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# Skandapurana 2.5.8: adhyāyaḥ 8

Skandapurāṇa 2.5.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 8

### [2.5.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.1)

.. brahmovāca.. ..

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

### [2.5.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.2)

śrīmattulasimāhātmyaṃ yathāvadvarṇaya prabho ..

> Describe properly the glorious māhātmya of tulasī, O Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.3)

yasyāḥ sannidhimātreṇa prītirbhavati te'dhikā .. 1 ..

> by whose mere presence your affection increases greatly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.4)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.5)

maṇikāṃcanapuṣpāṇi tathā muktāmayāni ca ..

> Flowers made of jewels and gold, as well as those fashioned of pearls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.6)

tulasīpatradānasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm .. 2 ..

> are not worth a sixteenth part of offering a single tulasī leaf. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.7)

tulasīmaṃjarībhiryaḥ kuryādvai mama pūjanam ..

> Whoever performs my worship with tulasī blossoms  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.8)

na sa garbhagṛhaṃ yāyānmuktibhāgī bhavennaraḥ .. 3 ..

> shall not enter a womb: that man shall share in liberation. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.9)

āropya tulasīṃ vatsa pūjayettaddalaiśca mām ..

> Planting tulasī, dear child, and worshipping me with its leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.10)

divi saṃmodamānaḥ sa śvetadvīpe ca me gṛhe .. 4 ..

> he rejoices in heaven, and in my abode on Śvetadvīpa. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.11)

śrīmattulasyārcayate sakṛddhi māṃ patraiḥ sugandhairvimalairakhaṃḍitaiḥ ..

> Whoever indeed worships me even once with splendid tulasī, with fragrant, pure, and unbroken leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.12)

yastasya pāpaṃ paṭasaṃsthitaṃ tadā nirīkṣayitvā parimārjayedyamaḥ .. 5 ..

> Yama, after examining his sin recorded on the cloth, then wipes it clean. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.13)

tulasī na yeṣāṃ mama pūjanārthaṃ saṃpāditaikādaśipuṇyavāsare ..

> Those who have not procured tulasī for my worship on the auspicious day of Ekādaśī—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.14)

dhigyauvanaṃ jīvitamarthasantatisteṣāṃ sukhaṃ neha ca dṛśyate pare .. 6 ..

> fie on their youth, life, and stream of wealth! No happiness is seen for them here or in the hereafter. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.15)

liṃgamabhyarcitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahomāse ca māmakam ..

> Having seen my liṅga worshipped in the month of Saha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.16)

tulasīpatranikarairmucyate brahmahatyayā .. 7 ..

> with heaps of tulasī leaves, one is freed from the killing of a brahmin. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.17)

nityamabhyarcayedyo vai tulasyā māṃ rameśvaram ..

> Whoever constantly worships me, the Lord of Ramā, with tulasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.18)

mahāpāpāni naśyaṃti kiṃ punaścopapātakam ..8..

> his great sins are destroyed—what need be said of secondary sins? // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.19)

varjyaṃ paryuṣitaṃ puṣpaṃ varjyaṃ paryuṣitaṃ jalam ..

> Stale flowers are to be avoided, stale water is to be avoided;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.20)

na varjyaṃ tulasīpatraṃ na varjyaṃ jāhnavījalam .. 9 ..

> a tulasī leaf is not to be avoided, and Ganges water is not to be avoided. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.21)

tāvadgarjaṃti puṣpāṇi mālatyādīni bhoḥ suta ..

> Flowers such as jasmine roar \[with pride\], O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.22)

yāvanna prāpyate puṇyā tulasī mama vallabhā .. 2.5.8.10 ..

> only so long as the holy tulasī, dear to me, is not obtained. // 2.5.8.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.23)

sakṛdabhyarcayedyo māṃ bilvapatreṇa mānavaḥ ..

> A person who worships me even once with a bilva leaf  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.24)

muktibhāgī nirātaṃko mama pārśvagato bhavet .. 11 ..

> shall share in liberation, free from fear, and go to my side. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.25)

bilvapatrācchamīpatrājjātīpatrātsaroruhāt ..

> More than the bilva leaf, the śamī leaf, the jasmine petal, and the lotus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.26)

vallabhaṃ tulasīpatraṃ kaustubhādadhikaṃ mama..12..

> the tulasī leaf is dear to me, even more than the Kaustubha gem. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.27)

abhinnapatrā tulasī hṛdyā maṃjarisaṃyutā ..

> An unbroken tulasī, delightful and endowed with blossoms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.28)

kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūtā padmeveyaṃ sadā mama ..13..

> born from the milk ocean, is always dear to me like Padmā. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.29)

akṛṣṇā'pyathavā kṛṣṇā tulasī mama vallabhā ..

> Whether pale or dark, tulasī is dear to me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.30)

sitā vā'pyasitā vāpi dvādaśī vallabhā yathā ... 14 ..

> just as the twelfth day \[of the lunar fortnight\], whether light or dark, is dear to me. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.31)

gṛhītvā tulasīpatraṃ bhaktyā yo māṃ samarcayet ..

> Taking a tulasī leaf, whoever worships me with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.32)

arcitaṃ tena sakalaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam .. .. 15 ..

> by him the entire universe, with gods, asuras, and humans, has been worshipped. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.33)

tāvadgarjaṃti ratnāni kaustubhādīnyanantaśaḥ ..

> Countless jewels such as the Kaustubha roar \[with pride\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.34)

yāvanna prāpyate kṛṣṇa tulasīkṛṣṇamaṃjarī .. 16 ..

> only so long as the dark sprout of black tulasī is not obtained, O Kṛṣṇa! // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.35)

kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇatulasyā hi yo bhaktyā pūjayennaraḥ ..

> A person who worships Kṛṣṇa with black tulasī with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.36)

sa yāti bhuvanaṃ śubhraṃ yatra viṣṇuḥ śriyā saha .. 17 ..

> goes to the radiant world where Viṣṇu dwells with Śrī. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.37)

mamā'rcanārthaṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ yacchaṃti tulasīdalam ..

> Those who give a tulasī leaf to mendicants for the purpose of worshipping me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.38)

anyeṣāmapi bhaktānāṃ yāṃti te padamavyayam.. 18 ..

> and also to other devotees, reach the imperishable state. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.39)

tulasī kṛṣṇagaurā yā tayā yo māṃ samarcayet ..

> Whether tulasī is dark or fair, whoever worships me with it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.40)

naro yāti tanuṃ tyaktvā vaiṣṇavīṃ śāśvatīṃ gatim .. 19 ..

> that person, abandoning the body, attains the eternal Vaiṣṇava destination. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.41)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.42)

dhūpadānasya māhātmyaṃ dīpasyā'pi ca keśava ..

> The māhātmya of offering incense and of \[offering\] a lamp, O Keśava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.43)

yatphalaṃ labhate martyastanme brūhi yathārthataḥ .. 2.5.8.20 ..

> and what fruit a mortal obtains—tell me that truly. // 2.5.8.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.44)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.5.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.45)

śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi dhūpadānasya yatphalam ..

> Listen, O son, and I will declare what the fruit of offering incense is,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.46)

dīpadānasya māhātmyaṃ mama prītikaraṃ param ..21..

> and the supreme māhātmya of offering a lamp, which brings me joy. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.47)

aguruṃ ca sakarpūraṃ divyacaṃdanasaurabham ..

> Offering agallochum and camphor with the heavenly fragrance of sandalwood  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.48)

dattvā māṃ vai sahomāse kulānāṃ tārayecchatam .. 22 ..

> to me in the month of Saha, one delivers a hundred ancestral lines. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.49)

kṛṣṇāgurusamutthena dhūpena ca mamā'layam ..

> The Vaiṣṇava who censes my abode with incense  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.50)

dhūpayedvaiṣṇavo yastu sa mukto narakā'rṇavāt .. 23 ..

> arising from black agallochum is freed from the ocean of hell. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.51)

māhiṣaṃ guggulaṃ yastu ājyayuktaṃ saśarkaram ..

> Whoever offers to me incense of buffalo-bedellium  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.52)

dhūpaṃ dadāti yo vai māṃ tasyecchāṃ pradadāmyaham .. 24 ..

> mixed with ghee and sugar, I grant him his desire. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.53)

guggulo haṃtyaśeṣāṇi ariṣṭāni ca dhūpitaḥ ..

> Guggulu, when burned, destroys all misfortunes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.54)

kāmānnānāvidhāṃścaiva aguruḥ saṃprayacchati .. 25 ..

> and agallochum bestows various kinds of desires. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.55)

dehaṃ gehaṃ punātyeva dhūpastvagurusaṃbhavaḥ ..

> Incense arising from agallochum purifies both body and home;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.56)

nāśayedyakṣarakṣāṃsi dhūpaḥ sarjarasodbhavaḥ .. 26 ..

> incense produced from resin destroys yakṣas and rākṣasas. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.57)

jātipuṣpamathailā ca guggulaśca harītakī ..

> Jasmine flower, cardamom, guggulu, harītakī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.58)

kūṭaḥ sarjarasaścaiva guḍaḥsailācchaḍastathā ..

> kuṣṭha, resin, jaggery, śaila, chada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.59)

nakhayuktāni caitāni daśāṃgo dhūpa ucyate .. 27 ..

> combined with nakha—these are called the ten-ingredient incense. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.60)

dhūpaṃ daśāṃgaṃ yadi cetkaroti māse sahe me ativallabhe ca ..

> If one offers the ten-ingredient incense in the month of Saha, which is very dear to me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.61)

dadāmi kāmānatidurlabhānapi balaṃ ca puṣṭiṃ sutadārabhaktim .. 28 ..

> I grant even desires most difficult to attain, strength, vitality, sons, wives, and devotion. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.62)

mustādhūpe mānuṣāṇāṃ priyatvaṃ māṃgalyakaṃ vaśyakaraṃ guḍasya ..

> In the incense of nut grass lies affection among humans; jaggery brings auspiciousness and subjugation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.63)

kuryātsahomāsi mamāgrato yo vihāya pāpāni sa māṃ samāpnuyāt .. 29 ..

> Whoever performs this before me in the month of Saha, having cast off sins, shall attain me. // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.64)

na bhayaṃ vidyate tasya divyabhaumāṃtarikṣajam ..

> There is no fear for him arising from heaven, earth, or mid-space,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.65)

mama dhūpāvaśeṣeṇa yasyāṃ'gaṃ parimārjitam .. 2.5.8.30 ..

> whose body has been anointed with the residue of my incense.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.66)

na cāpadvidyate tasya bhavaṃti saṃpado'khilāḥ ..

> And no misfortune befalls him; all fortunes attend him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.67)

dhūpe kṛte sahomāse mamāgre śraddhayā'niśam ..31 ..

> when incense is offered before me during the month of Sahas with constant faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.68)

dhūpaḥ surūpatāṃ dhatte dhūpaḥ pāvanamuttamam ..

> Incense bestows handsome beauty; incense is the supreme purifier,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.69)

vanaspatiraso divyaḥ paramaḥ pāvanaḥ śuciḥ .. 32 ..

> a divine sap of trees, supreme, purifying, and clean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.70)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dīpamāhātmyamuttamam ..

> Hereafter, I shall proclaim the supreme māhātmya of the lamp,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.71)

yasminkṛte naro yāti vaikuṇṭhaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 33 ..

> by performing which a man goes to Vaikuṇṭha—there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.72)

bahuvartisamāyuktaṃ ghṛtapūrasamanvitam ..

> Fitted with multiple wicks and provided with an abundance of ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.73)

kuryādārārtikaṃ yo vai kalpakoṭiṃ divaṃ vaset .. 34 ..

> whoever performs the waving of lamps would dwell in heaven for ten million kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.74)

nīrājanaṃ tu yaḥ paśyetsahomāse mamā'grataḥ ..

> Whoever beholds the waving of lamps before me in the month of Sahas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.75)

saptajanma bhavedvipro hyaṃte ca paramaṃ padam .. 35 ..

> becomes a brahmin for seven births and reaches the supreme abode at the end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.76)

karpūreṇa tu yaḥ kuryādbhaktyā caiva mamāgrataḥ ..

> And whoever performs \[it\] with camphor and with devotion before me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.77)

ārārtikaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha praviśenmāmanaṃtakam .. 36 ..

> offering the waving of lamps, O best of brahmins, enters into me, the endless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.78)

mantrahīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ yatkṛtaṃ pūjanaṃ mama ..

> Whatever worship of mine has been performed devoid of mantras or rituals  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.79)

sarvaṃ saṃpūrṇatāmeti kṛte nīrājane suta.. 37 ..

> all attains completeness once the waving of lamps has been performed, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.80)

yaḥ karoti sahomāse karpūreṇa ca dīpakam ..

> He who makes a lamp with camphor in the month of Sahas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.81)

aśvamedhamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet .. 38 ..

> attains \[the fruit of\] a horse sacrifice and redeems his family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.82)

mamā'gre vai dvijānāṃ ca dīpaṃ dadyāccatuṣpathe ..

> One should offer a lamp before me, for brahmins, and at a crossroads;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.83)

medhāvī jñānasaṃpannaścakṣuṣmāñjāyate naraḥ .. 39 ..

> a man becomes intelligent, endowed with knowledge, and clear-sighted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.84)

ghṛtena vā'tha tailena dīpaṃ prajvālayennaraḥ ..

> If a man lights a lamp with either ghee or oil  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.85)

sahomāse mamā'gre ca tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 2.5.8.40 ..

> before me in the month of Sahas, hear the meritorious fruit for him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.86)

vihāya sakalaṃ pāpaṃ sahasrādityasannibhaḥ ..

> Having discarded all sin, resembling a thousand suns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.87)

jyotiṣmatā vimānena mama loke mahīyate .. 41 ..

> he is exalted in my realm by means of a luminous aerial chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.88)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena dīpaṃ dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Therefore, a wise man should give a lamp with every effort;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.89)

taṃ ca dattvā vihiṃsedyaḥ sa patennarake dhuvam .. 42 ..

> and whoever, having given it, damages it—he will surely fall into hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.90)

dīpaṃ yo vai haretpāpī lobhāddveṣāddvijottama ..

> Whatever sinner steals a lamp out of greed or hatred, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.91)

taddīpaharaṇātso'pi mūkoṃ'dhaśca prajāyate .. 43 ..

> because of stealing that lamp, he is born dumb and blind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.5.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.8.92)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye dīpamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 ..

> Thus ends the eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Lamp', in the dialogue between Brahmā and Viṣṇu in the Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya of 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.2.5.8.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Bhṛgusaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.bhrgusamhita.35.332) — Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Prakīrṇādhikāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.vaikhanasa.bhrgu.prakirnadhikara.35.330) — Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.10.p219) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit
- [Ācārabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarabhusana.16.p1.3) — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit

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