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# Skandapurana 2.9.26

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.1)

.. skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.2)

ekāntadharmavivṛtiṃ śrutvā bhagavatoditām ..

> Having heard the exposition of single-minded religious duty spoken by the Blessed Lord,  
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### [2.9.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.3)

prahṛṣṭamānaso bhūyastaṃ papraccha sa nāradaḥ .. 1 ..

> With an overjoyed mind, that Nārada questioned him once more. / 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.4)

nārada uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.5)

dharma ekāntikaḥ svāmiṃstvayā samyagudīritaḥ ..

> O Lord, the single-minded duty has been fully expounded by you;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.6)

tamāśrutya mahānharṣo jātosti mama mānase .. 2 ..

> Having heard it, great joy has arisen in my mind. / 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.7)

siddhaye tasya bhavatā kriyāyogo ya ucyate ..

> For its perfection, the yoga of action which is spoken of by you,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.8)

tamahaṃ boddhumicchāmi bhagavaṃstava saṃmatam .. 3 ..

> That which is your doctrine, O Blessed Lord, I desire to understand. / 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.9)

.. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

> The glorious Nārāyaṇa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.10)

pūjāvidhiḥ kriyāyogo vāsudevasya kīrttyate ..

> The procedure of worship of Vāsudeva is celebrated as the yoga of action.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.11)

sa tu vedeṣu tantreṣu bahudhaivāsti varṇitaḥ .. 4 ..

> Indeed, it is described in many ways in the Vedas and the Tantras. / 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.12)

bhaktānāṃ rucivaicitryāttathā bahuvidhatvataḥ ..

> Due to the variety of the devotees' tastes, and likewise because of the diversity  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.13)

vāsudevasya mūrtīnāṃ bahudhā so'sti vistṛtaḥ .. 5 ..

> Of the forms of Vāsudeva, it is expounded in many ways. / 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.14)

sākalyenocyamānasya pāro nāyāti tasya vai ..

> Truly, there is no reaching the end of it if it were told in its entirety;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.15)

ataḥ saṃkṣepatastubhyaṃ vacmi bhaktivivarddhanam .. 6 ..

> Therefore, I shall tell you in brief that which enhances devotion. / 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.16)

prāptā ye vaiṣṇavīṃ dīkṣāṃ varṇāścatvāra āśramāḥ ..

> Those who have received Vaiṣṇava initiation—the four classes, the stages of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.17)

cāturvarṇyastriyaścaite proktā atrādhikāriṇaḥ .. 7 ..

> And the women of the four classes—these are declared to be eligible in this matter. / 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.18)

vedatantrapurāṇoktairmantrairmūlena ca dvijāḥ ..

> Twice-borns should worship with mantras declared in the Vedas, Tantras, and Purāṇas, and with the root mantra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.19)

pūjeyurdīkṣitā yoṣāḥ sacchūdrā mūlamantrataḥ ..

> Initiated women and virtuous Śūdras \[should worship\] with the root mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.20)

mūlamantrastu vijñeyaḥ śrīkṛṣṇasya ṣaḍakṣaraḥ ..8..

> The root mantra of the glorious Kṛṣṇa is to be known as six-syllabled. / 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.21)

svasvadharmaṃ pālayadbhiḥ sarveretairyathāvidhi ..

> Observing their own respective duties, by all of these, according to the prescribed rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.22)

pūjanīyo vāsudevo bhaktyā niṣkapaṭāntaraiḥ .. 9 ..

> Vāsudeva should be worshipped with devotion by those with sincere hearts. / 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.23)

ādau tu vaiṣṇavīṃ dīkṣāṃ gṛhṇīyātsadvaroḥ pumān ..

> First, however, a man should receive Vaiṣṇava initiation from an excellent guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.24)

sadaikāntikadharmasthādbrahmajāterdayānidheḥ .. 2.9.26.10 ..

> Who is ever established in single-minded duty, born of a brahmin family, and a treasure of compassion. / 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.25)

saṃpanno jñānabhaktibhyāṃ svadharmarahitastu yaḥ ..

> One endowed with knowledge and devotion, but bereft of his own duty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.26)

sa gurunnaiva kartavyaḥ strīhṛtātmā ca karhicit .. 11 ..

> Or one whose mind is captivated by women, must never be made a guru. / 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.27)

prāptā straiṇādgurordīkṣā jñānaṃ bhaktiṃ ca karhicit ..

> Initiation received from a womanizing guru will never bear fruit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.28)

phalennaiva yathā'patyaṃ yuvatiḥ ṣaṇḍhasaṃginī .. 12 ..

> In knowledge and devotion, just as a young woman uniting with a eunuch \[bears no\] offspring. / 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.29)

prāpyātaḥ sadgurordīkṣāṃ tulasīmālikāṃ gale ..

> Therefore, having received initiation from a true guru, one should wear a tulasī garland on the neck,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.30)

lalāṭādau corddhvapuṇḍraṃ gopīcandanato dharet ..13..

> And the upward mark on the forehead and elsewhere made with gopīcandana. / 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.31)

viṣṇupūjārucirbhakto gurorevāgamoditam ..

> A devotee desiring to worship Viṣṇu, having thoroughly understood from his guru  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.32)

pūjāvidhiṃ suvijñāya tataḥ pūjanamārabhet ..14..

> The rite of worship declared in the scriptures, should then begin the worship. / 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.33)

rātryantayāma utthāya bhakto brāhmekṣaṇe'tha vā ..

> Rising in the final watch of the night, or at the hour of Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.34)

muhūrtārdhaṃ hṛdi dhyāyetkeśavaṃ kleśanāśanam ..15..

> A devotee should meditate in his heart for half a muhūrta on Keśava, the destroyer of distress. / 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.35)

kīrttayitvā'bhidhāstasya tadīyānāṃ ca nāḍikām..

> Having chanted his names and those of his devotees for a nāḍikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.36)

tataḥ śaucavidhiṃ kṛtvā dantadhāvanamācaret ..16..

> Having then performed the rite of purification, he should clean his teeth. / 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.37)

aṃgaśuddhisnānamādau kṛtvā snāyātsamantrakam..

> Having first performed a bath for the purification of the body, he should bathe with mantras;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.38)

gṛhītvā śucimṛtsnādīnkuryātsnānāṃgatarpaṇam..17..

> Taking pure earth and other items, he should perform the libation that is part of the bath. / 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.39)

paridhāyāṃśuke dhaute upaviśyāsane śucau ..

> Putting on two washed garments, sitting on a pure seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.40)

kṛtvorddhvapuṇḍraṃ kurvīta saṃdhyāṃ homaṃ japādi ca .. 18 ..

> And applying the upward mark, he should perform twilight worship, fire oblation, recitation, and so on. / 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.41)

vastracandanapuṣpādīnupahārāṃstato'khilān ..

> Then he should gather all the offerings, such as garments, sandalwood paste, and flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.42)

āharenmāṃsamadirādyaśucisparśa varjitān..19..

> Free from contact with impure things such as meat and liquor, / 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.43)

devebhyo vā pitṛbhyaścāpyanyebhyo na niveditān ..

> Not offered to other gods or ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.44)

anāghrātāṃśca manujaiḥ keśakīṭādivarjitān..2.9.26.20..

> Not smelled by human beings, and free from hairs, insects, and the like. / 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.45)

saṃsthāpya tāndakṣapārśve pūjopakaraṇāni ca ..

> Placing them and the implements of worship on his right side,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.46)

udvartya dīpamājyena kuryāttailena vā tataḥ ..21 ..

> He should then light a lamp with clarified butter or with oil. / 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.47)

kauśe vaurṇe ca vastrādau vikāṣṭhe śuddha āsane ..

> On a pure seat of silken cloth, or woolen cloth, or of special wood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.48)

upāviśedvāsudevapratimāsannidhau tataḥ .. 22 ..

> He should then sit down in the presence of the image of Vāsudeva. / 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.49)

śailī dhātumayī dārvī lekhyā maṇimayī ca vā ..

> The image may be made of stone, metal, wood, painted, or made of precious gems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.50)

pratimā syātsitā raktā pītā kṛṣṇā'tha vā mune .. 23 ..

> And it may be white, red, yellow, or black, O sage. / 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.51)

kṛṣṇasya sā tu kartavyā dvibhujā vā caturbhujā ..

> That image of Kṛṣṇa should be made either two-armed or four-armed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.52)

muralīṃ dhārayettatra dvibhujāyāḥ karadvaye .. 24 ..

> There, on the two-armed one, he should hold a flute in his two hands. / 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.53)

atha vā dakṣahaste'syāścakraṃ śaṃkhaṃ tathetare ..

> Or else, on its right hand a discus, and similarly a conch on the other.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.54)

padmaṃ vā dhārayeddakṣe pāṇāvabhayamuttare .. 25 ..

> Or \[she/he\] should hold a lotus in the right hand, and the gesture of fearlessness in the left (or upper).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.55)

dvitīyāyāstu hasteṣu dakṣiṇādhaḥkarakramāt ..

> On the hands of the second \[four-armed form\], however, beginning with the lower right hand in succession,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.56)

gadābjadaracakrāṇi dhārayenmunisattama .. 26 ..

> one should place the mace, the lotus, the conch, and the discus, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.57)

dvividhāyā api harermūrtervāme śriyaṃ nyaset ..

> On the left side of both forms of Hari, one should place Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.58)

muralīdharavāme tu rādhāṃ rāseśvarīṃ nyaset .. 27 ..

> On the left side of the flute-bearer, however, one should place Rādhā, the queen of the rāsa-dance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.59)

apyeṣā dvividhā mūrttirakhaṇḍā śubhalakṣaṇā ..

> Even this twofold image, unbroken, possessed of auspicious marks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.60)

sarvāvayavasaṃpannā bhavedarccakasiddhidā .. 28 ..

> and complete with all limbs, bestows perfection upon the worshipper.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.61)

lakṣmīstu dvibhujā kāryā vāsudevasya sannidhau ..

> Lakṣmī, however, should be made two-armed in the presence of Vāsudeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.62)

dadhatī paṃkajaṃ haste vastrālaṃkāraśobhanā .. 29 ..

> holding a lotus in her hand, adorned with splendid garments and ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.63)

lakṣmīvadrādhikāpi syāddvibhujā cāruhāsinī ..

> Like Lakṣmī, Rādhikā too should be two-armed, with a charming smile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.64)

paṅkajaṃ puṣpamālāṃ vā dadhatī pāṇipaṅkaje .. 2.9.26.30 ..

> holding a lotus or a garland of flowers in her lotus-hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.65)

acalā ca calā ceti dvividhā pratimā hareḥ ..

> The image of Hari is twofold: immovable and movable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.66)

tatrādyāyāṃ na kartavyamāvāhanavisarjanam..31..

> In the case of the former, invocation and ritual dismissal are not to be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.67)

tadaṅgadevatānāṃ ca kāryaṃ nāvāhanādyapi ..

> Nor should invocation and the like be performed for the subsidiary deities of its limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.68)

na ca diṅniyamo'rcāyāṃ tasyāḥ stheyaṃ tu sammukhe ..32..

> Nor is there a rule of direction regarding worship of it, but one should stand facing it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.69)

śālagrāmepyevameva kāryaṃ nāvāhanādi ca ..

> In the case of a Śālagrāma stone as well, precisely thus invocation and the like are not to be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.70)

anyatra calamūlau tu kartavyaṃ tattadarcakaiḥ .. 33 ..

> Elsewhere, in the case of a movable image, that \[invocation etc.\] must be performed by their respective worshippers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.71)

tatrāpi dārvyā lekhyāyāṃ jalasparśonulepanam ..

> Even there, in the case of a wooden or painted image, contact with water and unguents  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.72)

naiva kāryaṃ pūjakena kartavyaṃ parimārjanam .. 34 ..

> must not be performed by the worshipper; \[only\] wiping clean is to be done.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.73)

udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā calāyāṃ sammukho'tha vā ..

> Facing north, or facing east, or else facing directly toward the movable image,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.74)

yathāśakti yathālabdhairupahārairyajeddharim .. .. 35 ..

> one should worship Hari according to one's capacity, with offerings as obtained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.75)

śraddhāniśchadmabhaktibhyāmarpitenāmbunāpi saḥ ..

> He, the Soul of all, pleased even with water offered  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.76)

prītastuṣyati viśvātmā kimutā'khilapūjayā .. 36 ..

> with faith and sincere devotion, is satisfied—how much more so with complete worship!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.77)

puṃsā śraddhādihīnena ratnahemādyalaṃkriyāḥ ..

> Ornaments of jewels, gold, and the like, presented by a person devoid of faith and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.78)

caturvidhaṃ cāpyannādyaṃ dattaṃ gṛhṇāti no mudā .. 37 ..

> and the fourfold food and other offerings given, he does not accept with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.79)

tasmādbhaktimatā kāryaṃ puṃsā svaśreyase mune ..

> Therefore, O sage, for his own welfare, a devoted person must perform  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.80)

śrīkṛṣṇasyārccanaṃ nityaṃ sarvābhīṣṭāśudāyinaḥ .. 38 ..

> the regular worship of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who swiftly bestows all desired objects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.26.81)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye kriyāyogādhikārādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 26 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter, named "Ascertainment of the Qualification for Kriyāyoga and Related Topics," in the Śrī Vāsudeva-māhātmya of the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.26.1) — English, machine translation

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