyāṃ viśālāyāṃ tato'rcayet ..

> spacious hall in the middle of the house, he should worship \[him\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.87)

mātṛbhrātṛjanaiḥ sārddhaṃ saṃtuṣṭo bandhubhiḥ saha .. 42 ..

> together with his mother and brothers, and satisfied along with his kinsmen;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.88)

kamalaiḥ kumudaiḥ puṣpaiḥ kahlārai raktakotpalaiḥ ..

> with lotuses, water lilies, flowers, kahlāra and red utpala flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.89)

gandhapuṣpānnanaivedyaiḥ sakṣīrairguḍapāyasaiḥ .. 43 ..

> with perfume, flowers, food offerings, together with milk, jaggery, and milk-rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.90)

madyamāṃsasurālehyacoṣyabhakṣyopahārakaiḥ ..

> with offerings of liquor, meat, spirituous drinks, lickables, suckables, and eatables.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.91)

mantreṇā'nena rājeṃdra samantrī sapurohitaḥ ..

> With this mantra, O lord of kings, accompanied by his ministers and royal priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.92)

pūjāṃ kariṣyate yo vai saukhyaṃ syāttasya vatsaram .. 44 ..

> whoever performs the worship, to him will belong happiness for a year:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.93)

balirāja namatubhyaṃ virocanasuta prabho ..

> ‘O King Bali, salutations to you, son of Virocana, O lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.94)

bhaviṣyeṃdra surārāte pūjeyaṃ pratigṛhyatām .. 45 ..

> O future Indra, O enemy of the gods, may this worship be accepted!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.95)

evaṃ pūjāvidhānena rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tataḥ ..

> Having thus observed the rites of worship, then keeping awake at night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.96)

kārayedvai kṣaṇaṃ rātrau naṭanṛtyakathānakaiḥ .. 46 ..

> he should spend some time in the night with actors, dances, and storytellings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.97)

lokaścāpi gṛhasyāṃte saparyāṃ śuklataṃdulaiḥ ..

> And the people also, at the boundary of the house, \[make\] an offering with white grains of rice;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.98)

saṃsthāpya balirājānaṃ phalaiḥ puṣpaiḥ prapūjayet .. 47 ..

> having installed King Bali, one should worship \[him\] with fruits and flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.99)

balimuddiśya vai tatra kāryaṃ sarva ca suvrata ..

> Dedicated to Bali, all must be performed there, O you of noble vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.100)

yāni yānyakṣayāṇyāhurmunayastattvadarśinaḥ .. 48 ..

> whatever the truth-seeing sages have declared to be imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.101)

yadatra dīyate dānaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu ..

> Whatever gift is given here, whether little or much,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.102)

tadakṣayaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ viṣṇoḥ prītikaraṃ śubham .. .. 49 ..

> all that becomes imperishable, auspicious, and pleasing to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.103)

rātrau ye na kariṣyaṃti tava pūjāṃ bale narāḥ ..

> The men who do not perform your worship at night, O Bali,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.104)

teṣāṃ ca śrotriyo dharmaḥ sarvastvāmupatiṣṭhatu .. 2.4.10.50 ..

> may all their Vedic religious merit accrue unto you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.105)

viṣṇunā ca svayaṃ vatsa tuṣṭena balaye punaḥ ..

> And by Viṣṇu himself, O dear child, being pleased, once more to Bali  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.106)

upakārakaraṃ dattamasurāṇāṃ mahotsavam ..51..

> was granted this great festival of the Asuras that confers benefit:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.107)

ekamevamahorātraṃ varṣevarṣe ca kārtike ..

> just this one single day and night, year after year in the month of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.108)

dattaṃ dānavarājasya ādarśamiva bhūtale ..52..

> was granted to the king of the Dānavas on the earth, like a mirror.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.109)

yaḥ karoti nṛpo rājye tasya vyādhibhayaṃ kutaḥ ..

> The king who performs \[this\] in his realm, whence could there be fear of disease for him?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.110)

subhikṣaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ tasya saṃpadanuttamā .. 53 ..

> Abundance of food, security, health, and matchless prosperity are his;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.111)

nīrujaśca janāḥ sarve sarvopadravavarjitāḥ .. .. 54 ..

> and all the people remain free from disease, rid of all calamities.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.112)

kaumudī kriyate yasmādbhāvaṃ kartuṃ mahītale ..

> Because the Kaumudī \[festival\] is performed to set one's state of mind upon the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.113)

yo yādṛśena bhāvena tiṣṭhatyasyāṃ ca suvrata ..

> whatever state of mind a person maintains on this \[day\], O you of good vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.114)

harṣaduḥkhādibhāvena tasya varṣaṃ prayāti hi .. ..55..

> whether of joy, sorrow, or the like, in that very manner his year passes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.115)

rudite roditaṃ varṣaṃ prahṛṣṭe tu praharṣitam ..

> If weeping occurs, the year is weeping; but if joyful, it is joyful;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.116)

bhuktau bhogyaṃ bhavedvarṣaṃ svasthe svasthaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 56 ..

> if enjoying pleasures, the year will be prosperous; if sound and well, it will remain sound and well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.117)

vaiṣṇavī dānavī ceyaṃ tithiḥ proktā ca kārtike .. 57 ..

> And this lunar day in Kārtika is declared to belong to Viṣṇu and to the Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.118)

dīpotsavaṃ janitasarvajanapramodaṃ kurvaṃti ye śubhatayā valirājapūjām ..

> Those who observe the festival of lamps, bringing delight to all people, and auspiciously worship King Bali,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.119)

dānopabhogasukhabuddhimatāṃ kulānāṃ harṣaṃ prayāti sakalaṃ pramudā ca varṣam ..58..

> for their families endowed with discernment for giving and enjoying happiness, the entire year passes in joy and gladness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.120)

balipūjāṃ vidhāyaivaṃ paścādgokrīḍanaṃ caret .. 59 ..

> Having thus performed the worship of Bali, one should then hold the sport of cattle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.121)

gavāṃ krīḍādine yatra rātrau dṛśyeta candramāḥ ..

> If the moon is seen at night on the day of the sport of cattle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.122)

somo rājā paśūnhaṃti surabhīpūjakāṃstathā .. 2.4.10.60 ..

> King Soma destroys the beasts as well as the worshippers of the cows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.123)

pratipaddarśasaṃyoge krīḍanaṃ tu gavāṃ matam ..

> The sport of cattle is deemed \[proper\] when the first lunar day coincides with the new moon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.124)

paraviddhāsu yaḥ kuryātputradāradhanakṣayaḥ .. 61 ..

> whoever performs it when overlapping the following \[tithi\] suffers the loss of sons, wife, and wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.125)

alaṃkāryāstadā gāvo gogrāsādibhirarcitāḥ ..

> Then the cows should be adorned and honoured with mouthfuls of grass and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.126)

gītavāditranirghoṣairnayennagarabāhyataḥ ..

> amidst the sound of songs and musical instruments, one should lead them outside the city,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.127)

ānīya ca tataḥ paścātkuryānnīrājanāvidhim .. 62 ..

> and having brought them back, one should afterwards perform the ritual waving of lamps.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.128)

atha cetpratipatsvalpā nārī nīrājanaṃ caret ..

> If, however, the first lunar day is very brief, a woman should perform the waving of lamps,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.129)

dvitīyāyāṃ tataḥ kuryātsāyaṃ maṃgalamālikāḥ .. 63 ..

> and then on the second \[lunar day\], in the evening, one should offer auspicious rows of lights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.130)

evaṃ nīrājanaṃ kṛtvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..

> Having thus performed the waving of lamps, one is freed from all sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.131)

pratipatpūrvaviddhaiva yaṣṭikākarṣaṇe bhavet .. 64 ..

> and for the pulling of the pole, the first lunar day must be overlapping the previous \[tithi\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.132)

kuśakāśamayīṃ kuryādyaṣṭikāṃ sudṛḍhāṃ navām ..

> One should make a very sturdy, new pole fashioned from kuśa and kāśa grass;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.133)

devadvāre nṛpadvāre'thavā''neyā catuṣpathe .. 65 ..

> it should be brought to the doorway of a temple, a royal palace, or a crossroads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.134)

tāmekato rājaputrā hīnavarṇāstathaikataḥ ..

> Princes on one side, and men of lower castes on the other,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.135)

gṛhītvā karṣayeyuste yathāsāraṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. 66 ..

> taking hold of it, should pull it again and again according to their strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.136)

samasaṃkhyā dvayoḥ kāryā sarve'pi balavattarāḥ ..

> The number on both sides should be equal, and all of them very strong;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.137)

jayo'tra hīnajātīnāṃ jayo rājñastu vatsaram .. 67 ..

> here the victory of the lower castes means victory for the king for the year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.138)

ubhayoḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kāryā rekhā tatkarṣakopari ..

> Behind both groups, beyond those pulling, a line should be drawn;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.139)

rekhāṃte yo nayettasya jayo bhavati nā'nyathā .. 68 ..

> whichever side pulls past the end of the line attains victory, not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.140)

jayacihnamidaṃ rājā nidadhīta prayatnataḥ .. 69 ..

> The king should carefully preserve this emblem of victory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.10.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.10.141)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye kārtikaśuklapratipanmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 10 ..

> Thus ends the tenth chapter, titled “Description of the Greatness of the Bright Pratipad of Kārtika,” in the Praise of the Month of Kārtika in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.10.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (6)

- [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.4.p1.1) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit
- [Jyotirnibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.jyotisa.jyotirnibandha.3838_5127) — Śivarāja, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.25.2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.12.11.14) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit
- [Saṃvatsaradīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.samvatsaradidhiti.9.11.14) — Anantadeva 1650, Sanskrit
- [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.4.p46) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit

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