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# Skandapurana 2.8.3

Skandapurāṇa 2.8.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.8.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.2)

iti śrutvā vaco dhīmānādarātkuṃbhajanmanaḥ ..

> Having heard these words from the pot-born \[Agastya\] with respect,  
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### [2.8.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.3)

provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ .. 1 ..

> the wise sage Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana spoke sweet words. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.4)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.8.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.5)

bhagavannadbhutamidaṃ tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam..

> O venerable one, this excellent māhātmya of the sacred ford is wondrous;  
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### [2.8.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.6)

śrutvā tvatto mama manaḥ paramānaṃdamāyayau .. 2 ..

> having heard it from you, my mind has attained supreme joy. // 2  
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### [2.8.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.7)

anyattīrthavaraṃ brūhi tattvena mama śṛṇvataḥ ..

> Tell me, who am listening, accurately of another excellent sacred ford;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.8)

na tṛptirasti manasaḥ śṛṇvato mama suvrata .. 3 ..

> my listening mind finds no satiety, O you of noble vows! // 3  
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### [2.8.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.9)

.. .. agastya uvāca .. ..

> Agastya said:  
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### [2.8.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.10)

śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi tīrthamanyadanuttamam ..

> Listen, O twice-born, I shall tell of another unsurpassed sacred ford  
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### [2.8.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.11)

svargadvāramiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ sadā .. 4 ..

> known as Svargadvāra, which constantly removes all sins. // 4  
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### [2.8.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.12)

svargadvārasya māhātmyaṃ vistarādvaktumīśvaraḥ ..

> No one is able to describe at length the māhātmya of Svargadvāra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.13)

nahi kaścidato vatsa saṃkṣepācchṛṇu suvrata .. 5 ..

> therefore, child, hear it in brief, O you of noble vows! // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.14)

sahasradhārāmārabhya pūrvataḥ sarayūjale ..

> Beginning from Sahasradhārā to the east in the water of the Sarayū,  
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### [2.8.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.15)

ṣaṭtriṃśadadhikā proktā dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṭśatī mitiḥ .. 6 ..

> the extent of Svargadvāra is declared by learned experts in the Purāṇas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.16)

svargadvārasya vistāraḥ purāṇajñairviśāradaiḥ ..

> to be six hundred and thirty-six bows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.17)

svargadvārasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati .. 7 ..

> A sacred ford equal to Svargadvāra has never existed nor will ever exist: // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.18)

satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ nāsatyaṃ mama bhāṣitam..

> true, true, again true—my statement is not untrue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.19)

svargadvārasamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti brahmāṇḍagolake .. 8 ..

> There is no sacred ford equal to Svargadvāra in the entire orb of the universe. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.20)

hitvā divyāni bhaumāni tīrthāni sakalānyapi ..

> Leaving aside all heavenly and earthly sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.21)

prātarāgatya tiṣṭhanti tatra saṃśritya suvrata .. 9 ..

> they come in the morning and remain there, taking refuge \[in it\], O one of good vows! // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.22)

tasmādatra prakartavyaṃ prātaḥ snānaṃ viśeṣataḥ ..

> Therefore, a morning ritual ablution should especially be performed here  
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### [2.8.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.23)

sarvatīrthāvagāhasya phalamātmana īpsatā .. 2.8.3.10 ..

> by one who desires for oneself the fruit of bathing in all sacred fords. // 2.8.3.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.24)

tyajaṃti prāṇinaḥ prāṇānsvargadvārāṃtare dvija ..

> Living beings who surrender their life breaths within Svargadvāra, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.25)

prayāṃti paramaṃ sthānaṃ viṣṇoste nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 11 ..

> go to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu; of this there is no doubt. // 11  
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### [2.8.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.26)

muktidvāramidaṃ paśya svargaprāptikaraṃ nṛṇām ..

> Behold this door to liberation, which brings about the attainment of heaven for men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.27)

svargadvāramiti khyātaṃ tasmāttīrthamanuttamam .. 12 ..

> therefore, this unexcelled sacred ford is known as Svargadvāra. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.28)

svargadvāraṃ suduṣprāpyaṃ devairapi na saṃśayaḥ ..

> Svargadvāra is very difficult to attain even for the gods; there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.29)

yadyatkāmayate tatra tattadāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 13 ..

> Whatever a human being desires there, that he obtains. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.30)

svargadvāre parā siddhiḥ svargadvāre parā gatiḥ ..

> At Svargadvāra is the supreme perfection; at Svargadvāra is the supreme destiny.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.31)

japtaṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat ..

> Whatever is muttered, given, offered in fire, seen, whatever austerity is performed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.32)

dhyānamadhyayanaṃ sarvaṃ dānaṃ bhavati cākṣayam .. 14 ..

> meditation, study, and every gift becomes imperishable. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.33)

janmāṃtarasahasreṇa yatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam..

> Whatever sin was accumulated previously through a thousand other births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.34)

svargadvārapraviṣṭasya tatsarvaṃ vrajati kṣayam .. 15 ..

> all of that goes to destruction for one who has entered Svargadvāra. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.35)

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā vai varṇasaṃkarāḥ..

> Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, mixed castes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.36)

kṛmimlecchāśca ye cānye saṃkīrṇāḥ pāpayonayaḥ.16..

> worms, mlecchas, and whatever other mixed \[creatures\] born of sin, // 16  
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### [2.8.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.37)

kīṭāḥ pipīlikāścaiva ye cānye mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ..

> insects, ants, and whatever other beasts and birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.38)

kālena nidhanaṃ prāptāḥ svargadvāre śṛṇu dvija ..17..

> who meet their demise in time at Svargadvāra—listen, O twice-born!— // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.39)

kaumodakīkarāḥ sarve pakṣiṇo garuḍadhvajāḥ ..

> all the birds \[become\] wielders of the mace Kaumodakī, having Garuḍa on their banners;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.40)

śubhe viṣṇupure viṣṇurjāyate tatra mānavāḥ .. 18 ..

> in that auspicious city of Viṣṇu, men become Viṣṇu \[himself\]. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.41)

akāmo vā sakāmo vā api tīrthagatopi vā ..

> Whether without desire or with desire, or even having come to the sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.42)

svargadvāre tyajanprāṇānviṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 19 ..

> giving up one's life breaths at Svargadvāra, one is glorified in the world of Viṣṇu. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.43)

munayo devatāḥ siddhāḥ sādhyā yakṣā marudgaṇāḥ ..

> The sages, gods, siddhas, sādhyas, yakṣas, and the hosts of Maruts  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.44)

yajñopavītamātreṇa vibhāgaṃ cakrire tu ye .. 2.8.3.20 ..

> who made the division merely with the sacred thread— // 2.8.3.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.45)

madhyāhne'tra prakurvaṃti sānnidhyaṃ devatāgaṇāḥ ..

> the hosts of deities manifest their presence here at midday;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.46)

tasmāttatra prakurvaṃti madhyāhne snānamādarāt .. 21 ..

> therefore, they perform the ritual ablution there at midday with reverence. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.47)

kurvaṃtyanaśanaṃ ye tu svargadvāre jiteṃdriyāḥ ..

> Those with conquered senses who undertake fasting at Svargadvāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.48)

prayāṃti paramaṃ sthānaṃ ye ca māsopavāsinaḥ .. 22 ..

> and those who fast for a month, go to the supreme abode. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.49)

annadānaratā te ca ratnadā bhūmidā narāḥ ..

> Those men devoted to giving food, giving gems, giving land,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.50)

govastradāśca viprebhyo yāṃti te bhavanaṃ hareḥ ..23..

> and giving cows and garments to brahmins, go to the abode of Hari. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.51)

yatra siddhā mahātmāno munayaḥ pitarastathā ..

> Where perfected souls, great sages, and the ancestors  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.52)

svargaṃ prayāṃti te sarve svargadvāraṃ tataḥ smṛtam .. 24 ..

> all go to heaven, it is therefore called Svargadvāra. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.53)

caturddhā ca tanuṃ kṛtvā devadevo hariḥ svayam ..

> And dividing his body fourfold, the god of gods, Hari himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.54)

atra vai ramate nityaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rāghavaḥ .. 25 ..

> as Rāghava, ever delights here together with his brothers. // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.55)

brahmalokaṃ parityajya caturvaktraḥ sanātanaḥ ..

> Abandoning the world of Brahmā, the eternal four-faced  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.56)

atraiva ramate nityaṃ devaiḥ saha pitāmahaḥ .. 26 ..

> Grandfather ever delights right here along with the gods. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.57)

kailāsanilayāvāsī śivastatraiva saṃsthitaḥ .. 27 ..

> Dwelling in his abode on Kailāsa, Śiva is stationed right there. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.58)

merumandaramātro'pi rāśiḥ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ ..

> Even a heap of sinful deeds the size of Meru and Mandara,  
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### [2.8.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.59)

svargadvāraṃ samāsādya sa sarvo vrajati kṣayam .. 28 ..

> upon reaching Svargadvāra, all goes to destruction. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.60)

yā gatirjñānatapasāṃ yā gatiryajñayājinām..

> The destination attained through knowledge and austerity, the destination of sacrifice-performers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.61)

svargadvāre mṛtānāṃ tu sā gatirvihitā śubhā .. 29 ..

> that auspicious destination is ordained for those who die at Svargadvāra. // 29  
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### [2.8.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.62)

ṛṣidevāsuragaṇairjapahomaparāyaṇaiḥ ..

> By hosts of seers, gods, and asuras devoted to recitation and oblations,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.63)

yatibhirmokṣakāmaiśca svargadvāro niṣevyate .. 2.8.3.30 ..

> and by ascetics desirous of liberation, Svargadvāra is resorted to. // 2.8.3.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.64)

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi kāśīvāseṣu yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit there is in dwelling in Kāśī for sixty thousand years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.65)

tatphalaṃ nimiṣārddhena kalau dāśarathīṃ purīm .. 31 ..

> that fruit \[is obtained\] in half a twinkling of an eye in the Kali age in the city of the son of Daśaratha. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.66)

yā gatiryogayuktānāṃ vārāṇasyāṃ tanutyajām..

> The destination of those endowed with yoga who cast off their bodies in Vārāṇasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.67)

sā gatiḥ snānamātreṇa sarayvāṃ harivāsare .. 32 ..

> that destination \[is attained\] by a mere ritual ablution in the Sarayū on the day of Hari. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.68)

svargadvāre mṛtaḥ kaścinnarakaṃ naiva paśyati ..

> No one who has died at Svargadvāra ever sees hell;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.69)

keśavānugṛhītā hi sarve yāṃti parāṃ gatim .. 33 ..

> indeed, graced by Keśava, all go to the supreme destination. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.70)

bhūloke cāṃtarikṣe ca divi tīrthāni yāni vai ..

> Whatever sacred fords there are on the earth, in the atmosphere, and in heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.71)

atītya vartate tāni tīrthānyetaddvijottama .. 34 ..

> this \[sacred ford\] surpasses all those sacred fords, O best of the twice-born! // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.72)

viṣṇubhaktiṃ samāsādya ramante tu suniścitāḥ ..

> Having attained devotion to Viṣṇu, those who are firmly resolved delight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.73)

saṃhṛtya śaktitaḥ kāmaṃ viṣayeṣu hi saṃsthitam ..35 ..

> having withdrawn according to their power the desire situated in sense objects. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.74)

śaktitaḥ sarvato yuktvā śaktistapasi saṃsthitā ..

> When one's power is applied from all sides and one's capacity rests in austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.75)

na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi .. 36 ..

> there is no return for them, even after hundreds of crores of kalpas. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.76)

hanyamāno'pi yo vidvānvasecchastraśatairapi ..

> A wise man who dwells \[here\], even if struck down by hundreds of weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.77)

sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati ..37..

> goes to that supreme abode, having reached which he does not grieve. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.78)

svargadvāre viyujyeta sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ..

> He who departs \[from life\] at Svargadvāra goes to the supreme destination.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.79)

uttaraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ vāpi ayanaṃ na vikalpayet .. 38 ..

> One should not differentiate between the northern or the southern course of the sun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.80)

sarvasteṣāṃ śubhaḥ kālaḥ svargadvāraṃ śrayaṃti ye ..

> all time is auspicious for those who take refuge in Svargadvāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.81)

snānamātreṇa pāpāni vilayaṃ yāṃti dehinām .. 39 ..

> By mere ritual ablution, the sins of embodied beings are dissolved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.82)

yāvatpāpāni dehena ye kurvaṃti janāḥ kṣitau ..

> Whatever sins people commit with their bodies on earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.83)

ayodhyā paramaṃ sthānaṃ teṣāmīritamādarāt .. .. 2.8.3.40 ..

> Ayodhyā is declared with reverence as the supreme abode for them. // 2.8.3.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.84)

jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe paṃcadaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ ..

> Especially in the month of Jyeṣṭha, on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.85)

tasya sāṃvatsarī yātrā devaiścandrahareḥ smṛtā .. 41 ..

> the annual pilgrimage of Candrahari is traditionally remembered by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.86)

tasminnudyāpanaṃ candrasahasraṃ vratayogibhiḥ ..

> On that \[occasion\], the concluding rite of the thousand moons should be performed with effort  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.87)

kāryaṃ prayatnato vipra sarvayajñaphalādhikam.. 42 ..

> by those observing vows, O brahmin, yielding more fruit than all sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.88)

tasminkṛte mahāpāpakṣayātsvargo bhavennṛṇām .. 43..

> When that is done, heaven is attained by men due to the destruction of great sins. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.89)

.. śrīvyāsa uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Vyāsa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.90)

bhagavanbrūhi tattvena tasya candrahareḥ śubhām..

> "O Lord, tell me in truth of that auspicious Candrahari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.91)

utpattiṃ ca tathā caṃdravratasyodyāpane vidhim .. 44 ..

> his origin, and likewise the rule for the concluding rite of the moon-vow." // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.92)

.. agastya uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.8.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.93)

ayodhyānilayaṃ viṣṇuṃ natvā śītāṃśurutsukaḥ ..

> "Having bowed to Viṣṇu whose abode is Ayodhyā, the cool-rayed \[moon\], eager,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.94)

āgacchattīrthamāhātmyaṃ sākṣātkartuṃ sudhānidhiḥ ..

> that treasury of nectar, came to witness directly the māhātmya of the sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.95)

atrāgatya ca candro'tha tīrthayātrāṃ cakāra saḥ .. 45 ..

> Having arrived here, the moon then performed a pilgrimage to the sacred ford  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.96)

krameṇa vidhipūrvaṃ ca nānāścaryasamanvitaḥ ..

> in proper order and according to the rules, filled with various wonders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.97)

samārādhya tato viṣṇuṃ tapasā duścareṇa vai .. 46 ..

> Then, having worshipped Viṣṇu with austerity difficult to perform,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.98)

tatprasādaṃ samāsādya svābhidhānapurassaram ..

> and having obtained his grace, preceded by his own name,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.99)

hariṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa tena caṃdrahariḥ smṛtaḥ .. 47 ..

> he consecrated Hari; therefore he is remembered as Candrahari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.100)

vāsudevaprasādena tatsthānaṃ jātamadbhutam ..

> By the grace of Vāsudeva, that place became wonderful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.101)

taddhi guhyatamaṃ sthānaṃ vāsudevasya suvrata .. 48 ..

> For that is the most secret abode of Vāsudeva, O one of good vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.102)

sarveṣāmiva bhūtānāṃ bharturmokṣasya sarvadā ..

> the Lord of all beings, and \[the giver\] of liberation at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.103)

asminsiddhāḥ sadā vipra goviṃdavratamāsthitāḥ .. 49 ..

> Here, O brahmin, the perfected ones are always established in the vow of Govinda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.104)

nānāliṃgadharā nityaṃ viṣṇulokābhikāṃkṣiṇaḥ ..

> bearing various sectarian marks, constantly desiring the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.105)

abhyasyaṃti paraṃ yogaṃ muktātmāno jiteṃdriyāḥ ..2.8.3.50..

> Liberated in self and with senses subdued, they practice the supreme yoga. // 2.8.3.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.106)

yathā dharmamavāpnoti anyatra na tathā kvacit ..

> The merit one attains \[here\] is not obtained anywhere else in such a way.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.107)

dānaṃ vrataṃ tathā homaḥ sarvamakṣayatāṃ vrajeta ..51..

> Giving, vow, and oblations—all attain imperishability.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.108)

sarvakāmaphalaprāptirjāyate prāṇināṃ sadā ..

> The attainment of the fruit of all desires always comes to living beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.109)

tasmādatra vidhātavyaṃ prāṇibhiryatnataḥ kramāt ..

> therefore, here living beings should diligently perform in order  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.110)

dānādikaṃ viprapūjā daṃpatyośca viśeṣataḥ .. 52 ..

> giving and other acts, the worship of brahmins, and especially of a married couple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.111)

sarvayajñādhikaphalaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam ..

> The fruit exceeding all sacrifices, plunging into all sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.112)

sarvadevāvalokasya yatpuṇyaṃ jāyate nṛṇām .. 53 ..

> whatever religious merit arises for men from beholding all gods—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.113)

tatsarvaṃ jāyate puṇyaṃ prāṇināmasya darśanāt ..

> all that merit arises for living beings from the darśana of this \[deity\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.114)

tasmādetanmahākṣetraṃ purāṇādiṣu gīyate .. 54 ..

> Therefore this great sacred field is celebrated in the Purāṇas and other texts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.115)

udyāpanavidhiścātra nṛbhirdvijapurassaram ..

> And here the rule for the concluding rite is to be performed by men, led by brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.116)

agre caṃdrahareścandra sahasravratasaṃjñakaḥ .. 55 ..

> in front of Candrahari, known as the Candrasahasravrata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.117)

gate varṣadvaye sārddhe paṃcapakṣe dinadvaye ..

> When two and a half years, five fortnights, two days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.118)

divasasyā'ṣṭame bhāge patatyeko'dhimāsakaḥ .. 56 ..

> and the eighth part of a day have passed, one intercalary month occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.119)

tryadhike vā aśītyabde caturmāsayute tataḥ ..

> Then, in eighty-three years  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.120)

bhaveccandrasahasraṃ tu tāvajjīvati yo naraḥ ..

> accompanied by four months, a thousand moons are completed. A man who lives that long  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.121)

udyāpanaṃ prakarttavyaṃ tena yātrā prayatnataḥ .. 57 ..

> should perform the concluding rite and the pilgrimage with effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.122)

yatpuṇyaṃ paramaṃ proktaṃ satataṃ yajñayājinām..

> Whatever supreme merit is spoken of for those who continually offer sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.123)

satyavādiṣu yatpuṇyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ hemadāyini ..

> whatever merit is in speaking truth, whatever merit is in giving gold—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.124)

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate vipra sahasrābdasya jīvibhiḥ .. 58 ..

> that merit, O brahmin, is obtained \[through this\] by those who live for a thousand \[moons\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.125)

sarvasaukhyapradaṃ tādṛkpuṇyavratamihocyate .. 59 ..

> Such a meritorious vow, bestowing all happiness, is declared here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.126)

caturdaśyāṃ śuciḥ snātvā dantadhāvanapūrvakam ..

> Having bathed purely on the fourteenth day after cleaning the teeth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.127)

caritabrahmacaryyaśca jitavākkāyamānasaḥ ..

> having observed celibacy, with speech, body, and mind restrained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.128)

paurṇamāsyāṃ tathā kṛtvā caṃdrapūjāṃ ca kārayet .. 2.8.3.60 ..

> having done likewise on the full-moon day, one should cause worship of the moon to be performed. // 2.8.3.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.129)

pūrvaṃ ca mātaraḥ pūjyā gauryādikakrameṇa ca ..

> First, the Mothers should be worshipped in the order of Gaurī and the rest;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.130)

ṛtvijaḥ pūjayedbhaktyā vṛddhiśrāddhapurassaram .. 61 ..

> one should worship the officiating priests with devotion, preceded by the Vṛddhiśrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.131)

prayataiḥ pratimā kāryā caṃdramaṃḍalasannibhā ..

> Purified, an image resembling the lunar disc should be made,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.132)

sahasrasaṃkhyā hyathavā tadarddhaṃ vā tadarddhakam ..

> a thousand in number, or half of that, or half of that,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.133)

nijavittānumānena tadardhena tadarddhikam .. 62 ..

> or half of that, or half of that, according to one's wealth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.134)

tataḥ śraddhānumānādvā kāryā vittānumānataḥ ..

> or it should be made according to faith, or according to one's wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.135)

athavā ṣoḍaśa śubhā vidhātavyāḥ prayatnataḥ .. 63 ..

> or sixteen auspicious \[images\] should be diligently fashioned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.136)

caṃdrapūjāṃ tataḥ kuryādāgamoktavidhānataḥ ..

> Then one should perform worship of the moon according to the rules prescribed in the āgamas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.137)

māṣaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ kāryā pratyekaṃ pratimā śubhā .. 64 ..

> Each auspicious image should be made of sixteen māṣas \[of gold\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.138)

somamaṃtreṇa homastu kāryo vittānumānataḥ ..

> The fire oblation should be performed with the Soma mantra according to one's wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.139)

pratimāsthāpanaṃ kuryātsomamaṃtramudīrayet .. 65 ..

> He should install the image and recite the Soma mantra. // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.140)

somotpattiṃ somasūktaṃ pāṭhayecca prayatnataḥ ..

> He should diligently have the \[hymn on the\] origin of Soma and the Soma-sūkta recited.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.141)

caṃdrapūjāṃ tataḥ kuryādāgamoktavidhānataḥ .. 66 ..

> Then he should perform the worship of the Moon according to the injunctions declared in the āgamas. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.142)

caṃdranyāsaṃ kalānyāsaṃ kārayenmaṃḍale jalam ..

> He should perform the nyāsa of the Moon, the nyāsa of the digits \[of the Moon\], and \[sprinkle\] water on the maṇḍala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.143)

ekādaśeṃdriyanyāsaṃ tathaiva vidhipūrvakam .. 67 ..

> He should likewise perform the nyāsa of the eleven sense-organs in accordance with the rules. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.144)

caṃdrabiṃbanibhaṃ kāryyaṃ maṃḍalaṃ śubhataṃḍulaiḥ..

> A maṇḍala resembling the lunar disc should be made with auspicious rice grains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.145)

madhye ca kalaśaḥ sthāpyo gavyena payasāplutaḥ .. 68 ..

> and in the center a water pot filled with cow's milk should be placed. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.146)

caturasreṣu saṃpūrṇānkalaśānsthāpayedbahiḥ ..

> In the squares outside, he should set full jars;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.147)

maṃḍale caṃdrapūjā ca kartavyā nāmabhiḥ kramāt .. 69 ..

> and in the maṇḍala, worship of the Moon should be performed with the names in order: // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.148)

himāṃśave namaścaiva somacaṃdrāya vai namaḥ .. 54 ..

> "Obeisance to Himāṃśu, and obeisance indeed to Somacandra; // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.149)

caṃdrāya vidhave nityaṃ namaḥ kumudabaṃdhave .. 2.8.3.70 ..

> perpetual obeisance to Candra, to Vidhu, to the friend of the night-lotus; // 2.8.3.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.150)

sudhāṃśave ca somāya oṣadhīśāya vai namaḥ ..

> obeisance to Sudhāṃśu, to Soma, and indeed to the Lord of Herbs;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.151)

namo'bjāya mṛgāṃkāya kalānāṃ nidhaye namaḥ .. 71 ..

> obeisance to the Lotus-born (Abja), to the Hare-marked (Mṛgāṅka), obeisance to the Treasure of Digits; // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.152)

namo nakṣatranāthāya śarvarīpataye namaḥ ..

> obeisance to the Lord of Asterisms, to the Husband of Night;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.153)

jaivātṛkāya satataṃ dvijarājāya vai namaḥ .. 72 ..

> constant obeisance to the Long-lived One (Jaivātṛka), and indeed to the King of the Twice-born." // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.154)

evaṃ ṣoḍaśabhiścaṃdraḥ stotavyo nāmabhiḥ kramāt .. 73 ..

> Thus the Moon should be praised in order with these sixteen names. // 73  
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### [2.8.3.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.155)

tato vai prayato dadyādvidhivanmaṃtrapūrvakam ..

> Then, having restrained his mind, he should offer according to the rules, accompanied by mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.156)

śaṃkhatoyaṃ samādāya sapuṣpaṃ phalacaṃdanam .. 74 ..

> water from a conch shell together with flowers, fruits, and sandalwood paste: // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.157)

namaste māsamāsāṃte jāyamāna punaḥpunaḥ ..

> "Obeisance to you who are born again and again at the end of each month;  
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### [2.8.3.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.158)

gṛhāṇārghyaṃ śaśāṃka tvaṃ rohiṇyā sahito mama ..75..

> O Hare-marked one, accept this my arghya together with Rohiṇī." // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.159)

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivacchaśinaṃ praṇato bhavet ..

> Having thus worshipped the Moon according to the rules, he should bow down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.160)

ṣoḍaśānye ca kalaśā dugdhapūrṇāḥ saratnakāḥ ..76..

> Sixteen other water pots filled with milk and containing gems,  
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### [2.8.3.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.161)

savastrācchādanāḥ śāṃtyai dātavyāste dvijanmane ..

> covered with cloths, should be given to a brahmin for peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.162)

abhiṣekaṃ tataḥ kuryātpāyasena jalena tu .. 77 ..

> Then he should perform an ablution with rice-milk (pāyasa) and water. // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.163)

ṛtvijāṃ manasastuṣṭiḥ kāryā vittānumānataḥ ..

> The satisfaction of the officiating priests' minds should be made according to his wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.164)

brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayettatra sakuṭuṃbaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 78 ..

> He should feed the brahmin there, especially along with his family. // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.165)

pūjanīyau prayatnena vastraiśca dvijadaṃpatī ..

> A brahmin couple should be zealously honored with clothes,  
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### [2.8.3.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.166)

kartavyaṃ ca tato bhūridakṣiṇādānamuttamam .. 79 ..

> and then a generous, excellent gift of dakṣiṇā should be made. // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.167)

pratimāśca pradātavyā dvijebhyo dhenupūrvikāḥ ..

> Images should be presented to the brahmins along with cows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.168)

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ tathānnaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ ..

> and gold, silver, clothing, and especially food  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.169)

dātavyaṃ caṃdrasuprītyai harṣādevaṃ dvijanmane .. 2.8.3.80 ..

> should thus be given with joy to a brahmin for the great pleasure of the Moon. // 2.8.3.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.170)

upavāsavidhānena dinaśeṣaṃ nayetsudhīḥ ..

> The wise man should spend the remainder of the day according to the rule of fasting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.171)

anaṃtare ca divase kuryādbhagavadarcanam ..

> On the following day, he should perform worship of the Lord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.172)

bāṃdhavaiḥ saha bhuñjīta niyamaṃ ca visarjjayet .. 81 ..

> he should eat together with his kinsmen and conclude his vow. // 81  
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### [2.8.3.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.173)

evaṃ ca kurute caṃdrasahasraṃ vratamuttamam ..

> The person who thus performs the excellent vow of a thousand moons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.174)

brahmaghno'pi surāpo'pi steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ ..

> even if he is a killer of a brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief, or one who violates the teacher's bed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.175)

vratenānena śuddhātmā caṃdralokaṃ vrajennaraḥ .. 82 ..

> is purified in soul by this vow and goes to the world of the Moon. // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.176)

yādṛśaśca bhavedvipra priyo nārāyaṇasya ca ..

> Whatever kind \[of person\] he may be, O brahmin, he becomes dear to Nārāyaṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.177)

evaṃ karoti niyataṃ kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ .. 83 ..

> the man who performs this with discipline has accomplished his purpose. // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.3.178)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe'yodhyāmāhātmye candrasahasravratodyāpanavidhivarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 ..

> Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Description of the Procedure for the Concluding Rite of the Vow of a Thousand Moons', in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya in the second Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.8.3.1) — English, machine translation

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