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# Skandapurana 2.4.9

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p1)

.. vālakhilyā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.9.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p2)

kṛṣṇaḥ provāca dharmāya dvādaśīṃ vatsasaṃjñitām..

> Kṛṣṇa spoke to Dharma concerning the twelfth \[lunar day\] named Vatsā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p3)

godhūlikālasaṃyuktā dvādaśī vatsapūjane..1..

> The twelfth tithi joined with the twilight hour of cow-dust is \[prescribed\] for the worship of the calf. 1.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p4)

vatsapūjā vaṭe caiva kartavyā prathame'hani ..

> The worship of the calf is indeed to be performed at a banyan tree on the first day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p5)

savatsāṃ tulyavarṇāṃ ca śīlinīṃ gāṃ payasvinīm ..

> Having smeared with sandalwood and the like a cow with her calf, of uniform colour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p6)

caṃdanādibhirālipya puṣpamālābhirarcayet .. 2 ..

> well-behaved and yielding milk, one should worship her with flower garlands. 2.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p7)

taddine tailapakvaṃ ca sthālīpakvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira ..

> On that day, O Yudhiṣṭhira, food cooked in oil and cooked in a pot,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p8)

gokṣīraṃ goghṛtaṃ caiva dadhikṣīraṃ ca varjayet .. 3 ..

> cow's milk and cow's ghee, as well as curds and milk, one should avoid. 3.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p9)

dināṃte sūryabiṃbārdhādubhayatra ghaṭīdalam ..

> At the close of the day, half a ghaṭī on both sides of half the sun's orb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p10)

tato nīrājanaṃ kāryyaṃ nirīkṣecca śubhā'śubham .. 4 ..

> the waving of lamps should then be performed, and one should observe the auspicious and the inauspicious. 4.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p11)

nānādīpānprakalpyā''dau svarṇapātrādi saṃsthitān ..

> Having first arranged various lamps placed in golden vessels and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p12)

nīrājayeddīpapūrvaṃ nirīkṣeta śubhā'śubham ..5..

> one should wave the lamps beforehand and observe the auspicious and the inauspicious. 5.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p13)

lāpayitvā sarvadīpānuttarābhimukhānnyaset ..

> Having lighted all the lamps, one should place them facing the north;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p14)

mukhyā dīpā nava proktā anyānapi ca kalpayet .. 6 ..

> nine principal lamps are declared, and one may prepare others as well. 6.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p15)

jvālā ceddakṣiṇāsaṃsthā satejaskā śikhānvitā ..

> If the flame rests toward the south, luminous and possessed of a crest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p16)

sthirā cetsaukhyadā proktā viparītā tu duḥkhadā .. 7 ..

> and if steady, it is said to bestow happiness; but the opposite bestows sorrow. 7.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p17)

kārtike kṛṣṇapatre tu dvādaśyādiṣu paṃcasu ..

> In the dark fortnight of Kārtika, on the five tithis beginning with the twelfth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p18)

tithiṣūktaḥ pūrvarātre nṛṇāṃ nīrājanāvidhiḥ .. 8 ..

> the rite of waving lamps in the first part of the night is declared for men. 8.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p19)

pakṣaṃ saṃsūcayatyādirdvitīyo māsameva ca ..

> The first lamp indicates a fortnight, and the second a month;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p20)

tṛtīya ṛtumeveha caturthastvayanaṃ tathā ..

> the third indicates a season here, and the fourth a solstice likewise;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p21)

varṣaṃ tu paṃcamo dīpaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ vinirṇayet .. 9 ..

> while the fifth lamp determines the auspicious and inauspicious for the year. 9.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p22)

sūryāṃśasaṃbhavā dīpā aṃdhakāravināśakāḥ ..

> 'Born of a portion of the sun, destroyers of darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p23)

trikāle māṃ dīpayaṃtu diśaṃtu ca śubhā'śubham.. .. 2.4.9.10 ..

> may the lamps illuminate me at the three junctures of time and indicate the auspicious and inauspicious.' 2.4.9.10.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p24)

abhimaṃtrya ca maṃtreṇa tato nīrājayetkramāt .. 11 ..

> Having consecrated \[them\] with the mantra, one should then wave the lamps in order: 11.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p25)

ādau devāṃstato viprānhastinaśca turaṃgamān ..

> First the deities, then the brahmins, elephants, and horses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p26)

jyeṣṭhāñcchreṣṭhāñjaghanyāṃśca mātṛmukhyāśca yoṣitaḥ .. 12 ..

> elders, superiors, inferiors, and women headed by mothers. 12.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p27)

tato nīrājitāndīpānsvasvasthāneṣu vinyaset ..

> Then one should place the waved lamps in their respective places;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p28)

rūkṣairlakṣmīvināśaḥ syācchvetairannakṣayo bhavet ..

> by rough flames there would be destruction of wealth; by white ones, loss of food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p29)

atirakteṣu yuddhāni mṛtyuḥ kṛṣṇaśikheṣu ca .. 13 ..

> in exceedingly red ones, wars; and in black crests, death. 13.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p30)

ekāṃgīnāma gopālā tayaitacca vrataṃ kṛtam ..

> A cowherd woman named Ekāṅgī performed this observance;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p31)

dhanadhānyasamāyuktā jātā varṣatrayeṇa sā .. 14 .. \*  
tasmādgopūjanaṃ kāryaṃ dvādaśyāṃ kārtikasya tu ..

> endowed with wealth and grain, she became \[prosperous\] within three years. 14. / Therefore, the worship of cows is to be performed on the twelfth of Kārtika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p32)

etadgovratamāhātmyaṃ śrutvā kurvaṃti ye narāḥ .. 15 ..

> Those men who, having heard this māhātmya of the cow observance, perform it, 15.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p33)

te govrataprabhāvena na gobhirvicyutā bhuvi ..

> by the power of the cow observance they are not separated from cattle on earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p34)

go'parādhaḥ kṛto yaḥ syātsa vratādvilayaṃ vrajet .. 16 ..

> whatever offense against cows may have been committed dissolves through the observance. 16.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p35)

.. vālakhilyā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.9.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p36)

kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ māsi cā''śvayuje tathā ..

> On the fourteenth lunar day in the dark fortnight, in the month of Āśvina,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p37)

dīpotsava samīpe tu vratametatsamācaret .. 17 ..

> near the festival of lamps, one should perform this observance. 17.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p38)

prātaḥ snātvā trayodaśyāṃ kṛtvā vai daṃtadhāvanam..

> Having bathed in the morning on the thirteenth and cleaned one's teeth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p39)

trirātraniyamaṃ kṛtvā goviṃde bhaktitatparaḥ .. 18 ..

> undertaking a rule of three nights, intent on devotion to Govinda, 18.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p40)

kārya etadvratasyāṃte tathā govarddhanotsavaḥ ..

> at the end of this observance, the Govardhana festival is likewise to be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p41)

trimuhūrtā'dhikā grāhyā paravedho na doṣabhāk .. 19 ..

> An overlap of more than three muhūrtas is to be accepted; an overlapping with the next day incurs no fault. 19.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p42)

āśvinasyā'site pakṣe trayodaśyāṃ niśāmukhe ..

> In the dark fortnight of Āśvina, on the thirteenth at nightfall,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p43)

yamadīpaṃ baliṃ dadyādapamṛtyurvinaśyati .. 2.4.9.20 ..

> one should offer the lamp and an oblation to Yama; untimely death is destroyed. 2.4.9.20.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p44)

purā hemanakasyaiva bālakaścā'pamṛtyutaḥ ..

> Anciently, the young boy of Hemanaka was freed from untimely death  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p45)

muktobhūdāśvine kṛṣṇatrayodaśyāṃ dayāvaśāt .. 21 .. ..

> on the dark thirteenth of Āśvina through compassion. 21.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p46)

.. dūtā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.9.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p47)

yathā na jīvitādbhraśyedīdṛśe tu mahotsave ..

> "Tell \[us\] the means, O Yama, having shown mercy before us,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p48)

tathopāyaṃ brūhi yama kṛpāṃ kṛtvā'smadagrataḥ .. 22 ..

> so that one may not fall from life during such a great festival!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p49)

.. yama uvāca ..

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

### [2.4.9.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p50)

āśvinasyā'site pakṣe trayodaśyāṃ niśāmukhe ..

> "In the dark fortnight of Āśvina, on the thirteenth day, at nightfall,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p51)

prativarṣaṃ tu yo dadyādgṛhadvāre sudīpakam .. 23 ..

> whoever offers a fine lamp at the door of his house every year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p52)

mantreṇā'nena bho dūtāḥ samāneyaḥ sa notsave ..

> with this mantra, O messengers, must not be brought by you during the festival;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p53)

prāpte'pamṛtyāvapi ca śāsanaṃ kriyatāṃ mama .. 24 ..

> even if premature death has arrived, my command must be obeyed:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p54)

mṛtyunā pāśadaṃḍābhyāṃ kālena ca mayā saha ..

> 'Together with Death, with the noose and the staff, and with Time and me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p55)

trayodaśyāṃ dīpadānātsūryajaḥ prīyatāmiti .. 25 ..

> may the son of the Sun be pleased by the offering of a lamp on the thirteenth day!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p56)

mantreṇānena yo dīpaṃ dvāradeśe prayacchati ..

> Whoever presents a lamp at the doorway with this mantra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p57)

utsave cā'pamṛtyośca bhayaṃ tasya na jāyate .. 26 ..

> has no fear during the festival, nor of premature death."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p58)

.. vālakhilyā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.9.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p59)

pūrvaviddhacaturdaśyāmāśvinasya sitetare ..

> "On the fourteenth day overlapped by the preceding tithi, in the other-than-bright \[i.e., dark\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p60)

pakṣe pratyūṣasamaye snānaṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ .. 27 ..

> fortnight of Āśvina, one should diligently perform a ritual ablution at daybreak.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p61)

aruṇodayato'nyatra riktāyāṃ snāti yo naraḥ ..

> A person who bathes on this empty day at a time other than dawn,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p62)

tasyā'bdikabhavo dharmo naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ .. 28 ..

> his religious merit accumulated over a year is surely destroyed; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p63)

tathā kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmāśvine'rkodaye surāḥ ..

> Likewise, on the dark fourteenth in Āśvina, at sunrise, O gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p64)

yāminyāḥ paścime yāme tailābhyaṃgo viśiṣyate .. 29 ..

> an oil massage is distinguished in the last watch of the night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p65)

yadā caturdaśī na syāddvidine cedvidhūdaye ..

> If the fourteenth day does not occur on two days at moonrise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p66)

dinadvaye bhaveccā'pi tadā pūrvaiva gṛhyate .. 2.4.9.30 ..

> or even if it occurs on both days, then the earlier one alone is taken.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p67)

balātkārāddhaṭhādvā'pi śiṣṭatvānna karoti cet ..

> If out of obstinacy, stubbornness, or even supposed refinement, one does not perform  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p68)

tailābhyaṃgaṃ caturdaśyāṃ rauravaṃ narakaṃ vrajet ..31..

> the oil massage on the fourteenth, he goes to the Raurava hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p69)

taile lakṣmīrjale gaṃgā dīpāvalyāścaturdaśīm ..

> Lakṣmī resides in the oil, and the Gaṅgā in the water on the fourteenth of Dīpāvalī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p70)

prātaḥsnānaṃ hi yaḥ kuryādyamalokaṃ na paśyati .. 32 ..

> whoever performs the morning bath indeed does not see the world of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p71)

apāmārgamatho tuṃbīṃ prapunnāḍamathā'param ..

> Then apāmārga, and tumbī, and prapunnāḍa as well—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p72)

bhrāmayetsnānamadhye tu narakasya kṣayāya vai .. 33 ..

> one should wave them during the bath indeed for the destruction of hell,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p73)

vāratrayaṃ trivāraṃ ca paṭhitvā mantramuttamam .. 34 ..

> three times, having recited the excellent mantra three times:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p74)

sītāloṣṭasamāyukta sakaṃṭakadalānvita ..

> 'O apāmārga, endowed with clods of the furrow, furnished with thorny leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p75)

hara pāpamapāmārga bhrāmyamāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ ..

> remove sin, being waved again and again!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p76)

apāmārgaṃ prapunnāḍaṃ bhrāmayecchirasopari .. 35 ..

> One should wave the apāmārga and prapunnāḍa over one's head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p77)

snātvārdravāsasā dadyāddīpakaṃ mṛtyuputrayoḥ ..

> Having bathed, with wet clothes, one should offer a lamp to the two sons of Mṛtyu:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p78)

śunakau śyāmaśabalau bhrātarau yamasevakau ..

> the two dogs, Śyāma and Śabala, brothers and servants of Yama;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p79)

tuṣṭau syātāṃ caturdaśyāṃ dīpadānena mṛtyujau .. 36 ..

> the two sons of Mṛtyu are satisfied on the fourteenth by the gift of a lamp.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p80)

iṣṭavaṃdhujanaiḥ sārddhametatsnānaṃ samācaret ..

> One should perform this ritual ablution together with loved ones and relatives;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p81)

snānāṃgatarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā yamaṃ saṃtarpayettataḥ.. 37 ..

> having performed the water-offering belonging to the bath, one should then make a water-offering to Yama:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p82)

yamāya dharmarājāya mṛtyave cā'ntakāya ca ..

> 'To Yama, to the King of Dharma, to Death, and to the Ender;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p83)

vaivasvatāya kālāya sarvabhūtakṣayāya ca .. 38 ..

> to the son of Vivasvat, to Time, and to the Destroyer of all beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p84)

auduṃbarāya dadhnāya nīlāya parameṣṭhine ..

> to Audumbara, to Dadhna, to the Dark, to the Supreme Lord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p85)

vṛkodarāya citrāya citraguptāya te namaḥ .. 39 ..

> to Vṛkodara, to Citra, to Citragupta—homage to you!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p86)

caturdaśaite mantrāḥ syuḥ pratyekaṃ ca namo'nvitāḥ ..

> These should be the fourteen mantras, each accompanied by 'namas';  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p87)

ekaikena tilairmiśrāndadyāttrīnudakāñjalīn .. 2.4.9.40 ..

> with each one, one should offer three palmfuls of water mixed with sesame seeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p88)

yajñopavītinā kāryaṃ prācīnāvītinā'thavā ..

> It may be performed with the sacred thread over the left shoulder or over the right shoulder;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p89)

devatvaṃ ca pitṛtvaṃ ca yamasyā'sti dvirūpatā .. 41 ..

> for Yama possesses a two-fold nature: both godhead and ancestorhood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p90)

jīvatpitā'pi kurvīta tarpaṇaṃ yamabhīṣmayoḥ ..

> Even one whose father is living should perform the water-offering to Yama and Bhīṣma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p91)

narakāya pradātavyo dīpaḥ saṃpūjya devatāḥ .. 42 ..\*  
atraiva lakṣmīkāmasya vidhiḥ snāne mayocyate ..

> having worshipped the deities, a lamp should be offered for Naraka.  
> Here itself, the rule of bathing for one desirous of prosperity is told by me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p92)

iṣe bhūte ca darśe ca kārtike prathame dine .. 43 ..

> On the fourteenth and on the new moon of Iṣa, and on the first day of Kārtika,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p93)

yadā snāti tadā'bhyaṃgasnānaṃ kuryādvidhūdaye.  
ūrjjaśukladvitīyāyāṃ tithau ca svātiyugmage .. 44 ..

> when one bathes, one should take an oil bath at moonrise;  
> and on the tithi of the bright second of Ūrja, when the moon is in Svātī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p94)

mānavo maṃgalasnāyī naiva lakṣmyā viyujyate ..

> a person who takes an auspicious bath is never separated from Lakṣmī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p95)

dīpairnīrājanādatra saiṣā dīpāvaliḥ smṛtā .. 45 ..

> Because of the waving of lights with lamps here, this is called Dīpāvali.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p96)

iṃdukṣaye'pi saṃkrātau ravau pāte dinakṣaye ..

> Even on the new moon, an equinox, a Sunday, during a vyatīpāta, or on a dinakṣaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p97)

atrā'bhyaṃgo na doṣāya prātaḥ pāpā'panuttaye .. 46 ..

> an oil massage in the morning here does not incur fault, for the sake of dispelling sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p98)

māṣapatrasya śākaṃ vai bhuktvā tasmindine naraḥ ..

> Having eaten the greens of māṣa leaves on that day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p99)

pretākhyāyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..47..

> on the fourteenth named Preta, a person is liberated from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p100)

iṣāsitacaturdaśyāmindukṣayatithāvapi ..

> On the dark fourteenth of Iṣa, and on the tithi of the new moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p101)

darśādau svātisaṃyukte tadā dīpāvalirbhavet .. 48 ..

> at the start of the new moon combined with Svātī, then Dīpāvali should take place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p102)

kuryātsaṃlagnametacca dīpotsavadinatrayam ..

> One should observe this continuous three-day festival of lamps.  
> Thus the great king Bali was addressed by Hari, who was pleased:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p103)

mahārājo baliḥ proktastuṣṭena hariṇā tathā .. 49 ..

> Thus the great king Bali was addressed by Hari, who was pleased. .. 49 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p104)

varaṃ yācasva bhadraṃ te yadyanmanasi vartate ..

> 'Ask a boon, good fortune to you, whatever is in your mind!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p105)

iti viṣṇuvacaḥ śrutvā balirvacanamabravīt .. 2.4.9.50 ..

> Having heard this speech of Viṣṇu, Bali spoke \[these\] words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p106)

ātmārthaṃ kiṃ yācanīyaṃ sarvaṃ dattaṃ mayā tathā ..

> 'What is to be asked for myself? Everything has already been given by me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p107)

lokārthaṃ yācayiṣyāmi śaktaśceddehi tacca me .. 51 ..

> "I shall ask for the sake of the world; if you are able, grant that to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p108)

mayā'dya te dharā dattā vāmanacchadmarūpiṇe ..

> Today the earth was given by me to you, who assumed the disguise of the Dwarf (Vāmana).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p109)

tribhiḥ padaistridivasaiḥ sā cā''krāṃtā yatastvayā .. 52 ..

> And since it was traversed by you in three steps during three days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p110)

tasmādbhūmitale rājyamastu ghasratraye hare .. 53 ..

> therefore let there be sovereignty on the surface of the earth for three days, O Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p111)

madrājye ye dīpadānaṃ bhuvi kurvaṃti mānavāḥ ..

> Whatever mortals make gifts of lamps on earth during my reign,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p112)

teṣāṃ gṛhe tava strīyaṃ sadā tiṣṭhatu susthirā .. 54 ..

> may this wife of yours \[Lakṣmī\] remain forever firmly established in their house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p113)

mama rājye gṛhe yaiṣāmaṃdhakāraḥ patiṣyati ..

> In whosever home darkness shall fall during my reign,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p114)

lakṣmīsaṃtānāṃdhakāraḥ sadā patatu tadgṛhe .. 55 ..

> let the darkness \[of the loss\] of Lakṣmī and offspring forever fall upon their home.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p115)

caturdaśyāṃ ca ye dīpānnarakāya dadaṃti ca ..

> And those who offer lamps on the fourteenth \[day\] for \[the prevention of\] Naraka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p116)

teṣāṃ pitṛgaṇāḥ sarve narake na vasaṃti ca .. 56 ..

> all their ancestral multitudes shall not dwell in Naraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p117)

balirājyaṃ samāsādya yairna dīpāvaliḥ kṛtā ..

> Those by whom rows of lamps (dīpāvali) are not made when Bali's reign arrives—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p118)

teṣāṃ gṛhe kathaṃ dīpāḥ prajvaliṣyaṃti keśava .. 57 ..

> how shall lamps blaze in their home, O Keśava?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p119)

balirājye tu ye lokāḥ śokā'nutsāhakāriṇaḥ ..

> Those people who cause sorrow and lack of joy during Bali's reign,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p120)

teṣāṃ gṛhe sadā śokaḥ patediti na saṃśayaḥ .. 58 ..

> sorrow shall forever fall upon their home; of this there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p121)

caturdaśītraye rājyaṃ balerastviti yācayet ..

> One should ask, "Let there be Bali's reign during the three \[days beginning with\] the fourteenth."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p122)

purā vāmanarūpeṇa prārthayitvā dharāmimām ..

> Formerly, having begged for this earth in the form of a dwarf,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p123)

dadāvatithayeṃdrāya baliṃ pātālavāsinam .. 59 ..

> \[Hari\] gave \[it\] to Indra the son of Aditi, and \[sent\] Bali to dwell in Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p124)

dattaṃ daityapateritthaṃ hariṇā taddinatrayam ..

> Thus those three days were granted by Hari to the lord of the Daityas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p125)

tasmānmahotsavaṃ cātra sarvathaiva hi kārayet .. 2.4.9.60 ..

> therefore, indeed, one should arrange a great festival at this time by every means.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p126)

mahārātriḥ samutpannā caturdaśyāṃ munīśvarāḥ ..

> O best of sages, the Great Night (Mahārātri) arose on the fourteenth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p127)

atastadutsavaḥ kāryaḥ śaktipūjāparāyaṇaiḥ .. 61 ..

> therefore its festival must be celebrated by those intent on the worship of Śakti.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p128)

balirājyaṃ samāsādya yakṣagaṃdharvakinnarāḥ ..

> When Bali's reign arrives, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p129)

auṣadhyaśca piśācāśca maṃtrāśca maṇayastathā .. 62 ..

> herbs, Piśācas, mantras, and jewels—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p130)

sarva eva prahṛṣyaṃti nṛtyaṃti ca niśāmukhe ..

> all become gladdened and dance at dusk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p131)

tattanmaṃtrāśca siddhyaṃti balirājye na saṃśayaḥ .. 63 ..

> And those various mantras attain perfection during Bali's reign; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p132)

balirājyaṃ samāsādya yathā lokāḥ suharṣitāḥ ..

> Just as people are extremely delighted when Bali's reign arrives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p133)

tathā taddinamadhye tu lokāḥ syurharṣitā bhṛśam .. 64 ..

> so during those days people should be exceedingly joyful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p134)

tulāsaṃsthe sahasrāṃśau pradoṣe bhūtadarśayoḥ ..

> When the thousand-rayed sun is in Libra, at dusk on the fourteenth and the new moon day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p135)

ulkāhastā narāḥ kuryuḥ pitṝṇāṃ mārgadarśanam .. 65 ..

> men should show the way to the ancestors, holding torches in their hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p136)

narakasthāstu ye pretāste mārgaṃ tu vratātsadā ..

> The deceased spirits residing in Naraka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p137)

paśyaṃtyeva na saṃdehaḥ kāryo'tra munipuṃgavaiḥ .. 66 ..

> verily see the path by means of this observance; no doubt in this regard should be entertained by the eminent sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p138)

āśvine māsi bhūtāditithayaḥ kīrtitāstrayaḥ..

> In the month of Āśvina, the three lunar days beginning with the fourteenth (bhūta) are proclaimed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p139)

dīpadānādikāryeṣu grāhyā madhyāhnakālikāḥ .. 67 ..

> for deeds such as giving lamps, those prevailing at midday are to be accepted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p140)

yadi syuḥ saṃgavādarvāgetāśca tithayastrayaḥ ..

> If these three lunar days occur prior to the saṃgava period,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p141)

dīpadānādikāryeṣu kartavyāḥ pūrvasaṃyutāḥ .. 68 ..

> they must be observed together with the preceding day for deeds such as giving lamps.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p142)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ..

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

### [2.4.9.p143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p143)

kaumodinyāstu māhātmyaṃ praṣṭumicchāmahe dvijāḥ ..

> "O twice-born ones, we wish to ask about the māhātmya of Kaumodinī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p144)

tasmindine tu kiṃ bhojyaṃ kasya pūjāṃ tu kārayet .. 69 ..

> what is to be eaten on that day, and whose worship should one perform?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p145)

kimarthaṃ kriyate sā tu tasyāḥ kā devatā bhavet ..

> For what reason is it performed, and who is its deity?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p146)

kiṃ ca tatra bhaveddeyaṃ kiṃ na deyaṃ viśeṣataḥ..2.4.9.70..

> What specifically should be given there, and what should not be given?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p147)

praharṣaḥ ko'tra nirdiṣṭaḥ krīḍā kā'tra prakīrtitā ..

> What joy is prescribed here, and what sport is declared here?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p148)

dīpāvalyāḥ phalaṃ sarvaṃ vadantu ṛṣisattamāḥ .. 71 ..

> O best of ṛṣis, tell all the fruit of Dīpāvalī!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p149)

.. vālakhilyā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.4.9.p150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p150)

tataḥ prabhāta samaye tvamāyāṃ tu munīśvarāḥ ..

> "Then, O best of sages, at dawn on the new moon day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p151)

snātvā devānpitṝnbhaktyā saṃpūjyā'tha praṇamya ca .. 72 ..

> having bathed and worshipped the gods and ancestors with devotion, and having bowed down,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p152)

kṛtvā tu pārvaṇaśrāddhaṃ dadhikṣīraghṛtādibhiḥ ..

> and having performed the pārvaṇa-śrāddha with curd, milk, clarified butter, and so forth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p153)

divā tatra na bhoktavyamṛte bālāturājjanāt .. 73 ..

> one should not eat by day on that occasion, except for children and the sick.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p154)

tataḥ pradoṣasamaye pūjayediṃdirāṃ śubhām ..

> Then at the hour of dusk, one should worship auspicious Indirā \[Lakṣmī\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p155)

kuryānnānāvidhairvastraiḥ svacchaṃ lakṣmyāśca maṇḍapam .. 74 ..

> One should make a spotless pavilion for Lakṣmī with various kinds of cloths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p156)

nānāpuṣpaiḥ pallavaiśca citraiścā'pi vicitritam ..

> and decorated with various flowers, tender sprouts, and paintings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p157)

tatra saṃpūjayellakṣmīṃ devāṃścā'pi prapūjayet .. 75 ..

> There one should worship Lakṣmī and also worship the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p158)

saṃpūjyā devanāryo'pi vahubhiścopacārakaiḥ ..

> The divine women too should be worshipped with many offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p159)

pādasaṃvāhanaṃ kuryāllakṣmyādīnāṃ tu bhaktitaḥ .. 76 ..

> and one should massage the feet of Lakṣmī and the others with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p160)

asminnahani sarve'pi viṣṇunā mocitāḥ purā ..

> On this day in ancient times, all the gods were released by Viṣṇu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p161)

balikārāgṛhāddevā lakṣmīścā'pi vimocitā .. 77 ..

> from the prison of Bali, and Lakṣmī too was liberated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p162)

lakṣmyā sārddhaṃ tato devā jagmuḥ kṣīrodadhau punaḥ ..

> Then, together with Lakṣmī, the gods returned to the ocean of milk;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p163)

prasuptā bahukālaṃ te sukhaṃ tasmānmunīśvarāḥ..78..

> they slept happily for a long time. Therefore, O best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p164)

racanīyāḥ sūtragarbhāḥ paryaṃkāśca sutūlikāḥ ..

> couches with cord netting and good mattresses should be prepared,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p165)

dugdhaphenopamairvastrairāstṛtāśca yathādiśam .. 79 ..

> covered with cloths resembling milk foam in the respective directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p166)

sthāpayettānsurām̐llakṣmīṃ vedaghoṣasamanvitaḥ ..

> One should install those gods and Lakṣmī, accompanied by the chanting of the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p167)

lakṣmīrdaityabhayānmuktā sukhaṃ suptāṃbujodare ..2.4.9.80..

> Lakṣmī, freed from the fear of the Daityas, slept comfortably within the belly of a lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p168)

ato'tra vidhivatkāryā tuṣṭyai tu sukhasuptikā ..

> Therefore, here the ceremony of happy sleep should be performed according to rule for her satisfaction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p169)

tadahni padmaśayyāṃ yaḥ padmāsaukhyavivṛddhaye .. 81 ..

> He who on that day \[makes\] a lotus-bed for the increase of the happiness of Padmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p170)

kuryāttasya gṛhaṃ muktvā tatpadmā kvā'pi na vrajet ..

> having left his house, that Padmā would never go anywhere else.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p171)

na kurvaṃti narā itthaṃ lakṣmyā ye sukhasuptikām .. 82 ..

> Those men who do not thus perform the happy sleep of Lakṣmī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p172)

dhanacintā vihīnāste kathaṃ rātrau svapaṃti hi ..

> how indeed do they, devoid of anxiety for wealth, sleep at night?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p173)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena lakṣmīṃ saṃpūjayennaraḥ .. 83 ..

> Therefore, with every effort, a man should worship Lakṣmī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p174)

sa tu dāridryanirmuktaḥ svajātau syātpratiṣṭhitaḥ ..

> freed from poverty, he will be established within his own class.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p175)

jātipatralaṃvagailātvakkarpūrasamanvitam .. 84 ..

> Having boiled cow’s milk combined with mace, cloves, cardamom,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p176)

pācayitvā gavyadugdhaṃ sitāṃ dattvā yathocitām ..

> cinnamon, and camphor, having added sugar as appropriate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p177)

laḍḍukāṃstasya kurvīta tāṃśca lakṣmyai samarpayet .. 85 ..

> he should make laddus from it and offer them to Lakṣmī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p178)

anyaccaturvidhaṃ bhakṣyaṃ dadyācchrīḥ prīyatāmiti ..

> He should present other fourfold foods, saying: 'May Śrī be pleased.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p179)

aprabuddhe harau pūrvaṃ strībhirlakṣmīṃ prabodhayet .. 86 ..

> Before Hari has awakened, one should first have women awaken Lakṣmī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p180)

prabodhasamaye lakṣmīṃ bodhayitvā bhunakti yā ..

> Whatever woman—or man—awakens Lakṣmī at the time of awakening and eats,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p181)

pumānvā vatsaraṃ yāvallakṣmīstaṃ naiva muñcati .. 87 ..

> for an entire year Lakṣmī does not abandon them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p182)

abhayaṃ prāpya viprebhyo viṣṇubhītāḥ suradviṣaḥ ..

> Having received freedom from fear from the brahmins, the enemies of the gods, terrified of Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p183)

kṣīrābdhau tuṣṭuvurjñātvā suptāṃ padmāśritāṃ śriyam .. 88 ..

> praised Śrī in the Ocean of Milk, knowing that she was asleep, reposing in a lotus:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p184)

tvaṃ jyotiḥ śrīravīndvagnividyutsauvarṇatārakāḥ ..

> "You are light, Śrī, the sun, moon, fire, lightning, gold, and stars;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p185)

sarveṣāṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotirdīpajyotiḥsthite namaḥ .. 89 ..

> the light of all lights, stationed in the light of lamps, reverence to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p186)

yā lakṣmīrdivase puṇye dīpāvalyāṃ ca bhūtale ..

> The Lakṣmī who, on the sacred day of Dīpāvalī upon the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p187)

gavāṃ goṣṭhe tu kārtikyāṃ sā lakṣmīrvaradā mama .. 2.4.9.90 ..

> and in the cowshed of cattle on Kārttikā \[is present\], may that Lakṣmī be a granter of boons to me!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p188)

dīpadānaṃ tataḥ kuryātpradoṣe ca tatholmukam ..

> Then at dusk he should make a gift of lamps and likewise wave a firebrand  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p189)

bhrāmayetsvasya śirasi sarvā'riṣṭanivāraṇam .. 91 ..

> around his own head, which wards off all misfortunes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p190)

dīpavṛkṣāstathā kāryāḥ śaktyā devagṛhādiṣu ..

> Likewise, lamp-trees should be set up according to one’s means in temples of the deities and elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p191)

catuṣpathe śmaśāne ca nadīparvataveśmasu .. 92 ..

> at crossroads, in cremation grounds, at rivers, mountains, and dwellings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p192)

vṛkṣamūleṣu goṣṭheṣu catvareṣu gṛheṣu ca ..

> at the roots of trees, in cow-pens, in courtyards, and in houses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p193)

vastraiḥ puṣpaiḥ śobhitavyā rājamārgasya bhūmayaḥ .. 93 ..

> The grounds of the royal highway should be adorned with cloths and flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p194)

sarvaṃ puramalaṃkṛtya pradoṣe tadanantaram ..

> Having adorned the entire city, then at dusk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p195)

brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā''dau saṃbhojya ca bubhukṣitān.. 94 ..

> having first fed the brahmins, and having fed the hungry,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p196)

alaṃkṛtena bhoktavyaṃ navavastropaśobhinā ..

> adorned and shining in fresh garments, one should dine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p197)

tato'parāhnasamaye ghoṣayennagaraṃ nṛpaḥ .. 95..

> Then, in the afternoon, the king should proclaim to the city:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p198)

adya rājyaṃ balerlokā yathecchaṃ krīḍyatāmiti ..

> "Today is the reign of Bali; people, play as you wish!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p199)

yathecchaṃ krīḍatāṃ bālā ityājñāpya nṛpeṇa tu .. 96 ..

> Having thus ordered, "Let children play as they wish!" the king  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.9.p200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.9.p200)

tebhyo dadyātkrīḍanakaṃ tataḥ paśyecchubhāśubhya ..

> should give playthings to them, and then observe the good and bad.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Linked texts (8)

- [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.12.11.2) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.24.3-5.1) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit
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- [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.4.p34) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit
- [Dharmapradīpa (Bhairavadatta Dvivedin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalajyotisa.dharmapradipa.16.p4) — Bhairavadatta Dvivedin, Sanskrit
- [Dharmapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.16.p4) — Bhoja, Sanskrit
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- [Vidhānamālā (Nṛsiṃha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.sarvaprayoga.vidhanamala.98.3) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit

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