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# Skandapurana 2.4.23

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.2)

kṣiptebhyastatra bījebhyo vanaspatyastrayo'bhavan ..

> From the seeds scattered there, three flora arose:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.3)

dhātrī ca mālatī caiva tulasī ca nṛpottama .. 1 ..

> the dhātrī, the mālatī, and the tulasī, O best of kings.  
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### [2.4.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.4)

dhātryudbhavā smṛtā dhātrī mābhavā mālatī smṛtā ..

> The dhātrī is known to have arisen from Dhātrī; the mālatī is known to have arisen from Mā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.5)

gaurībhavā ca tulasī tamaḥsattvarajoguṇāḥ .. 2 ..

> and the tulasī arose from Gaurī—having the qualities of tamas, sattva, and rajas.  
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### [2.4.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.6)

strīrūpiṇyau vanaspatyau dṛṣṭvā viṣṇustadā nṛpa ..

> Seeing the two plants having assumed female forms then, O king,  
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### [2.4.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.7)

uttasthau saṃbhramādvṛṃdā rūpātiśayavibhramaḥ ..3..

> Viṣṇu rose up in agitation, bewildered by the excellence of Vṛndā's beauty. // 3  
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### [2.4.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.8)

dṛṣṭvā ca yācate mohātkāmāsaktena cetasā ..

> Seeing them, he begged out of delusion, with a mind attached to desire;  
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### [2.4.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.9)

taṃ cā'pi tulasīdhātryau rāgeṇaiva vyalokatām..4..

> and both Tulasī and Dhātrī looked at him with passionate love. // 4  
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### [2.4.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.10)

yacca lakṣmyā purā bījamīrṣyayaiva samarpitam ..

> And the seed which Lakṣmī had formerly given purely out of jealousy,  
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### [2.4.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.11)

tasmāttadudbhavā nārī tasminnīrṣyāparā'bhavat .. 5 ..

> from that, the woman born of it became intent on jealousy toward him. // 5  
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### [2.4.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.12)

ataḥ sā barbarītyākhyāmavāpā'dha vigarhitām ..

> Therefore she obtained the name Barbarī, which is lowly and despised;  
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### [2.4.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.13)

dhātrītulasyau tadrāgāttasya prītiprade sadā .. 6 ..

> whereas Dhātrī and Tulasī, out of love for him, always bestow delight upon him. // 6  
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### [2.4.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.14)

tato vismṛtaduḥkho'sau viṣṇustābhyāṃ sahaiva tu ..

> Then, having forgotten his sorrow, Viṣṇu, accompanied by the two of them,  
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### [2.4.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.15)

vaikuṇṭhamagamaddhṛṣṭaḥ sarvadeva namaskṛtaḥ .. 7 ..

> went to Vaikuṇṭha, overjoyed, saluted by all the gods. // 7  
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### [2.4.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.16)

kārtikodyāpane viṣṇostasmātpūjā vidhīyate ..

> Therefore, worship of Viṣṇu is prescribed at the conclusion of the Kārtika vow,  
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### [2.4.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.17)

tulasīmūladeśe'sya prītidā sā yataḥ smṛtā .. 8 ..

> at the base of the Tulasī plant, since she is remembered as giving him delight. // 8  
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### [2.4.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.18)

tulasīkānanaṃ rājangṛhe yasyā'vatiṣṭhate ..

> In whose house a grove of Tulasī stands, O king,  
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### [2.4.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.19)

tadgṛhaṃ tīrtharūpaṃ tu nā''yāṃti yamakiṃkarāḥ .. 9 ..

> that house has the nature of a sacred ford; the servants of Yama do not come \[there\]. // 9  
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### [2.4.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.20)

sarvapāpaharaṃ nityaṃ kāmadaṃ tulasīvanam ..

> A Tulasī grove always removes all sins and grants desires;  
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### [2.4.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.21)

ropayaṃti narāḥ śreṣṭhāste na paśyaṃti bhāskarim .. 2.4.23.10 ..

> the excellent men who plant it do not see the son of the Sun. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.22)

darśanaṃ narmadāyāstu gaṃgāsnānaṃ tathaiva ca ..

> The sight of the Narmadā, ritual ablution in the Gaṅgā,  
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### [2.4.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.23)

tulasīvanasaṃsargaḥ samameva trayaṃ smṛtam .. 11 ..

> and contact with a Tulasī grove—these three are remembered as entirely equal. // 11  
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### [2.4.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.24)

ropaṇātpālanātsekāddarśanātsparśanānnṛṇām ..

> By planting, tending, watering, seeing, and touching,  
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### [2.4.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.25)

tulasī dahate pāpaṃ vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃcitam .. 12 ..

> Tulasī burns away the sin of human beings accumulated through speech, mind, and body. // 12  
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### [2.4.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.26)

tulasīmaṃjarībhiryaḥ kuryāddhariharā'rcanam ..

> He who performs the worship of Hari and Hara with flower-clusters of Tulasī  
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### [2.4.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.27)

na sa garbhagṛhaṃ yāti muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ .. 13 ..

> does not enter a womb; he partakes of liberation, no doubt. // 13  
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### [2.4.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.28)

puṣkarādyāni tīrthāni gaṃgādyāḥ saritastathā ..

> Sacred fords such as Puṣkara, and rivers such as the Gaṅgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.29)

vāsudevādayo devāstiṣṭhaṃti tulasīdale .. 14 ..

> and gods such as Vāsudeva reside in a Tulasī leaf. // 14  
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### [2.4.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.30)

tulasīmaṃjarīyukto yastu prāṇānvimuṃcati ..

> He who gives up his vital breaths accompanied by a Tulasī flower-cluster,  
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### [2.4.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.31)

yamo'pi nekṣituṃ śakto yuktaṃ pāpaśatairapi .. 15 ..

> even Yama is unable to gaze upon him, though he be joined with hundreds of sins. // 15  
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### [2.4.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.32)

viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāpnoti satyaṃ satyaṃ nṛpottama ..

> He attains unity with Viṣṇu; truly, truly, O best of kings!  
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### [2.4.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.33)

tulasīkāṣṭhajaṃ yastu caṃdanaṃ dhārayennaraḥ .. 16 ..

> The man who wears sandalwood paste made from Tulasī wood,  
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### [2.4.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.34)

taddehaṃ na spṛśetpāpaṃ kriyamāṇamapīha yat ..

> sin does not touch his body, even if it is committed here. // 16  
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### [2.4.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.35)

tulasīvipinacchāyā yatrayatra bhavennṛpa .. 17 ..

> Wherever the shade of a Tulasī grove may be, O king,  
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### [2.4.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.36)

tatra śrāddhaṃ prakartavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam ..

> there a śrāddha should be performed; what is given to the ancestors becomes imperishable. // 17  
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### [2.4.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.37)

dhātrīphalavimiśraiśca tulasīpatramiśritaiḥ .. 18 ..

> When a man bathes with waters mixed with Dhātrī fruits  
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### [2.4.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.38)

jalaiḥ snāti narastasya gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ smṛtam ..

> and mingled with Tulasī leaves, for him the fruit is considered that of a ritual ablution in the Gaṅgā. // 18  
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### [2.4.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.39)

devārcanaṃ naraḥ kuryāddhātrīpatraiḥ phalaistathā .. 19 ..

> If a man performs the worship of the gods with Dhātrī leaves and fruits,  
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### [2.4.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.40)

suvarṇamaṇimuktaughairarcanasyāpnuyātphalam ..

> he obtains the fruit of worshiping with heaps of gold, gems, and pearls. // 19  
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### [2.4.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.41)

tīrthāni munayo devā yajñāḥ sarve'pi kārtike .. .. 2.4.23.20 ..

> All the sacred fords, sages, gods, and sacrifices in Kārtika  
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### [2.4.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.42)

nityaṃ dhātrīṃ samāśritya tiṣṭhaṃtyarke tulāsthite ..

> constantly resort to Dhātrī and abide \[in her\] when the sun is in Libra. // 20  
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### [2.4.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.43)

dvādaśyāṃ tulasīpatraṃ dhātrīpatraṃ tu kārtike .. 21 ..

> A man who plucks a Tulasī leaf or a Dhātrī leaf on the twelfth lunar day  
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### [2.4.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.44)

lunāti sa naro gacchennirayānatigarhitān..

> in Kārtika goes to the most despicable hells. // 21  
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### [2.4.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.45)

dhātrītulasyormāhātmyamapi devaścaturmukhaḥ ..

> Even the four-faced god \[Brahmā\] would not be able  
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### [2.4.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.46)

na samartho bhavedvaktuṃ yathā devasya śārṅgiṇaḥ .. 22 ..

> to describe the māhātmya of Dhātrī and Tulasī, nor of the god who bears the Śārṅga bow \[Viṣṇu\]. // 22  
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### [2.4.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.47)

dhātrītulasyudbhavakāraṇaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti yaḥ śrāvayate ca bhaktyā ..

> He who hears the cause of the origin of Dhātrī and Tulasī, and he who recites it with devotion,  
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### [2.4.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.48)

vidhūtapāpmā saha pūrvajaiḥ svaiḥ svargaṃ vrajatyagryavimānasaṃsthaiḥ ..23..

> shaking off his sin, goes to heaven together with his ancestors seated on foremost aerial chariots. // 23  
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### [2.4.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.23.49)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye dhātrītulasyutpattivarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 23 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of Dhātrī and Tulasī,' in the Māhātmya of the Month of Kārtika in the second \[book\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 23  
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## Translations (1)

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