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# Skandapurana 2.4.32

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.1)

.. vālakhilyā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.2)

kārtikasyā'male pakṣe snātvā samyagyatavrataḥ ..

> Having bathed properly in the bright fortnight of Kārtika, restrained in observance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.3)

ekādaśyāṃ tu gṛhṇīyādvrataṃ paṃcadinātmakam .. 1 ..

> one should undertake on the eleventh day the vow lasting five days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.4)

śarapaṃjarasuptena bhīṣmeṇa tu mahātmanā ..

> By the great-souled Bhīṣma, who was lying on the bed of arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.5)

rājadharmā mokṣadharmā dānadharmāstataḥ param ..

> the duties of kings, the duties leading to liberation, and after that the duties of giving  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.6)

kathitā pāṃḍudāyādaiḥ kṛṣṇenā'pi śrutāstadā .. 2 ..

> were spoken of to the sons of Pāṇḍu, and were also heard then by Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.7)

tataḥ prītena manasā vāsudevena bhāṣitam ..

> Then, with a pleased mind, Vāsudeva spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.8)

dhanyadhanyo'si bhīṣma tvaṃ dharmāḥ saṃśrāvitāstvayā .. 3 ..

> "Blessed, blessed are you, O Bhīṣma! The dharmas have been recited by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.9)

ekādaśyāṃ kārtikasya yācitaṃ ca jalaṃ tvayā ..

> And on the eleventh day of Kārtika, water was requested by you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.10)

arjunena samānītaṃ gāṃgaṃ bāṇasya vegataḥ .. 4 ..

> the water of the Gaṅgā was brought by Arjuna through the swift force of his arrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.11)

tuṣṭāni tava gātrāṇi tasmādadyadināvadhi ..

> Your limbs were satisfied; therefore, from this day onward  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.12)

pūrṇāṃtaṃ sarvalokāstvāṃ tarpayaṃtvarghyadānataḥ .. 5 ..

> until the full moon, let all people propitiate you through the offering of arghya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.13)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena mama saṃtuṣṭikārakam ..

> Therefore, with every effort, causing my satisfaction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.14)

etadvrataṃ prakurvaṃtu bhīṣmapaṃcakasaṃjñitam .. 6 ..

> let them observe this vow designated as the Bhīṣmapañcaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.15)

kārtikasya vrataṃ kṛtvā na kuryādbhīṣmapaṃcakam ..

> If, having performed the Kārtika vow, one does not perform the Bhīṣmapañcaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.16)

samagraṃ kārtikavrataṃ vṛthā tasya bhaviṣyati .. 7 ..

> his entire Kārtika observance will be in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.17)

aśaktaścennaro bhūyādasamarthaśca kārtike ..

> If a man is powerless and incapable throughout Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.18)

bhīṣmasya paṃcakaṃ kṛtvā kārtikasya phalaṃ labhet .. 8 ..

> by performing Bhīṣma's five-day rite, he shall obtain the fruit of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.19)

satyavratāya śucaye gāṃgeyāya mahātmane ..

> 'To the one of true vows, to the pure one, to the son of Gaṅgā, the great-souled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.20)

bhīṣmāyaitaddadāmyarghyamājanmabrahmacāriṇe .. .. 9 ..

> to Bhīṣma, celibate from birth, I offer this arghya.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.21)

savyenā'nena maṃtreṇa tarpaṇaṃ sārvavarṇikam .. 2.4.32.10 ..

> With the sacred thread over the left shoulder, using this mantra, the libation is meant for all classes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.22)

vratāṃgatvātpūrṇimāyāṃ pradeyaḥ pāpapūruṣaḥ ..

> As an auxiliary to the vow, an effigy of the 'sinful person' should be given away on the full moon day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.23)

aputreṇa prakartavyaṃ sarvathā bhīṣmapañcakam .. 11 ..

> The Bhīṣmapañcaka should by all means be performed by a childless man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.24)

yaḥ putrārthaṃ vrataṃ kuryātsastrīko bhīṣmapañcakam ..

> Whoever, along with his wife, performs the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow for the sake of a son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.25)

pradattvā pāpapuruṣaṃ varṣamadhye sutaṃ labhet .. 12 ..

> having given away the effigy of the sinful person, obtains a son within a year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.26)

avaśyameva kartavyaṃ tasmādbhīṣmasya paṃcakam ..

> Therefore, Bhīṣma's five-day rite must certainly be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.27)

viṣṇuprītikaraṃ proktaṃ mayā bhīṣmasya pañcakam .. 13 ..

> Bhīṣma's five-day rite has been declared by me to be pleasing to Viṣṇu."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.28)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.29)

śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve viśeṣo bhīṣmapañcake ..

> "Let all the seers hear the special instruction concerning the Bhīṣmapañcaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.30)

kārtikeyāya rudreṇa purā proktaḥ savistarāt .. 14 ..

> as it was declared formerly in detail by Rudra to Kārtikeya."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.31)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.32)

pravakṣyāmi mahāpuṇyaṃ vrataṃ vratavatāṃ vara ..

> "I shall declare the highly meritorious vow, O best of vow-observers!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.33)

bhīṣmeṇaitadyataḥ prāptaṃ vrataṃ pañcadinātmakam .. 15 ..

> Since this five-day vow was obtained by Bhīṣma  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.34)

sakāśādvāsudevasya tenoktaṃ bhīṣmapañcakam ..

> from the presence of Vāsudeva, it is called the Bhīṣmapañcaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.35)

vratasyā'sya guṇānvaktuṃ kaḥ śaktaḥ keśavādṛte .. .. 16 ..

> Who is capable of describing the virtues of this vow, except Keśava?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.36)

kārtike śuklapakṣe tu śṛṇu dharmaṃ purātanam ..

> Hear the ancient dharma in the bright fortnight of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.37)

vasiṣṭhabhṛgugargādyaiścīrṇaṃ kṛtayugādiṣu .. 17 ..

> practised in the Kṛtayuga and other ages by Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Garga, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.38)

ambarīṣeṇa bhogādyaiścīrṇaṃ tretāyugādiṣu ..

> practised in the Tretāyuga and other ages by Ambarīṣa with pleasures and other means,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.39)

brāhmaṇairbrahmacaryeṇa japahomakriyādibhiḥ .. 18 ..

> by brahmins through celibacy, recitation of mantras, fire-offerings, and other rituals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.40)

kṣatriyaiśca tathā vaiśyaiḥ satyaśaucaparāyaṇaiḥ ..

> and likewise by kṣatriyas and vaiśyas dedicated to truth and purification."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.41)

duṣkaraṃ satyahīnānāmaśakyaṃ bālacetasām ..19..

> It is difficult to perform for those lacking truth, impossible for the childish-minded. (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.42)

duṣkaraṃ bhīṣmamityāhurna śakyaṃ prākṛtairnaraiḥ ..

> They say it is hard to perform, \[named\] Bhīṣma; it cannot be done by ordinary men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.43)

yasmātkaroti vipreṃdra tena sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet .. 2.4.32.20 ..

> Because he does it, O best of brahmins, by that everything has been accomplished. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.44)

vrataṃ caitanmahāpuṇyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam ..

> And this observance is of great religious merit, destroying great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.45)

ato naraiḥ prayatnena kartavyaṃ bhīṣmapañcakam .. 21 ..

> Therefore, the Bhīṣmapañcaka should be performed by men with diligence. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.46)

kārtikasyā'male pakṣe snātvā samyagvidhānataḥ ..

> In the bright fortnight of Kārttika, having bathed properly according to the rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.47)

ekādaśyāṃ tu gṛhṇīyādvrataṃ paṃcadinātmakam .. 22 ..

> one should undertake the five-day observance on the eleventh lunar day. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.48)

prātaḥ snātvā viśeṣeṇa madhyāhne ca tathā vratī ..

> Having bathed particularly in the morning and likewise at noon, the observer of vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.49)

nadyāṃ nirjharatoye vā samālabhya ca gomayam .. 23 ..

> in a river or in the water of a mountain stream, having smeared \[himself\] with cow dung,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.50)

yavavrīhitilaiḥ samyakpitṝnsaṃtarpayetkramāt ..

> should properly satisfy the ancestors in order with barley, rice grains, and sesame. (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.51)

snātvā maunaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā dhautavāsā dṛḍhavrataḥ .. 24 ..

> Having bathed, keeping silence, wearing washed garments, firm in his vow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.52)

bhīṣmāyodakadānaṃ ca arghyaṃ caiva prayatnataḥ ..

> a man should diligently offer water and arghya to Bhīṣma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.53)

pūjā bhīṣmasya kartavyā dānaṃ dadyātprayatnataḥ .. 25 ..

> Worship of Bhīṣma must be performed, and he should diligently give a gift. (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.54)

paṃcaratnaṃ viśeṣeṇa dattvā viprāya yatnataḥ ..

> Having especially given the five jewels with effort to a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.55)

vāsudevo'pi saṃpūjyo lakṣmīyuktaḥ sadā prabhuḥ .. 26 ..

> Vāsudeva also, the Lord, ever accompanied by Lakṣmī, is to be worshipped. (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.56)

pañcake pūjayitvā tu koṭijanmāni tuṣyati .. 27 ..

> Having worshipped \[him\] during the five-day period, he rejoices for ten million births. (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.57)

yatkiṃciddadate martyaḥ paṃcadhātuprakalpitam ..

> Whatever a mortal gives made of the five metals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.58)

saṃvatsaravratānāṃ sa labhate sakalaṃ phalam .. .. 28 ..

> he obtains the entire fruit of the observances of a year. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.59)

kṛtvā tūdakadānaṃ tu tathā'rghyasya ca dāpanam ..

> Having given the water-offering and likewise presented the arghya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.60)

mantreṇānena yaḥ kuryānmuktibhāgī bhavennaraḥ .. 29 ..

> the man who does so with this mantra becomes a participant in liberation: (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.61)

vaiyāghrapādagotrāya sāṃkṛtya pravarāya ca ..

> "To him of the Vaiyāghrapāda lineage, having the Sāṅkṛtya ancestry,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.62)

anapatyāya bhīṣmāya udakaṃ bhīṣmavarmaṇe .. 2.4.32.30 ..

> to the childless Bhīṣma, Bhīṣmavarman, \[I offer\] water. (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.63)

vasūnāmavatārāya śaṃtanorātmajāya ca ..

> To the incarnation of the Vasus, and the son of Śaṃtanu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.64)

arghyaṃ dadāmi bhīṣmāya ājanmabrahmacāriṇe .. 31 ..

> I give this arghya to Bhīṣma, a lifelong celibate." (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.65)

.. ityarghyamaṃtraḥ .. ..

> Thus the arghya mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.66)

anena vidhinā yastu paṃcakaṃ tu samāpayet ..

> One who completes the five-day period according to this rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.67)

aśvamedhasamaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpnotyatra na saṃśayaḥ .. 32 ..

> attains religious merit equal to a horse sacrifice; there is no doubt in this. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.68)

paṃcā'hamapi kartavyaṃ niyamaṃ ca prayatnataḥ ..

> A restriction must also be observed with diligence for the five days;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.69)

niyamena vinā yatra na bhāvyaṃ varavarṇinā.. 33 ..

> one endowed with fine qualities must not be without a restrictive rule during this \[observance\]. (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.70)

uttarāyaṇahīnāya bhīṣmāya pradadau hariḥ ..

> Hari granted to Bhīṣma, who was lacking the northern solstice—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.71)

uttarāyaṇahīne'pi śuddhalagnaṃ sutoṣitaḥ .. 34 ..

> well-pleased, \[he granted\] an auspicious planetary conjunction even in the absence of the northern solstice. (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.72)

tataḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ harim..

> Then one should worship the god Hari, the remover of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.73)

anaṃtaraṃ prayatnena kartavyaṃ bhīṣmapaṃcakam .. 35 ..

> Immediately after, the Bhīṣmapañcaka should be performed with diligence. (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.74)

snāpayeta jalairbhaktyā madhukṣīraghṛtena ca ..

> He should bathe \[him\] with devotion using waters, and honey, milk, and clarified butter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.75)

tathaiva paṃcagavyena gandhacaṃdanavāriṇā .. 36 ..

> and likewise with the five products of the cow, and with water scented with sandalwood. (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.76)

candanena sugandhena kumakumenā'tha keśavam..

> Then Keśava, with fragrant sandalwood and with saffron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.77)

karpūrośīramiśreṇa lepayedgaruḍadhvajam .. 37 ..

> mixed with camphor and uśīra, he should anoint the Garuḍa-bannered \[god\]. (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.78)

arcayedruciraiḥ puṣpairgaṃdhadhūpasamanvitaiḥ ..

> He should worship him with lovely flowers accompanied by perfume and incense;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.79)

gugguluṃ ghṛtasaṃyuktaṃ dadetkṛṣṇāya bhaktimān .. 38 ..

> the devout one should offer bdellium combined with clarified butter to Kṛṣṇa. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.80)

dīpakaṃ tu divā rātrau dadyātpaṃca dināni tu ..

> He should provide a lamp day and night for the five days;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.81)

naivedyaṃ devadevasya paramānnaṃ nivedayet.. 39 ..

> he should present sweet milk-rice as a food offering to the god of gods. (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.82)

evamabhyarcayeddevaṃ saṃsmṛtya ca praṇamya ca ..

> Thus he should worship the god, remembering and bowing \[to him\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.83)

oṃ namo vāsudevāyeti japedaṣṭottaraṃ śatam .. 2.4.32.40 ..

> and he should recite one hundred and eight times: "Oṃ namo Vāsudevāya." (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.84)

juhuyācca ghṛtābhyaktaistilavrīhiyavādibhiḥ ..

> And he should offer oblations with sesame, rice grains, barley, and the like smeared with clarified butter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.85)

ṣaḍakṣareṇa mantreṇa svāhākārā'nvitena ca .. 41 ..

> with the six-syllable mantra accompanied by the exclamation 'svāhā'. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.86)

upāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ praṇamya garuḍadhvajam ..

> Having attended to the evening twilight, having bowed to the Garuḍa-bannered \[god\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.87)

japitvā pūrvavanmantraṃ kṣitiśāyī bhavetsadā ..42..

> and having recited the mantra as before, he should always sleep on the ground. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.88)

sarvametadvidhānaṃ tu kāryaṃ pañca dināni tu ..

> All this procedure should be performed for five days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.89)

viśeṣo'tra vrate hyasminyadanyūnaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat .. 43 ..

> Listen to the special feature that is not deficient in this observance: (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.90)

prathame'hni hareḥ pādau pūjayetkamalairvratī ..

> On the first day, the observer of the vow should worship the feet of Hari with lotuses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.91)

dvitīye bilvapatreṇa jānudeśaṃ samarcayet ..44..

> on the second, he should worship the knee region with a bilva leaf. (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.92)

tato'nupūjayecchīrṣaṃ mālatyā cakrapāṇinaḥ ..

> Then afterwards he should worship the head of the discus-wielder  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.93)

kārtikyāṃ devadevasya bhaktyā tadgatamānasaḥ .. 45 ..

> with mālatī jasmine on the full moon of Kārttika, with devotion, his mind fixed on that god of gods. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.94)

arcitvā taṃ hṛṣīkeśamekādaśyāṃ samāsataḥ ..

> Having worshipped that Hṛṣīkeśa on the eleventh \[day\] briefly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.95)

niḥprāśya gomayaṃ samyagekādaśyāmupāvaset .. 46 ..

> having fully consumed cow dung, he should fast on the eleventh \[day\]. (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.96)

gomūtraṃ mantravadbhūmau dvādaśyāṃ prāśayedvratī ..

> On the twelfth, the observer of the vow should sip cow urine on the ground with a mantra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.97)

kṣīraṃ caiva trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ tathā dadhi .. 47 ..

> and milk on the thirteenth, and likewise curd on the fourteenth. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.98)

saṃprāśya kāyaśuddhyarthaṃ laṃghayitvā caturdinam ..

> Having consumed \[these\] for purification of the body, having fasted for four days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.99)

paṃcame divase snātvā vidhivatpūjya keśavam ..

> having bathed on the fifth day and worshipped Keśava according to the rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.100)

bhojayedbrāhmaṇānbhaktyā tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām.. 48 ..

> he should feed brahmins with devotion and give them a priestly gift. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.101)

pāpabuddhiṃ parityajya brahmacaryeṇa dhīmatā ..

> Abandoning sinful thoughts, an intelligent man, observing celibacy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.102)

madyaṃ māṃsaṃ parityājyaṃ maithunaṃ pāpakāraṇam .. 49 ..

> must abandon liquor, meat, and sexual intercourse, which cause sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.103)

śākāhāreṇa munyannaiḥ kṛṣṇārcanaparo naraḥ ..

> Subsisting on vegetables and the food of sages, a man devoted to the worship of Kṛṣṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.104)

tato naktaṃ samaśnīyātpaṃcagavyapuraḥsaram .. 2.4.32.50 ..

> should then eat at night, preceded by \[drinking\] the five products of the cow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.105)

evaṃ samyaksamāpyaṃ syādyathoktaṃ phalamāpnuyāt .. 51 ..

> In this way it should be properly completed, and he will obtain the stated reward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.106)

madyapo yaḥ pibenmadyaṃ janmano maraṇāṃ'tikam ..

> Even a drunkard who drinks wine from birth until his death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.107)

etadbhīṣmavrataṃ kṛtvā prāpnoti paramaṃ padam .. 52 ..

> by observing this Bhīṣma vow, attains the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.108)

strībhirvā bhartṛvākyena kartavyaṃ dharmavardhanam ..

> It should also be observed by women with the consent of their husbands, to increase virtue,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.109)

vidhavābhiśca kartavyaṃ mokṣasaukhyā'tivṛddhaye .. 53 ..

> and by widows, for the great enhancement of the bliss of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.110)

ayodhyāyāṃ purā kaścidatithirnāma vai nṛpaḥ ..

> Formerly, in Ayodhyā, a king named Atithi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.111)

vasiṣṭhavacanātkṛtvā vratametatsudurlabham ..

> having observed this very rare vow on the instruction of Vasiṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.112)

bhuktveha nikhilānbhogānaṃte viṣṇupuraṃ yayau .. 54 ..

> enjoyed all pleasures here \[on earth\] and in the end went to the city of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.113)

itthaṃ kuryādvrataṃ nityaṃ pañcakaṃ bhīṣmasaṃjñitam ..

> Thus one should regularly perform the five-day observance called the Bhīṣmapañcaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.114)

niyamenopavāsena pañcagavyena vā punaḥ ..

> with restriction, by fasting, or else with the five products of the cow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.115)

payomūlaphalā''hārairhaviṣyairvratatatparaḥ .. 55 ..

> subsisting on milk, roots, fruits, or sacrificial food, wholly intent upon the vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.116)

paurṇamāsīdine prāpte pūjāṃ kṛtvā tu pūrvavat ..

> When the day of the full moon arrives, having performed worship as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.117)

brāhmaṇānbhojayedbhaktyā gāṃ ca dadyātsavatsakām .. 56 ..

> he should feed brahmins with devotion and give a cow together with its calf.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.118)

yadbhīṣmapañcakamiti prathitaṃ pṛthivyāmekādaśīprabhṛti paṃcadaśīniruddham ..

> This celebrated Bhīṣmapañcaka on earth, commencing on the eleventh day and terminating on the fifteenth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.119)

uktaṃ na bhojanaparasya tadā niṣedhastasminvrate śubhaphalaṃ pradadāti viṣṇuḥ .. 57 ..

> it is said that for one who eats, there is no prohibition then; in that vow Viṣṇu bestows auspicious reward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.120)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye bhīṣma pañcakavratamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 32 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of the Bhīṣmapañcaka Vow', in the Māhātmya of the Month of Kārtika, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.121)

prabodhinyāḥ ekādaśyāḥ anye sthalāḥ

> Other passages concerning the Prabodhinī Ekādaśī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.122)

garuḍa 1.123 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : bhīṣma pañcaka vrata kā nirdeśa ; ekādaśī, dvādaśī va trayodaśī kā yoga śubha tathā ekādaśī va daśamī kā yoga āsurī hone kā kathana ),  
nārada 1.19 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : dhvajāropaṇa vrata ), padma 6.30.91( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : saṃvatsara dīpa vrata, puṣkara meṃ devatālaya meṃ rājā va rānī ko pūrvajanma kī smṛti ), 6.61 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : prabodhinī nāmaka ekādaśī kā māhātmya ), 6.90.19 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : samudra meṃ supta vedoṃ va viṣṇu kā prabodhana ), 6.124 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : prabodhinī nāma, māhātmya, bhīṣma pañcaka vrata kā ārambha ), skanda 6.190 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : paṃcarātra kā ārambha, anta meṃ avabhṛthasnānādi ), 6.231 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : viṣṇu kā vṛka ke ūpara se uṭhakara kṣīrasāgara ko jānā, aśūnyaśayana vrata ), 7.3.13 ( kārtika śukla ekādaśī : ambarīṣa dvārā hṛṣīkeśa kī ārādhanā, jñānayoga va kriyāyoga viṣayaka upadeśa kī prāpti ), lakṣmīnārāyaṇa 1.261 ( kārtika śukla prabodhinī ekādaśī vrata kā māhātmya : karmacāṇḍāla vipra va rākṣasa kī mukti ).

> Garuḍa 1.123 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: instruction on the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow; the conjunction of ekādaśī, dvādaśī, and trayodaśī is auspicious, and the conjunction of ekādaśī and daśamī is stated to be demonic);  
> Nārada 1.19 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: flag-raising vow); Padma 6.30.91 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: year-lamp vow, remembrance of past birth by a king and queen in a temple at Puṣkara), 6.61 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: māhātmya of the ekādaśī named Prabodhinī), 6.90.19 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: awakening of the sleeping Vedas and Viṣṇu in the ocean), 6.124 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: the name Prabodhinī, māhātmya, commencement of the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow); Skanda 6.190 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: commencement of the Pañcarātra, concluding with the ritual post-sacrifice ablution, etc.), 6.231 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: Viṣṇu rising from atop a wolf and proceeding to the milk ocean, the Aśūnyaśayana vow), 7.3.13 (Kārtika bright ekādaśī: worship of Hṛṣīkeśa by Ambarīṣa, reception of teachings on jñānayoga and kriyāyoga); Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa 1.261 (Māhātmya of the Kārtika bright Prabodhinī Ekādaśī vow: liberation of an outcaste-acting brahmin and a rākṣasa).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.32.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.32.123)

ekādaśī upari ṭippaṇī

> Note on Ekādaśī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.32.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (7)

- [Suprabhedāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.suprabheda.1.4) — Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.25.2-5) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit
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- [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.10.p195) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.12.12.p1.5) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit
- [Saṃvatsaradīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.samvatsaradidhiti.9.12.p1.5) — Anantadeva 1650, Sanskrit
- [Kāladīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.utkala.kaladipa.p240) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit

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