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# Skandapurana 2.5.1: adhyāyaḥ 1

Skandapurāṇa 2.5.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 1

### [2.5.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.1)

.. .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..

> Homage to the holy Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.2)

.. atha mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmyaprārambhaḥ ..

> Now begins the Māhātmya of the Month of Mārgaśīrṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.3)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.4)

devakīnandanaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ jagadānandakārakam ..

> To Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī, who brings joy to the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.5)

bhuktimuktipradaṃ vande mādhavaṃ bhaktavatsalam .. 1 ..

> who grants enjoyment and liberation, Mādhava, compassionate to his devotees, I bow. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.6)

śvetadvīpe sukhāsīnaṃ devadevaṃ ramāpatim ..

> To the God of gods seated comfortably on Śvetadvīpa, the lord of Ramā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.7)

caturvaktro namaskṛtya papraccha pitaraṃ tadā .. 2 ..

> the four-faced one \[Brahmā\] bowed and then questioned his father: (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.8)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.9)

hṛṣīkeśa jagaddhātaḥ puṇyaśravaṇakīrtana ..

> "O Hṛṣīkeśa, upholder of the universe, whose praise and renown bring merit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.10)

pṛṣṭaṃ yadbrūhi deveśa sarvajña sakaleśvara .. 3 ..

> declare what is asked, O Lord of gods, omniscient Lord of all! (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.11)

māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'hamityuktaṃ bhavatā purā ..

> You formerly said, 'Among months I am Mārgaśīrṣa.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.12)

tasya māsasya māhātmyaṃ jñātumicchāmi tattvataḥ .. 4 ..

> I desire to know the greatness (māhātmya) of that month in truth. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.13)

ko devastasya kiṃ dānaṃ kathaṃ snānaṃ vidhiśca kaḥ ..

> Who is its deity? What is the gift? How is the ritual ablution, and what is the rule?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.14)

puruṣaistatra kiṃ kāryaṃ bhoktavyaṃ kiṃ ramāpate .. 5 ..

> What must be done there by men, and what must be eaten, O lord of Ramā? (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.15)

vaktavyaṃ kiṃ tathā pūjādhyānamaṃtrādikaṃ ca yat ..

> What is to be recited, and what worship, meditation, mantras, and so forth \[are prescribed\]?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.16)

tatra yatkriyate karma tatsarvaṃ brūhi me'cyuta .. 6 ..

> Whatever rite is performed there, tell all of that to me, O Acyuta!" (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.17)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.18)

sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā brahmansarvalokopakāriṇā ..

> "Well asked by you, O Brahmā, benefactor of all worlds!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.19)

yasminkṛte kṛtaṃ sarvamiṣṭāpūrtādikaṃ bhaveta .. 7 ..

> When it is observed, all sacrificial rites, public works, and the like are accomplished. (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.20)

sarvayajñeṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu yatphalam ..

> Whatever merit there is in all sacrifices, whatever fruit in all sacred fords (tīrthas),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.21)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti mārgaśīrṣe kṛte suta .. 8 ..

> that fruit one fully obtains when \[the vow is\] performed in Mārgaśīrṣa, O son. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.22)

tulāpuruṣadānādyairyatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ ..

> Whatever reward a person gains through gifts such as the tulāpuruṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.23)

tatphalaṃ prāpyate putra māhātmyaśravaṇātkila .. 9 ..

> that reward, my son, is truly obtained merely by hearing this māhātmya. (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.24)

yajñādhyayanadānādyaiḥ sarvatīrthāvagāhanaiḥ ..

> Not by sacrifices, study, gifts, and the like, nor by baths in all the tīrthas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.25)

saṃnyāsena ca yogena nā'haṃ vaśyo'bhavaṃ nṛṇām .. 2.5.1.10 ..

> nor by renunciation and yoga have I become subject to men (2.5.1.10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.26)

snānena dānena ca pūjanena dhyānena maunena japādibhiśca ..

> as I am won over in the month of Mārgaśira through ritual ablution, giving, worship, / meditation, silence, recitation of mantras, and similar acts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.27)

vaśyo yathā mārgaśire ca māsi tathā na cānyeṣu ca guhyamuktam .. 11 ..

> I am not won so in other \[months\]—this is a secret that has been declared." (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.28)

anyairdharmādibhiḥ kṛtvā gopitaṃ mārgaśīrṣakam ..

> The gods residing in heaven, having made \[other vows\] with other duties and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.29)

matprāpteḥ kāraṇaṃ matvā devaiḥ svarganivāsibhiḥ .. 12 ..

> kept Mārgaśīrṣa hidden, knowing it to be the cause of attaining Me. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.30)

ye kecitpuṇyakarmāṇo mama bhaktiparāyaṇāḥ ..

> Whatever people of meritorious deeds are devoted to My bhakti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.31)

teṣāmavaśyaṃ kartavyo mārgaśīrṣo madāpanaḥ .. 13 ..

> by them Mārgaśīrṣa, which bestows Me, must certainly be observed. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.32)

mārgaśīrṣaṃ na kurvaṃti ye narā bhāratā'jire ..

> Those men in the courtyard of Bhārata who do not observe Mārgaśīrṣa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.33)

pāparūpāśca te jñeyāḥ kalikālavimohitāḥ .. 14 ..

> should be known as embodiment of sin, deluded by the age of Kali. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.34)

aṣṭasvapi ca māseṣu yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ ..

> Whatever fruit a man obtains even in eight months,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.35)

tatphalaṃ prāpyate vatsa māghe makarage ravau .. 15 ..

> that fruit is attained, O child, in Māgha when the sun enters Makara. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.36)

māghācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ vaiśākhe māsi labhyate ..

> A hundred times the merit of Māgha is obtained in the month of Vaiśākha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.37)

tasmātsahasraguṇitaṃ tulāsaṃsthe divākare .. 16 ..

> a thousand times that when the sun is in Tulā; // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.38)

tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛścikasthe divākare ..

> ten million times that merit when the sun is in Vṛścika;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.39)

mārgaśīrṣo'dhikastasmātsarvadā ca mama priyaḥ .. 17 ..

> Mārgaśīrṣa is greater than that and is ever dear to Me. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.40)

uṣasyutthāya yo martyaḥ snānaṃ vidhivadācaret ..

> Whatever mortal, rising at dawn, performs ritual ablution according to the rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.41)

tuṣṭo'haṃ tasya yacchāmi svātmānamapi putraka .. 18 ..

> I, being pleased, give even Myself to him, O little son. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.42)

atrāpyudāharantīdaṃ śṛṇu putra kathānakam ..

> Here too they cite this narrative; listen, O son:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.43)

nandagopo mahātmā vai khyāto yo bhūtale'bhavat .. 19..

> There was a great-souled \[cowherd\] renowned on earth as Nandagopa. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.44)

tasya vai gokule ramye gopakanyāḥ sahasraśaḥ ..

> In his delightful Gokula there were cowherd maidens by the thousands;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.45)

tāsāṃ cittaṃ ca madrūpe lagnamāsītpurā'nagha .. 2.5.1.20 ..

> their minds were attached to My form in ancient times, O sinless one. // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.46)

tāsāṃ buddhirmayā dattā māgaśīrṣā'vagāhane ..

> The resolve to bathe in Mārgaśīrṣa was given to them by Me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.47)

tatastābhiḥ kṛtaṃ snānaṃ prātaḥkāle yathāvidhi .. 21 ..

> Then the ritual ablution was performed by them in the morning according to rule; // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.48)

pūjā kṛtā haviṣyānnaṃ bhuktaṃ tābhiḥ kṛtā natiḥ ..

> worship was offered, sacrificial food was eaten, and obeisance was paid by them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.49)

evaṃ kṛtena vidhinā prasanno'haṃ tato'nagha .. 22 ..

> By the rite performed in this way, I became pleased then, O sinless one; // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.50)

varo datto mayā''tmā hi tāsāṃ tuṣṭena vai kila ..

> indeed, having been pleased, the boon of My own self was given to them by Me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.51)

tasmānnaraistu kartavyo mārgaśīrṣo yathāvidhi .. 23 ..

> Therefore, Mārgaśīrṣa should indeed be observed by men according to the rule. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.1.52)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye gopīkṛtamārgaśīrṣasnānaphalakathanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .... 1 ..

> Thus ends the first chapter, named 'The Description of the Fruit of the Mārgaśīrṣa Ablution Performed by the Gopīs,' in the Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya, in the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, in the second \[book\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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