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# Skandapurana 2.9.21

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.1)

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

> Glorious Nārāyaṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.2)

brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā ..

> The student, the householder, the forest-dweller, and the renunciant—  
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### [2.9.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.3)

eta āśramiṇaḥ proktāścatvāro munisattama .. 1 ..

> these four are declared to be the persons of the life-stages, O best of sages. (1)  
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### [2.9.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.4)

saṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛto yastu śuddhayonirdvijātitām ..

> He who is purified by the life-cycle rites, of pure womb, and has attained twice-born status,  
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### [2.9.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.5)

prāptaḥ sa hi brahmacārī taddharmānādito bruve .. 2 ..

> he indeed is a student; I will explain his duties from the beginning. (2)  
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### [2.9.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.6)

varṇī vedamadhīyīta vasangurugṛhe śuciḥ ..

> Living pure in the teacher's house, the student should study the Veda,  
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### [2.9.21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.7)

jitendriyo jitakrodho vinītastathyabhāṣaṇaḥ .. 3 ..

> with senses subdued, anger conquered, humble, and speaking the truth. (3)  
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### [2.9.21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.8)

sāyaṃ prātaścareddhomaṃ bhikṣācaryāṃ ca saṃyataḥ ..

> Evening and morning, self-restrained, he should perform the fire oblation and go begging for alms;  
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### [2.9.21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.9)

kuryāttrikālaṃ saṃdhyāṃ ca viṣṇupūjāṃ tathānvaham .. 4 ..

> he should perform the twilight devotion at the three junctures of the day, and likewise worship of Viṣṇu every day. (4)  
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### [2.9.21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.10)

gurvājñayaiva bhuñjīta mitamannamanākulaḥ ..

> Only by the teacher's command should he eat a measured amount of food, undisturbed;  
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### [2.9.21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.11)

gurusevāparo nityaṃ bhavedvyasanavarjitaḥ .. 5 ..

> he should be constantly devoted to the service of the teacher and free from vices. (5)  
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### [2.9.21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.12)

snāne ca bhojane home jape maunamupāśrayet ..

> During bathing, eating, fire oblation, and silent recitation, he should maintain silence;  
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### [2.9.21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.13)

chindyānna nakharomāṇi dantānnaivātidhāvayet .. 6 ..

> he should not cut his nails or hair, nor scrub his teeth excessively. (6)  
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### [2.9.21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.14)

nātidhāvecca vāsāṃsi bhavenniṣkapaṭo gurau ..

> He should not excessively wash his clothes, and he should be guileless toward the teacher;  
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### [2.9.21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.15)

āhūtodhyayanaṃ kuryādādāvante ca taṃ namet .. 7 ..

> summoned, he should study, and at the beginning and the end he should bow to him. (7)  
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### [2.9.21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.16)

aspṛśyānna spṛśeccāsau nā'saṃbhāṣyāṃśca bhāṣayet ..

> He should not touch untouchables, nor speak to those with whom conversation is forbidden;  
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### [2.9.21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.17)

abhakṣyaṃ bhakṣayennaiva nā'peyaṃ ca pibetkvacit .. 8 ..

> he should never eat uneatable food, nor drink undrinkable liquid. (8)  
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### [2.9.21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.18)

mekhalāmajinaṃ daṇḍaṃ bibhṛyācca kamaṇḍalum ..

> He should wear a girdle, a hide, a staff, and carry a water-pot,  
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### [2.9.21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.19)

site dve vāsasī brahmasūtraṃ ca japamālikām .. 9 ..

> two white garments, a sacred thread, and a rosary. (9)  
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### [2.9.21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.20)

darbhapāṇiśca jaṭilaḥ keśasaṃskāravarjitaḥ ..

> With kuśa grass in hand, having matted locks, free of hair ornamentation,  
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### [2.9.21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.21)

aṅgarāgaṃ puṣpahārānbhūṣaṇāni ca varjayet .. 2.9.21.10 ..

> he should avoid body-ointments, flower garlands, and ornaments. (10)  
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### [2.9.21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.22)

tailābhyaṅgaṃ na kurvīta kajjale nāñjanaṃ tathā ..

> He should not rub himself with oil, nor apply collyrium with lamp-black;  
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### [2.9.21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.23)

varjayecca prayatnena saṃsargaṃ madyamāṃsayoḥ .. 11 ..

> and with effort he should avoid contact with intoxicating liquor and meat. (11)  
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### [2.9.21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.24)

strīṇāṃ nirīkṣaṇaṃ sparśaṃ bhāṣaṇaṃ krīḍanādi ca ..

> Gazing at, touching, speaking with, or playing with women,  
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### [2.9.21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.25)

varjayetsarvathā varṇī striyāścāpyavalekhanam .. 12 ..

> and even a drawing of a woman, the student must avoid in every way. (12)  
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### [2.9.21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.26)

vinā ca devapratimāṃ kāṣṭhacitrādiyoṣitam ..

> Except for an image of a deity, a woman made of wood, painted, and the like,  
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### [2.9.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.27)

api naiva spṛśeddhīmānna ca buddhyāvalokayet .. 13 ..

> the wise \[student\] should not touch at all, nor deliberately look upon. (13)  
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### [2.9.21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.28)

prāṇimātraṃ ca mithunībhūtaṃ nekṣeta karhicit ..

> And he should never gaze upon any living creature in copulation;  
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### [2.9.21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.29)

strīṇāṃ guṇāścāpyaguṇāñchṛṇuyānnaiva no vadet .. 14 ..

> he should not listen to the virtues or defects of women, nor speak of them. (14)  
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### [2.9.21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.30)

aspṛśanneva vandeta gurupatnīmapi svakām ..

> Without touching, he should salute even his own teacher's wife;  
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### [2.9.21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.31)

jananyāpi na tiṣṭheta rahaḥsthāne tu karhicit .. 15 ..

> and he should never stay in a secluded place even with his mother. (15)  
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### [2.9.21.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.32)

evaṃvṛtto vasettatra yāvadvidyāsamāpanam ..

> Behaving in this manner, he should dwell there until the completion of his studies.  
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### [2.9.21.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.33)

tato virakto nyāsī syādvarṇī vā naiṣṭhiko bhavet ..

> Then, detached, he may become a renunciant, or he may become a lifelong student. (16)  
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### [2.9.21.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.34)

anadhikāritā proktā naiṣṭhikavratināṃ kalau .. 16 ..

> In the Kali \[age\], ineligibility is stated for those observing lifelong celibacy (naiṣṭhika).  
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### [2.9.21.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.35)

na saṃdhāviti vijñeyaṃ kalīti śabdasaṃgrahāt ..

> It should be understood that this does not apply to the twilight \[of the yuga\], from the concise usage of the word 'Kali'.  
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### [2.9.21.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.36)

vanī syādatha vā brahmannavirakto bhavedgṛhī .. 17 ..

> O brahmin, he may become a forest dweller, or if not dispassionate, he should become a householder.  
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### [2.9.21.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.37)

prājāpatyaṃ ca sāvitraṃ brāhmaṃ naiṣṭhikameva ca ..

> Prājāpatya, Sāvitra, Brāhma, and Naiṣṭhika—  
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### [2.9.21.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.38)

caturvidhaṃ brahmacaryaṃ tatraikaṃ śaktitaḥ śrayet .. 18 ..

> such is the fourfold brahmacarya; of these, one should adhere to one according to one's capacity.  
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### [2.9.21.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.21.39)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye brahmacāridharmanirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 21 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Duties of a Brahmacārin', in the Vāsudeva-māhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 21  
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