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# Skandapurana 2.5.17: adhyāyaḥ 17

Skandapurāṇa 2.5.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 17

### [2.5.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.1)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.2)

kasminkṣetre hi deveśa mārgaśīrṣo'dhikaḥ smṛtaḥ ..

> In which sacred field, O Lord of the gods, is Mārgaśīrṣa remembered as most superior?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.3)

kiṃ phalaṃ ca bhavettasminnetatsarvaṃ vada prabho .. 1 ..

> And what fruit arises therein? Tell all this, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.4)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.5)

madhureti suvikhyātamasti kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama ..

> There is a supreme sacred field of mine, renowned as Madhurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.6)

suramyā ca praśastā ca janmabhūmiḥ priyā mama .. 2 ..

> It is delightful, praiseworthy, and my beloved birthplace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.7)

padepade tīrthaphalaṃ madhurāyāṃ caturmukha ..

> At every step in Madhurā there is the fruit of a sacred ford, O four-faced one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.8)

yatrayatra naraḥ snāto mucyate ghorakilbiṣāt .. 3 ..

> wherever a man has bathed, he is freed from dreadful sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.9)

sarvadharmavihīnānāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ durātmanām ..

> For evil-minded men devoid of all righteousness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.10)

narakārtiharā putra madhurā pāpanāśinī .. 4 ..

> Madhurā relieves the suffering of hell, O son, and destroys sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.11)

kṛtaghnaśca surāpaśca cauro bhagnavratastathā ..

> An ungrateful person, a liquor-drinker, a thief, and likewise one whose vows are broken—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.12)

madhurāṃ prāpya manujo mucyate ghorapātakāt .. 5 ..

> having reached Madhurā, a person is freed from terrible wicked deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.13)

sūryaudaye tamo naśyedyathā vajrabhayānnagāḥ ..

> Just as darkness is destroyed at the rising of the sun; just as mountains \[flee\] out of fear of the thunderbolt;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.14)

tārkṣyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā sarpā meghā vātahatā yathā .. 6 ..

> just as snakes upon seeing Garuḍa; just as clouds struck by the wind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.15)

tattvajñānādyathā duḥkhaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā gajāḥ ..

> just as sorrow \[perishes\] through knowledge of the truth; just as elephants \[scatter\] upon seeing a lion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.16)

tathā pāpāni naśyaṃti mathurādarśanātsuta .. 7 ..

> so sins perish upon the darśana of Mathurā, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.17)

śraddhayā bhaktiyuktastu dṛṣṭvā madhupurīṃ naraḥ ..

> A man endowed with devotion who beholds Madhupurī with faith,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.18)

brahmahā'pi viśudhyeta kiṃ punastvanyapātakī .. 8 ..

> even if a killer of a brahmin, would be purified; how much more so any other sinner?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.19)

mathurāṃ snātukāmasya gacchatastu padepade ..

> For one desirous of bathing in Mathurā, as he proceeds at every step,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.20)

nirāśāni vrajaṃtyeva pāpāni ca śarīrataḥ .. 9 ..

> sins depart in despair from his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.21)

anuṣaṃgeṇa gacchaṃti vāṇijyenā'pi sevayā ..

> Those who go incidentally, or for trade, or even for service,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.22)

madhurāsnānamātreṇa divaṃ yāṃti gatāṃhasaḥ .. 2.5.17.10 ..

> go to heaven, freed from sins, merely by taking a ritual ablution in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.23)

nāmā'pi gṛhṇatāmasyāḥ sadā muktirna saṃśayaḥ ..

> For those who even utter its name, there is always liberation; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.24)

sadā kṛtayugaṃ tatra sadā caivottarāyaṇam .. 11 ..

> There it is always the Kṛtayuga, and always the northern solstice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.25)

yaḥ śṛṇoti caturvaktra mādhuraṃ mama maṃdiram ..

> O Four-faced One, whoever hears of my abode at Mathurā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.26)

anyenoccārite sadyaḥ so'pi pāpātpramucyate .. 12 ..

> when it is uttered by another, is also immediately freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.27)

trirātramapi ye tatra vasaṃti manujāḥ suta ..

> O son, as for the men who dwell there even for three nights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.28)

teṣāṃ punaṃti sahṛṣṭāḥ spṛṣṭāścaraṇareṇavaḥ .. 13 ..

> the dust of their feet, touched by joyful people, purifies them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.29)

yathā tṛṇasamūhaṃ tu jvalayaṃti sphuliṃgakāḥ ..

> Just as sparks ignite a heap of grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.30)

tathā mahāṃti pāpāni dahate mathurā purī .. 14 ..

> so the city of Mathurā burns away great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.31)

snānena sarvatīrthānāṃ yaḥ syātsukṛtasaṃcayaḥ ..

> Whatever accumulation of merit is gained by ritual ablution at all sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.32)

tato'dhikataraṃ proktā mathurā sarvamaṃḍale .. 15 ..

> Mathurā is declared to be superior to that across the whole world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.33)

caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ puṇyamadhyayanācca yat ..

> Whatever merit arises from the study of even the four Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.34)

tatpuṇyaṃ jāyate tatra mathurāṃ smaratāṃ nṛṇām .. 16 ..

> that merit is produced there for men who remember Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.35)

anyatra hi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tīrthamāsādya naśyati ..

> For a sin committed elsewhere is destroyed upon reaching a sacred ford;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.36)

tīrtheṣu yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vajralepo bhaviṣyati .. 17 ..

> a sin committed at sacred fords becomes an indelible stain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.37)

mathurāyāṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mathurāyāṃ praṇaśyati ..

> A sin committed in Mathurā is destroyed in Mathurā itself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.38)

dharmārthakāmamokṣākhyaṃ sthitvā tatra labhennaraḥ .. 18 ..

> Dwelling there, a man attains that which is named dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.39)

anyatra daśabhirvarṣaiḥ prārabdhaṃ bhujyate hi yat ..

> For the commenced karma that is experienced in ten years elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.40)

kilviṣaṃ ca caturvaktra māthure daśabhirdinaiḥ ..19..

> as well as sin, O Four-faced One, \[is exhausted\] in ten days in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.41)

divi naiva na pātāle nāṃtarikṣe na mānuṣe ..

> Neither in heaven, nor in Pātāla, nor in the intermediate region, nor among mortals  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.42)

samaṃ tu mathurāyāṃ hi priyaṃ mama sadaiva hi .. 2.5.17.20 ..

> is there anything equal to Mathurā, which is indeed always dear to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.43)

sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ māthuraṃ paramaṃ mahat ..

> Mathurā is the greatest and supreme among all sacred fords;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.44)

bālakrīḍanarūpāṇi kṛtāni saha gopakaiḥ .. 21 ..

> there childlike sports were performed \[by me\] together with the cowherd boys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.45)

triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi triṃśadvarṣaśatāni ca ..

> Whatever fruit is attained in Bhāratavarṣa in thirty thousand years  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.46)

yatphalaṃ bhārate varṣe tatphalaṃ mathurāṃ smaran .. 22 ..

> and three hundred years, that same fruit is attained by remembering Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.47)

sannihatyāṃ tu yatpuṇyaṃ rāhugraste divākare ..

> Whatever merit there is at Sannihitī when the sun is eclipsed by Rāhu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.48)

tatodhikaṃ labhetputra mathurāyāṃ dinedine .. 23 ..

> greater than that, O son, one obtains day after day in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.49)

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu tīrtharāje tu yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit is gained at the King of Fords during a full thousand years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.50)

tatphalaṃ labhate putra sahomāse madhoḥ pure .. 24 ..

> that fruit one obtains, O son, in the city of Madhu in the month of Sahas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.51)

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu vārāṇasyāṃ ca yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit is gained at Vārāṇasī during a full thousand years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.52)

tatphalaṃ labhate putra mathurāyāṃ saho dine .. 25 ..

> that fruit one obtains, O son, in Mathurā in a single day of Sahas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.53)

godāvarīdvārakayornaro yaḥ kṣetre kurūṇāṃ kṣitidāyako yaḥ ..

> A man who gives land at the Godāvarī, at Dvārakā, or in the Kurukṣetra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.54)

ṣaṇmāsakātsādhayate gayāyāṃ samaṃ bhavenno dinamekamāthuram .. 26 ..

> or who performs rites at Gayā for six months—none of this equals a single day in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.55)

na dvārakā kāśikāṃcī na māyā gadādharo yasya samaṃ na tīrtham ..

> Neither Dvārakā, Kāśī, Kāñcī, nor Māyā, nor Gadādhara is a sacred ford equal to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.56)

saṃtarpitā yadyamunājalena vāṃchaṃti no vai pitaraḥ piṃḍadānam .. 27 ..

> If satiated with the water of the Yamunā, the ancestors indeed do not desire the offering of rice-balls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.57)

mathurāyāṃ prakurvaṃti purīsādhāraṇīdṛśam ..

> Those who regard Mathurā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.58)

ye narāste'pi vijñeyāḥ pāparāśibhiranvitāḥ .. 28 ..

> as an ordinary city—those men should be known as possessed of heaps of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.59)

na dṛṣṭā mathurā yena didṛkṣā yasya jāyate ..

> By whom Mathurā has not been seen, but in whom the desire to see it arises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.60)

yatra tatra mṛtasyā'pi māthure janma jāyate .. 29 ..

> even if he dies anywhere else, his birth takes place in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.61)

bhūme rajāṃsi gaṇayetkālenā'pi caturmukha ..

> One might in time count the dust particles of the earth, O Four-faced One,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.62)

māthure yāni tīrthāni teṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate .. 2.5.17.30 ..

> but there is no counting the sacred fords in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.63)

kuru bhoḥ kuru bho vāsaṃ mathurākhyāṃ purīṃ prati ..

> Make, O make your dwelling in the city named Mathurā!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.64)

vasāmi satataṃ tasyāṃ gopakanyābhirāvṛtaḥ .. 31 ..

> I dwell constantly in it, surrounded by the cowherd maidens.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.65)

rere saṃsāramagnāśca śiṣyā me śṛṇutā'pare ..

> O you who are submerged in saṃsāra, and you, my disciples, and others, listen!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.66)

yadīcchatha sukhaṃ sāṃdraṃ vāsaṃ kuruta matpurīm .. 32 ..

> If you desire intense happiness, make your dwelling in my city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.67)

aho loko mahānaṃdo netrayukto na paśyati ..

> Alas, this utterly blinded world, though endowed with eyes, does not see!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.68)

māthure vidyamāne'pi saṃsṛtiṃ bhajate sadā .. 33 ..

> Even while Mathurā exists, it constantly resorts to mundane existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.69)

mānuṣīṃ yonimatulāṃ labdhvā bhāgyasya yogataḥ ..

> Having attained an incomparable human birth through the conjunction of good fortune,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.70)

vṛthaivāyurgataṃ teṣāṃ na dṛṣṭā mathurāpurī .. 34 ..

> the life of those by whom the city of Mathurā has not been seen has passed entirely in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.71)

aho mateḥ sudaurbalyamaho bhāgyasya durvidhiḥ ..

> Alas, the great weakness of intellect! Alas, the adverse fate of good fortune!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.72)

aho mohasya mahimā mathurā naiva sevyate .. 35 ..

> Alas, the power of delusion, that Mathurā is not served at all!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.73)

mathurāṃ tu parityajya yo'nyatra kurute matim ..

> He who, having abandoned Mathurā, sets his mind elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.74)

mūḍho bhramati saṃsāre mohito mama māyayā .. 36 ..

> wanders foolishly in saṃsāra, deluded by my māyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.75)

mathurāmapi saṃprāpya yo'nyatra kurute spṛhām ..

> He who, even having reached Mathurā, directs his longing elsewhere—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.76)

durbuddhestasya kiṃ jñānaṃ so'jñānena vijṛṃbhitaḥ .. .. 37 ..

> what knowledge can that foolish person have? He is puffed up with ignorance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.77)

mātrā pitrā parityaktā ye tyaktā nijabaṃdhubhiḥ ..

> Those who are abandoned by mother and father, who are abandoned by their own kinsmen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.78)

yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ mama purī gatiḥ .. 38 ..

> those who have no refuge anywhere—my city is their refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.79)

pāparāśibhirākrāṃtā ye dāridrya parājitāḥ ..

> Those overcome by heaps of sins, those defeated by poverty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.80)

yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ mama purī gatiḥ .. 39 ..

> those who have no refuge anywhere—my city is their refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.81)

sārātsārataraṃ sthānaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ param ..

> A place more essential than the essential, more secret than the secret, supreme —  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.82)

gatimanveṣamāṇānāṃ mathurā paramā gatiḥ .. 2.5.17.40 ..

> For those seeking a refuge, Mathurā is the ultimate refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.83)

na tatpuṇyairna taddānairna tapobhirna tu stavaiḥ ..

> It is not \[attained\] by merits, nor by gifts, nor by austerities, nor indeed by hymns;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.84)

na labhyaṃ vividhairyogairlabhyaṃ madanubhāvataḥ .. 41 ..

> It cannot be reached through various yogas; it can be reached through my divine power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.85)

mayi yeṣāṃ sthirā bhaktirbhūyasī yeṣu matkṛpā ..

> Those who have firm devotion to me, upon whom my great grace rests —  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.86)

teṣāmeva hi dhanyānāṃ mathurāyāṃ bhavedgatiḥ .. 42 ..

> For those fortunate ones alone is there an arrival in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.87)

yā gatiryogayuktasya brahmajñasya manīṣiṇaḥ ..

> The destination attained by a wise man established in yoga who knows Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.88)

sā gatistyajataḥ prāṇānmathurāyāṃ narasya ca .. 43 ..

> Is the same destination attained by a man who gives up his life-breaths in Mathurā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.89)

kāśyādipuryo yadi saṃti loke tāsāṃ tu madhye mathuraiva dhanyā ..

> Though there are cities such as Kāśī in the world, among them Mathurā alone is blessed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.90)

yā janmamauṃjīvratamuktidānairnṛṇāṃ caturdhā vidadhāti muktim .. .. 44 ..

> Which grants liberation to men in four ways: through birth, the mauñjī investiture, vows, and death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.91)

na yogairyā gatirlabhyā manvaṃtaraśatairapi ..

> That destination which cannot be attained elsewhere through yogas even in hundreds of manvantaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.92)

anyatra helayā sā'tra labhyate matprasādataḥ ..45..

> Is attained here effortlessly through my grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.93)

na pāpebhyo bhayaṃ yatra na bhayaṃ yatra vai yamāt ..

> Where there is no fear of sins, where there is indeed no fear of Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.94)

na garbhavāsabhīryatra tatkṣetraṃ ko na saṃśrayet.. 46..

> Where there is no fear of dwelling in a womb — who would not take refuge in that sacred field?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.95)

mathurāyāṃ ca yatpuṇyaṃ tatpuṇyasya phalaṃ śṛṇu ..

> Hear the fruit of that merit which exists in Mathurā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.96)

mathurāyāṃ samāsādya mathurāyāṃ mṛtā hi ye .. 47 ..

> Those who have reached Mathurā and died in Mathurā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.97)

api kīṭapataṃgādyā jāyaṃte te caturbhujāḥ ..

> Even worms, insects, and the like, are reborn four-armed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.98)

kūlātpataṃti ye vṛkṣāste'pi yāṃti parāṃ gatim .. 48 ..

> Even trees falling from the riverbank attain the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.99)

mūkā jaḍāṃdhabadhirāstaponiyamavarjitāḥ ..

> The mute, the dull-witted, the blind, and the deaf, destitute of austerities and observances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.100)

kālenaiva mṛtā ye ca mama lokaṃ vrajaṃti te .. 49 ..

> Who die naturally in the course of time, go to my world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.101)

sarpadaṣṭāḥ paśuhatāḥ pāvakāṃbuvināśitāḥ..

> Those bitten by snakes, killed by beasts, destroyed by fire or water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.102)

labdhā'pamṛtyavo ye ca māthure mama lokagāḥ .. 2.5.17.50 ..

> Who meet an untimely death in the territory of Mathurā, go to my world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.103)

satyaṃ satyaṃ muniśreṣṭha bruve śapathapūrvakam ..

> Truly, truly, O best of sages, I declare with an oath:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.104)

sarvā'bhīṣṭapradaṃ nānyanmathurāyāḥ samaṃ kvacit .. 61 ..

> Nowhere is there anything equal to Mathurā in granting all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.105)

trivargadā kāmināṃ yā mumukṣūṇāṃ ca muktidā ..

> It grants the three aims of life to the desirous, liberation to those seeking liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.106)

bhaktīcchorbhaktidā kastāṃ mathurāṃ nā''śrayedbudhaḥ .. 52 ..

> And devotion to the seeker of devotion. What wise person would not take refuge in that Mathurā?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.107)

etādṛśī madhupurī karttavyā mārgaśīrṣake ..

> Such a city of Madhu should be visited in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.108)

tadabhāve puṣkaraṃ hi kartavyaṃ vidhipūrvakam .. 53 ..

> In its absence, Puṣkara should indeed be visited according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.109)

jyeṣṭhaṃ hi brahmaṇaḥ kuṇḍaṃ madhyaṃ kuṇḍaṃ ca vaiṣṇavam ..

> Know, O wise one, that the senior pool belongs to Brahmā, the middle pool belongs to Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.110)

kaniṣṭhaṃ rudradaivatyamiti jānīhi buddhiman ..54..

> And the junior pool has Rudra as its deity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.111)

eṣu snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca śrāddhaṃ ca vidhipūrvakam ..

> In these, ritual ablution, gifting, and śrāddha should be performed according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.112)

pūjā ca mahatī kāryā mama prītikarā suta .. 55 ..

> And a great worship pleasing to me should be performed, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.113)

pūrṇā yā tu bhavetputra sahomāse mama priyā ..

> The full-moon day that occurs in the month of Saha is dear to me, O son;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.114)

tasyāṃ yatkriyate puṇyaṃ mama prītikaraṃ bhavet .. 56 ..

> Whatever merit is performed on it becomes pleasing to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.115)

godānamannadānaṃ ca hemadānaṃ ca putraka ..

> The gift of a cow, the gift of food, and the gift of gold, dear son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.116)

dharādānaṃ ca kartavyaṃ pūrṇāyāṃ vidhipūrvakam .. 57 ..

> And the gift of land should be made on the full-moon day according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.117)

sahomāse hi pūrṇāyāṃ sadmadānaṃ ca kārayet ..

> On the full-moon day in the month of Saha, one should also make a gift of a house;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.118)

yatkiṃcitkriyate pūrṇaṃ tadakṣayyaphalaṃ bhavet .. 58 ..

> Whatever is performed on the full-moon day yields inexhaustible fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.119)

brahmabhojyaṃ hi kartavyaṃ yathāvibhavasārataḥ ..

> The feeding of brahmins should be performed according to the measure of one's wealth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.120)

pūrṇāyāmeva kartavya utsavo vratapūrttaye .. 59 ..

> A festival should be celebrated on the full-moon day itself to complete the vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.121)

yādṛśī mathurā putra sahomāse mama priyā ..

> Just as Mathurā is dear to me in the month of Saha, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.122)

na tathā tīrtharājādyāstadabhāve ca puṣkaram .. 2.5.17.60 ..

> Not so are the king of sacred fords and the others; and in its absence, Puṣkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.123)

puṣkare mathurāyāṃ vai pūrṇā kāryā vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..

> Wise men should observe the full-moon day in Puṣkara or in Mathurā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.124)

yatra kutrāpi vā kāryā vidhiyuktā ca pūrṇimā .. 61 ..

> Or the full-moon day endowed with rites should be observed wherever one may be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.125)

snānaṃ dānaṃ tathā pūjāṃ pūrṇāyāṃ na karoti yaḥ ..

> He who does not perform ritual ablution, gifting, and worship on the full-moon day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.126)

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi pacyate rauravādiṣu .. 62 ..

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

### [2.5.17.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.127)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena mānyā pūrṇā vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..

> Therefore, the full-moon day should be honoured by wise men with every effort;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.128)

mārgaśīrṣeṇa saṃyuktā anaṃtaphaladāyinī .. 63 ..

> Occurring in Mārgaśīrṣa, it bestows endless fruits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.129)

yathā te kathitaṃ vatsa mārgaśīrṣaṃ mama priyam ..

> Just as has been told to you, dear child, Mārgaśīrṣa is dear to me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.130)

karoti yo naro bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 64 ..

> Hear the fruit of merit of that man who observes it with devotion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.131)

tīrthāyuteṣu yatpuṇyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ vratakoṭibhiḥ ..

> Whatever merit is obtained in ten thousand sacred fords, whatever merit by tens of millions of vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.132)

sarvayajñeṣu yatpuṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnuyāt .. 65 ..

> Whatever merit is obtained in all sacrifices, that merit he completely obtains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.133)

aputro labhate putraṃ nirdhano dhanameva ca ..

> One without a son gains a son, and one without wealth gains wealth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.134)

vidyārthī ca tathā vidyāṃ rūpārthī rūpamāpnuyāt .. 66 ..

> One desiring knowledge gains knowledge, and one desiring beauty gains beauty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.135)

brāhmaṇo brahmavarcasvī kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet ..

> A brahmin becomes endowed with brahminical splendour, a kṣatriya becomes victorious,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.136)

vaiśyo nidhipatitvaṃ ca śūdraḥ śuddhyeta pātakāt .. 67 ..

> A vaiśya gains possession of treasures, and a śūdra is cleansed of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.137)

yaddurlabhaṃ ca duṣprāpyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu mānada ..

> Whatever is rare and hard to attain in the three worlds, O honour-giver,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.138)

tatsarvaṃ prāpnuyānmartyaḥ sahomāse na saṃśayaḥ .. 68 ..

> All that a mortal obtains in the month of Saha, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.139)

yadyapyeteṣu kāmeṣu saktā ye mānavāḥ suta ..

> Even if men are attached to these desires, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.140)

tuṣṭā hyaṃte caturvaktra na kāmārhā mahābhuja .. 69 ..

> They are satisfied in the end, O four-faced one, and no longer crave desires, O mighty-armed one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.141)

sudurlabhā hi sadbhaktirmama vaśyakarī śubhā ..

> For true devotion to me is exceedingly rare, brings me under control, and is auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.142)

sā vai saṃprāpyate putra sahomāse śrute tathā .. 2.5.17.70 ..

> It is indeed obtained, O son, when the month of Sahas is likewise heard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.143)

mama prītikaraṃ māsaṃ sarvadā mama vallabham ..

> This month brings delight to me and is always dear to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.144)

sarvaṃ saṃprāpyate'muṣmānmatprasādāccaturmukha .. 71 ..

> Everything is obtained from it through my grace, O four-faced one \[Brahmā\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.145)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmye mathurāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 17 ..

> Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Mathurā', in the Māhātmya of the Month of Mārgaśīrṣa, in the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, in the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.146)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe paṃcamaṃ śrīmārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmyaṃ saṃpūrṇam .. ( 2-5) ..

> Thus ends the fifth \[sub-section\], the glorious Māhātmya of the Month of Mārgaśīrṣa, in the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. (2.5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.17.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.17.147)

.. śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu .. ..

> May this be offered to glorious Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.5.17.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vārāhītantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.varahitantra.8.157) — Sanskrit

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