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# Skandapurana 2.9.23

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.1)

.. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.2)

vānaprasthasya vakṣyāmi niyamānatha te mune ..

> Now, O sage, I will declare to you the rules for the forest hermit.  
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### [2.9.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.3)

tṛtīya āyuṣo bhāge tṛtīyāśrama īritaḥ ..1 ..

> The third stage of life is prescribed in the third portion of life's span. // 1  
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### [2.9.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.4)

anukūlā svasevāyāṃ viraktā ca tapaḥpriyā ..

> If his wife is compliant in his personal service, dispassionate, and fond of austerity,  
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### [2.9.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.5)

yadi patnī bhavettarhi tayā saha vanaṃ viśet .. 2 ..

> then he should enter the forest together with her. // 2  
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### [2.9.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.6)

anyathā tu sutādibhyastasyāḥ poṣaṇarakṣaṇam ..

> Otherwise, assigning her maintenance and protection to his sons and others,  
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### [2.9.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.7)

ādiśya svayamekākī virakto vanamāviśet .. 3 ..

> he should enter the forest alone, detached \[from the world\]. // 3  
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### [2.9.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.8)

nirbhayo nivasettatra taporuciratandritaḥ ..

> He should dwell there fearless, taking delight in austerity, free from sloth;  
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### [2.9.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.9)

kuryāduṭajamagnyarthaṃ svayaṃ tu bahirāvaset .. 4 ..

> he should make a thatched hut for the sacrificial fire, but dwell outside himself. // 4  
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### [2.9.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.10)

bhavetpañcatapā grīṣma udavāsaśca śaiśire ..

> He should practice the austerity of five fires in summer, dwell in water in the cold season,  
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### [2.9.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.11)

āsāraṣāṭca varṣāsu jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ .. 5 ..

> and endure downpours in the rainy season, with anger conquered and senses restrained. // 5  
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### [2.9.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.12)

vāsaśca tārṇaṃ pārṇaṃ vā vasītājinavalkalam ..

> He should wear garments made of grass, leaves, deer-skin, or bark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.13)

bhuñjīta ṛṣidhānyāni vanyaṃ kandaphalādi vā .. 6 ..

> He should consume wild grains, or wild roots, fruits, and the like. // 6  
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### [2.9.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.14)

agnipakvaṃ vārkapakvamapakvaṃ vāpi bhakṣayet ..

> He may eat \[food\] cooked by fire, ripened by the sun, or even raw;  
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### [2.9.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.15)

abhāve tveṣa dantānāmaśmolūkhalakuṭṭitam .. 7 ..

> moreover, in the absence of teeth, he \[may eat food\] pounded with a stone or mortar. // 7  
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### [2.9.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.16)

svayamevāharedannaṃ yathākālaṃ dinedine ..

> He should personally gather food according to the proper time day by day,  
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### [2.9.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.17)

kāle parāhṛtaṃ vāpi gṛhṇīyānnānyadā kvacit.. 8 ..

> or accept at that time \[what is\] brought by another, but never at any other time. // 8  
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### [2.9.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.18)

kālepi kṛṣṭapacyaṃ tu na gṛhṇīyādanāpadi ..

> Even at the proper time, except in an emergency, he should not accept cultivated food;  
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### [2.9.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.19)

vanyairevāgnikāryaṃ ca dhānyaiḥ kurvīta pūrvavat .. 9 ..

> and with wild grains alone he should perform his fire rituals as before. // 9  
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### [2.9.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.20)

rakṣetkamaṇḍaluṃ daṇḍamagnihotraparicchadān..

> He should keep a water-pot, staff, and the equipment for the daily fire offering;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.21)

keśaromaśmaśrunakhāndhārayenmalināndataḥ .. 2.9.23.10 ..

> he should wear his head hair, body hair, beard, and nails, and \[keep\] his teeth uncleaned. // 2.9.23.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.22)

aṃgānyamardayansnāyādbhūtale ca śayīta saḥ ..

> He should bathe without massaging his limbs, and sleep on the bare ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.23)

deśakāla balāvasthānusāreṇa tapaścaret .. 11 ..

> He should practice austerity according to the place, time, strength, and condition. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.24)

phenapāścaudumbarāśca vālakhilyāstathaiva ca ..

> The Phenapas, the Audumbaras, and likewise the Vālakhilyas,  
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### [2.9.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.25)

vaikhānaseti kathitāścaturddhā vanavāsinaḥ .. 12 ..

> and the Vaikhānasa—thus forest-dwellers are declared to be of four kinds. // 12  
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### [2.9.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.26)

yathāśakti dvādaśābdānaṣṭau vā caturo vane ..

> According to his ability, for twelve years, or eight, or four in the forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.27)

vaseddvāvekamevāpi tataḥ saṃnyāsamāśrayet .. 13 ..

> he should dwell, or for two, or even just one; then he should take refuge in renunciation. // 13  
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### [2.9.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.28)

yadi syāttīvravairāgyaṃ tarhi nyāso hitāvahaḥ ..

> If intense dispassion arises, then renunciation brings benefit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.29)

vasettatraivā'nyathā tu yāvajjīvaṃ vane dvijaḥ .. 14 ..

> otherwise, the twice-born should live in that very forest for the rest of his life. // 14  
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### [2.9.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.30)

yathāvidhi kṛtatyāgasturīyāśramamāsthitaḥ ..

> Having made renunciation according to rule, established in the fourth stage of life,  
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### [2.9.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.31)

sācchādanaṃ tu kaupīnaṃ kanthāmekāṃ ca dhārayet.. .. 15 ..

> he should wear a loincloth with a covering, and a single patched garment. // 15  
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### [2.9.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.32)

daṇḍaṃ kamaṇḍaluṃ cāmbugālanaṃ bibhṛyācca saḥ ..

> He should carry a staff, a water-pot, and a water-strainer;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.33)

sadācāradvijagṛhe kāle bhikṣāṃ samācaret .. 16 ..

> at the proper time he should beg alms in the house of a twice-born of good conduct. // 16  
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### [2.9.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.34)

na kuryātpratyahaṃ bhikṣāmekasyaiva gṛhe yatiḥ ..

> An ascetic should not beg alms every day at the house of the same person;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.35)

rasalubdho bhavenneva sakṛcca mitabhugbhavet .. 17 ..

> he must not become greedy for flavors, and should eat moderately, once \[a day\]. // 17  
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### [2.9.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.36)

vanasthāśramiṇo bhikṣāṃ prāyo gṛhṇīta bhikṣukaḥ ..

> A mendicant should mostly accept alms from one in the forest-dweller stage of life;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.37)

tadandhasātiśuddhena śuddhyatyevā'sya yanmanaḥ .. 18 ..

> for by that extremely pure food, his mind is certainly purified. // 18  
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### [2.9.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.38)

ghrāṇepi māṃsasurayoḥ pārākaṃ vratamācaret ..

> Even upon smelling meat or liquor, he should perform the Pārāka penance;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.39)

śaucācāraviśuddhaḥ syācchūdrādīṃścāpi na spṛśet .. 19 ..

> he should be thoroughly pure in cleanliness and conduct, and must not touch Śūdras and others. // 19  
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### [2.9.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.40)

nityaṃ kuryādviṣṇupūjā madyādviṣṇornniveditam..

> He should constantly worship Viṣṇu and eat what has been offered to Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.41)

dvādaśārṇaṃ japedviṣṇoraṣṭākṣaramanuṃ ca vā .. 2.9.23.20 ..

> he should recite the twelve-syllable or the eight-syllable mantra of Viṣṇu. // 2.9.23.20  
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### [2.9.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.42)

asadvādaṃ na kurvīta vṛttyarthaṃ nācaretkathām ..

> He should not engage in fallacious debate, nor narrate stories for the sake of a livelihood;  
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### [2.9.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.43)

asacchāstre na saktaḥ syānnopajīvecca jīvikām .. 21 ..

> he should not be attached to bad scriptures, nor pursue a worldly profession. // 21  
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### [2.9.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.44)

sacchāstramabhyaseccāsau bandhamokṣānudarśanam ..

> He should study good scriptures that examine bondage and liberation;  
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### [2.9.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.45)

maṭhādīnnaiva badhnīyādahantāmamate tyajet .. 22 ..

> he must not build monasteries and the like; he should abandon egoism and possessiveness. // 22  
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### [2.9.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.46)

cāturmāsyaṃ vinaikatra vasennā'sāvanāpadi ..

> Except during the four months of the rainy season, he should not dwell in one place when there is no calamity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.47)

ātmanaśca hare rūpaṃ vidyājjñānena tattvataḥ .. 23 ..

> and through knowledge he should truly understand the nature of the self and of Hari. // 23  
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### [2.9.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.48)

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ bhayaṃ vairaṃ dhanadhānyādisaṃgraham ..

> Desire, anger, fear, enmity, and the hoarding of money, grain, and the like—  
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### [2.9.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.49)

naiva kuryātpālayeta yamāṃśca niyamānyatiḥ .. 24 ..

> he must never cultivate; the ascetic should observe the restraints and the observances. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.50)

tīvrajñānavirāgābhyāṃ saṃpannopi yatirdhruvam ..

> Even an ascetic endowed with intense knowledge and dispassion  
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### [2.9.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.51)

strīvittabhūṣāsadvastrasaṃsargādbhraṣṭatāṃ vrajet .. 25 ..

> will surely fall through contact with women, wealth, ornaments, and fine clothes. // 25  
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### [2.9.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.52)

puṣpa candanatailādisugandhidravyavarjanam ..

> A renunciant should avoid fragrant substances such as flowers, sandalwood, and oils;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.53)

tyāgī kurvītānyathā tu bhaveddehātmadhīḥ sa vai .. 26 ..

> otherwise, he will indeed come to identify the self with the body. // 26  
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### [2.9.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.54)

āhāro yasya yāvāṃstaṃ tāvānstrīkāma āviśet ..

> According to the amount of food one eats, lust for women enters him to that same degree;  
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### [2.9.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.55)

ato mitaṃ nīrasaṃ ca bhojanaṃ tyāgino hitam .. 27 ..

> therefore, moderate and flavorless food is beneficial for a renunciant. // 27  
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### [2.9.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.56)

na śrāvyā grāmyavārttā ca mokṣasiddhimabhīpsatā ..

> Worldly gossip must not be listened to by one desiring attainment of liberation,  
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### [2.9.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.57)

naśyedyacchravaṇānnṝṇāṃ sadyo viṣṇukathā ruciḥ .. 28 ..

> from hearing which men's relish for stories of Viṣṇu is instantly destroyed. // 28  
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### [2.9.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.58)

api citramayīṃ nārīṃ tyāgī nekṣeta na spṛśet ..

> A renunciant should neither look at nor touch even a painted woman;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.59)

stryākāradarśanādeva bhraṣṭā bhūri tapasvinaḥ .. 29 ..

> merely from seeing the form of a woman, many ascetics have fallen. // 29  
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### [2.9.23.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.60)

kuṭīcako bahūdaśca haṃsaḥ paramahaṃsakaḥ ..

> The Kuṭīcaka, the Bahūdaka, the Haṃsa, and the Paramahaṃsa—  
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### [2.9.23.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.61)

evaṃ caturddhā kathito yatirvairāgyabhedataḥ .. 2.9.23.30 ..

> thus the ascetic is declared to be of four kinds according to differences in dispassion. // 2.9.23.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.62)

kāṣāyavāsaso ye me bhaviṣyāḥ sādhavaśca taiḥ ..

> Those ascetics of mine wearing ochre garments who will exist in the future  
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### [2.9.23.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.63)

kāryaṃ madarthapākādi turyāśramasthitairapi .. 31 ..

> must perform cooking and other duties for my sake, even while abiding in the fourth stage of life. // 31  
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### [2.9.23.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.64)

śrīvāsudevabhaktā ye tīvravairāgyaśālinaḥ ..

> For those devotees of glorious Vāsudeva who possess intense dispassion,  
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### [2.9.23.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.65)

teṣāṃ dharmastu tatsevā proktāhassu ca rātriṣu .. 32 ..

> their duty is declared to be his service by day and by night. // 32  
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### [2.9.23.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.66)

ekopi ca kṣaṇasteṣāṃ jñānavijñānabhūyasām ..

> For those who are abundant in knowledge and discernment, not even a single moment  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.67)

bhaktiṃ navavidhāṃ viṣṇorvinā vyartho na vai bhavet .. 33 ..

> should pass in vain without the ninefold devotion to Viṣṇu. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.68)

sarverguṇairupetopi bhagavadvimukho yadi ..

> Even if endowed with all virtues, if one is averse to the Lord,  
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### [2.9.23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.69)

svajanopi bhavettaṃ tu jahyureva hi vaiṣṇavāḥ .. 34 ..

> even if he is a relative, Vaiṣṇavas should certainly abandon him. // 34  
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### [2.9.23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.70)

prāsādikaṃ harerannaṃ prokṣitaṃ tatpadāmbunā ..

> Food that has been offered to Hari and sprinkled with the water from his feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.71)

bhuñjīraṃstulasīmiśraṃ pratyahaṃ sātvatā janāḥ .. 35 ..

> mixed with tulasī, the Sātvata people should consume every day. // 35  
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### [2.9.23.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.72)

strīṇāṃ ca strīṣu saktānāṃ prasaṃgo viṣṇucintakaiḥ ..

> Association with women and with those attached to women  
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### [2.9.23.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.73)

sarvathaiva parityājyo bhavettaddhyānamanyathā .. 36 ..

> must be completely avoided by those who contemplate Viṣṇu; otherwise, meditation will be \[on them\]. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.74)

bhagavantaṃ vāsudevaṃ vinaikamitaraḥ pumān ..

> Except for the Lord Vāsudeva alone, there is no other man  
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### [2.9.23.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.75)

kopi nāstyeva yo nārīṃ samīkṣya na vimuhyati ..37..

> at all who does not become infatuated upon seeing a woman. // 37  
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### [2.9.23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.76)

yatra sthityā muhuḥ strīṇāṃ syātāṃ śabdaśrutīkṣaṇe ..

> A renunciant should never dwell where, by staying, hearing the voice  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.77)

tyāgī tatra vasennaiva vasandharmacyuto bhavet ..38..

> and seeing women occurs repeatedly; by dwelling there, he would fall from his duty. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.78)

kāmo lobho rasāsvādaḥ sneho mānastathā ca ruṭ ..

> Lust, greed, enjoyment of tastes, affection, pride, and anger—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.79)

ete tyājyāḥ prayatnena ṣaḍdoṣāḥ saṃsṛtipradāḥ .. 39..

> these six faults that bring transmigration should be abandoned with effort. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.80)

prokteṣu dharmeṣveteṣu yasyayasya cyutirbhavet..

> Whosoever experiences a lapse from these prescribed duties,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.81)

yathāśakti yathāśāstraṃ kāryā tattasya niṣkṛtiḥ..2.9.23.40..

> his expiation must be performed according to his capacity and according to scripture. // 2.9.23.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.82)

itthaṃ caturṇāṃ varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca nārada..

> Thus, O Nārada, for the four classes and stages of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.83)

dharmāḥ saṃkṣepataḥ proktā vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca te mayā..41..

> and for the Vaiṣṇavas, the duties have been declared in brief by me to you. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.84)

varṇī yatiśca dharmastho brahmalokamupaiti vai..

> The celibate student and the ascetic who abide in duty certainly go to the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.85)

ṛṣilokaṃ vanasthaśca gṛhasthaḥ svargamāpnuyāt .. 42 ..

> The forest-dweller reaches the world of the seers, and the householder attains heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.86)

bhaktyā sahaitāñchrīviṣṇorācareyustu ye janāḥ ..

> Those people, however, who practice these \[duties\] with devotion to glorious Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.87)

te tu sarvepi dehānte viṣṇulokamavāpnuyuḥ .. 43 ..

> all of them indeed, at the end of the body, reach the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.23.88)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye vanasthayatidharmanirūpaṇaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 23 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Duties of Forest-dwellers and Renunciants,' in the glorious Vāsudevamāhātmya of the second \[section\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.23.1) — English, machine translation

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