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# Skandapurana 2.4.1

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.1)

.. .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..

> Homage to holy Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.2)

.. atha kārttikamāsamāhātmyaprārambhaḥ ..

> Now begins the Kārttikamāsamāhātmya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.3)

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam ..

> Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara, the best of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.4)

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayamudīrayet .. 1 ..

> and also to the goddess Sarasvatī, one should then utter 'Success!' 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.5)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.6)

sūta naḥ kathitaṃ puṇyaṃ māhātmyamāśvinasya ca ..

> O Sūta, you have told us the holy māhātmya of Āśvina;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.7)

bhūyo'nyacchrotumicchāmaḥ kārtikasya ca vaibhavam .. 2 ..

> we wish to hear further another thing: the grandeur of Kārtika. 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.8)

kalau kaluṣacittānāṃ narāṇāṃ pāpakarmaṇām ..

> In the Kali \[age\], for men of defiled minds and sinful deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.9)

saṃsārābdhau nimagnānāmanāyāsena kā gatiḥ .. 3 ..

> plunged in the ocean of transmigration, what is the effortless refuge? 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.10)

ko dharmaḥ sarvadharmāṇāmadhiko mokṣasādhakaḥ ..

> Which duty of all duties is superior, accomplishing liberation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.11)

ihā'pi muktido nṛṇāmetattvaṃ kathaya prabho .. 4 ..

> and bestowing liberation on men even in this world? Tell this, O lord! 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.12)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.13)

bhavadbhiryadahaṃ pṛṣṭastadetatpṛṣṭavānmuniḥ ..

> That which you have asked me, the sage Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.14)

nārado brahmaṇaḥ putro brahmāṇaṃ tu jagadgurum .. 5 ..

> the son of Brahmā, asked Brahmā, the teacher of the world; 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.15)

tathaiva satyabhāmā ca śrīkṛṣṇaṃ jagadīśvaram ..

> and likewise Satyabhāmā \[asked\] holy Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.16)

apṛcchatkārtikasyaiva vaibhavaṃ śravaṇotsukā ..6..

> \[So too Satyabhāmā,\] eager to hear, questioned \[Śrī Kṛṣṇa\] about the glory of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.17)

vālakhilyaiśca ṛṣibhiryaduktamṛṣisaṃsadi ..

> And what was spoken by the Vālakhilya seers in the assembly of seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.18)

śrīsūryāruṇasaṃvādarūpeṇā'timanoharam .. 7 ..

> in the exceedingly charming form of a dialogue between the venerable Sūrya and Aruṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.19)

kailāse śaṃkareṇaiva kārtikasya ca vaibhavam ..

> and the glory of Kārtika \[told\] on Mount Kailāsa by Śaṃkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.20)

varṇitaṃ ṣaṇmukhasyāgre nānākhyānasamanvitam .. 8 ..

> described before the Six-Faced One \[Skanda\], accompanied by diverse narratives;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.21)

pṛthuṃ prati nāradena kathitaṃ ca mahātmyakam ..

> and the greatness told by Nārada to Pṛthu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.22)

kārtikasya ca vipreṃdrā śrutvā brahmamukhātpurā .. 9 ..

> concerning Kārtika, O leaders of brahmins, after having heard it from the mouth of Brahmā long ago:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.23)

ekadā nārado yogī satyalokamupāgataḥ ..

> Once, Nārada the yogin went to Satyaloka  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.24)

papraccha vinayenaiva sarvalokapitāmaham .. 2.4.1.10 ..

> and asked the Grandfather of all the worlds with utmost humility:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.25)

.. śrīnārada uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.26)

pāpeṃdhanasya ghorasya śuṣkārdrasya ca bhūriśaḥ ..

> Of the terrible firewood of sin, dry and wet in great abundance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.27)

ko vahnirdahate brahmaṃstadbhavānvaktumarhati .. 11 ..

> what fire burns it up, O Brahmā? You ought to tell that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.28)

nājñātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu brahmāṃḍāṃtargatasya yat ..

> Nothing within the cosmic egg, among the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.29)

vidyate tava deveśa trividhasya suniścitam .. 12 ..

> is unknown to you, O Lord of the gods, certainly of three kinds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.30)

māsānāṃ pravaro māso devānāmuttamottamaḥ ..

> Tell \[me\] the best month among months, the highest among gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.31)

tīrthāni tadviśeṣeṇa kathayasva pitāmaha .. 13 ..

> and especially the sacred fords, O Grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.32)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.33)

māsānāṃ kārtikaḥ śreṣṭho devānāṃ madhusūdanaḥ ..

> Among months, Kārtika is best; among gods, Madhusūdana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.34)

tīrthaṃ nārāyaṇākhyaṃ hi tritayaṃ durlabhaṃ kalau .. 14 ..

> the sacred ford named Nārāyaṇa—indeed, this triad is rare to attain in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.35)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.36)

bhagavaṃstava dāso'smi bhakto'smi harivallabha ..

> O Lord, I am your servant, I am your devotee, O beloved of Hari!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.37)

vaiṣṇavānbrūhi me dharmānsarvajño'si pitāmaha .. 15 ..

> Speak to me of the Vaiṣṇava dharmas; you are omniscient, O Grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.38)

ādau kārtikamāhātmyaṃ vaktumarhasi me prabho ..

> First, O Lord, you ought to tell me the māhātmya of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.39)

dīpadānasya māhātmyaṃ vratināṃ niyamāṃstathā .. 16 ..

> the māhātmya of offering lamps, and the observances of those who undertake vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.40)

gopīcaṃdanamāhātmyaṃ tulasyāśca tathā vibho ..

> and the māhātmya of gopīcandana, and likewise of Tulasī, O Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.41)

dhātryāścaiva ca māhātmyaṃ vidhiṃ snānādikasya ca ..

> and the māhātmya of the Dhātrī tree, and the rite of ritual ablutions and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.42)

vratāraṃbhaḥ kadā kāryaṃ udyāpanavidhiṃ tathā .. 17 ..

> when the commencement of the vow is to be made, and the rule for concluding the observance;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.43)

yatkiṃcidvaiṣṇavaṃ dharmaṃ tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi ..

> whatever Vaiṣṇava duty there is, you ought to tell all of that,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.44)

yenā'haṃ tvatprasādena padaṃ yāsyāmyanāmayam .... 18 ..

> by which, through your grace, I may go to the painless state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.45)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.46)

iti putravacaḥ śrutvā brahmā harṣasamanvitaḥ ..

> Hearing these words of his son, Brahmā was filled with joy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.47)

rādhādāmodaraṃ smṛtvā provāca tanujaṃ prati .. 19 ..

> remembering Rādhā-Dāmodara, he spoke to his son:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.48)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.49)

sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā putra lokoddharaṇahetave ..

> Well asked by you, O son, for the sake of uplifting the world!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.50)

kathayāmi na saṃdehaḥ kārtikasya ca vaibhavam .. 2.4.1.20 ..

> Without a doubt, I shall speak of the glory of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.51)

ekataḥ sarvatīrthāni sarve yajñāḥ sadakṣiṇāḥ .. ..

> On one side, all sacred fords and all sacrifices with their sacrificial fees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.52)

kārtikasya tu māsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm .. 21 ..

> yet they do not equal a sixteenth part of the month of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.53)

ekataḥ puṣkare vāsaḥ kurukṣetre himālaye ..

> On one side, residence at Puṣkara, Kurukṣetra, and the Himālayas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.54)

ekataḥ kārtikaḥ putra sarvapuṇyādhiko mataḥ .. .. 22 ..

> on the other, O son, Kārtika is deemed to surpass all merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.55)

svarṇāni merutulyāni sarvadānāni caikataḥ ..

> Gold equal \[in size\] to Mount Meru and all donations on one side;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.56)

ekataḥ kārtiko vatsa sarvadā keśavapriyaḥ .. 23 ..

> on the other, O dear one, Kārtika, which is always dear to Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.57)

yatkiṃcitkriyate puṇyaṃ viṣṇumuddiśya kārtike ..

> Whatever merit is performed dedicated to Viṣṇu in Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.58)

tasya kṣayaṃ na paśyāmi mayoktaṃ tava nārada .. 24 ..

> I see no end to it; this has been declared by me to you, O Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.59)

sopānabhūtaṃ svargasya mānuṣyaṃ prāpya durlabham ..

> Having obtained the human state, difficult to attain, which is a stairway to heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.60)

tathātmānaṃ samādadyānna bhraśyeta yathā punaḥ .. 25 ..

> one should compose oneself in such a way that one does not fall again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.61)

duṣprāpyaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ kārtikoktaṃ carenna yaḥ ..

> He who, having attained the human state difficult to obtain, does not practice  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.62)

dharmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha sa mātāpitṛghātakaḥ .. 26 ..

> the duty enjoined in Kārtika, O best among upholders of dharma, is a slayer of mother and father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.63)

kārtikaḥ khalu vai māsaḥ sarvamāseṣu cottamaḥ ..

> The month of Kārtika indeed is the best among all months,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.64)

puṇyānāṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ pāvanānāṃ ca pāvanam .. 27 ..

> the supreme merit among merits, the purifier of purifiers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.65)

asminmāse trayastriṃśaddevāḥ sannihitā mune ..

> In this month the thirty-three gods are present, O sage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.66)

atra snānānidānāni bhojanāni vratāni ca .. 28 ..

> here ritual ablutions, gifts, feedings, and vows \[are performed\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.67)

tiladhenuṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca rajataṃ bhūmivāsasī ..

> A cow made of sesame seeds, gold, silver, land, clothing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.68)

gopradānāni kurvaṃti sarvabhāvena nārada .. 29 ..

> and gifts of cattle, they perform with wholehearted feeling, O Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.69)

tāni dānāni dattāni gṛhṇaṃti vidhivatsurāḥ ..

> Those gifts given, the gods accept according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.70)

yatkiṃca dattaṃ vipreṃdra tapaścaiva tathā kṛtam .. 2.4.1.30 ..

> Whatever is given, O leader of brahmins, and austerity likewise performed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.71)

tadakṣayyaphalaṃ proktaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. ..

> that has been declared imperishable in fruit by the mighty Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.72)

pāpānāṃ mokṣaṇaṃ caiva kārtike māsi śasyate .. 31 ..

> And the release from sins is praised in the month of Kārtika;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.73)

tasmādyatnena vipreṃdra kārtike māsi dīyate ..

> therefore, O leader of brahmins, \[charity\] is diligently given in the month of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.74)

yatkiṃcitkārtike dattaṃ viṣṇumuddiśya mānavaiḥ .. 32 ..

> Whatever is given in Kārtika dedicated to Viṣṇu by men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.75)

tadakṣayaṃ hi labhate annadānaṃ viśeṣataḥ ..

> that indeed obtains imperishable \[reward\], especially the gift of food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.76)

yathā nadīnāṃ vipreṃdra śailānāṃ caiva nārada .. 33 ..

> Just as with rivers, O leader of brahmins, and with mountains, O Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.77)

udadhīnāṃ ca viprarṣe kṣayo naivopapadyate ..

> and with oceans, O brahmin-seer, no destruction is ever possible,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.78)

dānaṃ kārtikamāse tu yatkiṃciddīyate mune .... 34 ..

> whatever gift is given in the month of Kārtika, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.79)

na tasyāsti kṣayo vipra pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā ..

> has no diminution, O brahmin; sin departs in a thousand ways.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.80)

saṃprāptaṃ kārtikaṃ dṛṣṭvā parānnaṃ yastu varjayet ..35..

> Seeing Kārtika arrived, whoever avoids food given by others  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.81)

dinedine'tikṛcchrasya phalaṃ prāpnotyayatnataḥ ..

> effortlessly obtains the fruit of an Atikṛcchra penance day by day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.82)

na kārtikasamo māso na kṛtena samaṃ yugam ..36..

> There is no month equal to Kārtika; there is no yuga equal to Kṛta;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.83)

na vedasadṛśaṃ śāstraṃ na tīrthaṃ gaṃgayā samam ..

> there is no scripture like the Veda; there is no sacred ford equal to the Gaṅgā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.84)

na cānnasadṛśaṃ dānaṃ na sukhaṃ bhāryayā samam .. 37 ..

> there is no gift like \[the gift of\] food; there is no happiness like \[that with\] a wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.85)

nyāyenopārjitaṃ dravyaṃ durlabhaṃ dānakāriṇām ..

> Wealth acquired by lawful means is rare for those who give gifts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.86)

durlabhaṃ martyadharmāṇāṃ tīrthe ca pratipādanam .. 38 ..

> and giving it at a sacred ford is rare for mortals by nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.87)

kārtike muniśārdūla śāligrāmaśilārcanam ..

> In Kārtika, O tiger among sages, worship of the Śāligrāma stone  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.88)

smaraṇaṃ vāsudevasya kartavyaṃ pāpabhīruṇā .. 39 ..

> and remembrance of Vāsudeva should be performed by one who fears sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.89)

etādṛśaṃ kārtikaṃ ca akṛtenaiva yo nayet ..

> Whoever spends such a Kārtika having done nothing at all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.90)

pūrvaṃ kṛtasya puṇyasya kṣayamāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 2.4.1.40 ..

> undoubtedly attains the destruction of merit previously acquired. // 2.4.1.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.91)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.92)

aśaktena kathaṃ kāryaṃ kārtikavratamuttamam ..

> How should the supreme Kārtika observance be performed by one who is incapable?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.93)

yena tatphalamāpnoti tanme vada pitāmaha .. 41 ..

> Tell me that, O Grandfather, whereby he may obtain its fruit. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.94)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.95)

aśaktastu yadā martyastadaivaṃ vratamācaret ..

> When a mortal is incapable, he should then observe the vow in this manner:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.96)

anyasmai draviṇaṃ dattvā kārayetkārtikavratam .. 42 ..

> giving wealth to another, he should have the Kārtika observance performed \[by him\]. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.97)

tasmātpuṇyaṃ pragṛhṇīta dānasaṃkalpapūrvakam ..

> He should accept merit from him preceded by the solemn resolve of giving.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.98)

dravyadāne'pyaśaktaścedyadā devarṣisattama .. 43 ..

> If he is incapable even of giving wealth, O best of divine seers, // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.99)

tadā tena prakartavyaṃ pānaṃ tīrthajalasya ca ..

> then the drinking of the water of a sacred ford should be performed by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.100)

tatrāpyaśakto yo martyastena nityaṃ harermudā .. 44 ..

> The mortal who is incapable even of that should joyfully and regularly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.101)

smaraṇaṃ ca prakartavyaṃ nāmnā niyamapūrvakam ..

> remember Hari by name according to fixed rule; // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.102)

akhaṃḍitaṃ tadā tena kārtikavratajaṃ phalam .. 45 ..

> then the unbroken fruit arising from the Kārtika observance is \[gained\] by him. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.103)

viṣṇoḥ śivasya vā kuryādālaye harijāgaram ..

> He should keep the night-vigil of Hari in a temple of Viṣṇu or of Śiva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.104)

śivaviṣṇvorgṛhābhāve sarvadevālayeṣvapi ..46..

> in the absence of an abode of Śiva or Viṣṇu, even in temples of all deities. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.105)

durgāṭavyāṃ sthito vā'tha yadivā''padgato bhavet ..

> Or if he is situated in an impenetrable forest or has fallen into distress,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.106)

kuryādaśvatthamūle tu tulasīnāṃ vaneṣvapi .. 47 ..

> he should perform it at the foot of an Aśvattha tree or in groves of tulasī. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.107)

viṣṇunāmaprabaṃdhānāṃ gāyanaṃ viṣṇusannidhau ..

> A human who sings compositions of Viṣṇu's names in the presence of Viṣṇu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.108)

gosahasrapradānasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 48 ..

> obtains the fruit of giving a thousand cows. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.109)

vādyakṛtpuruṣaścāpi vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet..

> And a man who plays musical instruments obtains the fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.110)

sarvatīrthāvagāhotthaṃ nartakaḥ phalamāpnuyāt .. 49 ..

> a dancer obtains the fruit arising from bathing in all sacred fords. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.111)

sarvametallabhetpuṇyameteṣāṃ dravyadaḥ pumān..

> The man who gives wealth to these obtains all this merit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.112)

śravaṇāddarśanādvāpi ṣaḍaṃśaṃ phalamāpnuyāt .. 2.4.1.50 ..

> or from hearing or from seeing, one may obtain a sixth part of the fruit. // 2.4.1.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.113)

āpadgato yadāpyaṃbho na labhetkutracinnaraḥ ..

> Even when fallen into distress, if a man cannot find water anywhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.114)

vyādhito vāthavā kuryādviṣṇornāmnā'pi mārjanam .. 51 ..

> or if he is afflicted by illness, he should perform sprinkling \[purification\] with the name of Viṣṇu. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.115)

udyāpanavidhiṃ kartumaśakto yo vratasthitaḥ ..

> One established in the vow who is incapable of performing the concluding rite  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.116)

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādvratasaṃpūrtihetave .. 52 ..

> should feed brahmins afterwards for the sake of the complete fulfillment of the vow. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.117)

aśakto dīpadānāya paradīpaṃ prabodhayet ..

> Incapable of offering a lamp, he should kindle another's lamp,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.118)

tasya vā rakṣaṇaṃ kuryādvātādibhyaḥ prayatnataḥ .. 53 ..

> or carefully protect it from the wind and other \[disturbances\]. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.119)

śrīviṣṇoḥ pūjanā'bhāve tulasīdhātripūjanam ..

> In the absence of worship of Śrī Viṣṇu, worship of tulasī and the dhātrī tree \[should be performed\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.120)

sarvā'bhāve vratī kuryādbrāhmaṇānāṃ gavāmapi ..

> in the absence of all \[these\], the observer of the vow should perform \[worship\] of brahmins and cows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.121)

tasyāpyabhāve manasi viṣṇornāmānukīrtanam .. 54 ..

> in the absence even of that, the chanting of Viṣṇu's name in the mind. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.122)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.123)

brahmanbrūhi viśeṣeṇa dharmānkārtikasaṃbhavān .. 55 ..

> O Brahmā, tell in detail the religious duties arising in Kārtika. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.1.124)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye kārtikavratapraśaṃsāvarṇanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 ..

> Thus ends the first chapter, named Description of the Praise of the Kārtika Observance, in the Praise of the Month of Kārtika in the second, Vaiṣṇava Section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa in the compilation of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.1.1) — English, machine translation

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