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# Skandapurana 2.4.33

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.2)

prabodhinyāśca māhātmyaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyavardhanam ..

> Listen, O best of the gods, to the māhātmya of Prabodhinī, which destroys sin and increases merit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.3)

muktidaṃ tattvabuddhīnāṃ śṛṇuṣva surasattama .. 1 ..

> granting liberation to those whose intellect is fixed on truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.4)

tāvadgarjati senānīrgaṃgā bhāgīrathī kṣitau ..

> The Gaṅgā, the Bhāgīrathī, roars on the earth only so long,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.5)

yāvatprayāti pāpaghnī kārtike haribodhinī .. 2 ..

> until Haribodhinī, which destroys sins, arrives in Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.6)

tāvadgarjaṃti tīrthāni āsamudrasarāṃsi vai ..

> The sacred fords and the lakes reaching as far as the ocean roar only so long,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.7)

yāvatprabodhinī viṣṇostithirnā''yāti kārtike .. 3 ..

> until Prabodhinī, the lunar day of Viṣṇu, arrives in Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.8)

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca ..

> \[The fruit of\] thousands of horse sacrifices and hundreds of Rājasūya sacrifices  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.9)

ekenaivopavāsena prabodhinyā yathā'bhavat .. 4 ..

> is obtained by a single fast on Prabodhinī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.10)

durlabhaṃ caiva duṣprāpyaṃ trailokye sacarācare ..

> Whatever is rare and hard to obtain in the three worlds, with its moving and unmoving beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.11)

tadapi prārthitaṃ vipra dadāti pratibodhinī .. 5 ..

> even that, when sought, O twice-born one, Pratibodhinī bestows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.12)

aiśvaryaṃ saṃtatiṃ jñānaṃ rājyaṃ ca sukhasaṃpadaḥ ..

> Sovereignty, offspring, knowledge, kingdom, and the fortunes of happiness—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.13)

dadātyupoṣitā vipra helayā haribodhinī .. 6 ..

> all these Haribodhinī, when fasted upon, easily bestows, O twice-born one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.14)

merumaṃdaratulyāni pāpānyupārjitāni ca ..

> Even sins accumulated that are equal to Mount Meru and Mandara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.15)

ekenaivopavāsena dahate haribodhinī .. 7 ..

> Haribodhinī burns away by a single fast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.16)

upavāsaṃ prabodhinyāṃ yaḥ karoti svabhāvataḥ ..

> A man who fasts on Prabodhinī by his very nature,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.17)

vidhinā naraśārdūla yathoktaṃ labhate phalam .. 8 ..

> according to the rules, O tiger among men, obtains the stated reward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.18)

pūrvajanmasahasreṣu pāpaṃ yatsamupārjitam ..

> Whatever sin has been accumulated during thousands of previous births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.19)

jāgareṇa prabodhinyāṃ dahyate tṛlarāśivat .. 9 ..

> is burnt away by keeping vigil on Prabodhinī, like a heap of grass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.20)

śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha vakṣyāmi jāgarasya ca lakṣaṇam ..

> Listen, O six-faced one, I will describe the characteristics of the vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.21)

tasya vijñānamātreṇa durlabho na janārdanaḥ ..2.4.33.10..

> by merely knowing which Janārdana is not hard to attain:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.22)

gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca purāṇapaṭhanaṃ tathā ..

> Song, musical instruments, dance, and the recitation of the Purāṇas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.23)

dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ puṣpagaṃdhā'nulepanam ..1 1..

> incense, lamps, food-offerings, flowers, perfumes, and unguents;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.24)

phalamarghyaṃ ca śraddhā ca dānamiṃdriyasaṃyamam ..

> fruits, guest-water, faith, charity, and restraint of the senses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.25)

satyā'nvitaṃ viniṃdaṃ ca mudā yuktaṃ kriyānvitam .. 12 ..

> accompanied by truth, free of censure, full of joy, and accompanied by ritual acts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.26)

sāścaryaṃ caiva protsāhamālasyādivivarjitam ..

> with wonder and great enthusiasm, free of laziness and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.27)

pradakṣiṇādisaṃyuktaṃ namaskārapuraḥsaram .. 13 ..

> joined with circumambulation and other rites, preceded by prostrations;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.28)

nīrājanasamāyuktamanirviṇṇena cetasā ..

> accompanied by the waving of lamps, with a despondency-free mind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.29)

yāmeyāme mahābhāga kurvannīrājanaṃ hareḥ .. 14 ..

> performing the waving of lamps to Hari at every watch of the night, O fortunate one—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.30)

etairguṇaiḥ samāyuktaṃ kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ vibhoḥ ..

> one should keep the vigil of the Lord endowed with these qualities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.31)

ekāgramanasā yastu na punarjāyate bhuvi .. 15 ..

> He who \[does so\] with a one-pointed mind is never born again on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.32)

ya evaṃ kurute bhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ ..

> Whoever performs the vigil thus with devotion, free from deceit regarding wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.33)

jāgaraṃ vāsare viṣṇorlīyate paramātmani .. 16 ..

> on the day of Viṣṇu, merges into the Supreme Self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.34)

puruṣasūktena yo nityaṃ kārtike'thārcayeddharim ..

> Whoever constantly worships Hari in Kārtika with the Puruṣasūkta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.35)

varṣakoṭisahasrāṇi pūjitastena keśavaḥ .. 17 ..

> by him Keśava has been worshipped for thousands of crores of years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.36)

yathoktena vidhānena paṃcarātroditena vai ..

> According to the procedure declared in the Pañcarātra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.37)

kārtike tvarcayennityaṃ muktibhāgī bhavennaraḥ .. 18 ..

> if a man worships daily in Kārtika, he becomes a partaker of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.38)

namo nārāyaṇāyeti kārtike yorcayeddharim ..

> Whoever worships Hari in Kārtika with the mantra “Obeisance to Nārāyaṇa”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.39)

sa mukto nārakairduḥkhaiḥ padaṃ gacchatyanāmayam .. 19 ..

> is freed from hellish sorrows and goes to the sorrowless abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.40)

harernāmasahasraṃ ca gajarājasya mokṣaṇam ..

> And the thousand names of Hari and the Liberation of the King of Elephants:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.41)

kārtike paṭhate yastu punarjanma na viṃdati .. 2.4.33.20 ..

> one who recites \[these\] in Kārtika experiences no rebirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.42)

yugakoṭisahasrāṇi manvaṃtaraśatāni ca ..

> For thousands of crores of yugas and hundreds of manvantaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.43)

dvādaśyāṃ kārtike māsi jāgarī vasate divi .. 21 ..

> one who keeps a night-vigil on the twelfth lunar day in the month of Kārtika dwells in heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.44)

kule tasya ca ye jātāḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ ..

> And those born in his family, by hundreds and by thousands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.45)

prāpnuvaṃti padaṃ viṣṇostasmātkurvīta jāgaram .. 22 ..

> attain the abode of Viṣṇu; therefore one should keep a night-vigil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.46)

kārtike paścime yāme stavaṃ gānaṃ karoti yaḥ ..

> Whoever performs praise and singing during the final watch of the night in Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.47)

śvetadvīpe tu vasate pitṛbhiḥ saha suvrata .. 23 ..

> O one of virtuous vows, dwells on Śvetadvīpa along with his ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.48)

naivedyadānaṃ haraye kārtike dinasaṃkṣaye ..

> For as many food offerings as are made to Hari at twilight in Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.49)

yugāni vasate svarge tāvaṃti munisattamāḥ .. 24 ..

> for so many yugas one dwells in heaven, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.50)

akṣayaṃ muniśārdūla mālatīkamalārcanam ..

> Worship with mālatī jasmine and lotus is imperishable, O tiger among sages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.51)

arcayeddevadeveśaṃ sa yāti paramaṃ padam .. 25 ..

> whoever worships the God of the gods goes to the supreme abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.52)

kārtike śuklapakṣe tu kṛtvā hyekādaśīṃ naraḥ ..

> Having observed the eleventh lunar day in the bright fortnight of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.53)

prātardattvā śubhānkuṃbhānsa yāti mama maṃdiram .. 26 ..

> a man who gives auspicious water pots in the morning goes to my abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.54)

atraiva tu prakartavyaḥ prabodhastu hareḥ khaga ..

> Right at this time, indeed, the awakening of Hari is to be performed, O bird.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.55)

hataḥ śaṃkhāsuro daityo nabhasaḥ śuklapakṣake .. 27 ..

> The Daitya Śaṅkhāsura was slain during the bright fortnight of Nabhas \[Śrāvaṇa\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.56)

ekādaśyāṃ tato viṣṇuścāturmāsye prasuptavān ..

> Then, on the eleventh lunar day, Viṣṇu fell fast asleep for the four months of the rainy season;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.57)

kṣīrāṃbhodhau jāgṛto'sāvekādaśyāṃ tu kārtike .. 28 ..

> he awakens in the ocean of milk on the eleventh lunar day in Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.58)

ataḥ prabodhanaṃ kāryamekādaśyāṃ tu vaiṣṇavaiḥ ..

> Therefore, the awakening ceremony should be performed on the eleventh lunar day by Vaiṣṇavas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.59)

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha goviṃda uttiṣṭha garuḍadhvaja ..

> “Arise, arise, Govinda! Arise, O Garuḍa-bannered Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.60)

uttiṣṭha kamalākāṃta trailokyaṃ maṃgalaṃ kuru .. 29 ..

> Arise, O beloved of Kamalā, and bring auspiciousness to the three worlds!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.61)

ityuktvā śaṃkhabheryādi prātaḥkāle tu vādayet ..

> Having spoken thus, one should sound conches, kettle-drums, and other instruments in the morning;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.62)

vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgādi nṛtyagītādi kārayet ..2.4.33.30..

> one should cause vīṇās, flutes, mṛdaṅga drums, dancing, singing, and other arts to be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.63)

utthāpayitvā deveśaṃ pūjāṃ tasya vidhāya ca ..

> Having awakened the Lord of the gods and having performed his worship,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.64)

sāyaṃkāle prakartavyastulasyudvāhajo vidhiḥ .. 31 ..

> in the evening one should perform the rite belonging to the wedding of the tulasī plant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.65)

sarvadaikādaśī puṇyā viśeṣātkārtikī smṛtā ..

> The eleventh lunar day is always meritorious, especially known as such in Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.66)

yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca .. ..32..

> Whatever sins there are, such as the killing of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.67)

annamāśritya tiṣṭhaṃti saṃprāpte harivāsare..

> take shelter and reside in food when the day of Hari arrives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.68)

sa kevalamaghaṃ bhuṃkte yo bhuṃkte harivāsare ..33..

> Whoever eats on the day of Hari eats pure sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.69)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena kuryādekādaśīvratam ..

> Therefore, by every effort, one should observe the vow of the eleventh lunar day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.70)

na kuryādyadi mohena upavāsaṃ narādhamaḥ ..34..

> If out of delusion the lowest of men does not fast,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.71)

narake niyataṃ vāsaḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha tasya vai ..

> his dwelling in hell along with his ancestors is certain indeed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.72)

sūtake mṛtake vā'pi nopavāsaṃ tyajedbudhaḥ..35..

> A wise person should not abandon the fast even in times of birth-pollution or death-pollution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.73)

daśamīvedhasaṃyuktā tyājyā caikādaśī vrate ..

> And the eleventh lunar day overlaps with the tenth must be avoided in the vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.74)

gāṃdhāryā'pi purā tasyāmupavāsaḥ kṛto guha .. 36 ..

> Anciently, even Gāndhārī kept a fast on such a day, O Guha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.75)

tasyāḥ putraśataṃ naṣṭaṃ tasmāttāṃ vadhajāṃ tyajet ..

> her hundred sons were destroyed, therefore one should abandon that day born of ruin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.76)

ekādaśīmupavasetsnānadānapuraḥsaram .. 37 ..

> One should fast on the eleventh lunar day preceded by ritual ablution and giving of gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.77)

rukmāṃgado'pi rājarṣirmohinyāḥ saṃgamena ca ..

> Even the royal seer Rukmāṅgada, despite his union with Mohinī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.78)

iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā cāṃ'te viṣṇupuraṃ yayau .. 38 .. ..

> enjoyed happiness in this world and in the end went to the city of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.79)

.. iti prabodhotsavaḥ ..

> Thus ends the Festival of Awakening.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.80)

.. atha dvādaśīmāhātmyam .. ..

> Now begins the māhātmya of the twelfth lunar day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.81)

dvādaśī puṇyadā proktā sarvā'ghaughavināśinī ..

> The twelfth lunar day is declared to bestow merit and to destroy the whole mass of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.82)

kiṃ dānaiḥ ki tapobhiśca kimu poṣyairvrataiśca kim .. 39 ..

> What need is there for gifts, what for austerities, and what indeed for vows that must be maintained?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.83)

kimiṣṭaiścaiva putraiśca dvādaśī yena sevitā ..

> What need for sacrifices and even sons for someone by whom the twelfth lunar day has been observed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.84)

gaṃgāyāṃ caiva durbhikṣe pratyahaṃ koṭibhojanāt .. 2.4.33.40 ..

> Whatever fruit \[one earns\] by feeding a crore of people every day at the Gaṅgā during a famine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.85)

yatphalaṃ tadavāpnoti dvādaśyāmekabhojanāt ..

> that fruit one obtains by taking a single meal on the twelfth lunar day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.86)

yaddattaṃ cārhate dānaṃ dvādaśyāṃ tu site śubhe .. 41 ..

> Whatever gift is given to a worthy recipient on the bright, auspicious twelfth lunar day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.87)

sikthesikthe ca vaikasya katibrāhmaṇabhojanam ..

> how many brahmins are fed with each single grain of cooked rice \[given\] by someone—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.88)

tadahaṃ naiva jānāmi mahimānaṃ hi suvrata .. 42 ..

> that greatness I truly cannot even know, O one of virtuous vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.89)

śāligrāmaśilādānaṃ yaḥ kuryāddvādaśīdine ..

> Whoever makes a gift of a Śāligrāma stone on the twelfth lunar day  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.90)

saptadvīpavatīṃ bhūmiṃ gaṃgāyāṃ ca ravigrahe ..

> obtains that fruit which a man gains by giving the earth with its seven continents  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.91)

dattvā yatphalamāpnoti tatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ .... 43 ..

> at the Gaṅgā during a solar eclipse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.92)

paṃcāmṛtaistu yo viṣṇuṃ bhaktyā saṃsnāpayeddvija ..

> Whoever bathes Viṣṇu with the five nectars with devotion, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.93)

sa sarvakulamuddhṛtya viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 44 ..

> he, having redeemed his whole family, is honored in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.94)

śukle kārtikamāsasya dvādaśyāṃ paramotsave ..

> On the supreme festival of the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.95)

prātarārabhya yaḥ kuryātsnānadānādikaṃ tathā ..

> whoever performs ritual ablution, giving of gifts, and the like, beginning in the morning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.96)

sa tu mokṣamavāpnoti nā'tra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 45 ..

> attains liberation; no doubt should be entertained on this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.97)

dvādaśyāṃ kārtike māsi snānasaṃdhyādikarma ca ..

> Rites such as ritual ablution and twilight devotion on the twelfth lunar day in the month of Kārtika...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.98)

kṛtvā dāmodaraṃ pūjya bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 46 ..

> having performed \[them\], worships Dāmodara endowed with devotion and faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.99)

yastasyāṃ sūpanaivedyaṃ na dadāti narādhamaḥ ..

> That lowest of men who does not offer a food offering of soup on that \[day\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.100)

narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma .. 47 ..

> his dwelling is surely in hell—so we have heard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.101)

tasmātsūpasya naivedyaṃ dvādaśyāṃ kārtike śubhe ..

> Therefore, on the auspicious Dvādaśī in Kārtika, an offering of soup  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.102)

dadyādbhaktiyuto brahmaṃścānyathā narakaṃ vrajet .. 48 ..

> one should offer, endowed with devotion, O Brahmā; otherwise he would go to hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.103)

yastasyāṃ daṃpatīnāṃ tu bhojanaṃ kurute naraḥ ..

> That man who feeds married couples on that day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.104)

na tasya phalaviśrāṃtirmayā vaktuṃ tu śakyate ..49..

> the boundless extent of his fruit cannot be told by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.105)

dhātrīcchāyāṃ gato yastu dvādaśyāṃ pūjayeddharim ..

> He who goes into the shade of an āmalakī tree and worships Hari on the Dvādaśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.106)

tatraiva bhojanaṃ yastu brāhmaṇānāṃ tu kārayet .. 2.4.33.50 ..

> and who feeds brahmins right there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.107)

svayaṃ ca tatra bhuṃkte yaḥ sūpabhakṣyādikaṃ tathā ..

> and himself eats soup, delicacies, and the like there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.108)

na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi .. .. 51 ..

> for him there is no return \[to rebirth\] even in hundreds of millions of kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.109)

evaṃ prātarvidhāyā'tha pūjāṃ dāmodarasya hi ..

> Having thus performed the worship of Dāmodara in the morning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.110)

rātrau punaḥ prakartavyaṃ pūjākarma harerdvija .. 52 ..

> the ritual of worship of Hari must be performed again at night, O twice-born one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.111)

tulasīsannidhau kṛtvā patākādhvajaśobhitam ..

> Having erected in the presence of the tulasī \[plant\] an excellent pavilion adorned with pennants and banners,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.112)

puṣpamālāsamākīrṇaṃ nānāratnopaśobhitam .. 53 ..

> strewn with flower garlands, embellished with various gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.113)

muktādāmabhirācchannaṃ kṛtvā maṃḍapamuttamam ..

> \[and\] covered with strands of pearls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.114)

pūjayedviṣṇumavyagrastadgataikāgramānasaḥ .. .. 54 ..

> one should worship Viṣṇu calmly, with one's mind focused entirely on him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.115)

paṃcarātroktamārgeṇa gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ ..

> according to the method spoken in the Pāñcarātra, with perfume, flowers, unbroken grains, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.116)

navanītaṃ dadhikṣīraṃ tathaiva ca ghanaṃ ghṛtam .. 55 ..

> Fresh butter, curds, milk, and likewise solid ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.117)

vividhaiḥ khādyanaivedyairjalena ca sugaṃdhinā ..

> along with various edible offerings and fragrant water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.118)

yuktaṃ nivedayedviṣṇostāṃbūlaṃ salavaṃgakam .. 56 ..

> he should offer to Viṣṇu, combined with betel accompanied by clove.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.119)

puṣpāṇi ca vicitrāṇi sugandhīni bahūni ca ..

> And having sprinkled varied and abundant fragrant flowers according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.120)

prokṣayitvā ca vidhivadarpayitvā dalaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 57 ..

> and having offered them with auspicious leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.121)

tulasyāścāpi dhātryāśca phalaiścā'pi prapūjayet ..

> he should also worship with leaves and fruits of the tulasī and of the āmalakī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.122)

nīrājanaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā maṃtrapuṣpaṃ samarpayet .. 58 ..

> Then, having performed the waving of lamps, he should offer mantra-flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.123)

abhiṣekaṃ vinā sarvapūjāṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ ..

> Having performed the whole worship according to rule, without the consecration bath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.124)

viṣṇoḥ pūjāṃ samāpyā'tha brāhmaṇānāṃ prapūjanam .. 59 ..

> and having concluded the worship of Viṣṇu, he should worship the brahmins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.125)

kuryādbhaktiyuto vipra dadyāccaiva phalādikam..

> endowed with devotion, O brahmin, and give them fruit and other gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.126)

tāṃbūlaṃ ca tato dattvā dakṣiṇāṃ śaktito'rpayet .. 2.4.33.60 ..

> Then, having given betel, he should offer a priestly fee according to his ability.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.127)

tato vṛddhānpitṝnmātṝn pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ ..

> Then, having worshipped the elders, fathers, and mothers according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.128)

tataḥ svayaṃ svabhāryābhirnaivedyaṃ bhakṣayetsudhīḥ .. 61 ..

> the wise man may then himself partake of the food offering together with his wives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.129)

ityevaṃ tu vidhānena yaḥ kuryāddvādaśīvratam ..

> He who observes the Dvādaśī vow in this manner according to the ritual,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.130)

na tasya lokāḥ kṣīyaṃte kalpakoṭiśatairapi .. 62 ..

> his heavenly worlds do not diminish even in hundreds of millions of kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.131)

putrapautraiḥ parivṛto bhuktvā bhogānmanoharān ..

> Surrounded by sons and grandsons, having enjoyed delightful pleasures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.132)

bhogāṃte ca vrajenmokṣamatītakulasaptakaiḥ .. 63 ..

> at the end of his pleasures he attains liberation along with seven preceding ancestral generations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.133)

tasmānnārada māhātmyaṃ dvādaśyāḥ kārtikasya ca ..

> Therefore, O Nārada, the māhātmya of Dvādaśī and of Kārtika  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.134)

na mayā śakyate vaktuṃ kimanyairmanujairapi .. 64 ..

> cannot be fully spoken by me, much less by other men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.135)

dvādaśyā hyuttamaṃ puṇyaṃ māhātmyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ ..

> The man who reads this supreme, meritorious māhātmya of the Dvādaśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.136)

śṛṇuyādvā muniśreṣṭha sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 65 ..

> or hears it, O best of sages, goes to the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.137)

rājarṣirambarīṣo'pi cakāraitadvrataṃ śubham ..

> The royal seer Ambarīṣa also observed this auspicious vow  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.138)

yathāvidhi taponiṣṭhastena mokṣamavāptavān .. 66 ..

> according to the rules, steadfast in austerity; by that he attained liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.139)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye prabodhotsavadvādaśītithikṛtyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 33 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Duties on the Awakening Festival Dvādaśī Tithi', in the Kārtikamāsamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.140)

prabodhinyāḥ ekādaśyāḥ anye sthalāḥ

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

### [2.4.33.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.141)

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 Śukla Ekādaśī: instruction on the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow; the conjunction of Ekādaśī, Dvādaśī, and Trayodaśī being auspicious, and the conjunction of Ekādaśī and Daśamī being stated as demonic); Nārada 1.19 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: the vow of raising the flag); Padma 6.30.91 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: the yearly lamp vow, memory of previous birth given to the king and queen in a temple at Puṣkara); 6.61 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: the māhātmya of the Ekādaśī named Prabodhinī); 6.90.19 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: the awakening of Viṣṇu and of the Vedas asleep in the ocean); 6.124 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: the name Prabodhinī, its māhātmya, commencement of the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow); Skanda 6.190 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: commencement of the Pāñcarātra, concluding with the ceremonial bath and related rites); 6.231 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: Viṣṇu rising from above the wolf and going to the Ocean of Milk, the Aśūnyaśayana vow); 7.3.13 (Kārtika Śukla Ekādaśī: Ambarīṣa's worship of Hṛṣīkeśa, reception of instructions concerning jñānayoga and kriyāyoga); Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa 1.261 (māhātmya of the Kārtika Śukla Prabodhinī Ekādaśī vow: liberation of the base brahmin and the rākṣasa).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.33.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33.142)

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.2.4.33.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p594) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.33) · Pramāṇa