[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) › 2.5.5 # Skandapurana 2.5.5: adhyāyaḥ 5 Skandapurāṇa 2.5.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 5 ### [2.5.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.1) .. brahmovāca .. .. > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.2) paṃcāmṛtasya snapanādyatphalaṃ labhate hareḥ.. > Whatever fruit one obtains from the bath of Hari with the five nectars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.3) śaṃkhodakena yatkiṃcittanme brūhyajitā'cyuta ..1.. > and whatever \[fruit is obtained\] with conch water, tell me that, O unconquered Acyuta! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.4) .. .. śrībhagavānuvāca.. .. > The Blessed Lord said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.5) kṣīrasnānaṃ prakurvaṃti ye narā mama mūrddhani.. > Those men who perform an ablution with milk on my head, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.6) śatāśvamedhajaṃ puṇyaṃ biṃdunā biṃdunā smṛtam..2.. > the merit born of a hundred horse sacrifices is declared for each drop. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.7) kṣīrāddaśaguṇaṃ dadhnā ghṛtenaiva daśottaram.. > Ten times greater than milk is with curd; ten times more than that with ghee; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.8) madhunā taddaśaguṇaṃ sitayā tu tato'dhikam .. > ten times greater than that with honey; and even more than that with sugar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.9) gaṃdhapuṣpodake maṃtraṃ sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ praśasyate ..3.. > The mantra in water with fragrant flowers is praised as the highest of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.10) dvādaśyāṃ paṃcadaśyāṃ vā gavyena payasā mama .. > On the twelfth or the fifteenth \[lunar day\], with cow's milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.11) snāpanaṃ devaśārdūla mahāpātakanāśanam.. 4 .. > a ceremonial bath \[given to\] me, O tiger among gods, destroys great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.12) dadhyādīnāṃ vikārāṇāṃ kṣīrataḥ saṃbhavo yathā .. > Just as the products beginning with curd arise from milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.13) tathaiva śeṣakāmānāṃ kṣīrasnapanato mama .. 5 .. > so all other desires arise from a ceremonial bath with milk for me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.14) kṣīrasnānena saubhāgyaṃ dadhnā miṣṭānnabhojanam.. > By a milk ablution, good fortune \[is gained\]; by curd, food consisting of sweets; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.15) ghṛtena snāpayedyo māṃ naro mama puraṃ vrajet .. 6 .. > the man who bathes me with ghee will go to my city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.16) madhunā sitayā yastu kārayenmārgaśīrṣake .. > He who has \[it\] performed with honey and sugar in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.17) sa rājā jāyate loke punaḥ svargādihāgataḥ ..7.. > is born as a king in the world, having come back here from heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.18) gajāśvarathasaṃpūrṇaṃ sa rājyaṃ labhate bhuvi .. > He obtains a kingdom on earth filled with elephants, horses, and chariots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.19) kārayenmārgaśīrṣe vai yaḥ kṣīrasnāpanaṃ mama .. 8 .. > he who indeed causes my ceremonial bath with milk to be performed in Mārgaśīrṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.20) svarge loke sa jayati caṃdreṃdrarudramārutān .. > In the heavenly world, he surpasses the Moon, Indra, Rudra, and the Maruts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.21) kṣīrasnānaṃ paraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mārgaśīrṣe ca putraka .. 9 .. > A milk ablution in Mārgaśīrṣa is supremely excellent, O son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.22) kṣīrasnapanamāhātmyaṃ varcaskaṃ puṣṭivardhanam .. > The majesty of a milk ceremonial bath brings radiance and increases nourishment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.23) daurbhāgyaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kṣīrasnānena me suta .. 2.5.5.10 .. > misfortune dissolves through my milk ablution, O son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.24) snāpayenmārgaśīrṣe māṃ yo vai paṃcā'mṛtena tu .. > He who bathes me in Mārgaśīrṣa with the five nectars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.25) sa na śocyo bhavejjaṃturbaṃdhunā bhuvi mānada .. 11 .. > that creature will never be grieved by a relative on earth, O giver of honor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.26) kapilākṣīramādāya yaḥ snāpayati māṃ suta .. > Taking the milk of a brown cow, he who bathes me, O son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.27) kapilāśatadānasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 12 .. > that man attains the fruit of giving a hundred brown cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.28) śaṃkhe tīrthodakaṃ kṛtvā yaḥ snāpayati deśikaḥ .. > Having placed holy water in a conch, the spiritual preceptor who bathes \[me\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.29) biṃdunā'pi sahomāse svakulaṃ tārayeddhi saḥ ..13.. > even with a drop, during the Sahas month, delivers his own family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.30) kāpilaṃ kṣīramādāya śaṃkhe kṛtvā ca mānavaḥ .. > Taking milk from a brown cow and putting it in a conch, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.31) yaḥ snāpayati māṃ bhaktyā sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet ..14.. > the person who bathes me with devotion obtains the fruit of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.32) śaṃkhe kṛtvā tu pānīyaṃ sākṣataṃ kuśasaṃyutam .. > Having placed water in a conch, with unhusked barley and kuśa grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.33) yaḥ snāpayetsahomāse sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet .. 15 .. > he who bathes \[me\] in the Sahas month obtains the fruit of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.34) śaṃkhāṣṭakena yaḥ snānaṃ kārayenmārgaśīrṣake .. > He who causes an ablution to be performed with eight conches in Mārgaśīrṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.35) bhaktyā bhagavataḥ śreṣṭho mama loke mahīyate .. 16 .. > as an excellent devotee of the Lord, is honored in my world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.36) śaṃkhaṣoḍaśakenātha yaḥ snāpayati me suta .. > Then, he who bathes me with sixteen conches, O son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.37) sa pāpamuktaḥ suciraṃ svargaloke mahīyate .. 17 .. > freed from sin, is glorified for a very long time in the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.38) caturviṃśatisaṃkhyākaiḥ śaṃkhairyaḥ snāpayecca mām .. > And he who bathes me with conches numbering twenty-four, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.39) iṃdraloke ciraṃ sthitvā sa rājā bhuvi jāyate .. 18 .. > dwelling for a long time in Indra's world, is born as a king on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.40) śaṃkhā'ṣṭottaraśatenaiva snāpayenmārgaśīrṣake .. > One should bathe \[me\] in Mārgaśīrṣa with one hundred and eight conches; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.41) śaṃkheśaṃkhe suvarṇasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 19 .. > the man obtains the fruit of \[a weight of\] gold for every single conch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.42) mārgaśīrṣe bhaktimānyaḥ kṛtvā śaṃkhadhvaniṃ hi mām .. > A devoted man who, having sounded the conch in Mārgaśīrṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.43) snāpayetpitarastasya svargaṃ tāvatpratiṣṭhitāḥ .. 2.5.5.20 .. > bathes me, his ancestors remain established in heaven for that long. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.44) aṣṭottarasahasraṃ tu śaṃkha snānaṃ tu yaścaret .. > He who performs a conch ablution of one thousand and eight \[conches\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.45) sa gaṇo muktimāpnoti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 21 .. > he, as an attendant, attains liberation until the dissolution of all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.46) nityaṃ saṃsnāpayedyo māṃ śaṃkhena surasattama .. > He who constantly bathes me with a conch, O best among gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.47) gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ prāpya nityaṃ naṃdati devavat .. 22 .. > obtaining the fruit of an ablution in the Gaṅgā, rejoices constantly like a god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.48) śaṃkhetoyaṃ samādāya yaḥ snāpayati māṃ suta .. > Taking water in a conch, he who bathes me, O son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.49) namo nārāyaṇetyuktvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ .. 23 .. > saying 'Obeisance to Nārāyaṇa', is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.50) kṛtvā pādodakaṃ śaṃkhe vaiṣṇavānāṃ mahātmanām .. > Having placed foot-washing water in a conch for great-souled Vaiṣṇavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.51) yo dadāti tilonmiśraṃ cāṃdrāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet .. 24 .. > he who gives it mixed with sesame seeds obtains the fruit of a Cāndrāyaṇa fast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.52) nādyaṃ taḍāgajaṃ vā'pi vāpīkūpādikaṃ ca yat .. > Whatever water belongs to a river, a pond, or a reservoir, a well, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.53) gāṃgeyaṃ jāyate sarvaṃ jalaṃ śaṃkhakṛtaṃ ca yat ..25.. > all of it, when placed in a conch, becomes water of the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.54) gṛhītvā mama pādāṃbu śaṃkhe kṛtvā tu vaiṣṇavaḥ .. > Taking water from my feet and putting it into a conch, the Vaiṣṇava > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.55) yo vahecchirasā nityaṃ sa munistapatāṃ varaḥ ..26.. > who bears it constantly on his head is a sage, best of those who perform austerities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.56) trailokye yāni tīrthāni mama caivājñayā suta .. > Whatever sacred fords exist in the three worlds, by my command, O son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.57) śaṃkhe tāni vasaṃtīha tasmācchaṃkho varaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 27 .. > they reside in the conch here; therefore the conch is declared superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.58) sāṃbuṃ śaṃkhaṃ kare dhṛtvā maṃtrairetaistu vaiṣṇavaḥ .. > Holding a water-filled conch in his hand, with these mantras, the Vaiṣṇava > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.59) yaḥ snāpayenmārgaśīrṣe tuṣṭastasya bhavāmyaham .. 28 .. > who bathes \[me\] in Mārgaśīrṣa—I am pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.60) śaṃkhādau caṃdradaivatyaṃ kukṣau varuṇadevatā .. > The Moon has his deity at the base of the conch, Varuṇa is the deity in its belly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.61) pṛṣṭhe prajāpatiścaiva agre gaṃgā sarasvatī .. 29 .. > Prajāpati is on its back, and at its tip are the Gaṅgā and the Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.62) teṣāmuccārapūrvaṃ tu snāpayenmāmataṃdritaḥ .. > Unwearied, one should bathe me preceded by the recitation of these; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.63) tasya puṇyasya saṃkhyāṃ vai kartuṃ naiva surāḥ kṣamāḥ.. 2.5.5.30 .. > even the gods are not capable of calculating the number of his merits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.64) purato mama deveśa sapuṣpaḥ sajalākṣataḥ.. > In front of me, O lord of gods, accompanied by flowers, water, and unbroken rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.65) śaṃkhastvabhyarcitastiṣṭhettasya śrīḥ sarvatomukhī .. 31 .. > the conch should remain duly worshipped; his prosperity will be all-pervading. / 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.66) vilepanena saṃpūrṇaṃ śaṃkhaṃ kṛtvā tu māṃ bhajet .. > Having filled the conch with fragrant ointment, one who worships me > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.67) tadā me paramā prītirbhavedvai śatavārṣikī .. 32 .. > brings about my supreme delight for a hundred years. / 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.68) śaṃkhe kṛtvā tu pānīyaṃ sapuṣpaṃ sajalākṣatam .. > Having poured water into the conch, with flowers, water, and unbroken rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.69) arghyaṃ dadāti yo māṃ vai tasya puṇyamanaṃtakam .. 33 .. > he who offers an arghya offering to me obtains endless merit. / 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.70) arghyaṃ kṛtvā svayaṃ śaṃkhe yaḥ karoti pradakṣiṇām .. > Having personally prepared an arghya offering in the conch, he who circumambulates \[me\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.71) pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā .. 34 .. > by him the earth with its seven continents has been circumambulated. / 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.72) bhrāmayitvā ca me mūrdhni maṃdiraṃ śaṃkhavāriṇā .. > Having circled \[it\] over my head, and with the conch-water > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.73) prokṣayedvaiṣṇavo yastu nāśubhaṃ tadgrahe bhavet .. 35 .. > sprinkling the temple, that Vaiṣṇava will have no misfortune in that house. / 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.74) nādhayo na klamastasya nārakaṃ na bhayaṃ kvacit .. > He suffers no mental afflictions, no fatigue, no hell, and no fear anywhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.75) yasya pādodakaṃ śaṃkhe kṛtaṃ mūrdhānamālabhet .. 36 .. > upon whose head touches the water from \[my\] feet placed in the conch. / 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.76) grahā rakṣāṃsi kūṣmāṃḍapiśācoragadānavāḥ .. > Seizing planets, rākṣasas, kūṣmāṇḍas, piśācas, serpents, and dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.77) dṛṣṭvā śaṃkhodakaṃ mūrdhni vidravaṃti diśo daśa .. 37 .. > seeing the conch-water on the head, flee into the ten directions. / 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.78) vāditraninadairuccairgītamaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ .. > With loud sounds of musical instruments, and auspicious songs and sounds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.79) yaḥ snāpayati māṃ bhaktyā jīvanmukto bhaveddhi saḥ .. 38 .. > he who bathes me with devotion becomes liberated while alive. / 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5.80) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye śaṃkhapūjanaphalakathanaṃnāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 .. > Thus ends the fifth chapter, titled "Declaration of the Fruits of Worshipping the Conch," in the Mārgaśīrṣa-māhātmya of the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.5.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Mantrakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.mantrakosa.mantrakosa.2.53) — Āśādityatripāṭhin, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.7.p73) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Pūjāprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.pujaprakasa.1.p41) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.4.p10) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit - [Rāmārcanacandrikā (Ānandavanayati) (ed1925)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.vaisnava.ramarcanacandrika-anandavanayati*ed1925.7.3-2.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.5) · Pramāṇa