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# Skandapurana 2.7.25

Skandapurāṇa 2.7.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.1)

.. śrutadeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.2)

yāstisrastithayaḥ puṇyā aṃtimāḥ śuklapakṣake ..

> The three meritorious lunar days at the end of the bright fortnight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.3)

vaiśākhamāsi rājeṃdra pūrṇimāṃtāḥ śubhāvahāḥ .. 1 ..

> in the month of Vaiśākha, ending with the full moon, O best of kings, bring auspiciousness. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.4)

antyāḥ puṣkariṇīsaṃjñāḥ sarvapāpakṣayāvahāḥ ..

> These final \[days\] are known as the Puṣkariṇī, and they bring about the destruction of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.5)

mādhave māsi yaḥ pūrṇaṃ snānaṃ karttuṃ na ca kṣamaḥ .. 2 ..

> One who is unable to perform the ritual ablution for the complete month of Mādhava (Vaiśākha), // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.6)

tithiṣvetāsu sa snāyātpūrṇa meva phalaṃ labhet ..

> should bathe on these lunar days; he will obtain the complete fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.7)

sarve devāstrayodaśyāṃ sthitvā jaṃtūnpunaṃti hi .. 3 ..

> All the gods, abiding \[there\] on the thirteenth day, purify creatures. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.8)

pūrṇāyāḥ parvatīrthaiśca viṣṇunā saha saṃsthitāḥ ..

> Present with Viṣṇu along with the sacred fords on festival days up to the full moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.9)

caturdaśyāṃ sayajñāśca devā etānpunaṃti hi .. 4 ..

> and accompanied by sacrifices on the fourteenth day, the gods purify these \[beings\]. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.10)

brahmaghnaṃ vā surāpaṃ vā sarvānetānpunaṃti hi ..

> Whether one is a slayer of a brahmin or a drinker of liquor, they purify all of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.11)

ekādaśyāṃ purā jajñe vaiśākhyāmamṛtaṃ śubham .. 5 ..

> In ancient times, on the eleventh day of the month of Vaiśākha, the auspicious nectar arose; // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.12)

dvādaśyāṃ pālitaṃ tacca viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā ..

> on the twelfth, it was protected by the all-powerful Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.13)

trayodaśyāṃ sudhāṃ devānpāyayāmāsa vai hariḥ .. 6 ..

> on the thirteenth, Hari made the gods drink the nectar; // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.14)

jaghāna ca caturdaśyāṃ daityāndevavirodhinaḥ ..

> and on the fourteenth, he slew the Daityas who opposed the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.15)

pūrṇāyāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sāmrājyā''ptirbabhūva ha .. 7 ..

> On the full moon day, the attainment of sovereignty indeed took place for all the gods. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.16)

tato devāḥ susaṃtuṣṭā etāsāṃ ca varaṃ daduḥ ..

> Then the greatly pleased gods granted a boon to these  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.17)

tisṛṇāṃ ca tithīnāṃ vai prītyotphullavilocanāḥ .. 8 ..

> three lunar days, their eyes wide open with delight: // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.18)

etā vaiśākha māsasya tisraśca tithayaḥ śubhāḥ ..

> “These three auspicious lunar days of the month of Vaiśākha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.19)

putrapautrādiphaladā narāṇāṃ pāpahānidāḥ .. 9 ..

> shall grant the fruit of sons, grandsons, and the like, and grant the destruction of men's sins. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.20)

yo'sminmāse ca saṃpūrṇe na snāto manujādhamaḥ ..

> The basest of men who has not bathed during this whole month,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.21)

tithitraye tu sa snātvā pūrṇameva phalaṃ labhet .. 2.7.25.10 ..

> having bathed on this triad of lunar days, shall obtain the complete fruit. // 2.7.25.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.22)

tithitrayepyakurvāṇaḥ snānadānādikaṃ naraḥ ..

> A man who does not perform ritual ablution, gifting, and the like even on this triad of lunar days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.23)

cāṃḍālīṃ yonimāsādya paścādrauravamaśnute .. 11 ..

> reaches an outcast womb and afterwards experiences Raurava hell. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.24)

uṣṇodakena yaḥ snāti mādhave ca tithitraye ..

> He who bathes with hot water during the triad of lunar days in the month of Mādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.25)

rauravaṃ narakaṃ yāti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa ..12..

> goes to the Raurava hell for as long as the fourteen Indras \[rule\]. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.26)

pitṛndevānsamuddiśya dadhyannaṃ na dadāti yaḥ ..

> He who does not offer curd-rice intending it for the ancestors and the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.27)

paiśācīṃ yonimāsādya tiṣṭhatyābhūtasaṃplavam .. 13 ..

> attains a ghostly womb and remains \[there\] until the dissolution of all beings. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.28)

pravṛttānāṃ ca kāmānāṃ mādhave niyame kṛte ..

> When an observance is undertaken in the month of Mādhava for desires that have arisen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.29)

avaśyaṃ viṣṇusāyujyaṃ yujyate nā'tra saṃśayaḥ .. 14 ..

> absorption into Viṣṇu is inevitably attained; there is no doubt about this. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.30)

āmāsaṃ niyamāsaktaḥ kuryādyadi dinatraye ..

> If one devoted to observances for the month performs them during the three days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.31)

tena pūrṇaphalaṃ prāpya modate viṣṇumaṃdire .. 15 ..

> he attains the full reward thereby and rejoices in the temple of Viṣṇu. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.32)

yo vai devānpitṝnviṣṇuṃ gurumuddiśya mānavaḥ ..

> The human being who, intending the gods, the ancestors, Viṣṇu, and the guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.33)

na snānādi karotyaddhā'muṣya śāpapradā vayam .. 16 ..

> does not perform ritual ablution and the like—truly, we shall bestow a curse on him: // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.34)

niḥsaṃtāno nirāyuśca niḥśreyasko bhavediti ..

> ‘Let him be childless, bereft of lifespan, and deprived of the ultimate good!’”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.35)

iti devā varaṃ dattvā svadhāmāni yayuḥ purā .. 17 ..

> Having thus granted the boon in ancient times, the gods went to their own abodes. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.36)

tasmāttithitrayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvāghaughavināśanam ..

> Therefore the triad of lunar days is holy, destroying the flood of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.37)

aṃtyaṃ puṣkariṇīsaṃjñaṃ putrapautravivarddhanam .. 18 ..

> The final \[triad\] is called Puṣkariṇī, which increases sons and grandsons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.38)

yā nārī subhagā''pūpapāyasaṃ pūrṇimādine ..

> A fortunate woman who, on the full moon day, \[gives\] cakes and milk-rice  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.39)

brāhmaṇāya sakṛddadyātkīrtimaṃtaṃ sutaṃ labhet .. 19 ..

> To a brahmin even once, shall obtain a glorious son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.40)

gītāpāṭhaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādaṃtime ca dinatraye ..

> And he who performs the recitation of the Gītā during the last three days  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.41)

dinedine'śvamedhānāṃ phalameti na saṃśayaḥ .. 2.7.25.20 ..

> Day after day obtains the fruit of horse sacrifices, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.42)

sahasranāmapaṭhanaṃ yaḥ kuryyācca dinatraye ..

> And he who performs the recitation of the Thousand Names during the three days—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.43)

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ kaḥ śakto divi vā bhuvi .. 21 ..

> Who is able to state the fruit of his merit in heaven or on earth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.44)

sahasranāmabhirdevaṃ pūrṇāyāṃ madhusūdanam ..

> Bathing the god Madhusūdana with milk on the full moon day  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.45)

payasā snāpya vai yāti viṣṇulokamakalmaṣam .. 22 ..

> With the Thousand Names, one goes indeed to the stainless world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.46)

samastavibhavairyastu pūjayenmadhusūdanam ..

> He who worships Madhusūdana with all riches—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.47)

na tasya lokāḥ kṣīyante yuga kalpādi vyatyaye .. 23 ..

> His worlds do not perish at the turn of yugas, kalpas, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.48)

asnātvā cāpyadattvā ca vaiśākhaśca mato yadi ..

> And if \[the month of\] Vaiśākha is spent without bathing and without giving gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.49)

sa brahmahā gurughnaśca pitṝṇāṃ ghātakastathā.. 24 ..

> He is a slayer of a brahmin, a slayer of his guru, and likewise a murderer of his ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.50)

ślokārddhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā nityaṃ bhāgavatodbhavam ..

> Reciting daily half a verse or a quarter of a verse arising from the Bhāgavata  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.51)

vaiśākhe ca paṭhanmartyo brahmatvaṃ copapadyate .. 25 ..

> In Vaiśākha, a mortal attains the state of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.52)

yo vai bhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ śṛṇotyetaddinatraye ..

> He who hears the scripture of the Bhāgavata during these three days  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.53)

na pāpairlipyate kvā'pi padmapatramivāṃbhasā .. 26 ..

> Is not tainted by sins anywhere, like a lotus leaf by water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.54)

devatvaṃ manujaiḥ prāptaṃ kaiścitsiddhatvameva ca ..

> Divinity has been attained by some men, and perfection indeed by some;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.55)

kaiścitprāpto brahmabhāvo dinatrayaniṣevaṇāt ..27..

> By some, the state of Brahman has been attained through the observance of the three days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.56)

brahmajñānena vai muktiḥ prayāgamaraṇena vā ..

> Liberation \[is gained\] indeed through knowledge of Brahman, or through dying at Prayāga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.57)

athavā māsi vaiśākhe niyamena jalāpluteḥ .. 28 ..

> Or from regularly bathing in water in the month of Vaiśākha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.58)

nīlavṛṣaṃ samutsṛjya vaiśākhyāṃ ca jalāpluteḥ ..

> By releasing a dark bull and bathing in water on the full moon of Vaiśākha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.59)

samastabaṃdhanirmuktaḥ pumānyāti paraṃ padam .. 29 ..

> A man, freed from all bondage, goes to the supreme abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.60)

gāṃ savatsāṃ dvijeṃdrāya sīdate ca kuṭumbine ..

> \[Giving\] a cow with its calf to an eminent brahmin who is distressed and has a family,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.61)

ihāpamṛtyunirmuktaḥ paratra ca paraṃ vrajet .. 2.7.25.30 ..

> Freed from untimely death in this world, he shall go to the supreme in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.62)

snānadānavihīnastu vaiśākhī caiva yo nayet ..

> But he who passes the full moon of Vaiśākha devoid of ritual ablution and giving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.63)

śvānayoniśataṃ prāpya viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ .. 31..

> Having attained a hundred canine wombs, is born as a worm in excrement.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.64)

tisraḥ koṭyo'rdhakoṭiśca tīrthāni bhuvanatraye ..

> The three and a half crores of sacred fords in the three worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.65)

saṃbhūya maṃtrayāṃcakruḥ pāpasaṃghātaśaṃkitāḥ .. 32 ..

> Having assembled together, took counsel, apprehensive of the mass of sins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.66)

janā asmāsu pāpiṣṭhā visṛjanti svakaṃ malam ..

> “Most sinful people cast off their own dirt into us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.67)

tadasmākaṃ kathaṃ gacchediti ciṃtāsamanvitāḥ ..33..

> How then may that depart from us?” Thus filled with anxiety,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.68)

tīrthapādaṃ hariṃ jagmuḥ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ vibhum ..

> They went for refuge to the omnipresent Hari, whose feet are sacred fords, worthy of refuge;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.69)

stutvā ca bahubhiḥ stotraiḥ prārthayāmāsuraṃjasā .. 34 ..

> And having praised him with many hymns, they petitioned him straightforwardly:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.70)

devadeva jagannātha sarvāghaughavināśana ..

> “O God of gods! O Lord of the universe! O destroyer of the flood of all sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.71)

janā asmāsu pāpiṣṭhāḥ snātvā pāpāni sarvaśaḥ .. 35 ..

> Most sinful people, having bathed in us, casting off all their sins completely,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.72)

visṛjya tvatpadaṃ yāṃti tvadājñādhāriṇo bhuvi ..

> Go to your abode, carrying out your command on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.73)

asmākaṃ caiva tatpāpaṃ kathaṃ gacchejjanārdana .. 36 ..

> How, O Janārdana, may that sin of ours depart?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.74)

tadupāyaṃ vadāsmākaṃ tvatpādaśaraṇaiṣiṇām ..

> Tell that means to us who seek refuge at your feet!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.75)

iti tīrthaiḥ prārthitastu bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ .. 37 ..

> Thus petitioned by the sacred fords, the blessed Creator of beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.76)

prahasanprāha tīrthāni meghagambhīrayā girā ..

> Smiling, spoke to the sacred fords in a voice deep as a thundercloud:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.77)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.25.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.78)

site pakṣe meṣasūrye vaiśākhāntedinatraye .. 38 ..

> “In the bright fortnight, when the sun is in Aries, in the final three days of Vaiśākha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.79)

sarvatīrthamaye puṇye mamā'pi prāṇavallabhe ..

> Which consist of all sacred fords, are holy, and dear to me as my very life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.80)

yūyaṃ bhagodayātpūrvaṃ bahiḥsaṃsthajalāplutāḥ .. 39 ..

> Bathing in the waters situated outside before sunrise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.81)

vimuktāghāḥ puṇyarūpā bhavaṃtvāśu sunirmalāḥ ..

> May you quickly become free from sin, endowed with merit, and very pure!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.82)

bhavadbhiśca vimuktāghairye na snātā dinatraye .. 2.7.25.40 ..

> And by you freed from sin—those who have not bathed during the three days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.83)

teṣu tiṣṭhaṃtu tatpāpaṃ janairyuṣmadvirecitam ..

> Let that sin purged by people from you remain upon them!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.84)

iti tīrthapado viṣṇustīrthānāṃ ca varaṃ dadau .. 41 ..

> Thus Viṣṇu, whose feet are sacred fords, granted the boon to the sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.85)

anujñāpya ca tānyogāttatraivāṃtaradhīyata ..

> And having bid them farewell, he disappeared right there through yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.86)

svadhāmāni punaḥ prāpya tāni tīrthāni nityaśaḥ .. 42 ..

> Having reached their own abodes again, those sacred fords constantly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.87)

prativarṣaṃ tu vaiśākhe tathaivāṃtyadinatraye ..

> Every year in Vaiśākha, in that very manner during the final three days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.88)

tenāghaughaṃ vimucyaiva yāṃti nirmalatā maho .. 43 ..

> Casting off the flood of sin by that means, attain purity. Oh, the wonder!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.89)

ye tu snānaṃ na kurvaṃti vaiśākhāṃtadinatraye ..

> “Those who do not perform a ritual ablution during the final three days of Vaiśākha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.90)

te bhavantu samastānāṃ janānāṃ pātakā''śrayāḥ ..44..

> Let them become the receptacles of the sins of all people!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.91)

iti śāpaṃ ca tīrthāni hyasnātānāṃ vadanti ca ..

> Thus the sacred fords indeed utter a curse upon those who do not bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.92)

na tena sadṛśaḥ pāpo yo na snāto dinatraye .. 45 ..

> There is no sinner equal to him who has not bathed during the three days;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.93)

vicāriteṣu śāstreṣu na dṛṣṭo na ca vai śrutaḥ ..

> None has been seen nor indeed heard of in the scriptures that have been examined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.94)

tasmāddinatraye kāryaṃ snānadānārcanādikam .. 46 ..

> Therefore, during the three days, ritual ablution, giving of gifts, worship, and the like must be done;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.95)

anyathā narakaṃ yāti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa ..

> Otherwise, one goes to hell for as long as fourteen Indras \[endure\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.96)

ityetatsarvamākhyātaṃ śrutakīrte mahāmate .. 47 ..

> Thus all this has been told \[to you\], O noble-minded Śrutakīrti!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.97)

pṛṣṭaṃ vaiśākhamāhātmyaṃ yathā dṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam ..

> The māhātmya of Vaiśākha that was asked has been told, just as seen and heard,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.98)

māhātmyasya ca lekho'yaṃ mādhavasya ca varṇitaḥ .. 48 ..

> and this record of the māhātmya of Mādhava has been described. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.99)

kārtsnyādvaktuṃ ca brahmā'pi nālaṃ varṣaśatairapi ..

> Even Brahmā would not be able to declare it completely, even in hundreds of years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.100)

purā kailāsaśikhare pārvatyai śaṃkaraḥ svayam ..49..

> Formerly, on the peak of Kailāsa, Śaṃkara himself (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.101)

āha mādhavamāhātmyaṃ pṛcchaṃtyai śatavatsaram ..

> spoke the māhātmya of Mādhava for a hundred years to Pārvatī who asked.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.102)

tathāpi nāṃtamagamadaśakto virarāma ha ..2.7.25.50..

> Even then he did not reach the end; being unable, he indeed ceased. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.103)

ko nu varṇayituṃ śaktaḥ kārtsnyānmāhātmyamuttamam ..

> Who indeed is capable of fully describing the supreme māhātmya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.104)

vinā viṣṇuṃ jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam .. 51 ..

> except Viṣṇu, the Lord of the World, the faultless Nārāyaṇa? (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.105)

purā sarve'pi ṛṣayo māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam ..

> Anciently, all the seers, desiring the welfare of people,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.106)

leśasya leśaṃ vyācakhyurjanānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 52 ..

> explained only a fraction of a fraction of this sin-destroying māhātmya. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.107)

nāṃtaḥ kenāpi vyākhyāto hyaśaktatvānmahīpate ..

> Its end has been expounded by no one, O king, on account of inability.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.108)

tvaṃ ca māse tu vaiśākhe kuru dānādisatkriyāḥ ..53..

> You too, perform good acts such as gifting during the month of Vaiśākha. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.109)

tena bhuktiṃ ca muktiṃ ca saṃprāpnoṣi na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Thereby you will attain worldly enjoyment and liberation, without doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.110)

iti taṃ bodhayitvā ca maithilaṃ janakāhvayam .. 54 ..

> Having thus instructed that king of Mithilā named Janaka, (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.111)

śrutadevastamāmaṃtrya gantuṃ cakre manastataḥ ..

> Śrutadeva took leave of him and then made up his mind to depart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.112)

jātāhlādaḥ sa rājarṣirgaladvāṣpākulekṣaṇaḥ .. 55 ..

> Filled with joy, his eyes moist and filled with tears, that royal seer (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.113)

utsavaṃ kārayāmāsa svābhivṛddhyai manoramam ..

> arranged a delightful festival for his own prosperity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.114)

grāmaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya śibikāmadhiropya tam .. 56 ..

> Having circumambulated the town, having mounted him on a palanquin, (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.115)

caturaṃgabalairyuktaḥ svayaṃ pṛṣṭhamathā'nvagāt ..

> accompanied by his fourfold army, he himself then followed behind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.116)

punaścāṃtaḥpuraṃ prāpya sakalairvibhavairapi .. 57 ..

> Having returned again to the inner quarters, with all wealth, (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.117)

vastrairābharaṇaiścaiva gobhūtilahiraṇyakaiḥ ..

> with garments, ornaments, cows, land, sesame seeds, and gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.118)

praṇamya ca parikramya tasthau prāṃjaliragrataḥ .. 58 ..

> having bowed down and circumambulated, he stood before him with joined palms. (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.119)

tataḥ sa tu mahātejāḥ śrutadevo mahāyaśāḥ ..

> Then that glorious sage Śrutadeva, of great splendour,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.120)

santuṣṭaḥ paramaprīto yayau dhāma svakaṃ muniḥ .. 59 ..

> contented and extremely pleased, went to his own abode. (59)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.121)

trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ ca mādhave ..

> On the thirteenth, the fourteenth, and the full moon day of Mādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.122)

snānaṃ dānaṃ pūjanaṃ ca kathāśravaṇameva ca .. 2.7.25.60 ..

> ritual ablution, giving gifts, worship, and listening to the narrative— (60)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.123)

vaiśākhadharmanirataḥ sa vai mokṣamavāpnuyāt ..

> one devoted to the duties of Vaiśākha indeed attains liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.124)

dhanaśarmā brāhmaṇaśca pretāścaiva yathā purā .. 61 ..

> just as the brahmin Dhanaśarman and the spirits did formerly. (61)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.125)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.25.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.126)

ityetatparamākhyānamaṃbarīṣa tavoditam ..

> “Thus, O Ambarīṣa, has this supreme narrative been told to you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.127)

śravaṇātsarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvasaṃpadvidhāyakam .. 62 ..

> which destroys all sins by hearing and bestows all prosperity. (62)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.128)

tena bhuktiṃ ca muktiṃ ca jñānaṃ mokṣaṃ ca viṃdati ..

> Through it one obtains enjoyment, liberation, knowledge, and release.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.129)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā aṃvarīṣo mahāyaśāḥ .. 63 ..

> Having heard his words, the renowned Ambarīṣa, (63)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.130)

prahṛṣṭāṃtaravṛttiśca bāhyavyāpāravarjitaḥ ..

> with his inner mind overjoyed and detached from outward activity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.131)

praṇanāma tathā mūrdhnā daṇḍavatpatito bhuvi .. 64 ..

> prostrated himself with his head, falling like a rod upon the ground. (64)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.132)

vibhavairakhilaiścā'pi pūjayāmāsa taṃ punaḥ ..

> He worshipped him again with all his riches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.133)

saṃpūjitastamāmaṃtrya nārado bhagavānmuniḥ .. 65 ..

> Having been worshipped, the blessed sage, wise Nārada, took leave of him (65)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.134)

lokāṃtaraṃ yayau dhīmāñcchāpānnaikatra saṃsthitiḥ ..

> and went to another realm, since because of a curse he could not remain in one place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.135)

ambarīṣo'pi rājarṣirnāradoktānimāñcchubhān .. 66 ..

> The royal seer Ambarīṣa too, having practiced these auspicious (66)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.136)

dharmānkṛtvā vilīno'bhūtpare brahmaṇi nirguṇe ..

> duties declared by Nārada, became merged into the supreme, attribute-free Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.137)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.7.25.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.138)

ya idaṃ paramākhyānaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyavardhanam .. 67 ..

> Whoever listens to or recites this supreme narrative, (67)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.139)

śṛṇuyādvā paṭhedvā'pi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ..

> which destroys sin and increases merit, reaches the highest destination.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.140)

likhitaṃ pustakaṃ yeṣāṃ gṛhe tiṣṭhati mānadāḥ .. 68 ..

> O respectful ones, in whose house a written book of it remains, (68)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.141)

teṣāṃ muktiḥ karasthā hi kimu tacchravaṇātmanām .. 69 ..

> liberation is indeed in their hand; how much more so for those devoted to hearing it! (69)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.142)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye nāradāmbarīṣasaṃvāde phalaśrutikathanaṃnāma paṃcaviśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 .. .. cha .. ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, titled 'The Declaration of the Fruit of Hearing', in the dialogue between Nārada and Ambarīṣa, in the Māhātmya of the Month of Vaiśākha, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.143)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmyaṃ saṃpūrṇam ..

> Thus ends the Māhātmya of the Month of Vaiśākha in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.7.25.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.7.25.144)

śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu..

> May it be dedicated to the glorious Sītā and Rāmacandra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.7.25.1) — English, machine translation

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