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# Skandapurana 2.5.3: adhyāyaḥ 3

Skandapurāṇa 2.5.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 3

### [2.5.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.1)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.2)

puṃḍraṃ katividhaṃ kāryaṃ prabrūhi mama keśava ..

> How many kinds of marks are to be made? Tell me, O Keśava!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.3)

puṃḍrāṇāṃ śravaṇe'tīva kautukaṃ mama jāyate .. 1 ..

> Great curiosity has arisen in me to hear about marks. 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.4)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.5)

śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi puṃḍraṃ ca trividhaṃ smṛtam ..

> Listen, O son, I shall tell you. The mark is declared to be threefold:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.6)

tulasīmṛtsnayā sārdhaṃ śrīgopīcaṃdanena ca .. 2 ..

> with soil from the tulasī plant, with holy gopīcandana, 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.7)

haricaṃdanataḥ kāryaṃ puṃḍraṃ tatra vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..

> or with haricandana the mark is to be made by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.8)

śrīkṛṣṇatulasīmūlamṛdamādāya bhaktimān ..

> Taking earth from the root of the holy kṛṣṇa-tulasī, the devotee  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.9)

dhārayedūrdhvapuṃḍrāṇi haristatra prasīdati .. 3 ..

> should wear vertical marks; Hari is pleased with that. 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.10)

gopīcaṃdana māhātmyaṃ nibodha gadato mama .. 4 ..

> Understand the majesty of gopīcandana as I speak: 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.11)

yo mṛttikāṃ dvāravatīsamudbhavāṃ kare samādāya lalāṭapaṭṭake ..

> If a man takes clay originating from Dvāravatī in his hand  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.12)

karoti nityaṃ nara ūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ kriyāphalaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tadā bhavet.. 5..

> and daily applies a vertical mark on the broad surface of his forehead, the fruit of his ritual actions becomes ten million times greater. 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.13)

kriyāvihīnaṃ yadi mantrahīnaṃ śraddhāvihīnaṃ yadi kālavarjitam..

> Even if devoid of ritual acts, devoid of mantras, devoid of faith, or performed at an inappropriate time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.14)

kṛtvā lalāṭe yadi gopicaṃdanaṃ prāpnoti tatkarmaphalaṃ sadā'vyayam..6..

> if he applies gopīcandana on his forehead, he always attains the imperishable fruit of that deed. 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.15)

gopīcaṃdanasaṃbhavaṃ suruciraṃ puṃḍraṃ lalāṭe dvijo nityaṃ dhārayate yadi pratidinaṃ rātrau divā sarvadā..

> If a twice-born constantly wears on his forehead the charming mark made from gopīcandana, every day, by night and by day, at all times, 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.16)

yatpuṇyaṃ kurujāṃgale ravigrahe māgha prayāge tathā tatprāpnoti tato'dhikaṃ mama gṛhe saṃtiṣṭhate devavat .. 7 ..

> he attains more than the religious merit gained in Kurujāṅgala during a solar eclipse or in Prayāga during the month of Māgha; he dwells like a god in my abode. 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.17)

yasmingṛhe tiṣṭhati gopicaṃdanaṃ bhaktyā lalāṭe manujo bibharti cet ..

> In whatever house gopīcandana is kept, and if a man wears it with devotion on his forehead—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.18)

tasmingṛhe'haṃ nivasāmi sarvadā śriyānvitaḥ kaṃsanihā caturmukha .. 8 ..

> In that house, O four-faced one, I, the slayer of Kaṃsa, dwell forever together with Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.19)

yo dhārayedddvāravatīsamudbhavāṃ mṛtsnāṃ pavitrāṃ kalikalmaṣāpahām ..

> He who wears the purifying clay arisen from Dvāravatī, which removes the defilements of the Kali age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.20)

nityaṃ lalāṭe mama mantrasaṃyutāṃ yamaṃ na paśyedapi pāpasaṃyutaḥ .. 9 ..

> daily on his forehead with my mantra, would not see Yama, even though laden with sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.21)

yasyāṃ'takāle suta gopicaṃdanaṃ bāhvorlalāṭe hṛdi mastake ca ..

> O son, upon whose arms, forehead, chest, and head gopīcandana is present at the time of death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.22)

prayāti loke kamalāpatermama gobālaghātī yadi brahmahā syāt .. 2.5.3.10 ..

> he goes to the world of me, the Lord of Kamalā, even if he were a killer of cows, children, or a slayer of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.23)

grahā na pīḍyaṃti na rakṣasāṃ gaṇā yakṣāḥ piśācoragabhūtanāyakāḥ ..

> The planets do not torment him, nor do hosts of rākṣasas, yakṣas, piśācas, serpents, or chieftains of bhūtas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.24)

lalāṭapaṭṭe suta gopicaṃdanaṃ saṃtiṣṭhate yasya mama prabhāvāt .. 11 ..

> upon whose forehead plate, O son, gopīcandana remains, by my power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.25)

ūrdhvapuṃḍramṛjuṃ saumyaṃ lalāṭe yasya dṛśyate ..

> On whose forehead an upright, gentle ūrdhvapuṇḍra is seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.26)

sa caṃḍālo'pi śuddhātmā pūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ ..12..

> even if he is an outcaste, he is pure in soul and worthy of worship without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.27)

asnāto yaḥ kriyāḥ kuryādaśuciḥ pāpasaṃyutaḥ ..

> One who performs rites unbathed, impure, and joined with sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.28)

gopīcaṃdanasaṃparkātpūto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. 13 ..

> becomes purified instantly through contact with gopīcandana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.29)

aśucirvāpyanācāro mahāpāpaṃ samācaret ..

> Whether he is impure, devoid of proper conduct, or commits great sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.30)

śucireva bhavennityamūrdhvapuṃḍrāṃ'kito naraḥ ..14..

> a man marked with the ūrdhvapuṇḍra always becomes pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.31)

matpriyārthaṃ śubhārthaṃ vā rakṣārthaṃ caturānana ..

> For the sake of my pleasure, or for auspiciousness, or for protection, O four-faced one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.32)

matpūjāhomake caiva sāyaṃ prātaḥ samāhitaḥ..

> and during my worship and oblation, evening and morning, collected in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.33)

madbhakto dhārayennityamūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ bhavāpaham.. 15 ..

> my devotee should always wear the ūrdhvapuṇḍra, which removes worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.34)

ūrdhvapuṃḍradharo martyo mriyate yadi kutracit ..

> If a mortal wearing the ūrdhvapuṇḍra dies anywhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.35)

śvapāko'pi vimānastho mama loke mahīyate .. 16 ..

> even a dog-eater, mounted on an aerial chariot, is glorified in my world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.36)

ūrdhvapuṃḍradharo martyo yadā yasyānnamaśnute ..

> Whenever a mortal wearing the ūrdhvapuṇḍra eats anyone's food,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.37)

tadā viṃśatkulaṃ tasya narakāduddharāmyaham .. 17 ..

> then I deliver twenty generations of his family from hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.38)

vīkṣyā''darśe jale vā'pi yo vidadhyātprayatnataḥ ..

> He who, having looked in a mirror or in water, carefully applies  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.39)

ūrdhvapuṇḍraṃ mahābhāga sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 18 ..

> the ūrdhvapuṇḍra, O fortunate one, attains the supreme goal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.40)

anāmikā śāṃtidoktā madhyamā''yuṣkarī bhavet ..

> The ring finger is said to grant peace; the middle finger brings long life;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.41)

aṃguṣṭhaḥ puṣṭidaḥ proktastarjanī mokṣadāyinī .... 19 ..

> the thumb is declared to bestow nourishment; the forefinger gives liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.42)

gopīcaṃdanakhaṃḍaṃ tu yo dadāti ca vaiṣṇave ..

> He who gives a piece of gopīcandana to a Vaiṣṇava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.43)

kulamaṣṭottaraṃ tena tāritaṃ vai bhavecchatam .. 2.5.3.20 ..

> by him indeed one hundred and eight generations of his family are saved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.44)

yajño dānaṃ tapo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam ..

> Sacrifice, donation, austerity, oblation, recitation of scripture, and water-libations to the ancestors—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.45)

vyarthaṃ bhavati tatsarvamūrdhvapuṇḍravinākṛtam .. 21 ..

> all of that becomes useless if done without the ūrdhvapuṇḍra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.46)

yaccharīraṃ manuṣyāṇāmūrdhvapuṇḍravinākṛtam ..

> That body of men which is destitute of the ūrdhvapuṇḍra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.47)

tanmukhaṃ naiva paśyāmi śmaśānasadṛśaṃ hi tat.. 22 ..

> I do not even look upon that face, for it is like a cremation ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.48)

ūrdhvapuṇḍraṃ prakurvīta matsyakūrmādidhāraṇam ..

> One should make the ūrdhvapuṇḍra, \[and\] the wearing \[of the marks\] of the fish, tortoise, and the like;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.49)

kuryādviṣṇuprasādārthaṃ mahāviṣṇoratipriyam .. 23 ..

> one should do it for the pleasure of Viṣṇu; it is exceedingly dear to Mahāviṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.50)

yatpunaḥ kalikāle tu matpurīsaṃbhavāṃ mṛdam ..

> Furthermore, in the Kali age, when a man takes the clay produced in my city,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.51)

matsyakūrmāṃ'kitaṃ cihnaṃ gṛhītvā kurute naraḥ .. 24 ..

> and makes the mark stamped with the fish and tortoise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.52)

dehe tasya praviṣṭaṃ māṃ jānīhi tridaśottama ..

> know that I have entered his body, O best of the thirty \[gods\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.53)

tasya me nāṃtaraṃ kiṃcitkartavyaṃ śreya icchatā .. 25 ..

> One who desires welfare should make no distinction between him and me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.54)

mamāvatāracihnāni dṛśyaṃte yasya vigrahe ..

> Upon whose body the marks of my incarnations are seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.55)

martyo martyo na vijñeyaḥ sa nūnaṃ māmakī tanuḥ .. 26 ..

> that mortal is not to be known as a mortal; he is surely my own form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.56)

pāpaṃ sukṛtarūpaṃ tu jāyate tasya dehinaḥ ..

> The sin of that embodied being turns into merit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.57)

mamā''yudhāni dṛśyaṃte likhitāni kalau yuge .. 27 ..

> when my weapons are seen inscribed \[on him\] in the Kali age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.58)

ubhābhyāmapi cihnābhyāṃ yoṃ'kito matsyamudrayā ..

> He who is stamped with both marks—with the fish seal  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.59)

kūrmayā māmakaṃ tejo vikṣiptaṃ tasya vigrahe .. 28 ..

> and with the tortoise seal—my splendour has been cast into his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.60)

śaṃkha ca padmaṃ ca gadāṃ rathāṃgaṃ matsyaṃ ca kūrmaṃ racitaṃ svadehe ..

> Having fashioned on one's body the conch, the lotus, the mace, the discus, the fish, and the tortoise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.61)

karoti nityaṃ sukṛtasya vṛddhiṃ pāpakṣayaṃ janmaśatārjitasya .. 29 ..

> one constantly brings about an increase of merit and the destruction of sin accumulated in hundreds of births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.62)

nārāyaṇāyudhairnityaṃ cihnito yasya vigrahaḥ ..

> Whose body is constantly marked with the weapons of Nārāyaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.63)

pāpakoṭiprayuktasya tasya kiṃ kurute yamaḥ .. 2.5.3.30 ..

> even if he is engaged in ten million sins, what can Yama do to him?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.64)

śaṃkhoddhāre ca yatproktaṃ vasatā koṭijanmabhiḥ ..

> That fruit which is declared \[to come\] from dwelling at Śaṅkhoddhāra for ten million lifetimes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.65)

tatphalaṃ labhate śaṃkhe pratyahaṃ dakṣiṇe bhuje .. 31 ..

> that fruit he obtains daily when the conch is \[marked\] on his right arm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.66)

yatphalaṃ puṣkare proktaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣadarśanāt ..

> That fruit which is proclaimed at Puṣkara from the darśana of Puṇḍarīkākṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.67)

śaṃkhopari kṛte padme tatphalaṃ koṭisaṃmitam ..32 ..

> when the lotus is made above the conch, that fruit is multiplied ten million times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.68)

vāme bhuje gadā yasya likhitā dṛśyate kalau..

> Upon whose left arm the mace is seen inscribed in the Kali age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.69)

gadādharo gayāpuṇyaṃ pratyahaṃ tasya yacchati.. 33..

> Gadādhara gives him the merit of Gayā every day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.70)

yaccānaṃdapure proktaṃ cakrasvāmisamīpataḥ ..

> And what is declared at Ānandapura in the vicinity of Cakrasvāmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.71)

gadācakre ca likhite tatphalaṃ liṃgadarśane .. 34 ..

> that fruit \[arising from\] the darśana of the liṅga \[is gained\] when the mace and discus are inscribed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.72)

mamāyudhāṃ'kitaṃ dehaṃ gopīcandanamṛtsnayā ..

> His body being marked with my weapons with the clay of gopīcandana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.73)

prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu sa gatvā kiṃ kariṣyati .. 35 ..

> what will he do by going to sacred fords such as Prayāga?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.74)

yadāyadā prapaśyeta dehaṃ śaṃkhādicihnitam ..

> Whenever I behold his body marked with the conch and the rest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.75)

tadātadā prasannohaṃ pāpaṃ tasya dahāmi vai .. 36 ..

> then, being pleased, I indeed burn away his sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.76)

tiṣṭhate yasya dehe tu ahorātraṃ dine dine ..

> On whose body, day and night, from day to day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.77)

śaṃkhacakragadāpadmalikhitaṃ sa madātmakaḥ ..37..

> the conch, discus, mace, and lotus remain inscribed, he is identical with me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.78)

nārāyaṇāyudhairyuktaṃ kṛtvātmānaṃ kalau yuge ..

> Having adorned oneself with Nārāyaṇa's weapons in the Kali age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.79)

yatpuṇyaṃ karma kurute merutulyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ..38..

> whatever meritorious deed one performs becomes equal to Mount Meru, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.80)

śaṃkhāyudhāṃ'kito bhaktyā yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute suta ..

> He who, marked with the weapon of the conch, performs a śrāddha with devotion, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.81)

vidhihīnaṃ tu saṃpūrṇaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam ..39..

> \[that offering\], even if devoid of proper ritual rules, becomes complete and imperishable when given to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.82)

yathā'gnirdahate kāṣṭhaṃ vāyunā preṣito bhṛśam ..

> Just as a fire driven fiercely by the wind burns up wood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.83)

tathā dahyaṃti pāpāni dṛṣṭvā ma āyudhāni vai .. 2.5.3.40 ..

> even so sins are consumed at the very sight of my weapons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.84)

mama nāmāṃkitāṃ mudrāmaṣṭākṣarasamanvitām ..

> A seal engraved with my name, provided with the eight-syllable mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.85)

śaṃkhādisvāyudhairyuktāṃ svarṇaraupyamayīmapi ..41..

> equipped with my own weapons, beginning with the conch, even if made of gold or silver—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.86)

dhatte bhagavato yastu kalikāle viśeṣataḥ ..

> he who wears \[such a seal\] of the Lord, especially in the Kali age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.87)

prahrādasya samo jñeyo nānyathā mama vallabhaḥ ..42..

> is to be known as equal to Prahlāda; he is dear to me beyond compare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.88)

yasya nārāyaṇī mudrā dehaṃ śaṃkhādicihnitam ..

> He who possesses the seal of Nārāyaṇa, whose body is marked with the conch and other signs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.89)

dhātrīphalaiḥ kṛtā mālā tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhavā ..43..

> who wears a garland made of myrobalan fruits and fashioned from tulasī wood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.90)

dvādaśākṣaramaṃtrastu niyuktāni kalevare ..

> \[and\] who applies the twelve-syllable mantra onto his body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.91)

āyudhāni ca viprasya matsamaḥ sa ca vaiṣṇavaḥ ..44..

> as well as the weapons, that brahmin is a Vaiṣṇava equal to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.92)

śaṃkhāṃkitatanurvipro bhuṃkte vai yasya veśmani ..

> In whosever house a brahmin whose body is marked with the conch eats,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.93)

tadannaṃ svayamaśnāmi pitṛbhiḥ saha putraka ..45..

> I myself eat that food together with the ancestors, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.94)

kṛṣṇāyudhāṃ'kitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sanmānaṃ na karoti yaḥ ..

> Whoever, seeing a person marked with Kṛṣṇa's weapons, does not show respect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.95)

dvādaśābdārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ bāṣkaleyāya gacchati .. 46 ..

> the merit he earned over twelve years goes to Bāṣkaleya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.96)

kṛṣṇāyudhāṃ'kito yastu śmaśāne mriyate yadi ..

> If one marked with Kṛṣṇa's weapons should die even in a cremation ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.97)

prayāge yā gatiḥ proktā sā gatistasya mānada ..47..

> the destiny that is proclaimed for Prayāga—that destiny is his, O respectful one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.98)

mamā''yudhaiḥ kalau nityaṃ maṃḍito yasya vigrahaḥ ..

> Whose body in the Kali age is constantly decorated with my weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.99)

tatrā''śramaṃ prakurvaṃti vibudhā vāsavādayaḥ .. 48 ..

> the gods, Indra and others, make their hermitage there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.100)

yaḥ karoti ca me pūjāṃ mama śastrāṃkito naraḥ ..

> And the man who, marked with my weapons, performs worship of me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.101)

aparādhasahasrāṇi nityaṃ tasya harāmyaham .. 49 ..

> I constantly remove his thousands of offenses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.102)

kṛtvā kāṣṭhamayaṃ biṃbaṃ mama śastraiḥ sucihnitam ..

> Having made a wooden stamp well-marked with my weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.103)

yo vā aṃkayate dehaṃ tatsamo nāsti vaiṣṇavaḥ .. 2.5.3.50 ..

> he who imprints his body has no equal as a Vaiṣṇava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.104)

aṣṭākṣarāṃ'kitā mudrā yasya dhātumayī kare ..

> He on whose hand is a metallic seal marked with the eight syllables,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.105)

śaṃkhapadmādibhiryuktā pūjyate'sau surāsuraiḥ ..51..

> furnished with the conch, lotus, and the like, is worshipped by gods and asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.106)

dhṛtā nārāyaṇī mudrā prahrādena purā kare ..

> The seal of Nārāyaṇa was worn on the hand formerly by Prahlāda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.107)

vibhīṣaṇena balinā dhruveṇa ca śukena ca ..

> by Vibhīṣaṇa, by Bali, by Dhruva, and by Śuka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.108)

māṃdhātrā hyaṃbarīṣeṇa mārkaṃḍeyamukhairdvijaiḥ .. 52 ..

> by Māndhātṛ, by Ambarīṣa, and by twice-born sages headed by Mārkaṇḍeya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.109)

śaṃkhādicihnitaiḥ śastrairdehaṃ kṛtvā ca mānada ..

> And having marked the body with weapons characterized by the conch and others, O respectful one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.110)

evamārādhya māṃ prāptaṃ samīhitaphalaṃ mahat .. 53 ..

> having worshipped me in this way, they obtained the great desired fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.111)

gopīcaṃdanamṛtsnayā likhito yasya vigrahaḥ ..

> Whose body is drawn upon with the clay of gopīcandana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.112)

śaṃkhacakrādipadmāṃ'ko dehe tasya vasāmyaham .. 54 ..

> marked with the conch, discus, lotus, and the like, in his body I dwell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.113)

sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ tāmraṃ kāṃsyamāyasameva ca ..

> Golden, silver, copper, bronze, or even iron—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.114)

cakraṃ kṛtvā tu medhāvī dhārayīta vicakṣaṇaḥ ..

> having fashioned a discus, an intelligent and discerning person should wear it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.115)

dvādaśāraṃ tu ṣaṭkoṇaṃ valitrayavibhūṣitam .. 55 ..

> \[It should have\] twelve spokes, six angles, and be adorned with three folds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.116)

evaṃ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ kārayīta vicakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Thus a discerning person should have the Sudarśana discus fashioned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.117)

upavītādivaddhāryāḥ śaṃkhacakragadāḥ sadā .. 56 ..

> Just like the sacred thread and similar marks, the conch, discus, and mace must always be worn,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.118)

brāhmaṇaiśca viśeṣeṇa vaiṣṇavaiśca viśeṣataḥ ..

> especially by brahmins, and particularly by Vaiṣṇavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.119)

upavītaṃ śikhā yadvaccakraṃ lāṃchana saṃyutam .. 57 ..

> Just like the sacred thread and the tuft of hair, so is the discus accompanied by its emblem.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.120)

cakralāṃchanahīnasya viprasya viphalaṃ bhavet ..

> For a brahmin who lacks the emblem of the discus, \[all\] becomes fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.121)

mama cakrāṃ'kito dehaḥ pavitra iti vai śrutiḥ .. 58 ..

> 'A body marked with my discus is pure'—such indeed is the Vedic revelation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.122)

cakrāṃ'kitāya dātavyaṃ havyaṃ kavyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..

> Wise men should offer oblations to gods and ancestors to one who is marked with the discus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.123)

mama cakrāṃ'kakavacamabhedyaṃ devadānavaiḥ ..

> The armor of the imprint of my discus is impenetrable to gods and Dānavas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.124)

ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ śatrūṇāṃ rakṣasāmapi .. 59 ..

> he is unconquerable by all beings, enemies, and even Rakṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.125)

mama cakrāṃ'kakavacaṃ śarīre yasya tiṣṭhati ..

> On whose body the armor of the imprint of my discus resides,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.126)

nā'śubhaṃ vidyate tasya gṛhaputrādikasya hi .. 2.5.3.60 ..

> there is no misfortune for him, his house, children, and so forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.127)

dakṣiṇe ca bhuje vipro bibhṛyādvai sudarśanam ..

> A brahmin should indeed bear the Sudarśana on his right arm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.128)

savye ca śaṃkhaṃ bibhṛyāditi vedavido viduḥ .. 61 ..

> and on the left he should bear the conch; thus the knowers of the Veda know.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.129)

tattanmaṃtreṇa maṃtrajñaḥ pratiṣṭhāpya pṛthakpṛthak .. 62 ..

> One who knows mantras, having consecrated each separately with its respective mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.130)

lalāṭe ca gadā dhāryā mūrdhni cāpaṃ śarastathā ..

> the mace should be worn on the forehead, the bow and arrow on the crown of the head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.131)

naṃdakaṃ caiva hṛnmadhye śaṃkhacakre bhujadvaye .. 63 ..

> the Nandaka \[sword\] in the middle of the heart, and the conch and discus on the two arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.132)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena cakrādīndhārayetsadā ..

> Therefore, by every effort, one should always bear the discus and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.133)

dhāraṇānantaraṃ brūyāttatra caivaṃ dvijottamaḥ .. 64 ..

> Immediately after bearing them, an excellent twice-born should say thus:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.134)

putramitrakalatrādiryaḥ kaścinmatparigrahaḥ ..

> 'Children, friends, wife, and whatever else is my possession,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.135)

saha dehena sarvo'sau viṣṇuprītyai mayā'rpitaḥ .. 65 ..

> all that, together with my body, has been dedicated by me for the pleasure of Viṣṇu.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.136)

paścātsvadharmamāsthāya tiṣṭhedājīvanaṃ mama ..

> Then, having established himself in his own duty, he should remain for the rest of his life  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.137)

bhaktyā cāvyabhicāriṇyā sarvadā''ptamanorathaḥ .. 66 ..

> with unswerving devotion to me, his desires fulfilled for all time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.138)

śaṃkhacakrāṃkitaṃ dṛṣṭvā ye niṃdaṃti narādhamāḥ ..

> Those lowest of men who revile \[someone\] upon seeing him marked with the conch and discus—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.139)

avalokya mukhaṃ teṣāmādityamavalokayet ..

> having looked upon their face, one should look at the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.140)

śrīkṛṣṇanāma coccārya śuddho bhavati nānyathā .. 67 ..

> and by uttering the name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one becomes pure; not otherwise. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.3.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3.141)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśātisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde gopīcandanādiśaṃkha cakrādyāyudhadhāraṇatattanmudrādhāraṇaprakārakathanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 ..

> Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Account of the Manner of Bearing Gopīcandanā, etc., the Conch, Discus, and Other Weapons, and the Respective Mudrās,' in the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, in the second, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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- [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.3.p51) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- [Tantrādhikārinirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sampradaya.tantradhikarinirnaya.3.p21) — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.1.p241) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit
- [Prapannapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.purvacarya.prapannaparijata.48_106) — Vātsya Varada, Sanskrit
- [Rāmārcanacandrikā (Ānandavanayati) (ed1925)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.vaisnava.ramarcanacandrika-anandavanayati*ed1925.4.p1.1) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.3) · Pramāṇa