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# Skandapurana 2.5.13: adhyāyaḥ 13

Skandapurāṇa 2.5.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 13

### [2.5.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.1)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.2)

śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi jāgarasya ca lakṣaṇam ..

> “Listen, O son, I shall explain the characteristics of the night vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.3)

yena vijñātamātreṇa sulabho'haṃ sadā kalau .. 1 ..

> by merely knowing which I am always easily attained in the Kali age:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.4)

gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca purāṇapaṭhanaṃ tathā ..

> Singing, instrumental music, dance, and reading of the Purāṇas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.5)

dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ puṣpaṃ gandhānulepanam .. 2 ..

> incense, lamps, food offerings, flowers, fragrant ointments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.6)

phalārpaṇaṃ ca śraddhāṃ ca dānamiṃdriyasaṃyamam ..

> offering of fruits, faith, charity, restraint of the senses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.7)

satyānvitaṃ vinidraṃ ca mudā madyajanānvitam .. 3 ..

> accompanied by truthfulness, remaining sleepless, with joy and accompanied by my devotees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.8)

sāścaryaṃ caiva sotsāhaṃ pāpālasyādivarjanam ..

> accompanied by wonder and enthusiasm, devoid of sin, indolence, and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.9)

pradakṣiṇāsamāyuktaṃ namaskārapuraḥsaram .. 4 ..

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

### [2.5.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.10)

nīrājanasamāyuktamatihṛṣṭena cetasā ..

> accompanied by the waving of lights, with an exceedingly delighted mind—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.11)

yāmeyāme mahābhāga kuryādārārtikaṃ mama .. 5 ..

> in every watch \[of the night\], O highly fortunate one, he should perform my waving of lights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.12)

ṣaḍviṃśadguṇasaṃyuktamekādaśyāṃ ca jāgaram ..

> The night vigil on Ekādaśī endowed with these twenty-six qualities—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.13)

yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā na punarjāyate bhuvi .. 6 ..

> the man who performs it with devotion is not born again on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.14)

ya evaṃ kurute bhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ ..

> He who thus performs \[it\] with devotion, free from deceit regarding wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.15)

jāgaraṃ parayā bhaktyā sa līno jāyate mayi .. 7 ..

> \[keeping\] the night vigil with supreme devotion, becomes merged in me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.16)

daṣṭāḥ kalibhujaṃgena svapante ye dine mama ..

> Bitten by the serpent of the Kali age, they sleep on my day;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.17)

kurvaṃti jāgaraṃ naiva māyāpāśavimohitāḥ .. 8 ..

> deluded by the snare of illusion, they do not keep vigil at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.18)

prāptāpyekādaśī yeṣāṃ kalau jāgaraṇaṃ vinā ..

> Those for whom Ekādaśī has arrived in the Kali age without a vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.19)

te vinaṣṭā na saṃdeho yasmājjīvitamadhruvam .. 9 ..

> are ruined, there is no doubt, because life is uncertain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.20)

uddhṛtaṃ netrayugmaṃ ca dattvā vai hṛdaye padam ..

> Both their eyes are torn out, and placing a foot upon their heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.21)

kṛtaṃ ye naiva paśyaṃti pāpino mama jāgaram .. 2.5.13.10 ..

> those sinners do not see my vigil being performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.22)

abhāve vācakasyā'tha gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca kārayet ..

> In the absence of a reciter, one should arrange singing and dancing;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.23)

vācake sati deveśa purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ paṭhet .. 11 ..

> if a reciter is present, O lord of gods, he should first recite a Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.24)

aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca ..

> The merit of a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred Vājapeya sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.25)

puṇyaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ putra mama jāgaraṇe kṛte .. 12 ..

> is multiplied ten million times, O son, when my vigil is performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.26)

pitṛpakṣe mātṛpakṣe bhāryāpakṣe ca mānada ..

> On the father’s side, on the mother’s side, and on the wife’s side, O honor-giver,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.27)

kulānyuddharate caitanmama jāgaraṇe kṛte .. .. 13 ..

> he delivers these families when my vigil is performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.28)

upoṣaṇadine vighne prārabdhe jāgare sati ..

> If, on the day of fasting, an obstacle is initiated during the vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.29)

vihāya sthānaṃ tatrāhaṃ śāpaṃ dattvā vrajāmyaham .. 14 ..

> I depart from that place after uttering a curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.30)

aviddhavāsare ye me prakurvaṃti hi jāgaram ..

> Indeed, when they perform my vigil on an unvitiated day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.31)

teṣāṃ madhye prahṛṣṭaḥ sannṛtyaṃ vai prakaromyaham .. 15 ..

> rejoicing in their midst, I myself dance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.32)

yāvaddināni kurute jāgaraṃ mama sannidhau ..

> As many days as one keeps vigil in my presence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.33)

yugā'yutāni tāvaṃti vasate mama veśmani .... 16 ..

> for so many tens of thousands of yugas he resides in my abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.34)

na gayāpiṃḍadānena na tīrthairbahubhirmakhaiḥ ..

> Not by the offering of rice-balls at Gayā, nor by sacred fords or numerous sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.35)

pūrvajā muktimāyāṃti vinaikādaśijāgarāt .. 17 ..

> do ancestors attain liberation without the Ekādaśī vigil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.36)

yaḥ kuryājjāgare pūjāṃ kusumairmama vāsare .  
puṣpepuṣpe'śvamedhasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ ..1-..

> A person who performs worship with flowers during the vigil on my day / gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice for every single flower.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.37)

yaḥ kuryāddīpadānaṃ ca rātrau jāgaraṇe mama ..

> And whoever offers a lamp at night during my vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.38)

nimiṣe nimiṣe putra labhate go'yutaṃ phalam .. 19 ..

> at every twinkle of an eye, O son, receives the fruit of \[gifting\] ten thousand cows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.39)

yo dadyājjāgare putra haviṣyānnasamudbhavam ..

> Whoever gives an offering of sacrificial food during the vigil, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.40)

naivedyaṃ labhate puṇyaṃ śāliśailasamudbhavam .. 2.5.13.20 ..

> receives the merit of a food offering high as a mountain of rice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.41)

pakvānnāni ca yo dadyātphalāni vividhani ca ..

> And whoever gives cooked foods and various fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.42)

jāgare me caturvaktra labhate gośataṃ phalam .. 21 ..

> during my vigil, O four-faced one, receives the fruit of \[gifting\] a hundred cows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.43)

karpūreṇa ca tāṃbūlaṃ dadāti mama jāgare ..

> And whoever gives betel along with camphor during my vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.44)

madbhakto matprasādena saptadvīpā'dhipo bhavet.. 22 ..

> that devotee of mine, by my grace, becomes the ruler of the seven continents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.45)

jāgare mama deveśa yaḥ kuryātpuṣpamaṇḍapam ..

> Whoever erects a floral pavilion during my vigil, O lord of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.46)

sa puṣpakavimānena krīḍate mama sadmani .. 23 ..

> sports in my abode riding the Puṣpaka aerial chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.47)

jāgare me tu yo dhūpaṃ sakarpūraṃ saguggulam..

> Whoever offers incense with camphor and bdellium during my vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.48)

dadāti dahate pāpaṃ janmalakṣasamudbhavam .. 24 ..

> burns away the sin accumulated over a hundred thousand births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.49)

snāpayejjāgare yo māṃ dadhikṣīraghṛtāṃbukaiḥ ..

> Whoever bathes me during the vigil with curd, milk, clarified butter, and water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.50)

bhogāniha labhedvai sa hyante ca paramāṃ gatim .. 25 ..

> attains worldly enjoyments here, and in the end, indeed, the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.51)

divyāṃ'barāṇi yo dadyātphalāni vividhāni ca ..

> Whoever gives divine garments and various fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.52)

sa ciraṃ vasate svarge taṃ tu saṃkhyāsamāni vai .. 26 ..

> resides long in heaven for as many years as the threads \[in the cloth\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.53)

dadyādābharaṇaṃ yo me hemajaṃ ratnasaṃbhavam ..

> Whoever gives me an ornament made of gold and gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.54)

saptakalpāni vasate sotsaṃge matpriyo mama .. 27 ..

> beloved to me, resides in my lap for seven kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.55)

ghṛtena dīpakaṃ yo me gavyena ca viśeṣataḥ ..

> Whoever lights a lamp for me with clarified butter, especially from a cow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.56)

jvālayejjāgare rātrau nimiṣe goyutaṃ phalam .. 28 ..

> at night during the vigil, gets the fruit of \[gifting\] ten thousand cows at every twinkle of an eye.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.57)

jāgare me caturvaktra karpūreṇa ca dīpakam ..

> During my vigil, O four-faced one, whoever lights a lamp with camphor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.58)

yo jvālayeta nīrājaṃ kapilādānajaṃ phalam.. 29 ..

> waving it as a light offering, obtains the fruit born of gifting a brown cow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.59)

yaḥ punaḥ kurute dīpaṃ gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca pūjanam ..

> Furthermore, one who provides a lamp, song, dance, and worship,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.60)

śatakratusamaṃ puṇyaṃ vratairdānaśatairapi .. 2.5.13.30 ..

> gains merit equal to \[performing\] a hundred sacrifices, or by hundreds of observances and gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.61)

svayaṃ yaḥ kurute gītaṃ vilajjo nṛtyate yadi ..

> If one sings oneself and dances without shame,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.62)

sa labhennimiṣārdhena koṭiyajñakṛtaṃ phalam .. 31 ..

> in half a twinkle of an eye he obtains the fruit produced by ten million sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.63)

nivārayati yo gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ jāgaraṇe mama ..

> Whoever prevents singing and dancing during my vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.64)

ṣaṣṭiyugasahasrāṇi pacyate rauravādiṣu .. 32 ..

> is cooked in Raurava and other hells for sixty thousand yugas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.65)

nṛtyamānasya martyasya ye kecinnikaṭe gatāḥ ..

> Whatever mortals come near to one who is dancing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.66)

vimuktā dharmarājena muktā yāṃti ca matpadam ..33..

> are released by the King of Dharma, and freed, they go to my realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.67)

nṛtyamānasya martyasya upahāsaṃ karoti yaḥ ..

> Whoever mocks a mortal who is dancing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.68)

jāgare yāṃti nirayaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa .. .. 34 ..

> during the vigil, goes to hell for as long as fourteen Indras \[rule\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.69)

jāgare mama yaḥ kuryādbhaktyā pustakavācanam ..

> Whoever devoutly reads from a sacred book during my vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.70)

ślokasaṃkhyāyugānyeva sa vasenmama sannidhau .. 35 ..

> resides in my presence for as many yugas as the number of verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.71)

pradakṣiṇāpradānena yatphalaṃ kathitaṃ budhaiḥ ..

> The fruit declared by the wise for performing circumambulation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.72)

na tatkoṭimakhaiḥ puṇyaṃ yugasaṃkhyairavāpyate .. 36 ..

> that merit cannot be attained by ten million sacrifices over a multitude of yugas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.73)

dīpamālā mamāgre vai yaḥ kuryājjāgare suta ..

> Whoever arranges a row of lamps before me during the vigil, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.74)

vimānakoṭisaṃyukta ākalpaṃ vasate divi .... 37 ...

> accompanied by ten million aerial chariots, dwells in heaven until the end of a kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.75)

mama bālacaritrāṇi jāgare paṭhate hi yaḥ..

> Whoever recites the deeds of my childhood during the vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.76)

yugakoṭisahasrāṇi śvetadvīpe vasennaraḥ..38..

> that man shall dwell in Śvetadvīpa for thousands of crores of yugas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.77)

tasmājjāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ .. 39..

> Therefore, the vigil should be kept in both the bright and dark fortnights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.78)

yo gītāṃ paṭhate rātrau mama nāmasahasrakam..

> Whoever recites the Gītā at night, or my Thousand Names,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.79)

vedoktānāṃ purāṇānāṃ jāgarātpuṇyamāpnuyāt.. 2.5.13.40..

> obtains the merit of the Purāṇas taught in the Vedas from \[that\] vigil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.80)

dhenudānaṃ tu yaḥ kuryājjāgare mama putraka..

> And whoever makes the gift of a cow during my vigil, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.81)

labhate nātra saṃdehaḥ saptadvīpavatīphalam .. 41 ..

> obtains without doubt the fruit of \[ruling\] the earth endowed with seven continents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.82)

sarveṣāmeva puṇyānāṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ mahītale ..

> Of all meritorious deeds on earth, the greatest merit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.83)

dvādaśījāgaraṃ putra prasiddhaṃ bhuvanatraye .. 42 ..

> is the vigil on the twelfth day, O son, celebrated across the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.84)

jāgaraṃ ye ca kurvaṃti karmaṇā manasā girā ..

> And those who keep the vigil through action, mind, and speech,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.85)

na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttirmama lokātkathaṃcana .. 43 ..

> they never return from my world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.86)

protsāhayitvā lokānyaḥ kurute jāgaraṃ niśi ..

> He who, having encouraged the people, keeps the vigil at night,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.87)

prāpnoti cakravartitvaṃ satyaṃ me vyāhṛtaṃ suta ..44 ..

> attains universal emperorship; this truth has been spoken by me, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.88)

saṃmānitāḥ kakutsthena rātrau jāgarakāriṇaḥ..

> Those who kept the vigil at night were honored by Kakutstha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.89)

svaśaktyā caiva dānena prāptaṃ rājyaṃ sudurlabham.. 45..

> and by his power and gifts, a sovereignty very hard to attain was won.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.90)

ye kecidgāyakā viprā vādakā nartakāśca ye ..

> Whatever singers, brāhmaṇas, instrumentalists, and dancers \[are there\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.91)

nartakīsahitā yāṃti mama loke sanātane..46..

> along with female dancers, go to my eternal realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.92)

duryoniṣu gataiḥ sarvaiḥ kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ mama..

> Having been born into wicked wombs, even lustful people,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.93)

saṃprāptaṃ pṛthivīśatvaṃ kāmukairmunisattama..47..

> by keeping my vigil, obtained sovereignty over the earth, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.94)

niṣkāmā muktimāpannāḥ śvapacādyāśca jāgarāt..

> Desireless dog-cookers and the like attained liberation through the vigil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.95)

viveko nāsti varṇānāṃ mama jāgarakāriṇām.. .. 48 ..

> There is no distinction of caste for those who keep my vigil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.96)

na kalau pāvanaṃ dhyānaṃ na kalau jāhnavījalam ..

> In the Kali age, meditation is not purifying, nor is the water of the Jāhnavī in the Kali age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.97)

na kalau pāvanaṃ jāpyaṃ muktvaikaṃ jāgaraṃ mama .. 49 ..

> nor is chanting purifying in the Kali age, except for my vigil alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.98)

dvādaśīdivase prāpte ye kurvaṃti hi jāgaram ..

> Those who indeed keep the vigil when the twelfth day arrives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.99)

te dhanyāste kṛtārthā vai kalikāle na saṃśayaḥ .. 2.5.13.50 ..

> they are blessed, they have fulfilled their aim in the Kali age; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.100)

na bhūyānmānuṣe loke dvādaśīvimukho naraḥ ..

> Let no man in the human world be averse to the twelfth day;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.101)

atītānāgatānvā'pi pātayennarake hi saḥ .. 51 ..

> for he would cast into hell his ancestors and descendants alike.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.102)

varameko guṇairyuktaḥ kiṃ jātairbahubhiḥ sutaiḥ ..

> Better is one \[son\] endowed with virtues; what use are many sons born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.103)

dvādaśījāgarātsarvāṃstārayedyo hi pūrvajān .. 52 ..

> if he does not deliver all his ancestors through the vigil of the twelfth day?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.104)

māhātmyaṃ paṭhate bhaktyā mayoktaṃ jāgarodbhavam ..

> A son born through \[the power of\] the twelfth day who recites with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.105)

dvādaśīsaṃbhavaḥ putraḥ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam .. 53 ..

> the māhātmya arising from the vigil spoken by me, shall deliver a hundred families.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.106)

agamyāgamane pāpamabhakṣyasyāpi bhakṣaṇe ..

> The sin of approaching an unapproachable woman, and of eating what should not be eaten—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.107)

pāpaṃ vilayamāyāti kṛte jāgaraṇe suta .. 54 ..

> that sin dissolves when the vigil is performed, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.108)

ajñānādyatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ jñātvā yatpātakaṃ kṛtam ..

> Whatever sin was committed out of ignorance, whatever wickedness committed knowingly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.109)

pūrvajanmārjitaṃ pāpamiha janmani yatkṛtam .. .. 55 ..

> the sin accumulated in a previous birth, and what was committed in this birth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.110)

siddhyaṃti sarvakāryāṇi manasā ciṃtitānyapi ..

> all undertakings, even those conceived in the mind, are accomplished,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.111)

dvādaśyāṃ vai caturvaktra rātrau jāgaraṇe kṛte .. 56 ..

> when the vigil is performed at night on the twelfth day, O Four-faced One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.112)

dvādaśījāgareṇaiva muktiṃ gacchaṃti mānavāḥ .. 57 ..

> Human beings attain liberation by the vigil of the twelfth day alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.113)

na tatpuṇyaṃ kurukṣetre prayāge vasatāṃ kalau ..

> That merit is not attained by those dwelling in Kurukṣetra, or in Prayāga during the Kali age;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.114)

māhātmyaṃ vasatāṃ puṃsāṃ yatphalaṃ dvādaśīṣu ca .. 58 ..

> the greatness of men dwelling \[there is not equal to\] that fruit on the twelfth days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.115)

nā'śvamedhasahasraistu tīrthakoṭyavagāhanāt ..

> Not by a thousand horse sacrifices, nor by bathing in crores of sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.116)

tatphalaṃ prāpyate putra dvādaśījāgare kṛte .. 59 ..

> is that fruit obtained, O son, which is obtained when the vigil of the twelfth day is performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.117)

paṭhedvā śṛṇuyādvā'pi māhātmyaṃ dvādaśībhavam ..

> Whoever reads or hears the māhātmya connected to the twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.118)

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā sa labhecchāśvatīṃ gatim .. 2.5.13.60 ..

> his soul purified of all sins, shall attain an eternal state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.119)

sarve duṣṭāḥ samastāśca saumyāstasya sadā grahāḥ ..

> All evil planets and all \[other\] planets are always benevolent to him;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.120)

saṃtaterna viyogastu dvādaśī yasya kāraṇam .. 61 ..

> there is no separation from offspring for him for whom the twelfth day is the purpose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.121)

mama kīrtirucirnityaṃ na vipadyeta karhicit ..

> His delight in my renown is continuous, and he will never fall into distress;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.122)

raṇe rājakule caiva sarvadā vijayī bhavet .. 62 ..

> in battle and in the royal court he shall always be victorious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.123)

dharmopari matirnityaṃ bhaktirmayi sunirmalā ..

> His intellect is always set upon righteousness, with immaculate devotion toward me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.124)

pātakaṃ naiva lipyeta dvādaśībhaktito naram .. 63 ..

> sin does not cling to a man because of his devotion to the twelfth day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.125)

pretatvaṃ naiva tasyā'sti kṛte jāgaraṇe mama ..

> There is no state of being a ghost for him when my vigil has been performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.126)

ekādaśyā vihīnasya paralokagatirnahi ..

> For one who is devoid of the eleventh day, there is no progress to the other world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.127)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena kalau kāryaṃ hi taddinam .. 64 ..

> therefore, by every effort, that day must indeed be observed in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.13.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.13.128)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇu saṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmya ekādaśīvratajāgaraṇaphalakathanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 13 ..

> Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, titled “The Declaration of the Fruits of Keeping the Vigil on the Eleventh-Day Vow” in the Māhātmya of the Month of Mārgaśīrṣa, in the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, in the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.5.13.1) — English, machine translation

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