<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.5.14

# Skandapurana 2.5.14: adhyāyaḥ 14

Skandapurāṇa 2.5.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 14

### [2.5.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.1)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.2)

tataḥ prabhāte dvādaśyāṃ kāryo matsyotsavo budhaiḥ ..

> Then, at dawn on the twelfth day, the Matsyotsava should be celebrated by the wise  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.3)

mārgaśīrṣe śuklapakṣe yathāvidhyupacārataḥ .. 1 ..

> in the bright fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa, with worship according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.4)

atha mārgaśire māse daśamyāṃ niyatātmavān ..

> Now, on the tenth day in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, having controlled his self,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.5)

kṛtvā devārcanaṃ dhīmānagnikāryaṃ yathāvidhi .. 2 ..

> the wise man, having performed the worship of the gods and the fire ritual according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.6)

śucivāsāḥ prasannātmā havyamannaṃ susaṃskṛtam ..

> wearing clean garments, with a cheerful mind, having cooked sacrificial food  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.7)

paktvā paṃcapade gatvā punaḥ śaucaṃ tu pādayoḥ .. 3 ..

> well-prepared, and having walked five paces, \[should perform\] once more the purification of his feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.8)

kṛtvā'ṣṭāṃgulamānaṃ tu kṣīravṛkṣe samudbhavam ..

> Having prepared \[a tooth-stick\] measuring eight finger-widths, born of a milky tree,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.9)

bhakṣayeddaṃtakāṣṭhaṃ tu tataścācamya yatnataḥ .. 4 ..

> one should chew the tooth-stick, and then carefully rinse one's mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.10)

dṛṣṭvā''kāśāni sarvāṇi dhyātvā vai māṃ gadādharam ..

> Looking at the whole sky and meditating upon me, the wielder of the mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.11)

śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇikirīṭaṃ pītavāsasam .. 5 ..

> with conch, discus, and mace in hand, wearing a diadem and yellow garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.12)

prasannavadanāṃ'bhojaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam ..

> with a gracious lotus-face, adorned with all auspicious marks—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.13)

dhyātvā punarjalaṃ haste gṛhītvā bhānumadhyagam .. 6 ..

> having meditated \[thus\], taking water in the hand again, \[meditating on me\] residing in the center of the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.14)

dhyātvā'rghyaṃ dāpayettatra karatoyena mānavaḥ ..

> having meditated, a person should offer an arghya-offering there with water from the hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.15)

evamuccārayedvācaṃ tasminkāle caturmukha..7..

> At that time, O four-faced one \[Brahmā\], he should utter these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.16)

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sthitvā'hani pare hyaham ..

> "Having abstained from food on the Ekādaśī, on the next day indeed I  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.17)

bhokṣyāmi puṃḍarīkākṣa śaraṇaṃ me bhavā'cyuta .. 8 ..

> shall eat, O lotus-eyed one; be my refuge, O Acyuta!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.18)

evamuktvā tato rātrau mama mūrteśca sannidhau ..

> Having spoken thus, then at night, in the presence of my image,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.19)

japennārāyaṇāyeti svayaṃ tatra vidhānataḥ .. 9 ..

> he himself should chant there according to the rule: "To Nārāyaṇa."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.20)

tataḥ prabhāte vimalāṃ nadīṃ gatvā samudragām ..

> Then at dawn, going to a pure river that flows to the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.21)

itarāṃ vā taḍāgaṃ vā gṛhe vā niyatātmavān ..2.5.14.10..

> or to another \[stream\], or to a pond, or \[remaining\] at home, with self-restraint,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.22)

ānīya mṛttikāṃ śuddhāṃ maṃtreṇā'nena mānavaḥ..

> having fetched pure earth, with this mantra a man  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.23)

vaṃdayeddevadeveśaṃ tadā śuddho bhavennaraḥ .. 11 ..

> should praise the Lord of gods; then a man becomes purified:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.24)

dhāraṇaṃ poṣaṇaṃ tvatto bhūtānāṃ devi sarvadā ..

> "The bearing and nourishing of beings is always from you, O goddess;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.25)

tena satyena me pāpaṃ yāvanmocaya suvrate ..12..

> by that truth, release my sin, O you of noble vows!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.26)

brahmāṃḍodaratīrthāni karaiḥ spṛṣṭāni daivataiḥ ..

> The sacred fords within the cosmos were touched by the deities with their hands;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.27)

tenemāṃ mṛttikāṃ spṛṣṭā mā''labhāmi tvayoddhṛtām .. 13 ..

> therefore I touch and apply this earth that was lifted up by you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.28)

tvayi nityaṃ rasāḥ sarve sthitā varuṇa sarvadā ..

> "All saps and waters reside eternally in you, O Varuṇa, at all times;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.29)

tenemāṃ mṛttikāṃ plāvya pūtāṃ kuruṣva māciram ..14..

> therefore, having washed this earth, make it purified without delay!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.30)

evaṃ mṛdaṃ tathā toyaṃ prasādyā''tmānamālabhet ..

> Having thus propitiated the earth and the water, he should smear himself;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.31)

triḥkṛtvā'śeṣamṛdayā piṃḍamālipya vai jale .. 15 ..

> having fashioned a lump of all the clay three times, smearing it in the water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.32)

tasminnaraḥ sadā samyaṅnakrakacchapadūrataḥ ..

> a man should always bathe properly in that \[water\], far from crocodiles and turtles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.33)

snātvā cāvaśyakaṃ kṛtvā punarmama gṛhaṃ vrajet .. 16 ..

> and having performed obligatory duties, he should return to my house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.34)

tatrā''rādhya mahāyogindevaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim ..

> Worshiping there the God Nārāyaṇa, Hari, the Great Yogin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.35)

keśavāya namaḥ pādau kaṭiṃ dāmodarāya ca ..17..

> "Homage to Keśava," \[worshiping\] the feet; and the waist "to Dāmodara";  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.36)

jānuyugmaṃ nṛsiṃhāya uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe ..

> the pair of knees "to Nṛsiṃha"; the chest "to the bearer of the Śrīvatsa";  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.37)

kaṃṭhe kaustubhanābhāya vakṣaḥ śrīpataye tathā .. 18 ..

> the neck "to the Kaustubha-gem and navel"; and the breast "to the Lord of Śrī";  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.38)

trailokyavijayāyeti bāhuṃ sarvātmane śiraḥ ..

> the arms with "To the Conqueror of the Three Worlds"; the head "to the Universal Self";  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.39)

rathāṃgadhāriṇe vaktraṃ śrīkarāyeti vārijam .. 19..

> the mouth "to the wielder of the chariot-wheel \[discus\]"; the lotus \[in hand\] with "to the maker of auspiciousness";  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.40)

gaṃbhīrāyeti ca gadāmaṃbhojaṃ śāṃtamūrtaye ..

> the mace with "To the profound one"; the lotus with "to the peaceful form."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.41)

evamabhyarcya deveśaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum .. 2.5.14.20 ..

> Having thus worshiped the Lord of gods, the God Nārāyaṇa, the sovereign lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.42)

punastasyā'grataḥ kuṃbhāṃścaturaḥ sthāpayedbudhaḥ ..

> the wise man should then place four jars in front of him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.43)

jalapūrṇānsamālyāṃśca sitacaṃdanalepitān .. 21 ..

> filled with water, accompanied by garlands, and smeared with white sandalwood paste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.44)

cūtapallavasaṃyuktānsitavastrāvaguṃṭhitān ..

> furnished with mango sprouts, enveloped with white cloths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.45)

chāditāṃstāmrapātraiśca tilapūrṇaiḥ sakāṃcanaiḥ ..22..

> and covered with copper vessels filled with sesame seeds along with gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.46)

catvārastu samudrāśca kalaśāḥ saṃprakīrtitāḥ ..

> The jars are proclaimed to be the four oceans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.47)

teṣāṃ madhye śubhaṃ pīṭhaṃ sthāpayedvastragarbhitam ..23..

> In the middle of them, one should set up an auspicious seat lined with cloth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.48)

tasminsuvarṇaṃ raupyaṃ vā tāmraṃ vā dāravaṃ tathā ..

> Upon that, \[a vessel\] of gold, silver, copper, or wood \[is placed\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.49)

alābhe sarvapātrāṇāṃ pālāśaṃ pātramiṣyate .. 24 ..

> if none of these vessels are obtained, a palāśa-wood vessel is recommended.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.50)

toyapūrṇaṃ ca tatkṛtvā tasminpātre tato nyaset ..

> Having filled it with water, he should then place in that vessel  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.51)

sauvarṇaṃ matsyarūpaṃ ca kṛtvā devaṃ janārdanam ..25..

> God Janārdana fashioned in the form of a golden fish,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.52)

devadevāṃgasaṃyuktaṃ śrutismṛtivibhūṣitam ..

> possessing the limbs of the God of gods, adorned with the Śruti and Smṛti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.53)

tatrā'nekavidhairbhakṣyaiḥ phalaiḥ puṣpaiśca śobhitam ..26..

> adorned there with various kinds of food, fruits, and flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.54)

gandhairdhūpaiśca vastraiśca arcayitvā yathāvidhi ..

> Having worshiped him according to rule with perfumes, incenses, and garments:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.55)

rasātalagatā vedā yathādeva tvayoddhṛtāḥ .. 27 ..

> "Just as the Vedas that had sunk into the netherworld were rescued by you, O God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.56)

matsyarūpeṇa tadvanmāṃ bhavāduddhara keśava ..

> in the form of a fish, even so deliver me from worldly existence, O Keśava!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.57)

evamuccārya tasyāgre jāgaraṃ tatra kārayet .. .. 28 ..

> Uttering this, he should keep a night vigil there in front of him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.58)

yathāvibhavasāreṇa prabhāte vimale tathā ..

> According to the measure of one's wealth, at clear dawn,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.59)

caturṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca caturo dāpayedghaṭān .. 29 ..

> he should have four jars given to four brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.60)

pūrvaṃ ca bahvṛce dadyācchāṃdogye dakṣiṇaṃ tathā ..

> He should give the eastern \[jar\] to a Ṛgvedic priest, and likewise the southern to a Chāndogya \[Sāmavedic priest\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.61)

yajuḥśākhānvite dadyātpaścimaṃ ghaṭamuttamam .. 2.5.14.30 ..

> he should give the excellent western jar to one belonging to the Yajurveda branch;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.62)

uttaraṃ kāmato dadyādeṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ ..

> the northern jar he should give as desired; this indeed is the recorded rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.63)

ṛgvedaḥ prīyatāṃ pūrvaṃ sāmavedastudakṣiṇe .. 31 ..

> "May the Ṛgveda be pleased!" \[for\] the east; and "May the Sāmaveda \[be pleased\]!" for the south;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.64)

yajurvedaḥ paścimato hyatharvaścottareṇa tu ..

> "May the Yajurveda \[be pleased\]!" for the west, and "the Atharva\[veda\]!" for the north—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.65)

anena kramayogena prīyatāmiti vācayet .. 32 ..

> in this systematic order, he should have them say, "May it be pleased!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.66)

matsyarūpaṃ tu sauvarṇamācāryāya nivedayet ..

> The golden fish-form he should present to the preceptor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.67)

gandhadhūpādi vastraistu saṃpūjya vidhivatkramāt .. 33 ..

> having worshiped in proper sequence according to rule with perfumes, incense, garments, and other offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.68)

yastvimaṃ sarahasyaṃ ca mantreṇaivopapādayet ..

> Moreover, whoever performs this together with its esoteric ritual merely with the mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.69)

vidhānaṃ vidhivaddattvā dātā koṭiguṇottaram .. 34 ..

> having bestowed the rite according to rule, the donor \[gains a reward\] multiplied ten millionfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.70)

pratipadya guruṃ yastu mohādvipratipadyate ..

> Indeed, whoever accepts a guru and then, out of delusion, turns against him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.71)

sa janmakoṭiṃ narake pacyate puruṣādhamaḥ .. 35 ..

> that lowest of men is roasted in hell for ten million births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.72)

vidhānasya pradātā yo gururityucyate budhaiḥ ..

> He who imparts the sacred rite is called a guru by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.73)

evaṃ datvā vidhānena dvādaśyāṃ māṃ samarcayet .. 36 ..

> Having thus given \[the gift\] according to rule, he should worship me on the twelfth lunar day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.74)

viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ dadyādyathāśaktyā ca dakṣiṇām ..

> He should give a feast to brahmins and a sacrificial fee according to his capacity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.75)

bhūriṇā paramānnena tataḥ paścātsvayaṃ naraḥ .. 37 ..

> Thereafter, the man himself, with an abundance of sacred food,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.76)

bhuñjīta sahito viprairvāgyataḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ ..

> should eat together with the brahmins, restraining his speech and controlling his senses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.77)

anena vidhinā yastu kuryānmatsyotsavaṃ naraḥ .. 38 ..

> The man who celebrates the Matsya festival according to this procedure—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.78)

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ cāgre śṛṇu satyavatāṃ vara ..

> listen now to the fruit of his merit, O best of the truthful!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.79)

yadi vaktra sahasrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi bhavaṃti hi .. 39 ..

> If indeed there were thousands of thousands of mouths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.80)

āyuśca brahmaṇā tulyaṃ labhedyadi mahāvrata ..

> and if one were to obtain a lifespan equal to Brahmā's, O you of great vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.81)

tadā vai hyasya dharmasya phalaṃ kathayituṃ bhavet .. 2.5.14.40 ..

> only then could the reward of this religious practice be told.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.82)

ya imaṃ śrāvayedbhaktyā dvādaśīkalpamuttamam ..

> Whoever recites with devotion this supreme ordinance of the twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.83)

śṛṇoti vā sa pāpaistu sarvaireva vimucyate .. 41 ..

> or hears it, is liberated from all sins whatsoever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14.84)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmye matsyotsavakathanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 ..

> Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named 'The Account of the Matsya Festival,' in the Praise of the Month of Mārgaśīrṣa, in the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, in the second part, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.5.14.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.39.25) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vrata(2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vrata-2.p1) — Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.7.p8) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.14) · Pramāṇa