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# Skandapurana 2.4.3

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.1)

.. .. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.2)

bhūyaḥ śṛṇuṣva vipreṃdra kārtikasya ca vaibhavam ..

> Listen further, best of brahmins, to the majesty of Kārtika:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.3)

daśamīdinamārabhya daśamyāṃ tu samāpayet .. 1 ..

> Beginning on the tenth lunar day, one should conclude on the tenth lunar day; // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.4)

paurṇamāsīṃ samārabhya paurṇamāsyāṃ samāpayet ..

> Beginning on the full moon day, one should conclude on the full moon day;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.5)

āśvinasya haridinīṃ samārabhya tu bhaktimān .. 2 ..

> Or, beginning on the day of Hari in Āśvina, the devoted man, // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.6)

dāmodaraṃ namaskṛtya kuryātsaṃkalpamāditaḥ ..

> Bowing to Dāmodara, should formulate the resolve at the outset:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.7)

dāmodara namaste'stu sarvapāpavināśana .. 3 ..

> "O Dāmodara, salutations to you, destroyer of all sins! // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.8)

kārtikasya vrataṃ kartumanujñāṃ dātumarhasi ..

> Be pleased to grant permission to perform the vow of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.9)

nirvighnaṃ kuru deveśa āmāsaṃ puruṣottama .. 4 ..

> Make it free from obstacles, O Lord of gods, for a month, O Puruṣottama!" // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.10)

iti saṃprārthya vidhinā kārtikavratamācaret ..

> Having thus prayed, one should observe the vow of Kārtika according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.11)

anūruṃ vadatā proktaṃ bhāskareṇa śrutaṃ mayā ..

> Spoken by Bhāskara as he addressed Anūru, it was heard by me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.12)

kalau ca svargagamanakāraṇaṃ śrūyatāṃ hi tat .. 5 ..

> Let that cause of going to heaven in the Kali age indeed be heard! // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.13)

.. sūrya uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.14)

dvādaśānāṃ tu māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'tipuṇyadaḥ .. 6 ..

> Of the twelve months, Mārgaśīrṣa bestows great merit; // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.15)

tasmātpuṇyaphalaḥ prokto vaiśākho narmadātaṭe ..

> Greater in meritorious fruit than that is said to be Vaiśākha on the bank of the Narmadā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.16)

tato lakṣaguṇaḥ proktaḥ prayāge māghamāsakaḥ .. .. 7 ..

> A hundred thousand times greater than that is said to be the month of Māgha at Prayāga; // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.17)

tasmānmahāphalaḥ proktaḥ kārtiko jalamātrake ..

> Greater in fruit than that is said to be Kārtika in any water whatever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.18)

ekataḥ sarvadānāni vratāni niyamāstathā .. 8 ..

> On the one side, all gifts, vows, and observances, // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.19)

ekataḥ kārtikasnānaṃ brahmaṇā tulayā dhṛtam ..

> And on the other, the ritual ablution of Kārtika, were held in the balance by Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.20)

saṃtatiścaiva saṃpattiḥ kalau yeṣāṃ prajāyate .. 9 ..

> Those to whom offspring and wealth are born in the Kali age— // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.21)

avaśyaṃ taiḥ kṛtaṃ viddhi kārtikasnānamādarāt ..

> Know that they have certainly performed the ritual ablution of Kārtika with reverence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.22)

snānaṃ ca dīpadānaṃ ca tulasīvanapālanam .. 2.4.3.10 ..

> Ritual ablution, offering of lamps, tending a grove of tulasī, // 2.4.3.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.23)

bhūmiśayyā brahmacaryyaṃ tathā dvidalavarjanam ..

> Sleeping on the ground, celibacy, and abstaining from split pulses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.24)

viṣṇusaṃkīrtanaṃ satyaṃ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ tathā .. 11 ..

> Singing praises of Viṣṇu, truthfulness, and listening to the Purāṇas— // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.25)

kārtike māsi kurvaṃti jīvanmuktāsta eva hi ..

> Those who practice these in the month of Kārtika are indeed liberated while living.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.26)

na kārtikasamaṃ dharmyamarthyaṃ no kārtikātparam .. 12 ..

> There is no duty equal to Kārtika; there is no wealth beyond Kārtika; // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.27)

na kārtikasamaṃ kāmyaṃ mokṣadānaṃ na kārtikāt ..

> There is no desire equal to Kārtika; there is no bestower of liberation beyond Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.28)

yudhiṣṭhireṇa dharmārthamarthārthaṃ ca dhruveṇa ca ..13 ..

> By Yudhiṣṭhira for the sake of dharma, and by Dhruva for the sake of wealth, // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.29)

śrīkṛṣṇena tu kāmārthaṃ mokṣārthaṃ nāradena ca ..

> By Śrī Kṛṣṇa for the sake of desire, and by Nārada for the sake of liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.30)

kṛtametadvrataṃ tasmācchreṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇapriyaṃ ca hi .. 14 .. ..

> Was this vow performed; therefore it is the best and dear to Kṛṣṇa. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.31)

.. aruṇa uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.4.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.32)

brūhi bhāskara sarvātmankadā''rabhya vrataṃ kṛtam..

> Tell me, Bhāskara, soul of all, beginning when is the vow performed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.33)

saphalaṃ jāyate samyakkā ca pūjyā'tra devatā ..15..

> So that it becomes fully fruitful, and which deity is to be worshiped here? // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.34)

.. bhāskara uvāca ..

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

### [2.4.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.35)

ahaṃ viṣṇuśca śarvaśca devī vighneśvarastathā ..

> I, Viṣṇu, Śarva, the Devī, and Vighneśvara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.36)

eko'haṃ paṃcadhā jāto nāṭye sūtradharo yathā .. 16 ..

> I, one, have become fivefold, like the stage-manager in a dramatic performance. // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.37)

asmākaṃ sarva evaite bhedā viddhi khageśvara ..

> Know, lord of birds, that all these are divisions of ourselves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.38)

tasmātsauraiśca gāṇeśaiḥ śāktaiḥ śaivaiśca vaiṣṇavaiḥ .. 17 ..

> Therefore by Sauras, Gāṇeśas, Śāktas, Śaivas, and Vaiṣṇavas // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.39)

kartavyaṃ kārtikasnānaṃ sarvapāpāpanuttaye ..

> The ritual ablution of Kārtika must be performed for the removal of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.40)

sūryasya prītaye kāryaṃ tulāsaṃsthe divākare..18..

> It should be performed for the pleasure of Sūrya when the day-maker is in the sign of Tulā. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.41)

iṣapūrṇāṃ samārabhya yāvatkārtikapūrṇimā ..

> Beginning from the full moon of Iṣa until the full moon of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.42)

tāvatsnānaṃ vidhātavyaṃ śivasaṃtuṣṭaye naraiḥ .. 19..

> So long must ritual ablution be performed by men for the satisfaction of Śiva. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.43)

devīpakṣaṃ samārabhya mahārātricaturdaśī ..

> Beginning with the fortnight of the Devī until the fourteenth day of Mahārātri,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.44)

tāvatsnānaṃ vidhātavyaṃ devī saṃprīyatāmiti.. 2.4.3.20..

> So long must ritual ablution be performed, \[praying\]: "May the Devī be well pleased!" // 2.4.3.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.45)

gaṇapakṣaṃ samārabhya kṛṣṇā yā kārtike bhavet..

> Beginning with the fortnight of Gaṇa, up to the dark  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.46)

caturthī tāvadeva syātsnānaṃ gaṇapatuṣṭaye..21..

> Fourth lunar day in Kārtika, ritual ablution should be for the satisfaction of Gaṇapa. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.47)

ekādaśīṃ samārabhya āśvinasyā'sitetarām ..

> Beginning with the eleventh lunar day of the bright fortnight of Āśvina—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.48)

ekādaśyāṃ kārtikasya śuklāyāṃ paripūryate ..

> \[and\] it is completed on the bright eleventh of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.49)

kṛtaṃ yena tu tasya syātparituṣṭo janārdanaḥ .. 22 ..

> Janārdana becomes fully pleased with him by whom it is performed. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.50)

na kārtikasamo māso na kāśīsadṛśī purī ..

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

### [2.4.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.51)

na prayāgasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na devaḥ keśavātparaḥ .. 23 ..

> there is no sacred ford equal to Prayāga; there is no god higher than Keśava. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.52)

prasaṃgādvā balātkārairjñātvājñātvā kṛtaṃ bhavet ..

> Whether performed incidentally, under compulsion, knowingly or unknowingly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.53)

snānaṃ kārtikamāsasya na paśyedyamayātanām .. 24 ..

> one who takes the ritual ablution of the month of Kārtika shall not see the tortures of Yama. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.54)

snānārthaṃ cenna sāmarthyaṃ datvānyasmai dhanādikam ..

> If one has no capacity for ritual ablution, then having given wealth or the like to another,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.55)

snātasya tasya hastasya grahaṇā puṇyabhāgbhavet .. 25 ..

> by taking the hand of that bathed person, one becomes a sharer in religious merit. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.56)

athavā kārtikasnānaṃ ye kurvaṃti dvijātayaḥ ..

> Or else, those twice-born who perform the Kārtika ablution—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.57)

teṣāṃ prāvaraṇaṃ dattvā snānajaṃ phalamāpnuyāt ..26..

> by giving them clothing, one obtains the fruit born of ritual ablution. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.58)

rādhādāmodaraḥ pūjyaḥ kārtike tu viśeṣataḥ .. 27 ..

> Rādhā and Dāmodara are especially to be worshipped in Kārtika. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.59)

svarṇasya vātha raupyasyā'pyabhāve śulbajāmapi ..

> Even an image made of copper, or in the absence of gold or silver,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.60)

mṛjjāṃ vā citrajātāṃ vā'tha vā piṣṭavicitritām .. 28 ..

> or made of clay, or painted in a picture, or fashioned from flour: // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.61)

dāmodarasya rādhāyāstulasyadho'rcayaṃti ye ..

> those men who worship the image of Dāmodara and Rādhā beneath a tulasī plant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.62)

mūrtiṃ te tu narā jñeyā jīvanmuktā na saṃśayaḥ ..29..

> they are to be known as liberated while living, without doubt. // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.63)

api pāpasahasrāḍhyaḥ kārtikasnānato naraḥ ..

> Even a man rich in a thousand sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.64)

mukto'vaśyaṃ sa bhavati nā'tra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 2.4.3.30 ..

> by the Kārtika ablution necessarily becomes liberated; no doubt should be entertained here. // 2.4.3.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.65)

tulasyabhāve kartavyā pūjā dhātrītale khaga ..

> In the absence of a tulasī plant, O bird, worship should be performed beneath an āmalakī tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.66)

mukhyapūjāvidhānaṃ tu kartavyaṃ sūryamaṃḍale .. 31 ..

> The foremost rite of worship, however, should be performed toward the solar orb. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.67)

apratyakṣāḥ sarvadevāḥ pratyakṣo bhagavānayam ..

> All gods are imperceptible; this Blessed One is perceptible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.68)

sarve devāḥ kālavaśāḥ kālakālo divākaraḥ ..32..

> All gods are subject to Time; the sun is the Death of Time. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.69)

etadārādhane'śaktaḥ pratimāṃ pūjayennaraḥ ..

> A man unable to worship this should worship an icon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.70)

pratimāto'dhikaṃ puṇyaṃ brāhmaṇasya tu pūjane .. 33 ..

> yet greater religious merit than \[worshipping\] an icon lies in worshipping a brahmin. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.71)

daridro dānapātraṃ syādvidyāvāṃstu viśeṣataḥ ..

> A poor person should be a recipient of gifts, especially a learned one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.72)

viprābhāve pūjanīyā gāvaḥ kṛṣṇā manoharāḥ .. 34 ..

> In the absence of a vipra, charming black cows should be worshipped. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.73)

viṣṇormūrtirjaṃgamataḥ sthāvarā tu praśasyate ..

> The stationary image of Viṣṇu is commended over the moving one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.74)

śūdrasthāpitamūrtīnāṃ namaskāraṃ karoti yaḥ ..

> He who makes prostration to images installed by a Śūdra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.75)

pitṛbhirnirayaṃ yāti daśapūrvairdaśāparaiḥ .. 35 ..

> goes to hell along with ten previous and ten subsequent ancestors. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.76)

śūdrārcitasya saṃsparśāddahedāsaptamaṃ kulam .. 36 ..

> From the touch of what is worshipped by a Śūdra, one burns the family up to the seventh generation. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.77)

tasmādvicāryya viprairyā sthāpitā tāṃ samarcayet ..

> Therefore, having discerned, one should worship that which is installed by vipras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.78)

tato'pi yā devatābhiḥ kṛtā sā bhuktimuktidā .. 37 ..

> higher even than that, one made by the deities bestows enjoyment and liberation. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.79)

mūrtyabhāve pūjanīyo'śvattho vā'tha vaṭo'tha vā ..

> In the absence of an image, the sacred fig tree (aśvattha) or the banyan tree (vaṭa) should be worshipped,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.80)

aśvattharūpī viṣṇuḥ syādvaṭarūpī śivo yataḥ .. 38 ..

> since Viṣṇu has the form of the aśvattha and Śiva has the form of the vaṭa. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.81)

kārtike tulasīśākaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ vā narādhamaḥ ..

> In Kārtika, the lowest of men who eats tulasī leaves or betel leaf,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.82)

ajñānājjñānato vā'pi bhuñjāno nirayaṃ vrajet .. 39 ..

> knowingly or unknowingly, goes to hell. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.83)

śāligrāmaśilācakre nityaṃ sannihito hariḥ ..

> Hari is constantly present in the discus of the śālagrāma stone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.84)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena śāligrāmaṃ prapūjayet .. 2.4.3.40 ..

> Therefore, with every effort, one should worship the śālagrāma. // 2.4.3.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.85)

rudraśāpavaśādgāvo viṣṭhābhakṣaṇatatparāḥ ..

> Due to Rudra's curse, cows are intent on eating excrement;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.86)

tathā'pi tāḥ pūjanīyā lokadvayaphalapradāḥ .. 41 ..

> even so, they should be worshipped, granting the fruits of both worlds. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.87)

brahmāṃ'śakasamudbhūte pālāśe yastu bhojanam ..

> Whoever takes food on a leaf of the palāśa tree, which sprang from a portion of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.88)

kuryātkārtikamāse'sau viṣṇulokaṃ prayāsyati .. 42 .. \*  
aśvattharūpī bhagavānvaṭarūpī sadāśivaḥ ..

> in the month of Kārtika, will go to Viṣṇu's world. // 42 // \*  
> The Blessed One has the form of the aśvattha; Sadāśiva has the form of the vaṭa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.89)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena kārtike'śvatthamarcayet .. 43 ..

> therefore, with every effort, one should worship the aśvattha in Kārtika. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.90)

yā nārī kārtike māsi lakṣaṃ kuryātpradakṣiṇāḥ ..

> That woman who, in the month of Kārtika, performs a hundred thousand circumambulations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.91)

rādhādāmodaraṃ pūjya mandavāre ca tattale .. 44 ..

> and on Saturday worships Rādhā and Dāmodara beneath its base, // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.92)

dampatī bhojayedrādhādāmodarasvarūpiṇau ..

> and feeds a married couple who embody Rādhā and Dāmodara—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.93)

bhojayitvā sapatnīkānpaścādbhuṃjīta vāgyataḥ .. 45 ..

> having fed those with their wives, she should afterward eat, restrained in speech. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.94)

vandhyā'pi labhate putramitarāsāṃ tu kā kathā ..

> Even a barren woman obtains a son; what then of other women?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.95)

sadā sannihito viṣṇurdvipatsu brāhmaṇe yathā .. 46 ..

> Viṣṇu is always present in two-legged beings, namely in a brahmin, // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.96)

bodhidrume pādapeṣu śāligrāme śilāsu ca ..

> in the Bodhi tree among trees, and in the śālagrāma among stones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.97)

tasmādaśvatthamūle vai kartavyaṃ viṣṇupūjanam .. 47 ..

> Therefore the worship of Viṣṇu should indeed be performed at the foot of an aśvattha. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.98)

aśvatthapūjā sparśena karttavyā śanivāsare ..

> The worship of the aśvattha with touch should be performed on a Saturday.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.99)

anyavāre'śvatthasaṃgāddaridro jāyate naraḥ ..48..

> On another day, through contact with the aśvattha, a man becomes impoverished. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.100)

snānaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ dīpaṃ tulasīvanapālanam ..

> Ritual ablution, keeping vigil, lighting lamps, tending a grove of tulasī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.101)

kārtike māsi kurvaṃti te narā viṣṇumūrtayaḥ .. 49 ..

> those men who do \[these\] in the month of Kārtika are forms of Viṣṇu. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.102)

saṃmārjanaṃ viṣṇugṛhe svastikādinivedanam ..

> Sweeping in the house of Viṣṇu, presenting auspicious symbols such as svastikas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.103)

viṣṇoḥ pūjāṃ ca ye kuryurjīvanmuktāstu te narāḥ .. 2.4.3.50 ..

> and worship of Viṣṇu: those men who perform these are liberated while living. // 2.4.3.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.104)

snānakālaṃ pravakṣyāmi tīrthādiṣu ca yatphalam ..

> I shall declare the proper time for ritual ablution and the fruit gained at sacred fords and elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.105)

snānadharmāśca ye kecittānsarvānme nibodhata .. 51 ..

> and whatever rules of ritual ablution there are: hear them all from me! // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.106)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye kārtikavaibhavavarṇanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 ...

> Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Description of the Grandeur of Kārtika,' in the Kārtikamāsamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.107)

dāmodara upari paurāṇikasaṃdarbhāḥ

> Purāṇic references on Dāmodara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.108)

dāmodaropari ṭippaṇī

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

### [2.4.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.109)

udaropari ṭippaṇī

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

### [2.4.3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.110)

ulūkhalopari ṭippaṇī

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

### [2.4.3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.111)

uddhava upari ṭippaṇī

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

### [2.4.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.3.112)

damanaka upari ṭippaṇī

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

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.3.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Gaṇeśapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.ganesa.1.58.15) — Sanskrit

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