Skandapurana 2.7.0
Skandapurāṇa 2.7.0
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adhyāyaḥ 1 sūtaśaunakasaṃvāde vaiṣṇavādidharmajijñāsoraṃbarīṣasya nāradaṃ prati praśnaḥ, nāradakṛtavaiśākhamāsapraśaṃsā, vaiśākhasnānamahimā ca.
Chapter 1: In the dialogue between Sūta and Śaunaka, the inquiry of King Ambarīṣa to Nārada desiring to know the Vaiṣṇava duties and other virtues; Nārada's praise of the month of Vaiśākha, and the greatness of the ritual ablution in Vaiśākha.
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adhyāyaḥ 2 vaiśākhapraśaṃsā, tato vaiśākhamāsavratākaraṇe doṣaprasaṅgaḥ, vratapraśaṃsā, vaiśākhe jalaprapādānam, vyajanacchatrapādatrāṇadānapraśaṃsā, annadānapraśaṃsā ca
Chapter 2: Praise of Vaiśākha; thereafter the topic of fault in not performing the vows of the month of Vaiśākha; praise of vows; the gift of water-booths in Vaiśākha; praise of the gifts of fans, umbrellas, and footwear; and praise of the gift of food.
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adhyāyaḥ 3 śayyākambalavastrakarpūrakusumakuṃkumacaṃdanagorocanatāmbūlaphalādidānam ' viśrāmamaṇḍapakaraṇam kūpataḍāgodyānapraśaṃsā, putrābhāve putravatsaptapadārthavarṇanam, tāmbūla takra dadhi taṃdula ghṛta guḍekṣudaṇḍekṣvādi rasapānaka dāna māhātmyam
Chapter 3: The gift of beds, blankets, garments, camphor, flowers, saffron, sandal, gorocana, betel, fruits, and the like; the construction of rest pavilions; praise of wells, ponds, and gardens; description of the seven items equivalent to a son in the absence of a son; the greatness of the gift of betel, buttermilk, curds, rice, ghee, jaggery, sugarcanes, sugarcane juice, and sweet drinks.
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adhyāyaḥ 4 vaiśākhavratināṃ varjyapadārthāḥ, gṛhasnāne duṣṭaphūlam, vratākaraṇe doṣaḥ, nadīsaptagaṃgādevakhātavāpīṣu snānaṃ dānaṃ ca, madhusūdanaprāthanārghyadānapūjanādikam.
Chapter 4: Items to be avoided by those observing the Vaiśākha vow; the evil result of bathing at home; the fault in not performing vows; ritual ablution and gift-giving in rivers, the seven Gaṅgās, divine waters, and stepwells; prayer, offering of water (arghya), and worship to Madhusūdana.
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adhyāyaḥ 5 vaiśākhamāsasya hetupūrvakaṃ śreṣṭhatvakathanam
Chapter 5: Explanation of the excellence of the month of Vaiśākha with reasons.
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adhyāyaḥ 6 vaiśākhamāse jaladānamāhātmyakathanam, tadviṣaye hemāṅgadarājakathāvaiśākhamāse jalādānāttasya tiryagyoniprāptiḥ, maithilarājagṛhe godhikātvaṃ prāptasya tasya śrutadevasakāśānmuktiḥ
Chapter 6: Recital of the greatness of giving water in the month of Vaiśākha; the story of King Hemāṅgada on that subject—his birth in an animal womb due to not giving water in the month of Vaiśākha; his liberation through Śrutadeva after having become a lizard in the palace of the king of Mithilā.
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adhyāyaḥ 7 tadadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitena maithilena pṛṣṭena śrutadevena vaiśākhamāse jaladānādimāhātmyakathanam, tadviṣaye svapiturvṛttāntakathanam
Chapter 7: Having seen that wonder, the amazed King of Mithilā questions Śrutadeva, who recounts the greatness of gifts of water and other offerings in the month of Vaiśākha; the recounting of the account of his own father on that subject.
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adhyāyaḥ 8 maithilapṛṣṭena śrutadeveneśvarapārvatīsaṃvādadvārā vaiśākhamāhātmyaviṣaya ikṣvākutanayasya kākutsthasyetihāsakathanam
Chapter 8: Śrutadeva, questioned by the King of Mithilā, narrates the legend of Kākutstha, son of Ikṣvāku, concerning the greatness of Vaiśākha by means of the dialogue between Īśvara and Pārvatī.
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adhyāyaḥ 9 maithilapṛṣṭena śrutakīrtivipreṇa kumārajanmakathanam, vaiśākhadharmapraśaṃsā ca
Chapter 9: The brāhmaṇa Śrutakīrti, questioned by the King of Mithilā, recounts the birth of Kumāra; and praise of the religious duties of Vaiśākha.
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adhyāyaḥ 10 aśūnyavratakathanam, vaiśākhamāse chatradānādipraśaṃsā
Chapter 10: Recital of the vow of Aśūnya; praise of gifts such as umbrellas in the month of Vaiśākha.
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adhyāyaḥ 11 maithilanṛpeṇa vaiśākhadharmaprasiddhikaraṇam, tena sarvajanānāṃ sadgatiprāptyā narakāṇāṃ śūnyatayā khinnasya yamasya brahmasamīpe gamanam
Chapter 11: The King of Mithilā makes the religious duties of Vaiśākha renowned; Yama, grieving due to the emptiness of the hells because all people attain a good rebirth thereby, approaches Brahmā.
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adhyāyaḥ 12 brahmaṇe yamena svaduḥkhanivedanam
Chapter 12: Yama's representation of his distress to Brahmā.
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adhyāyaḥ 13 vaiśākhamāhātmyakathanapūrvakaṃ brahmaṇā yamasya samādhānakaraṇam, tathāpi khedayuktena yamena sākaṃ brahmaṇo viṣṇusamīpe gamanam, viṣṇunā yamāya varapradānam, tatra vaiśākhadharmāṇāṃ praśaṃsā
Chapter 13: Brahmā comforts Yama through explaining the greatness of Vaiśākha; nevertheless, Brahmā goes to Viṣṇu along with the grieving Yama; Viṣṇu grants a boon to Yama; praise of the religious duties of Vaiśākha therein.
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adhyāyaḥ 14 vaiśākhasnānapraśaṃsā,vaiśākhamāhātmyakathāśravaṇapraśaṃsā,tatra karmaniṣṭhataponiṣṭhadvijakathā
Chapter 14: Praise of ritual ablution in Vaiśākha, praise of listening to the account of the Vaiśākha-māhātmya, and therein the story of the two brahmins dedicated to ritual works and dedicated to austerity.
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adhyāyaḥ 15 pañcāladeśādhipasya puruyaśaso nṛpasya vaiśākhadharmācaraṇātsvarājyaprāptiḥ
Chapter 15: King Puruyaśas, ruler of the Pañcāla country, regains his kingdom through observing the duties of Vaiśākha.
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adhyāyaḥ 16 atha puruyaśasā'kṣayyatṛtīyāyāṃ viṣṇoḥ stutikaraṇam, viṣṇukṛpayā ca tasya sāyujyamuktiprāptiḥ
Chapter 16: Now, the praise of Viṣṇu by Puruyaśas on Akṣayya-tṛtīyā, and his attainment of liberation by merging [into the Lord] through the grace of Viṣṇu.
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adhyāyaḥ 17 vaiśākhadharmakathanopakrama upānaddānaprasaṅgena śaṅkhanāmakadvijakathānakam, tatra śaṅkhanāmakadvijena vyādhāya vaiśākhadharmakathanaprasaṅgena dantilakohalamuktiprāptivṛttāṃtakathanam
Chapter 17: In the commencement of declaring the duties of Vaiśākha, the tale of the brahmin named Śaṅkha in connection with the gift of sandals, and therein the account of the attainment of liberation by Dantila and Kohala in connection with the exposition of the duties of Vaiśākha by the brahmin named Śaṅkha to a hunter.
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adhyāyaḥ 18 vyādhasya pūrvajanmavṛttāntakathanama
Chapter 18: The account of the previous birth of the hunter.
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adhyāyaḥ 19 brahmaśavdapratipādanapūrvakaṃ sarvadevāpekṣayāḥ prāṇasya mukhyatvakathanam ,prāṇadevasya mahattvalope kaṇvaśāpapratipādanam, tvaṃ gurudrohī bhaveti kaṇvaṃ prati prāṇavāyunā śāpapradānam
Chapter 19: The declaration of the primacy of Prāṇa above all deities preceded by the exposition of the word 'brahman'; the declaration of the curse of Kaṇva upon the diminishment of the greatness of the god Prāṇa; the pronouncement of the curse by the breath-wind Prāṇa upon Kaṇva: 'Be one who betrays his guru!'
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adhyāyaḥ 20 sattvādibhirguṇairjīvānāṃ tadanurūpajanmakarmādiphalaprāptikathanam, pralayavarṇanam vyūhāvatārakarmanirūpaṇam, dharmabhedanirūpaṇapūrvakaṃ bhagavadbhaktalakṣaṇanirūpaṇam, vaiśākhamāsadharmanirūpaṇam
Chapter 20: The account of living beings obtaining the fruits of births, actions, and so forth in accordance with the qualities such as sattva; description of cosmic dissolution; determination of the acts of the emanations and incarnations; determination of the characteristics of a devotee of the Lord preceded by the determination of the varieties of duties; determination of the duties of the month of Vaiśākha.
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adhyāyaḥ 21 vaiśākhamāsamāhātmyaśravaṇena sarpasya muktiḥ, tasyaiva pūrvajanmavṛttāntakathanam, śaṃkhavyādhasaṃvāde vyādhasya janmāntare vālmīkarṣitvaprāptikathanam
Chapter 21: The liberation of a snake by hearing the māhātmya of the month of Vaiśākha; the narration of its previous birth; in the dialogue of Śaṅkha and the hunter, the narration of the hunter attaining the status of the seer Vālmīki in another birth.
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adhyāyaḥ 22 vaiśākhasthitithimāhātmyavarṇanam, kalidharmanirūpaṇam
Chapter 22: Description of the māhātmya of the lunar days occurring in Vaiśākha; determination of the duties of the Kali age.
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adhyāyaḥ 23 akṣayyatṛtīyāmāhātmyam
Chapter 23: The māhātmya of Akṣayya-tṛtīyā.
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adhyāyaḥ 24 vaiśākhaśukladvādaśīmāhātmyam, kāśmīradeśasthadevadvijakathā
Chapter 24: The māhātmya of the bright twelfth lunar day of Vaiśākha; the story of Devadvija dwelling in the Kaśmīra country.
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adhyāyaḥ 25 vaiśākhaśuklatrayodaśī caturdaśī-pūrṇiṃmā tithīnāṃ māhātmyavarṇanam, vaiśākhamāhātmyaśravaṇaphalavarṇanam
Chapter 25: Description of the māhātmya of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and full moon lunar days of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha; description of the fruit of listening to the Vaiśākha-māhātmya.
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