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[2.5.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.4) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. > The Blessed Lord said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.5) śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ puṣpasaṃbhavam.. > Listen, O son, I shall declare the māhātmya originating from flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.6) yena puṣpeṇa me prītirbhavetsamyaṅna saṃśayaḥ .. 2 .. > by which flower my complete pleasure is aroused, without doubt. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.7) mallikā mālatī caiva yūthikā cātimuktakā .. > Mallikā, mālatī, yūthikā, and atimuktakā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.8) pāṭalā karavīraṃ ca jayantī vijayā tathā .. 3 .. > pāṭalā, karavīra, jayantī, and vijayā; // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.9) kubjakastabakaścaiva karṇikāraṃ kuraṃṭakaḥ .. > kubjaka, stabaka, karṇikāra, kuraṇṭaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.10) caṃpakaścātakaḥ kundo bāṇaḥ karcūramallikā .. 4 .. > campaka, cātaka, kunda, bāṇa, karcūramallikā, // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.11) aśokastilakaścaiva tathaivā'parayūthikaḥ .. > aśoka, tilaka, and likewise aparayūthikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.12) amī puṣpaprakārāstu śastā me pūjane suta .. 5 .. > These varieties of flowers are praised for my worship, O son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.13) ketakīpatrapuṣpaṃ ca bhṛṃgarājastathaiva ca .. > And the leaf and flower of the ketakī, and likewise the bhṛṅgarāja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.14) tulasīpatrapuṣpaṃ ca sadyaḥ prītikaraṃ mama.. 6 .. > and the leaf and flower of tulasī bring me immediate delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.15) padmānyaṃbusamutthāni raktanīlotpale tathā .. > Water-born lotuses, as well as red and blue water-lilies, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.16) sitotpalaṃ sahomāse mamā'tyantaṃ hi vallabham .. 7 .. > \[and\] the white water-lily are indeed exceedingly dear to me in the month of Saha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.17) tānyeva ca praśastāni kusumāni ca me suta .. > And those very flowers are praised for me, O son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.18) yāni syurvarṇayuktāni rasagandhayutāni ca .. 8 .. > which possess color, taste, and fragrance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.19) nirgaṃdhānyapi śastāni kusumāni matāni me .. > Scentless flowers are also considered commendable to me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.20) surabhīṇi tathā'nyāni varjayitvā tu ketakīm .. 9 .. > as well as other fragrant ones, but excluding the ketakī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.21) bāṇaṃ ca caṃpakā'śokaṃ karavīraṃ ca yūthikā .. > The bāṇa, campaka, aśoka, karavīra, yūthikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.22) pāribhadraṃ pāṭalā ca bakulaṃ giriśālinī .. 2.5.7.10 .. > pāribhadra, pāṭalā, bakula, and the mountain-dwelling \[creeper\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.23) bilvapatraṃ śamīpatraṃ patraṃ bhṛṃgirajasya ca .. > the bilva leaf, śamī leaf, and the leaf of the bhṛṅgarāja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.24) tamālāmalakīpatraṃ śastaṃ me pūjane suta .. 11 .. > the tamāla and āmalakī leaf are commended in my worship, O son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.25) puṣpairaraṇyasaṃbhūtaiḥ patrairvā girisaṃbhavaiḥ .. > With flowers born in the forest or leaves grown on mountains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.26) aparyuṣitaniśchidraiḥ prokṣitairjaṃtuvarjitaiḥ.. 12 .. > not stale, undamaged, sprinkled with water, and free from insects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.27) athārāmodbhavairvāpi puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayecca mām .. > or indeed with flowers grown in a garden, one should worship me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.28) puṣpajātiviśeṣeṇa bhavetpuṇyaṃ viśeṣataḥ ..13.. > According to the excellence of the kind of flower, religious merit especially arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.29) tapaḥśīlaguṇopete pātre vedasya pārage .. > To a worthy recipient endowed with austerity, good conduct, and virtues, who has mastered the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.30) daśa dattvā suvarṇāni yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ .. > whatever reward a man obtains by giving ten gold coins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.31) tatphalaṃ labhate martyaḥ sahe kusumadānataḥ .. 14 .. > that reward a mortal obtains in \[the month of\] Saha by giving a flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.32) droṇapuṣpe tathaikasminmahyaṃ ca vinivedite .. > And when a single droṇapuṣpa flower is offered to me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.33) daśa dattvā suvarṇāni phalaṃ tadadhikaṃ suta .. 15 .. > the fruit is greater than that of giving ten gold coins, O son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.34) puṣpātpuṣpāṃtare bhedo yathā''sīttannibodha me .. 16 .. > Learn from me how the difference exists from one flower to another: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.35) droṇapuṣpasahasrebhyaḥ khādiraṃ tu viśiṣyate .. > Superior to a thousand droṇapuṣpa flowers is the flower of the khadira; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.36) khādirātpuṣpasāhasrācchamīpuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. 17 .. > superior to a thousand khadira flowers is the śamī flower; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.37) śamīpuṣpasahasrebhyo bilvapuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. > superior to a thousand śamī flowers is the bilva flower; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.38) bilvapuṣpasahasrebhyo bakapuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate ..18.. > superior to a thousand bilva flowers is the baka flower; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.39) bakapuṣpasahasrebhyo naṃdyāvartaṃ viśiṣyate .. > superior to a thousand baka flowers is the nandyāvarta; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.40) naṃdyāvartasahasrāddhi karavīraṃ viśiṣyate .. 19 .. > superior indeed to a thousand nandyāvartas is the karavīra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.41) karavīrasahasrasya kusumaṃ śvetamuttamam .. > The white flower is best among a thousand karavīras; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.42) karavīraśvetapuṣpātpālāśaṃ puṣpamuttamam .. 2.5.7.20 .. > better than the white karavīra flower is the pālāśa flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.43) pālāśapuṣpasāhasrātkuśapuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. > Superior to a thousand pālāśa flowers is the kuśa blossom; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.44) kuśapuṣpasahasrāddhi vanamālā viśiṣyate .. 21 .. > superior indeed to a thousand kuśa blossoms is the wild garland. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.45) vanamālā sahasrāddhi caṃpakaṃ ca viśiṣyate .. > Superior indeed to a thousand wild garlands is the campaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.46) caṃpakasya puṣpaśatādaśokaṃ puṣpamuttamam .. 22 .. > superior to a hundred campaka flowers is the aśoka flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.47) aśokapuṣpasāhasrācchevantīpuṣpamuttamam .. > Superior to a thousand aśoka flowers is the śevantī flower; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.48) śevantīpuṣpasāhasrātkujakaṃ puṣpamuttamam .. 23 .. > superior to a thousand śevantī flowers is the kujaka flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.49) kujapuṣpasahasrāddhi mālatīpuṣpamuttamam .. > Superior indeed to a thousand kujaka flowers is the mālatī flower; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.50) mālatīpuṣpasāhasrātsandhyāpuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. 24 .. > superior to a thousand mālatī flowers is the sandhyā flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.51) sandhyā puṣpasahasrāddhi trisaṃdhyāpuṣpamuttamam .. 25 .. > Superior indeed to a thousand sandhyā flowers is the trisandhyā flower; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.52) trisaṃdhyāraktasāhasrāttrisaṃdhyāśvetamuttamam .. > superior to a thousand red trisandhyās is the white trisandhyā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.53) trisandhyāśvetasāhasrātkundapuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. .. 26 .. > superior to a thousand white trisandhyās is the kunda flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.54) kundapuṣpasahasrāddhi jātīpuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. > Superior indeed to a thousand kunda flowers is the jātī flower; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.55) sarvāsāṃ puṣpajātīnāṃ jātīpuṣpamihottamam .. 27 .. > among all classes of flowers, the jātī flower is best here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.56) jātīpuṣpasahasreṇa yacchenmālāṃ suśobhanām .. > Whoever gives a very beautiful garland made of a thousand jātī flowers > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.57) mahyaṃ yo vidhivaddadyāttasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 28 .. > duly to me—hear the fruit of his merit: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.58) kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca .. > For thousands of crores of kalpas and hundreds of crores of kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.59) matpure vasate nityaṃ mamatulya parākramaḥ .. 29 .. > he dwells eternally in my abode, equal in prowess to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.60) yeṣāṃ saṃti ca puṣpāṇi praśastāni mamā'rcane .. > And of those \[plants\] whose flowers are commended in my worship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.61) teṣāṃ patrāṇi śastāni tadabhāve phalāni ca .. 2.5.7.30 .. > their leaves are commended, and in their absence, their fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.62) etaiḥ patraiśca puṣpaiśca phalaiścā'pi tathāhi mām .. > Worshipping me with these leaves, flowers, and fruits as well, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.63) arcandaśasuvarṇasya pratyekaṃ phalamāpnuyāt .. 31 .. > one obtains for each of them the reward of ten gold coins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.64) etābhiḥ puṣpajātībhiḥ sahomāse'rcayaṃti ye .. > Those who worship with these kinds of flowers in the month of Saha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.65) bhaktiṃ dadāmi teṣāṃ vai tuṣṭaḥ sannātra saṃśayaḥ .. 32 .. > being pleased, I grant them devotion; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.66) dhanaṃ putrāṃstathā dārānyatkiṃcidvāṃchate hi saḥ .. > Wealth, sons, and a wife—whatever indeed he desires, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.67) tattaddadāmi deveśa puṣpairebhiḥ pratoṣitaḥ .. 33 .. > all that I bestow, O lord of gods, when gratified by these flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7.68) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye jātīpuṣpaśraiṣṭhyakathanapūrvakaṃ viṣṇukaṇṭhe tatsahasrapuṣpāṃkitamālāsthāpanaphalayovarṇanaṃnāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 7 .. > Thus ends the seventh chapter, named "Description of the Fruit of Placing a Garland of a Thousand Flowers around the Neck of Viṣṇu following the Statement of the Pre-eminence of the Jātī Flower", in the Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya, in the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.5.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Vārāhītantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.varahitantra.8.131) — Sanskrit - [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.10.p206) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Pūjāprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.pujaprakasa.1.p60) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.7) · Pramāṇa