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# Skandapurana 2.4.35

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.1)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.2)

vaikuṇṭhākhyacaturdaśyā māhātmyaṃ te vadāmyaham ..

> I shall tell you the glory of the fourteenth \[tithi\] known as Vaikuṇṭhā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.3)

vālakhilyaiḥ purā proktaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa śṛṇuṣva tat .. 1 ..

> Listen in brief to what was formerly spoken by the Vālakhilyas. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.4)

.. vālakhilyā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.5)

kārtikasya site pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ samāgamat ..

> In the Kṛta age, on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.6)

vaikuṇṭheśastu vaikuṇṭhādvārāṇasyāṃ kṛte yuge .. 2 ..

> the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha came from Vaikuṇṭha to Vārāṇasī. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.7)

rātryāṃ turyāṃśaśeṣāyāṃ snātvā'sau maṇikarṇike ..

> When the fourth part of the night remained, having bathed in the Maṇikarṇikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.8)

gṛhītvā hemapadmānāṃ sahasraṃ vai tato'vrajat .. 3 ..

> and having taken a thousand golden lotuses, he then proceeded // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.9)

atibhaktyā pūjayituṃ śivayā sahitaṃ śivam ..

> to worship Śiva along with Śivā with intense devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.10)

vidhāya pūjāṃ vaiśveśīṃ tataḥ padmairapūjayat .. 4 ..

> Having performed the worship of the Lord of the Universe, he then worshipped with the lotuses. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.11)

sahasrasaṃkhyāṃ kṛtvādāvekanāmnā tataḥ param ..

> First counting up to a thousand, thereafter \[offering a lotus\] with each single name,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.12)

ārabdhaṃ pūjanaṃ tena śivastadbhaktimaikṣata .. 5 ..

> the worship was begun by him. Śiva tested his devotion. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.13)

ekaṃ padmaṃ padmamadhyānnilīyā''ttaṃ hareṇa tu ..

> One lotus from among the lotuses was hidden and taken away by Hara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.14)

tataḥ pūjitavānviṣṇurekonaṃ kamalaṃ tvabhūt .. 6 ..

> Then, as Viṣṇu worshipped, there was one lotus short. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.15)

itastatastena dṛṣṭaṃ padmaṃ tiṣṭhati na kvacit ..

> He looked here and there; the lotus was nowhere to be found.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.16)

kamaleṣu bhramo jāto'thavā nāmasu me bhramaḥ .. 7 ..

> "Has a confusion arisen regarding the lotuses, or is my confusion regarding the names?" // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.17)

kṣaṇaṃ vicārya sa harirna me nāmabhramo'bhavat ..

> Reflecting for a moment, that Hari \[thought\]: "There was no confusion of names on my part;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.18)

padme caiva bhramo jāto vicāryaivaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 8 ..

> the confusion has arisen only regarding the lotuses." Having reflected thus again and again, // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.19)

sahasrapadmasaṃkalpaḥ pūjārthaṃ tu kṛto mayā ..

> "The resolve was made by me for a thousand lotuses for the sake of the worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.20)

arcyaḥ kathaṃ mahādeva ekonakamalairmayā .. 9 ..

> How can Mahādeva be worshipped by me with one lotus lacking? // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.21)

yadyānetuṃ gamiṣyāmi bhaṃgaḥ syādāsanasya tu ..

> If I go to fetch \[one\], there would be a break in my seat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.22)

ataḥ paraṃ kiṃ vidheyaṃ cintodvigno haristadā .. 2.4.35.10 ..

> What is to be done now?" Then Hari was distressed with anxiety. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.23)

ekaḥ prakāra utpanno hṛdaye'sya munīśvarāḥ ..

> An idea arose in his heart, O foremost among sages:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.24)

puṇḍarīkākṣa ityevaṃ māṃ vadaṃti munīśvarāḥ .. 11 ..

> "Foremost among sages call me 'Lotus-eyed' (Puṇḍarīkākṣa).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.25)

netraṃ me padmasadṛśe padmārthe tvarpayāmyaham ..

> My eye resembles a lotus; I will offer \[it\] in place of the lotus." // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.26)

iti niścitya manasā dattvā tarjanikāṃ sa tu .. 12 ..

> Having decided thus in his mind, inserting his forefinger, // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.27)

netramadhyāttadutpāṭya mahādevastu pūjitaḥ ..

> and plucking it from the middle of his eye, Mahādeva was worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.28)

tato maheśvarastuṣṭo vākyametaduvāca ha .. 13 ..

> Then Maheśvara was pleased and indeed spoke this word: // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.29)

.. mahādeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.30)

tvatsamo nāsti madbhaktastrailokye sacarācare ..

> "There is no devotee of mine equal to you in the three worlds, with the moving and the unmoving.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.31)

rājyaṃ dattaṃ trilokyāste bhava tvaṃ lokapālakaḥ .. 14 ..

> Sovereignty over the three worlds is given to you; become the protector of the world. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.32)

anyaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te varaṃ yanmanasepsitam ..

> Choose another boon, good fortune to you, whichever boon is desired by your mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.33)

avaśyameva dāsyāmi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 15 ..

> I will surely grant it; no doubt need be entertained here. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.34)

madbhaktiṃ tu samālaṃbya ye dviṣaṃti janārdanam ..

> Those men who, relying on devotion to me, hate Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.35)

te maddveṣyā narā viṣṇo vrajeyurnarakaṃ dhruvam .. 16 ..

> are hateful to me, O Viṣṇu, and shall certainly go to hell." // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.36)

.. .. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.35.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.37)

trailokyarakṣākaraṇaṃ mamādiṣṭaṃ maheśvara ..

> "The protection of the three worlds has been assigned to me, O Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.38)

dumardāśca mahāsattvā daityā māryāḥ kathaṃ mayā ..17...

> How are the daityas, difficult to subdue and possessing great strength, to be killed by me?" // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.39)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.35.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.40)

etatsudarśanaṃ cakraṃ mahādaityanikṛṃtanam ..

> "This is the Sudarśana discus, the destroyer of great daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.41)

gṛhāṇa bhagavanviṣṇo mayā tubhya niveditam ..18..

> Accept it, O Lord Viṣṇu; it is offered by me to you. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.42)

anena sarvadaityānāṃ bhagavankadanaṃ kuru ..

> With this, O Lord, make slaughter of all the daityas."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.43)

evaṃ cakraṃ harerdattvā tato vacanamabravīt .. 19 ..

> Having thus given the discus to Hari, he then spoke \[these\] words: // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.44)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.45)

varṣe ca hemalaṃbākhye māse śrīmati kārtike ..

> "In the year named Hemalamba, in the auspicious month of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.46)

śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāmaruṇābhyudayaṃ prati ..2.4.35.20..

> on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, towards daybreak, // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.47)

mahādevatithau brāhme muhūrte maṇikarṇike ..

> on the tithi of Mahādeva, during the brāhma hour, having bathed in the Maṇikarṇikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.48)

snātvā vaiśveśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ vaikuṇṭhādetya pūjitam..21..

> having arrived from Vaikuṇṭha, the liṅga of the Lord of the Universe was worshipped \[by you\] // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.49)

sahasrakamalaistasmādbhaviṣyati mama priyā ..

> with a thousand lotuses. Therefore, it will be dear to me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.50)

vikhyātā sarvalokeṣu vaikuṇṭhākhyā caturdaśī ..22..

> renowned throughout all the worlds as Vaikuṇṭhā Caturdaśī. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.51)

anyaṃ varaṃ prayacchāmi śṛṇu viṣṇo vaco mama ..

> I grant another boon; hear my word, O Viṣṇu:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.52)

pūrvarātreṣu te pūjā kartavyā sarvajātibhiḥ ..23..

> during the first part of the night, your worship must be performed by all castes. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.53)

upavāsaṃ divā kuryātsāyaṃkāle tavārcanam ..

> One should fast by day, and in the evening worship you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.54)

paścānmamārcanaṃ kāryamanyathā niṣphalaṃ bhavet .. 24 ..

> Afterwards my worship must be performed; otherwise it will be fruitless. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.55)

grāhyā tu haripūjāyāṃ rātrivyāptā caturdaśī ..

> In the worship of Hari, the fourteenth \[tithi\] extending into the night is to be accepted;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.56)

aruṇodayavelāyāṃ śivapūjāṃ samācaret .. 25 ..

> at the time of dawn, one should perform the worship of Śiva. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.57)

sahasrakamalairviṣṇurādau yaiḥ pūjito naraiḥ..

> Those men by whom Viṣṇu is worshipped first with a thousand lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.58)

paścācchivaḥ pūjitaścejjīvanmuktāsta eva hi .. 26 ..

> and if Śiva is worshipped afterwards, they are indeed liberated while living. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.59)

sāyaṃ snātvā paṃcanade biṃdumādhavamarcayet ..

> Having bathed at Pañcanada in the evening, one should worship Bindumādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.60)

snātvā yo viṣṇukāṃcyāṃ vā'naṃtasenaṃ samarcayet .. 27 ..

> or who, having bathed in Viṣṇukāñcī, should worship Anantasena. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.61)

rudrakāṃcyāṃ tataḥ snātvā praṇaveśaṃ samarcayet ..

> Then, having bathed in Rudrakāñcī, one should worship Praṇaveśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.62)

ādau snātvā vahnitīrthe yajennārāyaṇaṃ tataḥ .. 28 ..

> Having first bathed at Vahnitīrtha, one should then worship Nārāyaṇa. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.63)

retodake tataḥ snātvā kedāreśaṃ samarcayet ..

> Then, having bathed in Retodaka, one should worship Kedāreśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.64)

ādau snātvā sūryaputryāṃ veṇīmādhavamarcayet .. 29 ..

> Having first bathed in the Sūryaputrī \[Yamunā\], one should worship Veṇīmādhava. // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.65)

jāhnavyāṃ ca tataḥ snātvā saṃgameśaṃ prapūjayet ..

> And then, having bathed in the Jāhnavī \[Gaṅgā\], one should worship Saṅgameśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.66)

sarvāḥ śriyastasya vaśyāḥ satyaṃ viṣṇo mayoditam .. 2.4.35.30 ..

> All fortunes become subservient to him; O Viṣṇu, I have spoken the truth! // 2.4.35.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.67)

evaṃ tasmai varāndattvā hyaṃtardhānaṃ yayau śivaḥ ..

> Having thus granted boons to him, Śiva disappeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.68)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjyau hariharāvubhau .. 31 ..

> Therefore, with every effort, both Hari and Hara should be worshipped. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.69)

kalau daśasahasrāṇi viṣṇustyajati medinīm ..

> In Kali\[-yuga\], for ten thousand \[years\], Viṣṇu leaves the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.70)

tadarddhaṃ jāhnavītoyaṃ tadarddhaṃ grāmadevatāḥ .. 32 ..

> half that time the water of the Jāhnavī \[remains\], and half that time the village deities. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.71)

kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ tu kuryāttraipuramutsavam ..

> On the full moon day of Kārttika, however, one should perform the festival of Tripura.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.72)

dīpo deyo'vaśyameva sāyaṃkāle śivālaye .. 33 .. \*  
tripuro nāma daityeṃdraḥ prayāge tapa āsthitaḥ ..

> A lamp must certainly be offered in the evening in a temple of Śiva. // 33  
> A lord of Daityas named Tripura undertook austerity at Prayāga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.73)

tapasā tasya saṃtuṣṭo dadau brahmā varaṃ param.. 34 ..

> Pleased by his austerity, Brahmā granted him a supreme boon: // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.74)

devāsuramanuṣyebhyo na te mṛtyurbhaviṣyati ..

> "You shall have no death from gods, Asuras, or men."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.75)

iti labdhavaro daityo viśvakarmavinirmitam .. 35 ..

> Having thus obtained the boon, the Daitya \[mounted\] that which was crafted by Viśvakarman— // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.76)

tripurākhyaṃ vimānaṃ tamāruhya bhuvanatrayam ..

> an aerial chariot named Tripura—and having mounted it, the three worlds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.77)

yadā vai pīḍayāmāsa tadā devaiḥ stuto haraḥ .. 36 ..

> when indeed he tormented, Hara was then praised by the gods. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.78)

tripuraṃ ghātayāmāsa bāṇenaikena śatruhā ..

> The slayer of enemies destroyed Tripura with a single arrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.79)

kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ tu sarve devāḥ pratuṣṭuvuḥ .. 37 ..

> On the full moon day of Kārttika, all the gods praised \[him\]. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.80)

tasmindine sarvadevairdīpā dattā harāya ca ..

> On that day, lamps were offered to Hara by all the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.81)

sarvathaiva pradeyāśca dīpāstu haratuṣṭaye .. 38 ..

> By all means lamps should be offered for the satisfaction of Hara. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.82)

viṃśatiḥ saptaśatakāḥ sahitā dīpavartayaḥ ..

> Seven hundred and twenty lamp wicks joined together—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.83)

dadaddīpaṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 39 ..

> offering a lamp \[with these\] on the full moon day, one is freed from all sins. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.84)

paurṇamāsyāṃ tu saṃdhyāyāṃ kartavyastripurotsavaḥ ..

> On the full moon at twilight, the festival of Tripura is to be observed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.85)

dadyādanena mantreṇa pradīpāṃśca surālaye .. 2.4.35.40 ..

> And one should offer lamps in a temple of the gods with this mantra: // 2.4.35.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.86)

kīṭāḥ pataṃgā maśakāśca vṛkṣā jale sthale ye vicaraṃti jīvāḥ ..

> "Insects, moths, and mosquitoes, trees, and whatever living creatures move in water and on dry land—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.87)

dṛṣṭvā pradīpaṃ na ca janmabhāgino bhavaṃtu nityaṃ śvapacā hi viprāḥ .. 41 ..

> having seen this lamp, may they not be subject to \[further\] rebirth; and may outcasts certainly become brahmins!" // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.88)

kāryastasmātpaurṇamāsyāṃ tripurāya mahotsavaḥ ..

> Therefore, the great festival for Tripura should be celebrated on the full moon day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.89)

kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge yaḥ kuryātsvāmidarśanam .. .. 42 ..

> On the Kārttika full moon, when joined with the Kṛttikā asterism, whoever has the darśana of the Lord \[Svāmin\], // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.90)

sapta janma bhavedvipro dhanāḍhyo vedapāragaḥ ..

> for seven births he becomes a wealthy brahmin who has mastered the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.91)

atra kṛtvā vṛṣotsargaṃ naktācchaivapuraṃ vrajet .. 43 ..

> Having performed the release of a bull here, through a night-fast one goes to the city of Śiva. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.92)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye vaikuṇṭhacaturdaśī tripurīpūrṇimāvratavidhānakathanaṃnāma paṃcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 35 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, titled "The Narration of the Rules for the Observances of Vaikuṇṭhacaturdaśī and Tripurīpūrṇimā," in the praise of the month of Kārttika, in the second Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.93)

2.4.35.1  
vikuṇṭhā upari ṭippaṇī

> 2.4.35.1  
> Note on Vikuṇṭhā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.94)

vaikuṇṭhacaturdaśī upari ṭippaṇī

> Note on Vaikuṇṭhacaturdaśī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.95)

2.4.35.33

> 2.4.35.33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.96)

kārtikapūrṇimāyāṃ śivālaye dīpadānasya nirdeśaṃ kena kāraṇena asti. skandapurāṇe 1.3.2.20.21 ullekhamasti yat kārtikapūrṇimāyāṃ pārvatī aruṇādriṃ gacchati - aruṇādrirayaṃ sākṣādanalādristirohitaḥ . jvalati jyotiṣā svena kṛttikāpūrṇimā niśi ..

> For what reason is there an injunction to offer lamps in a Śiva temple on the Kārttika full moon? In the Skandapurāṇa 1.3.2.20–21, there is mention that on the Kārttika full moon, Pārvatī goes to Aruṇādri: "This Aruṇādri is manifestly the fire-mountain hidden. It blazes with its own light on the night of the Kṛttikā full moon."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.97)

kārtikapūrṇimāyāḥ māhātmyaṃ śivena ekeṇeṣuṇā tripurasya ghātane nihitamasti. āśvin māsasya saṃjñā iṣa asti. iṣa - icchāyāṃ, abhīpsāyāṃ. kārye, yajñe pravartanātpūrvaṃ kāryasyaviṣaye abhīpsāyāḥ jāgaraṇaṃ āvaśyakaṃ asti. tadaiva kāryasya pathaḥ ṛju bhaviṣyati. anyathā, yathā prakṛtyāḥ vardhanasya pathaḥ anṛju asti, evaṃ bhaviṣyati. ayaṃ pratīyate yat iṣasya, abhīpsāyāḥ nirmāṇasya, sarvebhyaḥ iṣubhyaḥ ekalaiṣoḥ nirmāṇasya prakriyā āśvin māse pūrṇā na bhavati. anena kāraṇena kārtikapūrṇimāyāṃ ekala iṣusṛjanasya nirdeśamasti. kāṭhakasaṃhitāyāṃ 25.1 iṣusaṃjñakaḥ sthānakaḥ asti yatra upasadaiṣṭyāḥ saṃjñā iṣuḥ asti. ayamullekhaḥ paurāṇikavarṇanasya vaidikavāṅmaye saṃkramaṇamasti.

> The māhātmya of the Kārttika full moon is embedded in Śiva's slaying of Tripura with a single arrow. The designation of the month of Āśvina is Iṣa. Iṣa—in \[the sense of\] wish, desire. Prior to engaging in an action or sacrifice, the awakening of desire regarding the action is necessary. Only then will the path of action be straight. Otherwise, just as the path of nature's growth is crooked, so it will be. It appears that the process of Iṣa, of creating desire, of fashioning a single arrow out of all arrows, is not completed in the month of Āśvina. For this reason, there is the injunction to produce a single arrow on the Kārttika full moon. In Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā 25.1 there is a section called Iṣu, where the name of the Upasad offering is Iṣu. This mention is the transmission of the Purāṇic account into Vedic literature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.35.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.98)

kārtikapūrṇimā upari anya paurāṇikasaṃdarbhāḥ

> Other Purāṇic references on the Kārttika full moon  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.35.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Merutantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.merutantra.3.673) — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Kulamuktikallolinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulamuktikallolini.16.211) — Sanskrit
- [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.84) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.26.2-2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit

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